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MEDIA ALLIANCE March 10, 2021 RICK MORRIS/JASON JONES/RUSS COHEN FANTASY – AND SO MUCH MORE Draft Board Decoder Top 72 Regardless of Position The FantasyDrafthelp.com draft board contains all the relevant 1 37 Alex Bregman information you need right at your fingertips. * Players are color-coded by their value by round in a 12-team draft. 1st 2 Ronald Acuna 38 Whit Merrifield nd round is gold, 2 round silver, 3rd round bronze, 4th round orange, 5th 3 Juan Soto 39 Max Scherzer round light blue and 6th round green.

4 40 * The “EXP” column shows how players ranked on an “Experts Draft Evaluating Production

Board” compilation of other leading industry sources. The “UQB” 5 41 Across a Spectrum: Lessons

column shows how each player performed on our standard deviation 6 Fernando Tatis 42 of our Proprietary Ultimate from the mean statistic in 2020 (stat details on Page 2). If a league is

considered stronger than the other one at this position, it will have its 7 43 Liam Hendriks Quantitative Baseline Stat initials listed (capital letters means much stronger, lower case means 8 44 Eloy Jimenez Our “UQB” category (Ultimate not so much). Quantitative Baseline) on our draft

9 Trea Turner 45 * Relevant 2020 statistical categories are listed, along with rankings for board calculates the standard

10 46 Josh Hader each, the number of games played and rankings in the aforementioned deviation from the mean in all “UQB” category (UQB numbers in bold indicate that the player was

11 47 Luis Castillo higher than the statistical mean in every one of the measured relevant hockey categories. In categories). $$ provides the dollar value for a mixed-value auction, 12 48 Aroldis Chapman simple English, imagine a spectrum

while $ provides the dollar value for a -league auction. 13 49 Bryce Harper going across from left to right, with negative numbers on the left side, a 14 DJ LEMAHIEU 50 Table of Contents “zero” in the middle and positive

15 Francisco Lindor 51 Page 1: Draft Philosophy Overview, Draft Board Decoder, Top numbers on the right.

16 Jacob deGrom 72 Overall, Lessons of “The Stat” 52 Edwin Diaz We utilize this statistic for football,

Page 2: Starting Rankings 17 Gerrit Cole 53 hockey, basketball, hoops and Page 3: Starting Pitcher Rankings Cont’, 2021 Don’t Be That

18 Jose Ramirez 54 Jonathan Villar NASCAR as well as baseball. For Guy, 2021 Sleepers

Pages 3-5, 7, 9-10, 12, 14-18, 23-30: Dollar Bin Players 19 Lucas Giolito 55 Rafael Devers baseball, we use all of the standard fantasy categories listed on the draft

Page 4: Rankings, Suggested League Guidelines 20 Jose Abreu 56 Paul Goldschmidt board to factor in for this statistical

Page 5: First Base Rankings, 2021 Overvalued & Undervalued 21 57 Salvador Perez Page 6: Catcher Rankings, Designated Hitter Rankings compilation. A player’s performance

22 58 Page 7: Second Base Rankings in each category is plotted on one of

Page 8: 2021 AL & NL Scarcity, 2021 Prospect Rankings, 23 59 these spectrums, with the most

Long-Term Keeper Prospect Rankings, 2021 Legitimate 24 60 Corbin Burnes valuable players putting up most of

their numbers on the most of their Breakthroughs/Reclamation Cases 25 61 Eugenio Suarez Page 9: Respect Mah Eligibilitah! numbers on the positive side. Then, 26 Luke Voit 62 Page 10: Rankings, Designated Hitter Rankings we add up the totals of every

27 Xander Bogaerts Page 11: Outfield Rankings 63 Willson Contreras category, positive and negative. By Page 12: 2021 UQB Team Rankings 28 64 using this tool, we can identify not

Page 13: 2021 Mock Draft 29 65 Brandon Woodruff merely how they performed, but how Page 14: 2021 Mock Draft Analysis 30 66 valuable their performances were in Page 17: Third Base Rankings each category. Truly, this statistic

31 Aaron Nola 67 Vladimir Guerrero Page 18: 2021 Fantasy Overview serves as the ultimate baseline for

32 Dominic Smith 68 Page 19: 2021 Predictions/Power Rankings/Awards, FDH the previous season’s production.

Minor League System Rankings 33 Adalberto Mondesi 69 Page 20: Tracing Offense In Baseball – From Before The

34 Gleyber Torres 70 Steroid Era Until Now http://www.fantasydrafthelp.

35 71 Yasmani Grandal Pages 21-22: 2012-2020 FDH Best Player In Baseball Lists com/baseball

36 J.T. Realmuto 72

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1 Jacob deGrom 35 35 1T 383 7T 68 4 104 2 2.38 18T 0.96 14T 100 Ranger 2 Gerrit Cole 35 41 1T 283 20 73 7 3T 94 6 2.84 36 0.96 14T Greats 3 Lucas Giolito 34 40 6 240 29 72.1 4 97 4 3.48 1.04 29T

4 Trevor Bauer 32 32 4 452 6 73 5 17T 100 3 1.73 7 0.79 3 Ranking the

5 Walker Buehler 31 31 9 214 40T 36.2 1 42 3.44 0.95 12T best New York 6 Clayton Kershaw 30 30 10 351 11 58.1 6 7T 62 33T 2.16 13 0.84 5T

7 Shane Bieber 29 35 1T 530 5 77.1 8 1T 122 1 1.63 6 0.87 9 Rangers of all

8 Aaron Nola 28 28 7 237 31T 71.1 5 17T 96 5 3.28 1.08 36T time in a

9 Yu Darvish 27 33 5 325 14 76 8 1T 93 7T 2.01 10 0.96 14T stunning, full- 10 Max Scherzer 27 33 8 205 67.1 5 17T 92 9 3.74 1.38

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16 Brandon Woodruff 21 21 14 233 33 73.2 3 91 10T 3.05 0.99 18T 17 Dinelson Lamet 21 21 17T 370 9 69 3 93 7T 2.09 11 0.86 8 Great

18 Tyler Glasnow 2X 21 27 16 337 13 57.1 5 17T 91 10T 4.08 1.13 Sports 19 Kenta Maeda 18 22 15 383 7T 66.2 6 7T 80 17 2.7 25T 0.75 2

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NL Starting Pitchers $$ $ Exp UQB Rk INNS W Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk 2021 Don’t Be 53 Michael Kopech 7 7 NA NA NA NA NA NA That Guy 54 Zach Davies 7 7 218 36T 69.1 7 3T 63 31T 2.73 28T 1.07 35

55 Jose Urquidy 7 7 117 29.2 1 17 2.73 28T 1.01 24T ^ Don’t Be That Guy who

56 Adbert Alzolay 7 7 238 30 21.1 1 29 2.95 41 1.17 sleeps on (or holds 57 7X 7 7 200 39 3 31 2.77 32 1 22T unhealthy grudges against) 58 Mike Leake 5 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA last year’s falloffs. Bargain shopping in the middle & 59 5 5 189 53.1 4 50 2.7 25T 1.16 late rounds can bring you a 60 5 5 155 38.2 2 31 3.03 45 1.16 championship. So don’t 61 5 5 134 74 4 69 26 4.74 1.32 hate on Francisco Lindor! 54 4 45 4.5 1.2 62 5 5 138 ^ Don’t Be That Guy who

63 Adam Wainwright 8X 5 5 178 65.2 5 17T 54 3.15 1.05 31T enters the draft or auction 64 3 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA with ironclad gimmicks.

65 Dallas Keuchel 3 3 197 63.1 6 7T 42 1.99 9 1.09 40T Rotisserie category 66 3 3 40T 230 34 56 3 44 2.57 21T 1.09 40T “punting”! Only $1 apiece for all pitchers on the 67 3 3 544 4 22.1 5 17T 19 4.03 0.99 18T roster! All younger or all 68 3 3 314 16 46.2 2 46 2.31 17 0.84 5T “proven” talent! The fact is 69 Tejay Antone 3 3 196 35.1 0 45 2.8 35 1.02 26T that inflexible doctrines lead

70 3 3 287 19 32.1 5 17T 25 2.78 33 1.08 36T to failure, while nimble,

71 Matt Shoemaker 3 3 106 28.2 0 26 4.71 1.08 36T think-on-your-feet reactive

72 J.A. Happ 3 3 167 49.1 2 42 3.47 1.05 31T ability brings great success. 73 3 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA Choose the latter approach and thank us when you’re 74 John Means 9X 3 3 192 43.2 2 42 4.53 0.98 17 hoisting your trophy at the $1 Catchers Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk end of the year.

