For lack of a better word, Mike Fiers ($15,000) is currently on fire. It was not too long ago that the DFS community was stacking against the Astros RHP and now I am recommending him as a must start tonight vs. the Oakland A's. Over his last 7 starts he is carrying a 2.40 ERA and just beat the As last week and pitched very well (6 IP 1 ER 5 Ks). The A's have been better against Righties than they have against Lefties but they still ranked towards the middle of the pack in AVG and OPS vs RHP (.244/.759). One thing they do offer is strikeout potential as they are 3rd in the league in Ks. He can be a nice compliment to Max Scherzer ($25,200) and still allow you to get some nice bats in your line up. Lets take a look at the picks...right after that editing dillweed tells you about something else...EDITOR'S NOTE: I'm beginning to feel like I've wronged you, Ignacio...neverthewho! Gang, the Tuesday Razzball Listener's League is on this week so bring your five bucks to the checkout stand and purchase one of the twenty spots, m'kay? If not for us, do it for yourself. NOW on to the picks...
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Two-Start Starters, Week 13: Ryu Streaming So Many Dodgers Starters?
June 24, 2017 | Fantasy Baseball Two Start Pitchers | 24 Commentsby: mikeMaher
I wish I knew more about Street Fighter so I could come up with better Ryu puns or references. My knowledge of SF (do people abbreviate it like that?) ends at knowing it was fighting video game I had growing up that wasn’t as good as Mortal Kombat (hot take alert). And for the record, yes, I know Hyun-Jin Ryu pronounces his name differently. Give me a break, and go with it.
Rolling In The Deep, Week 12: Who’s Gonna Bail(ey) You Out This Week?
June 21, 2017 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball | 20 Commentsby: Laura Holt
I must say, I’m not too excited about the waiver wire in either my NL-only or AL-only leagues this week. Not that I ever feel like there is a ton to choose from, but at least up until this point in the season I’ve felt like there are almost always one or two guys in each league that either got called up under the radar/got surprisingly shoved into a starting rotation/fell into a job due to injury/etc, that had at least a distant shot at mixed-league relevancy. This week, though, I’m not so sure.
Mike Montgomery ($10,800) is finally getting his chance in the rotation after being in the hybrid role of starter and reliever. He has a great matchup tonight versus the San Diego Padres as they rank dead last in hitting against LHP (.215 AVG .613OPS). They also rank in the top three in strike outs so Montgomery should be able to feast on the weak hitting line up. We also have Chris Sale ($25,600) on the slate and he has a fantastic matchup vs. the Kansas City Royals. He is very expensive but with Montgomery's low price, he is very affordable and you can still mix in some quality bats. Lets take a look at the picks...right after the editor comes in and steals my thunder. [EDITOR'S NOTE]: Sorry bro, we didn't get a chance to play last week so I definitely have to hop in and give the Razzball Listener's League link care of FantasyDraft. Five bucks per person, twenty people may play but only five can win. Welcome to Thunderdome, beechnuts! Now back to the writeup...
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Astros Find The True Successor To Kevin Bass
June 15, 2017 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 471 Commentsby: Grey
Derek Fisher was called up by the Astros to replace the concussed Reddick. First off, Derek needs to stop singing that jingle, "Trust the Astros Fisher, man." Tres annoying. Saying tres instead of very is tres annoying, too. Fisher was hoping Reddick was some combination of reddish and haddock. "Get that seaweed out of my face!" That's Nori Aoki. Everyone in MLB is happy for Fisher except this guy. If you thought Strickland-Harper was something... Sorry, for Derek Fisher, that was a layup. As for fantasy, Fisher has power and speed, has had strikeout issues, but no worse than Bellinger. He could be a difference maker if he plays 75%+ of the time. One of the best guys in the minors this year. Better on power than speed, inefficient as a runner. Yes, PCL, but MLB is kinda PCL-like nowadays. Might outproduce Brinson, though Fisher needs to stick in a job for that. Yesterday, he went 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs with his first home run, and I think Fisher is for reel, and not just on the casting couch. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
[player]Cameron Maybin[/player] returned from the disabled list last night after a minimum stay and got right back to business. Leading off, Maybin went 3-for-4 scoring four runs, and stole four bases to bring his total to seventeen for the year. That's right, folks. FOUR STEALS! Sweet sassy molassy! Killer Cam already has more steals than he did all of last year in Detroit (15), and he became the first player since 2013 to steal four bases in a game, and just the 12th player in EVER to steal four bases and score four runs. Have a day! Setting records! Making history! Years ago I wrote a lede pleading with my readers to pick up Cameron Maybin in April and he ended up having one of his most productive seasons ever. So here's hoping lightning can strike twice, and by lightning I am of course referring to Maybin's speed. He stole 10 bases in May in 89 at bats hitting .270 with two home runs. Basically, if you got a need for speed, you're not going to do much better than Maybin, who is available in a little over 80% of ESPN leagues at the moment. With the Angels outfield decimated by injuries, Cam should have ample opportunity to play, and leading off can only help his stolen base numbers. He's capable of putting up big speed numbers for your team (he stole 40 for San Diego in 2011) if he can stay healthy, which of course with Maybin is a huge Aaron Judge-sized "if." Still, Cameron is worth riding while he's leading off, and hitting, and stealing and healthy and I'd add him everywhere I had a need for speed. Let's hope Maybin this time will be different.
