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Every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm EDT, Baseball Digest presents “Baseball Digest LIVE“, a weekly internet radio program that covers the American Pastime from every angle.

Hosted by Baseball Digest Online Editor Mark Healey, each episode features some of the biggest names in MLB and beyond.

Crafted each week by the show’s producer and BD’s Fantasy Baseball expert Jay Ferraro, listeners of “Baseball Digest LIVE” will hear Fantasy Baseball advice, historical perspectives with interviews of former MLB players and award winning authors, as well as the lowdown the day-to-day action of MLB baseball with the country’s top baseball writers and anaylsts.

Jay Ferraro is the producer of Baseball Digest LIVE , Gotham Baseball LIVE and Pigskin Pundits.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Gotham Gridiron and Baseballdigest.com. As well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Admittedly, I  made  a mistake. In 96 at bats, Beltran is batting .219 with 4 runs scored, 1 homerun, and 9 RBI. Yesterday morning, I sent Beltran into the Waiver Wire Abyss and will not be upset if he starts hitting on someone else’s ball club. I couldn’t stand looking at his name penciled into my lineup during those 96 meaningless at bats. There is no doubt in my mind that he will be claimed off waivers by one of my competitors within the next few days.

Every year during drafts there are a few all star players who will begin the season on the disabled list. In 2010, those players included Carlos Beltran, Brandon Webb, Eric Bedard, and Brian Roberts. With the status of their injuries unknown to fantasy team owners, these sexy draft choices fall to the later rounds, leaving owners with itchy trigger fingers to try to be the winner of the fantasy lottery.  You can’t win if you don’t play the game, but thus far in 2010 it looks like all of the owners who drafted these injured players may have lost. My days of rolling the dice with injured players on draft day has come to an end thanks to the Mets centerfielder.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Gotham Gridiron and Baseballdigest.com. As well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Jay and Hawk are more than just New York baseball! They cover all of Major League Baseball’s hot topics in the “Teepee Talk” segment, all New York City sports on their “Around The Apple” segment, and what it all means for your fantasy teams in “The Waiver Wire Abyss.”

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Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com and the Gotham Gridiron. As well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

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Every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm EDT, Baseball Digest presents “Baseball Digest LIVE“, a weekly internet radio program that covers the American Pastime from every angle.

Hosted by Baseball Digest Online Editor Mark Healey, each episode features some of the biggest names in MLB and beyond.

Crafted each week by the show’s Executive Producer and BD’s Fantasy Baseball expert Jay Ferraro, listeners of “Baseball Digest LIVE” will hear Fantasy Baseball advice, historical perspectives with interviews of former MLB players and award winning authors, as well as the lowdown the day-to-day action of MLB baseball with the country’s top baseball writers and anaylsts.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com and the Gotham Gridiron. As well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Fantasy Football is just around the corner and the guys tackle player rankings, position battles, sleepers, hot rookies and the AFC East.

Please click the link to listen live or to past shows: Gotham Baseball LIVE

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE. He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Jay and Hawk are more than just New York baseball! They cover all of Major League Baseball’s hot topics in the “Teepee Talk” segment, all New York City sports on their “Around The Apple” segment, and what it all means for your fantasy teams in “The Waiver Wire Abyss.”

Please click the link to listen live or to past shows: Gotham Baseball LIVE

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE. He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Jeff Niemann and Wade Davis are both banged up, but the Rays rotation continues to plug along smoothly thanks to the glove of a youngster named Jeremy Hellickson.  The right hander has been called up from the farm once before, but unlike last time, this won’t be a one game visit. He has torn through the Rays minor league system and is on track to become the next fantasy beast in the Ray’s Rotation.  After his August 2^nd debut against the Twins, Hellickson is here to stay and is a must add in all formats across the fantasy community with debut numbers of 7IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 HR, 2 BB, 6 K.

It may be difficult to locate Hellickson swimming in the waiver wire abyss because keen fantasy owners have been watching his every move since double-A, or at the very least, have snatched him up following his start against theTwins.  He will be facing a banged up Tigers lineup at home tonight, so except him to pitch very well. If you don’t own him in any of your leagues and he gets shelled tonight, try and pry him away from his current owner.  Jeremy Hellickson is a beast. Period.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Gotham Gridiron and Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com.You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

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Every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm EDT, Baseball Digest presents “Baseball Digest LIVE“, a weekly internet radio program that covers the American Pastime from every angle.