Alejandro Kirk NA 24 4 1 3 0 0.375 1 ^ Don’t Be That Guy who

Andrew Knapp 261 17 72 9 2 15 0 0.278 14T doesn’t fully understand the nuances of your league’s Anthony Bemboom 225 48 9 3 5 0 0.208 scoring system. Be fully 168 86 14 19T 1 9 3 4T 0.244 prepared! Your choice of 0 69 7 3 6 1 0.145 this draft guide is, frankly, Austin Romine 106 130 12 2 17 16T 0 0.238 an awesome start!

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Suggested League Guidelines EV Relief Pitchers $$ $ Exp UQB Rk INNS Sv Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk

25.1 14 37 1.78 0.67 4T 1 Liam Hendriks 26 3 630 5 2 Unless you are a first-time

2 Josh Hader 25 1 654 4 19 13 3 31 3.79 0.95 participant, you have either

3 Aroldis Chapman 25 2 589 6 11.2 3 22 3.09 0.86 played rotisserie baseball (a game in which players accrue 4 Nick Anderson 24 8T 750 1T 16.1 6 18T 26 0.55 6 0.49 1 points based on their 25.2 6 50 7 1.75 1.25 5 Edwin Diaz 24 4 559 7 18T performance in different

6 Raisel Iglesias 21 10 290 23 8 13T 31 2.74 0.91 categories) or fantasy baseball (a

7 20 6T 321 24.1 11 7T 33 3.33 1.15 game in which different achievements earn various 8 19 17 339 17 18.2 4 29 1.45 1.02 amounts of points). Here are our 9 Ryan Pressly 18 11T 394 13 21 12 4T 29 3.43 1.33 recommended formats for each

10 1X 17 6T 499 9 27 1 53 4T 2.67 1.11 (keeping in mind that for each format, if you have less than 10 11 Alex Colome 10 11T 410 12 22.1 12 4T 16 0.81 9 0.94 owners, you should utilize a 12 Devin Williams 10 14 750 1T 27 0 53 4T 0.33 2 0.63 3 single-league format — and 13 Brad Hand 10 5 706 3 22 16 1 29 2.05 0.77 10 regardless of anything else, use

14 9 15 90 55.2 0 44 12T 3.56 1.19 a $100 Free Agent Acquisition 15 8 13 NA 4.1 2 8 12.46 2.54 Budget, or FAAB, to allow for distribution of players): 16 Taylor Rogers 8 18T 172 20 9 11T 24 4.05 1.5 ^ Rotisserie baseball: We urge

17 Archie Bradley 8 211 18.1 6 18T 18 2.95 1.09 you to use the standard 5X5

18 Brandon Kintzler 7 20 170 24.1 12 4T 14 2.22 1.32 setup, in which BA, HR, SB, Runs and RBI are used for hitters 19 2X 7 8T 520 8 23.2 11 7T 38 18T 1.9 0.85 20 and Wins, Saves, WHIP, ERA 20 3 16 192 22.2 11 7T 14 2.78 1.28 and Ks are used for pitchers (4X4

21 Giovanny Gallegos 3 18T 273 15 4 21 3.6 0.87 leagues drop Runs and Ks). For

22 Jeremy Jeffress 3X 3 221 23.1 8 13T 17 1.54 0.94 example, if you are in a 12-team league, the team scoring highest $1 Catchers Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk in each category earns 12 points, on down to the lowest team Francisco Cervelli 285 13T 53 10 3 7 1 0.245 earning 1 point. Rotisserie Grayson Greiner 0 51 8 3 8 0 0.118 baseball is traditionally

Isiah Kiner-Falefa 128 211 28 3 3 10 8 1 0.28 13 associated more with the auction Jacob Nottingham 418 8 48 8 4 13 0 0.188 format, which works well here. Each player is given $260 of 162 125 13 3 18 15 0 0.248 figurative money to purchase 23 Jason Castro 49 80 8 2 9 0 0.188 players (2C, 1 1B, 1 2B, 1 SS, 1

Jeff Mathis 0 62 6 3 9 1 0.161 3B, 5 OF, 1 CI, 1 MI, 1 Utility, 7

Jorge Alfaro 215 93 12 3 16 19T 2 0.226 SP, 2 RP), with a 5-round Jose Trevino 176 76 10 2 9 0 0.25 standard serpentine draft afterwards to fill out a taxi squad. ^ Rotisserie/fantasy hybrid: This YouTube.com/ is probably our favorite form of thefdhlounge competition, because it combines Sportsology the traditional roto style with Sportsology provides fun facts, pictures, stories, games, history and opinion about head-to-head play. Each week, Fantasy Sports. We give our readers an alternative to recycled stories from traditional news you play against an opponent, sources. We provide valuable information about sports-related products, so that competing in roto categories, with consumers have the information they need before making a purchase. Our Internet the winner of the most categories Drafthelp radio broadcasts also offer an alternative to generic Sports talk radio. With gags, guest taking the victory (a tiebreaking and an infusion of humor, we talk to you, not at you. Check out the main site at category is established as a Sportsology. info and specific sub-sites for baseball, football, hockey, hoops, pro backup). Either an auction or the wrestling, video games, DVDs/ movies and music. standard serpentine draft format Dot Com works here. Unique methods & ^ Fantasy baseball: These winning results for a DRAFTOLOGY GUIDES categories should be used, with variety of sports, not We publish a series of guides such as this through the year as a the number of points awarded for each in parentheses: Single (1), just the big boys! partnership between Sportsology, The FDH Lounge, FantasyDrafthelp.com and other entities under the banner of The 21st (2), (3), HR (4), Check out everything Hitter K (- 1), Run (1), RBI (1), Century Media Alliance. Fantasy Racing (late January), Fantasy Baseball we have to offer and SB (1), Win (10), Save (5), IP– (mid-March), NFL Draft (mid-April), NHL Entry Draft (mid-June), NBA never get out- ER (1), K (1). For this format, a Draft (mid-June), Fantasy Football (late July), Fantasy Hockey (mid- standard serpentine draft is prepared again! September), Fantasy Hoops (mid-October). preferred.

EV First Basemen $$ $ Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk 2021

1 Freddie Freeman 41 41 1T 733 1 214 51 1 13 5T 53 2 2 0.341 9 Overvalued Players 2 Cody Bellinger 38 38 1T 258 213 33 10T 12 7T 30 17T 6 1 0.239 10 C: none 3 DJ LEMAHIEU 35 35 3 699 2 195 41 3T 10 13T 27 3 0.364 1B: Mike 4 Jose Abreu 33 33 4 555 5 240 43 2 19 2 60 1 0 0.317 12 Moustakas, Matt

5 Pete Alonso 32 32 5 279 208 31 13T 16 3 35 7T 1 0.231 Olson, Anthony 6 Luke Voit 31 31 6 618 3 213 41 3T 22 1 52 3 0 0.277 Rizzo 2B: Jose Altuve, 7 Dominic Smith 1X 28 30 12 437 8 177 27 10 13T 42 4T 0 0.316 8 Paul Goldschmidt 21 21 9 270 191 31 13T 6 21 1 0.304 16 SS: Tim Anderson

9 Vladimir Guerrero 21 21 10 223 221 34 8 9 20T 33 12 1 0.262 3B: Brian

10 Eric Hosmer 21 21 14 423 9 143 23 9 20T 36 6 4 2T 0.287 Anderson, Jose Ramirez 11 20 20 7 178 210 28 14 4 42 4T 1 0.195 7 OF: Nick 12 Anthony Rizzo 19 19 8 190 203 26 11 10T 24 3 0.222 Castellanos,

13 Miguel Sano 18 18 15 198 186 31 13T 13 5T 25 0 0.204 4 Michael Conforto 14 18 20 11 143 203 36 5 12 7T 27 1 0.192 SP: Shane 15 Rhys Hoskins 16 16 17 379 14 151 35 6T 10 13T 26 1 0.245 Bieber, Kyle Hendricks, Jesus

