We’re all familiar with the concept of someone being “due.” If you’ve ever been to a casino, you’ve probably seen the poor sap standing at the roulette wheel who bets on black time and time again. It’s been red six straight times. The next one has to be a winner. Players go through the same streaks of luck, except they can be harder to diagnose just by looking at your standard stat sheet. But before you jump ship on some of this season’s early strugglers, make sure their slumps aren’t just the result of a few bloops that didn’t go their way. Here’s a list of a few players (by position) that will soon see success without having to make major changes at the plate.
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The first week of the baseball season came to a close on Sunday, April 11. Let’s go around the majors and take a look at some noteworthy fantasy news from each game on Sunday afternoon/night.
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We are barely into April and it seems that a lot of players are already on the disabled list to start the 2010 season. For me, it’s the injuries that I look for in spring training, not the stats. I’ll take Raul Ibanez hitting .145 in March over Josh Hamilton who can’t stay on the field for more than a week because guys like Ibanez know what the season is about and spring training is more to work the kinks out rather than impress the manager. Either way, the important lesson here is to not overreact to just one month of play, especially when the games don’t even count. Players have gone to do great things despite slow starts (i.e. rookie Dustin Pedroia).
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Since Opening Day is a week away (wow!), I thought this would be a good time to post one of the several emails we’ve received regarding post-draft advice/analysis. This one comes from Eric.
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We received an email yesterday from Stephen asking us a keeper question. Stephen wrote: “Keeper League. You can only keep one of the following guys: B.J. Upton, Clayton Kershaw and Neftali Feliz. Who do you keep?”
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Because lists seem to be so popular (hey, they’re easy to read) and because I have an unhealthy obsession with stats, I thought I’d put the two together. With that, I present to you the Top 10 Most Surprising Stats of 2009.
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All rise! Court is now in session. In our second case we have the Plaintiff, Mr. Melvin Emmanuel “B.J.” Upton, vs. the Defendant, Mr. Andrew McCutchen. Mr. Upton claims that after a down season in 2009, he is being wrongfully overlooked in drafts. We have George Fitopoulos arguing for Mr. Upton and Bryan Curley arguing on the behalf of Mr. McCutchen. Let’s get it on!
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