Roto Riteup: August 3, 2016
There’s a lot to get to today, so just some quick advice off the top: Always, always keep them on their toes.
You see something new every day … https://t.co/84YXD6mj3Fhttps://t.co/TpAA3Cyar9
— MLB (@MLB) August 3, 2016
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Roto Riteup: August 2, 2016
The trade deadline has come and gone, and what an interesting day Monday wound up proving to be. Fangraphs has you covered with the deadline omnibus post here (and fantasy omnibus post here), and there’s obviously too much going on for us to dive into within the scope of the Roto Riteup. Instead, we’ll focus on one narrower aspect of the non-waiver deadline.
Roto Riteup: July 27, 2016
Maybe I’m just a really cool badass, but I find rules to be dumb when they’re enforced in a way that polices to the letter and not the spirit. The latest example? Yasiel Puig getting warned by MLB and threatened with a fine if he wears his Vin Scully colorway Nike cleats again. Rule of thumb: If a tribute is cool enough that your own social media accounts tweet it out, it’s probably doing more good than harm.
These Vin Scully cleats are 😍. pic.twitter.com/TQ3Im1NJ4e
— MLB (@MLB) July 17, 2016
I get that rules are rules and there can be a slippery slope, but…really? Make Baseball Garish Again.
Roto Riteup: July 26, 2016
For seven innings, a paltry San Diego Padres offense struggled to get to the red-hot Aaron Sanchez, who has now won 10 consecutive decisions and lowered his ERA to 2.72 (bye, bullpen ideas). Then the bullpen came in, and Alex Dickerson hit the most majestic home run I’ve ever seen at a game live.
Roto Riteup: July 23, 2016
Russell Martin got injured from staying in the sauna too long, getting light headed after a cold shower, and falling down. This ranks right up there with Clint Barmes and Joel Zumaya and serves as a nice reminder that no, you’re not very different from a professional athlete. You, too, could probably hurt your knee in the shower.
And you can swim, right?
Roto Riteup: July 22, 2016
One of my favorite parts about this time of year is that trade action in fantasy leagues ramps up as a result of MLB trade action doing the same. Even in leagues where a trade deadline is later or doesn’t even exist, MLB teams pushing buttons and feeling out the market leads to some frantic offers. Me, I’m generally a more conservative owner, and you can catch me pulling back trade offers like:
Roto Riteup: July 21, 2016
Another day, another barrage of injury news. Here’s hoping you drafted some depth and kept your watch list tight, because odds are, you’ve lost a body or two in the last little while. Basically, we’re looking at the injury news each morning like:
Roto Riteup: July 20, 2016
Who likes injury news? Great, because we’ve got a lot of it. As always, it seems. Before we get to that, though, let’s start the morning out with something more fun. This would be Josh Harrison going for the little-league home run (a triple and an error) for a walk-off victory yesterday:
This about sums it up:
Roto Riteup: July 19, 2016
Go scan the MLB news wire from last night. Seriously, go. What a weird, wonderful, beautiful sport we all enjoy. Pokemon hunting, bass catching, backstreet boys dancing, drone flying, punchouts on strike two, “I hate all media.” Uhh, scratch that last one. And then, of course, there’s the excellence that is Ji-Man Choi.
When your great tweet gets no faves. pic.twitter.com/N0ujHt0oEM
— Blake Murphy (@BlakeMurphyODC) July 19, 2016
I said it last Thursday, but a few days later, please never go away for four days again, baseball.
Roto Riteup: July 15, 2016
Alright, everyone glad to have baseball back now? Like, real baseball? Yeah, me too. It’s nice that the Blue Jays secured home-field advantage in the World Series and all, but I could do without the four-day reprieve in the middle of the season. On the bright side, the timing was swell, as I was in Las Vegas for NBA Summer League and probably would have needed someone to tag in for the Roto Riteup anyway. But here we are, back with RR, back with baseball, back together.