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Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy owners with Pablo Sandoval will be running to the waiver wire in the coming days in need of a third baseman. Sandoval has a broken bone in his wrist and will miss the next four to six weeks with recovering for surgery. One name to keep in mind is Indians third baseman Jack Hannahan as the Cleveland is off to a hot start and Hannahan is playing great. Coming into the weekend, Hannahan has fourteen ru ...

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Week 5 Hitter Rankings

This was a big season for Jose Bautista as he needed to show us all that last year was no fluke, and so far he's one of the best hitters for fantasy baseball, once again. Bautista is for real and his power should be legit for years to come as the Blue Jays play in an offensive ball park and opposing pitchers continue to challenge him. Another hitter who is proving his worth is Indians young catcher Carlos S ...

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Week 5 Pitcher Rankings

Bartolo Colon has had his ups and downs in his long career but a rebirth with the Yankees is for real as the veteran has two wins, 26 strikeouts in 26 innings pitched and an earn run average under three. With Phil Hughes gone for sometime, Colon has a spot in the Yankees' rotation for as long as he continues to produce. This week Colon his a two start pitcher and comes in at 36 overall in our week five star ...

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Two Start Pitchers: Week 5

Another week and our two start pitchers are ready to go for the first week of May. Heading the list this week has to be Red Sox ace Jon Lester and fellow veteran Josh Beckett. Both pitchers are on fire to start the season and the Red Sox offense if starting to join the party for run support. This week the Red Sox will get two teams the can handle at home in the Angels and struggling Twins. This should be a ...

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First Round Results: 2011 NFL Draft

Join us throughout the 2011 NFL draft as we will be posting live updates of every selection in the first round. The Panthers are expected to get things rolling with the first overall pick, and it appears likely they will go with quarterback Cam Newton. While it looks like players will be back to work next week, teams are not expected to use players like Kevin Kolb in trade, at the draft. Instead teams can u ...

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2011 NFL Mock Draft Selections – April

  1. Carolina Panthers: Cam Newton, QB, Auburn If he isn't the pick, open your windows and listen to half the world cheer and the other half to gasp in disbelief. 2. Denver Broncos: Marcell Dareus, DT, Alabama Best defensive lineman in the draft goes to the team with the worst defensive line. It's the circle of life. 3. Buffalo Bills: Von Miller, OLB, Texas A&M I'm not convinced this is the pick. W ...

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Top 100 NFL Draft Prospects: April 2011

The 2011 NFL Draft has a few potential headlines. They'll either involve a player slipping in the draft, for example, the rumors of Blaine Gabbert slipping out of the top ten. But what the headline should be, no matter what, is about how many defensive linemen will be drafted in the first round. There will at least a dozen of them. That's crazy. Unheard of. But with all these teams who need a QB, that may n ...

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2011 NFL Bye Weeks

Take a look at the potential 2011 NFL bye weeks for the full schedule. If the league goes to a shortened season, each team listed will play their week three scheduled game on their bye week. The league set things up so that each team will play a squad on week three that has the same bye week, and that way they could extend the time frame for the league to start the season. Oddly, the league has no bye weeks ...

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Strength Of Schedule – vs Pass

Hopefully, we can all enjoy another full season of NFL football as recent breakthroughs in the lockout give promise for NFL teams to resume activities in the early future. For early prep for the 2011 - 2012 fantasy football season, we have the leagues' strength of schedule vs the pass. The Steelers and Colts chime in as the easiest schedules to pass against in the league this season. While this is good news ...

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Strength Of Schedule – vs Run

The big dog running backs for fantasy football will have some of the top schedules to take advantage of vs the run as the Texans, Titans and Vikings all fall inside the five easiest schedules to run against. This break in schedule is especially important for Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson, as their quarterback situation is up in the air, and defenses will focus on shutting down the run. On the flip side, ...

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