The Best Free Fantasy Baseball Site on the Internet

Spring is here and the weather is warming up, the sun is out and those in cold weather climates can finally stop worrying about when the next snow storm is coming (for the most part anyway!).

But for most, spring means one thing. It signifies the start of baseball season. We've all been mire in the winter doldrums waiting for meaningless spring training games to get over and have the real games begin. Baseball is a statistical sport and fans love to analyze every single detail they. Now in the technological age, we can monitor and track all sorts of data and there is nowhere where this is more important than in Fantasy Baseball.

Fantasy sports have taken off in recent years and with the right Fantasy Baseball site, you can monitor and compile your favorite team and player's stats all the while competing against your friends (and foes) for bragging rights. There are countless Fantasy Baseball sites on the internet but the following site stands out for its usability and the simple fact that it's free.

I'm talking about the Fantasy Baseball sites at www.espn.com; home of the worldwide leader is sports. A majority of ESPN.com is devoted to fantasy sports so you know that you can get all the analysis, updates and features that you need. They have an entire staff devoted to rankings, draft strategies and forecasting tools so even the greenest novices can put together a competitive team. They even allow you to participate in as many mock drafts as you want to work on developing your strategy for picking the best possible team. Depending on what type of league you join, or how your commissioner has set up the settings, there are a number of ways that you can participate.

The 2 basic types of leagues are head-to-head and rotisserie. In a head-to-head league each week you are competing against another league member. You accumulate stats and whoever has the best stats per specific categories gets a win for that category. Typically there are 10 categories including the major offensive stats (runs batted in, batting average, home runs etc.) and pitching stats (earned run average, saves, wins etc). Your team record correlates to how many stats you win each week.

In a rotisserie league you aren't going head to head win anyone, but as you accumulate stats your place in the league fluctuates based on you overall ranking in each of the aforementioned categories. If you team is first in all 10 categories, you'd have 100 points but if you drop to second or third place as the season progresses, you total number of points will change. The league standings are constantly changing which is always fun because each morning you could wake up in a different place!

Either type of league will provide plenty of action but the best thing about ESPN.com is the analysis that their experts give as well as some of the functionalities. New for 2010 they've implanted a new dashboard that gives you all the details about your team i.e. who you are playing, how many trades you've made and your overall record among others. The scoring is in real time, so you can watch you team's stats update automatically and monitor your progress or your matchup without having to refresh or worry about adding up the stats yourself.

Another great aspect of the site is its dependability and accuracy. Your team is updated daily to note any injuries as well as player notes about excellent or poor performance directly from www.rotowire.com. These are great because they not only let you see who is hot and who is not, but they will give you a little insight as to how to play certain players. The "fantasy spin" is invaluable in monitoring when to reinsert injured players as well as when to drop those that are struggling.

ESPN.com has embraced the mobile mania behind the BlackBerry and iPhone where you can now download an iPhone app and get mobile alerts sent directly to your phone. The ways to keep on top of your team are endless. You'll never miss a beat and leave an injured player in your starting lineup ever again!

There are hundreds of different Fantasy Baseball sites out there but the suite of tools that make up ESPN.com's site separates itself from all the others. Novice and pros alike will agree that this site is head and shoulders above the rest. It has all the devices needed to create and manage the most competitive fantasy teams and best of all, IT'S FREE! Check it out and get set up with your own fantasy baseball team today.

ESPN.com Fantasy Baseball

http://games.espn.go.com/frontpage/baseball

Rotowire.com: 24/7 Fantasy Sports News and Gameshttp://www.rotowire.com/index.htm