Saturday, August 15, 2015
FDH Top 30 players in MLB
By Rick Morris
NOTE: These players are
ranked based not merely on how they have produced this year, but also the past
year or two. These are not fantasy
rankings, but are based on overall play.
Numbers in parentheses indicate where the players ranked on our 2014
rankings, with the ones who fell out of those rankings listed at the bottom.
TOP TIER
1 Mike Trout (2)
2 Clayton Kershaw (1)
3 Paul Goldschmidt (14)
4 Bryce Harper (NA)
5 Miguel Cabrera (3)
6 Andrew McCutchen (11)
7 Josh Donaldson (NA)
8 Max Scherzer (NA)
9 Zack Greinke (19)
10 Jacob deGrom (NA)
11 Manny Machado (NA)
12 Johnny Cueto (6)
13 Nelson Cruz (NA)
14 Jake Arrieta (NA)
15 Chris Archer (NA)
16 Sonny Gray (NA)
17 Dallas Keuchel (NA)
18 Anthony Rizzo (NA)
SECOND TIER
19 Chris Sale (5)
20 Giancarlo Stanton (7)
21 Felix Hernandez (4)
22 Madison Bumgarner (NA)
23 Corey Kluber (20)
24 Buster Posey (24)
25 Matt Harvey (NA)
26 Jose Altuve (30)
27 JD Martinez (NA)
28 Dellin Betances (NA)
29 Wade Davis (NA)
30 TIE: Jose Abreu (9) and
Craig Kimbrel (8)
Koji Uehara (10)
Adam Wainwright (12)
Troy Tulowitzki (13)
Yu Darvish (15)
Yasiel Puig (16)
Sean Doolittle (17)
David Price (18)
Adrian Beltre (21)
Cole Hamels (22)
Jon Lester (23)
Ryan Braun (25)
Carlos Gomez (26)
Adam Jones (27)
Robinson Cano (28)
Greg Holland (29)
Friday, August 14, 2015
MLB power rankings for mid-August
By Rick Morris
NOTE: Rankings from
start of season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 St. Louis (1-1-1-1)
SECOND TIER
2 Chicago Cubs
(12-14-10-9)
3 Kansas City
(3-2-2-2)
4 Pittsburgh
(5-5-3-3)
5 Toronto
(6-9-15-15)
6 New York Mets
(13-15-9-10)
7 Los Angeles
Dodgers (2-3-4-4)
8 San Francisco
(9-7-12-5)
9 New York
Yankees (7-10-8-6)
10 Houston
(4-4-11-7)
11 Los Angeles
Angels (16-16-7-12)
12 Washington
(15-6-5-8)
13 Tampa Bay
(8-11-13-18)
14 Arizona
(21-19-17-14)
15 Texas
(14-17-23-16)
16 Baltimore
(17-8-16-11)
17 Minnesota
(10-12-6-13)
18 Seattle
(23-24-21-24)
19 Detroit
(11-13-14-19)
20 Chicago
White Sox (25-27-20-17)
21 San Diego
(18-18-26-20)
22 Cleveland
(19-23-19-21)
23 Atlanta
(20-20-22-25)
24 Boston
(27-22-18-22)
25 Cincinnati
(22-21-25-23)
26 Oakland
(28-25-24-26)
THIRD TIER
27 Philadelphia
(30-30-30-30)
28 Colorado
(24-26-28-27)
29 Milwaukee
(29-28-27-28)
30 Miami (26-29-29-29)
BIGGEST RISERS:
Toronto (10 spots), Chicago Cubs (7 spots), Seattle (6 spots), Tampa Bay (5
spots), New York Mets (4 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Baltimore (5 spots), Minnesota and Washington (4 spots), Chicago White
Sox, Houston, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Philadelphia and San
Francisco (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY
DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM ,
LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 NL CENTRAL 61
2 AL EAST 67
3 NL WEST 78
4 AL WEST 80
5 AL CENTRAL 81
6 NL EAST 98
AL 228
NL 237
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #586 – FDH NFL Top 32 player list analysis
By Rick Morris
As we referenced previously, our
pals at Sportsology are hooking us
up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge
Dignitaries these days. We’re happy to
report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re
thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our
great friend Russ Cohen.
Mini-Episode #586 features a
breakdown of our annual NFL Top 32 player list with The Scout Ken Becks of 1stDownScouting.com.
Lounge on YouTube: Endgame review
By Rick Morris
Here is
Mini-Episode #585 of THE FDH LOUNGE, presenting a review of the Endgame drama
series from Canada.
Lounge on YouTube: Short Poppies review
By Rick Morris
Here is
Mini-Episode #584 of THE FDH LOUNGE, presenting a review of the Short Poppies
comedy series from New Zealand.
Lounge on YouTube: Royal Rumble History – Part 3B - 1997
By Rick Morris
Here is Mini-Episode #583 of THE FDH LOUNGE, the 1997
chapter in our Royal Rumble Anthology with FDH Lounge Dignitary Kyle Ross.
