It’s the sixteenth Annual Razzballies! Wow! They’re sufficiently old to smoke weed, drink beer whereas pretending to not drink beer and smoke weed! Welcome again to our year-end awards present! If there’s any points with the award ballots, don’t have a look at me. These had been all tabulated on the accounting agency of Fried, Tellez and Bregman. Cease giving them the evil eye, German Marquez! You may be questioning why I’m internet hosting. Properly, on the final minute our different host needed to again out. Sadly, Joe Buck couldn’t be hair. I imply right here. HAHA…Wait a second! I simply need to thank everybody. I admire all of you, besides Bo Bichette. That man took it actually when somebody informed him to get misplaced! Okay, sufficient foolery, Tommy boy, now onto the awards, with out which you’d don’t know who was one of the best and worst hitters and pitchers this 12 months, and also you’d be left giving out your individual awards and nobody cares in case your “Low sodium tomato soup in a sourdough bowl” gained your “Whitest Lunch Of All-Time” award. Cease making up pretend awards! Go away that to me! Anyway, right here’s the year-end awards for one of the best and worst of 2024 fantasy baseball:
Fantasy NL Most Beneficial Participant – Serious about beginning a land struggle in Asia in another universe the place Shohei Ohtani was not allowed to come back to MLB. Don’t fear, we’re in the best timeline now. Due to me! I’m like Dr. Who meets Dr. Who Provides A F*ck. So, that is really unbelievable. Not solely do we’ve got a high participant general from the NL, as we did final 12 months with Acuña, however we’ve got a high participant of all-time on the Historic Participant Rater (as soon as Rudy updates it this offseason). The final three years have been wild for high hitting seasons of all-time. We began with Decide, then onto the aforementioned Tildaddy and Ohtani. It took greater than 100 years for a season to crack one of the best seasons of all-time, and now we’ve got it back-to-back-to-back years from three completely different gamers? That appears unreal. Are we positive Manfred is not only seeing who the highest participant is in August, then feeding them bouncy balls in September? Wait, that’s doubtless what he’s doing, isn’t it? The distinction between Ohtani and Decide this 12 months is about the identical as Yordan and Matt Chapman or Bryce Harper and Alec Burleson or–Properly, you get the pitcher–I imply, image. Subsequent 12 months, Ohtani’s a pitcher. He may win the hitting and pitching Triple Crowns. Holy schnikes, which interprets to…Shoot, we misplaced our translator to a DraftKings Sizzling Decide Parlay.
Fantasy AL Most Beneficial Participant – Aaron Decide must be fawned over for the 12 months he simply had. Ya know, if not for Ohtani. It’s arduous to look previous Ohtani had almost the identical homers as Decide and 40+ steals. Decide’s runs and RBIs alone are almost the identical worth as Kyle Schwarber’s whole 12 months. That’s proper, take away Decide’s homers, steals and almost MLB-leading batting common, and his counting stats alone are value a high 20-ish participant. Decide almost gained the Triple Crown and got here up manner quick on Ohtani for fantasy, however that’s on no account an indictment on Decide. I suppose it’s straightforward once you’re 6′ 7″ and stacked with muscle. Which is why I’m drafting Jordan Walker–Oh crap, I imply Franmil Reyes–Oh shoot, I imply Jhonkensy Noel–Oh Christmas!
Fantasy AL Cy Younger – Should you had been in an AL-Solely league, Tarik Skubal lifted you up the place you belong. The place the Alek Manoah-bounce-back-believers cry, on a Rockies hill the place Nolan Jones died…. As a result of it’s Tarik Skubal, then three NL starters within the Participant Rater ranks. I’ll be alongside within the subsequent days recapping every place, and ultimately the starters, but it surely’s no spoiler to say Skubal owned the AL in starters. It’s wild there’s actually one ace in your complete AL. Bizarre time in baseball, but it surely reenforces how I say punt high starters.
Fantasy NL Cy Younger – This was a two-way battle on the high of the Participant Rater for NL Cy between Chris Sale and Zack Wheeler. The daring offers away the plot, but it surely got here all the way down to the ultimate week. That additionally makes it two of two Cy Youngs this 12 months you would’ve drafted should you punted the tippity-top starters. Skubal was drafted early-ish, however at 50 ADP. I at all times say draft your 1st starter round 50, so not too early for me. Chris Sale’s ADP was 132. These ADPs are the most recent doable ADPs too for final 12 months, so that you may’ve been in a position to get Sale after two hundredth general should you drafted early.
Fantasy AL Least Beneficial Participant – For the seventh 12 months in a row, this might go to Anthony Rendon–Maintain on, the accountants are signaling me. I can’t hear you from seven ft away! Stroll throughout my mother’s basement and the gorgeous shag carpet, and whisper it to me! It’s not Rendon? Okay, Mike Trout–Not him both? *whispers in ear* Oh, the man who thinks Shake ‘n Bake rooster is the Shake Weight, Alek Manoah? Not him however proper group? Oh! That man! Bo Bichette or somewhat Schmo Bichette. So, Pieceofchette, congrats for nothing!
