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Firehose

05-16

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The Lineup Card: 11 Surprising Early-Season Stats
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Baseball Prospectus

05-09

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The Lineup Card: 10 Most Disappointing Career-Ending Injuries
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Baseball Prospectus

05-03

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The Lineup Card: 10 Things Learned in April
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Baseball Prospectus

04-25

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The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Batting Stances
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Baseball Prospectus

04-18

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The Lineup Card: 10 Favorite Player/Executive Attributes
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Baseball Prospectus

04-11

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The Lineup Card: 10 Players Who Should Receive Extensions
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Baseball Prospectus

04-04

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The Lineup Card: 11 Bench Players Who Could Have a Big Impact
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Baseball Prospectus

03-30

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Fantasy Beat: BP Preseason Fantasy Baseball Awards
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Baseball Prospectus

03-28

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The Lineup Card: 10 Headlines for 2012
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Baseball Prospectus

03-27

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Pre-Season Predictions
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Baseball Prospectus

03-27

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Pre-Season Predictions
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Baseball Prospectus

03-21

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The Lineup Card: 10 Favorite Off-Season Moves
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Baseball Prospectus

03-14

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The Lineup Card: 12 Great Seasons by Mediocre Players
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Baseball Prospectus

03-08

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The Lineup Card: 10 Choices for 2012 Declines
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Baseball Prospectus

02-29

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The Lineup Card: 14 Choices for 2012 Breakout Players
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Baseball Prospectus

02-15

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The Lineup Card: 12 Opinions on Whether a Significant Other Must Like Baseball
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Baseball Prospectus

02-07

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The Lineup Card: 11 Times Small Sample Sizes Steered Us Wrong
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Baseball Prospectus

02-01

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The Lineup Card: 10 Undeservedly Obscure Baseball Films
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Baseball Prospectus

01-25

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The Lineup Card: 12 Baseball Players We'd Like to See As President
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Baseball Prospectus

01-17

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The Lineup Card: 10 Favorite Baseball Movies of All-Time
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Baseball Prospectus

01-16

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Prospectus Roundtable: Can Anyone Close?
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Baseball Prospectus

01-10

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The Lineup Card: Switched at Birth: 14 Players Who Look Like Other People
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Baseball Prospectus

12-29

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The Lineup Card: 9 New Year's Resolutions for Players, Managers, GMs, and Teams
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Baseball Prospectus

12-22

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The Lineup Card: 10 Weirdest Baseball Injuries
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Baseball Prospectus

12-14

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The Lineup Card: 9 Memories of Frank Viola
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Baseball Prospectus

11-30

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The Lineup Card: BP Holiday Gift Guide
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Baseball Prospectus

11-28

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The Lineup Card: 10 Pitcher MVPs and Their Worthiness
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Baseball Prospectus

11-17

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The Lineup Card: 11 Ballplayers Who Suffered Unusual Demises
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Baseball Prospectus

11-10

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The Lineup Card: Buy Me Some Wontons and Crackerjack: 11 Foods That Should Be Available As Ballpark Concessions But Aren't
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Baseball Prospectus

11-03

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The Lineup Card: 9 World Series Heroes: The Year After
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Baseball Prospectus

10-26

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The Lineup Card: 13 Bad Players Who Are (or Were) Still Fun to Watch and Root For
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Baseball Prospectus

10-19

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World Series Prospectus: The Midwest Showdown
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Baseball Prospectus

10-19

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The Lineup Card: 13 Iconic Instances of Facial Hair
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Baseball Prospectus

10-05

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The Lineup Card: 10 Players Whose Careers Were Defined by Big Postseason Moments
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Baseball Prospectus

09-30

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Regular-Season Awards
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Baseball Prospectus

09-29

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The Lineup Card: 14 Scariest Things to Happen While Driving
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Baseball Prospectus

09-21

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The Lineup Card: 9 Baseball Movies That Should Be Made
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Baseball Prospectus

09-14

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The Lineup Card: Commissioner for a Day
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Baseball Prospectus

09-08

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The Lineup Card: 9 Forgotten Players from Defunct Franchises
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Baseball Prospectus

08-24

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The Lineup Card: 11 Disastrous Acquisitions
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Baseball Prospectus

08-18

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The Lineup Card: 11 Memorable Breakdowns, Antics, and Tirades
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Baseball Prospectus

08-10

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The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Basebrawls and Individual Performances in Basebrawls
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Baseball Prospectus

08-03

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The Lineup Card: 12 Favorite Baseball Songs that are NOT by The Baseball Project
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Baseball Prospectus

07-27

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The Lineup Card: 17 Favorite Midseason Trades
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Baseball Prospectus

07-22

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BP Unfiltered: Get a Job in Baseball Working for the Cleveland Indians
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Baseball Prospectus

07-20

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The Lineup Card: The Top 13 Veterans Committee Selections That Weren't THAT Bad
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Baseball Prospectus

07-14

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Baseball Prospectus News: Announcing MLB Roundtrip with Baseball Prospectus
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Baseball Prospectus

07-13

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The Lineup Card: Cult Favorites: 18 Non-Star Ballplayers Who Should be Better Remembered
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Baseball Prospectus

07-01

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All-Star Selections
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Baseball Prospectus

06-16

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The BP Wayback Machine: Realignment
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Baseball Prospectus

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In a game you can't predict, which early-season statistics seem the most unpredictable?

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Mariano Rivera may yet make it back for another season, but these major leaguers saw their careers KO'd by injuries.

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What were the BP staff's major takeaways from the season's first month?

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Which players have had the best batting stances in baseball?



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Which individual player tools are favorites of the BP staff?



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Which players should teams be looking to lock up long-term?



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Which players riding the pine might have a significant say in their teams' win totals?



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March 30, 2012 3:00 am

Fantasy Beat: BP Preseason Fantasy Baseball Awards

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The BP Fantasy Crew gives their opinions on sleepers, overrated players, and more

This week we assembled the Baseball Prospectus fantasy crew to gather their ballots for the BP Preseason Fantasy Baseball Awards.  Each writer was asked to give his opinion on which players were in for good seasons, bad seasons, and surprising seasons.  We'd happy to hear your take in the comments.

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In the spirit of predicting in the future, the BP staff takes a gander at what the major headlines of 2012 will be.



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Pegging BP's favorites in both leagues, both in the standings and for the major awards.

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BP staff take sides on the important issues of 2012.

Spring training is winding down, and Opening Day is within sight, which means it’s predictions time here at Baseball Prospectus. You can read our picks for the season's final standings and major award winners elsewhere, but we also polled our staff on several key themes relating to the upcoming season, including how Jesus Montero will spend his time in Seattle and whether the Marlins' poor attendance really was all about the ballpark in Miami. The results are here for your interpretation, and we invite you to choose your sides in the comments.

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Which winter moves impressed the Baseball Prospectus staff the most?



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