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Additional batter ratings (Members)
Listing the bottom players because our charts broke. (06/14/09)

National League batter ratings (Members)
On our 2-8 scale, the best batters are rated 2. (06/14/09)

American League batter ratings (Members)
On our 2-8 scale, the best batters are rated 2. (06/14/09)

Hitters to seek and to avoid (Members)
These are lists of hitters (in order) to seek and to avoid in each league. (06/14/09)

National League pitcher ratings (Members)
On our 2-8 scale, the best pitchers are rated 2. (06/14/09)

American League pitcher ratings (Members)
On our 2-8 scale, 2 marks the best pitchers. (06/14/09)

Pitchers to seek and to avoid (Members)
If you can come up with a starter of modest accomplishments who suddenly strikes for double-digit wins with an ERA and WHIP better than the league average during the season’s last 3-4 months you’re going to make impressive moves forward in your league standings. Those pitchers are listed here. (06/14/09)

Where to find our blog (Members)
This gives subscribers the URL for our blog. (05/25/09)

5X5 values, NL-only pitchers (Members)
Is the best pitcher on the worst team? (03/30/09)

5X5 values, NL-only batters (Members)
Players listed where they would be most advantageous to your fantasy team. Positions based on 10 games played in 2008. (03/30/09)

5X5 values, AL-only pitchers (Members)
There's a Yankee on top of the list and a Yankee on the bottom of the list. (03/30/09)

5X5 values, AL-only batters (Members)
Players are listed where they would be most advantageous to your fantasy team. Positions based on 10 games played in 2008. (03/30/09)

The 2009 Derrek Lee Award winner (Members)
The 2009 incarnation of the breakthrough player best representing the award we named in honor of Derrek Lee still isn’t likely to improve as much as Lee himself did when he reached career highs of 31 homers, 92 RBI and 21 stolen bases. (03/23/09)

How to find a good $10 closer: conclusion (Members)
With a top 10 (or so) list, with some additional bonus picks. (03/23/09)

How to find a good $10 closer (Members)
There is one statistic indicating which lower-level relief pitchers can move into the closer’s role. No, it isn’t minor league saves. (03/23/09)

Recommended draft order, Rounds 16-29 (Members)
This is for a 15-team standard 5X5 mixed league with a 23-man active roster, six-man reserve roster and a serpentine draft. Updated 3/22/09. (03/21/09)

Recommended draft order, Rounds 6-15 (Members)
This is for a 15-team, standard 5X5 mixed league with a 23-player active roster, a six-man reserve roster and a serpentine draft. (03/21/09)

Recommended draft order, first five rounds, 2009
FREE! This Article assumes a 15-team, standard 5X5 mixed league with 23 active roster spots and a six-man reserve roster in a serpentine draft. (03/21/09)

Best Arm from the Farm (Members)
The best pitcher coming to the major leagues this season is from one of the most successful organizations of the last decade. (04/05/08)

Name that closer (Members)
UPDATED June 25, 2009. In keeping with the idea that being able to choose the right closers is a key to winning in fantasy baseball, we’ll provide this list of who’s closing games for each team. It will be updated when changes are made or being contemplated. (03/31/08)

10 best free-agent signings (Members)
The lack of high-return players among this year's free agents isn’t an indictment of their talent. Instead, it represents a maturation of the free-agency system and perhaps a move to a new phase of free agency. Updated 2/21/09 (03/09/08)

2009 Jarrod Washburn Award Winners (Members)
The 2009 winners exemplify the award's criterion: "A cheap pitcher who racks up the wins," as Jarrod Washburn did in 2002. See our pick(s) for this year. (Updated 3/5/09) (02/17/08)

How to Read Spring Training Box Scores (Members)
(UPDATED 2/19/09) If a curveball specialist pitches against some wet-behind-the-ears kid, who wins and who loses? And how do we know? If that curveball pitcher gets out the 25th man from some 2006 major league team, is the pitcher really any closer to making it in the majors? (03/07/07)

Tried-and-True Tips, 2009 (Members)
(Updated Feb. 20, 2009) 10 tried-and-true tips for you to remember and to help you succeed in fantasy baseball leagues. (03/07/07)

Red Sox DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Red Sox DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (02/21/07)

DEEP Depth Chart-Angels (Members)
This is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 25, 2009. (02/10/06)

Japan's New Hurling Darvish (Members)
Starting for the Seibu Lions last week was grizzled veteran Daisuke Matsuzaka, all of 25 years old, against 18-year old Yu Darvish of the Nippon Ham Fighters. Our man in Japan, Michael Cohen, comments on the outcome. (07/04/05)

Padres' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
This is San Diego's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 25, 2009. (01/29/05)

Guide to the All-Star Board (Members)
Updated March 9, 2009. Our exclusive All-Star Board now is online at fantasybaseballscout.com. Here’s a guide to what you’ll find on the All-Star Board, and how to use it. (03/13/04)

Guide to the Scouting Guide
(UPDATED 3/9/09) Our exclusive online Scouting Guide is a living, breathing, ever-changing, ever-improving, ever-updated section of this web site. Think of it as your private stash of information for your draft or auction, and for managing your team in season. (02/20/04)

Free sample of Morneau interview
Here's some of what Justin Morneau said in this exclusive 2003 interview with Fantasy Baseball Scout: "I had a good spring, and then I had a pretty good start in Double-A. I was feeling pretty good when I came up here. I was getting some pretty good pitches to hit." (05/15/03)

Rangers' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Here is Texas' DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (04/01/03)

Mariners' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Seattle's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (04/01/03)

Athletics' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Oakland's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (04/01/03)

Giants' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
San Francisco's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (04/01/03)

Dodgers' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Los Angeles' 2008 DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (04/01/03)

Rockies' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Colorado's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (04/01/03)

Twins' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Minnesota's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 25, 2009. (03/31/03)

Royals' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Kansas City's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 25, 2009. (03/31/03)

Tigers' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Detroit's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/31/03)

Indians' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Cleveland's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/31/03)

Phillies' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Here's the Fightin' Phillies' DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (03/31/03)

Mets' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Here's the Mets' DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/31/03)

Nationals' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Washington's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (03/31/03)

Marlins' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Here is Florida's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 25, 2009. (03/31/03)

Blue Jays' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Toronto's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/31/03)

Rays' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Tampa Bay's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/31/03)

Yankees' DEEP DEPTH Chart (Members)
Here's the Bronx Bombers' DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (03/31/03)

Cardinals' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
St. Louis' DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (03/31/03)

Brewers' DEEP Depth Chart
** FREE SAMPLE ** Here's Milwaukee's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/31/03)

Astros' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Here's the Astros' DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (03/31/03)

Pirates' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Pittsburgh's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (03/26/03)

Reds' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Cincinnati's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated July 2, 2009. (03/25/03)

Chicago Cubs' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Here's the Cubbies' DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/25/03)

Braves' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
This is Atlanta's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 25, 2009. (03/25/03)

D-backs' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Arizona's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 30, 2009. (03/24/03)

White Sox DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
The White Sox DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 12, 2009. (03/24/03)

Orioles' DEEP Depth Chart (Members)
Baltimore's DEEP Depth Chart. Updated June 25, 2009. (03/24/03)

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