Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer have launched a pod, Cards & Categories, to discuss baseball from card collecting and fantasy angles! In our seventh episode, we open with discussion on the White Sox front office shake up and Julio being Julio. We then have a mock fantasy draft for the first round of 2024 (15:01) followed by picking our personal […]
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Believe it or not, this is one of my favorite parts of the fantasy baseball season. Of course, there is the thrill of draft season. The chaos of the first few FAAB runs is also a delight. But this part of the season, post-trade deadline, pre-final stretch, offers all sorts of opportunity to make savvy […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer have launched a pod, Cards & Categories, to discuss baseball from card collecting and fantasy angles! In our sixth episode, we open with discussion on Luke Raley’s unlikely homer in Oracle Park, Cedric Mullins’ fantastic Sunday in Seattle, and whether we should start stashing other players for the NL MVP Topps Chrome […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Much like Beni facing a charging army in the cinema classic The Mummy, I abandoned you in your time of greatest need last week post-trade deadline. You know when a trade deadline wrap takes a few dozen mouse scrolls to fully read, the activity was substantial. With all of the moves, new opportunities opened up […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer have launched a pod, Cards & Categories, to discuss baseball from card collecting and fantasy angles! In our fifth episode, we open with discussion on the messes in the White Sox clubhouse and Orioles broadcast booth along with Julio Rodriguez’s rise to stardom. We also cover the latest card release – 2022 […]
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Cards & Categories Ep. 4 – Deadline, Deadline, Deadline
August 3, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball, All Podcasts |by: Mike Couillard
Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer have launched a pod, Cards & Categories, to discuss baseball from card collecting and fantasy angles! In our fourth episode, we open with discussion on the trade deadline results. Then we talk about how to store prospect rookie cards and ride the market waves, especially in relation to the prospects traded this […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? FAAB Week 18: Building Sandcastles
July 29, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 3 Commentsby: Mike Couillard
As I sat typing this article on Friday afternoon, the White Sox executed the Lance Lynn/Joe Kelly and Kendall Graveman trades. By the time this is posted, some of the information below will have aged like a galloon of whole milk left out in Phoenix over the past few weeks. This trade deadline is likely […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer have launched a pod, Cards & Categories, to discuss baseball from card collecting and fantasy angles! In our third episode, we open with discussion on Felix Bautista’s Cy Young chances, 2023 Topps Chrome tacofractors, and the Braves’ triple play against the Red Sox. Then we talk about our favorite card show strategies […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?This is always one of my least favorite weeks of the fantasy calendar – the dreaded five game week. This upcoming week has the Braves, Red Sox, Marlins, Yankees, Athletics, Giants, and Rays getting only five games to produce stats. Making matters even worse is that we have to balance the abbreviated five-game weeks of […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer have launched a pod, Cards & Categories, to discuss baseball from card collecting and fantasy angles! In our second episode, we open with fawning over Shoehei Ohtani and comparing his bat flip to Max Kepler’s bat kick. Then we overview Topps Chrome 2023, slated to be released on July 26. Lastly, […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? FAAB Week 16: Full Stream Ahead
July 16, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 11 Commentsby: Mike Couillard
I spent the first editions of this column preaching long-term vision and patience. Unlike football, baseball, and its fantasy appendage, is a marathon of a season. You’ll burn out from the whiplash of a given season if you’re constantly reacting to slight fluctuation in player outlooks. Well, it’s time to throw that all out the […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Hello all, I’m back again for a Friday night recap. I swear Dan Pants took the night off just to subject me to the horror show of the latest round of City Connect uniforms. Friday night saw the Reds, Orioles, Rangers, Pirates, and Mariners proudly (?) sport their brand new City Connect uniforms and subject […]
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