We’re about 50 games into the season now meaning things are starting to take shape. I’m a firm believer that we should #killthewin but I can’t help but be impressed that Chris Sale, Jake Arrieta and Stephen Strasburg all have 9 wins already. Arguably more impressive, Arrieta, Strasburg and Josh Tomlin all haven’t lost yet. Tomlin is 7-0 with a WHIP under 1. The K’s aren’t great but there’s a ton of value with how he’s pitching right now. His ERA is sitting at 3.35 but it’s not a fluke. Here’s what was posted throughout Week 8:
Grey and Tehol Beddict provided us with the Daily Notes this week. A lot of focus on pitchers, almost all of which struggled.
Smokey gave us his weekly SAGNOF update. I’m driving the Leonys Martin bandwagon so get aboard!
M@’s Hitter Rankings took a deeper look at Trayce Thompson. And there’s technicolor! I’m too lazy to write in technicolor so read it above! J.B.’s Pitcher Rankings for Week 8 gave us a look at Kenta Maeda among the (mostly) usual suspects.
It’s a Razzball Podcast! They’ve won a Pulitzer! Weird yelling!
MattTruss’ RCL Update showed us who has been lucky and unlucky in the win column through the first 7 weeks.
Big Magoo’s One Man’s Trash starts with a look at Danny Valencia and how he’s taking advantage of playing every day. If you want more, click the link!
Son’s Buy / Sell post discusses The King of SAGNOF, Rajai Davis and some other guys who are / were hotter than a a pistol.
The REL Dynasty update from J.B. can be red at the earlier link. So much madness!
Malamoney’s Buy / Sell article has an amazing picture to lead it off that I’m still laughing about. Check it out along with some quality information!
What to do with Zack Greinke? Big Magoo tells you here.
Ralph Lipshitz gives us a look at Alex Bregman along with Julio Urias.
Grey’s Buy / Sell is headlined by discussion of Jameson Taillon. Please Pirates, just call the kid up! Like, now.
Smokey’s Bullpen Report takes a look at Jake Diekman and others. Who would have thought Jake Diekman would have fantasy relevance?
M@’s Two Start Pitchers for Week 9 begins with a gif from Game of Thrones. Poor Willis. The article contains the usual tiers with the bright light on Gerrit Cole.
Ralph gave us all Ten Prospects who you should try to acquire in deep leagues. Do it now! <Arnold Schwarzenegger voice>
Malamoney’s Points Leagues update starts with a look at how good Zach Britton has been this year. Short answer: terrific. Long and better answer: click the link.
THE WEEK AHEAD
Streamonator loves itself some Aaron Nola this week. Nola is the #6 starter for week 9 with starts against the Nationals and Brewers.
Hittertron absolutely loves the Rockies this week. Charlie Blackmon is the #1 overall hitter, Nolan Arenado is #4, Carlos Gonzalez and Trevor Story are in the top 20 and Gerardo Parra comes in at 30.
As always, there will daily fantasy content from our terrific group of writers here.
That’s all for now guys. If you have any questions or comments, post them below and I’ll answer as soon as possible. You can also find me on the hockey side of things at Razzball here. Take care!
