German Marquez

Back by popular demand, this week's article will kick off with a trivia question. With the MLB trade deadline now passed, our topic is trades and pop culture. Here is this week's question:  In an episode of the TV show "Seinfeld," George was thought to be dead by his employers at the time, the New York Yankees. George Steinbrenner thus visits his home to inform his parents. Instead of being grieved about his son's "death," Mr. Costanza attacks Steinbrenner for trading which player in 1988? Answer at the end of the article.…

Welcome back to fantasy baseball and our outlook on proposed two-start pitchers! To me, the MLB four-day All-Star break always feels like about a month off from fantasy baseball. Save for a few dynasty leagues with mid-season prospect drafts or a random trade offer here or there, activity is pretty minimal for those off days. So needless to say, I am pretty excited to get back to business as usual! Since we are coming off the break, this week is a little incomplete and somewhat tumultuous in terms of guaranteed starts as…

In my golf league, I had to listen to one of my fellow league mates complain that one of his pitchers went on the disabled list with a blister on his finger. His complaint, like many others, is that it seems that MLB players seem to go on the DL list more often than previous years, due mostly to the new rule that shortened the time from 15 days to 10 days. He is likely right. As per ESPN, there were 165 disabled-list stints in the first 25 games compared to 147 a year ago, and that trend seems to be continuing. More than…