It’s year 16 of the RCLs! That’s right, if the RCLs are in the bathroom, don’t knock, just give them like five minutes because they’re checking the price guide for their Semien condition, so to speak. They grow up so fast, right? Soon, the RCLs are going to be dating, then fall for their high school sweetheart, then get married at 19, then quit school to support their young family. Then, an affair will start with their co-worker, and the RCLs will secretly despise their family when they turn 30 for depriving the RCLs of their lifelong dream of going to umpire school. Man, some serious RCL bitterness incoming! Maybe you should just hit the lottery, RCLs, then you can spend all your money on a McMansion and a tiger tied to a tree. Unfortunately, the tree isn’t sturdy enough and bends all the way over allowing the tiger to break loose and stalk the RCLs into their bathroom where the RCLs wail, “I didn’t know how good I had it when I had no money and just the fun of playing in a free fantasy baseball league against 11 of my closest frenemies.” So, don’t make the same mistake as the RCLs, and live your best life by joining some free fantasy baseball leagues!
Did I say free fantasy baseball leagues?
No, technically, I just typed it.
All right, if you could join a fantasy baseball league that was against, like, thousands of others, would you or are you…chicken? Don’t make me call a bawk-bawk on you.
This isn’t a 1000-person league, where people are trying to figure out who the back-up third baseman is on the Single-A Astros affiliate, the Corpus Christi Amscrayers. No, this is a 12-person league designed so you compete against eleven other people in your league, then 75 other leagues of twelve. That would be cool. Oh, wait, we’ve done that. It’s called the Razzball Commenter Leagues, and they’re back, and you don’t even have to be a commenter to join it!
For a limited time only, get your loved one a fantasy baseball league! That’s right, your hearts go pitter-patter or you’re dead on the inside (my condolences). Since back in June when you abandoned your fantasy baseball team because it was totally sucking and you returned to your cubbyhole of leftover Chinese food and Teddy Grahams, you’ve longed for this day. As Bob Marley sang, this is your redemption song, mon. Or womon, for our five girl readers. It’s time again to join some fantasy baseball leagues!
Before you close all of your extraneous porn windows and rush to sign up, let’s explain how these fantasy baseball leagues are going to work. We’re going to have a bunch of leagues and crown a winner from each, then we’re going to crown ONE winner from all of the winners. We will be crowning the winner by taking each team’s points and multiplying it against a ‘league competitiveness factor.’ If you want to see how it worked last year, go here.
So we’re going to fill up as many fantasy leagues as we can for the next seven weeks. Each fantasy baseball league will be a mixed league, 12 team, snake draft, roto, 5×5, 5 OFs, one Middle Infielder, one Corner Infielder, one Utility, 9 pitchers, 20 game positional eligibility, 1400 innings max, 1000 IP minimum with 3 DL slots with a 500 moves per year cap, which I think maybe two people reached last year. So, that move limit isn’t inhibitive for even those who rosterbate until they are blind.
The leagues will be again at Fantrax.
We’re going to start with 40 leagues and see how we do from there. There are a few pay leagues, neither Razzball or Fantrax keeps any money. If people want more pay leagues, fill these up and we’ll open more. If we need more free leagues, we’ll do the same. To join a league…Sorry, again for the people in the back of the room:
TO JOIN A LEAGUE
Click the LINK in the ‘League Link’ column (see below grid) for the time you want and YOU’RE IN. Damn, that’s too easy. Oh, I guess I should also mention make sure you’re joining a league for free or for money, depending on your preference. If you want a league for money, then 1) Click the link. 2) Pay the money. That’s it! No pesky third requirement! Again, Fantrax and Razzball take no money. You can join as many free or paid leagues as you like. To quit a league, go to OTHER –> All Options –> Quit League (located at the bottom). Now go join some leagues!
