Roto Authority Fantasy Baseball (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
... go up the following year. Now let's look at the '08 leaders: Cliff Lee - 6.0% Tim Lincecum - 6.5% Ubaldo Jimenez - 6.9% John Danks - 7.1% Mike Pelfrey - 7.2% Daisuke Matsuzaka - 7.5% Dana Eveland - 7.5% Ryan Dempter - 7.6% Ben Sheets - 7.6% Justin Verlander - 7.9% Holding all else equal, we should expect these pitchers' HR rates (and therefore ERAs) to rise in 2009. Keep that in mind...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
C: Mike Napoli 1B: Adrian Gonzalez 2B: Mark Ellis SS: Yunel Escobar 3B: Kevin Kouzmanoff LF: Josh Willingham CF: Adam Jones RF: Randy Winn DH: Jason Kubel SP: Zack Greinke SP: Hiroki Kuroda SP: Ricky Nolasco SP: Ubaldo Jimenez SP: Andy Sonnanstine CL: Matt Capps If you set the replacement level at .292 , and add a win above replacement for both the bench and the rest of the bullpen,...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... in a watered-down National League West, the Rockies can't contend with Three Men — Aaron Cook, Ubaldo Jimenez, Jeff Francis — and a Maybe. There will be plenty of hits on Holliday, including some surprise names. Oakland has enough depth to ship off multiple players without crushing its farm system. Kansas City and Washington could get involved. These teams need offense and could deal...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
... coach, appears a lock to be the new bullpen coach, whose job will be to maximize the potential of Ubaldo Jimenez and, more concerning, Franklin Morales. Greg Colbrunn is in the mix for the hitting job as well. Walt Weiss turned it down. Maybe the bench coach will be a veteran voice like Don Baylor, John McLaren or Davey Johnson. Maybe it won't. The real issue isn't the staff, but...
