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Rolling In The Deep: Anyone Worth Gitten(s) This Week?
June 8, 2021 | Rolling In The Deep | 8 Commentsby: Laura Holt
Greetings, friends! I had the honor and pleasure of joining Grey and Geoff on the world-famous Razzball podcast this week, so let me start by thanking both of them for the opportunity to hang out and chat. I had a ton of fun talking fantasy baseball, and it was crazy to stop and realize just what a large percentage of our lives Grey and I have been playing in our OG home league together. Speaking of talking baseball, let’s do what we do here: as always, a few players who might pique the interest of those of us in AL-only, NL-only, or other particularly deep leagues.
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RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 9, 2021
June 8, 2021 | Razzball Commenter Leagues | 20 Commentsby: MattTruss
The calendar has flipped to June and the Razzball Commenter Leagues are in full swing. This is also the time of year where I like to take a look at which RCL teams are killing us in win-rate and which teams have just had some crap luck in the win column. Now, Rudy will tell you that Wins are actually predictable as shown by his Ombotsman. While the data and the bots may tell you this, as a human, it still seems like they are luck-based, do they not? Today we’re going to take a look at “win luck”. There’s no doubt it takes some luck to win a fantasy baseball league. Injury luck is probably the biggest factor in winning a league. As good a manager as we think we are, if your number one pick goes down for the year, you’re going to be at a disadvantage. That’s just common sense. “Win luck” is another area that is seemingly out of our control. Let’s face it, wins are brutal. I’m a big proponent of the mantra, “Make your own luck” and I certainly think that can be applied to “win luck”. “Win luck” is a term often tossed around to describe a team that is raking in the wins and/or a team that can’t seem to buy a win. Can you make your own luck in regards to wins? Of course, you can. You can stream those valuable middle relievers, especially the ones that frequently work multiple innings in the middle of games (Yusmeiro Petit perhaps). When a lead change occurs, these relievers are typically the benefactors. It’s no guarantee of course, but it can’t hurt your luck any. There are other ways to increase your win luck too. Let’s take a look at another big one as well as who is getting lucky and who got lucky this week in the week that was, week 9:
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Welcome to another installment of Tuesday MLB DFS here on Razzball. We have a full slate of games on tonight’s slate, with some possible rain in parts of the midwest and northeast. Though this slate isn’t loaded with aces on the mound, there are quite a few nice spots to consider. The top options on the mound today include Tyler Glasnow vs WAS, Shane Bieber @ STL, Walker Buehler @ PIT, and Chris Bassitt vs ARI. The fact there aren’t an abundant amount of solid places to go on the mound means there’s likely going to be some teams that go off tonight at the plate. Places I’m going to turn for bats include Oakland, Philadelphia, Dodgers, and San Diego.
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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Did everyone enjoy the All-Star Game? Wait, that’s not for another month? Why was there only three games yesterday then? Was it a holiday? RobManberance Day? A national day of remembrance about how Rob Manfred is an idiot? Stop for a moment, lower your head and silently remember to yourself how stupid Rob Manfred is. A Boob Manfraud, forever amen. So, with so few games, we get to really dive in on Jackson Kowar‘s debut. Man, did he suck (2/3 IP, 4 ER). I kid. But not entirely. Jackson was too jacked up. It happens. He couldn’t throw anything for a strike, due to adrenaline. Easy 97 MPH fastball, and a nasty change, that either was four feet over the batter’s head, or dead-center in the strike zone. Prospect Itch texted me some extra info, “Curve is more 50 than plus, but it still helps him a lot. It’ll come down to fastball command, which was there for him this year in the minors, just not last night, obviously. Think he could be successful on the rookie arm spectrum.” Then I texted, “Right, so Shane McClanahan, i.e., terrible or great or both, like every rookie pitcher?” And he texted back, “Yeah, McClanahan-ish.” Then I texted, “Glad we were able to do this without you threatening me.” Then he texted, “I’ve been using this exchange for GPS tracking, and I’m outside your home.” Then I typed random letters, so he’d see “…” which gave me time to escape out the back of my house. For what it’s Cronenworth, the Prospectonator (that projects every rookie) hates Kowar, and I see him mostly as a streamer in shallower leagues, so Streamonator. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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Top 100 Starting Pitchers for 2021: Week 10
June 7, 2021 | Top 100 Starting Pitchers | 65 Commentsby: everywhereblair
Grey awoke, pulled off his Mare of Easttown footie pajamas, and changed into his typical work wear: a T-shirt of himself. He walked to the mirror, inspected the graphic print on his T-shirt (making sure to do a quick comb of the decal mustache), and walked away. There were things to do today! After all, today was Monday.
Wait, what? Monday!? Had he slept right through Sunday and missed FAAB? Where was the weekend recap? Did anybody update about Cody Poteet? Grey opened his Blackberry, closed all the Lycos windows, and went straight to his AOL sign-in. [email protected], he typed in, hoping there were some updates. But the mailbox was filled with coupons for inferior tea companies promising coconut pearls to replace the dearly departed boba…wait…that was it! Like a Celine Dion 90s hit, it was all coming back to him now. He tossed the Blackberry aside and went to his walk-in pantry, flinging the doors wide.
Inside, Donkey Teeth lay passed out, his head resting on bags of tapioca starch. We did it! Grey thought to himself. We heisted the boba! He cackled gleefully to himself, stepping back into his kitchen and closing the pantry as DT mumbled, “Grey…”.
