Articles – Razzball Fantasy
Fantasy Baseball Team Previews
2008 Boston Red Sox Preview
(NOTE FROM GREY: Last week I sent out feelers to the top baseball team blogs to see if they would be generous enough to write…
- Grey
- March 19, 2008
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Fantasy Baseball Team Previews
2008 Atlanta Braves Preview
(NOTE FROM GREY: Last week I sent out feelers to the top baseball team blogs to see if they would be generous enough to write…
- Grey
- March 18, 2008
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NEWS
Lackey, Kazmir, Beckett and Homer Bailey
Lackey, Beckett and Kazmir are currently fighting injury. Lackey’s looks like it will hold him out until mid-May. Kazmir was recently scratched from making his…
- Grey
- March 18, 2008
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Player Raters
Razzball Mailbag – Valuing Adam Dunn
Question: I’m wondering why there’s such a huge gap between BaseballHQ’s value for Dunn and yours. HQ has him 72nd and your player rater has…
- Rudy Gamble
- March 17, 2008
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Nick Punto Is Ford Tough (Fantasy Razzball League)
2008 Fantasy Razzball – Player Rater and League Update
We’ve got 8 of 10 slots filled in for our inaugural Fantasy Razzball league – where the basic objective is to compile the worst roster…
- Rudy Gamble
- March 15, 2008
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NEWS
Top Hundred Overall for 2008
Because things are always changing in fantasy baseball, it’s impossible to do a definitive list of the top hundred overall for 2008 or for any…
- Grey
- March 14, 2008
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NEWS
Larry King’s Fantasy Baseball News & Views
USA Today might no longer appreciate the insights shared by Larry King in his long-running column but we at Razzball were thrilled when he accepted…
- Larry King
- March 13, 2008
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NEWS
2008 Closers for Every Team
Major league closers are probably in the highest stress position on their team. So I guess it’s only appropriate that they cause us the most…
- Grey
- March 12, 2008
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Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy
Don’t Meddle With Middling Middle Infielders in the Middle Rounds
That title make you tongue-tied? Well that’s nothing compared to how tongue-tied most fantasy players get about middle infielders. No positions have fewer bargains in…
- Rudy Gamble
- March 10, 2008
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Sleepers
Fantasy Baseball Sleepers for Every Position
What you say, you need fantasy baseball sleepers for 2008? You’re looking to get some value at your fantasy draft. Yeah, you and every other…
- Grey
- March 7, 2008
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Uncategorized
Around the Majors
The Fantasy Baseball Generals take a look at the ADPs of some 3rd basemen they feel are being over- and undervalued. I agree with their…
- Grey
- March 6, 2008
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Closers
Groaning at Bad Punditry – When To Draft Closers
Matthew Berry at ESPN is on a ‘fantasy jihad’ to make sure you don’t pay for saves come draft day. No word on whether resisting…
- Rudy Gamble
- March 5, 2008
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Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy
Performance Enhancing Drafting Strategy
There’s been a Lima Plan (Low Investment Mound Aces) invented by the great Ron Shandler, the Zima Plan invented by the presumably tipsy Matthew Berry,…
- Grey
- March 4, 2008
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Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy
Groaning at Bad Punditry – Drafting Starting Pitchers In The First 3 Rounds
As a fantasy baseball fanatic, sometimes you have to sit back and give thanks to the Internet and the free online league. I remember back…
- Rudy Gamble
- March 3, 2008
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NEWS
Top Starting Pitchers for 2008, 21-40
You’re so lucky there’s an extra day in February or this post would have had to wait until March. We’ve already ran through the rest…
- Grey
- February 29, 2008
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NEWS
My Baseball Roots
Baseball has fascinated me for as far back as I can remember, and even though I don’t recall it well, I still love the fact…
- Lou Poulas
- February 28, 2008
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NEWS
Top Fantasy Baseball Outfielders for 2008, 21-40
With fantasy drafts approaching (some already taking place, it’s imperative we go over the rest of the top outfielders to draft this year in fantasy…
- Grey
- February 27, 2008
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Fantasy Baseball Writers League (Brock4Broglio)
Insights, Oversights, and Musings from the 2008 Fantasy Baseball Writers League Draft
There are only three dates that matter to anyone remotely affiliated with baseball prior to Opening Day: 1) The day that pitchers & catchers report,…
- Rudy Gamble
- February 26, 2008
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NEWS
2008 Fantasy Baseball Player Rater – “Point Shares”
Like a Scotch drinker, I’ve found my taste for baseball projections has matured over the years. Where my initial taste was weaned on Dewar’s-quality projections…
- Rudy Gamble
- February 25, 2008
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NEWS
Things to Watch for in Spring Training, Part Tres
I was trying to think of things that are as boring and meaningless as spring training, but are extremely exciting because their conclusion signifies the…
- Grey
- February 22, 2008
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NEWS
Thing to Watch In Spring Training, Part Deux
Friends are going to spring training in Arizona this year and I was invited. Intrasquad games and closers coming in for the third inning? I…
- Grey
- February 21, 2008
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NEWS
Things to Watch for in Spring Training
2008 Spring Training is here. Pitchers and catchers and even some “out to prove something” players are already reporting. It’s a glorious time when absolutely…
- Grey
- February 20, 2008
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NEWS
The Philly Infield, Point/Counterpoint
Let me start by saying, I received an email from Rudy Gamble saying we should do a feature where we breakdown the Philly infield –…
- Grey
- February 15, 2008
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NEWS
2008 Fantasy Baseball Draft Lists
First off, you’re welcome. We put the “Thank you” in your mouth because you were too proud to say it. How did we know you…
- Grey
- February 14, 2008
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Uncategorized
Around the Majors
The Fantasy Hurler breaks down what he thinks 2nd base is going to look like in ’08. Usually, the Hurler and I are pretty copasetic.…
- Grey
- February 14, 2008
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NEWS
Frank Thomas, Big 2008 Sleeper?
