Ladies and gentlemen, The Weekend! [insert GIF of James Bond introducing The Weeknd with a half-hearted shrug] We’ve been working double time around here to manage the holiday rush…Wait, aren’t we supposed to be getting paid double time instead of working double time? I’ll have to check with my union rep. Donkey Teeth, where you at? ENYWHEY. After 87 consecutive hours of number crunching, I’ve come to the conclusion that you should pick up Alek Manoah. Let’s get everybody caught up on the pitcher news after the Greinke graphic!
News and Notes
- ARE YOU READY TO RANDY!? Remember how Randy Arozarena had like, 70 at-bats last year and then destroyed the playoffs and you drafted him in the 3rd round this year and he’s been pretty OK? Well, let’s get off the boat on Manoah. Tickets for two, please! Manoah’s got all of [does math] 50 IP in professional ball, so we’re small sample-sizing to the moon. Grey loves Manoah. Eno Sarris loves Manoah. That guy on Twitter with the handle “ManoahMoonShot69” loves…you guessed it…weed stocks. And Manoah. So, with small sample size, we’re in “lottery ticket” territory, which is cheap and fun and if you miss, whatever. 31+% CSW in his start, 3.50 SIERA, too. You had no problem following me to Huascar Ynoa land on his small sample size and were rewarded with a month of glory before he decided to fight the dugout bench, so get Randy with Manoah and pick him up while he plays.
- When it’s late at night, I sometimes browse through the Player Rater and think about what could have been. [insert meme of Wolverine looking longingly at picture of Adolis Garcia] Actually, my system’s been pretty fair at picking the top pitchers so far. [brushes dirt off shoulder] One guy that’s standing out like a sore thumb is Aaron Civale, who sits at SP19 at the time of writing, right in-between Lance Lynn and Freddy Peralta. So, what’s up with Civale? He’s got the second-lowest K value, behind only Lance Lynn; we know Lynn’s K value is tied to his IP, and Lynn missed some time on the LaRussa list earlier this year. Civale, meanwhile, is cruising with a 7.01 K/9 and an xFIP and SIERA over a point higher than his ERA. Oh, and he’s 7-1 on the season. Cleveland has 27 wins on the season, making Civale the owner of 25% of the Cleveland wins. Something, something, unsustainable. The reason Civale’s been so valuable on the season for fantasy teams is his disproportionate amount of wins. From a true skill standpoint, Civale is actually markedly worse than last year, when he finished as SP95 despite racking up a ton of innings. So, if you’re riding the Civale train, the smart money says to take your profits now and move on before the regression faeries come for their share of Civale’s ERA.
Danny Duffy:
- The early season darling — who was making great strides in reinventing his career with some new pitch mechanics — is paying the price for those adjustments. He hasn’t thrown in the last ten days and doesn’t have a time table to return other than “we’re bringing him along slowly.” Duffy’s a free agent at the end of the year, who likely needs to crank up some innings to get a legitimate chance at landing a useful contract; his previous years wound up with a 4.68 ERA and a 5.01 FIP, meaning baseball minds both old and new aren’t that interested in him (stares at Matt Shoemaker). Or maybe that’s the stuff front offices love to keep players like Alek Manoah down in the minors. Either way, be flexible with Duffy, but don’t expect him to come surging down the pipe for Memorial Day weekend.
Corey Kluber:
- The price of a no-hitter? 6+ weeks on the shelf. So, if you’re an avid reader of my work, you’ll remember back into the wee mornings of this year when I wrote my Corey Kluber Fantasy Outlook, I forecasted Kluber to have a less-than-stellar year due to injuries. Kluber had missed nearly two years with injuries and is 35, and the list of pitchers who’ve “resumed” a successful career after that kind of situation included just Bartolo Colon and Rich Hill. So the Yankees took a pitcher who they knew had arm troubles, had been shut down in spring training, and then let him go for that no-hitter. Now Kluber’s on the shelf until July with a strain in the muscle that supports the teres major, which is the muscle he tore last year. I know I’m just a keyboard jockey, but if I’m paying a guy $11 million to play for me and I know he’s going to be prone to injury and I’ve got a stellar bullpen, I let the bullpen take over the no-hitter situation. ENYWHEY. IL stash or let Kluber go. Also, I wrote this in my Saturday Injured List column, so I’m copying myself!
