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Red Sox fan/fantasy baseball nerd.
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Check out the American League Outfielders edition of Fake Teams' fantasy all stars!
Fake Teams 2012 Fantasy All Stars: AL/NL First Baseman
With less than 24 hours to go to the MLB Draft, I reached out to Matt Garrioch of Minor League Ball in order to get a clearer idea of the impact players. Here's his take on some of the top talent with some other notes.
Six The Hard Way: Who Woke Up Jose Bautista?
Six The Hard Way: Josh Reddick Deserves More Love
In this week's edition of Six The Hard Way, Chris Buckley takes a look at the hot performances of Edwin Encarnacion, Carlos Gonzalez, and Bryan Lahair. As well as the struggles of Albert Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez, and Jose Reyes.
In this week's edition of Six the Hard Way, Chris Buckley takes a look at some recent hot stretches, identifying Mike Aviles & Jake Peavy as possible sell high candidates.
Six The Hard Way: Darvish, Wainwright, Stanton: What Should Owners Do With These Struggling Stars?
Chris Buckley completes his installment of his 50-round dynasty league draft with rounds 41-50.
Six The Hard Way: Samardzija, Freese & Jackson impress while Beckett, Lincecum, and Youkilis struggle.
Chris Buckley from FakeTeams starts his new strategy series with the introductory piece on how to handle preseason keepers.
A few days ago, MiLB.com ran a piece on Chad Bettis and his "bag of tricks". As a Bettis owner in a dynasty league I am somewhat familar with his repetoire and while his long-term projection varies...
Spotted this over at MLBDepthCharts. Seems very motivated for the upcoming season, hope he rebounds nicely.
Chris Buckley from FakeTeams continues his in depth analysis of his performance during a 50 round dynasty league draft. In rounds 31-40 he implements the strategy of alternating between prospects and veteran reserve players.
Chris Buckley of FakeTeams continues with his 50 round dynasty league draft. Rounds 20-30 were about blending bench depth with high ceiling prospects, a task that can be labeled anything but easy.
I'm a big fan of Bundy, the only issue I have regarding him is that his draft demands were too mild. I would've preferred that he request something astronomical, so that he could have slid to the...
Expanding on the proposed trade that was put forth by Halos Heaven, FakeTeams asks readers, who would they rather have in dynasty league's going forward, Bryce Harper or Mike Trout?
Is there such a thing has having too many keepers? I never thought so, at least not till now, but you'll see I have quite the keeper dilemma in my upcoming head to head league. Who would you choose?
A few weeks ago John was kind enough to take the time out of his very busy schedule to answer some questions I had regarding Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect, Dylan Bundy and Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect, Jameson Taillon. I posted the piece over at FakeTeams. Hopefully this adds a little perspective for all you prospect junkies and dynasty league owners out there....or maybe it just raises more questions.
I did a post at FakeTeams a couple weeks back, comparing former high school pitchers Dylan Bundy of the Baltimore Orioles and Jameson Taillon of the Pittsburgh Pirates. John Sickles of Minor League Ball was kind enough to take time and answer some questions regarding the two. Check it out, any/all feedback welcome.
I did a post at FakeTeams a couple weeks back, comparing former high school pitchers Dylan Bundy of the Baltimore Orioles and Jameson Taillon of the Pittsburgh Pirates. John Sickles of Minor League Ball was kind enough to take time and answer some questions regarding the two. Check it out, any/all feedback welcome.
Chris Buckley continues his 50 Round Dynasty Draft series with rounds 11-20. Drafting in a 16 team league is not a simple task in itself, Chris details his experience, step by step, drafting in a 50 round satellite draft for a dynasty league.
In the first segment of his Prospect Comparison series, Chris Buckley takes a look at two of the most heralded pitching prospects, to come out of the high school ranks in recent years. With scouting details provided by John Sickels of Minor League Ball, Chris compares and contrasts Jameson Taillon of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Dylan Bundy of the Baltimore Orioles.
Chris Buckley from FakeTeams breaks down his currently in progress 50 round dynasty league draft. Here is rounds 1-10 with commentary.
Fake Teams looks at the miscalculated strategy of drafting Joey Votto 10th in fantasy baseball drafts.
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