126 12 5 23 0 0.333 8 16 Ryan Mountcastle 15 15 20 394 12 Luzardo, Lance

17 2X 15 15 373 15 149 25 9 20T 30 17T 0 0.309 14 Lynn, Dustin May,

18 Carlos Santana 12 12 19 140 206 34 9 8 30 17T 0 0.199 5 Sixto Sanchez, Zack Wheeler 19 12 12 13 193 139 13 8 27 1 0.23 17 CL: Brad Hand, 195 22 8 22 0 0.226 2 20 Josh Bell 12 12 16 165 James Karinchak, 21 Trey Mancini 12 12 Trevor Rosenthal 22 12 12 18 198 172 26 4 20 3 0.285 3 2021

23 6 6 331 17 86 12 5 12 2 0.302 20 Undervalued Players 24 5 5 591 4 99 19 9 20T 26 0 0.293 C: 25 Joey Votto 4 4 212 186 32 12 11 10T 22 0 0.226 1B: Ryan

26 RYAN MCMAHON 3X 3 3 184 172 23 9 20T 26 0 0.215 Mountcastle 2B: , $1 Catchers Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk SS: Jonathan 311 12 31 3 1 8 0 0.258 Villar Kevin Plawecki 430 6 82 8 1 17 16T 1 0.342 3 3B: Ke’Bryan 177 111 15 17T 2 17 16T 1 0.27 18 Hayes, Austin

Kyle Higashioka 379 10 48 7 4 10 0 0.25 Riley 29 70 5 1 6 0 0.257 OF: Randy Manny Pina 192 39 4 2 5 0 0.231 Arozarena, Max Kepler, Trey Martin Maldonado 201 135 19 11T 6 13T 24 8T 1 0.215 Mancini, Ryan 0 75 8 4 10 0 0.147 Mountcastle, 55 5 3 7 0 0.273 16T Ryan Jeffers 211 Dominic Smith

Sam Huff 750 1 31 5 3 4 0 0.355 2 SP: Ian Tomas Nido 535 3 24 4 2 6 0 0.292 7 Anderson, Dylan

100 10 0 8 0 0.23 Bundy, Corbin Tony Wolfers 0 Burnes, Elieser Tucker Barnhart 148 98 10 5 13 0 0.204 Hernandez, Tyler Stephenson NA 17 4 2 6 0 0.294 6 Tanner Houck, Victor Caratini 61 116 10 1 16 19T 0 0.241 Merrill Kelly,

Triston $1 First Basemen Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk McKenzie, 160 152 15 6 25 0 0.224 Charlie Morton,

Alec Bohm 409 10 160 24 4 23 1 0.338 11 Zach Plesac,

Aledmys Diaz 193 58 8 3 6 0 0.241 Blake Snell CL: Nick Asdrubal Cabrera 208 190 23 8 31 15T 0 0.242 Anderson, Raisel 241 161 24 7 28 0 0.273 Iglesias, Drew 473 7 80 13 8 16 0 0.263 Pomeranz C.J. Cron 391 13 42 9 4 8 0 0.191

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4 Brandon Lowe 26 28 8 447 3 193 36 4T 14 1 37 1 3 0.269 opinion about

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Tracing Offense In Baseball – From Before The Steroid Era Until Now

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As the chart to the right indicates, he 2005 16T 2.06 18 9.19 21 1.06 0.264 14 12.61 4.28 18 1.37 18 1.96 was absolutely right, with KO/Gm rising from 2004 6 2.24 9 9.62 8 1.07 0.266 9 13.1 4.46 7 1.4 9 2.11 12.61 in 2005 to 17.23 in 2019, a monstrous 2003 12 2.14 12 9.46 14 1.06 0.264 14 12.68 4.39 13 1.38 15 2.02 jump in just 14 seasons! 2002 16T 2.08 14 9.22 19 1.13 0.261 21 12.92 4.27 20 1.38 15 1.84 Beyond that correct prediction, however, we 2001 11 2.25 8 9.55 11 1.28 0.264 14 13.33 4.41 12 1.38 15 1.76 wanted to keep digging in light of the crash 2000 1 2.34 4 10.3 1 1.20 0.27 2 12.9 4.76 1 1.47 1 1.95 of offense in baseball in 2014. How much, 1999 2 2.27 7 10.2 2 1.41 0.271 1 12.81 4.7 2 1.46 2 1.62 exactly, had batting fallen off since the 1998 9 2.08 14 9.59 10 1.35 0.266 9 13.12 4.42 11 1.4 9 1.54 steroid era? And what had been the ebbs 1997 10 2.05 19 9.53 12 1.46 0.267 7 13.2 4.38 14 1.41 6 1.40 and flows of the game going even further back? 1996 3 2.19 11 10.1 3 1.43 0.27 2 12.92 4.6 3 1.44 3 1.53 We created an FDH offensive metric (the first 1995 8 2.02 22 9.7 6 1.46 0.267 7 12.61 4.45 9 1.42 5 1.39 column of the chart) by adding totaling up the 1994 5 2.07 16 9.87 4 1.42 0.27 2 12.38 4.5 6 1.43 4 1.46 spreads of the bolded categories (HR/Gm, 1993 18 1.78 29 9.2 20 1.44 0.265 11 11.6 4.18 21 1.39 11 1.24 Runs/Gm, BA, ERA and WHIP) going back to 1992 44 1.44 46 8.23 45 1.55 0.256 33 11.18 3.74 40 1.33 36 0.93 “The Year of the Pitcher” (and the year before 1991 35 1.61 35 8.61 32 1.48 0.256 33 11.58 3.91 31 1.34 31 1.08 baseball split into divisions for the first time 1990 34 1.58 39 8.51 36 1.56 0.258 25 11.33 3.85 36 1.35 25 1.01 ever, 1968. 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What will the remainder of the 1971 51 1.47 43 7.75 51 0.91 0.249 48 10.78 3.46 51 1.3 47 1.62 2020s bring? If the past is any indication, it’ll be 1970 32 1.76 30 8.68 28 0.98 0.254 41 11.51 3.88 33 1.36 21 1.80 a pullback in the opposite direction of present 1969 48 1.6 36 8.15 47 0.95 0.248 49 11.56 3.61 48 1.32 40 1.69 trends. 1968 53 1.23 52 6.86 53 0.94 0.237 53 11.82 2.98 53 1.19 53 1.32 AVE 1.85 8.86 1.28 0.259 12.46 4.04 1.35 1.51

2012-2020 FDH Best Player In Baseball Lists

NOTE: Since 2012, The FDH Lounge has been compiling an annual list of the best players in baseball, not in a fantasy sense, but in terms of all-around game. The list goes 30-deep, with an average of one player per team in MLB. The players listed just below each year’s rankings fell off the list from the previous year. Numbers in parentheses indicate where players were ranked the previous year.

