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Original Ray’s Slices Up The White Sox

August 26, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 186 Comments

by: Grey

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Okay, let me get this straight so I can fully understand. Robbie Ray puts on some gotchies that are three sizes too small so you can see homeboy’s birth marks on his asscheeks and then he becomes elite? Fine, then I’m gonna try and write wearing jeans shorts, jorts if you will, that are too small. Ready? Here we go! Robbie…The button is digging into my FUPA! The pockets are chafing my upper thighs! Ugh, I can’t get them off! Oh my God, I’m calling 911! I can’t feel my knees! Help me! “Hello, can you spare Chris Sale? I need him to cut something off me. Hello?! Help!” So, Robbie Ray went 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 14 Ks, ERA at 2.72. On the Player Rater, he’s around a top ten starter. Can Robbie Ray do that in 2022 fantasy? In short, yes. In long, yeeeeeeeeeeees. He has a 11.3 K/9 and 2.3 BB/9. That’s an ace. Can he repeat the command? That’s the real trick, but as soon as someone shows a skill, I’m not going to take it from them. It’s not like this is a 20 IP sample. He’s done this for 150+ IP. Yes, Robbie Ray appears to be legit. As long as he never lets out his inseam. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Prospect News: Edward Catches a Cab to the Riviera Suites

August 25, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 27 Comments

by: The Itch

Miami RHP Edward Cabrera makes his debut today against fellow rookie Josiah Gray and the World Series Champion Washington Nationals. Remember them?

Here’s what I said about Cabrera in the latest Redraft Stash List: Top Ten Fantasy Prospects for the Final Lap.

“Cabrera is striking out a lot of guys in AAA, and while his command hasn’t been sharp, a 22.5 K-BB rate ain’t bad. He’s here in part because the Marlins seem like wildcards to me, looking in from the outside, and I wouldn’t put anything past them. Not wildcards in the playoff-making sense, but you know, marching to their own drummer and whatnot.”

Pa rum pa pum pum.

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Top 25 First Basemen Rest of Season – The Final Countdown

August 25, 2021 | Rest of Season Rankings, Top 25 First Basemen | 4 Comments

by: Richardo

I can’t tell you how many times I sit down to create this list and go, “Jesus, how bad are you at this?” Predicting the future has been tough and each week I kick myself for having to make big swings in the rankings. This week, Ty France pops onto the list, but he’s batting .292 with 16 homers on the year. That places him 14th among first basemen on the year according to ESPN’s player rater. Three spots below France is Jesus Aguilar, who has been a big bright spot for a young Marlins team that has shown a lot of promise in their young bats. And yet, the projection systems (and me) missed on Aguilar. Here I am, putting out yet another list lacking the Marlins slugger. While the power has been there over the last two weeks, the batting average has slipped some. In addition, the projection systems, even those that factor in opponents have Aguilar ranked outside of the top 25 first basemen. So, here I am, stubborn and sticking to my guns for the final countdown. I’ve mentioned how first base has been an embarrassment of riches for a while. That remains the same now. That’s not meant to be a knock on Aguilar at all, it’s just an explanation of how a player can still be useful in fantasy even if he’s not on a silly list. Let’s get to said list and then we’ll talk about some of the movers.

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One Man’s Trash: Take a Bite of Lars Nootbaar

August 25, 2021 | One Man's Trash |

by: Son

The Supreme Leader, Grey, has blurbed about the candy sweetness of Lars Nootbaar in the past:

“Have you checked by the candied almonds?” That’s the sweet woman at Sprouts after I asked her if they had a Lars Nootbaar. Lars Nootbaar is from Cadbury, Eggland. I could go on all day, should I? Yes? Great. The only way to get Nootbaar out is with stain remover. His granny’s full name is Granola. Keep going? Okay, okay! One more! In Nootbaar’s Twitter bio, it lists his pronouns as chewy/nougaty, and his wife’s are her/shey.

Just another example of why Grey and GOAT go hand in hand, and it’s not because both are four-lettered words that start with G. Jay “Who is Never” Wrong wrote up Nootbaar back in June, so it’s not like he was just created on the Sony Studios server and inserted into the Matrix. I didn’t pay much heed to Nootbaar until recently, as he’s been a fixture in many of my DFS lineups because of his price in the $2,000 range on Draftkings. Let’s dig in and see if he’s worthy for your season-long lineups.

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FanDuel: Morning Woodruff

August 25, 2021 | Fanduel |

by: Barrelman

Happy Ohtani day to all those who observe. The playoff picture is rounding into form as we near the end of August. There’s a big series in Milwaukee as the Reds try to keep their division hopes alive against the Brewers. The Padres play host to the Dodgers as they try to keep their playoff bid alive. We’ll also get a MLB pitching debut along with a handful of aces, both past and present.

