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Back in the day, the Cleveland franchise was named after their best player. The Cleveland Naps for Napolean LaJoie, I guess that wouldn't work to well now. The Cleveland Biebers does not have a good ring to it. However, there are plenty of promotional ideas for the Guardians.... Paul Blart, Mall Sec...

Their problem became our problem.
The best they can do is blame MLB who has had the same schedule since 2018.

Incredible......

Confirmation PLEASE?

dough - reread the last couple of sentences. in 2019, it was done as you are asking. "Pitchers, however, will lock with their first game of the week. So all pitchers in the Thursday game are locked for the week on Thursday. All other pitchers will lock before their first game after the break. " Ah,...

With the All-Star break upon us here's a reminder about how lineups will lock this week. All hitters can be replaced on Friday per usual so this means any hitter from the Thursday game can be started on Thursday and replaced on Friday. Pitchers, however, will lock with their first game of the week....

Here is an impromptu first round among NFBC drafters for 2022.... 1. Tatis Jr. 2. deGrom 3. Guerrero 4. Turner 5. Ohtani 6. Devers 7. Bichette 8. Acuna Jr. 9. JRamirez 10. Cole 11. Albies 12. Soto 13. Woodruff 14. Betts 15. Trout This draft was started Monday during the break. So, after the Acuna Jr...

I love the NFBC. I can't fathom somebody being more passionate then myself when it comes to the NFBC. And if you're reading this, you're probably thinking the same thing about yourself. We're a passionate bunch! I really don't know how I'd pass my time without the NFBC. My guess is that I would play...

I'm very grateful to have been born when I was. I got to see the Golden Age of baseball in the 1960's. In my mind, the best decade of baseball EVER. It started with Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's home run record and ended with the 1.12 ERA of Bob Gibson and the year of the pitcher in 1968. Basebal...

I guess I am one of the few that is not shocked about Soto. I felt that, although an analytical darling last year, that he virtually stopped hitting when pitchers started throwing around him. It resulted in a lot of walks (what makes an analytical darling more than the BB?) But he had very little in...

Kudo's to Brian for bringing up a rule change. I've drafted with Brian and I know he is not trying to make things 'easier' on himself or NFBC players. It is easy to dismiss somebody who offers up a rule change. Baseball has evolved several times during the NFBC's existence, but our 10 categories rem...

Mind if I go on a rant? Too bad. I'm the writer. You can't stop me. :) I just read a players stats. Underneath those stats was the words 'projected stats'. In this line, they show exactly what the player will finish with IF IF he follows the same course. What? What possible good does that do anybody...

EVERYTHING is relative. Everything. Especially when it comes to baseball and fantasy baseball..... Real baseball....Score is 8-2....Ninth inning. The manager says to himself that his Closer hasn't had work in four days. Let's bring him in to get an inning thrown. Fantasy baseball....Score is 8-2.......

I have a local friend who is a great baseball fan. His name is Tony. Both of us played College baseball. We played together on a softball team for many years. I went on to follow baseball through fantasy. He watches baseball and roots for the Cardinals, but generally, just watches baseball. For many...

99.9 percent of folks think what we do is... 1. A tremendous waste of time 2. Trivial 3. Nerdy 4. Stupid 5. All of the above I'm ok with that. I would feel the same way about hobbies such as gardening or stamp collecting. The difference being that I understand gardening and stamp collecting. I know ...

I can't remember a year where fantasy baseball has been less fun than this year. There are some days when I only think about our hobby a few hours a day instead of almost every waking moment. Tedium and frustration have replaced excitement and exhilaration for me this year. At first, I thought it wa...

Our list of players trying for a 26/26 season has already shriveled this week. Stolen bases, of course, are the culprit. Whit Merrifield is the only player to have reached double digit (12) figures for stolen bases. At this point, each player has to have had seven homers and seven stolen bases to ma...

Last night, I went to dinner with my wife and a friend of my wife who was visiting from out of town. I dislike having to go out somewhere on Monday, Friday, or Sunday. As you know, those are the important days for our game with lineups and FAAB involved. I 'suggested' that we go to dinner at 6:30 (A...

For the most part during this past Main Event drafting season, the same nine players went in the top nine of most of these drafts. Jake deGrom Ronald Acuna Jr. Fernando Tatis Jr. Juan Soto Gerrit Cole Mike Trout Trea Turner Mookie Betts Shane Bieber None of these nine players have been horrible for ...

Please stop, RotoWorld. Please. You're just plain making asses out of yourselves. Like you, I look at these blurbs every day to get updates. The updates are fine. It is some of the writers opinions or opinions 'hidden' in supposed facts that infuriate me. Today's was really stupid. Here it is.... Ky...

Oh Boy. Where do I begin. Ok. You know what line I am hearing most from Major League Managers after winning a game? Here it is. "HE PUT THE BALL IN PLAY." WHAT?!? Baseball has become home run derby. It is all about the three outcomes. Home Runs, Walks, Strike Outs. Players are concerned about launch...

Who is in the first round were we drafting today, May 12, 2021? First, let's look at what we had last week.... 1. Ronald Acuna Jr. (Some things never change) 2. Jake deGrom (Even among 'the big 3', he sets himself apart) 3. Fernandeo Tatis Jr. (The injury scares some off, but he is the largest diffe...

If you started drafting pitchers in rd 18 you may have a staff built around Means Rodon Bumgarner and Miley. Go figure. ESH There are always diamonds in the rough, right? And if we would have drafted any of these pitchers in the 10th round, we would have been marked for the looney bin. What a hobby!

Who are on their way to 26-26 seasons? These guys.... Ronald Acuna Jr. 11/6 Fernando Tatis JR. 9/7 Trea Turner 8/7 Ramon Laureano 7/8 Javy Baez 8/6 Marcus Semien 8/6 Bo Bichette 8/6 Seven players. Being on this list is fantasy gold. YET, fantasy scribes fall into the trap of going all analytics on u...

That's why this will be a good exercise. It should be interesting to see how this plays out each week.
How many players will survive every week and how many players will duck in and out of the top 15.
Should be interesting.