Fantasy Baseball

Shortstop has become a very difficult position to fill. It offers very little power, made evident by the fact that only four shortstops hit 20 or more home runs last year. If you’re looking for steals, however, this is where you find them. In fact, 25 shortstops racked up double-digit totals last season, including seven who stole 20-plus.

Third base has become surprisingly thin in recent seasons.

While the elite players (Wright, Longoria and perhaps even Rodriguez, Youkilis and Zimmerman) offer fantastic production, the rest of the group offers nothing but questions.

Kevin Youkilis doesn’t have third-base eligibility yet, but he’s worth the wait. After a week or two (depending on what site you play on), he’s the fourth-best player at the position.

Second basemen have been easier to come by in recent seasons, but very few have sustained consistent production.

Top-tier talents such as Chase Utley (86 games), Dustin Pedroia (123), Ian Kinsler (150) and Rickie Weeks (204) have all missed significant time due to injury over the last four seasons. Heck, even the likes of Brian Roberts, Aaron Hill, Freddy Sanchez and Carlos Guillen have missed time in recent seasons.

The only stalwart?

So far, our 2011 fantasy baseball composite rankings ( Top 50 | C | 1B | 2B

Kyle Drabek Deserves a Close Look on Your 2011 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper List

One of the Jays top prospects is ready to burst out onto the scene and give your fantasy roster some much needed depth in the starting pitching department.

He made three career starts at the end of 2010 and gave up nine runs in 17 innings. Not exactly fantasy gold.

But his velocity has jumped up to the mid-90's and his devastating curveball is going to give hitters fits.

Winning fantasy baseball championships is what I do virtually every year. 

Always finishing in the money—with a trophy—the resume speaks for itself.  I'm here to give you my advice and will continue to do so throughout the season.

I'll be playing in fantasy baseball leagues again this year, so stay tuned.

Like we always do about this time, here we go with what you tuned in for...

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This time of year, America is buzzing over both March Madness and the fantasy baseball information superhighway. 

In this show, I'll provide you with the broadband information you'll need to win a championship and get your coins in.

Join me as I get it in and let you know the under the radar players to roster.

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First Base: James Loney, Los Angeles Dodgers

Loney has 89.3 RBI over the past three years despite combining for 36 home runs. His batting average and OPS have dipped the past three seasons.

He hit just .222 with a .575 OPS last year against lefties, and .245 and .662 over the past three years, which could lead Don Mattingly to sit him more often than Joe Torre did.

Brandon Belt garnered a lot of attention in 2010, just one year after being selected in the fifth round of the draft. 

There certainly wasn’t much expected from the 22-year old (he turns 23 on April 22), but he delivered in a big way. 

In fact, the Giants couldn’t keep him down, moving him from Single-A to Double-A to Triple-A, as he compiled the following line:

With Opening Day just days away, many fantasy baseball leagues are conducting their drafts.  Draft day can either make or break your team’s chances this season.

A trendy approach to the draft is to recognize and draft “sleeper” players, but avoiding players who will be a bust is just as important.

Players like Grady Sizemore, A.J. Burnett and Nate McLouth killed fantasy owners in 2010, and it’s crucial to avoid drafting “bust” players in 2011.

Here is my 2011 All-Bust fantasy team.