{"id":570666,"date":"2026-03-30T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T12:12:08","slug":"with-a-delauter-that-hot-its-a-good-thing-theres-a-team-of-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/570666\/","title":{"rendered":"With A Delauter That Hot, It\u2019s A Good Thing There\u2019s A Team Of Guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven years ago, I wrote, \u201cThe Rockies made official what seemed inevitable for the last week, <a data-autolink-id=\"179\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/12564\/Trevor+Story\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trevor Story<\/a> will be the starting shortstop in Colorado. As a visiting dignitary gets a key to the city, Story earned the shortstop job and was handed one of Tulo\u2019s old hamstrings. \u2018May your hamstrings stay forever young.\u2019 That\u2019s Rod Stewart doing the honors.\u201d And that\u2019s me quoting me! Why recap that? Because <a data-autolink-id=\"179\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/12564\/Trevor+Story\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trevor Story<\/a> then hit four homers in his first three games of his career like <a data-autolink-id=\"5958\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/800050\/Chase+DeLauter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chase DeLauter<\/a> accomplished on Saturday (1-for-3 yesterday). Eleven years ago and a few days later (I sound like a malfunctioning Abe Lincoln in the Hall of Presidents), I wrote, \u201cThe last Story with this many dongs and cruelty to the mound was Fifty Shades of Me.\u201d And that\u2019s me cracking myself up over a decade later! Hold on, someone\u2019s calling me back on my phone. \u201cHello? Yes, I called and left a message. So, can I go back to the preseason and move DeLauter up to the top five overall? No? Why, retired DeLorean car dealer? Because you haven\u2019t sold DeLoreans for 40 years? Oh.\u201d Chase DePitcher, as he\u2019s commonly referred to in my mind, has been getting praise from me for years now. He\u2019s also had terrible injury luck. Is it luck or does he have proclivity for injuries? By the way, you can\u2019t say proclivity aloud without sounding like Dr. Evil. He battled foot issues for years. The fractured foot was a foot he had surgery on twice before. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s up with his tootsies, but if they ever stage an adaption of My Left Foot, I have suggestion for the Daniel Day Lewis part. So, what do we have left (foot? No, remaining, you dolt!) to discuss here? He has no speed, big power, could hit .300 and the Guards are gonna ride him as long as he can foot the bill. Anyway, here\u2019s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2887\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/676282\/Joey+Cantillo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joey Cantillo<\/a> \u2013 3 2\/3 IP, 2 ER. Good news is he was able to throw 91 pitches. Bad news is he didn\u2019t know where half of them were going.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3116\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/677944\/Slade+Cecconi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Slade Cecconi<\/a> \u2013 4 1\/3 IP, 6 ER. Can\u2019t believe the official scorer charged Cecconi with any of those 4th inning runs. In left field, CJ Doofus (got his ass!) slid and bobbled the ball that should\u2019ve been easily caught.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2432\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/670042\/Luke+Raley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luke Raley<\/a> \u2013 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer on Saturday. Hot schmotato alert! [Raley taps his head for the ABS] Hold on, Raley is saying he\u2019s actually just a good hitter and not just a temporarily hot hitter. [stadium waits] Appeal overturned, Grey\u2019s right! Raley is a hot schmotato.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3464\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/680977\/Brendan+Donovan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brendan Donovan<\/a> \u2013 2-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer. BDon going to the Pacific Northwest and becoming a 40-homer hitter.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2865\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/676106\/Emerson+Hancock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emerson Hancock<\/a> \u2013 6 IP, 0 ER, 0 hits, 1 walk, 9 Ks. Yes, I picked him up everywhere I had room. Call me <a data-autolink-id=\"2865\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/676106\/Emerson+Hancock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emerson Hancock<\/a> Palmer because I got my grubby mitts on him! His velo was up all spring and, if you saw Sunday\u2019s game, his sweeper is no joke. It\u2019s not just that one pitch. It\u2019s no joke everything about Hancock looks legit. Actually, that sounds wrong, but he has unlocked something, and he has excellent command so even if things go bad, he should be safe. 100% all-in.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3956\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/683734\/Andrew+Vaughn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andrew Vaughn<\/a> \u2013 Hit the IL with a hamate fracture in his left hand. Brewers with a handpocalypse! That\u2019s too bad\u2013Hold the phone! The top catcher prospect <a data-autolink-id=\"4772\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/691620\/Jeferson+Quero\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeferson Quero<\/a> was called up! Itch said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/661388\/William+Contreras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-autolink-id=\"1577\">William Contreras<\/a>, under contract through 2028, is a good enough hitter to DH when he\u2019s not catching, so maybe that\u2019ll be a non-issue, but it caps Quero\u2019s short-term upside enough that I wouldn\u2019t be buying at the moment. The Brewers do a good job emphasizing the value of minimizing strikeouts from top to bottom, and Quero struck out just 14 percent of the time in 58 Triple-A games this season, slashing .255\/.336\/.412 with six home runs and two stolen bases. He\u2019s a solid defensive catcher with good contact skills and enough power to make pitchers pay for mistakes, so he\u2019s going to have a major league career, but he\u2019s probably got more real world value than fantasy value. Anyway, back to throwing darts at pics of Grey.