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As I’m working on my pre-season top 100 hitters column each week I sometimes like to ask my friends for their thoughts as a barometer for who I might be too high or too low on. As a fun experiment I start with my #1 and #2 ranked players and whoever they voted was better was locked into their ranking -- and whoever lost would face the next ranked player. For example: “Mike Trout or Mookie Betts?” Unanimously Trout. “Betts or Jose Ramirez?” 4 votes Betts, 1 for Ramirez. “Ramirez or Francisco Lindor?” 4 for Lindor, again -- 1 for Ramirez. For the most part players rarely lasted more than 2-3 match-ups before they won and were given their consensus ranking. However, there was one player who lasted 8 match-ups (meaning an 8 ranking difference between my top 100 and the group consensus top 100) and that man was…

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[brid autoplay="true" video="374500" player="10951" title="2019 Razzball Draft Kit 3rd basemen"] After going over the top 20 shortstops for 2019 fantasy baseball, I needed a cigarette.  A good after-sex cigarette, not a waiting-to-go-into-court-to-hear-if-you-have-to-spend-18-months-in-jail cigarette.  Subtle, but important differences.  We also hit up the top 20 catchers for 2019 fantasy baseball, the top 20 1st basemen for 2019 fantasy baseball and the top 20 2nd basemen for 2019 fantasy baseball.  In no way was that clickbait.  Okay, onto the hot corner.  Here’s Steamer’s 2019 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Hitters and 2019 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Pitchers.  All projections listed are mine and I mention where I see tiers starting and stopping.  Good times, dyn-o-mite!  Anyway, here's the top 20 3rd basemen for 2019 fantasy baseball:
Let's break a bottle on this Brooklyn built ship and set sail! Before anything else, I’d like to send a huge thanks to Grey, Jay, the entire Razzball staff and all the readers for the opportunity to put my fantasy inspired madness onto digital paper. [Jay's Note: You're welcome!] It’s truly an honor and a pleasure, I've been a reader for long time. Hopefully I can provide some new information, a new perspective and some laughs to one of my favorite portions of the fantasy community. My friends, buckle up as we are about to embark together bravely on a series about an incredibly vital aspect, yet often ignored part of the fantasy game; the elusive Quality Start.
There are few things you need in life, but Ramon Laureano just may be one of them. At least, for your Fantasy Baseball rosters in 2019 that is. Now with the Oakland A's, Laureano wasn't a highly ranked prospect, but he was certainly respected by most prospectors. His blend of average, power, and speed, is borderline All Star level caliber. He finally has a home and a clear path to at bats. If you weren't paying attention, just be glad you get to watch us break him down so you don't miss out!
[brid autoplay="true" video="373879" player="10951" title="2019 Razzball Draft Kit Shortstops"] Is it possible I will have drafted a shortstop in the 1st round, a shortstop in the 2nd round for my MI spot and a shortstop in the 3rd round for my utility spot?  Prolly not, but I don't want to rule out anything with how great the shortstops look.  During last preseason, Rudy told me I was too high on multiple shortstops.  He never apologized, but that's okay, I forgive him.  As Napoleon said, "I forgive you for only putting two layers in my whipped cream dessert, but if you meant it as a dig on my height, I will never forget."  So, here’s Steamer’s 2019 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Hitters and 2019 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Pitchers.  All my 2019 fantasy baseball rankings are under that thingie-ma-whosie, and I mention where all tiers start and stop, and all shortstop projections are mine.  Let's get to it!  Anyway, here's the top 20 shortstops for 2019 fantasy baseball:
As the off-season continues to creep by at a slow drizzle, Lance and I bend over backwards to bring you this tasty dynasty morsel. We start the show talking some Wander Franco and just how high of a ranking is justifiable. We follow that up with a pair of Royals prospects in Nick Pratto and M.J. Melendez, and make some predictions regarding their 2019s. Next we jump into Daniel Espino's ever climbing draft stock, is he the high school righty ready to break the stigma? We end the show talking a collection of top talents in Jesus Luzardo, Forrest Whitley, Mark Vientos, and Danny Jansen. It's another episode of the Razzball Prospect Podcast.
It's chucking down snow in my neck of the woods. Perfect time to hole up and make a list of the top 100 prospects for 2019 fantasy baseball. Before we begin...an observation. The roads are empty around here except for pizza delivery cars. Ordering a pizza in a blizzard seems like a dick move to me. So I'm dedicating this post to the real heroes - the pizza delivery boys and girls braving a foot of snow in their crappy car to make sure Edna has her half-pepperoni, half-bell pepper medium pie while she watches reruns of Friends on Netflix. Moving on, if you're just tuning into this station, we've already gone over the top 25 prospects for 2019 fantasy baseball as well as the top 50 prospects for 2019 fantasy baseball. For thoughts on every player and to see each team's top ten prospects, visit our 2019 minor league preview index. Concerning these players listed below, my goal when drafting/picking up one of them is to net some sort of positive value and see them playing regularly. Essentially, this final group is composed of players with 50ish overall ratings on the scouting scale...not your superstars or even All-Stars, but a decent shot to carve out a career in the big leagues.
With B_Don away, Donkey Teeth is joined by CBS Sports's Scott White to discuss their early season 12 team roto mock draft. But first, DT grills Scott about his on going tout wars battle with Razzball's own Rudy Gamble. Find out what White has learned from the past two seasons of combat with Rudy, how he approaches 15 team leagues vs. 12 team leagues, and what he feels is changing across the fantasy baseball landscape in general.
As the guys dig into the mock draft results, they highlight the picks of pitchers Blake Treinen, Jacob deGrom, Corey Kluber and German Marquez, sharing some thoughts about each of these arms. The show then takes a turn for the worst when Scott bashes Donkey's selection of Ronald Acuna at #5 overall. Blows are exchanged and tears are shed before finally, amends are made. Other draft picks that are discussed in depth include Nolan Arenado, Adalberto Mondesi, and Luke Voit. Baseball sausage is the juiciest form of sausage, taste it while its fresh:
Baseball is back, friends!  Well, maybe not quite yet, but 2019 brings us the earliest opening day in MLB history (and that doesn't even count the games in Japan a week earlier), so that's something, right?  And I guess the offseason really hasn't been all that slow, especially compared to last year, but it sure feels like it when you're checking MLB Trade Rumors news every ten or fifteen minutes!
Duuuude! (that's how Californians begin, right?) Quit playing games with my heart. Who are you? The real you, Cody. You seemed to go thru a transformation... to something even better than the good we thought you already were. And then you set the bar; HIGH. Too high for you to replicate, or will you have to reimagine? I believe. I believe in you, Cody Bellinger. This is our ode to you!
[brid autoplay="true" video="372782" player="10951" title="2019 Razzball Draft Kit 2nd Basemen"] One super quick word about the top 20 2nd basemen for 2019 fantasy baseball and all the 2019 fantasy baseball rankings, each ranking appears insanely long and it is, but I imagine in a lot of leagues guys won't have eligibility, because I'm using the extremely lax Yahoo position eligibility.  Without further ado because this post is longer than the combined length of the Gutenberg Bible and Steve Guttenberg's IMDB page, I mention where tiers start and stop and all projections are mine and cannot be reproduced without the express written consent of Major League--Damn, I'm being told by Major League Baseball I did not have express written consent to use their warning.  Anyway, here's the top 20 2nd basemen for 2019 fantasy baseball: