The Blue Workhorse

What can we say about Mr. Hanley Ramirez, the preseason number 1 overall player? He just finished a week where a clubbed a couple grand slams and drove in 15 runs. His overall campaign now looks like .333 AVG / 47 R / 11 HR / 51 RBI / 11 SB; however all his owners would like the steals to increase from a guy who has stole 50 in the past.

“Bossman” BJ Upton had another nice week and continues to shine in the month of June. Upton went .348 over the past week with a homer and two steals, upping his total to 28 bags. It looks like the window has passed to buy low on Upton as he finally has things going and displaying that 5 category potential.

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One year ago on The Blue Workhorse, we played guess the numbers as DRang illustrated how important quality middle relievers can be for your fantasy baseball team.

Rang Report - The Power of Middle Relief [The Blue Workhorse]

* The Red Sox have finally removed Dice-K from the rotation after another putrid start against the Atlanta Braves where he allowed 6 runs. Matsuzaka has a season ERA of 8.23 and WHIP of 2.20. He has single-handedly destroyed some fantasy pitching staffs, and it looks like the 100 million dollar import will be on the shelf for a while. Examine the starts of John Smoltz, and always remember Clay Bucholtz is always tearing it up in Triple A.

* One thing I love to watch is Andrew McCutchen run the bases. The lighting-quick centerfielder was promoted to the big club after the much dissected Nate McLouth trade. McCutchen has showed up with a bang, hitting .333 and posting a .904 OPS in his first 78 at-bats. Will this type of production last, of course not, but one promising sign is only 14 strikeouts in 82 plate appearances, meaning he putting the bat on the ball.

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Most MLB teams have played roughly 38-40% of their season, and with the season being a little past one-third of the way over, we have enough at bats and innings to decide on which players you can target to help your team win a fantasy title, or which players you might need to sell high, based on a track record of potential second half flop.

We will start the fantasy baseball reports with this installment noting some bigger names that you can possibly get at a discounted rate this summer:
Buy Low
Jimmy Rollins SS PHI

The Philly shortstop and former NL MVP has been off to a terrible start. With a current line of .217 AVG / 5 HR / 25 RBI / 10 SB / .584 OPS, Rollins and his putrid OPS have given fantasy owners fits. However, J-Ro has had two solid second halves each of the past two seasons, and one would think Rollins will bounce back. Even though his overall numbers might be mediocre, an owner might get top 5 production the rest of the way from Rollins.

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fugleman \FYOO-gul-mun\, noun:

1. one at the head or forefront of a group or movement

Usage

Almost every season, fantasy baseball’s fugleman changes. This year it is the speedy and powerful Florida Marlins’ shortstop Hanley Ramirez as evidenced by every overall rankings list on our Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide.
CONTEST:

In order to win, your job is to come up with the funniest example sentence(s) using the day’s word. Therefore, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your example sentence.

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Every year during the month of March and the beginning of April, thousands upon thousands of dollars are forked out by fantasy baseball participants as they pay for magazine guides, research assistance, draft kits, and applications to help them track their drafts.

We are, however, of the belief that it is unnecessary to spend any money at all because there is so much great information available for free online. But often that information is so spread out that fantasy baseballers will find just a source or two (typically the large media sites: Yahoo, CBS Sports, FOX Sports, etc.) and take that sites information and rankings as fact when, in reality, they should be checking out multiple sources.

So to help out all those who are fantasy baseball participants what we’ve done is compiled a semi-Master List with links to several different sites’ rankings, strategy advice, and even a couple of free draft tracker applications that we recommend. (If you see something you think should definitely be on this list, Contact Us and we’ll make sure to update the list.)

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workhorse-roundup

We’ve got a bunch of random links lying around that need some love, so today we’re giving you links to 9 interesting lists, 4 home team links about the Atlanta Braves, and 5 random links that each have something to do with females:
9 Lists -

* 10 Actors w/ athletic coordination - Uncoached
* 10 Sports cry babies - BroBible
* 10 Video game characters who juiced - Pwn or Die

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nocuous \NOK-yoo-uhs\, adjective:

1. harmful
2. likely to cause damage or injury; noxious

Usage

Drafting an injury-plagued player in the first two rounds of your fantasy draft, ala Victor Martinez and/or Erik Bedard, is a nocuous no-no than can cost you a championship.
CONTEST:

In order to win, your job is to come up with the funniest example sentence(s) using the day’s word. Therefore, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your example sentence.

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