Jeremy Horst (P-PHI)

Source: TG Fantasy Baseball

The Phillies kept seven relievers on their Opening Day roster, including three lefties in Antonio Bastardo, Jeremy Horst and Raul Valdes. They optioned right-hander Michael Stutes to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. - The Phillies kept seven relievers on their Opening Day roster, including three lefties in Antonio Bastardo, Jeremy Horst and Raul Valdes. They optioned right-hander Michael Stutes to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Source: http://mlb.mlb.com

ADP Analysis of the Mock Draft Army's First Draft -- Part 2

Source: RotoSynthesis

For those of you just joining our program, allow me to re-direct you to the article from Wednesday where we introduced you to the Mock Draft Army, a rotating group of fantasy baseball writers looking to provide you with legitimate mock drafts to help you in your draft prep. The Army had its first draft last Tuesday, a 28-round, standard 5x5 mixed league draft consisting of seven writers and five readers and we started to bring you some ADP analysis as a way to understand some of the rising and falling trends we’ve been witnessing over the last several weeks.

In that piece, we covered most of the first half of the draft – two four-round blocks to be exact. We compared those draft numbers with the ADP

Phillies Let Us Enter The Ruf Age

Source: Razzball by grey@razzball.com (Grey Albright)

The Phils promoted power-hitting prospect, Darin Ruf, who hit a minor league-leading 38 homers (with 20 of them coming in August).  That was at Double-A and he’s 26 years old.  In scout speak, that’s not good.  Scouts speak in short sentences so they don’t miss the Early Bird Specials.  Based not on facts but my gut (and Ruf’s), “Babe” Ruf reminds me of Matt Stairs.  Ruf’s a righty, but like Stairs he’s got two beer kegs for legs and the upside of a guy who would be fun to hang out with in the dugout.  Though Ruf’s position is 1st base, the Phils said they will try to find him playing time.  Specifically, Charlie Manuel said, “If Ruf can sling up the flapjacks, we’ll make sure there’s

Pitcher Ranks: Dodger blues

Source: Sporting News Fantasy Source Baseball

Kenley Jansen has emerged as one of the best closers in baseball, but the 24-year-old converted catcher might not pitch again this year because of an irregular heartbeat.

Jansen is set to have an examination on Tuesday. If he's cleared, he can pitch again as soon as Friday. If he's not, he'll miss at least four weeks like he did when this issue popped up last season.

Obviously, the primary concern here is Jansen's health and career. It would be a shame for such a young, talented player to have anything happen to him. In the fantasy world, there's also concern about what to do if you were counting on Jansen down the stretch.

Dodgers' manager Don Mattingly has said Ronald

Closer Look

Source: Razzball by grey@razzball.com (Grey Albright)

With the trade deadline in the bag and closers moving, we have a lot to talk about.  Some of it refreshing like a glass of ice cold lemonade on a summer’s day.  Some of it less so like being asked to write something for Lainie Kazan, wondering who Lainie Kazan is and Googling her to find Playboy pics from the 1970′s juxtaposed with her present-day pics.  You’ve been warned to not Google, now the choice is yours.  Broxton and Brett Myers were so gonna be traded somewhere, that it was written on the side of a building by Banksy and the building left it there because it was by Banksy and everyone got to see it for months.  Everyone else that was rumored to be moving somewhere was written on the side of a building by Neck Face