2021 Fantasy Baseball: Two Start Pitchers Week 17 (7/19-7/25)

July 18, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Two Start Pitchers | 9 Comments

Welcome back to the second half of the season sports fans. We’ve got a couple of interesting weeks ahead of us. Recently we have had a few COVID outbreaks over the course of the last week which is slightly concerning but hopefully we move past this without issue. However, there are exciting revelations on the horizon, those being, we will find out who fancies themselves buyers or sellers leading up to the trade deadline.

Moving onto the news, we have some injuries and some returns from the IL. We’ll start with Ian Anderson hitting the IL with a shoulder injury. John Means is set to start Tuesday. Jake Arrieta hit the IL with a hamstring injury. Jose Urena hit the IL with a groin injury. Clayton Kershaw is on the IL with a forearm strain. Pablo Lopez hit the IL with a shoulder strain. Jacob deGrom has hit the IL with a forearm strain. Aaron Nola went on the COVID list but will start Tuesday. That’s the major injuries and returns this week and it’s time to get back to a full week of baseball so let’s go get it!

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Top 100 Outfielders For 2021 Fantasy Baseball: Fizzy Lifting Drink Edition

July 18, 2021 | Top 100 Outfielders | 8 Comments

by: Coolwhip

The second half of the season is upon us boys and girls. And since the second half of baseball is basically a new season I spent the All-Star Break rebuilding my methodology for these ranks. I kept the core data but decided to change how I look at it a bit now that we have had nearly three and a half months of 2021 baseball data to draw from, which is now MORE than all of the 2020 season and its tomfoolery. So we turn a page and begin anew.

Unfortunately, we will be beginning anew without Ronald Acuna Jr., RIP. It will be interesting on draft day next season as for 2 seasons back-to-back now, Mr. 1.01 has dealt with an injury missing a good chunk of time. I think I still see him as the big Mac Tildaddy, but there’s some blemish on his armor now that wasn’t there before. Hopefully, this is just a blip on the radar. As the sun sets on one of our heroes, it rises for another. Who could that be? None other than…

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Top 25 Fantasy Shortstops for 2021 – Week 16

July 18, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Top 25 Shortstops |

by: Jakkers

The All-Star break is thankfully over, allowing us to get back to watching baseball games every night. Watching the All-Star game no longer is the exciting matchup it used to be, especially with so many players opting out now. The Home Run Derby was great entertainment, but it isn’t a baseball game.

Thankfully the games are back this weekend, which means we get to watch Fernando Tatis Jr. do his thing with a smile and a lot of flash. We get to watch two outstanding players up the middle for the Toronto Blue Jays in Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette. It’s not a bad problem to have when you have two of the best three players at a position group, though that won’t be the case next season when Semien is only going to be classified as a second baseman.

With the second half of the season officially here, let’s see who is ranked where in the Top 25 Fantasy Shortstops.

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Fantasy Baseball Streamers, Week 16: Ride the Wave

July 18, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Streamers, Fantasy Baseball Two Start Pitchers | 2 Comments

by: The Real Joey Bart

We provided you with some weekend streamers and things got off to a nice start with Vince Velasquez pitching a gem on Saturday. What’s annoying about this week is the fact that these managers are being coy about their rotations. There are a ton of N/A’s out there in projected rotations and it makes things tougher on us. In any case, we have a pretty good idea of who should start and it’s actually a great week for streaming. With that in mind, let’s kick things off with our two-start streamers

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FanDuel: Wheel(er) Of Fortune

July 18, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball, DFS, Fanduel |

by: MattTruss

Happy Sunday degens. Yesterday was a bonkers day in baseball and we’ll be working through the aftermath of some of that today. What a scary scene outside of Nationals Park. Hug your loved ones people. Once you’ve hugged it out, settle in with some brunch, and let’s build some lineups to win us some cash. Our main building block today will be Zack Wheeler ($11,000). Expensive? Absolutely, but he’s also been completely studly this year and he’s got a primo match-up. I’m not touching Scherzer vs the Padres (more on that later) or Rodon vs the red-hot Astros. The Marlins are bottom five in team OPS and Wheeler is at home. Toss in the fact that the Marlins strike out the fourth most of any team in baseball and we have ourselves a winner. Stack Zack in cash games and use him as your main building block in GPPs for some easy cash.

New to FanDuel? Scared of feeling like a small fish in a big pond? Well, be sure to read our content and subscribe to the DFSBot for your daily baseball plays. Just remember to sign up through us before jumping into the fray. It’s how we know you care!

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Prospect News: Hoy Jun Park, More Than Just Amburguy

July 18, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 40 Comments

by: The Itch

I’m putting the finishing sheen on a Top 100 update for next Sunday, so if you’ve got any thoughts related to that, please slide on into the comment section.

In the meantime, I feel like we should blast some Spacehog and catch-up on the happenings where grass is green and skies are blue.