2012 2013 2014 2015 TOP TIER TOP TIER TOP TIER TOP TIER 1 Josh Hamilton 1 Miguel Cabrera (11) 1 Clayton Kershaw (2) 1 Mike Trout (2) 2 Matt Kemp 2 Clayton Kershaw (5) 2 Mike Trout (5) 2 Clayton Kershaw (1) 3 3 Justin Verlander (3) 3 Miguel Cabrera (1) 3 Paul Goldschmidt (14) 4 Joey Votto 4 (6) SECOND TIER 4 Bryce Harper (NA) 5 Clayton Kershaw 5 Mike Trout (30) 4 Felix Hernandez (8) 5 Miguel Cabrera (3) 6 Ryan Braun 6 Bryce Harper (NA) 5 Chris Sale (NA) 6 Andrew McCutchen (11) 7 7 Joey Votto (4) 6 (21) 7 Josh Donaldson (NA) 8 Carlos Gonzalez 8 Felix Hernandez (NA) 7 Giancarlo Stanton (NA) 8 Max Scherzer (NA) 9 Matt Cain 9 Mariano Rivera (NA) 8 (13) 9 Zack Greinke (19) 10 Andrew McCutchen 10 Prince Fielder (18) 9 Jose Abreu (NA) 10 Jacob deGrom (NA) 11 Miguel Cabrera 11 Robinson Cano (27) 10 Koji Uehara (NA) 11 Manny Machado (NA) 12 Stephen Strasburg 12 Andrew McCutchen (10) 11 Andrew McCutchen (12) 12 Johnny Cueto (6) 13 Craig Kimbrel 13 Craig Kimbrel (13) 12 Adam Wainwright (29) 13 Nelson Cruz (NA) SECOND TIER SECOND TIER THIRD TIER 14 Jake Arrieta (NA) 14 Albert Pujols 14 Carlos Gonzalez (8) 13 (NA) 15 (NA) 15 Troy Tulowitzki 15 (NA) 14 Paul Goldschmidt (NA) 16 Sonny Gray (NA) 16 Chris Sale 16 Stephen Strasburg (12) 15 Yu Darvish (26) 17 Dallas Keuchel (NA) 17 Johnny Cueto 17 Buster Posey (NA) 16 Yasiel Puig (NA) 18 Anthony Rizzo (NA) 18 Prince Fielder 18 David Price (NA) 17 Sean Doolittle (NA) SECOND TIER 19 RA Dickey 19 Matt Harvey (NA) 18 David Price (18) 19 Chris Sale (5) 20 Adrian Beltre 20 Cliff Lee (23) 19 Zack Greinke (NA) 20 Giancarlo Stanton (7) 21 Carlos Beltran 21 Johnny Cueto (17) 20 (NA) 21 Felix Hernandez (4) 22 Cole Hamels 22 Jered Weaver (7) 21 Adrian Beltre (NA) 22 (NA) 23 Cliff Lee 23 Evan Longoria (NA) 22 Cole Hamels (25) 23 Corey Kluber (20) 24 Gio Gonzalez 24 Matt Cain (9) 23 Jon Lester (NA) 24 Buster Posey (24) 25 Jose Bautista 25 Cole Hamels (22) 24 Buster Posey (17) 25 Matt Harvey (NA) 26 26 Yu Darvish (NA) 25 Ryan Braun (4) 26 Jose Altuve (30) 27 Robinson Cano 27 Matt Kemp (2) 26 Carlos Gomez (NA) 27 JD Martinez (NA) 28 28 Albert Pujols (14) 27 (NA) 28 Dellin Betances (NA) 29 Adrian Gonzalez 29 Adam Wainwright (NA) 28 Robinson Cano (11) 29 Wade Davis (NA) 30 Mike Trout 30 Josh Hamilton (1) 29 Greg Holland (NA) 30 TIE: Jose Abreu (9) and 30 Jose Altuve (NA) Craig Kimbrel (8) Tomorrow Will Troy Tulowitzki (15) Chris Sale (16) Justin Verlander (3) Koji Uehara (10) Be Televised RA Dickey (19) Bryce Harper (6) Adam Wainwright (12) Blog and podcasts Adrian Beltre (20) Joey Votto (7) Troy Tulowitzki (13) covering the Carlos Beltran (21) Mariano Rivera (9) Yu Darvish (15) Gio Gonzalez (24) Yasiel Puig (16) intersection of TV and Prince Fielder (10) Jose Bautista (25) Carlos Gonzalez (14) Sean Doolittle (17) technology Paul Konerko (26) Justin Upton (15) David Price (18) https://www.mediavillage.com/ Roy Halladay (28) Stephen Strasburg (16) Adrian Beltre (21) author/simon-applebaum Adrian Gonzalez (29) Matt Harvey (19) Cole Hamels (22) Cliff Lee (20) Jon Lester (23) JERK: HOW I WASTED MY LIFE Jared Weaver (22) Ryan Braun (25) Evan Longoria (23) Carlos Gomez (26) WATCHING TELEVISION Matt Cain (24) Adam Jones (27) The entertaining memoirs of veteran TV columnist Adam Matt Kemp (27) Robinson Cano (28) Buckman document over 20 years of covering the biggest TV stars, pop culture celebrities and other entertainment figures Albert Pujols (28) Greg Holland (29) up close and personal! Get your copy now at Amazon.com! Josh Hamilton (30)

2012-2020 FDH Best Player In Baseball Lists

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 TOP TIER TOP TIER TOP TIER TOP TIER TOP TIER 1 Clayton Kershaw (2) 1 Mike Trout (1) 1 Mike Trout (1) 1 Mike Trout (1) 1 Mike Trout (1) 2 Mike Trout (1) 2 Clayton Kershaw (2) 2 Mookie Betts (15) 2 Ronald Acuna Jr (15) 2 Mookie Betts (8) 3 Paul Goldschmidt (3) 3 Jose Altuve (12) 3 Max Scherzer (6) 3 Christian Yelich (5) 3 Freddie Freeman (26) 4 Mookie Betts (NA) 4 Giancarlo Stanton (NA) 4 Jacob deGrom (NA) 4 Francisco Lindor (4) 4 Juan Soto (9) 5 Kris Bryant (NA) 5 Paul Goldschmidt (5) 5 Christian Yelich (NA) 5 Gerrit Cole (18) 5 Gerrit Cole (5) 6 Bryce Harper (4) 6 Max Scherzer (7) 6 Francisco Lindor (18) 6 Alex Bregman (21) 6 Marcell Ozuna (NA) 7 Max Scherzer (8) 7 Kris Bryant (5) 7 JD Martinez (21) 7 Cody Bellinger (NA) 7 Jacob deGrom (13) 8 Miguel Cabrera (5) 8 Bryce Harper (6) 8 Blake Snell (NA) 8 Mookie Betts (2) 8 Ronald Acuna Jr (2) 9 Josh Donaldson (7) 9 Aaron Judge (NA) 9 Chris Sale (13) 9 Juan Soto (NA) 9 Shane Bieber (30) 10 Nolan Arenado (NA) 10 Charlie Blackmon (25) 10 Nolan Arenado (12) SECOND TIER 10 Trevor Bauer (NA) 11 Manny Machado (11) 11 Corey Kluber (16) 11 Justin Verlander (NA) 10 Justin Verlander (11) 11 Yu Darvish (NA) Jose Fernandez (NA)*** 12 Nolan Arenado (10) 12 Clayton Kershaw (2) 11 Nolan Arenado (10) 12 Francisco Lindor (4) 12 Jose Altuve (26) 13 Chris Sale (22) 13 Jose Ramirez (14) 12 Anthony Rendon (NA) SECOND TIER 13 Anthony Rizzo (18) 14 Jose Ramirez (NA) 14 Aaron Nola (NA) 13 Jacob deGrom (4) 13 Corey Seager (NA) SECOND TIER 15 Mookie Betts (4) 15 Ronald Acuna Jr (NA) 14 Max Scherzer (3) 14 Manny Machado (NA) 14 Madison Bumgarner (22) 16 Freddie Freeman (17) 16 Javier Baez (NA) 15 Pete Alonso (NA) 15 Jose Abreu (NA) 15 Nelson Cruz (13) 17 Joey Votto (19) 17 Paul Goldschmidt (5) 16 Jack Flaherty (NA) 16 Trea Turner (NA) 16 Corey Kluber (23) 18 Francisco Lindor (23) 18 Gerrit Cole (NA) 17 Jose Altuve (25) 17 Fernando Tatis (NA) 17 Freddie Freeman (NA) 19 Manny Machado (11) 19 Corey Kluber (11) 18 Eugenio Suarez (NA) 18 Keston Hiura (NA) 18 Johnny Cueto (12) 20 Anthony Rizzo (13) 20 Manny Machado (19) 19 Gleyber Torres (NA) 19 Jose Ramirez (NA) 19 Joey Votto (NA) 21 JD Martinez (NA) 21 Alex Bregman (NA) THIRD TIER 20 Pete Alonso (15) 20 Robinson Cano (NA) 22 Kenley Jansen (NA) 22 Trevor Bauer (NA) 20 Stephen Strasburg (NA) 21 Nolan Arenado (11) 21 Carlos Correa (NA) SECOND TIER 23 Freddie Freeman (16) 21 Clayton Kershaw (12) 22 Cody Bellinger (7) 22 Chris Sale (19) 23 Carlos Correa (21) 24 Bryce Harper (8) 22 Ketel Marte (NA) 23 Christian Yelich (3) 23 Francisco Lindor (NA) 24 Noah Syndergaard (NA) 25 Jose Altuve (3) 23 Hyun-Jin Ryu (NA) 24 Clayton Kershaw (NA) 24 Corey Seager (NA) 25 Stephen Strasburg (NA) 26 Noah Syndergaard (24) 24 Xander Bogaerts (NA) 25 Xander Bogaerts (24) 25 Charlie Blackmon (NA) 26 Corey Seager (24) 27 Trevor Story (NA) 25 (NA) 26 Anthony Rendon (12) 26 Daniel Murphy (NA) 27 Josh Donaldson (9) 28 Kris Bryant (7) 26 Freddie Freeman (23) 27 Ozzie Albies (NA) 27 Buster Posey (24) 28 George Springer (NA) 29 Matt Carpenter (NA) 27 Rafael Devers (NA) 28 Kenta Maeda (NA) 28 Zach Britton (NA) 29 Carlos Carrasco (NA) 30 Charlie Blackmon (10) 28 Mike Soroka (NA) 29 Trevor Story (NA) 29 Jean Segura (NA) 30 Craig Kimbrel (NA) 29 George Springer (NA) 30 DJ LeMahieu (NA) 30 Jonathan Villar (NA) Giancarlo Stanton (4) 30 Shane Bieber (NA) Aaron Judge (9) Alex Bregman (6) Zack Greinke (9) Miguel Cabrera (8) Joey Votto (17) Blake Snell (8) Justin Verlander (10) Jacob deGrom (10) Madison Bumgarner (14) Anthony Rizzo (20) Chris Sale (9) Max Scherzer (14) Jake Arrieta (14) Nelson Cruz (15) Kenley Jansen (22) Jose Ramirez (13) Jack Flaherty (16) Chris Archer (15) Johnny Cueto (18) Carlos Correa (23) Aaron Nola (14) Jose Altuve (17) Sonny Gray (16) Robinson Cano (20) Stephen Strasburg (25) Javier Baez (16) Eugenio Suarez (18) Dallas Keuchel (17) Daniel Murphy (26) Corey Seager (26) Paul Goldschmidt (17) Gleyber Torres (19) Giancarlo Stanton (20) Buster Posey (27) Josh Donaldson (27) Corey Kluber (19) Stephen Strasburg (20) Felix Hernandez (21) Zach Britton (28) George Springer (28) Manny Machado (20) Ketel Marte (22) Andrew McCutchen (6) Jean Segura (29) Carlos Carrasco (29) Trevor Bauer (22) Hyun-Jin Ryu (23) Matt Harvey (25) Jonathan Villar (30) Craig Kimbrel (30) Bryce Harper (24) Mike Clevinger (25) JD Martinez (27) Noah Syndergaard (26) Rafael Devers (27) The FDH MMA Ring Announcer Jake Digman Dellin Betances (28) Lounge: Trevor Story (27) Mike Soroka (28) Mic work that would make CM Punk jealous! Wade Davis (29) Nothing is Kris Bryant (28) George Springer (29) Craig Kimbrel (30) Off-topic. Booking Information at Matt Carpenter (29) Jose Abreu (30) Charlie Blackmon (30) Nothing. Twitter.com/JakeDigman 1stDown

