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Kurtz, Schmurtz We wrote about the faab risks posed by the latest hot rookie, another freshman Rockie, and a returning veteran SP #FantasyBaseball www.rotoballer.com/fantasy-base...

More fastballs more better, right? I’ve lamented Skubal’s sinker fascination now it’s Sonny Gray’s turn SI use up 5% to 23% this year 25% this game, zoned 70% 10 swings, 0 whiffs, 100% z-con Overall 30% K down to 26%, just 4 today #FantasyBaseball

Jeffrey Springs’ ERA is up to 6.04 4.87 xFIP, 13.5% BB entering today Four seam getting crushed (.337 xBA, .676 xSLG) With the Rays, as a starter: 27% K, 6% BB and 3.34 xFIP

Verily, #FantasyBaseball can be a morbid biz AAA numbers: Diaz: 6.89 era Castano: 4.4% K-BB Luis F.: -5% K-BB (in MLB) Evans: 3.86 era, 17.4% K-BB 🤔

It’s never been about making the fed govt more “efficient” It’s about crippling the govt’s ability to investigate and enforce laws against fraud, product safety and other forms of corporate malfeasance Oh and if they can funnel hundreds of billions of SS dollars to finance bros, that too

#5CoverSongsFaves Cale produced the Modern Lovers’ original (and played the piano part) His is a bit more menacing youtu.be/4Nf5aOrL3sc?...

#MomSky Let's discuss the *actual* charges against Judge Hannah Dugan using the Complaint against her. tl;dr - she sent the man in question into the public hallway where agents there to arrest him watched him walk by and did nothing threadreaderapp.com/thread/19158...

Rea has now pitched well vs LAD, d’ backs and Phills Throwing 92-93 with a 94 stuff+ Good control + 6 pitches. Deception+? Has allowed zero HR in 18.2 Had a .66 BB/9 You know the #FantasyBaseball drill: add and get crushed vs Pirates next

Woulda coulda shoulda #FantasyBaseball pitching staff Out of 20-plus teams: H Brown - 0 shares Webb - 1 C Sanchez - 0 J Luzardo - 0 C Holmes - 0 Meyer - 0 Mahle - 0 Bassitt - 0 Munoz - 0 Hoffman - 0 Chapman - 0

#GenreRoulette #MusicChallenge 4/25- funk Tons of awesome weirdness going on but want to note the drum tones / fills youtu.be/FsIqDxssLYg?...

Crochet gets knocked around by the Mariners Hold on to your cyber hats Seattle is MLB’s best offense on the road so far; basically the Cubs Wrote about surprise offenses yesterday for #FantasyBaseball

#SfGiants Heliot Ramos hit 3 HR in first 5 games Zero since April 2 Pitchers seem to have a better plan for him. Compare 2024 heat map (L) to 2025 (R) Annnddd where Ramos does the most damage ⬇️ #FantasyBaseball

#GenreRoulette Each of the last two tracks featured this badass on bass. Has a weird and varied discography, including Sharks and Talking Heads

#GenreRoulette #MusicChallenge 4/24- world Regiment / Eno & Byrne youtu.be/wtWFyiZITew?...

Law Dog b2b games w/ a HR 4 HR, 5 SB, 13% BB, 16% K, .863 OPS Entered game with a .363 wOBA Was .380 in his “unrepeatable” 2nd half Gonna be close to .380 after tonight #FantasyBaseball x.com/MLB/status/1...

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination

Tommy Edman is tied for third in the majors with 8 HR In 92 AB’s he’s hit 12% of his career 67 bombs (59 in 2366 AB’s) The only obvious difference- he’s contacting the ball further out in front of the plate Seeing it better? Dodger magic?

In the wake of the Easton Lucas apocalypse, I wrote about lineups to attack and avoid for streaming — with a couple surprises both ways. Thanks to @NotTheBobbyOrr.bsky.social and his excellent app for some deeper metrics. Fight Or Flight michaelcecchini.substack.com/p/fight-or-f...

