by: rosineater
Happy Monday, Razzball DFS’ers! I think by now we all know now that when it comes to DFS tournaments, we need to find ways to get a little different from the field. Today’s strategy section will give you some practical tips on assessing and dealing with ownership. We’ll talk about pitcher chalk vs. hitter chalk, […]
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by: Grey
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Brett Baty was called up, finally!!!*
*It’s only been like two weeks. Aren’t you being a little bit overdramatic with the “finally” and the crazy cartoonish exclamation marks?**
*SHUT UP FOOTNOTE, YOU FREAKIN’ NERD!!!*
*Um, okay, but you’re a footnote too.***
***Sadly, the preceding two footnotes got into a scuffle soon after that exchange, and the cops were called as a postscript.
So, the Mets finally made the move we have all been expecting for the last two weeks, and, honestly, it should’ve been done when they broke camp. The Mets are not a stupid organization. Jinxed? Oh, hecks to the hey! But not dumb. I gave you a Brett Baty fantasy back in November. Nothing’s really changed from that. He’s one of the top callups this year, and should be rostered in all leagues. He could immediately break on the scene and hit 25+ homes and .270. My big question is does Buck bench Eduardo Escobar completely? I don’t think so, but I don’t know. Buck you, Showalter, play Baty! Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Psyche! So sorry for this weekend and the problems the site’s had. We’ve hired a company to try to alleviate all the issues. Long story short, we were being attacked by bots and they were crashing us repeatedly. We should be good now. If you have issues logging in, you have to clear your browser cache about a month back, then log back in. I know, major pain in the ass. Sorry! Anyway II, the roundup:
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by: Steve Paulo
Plenty of good options in the Dive Bar this week, but a lot of pitfalls to watch out for. There are a dozen players up on the Top Shelf this week, and I know everyone comes here to have me let them know that, yes, it is a good idea to start Shohei Ohtani in […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Yeah, I see where your head’s going Colorado, but that title becomes clearer (from the eye drops?) when you think of one Riley Greene and his current struggles at the plate. Add to the fact of the wide range of opinions during the preseason, and the idea of moving on, even this early in the […]
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by: Jeremy Brewer
We are roughly two weeks into the season and have plenty of baseball left to play. This is still the point where it can be hard to tell the difference between a true breakout and a guy that simply had a hot start to the season. Do we believe that Nico Hoerner will steal 80+ bases on his current pace? Maybe Ryan Mountcastle is going to out slug Aaron Judge? Since we all love a buy or sell, we are going to dive into a handful of hot starts this week and see if they should be on your roster long-term.
Please, blog, may I have some more?After struggling through the opening week, we bounced back big time! I was really motivated to do well after that crappy opening week, but it just felt like every pitcher struggled in their opening start. The deeper we get into the season, the more we’re going to see these guys regress back to where they […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?The Los Angeles Angels are calling up 2022 first-round pick SS Zach Neto, and baseball feels new all over again. Not just because of Neto, of course, but the whole paradigm of our game is shifting so quickly it’s easy to get excited. We could make a case that the Angels NEED to contend this year more than any other team. If not, Ohtani is as good as gone. He’s probably gone anyway, but that’s no way to go about your life. He picked Los Angeles from the beginning, he’s been incredible there, they’ve gotta be in the running until the final decision is made. For his part, Neto was slashing .444/.559/.819 with three home runs and three stolen bases in seven games. He’s a pick-up in all but the shallowest formats.
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by: Mike Couillard
Since we last met, the bucolic fantasy baseball landscape has turned into a blistering hellscape of suffering. Team rosters and waiver wires have thinned out considerably as the likes of Tim Anderson, Joey Gallo, Zach Eflin, Kyle Farmer, Yoan Moncada, Orlando Arcia, Michael Harris, Kyle Bradish, Adam Duvall, Aaron Civale, German Marquez, Matt Manning, Brandon […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?When it comes to finding players to add to your dynasty team, the easy thing to do is just look at the pedigree of a player and add him or trade for him, thinking he will eventually come around if he is underperforming or stay the course if playing as expected.