Lounge on YouTube: The Librarians review
By Rick Morris
Here is
Mini-Episode #582 of THE FDH LOUNGE, presenting a review of The Librarians
comedy series from Australia.
Lounge on YouTube: Royal Rumble History – Part 3A - 1996
By Rick Morris
Here is Mini-Episode #581 of THE FDH LOUNGE, the 1996
chapter in our Royal Rumble Anthology with FDH Lounge Dignitary Kyle Ross.
Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #580 – 2015 MLB midseason analysis
By Rick Morris
As we referenced previously, our
pals at Sportsology are hooking us
up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge
Dignitaries these days. We’re happy to
report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re
thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our
great friend Russ Cohen.
Mini-Episode #580 features analysis
of the 2015 MLB midseason landscape with FDH Lounge Dignitary Steve Kallas.
Lounge on YouTube: Fantasy Football Make or Break Players
By Rick Morris
THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER is Mini-Episode #579 of
THE FDH LOUNGE, providing the 2015 fantasy football make or break players.
Monday, August 3, 2015
FDH Top 32 players in NFL
By Rick Morris
NOTE: These players are
ranked based not merely on how they have produced this year, but also the past
year or two. These are not fantasy rankings,
but are based on overall play. Numbers
in parentheses indicate where the players ranked on our 2014 rankings, with the
ones who fell out of those rankings listed at the bottom.
TOP TIER
1 Aaron Rodgers (1)
2 JJ Watt (13)
3 Ndamukong Suh (30)
4 Justin Houston (NA)
5 Calvin Johnson (3)
6 Marshawn Lynch (24)
7 Odell Beckham (NA)
8 Richard Sherman (11)
9 Rob Gronkowski (NA)
10 Darrelle Revis (NA)
11 Antonio Brown (NA)
12 Andrew Luck (10)
13 Russell Wilson (12)
14 Earl Thomas (9)
15 Marcell Dareus (15)
16 Kam Chancellor (14)
17 Peyton Manning (2)
18 Le’Veon Bell (NA)
19 Joe Thomas (32)
20 Tyron Smith (NA)
21 Demaryius Thomas (20)
22 Joe Staley (31)
SECOND TIER
23 Tom Brady (6)
24 Sheldon Richardson (NA)
25 Luke Kuechly (28)
26 Von Miller (18)
27 Andrew Whitworth (NA)
28 Julio Jones (NA)
THIRD TIER
29 Drew Brees (8)
30 DeMarco Murray (NA)
31 Ben Roethlisberger (NA)
32 Tony Romo (NA)
Robert Quinn (4)
Adrian Peterson (5)
Jamaal Charles (7)
Geno Atkins (15)
LeSean McCoy (16)
Jimmy Graham (17)
AJ Green (19)
Colin Kaepernick (21)
Vontaze Burfict (22)
Patrick Peterson (23)
Robert Mathis (25)
Cam Newton (26)
Keenan Allen (27)
Nick Foles (29)
Saturday, August 1, 2015
MLB power rankings for start of August
By Rick Morris
NOTE: Rankings from
start of season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 St. Louis (1-1-1)
SECOND TIER
2 Kansas City
(3-2-2)
3 Pittsburgh
(5-5-3)
4 Los Angeles
Dodgers (2-3-4)
5 San Francisco
(9-7-12)
6 New York
Yankees (7-10-8)
7 Houston (4-4-11)
8 Washington
(15-6-5)
9 Chicago Cubs
(12-14-10)
10 New York
Mets (13-15-9)
11 Baltimore
(17-8-16)
12 Los Angeles
Angels (16-16-7)
13 Minnesota
(10-12-6)
14 Arizona
(21-19-17)
15 Toronto (6-9-15)
16 Texas (14-17-23)
17 Chicago
White Sox (25-27-20)
18 Tampa Bay
(8-11-13)
19 Detroit
(11-13-14)
20 San Diego
(18-18-26)
21 Cleveland
(19-23-19)
22 Boston
(27-22-18)
23 Cincinnati
(22-21-25)
24 Seattle
(23-24-21)
25 Atlanta
(20-20-22)
26 Oakland
(28-25-24)
27 Colorado
(24-26-28)
28 Milwaukee
(29-28-27)
29 Miami (26-29-29)
THIRD TIER
30 Philadelphia
(30-30-30)
BIGGEST RISERS:
San Francisco and Texas (7 spots), San Diego (6 spots), Baltimore (5 spots), Houston
(4 spots), Arizona and Chicago White Sox (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Minnesota (7 spots), Detroit, Los Angeles Angels and Tampa Bay (5
spots), Boston (4 spots), Atlanta, Seattle and Washington (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY
DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM ,
LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 NL CENTRAL 64
2 NL WEST 70
3T AL CENTRAL 72
3T AL EAST 72
5 AL WEST 85
6 NL EAST 102
AL 229
NL 236
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