Top 40 Outfielders, 2018 Fantasy Baseball, A Recap

October 19, 2018 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 33 Comments

With the top 40 outfielders for 2018 fantasy baseball, we’ve finished all the hitter recaps. We meaning me, but I’ll include you. No, that’s not a cue to try to hold my hand. Why are you now patting my butt? Don’t muss my hair! The pitching recap will begin next. You can hardly wait. No, you! To recap, the end of the season rankings are based on our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater. I felt the easiest way to keep it objective would to go this route. This way when I say someone finished 30th and I ranked them 23rd in the preseason, it carries more weight like Willians Astudillo. Anyway, here’s the top 40 outfielders for 2018 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

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Top 20 Outfielders for 2018 Fantasy Baseball, A Recap

October 18, 2018 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 52 Comments

by: Grey

Went over the catchers, 1st basemen, 2nd basemen and shortstops and top 20 3rd basemen for 2018 fantasy baseball. Guess what’s next! No, not pitchers. Read the title, man. In 2010, there were only 5 outfielders that hit 30 homers, in 2011 there were 9, 14 in 2012, in 2013, there were 3, a small bounce back with 6 in 2014, eight in 2015, 11 outfielders in 2016, and last year there were 15. This year…DRUM ROLL!….10 outfielders hit 30 homers. Womp, womp. Obvious trend…denied! As for steals, there were 14 outfielders who stole 30 bases in 2012, 10 in 2013, 11 in 2014, five in 2015, seven in 2016 and last year there were…2! This year: five outfielders stole 30 and eleven players overall, up from six. Steals are on the come up! As before, these rankings are from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. Anyway, here’s the top 20 outfielders for 2018 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

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2019 Minor League Preview: Los Angeles Angels

by: Mike

The Angels are a funny team. Not the ha-ha kind of funny. More like the “that’s funny, I could have sworn I turned the stove off…why does my house smell like burning?” kind of funny. It’s like they made this weird deal with the devil where they got to draft the best player in the universe twenty spots after Matt Hobgood (edit: HobWELL) and in return they aren’t allowed to do anything in the playoffs. But good news everyone! The farm system is looking a lot better. When I left Razzball to bottle bathtub gin in 2016 this system was a dumpster fire. And the dumpster was full of tires. And the tires were full of cat hair. Flash forward to 2019 and there are several fantasy-relevant options. Friends…let’s pretend heaven exists and peep the 2019 Angels prospects.

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2019 #2EarlyMocks Rounds 8 – 14

October 16, 2018 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball | 6 Comments

by: Kerry Klug

Welcome to part two of my four-part #2EarlyMocks draft series. If you’re looking for part one you can find it here: 2EarlyMock Draft Part 1. In part one, we covered the sexy rounds — one through seven. Not too many risks or reaches in those rounds, you grab your studs and stars and reap the rewards. But in rounds eight through 14 is where owners are starting to take risks and grab their sleepers, rookies and potential bounce back players. I’ll be comparing the draft position of these players during this draft to their cumulative ADP on Fantasy Pros. This cumulative ADP includes the 288 players from ESPN’s ADP, the 999 players from Fantrax’s ADP plus data from CBS, Yahoo, RT Sports and NFBC draft results. Let’s get right into it:

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Top 20 3rd Basemen, 2018 Fantasy Baseball, A Recap

October 15, 2018 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 40 Comments

by: Grey

For those looking for pictures of ballplayers taking off their ballcap and recapping themselves, you’re in the wrong place! Something I’ve noticed from recapping each position is not every hitting position was deep. Outfielders? Crazy deep. 1st basemen? Surprising awful. 2nd basemen? Solid. Shortstops? Sneaky sexy — snexy? 3rd basemen? Stacked until the end, then there’s a huge dropoff. Eduardo Escobar is 12th for shortstops (17th here), but Camargo is 19th here and 20th at shortstops, i.e., there’s a drought at the tail end of this like a reverse Wet Tail. Also, there’s about three guys who don’t have other eligibility. Managers are using 3rd basemen like utility men. This recap ranking is from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. The Player Rater allows me to be impartial while looking at how I ranked players in the preseason. Now, let’s get this, young money. Anyway, here’s the top 20 3rd basemen for 2018 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

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Prospect Podcast: Arizona Fall League Scouting With Jason Pennini

October 14, 2018 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, Prospect Podcast, Razzball Podcast | 3 Comments

by: Geoff

The Arizona Fall League is in full swing and my colleague Jason Pennini is out in the desert taking in Fall League action. Scouting is Jason’s full-time gig, with professional experience last summer with the Milwaukee Brewers organization. So he brings a unique perspective and understanding of what teams are looking for. Not only does Jason touch on some of the top performers in the first week of the AFL, he gives us some instructional league looks. He hit on players like Peter Alonso, Forrest Whitley, Bobby Dalbec, and Jonathan India, among others. It’s another episode of the Razzball Prospect Podcast powered by ProspectsLive.com. As always make sure you stop by Rotowear.com, and support our sponsor by picking up some of the freshest T-shirts out there.

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Top 20 Shortstops, 2018 Fantasy Baseball, A Recap

October 12, 2018 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 78 Comments

by: Grey

Here’s what I said two years ago, “We’re gonna find out if the top 20 shortstops are as Ken Bonerific as the top 20 2nd basemen. Hint: they are. Damn, I gotta work on building suspense. That hint pretty much gives the whole kit away and tacks the kaboodle onto its back as it’s walking out the door. Goodbye, kit and kaboodle, I just gave you away for nothing.” And that’s me quoting me! Then last year, the shortstops collapsed like every piece of furniture you’ve ever put together from Ikea. This year? Rebound, baby! Without further Machado, to recap, this final ranking is from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. The Player Rater allows me to be impartial while looking at how I ranked them in the preseason. Anyway, here’s the top 20 shortstops for 2018 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:

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2019 #2EarlyMocks Rounds 1 – 7

October 11, 2018 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, 2019 Fantasy Baseball Draft | 30 Comments

by: Kerry Klug

My 2018 fantasy baseball season may be over, but my 2019 fantasy baseball season has just begun! Justin Mason of Friends with Fantasy Benefits is hosting a series of #2EarlyMocks with fantasy baseball analysts from around the web and he was kind enough to invite me to participate in one of them. For me, it’s never #2Early. Hell, I’ll do a mock draft for 2024 if anyone is willing to host one! I’ll be taking Blaze Jordan #1 overall!

Below you’ll see the first 7 rounds of the 28 round draft. I was assigned the 1st overall pick — which for round 1 (in my opinion) is pretty boring. However, from there it gets interesting — you have a long time to wait and watch a lot of baseball’s top 20 players go off the board. I’ve included each selection’s 2018 ADP ranking so you can see who has gained/lost the most value. Something to note — the number I’ve written below isn’t their actual ADP — just the rank that ADP falls among all players. For example, Christian Yelich’s ADP was actually 41.3, but that leaves him ranked as the 40th player taken off the board — hence the 40.

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2019 Minor League Preview: Houston Astros

October 10, 2018 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Prospects | 27 Comments

by: Mike

The Astros are the defending world champions and just punched their ticket to the 2018 ALCS with a roster full of homegrown studs. So we can excuse them if the current system doesn’t stack up to previous years. And yet, this top ten still boasts three specs that should appear on just about every top 100 list this preseason. The Colin Moran trade and David Paulino’s graduation are the only notable changes to the group from last year. They’re a bit pitching heavy and the current MLB roster doesn’t leave much room for new talent to step into everyday roles, but that’s picking nits. On the plus side, any prospects that do manage to graduate in 2019 – I’m looking at you Kyle Tucker – are stepping into a winning environment and a stacked lineup. This year’s previews will use a simple A, B, C grading system to tier/group the prospects and as always I’m attacking these lists as a fantasy player.

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Rudy Bloviates About Winning Tout Wars Mixed Draft For 2nd Year In a Row

October 9, 2018 | Our Leagues | 22 Comments

by: Rudy Gamble

It is better to be lucky than good. It is best to be lucky and good.

That is how I would describe the charmed 4-year run I have had in the 15-team ToutWars Mixed league where I have finished 2nd/2nd/1st/1st. I take a lot of pride in those finishes but it is not faux modesty that stresses the ‘charmed’ and ‘lucky’ aspect. All it takes is one or two big injuries to torpedo an otherwise strong draft – ESPECIALLY in a competitive league with weekly vs daily lineup format where there are less ‘grind’ points to gain by using Streamonator or Hittertron. I would feel even more special/lucky about it if the Nadal to my Federer (Adam Ronis) hadn’t gone 1st/1st/5th/2nd in those same years. At least I know I will have good company when the fantasy devil takes my soul and forces me to play in a 4 catcher 13 category H2H NL-only league for the rest of eternity.

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Fantasy Baseball Podcast – Eno Sarris Interview

October 9, 2018 | 2019 Fantasy Baseball | 2 Comments

by: B_Don

Eno Sarris of The Athletic joins the guys this week on the Ditka, Sausage Pod. Eno likes beer. He likes beer a lot. Sometimes he has too many beers. After an in-depth discussion about liking beer and the new breweries everyone has been enjoying, the crew delves into some fantasy baseball talk.

Find out several under the radar breakout candidates Eno is already eyeing for 2019 fantasy baseball and also what draft strategy Eno is most likely to employ come next spring’s drafts. Jack Flaherty, Walker Buehler, Kyle Hendricks and the future of Shohei Ohtani are just a few of the arms discussed with the pitching whisperer, Eno Sarris, in this episode. Get your sausage while it’s hot:

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Top 20 2nd Basemen, 2018 Fantasy Baseball, A Recap

October 8, 2018 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 88 Comments

by: Grey

We already went over the top 20 catchers and the top 20 1st basemen for 2018 fantasy baseball. Today, we dip our big toe into the top 20 2nd basemen pool. 2nd basemen had some huge disappointments, while also being deeper than 1st basemen. A few disappointments, to varying degrees: Yoan Moncada, Jonathan Schoop, Dee Gordon, Paul DeJong, Robinson Cano, Ian Happ, Daniel Murphy, Tim Beckham and some in this post, big and small and one that is small that was a big disappointment. To recap this crap (rhyme points!), this final ranking for last year is from our Fantasy Baseball Player Rater with my comments. Actually, that’s the ESPN Player Rater, I’m using the Yahoo Player Rater (due to position eligibility). Tomato-tomato with different emphasis. The Player Rater allows me to be impartial while looking at how I ranked them in the preseason. Anyway, here’s the top 20 2nd basemen for 2018 fantasy baseball and how they compared to where I originally ranked them:

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