Octo-National House Of Dongcakes

August 19, 2019 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 278 Comments

[brid autoplay="true" video="452431" player="10951" title="FantasyBaseball2019BuySellHold20"] Commissioner Rob Manfred was recently seen at a yard sale looking at the stitching on a crocheted dress when he remarked, "The stitching seems kinda loose." From there, he picked up his grandkids and they asked if they could watch Lilo & Stitch and Manfred wrinkled his nose and said, "Stitch is a genetic experiment who escaped from an alien planet, which is a loose contrivance. Wouldn't you like to see something with tight stitches? Like 12 homers in one game?" Later in his evening, Manfred tossed and turned in his bed, asking Womanfred, "I can count with my back all 500 threads in this linen. We need tighter stitching!" So, with Manfred on a quest for the tightest stitching possible, we also have more dongs than the Houston 500. First, Matt Adams went 3-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs with his 19th homer. Mean's while, Ryan Zimmerman has a Chia pet growing on his foot. Next, Victor Robles (2-for-5, 2 runs) hit his 16th homer, hitting over .500 in the last week. This was only his third homer since the break, and hitting .260-ish in that time. Would've loved to see him get a legit shot at the two hole -- hey now! -- but he hasn't truly earned it. Next next, Juan Soto (2-for-5) popped two tops of Sexy Dr. Pepper (27, 28) and he's 20 years old. In 2020, he'll be 21 and will be a 70-homer hitter by the time he's 27. You can hold me to that, assuming you forget. Next next next, Brian Dozier (3-for-4, 4 RBIs) hit his 18th and 19th homers, and he doesn't even start every game. Just your average 2019 part-time middle infidel who gets 25 homers. Next next next next, Anthony Rendon (1-for-4, 3 RBIs) hit his 27th homer and he's three RBIs from 100. Feels like RBIs are down this year. Maybe because no one's on base and everyone's just hitting home runs. That reason feels galaxy brain-ish. Next next next next next, Adam Eaton (2-for-3, 3 runs, 3 RBIs) hit his 10th. What's Eaton eating? Tightly-wound baseballs. Just ask Womanfred, she's sick of hearing it. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:

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Two Start Pitchers, Week 21: What’s in a Name?

by: B_Don

No Doubt

Name	Team	1st Opp.	2nd Opp.
Shane Bieber	CLE	@NYM	KC
Clayton Kershaw	LAD	TOR	NYY

For the second straight year, the Topps card company struggled to remember which Bieber plays baseball and which one is a pop star. At least Shane seems to take it all in stride, just look at his uniform from last year.

Fantasy Baseball Streamers, Week 20: Ride the Wave

August 18, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Streamers | 7 Comments

by: The Real Joey Bart

Ok, we need to be honest. Last week’s article downright sucked! We actually discussed just how much we despised the two-start streamers and it forced us into a stupid Jose Suarez recommendation. We made that suggestion with major trepidation but it’s important to learn from these situations. No matter how good the matchups may be, you simply can’t trust a bad pitcher. That’s just what Suarez is and we have a much better crop here.

Your Padres’ Red Sox

August 18, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, DFS, Fanduel |

by: NichFields

We have for us today a 9-game Main Slate on FanDuel, and it’s a bit of a mess on the starting pitching front. We have serviceable starting pitchers with great match-ups who we know* are not throwing over 60 pitches in Eovaldi and Richards (*we do not know, but, you know). We have very good starting pitchers with okay match-ups, only they’re pitching in unfavorable conditions in Wheeler and Flaherty. And we have pitchers with favorable opposing starting pitching, who we’d otherwise love to roster, except Fried is facing the Dodgers and Clevinger the Yankees; both very tough match-ups. So, what to do? We spread our risk, identify the risk areas to avoid – hello Richards and Eovaldi, identify value when it shows up – hello Chris Owings starting for Boston today, and we embrace the unknown. Read on for additional written words, and best of luck today. May all your lineups be winners. 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!

Prospect News: Hermosillo Is The Bees’ Knees

August 18, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 10 Comments

by: Mike

Angels prospect Michael Hermosillo (3-for-5, 3 HR) has decided to hit for power this August. After hitting four homers in all of June and July, the 24-year-old outfielder has hit ten dingers this month. There should be a glossary term for the minor league version of a hot schmotato. Hot schmotatito? Between Hermosillo's track record for power, the Juicy Juice brand balls in Triple-A, and the near 30% strikeout rate, I'm convinced there's nothing to see here. But any time a guy has three multi-homer games in his last ten this close to September callups it's noticeable. Speaking of callups, now's the time to start thinking about who to stash for the last month of the season. For many of us, this is also our playoff season, so any help we can get to advance will be well worth the roster slot. Better to be a week early and get the guy you want than a week late and miss out on a huge month. Here's what else is happening around the minor leagues...

