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Baseball is like no other sport in terms of its fans embracing their favorite teams young talent making an impact in the big leagues. Already in this brief season, Jason Heyward of the Atlanta Braves and Ike Davis of the New York Mets have sent their teams fans into a frenzy over their successful debuts. Later this year, we should see even more highly anticipated debuts as such names as Stephen Strasburg, Aroldis Chapman, Justin Smoak, and Starlin Castro are expected to make the jump to the big leagues. I am just like most baseball fans and love to see young talent succeed in the big leagues and with that I decided to compile a list of the top 25 [...]

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• Category: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Fantasy, Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals
• Tagged as Adam Jones, Alcides Escobar, Andrew McCutchen, Aroldis Chapman, Asdrubal Cabrera, Austin Jackson, Billy Butler, Cameron Maybin, Carlos Gonzalez, Chris Coghlan, Chris Davis, Colby Rasmus, Cristian Guzman, Curtis Granderson, Delmon Young, Dexter Fowler, Elvis Andrus, Evan Longoria, Everth Cabrera, Gordon Beckham, Ian Desmond, Ike Davis, Jason Heyward, Jay Bruce, Julio Borbon, Justin Smoak, Justin Upton, Kyle Blanks, Matt Wieters, Pablo Sandoval, Reid Brignac, Sean Rodriguez, Starlin Castro, Stephen Strasburg, Tyler Colvin

After a brief hiatus, it is time to take a look at the next part of our fantasy preview series and focus on some potential sleepers for the upcoming season. Every year fantasy owners are on the lookout for players that have the element of surprise and often times those players are found in the late rounds of your draft. This year there is no shortage of players from each league that have the potential to surprise and reward fantasy owners for drafting them. Here is a look at some sleeper candidates in the American League for 2010. Brandon Wood (3B) Los Angeles Angels – The former first round pick of the Angels in 2003, is finally ready to receive [...]

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• Category: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Fantasy, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Texas Rangers
• Tagged as Austin Jackson, Brandon Wood, Brian Matusz, Chone Figgins, Clay Buchholz, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Curtis Granderson, David Price, Francisco Liriano, Johnny Damon, Julio Borbon, Kendry Morales, Rajai Davis

Business picked up in Idianapolis on day two of the Winter Meetings. One blockbuster trade is all but completed and more rumors and signings were announced along the way. Here is a recap of Tuesday’s news: 3 Team Blockbuster Completed – The rumored 3 team deal between the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, and Arizona Diamondbacks is all but completed pending physicals. The Tigers have dangled the names of Curtis Granderson (CF) and Edwin Jackson (SP) this offseason and have now traded away their services in the same deal. This is a good deal for all three teams, however, I really like the return the Tigers received back in the form of Max Scherzer (SP) and Austin Jackson (CF). This was the biggest [...]

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• Category: Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Free Agents, Miami Marlins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rumors, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Texas Rangers
• Tagged as Austin Jackson, Bobby Crosby, Chris Getz, Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, Jorge Cantu, Josh Fields, Josh Johnson, Justin Smoak, Mark Teahen, Max Scherzer, Milton Bradley, Neftali Feliz, Pat Burrell, Peter Gammons, Ronny Cedeno, Ross Gload

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated tweeted that the Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, and New York Yankees have agreed on a trade that would have Curtis Granderson (Detroit Tigers, CF), Edwin Jackson (Detroit Tigers, SP), and Max Scherzer (Arizona Diamondbacks, SP) switching teams. Tyler Kepner of the New York Times explained earlier that Austin Jackson (Yankees, CF), Phil Coke (Yankees, RP), Max Sherzer, and Daniel Schlereth (Diamondbacks, RP) would go to the Tigers; Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennedy (Yankees, SP) to the Diamondbacks, and Curtis Granderson to the Yankees. The trade is pending physicals.

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• Category: Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Rumors, Teams
• Tagged as Austin Jackson, Curtis Granderson, Daniel Schlereth, Edwin Jackson, Ian Kennedy, Max Scherzer, Phil Coke