Have no fear of black-lung, no lonesome Cowboy Junkies song mentioning silicosis. Instead you can grill without care for carcinogens and feast on the red…
I have a soft-spot in my heart for the Tampa Bay Domers. Not only do they have to play in possibly the worst MLB stadium…
Tap on the shoulder, now tap on the other shoulder. Swords and knights yadda, yadda. Pun joke and title inclusion over. I could probably draw…
If last week left a lot to be desired (also what women tell me), well this week makes up for it. There are more two…
As Gerrit Cole's weekly attempts to break the strikeouts per game record continue in Houston, the baseball world is left to wonder, "Wait what exactly…
I watch a lot of baseball. Most nights, it’s on the TV while we’re puttering around at night and before I’ve plopped myself down for…
We're talking a whole lot of pitching this week, as we dive into the top arms in the 2018 MLB draft. We start the show…
[brid video="230862" player="10951" title="FantasyBaseballBuySellHoldWeek9"] In the spring of 2018, the Catholic Church summoned Father Carmen Sandiego to the Vatican to give him the job to…
Fantasy baseball is surely a long season, but that has never stopped anyone from overreacting to small sample sizes. Once the stats start rolling in,…
While there are many good baseball movies I was thinking this weekend about one more, a comedy based on the real life wife swap of…
Another happy FanDuel Friday you filthy animals! We have a lot of good pitchers out there tonight as this is a full 15-game slate and…
Visual Metaphor Alert! When a boat sinks, you can avoid sinking longer if you scramble to the stern of the boat. As the boat sinks,…
It's amazing the difference a year makes. Just 12 months ago the Angels had one of the most wretched farms in all of the land.…
The value of Pi is unknowable, which makes it an "irrational number." 3.1415926535897.....Computer scientists have calculated billions of digits of Pi without discerning a recognizable…
We’re going to get right to it this week, kids, and I apologize if today’s post doesn’t have as many exciting, last-minute updates as usual.…
We are now eight weeks into the season, so who's ready for the current roto category leaders? A few slight changes between the AL and…
Today is a 3-game slate. Playing cash is going to be fairly ridiculous - it’s going to be lineups that are almost entirely the same…
[brid video="228554" player="10951" title="FantasyBaseballMailbag8"] Yesterday's Yankee/Rangers game started with a 1st-inning blast from Didi Gregorius (1-for-5, 2 RBIs, hitting .246) and his 11th homer. The…
This is Rich Hill’s second DL stint of the year already. What were you expecting? Now he’s asking the MLB to allow him to pitch…
It's late may and another minor league phenom has made it to the majors. Juan Soto made a grand entrance in his second major league…
Batters that are consistent week after week are much more enjoyable to have on your roster than those with frequent hot and cold spells. Sure…
There's been plenty of talk this year around guys like Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander (and rightfully so) but it feels like Jacob deGrom hasn't…
[brid video="228554" player="10951" title="FantasyBaseballMailbag8"] To find my preseason article, I Googled "Kevin Gausman sleeper" and Google asked, "Did you mean 2015, 2016, 2017 or 2018?" …
Travis Jankowski was called Fred, by his older brother and sister, because he loved watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as a kid. Mister Rogers was in…
The rookies are coming, the rookies are coming! That’s Ralph Lifshitz aka Prospect Jesus on his way to the waiver wire to hog all the…
very year we as fantasy baseball players are faced with a reality that flies directly in the face of all we've come to know about…
It was the best of times on Draft, it was the worst of times, it was the age of spin rate, it was the age…
[brid video="228554" player="10951" title="FantasyBaseballMailbag8"] Let's see, if Tyler O'Neill is Kelly Leak, then Coach Walter Matheny is curmudgeonly happy. "Lean into the pitch, Whomever is…
Interested in the MLB Draft? Ralph and I are doing our due diligence to provide some perspective on the names who will be selected come…
This week is going to get ridiculous for Juan Soto (FAAB: 30-40%) bids. However, he often gets overlooked for his lack of experience in the minors. Do…
For all intents and purposes, Jean Segura was a flopapotamus last year, failing to get to any of the previous year's stats across the board. That…
…Unless Miles Mikolas is quick to put the Royals to bed. I'm optimistic he just might. (Actually, it’s Victoria Day here in Canada, the day…
Howie Kendrick is out for multiple 10-day DLs with a ruptured Achilles injury. Look at it this way, if Achilles couldn't come right back from an…
I rarely like to make too many movements in the Top 20 or so players, but this week I thought it was necessary. Last week…
Another week of pitching injuries with precious few callups, and the back end of this Top 100 is getting ugly. I ranked Carlos Martinez last…
For the most part, it's getting warmer in this great land of ours. But every fifth day, there's a cold wind blowing from the Northeast.…
This is the post no one has been waiting for. The system I dread writing about more than any other. It's the wasteland of Dipotopia.…
Hoo doggy, we've got some slim pickins this week. And not like Slim Pickens from Dr. Strangelove, because he's actually fun. The pickins in Two…
I used to be a Catholic schoolgirl. I was bad at it (ahem), but some things stay with one, lo these many years later. The…
Draft talk is finally here, and I for one could not be more excited about it. There's no point in the year where we're more…