In our 102nd episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer discuss the how the trade deadline has impacted the fantasy futures of players dealt along with those stepping into new roles before diving into the standard injury and callup news and notes. Then we make select cards to enter the pod PC for the July Players of the […]
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Freddy Fermin
Please see our player page for Freddy Fermin to see projections for today, the next 7 days and rest of season as well as stats and gamelogs designed with the fantasy baseball player in mind.
A walloper of a trade deadline day! The biggest winners, losers and–Hold on, getting an iCal reminder. Oh crap, I was supposed to remind the Dodgers that the trade deadline was yesterday. Crap! Okay, will you guys pretend it’s actually today and not yesterday? Seriously, I’m gonna be in big trouble! I really don’t understand […]
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Top 20 Catchers for 2025 Fantasy Baseball
January 21, 2025 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Featured | 67 Commentsby: Grey
After we went over the top 10 for 2025 fantasy baseball and the top 20 for 2025 fantasy baseball in our (my) 2025 fantasy baseball rankings, it’s time for the meat and potatoes rankings. Something to stew about! Hop in the pressure cooker, crank it up to “Intense” and let’s rock with the top 20 catchers for 2025 fantasy baseball. […]
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Top 40 Dynasty Keepers for 2025 – Catchers
October 23, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 9 Commentsby: Jakkers
We are three weeks into the Dynasty Keepers for 2025 and today we turn our attention to catchers. This is a position that is mind-numbingly weak as there is not a lot of quality depth.
Few catchers will help you across the board. You may get a catcher who has power but kills your average and on-base percentage. Or you may get a catcher who hits well and gets on base but has no power at all. The average major league hitter this season posted a slash line of .240/.309/.394. Of the 53 catchers I looked at, their average slash line was .238/.300/.381. Basically, this is a position that is below the average player across the board.
Only six catchers hit 20 or more homers and only one reached 30. Only three catchers drove in more than 90 runs. The ones who can do it all are worth their weight in gold as they will give you a huge advantage at that position against opponents if you are lucky enough to land one of these unicorns.
Anyway, let’s get to the rankings.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Googling “What will X give you if X Gon Give It To You,” while carrying a treasure map with an X marked on it, while talking to my cousin Jeffrey on speaker because he uses an X to sign all legal documents while he’s on X, the drug and formerly Twitter. This has been my […]
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June 20, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes, Featured | 176 Commentsby: Grey
Baseball is the only sport that can pull off this nostalgia, and I’m not sure why they don’t do it more. Once a month they could put two teams in either a historically significant park or just a park that was a movie set. Field of Dreams game? Once a season. Rickwood Field? Once a […]
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Ambulance Chasers: Kicked In The O’Hoppes
June 14, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball | 1 Commentby: keelinbillue
Happy Almost Father’s Day to those Razzpals who celebrate! And to those who don’t, enjoy a nice weekend not celebrating dads. Speaking of dads, I went on a trip with mine last week and had no service for a week. So, I am sorry I did not respond to many comments in a timely fashion. […]
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January 16, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Featured | 46 Commentsby: Grey
After we went over the top 10 for 2024 fantasy baseball and the top 20 for 2024 fantasy baseball in our (my) 2024 fantasy baseball rankings, it’s time for the meat and potatoes rankings. Something to stew about! Hop in the pressure cooker, crank it up to “Intense” and let’s rock with the top 20 catchers for 2024 fantasy baseball. […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Catchers – you can’t live with them, and in fantasy baseball, we can’t live without them.
This is a position that is not deep and not that talented after the top tier of backstops. You may get a catcher who has power but kills your average and on-base percentage. Or you may get a catcher who hits well and gets on base, but has no power at all.
There are very few perfect catchers in baseball, and the few that are close are going to be tough to get or trade for due to the scarcity of those players. But you almost feel compelled to try to go after them or hang onto them a year or two too long because for every Adley Rutschmans, there are two Martin Maldonados who just kill your team.
I came up with forty catchers to rank, but that is mostly to help fantasy owners who play in 20-team (or more) leagues or the leagues that require two catchers. If you are in a 12- to 16-team league, the Tier 4 and perhaps Tier 3 players will likely mean nothing to you.
Anyway, let’s get to the 2024 Top Keepers – Catchers.
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Prospect News: Dynasty Buys Between Now And Next Season
September 3, 2023 | Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Featured | 12 Commentsby: The Itch
Nationals C Keibert Ruiz: I tried to trade for Ruiz in a two-catcher, 15-teamer where I’m in a tight race for the top, but I sort of didn’t try real hard because I’m solid at catcher, where I have Willson Contreras and Elias Diaz. Solid. Old. Streaky. Probably on the way down. Would’ve probably been smart to try harder.
Royals C Freddy Fermin: The Royals have made gestures toward trading Sal Perez this off-season to make room for Fermin, who’s been in the lineup most nights anyway with Perez covering first in lieu of Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Pratto. The exposure and the grind have chipped away at his once-pristine stat line, but he’s still hitting .284 with a 112 wRC+. That’s a starter in most fantasy leagues.
Please, blog, may I have some more? Sophi(llienohit)a Lorenzen
August 10, 2023 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes, Featured | 215 Commentsby: Grey
Good to see Michael Lorenzen (9 IP, 0 ER, 0 hits, 4 walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.23) succeed, finally a pitcher who can also hit. The Phillies fans matched the gravity of the moment, when the final out was recorded, they threw on the field name-brand batteries. None of those flimsy Costco-ass batteries! These suckers were overpriced from Wawa. Okay, okay, enough ragging on the Phillies. It’s a great city. Nowhere else can you get beat up for saying you don’t like Tastykakes. So, Michael Lorenzen’s had himself a bit of a career come-out. A Star Mitzvah, as they say. Or has he?! C’mon, Mr. Reversal Question, not now! Let us bask in his sub-7 K/9, 2-ish BB/9 and 4.00-ish neutral ERA. So, he’s likely not going to win any Cy Youngs, but he has been perfectly serviceable for most mixed leagues, especially the leagues, “Appreciated By Lovers of Tastykakes.” Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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DFS: It’s Roasting In The Mid-West But In Oakland It’s Sears
June 28, 2023 | 2023 Fantasy Baseball, DFS, DraftKings, Fanduel | 4 Commentsby: rosineater
Pop quiz: Which MLB team has the worst offense since June 1st? Give up? It’s the New York Yankees, who come in with a woeful 69 wRC+ for the month. To make matters worse, their best hitters of late have been Jake Bauers and Billy McKinney, lefties who will face Oakland Athletics southpaw JP Sears […]
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