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Sometimes you make a pitch because of the pitcher's work.  Other times, you make it based on the work of the team he's facing.  Lukewarm suggestion, Adalberto Mejia, come on down!  Really, I'm not gonna stump for many pitchers today as none of them have shown any form of consistency and the ones that I kinda sorta like are in difficult spots.  So with that, I'm sitting here staring at Mejia, seeing who flinches first...dah!  It was me!  Really, though, the Angels have been horrid over their last 7.  During that stretch they're 28th in wRC+ and second to last in both SLG% and wOBA.  It's a team that, surprise, surprise, is missing having Mike Trout in the middle of things.  Full disclosure: today is a GPP day to me and I wouldn't really jump in to this slate with a cash mindset.  Why do I say that?  Well, take a look at the DFSBot and tell me how many of those pitching names you'd put your money behind today.  Go big and wild or go home, I say, and that's what Mejia means to me as I don't even like the guy!  DFS can make for strange bed partners...anyhoo, enough of that, let's get on to this.  Here's my Moonlight hot taeks for this blah blah land Monday slate...right after I remind you that this is still a thing.  Hit me up in the comments or on twitter and we can go from there: New to FantasyDraft? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond? Well be sure to read our content and subscribe to the DFSBot for your daily baseball plays. Just remember to sign up through us before jumping into the fray. It’s how we know you care!

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# MLB Starting Lineups For Fri 5/16
ARI | ATH | ATL | BAL | BOS | CHC | CHW | CIN | CLE | COL | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | LAD | MIA | MIL | MIN | NYM | NYY | PHI | PIT | SD | SEA | SF | STL | TB | TEX | TOR | WSH | OAK
The Yankees called up Clint Frazier on Saturday.  The Yankees are like you at a concert after your first bathroom break.  "I had sixteen beers and I really gotta whizz."  *goes to the bathroom, then sips your seventeen beer*  "Damn, I just took a whizz, and now I have to go again."  The childproof seal has been broken.  The Yankees waited about five years too long to promote some of their rookies, and now they're taking a whizz every third day.  (I'm mixing metaphors, aren't I?)  I wonder if the Yankees are aggressively promoting rookies now because of how well Judge is doing.  It's confirmation bias, or some Psych 1010 term.  In the minors, Frazier went 12 HRs, 9 SBs and .257 in 73 games.  His strikeouts weren't terrible, and that line looks like it could hold in the majors, i.e, 20/15/.250 in 162 games.  That's if he has playing time the rest of the year, which is, of course, no guarantee with Holliday, Hicks, Gardner, Ellsbury, though if they were candy, they'd all be brittle.  I'd grab Frazier in all leagues to see what he can do.  Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Every time the calendar turns to July, Mets fans across the world cringe at the nearly $1.2 million that migrates from Fred Wilpon's wallet into the $1,000 Gucci jeans Bobby Bonilla probably hasn't washed since he left the Mets in 1999. It seems universal that massaging Bonilla's contract was terrible in hindsight - these checks will keep coming until 2035 - but I was enlightened with information that one reason for deferral of the $5.9 million was to free up funds to sign Mike Hampton. One of the better hitting pitchers in history - Hampton hit .246 with 16 HRs in his career - Hampton went on to win the 2000 NLCS MVP for New York. The Metropolitans then selected David Wright eighth overall in the 2001 draft with the pick Colorado relinquished to sign Hampton. Why do we feel bad for Mets fans all the time, it could've been worse right? Wait... they promoted Tim Tebow and his .647 OPS to St. Lucie, yet Amed Rosario is still in Las Vegas? Syndergaard tore his lat muscle because the words "medical" and "staff" aren't allowed to be paired in Flushing? Saturday Night was Asdrubal Cabrera bobblehead night - and somebody paid $40 for one? Alright, so maybe the Mets never got out of the woods.
Justin Smoak’s splits are so good you’d think he was a gymnastics major in college. I’m not going to lie, I tried searching for his college major but came up empty. However, I did find out that he is only 5 days older than me, so we’re practically brothers. Back to the splits, currently Smoak is batting .381 with 5 home runs against left handed pitchers. In total, Smoak is tied for 5th in home runs with 22. I’m a little afraid to pick on Pomeranz today since that did not work out for me earlier this week. The Blue Jays hit lefties well, so there is a chance that Pomeranz may get hit early. Unfortunately, there is no discount for Smoak due to his hot start to the season but this is an ideal matchup for him. Smoak is $9,600 on Fantasy Draft.  Now, for the rest of the picks: New to FantasyDraft ? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond?  Well be sure to read our content and subscribe to the DFSBot for your daily baseball plays.  Just remember to sign up through us before jumping into the fray. It’s how we know you care!
