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0Bud Norris and Zack Greinke both struck out 12 hitters yesterday. One in 6 innings and the latter in 7 innings, if latter means Greinke. And when I saw their lines it occurred to me, that my Bud’s gonna be just like Greinke, when he grows up, my Bud’s gonna be just like Greinke. You see my Bud’s WHIP’s a hassle and his homers have the flew. But one day Bud will be just like you. One day he’ll be just like you. And Greinke would say, “Why is he singing Cat’s in the Cradle to me? I’m not his father, I’m barely two years older than him?” Yeah, you’ll see, Greinke. You can’t even see the irony now, but one day, my Bud’s gonna be just like you. You all will see. For now, he’s not him. Nope, nuh-uh, nada, not there, nope again. His walks are still too out of control, but his K-rate is over nine and his xFIP is 12 team mixed league respectable. He’s about as risky a starter as there is — he’s even on Rudy’s list of risky pitchers for 2012 — but it’s hard to find his sort of Ks on waivers. And, one day, he’ll put it together and we’ll have a good time then… You know we’ll have a good time then. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Alex Avila – To the DL with a hamstring strain. Only positive here is Miggy homered yesterday, feeling more comfortable without AA hassling him.
Chris Young – After starting Tuesday’s game (5 IP, 2 ER), the tall righty left to be with his wife for the birth of their child. Godspeed, I hear birthing a giraffe can be tricky.
Jason Bay – Returned from the DL, despite the Mets doctors best efforts.
Ike Davis – Reached base three times yesterday. And, no, it wasn’t one walk where he took a lead off of first and successfully made it back to first on two pick off attempts. He went 1-for-2 with two walks. Big news right there. I bet the back page of The New York Post will be, “Something about the Yankees.”
Drew Stubbs – Out with some bad ribs. Rudy says Stubbs BBQ in Austin has had bad ribs for years and they’re still open for business. What gives, Drew?
Paul Konerko – Should be back in a day or two, after having a small chip flushed from his wrist. Hope all his pertinent information is still on his collar.
Daniel Bard – Red Sox announced they are still deciding on Bard’s role. I’d go with Joseph Fiennes.
Josh Beckett – 8 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks to lower his ERA to 4.04. Still took the loss; the Red Sox blamed Youk.
Austin Jackson – Starting a rehab assignment, Sal Perez is starting an assignment, Evan Longoria’s about to start a rehab assignment, Pablo Sandoval’s already rehabbing. Is there any question why baseball was Betty Ford’s favorite sport? She used to say, “A great nation begins and ends at water, but a great water is vodka.”
Max Scherzer – 4 1/3 IP, 5 ER to push his ERA to 5.88. Scherzer’s like an Oreo where the middle is creme and the creme is in the middle of excrement. Mmm…Ks…Mmm…Hey, is that corn? Jesus Montero, Scherzer, what did you do here?! He doesn’t sound like a Michael Chabon character to me anymore. He sounds like a virus of upside that people should bio-vac into a sterilizing waste bin, take out to the lake and free, so someone else can pollute their fantasy ecosystem.
Brandon Morrow – 9 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks. Three weeks ago, Rudy said I shouldn’t be saying to sell him. But Rudy also didn’t think he’d have an ERA under 3.50 and he benched him yesterday, so that shows the level of trust here. How many really felt comfortable with him after his two 6 earned run games (one in 5 IP and one in 2/3 IP) in the last two weeks? Felt like the wheels were falling off, didn’t it?
Rajai Davis – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam & legs with an extra side of legs. Topps should do one of those novelty cards with Rajai and Quintin Berry, titled, “What’s Happening!!” I don’t think it’ll be long before Rajai is moved up to the top of the order and continues to run. Yeah, it’s SAGNOF, but what else you got?
Adam LaRoche – 2-for-3 with his 9th homer as he finally emerged from a nasty slump where he was 5 for his last 40. Putting aside my cup of snark for a second, LaRoche is usually a second half player and he already has 9 homers. Maybe someone got him real drunk and moved his calender ahead three months. The trick’s gonna be when he’s gonna pop champagne after every series win in July.
Michael Morse – 4 for his last 8. •• — – ••
Felipe Paulino – He was hit by a comebacker, but he left the game with a groin injury. Sounds like a snowball injury.
Chris Capuano – 5 IP, 4 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks to raise his ERA to 2.82, which secured him his 8th win. He also has a 1.08 WHIP. Basically any pitcher you can think of, Capuano’s been as good as them. It’s the Year of the Capu.
Jeff Francis – Signed by the Rockies. The visual I’m getting here is when Homer kept grabbing the donut that was attached to an electrical shock.
Aroldis Chapman – Just because I think it’s amazing, I’m going to go through his stats one more time. This might be a weekly segment. Grey Stops and Drools, brought to you by Lobster Bibs, We’re Not Just For Lobster Eating Anymore (what? They’re expanding their market). Maybe we’ll just call it the A-Droolis Segment. Either way, through 29 innings, 52 Ks! 0.55 WHIP! 0.00 ERA! 4 Wins! 6 Saves! And the actual faith of Dusty!
Yoenis Cespedes – 3-for-3 with the Juan Pierre cycle. I caught some slack in the comments yesterday because it seemed like I was calling out Yoenis for only having 6 homers. I was just pointing out that I thought most would think he had more. No judgements. I wish he had more maybe because we have him on quite a few teams.
Bartolo Colon – 8 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks. And the battle between two starters (Colon and Millwood) that no one wants to own just got interesting. Colon’s ERA 3.92 to Millwood’s 3.90. 49 Ks to 46. Colon’s got the WHIP though in a walk 1.26 to 1.39.
Randall Delgado – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 7 Ks. He hasn’t been good all season by any means. Shoot, he hasn’t even really been that good recently aside from this game. But — and this is a J. Lo-sized but — his ERA is more than a run and a half below Scherzer’s. Great, now Scherzer is polluting other player’s blurbs.
Freddie Freeman – Left yesterday’s game with a finger contusion. “Since I was a little finger, I always thought of myself as a toe.” Oops, that’s finger confusion. My bad. Freddie is gonna go for X-rays today and we’ll find out if he’s free, uh, man.
Allen Craig – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say he’s either injured again (okay, that wasn’t the limb; here it comes) or he’s going to be this year’s Michael Morse breakout. Some day we’re going to tell our kids about the time Allen Craig stayed healthy for more than three months. A glorious time of mead and zaftig women and Allen Craig!
Josh Johnson – 7 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 9 Ks. Totally solid start, so don’t take this the wrong way, but he doesn’t seem like the dominant pitcher we used to see with him. He could still be trying to find his groove. Maybe it’s in Taye Diggs’s shorts.
Ivan Nova – 8 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks. He now leads the league with 7 wins. Your jaw dropped, then you went to your waiver wire to see if he was owned. When you got to the waiver wire, you saw he also has a 5.09 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP. How did I know what you did? I was standing behind you. Sorry, I was double parked. See you around!
Alex Cobb – 7 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks. Pitched better than his line indicates. The Tampa Bay Peach is not showing any of his minor league Ks (9+ K-rate) and his fastball may not translate to the majors (89 MPH) while relying on the change (40% of the time). At this point, I’d still only look at him in AL-Only leagues.
Kendrys Morales – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer and third in the last three games. He’s finally earning that name change he did last year. Giancarlo, “Word.” Arte Moreno’s petition to change Los Angeles to Anaheim of Los Angeles hasn’t gone as well.
Jim Thome – Phils activated Thome from the DL. When I saw this news, for a second I thought I had my Rosetta Stone translator on that turns everything into 2003.
Chase Utley – Was joined by Ryan Howard in yesterday’s extended spring training game. A lot experts are predicting the Phils to win this year’s Extended Spring Training World Series.
Ty Wigginton – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer. As my 14-year-old niece would text, “TY VM 4 addvise pick-up TY HEHE!!!”
Jimmy Rollins – 1-for-4 with his 3rd homer. Hold on! Stop burying him! It must’ve been the same spider that bit Nikki and Paulo. Rollins is hitting .370 over the last week.
Jamie Moyer – Signed by the Orioles. If he can’t get on the mound for the O’s, they said they might use him as their senior citizen greeter at the ballpark.
