Blake Murphy Sports Writing

Title: Dustin Pedroia Was Excellent, But Is The Power Outage A Concern?
Date: October 29, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at a productive 2013 season that saw Dustin Pedroia produce for fantasy owners, but without any power. Unfortunately, further injuries in 2014 once again kept the tornado-swinger from reaching double-digits in home runs.
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Title: Todd Helton: One Of Fantasy Baseball’s First Studs
Date: October 25, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked back at the career of Todd Helton, Fantasy Baseball Hall of Famer and one of the first true studs in the fledgling online game.
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Title: Edwin Encarnacion Continues To Walk The Parrot
Date: October 8, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article was a Blue Jays fan showing love for Edwin Encarnacion, under the guise of fantasy baseball analysis.
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Title: Wilin Rosario Is Not Just A Product Of Coors Field
Date: October 18, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at the 2013 season of Colorado Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario, who may have shown he’s more than just a Coors Field-inflated home run hitter.
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Title: Matt Wieters And His Frustrating Handedness Splits
Date: October 17, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at Matt Wieters, who many expected to be a fantasy superstar by now but who has been beset by an inability to hit effectively from both sides of the plate.
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Title: Say Goodbye to J.P. Arencibia, Relevant Fantasy Catcher
Date: October 15, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: Home run totals can make an otherwise mediocre player fantasy relevant. This article lamented the end of J.P. Arencibia as someone who was even fantasy relevant, considering his real-world performance had gotten too bad to expect anything from moving forward.
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Title: Francisco Liriano: My Fantasy MVP
Date: October 10, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: Forced to select our Fantasy MVPs for the season, this article gave some appreciation to the once-again-stellar Francisco Liriano.
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Title: 10 Bold Reflections: We suck, we’re idiots
Date: October 8, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked back at the 10 Bold Predictions I had to make in the preseason for Rotographs. Uhh…please keep in mind the bar for “bold” is pretty high, and 3/10 isn’t all that bad. And uhh, yeah, maybe just move on.
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Title: Final Week Shortstop Plays By Category
Date: September 24, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article recommended certain shortstops based on different category needs for the final week of the fantasy season.
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Title: Breaking down Brad Miller for 2014
Date: September 10, 2013
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at Brad Miller’s potential fantasy value for 2014, as he was surprisingly a hot topic in the comment section of a recent piece.
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