Blake Murphy Sports Writing

Title: Fantasy Baseball Analyst at Rotographs
Date: January 21, 2016
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: I’ve started back up at Rotographs on what’s close to a full-time basis. I’ll be contributing at least four pieces a week and, once the season starts, be manning the larger side of their Roto Riteup platoon, providing a for-your-coffee breakdown of the prior day’s baseball happenings.

There will probably be too much volume for me to re-post everything here, so make sure to check out my Rotographs archive, in addition to this site, where anything I write for the Fangraphs side will definitely still appear.

Title: Blue Jays’ Playing Time Battles: Hitters
Date: January 21, 2016
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at playing time battles for the Toronto Blue Jays entering the 2016 season.
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Title: Shortstops With Potential Second-Half Playing Time Gains
Date: July 15, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at shortstops with a low ownership tag who could, one way or another, see a playing time spike later in the season.
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Title: Jed Lowrie’s Power Outage Provides Buy-Low Opportunity
Date: July 8, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article suggested that an early-season power outage from Jed Lowrie provided an opportunity to buy low, which didn’t really end up being the case.
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Title: Mid-Season Shortstop Tier Rankings
Date: July 1, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article was a tiered ranking of fantasy baseball shortstops as of the beginning of July, with a refresher on how last season’s rankings changed after the midway point of the year.
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Title: Tempering Expectations On A Trio Of Shortstops
Date: June 24, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article tried to pour some cold water on three shortstops I deemed overrated based on expert rankings in Everth Cabrera, Jean Segura, and Xander Bogaerts.
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Title: Important Life Questions And Brad Miller
Date: June 17, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article, which felt like my 100th on the topic, tried to make heads or tails of Brad Miller as a fantasy player.
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Title: The Disappearance Of J.J. Hardy’s Power
Date: June 10, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article looked at the surprising paucity of power in J.J. Hardy’s early-season profile, wondering if Hardy would eventually rebound or if he had legitimately lost some pop.
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Title: 2014 Shortstop Tier Rankings: June
Date: June 3, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article was a tiered ranking of fantasy baseball shortstops as of the beginning of June, with Troy Tulowitzki once again head-and-shoulders above his peers.
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Title: Giving Josh Rutledge Another Chance
Date: May 27, 2014
Original Source: Rotographs
Synopsis: This article doubled down on earlier hype for Jush Rutledge, foolishly suggesting he could be a usable piece with the Colorado Rockies suffering some injuries..
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