Sergio Romo – Got his 3rd save yesterday. Giants are saying Casilla will be back for their next game. So fantasy baseballers (<–my mom’s term!) can stop waving a hand in front of their face saying “Can’t see ya.”
Gregor Blanco – 5 for his last 10 as he homered yesterday. He went cold there for a spell (around the time I picked him up), but he’s gotten hot again (around the time I dropped him. Face meet palm.).
Norichika Aoki – 3-for-4, 2 runs. He’s been entrenched in the leadoff spot for the Brewers while hitting .289 over his first 114 ABs. He’s not much else, unfortunately. Maybe 7/7 over the course of the season. Fun fact! His name translates to the sound someone makes when choking on a maki roll.
Carlos Quentin – 1-for-4 with 2 runs. The Padres are talking about extending his contract. We’re running a contest to give away a TV; the Padres are giving away $30 million dollars to their first player who can hit 4 homers in a week.
Cameron Maybin – 2-for-4 as he homered yesterday for the 2nd time this year. To say he’s been yawnstipating is probably underselling yawnstipating, but he’s been better of late (.333 over the last week; 8 steals and ~.250 in May). Bee tee dubya, I love the tilde for so many reasons. A) It looks like a mustache. B) You need something else!? C) There’s no C. D) It’s awesome shorthand for the lazy. I just looked at Maybin’s stats for May, saw his average came out to somewhere around .250, dropped a tilde on that shizz and called it a day. E) You didn’t think this sidebar would have an E, did you? F) If I ever have a daughter, I’m naming her Ma~.
Wade Miley – 8 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 5 Ks. He was almost the lede today, but he didn’t strikeout 12. Kidding. Sorta. I don’t buy Miley at all. I’d say sell him, but I doubt anyone’s buying him. It would be nice though if someone would drop some Liquid Paper on his stats, so there’s a bit more pressure to promote Bauer. Oh, no, I pressed the trigger word to ask about Bauer! Which is coincidentally his name.
Paul Goldschmidt – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and a homer. AuShizz!
Justin Upton – Gibson sat him out again because he’s struggling. Kirk Gibson’s just giving him enough time to grow some stubble. “I’ll lather your face in Rogaine if I have to!” Between this and the owner calling out Stephen Drew, it’s “Piss off your players” week in Arizona. Next up — Chris B. Young is asked if the B stands for Butthead.
grey, i got offered STUBBS and adam laroche for hosmer. my OF currently is ethier, KEMP, doumit, quentin, niewenhies, carlos gomez, brantley and campana. at 1B without hosmer id have pablo 1b/3B and edwin 1B/3B. should i do it?
@gmatt21, I’d take Stubbs
james loney or elian herrera ROS?
@ferris, Herrera
Trade my phil Hughes/Matt moore for his shields?
I think I’m gonna reject this I just wanted to know if you concur.
@Random Collmenter, reject
@Random Collmenter, there are two ways to handle this kind of situation: 1- you reject offers like this immediately to let him know you are not a fool. 2- You ignore the offer completely until he takes it back himself.
Hey there is an art of rejection! Next time he will think twice before he starts bothering you with stuff like this.
@Random Collmenter, Reject
Morrow is the real deal! That bad outing against Tampa was partially due to bad defense behind him. As for the game in Texas… who doesn’t bench their starters in Texas? Morrow has had pinpoint control of his fastball, he doesn’t get flustered with men on base anymore, and so he is finally pitching like his peripherals always indicated he would.
Grey, you still selling Morrow? Sounds like you are.
@Kubrick, I’m still selling. Matter o’ fact, I just did, for Bryce Harper.
@WhineSpritzer, Solid deal if you need OF help.
Morrow had the bad outing against Texas, but in the Tampa game there were 2 clear errors and for some reason MLB stats missed the second error. All 6 runs came in the 5th that game and Morrow should have been charged with 2 earned runs. When he left they showed his line on TV and it said 2 earned runs. There was a bit of a chat over this the day after by jays fans. It didn’t really screw Morrow over as he likely doesn’t care, but MLB screwed all the fantasy owners like myself!
I tend to agree though…3 complete game shutouts. Morrow is getting less strikeouts. Fewer 4 seamers trying to blow it by guys which often works, but also ends up in the stands…more two seamers with good movement getting ground balls…His control has been remarkable this year. Hope he can keep it up.
@DrEasy, I love you, you’re making excuses for him…
Two things. One: what is that thing you put to the right of Michael Morse’s name? Looks like a smirking four-eyes alien downer; two: Capuano… I propose ‘The Year of the Capubara…” at least it’s more like a real animal that way; three: (I forgot to say there’s three, not two) Chris Young; know what’s worse than birthing a giraffe? Shitting like a hippopotamus. You can probably youtube that last one if you want. Cheers….
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight,
For those of us old enough to remember – it’s Morse code.
@GlennGulliver, hrm. i learned to notate it with short and long dashes, not periods. maybe they changed it—like they only do one space after periods now but all the fifty-plus dudes insist that two spaces is right because that’s what their typewriting teachers told them.
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight,
but , the hippo line was a giggle .
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight, HA!
Just gotta check something here. About 36 hours ago, I negotiated a trade of my D Hudson + Paulino for his A-Ram + Kelly Johnson. It was offered and accepted. It hasn’t gone through yet, though.
Subsequent to that of course, Paulino gets hurt. I’m not under any obligation, moral or otherwise, to offer to cancel the trade am I?
The only guy I knew to be hurt prior to the trade being accepted is A-Ram – and he’s a guy I’m getting…
@Steve, no! get it while the gettin’s good. the trade was negotiated and exacted before paulino got his…. the injury was not contemplated in the initial deal. if dude 2 said “deal contingent on the fact that paulino DOES NOT get hurt by the 7th the we’d be having a different conversation. but he didn’t. and we aren’t.
@Steve, Had that kinda situation happen to me before, and can’t remember exactly what happened in the end, think it did get processed.
It should be processed though, it’s when the trades accepted that matters, and if he was injured when the dude accepted its his fault for not checking. Now that he’s gone with it there should be no turning back, let us know what the outcome is.
Looking forward to the Euros Steve? Starting to get the usual football fever here.
@TheNewGuy, Oh wait a minute, you’re a Kiwi, why would you care about the Euros….duhh.
@TheNewGuy,
i have an indemnification clause .
@TheNewGuy, if you have trouble sleeping then you know why, your ears might ring for a couple of weeks as the other owner is constantly talking about the POS in his fantasy league and the botched trade, but if you want to fix the Karmic universe then go buy some transient a 40oz and all is good
@Steve, Fine print says you’re in the clear… I’d email the owner saying tough break, you suck.
Owning Nova this year has inspired me to propose a term for the Razzball glossary – Novacaine. A Novacaine performance is one in which the pain of a pitcher’s bad start (bad ERA, bad WHIP) is dulled by the fact that he somehow won the game anyway.
Ivan Nova is the king of Novacaining. He has Novacained his way to 7 wins this year despite an ERA over 5 and a 1.47 WHIP… you get the idea.
@GlennGulliver, Ha….quality.
@GlennGulliver, Nice, it’s the same thing as Conshellation Prize though.
@GlennGulliver, Nice. But yeah it’s the same thing.
@GlennGulliver, Yeah, same as above… Check your terms, people! Kidding. Or am I?
which 3 to own of Medlen, Colon, Minor, Gee, Smyly? 6 category (-W, +QS, +KBB)
@Jimmy, Colon, Gee, Smyly
Pickup Kuroda or Miley for Scherzer?
Can’t wait to drop this schmo, Kuroda’s been very solid recently aside from one start and ypu know you’ll get wins too, Miley’s been suprisingly effective too. Which ya like?
The emoticons another option but he’s pitched pretty rough lately…
@TheNewGuy, Kuroda
Would you trade Garza for Craig?
Also – would you trade Garza + Asdrubal for Hanley or Reyes or Andrus?
And while were talking about Garza..start tonight at Milwaukee?
@Grey’s da man!, I’d take Hanley… I’d start him…
I have Braun, Victorino, and Choo, as outfielders. When Gardner comes off DL whats your advice?
@Jermo, Write a letter to Torre to let Gardner catch… Trade?
..–.. spells “UD”
I don’t know how to “ud” Michael Morse.
@Adam, Yes, you U do.
Grey – keeping Lost relevant…especially the most irrelevant characters. Great job! I’d like you to reference Frogurt and Carl tomorrow.
@EMC Squared, yeah, I loved the Lost reference. Even if that show was absolutely insane, it was still incredible. Way to keep it alive!
@EMC Squared, Yes, for you…
Despite his ice cold start, could Stanton even surpass your projections for him? Currently hitting around .300 definately higher than the .260 projected, and outside chance of 40 homers.
@TheNewGuy, Yeah, he could… He’s young enough that’s there’s upside…
Totally with you on Morrow. He’s been pretty golden for me thus far (I didn’t start him in Texas), but I NEVER feel really comfortable trotting him out there, so I traded him today for Bryce Harper. And that, I’m comfortable with.
@WhineSpritzer, Nice
Start Matusz in Boston today?
@Sparks, Nope
@Grey
Hey Grey, the way you feel about Max Scherzer, thats the way I feel about Justin Upton and Howard Kendrick. Have all three on my fantasy team. Thanks for the advice!!
@Kane, I hate Kendrick. Had a trade worked out to get rid of him and it got vetoed!! I am stuck with this ice cube forever !!!! :sad emoticon:
@Kane, Eh, Upton will come around…
Been offered Lincecum, Utley and Rasmus for Cano. I am dominating hitting but my era and whip need help. 14 team 5×5 roto. Is it worth taking a chance on Utley’s return and Lincecum getting better?
Also Seager or Wiggington ros? Thanks
@boomer19, I’d want Cano there, not really close… Seager…
Hi Grey!
I need to try to trade a hitter and I don’t know which one to trade!!
Can you help?
Fowler
N. Cruz
Swisher
@chelsea bb fan, Swisher
Craig is a perplexing case for a keeper league. While I am not ready to slap the “always injured” label on him, he has been on the DL more than he’s been active (or so it feels like).
But, he is a hitting machine and currently the best hitter on my team even though he was drafted to be the “utility” guy.
So could I justify keeping him instead of Hosmer? If at the end of the year he’s at .320 25 and 80 and Hoz is at .270 20 75.
I guess not, but it would really be a reluctant no-keep.
(Thinking about keepers already cuz my team’s gone from 1.5 pts behind first to 13 behind in 2 days…)
@papasmurf, Can’t over Hosmer…
Picked up Bailey and Paulino for spot starts last wk. Went well the first time around. Not so much the second time around…
Picked up Leake to pick on the Buckos again today… good god my SP situation is a mess. I can count on Anibal and Sale and that’s it. And I don’t know about Sale in the 2nd half.
@papasmurf, Yeah, I hear ya…
@ Grey :
“poison pill” has been a part of my lexicon for years , now , and
have been using it since coming to this site .
for your readers who don’t grasp the context , max scherzer provides
the best immediate opportunity and perhaps is this year’s poster child .
specifically , few will start him against the cubs (on the 12th) , especially
after his last start and if the wind is blowing out in wrigley .
sitting him is the prudent thing to do .
of course , he’ll put up a line something similar to 6 2/3 , 9 k’s , 1 bb .
so , you bite your tongue … take your lumps … at least you’re “safe” .
next comes colorado at home , on a sunday afternoon … prolly a low-
scoring affair .
in your heart , you still know better than to trust him , so you drop him ,
either without gambling on this start , but , for sure ‘timed’ so that no one
else can get him in time for the game vs the rockies .
you have now activated the poison pill .
other owners will , for sure , be watching this start against the rockies .
some may even be motivated to put an early claim in for him .
in any event , someone will pick him up .
then , when he blows up for his next start (at pittsburg) , he will
be on some other schmuck’s roster .
after that , you can only hope that his new owner looks to re-coup his
misfortune against the pirates and has the chutzpah to throw scherzer at either texas or t-bay .
that makes the giving of the ‘poison pill’ all the sweeter .
@chata, Yeah, true… That’s how he ropes you in…
slapped with SP injuries this year… Halladay, Lilly, Duffy, Garcia, now Paulino, What do we do with FePa?
Buchholz, Liriano, Harang, Happ, Wandy, Miley, Milone, Hughes, Delgado, Zito, Diamond are most *interesting* names available… Are they the “Liquid Paper Kids”? or do you see a move in there?
@supra, Wandy should be owned…
@ Grey :
jeff francis and jamie moyer on the same post ?
i’ll bet you did that just to see if the kiwi will bite .
he likes those golden oldies … lilly , oswalt , livian , etc .
heck , i’ll betcha the kiwi was big on kenny rogers , part 1 , AND
part 2 … ‘the return of the gambler’ .
my money says that the kiwi has liriano on his roster and starting ,
for his next trip/expedition(?) out to the mound .
is it a bet ?
Gordon/FatAdams enough for JUpton in a 12 team, h2h, weekly points keeper?
@BuyingUpton, no
Pls rank for a spot:
Billingsley @ SEA
Diamond v CHC
Hammel v PHI
Milone @ ARI
@EK, Hammel, Bills, Milone
@Grey, can you throw in Ogando @ SF.. thanks
Drop Rasmus for Morales?
Time to give up on Kendrick? (FAs: Weeks, Walker, Altuve, Hill, Beckham, Utley, Sean Rod, Infante)
10 team mixed league h2h categories
Arencibia
Pujols
Kendrick
Lowrie
Reyes
Bruce
De Aza
Smoak
Rasmus
DL: Crawford, Longoria
@JP, I’d take Altuve over Kendrick…. I’d want Morales over Rasmus…
In a non keeper (16 team) would you trade Miley for Bauer? My thinking is Bauer has the best chance of all pitching prospects to make a significant impact this year, and his owner might be getting frustrated with no call happening yet.
Miley’s value couldn’t be higher right now too.
@TheNewGuy, Do it
@TheNewGuy, Definitely
Nice Exposé reference. “Power lines?” It’s that one episode where we didn’t learn anything, but got a bunch of new questions. “Paolo lies?” Actually, we learned that nobodies would be getting lots of air time, entire seasons were going to be filled with… filler, and the show had officially jumped the shark. “Paralyzed!” Thanks for a great Season 1, and for making Matthew Fox feel important again. “Wait… ponder lives?” Yes indeed. The six years wasted thinking about that show, at least.
@Awesomus Maximus, I don’t think it was a waste… Lots of great TV within there, but I watched the whole series run in two months so I didn’t feel like I wasted 6 years of my life…
FMFBBL… Two days ago I threw Anibal and Jaime while my opponent had Billingsly & Ubaldo for probably their best starts of the year; yesterday I dropped Jaime to play Paulino; today I’m asking you, Grey, who am I dropping Paulino for to be the play on Saturday: Jarrod Parker @ Arizona or Cahill vs. Oakland.
[If Mix-a-lot measures his TVs in booties, then my electronics store would definitely measure screen size in bad pitching luck ("This weekend only: HUGE RED TAG SALE... all of our Minor-inch plasmas, Nicasio-inch computer monitors, and Paulino-inch LEDs must go...plus don't forget zero percent financing on Haier's new line of Wei-Yin Chen-trons") However, thanks to you I had a very peaceful rest on my new Wilhelmsen yesterday--ditching the Downs comforter really made things feel nice and breezy, which is a must for the long summer months.]
@Chillmodious, I like Parker, he’s got a nice string of recent starts and some great opponents lining up over the next few weeks: @Ari, vs. SD, vs. LAD, @Sea!
@Chillmodious, Ha, nice rant… I’d go Cahill…
is brian roberts or ryan kalish worth a dl spot? or both?
@NyJacobs, Nope
Grey:
Pickup of the week for next week is Gerardo Parra. He is on a hot streak, has a little pop and Gibson appears to be keeping him in the lineup over Kate Upton (what is wrong with Gibby???). Sorry, that’s the wrong Upton, I meant to say B.J. Upton. Sorry, that’s the wrong Upton again but I would rather have Kate than B.J. Arizona is playing in AL all next week so it doesn’t matter which Upton Gibby chooses to play with, Parra will be in the lineup for 6 straight.
