Happy Monday, Razzball faithful! We’re officially into JUNE and, as such, we’re just over a third of the way through the Major League Baseball schedule. Spring rains are getting their last downpours in, the kids are getting ready for the end of the school year (more on that next week), and Lance McCullers is romancing […]
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Living in the Bold North, we only have grass for, like, 6 months out of the year. The rest of the year, our yards are filled with snow or dirt from the melted snow or sink holes from the melted dirt. Yet, like clockwork, the Y chromosomes in our neighborhood all synchronize on Sunday morning and make the men step out and mow their lawns. Imagine yearning to see green all winter and then when the faintest hint of green emerges, you shout at the top of your lungs, “REV IT UP!” and you begin cranking your two stroke with the ferocity of a teenager. Extra points if you mow your lawn three times a week. ENYWHEY. What else am I supposed to lead off with when it’s June? Let’s get you some players.
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If you know me by now, you know that I like to revisit analytical topics covered in the past to see if the findings carry forward. I’ve written on pitcher values a number of times, mostly during draft season. In those cases, I looked at projections for what are considered by many as the most […]
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Mariners Seem Young To Get A Cole In As 2B
June 1, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes, Featured | 379 Commentsby: Grey
Mariners called up Cole Young. Cole world, ah, Cole world. Watch out, here comes my altar ego, B. Fire. Bringing da…FIRE! Cole Cole World Yeah First time, he’s Cole’d up, A 2nd baseman pup, The new Mariners homey, They wanna rosterbate, ironically goodbye, Mastrobouni, Or later, Leo Rivas, If Raleigh sits on your head, you’re […]
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Hey, look! A decent batch of two start options! After a couple weeks of pretty unappealing offerings, this week provides some sweet relief. That said, it isn’t without some sour notes of its own. For instance, Nathan Eovaldi was originally lined up for double duty this week, but left his last start early and is […]
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Hitter Profiles: Need for Speed
June 1, 2025 | 2025 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Hitters | 6 Commentsby: Jeremy Brewer
Chandler Simpson was just sent down by the Tampa Bay Rays in favor of Jake Mangum much to the chagrin of fantasy managers. He was hitting .285 with 17 runs and 19 steals across 34 games. Since his call-up on April 19th, he had more steals than anyone else in professional baseball and more than seven entire teams. But despite the blazing speed and .285 average, Simpson posted just an 85 wRC+, meaning he was performing 15% below league average as a hitter. His OBP hovered around league norms, his slug was nonexistent and fielding was not as good as hoped. This is the dilemma: elite speed plays in fantasy, often disproportionately. Yet in real life, if you can’t hit enough to justify a lineup spot, that speed becomes a tool without a stage. Speed can be scarce especially for those in rotisserie formats. Over the past few seasons, stolen bases have surged across MLB, but true category dominant threats remain rare.
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The results have been really solid across the last month, and last week was another good week. Ryan O’Hearn has been magical as one of our streamers over the last few weeks, and he’s finally getting rostered universally. Our biggest goal throughout the season is to stumble into must-roster players like that because the better […]
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Format = Team Position Player | Age | Level | ETA
1. Red Sox OF Roman Anthony | 20 | AAA | 2025
2. Athletics 1B Nick Kurtz | 22 | MLB | 2025
3. Brewers SS Jesus Made | 18 | A | 2028
4. Royals 1B Jac Caglianone | 22 | AAA | 2025
5. Rangers SS Sebastian Walcott | 19 | AA | 2026
6. Padres SS Leo De Vries | 18 | A+ | 2027
7. Reds RHP Chase Burns | 22 | AA | 2025
Interesting times at the top. Made and De Vries both feel like a smart place to put your money during these volatile economic times. Kurtz and Caglianone get these spots partly for floor, but they’re also closer to the Torkelson-Vaughn vortex than anyone in the lower minors. Gotta try to account for all facets of reality, and in doing that, I can see Chase Burns making a Skenesian impact over the final stretch this season. The pitcher penalty felt pretty outdated as I watched him dominate. The only thing most people can agree on here is that Anthony represents the best combination of proximity, probability and potential.
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What’s cookin’ out there, all my Razz Chefs? I’m travelling this weekend en route to a vacation, so no intro for me this week. Let’s dive right into the suggested adds and corresponding bids. The stats and roster rates below are updated as of noon central time on 5/30. As always, if you want advice […]
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Last weekend I featured Milwaukee pitcher Logan Henderson. A few days later he was given a ticket back to the minors despite pitching well on the mound, including allowing only one run on five hits and two walks in five innings in his final outing before being sent down.
So this week I hope to not curse Andrew Abbott of the Reds. Considering the success he has had this season plus the fact he is now in his third year with the Reds, I will say he is at least safe from not being sent to the minors any time soon.
Abbott is making the serious case to be considered an All-Star this season and a certain pitcher to be rostered on your fantasy team.
Let’s examine why he is an Up-and-Coming Dynasty Player.
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Seattle Mariners catcher slash slugger slash AL home run leader slash heart throb Cal Raleigh added two more tanks to his total Friday night with a three-run bomb in the first inning to make him the first catcher in history to have 20 or more home runs before June 1. Well, that’s really something, isn’t […]
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Ambulance Chasers: AJ(SS) Heads For TJ
May 30, 2025 | 2025 Fantasy Baseball | 5 Commentsby: RotoSurgeon
Mike Trout is back to playing baseball, but for how long? I’m genuinely hoping for 80-90 games total at this point because another lower-body injury just further compounds the risk for this future HOF-er. Obviously, it is disheartening to see an all-time talent virtually perish before our eyes, but not the first nor last time […]
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