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Coming off a limited, injury riddled 2007 season Mark Kotsay will be filling some pretty big shoes for the Atlanta Braves in 2008 . Upon losing prized center fielder Andruw Jones to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Braves promptly traded for Kotsay in exchange for prospect reliever Joey Devine and Jamie Richmond.
Kotsay had only 206 at bats in 2007, and those at bats weren’t memorable. He hit .214 with 1 home run and 20 RBI’s. Mark will be 32 entering 2008.
Devine was 3-0 with 4 saves at the Triple A Braves’ affiliate last season. Devine appeared just 10 times with the big club last season, but the product of North Carolina State University was rated among the top ten Braves prospects in 2007. Richmond was 7-6 with a 3.05 ERA in Class A Rome last season.
“(Kotsay is) a quality major leaguer,” Braves third baseman Chipper Jones told the Journal-Constitution. “He’s gonna put up quality at-bats and play a solid center field. Not flashy like Andruw, but solid.”
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Wire to Wire - 01.15.08
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups,
Wire to Wire aims to be your waiver wire resource for all of your fantasy basketball needs. It will dive into playing time trends, injury replacements, and even an occasional category specialist—all of which can be found on a typical waiver wire within your fantasy league at any given time.
We may as well cut to the chase this week, as owners everywhere are scrambling to cover their losses as Los Angeles Lakers big man Andrew Bynum will miss considerable time with a knee injury. Last week, Bynum continued to be one of the biggest surprises in the fantasy game. This week, he’s relegated to taking up a slot on the end of a bench because you simply cannot drop a player of his caliber. We’ll explore options for owners in all formats, and even sprinkle in a few other names for good measure.
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Beyond the Arc: Week 12
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Injuries, News, Props, Roto, Waiver Pick Ups,
I dunno if anyone’s been following REAL basketball (I know, I know, we aren’t supposed to care about that) but maybe you should take a look at the standings. Some weird stuff is going on. Washington a four seed? What? Portland a three seed? Utah and Houston out of the playoffs? I know it’s early, but wow. Nobody called that in September and October. But good for those up and coming teams (although I’m not so sure you can call the Wizards that).
Anyways, I’m done ranting, here’s the slate of games for next week: (1/14-1/20)
The Fig Cap: How old are you anyway?
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Dropping Dimes Staff Rankings: Week 12
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: H2H, Roto, Site Features,
Injuries, namely sicknesses, are starting to ravage their way through fantasy rosters across the world. Fear not, the DD crew is here to set you straight!
Anyways, here’s the upcoming week’s schedule…
The Fig Cap: At least it wasn’t an ankle.
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Today Rich, “Goose,” Gossage was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Receiving 85.8 percent of the votes, Going over the required 75% of votes needed for entry into the hall of fame.
However, Gossage used his publicity to direct attention to the steroid era of baseball, and how it needs to be brought to light.
“I think that if you did do performance-enhancing drugs, you need to come clean and put an end to this,” Gossage said. “Just fess up.”
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Big thanks to The Cavalier over at YAYsports! for hosting the most recent edition of the NBA Carnival. Even bigger thank you for including Dropping Dimes in the mix. Go check it out here.
And while I’m here, I may as well let you all know of a pet project of mine called The Cleveland Sports Minute. Obviously, you’ll only be really interested if you’re in or around the Cleveland area. But you can at least humor me by clicking on this link and telling me what you think in the comments below.
Thanks, all.
Wire to Wire - 01.07.08
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups,
Wire to Wire aims to be your waiver wire resource for all of your fantasy basketball needs. It will dive into playing time trends, injury replacements, and even an occasional category specialist—all of which can be found on a typical waiver wire within your fantasy league at any given time.
While most editions of Wire to Wire have a theme, I can honestly say that this week’s is strictly based on upside potential. We have a couple of rookies, a couple of veterans, and even a fantasy stud that could be returning from a certain neck injury of his own. The Brandon Roy injury may shake things up in Portland a bit, but with the ‘Blazers not playing until Wednesday, the reigning Rookie of the Year will have some time for his tailbone to heal.
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Beyond the Arc: Week 11
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Injuries, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
Have you voted for Chris Bosh yet? It’s free, and Bubba says it’s a good idea ...
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out this video. But let’s jump into the schedules now.
Here’s the schedule for next week (1/7-1/13):
The Fig Cap: We Believe you’re a stud.
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Dropping Dimes Staff Rankings: Week 11
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: H2H, Roto, Site Features,
Week 11 is the official start of the second half of fantasy basketball season. So what does that mean? Get your butt in gear, keep your eyes on Dropping Dimes, make some trades, and win some leagues. Simple right? It is if you follow our genius rankings.
A lot changes this week with the Ron Artest news and the Kyle Korver trade, so look for those changes in our lists.
The Fig Cap: There is no point.
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Matt Clement Signs With Cardinals
Posted by Milo Taibi Categories: Athletes, Editorial, MLB, News,
Today the St. Louis Cardinals signed the often injured starting pitcher Matt Clement. The Pittsburgh Pirates were rumored to be Clement’s likely 2008 team yesterday, but surprisingly the Cardinals’ offer of 1.5 million over one year was enough to get Matt to sign with St. Louis. Clement can also receive a bonus of 5.25 million dollars in incentives.
Over his 9 year career Clement has played with 4 different teams and compiled an 87-86 record. The last Clement pitched was in 2006, with the Boston Red Sox. Clement threw just 65.3 innings in a year filled with injuries.
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