@crazycanuck, There’s a “BJ from Kate Upton” joke in there somewhere…wait, I think I just botched it.
@crazycanuck, I mentioned picking him up on Monday…
Hi Grey, I’ve got Braun, Bruce, Melky, Craig, and Krispy in my OF. Thinking of dropping Krispy for someone like Wiggy to play 1B today (Butler off).
Is I nuts?
@Oxford Comma, Eh
One other amazing Chapman stat is that in those 29 innings he’s allowed just 7 hits, and just 1 over his last 11+ innings!
@Drexel Hill Dragons, I think you and I are the only ones that appreciate the kind of year he’s having. He’s number 4 on our player rater. Look at the names he’s been more valuable than.
@Grey, Oh I appreciate him, just don’t watch him much as I don’t have him on any teams. Been watching much more of Clippard as I managed to snag him off the wire before he got the job…hellaya yeah! He’s damn filthy too.
I should watch Aroids though, this guy must be unhittable, his numbers are just insane!
@Grey, Every time I see he’s pitching I flip it to the Reds game, he’s must-see TV, even when he’s shutting down my Braves. I’ve tried hard to get him in a couple leagues, but owners aren’t budging. I have him in 3/5 leagues though and he’s amazing. Funny thing is, I drafted him thinking he’d be a starter.
I know you don’t pay for saves, but if you wanted him, what you give up to get him? Just curious.
@MattTruss223, I wouldn’t pay to get him, but I think you can probably get him cheaper than he’s worth… Maybe trade Matt Holliday? Sounds crazy, but he’s been incredibly more valuable…
Strasburg for Bumgarner or Strasburg/Aj Ellis for Dempster/Carlos Santana?
@crock, Or try choo/stras for ellisbury/bumgarner?
@crock, Stras in the first two.
@crock, I’d take Strasburg for Dempster…
Matt Cain/ J. Bruce enough for McCutchen in 5×5 roto?
@Jake, Fair, maybe even a little much.
@Jake, Too much
@Grey,
What about asking for K. Jansen as well? Still too much? Thanks
12 team 5×5 roto h2h. Trade BJ Upton and Mike Aviles for Asdrubal Cabrera and Kenley Jansen?
Need help at MI with Tulo out, so was trying to do BJ for Asdrubal straight up. He countered with BJ and Aviles for Asdrubal + (bench bat). I could also use a solid closer so I offered this.
I’d replace BJ with Fowler from my UTIL spot, and then put Panda in UTIL for now. Hoping Seager becomes MI eligible soon.
@Traded a Fister for a BJ, Asdrubal side
Need a replacement for Alex Avila at C…
Olivo, Barajas, Conger, or Thole?
@airweino, Conger
Hi Grey and Rudy —
Would you guys start Garza tonight? It’s in a 14-team roto league where I’m already around 50 innings over pace (1250 limit), and I’m still reeling from Scherzer yesterday. Aside from Beachy, all my pitchers on that team (add Bumgarner and Anibal to Garza and Scherzer) have been laying turds lately.
Also, who do you see taking over as closer in Houston if/when Myers is traded?
Many thanks!
@Enrique, I’d start him.
@Enrique, Yes, start him… Lopez
@Grey
Austin Jackson and CC Sabathia for Josh Hamilton and Brandon McCarthy? I have other bats to replace Hamilton (AdJones, Pujols, Texeira, Pedroia) but don’t have the pitching (best starter is probably Anibal Sanchez/Chris Capuano)
I get AJax and CC
@Francona’s Towel, I’d go for better than CC
@WhineSpritzer,
He’s got Bumgarner, Garza, JJohnson, CC, Latos, Lincecum, Strasburg and some RPs.
I’ve been trying to get two pitchers out of him for Hamilton to no avail.
@Francona’s Towel, I’d rather have Bum, but still doesn’t feel like enough.
@WhineSpritzer,
Bumgarner, AJax for Hamilton?
@Francona’s Towel, Fair. Still feel like it’s just not enough, but you really need the pitching so I could see it.
@WhineSpritzer,
Now I’m getting offered Gio Gonzalez and Colby Lewis for JHamilton and Daniel Hudson. Leaning more to this one.
@Francona’s Towel, You should be able to get those two without Hudson.
Grey : Keeper league…which side.
Lincecum 20th round and Dunn 15th round
for
Halladay 1st round and Youk 14th round
@2 Cups 1 Braun, Lincecum
Would you say Garza’s a must start every time out, even in a 10 teamer?
Not particlarly worried about todays matchup vs the Aramis less Brewers, just wondered for future tough starts..mind you there aren’t many tough starts in the NL these days, guess ATL and STL and @ COL are the only real ones…
@TheNewGuy, I’d start Garza every time out until further notice…
What’s your take on Drew Hutchinson?
Sorry, Hutchison
@Deadwoods, AL-Only pitcher at this time… Pitching a bit over his head…
@Grey
Would you trade a pepperoni pizza for a couple of italian hoagies?
Also, do you prefer the color blue over the color yellow? Thanks!
@Kane, i dont get it is this a metaphor or not funny…
Bud Norris or Trevor Bauer? I picked up Bauer the other day, but his spot is about the only spot I can afford to drop at the moment. Thanks.
I lead in K’s currently with (Bumgardner, Peavy, Capuano, Samardzija, and Sanchez). So does Bud or Bauer have the greater upside, this season only?
@Matt2, I’d hold for now…
Gray, love the Morse code, love the imagination. Content is king.
Speaking of Chapman– how high is too high for his value? Negotiating now with a guy with many starters, no relievers, already has blown most of his games started in a 180 GS league. He offered Shields, then Lincecum, but he has Santana, Verlander and Gio Gonzalez. Is Verlander too much?
@The Miracles, Thanks! Verlander is too much… Try for Gio…
@Grey….who you got for ROS, Gallardo or J Zimmerman?
@LagunaBobbyI, Gallardo
Wacky stat of the day: Jason Kipnis is having a great season no doubt, but in 222 at bats, he has just 4 doubles. I guess if there are any doubles leagues out there, Kipnis is droppable.
@Drexel Hill Dragons, Ha
Someone asked above if Matusz should be started at Boston today, which I would ordinarily think is a ‘no.’ In my present situation, where Jaime and Anibal pooped all over my ERA/WHIP, I’m basically punting ERA for the week, hoping I get lucky with my WHIP, and chasing Wins/Ks. Under those circumstances, is Matusz worth a spin today? Or should I go for my other stream option in Leake at home vs. Pittsburgh?
@Chillmodious, Sure, throw him out there… You can’t stream both?
@Grey, Nope… I only have Paulino to drop for one of Matusz/Leake. As soon as today’s games lock, I will immediately drop the Matusz/Leake pickup for Jarrod Parker, whom I plan to throw on Saturday. With that, would you go Matusz or Leake today?
Matusz
14 team H2H keeper league with certain limitations on keepers. in a vacuum, who wins this trade?
Mauer (may be kept following the season)
Yu Darvish (may be kept)
Carl Crawford (may be kept)
for
Napoli (may NOT be kept following the season)
Trumbo (may NOT be kept)
Valverde (may be kept)
@Tchaikovsky08, Yu
Grey
My outfield is loaded: Hamilton, Adam Jones, McCutch, victorino, cory hart
would you trade Mccutchen and Kendrick for Kinsler and ian kennedy?
@cashmoney, Yup
In a vacuum:
Give: Kemp/JUp/Latos
Get: Braun/Jennings/Stras
Yay or nay?
Sounds solid…
@Grey, nevermind. He rejected it. Countered with Jennings/Hanson for Kemp. No. Thank. You.
Is this your dad you’re dealing with?
@Grey, nope, different dude. Been trying to swing a deal with my Pops, too. But everyone wants Kemp for pennies on the dollar. Well, no shit they do…
Tell the judge to give you a better deal and you’ll get him a Xmas gift this year…
@Grey, I may toss in a bottle of Jameson. I’ve been trying to pry Uggla and A.Jones away from him, but he’s cuddling them like his lost teddy bear.