New York Yankees SS Hoy Jun Park had nothing left to prove at AAA, slashing .325/.475/.541 across 44 games at the level. His BB/K rate checked in at 46/41 over that stretch. Also hit nine home runs and stole nine bags. Safe to say he can identify some spin, and at 6’1” 175 lbs (though I think he’s a bit bigger than that), Park brings real upside to a club in crisis. He’s 25 and he’s never produced like this before, but he did post a 68/69 BB/K rate with a .387 OBP in 2018 at High A, so the plate skills and vision feel real to me.

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Top 100 Hitters: Buying me a Fran-Million

July 17, 2021 | Top 100 Hitters | 3 Comments

by: Jeremy Brewer

There is a new leader atop our Top 100 Hitters for the rest of the fantasy baseball season as we head into the second half of the season. Unfortunately, the movement is driven by an injury to Ronald Acuna. It is a big loss for fantasy owners and fans of the game alike. However, with the second half of the season we also get an opportunity to see the young crop coming up from the minors in Jarred Kelenic and Jarren Duran. Both have immense potential and I remain bullish, specifically on Mr. Kelenic. Let us see how they stack up for the top 100 hitters and where the buys and sells profile for the second half.

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Getting Ahead in Head to Head, Week 15: Drinking some Skubal and going on a Bender.

July 17, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Head-to-Head Leagues | 1 Comment

by: NateMarcum

The All-Star game has come and gone, which means the 2nd half is upon us. During the beginning of this 2nd half, now is a good time to go back and look at anticipated return times for some of the players that have been on the IL since the start of the season. While the majority have been stored away in the designated IL spots, there are always a few stragglers available for the picking. Since this is a weekly H2H article, I don’t want to speculate on weeks in the future. Let me just take this time to give a couple extra pointers to help you gain an edge on your competition. Hell, the majority of your competition is digging into fantasy football. Keep grinding Razzball family…Keep Grinding!

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Fantasy Baseball Streamers, Week 16: Ride the Wave (Weekend Edition)

July 17, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Streamers | 2 Comments

by: The Real Joey Bart

What a great All-Star break we just had! The Home Run Derby was an absolute spectacle, and it was nice to take a little break from baseball. With that said, it felt like a year, and I’m ready to get back into it and ride some streamers in the second half. This is one of the strangest weeks to talk about, though. We have every team playing this weekend, so we’re going to focus on those games and give you the normal Ride the Wave article come Sunday.

That means this article will be a bit abbreviated but starting this first week off with a bang is a great way to kick off the second half. There’s also a ton of question marks with these rotations, so all of these guys aren’t necessarily guaranteed the starts we have them projected for. With that in mind, let’s talk about the streamers we like for this weekend!

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Fanduel: Buehler’s Day On

July 17, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball |

by: everywhereblair

It’s a double plakata from Everywhere today! Yesterday, we saw Vladdy hit some dingers, and Jake Cronenworth hit for the cycle. I think if you roster somebody who hits for the cycle, you should just get an automatic win. Or GPP prize. Or a free entry to a $1 contest, whatever. I dunno, I’m not very good at business. But, I am one of the world’s okayest fantasy baseball players, and he’s what my Crushonator and Whiffonator are telling me to highlight for today’s Fanduel slate.

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A Double Plakata with a Slam and Legs

July 17, 2021 | Daily Notes, July's Daily Notes | 13 Comments

by: everywhereblair

Grey placed an eternal flame outside of Razzball HQ in memory of Biz Markie last night, right next to the eternal flames for Rodney Dangerfield and Clear Pepsi. Also, baseball returned. It was really hard for Grey to watch the games, what with being outside ensuring that no interlopers messed with his candle or his Transformer-themed lawn ornaments. I asked him if he wanted a campfire to keep warm but he just kept talking about the All Spark. ENYWHEY. We’ve got a lot of content for you today on Razzball, so let’s catch you up on the Friday night games so you’re ready for the next week! 11ish weeks left in the fantasy baseball season — make them count!

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Ambulance Chasers: Gone-ald Acuna Jr.

July 17, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Injury Report | 20 Comments

by: JKJ

Howdy, Razzfolks!

Well, *insert “San Andreas Here We Go Again” meme*

So, we know Thursday’s NYY/BOS game was postponed due to a few positive COVID-19 cases with Yankees players. There were actually more before the All-Star Game. Six in total, and three are fantasy relevant names: Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela, and Jonathan Loaisiga. Now we’ve got an issue with the Rockies, but so far no one terribly fantasy relevant is affected. But the point is this: COVID is absolutely a thing again. And it will continue to be. This delta variant ain’t no joke; be careful out there, y’all.

This week is a quality-over-quantity type injury report. Not as many names as in past editions, but this week’s names are big ones. Arguably the biggest of ones.

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