Roto Riteup: May 30th, 2012
It’s Wild Wednesday here at the Roto Riteup office, so be prepared for the ride of your life.
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Roto Riteup: May 29th, 2012
The Roto Riteup does not subscribe to the “brony” movement, even though RR contributor David Wiers sure does. Four sevenths majority, b*tches!
Roto Riteup: May 26th, 2012
Today marks the first day of the Roto Riteup being published a full seven days a week! We decided that it was cruel and unusual punishment to tease you all with a Riteup just five days a week.
• If you live in the Chicago area, please give Ryan Dempster a hug. After another fantastic pitching performance yesterday of 7 1/3 innings of one run ball with six strikeouts, Dempster ended up taking the loss as the Cubs were shut out by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Assuming you’ve all seen the meme of “Bad Luck Brian” (and if you haven’t, where have you been?), I think it is high time that someone with more creative chops than I create a Bad Luck Ryan meme. Dempster is now 0-3 on the year despite a sparkling 2.14 ERA and 2.68 FIP. When someone is pitching as well as Dempster is, the wins will come with time. We all know how much little control a pitcher has over his run support, so my advice is to simply maintain the faith.
Roto Riteup: May 25th, 2012
Despite a short slate of games yesterday, today’s Roto Riteup has plenty of news to cover.
• For those of you who own Austin Jackson, I’m sure you’ve noticed that he has missed the past six games with an abdominal strain. Yesterday the speculation was finally brought to an end as he was moved to the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 17th. Even with the retroactive listing, Jackson won’t be back until June 1st at the earliest. For frustrated owners in weekly leagues, you may now sit him without waiting for a late scratch from the lineup.
• At some point today the major league leader in steals, Emilio Bonifacio, will undergo surgery on his left thumb. An estimated down time of four to six weeks is being assumed. With Bonafacio and Jackson out, many people in mixed leagues will be looking for some steals on waiver wire or in free agency. Read the rest of this entry »
Roto Riteup: May 24th, 2012
Today’s Roto Riteup is the perfect way to wake up this morning. Go ahead and eat that cereal while I dish out some baseball insight for you to digest.
• The 2012 Red Sox have experienced a catastrophic amount of injuries to their outfield. Everyone that was supposed to roam the Fenway outfield from big fantasy names to the waiver wire pickups seems to be on the disabled list. The silver lining to this situation for certain fantasy owners is that the (usually) slugging first baseman Adrian Gonzalez has started four games in right field, including two straight days. The significance in Yahoo! leagues should be clear: Gonzalez is now one more start away from gaining RF and OF eligibility. Manager Bobby Valentine doesn’t think that Gonzalez will start hardly at all at home in the outfield, just on the road in smaller right fields. Keep a close on eye where Gonzo appears on road trips. Position flexibility with a talent like Gonzalez’s is much sought after.
• The Cardinals are another injury ridden team and Matt Carpenter is the latest name to add to their disabled list. Yesterday Carpenter was placed on the 15-day DL with a back strain. A bit of a surprise this year, Carpenter was fantasy relevant for his 15 extra-base hits and a batting average of almost .290. Given that Carpenter is now on the DL and that even if he was healthy he may not get all of the starts at first base, I would go ahead and drop him. Read the rest of this entry »
Roto Riteup: May 23rd, 2012
Today’s Roto Riteup is just like the first pitcher discussed: run of the mill, and in need of some minor league seasoning.
Roto Riteup: May 21st, 2012
Do you have a case of the Mondays? If you do, you need to wake yourself up and get to work, because you’re not being paid to read this. Cyberslacking hurts everyone.
Roto Riteup: May 18th, 2012
Today’s Roto Riteup is going to be the key that leads you to the top of the saves standings. At least for a brief period.
• Casey Janssen has proved himself to be a very solid closer so far. Last night he threw a perfect ninth inning to nail down his third save in as many chances. With Sergio Santos still on the disabled list for probably another week, pick up Janssen if you’re looking for some saves on the cheap. He is averaging better than a strikeout per inning and is walking almost no one. He is prone to the gopher ball a bit, but if you’ve got a hankerin’ some cheap saves then you’re in luck; he is still available in 69% of Yahoo! and 66% of ESPN leagues. Read the rest of this entry »
Roto Riteup: May 17th, 2012
Today’s version of the Roto Riteup isn’t nearly as funny as yesterday’s. I probably shouldn’t be telling you this, since I’d prefer you read it and all.