Richie Tauriello

2021 Fantasy Baseball: Two Start Pitchers Week 15 (7/5-7/11)

July 4, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Two Start Pitchers | 10 Comments

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Happy 4th of July sports fans! As the weather heats up, so are the offenses because like Charlie Manuel once said “Its hittin’ season”. Thankfully there were a grand total of zero No-Hitters last week and I for one am happy to report that news. With that said I’m still going to pick one for the up coming week. The ever so lucky pitcher that will receive my ringing endorsement is the immortal Jacob deGrom. I made it easy this week, deGrom has matchups against the Brewers and the Pirates. He seems due for a No-Hitter to be added too his Hall Of Fame career. I’ll let you guys guess who’s number one in the rankings this week.

Moving on to the news of the week, there isn’t much. David Peterson of the Mets hit the IL, he’s expected too be out for at least 8 weeks. Meanwhile, Michael Pineda threw a rehab game and should be back at some point in the very near future. The same can be said for Madison Bumgarner. Lastly, Zac Gallen left Fridays start with right hamstring tightness. Monitor him closely, no one want to see Gallen take a 3rd trip too the IL this year. Alright, that’s all for the news this week lets get to the rankings.

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Butters

Points Leagues: Sho Me the All Stars

July 4, 2021 | Points Leagues |

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It’s July and with the MLB All-Star Break almost upon us, it seems fitting to take a look at the points league all-stars. This is for season performance to date so they will be among the top points scorers but I am giving a little more weight to guys that are outperforming their draft position. The fantasy MVP has to be Shohei Ohtani (406) He has more points than anyone else and yet his ADP was in the 40s. As a two-way player, he’s basically a cheat code in daily leagues, giving you an extra roster spot. Start him at pitcher when he’s on the mound and at DH when he’s not. Obviously, for weekly lineups, his value isn’t quite as sky-high because you miss out on more of his points but he’s still been amazing. He’s been impressive no matter what position he’s at with a power/speed combo at the plate and massive K upside on the mound. At only 26 years old the sky is the limit and he should easily be the number one overall pick next season in leagues where he’s a two-way player.

Other than the Sho, here are my other Fantasy All-Star picks.

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The Real Joey Bart

Fantasy Baseball Streamers, Week 15: Ride the Wave

July 4, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Streamers, Fantasy Baseball Two Start Pitchers |

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This marks the final week before the All-Star break! That sounds crazy to say because it felt like the season just started a few weeks ago. It was actually the midpoint of the season on Friday for many teams, and it’s going to be an exciting second half. What’s got me even more enthused is the fact that our streamers have been rolling recently. We’ve had three solid weeks in a row, and I absolutely love this group of guys. I actually had 16 pitchers that I circled before preparing the article, and I tried my best to limit it down and take out some of the crappier options. With that in mind, let’s kick things off with our two-start guys!

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MattTruss

FanDuel: And The Robbie Ray Red Glare

July 4, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel |

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The tight pants bursting on the mound, gave proof through the day, that our DFS plays were still there.  Oh, sorry, you caught me in a moment of singing about my favorite DFS play today, Robbie Ray ($10,800).  What a stud Ray has been this year huh?  11.7 K/9 and a 2.2 BB/9 will do that for a pitcher.  I remember it was a bit of a running joke during draft season how high the Razzball crew was drafting Ray, but who’s laughing now?  Ray gets to face the, uh…Rays today, interesting.  The Rays rank at the top of the league in team strikeouts and I am just drooling over what Robbie Ray is going to do them.  Expect fireworks and expect many points in your DFS lineups.  I hope everyone has a happy and safe Fourth of July and we all make a little extra moolah.

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The Itch

Independence Day Stash List: Top 55 Prospects for Redraft Leagues

July 4, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 35 Comments

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Called up from our last Stash List: Tampa Bay SS Wander Franco, Baltimore SS Domingo Leyba, Kansas City 3B Emmanuel Rivera, Chicago (AL) 2B Jake Burger, Chicago (AL) OF Gavin Sheets, Cincinnati SS Alejo Lopez, and Milwaukee LHP Aaron Ashby.

Always exciting to turn the page. 

But before we do so, I’d like to update the book on Reid Detmers, who had 46 strikeouts in 21 June innings, retiring 51.7 percent of his opponents via strikeout with a 46.1 percent K-BB rate. 

Adds up to a 19.71 K/9 with a 9.2 K/BB rate with a 1.14 WHIP and .229 opponents batting average despite his squad allowing a .455 BABIP with him on the mound.

Wow. 

I don’t think anyone saw this coming. If a 30-year-old, one-inning reliever in A ball were striking out more than half the dudes he saw for a month, he’d be opening eyes. Would certainly graduate the level. Detmers, seen as a control and command mid-rotation type on draft night, looks like Tarik Skubal out there on the stat sheet thanks in part to meaty velocity jump that makes his curveball even more Bugs Bunny-ish. If you have George Kirby or some other similarly ranked pitching prospect, I’d see if the Detmers owner in your league would be interested in a swap. That ballpark should be perfect for him, and even if he gets hit around a bit, the command and strikeouts will keep his rates in tip-top roto shape. 

Now onto the list. 

