Dodgers Expose C-Mart’s Belly Button – It’s An Outing Not An Inning

June 3, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 419 Comments

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We used to have a glossary term for when one of your hitters hits a home run off one of your pitchers: “f***ing your stepsister.” We removed it I believe because it was too vulgar, but we have a shirt in our Razzball store that reads, “Fantasy Baseball: Something To Do Between Masturbation Sessions,” so too vulgar feels like it left the station a while ago. Any hoo! I don’t have a stepsister, but yesterday we were grinding, baby! After dinner, I was like, “Excuse me, my much older cougar wife,” as I dabbed my face with a wet nap, “I need to check to see how Carlos Martinez is doing. What’s that? He sucks? Sure, Cougs, but someone’s gotta suck in this marriage and it ain’t me or you.” Haha, we laughed, then I added, “How bad could he possibly suck?” That was when my world began to crumble, while also putting the moves on my nonexistent stepsister, because Cody Bellinger (2-for-4, 2 runs, 6 RBIs and his 1st homer) knocked in 6 runs in the 1st inning before I could put my teeth back in my mouth. I knocked them out when I saw Carlos Martinez’s line (2/3 IP, 10 ER, ERA at 5.83). Well, I’m glad Cody Bellinger is back and producing, I only wish it didn’t involve step-siblings. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Prospect News: Wander and Westburg Working Their Way Up

June 2, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 38 Comments

by: The Itch

Fresh off the recent rankings update, Top 100 Prospects for 2021 Fantasy Baseball Volume 2, I figured today was the perfect time for a Wednesday whip-around before we dive back into deconstructing the list this weekend.

Below the fold, you’ll find a smattering of things I noticed on the field Tuesday night combined with season-long stats and thoughts on what it all means going forward.

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Top 25 First Basemen Rest of Season – Glass Two-Thirds Full

June 2, 2021 | Rest of Season Rankings, Top 25 First Basemen | 8 Comments

by: Richardo

Two months down, four to go. I’m trying to take an optimistic “glass two-thirds full” look at the rest of the season despite where my team sits in the standings. In some instances, that requires a leap of faith or a couple of pops to give me some false confidence. Four months is plenty of time to turn things around. Over these last two weeks, we’ve gotten Cody Bellinger back and Josh Bell has busted out of his slump some, bringing some rays of sunshine in a dark world. Let’s take a look at the list and we’ll talk about some of the biggest movers.

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SAGNOF, Week 10: Hate To Say I Told You Sosa, Alright!

June 2, 2021 | SAGNOF, Steals | 5 Comments

by: Kerry Klug

Not a lot of low-ownership stolen base threats from the past two weeks. The usual suspects are atop the SB leaderboard in that time:

5: Fernando Tatis and Trea Turner
4: Randy Arozarena
3: Tommy Pham, Tommy Edman, Kyle Tucker, Jean Segura, Cedric Mullins, Brandon Lowe, Whit Merrifield, and Jarred Kelenic

But here are the guys who might be unowned in your league right now. Even though Jurickson Profar is currently owned in 51% of ESPN leagues.

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FanDuel: Manaea Vs Food

June 2, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel |

by: Barrelman

Welcome to June baseball everyone! Typically, I tend to fade games in Coors. Ownership tends to be very high and as a result it’s hard to gain an advantage. However, I won’t call you a fool playing hitters on those nights. If stacking is your play, I think there are some pretty interesting games. Stacking either side or both of the Minnesota/Baltimore game is a strong play. The same can be said about the Washington/Atlanta game.

I like Houston as sneaky stack as well. Nick Pivetta has enjoyed the breakout we’ve been waiting for over the last 3 seasons. However, he is still walking plenty of batters and has a predominantly fastball/slider pitch mix. This isn’t great as the Astros have the lowest K rate in baseball. Moreover, they are 8th as a team against fastballs and 1st against sliders. While I do think the Coors game will have plenty of runs scored, there are good options elsewhere.

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Philadelphia Hit 7 Bombs But An Alec Ain’t One

June 2, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 460 Comments

by: Grey

I’m not a conspiracy theory guy. Sure, I think Big Onion made onion rings circular rather than like French fries because they want you to use more onions with each fried treat, but other than that, and maybe 1,500 other conspiracies, I am pretty grounded in reality. Okay, I also expect to see Kate Winslet jumping on a trampoline at a Sixers’ halftime dressed as Mare of Easttown, but reality. It’s where I am, except I truly believe Great American Ballpark is somehow stuck in 2019. Balls are still flying out there. Maybe it’s the one park where they didn’t secretly instill a humidor. Either way, yesterday was bomb-ass Philly over spaghetti in Cincy. Andrew McCutchen (2-for-3, 4 RBIs, hitting .209) hit his 8th and 9th homer, and finally moved out of the leadoff spot. Great Awakenings, literally with Joe Girardi. Next up, Odubel Herrera (3-for-6, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, 3rd and 4th homer) was moved to the top of the order, and should now move on even the shallowest league’s radar. Then, Rhys Hoskins (2-for-4, 3 RBIs) hit his 12th homer, and he’s filling in for Bryce quite nicely as the three-hole hitter — Rhys is Brycely? Hmm, not bad. Even Ronald Torreyes (2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, 1st homer) got into the act. And I thought Torreyes were just in a sunken place. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Rolling In The Deep: A Moment Of Wisdom

