Napoli 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: If Starting Yu Is Wrong, I don’t want to be (Wain)Wright
Oh, hey there fellow degenerates. Another Sunday is upon us, so that means a brand spanking new edition of action-packed "DraftKings" picks straight from the only source I trust....The DFSBot. If...
View ArticleThat Machado…Man, He Abused The White Sox!
Manny Machado put up his right hand yesterday to measure it against a hand drawing every clubhouse has posted on its wall. The drawing is of Mark Whiten's hand that once held four baseballs in it....
View ArticleFrom First Base To DH To Out Fielder
Rough year to be a Prince. Watch yourself William, Henry and the kid who played Fred in the atrocious Scooby-Doo movies. Prince Fielder is done from baseball with 319 homers. Of the tens of...
View ArticleMookie Betts The Trifecta Again
Yesterday, Mookie Betts went 4-for-6, 4 runs, 8 RBIs with three homers (24, 25, 26). In the long, storied history of the Red Sox, Mookie Betts is only the 2nd Sawx player to have two three-homer games...
View ArticleDraftKings: Tres Zurdos
We all know Lefties do things different so I'm going to go off script today and do it like a Lefty. Instead of one featured pitcher I'm pulling a Trifecta and going with Tres Zurdos (or Three Lefties...
View ArticleGreen Tells Chirpy Jays Bats To Chad Up
Chad Green was out there painting corners like he was on work release and someone decided the yellow curb needed to be yellower! Green ball in the corner pocket is what he felt! Green was dealing...
View ArticleDraftKings: Trea Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)
It wasn't very long ago that Dusty Baker's preference at shortstop was Danny Espinosa. You know Dusty--he loves his veteran guys. Fast forward a couple of months and Espinosa is still at shortstop....
View ArticleHouston Sings, “And I Gurriel Always Love Yulieski”
When I was fresh out of college, I worked at a web company (everyone did in the 90s). There was four of us. The other three had real job titles; I was the gofer/do-whatever. It was about a month...
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 ArticleOh Lord, Byron’s Back, Don Juan Him?
I went over some September call-ups primer yesterday. It was written pretty smoothly. Meaning: I took a laxative and crapped out a post. I'm a modest man of modest means. What can I say? Everyone...
View ArticleCouch Managers 2017 Industry Mock Draft Recap, Rounds 1-6
Greetings, friends. I hopped over to the football side of things once last year's baseball season ended, but now I'm back. And apparently, I am such a disturbed individual that I am doing fantasy...
View ArticleTop 20 2nd Basemen for 2017 Fantasy Baseball
Our 2017 fantasy baseball rankings are humming right along. The last post, the top 20 1st basemen for 2017 fantasy baseball, was the longest post ever written on the internet by a relatively sane...
View ArticleCouch Managers 2017 Industry Mock Draft Recap, Rounds 13-18
Here we are, the third of four posts about the Couch Managers 2017 Industry Mock Draft. Previously, I posted recaps of rounds 1-6 and rounds 7-12. This post is for rounds 13-18. The final post will be...
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 ArticleFantasyDraft: Donut Go Against Gausman
The man who used to eat donuts before and in between games, will now try to fill up the scoreboard with them. If you aren't familiar with Kevin Gausman's love for donuts, he had a ritual throughout...
View ArticleReally Thucks Noah Has A Thor Arm
As the old expression goes, you can count on three things in life, death, taxes, and Mets pitchers ruining your week/month/season with an injury of some sort. This is a slight update on the late 80's...
View ArticleFeliz Upheaval Grants Reprieval For Knebel
Brewers manager Craig Counsell announced Friday that after Thursday's blown save, Neftali Feliz would be given a break from closer duties. Why are you like this, Craig? Do you not care about my fantasy...
View ArticleAroldis 30-Day In-Season Vacations Always Involve Cuffs
Yesterday, on the holiest of Hallmark-created holidays and celebrated most of all by Bill Hall, mothers from all different backgrounds came together to put up their feet, sip mimosas and talk about how...
View ArticleAmbulance Chasers, Week 7: UnGodley Numbers
The fantasy baseball roster you could make out of the current disabled list would easily be in first place in many rotisserie leagues. If you left your draft with all of these players healthy you would...
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