Haha… Tell Dad to give you Adam Jones and it will make up for all the baseball games he missed when you were a kid…
@Grey, unfortunately for me, he was there all the time. Even helped coach. So I can’t use that for my betterment. Damn good fathers! But the Jameson is a great idea…maybe I can get him drunk and steal his phone to make trade offers.
Whatever works!
And it looks like Derrek Holland was full of shit about this “Stomach Virus” nonsense. He just got put on the DL with left shoulder fatigue.
There ya go…
@Grey,
Ogando spot starting on Sunday vs SF.
Im starting him….
Thanks for the heads up!
@Grey, Hmmm, he might make a decent DL stache. (sorry, couldn’t resist)
Ha!
@Chillmodious, lol
Bench bat: Saunders, Chisenhall, Ackley, Fatt Adams?
16 Team H2H Keeper
Chisenhall
Traded Morrow/Longoria for Hamels on Monday. Just don’t trust Morrow enough (and I don’t think he’s faced the Red Sox/Yankees yet). Hopefully he turns back into the Brandon Morrow we all know and love soon enough.
I hear ya…
Hey Grey, i am thinking about adding Bauer and drop Viciedo. Agree?
Btw, would you rate Bauer higher than Parker?
Thanks
I’d rate Bauer higher… I’d drop Viciedo…
@Moscowitz,
I just pulled that exact move. Bauer is going to be up ‘soon’ everywhere I read.
@Zico, Well i am not counting on that “soon”. I just think he will be up at some point during the next 30 days and dont want to miss on him due to unnecessary hesitance. I think a melt down of Miley will make him be promoted sooner rather than later.
Lil baby Young was up and walking around within the first hour…..until, of course it was eaten by a pack of laughing hyenas…eating is one thing, nature is cruel….but, the laughing…c’mon…insult to injury!
Just cruel…
Thinking of trading Kendrick or Aviles for Bonafacio. Good deal, or should I dump one of those guys and pick up Rajai? I don’t know Boneface is coming back.
Lose Aviles for Rajai…
Is Krispy droppable?
@Oxford Comma, For Hamilton, sure. For an apple and egg, nope!
Nope
Red-dick or Morales?
Morales
Nova is like the anti-Cain……the whole thing numbs me to the core!
One day everyone will play in QS leagues and people will stay things like astute and marvelous. You won’t to be around for it…
@Grey, Shrewd assessment…it would be a more meticulous representation of a pitcher’s aptitude (I really feel like I’m conversing with someone named Grey Albright…(you spilled caviar of your blue blazer, right on the prep school emblem))……plus I was alluding to Nova, Cain…(the hydrochloride salt, not the song)…
I abbreviate that Hydrox.
@Grey, I abbreviate you Grache.
Merci
@Grey, Ive played QS for four years and it makes so many more pitchers relevant and others like Nova just an E$PN fetish. You start to get annoyed because all the analyst on TV, including MLB, generally gauge a pitchers worth on the W and not how they perform independently of the offense.
@Jack Full of Hate, I’m sure it’s more satisfying and less reliever dependent…
Frenchy or M.Saunders? Need a hot bat seein as my team died. OBP.
Frenchy
I picked up Volquez as a streamer for today… and his start gets pushed back so that Jason Marquis gets a start. Great, now his start isn’t even at home. Stick with Volquez @ Mil or drop him for one of these:
Doubront vs Wsh
Kuroda vs NYM
Floyd vs Hou
Nolasco vs TB
Harrison @ SF
Eovaldi @ Sea
Doubront
Just traded Josh Johnson/Ricky Romero/Addison Reed for Vogelsong and Kinsler. Good deal? Bad? Ugly?
Looks solid…
Kinda fed up with Kendrick at MI. Not going to drop him, but please rank for for the near future.
Plouffe
Elian Herrera
EverCab
Theriot
Theriot, Elian, EverCab
Scutaro, kendrick or beckham, cozart for my MI spot. BB’s are also counted in this league
Kendrick
thoughts on cashner? im always enticed by a 102mph fastball. worth dropping mil myers or garrett richards for him or stand pat. 12 team h2h 5×5
@jaw, I like him a lot too… Drop Myers…
After last night’s outing, Scherzer made me snap into a rage. Posted on my league boards I wanted rid of him, make me an offer.
I ended up trading Scherz for Oswalt. Thoughts?
@Zico, You did great… I wouldn’t have given you anything… No offense to you, of course…
@Grey, None taken. The hidden bonus is that I traded with the #2 in standings. The weaker, the better.
@Zico, Nice
Since I went on a mini bender last night following the Kings loss I have nothing to add/ask to day. So I will talk about my all underperforming team on my team team.
J.Upton, grow the f up and start hitting like the freak you are and not a geek, and yes they still are not cool.
A.Gonzalez, Its time to wake up and realize you are in Fenway and not Petco anymore.
Howie Kendrick, seriously man you had the most prime piece of real estate parked in front of the poo hole and lost it to Macier Izturis because he can take a walk, dude you were suppose to contend for a batting title in your career and now you look like you are going to contend for a trade to baseball hell in San Diego.
Michael Morse, thats just too easy, but its good to have you back. Now hit the damn ballover the fence!
Jason Heyward, you have hall of fame potential and a two cent head. having you on my team is like being with a girl who locks you in with the whole “pregnancy” thing and you stick around to make sure its yours then feel committed because the multi ethnic child needs a daddy. You’re 6’5 240 and you are getting out clubbed by Jed Lowrie. Ridiculous!
Coco Flakes, I dropped you long ago but am still bitter over the whole I can’t play professional baseball becasue I have a sinus infection thing. The only Coco I want to see is Ice and Coco and that show is terrible.
Wow, Razztherapy real does work, I’ll be sure to send my beer to the westside
I was curious when the walkman contest will start? I need one that does rewind, mine only has a fast forward button.
@Jack Full of Hate, Awesome rant! You need to flip the tape over and fast forward it…
@Grey, it would b easier to have the button even though rewind is tough on the tapes
Member when rewind came with the ability to stop after one song? Was the best invention since the microwave!
@Grey, I had a pullout for my nova with that feature….it was totally rad!
@Jack Full of Hate, My radio face came off!
@Grey, with the sweet carrying case?
Leopard print!
@Grey, Yeah, but could it play CrO2 tapes?
Nope, but it was Betamax compatible.
@Grey, and I guess this completes our pop culture technology segment for the day, tomorrow lets hash out pre-color monitor computers and when a floppy was actually a computer reference and not a description of the rack that belonged to the single mom with 4 kids you hooked up with the previous night
@Jack Full of Hate, Wrote my Masters thesis on an MS-DOS machine with a black and white monitor and floppy disk drive.
@Steve, yes!…I’m not that old or that educated but I still have a working reel to reel.
@Steve, I miss all my DOS based systems at work, moved much faster and much easier
@Jack Full of Hate, To be 100% accurate, I did use Microsoft Word that laid a GUI over the top, but it was pretty rudimentary.
@Steve, thats all chinese to me
More appropriate to say Yoenis hit for the Vegan Cycle (no slam, no legs)?
Very nice…
You liking Jack Bauer over Scherzer for the ROS with them there stats: W, L, Sv, Ks, ERA, Whip, Ks per nueve?
Yeah, Bauer…
Freeman’s x-rays came back negative and is day to day for a come back.
Thanks for the heads up!…
Lidge activated from the DL, not taking over the fireman job from Clippard is he?
Nope…
Better bench 1B bat ROS: Duda or Morneau?
Duda… Close though…
@Grey, Yeah, that’s how I was leaning, especially after seeing that Morneau is hitting just .094 against lefties!
Yup
Got a streaming question.
Out of these three, whom would you go with?
Ogando @SF
J.Saunders v. OAK
Bruce Chen @PIT
Ogando
Rank:
Zambrano, Delgado, Liriano
or did I?
-YHL
You did
Could have sworn I’d made Garza active in the RCL. Clearly not.
Sad trombone.
Doh
Could you rank these guys for the foreseeable future for me:
Morales, Reddick, Yoenis, Frenchy
H, R, HR, RBI, SB, Avg., OBPS
Morales, Frenchy, Yoenis
Do you forsee Allen Craig making it into the sell portion of a Friday post any time soon?
I don’t…
garrett richards or Dice -k? 12 tm al only, lost holland.