\u201d What? Quero likely just provides flexibility for <a data-autolink-id=\"90\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/11442\/Gary+Sanchez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gary Sanchez<\/a> to play 1st (who hit his 1st homer on Sunday, then left the game for Yelich who homered too) and let Quero act as backup catcher. Jeferson played yesterday (0-for-1, replaced after starter exited) as he only faced a lefty. Yo quiero Quero? In NL-Only and maybe deep two-catcher, but otherwise, the playing time doesn\u2019t seem great.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4239\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/687075\/Brandon+Sproat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brandon Sproat<\/a> \u2013 3 IP, 7 ER. [dons a potato sack and wanders into the freeway] Why are they beeping at me? I can\u2019t feel things anymore or understand my basic surroundings after this Sproat start. Listen, I think it\u2019s important to have patience in the early going, but when you give up a seven spot to the White Sox in three innings, then you don\u2019t have to go home, but you have to get the eff off my fantasy team, you jerk!<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3080\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/677592\/Everson+Pereira\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Everson Pereira<\/a> \u2013 2-for-4 and his 1st homer. Singing his name to Everlong, and his homers are Boo Fighters.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"33772\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/808959\/Munetaka+Murakami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Munetaka Murakami<\/a> \u2013 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer in three games. Imma let you finish DeLauter, but Murakami\u2019s going Big Dong. It\u2019s now four guys who have hit three homers in their 1st three games and two were this year (Murakami and DeLauter). Think what we\u2019re going to find is where <a data-autolink-id=\"1670\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/663586\/Austin+Riley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Austin Riley<\/a> was going in drafts, it should\u2019ve been Murakami.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"5282\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/695657\/Colson+Montgomery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colson Montgomery<\/a> \u2013 2-for-3, 5 RBIs and his 1st homer. What I\u2019m mostly interested with Colson is his K%. It\u2019s too early though for that.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"935\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/622554\/Seranthony+Dominguez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seranthony Dominguez<\/a> \u2013 1\/3 IP, 2 ER. \u201cSeranthony is underrated!\u201d Three days into the season, \u201cMaybe I should pick up <a data-autolink-id=\"29874\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/805123\/AJ+Blubaugh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AJ Blubaugh<\/a> for middle relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"5564\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/700241\/Michael+McGreevy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael McGreevy<\/a> \u2013 6 IP, 0 ER, 0 hits, 2 walks, 5 Ks. If I had just gone into all my drafts only going after emcees, like a music video thot, I\u2019d have McGreevy and McGonigle and be McLovin\u2019 it! <a href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/streamers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streamonator<\/a> actually loved McGreevy on Saturday, and is positive for his next start, so I could see giving him a whirl.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4660\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/691023\/Jordan+Walker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jordan Walker<\/a> \u2013 3-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. What a great sign, assuming he didn\u2019t hit the ball directly into the dirt and then it bounced 500 feet straight into the air while he rounded the bases.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2555\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/671212\/Joe+Boyle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joe Boyle<\/a> \u2013 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks. Don\u2019t fully trust Boyle, because of his command, but \u201czero walks\u201d has me sitting up in my high chair going gaga.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1314\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/656302\/Dylan+Cease\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dylan Cease<\/a> \u2013 5 1\/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 12 Ks, vs. the A\u2019s, who I might start calling the K\u2019s, because, and this is going to be very obvious once I explain it, they strikeout a lot. I do expect Ks from Cease, but that the Jays had back-to-back starters record 11+Ks for the 1st time in franchise history confirms how it was the Jays vs. K\u2019s. (By the way, the L\u2019s were in Miami, but not the Marlins.)<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1086\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/641778\/Eric+Lauer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eric Lauer<\/a> \u2013 5 1\/4 IP, 2 Er, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks. Jays vs. K\u2019s and I\u2019m not JK\u2019ing. That\u2019s all right, the Jays get next [squinting at the schedule] Rockies and White Sox? Then the Twins twice in April and the Angels? Manfred said let the Dodgers win the World Series and get a cushy schedule, huh?