Noah Syndergaard:
- Yeah, we’re at the injury part of the list. I told you to grab Thor last week, but in his last rehab start, his right elbow — the one that’s recovering from Tommy John — flared up. Thor’s shut down ’til July like most of the Mets. Thor has no reason to rush back; a second Tommy John surgery at this point in his career is basically the end, so he should take as much as time as possible to return.
- Yeah part deux, nobody’s healthy anymore. Just wait until we come to the 2022 projection season and half the pitchers are recovering from Tommy John surgery! Mikolas made one start and then is back with forearm tightness. This is why you get those early contracts, right? The Cardinals are shopping around to see which doctor will give them the cheapest platelet-rich plasma injection. Mikolas is a drop in all formats.
- Fooled ya! You thought I was gonna keep writing about injuries, didn’t ya? Dick Mountain is healthy…so far…and he’s about to throw his most IP in a season since 2018. Over his last 6 starts, he’s got a 44:12 K:BB ratio, and he’s got a minuscule 1.26 ERA. Yeah, xFIP over that time is 3.58 and SIERA is 3.25, which indicates some regression is coming, but even so, that’s still top 30 pitcher territory. Problem is, 41-year-olds generally don’t throw enough innings to be truly relevant in fantasy. If Hill pulls off the improbable, you’ve got yourself a discount ace. Just know that rostering the oft-injured and older-than-me Dick Mountain comes with more risk than that board game, Operation.
- Yeah part troi, he wasn’t delayed on public transport. This is a completely normal velocity drop and pitch mix change in the image below, right? He’s basically abandoned his breaking pitches. The Angels finally trashed Callaway and they probably need a new coach to come check on Ohtani’s buff yet fragile arm. Fingers crossed Ohtani just needs a breather. Or maybe he just doing that Robbie Ray thing where he just throws fastballs. [starts dreaming of Ohtani in Robbie Ray’s pants]
- A lot of you — I mean us — I mean the royal “We” — gave up on Marquez when he kind of lost his control early in the year and then got blown up for 8 runs in one inning. After that catastrophe, he’s thrown 25 IP with a 10+ K/9, 3.6 BB/9, and a 2.16 ERA to go with a 3.64 FIP and 3.82 SIERA. So, yeah, he’s kind of back. What if we do one of those Player A / Player B comparisons over the last month?
Name IP K/9 BB/9 ERA SIERA Player A 23.2 12.55 4.56 3.42 3.57 Player B 25 10.08 3.60 2.16 3.82 Typical hem-haw situation, right? Player A is good at some things, Player B is good at others, but overall, just about the same, right? Except Player A is Shane Bieber and Player B is German Marquez. One of those guys was drafted in the first round and the other is probably on the waiver wire right now. Oh! Wait for it…one of those players is marquee, and the other is Marquez. Hah!
Stephen Strasburg:
- Yeah part quatro, he’s back and maybe you care. He’s got a 7.8 K/9 and a 4.5+ BB/9 in the two games since he returned from injury after he [checks notes] returned from injury. His SIERA in those two games is near 4.70. Sure you can roster him and hope he heals a bit more and makes a second-half comeback, but his numbers look more like Ryan Weathers than the top 30 SP that people were drafting him as. Stras remains blahs until we have evidence otherwise.
Zach Wheeler:
- He’s been cruising over his last 3 games with a 15+ K/9 to a BB/9 less than 2. Actually the BB/9 is like 1.2, which is redonk. Maybe Wheeler’s just getting ready for carnival season. I’m so happy we’re reinvigorating the American summer tradition of carnies! But Wheeler, tho…He’s getting a ton of called strikes, which is good but not stunning, and racking up the innings. When push comes to shove, a pitcher with 180 innings of 8 K/9 has about the same strikeouts as a pitcher who goes 120 innings of 12 K/9. Yes this is a subtweet of Jacob deGrom and Corbin Burnes. Pitchers go through hot and cold streaks and we’re watching Wheeler in the middle of a hot phase. He’s a good pitcher and definitely valuable, but just know that he’s playing way above his fantasy pay grade in case anybody approaches you with a “sell high” trade offer. That said, feel free to just “slow and steady” that race to fantasy glory.
- He’s available in 75% of Yahoo Leagues and has a 33K:3BB ratio over his last five starts with a 3.18 ERA. 75% of Yahoo managers must enjoy losing their leagues. Go get him.