Richards
Is Cashner worth an add over Smyly or Nolasco?
Blanco or Parra over Chisenhall?
Thanks
Over Smyly… I’d hold Chisenhall for now…
This article was written on May 31st by your favorite Berry. As a Gee owner found this interesting:
There are eight pitchers in baseball who are getting ground balls on at least 52 percent of balls in play while also having a strikeout percentage of over 20 percent: Cliff Lee, David Price, James Shields, C.J. Wilson, Anibal Sanchez, Adam Wainwright, Dillon Gee and Jason Hammel.
@Horse, Well, Gee…
Now watch McCarthy sonavabench me too…
@Steve, Think positive! Or maybe you should think negative so it reverses itself…
@Grey, Had to sit him in the RCL though, right?
@Steve, Eh, not necessarily…
@Grey, Crying RCL tears now.
Started him in H2H, though…
BJ Upton and Addison Reed for Pence?
THX GREY
@kR Express, Pence
And CQ out of the lineup? WTF? Stupid game.
@Steve, Dah
No matter how good Garza pitches I just know the Cubs won’t get a win for him, all I can hope for is a good start with Ks.
Can’t wait for him to be traded, anywhere would be better, maybe even Coors (not that that would happen).
@TheNewGuy, Yeah, maybe…
cespedes just got his 6th hit in a row … a bloop single to right ,
but pulls a hammy , and is going back on the dl , as he limps into 3rd
on a rbi single by seth smith .
Really?
@Grey,
would i lie to you ?
about you , for sure .
to you …. nope .
That’s true…
@Grey, From another site: Yoenis Cespedes was pulled from Thursday’s game against the Rangers after suffering an apparent knee injury. Cespedes came up limping at third base after advancing on a first-inning Seth Smith single to left field. He complained of knee pain a few nights ago, and may need to be examined by a specialist. The 26-year-old Cuban outfielder was 1-for-1 before exiting and is now batting .275/.338/.489 this season.
Damn, that sucks…
@Grey,
yeah , sure .
trust an outside source .
@Grey, Chata, Updating a previous item, Yoenis Cespedes is day-to-day after leaving Thursday’s game with a left hamstring strain.
@herschel, Listening to the game; the annoucners were pretty clear that he grabbed his left hamstring.
@MattTruss223,
are you an A’s fan or a Rangers’ fan .
i love these contests … every year .
@chata, Nope, just happens to be the game I chose to listen to at work today.
I’m confused, you love A’s/Rangers contests?
@MattTruss223,
yep .
usually play great series , every year .
(long-time A’s fan) .
@chata, AH, gotchya. Can’t say I normally pay a lot of attention to that H2H match-up (I’m on the east coast for one thing), but they’re playing ‘em tough today. I wouldn’t have guessed they’d take 3 outta 4 from the Rangers.
Is it just one of those series where no matter how good or bad one team is they play each other tough?
drop kendrick for zobrist? bench slot (and potential fill-in for a kinsler injury) 10 team h2h
@trick dad, Nope
Grey : Lose Youk for Goldy or LaRoche?
@2 Cups 1 Braun, LaRoche
Just traded R. Zimmerman, A. Pagan, and Capuano for A-Ram, Moose Tacos, and J. McDonald last night. So you can thank me for:
1.) Today’s HR and the next three months of Zim’s best Mike Schmidt impression,
2.) A-Ram being placed on the DL tomorrow, and
3.) Capuano not regressing to the mean.
You’re welcome.
1) Thanks! 2) Hope not, trade Aramis to someone else fast.
@Slappy Pappy, Great trade for you, nice job…I’d love to do something like that with Zimmerman! Can’t even get Freese for him, thats how much he’s sunk.
Ii got rasmus, de aza, joyce and cargo…..mez… roundin out my OF, who do I drop and whose my best?
Not sure of the question… Cargo…mez…?
@Grey, Haha sorry, I’m curious out of these guys who do you think is this best and who is the worst, and I have Carlos Gomez whom I always refer to as CarGo to make myself feel better about my feeble outfielders…. sorry for the confusion…
@Jason, Joyce, Rasmus, De Aza, Gomez…
Friggin Yoenis. Just dropped Reddick. Now it looks like I gotta lose him just to field a team this weekend. Who’s the pickup:
Frenchy, Duda, Altuve, Kelly Jo, Choo?
Frenchy…
@Grey, what do you think about just for the weekend? Duda is a hot hitting lefty playing in the House they Built next to the one Ruth Built and Frenchy has been ice cold.
@Wilsonian, Sure, go with Duda…
If Aroldis ends up with an ERA under 1 and continues K’in almost 2 per inning and closing out games is he the frontrunner for NL CY?
Doubt they give it to him but he have to be considered…
POCKET FULLA!
Posey goes high, deeeeeep… OUTTA HERE!
Having a very nice year, really impressive hitting and catching skills. Shame he’s on the Giants but I can still see a career year this year, wish I had him in a league though!
@TheNewGuy, hey screw you, he lead them to a championship… The giants won the world series with him leadin the way! hes gonna be the best catcher in the mlb soon. He arguably is as of now. Just gotta stay healthy. And once panda comes back giants wont look so laughable anymore..
@Prezii, Hey I only meant it from a fantasy perspective man, no need for expletives. You must admit yourself the Giants are a pitching-based team, based on the amount of pitching you draft and lack of opportunity you give your kids (Belt) it’s no suprise.
You sure know how to produce arms though.
@TheNewGuy, haha i agree.. i STILL dont believe in Belt but the arms always money! Not a lot of people give posey the love he deserves.. hes really somethin special man and that season he got injuried everyone forgot how great of an all around player he was.. *expletive,expletive!* haha
So, I am in a 12 team keeper league.
I just acquired Kipnis on the cheap. Hooray! But only one problem — I already own Kinsler.
I received an offer of Justin Upton for Kinsler straight up. This must be done despite Young Upton’s struggles thus far, correct??
I need that anonymous internet pat-on-the back to pull the trigger.
It’s a bit risky actually but I’d go for it…
@jr_wall,
there are worse things than having kinsler occupy your MI spot .
Grey’s going to tell you to pull the trigger on that trade due to :
a) j-up’s upside
b) kinsler’s age
c)
d) kinsler’s dl history
i suspect .
how many OF’s ?
First, thanks Grey. I just may do this.
And Second @chata,
Only 3 OF spots. And no MI. I know, not that shallow.
If kept, Kinsler would be UTL. I currently have A. Jones, Bruce, Trumbo at OF. The trade would move Trumbo to UTL. Having an OF of J. Upton, Bruce, A. Jones long term is mighty tempting.
is luke scott a cold schmotato? in other words, should i drop him for wigginton? Also, speaking of cold, would you drop alexei ramirez to go back to desmond or cozart at SS? if so which one?
I’d go with Wiggy and Desmond…
Bruce or Hanley? – 10 team keeper league
@harkrider, or J Upton
Hanley
I’m desperate for power, ROS: Adrian Gonzalez or Ryan Garko?
@Carnac, garko… But its fair…
Ha… Coin flip…
What side do you like more? Wainwright/Bauer or D.hudson/zimmermann?
Hudson
Effing Darvish…ITS THE A’S….
And the Cubs score to take the lead after Garza’s exited the game..typical.
Sorry if im sounding too much like Steve
@TheNewGuy, Hehe
Ugh, Sveum. Uses Camp in the 7th, then Russell to start the 8th and pulls him after 1 batter?
I’m really, really close to unleashing a Hawk Harrelson-style rant.
@Carnac, Guess he figures there may never be any save chances anyway…
@Grey, Well, they HAD the lead at the time. I knew Corpas would let Russell’s runner score. And now Sveum’s plan of having Marmol blow the game in the 9th has totally backfired.
@Carnac, Yeah, I just dropped Russell in a 12 team league… I can’t deal with that situation anymore…
@Grey, Yeah, Russell and Downs are both being dropped as soon as someone worth picking up surfaces. …can hardly wait for tomorrow’s buy/sell!
I have Austin Jackson coming back this weekend (*knock on wood*). who do I drop? Daniel Nava or Luke Scott?
