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Top 500 for 2023 Fantasy Baseball

February 9, 2023 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Featured | 97 Comments

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Four score and seventeen-hundred rankings posts ago, my Fordfathers said, “Stop calling us Fordfathers, you idiot, it’s forefathers.” In order to form a more perfect fantasy baseball ranking system, we stopped ranking for fantasy baseball and simply said, “Eff it, let’s just let Grey rank 500 or so Mr. So-and-So’s.” Or, more succinctly, the top 500 for 2023 fantasy baseball. A few years ago, the top 500 was only a top 300 for fantasy baseball. Before that, it was 16 AD and I was drafting in one-person leagues because no one knew fantasy baseball or baseball. In a few years from now, this is going to be a top 10,000 and I’m going to be ranking Ronald Acuña Jr. Jr. Jr. Today, in this year, Twenty-Three after Twenty, comes the top 500 for 2023 fantasy baseball. Or as I like to call it, “Did he really rank Mr. So-and-So before Mr. So-and-So Jr.?” If Mr. So-and-So Jr. would stop chasing pitches in the dirt, I might’ve ranked him in front of Mr. So-and-So. This post isn’t meant to send shockwaves through your system. The pipe cleaner that the doctor uses to get the clogged wax from your ears is meant for that. This is simply to give you an idea of where guys are ranked in relation to other positions, i.e., you know I like Vaughn Grissom better than Brandon Lowe, according to the top 20 2nd basemen, but do I like Grissom better than Josh Jung? Okay, it’s not that simple. You should read the blurbs for all players, but this top 500 should give you an idea. You’ll notice after the top 200, positions start to get clumped together. I might be the only fantasy baseball ‘pert to tell you this, but it doesn’t matter where, say, Justin Turner is ranked vs. Alexis Diaz. If you need saves, Turner isn’t going to help you. He can be ranked 50 spots in front of Diaz and it doesn’t matter. That’s why I have the 2023 fantasy baseball rankings broken down by positions. If you need a 1st baseman, then Jose Miranda vs. Ty France matters, but where Miranda is ranked vs. Kodai Senga really doesn’t matter. Also, there’s no comments about players in this top 500, which you really should know prior to drafting. In other words, Shane Bieber might be in the 60s overall, but am I drafting him? Well, you’d know if you read my top 20 starters for 2023 fantasy baseball.  There’s also a top 100 for 2023 fantasy baseball to help you. Also, there’s our online War Room, which is downloadable, and it comes free with Razzball Subscriptions.

Also, where I had omitted the free agent projections previously, here I filled them in because, well, it was getting confusing for me with open spaces. All free agents’ projections are based on neutral parks or best guesstimates where they will end up. Anyway, here’s the top 500 for 2023 fantasy baseball:

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# Name Team ESPN Y! $ AB R HR RBI SB AVG IP W SV ERA WHIP K
Trea Turner PHI SS SS 39 606 107 22 101 30 0.293
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B 3B 37 549 88 33 109 22 0.269
Shohei Ohtani LAA DH DH 36 544 101 37 106 13 0.264 154 12 0 2.67 1.04 194
Julio Rodriguez SEA OF OF 35 577 104 32 81 33 0.281
Aaron Judge NYY OF OF 31 548 109 41 102 10 0.283
Yordan Alvarez HOU OF OF 31 531 93 43 112 1 0.304
Kyle Tucker HOU OF OF 30 553 91 31 105 20 0.272
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL OF OF 30 509 96 26 68 30 0.277
Bo Bichette TOR SS SS 30 603 107 25 86 17 0.287
Mookie Betts LAD OF 2B/OF 30 582 112 29 84 16 0.268
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B 1B 29 582 96 33 107 8 0.283
Juan Soto SD OF OF 29 518 91 34 102 7 0.287
Manny Machado SD 3B 3B 29 569 94 30 106 8 0.266
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS/3B SS/3B 28 586 91 24 77 24 0.257
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 1B 28 591 106 25 91 10 0.309
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 1B 27 581 92 40 111 3 0.263
Austin Riley ATL 3B 3B 26 589 96 37 104 2 0.276
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 3B 26 572 94 34 108 5 0.286
Corbin Burnes MIL SP SP 26 206 14 0 2.56 0.95 256
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD SS/OF SS/OF 26 461 88 34 81 19 0.286
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 2B/SS 25 637 104 31 79 22 0.246
Gerrit Cole NYY SP SP 25 202 15 0 2.88 0.99 261
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B 1B 25 554 94 29 105 7 0.291
Mike Trout LAA OF OF 25 423 86 36 81 1 0.279
Michael Harris II ATL OF OF 25 564 93 20 77 25 0.271
Cedric Mullins BAL OF OF 25 597 96 20 62 35 0.256
Randy Arozarena TB OF OF 24 579 83 20 89 30 0.260
Francisco Lindor NYM SS SS 24 592 101 27 104 17 0.261
Dansby Swanson CHC SS SS 24 591 78 27 84 14 0.262
Brandon Woodruff MIL SP SP 23 194 14 0 2.77 0.98 233
Adolis Garcia TEX OF OF 23 591 81 30 96 24 0.248
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF OF 23 557 81 41 97 7 0.223
Matt Olson ATL 1B 1B 23 587 92 37 111 1 0.246
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 2B 23 579 82 27 87 14 0.254
Dylan Cease CHW SP SP 22 191 14 0 2.86 1.13 238
Sandy Alcantara MIA SP SP 22 214 11 0 2.79 1.02 203
Shane McClanahan TB SP SP 22 168 13 0 2.74 1.01 188
Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B 2B 21 557 79 26 69 19 0.251
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 3B 21 576 77 30 101 3 0.268
Emmanuel Clase CLE RP RP 21 70 6 37 2.19 0.88 75
Luis Robert CHW OF OF 20 454 71 16 68 15 0.279
Spencer Strider ATL SP SP 20 164 12 0 2.83 1.03 231
Justin Verlander NYM SP SP 20 179 17 0 2.54 0.94 196
Oneil Cruz PIT SS SS 20 541 79 30 77 18 0.246
Corbin Carroll ARI OF OF 20 527 81 21 71 27 0.271
Teoscar Hernandez SEA OF OF 20 517 76 29 83 7 0.264
Max Scherzer NYM SP SP 20 164 15 0 2.63 0.96 191
Aaron Nola PHI SP SP 20 201 16 0 2.76 0.98 227
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 3B 19 559 97 24 90 2 0.266
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B SS/3B 19 537 68 25 81 12 0.269
Starling Marte NYM OF OF 18 531 91 15 64 20 0.273
Alek Manoah TOR SP SP 18 196 15 0 2.97 1.00 197
Luis Castillo SEA SP SP 18 186 14 0 2.94 1.10 203
Kevin Gausman TOR SP SP 18 188 14 0 2.94 1.09 214
Yu Darvish SD SP SP 18 191 13 0 3.21 1.02 194
Corey Seager TEX SS SS 18 587 87 30 91 2 0.268
Salvador Perez KC C C 18 564 68 31 83 1 0.257
Daulton Varsho TOR C/OF C/OF 18 521 71 22 81 13 0.242
Ryan Pressly HOU RP RP 18 63 5 35 2.37 0.93 80
Felix Bautista BAL RP RP 17 67 6 30 2.29 0.95 90
Jacob deGrom TEX SP SP 17 107 10 0 2.26 0.83 167
J.T. Realmuto PHI C C 17 481 66 17 73 15 0.266
Eloy Jimenez CHW OF OF 17 455 65 28 71 0 0.291
Shane Bieber CLE SP SP 17 196 12 0 3.31 1.08 193
Julio Urias LAD SP SP 17 188 15 0 3.35 1.11 182
George Springer TOR OF OF 17 477 78 24 68 11 0.262
Max Fried ATL SP SP 17 183 15 0 2.89 1.03 171
Cristian Javier HOU SP SP 16 161 12 0 3.24 1.04 201
Framber Valdez HOU SP SP 16 202 16 0 3.03 1.17 189
Zac Gallen ARI SP SP 16 181 12 0 3.24 1.02 192
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B 2B/SS 16 548 71 16 76 23 0.277
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 1B 16 579 86 26 94 5 0.277
Josh Hader SD RP RP 16 58 3 31 2.94 1.03 97
Ryan Helsley STL RP RP 16 65 5 30 2.64 0.92 91
Willy Adames MIL SS SS 16 574 79 32 90 7 0.242
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B 2B 16 549 81 25 78 11 0.261
Tommy Edman STL 2B/SS 2B/SS 15 569 76 11 54 26 0.260
Hunter Greene CIN SP SP 15 164 10 0 3.72 1.16 209
Nestor Cortes NYY SP SP 15 171 13 0 3.41 1.05 174
Will Smith LAD C C 15 503 71 25 83 1 0.258
Christian Yelich MIL OF OF 15 571 104 17 63 16 0.257
Tyler O’Neill STL OF OF 15 531 74 31 88 17 0.246
Jose Abreu HOU 1B 1B 15 581 83 26 109 0 0.273
Jordan Walker STL 3B 3B 15 521 73 27 82 14 0.262
George Kirby SEA SP SP 15 161 12 0 3.32 1.14 166
Tim Anderson CHW SS SS 15 508 81 16 51 17 0.291
Wander Franco TB SS SS 15 580 84 22 77 14 0.291
Xander Bogaerts SD SS SS 15 549 87 17 82 7 0.292
Carlos Correa MIN SS SS 15 558 83 23 71 2 0.283
Christian Walker ARI 1B 1B 15 564 79 33 87 2 0.240
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B 1B 15 533 71 27 82 1 0.279
Byron Buxton MIN OF OF 15 331 58 25 63 8 0.233
Joe Ryan MIN SP SP 15 177 14 0 3.21 1.07 181
Jeremy Pena HOU SS SS 15 541 75 24 79 12 0.243
Amed Rosario CLE SS SS/OF 15 609 81 12 68 20 0.281
Jake McCarthy ARI OF OF 15 561 86 11 71 33 0.263
Anthony Santander BAL OF OF 15 563 77 35 92 1 0.244
Taylor Ward LAA OF OF 14 541 73 31 97 6 0.282
Zack Wheeler PHI SP SP 14 158 10 0 3.31 1.05 164
Adley Rutschman BAL C C 14 491 79 18 61 5 0.271
Jordan Romano TOR RP RP 14 62 5 35 2.87 1.04 75
C.J. Cron COL 1B 1B 14 543 71 28 86 0 0.251
Alejandro Kirk TOR C C 14 479 66 16 77 0 0.282
Kyle Wright ATL SP SP 14 174 12 0 3.63 1.22 161
Kenley Jansen BOS RP RP 13 61 4 39 3.40 1.10 83
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF OF 13 555 81 24 70 6 0.272
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B 1B 13 558 74 24 88 5 0.253
Devin Williams MIL RP RP 13 59 5 26 2.46 1.03 93
Willson Contreras STL C C 13 422 74 23 68 5 0.247
Robbie Ray SEA SP SP 13 191 13 0 3.76 1.18 215
Blake Snell SD SP SP 13 127 10 0 3.79 1.24 166
Carlos Rodon NYY SP SP 13 99 8 0 3.43 1.15 124
Steven Kwan CLE OF OF 13 574 103 7 56 17 0.303
Chris Bassitt TOR SP SP 13 189 12 0 3.61 1.17 171
Hunter Renfroe LAA OF OF 12 508 63 30 79 2 0.251
Logan Webb SF SP SP 12 187 11 0 3.41 1.14 168
Clay Holmes NYY RP RP 12 65 5 30 2.81 1.05 68