THE BIG PRIZE
All leagues (paid and free) will play for the big prize. So, what do you win? You win bragging rights! Not just any bragging rights, but the bragging rights that you beat a thousand or so other people, and you can emphasize the “or so” as emphatically as you’d like. What? Not enough? Okay, for this year’s prize we’re taking the bull out of bulloney. We are upping the ante. “Hey, Olympic high jumper, can you jump over this ante?” No, you can’t, it’s been upped too high. LOOK, it’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s our ante! “Excuse me, astronomer, is that a satellite orbiting earth?” No, son, it’s Razzball’s ante. They upped it. This year we are giving away a $250 Best Buy Gift card, which can buy just about anything (up to $250). I recently bought a TV that sits underneath my toilet seat so when I whizz I can watch TV. Granted, I bought this in a dream I had and I was married to Sofia Vergara in said dream, but this must exist, right? Also, for s’s and g’s, I’ll throw in a Razzball t-shirt because I have 14,000 of these and I’ve already outfitted all the homeless people in my neighborhood with SAGNOF t-shirts. But, most importantly, you will be crowned the 2026 Razzball Commenter League Champion. Okay, now sign up…
New Fantrax Dynasty Baseball League – Founding Members Wanted
I am starting a brand new Fantrax Dynasty league from scratch and looking for dedicated managers to join. Here are the core details:
• League Size: 12 teams
• Buy-in: $50
• Format: Classic Roto categories
• Rosters: 40-man total (26 active/bench + 14 Minor League spots)
• The Initial Draft: A 40-round Snake Draft. (It’ll be a marathon the first time, but it sets the foundation for years to come!)
• Player Pool Rules: No mid-season pickups for players drafted this year or J2 (International) signings. The goal is to keep those for the annual supplementary drafts.
• Future Drafts: Linear (non-snake) in reverse order of the previous year’s standings.
Join here: https://www.fantrax.com/fantasy/league/239e299jmg84q15j/join
Hey. I am in interested in joining. What day are you scheduling the draft?
Looking at March 1st right now – but can be moved to acomodate group
How many people have signed up so far?
Why
Because while I want to join the league I’m not sure what happens to the $50 if it doesn’t fill up. From joining a RCL league the money is collected and deposited before joining. I’m not concerned about these filling. That’s all.
You get it back
Thanks. I’m signing up.
No problem
We have got three teams now – shoudl have 4 more – need 5 to get to 12 any help appreciated!
Truss – I’m trying to deposit funds in my Fantrax (for your $20 league), but there’s a system bug not showing billing address fields, and hence the form can’t proceed. Can you hold a spot for me? Also looking forward to rejoining Crab Army once invites go out again.
Deposit through your profile before joining. I had the same issue
I had same problem – couldn’t do on phone or IPad – had to do on laptop
Apparently fantrax has issues when you try on your phone
Go to fantrax symbol. Go to top tab on right with 3 horizontal lines. Select account. Deposit funds before you join.
On the league master standings page, can the “Lg Index” values please be rounded to the tenths instead of whole number (as the RCL Pts is actually calculated from the more accurate value and not the rounded number shown in the table). Thank you.
“You’ve already won your league!” ~ Grey
12 team, 5×5 roto.
C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, UTIL
With Carroll’s injury, are you still taking him over Vlad/Alonso in this type of league in the 2nd round with the 21st pick?
I think I’m feeling gun-shy because I took Gunnar last year after he fell to me due to injury and then was never really himself all year.
Im drafting in our minor league portion of our draft. You like Blaze Jordan.
Prolly won’t make my team. But is he worth a flyer for now to fill out my roster.
Yeah, I like him
Which side in a keeper/dynasty?
A) $29 Pepiot
B) $12 Westburg
Westburg
Years ago, there was a table with the players sorted by positions and then into tiers, any chance this could return?
I commenter did that, we’ll have to see if someone does it again
I was curious about Kurtz high K% with a low/moderate chase rate. Interesting read. I assume the book on him would be to throw a steady diet of off-speed and breaking pitches this season. He can adjust by getting out in front a little earlier. Will be fun to see how this plays out.
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Nick Kurtz’s high strikeout rate despite a moderate chase rate is primarily driven by a high swing-and-miss rate on pitches within the strike zone, especially with two strikes, rather than chasing bad pitches. He struggles specifically against off-speed pitches and has a high 35.5% overall whiff rate, resulting in frequent strikeouts despite disciplined plate appearances.
