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Yard Work: The Powerful Mike Stanton

In our August 7 Yard Work article, we suggested picking up Mike Stanton, the rookie from Florida with the powerful swing. Since the endorsement, he's 11-for-16 with four HRs and eight RBIs. Pretty good, right? In his first few months in the big leagues, Stanton has already flashed the power potential that made fantasy...

The Pickup Artist: Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson Is Hella Good

Need help navigating the waiver wire each week? Let the Pickup Artist be your guide. Starting Pitchers Jeremy Hellickson (SP, TB) - 27% Fourteen innings, 13 strikeouts, two walks, two earned runs in his first two major league starts (vs. DET and MIN). If that isn't impressive, I don't know what is. There's a question...

Pirates Radio Announcers Lose Their Minds In Celebration

When you're the Pittsburgh Pirates every win is a cause for jubilant celebration because, well, they simply don't happen all that often. And when the team's prized rookie -- slugging third baseman Pedro Alvarez -- hits a dramatic, three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the team an 8-7,...

Overheard and Understood: Bronson Arroyo Heating Up, As Usual

Certain players start fast. Some hit their stride in the second half. Cincinnati's Bronson Arroyo is one of the latter. Despite losing his last two outings -- on Monday he allowed just three runs in eight innings at Milwaukee -- Arroyo is holding form. Since mid-June, Arroyo is 5-3 with a 3.29 ERA, allowing only 39 hits...

Yard Work: Jack Cust Doing What Jack Cust Does

Over the last few seasons, Jack Cust has been the epitome of cheap power in fantasy baseball. No one wants the guy on to his team thanks to his average, but his ability to take walks and mash the ball when he does swing has made him a gold mine in leagues that count OBP or OPS. Sadly, the A's decided to go in a different...

Pedro Alvarez News From the Web

05/29/12 Pirates score 4-1 victory over Reds Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA James McDonald's best start of the season helped move the Pirates to .500 for the first time since the first week of the season.
05/27/12 Cubs lose 12th straight, 10-4 to Pirates Source: Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville IL Pedro Alvarez, Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones homered, Erik Bedard pitched six shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Chicago 10-4 Sunday and sent the Cubs to their 12th consecutive defeat.
05/26/12 Pirates blank Cubs for 10th straight loss Source: MSNBC Pedro Alvarez is in the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup every day because of his bat.
05/15/12 Baseball ProGUESTus: Pedro Alvarez and the Ghosts of... Source: Baseball Prospectus Believe it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else.
05/14/12 5 Up, 5 Down: Fantasy Baseball Advice For May 14th Source: WNEW Each week we'll be providing you with insight into the best (and worst) baseball players to play in your fantasy baseball league.