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0The Royals physician diagnosed Danny Duffy with a torn UCL, which would mean Tommy John surgery. In related news, Dr. James Andrews is filing a trademark lawsuit, saying he’s the only doctor that can shut down pitchers for longer than 60 days. In sorta related news, Francisco Liriano is still waiting to come back. In unrelated news, when Dr. James Andrews opens his milk, it goes bad immediately, then is good again in 280 to 360 days. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Dee Gordon – 1-for-4 as he hits .212. I’m not pointing any fingers, but the ‘perts over at Yahoo owe some of you an apology for how high they ranked Gordon. Tell them Grey, the ‘pert who told you to avoid Grandy and the .400 hitting Wright, sent you for an apology. Write it in blood, Pianowski! Elian Herrera was called up to replace the recently DL’d Juan Uribe. In the minors, Elian was returned to Cuba to live with his father and now he feeds Castro grapes. *checking notes* Totally wrong Elian, mea culpa, my Latin American friends! Herrera has crazy speed (33 steals in Double-A last year; 9 steals in 28 games this year). He just ran into your room, tied your shoes together and ran out without you knowing. Look down. See? For now, Herrera will play all around the field, but there’s rumors that he will take some playing time away from Gordon. Mattingly said he doesn’t think Gordon needs to be sent down to the minors. Okay, but it’s not good when it’s being discussed that a player might be sent down. For now, I’d only grab Elian in NL-Only leagues, but it’s worth monitoring. I’d continue to hold Gordon, but you might have to start figuring out a contingency plan. Like standing outside of Dale Sveum’s house reciting reasons why Campana should get shortstop eligibility. That would be one contingency plan. Here’s your thinking. Here’s the box. Your thinking is not in the box, is it?
Matt Kemp – Headed to the DL with a hamstring strain. Here’s some shorthand for, y’all. When a player says under no uncertain terms that he will not land on the DL, petition your league manager to make him DL-eligible. Kemp shouldn’t miss more than 15 days. Yesterday, Bobby Abreu hit 3rd for the Dodgers in Kemp’s absence. Lineups don’t get much ethier than that. Lisper!
Desmond Jennings – On May 6th, he left a game with knee soreness. The Rays said it wasn’t a big deal. On May 7th, I said it was a big deal when a player needed to be lifted mid-game. Now, over a week later, the Rays are putting Jennings on the DL after using him as a pinch hitter on Friday. So he’ll be out another two weeks. Is it too much to ask a team to not pinch hit a guy when he might need to go on the DL? How is this ever a good idea? Rhetorical!
Jeff Niemann – He’ll be out a few months after a comebacker fractured his fibula. No lie.
Miguel Batista – 7 shutout innings against the Brewers. Look who learned something at Dave Duncan sleepaway camp!
Brad Lincoln – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks with his third win as he outpitched Anibal Sanchez (7 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks). FMFBBL! Lincoln hasn’t been good for ellipse ever. His K-rate is inflated because he was working in the bullpen and he’s on the Pirates. Outside of NL-Only leagues, I wouldn’t go near him.
Daniel Nava – 1-for-2 with a homer. He’s now 5 for his last 10 with 5 runs, 5 RBIs and a steal. Here’s a short refresher about Nava. He didn’t make his college team, worked as their equipment manager, finally played college ball, going undrafted in the major league draft then was cut by the Chico Outlaws, which I believe is the minor league affiliate for Chico’s Bail Bonds. Maybe it’s all a ruse and Nava is a great prospect, who’s in the Witness Protection Program. Just to be safe, he should have Marlon Byrd start his car for him. For now, I’d grab him because he’s swinging a hot bat, but I wouldn’t expect much, even if that would make the perfect Nava script.
Brandon Morrow – 5 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks and 5 unearned runs. Holy ticker shock!
Bryce Harper – 1-for-4 as he hit his first homer. After the homer, the Padres skipper tried to get it reversed, arguing there was too much pine tar under Harper’s eyes.
Ross Detwiler – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks vs. the Padres. Ross, I would’ve been impressed with less runs. I don’t know why the pitchers I stream can’t put on their big boy pants. I should’ve went with Brad Lincoln. It’s all about the Lincolns!
Henry Rodriguez – 1/3 IP, 3 BBs. Before yesterday’s game, Davey Johnson said HanK-Rod is still the Nats closer. After the game, Davey didn’t have to say anything. Clippard could see some saves, Burnett might see a situational save or two, and Rodriguez, well, it was an okay run.
Bryan LaHair – 3-for-4 with a slam (#9) and legs (#1). Shhh, don’t tell him that this is all a dream. Just glad someone benefited from the movie, Inception.
Josh Reddick – 1-for-4 with his 9th homer, and 5th homer in the last ten games. His last name sounds like an STD and he’s burning hot.
Elliot Johnson – 1-for-2 with his 6th steal. Member how we were all excited about Jed Lowrie a few weeks ago? Well, here’s your newest MI hot schmotato.
Allen Craig – 2-for-4 as he hit cleanup. Can we just assume he gets two hits in every game so I don’t have to keep writing about him? Thank you.
Tim Stauffer – 5 IP, 3 ER, 10 baserunners, 5 Ks. Returned from the DL after a month plus of a sore elbow. Someone forgot to read the explicit directions on his elbows. Don’t feed after midnight. Don’t get wet and don’t, under any circumstances, pitch in away games.
Yonder Alonso – 2-for-4 to raise his average to .300. He’s hitting cleanup and he has 7 runs and 10 RBIs and 1 homer on the year, so the average is pretty empty. At least the average is good though, I’m farting in your general direction Aramis Ramirez.
J.J. Hardy – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs with his 9th homer. From the comments, I noticed something about Hardy. People can’t wait for him to cool off so they can drop him. To the point where they’ll drop him even if he’s still hot. Just get J.J. off people’s teams! Sigh. I wish I had him on all my teams.
David Robertson – Missed out on the save because of sore ribs that have lingered since Friday. When Fred Flintstone had ‘saur ribs, he was only out of commission for a day (after uprighting his car).
Christian Friedrich – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 10 Ks. Okay, it was against the Ain’ts in San Fran, but that would be a great start even against the Mariners. Speaking of which, he gets them next. Don’t mind if I do!
Troy Tulowitzki – Dexter Fowler hit a line drive that nailed Tulo in the leg. Wait until Tulo finds out Dexter was using one of Ubaldo’s old bats. Tulo stayed in the game, but then was lifted when he seemed to be favoring his leg. As of this writing, it’s not known how long Tulo will be out. Once someone tells me in the comments, I will let you all know.
Nelson Cruz – 1-for-4 with his 2nd homer in as many games. Hang on, Cruz owners, because he’s about to go into turbo and hit 10 homers over the next 12 days and then pull a hamstring.
Eric Hosmer – 0-for-4 to lower his average to .174. I’ll be organizing a pray circle for Hosmer’s owners at 4 PM at the Reseda Kiwanis Club. After we meet there, we will be tracking down all Adam Dunn owners demanding they give us his stats.
Freddie Freeman – Threw in the towel in the 7th with blurred vision in his right eye. He needed Bobby Cox in his corner to tell him to piss lightning and crap thunder.
Randall Delgado – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks. A few solid starts ago, I said monitor him. Then a couple of solid starts ago, I said I’d pick him up in deeper mixed leagues. Now, no more quantifying. Pick him up.
Drew Smyly – 5 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks. Uh-oh, this might be the beginning of the end for his fantasy usefulness. Sad emoticon.
Addison Reed – He got the save yesterday because it was getting too predictable the other way around.
Frank Francisco – 1 IP, 1 ER and the save. The Mets decided to stick with their beleaguered closer and he rewarded their generosity by closing the door (after allowing a run). Let’s see if you can guess what owning closers are similar to getting checked for: Closers are completely nuts and after you grab them, they cough up runs.
David Wright – 1-for-3 with a run. His average just dipped down below .400. He’s a very good baseball player and I apologize I didn’t appropriately tout him during draft season. May your piss and vinegar rain on my head. Or if you looked at my slightly old draft sheet where I did tout him prior to his injury concerns, you’re welcome.
Yovani Gallardo – Still in the running for the most frustrating SP in the world. Gives up only 2 hits in 6 IP vs the Mets and loses. 6 BB don’t help. His ERA is still above 5, but it’ll be down sooner than his owners’ blood pressure. Stay thirsty, Yovani.
Torii Hunter – Out for an unspecified amount of time as he deals with his son’s alleged sexual assault charges. His son hopes to get this all cleared up and attend Penn State in the fall.
I can get Miggy for Kemp right now. would you do it?
@Giant JJ, I’d prefer Miggy.
@Giant JJ, I’d also do it.
Who’s the pickup in Washington now?? Burnett, Clippard, or stay with Hank-Rod?? Also, Frank Frank is on waivers….pick him up over all others??
Also, thanks for the vote of confidence in Wright, I’m breathing a little better about him now….but, now I’m hoping you didn’t just jinx him! D’oh!!
@Virinder, I’ll be curious to see Grey’s response. But I think Rodriguez is still the best bet in the Nationals’ bullpen, with the possible exception of stashing Storen in an empty DL slot.
Frank Frank vs. H-Rod. That seems like a tossup, but I think I’d still lean slightly toward H-Rod.
@Virinder, Frank Frank over H-Rod
@Grey, agree with Grey. HRod is still not a pitcher, he is a thrower. He has tremendous power and can generate a nasty heat but his pitches are flat, either he overpowers you with that fastball or he is in trouble. As soon as he has to mix in some off speed and finesse pitches, he starts hitting dirt or doesnt hit the strike zone at all. As i said, he is a thrower, not a pitcher. At least not yet.
