Projecting prospects is extremely difficult. In the case of Amed Rosario, this could not be more apparent. Everybody has been wrong so far, including myself. I ranked him 25th overall in a December update of my top prospect list
back in 2016. I had him ahead of Vlad Guerrero Jr., which in retrospect is laughable. Others had Rosario
inside their top 5. It might be hard to place yourself in the same state of mind, but I'm not citing examples of those who were aggressive on Rosario, this was the consensus.
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Can't you smell that smell? Running through the annals of quotable things related to smell, you get the usual "Can you smell what the Rock is cooking?" and "Who farted?". Now just make Rougned Odor into a full draw out sentence and he enters the fray of quotable goodness for fantasy. Not as catchy, but Odor has had his shortcomings through the past two years and basically been put on fantasy leave alone island. But it is post All Star break and forgiving is in the air. Starting fresh, no former history and since he is a pox on some people's fantasy list, we gotta keep it recent... So over the last month of affairs, he has 5 homers and 7 steals. In SAGNOF-ville that is giant news for someone who may be a scrap pile pick-up, and if you picked him up before reading this, kudos to you and your foresight. In the world of SAGNOF we need the results or we move on, and with 7 steals in a month, that is a sustainable amount of fantasy feedback to keep committed to him. Slashing .300/.378/.488 during that time is fantastic for him, and mostly because of the OBP. But the overwhelming stat that jumps out to me right now is his walk rate during that time. His career rate before this was 4.5%, the last 30 games he's at 7.2%. Drastic baby steps, if that is such a thing. Like I said, SAGNOF is about dribs and drabs of stealing from the waiver wire and making it your own. Well Odor is making a second half case to be involved in all the school gatherings, PTA meetings, and heck, even the Brownies. So if you are in search of some steals and power combo from a middle infidel spot, Odor may just be your dude. More SAGNOF charts and quips to follow. Cheers!
Coming off an abbreviated week of baseball, B_Don and Donkey Teeth bring to you an abbreviated (still 42 minutes) show. The Ditka duo highlights the pitching matchup from the opening game of the second half as Carlos Martinez and Kyle Hendricks squared off in a forgettable fray of divisional opponents, and podcast host favorite teams. End result? CMart is the most recent victim of the Sausage curse as he finds himself on the DL shortly following the skirmish.
Donkey Teeth then takes a break from catching fish to help you land the next big free agent in the pickups segment. This week’s targets include recent call ups Willie Calhoun, Garrett Hampson and Willy Adames. Here's another taste of the Ditka Sausage Pod.
Did you know he's popped out only 7 times since 2010, and that the average major league batter would have popped out at least twice that many times? And that he's never popped out to the pitcher, catcher, or first baseman in his career? I'm talking, of course, about Joey Votto. Wait... one of those stats is wrong. The average MLB player would actually have popped up 127 times in that same span. Crazy, right? Like seriously, that is an insane stat. He may seem boring, but you can count on him to put up numbers. If nothing else, he is reliable. Don't let that make him boring, and definitely don't let someone else draft him.
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DJ LeMahieu hit the DL with an oblique injury, and is out for months. It happened when DJ was carrying a crate of records. "Aunt Audrey is requesting the Electric--Side! My side!" As DJ collapsed into a heap of bar mitzvah party favors he'd collected.
Garrett Hampson (0-for-3) was called up to fill in for him, and I tried to add him everywhere. Prospector Ralph had him in his
top 100 fantasy baseball prospects, and said, "Hampson brings a nice mix of plus contact and plus-plus base running ability. With his combination of contact, speed, and plate approach he has a shot to carve out a niche as a top of the order run producer, which is different than Grey who is a 'runs producer,' as in he produces crap." Hey! Hampson could have a 6 HR, 15 steal 2nd half, or, knowing the Rockies, Hampson will sit on the bench four out of five games while Pat Valaika plays. I wish these were laughter tears. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
I started writing this week’s top 100 hitters article the same way I do every week: on the balcony of my penthouse apartment inside One57 skyscraper on West 57th street overlooking Central Park. Sipping a tall glass of Chateau Lafite 1787 while my trained Tibetan Mastiff, Chanel rests her head on my lap. This is the type of lifestyle being a Razzball writer has afforded me.
In reality, I’m sitting on my second-hand couch in north Jersey catching up on this week’s episodes of Big Brother with my wife while drinking flat Mr. Pib as my cat walks across my lapto9oi[p9vgdvc12er2`q.
Perception and reality can change over time. Our perception of a certain player during our draft will become a completely different reality over the course of the season. Since there have only been one full day of games since my last rankings this week I’m going to post last week’s rankings and compare them with where I had them ranked at the beginning of week 1 to see where my perception and the player’s reality were at odds.
