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So you and 11-29 of your closest friends have decided to take the plunge and start a fantasy baseball dynasty league. Congratulations...we've been waiting for you. Since you enjoy pain, you've volunteered yourself as the league's commissioner. There was much rejoicing, but now the parade is over and you're left sitting in front of your mom's computer wearing a Burger King crown wondering what the hell you've gotten yourself into. First of all, stop crying. It's unbecoming. Second of all, that's what I'm here for buddy! Let's take a look at how I go about forming a dynasty league from scratch. Hopefully this post will help your league keep the arguments and bloodshed to a minimum and you'll avoid dying alone. You're welcome.

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Welcome to the 2016 Razzball Team Previews! You’ll find everything you need to know about each team to get yourself ready for the upcoming fantasy baseball season. And I mean everything, folks. We’ve got line-ups, charts, Slurpees, lube, a guide for beginner electricians, and even a cactus! Well, that's a lie. That's what Jay had last year sitting in front of him. This year? Um...a little less lube? Take that as you will. But hey, we've got teams to preview and questions to ask, so let's hop to it. We a very special guest for this post... Brendan O'Toole, to provide his take on what the team has in store this season. Now enough rambling, let's see what 2016 holds for the Boston Red Sox!
Sneaky free K's are all the rage for a streaming option when a starter just won't do.  The numbers they put up are more of a collection-basis rather than a hunt, play and punt.  Relievers, not just closers, are the container that transports the glue.  Can you imagine glue not coming in a container and just being had at the local sundry store by the handful?  Messy proposition my friends.  Non-closers are what every complete fantasy team need.  They are like the egg in a good recipe - you can often substitute one reliever for another.  That's what makes them so handy... they don't usually carry a huge draft day burden.  They are basically free waiver-wire adds.  For those in holds leagues, that doesn't always ring true, and when I start getting into the preseason hold rankings, some of the names will be similar.  That's because the names you want just don't give you holds, they give you multiple stats.  They are the five-tool performers in the industry of relief pitchers.  So here is a little preseason primer for guys who don't really adorn too much draft day attention, but should be snagged in situations that require their services when you are short on K potential and maximizing the K/9 of your fantasy roster...
Hello again.  Which was a fantastic movie!  Shelley Long needs a juicy role like Judith Light found with Transparent.  Or at least a Juicy Fruit commercial.  Sorry, for a second I sounded like a gay Larry King with rainbow suspenders.  Which would be totally fine!  Take it easy, PC police!  As we move into the top 60 outfielders for 2016 fantasy baseball, we still haven't hit a huge road block of guys that are awful.  Sure, some of the top 60 have some warts.  I mean, Evan Gattis slept in a cardboard box for three years; he has to have warts.  As with all of my 2016 fantasy baseball rankings, my projections are included and where I see tiers starting and stopping.  Anyway, here’s the top 60 outfielders for 2016 fantasy baseball:
As a Korean-American, I take pride in the job that the "Motherland" has done producing quality products recently. Samsung, LG, and Hyundai are all now well-respected brands. But you can't forget about the most treasured export: K-pop. (Anytime I'm given an opportunity to insert a GIF of beautiful women dancing, it's done. You are all welcome.) It wasn't always so rosy in the land of Seoul though...
I mentioned in the top 20 outfielders that there's a ton outfielders that I want to draft.  The top 40 outfielders for 2016 fantasy baseball extends my enthusiasm.  I'd say it's like Cialis, but then I'd have to go through a five-minute spiel of all of its side effects.  "Drafting six outfielders in the first seven rounds can lead to high blood pressure, diarrhea, sudden heart attack, fever, a fever after a heart attack which makes your loved ones think you're still alive because you're burning up but you're actually dead and nausea."  As with all of my 2016 fantasy baseball rankings, included are my projections and where I see tiers start and stop.  Anyway, here’s the top 40 outfielders for 2016 fantasy baseball:
The Rangers have one of the deepest systems in the majors and it's packed with upside for fantasy. Even after trading away three good prospects in the Cole Hamels deal, it's still a beast. The appeal for our game is the type of player - toolsy, power bats, power arms...all good stuff. One of the pleasant surprises on the MLB roster was Delino Deshields, who the Rangers selected as a rule 5 pick from the Astros organization. If you're like me, you threw Deshields on your farm for some depth and by the end of the season it was all like 'whoa this is a solid player right here' and then Grey's writing a sleeper post on him and next thing you know he's got an ADP in the teens. Grey is influential like that. Coincidentally, the Rangers also lost Odubel Herrera in the rule 5 draft to Philly, and that young man had a hell of a season too. Just goes to show that this whole prospect game isn't always easy to peg, and you have to stay on your toes and roll with it. Back over to the Texas farm now, which features three top 50 fantasy prospects.
