So now that we have some player rankings from the big guys over at Yahoo and ESPN finally out, I get to delve a bit harder into the bargain bin to see if we can find, and it brings up an interesting name: Chris Carter. No, not that Chris Carter. That's football silly! Of course, I can understand your confusion seeing as I'm the main writer for Razzball Fantasy Football, but you're not here for my shameless self-promoting, you're here for some fantasy baseball knowledge. So let's take a look at Carter and his current 364 rank at Yahoo to see if we have a discount on our hands for 2013 fantasy baseball...
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2013 Giants Fantasy Baseball Preview
February 28, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Team Previews | 2 Commentsby: Sky
We at Razzball realize that exporting our views across the country has damaging consequences on the blogosphere. To help make amends, we are reaching out to leading team blogs and featuring their locally blogged answers to pressing 2013 fantasy baseball questions regarding their team. We feel this approach will be fresher, more sustainable, and require less energy consumption (for us anyway). The 2013 Giants Fantasy Baseball Preview comes courtesy of Trevor Cole from Giants Baseball Blog.
A baseball historian named Philbus Elbert once said, "The only thing better than baseball in the spring is baseball in the fall." Philbus was also a diabetic, had a severe drinking problem and died of gonorrhea that he contracted from a horse. Baseball, like a flower, blooms in the spring. They also share equally effusive PR people. Just the other day I read about how a petunia's branches had gained 15 pounds and were in the best shape of its life. Sure, it’s always good to look at spring training numbers to give you an idea what you can expect from guys during the season -- can I draft Jedd Gyorko yet?! Players in spring training are facing the top pitchers who are all displaying their best stuff. No one needs time to get warmed up. No one’s trying new pitches or getting a feel for the ball. They are at the height of their game in March. In fact, I think someone should propose to Bud that the World Series could easily be played in March. Yes, The March Classic. I like how that sounds. Since these spring training numbers mean so much, I decided to look at some players' stats so far:
2013 Minor League Preview: Seattle Mariners
February 27, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 18 Commentsby: Scott Evans
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2012 (9) | 2011 (18) | 2010 (12) | 2009 (24) | 2008 (12)
2012 Affiliate Records
MLB: [75-87] AL West
AAA: [63-81] Pacific Coast League – Tacoma
AA: [79-61] Southern League – Jackson
A+: [83-57] California League – High Desert
A: [71-67] Midwest League – Clinton
A(ss): [46-30] Northwest League — Everett
Graduated Prospects
Kyle Seager (SS); Jesus Montero (C); Alex Liddi (3B/1B/OF); Hisashi Iwakuma (RHP); Erasmo Ramirez (RHP)
The Run Down
I was trying to insert that catchy Beastie Boys song in your head, so if it worked, hooray for you. Go ahead and try and pat yourself on the back with your baby T-Rex arms. So we come to this, it has been much ballyhooed and asked for frequently. I figured I would take some time away from inoculating babies in third world countries and devout my charity work to you all.
Jered Weaver, 2013 Fantasy Schmohawk
February 27, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft, Fantasy Baseball Overrated | 200 Commentsby: Grey
There is a stupid premium on Jered Weaver. Stupid as in dumb. Not stupid as in, "Yo, Grey your feathered hair is stupid fresh! Farrah Fawcett is prolly jealous in heaven. Flap your wings, Greyseph Hawkins, you are my angel on earth. I love you." In the top 20 starters for 2013 fantasy baseball, I went over some of this so if you've been there, read that, skip ahead until the sentence starting, "Your claim to fame..." Last year, Weaver's K-rate bottomed out to its lowest since his rookie year with a 6.77 K/9. That ranks 58th for starters. He's between Masterson, Kuroda, Ervin Santana, Paul Maholm. That's eeny meeny miny no. To go further with one of the guys there, Kuroda's K-rate was 6.84, his walk rate was 2.09 and his xFIP was 3.67. Weaver's walk rate and xFIP were 2.15 and 4.18. Oh, and Kuroda's fastball velocity sits around 92. Weaver's is at 88. If you were just looking at those numbers with no names attached, you'd concur Kuroda is headed for a better season in 2013 than Weaver. You, sir, are a darn fine concurrer. Speaking of Weaver's fastball, he had the 8th worst velocity in the majors. Your grandmother could throw faster. Granted, your grandmother was a receptionist at the Miami-based Biogenesis of America clinic, but still. For xFIP, Weaver was the 27th worst in the majors between Volquez, Arroyo, Buehrle and Nolasco. Those guys couldn't get into the Who's Who Among American Baseball Players with $39.95 and a B+ GPA. So why is Jered Weaver overrated for 2013 fantasy baseball?
Liner notes from the Razzball fantasy baseball meeting:
Grey: Hey Sky, you should do a piece on Chris Johnson.
Sky: Chris Johnson? Tennessee Titans? Football season's over, why exactly would I do that?
