On The Wire: 5 early season strugglers that could still be 2012 keepers

By Jim Higgins

Given how visibly a players’ season stats are impacted by one stellar or poor performance this early in the season, it’s always interesting to see which players owners will panic and give up on early in the season.

Knowing that some keeper league owners are already looking ahead to how their squad will look next year, picking up an early struggler that has been dropped by a frustrated owner can provide an instant boost to next year’s team. [Read more...]

On The Wire: Timing your moves right will win you a championship

By Jim Higgins

In fantasy baseball, timing is everything.

It can be the difference in picking up the next Jose Bautista, or trading Max Scherzer before he gets straightened out in the minors and closes the season on a tear. [Read more...]

On The Wire: NL Preseason Recap

By Jim Higgins

Before the 2010 season began, I ran a series of posts naming one possible keeper candidate from each MLB team. Some of these guys were more obvious than others, but then again, some teams have a lot more talent than others. In the interest of full disclosure, I have decided to recap my calls to see if any of the guys I mentioned actually panned out.

I previously posted my recap of my AL Keepers, and if you want to see the original articles for the NL, here are the links to the East, Central and West.

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On The Wire: AL Preseason Recap

By Jim Higgins

Before the 2010 season began, I ran a series of posts outlining one possible keeper candidate from each MLB team. Some of these guys were more obvious than others, but then again, some teams have a lot more talent than others. In the interest of full disclosure, I have decided to recap my calls to see if any of the guys I mentioned actually panned out.

I’ll start with the AL today, and I will post the NL recap later. If you want to go back and read what I had to say, just click on the division: AL East, AL Central, AL West. [Read more...]

On The Wire: Joe Nathan

By Jim Higgins

I don’t like to tinker with my roster a whole lot before the season begins but every once in a while you just have to. At the conclusion of my league’s auction I was feeling really good about my team but the last flier I picked up I realized was just going to eat up space again this year. So I decided to drop that player to pick up Brett Cecil (who I just talked about) and felt like having an extra SP would help me out. [Read more...]

On The Wire: AL East Preseason

By Jim Higgins

NL West | AL West | NL Central | AL Central | NL East | AL East

With less than a week left before the regular season starts, it seems only fitting that I conclude my look at potential keepers for 2011 this week. We will leave off here in the Al East, a division that not only seems to have all the money in baseball, but some intriguing hidden talent as well. [Read more...]

On The Wire: NL East Preseason

By Jim Higgins

NL West | AL West | NL Central | AL Central | NL East | AL East

There are less than two weeks until we reach opening day so it is time to go through another division to find potential keepers for 2011. You know the drill, so here are some guys to keep an eye or two on. [Read more...]