Key factors contributing to this trend include:
High Two-Strike Whiff Rate: Kurtz has shown a significant increase in his whiff rate (38.6%) when behind in the count, leading to a high percentage of two-strike strikeouts.
Off-Speed Vulnerability: He has struggled with high miss rates (41% or higher) against breaking balls and change-ups.
Deep Contact Point: Kurtz uses a very deep contact point (25.5 inches, deeper than the 30.7 inch average), which, while allowing him to generate power, can make him susceptible to swing-and-miss on well-located pitches.
Swing-and-Miss in Zone: He frequently swings through hittable, often breaking or off-speed, pitches rather than just chasing out of the zone.
Hopefully he adjusts!
Trying this again, my apologies
Good morning Grey, Fantastic stuff as usual! I’m not sure if you’re still taking questions, but here goes……
Weird hybrid league $100 cap for first five guys, then snake draft. Three keepers $25 ea, taken away from the $100 Salary cap.
My dilemma,
I have Jaren Duran for two more years, can keep 2 more, one for two yrs, one for one. Thinking of keeping Miz and Logan Gilbert.
But have these to choose from:
W. Contreras
Naylor
Bichette
Kyle Tucker
Hader
Alcantara
Miz
Gilbert
Munoz
6×6 League R,HR, RBI, OBP, SB, AVG – K, WHIP, QS, SV, HLD, ERA
Thanks!
ETA: I’m always a day late and a dollar short! Thanks for your reply. So you think Naylor and Tucker? I see your point about Miz and Gilbert, thought I’d get a stud SP and an up and coming guy I could keep for a couple years. Thank you again
I don’t understand why you wouldn’t go Naylor and Tucker…Gilbert is fine, but Miz? Why?
How will invites work for Crab Army? Was in that one the last couple years
What’s up with RazzSlam?
Signups start tomorrow I believe
Nice, need Another shot drafted too many injured guys last year.
Joed, did you get an invite email? Truss sent a bunch out last week and I finished off the list we had.
I think Rudy was sending emails out from his data list too.
Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll get you set up.
Or I’m sure the signup will be in Truss’s post tomorrow if you just want to wait.
got it thanks! Didn’t think to look for it
Being told invites were emailed already if you played last year
check your spam maybe
Got it grey thanks. Didn’t think to check for that invite until today
Plugging the razz slam and the RCLs for you in the R&B listener league your welcome hahah
I got an email from Rudy a few days ago.
Spencer Jones
Daniel Espino
Any hope for either
Digging deep for potential diamonds in the rough
Sure, a bit…prefer Espino
You like Kumar Rocker for this seasom
Nope
12 team dynasty 5×5 which side you favor… Peyton Tolle Thomas White Colt Emerson for Travis Bazzana Jared Jones and Jack Leiter thank you!
Leiter
He just threw in Bryan Reynolds on the Leiter side…I jumped on it!
Cool
Thank you for all of your great articles.
I know you like to draft hitters early, and trust your ability to pick out sleeper SPs to fill out your rotation.
This year, for redraft standard 5×5 roto, 12 teams, what rounds are you generally drafting:
A. SP1
B. SP2
C. SP3
D. RP1
E. RP2
Thanks!
A around pick 50 B. around pick 90 C. 130 D. 110 E. 150
NL-only league and debating keeping Lindor at $45. Top-5 cost, but not sure there’s anything I’d rather spend it on? Top bats are ESuarez, Bichette, Bregman, Harris, Arraez, OCruz, Bohm, Happ. Top SPs are Wheeler, Burns, Strider, E Perez, Imanaga.
The catch is at least 3 teams will have >$50 more than me to spend, so I’d probably be priced out of the top bats and forced into that Bohm-Happ tier to replace.
Basically, would you rather use $47 on 45Lindor, 1Horwitz, 1Baty or something like 17Happ, 15Bohm, 15LGarcia? I think I’d rather keep Lindor with a couple $1 dice rolls.
