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Spring Training Position Battles to Watch

It's not even Opening Day yet, but many baseball experts already have the Phillies and Red Sox playing in the World Series in October. There is no doubt that both teams had excellent offseasons, but even powerful contenders have spring training question marks. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips takes a look at some of the...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Giants

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and over the course of November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 30th episode of Fix...

Roto Rush: Buster Posey Gets First Start at Catcher

In eight games at first base for the San Francisco Giants, Buster Posey is batting .448 with four RBI. Fantasy owners got good positional eligibility news on Monday as he made his first career start at catcher. In fantasy baseball leagues that require just a few starts at a position before becoming eligible, Posey...

Roto Rush: Troy Glaus Shows May Was Just the Beginning

Spring training was a happy time for the Atlanta Braves, and it didn't all revolve around rookie phenom Jason Heyward. If you asked any coach they'd tell you that Troy Glaus was healthy and ready to hit 25 home runs. It sure didn't look that way in April. Glaus suffered through a tough opening month, batting .194 and...

Giants Making It Clear They'll Need Hitter

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The more I watch the Giants, the more I see general manager Brian Sabean having to answer a thorny question in coming months, if not sooner. Should Sabean trade for a hitter, although the cost almost certainly would be flashy pitching prospect Madison Bumgarner? I believe the answer will be yes. A...

Mark Derosa News From the Web

05/23/12 DeRosa back with Nats after visiting father Source: MLB - Washington Nationals Outfielder/infielder Mark DeRosa returned to the Nationals after spending the last two days with his ailing father, Jack, who has cancer.
05/17/12 Morse ready to start taking swings Source: MLB Nationals left fielder Michael Morse, who is on the disabled list because of a torn left lat (shoulder) muscle, is expected to get at-bats at the team's Spring Training complex in Viera, Fla., according to manager Davey Johnson.
05/17/12 LaRoche: 'I would love to stay' with Nats Source: MLB - Washington Nationals Nationals first baseman Adam LaRoche made it known after Wednesday's 7-4 victory over the Pirates that he would like to stay with the Nationals beyond this season.
05/17/12 DeRosa pleased with progress toward return Source: MLB - Washington Nationals Infielder/outfielder Mark DeRosa, who is on the disabled list because of a left oblique strain, began baseball activities on Thursday.
05/15/12 TAKE TWO: Harper needs to keep hands to himself Source: Columbia Tribune - Columbia MO Last week, I commended Nationals rookie phenom Bryce Harper for his old-school response in stealing home after getting beaned by Cole Hammels "just because."

Background on Mark Derosa

Mark Thomas DeRosa (born February 26, 1975) is an American professional baseball utility player with the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball.

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