All of the infield has been done for the 2016 fantasy baseball rankings.  Where it says 2016 fantasy baseball rankings, that's a link, and that link goes to the 2016 fantasy baseball rankings where there are more links to all of the positions that have been ranked for 2016 fantasy.  Seamless linking!  The top 20 outfielders for 2016 fantasy baseball is going to go into the top 40, top 60, top 80 and finally top 100.  I love a lot of outfielders this year, and will go over this more at a later time, but I could see myself leaving the top 100 overall with three outfielders while wanting, like, twenty-five of them.  Shoot (not you, Dick Cheney!), I desperately want five of the top ten outfielders and I'm not even counting the top four that are a given.  McCutchen is the only outfielder in the top ten I'm kinda whatevs on.  The last time I was this excited for an outfielder Ryan Klesko was delicately connecting his sideburns to his mustache.  Anyway, here’s the top 20 outfielders for 2016 fantasy baseball:
It was a year to remember for the Amazins in 2015. Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, and Noah Syndergaard fronted the best starting rotation in MLB. Yoenis Cespedes had a 2nd half for the ages after being acquired at the trade deadline. Curtis Granderson put his forgettable 2014 season behind him and played at an all-star level. Michael Conforto made quite an impact as a rookie following his July call-up. Jeurys Familia was one of the best closers in all of baseball. Daniel Murphy got white hot in October and helped propel his team to the World Series. Who am I forgetting? Oh yeah, there's that Lucas Duda character. Does he even play there anymore?
3rd basemen are the new Dolly Parton.  They are so top heavy they haven't seen their toes in years.  After the top ten 3rd basemen, the rest are a wing, a prayer and Winger doing a cover of Living on a Prayer, which can't hold a candle to Bon Jovi, because A) Jersey B) No one can hold a candle to Bon Jovi because of Jersey. C) There's no C.  D)  Jersey!  I can't remember a position like this for any other year in recent memory, but I've killed my brain for years with hard drugs.  If you don't have a 3rd baseman by the 100th overall pick, you might be kissing your 3rd baseman position goodbye.  Literally, smooching your computer monitor like you're in that Spike Jonze movie with Scarlett Johansson robot-talking.  By the way, Johansson is 31 years old, in nine years, she's gonna be old.  In nine years, I'm gonna be distinguished.  Damn, Hollywood, you're messed up giving me these ageist ideas!  As always, my projections and tiers are noted.   Anyway, here’s the top 20 3rd basemen for 2016 fantasy baseball:
The Razzball Baseball Podcast returns with our second off-season Pod recapping the big starting pitcher moves during the Winter. Winter finally got here if you live on the East Coast, sheesh what an awful weekend! Grey and his lavish SoCal lifestyle has no idea what perils exist over on this side of the world! But I huddle for warmth next to my love for Jeff Samardzija's new home, we discuss a great new park for Wei-Yin Chen and his value, and also break down the Justin Upton signing that went down since our last show. We also debunk a sleeper argument for a pitcher that is seemingly over the Hill. Do you get it?! You get the joke!? This is why I leave the comedy writing for Grey... Schwatev, here's our latest edition of the Razzball Baseball Podcast for 2016: Download from iTunes
The top 20 shortstops for 2016 fantasy baseball were once as bad as the top 20 2nd basemen for 2016 fantasy baseball that I went over the other day.  Now the shortstops have had an influx of youth -- or utes, if Joe Pesci is reading -- and the future's so bright I gotta wear shades, Arvid.  I'm happy for the shortstops, and happier for myself.  For a while, the top 20 shortstops were Tulo and those other guys.  Kinda like the top 20 catchers is Posey and those other guys.  Oh, and there was a top 20 1st basemen for 2016 fantasy baseball post already too (organic linking!).  Hopefully, the shortstops aren't just showing up in a librarian's outfit with red-rimmed glasses and appearing sexy, then turning out to be Sally Jessy Raphael.  As with the other top 20 rankings, I point out where tiers start and stop and my projections.  All the 2016 fantasy baseball rankings can be found under that thing that says 2016 fantasy baseball rankings.  Unsuccinct!  Anyway, here’s the top 20 shortstops for 2016 fantasy baseball: