In the year 1225, there was a 700-foot statue of Max Muncy in what is now commonly referred to as Lithuania. The town’s name was Muncy and the statue was named Max. For 800 years, the people of Muncy chipped away at this Max statue. Each rock they chipped off this statue, they named a Max Muncy and it would magically come to life. It would become 5′ 6″-ish and weighed around 180 pounds of stone and looked kinda like George Constanza. Here’s one Max Muncy:
Max Muncy is on another planet right now with his hitting. Here he is seen pregame with Clayton Kershaw
— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It would take about 20 years to chip off enough stone to make a new Max Muncy, but an odd thing happened about ten years ago. They chipped off one Max Muncy, who played for the A’s, but another piece of the statue fell off. A baby rock Max Muncy. So, always the cheapskates, the A’s traded this first Max Muncy to the Dodgers and kept this other baby Max Muncy in a basket and also named it Max Muncy, and this bayonet of rocks grew up into another Max Muncy. So, now there’s two Max Muncies. It’s the max Max Munciest you can have. (Confused yet? Good.) So, about this basket of rocks that became the A’s Max Muncy, now known as the Ma’s Muncy. Though as we went over, he had no Ma’s or Pa’s. He was from a giant statue of rocks. In the minors last year, Ma’s Muncy went 10/5/.292 with a 27 K%, so those Ks are issue, but the power is not and the speed could surprise. Think 18/10/.220 as likely, but in SacTown those Bing-Bongs might fly even further and faster. At a terribly weak position (2nd base), he could provide pop and speed. So, grab him, unless you got Muncy-sized rocks in your head. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
PSYCHE! This post was released a week early for Patreon members. It will be released all year early for Patreons, so if people are getting a jump on you, it’s because they paid the $10. Anyway, the Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell:
BUY
Kyle Teel – Already gave you a Kyle Teel fantasy. It was written while trying to wrap my head around this Sherri Papini story.
Alejandro Kirk – The good news is he’s been hot. The better news is when he cools, you can say Alejandrop and lose him to waivers.
Bo Naylor – Fun fact! A title to one Dukes of Hazzard episode was “Bo Naylor After Luke, And Now Luke’s Jealous.”
Christian Encarnacion-Strand – Here’s what I said the other day, “He returned from the IL like the guy who is on fire on the cover of that Pink Floyd album cover. That tracks since we looked at CES in our IL slot and said to him, “Wish You Were Here.” Wishing he’d shine on the diamond, crazy or otherwise. So, at the end of the year, we can celebrate and Have a Cigar, and that’s the whole album. Hilariously, the album received mixed reviews, and now it’s considered one of the greatest. Will CES become one of the greatest? (Incredible segue.) I don’t know about greatest, but he doesn’t strike out much (20.3 K%) and is currently dragging on average (.229) because of an unlucky BABIP (.216). Neutrally, he could be hitting .260, and the power isn’t make-believe. Right now, he has five homers in 70 ABs, and that’s been roughly how often he homered all through his minor league career, which was lengthy (he’s 25). He could be a top seven to ten 1st baseman the rest of the way, assuming he doesn’t hit an imaginary wall. Hey, regression, leave this kid alone.” And that’s me quoting me!
Abraham Toro – Mess with hot schmotato bulls and get Toro’s horns! Hmm, worked better in my head. Moving on!
Nolan Schanuel – Been hot recently, but hot Schanuel is basically a hot James Loney. No knock on him, even if Schanuel sounds like a knockoff.
Bryce Eldridge – Giants cleared room for the promotion of Eldridge, and I’m stashing him in one league. What’s that? Me stashing him has no bearing on anything? Oh, hmm.
Ronny Mauricio – Already gave you my Ronny Mauricio fantasy. It was written while saying, “Howdy, folks.”
Willi Castro – There’s few guys who are as boring, while also being valuable. The epitome of that type of player is Lou-Gu-Ju. Boring guys are all made in the image of Lou-Gu-Ju. They’re Lou-Gu-Juesque. If you don’t know who Lou-Gu-Ju is, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems, but knowing Lou-Gu-Ju is not one.
