Ten Early Thoughts on Pablo Sandoval

This 22-year-old will have catcher eligibility in Yahoo leagues (11 games played at catcher last year)

He's ranked 13th overall catcher and seen as a bit of a sleeper by Razzball

Pablo's nickname is "Little Money"

Bill James projects Sandoval to hit 17 Hr, 103 RBi, and bat .320 in 540 at bats in 2009

Sandoval did not make an error in 85 innings at 3rd base last year

Sandoval is currently penciled in as the 3b for the SF Giants

It is possible the Giants pick up another 3b before the start of the season, and that would push Sandoval to first and move Travis Ishikawa back to the minors

He has a career minor league line of .303/.342/.445

It is a little strange to see someone who is 5'10", 260 pounds playing catcher and third base

Guess who tore up the Venezuela League this winter? This guy.

Ten Early Thoughts on Chris Carpenter

He has missed most of the last two years with injuries

He is currently 33 years old

I have yet to see him drafted before the 20th round

Dude isn't listed as one of the top 82 starting pitchers by this site

He had a 1.07 WHIP in 221 innings in 2006

A recent report says he might become the Cardinals' closer in 2009

I'd say the chances of Carpenter ever becoming a closer are less than 19%

If he did become a closer, he'd have that nifty SP/RP eligibility

Bill James, CHONE, and Marcel do not think Carpenter will top 100 innings in '09

Carpenter did well on his recent "nerve conduction test" and "feels great"

Bonus bulletpoint: a Carpenter write-up in Baseball Notebook.

The Best Places To Go To Get Smart About Fantasy Baseball

I've found these sites to be interesting and/or helpful:

Razzball

Fantasy Ball Junkie

Rotoauthority

Fangraphs

The Hardball Times

And of course, Rotoworld

What are some sites that you've been monitoring?

Note: Other interesting / helpful site have been added to the "stuff to read" sidebar on the right.