SAGNOF Report: Brinson, Lose Some
Experiments are fun. When I was a youth, we used to play a game called killer UNO. Basically, the gist of the game was don't get caught with the most cards. Similar to regular ole UNO, but this is...
View ArticleSAGNOF Report: Replacing Turner’s Overdrive
The fastest answer to the title is that no, you can not just fix what Trea Turner was giving you and the lack thereof for the next few weeks. Dude was a man among spatulas. Twenty two steals in the...
View ArticleRoyals Go On Vacation To South Padre Mehland
On the podcast coming later today, I felt a reverb. Luckily, I do everything while standing in a doorway because who has time to run to a doorway in the event of a earthquake? This reverb wasn't God...
View ArticleSAGNOF Report: Blacklight Special, Marcus Semien
It's all fun and games when the lights go off and the special things in life glow under different color light. Laundry detergent, player names, and the puns that are associated with them... and...
View ArticleFantasyDraft: Catch Me If You McCann
My dislike for catchers in DFS is well documented. Thankfully, FantasyDraft has an awesome format that doesn't require me to waste money or a roster spot. IMO, catchers in fantasy are an absolute...
View ArticleFanDuel: Straight Cash Homey…Actually, Maybe Not
One of the best pieces of DFS advice I can give is that it’s always helpful to look at the slate on a macro-level first before turning to micro-level decisions. The reason why this is often helpful is...
View ArticleFanDuel: Off to a Rockies Start
And suddenly, it’s August. Week 18 of the season. Ahhh, I remember the good ol' days of April, when former World Series contenders (*cough* Blue Jays *cough*) still had hopes of surfing their wave of...
View ArticleRafael Is Turning Boston Into A Beacon Of Devers City
Between Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge, Rafael Devers, Andrew Benintendi, Ozzie Albies, Amed Rosario, Rhys Hoskins and Yoan Moncada baseball is staying at a Renaissance Hotel. "Is that a Cal Ripken mint...
View ArticleSAGNOF Report: Michael Taylor From Oblique To Chic
Because I am always late to the writing party, I figured why not just add another Bryce Harper column, but with a Michael Taylor happy ending. So what's-his-face got hurt and now Mike Taylor returns...
View ArticleAmbulance Chasers, Week 20: Sugar, Spice, and Everything Bryce
Thank Cobb this injury wasn’t worse. After failing to stick the landing on his improvised triple lutz down the first base line, Bryce Harper owners ran to their bobble head and starting lineup figure...
View ArticleSAGNOF Report: Baez One, Get One For Free
Who doesn't love them some BOGO sales? Girls love them, hell even flamboyant fake baseball players like it. I prefer the pun value in them better than buying two pairs of shoes, only of which I need...
View ArticleTop 20 Catchers, 2017 Fantasy Baseball, Recap
It feels like just the other day the baseball regular season started. You wrote "I heart baseball" in permanent marker on your arm, then you met a girl who wrote "I heart guys who heart baseball" on...
View ArticleJorge Guzman, 2018 Dynasty Baseball Sleeper
I hate using the term sleeper, it means so many different things to different people. I recognize that there's a wide spectrum of knowledge amongst my readership. So to some of you the Yankees Jorge...
View ArticleTop 20 Catchers for 2018 Fantasy Baseball
? After going over the top 10 for 2018 fantasy baseball and the top 20 for 2018 fantasy baseball (clickbait!), it's now time to turn our lonely eyes to you, Mr. Robinson Chirinos. To paraphrase The...
View ArticleFantasy Baseball Podcast: Top 20 Catchers for 2018 Fantasy Baseball
What could be more exciting than an entire Fantasy Baseball Podcast dedicated to the catching position? Who doesn't want to own more catchers? Okay, okay, so I'm laying it on thick, but thick is the...
View ArticleUnder the Greydar: A Catcher That Doesn’t Catch
Ranking catchers is dumb. There are four or so that matter and then the rest are practically the same. Seriously, there are only four catchers from last year that met the minimum plate appearances to...
View ArticleDeep League Thoughts: Early Re-Evaluating, AL Edition
Last time we chatted, I talked about some National League players who, even this early in the pre-season, had already gained or lost value for me in terms of how likely I was to draft them. This time,...
View ArticleSAGNOF Report: Never Too Early For Advantages
The Spring has sprung and real baseball is here! That fake stuff and all its glorious research has come to a head and later this week, that team that you built will go to battle. Don't go into battle...
View ArticleSAGNOF Report: Like Taking Second Base From A Baby
SAGNOF info is the best way to get a leg up on the SAGNOF trade. (I challenged myself to use that anagram twice in the same sentence.) Challenge accomplished, and in the first line too! Wish I had...
View ArticleMy Finger Is Thor
Times like this you wish Noah Syndergaard wasn't complaining of a ligament strain and just had a bad lisp. "Oh no! My finger is Thor, and it needs a Syndergaard." More like Noah Fingergaard! Noah...
View ArticleBuy One HR, Get One Free? That’s a Hell Avisail
When you’re hot for two straight weeks, you’re talking in sexy whispers on my earlobes. If Avisail Garcia and Mike Trout are filming a body-switch movie, I never want it to end. For years I’ve...
View ArticleAmbulance Chasers, Week 16: The Goodrum Isn’t Gone
Is this the end for our hero? Jesus Aguilar has made Ryan Braun (1B/OF, back strain) obsolete at first. Christian Yelich, Lorenzo Cain and Eric Thames/Domingo Santana/Keon Broxton have made Braun...
View ArticleTop 20 Catchers for 2019 Fantasy Baseball
Hello, darkness, my old friend. But replace 'darkness' with 'catchers' and 'my old friend' with 'we have to get through this to get further into our 2019 fantasy baseball rankings.' Hmm...Then...
View ArticleNL-Only, 12 Team Draft Recap or: How I Let A Wong Screw Me
As many of you know, I'm in the NL-Only Tout Wars league, so every year I take part in an industry NL-Only league with the CBS peeps to try to find my footing before I go off to New York to take on the...
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2019 Razzball Team Preview: Atlanta Braves
As a Cubs fan in Braves country, I see a lot of similarities in the Braves to the 2015 Chicago Cubs team. They offensive pieces are falling in place as they have a couple MVP candidates. One being a...
View ArticleI Look Upton The Sky Justin Time To See Angel Dongs
On the first pitch Justin Upton (2-for-4) saw back from the IL, he slammed it into the seats for his 1st home run. Kevin from ESPN's "Get Him In Your Lineup" Department said, "Anyone who wants to come...
View ArticleLet The Gurriel Hit You Where The Good Lourdes Split You
Yesterday, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 3-for-5, 4 RBIs with his 11th and 12th homer, hitting .304. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is the greatest living hitter, and I'm not living in a hyperbolic chamber, while...
View ArticleTwins Can’t Defeat-o Lucas Giolito
Throwing a 9 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 12 Ks game against the 1927 Twins by Lucas Giolito can mean only one thing, today, we celebrate Lucas Giolito's Star Mitzvah! Mazel tov! Here's a check for $18....
View ArticleFanDuel: Show Us How, Wojciechowski
Good Sunday to you. We have a relatively small 8-game FanDuel Main Slate, providing us only some 250 billion possible lineup combinations, without salary cap considerations, compared to our usual 1-10...
View ArticleSAGNOF: Catcher Edition
With the likelihood of a shortened MLB season growing by the day streaming and targeting matchups will be more important in our 2020 fantasy world than ever before. One of the best places to take a...
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