by: Grey
“Ranger Suarez is the greatest Suarez in the history of this country.” That’s me leaning into a store microphone in the freezer department at Costco before getting chased from the store. It’s drama, guys and five girls, and I like drama. *pushes bangs off forehead, turns to mirror* I’m ready for Close-Up. No, don’t zoom […]
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Congratulations!
I can only assume that congratulations are in order if you are reading this. The journey that we have been on this season has been a blast, and I am very fortunate to have you riding shotgun! The road ahead is definitely not for the faint of heart, but the finish line is within sight!
I once had been out with some friends and taking in some liquid courage, when a friend challenged me to a race. Now, I have never been the fastest guy on Earth (I had the Molina-Esque speed), but had been exercising and felt a little spry…or it was the buckets of Captain Morgan that we had consumed. Either way, I was feeling a little cocky and thought “what the hell”.
Fast forward about two seconds and I am lying face-down on the concrete with instant regret and unknown knee pain. No, the need didn’t buckle under my tremendous speed, it was the after-effect of tripping over the speed bump directly in front of me. Yes, loyal readers, the speed bump is a metaphor for preparation. Don’t just start sprinting into this weeks’ matchup! Look around, or below you, and determine the best route or angle to victory.
So without further ado, here are the tools needed to avoid those pesky speed bumps preventing victory!
Interleague Matchups:
Hou v Ari-Arizona will gain the DH
Det v Mil-Mil will gain the DH
7-game weeks: Minn (Double-header), NYY, TB, HOU, TEX, SD, SF
5-game week: Mil
Please, blog, may I have some more?What is up party people? Football is upon us, but there’s still baseball to be played and DFS money to he made. Ditch that oil and gas and power up your team with Jorge Soler, OF: $3,400. It’s the technology of the future, available today. And the best part… it’s more affordable than you think. Find out what Soler can do for you and you’ll be rolling in green. His bat has really started to come alive since switching uniforms and you can reap the rewards today.
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Please, blog, may I have some more? by: Grey
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Can one start change a guy’s perception for 2022 fantasy? Yesterday, Sandy Alcantara (9 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 14 Ks, ERA at 3.24) made that case. If that was it, against a subpar offensive team like the Mets, I’d say, “Yawn, my good chap, let’s see it vs. someone who we think is good.” How’sever, that wasn’t it. Dot dot dot. It was how it was done. It was done with overwhelming nast. Not nasty, but overwhelming nast. Nast: the act of saying “nasty” but unable to finish because the pitches are hitting the catcher’s mitt before there’s time. In the 8th inning and on pitch 99, it was a 101.5 MPH beebee. Not a BB as in a ball, but a ground out to short. 9th inning? Oh, yeah, back out and hitting triple digits on pitch number 102, touching 101.2. Pitch number 110 and he hit 100.3 MPH. Pitch 112? Still 100.3 — miles per hour, not Z100. Then a 93.5 MPH slider and goodbye Conforto, who homered earlier in the night. This was as dominant a start as I saw in April, forget September as Alcantara hits 180 2/3 IP on the year. Next year, we’re going to see a lot of pitchers still struggle with innings, due to how funky last year was. Sandy Alcantara in 2022 will be one of maybe five starters you can pencil for 200+ IP, and a 3.00 ERA with upside. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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by: The Itch
Pittsburgh 3B Juan Jerez is all over my Twitter feed these days, which probably says as much about my Twitter feed as it does Juan Jerez, but that’s beside the point. Juan Jerez can hit, is the point. He’s slashing .307/.400/.521 with 6 HR and 10 SB as a 19-year-old in the Complex League. Would love to see him get a crack at Low A, even for a week or so, but Pittsburgh is getting stacked up on the lower levels, so he’ll probably have to wait it out. In his last ten games, Jerez is hitting .425 with 4 HR and 4 SB. Swing mechanics work bottom to top, maximizing the thunder in his 6-foot frame. This next bit comes from the department of redundancy department if you’re here every week: Pittsburgh knows what it’s doing on the development front. A lot of their hitters look like poetry in the batter’s box. They settle like still water then strike from their core through to their hands.
Here’s a Jerez bomb with a nice effort and assist from the left fielder.