Fantasy NL Least Beneficial Participant – I’m giving this award to Ronald Acuña Jr., but it surely doesn’t really feel proper, as a result of he was injured by way of no fault of his. It additionally doesn’t really feel proper as a result of I’ve no actual animosity in direction of him and often I hate the heart of whoever wins these least priceless awards. Spencer Strider was an in depth second, however Acuña was 1st general ADP, so can’t beat that dangerous beat. “Is that this for NL MVP and Cy?” No, Comatose Braves Fan!
Most Beneficial Participant Based mostly On Draft Worth – Ya know what’s cool to dream about? No, not marrying the companion of your goals and having youngsters who don’t hate you. That ship’s sailed! What’s cool to dream about is drafting probably the most priceless participant primarily based on worth yearly in each league. You may do it, however do you? This 12 months you simply wanted to consider within the A’ss. No, not Cal Raleigh. Brent Rooker was picked up in one in every of my leagues in April (by me), and had a virtually high 10 12 months. Fairly nice worth! Should you had the foresight to draft him? It price you round a three hundredth general ADP.
Fantasy POS – Kris Bryant continues to be terrible between the months when he’s not even enjoying, then you’ve got Tim Anderson, who had a horrible 12 months and was launched from baseball, after very publicly being knocked out final 12 months after a really public household drama–Rattling, Tim Anderson actually is having a tough few years. However this 12 months we’ve got to go together with a Shite Sux participant, so Luis Robert Jr., you get to hold the mantle for your complete group of God Terrible. Luis Robert Jr. was drafted within the high 15 in some leagues, and barely sniffed the highest 350 in worth. A more in-depth runner-up was Nolan Jones, however he had the decency to vanish so you would decide up another person comparatively quick.
High SAGNOF – Brice Turang/Ryan Helsley – Keep in mind, the essence of SAGNOF is reasonable saves and steals. Nobody got here near cheapness on steals as Turang. A rose by every other title could be Caballero. As for Helsey, he was probably the most pure, distilled model of SAGNOF for saves. He was the everclear of SAGNOF. Out there in all drafts and not using a high decide and all these saves.
Fantasy Hitter You Most Doubtless Dropped and Picked Up A Dozen Occasions – “You actually suppose this 12 months’s breakout is gonna be Colton Cowser? Meh, that April was kinda boring, I believe I’m dropping him…Wait a second! This Might is nice! I’ve to choose him up, proper? Wow! What a trip! This man is nice…Welp, the honeymoon’s over, I suppose. They referred to as up one in every of their fifteen different prospects. They despatched down all their 15 different prospects! We’re again on! Goodbye, Cowser, you’re hitting too low within the order…Maintain on! Gray, undecided should you seen however Cowser is hitting excessive within the order now. …Hey, Gray, Cowser’s stopped hitting. Hey, Gray, Cowser is hitting. Hey, Gray is Cowser hitting or not? …Hey, Gray!!! GREY!!! Cowser!!! GREY!!! Cowser!!!” [smoke rises from your ears]
Participant You Had Ceaselessly and Most Doubtless Ought to’ve Dropped – Once you search the Participant Rater for “Lowe,” the bottom Lowe is Josh Lowe. Runner up: Xander Bogaerts.
Participant On The High Of Your Waivers That You Simply Couldn’t Carry Your self to Decide Up – “Who would you like me to choose up? Lawrence Butler? Is that the title of the bulldog?”
Pitcher You Streamed So A lot You Ended Up Proudly owning Him – “Okay, I’ll seize Sean Manaea for his begin vs. the Colorado Suckies, however I’m dropping him proper afterwards.” *5 months later* “Hoping Sean Manaea begins in my H2H finals, he’s my most dependable starter.”
Participant You Have been Ready for the Different Shoe to Drop From, However Fortunately It By no means Did – “Positive, Gray informed us to draft Seth Lugo late, however he can’t actually be this good, can he?” He can and he was. Runner-up: Jackson Merrill, my first Purchase of the 12 months.
Participant You Have been Ready for the Different Shoe to Drop From and It Ended Up Kicking You within the Groin – “Royce Lewis is likely one of the best of all-time in these 5 video games he’s performed. He’s unstoppable! Oh, and he doesn’t should be injured yearly like clockwork. That’s simply dumb” Oopsie.
Participant You Have been Ready for the Different Shoe to Drop From and When It Did You Have been Okay With It – Luis Gil managed to offer a bit bit worth previous his sell-by date, even when he threw so many innings he can now not elevate his arm.
Participant You Traded Away That You Most Regretted – “Elly De La Cruz is rarely going to be something with that strikeout price.” Three days later, “That is the worst mistake of my life.”
Participant You Traded For That You Most Regretted – “Gray, I do know you say don’t commerce within the preseason, however I simply obtained Ozzie Albies and Austin Riley for Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jose Ramirez! I’m to profitable what profitable is to dropping!”
Keep in mind That Feeling You Had When You Walked In On Your Mother and father Having Intercourse, This Pitcher Gave You That Feeling Each Fifth Day – “Hey, mother, are you aware the place the distant management is–OH MY GOD BOBBY MILLER WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY FANTASY TEAM STOP!! GET OFF OF HER!!! THAT’S MY MOMMY!!!” Then Bobby Miller impregnated your mom and left you to lift your sibling.