Grey: You goof-tard, I'm talking about the Braves' Chris Johnson.
Sky: The only Chris Johnson I'm familiar with from baseball plays for the Houston Astros.
Grey: You've gotta be kidding me...dude, just go back to your fantasy football hidey-hole!
After an excellent response last week, we now have 623 teams. This will be my 3rd season keeping track of things in the RCL. In 2011 there were 38 leagues; the number jumped 26% last year to 48, and I expect a similar growth this year once the March rush hits. So, of course, we need more commissioners. Thanks to Sea Pilot for opening a league last night. That draft is set for a Thursday evening. That gives us 9 new slots to fill, plus 4 more in a new keeper league which will not be eligible to be in the RCL after the 2013 season. Dave also signed up, with a Saturday morning draft, but did not provide a working link yet. It should be fixed tonight. Please head over to the RCL Registration post to see how you can become a commissioner, or just add a team to one of the leagues. (For a step-by-step guide to creating a new league, see this post in the fantasy baseball forums.)
Though, I would like to read a post about Siamese Twins Dance Strategy. "Xiu, could you stop salsa'ing when I'm friggin' tango'ing! My effin' coconut is about to rupture!" Oh, and you're welcome, Siamese twins who Googled "Siamese Twins Dance Strategy." We don't judge here at Razzball, but, out of curiosity, do you guys share a urinal? Use two at a time? Wait, pee, wait? I will tap my orange Crocs impatiently as I wait for your answer. Head-to-Head, or H2H, doesn’t change a lot to our 2013 fantasy baseball rankings. There are 300 billion suns in the Milky Way galaxy. There are 100s of billions of galaxies in the universe. There are at least 256,000 planets exactly like Earth. Yet, there’s only one Miggy Cabrera. (Though Ciggy Mabrera on Planet Yurick is pretty good too. Not a first rounder though.) H2H doesn't change that. The strategy for playing in the middle of the season in H2H leagues changes. You aren’t hoping Billy Butler hits 30 homers by October, but whether or not he’ll hit a homer on Sunday or if you should sit him to try and win steals. It’s all about the match-ups, y'all! So you want to build a team that can match up well with any other team. (FYI, I’ve gone over this stuff before, but some of you might need a pine tree refresher hung from your rear view.) Anyway, let’s look at some H2H fantasy baseball draft strategy:
PSYCHE! Before we get into the post, just wanted to quickly announce that we're mind-melding (just consolidating) our Facebook pages. So if you want to Like us on Facebook, you go there. All the sports are gonna be one for all and all for one like the Brand Nubians. Unus pro Razzballus, omnes pro uno, for our Latin American readers. Anyway II, here's the H2H draft strategy:
The original post has been removed as we felt it was too similar in both content and language to a story in Zev Chafets’ Cooperstown Confidential. For those of you who enjoyed the article, we recommend buying the book that provided the inspiration for the post. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Battles To Watch: NL East
February 25, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 45 Commentsby: Tom Jacks
Why hello there. This article will look at the position battles in each division. Today’s topic, for the rare reader that ignores the title, is the NL East. By the way, I’m all in on non-Marlins pitchers in the NL East. Do any of those lineups look devastating? Not really. And you’ll probably get a win each time they face the Marlins. Anyway, here’s some of the position battles to keep an eye on in the NL East:
2013 Fantasy Baseball Yahoo Ranklings
February 25, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 226 Commentsby: Grey
The other day I went over my 2013 ESPN ranklings. There, I was all fire, brimstone and gangsta rap. Saying eff this, and eff that. I was pissed off like I was Tim Dog right after landing at LAX. I was spitting bullets, y'all needed to wear a vest. Now, I'm looking at Yahoo's 2013 fantasy baseball rankings and Tim Dog didn't get enough penicillin on wax and now he's RIP. BTW, If you were a rapper in the 80's or early 90's or a professional wrestler, watch over your shoulder, son, the reaper is comin' for you. "Multivitamins are better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac..." That's Tone Loc working on a new song. More people use Yahoo than any other fantasy baseball game provider thing-a-ma-boobie, so more schmohawks are reading their rankings than any other rankings, yet I never take their rankings serious. Quick analogy that may or may not make sense: There's years of looking up to your father, whether you agree all the time or not. Then, one day, he takes a poop on your couch. He should take him to the hospital; he's in need of some sort of psychology examination. If the tests come back conclusive that he pooped the couch simply out of laziness, then that's ESPN. Okay, now, Yahoo is your 8-year-old cousin pooping your couch. You're annoyed, but you're not sending the kid for psychology examinations. In other words, I always feel like ESPN should know better, but Yahoo, well, they have The Noise ranking Curtis Granderson 14th overall. Even Jose Canseco knows Granderson may have hit 60 homers in 30,000 BC due to a lack of gravity, but he still would need a ton of luck to hit .240. My apologies to Saltines, but Grandy at 14th overall is crackers (even before the injury).
