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Kansas City Royals 2012 Preview
MLB Kansas City Royals The growing feeling in Kansas City is that it’s time to expect more. Last year’s transition season saw 12 players make their big league debuts from a well-stocked and ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Joakim Soria, Joanthan Broxton, Mike Moustakas, Kansas City Royals

Detroit Tigers 2012 Preview
MLB Detroit Tigers After winning the AL Central by a whopping 15 games in 2011 for their first division title in 24 years, the Tigers appeared undermanned and overmatched against the Rangers in the...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Austin Jackson, Delmon Young, Jose Valverde, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Detroit Tigers

Cleveland Indians 2012 Preview
MLB Cleveland Indians If the Indians are going to contend in the AL Central this season, they’ll need to make another double-digit leap in victories. They went from 69 to 80 wins last year for an...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Asdrubal Cabrera, Grady Sizemore, Jason Kipnis, Shin-Soo Choo, Travis Hafner, Ubaldo Jimenez, Cleveland Indians

Chicago White Sox 2012 Preview
MLB Chicago White Sox Having done more spending than winning in recent years, the White Sox enter 2012 with a new manager and without their familiar expectations. They lost free agent lefthander Ma...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Adam Dunn, Chicago White Sox, ChiSox, Gordon Backham, Paul Konerko, Robin Ventura, Chicago White Sox

Toronto Blue Jays 2012 Preview
MLB Toronto Blue Jays The Blue Jays have gone nearly 20 years since their last trip to the postseason, but that drought seems likely to end soon, perhaps as soon as this year. Toronto will contend ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, Brandon Morrow, Brett Lawrie, Jose Bautista, Ricky Romero, Sergio Santos, Yunel Escobar, Toronto Blue Jays

Tampa Bay Rays 2012 Preview
MLB Tampa Bay Rays You can count the 30 million dollars conserved in 2011 by lopping off the seven-highest paid players from their payroll. You can count all the franchise-record stats that ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, B.J. Upton, David Price, Evan Longoria, James Shields, Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Rays

New York Yankees 2012 Preview
MLB New York Yankees The Yankees fell short of the World Series for the seventh time in eight seasons, but this remains a formidable team. A deep lineup returns, and so does ace lefty CC Sabathia, ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, Curtis Granderson, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, Michael Pineda, Robinson Cano, New York Yankees

Baltimore Orioles 2012 Preview
MLB Baltimore Orioles The Orioles have undergone a number of significant changes, but they’re mostly confined to the front office and scouting department. Unfortunately, this team needs more than...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, Adam Jones, Davey Johnson, J.J. Hardy, Matt Wieters, Nick Markakis, Wei-Yin Chen, Baltimore Orioles

How a Baseball Fan Fills Out His NCAA Tournament Bracket
MLB I spend a lot more time watching baseball than I do college basketball, but it’s a law that everyone — sports fan or not — must fill out a bracket. And I must obey the law. So knowing wh...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: College Basketball, MLB

Boston Red Sox 2012 Preview
MLB Boston Red Sox If you navigated last September without shaming yourself, your family, your employers and the city you call home, congratulations! You had a better month than the Red Sox. When S...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, Adrian Gonzalez, Andrew Bailey, Carl Crawford, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Boston Red Sox

2012 Fantasy Baseball Deep Sleepers
MLB — by Mark Ross, published on March 8, 2012 When it comes to fantasy baseball, you pretty much know what you’re getting in players like Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, Roy Halladay, and other...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Fantasy Baseball

50 Best Baseball Nicknames Ever
MLB What is it with nicknames and baseball? In high school I played with Doggie, Bird, Soup, Clone, Rooster, T and White Legs. Nicknames and baseball players just seem to go together like bat and ball....
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News

2012 Fantasy Baseball Primer: First Base
MLB The 2012 baseball season is just around the corner. As players gets loosened up at Spring Training, we thought we'd pull from Athlon’s 2012 MLB Preview Magazine to catch you up on some ...
1 year ago by Rich McVey Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera

Fantasy Baseball Studs to Avoid in 2012
MLB — by Braden Gall (@BradenGall on twitter) Every year there are sure-fire, can't-miss fantasy studs who go in the first couple of rounds and end up, for a variety of reasons, costing a GM a ch...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Fantasy

Fantasy Baseball Sleepers and Busts: Closers
MLB — by Braden Gall (@BradenGall on twitter), published on Mar. 2, 2012 Who are the biggest sleepers and busts to watch out for on the fantasy diamond? Using Athlon Sports’ consensus Top 1...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy, Fantasy

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