Earlier today, the Washington Nationals acquired Jonny Gomes from the Cincinnati Reds for two minor leaguers, so let’s take a look at the fantasy impact of that trade. Gomes: Unless Gomes is flipped, expect him to platoon with Laynce Nix in left for the Nationals. The right-handed Gomes has a .333/.439/.537 slash line with three [...]
Now that we have had some time to digest the first big trade of the baseball season, it’s time to take a look at the fantasy fallout from the Francisco Rodriguez trade. Hurt Francisco Rodriguez/John Axford: It was originally believed that Rodriguez because of his games finished clause in his contract would set up Axford. [...]
Fantasy baseball owners waited patiently for St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa to pull the trigger. Albert Pujols had appeared in four games as a third baseman. One more appearance would give him the magical fantasy five and qualify him at that position for the rest of the season. Fantasy owners got their wish on [...]
According to Bob Dutton via Twitter, the Kansas City Royals have stripped Joakim Soria of his closer duties. Soria blew his third consecutive save this afternoon. He gave up three runs on four hits in the ninth inning trying to protect a one-run lead against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Aaron Crow will get [...]
The Cincinnati Reds will call up prospect Todd Frazier before tonight’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies according to his agents over at CAA Sports. It’s about time as Frazier is hitting 294/.368/.581 with 11 home runs in 43 games at Triple-A Louisville. He was the Reds’ 15th best prospect coming into the 2011 season according [...]
After Wednesday afternoons debacle against the Cincinnati Reds, I was all prepared to write a “When do the Houston Astros replace Brandon Lyon?” post. I didn’t get to it because of some prior obligations, but it’s amazing how things work themselves out sometimes. The Astros don’t have to worry about when to replace Lyon because [...]
