Welcome to official start of the 2014 season! Hopefully by the time you’re reading this it is the afternoon, because you slept in after waking up at 4 am to watch a baseball game. That’s the behavior of a normal person, right?
On the agenda:
1. Bruce Rondon to have Tommy John surgery
2. Tanner Scheppers continues to impress
3. More injuries for the Cincinnati Reds
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Welcome back! Today marks the first Roto Riteup of the 2014 season with yours truly. Just like last season as well as 2012, Zach Sanders and I will be bringing you relevant fantasy baseball tidbits from the previous day.
On the agenda:
1. David Freese’s RBI chances
2. Addison Reed officially named closer
3. Jose Iglesias could miss the entire season
4. Los Angeles Dodgers lineup notes
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Welcome to the 2014 edition of the Roto Riteup. The season may not actually begin for another few days, but we’re back early to brief you on some of the goings-on.
If you’re new to the program or need a refresher, you’ll find the Roto Riteup on RotoGraphs every day during the 2014 season. Here, Professor Pony (you may know him as David Wiers) and I cover interesting tidbits going around the realm of fantasy baseball at an ungodly hour of the morning. If you have suggestions for what you’d like to see out of the 2014 Roto Riteup — other than an award, because we’ve already thought of that — please let us know in the comments.
On the agenda:
1. Yordano Ventura to get 180+ innings
2. Mike Minor to miss at least a couple weeks
3. Jhoulys Chacin to miss a month
4. Fun with arbitrary endpoints
Welcome to the 2014 edition of the Roto Riteup. The season may not actually begin for another few days, but we’re back early to brief you on some of the goings-on.
If you’re new to the program or need a refresher, you’ll find the Roto Riteup on RotoGraphs every day during the 2014 season. Here, Professor Pony (you may know him as David Wiers) and I cover interesting tidbits going around the realm of fantasy baseball at an ungodly hour of the morning. If you have suggestions for what you’d like to see out of the 2014 Roto Riteup — other than an award, because we’ve already thought of that — please let us know in the comments.
On the agenda
1. Wishing on the Diamondbacks’ SS battle
2. Still a battle in Washington’s rotation
Fifteen years ago today Jay-Z released the album Vol 2…Hard Knock Life. The title track (warning: language) rates among the top 50 most played songs on the present author’s iTunes. Many of you will have a fantasy titled sewn up or stolen from your grasp today, so feel free to gloat and/or vent in the comment section. Today is going to be a day of hard knocks for some of us.
On today’s agenda:
1. Carlos Gomez does it all
2. Tanner Roark will start today
3. A 30-home run season for Brandon Moss
4. Josh Reddick’s hot September
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Nine years ago today Talib Kweli’s The Beautiful Struggled dropped. The track Around My Way is still one of the present author’s favorites.
On today’s agenda:
1. Miguel Cabrera to sit tomorrow
2. Hello again, Jhonny Peralta
3. A new bullpen arm in Cleveland
4. The Sunday starter for the Washington Nationals is…
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Just over 26 years ago the film The Princess Bride hit theaters in the United States. For the sake of full disclosure, the present author is yet to actually watch the film. It is on the “to do” list.
On today’s agenda:
1. Michael Brantley is on fire
2. James Paxton is done for the year
3. Jonathon Niese to start finale
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Today’s Roto Riteup marks my final scheduled appearance of the 2013 regular season. It’s been a pleasure spending my fourth(!) year with FanGraphs, and I hope to see y’all again in the fantasy offseason.
On today’s agenda:
1. Jhonny Peralta to return Friday
2. Mike Napoli should be back today
3. Don’t expect CarGo back this season
4. Fun with arbitrary endpoints
Today’s Roto Riteup aims to bring the good news to your doorstep without making you feel totally uncomfortable.
On today’s agenda:
1. Good news for Manny Machado
2. Matt Holliday sits out again
3. Some streaming options for today
Almost 13 years ago the pop-punk band New Found Glory released their self titled album. It marked a huge event for the then 13-year-old author and to this day tracks such as Hit Or Miss or Dressed To Kill can still be sung — without a care for tone or pitch — from memory.
On today’s agenda:
1. Yordano Ventura can get strikeouts
2. Neil Walker flashes the power
3. Joe Mauer is done for the year
4. Thoughts on Marco Estrada
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