- Ebb and flow, that’s the way the pitchers go. I gave a warning a few weeks ago that Berrios’ velocity was down, but now it’s back up and he’s got a 20:3 K:BB ratio over his last 3 games with a 2.90 xFIP and a 4.00 ERA. Giving up some barrels but he’s back on track. Regression faeries are due for an ERA shining.
- Leads the league in swinging strikes over the past two weeks and is still available in 55% of Yahoo leagues. Go grab him and make yourself some Yahoo serious money.
- Last four games: 21:6 K:BB ratio, and FIP/xFIP below 3.00 with a 4.00 ERA. Pretty soon the regression fairy will drop by to bestow Corbin with his luck and you won’t be able to add him anywhere. He’s actually in the top 25% of swinging strike leaders over the last two weeks. Hot streak incoming!
- Wow this guy is under the radar and figured something out. Past three games: 21:7 K:BB, 11.57 K/9, 2.20 ERA and 3.60 FIP. Top 30 in swinging strike rate over the past 2 weeks, even higher than Darvish and Bauer. xBA and SLG against his breaking pitches — which he throws 50% of the time — is under .200. His track record isn’t stunning — he was walking more batters than he K’d to start the season — but Dunn should be on teams right now. What, you’d rather start Antonio Senzatela?
Space:X Rankings
It’s Memorial Day for all the American readers of this blog, which means that most of you are already 12 White Claws deep whilst listening to Toby Keith. Me? I’m just out here playing with Excel tables. As always, I don’t rank hierarchically; I’m just describing the likelihood of players to land in a range on the Player Rater come the end of the season. Let me know if you have questions down in the comments, and I’ll see you all next week!
Rank | Name | IP | K-BB% | SIERA | CSW% |
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S-Tier | |||||
1 | Jacob deGrom | 45 | 42.10% | 1.57 | 35.30% |
Corbin Burnes | 46.1 | 39.70% | 1.69 | 36.10% | |
Gerrit Cole | 70.2 | 33.50% | 2.24 | 33.70% | |
Carlos Rodon | 48.2 | 32.10% | 2.4 | 30.50% | |
Max Scherzer | 63.1 | 30.10% | 2.69 | 32.00% | |
Joe Musgrove | 55.2 | 29.10% | 2.56 | 33.50% | |
Tyler Glasnow | 70 | 27.70% | 2.83 | 33.70% | |
Shane Bieber | 72 | 27.50% | 2.86 | 34.60% | |
Freddy Peralta | 54.2 | 26.40% | 3.03 | 31.60% | |
Zack Wheeler | 75 | 26.20% | 2.87 | 29.50% | |
Trevor Bauer | 69.2 | 25.70% | 3.06 | 30.20% | |
Julio Urias | 67.1 | 24.90% | 3.09 | 33.90% | |
Brandon Woodruff | 64 | 24.90% | 3 | 31.30% | |
Clayton Kershaw | 64.1 | 24.30% | 3.08 | 32.60% | |
Kevin Gausman | 64.2 | 24.20% | 3.12 | 31.70% | |
Yu Darvish | 66.2 | 24.00% | 3.28 | 31.50% | |
Aaron Nola | 65.1 | 23.30% | 3.24 | 31.10% | |
Hyun-Jin Ryu | 58.1 | 21.60% | 3.27 | 29.30% | |
