Archive for March 2011

2011 NFL Mock Draft: Rounds 1 & 2

Mar 16th, 2011 | By
2011 NFL Mock Draft: Rounds 1 & 2

1. Carolina Panthers: Blaine Gabbert, QB, Missouri Is Blaine Gabbert the best prospect in this class? Absolutely not. But Carolina has no other choice but to address the quarterback position. Time and time again, first-year coaches bring in ‘their guy’. Also, Mel Kiper also brings up a good point by saying that projecting the idea [...]



Mikel Leshoure: 2011 NFL Draft Prospects

Mar 16th, 2011 | By
Mikel Leshoure: 2011 NFL Draft Prospects

PLAYER PROFILE Running back Mikel Leshoure (H: 6’0″ – W: 230 – College: Illinois) Fighting Illini running back Mikel Leshoure came out of nowhere to rush for 1,697 yards and 17 TDs in 2010. In the Texas Bowl, Leshoure carried Illinois to the victory with 184 yards and 3 TDs to beat the Baylor Bears. [...]



First Baseman ADP Rankings

Mar 15th, 2011 | By
First Baseman ADP Rankings

Spring Training is starting to heat up as we are now in the middle of March and fantasy baseball owners are getting ready for draft day. By this point in the offseason, we have a solid range of where you can start to expect first baseman and fellow position players to land in your real [...]



If Neftali Feliz Starts, Who Will Close?

Mar 15th, 2011 | By
If Neftali Feliz Starts, Who Will Close?

Neftali Feliz went on a magical mystery tour last season as he became the Rangers closer, compiled 40 saves, went to the World Series and won AL Rookie Of The Year. For all the success Feliz had, I found it hard to believe he would actually move to the starting rotation for the 2011 season. [...]



Sleeper Alert: Brett Wallace

Mar 15th, 2011 | By
Sleeper Alert: Brett Wallace

Coming into spring training first baseman Brett Wallace needed to prove he was worthy of winning a job with the Astros and effectively moving Carlos Lee into the outfield. Last season Wallace failed to impress as he only hit .222 in over 150 at bats with the pro team. Wallace was doing exactly what he [...]



Andrew Bailey Down, Now What?

Mar 14th, 2011 | By
Andrew Bailey Down, Now What?

This should have been the season A’s young closer Andrew Bailey threatened for 40 saves. With a strong starting rotation and top notch relievers like Grant Balfour and Brian Fuentes, Bailey was ready to receive the baseball to nail down many close contests in 2011. While Bailey may still see the field this season, their [...]



12 Team ESPN Mock Draft

Mar 14th, 2011 | By
12 Team ESPN Mock Draft

Recently, I wrote an article for tips and strategy if you’re in standard Yahoo 12 team leagues and this time I’m focusing on ESPN leagues. In my Yahoo article, I showed you the standard roster that their league works with and I have ESPN’s below. Of the two, ESPN’s standard format would be the more [...]



12 Team Yahoo Mock Draft

Mar 14th, 2011 | By
12 Team Yahoo Mock Draft

Yahoo sports fantasy baseball leagues differ in format from what as become a more standard format found on ESPN and various private leagues. One thing that doesn’t seem to change in Roto or H2H is that you will usually find the same rules from 5×5 or 4×4 for scoring. Below I have the regular starting [...]



NL Only Auction Mock Draft

Mar 14th, 2011 | By
NL Only Auction Mock Draft

Since auction drafts take a long time to go through on ESPN, I decided to show you my results from a real league I’m going to participate in for an NL only auction mock draft. These results are from a real draft in a public NL only league, but some of the teams missed the [...]



By The Numbers: Strategy For Draft Day

Mar 14th, 2011 | By
By The Numbers: Strategy For Draft Day

Projected Leadoff, 2nd, 6th Hitters Well, Well the Dog is final writing again. In February, I put out my team by team draft boards sorted by American League and National league teams. I believe if you use this with you cheat sheet it should show you where the talent is on teams most likely to [...]