Yankee pitchers haven’t been hit this hard since Ed Whitson ran into a Billy Martin drinking jag. You know, Yogi’s always the one quoted from the Yankee archives, but Billy had some good ones too. Here’s my favorite, “I’d like to mouth f*** that bottle of whiskey.” Before the Yankees game, CC Sabathia hit the DL with an abductor strain in his groin. Someone’s got clams! CC is supposed to be fine to go right after the All-Star break, as long as no one else tries to shuck his groin. Then, once the game got going, Andy Pettitte was hit in the ankle with a comebacker. Pettitte is supposed to be out for 6-8 weeks. At least he didn’t pull a Zumaya during his retirement and hurt himself playing Guitar Hero (or, more likely, Guitar Praise). The Yankees’ rotation now has plenty of room for anyone the Cubs, Astros, Padres or Brewers want to give trade them. I did the crossed out text thing, I’m a jerkoff! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Daniel Hudson – Torn UCL. The writing on the wall says, “For a good time call Dr. James Andrews. I will turn your joint inside out.”
Ike Davis – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 4 RBIs, his 10th homer and is now hitting .201. Hey, he’s finally taking sophomore classes!
David Wright – 2-for-5, 5 RBIs as he sits on .357 and 8 homers. Now doing around a 3 homer, 3 steal every month. Not bad… For Brandon Phillips! I’m kidding. No, I’m not.
Daniel Murphy – 3-for-5, 4 RBIs and his first two homers of the year. Leave it to an Irishman to double fist his deep shots.
David Murphy - 4-for-5, 5 RBIs, 3 runs and 2 HRs. I wish someone let us know it was Happy Murphday as he Sonovabenched us in one league.
Jon Niese – 7 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners (1 walk), 6 Ks to lower his ERA to 3.55. And still only 36% owned. No respect! Maybe because he had a teammate pay for his nose job.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis - Mets scored 17 runs and Nieuwenhuis didn’t play. Holy sit!
Adam Dunn – 3-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 24th homer. He now has 33 hits on the year that aren’t homers as he hits his weight (in 6th grade).
Kevin Youkilis – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs as the White Sox seem committed to hitting him 2nd in the lineup. Beats hitting 10th for the Red Sox.
Jeff Samardzija – 4 1/3 IP, 9 ER. That’s 27 ER in 23 June innings for Samardzjia as his season ERA has fattened up quicker than ex-coach Charlie Weis after he traded game-day tickets for unlimited Dairy Queen.
Ricky Romero – 3 IP, 8 ER, and his ERA is now up to 4.94. Now has 52 BBs to 70 Ks. Since Romero resembles LL Cool J, right now he’s starring on the UPN show, In the House, and about to release any song since 1995. He needs to get back to his roots or star in some wack-ass procedural with Chris O’Donnell. If every other Toronto SP wasn’t on the DL, Romero would probably be due for a trip on the Disgraceful List. On a side note, LL Cool J hasn’t released a good song in 17 years. It’s a wonder that Stuart Scott has managed to get through a SportsCenter.
Kevin Millwood – Left start with a groin strain. I think because of the recent success of Dickey, a lot more pitchers are straining to be groins.
Jarrod Parker – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks to lower his ERA to 2.57. The Colonel is managing to do OK in OAK.
Jason Hammel – 3 1/3 IP, 8 ER. Too many chefs may spoil the broth, but too few Hamels spoil your fantasy team.
Chipper Jones - Hit his 6th HR of the year and 460th of his illustrious career. When healthy (2/3 of the time), he’s now just fantasy replacement level for HR/AVG but he’s still above average in OBP. That’s something to be Larry about.
Andre Ethier – To the DL with a strained oblique. The good news is more playing time for Abreu. That’s only good news for Bobby Abreu and the outfield walls. The Dodgers outfield next game will likely have less homers on the year than Michael Bourn. Their entire lineup yesterday had 15 homers. The whole team is hitting like it’s in Endy Chavez Ravine.
