Recapping this week's Rule 5 draft....

Is there a way we can avoid drafting players who are about to suffer epic collapses?

In this edition of the Batting Buyers Guide, we’ll look at players who had unusually poor seasons, and assess their capacity to “bounce back” to useful productivity levels; the next edition, in early January, will identify and assess some of 2011’s overperformers.

Also, Mets shore up bullpen, swap OF with Giants, new homes for Bedard, Slowey, Harang, McLouth

A look at early pitching values in NFBC formats.

On Winter Meetings Eve, Iannetta, five other CAs change addresses; Broxton, DeJesus move on ...

In short, should we use the new, highly complex version of xERA or switch to a simpler metric?

Everyone goes into the off-season these days looking for the next great Sleeper. Unfortunately, by the time Draft Day rolls around everyone has identified those sleepers. So now the key isn't FINDING those sleepers, it's knowing WHEN to draft those sleepers.

Here are several guys who have the upside and skills to become rotation anchors this season...

After several false starts, is Cameron Maybin now here to stay?

This is the seventh of a 10-column series designed to help owners playing in keeper league (KL) and dynasty formats look ahead over the next few years to address their weak spots. From now through December, we'll be putting forth by-position lists of our favorite low-dollar players and prospects. All could be relatively available in your leagues--and could earn double-digit dollars sometime over the next three seasons, between 2012 and 2014. Our criterion includes the following: