Grey and Rudy are letting me run a team for Razzball, and I’m totally pumped about it. See, this is my first venture into the realm of expert leagues or writer’s leagues or whatever the hell you wanna call them and the pressure on a rookie like me is enormous. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Yearly Archives: 2012
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I’m not putting that title up there to brag. That’s really the name of the league. But within a few rounds of bidding I tittered like a little school girl when Troy Tulowitzki went for $42 and Miguel Cabrera went for only $40 as proof that even Gods don’t do everything right. Please, blog, may I have some more?
2012 Fantasy Baseball Two Start Pitchers for Week 2
April 7, 2012 | Uncategorized | 22 Commentsby: Smokey
Feels like a 26 weeks and a day since I wrote about two start pitchers. Since we are in the future, do we even still play baseball with bats or do robots run/hit/throw now? So week 1-slash-2 is a weird menagerie of eclectic starters. Please, blog, may I have some more?
That sound you hear is my heart going a pitter patter for Brandon Belt. That sound you might also hear is Bruce Springsteen on my iTunes. He’s singing the September 11th Telethon version of My City Of Ruins. It gives me chills eleven years later. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Razzball’s 2012 DraftDay 10 Team AL-Only Draft
April 6, 2012 | Our Leagues | 12 Commentsby: Rudy Gamble
Over the past 2 years, Grey and I have had several conversations around joining a high-stakes baseball league. We are intrigued by the NFBC but our math keeps suggesting that their rake is too high (e.g., I calculated a 20% rake on the $150 slow draft). Please, blog, may I have some more?
League-Wide Offense Longs For Shrunken Ball Era
April 6, 2012 | Uncategorized | 172 Commentsby: Grey
No surprise that Johan Santana pitched well yesterday. Everyone pitched well yesterday (except relievers). Now I know what it was like to play fantasy baseball during the dead ball era. “Hey, Scoots, I got me a base hit from my second bagger! Please, blog, may I have some more?
Sing it with me everyone: Tis the season for broke closers. Tommy, Tommy John, John, John, John, John! That sounded great. Except for you in the back. Thought I heard an old mule getting strangled. The regular season hasn’t even started and we’ve lost Joakim Soria and Ryan Madson to the knife. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Bottom of the Ninth: What to Look for in the First Week
April 5, 2012 | Closers | 27 Commentsby: Albert Lang
Grey covered the Andrew Bailey and Frank Francisco situations nicely on Tuesday. However, I had already started putting information together, so I’ll leave you with a few lines from my Francisco write-up:
While Francisco is not expected to miss anytime, we’re talking about a relatively fragile relief pitcher here and a Mets organization that has a hard enough time keeping healthy players off the disabled list. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Miami Marlins Unveil HR Puffin’ Stuff Dome
April 5, 2012 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 419 Commentsby: Grey
You smell that? No, not your armpits. That’s Opening Day. The real thing this time! I love you, you sick, twisted, little game run by an egomaniac with a bad toupee. I love you! I want to touch baseball’s boobies! They are warm to my touch; those beautiful baseball boobies! Please, blog, may I have some more?
Now’s the time when we put all of our 2012 baseball predictions in one place. Then in October we can look back at this and laugh. Oh, and we will laugh. Big, bellowing, seat of your pants laughs. Hindsight is indeed 20/20. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Kansas City Royals 2011 Minor League Review
April 4, 2012 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 9 Commentsby: Scott Evans
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2012 (3) | 2011 (1) | 2010 (16) | 2009 (11) | 2008 (24) | 2007 (11)
2011 Affiliate Records
MLB: [71-91] AL Central
AAA: [79-63] Pacific Coast League – Omaha
AA: [73-64] Texas League – Northwest Arkansas
A+: [66-72] Carolina League –Wilmington
A: [65-74] Midwest League – Kane County
R: [33-43] Pioneer League – Idaho Falls
The Run Down
Even after graduating guys like Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, and Danny Duffy, the Royals system is still flush with future stars. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Kyle Farnsworth is headed to the DL. You know who called this one? No one. Geez, closers are dropping like it’s hot and they’re from the North Pole and can’t handle the heat. Hmm, that wasn’t so pithy. In the last week, we’ve lost Madson, Storen, Andrew Bailey, Frank Francisco. Please, blog, may I have some more?