As a followup to the guy above, just picked up Burnett (nats), clippard on waivers, how much would you bid for him? Only only closer is Aceves and last in saves..
And who would you drop between: Mujica, D Hernandez, Cashner and Burnett.
Thanks!
@Blue, nevermind
Any word on Howie Kendrick? Another day off but no word as to why and no reason has been disclosed.
@Melvin Emanuel, Doesn’t seem like he’s hurt, or at least I couldn’t find anything. He was 0-for-9 career against Tyson Ross, yesterday’s starter against the Angels and Micky Hatcher said a few days earlier that Kendrick might be pressing too much. So maybe they just figured a day off would do him some good.
But attention: Kendrick’s also just 1-for-13 in his career against Bartolo Colon, tonight’s Oakland starter, though it would be worrying if he sat again tonight. Fortunately, his record is better against Floyd, tomorrow night’s starter.
12-team mixed. 3 DL Spots. I had 5 on DL. I dropped Luebke for Friedrich, since that “second opinion” for Luebke is taking weeks to get in. I had to have Friedrich, his curve is one of the nastiest I have seen. He worked with Cliff Lee in the offseason, this kid could be the NL ROTY.
Grey, do you think Friedrich could become a reliable fantasy pitcher this year?
@thatonekid343, I’d pick him up for his next matchup and then go for there…
@thatonekid343, just be prepared for the occasional melt down at coors. Dont expect consistent numbers down the road.
Start either Minor v. Miami and/or Ubaldo v. Seattle on Wed. or not worth the risk?
@Barry Waves, Minor
@Barry Waves, I wouldn’t risk it…
Start Scherzer at the White Sox in a head to head league that counts losses as well?
@Blue, I’m closing my eyes and starting him today..
@Blue, For as shaky as he’s been lately he has a really good history against CWS so I’m rolling with him. Can’t possibly destroy my stats any more than Addison Reed and HRod have in the past 3 days.
“Elian was returned to Cuba to live with his father and now he feeds Castro grapes.” Either that one, or Torrii’s son attending Penn State. Don’t know which one had me laughing harder.
Somebody dropped Altuve in my H2H. Drop weeks and go for it?
Thanks
@Paulie Allnuts, Probably not worth a hill of beans, but I would.
@Steve, As in my view is probably not worth…
@Steve, Hey there now, no need to drag me into this!
On a side note, I was offered Weeks for Altuve the other day and turned it down. So you can guess my view on it.
@A Hill O’ Beans, Should specify that this is Ricky and not Jemile
@Paulie Allnuts, Yeah, I figured as much. I was talking about Rickie, he of the .157 AVG, as well.
@Paulie Allnuts, Thanks! I’d prefer Weeks…
pick 2 for saves: D hernandez, cashner, cook
@Blue, Not Cook
I have Trevor Bauer on my bench and have been offered any one of the following: Altuve, Kelly Johnson, Allen Craig or Seagar. Do any of these make sense? I have Weeks at 2B.
Madman
@Madman, Johnson
Please put LaHair in your sell column every week.
@malacoda, You’re welcome
Henry Rodriguez, Addison Reed, Rafael soriano, or Matt Capps?
@Jermo, Capps
Hey Grey,
Pick two of these four potential closers to use:
1. Addison Reed (on waivers)
2. Dale Thayer (Free agent)
3. Sean Marshall (free agent)
4. Cishek (on waivers)
@ThomasR, Since Marshall actually has the job right now, hasn’t blown any saves recently, and because Dusty tends to be loyal to his guys, Marshall is pretty much a no brainier.
Plus, Marshall isn’t some schlub. His peripherals, plus the last two years of work, indicate he’s a pretty decent pitcher.
@ThomasR, easily Marshall and Reed.
@ThomasR, Marshall, Reed
Worley ,samardzia ,or Gavin Floyd ROS?
Standard league
Thanks!
@Ryan, Samardjia
12 team 5×5 Rotiserrie
C: C Santana
1B: Ike Davis
2B: Uggla
3B: Seager
SS: Cozart
OF: Braun
OF: Bruce
OF: Cruz
Util: Dirks
Util: Campana
Bench, Gardner, espinoza
DL: Longo
SP: Bumgarner
SP: J Zimmerman
RP: Axford
RP: H-Rod
RP: Casilla
RP: Cishek
RP: Janssen
RP: Walden
P: A Sanchez, G Gonzalez, M Garza, Cahill, Lynn
DL: D Hudson
Been offered J Upton and Moustakas for Bum, Casilla and Lynn. Thoughts? Giving up too much considering how Upton has been playing?
@Blue, No. I’m always a fan of trading SP for offense, assuming that’s what you need.
Is it just me or does ESPN make you want to punch Bryce Harper in the face? Its incomprehensible that he makes a highlight for doing practically nothing every game. Goes 1/4 with a single and he is on the ticker. Throws a bat into the wall and hits himself in the face, top 5 play for that hit.
Should have known his homer yesterday would make the intro and undoubtedly make the top 10 today….looks like I’m going to have to burn my morning watching Maury, Ax Men reruns, Wicked Tuna and the Colbert Report.
@2 Cups 1 Braun,
They want him to be the face of MLB.
If Harper crashed his car into a tree outside his house after his girlfriend chased him with a bat after catching him cheating do you think it would be a bigger story than you know who?
@2 Cups 1 Braun, Because he’s the Lebron James of baseball. Stop watching ESPN.
@2 Cups 1 Braun, as @WhineSpritzer says, it’s why you need to stop watching ESPN. As a result, I love Harper, don’t mind Tebowtime that much, am only bored and not in full-out hate of Yankees-Red Sox, etc. Harper’s good enough you want to watch him without hating him because ESPN drives a story into the ground with hyperbole and over-exposure.
Remember, all ESPN management and on-air personalities must club 5 baby seals to death to be initiated. The other league networks only require charity work.
Tulo day-to-day with deep fibula bruize. Doesn’t sound good considering he’s had hip problems before. F***.
@Salty Balty, Thanks for the heads up!
I haven’t seen video of Harper’s home run yet, so I’m going to assume he hit it 550 feet, and then rode his bat around the bases like a pony.
@Eddie, Ha. Actually he sprinted around the bases in about 12 seconds. I love how every one’s bashing his cockiness based on what ESPN hyped, but he’s hustled more and played harder than any one I’ve ever seen in recent memory.
@WhineSpritzer, I haven’t seen much of Harper, but he sounds like Brett Lawrie, who is always hustling and working.
@VinWins, I get all Nats games. He’s fun to watch. He plays with a palpable intensity you only see on a basketball court. I can see how some of the vets wouldn’t take to it/be jealous of it.
@WhineSpritzer, he plays like the game is supposed to be played, i will say it comes off as cocky sometimes though.
@Tony, I agree 110% with you here. He plays how I wish everyone plays. He hit the HR and ran the bases. I hate how some guys sit there and stare at it for awhile even when they hit a solo shot down 8-1. I can appreciate the hustle, but can also see how it comes off cocky.
@VinWins, he is very similar to Lawrie, he just didn’t have the cred coming in like Harper due to ESPN and that video of him hitting 475 ft. bombs in the Trop when he was 16.
@Eddie, Ha!
Thanks for the advice to stream Friedrich for his two start week! Never heard of him before. Have to cross my fingers to see how it goes against the Mariners, but so far, so good!
@Hunter, No problem…
need a Kemp fill in: (looking for power more than speed)
The slim pickings are:
Ibanez
Blanco
Bernadina
Torres
Espinosa
Alvarez
or play Boneface & Rollins everyday and pickup:
Delgado or Maholm
@nightpandas, Delgado
Grey,
12-team H2H OBP. Worth dropping Cozart to pick up Elliot Johnson?
@Eddy, Probably not.
@Eddy, Hold
Is Javy Guerra worth holding onto in my holds league? Trying to figure out whether I should drop Guerra or Rios to open up a roster slot.
@Mystery Meat, Lose him
Grey, any thoughts on Maholm and if he’s worth a pick-up?
Thanks in advance and cheers.
@Moneybrawl, Most likely not, but depends on you league size/settings/situation.
What’s your take on Matt Moore the rest of the way? I’m in a keeper league and current owner wants to sell low to get some offense as he’s been hit with injuries throughout lineup. I have a decent staff and not sure what to make of Moore’s troubles here in the early going. I was thinking of offering up Hosmer for him but not sure… Any advice?
@Jay, I’d prefer Hosmer, but I could see trying to buy him low…
Would you start Colby Lewis at home vs KC? Career #s against KC are terrible, but he only seems to suck in away starts this year… cheers
@Shibboleth, I would and am.
Two Things:
1) You’re a shitty ‘pert. You told us all to avoid David Wright and his injuries, then when he jammed his pinky you gave us the ole “I told ya so!” And then no mention of him until he finally ends his chase of Teddy Ballgame and dips below .400. Geez, dubya tee eff?!?***
***Disclaimer: this is just to get it out of the way, so Douchey McDoucherson can’t be the first. Although calling these people “douches” would imply that they’ve been close to a vagina before.
2) No offense to Kiwi Steve, because I actually enjoy his rantings on here, but I think I’m going to change my name to American Steve. Emoticon.
First Longo, now Kemp, and then Tulo gets beat up by his teammate… My keepers which seemed so badass at the start of the season now are leaving me scrambling. Now if Prince and JUp figure out how to hit that little white leather ball with that big wooden club, they might be able to pick up the slack for me. But that’s probably asking too much of them.
