In March I predicted the top 10 rookies of 2011 in terms of fantasy value. Now that the season is over, lets review my rankings...
Sunday, April 3, 2011
According to Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com, Baltimore Orioles’ starter Brian Matusz will miss 3-6 weeks with a strained intercostal muscle. Zack Britton will take Matusz’s spot in the rotation, making his major league debut on Sunday against the Rays. Britton is the Orioles’ No. 2 prospect according to Baseball America. The 23-year-old southpaw has made major strides since being drafted in the third round out of high school in 2006. An extreme ground ball pitcher, Britton features the “best sinker in the minor leagues” according to Baseball America,to go along with a low 90s fastball, a plus slider and a serviceable changeup...
Thursday, March 3, 2011
The Baltimore Orioles had a busy offseason acquiring the likes of Derrek Lee, Mark Reynolds, Vladimir Guerrero, among others. The key to the Orioles lineup in 2011, however, will be the return of Brian Roberts, who missed 103 games last year with back and neck injuries. The team received a scare with news that Roberts was taken in for an MRI on his neck in the opening days of spring training, but nothing came of it. Roberts made his spring debut on Tuesday, and is expected to be in the lineup Opening Day. Just two years removed from a ridiculous 110/16/79/30/.283 season, Roberts remains capable of 10-plus HRs, 25-plus steals and a .280 batting average...
RT @cardboardgods: @Buster_ESPN My eyewitness opinion: Buster was VT's Danny "Little Red" Lopez of hay-bailing (i.e., the pound-for-pound champ). GM Neal Huntington and I grew up on dairy farms,so after talking Pirates on the podcast, we rated our farming skills. http://t.co/374zOHCiun
Only 242/337/385 at Triple-A so probably not soon. What say you @jasoncollette ? RT @Lou_Guida when do you see wil Myers getting a call up? Psyched for Trout on the Yankees! RT @VorosM Got a trade offer: Bryce Hunter for Matt Jones. Should I do it? http://t.co/uhyHYae2Ls Gausman's night is done. 5 innings, 4 runs, some overpowering strikeouts, some command blips. Pretty special stuff; clocked as high as 99mph Here's the story on the context of the Mattingly comments, from @jaysonst and I. http://t.co/7pr43opnL1 Bad-ass shit-kickin' rock! \m/ RT @EddieSpaghetti4 Now check this out!!! http://t.co/vLtNisygrS Poor kid waving a Pirates flag is going to become an internet sensation and he doesn't know it yet. Anybody who was watching knows why.© 2013 Fantasy Baseball Insiders. Powered by Wordpress.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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