Zach Miner, Detroit, SP/RP: Since July 21 when he was inserted into the rotation, Miner has been on a roll. The 26-year-old righthander has allowed one earned run or less in four of his five starts and managed to garner three wins in the process. The key to this recent success has been his improved […]
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We’re certainly having ourselves a grand ole time these days in the RotoRob’s Regular League and are looking at what should be a great battle heading down the stretch. Currently, there are five teams slugging it out for the title in this, the league’s inaugural season. Unfortunately, yours truly is not one of those contenders
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The success of the inaugural RotoRob’s Regulars Fantasy Baseball League has caused us to take a look at another of America’s favourite pastimes, Fantasy Football. We’re assembling a fantasy football league for this fall and are in the process of looking for 13 good men (hey, or women) to join in the fun. I’ve taken
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Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers, SP: Since being recalled July 22 and that first rocky start against Colorado, Kershaw has now reeled off a string of three very solid starts, allowing just one earned run in his last 19 IP, while striking out 17 to go along with a pair of wins. Kershaw has three
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Fantasy owners and Yankee fans alike have been bemoaning Derek Jeter’s down season, but if you had listened to us back in the preseason, you would have known that the Captain wasn’t a good bet for 2008. He enjoyed a good June, and a decent July (although he slumped towards the end of the month),
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The interleague trade deadline has come and gone, so this week we’re going to deal with some of the ramifications of the few deals that actually got done. The big winners are the Pirates, who got four solid prospects for Jason Bay, and the Yankees, who always seem to manage to fill in holes in
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Congratulations to Ichiro Suzuki on passing the 3,000-hit milestone. With two hits Tuesday, Ichiro reached this lofty goal by amassing 1,278 hits with the Orix Blue Wave in the NPB, and now 1,723 hits with the Mariners. Throw in hits in a season record, the Gold Gloves, the boatload of 200-hit seasons, and that cannon
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