Nava
8 team 6×6 H2H (QS, WHIP, K, ERA, IP, NSV)
Staff is currently Cain, Kershaw, Shields, Johan Santana, Bumgarner, Gallardo, McDonald, Latos, and Moore. Really want to drop Latos and pick up Dickey, thoughts? Should I be giving Latos more time? What about Moore?
Go for it with Latos…
napoli is a poor defensive catcher
rangers need a new club-house chef .
the whole team has had a stomach virus for 2 weeks .
2 freakin’ weeks !!
come on , you gotta sanitize those dirty dishes .
@chata, Wash your hands!
and , when chicken goes bad , it stays bad .
you just can’t freeze it , and hope it get’s better .
Grey, I am in need of some saves. I have been offered Casilla for McDonald. I have an abundance of arms (Weaver, Beachy, Gio, Hellickson) so I could spare McD, but he has been so good. Should I pull the trigger for Casilla?
@Grey, or I could get Soriano for McD
@JTR, I’d take Soriano if I needed a closer…
Selfish question, but why wouldn’t you use CQ to pinch-hit here?
@Steve, They don’t like us.
@Grey, Here he is!
@Steve, Gah. HBP.
Phew Cain gets outta it!
Funny thing is his stat line looks pretty dominant 0ERA, 1.3WHIP K’s…gotta like fantasy baseball sometimes
@TheNewGuy, Nice when it works out like that…
Come on Pagan. Join the fun!
@Steve, Attaboy!
@Steve, All you needed was a little encouragement.
@Steve, Got whatcha wanted.
Looking forward/care about the upcoming Euros Steve? You guys have some Oceania cup don’t you, bet it’s kinda hard to get excited about that though- though you do get a chance to beat the Aussies!
@TheNewGuy, I am looking forward to them – hopefully I will get some time to watch some of it. Some of the teams look capable of playing some really good football – hopefully they don’t revert to negativity in the tournament environment.
Yeah, the Oceania comp doesn’t have quite the same lustre…
@Steve, Football fevers starting to grip here (England). Think we should definately get out the group but if we get landed with Spain not Italy it’s adios for us. Nice to actually have lesser expectations on the team this time, as we might actually be suprised rather than continually disappointed this time!
The injuries have been pretty excessive though…
Better stream tom?
Drabek @ Atl
Wood @ Minn
Hochevar @ Pitt
Millwood vs LaD
@crock, Millwood
Better statistically for the rest of the year: Pujols or Hamilton?
Thinking of trading my Hamilton away for Albert.. Smart?
@Alyssa Milano’s Boyfriend, Pujols… I wouldn’t make that trade…
@Grey, How about Hosmer/Hamilton for BPhillips/Pujols? Keep in mind Hosmer has an 8 game hitting streak, meaning he has hits in 8 games total this season.
trade goldschmidt for wainwright? 10 team h2h with fielder at 1b, longo at 3b, duda/reynolds/chris davis at CI. staff is stras, price, anibal, morrow, latos, parker, paulino, bauer
@jaw, I’d take Waino…
una pa-homa blanco .
@chata, I get that reference. Unsure as to how I feel about that.
@Steve,
DA – homa ??
@chata, Was the ball like a bird in the sky?
Do you think the Reds will ever get it together and move Chapman to the rotation? It seems impossible for Chapman to not at least be a #2 SP.
It just seems dumb. The Reds are leaving potential production on the table and my God would Chapman be a fantasy monster if he were starting.
He’s been plenty valuable in fantasy as a reliever… Think he’s like the 2nd most valuable arm according to the player rater…
Which side would you take:
Cliff Lee/Edwin Jackson/Utley/Morales
or
Chris Sale/Worley/Quentin/Hart
Gotta be the Lee side, right? Thx.
Lee
Why does no one ever talk about Pagan? I just now realized how great of a year he was having. Think I should go with him over Duda for the weekend?
I just talked about him the other day…
@Grey, must have missed that. I just mean commenters and whatnot. It seems like he’s very rarely mentioned. He’s got 72 hits now, 5 HRs, 21 RBI, and 11 steals. Plus he’s hitting .322.
@Wilsonian, he doesn’t get much respect with Giants fans either… He has a farm nickname now though: el caballo loco…
12 team roto, i was offered:
i get: chris perez
i trade: kendrys morales
im 5th in saves, i have 27, leader has 79, next closest above me is 41, then 43
will chris perez get enough saves to make this worth it?
Trade is fair if you don’t need Kendrys…
Do you like Michael Saunders over Scott, LoMo or Matt Adams ROS?
Over Adams…
@Grey, Same answer if keeper league?
@Jon, Lose Scott…
also is it just me or is this an awful year for streaming starts off FA. i feel like every starter in FA in most leagues has a 4.50 or higher ERA
Depends on the league…
Is James Russell worth owning at this point?
If not, which starter would you add?
Arrietta, Bass, Delgado, Drabek, Pettitte
Thanks!
@Jon, I’d add Pettitte…
Not quite sure what I want from the White Sox-Jays game.
I have Peavy on one team only, but across a couple of others I have FIVE Blue Jays, with some Konerko and Viciedo sprinkled in for good measure.
@Steve, Five BJs? Nice!
@Grey, Don’t say that. I’m having improper thoughts about the girl sitting across from me in the office with the bangin’ body.
@Steve, ask her if she needs some steve magic lol
@Prezii, I did. She said “yeah – make yourself disappear, creep.”
@Steve, Abracadamnya!
@Grey, She didn’t want to see the magic wand.
@Steve, *expelliarmus*
@Steve, lol!! Oh man thats great..
8 Team H2H Keeper. We keep 5. There are no restrictions and you can keep someone essentially forever. I hate that I’m considering this, but it does seem fair. Looking for opinions from anyone.
I give: Kemp/Scherzer
I get: Jennings/Strasburg
My lineup:
C – McCann
1B – Fielder
2B – Phillips
3B – Bautista
SS – Rollins
OF – JUp
OF – Bruce
OF – Morales
UTIL – Goldy
UTIL – Duda
BN – Kemp, Tulo
DL – Longo
SP – MadBum
SP – Peavy
SP – Latos
RP – Hanrahan
RP – Soriano
P – Reed
P – Scherzer
P – Norris
BN – Moore, Lester, Storen
DL – Doc
@Wilsonian, Looks solid… Jennings could be around a 2nd rounder next year and Strasburg is obviously much better than Scherzer…
Are you starting Milone tomorrow @ ARI? Cahill Sat vs. OAK?
@Jon, I’d start both…
@Jon, yes and yes…
12 tm 5×5 H2H league, with 3 yr “dynasty” keeper status.
Alex Gordon is giving me nothing but agita. Would it be crazy for me to drop him for someone like Maybin, Blanco, or Crisp?
Limited bench spots in this league, and his .210 AVG w/ 0 HRs, 0 SBs, and 8 Rs over the last 30 days is killin me.
@Adam, I’d grab Maybin…
Lawrie leadin off again tonight.. hope he keeps hittin so they keep em there! Although i read earlier that they are going to cut his steal attempts cuz hes been gunned down so much.. if hes leadin off and swipin bags, im a happy guy.
@Prezii, I think Rajai ends up at the top there…
@Grey, lawrie isnt really a leadoff guy anyway, but fantasy wise he would be nice there.. although i feel he could be a decent guy at any spot in the order.. rajai can bat ninth!!! Speed at the bottom of the order = good. Right? Right! Im callin canada!
Let me know what Canada says and say hello to Nick…
Bruuuuuuce!!!
FINALLY
@Steve, BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCEEEEEEE
@mauledbypandas, That’s how it’s done!
Hello Grey,
I have Jennings coming off the DL and I need to make room. My OFs are as follows:
Cutch
Heyward
Reddick
Fowler
Krispie
Which one would you drop if any? I also have Anthony Rizzo. Drop him?
Thanks much Grey.
Drop Rizzo
starting Bailey vs Det on Sunday?
I wouldn’t, friend…
Pick 1 ROS:
Cashner or Zito
Cashner
Forget it… Zito… Cashner’s headed to the minors…
Been offered Jarrod Parker (and Infante but he’s a non-factor IMO) for Papelbon in the 9-team keeper.
