Mr. Replay provides his thoughts on a weekend of baseball at RFK Stadium.

Periodically, I try to post an article reminding everyone to stay patient. The season is long, and baseball is by nature a streaky game. Even this far into the season, there are players underperforming compared to their long-term trends. Now is an interesting time to trade for them.

Fausto Carmona has been a revelation for the Cleveland Indians (and fantasy owners) thus far. While it's exciting to have a young sleeper doing well, now is as good a time as any to see what you can get for him in a trade.

Much has been made of the Pronk Shift for Travis Hafner over the last few weeks, but in the end, the team that had the most success stopping him didn't use the shift at all. Mr. Replay considers why that might be, and what it might mean for Hafner's fantasy owners.

One of the most common strategies in fantasy baseball is to be contrarian -- to zig when everyone else zags, so to speak. This year, that thought led me to draft teams that are long in an attribute I once ignored: speed.

This week, Mr. Replay looks at the scarcest offensive position in most leagues -- catcher.

Mr. Replay continues looking at closers this week, focusing this time on the National League. 

Mr. Replay looks at closer situations in the AL.

Mr. Replay ruminates on how to determine whether a given position is truly scarce on draft day.

This is a tough two weeks for a lot of sports fans. But don't worry - pitchers and catchers report very soon, and everything will be right with the world again.