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$1 Outfielders Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk Westchester

Aristides Aquino 47 47 7 2 8 1 0.17 County Post Austin Hays 197 122 20 4 9 2 0.279 38T

Austin Riley 165 188 24 8 27 38T 0 0.239 Dot Com:

Austin Slater 622 8 85 18 5 7 8 10T 0.282 32T News, Sports,

Avisail Garcia 61 181 20 2 15 1 0.238 Health and

Ben Gamel 110 114 13 3 10 0 0.237 Entertainment

Billy Hamilton 591 10 32 10 1 2 6 0.125 coverage of Brad Miller 200 142 21 7 25 1 0.232 interest for

Brandon Nimmo 221 186 33 24T 8 18 1 0.28 37 the New York 577 11 19 4 1 5 0 0.316 12T area – and far

Brett Gardner 187 130 20 5 15 3 0.223 beyond as Brett Phillips 600 9 51 10 2 5 6 0.196 well!

Brian Anderson 219 200 27 11 23T 38 11 0 0.255 Brian Goodwin 174 144 17 6 22 5 0.215 The FDH Brock Holt 0 95 12 0 5 1 0.21

Bryan Reynolds 71 185 24 7 19 1 0.189 Lounge

Cameron Maybin 35 93 8 1 7 3 0.247 Podcasts

Cedric Mullins 195 140 16 3 12 7 19T 0.271 Available on

Chad Pinder 165 56 8 2 8 0 0.232 Blubrry,

Chris Owings 310 41 9 2 5 1 0.268 Google

Clint Frazier 323 131 24 8 26 3 0.267 Podcasts,

Cole Tucker 55 109 17 1 8 1 0.22 Listen Notes,

Corey Dickerson 158 194 25 7 17 1 0.258 Pandora,

Darin Ruf 300 87 11 5 18 1 0.276 Podbean,

Daulton Varsho 78 101 16 3 9 3 0.188 RadioPublic,

David Fletcher 281 207 31 32T 3 18 2 0.319 11 Stitcher,

David Peralta 216 203 19 5 34 16T 1 0.3 18T TuneIn &

Dee Gordon 0 75 12 0 3 3 0.2 YouTube.

Delino DeShields 0 107 10 0 7 3 0.252 Derek Fisher 247 31 5 1 7 0 0.226 The FDH

Dexter Fowler 206 90 14 4 15 1 0.233 Lounge DJ Stewart 238 88 13 7 15 0 0.193

Dwight Smith 163 63 9 2 6 1 0.222 Podcasts

Dylan Carlson 79 110 11 3 16 1 0.2 Peep our

Edward Olivares 103 96 9 3 10 0 0.24 entire library,

Ender Inciarte 13 116 17 1 10 4 0.19 OVER 1,000

Enrique Hernandez 164 139 20 5 20 0 0.23 hours on

Franchy Cordero 230 38 7 2 7 1 0.21 more topics

Garrett Cooper 240 120 20 6 20 0 0.283 30T than any

Garrett Hampson 152 167 25 5 11 6 0.234 other show,

Gregory Polanco 0 157 12 7 22 3 0.153 anywhere:

Guillermo Heredia 234 33 6 2 5 1 0.212 http://thefdhlo Harold Castro 282 49 6 0 3 0 0.347 3 unge.com/

Harrison Bader 226 106 21 4 11 3 0.226 podcast/

Hunter Dozier 179 158 29 39T 6 12 4 0.228 Sportsology 39 122 18 8 22 2 0.156 Baseball, 190 26 6 19 0 0.247 J.D. Davis 151 football, hoops,

Jace Peterson 135 45 6 2 5 1 0.2 hockey, pro

Jackie Bradley 251 191 32 29T 7 22 5 0.283 30T wrestling, music, JaCoby Jones 261 97 19 5 14 1 0.268 it matters not: nobody, but 113 17 4 15 0 0.221 Jake Cave 152 nobody, brings it

Jake Marisnick 433 20 33 4 2 5 0 0.333 5T stronger!

$1 Outfielders Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk Westchester

Jarrod Dyson 258 61 9 0 5 6 0.18 County Post 212 147 20 6 22 2 0.265 Dot Com: 129 96 11 6 14 0 0.198 News, Sports, Joc Pederson 137 121 21 7 16 1 0.19 Health and Jon Berti 338 37T 120 21 2 14 9 8T 0.258 Entertainment Jonathan Davis 304 27 4 1 6 1 0.259 coverage of 21 78 8 2 8 0 0.192 interest for Jorge Bonifacio 120 86 8 2 17 0 0.221

Jose Marmolejos 137 107 12 6 18 0 0.206 the New York

Jose Martinez 0 88 10 2 10 0 0.182 area – and far

Jose Osuna 47 78 6 4 11 0 0.205 beyond as

Jose Peraza 41 111 13 1 8 1 0.225 well!

