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0For owners bemoaning Al-Ram’s bad start, it could be worse. You could have Whore-Ram (Horacio Ramirez). (BTW, only fantasy baseball could convince a straight man that a Man-Ram is more preferable to a Whore-Ram. BTW II, How do you go from a Whore-Ram to a Man-Ram? An Ass-Cab (Asdrubal Cabrera).) Or you could have Ram-Ram. (Boston’s Ramon Ramirez who, actually, is 1-0 with 8 scoreless innings…damn Ram-Ram!) The one good thing you can say about Our Comrad Alexei’s start so far is at least he’s in the bottom of the order so he’s not getting as many at-bats. There hasn’t been a disaster this bad since Cuba’s Ministry of Age Obfuscation (MAO) was hacked into by a 9 year-old Miami boy and revealed Orlando Hernandez was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. Batting .125, hacking at everything, not one steal attempt, not one extra base hit…. Willie Bloomquist looks like a worthy replacement. Shoot, I’d take William Rehnquist at this point. Give me liberty, just don’t give me Alexei Ramirez. Right? Wrong. There’s few players that are more of a Buy right now.
Alexei Ramirez is a free swinger like that guy down the hall from you with the S & M ball gag. He doesn’t see many pitches he doesn’t like, which makes him susceptible to slumps. You know when else he was in a slump? Last April he hit .138 with no steals or home runs. Looks like someone likes the heat. So you drafted a guy in the 4th round this year who had a miserable April last year and you want to get rid of him when he goes out and does the same thing? Shame on you. Alexei – We raise our glass of Vodka (with crushed mint leaves and fresh lemon juice) and have faith you will make us proud.
In Cuba they drink VICTORY GIN. Get it right.
@Grey @IowaCubs: Wouldn’t a Mojito be better for a toast to Komrad Alexei?
Nice post. My worries are salved.
Question: Brandon Wood just got the call to the big club. Worth dropping Villaneuva for him, as a 3B/SS so I can move Felipe over to 2B while Phillips and Alexei collectively suck?
Can you tell I’m itching to drop Villaneuva? Not sure he even gets the ball over Coffey in the next save opp.
I traded Hamilton and my 9th rd pick for V-Mart, Nelson Cruz, and his 9th rd pick yesterday. Think it will work out?
C Víctor Martínez
1B Adrián González
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Kevin Youkilis
SS Troy Tulowitzki
OF Ryan Braun
OF Carlos Quentin
OF Nelson Cruz
Util Raúl Ibañez
BN Jacoby Ellsbury
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SP Josh Johnson
SP Derek Lowe
SP Clayton Kershaw
SP Roy Halladay
RP Jonathan Broxton
RP Brad Ziegler
RP Scott Downs
BN Ricky Nolasco
BN John Danks
BN Tommy Hanson
I’m kinda getting annoyed with Tulo… Should I hold him or maybe try to trade him? Felipe, Hardy, and Bartlett are available. And Nolasco is getting on my nerves too, I should’ve avoided him like y’all said to! But I’m in 1st at 14-4-2 so I can’t really complain.
I love Kinsler, Kershaw, and Quentin!
I traded my 9th rd pick for his 6th rd pick**
@p0rk burn: Yeah, but Russian and Cuban so vodka with mint and lemon juice. It’s the Alexei Sloe Fizz.
@Baron Von Vulturewins: Grab Wood. Hmm… that sounded weird.
@Ashley: I think you’ll be fine with that trade, but you did just take on a lot more risk. C’est la vie. I’d hold tight on Tulo.
@Baron – Cut the man lose – why even hold him at this point? He’s spotty at best/not sure if he’s a lock for saves and Hoffman is due back this weekend – are you really that strapped for saves?
@Grey: i`ll try a cuban slow fizz vodka. to go along with this great newsbreaking site.Hmm,that was good,you might be on to something here grey i`ll have another and so on
@Grey: I see what you did there.
I was just offered A-Rod and Scott Baker for Youkilis and Halladay.
Yes? I’m kinda excited to think about what A-Rod could do in that ballpark. But Youk and Halladay have been studs.
I guess it just depends on what you think of Baker.. Wasn’t he a potential breakout pitcher? He got roughed up last week, think he’ll end up being fine?
@Ashley: I don’t like that for you. Not a fan of Baker.
I like Alexei but I have the feeling that the Grey/Alexei saga could play out like one of my favorite Simpsons scenes which I will present now:
“Bart and Homer race wildly after Lisa until she pushes the pig grill off
the top of a slope. The pig passes through a hedge.
Homer: It’s just a little dirty. It’s still good, it’s still good!
[Passes traffic, jumps a bridge and lands in the water.]
It’s just a little slimy, it’s still good, it’s still good!
[It gets caught in a dam spillway, and when the pressure builds, it shoots into the sky.]
It’s just a little airborne, it’s still good, it’s still good!
Bart: [Crestfallen.] It’s gone.
