In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I’m going to stumble through some baseball-related drunken lullabies, (mostly) rants labeled as poetry, and a token haiku. If you read between the lines, you just may even find some potentially useful fantasy advice. See what I did there? Please, blog, may I have some more?
Monthly Archives: March 2013
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You’ve seen Grey’s PEDS, you’ve seen his auction strategy, you’ve seen his Pitcher Pairings, you’ve seen his rankings, you've seen his Fantasy Baseball War Room, you’ve seen his mustache... doode’s an open book (and actually, he’s got one of them, too). He’s fantasy baseball’s equivalent of Anna Paquin, constantly naked but odd-looking, so who cares? Wait, he's more like Helen Hunt, willing to do full frontal, but way past his expiration date. Hmm, maybe Anne Hathaway, baring it all but overrated in terms of talent and sexiness? Point is, he shows a lot, but he's less accessible than he appears.
Like a lot of fantasy players, I’ll be waiting on drafting a catcher again this year. Catchers and closers are usually where I want to spend my last few picks or dollars, so I need to squeeze as much value out of them as I possibly can, hoping to hit big on a player that could just as likely end up on the wire in a month. There are a number of catchers who fall in this category, but among them is an interesting bounce back candidate in Tigers backstop Alex Avila.
Jedd Gyorko wins 2nd base job, yay says fantasy baseballers and Richard Kelly. The next thing you know, ol' Jedd will head off to Beverly, Hills that is. On road trips to Los Angeles. Or Magic Johnson will just give him $100 million to sit next to Dee Gordon and Ryu. "You use your free tickets yet to see Jack the Giant Slayer at Magic Johnson theaters?" That's Ryu talking to Gordon. They're good friends. So, Gyorko is reportedly the new 2nd baseman in San Diego. I say bravo to the Friars. In one week, a new Pope and a new 2nd baseman. What did you do this week? Stretch your Sunday meal out into Thursday? Nice work! This might be the Year of the Snake, but it's the week of the Gyorko, after mentioning him already three times. The hype's been building in my pants for a while. Did I just say in my pants? No, I don't think I did, but this post is a locomotive that can't be stopped. In November, I wrote a Jedd Gyorko fantasy. There, I said I'd be surprised if he didn't start the year in the majors. *shrugs, combs mustache, waits for balloons to fall from ceiling* I wrote that shizz in November! Okay, no ceiling balloons, fine. Blowing a frickin' noisemaker wouldn't hurt you. Gyorko has been a beast through the minors, and should hit in the majors + Petco = Linda Ronstadt. Wow, my math was way off there. It was supposed to equal a 2nd baseman with upside. Since I figured Gyorko would be in the majors to start the year, his projections were already in my top 400 for 2013 fantasy baseball, but I did move him up in the top 20 2nd basemen and top 20 3rd basemen posts. I almost moved Jedd up even further, but Petco and cold sores from previous bouts of rookie nookie kept him in the early 200's overall range. Anyway, here's what else I saw in spring training for 2013 fantasy baseball:
Under The Greydar: Niese The Nose Job
March 14, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 59 Commentsby: Jay
Trying to think of a title usually takes me an hour. This one took about a month. To be totally honest with you, because I lie all the time, I'm not sure where the hiccup occurred. Usually step 1 is drink. Step 2 is smashturbate. Step 3 is begin word vomit, complete with an all-encompassing, all-knowing title to catch your eye and get you to scroll down two more inches. That's what she said.
2013 White Sox Fantasy Baseball Preview
March 14, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Team Previews | 6 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 White Sox Fantasy Baseball Preview comes courtesy Bill Mahoney from South Side Sox.
Outfielders To Target, 2013 Fantasy Baseball
March 14, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 246 Commentsby: Grey
I almost called this post, "Aaron Hicks, Adam Eaton and those other guys." Like a prude brothel would announce, therein lies the rub. Those other guys may not be as exciting right now, but there's some great value this year for outfield. You can't throw a puppy without hitting a 10 homer, 20 steal outfielder. There's more than ten guys on this list (eleven), and I'd draft all of them, and have already in some leagues. It should work out well in (five outfielder league) drafts when you draft two outfielders before 100, then one between 100-175, then two somewhere in the next 150 picks. These are all the outfielders that being drafted after 200 overall. Now, this is a (legal-in-all-countries-except-Canada) supplement to the top 100 outfielders for 2013 fantasy baseball. Click on the player’s name where applicable to read more and see their 2013 projections. Anyway, here’s some outfielders to target for 2013 fantasy baseball:
2013 Tout Wars Mixed Draft – Team Razzball
March 13, 2013 | Our Leagues | 76 Commentsby: Rudy Gamble
Tout Wars – one of the two most prestigious fantasy baseball expert leagues (along with LABR) – invited Razzball to participate in its inaugural 15-team mixed league online draft (they also have AL-only, NL-only, and 15-team mixed auctions).
