On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were named as two of the 104 major league players listed as having tested positive for performance-enhancing substances in 2003. According to the Times, the source of these claims was “lawyers with knowledge of the results”. While no one should be shocked [...]
Posts Tagged ‘David Ortiz’
Here They Are… Your League Leaders (Hitting)
I usually try to avoid even perusing the MLB stat leaderboard for the first six or eight weeks of every baseball season; the sample size is generally too small, so why get hung up on quick starts? We’ve discussed this previously. Come mid- to end of May, however, it is worth taking a look at [...]
Do the First Five Rounds of Your Draft Make or Break Your Team
Year in and year out the Matthew Berry’s of the world (who, two months into CubicleGM, still have amazing, enviable jobs) always tout that its much less important what you do with the first five picks in your fantasy draft than what you do in the middle and late rounds of the draft. The thinking [...]
Minor League Watch – The Intros
Spring Training, when professional baseball players from around the world descend upon Florida and Arizona, provides a truly unique stage as today’s stars, today’s role players, yesterday’s stars, and tomorrow’s stars practice and play together for 5 weeks. It’s a chance for fans to reacquaint themselves with their squad and see how their offseason acquisitions [...]
