Ah, catchers. What to do with them, and when to do it? I’ve gone into my drafts this year without a set plan at catcher and as a result, have ended up all over the place. I think most would agree that the position isn’t as barren as it once was and that there are more decent-to-solid catchers available than there used to be… but then does this mean that it’s less sensible than ever to get a top catcher? Please, blog, may I have some more?
As they say in conductor school, hey, Maestro, let's keep this train going! Rollin', rollin', rollin', is what we doing, as they say in Snoop Dogg's hooptie. Here's the top 60 outfielders, which I bet you could've guessed from the title, unless you're in that hooptie.
Here you will find bullpen charts for each team. Bullpens are a messy business to track, but the purpose here is to highlight each team's closer(s) and setup men. You can more or less expect the chart to read left-to-right in order of importance, but again, it can be a fluid situation day-to-day, week-to-week (looking at you, Tampa Bay Rays!). So, not only are we highlighting saves options, we've got you saves+holds folks covered, too!
In our 28th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer are joined by Razzball’s own Matt Trussell for an overview of the NL West in the third part of our 2024 preview series. Over the coming weeks, we will analyze our favorite buys and identify sells on each team in the division. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Top 40 outfielders for 2024 fantasy baseball are here and they’re purdy like your little mouth! Sorry, been wanting to watch Deliverance, but can’t find it streaming, so been reenacting it from my memories with some toys I bought at a yard sale. Please, blog, may I have some more?
1. OF Joey Loperfido | 24 | AAA | 2024
A seventh round pick in 2021, Loperfido produced better than average lines at each step along the way until a difficult 32-game stint in Triple-A to close out the 2023 season. In the box, he’s a 6’3” 230 lb lefty with power. In the field, he’s a right-handed thrower with enough athleticism that he’s a real option in center field. In 84 games at Double-A, he slashed .296/.392/.548 with 19 home runs and 20 stolen bases. I’m pretty bullish on his chances to carve out a role for himself in center or a corner outfield spot or at first base.
In an incredible turn of events, I’ve done all the infield 2024 fantasy baseball rankings. Less incredible, you’ve read them. It’s like that time your favorite team won because they played better than that other team but you convinced yourself they won because you cheered loudly. When I win the Fantasy Baseball Blogger of the Millennial in 2099, and my frozen head is accepting the award
Introduction
Welcome back, Razzfaithful. Another year, another fresh January deep dive for you. This first post of the season is usually when I lay out my big locked-in pitcher pick of the year. The last few have featured breakouts from 2021 Joe Musgrove, 2022 Nestor Cortes, and 2023 Zach Eflin. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Grey and B_Don are back on the Razzball Fantasy Baseball Podcast to start the positional rankings for 2024. Where would we start our positional rankings? Our favorite position, of course, catcher.
Sure, all the catchers are ranked, but couldn’t they all be #1? Please, blog, may I have some more?
Submerge yourself into a garbage dump; take a deep breath…Ah, that’s the smell of the top 20 3rd basemen for 2024 fantasy baseball. Don’t turn your nose up! Don’t turn away from the stench! This is the reality about, uh, fantasy. You have to embrace the stank of the 3rd basemen. Enjoy!
ADP is the dumbest way to draft a fantasy sports team. But EWB, you shout through a nougat-filled mouth, what if I miss value? Drafting by ADP (average draft position) is like going holiday shopping and choosing the presents nobody wants. Kids, gather round the Festivus Pole and look at this snow blower I got for 50% off! Doesn't matter that we live by the equator and it hasn't snowed in a decade -- nobody else wanted it and it was a value!
ADP is a social construct. ADP is the draft price that people expect to pay for a player; it's not an objective rating. Maybe you've seen my previous Bible-length essay about ADP. I wrote it while contemplating the holographic principle. Is a baseball even a ball? I digress.
The best use of ADP is to know where the rest of your league is heading. When you see them take the lure, you cut away from the pack and draft the league winner. The easiest way to deploy this tactic is to realize the worst ADP values on the board when you're drafting. If there are players you know that you're avoiding, it makes it easier to identify your desired targets and compose a superior team.
Here are the top Starting Pitchers to avoid at current ADP values. ADP values are taken from National Fantasy Baseball Championship drafts that have completed in January -- 61 drafts at the time of writing.