Lindor will be fine, just keep him
How would you rank the top 4 with these hitting stats in roto: r,hr,rbi,tb,obp,sb? Thanks
We have rankings for these https://razzball.com/playerrater-preseason-espnmlb12-6X6obp/
told the kid to spend as much as he wanted on hitting and i’d duck tape a pitching staff.
he comes out of the gate judge, ramirez, schwarber, devers, perdomo, stowers, stott
rounded out with durbin, masyn winn, ike collins, delauter, moreno and jeffers
the pitching is a fist full of scratcher tickets
mcclanahan, leiter, weathers, abbott, burrows, yates, uceta, vodnik, oviedo, painter, braxton garrett, melton, mlodzinski, kyle leahy, steven matz and sean burke
super fun team. a winner? not impossible per se
I love it! This is how I build my Tout Wars teams, more or less
with judge, ramirez and schwarbs he’s got your 2, 4 and 11. i can make a case for every one of those pitchers. not an iron clad case. more like a cardboard suitcase from the 40s, but a case nonetheless
Ha, yeah, I find that when I go heavy on hitting and punt pitching the most important thing is IP…At least you can get Ks & wins (in theory)
drafted 13 starters, 11 of whom should have rotation spots. some will need to drop off probably before season starts if/when injuries hit position players. fun team to manage
How’d you go after saves?
yates had a 1.14 era and was stellar when paired with new angels pitching coach mike maddux in texas in 24. stevenson is already behind in camp, romano sucks, joyce is injured and sucks. figure yates gets a shot first.
vodnik (and the whole rockies pen) was weirdly not horrible the last 3 months of the year. i think he’s got the job. i think the price cut on terrible team closers is usually too steep and i don’t even see the rockies being as bad this year as they were last year.
uceta was one of 4 relievers with 100+ ks. if it’s a true share in tampa maybe he gets 15 saves, lucks into some wins help the rates without draining the ks from that slot too much. if jax fails and uceta somehow gets the job he’s a top closer. does have a little shoulder thing i chose to ignore.
if they all fail, either punt saves or try to faab enough to scrape into a few points.
also, auction values on closers are bonkers, like straight bonkers this year
Yeah, I like it…Good when punting starters to get lucky on saves, it helps…Last year I had Pagan and Suarez…One was total luck and one guy had a lot of issues coming out of camp, worked out great
i had a good year on closers last year. chapman and jansen were super cheap. little less confident this year. i just never spend on closers
Yeah, I think we’ll be fine…There will be new Chapman and Jansens
Might actually be Jansen again
still one of the best values. the injury scare on hader drove him down to 11. thought about pulling the trigger on him but he’s been dimminishing slightly anyway
I think I’m gonna own a bunch of Hader shares…And Abreu, tbh…Just grabbing dem saves
What pairings do you like for rounds 1 and 2 out of the 10 spot (NFBC 12 team draft and hold)? Been debating 2-3 different ways to start and curious to hear your thoughts.
I’m doing pairings tomorrow
=( 1 day too late. =)
Draft starts today.
Sad emoji
julio or tatis paired with gunnar or kurtz
if julio-gunnar top choices
The draft is quickly approaching in my keeper/contract league and I have the first pick! I should probably temper my excitement as I feel that I obviously need to make a pick that will help my team immediately but also take into account that I can place a 4-year contract on the my first pick.
To clarify, each team already has at least 12 players on the roster, so the “first pick” is technically like round 13. Total salary is $250 and I am already at $142 with 13 players on my roster.
Does it make the most sense to select Y. Alvarez for $35 or K. Griffin for $0 with the first pick?
Does the value and potential of Griffin at $0 for the next 4 seasons outweigh Alvarez at his salary? I do not expect either to be available when the draft comes back around to me…so which one makes the most sense as my first pick?
Thanks!