<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"200\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/12856\/George+Springer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">George Springer<\/a> \u2013 1-for-4 and his 1st homer. How much brain custard does this Zombino need?<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1563\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/660821\/Jesus+Sanchez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jesus Sanchez<\/a> \u2013 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Takeaways are everywhere and my takeaway here is he hit 2nd. That\u2019s knowledge to go.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"33548\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/672960\/Kazuma+Okamoto\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kazuma Okamoto<\/a> \u2013 1-for-4 and his 1st homer. Vroom vroom, that\u2019s my Okamotor.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"246\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/13301\/Max+Muncy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Max Muncy<\/a> \u2013 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. That\u2019s the right Muncy, the SacTown Muncy, the no panties-in-a-bunchie Muncy.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1363\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/656605\/Mitch+Keller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mitch Keller<\/a> \u2013 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks vs. <a data-autolink-id=\"1404\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/656849\/David+Peterson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Peterson<\/a> \u2013 5 1\/3 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks. This matchup was billed as, \u201cA deep league guy who I I didn\u2019t want and drafted (Keller) vs. a guy who I would\u2019ve drafted in any league, happily, who no one seemed to want.\u201d Clearly, a lot of people called it by its billing name.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1777\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/664040\/Brandon+Lowe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brandon Lowe<\/a> \u2013 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer. He\u2019ll zoink-up his oblique or hammy or quad at some point. Doesn\u2019t mean he doesn\u2019t have power while he\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2331\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/669387\/Carmen+Mlodzinski\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carmen Mlodzinski<\/a> \u2013 4 1\/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks. Was one of those NL-Only picks that almost had me interested in learning how to say his name. After watching him (95 MPH 4-seamer, 85 MPH bye-bye splitter), I might be putting him on my <a href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/streamers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streamonator<\/a> call list, and one goes from there to just rostered quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4643\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/690997\/Nolan+McLean\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nolan McLean<\/a> \u2013 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks. Not quite sizzle McLean, but after my dung factory Sproat\u2019d a stress polyp, I\u2019m not complaining.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"191\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/12768\/Sonny+Gray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sonny Gray<\/a> \u2013 4 IP, 3 ER. He went back to Cincy and WKRP-U\u2019d.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"33027\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/813349\/Connelly+Early\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Connelly Early<\/a> \u2013 5 1\/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks. One hyped starter who actually pitched well? Thanking you, Early and often.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3107\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/677800\/Wilyer+Abreu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wilyer Abreu<\/a> \u2013 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. None of this really means anything. Three games does not make a sample size. With that said, Wilyer is in a good position to be valuable.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"5218\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/695076\/Rhett+Lowder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rhett Lowder<\/a> \u2013 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks. A little bit Lowder now\u2026a little bit Lowder now\u2026a little bit softer now\u2026Make up your mind now..<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"178\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/12552\/Eugenio+Suarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eugenio Suarez<\/a> \u2013 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. In one league, I had one homer for the entire season, and I freaked myself a little, so I looked at the lineup and saw Eugenio, <a data-autolink-id=\"348\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/14344\/Matt+Olson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matt Olson<\/a>, Soderstrom, Machado and\u2013it\u2019s still March!<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"64\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/10954\/Jacob+deGrom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jacob deGrom<\/a> \u2013 On Saturday, he was scratched with a sore neck. May I suggest Icy\/Hot instead of scratching?<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2229\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/669022\/MacKenzie+Gore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MacKenzie Gore<\/a> \u2013 5 1\/3 IP, 2 ER, 2 hits, 3 BBs, 7 Ks. He will Gore you at some point.