By Ken In Toronto
League 14
League 15
Around the end of May, I heard some people talking about giving up the season and trying to upgrade their keepers for next year. I couldn’t believe this because as important as the draft is to fantasy baseball success, making heads up decisions throughout the year - and being a little lucky - are just as important.
Just because you’re 20 points back in the standings after two, three, or even fourth months, there’s still a lot of baseball left. Here are some guys who you didn’t count on to boost you to a league championship … and some guys who may have helped knock early season leaders out of contention.
By Kelly Pfleiger
League 13
Kelly Pfleiger is a regular contributor to FantasyBaseballMafia.com. This piece is re-printed from his fantasy baseball blog, www.fantasygameday.net.
Andy Sonnanstine has been playing very well this year, or did you not notice it? Not only does he play for the league leading Tampa Bay Rays, but he also has an eye popping ten wins this year. That is good enough to be ranked in the top ten in wins for the season. Could he possibly hit 20 wins for the entire season? Could he actually be in the running for the Cy Young award? Let’s look at his performances this year …
By Terry Mahoney
Cappo, League 13
One of the most popular storylines in the early season has been the emergence of Edinson Volquez of the Cincinnati Reds. He has put up gaudy numbers as one of the few bright spots on a struggling Cincinnati roster. At first, Volquez was overshadowed by the dominance of Johnny Cueto. As Cueto fell off, however, Volquez remained consistent, allowing no one to argue with his performance. Well, maybe no one.