The season has kicked into high gear! No more of being forced to parse apart those pesky and noisy Spring Training stats over small samples against rando players. It’s time for some real, hard and fast MLB information to work with. Since we’ve met here last week, each team has provided us roughly *checks notes* […]
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If you’re in a bowling league, you wouldn’t expect people to track how good you’ll be in actual competition based on what you rolled just messing around with your friends. Yet, in the world of baseball, we attempt to keep track of wOBA and wRC+ for the 28~35 games that don’t even count. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?At this time last year, Cam Smith was playing college baseball for the Florida State Seminoles. Fast forward one year and Smith is now playing in the majors, starting in right field for the Houston Astros on Opening Day.
The road to The Show has been quick for Smith, who was not drafted out of high school. Only 22 years old, Smith has played in only 32 minor league games. But after an impressive spring training, he forced his way into the Astros lineup.
Let’s dive in and take a look at Cam Smith.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Aaaaand we’re back! I heard they were doing another season of baseball throwing and hitting. They might add robot umpires and new AI generated players in addition to Ohtani. Also, all the Yankees are gonna have big bushy beards, the A’s are homeless squatters who play for the peanut shells you discard mid-game and Kate […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?It’s a quiet week on the injury front *vigorously knocks on all wooden objects within reach* so we’re going with something a little different in the name of prediction season! If you know me, you know I have TAEKS. So, no introduction necessary…let’s get right to it. Ronald Acuna Jr. Does Not Reach 20 HR […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?*nudges the Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell, and it doesn’t move* “Oh my God, the Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell is dead!” Drowsily, the Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell wakes on the couch, “I’m not dead, you idiot. I’m hungover. Could you please stop screaming?” “Woo hoo! The Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell is alive!” Rubbing temples, sitting up and asking, “What time […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Happy Opening Week! I couldn’t be happier to finally be writing about actual games that are happening after a long offseason of drafting. Well, I could be happier if Jared Jones and Shane McClanahan weren’t injured, but gotta keep moving forward, no? As we settle into the beginning of the season, this week we’ll check […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?The winner of Day 1s 100K contest on DK ($555 entry) had a lineup with a 5/3 construction, meaning 5 players from one team (STL) and 3 from another (SD). The plays were certainly low owned, but neither of the teams really had outstanding games. MLB DFS is a marathon, not a sprint. It is […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Enters passcode to lock door and metal bars snap into place. The counter above the door counts down to when the door will automatically reopen, which is six months from now. Cranks rope, lowering dumb waiter with my La Croix Summer Berry seltzer, while sitting in a bean bag that is outfitted in Giancarlo Stanton’s […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?India isn’t a place where American companies look to manufacture products. Rather, it became a haven for the service economy, especially for call centers. Recently, though, a plethora of office parks have been built in India by US companies for high-paying, skilled jobs in all genres of work. Despite the many fundamental problems in India, […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Major League Baseball has now played two of its 2,430 games this season with the Tokyo Series complete, which means all we really have are Spring Training stats to evaluate who we need for our fantasy baseball squads. With Opening Day upon us, who has been some of the more interesting risers and fallers? In […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?When this article drops, it will be my Christmas Day – the real, MLB opening day. OK, so this year, we call it the “domestic” opening day, but whatever. This is when baseball officially starts back for everyone, and it’s beautiful. And we’ll do our best to ignore how COLD it will be in many […]
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