Hosted by Baseball Digest Online Editor Mark Healey, each episode features some of the biggest names in MLB and beyond.

Crafted each week by the show’s Executive Producer and BD’s Fantasy Baseball expert Jay Ferraro, listeners of “Baseball Digest LIVE” will hear Fantasy Baseball advice, historical perspectives with interviews of former MLB players and award winning authors, as well as the lowdown the day-to-day action of MLB baseball with the country’s top baseball writers and anaylsts.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Adam Ronis of  Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Channel chats about fantasy baseball.

The trade deadline has gone and past. We break down the winners and losers with Gregg Synder of Doublegsports.com

Baseballinsider.com columnist, Kevin Orris weighs in all the hottest topics around Major League Baseball.

The biggest surprise in baseball are the Padres and Dan Hayes explains why the Padres aren’t going away anytime soon.

Josh Landsburg talks about the recent Roy Oswalt trade and what the Phillies need to do in their defense of back-to-back National League pennants.

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Every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm EDT, Baseball Digest presents “Baseball Digest LIVE“, a weekly internet radio program that covers the American Pastime from every angle.

Hosted by Baseball Digest Online Editor Mark Healey, each episode features some of the biggest names in MLB and beyond.

Crafted each week by the show’s Executive Producer and BD’s Fantasy Baseball expert Jay Ferraro, listeners of “Baseball Digest LIVE” will hear Fantasy Baseball advice, historical perspectives with interviews of former MLB players and award winning authors, as well as the lowdown the day-to-day action of MLB baseball with the country’s top baseball writers and anaylsts.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

On today’s “TGIFantasy Baseball & Football” edition of Gotham Baseball LIVE, the guys discuss who to pitch or ditch, prospects on the farm, who is hot or not and buy/sell candidates.

Fantasy Football is just around the corner and the guys tackle player rankings, position battles, sleepers, hot rookies, and the AFC West with GBL’s Fantasy Football insider Cory Parson of Sirius/XM Fantasy Sports Radio.

Jay and Hawk are more than just New York baseball! They cover all of Major League Baseball’s hot topics in the “Teepee Talk” segment, all New York City sports on their “Around The Apple” segment, and what it all means for your fantasy teams in “The Waiver Wire Abyss.”

Please click the link to listen live or to past shows: Gotham Baseball LIVE

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE. He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com.You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Paul Grecco of  Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Channel chats about fantasy baseball.

The rumor mill is buzzing, Jason Lempert of The Bleacher Report and CBSsports.com gives us the latest updates.

Gotham Baseball columnist, Jesse Paguaga weighs in all the hottest topics around Major League Baseball.

Author Steven Selzer joins us to chat about his latest book “Meet the Real Joe Black”.

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Every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm EDT, Baseball Digest presents “Baseball Digest LIVE“, a weekly internet radio program that covers the American Pastime from every angle.

Hosted by Baseball Digest Online Editor Mark Healey, each episode features some of the biggest names in MLB and beyond.

Crafted each week by the show’s Executive Producer and BD’s Fantasy Baseball expert Jay Ferraro, listeners of “Baseball Digest LIVE” will hear Fantasy Baseball advice, historical perspectives with interviews of former MLB players and award winning authors, as well as the lowdown the day-to-day action of MLB baseball with the country’s top baseball writers and anaylsts.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Slide Pettitte into your DL spot if you still have one and drop Pelfrey and Burnett into the abyss. While you’re in the abyss, I suggest you snag a few starters that can give you some quality innings while you wait for injured players to return.  Get those fantasy football thoughts out of your head. Yes, Ryan Matthews is a beast, but you have to stay focused on baseball for the moment.

Brett Cecil: 8 wins, 68K’s, 3.99 ERA

The only hiccup in Cecil’s 2010 campaign was in mid June during Interleague play verses the Phillies,  Cardinals, and Padres. He is quietly having a strong season which is getting no respect from the fantasy community.  Add him to your roster, however pay close attention to matchups for the rest of the season.

Freddy Garcia: 9 wins, 61K’s, 4.37 ERA

If someone tried telling me before the season that Garcia would have 9 wins coming out of the All Star break, I would have called them a fool. Garcia has surprised fantasy owners that have been riding the wave and luckily for them, it may not crash until the end of the season.  He isn’t the greatest option but,  just like Cecil, can give you quality starts if you pay close attention to matchups.

