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Major League Baseball : Fantasy : Ask Rotoman
The new one went up yesterday, with some thoughts about Scott Rolen and Melvin Mora, Aramis Ramirez for Carlos Lee (with some sides), a tasting menu of deals (some involving AJ Burnett), and thoughts about young pitchers who may or may not be ready yet (including Zack Greinke).
Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Box Score
Just a few days after Carlos Beltran got a non-anabolic steroid injection (cortizone) and said he felt better than he had all year he swiped two bases. It’s impossible to say how long the effect will last but now is the time to hope with good reason that Beltran goes nuts.
Tim, an occasional contributor to the Ask Rotoman Discussion Board, has decided to start his own Blog.
I visited when there were more posts than visits, so to my mind he’s still figuring out what he has to offer that others don’t. It looks to me like an interest in strategies is what sets him apart from many fantasy blogs. And he’s a competent writer who makes it easier to read what he writes than harder.
You, if you decide to visit, can tell him what you like and what you find lacking. It’s a bold move to set up your own fantasy info shop. I wish Tim the best of luck.
My wife’s new book is called Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash. She followed the various streams of rubbish and waste from our house to their resting places, which turned out to be a pretty fun way to explore the very real problems we have with landfills, hazardous waste and recycling, to name just a few.
If you’re interested you can find out more at the website linked to above, and you can buy a discounted version there from Amazon, too. I’m biased, of course, but I’ve read the book four times and thoroughly enjoyed it each time. She is a wonderful story teller and guide.
PSSL – Puget Sound Sports League Baseball Multimedia
This is an fantasy league website, though the link above takes you to the multimedia page, which features an excellent collection of video clips from baseball history. The site also has nice links to home town newspapers and other fantasy information, but it’s the video you’ll get a kick out of.
Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Brad Radke
I’m sure everyone is all over this, but dammit it’s important. Brad Radke had walked four hitter until his next to last start. Now he’s walked five in his last two starts, pretty much screwing the possibility that he’d end up with more wins than walks.
He’s hurting, and while he claims he’s going to be able to pitch through it, the numbers don’t lie. The glorious run is over.
Mike Fenger dug out the big file of minor league games played. It has the breakouts by level for each player. It doesn’t have the cool aggregated OPS that the original file has, so we’ll leave them both up here.
Bookmark them if you think you might need them.
Auction Players – Home of the Fantasy Sports Gavel
I probably should have mentioned this a week ago, but I’m shy. Thursday night at 8pm I’m chatting at this site. I’m guessing it will be like an Ask Rotoman column, only it will move faster and my typos won’t be fixed as often.
Unless I’m missing something Baseball America no longer has 2004 minor league games played by position listed on their web site. You can (and should) buy the BA Almanac, which has all records by team for all minor league players and teams last year, but it does seem it would be easier to just open a file that has minor league GP info in it.
Here is a link to such a file. I won’t vouch for the accuracy. Certainly players in the low minors aren’t included here, so if someone has the almanac and it shows additional games, go with that.
But for a down and dirty quick look, this is the info I have on hand. So now you do.
Major League Baseball : Fantasy : Ask Rotoman
The newest column, like clockwork. Who do you like: Bigbie, Gomes or Johnson? Is it worth trading Johan Santana for upgrades at two positions? Why does my team stink? More on Contract Years and why they don’t mean much.
