These are players who have faired poorly to date in 2013, and worse yet, have given us reason for pessimism about any rebound chances over the balance of the season.

If someone in your league is looking to "sell high" on any of these early-season top performers, we'd consider buying.

Extending last week's exercise, here are a dozen more current non-starters who have the skills to contribute over the balance of the year, if a role materializes.

May 15 is the day that stats start to become meaningful. The key word: "start."

Players who have interesting skills, if only some playing time would materialize.

Which of 2013's slow starters might be hiding injuries?

Following last week's look at skill gainers, this week we look at those hitters and pitchers who have shown diminished skills in tiny April sample sizes.

It's still a bit early to interpret early-season performance, but that doesn't mean we can't generate some interesting lists. This week: skills gainers.

Extrapolating what some full-season stat lines could look like for a set of early-season surgers and strugglers.

Over the course of the season's first week, there has been some notable SP blowups. Which ones are most concerning?

Continuing our exercise from last week: anyone can predict a Miguel Cabrera MVP award or a Justin Verlander Cy Young campaign. We're not interested in that level of prognostication; we're going to stick our necks out a good bit further.