Derek Lowe: 10 wins, 75K’s, 4.39 ERA

Lowe has been up and down all season but has solid numbers and plays on a first place ball club. He also has a solid pen locking down the eighth and ninth innings and has historically always pitched well in the second half of seasons.  Grab him quick because a strong second half is upon us and the win total will be high with Braves GM, Frank Wren, having brought on the offensive glove of Alex Gonzalez.

Ben Sheets:  4 wins, 84K’s, 4.53 ERA

I have been calling on Sheets all season long as a second half stud. He will be playing for the Mets, Phillies, or Cardinals and will pitch like the beast he once was. I sound like a broken record and have already snagged him on all of my leagues across the board. If he lands in an American League rotation, please disregard all of this praise.

Rick Porcello: 8IP, 1 ER, 6 K, 0 BB (July 17^th vs Indians)

Guess who’s back? Porcello returned to the big leagues with a vengeance and stomped his foot on the Cleveland Indians teepee’s.  He has the pedigree to turn things around on a puzzling 2010 season and it will only take one more solid start for fantasy owners to scoop him out of the abyss.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

On today’s “Waiver Wire Abyss” edition of Gotham Baseball LIVE, the guys discuss who to pitch or ditch, prospects on the farm, who is hot or not and buy/sell candidates with special guest Lenny Melnick of Sirius/XM Fantasy Sports Radio “The FantasyPros911 Show on XM 147/Sirius 211.

Fantasy Football is just around the corner and the guys tackle player rankings, position battles, sleepers, and hot rookies with Cory Parson of  Sirius/XM Fantasy Sports Radio.

Jay and Hawk are more than just New York baseball! They cover all of Major League Baseball’s hot topics in the “Teepee Talk” segment, all New York City sports on their “Around The Apple” segment, and what it all means for your fantasy teams in “The Waiver Wire Abyss.”

Please click the link to listen live or to past shows:  Gotham Baseball LIVE

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

The All Star Break is the key time to reevaluate your team and makes moves that will allow you to hold on to a playoff spot, make a serious run at a world championship, or try to crawl back from the depths of hell. No matter where your team stands, moves should be made. If your team has held first place in the first half, don’t rest on your laurels; Fantasy Baseball championships are won and lost in the second half. There are plenty of “sell high, buy low” candidates that can help you get to the home stretch.

Matt Capps: Sell High

The Nationals struck gold this year by signing Matt Capps in the offseason, a move that had a huge payoff for fantasy owners who took a flier on him in the late rounds. He has tallied 23 saves and has started to draw interest from many clubs in need of bullpen help. Once traded to a contender, he will be used as a set man and save very few games, if any. With the Nationals in the basement of the National League East and Drew Storen waiting in the wings, it is time to say thank you and goodbye to Capps.

Ben Sheet: Buy Low

First things first: Toss his first-half stats in the garbage. In some leagues he may be floating around in the waiver wire abyss, in which case I recommend scooping him up ASAP. Come July 31^st,  Sheets is going to be toeing the rubber for a National League squad who is in the playoff race. Once he returns to the junior circuit, he will be facing lineups that are much weaker and include pitchers, not to mention he will have a much stronger offense behind him than he does in Oakland.  When Matt Holiday was traded out of town on the last trade deadline, his fantasy value sky rocketed and Sheets is on the same path.

Phil Hughes: Sell High

11-2 / 3.65 ERA / 91 K

These numbers are very sexy. He plays for a team with the best record on the planet, has Mariano Rivera as his closer, and an infield destined for the Hall of Fame. However, between the newly anointed “Hughes Rules”, never surpassing 86.0 innings in his career (101.0 as of the All Star break), and a possibility of a return to the bullpen if Brian Cashman finds he can’t address the Yankees issues via the trade market, Hughes is very questionable for the second half. It’s time to cut ties with Hughes and try to get a strong return on his first half performance.

Jason Frasor: Buy Low

Fish him out of the waiver wire abyss and store him on your bench if you need saves moving forward in the second half. A Kevin Gregg trade is imminent and Frasor saved 11 games for the Blue Jays in 2009. During spring training, Jays manager Cito Gaston  named Frasor the closer and will do so again very soon.

