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[brid autoplay="true" video="299917" player="10951" title="Fantasy Baseball Mailbag Week 26"] Yesterday, Gary Sanchez went 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 17th homer, hitting .184.  As I've mentioned, I'm busy on the backend of the site doing year-end recaps for every position, and, yes, even the catchers, which will be released after the season ends.  With that said, did good ol' Gary have the worst season ever for a consensus number one at a position?  Was it consensual?  "Why ya gotta put the word sensual in consensual?" every man in 2018.  By the by, was there a grabby hands discount coupon at GropeOn that I missed?  Sanchez's year makes Cervelli look like a first ballot Hall of Famer.  And, if there's ever a wing for concussions, I hope Cervelli's CTE is one day in there.  Sanchez might be the first person to ever achieve exactly half of his preseason projections.  Even his batting average is about half of what was expected.  For 2019, I could see him recovering, but I won't be the one to draft him to find out.  In other words, I'll be bringing out major hedges with Sanchez, while drafting Austin Hedges.  Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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With the season coming to an end, and with the Fantasy Master Lothario conceding titles in both the Perts and NL Only Tout this year. Our hero deals the only way he knows how, by training for next season. Looking to come back bigger, faster, and stronger, Grey hits the off-season with a singular focus: Smite Thy Enemies. Sorry for the dramatic language, Grey gets intense when he loses. All joking, and phony dramatics aside, Grey and yours truly dive into some of the top targets for each of us in the upcoming year. We start with some tasty rookie-nookie, debating Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Eloy Jimenez's ETAs in 2019, as well as touching on Fernando Tatis Jr's 2019 outlook, and whether or not Daniel Palka should be a target. We then do the trendy thing, and discuss Adalberto Mondesi's ADP for 2019. Seriously, how many times have you heard that conversation now? Anywho, it's the latest episode of the Razzball Podcast. As always, go and checkout our sponsor Rotowear.com and use our promo-code SAGNOF to get 20% off all of your purchases.
It’s hard to believe there’s only one week to go in the Razzball Commenter Leagues.  This marathon of a season has seen us torture ourselves for 25 long weeks, agonizing over batty calls, dipping into the streamers with mixed results, cursing players and praising others.  We’ve ignored our families, our jobs and our personal hygiene and now it all comes down to the final week. You may smell like stale Funyuns, but dagummit, that virtual fantasy trophy is all yours!  Speaking of trophies, The Fighting Hams are looking to lock down their overall RCL Championship trophy. The Hams have spent three weeks in the number one spot and with one week to go they added 2.5 points to their league total, bringing them to 113 points.  Those 113 points along with the 103 League Competitive Index has them 2.9 RCL Points ahead of the competition. The Hams are getting hot at just the right time and we’ll see if they can hold on. More on the Hams and the rest of the week that was, week 25 below:
It has been my great pleasure bringing you plays on Draft.com this season. I hope it was a profitable one for you all. If it wasn't, don't let the lessons learned be easily forgotten. One of the biggest lessons for me every season is that you must continually reexamine your stance on players, especially young ones. Walker Buehler is an excellent example. He had a fine season. Suddenly he's dominating. It's very possible he's taken the step to ace in waiting. Treat him as such. Good luck in your final week of MLB. New to Draft.com? 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!
[brid autoplay="true" video="299917" player="10951" title="Fantasy Baseball Mailbag Week 26"] Corey Kluber (7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.83, and his 1st 20-win season) just passed Trevor Bauer with 216 Ks, giving the Indians four guys with 200 Ks.  They may not even win as many games as the Rays, but you're really coming for the Indians in the playoffs?  I predict a red-blooded, all-American Indians-Braves World Series.  "Hello, my name is Woke Wally.  Yes, I'm wearing a badge that reads, 'Woke.'  I received this honorary badge as a participation trophy from my wife, Margaret.  Do you know what I was participating in?  Citizenry!  I'm here at your sheriff's office to file a formal complaint on behalf of the millions affected by a casually racist World Series."  The Stream-o-Nator lines Kluber up vs. the Royals for his final game, but I can't imagine he throws more than three innings in that start, and is likely just skipped.  For 2019, Kluber is once again going to be way out of reach for me, like an imaginary tassle on the end of a Braves fan imaginary tomahawk.  Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Welcome to our final SAGNOF post of the season. If ever there was a time to not give a damn about the face of your steals, it's now. Maybe guys like Ender Inciarte that haven't carried their weight lately finally got you some SBs. Perhaps your dart throws like Joey Wendle have found the mark. If you're still reading the SAGNOF Report this late in September I'll assume you're in connection for a top spot in your leagues. Feel good about that. Baseball is an absolute grind, in real life and in fantasy. There's much less luck in fantasy baseball than any other sport. You earn your titles. Enjoy them.