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"6861\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/9847\/Andrew+McCutchen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andrew McCutchen<\/a> \u2013 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. A narrative I made up a few years ago that I think is accurate but has no evidence except confirmation bias: Older players start hot, because they\u2019re feeling good in April, but, with their age, little injuries pile up and they are less good as they go along in the season.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"214\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/12927\/Brandon+Nimmo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brandon Nimmo<\/a> \u2013 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Nimmo found one!<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"463\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/16149\/Aaron+Nola\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aaron Nola<\/a> \u2013 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, and two homers allowed to make sure you didn\u2019t really buy any nonsense in the preseason about how he was fixed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2016\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/666200\/Jesus+Luzardo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jesus Luzardo<\/a> \u2013 6 IP, 6 ER. See, last year I went through this with Luzardo and promised myself I wouldn\u2019t do it again this year. Promises made, promises kept.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4697\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/691277\/Deyvison+De+Los+Santos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deyvison De Los Santos<\/a> \u2013 1-for-2 as he was recalled with <a data-autolink-id=\"2044\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/666624\/Christopher+Morel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christopher Morel<\/a> out with an oblique for four to six weeks. Only one way they\u2019d call him up is Morel is out a while because De Los Santos needs mushroom. High five me right now! No? Okay. DDLS has a lot of power, but can\u2019t imagine he leap frogs Pauley, Conine, Norby and Hicks in the depth chart to start every day, but I am a cyclops with a monocle in deeper mixed leagues for power.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3030\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/676974\/Max+Meyer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Max Meyer<\/a> \u2013 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks. Thinking of Sproat and Meyer, it\u2019s so funny the amount of hype starters get, then they go out and pitch incredibly bleh vs. the likes of the Shite Sox or Suckies.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3893\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/683357\/Owen+Caissie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Owen Caissie<\/a> \u2013 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, as he entered the game late for <a data-autolink-id=\"743\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/596103\/Austin+Slater\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Austin Slater<\/a>. I\u2019m sorry, but you have such insane marbles in your head if you\u2019re a MLB manager and are platooning Caissie out in that Marlins\u2019 lineup for <a data-autolink-id=\"743\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/596103\/Austin+Slater\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Austin Slater<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3415\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/680767\/Victor+Vodnik\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Victor Vodnik<\/a> \u2013 1 IP, 2 ER, and the blown save. Looked like Vodnik was gonna get the first save for the Rockies first win, but props to Vodnik for sticking to the script that the Rockies are awful.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3380\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/680694\/Kyle+Bradish\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kyle Bradish<\/a> \u2013 4 2\/3 IP, 2 ER vs. <a data-autolink-id=\"2577\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/671737\/Taj+Bradley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taj Bradley<\/a> \u2013 4 1\/3 IP, 1 ER. For the world famous portmanteau, Bradlish. (Whispers abound when he didn\u2019t portmanteau matchup and portmanteau for portmatchup. Had Grey lost his fastball?) Clearly, neither start was great, but it\u2019s still March. You dropping guys this early only gonna make you a Mr. Bungle. No one wants to be a Mr. Bungle.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1107\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/641933\/Tyler+O&#039;Neill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyler O\u2019Neill<\/a> \u2013 1-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. Oh, wow, he didn\u2019t set his internal clock and overslept Opening Day by three days.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2316\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/669358\/Shane+Baz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shane Baz<\/a> \u2013 5 1\/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks. He just signed a five-year deal, so, if I were him, I\u2019d suck for the next four years and 11 months. Hopefully he\u2019s a better person than me!<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1631\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/663485\/Cole+Sands\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cole Sands<\/a> \u2013 1 IP, 0 ER, and his 1st save. Holy shredded cabbage! Wait, I\u2019m thinking of Cole Slaw. If you need saves, like an hourglass on the moon, I\u2019d move Sands up my depth chart, but this is likely going to be a fluid situation all year.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1106\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/641927\/Bailey+Ober\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bailey Ober<\/a> \u2013 4 IP, 3 ER. BO is strong with this one. Following Ober was <a data-autolink-id=\"4622\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/690953\/Mick+Abel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mick Abel<\/a> (3 IP, 5 ER), who might be more BO than BO.