It is Week 5 in fantasy football and chances and time to get an objective evaluation on how your team will perform this season. For some of you, however, fantasy football just does not quite feed your craving. Bored of adjusting your lineups just once a week? Lack of free agent activity not enough of a challenge? If you live for the daily waiver wire pickups, constant lineup adjusting, and buying peanuts and cracker jacks, then you are already counting down the days until fantasy baseball 2009 kicks off.

In the meantime, we are here to bring you some early previews for the 2009 season. The “Fast Forward to ‘09” series has already given you inside analysis on who to acquire at the second base and starting pitcher positions as well as keepers and this year’s rookies. We now shift across the diamond to third base, which appears to be a loaded position once again.  Read more »

Chances are, you have made some key free agent pickups throughout the regular season that have catapulted you into championship contention. Don’t let that keen eye for the undervalued free agent get away from you just because it’s September.

There are plenty of quality hitters left on the market that can put you over the top and into the winner’s circle. Here are the top 10 free agent hitters that you should consider picking up. Read more »

As the season wears on, the Texas Rangers have seemed to get younger and younger. They had four rookies in their starting lineup in Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, including starting pitcher Eric Hurley who picked up his first win. Both Hurley and first baseman Chris Davis have made splashes in their big league debuts, and both have the talent to sustain the momentum.

Davis will be especially interesting to watch for the remainder of the year. One of the best power hitting prospects in the minors, he became the first Rangers player ever to homer in his first two games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. At the time of his June 24 callup, Davis was hitting .333 with 23 homers in 77 games between stops at Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma. Read more »