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New 'Battery' Components: Value of Starting Pitchers on the Move

With pitchers and catchers reporting this week, we should examine the new surroundings for some big-name battery components, and just how the change of scenery might affect their fantasy value. For Part 1, I've identified 12 pitchers (in various fantasy tiers) who start the 2011 season in new cities -- and for a few, new...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Dodgers

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 13th episode of Fix My Team,...

Jon Garland Signs With the Dodgers

Jon Garland didn't have to look far to find an employer for the 2011 season. He just hopped on the I-5 north from San Diego for a couple of hours and pulled into the players' lot at Dodgers Stadium. The Dodgers announced Friday that they've reached an agreement with Garland on a one-year deal with a club option for 2012....

Look to NL West for Playoff Race Thrills as Padres, Giants, Rockies Converge

SAN DIEGO -- For baseball fans aching for a tight pennant race, West Coast Bias offers unbeatable advice. Look to the National League West, where the jockeying is starting to resemble rush hour traffic in Los Angeles. The frontrunning San Diego Padres somehow lost 10 games in a row recently, which allowed the...

Fantasy Stream Team: Few Options

Barry Enright was rocked for the first time this season, and it happened on the Stream Team's watch. The Arizona pitcher allowed six runs in six innings on nine hits, striking out one batter and walking none. We have a lot of work to do to bring our ERA down to its usual level, and a great Brian Duensing performance on...