Why yes, Grey thought to himself, That’s the reason I’m so excited today: RazzPearls! He went to his Blackberry and loaded up Allreceipes.com, ignoring the multiple e-mail notifications from Cram It and Ante. Daddy needs his pearls! Grey cackled as he scrolled through the recipes. Then, a knock at the door. “Open up, customs agents!” voices announced. They don’t have a no-knock warrant, I’m safe for now, Grey thought. A text appeared on his Blackberry, this one from EverywhereBlair: Grey, why aren’t you at the drop-off zone? Is DT alive?” It was quite the mixture to be in. What was more important — RazzPearls or DT? And how did he get Mare of Easttown pajamas so quickly? Why didn’t he remember the heist? Find out next week as we continue the saga: Earl of RazzPearls!
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Welcome, welcome, weary traveler, dedicated reader, ardent supporter! It is I, your trusty RazzSlam Correspondent, Bob Allison Chains.
How are you? Doing well? Yeah? The kids good? Good, good. Good for you.
Me?
Well, it’s abundantly kind of you to inquire, but the truth is, I am despondent. I am a despondent correspondent.
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Avoiding the Blurbstomp – Super Two for Super Dudes
June 7, 2021 | Avoiding the Blurbstomp | 1 Commentby: C.A. James
Yesterday I was looking at my team, specifically at the NA players that my league doesn’t have a slot for, and saw Vidal Brujan and Jarren Duran smiling back at me. Edward Olivares waved at me and happily shed his NA skin, just so he could go 0-3 for me Sunday afternoon. It’s better than accumulating stats that don’t count, or, in the case of Jarren Duran, getting advice from Major League Baseball Ambassador of Blah Jon Jay. This little nugget from Masslive.com made me giggle: “One of [Alex] Cora’s best friends, former major leaguer Jon Jay, played for Team USA. ‘I told Jon Jay to make sure to help Duran out throughout the process,’ Cora said. ‘To talk to him about baseball and what it takes.’
Did I say giggle? I meant to say, “Scream very loudly like I’m Woody Harrelson in True Detective, watching that tape player in McConaghy’s storage space. Don’t talk to Jon Jay, especially about baseball! Every conversation with Jon Jay will result in Duran’s launch angle gains dropping by one full percentage point. David Ortiz or Manny weren’t available? Jarren Duran isn’t going to be show-stopping, but Christ alive, can you please have him talk to anyone else? Wade Boggs? Even after four racks of Keystone, I guarantee ole Wade would give Jarren more to chew on than The Federalist.
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Title aside, this is no Jedi mind trick. Or is it? I’ve spent all week, well the last several to be honest, working on a more reliable (and reproducible) set of generic point leagues rankings. When I say “generic” that’s because they don’t allow you to define your league’s scoring system in order to generate rankings specific to your league. Like how I do with my preseason spreadsheet. I’d love to provide you with that, but I just don’t have the time. I’m envisioning a web app that makes this easy, but that would probably be a 2022 thing. In the meantime, these rankings should give you a solid overall comparison of the players (hitters).
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Hey! What you say let’s play 3 today. Not quite the ring of the ole doubleheader phrase but we got to work with what we have and that’s what MLB has bestowed on us this lovely Monday afternoon. 3 whole games! So if you had a rough week and wanted to take a day off from DFS or betting I guess this one is good as any. Most of us press on and today as the title suggests, It’s Pablo Time ladies and gentlemen. Miami travels to Boston for this makeup game smack dab in the middle of the day and Fan Duel does have it on its main games so I’m going with it and starting Pablo Lopez ($9,600). Pablo has performed admirably so far this season with not a lot to show for it with only one victory. He’s had a couple of stinkers thrown in there but has given his team more often than not a pathway to win the game and the Marlins just haven’t come through for him in the end. Pablo limits the hard contact by commanding five pitches (4 seam, change up, cutter, curve, sinker) and mixes them well. Pablo throws his changeup more than any other pitch and when it is on it is a devastating pitch to a right-hand hitter. The Marlins just got swept by those pesky Pirates and with the late-night game last night that Boston won against the Yankees and had to travel back home for this one makeup game before hosting the Astros for 3 games starting on Tuesday. I haven’t seen a lineup yet but I figure some of the regular Boston players will get a breather and Lopez is more than capable of shutting down a lineup for 6-7 innings. I’m penciling in Lopez for 7 Innings today, 5 hits, 2 ER, and 9 K’s.
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You heard of Mrs. Dash? An all-powerful seasoning that you sprinkle on anything, and it makes it better. It’s crack…for your tongue! (May not be the actual slogan.) Now, if you swing already produces a great hard hit rate, you don’t want to tweak it too much. It’s already tasty. Only thing you can sprinkle on it to elevate it is a little bit more Launch Angle. Jesse Winker (3-for-4, 6 RBIs and 3 homers (15, 16, 17), hitting .350) is a classic example of what happens when a guy who hits the ball hard, tweaks his swing just a tad so the ball coming off his bat is just tad more elevated. Winker didn’t go full-Gallo on his Launch Angle. Just a smidge. A dash of wonderful, which if why I will now call him Mr. Dash. He elevates at the dish, and the crack of his bat is crack…for your fantasy team! Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
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