Archive for April 2019
Early season power outages: Is BABS concerned?
by Doug Gruber Most teams have now played 25 or more games, and full-time players have logged approximately 100 plate appearances. That’s about 15% of the season in the books. Still early. We all know the players who are off to incredible starts. Christian Yelich has been amazing with 13 home runs already. Cody Bellinger…
Read MorePlaying time churn could force BABS to change
As of this past Sunday, 45 players who had been ranked among the pre-season Top 300 have already visited the Injured List. That’s 15 percent of the top players hobbled in little more than 10 percent of the season. This is important because the more players who get hurt, the more pointless our pre-season playing…
Read MoreBABSian speculations on 6 early surgers
by Pat Cloghessy Three weeks into the season. Can we take stock of what we’ve seen so far? Well, yes. It’s what we do. What pitchers are ready to take the next step up? Are there any rising power sources? So many questions, but we can hypothesize. Look at the leaders in isolated power. The…
Read MoreGot Injuries? BABS is here to help
by Doug Gruber It happens every year. Injuries, a plethora of them, to start the season. For whatever the reason…the intensity of real games, foul weather, bad luck… Fantasy rosters that looked deep coming out of our drafts now have swiss cheese-like holes to be filled after only two weeks. BABS pointed out the injury…
Read MoreLeaders rejoice! Trailers panic! It’s April!
by Patrick Cloghessy I am sick of Trevor Story. Ditto Aaron Judge (pictured) and Matt Carpenter. Alex Bregman’s repeat season has stumbled out of the gate. I always knew Eddie Rosario was never that good. I don’t want to overreact, but Daniel Murphy, Giancarlo Stanton and Miguel Andujar? WTF? Why do the fantasy baseball gods…
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