Ian Happ CHC OF OF 12 581 79 19 83 9 0.256
Clayton Kershaw LAD SP SP 12 112 10 0 3.07 1.04 117
William Contreras MIL C C 12 446 62 23 77 1 0.247
Anthony Volpe NYY SS SS 12 506 69 15 72 20 0.254
Jordan Montgomery STL SP SP 12 184 13 0 3.56 1.11 166
Joe Musgrove SD SP SP 12 150 10 0 3.17 1.07 149
Luis Garcia HOU SP SP 11 174 12 0 3.59 1.11 178
MJ Melendez KC C/OF C/OF 11 486 74 22 66 3 0.229
Jeffrey Springs TB SP SP 11 153 10 0 3.08 1.05 166
Andrew Vaughn CHW 1B/OF 1B/OF 11 554 73 18 82 0 0.264
Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B 3B 11 538 73 32 90 0 0.227
Matt Chapman TOR 3B 3B 11 533 78 30 86 3 0.227
Kris Bryant COL OF OF 11 454 79 22 68 5 0.276
Patrick Sandoval LAA SP SP 11 161 12 0 3.34 1.27 168
Ty France SEA 1B 1B/3B 11 562 73 18 79 0 0.271
Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF OF 11 407 61 33 74 0 0.238
Oscar Gonzalez CLE OF OF 11 519 67 23 75 2 0.294
Jesus Luzardo MIA SP SP 10 142 8 0 3.21 1.06 164
Logan Gilbert SEA SP SP 10 182 9 0 3.71 1.16 177
Camilo Doval SF RP RP 10 61 3 30 3.04 1.22 72
Jose Miranda MIN 1B/3B 1B/3B 10 551 79 22 90 1 0.283
Pablo Lopez MIN SP SP 10 174 11 0 3.24 1.14 177
Rowdy Tellez MIL 1B 1B 10 533 71 36 91 1 0.251
Lance Lynn CHW SP SP 10 135 10 0 3.48 1.09 139
Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B 1B 10 481 74 29 78 7 0.226
Kodai Senga NYM SP SP 10 152 10 0 3.61 1.19 143
Thairo Estrada SF 2B/SS 2B/SS/ OF 9 574 87 16 63 23 0.262
Daniel Bard COL RP RP 9 63 2 31 3.51 1.25 70
Alec Bohm PHI 3B 1B/3B 9 591 81 18 75 6 0.286
Seth Brown OAK 1B/OF 1B/OF 9 539 69 28 81 9 0.238
David Bednar PIT RP RP 9 57 3 22 2.81 1.06 73
Miguel Vargas LAD 1B 1B 9 509 67 17 72 8 0.271
Kendall Graveman CHW RP RP 9 61 4 25 3.30 1.31 64
Nico Hoerner CHC SS SS 9 551 81 13 62 24 0.284
Luis Severino NYY SP SP 9 120 12 0 3.39 1.04 134
CJ Abrams WSH SS 2B/SS 9 573 77 6 61 31 0.274
Josh Jung TEX 3B 3B 9 538 64 24 75 4 0.242
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 3B 8 544 73 9 81 22 0.252
Brandon Lowe TB 2B 2B 8 494 67 26 74 3 0.226
Freddy Peralta MIL SP SP 8 136 9 0 3.88 1.12 142
Ryan McMahon COL 3B 2B/3B 8 483 63 20 67 6 0.252
Tony Gonsolin LAD SP SP 8 157 10 0 3.64 1.13 145
Brandon Nimmo NYM OF OF 8 584 107 17 66 5 0.276
Lucas Giolito CHW SP SP 8 171 12 0 3.82 1.31 182
Masataka Yoshida BOS OF OF 8 547 81 16 66 4 0.284
Dustin May LAD SP SP 8 95 7 0 2.64 1.07 102
Alex Verdugo BOS OF OF 8 589 86 13 59 3 0.284
Josh Rojas ARI 2B/3B 2B/3B 8 421 61 9 51 18 0.261
Max Muncy LAD 2B/3B 2B/3B 7 441 62 26 71 2 0.219
Jonathan India CIN 2B 2B 7 510 83 20 65 9 0.256
Josh Bell CLE 1B 1B 7 563 71 19 83 0 0.261
Brandon Drury LAA 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B 7 509 61 21 67 3 0.258
Joey Meneses WSH 1B/OF 1B/OF 7 576 68 20 74 2 0.261
Javier Baez DET SS SS 7 564 70 19 68 10 0.234
Adalberto Mondesi BOS SS SS 7 352 49 7 44 27 0.253
Alex Lange DET RP RP 7 61 5 24 3.05 1.28 80
Riley Greene DET OF OF 7 559 74 15 83 7 0.272
Cody Bellinger CHC OF OF 7 481 66 21 73 15 0.228
Mitch Haniger SF OF OF 7 482 61 23 72 1 0.241
Charlie Morton ATL SP SP 7 167 12 0 3.76 1.17 192
Nick Castellanos PHI OF OF 7 538 64 15 71 3 0.259
Nick Lodolo CIN SP SP 6 129 8 0 3.51 1.20 158
Brady Singer KC SP SP 6 184 10 0 3.53 1.08 186
Luis Arraez MIA 1B/2B 1B/2B 6 557 93 7 53 5 0.312
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B/OF 2B/OF 6 557 89 10 57 3 0.306
Ramon Laureano OAK OF OF 6 477 56 14 59 15 0.231
Jon Gray TEX SP SP 6 151 11 0 3.77 1.21 154
Seiya Suzuki CHC OF OF 6 407 67 19 48 8 0.257
Harrison Bader NYY OF OF 6 441 53 13 51 17 0.256
Paul Sewald SEA RP RP 6 65 6 18 2.84 0.87 77
Lane Thomas WSH OF OF 5 505 77 19 49 10 0.237
Sonny Gray MIN SP SP 5 153 10 0 3.64 1.17 150
Lars Nootbaar STL OF OF 5 464 76 20 54 7 0.254
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B/2B 1B/2B/SS 5 571 79 18 78 5 0.247
Drew Rasmussen TB SP SP 5 154 10 0 3.33 1.06 138
Triston Casas BOS 1B 1B 5 471 57 19 66 1 0.243
Chris Sale BOS SP SP 5 84 5 0 3.26 1.02 98
Josh Naylor CLE 1B 1B/OF 5 434 56 18 64 2 0.259
Wil Myers CIN 1B/OF 1B/OF 5 403 49 18 53 5 0.246
Jack Flaherty STL SP SP 5 130 7 0 3.57 1.23 119
Justin Turner BOS 3B 3B 5 481 69 15 79 0 0.274
Merrill Kelly ARI SP SP 5 192 12 0 3.61 1.15 163
Grayson Rodriguez BAL SP SP 5 106 8 0 3.37 1.07 127
Eduardo Escobar NYM 3B 3B 5 481 61 23 72 1 0.234
Miles Mikolas STL SP SP 5 187 13 0 3.66 1.09 141
David Robertson NYM RP RP 4 64 5 24 3.06 1.19 84
Raisel Iglesias ATL RP RP 4 49 4 24 2.93 1.00 57
Seranthony Dominguez PHI RP RP 4 60 4 12 3.18 1.12 73
Andrew Heaney TEX SP SP 4 124 8 0 3.88 1.26 144
Jose Leclerc TEX RP RP 4 56 2 15 3.70 1.21 68
Brendan Donovan STL 2B/3B/ OF 1B/2B/ SS/3B/OF 4 470 69 8 51 7 0.286
Tyler Stephenson CIN C C 4 443 61 16 67 1 0.284
Evan Phillips LAD RP RP 4 57 6 14 2.79 0.96 73
Gabriel Moreno ARI C C 4 421 57 18 59 6 0.277
A.J. Minter ATL RP RP 4 66 7 10 2.71 0.95 89
Ross Stripling SF SP SP 4 148 8 0 3.77 1.07 131
Alexis Diaz CIN RP RP 4 61 3 17 3.52 1.25 81
Zach Eflin TB SP SP 4 138 8 0 3.71 1.14 118
Pete Fairbanks TB RP RP 4 51 2 10 2.24 0.89 73
Sean Murphy ATL C C 4 502 66 20 73 1 0.244
Noah Syndergaard LAD SP SP 4 142 10 0 3.82 1.22 128
Jose Urquidy HOU SP SP 4 171 12 0 3.81 1.12 139
Cal Raleigh SEA C C 3 412 53 20 60 1 0.219
Alex Cobb SF SP SP 3 155 11 0 3.56 1.28 157
Eric Lauer MIL SP SP 3 174 11 0 3.85 1.24 177
Carlos Estevez LAA RP RP 3 59 3 18 3.77 1.30 57
David Peterson NYM SP SP 3 121 9 0 3.71 1.31 142
Martin Perez TEX SP SP 3 190 13 0 3.84 1.29 167
Kyle Finnegan WSH RP RP 3 64 5 15 3.41 1.12 66
Jason Adam TB RP RP 3 56 4 10 3.10 1.02 64
Cal Quantrill CLE SP SP 3 184 10 0 3.48 1.19 144
Scott Barlow KC RP RP 3 72 5 20 3.21 1.03 76
Bryson Stott PHI 2B/SS 2B/SS 3 493 64 15 70 14 0.276
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 2B 3 393 66 18 42 10 0.289
Marcus Stroman CHC SP SP 3 181 10 0 3.43 1.14 156
Oscar Colas CHW OF OF 2 476 64 21 81 12 0.231
J.D. Martinez LAD DH DH 2 502 68 18 81 0 0.268
Nathan Eovaldi TEX SP SP 2 166 11 0 3.71 1.21 159
Carlos Carrasco NYM SP SP 2 149 13 0 3.52 1.30 153
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS SS 2 402 51 11 41 14 0.264
Kevin Ginkel ARI RP RP 2 51 2 12 3.79 1.34 55
Jhoan Duran MIN RP RP 2 71 7 12 2.51 1.02 90
Luis Urias MIL 2B/SS/ 3B 2B/SS/ 3B 2 502 68 20 74 3 0.241
Trevor May OAK RP RP 2 61 1 15 4.09 1.36 79
Jean Segura MIA 2B 2B 2 531 82 12 54 15 0.279
Jarred Kelenic SEA OF OF 2 391 54 16 61 10 0.197
Ketel Marte ARI 2B 2B 2 509 68 13 59 5 0.258
Triston McKenzie CLE SP SP 2 111 7 0 3.28 1.02 113
Edward Cabrera MIA SP SP 2 132 8 0 3.34 1.18 147
Tyler Glasnow TB SP SP 2 82 6 0 2.71 0.96 114
