Month: March 2013

Final 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Posted on by Davis Mattek
2013 fantasy baseball rankings

The time has finally come. Opening Day is almost upon us and our 2013 fantasy baseball season will begin the long march. While most of you have probably already used my 2013 fantasy baseball rankings of the individual positions for your drafts, I have finally competed my overall 2013 fantasy baseball rankings for the 2013 fantasy baseball season. There are over 400 ranked players in these 2013 fantasy basebal rankings, so I have you covered for both AL and NL only leagues as well as…

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Sports Wunderkind Podcast 3-29: Kansas City Royals Season Preview with Josh Duggan

Posted on by Davis Mattek
The Kansas City Royals 2013 Season.

This week on the podcast, I decided to switch things up a bit. My Kansas City Royals obsession hasn’t been quenched as much as I would like, so I decided to have Josh Duggan of Royals Review on to preview the season. We cover the ZiPS projections for the team and explore all of the possible avenues as well as analyzing the offseason that GMDM just put together. For non-Royals fans, enjoy our pure misery. For all you loyal Kansas City Royals fans out there…we’re…

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March Madness at it’s Finest

Posted on by Jourdan Case
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  If you’ve been paying attention to the tournament this past week, you already know it’s been a crazy one. A number 2 seed losing in the first round for the second year in a row. Two number 1 seeds losing, one in the round of 32, one in the Sweet 16. A 9 seed in the Elite 8, and a 15 seed with a legitimate shot at the Elite 8. There have been buzzer-beaters, blow-outs, and miraculous, come from behind victories, all clustered together…

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NFL Draft Player Evaluation: Johnathan Franklin, RB UCLA

Posted on by Coleman Kelly
Johnathan Franklin stiff arms a USC defender.

Jonathan Franklin was a player I heard about through Joe Goodberry, a Bengals draft writer for Cincy Jungle, who was opining about how Franklin was an underrated back. After watching three of his games (vs Rice, Nebraska, and Stanford), I have to agree, although Franklin’s “stock” has been gaining steam as of late. Johnathan Franklin vs Stanford (courtesy of DraftBreakdown) Finding comps for Franklin was rather difficult. There were literally 10 or 15 no-name running backs who compared to Franklin, but the one thing they…

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Sweet 16 NBA Prospects: One Prospect Per Team

Posted on by Dan Cutter
James Madison v Indiana

Top NBA Prospect for Each Team in the Sweet 16 The tournament field has been trimmed from 68 to 16, and we’ve already seen quite a few prominent teams with NBA talent eliminated. Players such as Otto Porter of Georgetown, Anthony Bennett of UNLV, Shabazz Muhammad of UCLA, and Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State are considered elite prospects in June’s  NBA Draft, but they are now watching the tournament from their dorm room couches. The remaining 16 teams may still have a shot at the…

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