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Starting this afternoon, Major League Baseball games will officially count for the 2021 season standings. After a 60-game short season in 2020, baseball looks to drive us just a bit closer towards normalcy. Yes, there will still be abundant COVID protocols in effect, and yes – fan attendance will be restricted. But for most of us, the sun feels just a bit brighter today. A large number of our fantasy baseball drafts and auctions this year were shifted to virtual venues. Aside from a larger on...

April 1, 2021 It has been a few years since I did a bold predictions piece here on Rotographs. It is typically a fun piece to do and people like them, but I have found that I am so focused on drafts and other content at this time of year, that I just run out of time. Forgive me if I am not as bold as I should be as it has been a while since I have done one of these, but I hope you enjoy them! 1. Christian Yelich hits above .220.  You like bold? I got you! Yelich hit .205 in the shortened seaso...

April 1, 2021 Things are a little different this week, as we present a special 2021 season preview edition of the podcast. No listener emails (but keep ’em coming!), no special guest, no Moment of Culture, just me and the wonderful Ben Clemens walking you through every division and every team. Does it take nearly three and half hours? Of course it does. Is that a problem? Of course not! It’s a podcast, there are no limitations. Music by late 70s/early 80s Boston-based cult art-punk legends ...

April 1, 2021 A.J. Hinch’s first Opening Day as a player was on April 1, 1998. There were butterflies, and not for that reason alone. Catching and batting seventh in the Oakland A’s lineup, Hinch was making his big-league debut. I asked him about it during a recent Zoom call. “I remember going into the game nervous on both ends,” admitted Hinch, who was 23 years old at the time. “I had to face Pedro Martinez in his first American League start, with the Red Sox, and I had to catch Tom ...

April 1, 2021 Leading 3-1 and one out away from being a World Series Champion, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías faces Tampa Bay Rays infielder Willy Adames. The first two pitches of the at-bat, fastballs resulting in a swinging strike and a called strike, clock in at 94.9 mph and 94.1 mph. The last pitch of the at-bat (and subsequently the World Series) comes on the third pitch. Urias fires a third straight four-seam fastball, this time for a called strike three at 96.7 mph. This may no...

April 1, 2021 Bold prediction season is the best. Just a chance to lay it on the line and lean in on the guys I am most excited about (or most unexcited about). For my bold predictions, going to go with an Ottoneu focus. And let’s get right to it. 1. Nick Castellanos is a top 10 FanGraphs Points OF. His Depth Charts projection pegs him at a .337 wOBA, 32nd highest among OF. The market likes him a bit more – his $19.50 average salary in first-year FanGraphs Points leagues is 24th among OF. ...

April 1, 2021 Hopefully you enjoyed my earlier bold predictions piece earlier today. This one will be a tad bit bolder.  1. Manuel Margot is a top 30 outfielder.  Player A: 15 HR, 25 SBs, .256 avg Player B: 18 HR, 21 SBs, .275 avg Player A is Margot’s Steamer 600 projection and Player B is Starling Marte’s Steamer 600 projection. Clearly, you can’t guarantee 600 plate appearances for Margot, I love him this season considering he has been going outside the top 200. His defense should giv...

Most of the Giants Rojas is smashing in spring and a Kole Calhoun injury puts him in line for a spot on Opening Day, but Asdrúbal Cabrera is kind of a perfect platoon (while Rojas is filling in for an OF, he is likely to play 2B and send Ketel Marte back into CF). Peralta has always been affordable so his platooning is covered by his 285 ADP. Lux could be platooned because it’s the Dodgers, but manager Dave Roberts seems to be interested in him as a full-time player. The Giants could realis...

3.4 Once again, Jarrod Dyson finds himself atop the Pod SB bull board. He was in that very same spot heading into the 2020 season as well, and although he whipped both the projections, Pod’s more optimistic forecast was significantly closer. This year, both projections are forecasting a slight decline in stolen base prowess, but the gap between the two actually grew marginally. Obviously, Dyson’s age is tripping up the computer forecast, but he’s shown no signs of slowing down is basestea...

C.J. Cron +85 to 188 (56:44) Myles Straw +82 to 238 (1:02:54) Tejay Antone +73 to 270 (1:08:40) Nick Senzel +55 to 224 (1:12:10) Jake McGee +51 to 270 (1:15:04) Aaron Hicks +43 to 240 (1:16:55) Joc Pederson +41 to 256 (1:21:18) Ty France +41 to 290 (1:25:30) Gavin Lux +40 to 218 (1:27:44) Shohei Ohtani +40 to 176 — As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions. You can show your support to Fangraphs by becoming a member! With a standard $20 membership, you help main...