Why The New York Yankees Will Push To Acquire Francisco Liriano From The Twins
February 17, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 1 Comment
With Andy Pettitte newly retired, the New York Yankees have considerable problems with their starting rotation. They’ll enter spring training with a projected rotation of CC Sabathia, Phil Hughes, AJ Burnett, Freddy Garcia and youngster Ivan Nova. After Sabathia, the other pitchers all have enormous question marks attached to their resume for the 2011 season. […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: Right Field
February 17, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
I am in the midst of a series examining the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position are being ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison […]
Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Top Five (Starting) Pitching Prospects For 2011
February 13, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Tampa Bay’s Jeremy Hellickson is targeted for stardom. By the end of 2012 he will slide into the #2 spot in the rotation to create a dynamic duo, along with David Price. In articles such as this, many websites give readers a list of the best overall prospects at a given position, but the intention […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: Center Field
February 12, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
I am in the midst of a series examining the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position are being ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: Left Field
February 8, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
I am in the midst of a series examining the relative strengths and weaknesses of each of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position are being ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with teams being assigned points based on where their player ranks in […]
Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Top Five Catching Prospects For 2011
February 7, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 1 Comment
In articles such as this, many websites give readers a list of the best overall prospects at a given position, but the intention here is to focus on those prospects who are most likely to provide a significant fantasy impact during the 2011 season; therefore, a guy like Devin Mesoraco – who saw action in […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: Shortstops
February 7, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
I am in the midst of a series examining the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position are being ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: Third Base
February 5, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
I am in the midst of a series examining the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position are being ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: Second Base
February 4, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
During the course of the next two weeks, I’ll examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the American League East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position will be ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: First Base
February 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Over the next two weeks, I’ll examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position will be ranked in relation to their peers within the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison to the […]
AL East Positional Analysis And Ranking: Catcher
February 2, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Over the next two weeks, I’ll examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of the teams in the AL East, on a position-by-position basis. The players at each position will be ranked in relation to their peers withing the division, with each team being assigned points based on where their player ranks in comparison to the […]
Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Top Five OF Prospects For 2011
January 30, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
 In articles such as this, many websites give readers a list of the best overall prospects at a given position, but the intention here is to focus on those prospects who are most likely to provide a significant fantasy impact during the 2011 season; therefore, a guy like Mike Trout – who is blocked […]
Red Sox Top 30 Prospects, According To Baseball America’s Prospect Handbook
January 28, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 1 Comment
It is the best day of the Hot Stove season… the day when you slog out to the mailbox, brush the snow of the top, open the front door and discover a highly-anticipated package from Baseball America. It is the day BA’s annual “Prospect Handbook†arrives at your home. It’s the day joy and wonder […]
2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Top Ten Sleepers (Part V)
January 28, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Different editors/writers have differing definitions of the term, “sleeperâ€. The concept has been watered down in the current fantasy baseball lexicon, probably because there are writers who can’t be bothered to do the analysis required to uncover real “sleepersâ€. In my opinion, rookies have no place on a sleeper list. They aren’t sleepers. They are […]
2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Top Ten Sleepers (Part IV)
January 27, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Different editors/writers have differing definitions of the term, “sleeperâ€. The concept has been watered down in the current fantasy baseball lexicon, probably because there are writers who can’t be bothered to do the analysis required to uncover real “sleepersâ€. In my opinion, rookies have no place on a sleeper list. They aren’t sleepers. They are […]
2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Top Ten Sleepers (Part III)
January 26, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Different editors/writers have differing definitions of the term, “sleeperâ€. The concept has been watered down in the current fantasy baseball lexicon, probably because there are writers who can’t be bothered to do the analysis required to uncover real “sleepersâ€. In my opinion, rookies have no place on a sleeper list. They aren’t sleepers. They are […]
2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Top Ten Sleepers (Part II)
January 25, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 2 Comments
Different editors/writers have differing definitions of the term, “sleeperâ€. The concept has been watered down in the current fantasy baseball lexicon, probably because there are writers who can’t be bothered to do the analysis required to uncover real “sleepersâ€. In my opinion, rookies have no place on a sleeper list. They aren’t sleepers. They are […]
2011 Fantasy Baseball Preview: Top Ten Sleepers (Part I)
January 24, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 1 Comment
Different editors/writers have differing definitions of the term, “sleeperâ€. The concept has been watered down in the current fantasy baseball lexicon, probably because there are writers who can’t be bothered to do the analysis required to uncover real “sleepersâ€. In my opinion, rookies have no place on a sleeper list. They aren’t sleepers. They are […]
Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Top Five 3B Prospects For 2011
January 16, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
In articles like this, many websites give readers a list of the best overall prospects at any given position, but the intention here is to focus on those prospects that are most likely to provide a significant fantasy impact in the 2011 season; thus, a guy like White Sox prospect Dayan Viciedo – who should […]
2011 MLB Power Rankings, The Ides of January Edition (Part III, #1 – #10)
January 8, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 1 Comment
With most of the top free agents now signed and teams starting to take shape as we approach spring training, I thought I would share my pre-pre-season perspective on the relative strengths (and weaknesses) of all 30 major league teams. I have broken the article down into three installments, and will publish one of the […]
2011 MLB Power Rankings, The Ides of January Edition (Part II, #11-#20)
January 8, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
 With most of the top free agents now signed and teams starting to take shape as we approach spring training, I thought I would share my pre-pre-season perspective on the relative strengths (and weaknesses) of all 30 major league teams. I have broken the article down into three installments, and will publish one of […]
2011 MLB Power Rankings, The Ides of January Edition (Part I, #21-#30)
January 8, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · 1 Comment
 With most of the top free agents now signed and teams starting to take shape as we approach spring training, I thought I would share my pre-pre-season pespective on the relative strengths (and weaknesses) of all 30 major league teams. I have broken the article down into three installments, and will publish one of […]