Author: Rudy Gamble

Rudy is the co-founder of Razzball and the wizard behind the Player Rater, Streamonator, HitterTron, DFSBot, Pigskinator, Stockonator and most other statty things on the site. You can contact him at [email protected], @rudygamble.bsky.social on Bluesky or via Twitter @rudygamble.

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2011 Yahoo! Friends and Family Draft – Team Razzball

by: Rudy Gamble

Grey and I were invited back for Yahoo’s most prestigious expert league – the Yahoo! Friends & Family League (the other Yahoo!-sponsored leagues we’re in include acquaintances and hoi polloi). The league has 14 teams consisting of 7 Yahooligans, 3 guys from Rotowire.com, 2 from Hardball Times, and one from Wall Street Journal and Razzball […]

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2011 Fantasy Baseball Expert Draft, 14 Team, H2H

March 21, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 75 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

Yahoo! Roto Arcade invited us back to be a part of their 14-team Head-to-Head ‘Pro-Am’ league. They were so anxious to get things started that the draft was scheduled for February 23rd. Something’s wrong when draft day is closer to Groundhog Day than Opening Day. Our team’s performance in this league last year mirrored our […]

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The Grey vs. Rudy Challenge

March 15, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 88 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

If you read Razzball, you know that we’re not afraid to criticize the rankings of ESPN and Yahoo!. You should also have realized by now that Grey and I don’t always agree on players. Grey has his rankings based on watching a ton of games, poring through stats, fantasy acumen, and whimsy while my Point Shares […]

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2011 NL LABR Draft – Team Razzball

March 10, 2011 | Our Leagues | 71 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

This years marks our first time participating in LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) which is sponsored by USA Today and is the granddaddy of all fantasy baseball expert leagues. We had an awesome time at the draft. It was pretty crazy to be in the same room with a number of guys that we’d […]

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2011 Best/Worst Values By Draft Position

March 7, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 37 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

One of the better features of ESPN Fantasy Baseball is their ‘Live Draft’ results which provides an idea of how players are being valued in 10 and 12-team mixed leagues. I have compared the ESPN results with my Point Shares to identify the relative bargains (and overpriced players) in standard leagues . You can see […]

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20 Risky Pitchers For 2011

March 7, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 66 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

Welcome to the 3rd annual stab at highlighting the riskiest pitcher propositions in fantasy baseball. I say ‘stab’ because I can’t claim success just yet. It’s easier to do that when you don’t compare your results against any baseline (like Mr. Verducci at SI.com). The fact is that many pitchers will go on the DL […]

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2011 Fantasy Razzball Leagues – The Power of Lemons

February 28, 2011 | Fantasy Razzball League, Razzball: The Game | 39 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

An optimist once said, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” It was so inspiring that no one followed up with the relevant question, “Did life also give me sugar because, otherwise, this lemonade is going to taste like crap?” There are plenty of lemons in baseball*. Fantasy Razzball is the sugar that helps make […]

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Fantasy Baseball League Formats

February 22, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 46 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

With our commenter leagues sign ups in full swing, we decided to look at different fantasy baseball league formats. Most fantasy baseball league providers (inc. ESPN, Yahoo!, CBSSports.com) offer a number of league formats. This post is a quick primer on how to find the league format that best fits you. League Depth The two […]

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Fantasy Baseball Positional Scarcity

February 15, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 59 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

Positional weighting (aka ‘positional scarcity’ for fearmongers or fearophiles) in fantasy baseball is one of the most discussed and least understood variables when it comes to ranking players. I have heard arguments ranging the whole gamut on how much a player’s value is impacted by their position – everything from ‘it means nothing’ to ‘it […]

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2011 Razzball Point Shares Version 1 Are Live

February 7, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 20 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

The first run of our 2011 Point Shares for 10 and 12 MLB leagues are now available there and via the 2011 Fantasy Baseball Rankings menu at the top of the page. The player rate projections are a composite of Marcel projections, FanGraphs fan projections and CAIRO (created/managed by SG at the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog […]

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What Can We Learn From 2010 Razzball Commenter League Results?

February 3, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 51 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

In my previous post, I wrote about the 2010 best and worst fantasy baseball draft values. I thought it would be interesting to analyze the results of last year’s 21 Razzball Commenter Leagues to see how well these rankings lined up with fantasy baseball team success. The format for all these leagues was: 12 team, […]

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2010 Best and Worst Draft Values

January 25, 2011 | 2011 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 24 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

Before I start digging into 2011 fantasy baseball projections, I thought I’d use up some blog space to look back at 2010. I’ve calculated the total value of each player by taking their total value as measured by my Point Shares metric (a Point Share represents the estimated difference in an average team’s points if […]

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