Colvin, a former first round pick by the Cubs, has never received too much hype, only cracking the Baseball America Top 100 Prospects list once, before the 2008 season. He hardly scratched the top 80. Maybe this lack of hype was earned, because while Colvin never exactly struggled in the minor leagues, he also failed […]
Three Team Carmelo Anthony Trade Gives Minnesota Fans Whole New Reason to Curse GM Khan
For those who aren’t regular readers of Bill Simmons (you don’t know what you’re missing), I’ll start out this article by filling you in on perhaps one of his funniest running jokes. After a disastrous draft in which the Minnesota Timberwolves had three first round picks two years ago and used them all on point […]
Fantasy Baseball Comeback Candidate Manny Ramirez
An enigmatic personality, we all know Manny Ramirez is good at one thing: getting himself run out of town. After faking injuries and quitting on teammates, Ramirez, once a fan favorite, was traded out of Boston at the 2008 trade deadline with the full faith and blessing of the Fenway Faithful. It was no problem […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Luke Scott
Great Scott! Usually fantasy baseball drafters are quick to pick up guys who have proven capable of hitting a respectable batting average and above average power production. Not with Luke Scott, though. Like Oakland first baseman Daric Barton, another established player who gets so little attention he still qualifies as a sleeper of sorts, Scott […]
Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Daric Barton
I need to start off this sleeper with a bit of a disclaimer, or caveat, if you will. Unlike other fantasy baseball sleeper players I’ve written about like Freddie Freeman and Sean Rodriguez, who are young players fresh off the farm looking for their breakout season, Barton has for the most part established himself as […]