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2195\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/668904\/Royce+Lewis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royce Lewis<\/a> \u2013 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer. Imagine <a data-autolink-id=\"2195\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/668904\/Royce+Lewis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royce Lewis<\/a> finally breaks out after everyone seemed to be done waiting for him? I call that The <a data-autolink-id=\"334\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/14161\/Byron+Buxton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Byron Buxton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4639\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/690990\/Cade+Horton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cade Horton<\/a> \u2013 6 1\/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks. Horton\u2019s win was the coffees we had along the way.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3972\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/684007\/Shota+Imanaga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shota Imanaga<\/a> \u2013 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks. \u201cYou <a data-autolink-id=\"3972\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/684007\/Shota+Imanaga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shota Imanaga<\/a> or you Sproata Imanaga?\u201d He screamed at his fantasy team.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"514\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/17678\/Alex+Bregman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Bregman<\/a> \u2013 2-for-4 and his 1st and 2nd homer. I can confidently say Bregman will hit between 24-26 homers this year if he gets 20+ homers by the end of April or only has two.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1773\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/664023\/Ian+Happ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ian Happ<\/a> \u2013 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. And according to Statcast\u2019s newest shizz about wind, Happ should\u2019ve had a third homer already but it was knocked down by the wind on Opening Day. By the by, know what\u2019s funny? People never want to draft Happ, then wish they had almost as soon as the season starts.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4194\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/686894\/Joey+Wiemer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joey Wiemer<\/a> \u2013 3-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Here\u2019s the thing, I nor anyone can tell if a guy is just hot the first week or breaking out. Wiemer is likely a schmotato, but ya never know.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1681\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/663623\/Jake+Irvin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jake Irvin<\/a> \u2013 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks. Nearly had my first sonavabench of the season in my NL-Only when I saw Irvin was throwing shutties in the first three innings. In mixed leagues, Irvin Bleh\u2019ing but listening to a jazzy ragtime number for NL-Only.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1548\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/660688\/Keibert+Ruiz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keibert Ruiz<\/a> \u2013 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. <a data-autolink-id=\"1548\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/660688\/Keibert+Ruiz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keibert Ruiz<\/a> home run in the first weekend is called, \u201cA sign they\u2019re using a bouncy ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"5670\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/701542\/Will+Warren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Will Warren<\/a> \u2013 4 1\/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks. Not bad, until you consider he was facing the Giants, who accidentally left their bats in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1825\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/664299\/Cristian+Javier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cristian Javier<\/a> \u2013 4 2\/3 IP, 6 ER. You need to be patient in almost all circumstances. With Cristian? Circumstances become circumcise, so to speak.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"33784\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/837227\/Tatsuya+Imai\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tatsuya Imai<\/a> \u2013 2 2\/3 IP, 4 ER. More like Katsuya because he was cooked.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"1264\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/650556\/Bryan+Abreu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bryan Abreu<\/a> \u2013 1\/3 IP, 1 ER, and back-to-back terrible outings. I wouldn\u2019t be shocked if the Astros let Abreu figure his shizz out in the middle innings while <a data-autolink-id=\"4412\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/687911\/Bryan+King\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bryan King<\/a> (2\/3 IP, 0 ER, 1st save) gets saves, because they don\u2019t care who you drafted.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4277\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/687263\/Zach+Neto\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zach Neto<\/a> \u2013 1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Everyone on the Angels hitting (Schanuel, Soler, Trout, do I need to continue) and no one on the Astros pitching well, just as we all drew it up in the preseason.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"2599\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/672282\/Reid+Detmers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reid Detmers<\/a> \u2013 4 2\/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 9 Ks. Don\u2019t worry, it\u2019ll be next year!