This article references Chase Anderson, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Danny Duffy, Drew Hutchison, Edinson Volquez, Edwin Encarnacion, Jake Odorizzi, Jose Quintana, Scott Feldman, SP and more! How about that Germany-Brazil game? Talk about a beatdown.  In terms of surprising defeats in international sports history, it would rank second behind Rocky knocking out Drago in the fifteenth round.  Watching the fans' reactions in Brazil eerily reminded me of the Soviet Politburo accepting the inevitable after Rocky's improbable victory over the 6'5'', 261-pound Drago.  Anyway, on to baseball.Below are some of the starting pitcher streaming sleepers for the second half of Week 1[...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 15 (Part 2)

This article references Chris Archer, Dan Haren, Danny Duffy, Jason Vargas, Mat Latos and more! I really did it this time. I've dug deep into the discount bin to find you another four starting pitchers to buy. Depending on the depth of your league, including NL-Only and AL-Only formats, some of these guys might not even be owned yet and can prove to be sleepers for your fantasy team. I think they should all be owned.In addition, as I usually do, I've identified another two starting pitchers who are performing over their heads and should be placed on the trading block before their v[...] Keep on reading: Buy and Sell: Starting Pitchers for Week 13

This article references Andrew McCutchen, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Workman, Brayan Pena, Chase Anderson, Chase Whitley, Clayton Kershaw, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Danny Duffy, Drew Hutchison and more! Below are some of the starting pitcher streaming sleepers for the second half of Week 11 to consider adding off your league's waiver wire. Some of these SP options can be considered sleepers for your team depending on the league format and depth, including NL-Only, AL-Only and head-to-head formats.  Each day presents several juicy matchups that a smart fantasy owner could exploit to Arthur Chu their way to victory.Thursday SP Streamers Josh Tomlin (CLE at BOS)The definiti[...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers For Week 11 (Part 2)

This article references Brandon McCarthy, Collin McHugh, Danny Duffy, Drew Pomeranz, Henderson Alvarez, Josh Tomlin, Mike Leake, Tanner Roark, Tommy Milone and more! Below are some of the starting pitcher streaming sleepers for the second half of [...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamer Sleepers For Week 10 (Part 2)

This article references Bronson Arroyo, Danny Duffy, Donn Roach, Edwin Jackson, Henderson Alvarez and more! Below are some of my picks for the second half of week 8 for starting pitchers to consider streaming off the waiver wire. All of these SP options can be considered sleepers for your team depending on the league format and depth including NL-Only, AL-Only and head-to-head formats. Thursday SP StreamersJake Arrieta (CHC @ San Diego)Ownernship: 2% Yahoo!, 0% ESPN. If you need help in K and ERA at the expense of WHIP, then Arrieta is your guy.  He's got a 20.6% K rate but he's [...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Streamers for Week 8 (Part 2)

Yesterday in ABA: The New WHIP, I laid out my six year old idea now of how to better evaluate pitchers performance than the standard that is used in virtually every fantasy league -- WHIP. Instead I suggested that Average Bases Allowed (ABA) -- recorded by taking Total Bases + Walks divided by Innings Pitched [...]

Examine the Royals staff and you should be left with a feeling of "Where's the ace?" Trading for Sanchez could provide some oomph for this rotation, but he wasn't an ace in San Fran, so the relocation to the AL isn't going to help much.  Let's get on with the analysis. Host your fantasy baseball league and play Free Fantasy Baseball at Fleaflicker with full commish options and live scoring/stats. Kansas City Royals Projected Starting Rotation PlayerIPWERAWHIPKK/9ADPLuke Hochevar 190 11 4.44 1.34 1276 276/301/368 Jonathan Sanchez 175 8 4.32 1.38 159 8.2 257/277/302 Bruce Chen 165 9 4.40 1.37 110 6 */466/* Danny Duffy 145 7 4.50 1.35 127 7.9 */498/400Felipe Paulino 165 8 4.37 1.43 150 8.2 */440/* Aaron Crow ...