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When building a fantasy rotation, you're going to need to add depth, and the more you can add, the better you'll be. Fortunately, you can do a lot of that with pitching, and these guys are some good ones to look at. Best of all is that any or all of these guys will probably be available to you.  Mark Buehrle, Miami MarlinsThe concern here is that Buehrle's around the plate a lot, so he does surrender a lot of hits. But that's really the only concern here. The hits are more than made up for by the fact that he hardly walks anybody, so the WHIP is greatly neutralized. On top of that, he does not allow a lot of run, so the ERA will be fine. Buehrle is pitching on a team that will give him plenty of chances to win games, and he throws a lot of innings, never logging ...

When you get into an auction and want to place big bids on the likes of Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera and Matt Kemp, you will have to spend less money at other positions. Fortunately, these guys will be there for cheap, which will enable you to bring in an extra star at the traditional positions. Note: All projections based on standard 5x5 scoring numbers.Hitting: Runs, HR, RBI, Steals, AVG.  Pitching: Wins, Strikeouts, Saves, ERA, WHIP. Jose Altuve, 2B, Houston AstrosIf, for whatever reason, you can't get your paws on Robinson Cano, Dustin Pedroia or Ian Kinsler, do not reach for any of the second-tier second basemen like Brandon Phillips or Dan Uggla. Those players are all too one dimensional, and you're much better off spending big on someone else and bargain hunting for Altuve. This kid can absolutely fly (136 minor league steals in 382 games), and he looks to be hitting at ...

The security that was at Dodger Stadium on Opening Day of the 2011 baseball season failed to protect Giants fan Bryan Stow. As a result, the people responsible for staffing that security need to be held responsible for what happened to him, regardless of what the Dodgers would have you believe.According to the Associated Press, the Dodgers are asking for the court to disallow the claim filed by Stow and his family that would have the team held responsible for his beating. In part of the 37-page motion, the Dodgers claim that they are not responsible for the safety of the fans who attend their games. The Stow claim is, when stripped to its core, based on the faulty premise that a landowner is an insurer of the safety of persons on its property.As a part of the report, the Dodgers also claim that they were adequately staffed for the March 31 ...

Eager to avoid arbitration, the San Francisco Giants have made an offer to ace Tim Lincecum.Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports is reporting via Twitter that the Giants have made a two-year offer to Lincecum worth $40 million. Lincecum is a two-time Cy Young Award winner (2008, 2009) and is controlled by the Giants through the 2013 season.  What it means?From the perspective of whether or not Lincecum is a Giant for the next two years, this means very little. But from the perspective of not having an arbitrator determine how much the Giants pay, this is big for the Giants. Brown is right in that the $4 million dollar gap can be resolved. But even if the Giants take the counter offer from the Lincecum side, San will now be in a better position to try to lock up fellow ace Matt Cain, who will be a free agent after the 2012 season. Either ...

The 2011 season appeared to have been the last for Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, as Sweeny Murti is reporting that Posada will officially retire within the next few weeks. While acting primarily as a designated hitter and bench player, Posada hit .235 with 14 home runs and 44 RBI in 387 at-bats during the 2011 season.This is certainly not surprising news. Posada has battled injuries for each of the last four seasons, only reaching 120 games played once in that stretch. At this point, his value in the field is nothing more than that of an emergency first baseman or catcher. If he even wanted to play, he would only be a truly valuable player in the American League as a designated hitter. Given his age (40) and the abuse to the body that catchers always take, it certainly makes sense that the market would be thin on him. Long gone are the ...

The White Sox will be without one of their bashers next season. C. Trent Rosecrans of CBS Sports is reporting that the White Sox have traded Carlos Quentin to the Padres for minor league pitchers Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez.Quentin will be a free agent at the end of the 2012 season. In 118 games in 2011, he hit 24 home runs, drove in 77 runs and had a .254 batting average and .340 OBP. The value of this trade for the Padres will come down to one question: Can Quentin hit at PETCO Park? Since the park opened in 2004, very few hitters not named Adrian Gonzalez have been able to answer that with a yes.Quentin is right handed, so there is a benefit there. It's much easier to hit for power to left field at PETCO than right, but this is going to be a tough adjustment. In the National ...

While the Indians are certainly in need of acquiring a bat, the Yankees are making the right decision by not making Nick Swisher available to them.Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that the Indians have talked to the Yankees about Swisher. According to Rosenthal, the Indians saw him as a reasonable alternative to Carlos Beltran, assuming he didn't sign with them.The Indians didn't sign Beltran, but that can't influence the Yankees' decision. New York is the biggest of the big-market teams and they are competing for a World Series title every year. For them, the decision to keep Swisher or not comes down to one thing.Can they get a better overall player than him?The answer to that is a definitive "no." Swisher is far and away better than any outfielder on the free agent market. With the exception of Prince Fielder, he's a better hitter than anyone on the ...

If the Red Sox are going to get back to the playoffs and seriously compete for a World Series, they need to bring in a closer. Right now, there's no better one on the trade market than Andrew Bailey. Yesterday, Jim Bowden of ESPN tweeted that the A's and Red Sox were close on a deal that would send Bailey to Boston. Obviously, the Gio Gonzalez trade has already happened, so there's some foundation to that thought. The Red Sox now need to pull the trigger on a deal for Bailey and bring him across the country. The combination of injuries and playing in Oakland has significantly hurt Bailey's save numbers over the years. Still, in three seasons, he's locked down 75 games. That's an average of 25 saves a season, that can easily go up by 10 to 15 playing on a team that's in position to win more, like the Red ...

There's certainly a tremendous bittersweet feeling about this. On the one hand, it's great to actually see Stow and hear him talk. During baseball season, the news updates were not always positive. So, the fact that he's alive and actually speaking is nothing short of promising. Still, while the positives do exist, they are far from overwhelming. The fact is that Stow's progress from this point on will be measured in small steps. Hearing that basically told me that we're not going to see him much better than what we see in that video. That's sad. It's still hard to wrap my head around the whole thing. I have been to several sporting events in my life and have definitely seen some fights. I understand that happens, especially when alcohol is involved. But those fights are almost two willing participants. It may or may not have anything to do with the game, or team ...

There's just no way around it, this is bad. Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn of ESPN are reporting that National League MVP Ryan Braun tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. It's hard to imagine this ending well. Actually, it's impossible to imagine this ending well for Braun. Not that that bothers me, it shouldn't end well for him.He deserves to be suspended for 50 games. But even if he finds a way to avoid that suspension, this news is going to doom him in the court of public opinion. It's going to hurt him in future MVP voting, and if it gets that far, will hurt him in Hall of Fame voting.We've seen it with guys like Rafael Palmeiro and Mark McGwire. There's no way we're not going to see the same thing happen when Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds become eligible for the Hall of Fame. It's hard to imagine Alex Rodriguez ...