Yaz Please and Thank You

August 17, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 18 Comments

by: Dan Pants

As is the on-trend thing to do this season, Mike Yastrzemski joined the 3-homer club Friday night smashing three long balls in one night including his 16th of the season, a go-ahead solo shot in the 11th inning. The three-dinger-day!?! Yaz queeen! That kind of feat is something his hall-of-fame grandfather Carl, who will ALWAYS be mentioned whenever Mike does anything of note, only accomplished once in 3,308 career games. But this is 2019. We have Monster energy drinks and super baseballs and over 15 players who have had a 3-homer games this season alone. Friday's Giants/DBacks match up was a perfect illustration of this with both team's combining to hit 12 home runs. Just the second time two teams have combined to hit this many homers. Kevin Pillar had his own double-dinger day, hitting his 16th and 17th of the year, the second a go-ahead in the 10th. But the Snakes countered with homers from Wilmer Flores (his second of the game) and Nick Ahmed to tie it up before Yaz's game-winner. Brandon Belt, Ketel Marte, Eduardo Escobar and Adam Jones also chipped in their own bombs. Yeah so, basically, everyone was dinging dongs Friday night at Chase. Still, Mike Yasztremski deserves his credit, and his credit is due. The hat-trick is a special thing and he's now rocking 5 homers and a .333 average in the past week. His .272/.324/.548 slash is nothing to sneeze at and he's also slugging .755 in August with a 1.088 OPS. He's a 30+ homer hitter across a whole season, folks. Yeah, you'd own that! And Yaz is criminally still available in about half of leagues at this point. Sure, Vlady and Bo and Cavan are cool, but grand kids are where it's really at and Mike Yastrzemski needs to be owned everywhere. Yaz more please!

FanDuel: German Der Fischer

August 17, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, DFS, Fanduel |

by: MattTruss

Happy Saturday DFSers! With any luck we can make your weekend a little better by landing you some cash. We’ve got a nine game main slate tonight and it’ll take some pants cantaloupes to go with my top pitching recommendation, German Marquez ($7,600). I hear you, I even cut bait with Marquez in a couple of shallow redrafts after his 11 run debacle against the Giants. Since then though, he’s rocked a 3.27 ERA, which is like a 1.57 ERA in today’s juiced ball era, and struck out 35 in 33. That included shutting down the Dodgers in Coors. Follow my logic here, if he can go 6 IP, 0 ER, 10 Ks vs. LA, the Mehlins should net him 9 IP, 0 ER and 30 Ks...yup, that math checks out! In all seriousness, the Marlins have the lowest team OPS in the bigs by a long shot and I don’t even think Coors can help them. They are middle of the pack in team strikeouts but I think Marquez should be able to realistically hit 8+ here tonight. Plus, the price is fantastic! So, let’s go fishing and haul in some winning GPP lineups, shall we? 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!

Luzardo-Manaea Rising Like a Buy Phoenix

August 16, 2019 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 370 Comments

by: Grey

[brid autoplay="true" video="452431" player="10951" title="FantasyBaseball2019BuySellHold20"] The title refers to Lisztomania by Phoenix, which led me down a rabbit hole of Wikipedia that I have to share with you. Lisztomania was a frenzy over composer Franz Liszt, the original Justin Bieber. This is especially hilarious from Wikipedia, "Lisztomania was considered by some a genuine contagious medical condition and critics recommended measures to immunize the public," and not considered the same as Beatlemania, which was used to mean a craze; Lisztomania caused actual craziness. Will Luzardo-Manaea cause women to rip their brooches from their bosoms and throw them at passing horse-drawn carriages in Oakland? Well, let's let Tupac tell you about Oaktown, "Out on bail, fresh out of jail, California dreamin', soon as I step on the scene, I'm hearin' brooches screamin'." Screamin' instead of whizzin' by for the rhyme, obviously. Sean Manaea and Jesus Luzardo should be back with the team within ten days and now's the time to stash them. For thousands of years, Samoans were a persecuted people, due to their big bones. One Samoan, Fa’a’la’a’la’la’la told one reporter, "If you ordered a flank steak, and got a thick ribeye, you'd be elated,” then Fa’a’la’a’la’la’la got choked up, “But if you order a five-foot, six-inch man and get a 485-pound man wearing a grass skirt, they make fun of you." Manaea, the one skinny Samoan in the world, doesn't have this problem. He has control, not just appetite control. He could have an under-2 BB/9, which should limit damage, just like his home park. I'm stashing him everywhere. Luzardo is a bit more of an upside gamble. He also has pinpoint control, and can strike out a ton of guys. There's little to not like about Luzardo, except how he might be deployed in September and does he get enough starts to matter. Plus, roofies, those darn things. I'm stashing Luzardo too, but I'm not throwing brooches at him. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:

