Just remember not to get too excited. You have to stay organized in order to maintain the success through this 162-game grind. Start with reading "First Pitch" every day, available to Fantasy Source subscribers only. Every morning, we'll highlight the previous day's studs and duds; today's splits to know; the latest closer news to spot saves sleepers; and tomorrow's starting pitcher rankings.
As for our premium columns, we've changed up the rotation a little bit for 2014. A look at that schedule:
SUNDAY: Craig Williams gives the must-know waiver advice with Pickup Lines. Who are the hottest pickups for your league?
MONDAY: Eric Ferguson provides his unique point of view on the latest fantasy baseball news in Out of Left Field.
TUESDAY: Bill Bender steps to the plate with Hit and Run, which will detail all the latest hitting news.
WEDNESDAY: Our own staff ace Brad Pinkerton takes the mound with all the must-have pitching news with Inside Pitch.
THURSDAY: Eat your heart out, Jack Handey. Ben Valentine will delve into each week’s fantasy baseball issues with Deep Thoughts.
FRIDAY: Matt Lutovsky scouts the upcoming schedule to keep you organized with Week Ahead.
SATURDAY: We’ll have rotating contributing experts, starting with next week’s latest Scouting the Prospects from Frank Neville.
Are you ready? We are. Play ball.
YESTERDAY
3 Up In this section, we’ll highlight three players who stood out the previous day and how they can help your fantasy baseball team.
3 Down Every day you’ll get the lowdown on three players who stunk up the joint and what’s the next move.
TODAY
Start ‘Em
-Detroit's Torii Hunter is a .326 lifetime hitter against Kansas City's James Shields.
-St. Louis' Jon Jay is 10-for-21 (.476) against Cincinnati's Johnny Cueto.
-Cincinnati's Jay Bruce is 11-for-28 (.393) against St. Louis' Adam Wainwright.
Sit ‘Em
-Boston's David Ortiz is just 1-for-16 against Baltimore's Chris Tillman.
-Neither Starlin Castro (2-for-17) nor Anthony Rizzo has had much luck against Pittsburgh's Francisco Liriano.
-Kansas City's Alex Gordon is just a .208 lifetime hitter against Detroit's Justin Verlander.
Call to the ‘Pen
We'll use this section to update you with all the closer updates so you can be the first vultures to grab the right ninth-inning guy. (Pssst: Go pick up Sergio Santos.) We'll also keep you updated with Closer Watch; you can get the latest on the White Sox, Orioles, Astros and Reds in the latest article.
For more closer information, FS members can check out our Enhanced Closer Grid.
Weather Watch
In this section we'll dust off our amateur meteorology degrees to keep owners in to keep tabs on the weather at ballparks across the country. Opening day features a mostly clear forecast, with the exception of the Nationals-Mets game, where there is a 57-percent chance of rain. Let's hope Stephen Strasburg doesn't have a shortened outing - courtesy of http://www.wunderground.com/sports/MLB/
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