Red Sox Call Dr. Drew To Rehab Lineup
Four teams were showing interest in Stephen Drew. No official word on which four teams, but I'm guessing the Yankees, Tigers, Red Sox and whoever didn't want the Yankees, Tigers or Red Sox to get him....
View ArticleReds Return Bruce But Joey’s Quad, “Oosh”
If any good can come from Joey Votto going to the DL with a strained quad, at least he didn't try to play this weekend and have a set back. Well, there's other good that can come of it. We can be...
View ArticleThis Is What It Sounds Like When Drafters Cry
King Salomon Brothers, the overseer of the Iron Bank, was mortgaging castles that he shouldn't have been and fighting to get repaid, so he decided to sell his crown that was bespeckled in quinoa and...
View ArticleNolan Arenadown and Out
Nolan Arenado left last night's game with a left mallet finger fracture. Despite how it sounds, he suffered the injury sliding head first into second base, and not from a giant sledge hammer. That's a...
View ArticlePitcher Profile: Vance Worley Or Vance WAR-ly?
I know, I know. Terrible title pun and Vance Worley isn't exactly the most exciting Pitcher Profile. CALL UP ANDREW HEANEY ALREADY! Just needed to get that out of my system... I thought about a...
View ArticleRCL Update, Week 12: Tony Gwynn, 1960-2014
Here at Razzball, we usually try to take the outlandish approach whenever possible. Quite frankly, I'm not sure what the alternative is. So when my favorite player of all-time sucumbs to cancer, I just...
View ArticleYankees Chase The Draggin’ Headley
Something many of you don't realize, but one of the first people to talk to a player that was just traded is his new team's tailor. The Yankees tailor got on the phone with Chase Headley to find out...
View ArticleThe Royal Willinghams
I read a press release that Universal had greenlit the new buddy cop movie, Ham and Moobs, but I thought it was the usual PR stunt. When I heard they cast Kirsten Dunst as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl,...
View Article‘Dead Arm’ Is Why Adam Waned, Right?
Adam Wainwright went 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks as he was out-dueled by Jeff Locke (7 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks). Wainwright being out-dueled seems to be the norm lately. In August, his...
View ArticleDraftKings – To Kershaw or Not to Kershaw
We’re starting to run out of ways to superlative Clayton Kershaw. I think today’s DraftKings salary may be the best way. The asking price is $14,900. For some reason, I felt that the period was more...
View ArticleI Gotta Steve Something Pearce
Here's an example from your own life. You walked into a bar and negged the first girl you saw. Told her she had nice hair, then immediately asked her how often she dyes it. Never worked before. This...
View ArticleRed Sox Reorient With Panda And Han Lee
Earlier this offseason, it was reported that the Red Sox coaches didn't like Yoenis Cespedes. Wait until they get a load of Hanley Ramirez! If you were to put "Happiness That You Have Hanley" on the...
View ArticleTop 20 1st Basemen for 2015 Fantasy Baseball
This top 20 1st basemen for 2015 fantasy baseball goes to about fiddy. Last year, I said the first base position is going through a transition. The position is still deep in that transition. We’ll come...
View ArticlePoints Leagues: Slipping Jimmy
You've got to be schlitting me, right? There's actually a pitcher with the last name Schlitter. I was watching a Cubs spring training game last week and this guy was on the mound. It was literally a...
View ArticleBy Mennen…I Mean Buy Devon
Grey say, "Devon Travis my boo-boo." Obama say, "What it do?" The Buy/Sell Column say, "Did you miss me?!" During the offseason, while you were diddling and thinking about how your middle school...
View ArticlePomeranz is da Bomberanz
Drew Pomeranz notched his first win of 2015 last night pitching seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and punching out six Mariners. You my boy, Drew! Not too long ago, Pomeranz was once a...
View ArticleDraftkings: Nice Price For A Luxurious DFS Kazmir Sweater
Does your lady like the finer things in life? When she says 'lets go out to dinner' does she mean 'lets pull out a second mortgage on the house for a really tiny steak and snooty service?'. Well, first...
View ArticleYou’re Devon That I Want
I got the chills! They're multiplying. And I'm losing all control. Because the fantasy value Devon Travis is supplying--well, for lack of a better word, it's electrifying. Oo oo oo! Oh yes, indeed....
View ArticlePrice’s Owners Drop F-Bombs Like Bryan
Apparently, it was never the elevation in Coors. It was because it was cold in Colorado. Or at least that's what the Yanks/Tigers game looked like last night while it was played in Arctic temps...
View ArticleDraftKings: Roenis Elias Ks An Astro-nomical Amount
You do it every day in your regular fantasy leagues when you stream hitters or pitchers and yet something holds you back at times in the DFS world. You see a matchup that is exploitable for fantasy...
View ArticlePoints Leagues: Miggy Mouse Clubhouse
Perhaps the title to this week's post was influenced by the fact that I just watched Miguel Cabrera smack a 432-foot home run for his second of the day, bringing his season total to 5 home runs and 83...
View ArticleGrandal Opries The Brewers
OBPwulf opened to lukewarm reviews in the Grandal Opry in 2012. One critic said the country number performed by the girl in Daisy Dukes can only be described as "poon twang" to those sitting in the...
View ArticleDraftKings: Happy Harvey Day!
The stars sure do look pretty when they align. Our good friends the Phillies just happen to be very bad against right handed pitching (along with many, many other things). They strikeout a lot, don't...
View ArticlePoints Leagues: Hebrew Nationals
Max Scherzer, Jordan Zimmermann, and Stephen Strasburg. If that doesn't sound like the guest list for Temple Beth Sholom's Rosh Hashanah bash, I don't know what does. Who will the Nationals sign next,...
View ArticleMiller Genuine Draft Bargain
I was going to say Shelby Miller looks sensational, but then I Googled sensational to see its definition, even though I know it already. (Al Gore did originally invent the internet as a tool of...
View ArticleDeep Impact: Can Colabello Keep His Tip Up?
Every so often, we get reminded that players sometimes just need minor mechanical or mental adjustments to finally unlock their potential. As we all know, Chris Colabello profiles as the classic...
View ArticleIndians Using Every Piece Of Buffalo Bill Cody
Cody Anderson took a perfect game into the 7th inning yesterday and ended up with a line of 8 IP, 1 ER, 2 baserunners, 2 Ks, and his ERA is at 0.57 thru two starts. The Indians staff just keeps getting...
View ArticleBoston Pays A 2% Big Dig Price To David
The Red Sox signed David Price to a seven-year deal for $217 million. MFW I heard. I get that half goes to the government, and ten percent goes to his lawyer, and ten percent goes to his agent, and...
View ArticleEstevez In Young Guns 3: Me & Hobbly McGee
Jake McGee hit the DL with a sprained MCL. Damn, 1150 was a very bad year for him. Wait, a new closer that no one owns is up for grabs! When this news broke, I was sitting in a French cafe, wearing...
View ArticleCaptain Nimmo Summoned When Superior Caught Conforto’ing With Enemy
On Saturday, Michael Conforto was demoted to the minors. Ouch. Not only did he fall far from preseason expectations, but he seemed to be breaking out in April. Coming out of April, he had 4 HRs and...
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