RotoScoop.com – The Scoop on Fantasy Sports
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Linked
By Dalton Del Don A batch of links to start your week off right: Interesting article by the Football Scientist. He dissects just how much better Larry Fitzgerald is than Anquan Boldin and why Terrell Owens and Lee Evans are a poor fit together. Evans is a much, much better vertical threat than T.O. at…
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My Bracket
MIDWEST Louisville over Morehead St. Ohio St. over Siena Utah over Arizona Wake Forest over Cleveland St. West Virginia over Dayton Kansas over North Dakota St. USC over Boston College Michigan St. over Robert Morris Louisville over Ohio St. Wake Forest over Utah West Virginia over Kansas Michigan St. over USC Louisville over Wake Forest…
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The Scoop
By Dalton Del Don Rich Harden has about as much upside as any fantasy player in baseball. By now, everyone knows the inherent injury risk – he’s reached 150 innings in just one season during his six-year career. But this is someone who posted an 11.28 K/9 IP mark once he came over to the…
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Hoops Scoop
By Dalton Del Don Patient owners or those who were quick enough to grab Larry Hughes off the waiver wire after getting traded to the Knicks have been nicely rewarded. During seven games this month, he’s averaged 19.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.1 threes and 2.3 steals. Hughes is even shooting an uncharacteristic 44.3…
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The Scoop
By Dalton Del Don I wouldn’t mind Josh Johnson ending up on plenty of my teams this year. He returned from Tommy John surgery earlier than anticipated last season and saw an increase in velocity in doing so. His control still needs to improve, but his 7.94 K/9 IP mark and 1.56 G/F ratio reveal…
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Linked
By Dalton Del Don A batch of links to get you through the weekend: Stephen Strasburg is officially the best pitching prospect in the history of baseball. Through 27.1 innings this year, he has a decent 59:5 K:BB ratio. There’s now even talk he could be in the Nationals’ rotation later THIS year. Speaking of…
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More LABR Talk
By Dalton Del Don After posting the results of my auction, I wanted to discuss some strategies and players who ended up on my team. In a deep format like this, I’m all about not paying for stars and trying to accumulate as many at-bats as possible. In fact, I didn’t spend more than $23…
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2009 NL LABR Results
By Dalton Del Don Here’s the team I drafted at LABR this past weekend. I’m still getting caught up after being out of town for nearly a week, so for now, I’ll post only the results. I’ll go into much greater detail Thursday. Remember, it’s a 13-team league with extremely deep rosters (14 offensive players,…
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LABR
I’m off to Phoenix, so posting will be scarce for the next few days. I’ll make it up to you when I get back. Got any specific NL-only targets you recommend I should go after? Let me know and wish me luck!
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The Scoop
By Dalton Del Don Joba Chamberlain is one of the toughest calls this year, as he has a ton of upside yet is a health risk, and his role remains somewhat in question. He’ll almost certainly be a starter moving forward – after all, the Yankees would be fools not to put him in the…
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The Scoop
By Dalton Del Don It really wouldn’t be all that crazy to consider Carlos Beltran late in the first round of drafts this year. His current ADP is 22.33, which seems low – behind inferior options like Matt Holliday, Lance Berkman and Justin Morneau. Normally I’m against recommending players on the wrong side of 30,…
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The Scoop
By Dalton Del Don Chris Iannetta is my favorite target at catcher this year. He’s no secret after posting an .895 OPS last season, but he’s not exactly getting treated like a future star either, with an ADP of 135 (with seven catchers going before him). Durability questions remain, but he’s clearly Colorado’s future at…
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Jay the Joke
By Dalton Del Don Truly awful article written by Jay Mariotti today, with the basic premise being Bill Belichick traded Matt Cassel to Kansas City at a discount because he’s friends with Scott Pioli. Here’s an excerpt: “What better way to thank Pioli, who tag-teamed with Belichick to mold three Super Bowl-champion teams, than by…
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Johan Santana
By Dalton Del Don I was already extremely wary of Johan Santana, but with news he’s out “indefinitely,” and his availability for the start of the season is in serious jeopardy, I’ll be avoiding him altogether now. Apparently ramping up to pitch in the WBC, Santana has developed tightness in his elbow. If he feels…
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Cassel to the Chiefs
By Dalton Del Don Adam Schefter is reporting the Chiefs have acquired Cassel from the Patriots in a trade, although no details were immediately available. I recently talked about Cassel’s strengths and weaknesses here, and it looks like Kansas City is pretty much an ideal landing spot for him. The team switched to the spread…
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RotoScoop Invitational and LABR
I’m going to start a RotoScoop fantasy baseball league this year. Like the football version, the buy-in will be $50. More details on the format to follow, but it will be rotisserie with daily transactions and an innings cap. If interested, let it be known in the comments section and/or e-mail me at seven3d@aol.com. The…
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BlogTalkRadio
Click here to check out my return to the podcast scene.
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Sleepers – Part Two
By Dalton Del Don Andrew Miller – Over his first 181.2 major league innings, Miller has an ugly 5.80 ERA and 1.64 WHIP. His 5.2 BB/9 IP mark is horrendous. Still, there remains a lot to like about the former sixth overall pick. Last year’s 7.46 K/9 IP mark was solid, as was his 1.24…
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Sleepers
By Dalton Del Don I know, I know. There’s no such thing as a sleeper anymore. Still, it’s an easy way of describing undervalued players. Here I won’t be calling Nelson Cruz a sleeper, but rather, I’ll be searching for more of the catatonic variety. Daniel Murphy – He’s never been viewed as an elite…
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Starting Pitcher Rankings
1. Tim Lincecum 2. Johan Santana 3. Josh Beckett 4. Dan Haren 5. CC Sabathia 6. Jake Peavy 7. Cole Hamels 8. Roy Halladay 9. Brandon Webb 10. Francisco Liriano 11. Chad Billingsley 12. Ervin Santana 13. Joba Chamberlain 14. Yovani Gallardo 15. Ricky Nolasco 16. Cliff Lee 17. James Shields 18. Edinson Volquez 19.…
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