Josh Harrison 251 79 11 3 14 1 0.279 38T

Josh Naylor 61 97 13 1 6 1 0.247 The FDH

Josh Reddick 139 188 22 4 23 1 0.245 Lounge Jurickson Profar 254 180 28 7 25 7 19T 0.278

Justin Upton 159 147 20 9 35T 22 0 0.204 Podcasts

Ketel Marte 119 181 19 2 17 1 0.287 29 Available on

Kevin Kiermaier 216 138 16 3 22 8 10T 0.217 Blubrry,

Kevin Pillar 255 208 34 21T 6 26 5 0.288 27T Google

Kris Bryant 89 131 20 4 11 0 0.206 Podcasts,

Kyle Schwarber 116 191 30 35T 11 23T 24 1 0.189 Listen Notes,

Leody Taveras 239 119 20 4 6 8 10T 0.227 Pandora,

Leury Garcia 165 59 6 3 8 0 0.271 Podbean,

Lewis Brinson 187 106 14 3 12 4 0.226 RadioPublic,

Luis Arraez 209 112 16 0 13 0 0.321 9T Stitcher,

Magneuris Sierra 378 29 44 8 0 7 4 0.25 TuneIn &

Manuel Margot 306 145 19 1 11 12 1T 0.269 YouTube.

Mark Canha 212 191 32 29T 5 33 22T 4 0.246

MARWIN GONZALEZ 57 175 15 5 22 0 0.211 The FDH

Matt Beaty 141 50 8 2 5 0 0.22 Lounge 126 127 16 2 14 1 0.252

Matt Kemp 225 117 18 6 21 1 0.239 Podcasts

Mauricio Dubon 201 157 21 4 19 2 0.274 Peep our

Michael Chavis 143 146 16 5 19 3 0.212 entire library,

Michael Taylor 117 92 11 5 16 0 0.196 OVER 1,000

Mike Tauchman 199 95 18 0 14 6 0.242 hours on

Monte Harrison 627 7 47 8 1 3 6 0.17 more topics

Myles Straw 121 82 8 0 8 6 0.207 than any

Nick Markakis 60 130 15 1 15 0 0.254 other show, anywhere: 65 70 8 2 8 2 0.186 http://thefdhlo Nick Solak 138 209 27 2 23 7 19T 0.268 unge.com/ Niko Goodrum 59 158 15 5 20 7 19T 0.183 podcast/ Nomar Mazara 20 136 13 1 15 0 0.228

Pavin Smith 231 37 7 1 4 1 0.27 Sportsology

Phil Gosselin 167 92 14 3 12 0 0.25 Baseball,

Raimel Tapia 285 184 26 1 17 8 10T 0.321 9T football, hoops, hockey, pro Robbie Grossman 248 166 23 8 23 8 10T 0.241 wrestling, music, Roman Quinn 551 15 108 14 2 7 12 1T 0.213 it matters not: Ryan Braun 249 129 14 8 26 1 0.233 nobody, but

Ryan McBroom 229 81 8 6 10 0 0.247 nobody, brings it 374 30 50 7 1 6 4 0.26 stronger!

$1 Outfielders $$ $ Exp UQB Rk AB R Rk HR Rk RBI Rk SB Rk AVG Rk Westchester

Sam Hilliard 166 105 13 6 10 3 0.209 County Post Scott Heineman 0 52 6 1 7 3 0.154 Shin-Soo Choo 250 110 13 5 15 6 0.236 Dot Com: News, Sports, Shogo Akiyama 3 155 16 0 9 7 19T 0.245 Health and 184 159 17 5 29 33T 4 0.226

Taylor Ward 38 94 16 0 5 2 0.277 Entertainment

Tim Locastro 396 26 69 15 2 7 4 0.29 25 coverage of

Tim Lopes 124 143 16 2 15 5 0.238 interest for

Tommy Edman 174 204 29 39T 5 26 2 0.25 the New York

Tony Kemp 0 93 15 0 4 3 0.247 area – and far

Tyler Naquin 122 133 15 4 20 0 0.218 beyond as

Tyler O'Neill 56 139 20 7 19 3 0.173 well!

Tyrone Taylor 191 38 6 2 6 0 0.237

Victor Reyes 173 202 30 35T 4 14 8 10T 0.277 The FDH

Victor Robles 109 168 20 3 15 4 0.22 Yairo Munoz 414 24 45 6 1 4 2 0.333 5T Lounge

157 27 8 24 0 0.198 Yoshitomo Tsutsugo 126 Podcasts Available on Starting Pitchers Exp UQB Rk INNS W Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk Blubrry,

Alex Cobb 99 52.1 2 38 4.3 1.34 Google 69 46.1 2 39 5.44 1.4 Podcasts, 154 66.2 4 70 24T 4.46 1.23 Listen Notes, 21 2 22 5.14 1.71 0 Pandora,

Antonio Senzatela 63 73.1 5 17T 41 3.44 1.21 Podbean,

Ben Braymer 257 23 7.1 1 8 1.23 2 1.64 RadioPublic,

Brad Keller 174 54.2 5 17T 35 2.47 20 1.02 26T Stitcher,

Brad Peacock 0 2.1 0 3 7.71 1.71 TuneIn &

Brett Anderson 107 47 4 32 4.21 1.28 YouTube.

Bruce Zimmermann 0 7 0 7 7.71 1.14

Caleb Smith 140 14 0 15 2.57 21T 1.29 The FDH 137 46.1 2 44 4.27 1.36

Chris Bassitt 206 44T 63 5 17T 55 2.29 16 1.16 Lounge

Cody Ponce 142 17 1 12 3.18 1.06 33T Podcasts Cole Hamels 0 3.1 0 2 8.1 1.2 Peep our

Colin Rea 43 14 1 10 5.79 1.21 entire library,

Dane Dunning 168 34 2 35 3.97 1.12 OVER 1,000

Daniel Mengden 0 12.1 0 10 3.65 1.7 hours on

Daniel Norris 201 27.2 3 28 3.25 1.16 more topics

Daniel Ponce de Leon 187 32.2 1 45 4.96 1.32 than any

Danny Duffy 130 56.1 4 57 44T 4.95 1.33 other show,

David Peterson 190 49.2 6 7T 40 3.44 1.21 anywhere:

Dean Kremer 121 18.2 1 22 4.82 1.45 http://thefdhlo

Deivi Garcia 144 34.1 3 33 4.98 1.19 unge.com/

Devin Smeltzer 0 16 2 15 6.75 1.5 podcast/

Drew Rasmussen 0 15.1 1 21 5.87 1.7 Sportsology 294 17T 26.1 0 42 3.42 1.1 44 Baseball,

Dylan Cease 100 58.1 5 17T 44 4.01 1.44 football, hoops,

Enoli Paredes 248 26 20.2 3 20 3.05 1.4 hockey, pro wrestling, music, Erick Fedde 32 50.1 2 28 4.29 1.37 it matters not: 145 51.1 2 46 4.03 1.25 nobody, but

Griffin Canning 135 56.1 2 56 3.99 1.37 nobody, brings it

Homer Bailey 215 39 8 1 7 3.38 1.12 stronger!

Starting Pitchers Exp UQB Rk INNS W Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk Westchester

Jaime Barria 143 32.1 1 27 3.62 1.11 45T Jake Arrieta 40 44.1 4 32 5.08 1.51 County Post Dot

Jake Woodford 69 21 1 16 5.57 1.19 Com: 0 20.1 1 26 6.64 1.48 News, Sports,

Joe Musgrove 214 40T 39.2 1 55 3.86 1.24 Health and

Johnny Cueto 77 63.1 2 56 5.4 1.37 Entertainment

Jon Lester 64 61 3 42 5.16 1.33 coverage of Jordan Hicks NA NA NA NA NA NA interest for the Jordan Montgomery 123 44 2 47 5.11 1.3 New York area – Jose Quintana 113 10 0 12 4.5 1.3 111 13 0 15 4.15 1.31 and far beyond

Justin Dunn 136 45.2 4 38 4.34 1.36 as well!