I have saves to give, but is Parker going to be keeper-worthy in this shallow a league? Doing pretty well in pitching in this league as it is…
@Steve, Not a trade I’d take…
matusz should be heading to the minors ,
if you ask me .
@chata, Yeah, he’s pretty scary to own… Was good for the last two weeks though…
Reyes? Good heavens.
@Steve, blame the guy in my league who just traded for him. He has been the luckiest person ever this year.
Is it a bad sign when I see Lynn gave up 2ER in 2IP and all I really care about is the 5K’s?
You’re a junKie…
I have to rant and im sorry… Ya know wat really pisses me off about yahoo “experts”.? These fuckon idiots care soooo much about wat the little geeky kids say in the posts that they dedicate a whole fuckin intro to talkin about wat people say about them and pretty much wanted to pre excuse themselves from being wrong. ITS FANTASY!!!! no one is always right or even halfway right all the time! This was on a football post but still.. they even argue with the guys… Cmonnn.. its pathetic to me.. im sayin, its ur jay ohh bee to write this shit why do they get so butthurt over the ppls comments? Most of em are probably half drunken losers just wantin someone to bash anyway! And they go to the comments and argie with em like 10 year olds.. i had to post on there and rant… Then they deleted my comment… Lol so i plugged razzball! Cuz you guys got a nice football scene when its goin. Good info.. not as good as baseball but better than a bunch of shmucks writin with crayons..
Ha… Thanks, friend!
@Grey, you know i got you babyyyy.. Not the best plug since they deleted my 4 comments as fast as i posted them.. but i tried none the less! I wasnt even really talkin shit, well kinda, but it was more like advice.. i dunno man maybe them queers like passionately arguing with total strangers? Or writing a whole intro on how the readers shouldnt bash him.. Watever the case, razzball! Rep it like a mascot.
Rep it up!
GRey- so Kyle Seager has 7 games at 2nd so far this year, needs 10 for elig. on Espn (yeah, you already know that), any idea how he is being used by seattle at 2nd? was it an injury to ackley that caused these 7 games? if so is there any way I could get a guy with a killer stache to go gillooly Ackley for me? Thanks a million
I’m not a Gilooly for hire…
Mike Minor looking like he’s supposed to. Minus the 1.8 Whip.
Ha… Always minus the WHIP with this guy…
Thinking it might be time to cut bait with Peavy. Especially since I just got Strasburg. What kind of bat should I target?
Keep in mind it’s a shallow 8 team keeper. So you usually have to at least have the appearance of giving the other guy the better deal.
Maybe Melky? Pagan? Saunders?
Which side? Lawrie and Haren or Bautista
Lawrie
Buchholz is dealing tonight. Apparently he rediscovered his changeup and that is the difference. Three good starts in a row.
You buying?
I wouldn’t pick him up…
Oh yea, and I gotta cut bait w/a second baseman to make room for Uggla, who I just traded for. Let Hill or Espinosa hit the wire?
@MattTruss223, uh…not sure how this ended up here, sorry about that
@MattTruss223, Espinosa
Peavy’s home/road splits are ridiculous. At least he’s consistent…
@Carnac, Yeah, definite home schooler…
So, just read Daniel Bard’s quotes about his demotion from Rotoinfo:
‘Daniel Bard is not happy about his demotion to the minors, “It’s not my decision,” Bard said at McCoy Stadium Thursday afternoon. “I’m just an employee here. Obviously I’m not thrilled with it. If it was me making the decision it might have been different, but I tried to be respectful about it and once I get the anger and disappointment out of the way, you just got to try to make the best of it.”’
The more I think about it, I think this kid is just a mental midget. If things are going well, he’s hunky-dory. The second there’s trouble though, he wilts and can’t get his shizz together. I mean c’mon man, what did you think would happen? You sucked, more walks than Ks, leading the league in HBPs, “top” 10 in worst ERA and WHIP. You mentioned in a previous comment of mine that he got shafted, but he wanted to start, it’s not like they forced him to. At least that was my understanding. He got what he wanted and he sucked at it. Now go fix your shizz and come back and throw a hundo again like you used to – 1 inning a night!
@MattTruss223, Yeah, I like how he’s like I tried to be respectful while being disrespectful for saying any of that…
@Grey, Almost as bad as the ol’ “Sorry if I offended anyone” line, haha. Oh well, Dice-BB is starting Saturday night, that’ll save the Sawx. Gio gets to face him, makes me feel better about throwing him at Fenway, should get the W at least.
Yeah, hopefully…
Isn’t it always the way? Error on my part not getting Garza active then deciding to sit McCarthy (both in RCL).
The one guys that does pitch for me today? Cishek.
@Steve, Tough sonavabenches there…
@Grey, Still gained 3.5 on royce! *pumps fist*
Is he in the lead right now in the ORCL?
@Grey, Yup. He’s 90, I’m 87. Scmohawks Bob 3rd on 75.
@Steve, Bob actually on 72.
Very nice… Aroldis finally coughed up a run…
@Grey, He’s not a machine. He’s a man…
Oh yea, and I gotta cut bait w/a second baseman to make room for Uggla, who I just traded for. Let Hill or Espinosa hit the wire?
@MattTruss223, Answered above…
@Grey, Thank you much, has mother cougar nursed you back to health yet bee tee dubbya? That sequence during the podcast cracked me up.
Ha… Yeah, I’m feeling much better… Thanks to mother cougar!
@Grey, I read your most recent post about Vance Worley. Felix Doubront is available in free agency. Do you think it would be wise to drop Worley for Doubront? Thanks for any insight.
I would grab Doubront…
Not baseball but very funny.
http://ohno-polio.tumblr.com/post/24599718126
Nice… Will have to read later…
@Steve,
slytherin ??
“stewdardess … i need to change seats . and bring me another beer .”
13,000 followers of slytherin ?
really ??
let me guess :
that vacuum that we all refer to , supported by a nice pair of legs .
funny , yes .
but get me away from this broad .
in fact , can i change planes ?
sorry , if she’s a relative .
but i’m not following her anywhere .
resop is no poser .
@chata, Ha, nice.
can you rank these guys for OF and UTLY
Duda, LoMo, Rajai, Danny Espinosa, Wiggy, Jordan Pacheco
Duda, Wiggy, Rajai, Espinosa…
My A. Jones/Scherzer for his Beachy/Cuddyer/Aceves
12 team daily league.
@knighttown, Jones side… It’s fair…
Yu darvish or Trevor bauer ROS?
Thanks grey…
@Bill_Buckner, I’d go with Darvish… more of a “sure” thing.
Salty, Doumit and Rosario… That how you have them? I feel like I’m splitting hairs, here.
@Carnac, That order sounds right… Yeah, bit splitting hairs…
@Grey, Thanks. Men with thick facial hair, like us, can afford to split hairs now and again.
Exactly…
One more for the road.
Doubt it will happen, but which side:
Phillips/Bum for Uggla?
@Wilsonian,
you know that you want bum .
@Wilsonian, Bum
Normally I read through the comments to see if any of my questions have been answered but I was out at work all day (I work for a minor league ball team in MA) and now I’m way too lazy to read through everything. I don’t know if anybody said anything about Capuano, but what should I do with him in a keeper league? I know he’s pitched well, but will it last? I’m thinking he’d be a sweetener in a trade, or should I hold on to him?
@Poo Holes, I think you’re right: sweetener in a keeper league.
@Poo Holes, It won’t last but what can you get for him? Probably not what he’s worth…
@Grey, Straight up, nothing but an extra bat or a 4th or 5th starter. But an owner desperate for starting pitching could probably use him as a throw in.
Yeah, maybe… He’s worth more than that though…
Grey – if you’re still about, can you please give me one for tomorrow in the 9-team keeper?
Milone @ ARI
Dubront v WAS
Kuroda v NYM
Harrison @ SF
Thanks!
Kuroda
Actually, make that Doubront…
Grey
Lose Aviles for Parra,Saunders or Rajai?
Thanks
Rajai
I gave up mauer so im stuck with 0 catchers… A guy in my league has 4!! Share the wealth man!! Anyways.. rosario, J.P. or salty? Im leanin towards rosario at the moment.
JP
Even if its a league where you get yamacka’d for strikeouts? Only downside to JPeezy in this league..