Fantasy baseball players hearts are aflutter after all the wheeling/dealing that has been going on in MLB. Gotta love it. This piece will discuss the players that have changed teams. There's gonna be no talk about contracts or whether the moves were smart (what are you doing Rockies?). This piece is only geared [...]

The Yankees get a boost, a much needed boost given how beat up the team has been this season, when the best shortstop in the history of the franchise returns to the field Thursday. This and other "returns" to prominence are discussed. Derek Jeter, he of the .313 career average and 3,304 hits, will return [...]

The Braves are about to get a thumper back. A Mariners' hurler has tanked the last month. Hint. You should have expected it to happen. A 37 year old DH is performing like he's 29. The best catcher in the NL will get some more rest, PEDs are terrible, and a potential HOFamer is trying [...]

BaseballGuys.com. has partnered with DraftDay.com to give all my wonderful followers, that's you, the chance to play the game on a daily basis. On Tuesday and Thursday's here at the site, every week, I'll be giving you some insight into the mind of The Oracle as I will give you some of my best plays [...]

BaseballGuys.com has partnered with DraftDay.com to give all my wonderful followers the chance to play the game on a daily basis. On Tuesday and Thursday's here at the site, every week, I'll be giving you some insight into the mind of The Oracle as I will give you some of my best plays for [...]

Now that the 2012 season is over, it's time to review how my predictions went for each position in fantasy baseball. To that end, I will review my top-10 at each position and give a brief rundown on how each of the ten performed. I'll also list which player was a "Hit" (someone who lived [...]

On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, I had an auction draft in the first of my four fantasy baseball leagues for the 2012 season. This league is a 5x5 roto league hosted on Yahoo and involves some of the great minds and personalities in the fantasy baseball industry.  Overall I am satisfied with my team, but I admit that I have some deficiencies on my roster that will require tweaking and making some deals down the road.  Host your fantasy baseball league and play Free Fantasy Baseball at Fleaflicker with full commish options and live scoring/stats. I also must disclose that I typically punt on catchers, even with this league requiring two catchers in the starting lineup. The risk of injury is so great and most catchers do not play more than five games a week, so I feel it is not worth spending the extra auction dollars on the position.  Of course guys like Joe Mauer, Buster Posey, Brian McCann and Carlos Santana are the premier options, but I never choose to big high on any of them because it limits what I can do elsewhere. I am not saying that is the right strategy, just that it is mine. Here is my roster and some commentary on each player. C - John Buck-MIA. Because I punt on catchers, the only thing I look for is someone who is a team's primary backstop and isn't completely incompetent.  I have had Buck the past few years and he is a solid producer in terms of homeruns and RBI at the position.  But there is no question he will bring my batting average down.  For $1.00, I can live with whatever he produces. C - Nick Hundley-SD. The same rationale for Buck applies to Hundley except that Hundley...

I say it every year -- the catcher's position is a field filled with landmines. There are certainly options that are elite when it comes to offensive output, but at the same time there is always an inherent risk with anyone who wears the tools of ignorance (Victor Martinez injured his knee -- a torn [...]