DraftKings: The Mookie Monster and Big Byrd
A full slate of games today has me thinking of sunny days and that everything is going to a-okay. Don't let Oscar tell you otherwise, he's a grouch that'll just slam the lid in your face. Stroll on...
View ArticleI’m A Le Francophillie
Cody Asche was sent down to learn left field (or get lost trying), and the Phils' GM, Ruin Tomorrow Jr., said they're calling up Maikel Franco this weekend. Let's see what October Grey had to say about...
View ArticleDraftKings: The (anti)Coors Affect
Everybody in the DFS world always talks about stacking Coors. Home runs fly out of there faster than a toupee in a hurricane. Nobody talks about the ill affects of Coors on the the offense that plays...
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Points Leagues: Hebrew Nationals
Max Scherzer, Jordan Zimmermann, and Stephen Strasburg. If that doesn't sound like the guest list for Temple Beth Sholom's Rosh Hashanah bash, I don't know what does. Who will the Nationals sign next,...
View ArticleDraftKings: Luck Be A DFS Player Tonight
Just like Ol' Blue Eyes used to say, but replace the lady with baseball players. The MLB season is 6 weeks old, and my DFS expectations have not been met. I've been using two very high priced pitchers...
View ArticleGallo Is A Fine Wine Before It’s Time
Adrian Beltre was diagnosed with a dislocated left thumb. The doctor said it could be anywhere, his glove compartment, upstairs by the hamper, in the basement by the weights we bought you in high...
View ArticleCleveland Goes Cub-Boom
Yesterday, the Cubs scored seventeen runs, so enough jibber-jabbering, let's get to it! Starting this whole she bangs, she bangs, Oliver's got bangs in the 2nd inning, Addison Russell (2-for-5, 2 runs,...
View ArticleCrawford Goes Bombie Dearest
Yesterday, Brandon Crawford went 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs with two homers (17, 18). Crawford has a big flashing sign over his head that reads, "Career Year." Under said sign, he has a smaller sign that...
View ArticleSeverino the Machine-o, and the Top 100 Starting Pitchers, Week 21
I'm back baby! It's been sad these past two weeks off from the Pitcher Profiles, but fortunately I could drown my sorrows in all-inclusive, all-day drinking on the honeymoon. YES I DID GET A STRAWBERRY...
View ArticleThe Stroman Shield
There's only a few more roundups left on the season, then I'll be recapping the rest of October, then rookies in November, then sleepers in December, then rankings in January, then I draft Arenado...
View ArticleDetroit Goes Used Closer Shopping Again
It feels like the Tigers have been searching for a closer since Todd Jones retired -- Percival, Valverde, Nathan, Soria. They prey on dead meat so much, they're more like the Vultures than Tigers....
View ArticleTop 20 Shortstops for 2016 Fantasy Baseball
The top 20 shortstops for 2016 fantasy baseball were once as bad as the top 20 2nd basemen for 2016 fantasy baseball that I went over the other day. Now the shortstops have had an influx of youth --...
View ArticleBear or Bull: Garrett Richards
It's been a rough season for starting pitching in the early going. If you splurged on Clayton Kershaw or pulled the trigger on Noah Syndergaard in your draft, you're probably sitting pretty on the...
View ArticleCarlos Rodon The Wall And Left His Mark On My ERA
Well, that sucked. It was extra sucky too because I had high hopes for Carlos Rodon's start vs. the lifeless Angels. Like eating Chinese food by yourself and accidentally getting two fortune cookies,...
View ArticlePen In Cincinnati WKRaP
Bryan Price, always one for colorful language, should go full Tony Montana about his relievers, "Look at that, I got a junkie bullpen, mang. My bullpen is so polluted! I can't even have a save with...
View ArticleA’s All Up In Rookie’s Mane
"'I need a bouncy C. Not a bouncy castle!' Billy Beane screams into his headset, when an intern interrupts him and his daughter, practicing her guitar, while they are both on a treadmill. The intern...
View ArticleThank You Very Machado
I'd like to dedicate this post to all the mothers out there, and to the most important mother in most of our lives, Manny Machado. The Oxford Dictionary defines mother, "something that is an extreme...
View ArticleHR Called Five Times As Old Guys Harass Young
Yesterday, Chris Young went 2 2/3 IP, 5 ER as he allowed five solo home runs, which tied a franchise record, and was only the 7th starting pitcher to give up five home runs in less than three innings....
View ArticleThe Dark Knightmare
Yesterday, Matt Harvey (5 IP, 5 ER, ERA up to 6.08) briefly held the honor of having the worst ERA of any National League starter at 6.08, which means Harvey is the only one happy with Shelby Miller...
View ArticleLook Who Justin Showed Up
Did I just get something from nothing? Because Justin Upton is nothing, and I got something yesterday -- 2-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and a slam (4) and legs (2). Therefore, hence, Argo the movie,...
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