Andres Munoz SEA RP RP 1 61 3 8 2.51 0.93 89
Justin Steele CHC SP SP 1 148 9 0 3.46 1.29 154
Bryan De La Cruz MIA OF OF 1 477 63 16 66 5 0.271
Hunter Brown HOU SP SP 1 118 8 0 3.41 1.12 118
Bryce Harper PHI DH OF 1 273 47 16 54 7 0.277
Joc Pederson SF OF OF 1 412 58 24 68 4 0.249
Michael Conforto SF OF OF 1 408 51 17 59 0 0.254
Juan Yepez STL OF 1B/OF 1 364 49 16 56 0 0.262
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI OF OF 1 477 62 10 68 5 0.281
Jose Alvarado PHI RP RP 1 53 5 6 2.97 1.25 78
Jorge Lopez MIN RP RP 1 70 4 7 3.41 1.25 71
Keibert Ruiz WSH C C 1 404 54 14 59 3 0.261
Roansy Contreras PIT SP SP 1 131 7 0 3.61 1.24 139
Michael Kopech CHW SP SP 1 129 10 0 3.89 1.23 133
Whit Merrifield TOR 2B/OF 2B/OF 1 461 51 9 57 15 0.254
Trevor Rogers MIA SP SP 1 135 8 0 3.72 1.31 138
Aaron Bummer CHW RP RP 1 51 4 7 2.51 1.31 63
Reid Detmers LAA SP SP 1 142 9 0 3.89 1.26 143
Tyler Mahle MIN SP SP 1 117 8 0 3.81 1.24 124
Garrett Whitlock BOS SP SP 0 103 8 0 3.24 1.06 113
Bailey Ober MIN SP SP 0 109 7 0 3.47 1.12 98
Kolten Wong SEA 2B 2B 0 441 58 12 51 16 0.264
Trey Mancini CHC 1B/OF 1B/OF 0 471 57 20 66 1 0.241
Josiah Gray WSH SP SP 0 158 8 0 3.91 1.33 164
Andrew Benintendi CHW OF OF 0 538 86 14 56 9 0.283
Domingo German NYY SP SP 0 127 10 0 4.07 1.13 111
Charlie Blackmon COL OF OF 0 518 69 17 81 4 0.265
Jorge Soler MIA OF OF 0 481 62 24 74 0 0.221
Mike Yastrzemski SF OF OF 0 504 69 20 62 6 0.226
Jesse Winker MIL OF OF 0 431 67 17 66 1 0.266
Dylan Carlson STL OF OF 0 461 63 12 57 8 0.261
Michael Fulmer CHC RP RP 0 65 3 11 3.76 1.32 59
Yandy Diaz TB 3B 1B/3B 0 459 52 10 58 0 0.285
Edward Olivares KC OF OF -1 476 63 19 76 16 0.272
Taylor Rogers SF RP RP -1 65 5 5 3.71 1.12 82
Brandon Marsh PHI OF OF -1 387 53 13 48 14 0.240
Erik Swanson TOR RP RP -1 60 6 5 2.31 0.95 78
Giovanny Gallegos STL RP RP -1 63 6 6 3.46 1.07 74
Chris Martin BOS RP RP -1 61 6 6 2.89 1.02 77
Garrett Mitchell MIL OF OF -1 371 49 12 45 18 0.226
Matt Barnes MIA RP RP -1 53 3 12 3.81 1.38 66
Jose Siri TB OF OF -1 412 59 14 51 14 0.226
Rafael Montero HOU RP RP -1 64 5 6 3.31 1.10 70
Ryan Tepera LAA RP RP -1 61 5 8 3.93 1.14 58
Trent Grisham SD OF OF -1 473 62 18 57 10 0.209
Manuel Margot TB OF OF -1 456 51 10 55 12 0.267
Nolan Gorman STL 2B 2B -1 364 48 20 57 4 0.233
Jonah Heim TEX C C -1 417 56 18 62 2 0.216
Tyler Anderson LAA SP SP -1 172 8 0 4.09 1.19 134
James Karinchak CLE RP RP -1 52 4 5 2.34 1.12 75
Hunter Harvey WSH RP RP -1 57 3 5 2.77 1.11 66
Trevor Stephan CLE RP RP -1 61 6 3 2.67 1.08 80
Austin Hays BAL OF OF -2 502 62 15 66 3 0.254
Jameson Taillon CHC SP SP -2 181 8 0 4.17 1.16 155
Kerry Carpenter DET OF OF -2 429 51 22 58 2 0.261
Taijuan Walker PHI SP SP -2 163 11 0 3.98 1.18 141
Adam Ottavino NYM RP RP -2 62 7 6 2.66 1.02 74
Leody Taveras TEX OF OF -2 447 54 8 49 16 0.264
Gregory Soto PHI RP RP -2 62 3 9 3.79 1.36 64
Robert Suarez SD RP RP -2 51 4 4 2.77 1.08 64
Joe Barlow TEX RP RP -2 50 3 6 3.77 1.23 45
Brusdar Graterol LAD RP RP -2 52 3 8 3.01 1.05 54
Matt Bush MIL RP RP -2 61 3 4 3.59 1.06 76
Rodolfo Castro PIT 2B/3B 2B/SS/ 3B -2 506 54 22 62 10 0.224
Elias Diaz COL C C -2 378 36 16 48 0 0.237
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY OF SS/OF -2 375 47 11 44 8 0.257
Marcell Ozuna ATL OF OF -2 415 51 20 56 3 0.218
Steven Matz STL SP SP -2 123 7 0 4.11 1.28 121
Jared Walsh LAA 1B 1B -2 418 49 14 52 2 0.237
Mark Canha NYM OF OF -2 447 64 14 56 3 0.253
Brett Baty NYM 3B 3B -2 331 46 16 53 1 0.261
Dylan Coleman KC RP RP -2 66 5 4 3.80 1.33 72
Luis Garcia WSH 2B/SS 2B/SS -2 459 54 12 51 6 0.271
A.J. Puk MIA RP RP -2 63 2 5 3.33 1.12 74
Gio Urshela LAA 3B 3B -2 327 44 10 42 1 0.271
Craig Kimbrel PHI RP RP -2 55 5 7 4.12 1.34 66
Kenta Maeda MIN SP SP -2 140 8 0 4.03 1.24 138
Lance McCullers Jr. HOU SP SP -3 77 7 0 3.43 1.21 83
Brad Boxberger CHC RP RP -3 63 4 8 3.44 1.31 69
Aroldis Chapman KC RP RP -3 42 2 6 3.81 1.32 59
Yoan Moncada CHW 3B 3B -3 437 61 15 58 3 0.229
Eric Haase DET C C/OF -3 338 46 15 54 0 0.233
Dylan Floro MIA RP RP -3 57 3 8 4.03 1.14 52
Andrew Chafin ARI RP RP -3 56 3 6 3.04 1.12 63
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B/3B 2B/SS/ 3B -3 421 54 15 43 7 0.252
Mark Melancon ARI RP RP -3 58 2 5 4.41 1.41 37
Nick Gordon MIN 2B/OF 2B/SS/ OF -3 414 51 7 45 10 0.266
Brandon Hughes CHC RP RP -3 62 2 7 3.81 1.14 69
Diego Castillo SEA RP RP -3 57 5 6 3.02 1.11 55
Chris Taylor LAD 2B/OF 2B/OF -3 392 48 13 51 12 0.225
Wilmer Flores SF 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B -3 412 61 15 64 1 0.234
Joey Votto CIN 1B 1B -3 441 52 15 58 1 0.220
Adam Wainwright STL SP SP -3 143 10 0 3.94 1.26 108
Tanner Scott MIA RP RP -3 60 4 4 3.81 1.44 88
Daniel Hudson LAD RP RP -3 46 4 5 3.25 1.06 66
Christian Vazquez MIN C C/1B -3 376 43 8 50 4 0.269
Jonathan Loaisiga NYY RP RP -3 67 6 3 3.41 1.17 63
Matt Mervis CHC 1B 1B -3 381 38 15 42 1 0.254
Darick Hall PHI DH DH -3 402 56 18 64 1 0.223
Luis Garcia SD RP RP -3 60 5 3 3.23 1.17 66
Alex Kirilloff MIN OF 1B/OF -3 373 47 16 52 3 0.261
Isaac Paredes TB 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B -3 309 41 18 46 0 0.241
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 1B -3 486 64 22 63 1 0.217
Spencer Steer CIN 3B 1B/3B -4 466 56 19 61 2 0.223
Jorge Polanco MIN 2B 2B -4 449 58 17 56 4 0.242
Mychal Givens BAL RP RP -4 64 4 6 3.41 1.34 74
Jonathan Hernandez TEX RP RP -4 51 3 5 3.18 1.36 47
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B -4 361 51 8 41 3 0.268
Harold Ramirez TB 1B/OF 1B/OF -4 409 53 8 58 4 0.276
Jalen Beeks TB RP RP -4 63 4 4 2.62 1.14 71
Drey Jameson ARI SP SP -4 124 6 0 4.14 1.29 112
Danny Jansen TOR C C -4 304 43 15 48 1 0.243
Enrique Hernandez BOS OF 2B/OF -4 427 63 14 52 2 0.219
Mike Clevinger CHW SP SP -4 154 10 0 4.02 1.17 139
Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY SS SS -4 304 47 3 31 15 0.272
Jurickson Profar FA OF OF -4 341 46 7 34 4 0.233
Jorge Mateo BAL SS SS -4 324 37 7 31 21 0.222
Michael A. Taylor MIN OF OF -4 420 54 10 51 8 0.248
Randal Grichuk COL OF OF -4 441 58 19 71 3 0.262
Avisail Garcia MIA OF OF -4 454 51 16 55 4 0.229
Elvis Andrus CHW SS SS -4 414 54 8 47 13 0.257
Adam Duvall BOS OF OF -4 414 49 18 59 1 0.217
Max Kepler MIN OF OF -4 404 56 19 59 5 0.235
Brayan Bello BOS SP SP -4 104 6 0 3.71 1.35 121
Ramon Urias BAL 2B/3B 2B/3B -4 461 56 15 61 2 0.257
Michael Brantley HOU OF OF -4 371 63 7 51 1 0.280
DL Hall BAL SP SP -4 61 4 0 3.19 1.32 84
Austin Meadows DET OF OF -4 403 51 15 56 4 0.241
Eury Perez MIA SP SP -4 53 3 0 3.79 1.12 68
David Peralta LAD OF OF -4 464 53 15 61 2 0.254
Braxton Garrett MIA SP SP -4 97 5 0 3.94 1.28 103
