There's an ESPN Insider article by Eric Karabell in which he looks at Russell and his propensity for hot starts no matter where he goes. It's about Branyan in terms of fantasy baseball. Here's a small part: I must discuss how Branyan can't possibly keep this up, and how you should sign him, enjoy the occasional dinger and swiftly move him to some dunderhead in your league who thinks he'll hit 30. Am I not compelled to do this? Why, at age 32, would Branyan all of a sudden be able to keep a hot streak going? Aren't opposing scouts watching? They must be aware that Branyan is a major strikeout guy. Bust him up and in or throw sliders off the plate and he's putty. Yes, he can hit majestic home runs as well. In fact, in the history of Miller Park, it's not Prince Fielder or Ryan Braun or Corey Hart who has hit three of the four longest home runs in stadium history, it's you know who. The stadium opened in 2001, by the way, or else I would have mentioned Gorman Thomas, Robin Yount and Hank Aaron. However, Branyan is not Cust, because he doesn't have the same kind of plate discipline to take walks, but he is a classic "three true outcomes" type player in that Branyan doesn't put the ball in play very much and he does walk, fan and homer quite a bit.