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  It’s the Dave Duncan philosophy – pitch strikes and pound the bottom of the strike zone – and if you haven’t noticed…it works. We saw it at its best last year when Joel Pineiro  put up a 3.42 ERA, which was actually worse  than his FIP of 3.27, and a WHIP of 1.15 on his way to a 15-12 record. To put this in perspective, Piniero’s career ERA before 2009 was 4.55 and ...

  Just because Mark Teixeira is 3-for-27 to start that season doesn't mean it's time to panic. Teixeira has a career .305 batting average after the All-Star break. It's only one week. My colleague Bryan Curley already stressed the point that it is unwise to react strongly to just one week of baseball, but I am here to reiterate that point and drill it into your head. I thought ...

He doesn’t have a starting job. He plays in an extreme pitcher's park on a terrible lineup. So why should fantasy owners keep an eye on Jake Fox? Well, he did just hit his first home run of the season. Fox is what we in the business call a free swinger. In 82 games for the Cubs last year, Fox offered at 37.7 percent of pitches outside the strike zone (25.1 percent MLB ...

Drafting pitchers in fantasy baseball is an art. If you can stomach his paltry K's, Piniero makes for a great value at the end of drafts. There are a lot of factors that go into a pitcher's performance every season such as health, fatigue, and experience. It's very difficult to predict whether a pitcher will get injured, or if he will just have a ôdownö year. ...

Check out the rest of our draft preview here . Imagine your co-worker, the company's best employee,á moving on to a better position at a better company. That's what it feels like at the third base position. For the second straight year, an elite hitter has left third base for better and bigger things with this year's permanent vacationer being Miguel Cabrera . (Ryan Braun left for the outfield ...

Cases already heard: Cabrera v. Fielder Upton v. McCutchen Sandoval v. Youkilis Lester v. Lee All rise! Court is now in session. In our fifth case, we have the Plaintiff, Mr. Ben Zobrist, vs. the Defendant, Mr. Brian Roberts.  Mr. Zobrist claims that he is more deserving of being your starting second basemen, and as a result he should be drafted ahead of ...

It's the old adage in sports; defense wins championships. It's been proven true in football and basketball, but in baseball? For the Boston Red Sox, check yes. Since 2004, the Red Sox have made the playoffs five times, the ALCS three times and won the World Series twice. People keep a lot of statistics in baseball, but only one directly relates to the Red Sox recent up-and-down performance—defensive efficiency. Baseball Prospectus calculates ...