Ezequiel Duran TEX 3B 2B/3B -4 308 41 11 39 8 0.242
Vaughn Grissom ATL 2B 2B -4 317 37 7 32 14 0.286
Trevor Story BOS 2B 2B -5 284 32 11 35 7 0.244
TJ Friedl CIN OF OF -5 405 61 12 41 15 0.246
MacKenzie Gore WSH SP SP -5 109 5 0 4.21 1.36 117
Esteury Ruiz OAK OF OF -5 407 51 3 39 32 0.219
Jake Fraley CIN OF OF -5 347 41 17 54 7 0.241
Ha-Seong Kim SD SS/3B SS/3B -5 371 42 8 41 7 0.253
Kyle Stowers BAL OF OF -5 338 43 17 48 2 0.244
Trayce Thompson LAD OF OF -5 329 48 17 47 5 0.219
Jared Shuster ATL SP SP -5 90 7 0 4.28 1.34 72
Myles Straw CLE OF OF -5 539 75 1 35 26 0.238
Drew Waters KC OF OF -5 388 53 12 51 10 0.218
Jack Suwinski PIT OF OF -5 377 49 22 56 4 0.206
Andrew McCutchen PIT OF OF -5 421 57 15 51 6 0.216
Ryne Nelson ARI SP SP -5 133 8 0 4.23 1.34 114
Shea Langeliers OAK C C -5 394 46 17 54 1 0.224
Jon Berti MIA 2B/3B 2B/3B/ OF -5 289 36 2 28 21 0.243
Tommy Pham NYM OF OF -5 389 41 14 48 9 0.233
Eddie Rosario ATL OF OF -5 344 46 14 52 5 0.228
Joey Gallo MIN OF OF -5 384 54 23 58 4 0.179
Kevin Kiermaier TOR OF OF -5 374 43 9 46 8 0.224
Victor Robles WSH OF OF -5 332 37 7 40 15 0.221
Chas McCormick HOU OF OF -5 397 51 14 53 5 0.252
Nick Senzel CIN OF OF -5 381 43 7 41 10 0.238
Tyrone Taylor MIL OF OF -5 297 33 15 36 3 0.241
AJ Pollock SEA OF OF -5 371 41 14 48 4 0.242
Vidal Brujan TB 2B/OF 2B/OF -5 264 29 5 26 14 0.248
Josh Donaldson NYY 3B 3B -5 387 49 13 54 2 0.216
Bryan Abreu HOU RP RP -5 63 6 3 2.82 1.15 90
Jeimer Candelario WSH 3B 3B -5 477 52 15 56 0 0.220
Garrett Cleavinger TB RP RP -5 48 2 1 2.27 0.96 72
Jimmy Herget LAA RP RP -5 70 4 4 3.51 1.02 67
John Schreiber BOS RP RP -5 62 4 3 2.59 1.06 71
Jose Trevino NYY C C -5 364 41 12 44 3 0.256
Anthony Rendon LAA 3B 3B -5 303 41 12 45 1 0.233
Joey Bart SF C C -5 358 38 12 41 2 0.219
Eduardo Rodriguez DET SP SP -5 158 7 0 3.94 1.31 144
Ranger Suarez PHI SP SP -5 161 9 0 4.03 1.31 146
Garrett Cooper MIA 1B 1B -5 424 41 10 54 0 0.254
Hunter Dozier KC 1B/3B/ OF 1B/3B/ OF -5 481 56 15 63 5 0.232
Evan Longoria ARI 3B 3B -6 306 38 13 41 1 0.236
Kyle Gibson BAL SP SP -6 162 7 0 4.17 1.31 134
Carl Edwards Jr. WSH RP RP -6 65 5 4 3.91 1.26 60
Nick Fortes MIA C C -6 276 44 11 41 4 0.243
Matt Carpenter SD DH OF -6 367 51 16 56 1 0.251
Lucas Sims CIN RP RP -6 51 4 5 4.37 1.34 66
Alex Vesia LAD RP RP -6 55 5 3 2.47 1.09 77
Sean Manaea SF SP SP -6 172 9 0 4.19 1.26 169
Alex Wood SF SP SP -6 103 6 0 4.26 1.31 108
Francisco Alvarez NYM C C -6 324 34 15 44 0 0.246
Corey Kluber BOS SP SP -6 152 8 0 4.31 1.31 127
Jose Berrios TOR SP SP -6 174 10 0 4.36 1.31 156
Johnny Cueto MIA SP SP -6 166 8 0 3.91 1.25 112
Kyle Bradish BAL SP SP -6 141 7 0 4.31 1.36 144
Joe Jimenez ATL RP RP -6 61 4 5 2.81 1.06 83
Clarke Schmidt NYY SP SP -6 98 7 0 4.18 1.25 103
Eric Hosmer CHC 1B 1B -6 303 39 10 41 3 0.273
Michael King NYY RP RP -6 54 5 3 3.12 1.12 64
Aaron Civale CLE SP SP -6 144 8 0 4.27 1.20 138
Endy Rodriguez PIT C C -6 311 38 14 40 1 0.271
Ji-Man Choi PIT 1B 1B -6 412 51 14 62 0 0.231
Joe Mantiply ARI RP RP -6 62 3 5 3.09 1.06 65
Miguel Castro ARI RP RP -6 66 5 3 4.31 1.39 71
Bo Naylor CLE C C -6 271 26 8 33 3 0.217
Tanner Houck BOS SP SP -6 74 6 2 3.38 1.13 76
Rowan Wick CHC RP RP -6 61 4 2 4.14 1.46 69
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C C -6 244 27 8 26 2 0.251
Jonathan Aranda TB 2B 2B -6 365 48 12 52 4 0.271
Aledmys Diaz OAK 2B/OF 1B/2B/ SS/3B/OF -6 486 57 14 63 2 0.248
Christian Bethancourt TB C/1B C/1B -6 371 37 8 43 1 0.267
Mitch Keller PIT SP SP -6 165 6 0 4.14 1.36 149
Ryan Jeffers MIN C C -6 314 41 13 44 0 0.211
Oswald Peraza NYY SS SS -6 226 34 7 37 10 0.272
Jace Peterson OAK 3B 3B/OF -6 429 51 11 54 14 0.228
Brice Turang MIL SS SS -6 331 31 6 35 12 0.239
Royce Lewis MIN SS SS -6 281 31 9 33 7 0.279
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C C -6 258 31 10 36 0 0.253
J.D. Davis SF 3B 1B/3B -6 393 51 15 55 2 0.258
Jose Suarez LAA SP SP -6 138 7 0 4.08 1.28 129
Omar Narvaez NYM C C -6 347 34 8 43 0 0.231
Jesus Aguilar OAK 1B 1B -6 383 44 15 51 1 0.229
Gavin Sheets CHW OF 1B/OF -6 361 42 13 47 0 0.251
Ian Anderson ATL SP SP -6 82 4 0 3.71 1.31 71
Elly De La Cruz CIN SS SS -6 132 15 4 16 7 0.234
Christopher Morel CHC 2B/OF 2B/SS/ 3B/OF -6 255 31 8 37 6 0.224
Cole Irvin BAL SP SP -6 179 8 0 4.28 1.18 129
Dylan Moore SEA SS/OF 2B/SS/ OF -6 297 43 5 31 23 0.219
J.P. Crawford SEA SS SS -6 564 54 8 44 5 0.253
Brandon Crawford SF SS SS -6 421 51 12 56 1 0.236
German Marquez COL SP SP -6 184 8 0 4.41 1.34 161
Max Stassi LAA C C -6 293 26 8 29 0 0.208
Anthony DeSclafani SF SP SP -6 105 6 0 4.12 1.11 94
Jonathan Schoop DET 2B 2B -6 467 54 15 59 3 0.231
Michael Wacha SD SP SP -6 126 9 0 4.12 1.27 110
Brandon Belt TOR 1B 1B -6 306 38 12 39 1 0.218
Cody Morris CLE SP SP -6 72 6 0 3.55 1.33 84
Yasmani Grandal CHW C C -7 346 44 14 48 0 0.207
Tony Kemp OAK 2B/OF 2B/OF -7 452 54 6 40 12 0.241
Patrick Wisdom CHC 3B 1B/3B/ OF -7 272 38 16 33 3 0.198
Mike Soroka ATL SP SP -7 81 3 0 4.21 1.34 61
Austin Nola SD C C -7 303 37 4 39 1 0.267
Nick Pratto KC 1B 1B/OF -7 271 34 14 39 3 0.202
Joey Wendle MIA 2B/SS/ 3B 2B/SS/ 3B -7 316 43 8 38 10 0.267
Bryce Elder ATL SP SP -7 65 5 0 3.91 1.36 58
James Paxton BOS SP SP -7 43 3 0 4.38 1.37 49
Adam Frazier BAL 2B/OF 2B/OF -7 432 43 5 39 10 0.261
Nicky Lopez KC 2B/SS/ 3B 2B/SS/ 3B -7 447 54 1 23 15 0.262
Dean Kremer BAL SP SP -7 167 9 0 4.06 1.31 123
Jacob Stallings MIA C C -7 356 33 6 37 0 0.247
Sixto Sanchez MIA SP SP -7 41 3 0 3.68 1.13 38
Luis Campusano SD C C -7 291 26 8 33 0 0.254
Shintaro Fujinami OAK SP SP -7 124 4 0 4.58 1.39 87
Carlos Santana PIT 1B 1B -7 422 53 15 58 0 0.212
Bubba Thompson TEX OF OF -7 256 32 6 28 17 0.213
Akil Baddoo DET OF OF -7 376 46 7 39 14 0.218
Alek Thomas ARI OF OF -7 276 31 6 29 7 0.274
Sal Frelick MIL OF OF -7 179 22 4 18 8 0.287
Jesus Sanchez MIA OF OF -7 312 41 16 44 2 0.216
Marco Gonzales SEA SP SP -7 174 11 0 4.21 1.31 102
Mike Zunino CLE C C -7 312 30 15 39 0 0.187
Cal Mitchell PIT OF OF -7 336 32 10 36 5 0.251
Jose Azocar SD OF OF -7 263 28 3 31 12 0.232
Alex Call WSH OF OF -7 321 37 12 33 7 0.241
Graham Ashcraft CIN SP SP -7 139 8 0 4.37 1.39 106
Francisco Mejia TB C C -7 273 33 7 36 0 0.254
Nelson Cruz SD DH DH -7 283 26 12 31 0 0.234
Jo Adell LAA OF OF -7 271 25 12 31 3 0.219
Yonathan Daza COL OF OF -7 417 62 3 36 0 0.293
Josh Lowe TB OF OF -7 217 28 7 23 7 0.246
Miguel Rojas LAD SS SS -7 487 43 7 46 7 0.251
Sam Huff TEX C C -7 227 27 12 34 0 0.206
Reese McGuire BOS C C -7 301 37 6 35 2 0.262
Zach Plesac CLE SP SP -7 141 7 0 4.38 1.29 107
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Rob zimmer
Rob zimmer
1 month ago

