Talk about laying down on the job:
How did Christian Walker turn this into an out?! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/VwOvoCaV2e
— MLB (@MLB) July 21, 2024
We’re back from the All-Star break! I can’t believe the deadline is just over a week away, but don’t let that make you lose sight of the fact that there is still enough time to make major shifts in your standings. I know Justin and I hammer this point on the podcast, too, but it isn’t impossible to see substantial moves from the All-Star break on. Obviously, every situation is unique and I’m not going to pretend that some teams aren’t completely dead, but many aren’t and it sucks to kinda give up on a squad that ends up rallying only for you to realize that a bit more rigor in this part of the schedule when things like the new College Football video game and of course football itself start garnering attention (assuming you’re a football fan, of course).
| RANK | TYPE | PITCHER | MATCHUPS | IP | ERA | WHIP | K-BB |
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| 1 | 1 | Tarik Skubal | at CLE/MIN | 116 | 2.41 | 0.88 | 26% |
| 2 | 1 | Garrett Crochet | at TEX/SEA | 107.1 | 3.02 | 0.95 | 30% |
| 3 | 1 | Chris Sale | CIN/at NYM | 110 | 2.70 | 0.95 | 27% |
| 4 | 1 | Cole Ragans | ARI/CHC | 116.2 | 3.16 | 1.14 | 22% |
| 5 | 1 | Bailey Ober | PHI/at DET | 100 | 4.14 | 1.08 | 21% |
| 6 | 1 | Reynaldo López | CIN/at NYM | 95.2 | 1.88 | 1.17 | 16% |
| 7 | 1 | Hunter Greene | at ATL/at TBR | 110.1 | 3.34 | 1.11 | 18% |
| 8 | 2 | Tanner Houck | at COL/NYY | 117 | 2.54 | 1.03 | 18% |
| 9 | 2 | Ranger Suárez | at MIN/CLE | 114 | 2.76 | 1.04 | 19% |
| 10 | 2 | Bryce Miller | LAA/at CHW | 109 | 3.63 | 1.06 | 16% |
| 11 | 2 | Erick Fedde | at TEX/SEA | 111.1 | 2.99 | 1.13 | 15% |
| 12 | 2 | Blake Snell | at LAD/COL | 35.2 | 6.31 | 1.43 | 16% |
| 13 | 2 | Mitch Keller | STL/at ARI | 114.1 | 3.46 | 1.25 | 15% |
| 14 | 2 | Jon Gray | CHW/at TOR | 86.1 | 3.96 | 1.32 | 14% |
| 15 | 3 | José Soriano | at SEA/OAK | 87.1 | 3.71 | 1.20 | 11% |
| 16 | 3 | Tyler Anderson | at SEA/OAK | 118 | 2.97 | 1.17 | 7% |
| 17 | 3 | José Berríos | TBR/TEX | 119 | 4.01 | 1.18 | 11% |
| 18 | 3 | Albert Suárez | at MIA/SDP | 70.1 | 2.82 | 1.24 | 10% |
| 19 | 3 | Michael Lorenzen | CHW/at TOR | 92 | 3.52 | 1.22 | 6% |
| 20 | 4 | Yilber Diaz | at KCR/PIT | 12 | 1.50 | 0.92 | 9% |
| 21 | 4 | Jordan Hicks | at LAD/COL | 95 | 3.79 | 1.36 | 11% |
| 22 | 4 | Carlos Rodón | TBR/at BOS | 107 | 4.63 | 1.28 | 17% |
| 23 | 4 | Tobias Myers | at CHC/MIA | 72 | 3.13 | 1.13 | 15% |
| 24 | 4 | David Peterson | at MIA/ATL | 43.2 | 3.09 | 1.42 | 7% |
| 25 | 4 | Zack Littell | at NYY/CIN | 101.1 | 4.26 | 1.37 | 17% |
| 26 | 4 | Spencer Arrighetti | at OAK/LAD | 80 | 5.63 | 1.60 | 13% |
| 27 | 5 | Randy Vásquez | at WSN/at BAL | 63 | 4.57 | 1.56 | 10% |
| 28 | 5 | Hogan Harris | HOU/at LAA | 47.2 | 3.40 | 1.45 | 6% |
| 29 | 5 | Yonny Chirinos | NYM/at MIL | 25 | 5.76 | 1.72 | 10% |
| 30 | 5 | DJ Herz | SDP/at STL | 31.1 | 5.17 | 1.40 | 23% |
| 31 | 5 | Javier Assad | MIL/at KCR | 85.1 | 3.27 | 1.35 | 12% |
| 32 | 6 | Xzavion Curry | DET/at PHI | 17.1 | 5.19 | 1.27 | 12% |
| 33 | 6 | Austin Gomber | BOS/at SFG | 99.2 | 4.61 | 1.30 | 10% |
| 34 | 6 | Carlos Carrasco | DET/at PHI | 86 | 5.02 | 1.36 | 11% |
| 35 | 6 | Osvaldo Bido | HOU/at LAA | 18.1 | 3.44 | 1.25 | 6% |
| 7:32 |
: Welcome
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| 7:32 |
: Here are the winning bids in the three 15-team Tout Wars teams.
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| 7:33 |
: Are River Ryan and Jose Soriano pretty much the same value? Figure Soriano is closer to an innings cap and Ryan might only last a start, but has higher upside?
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| 7:33 |
: I’d go with Ryan
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| 7:33 |
: River Ryan or Robbie Ray ROS? Ws/ERA/WHIP/Ks/SOLDs 10-team roto league
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Over the break, I’m going to run a few quick studies. If you want to request, add it to this Twitter thread.
I am running a few quick fantasy baseball studies over the next few days. I'll take suggestions. The two I have planned:
1. If a hitter's AVG is below his projection, how much rebound is expected?
2. How much does a month's ERA/FIP/xFIP matter when looking forward?
— Jeff Zimmerman (@jeffwzimmerman) July 16, 2024
The final study I’ll run is looking at how much stock should a person have in a month of pitching stats. I wanted to understand these correlations since I quote them a ton. The usual suspects top the list with an interesting find on WHIP projections. Read the rest of this entry »
In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »
Astros
• Yainer Diaz is getting some reps at first base.
Since Abreu’s departure, Singleton is hitting .301/.374/.411 in 83 plate appearances. Whether the Astros believe this is sustainable may dictate their deadline approach at first base. That the team hasn’t ruled out catcher Yainer Diaz as a possibility at first base is intriguing, too.
Diaz took groundballs at first base during the team’s last homestand before the All-Star break, though that itself isn’t newsworthy. Backup catcher Victor Caratini’s imminent return from a hip flexor strain could free Espada to experiment with Diaz at first base, perhaps putting him in a platoon with Singleton on days he does not catch.
7/18/24
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Over the break, I’m going to run a few quick studies. If you want to request, add it to this Twitter thread.
I am running a few quick fantasy baseball studies over the next few days. I'll take suggestions. The two I have planned:
1. If a hitter's AVG is below his projection, how much rebound is expected?
2. How much does a month's ERA/FIP/xFIP matter when looking forward?
— Jeff Zimmerman (@jeffwzimmerman) July 16, 2024
Someone I know said they drafted for batting average (AVG) this spring, but their team is struggling in the category. They wondered how much upward regression should be expected. This is a simple study with a reasonable answer, some but not all. Read the rest of this entry »
In the past few weeks, guests on the Baseball Tonight Podcast with Buster Olney have gone through the exercise of creating their all-time home run derby list. Obvious finalists such as Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson, Ken Griffey Jr., and Mark McGwire have filled the theoretical brackets. As another season’s All-Star break is upon us, we’ll be graced with a few hours of this year’s big boppers attempting to hit baseballs as far as humanly possible. Though it may be a new format, the goal is the same; hit home runs!
7/17/24
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