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In 2008 Chris Davis came up from Triple A for 317 plate appearance with the Texas Rangers. In that time he hit .285/.331/.549 with a K:BB of 88:20. Davis was hitting home runs at an average of once every 18 at bats in the bigs and was positioned for a huge breakout year in 2009. …
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I had my first fantasy baseball draft over the weekend. I tried a new strategy this year and took a few pitchers in the early rounds rather than building a scrapheap rotation and trying to trade for an ace in July. This is a 6×6 league: R,HR,RBI,SB,AVG,OPS | W,K,ERA,WHIP,SV,K:BB. 23 man roster. C: Brian McCann …
The Sports of Boston team of experts posted their Top 50 outfielders. Here are my picks: Ryan Braun Justin Upton Matt Kemp Matt Holliday Grady Sizemore Jayson Werth Nick Markakis Jason Bay Adam Dunn Carl Crawford Jacoby Ellsbury Ichiro Suzuki Shin-Soo Choo Curtis Granderson Adam Lind Ben Zobrist Nelson Cruz Andre Ethier Carlos Lee B.J. …
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Next up on Sports of Boston: shortstops. Hanley Ramirez Troy Tulowitzki Jimmy Rollins Jose Reyes Derek Jeter Asdrubal Cabrera Alexei Ramirez Jason Bartlett Erick Aybar Everth Cabrera Steven Drew Elvis Andrus Miguel Tejada Yunel Escobar Alcides Escobar Maro Scutaro J.J. Hardy Rafael Furcal Orlando Cabrera Jhonny Peralta
Next up on the docket for the Sports of Boston fantasy baseball was Second Base. A much deeper position than even a few years ago, today’s second basemen have power, speed or both. Ian Kinsler Chase Utley Dustin Pedroia Aaron Hill Brian Roberts Brandon Phillips Ben Zobrist Dan Uggla Rickie Weeks Robinson Cano Asdrubal Cabrera Ian …
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For the next fantasy baseball primer, the folks at Sports of Boston tackeled the Top 30 First Basemen. Here are my rankings: Albert Pujols Prince Fielder Miguel Cabrera Adrian Gonzalez Mark Teixeira Kevin Youkilis Joey Votto Carlos Pena Ryan Howard Justin Morneau Adam Dunn Lance Berkman Nick Johnson Todd Helton Chris Davis Billy Butler Adam LaRoche …
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Over at Sports of Boston we started with the Top 20 Catchers for fantasy in 2010. Here are my picks: Joe MauerVictor MartinezBrain MccannMiguel MonteroMatt WeitersMike NapoliJorge PosadaChris IannettaYadier MolinaGeovany SotoKurt SuzukiRyan DoumitCarlos RuizRussell MartinA.J. PierzynskiKelly ShoppachNick HundleyBengie MolinaCarlos SantanaGerald LairdIn a 12 team league with one catcher, there is a lot of value here. …
With the 2010 season approaching it’s time again to think about your fantasy team. As part of that I’m looking forward to my own drafts and trying to determing the most valuable players to target. Over at Sports of Boston I’ve been contributing fantasy positional ranking each week during out fantasy preparation series. As they …