Quick question . I am in a keeper league in which u get to keep only 3 players from last season. I’m keeping Bichette and Cole. This league puts a emphasis on pitching. The final choice is between Scherzer or Goldsmith. Both could and probably will drop this year.. Who would u keep.? Thanks in advance.

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Grey
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1 month ago

Hard to know how much emphasis you’re talking about, it’s a toss up between Scherzer and Goldy

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Rob zimmer
Rob zimmer
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

It’s out of balance with the scoring. U can stream a pitcher and win a week if the pitcher goes twice. Plus if a pitcher gets rocked he doesn’t lose that many point as Rt Sports or Fantrax. But he still has to be healthy and pitch.

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Prolly worth it to keep Scherzer then

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titan
titan
1 month ago

where do you rank Shohei an SP (since Yahoo breaks him into hitter and pitcher separate)

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

By Bieber, see: top 20 starters for 2023 fantasy baseball

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Snacks
Snacks
1 month ago

Definitely the one stop shop from obscure Benny Mardones to the Geto Boys references to the best Fantasy baseball intel, it’s all here. Thank you sir!!

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Ha No problem

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Harley Earl
Harley Earl
1 month ago

So I got this trade offfer today, and I want to know what you think about it.

His Eloy Jimenez for my Gunner Henderson. What do you think?

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Hold

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Harley Earl
Harley Earl
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

Yeah, I liked the offer at first. But the more I look at it, the more I think Gunnar is the better value especially with this being a dynasty league. Henderson is five years younger, plays a premium position, and Eloy has dealt with a lot of injury issues. Eloy also appears headed toward a full-time DH role with Benintendi now set to play LF, so there’s that roster-flexibility problem. Hold is the right call. Thanks.

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Skunk
Skunk
1 month ago

Crikey! I thought I was the only one projecting Jeff McNeil to bat .999

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Who’s getting him out? Name the pitcher.

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Skunk
Skunk
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

Mordecai woulda

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Haha

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Smitty
Smitty
1 month ago

Another day, another 400+. Time for a short break, enough nose typing. Great list by the way, got through 348…phew! Finish later. Gonna have to check out Hernan’s boy, he’s pretty high on him. Thank you boss!

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Thanks!

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Scott Kimmel
Scott Kimmel
1 month ago

Grey,

Was just offered this trade inmy keeper / Salary cap league

I get Fried ($21) and edman($20) and $10 in salalrycap for bregman ($26) and giolito ($32).
would you make the deal?

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Scott Kimmel
Scott Kimmel
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1 month ago

need an answer fast. im under the gun and he wants an answer.

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Sounds fair

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Scott Kimmel
Scott Kimmel
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

ok im accepting it. thanks.

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

No problem

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NJW
NJW
1 month ago

Grey,

I obviously see how you rank them here, but how do you feel long term about Cristian Javier, Triston McKenzie, George Kirby?

