Comments on: Send El Caballo To The Glue Factory

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:36:51 +0000

@Grey: No, I meant that overall my pitching has suffered lately, and Guthrie is a pitcher I would consider dropping if I'd be better off with one of the SPs on the wire. I like those other moves and will implement them immediately.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:18:13 +0000

@royce!: Guthrie's taking a beating? I'd move Kershaw for Baker, Gonzalez for Nolasco and would consider Harang, but I'd hold him for one more start.

By: royce!

royce! — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:15:38 +0000

My SPs have been taking a beating lately, and I’m thinking some changes are in order. My possible expendables are: Verlander, Harang, Guthrie, Kershaw, and Gio Gonzalez. FAs I am considering: Brett Myers, Scott Baker, Josh Johnson, Nolasco, Slowey, Parra, Ollie Perez. Should I move any of mine for any of these?

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:01:37 +0000

@Martin: Agree with all that Grey and Denys said. I've had Buchholz for months, and while he's been great he has been a bit ragged lately. Same with Kuo, although I trust him a bit more that Buccholz right now. Ziegler has been great, obviously, and C Perez got the save today so he's a real good option too.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:39:08 +0000

@Martin:Ziegler, R. Perez, C. Perez, Buchholz and Howell are good options.

By: wakeNbake

wakeNbake — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:30:08 +0000

@Denys: J.P. Howell... just to throw another name out there for ya

By: Denys

Denys — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:32:02 +0000

@Martin: Ziegler. Perez (CLE). Guardado (eh…). Broxton (also eh…). Buccholz (COL – nice ratios). Kuo (also nice ratios). there’s probably 3-5 others I’d use.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:45:23 +0000

hey i have a HUGE question. My closers need some upgrades. Originally i had soria, saito, mike gonzalez as my closers but with saito out and gonzalez practically useless i have gone through a series of closers such as heilman, madson, farnsworth, rodney. I was wondering which 2 relievers i should try to use. Im sick and tierd of relievers killing my ERA and WHIP, it happens every week. I

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:23:17 +0000

@Denys: Hehe @wakeNbake: Double E, Mora, Zimmerman, punt. @knighttown: Reyes, Hanley, Ichiro, Holliday, Utley. Nice rant.

By: knighttown

knighttown — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:52:23 +0000

I’m looking to tweak before the deadline and was hoping to trade some power (11/11 in HR so Fielder or Howard) for runs (6) and avg (2). I’ve offered Fielder for Reyes to the guy who never responds so I expect that’ll go nowhere. Who would you rank as the Top-5 hitters if you needed stuff in the following order: avg, runs, rbi, SB, HR?

***Rant alert***
To all you Canucks out there, anyone else as disgusted as I am with our solid zero medals in the Olympics so far? Fuck you “atheletes”. We sent (I think) 300 people to China to finish 27th in balance beam and get congratulated because they give it their all. We’re breeding a generation of losers. When does hockey season start anyway?

By: wakeNbake

wakeNbake — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:38:53 +0000

out of Melvin Mora, Ty Wiggington, Double E and Zimmerman which 3B has the best last month and a half??

By: Denys

Denys — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:34:17 +0000

I am Spark’clearthebases’akis…

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:50:53 +0000

@dan: Ok, must be a pretty deep league. I'd go with Stewart in Coors and Headley in away games.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:43:27 +0000

Ah yes, Ian Stewart, Itzurus, Chase Headley, Infante, and Geoff Blum

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:38:44 +0000

@dan: Garza, Parra, Meche then Cueto. What 3rd basemen options do you have?

By: dan

dan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:35:58 +0000

rank these dudes that throw baseballs meche, parra, cueto, garza. Also what 3b do you pick up for longoria going down?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:11 +0000

@Nick: In the league where I traded Rudy for Greinke, I dropped Greinke about a week and a half ago. I'd go Nolasco, Campillo then Lester.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:42:51 +0000

So I just noticed Greinke’s O-rank/Season-rank is 138/257. Now I’m not one to run my team based on #’s but is he worth holding onto for the rest of the season or is someone like Campillo, Nolasco, Lester worth more or will produce better #’s for the rest of the season?

By: Denys

Denys — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:26:17 +0000

@Grey: no just Longo. Encarnacion is on the waivers. might go for him but have to decide who to drop...

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:10:09 +0000

@Denys: Wow, the Rays had some tough luck in the last two days. (And you too if you had Crawford, as well.) @john: Okay, just don't expect him to return this year or be at all productive.

By: john

john — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:01:54 +0000

If false idols are good enough for Pagans then Pronk is good enough for me, Grey. All hail Sir Pronk, Master of Disaster, King of the Swing, and soon to be Recovering Suckaholic.
In all seriousness, I’m keepin Pronk cause I have an open DL and I think (err..hope) his suckage this year was due to trying to hide this shoulder injury.

By: Denys

Denys — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:57:11 +0000

Nooooooooo! Longoriaaaa!

Well this sucks…

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:38:58 +0000

@sean: It's not an awful strategy, per se. The problem is the starters you're choosing to use. Meche, Harang and Guthrie aren't bad starters but they're not necessarily the most likeliest candidates for wins.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:19:00 +0000

@Grey: You know these Americans, Grey. Some of them aren’t all that bright

That said, some of them are Albright. Boom-tish!

I’m here all week.

By: sean

sean — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:18:32 +0000

In a ten-team league, I’m currently sitting in fourth and 12 points out of first.

I’m last in the league in Wins and Ks, but I’m getting 9/9/10 from ERA/WHIP/SV, so I decided to stock up on starters and sit my closers (Lidge, Soria, Fuentes) b/c I have a 20-save lead.

I’m now starting: Harden, Mussina, Meche, Guthrie, Harang, Parra, and Buehrle.

Is this a worthwhile strategy going forward to try to make up some points? I figured it was time for desperation . . . Ultimately, I feel like this strategy is break even with me picking up Ws and Ks and dropping the same points in ERA/WHIP.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:15:07 +0000

@Steve: Didn't he realize something was a bit off when the plane flight was 12 hours longer than it shouldn't have been? I think you'll be fine making that move, as long as you need HRs more than steals.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:06:52 +0000

@Grey: My league is H2H, but I’m near the bottom in both those categories so I could do with ‘em. So you think I have enough steals without Rios? (And I meant Al-Ram, not A-Ram).

BTW I’d move Nady/Bruce to CF, if I did this trade.

And I think he’d already bought the ticket for Oakland but was somehow able to get on an Auckland flight.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:02:06 +0000

@Steve: Didn't he think the $5000 plane ticket was a bit excessive? @Steve: Rios for Burrell is fair if you need HRs/RBIs.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:49:54 +0000

@Grey: Yuckland?

True story – about 20 years ago dude gets off a plane in AUCKLAND wondering where the hell he was and why it had taken him so long to get here as he’d only wanted to go to the city (admittedly with a similar sounding name) that’s across the bay from San Francisco.

He’d misheard the flight call.

Anyway – with Hanley, Markakis, Bonifacio and A-Ram, I’m giving up too many steals to trade Rios for Burrell aren’t I?

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:22:20 +0000

@BSA: I like Campillo's starts a bit more. But they're both good 2 start starters.