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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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• 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

Whether you like him or hate him, I think we can all agree that the Yankee’s Alex Rodriguez is the best third basemen in baseball. I think we can also agree that Rodriguez is going in the top 5 picks in most fantasy drafts. If you are planning on drafting a third basemen in the first several rounds of the draft, you do have some options (and I recommend that you do, as it is a fairly weak position this year). Four amateurgm.com analysts break down who they feel is the 2nd best fantasy option below. Andrew Swanson (Evan Longoria) – Evan Longoria is one of the best third basemen around. In just two major league seasons Longoria has averaged 30 HR, [...]

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• Category: Arizona Diamondbacks, Fantasy, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Teams, Washington Nationals
• Tagged as Alex Rodriguez, Aramis Ramirez, ARod, Ben Zobrist, Carl Crawford, David Wright, Derek Jeter, Erin Andrews, Evan Longoria, Mark Reynolds, Pablo Sandoval, Ryan Zimmerman

Like last offseason, we are seeing a late developing free agent market as there are still many names without homes. However, recently there have been a few prominent players that have decided on their futures for next season and beyond.  Here is a recap from the last few days and holiday season. Jason Bay to the Mets – The former Pittsburgh Pirate and Boston Red Sox takes his game back to the NL with his recent signing with the New York Mets. Bay will anchor left field at Citi Field for at least the next four seasons and is expected to provide some much needed pop in the middle of the Mets lineup. The Mets lineup should be pretty good next [...]

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• Tagged as Adrian Beltre, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Kelly Johnson, Mark DeRosa, Marlon Byrd, Mike Lowell, Milton Bradley, Pablo Sandoval

Ken Rosenthal is reporting the San Francisco Giants are pursuing Florida Marlins second basemen Dan Uggla. There is no official agreement on names yet between the two clubs but Joe Frisaro of MLB.com says that the “general feeling is Uggla will wind up with Giants.” It seems as though there will be no official word until after the Saturday non tender date. Uggla would provide the Giants with a much needed power boost to their lack luster offense. As a whole, the team only hit 122 HR in 2009 with Pablo Sandoval leading the pack with 25 HR. Uggla hit 31 HR and had 90 RBI in 2009. He has averaged 30 HR per season since making his debut in [...]

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• Category: Miami Marlins, Rumors, San Francisco Giants
• Tagged as Brian Sabean, Dan Uggla, Michael Hill, Pablo Sandoval

The 2009 Winter Meetings came to an end on Thursday. The last day of the meetings is typically the slowest as teams head back home after the Rule 5 Draft is held in the morning. However, there were still a few noteworthy items that made their way through the league on Thursday. Roy Halladay Update – Jordan Bastian of MLB.com says that trade discussions are ongoing for Roy Halladay with the Los Angeles Angels and Philadelphia Phillies the current leaders for Halladay. SI.com’s Tom Verducci sources tell him that the Phillies are “very aggressive” and even willing to find multiple teams to meet the Blue Jays asking price. The Phillies pursued Halladay last July but eventually landing Cliff Lee (LHP) [...]

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• Tagged as Barry Bonds, Bengie Molina, Brett Gardner, Chris Iannetta, Cliff Lee, Curtis Granderson, Hideki Matsui, Jason Bay, Johnny Damon, Mark DeRosa, Mark McGwire, Melky Cabrera, Miguel Tejada, Pablo Sandoval, Pedro Feliz, roy halladay, Yorvit Torrealba