FanDuel: Feeling The Heat

June 30, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel |

Happy hump day everyone! I don’t like this slate from a pitching perspective. Aaron Nola is a stud but it’ll be 90+ degrees with humidity in a ballpark prone to homers. Miami may not great offensively but they don’t strike out much. Similar situation with Luis Garcia in Houston against Baltimore. Chris Bassitt has a decent matchup but I have a hard time paying $9,800 for someone who doesn’t offer up much in the way in strikeouts. Joe Musgrove is in Great American Smallpark on a hot, humid night as well. He’s only eclipsed the 40 pt. threshold once in his last 11 starts. I liked Cal Quantrill but with it now being a double header, the game has been removed from the slate. Steven Matz has a good matchup but he’ll be on a pitch count coming off the IL.

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SAGNOF: Strawman Phallacy

June 30, 2021 | Steals | 2 Comments

by: Roto-Wan

It’s SAGNOF speed week! That means saves are the thing that need to have no faces. We’ll talk a few runners and a few catchers. I’ve included a chart of the catchers yielding the most stolen bases thus far. I find people often forget that half of the equation when trying to find a hitter to stream as a speed spec play. We’re looking for both a volume of steals given up and poor defense throwing runners out.

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Pirates Don’t Enjoy Their Frutti Di Marquez Plate

June 30, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 323 Comments

by: Grey

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“Guten tag, mi amigos. Um, I mean, hola. I am mucho from a Spanish-language country and not at all on the run from the German authorities.” That was the Nazi in Exile as a youth, taking the very conspicuous name German Marquez. Yesterday, was a big-time “Hola, meine frau” as German Marquez took a no-hitter into the 9th inning in Coors, and ended up with 9 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.62 in 92 pitches, as he racked up his 11th Quality Start. My Jewish ancestors would never forgive me, but I want to help the Nazi in Exile, and in the process my better Angels. Well, not my better Angels, just the Angels. Someone disguise their voice, call up the Angels and tell them the Rockies will deal German Marquez for anything, because the Rockies are a very stupid organization. You can tell the Rockies they’re getting a guy named Ham Silliard and just read them Sam Hilliard’s Triple-A stats to them and they’ll go for it. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Rolling In The Deep: Wade In Carefully

June 29, 2021 | Rolling In The Deep | 4 Comments

by: Laura Holt

Let’s get right to work this week, as I’m sure by the time I finish writing this I’ll have at least one more roster hole to fill in my deep leagues (sigh, that Lucas Sims/Sam Coonrod era on one of my NL-only teams didn’t last long). Once again there’s probably not much to get excited about on the average deep-league waiver wire, but once again that won’t stop up from trying to come up with a few names that could be of interest to those of us in NL-only, AL-only, and other deep leagues.

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RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 12, 2021

June 29, 2021 | Razzball Commenter Leagues | 2 Comments

by: MattTruss

Shake up alert, shake up alert, shake up alert! We have a new number one sitting on top of the Master Standings! It’s been the Son show since week three, so this is some big news. After one week without Master Standings, we’re back and things are all shaken up. Maybe Son’s moves are catching up with him as he slows down a bit to preserve a few for the final month of the season. Son still leads all RCLers with 311 moves and he has three of the top four move-making teams. League Competitive Index came into play also, as the new top team has a slightly higher LCI in their league compared to the ‘Perts League. Typically the number of moves a league makes has a good correlation to a high LCI. This makes sense, right? A league making the most moves would be a league full of attentive managers, racking up counting stats, and thus have a high LCI. There are currently 12 leagues with over 1,000 moves made and surprisingly, the top league is not one that Son is in. We’ll take a look at the top ten move-makers, the most active leagues, and take a look at the new top ten, all that in more in the week that was week 12 in the Razzball Commenter Leagues.

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Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Rates Of State

June 29, 2021 | Razzball Podcast |

by: B_Don

B_Don is guest hosting so that Grey has an easy target to make fun of all show. The Cubs fan of the group has to discuss the combined no hitter that Craig Kimbrel didn’t know about…? Grey walks you through is backwards Tout Wars team and, “he’s saying there’s a chance” that he could still possibly come away with #4 (Fred Zinkie, did your ears ring?). Grey’s BOLD prediction from the pre-season has come true, but can you now , but B_Don is still disappointed months later that his bold prediction was rated lower.

Then, it’s on to spin rates and a bunch of guy’s sticky substances. Are either of the guys looking to trade Gerrit Cole or anyone else? Next, we take a look at some of Rudy’s rest of season projections and where the guys fall on Wander Franco, Juan Soto, Gleyber Torres, and Alec Bohm. We finish up the pod with Grey giving you some waiver wire targets and some quick bullpen discussion with a few teams facing some turnover.

