"Yo dude, you won't believe what happened to my my squad (The Brady Bunch) . I was up 37.45 points and he only had Dez Bryant left. Of course he has the game of his life to beat me on Monday night! Friggin' ref should have called offensive pass interference on that last grab too which woulda only netted him 36 points and given me the win. I should totally be like 6-0 right now, bro."
vs.
"Ugh, my bracket is so busted. If the ref calls that goal tend correctly, SMU beats UCLA and I'm still in it. Yeah, I had SMU in the final four and if that play didn't happen you can't convince me they don't go in with the momentum and end up beating Gonzaga and Duke because Coach K is a rat and they always lose early nowadays."
Both are suboptimal but I think we all know football and fantasy football chats are still the worst. It''s enough having to go back to work on Monday, hearing your fantasy matchup isn't helping the situation.
- David Wright had a patented opposite field home run off of C.C. Sabathia this weekend. We haven't seen Wright do that much of late but if he can get back his oppo power mojo, he will yield a nice return on investment in draft day.
- After talking about Kris Bryant on Friday he went on and hit two more homers this weekend, bringing his total to a league leading eight. I mentioned that to deal with player's service time issues, there should be a more appropriate way to file grievances against the team. Given the current rules, Bryant should not file a grievance but that's because an arbitrator isn't really in a position to decide. However, a select committee of people in the know with high baseball acumen (scouts, ex-players, ex-GMs, etc.) could reach a fair verdict. Just the threat of a different system would likely give teams enough incentive to play their best young players which is really the issue here. There is no great fix here but we're constantly being robbed of seeing more of the young elite and those players are being robbed of future paychecks.
- The Dodgers have shut down Hyun-Jin Ryu for the time being. Ryu is dealing with discomfort in his shoulder. The Dodgers have acquired a lot of SP depth this offseason, so they could deal with missing Ryu for a little while, but Ryu is also one of the more underrated pitchers there is. In only 152 IP Ryu was worth 3.8 fWAR (20th among all starters) and his 2.62 FIP was the 7th best among all starters with 150 innings pitched. Ryu may not have the look or media craze of an ace but when healthy, he's one of the better pitchers in the league. With Ryu's shoulder acting up in March though, I sadly would advise passing on him in drafts. I'd rather find out Ryu gets a clean bill of health with him on another team then find out he's going to miss the first three months while on my team.
- Other injury notes: Andrew McCutchen (lower body soreness) should be in the Opening Day lineup according to his manager and will be back in the spring training lineup this week. Anthony Rendon (knee) is still dealing with soreness and I would expect a DL trip to start the season. Koji Uehara (hamstring) is expected to be ready for Opening Day but Tazawa is a nice speculative add in all leagues/drafts as Koji is fairly brittle. Alex Cobb says that he is "pain free" which is fantastic news for the Rays.
- A couple of roster notes: Asdrubal Cabrera is the Rays starting SS. Brett Cecil will be closing for Toronto and behind him could be Devon Travis at second base.
- I posted my 10 Bold Predictions on RotoGraphs with an emphasis on bold. Take a gander at my predictions and let me have it in the comment section. You won't be alone.
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