by: Dan Pants
Oh boy, I hope you like cheese puns! I mean, not to sound Luccheesi, but Joey’s always been my cheddar half. That’s right, Joey Lucchesi was grate Friday night pitching a career high seven innings, allowing just six base runners (four hits, two walks) and striking out nine San Francisco Giants for his first win of […]
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Welcome to another week of Ambulance Chasers, your Razzball fantasy baseball injuries report! This had some notable non-player injuries and that was the Oakland A’s fans (at least some of them). While the idea of a move has been brewing for a long time, it was announced that the A’s seem to intend on moving […]
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by: Grey
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“When will it all click?” is an amorphous thing. Could it be immediately? Cody Bellinger was immediate; Fernando Tatis Jr. was pretty immediate; Juan Soto was immediate. Now that I list these immediate guys, I’m beginning to wonder if success too fast is bad for the player. Like the child actor of baseball. Do you want to put your hands on your cheeks with aftershave, and scream after being left alone when you’re 12, or do you want to Culkin in your late-30’s on Succession? Fighting for success is better? I don’t know, but you can’t put a time on anyone’s breakout. Shohei Ohtani was in the league for a few leagues, drafted around 220th overall that preseason, then he broke out. We’re seeing something similar this year with Jarred Kelenic. Could the same be true of Josh Lowe? This is a guy who we’ve been touting since 2019, when he went 18/30 in Double-A. Then he followed that with 22/26 and we were all convinced he was going to arrive — and arrive he did! — but with a yawn. He started the year with the Rays last year, but was quickly sent down, and went 14/25 in the minors, and people started whispering the dreaded Quad-A label. And these people weren’t even in a library! The problem at every stop was his strikeouts would Bialystock & Bloom and he couldn’t produce, but not this year. Finally, Josh Lowe doesn’t seem like the low man of Lowes, but more like the Lowe man. He’s cut his strikeouts by a huge margin and, if he’s hitting for power, and running like he always did without the Ks? Then the Josh Lowe bar is high. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
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by: Laura Holt
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been finding it more difficult than ever this year to analyze both disappointing starts and players who’ve had a surprisingly good first few weeks. Perhaps it’s the new rules and pitch clock, with players like Manny Machado and Juan Soto freely admitting that they’ve had some trouble adjusting. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?A few months back, I did a piece in search of Isolated Power, or “ISO” for all us baseball acronym lovers. You can read the full article (HERE). In that article, we discussed: ISO is calculated one of two ways: ISO = (2B + 2 x 3B + 3 x HR) /ABs ISO = Slugging […]
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by: DtepDC
Ok, not quite but It’ll definitely be snowing and if they play, it’ll be in the 30’s. I’ll be avoiding that game but I’ll be watching! If you’re playing MME and they don’t postpone, I’d certainly have a stack or two! Now, I know what you’re wondering: which team stack do I think could take […]
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There’s a large contingent of people logging on, who are like, so you like Fernando Tatis Jr. (0-for-5) now? I see, so you like cheaters? Let’s call these people, The Moralists. They’ve never done anything bad in their life. Good for them. Better than me, but they’re likely better than everyone. So, hey, The Moralists, I’m sorry, I grew up loving Mark McGwire, you can’t shame me into caring about steroids now. Here’s a conversation between me and The Moralists:
The Moralist, “You see that great player who is very fun?”
“Fernando Tatis Jr.? Yes, I do see him.”
“I don’t like him anymore because he cheated by taking drugs.”
“Oh, so you’re a nerd?!”
People who are like, “So, you’re defending cheating?” I am not Perry Mason. I am merely excited about the return of a guy I drafted in a fantasy baseball league. A guy who is fun. His name is Fun The Jewels for Chrissake! Any hoo! Welcome back, Fun The Jewels, now LFG! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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by: C.A. James
Communication is fundamental when discussing baseball. Without communication, we wouldn’t talk about baseball. We wouldn’t talk about the filmography of an actor to our friends while watching a movie they’re in. We wouldn’t shake our head and frown when a rival car does a rolling stop at a four way intersection, and cuts the line while pretending to be embarrassed or catatonic as their despised profile zooms by .05 seconds faster than if they stopped.
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by: Butters
How are we feeling three weeks into the season? Tell me who has you tilting and I’ll talk you off the ledge. Trends are starting to emerge even if most stats haven’t stabilized yet. It’s a long season but you gotta get wins when you can. Don’t be afraid to grab a hot bat and plug them in until they cool off. So what am I seeing out there? Here are some players who caught my eye with their early season heroics.
Ronald Acuna Jr is a special player. He can do it all and right now he is doing it all. He’s the top hitter so far and I don’t expect him to slow down.
Please, blog, may I have some more?As we wake up on April 20th, we have to remember that most MLB players have completed about 18 or 19 games of their season. That amounts to about 11% of their entire fantasy year. I, for one, would not want my boss judging my performance for the year on February 7th or whatever. Fortunately, […]
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Max Scherzer was cruising, as is often the case with Max Scherzer — had a line of 3 IP, 0 ER — when he was ejected for having (what the umpires believed to be) a foreign substance on his glove. Scherzer was screaming, “It’s rosin!” It seemed like the Pitchcom tape inside his glove because he calls his own game. It better — again, with some stank — IT BETTER check out as a foreign substance or all of those umpires should be suspended without pay for thirty games. Umps are power-mad idiots. You throw out a first ballot Hall of Famer for what you believe is something sticky? That’s absurd. You taint his legacy with some utter nonsense? Are you completely daft? Now, MLB instituted an automatic 10-game suspension for the offender, so Scherzer might miss another two starts due to this? Oh, this is some serious BS.
Max Scherzer was ejected between innings after a heated conversation with the umpiring crew. IN his place, the Mets brought in bizarro Max Scherzer, Schax Merzer. pic.twitter.com/Lwy0oRJEzl
— Razzball (@Razzball) April 19, 2023
Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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by: The Itch
We’re beyond the traditional super two date, which did not occur to me until I was pondering Oakland’s decision to call up RHP Mason Miller. I’m glad they did it, of course; it’s fun for everyone, and I could really use him in the two dynasty leagues where I’m lucky enough to employ him. Thing […]
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