I can’t really think straight right now because I’m watching Shohei Ohtani play right field after pitching the best game of his MLB career against the vaunted (dastardly?) Astros.
In all seriousness, the baseball world is on fire (in my mind) right now. Jarred Kelenic is reportedly debuting Thursday. File that under Believe it When I See It. Alan Greenspan said he was right about everything RE economics except greed, to which I say he was wrong about everything.
Wow, got off track in a hurry there, but it kept me from writing my actual nut graf, which goes something like “Here’s a list of who’s getting money-fucked now that Jarred Kelenic isn’t.” Whoops. There it went anyway. Please forgive my slip of the thumb dear reader; hectic times.
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Hi, my name is Richardo and I'm an alco.....sorry, wrong meeting....I handle the rest of season first base and third base rankings here at Razzball. Last week, in my first base article, I talked a little bit about getting out of a funk. I had been thinking too much of "what have you done for me lately", which in baseball is a dangerous thing. It's one thing to focus on the skills that a player is flashing like good or bad plate discipline, but it's another to take a 45 plate appearance sample size from Joey Wendle and put stock in it for the rest of the season. So, this, like the first base article, represents a return to basics. I'm trying to take a long-term approach to these lists. Let's take a look at this week's list and then we'll dive in.
In case you haven’t caught on yet, the way I approach SAGNOF is one week I’ll cover the ‘saves’ portion of “Saves/Steals Ain’t Got No Face” and the next week I’ll cover the “steals.” Last week I highlighted a few very under-owned hitters who are getting SBs that are available in most leagues. Allow me a moment to flex by pointing out how the players from last week’s article have performed since I wrote about them:
- Robbie Grossman: 16 AB, 4 runs, 1 HR, 1 SB, .429 OBP
- Austin Slater: 9 AB, 5 runs, 2 HRs, 4 RBI, 1 SB, .583 OBP
- Matt Duffy: 11 AB, 3 runs, 3 RBI, 1 SB, .385 OBP
- Brett Phillips: 16 AB, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 1 SB, .353 OBP.
- Tim Locastro, Gregory Polanco, and Sam Haggerty: Don’t worry about it.
Tonight should have a full slate of 10 games as there is not a threat of bad weather. I expect there to be some pretty widespread ownership as there are 8 LHP's getting the call tonight; with players looking to take advantage of platoon matchups. We also get a Gerrit Cole start against a bad Rays offense.
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Explain to me how you had to draft a top ten starter and Freddy Peralta (7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.77) wasn't going to be good enough. Explain it to me like I'm a five-year-old. A well-read five-year-old, of course. Like I've read some of the classics, like that caterpillar turning into the butterfly book and the Berenstain Bears (eat that, Mandela Effect!). Explain how a guy with a 14+ K/9 and 2.92 FIP isn't exactly what you want in every league and is worse than who? Who's he worse than?! I'm all charged up because I ate some candy. I'll calm down by the third blurb of the post. Explain to me how Freddy Peralta with an .130 xBA on all pitches, which is the top 1% in the league, and a top 5% in the league xSLG, and a top 3% strikeout rate in the league is not an ace? Explain how an expected ERA of 2.21 isn't an ace. I'll wait! (After the third blurb, I'm still running on sugar.) Explain how a guy with a .115 xBA on his fastball isn't an ace. Explain it! Okay, I'm not even going to make it to the third blurb, I need a nap. Freddy Peralta is an ace, aside from his walks. If he can lower his walk rate, he's a top five starter. Right now, he's roughly a top 15 starter. Get on board or explain to me why not! Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
