National League East New York Mets—Francisco Rodriguez Next In Line:  Pedro Feliciano, Eddie Kunz I urge you to try to forget the ugly season that it was for the New York Mets in 2009 when you are evaluating Francisco Rodriguez.  There is no possible way that the team can suffer the same number and severity of injuries again this season.  However, there are two things that…
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Tags: billly wagner, Brad Lidge, brian wilson, Carlos Marmol, chad qualls, francisco cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, heath bell, huston street, jonathan broxton, leo nunez, Matt Capps, matt lindstrom, octavio dotel, Ryan Franklin, trevor hoffman

American League East New York Yankees—Mariano Rivera Next In Line:  Phil Hughes, Alfredo Aceves, Joba Chamberlain? Every year we sit and wonder if THIS will be the year that the mighty Rivera starts to show his age.  2009 seemed to be it as he was coming back from surgery and fast approaching 40 years old.  Rivera recorded 44 saves, his most since 2005, and his ERA…
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Jose Valverde, RP, Detroit Tigers.  This is one of my least favorite closers in all of fantasy baseball because he always leaves you on the edge of your seat every time he comes out of the bullpen, and too often for my liking you end up throwing the remote across the room because he blows the save.  Valverde spent some time on the…
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Tags: Billy Wagner, Brandon Lyon, danys baez, Fernando Rodney, j.j. putz, Jose Valverde, Matt Capps, matt lindstrom, mike gonzalez, Rafael Soriano

Chone Figgins, 3B, Seattle Mariners.  I might not agree with the amount of money he got in his free agent contract, but Figgins still has a decent amount of value in fantasy circles.  Figgins has stolen at least 40 bases in four of the last five seasons, but he doesn't help you in many other categories.  His average is good but not great…
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Tags: Adam LaRoche, adrian beltre, akinori iwamura, aubrey huff, chone figgins, garrett atkins, j.j. hardy, jake fox, kelly johnson, kelly shoppach, kevin kouzmanoff, marco scutaro, mark derosa, mark teahen, Nick Johnson, placido polanco

Roy Halladay, SP, Philadelphia Phillies.  There isn't much leg work to talk about here with Halladay.  He has been one of the best pitchers in baseball for what seems like a decade now, and with a move to the National League could he only get better?  He is an absolute workhorse who has won 20 games twice in his career and has over…
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Tags: aroldis chapman, brad penny, Brandon Morrow, cliff lee, edwin jackson, Ian Kennedy, jason marquis, javier vasquez, john lackey, Kelvim Escobar, Kevin Millwood, kyle drabek, max scherzer, Randy Wolf, rich harden, roy halladay

Jason Bay, OF, New York Mets.  Although for the longest time it didn't seem that he wanted to, Jason Bay took the big bucks to go to the Big Apple and anchor the Mets batting order.  Everyone on the Mets will be undervalued this year after their atrocious offensive season in 2009, and now the questions will come about Bay and how Citi…
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Tags: Andruw Jones, austin jackson, carlos gomez, Coco Crisp, Curtis Granderson, Hideki Matsui, jason bay, jeremy hermida, juan pierre, marlon byrd, Melky Cabrera, mike cameron, milton bradley, ryan church, vladimir guerrero

Quarterbacks

Start:  Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Denver Broncos. I don't think that this is going out on some crazy limb here, but this is my chance to say that I think that Palmer will have a huge bounceback season.  He should have a re-energized Chad 85, a re-dedicated Chris Henry, and a new possession receiver in Laverneous Coles.  The running game won't…
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Tags: Ben Roethlisberger, brett favre, bryant johnson, Carson Palmer, donnie avery, dustin keller, james davis, Matt Schaub, nate burleson, ray rice, Reggie Bush, Ryan Grant, Santana Moss, Tony Gonzalez

Alfonso Soriano is going to be out indefinitely with his chronically sore knee.  The Cubs said that they will keep Soriano out of the lineup going forward with no timetable for his return.  He has been a colossal disappointment this season, and this is just another dagger in the hearts of his owners.  Lou Pinella would not say that he will miss the…
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Tags: alfonso soriano, carlos beltran, edwin encarnacion, Eric Byrnes, gordon beckham, jose guillen, josh hamilton, Mariano Rivera, Phil Hughes, roy oswalt

Pedro Martinez outdueled Tim Lincecum.  No, you didn't read that wrong, Pedro Martinez outdueled Tim Lincecum.  Martinez went seven innings and struck out nine while allowing just one run.  He has been wildly inconsistent.  Three of his starts Martinez has lasted five or more innings, and two of them he pitched only two or three innings.  I still wouldn't trust him…
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Tags: BJ Upton, brett myers, clay buchholz, huston street, john smoltz, josh hamilton, manny parra, Mariano Rivera, pat misch, pedro martinez

1.  Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals (Bye Week: 4) 96 catches, 1,431 yards, 12 TDs Fitzgerald has it all. The height, the hands, the quarterback, the offensive scheme, the good receiver on the other side to take some pressure off. He is an amazing red zone target, and also can take nearly any pass to the house. He is a near lock to catch 90+ passes…
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Tags: andre caldwell, andre johnson, anquan boldin, anthony gonzalez, antonio bryant, antwaan randle-el, bernard berrian, bobby engram, bobby wade, brandon marshall, brandon stokely, braylon edwards, brian robiskie, bryant johnson, calvin johnson, chad johnson, chansi stuckey, chaz schilenz, chris chambers, chris henry, darrius heyward-bey, david clowney, deion branch, derrick mason, desean jackson, devery henderson, devin hester, devin thomas, devone bess, dominik hixon, donald driver, donnie avery hines ward, dwayne bowe, eddie royal, greg camarillo, greg jennings, hakeem nicks, isaac bruce, javon walker, jeremy maclin, jerricho cotchery, joey galloway, johnnie lee higgins, josh morgan, josh reed, justin gage, kenny britt, kevin curtis, kevin walter, lance moore, larry fitzgerald, laurent robinson, laverneous coles, lee evans, limas sweed, malcolm floyd, mark bradley, mark clayton, marques colston, michael clayton, michael crabtree, michael jenkins, miles austin, mushim muhammad, nate burleson, nate washington, patrick crayton, percy harvin, Randy Moss, Rashied Davis, Reggie Wayne, robert meachem, roddy white, ronald curry, roscoe parrish, roy williams, Santana Moss, santonio holmes, sidney rice, steve breaston, steve smith, t.j. houshmandzadeh, ted ginn jr, Terrell Owens, torry holt, troy williamson, Vincent Jackson, wes welker