Top 20 Starters, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 15, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 214 Comments

All the final 2013 fantasy baseball rankings for hitters are done. For those that skipped today’s title, this starts the top 20 starters for 2013 fantasy baseball. This is NOT for 2014 (caps for those still wearing their Gravity 3-D glasses -- by the by, if you haven't seen it, you should. It's kinda awesome.). This is a recap. Will these affect next year’s rankings? Sure. But not entirely. To recapitulate, these rankings are from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater. We’re (me) using it to fairly gauge our (my) preseason rankings. Anyway, here’s the top 20 starters for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

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Top 40 Outfielders, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 14, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 97 Comments

by: Grey

With the top 40 outfielders for 2013 fantasy baseball, we’ve finished all the hitter recaps. We meaning me, but I’ll include you. No, that’s not a cue to try to hold my hand. Why are you now patting my butt? The pitching recap will begin next. To recap, the end of the season rankings are based on our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater. I felt the easiest way to keep it objective would to go this course. This way when I say someone finished 30th and I ranked them 23rd in the preseason it carries more weight. Anyway, here’s the top 40 outfielders for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

Top 20 Outfielders, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 11, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 323 Comments

by: Grey

Went over the catchers, 1st basemen, 2nd basemen and shortstops and top 20 3rd basemen for 2013 fantasy baseball. Guess what’s next! No, not pitchers. Read the title, man. In 2010, there were only 5 outfielders that hit 30 homers, in 2011 there were 9, 14 in 2012 and this year: 3. Someone find a bleached Sammy Sosa so he can stick a needle in some motherf**kers! We are only a few years away from someone leading the league with 25 homers. Steals were still around, though they fell off a bit too. There were 14 outfielders who stole 30 bases in 2012 and this year there were 10. As before, these rankings are from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. Anyway, here’s the top 20 outfielders for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

The Razzball Podcast — The One Where We Hand Out Fantasy Awards To Real Players

October 10, 2013 | All Podcasts | 185 Comments

by: Grey

The gang got back together for one last podcast of the year (though we might do one in December when players start getting traded and whatnot), and it was a blast (was not a blast)! First, Rudy said this and then I said that and Nick said actually. To think, before Thomas Einstein there was no such thing as podcasts. Or was it Albert Graham Bell? Any the hoo! On today's podcast, we talked about the best and worst that 2013 had to offer. I mentioned [player]Paul Goldschmidt[/player] only a few bazillion times and that wasn't even half as many times that I mentioned how I beat Rudy in our league. All in all, a fine afternoon spent with old friends. That's what you should say after you listen to our ramblings. Nick also revealed plans to move to Florida and I revealed plans for my bachelor party that is coming in ten days. I hope to return from Vegas after said trip with a few more mental scars. "Yelp is giving good reviews for a place called The Glory Hole. Says you have to try the breasts." That's us planning our next move prior to not remembering anything. On the podcast, we also mention some rookies for next year -- [player]Billy Hamilton[/player] anyone? -- and who we are avoiding for next year. Anyway, here's the Razzball podcast (now with us waxing poetic):

2014 Minor League Preview: Los Angeles Angels

October 9, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 16 Comments

by: Scott Evans

Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America 2013 (30) | 2012 (18) | 2011 (15) | 2010 (26) | 2009 (25) 2012 Affiliate Records MLB: [78-84] AL West AAA: [78-66] Pacific Coast League – Salt Lake AA: [73-66] Texas League — Arkansas A+: [69-71] California League – Inland Empire A: [56-78] Midwest League – Burlington Arizona Fall League Players — Mesa Solar Sox R.J. Alvarez (RHP); Cam Bedrosian (RHP); Mike Morin (RHP); Michael Roth (LHP); Jett Bandy (C); Taylor Lindsey (2B); Zach Borenstein (OF) Graduated Prospects Kole Calhoun (OF); J.B. Shuck (OF); Grant Green (2B); Andrew Romine (3B); Dane De La Rosa (RHP); Michael Kohn (RHP) The Run Down The postseason is barely underway, but let's get on with some 2014 baseball chatter because I just can't wait. As always, we'll be easing you into these MiLB previews, starting with the poorest systems, and working our way toward the best as Opening Day approaches next spring. So here we are at the bottom; The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Hoo boy, this is a thin, low-impact group. Making matters worse, the Halos forfeited their first round picks in each of the past two seasons when they signed free agents [player]Josh Hamilton[/player] and [player]Albert Pujols[/player]. LA fans probably don't want to hear this right now, but the Cardinals used their 2012 first round pick to draft Michal Wacha. Ouch. Take solace in the fact that you guys still produced [player]Mike Trout[/player], whose career WAR at age 22 is 21.1. That's insane homegrown output over the past two seasons, so I can't feel too bad for you jerks just yet.

