For this week, I thought I would focus on some potential waiver wire adds in shallow leagues. Below, I’ve discussed three names that are being added at a high rate in deeper leagues like Fantrax and NFBC, but what about the types of leagues that most fantasy managers play? Can these guys be a help […]
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This week’s article is going to take a look at my top 20 ranking list for 2B-eligible players. We are at the point in the season where some hitting metrics, especially plate discipline numbers, are starting to stabilize, so we can actually make a few somewhat educated assessments of how players look this year. We’re […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?As a way to offer readers some deeper knowledge about the fantasy-relevant players on MLB rosters, I’m going to be checking in from time to time with a full division’s worth of middle infielders. As a long-suffering Cubs fan, I couldn’t resist starting with the NL Central. If my assessment gets a bit bleak at […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?When this article drops, it will be my Christmas Day – the real, MLB opening day. OK, so this year, we call it the “domestic” opening day, but whatever. This is when baseball officially starts back for everyone, and it’s beautiful. And we’ll do our best to ignore how COLD it will be in many […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?For those of you who aren’t fantasy baseball degenerates like I am, you’re probably right in the middle of your main drafting season. I, on the other hand, am finishing up 6 months of drafting… The first step is acknowledging I have a problem. I’m hopeful my obsession at least can benefit Razzball readers. All […]
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A Preseason Trip Around The League: 2023 Second Basemen
March 20, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball, Second Basemen | 4 Commentsby: scar
This week we’re taking a look at the second base landscape, which is definitely shallower than the shortstop position. Overall, second base is looking even bleaker as Jose Altuve becomes the latest injury casualty of the World Baseball Classic. However, there’s always room for finding value and hidden gems at every position. AL East: Blue […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Fact Or Fiction: 2022 Second Basemen
May 23, 2022 | 2022 Fantasy Baseball, Second Basemen | 8 Commentsby: scar
Good day, All: It’s another exciting week to be a baseball fan, as Adley Rutschman, Matthew Liberatore, and Nolan Gorman have received call-ups from their respective MLB clubs. Mike Trout is doing Mike Trout things, as he’s now the only player in history with 1,000+ R, 200+ SB, and 1.000+ OPS through his age-30 season […]
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Anyone else out there have a theme song when they draft their baseball teams?
I draft hard (he drafts hard) every day of my life
I draft ’til I ache in my bones
At the end (at the end of the day)
I take home my hard-earned team all on my own
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray
‘Til the tears run down from my eyes
Lord, somebody (somebody), ooh somebody
Can anybody find me… ADP to love?
Just me? Alright.
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Top 25 Fantasy Shortstops for 2021 – Week 26
September 26, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Second Basemen | 3 Commentsby: Jakkers
The Major League Baseball season is down to its final week and a host of teams are still battling for spots in the postseason. And just like MLB, there are numerous fantasy leagues that will go down to the last pitch this season.
With that in mind, fantasy owners should do everything they can to secure a title. In re-draft leagues, that means discarding anyone and everyone who is not producing and picking up the hot hand. With that in mind, this week we will concentrate on some players who have been hot the last two weeks and likely available in your league.
So let’s look at the Top 25 fantasy shortstop rankings before we focus on players you should possibly target this last week of the season.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Top 25 Fantasy Second Baseman for 2021 – Week 25
September 19, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Second Basemen | 3 Commentsby: Jakkers
The fantasy baseball season is winding down, and if you are like me, you are constantly looking at your phone and the live scoring. Did Jose Altuve collect that much-needed RBI? Did Ozzie Albies swipe a bag that you have to have in order to overtake your opponent in steals. These next few days and weeks are going to be nerve wracking.
Making things even worse is if you have a player go on the IL or your second baseman is currently mired in a slump. The top players aren’t just sitting there on the waiver wire to be added, so adding the right free agent could be the difference between winning the title and being the best of the losers.
Before we talk about who some of those key free agents may be, let’s look at the rankings, taking into account that they mostly reflect what they have done for the entire season. But I’ll also touch on the players outside the rankings that should be watched or added in the next few days.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Top 25 Fantasy Second Basemen for 2021 – Week 23
September 5, 2021 | Second Basemen | 3 Commentsby: Jakkers
Trying to figure out Brandon Lowe is like a day trader trying to figure out when to buy or sell a stock. At the beginning of the season, everyone should have been selling Lowe stock. But based on past performance, they were still buying.
Once they were convinced he was a failed commodity, Lowe stock was being sold and he could be a cheap buy, but he likely cost you a lot while you held on to him. However, if you are the type of investor who plays the long game and doesn’t get caught up in the day-to-day highs and lows or if you were able to get Lowe when his price had bottomed out, then congratulations! Because right now, Lowe is carrying your team.
Throughout the season Lowe has produced home runs and RBI. Through June, he had 16 homers and 38 RBI. But he also had slash lines of .182-.301-.364 in April, .196-.312-.380 in May and .241-.337-.542 in June. Lowe also racked up 97 strikeouts in 263 at-bats – a strikeout percentage of 37 percent! But over the last two months, Lowe has been a beast at the plate. In July he slashed .288-.416-.616 with six homers, six doubles and 14 RBI in 22 games. Last month he hit nine double, nine homers and drove in 26 runs in 27 games while slashing .262-.328-.598.
Why the turnaround at the plate, at least when it comes to his slash line? The answer is pretty easy – his strikeout rate. In 180 at-bats in July and August, Lowe struck out only 48 times, a strikeout percentage of 27 percent. That is a 10 percent improvement compared to the first three months of the season. Yes, today’s game doesn’t penalize players for striking out. The easiest way to beat shifts and score runs is to just hit balls over the fence.
But putting the ball into play still matters, and Lowe is showing what happens when you put the ball in play. In the games Lowe has played this season, Tampa Bay is 79-48, and in those 79 wins, Lowe’s slash line is .248-.366-.520 with a strikeout percentage of 30 percent and BABIP of .283. But in the games the Rays lost, his slash line is .190-.256-.430 with a strikeout percentage of 38 percent and a BABIP of .218. The Rays – and your fantasy team – are at their best when Lowe puts the ball in play.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Top 25 Fantasy Second Basemen for 2021 – Week 21
August 22, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball, Rest of Season Rankings, Second Basemen | 4 Commentsby: Jakkers
In many fantasy baseball leagues, the season is winding down. The difference between making the playoffs and sitting on the sideline is going to be between which players are hot and which players are not.
As I have been doing the past month with the second baseman and shortstop rankings, I am going to highlight the players you may have a chance of adding from the waiver wire. We all know Marcus Semien and Ozzie Albies are awesome. Chris Taylor, Max Muncy, and Jose Altuve are all having great seasons as well. But we all that, and all five of those players aren’t sitting around on the waiver wire.
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