Justus Sheffield 148 55.1 4 48 3.58 1.3

Keegan Akin 176 25.2 1 35 4.56 1.44 The FDH 68 18.2 1 15 5.79 1.23

Kevin Gausman 218 36T 59.2 3 79 18 3.62 1.11 45T Lounge

Kris Bubic 83 50 1 49 4.32 1.48

Kyle Cody 237 31T 22.2 1 18 1.59 5 1.24 Podcasts

Kyle Freeland 49 70.2 2 46 4.33 1.42 Available on

Kyle Gibson 22 67.1 2 58 42T 5.35 1.53 Blubrry, Google 19 38 2 30 5.21 1.55 Podcasts, 12 54.1 3 46 5.47 1.56 Listen Notes, Luis Patino 0 17.1 1 21 5.19 1.85

Martin Perez 103 62 3 46 4.5 1.34 Pandora,

Masahiro Tanaka 159 48 3 44 3.56 1.17 Podbean,

Matthew Boyd 0 60.1 3 60 36T 6.71 1.48 RadioPublic,

Michael Pineda 166 26.2 2 25 3.38 1.2 Stitcher, TuneIn

Miguel Yajure 252 24 7 0 8 1.29 3 1.14 & YouTube. 41.2 3 40 3.02 1.15 Mike Clevinger 179 44

Mike Fiers 81 59 6 7T 37 4.58 1.37

Mike Minor 80 56.2 1 62 33T 5.56 1.24 The FDH

Mitch Keller 141 21.2 1 16 2.91 38T 1.25 Lounge 226 35 8.1 0 8 3.24 0.84 5T

Nate Pearson 5 18 1 16 6 1.5 Podcasts

Nathan Eovaldi 169 48.1 4 52 3.72 1.2 Peep our entire

Nick Margevicius 137 41.1 2 36 4.57 1.26 library, OVER

Nick Nelson 77 20.2 1 18 4.79 1.5 1,000 hours on

Pablo Lopez 186 57.1 6 7T 59 40T 3.61 1.19 more topics than

Patrick Sandoval 66 36.2 1 33 5.65 1.34 any other show,

Randy Dobrak 117 46.2 6 7T 27 4.05 1.35 anywhere:

Riley Smith 317 15 18.1 2 18 1.47 4 1.09 40T http://thefdhloun

Ross Detwiler 140 19.2 1 15 3.2 1.22 ge.com/

Ryan Borucki 190 16.2 1 21 2.7 25T 1.44 podcast/

Shaun Anderson 95 15.1 0 18 3.52 1.43

Spencer Turnbull 145 56.2 4 51 3.97 1.34 Sportsology

Steven Brault 139 42.2 1 38 3.38 1.2 Baseball, football,

Tarik Skubal 95 32 1 37 5.62 1.22 hoops, hockey,

Taylor Clarke 149 43.1 3 40 4.36 1.29 pro wrestling,

Taylor Hearn 195 17.1 1 23 3.63 1.38 music, it matters not: nobody, but Taylor Widener 100 20 0 22 4.5 1.3 nobody, brings it 214 40T 26.1 3 23 2.73 28T 1.18 stronger! 9 28 1 39 6.11 1.61

Starting Pitchers Exp UQB Rk INNS W Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk Westchester

Tyler Alexander 150 36.1 2 34 3.96 1.32 County Post Dot 84 59.2 4 41 4.37 1.39 Com: Tyler Mahle 192 47.2 2 60 36T 3.59 1.15

Tyler Matzek 369 10 29 4 43 2.79 34 1.14 News, Sports,

Vince Velasquez 60 34 1 46 5.56 1.56 Health and 47 11.1 0 10 2.38 18T 1.59 Entertainment

Yusei Kikuchi 117 47 2 47 5.17 1.3 coverage of

Zach Eflin 173 59 4 70 24T 3.97 1.27 interest for the

Relief Pitchers Exp UQB Rk INNS Sv Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk New York area – A.J. Cole 121 23.1 1 20 3.09 1.2 and far beyond

A.J. Minter 243 21.2 0 24 0.83 10 1.11 as well! Aaron Bummer 318 9.1 0 14 0.96 12 1.07

Aaron Loup 192 25 0 22 2.52 0.84 16T

Aaron Slegers 128 26 2 19 3.46 0.88 The FDH

Adam Kolarek 235 19 1 13 0.95 11 0.79 11T

Adam Plutko 18 27.2 1 15 4.88 1.34 Lounge

Adrian Morejon 104 19.1 0 25 4.66 1.24 Podcasts Alec Mills 34 62.1 0 46 10 4.48 1.16 Available on Alex Reyes 136 19.2 1 27 3.2 1.42

Amir Garrett 243 18.1 1 26 2.45 0.93 Blubrry, Google

Andre Scrubb 56 23.2 1 24 1.9 1.48 Podcasts,

Andrew Miller 216 13 4 16 2.77 1.08 Listen Notes,

Anthony Bass 160 25.2 7 17 21 3.51 1.01 Pandora,

Austin Gomber 157 29 0 27 1.86 1.17 Podbean, 222 16 0 25 2.81 1.31 RadioPublic, Blake Taylor 127 20.2 1 17 2.18 1.21 Stitcher, TuneIn 107 25.2 1 22 3.86 1.21

Brad Boxberger 67 18 0 18 3 1.39 & YouTube.

Brent Suter 155 31.2 0 38 18T 3.13 1.11

Brett Martin 140 14.2 0 8 1.84 1.16 The FDH

Brooks Raley 132 20 1 27 4.95 0.95

Brusdar Graterol 156 23.1 0 13 3.09 0.9 Lounge

Bryan Garcia 34 21.2 4 12 1.66 1.29

Bryse Wilson 0 15.2 1 15 4.02 1.72 Podcasts

Buck Farmer 100 21.1 0 14 3.8 1.17 Peep our entire 332 20 12 1 13 2.25 0.67 4T library, OVER

Cal Quantrill 149 32 1 31 2.25 1.22 1,000 hours on 223 18.2 0 27 2.89 1.02 more topics than any other show, 161 20 0 22 2.25 1.15 anywhere: Cam Hill 110 18.1 1 16 4.91 0.87 http://thefdhloun Cesar Valdez 339 18 14.1 3 12 1.26 19 0.7 7 ge.com/ Chad Green 242 25.2 1 32 3.51 0.82 15 podcast/ 158 25 0 34 3.96 1.16

Chaz Roe 76 9.1 1 9 2.89 1.39

Chris Martin 443 10 18 1 20 1 13 0.61 2 Sportsology

Chris Stratton 129 30 0 39 15T 3.9 1.3 Baseball,

Codi Heuer 249 23.2 1 25 1.52 0.89 football, hoops,

Cody Stashak 146 15 0 17 3 0.93 hockey, pro

Cole Sulser 0 22.2 5 19 5.56 1.5 wrestling, music,

Conner Menez 142 11.1 0 8 2.38 0.97 it matters not:

Connor Brogdon 261 11.1 0 17 3.97 0.88 nobody, but

Corbin Burnes 239 59.2 0 88 1 2.11 1.02 nobody, brings it

Craig Stammen 0 24 0 20 5.62 1.29 stronger!

Relief Pitchers Exp UQB Rk INNS Sv Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk Westchester 0 20.1 1 24 5.75 1.48 County Post Dot

Dan Winkler 111 18.1 0 18 2.95 1.2 Com: Daniel Bard 156 24.2 6 18T 27 3.65 1.3 News, Sports, Daniel Hudson 154 20.2 10 10 28 6.1 1.26

Darren O'Day 334 19 16.1 0 22 1.1 15 0.8 13T Health and

Darwinzon Hernandez 143 8.1 0 13 2.16 1.56 Entertainment

David Phelps 0 20.2 0 31 6.53 1.16 coverage of

Diego Castillo 207 21.2 4 23 1.66 1.06 interest for the Dillon Tate 179 16.2 0 14 3.24 0.84 16T New York area – Dustin May 100 56 0 44 12T 2.57 1.09 and far beyond 99 24.1 0 19 2.59 1.11 as well! Emilio Pagan 83 22 2 23 4.5 1.05 Erasmo Ramirez 298 14.1 1 9 0.63 8 0.84 16T

Eric Yardley 139 23.1 0 19 1.54 1.24 The FDH

Evan Marshall 187 22.2 0 30 2.38 1.06

Felix Pena 115 26.2 2 29 4.05 1.31 Lounge

Framber Valdez 144 70.2 0 76 2 3.57 1.12

Freddy Peralta 246 29.1 0 47 8T 3.99 1.16 Podcasts

Genesis Cabrera 218 22.1 1 32 2.42 1.16 Available on

Grant Dayton 158 27.1 0 32 2.31 1.21 Blubrry, Google Greg Holland 223 28.1 6 18T 31 1.91 0.95 Podcasts,