Here's what else I saw in fantasy baseball Friday night:
Eric Thames is in Arizona vs Randall Delgado. Yes please. Delgado historically has been a fly ball pitcher with a career 42.4% ground ball rate. You know what Thames does to fly ball pitchers? He takes them in and spits them out and slugs nearly 1 vs them. Randall Delgado throws with his right hand and you know what Eric Thames does to pitchers who throw with their right hand? He hits .422/.576 with a .303 ISO. Player X (I’m sure you can guess who it is, given that this article is about Eric Thames) has a .417 wOBA, hits 2nd vs a below average fly ball pitcher in a top hitters park. What would you expect this player to cost? For comparison's sake - Joey Votto has a .410 wOBA and costs $4,300 and is in a pitchers park. So, maybe $4,300 for Player X? Nope. Not $4,300. Paul Goldschmidt has a .416 wOBA and in Arizona and costs $4,500 without the platoon advantage, so Player X must be priced comparably to that, right? Nope, incorrect. Player X inexplicably costs $3,000. Player X is Eric Thames (huge shocking surprise there, I know). Three thousand dollars for one of the better hitters in baseball in a hitters park vs a fly ball pitcher with the platoon advantage.
On to the picks once The Thames inspires you to win money...
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Some days, in my FanDuel lineups, I put my faith and my cash into a big-name pitcher and fill in the holes around him; some days I pick on pitchers and build against him. Today is one of the latter sorts of days. It feels like the slate is a mishmash of meh pitchers against good teams or good pitchers in iffy parks. I’m even a little leery of Stream-o-Nator’s top two picks: first is San Diego's Jhoulys Chacin versus Colorado. [Sidebar: I had to look up how to pronounce “Jhoulys”. It’s You-Lease (more or less), so I should stop saying “Ghoulish”, I guess.] That is going down at Petco, but as I write this on Friday, Colorado are tied with Arizona at the top of their division; they’ve been hitting well and I'm not eager to run a pitcher up against them, even in San Diego. Second is Matt Shoemaker, pitching in LA versus Minnesota. I could go for that, but I'm not excited about the idea, a bit like Hawaiian pizza. So, I'm slapping a bandage over the pitcher slot today and playing Tyler Chatwood, the cheap, but risky (deviating from Stream-o-Nator always feels risky!), other Petco option while paying up for hitters instead; I'm focusing particularly on the Astros (versus Andrew Cashner) and Tigers (versus Miguel Gonzalez).