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Jeremy Brewer

Top 100 Hitters: Holiday Weekend Edition

July 3, 2021 | Top 100 Hitters | 32 Comments

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Let me be the first and if not the first, the best, to wish you a happy 4th of July weekend.  This weekend importantly marks the mid-way point in the season.  For most of us, that means there are one or two months left until the trade deadline and hopefully we are all still in contention rather than seeing our season going all cattywampus.  This week in our top 100 hitter rankings we will see how some of the early season upstarts are trying to hang around while some veterans are singing us their swan songs.  While I could waste another 200-300 words on this intro, let us be honest in that you have already skimmed and checked out around cattywampus.  Without further ado, the updated rankings for your top 100 hitters for the rest of the 2021 fantasy baseball season await!

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everywhereblair

Frahley Shreds Solo, Modulates from Minors to Majors

July 3, 2021 | Daily Notes, July's Daily Notes | 29 Comments

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What is up good people! I’m stepping in for the esteemed Daniel Anthony Pants, who is off at the “Resize your Levis” event in northern Saskatchewan. I don’t know if that’s a weight loss clinic or adult briss event or…I mean, DAP, you do you! But of course, Señior DAP takes the day off when there’s a FIFTEEN game slate. What is this, America’s birthday or something? Hah! Got you. Articles of Confederation ain’t the “‘Mericuh” that I got tattooed across my lower back when I was 18. If John Hancock was only around to sign that! ENYWHEY. Whatever you’re doing this weekend, hopefully, you’re meditating on the love for your fellow human. And if you’re shooting off fireworks, for the love of DAP do it away from the city and nowhere near a dry prairie, please. Let’s move on to the one thing that binds us all across geographies and political divides: imaginary baseball team management!

Here’s what I saw on the June 2 slate in MLB:

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everywhereblair

Fanduel: Eggs Odorizzi

July 3, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel |

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Good morning folx! Time for your cherished morning article about tossing your money at the wall and hoping something sticks. Oh wait, I thought I was talking about my New York Times subscription. ENYWHEY. I’ve been feverishly working on a few new projects to help with my seasonal rankings, and I’ve also got a DFS project in the works that combines a few different projection systems. Which ones? I’ll never tell! Mostly because I’m not entirely sure the success of my new system. But if you’re looking for edges (don’t Google that), then come along and visit me after the jump for some interesting perspectives on who you should be playing.

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Grey

Only The Good Buy Jung

July 2, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell | 353 Comments

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Back in the preseason, we were all clamoring for Josh Jung, which resulted in us taking a Briggs-Myers personality test, originally proposed by Jung.

The test began: 1) Can you remember how you felt about Josh Jung in March? A) Excited B) Stressed C) There’s no C. D) Extrovert.

If you answered A, you know Josh Jung is set to debut this year, and even the Rangers can’t ruin this prospect. He has big-time power, and a hit tool to match. The Rangers have no one to play third, and are currently rocking Swiss Army knife Brock Holt, and some combination of Andy Ibanez and Charlie Culberson, all names that only sound made-up. If you answered B, you were thinking of Josh Jung’s foot, which was diagnosed with a stress fracture on March 20th, curtailing his chances to break camp. Luckily, Jung is back, healed, and hitting home runs in the minors again. If you answered C, you were dropped on your head as a baby. If you answered D, then you’re telling all your friends about how you grabbed Josh Jung in your fantasy leagues, and those friends are secretly talking about you behind your back. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:

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Coolwhip

Top 100 Outfielders For 2021 Fantasy Baseball: Schwarber And Scrubs Edition

July 2, 2021 | Top 100 Outfielders | 19 Comments

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So with the month of June in the rearview mirror, balls were once sticky but now clean and clear. Summer brings warmer weather and balls are beginning to leave the yard more. In the month of May, there were 936 home runs hit in MLB. And now, 1019 in June with 336 coming since June 21st, the start of the Sticky Inquisition. That’s an increase of roughly 66 per month. Does the drop in spin rates or rising temps matter more?

Who knows, but July should be the first full month in the heat of summer… so buckle up. This is the Outfield channel and figured, why not express my adulation for the month of Schwarbulation (in the 7th year of our Schwarb) through the art of song. In fact, a totally original song I just wrote for this very occasion:

Kyle’s on a roadtrip far away
Come around and let’s watch together
So many things I want to say
You know, I wish the month was a little bit longer
I just want you to hit a dong tonight
I don’t want to lose my roto points tonight
Yeaaaahhhhhh…

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Jay

At a Snell’s Pace

July 2, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball | 4 Comments

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It’s once again Padres week here at the content hub of Jay, and by week I mean epoch. And while I’m actually trying to figure out what a hub of content is and what it would actually look like (your mom?), I must fight the urge to world-build and begin to pontificate on one Blake Snell. Not to be confused with Ian, something I’m sure I’ll do at some point and time, Blake has had quite the year of mediocrity after piecing together a pretty stellar to above-average track record the previous five seasons. 2018 remains his peak year thus far, when just four seasons ago he was able to grab a Cy Young, sustaining a 1.89 ERA, 2.95 FIP with 21 Wins. Now sporting a 5.29 ERA with the Padres, one has to wonder what exactly is going on and why does it have to happen to the Padres? That’s me, I’m that guy wondering. And, you know, for the sake of that sweet sweet SEO, I hope you are too…

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