Verlander adds MVP to Cy Young: Less than one week after winning the American League's Cy Young award, Tigers SP Justin Verlander was voted as the winner of his league's Most Valuable Player award. Verlander took 13 out of the 28 first place votes, becoming the first AL starting pitcher to win the honors since Roger Clemens won the award in 1986. Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury, Blue Jays 3B Jose Bautista, Yankees OF Curtis Granderson and Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera finished behind Verlander, and all received first-place votes. (Updated 11/21/2011)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
It's a rarity for a pitcher to be rewarded with an MVP, but that's just how dominant Verlander's season was. Despite being voted the best player overall in the American League, he is not a shoo-in to be the first pitcher taken off the board in next year's drafts. While Clayton Kershaw and Roy Halladay can make a case for being the most valuable pitcher in Fantasy for the coming year, Verlander is likely to be taken in many drafts before the end of the first round. (Updated 11/21/2011).
02/10/2012 13:27 2012 Draft Prep: 12-team, mixed H2H draft
Which picks stood out in our initial 12-team Head-to-Head mock draft for 2012? Check out the results and read what Scott White has to say about some of the more interesting selections.
02/09/2012 01:58 2012 Fantasy outlooks: Detroit Tigers
Detroit has lofty expectations heading into the new season, and Fantasy owners are feeling pretty good about the options in the Motor City. Our Al Melchior takes a look at a team and who to target in his Fantasy team outlook.
02/07/2012 09:19 2012 Draft Prep: Head-to-Head strategies
Understanding the subtle differences between Head-to-Head and Rotisserie formats leading up to Draft Day can make all the difference. Our Scott White shares some of his battle-tested draft strategies.
02/02/2012 12:21 2012 Draft Prep: Our 12-team, mixed Rotisserie draft
It's time for owners to start looking ahead to Draft Day. We get you off and running with our 12-team Rotisserie mock draft. Check out the results!
Justin Verlander finally turned the corner from being one of the best to the best in 2011, securing his first Cy Young award with career-bests in wins (24), innings (251), ERA (2.40) and WHIP (0.92). Aiming to avoid the slow start that may have eliminated him from consideration in 2010, he put together a decent April but really turned it on with his second career no-hitter on May 7. From that point forward, he went 22-2 with a 2.08 ERA in 27 starts, pitching eight innings or more in 12 of them, seven innings or more in 23 of them and six innings or more in all of them. Given that he's almost neck-and-neck with Roy Halladay in innings over the last three years (715 1/3 vs. 723 1/3), you could argue Verlander's relative youth and strikeout-per-inning potential make him the best starting pitcher in Fantasy. Clayton Kershaw has a claim to the title as well, but the bottom line is if you make Verlander the first pitcher selected on Draft Day -- perhaps even in the first round -- nobody would bat an eye. (Updated 1/5/12)
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