@Wilsonian, Edit:
If we’re going by our country’s birds, I guess I should be Bald Eagle Steve. Emoticon.
@Wilsonian, nicely done on 1. Me, I would like to publicly apologize to D. McBogar for not drafting his beloved Wright; I only threw his name out to incinerate other people’s money. I can only blame myself for this foolish decision. McBogar is a genius.
A few question for you…
1) Best option at utility, Scott, Chris Johnson, Hardy, or Hunter?
2) Best option for MI spot right now, Elliot Johnson, Neil Walker, Espinosa, Beckman? ROS?
3) Drop Milone for Nolasco?
4) Try to deal Haren right now? What bats would you target for him?
Thanks a bunch
@Booya,
Hardy
Espinosa
Meh
Sure
@Booya, ^Agree except I’d lose Milone for Nolasco
@Grey,
Any ideas for guys I should target in return for Haren?
Thanks again
@ Grey :
tell the truth , if you were terry collins , would you tell frank2 to take a seat ?
@chata, To where?
ROS Francisco or Thayer?
@Tommy C, Francisco
I have Trevor Bauer on my bench and have been offered any one of the following: Altuve, Kelly Johnson, Allen Craig or Seagar. Do any of these make sense? I have Jemile Weeks at 2B.
Thanks
@Swisher Sweets, Craig!!! Actually they all make sense except Seagar. But…Craig!!!
@Swisher Sweets, Johnson
@Razzball Nation: Trade my Weaver & Reddick for his Verlander in a 12 team keeper? Thanks for the perspective!
@Bill Lumbergh, No.
@Bill Lumbergh, At first I was like, yea! But then I was like, eh…
I have Frank Francisco and HanK-Rod – Drop HanK-Rod for Dolis? Or Frankx2?
@Mr. Rickey, Yes, get Dolis
Need a utility bat in H2H 10-teamer…. middlebrooks, c. Johnson, or c. Davis?
@Ronkonkoma, Middlebrooks
Love the Wright comment! Screw the haters. This is the most entertaining and informative fantasy baseball site. Period.
Not to mention the fact that you personally respond to almost every question thrown your way.
Keep up the great work Grey Rudy et al.
FD
@FD, Thanks!
I need to pick 2 of 3 starts
H. Alvarez today vs. Tampa Bay (Price)
P. Hughes @ Toronto (Hutchison)
H. Alvarez (sunday) vs. NY Mets (Gee)
Thank you
@alejandro, hughes & Alvarez (v mets)
@Tom, wow i looked at alvarez vs TB and said eh i’ll throw alvarez, but vs PRICE, thats not a good play at all unless you dont care about getting a win…. might have to go sit him down.
@alejandro, Not the first
@alejandro, I wouldn’t start Hughes, I know that much.
Thanks for the gremlins reference. Pooholes is 2011 big donkey or big dung-ky. if by some miracle i can trade Pooholes for Hosmer and Moore (in a dynasty roto league – keep everybody as long as you want).. how fast would you pull the trigger?
@Doofus, Hosmer’s been miserable too… I’d prefer Pujols.
“Don’t let them bury me, I’m not dead.”
-Bryan LaHair as seen in “The Serpent And The Rainbow”
“Reports of my death have been greatly exagerated.”
-Bryan LaHair as seen in Hal Holbrook Presents! Mark Twain
@OaktownSteve, Ha!
The Halos are terrible and nothing confirms this more than their performance against Tyson Ross last night. Ross did make an adjustment to his delivery after the savage beatings he took a couple weeks ago, but he should not be shutting anybody down with that stuff.
Not sure if you mentioned it here or not but Tyler Colvin is pretty close to locking up the starting CF job in Denver. At minimum it’s a split and with a decent run over the next week or so he might just go full time with it. Very interesting.
Also, Bruce Bochy seems in love with Gregor Blanco. Blanco seems like a guy that is finally getting a shot at playing and is holding on like a pitbull. If you really need steals blah blah.
@OaktownSteve, Nice supplement. With Hunter and Kemp I’ve been at the OF bargain bin, rollin’ out Nava and ‘Dina. I’ll have to keep an eye on Colvin…
@chunk, Colvin could be a difference maker. Just as a little kicker I heard Jim Tracy quoted as saying he thinks Colvin can and should run a little from the top of the line up.
@OaktownSteve, Agreed, they looked miserable.
@Grey, Everyone:
Does anyone find it funny that the guy who hit Tulo with a Foul ball is named Fowler. Lmao.
@joe from point pleasant, Fowler?!? I barely know ‘er…
@joe from point pleasant, Ha
Better replacement for Ramos ROS:
Doumit
Ellis
Salty
Lucroy
Thanks
@John, Doumit
Penn State, huh? Ouch.
In a dynasty, do I trade
Cahill and Machado
for
Weaver and Lindor?
@JT, Weaver side
@Grey, Thank you!
hey grey how would you rank these options at utility, 10 team 5×5 h2h
chipper
tabata
alonso
boesch
lomo
rasmus
kubel
delmon
pagan
cody ross
jon jay
campana
@jaw, Jay, LoMo
Beltran’s knee starting to worry me – am I panicking by making either trade:
Tulowitzki for Beltran and Aviles
Jose Reyes for Beltran
Gracias.
@El Gato,
Absolutely not panicking, I would do either of these trades if I were you…all day!!
In need of steals, feel like i can give up some power…have Kendrick & Rickie Weeks as well at second.
Trade Uggla for Castro?? Who wins??
@HotRod, Castro side of things…
@Shea Sera Sera, Castro, easily.
So with Krispie Young hopefully coming off the DL this week I need to do something with this glut of MR’s I am holding onto. While things are so fluid it is hard to know which one will get bombed on any given night. We have an innings cap so I am going to hold onto most, but need to drop one.
Romo, He-Rod, Bell, Addison, Pestano, Soriano, and Jansen.
Leaning towards dropping Pestano, but if He-Rod is out in Washington, he would be the one to go as Pestano’s K/9 is pretty sick. Thoughts?
Or I could drop Alfonso Soriano and let the MR cycle play out 1 more week…
@Shea Sera Sera, I’d wait a couple of days until Krispie is actually off the DL.
@Grey, I got ya…do you think things will clean up in a few days? Got a feeling they will just get worse….
Could use the Krispie from the beginning of the season though…
Not Yovani’s fault he gets no run support (2.94 runs per 9 IP this year). He’s actually been good this year unless he faces the Cardinals.
In 2 starts against St. Louis he’s 0-2 with an 22.24 ERA/3.88 WHIP in 5.2 innings. In his other 6 starts he’s 2-2 with an 2.54 ERA/1.18 WHIP with 39Ks in 39 innings.
Go get him from whoever he’s “frustrating” in your league and start him against everyone except the Cards.
Grey…I’m back. Ok same trade from yesterday but he threw in somebody else. Thanks again and love the site more than your man crush on Giancarlo.
Bruce
Aceves
for
Pence
Ortiz
-G-
@G Money, Thanks! I’d take Pence
i have both dee gordon and tori hunter in one league.
goddamnit.
that is all.
@scott, Yup
Cliff Lee for David Ortiz…Standard Yahoo 12 team Roto…best side?
@smkuchta, Lee
Is Michael Young worth going after? 3B is looking pretty weak on my team with Longo going down and the Alvarez/Betemit show uninspiring.
Trade my Craig for his M. Young?
Thanks again Grey and Razzball nation!
@Turk Wendell, 12 H2H
@Turk Wendell, you’ll probably need to throw in a sweetener
@chunk,
Wish I had some sweetner!
11-team $260 NL-only 4×4 Roto. I’m in first. Also-ran offering Tulo (assuming he is healthy) for any one of Zimmermann ($6, 2), Beachy ($5, 2), or Lynn ($4, 1). Which one would you be most comfortable giving up?
@T.J., Lynn
So it sounds like I should drop HanKRod and pick up Delgado?
@Jon, If you don’t need saves…
12 team 5×5 Rotiserrie
C: C Santana
1B: Ike Davis
2B: Uggla
3B: Seager
SS: Cozart
OF: Braun
OF: Bruce
OF: Cruz
Util: Dirks
Util: Campana
Bench, Gardner, espinoza
DL: Longo
SP: Bumgarner
SP: J Zimmerman
RP: Axford
RP: Casilla
RP: Cishek
RP: Janssen
RP: Walden
P: A Sanchez, G Gonzalez, M Garza, Cahill, Lynn
DL: D Hudson
Been offered J Upton and Moustakas for Bum, Casilla and Lynn. Thoughts? Giving up too much considering how Upton has been playing?
@Grey’s da man!, I’d take Upton usually, but do you really need another OF?
@Grey, Love my outfielders! lol. Just got offered this tho:
Receive R Zimmerman
Give J Zimmerman and Cishek
That one better?
Will Middlebrooks or Chris Johnson (until Longoria gets off the DL)?
@Jack, Middlebrooks
RCL League…
I need to pick up a bat now that Kemp hit the DL (Big Panda already owns that slot on my team.)
I own Kimbrel, Valverde, Casilla, and Aceves as my closers and am leading the league in saves. Only offensive category that could use a little boost is steals…
Offering up Aceves for Trout in a deal… good trade? OR should I target a different OF?
@J-Birdis, I’d take Trout
Pick 2…Ubaldo, Stauffer, Delagado, Niemann, Milone, H2H league uses K/9 as 6th cat
@Booya, Niemann’s out, read the post…
@Grey,
So Delgado and Stauffer?
@Booya, Stauffer (at home), Milone, Delgado…
@Booya,
Just realized Niemann is out 4 weeks min, so can remove him from list
@Grey
Do you think Aroldis Chapman will get the closer job or possibly a starting spot in the rotation in the near future????
