Razzball Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Are you ready to be wowed? Welp, I regret to inform you, you've likely tuned into the wrong podcast. Or have you? This week we have a big show as Grey and I welcome mutual friend Ian Kahn. You might know Ian from his work over at Rotowire and The Athletic, or you might know him from his rendition as George Washington in AMC's Turn: Washington's Spies. Either way you know him! After Ian razzes Grey...

With the season in full swing and fantasy baseball well underway, Grey and I are feeling the early season blues. An off-season of hope and promise has turned into a week of despair. Instead of wallowing in self-pity like a Morrissey song, we hit the wavier wire and talk about some of top adds you should be scooping. Then we let out all the feels as we talk about our FOMO players for the upcoming s...

With just a few days to go before opening day of the baseball season we invited Rotowire and Fangraphs Jason Collette to talk about the upcoming season. We hit on Jason's AL Only Tout Wars draft, talk some Rays breakouts, and new pitches for 2019. If you take anything away from this episode let it be Jason's Yandy Diaz argument for 2019 relevancy. I bought in and snagged Yandy where I could. Plug...

It's been a week since Tout Wars went down in NYC and the boys are bringing on Baseball Prospectus Legend and Albright arch-nemesis Mike Gianella to talk about his  AL-Only Tout Wars squad. This is by far the shadiest podcast to date with Grey and Gianella trading barbs almost from the opening bell. We laugh, we cry, we yell at each other about Clayton Kershaw's value. Most of all however, we tras...

Live from New York it's the Razzball podcast! That's right for the first time in our history Grey and myself recorded a show live and in person. This Saturday following the first day of the Tout Wars auction/draft weekend, Grey headed over to my headquarters in Mid-Town Manhattan for a little fantasy baseball talk. We touch on my H2H points league auction results, and finish off the last 40 or so...

It's the end of the beginning today on the Razz pod, as we begin our ascent into the Top 100 Starters for 2019 fantasy baseball. We hit on the aces, we hit on the former aces you shouldn't draft, we hit on the tiers Grey is targeting, and we talk about ourselves a lot. It's beautiful, it's madness, it's a podcast about 50 pitchers, 29 of them are headed to the DL, the other 21 are coming off the D...

Alright you chuckleheads, I mean that in the nicest way possible, we're back to finish what we started. No not the fire in your loins, oh no, we're here to take you through the rest of the top 100 outfielders. From 51-178 we bring you all the sleepers, guys with two legs, and the occasional player who should have retired 7 years ago but he has 12 kids. So he has to work! Everybody has to work! Thi...

Wait till you hear this week's opening. I'd like to say that our early show banter is a feature of this podcast, but you might disagree. After opening the show with the craziest work email I've ever received, we jump into some sexy, sexy outfield action. Grey as always tells you who to draft, who to avoid, and where to take them. Don't get yourself into a bind. Take off the chains that hold you do...

Are you triggered by Grey's Jose Ramirez "Schmohawk" post from earlier this morning? Do you want to yell at him through your radio while he explains his Jo-Ram shade? Look no further than the Razzball Podcast, where Grey talks, and won't answer you back as you scream obscenities. It's a great relationship you two have... Lucky for you Grey has plenty of other goodies to share on which third basema...

Many moons ago, there was once a time in the fantasy baseball landscape where First Base was deeper than Shortstop. But that was a long time ago. Today, the Fantasy Master Lothario dusts off his cape and digs in on one of the most exciting positions in all of fantasy. Shortstops. Growing up it was all about the glove, but that's no longer the case, now we have names like Lindor, Baez, Trea Turner,...

Admit it, you need the cackle in your life. Once you hear the defining howl of one Fantasy Master Lothario it's clear that ranking season is upon us. Rankings are coming! No, rankings are here! After running through a snoozefest in the top 25 catchers and a disappointment in the extremely shallow first base position, we move onto the keystone. A group of players so good they qualify for every othe...

When did first base fall off the face of the earth? Remember the days when taking a first baseman in the first three rounds was a necessity? Now, you have to ask if there's even five first baseman worth a top 3 round investment. It's gotten so bad that catchers and second baseman are cracking the top 10 at the position. What kind of witchcraft is that? Not too worry, our fearless Fantasy Master Lo...

