There may be no better man to target for cheap swipes than Houston’s Michael Bourn, right. Welcome back to the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit. Over the next few weeks, we will be rolling out cheat sheets with analysis, essays and the classic Top 10 Lists that Fantasy Owners Always Wanted But Were ...

Willy Taveras was born in Tanares, Republica Dominicana on Christmas Day in 1981. The town of a little over 7000 was actually named for his family, but the doctors at the hospital misread his father's writing and put Taveras on the birth certificate. This was the result of his father writing his new...

If you haven’t been to Mock Draft Central and gotten in a few mock drafts, you need to do that. The data used today is taken from their ADP trend report, which I pulled this morning. Over the last week here are the hitters that are seeing the biggest upward moves in their average draft positio...

If you want to continue being a Reds fan without going insane, do not read this article by Mark Sheldon over at MLB.com. I really want to be optimistic about 2009, but this piece is full of nuggets that should make any good Reds fan sick to his stomach. Some highlights: Hairston, Chris Dickerson, No...

John Fay has a quick update following a discussion with Walt Jocketty, providing us with some interesting quotes from the Reds GM. Regarding Willy Taveras, Jocketty likes his solid defensive ability in center field, as well as his potential to lead off. That "potential" depends on Tavares' ability t...

From CincinnatiEnquirer.com: Cincinnati Reds President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Walt Jocketty today announced the signing of free agent OF Willy Taveras to a two-year contract through the 2010 season. “Willy Taveras fills two significant needs for our ball club, a speed base ...

If Jerry Hairston, Jr., or Willy Taveras are starting for the Reds in 2009, is there any possibility that the Reds will be better offensively than they were last season? Any possibility at all? Then, if the Reds are destined to be worse offensively next year, is there any reason to think they won...

The Nationals offer of $160 million over eight years to free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, according to multiple industry sources....

Welcome back to The Opposing Viewpoint, the place to learn more about the Mets’ opponents from the bloggers who write about them. The long stretch of road trips out West ends this weekend - tonight is the last time the Mets will play a game with a scheduled start time later than 8:15 PM Easter...

This year’s Seamless Baseball fantasy draft kit will serve as the inaugural issue of Roster, an e-magazine presented by MVN. Rostermag.com: Coming February 26. — Okay, so yesterday I said more outfield profiles would follow, and that was a lie. But today, I mean it. We’ll at least get to t...