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Memorial Day Weekend BBQ Featuring Strasburgers
May 29, 2017 | Uncategorized | 444 Commentsby: Grey
On Saturday, Stephen Strasburg went 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 15 Ks, ERA at 2.94. That's right, fifteen strikeouts, a career high. Ah... If only every starter got to face the Padres in every game...*wavy lines* Hey, Danny Salazar is facing the Padres? This is awesome! Wait, why is he walking a guy with a .260 OBP? Did he just give up a homer to Erick Aybar? He's having an epileptic fit trying to pronounce Szczur?! He's wiping a booger on my Reggie Jackson rookie card?! How does he even have my Reggie rookie card?! Mom, did you give Danny Salazar my Reggie rookie card?! Oh my God, make it stop....Please... *wavy lines* Worst dream sequence ever! On this day of BBQs and Memorials, hot dogs and beer, baseball and refreshing our fantasy baseball team page, we can be thankful Strasburg is not a dream. Though, the reality is Strasburg was a 2.62 ERA pitcher in the 1st half last year and a 6.15 ERA pitcher in the 2nd. Happy Memorial Day! Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Mets’ Conforto Delivering Such A Return, Owners Really Madoff Well
May 24, 2017 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 613 Commentsby: Grey
Excuse me for one second, there's a doorbell ringing. *opens door* "Luigi! Paisan! What are you doing here?" To you, "This is Luigi, my tailor. And, yes, I'm addressing you, the audience, like it's Sesame Street." "Grey Liotta, as you insist I call you, I saw Michael Conforto had a huge game - 3-for-4, 4 RBIs and hit his 12th and 13th homers, now hitting .333 with a .425 OBP -- and I say I have to go see my favorite customer to let out his inseam." "Ah, Luigi! You know me better than anyone, except my mustachioed mother and even more stereotypical Italian barber!" On a serious note, what Michael Conforto is doing now is why the Mets should promote Amed Rosario. Reyes, Walker, yadda, blah, blooie are not going to lead to anything of note. Maybe they have a good game or two, maybe a solid week, but, in the end, you have *raspberries lips* and Rosario still with no major league experience. Not even saying Amed's the answer like Iverson, but you have to give guys a chance over these third-rate vets that lead you nowhere. If the Mets had given Conforto the at-bats all last year, he might've came out of his 1st half slump and carried them in the 2nd half and thru the playoffs. As for those who don't know me as well as Luigi, I've always said Conforto would be an All-Star at some point. This is not out of nowhere, nor someone to sell high. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Two-Start Starters, Week 8: What’s Eating Clayton (the) Great?
May 20, 2017 | Two Start Fantasy Starters | 13 Commentsby: M@
An 8.90 K/9? Who does Clayton Kershaw think he is...Madison Bumgarner? (Ooo, shots fired). Now, obviously this is all in jest, even the title, because King Kershaw is the model of consistency when it comes to fantasy baseball, and the only pitcher even remotely worth considering within the top 15 picks. So, here we are in the middle of May and Kershaw's once again dominating to the tune of a 7-2 record, a 2.15 ERA and 7.75 K/BB ratio. Why the focus, then?
Last season it was a 15.64 K/BB ratio with a 1.69 ERA and a 10.39 K/9. A whole 'mother stratosphere. But let's not get it twisted: nothing's wrong with the Dodgers ace. He still holds a .205 BAA, is inducing more soft contact than last year, and is maintaining that precious velocity across all his pitches (or enough of a gap in velo to make him so dangerous). No, if anything the problem is what we saw out of him last year. Did you take Kershaw in the 1st round this year? Good for you, but the chasm between him and the next best pitchers just isn't as expansive as we saw in 2016. This version of Kershaw is the normal version of Kershaw that's consistent with what we've seen with him across his entire career. And yes, it's one of the most impressive careers in history, even at 29 years old.
It's the difference betwixt (it's just more enjoyable to write that) him and the others that is significant in the conversation. In the Two-Start asks this week you'll see a bevy of strong options up there alongside the undisputed. To wrap it up, nothing's wrong with Clayton Kershaw, he's just back to normal and a few others are still doing they're just-behind-him-thing.
Hello all my loyal followers! I hope everyone is well on this amazing Wednesday. I'll tell you right now I'm in love with today's slate. There are two pitchers I love today, but I'll go into that a little later. The team I love today is the Texas Rangers. As a team, they're really starting to heat up, having scored five or more runs in five of their last six games. Texas also faces off with a pretty bad pitcher in Elfin from the Phillies. Finally, this game will take place in Globe Life Park which becomes a launching pad once we get into summer. We're lucky enough to get a nice hot, humid day today and I expect the ball to fly in this park. My lineups will start with Rougned Odor at $2,800; he's playing a lot better and I expect it to continue. He's slowly starting to hit and he's also beginning to steal some bags. He should continue that today. Others I like today are Elvis Andrus at $3,000, Joey Gallo at $3,200, and Delino DeShields at $2,800. All three of these guys bring something a little different to the table. Andrus has five hits in his last two games and has really turned into a solid run producer for a team that really needs it. Gallo is just a beast who can hit a homerun any at bat, and Deshields will probably hit lead off with huge steal upside. He also has a very sneaky batters eye with solid pop.
Now on to the picks…
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