OF Fantasy Rankings (1 – 40)
Mar15

OF Fantasy Rankings (1 – 40)

Following the format of fantasy guru Nikolai Ballevski, who posted his C and 3B rankings last week, these rankings are for 7×7 leagues, including Chris Carruthers’ CC rankings for each player. Stay tuned for numbers 41-80 at some point in the (hopefully) not-too-distant future. All players have OF eligibility according to Yahoo, with additional eligibility indicated in brackets. CC Projection format: AVG/OBP/SLG/HR/R/RBI/SB...

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Doc Calls It Quits
Dec10

Doc Calls It Quits

One of the most dominant players of this generation walked away from the game yesterday, as Roy Halladay announced his retirement from baseball after a 16-year major-league career. As a Jays fan who discovered baseball in the late 90s, I was lucky enough to follow Halladay’s career from start to finish. For almost a decade he was the bright spot on team without much else to be excited about. No matter how bad things were with the...

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Toronto Gets a Catcher
Dec03

Toronto Gets a Catcher

Step out of the spotlight Dan Johnson, you’re no longer the biggest news of the Blue Jays’ offseason. With last night’s 11:59 PM non-tender deadline looming, Toronto signed catcher Dioner Navarro to a two-year $8 million contract and opted not to tender a contract to J.P. Arencibia, effectively ending his time as a Blue Jay. Arencibia was projected by MLBTR’s Matt Swartz to earn $2.8 million in his first arbitration season. Navarro, ...

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Who’s On Second?
Nov28

Who’s On Second?

Entering the 2013 offseason there seemed to be something of a consensus among Jays fans regarding positions that would have to be addressed in order for the team to field a competitive roster in 2014. The team’s starting pitching ranked 26th in fWAR (6.9) and 29th in ERA (4.81) last year, while their catchers (-1.1) ranked 29th in fWAR and second basemen (-2.1) ranked dead last. These three areas thus represented an obvious starting...

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