John Means | 70.1 | 20.90% | 3.66 | 29.50% | |
20 | Walker Buehler | 64.1 | 20.80% | 3.5 | 29.90% |
Chris Bassitt | 70 | 20.50% | 3.47 | 28.20% | |
Jose Berrios | 56.1 | 20.10% | 3.51 | 29.70% | |
Jack Flaherty | 57 | 16.50% | 3.99 | 28.70% | |
A-Tier | |||||
25 | Shane McClanahan | 27.1 | 23.10% | 3.16 | 34.40% |
Robbie Ray | 52 | 22.00% | 3.35 | 30.30% | |
Zach Eflin | 63.1 | 21.70% | 3.38 | 29.20% | |
Trevor Rogers | 62.2 | 21.70% | 3.4 | 31.40% | |
Jameson Taillon | 42.2 | 21.20% | 3.52 | 28.80% | |
Adbert Alzolay | 49.2 | 21.10% | 3.4 | 29.60% | |
Eduardo Rodriguez | 48 | 20.90% | 3.45 | 27.80% | |
Andrew Heaney | 44.2 | 20.60% | 3.59 | 29.20% | |
Alex Wood | 48 | 20.50% | 3.16 | 32.80% | |
Lance Lynn | 52.2 | 19.80% | 3.7 | 27.10% | |
Luis Garcia | 40 | 19.80% | 3.7 | 30.60% | |
Rich Hill | 52 | 19.70% | 3.62 | 33.40% | |
Charlie Morton | 52 | 19.60% | 3.48 | 30.90% | |
Lucas Giolito | 55.2 | 19.50% | 3.67 | 29.50% | |
Blake Snell | 44 | 19.40% | 3.79 | 30.60% | |
Steven Matz | 54.2 | 19.20% | 3.55 | 30.20% | |
Sean Manaea | 60.2 | 18.80% | 3.72 | 28.70% | |
Jordan Montgomery | 53.1 | 18.60% | 3.75 | 29.80% | |
Dylan Cease | 51.1 | 18.30% | 3.87 | 30.10% | |
JT Brubaker | 55.1 | 18.10% | 3.58 | 28.30% | |
Tyler Mahle | 50.1 | 18.00% | 3.8 | 29.60% | |
Sonny Gray | 42.1 | 18.00% | 3.77 | 31.60% | |
Logan Webb | 48 | 17.60% | 3.39 | 30.40% | |
Dylan Bundy | 45.2 | 17.60% | 3.83 | 32.00% | |
David Peterson | 44 | 17.40% | 3.68 | 29.90% | |
50 | Nathan Eovaldi | 60.2 | 17.30% | 3.72 | 28.80% |
Madison Bumgarner | 57.2 | 17.10% | 4.05 | 28.50% | |
Sandy Alcantara | 65 | 17.00% | 3.73 | 30.20% | |
Yusei Kikuchi | 56 | 16.50% | 3.78 | 31.40% | |
Pablo Lopez | 63 | 16.10% | 3.88 | 26.80% | |
Ian Anderson | 55 | 16.00% | 3.8 | 28.60% | |
Taijuan Walker | 49 | 15.90% | 4.06 | 29.50% | |
Lance McCullers Jr. | 51.2 | 15.40% | 4.03 | 31.50% | |
Adam Wainwright | 59.2 | 15.10% | 4.01 | 31.50% | |
Zack Greinke | 65.2 | 14.70% | 4.14 | 26.90% | |
Marcus Stroman | 58.2 | 14.00% | 3.86 | 26.50% | |
Aaron Civale | 68 | 13.60% | 4.21 | 25.30% | |
Anthony DeSclafani | 60.2 | 13.60% | 4.21 | 27.30% | |
Kyle Gibson | 60.1 | 12.10% | 4.22 | 29.30% | |
Luis Castillo | 52.1 | 10.00% | 4.51 | 26.60% | |
B-Tier | |||||
66 | Alek Manoah | 6 | 22.70% | 3.46 | 31.80% |
Alex Cobb | 33.1 | 21.70% | 3.02 | 29.40% | |
Danny Duffy | 41.2 | 21.20% | 3.56 | 29.40% | |
Michael Pineda | 44.2 | 19.90% | 3.65 | 30.60% | |
Cristian Javier | 48.2 | 19.10% | 3.84 | 27.40% | |
Joey Lucchesi | 16.1 | 18.80% | 3.72 | 29.60% | |
James Kaprielian | 17.2 | 18.60% | 4.25 | 27.10% | |
Domingo German | 50 | 18.30% | 3.76 | 29.60% | |
Cody Poteet | 21.1 | 18.30% | 3.95 | 27.50% | |
