There just wasn't enough time in the preseason for me to show you my RCL team, so I'm putting it in the podcast post. Now, prepare yourself for the most confusing lede paragraph ever. For the podcast, Rudy and I went over some preseason picks for Most Valuable Fantasy Hitter, Pitcher, Rookie of the Year, Fantasy Bust and the player who looks primed to breakout that won't actually breakout. Finally, Larry Schechter joined Nick to talk about some of his do's and don'ts to win fantasy leagues. Now, for the RCL league, Rudy and I decided to do something different do this year and have half of our league made up of writers from our site and the other half from friends of other sites. Let's call it a Family & Friends league; that doesn't sound derivative of anyone else's expert fantasy league. (I was gonna call it Friends & Family, but that DID sound derivative.) The Razzball writers joining me were: Rudy, Jay(Wrong), Sky, Tehol, Prospect Scott, Nick the Podcast Host and Scooby. Okay, I made up the Scooby name, but it didn't sound that out of place, did it? The 'perts from other sites participating were: Dalton Del Don from Yahoo, Brad Johnson from Fangraphs, Ryan Carey of Mastersball, Paul Singman of Baseball Prospectus and Tim McLeod of RotoRob. The draft went off without a hitch until I opened the draft window and saw Rudy had the first pick. *shakes fist* Ruuuuuudy!!! Anyway, here's the Razzball Podcast (now with my RCL team recap):
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Around here at Razzball we are one big family that is some freakish hybrid of the Brady Bunch meets the Addams Family. Honestly, I'm not really sure what to make of all this. First we have our father Grey, the dad who works all day, comes home every night to a daiquiri, and goes out on the weekend and buys us the $100 high tops we want, but mom won't let us have. He does this to make up for all the little league games he missed because he was bringing home the bacon. Now, Rudy is our mother, and I mean this in the nicest, most masculine way possible. He's there to keep everything sensible, clean, and in order. Jay and Sky are the older brothers we come to for advice when we get in trouble, or to teach us how to undo a bra with one hand. Guru is Grey's illegitimate child from a high school girlfriend that is re-connecting with us, and getting to know his dad. Jeremy and I are the younger brothers just glad to get scraps and a hand me down that isn't filled with holes. Mike is our reliable uncle, who taught us how to properly swing a bat and to drive our shoulder to the plate when we pitched. Smokey is our cool uncle, who gives us beer and taught us all how to roll a doobie so we'll be ready for high school. Tehol is our creepy uncle, who wears ridiculous clothes that border on illegal, and who our parents never want to leave us alone with since the "incident". Nick is our neighbor that takes too many pictures and video of the family, even when we aren't aware of it. Scott is our bachelor neighbor, who drives a kick ass Iroc-Z and dates a different 20-year-old every week. Our cousins Pete, Josh, Dano, and Tom are always hanging out because their mother, Paulie, and father, Dan, are either drinking or drinking. It's a family over here, I'll cut any mother f***er who tries to mess with these guys, and have no problem doing a couple a months in county to protect them. That's why when Jay called upon me to help him out and cover the RCL recap this week I was ready to step up to the plate and help a brother out.
So I'm writing this prior to Oakland even taking the field for the first time this year which worries me. Baseball is all about streaks. No, no silly, I didn't need to see the inside of your undies (and gross, BTW). I mean hot and cold streaks. But we're at the start of it all, so it's hard to get a grasp on whether you're hot or you're cold, or if you're yes and you're no...sorry, started thinking about Katy Perry there. You know, for her singing skills...yeah, that's it. But more on point, maybe Oakland has a huge game to start the year off and feels hot and bothered about playing [player]Corey Kluber[/player]. If that's the case, mea culpa. But I swear by my Corey Kluber Sleeper post that I do believe you get a good outing out of him today and at a dirt cheap price of $7,800. May God remove it from the interwebs if he fails...oh what am I saying, nothing ever leaves the internet! Keep that in mind as JFOH will never live this one down. But as promised yesterday, we're gonna be a bit more lightning round'ish around here on our Draftkings writeups. That last link, BTW, is your gateway into the DK world care of Razzball. It's a way for you to show us you love us without having to actually physically touch us. It's the best of both worlds! And after you've signed up? How about another 50/50 Razzball Jamboree League? It's just a buck. That's less than a King Size Snickers! And if you win, guess what? You can now afford said King Size Snickers. Wow. But for realsies, let's move on...to another link! Yeah, yeah it's the first week, gotta make sure you guys still get in on the Razzball Draftkings Contest this Friday. Go reserve your seat and get your lineups going when they open. Ok, now really let's move on. Here's Razzball's Draftking picks for April 1st, 2014...no foolin...ok I was. Three more important plugs. One is the Stream-O-Nator. Two is the Hitter-Tron. Three is...well, I can't really tell you about that plug. But I hear Cougars everywhere love it! Now on with the show.
Our first full slate of games and two closers lost jobs. Mother Nature and/or Al Gore (if they're different people), how is climate different than weather if both lead to a closepocalypse? An interested party is curious. It was a bit before concussions were in vogue, but did anyone ever check Robin Ventura for a concussion when he got cantalouped by Nolan Ryan? Cause he just lamebrained up my fantasy teams by naming [player]Matt Lindstrom[/player] the closer-- Um, Grey? What's up, Random Italicized Voice? When Addison Reed was traded in December, you said, "White Sox GM Rick Hahn named [player]Nate Jones[/player], Matt Lindstrom, [player]Scott Downs[/player] and [player]Daniel Webb[/player] as possible replacements. Due to Scott Downs’ Syndrome, Downs is out of the mix. Jones will be a favorite by fantasy baseballers (<–my mom’s term!) due to his ability to strike guys out, but I’m guessing Lindstrom will end up with the job due to that hard-to-put-your-finger-on-it closer experience quality." And that's me quoting you! DAH!!! I got wrapped in the allure of a young, sexy closer and forgot where my butter pickles were buttered! I imagine this shituation will get worse before it gets better, so if you have room, I'd hold Jones for now, but you should absolutely pick up Lindstrom in all leagues. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