Christian Moore – Here’s what I said this morn, “Being called up by the Angels. Angels were hoping to sign Brian Dozier to play 2nd but he said, “I retired five years ago,” and the Angels said, “Are you sure?” So, Moore is a 22-year-old top prospect, who was drafted last year in the 1st round, which is why he was called up. Angels develop no one and just hope the player learns on the fly. In the minors, he had a 27.3 K% and 27.4% in Double-A, so I hope he can learn on his own, or he’s going to hit .210, and become the 2nd baseman’s answer to Jo Adell. He does have huge power (5 HRs in 204 ABs) and surprising speed (8 SBs). That’s enough for me with the dearth of anything nice at 2nd base. I say give him a shot in all leagues to see if he can make enough contact, but don’t drop anyone too valuable.” And that’s me quoting me!
Hyeseong Kim – Dodgers don’t seem committed to him, as they bat him 9th. To give you an idea as to how stacked the Dodgers’ hitting is, they’re platooning a guy who is hitting 9th, who is flirting with a .400 average after more than a month of playing. Trade Kim to the Marlins for EdCab or Meyer!
Jeff McNeil – Hot schmotato alert; please don’t make me say more about Jeff McNeil.
Jonathan India – “He’s the West Indies, because it’s hot India, baby!” A famous Christopher Columbus quote.
Otto Lopez – I’m a pretty big fan of Xavier Edwards and Otto Lopez, and I’m trying to figure out why. I guess I need steals–Sorry, I should save these deep inner thoughts for my therapist.
Trevor Story – I saw Romy Gonzalez was also hot, and I decided instead of doing two blurbs, you’re getting this one.
Addison Barger – This post is filled with guys who are “just hot,” but Barger might be breaking out. That makes him potentially better, depending on the league (keepers, etc.) but he is also just a 25/2/.250 guy, if everything breaks right, so breakout should be in quotes.
Roman Anthony – Already gave you a Roman Anthony fantasy. It was written while enduring Mountainhead.
Jo Adell – Post-post-post-[dozes off, wakes 15 years later]-post-post hype sleeper!
Jesus Sanchez – He’s a 20-ish/20-ish/.260-ish hitter. Jesus Sanchez is the ish!
Alek Thomas – I love the 7-day Player Rater. It separates your thoughts on players into cold, hard facts about who has been excellent in the last week. You can think Alek Thomas is just the guy who married your cousin, but he’s not! He’s been hot!
Evan Carter – Refuse to think Evan Carter is “making good on his promise” until he does it for at least a month straight. But a month starts at a week. Philosophical!
Matt Wallner – From the window to the Wallner, to the sweat drips down my…ballner? Hmm…
Yusei Kikuchi – This is a Streamonator call, like the call it makes to the local pet store.
Griffin Canning – This is also a Streamonator call. “Do you have any dogs that are battery-operated? I need a best friend.” Aw, Streamonator so sad!
Shelby Miller – Should’ve been the closer for the last two months, which is to say, I wouldn’t be shocked if MTV’s The Challenge Torey Luvollo went with Ginkel or Beeks. I’m only half-kidding. It’s my bottom half that’s kidding, as the girls used to say. Saw someone speculate about A.J. Puk and “not to forget about him.” Yeah, he’s out with elbow soreness too, so knowing the Dbacks, they will consider him. Again, half kidding!
Pierce Johnson – Braves’ closer job could also be D. Lee’s job, and I abbreviate Dylan Lee because it makes me chuckle thinking it’s Derek Lee as the Braves closer, but now that I type it out, he might have better success.
Randy Rodriguez – Even with the blown save yesterday vs. the Suckies, there’s a case to be made that he’s the best middle reliever in baseball right now, and I thought a Randy-Rod was just a silly porn name.
SELL
Luis Arraez – Technically, he qualifies for a Sell. He’s rostered in 100% of leagues, and, well, that’s the only qualification one needs! It’s very easy, actually. If you were rostered in 100% of leagues, I’d sell your ass. So, Arraez sucks. I don’t know what happened here. He didn’t used to suck. Sure, he was a one-category performer at best, and that category was one of the flukiest, but at least he carried your fantasy team in batting average. Now? I had to scroll to the 2nd page of the batting average leaders through the 1st 30 guys. He’s basically become a poor man’s J.P. Crawford. Call him A&P Crawford. A&P like the supermarket, no? Okay, how about: Call him Just Poor Crawford? Not better? Okay, you figure this shizz out on your own time! Arraez’s quite literally worst contact in baseball (13.1% Hard Hit!) has finally caught up to him. I wouldn’t sell Luis Arraez for a rolling, cylindrical hamburger at 7/11, but I would go to the Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore options.
