This Monday the RazzSlam starts; this Sunday I take part in LABR in Florida, which is where I am when you read this (if you read this on Saturday or Sunday). Wish me luck! I’m kidding. Luck is for goobers and the Irish. I don’t need luck! I have my Brians! Brians! Siri, I’m saying brains, not freakin’ Brians! So, while I’m out of the box until Sunday night, you need to play around with the Fantasy Baseball War Room, because I said so! Sorry, I’m like three Red Bulls deep and doing a lot of screaming, huh?
So, do you not know the Fantasy Baseball War Room? Well, you should. It’s the most important fantasy baseball tool you will use this year. It’s what Rudy and I use for all of our drafts. I wouldn’t do a draft without it. It has all the 2024 fantasy baseball rankings.
Long live the Fantasy Baseball War Room! Long live the Fantasy Baseball War Room! Long live *coughs, falls over into a hedge* Yelling from the middle of the hedge, “I’m okay, just got too excited. Hey, could someone help me up?”
So, I have used Rudy’s War Room for the last five to seven years (depends on how many years you consider 2020). Anyone that uses the Fantasy Baseball War Room will never want to go back to drafting without it. I don’t say this to try to sell subscriptions. You do need to order a subscription to get the war room, but you shouldn’t be drafting without the War Room. Rudy’s won Tout Wars multiple times; I’ve won countless leagues (Tout Wars by the highest margin ever); we’ve both won NFBC leagues, I finished in the top 20 overall, netting a bonus prize. All of this was done with this Fantasy Baseball War Room.
So, to get started, order a subscription.
Next up, request access from Rudy with the links on this page.
Then choose which league you’re in. This year you can use our Fantasy Baseball War Room for auction drafts, snake drafts, Best Ball drafts, AL-Only, NL-Only, mixed league — I use it for my keeper league draft by filling in the kept players beforehand. Plus, there’s ADP from NFBC that is used to estimate a % chance that any player will be available for any of your draft picks.
Then, click “make a copy.” And Frank Voila!
I go over all of this in the videos below too. I spent way too much time on these videos, so please like and subscribe. That’s a different subscribe than the Razzball subscriptions. That one is free on Youtube. You’re welcome!
You’ll see all the rankings, projections and War Room on that, uh, War Room. You literally could, and I do, go into a draft with that, and only that. If you wanna make daddy happy, you also open up my 2024 fantasy baseball rankings and reference those with the War Room. That’s it though. Okay, I also need this chair, and my dog, and–All right, that’s me just quoting The Jerk now.
All you need in any fantasy baseball draft is our Fantasy Baseball War Room and 2024 fantasy baseball rankings. The rest is window dressing. Okay, I love window dressing — better than Russian, if being honest — and we give you a lot of window dressing with sleepers, prospects, closers, etc. Oh, did you know you can go to any player page by clicking their name –> Julio Rodriguez — and at the bottom of that page is every blurb I’ve written in the rankings? There is a lot here. But you can roll out of bed the morning of your draft and open my 2024 fantasy baseball rankings and our War Room, and do well. Also, and I know there’s a lot here, but we have Razzball Commenter Leagues ongoing. Sign up for one — or three!
Okay, sign up for a Razzball subscription and request the Fantasy Baseball War Room from Rudy, then start watching:
Then watch this:
Finally, watch this:
Then there’s the War Room for auction drafts. That’s right! Never before have we offered an auction draft tool to the public! I’ve been using it for a decade, but we didn’t want any of your competitors getting an advantage on us. Well, now we are. Why? Because we’re dumb! But all the better for you! Here’s the Auction Draft War Room in action — hey, there’s a good slogan in there, “The auction draft for when U go into action!” Maybe good isn’t the word I’m looking for:
Also, and here’s a real mad capper that wasn’t even available to me previously, a Best Ball War Room! What? Seriously? The same format we use for the RazzSlam? Are you being serious? Yes, I’m being serious! I would not joke about this. This is the “Wait there’s more!” portion of the program. Here is the Best Ball War Room in action:
Or simply fiddle around in the Fantasy Baseball War Room for s’s and g’s. You can “make a copy” as many times as you like, so you can use the War Room to draft multiple teams, or use it in mock drafts, or, and this is what Rudy and I do, use it instead of mock drafts. Just go in and “draft” a team to see how well you can achieve the desired fantasy baseball goals. Or goooooooooooooooooooooooals if a European is reading.
