Padres fans were calling him the next Adrian Gonzalez before last season, and now they’d rather have Selena Gomez. Instead of trading for Selena, they chose to trade Rizzo for Andrew Cashner and some other guy with a hard to pronounce name. Now Cubs fans can talk about how Rizzo is the next Mark Grace. It’s just how the marvelous world of prospects work.

The good news for the Cubs is they can bring Rizzo along slowly if they need to. They have a really old guy named Bryan LaHair who is just dying for his chance to prove himself in the Majors. However, I think it will be hard to keep Rizzo caged if the Cubs find out why LaHair hasn’t broken into a MLB lineup by the age of 29. Rizzo still has the makeup of a David Ortiz, Adam Lind or Justin Morneau type of hitter. A small sample of 130 at-bats is going to change my opinion, yet.

For 2012, I think it’ll be a wait-and-see approach. It will be all about playing time and opportunity. If Rizzo wins the job out of Spring Training then look for him to drop 25+ Home Runs with 80+ RBIs. Not bad for a rookie. I think Adam LaRoche just got a woody. However, you can’t be surprised if LaHair takes the 1B job and runs with it. Draft and protect with confidence in keeper leagues, but keep an eye on the situation in re-draft leagues as well.

2012 Prediction: 360 AB – 52 R – 16 HR – 61 RBI – 2 SB – .265 AVG

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UPDATE: Below is the Basketball Team I entered. The big question mark is Klay Thompson. The rookie out of Wazzou is already in Mark Jackson’s good graces and when Steph Curry tweaked his ankle in Tuesdays preseason game, I had to roll the dice with Thompson for $3,000 FanDuel Dollars. I think Rip Hamilton tries to prove he’s not washed up, and starts the season very strong. Brandon Bass should get some solid run in Boston, especially with Jeff Green out of the equation. Bass is a great hustle guy who could end with 8 points, 8 rebounds, a couple steals, a couple blocks on any given night. I thought Brandon Haywood was relatively cheap, since Tyson Chandler is no longer in his way. Haywood should be a rebound-hog.

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Prince, 34, who has been playing daily fantasy sports on FanDuel.com for two years now, was the last to qualify for the Championship final and is still overwhelmed by the result.

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Unfortunately, Prince was unable to attend the Las Vegas live final of the Championship as his wife was about to give birth – and his daughter was born the very next day!

Coming in second place – and winning $25,000 – was Charles Bell from Wichita, Kansas. The only female finalist, Maura Wilder, from Boston, finished in third, winning $15,000.

This marks the second year that the FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship has taken place. For 12 straight weeks, tens of thousands of fantasy football players square off to win a FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship weekly qualifier. Each entry costs only $10. Each week’s winner earns an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas to compete in the Championship final. In 2010, FanDuel awarded $50,000 to players during the duration of the contest. In 2011, that increased to $200,000 in total being paid out.

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Here is a picture of my team, try to beat it:

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Ohio State @ South Carolina – The #1 player here is Jared Sully, but we all know about his back spasms and how he is questionable to play. Right now, you have to avoid him, too much risk. DeShaun Thomas is someone you have to consider adding to your lineup if Sully decides to sit out yet again on Saturday. Kraft and Buford are good plays regardless of Sully’s status. Ohio State allows the third fewest FanDuel points to opposing players, so Malik Cooke is really the only player to even consider from the South Carolina side.

Texas A&M @ Florida – This one should get ugly. Florida is worlds better than A&M. A&M hasn’t given up many FanDuel Points to opposing players this season, but they have also played mostly cupcakes. So, I say go ahead and let loose on Florida players. Beal, Walker, Yeguete, you name it. For A&M, you gotta go with Middleton now that he’s healthy, and Elston Turner is an OK option.

Indiana @ Notre Dame – Notre Dame is so bad. Not just kinda’ bad, really bad. They manage to spread out their suckatude across the entire team. That makes it very hard to pick any Irish players with confidence. However, if you think the Hoosiers come out flat after the huge victory over Kentucky, there are a few players to look at. Want to go with the hot hand? Jack Cooley is your man. He is averaging 40.5 FanDuel points over his last two games. Just be aware that he is capable of a huge dud game as well. Just look at his game Vs. Bryant when he managed 5 FanDuel points. Jerian Grant and Eric Atkins are two other “viable” options. I just finger-quoted viable because they combined to go 0-16 last game. Not a typo, ZERO for SIXTEEN. Or, OH for SIXTEEN if you prefer to say it that way. On the other side, Notre Dame surrenders a lot of FanDuel points. Cody Zeller is an obvious pick, in my opinion. Hulls and Watford are good value picks, especially for under 6,000 FanDuel dollars.

Syracuse @ NC State – The Orangemen will play their first game as the #1 Stunnas. I already mentioned how Notre Dame is really deep, if you are looking for bad players. Syracuse is actually incredibly deep, in a good way. Scoop Jardine’s overall numbers aren’t jaw-dropping but he tends to show up for important games. The first game as #1 on the road might just fit that bill. Dion Waiters just posted a 37 FanDuel game, but it’s hard to forget his 4 FanDuel Point effort against Florida. My point is that Cuse could get a huge game from anyone, and I really have no idea who it will be. Anyone know who it will be Vs. NC State? On the other bench, C.J. Leslie is still undervalued by FanDuel. It’s hard to imagine him scoring any less than 25 FanDuel points in this one. For 7,200 FanDuel Dollars, he is a must-add. Scott Wood will need to knock down a lot of threes against the Cuse Zone if NC State wants to keep this game close. Wood could be a solid play at only 5,000 FanDuel Dollars.