Luke Scott – Will be activated today. From the TMI Files, I had Scott as an Add with Lind as a Drop, but I didn’t pull the trigger. While naked at one in the morning.
Ryan Braun – Didn’t start yesterday because of a bruised elbow from a hit by pitch. He said, “I can’t bend my arm.” That never stopped fellow ‘roiders like Canseco and McGwire.
Brandon Phillips – Left yesterday’s game after taking a forearm to head. Who were the Reds going against? Iron Mike Sharpe?
Homer Bailey – 4 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 1 K as he took on the slumping Brewers without Braun in the lineup. Homer Bailey: Slump Buster. As Mark Grace once said, “A slump buster is if a team’s in a slump, or if you personally are in a slump, you gotta find the fattest, gnarliest, grossest chick and you just gotta lay the wood to her. And when you do that, you’re just gonna have instant success. And it could also be called jumping on a grenade for the team.” Mark Grace’s views aren’t necessarily shared by Razzball. They’re not necessarily not shared either.
Ryan Ludwick – 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and 2 homers. Weird, I always thought Ludwick was showing Quad-A’s.
Mike Moustakas – 1-for-3 with his 13th homer. After the game, Moustakas said he looks forward to facing Dice-K and his gyro ball.
Billy Butler – 2-for-4, and his 15th homer. Wil Meyers would’ve had a double homer on that one. What? Rizzo and Bauer are up, it’s time to hype someone else.
Robinson Cano – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs with his 18th homer, now batting .308. He’s having a solid year, no complaints on him. To recap my RCL saga that you’ll hear at least a few times more, ESPN draft software auto-picked Cano for me in the first round instead of what my pick would’ve been, Votto. You can argue Cano has been plenty valuable, but no first baseman sent me searching for one early in Hosmer. If I had Votto, I would’ve never drafted Hosmer. And if I drafted Votto, Rudy would’ve took A-Gon. I imagine my parallel universe self is enjoying a nice fantasy team with a whole different set of excuses.
Josh Collmenter - Will take Daniel Hudson’s rotation spot. If you like the hittability of Trevor Cahill, you’ll love Josh Collmenter. Worth picking up in NL-leagues.
Desmond Jennings – 3-for-4 with his 12th steal as he was lowered to the 7 hole, Considering Carlos Pena’s hitting 2nd and Keppinger’s batting third and Brooks Conrad (just because he’s playing 3rd; he doesn’t need to hit in Longoria’s spot) is hitting cleanup, I don’t know if it’s a punishment or a reward to hit 7th for Maddon.
Jordan Zimmermann - Rewarded owners who started him @COL with 7 IP with only 1 ER and a Win. Just try not to look at the 11 baserunners and 1 K.
Ryan Zimmerman – Another day, another homer. I’d sell to the highest bidder. Coors made Brandon Moss look like Barry Bonds ten days ago.
Torii Hunter – 3-for-5, slam and legs, 4 runs, 2 RBIs and Mike Trout did a dead-on impersonation of a younger Hunter robbing a homer. Luckily, Mike Trout doesn’t have a son.
Chase Utley – Went 3-for-5 and HR’d in his 1st AB of the season. Apologies for triggering any Opening Day flashbacks to Dustin Ackley owners.
Stephen Drew – Batting 2nd in his return going 1-for-4. Apologies for triggering any flashbacks to just about every day for Neil Walker owners.
Anibal Sanchez - A completely blah start (7 IP, 4 K, 3 ER, 9 baserunners) but he got the win over the Cardinals. Here’s the bonkers stat of the day (brought to you by Bonkers – the candy crazy people bought over Starburst): That was only Anibal’s 2nd win at home this year and his ERA is nearly 3 runs higher (5.20/2.21) at the Crayola Canyon vs. away. Call him Marlin Awayans.
Lucas Harrell - Shutout the Padres (6 K, 10 baserunners) as the Friars packed their home offense for the Houston road trip. Harrell’s now 7-6 but his K/BB is Astrocious (54 K / 35 BB in 97 IP). Start him in NL-only and Fantasy Razzball leagues.
