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Month: July 2006

  • News & Notes

    Francisco Liriano generates missed swings with 34 percent of his pitches, which is by far the most in the majors; Aaron Harang of the Reds is second, at 26 percent. Jeff Francis last week became the third Rockies pitcher to toss a two-hitter this year, joining Jason Jennings and Josh Fogg. In their first 13…

  • Market Watch

    The following are players I like as trade targets or as excellent pick ups if somehow still available. While not all are your typical buy-low candidates, make sure their respective owners value them properly, as their production may exceed perception. Alex Rios – Not that his play has been poor, but maybe Rios’ owners grew…

  • News & Notes

    The Tigers became the first team in 115 years to score at least five runs in the opening inning of three straight games. The Astros were recently shut out for the 11th time in Roger Clemens’ 38 starts since the beginning of 2005. ESPN is convinced that pent-up demand for the Aug. 22 release of…

  • Player Spotlight: Alex Rodriguez

    Alex Rodriguez is one of the most talked about people in all of baseball. While he consistently puts up nice numbers, most of the chatter surrounds his ridiculous paycheck and failures on the field. Of all the non-steroid suspected players, no one is viewed more negatively than A-Rod. It’s entirely possible Rodriguez brought most of…

  • News & Notes

    The Twins have won 37 of their first 48 home games. It’s the best start at home by a team since the 1998 Yankees went 40-8. Jose Canseco had another run-in with police this week after winning the home run derby at the Golden Baseball League’s inaugural All-Star game. Several hours after Canseco won a…

  • Silly Sports Illustrated

    By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer When I arrived home from work today, my mom (I know, I know, it’s only temporary) greeted me with a big smile and the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, a special fantasy football issue, featuring 14 pages of beefed-up coverage! Now Dalton has commented on this before, but it…

  • News & Notes

    The Braves became the first team since the 1930 Yankees to score 10 or more runs in five straight games. Do not count them out of the wild card race just yet. The Braves’ Jorge Sosa and the Cubs’ Carlos Zambrano are the first pair of pitchers with three or more homers since 1984. When…

  • Fantasy Contender

    By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Note: Don’t worry, this article contains no spoilers. Last night I spent two delightful hours glued to ESPN’s “The Contender.” For those who missed Season One, the show takes 16 fairly talented and accomplished boxers who live and train together. At the end of each episode, two boxers are…

  • Tight End Rankings

    We continue our rankings with tight ends. These rankings are for 12-team leagues, and a scoring system consisting of 6 pts per receiving TD, 1 point per 10 receiving yards and .5 points per reception. We combined our own individual rankings into one unified cheatsheet. Our personal player rankings are listed after each name. Dalton…

  • Wide Receiver Rankings

    We continue our rankings with wide receivers. These rankings are for 12-team leagues, and a scoring system consisting of 6 pts per receiving TD, 1 point per 10 receiving yards and .5 points per reception. We combined our own individual rankings into one unified cheatsheet. Our personal player rankings are listed after each name. Dalton…

  • News & Notes

    The All-Star game matters. Home field has been fairly significant in determining the World Series champion recently. Since 1985, the team with HFA has won 17 of the last 20 World Series. Also, the last eight times the World Series has gone to a Game 7, the home team has won each game. For the…

  • Second Half Preview

    After giving out my midseason awards, I figure it’s time for some predictions on what’s to come. The following is how I see the playoff picture unfolding. Unfortunately, these teams don’t exactly match the ones I predicted entering the season. NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers – A much, much better division from top to bottom…

  • Midseason Awards

    NL MVP: Albert Pujols – An easy call. He misses 18 days with a strained oblique and still leads the league in homers. A run at 60 bombs cannot be ruled out. He single-handedly makes the Cardinals a threat in the National League. AL MVP: Jim Thome – My top three picks for AL MVP…

  • Running Back Rankings

    We continue our rankings with running backs. These rankings are for 12-team leagues, and a scoring system consisting of 6 pts per rushing TD, 1 point per 10 rushing yards and .5 points per reception. We combined our own individual rankings into one unified cheatsheet. Our personal player rankings are listed after each name. Dalton…

  • Quarterback Rankings

    Over the course of the next week, RotoScoop will be posting NFL Fantasy Rankings, with a different position each day. We start off with the signal callers. These rankings are for 12-team leagues starting 1 QB and standard scoring (4 pts per pass TD, 1 point per 20 passing yards). We combined our own individual…

  • News & Notes

    The Tigers had a three-year record that was the worst in the game and now have a midseason record that’s the best in the game. As much as I like the Oakland A’s squad, the Angels cannot be counted out at this point. Name a better rotation than Jered Weaver, Santana, Colon, Escobar and Lackey.…

  • The People Have Spoken

    Nomar Garciaparra was a fine choice, but the American League fan vote is more of a joke than ever. First, let me say that this isn’t a huge deal in the big scheme of things, but it does, however, underscore how little the average fan pays attention. Or maybe popularity just overrides common sense. The…

  • Good Luck

    By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Early next week, RotoScoop will be releasing our coveted football cheatsheets, an aggregate of the three writers’ individual rankings. In anticipation of this glorious event, and amped-up fantasy football coverage here at RotoScoop, I’d like to briefly comment on why fantasy football is the greatest of all fantasy sports,…

  • News & Notes

    Injury of the week (if not the year): Brewers reliever Matt Wise is temporarily shelved after an injury caused by a pair of salad tongs. He cut the middle finger on his pitching hand while reaching for the aluminum tongs in the postgame spread. This is the same Matt Wise who strained his shoulder on…

  • All-Star Thoughts

    First off, it’s tough to get the rosters perfectly right, as the system is obviously fallible. I do like the fans having the ability to choose, but this certainly leaves room for error – as does the absurd rule of every team having a representative, Mark Redman, anyone? Another rule worth mentioning is the winner…