It’s that time of year. As January rolls towards it’s conclusion and the spring training itch becomes an irritant, I rifle through baseball stats and begin my research for the fantasy baseball draft. That process always unearths some surprises. I play in a 15 team keepers league. Overall production, not positional balance has always been the philosophy that guides my draft selection process....
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The Nationals and free agent starting pitcher Max Scherzer have agreed to a seven-year deal, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports. Ken Rosenthal says the deal is worth $180 million dollars. According to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports, the Nationals may explore trading either Jordan Zimmermann or Stephen Strasburg. January 18 Jon Heyman of CBS Sports is reporting that free agent pitcher Max Scherzer is in...
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With the Major League roster pretty close to being set minus 2nd lefty and possibly the last bench spot, lets take a look at what could be the opening day roster for the Las Vegas 51’s. Starting Rotation Noah Syndergaard – Ace in Vegas until the Super Two cutoff. Steven Matz – Started last year in St. Lucie but he is rising fast. Rafael Montero – Seems like most the...
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Here’s a new wrinkle on the Dillon Gee trade front from Mike Puma of the Post. The Giants, Padres and Rockies continue to be potential landing spots for Gee, but an industry source indicates that at least one AL team has now shown interest in the veteran right-hander. Additionally, the source added that the Mets no longer consider it necessary to receive a major league player in return for...
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This off-season, the Mets hired former Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long to help alleviate some of the Mets woes on offense. In an article by John Harper of the NY Daily News, Long shared his thoughts about the Mets approach and he believes there are misconceptions about it. “I think they’ve had to try to change the culture here,’’ says Long. “It’s funny, because, isn’t walking a byproduct of...
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An MMO Fan Shot by Chris Maloney I can’t believe some of the negativity I’m seeing this offseason from some Mets fans who lack confidence in our team. This one sucks, that one sucks, ad nauseam. So I decided to share some analysis just to show how good the Mets offense can be in 2015. The charts below were created using most players’ career averages. Here’s a brief explanation....
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