Hey G money thanks love ya!!
Hey in a 5×5 daily league no IP limit that uses FAAB nightly, how would you attack this?
7 bench spots also. Would you kinda punt SP and draft elite RP and stream stream stream?
What about same type league but weekly instead of daily?
So how deep does the War Room go? One of my leagues is very deep, 20 teams with 30 active roster spots and 15 minor league spots. I’m fine in my other standard size leagues, but I always wish I had a better edge once I get to the dregs of this deep league
Gotta ask Rudy, but I use it for AL and NL Only and those are deep
What is even fun about that? 900 players deep?
RCL #6
C – Moreno
1B – CES
2B – Gimenez
3B – Arenado
SS – Xander
CI – K’Bryan
MI – Pena
OF – Judge, Alvarez, Harris, Nimmo, Marte
UT – Jeimer Candelario
BN – BDLC
SP- Castillo, Bobby Miller, Musgrove, Ober, Imanaga, Pivetta, Varland, Crawford, Whitlock
RP – Edwin Diaz, Tanner Scott
First RCL and I love the arms. Maybe light on SB?
De La Cruz seems useless and you have 9 SPs, when you should have 6 and more RPs…so light on saves, and likely SBs
I’m in a h2h league. Will the war room work for me as well?
Yes
Grey,
Excited for RazzSlam starting Monday – is there gonna be a Side Challenge posted or set up for it like in years past? Thanks
Think there should be, I’ll ask truss to set it up
Sounds good, cool – thanks Grey! Good luck with RazzSlam – looking to add another notch in the belt for the “Joes” this year!
Haha, thanks!
Still ineligible to play side challenge contests here in NY apparently – d’oh!
How does my draft look, aside from the lack of reliable saves? It’s an 11-team roto. Do you think I could use more stolen bases?
C – O’Hoppe, E, Diaz
1B – Freddie
2B – Gleyber
3B – Riley
SS – Bo
CI – Casas
MI – Gorman
OF – Adolis, N. Jones, Teoscar, E. Carter, J. Duran, Frelick
UT – Ozuna
SP – Peralta, Efflin, Bassitt, Ober, Imanaga, Kikuchi, Nestor, Steele
RP – Robertson, Matsui, Brash, Harvey
Looks like you’re pretty balanced, not that bad on steals…I like the pitching a lot
Hi Grey….who would be the top keeper among these players:
E Tovar. $10
Santander. $6
Happ. $8
Suzuki. $11
Vinnie P. $10
Thanks. See you in Vegas!
Vinnie for 10
Seiya…see ya in Vegas!
Pulled the trigger on that Freddy P trade (I get $16 Freddy keeper and gave away yainer and Ruiz, each at $4). Ended up getting a throw in of $4 Noelvi, who I know we love. Thanks again for the help!
Now need to pick between $9 Josh Lowe and $4 Noelvi as my last keep…
I know on the top 500 they’re about $5 apart auction value wise (17 to 12) + their projections are really similar. Does the fact this league format is weekly lineups (no subbing out Josh if he doesn’t start against a lefty) push Noelvi over him for you? Similarly, my keepers lock in 2 weeks, right around when they hope Josh will be in spring games again after the hip thing…
Lowe over Noelvi unless there’s news Lowe won’t be ready for opening day? Or do you like Noelvi here?
Thanks!
PS – best feeling is finishing an ep of Shogun and not realizing there’s another out already!
I’d prolly lean Noelvi
Thanks! In that case love getting him for free-99 in that trade even more!
No problem
Do you have a nickname for Jackson Chourio yet? If not, can I recommend “honey-nut”?…. Nobody likes regular…
Haha, I like it!
Grey, always thankful for the feedback. Two 12-team dynasty questions.