@Mike, yes i do,might be another month or so but he will be probably starting
@Mike, Nope
Yep short term memory loss…
@Grey,
1.
Another day, another episode of As The Hot-Schmotato Turns….
I picked up Espinosa yesterday and think he’ll continue to produce at least in the short term. I have Schafer, who appears to be cooling off, but I’m pretty committed to him and his ability to go 0-3 with 1 BB, 1HBP, 2 SB and a run. And I also have Jed Lowrie, who… well, I don’t know what to make of him.
Do I drop a lukewarm schmotato (Lowrie) for one of the following, or am I too impatient and need to hold longer:
Roger Bernadina, Elliot Johnson, Pedro Alvarez, Elian Herrera.
2.
I think I saw a similar question in the comments yesterday, so a preemptive mea culpa if I’m being redundant… Jaime Garcia has been meh for me, but I’m always scared to drop a guy I drafted in the mid-rounds to be a #4 starter. I cut bait with Scherzer and seeing someone scoop him up recently to enjoy the recent success is frustrating. Bud Norris, Randall Delgado, and Jarrod Parker are all available FAs. Do I drop Jaime for any of them? Or Dale Thayer for any of them?
3.
Dear Desmond Jennings,
Please get well soon. I need you close to me.
xoxoxo,
Chillmodious
P.S.: <3 <3 S.W.A.K. <3 <3
@Chillmodious, Ha! Grab Bernadina…Thayer for saves, Norris otherwise…
@Grey, Glad we’re on the same page–I dropped Lowrie for Bernadina before checking your reply. Regarding pitchers, I just want to make sure I follow what you’re saying. Quick background:
SPs are: Greinke / Anibal / Hanson / Lynn / Jaime Garcia / Samardzija
RPs are: Chris Perez, Santiago Casilla, Dolis, Downs, Thayer, (Santos on DL)
Norris is available. I’m wobbly on Thayer because of Street (obviously), and Jaime I just can’t decide. Hold, or drop someone for Norris?
(sorry if overkill, but thanks all the same)
Is Torii donee? Please rank: Hunter, Boesch, Dirks, Ibanez, Tabata
@GTS, Dirks, Hunter…
Start Melky or Bryce Harper today?
@Viagra Falls, Melky is a start until he cools off. Guy is hot and with Blanco getting on base in front of him there are RBI chances.
Melky also gets Jeremy Guthrie fresh off the DL today.
Still looking for my Longoria replacement…
Any thoughts on the following?
Bautista for Pence/Vogelsong
@artie, do it. Now.
@ Grey
Grey do not worry about the hatters talking about not drafting D. Wright. Dude is just Matt Berry. Also, he drafted 3 straight outfielders.
I will however, point out the Ubaldo, Jhoulys touts. Ha.
Reason SmileyFace sucked is b/c I finally picked him up. You like Smyly or McDonald for remainder?
@paddytwotimes, Ha… Thanks! McDonald…
@Grey, Thanks man. Became moot because I picked up Soriano with the MRI shizz going on with Robertson and dropped SmileyFace
any thoughts on what the Angels will do with Morales, Pujols and Trumbo? Yesterday Trumbo played RF, but he seems like a liability anywhere but 1B or DH, however they definitely need his bat right now
@harkrider, Looks like Trumbo’ll play in the OF.
Greyski… Morrowski… Sell highski??
@Prezii, http://razzball.com/the-runs-will-come-out-morrow/
What are everyone’s thought on the middlebrooks and Youkilis dilemma?? I have middlebrooks on my team and hope hes staying around!
@Mike, They’re not going to drop Youk.
@Grey, You think theyll split time or Middlebrooks is going back down to AAA? If he is do you think hes worth holding on to in a keeper league?
@Mike, I think he’ll probably be shipped down… Depends on other factors whether he’s worth holding…
@Grey, So then should i just sit on him until more information comes out? Or should i drop him for a hot pitcher or another hot batter? Also can this kid play any other positions possibly that they would consider putting him at? And lastly is there a website that i can go to that tracks this situation fairly well? Thanks.
@Mike, Twitter and Boston beat writers, or just read all the comments here.
Altuve or Espinosa for the rest of the season?
Are you trusting Beckett today against SEA?
@Mrhappytime, Espinosa… Yup…
10 team H2H league, Offense counts hits and TB as well.
C: JP
1B: Dunn
2B: Craig
3B: B Lawrie
SS: Hanley
OF: Braun
OF: Bruce
OF: J Upton
Util: Choo
Util: Hardy
Bench: E Hosmer
Been offered Prince and H Kendrick for Braun. Thoughts?
@Grey’s da man!, It’s fair, hold…
Whats your price tag on R Weeks outta these pitchers:
Peav, Marcum, Holland, Minor.
Which you dealin.
@TheNewGuy, Minor…
@TheNewGuy, Minor isn’t worth anything at this point. I’m planning on holding Peavy since everyone predicts he’ll fall off a cliff and doesn’t have the trade value he deserves. That leaves you with Holland or Marcum.
Choose dos:
Smyly, Parker, Friederich.
W, L, Ks, ERA, WHIP, Ks/9
@Wilsonian, Parker is legit. The thing about Friedrich is he looks good now but how good are his prospects for later this year when things are getting warm in Colorado and the league is getting a second look at him? I haven’t seen Smyly enough to say.
@OaktownSteve, I like Parker the most of the bunch. I have him and Smyly, just looking to see if I should lose him for Friedrich, really. I haven’t seen enough of him to really make a valid opinion, I just know his numbers have been good until last night.
Does anyone think Freddie Freeman is going to go today after the dizziness yesterday, some say from contact issues…not that I totally buy that? Or do you think he sits for a game or two for Hinske?
@Viagra Falls, day to day with a corneal abrasion
@Viagra Falls, day to day with corneal abrasion
@dingers, I bet he sits. He’s also been slumping so he’s kind of due for a day off anythehoo.
1. Volquez at home vs. dodgers?
or
Friedrich at home vs mariners?
2. D Murphy, Inge or Betemit at 3B?
@Grey’s da man!, Volquez… Betemit…
So i have on the table a “sell-high” situation for LeHair.
LeHair for Marcum straight up.
I lost Luebke so could use an innings cruncher with a decent WHIP.
Thoughts?
@jr_wall, Sounds good for you…
Grey, I tried to warn Razzballers about Hosmer’s girlfriend sucking the life out of him… Might want to invite her to the prayer circle tonight…
@Po, Ugh, that’s right…
@Po, I have mixed feelings about Hosmer. On the one hand, I was a dissenting voice saying I would not own him this year at the beginning of the year and thinking he would go way too high, so I feel somewhat vindicated.
On the other hand, I think it’s pretty much been bad luck with Hosmer. He’s got a putrid .165 BABIP. His FB% and his HR/FB ratio are virtually identical to last year. He’s hitting a few less line drives and a few more ground outs, but not enough to create the BABIP void he’s in. He’s striking out less, walking more. He still looks like he’s going to struggle a bit against left handers but overall he looks like a serious buy low candidate to me on paper.
I haven’t seen him play much and sometimes the fangraph numbers lie a bit in the LD/FB breakdown. Impossible to tell if they are hard line drive atem balls or weak contact broken bat liners so it’s possible that he’s just not hitting the ball hard, but even still, with his contact rates he’s due for some bloops, bleeders, flairs, Texas Leaguers, parachutes, dinks, and swinging bunts.
@OaktownSteve, this kid Hosmer is suppose to be good blah, blah blah but can some one please point me to the stats in which lead some of you guys to draft this KID so high???!! I don’t feel bad one bit for the people who spent high draft picks on this guy
@princerudynasim, He is definitely fo’ reals, yo…as the kids might still be saying.
He’s a number 3 overall out of high school, and though being a high draft is not a guarantee of course, having pedigre does matter.
He destroyed multiple levels of the minors and put of very good numbers over 563 MLB plate appearances last year. He is good and has a chance to be among the leagues best hitters in time. I basically did not like him this year because of his splits and his walk rates and plate discpline. I saw this as being a learning year but there’s no doubt the talent is there.
The thing is, as I said above, right now it appears that he’s just hitting with terrible, terrible luck. He’s the anti-LaHair.
Grey…I’m back again…last time I promise. Ok same trade from earlier but he wont part with big papai so now its…
Bruce
Aceves
for
Pence
Berkman
-G-
@G Money, Pence
Just had to comment that I love the commentary! It’s hard to pick a favorite… but Freeman notes takes the award! Tulo and Yonder notes were also great!
Keep up the great work! Hoping to steal Elian away in FAAB faster than it took INS to get him out of South Florida and back to Fidel! Same Elian right?
@NLFantasyBB, Ha! Thanks!
R Zimmerman for J Zimmerman/Cishek.
Which side? Close?
@Grey’s da man!, Zimmerman, it’s close…
@Grey, So I asked you about another trade earlier as well. Should I do either trade?
1. Get R Zimmerman and give J Zimmerman and Cishek
2. Get J Upton and Moustakas and give Bumgarner, Casilla and Lynn.
I am leading in most pitching categories and behind in hitting, weak at 1B and 3B. can try and get Upton and then Trumbo instead of Moustakas if thats better. Hold or make a move? Here is my team again..