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FanDuel: Stacks Galore

June 29, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel | 1 Comment

by: RyanStar

Welcome back to Tuesday DFS here on Razzball. Tuesdays are quite the task if you’re playing the main slate. 15 games on the docket today, including Coors and many other great hitting spots. There’s also a plethora of solid pitching options today and it seems paying for the top arms might be the way to go, seeing as there are 10 games with a total at or above 9.

Tonight’s choice on the mound will be a tough one but there should be multiple guys who could get you that 50+ number needed to cash out. We have Brandon Woodruff ($11,400) at home vs the Cubs as the highest-priced pitcher, followed by Robbie Ray ($10,800) at home vs Seattle, Kevin Gausman ($10,500) in L.A. opposite Walker Buehler ($10,000). Under 10K you’ll find Lucas Giolito, Jose Urquidy, Charlie Morton, and Trevor Rogers, all of whom are solid options.

Good luck tonight, and remember to stay positive and visualize that bankroll spiking like Bitcoin in April. Visualize your success! You HAVE to believe it to be true before it can happen. Go with your gut and do it with confidence. Let’s go!

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Red Sox Love & Royals Hate The Night of the Hunter Renfroe

June 29, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 301 Comments

by: Grey

“Salvation is a last-minute business, boy.” — Hunter Renfroe (2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 10th and 11th homer) looking at my fantasy team that is hurting for offense.

“Women are such durn fools.” — Enrique Hernandez (2-for-3 and his 8th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games). Hot schmotato alert!

“You know, when you’re little, you have more endurance than God is ever to grant you again. Children are man at his strongest. They abide.” — Bobby Dalbec (2-for-4, 2 runs and his 10th homer). He’s the type to get hot in a snap of the fingers, so if you need power, I could see grabbing him immediately.

“A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit. Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” — Alex Cora as he fits the Red Sox for buzzers. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2021: Week 13

June 28, 2021 | Top 100 Starting Pitchers | 40 Comments

by: everywhereblair

This weekend was the Razzball 17th Annual 4th of July Summer Bash and Midyear Performance Appraisal, where the writers get together to bond over some good-natured peer criticism. Grey opened the bash with his famous sausage eating contest, which Skorish skillfully won before being transported emergently to the port-a-john to conduct his next meeting. Next, Donkey Teeth gave out the awards for “Tightest Pants,” “Biggest Baller,” and the “Maikel Franco Memorial Award for Bravery in Fantasy Baseball Rostership.” That last one was a little awkward, what with Maikel Franco being still alive and playing, but DT kept saying that “Franco is dead to me.” Either way, I was happy to leave with the coveted “Tightest Pants” award, although I will admit it’s the Covid 19 that went to my waist. Can’t wait to show my boy Robbie Ray! But from that meetup and scarring peer criticism, I learned to adjust the ranks, and we’ve got another big rank adjustment today!

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Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Close Out on Outgoing Closers

June 28, 2021 | Avoiding the Blurbstomp |

by: C.A. James

Trade rumors are starting to brew as we get deeper into the season, so do yourself a favor and trade your closers on losing clubs right now. Richard Rodriguez? Kendall Graveman? Get whatever you can before the blurbs start to absolutely bury their trade value. You could still get a top-100 bat for one of those guys. With Twitter and mlbtraderumors.com, your league-mates might be too savvy to figure it out, but send those offers out now before you’re holding a ticking time bomb who you are praying ends up on a team that needs a closer. In the world of fantasy, it’s the equivalent of knowing that a corpse is about to turn into a zombie in the background of a scene in any zombie movie. You are the hero in the foreground and in focus. Behind you, a fuzzy, out of focus shape slowly staggers up. Slay that zombie, especially if he’s played by Josh Gad! On to the blurbs!

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Points League: 7, 14, 21, 28 Trends

June 28, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Points Leagues | 4 Comments

by: malamoney

I decided to take a look at the top players, based on points, over the last 7, 14, 21 and 28 days to see if there were any trends worth taking a closer look at. This is typically a good way to identify players on a hot streak, but it’s also useful in tracking consistency. Let’s see who’s been doing what over the last month. I’ve limited each list to about the top 15 or 16 hitters.

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Patreon Podcast: Grey Qualifies for Autumn Olympics

June 28, 2021 | All Podcasts |

by: Donkey Teeth

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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, Jeff Bezos is headed to outer space and there’s a petition to not let him back into Earth. Be sure to sign that right after you finish placing you’re fifth Amazon order of the day. Then a U.S. Olympian is banned from the games due to a positive steroid test which she blames on a pork burrito. Finally, a fantasy football loser suffers through his league’s punishment of having to eat at a Waffle House for 24-hours!

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