Oh crap…our worst fears have been realized with the announcement that Victor Martinez needs a hamstring transplant. After severely tearing the muscle in the season’s opening game, the All-Star catcher will undergo a rare procedure next week, whereby the hamstring of a cadaver will be infused into Martinez’s leg. It’s an operation that has only […]
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Pedro Feliz, a RotoRob sleeper pick, should win over his new teammates with his home run prowess. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) For the first time since 1994, the Philadelphia Phillies enter a season with a bullseye squarely on their backs – in 2008, they must defend the NL East Championship for the first time in well
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Franklin Gutierrez, with his power and speed potential, makes an excellent sleeper choice. (Associated Press) With Spring Training drawing to a rapid close (and given that we’ve already had a couple games that count, we’re damn confused about whether the exhibition season is ongoing or not), a quick look at some of those early sleeper
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Don’t have a Jack Daniels blackout moment and draft pitchers too early in a league weighted towards hitters. Dear RotoRob, I think very highly of your insight. I am in a H2H, points league for the first time. We start three outfielders with two Utilities and two SPs, two RPs with three open pitching spots.
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With the season getting underway (very) early this morning, let’s take a quick tour around the majors and see what’s going on. J.D. Drew homered in back-to-back exhibition games, the second one a grand salami to help beat Hideki Okajima’s old team, the Yomiuri Giants. Then, when the game counted today, Drew hurt his back
Fantasy Notes: Slammin’ J.D. Hurt Again Read Post »
A group of writers and readers got together this past Wednesday and kicked off the inaugural RotoRob’s Regulars season. My hats off to all the participants: 15 teams, 23 players per team and done like dinner in two hours flat. It just doesn’t get any better. Somewhere in the mid to late rounds this crew
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Can Grady Sizemore snare an MVP award? With the season officially kicking off Tuesday as the BoSox take on the A’s in Japan, I thought it would be appropriate to examine the key stories to follow this year in the Junior Circuit. I’m leaving this one wide open for some reader input, so feel free
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