But sometimes (many times?) the highly touted prospects never live up to the hype while the under-the-radar players seemingly come from out of nowhere to become stars. Today we are going to look at two catchers who may or may not fit into that category by the end of their careers or even this season but currently appear to be on one of those tracks.
The Players
Washington Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz has been one of baseball’s top catching prospects since coming to the United States from Venezuela. Signed by the Dodgers as an international free agent, Keibert started the 2018 season as the 40th best prospect by Baseball America and was ranked 20th, 81st, 53rd and 11th ahead of the 2019-2022 seasons. MLB.com and Baseball Prospectus also had him ranked in the top 100 from 2018-2022.
Meanwhile, when the 2018 MLB draft rolled around, many experts believed Logan O’Hoppe was going to go play for East Carolina, the school where his father and uncle attended. But the Philadelphia Phillies liked what they saw in O’Hoppe and drafted him in the 23rd round and signed him for an above-slot bonus of $215,000.
Despite starting his pro career later that summer, it wasn’t until this year that O’Hoppe showed up in any top 100 prospect lists. Baseball American ranked him 42nd before the start of this season while MLB.com ranked him at No. 53 and Baseball Prospectus ranked him at No. 77.
As a whole, Ruiz has always been the prized catcher to try to nab for your dynasty team while O’Hoppe is the player seemingly coming out of the woodwork and now getting noticed by fantasy players. But should Ruiz be the player you really want, or should you instead go after O’Hoppe?
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by: Dan Pants
It’s week three and time to talk about a Pittsburgh starter who didn’t even win Friday night. I must really be stretching. Slow baseball day, you ask? Or is Oneil Cruz and his 3 months 25 more days until returning still on my mind? Neither, Johan Oviedo‘s seven-inning gem just blew my black and yellow […]
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by: keelinbillue
Happy Saturday, Razzfriends and family! To those who are first time visitors, the snake handling is perfectly normal. None of you asked (rude), but I was on vacation last week and caught an NPB game in Japan: Yakult Swallows vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars. The BayStars are the team that Trevor Bauer “chose” (despite many reports […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? by: Grey
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As a fantasy baseball ‘pert, I have a responsibility to give you the most likely to help you lede buy each week. This is not that. This is irresponsible. This is walking into the theater of Razzball and screaming fire, then, as everyone screams and runs out, slowly, and methodically eating everyone’s left-behind popcorn. By the by, what do you call the snacks in the theater when going to see a Kirk Cameron movie with your church group? Left Behind popcorn. Any hoo! I am choosing to be irresponsible because the upside is too great. Gavin Stone needs to be stashed now. You missed out on Kris Bubic? Shucks. You didn’t get Drey Jameson? Oh poo. You failed to acquire Bryce da Elder? Shame on you. Well, you have one more chance (until Brandon Pfaadt is called up). That’s grabbing Gavin Stone. I’m so shocked he hasn’t been called up yet that I thought that between me writing this for the Patreon on Wednesday and posting this on Friday, he might be called up. He’s a 10+ K/9, low-3 BB/9, and the Dodgers’ number two in the making. Here’s what Itch’s said, “(Stone’s) coming off a preposterous season covering three levels with a 1.48 ERA and 1.12 WHIP. Change-up dominant arms with plus command can cruise through the minors and get corrected at the highest level, but Stone has enough fastball and enough slider to tunnel with that killer cambio. Most importantly, he’s a good pitcher. Knows what he’s doing out there. He struck out a lot of guys but realizes you don’t have to strike everyone out. His best skill as a pro has probably been home run suppression, which I tend to think is generally underrated. He’s allowed ten of them in 212.2 professional innings. Ten? I’ve dreamt of punching Grey more times just in the past minute.” What the heck? Grab Stone now, before he skips away. (Clever? Methinks so!) Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
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