Points Leagues: Trick Ortiz
As a life long New York Yankees fan it pains me to say it, but I'd rather own Red Sox players on my fantasy team. I have some friends that subscribe to the "fan before fantasy" philosophy, but I'm not...
View ArticleWill Alb-Alm Cover For Soler?
Albert Almora was called up yesterday by the Cubs, and he's the latest barely in-his-20s, big-time Cubs prospect. Albert Almora also anagrams to Barrel T. Alamo, who'd be great as a San Antonian oil...
View ArticleDraftKings: Home Is Where The Heart Is…And Taijuan’s Stats
As the season progresses, we get these lovely things called 'stats'. And with those stats, as they build and build, we get 'stabilization of stats'. But sometimes you're kinda in between and gotta...
View ArticleMyers Scares Up A Homer And A Sequel
Yesterday, Wil Myers went 2-for-4 and his 11th and 12th homers as he hits .294. How many posts does Wil Myers have with his post-hype sleeper? More than the postman at the postoffice marking his...
View ArticleBases Fulmer …And The Top 100 Starting Pitchers, Week 11
Bases haven't been nearly full at all in Michael Fulmer's starts this past month! After a rocky beginning to his Major League career, Fulmer has been absolutely on fire the past month, vaulting from...
View ArticlePoints Leagues, Perdóname Buster, Vamos a Ramos
My Spanish is more than rusty, so I apologize if I failed to offend you with my title. Actually I don't apologize. Now have I offended you? Who cares. I realize it should have been "Aquí Viene Ramos",...
View ArticleBrian DosHR
Yesterday, Brian Dozier went 3-for-4, 4 RBIs with two homers (11, 12). Dozier's quietly had a great June (7 HRs, near-.350), after having a miserable May (2 HRs, .215) and an atrocious April (3 HRs,...
View ArticleThe Value of a Dollar
A dollar doesn't buy you much anymore in this world. It's disappointing how much the value of the dollar has diminished over the last many years. I gave a bank teller a George Washington and he handed...
View ArticleDraftKings: Stroman Can Throw Man!
The break is over! How long was that?10 Days? It's never a good day when there is no baseball. But we're back, so let's get into the picks. Marcus Stroman had a less than stellar start to his season....
View ArticleTyler Hits The Naquinella
"Naquin the Chef looks determined without being ruthless. Something heroic in his manner. There's a courage about him. Comes across so calm. Acts like he has a dream. Full of passion. Well, you...
View Article5-Day Sale — All Throwbacks Must Go!
The White Sox were due to wear throwback jerseys on Saturday, and Chris Sale didn't want to wear them. The White Sox refused to relent, so Sale took it upon himself to do something. Cut to, ahem, ten...
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Ohhhhhhh, What’s That Snell?! …And The Top 100 Starting Pitchers, Week 18
I was all about some of that young prospect snell early in the season, ranking Blake Snell within my top-75 preseason ranks. He destroyed the Minors in 2015, then was a little iffy when he hit the...
View ArticleRangers Grab Some Brews, Fail To Catch Any Rays
When Jonathan Lucroy vetoed the trade to the Indians this past weekend, I thought we were going to find out Lucroy was Joey Lauren Adams in Chasing Amy. Other teams were going to try and convert him...
View ArticleNapoli Is En Firenze
Mike Napoli hit his 27th homer yesterday. He now has five straight games with a home run. On the year, he is top 30 for fantasy value on our Player Rater. Dude is such butter right now brioche buns...
View ArticleDraftKings: Yu Want to Win, Put Darvish In
Yu Darvish likes to throw strikeouts, and I like to put him in my lineups. Darvish also likes pitching at the Rangers ballpark. When pitching at home in his career, Darvish has held hitters to a .279...
View ArticleEverything Musgrove!
Joe Musgrove shut down the mighty Toronto Blue Jays for the second time, going seven strong innings, allowing just six hits, two runs, a walk and striking out seven for his first major league win. He...
View ArticleDraftKings: Royally Screwed
As a Mariners fan, it's very rare I have much of any empathy for other teams and their fans, especially teams that just came off winning a World Series. And yet, here I am looking at the sad state of...
View ArticleOne Man’s Trash: A Bronx Tale
Over the past few seasons, the blueprint for the New York Yankees franchise has been a predictable one: assemble an aging, overpriced roster, finish a few games over .500, rinse, repeat. Reload rather...
View ArticleBrave Or Chicken? Swanson’s Both!
True or false: A) Dansby Swanson is famous for being Ted Knight's caddy in Caddyshack. B) Starting a meme at his frat house in Arizona where he'd put his checkered pants on a cactus with the caption,...
View ArticleDrakftKings: C-Yu-Later-Arriegator
I know the lede may scream Millennial, but I wasn’t born in the 90’s, my cursive writing is on point and I don’t wear a beanie in 95 degree weather. I never use shorthand when texting or emailing, but...
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