Luis Patino | 10 | 18.20% | 3.89 | 26.50% | |
Frankie Montas | 58.2 | 17.60% | 3.9 | 26.60% | |
Dane Dunning | 47.1 | 17.10% | 3.58 | 29.90% | |
Tyler Anderson | 56.1 | 16.10% | 4.04 | 27.80% | |
Tarik Skubal | 37.1 | 16.10% | 4.27 | 26.40% | |
Shohei Ohtani | 36.1 | 15.60% | 4.32 | 31.30% | |
Austin Gomber | 57.1 | 15.40% | 4.08 | 30.30% | |
Griffin Canning | 37.2 | 15.20% | 4.2 | 28.20% | |
Spencer Turnbull | 46 | 15.00% | 3.86 | 26.00% | |
Luke Weaver | 40 | 15.00% | 4.16 | 27.80% | |
Vince Velasquez | 31.1 | 15.00% | 4.17 | 26.90% | |
Merrill Kelly | 57.2 | 14.70% | 4.1 | 26.80% | |
Nick Pivetta | 53.2 | 14.70% | 4.26 | 27.20% | |
Trevor Williams | 43.2 | 14.70% | 4.1 | 27.70% | |
Kenta Maeda | 42.2 | 14.70% | 4.08 | 27.30% | |
Kyle Hendricks | 56.1 | 14.50% | 4.15 | 28.80% | |
Martin Perez | 50.2 | 14.30% | 4.15 | 28.20% | |
Chris Paddack | 42.1 | 14.30% | 4.2 | 28.70% | |
Jose Urquidy | 44.2 | 13.60% | 4.59 | 26.50% | |
Matthew Boyd | 57.2 | 13.40% | 4.37 | 28.70% | |
Jordan Lyles | 56 | 13.40% | 4.37 | 27.40% | |
Cole Irvin | 57.1 | 12.80% | 4.52 | 25.90% | |
Wade Miley | 43.2 | 12.80% | 3.7 | 24.80% | |
Max Fried | 35 | 12.80% | 4.37 | 27.80% | |
German Marquez | 58.1 | 12.20% | 4.34 | 28.50% | |
100 | Casey Mize | 57.2 | 11.50% | 4.31 | 26.80% |
Mike Foltynewicz | 62.2 | 10.70% | 4.75 | 24.60% | |
Adrian Houser | 48.2 | 10.30% | 4.26 | 22.30% | |
Jon Gray | 60.2 | 9.70% | 4.54 | 28.90% | |
Justin Dunn | 45.1 | 9.40% | 5.03 | 25.00% | |
Patrick Corbin | 52 | 9.30% | 4.63 | 27.10% | |
Garrett Richards | 54 | 8.90% | 4.75 | 25.30% | |
C-Tier | |||||
107 | Michael Kopech | 12 | 35.60% | 2.11 | 31.60% |
Huascar Ynoa | 43.2 | 22.30% | 3.25 | 32.10% | |
Jake Odorizzi | 13.1 | 19.30% | 3.89 | 24.50% | |
Jakob Junis | 22.2 | 19.10% | 3.65 | 28.30% | |
Eric Lauer | 17 | 18.80% | 3.47 | 27.30% | |
Logan Gilbert | 10.2 | 18.40% | 4.07 | 22.40% | |
Ross Stripling | 25 | 17.80% | 3.95 | 27.90% | |
Mike Minor | 54 | 17.50% | 3.88 | 28.30% | |
Tucker Davidson | 6 | 17.40% | 3.79 | 31.90% | |
Matt Peacock | 10.1 | 16.70% | 3.31 | 24.80% | |
Johnny Cueto | 37.1 | 16.30% | 4 | 25.30% | |
Zac Gallen | 26.2 | 15.70% | 4.13 | 29.00% | |
Jose Quintana | 30.2 | 15.30% | 4.24 | 27.40% | |
Michael Wacha | 23.2 | 15.10% | 4.27 | 26.70% | |
Kwang-hyun Kim | 32 | 15.00% | 4.11 | 28.10% | |
Miguel Yajure | 9.1 | 14.70% | 4.24 | 29.10% | |
Corey Kluber | 53.1 | 14.50% | 4.18 | 30.10% | |
Brady Singer | 47.2 | 14.20% | 4.07 | 30.60% | |
Jesus Luzardo | 28 | 14.20% | 4.28 | 29.40% | |
Ryan Yarbrough | 39 | 13.60% | 4.27 | 27.80% | |
Anthony Kay | 15.1 | 13.00% | 4.24 | 24.20% | |
Drew Smyly | 42.1 | 12.60% | 4.51 | 28.20% | |
Jorge Lopez | 45 | 12.40% | 4.32 | 28.10% | |