Top 10 #FantasyBaseball closers by adp Clase: 7.84 ERA Devin: 9.00 Hader: .82 Miller: 0.00 E Diaz: 5.59 Helsley: 0.00 Iglesias 6.00 Felix: 3.00 (1.67 whip) R Walker: 5.40 When 3 outta 10 ain’t good in baseball

#GenreRoulette #MusicChallenge 4/23- rnr The rich girls are weeping… youtu.be/uZvAs-EkKgw?...

#Mets Griffin Canning - giving up way fewer HR - 31 last season - 2 this year; he’s faced 12% of batters he did in ‘24 - 16 HR pace, round up for summer that’s 20? - more SL - SL & CH thrown lower / more away - FF up a bit - ditched KC #FantasyBaseball

I get supporting Kurtz and everyday AB’s But this puts incredible pressure on Soderstrom’s bat He’s already -4 OAA @ 1B Left field for the first time? Slim margins for the MLB HR leader #FantasyBaseball

Durbin made a couple outstanding plays at third last night This was Chapmanesque (other than the arm)

This garbage has reached a breaking point Brunson just launching himself - no real intent to shoot He’s reached Hardenesque levels and similarly @nba needs to look at how to disincentivize heat seeking floppers

Glad the @nytimes.com is on top of the meat of the matter (Or just on their meat)

The Nuggets may seem adrift but do have an ethos: we will never not have a coach whose dad was also not a former nba head coach

Is Shota a possible upside comp for Logan Henderson? Both smaller guys, low release, flat FF—except split vs changeup and L vs R. Shota vaa 4.13, LoHend 4.11 Shota vert rel. 5.4, LoHend 5.2 Shota FF velo 91.6, LoHend 92.6 Shota ext. 6’3, LoHend 6’1 Both sub-5% BB last 2 years #FantasyBaseball

#GenreRoulette #MusicChallenge 4/20- Jazz There’s a church of Coltrane in SF. Saintly indeed. youtu.be/TMvbUKqWYEs?...

Steph is 10-14 with 25-5 and a 9 point lead end of Q3 If we can get Udoka to stfu for even 4 quarters that’s a win itself

I know it’s the Yankees but it’s quite the come up for Rice when he’s the headline and AP opening in a Devin melt down game Anyway, the better hitter (Aranda) crushed the game winning HR

A 55 year old James Harden wakes up at 3 pm after an all nighter at the strip club Smokes half a pack of cigs Puts up 30 & 10 in a playoff game

With just one healthy closer let’s see if we can sneak a cheap save this weekend vs the Marli— (Given a 7-run cushion suggests he’s not close to even random saves)

The #FantasyBaseball Beat is one of my go to pods. It was a blast and honor to make my pod debut with them. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

We pump the brakes on 4 #FantasyBaseball waiver wire risers. Latest @rotoballer.com: www.rotoballer.com/fantasy-base...

#GenreRoulette #MusicChallenge 4/18- funk You’ve heard the opening :20-30 maybe a thousand times in a hundred songs youtu.be/fs0HZAI1C1c?...

#GenreRoulette #MusicChallenge 4/19 Kiwanuka. youtu.be/-TYlcVNI2AM?...

Heard some hand wringing about Riley Greene this week, so many K’s etc 5-8, 0 K last 2 games K rate down 7% in 2 days 2024 Greene was 20th among qualified hitters in wRC+ (135), tied w/ Schwarber It’s been 3 weeks x.com/tigers/statu...

Abbott 6 IP 2 H 1 BB 1 ER 11 K Here’s the thing: O’s = 26% K & 64 wRC+ vLHP Abbott fastball sat 91.1 It’s down 1.5+ mph from ‘23-24 Go easy on #FantasyBaseball bids

Yeah yeah the stufff is up but you know they have rules about light colored gloves and bracelets etc what’s the distraction power of a translucent albino mustache? Mustache+

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Josh Naylor Career avg. / ops .264 / .773 With RISP .292 / .844 The nerds will tell you this is random But he may be a bigger loss for Cleveland than raw numbers suggest #FantasyBaseball

Look we all love Ben Rice showed promise last year (88th %ile seager, 15.6 brl%) He’s opened his stance from 8° to 25° But seager is actually down (44th%) And he can’t hit secondaries Literally ALL damage is vs FA Opponents have started to adjust < 50% FA in 5 of last 6 GP