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Whit Merrifield lost the game for his Royals last night.
Oh, I know the Royals lost 13-2.
Merrifield ruined a classic matchup of Anibal Sanchez vs. Jason Vargas.
Fantasy players are sadists.
Kershaw and Bumgarner?
That matchup is for fans and tv analysts.
Sanchez-Vargas, Blach-Perdomo, Holland-Zimmerman.
We love those matchups!
Both teams were prepped for a 13-12 fantasy soaring statistical night when Merrifield led off the game with a bullet off Annabelle's calf.
Game over.
Annabelle went out and so did the chances of the Royals....And fantasy players dreams who loaded up on Royals.

Arizona has not been behind in the score of any baseball game for the last 98 innings.
For the mathematics challenged, that is almost 11 games.
That hasn't happened since the '47 Dodgers did it 70 years ago.
That is like your wife asking....
"Did you take out the trash?"
"Did you mow the lawn?"
"Did you fix that light bulb?"
"Did you remember you're watching the kids tonight?"
"Did you remember to clean the garage?"
"Did you pickup milk at the grocery like I asked?"
"Did you remember we're going out with friends on Friday?"
"Did you remember our lunch date tomorrow?"
"Did you fix the roof?"
"Did you remember to pick the kids up?"
"Are you listening to me?"

And saying "YES" every time.
That just does not happen.

After today, the San Francisco Giants only have 20 games left for the season.
It is less than any other team.
A very bad season for the Giants.
The Giants will finish the season with not one player hitting 20 homers.
And probably only one player (Brandon Belt) even hitting 15 homers.
I guess that juiced ball never made it to San Francisco.

Oh, and speaking of San Francisco...

Buster Posey's roto numbers....318/55/12/59/5
And Joe Mauer's roto numbers..302/59/6/56/2

Who has the most games left to play?
The White Sox, Royals, and Braves will all have 24 games left to play after today.
Horrible teams, but the fantasy micro-manager in us will see opportunity.

Jeremy Hellickson is routinely getting pounded.
Nobody calls him 'Hell Boy' any longer.
I do wonder if he ever pitches up to snuff again, who would win the matchup between Godley and Hell Boy.
I do believe that Lively would beat Dull.
And Dyson would beat Hoover.

The Cleveland Indians have used 20 pitchers this year.
In the game between the A's and Angels on Monday, they used 20 pitchers.

In almost 100 less at bats, Joey Gallo has one less homer and four less extra base hits than...Aaron Judge.


Since the All Star game, Kurt Suzuki has hit eight home runs. Just like....Aaron Judge.

Nobody rises for Joey Gallo or Kurt Suzuki.

Can't speak for gallo, but pretty certain judge's 8 hrs are equivalent to 10 of suzuki's in distance, which is why people rise for him, but those extra feet don't gain us anything in the standings, do they?

Like you have said many times, mauer's below avg stats would play at C, and this year, would once again be a top 10 catcher. His stats anywhere else are bench depth. Posey will continue to be drafted in the top 5 rounds, as those stats, even at its reduced clip each year, is still quality at C.

Always a pleasure hearing from you, Mark!

They all 'rise' for Judge because nobody is hyped more than a Yankee.
His home runs are Kingmanish, that is true.
But, I feel sorry for the kid.
No matter what he does now, he will never live up to the first part of the season, and probably be a disappointment to Yankee fans and their scribes because of it.
Nobody can build up players AND tear down players like New York tabloids.

I don't think he is as good as his first half or as bad as his second half.
I liken him to the fella that is tied with him in home runs right now, Khris Davis.
Judge with the statuesque body and New York location will have to deal with layers and layers of attention, while the toy cannon Davis can relax and hit his 40 homers and strike out 200 times without constant attention.
And no doubt, Judge will be selected several rounds ahead of Davis because of the body and location of work.
We are all swayed by elegance. Judge looks majestic and powerful. Davis, does not.
In the end, results will override any hype or length of home runs.

As for Posey, I believe he is trending down.
His ball park is now the worst for hitters in baseball. Especially home runs.
If wanting to blame the ball park, it's understandable.
No Giants hitter has reached double digits in home runs at AT&T since 2014 when Posey hit 11.
This year, Posey has three there.
That ball park kicks Posey's and Brandon Belt's ass year after year.
18 Catcher eligible players have more homers than Posey this year.
It can be said that Posey's rbi chances are limited by the poor lineup, but he is not helping things by not hitting for power as well.
Annually, he would beat catchers in runs scored because of his place in the lineup and high batting average.
This year, he is fourth in runs among catchers and tied with Yadier Molina who was drafted many rounds later.
I tend to believe that this years drafters will be drafting the Posey name, rather than the Posey game.

Agree with your points Dan, and will add that Judge probably has a better supporting cast and protection to add to his draft status in future years in comparison to Davis. It still will be much further apart than it should be, to your point. The lure of the 50-60 HR season for Judge is what will make him a top 30 pick instead of the top 50-100 pick KDavis will be. The other comparison is to Mr. Stanton, who has brought himself to 1st round status with his ridiculous last month and a half, essentially Judge's 1st half. His injury history will temporarily be forgotten, with the 50-60 HR year dreaming of being repeated for his drafters.

The one thing we know that is constant will be Posey in SF, as he isn't going anywhere. Yadier Molina is providing a surprising year in hrs and steals and avg is still very good for a C. These two are a great comparison, and other than the advantage Posey has in being younger, it will be interesting to see how far the gap between these 2 are when the 2018 drafts begin, which is probably any day for your 1 league, right

Agreed Mark.
Especially about Stanton's injury history.
It will be largely forgiven after a 60 home run year.

Don't forget, Posey will be 32 next year.
That's 36, in first baseman years!
It does become a battle between Molina's age and Posey's ball park.
Given the adp, advantage Molina.

One thing not mentioned though is that it wouldn't surprise me if Posey's behind the plate work is limited or deleted all together next year.
The Giants need offense at every position. Having Posey playing a position that takes a toll on him hurts them as a whole.
If playing first base next year, he would be more appealing to fantasy drafters in 2018, before taking his positional tumble, a la Mauer, in 2019.


YES! We start the first league in three weeks!
As always, I will post the first few rounds.
It should be interesting to see where everybody goes.
I believe that Stanton and Judge will go in the first round.
Almost assuredly, neither will be on my team for that one.

I might as well use this space for this....

Matt Moore has a nine million dollar option coming up for the Giants.
If General Manager of the Giants, do we retain Moore?

From 2011-2014, Moore never had an ERA above 4.00
From 2015-2017, Moore has never had an ERA below 4.00
No pitcher, and I mean no pitcher can look as elegant on the mound with a delivery as Matt Moore.
Classic.
But the results?
Ugh.
4-13 with a 5.42 ERA

Still, Starting pitching is key in every off season.
For the Giants, Moore may be worth the nine million dollars.
Their expectations lowered from 'possible number 2' to 'innings eater'.

For fantasy, 'innings eater' is the last thing we want on our rosters.
We want Wins. We want ERA. We want WHIP. We want strike outs.
Moore offers little in those categories and he's pitching at the most favorable venue for those stats.
His status has dwindled from possible good numbers to probable disaster.
And we thought pitchers moving from the American League to the National League was a good thing.

Ugh. I started posting the Matt Moore query before RotoWorld butted in
Their reckoning is that the Giants may accept the option for nine million this year so that they will have the option for 10 million the next year.
WHAT?!
Isn't that like receiving 99 paper cuts so we can have the option for a hundred more?