The time to sell on Utley is growing short

By Jim Higgins

The offseason prep is over.

Your draft or auction has taken place and as usual, you got some of the sleepers you targeted while watching some of them end up on the rosters of your competition.

You set your lineup, have run projected standings and now the rest is up to fate. [Read more...]

To Keep or Not To Keep: Jimmy Rollins

By Jim Higgins

Heading into 2009, Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins were the cream of the fantasy shortstop crop. All flashed that rare power-speed combo all fantasy owners crave and Rollins was just one year removed from winning the NL MVP in 2007.

Now two years later, all three have failed to live up to expectations in one way or another. Ramirez had a great 2009 but has been far from the guy many felt rivaled Albert Pujols as the No. 1 pick in the preseason, and Reyes has struggled to put anything consistent together between DL stints. And while Rollins has had over 600 PAs in both 2008 and 2009, anyone who rostered him in 2010 has been disappointed as well. [Read more...]

Early 2011 Rankings: Shortstops

By Jim Higgins

I realize it has been a while since I last posted here but I promise I haven’t been neglecting the blog. In all honestly, I have been trying to create a formula that takes a players skills and projects where they will rank over the next three years.  [Read more...]

Case study: Mistakes of a rookie

By Jim

I think one of the best ways to learn is by sharing real life experiences. And since this site is about focusing on the under-served keeper league, I figure the best way to open up discussion is to share my personal experiences thus far.

To give some background, I inherited a team this year in an established league along with another owner. To make things fair, the other owner and I drafted rosters from the two derelict teams we were taking over and then had to narrow our roster to 14 keepers (the league standard). [Read more...]