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Draft: A Giant Monster
Razzball   Aug 15th, 12:45pm ET
Hyun-Jin Ryu, known as "the monster," will be making his first start back from the disabled list tonight against the Giants. He's projected for just 9.5 points on Draft, making him an outstanding value play for what should be a stellar outing. The Giants have...
Topics: Injuries, Transactions, Sabermetrics | Players: Hyun-Jin Ryu | Posted By: FantasyPros
German Marquez (COL - SP) - Waiver Wire Pickups
RotoBaller   Aug 15th, 4:32am ET
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: Colorado Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez entered Tuesday night's start against Houston with a 2.95 SIERA over the last 30 days -- good for eighth-best out of 83 qualified...
Topics: Waiver Wire, Sabermetrics | Players: German Marquez | Posted By: FantasyPros
One Man’s Trash: Wance Wynn
Razzball   Aug 9th, 2:00pm ET
Since being acquired from the Twins, Lance Lynn (43.9% owned - increase of 27.1%) has pitched 11.2 stellar innings for the Yankees: 7 hits allowed, 0 earned runs, 1 walk, and 14 strikeouts. He's the toast of the town! So much so that the Ls have been replaced...
Topics: Sabermetrics | Players: Lance Lynn | Posted By: FantasyPros
Buy Low Candidates: Trying To Find Middle Infielders Due For A “Positive Regression” Down The Stretch
Rotoprofessor   Aug 9th, 11:00am ET
by Connor Henry With just under two months left in the MLB regular season we’ve seen the vast majority of players regress to the mean when it comes to their BABIP. There’s been some obvious outliers such as Anthony Rizzo who continues to be pl...
Topics: Injuries, Transactions, Buy/Sell, Sabermetrics | Players: Anthony Rizzo | Posted By: FantasyPros
Mariners Could Use Rangers’ Colon And Odor To Cover Up F-Her’s Stink
Razzball   Aug 8th, 3:01am ET
Felix Hernandez went 6 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 5.73 vs. Bartolo Colon - 7 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 5.18.  Or is that Bartolo Colon, weighing in at 518 pounds from parts unknown and ratios you don't want to know?  This matchup was billed as, "F-Her/Colon, rated...
Topics: Sabermetrics | Posted By: FantasyPros
You Probably Shouldn’t Have Dropped Jon Gray
Razzball   Aug 6th, 3:00pm ET
Jon Gray made two starts in the minor leagues on July 3 and 8. His first was ok (6 IP, 2 ER, o BB, 6 K) and his second wasn't great (4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 BB, 7 K). Craig Edwards of Fangraphs wrote a great column on whether Gray deserved his demotion. His premise...
Topics: Prospects, Transactions, Sabermetrics | Players: Jonathan Gray | Posted By: FantasyPros
Waiver Wire Sleepers: Week 18
Fake Teams   Aug 5th, 10:12am ET
Five hitters, five pitchers. “All” under 50% owned. Let’s scour the waivers! Rougned Odor (77% owned) is too popular to make this list, but I just wanted to give props to myself for including him as my bounce-back candidate for 2018. I readily...
Topics: Waiver Wire, Prospects, Sleepers, Injuries, Transactions, Sabermetrics, Draft Strategy | Posted By: FantasyPros
Sean Drops A Bomb On LA, Newcomb Back To The Deadball Ages
Razzball   Jul 30th, 3:01am ET
I try to avoid repeating ledes during the season and Sean Newcomb already had one.  There I said, "It's 2074, Grey Albright's frozen head is on a shelf next to Ted Williams' frozen head...I took a picture of Ted's penis...I'm so romantic!"  Damn,...
Topics: Sabermetrics | Players: Sean Newcomb | Posted By: FantasyPros
FAAB Five: Kole World, No Blanket
Razzball   Jul 29th, 1:14pm ET
Year after year, Kole Calhoun (3-5% FAAB) continues to be an excellent replacement in fantasy leagues. This week we witnessed a significant loss in Aaron Judge, and necessary moves must occur to recreate some of that stat-line. With 9 HR in July alone,...
Topics: Waiver Wire, Prospects, Sabermetrics | Players: Kole Calhoun, Aaron Judge | Posted By: FantasyPros
J.A.nkee Doodle Lefty
Razzball   Jul 27th, 3:01am ET
J.A. Happ might've realized he wasn't staying with the Jays much longer when guys in the front office kept asking him if he liked the team's new jersey and it was the same jersey he had been wearing but a small man with a goatee, who said he worked as Peter...
Topics: Injuries, Transactions, Sabermetrics | Players: J.A. Happ | Posted By: FantasyPros
Looking For Value In THE BABIP Outliers: Who Are The Buy Low (Or Sell High) Candidates?
Rotoprofessor   Jul 26th, 10:00am ET
by Connor Henry Over the last several weeks I’ve discussed some of the most important batted ball data that you can examine to determine whether regression may be coming to a player’s BABIP. This week I’d like to put that batted ball data...
Topics: Buy/Sell, Sabermetrics | Posted By: FantasyPros
Wade Miley (SP, MIL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
RotoBaller   Jul 26th, 4:12am ET
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Somehow, Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Wade Miley has worked around a poor 11-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 17 ⅓ IP this...
Topics: Waiver Wire, Injuries, Sabermetrics | Players: Wade Miley | Posted By: FantasyPros
Points Leagues: Son of a Pitch(er)
Razzball   Jul 25th, 1:00pm ET
If only I had a top performing pitcher to highlight that was the son of an ex-pitcher to really drive home my title. I guess I could discuss Dereck Rodriguez, but his daddy was a catcher. I could change the title to "Son of a Catchter", but it doesn't have...
Topics: Waiver Wire, Sabermetrics | Posted By: FantasyPros
Poncedeleon Discovers Something More Useful Than Florida
Razzball   Jul 24th, 3:01am ET
Yesterday, Daniel Poncedeleon was called up and threw no hitter (thru seven innings and then was pulled from game while striking out three hitters, but it's more fun to say he threw a no-hitter, so ignore this).  Incredibly, Poncedeleon is 478 years...
Topics: Sabermetrics | Players: Bartolo Colon, Daniel Poncedeleon | Posted By: FantasyPros