Gregory Soto 123 23 2 29 4.3 1.26 Listen Notes, Hector Neris 0 21.2 5 27 4.57 1.71 Pandora, J.B. Wendelken 185 25 0 31 1.8 1.12 Podbean, 287 10 0 10 0 1 1.2

Jake Diekman 367 15 21.1 0 31 0.42 3 0.94 RadioPublic,

Jake McGee 348 16 20.1 0 33 2.66 0.84 16T Stitcher, TuneIn

Jake Newberry 24 22 1 24 4.09 1.45 & YouTube. 166 19.1 1 26 3.26 1.29

James Hoyt 250 14.2 0 20 1.23 17T 1.16 The FDH Jarlin Garcia 232 18.1 0 14 0.49 4 0.98

Jason Adam 246 13.2 0 21 3.29 1.24 Lounge

Jesse Hahn 435 11 17.1 3 19 0.52 5 0.69 6

Jesus Luzardo 105 59 0 59 3 4.12 1.27 Podcasts

Jeurys Familia 26 26.2 0 23 3.71 1.46 Peep our entire

Jimmy Herget 73 19.2 0 17 3.2 1.37 library, OVER

Joakim Soria 150 22.1 2 24 2.82 1.25 1,000 hours on

Joe Jimenez 0 22.2 5 22 7.15 1.37 more topics than Joely Rodriguez 209 12.2 0 17 2.13 1.03 any other show,

John Curtiss 203 25 2 25 1.8 0.96 anywhere: John Gant 164 15 0 18 2.4 1.07 http://thefdhloun

Jonathan Hernandez 152 31 0 31 2.9 1.03 ge.com/

Jonathan Loaisiga 126 23 0 22 3.52 1.22 podcast/ 329 14.2 2 21 1.23 17T 0.89

Jorge Alcala 150 24 0 27 2.62 1.21 Sportsology

Jose Cisnero 152 29.2 0 34 3.03 1.11 Baseball, football,

Josh Lindblom 42 45.1 0 52 6 5.16 1.28 hoops, hockey,

Josh Staumont 162 25.2 0 37 2.45 1.4 pro wrestling,

Josh Tomlin 64 39.2 0 36 4.76 1.21 music, it matters not: nobody, but Julio Urias 103 55 0 45 11 3.27 1.15 nobody, brings it 81 23.2 0 21 3.04 1.35 stronger! Justin Wilson 104 19.2 0 23 3.66 1.37

Relief Pitchers Exp UQB Rk INNS Sv Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk Westchester Keury Mella 122 10 0 10 1.8 1.3 County Post Dot

Kwang Hyun Kim 83 39 1 24 1.61 1.03 Com: Kyle Finnegan 71 24.2 0 27 2.92 1.38 News, Sports, Kyle McGowin 126 11 1 16 4.91 1.27 198 23 0 26 1.56 1.04 Health and

Lou Trivino 100 23.1 0 26 3.86 1.11 Entertainment

Lucas Sims 210 25.2 0 34 2.45 0.94 coverage of

Luis Cessa 109 21.2 1 17 3.32 1.25 interest for the

Matt Andriese 123 32 2 33 4.5 1 New York area – Matt Barnes 193 23 9 11T 31 4.3 1.39 and far beyond Matt Foster 216 28.2 0 31 2.2 0.87 as well! 170 20.2 0 15 2.61 0.87

Matt Wisler 264 25.1 1 35 1.07 14 1.14

Michael Lorenzen 64 33.2 0 35 4.28 1.4 The FDH

Miguel Castro 29 24.2 1 38 18T 4.01 1.66

Mike Mayers 264 30 2 43 14 2.1 0.9 Lounge

Mychal Givens 149 22.1 1 25 3.63 1.16

Nick Tropeano 225 15.2 0 19 1.15 16 1.15 Podcasts

Nick Vincent 64 22.1 3 17 4.43 1.3 Available on

Nick Wittgren 163 23.2 0 28 3.42 1.01 Blubrry, Google

Nik Turley 42 21.2 1 20 4.99 1.11 Podcasts,

Noe Ramirez 114 21 0 14 3 1.14 Listen Notes, Oliver Perez 123 18 1 14 2 1.06 Pandora, Paul Fry 119 22 0 29 2.45 1.41 Podbean, Pedro Baez 137 17 2 13 3.18 1

Peter Fairbanks 169 26.2 0 39 15T 2.7 1.39 RadioPublic,

Phil Maton 142 21.2 0 32 4.57 1.34 Stitcher, TuneIn

Phillips Valdez 0 30.1 0 30 3.26 1.62 & YouTube.

Pierce Johnson 174 20 0 27 2.7 1.2

Rafael Dolis 221 24 5 31 1.5 1.25 The FDH Rafael Montero 288 17.2 8 13T 19 4.08 1.02

Richard Bleier 130 16.2 0 11 2.16 1.08 Lounge

Richard Rodriguez 283 23.1 4 34 2.7 0.86 Rowan Wick 137 17.1 4 20 3.12 1.38 Podcasts

Ryan Brasier 83 25 0 30 3.96 1.4 Peep our entire

Ryan Buchter NA 6 0 8 4.5 1.83 library, OVER

Ryan Thompson 23 26.1 1 23 4.44 1.41 1,000 hours on

Sam Howard 140 21 0 27 3.86 1.24 more topics than

Sam Selman 150 19.1 1 23 3.72 1.14 any other show,

Scott Alexander 37 12.1 0 9 2.92 1.46 anywhere:

Scott Barlow 142 30 2 39 15T 4.2 1.2 http://thefdhloun

Sergio Romo 163 20 5 23 4.05 1.15 ge.com/

Seth Lugo 44 36.2 3 47 8T 5.15 1.36 podcast/

Shane Greene 93 27.2 0 21 2.6 1.12

Shawn Armstrong 245 15 0 14 1.8 0.8 13T Sportsology

Stefan Crichton 146 26 5 23 2.42 1.19 Baseball, football, Tanner Rainey 376 14 20.1 0 32 2.66 0.74 8T hoops, hockey,

Tanner Scott 218 20.2 1 23 1.31 20 1.06 pro wrestling,

Taylor Williams 49 14.2 6 18T 20 6.14 1.43 music, it matters not: nobody, but 90 18 0 20 4.5 1.28 nobody, brings it Tom Eshelman 0 34.2 0 16 3.89 1.24 stronger! Tommy Hunter 99 24.2 1 25 4.01 1.14

Relief Pitchers Exp UQB Rk INNS Sv Rk K Rk ERA Rk WHIP Rk Westchester

Tony Watson 169 18 2 15 2.5 0.89 County Post Dot Travis Lakins 62 25.2 1 25 2.81 1.48 Com: 153 25 0 31 3.24 1.2 News, Sports, Trevor May 275 23.1 2 38 18T 3.86 1.16

Ty Buttrey 0 26.1 5 18 5.81 1.41 Health and

Tyler Clippard 193 26 0 26 2.77 0.88 Entertainment

Tyler Duffey 278 24 0 31 1.88 0.79 11T coverage of

Tyler Rogers 77 28 3 27 4.5 1.32 interest for the

Tyler Webb 149 21.2 1 19 2.08 1.11 New York area – Victor Gonzalez 323 20.1 0 23 1.33 0.74 8T and far beyond Wander Suero 128 23.2 0 28 3.8 1.27 as well! Wandy Peralta 108 27.1 0 25 3.29 1.21

Will Smith 134 16 0 18 4.5 0.94

Yency Almonte 119 27.2 1 23 2.93 1.12 The FDH

Yimi Garcia 313 15 1 19 0.6 7 0.93

Yohan Ramirez 127 20.2 3 26 2.61 1.4 Lounge

Yusmeiro Petit 135 21.2 0 17 1.66 1.11

Zack Britton 268 19 8 13T 16 1.9 1 Podcasts Available on Blubrry, Google The FDH Lounge Ultimate Links Page Podcasts, The only webpage you would ever need on a desert island! Listen Notes, Over 2,150 links — sports & non-sports — in 52 easy-to- Pandora, Podbean, navigate categories RadioPublic, http://thefdhlounge.com/the-fdh-lounge-ultimate-links-page/ Stitcher, TuneIn & YouTube.

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