12 team 5×5 Rotiserrie
C: C Santana
1B: Ike Davis
2B: Uggla
3B: Seager
SS: Cozart
OF: Braun
OF: Bruce
OF: Cruz
Util: Dirks
Util: Campana
Bench, Gardner, espinoza
DL: Longo
SP: Bumgarner
SP: J Zimmerman
RP: Axford
RP: H-Rod
RP: Casilla
RP: Cishek
RP: Janssen
RP: Walden
P: A Sanchez, G Gonzalez, M Garza, Cahill, Lynn
DL: D Hudson
Thanks!
@Grey’s da man!, 1. Take Zimmerman… Or trade Bum for a 1st baseman and not an OF.
@Grey, Better for the team if I just do something simple like Lynn for Trumbo?
@Grey’s da man!, Yup
@Grey, Cool, thanks!
Need to express my hatred for the “Won’t start against LH” label.
Campana, Nieuwenhuis and Parra all suffering under this duck and hide douche managerial strategy. F-You Gibson, F-You Collins and F-You Sveum!
@bean, Ha, yup…
I traded dee gordon for gallardo about 2 weeks ago…no question, I just wanted to shout it from the nearest mountaintop. Keep up the great work, Grey.
@AP, wow that’s horrile. sorry to hear about your loss guy lol
@princerudynasim, I may have left that a little confusing, but to clarify I was on the good end.
@AP, Nice!
@Grey….who would you rather have?
Zobrist or Kendrick?
and
J Weeks or Bonifacio?
@LagunaBobbyI, Zobrist… Bonifacio…
Grey, I need to drop 1 off my bench. Not in my rotation, so I can chance it a bit. Minor, Delgado or Vogelsong? Thanks.
@Zeke, Delgado
@Zeke, Actually, Vogelsong…
Im trying to grab CarGo….. what do u think of King Felix and Ellsbury for CarGo and Posey? Having a hard time figuring out what Ellsburys fair value is…any thought?
PS – Im in a head to head points league
@BadAzzMofo, That sounds about right… I’d try to give a bit less than Posey…
any thoughts on who will be the next fantasy worthy arms to come up from the minor in the next few weeks or so??
@princerudynasim, Jake Odorizzi (SP, KC)
@princerudynasim, Bauer
@Grey,
that would be nice .
used a 20th round pick in my dynasty draft (inaugural year) .
been waiting .
frankly , i can’t believe that saunders has lasted this long .
@Grey, Odorizzi got the call, Bauer should be gone by now in most formats
who should i pick up as dee’s backup – lowrie or elian herrera?
@Random Collmenter, Lowrie
@Grey,
Further to one of my above replies regarding pitchers, I just want to make sure I follow what you’re saying. Quick background:
SPs are: Greinke / Anibal / Hanson / Lynn / Jaime Garcia / Samardzija
RPs are: Chris Perez, Santiago Casilla, Dolis, Downs, Thayer, (Santos on DL)
Norris is available. I’m wobbly on Thayer because of Street (obviously), and Jaime I just can’t decide. Hold, or drop someone for Norris?
(sorry if overkill, but thanks all the same)
@Grey… I streamed Lincoln last night against Anibal. Yay me! Does Razzball have a glossary term when you are desperate for pitching stats and stream start an inferior pitcher against a superior opponent, yet somehow still get lucky and pull the W and the better stats out of your arse?
Oh, and boo the haters. I traded Lahair based on your article, and don’t regret a thing. Just wish I had waited one more day for the trade, but the end is nigh with the guy…. Plus, despite your humility, you also had everyone drafting Wright (or Beltre) with your “don’t take two 1B” strategy, so we all got him (and Hanley) anyway. I would hazard to guess that many of Grey’s loyal readers took 1B (Votto or Adrian) first round, Hanley in the second, and Wright in the third. I kept Hanley and Wright in my keeper league just to stay with the club. I hope Lahair wasn’t to be my first baseman of the future tho!!
We’ll give you a mulligan on your advice re: Johan Santana (I ignored it and kept him), and I’ll prove my words prophetic on Chris Young pitching for the Mets before the All-Star Break (you called that downright crazy)! Keep up the good fight, Grey!!!
@birrrdy!, Nice for you… Dah for me… Nah, no term… Yeah, just about everyone probably took Wright or Beltre if they followed my 1B in the 1st round, but whatever… Haters gonna hate… Thanks!
Or was it Wright/Beltre in the second and Hanley in the third? It seems like draft day was soo long ago… ;^)
@birrrdy!, The LaHair thing is a typical over reaction swinging pedulum kind of thingy deal. He’s definitely going to cool off, but he’s also not going to fall off a cliff. Look at his trajectory and he’s very very Mike Morse like. There’s no reason to think he can’t put up solid numbers over a whole season. And he passes the eyeball test too. I’m telling you the guy can hit MLB pitching. He’s going to give you 25 homers and hit clean up and probably bat around .265-.275 which means that there will be a slump in there and then a leveling off. Unless you’re in a league full of window lickers, just about everybody is going to know you want to lose LaHair high and they’re going to buy lower than he’s actually going to be worth.
I lived though the Chris Shelton experience and this guy is no Chris Shelton.
@OaktownSteve, I agree with your assessment. I think I got a fair (high) price tho. In my NL only 5×5 10 team keeper auction league, received Gio Gonzalez, Jason Kubel and Rubby de la Rosa (on an unlimited DL spot) for Lahair and Delgado.
Would’ve like yesterday’s stats for both, but I think I did well overall, especially since my team is getting killed in pitching right now. Thoughts?
Pujols or Lee
@chilidavis, Pujols
@Grey: Drop Guerra for Clippard, Burnett, Santiago?
@ThE sHiT, Santiago for saves…
and a good afternoon grey… lose smyly for delgado?
@mrobs, I could see it in some leagues…
@Grey, yea. i’m just afraid that Smyly will not be as effective against teams that are seeing his stuff for the second time.. a ‘la the ChiSox last night.
Who should I pick up to replace Kemp? Tabata, Boesch, Nava, Bernadina, Nieuwenhuis, or Torres?
@Sam, Bernadina
Ibanez, Smoak, or Abreu for the rest of this week?
also…
Casey Janssen or Santiago Casilla for the next month?
@LordMetz, Ibanez… Casilla…
Grey, great stuff as usual. Who do I drop, if anyone, for Delgado: Jaime Garcia, Ubaldo, Jarrod Parker, Vogelsong, Worley, or Capoeira (can we please make that Capuano’s nickname?)?
Thanks
@I like baseball, Thanks! Ha… Ubaldo…
Grey –
Would you prefer Castro or Uggla ROS in an OBP 5×5…I dont need to fill either position, as I have great MI depth: Reyes, Uggla or Castro, Kendrick, Rickie Weeks.
I feel like I need steals, so I think Castro would be a good get for Uggla….
What do you think?
@HotRod, Castro
Jay now on the DL. Slim OF pickings available. Nava, Campana, D Young or Pierre as a replacement? Thanks!
@LobBall, Campana
i need to pick up a crappy bat
do you like chris heisey at all in nl only?
also, drop which one of nicasio, stauffer and burnett?
@Ferris, I’d hold those pitchers over him, but if you have to pick him up then lose Nicasio…
Grey, you kind of went into this in your post, but currently I have Hardy at SS, and was wondering if he would be better to have moving forward than some of the options in my league for free agency between: Ian Desmond, Elliot Johnson, and Alcides Escobar? Thanks.
Also wondering if you would rather have Nava, Markakis, Joyce, or Tony Campana>? Thanks. For some reason, I don’t think I can accept the advice of the yahoo ‘perts these days.
@Holmes, Hardy is better than those guys you listed and it’s not even close…
@Holmes, Hardy, Joyce
Delgado, Vargas or Friedrich?
@Grey’s da man!, In most leagues, Vargas…
Also, any word on what the deal is with Howie Kendrick>? I have been checking all media outlets, and have heard no word of injury or why he was scratched yesterday?
@Holmes, Was he scratched or just rested?
@Grey, Angels beat writer (Mike DiGiovanna) said he just sat out. Did not use the word “rest” or “scratch.” I think it’s nothing–just tinkering by Crazy Mike–but if he’s in Sciossiapath’s doghouse, this could get bumpy.
@Chillmodious, Yeah, that’s what I thought…
Aargh, sorry for reply-bombing the comments section, Grey. This is a copy/paste of an above out-of-place comment:
——————-
Further to one of my above replies regarding pitchers, I just want to make sure I follow what you’re saying. Quick background:
SPs are: Greinke / Anibal / Hanson / Lynn / Jaime Garcia / Samardzija
RPs are: Chris Perez, Santiago Casilla, Dolis, Downs, Thayer, (Santos on DL)
Norris is available. I’m wobbly on Thayer because of Street (obviously), and Jaime I just can’t decide. Hold, or drop someone for Norris?
(sorry if overkill, but thanks all the same)
———————–
@Chillmodious, Norris over Thayer if you don’t need saves, which it looks like you don’t…
@Grey, Thanks a billion… You are a titan amongst giants. But not amongst the Giants, because that would be the opposite of a compliment.
@Chillmodious, Ha, thanks!
Rotoinfo reporting that Middlebrooks will be sent down when Youk rejoins the team. Hopefully that will be short-lived…
@Wilsonian, Thanks for the heads up!
@Grey, no problem…
Bryce mania is starting… Watch out! Two jacks in as many days..
@Prezii, Oh boy…
@Grey, can we start calling this Wrestle Mania for his Ultimate Warrior-esque eye black?
@Wilsonian, Hehe
@Wilsonian, guess the “nat bat attack” isnt as funny anymore that hes bombin now.. good for him!
Berkman scratched just before the game today…ugh.
