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The Daily Grind: One Word To Bring Them

The theme this week is one-word analysis. Coming at ya hot!

AGENDA

  1. Some Runs Were Scored
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. Hitters to Use
  5. SaberSim Says…
  6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat – 6/13/2017

Here’s today’s chat transcript. There was an unusual number of comments (i.e. any) about Napoleon Dynamite. I only published one of them.

2:58
Brad Johnson: What’s up folks? We’ll get started in a moment. I’m trying to decide who to cut for Clayton Richard in my dynasty league.

2:59
Clayton Richard: You don’t want me brah

2:59
Brad Johnson: I’ll provide a little background in a moment before I start answering questions

3:00
Brad Johnson: The cut is either Pat Corbin or James Shields fwiw

3:01
Brad Johnson: So, over the weekend Chad Young and I threw in the towel on 2017 in our 20-team, 45-player, keep-28 dynasty

3:02
Brad Johnson: We are in last place among the 12 or so “contending” rosters. We’ve had terrible luck – Miggy, Donaldson, JDM, Quintana, Aaron Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez, Story, Zobrist, Salazar, Morton, etc

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The Daily Grind: Storms A Coming

Contrary to what the title implies, I don’t think any games will be postponed today. Delayed though? Yes, some will be delayed.

AGENDA

  1. DFS Relevant Draft Picks
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. Hitters to Use
  5. SaberSim Says…
  6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Daily Grind: Failed Leap

The MLB Draft begins tonight which has absolutely no bearing on this column. Tune into MLB Network at 7pm ET.

AGENDA

  1. HeeYAA
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. Hitters to Use
  5. SaberSim Says…
  6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Daily Grind: Stanky Body

If you access this article via Twitter, you may have noticed we publish excerpts with our articles now. Which means I have to write 50 throw away words twice.

AGENDA

  1. Stanky Body Language
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. Hitters to Use
  5. SaberSim Says…
  6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Daily Grind: Man See Ya On The Bench

The players you sit… those are the ones that get ya.

AGENDA

  1. Man See Ya
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. Hitters to Use
  5. SaberSim Says…
  6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Daily Grind: Great American Scooters

None of my readers made the most heroic pick of the season last night, not that I’ve said one word about the guy. Let’s correct that…

AGENDA

  1. Great American Scooters
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. SaberSim Says…
  5. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Daily Grind: Hot Healy Pockets

This is the part with the flavor text. I write this last even though you read it first.

AGENDA

  1. Hot Healy
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. Hitters to Use
  5. SaberSim Says…
  6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Daily Grind: Meager Monday

Today’s edition comes equipped with an excerpt for certain RotoGraphs delivery devices.

AGENDA

  1. It’s Happ-ening
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. Hitters to Use
  5. SaberSim Says…
  6. TDG Invitational Returns!

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The Daily Grind: A Plague of Slams

Another week, another Grind, another barrage of home runs.

AGENDA

  1. A Big Day
  2. Weather Reports
  3. Pitchers to Use and Abuse
  4. SaberSim Says…

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