There's really no need for any introduction on this one, it's the post upon which all prospectors are judged. It's the Mid-Season Update to my Top 100 Prospects for 2017 Fantasy Baseball. Full disclosure, I was loosey-goosey with the eligibility rules this time around. So, while some players in the majors and under their limits might appear on this list (Clint Frazier, Franklin Barreto, Etc.), others don't (Raimel Tapia). No rhyme or reason to it, what-so-ever. This list feels more upside heavy to me, but there was no slant or algorithm for my ranks. Just good old fashioned personal bias, of which I have plenty. Seriously, I'm an opinionated lad! But that's why I do this in the first place. Please keep in mind, this list is 100% fantasy focused. Meaning it might differ quite a bit from other Top 100's you may come across. Anyway, thanks for reading and enjoy! The next 100 (101-200) will be out on Thursday.

Greetings from beautiful Sandestin, FL. I am on vacation for a long holiday weekend, but I am so dedicated to Razznation that I am taking time away from the beach to make sure you still have the information and insight you desire this week. Before we get started, feel free to ignore Clayton Kershaw. I have no inside information that he might not start twice this week, but it seems that every week that he is on the list Dave Roberts and the Dodgers change things up on us. Going forward, if he is on the list, just assume that he will be removed. If he is not on the list, assume he will be added. Roberts and Co. are determined to tinker with their rotation every week, possibly just to mess with us. Since he is scheduled to start twice as of this writing, I assume that that will no longer be the case by the time you are reading this roughly 18 hours from now.
The answer is "foul balls". What is "what do you see in the majority of men's locker rooms on a weekday afternoon?" We asked 100 women, what is the top reason you refuse to give a man oral sex? Survey says "foul balls!" FOUL B_LLS. Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel. Speaking of which, what kind of @sshole buys a vowel in this position. Solve the freaking puzzle and save the $250. Despite not being able to hit the ball in fair territory, week 12's winner thrived on foul balls. Are foul balls even a category in any league? If there's a site that tracks foul ball stats I'm starting a foul ball league next year. How about foul balls and fielders choices. Who's with me?
If you’ve hung with me on previous Saturdays, you’ll know that in real life (where I’m Victoria in a hat rather than Victoria on a hat), I live in Canada. And so on this first day of July, I’d like to take the opportunity to say happy birthday to my adopted homeland! Because today is Canada Day, which is like your Independence Day, only with more beavers and people saying “sorry”. The magic number of the day is 150. That’s how old Canada’s turning today. It's how many "Canada Day Sale!" emails have arrived in my inbox in the last 10 minutes. It’s how many degrees below 0 it is here, every single day of the year. It’s how many Altuves you need to stand on so you can pat a moose on the antlers. It’s the thread count of my plaid sheets. And it’s how many strikeouts Chris Sale is going to record against the Toronto Blue Jays on our nation’s birthday. (Some of these things may not be true.) Historically, the Jays who have faced him have hit a collective .184. Josh Donaldson has the best shot, having gone 5-for-18 with two home runs against Sale in the past, but offset that against his .150 (magic number!) average in the last week, and I think this match-up is pretty safe. So for my FanDuel slate today, I’m happily paying $11,600 for El Condor, even in Canadian dollars, and I'll live with sticking the rest of my lineup together with maple syrup and poutine gravy. No, really — you’ll see what I mean. New to FanDuel? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond? Well, be sure to read our content and subscribe to the DFSBot for your daily baseball plays. Just remember to sign up through us before jumping into the fray. It’s how we know you care!
This podcast is step one of the process to start a real-life Ralph and Halp Dynasty Baseball Prospects All-Star Game presented by Razzball and sponsored by our friends at Rotowear. Like LaVar Ball, our plan right now mostly revolves around speaking it into existence. As the old saying goes, it’s 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration. Or did I get that backwards? Either way, Ralph and I pick our Dynasty Futures All-Star rosters sandlot style, going back and forth until we each have a full lineup and pitching staff, while discussing many of the top guys at each position along the way. We also begin the podcast with a mini update, talking about the Nick Williams and Franklin Barreto callups, Dustin Fowler’s devastating injury, Miguel Andujar’s short lived MLB debut, and Scott Kingery’s Triple-A assault. It’s the latest edition of the Razzball Fantasy Baseball Prospect Podcast: