I was going to write up another four deep league starters before taking a couple of weeks off, but I saw this tweet from Shelly Verougstraete come through my feed.

A recent-ish site I have found that is SO helpful in off-season prep…

Pro Sports Transactions

I don't know who runs the site but pic.twitter.com/OxcIhcxG1T

— Shelly 'First Rate' Verougstraete (@ShellyV_643) November 23, 2022

I was a little surprised to see others didn’t know about Pro Sports Transactions since I use it several times a day. With it as inspiration, the following is a list of websites and sources I use the most. The ones used the most depend on the time of year (in- season or off-season. I know there is tons of other content being created but these are the ones I can’t live without. In the comments, feel free to add other sources people can’t live without. Read the rest of this entry »

As we sit down to eat our Thanksgiving meals tomorrow and discuss “what we are thankful for,” we often look around the table and see a lot of different dishes and personalities, some good and some not, that grace our table. This is no different than when we sit down at the draft table. In honor of this, I have put together a definitive ranking of each Thanksgiving dish and what kind of fantasy baseball player they would be. 

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I am examining starters going later than pick 300 in the latest NFBC ADP. Here are the previous editions:

• Eflin, Garrett, Carrasco, & Gore
• Wesneski, Clevinger, Quantrill, & Steele
• Walker, Pérez, Manaea, & Bello
• Megill, Stripling, Jameson, & Civale
• Whitlock, Houck, Gray, & Maeda
• Peterson, Matz, Syndergaard, & Quintana

Kyle Bradish (364 ADP)

The 26-year-old righty showed some positive signs of last season with an 8.5 K/9 and a 4.01 xFIP. He improved in the second half (.396 BABIP to .253) when his ERA dropped from 7.38 to 3.28 and his WHIP from 1.77 to 1.16. His core talent didn’t change with his K%-BB% dropping from 13.2% to 12.5% but his ground ball rate going up from 42% to 48%. Very bland profile.

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One downside I have noticed in this stat-heavy era of fantasy baseball is that we sometimes struggle to see potential breakouts from guys who don’t have clear indicators in their underlying data. I understand why, but it can lead to glossing over growth candidates who take development strides beyond what their numbers suggested.

Trent Grisham | SDP, OF | 271 ADP – 63rd OF

It was an unquestionably bad season at the dish for Grish. He posted a career-low 83 wRC+ with 17 HR, 7 SB, and a career-high 29% K rate in 524 PA. He played enough strong defense to net a second Gold Glove win and put up a third straight 2-WAR season. He had the desired 100-point AVG/OBP split but that’s less impressive when he hit just .184! He values his walks with an 11% rate this past season and for his career, but perhaps being a bit more aggressive would favor him.

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American League

• Red Sox

Garrett Whitlock pitched through a hip injury for some of last season.

In nine starts, Whitlock posted a 4.15 ERA and 23.1 percent strikeout rate as he adjusted midseason to the new role. But the hip injury flared up in early June and sidelined him for more than a month. When he returned, the team limited his innings by using him again in the bullpen, but it was clear Whitlock was pitching through pain, despite a 3.34 ERA and holding opponents to a .196 average over 18 appearances. He had season-ending surgery on Sept. 26.

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First chat back in years! Join me every Monday! Here is today’s transcript: Read the rest of this entry »

With drafts going and projections being released it is time to look at what they say about each other. This week I am going to look at what Steamer says about who is undervalued and overvalued at their current ADP. I took the FanGraphs Auction Calculator Values for Steamer and compared them to the current NFBC ADP to see which names jumped out at me within the top 50 starting pitchers according to Steamer’s projections. Read the rest of this entry »

11/20/22

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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Last week on “Steamer Says”, we spent some talking about the best way to look at and use preseason projections, as the first ones of 2023 have dropped, thereby necessitating we quickly label some busts and steals, post haste! We’ll skip right to the players this time, looking at three more players that these first projections believe will underperform their current draft prices.

Keep in mind that projection systems care more about hurting feelings than they do about numbers and that we should take any disrespect toward players we like very, very personally. Read the rest of this entry »

11/18/22

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Teoscar Hernández traded to SEA
• Kyle Lewis traded to ARI
• Joc Pederson & Martin Perez take QO
• Tyler Anderson to LAA

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