There have been a lot of bad contracts handed out in Major League Baseball history.While people point the finger at recent ridiculous deals - cough Jason Schmidt cough - the truth is that owners have been throwing stupid money at suspect players since, well, since they started having stupid money   more...
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By Jeff Passan, Yahoo! SportsTake a bow, Carl Pavano. Just don't hurt your back.You, sir, are the kind of baseball player that makes the annual All-Overpaid team possible. Since you signed with the New York Yankees four years ago for $39.95 million -- remember, you fired your agent because he   more...
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As we approach the mid-point of the 2008 season, much has been made of the success of small market teams like the Rays and Marlins. Heck, even the Pirates have scraped their way towards mediocrity. While these teams' successes are usually attributed to the talented, young players they have, I think   more...
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It was Plaschke calling out Pierce for overacting his knee injury last week and today it's TJ Simmers who has words for Curt Schilling. Schilling wrote a very interesting piece on Kobe after watching the L.A. guard courtside and Simmers decided to calmly disagree. Just kidding, he called him a   more...
Original Story: http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008....

The GNUru's take on how Chad Billingsley's shot at the Dodger rotation will impact fantasy baseball!!With the injury to Jason Schmidt, the Los Angeles Dodgers are turning to Chad Billingsley to fill the void. Chad Billingsley is one of the Dodgers top pitching prospects and is finally getting the   more...
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I'm back after spending a week on the disable list to bring all the Fantasy Baseball Geeks my Top 100 Pre-Season Fantasy Players. In my latest article I break down 70-79. Does Bill Hall hit 35 Hr's again this year? Nick Swisher, "The Little Engine" that could? Chris Young, is he the next BIG thing?   more...
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Cyril Morong of 'Beyond the Boxscore' created two 15 player lists, one of pitchers who improved from the 2005 to 2006, the other of players who declined. He used a statistic called RSAA which means "the amount of runs that a pitcher saved vs. what an average pitcher would have allowed. It is   more...
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We're not finished with the World Series yet, and it seems like just about everyone outside of Detroit and St. Louis is eager to find out what big moves will be made this offseason. In a free-agent market that doesn't exactly fit the billing of "spectacular", teams are going to be hard-pressed to   more...
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Not sure if any of you caught it last night on Sportscenter, but the NL West was called the best division in baseball. This is a far cry from the supposed bottom dweller it has been called in the past, and where many figured it to be again. The NL West is the only NL division with three teams over   more...
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Dodger manager Grady Little has slated Derek Lowe as the Opening Day starter when they begin the 2007 campaign in Milwaukee.The rest of the roatation is still up in the air. Little has confirmed (and this can't be hard), that Brad Penny and 1st year Dodgers Jason Schmidt and Randy Wolf will be   more...
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One of the best ways to prep for a fantasy draft is to take a look at mocks - see where certain players are falling, get an idea of the flow of things, etc. This past Sunday, FIO hosted a fantasy baseball experts mock draft (done over at Mock Draft Central). Representatives from such sites as   more...
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Hey sports junkies! This column is dedicated to bringing you the latest information on who's hot and who's not in the fantasy sports world. The "Studs" are the players that you should consider adding off of the free agent wire or acquiring via a trade. The "Duds" are those players that you should   more...
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Instead of pulling the younger players aside Kent decided to publicly criticize them.
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To those who celebrate it, I wish to wish you a Merry Christmas. Onward to the surprising National League preview. All the talk last year about a far inferior National League all but made the ALCS the official World Series. But Those feisty St. Louis Cardinals surprised the world and won the   more...
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The first big free agent pitching domino has apparently fell as former Giant Jason Schmidt has reportedly come to terms with the Los Angeles Dodgers on a three year, $47 million dollar contract. The signing of Schmidt likely also means that Brad Penny will be dealt for a hitting help. Scmidt is the   more...
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