Top 20 Third Basemen, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 8, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 229 Comments

by: Grey

Third base was far from an epic fail like something JayWrong would have a GIF for. There were a good ten 3rd basemen and another handful that could’ve covered your corner infidel slot. The problem is after the top fifteen the 3rd basemen fall off the map like a 12th century explorer. Here's you, "Hey, I'm gonna go to India heading west." You're whistling, everything is good, then you have Mark Reynolds in your corner infidel slot and you're dead from scurvy. This year there were fewer 3rd basemen coming out of nowhere to give you value, so if you didn't have a top guy, you were probably stuck piecing together waiver scraps. This final ranking is from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. The Player Rater allows me to be impartial while looking at how I ranked them in the preseason. Anyway, here’s the top 20 3rd basemen for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

Top 20 Shortstops, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 7, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 204 Comments

by: Grey

Top 20 catchers, 1st basemen and 2nd basemen are in the books. What a strange, glorious trip it’s been! Though not really. Today, the top 20 shortstops for 2013 fantasy baseball get to shine. Hmm… Actually, most of these won’t shine. They’re cloudy with a chance of crapballs. To be a bit more specific, the top ten shortstops were about equal with the 2nd basemen through the top 10, then they actually go a bit deeper than the 2nd basemen. Yes, shortstops are deeper. Barely. Mike Aviles was 18th overall for 2nd basemen, here he doesn't even make the list coming in 22nd. Either way, it’s ugly. Okay, enough of the hubbub on the tomfoolery. To recap, this final ranking is from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. The Player Rater allows me to be impartial while looking at how I ranked them in the preseason. Anyway, here’s the top 20 shortstops for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

Top 20 2nd Basemen, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 4, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 250 Comments

by: Grey

We already went over the top 20 catchers and the top 20 1st basemen for 2013 fantasy baseball. Today, we dip our big toe into the top 20 2nd basemen. End of the season-wise, the 2nd basemen don't seem as shallow as I thought they were in the preseason, but, really, they're not that much deeper on second glance. They are just barely shallower than shortstops, but it's so close, I'm sure an argument could be made for the shortstops being shallower. Before you make that argument, remember what you're arguing about. To recap, this final ranking for last year is from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. The Player Rater allows me to be impartial while looking at how I ranked them in the preseason. Anyway, here’s the top 20 2nd basemen for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

Top 20 1st Basemen, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 3, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 174 Comments

by: Grey

After drudging through an Andy Dufresne-type tunnel for the top 20 catchers for 2013 fantasy baseball, I find myself with a group that actually really hurt or helped your team depending on how you drafted. If you went wrong with your 1st baseman, it could kill your season. Hey, [player]Ike Davis[/player], no hard feelings from me. We are totally fine. Please enjoy these cyanide pills I made special for you. If you went right, you might’ve won your league. For the first time in as long as I've been writing this blog, this is the sorriest group of 1st basemen I've ever seen at the end of the season, but more about that in the body of the post. To recap, this final ranking is from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. Anyway, here’s the top 20 1st basemen for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compared to where I originally ranked them:

Top 20 Catchers, 2013 Fantasy Baseball

October 2, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 159 Comments

by: Grey

It feels like yesterday the baseball regular season started. You wrote “I heart baseball” in permanent marker on your arm, then you met a girl who wrote “I heart guys who heart baseball” on her arm, then, during sex in September, you screamed out “I love you, [player]Chris Davis[/player]!” and now you don’t have baseball or a girlfriend, unless your girlfriend was Bill James. C’mon, calendar, make like a soldier and turn to March. The only cure for the post-baseball season blues — recapping the preseason top twenty lists and being hand-fed Doritos. First up, Cool Ranch and our preseason Top 20 Catchers for 2013. It’s important to look back before we look ahead to 2014. To paraphrase the one and only B-Real, “How do you know where you’re at, if you don’t know where you’ve been? Understand where I’m coming from?” It wouldn’t be fair for me to preseason rank the players, then rank them again in the postseason based on my opinion, so these postseason top 20 lists are ranked according to our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater. It’s cold hard math, y’all! Please, for the love that all is holy, don't ask me if this is for next year. Anyway, here’s the top 20 catchers for 2013 fantasy baseball and how they compared to where I originally ranked them:

Fantasy Razzball Update: Final Standings

October 1, 2013 | Our Leagues | 7 Comments

by: VinWins

Fantasy Razzball is the game where the goal is to manage the worst fantasy baseball team possible. You hope to find terrible players who don't get sent to the minors. As in the RCL, a team's points are multiplied by the League Competitive Index. The LCI is based on the total points of the top 8 teams per league. The overall standings can be found below. Points are credited as follows: Hitters (AB = +2, H = -3, R = -4, HR = -6, RBI = -4, K = +2) Pitchers (IP = -1, HR = +4, L = +8, K = -1, ER = +1.5, H+BB = +1).

The 2013 Razzballies

October 1, 2013 | Y to Z | 170 Comments

by: Grey

Welcome to the year end Razzball awards. I'm your host, Grey Albright and I'm joined by Random Italicized Voice, Hey. Also, on the red carpet for everyone's arrival we have, Comatose Blue Jays Fan, "Hurry up, the Blue Jays are gonna be facing the Yankees tonight on Fox." And up in the balcony critiquing everyone's outfits we have Clunky Segue, "As I was saying..." Before the show even begins, we have a very special musical guest, Lighter Shade of Brown! Live from opening for Kanye West! Not playing on stage with him, but literally opening doors for him. They now work as doormen. At hotels. It's very sad. Anyway, here’s the 2013 Razzball Year End Awards: