Our streamers last week were all over the map, with Jacob Lopez and Matt Shaw looking like the highlights of that piece. We also got a nasty dud from Zebby Matthews and a bizarre two-start week from Jack Leiter, but stinkers are inevitable from streamers. That’s the volatility of picking streamers every week because these […]
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Graduated from Prospect News Stash List #9: Wake Up With Snelling Salts: Samuel Basallo, Dylan Beavers, Jhostynxon Garcia, Bubba Chandler, Nolan McLean
Note: Anyone promoted during the current season is ineligible for the stash list.
1. Cardinals SS JJ Wetherholt (22, AAA)
St. Louis has struggled to sort its pieces for about a decade, so it’s no surprise we haven’t seen Wetherholt in the majors despite him lighting the Triple-A level on fire for a month, slashing .301/.391/.628 with nine home runs and five stolen bases in 29 games. He’s my pick for 2026 National League Rookie of the Year, and I think he’ll open the season with the big league club, but it’s always a little scary waiting on a young Cardinal to get his chance to take flight.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Happy Saturday, Razzball faithful! It was an evening of excitement, mixed with a bit of bated breath as the most patient fantasy managers in the universe (aka the ones that stashed Bubba Chandler for longer than most of us did) finally got to experience the sweetness of the fruit of self-control that had been rotting […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Bryce Eldridge is so young he might’ve been named after Bryce Harper. Bryce Eldridge is so young…Audience screaming back, “How young is he?” He’s so young he needs his parents to sign a permission slip for him to play in the majors. Bryce Eldridge is so young that he got carded to eat rum raisin. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?All right, friends, the weeks are dwindling down, and the end of the MLB season appears in clearer view by the day. There’s just not a ton of time left to improve a still-in-contention fantasy team, or to scout younger players, thinking ahead to 2026. Let’s try to treat the fantasy baseball season as we […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Depending on your league’s settings, you are likely 1-2 weeks away from the fantasy playoffs. Whether you’re fighting for your life or coasting at the top of the standings, odds are you’re already dealing with injuries that challenge your survival. If not, there is a strong likelihood you will be soon. Injuries, after all, are […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Welcome back to the Jhosty/Nxon interviews. I’m your host David Brinkley and I just want to catch those of you up who are just joining us. Last week on Jhosty/Nxon, the Red Sox were having Jhosty/Nxon take reps at 1st base, and internally they were talking about promoting him. Then, after a break-in at the […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?In the Bible, Jacob was a monumental figure. He wrestled with an angel and was eventually given the name Israel. He is referred to as a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. Jacob Lopez of the Athletics is on the opposite end of the spectrum. He was selected in the 26th round of the 2018 […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?In reality, it’s probably a little too early to start looking seriously toward next season, but that’s what fantasy degenerates do. On the serious side, thinking through where players are likely to be picked this coming year compared with where they were picked this last year is an extremely valuable exercise in terms of finding potential value to profit from next year. If we can predict an approximate ADP for certain players, we can already determine if those players are going to be interesting to us based on cost. Fantasy leagues are won through the simple act of getting more value for a pick than the ADP would suggest.
Please, blog, may I have some more?In our 104th episode, Mike Couillard is joined by Brent Hershey (@brenthershey.bsky.social?) of BaseballHQ (@baseballhq.com) to talk about First Pitch Arizona, an annual fantasy baseball conference that happens each year at the Arizona Fall League. You can find us on bluesky at @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.social, and @jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at [email protected]. Links to things discussed in the pod: All […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Bubba….just killed a man (with his fastball) Put a fastball against his head, pulled the trigger, now he’s dead! Bubba….ooh weeee oooh, life had just begun But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away (passed ball, passed ball) Bubba!!! OOH…didn’t mean to make you cry (by dropping you for Charlie Morton because I needed […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?These days are reserved for the true cheapskates. If a minor leaguer is good enough to stress the pricing mechanisms in place to suppress his salary, the cheapskate team is obligated to keep him on a minor league contract as long as embarrassingly possible. How can you not be romantic about Baltimore promoting Dylan Beavers and Samuel Basallo on back-to-back days just after crossing the invisible barrier between trying to win games and trying to spend as little as possible for as long as possible. Or perhaps it was pure coincidence that they were both ready for the next challenge on the same weekend just in time to preserve their rookie status for 2026. It could happen.
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