No. 18 on the list of things I never thought I’d say this year: “Boy, that Ian Snell-Jason Marquis match up sure looks like it’s shaping up as a pitcher’s duel.” Jason Marquis is gunning for his fourth straight win this afternoon as soon as the Cubs and Pirates finish up their suspended contest from […]
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Admittedly, everything must have seemed a blur for the reeling Cards last night, but there’s no escaping that Jeff Suppan is pitching brilliantly this year. The dude is very well likely sitting on your waiver wire, yet he’s won four straight starts and has an ERA of 2.55. Jeff Suppan is on a major roll,
With the Yanks floundering and his job possibly on the chopping block, Joe Torre may soon need rescuing. In case you’ve been living under a rock, the New York Yankees are is a tailspin, having dropped eight of their past nine games. But this just isn’t any slump. With a 1-5 mark against Boston thrown
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After two years with Lancaster of the Indy Atlantic League, Jose Ortiz is hitting up a storm in Mexico. When I think back to the spring of 2001, I can’t help but remember the fervor in my keeper league over Jose Ortiz. An Oakland A’s minor league second baseman, he had surged forward in 2000
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Okay, fair is fair. We bashed the Mariners earlier this week and they’ve won four straight since to get back to .500 and move within a hair of the AL West lead. Wins over Texas and KC won’t impress anyone, but in between Seattle swept a two-game mini set with division-leading Oakland. Adrian Beltre is
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Feeling the pain of drafting injury-prone Eric Gagne? Let the Wire Troll help you. So, you drafted your team and either someone is already on the DL (Eric Gagne, Kazuo Matsui, B.J. Ryan, etc.) or you took Alex Gordon hoping for the second coming of George Brett, but got a guy hitting more like George
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Chase Utley is a slam dunk at the top of our keystone corner rankings. Second base can be pretty much summed up by the old, the new and the one true dominant player. Chase Utley is a Top 10 fantasy stud overall and probably dominates this position moreso than any position in the game today.
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