Coming into this season, some fantasy baseball players felt that one of these backstops was an elite option and the other a strong rebound candidate. One disappointed, while the other didn’t. But in the last month or so, each has flipped the script, prompting questions about what lies ahead.
Episode 168
The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is now live! For real. No issues this time.
Jason Collette and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics:
How to approach the unpredictability of the final week of the regular season; Billy Butler; Masahiro Tanaka; Robbie Erlin and Vance Worley as possible streamers; Jeremy Hellickson; Glen Perkins; starting pitchers and position players who probably won’t help you this week; and, of course, the two-turn pitchers of interest.
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I said that it wouldn’t happen again. I was wrong. I’m terribly sorry. Terribly, terribly sorry.
The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” will not go live in this post. Eno Sarris and I talked about streamers for the weekend as well as potential keepers you might decide to drop for streamers or to meet other types of needs in the season’s final week and a half. Unfortunately, I had an issue with the recording. This post will give you the gist of the content we covered in what would have been Episode 168.
I covered matchups a couple of weeks ago and last week for a few players who run often and aren’t full-timers but aren’t purely pinch runners. For fantasy baseball players who could use help that would in fact make a difference in their standings in the related category in short time we have left, these possibilities are of interest. The return on this kind of investment is probably not great, as mentioned, but the forecasts can be pretty simple. Again, the greater challenge for a batter is to reach base, not to steal one.
First, there might be some players in your league’s free-agent pool who are more appealing than the streaming plays, however. (Ownership percentages are in parentheses.)
Episode 167
The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is now live!
Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics:
Derek Holland; the New York Mets’ 2015 rotation; Alex Colome; sources of saves for the rest of the season, including with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies; Nick Franklin; the Toronto Blue Jays’ 2015 if they sign Melky Cabrera to a qualifying offer; and, by request, Starling Marte’s 2015 outlook and value.
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One very good streamer on the pitching side.
One potentially good streamer on the hitting side.
Good luck to fantasy baseball players who are trying to bring it home for Jerome … Williams. And to those who aren’t doing it for him. It’s fine. I guess.
Fantasy baseball players, coming into this season, probably knew that Mike Zunino has shortcomings. Most of them have to do with his hitting. But some drafters were happy to target him as a dirt-cheap second catcher in two-C mixed leagues, for example. I wasn’t one of them.
I thought that those folks were excessively ambitious. There existed significant power in his Louisville Sluggers, but I didn’t believe that he’d go deep often enough to satisfy my hopes for one of my choices at the position. And I value power production most from my catchers. I’m more than willing to swallow a crap batting average for 20 bombs. I figured that his major contact problem and thorough lack of experience against even pro competition, period, would prevent him from threatening, perhaps even sniffing, that level.
The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” will not go live in this post. Jason Collette and I experienced some technical difficulties. Our sincere apologies. The good news is that this is an isolated incident, so expect us to avoid it in the future.
We did talk about fantasy baseball stuff, however. Here, I run down the topics we discussed and our main thoughts on them. As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions so that we may answer them in our next episode. If you have a specific question you’d like answered heading into your week, then ask in the comments and we’ll get to it ASAP.
First, Jason wanted to mention a cause near and dear to him: Evan’s Young Warrior Fund. Some close colleagues of his, Evan’s parents, put this on as part of their efforts to combat a very rare disease known as AT/RT. They aren’t the type of people who ask for help, he says, so support from others is crucial to their fight. We ask only that, if you feel we’ve been of some help to you in your march to a roto or head-to-head title, you consider giving a tiny portion of your winnings to the fund. It’d be highly appreciated.
Episode 166
The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is now live!
Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics: Yasmany Tomas; Giancarlo Stanton; Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant (by request); Buster Posey (by request); Hisashi Iwakuma; Michael Wacha (by request); the closer situations in Boston, Toronto, and San Diego (by request); Dustin Pedroia; David Wright; Carlos Beltran; and streamers for the beginning of next week (by requests).
As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions so that we may answer them in our next episode.
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I covered matchups last week for some players who run often and aren’t full-timers but aren’t purely pinch runners. For fantasy baseball players who are lagging in the SB category but could gain substantial ground in it in the season’s final few weeks, such possibilities may be appealing. The return on this kind of investment is probably not great, as mentioned, but the forecasts can be pretty simple. Again, the greater challenge for a batter is to reach base, not to steal one.
First, there might be some players in your league’s free-agent pool who are more appealing than the streaming plays, however. (Ownership percentages are in parentheses.)