As a kid, I absolutely loved and looked forward to the All Star game. Grew up without money or cable, this along with the Saturday game of the week were the only chance I got to actually watch the best players, all at the same time! I’m a bit nostalgic for those days this year […]
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Author: kelder
Kelder does have a first name but only his Mom uses it. He's been playing fantasy sports since before the internet had sites to do it. Not a member of any important organization but he thinks he's super funny! When not consuming baseball, he enjoys church coffee and food in larger quantities than his doctor would like.
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The Educator has been focused more on third base than first. Good reasons for that. First base has struggled in recent years to produce young breakout hitters. Matt Mervis. Tristan Casas. Spencer Torkelson. Kyle Manzardo is even struggling a bit in the minors. Where have all the blue-chip first base hitters gone? Growing up it […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Coming from beautiful Acadia National Park this week! If you’ve never been, go. It’s fantastic. Box scores. I love a good box score. Not much better in life than waking up, fresh coffee, and reviewing every game for 15 minutes or so. It’s one of the small pleasures that make me happy I live in […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Much like last week, I’m going with a tiers ranking sheet in the article, then the ranks will be on the bottom. I will once again be trying to predict what WILL happen, not simply regurgitate rankings from a player rater. I also try to not be influenced by recent events, which is why I’m […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Summertime! Time to tidy up the old ranks. This week is first base, next week is third. Reminder, I’m trying to predict what they WILL do. If you want rankings of what’s happened already, there’s a player rater for that. There’s also a projected rest-of-season tool that I used but since I’m not AI (or […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?I know, I said the ranks are coming this week. For the three of you who read to the end of the article, thanks for noticing. I ran out of time this week to do them, honestly. Did you know it’s possible, in the same house, to have one kid with strep throat and the […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Missing Out On Succession: Third Base Report
May 31, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 2 Commentsby: kelder
So apparently this show called Succession ended. I have not watched a single episode, and I probably never will. If you did, I hope you enjoy it. This is a pattern for The Educator. Game of Thrones? I missed the show, still waiting for a book to come out. Sopranos? What is that, a choir […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Hit The Griddy With Wrong Taylor Swift Lyrics: 1B Report
May 24, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 3 Commentsby: kelder
When I started thinking about ranks, I of course went to the Player Rater. This time, I didn’t make my editor mad and go to a different site. It’s all Razzball, baby. This week, I’m going to compare guys in the RazzSlam ADP (which doesn’t include me yet so it’s skewed of course.) Aside from […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Third base has been an incredibly difficult position to navigate in the first quarter of the season. It’s as hard as trying to navigate kids’ newfangled cool expressions. Note to everyone: Slay is a funny joke. It’s great to drop a “Yass Queen.” Just don’t call someone zesty. They are liable to call you a […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Nolan Arenado Is An Old Canadian With A Speedo
May 10, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 7 Commentsby: kelder
Groupthink is a powerful drug in fantasy baseball. Pre season draft lists are often very similar. Literally everyone I saw had Nolan Arenado ranked 6. Alex Bregman was ranked 7. In first base, everyone had Pete Alonso in the late second. Jose Abreu went 6 pretty much everywhere. The group can be wrong. And I […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Pace To Your Face Not An 8 Track: First Base Edition
May 3, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 12 Commentsby: kelder
Extra Credit to the first person in the comments who can tell me what classic song lyric is referenced in the title! The first two weeks of marriage. The first day in a new job. The first 30 minutes of a date. All of these are meaningless sample sizes. Well, not exactly. Each of these […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Chap Is Wielding A Big Stick: 3B Ranks
April 26, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 8 Commentsby: kelder
Finally. A month in. We made it. All the smart people on the Tweeter machine have told you to be patient and wait to see what’s real and what is not. The time for patience has ended. The time for judgment has arrived. The time has come for us to determine who is real and […]
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