1) Give 2024 2nd round pick and 2025 1st round pick, get Jordan Montgomery and 2025 2nd round pick
2) Give Estuery Ruiz for Civale
That first one isn’t looking too great after further review. Montgomery for a 1st round pick? I think you’ll say nah.
I don’t know what a 1st round pick means
Is a first round pick Acuña or is it the same as a 20th round pick?
1st round pick means drafting any unrostered players (including minor leaguers, international, and 1st year players). Not sure the order yet, but 1st round.
So Yamamoto? That’s pretty big 1st round
Yes, but someone drafted him last year. So yeah 1st round draft pick is valuable.
Yeah, sounds valuable
They both sound fine, 2 is more about needs…think you can likely get more in 2
1st round pick means drafting any unrostered players (including minor leaguers, international, and 1st year players). Not sure the order yet, but 1st round.
Grey,
Is your projection for Frelick on the high end of possibilities? I’m interested in taking him as my next pick. Everything else I’ve read about him though says good contact, but he will struggle to push double digits in HR and fewer SB than your projections.
It’s maybe a little high but I love him, surprised more people aren’t crazy for him…he’s brewers number theee hitter
Thanks. I saw your projections for him were really the same for Evan Carter, but ranked much lower and wondered why. I grabbed him for my last pick in a 11 team roto.
Cool
Grey
10 team keeper league
question we have two new teams joining and they will get a chance to draft 1 player from each team. We normally keep 7 however this year our players 5 thru 7 would be available.
I am thinking these are my keepers.
carroll
freeman
gunner
perez
kirby
luzardo
walker j
thoughts?
I am with you I feel freeman may be a down year. Was hoping to trade him for a pick.
team below
freeman
gunner
carroll
walker j
lowe j
noemer
holiday
volpe
lawler
cruz o
steer
nola
glasmow
gray rod
perrz
luzardo
greene
Kirby
Depends what you can get Freeman, but those look like your keepers…could see maybe Nola over Eury
Would you trade your $24 Yordan keeper for any 2 of the following: $4 Nolan Jones $4 elly cruz $11 Harris II?
Nah
What strategy do you like better in a H2H auction draft: Spending big on a couple of top 10-ish 35+HR bats or spreading that money out across several 25/25 guys?
Spend big, go for broke, though size of league might matter
Shallow dynasty [keep forever], weird categories
Please rank the following injured keepers on a 2 to 3 year time frame:
Buehler
Senga
DeGrom (#1 player upside next year)
Walker, Senga
Keep Senga or Bassitt?
Bassitt
I’m in a 10-team Yahoo keeper league. We can keep five players and these are my current choices with two other candidates with the round they would be taken in. Anything you would change here?
Keep:
19th round – Bobby Witt Jr.
23rd round – Zach Eflin
9th round – George Kirby
16th round – Oneil Cruz
12th round – Adley Rutschman
Pass:
10th round – Joe Ryan
10th round – Cole Ragans
Looks right
Does the war room support categories not in the videos like OBP, WHIP and SV+H?
WHIP for sure…other two are questions for Rudy, his contact info is in the subscriptions page
Shohei’s dodger oppo HR has everyone going nuts with trade offers. Latest one here, which side do you like?
$6 Corbin Carroll for $29 Shohei (hitter) + $15 Adolis
Haha…I’d keep Shohei
Perfect…
https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/cardinals-lars-nootbaar-looking-for-pulled-flyballs/
Haha, 285-foot fly balls incoming
dood is 6’3″ 210. all i ask is 30/30 and a top 20 overall. is that too much!
Haha, I’m just messin…he’s got the tools…not a bad bet to just need a guy to elevate
Big fan of your writing! 10 team 5×5 league with OBP instead of AVG. I have no legitimate 2B and I am light on SB. Could you please rank Willi Castro, Jake Cronenworth, Brandon Drury, Jonathan India, Brandon Lowe, DJ LeMahieu, Whit Merrifield, Geraldo Perdomo, Justin Turner and Jordan Westburg?