Homer: I know.”
But, for all of your sake, I hope I’m wrong.
@Grey: Should I drop Chase Headley and pick up Brandon Wood? (Grab Wood/give Headley, I don’t like where this is going.)
And hey, Alexei just got shortstop eligibility for a lot of us just recently, so we can move him over and pretend he’s someone new.
You know, like when the wife gets a new haircut.
@Luke: Nice.
@BigFatHippo: Ha! Yeah, go with Wood.
@bostonaccent: Ha!
@Grey: Yeah, 4 homeruns last game is horrible. And I assume he’ll get pounded again tonight.
And I love Halladay, he’s a horse.
But.. I accepted, it’s hard for me to pass on A-Rod. A-Rod, Kinsler, Quentin, Braun, and Kershaw are a good group of keepers.
Should I add Reynolds in the meantime? Lowell, Felipe, Blalock, and Headley are some of the other top 3B FA.
Baker isn’t droppable is he? Because Edwin Jackson is available..
Thanks for the help!
@Ashley: Grab Reynolds. Baker’s not droppable, no.
So to summarize the last two or so days of the third-base eligible shuffle, Wood > Headley > Blalock, corrigida?
Grab Wood and drop Freddy “Dirty” Sanchez?
drop kubel or snider for wood?
@p0rk burn: Ha, yeah these guys did the curly shuffle on the end of my bench while Beltre stinks up the joint.
Doe this make Beltre Shemp?
Dude, can you cut all the BS and tomfoolery and just get to your point? This post was excruciating to read. Too much non funny banter.
Also, not sure I agree about Ramirez. He might have pop, which is nice, but now that they have a whole season of video on him, pitchers will keep making him whiff.
drop Burriss, Kubel, or Snider for Wood?
What do you guys think about this trade (10 team 6×6 WHIP, OPS)
I give Alexei and A Gallarraga and get A-rod. I need RBI, HR. I would pick up parra or maholm. It seems like a no brainer to me, but need a second opinion. Thanks
My team-
Iannetta
Morneau
Figgins
Beltre
J Reyes
S Drew
Alexei
Encarnacion
Beltran
Abreu
Hawpe
Sabathia
S Baker
Billingsley
Shields
J Johnson
Gallarraga
I’ve been wondering where the hell all my pitchers went in one league. Then I look at Thursday, BLAM, 5 starters.
Bills, Shields, Hamels, Wandy, Lohse, think I’ll throw em all and see what happens.
Leaguemates won’t know what hit em, well a couple of them will.
think Kubel or Snider can be this year’s Ludwick or Quentin?
@Zebo: The site has Lind being the more likely of the Toronto players to impress this season, although it doesn’t go so far as saying Quentin or Ludwick-esque.
@Teef: I’m only holding him b/c I’ve made the mistake before of cutting the interim closer before the “real” closer returns, only to find the real closer falls down a dark hole.
Who can forget the hilarious Chad Cordero Follies of last season: i.e. “He’s out for a week. He’s starting a rehab assignment this Friday. He’ll spend a few days in AAA. He’s had a setback. He’s having season-ending surgery.”
Hoffman is fragile enough that I won’t believe it till I see it. But Villaneuva’s been suckburger sandwich so far, which is enough cause to kick him to the curb.
@bostonaccent: I second that ha!
@Zebo: Snider has a great pedigree but he’s only 21. Expect bumps. As for Kubel… seems awfully Hawpish to me. But I may eat those words.
I’ve been offered our newly maligned Chris Davis and our always loved Shane Victorino for Carlos Lee and Matt Capps. This could make me light on power and average.
I’ve got Capps, Fuentes, Franklin then Aardsma and Motte.
The OF is already crowded with Lee, Holliday, Rios, Cruz with Damon and Maybin riding the pine usually.
3B is Atkins and 1B is Pujols. So….the question is a two-parter:
1) Will Davis show some talent? (and allow me to flip him or…)
2) Should I try to get Paps/Nathan/etc. talent with an excess OF?
@Kris: I like that for you. Grab Parra.
@pharmdriz: I like that trade for you. You might be able to swing Cruz for a Bell, Wilson, Qualls type closer.
@pharmdriz: You need another closer and I don’t think you can afford to lose Lee. That rules out #1. If you can get Taipei Slinklo you should, he doesn’t have the appeal that Papelbon does so he should be a tad cheaper. I’d see if you can deal Holliday for a closer plus Davis. Holliday is off to a slow start but I don’t think he’ll be a bum all year. Giving him up for a closer one for one is giving up too much. Maybe deal Damon and something for a closer, but I think people are starting to realize that at this point Damon is mostly a Yankees uniform and not the fantasy toolbox he used to be.
@pharmdriz: @p0rk burn: Or listen to Grey. I still don’t like it because you’re giving up Lee’s guaranteed numbers for Davis’ potential.
Grey, add Wood… Drop zobrist?Don’t laugh please, zobrist has been doing OK.
