Andrelton Simmons (48.9% owned - increase of 12.2%) is the No. 12 shortstop in Razzball's Player Rater. Addison Russell (63.5% owned - decrease of 9.2%) is the No. 31 shortstop. It's as if the names should be swapped. Russell should be 48.9% owned and Simmons should be 63.5% owned. I have the sudden urge to listen to some jams from Russell Simmons' Def Jam Records...
Russell plays for the Cubs. Woohoo...He's 23 years old. Yipee...He hit 21 home runs last season. Woo saaaa...Can you feel the excitement? I'm about to open up an incognito window on my computer. Hold up. Give me like 20 seconds....Sarcasm alert. Not about the incognito window thing, though. Now, I like Russell in dynasty. As mentioned above, he is young and could be a monster in a few years. But we trying to win rings like Kevin Durant now!!! Nothing has really changed with Russell in regards to batted ball profile and plate discipline. He pretty much is who he is right now. .240-ish hitter with 10-15 home runs. He also hits seventh, in front of the pitcher. As for Simmons, he's always been a low strikeout/high contact batter. He has some pop and will probably end up with around 10- 12 home runs, but with a batting average closer to .275. The surprising thing with Simmons this season is the number of steals. So far, he's pilfered 10 bags, after ending up with that total in 124 games last season. Stealing bases is one of the few stats that a player has more direct control over, so that's a nice trend. In this week's Razzball Baseball podcast, Grey touched on the value that power/speed guys have. Go listen to the pod and...LEAVE A REVIEW!!! Special things will happen. Anyways, back to Simmons. Actually, it's more a rant against the Sociopath. Simmons is batting .180 against LHP and .305 against RHP this season. His career numbers are .268 vs RHP and .244 vs LHP. So, what does the Sociopath do? He bats Simmons 6th against righties and 2nd against lefties. To bring everything full circle, I guess it makes sense that Simmons is owned in 48.9% of leagues and Russell in 63.5%. What a world. TRASH for Russell. TREASURE for Simmons.
Here are a few others that stood out to me in this week's add/drop list:
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