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    Salary Cap Baseball: Update

    Monday, April 13, 2009, 04:42 PM EST [General]

    Week 1 was a big success as I finished 32nd to place in the 99.6 percentile of the Salary Cap Baseball game.

    For Week 3, I've updated Mark Reynolds' value from $9 to $8 to generate another $1 in the budget. I've replaced Khalil Greene at $11 for Stephen Drew at $12 for shortstop. Drew offers better all-around stats, has stronger numbers from last season and is a rising talent.

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    Join me for Wednesday fantasy chats

    Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 01:19 PM EST [General]

    Join me for Wednesday's fantasy chats at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.

    Here's the most recent chat. 

    The next chat is Wednesday on April 15 at 2 p.m ET/11 a.m. PT.

    Please feel free to submit questions beforehand.

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    Salary Cap Baseball: Week 1 lineup

    Friday, April 3, 2009, 10:58 PM EST [General]

    Welcome to the FOXSports Salary Cap Baseball game!

    Join on Facebook or MySpace to form a team.

    Here's my advice on whom to pick at nine positions.

    Atlanta, $1: This is one of the game's best bargains. The Braves have a solid top of the rotation with Derek Lowe, Javier Vazquez and Jair Jurrjens, along with promising Japanese import Kenshin Kawakami. They face Philadelphia on the road but start at home against the weak Nationals.

    Home runs are the key category to achieve with five points awarded for each.

    C: Victor Martinez, $12:  He could be fantasy's best hitting catcher if he returns to form. He's playing in the warmer climate of Texas and indoors at Toronto, and both have weak rotations.

    1B: Miguel Cabrera, $17: He faces the shaky rotations of Toronto and Texas, and plays indoors in a four-game road trip against the Blue Jays.

    2B: Ian Kinsler, $14: He's one of the few second basemen who can slug 20 homers in a season. He faces the largely unproven rotations of Cleveland and Detroit.

    3B: Mark Reynolds, $9: He had a hot start last year, hitting seven homers in April. That accounted for a quarter of his 28 homers. He'll be playing in warmer Arizona at a hitter's park, facing Colorado's suspect starters to begin the season.

    SS: Khalil Greene, $10: Playing at a weak hitting position, Greene hit 27 homers two years ago and is looking to revitalize his career in St. Louis. The Cards also play seven games at home in the opening week against the poor rotations of Pittsburgh and Houston.

    OF1: Josh Hamilton, $14:  Rangers Ballpark is one of the top hitting parks, and Texas starts the season with three at home. Hamilton had 32 of his AL-leading 130 RBI in April last season.  

    OF2: Alfonso Soriano, $13: He hit 46 homers in 2006 and will be looking to start the season strong at a hitter's park in Houston.

    OF3: Nelson Cruz, $10: He's one of the rising all-around hitters who showed much potential last season.

    Captain, Cabrera: Detroit is scheduled to play seven games, weather permitting.

    Total: $100M

    Other value picks: SP St. Louis, $4; SP Florida, $6; SS Troy Tulowtzki, $12; SS Stephen Drew, $12; OF Rick Ankiel, $11; OF Pat Burrell, $12; OF Jermaine Dye, $13    

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    Have a fantasy question? Ask now!

    Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 04:06 PM EST [General]

    Have a fantasy baseball question? Football? Auto Racing? Or another sport? Need last-minute draft advice? Ask, and I'll answer them!
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    Fantasy impact: Owens to Buffalo

    Monday, March 9, 2009, 12:46 PM EST [General]

    Moving from Dallas to Buffalo removes Terrell Owens from consideration as one of the top three fantasy wideouts.

    However, Owens remains a top 10 fantasy wide receiver based upon his receiving skills, big-play ability, durability and the potential of Buffalo's offense.

    Owens has missed reaching 1,000 receiving yards only once in the past nine seasons. Since playing with Dallas for the past three seasons, he's averaged 78 receptions for 1,196 yards and 13 touchdowns

    Reflective of his gamebreaking talent, Owens generated the third-most receptions (6) of 40 yards or more and the seventh-most catches of 40-plus yards (15) last year in his 13th season as he turned age 35.

    In addition, he's managed to stay durable recently, playing in 47 of 48 games during the past three seasons. Though Buffalo ranked in the bottom third (11th-worst) of passing offenses last year, it has talented playmakers at running back with Marshawn Lynch and at wideout with Lee Evans.

    They will help ease Owens' transition to his new team and lessen the demands for him to carry the offensive load. The Bills starting running back has registered consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and totaled 16 touchdowns in his first two years. Evans has recorded two 1,000-yard seasons in the past three years.

    Quarterback Trent Edwards is still unproven, though, and has yet to record a 300-yard game or reach 3,000 passing yards. He also has totaled just 18 passing scores in his first two seasons.

    However, Edwards is entering only his third season and has shown flashes of being a proficient signal-caller. In his rookie season, he threw for four scores against Miami in Week 14 and passed for 273 yards and two scores at Kansas City in Week 12 last year.

    Adding one of the game's top playmakers will help expedite his progress and give him another legitimate big-play receiver downfield. Buffalo's coaches will also have the ability to call more aggressive passing plays with Owens.

     

    Review my top 50 fantasy wide receiver rankings:

     

    1.       Larry Fitzgerald 

    2.       Randy Moss

    3.       Reggie Wayne

    4.       Andre Johnson

    5.       Steve Smith

    6.       Greg Jennings

    7.       Roddy White

    8.       Brandon Marshall

    9.       Terrell Owens

    10.   Calvin Johnson

    11.   Anquan Boldin

    12.   Dwayne Bowe

    13.   T.J. Houshmandzadeh

    14.   Wes Welker

    15.   Antonio Bryant

    16.   Marques Colston

    17.   Hines Ward

    18.   Lance Moore

    19.   Roy Williams

    20.   Chad Johnson

    21.   Braylon Edwards

    22.   Santana Moss

    23.   Anthony Gonzalez

    24.   Jerricho Cotchery

    25.   Vincent Jackson

    26.   DeSean Jackson

    27.   Laveranues Coles

    28.   Santonio Holmes

    29.   Derrick Mason

    30.   Eddie Royal

    31.   Steve Breaston

    32.   Donald Driver

    33.   Torry Holt

    34.   Lee Evans

    35.   Isaac Bruce

    36.   Bernard Berrian

    37.   Kevin Walter

    38.   Muhsin Muhammad

    39.   Michael Crabtree

    40.   Chris Chambers

    41.   Ted Ginn, Jr.

    42.   Matt Jones

    43.   Bobby Engram

    44.   Justin Gage

    45.   Deion Branch

    46.   Devin Hester

    47.   Amani Toomer

    48.   Patrick Crayton

    49.   Michael Jenkins

    50.   Kevin Curtis

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