Tigers Add To The Bullpen, Pick Up Jose Veras From Astros
The Tigers ranked among the preseason favorites to make a run to the World Series on expectations of huge things from the offense and the Verlander/Scherzer/Fister/Sanchez starting quartet. The one question facing Jim Leyland and Detroit coming out of spring training was the closer role. Hard-throwing Bruce Rondon was on the board for a potential […]
Harmon’s Blog 7.12: Puig, SharkNado, Gronk & Diapers
Harmon’s Blog 7.12 runs through the world of fantasy baseball and Major League Baseball box scores. He knowingly nods to those who watched SharkNado and talks injuries and adult diapers. Yeah, Harmon’s got a little bit for everyone. Baltimore first baseman Chris Davis went 1-for-3 with his major league-leading 34th home run in Thursday’s 3-1 […]
PTC: Harmon’s Blog With MLB & Life-Saving Technology 523
As longtime readers know, I grew up on the South Side. Yes, it needs to be capitalized. The White Sox have long turned to trainer Herm Schneider to monitor player health, and his ability to rehab players is the stuff of baseball legend (Bo Jackson, anyone?). Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports wrote a piece chronicling […]
Harmon’s Opening Day Ranking Sheets: The Road To 2013 Fantasy Dominance
Prior to Sunday’s opener, I posted updated positional rankings on the FantasyPros.com website. We had great success in the 2012 season on the Dome, producing a top-10 finish (seventh) in the draft cheatsheet competition on the FantasyPros.com site. Injuries dominate the early-2013 landscape, as owners try to ascertain how much to discount injured stars such […]
Harmon’s Fantasy Baseball Preview: Coming Week of March 4
After a strong 7th-place showing on FantasyPros.com for the 2012 draft season, Harmon returns for the 2013 campaign. The full sheet of rankings and player previews will be unveiled during the week of March 4. Keep it locked on SwollenDome.com for complete MLB coverage. Is Mike Trout No. 1? Or is Albert still king? Miggy?
Need A Dirtbag? Buy Some Authenticated Triple Crown Dirt
The regular season has now been completed, and the baseball world anticipates an exciting post-season from an unexpected field of entrants. Doesn’t some part of you wish to see a battle between the Orioles and Nationals for the World Series title? While the playoff field was being set, the Tigers overtook the White Sox to […]
Your MLB Weekend Update: One-Line Quick Hits (4.8.12)
The first set of “Opening Days’ have now completed, and fans are already hammering on message boards about bullpen struggles, hitting woes and strategical miscalculations (the decision to have CC Sabathia intentionally walk the bases loaded for Carlos Pena ended, shall we say, terribly on Saturday). This week, fans in the remaining ballparks will have […]
2012 Fantasy Baseball: First Basemen First Look
1 Miguel Cabrera 2 Albert Pujols 3 Joey Votto 4 Adrian Gonzalez 5 Prince Fielder 6 Carlos Santana 7 Paul Konerko 8 Eric Hosmer 9 Mark Teixeira 10 Freddie Freeman 11 Michael Morse 12 Paul Goldschmidt 13 Mike Napoli 14 Lance Berkman 15 Mark Trumbo 16 Ryan Howard 17 Michael Young 18 Kevin Youkilis 19 […]