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Big Game Hunter Fires Two Shots At Monster

August 25, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 241 Comments

by: Grey

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Before the game, Kenta Maeda was getting a 2nd opinion on his UCL, which is always good news. If I were a 2nd opinion doctor, I’d just say, “Same,” and collect all those greenbacks. Actually, might not even need a medical degree to be a “Same” 2nd opinion doc. So, the Twins turned to one of their great young arms, Griffin Jax (4 2/3 IP, 9 ER, ERA at 6.29). Twins got Randy Dobnak from Uber, and Jax from Postmates. If Maeda can’t return, the Twins are gonna get a month subscription to Blue Apron. On the positive side of things, the Red Sox sent down Jarren Duran (well, positive after this). When the team wants to go with Travis Shaw (1-for-3 and his 8th homer) over you, well, there’s no amount of violins to play. You suck. The good news: Duran’s price is gonna be super cheap next year. Then, as Alex Cora continues to stupid-up the lineup card, leadoff man, Enrique Hernandez (2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs) hit his 16th homer, but the real star was Hunter Renfroe. He’s rivaled only by Austin Riley, Adam Duvall, Jorge Soler–well, all Braves–rivaled only by them for guys who get crazy hot, and he’s in the middle of one such stretch. He now has four homers in the four games, and, as Scooby-Doo would say, “Renfroe!” Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Rolling In The Deep: A Quick Dip In Slightly Shallower Waters

August 24, 2021 | Rolling In The Deep |

by: Laura Holt

I feel like we’re in that extra dreadful part of the deep-league FAAB season: the real-life and (in most leagues) fantasy trade deadlines have passed, any player who might be slightly serviceable has been picked off the waiver wire, and folks who have any remaining FAAB money or waiver claims just need to hope that someone interesting comes along once MLB rosters expand. At this time of year, some leagues are as active as cutthroat as ever as owners scramble to do whatever they can to gain that extra point or two that might make a difference in the final standings. In other leagues, though, I’m seeing lots of completely checked-out owners. The beginning of football season will only exacerbate the situation, so why not take advantage of it? Even if you’re buried in the standings, this last chunk of the baseball season is no time to tune out completely. It’s never too early reflect on what went right and wrong this year, and it’s also a great time to pay attention to what’s happening now — while other fantasy players are ignoring baseball altogether, why not start making notes on players and situations that may factor into your draft prep for 2022? While I’m still in a daily battle to make the right decisions in a few leagues where the money spots will come down to the final days (if not hours) of the year, I’m simultaneously already thinking about next season. And this week, we’ll switch it up a bit: instead of concentrating on a handful of guys at the very bottom of the waiver wire barrel, we’ll expand our horizons slightly by looking at one player in each league who’s closer to the 20% owned threshold.

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Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Shohei Ohtani Versus Mike Trout

August 24, 2021 | All Podcasts | 3 Comments

by: Geoff

It’s been said before, but I’ll say it again, the Angels have done a tremendous job of wasting two generational talents over a ten year period. It’s frankly impressive. Mr. Albright and yours truly debate which should go higher and where you’re comfortable valuing each going into 2022. We then touch on the string of 4.2 IP starts this season, waiver wire adds, and some potential rookie call-ups. It’s the Razzball baseball podcast with 20% less pants!

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RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 20, 2021

August 24, 2021 | Our Leagues, Razzball Commenter Leagues |

by: MattTruss

Week twenty has come and gone, a week that always seems to mark a turning point in the RCLs for me. We’re out of the teens and into the twenties, with only a handful of weeks remaining. My eyeballs really turn to those innings pitched limits right about now, as I try to make sure all of my teams are above 1,000 IP so I don’t need to stream anything that walks the final week of the season. This is also the time of year where I start to loosen up my requirements for holding players a bit. Fourth outfielders that I would typically keep, may get dumped to waivers in favor of someone with a better match-up or an actual match-up if that fourth outfielder has an off day. I’m looking at all those Claims Remaining some of my teams have right about now and thinking, “I can’t take those with me”. The race is on for counting stats and you can bet your Cheetos, the top RCL teams will be using every move available to them.

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Fanduel: CM, Punk!

August 24, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel | 10 Comments

by: everywhereblair

What’s up, everybody? I’ve got a big list of players because Fanduel has a big all-day (15 games) and main (14 games) slate. As always, check lineups with Rudy’s tools or your favorite lineup site (not including MLB The Show). It looks like a great hitter slate today, so you mega-event players should let your optimizers run wild and you single-event players will likely want to focus on Athletics, Rays, Marlins, and Angels lineups.

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Edward The Marlin Is So Cartoonishly Good He’s Like Hanna Cabrera

August 24, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 204 Comments

by: Grey

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After his 500th home run, Miguel Cabrera has more to celebrate, his son, Edward–*intern whispers in ear*…I see….Asdrubal? No, huh? Melky? Orlando? Daniel? Former professional pitcher for the Rockies, Edwar Cabrera? Okay, I’m hearing Edward Cabrera is the newest Cabrera. In sixty years, my brain is going to be inside a robot, and Greybot 5000 is going to be like, “Streamonator was made by a human, but is not incorrect when it lists all starters for tomorrow as Cabreras, due to the Law of 2081 that stated only Cabreras can play baseball. That’s what happens when you make a Robot Ump commissioner, and let Robot Umps kill players who argue with them.” You see what happens when Robot Umps are implemented? I’m from the future and you must stop them! Any hoo! I told you to grab Edward Cabrera in the Buy column, because my Marlins’ contact said he’d be up soon, and would you look at that. Cabrera is set to start on Wednesday, bringing with him — 14.7 K/9 (Zoinks), 5.8 BB/9 (Yikes). As Prospect Itch said, “Edward Cabrera is something of a supersized Sixto with more strikeouts but less command. Huge upside with upper 90s heat. That I like to imagine hitting Grey in the melon.” Okay, not cool! I’d grab Cabrera in any league where you’re looking for some rookie nookie. Though, he could absolutely lead to roofies. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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