Laura Holt

Rolling In The Deep: The Season Is Still Young

May 18, 2021 | Rolling In The Deep | 6 Comments

by:

Hey Deep Leaguers!  Somehow it’s the third week of May, and suddenly we’re already a quarter of the way through the baseball season.  What that really means, I suppose, is that we still have three-fourths of a season left to go, and a ton of baseball ahead of us in 2021.  Let’s get right to it, and take a quick look at some little-owned players who may be of interest to those of us in NL-only, AL-only, and other deep leagues.

Please, blog, may I have some more?

Learn more about our 2021 Fantasy Baseball Subscriptions!

The best daily/weekly Player projections (hitters, starters, and relievers) for each of the next 7-10 days + next calendar week starting Friday. Kick-ass DFS lineup optimizer and projections for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo!.

I don’t have enough spam, give me the Razzball email newsletter!

Weekly Razzball news delivered straight to your inbox.
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Ralph Lifshitz

Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Can Grey Pronounce Johneshwy? Can Anyone Really?

May 18, 2021 | All Podcasts | Leave a comment

by:

One Grey Albright is many things, a fantasy master (lothario), a collector of Reggie Jackson memorabilia, a dog lover, and a man that struggles with names. He still hasn’t figured out the LL in the Spanish alphabet. This week he is met with his greatest challenge yet, saying Johneshwy without butchering it. That said, I’m not sure I did any better! Outside of our general lack of feel for other cultures we talk about some underperformers you should target, why punching walls is dumb, and a bunch of our typical nonsense. It’s Razzball in it’s purest form.

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
MattTruss

RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 6, 2021

May 18, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball, Our Leagues, Razzball Commenter Leagues | 10 Comments

by:

Week six marks the approximate spot where we can stop saying, “it’s still early” in the Razzball Commenter Leagues.  This is the point where I assess and cut bait on all those underperformers.  Some might say it’s too late for that.  These would be the people who have already dropped Ryan Mountcastle.  I’m the sucker who has picked him back up everywhere he’s been discarded.  I’ve noticed Mike Yastremzski getting tossed to the curb this week as well.  Personally, I’ve cut ties with pretty much all catchers at this point, there are so many over-performing catchers to choose from, there’s always one on the waiver wire who is in a lineup.   I like to think I’ve mellowed in my old age and have better self control with the rage-drops, but Nick Madrigal has started to wear me thin.  The batting average is great and all, but one steal and no homers doesn’t warrant a roster spot for a .270 average.  Sorry Mads.  (Naturally, as I type this Monday night Madrigal is having a career night)  I also managed to cut bait on Kyle Schwarber, finally, only to see him have a two homer week. (and yet another one tonight, again, as I type.  I feel like a moron typing this right now.)  Figures. Who have you been rage-dropping across your leagues?  Has it burned you like Kyle Schwarber has me?  Who are you scooping and holding hoping for a turnaround?  Come on Mountcastle, get hot!  Let’s commiserate in the comments, misery loves company and with any luck our complaining will jump start some of these guys.  Now, for the rest of the week that was, week 6 in the RCLs:

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
RyanStar

FanDuel: Is Heaney Due?

May 18, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel | Leave a comment

by:

Welcome to another Tuesday edition of FanDuel MLB DFS. We have a packed slate today and not too many studs on the mound. That could mean offense will be plentiful.

There’s a few spots I like tonight for starting pitching. One spot is the down right filthy Brandon Woodruff taking on the Royals. Another? Well, that’s my guy Andrew Heaney. Every other start for Heaney has had a return of 50+ FanDuel points. That means he’s due for another today, right? I know, I know. This isn’t great analysis or reason to use a guy in DFS, however, Heaney is capable of a slate winning outing and I just don’t see that many places tonight. I do like Julio Urias ($10,000) at home vs the DBacks, and I’m sure I’ll have him in some places, but I’d rather pay way down to Heaney and get some juicy bats in the lineup tonight.

The hitting portion today is going to be quick and to the point. Lotta places to go. I tried to give a high, mid and low priced guy at each position. Though sometimes it doesn’t work out that way and I’m not going to force a guy into this list solely based on $$$. Good luck tonight. Be positive and visualize your success! You HAVE to believe it to be true before it can happen. Go with your gut and do it with confidence. Let’s go!

New to FanDuel? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond? Well, be sure to read our content and subscribe to the DFSBot for your daily baseball plays. Just remember to sign up through us before jumping into the fray. It’s how we know you care!

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
Grey

Mad Huascar Smashes His Way To Be His Own IL-Land

May 18, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 418 Comments

by:

Huascar Ynoa fractured his hand and he will be out for a couple of months. He hurt himself when he punched a bench. I wonder if he exclaimed, “Sonavabench!” How now Kevin Brown. Blergh, I’m a big dummy, my name is Huascar Ynoa. By the way, the title refers to Madagascar, the island nation that accounts for 80% of the world’s natural vanilla. The other 20% is Larry Bird, Tom Arnold and Tim Allen. Ynoa’s tanked so fast after my Friday Sell, that I didn’t even get a chance to bust out my pronunciation of Ynoa so it rhymes with quinoa. Bye-bye, Yeewah, was nice Ynoa’ing ya. Starting tomorrow in Ynoa’s stead will be Tucker Davidson, who sounds like a game show host. Tucker, show them what they won…A mid-90s MPH fastball that he throws 75% of the time? That can’t be right. Looks like he’s got a wipeout curve, and is seen as a middle reliever long term, but for now he’s a streamer, though Ynoa anyone can surprise. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
everywhereblair

Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2021: Week 7

May 17, 2021 | Top 100 Starting Pitchers | 55 Comments

by:

I’ve been working on my new script, which is largely a ripoff of Lars and the Real Girl, except put into context for the Covid era. Can I try out the plot on y’all? It’s about a middle-aged man — let’s call him, say, Greyson Albertson, — who has his cardboard cutout returned to him after fans return to the parks. Except, he didn’t receive his own cutout, but the cutout of a staggeringly handsome Gritty, the mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers. At first, Greyson puts Gritty at the kitchen table as a joke, saying, “Avocado toast again, Gritty? No wonder you’re homeless!” Over time, Greyson learns to trust Gritty, but a harrowing encounter with Donkey Teeth’s Kerryon Johnson Fathead changes everything. How’s that sound? Let me know in the comments if I should keep writing it. Or, if I should just stick with pitchers. To the Greinke graphic! 