The 2013 Tout Wars mixed draft format is very similar to our mixed-league LABR expert league except for one notable quirk – OBP instead of AVG. Please, blog, may I have some more?
2013 Minor League Preview: Toronto Blue Jays
March 13, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 8 Commentsby: Scott Evans
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2012 (5) | 2011 (4) | 2010 (19) | 2009 (19) | 2008 (25)
2012 Affiliate Records
MLB: [73-89] AL East
AAA: [79-64] Pacific Coast League – Las Vegas (IL Buffalo beginning 2013)
AA: [61-81] Eastern League – New Hampshire
A+: [78-55] Florida State League – Dunedin
A: [82-55] Midwest League – Lansing
A(ss): [46-30] Northwest League — Vancouver
Graduated Prospects
Anthony Gose (OF); Moises Sierra (OF); Drew Hutchison (RHP)
Ah Flexibility. It's like when you were a kid, (or still are a kid) and you have to do that v-sit reach test. You stretch and stretch and in your mind you are awesome, but in reality there is some Romanian chick in your class name Nadia who can eat spaghetti-o's one at a time with her naval and makes everyone look horrible. This, my friends, is all about the fake baseball flexibility, the laid back one where you pick Cheetos's one by one out of your belly button, and that to me is grandiose. First lint and now artificially flavored cheese snacks -- the world will never cease to amaze me, next thing you know we will put a man on the moon. So last week I gave a preemptive strike into the flexibility thing covering RP that will or may be starting come regular season and are only eligible at RP. Now I am covering some guys that will have both RP and SP, it's like a fluffer and porn star all rolled into one. So with out the frills and more annoying hullabaloo here are some cats that have dual eligibility. Keep in mind that everyone plays with different settings, so I am only giving guys with 5 starts/5 relief appearances or more to be considered.
3rd Basemen To Target, 2013 Fantasy Baseball
March 13, 2013 | 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 245 Commentsby: Grey
I don't do 1st baseman sleepers because there are none. If you're drafting a 1st baseman sleeper, you're losing your league. Who are you putting at 1st? Yonder Alonso? That's cool. Don't pay your league fees until the end of the year and then duck out of the country. You feel me? Okay, now stop. 3rd baseman are more or less in the same boat, and that boat is the Titanic and if you draft a sleeper 3rd baseman, you're gonna sink while holding until to a lady named Rose who gets real old. But some of youse have corner men in your league, so may as well look at a few 3rd basemen for s's and g's. Do not draft, say, Chris Johnson as your 3rd baseman. Clear? Good. These are all 3rd basemen that being drafted after 150 overall. Now, this is a (legal-in-all-countries-except-Singapore) supplement to the top 20 3rd basemen for 2013 fantasy baseball. Click on the player’s name where applicable to read more and see their 2013 projections. Anyway, here’s some 3rd basemen to target for 2013 fantasy baseball:
The first fantasy baseball podcast of the year was last week. If you missed it, I'll give you an idea. Imagine the music for an action movie is playing, the beat is building, the tension is high, the sweat is drip, drip, dripping from your forehead. Only instead of looking for the bad guy or trying to stop a bomb from detonating, you're sitting at your desk looking for a pencil. It was like Skyfall in your very own cubicle. Or if you listened to it in your car, then you probably had to pull off the road from heart palpitations. "Hey, roadside assistance, I was wondering if you could bring a heart defibrillator out to the Barham Pass? No, he was listening to the Razzball Podcast. Yes, in Dolby Digital." We took last year's laconic podcast and turned it into a shook-up bottle of tonic. This week, we tried to turn down the spin-your-glow-sticks-at-a-rave type energy in the background on just Rudy and me. So you get the Trainspotting energy on one hand and the Brad Pitt in True Romance on the other. Oh, and we talked baseball. On this week's podcast, we brought in our prospect writer, Scott, and our OPS writer, Tom Jacks, to talk about position battles. (The name Tom seems like it needs a last name, right? Is it "Hey, it's Tom!" or "Hey, it's Tom Brady!" See?) Rudy talked about a new tool that we're bringing out this year that we're all very excited about. It's like our Stream-o-Nator only turned up a notch and turned on its head. (Here's a hint: it's for hitters instead of pitchers. Eff me in the coolie, that's awesome!) Then, I talked about picking up Cougars. So, you know, business as usual! Anyway, here's the Razzball podcast (now with less heart-attack-inducing music):
