Konnor Griffin grabbed all the headlines Wednesday afternoon when news broke that his promotion was imminent and that Pittsburgh was deep into contract talks with the 19-year-old shortstop, who ended up signing for nine years and $140 million, beating Colt Emerson’s days-old record for a player who hadn’t debuted ($95 million) by a healthy margin but surrendering two years of free agency in comparison to the one that Emerson signed away. Tough to dislike this one for either side, I think. We’ve seen recently that these kinds of deals can be torn up and rewritten if both sides are happy with their situation. By which I mean the fear that a young player will get ripped off in this kind of transaction feels overblown. If he really does outperform the contract, he could probably get a healthy raise in exchange for another year of free agency, which is what you’d want to do anyway if you’re building a family and enjoying your life where you’re living it. 

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Man, that opening week on the waiver wire was insane. You can really rebuild the backend of your team in the opening weeks, and I can’t believe how much turnover there’s been so far. One thing we never discuss in terms of the waiver wire is who to drop. That’s pretty much up to you […]

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Happy weekend, Razzball faithful! No matter how excited you are for the long weekend, I bet I can find someone who was a heck of a lot happier yesterday… Ted is only four years younger than Konnor Griffin — Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) 2026-04-03T16:39:39.317Z Ok, so I’ll admit this was supposed to be a video of Griffin […]

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Well, well, well, if it isn’t the first edition of Ambulance Chasers after Opening Day. *pretends to extinguish a candy cigarette while making a sizzling sound with my mouth* The IL has already been IL’ing. While some of the news this week is a little leaner than the last preseason article, don’t be fooled. As […]

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With the baseball season started and drafts and auctions completed, we now enter the season of “finding the hidden gem” or “next great young player.”

Some players are not hidden gems and are already the next great young player. Players in that category or players like Kevin McGonigle or JJ Wetherholt, but if you don’t know about them by now, then you aren’t paying any attention to players when it comes to dynasty baseball. I’ll go out on a limb here – they are studs. If you have one or both of these players, keep them unless an offer is made to you that is simply too good to pass up.

If you don’t have one of those two players, good luck getting them.

Then there are some players who are highly rated prospects but may not getting as much buzz as they should. One of those players, I feel, is Carson Benge of the New York Mets.

So let’s talk about the team’s rookie right fielder.

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In our 133rd episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer cover the latest happenings in MLB impacting fantasy teams before diving into players to invest in for both card collecting and dynasty formats. You can find us on bluesky at @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.social, and @jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at [email protected]. Links to things discussed in the pod: C.B. Bucknor’s tumultuous first week of […]

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