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by: Richardo
The date was July 6, 2018. My debut with Razzball. Before that date, I was just a home-league fantasy expert with literally zero published articles when Mattruss gave me a shot at writing DFS. I’ve been honored to have just the opportunity to be affiliated with Razzball. Hell, my first official baseball card was created in my Razzball likeness (also my perfect form). But today, I announce my retirement. Hanging up the ole writing pants. What will I do with all my free time? Oh, you mean the hours of 10-11:30 pm when I finally had time to create content? I’ll reclaim my sleep. I’ve thought about picking back up Call of Duty, but I’m not sure that my fragile 38-year old ego can handle a 10-year old sh!tting on me. Perhaps I’ll pick up a book and read. But god, that sounds terrible. Enough about me, let’s get to baseball. Just like last week with third base, the list will be the top 25 for the rest of this season, but we’ll also do a look back at the biggest risers (wink) and fallers.
Please, blog, may I have some more?There should be plenty of offense to go around tonight. Pitching will be tough to come by. The top 5 pitchers in terms of salary all have warts in my eyes. Wainwright shouldn’t be $10k, much less against the Dodgers. Eovaldi is far from elite and the Rays have the 4th best wRC+ against RHP since the trade deadline. Manoah is Yankee stadium; Peralta’s pitch count will likely continue. Shane McClanahan is tempting but he gave up 4 ERs to Boston in his last start and LHP tend to struggle in Fenway.
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Please, blog, may I have some more? by: Grey
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If you can look at how Alejandro Kirk is built and not giggle, you are a much better person than me. How do you be so good? Sometimes I’m very left side of my brain, sometimes I’m very right side of my Brian. What do you use to shut off the whispers that Alejandro Kirk looks like a cross between a baseball player and a tree stump? An adorable tree stump, naturally. Like one used in glamour photos for a young family before a casino moves in down the street and steals all of mom’s attention with keno. Yesterday, Alejandro Kirk (3-for-4, 3 runs) hit his 6th and 7th homer, hitting .290, and has three homers in the last two games. You getting my one thousand percent guarantee he’s a hot schmotato. Alejandro Kirk’s 2022 fantasy value? He would be a top ten catcher overall if he got the at-bats. If you’ve seen his body, you know he has no ABs. I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist. Like him at a buffet. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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by: Laura Holt
Here we are with less than a month left of the regular MLB season, and when it comes to fantasy teams, if yours isn’t in the thick of a pennant race it can get a bit difficult to focus on the task at hand. As I’ve mentioned before, though, I like to take this time of year to pay a little extra attention to under the radar players who are performing well, both in case they can help me close out the season, and to take an early look at who might be undervalued next year. This week we’ll look at stats from the past 14 days to see which players (hitters, for this week) have provided the most standard 5×5 fantasy help while staying the least owned, and those numbers will lead us to two outfielders who’ve been outperforming most of the competition recently, without too many fantasy owners even noticing. It’s interesting to see not just from a deep-league perspective, in my opinion, but also as a reminder that even in shallower and standard leagues, you never know what you might find on the waiver wire if you look in the right place and get a little lucky.
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by: Geoff
This is the episode where we chant Donda for the first 15 minutes of the show. After that we talk baseball. But not just baseball fantasy baseball. Gentlemen and three ladies, we’re hitting the closing weeks. That means it’s time to talk about 2022 and what top rounders from 2021 will be values after disappointing seasons. We talk Lindor, Bellinger, Bieber, Yelich and others. Then we dive into waiver wire adds and rookies you should know. It’s a delightful singalong episode of the Razzball Podcast.
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by: MattTruss
I hope everyone has recovered from their Labor Day festivities. The unofficial end of summer means we’re into the nitty-gritty of Razzball Commenter League action. My weekend was loaded up with fantasy football drafts (thanks DT, Blair & Son for helping me cram at the last minute) but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about baseball. We certainly haven’t lost track of our RCLs, in fact, this is the point where we’re pulling out all the stops to scrape up every last point we can manage. We’ve got a bug in the Master Standings at the moment that is making the top spot look a lot closer to the pack than it is. If we don’t watch out, it’s going to be a runaway victory for our overall leader. Who is that leader you ask? It’s a name you’ll recognize if you read this column at all. We’ll cover that, the rest of the top 10, and all of the week that was week 22 below:
Please, blog, may I have some more?What’s up, everybody? Remember back into simpler times, like 6 months ago [shudder] when all you had to do to make money was buy an imaginary coin sponsored by a dumb-looking dog on Reddit? Those good days are passed and now we’re asking Eric Lauer and Jackson Kowar to bring us some tendies. What’s that you say? You haven’t heard of those guys? Yeah, I’m not starting them either. In the meantime, let’s take a look at who gets Dogebump and who ends up in the regulatory trash basket.
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