Also, trade Peavy, get Crawford? Crawford hasn’t homered in over 30 some odd games… Thanks.
Also, add Fowler (since he seems like a regular)to get cheap steals. Drop Street or Reynolds or Lugo?
Thanks for the input Grey, I just started frequenting the site and now i can’t get enough. keep it up
@johnson21: Grab Wood, I want Peavy over Crawford unless your pitching is lousy with top starters and you need steals badly.
@johnson21: Drop Lugo, add Fowler.
I’ve loved me some Krispie for two years, ever since I scrouged him off the waiver wire his rookie season, and I’ve kept him each year. I worry, however, that my attachment is becoming irrational. He long since left my outfield and currently resides in my Utility slot, where he shares time with the equally maddening Edwin Encarnacion. I’ve tried to trade him but I haven’t been able to.
So my question is: Is Krispie droppable?
I can’t believe I just said that.
OK – this carries over from previous post. Thinking about offering a closer for Alexei. I have a bunch and since it’s a Holds league I can’t start them all each day. Which of:
Qualls
F-Cord
Percy
Franklin
Sherrill
should I offer up first?
Start Parra at Philly tonight? :/
@Schatzi: I’m not and I won’t blame you for joining the party.
@Steve: I don’ think a closer will be enough for Alexei. Maybe couple that with a Mark DeRosa type and you’ve got something.
@Pops: I have Felipe too so could throw him in, but what I didn’t mention above is that the guy with Alexei a) has him benched and b) only has one closer.
@Steve: Oh – and I use Felipe at SS, which is where I’d put Alexei.
Drop Hermida or Justin Upton or Villanueva for Brandon Wood?
@Pops: Or a Felipe Lopez type. Lopez and Qualls could get you what you need.
what does cold weather have to do with anything? Plus, it’s not like the weather is THAT cold. I have a hard time imagining how warmer breezes makes a guy see the ball better, in the Cuban comrade’s case.
Joba was just dropped…Cueto or Joba?
2B/SS Wood for Sanchez? I can deal with the AVG hit, but if playing time becomes an issue with Brandon, Firddy Sanchez is boring but at least reliable. Thoughts?
@bostonaccent: “like when the wife gets a new haircut,” he-he, that’s the funniest thing I heard all day. Interesting that I find about Wood on Alexei’s post (ha!), I picked up Wood over the past weekend (ha-ha!) in the hope he gets tapped by the big club, rolls into the Big A and provides a release for my Cuban Missile Crisis.
@deepee: JOBA!
@zombie: Boring and reliable is for August, not April. April is for upside!
I just got offered Brett Myers for Lowell. I’m looking at my WWGD bracelet, and I’m thinking that Grey would gladly take that. While I agree with 99% of what is said by you experts, I still think Lowell could give me 100 RBIs from the corner, and I didn’t have to draft the guy until my last three picks or so. Grey, talk me into this trade, please.
Apparently Doumit is out for 8-10 weeks.
Get me John Baker, stat!
I’ve been offered Nick Swisher for Eric Bedard in my 20-team beast of a league. Of course, good starting pitching is at a premium in a league that deep, so I’m inclined to decline.
However, my team’s power is currently provided by El Caballo, Konerko, and the mighty, mighty Chris Duncan, so I’m tempted to say yes.
What say you, Razzballers? Will Bedard stay healthy this year and be an ace? Will Swisher put up silly numbers in the Yankees’ new launching pad now that Nady is out of the picture? Both these guys could be seen as “sell high” candidates right now, which is why I’m puzzled.
@Thunder- NO CHANCE you do that – I’m a Yankee fan and while I love the personality he brings and 25-30 HR pop he has in his bat poeple need to remember that he is a career .250 hitter – he’s already entered into the beginning of the correction if you look over the past week or so.
If your worried about Bedard – you can get way better than Swisher for him – ESP in a 20 team league. Let him get 1 or 2 more starts of beast da beast mode and shop him
@Baron Von Vulturewins: re: Doumit, ouch.
-if your worried about his injury…on a side note, I have him and I’m taking the chance on him staying healthy – it’s a walk year for him and players always seem “tougher” in walk years somehow…prob just coincidence
@Thunder Dan: Yeah, you don’t want to do that.
Remember Bedard was the third pitcher off the board in most drafts in 2008.
I guess Vlad and Doumit will be able to keep each other company in my DL slots for the next month or two. Am I correct in presuming that these are the two highest-impact DL moves so far in the season? I want to make sure I’ve got my misery poker hand played right.
Drop Fontenot for Tejada or Khalil for my MI spot in my RCL team? Or just keep Fontenot?
@JR: I wouldn’t drop him. Even if he only snags you a Percival or Hanranananan in a trade, he’s got to get you something. Something, Krispie.
@Steve: Qualls, but those are pretty lame. Might have to do Qualls and Sherrill or Qualls plus a Bonifacio-type.
