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Ellis Canady reviews last night's MLB box scores (4/2) and provides fun opinions on a variety of topics to help fantasy baseball owners with their lineups.
Welcome to the April 3rd edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox.
Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss topics but also look to improve our teams as well as the teams of our fellow fantasy baseball enthusiasts. Everyone has their own perspectives which are not to be cast off as frivolous. They should be used as a method of expanding our own knowledge.
In this article, I review the previous day's boxscores and provide my opinion on a variety of topics. Some will be random, some will be fun, and some will be stat-driven. It's a soapbox so I may rant from time to time as well. So without any further delay, below are my thoughts on the April 2nd games. Enjoy them. You can even respond with your own thoughts on Twitter @EllisCan2.
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Daily Musings
- Undercover Ace? John Means w/ 7 IP, 5 K vs Red Sox. It gets no easier w/ Yankees next. Psst. SEA & TEX would be following two starts. YES!
- Tim Locastro shines up his rims real nice. Speed on display. Sure, there's plenty of room in the Swoon Saloon.
- Xander Bogaerts & Rafael Devers giving people a head start before they start dishing out the hits.
- YAR-BRUH! Bullpen ruins 5.2 IP, 3 K effort by Ryan Yarbrough. BOS next.
- Austin Meadows goes fishing in deep waters again. Two games...two homers...that projects to.....OH MY!
- Gavin Lux w/another start. .444 AVG with four hits. Why did I think LAD would play games?
- Trevor Bauer gives up customary Coors Field runs but gets his. (6.1 IP, 4 ER, 10 K). No lack of run support.
- Sam Hilliard w/ a High-Velocity Crowd Pleaser (113.5 mph). 444 footer.
- Hi, my name is _____ and I started Antonio Senzatela at home. WHYYYYYYYYYYY?
- Please don't look. There's been a terrible accident. It's just a chalk line around Andrew Heaney's 3 IP, 7 ER.
- Rocket Man! Shohei Ohtani launches one 421 feet. Gonna be a great year.
- Colorado catchers are always an option. Dom Nunez with 36-degree angle moonshot. Send gift basket to David Price.
- Yoan Moncada, you struck out five times?! It's a Piñata Party!
- A little shout out to Yermin Mercedes. Five-for-five at the plate. NICE!
- BANGARANG! Alex Bregman w/ second shot of defiance of "no real power"
- Hahahahaha! Nobody wanted to draft Yuli Gurriel. For the faithful, he gives .571 AVG & first HR. Thank you.
- Ketel Marte has the POWER! "Pssst. It was only 365 ft." Get outta my ear. I don't care. It counts.
- Hmmm, Josh Rojas...we're still waiting for the dance.
- Yeah, the Padres HR champ stretches his lead. Fernando Tatis Jr.? Manny Machado? Wil Myers? No, we're talkin' bout Eric Hosmer (two)!!
- Blake Snell excels. 4.2 IP, 2 BB, 8 K. No win. Could this be a continual consideration?
- You say to yourself, "I want power at the catcher spot," but you passed on Posey (two).
- Old-Man Strength! Evan Longoria (two) can't stop, won't stop.
- Two games in and all I see is the value that was had at the draft table. I know. It's only two games, but old familiar faces will likely rise to the top.
- Endgame
- Cesar Valdez (one)
- Diego Castillo (two)
- Mark Melancon (two)
- Liam Hendriks (one). Ooooh, Tainted Save (1 IP, 2 ER)
- Jake McGee (one)
- Emilio Pagan enjoying these free handouts. Second win.
- Saves are like eggs, fragile and sometimes get smashed. Anthony Bass brings that reality to bear. 1 IP 4 ER.
- Two games in and all I see is the value that was had at the draft table. I know. It's only two games, but old familiar faces will likely rise to the top.
- Have a great Saturday. Get out & enjoy the fresh air. It's a long season. It's a long life.
- (No Fear, Just Fantasy)