Dean Kremer | 38 | 12.10% | 4.71 | 25.10% | |
Mitch Keller | 42.2 | 11.60% | 4.63 | 24.80% | |
Aaron Sanchez | 28.1 | 11.50% | 4.18 | 25.80% | |
Taylor Widener | 24 | 11.50% | 4.69 | 27.10% | |
Matt Harvey | 48.2 | 11.30% | 4.55 | 24.50% | |
Trevor Cahill | 35.2 | 11.30% | 4.15 | 26.20% | |
Zach Plesac | 58.2 | 11.10% | 4.39 | 28.60% | |
Jake Arrieta | 47.1 | 10.90% | 4.65 | 27.70% | |
Joe Ross | 43.1 | 10.90% | 4.58 | 29.20% | |
Erick Fedde | 39.1 | 10.80% | 4.56 | 24.70% | |
Bruce Zimmermann | 38 | 10.30% | 4.72 | 26.40% | |
Triston McKenzie | 32.2 | 10.30% | 5.24 | 28.10% | |
Chris Flexen | 47.2 | 9.90% | 4.63 | 21.20% | |
Marco Gonzales | 28.1 | 9.90% | 4.84 | 25.10% | |
Randy Dobnak | 12 | 9.80% | 4.18 | 23.60% | |
J.A. Happ | 46.1 | 9.70% | 4.91 | 23.10% | |
Jon Lester | 29.1 | 9.70% | 4.83 | 26.40% | |
Ryan Weathers | 22.1 | 9.10% | 4.82 | 25.20% | |
Stephen Strasburg | 20.1 | 9.10% | 4.94 | 29.20% | |
Brad Keller | 45.2 | 8.80% | 4.59 | 24.50% | |
Josh Fleming | 21.1 | 8.80% | 4.17 | 28.00% | |
Wil Crowe | 26.1 | 8.40% | 4.92 | 24.20% | |
Bryse Wilson | 24.2 | 7.70% | 4.96 | 27.10% | |
Hyeon-jong Yang | 12 | 7.70% | 5.12 | 25.50% | |
Kris Bubic | 17 | 7.60% | 5.02 | 25.30% | |
Antonio Senzatela | 50.2 | 7.10% | 4.69 | 23.60% | |
Sam Hentges | 11.1 | 7.10% | 5.31 | 26.50% | |
Justus Sheffield | 49 | 6.80% | 4.96 | 25.30% | |
Patrick Sandoval | 14 | 6.80% | 4.69 | 28.10% | |
Logan Allen | 15.2 | 6.70% | 5 | 24.30% | |
Chi Chi Gonzalez | 36.2 | 6.60% | 5.11 | 25.00% | |
Chase Anderson | 32.1 | 6.60% | 5.23 | 26.60% | |
Jeff Hoffman | 41 | 6.40% | 5.28 | 26.50% | |
Carlos Martinez | 53.1 | 6.30% | 4.93 | 24.60% | |
Brett Anderson | 32.1 | 6.30% | 4.7 | 23.20% | |
Jose Urena | 54.1 | 5.60% | 4.85 | 23.50% | |
Matt Moore | 11 | 5.10% | 5.51 | 21.80% | |
Matt Shoemaker | 46 | 4.90% | 5.34 | 25.60% | |
Dallas Keuchel | 59.2 | 4.80% | 4.61 | 25.70% | |
Kohei Arihara | 28.2 | 3.90% | 5.52 | 24.30% | |
Daniel Castano | 17.1 | 3.80% | 5.48 | 22.10% | |
Seth Frankoff | 13.2 | 2.90% | 5.54 | 19.80% | |
John Gant | 44.2 | 2.00% | 5.63 | 26.40% | |
Riley Smith | 22 | 1.00% | 5.68 | 23.40% | |
Zach Davies | 50.1 | 0.90% | 5.79 | 24.00% | |
Lewis Thorpe | 13 | 0.00% | 5.73 | 26.10% | |
Johan Oviedo | 15.1 | -1.30% | 6.31 | 25.60% | |
Nick Neidert | 16 | -2.60% | 6.58 | 21.40% | |
180 | Chad Kuhl | 15.2 | -2.60% | 6.68 | 26.50% |
Aye, you made it this far, didn’t ya. EverywhereBlair is, well, located at home right now. He’s a historian and lover of prog-metal. He enjoys a good sipping rum. When he’s not churning data and making fan fiction about Grey and Donkey Teeth, you can find him dreaming of shirtless pictures of Lance Lynn on Twitter @Everywhereblair.