Top 25 First Basemen Rest of Season – The Swan Song

September 8, 2021 | Rest of Season Rankings, Top 25 First Basemen | 6 Comments

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.

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FanDuel: Good 4 Yu

September 8, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball, DFS, Fanduel |

by: Barrelman

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 4^th 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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Alejandro Runs Two Circle Kirks Around The Bases

September 8, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 139 Comments

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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Rolling In The Deep: Is It 2022 Yet?

September 7, 2021 | Rolling In The Deep | 11 Comments

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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Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Donda, Certified Love Boy, And Grey’s Opus

September 7, 2021 | All Podcasts |

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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RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 22, 2021

September 7, 2021 | Our Leagues, Razzball Commenter Leagues | 11 Comments

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:

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Fanduel: Nola Cole-a

September 7, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel | 14 Comments

by: everywhereblair

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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Brewers Pitchers Get Worked On Labor Day Something Aw Phil

September 7, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 158 Comments

by: Grey

Hope everyone had a good Labor Day. I stood on my lawn hugging a tree for 20 minutes until someone told me I was thinking of Arbor Day. I told them I just love trees, not letting on that I absolutely confused the two days. On Labor Day, we give thanks to all the women out there who took hours to birth us. During labor, your hoohay may have been dilated–*intern whispers in ear*–Okay, that’s not what Labor Day is about either. It’s about work, and rest, but if you ask me, if you give people a day off, then they start to like that too much and don’t like labor as much, so Labor Day should be a work day. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk where I would get booed. The Phils understood what I meant, and they did work on Labor Day. Brad Miller (3-for-5, 3 runs) hit his 16th and 17th homer, leading the way, and he’s been hot ever since he took over the strong side of the 1st base platoon, and is worth a hot schmotato grab. Next up, Jean Segura (3-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs) hit his 11th homer, a grand slam, and is hitting .295 on the year, but with only nine steals, he’s been yawnstipating at best. Then, Freddy Galvis (1-for-3) hit his 12th homer, and 3rd homer in the last four games. Here’s what I said yesterday, “Best part about Galvis is he gets super hot for a week at a time. The 2nd best part is you can beat someone in your H2H playoffs with Freddy Galvis, which will totally piss them off.” And that’s me quoting me! Finally, Bryce Harper (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 28th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Check out Bryce hitting a non-solo homer. A Labor Day miracle! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2021: Week 23

September 6, 2021 | Top 100 Starting Pitchers | 9 Comments

by: everywhereblair

Just got back from the First Annual Razzball Flag Football Competition, where we took on Bishop Sycamore in a battle of the fake schools. As expected, Donkey Teeth served as a quarterback while Grey stood on the sidelines wearing his “Coach” attire. It was a little weird to see him wandering around with a $10,000 handbag, but I don’t judge. Rudy called the plays, although his reliance on bootleg plays 90% of the time really underestimated DT’s ability to turn left. He’s a donkey, Rudy! He goes forwards! Besides from DT being stubborn, the game played out fairly nicely, with yours truly spraining an ankle in the first 30 seconds and then spending the next hour watching the game from the shade of a tree with a little adult beverage. In the end, Bishop Sycamore defeated the Razzballers 122-6, our only points coming from an accidental pick-6 when Coolwhip designed a replica Bishop Sycamore jersey and snuck onto the other team. Their rosters were so confusing they didn’t notice. On to the Greinke graphic and the pitchers! Hut, hut, hike!

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Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Reckoning Our Juniors

September 6, 2021 | Avoiding the Blurbstomp |

by: C.A. James

These post-dog days of summer, one finds oneself pondering the parallels of a fantasy season to one’s own lifespan. The seven-to-nine-month span of pregnancy covered in the January to March months leading up to drafts. You read countless draft day primers in the same manner one reads What to Expect When Expecting, Cribsheet, the novelization of the film Junior, or any pregnancy guide for parents. On draft day, you give birth to a roster of adult men, and there is much champagne and merriment. In the first month of the season, your team is a baby from ages 0-5, learning to walk, talk, and slowly becoming a person. The months of May to June follow your baby (team)’s ascension through teenagerdom, as you struggle to shape the identity of your child and improve their chances of lifelong (season-long) success. July represents your child’s 20’s and 30’s, a spectrum of human experience that ranges from spectacular success to floundering failure. August finds your baby now in their 40’s to 50’s, full of regrets and yet nostalgic for youthful triumphs. Your child now knows their true nature, and regardless of subtle lifestyle changes brought by mere tricks, the dog remains the same.

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Lane Change

September 6, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball | 2 Comments

by: Jay

As the Labor Day weekend beckons (as of writing… just in case you read this after and wonder why I’m still talking about Labor Day) and the baseball season winds down towards the playoffs, fantasy partakers are left with an interesting bag to hold. And what is this metaphorical bag? Is it Coco Chanel? Does it have an available supply of lip balm and scented lotions? These are the real questions, but perhaps not the right ones. To bring us back to where the point should be (this early?), either you’re vying for a fantasy play-off run, the season is over, or you are beginning to think about next year. And a player that might garner interest in all three of those categories could be Lane Thomas…

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Patreon Podcast: Bra Money Banned

September 6, 2021 | All Podcasts |

by: Donkey Teeth

Razzball Patreon members receive our weekly podcast where Grey cackles about the funniest news stories we’ve found over the past week, plus you get that warm fuzzy feeling of supporting your favorite fantasy sports site in all the land.

It’s your favorite hour of the week! I Can’t Believe It’s Not Not News is back again with all the Billy Hurley jokes and Grey Albright cackles you can handle. First up, a massive rubber ducky shows up in a Maine harbor. Then, Dublin shops ban money stored in bras and a raw chicken shows up on a Seattle baggage claim. Finally, a cow goes through the drive-thru at McDonalds.

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Watch our teaser video from this week’s episode below, just a little taste of what you’ll receive by subscribing to the weekly hour-long show:

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