<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"363\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/14542\/Carlos+Estevez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carlos Estevez<\/a> \u2013 1\/3 IP, 6 ER, and was wearing a walking boot on Sunday. Royals say he\u2019s okay. Yeah, totes. Can\u2019t walk or throw but he\u2019s good to go! After you throw an 81 MPH meatball to Dom Smith for a grand slam, you should be immediately IL\u2019d with a fake injury and shouldn\u2019t need a walking boot, unless you didn\u2019t pay your feet parking tickets, but homeboy\u2019s selling it more than Shawn Michaels. Pick up <a data-autolink-id=\"2138\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/668674\/Lucas+Erceg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lucas Erceg<\/a> (1 IP, 0 ER, 1st save on Sunday).<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"5274\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/695600\/Carter+Jensen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carter Jensen<\/a> \u2013 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. [shaking an al dente noodle at Vinnie and Caglianone to do something]<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"168\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/12447\/Seth+Lugo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seth Lugo<\/a> \u2013 6 1\/3 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks. Could Lugo be back to a usable starter? Confidently, \u201cI don\u2019t know. It\u2019s one start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"473\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/16400\/Reynaldo+Lopez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reynaldo Lopez<\/a> \u2013 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks. Line looks good? Guess what? He looked even better.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"4202\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/686948\/Drake+Baldwin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Drake Baldwin<\/a> \u2013 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer. The one good Baldwin brother.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"234\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/13164\/Eduardo+Rodriguez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eduardo Rodriguez<\/a> \u2013 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks. Someone still thinks it\u2019s the WBC.<\/p>\n<p><a data-autolink-id=\"3511\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/681190\/Randy+Vasquez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Randy Vasquez<\/a> \u2013 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks. <a href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/streamers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Streamonator<\/a> hates his next one, but this start vs. a red McGonigle-led McGotigerley team, so he has me cyclops\u2019ing Vasquez. By the way, Rudy released <a href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/the-launch-of-razzbot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his newest tool<\/a> (hey now) yesterday and it\u2019s pretty insane. We\u2019re almost to the point where the robots are just managing our teams while we rip cigs and whistle at ladies in front of the bodega, then talk to our buddies about how the robot picked up <a data-autolink-id=\"3511\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/razzball.com\/player\/681190\/Randy+Vasquez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Randy Vasquez<\/a> while slamming down a chopped cheese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eleven years ago, I wrote, \u201cThe Rockies made official what seemed inevitable for the last week, Trevor Story&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14568,219569,7679,61786,10170,24781,39961,14098,73182,66840,21168,35440,170614,49,14572,48,168366,180226,65105,93103,74349,219570,41783,72538,24974,195714,218207,219571,8303,16302,195010,101928,198586,1514,27886,28238,7206,43294,10625,219572,155423,57319,29033,16629,93100,134032,34592,133041,52631,82333,168367,15920,14259,9107,32944,39960,21086,13945,101356,45391,4006,43909,95202,3967,208924,15091,12422,3974,49783,9104,18284,13988,82,16630,125474,13308,37068,54712,8306,96830,4010,40885],"class_list":["post-570666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-aaron-nola","tag-aj-blubaugh","tag-alex-bregman","tag-andrew-mccutchen","tag-andrew-vaughn","tag-austin-slater","tag-bailey-ober","tag-brandon-lowe","tag-brandon-nimmo","tag-brandon-sproat","tag-brendan-donovan","tag-bryan-abreu","tag-bryan-king","tag-ca","tag-cade-horton","tag-canada","tag-carlos-estevez","tag-carmen-mlodzinski","tag-carter-jensen","tag-chase-delauter","tag-christopher-morel","tag-cole-sands","tag-colson-montgomery","tag-connelly-early","tag-cristian-javier","tag-david-peterson","tag-deyvison-de-los-santos","tag-dom-smith","tag-drake-baldwin","tag-dylan-cease","tag-eduardo-rodriguez","tag-emerson-hancock","tag-eric-lauer","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-everson-pereira","tag-gary-sanchez","tag-george-springer","tag-ian-happ","tag-jacob-degrom","tag-jake-irvin","tag-jeferson-quero","tag-jesus-luzardo","tag-jesus-sanchez","tag-joe-boyle","tag-joey-cantillo","tag-joey-wiemer","tag-jordan-walker","tag-kazuma-okamoto","tag-keibert-ruiz","tag-kyle-bradish","tag-lucas-erceg","tag-luke-raley","tag-mackenzie-gore","tag-max-meyer","tag-max-muncy","tag-michael-mcgreevy","tag-mick-abel","tag-mitch-keller","tag-munetaka-murakami","tag-nolan-mclean","tag-owen-caissie","tag-randy-vasquez","tag-reid-detmers","tag-reynaldo-lopez","tag-rhett-lowder","tag-royce-lewis","tag-seranthony-dominguez","tag-seth-lugo","tag-shane-baz","tag-shota-imanaga","tag-slade-cecconi","tag-sonny-gray","tag-sports","tag-taj-bradley","tag-tatsuya-imai","tag-trevor-story","tag-tyler-oneill","tag-victor-vodnik","tag-will-warren","tag-william-contreras","tag-wilyer-abreu","tag-zach-neto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}