Addressing The Giancarlo In The Room
Aw, man, now we're left with the ominous team updates of "Giancarlo Stanton is not in lineup, no other news available." I think I need to have a talk with him. Maybe I'll hide in the trunk of his car...
View ArticleDanny Espinosa, Where The Dead Baseballs Are Buried
The day before our Independence Day, the Nationals exploded for six home runs, a fireworks display that would make the Grucci family jealous. The Grucci fireworks family has a fascinating history....
View ArticleWD Needs More Than WD-40
Wade Davis hit the DL with a forearm strain. Brooks Pounders was called up in a corresponding move. Brooks Pounders is also my favorite AVN starlet. This sounds ominous for Davis, a forearm strain...
View ArticleCishek Yourself Before You Wreck Your Labrum
Steve Cishek hit the DL with the same injury that sounds like it once affected Nadia Comaneci --a torn labrum. Grey's got Olympics fever! Which this year sounds like it can be transmitted by a...
View ArticleDraftKings: Jameson Shots, On The House
Who am I kidding? Jameson is meant to be savored, sip by delicious sip, not shot like some two bit well whiskey. Jameson on the rocks is more like it. Hopefully we don’t see any of Jameson on the ropes...
View ArticleThis Is 40-Man Rosters
As we always do about this time! *beat drops, Grey does the worm, Grey’s iPhone alarm goes off, time to put more money in the meter* Damn, how long was I worming for? September 1st hits and teams...
View ArticleI Found My Thrill On Blistery Hill
You know how people write stuff on a grain of rice. With that in mind, on Rich Hill's blister this is written, "Took a whole lot of tryin' to get up that Hill -- R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley. I can't...
View ArticleSAGNOF Report: Don’t Stop Relieving
Yeah, it is sort of a play on words for the band Journey, so what? The "so what" is that if you ever want a whole-hearted laugh to yourself, go watch Steve Perry sing the seventh inning stretch. It...
View ArticleUndread Pirate And Crew Go Philadongphia Over Phillies
Real talk: is there some kind of unwritten law that the first year a new baseball commissioner takes over he's allowed to institute juiced baseballs? Is Our Commissioner Manfred sticking Capri Sun...
View ArticleBaseman Turner Overdrive Is Takin’ Care Of Business
I blame Jonathan Villar, Dusty, Francisco Lindor and Rougned Odor, in no particular order. Those players and Dusty are the reason why I owned Trea Turner and dropped him. I mean, no one would be...
View ArticleTop 20 Shortstops for 2017 Fantasy Baseball
The shortstops are stacked, yo. They are stacked like Dolly Parton on top of a stack of hotcakes. There is gorge as far as the eye can see. If a young boy happened upon this post, he would see love...
View ArticlePoints Leagues: Reflecting On My Projecting
As I begin to prepare my projections and rankings for the 2017 season, I like to look back on the previous season's attempt to not only assess my work, but also to learn how I can do better next time....
View ArticleMattlantadams
Matt Adams was acquired by the Braves for Juan Yepez, who was always a little too excitable for the Braves -- Yepez! See? Not a good look. It was a tearful exit from the Cardinals' clubhouse for...
View ArticleEverything With Trout Is “Aw Thumb”
I hope everyone's Memorial Day was filled with hot dogs, hamburgers, Coorses (Coorii?), fireworks that were meant to be saved until July 4th but were blown off yesterday so close to your ear that you...
View ArticleWhat It Takes To Reel In One, 235lb Trout
If you had to choose one word to describe the 2017 fantasy baseball season, where would your imagination take you? 'Disastrous' for all the ESPN leagues you're in that don't have enough DL spots to let...
View ArticleAmbulance Chasers, Week 10: Where’s The Beef?
This week, “Beef” Welington Castillo took a foul ball right to his "beef." Which made me question -- do major league baseball players ever wear cups? Especially catchers? I know they’re awkward, bulky...
View ArticleRoss Drains The Swamp Of Orioles
Something struck me the other day. Luckily, not a bus. No, it was a thought. Bus-sized thought! I was looking at Rob Neyer's Twitter account, and he's almost completely stopped talking about...
View ArticleFantasyDraft: All Aboard The S.S. K Machine
Stephen Strasburg, $24,800 is taking the mound tonight against the Braves and I for one purchased my ticket for the SS K machine back on Thursday. The good news is, there's still tickets available,...
View ArticleWhen Peacocking Goes Wrong …And The Top 100 Starters, Week 11
It's Peacock week here at Razzball, and I for one, have been trying my damnedest to use some of the lessons taught to me by my mentor, the sometimes debonair, but mostly creepy, world-renowned pickup...
View ArticleAstros Find The True Successor To Kevin Bass
Derek Fisher was called up by the Astros to replace the concussed Reddick. First off, Derek needs to stop singing that jingle, "Trust the Astros Fisher, man." Tres annoying. Saying tres instead of...
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