Ted Lilly: Buy Low

Toss Lilly’s first half numbers in the garbage next to Ben Sheets because a change of scenery is on the horizon. Lilly has always been a reliable and serviceable fantasy option, but he has been surrounded by an awful Cubs team whose only excitement comes from Carlos Zambrano’s tirades. Buy low and reap the benefits of Ted Lilly, starting pitcher for the New York Mets or St. Louis Cardinals.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

And that got me thinking… what a boring Hall of Fame class! In this past voting both Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell just short of the 75% needed to be enshrined in Cooperstown. Blyleven got 400 votes (74.2 percent) and Alomar got 397 votes (73.7 percent). Both are likely to get in on the 2011 ballot which will also feature names such as: Jeff Bagwell, Kevin Brown, John Franco, Juan Gonzalez, Al Leiter, Tino Martinez, Rafael Palmiero, Benito Santiago, and Larry Walker. All were great players, but none are hall of famers in my book

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Today’s lineup of guests include: Howard Megdal, who writes for SNY.tv, Capital New York, MLBTradeRumors.com, NYBaseballDigest.com and is running for GM of the New York Mets. WFAN columnist Jason Keidel gives us his two cents on where “The King” is going to land. And  the YES networks Bob Lorenz weighs in on the Yankees recent road trip and the Yankees headed to the All Star Game.

Jay and Hawk are more than just New York baseball! They cover all of Major League Baseball’s hot topics in the “Teepee Talk” segment, all New York City sports on their “Around The Apple” segment, and what it all means for your fantasy teams in “The Waiver Wire Abyss.”

Please click the link to listen live or to past shows:  Gotham Baseball LIVE

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

On today’s “TGIFantasy Baseball And Football” edition of Gotham Baseball LIVE, the guys discuss who to pitch or ditch, prospects on the farm, who is hot or not and buy/sell candidates with special guest Lenny Melnick of Sirius XM Fantasy Sports Radio’s “The FantasyPros911 Show on XM 147/Sirius 211

Fantasy Football is just around the corner and the guys tackle player rankings, position battles, sleepers, and hot rookies with Cory Parson of  Sirius XM  Fantasy Sports Radio.

Jay and Hawk are more than just New York baseball! They cover all of Major League Baseball’s hot topics in the “Teepee Talk” segment, all New York City sports on their “Around The Apple” segment, and what it all means for your fantasy teams in “The Waiver Wire Abyss.”

Please click the link to listen live or to past shows:  Gotham Baseball LIVE

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

The rumor mill is buzzing and Jim Bowden, the co-host Inside Pitch on MLBNetworkRadio (Sirius 210/XM 175) 2pm-6pm EDT) gives us all the latest chatter.

Phillies editor for BD.com Josh Landsburg, who’s also the host of The Second Shift on 1490 WBCB AM and WBCB1490.com weighs in all the hottest topics w the Phils and Major League Baseball.

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Every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm EDT, Baseball Digest presents “Baseball Digest LIVE“, a weekly internet radio program that covers the American Pastime from every angle.

Hosted by Baseball Digest Online Editor Mark Healey, each episode features some of the biggest names in MLB and beyond.

Crafted each week by the show’s Executive Producer and BD’s Fantasy Baseball expert Jay Ferraro, listeners of “Baseball Digest LIVE” will hear Fantasy Baseball advice, historical perspectives with interviews of former MLB players and award winning authors, as well as the lowdown the day-to-day action of MLB baseball with the country’s top baseball writers and anaylsts.

Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.

Jay will be joining the program every Tuesday night at 11:30pm ET as a fantasy insider.

You can also hear Jay on Gotham Baseball LIVE every Thursday from 11am-2pm ET,  TGIFantasy Baseball & Football every Friday from 11am-1pm ET, and Waiver Wire Abyss every Monday from 11am-1pm ET.

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Jay Ferraro is the Executive Producer of Baseball Digest LIVE and Gotham Baseball LIVE.  He is also the Fantasy Editor for Baseballdigest.com as well as a columnist for Baseball Digest Magazine and Assignment Editor for Gothambaseball.com. You can reach him at Jay_Ferraro@Juno.com , follow him on Twitter , add him on Facebook and check out his Official Website.