@Schatzi: Ugh, that’s a terrible matchup. 12 team leagues or less, no.
@Doc: Hastanueva.
@Zebo: Cold weather favors pitchers.
@deepee: Joba
@Tom: Myers is terribly unreliable, pitching in a hitter’s park and he’s a risky pitcher from Rudy’s post; Lowell’s in a stacked lineup in a hitter’s park.
@Vince: Keep Fontenot.
OK, I don’t know how to use my bench. With 10 spots for pitchers, I now have 4 closers (added Corpas as I’m 6th out of 10 in my league in saves) and Lacky on the DL.
I have 3 bench spots total, for Alexei, Jurrjens, and Wandy (rotate pitchers). I’m already heading to too many pitcher starts, though, so do I need so many pitchers?
Bruce is in the lineup and I’m dead last in BA, so a bench spot for another OF or UTIL would be handy. Drop Corpas? More randomly, and unlikely, clear a spot for Price (Niemann is 0-2)?
@Grey: Yeah. Will go Qualls first, then Qualls + a schmohawk. Can always go Qualls + Felipe.
I dropped Burriss for Wood, now my 2B and SS are Alexei and Wood. I can drop Kubel or Snider to get Fontenot still just as insurance. Think that’s (Dwayne) Wise? haha. Do you think Howard + Liriano for Braun + Halladay is fair? I have Howard.
drop bonifacio or fontenot or aaron hill for brandon wood?
@Zebo: Yeah, I’d do that trade.
Thanks Grey and others. I countered with Oswalt, Holliday, and Fuentes for Bills, Victorino, and Davis. If I can trade up to 2009 NL CY winner-to-be Bills, it’ll be worth it I think. I like the Lee Guarentee ™ too, so I’m trying to hold onto him.
Give up Braun for Victorino & Johan?
C Yadier Molina
1B Adrián González
2B Dan Uggla
3B Emilio Bonifacio
SS Felipe López
OF Carlos Beltrán
OF Carlos Lee
OF Corey Hart
Util Elijah Dukes
Util Ryan Braun
BN J.J. Hardy
BN Mark Teahen
SP James Shields
SP Erik Bedard
SP Glen Perkins
RP Matt Capps
RP Chad Qualls
P Troy Percival
BN Ricky Nolasco
BN Dan Haren
BN Chris Carpenter
DL John Lackey
Who should I expect more from as the year plods on: Maybin or Carlos Gomez?
Who gets the better of this trade?
Chipper Jones for Matt Lindstrom and Garrett Atkins
Is it fairly even or lopsided?
i drop bonifacio 4 wood that is a good or bad move?
bonifacio 4 wood brandon wood.
brandon wood > emo bonifacio? right or wrong?
@Moroccan Missile Silo: Dude, chill out. How about this concept: if you don’t enjoy reading the site, then don’t come to the site?? Tough one, I know, so I’ll give you a minute to absorb it.
(pause… finger tap… finger tap…)
Brain caught up yet? Good. Let’s continue.
Yeah, I know that everyone’s entitled to an opinion and all that, but here these guys are giving your pathetic self some FREE fantasy baseball advice and you bite the hand that feeds? Did I mention they’re doing this for FREE?
Not cool, dude, just not cool.
yeah, I love this site.
I like how the Comments have about 2% to do with the piece:
“Oh God, how long is this piece, I can’t find the Comments link… do I drop Villanueva and pick up Bridget Fonda or not???”
Btw, I like calling Villanueva, “Chuckie Newtown.”
Sort of pertinent to the piece, I have Alexei in a keeper league and I won’t get really nervous until he starts losing playing time. If you drafted him in Round 5 or higher, I’m sorry for you. It’s really hard to say with this dude, nobody on the planet knows what to do with Cuban baseball stats (my cat Pookie would probably like stretching out across the printouts). Alexei drew like 15 walks last year. Maybe pitchers are group-thinking, “Hey, what if we just throw it in the dirt, bocce-style?” Still, he showed a lot of power in a great HR park, and should nab some steals, if he can ever get on base. It helps that Ozzie doesn’t realize a lousy success rate in stealing bases means it’s a dumb idea to run. Yay, Ozzie!
@Grey: Nice headline (if obvious), you’d been slipping. Don’t get too comfy though, you still need a good week of headlines before you can let go of your guilt re: “Yes We Cano!”
@peoples emo bonifaco taco i droppd him 4 brandon wood. woods good wat u think?
@Prince: Niemann sucks, but everyone in the Rays organization knew that when they sent Price down. Don’t drop Corpas.
@Zebo: You don’t need Fontenot, that trade is fair.
@chingobling: Lose Fontenot for Wood. No need to repeat comments either. Please and thank you.
@Falcon: Sure
@royce!: Beginning to think Gomez, which is sad for me to say.
@Eric: Fairly even, I’d take Atkins’s side.
