by: Paul Mammino
As we have discussed several times over the last few iterations of this piece, as the fantasy baseball season wears on, we as fantasy managers find ourselves playing guys we never imagined. Often, those two to three bags a player can provide outweighs the awful batting average and lack of category production elsewhere. Understanding a […]
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by: MarmosDad
Is it Wednesday already? You bet your DFS it is! A hearty and happy middle of the week from MarmosDad to you and yours today! We’ve got a nice list of games to choose from and an SP that comes in at 11th on the Streamonator in Jesus Luzardo (DK: $8,500) on the road against […]
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by: Grey
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Justin Verlander (6 IP, 0 ER, no baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 1.87) is built different. At 39 years of age, he is dominating like he’s in his 20s. He’s doing things that have never been done before, while just coming back from Tommy John surgery. He truly is remarkable. I have an idea about how he’s performing so well, but to test my theory, I need to sleep with Kate Upton. I will talk to my wife, Cougs, and I will need to get Justin and Kate’s permission, as well. For science is how I will pitch it, and I’ll need to pitch better than Justin to get this to fly. I believe this is a sacrifice all four of us can make. I will be making perhaps the biggest sacrifice. For 2023 fantasy, what will Justin Verlander do as an encore after this season? His peripherals (8.9 K/9, 1.5 BB/9, 3.36 xFIP) look basically the same as his first Cy Young award that he won back in 2011, and, he should win his third this year. There’s no way I’m betting against Justin Verlander next year, not until everyone involved lets me sleep with Kate Upton to see if that has magical powers. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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by: MattTruss
Hello there RCLers, this update will be a little scattered, the RCL Bots were on holiday yesterday (not sure which holiday…National take your cat to the vet’s day perhaps?). But, thanks to the work of VinWins capturing the data, we will have our weekly leaders and TOW, along with a check-in with the ‘Perts League. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?What’s poppin, Razzpimples? Bullpen update time! Don’t forget, the Razzball Bullpen Chart is manned by yours truly and updated like every single second (not really, but I stay on top of thangs for the most part). And directly below are your Top 10 most valuable RP over the last week, courtesy of our super cool and filterable Last […]
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by: The Great Knoche
Just over 6 weeks are left in the MLB season. That’s still 1/4 of the games remaining to fix your fantasy teams if you haven’t given up and moved on to football. Of course, there were a good chunk of fantasy baseball managers who woke up this week and bid the rest of their FAAB […]
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by: B_Don
Grey and B_Don are back to talk about the machine that is Albert Pujols and what kind of upgrade did he get to put together the numbers he’s had over the last week plus. Then, we move on to the other side of the age spectrum to call-ups and possible September call-ups. We talk about […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? by: Grey
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Itch and I were having a discussion yesterday and I’m going to paraphrase it here:
Itch, “I know the Cubs are not good. I just cannot remember a trade as weird as the Jordan Montgomery thing. Why would the Yankees trade Jordan Montgomery for Harrison Bader? Like, you find out the guy (Bader), is hurt you cancel the trade, you don’t trade for him on purpose. They (the Yankees) had a deal in hand for someone, is the story Cashman is leaking?”
Me, “Yeah, but it’s not why. We’re missing a piece of the details. People being told, ‘The Yanks had a deal in place’ or ‘Jordan Montgomery wasn’t making the playoff rotation, and the Yankees need defense because Aaron Hicks is awful’ are not real reasons. That’s just what they’re feeding people. We do not know the real reason. We’re missing a piece that makes the trade make sense, and, without that reason, we will never know.”
Itch, “I meant to text my brother. Who is this? Grey? I want to punch you so bad.”
We may never know why the Yankees traded Jordan Montgomery (9 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.08), but it wasn’t because he’s a bad pitcher. He was a sleeper last year for me, and I think people still underestimate him. He won’t blow you away with strikeouts for 2023 fantasy either. His ground balls are up (not literally) going from 42.7% to 47.1%. His command is immaculate (1.7 BB/9), down almost a full walk per nine. That is my one concern about him for 2023 fantasy. When you have a 7.8 K/9, you kinda have to be perfect with your command. You lose a fraction of that command and your ERA goes from 3.30-ish to 3.85+. Usable, but not nearly as lovable for this JoMosexual. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Please, blog, may I have some more?The MLB playoffs are still a month away, but your fantasy baseball playoffs are practically here! Your starting pitching philosophy changes dramatically when the stakes are high and time is limited. If you’re a strong team in the playoffs, you’ll want to use pitchers with confident outcomes. If you’re a weak team, you might need to make some risky pitcher plays to stay in the running — but nobody expected the #6 seed to advance anyway, right? When the expected outcome is “lose,” you should take every risk you can to put variance in your favor and win.
Let’s jump right in to the actionable items. As mentioned last week, I am no longer providing the hierarchical ranks — the data window of remaining MLB games is insufficient to move the ranking needle on up-and-coming pitchers.
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by: scar
Good Day All, We find ourselves in the dog days of summer. Congrats to those in the hunt of their respective leagues, and congrats to those still reading these articles. If you’re in a keeper league, your trade deadline has likely come and gone, and accordingly, you have a good idea if your team is […]
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by: Joseph Yancey
Heading down the stretch and 60% of Major League teams still are in playoff contention. The storylines from last week look much the same this week. The Los Angeles Dodgers are still the best team in baseball and continue to win despite big injuries, especially in the rotation. The New York Mets and St. Louis […]
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