"Hey, man, how come you have names written on the seashells in your bathroom that is decorated in Tommy Bahama?"
Fantasy Baseball Prospector, "I'm glad you asked me. I've had those seashells lined up on my bathroom shelf for the last five years, but no one ever visits me so I never had a chance--nay, an opportunity to tell anyone what those seashells really, and truly meant--"
"--hey, man, can you get to the point? I saw you have prospects' names written on the shells. Why?"
FBP, "Here, this one has Alex Kirilloff's name on it. Please listen."
I take the shell, and press it against my ear. From the shell, I hear, "Post-post-post-post-post-post-post-post," like it's waves lapping against the shore. "Whoa."
"That's right. Each shell has a different name, and if you press it to your ear you hear how many 'posts' are in front of post-hype prospect." I reach for one shell that reads Garrett Hampson, and he stops me, saying, "That one never stops saying 'post.'"
So, Alex Kirilloff seems to be breaking out, finally. Why do we care? Quite brucely, he was tagged at every point in the minors as being a guaranteed superstar. What stopped him was repeated wrist injuries. Clearly, those are not good for his hitting. His wrist is supposedly fine now. He was out the other day with a sore shoulder, but the Twins are saying he's fine, so the superstar we always thought possible might finally be here. Up next, pressing Nolan Jones's seashell to my ear. Anyway, here's some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
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I don’t know about you, but now that we’re in the throes of summer, keeping as mentally focused as I should be to stay on top of several fantasy baseball leagues is getting more and more difficult, even for those teams that are doing well. Please, blog, may I have some more?
This week finds me in our Nation’s Capital attending a conference for my day job. If my day job is not baseball related (and unfortunately, it’s not), then you can be sure my mind is wandering from the current topic of discussion to our national pastime. Please, blog, may I have some more?
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We all know and love Willy Wonka, the fictional owner of a candy factory who provided the world with delectable sweets and gave five children the opportunity of a lifetime. I'm not sure everyone knows Milli Vanilli, though, but they should, as the group has become synonymous with one-hit wonders. Which brings me to Willi Castro of the Minnesota Twins. He has provided plenty of sweets for fantasy managers this season (5 home runs and 25 stolen bases) but had never eclipsed the double-digit steal barrier in any prior MLB season. Let's dig in.
Some time in the last two weeks, a great schism occurred. It was silent, sweeping in with nary an announcement or erstwhile PR proclamation. The tapestry of our lives, the utter sauce to our specific pasta, altered with the stroke of fingers tapping on the loneliest keyboard: Rotoworld player notes were removed from the Yahoo fantasy baseball website.
What is up party people? The trade deadline is almost upon us and that means rumors are flying. Obviously the biggest name in the mix is the man, the myth, the legend Shohei Ohtani. No matter where he ends up he will be great unless that team for some reason decides to make him a one player. Stranger things have happened but that would make absolutely no sense to limit his talents given what it would require to pry him away.
Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer have launched a pod, Cards & Categories, to discuss baseball from card collecting and fantasy angles!
In our third episode, we open with discussion on Felix Bautista’s Cy Young chances, 2023 Topps Chrome tacofractors, and the Braves’ triple play against the Red Sox. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Nothing would make me happier than seeing the Angels be competitive. Wasting Ohtani and Trout is not fun. No one deserves anything. No one but Ohtani and Trout. Give them a chance! Give Ohtani a chance! Let Ohtani get in a World Series, toe the rubber, not like Quentin Tarantino thinks about that phrase, and pitch a shutout while hitting a blast or two. Give us that shizz in our eyeballs! If helping that is Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez being traded to the Angels, then we welcome it with open arms, which sounds like lyrics from Calling All Angels, so it makes sense. Reynaldo Lopez and Giolito were previously traded from the Nats to the White Sox, and, appizzarently, they share a travel agent. Lopez will work the 8th, and Giolito will fix that rotation. He's going to a relatively similar ballpark, and he allows too many homers and walks, but he should be able to maintain a 3.60-3.80 ERA and his 9.5+ K/9. It's coming at a good time for him too, I hear. "Let's go!" That's Giolito throwing his wedding ring into Lake Michigan. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Giants SS Marco Luciano leads us off today after getting promoted to Triple-A last week and then San Francisco today. He played just six games at the pit stop but slashed .292/.370/.625 with two home runs despite a 29.6 percent strikeout rate, a mirror image of his 29.8 percent rate in 56 Double-A games.Please, blog, may I have some more?
I guess there’s a reason baseball has 162 games. The cream of the crop will rise to the top. No, I never eat a pig, a pig is a cop. Sorry, didn’t mean to jump around there.
The title for this was going to be risers and fallers, but after I listed the names, I’m going with the title Restorers. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Howdy, Razzball enthusiasts! Welcome back for another quick hit from the office of MarmosDad. For this week’s SAGNOF profile, I figured it would be prudent to include a bit of reference for you younger Razzballers that are puzzled by the title here…
Now putting all candy and Tootsie pop references aside, one thing is for sure – Sal Frelick most certainly does not ‘bite’. Please, blog, may I have some more?