Shin Soo Choo with a big game thus far, 2/3 w/ a 2b and a homer…
@letsgobravos, About time with Choo…
Grey,
I was offered Soriano (Is he even officially named the closer?) and Omar Infante for Milione.
this is 5×5, and H2H, 12- Team
I currently have Espinosa as my 2nd baseman and a ton of injuries hurting my offense.
My pitching is…
CJ Wilson
MadBum
Anibal
Morrow
Dempster
Milione*
and Zimmerman
Closers: Capps, Axford, and Putz
Would you do this trade, BnY?
@tggq21, BnY… I’d take Soriano… It’s not official, but Milone’s not worth much in your league…
Standard 5×5, 14 team league. I’m in 1st with very good pitching and slightly above average but well balanced offense so far. I just got offered Pujols and Kendrick for Butler and Pedoria. I also have Morales, so that’d give me 3 Angels in my lineup most days. Do I pull the trigger? Thanks, love the site!
@hawks101, Thanks! I’d take Pujols, though the offer is just fair…
For anyone wondering about Will Middlebrook’s situation Boston has decided to send him back to AAA because they dont want to move him to the outfield. Youkilis is starting a rehab assignment on Wednesday and whenever he is ready to return goodbye Middlebrooks. Stupid Management!
@Mike, Yup
@Grey, So now that hes going down do you think I should just stash him away or go pick someone up for my DH spot? I got Infante in one of the two spots and i have Boesch and Aaron Hill on the bench. Thanks.
@Mike, I’d drop him in most leagues…
@Mike, That’s drop him after he’s sent down, not now.
@Grey,
i still think youk will take over for rolen , before the asb .
hopefully sooner .
Friedrich, McDonald, Pettitte, or Delgado?
oh Vargas available too… 9×9 league: IP, W, SV, H, HR, BB, K, ERA, WHIP
@supra, Vargas
@supra, Vargas (at home), McDonald…
Hi Grey — I just traded away Aviles in a 14-team redraft roto league with slim bench space (inflating the value of backups with multiple position eligibility). The overall deal was good for me, but it leaves me without a backup at SS or 2B. Which multiple position hitter would you recommend?
(My biggest offensive needs, in order, are: OPS, R, HR)
M. Izturis
S. Rodriguez
Elliot Johnson
Tyler Greene
And a couple of non-related questions: are you still urging confidence on Scherzer? I’m watching the Tigers’ game and he looks lost. In the same 14-team league, my other SPs are Anibal, Bumgarner, Beachy, Fister, Garza, Stauffer. I can use Ks, but is it worth holding onto Scherzer?
Thanks!
@Enrique, Johnson… I don’t know your other options off waivers for Scherzer, but I’d prefer to hold…
@Grey, If I dropped Scherzer, it’d just be to use that spot to stream pitchers or pick up a hot hitter on a short-schedule day. The league’s got an inning limit, and so six starters is usually enough, but with seven I can be selective on my starts.
I’m kicking myself for starting Scherzer tonight. But he was coming off back-to-back strong starts (18 Ks in 13.1 IP, just 3 ER and 2 BB) and has good numbers against the Sox. Assuming I hold onto him, what do I need to look for before I can start him with confidence?
@Enrique, He’s pretty flaky… Hard to look for anything… I could see dropping him in 12 team or shallower, hard to in a 14 team league…
@Grey, Thanks, Grey.
EFF Chad Qualls and his soiling of Cliffly’s win!!
@MattTruss223, Quarghlls
@Grey
Doumit or Pierzynski?
Morneau or Utley?
Thanks,
@DP, Doumit… Morneau
Need to collect the innings and K’s this week with one start pitchers going, but would you start Beckett today?
@Viagra Falls, I would
Wow, Rzepczynski’s mug…. “WHY SO SERIOUS? LETS PUT A SMILE ON THAT FACE!”
@Ronkonkoma, Ha!
i wanna see selig , hawk harrelson , and mccarver in the broadcast booth
for the world series this year .
just the kind of day it is .
@chata, he goneeeeeeeee
Hi Grey,
As bad as it was watching Lee robbed of a W again, I think it was worse watching Altuve go O for 5 again. Last ten games he has O RBI, 2 R, 1 SB, and hitting .167
Is he back to the same weakling he was in 2011 and now droppable for E. Johnson? Or wait him out? Thanks!
@mhfella, I’d wait a few more days…
Peavy is having a meltdown! Get him out of there!
@Bill S. Preston, Esq., Seriously. What the hell just happened? He was cruising along up 6-0, I stopped paying attention for a few minutes and the Tigers 6th went something like this:
Single
Homer
Double
Out
HBP
HR
Walk
Now it 6-5. Wow.
Oh yeah, and Motte just blew the save too. Just when I thought I was immune to all the closer issues everyone was having…
@L-Boogie, You weren’t having any issues? Who’d you have Motte, Broxton and Rodney?
@Grey, Motte, Axford, and Myers. Not too many problems there although Axford has blown a few in non-save situations. Now they’ve all had a BS this week, and it’s only Tuesday.
@L-Boogie, Ha… Yup
Grey: is there any way you’d cut either Kubel or LoMo for Bernadina in a 12 team H2H?
@Joel, Kubel
Probably shoulda benched Peavy and Scherzer today. Oops…
@Wilsonian, Yup
@Grey: Give: Bret Lawrie and Bard, Get: Ryan Zimmerman and Jason Vargas…do it?
@C.O.C., Lawrie side
I need offense with Kemp and Longo on the DL. Gonna drop Robertson after he hit the DL (dammit, really shoulda dealt him for Jansen). Who’s the pickup truck:
Choo, Hart, Markakis, Ike, or cross my fingers that Reddick doesn’t get picked up and I can claim him tomorrow morning (I dropped him, so I can’t put a claim in on him)?
@Wilsonian, Hart, Choo…
Son of a bitch. Had Peavy going for one team and Scherzer for the other. Scherzer was sucking as per usual but Peavy pitched the first 5 scoreless. I check back 20 mins later and see that Peavy was bombed for 6 runs in the 6th. Sherzer with an 11+ ERA and Peavy at 10+…fuck.
@letsgobravos, Peavy got a bad deal from his manager…
@Grey, How so?
@letsgobravos,
scherzer’s never been more than a sack of horse-shit , disguised as mulch .
@Grey, thanks for the “reel” good advice to start Bass over Holland in my weekly league. Your kind advice “netted” a win for Bass, while Strasburg was left dangling on the “hook”. I invited my buddy over since he owns Strasburg and told him it was a Stras vs. Bass party.
I don’t think it was much of a party for him.
Thanks again.
@Eric Riptide, Bass-O-Matic! That’s delicious Bass!
@peter, It WAS delicious Bass. It was even tastier watching Strasburg “flounder.”
@Eric Riptide, Can’t tell if this is sacastic, but no problem if it’s sincere…
@Grey, No, not sarcastic at all. Yesterday I asked if you’d start a two-start Bass over a one-start Holland in a weekly league.
Your answer was only one word: Bass.
Bass went 8 innings with one earned run and 7 K’s and he got a win.
It was totally sincere.
@Eric Riptide, Nice!
@Grey: Should i pull the trade offer of giving up BJ for Kendrick? All this Kendrick talk is starting to worry me..
@ThE sHiT, I’d want BJ
@Grey, Hehe
Trade Anibal Sanchez for Josh Johnson and Jamie Garcia. Crazy not to accept right?
@wowfactor, I’d want Anibal in most leagues
@wowfactor, I’d want Anibal
Robertson officially DL’d… you can’t escape the Closepocalypse!!!!
@ichirosan, No, you cannot…
Raburn now 5 for last 12 with a homer today…
Can you rank
Raburn, Blanco, Nava, ‘Dina, Venable, Carp
as far as short term schmotatoes? I’ll need to play 2 of them for the next week or two.
Thanks!
@chunk, Raburn, Nava
when do you thin we’ll see Rizzo jerky? Worth it to drop one of these bench bats to grab him now?
Rasmus, Boesch, Rios, Kubel, Dirks
@schlitzy, Ha… I’d lose Boesch for him…
C’mon White Sox. How about a run so Valverde gets a save opp. Need to salvage something out of this Peavy mess.
That said, who started Lowe? This guy!
@Steve, Agreed!
@Grey, Sigh.
Also – what was the deal with The Peav? You said above his manager gave him a ‘bad deal’.
@Grey, Well, that could hardly have gone worse.
@Steve, Seriously… Peavy should’ve been pulled quicker… He was laboring…
Pls rank these SP going fwd (H2H pts):
J. Garcia
McDonald
Lilly
Vogelsong
@EK, McDonald, Vogelsong…
Would you rather own Bell or Cishek going forward?
Bell
Pls rank for a spot start:
Vogelsong v OAK
Friedrich @ SEA
Bass v LAA
@EK, You did
Two words: AJ and Popeil
@GTS, Ha!
Please rank: Rios, Dirks, Hunter
@GTS, Dirks, Rios
Ruh roh. Valverde leaves with an injury apparently…
@Steve, I grabbed Dotel… (After grabbing Benoit)
@Grey, Benoit is the grab if i only have one spot?
@ThE sHiT, I’d grab Dotel…
@Grey, Frieri or Benoit?
@ThE sHiT, Benoit
@Grey, Gotcha. I grabbed both Dotel and Benoit. Fuck it. That leaves me with Johnson, Casilla and those two above for saves. I had Guerra, but dropped him already. Im 4th in saves so far. Thanks Grey!
No problem…
@Grey, For saves speculation on Frieri or Benoit.
@Grey, FWIW (not much!), it looks like Benoit has been the 8th inning guy.
