As we approach the end of the first half of the baseball season, it's time to look ahead to what the second half might bring. After the All-Star break, we can aleast expect some intriguing developments. Here at Razzball, we love to make bold predictions at the beginning of each season and now we are hitting it midstream. Today, for our hitter profiles, I'm sharing some predictions for the second half. Some of these are optimistic, while others might be a bit painful (sorry Jeimer), but it's all in good fun as we gear up for an exciting second half of the baseball season. Join us for this week's Hitter Profiles as we boldly go into the second half!
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Last week’s results were satisfactory, but we’re not aiming for that. It was one of my worst weeks of the year, but that won’t happen this week. This is one of the best weeks of streamers I’ve seen all season, and I can’t wait to dive into the options. Please, blog, may I have some more?
1. Rays 3B Junior Caminero | 20 | IL
Strained his quad in late May and was expected to miss four-to-six weeks. Tampa is 4.5 games out of the final wild card spot as of Saturday morning and already sold Aaron Civale, but that was about opening a spot for Baz as much as anything else.
In preparation of writing about Alek Thomas below, I re-visited this piece in Week 1 and was struck by how much the tenants laid out there remain true this week, well into the thick of the MLB schedule.
What those suggestions (review playing time, spend early, examine schedules, and scout your fantasy league) boil down to is that fantasy baseball is the proverbial marathon over a sprint. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Grand Slams Give Grimace The Shakes
July 6, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 20 Commentsby: MattTruss
It was an unstoppable force (the Grimace Mets) meets an immovable object (Rowdy Tellez – 2 for 4, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 Runs) in the box Friday night in Pittsburgh and Rowdy held his ground knocking two dingers including a grand salami. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Ambulance Chasers: Isiah Kiner-Fell Offa My Roster
July 5, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 2 Commentsby: keelinbillue
Welcome back to another week of Razzball Ambulance Chasers!
I hope your fingers are intact after the explosion holiday.
I will tell you what isn’t intact: groins! hamstrings! elbows! wrists! It’s a veritable mixture of body parts in this week’s Ambulance Chasers. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Shane Baz two weeks ago, Robbie Ray last week, Jeffrey Springs this week. I know what you’re thinking, Kershaw next week, or Senga or Eduardo Rodriguez or some injured pitcher. No, this is it. I don’t have fantasy baseball Florence Nightingale syndrome. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Rolling In The Deep: X(avier) Marks The Spot
July 5, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Rolling In The Deep | 7 Commentsby: Laura Holt
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all had a safe and sane Independence Day, and that you are finding a way to stay cool if you’re in an area where summer is hitting in a fast and furious manner. We still have a couple weeks before the All Star Game, so if your fantasy teams need a little TLC, why not take a moment to check in with them and make sure you’re doing everything you can to make a successful second half push? Please, blog, may I have some more?
It’s good to be back in the Analytics Anonymous classroom talking fantasy baseball after a short time away. Like many of you, summer is the time for family vacations and if we’re lucky, time away from the phone and Google machine. Please, blog, may I have some more?
DFS changed for me when I realized I had to play for first place to 1) ever make any real money 2) be a winning player at all. DFS contests are top heavy. I have been fortunate to take down several big tourneys in my career (including last night), and when I am not taking down big tourneys I am mostly breaking even winnings wise. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Hope everyone had a great 4th! And, if not, because of a fireworks mishap, I hope you had an appropriately-sized piece of a hot dog nearby to act as a tourniquet. For the 4th of July, I put on water wings, floated in my kiddie pool, got 3rd degree sunburns and drank Rolling Rocks while reading:
Then, after being properly horned up by the Hot Dog Lady, I watched Ian Happ (4-for-4, 6 RBIs) hit two homers (12, 13) and exclaimed, “Hot Dog Lady, you are not the only love for me!” Please, blog, may I have some more?
On the weekend last, I bucked my 20-year trend and met fellow Razzballers at an event more than worthy of our time. Your author came as close as he will ever stray to meeting his anti-hero, Bud Black. It was a reverse World Series, a battle between two of the four most futile teams in all of baseball. In another world I live in California or Miami and manage to catch the Athletics play the Marlins. In this world, however, we watched the Colorado Rockies do battle with the Chicago White Sox. What a glory it was to behold.