Welcome into a sad day here at Razzball does Draft, the final Monday of the regular season. At least we get to go out with Ace Day as Corey Kluber, Luis Severino, Stephen Strasburg, and Clayton Kershaw are all scheduled to take the mound. You don’t need me to tell you that all 4 are great plays. In light of that, let’s go deep and look past the obvious pitchers. You should also keep in mind that things may change with the playoff races and I will take no responsibility... for anything. Anyways, thanks for being here and best of luck today. New to Draft? 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!
[brid autoplay="true" video="298616" player="10951" title="Fantasy Baseball Buy Sell Hold Week 26"] Sample sizes are everything, or so I've heard.  From other people.  Not about me.  I'm personally told sample sizes mean nothing.  Gently reminded, as I'm also reminded, it happens to everyone.  What is 'it?'  Damn, that's deep, which is not what I hear often when discussing sample sizes, but Tim Beckham (2-for-4, 3 RBIs) went deep twice yesterday (11th and 12th homer).  I'm talking about sample sizes more than a bachelorette party because Beckham had done nothing up until yesterday's game.  At this point in the season, it's not what has a guy done this month or past week, but what did he do yesterday and what can he do today?  Two homers tell me a guy is locked in.  *Beckham mimes being in a box* Perfect!  I'd grab him, sample size be damned.  Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Cheers to you all out there in Razzland as we dive headfirst into the final week of the regular season! It's been a mega weird year for pitching. Between the whole Opener/Primary Pitcher thing catching fire and fewer starters pitching deep into games, starting pitching is turning into a relatively fluid position. Looking towards 2019, it will be very interesting to see not only where the Primary Pitchers are drafted, but where the other uber-relievers are taken. Josh Hader is the most prominent name of the bunch, but there are plenty of other useful long relievers like Chad Green, Jeremy Jeffress, and Collin McHugh that are terrific for cheap K's and ratio stabilization in deeper leagues. Heck, even in 10-12 team leagues with no move limits they make great fill-in options between streamers. Anyway, we're getting ahead of ourselves. We've got one week left in front of us, and if you're reading this you are probably still in the fight. There's less movement than last week since I weighted our SP's by skill and opponent last week and now basically there's just 1-2 fewer starts left on the table. I'll roll through some of the more notable options for the final week of the season. I also wanted to thank all of you for reading this year. I was truly impressed by the great commenters. Even if you disagreed pretty hard with something I wrote, you presented your case respectfully rather than getting all Twitter angry. I hope I've been able to help your season in some way with my analysis. Good luck in your final week, and I'll catch you next year!
When the leaves hint at turning and school has begun, and the penultimate Sunday of the fantasy season is at hand, Led Zeppelin always feels right.  One pitcher channeling Celebration Day is the Yankees' J.A. Happ.  This guy is 6-0 with his new team and facing the moribund Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium.  The Birds can only flail at Happ's offerings: they hit .229 with a .683 against him lifetime.  He's #1 on the Streamonator  for the excellent reasons stated above and a worthy first round pick.  Now let’s look at a few more early-, middle- and late-round picks for your Draft…drafts!
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I figured what better for a weekend double shot than a dual Luis Garcia post. Why you ask am I so enamored with the name Luis Garcia? Particularly when this unholy example of Garcia walks amongst us. This version of the Phillies Luis Garcia is a toolsy shortstop who made his stateside debut this summer in the GCL. Signed out of the Dominican Republic for $2.5 million during the July 2017 signing period. A top ten player in the class, he was, much like the Nationals Luis Garcia, a player heavily praised for his defensive prowess with a split camp on the quality of his hitting. We got some looks at Luis Garcia this summer in Florida. While it’s nowhere near enough information to determine his future value, it was a glimpse of an exciting player to come. Let’s dig in a little deeper...
Welcome folks, to the final 2018 version of Two Startapalooza! Hopefully you've enjoyed the format, and with any luck I've been able to help you out in some way with these posts. The best of times are probably in the past, sadly, because if you need two start pitcher help here in the final week of the season, you're in tough shape. Not only are a solid chunk of these guys probably going to get shuffled out of their second start, most of the pitchers that are widely available with two starts this week are...not good. Tiers 1 and 2 are where the action is at, but those guys are already owned, so just smoke 'em if you got 'em. Tier 3 does have some names that could be lower owned, like Cole Hamels, Kevin Gausman, or Derek Holland. Tier 4 is about as bad as it's been all season, and at this point I don't have to describe Tier 5 other than just to say: mucky muck. As with last week, keep a keen eye on the rotations up until the final minute, because they are apt to change quite a bit. Good luck this week!!