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
C.A. James

Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Kaiser Senzel’s Greatest Trick

May 17, 2021 | Avoiding the Blurbstomp | 3 Comments

by:

There was a time in the mid-2000’s where only some of my friends had found daily box score websites. This was when ESPN and Yahoo were the only fantasy platforms that I knew of that weren’t some dude’s excel spreadsheet. Yahoo had their own player updates that were separate from Rotoworld, and I think ESPN had their own blurb system? Rotoworld existed, but you had to look for it. I’m sure there were others (Rotowire, etc) but they existed [Vincent Price voice] BEHIND THE PAYWALL. As a younger person, I had more important things to spend my money on. Like ramen. Or a dozen eggs, most of which I over-fried and over-salted. Let me tell you, I smelled great those days. 

To be clear, I don’t want to go back to those halcyon days, and not only because of the funky scents. For every site, even the dying phoenix of Yahoo that seems like it’s on it’s last rebirth cycle, there are blurbs, and Research Assistants, and Match Up Ratings, and now there are Prop Bets too. It behooves you to figure out which update site serves you best, but it also serves you to figure out what tools your league mates are using. Do they use whatever blurb system defaulted to the league site? Do they read multiple sites? How do they have time to do that? Are they one of those tab hoarders that lifehack sites write about, and then they feel personally attacked, so they open ten more tabs out of spite?

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
malamoney

Points Leagues: I’ve Got 99 Pitchers And A German Ain’t One

May 17, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Points Leagues | 12 Comments

by:

Last week I gave you my top 99 hitters for points leagues. This week I will shift to pitchers. After all, pitchers are generally the bread winners in points leagues as scoring systems tend to be skewed towards starting pitchers. Like my rankings for hitters, this list is based on a formula that combines year-to-date performance with preseason expectations. The primary metric I am using is points per start as I feel like that is the best stat to use to evaluate a how a pitcher is doing in points leagues.

Here are my top 99 pitchers in points leagues:

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
Donkey Teeth

Patreon Podcast: The Gang Goes Down Some Worm Holes

May 17, 2021 | All Podcasts | Leave a comment

by:

Razzball Patreon members receive our weekly podcast where Grey cackles about the funniest news stories we’ve found over the past week, plus you get that warm fuzzy feeling of supporting your favorite fantasy sports site in all the land.

It’s your favorite hour of the week! I Can’t Believe It’s Not Not News is back again with all the Billy Hurley jokes and Grey Albright cackles you can handle. First up, Gwyenth Paltrow reaches a new low during the pandemic: she ate bread.  Then Ben Affleck is shot down by a young lady on a dating app, and a mother is nearly arrested at Six Flag for wearing short shorts. Finally, Billy reports on the newly discovered worm with 100 butts.

Tune in now for all the laughs and Albright cackles you can handle by signing up for the exclusive Razzball Patreon Club for only $5/month, or upgrade to receive the weekly podcast plus early access to all of Grey’s 2021 fantasy baseball buy/sell posts for just $13/month!

Please, blog, may I have some more?
 
JTells

FanDuel: I’m Feeling Yu-thful today

May 17, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel | 2 Comments

by:

Come one come all to your favorite stop on the road to potentially hitting that jackpot we all yearn for. Some simple clicks of some names and good fortune await, right? Well, I wish it was that easy but as we all know by now it is certainly not that right. I hope you had a productive week and had some fun along the way. I had a pretty good week and even got a ticket to a FanDuel tournament and did pretty well so I’m still playing on that so I’m feeling pretty snazzy. We have a pretty light slate today as Mondays and Thursdays are travel days for a lot of teams going forward so we will have to make sure we are choosing wisely. I will keep a close eye on road teams traveling on Sundays after their game and playing on Monday as well as pitchers pitching on Monday who get a full night’s rest in their own bed. I mean how nice is it to sleep in your own bed right. We have a top echelon of starters today ( Cole, Darvish, Buehler and even Kikuchi will get lots of ownership against the Tigers today).

I’m targeting Mr. Yu Darvish here who brings quite an extensive toolbox to today’s matchup. Yu has a 6 pitch arsenal in which he fires away at will and commands all six pitches well. His slider to right-handed hitters is downright nasty and is his best pitch. He is throwing his cutter less which is a good thing and throws a rising 95 mph fastball mixing in a curveball as well. Hitters are constantly having to guess which pitch is coming and often are wrong. Darvish goes deep into games and seems to have found a comfy home in San Diego after a disappointing stay in Chicago after he had some injury woes during his time there and was ineffective at times. The mood in San Diego is an upbeat one even with the loss of some key players due to COVID concerns but hopefully for them, it will pass and they will get back on track. I think Darvish will go deep into this game against the Rockies going at least 7+ innings with 8 k’s and 1 ER.

New to FanDuel? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond? Well, be sure to read our content and subscribe to the DFSBot for your daily baseball plays. Just remember to sign up through us before jumping into the fray. It’s how we know you care!

Please, blog, may I have some more?