Month: March 2007
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Position Scarcity Rebuttal
By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Both Dalton and Tim Dierkes over at Rotoworld have recently written articles analyzing position scarcity (Dierkes’ article can be found here), and I wanted to weigh in with my own, somewhat different, opinion on things. The true value of a player is determined by how much better his stats…
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Position Scarcity
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer While some overrate position scarcity, others pay no attention to it. Winning is likely possible with either strategy, but the object of this article is to decide just how to go about dealing with thin positions. First off, let’s identify which positions are shallow and which ones are…
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Relief Pitcher Rankings
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer 1. Francisco Rodriguez – You really can’t go wrong with either Nathan or K-Rod as the first closer off the board, but I’m never one to chase saves early on in drafts. Rodriguez battles Ben Sheets for the honor of best curveball in the game. 2. Joe Nathan…
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NFL Offseason Developments
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer With free agency starting today, it’s as good as time as any to take a quick look around the National Football League. At this point, it would be an upset if Troy Smith is a first day selection. Or even if he makes an NFL team out of…
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Soriano or A-Rod?
By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Who was hitting on Seikaly?! I’ll kill him! I swear! Moving on, position scarcity isn’t a good enough reason to draft Chase Utley in the top five, Ryan Howard’s numbers are sure to regress, and Carl Crawford’s low counting stats and reliance on speed to produce scare me a…