Articles by Mike Caprio
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 15, 2009
If you’re an Orioles fan, things are starting to look up.
Top prospect Matt Wieters, while struggling, is finally up with the big club; the coup landed for Erik Bedard …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 12, 2009
San Diego Padres’ General Manager Kevin Towers faces the prospect that his most valuable chip may not pitch again until two weeks before the July 31st trade deadline.
Towers announced …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 11, 2009
Tommy John Surgery, as we all know, can ruin a Fantasy Baseball team. Last year after trading for Tim Hudson down the stretch in one league, he ended …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 10, 2009
Pirates General Manager Neal Huntington has had a rough two weeks—trading one of the team’s beloved young players in Nate McLouth and over-drafting at #4 overall in the MLB …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 10, 2009
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Kyle Lohse, placed on the 15-day DL last Friday, will likely miss a minimum of 4-6 weeks recovering from a strained flexor in his forearm.
For …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 10, 2009
Aside from the obvious, in Stephen Strasburg, this year’s draft class is generally regarded as a “weak” talent pool, with a heavy tilt towards the pitchers…but as in every …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 9, 2009
The Chicago White Sox called up their top pitching prospect Aaron Poreda from AA Birmingham today, though his role with the big club is as yet undetermined.
Poreda, Kenny Williams’ …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 9, 2009
Apologies to those who were eagerly awaiting Part II of this series last week. In case you need a refresher, or missed it the first time, Part I can …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 8, 2009
The Texas Rangers received a double barrel of “bad news” today when Josh Hamilton learned that surgery would be required to repair an abdominal tear, leaving the slugger out …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 8, 2008
Here we are two months into the fantasy baseball season and some players have disappointed, while some have surprised, but not one has done exactly as projected.
The key in …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 5, 2009
In the “post-steroid” baseball world, we’ve seen some interesting things—unusual increases in obscure injuries, bulky players slimming down to a “shadow” of their former self, and a power vacuum …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 4, 2009
The New York Mets’ injury situation just got worse. Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman is reporting that an MRI taken today at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery revealed …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 4, 2009
Tigers right-handed pitcher Jeremy Bonderman is set to return to the rotation on Monday, after undergoing an angioplasty last summer to remove a blood clot in his pitching arm.
He’s …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 4, 2009
In addition to the swarm of big-time call-ups over the last week and a half (Price, Wieters, Hanson, McCutchen, Beckham), there were two notable promotions of Top Prospects Down …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 3, 2009
What a day for prospect hounds across baseball—Tommy Hanson, Andrew McCutchen, and now Gordon Beckham gets the call.
We’ve profiled and written much about young middle infielder, and highlighted his …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 3, 2009
Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook will undergo “minor” surgery to “clean out” bone spurs in his right ankle according to ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio & John Clayton. Westbrook’s agent …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 3, 2009
Atlanta Braves General Manager Frank Wren was busy today. In his latest move, he traded prospects Gorkys Hernandez, Charlie Morton and Jeff Locke for outfielder Nate McLouth.
Gorkys Hernandez, who …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 3, 2009
Well…you Tommy Hanson owners can finally put away the Tom Glavine Voodoo dolls.
Atlanta Braves General Manager Frank Wren released the veteran left-hander today, presumably to save the organization the …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 3, 2009
ESPN Radio 1050′s Andrew Marchand is reporting that the Chien-Ming Wang will start tomorrow afternoon against the Texas Rangers, forcing Yanks’ pitching prospect Phil Hughes to the bullpen.
For Wang owners this …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 3, 2009
The Angels and skipper Mike Scioscia deserve a lot of credit for weathering storm that has been the 1st half of the 2009 season—from the tragic death of Nick Adenhart, to …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 3, 2009
Josh Hamilton owners are collectively “holding their breath” on the status of their 2008 breakout fantasy centerfielder. Hamilton returned to the Disabled List on Tuesday due to an abdominal …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 1, 2009
So…as we mentioned in our last post, it’s June 1st and we are 1/3 of the way through the baseball season. Last month we highlighted some anomalies in BABIP …
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Posted by Mike Caprio June 1, 2009
Heading into June, 3/4 of my Fantasy Baseball teams are doing surprisingly well. When it comes to the 4th, I’m not sure whether to “fish or cut bait” on …
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Posted by Mike Caprio May 29, 2009
As our loyal readers have undoubtedly noticed, we have begun “weaving” Fantasy Football content into our daily baseball focus.
We started because after the NFL draft, Fantasy Football players …
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Posted by Mike Caprio May 28, 2009
Gordon Beckham, Chicago White Sox Top Prospect on the Farm (See our feature on him last month here) has joined AAA Charlotte Knights and will likely man the hot …
