The Wire Troll: Freddy Garcia’s Revenge

Heading into action Saturday, he’s really been catching fire, going 7-for-21 with a couple of dingers and seven ribbies over a five-game stretch. Alonso is playing every day, and other than a slightly increased strikeout rate, all signs are pointing up for him as Fantasy owners are finally starting to catch on that he might actually be worth owning. No one will ever confuse him with a slugging first baseman, but he’s improving and has yet to reach his power prime.

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Podcast: Clay Buchholz’s Rising Star

After a hiatus last week because of the NBA Playoffs, RotoRob’s Fantasy Baseball Weekly Podcast (heard every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on Blogtalkradio), returned to action, albeit missing one half of its crew. That’s right, Tim McLeod was M.I.A. this week, so we brought in Tim v 2.0 (AKA, Tim Heaney of KFFL.com fame) to replace him. Tim H. did yeoman’s work, helping keep things grooving as we discussed a veritable cornucopia of Fantasy baseball goodness.

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The Wire Troll: Nate Schierholtz Coming of Age

Yet somehow, he is still unowned in most leagues. Schierholtz is flashing extra-base pop (three homers, nine doubles), some speed (three swipes) and BA skills (.313) while playing most of the time. While his walk rate is down this season, his BABIP has stabilized after a torrid start, suggesting that he might be able to maintain a pace close to this going forward, so pluck him off your wire now.

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