Because Major League Baseball doesn’t do anything fun like throwing players battling for a position into a coliseum pit to fight to the death, we have to settle for them figuring things out on the field. LAME. Yes, baseball’s version of The Purge is quite mundane, but that’s not to say there are not still […]
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Ryan is a 20-year veteran of fantasy baseball, football, and basketball leagues. He has been writing about fantasy sports, sports betting, and DFS since 2018 and is a member of the FSWA and IBWAA. A native of Houston, he is a die-hard fan of the Astros, Rockets, and - reluctantly - the Texans. When he is not buried under sports analysis, he works full-time in higher education and can be found pursuing his other passions: drinking coffee and writing about television and comic book investments.
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Climbing The Mountcastle Wall: Camden Yards Destroys Ryan’s Upside
February 24, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 1 Commentby: CableBoxScore
Most of the time when we hear about a player hitting a wall, it’s due to injury, fatigue, or loss of skill. Very rarely – and maybe never! – do we hear about a player hitting a wall because of an actual wall. But we may have found our Patient Zero in Ryan Mountcastle, whose […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?You’ll have to forgive me, I’m a little out of breath. I’m still in the middle of running the victory lap of telling everyone, everywhere last season to draft Cristian Javier at all costs. Can I see the future, you might ask? No, my friend, I am no fortune teller. At least I don’t think […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? MLB Risers and Fallers: Free Agency Fallout
January 26, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell | 2 Commentsby: CableBoxScore
Who were the real risers and fallers from MLB free agency this offseason, you ask? Let’s be clear, there was one true winner of this MLB offseason, and that was Scott Boras. He presided over more than $1.2 billion in free agency deals like he was the Pope lifting his holy hands to all those […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? MLB Risers And Fallers Week 22: Bo Bichette Bender
September 8, 2022 | 2022 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell |by: CableBoxScore
As we enter the playoff season for many fantasy leagues, we are getting closer and closer to knowing who players actually are for the 2022 campaign. Time to regress is running short But, because it’s major league baseball, we are also still getting surprised every day. Yandy Diaz and Aaron Judge have the same OBP […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? MLB Risers And Fallers Week 20: Bregman’s Baby Steps
August 25, 2022 | 2022 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell |by: CableBoxScore
As we march diligently toward the two-thirds point of the season, we are getting closer and closer to knowing who players actually are for the 2022 campaign. But, because it’s major league baseball, we are also still getting surprised every day. Jordan Montgomery is the best pitcher of the last two weeks? Randy Arozarena has […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?As we march diligently toward the two-thirds point of the season, we are getting closer and closer to knowing who players actually are for the season. But, because it’s major league baseball, we are also still getting surprised every day. Cole Irvin is the best pitcher of the last two weeks? Michael Harris leads all of […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?“He who has ears, let him hear.” We tried to tell you in the preseason, but anyone who wasn’t fully convinced before last night should now be straight evangelical for Cristian Javier after he dismantled the Los Angeles Angels. On the back of seven no-hit innings with 13 punch-outs against the Yankees last week, Javier […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?As we march diligently toward the halfway point of the season, we are getting closer and closer to knowing who players are for the season. But we are also still getting surprised every day. Devin Smeltzer is a top-five pitcher over the last two weeks? Alfonso Rivas would have won fantasy managers a matchup last […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?As we march unendingly toward the halfway point of the season, we are getting closer and closer to the crazy zone. Tyler Mahle and Miles Mikolas were the best pitchers of the last week. Three Braves (no, not Acuna, Olson, and Riley) are in the top-10 hitters (Michael Harris, Adam Duvall, and Dansby Swanson). What […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Sound the small sample size alarm, because it’s time once again to cast season-long judgment on just two months’ worth of data for players. But this is the information we have, and fantasy baseball is a reactionary game. We can’t pause our waivers or our FAAB to get a better, more longitudinal look at performance. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Sound the small sample size alarm, because it’s time once again to cast season-long judgment on less than two months’ worth of data for players. But this is the information we have, and fantasy baseball is a reactionary game. We can’t pause our waivers or our FAAB to get a better, more longitudinal look at […]
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