Pitcher Profile: James Paxton’s Back Baby!
The big fellah is back! And um, I don't mean me... In one of my most anticipated starts in the past few months, James Paxton returned from the DL, immediately unleashed back into the Mariners...
View ArticleI Love Me Some Javier, But I Might Be Baezed
Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac, and the illustration next to it was Salvador Perez's abuelita. A little voice inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look...
View ArticleWada You Want, Wada You Need
Wada start! Wada player! Wada guy! Tsuyoshi Wada continued to pitch well last night, tossing six innings, allowing just four hits and one walk, while giving up two earned runs and striking out six. He...
View ArticleCarGo + HanRam = CantGo
Here's a scenario for you: Hanley Ramirez and Carlos Gonzalez get onto a plane. Knowing their inability to stay healthy, you A) Get off the plane. B) Purposely get yourself thrown off the plane by...
View ArticleVol. 3…Life And Times of C. Carter
Uh-oh, I feel a rhyme coming on. Chris Carter's schmotato was born on August 4th wearing the Astros hat, 40 ounces he doesn't pour forth cause that forty-oh is his bat. If you can't respect that your...
View ArticlePax the Destroyer Can Guardian Your Fantasy Galaxy
James Paxton continued to pitch well last night versus the ferocious Tigers tossing six innings, allowing five hits, one run, walking one and striking out a pair to move to 3-0 on the year. We shall...
View ArticlePitcher Profile: Danny Salazar Has AAA In His Name!
Shameless cross-pollination! Yes, just as shameless as Tony Parker cross-pollinating Brent Barry's wife, I'm hijacking the open of my post to let you know Fantasy Basketball rankings have begun! I...
View ArticleMarte Party
When you get a little cumin, coriander, curry, power and speed in the same dish, you got a Marte party! Whatever happened to that Next Food Network Star? She disappear with every other one, except Guy...
View ArticleGregory Goes Ker-Planco
Here's what I didn't say in June, but could have, "With the promotion of George Springer and Gregory Polanco, Mike Trout and Mike Trout's father, Tim Salmon, should make room in their mini-van that's...
View ArticleAll They Are Is Dustin & Mig
There's a dark side to the expansion of rosters that no one wants you to talk about. Or people do talk about it, but they talk about it as written by the writers of The Honourable Woman so no one can...
View ArticleMy Back Is Down, Chicago Rizz
The other day I talked about the dark underbelly of roster expansion and how, due to teams not DL'ing their players, it can actually hurt us in this thing we call life. Well, some of us call it fantasy...
View ArticleGood Throwin’— Stroman’s Got A Truckload
"We're more alike than we are different." That's what Mary Ann said of her and Ginger, but it could also be said of Marcus Stroman and a Flat-Billed Pitchypus. He needs maybe a fifteen-second ironing...
View ArticleBraun Caught Rest-Handed
Ryan Braun revealed he doesn't have a thumb issue, he has a whole hand issue. Unfortch, he's also proving to have a 'can't stay on the field without steroids' issue, which is the result of a 'steroids...
View ArticleTop 20 Shortstops for 2014 Fantasy Baseball
Top 20 catchers, 1st basemen and the top 20 2nd basemen for 2014 are in the books. What a strange, glorious trip it’s been! Though not really. Today, the top 20 shortstops for 2014 fantasy baseball get...
View ArticleTop 20 Shortstops for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
I've already gone over the top 20 catchers for 2015 fantasy baseball, the top 20 1st basemen for 2015 fantasy baseball and the top 20 2nd basemen for 2015 fantasy baseball. Last year, I thought the top...
View ArticleBuh-Baez
The first four names in the Cubs' lineup will be Fowler, Castro, Rizzo and Soler, then it will be O, Brother Where Art Thou Upside with fantasy owners being men of constant sorrow. Maybe Kris Bryant...
View ArticleCreeper of the Week: Mounting Everth, and the Top 100 Hitters, Week 1
It's really hard to pick a Creeper for Week 1. I asked myself, do you suggest a player the Razz army all drafted but is undervalued everywhere else? Is telling them to drop a player they drafted for my...
View ArticleLatos Shows Braves Who’s The Door Mat
Last night, Mat Latos looked like he was headed for the Disgraceful List. He didn't fool anyone. I didn't say he didn't fool any hitters because he was facing the Braves, they don't have any hitters...
View ArticleGattis Might Pips The Mariners
Yesterday, Evan Gattis went 2-for-4, 3 runs, 4 RBIs with his 5th and 6th homers, while hitting four homers in the last three days. After the game, Gattis likened this streak to the five red lights in a...
View ArticleClay’s Momma Call Him Buy
If you search for the pitchers with the top xFIPs, it's a who's who of the league's finest. It's not quite as glamorous as the Who's Who of Western Appalachian High School Students that your parents...
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