If I could trade for any one of these 3 in a dynasty league (to be kept in the final round of the draft), would you rank them the same as you do in this top 500, or does the longer term outlook change things for you at all?

H2H categories league with QS as a category, for reference.

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Kirby, Javier

Trade McKenzie

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OaktownSteve
OaktownSteve
1 month ago

You did it again. How many years now doing the top 500?

Also, did I miss the NFBC draft and hold? Seems like I saw some chatter that maybe it already happened.

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

I did one with the commenters in November/December…But will do another one shortly…Maybe next week? Just need to set it up

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Smitty
Smitty
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

Count me in!

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VinWins
VinWins
Reply to  OaktownSteve
1 month ago

2016 saw the first Top 500.

2015: Top 100 — Top 400
2014: Top 100 — Top 400
2013: Top 100 — Top 400

2012: Top 100 — Top 300
2011: Top 100 — Top 300
2010: Top 100 — Top 300
2009: Top 100 — Top 300

2008: Top 100 

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  VinWins
1 month ago

I don’t know how I didn’t do a top 500 before 2016, tbh

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VinWins
VinWins
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

You were lazy.

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

HAHA

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Jah
Jah
1 month ago

if Wander stays healthy but his R’s and RBI’s are >100 each, where do you rank him next year?

Also….will Razzball put out a points league list like this?

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Jah
1 month ago

What does he do besides runs and RBIs?

Points league stuff will be along shortly

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Jah
Jah
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

assuming those other stats are as you’ve projected, so lets say something like: 104/22/101/14/.291

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Jah
1 month ago

He’ll be a top 30 player next year

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Freedminds
Freedminds
1 month ago

Let’s say you were in a standard 12 team Yahoo Roto league Grey,

Would your draft strategy for pitchers, closers, or catchers change at all?

Most people tend to say they go for higher risk/reward in 12 team leagues but wondering what your plan would be

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

12 team leagues is what I’m talking about most of the time

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Charlie
Charlie
1 month ago

Grey, thank you for all that you do and all the wisdom you bestow upon us. It is invaluable and much appreciated!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Charlie
1 month ago

No problem!

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Jimmy
Jimmy
1 month ago

What an endeavor! Thank you for compiling this list! For some reason I always start at the bottom and work my way up! I noticed you had Turang higher than Ozwald Peraza…I was curious on your thought process here…do you think Bryce Turang will be better!! Thank you!

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Jimmy
1 month ago

More faith in the Brewers playing Turang than the Yanks playing Peraza

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jose
jose
1 month ago

Thanks for all the work Grey! I enjoy the excitement this builds for real baseball about as much as I do for fantasy purposes. It’s great stuff! With three little kids running around I don’t have enough time to keep up with competitive leagues anymore, but I’m still hanging onto one 10 team keep everyone team. Since it’s only 10 teams all the teams are stacked and every decision is pretty much splitting hairs. That being said, My pitching has gone a little wonky on me (We can roster 9 SP). On one hand, it’s full off top tier guys, on the other hand, it’s full of “Wearing flip-flops with socks guys” and a couple sleepers. Thinking I try to get some trade value out of the wearing flip-flops with socks tier to upgrade CF (we don’t have OF positions) or 2B (Lost Betts CF eligibility and Whitt 2B). We can’t actually make trades until after our draft, but out of this list, would you prioritize who you’d look to trade first? I’ll rank them in the order I’d start with.

Urias
Bieber
deGrom
Bassit
Valdez
Luzardo
Green
Gausman

I think I could possibly get Robert for Urias, but worry a little bit about carrying Eloy and Robert on the same team. Hopefully with a real manager on the bench they can keep these guys healthy.

It’s a H2H points league and generally I’ll stream the 9th SP slot, but the waiver wire definitely requires SON.

I know that’s a jumbled mess of information. Thanks in advance!

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  jose
1 month ago

Thanks! Green as in Chad Green? I guess he’s towards bottom bc you can’t get anything for him?

I agree with how you have the laid out except I’d trade them away:

Urias
Bieber
deGrom
Luzardo, Bassitt then Framber

Robert for Urias is fair, but I’d prolly go for more like Luzardo or Bassitt for a lesser CF…Bit lower risk move, but it’s up to you

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jose
jose
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

Green is Hunter Green. I had him at the bottom because of long term value. I wouldn’t expect to get a 2B or CF who would be as valuable for as long as Green’s upside?

With the points structure of the league guys like Bassitt and Luzardo’s points totals don’t translate to much more than waiver wire pickups or rookie flyers on the hitters side. We deduct 2 points for Ks on hitters. It suppresses a lot of power hitters value. Bassitt in our point system is worth around 600 points for the year. Guys like Yastrzemski, Bader, Riley Greene, Adam Duval all on waivers will come close to that. At that level of player, I generally just hold a rookie or breakout guys until closer to the playoffs hoping to strike gold. If they don’t work out after 2-3 weeks I’ll just pick up another guy. Hoping to snatch Hoerner up as a 2B late in the draft (I’ll probably only keep 18).

Thanks for all your advice. I know points leagues are tough without proper context.

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  jose
1 month ago

Ah, that’s Greene

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jose
jose
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

Yeah, my bad on that.

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jose
jose
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1 month ago

While we’re this far into it. Here’s the roster

Contreras
Freeman
2B
TreatUrner
Jimenez
CF
Acuna
Whitt Jr
Betts
Cruz
Bryant

Gausman
Bieber
deGrom
Urias
Valdez
H Greene
Bassitt
Luzardo
RP
RP
RP
RP
Bench
Bench

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jose
jose
Reply to  jose
1 month ago

That’s a 3rd place roster and scored the 4th most points total

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  jose
1 month ago

Doesn’t look too bad, just need a healthy Bryant and you might win it

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jose
jose
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

A healthy deGrom come playoff time would be quite helpful. We shall see.

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  jose
1 month ago

True, so don’t move him

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Thomas Jackson
Thomas Jackson
1 month ago

Hi, Grey. Just noticed that you may have duplicated Mookie Best’s numbers for Cake Batter. I mean, I’d love 16 SB from Cake Batter, though

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Oops, will fix

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

fixed, thanks!

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ckmookie
ckmookie
1 month ago

12 team mixed 5×5 $260. can keep up to six (6) players: Bichette 26, Ohtani (UTL) 8, Verlander 1, Holmes 5, Pena 1, McCarthy 1, MJ Meldenz 1,Robbie Ray 1, Tatis 22, Lodolo 1, Amed Rosario 3. Pick my Six?!?!?!

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

Bo, Ohtani, Verlander, Tatis, then a bunch of coin flips…Do you have MI? I guess Pena and MJ

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ckmookie
ckmookie
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

just an IF spot. leaning towards Pena… but then when Tatis comes back i have log jam until he gets OF… No to mccarthy?

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  ckmookie
1 month ago

Tatis has OF elig. already, no?

That’s why I said a coin flip, I like McCarthy too, I wrote a sleeper post about him

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sorengo99
sorengo99
1 month ago

You jackanape, Ronald Acuña, Jr. Jr. Jr.’s real name is obviously Ronald Acuña, HR.

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Grey
Grey
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1 month ago

HAHA, *bows head* my bad

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Dude
Dude
1 month ago

Great stuff! 14 team dynasty. I have Freeman and the team is not going to compete for a title this year. I am thinking now may be the best time to move him and look to get a package deal for him. Can you throw out some possible targets or what you think I could get in return. I was thinking of Casas, Joe Ryan and someone else. The team with the biggest interest has those two and Varsho, Adolis, Edman, Wander and tons of pitching. Thoughts?

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Dude
1 month ago

Wander and Adolis sounds good…Casas and Ryan is selling short

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Dude
Dude
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

How about Casas, Ryan and Adolis?

