Prospect News: Await Sam Long As We Enter The Super Two Zone

June 9, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 42 Comments

The date is June 9, a fairly insignificant moment in the western, Gregorian sense but a potentially monumental one in the 2021 baseball sense. The ever-floating cheap prospects super two service time cutoff line is now, or tomorrow, or next week, depending on how much baseball everyone ends up playing over the next two years. It’s a ratio stat where the denominator is everyone in baseball’s service time, so to call it a “moving target” sells the math problem a little bit short. It’s guesswork. Educated, certainly, but guesswork nonetheless, and the best guesses we have point to the middle of June, maybe even June 10 in particular.

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Top 25 Third Basemen Rest of Season – Mid-Season Crisis

June 9, 2021 | Rest of Season Rankings, Top 25 Third Basemen | 23 Comments

by: Richardo

Happy Wednesday! I’ll be honest with ya, I’m struggling to write an opener for this article. I’ve been struggling with a lot of things lately. Maybe we’ll call it a mid-life crisis, but at 38-years old, I still don’t feel like an adult. Don’t get me wrong, I’m as adult as you can get – mortgage, bills, a career that I’ve been at for 16 years, kids, coaching those kids – but I just feel like I’m faking it. Yes, I will pay my mortgage on time, but I’d much rather hit the slip n slide that my kids are on (I do). Sure, I’ll work from home, but you better believe I’m playing Warzone on my lunch break. It’s a strange time in my life and I guess the same applies to fantasy. We’re not even halfway through the season and I’m already spent. I’ve placed 169 players on my IL while trying to find replacements for them and it’s been tough. Every time I grab a hot Evan Longoria, he gets hurt. My “Man of the Moment” is Jonathan India, who slid into the back of this list, but boy are my options dwindling. Let’s get to the list and then we’ll talk about some movers.

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SAGNOF: Simmer Down Now

June 9, 2021 | Closers | 15 Comments

by: Roto-Wan

Allow myself to reintroduce myself: I’m Roto-Wan. Long-time saves chaser, non-pricey pick payer, part-time closer ranker. You may remember from such columns as this one, last season. Grey kidnapped my dog and is forcing me to write about saves with masks or something. Contact the authorities if you’re reading this. All kidding aside, I enjoyed my hiatus and look forward to helping valued readers like you navigate the treacherous waters of saves in the MLB. I’ve dusted off Grey’s original tiers, as I like to do in the early going. It’s important to remind us of the jerks we’ve been to help us know the jerks we can become.

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FanDuel: Cole and Wain’s World

June 9, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel |

by: Barrelman

Tonight is an interesting slate for all the wrong reasons. The two stud starting pitchers have tough matchups. The teams we tend to stream starters against don’t have guys we would typically trust even in streaming situations. Combine that, with it being a large 12 game slate and we are at the peak of MLB DFS variance. We do have a fair amount of stacking choices though. The Mets and Brewers lead that pack for me. The Mets have quietly been hitting over the last two weeks and get Matt Harvey in Baltimore. The Brewers get a matchup against a mediocre rookie and a Reds bullpen that currently ranks last in MLB. I like the Reds tonight as well but Brett Anderson still generates lots of ground balls and Milwaukee’s bullpen is very good. A formula I tend to stand away from when looking at stacks.

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Ray Dropping Golden Sun On White Sox

June 9, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 462 Comments

by: Grey

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Robbie Ray is using Spider Tack, but not to make the baseball sticky. He’s using it to apply his pants. Robbie Ray’s pants are so young, they haven’t even been born yet. Robbie Ray doesn’t dress in the morning, he paints. Don’t know what I’m talking about?

Jays could at least play along and change Robbie Ray’s uniform number to 69 pic.twitter.com/dPPRlbvMs8

— Razzball (@Razzball) June 9, 2021

So, Robbie Ray had another great outing last night — 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 13 Ks, ERA at 3.36. Amazing that Robbie Ray fixed himself by just throwing strikes, but that’s exactly what has happened. Feels way longer than most guys who suddenly become strike throwers — Max Scherzer and Randy Johnson come to mind. Randy was obviously much closer to Ray’s transformation; Max’s command wasn’t that bad. Good that someone finally got through to Ray, because his stuff was so good all he needed to do was pump it into the zone and let hitters try to hit it. They haven’t, and Ray’s extraneous balls have disappeared. Um, ya know what I mean. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

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Top 10 College Prospects for the 2021 MLB Draft

June 8, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects |

by: Hobbs

Sam Houston State. South Alabama. Miami (OH). Just a short list of all the top Division I programs that you typically find first-round talent at, right? Either every premier Power Five program completely whiffed on these guys, or head coaches are scurrying around the recruiting grounds like a bunch of half-blind moles trying to find their own siblings. As I unveil college prospects 6-10 in my rankings for the 2021 MLB Draft, you’ll find players from each of the above mid-major programs entrenched in the top 10. We all know young players develop significantly while playing the college game, but it’s downright incredible to see this many top prospects coming from such schools. Last year, the top pitcher in the draft came out of the University of Minnesota and the No. 7 overall pick came out of New Mexico State — further evidence that you can’t live and die by the blue blood programs when assembling your prospect pool in dynasty leagues. In this edition, we’ll go in-depth on players 6-10 on my list while providing plenty of links to previous college prospect coverage to assist you in putting together the best first-year player draft board as possible. So take a seat in the optometrist’s chair, make like a cartoon mole with bifocals and check out the rest of this year’s top ten.

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Fantasy Baseball Podcast: The Laura Holt Episode

June 8, 2021 | 2021 Fantasy Baseball, All Podcasts, Razzball Podcast | 10 Comments

by: Geoff

We don’t invite guests onto the podcast often, but when we do we do it big. Did I just quote Black and Yellow? I don’t know if Laura is a fan of a sport franchise with black and yellow colors but I hope for her sake it’s not the Pirates. Our Deep Leagues writer Laura Holt joins us this week and the collective IQ of the show was raised by at least 70%. We talk sticky stuff and it’s impact on fantasy, pitcher injuries, wavier wire adds, and a host of other topics to keep you mildly entertained. There’s a 50/50 chance Laura takes my job after this one. She was great. Listen or else!

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Rolling In The Deep: Anyone Worth Gitten(s) This Week?

June 8, 2021 | Rolling In The Deep | 8 Comments

by: 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 Comments

by: 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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FanDuel: Rain In Some Places, Many Bats And Few Aces

June 8, 2021 | DFS, Fanduel |

by: RyanStar

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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Angels Went Wacko On JacKo

June 8, 2021 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 342 Comments

by: Grey

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 Comments

by: 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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