Rookies are a funny thing in fantasy football. Just like baseball, they are gobbled up in every draft in the hope of finding the next big thing. But unlike baseball, most of them struggle to find a role on the team, and few are fantasy relevant in their first seasons. Fantasy players are always looking to hit the jackpot with a young stud (Marques Colston), but are…
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Chipper Jones
After my article on my site Fantasy Baseball Strategy described how many athletes hide injuries, Chipper is being reported to have several nagging injuries, including Quad, Hamstring, and elbow problems. He is an example of an athlete who at times may be too tough for his own good. Most likely his current elbow problem is related to all of his other problems and likely will not go…
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Uh, oh Red Sox Nation! After Josh Beckett has had his start pushed back a couple of times, the worst possible news came down on Thursday. The three words that no fantasy player ever wants to hear…….Doctor James Andrews! Beckett’s next start was postponed again, and he will be going to see Dr. Andrews to evaluate his elbow. Stay tuned for the result of this visit…
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Sorry for the delay. Double sessions on top of a real bad commute set me back big time and I couldn’t get an update. I apologize for that and I’m here for today’s instead.
Rick Ankiel
An abdominal strain/problem is just as bothersome for a hitter as it it for a pitcher. It effects your bat control and it effects your power. He’s being examined by other doctors and I’m sure they…
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You have to be careful with the number of defensive linemen that you have on your team. A lot of these guys don’t register a lot of tackles, so if they don’t get sacks, you aren’t scoring many points with them. You will notice that most get between 40-50 tackles per season. Average that over 16 games, and that is just around three tackles a game. If there’s no sack…
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It is late in your draft, your team is pretty much set, but you have a couple of picks left. Who is out there who doesn’t have a starting job now, but with a couple of lucky breaks could have a good impact this season? Who might be the guy you aren’t thinking about now, that becomes a fantasy household…
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Whatever Brett Myers did while he was in the minor leagues, perhaps he should spend a couple of weeks down there every season. Myers improved to 4-1 since he returned with another stellar effort. He threw another seven shutout innings and struck out eight batters. Myers did allow nine hits, but none of them came around to score. Myers…
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Jerricho Cotchery, New York Jets. No one stands to gain more from the arrival of Brett Favre then Cotchery. He is the Jets one legitimate deep threat, and with the noodle arm of Chad Pennington and the inaccuracy of Kellen Clemens, his skills would have never been properly utilized. Now with #4 in town, the Jets have a quarterback…
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With the preseason winding down, and only the extremely boring fourth game remaining, a few teams have officially named their starting quarterbacks for the 2008 season.
Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons. The 4th overall pick in this year’s draft will get his chance to prove what he has right from Week 1. I think that this has as much to do with the organization…
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Aaron Harang was finally able to get back into the win column on Friday, as he threw six shutout innings and struck out four batters as he raised his nightmare season’s record to 4-13. The Harangatang, as one of my most loyal readers likes to call him, won his first game since June 13th, and even though he had a quality…
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