Comments on: Chris Sale, 2012 Fantasy Sleeper

By: Mr Baseball

Mr Baseball — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:10:43 +0000

need help him

Jax TheCreamOfTheCrap
Mike Trout
[ View Trade ] Matt Moore

dyansty league trade – I have Moore

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:27:04 +0000

@tourinct, Oh! Chris Sale, gotcha.

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:26:40 +0000

@tourinct, Huh?

By: Kazmere

Kazmere — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:25:50 +0000

Late to the party. Are there any spots open in the RCLs??

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:26:23 +0000

Grey read in your other thread about Hosmer and 2 concerns this year. 1 seems as though ‘the K’ is tough on leftie hitters and he only actually managed a measy 3 taters- a staggering split. 2nd point is that he had a very low walk rate which wasnt expected based on his minor-league stats I know, but if he’s chasing pitches it could leave him vulnerable to some sort of sophmore slump? Not saying anything drastic, but is it worth easing off on our Hosmer love-fest a little now that we know this? 3-16HR split is craaazzy.

By: tourinct

tourinct — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 10:34:09 +0000

Bad timing on this, was trying to get him in an auction for $1, then the guy with all the money left goes to $2, hope my $3 will hold.

By: Heraldo

Heraldo — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:23:28 +0000

@Grey, Noted. Thanks.

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:17:55 +0000

@Heraldo, Team looks solid, a bit light on power and high on speed. Bourjos and Jennings are a bit too much and Markakis doesn’t bring a lot of power to the table. I’d look at Markakis more when you need average help, which you didn’t here. Pitching looks fine.

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:12:00 +0000

@Joel, Thanks for the kind words!

By: Heraldo

Heraldo — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:10:05 +0000

Grey, your thoughts?

Mock Draft
Yahoo 12 Teams (7th Pick)
C: J. Montero (15)
1B: Votto (1)
2B: Phillips (5)
SS: Aybar (14)
3B: Zimmerman (3)
OF: Stanton (2)
OF: Jennings (4)
OF: Kendrick (6)
Util: Markakis (12)
Util: Bourjos (13)
SP: Bumgarner (7)
SP: D. Hudson (8)
RP: Luebke (11)
RP: Feliz (16)
P: Garza (9)
P: Latos (10)
P: Thornton (17)
P: Capps (18)
Bench: Chapman (19)
Bench: Crow (20)
Bench: Adams (21)
Bench: Bastardo (22)
Bench: Peacock (23)

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:04:32 +0000

I was driving home late from work in a monsoon in Connecticut, and was totally psyched to hear you were coming on. been a loyal reader of you and Doc for a few years.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:02:51 +0000

@Grey, Yeah. They were comparing you to spicolli from fast times, and not in a good way. They were totally thrown by you saying the thing abt not expecting Ray’s voice to be so high…no sense of humor whatsoever… pathetic really.

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:52:50 +0000

@Joel, Hosmer a bit later… 29′s too early…

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:51:45 +0000

@Joel, Why did they say something about me after I got off the phone?

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:51:29 +0000

@Steve, Completely…

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:47:47 +0000

Q: I have 5th pick in a 12 team h2h 6×6. If Braun, kemp or Bautista are there at 5, I’m pulling the trigger. However, I’m nervous about 1st base. By the time I pick at 20, prob only Tex’ll be left…then, 29 is too early for Konerko…if Konerko’s there in rd 4, I grab him, but, my Q is: if Konerko is taken by the time my 4th rd pick at 44 comes up, who should I take for my 1st baseman, and when can I get them?? After Konerko, things seem to fall off a cliff. Follow up: 29 is too early for konerko, right? THANKS!

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:42:05 +0000

Grey:I’m gonna go out on a limb here, and say that those buttholes on xm fantasy drive aren’t cool enough to get your sense of humor. I thought you were great.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:35:32 +0000

@Grey, Yeah, I forgot to say that MLB shouldn’t be too quick to jump on the high horse either. It seems they’ve got their act together a bit more now but their inability (or unwillingness) to do anything about steroids back in the day was staggering.

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:32:27 +0000

@Steve, Yeah, I agreed, it’s a shame things are brought into question. I think the whole Bonds/McGwire/Sosa era was disgusting. I also think MLB must be doing something right or drugs aren’t what they were, because offense is down pretty dramatically and the Bonds era was just stupid with offense.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:25:01 +0000

@Steve, That’s guys who have been caught in every sport, BTW – not just baseball.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:24:28 +0000

@Grey, Not to be over-dramatic (ok, maybe a little), but sport has been one of the things I have cared most about throughout my life and it just totally depresses me that when an athlete pulls off something out of the ordinary, the first thought is whether they were on drugs or not. Which is kinda what you’re saying above I guess.
The Tour de France – perhaps the greatest sports event in the world – has been ruined by PEDs, HGH and EPO – bit of a tragedy really.

I don’t know if Braun is guilty or not, but it makes me angry at the guys who have been caught before him who are now causing suspicion to be cast over everyone else.

What I do know is that Mark Fainaru-Wada knows his way round the PEDs business and has a pretty good record of uncovering what’s going on…

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000

@Steve, I’m not saying he’s guilty of anything, but what’s interesting is he tested positive during the playoffs. Not that far of a stretch to think after a long season, he’s in the playoffs, might not know there’s testing then, and decided to help his playoff performance. I really don’t believe he’s put up gaudy numbers for his whole career while doing something illegal. It’s way too brazen. Not to mention, he could’ve done something they don’t test for if he really thought he was about to get tested.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:51:10 +0000

@Grey, Possibly so, but I think the star player would be well advised to put a sock in it.
Making claims you haven’t raise during the hearing process strikes me as pretty unwise.

By: VinWins

VinWins — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:48:02 +0000

@Grey, Ha!

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:47:41 +0000

@VinWins, Win a date with Josh Hamilton!

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:47:15 +0000

@Steve, Selig is once again botching this whole thing… You don’t continue to denigrate one of your star players. Also, I like what I think Will Carroll said, in reality, no one should’ve ever even known he tested positive to begin with.

By: VinWins

VinWins — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:46:31 +0000

@Grey, I’m guessing, “Win a date with Grey!”

By: Grey

Grey — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:44:38 +0000

@VinWins, Very nice… Wait until next week’s big announcement and there may be ten more (or five… okay, three).

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:43:26 +0000

Y’all are probably sick of this already but some interesting shizz here:
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/page/OTL-Ryan-Braun/ryan-braun-defense-raises-more-questions-doping-experts

Fainaru-Wada is one of the guys that broke the BALCO story.

By: VinWins

VinWins — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:16:26 +0000

A record 39th RCL is open for business.