ESPN’s top “analyst,” Eric Karabell, lit a flame nugget under me when he decided to tout Frank Thomas as a big 2008 sleeper. That’s right,…
- Hater Bell
- February 13, 2008
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NEWS
Keeper Question, From Me to You
Giving invaluable advice is what we do and all you do is sit there eating your cranberry bran muffin and reading it. Over a hundred…
- Grey
- February 12, 2008
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NEWS
Hidden Draft Day Bargains
by Lou Poulas of Fantasy Insider Online The key to any draft – whether it is auction style, scratch, or keeper – is to find…
- Lou Poulas
- February 9, 2008
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Sleepers
2008 Sleepers, the Rookie Edition
You got some sleepers yesterday. Now you want rookies. What, you want this year’s Ryan Braun? Well, you may have to wait another lifetime because…
- Grey
- February 8, 2008
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Uncategorized
Around the Majors
Big news in New York this week. No, not the Giants. Morgan Ensberg signed with the Yankees. Let me ask you something, if you sign…
- Grey
- February 7, 2008
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Sleepers
Potential Closers For 2008
We’ve gone over a few lists of sleepers. Gave you some draft lists. Even chucked a player rater your way. This here? This is a…
- Grey
- February 6, 2008
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Sleepers
Deep Sleepers for 2008
Take Alex Rodriguez with your first pick. He performs half of what you expect from him and you’re pissed, but it won’t lose you your…
- Grey
- February 5, 2008
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NEWS
Josh Fields or Andy LaRoche, Keeper Question
While watching the New York Football Giants leave the New England Patriots crying like a bunch of little girls who just learned that the American…
- Grey
- February 4, 2008
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Razzball: The Game
Who Were The Least Valuable Fantasy Baseball Players of 2007?
In a previous article, I set forth the basic rules and strategy behind Razzball – a fantasy baseball game where the aim is to compile…
- Rudy Gamble
- February 1, 2008
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NEWS
Johan Santana Traded to the Mets
Holy heffin’ hey, could arguably the best pitcher in baseball just get better? Well, yeah. Talked to a friend that is a Mets fan. This…
- Grey
- January 30, 2008
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Draft Rankings
Where to draft Pujols in 2008?
Previously, we went through the top ten overall fantasy baseball draft list for 2008 and the top twenty first basemen. Well, an interesting thing happened…
- Grey
- January 29, 2008
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NEWS
Overrated and Underrated for Fantasy Baseball
When you’re looking at your 2008 fantasy baseball draft board, it will be imperative to locate the players where you are going to get the…
- Grey
- January 28, 2008
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Y to Z
Fantasy Baseball Team Names
People obsess over what to call their fantasy baseball team. And, I must say, time well spent! Please take a look at the list; it’s…
- Grey
- January 25, 2008
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Draft Rankings
Will Ryan Braun Suck in 2008?
Hype gets a bad rap or, to put it into a confusing pun, hype is hype-less even for the hyper. That’s not to say hype…
- Grey
- January 24, 2008
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Uncategorized
Around the Majors
The handsomely knowing (or is it knowingly handsome?) Bob Taylor over at Fantasy Hurler put together a list of Beasts and Busts for 2008. Can’t…
- Grey
- January 23, 2008
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