Alabama @ Kansas State – Tony Mitchell is the centerpiece of everything Bama does but he is going to cost you the big bucks if you want to own him in FanDuel. On the other hand, JaMychal Green is very FanDuel-friendly at only 7,800 FanDuel Dollars. Seriously, Green could have a monster game against this Kansas State squad that just isn’t very good. I think you’re stretching it, or pushing your luck if you try to pick any other Crimson Tide players. For K-State, Thomas Gipson has been a stud, posting 59 FanDuel points over his last two games. The Freshman looks like an absolute must-own based on his stats. However, if you take out those three overtimes, he just looks like a good value pick, not a great one.

Georgia @ USC – USC plays at such a snails pace that it makes it frustrating to even look at these players as viable options. Seriously, I’d rather watch a pinata hang on a tree for two hours than have to watch a USC basketball game this year.

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Can’t beat 150 people? How about just one? After you register for this contest, keep an eye out for Future of Fantasy on the leaderboards. If you manage to beat my squad then come back here and brag about it. Who knows, maybe I will give out prizes myself for anyone who beats me.

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Best of Luck to anyone that joins… just try not to beat me.

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2010-11 Top Big East FanDuel Players

FanDuel = FanDuel Points per Game
FD/40 = FanDuel Points per 40 minutes of court time.

Breakout Candidates

Cleveland Melvin (DePaul) – Melvin was the best Freshman in the Big East last year, but it’s hard to get noticed when your team only wins one Conference game. Melvin was already averaging 20+ FanDuel points per game as a Freshman. Now that he bulked up in the off-season and has a year of experience, he should be easily getting 25+ FanDuel points a night. Put Melvin on your FanDuel roster whenever he is an option; plain and simple.

Jeremy Lamb (UConn) – This one is obvious. Anyone who watched the Tournament last year, knows how much Lamb matured. Lamb is going to step into the role Kemba had last year (take a lot of shots and complain about fouls). Like I said, this breakout is obvious, which means he will probably be overvalued in FanDuel.

Herb Pope (Seton Hall) – Herb Pope is now the #1 Pirate with Hazell graduated. Those are just the facts, Jack. Pope is going to be a Double-Double machine. He will get you 25 FanDuel points… on an off night.

Gorgui Dieng (Louisville) – This one is all about opportunity. As long as Dieng gets 25 minutes a game this year, he is going to be a great FanDuel player. If DeSagana Diop wasn’t incredibly overhyped and drafted straight out of high school, he probably would have been doing what Dieng does. Pulling down 6-6 with 2.5+ blocks per game. Dieng is going to be much improved over last year, just don’t expect miracles.

Mouphtaou Yarou (Villanova) – Will be forced to become more involved offensively this season. Last year, Yarou didn’t even manage 20 FanDuel Points per Game. He should eclipse the 20 mark with just Points and Rebounds this season. Add in some hustle stats and you got 22-27 FanDuel Points per Game.

Gilvydas Biruta (Rutgers) – This 6’8″ Latvian is going to have some nice Double-Double games this year, but he is also going to have a ton of boring stat lines. If you can pinpoint the good matchups for Biruta, you will have yourself a great FanDuel bargain.

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2010-11 Top Pac 12 FanDuel Players

FanDuel = FanDuel Points per Game
FD/40 = FanDuel Points per 40 minutes of court time.

Breakout Candidates

Andre Roberson (Colorado) – 2011-12 brings a new conference and a new leader to Colorado. Last year, Andre Roberson was overshadowed by Alec Burks and Cory Higgins. Now he is the man in Boulder and ready to blossom in 2011-12. Roberson is going to have some monster games. When Roberson puts up some 20/20 games, I think I would rather have him on my FanDuel team than playing against him.
Prediction: Roberson will be the #1 FanDuel player in the Pac 12.

C.J. Wilcox (Washington) – Washington lost a ton of offensive firepower (Isiah Thomas, MBA, Holiday). These three players just happened to be their three leading scorers last season. However, they have plenty of players ready to step their game up. Wilcox may just be the new #1 scoring option at UDub. Not a player you want to overlook when setting your FanDuel lineups.

Terrence Ross (Washington) – Just like Wilcox above, Terrence Ross will be stepping his game up to fill the scoring void left behind at Washington. It’s kind of scary how similar these two players are. Wilcox is a little better pure shooter but Ross can hold his own inside and out. If I had to take a stab right now, I would say Ross or Wilcox will be the Huskies leading scorer in at least 80% of their games this year.

Dwight Powell (Stanford) – Powell has the Skinny Blake Griffin look down to a T. Not only does he kind of look like Blake Griffin, his stats sort of resemble a slimmed-down version of Blake Griffin as well. Alright, that may be exaggerated, that is something a big-time Stanford fan might tell you. There is no way Powell is getting anywhere near 23-14 that Griffin posted his Sophomore season. Realistically he is a 15-8 player with a steal and a block thrown in. He’s got incredible length, so that one block a game might be closer to two blocks a game this year. Definitely a player to watch for FanDuel rosters.

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