Are you ready for catcher talk? Because we have 59 enthralling minutes on all the fantasy relevant backstops for 2019. Is Danny Jansen a sure fire top five fantasy catcher in 2019? I don't know you'll have to listen. Did Grey rank Buster Posey number 1 like it's 2013 all over again? Do we think Gary Sanchez will rebound? Can Sandy Leon walk and chew gum at the same time? All this and more on the l...

The Dukes are back! Grey and Lifshitz, your favorite perts least favorite perts. Truman, Ford, Hughes, Disney, Jobs, West, Albright. These are innovators of their craft, and it's my honor to talk through Grey's though process when creating his Top 20 for 2019 Fantasy Baseball. January Grey is Birthday Grey, and everyone love January Grey, and a birthday boy. In other words it's Albright's month, t...

It's our annual end of season Mock Draft Spectacular when the Fantasy Master Lothario and Myself (Vanguard) mock out the top few rounds of next year's draft while the 2018 season is still fresh in our minds. Who goes 1? Is Mike Trout still consensus? That's for us to know and you to figure out. Maybe Mike Trout doesn't get drafted at all. There's a Josh Rutledge drop for the homies, and a lot more...

With the season coming to an end, and with the Fantasy Master Lothario conceding titles in both the Perts and NL Only Tout this year. Our hero deals the only way he knows how, by training for next season. Looking to come back bigger, faster, and stronger, Grey hits the off-season with a singular focus: Smite Thy Enemies. Sorry for the dramatic language, Grey gets intense when he loses. All joking,...

Everybody needs to be on high alert, Razzball HQ's location might possibly be in flux. While most of the operations this summer have been run from Grey's desert fortress, (apologies again, to all the interns that passed talking Ted for walks in the Palm Springs sun. We'll tip a Steel Reserve in your memory.) Madam Cougs has been hard at work preparing the SAGNOF mansion for the marketplace. For th...

We all have them. No matter who you are, no matter how smart you might be, no matter how much research you do, there's always going to be a bust or two in your pre-season favorites. Maybe you bought second half Byron Buxton, or bet the house on Luis Castillo being the guy he was in August and September of last year. Either way, you were wrong. But what's really interesting is how you view those pl...

The season is ticking down to Judgement Day, and this is the time when fantasy championships are won! This makes two consecutive weeks, where I've started the Podcast blurb like a motivational poster. You gotta think like a winner kid! That's only part of it though. You gotta research like a winner too! Don't worry brah, we got cha covered there. This week, notorious "winner" Grey Albright, and yo...

The stretch run is here, the only thing that matters at this point in the season is the W. No not that trash Wu-Tang album, where's your head at dude? It's time to take home championships y'all! This week we hit on all the names you should know for September call-ups. Of course I mention Peter Alonso, but the Mets are awful in every way, shape, and form. Not to worry there's plenty of other names...

A very special week on the podcast, as I'm just hours removed from attending our producer Andy Singleton's wedding in Brookyln, New York. Is he our producer? Kind of (totally), but either way, I'm fresh out of NYC, avoiding any conflicts with 6ix9ine, and I'm ready to talk some baseball. We dig into the Ronald Acuña beanball fallout, what we think a fair punishment for Jose Urena would be, and the...

Every week of the fantasy season feels like a dog year. With every passing day, players rise, players fall, pitchers get hurt, and closers implode. This week was no different, as everything Grey and I said to you a week ago is completely meaningless. It's a new week, a new day, new closers are imploding, callups are getting called, and we're all waiting on the next add/drop. With all of this in mi...

The trade deadline has come and gone, and Grey and your boy Ralph are back for another week. We're rocking and ready to break down the deals that went down last week. Early in the show we talk about tip jars at take-out places, Eloy Jimenez's ETA, Jonathan Villar's coming renaissance, and Brian Dozier's impact on Max Muncy. We then hammer the rest of the moving parts, touch on closer changes, and...

We're here just minutes before the trade deadline to recap all the happenings over the last week or so. We have closers changing hands, Travis Shaw moving to second base, and why Grey is excited for Cole Hamels in Chicago. Go back and read that last part is your best "confused" voice. Any time Grey is excited about a starter my (good) eyebrow raises. Not to worry loyal listeners, we quickly get th...

As we lift ourselves up from one of most boring week's on the sports calendar, Grey and myself dive back into the happenings of the last weekend in fantasy baseball. We touch on Tim Tebow's virginity, elevators in people's homes, the Brad Hand trade, and Matt Carpenter's grueling pace. Later in the show we talk schmotatos to add, those to avoid, and whether Ian Desmond is on the verge of a good ha...