The Pre-Mid-Post-Winter Meeting Mock Draft That Was
When Grey contacted me in mid-October about a mock draft, I thought perhaps an email that got caught up in his iPhone draft folder had finally wiggled it's way out of technological purgatory. Yo Grey,...
View Article2015 Fantasy Baseball Pitchers With SP/RP Eligibility
For those of you in leagues where SP and RP are rostered positions, the below list includes all SP/RP eligible pitchers (defined as 5+ Games Started and 5+ Relief Appearances in 2013).
View ArticleBABIP: Regression Is Now In Session
With rankings season upon us and which is soon followed by draft season and then the real season which is actually our fake season, there are two things to take note of. One, it's 'upon' us and not 'up...
View Article2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep, Pitchers Pairings
For these pitcher pairings, I’m going to be using our 2015 fantasy baseball rankings. Notably, the top 20 starters for 2015 fantasy baseball, top 40 starters for 2015, top 60 starters for 2015 and the...
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Points Leagues: You Down With PPD?
Yeah, you know me. Who's down with PPD? Every last homie. You down with PPD? Yeah you know me. Who's down with PPD? All the homies. Are you a homie? If your response is "homey don't play that", then...
View Article2015 Fantasy Baseball War Room
Here it is, the 2015 Fantasy Baseball War Room. This was original author and innovator Lou Poulas’ introduction, “While Grey and Rudy do a great job of breaking down everything you need to know for...
View Article2015 Razzball Commenter Leagues
You know what would be really cool? If you could join a fantasy baseball league that was against, like, 1000 other fantasy baseball teams. But not a 1000-person league, where people are trying to...
View Article2015 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep, Pairings
Here’s a post that’s gonna make you wanna slap ya mama and tell her Don Magic Juan sends his best. The other day I told you how to draft your pitchers for 2015 fantasy baseball. I laid it out to you...
View ArticleBest Fantasy Baseball Team for 2015
So the title is a bit of a superlative. What was I gonna say, "The Mostly Kinda Good Fantasy Baseball Team?" You'll get over your scoffing, I have faith in you. This is the best 2015 fantasy baseball...
View ArticleHey, 2015 ESPN Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Imma Let You Finish But…
Watch out, because I'm about to eviscerate someone, which Google tells me means to disembowel and I consider softening eviscerate, but decide to stick with it. That's how mad I am! I'm ready to...
View ArticleDrafting Closers for 2015
So with the arrival of February comes the arrival, or "un-hibernation" of Smokey. I was just getting comfy, curled up in my crochet loogy-blanket that my grandma made me, dreaming about what else?...
View ArticleDraft Day Arbitrage: Free Yourself Of Freeman
Man, Razzball must really hate Freddie Freeman, eh? Ehhhh, hate is such a strong word. Loathe? Sure. Despise? Maybe. Disgustipated? Only amongst Tool fans (btw, you guys are awesome. Love Track #1!...
View Article2015 Yahoo’s Fantasy Baseball Ranklings
In past years, I’ve said the following analogy. There’s years of looking up to your father, whether you agree all the time or not. Then, one day, he takes a poop on your couch. You take him to the...
View Article2015 Fantasy Baseball War Room — Our Free Draft Tool
Hehe, I said tool. Our Fantasy Baseball War Room is one part draft tool, one part fantasy team evaluator, one part fantasy junkie's s's and g's tool, one part holy, two parts smokes, three parts... How...
View Article2015 Draft Goals by Category for 5×5 Fantasy Baseball Leagues
This is a post for the fantasy baseball drafters who use Excel, Google Docs, or some other war room software that automatically totals a drafted team's stats while in the middle of a draft. Or perhaps...
View ArticleTwo Start Pitcher Strategy: What To Look For…Besides The Best Guys
When Grey and Jay first approached me about doing some preseason posts about Two Start Pitchers "Strategy" I thought "uhhhh, play the best guy". Problem is that doesn't really make for intriguing...
View Article2015 Draft Goals by Category for 5×5 AL/NL-only Leagues
This is a post for the fantasy baseball drafters who use Excel, Google Docs, or some other war room software that automatically totals a drafted team's stats while in the middle of a draft. Or perhaps...
View ArticleCarlos Santana: They Say First Is The Best
Not everything has to be a series from me. Do I have to sell a gimmick to get you to latch on to what I'm reading? Sure, I brought you the Under The Greydar series and yeah, I brought you Deep League...
View ArticleGrey vs. Rudy
What was I thinking when I thought this would be a fun post? I came into this wanting to be Grey's opposite for S's and G's, but that ship sailed south really fast. If you are disappointed that I...
View ArticleRudy’s 2015 Tout Wars Team
Thanks to the fantasy baseball sabbatical of our longtime pal Nick Minnix, the Tout Wars Mixed League (15-team, snake draft) had an extra spot for good ol' Rudy. Grey is also in the league (his draft...
View ArticleDraft Day Arbitrage: Getting A Fister From A Stranger
So yes, this is an overrated post but since I'm not Grey and Grey ain't me, you don't see the word 'Schmohawk' in the title. If I had, it would've been seen as a weak and watered down version of a...
View ArticleLate Round Flyers: Middle Infield Edition
The infidels are coming. They are storming the stronghold and sieging the castle. Cover your children's eyes and lock up your grandmas. As a general rule, I'm not drafting a middle "infidel" early...
View ArticleIntroducing the Auction Simulator Ver 1.0
Or, the Unexpected Virtue of Active Bidding... Unlike a certain appendage of mine, I like to keep my intros short, so let's get down to business. For those of you who were not with us last week, I...
View Article2015 Disgraces and Delights: Closers
Greetings! The time has come! This is what we've all been so patiently waiting for! Yaaaaaaasssss, Bruce Jenner's sex change is upon us!!! Rejoice! It's also a cool time of the year because MLB is...
View ArticleTesting the Effectiveness of Freeze Bids in an Auction
Note: We've got real baseball games being played and I'm stuck in this theoretical auction world. If you're not prepared to dive into coding and stat minutiae, maybe save your energies for my article...
View ArticleUsing Yahoo’s API to Access Your League’s Data (Part 2 of 1000)
Last article, I introduced pulling your league's data from Yahoo's API in a Python script. Today, I'm going to show you a better way to do that very same thing. In my last article dkempiners'...
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...
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