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Brandt Merritt

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  • So I'm about a day late with the recap this week, but hopefully thisinformation will be so incredibly helpful that it will make up for thetardiness. Maybe.* Who have been the hottest players over thepast week? Well, using the settings in my Yahoo! league (6×6 roto, withOPS added for hitters and holds added for pitchers), [...] Week 5 Fantasy Baseball Recap
  • Most fantasy owners knew going into this season that Carl Crawford was one of the top players to have on their team if they needed steals. What most of us didn't realize, though, is that if we had Crawford we might not need anyone else to steal any bases and still win the category.Crawford has [...] Week 4 Fantasy Baseball Recap
  • Some good notes by ESPN's Matthew Berry on players to be patient with and others to dump can be found here: Berry column. He's probably my favorite writer over at ESPN when it comes to fantasy sports, so give his words some thought.A couple of my teams are really struggling right now, thanks to some [...] Week 3 Fantasy Baseball Recap
  • It's still early in the fantasy baseball season, though that isn't the easiest thing to tell owners whose teams are off to slow starts.I'm no different. For the most part, my players are doing pretty well, but I'm being held back by my top pick, the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins. Rollins is hitting .142 with one [...] Week 2 Fantasy Baseball Recap
  • Isn't it great having baseball back? Not only are there games on every night now, but I can finally see how my fantasy drafts are starting to turn out. Here are a few thoughts from the first week of the season:* Evan Longoria might be the best player in the American League, especially with Alex [...] Week 1 Fantasy Baseball Recap
  • With Alex Rodriguez out of the picture to be the top overall pick in fantasy baseball drafts this year, the top spot overall basically comes down to two players: St. Louis' Albert Pujols and Florida's Hanley Ramirez.Sure, some might argue that David Wright or Jose Reyes or heck, even Josh Hamilton, could have better years [...] Who's No. 1? Albert Pujols or Hanley Ramirez?
  • So I'm just starting to research baseball and looked over ESPN.com's recent mock draft. Good insight by those guys, as usual. Here's the link:ESPN.com mock draftI'll be working on some original analysis here in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. New ESPN Mock Draft
  • So it's been a long time since anything has been posted here, but I've got a Super Bowl related item to alert everyone to.The winner of the World Championship of Fantasy Football will be at Radio Row next week at the Super Bowl. I'm pretty sure from reading the Web site that the winner was [...] World Champion of Fantasy Football in Tampa
  • It's finally playoff time!Last week was the end of the regular season, and the postseason field is set for The Ledger's fantasy football league.The division winners were Team Baghead (11-3), Team Meadows (9-4-1) and Stetle's Stringers (8-5-1). The three wild-card teams are Merritt Maulers (9-5), Preston Parker for President (9-5) and Team Aeros (7-7).Geauxing Long [...] The Ledger League Playoffs
  • There's one week left in the regular season in The Ledger's fantasy football league, and the playoff picture is starting to take shape.Four teams have clinched playoff berths. Current division leaders Team Baghead (10-3) and Team Meadows (8-4-1), and current runners-up in those divisions Merritt Maulers (8-5) and Preston Parker for President (8-5). The other [...] Ledger League Update