Howard the Creep and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 7
The year was 2005 and my buddy kept talking about his fantasy baseball team. I had no idea what he was saying most the time, because I had never played the game before. Actually I had barely watched...
View ArticleI’m Jazzy over Gillaspie and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 8
Hey, it's Memorial Day weekend, so I assume most of you aren't here. I guess I'll be chatting with some of our playas' from Europe and that New Zealander Steve. Damn, that came out like I'm hatin' on...
View ArticleEduardo Sawxerhands
One rookie's story comes to life... From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Big Fish. The vets on the pitching staff have outcast him for not meeting their quality standards....
View ArticleThe Excellent Mr. Burns and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 9
All right, you ragtag bunch of misfits! You hate me, and I hate you even more. But without my beloved ringers, you're all I've got. So I want you to remember some inspiring words that someone else...
View ArticleStrasburg Cramping Something Other Than Fantasy Ratios
Effin Strasburg hit the DL on Saturday, which came a day after he pitched five outs of one-run baseball. Compared to his previous starts, Effin looked remarkably better. If he threw 27 outs, that...
View ArticleDraftKings: All Blah Blah The Dodgers And Rockies!
It's the oldest trick in DFS. Blah blah blah Rockies blah blah blah Coors blah blah blah all the money. It's true. If you are the type to play multiple lineups in a day (as I do in low dollar...
View ArticleJustin Turner: Overdrive, and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 10
I hope you don't think I'm doing a BTO theme today with that title. I'm not Homer. When it comes to Canadian rock they are not my cup of tea, I'm a Guess Who fan. You know, the band where the "B" in...
View ArticleWolfgang Ahmeniscus Cozart
Member how I was saying yesterday that I owned Zack Cozart in multiple leagues, and he was a top five shortstop this year on our Player Rater, but I didn't really appreciate him? Do I even need to tell...
View ArticleDon’t Bour Me With the Details and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 11
When looking up something with bore in it to link this title to a video, I came across the classic (to me) Clint Eastwood flick Heartbreak Ridge. Oh how I love this movie... so many classic lines that...
View ArticleThe Wrath Of Karns, and the Top 100 Starting Pitchers, Week 11
How do you quantify the pure power of you, yes you, the loyal Razzball Nation commenter? How about with an 82 ranking as if from nowhere! I've actually seen Nate Karns pitch in AAA, and I remember not...
View ArticleDeep Impact: Drifters, Bar Flies, and Stellas
Are you all like me? Do you spend hours and hours contemplating how to maximize the value out of that last roster spot currently occupied by a fringe player you aren’t sure about? It’s crazy, we spend...
View ArticleThe YardBYRD Sings for Your Love and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 12
What is not to love about Marlon Byrd? He is one of twenty-one hitters who have 49 homeruns over the past two seasons, and is on pace this year to hit over 20 bombs again. He has been on the DL since...
View ArticleEstrada Be Kidding Me
Donaldson pulling a Jeter? Shades of Armando Galarraga on a play at first in a perfect game? John Gibbons looking like he's sucking on a lemon but really he just happened to glimpse Brett Cecil? The...
View ArticleMiguel And Buy Are On A Need Sano Basis
Miguel Sano in the braino! When Sano, got no braino! Oh, sorry, I didn't hear you come in. Have a seat. Why aren't you wearing pants? Okay, enough small talk! All right, one more bit of small talk. You...
View ArticleRosario Awesome and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 13
I love me a hot schmotato almost as much as I love me a hot Latina. [Jay's Note: I prefer the angry Latina.] Yes, it is true, I love Latin women more than fantasy baseball, except this week, when I...
View ArticleJuan of a Kind and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 14
You can think whatever you want about Juan Uribe. I don't care what anyone thinks, he is one of the most unique players in baseball. A classic character from yesteryear. He has to be a latin 50. Have...
View ArticleThe Most Under-Drafted Player of the Last Five Years
Last week Grey had the great idea to put my ADP treasure trove of data to good use, and ask people which player they thought has been the most under-drafted over the past five years (2010-14). Who put...
View ArticleOPS Leagues: Et tu, Brute?
Grey pointed this out in yesterday’s recap, but I feel it deserves some special attention here: Ruin Tomorrow Jr. has come out and said that Cesar Hernandez has wrestled the starting second base...
View Article11 Bold and Beautiful Predictions for 2015, Updated
What has become tradition over the past several years, I've been pumping bold predictions, like, well, insert your own mom joke here. I've even done them over on the Fantasy Football side of things....
View ArticleThe Most Under-Drafted Player of the Last Five Years
Who was actually good... Last time, I used ADP data and player values to determine Kyle Lohse was the most under-drafted player of the last five years. Turns out, there are some assumptions in the...
View ArticleRazznasty League Update: Hungry, Hungry Hippos
With just over a month and a half left to play, it's still a tight two-horse race between Razzball's J-FOH and Hannibal Montana for the first Razznasty championship. The big story right now though is...
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Matt Kemp Did Something?
Look guys. There's where all my skills as a player went. Floated away, like a cloud... It's been a while since I've done one of these round-ups, and to be honest, hanging out over at our Fantasy...
View ArticleDraftKings: Locke And Load
Sup Sunday goers. Our resident Ralph had himself a thing on Saturday. A thing I don't really wanna repeat in public so lets just say there were multiple piercings and paddleboards involved and mayhap a...
View ArticleIglesias Dedicates Game To All The Owners He Loved Before
I'm in New York celebrating my grandfather's 88th birthday, or as he calls it "achy-ache," and we started talking about Caitlyn Jenner, and he said, "She's a hot number, I'd throw her one." Throw her...
View ArticleI Got A GUYer For That And The Top 50 Hitters, Week 23
Last weekend I wanted to go see Action Bronson when he performed at the Shrine Auditorium in LA. I was feeling my usual cheap self, so I hit up some of the homies in the lighting game to see if anyone...
View ArticleThe Usual Cespedes
Yoenis Cespedes went 3-for-5 with his 31st homer and, like, his 12th homer in the past week. Doode's straight combustible heat. Like a fatty steak on the grilling heat. Uh-oh, I feel my rap altar...
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2016 Team Previews: Chicago White Sox
Welcome to the 2016 Razzball Team Previews! You’ll find everything you need to know about each team to get yourself ready for the upcoming fantasy baseball season. And I mean everything, folks. We’ve...
View ArticleLance Armstrain
Astros announced that Lance McCullers would start the year on the DL. Just like a Mick to skip out on work on St. Patty's Day. Keeping an eye on you, Andrew McCutchen! At least we don't have to...
View ArticlePoints Leagues: The Walking Dead
If you're not a fan of The Walking Dead or haven't watched last week's episode, then you can just skip this paragraph. Am I that only one that cheered when that arrow shot through Denise's eye? That...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Stars In Junior 2: The Guerra Story … And The Top 100...
When you have to tell people your favorite team's ace is a 31-year-old rookie, you kinda make a face like Arnold Schwarzenegger right there... It's as uncomfortable as a dude getting pregnant! But...
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