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July is just around the corner and while baseball fans are gearing up for the All-Star game, fantasy owners are looking at who to buy and sell for the season's second half. Using Yahoo!'s rankings based on the last month's worth of numbers, let's look at June's hottest hitters and figure out who is for real.Begin Slideshow

Early season slumps are starting to become more concerning by the day.  Teams that have a group of these players need to start taking action until things fall back into place.  Using Yahoo!'s owned percentage, let's take a look at some players that might be available for a quick fix.   Under 50 Percent Kelly Johnson, 2B - Johnson hasn't hit a home run since April 11th, but he's not a big power ...

This past Tuesday, Toronto starter Ricky Romero took a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox.  While the no-hit bid fell that inning, Romero ended the game with a career-high 12 strikeouts, allowing two runs on only one hit, an Alex Rios two-run home run.  This was Romero's second straight quality start (actual quality start, not the three runs over six innings stat).  Of course, when one flirts ...

Kyle Blanks is the top name on ESPN's most dropped list, but is one man's trash another man's treasure?  This new weekly series will take a look at a few recent drops and see if there is a chance for these rejected players to bounce back and provide value for teams willing to take a chance on their talents.   Kyle Blanks -22 percent   There is no doubting Blanks' power potential, he hit one ...

One start in the books for Justin Masterson. Five innings, four hits, two walks, and five strikeouts, allowing only one earned run.  Last season, between the Red Sox and Indians, Masterson put up 119 strikeouts in 129.1 innings (8.28 K/9). While much of that work came out of the bullpen for the Red Sox, it did give us an indication of what type of potential Masterson had should he harness his command.  The one thing ...

One of the best moments of opening day 2010 took place in Atlanta, bottom of the first, two on and Jayson Heyward at the plate.  The crowd, still buzzing from a beautiful day at the ballpark, was prepared yet, in a way, unprepared for what was about to happen.   Last season, a young Braves' outfielder by the name of Jordan Schafer hit the Major League scene with an opening night home ...

All alliteration aside, a couple days ago I took a look at Hiroki Kuroda using the "hidden name method," comparing his peripheral stats to those of Chris Carpenter.  It's an interesting way to look at two different pitchers and see how one may have had a bit more fortune than the other.  Also, it's a good way of finding some pitchers that may be overvalued or undervalued heading into 2010 drafts. ...

The most interesting part of watching the Reds vs. Rockies spring training game yesterday was the difference in tone before Aroldis Chapman entered the game and how the tone changed as he struggled after his first inning of work.   The announcers, Thom Brennaman and Michael Brantley, started off by building the anticipation of his appearance as he would relieve Bronson Arroyo in the sixth inning.  Chapman came out and dominated in ...

No matter how much off—season research I do or how many mock drafts I participate in, I never know exactly how I feel about a player until it comes time to actually make a pick on draft day.  Having made some of those decisions already, I am certainly getting a feel for which players I really feel comfortable with picking and which players I am avoiding all together. Today I'll look at ...

It's one of  the best days of the year.  Fantasy Baseball draft day is a long awaited, much anticipated and (hopefully) much prepared for event that gives fantasy owners the base for their season.  I had a reader email me with a very good question, "What do you bring to draft day?"  What a great, yet basic, question!  This is something that I have messed around with for years and I've tried a bunch of ...