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