@BingoIsMyName-O: Yeah, bocci-style is a small concern and his unknown factor.
Chuckie Newtown — Ha! I’m kinda liking Hastanueva.
y not bonifaco taco notfontenot? bonifacotaco>fontenotnot?
Better to stash away Chris Ray or Zumaya or Mock?
chris ray ray stash dat!
@chingobling: Bonifacio > Fontenot
@johnson21: Grab Ray for now.
@BingoIsMyName-O: I say this as an Alexei owner/believer, but most of the objections I hear to him sound like received wisdom at best. If having a year’s worth of tape on someone was enough to turn him into a .125 hitter, then wouldn’t everyone who’s played more than a year be hitting .125? If you’re good enough to be good in the ML, then you’re good enough to make the adjustments required to continue to be good.
What I do know is that players slump. Some players slump badly. With the exception of the late lamented Kevin Maas, I don’t know of any players who are competent major leaguers for one year then lose all their skills or are run out of the league because other teams “figure them out.”
(And even Maas wasn’t that exceptional, as BP once proved.)
@Moroccan Missile Silo: If you’re looking for more bland, straightforward, dry and entirely humorless fantasy advice you can find it… on any other fantasy site.
But just because the door is open for you to enter doesn’t mean you should walk into someone’s house and shout out, “Your drapes are ugly!” That’s just rude.
@chingobling: Def. drop Bonifacio for Wood.
Also, this comment looks like you just fell asleep on the keyboard.
I’m all for freewheeling grammar/syntax/jargon, but some of y’all need to take the mittens off when you’re typing.
/END Cranky school-marmery
Asdrubal /assdribble. Is he worth a rosterspot in 40 moves a year league (5 used)?
@Baron Von Vulturewins: Get off my lawn!
i read u said drop bonifacotacos!!!!! u said drop bonifacotacos!!!!! i red it friday and now i droppd him!!!!!!
@moroccan missiles silo i read what you said what you hating on the razzballin???? u got to get laid or smoke out or gtfo
Need some quick help if possible…Shin Soo Choo sounds like a must start against Sidney Ponson, same with Corey Hart against Jaime Moyer. Should I start both of them and bench Nate Mclouth or leave Choo on the bench even though he is essentially playing teeball tonight?
@chingobling: If you dropped him, then so be it. You’ll be fine. BTW, is everyone stoned in Colorado all the time?
i got my vaporizer in colorado
@Maitland: Sounds like you have to bench McLouth.
@Baron Von Vulturewins: man,i agree,i might mispell or forget a cama,but shit im going to have to get drunk to decipfer some of these post,i think the ganja is back
@AL KO i only do herb but i dont hate on alko. I read dat and cama is the comma yea man!!!!!
@ Grey – thanks again.
Interesting thread, for sure. Quality humor, rudeness, and just some plain old strange shite.
@ Moroccan – one of the main reasons I love this site is because of the humor. Maybe you’ll be masochistic and stick around, but at least let the rest of us enjoy it.
Kubel or Ian Stewart pickup? Team is pretty solid except for 1 util spot. Head to head league.
@chingobling: yeah i meant camma,i smoked my share for 30 years can you tell?mostly during classes
@Iceman: I really like Stewart. For what its worth.
Is Hardy for Alexei Ram and a crappy closer a bad idea? As long as the dude doesn’t lose his job, I’m not too worried about Al-Ram. I think he’s pullin through. Plus, Hardy seems to start late also, anyway.
Howard + Inge + Liriano for Braun + Halladay + Iannetta.
So I’ve got webb coming back from the DL at the end of the week and was wondering who folks think I should drop for him? Millwood, Carmona, or Buehrle? I also may be able to pick Jordan Zimmermann or Edwin Jackson from the waiver wire — would you prefer them to any of those guys?
@Baron Von Vulturewins: ha, I actually thought his post was in spanish when I first glossed over it
@Baron Von Vulturewins: “I’m all for freewheeling grammar/syntax/jargon, but some of y’all need to take the mittens off when you’re typing.”
Hah!
Boy, Parra’s off to a rough start …
Nelson Cruz is ridiculous!
@Tom: I’d want Alexei.
@Zebo: I’d want the Braun side.
@MikeE: I’d want Webb, Jordan Zimmermann and Edwin Jackson. If that much upside scares you. Go with Buerhle over Jackson.
@Prince: @Baron Von Vulturewins: Welcome to the world of texting shorthand. Ugh!
Grey – Nice planned ignoring and taking the high road.
What happened to Rickie Weeks?
@Steve: ran into jj hardy.
