News -- May 2013
5/17 NBA Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup for May 17 : Aside from the typical Cubs’ matinee, there is a full slate of MLB games tonight. So, head on over to Star Fantasy Leagues and ...
5/15 numberFire: Atlanta Braves Not Hurt By High Strikeout Rate : The Braves have the third-highest K Rate of all-time but are leading the NL East. How does that happen?See More
Justin Upton
B.J. ...
5/13 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Monday 5/13/13 : Zombie Anibal Sanchez: Must... feed... on... Astros... strikeouts...See More
Anibal Sanchez
Hector Santiago
Lance Lynn
Ryan ...
5/8 numberFire: B.J. Upton and Dan Uggla: A Tale of Two Sluggers : One should be expected to bounce back, while the other's best days are behind him. The stats tell which is which.See More
B.J. ...
5/6 FFLockerRoom: Atlanta Braves Activate Catcher Brian McCann : The Atlanta Braves get a boost in their offensive fire department as they have activated catcher Brian McCann from the 15-day ...
5/6 FFLockerRoom: Atlanta Braves Option Infielder Tyler Pastornicky : The Atlanta Braves have optioned infielder Tyler Pastornicky to their Triple-A Gwinnett minor league affiliate. Having to make ...
5/5 NBA Jerks: MLB Week 6: A Look Ahead at Key Storylines and Matchups : It’s only early May, but there are plenty of interesting story lines to watch for in the coming week. A potential cheater. A ...
News -- April 2013
4/30 NBA Jerks: Week 5 MLB Injury Report: Yes McCann : With a month of baseball behinds us, there are many important players on the MLB injury report including an entire Dodgers rotation ...
4/29 NBA Jerks: Week 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Cold, Hard Cashner : With just about a month in the books, we are seeing more and more younger guys come into their own and become viable fantasy baseball ...
4/11 NBA Jerks: Week 2 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Breaking Evan : We are in the second week of the year and the seasoned fantasy daytrader knows that this is the hardest time to differentiate ...
4/10 numberFire: Braves' Pitching Strong but Likely Unsustainable : MLB Stat Brief: When you leave that many runners on base, something's eventually bound to give.See More
Justin Upton
B.J. ...
4/1 numberFire: Atlanta Braves 2013 Statistical Preview: Hitting : The NL's deepest lineup? With Justin Upton in the fold, you better believe it.See More
Brian McCann
Juan Francisco
Justin ...
News -- March 2013
3/31 FanSided: 2013 MLB Preview: Atlanta Braves : Entering the 2012 season, the Braves were under a fair amount of pressure to make up for the collapse they suffered from at the ...
3/15 We Talk Fantasy Sports: ESPN Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft : Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft. You may feel that other people have players ranked ...
3/6 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catcher : Here are my catcher rankings for 2013.Buster Posey (BA, HR, RBI) *also eligible at 1BJoe Mauer (BA, R, RBI) *also eligible at ...
News -- February 2013
2/25 NBA Jerks: Have Some Respect For Yourself: Buster Posey Edition : Back in college, a friend and I had an expression that we’d always use to make fun of each other: “Have some respect for yourself.” ...
2/18 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB Hot Stove winners : After examing the offseason's five biggest losers yesterday, today I take a look at five teams that won the winter.
Atlanta ...
News -- January 2013
1/25 NBA Jerks: Justin Upton Reunited with Brother in Trade to Atlanta Braves : The hot stove season across Major League Baseball has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean that there still aren’t ...
1/22 NBA Jerks: Atlanta Braves 2013 Preview : The Braves made a great run in 2012, being outdone in the NL East by only the surging Nats. Despite making the playoffs, they ...
1/11 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 MLB All Bust Team (NL) : C Brian McCann
2011: 51 runs 24 home runs 71 RBI 3 steals .270/.351/.466
2012: 44 runs ...
1/5 NBA Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Preview – Catchers : We’re going to do a fantasy baseball preview, position by position, each weekend here at Sports Jerks, to help get you ready ...
News -- December 2012
12/30 NBA Jerks: Atlanta Braves 2013 Preview : A season after appearing in the first-ever MLB Wild Card Game and including an emotional Chipper Jones farewell tour, the Atlanta ...
12/28 NBA Jerks: Atlanta Braves 2013 Preview : A season after appearing in the first-ever MLB Wild Card Game and including an emotional Chipper Jones farewell tour, the Atlanta ...
News -- November 2012
11/29 NBA Jerks: Brave New World: B.J. Upton Signs Contract with Atlanta Braves : The Hot Stove Season in baseball is just starting to heat up, and it has been a whirlwind of a week. A day after the Tampa Bay ...
11/29 Tyler's Think Tank: Braves Land Upton :
Yesterday the Atlanta Braves made a splash by inking B.J. Upton to a five year deal worth $75.25 million, the largest free ...
News -- October 2012
10/6 Tyler's Think Tank: Cards, O's Advance to LDS :
The MLB postseason began yesterday with a pair of exciting, do-or-die Wild Card playoff games
In Atlanta, the Braves took ...
News -- August 2012
8/29 Tyler's Think Tank: Santanas Struggling : 2012 has not been kind to the three (unrelated) Santanas playing in the major leagues this season.
Johan Santana (6-9, 4.85 ...
8/9 Tyler's Think Tank: NL Paces : I know I'm a day or two late, but a couple games don't have too much impact on paces so long as nobody goes off for a Josh Hamilton-esque ...
News -- July 2012
7/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Hot Hitters at the Break : These guys have struggled for much of the season, but got hot heading into the All-Star break and could be poised to turn things ...
News -- June 2012
6/29 Tyler's Think Tank: My NL All-Star Ballot : C Carlos Ruiz (.361/.427/.579)
Yadier Molina may have a few more home runs, RBI and steals, but Ruiz's ...
News -- May 2012
5/21 Tyler's Think Tank: Weird Year for Catchers : 2012 has been a weird year for catchers. What I mean by that is several established backstops have been nothing ...
News -- April 2012
4/3 Tyler's Think Tank: 2011 All Breakout Team (NL) : C Miguel Montero (4.5 bWAR)
Arizona's backstop has had trouble staying on the field, but as he showed last year (his age 27 ...
4/2 Tyler's Think Tank: 2011 All Breakout Team (AL) : A look back at some of the top breakouts in the American League from 2011. Rookies are ineligible, so you won't find ...
News -- March 2012
3/23 Tyler's Think Tank: My Fantasy Baseball Targets : Every year, it seems like I keep drafting a handful of the same players for my fantasy teams. Here are the guys I'm targeting ...
News -- January 2012
1/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Baseball's All-Underrated Team : C Miguel Montero-The 28 year-old Arizona backstop has had trouble staying on the field, but as he showed last year he can be ...
1/9 Tyler's Think Tank: Posada to Retire : During the late 1990s and first few years of the new millennium, the New York Yankees "Core Four" of Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, ...
News -- September 2011
9/15 FanSided: A Theory On The Cause Of McCann’s Prolonged Slump : **** again everyone from sunny Southeast Michigan, where it’s starting to look like the weather is going to skip Fall and ...