Considering there has only been one full night of games since I penned the last Top 100, there was more movement than I had figured there would be. I'm not one to rest on my laurels, you see. What the hell does that phrase mean, anyway? Isn't a laurel like a Christmas wreath? Maybe I've just seen Blazing Saddles too many times. Many phrases don't make sense though, if you think about them. How did "cut the mustard" become a phrase, for example? Nobody has ever cut mustard in the history of time. Unless they're snorting lines of mustard off of their coffee table, I guess. Even when I freeze my mustard, I put it in an ice cube tray so it's already separated and I don't have to cut it before melting it upon my wiener. Think ahead a little, people. Mmm. Um, anyway, there are some pitchers to discuss. Eduardo Rodriguez, a top 30 starter according to last week's list, is gone for at least a month due to ligament damage in his ankle. Jeff Samardjiza went back on the DL as quickly as he came off it, and I really wish he would just stay healthy but be bland so I can stop writing his confounding name. Carlos Martinez continues to be a headache and is back on the DL again. I don't rank injured starters, so even though it sounds like a brief DL stint, I'm leaving him off for this week. His last stint was supposed to be a lot shorter than it ended up being, too. Steven Strasburg finally returned to action, but got pounded for six runs in 4.2 innings. He's probably just kicking off rust, but I eased him in to the back end of the top 20 just to be safe.
As we begin the second half of the season, it is important to remember the vitality of FAAB bidding during the stretch run. Free agency becomes crucial with only a couple months left in the fantasy season, trade deadlines approaching, and budgets dwindling. If you keep up with the FAAB Five every week, I should be saving you cash on names like Nick Pivetta, Max Muncy, Ross Stripling, and others providing consistent value above other waiver names.
Another tricky part with late-season FAAB is navigating a lackluster list of players. At this point in your league, teams are most likely stashing the best prospects (or they're hurt: R.I.P. Tatis Jr's Thumb), and most players that will contribute significant value, like Jesus Aguilar, are already in the loving gaze of another owner's eyes. I will continue to scour the depths of the waivers each week to provide the names I find most value possible, giving people ample amount of money to use throughout the Dog Days of Summer.
You may have observed
Chris Sale throwing bullets in the All Star Game. Or perhaps you've seen how he's been dominating to the tune of a 0.33 ERA,
among other amazing stats, over his last 4 starts. Now observe that he is facing the weak-hitting Detroit Tigers today, and it all lines up for a Greatest Showman performance for Ace of Aces Chris Sale. He's #1 on Streamonator and well on his way to a career year. Today should be no different. Now let’s look at a few more early-, middle- and late-round picks for your
Draft…drafts!
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Every single time I spend weeks sweating over my rankings a player emerges as under-ranked by yours truly almost immediately. The current thorn in my recently released rankings side is one Wander Franco. Ranked 82nd on my most recent Top 500, an uber-talented middle infielder with a highly touted bat. I figured being 20 spots or so into the Top 100 on a 17 year old was a pretty big statement. I was wrong. Since the final look over of my list, Franco has gone bonkers, 15-for-33, with 3 homers, 2 doubles, a triple, and 14 runs driven in. Oh, and by the way, over that period he's struck out once. "Yeah, yeah Ralph that's great, but it's rookie ball!" Sure, but it's advanced rookie ball and he's the second youngest player in the league, and one of two 17 year olds (the Yankees Everson Pereira is the other). After last night's game he's sitting on a 24 game hit streak, and has nearly as many homers (6) as he does strikeouts (8), all this while he hits .384/.418/.652.
Maybe I'm just feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, reinvigorated, re-whatever else you can find in your local thesaurus to express that not-so-not-fresh-feeling. Or maybe I'm just crazy. Either way, this feels like the best slate of two-start pitchers we've had all season. The elites of Tier 1 are plentiful, and Tier 2 isn't far behind. Tier 3 has a bevy of solid options that could well be available to you, like the surging Tyler Anderson (bad matchups) and the soon-to-be-not-disabled Zach Eflin. The names in Tier 4 aren't (and never are) super enticing, but therein lies a cavalcade of very good matchups. Tanner Roark has a start against the Marlins, and if he can't put up a quality start there I'm going to start a petition to let me kick him in the nads for the damages he's caused to my ERA and WHIP. Per usual you have to be pretty desperate to roll with any of the Tier 5 options, but they're here for your perusal nevertheless.
I understand why sports fans who don't watch baseball (aka losers) are so bored during the summer. I get this similar feeling every year during the All-Star Break. Like a "WOW! So this is what it feels like?" Even just a few days without baseball feels like a punishment. I can't imagine not being a baseball fan and having an entire summer filled with no other live sports. Sure, there is NBA/NFL free agency news going on. Which I must admit was pretty exciting this year, but still. I get so tired of the news loop and the same old stories being repeated over and over. Yes, fortunately there was a World Cup which was a truly great one to watch this year. But still.
Aside from off-season "news" from other sports and a World Cup every 4 years, the summer is a terrible time for sports. That is of course, unless you are part of the pinnacle of society known as "baseball fans." In that case, summer is awesome because baseball is the only sport we have to focus on. There are multiple games every single day, and news stations actually report on it (kinda). All I'm really trying to say is that I now can relate to people when they say the summer sucks because there are "no sports" on. These few days have made me realize how lucky I am to be able to enjoy the game of baseball every day.
As you might have guessed from my horrendous title, I am here to discuss some outfielders that should be out there on waivers that can help your team make a big push in the 2nd half.
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