Current roster:
B. Harper
J. Chisholm
B. Stott
N. Marte
E. Tovar
J. Chourio
J. Naylor
J. Merrill
F. Tatis Jr.
J. Lawler
D. Cease
J. deGrom
B. Chandler
Griffin
Morning Grey and Co! Anyone else doing the Razzslam on NFBC?
was working my ass off at work last week and missed commenting last week WOMP WOMP
Im having the most difficult time deciding on keepers than ive had in 15+ years. This particular team below is sadly in Limbo, and im trying to balance being competitive early with keeping prospects/IL stashes…
12 Team H2H League. R/HR.RBI/AVG OPS/NSB.. K/ERA/Whip/K per 9/QS/SV+H are the cats.. Keep 20.
Gunnar
Vlady
Kurtz
Yordan Alvarez
Katel Marte
Rooker
Bellinger
Jesus Made
Sale
Bradish
Woodruff
Lodolo
Pepoit
Suarez
Abbott.
^^Those are my 15 “no doubters” i think.
Can you help me decide between 5 of the below or more if you think you something better.
Tovar
Yainer Diaz
Daylen Lile(im leaning toward yes)
Sal Stewart
Matt Shaw
Dylan Beavers
Luis Castillo
Logan Henderson
Schwellenbach(His elbow is now concerning)
Grayson Rodriguez
Roupp
Jonah Tong
Thank you so much for your time!!
Lile, Stewart, Castillo, meh, I guess Beavers and Yainer
MEH is right womp womp.. Thank you as always for the help!
Ha, No problem
YES!!!!!!!!!
Joel is right, it’s a grind. But it’s worth it!
Who wants to do an early season draft?!
I’m in RCL#2 and, Truss, I ended up signing up for RCL#11 too!
Joed! (silly autocorrect)
Damn Billy Joel having everyone call me Joel.
I’m in 11
YES!
LFG!
Haha, yes!
LFG!!!! If anyone has any issues getting in, try a different browser. I’ve seen that twice already with people signing up.
Hey can you tell us how draft position works? I’m more asking about Original Recipe but I know it’s the same. I was hoping to know so I can see who will most likely be available. Thanks
I know in years past it would randomize each time a new person joined the league. So, you wouldn’t know your draft position until the league is full.
I haven’t played in RCL for a few years, but since this is a live draft, I believe you will know your draft position when the draft lobby opens. About 30 minutes prior to start of the draft.
this^^
LFG! Also deposit money on your profile before joining any money leagues.
LFG!
H2h daily with 3 bench.
Maikel Garcia will be a priority at the draft because he qualifies at 4 positions. His adp has gone from 80 to 68. With only 3 bench so only room for one bench bat at most do you think it’s reasonable to draft him 25 picks ahead of adp?
Thank you.
I have him ranked at 53
Oh, my , goodness! I have never played these, started at Razzball mid-season last year, so couldn’t sign up. I’m ready for this year!
Thank you so much for putting these on — can’t wait!
Just know if you want to win it’s a grind….
Are you playing Original Recipe this year?
let’s gooooo, definitely get in
Nice! Welcome!
16 team dynasty league – keep 10 – 2 or these will be my 9th and 10th keeper – looking which will have o value foe the next 2 years at moment – and if you pick one pitcher here which one do you like better
Runs (R), Doubles (2B), Triples (3B), Home Runs (HR), Runs Batted In (RBI), Stolen Bases (SB), Batting Average (AVG), On-base + Slugging Percentage
:Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Walk Ratio (K/BB),
Jakob Marsee –
Ryan Pepiot –
Edward Cabrera –
Thanks for your insight as always
No problem
Cabrera
I didn’t do great last year. I hope you have fixed things for 2026.
Haha Vin!
Just get a new name Vin – Vinloses
Frown
but think of all the good times we had in the FCL!
the real fantasy baseball is the friends we made along the way
Like Matt said we got to know each other lol. I’m looking forward to drafting time.
Have updated the algorithm!
Trying to join, unable to get into any of the leagues. Help
Not sure, Matt Truss commented above that you should try another browser
What does that mean. What is another browers
How do you get on the internet? Safari? Try Chrome https://razzball.com/2026-razzball-commenter-leagues/#comment-3292698
Hearing it works on desktop if you’re having issues on mobile
Believe l holt invite league draft date is mar 18 not mar 24