@Grey: You may be on to something, Al-Ram also hit 211 last Sept……..brrrrr
Who would u replace Doumit with. I am in a standard 5 x 5 10 teamer
and there are plenty of options on the wire:
Napoli
Baker
Yadier
Inge
Laird
R Hernandez
and others I won’t list
5 leagues and I have the Cuban Blunt in 4 of them so i am almost patiently waiting for THE STREAK to ignite
Looking for a quick “roster audit”
1. Are all of Qualls, Morrow and Corpas still in line for saves? I dropped Rafa Soriano.
2. Stockpiling SP’s. Beckett, Oswalt, Cain, Vazquez are safe. Carrying Je. Weaver, Scherzer, Jackson and Ricky Riccardo for upside. Can’t pick up Jo-Zim extra but could drop someone if needed.
3. Bubble hitters are J. Upton, Boneface, Felipe Lopez, Stevie Drew, Bruce and Choo. Available are Stewart, Brandon Wood. Moves needed?
4. Assuming all batters are facing say, Jimmy Key tonight, which two of the above should sit?
5. I apologize for writing this in the Queen’s English. I can translate it to fit today’s theme.
“Yo Gizzle! hatin bonnnnifio!!!!Ya. Lol. grabbin m,e some ein stuart?1 rofl. i SMELL like gold, biyz”
@Grey: Looks like some of the Yahoo commenters have finally found their way over here. First!
@knighttown: Ha!
@Doug Ault: Shiver me timber!
@madx34: Inge
@knighttown: 1. Yes
2. Hold
3. Stewart over Bonifacio
4. Upton and Bonifacio
5. Ha
So what kind of player would u try to trade for alexi? Also whats going on with manny parra?????
would you swap either garza or jered weaver for bannister or porcello? both seem like a reach.
2ndly, um, what’s up with JJ Hardy. Should we be worried?
@Martin: A quality 2nd tier closer? Qualls? Maybe Jenks? Was a tough matchup for Parra and he can’t stop walking people.
@paulzone: Nope.
re: Hardy — His back is sore and he starts slow.
Maybin!
@Steve: You have him on your…….Sonuva!
@BigFatHippo: Yeah – in both leagues in which I own him. Benched him for my brand new Del Young in the RCL – and the Twins were postponed!
Ah well. There were plenty of good reasons to sit him. He’s lucky I still own him.
Considering Maybin has finally homered, think it would be wise to attempt to sell high and swing him for Ian Stewart in a 12-team league?
I’d like Stewart to spell Jose Lopez at 2B, and my OF/bench consists of Crawford, McLouth, Kemp, Hawpe, Lewis, and Snider.
@Teef; @Baron: Thanks for the advice, fellas.
@MadX34: I’d go with Baker — he’s a good hitter in a great lineup spot. Unfortunately he wasn’t available in the league in which I’ve got Doumit.
@Baron Von Vulturewins: I love the crotchety old man you sometimes are, BVV. Mittens! There are definitely not enough comments about mittens.
@Martin: This is what Parra does. See below. He walks people, gives up the occasional bomb, strikes out slightly more than he walks, takes it on the chin, and walks away with a win sometimes. As these comments and the comments from the last post reflect, tonight was not a good night to start him.
@paulzone: This is what he does. He sucks for a few weeks, has a good week or two, and by the end of the season it all balances out. Its a pain in the ass in H2H but works out ok in roto.
I, for one, propose a collaborative post between chingobling and Moroccan Missle Silo. Chingo might be my new favorite commenter and Moroccan would make a great straight man.
would you offer either capps or valverde for alexi if I already have hill and Kelly johnson at second, a good OF and rafael furucal at SS
@p0rk burn: I second your suggested collaborative post idea, pork burn. Gold!
Hoping Krenshaw settles down ..
@Martin: See if he’ll take Hill and KJ or one of the closers. Hill and KJ have to be a sell high, can’t last forever.
Just traded Holliday/Werth/Lilly and Carpenter for Carlos Lee/ Granderson and Slowey. Great for me cause I was about to drop Lilly! I love trades feels so good
Tim Mcclelland is a jackass! Who’s he think he is, Tim the Sorcerer!!!!!!!!
Bases loaded, 2 out, Thurston takes a low pitch, Mcclelland waits till he gets halfway down the line then rings him up, inning over!!!!!!!!!!!!
No wonder George Brett went all pine tar head on him, jackass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and he hadn’t called a low pitch strike the whole game. JACKASS!@#^&!!
@hippo- i dunno i’m kinda high on both hill and kelly. I feel like they wont do as good as they are doing now but will both have great seasons
@Martin: They might be ok as a middle infidel, but not as a starting 2b. If you get Alexie, you don’t need one of them, pick one, I’d keep Hill, deal KJ and a closer.
Did I mention I hate Tim Mcclelland?
are u really that high on alexi. And which closer (look above)
@Martin:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/8169/splits;_ylt=Aly3JR.aTyXTd.31HzoLivKFCLcF?year=2008&type=Batting
Check out April and then the rest, see what I mean? Offer KJ first, then KJ and Capps, he might bite.
I hope the Salty F&$%^*& Biscuits and IowaCubs have their seat belts buckled because p0rk burn is storming up the standings. The people have spoke and the champ is back.
