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The Boston Red Sox enter the 2007 season with a lot of questions. How players answer those questions will determine whether they can get back to the World Series.

Last year, a record number of rookies had huge impacts on fantasy baseball teams. Here's a look at five of the best rookies from the 2006 season and their 2007 values.

The Yankees scored six runs in the eighth inning against two of baseball's best relief pitchers, trimming Boston's lead over the Tigers to 8 games in the wild card chase.

Getting a top notch closer (or two) can really define a fantasy baseball team, and making sure to have reliable closers is more important than a lot of owners realize.

Since June, Nationals' fans have been focused on getting the #1 pick in the 2009 First Year Player Draft, with the hope of landing the top college pitcher in the nation.

The Boston Red Sox enter the 2008 season as the defending World Series champions. Can they repeat?

While some fantasy stalwarts have been disappointing this first quarter, there have been plenty of nice surprises among MLB closers in 2007 season so far.

Here are the top 100 fantasy baseball players for the 2008 season.

Here are the best closers for this year's upcoming fantasy baseball drafts and auctions.

Amid all of the gossip surrounding Alex Rodriguez's personal life and playing tactics, the third baseman leads the Yankees to a series victory over the Boston Red Sox.

The Red Sox appear to be on the way down after an embarrassing loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

It is unconceivable that the Tigers will go with Todd Jones and that the Indians will go with Joe Borowski if they hope to be taken seriously.

Beckett led the Red Sox to the 2007 A.L. East Division crown. He will win the Cy Young Award, but he wasn't the only Junior Circuit pitcher who had a great season.

The Red Sox invested a lot of money into Japanese pitching sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka. With their starting pitching in question, Dice-K gave the Sox a reason to believe.

While several teams appear ready to make a significant run into the postseason, including the Angels, Tigers and Braves, the Red Sox will win the World Series.

The Boston Red Sox came into this week with a prime opportunity to snatch the lead in the AL East pennant race from those pesky Tampa Bay Rays, but let it slip away.

It seems like baseball players keep getting better. Last season saw Liriano, Papelbon and Verlander break into the A.L. This year, it's Pedroia, Bannister and Okajima.

This crop of young players have been the AL's best this season, and some of them are the league's best overall.

While the Braves and Red Sox loaded up for possible postseason runs, the Yankees refused to give up youth for experience at the trading deadline.

The season has suddenly shifted in opposite directions for Boston and New York. An AL East crown looked automatic for Boston, but now a Wild Card might have to suffice.

Make your baseball fantasy draft or auction the best ever by paying close attention to the rankings and auction values of the fifty "second best" fantasy baseball players

Here are the top five Cy Young contenders, and a few more who have an outside shot at the award.

The Yankees and Red Sox continue to be the beasts of the AL East, but the Blue Jays are hoping to crash the party this time around.

Dice-K wants to throw longer in rehab assignments, blames his poor pitching thus far on how he's been handled. John Farrell and the Red Sox should let him have his way.

It's a long baseball season and anything can happen, but the Yankees spent big money during the off-season to ensure a playoff run in 2009. Will the Rays Continue to Win?

The American League East race is one of Major League Baseball's best divisions. Newcomers to the league, like Boston's Diasuke Matsuzaka, could define the season.

After his strife-filled, disappointing season in 2006, many thought A-Rod had fallen off the perch of the best player in baseball. They were wrong. He's still the best.

In the first of the Quarterly Reports, the Red Sox are showing that 2004 may not have been a fluke, but may be the start of a trend. Has the curse been forever reversed?

With a new skipper, a new slugger and an imported starting pitcher, the Dodgers hope their returning stars can stay healthy all year as they try to win the NL West.

Get ready for your 2009 Fantasy Baseball Draft with this cheat sheet of the 50 best players.