June 1, 2021 | Rolling In The Deep | 7 Comments

by: Laura Holt

Happy June! Crazy that we’re about one third of the way through the MLB year, or, as we called it in 2020, the end of the season. After even just one year of a mini season, I kind of forgot just how long and grueling 162 games of fantasy baseball can be, and how some leagues can resemble a part-time job in terms of time and mental commitment. Then I remembered that as part-time jobs go, this is a pretty fun one (even though it makes me want to tear my hair out multiple times per week). My deep league waiver wires are picked pretty clean and I feel like we’re in that time of year where we have to dig extra deep just to find someone that’s better than nothing, let alone has anything resembling actual upside — but let’s carry on and do what we do here at RITD, namely take a look at some names that may be of interest to those of us in NL-only, AL-only, and other deep leagues.

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Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Grey Albright’s Art Collection And Other Musings

June 1, 2021 | All Podcasts |

by: Geoff

Did you know that Grey Albright is collector of art? He’s a man of sophisticated tastes and by art and sophisticated tastes I mean Alek Manoah and Chase De Jong shares on his fantasy baseball teams. What one person calls waiver wire adds, are another’s art collection. Other exciting items Mr. Albright has procured in recent weeks; an original Eric Hasse, a Seth Brown, a DJ Stewart, and even something called a Paul Fry! Move over Isabella Gardner, there’s a new collector in town. And by town I mean 3,000 miles west. Any the who… the Razzball podcast is back with loads of tidbits, advice, confirmation bias, and dad jokes.

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An Update on the State of the RazzSlam, Dispatch Two of Six

June 1, 2021 | RazzSlam |

by: Steve Paulo

When the celestial falls to earth; when the sublime becomes mundane; when the pure, the pious, the unadulterated is driven to corruption of the flesh and faith; when these happenings occur, it is with the greatest dread that Man witnesses a true Fall From Grace.

So has it been, in 2021, with the vaunted “No-Hitter”.

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RCL Update: The Week That Was, Week 8, 2021

June 1, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball, Our Leagues, Razzball Commenter Leagues | 17 Comments

by: MattTruss

I hope everyone was able to enjoy a long weekend this Memorial Day. It’s the unofficial start of summer here in the north country but it was cold and rainy here, kind of like it was at many baseball stadiums this weekend. Between the rainouts and injuries I was lucky to get in half the normal amount of Games Played for my Razzball Commenter League teams. My Eduardo Rodriguez vs. the Marlins start got washed out only to see him get crushed by the Astros. According to the numbers we had a down offensive week. If you ask my teams with the Padres pitching staff, we had plenty of offense though. Hopefully you all had sunny weekends and plenty of offense for your RCL teams. I’m recouped and ready to bring you the goings on for the week in the RCLs. Son stretched his lead again this week, but another Razzball writer is hot on his trail. We also had a couple of weekly pitching records fall, clearly not from anyone rostering Blake Snell. All this and more in the week that was, week 8 in the RCLs:

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Fanduel: Heaney Panky

June 1, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel | 12 Comments

by: everywhereblair

What’s up everybody in Somewheresville, USA and 3 people in the UK? Most of you are recovering from the three-day federal holiday known as “Truly Time” and stepping back into the virtual or real office this morning. Hopefully, I can bring a little smile to your face and cash to your pocket.

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Baez & Wisdom Treat San Diego To Chicago Style And Go Deep At the Dish

June 1, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 411 Comments

by: Grey

Hope everyone had an Ian Happy Memorial Day, only without that schmohawk and all the other Cubs. One, which would’ve been nice is Javier Baez (2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 12th and 13th homer, hitting .260). At this point, I wouldn’t mind if all my hitters were as stingy at taking walks as Baez. Hey, Juan Soto, study the Baez Technique^TM, which is literally swinging at everything. Embrace the unknown. Baez is like a BASE jumper. Instead, he practices the act of jumping on every pitch no matter where it is thrown. The BAEZ jumper. Also, in yesterday’s game, the Padres weren’t smart enough to avoid Patrick Wisdom (3-for-4 and a double slam (2, 3) and legs (1), hitting .467). I have dreams of streaming a guy who has a game as good as Wisdom, then I wake in the middle of the night, sweating and Cougs turns to me, “What are you dreaming of?” I reply, stoically, “Having Wisdom.” Then she asks, “Is that why you’re sleeping while wearing your monocle?” And I gently remove it and say, “No, I fell asleep looking for an ingrown hair.” If you streamed Wisdom, that’s just smart stuff, and, with Bote and Hoerner out, Wisdom might benefit with more play, like when you’re competing against an 6-year-old in a Math-off. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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