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    NL Player Notes - April 1st, 2011

    NL Quick Pitch: The big news in the NL on opening day was the performance of closers. Ryan Franklin, John Axford, and Jonathan Broxton all gave owners reason to worry, while Craig Kimbrel saw his value rise. Clayton Kershaw and...

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    Preseason Prep - March 25th, 2011

    A 2B Battle on the north-side of Chicago? Heading into the season it seemed likely the Cubs would go with a straight platoon of Jeff Baker and Blake DeWitt at 2B, but with DeWitt struggling mightily this spring (.167/.180/.250) its...

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    Preseason Prep - March 11th, 2011

    As we enter into the third full week of spring training games, we’re right at the precipice of when spring training starts to become a bit more meaningful. We’ll have the first round of roster cuts this week, as minor...

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    Preseason Prep - March 3rd, 2011

    Everyone enjoying the first week of spring training? As we get the first taste of games it’s a natural reaction to begin over-analyzing and reacting to the data. While it’s fun to speculate on some of the early results (Domonic...

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    Preseason Prep - February 26th, 2011

    Spring training kicks off in full force this weekend with a full slate of games on Saturday and Sunday. In addition to the team breakdowns we’re providing we’ll start digging in on game data, largely focusing on young players and...

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    2011 Preseason Prep - February 17th

    It is GOOOOOOOOD to be back! After a nice little hibernation through January and February, we’re back at it here at Fantistics. Richard Gross got us kicked off yesterday covering situations surrounding the Mets, Mariners, A’s, and Angels and I’ll...

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    AL Daily Notes - October 3rd, 2010

    Brian Matusz: Matusz is putting the finishing touches on what should be a season that lands him in contention for the rookie of the year award. Matusz allowed just 2 hits, 2 BB’s, and 1 ER over 6 strong innings...

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    NL Daily Notes - October 1st, 2010

    Drew Stubbs: Stubbs stayed red hot knocking out his 22nd HR of the season on Thursday night and driving in 4. He’s now up to .253-89-22-77-28 line that has him now ranked inside the Top 75 overall players in fantasy....

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    AL Daily Notes - September 26th, 2010

    Jon Lester: It wasn’t really hard to see how undervalued Lester was coming into drafts as last year’s peripherals (9.96 K/9, 2.83 BB/9, 47.7% GB Rate) were much more indicative of an ace than the high-end #2 fantasy SP Lester...

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    NL Daily Notes - September 24th, 2010

    Ryan Dempster: Dempster looked to be on his way to breaking a trend of alternating good and bad months this season as he entered Thursday night’s start with a 1.45 ERA in September after posting a solid 2.89 ERA. Unfortunately...

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    AL Daily Notes - September 19th, 2010

    Austin Jackson: I remain perplexed that on September 19th, Austin Jackson sits with an average right at .300. The K Rate remains extremely high and while Jackson has posted a very strong 24% LD Rate, his career minor league LD...

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    NL Daily Notes - September 17th, 2010

    Edinson Volquez: Volquez made his 2nd strong start since being recalled as he limited the DBacks to 3 ER’s over 6 2/3 innings allowing 6 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 7. As with most Tommy-John recoveries Volquez big...

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    NL Daily Notes - September 10th, 2010

    Drew Stubbs: Since Jim Edmonds went down with an oblique injury, Drew Stubbs has reclaimed his starting CF role and thrived hitting .296/.363/.507 in August and getting off to a 9-29 start here in September. Stubbs contact issues and below...

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    AL Daily Notes - September 6, 2010

    Bobby Abreu: It’s been a difficult season from a batting average perspective for Bobby Abreu (.253) as his LD Rate has dropped 2% and his BABIP has fallen off about 40 points below his career average. Despite the lower batting...

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    NL Daily Notes - September 3rd, 2010

    Eric Young Jr.: Young remains a staple atop the Rockies lineup despite posting just a .313 OBP this season at the major league level. Fantasy owners sure won’t complain though as Young continues to run recklessly whenever he does get...

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    NL Daily Notes - August 29, 2010

    Daniel Hudson: Hudson continues to make the DBacks front office look like geniuses. He posted his 6th straight quality start since coming over from the White Sox and he’s worked at least 7 innings in all 6 games while posting...

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    NL Daily Notes - August 27th, 2010

    Wandy Rodriguez: Joe touched on Wandy’s elite peripherals prior to this start and he stayed on a roll on Thursday shutting down the Phillies over 7 innings, allowing just 1 ER on 5 hits and 1 bb, while striking out...

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    AL Daily Notes - August 23rd, 2010

    Scott Baker: Its been frustrating watch Scott Baker continue to show great peripherals without any signs of a turnaround. Well on Sunday night we finally got a taste as Baker tossed 7 shutout innings against the Angels allowing just 5...

