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] or via Twitter @rudygamble.
by: Rudy Gamble
We have now posted the 2009 Point Shares for 12-team MLB leagues. For those unfamiliar, Point Shares are our home-grown methodology (inspired by Bill James’ Win Shares) for rating fantasy players. They represent the estimated difference in an average fantasy team’s points if they were to substitute a given player for the average player at […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?It’s the beginning of a new year. Time to reflect on the year that has passed. Time to make resolutions in the new year. Time to hope the Baseball Hall of Fame voters make a resolution to vote better. Last year’s nomination was a mixed bag for us. Only one of our 5 nominations made […]
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Note: Besides providing advice and news on fantasy baseball, we at Razzball created and sponsor a fantasy baseball variation where the goal is to manage the worst team possible. These Historical Spotlights honor those players who would’ve excelled in such a format. See here for more info. See here for our 2009 Fantasy Razzball […]
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Yovani Gallardo (IP count, young arm), Ross Ohlendorf (ditto) & Michael Young (hamstring) are the latest players being ‘shut down’ as teams outside the pennant race start playing for 2010. Don’t they realize that every player is part of at least thousands of fantasy baseball pennant races? For the 99% of you in non-keeper leagues, […]
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I’d like to dedicate this opening paragraph to one of our 2008 faves Mark ‘Mini-Donkey’ Reynolds as he reached 200 Ks and is poised to shatter the previous record of 205 Ks set by the very same Mark Reynolds last year. (Luckily, he’s also shattering his record for Runs, HRs, RBIs, and SBs too.) We […]
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Homestretch time in the Razzball Commenter and Fantasy Razzball Leagues. Here is the latest… In the Razzball Commenter League, Mowses (Home Plate Security) and Mil Mascaras (Tequila Two Step) are separated by a mere .46 points at the top. This looks like a two person race at this point as 3rd place PWNightmare is 9 […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?It’s been a while since we checked in on our Razzball Commenter League and Fantasy Razzball League – mainly because I’ve been either on vacation or working like a dog for the past month. Here it goes… There’s been a big shakeup in the RCL Standings as previous leader Cruz Control (commenter Anthony) has dropped […]
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This week’s Fantasy Roundtable is hosted by Adam Ronis at Strong Island’s most awesome paper – Newsday.com. THE TOPIC: Where would you draft David Wright in a mid-season league and why? I veered toward the most bearish in the group – saying I’d take him somewhere in picks 20-30. Grey put him at #14 in […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?We’re a little over the halfway mark in baseball so why not check in on our leagues… First up, the Fantasy Razzball League. Jay – a Razzball commenter – is ahead of a pack which includes 30 bloggers and 50 other participants. The rest of the top five are Mike Podhorzer from FantasyPros911 (who is […]
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This week’s Fantasy Roundtable is hosted by phonetically fetishy friends at Fantasy Phenoms. THE TOPIC: Three pitchers who have exceeded expectations so far are Jon Lester, Zack Greinke and Justin Verlander. Owners of these pitchers have been relying on them as weekly starters who play an intricate role for their fantasy teams. All three are […]
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This week’s Fantasy Roundtable is hosted by Big Jon Williams over at Advanced Fantasy Baseball. THE TOPIC: You find yourself in 7th place in a 15 team mixed 5×5 league. You’ve just lost your best hitter to injury and your pitching isn’t that good. If you really want to win, what do you do? Spoiler […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?One of our blogging brethren over at Midwest Sports Fans was analyzing 37 year old Raul Ibanez’s breakout start to the season and, as part of a rather detailed analysis of park factors and whatnot, ‘begrudgingly acknowledged’ that performance-enhancing drugs cannot be completely dismissed. A Philadelphia Inquirer journalist saw it. By the next day, they […]
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