@grey: seen ankiel’s lip sweater yet? http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/therundown/2009/04/sadly_rick_ankiels_new_mustache_doesnt_bring_good_luck.php
@p0rk burn: You and me both buddy. Smelly Gonzales already gettin what he needs outta Dunn.
As they say in the bootheel (all the frickin time) GITERDUNN!
@BigFatHippo: Dunn for Damon working out about equal so far
@Steve: S’OK, I was Dunn with Damon when he left the Sawx.:)
@BigFatHippo:
Like that see……
Andrus or Wood?
@p0rk burn: @BigFatHippo: Your names shall be Dunn and Dunner
Which side do you like? Beltran/Hawpe or Fielder/Bruce. I’m thinking the latter, which would be what I’m obtaining. It’s 14 team mixed w/ ops
@Doc: I like it! I’m the Dunner one obviously.
Team Huckleberry batting .247, Extra Krispie!
Which trade do you like better?
Beltran for Fielder/Burrel
Beltran/Hawpe for Fielder/Bruce
Beltran/Baker for Fielder/Bruce
(my pitching staff is only vazquez/verlander/kazmir/lowe/Baker/Weaver with Price in the minors)
14-team mixed with OPS as a category.
@Grey: grey 12 team 5×5,got cruz,manny,crawford,ortiz,bradley and spillbourghs.Drop spill for teahen?kind of need sb`s but if spill doesnt play much,then his 10 sb`s arent that great.Whatcha think
@BigFatHippo: your dunner because youve drank to much and your dunner
@cubbies299: I don’t like Beltran involved in any of these, don’t you have a hot outfielder with no track record you can offer? Fielder owners have to be scrambling, no?
I am drunk. Can someone do the math on extrapolating Quentin’s 7 HRs in 43 ABs into 600 ABs or so?
Thanks in advance.
(I read this 3 times to make sure it was all spelled right)
Hey… anybody know why Morales got pulled after 2 innings tonight?
Is Raul Ibanez going to keep up this production for the whole season or should I try to get value and sell him high while I can right now. Im just wondering if you can name 2 or 3 solid players I can target to trade Ibanez for. Im lacking in rbi’s (Ibanez is 2nd on my team), and steals . What type of player that has solid average, good amount of rbi’s and more than average steals can I get for Ibanez. Any position doesnt matter
thanks in advance
@G: Package him and another player for a 5 tool OF like Kemp? Hard to say without knowing your team.
everyones(especially grey`s)bitch dog thus far alexi,is 2-3 with a sb,i can see the light,i dropped him after an april slump last year only to werp as he lit it up.buy low now.
@Iceman: That would put Quentin on a pace for 97.67 dingers. Clearly, that last .67 of a homer is going to put you over the top for the league championship.
@sean: Way to call Ankiel out, he got pissed at you.
Frankenbeard strikes again, nice 9th!
@Iceman: Ha, don’t have my cipherin machine here or I’d figure it out for you. Nice spelling!
On second thought, figure 7 every 50 (rounded off) times 12 equals 84. Can’t be done, unless it’s Dunn!
@BigFatHippo: You really don’t think Baker/Beltran for Fielder/Bruce helps me? This is my team:
C: Ianetta
1B: LAROCHE (HOLE CITY)
2B: Bri Rob
SS: Tulo
3B: Wright
OF: Kemp
OF: Quentin
OF: Beltran
Util: Hawpe
Util: Krisby
SPs as mentioned above
Peavy just gave up a slam to Renteria! ugh
@I’m Keith Hernandez: I know. I hate this game.
At least I own Cain too.
time to pick up mark reynolds? If that D-Back’s team besides lopez decides to hit, batting fourth should boost up those rbi’s considering he batted sixth last year and all most drove in 100. Do I drop kendrick or jose lopez, now that i have picked up hill, aaron?
@cubbies299: Ahh, you’re the one with the huge hole, I know her. Sorry man, I forgot about LaGross.
Do it then, can’t hurt. FYI, I’m holding on Fielder, he’ll pick it up, just also high on Beltran.
@I’m Keith Hernandez: ugh x 2,and i got galaraga getting bitch slapped at the moment to
@Steve: Anyone else getting a little worried about Peavy? I was offered Liriano/Armamis for Peavy/Davis. That pitch he threw to Renteria was a softball right over the plate.
@BigFatHippo: Thanks for your help. I actually was electrocuted while mixing my last drink, and remembered how to calculate it. I think Quentin could hit 93 bombs and drive in 500 runs this year.
@Iceman: now i know why they call u ice-man,,hehe
@AL KOHOLIC: ICE COLD, NO MISTAKES. Except when I killed Goose. My bad.
@I’m Keith Hernandez: I was kinda hoping for a 1-0 win (didn’t care to who) with the only run scored on an error.
But, Renteria? WTF?