@peter, Yeah, just going on Dotel having a bit more closer experience… Total crapshoot. Quite literally…
grey, as always, love the site
2 questions:
#1 C – have Mauer, J. Montero is FA – get him, even as backup?
#2 what to do with beckett? (good today vs sea, tomorrow????)
mucho thanks
@mr dude, Thanks! Just play Montero… It was vs. the M’s.
Girardi said that Soriano is the closer while Robertson is out. Think that eludes to Robertson having the gig when he’s healthy? Or is this just another ambiguous statement in the ever changing world of the Closepocolypse?!?!
@Wilsonian, I don’t think Robertson slides into the role when he returns if Soriano is good…
@Grey, I don’t really either. It was kind of an ambiguous comment, and for a second I didn’t want to drop Robertson. But alas, I changed my mind. Good thing I grabbed Soriano last night…
Good grief. On a day I started Derek Lowe, I have a 4.80 ERA and a 1.60 WHIP.
Grey – I know you’re not a big fan of Daniel Murphy, but in my 12 team H2H league (where we count OBP as well as AVG), he has to be better at Util than Ike’s suckitude, doesn’t he?
@Steve, Gotta be someone better than him in a 12 team league…
@Grey,
Bernadina
Goldschmidt
Nava
E Johnson
Ibanez
Hart
Lind
Duda
Rasmus
Rios
@Steve, Bernadina
Harper over any of these?
Heyward, Rasmus, Scott, Boesch, Middlebrooks
@Buge Hoobs, Boesch
Drop H-Rod for any of Dotel or Cashner?
I’d hold…
@Grey,
davey johnson holds his breath every time h-rod throws a pitch .
freakin’ alko and chum …. you guys are all over this closer shizz .
what ? do you live on this site ??
i know that you guys ain’t watching tuesday afternoon games .
@chata, Ha
@chata, you’re right, I’ve been listening on the radio.
@chata, Would’ve beaten you all to in in the RCL but didn’t have anyone to drop. In our keeper, I didn’t even look – I just assumed he’d be owned already.
@chata, working a bunch,came in and checked rotoworld ,assumed theyd be gone but grabbed him in both leagues
@Grey: Still holding onto Cozart over the likes of Elliot, Dozier, and Desmond?
@ThE sHiT, Can go to Desmond…
Traded my Lynn for his Trumbo. Did the trade work on value?
@Yer Yang, It’s fair…
Hey Grey,
Just got proposed his Konerko and Prado for my Heyward and Kendrick.
7×7 with OPS and K’s.
My gut says pull the trigger
@Sambo Jenkins, I’d want Heyward…
Brandon Phillips is my normal second baseman, but I do have Infante as a back-up. And with Phillips having a batting history of around .118 against Tim Hudson, would you slide Infante in today (who faces a tough pitcher in Correia, too)?
Infante has that frustrating habit of going yard, getting a couple runs and decides to steal a base when I least expect it when I can’t slide him in somewhere.
Still go with Phillips against Hudson?
@Viagra Falls, Go with Infante…
Hi Grey, gotta drop one closer:
Aceves, Marshall, Johnson, HRod, Capps, Reed, Fuentes
Yes I know that’s too many. It’s clogging me up and not helping the ratios either. Lose 2? I’ve tried trading them.
@Oxford Comma, H-Rod, Fuentes
Already in the season, my fantasy teams have had much to endure.
Madson, Wilson, Pineda, Ventura, Lind, Reynolds, Gordon…
But none continue to frustrate me as much as Adrian Gonzalez and his 4.4% HR/FB.
@peter, Yeah, try Hosmer on for sizmer…
If Valverde goes on the DL, who has the job in Detroit?
@Schmohawks Bob, I’m guessing Dotel, could be Benoit…
Rotoworld is saying Strasburg was bothered by “stray Hot Stuff in his groin” and I just can’t believe it. Only in baseball….
@Poo Holes, HA!
Tulo/J. Upton or Bruce/LaHair/Sale
Is this even remotely fair?
@fitz, Tulo side… Not really…
@ Grey
Just got offered A Gonz & Nelson Cruz for my Joey Bats & Victorino.
Getting Gonzalez would mean I can take Scott off 1b duty and I can slot Zimmerman in at 3rd. I think it’s probably a fair deal, just not crazy about giving up on Bautista after wearing the first month and a bit of his stats. Any thoughts?
Thanks
@Oz.J., I’d take A-Gon…
So I just finished reading McBogar’s daily blog……oh that’s Wright(pun intended) he doesn’t have the stones to put his ‘pert advice out for everyone’s reading pleasure.
All jokes aside, how would my Gio & A. Jackson for his D. Wright sound? Giving too much? I offered Gio-LaHair and he turned it down. It was worth a shot
@Yer Yang, oh yeah and by the way, great work as usual and thanks for spending your time and answering stupid questions like mine!
@Yer Yang, Ha… No problem… It’s a fair deal… No better or worse than the LaHair one… Just power instead of speed…
Bench spot:
Ian Desmond or Altuve?
Desmond
@Grey, thought so, thanks
No problem, friend…
OF bench spot:
Jordan Schafer or random sagnof?………….name top 3 please
@BigFatHippo, Fugghetaboutit……….
answered my own question, I’m in Tony’s CAMPana, capiche?*
* i hate pickin up cubbies!
@BigFatHippo, Kapeesh!
Apropos of nothing Bill Hall was only one day early for his annual Mother’s Day HR…
@Wake Up, What a sweet boy!
@Grey, This year his pink bat was a fugazi…
He corks his pink bat… Hmm… That sounds weird…
@Grey, Not for nothing but, you saying his pink bat is mezza fanook?
It might be full on fanook.
@Grey, dollahs to donuts, you’re right
@Grey, Who do you like for 2 spots outta: Benoit, Dotel, Cook, Ondrusek, Cashner?
Come on Howie – this is your time…
@Steve, F*** me – how many guys has he stranded in the last few games?
@Steve, Wow, Pujols is hitting…
@Grey, Don’t remind me (see below).
Anyway, Hippo is but a speck in my rear-view mirror.
@Steve,
Warning: Objects in Mirror may be Closer than they appear.
@BigFatHippo, I am 1/23 so far today…
@BigFatHippo,
http://techreluctant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/objects_in_mirror.jpg
@Steve, Howie Mandel never could hit a cutter……….
Pujols, 3 for 3, can it be??????????????
(how long can a 36 year old guy keep this up? cust kayin…….)
@BigFatHippo, Don’t bring up that nonsense trade again…
@Steve, You missed your chance to post Grey’s protest
@BigFatHippo, It’s a Latin 32, c’mon…
which side:
Greinke & Sean Marshall / Bautista & Lynn
@EK, Bautista
Greinke or Bautista?
10 team H2H pts
@EK, Bautista…
mazzaro is one-hitting the rangers .
i gotta go see .
@chata, The Hackensack Hope!
@Grey,
how much sleep did this kid get last night ?
last time up , he got consistently torched .
and now , to have to go into arlington .
hosmer hitting out of the 2 slot … does that mean they think
he can bunt ??
that would be a start .
@chata, I hate Hosmer.
oops .
mistook kc’s score for the inning .
moustakas … i like you .
r. zimmerman … not so much .
How high up the closer list would you offer to a guy who told me “want Harper for a closer”? I have them ranked Kenley, Marshall, Reed, Cishek and Benoit.
Is the rank right? How high would you offer?
@knighttown,
Or should I offer a higher tiered closer for Trumbo?
@knighttown, That rank is right… I’d offer Reed…
Slam and legs for trout.. u sure hes not the rainbow trout ive been fishin for? Coliseum aint no bathtub…
im trippin they werent even in oakland.. duhh.. but still, dead center in LA aint no cheap shot either
@Prezii, Yeah, he’s got power and speed… Me likey…
Let’s play a game. It’s called…which number is bigger?! Today’s contestants, my team ERA and my team K/9. If you guessed K/9…you’re WRONG. If you guessed ERA…you’re also WRONG. They are exactly the same, at 7.25. That’s definitely not good, right?
@Poo Holes,
run out and get some scratchies
@chata, Too bad I had to miss poker night with the guys due to lack of transportation.
@Poo Holes, Ouch
Who do you like for 2 spots outta: Benoit, Dotel, Cook, Ondrusek, Cashner?
@Wake Up, I could go any of the 5 and I have 2 spots avail.
@Wake Up, First two…
did lawrie really just slam his helmet on a one hop off the ump,terrible call but he is in trouble
@bill, What, wait?
Did anyone just see Lawrie go Hulk on the umpire? In the words of Hawk Harrelson…HE GONE!!!
@Poo Holes, What did he do?
@Grey, Threw his helmet down and it skipped up and grazed the ump. Then he started yelling really mean things at him. Wasn’t pretty, he’ll probably end up with a suspension.
@Poo Holes, Yup:
http://razzball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Lawrie-Drunk-Hulk.gif
@Poo Holes, Such a bosss. Looks like I’ll slide Mike Young in for a few days…
@Poo Holes,
why am i the last to know ?
this should be the lead story on mlbtv .
wow !
there it is .
@chata, Already talking about it on Baseball Tonight. The call was ridiculous.
@chata, Yeah:
http://razzball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Lawrie-Drunk-Hulk.gif
@Grey,
very UN-professional .
and here i was worried you were going to give frank2 a seat .
@Grey, (please pee clear…please pee clear)…
@Wake Up, Ha!
@Wake Up, roidsssss!! Yoked like a god, temper tantrums, hes on toronto (encarnacion-joey bats)… Hes definitely roidin!! Lol
@Grey, shit…that’s gonna be a 20 gamer. Anyone remember when Alomar tried to give the ump the HIV by spitting on him? What did he get?