Rolling In The Deep: Is Rojas Just Josh(ing) With Us?

August 16, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball | 2 Comments

by: Laura Holt

Greetings, deep-leaguers! We've now officially hit mid-August, and if you're fighting for a money spot in one of your fantasy baseball leagues, every decision you make and every day's worth of stats probably seem magnified. One or two bad starts (thanks, Trevor Bauer and Cole Hamels!) can cost you crucial ERA and WHIP points that you've been slowing but surely building up in a roto league, or sink your head-to-head week completely. You may not be able to control how major league baseball players pitch, but it's as important as ever to try to keep your team as strong as possible and to take advantage of trying to grab a few counting stats where you can. On that note, let's look at a few players that might be of interest in NL-only, AL-only, and other deep leagues.

FanDuel: Rub Some Morton Salt In The Wound

August 16, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, DFS, Fanduel | 2 Comments

by: Richardo

Welcome to the Friday FanDuel writeup! We're starting the weekend off with a full 15-game slate and there's one pitcher that stands about the rest for me - Charlie Morton ($11,300). Somewhere out there Kate Upton's reading this calling Morton a fake-stud - ala when she called Rick Porcello a fake-Cy Young - but hear me out, Kate. It really seems unfair (especially to a Phillies fan who only got four starts of studly Morton in 2016) that Charlie's having a career-best season in terms of strikeout rate (30.5%) and walk rate (7.1%). The icing on the cake for Morton is the matchup against the Tigers. For the year, the Tigers have the second-worst wOBA against right-handed pitchers and the third-highest strikeout rate at 26.1%. Let's take a look at the rest of today's slate. 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!

Jo-Ramasaurus Wrecks The Yankees

August 16, 2019 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 188 Comments

by: Grey

[brid autoplay="true" video="452433" player="10951" title="2019 Razzball Fantasy Football Draft Kit Tight Ends"] Yesterday, the Indians were to the Yankees as the Yankees were to the Orioles and the Orioles were to the Orioles during split-squad games in Spring Training and Spring Training is to Kevin Bacon. Five degrees! Take that, dentist of the mailman whose wife goes to Kyra Sedgwick manicurist! This Indians' scalping of the Yankees was a long, long time coming. What a narrative for Jose Ramirez this year. From April until June 30th, he had 5 HRs and was hitting .214. In the next six weeks, he has 14 homers and is hitting around .300 (around because I didn't feel like doing the math, deal with it), including yesterday's part in the drubbing (2-for-3, 6 RBIs and his 18th and 19th homer). Jos-Rami is the 1st time I can remember feeling like I nailed his preseason overrated post, while taking the W for saying to buy him in June. A double W, a double-dub, a dubya with a dubya, a--Okay, you get the point. For 2020, I bet everyone will be ranking Jose Ramirez in the same place where I had him this year, tail-end of the 1st round vs. that top five crap they were all coming with this year. Otherwise? More W's for Grey! A triple dubya, a worldwide W, a--All right, enough. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball: Psyche! Before we move into the roundup, there's a new fantasy football video at the top of this post. Watch, review and rate. Kidding, you goofs! You just need to watch. 2nd of all, join one of our fantasy football leagues before they're all filled. Anyway II, the roundup:

Bear or Bull: Yo, Adrian!

August 15, 2019 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell | 14 Comments

by: Son

Commenter Chucky asked for a piece on Adrian Houser of the Milwaukee Brewers. As the Lord told his people to "ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you," so shall it be at Razzball baseball. We are of the people, by the people, and for the people. Why is Chucky inquiring about Houser? Well, over the past three starts, he's struck out 21 batters in 16 innings and has a 2.47 xFIP. Okay, then. Let's get down to it.