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Posted by Mike Caprio April 5, 2009
Will Carroll posted his “Under the Knife” today (click here if you’re a Baseball Prospectus subscriber)
 
Some fantasy highlights include:

Ichiro should be back within two weeks;
Will’s sources have Scott Baker‘s …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 4, 2009
Carlos Villanueva will be filling in as Closer until Trevor Hoffman returns from a strained oblique according to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.  Hoffman’s timetable for return is questionable, but …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 4, 2009
ESPN’s Peter Gammons writes a column every year about “up and coming” players who made an impact in Spring Training…either raising eyebrows about things to come, or through actual …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 3, 2009
Joel Sherman from the NY Post is reporting that “unless something drastic happens” Gary Sheffield will be a Met, and receive significant playing time in the OF.  WFAN’s Mike …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 3, 2009
Many in the baseball community reacted with cautious optimism when Theo Epstein and the Red Sox invested in two oft-injured veteran pitchers in Brad Penny and John Smoltz.
Today it …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 2, 2009
Three days and counting to Opening Day with some expected resolution on the Closer battle front, and a new development on the injury front.
San Francisco Giants Closer
Giants Closer Brian Wilson has …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 1, 2009
Rockies Manager Clint Hurdle confirmed that top centerfield prospect Dexter Fowler has made the Rockies Opening day roster.
“Dexter made this ballclub for all the right reasons,” manager Clint Hurdle …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 1, 2009
 

The Angels training staff must be taking alot of Xanax right about now. 
 
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that what feels like the lone remaining Angels starter, Joe Saunders, …

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Posted by Mike Caprio April 1, 2009
It appears that Brad Ziegler has won the closer role in Oakland as Joey Devine heads to see Dr. James Andrews (where pitching seasons go to die) as reported …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 31, 2009
Rick Porcello was pulled from his final Spring Training start today against the Washington Nationals after a sharp “come backer” off the bat of Ryan Zimmerman struck his right shoulder.  …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 31, 2009
The experiment continues in St. Louis with Tony LaRussa confirming that converted outfielder Skip Schumaker has landed the starting second base role for the Cardinals, as per St. Louis …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 30, 2009

Jordan Schafer, off a torrid Spring at the plate (.386 BA, .417 OBP, .561 SLG, 5 SB) combined with stellar defense, appears to have won the CF competition in …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 30, 2009
With most fantasy baseball drafts completed around the country, and live baseball still 6 days away, I have included some interesting and collective insights from ESPN Baseball experts, Buster …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 27, 2009
As always, Buster highlighted some position battle updates, and some new developments that may lead to a waiver wire “gem” or two.
Toronto Blue Jays Closer 
It appears, according to this …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 26, 2009
If you are a big baseball fan, and odds are if you are reading this you are, you are doing yourself a disservice by not subscribing to Baseball Prospectus.
If …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 25, 2009
The Inaugural Draft in any Keeper League is incredibly important in building a proper foundation for your franchise. 
This season, we have launched a new league and will be drafting …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 25, 2009
I missed Keith Law’s blog prospect post and accompanying scouting video yesterday. In case you did as well, I’ve embedded the video below for your viewing pleasure.
For those of …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 25, 2009
With Opening Day just one week from Sunday, position battles are starting to resolve themselves.  Here are a few you may have missed over the last couple of days.
Cleveland …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 24, 2009
 As drafts are heating up across the Country, we at Keeper League GM wanted to arm you, our loyal readers, with a “handy” and printable draft cheat sheet for your …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 22, 2009
Baseball Prospectus’ John Perrotto highlighted some position battle updates today in his On the Beat: Rumors and Rumblings.
Shairon Martis
The young Dutch right hander appears to have locked up the …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 22, 2009
As Spring Training begins to wrap up, and with all of the WBC participants returning back to their teams on Tuesday, position battles are finally starting to take shape.
Jason …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 20, 2009
Powered by snow in NYC and another 12/5 upset last night,  here are some interesting tidbits from Olney’s column yesterday you may have missed, related to position battles.
 
Josh Fields
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Posted Mike Caprio March 18, 2009
Jordan Zimmermann
Zimmermann boosted his already elevated stock this Spring with a 0.00 ERA in 12.1 Innings.  Zimmermann started two games, and relieved two allowing 6 hits and 2 walks for …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 18, 2009
Keeper Leagues are still a vast minority of the Fantasy Baseball leagues across the country.  However, I thought it was interesting to see that the number of Keeper Leagues …

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Post by Mike Caprio March 16, 2009
I’ve been posting Spring Training box score highlights over the last few weeks for top prospects either in position battles, or making the case for a mid-season call-up.
With less …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 16, 2009
 
Cole Hamels
Cole reportedly left Phillies camp this morning and headed back up to Philadelphia to be examined by Phillies doctors on Tuesday.  Though Hamels has been relatively healthy as …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 15, 2009
Here are some highlights from this weekend’s Spring Training games.  Martis appears to be pitching himself into the Nationals rotation with an excellent Spring.

Player/Pos/Team
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RBI
AVG
Notes
 

Pedro Alvarez, 3B, Pit.
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Posted by Mike Caprio March 14, 2009
The presence of the World Baseball Classic has enabled many of this year’s top prospects more playing time this Spring.  Here are some noteworthy performances from Thursday’s games.
 

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Gordon Beckham, …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 14, 2009
Chase Utley
Not that his off-season hip surgery would affect, in any way, his standing as the premiere 2nd baseman in all of baseball, but if you own him you …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 13, 2009
There was significant interest in my post on Stephen Strasburg earlier in the week, and I stumbled upon a TV commercial featuring this years consensus top pick in June’s amateur …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 12, 2009
Excluding unresolved position battles and closing committees, there are only 30 closers available at the start of each fantasy season, making their value key in  Roto leagues that use …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 12, 2009

Joe Mauer
Joe continues to feel discomfort after an MRI earlier in the week revealed no new information.  Mauer has “inflammation on the right side of his lower back at …

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Re-Posted by Mike Caprio March 11, 2009
In my 1st post on this site, I couldn’t convey any greater importance in establishing a “sound” structure for your Keeper League.  By it’s very definition, a Keeper League …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 10, 2009
ESPN is reporting that Twins catcher and #2 2009 Fantasy Keeper League Catcher Joe Mauer is experiencing continued backpain further delaying his return from offseason kidney surgery.

They have injected areas of …

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Posted by Mike Caprio March 10, 2009
In most of our Fantasy Keeper Leagues we require a player to be signed to a major league contract in order to be drafted and placed on a 40 man …