Clayton Richard - 7 IP, 1 ER, 2 baserunners, 5 Ks but gets the tough-luck loss. This was a rare quality road start for Richard who has managed a 2.91 ERA / 1.12 WHIP at home so far this year with an almost stomachable 6ish K/9. Hodgepadre, thy name is Clayton.
Ian Desmond - Hit HR #12 in Colorado. Shine on!
Ryan Roberts - HR and 3 RBIs. Now has 3 HRs in June after 2 in May and 1 in April. Looks like someone’s on pace to set the record for December HRs.
Roy Oswalt - 6 IP, 6 K, 5 ER, 15 baserunners. WHIP-lash!
Tommy Hanson - Got win #9 with an okay start vs Arizona (6 1/3 IP, 5 Ks, 3 ER, 8 baserunners). His WHIP (> 1.30) and K/9 (7.7) don’t scream sustainability but that’s what they said about Hanson and look what they’ve accomplished post-MMMBop.
Tim Lincecum - 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks in a day game, and as frequent commenter, Chillmodious, points out, “Have you checked his day/night splits? I have not, but would venture to say that his disastrous innings all occur after 4:20pm local time.”
Irish Pirate Power - HR’s by McCutchen, McKenry, and McGehee. I haven’t seen that many micks trot around the bases since the infamous New Jersey Fort Crawl of 1987. ”Start at Fort McGuire for Jameson’s and brews, finish when your Fort Dix is limp from the booze!”
FIRST! Oh God, that is so lame to do, but I just had to do it…
Damn you Daniel Hudson!!!
@birrrdy!, [follow the link for comment-appropriate background music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02nAH_oAjeg
Perhaps he will return next year with an elasticine arm like Henry Rowengartner, unlikely saviour of a downtrodden Chicago Cubs ballclub and protagonist of the 1993 comedy blockbuster “Rookie of the Year”–starring Thomas Nicolas as Rowengartner, Gary Busey as Chet “Rocket” Steadman, and Daniel Stern as zany pitching coach Phil Brickma. With l’arm nouveau he will command the respect and admiration of baseball fans all the way from the gold coast to the I95 corridor; he will inspire peace and unity among the warring nations, eliminate cultural hatred, and promote good will towards all men; he will amass a prince’s wealth of ludicrous, ludicrious Ks. They call him “Elastic” Hudson, friends. “Elastic” Hudson of Andrews’ design.
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight, ELO(L)quent!
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight, nice! Groovin’ to that heavy metal…
God bless Grey and Rudy, and God bless Guitar Praise.
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, department store quality worship, at garage sale prices!
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, Ha! It must be expensive being a Christian…
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, As a youngster, I couldn’t wait to get home from Hebrew school so I could blast Stryper on my boom box. Little did I know…
I guess song titles like “To Hell With the Devil” and “More Than a Man” were too subtle for a 12 year old Jewish kid.
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, Amen
Trade Stanton and Lynn for Kemp? Currently ranked #2 in a 10 h2h league.
@Mr. Duck Fat, I’d hold…
Believe …— can turn his season around?
Which side: Belt/Revere for Morse.
@TheNewGuy, Sure, I’d take Morse in some leagues…
Who has two thumbs, a sweet soul patch, and a win from Jordan Zimmerman last night…this Guy!
Even without Greys blessing, I looked into the splits and went with my gut feeling. Glad I started him but could have used some more K’s.
@Melvin Emanuel, Was a wierd start, dude must be a groundball machine to not give up runs in Coors without K’ing guys.
@TheNewGuy, JZ definitely benefitted from 4 GIDP.
@Melvin Emanuel, Nice
“micks”….a little harsh….Thank God us Irish aren’t as sensitive as other groups……Now I need my Bushmills for breakfast.
@Curt, At least you’re not a Jew…
@Curt, You sound drunk. Kidding.