Thanks! Castro, India
No love for Paul Skenes Pit SP?
I ranked him
ESPN, head to head, 5×5, 6 player keep forever (no limit). Locked in Acuna, Carroll, Tatis, Tucker, Betts.
#6 keeper choices – Chourio, McClain, Nolan Jones, Pablo Lopez
With the strength of my first 5 keepers, I was set on keeping Chourio. However, as keeper lock approaches I’m having 2nd thoughts. Who is your keep out of those choices (given my 5 locked in keepers)? Thanks
McLain or Jones or Lopez, that order
Dang, my brain told me this was the answer. My heart loves that shiny new toy!! Is Chourio close to those other guys?
Probably won’t get him back in the draft.
Yeah, he’s close
Thanks for your feedback, appreciate it! If close, might take a chance on him. My other keepers are strong so think I can absorb the risk. Could probably get McClain or No-Jo back in draft.
Yeah I could see it
RCL #4
Average and runs look secure. I’ll be relying on Bregman and Machado to stay healthy. Wins and saves also look secure. I’ll be on the lookout for sb’s all year. Other than that, does it look decent?
Moreno
Diaz
Altuve
Machado
Correa
Bregman
Arraez
Soto
Schwarber
Kwan
Haniger
S. Marte
Mountcastle
Bench: Crawford, Raley, Johan Rojas
Cole
Steele
Eovaldi
Morton
Brown
Duran
Holmes
Alvarado
(Scherzer IL)
It does, if a little boring on offense…and heavy on average, if that’s possible with Schwarber
I know it’s only spring training but I want to see James Wood start with the big club.
Man, the Padres really gave up wood, gore and abrams for a soto rental and still didnt win anything.
Yeah, terrible deal in retrospect
Hey grey! I keep 6 players in my 12 team h2h keeper league. Keepers are by round. Definitely keeping 5 great bats, but wondering who my 6th should be.
I don’t have a 1b and like I said no sp yet.
Would you keep skubal or Casas? Both are 27th round keepers
Thanks
Skubal
Hey Grey! Two wild trade offers in the 12 team roto weekly keep forever:
Would you pull the trigger on either of these? SPs are probably worth a bit more value than default in this format because you can’t really stream SPs bc of the weekly lineup locks and $100 FAAB (no $0 bids)…
Thanks!
PS- besides Shogun, have you watched the latest Fargo season? WOW.
1. Sounds decent 2. Nah
I did watch Fargo…I love Hamm…shogun is shogood
I was going to say the same, Hamm was amazing. That long tracking one shot to the shed with that toxic cover was great.
Agreed! They capture mood really well
The fringe benefit of the tv/film chatter here continues! Note only do I learn there’s a new Fargo season, but that prompted me to check for True Detective. What did you think of the latest True Detective installment?
Also, if you’ve seen Fingernails, what did you think? I made vague note of it a bit back as starring Jessie Buckley (Apple+ content).
The new True Detective was solid! I recommend it…I don’t know Fingernails, haven’t watched
Morning Grey
Before my question, I just want to say that I loved the NFBC draft the other night even though I hate my team. Embarrassed to have left $25 on the table ( had an issue seeing the teams for some reason and how much $$$ everyone spent/had left, etc. ) I played too conservative on the big names and my pitching staff is a huge puke emoji . I will have to be very creative and lucky with the FAAB stuff all year just to keep from being on the bottom of the standings.
Still had a lot of fun anyways and hopefully this is something you do every year.
My question:
14 team auction mixed $260 standard cats can keep up to 11.
currently my keeper list is:
Lindor $31
Albies $29
Jazz $14
Altuve $13
Paredes $10
Burger $10
Gausman $22
Joe Ryan $11
Jon Gray $ 3
E Phillips $11
Helsley $14
I also have :
James Wood $10
Masyn Winn $10
Dylan Cruz $10
N Velazquez $10
Wallner $10
Pham $6
Marsh $6
Any from the bottom list that belongs in the keeper list? If so, who would you throw back?
As always thanks in advance and have a great time in Florida.