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Dude
1 month ago

Meh, sounds fair, not great

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Five-on-One
Five-on-One
1 month ago

Hi Strategy question for Mr. Grey and the gang:

In my auction last year there were 8 players that went for $40 or more and another 15 that went for $30 or more. I try to stick somewhat close to Grey’s auction values (with a little of my preferences baked in), which has 0 players valued at $40 or more and only 7 at $30 or more. As a result, I end up with ZERO first or second rounders, but get a bunch of 4th and 5th rounders, as others run out of auction dollars. I have been somewhat successful doing this and not chasing the big guys. But in a relatively standard 5×5 12-team league (only wrinkle is 2 catchers), it doesn’t feel right NOT getting any of the best players (hitters, really).

Thoughts?

Adjust auction values and go ‘over-value’ for one or more of the top picks, or stay the course and try to pick off the values when they fall?

Thank you.

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Grey
Grey
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Reply to  Five-on-One
1 month ago

You can go over to get top *hitters* if you want, I do sometimes in some leagues, but you have to know that’s gonna cost you money later

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Sweatpants Nation
Sweatpants Nation
Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

I’m in a similar league situation. At some point it’s about value and not just over spending to get a big guy. For example last year I had Trea Turner at $37 and JoRam at $34 and kept them both figuring there was still value there (I won the league going away). Meanwhile Bo and Vald jr went for over $40 at the draft and those owners didn’t fair as well. It’s especially true with the top pitchers. I used Grey’s advice last year and built a staff that got top points in pitching cats without spending more than $18 (Manoah) for any one pitcher.
Your $20 guys if picked right (again, ask Grey!) could return $10-15 value. There aren’t a lot of $30+ guys that can do that.
I expect Turner this year, whom I had to put back, along with Sosa and Albombso will hit that $40+ mark and I’ll likely be out on them and look for better bargains in that $20+ range.

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Reply to  Sweatpants Nation
1 month ago

Yeah, there ya go!

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Five-on-One
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Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

Thanks Grey and Sweatpants. That’s pretty much what I did last year. Stretched a dollar or two for Wander and Albies (ouch!) and then grabbed a bunch of guys for mid to high-teens (Eloy, O’Neill, India – ouch again) (Goldy, Arozarena – finally something nice). Ultimately finished high due to SPs (Manoah, McClan, Musgrove).

I recall toward the end of the draft I was regretting not spending more up front because there were only so many ‘bargains’ I could buy. Hard to thread the needle and spend for the big bat (or two), while leaving enough to get the guys you want at the end.

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Grey
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Reply to  Five-on-One
1 month ago

You sound like you got unlucky with some injuries…Load up on $25 players works too…So no top guys but you have great guys at all spots vs. your opponents who have some holes

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Drew
Drew
1 month ago

Such a great resource. Thanks, Grey!
I thought I’d be able to keep Grissom as my SS but looks like yahoo only gives him 2B eligibility. Would you keep him or Muncy as 2B in OPS keeper?

Curious if you see Phillips as potential closer for LAD. He was a great pickup for NSVH last year.

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Reply to  Drew
1 month ago

No problem! Grissom

If you go to the top and enter LAD into the column for teams, and click the saves column you’ll see how I have the Dodgers saves allocated

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LennyDykstraIsJustMisUnderstood
LennyDykstraIsJustMisUnderstood
1 month ago

Grey,

with all the big names signed early i kind of last track of major free agents left this year. can you put up the short list?

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VinWins
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Reply to  LennyDykstraIsJustMisUnderstood
1 month ago

There are 5 free agents in the Top 500:

280 Luke Voit
359 Gary Sanchez
368 Jurickson Profar
372 Elvis Andrus
463 Jesus Aguilar

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LennyDykstraIsJustMisUnderstood
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1 month ago

thanks VW!

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Grey
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Reply to  VinWins
1 month ago

Aguilar went to the A’s…That list tho, otherwise

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VinWins
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Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

OK. I was just using the info you provided. I believe #495 Fujinami is also on the A’s.

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Grey
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Reply to  VinWins
1 month ago

Ha, your first mistake! Ready for me to pass the buck? Teams come from Rudy

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VinWins
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Reply to  Grey
1 month ago

Hahaha

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kingslayer
kingslayer
1 month ago

If I sign up for Patreon can I request a column to sort by AL and NL ?

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Grey
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Reply to  kingslayer
1 month ago

You can sign up so you can buy me a pina colada and get the buy columns early, but I’ll give you the AL and NL free: https://razzball.com/playerrater-preseason-nlonly10team/

at top of that there’s AL too

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Kevin
Kevin
1 month ago

Lotta Dansby love. Think I’ll have the chance to draft him in my keeper.. Random comparison but how is he above Altuve when you have Jose for 28 more R with higher AVG, and Dansby only has the 12 RBI advantage over him? Great stuff, thanks!

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Reply to  Kevin
1 month ago

Altuve is older and more of a down side risk

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VinWins
VinWins
1 month ago

Copy/paste error on Shohei’s pitching numbers – everything was placed 1 column to the left.

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Reply to  VinWins
1 month ago

Yup, fixed!

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Prettay, Prettay, prettaaay, pretty good
Prettay, Prettay, prettaaay, pretty good
1 month ago

Grey,

Fantastic rankings. They are truly one of a kind in the industry. I’ve followed your pitching rankings and no top pitchers strategy for years and it always works, which is why I’m shocked no one else has caught on, though I would prefer if you could somehow block the Twins front office from seeing that advice.

Anyhoo, I’m struggling with Ezequiel Tovar. You have him ranked lower overall than I would have expected. Rudy’s projections seem to love him. Are you down on him just due to Rockies prospblock concerns?

I could keep him or Grissom for 3 years for cheap, and I was leaning Tovar but now…

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Reply to  Prettay, Prettay, prettaaay, pretty good
1 month ago

Haha, thanks! I don’t trust Black to play him, I go over him here https://razzball.com/ezequiel-tovar-2023-fantasy-outlook/

I’d go Grissom

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cable
cable
1 month ago

really like Razzball its loaded with great content and always a go to even though I personally do one very large $$$ league ( 12 team $500 entry $5 per all transactions ) it’s H/H Points …

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Grey
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Reply to  cable
1 month ago

Thanks!

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Sweatpants Nation
Sweatpants Nation
1 month ago

Phew. Another fine job. This is the only fantasy site one needs. Thanks for all the work you (and your staff writers) put in. I still don’t know how you find the time to write/analyze so much and still watch so many shows! Haha.
Also, saw a report yesterday that Aaron Ashby is still dealing with shoulder fatigue and is behind schedule. Sounds like more to come with that. Doesn’t affect where you have him- just passing it along because I’ve seen someone ask about him at some point.

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Reply to  Sweatpants Nation
1 month ago

Thanks! Ugh, that stinks on Ashby…Will leave him for now but monitor it

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galica1234
galica1234
1 month ago

Grey!!!

Awesome!!

Why so down on Vesia (#431)? He might be the closer for LAD or vulture 10 wins? He’s my lowest ranked guy, I’m still hopeful he might do something. If not solidify WHIP and ERA and some Ks.

Cheers,
Ante

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Reply to  galica1234
1 month ago

I rank fro saves on relievers, first and foremost, so they have Hudson, Phillips and Graterol, it’s a lot of competition

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Hernan
Hernan
2 months ago

Fearless prediction…, A’s rule 5 pickup( from Dodgers Org) 1B Ryan Noda is a top 200 player, outgains that group of Tristan Casas/Josh Naylor/Wil Myers……A’s are always A’sing…, giving 500 plus PAs to out of nowhere guys….Cheers, Razzball For Life!!!!

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Reply to  Hernan
2 months ago

I kinda like that now that I’ve look at Ryan Noda, not a terrible flyer

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Jeff Jaffee
Jeff Jaffee
2 months ago

You are the Greytest, but I would have put Reese McGuire ahead of Sam Huff. JJ

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Reply to  Jeff Jaffee
2 months ago

Haha, thanks!

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