Iâm a big fan of the everyman. I consider myself the everyman. Iâm every manâs everyman. A pioneer of normcore. Track pants and a blinking light on my carâs dashboard that either means my seatbelt isnât on or I need oil. That is me. What better way to elevate the Everyman Culture then to take part in a tourney where no one is smarter than anyone else. Enter the RazzSlam, a Best Ball tourney. Every everyman likely knows what a Best Ball league is, but, if you donât, itâs when you draft a team and the computer manages it for you by choosing who are your best players, and you get those stats. Itâs basically one fantasy league removed from the robots taking over and killing us all. Well, the last laugh is on you robots, cholesterol is beating you to the punch! Kinda love that Razzball is putting on a tourney (hosted by NFBC â thank you!) that no one really has any clue how to strategize. A true everyman experience. Oh, Iâm sure thereâs a few people who think they know the correct strategy for Best Ball, and a few of them might be right, but thereâs an under 1% chance they know why theyâre right, and it isnât just luck. In some ways, Best Ball leagues are a lot like Best Ball strategies. Throw a ton of them out there and a few good ones will rise to the top through sheer force of playersâ performances and nothing youâre actually doing. Thatâs the fun. Anyway, hereâs my RazzSlam, a 42-round, Best Ball 12 team draft recap:
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Yainer Diaz is doing Yainer Diaz things. Heâs hitting .300 and leads the team in RBI but has a higher batting average than on base percentage thanks to six strikeouts and zero walks. Heâs also not catching all that much. Might be a frustrating piece for our game.Â
Korey Leeâs having a nice spring, slashing .269/.345/.538 with two steals. Iâm skeptical that either guy could really push Martin Maldonado for his job given the clubâs obvious preference for veteran defense behind the dish.Â
Please, blog, may I have some more?Third Base Ranks Trends: After the first four in my ranks, thereâs a HUGE dropoff and then a cliff after like 8 guys. Luckily, the top four are all legitimate choices in the first or second round. Might need to reach on a guy somewhere or take the (legitimate) chance that Yoan Moncada rediscovers his […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Hello, Razzball Nation! Itâs your favorite roto-father, MarmosDad, back with another SAGNOF writeup to help as you sift through statistics for steals this spring. Today is the 4th and final part from my âWhatâs The Deal When Looking For Steals?â series. I’ll outline some more names to consider at different points in your drafts. Over […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?So, went from the brutal cold of Los Angeles to the unseasonably warm NYC to take on the ‘perts of fantasy baseball in Tout Wars. As most of you, they have a bunch of leagues drafting over the weekend. Mine happens to be NL-Only, and happens on Sunday, so, after having Harold Dieterle, former Top Chef winner, on the podcast a few times, Geoff and I finally got to go out to dinner with him on Saturday night. He took us to one of New York’s most renown restaurants:
Please, blog, may I have some more?Intro It’s time once again to take a break from deep diving and come up for air to share my draft thoughts. Why should you the reader care? Well, last season I gave you my RazzSlam draft recap, on my way to finishing third in total points (more on that later). Also, in 2021 I […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?There are pros and cons to drafting early. The biggest pro, of course, is the ability to snag rookies before their price goes sky-high. This was Julio Rodriguez last year. Several teams who were able to secure him in round 20 or later last year went on to win their leagues. Is that Jordan Walker […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Whatâs poppin, Razzpimples? As we inch closer to the MLB regular season, I thought I’d stop and take stock of some interesting things from Spring Training up to this point. I can’t find anywhere that lets you filter out just RP ST stats, so what I’ve done is gone to Baseball-Reference > Player Spring Training […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Grey and B_Don finish the positional previews with the starting pitchers ranked 41-100. Unlike the second outfielders podcast, there are actually still players we are excited about in this 2nd starting pitcher podcast. So exciting, that we go for the world record of the longest baseball podcast. Of course, we own the previous 3 records […]
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Today concludes the fantasy baseball sleepersâ portion of our program. *nudges homeless woman sleeping on my couch that I tried to get Cougs to agree to a threesome with* No more sleepers, Francine. Meh, Iâll let her rest. Like the 3rd basemen to target, 2nd basemen to target or outfielders to target, this post is necessary. You need to target the right names at the end of the draft for starters. Last yearâs starters to target post included Tony Gonsolin, Jordan Montgomery, Cristian Javier, Joe Ryan and Hunter Greene. Theyâve moved way up ranks this year with one making the jump to my top 20 starters. As I always say, starters are available later. As with other target posts, these guys are being drafted after the top 200 overall. Also, all Steamer hitter projections are updated just about every day (mostly small adjustments), and all 2023 fantasy baseball rankings are updated. Anyway, hereâs some starters to target for 2023 fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?You love a masterful start. Pawn to E4. Welcome to the Jungle. The pilot of The Sopranos. Friends, I don’t know if you’ll agree with me, but I had a masterful start in our RazzSlam best ball contest. Why does this matter? Because it’s basically the same philosophy and scoring system behind your favorite best ball moneymakers, whether it be on Underdog or NFBC or OnlyFans. At least, OnlyFans told me they did “best balls.” Did I misunderstand? Possibly.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Well, it’s that time of year again. What time is that you ask? I’ll tell you. It’s the approximately ten days or so that most of you have interest in me. I had someone at my front door this afternoon that I absolutely did not recognize. I was certain it was another solar panel douche. […]
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