@Wilsonian, Ha… Ouch… Oh, man, that’s bad… But funny…
@Grey, Emoticon…
1) Dotel or Cishek?
2) Drop Lohse for Dotel or Benoit, if so, which one? The rest of my staff is C.J , Strasburg, Beachy, Lynn, Fister, Sale, Marshall, Myers, Broxton, Janssen.
@A Hill O’ Beans, Dotel… 2. Sure…
any of you rich guys ever go to the ballpark and get lexus club tickets ?
tell me what i’ve missed out on , please ,
if you have the time .
@chata, Never got Lexus Club seats, but I have been given dugout seats for the Padres before, and for free it’s awesome, but it’s definitely not worth shelling out anything near their face value (and that includes free alcohol). For 250 dollars less you can usually get seats within 50 feet of the dugout seats, and I doubt I could consume that value in buffet food and booze.
@royce!,
what ?
for 45-55$$ you can get seats six rows behind the dugout @ camden
(and pnc) …. unless the yanks or sawx are in town .
next to dugout is like $85 .
still , i’ve seen people going in through those lexus club rooms .
i think you might have to know somebody that sells cars .
BnY, Are you starting Milone tomorrow against Texas?
@tggq21, Aw, heck’s no…
Grey: in my 12 team H2H league, I have Kubel and LoMo as my LFs. i was gonna drop Kubes for Bernadina, as u advised earlier…BUT, Q: what about grabbing Nava instead? What do u think? Too crazy to drop Kubes for Nava?
@Joel, I wouldn’t go with Nava…
Would you drop K-Rob if you had no DL room?
@Wake Up, I know you don’t know the context but, just in general…
What kind of bat is Peavy worth? Does today’s start change a thing?
And still hanging onto Scherzer after today, or going with THudson, Feliz, Volquez, Norris, Wandy, McCarthy, Sale, McDonald, Big Z?
@Wilsonian, It shouldn’t change anything… Maybe a #2 OF… Maybe Krispie now that he’s returning… Go to Norris if you need Ks… Sale if you need upside… McCarthy for ratios….
@Grey, And if you want the guy with the hottest wife – probably McCarthy.
Ha… Yes, exactly…
@Steve, HA! Unfortunately, my league doesn’t count that.
@Grey, based off this rotation: Doc, Lester, MadBum, Latos, Peavy, Scherzer, Fister, Hanrahan, Soriano, Marshall, Reed
With these categories: W, L, SV, Ks, ERA, WHIP, Ks/9
Who do you think rounds it out the best?
Hello Grey. Would you lose Milone for Delgado?
Thanks much.
@yankees2012, Yup
News: Tigers closer Jose Valverde left Tuesday’s game against the White Sox in the ninth inning with what manager Jim Leyland called lower back tightness. He could be seen wincing after throwing a 2-1 pitch to Alex Rios and was removed after being checked out by a trainer. Octavio Dotel replaced Valverde on the mound. Valverde gave up two hits with one strikeout and a walk over two-thirds of an inning before the early exit. Dotel allowed two of his inherited runners to score, raising Valverde’s ERA to 5.51. “His lower back just tightened up, that’s why we had to get him out of there,” Leyland said. “Right now it’s lower back tightness. Just got to keep our fingers crossed on Jose. I think it’s all right.”
Analysis: Valverde appears to avoided a serious injury but owners will definitely want to keep an eye on his status going forward to see if he will miss any time. The right-hander has converted 56 of 58 save chances dating back to last season and should be considered a solid option in Fantasy when healthy. Dotel and Joaquin Benoit will likely see saves chances if Valverde misses an extended period of time.
@AL KOHOLIC, Thanks for the heads up!
Not sure this has been shared yet,
looks like the Vanimal (Worley) will miss his next
start due to “arm soreness”.
He was having a really nice start to the season.
These things usually don’t end well…
@Cahhhhh-stanza, Yeah, I hear ya…
Torres or Dyson? Also, I have to drop a closer for an OF to fill in for Hunter- which should I lose: Janssen, Reed, or Fuentes? Or drop Hunter? I have no idea how long he’s going to be out.
@royce!, Lose Hunter… Torres… Or Dyson for straight steals…
I don’t want to jinx anything, but Vin Mazzaro should feel pretty pleased with himself for what he’s done today.
I’m certainly pleased for him.
@Steve, You started him in that game? Wow…
@Grey, No way Jose.
I’m just pleased for him, that after that awful shelling he got last season, he’s still got something in him that he can go into Arlington at short notice, pitch well, and get a win.
Did I mention that I started Lowe, though?
Lowe was a good call… Seems obvious in hindsight, but it wasn’t… Well played… He’s the Hackensack Hope! (Mazzaro)
@Grey, Every sunbeam has a dark lining though – he didn’t get a single strikeout – not a one.
Is that a Common lyric you just busted?
@Grey, Not intentionally.
@Steve, Damn
@Grey, *checks Wikipedia*
No, I did, I did! I totally referenced him.
@Steve, You’re too cool!
@Grey, How cool am I?
http://blogs.centrictv.com/lifestyle/culturelist/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/glasses-black-shape.jpg
@Steve, Damn, you are cool!
props due to vin massaro . i would have bet against it .
hosmer got 2 hits .
it’s like Christmas .
@chata, Yeah, seriously…
@chata, I think you had to wait till the ninth inning for the 2nd hit
One more question – is it time to pick up Alcides for Cozart?
Thanks again.
@yankees2012, Yeah, switch them…
One more thing. Moose is on the table and I need offense. Would you deal any of these pitchers for him (I’m listing all of my arms for clarity’s sake):
Doc, Lester, MadBum, Peavy, Scherzer, Latos, Fister
In which order would you give them and who is fair?
@Wilsonian, Scherzer, Fister…
@Wilsonian, Guess you could send Peavy too… But depends on needs…
@Grey, you don’t think the Peav is too much for Moose? It’s really just for a UTIL bat. Damn Longo and Kemp have left me in shambles.
@Wilsonian, It’s fair…
Jax Jacks Hindenburg Disaster
TRADE OFFER – I would be getting in a keeper league
Ian Kinsler
[ View Trade ]
I would be giving up
Jesus Montero
Matt Moore
@Mr Baseball, Eh… I’d hold
Thought on offering Pujols for Hosmer in a 12 team keeper? Give more? Get more?
@Poo Holes, I’d want more…
@Grey, Yeah, I figured. Trumbo? Reddick? I don’t know man, she (yes, a female fantasy baseballer (<– Grey's mom's term!)) is pretty light on offense and my pitching is more than set.
@Poo Holes, That’s still not enough…
@Grey, Soooo you’re indirectly saying I should hold on to Prince Albert?
@Poo Holes, Yeah, hold…
@Poo Holes, Unless you wanna sleep with this girl, then, well…
@Grey, HA! Well if her Yahoo! avatar is anything close to a fair representation of her, I’d go for it.
@Poo Holes, Hehe
…or Desmond for Cozart?
Thanks.
@yankees2012, Desmond
who is pitching the 8th inning for the yanks
Rapada or Wade, in the reverse order, depends on matchups…
If you were forced to roll with 4 SP’s from this group for the rest of the year who do you pick?
Samardzija
Delgado
Smyly
Scherzer
Friedrich
Parker
Stauffer
Staff is in shambles. Sadly traded Anibal early and have Luebke and Hudson on the DL. 15 team, loses count as 6th category.
Thanks!
@Mookie wilson, Samardzija, Delgado, Smyly, Stauffer (at home), Scherzer…
Bills is having all sorts of trouble getting the opposing pitcher out.
Any word on how long Hunter is out yet? Can I drop him for Delgado? While Kemp and Hunter are out, my 4 OFs are Raburn, Nava, Reddick, Jones.
@chunk, No word that I’ve heard… I wouldn’t drop him there…
Cahill, Latos, Billingsley, Colby Lewis, Neftali Feliz….5×5 roto….no keepers…. who duh yuh drop? (For Capuano or Dempster)
@Short Round, Bills
Drop Parker or Detwiler for Stauffer if I can afford to only pitch him at home?
@Nuke LaDouche, Detwiler
Can I have a recommendation for Thursday, please? 12 team H2H. Not great choices obviously, but two of my three pitchers are Cahill @ COL and McCarthy @ TEX – neither of which are great starts…
Matusz @ KC
Nicasio v ARI (already have Cahill starting – possibly)
Dubront @ TB
Happ v MIL
Volstad v PHI (Halladay)
Harang @ SD
McAllister v SEA
Thanks!
@Steve,
don’t harangue me , if this doesn’t work out .
@Steve, Harang, McAllister
Craig Allen got 3 hits today so I guess you will have to talk about him tomorrow.
And someone else got 2 hits that you have to mention too cuz it’s like winning the lottery on back to back weeks! Eric Hosmer…
@papasmurf, Ha
Cahill, Billingsley, Latos, Neftali, Colby Lewis ….. 5×5 roto ….. no keepers ….. who to drop ….. ?
I know you love Cozart, but he’s not been too great lately. He was just dropped in our league, and I have Lowrie starting and Aybar on the bench in a 14-team keeper. I’m thinking about using a waiver on Cozart, dropping Aybar. I also have Downs. So to simplify and make it an easily answerable question: Pick up Cozart, dropping Lowrie, Aybar, or Downs? (based on rest of reason stats)
@Steven, Or should I pick up Elliot Johnson over Cozart?
@Steven, Or Sean Rodriguez?
@Steven, Johnson
@Grey, Dropping Aybar?
Drop Middlebrooks or Downs for Pena?