One time, back when I lived in the cornfields of Iowa, I thought I was being a smooth operator and went to a farmhouse with a girl. Took out the 4 wheeler, drove around, everything was great. We peeled into an open field when the cows came. Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Grey and B_Don are back for the first Razzball Fantasy Baseball Podcast of 2024 where we are looking at Grey’s Top 20 rankings. Grey says there’s no question who will be at #1 in every draft this year. After #1 though, there’s still a top tier of hitters including Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., Please, blog, may I have some more?
Yesterday, I went over the top 10 for 2024 fantasy baseball. Today, I throw out preconceived notions, drink some potions and lather up my body with lotions, as I sloppily slip and slide my way through a very precarious top 20 for 2024 fantasy baseball. This top twenty is a blind man playing Twister. Half the time, I’m grabbing for things not knowing if they’re there or not.
It's that time of year folx -- I just turned another year older, the "feels like" temp is -30 outside, and everybody in my creche (a word I learned from Baldur's Gate 3) is sick. Our minds turn to happier thoughts, of a world where green grass proliferates and a cool breeze caresses my cheeks (use your imagination to choose which cheeks!). It is the time where EverywhereBlair emerges from hibernation to bring you his delicious and spicy takes on fantasy baseball.
Welcome to Fantasy Baseball 2024.
“Today is a day that will live in infinity,” as FDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR….said. It will also live in your hearts and minds for the next few months as you constantly check the 2024 fantasy baseball rankings for updates on projections, rankings and just other little fun bits of tid.
Before we get into the top 10 for 2024 fantasy baseball (though I imagine every single one of you has skipped this intro), I’m gonna lay down some exposition.
1. RHP Jackson Jobe | 21 | AA | 2024
Hey all you cats and kittens. These tigers are so loaded that you can pick any of three guys to lead off their prospect list. I’ll bet their top three lands between 15th and 35th on just about every public-facing list. Jobe gets the opening chapter here because he pairs impeccable command with incredible spin rates. His four-pitch mix is headlined by a slider he revs up over 3000 RPMs. In 64 innings across three levels in 2023, he posted an ace-level 0.98 WHIP and a preposterous 84-to-6 strikeout-to-walk rate. He took just one turn at Double-A but threw six shutout innings. He’ll probably look ready for the rotation in spring training but will probably wind up taking ten or fifteen turns in the minors before a mid-season debut.
There's so many great starters after the top 200. It's a stacked. It being starting pitchers sleepers. There were a bunch of guys who I wanted to write fantasy baseball sleepers for, but I just didn't have enough time before the 2024 fantasy baseball rankings jump off this Monday. I mentioned the other day in my Mitch Keller sleeper that guys who aren't mentioned as sleepers aren't sleepers, but it means there's more of a chance that makes them sleepers. Kutter Crawford feels like he falls in that group of players who aren't sleepers because they weren't mentioned as sleepers, so I had to mention him as a sleeper to make him a sleeper.
In our 26th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer are joined by Keelin Billue for a preview of the AL Central in the first part of our 2024 preview series. For the next six weeks, we will analyze our favorite buys and identify sells on each team. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Welcome back to the second installment of the Fantasy Baseball Dynasty rankings. This week we cover players ranked 200-176.
A quick overview of the group produces these stats:
6 players are 30- or 31-years-old, but no one is older than 31
3 players are 24 or younger
3 players are infielders
10 players are outfielders
12 players are pitchers - five starters and seven relievers
The number of pitchers should not be surprising. I don't have any relievers ranked in any future groupings because I can get closers and setup men pretty easily throughout the season. As for the starting pitchers, there is always the need for depth to cover for injuries or ineffective starts throughout the week.
And a reminder - if a top prospect hasn't reached the majors yet, they won't be in these rankings. Itch has been running down the top prospects per team and will continue his great work. No need for me to repeat what he says.
Now on to the Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings: 200-176...
1. OF Chase DeLauter | 22 | AA | 2024
A gifted left-handed hitter at 6’4” 235 lbs, DeLauter could be a middle order mainstay and fantasy superstar. In 57 games spread across three levels, he slashed .355/.417/.528 with 30 strikeouts, 23 walks, five home runs and six stolen bases. He then extended his season by 23 games in the Arizona Fall League, where he slashed .299/.385/.529 with five homers and five steals. His blend of patience, power and contact skills are enticing and could land him in the majors late this season if Cleveland is contending. Hard to imagine they won’t be squarely in the mix given the relative weakness of the AL Central.
The problem with fantasy baseball sleepers (and maybe sleepers for every fantasy sport) is they're not sleepers once you discuss them. The more they're discussed as sleepers, the more they are not sleepers. The true sleepers, the guys no one discusses, aren't sleepers because no one mentions them as sleepers. See, it's a Catch 22.
I wrote the title, Nick Pivetta, 2024 Fantasy Sleeper, and I began to howl. I was howling. I opened my door and looked up in the sky, blinding myself by the sun. I had to make sure it wasn't night time or a full moon. I am not a werewolf, so I was howling because I wrote Nick Pivetta, 2024 Fantasy Sleeper. Since howling is not the reaction one should have when writing a sleeper post, I deleted it and wrote MacKenzie Gore, 2024 Fantasy Sleeper