Ten weeks of the baseball season are in the books. Ten weeks! The craziness at the top of our Player Rater is remarkable being over 2 months into the season. Xander Bogaerts is 4th, Ian Kinsler is 5th (!), Ian Desmond, Robinson Cano and David Ortiz round out the top 10, and Mark Trumbo, Daniel Murphy and Jonathan Villar are all in the top 20. Before the season, I would have guessed Bogaerts is the only guy on this list who could get to the top 20 this year but I wouldn’t have bet on it happening. Does that mean I’d sell high on the rest of them? Not necessarily. I’d hold onto Desmond and Villar at this point for what they’re giving at the top of their lineups. The problem is when you’re in a league with smart players like RCL’s, you can’t sell high on these guys so just hold them and hope for the best; they’re still be getting predraft value with inevitable regression. But in other leagues with inexperienced people? Try to sell high on these guys before the bottom falls out. Here’s a recap of everything that’s been posted on Razzball over the last week:
Grey gave us Daily Notes on the weekdays while Dan Pants did on Saturday. Among the featured players were James Shields (avoid!) and Tommy Joseph (grab him!).
Smokey’s SAGNOF focused on Byron Buxton and his potential impact for the rest of the season plus other plays who can provide you the stat with no face.
M@’s Top 100 Hitters gives a look at the somewhat forgotten elite prospect, Jurickson Profar and what he’s doing for the Rangers.
Julio Urias is the focal point of JB’s Top 100 Pitchers. Spoiler: his potential is through the roof.
Rudy discusses the upgrades made to Razzball’s MLB Tools Projections that should help all of you who subscribe to that content. If you’re on the fence, it’s definitely worth getting.
J.B. googles dance music and plays the first thing he finds on this week’s Podcast. Now it’s Joe Ross music!
The RCL Update for week 9 by MattTruss looks at the mess that is the Astros closer situation and their catcher situation.
Big Magoo’s One Man’s Trash post looks at one of the hottest hitters in baseball, Adam Duvall along with some other players who have had big chances in ownership percentage over the last week.
Malamoney talks about Tim Lincecum‘s comeback in his Buy/Sell post.
Ralph Lipshitz did a 2016 Mock Draft. If you didn’t know, there turned out to be a lot of craziness in the draft, including at the top. He summarized that all here.
J.B. showed us what has happened over the last two weeks in his REL Update.
Joey Votto is this week’s subject of Big Magoo’s Bear or Bull post. Is he just getting old? What do the underlying stats say? Find out!
Malamoney’s breakdown on Points Leagues looks at who he voted for in the All-Star Game and their impact in the fantasy realm of real life baseball.
Tehol Beddict’s Buy/Sell Disgraces and Delights looks at 11 players who have changed their value in significant ways recently.
Grey’s Buy/Sell shows how well Danny Duffy has been pitching since he’s been starting. Grab him and others highlighted in the post!
Smokey’s Closer Report focuses on Dellin Betances and how good he is in leagues that count holds.
Phil B. gave us his weekly update for OPS Leagues.
THE WEEK AHEAD
Despite two rough starts in his past 3, including against the lowly Braves, the Streamonator likes Drew Pomeranz next week. He’s the 11th rated pitcher with his two starts against the Marlins and Nationals.
Joey Votto was talked about in multiple places on the website this week and now Hittertron has a take on the subject. Votto is the #10 overall hitter for this coming week so clearly the computer still believes.
As always, there will DraftKings posts on a daily basis from our writers. DFSBot and Stackonator are still here and better than ever to also help you with your daily fantasy needs.
That’s all for now guys. If you have any questions or comments, post them below and I’ll answer as soon as possible. You can also find me on the hockey side of things at Razzball here. Take care!