@Iceman: i knew it.it`s just nice to be amungst other drunkerds,huff hits me 2 tonight,not feeling so bad about that late rounder so far,anyone else got imput on me cropping spillbourghs for teahen?
@BigFatHippo: Crap, why can’t sherril be a donkey corn and not a brain freeze. Guy offered me Sherril/Burrel/Fielder for Beltran. I think i gotta pull trigger
@AL KOHOLIC: Well, he just grounded into a double play with the sacks full…
@Peter G: Dump Kendrick if you need CI help. Hill will be solid and steady.
@Steve: your not drunk yet ,it`s noy noon yet there tomorrow,i think
@BigFatHippo: you gonna answer my Q about spill and teahen?it`s noy in our keeper league
@Steve: you to,read post 170
@cubbies299: Man, I don’t like Pat the Bat replacing Beltran but you gotta do what you gotta do.
You still have Kemp and Quentin as studs, fill in as needed.
@AL KOHOLIC: Ha, I just plain ol don’t like Teahen. Dropped him years ago, he’s like spoiled milk, you pull him out, take a drink, gag, then put him back in the fridge thinkin it might be okay tomorrow. Like every ex-gash I ever had.
It’s NOT gonna be Ok tomorrow!
@BigFatHippo: but she did the job,didnt she?
WTF is Peavy doing?
@AL KOHOLIC: aint got stat tracker yet,whats up in our yahooters
@Steve: getting ready to get pinch hit for,,pitchers?drive me crazy
@BigFatHippo: spill 0-4 and not stole a base all year,wandering if he even gets 2 3rds the ab`s?if not ,ill need to get someone else,damn counting on him for 20-20
@AL KOHOLIC: Yahooters, I like that.
You’re 1st, I’m 2nd, Steve dropped to 7th. Means nothing, it’s early. Could change pitch by pitch. It’s all bunched up.
and then there were none
@BigFatHippo: ha,our cruzzer cuce is working though,i got him in 12 teamer you in the keeper league,,are we going to sell high?or hope he hits 280
Tonight when I go to sleep, I’m going to fantasy-rape Chris Davis and Brandon Webb. And I will fantasize that they are terrified. Because they are reality-killing the digital baseball team I fantasize about.
Time for another drink– catch up!
@BigFatHippo: @AL KOHOLIC: Damn league I care least about is the one I’m doing the best in!
@Steve: Welcome to the show kid, public leagues, eh!
You got the call-up though!
@Steve: Maybe Utley will get you two hookers.
Search it guys!
@BigFatHippo: Easy there, big fella – it’s not a public league.
Still getting used to the dynamics of roto
@Iceman: Hehe, don’t kill Goose again.
@Steve: im wanting Victorino,for a sub,,he might hit for low ave this year but i need sb`s,make an offer,only a 10 team 3 o.f. league remember now
@VanHammersly: If you can get Stewart for him, go for it.
@Martin: You don’t need Alexei too.
@Schlitzy: Andrus if you need steals.
@AL KOHOLIC: Get Teahen
@Homer at the Bat: Not sure, sorry.
@Peter G: Reynolds should’ve been drafted.
@Iceman: Ha!
@Steve: Sorry, forgot, you have actual baseball fans in the Zealand.
Apparently Steve is the exalted ruler, but not last year, the Mr B killed you eh?
@BigFatHippo: Don’t get me wrong, the competition is MUCH tougher in the roto leagues.
Wasn’t really the MR Bs that did me in. Made the semis had a really solid couple of weeks but the guy I was playing had Reyes, A-Gonz and Cantu get red-hot just at the right time.
I’ve always got an excuse handy!
@Steve: @Steve: i can relate to that ,ive always been told that i have a drinking problem,and i agree,my problem is,i have to work to often to drink as much as i`d like,ha,the 1st step to recoery,s admitting the problem
Is Burriss worth holding on to? Is he ever going to hit?
@Steve: i just dropped him,sure he will steal some but damn,he`s stinkin early
@The last three hours: Razzball after hours. Its like cable after midnight, but with baseballs instead of boobs. Does talking to each other in the comments mean you aren’t drinking alone?
Who do you like more? Hideki Matsui or Kuo? Holds league
@BigFatHippo: Oh it’s an ops league and I see that Burrel routinely posts over .850. Does that make beltran for fielder/kuo/burrel (and a tossin of bumgarner in minor leagues) a good trade for me?
i’m freakin here, can someone help me on this? Also, should I punt Wang or Franklin Morales in this trade?
@Grey: What do you think of Cla Meredith?
Doesn’t strike enough guys out?
@Steve: Probably not. But he is fast!
@cubbies299: Matsui’s not going to get you many Holds. I’d go with Kuo.
@cubbies299: I’d want the Fielder/Bruce side of the trade.
Punt Morales and Wang, in that order.
@Grey: Hmmm. I’ll respect our no-explanations agreement here.
Grabbed Ram-Ram for a day or two anyway. Doesn’t K many either, but he seems to be in a groove right now.