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    NL Daily Notes - Friday, August 20th, 2010

    Bud Norris: I think it might be time to start getting a bit excited about Bud Norris. Norris has always been a bit of a mystery. He’s posted tremendous K Rates throughout his career (9.39 K/9) but he’s always struggled...

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    AL Daily Notes - Monday August 16th, 2010

    Ben Zobrist: I was asked via twitter, by SmartMoneyKL, to touch on Ben Zobrist which isn’t surprising given Zobrist is in the midst of a horrid 18-111 stretch that has dropped his batting average from .296 to .256. A look...

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    NL Daily Notes - August 13th, 2010

    Matt Kemp: One of the things we preach at Fantistics is how important batting EYE is and the reason being how often it aligns with consistency. When we talk about consistency we’re not only focused on consistency within seasons but...

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    AL Daily Notes - August 9th, 2010

    Chris Carter: Daric Barton went down Sunday with left shoulder spasms and the A’s immediately removed top 1B/OF prospect Chris Carter from a AAA game with Sacramento. Carter’s hit .262/.369/.532 in the PCL this season while racking up 27 HR’s...

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    NL Daily Notes - August 6th, 2010

    Mike Minor: With Kris Medlen likely facing Tommy John surgery, the Braves have already announced their intention to hand over his spot in the rotation to pitching prospect Mike Minor. Minor was the Braves 1st rd draft pick in last...

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    AL Daily Notes - August 2nd, 2010

    Ryan Kalish: After collecting 2 hits in his major league debut, Kalish went 0-3 on Sunday with a K and a Sac Fly. With Mike Cameron banged up and Jacoby Ellsbury rehabbing Kalish will be guaranteed AB’s this week, but...

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    NL Daily Notes - July 30th, 2010

    Brett Wallace: While the Oswalt trade got all the headlines, spinning Anthony Gose into Brett Wallace might be the move the Astros end up celebrating in the end. Wallace was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st Rd of the...

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    AL Daily Notes - July 26th, 2010

    Jason Kubel: Just when it looked like Kubel was getting things going, hitting .316/.356/.537 in June, the power disappears again and Kubel’s value fades. There was another glimmer of hope on Sunday as Kubel knocked out his 12th HR of...

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    NL Daily Notes - July 23rd, 2010

    Domonic Brown: This one goes to twitter follower SmartMoneyKL for asking about a blurb on Domonic Brown. Ask and you shall receive and Follow me on Twitter and you can ask, thus receive! (@DrewDinkmeyer). With Jayson Werth’s name circulating in...

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    AL Daily Notes - July 19th, 2010

    C.J. Wilson: Wilson’s first start after the break ended up being a good one as he struck out 10 and allowed just 1 ER in 6 2/3 innings against the Red Sox. He struggled once again with command, walking 5,...

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    NL Daily Notes - July 16th, 2010

    Jair Jurrjens: Jurrjens was effective once again in his 3rd outing since being activated from the disabled list. He went 6 2/3 innings against the Brewers limiting them to just 1 ER on 5 hits and 2 bb’s while striking...

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    AL Daily Notes - July 12th, 2010

    Daniel Hudson: Despite being staked to an 8-1 lead after 3 innings, Daniel Hudson was unable to pick up a win in his 2010 debut as he failed to go the requisite 5 innings. Hudson finished the day allowing 5...

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    NL Daily Notes - July 9th, 2010

    Ian Stewart: After a blistering start to the season that saw Stewart hit .293/.386/.520 in April, Stewart has failed to post an OPS above .720 in either May or June. A closer look at the peripherals through the first 3...

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    AL Daily Notes - July 5th, 2010

    Michael Cuddyer: I recently fielded a question on twitter (now seems like a good time to self-promote if you haven’t been following me on Twitter why not? Free and timely baseball information and I’ll take questions via twitter and respond!...

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    NL Daily Notes - July 2nd, 2010

    Travis Wood: We’ve now seen two rookies get the call before Aroldis Chapman in the Reds rotation and both of them have proven deserving of the shot during their first major league start. Wood shut out the Cubs for 7...

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    AL Daily Notes, June 28th 2010

    Trevor Cahill: It looks like I was a bit conservative in my love for Trevor Cahill earlier in the year when I noted I didn’t think the K’s would come around enough that he’d be mixed league worthy. Well a...

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    AL Daily Notes, June 27th 2010

    Brandon Morrow: It’s time to start taking Brandon Morrow very seriously. I’ve been skeptical that Morrow could ever consistently command the strike zone but hat tip to our own Mike Leone who has stood by him all year. Morrow’s K...

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    NL Daily Notes - June 25th, 2010

    Matt Cain: Paul has been all over Matt Cain as a risk due to the high pitch counts and whether Thursday’s outing was due to some fatigue or quite simply some unsustainable peripherals (.238 BABIP, 80% LOB%) that came into...