NFBC Blurbs
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:07 am
Allow me to vent.
Well, you have no choice anyway, I'm going to vent.
I play NFBC Fantasy. I am among a group that are the best fantasy baseball players in the world. Even had success a time or two.
Why can't we have updates that fit our elite group?
To tell the truth, I am sick to death of rotoblurbs. Their writers don't get it and they certainly don't get us.
A couple of questions...with the answers...
How many OBP leagues exist in comparison to other leagues? Not many.
Do we care about real baseball if not pertaining to our teams? Not much.
Here is an idiotic rotoblurb (among many this year)...
'Yasmani Grandal went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts versus the Rangers on Monday.
Where are the walks? Grandal had an 11-game streak with zero walks last month, and now he has a 12-gamer going at the moment. Both rate as his longest such streaks since the first half of 2018, when he went 15 games in a row without a walk. Grandal's average is up, so he hasn't been dreadful offensively. Still, .253/.319/.394 with a total of 15 runs and 18 RBI in 59 games is pretty unimpressive.'
The first sentence is all we need. It lets us know three things.
He's not hurt.
He played.
He sucked.
That's all we need to know about Grandal for the moment.
This writer wants to know why he isn't walking as much this year.
Why?
I don't know.
Walks only help those in the aforementioned OBP leagues.
A walk from Grandal doesn't help us at all.
When reaching base, he is no stolen base threat.
He is a base clogger who advances one base at a time.
And he'll hardly ever score when hitting near the bottom of the order.
The writer casually mentions that his average is up.. Hey stupid, we care about that!
Grandal has sucked when taking walks and now is proving he can do the same while not taking walks.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...
These blurbs are seemingly written by former Little Leaguers who hit ninth in their lineup.
Their coach and teammates yelling, "A walk is as good as a hit!"
They scream this knowing that the odds of this kid getting a hit is nil.
So when the kid DOES walk, he feels he has helped his team to the fullest extent.
I swear these writers prose these pieces with shouts of, "A WALK IS AS GOOD AS A HIT!" still ringing in their ears.
Unless our player is a good threat to steal, we never cheer a walk in the NFBC.
In most cases, a walk is a missed opportunity.
Better for real baseball than NFBC baseball.
Why can't FANTASY writers get that?
Really, the NFBC has flourished in so many ways, I believe that a platform for rotoblurbs directed towards NFBC should be a thought for the future.
As is, we have to endure 90 percent drivel to derive the 10 percent pertinent information.
I'm just asking for something like this instead of what we got...
"Yasmani Grandal did not help NFBC teams last night going 0-4.
Catchers occasionally are available in NFBC FAAB that may be better bets than Grandal.
This week, the Pirates brought up Henry Davis who is C-eligible even though the Pirates had him in Right Field. He went 1-3 with a double.
The problem being, "Will he stick?"...
Other Catchers available in some leagues are Eric Haase and Matt Thaiss who have similar stats to that of Grandal....(which speaks to how bad Grandal has been this season)'
Well, you have no choice anyway, I'm going to vent.
I play NFBC Fantasy. I am among a group that are the best fantasy baseball players in the world. Even had success a time or two.
Why can't we have updates that fit our elite group?
To tell the truth, I am sick to death of rotoblurbs. Their writers don't get it and they certainly don't get us.
A couple of questions...with the answers...
How many OBP leagues exist in comparison to other leagues? Not many.
Do we care about real baseball if not pertaining to our teams? Not much.
Here is an idiotic rotoblurb (among many this year)...
'Yasmani Grandal went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts versus the Rangers on Monday.
Where are the walks? Grandal had an 11-game streak with zero walks last month, and now he has a 12-gamer going at the moment. Both rate as his longest such streaks since the first half of 2018, when he went 15 games in a row without a walk. Grandal's average is up, so he hasn't been dreadful offensively. Still, .253/.319/.394 with a total of 15 runs and 18 RBI in 59 games is pretty unimpressive.'
The first sentence is all we need. It lets us know three things.
He's not hurt.
He played.
He sucked.
That's all we need to know about Grandal for the moment.
This writer wants to know why he isn't walking as much this year.
Why?
I don't know.
Walks only help those in the aforementioned OBP leagues.
A walk from Grandal doesn't help us at all.
When reaching base, he is no stolen base threat.
He is a base clogger who advances one base at a time.
And he'll hardly ever score when hitting near the bottom of the order.
The writer casually mentions that his average is up.. Hey stupid, we care about that!
Grandal has sucked when taking walks and now is proving he can do the same while not taking walks.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...
These blurbs are seemingly written by former Little Leaguers who hit ninth in their lineup.
Their coach and teammates yelling, "A walk is as good as a hit!"
They scream this knowing that the odds of this kid getting a hit is nil.
So when the kid DOES walk, he feels he has helped his team to the fullest extent.
I swear these writers prose these pieces with shouts of, "A WALK IS AS GOOD AS A HIT!" still ringing in their ears.
Unless our player is a good threat to steal, we never cheer a walk in the NFBC.
In most cases, a walk is a missed opportunity.
Better for real baseball than NFBC baseball.
Why can't FANTASY writers get that?
Really, the NFBC has flourished in so many ways, I believe that a platform for rotoblurbs directed towards NFBC should be a thought for the future.
As is, we have to endure 90 percent drivel to derive the 10 percent pertinent information.
I'm just asking for something like this instead of what we got...
"Yasmani Grandal did not help NFBC teams last night going 0-4.
Catchers occasionally are available in NFBC FAAB that may be better bets than Grandal.
This week, the Pirates brought up Henry Davis who is C-eligible even though the Pirates had him in Right Field. He went 1-3 with a double.
The problem being, "Will he stick?"...
Other Catchers available in some leagues are Eric Haase and Matt Thaiss who have similar stats to that of Grandal....(which speaks to how bad Grandal has been this season)'