Jason Hammel has long been a pitcher with the skills to succeed, even if his efforts on the hill never quite led to the production that it was thought he could bring (I wrote about Hammel back in February of 2011 in The Strikeout: Starters). Last season, his first in Baltimore after three seasons in [...]

Trevor Ray and Justin Fensterman discuss some surprise pitchers this season and some good spot starters down the stretch: Matt Wieters, Ryan Reynolds, Kris Medlen, Hisashi Iwakuma, Zach Britton, Jason Hammel, Jeremy Guthrie and Chris Archer. LISTEN TO THE AUDIO.

The weekend is quickly approaching, so get ready to get your swerve on. For those of you looking to remain at least a little bit serious with your hobby (fantasy baseball not drinking) I'll give some advice on how you might choose to fill out your lineup for Friday or Saturday while also suggesting you [...]

There is finally a week of MLB games in the books. It might have two weeks for MLB to get all the teams on the field and playing, but how nice was it to see some action that actually counted? Did we learn anything in the first week of action? We learned that closers all [...]

I do not believe that I have seen anyone predicting that the Orioles will finish any higher than last in the tough AL East. That is partly due to the lack of anything spectacular in the Baltimore starting pitching ranks.  I know I haven't drafted any of the SPs in the chart below, and I have drafted in both a 50 round and most recently a 45 round league.  Even so, there must be something nice I can write about the Charm City's rotation  members, right?  Don't bet on it. Host your fantasy baseball league and play Free Fantasy Baseball at Fleaflicker with full commish options and live scoring/stats. Baltimore Orioles Projected Starting Rotation PlayerIPWERAWHIPKK/9ADPZach Britton 155 10 4.35 1.45 103 6 */445/400 Jason Hammel 175 9 4.35 1.40 115 5.9 */491/400 Wei-Yen Chen 160 10 4.05 1.28 107 6 */406/* Jake Arrieta 150 10 4.90 1.52 105 6.3 */*/400 ...