Glad you liked it! There’s FAAB so you never know who you can get! Jon Gray is so boring, I’d prolly go Wood but you can also likely redraft all those guys for around same price…
I’ve lived in the UK my entire life and my knowledge of Baseball is limited to say the least. All my leagues are money leagues and with the exception of one year when I basically broke even, I’ve made a nice tidy profit every year. The biggest reason for this is my Razzball Subscription. Razzball have everything covered. Yes, use the War Room and SON, but there is so much more available. Time spent familiarising yourself with ALL the tools available will be time well spent.
Aw thanks! Appreciate the kind words!
Hey Grey, is there any way to find out which players have been working with Driveline? I love what they did with JP Crawford last year.
A complete list? I have no idea if anyone’s done one
I am excited that there is finally an auction tool! Can we change the projections and dollar values (I use Rudy’s and two others) in the tool?
It’s a question for Rudy, his contact info is on the war room page
Very happy war room customer here. I’ve used the war room, hittertron, and streamonator the past few years and it will keep you competitive even if your team stinks on paper. Highly recommend.
Sweet! Thanks!
20 team standard roto 275$ salary
need advice on final keeper
Adolis 34$
Masyn Winn 4$
Westburg 7$
Thanks for your advice
Adolis
I do love the war room, used it last year and won my league. But I do wish I was better at excel so I could create a formula where players names would get crossed out after being drafted! I know we can filter to blanks every time or look at x and ys, but if anyone knows how to add the cross out feature, please let me know!
Ah, gotcha…I dont know tbh, maybe someone else might
Conditional formatting. Have a formula that says when adjacent cell is “x” then strikethrough the name
12 team league and need to pick 4 keepers standard scoring.
Acuna
Carroll
Yordan Alvarez
Bichette
Guerrero
De La Cruz (would be kept in the 20th round)
If I were to keep De La Cruz I would get a pick in the 4th round and he would be a 20th round keeper. Not sure if its worth the gamble though to lose out on a potential higher caliber keeper.
Thank you sir!
Acuna
Carroll
Yordan Alvarez are no brainers…then I’d lean Vlad
(H2H) in a saves + holds league where you have two RP slots is it best to take two holds pitchers and no closers because they are cheaper at the draft than closers? Thank you
Two holds guys is fine
Can you put custom values in the auction war room? Like different budgets, # of players, categories?
that’s a question for Rudy
Howdy pardner. When I tried register for my razzslam team I kept getting a. error message that says invalid game. I have a hunch that I waited too long to confirm. The invite went into my spam folder. Am I out of luck?
Ya, we locked it down midweek. Leagues are already set. Sorry, Steve!
sorry hope i didn’t cause trouble. i was looking for it and missed in my spam.
Nah no trouble, just stinks you didn’t get in
You had like 2 weeks to set up! Cmon Steve!
Damn!
short story-i suck. long story-i really suck
Haha, that’s a bummer, maybe if someone doesn’t show up for the draft Truss can replace them with you?
i’m open to it!
are you still grey@razzball? i’ll give you a ph # and he can try texting me last second.
Better off giving it to truss…he’s truss at razzball dot com
Morning, Grey!
12 team, 5×5 H2H, 7 keepers forever
Mookie, Corbin Carroll, EDLC, Corbin Burnes, Yamamoto
Choose two more from the following:
Jazz, Oneil Cruz, Nolan Jones, Triston Casas
Thanks!
Jones, Jazz
Grey!!!!
Great report!!
a. Good luck on your journey and the draft. Not being daft, everyone needs good luck and no one needs bad luck. So create the necessary environment to collect good luck, like waking up on time for your draft, getting a good night’s sleep TWO nights before your draft (that’d be tonight, boss).
b. Chris Rock quote of the day for March 1, 2024
George Bush has fucked up so bad, he made it hard for a white man to run for president! People are like “give me a black man, a white woman, a giraffe, a zebra…anything but another white man! That last one fucked up my roof!”
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks! I will begin sleeping now and only wake to go to the bathroom until the draft!
Ante why don’t you join the FCL this year?!