Baseball

Last month I wrote a piece about Reds second base prospect Brodie Greene. This month, I'm bringing you another second baseman, Henry Rodriguez.

Picking out quality starting pitching for your fantasy baseball team can be a fickle enterprise, given how difficult it is to project how well any given MLB hurler will fare from year to year.

Not to mention how few and far between aces tend to be.

The catcher position is very deep this year, and that means you can afford to wait to grab a backstop in upcoming fantasy baseball drafts.

Granted, the position is a little weaker at top. 

No. 1 Mike Napoli exploded last year, and it's tough to justify paying for a career year. No. 2 Carlos Santana struck out 133 times and hit a pedestrian .239 in 2011.

Guys such as Buster Posey and Joe Mauer are obviously terrific, but they are injury-prone. 

Earlier today, Buster Olney reported that Miguel Cabrera has a small fracture under his right eye and might be out a week or two.

Fantasy baseball—quite possibly the most complex and exhausting fantasy sport there is.

Fantasy baseball managers are often burying their heads in rankings, projections and even articles such as this one. But why? Fantasy baseball isn't much more than a game of statistics and a player's history. It doesn't take an "expert" to tell you that Albert Pujols is consistent or that Buster Posey has upside: The numbers say it all.

Ralph Terry, relying primarily on a fast ball and slider, had retired the first 17 San Francisco Giants batters.

Too often in baseball drafts, I see guys coming off injuries from the previous season being forgot about. And from what I've seen so far, Johan Santana has fallen victim to this phenomena.

I realize that Santana is coming off major surgery and hasn't played a regular season inning since 2010, but he's still a great talent and the unquestioned ace pitcher for the New York Mets.

The countdown of the 50 greatest players in New York Mets history continues with this Part Three portion in which the 21st to 30th greatest players will be named.

When determining who really were the best Mets ever, the criteria for this should include the players' overall numbers as a Met, the impact they had on the franchise, how much of a fan favorite they each were, the personalities they had and the overall success of the teams they played on.

With the 2012 MLB season just a few weeks away, it’s time to get to the nitty-gritty of the fantasy baseball sleepers for this season.

This piece will discuss the top three sleeper sluggers that fantasy owners can wait a few rounds longer on and still reap the rewards.

All of the following MLB stars will have stellar 2012 seasons, so feel free to grab them as late as physically possible.

Fantasy baseball is a time for players to hunker down and figure out which stars will have the best seasons, which young stud prospects will emerge and everything in between. All that time spent studying numbers and trends brings you to this point: raft day.

What we wanted to do for you, the loyal readers, is provide you with a first-round mock draft with 12 teams to show you who you need to look for and players that you should be wary of taking in such a high spot.