With baseball officially inching closer to an actual season, it is time to update draft ranks for those of you that are like me and still have leagues that still need to draft. I will likely be updating each set of ranks I release once or twice before opening day as news of the schedule, players opting out of the season, and other information could shake things up tremendously. However, here are my current first base ranks as of now. (Beginning of tiers are highlighted in blue)

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With the season coming back officially, it is time to restart the Roto Riteup!

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Notable transactions/News/Rumors

• Ryan Zimmerman may not play
• John Brebbia TJ
• Wander Franco on taxi squad
• Aaron Judge hitting off tee

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With baseball officially inching closer to an actual season, it is time to update draft ranks for those of you that are like me and still have leagues that still need to draft. I will likely be updating each set of ranks I release once or twice before opening day as news of the schedule, players opting out of the season, and other information could shake things up tremendously. However, here are my current starting pitcher ranks as of now. (Beginning of tiers are highlighted in blue)

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In this time of uncertainty, we have seen fantasy players do some unorthodox activities in order to scratch the itch of not having fantasy baseball in their lives. Whether it is KBO DFS, OOTP Baseball, Retro Drafts or MLB the Show, fantasy players are doing their best to fill time. Read the rest of this entry »

05/07/20

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to Fangraphs! With a standard $20 membership, you help maintain and improve our database of stats and graphs as well as our staff of 8 full-time employees and over 50 contributors. The premium ad-free membership at $50 year supports site growth and also includes faster load speeds and better site performance. You can also support monthly for just $3.

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PODOPOLOOZA APPEARANCE

• Check out all of Podopolooza: Part 1; Part 2

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Welcome to Podopolooza!

Over 100 fantasy baseball analysts will join me for 12 straight hours to talk baseball and raise money for Meal on Wheels! Throughout the day I will raffle off prizes. For every dollar you donate via PayPal at justinmasonfantasy@gmail.com or on Venmo at justinsalinger you get an entry into the raffle! You can see the raffle prizes and how much money has been raised so far on this doc! If you donate $50 or more, Todd Zola of Mastersball will give you a free platinum subscription to his site!

You can see Part 1 here

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03/23/20

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TOUT REVIEW

• AL Tout Wars Review

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Every year, a group of some of the finest fantasy baseball analysts get together for a weekend of auctions in New York City. However, due to recent events, the weekend itself was cancelled, but Tout Wars happened in virtual form.  This was my second year in the NL Only league and I was none too thrilled to be doing the draft online.

I love being in Tout Wars, but I am not a fan of doing online auctions. I feel like there are things lost when you are not face-to-face. There is no ability to read the room. I also typically use draft software and paper simultaneously which become harder to do while also managing online draft software. Of course, I made it even more difficult on myself by live streaming all five and a half hours of the auction. That being said, I feel good about the team I drafted.  Read the rest of this entry »