We’re not going to do this again, are we, Justin Verlander? Et tu, David Price? We were hoping for more, Taylor Jungmann. And Yo…OK, we expect this from you, Yovani Gallardo. It wasn’t a sunny day for the pillars of your pitching staff.
Monday’s Roto Riteup believes it’s the little extra that makes things extraordinary. That, and a hint of paprika.
On the agenda:
1. Shin-Soo Choo and Nomar Mazara
2. Various News and Notes
3. Streaming Pitcher Options
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It was a weird day for baseball. The Diamondbacks mascot lost all self-control, there was closure in the Hunter Pence scooter case, the San Diego Padres signed James Loney to a minor-league deal help their punchless offense, the White Sox are signing Chance the Rapper to help their ailing brand, and John Oliver’s weird costume prank continued to invade Yankee Stadium
It’s taken the whole league less than a week to lose their collective heads. Don’t lose yours.
The San Diego Padres are never, ever going to score. Kenta Maeda has out-produced them on offense this season. Go to sleep, Padres.
We’re not here to talk about the slide rule. I don’t want to talk about Jose Bautista pulling a WWE No Mercy and reaching under the ropes to distract Logan Forsythe. There’s no place for intentionally hitting batters for lighting you up in the Roto Riteup. With apologies to Baron Corbin, this is a Banter-free zone.
And so thankfully, we move on to only the fantasy relevant from Tuesday.
Three games a day prior and two postponements couldn’t stand to slow the more holistic Opening Day on Monday. For all but four teams, baseball is officially back, and 2016 is officially here.
Life is as beautiful as Kevin Kiermaier once again.
Baseball kicked off yesterday, but today is the day that the Roto Riteup celebrates as the true Opening Day.
Major League Baseball has made a huge mistake, launching Opening Day on the same date as Wrestlemania, forcing this Roto Riteup author to make choices.
The demise of A.J. Pollock’s elbow is clearly the big story of the day, and while it’s not in our typical remit, we’ll cover it in detail today.