Had to do a bit of roster shuffling to cover an injury and now find myself with an open OF slot ….14 team league 5×5 roto, I have 11th pick in the waiver
P Bourjos, Leonys Martin , Steve Pearce , Norichika Aoki, and Quintin Berry are available …..how would you rank them going forward ….Thanks.
@d2bnz, Berry, Aoki
@ Grey & Rudy :
1) this crowd is way too young to understand how ‘famous’ plays into
your header .
best that you can hope for is that sub-consciously everyone has a sudden urge for milk and chocolate chip cookies , giving us all hope for redemption “the next time around” .
btw , ‘bamboozled’ is so apropos … i say , i say .
2) missing that a righty was on the mound , down in arlington , indicates
(to me) that you are momentarily preoccupied with leonys , instead of the
established hitter on the bench .
all of your don’t-tell-me-”i told-you-so”-sayers , will over-look your mea culpa admission …. so there’s that … unfortunately .
2c) rangers … pay hamilton what he’s worth , trade your defensive liability
(cruz) , bring up olt to DH , and STILL you have too damn many outfielders .
why ?
because murphy can hit lefties !!…. you freaking morons .
2c(c) …. and Grey warns ME about over-managing ??
3) when told that he was going to start in wrigley , yesterday , samardzija
should have told sveum to go fly a kite .
4) moustakas / gyro ball …. nice .
5) afternoon baseball games , today ….. yay !
feeling more irascible and curmudgeonly than usual ,
(just got done exercising) ,
and remembering the good old-timey days , when every letter
in the alphabet actually existed ,
but still feeling young enough to “fly in the face of authority” ,
i bring you this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9eWGdJIW74&feature=related
@chata, You give our readers too little faith…
@Grey, am I missing something here, or was the headline pun in fact referring Amos N’ Andy? And possibly even Spike Lee’s film “Bamboozled”, that referenced them…
How did this guy think you were talking about Famous Amos cookies?
You’re right about the title…
@supra,
was unaware that spike lee did a movie called bamboozled that
referenced amos and andy .
bamboozled was a word the occurred not too infrequently in their skits.
no wonder so many of you are hip .
but then again , it was years before i realized that someone other than the beach boys did ‘california girls’ .
edit *
that occurred .
Id like to upgrade my pitching by adding parker but not sure who to drop. Who do you think it should be out of plouffe, lowrie, belt, kendrick and rizzo? Im an angels fan and leaning towards dropping Howie but the little hope I have for him tells me not to. Have craig as my 2b and use cowrie/plouffe for as. Have freeman/belt/belt for 1b. Its a 10 team h2h. Im thinking either rizzo or Howie. Thanks and any help is appreciated
@hankie poo, Plouffe seems to have run his course, but if you want to lose Kendrick, I wouldn’t stop you.
16 team dynasty AVG/OPS/QS/K-9 would you give up Goldschmidt for CJ Wilson?
@mcdub, If I was offered CJ, I’d be running to get this done…
@mcdub, Wilson
What level bat can Greinke land me? I still have CJ Wilson, Lee, Bumgarner, Lincecum and Gallardo to anchor my staff.
@crock, Nothing less than a #1 something….
@Grey, Would i be better off trying to move cj wilson or bumgarner rather than greinke?
You’re not going to get as much for Wilson…
Can we just call Hosmer Hos Hog and hope the best comes out in the end – just like in every Daisy Duke episode?!?
@MarkT, Ha… Hope so…
1. Thanks all for helping my decision on starting Anibal. Needed that w!
2. I wasn’t expecting a sell high on Zimmerman? Cortisone to the shoulder along with Harper consistently in scoring position gives him ok value, right?? I’m still starting Plouffe but hoping Zimmerman has an ok second half so stashing him for now
@Jamiehov, No problem… He still has 14 homers over the last 700 ABs or something…
Might Ryan Zimmerman’s resurgence the last few days be due to the cortisone shot ?
@Matt L, Maybe… Or maybe everyone looks like Babe Ruth in Coors…
C’mon Jesus! Get your shit together!
Molina has almost 100 more points than him in my points league. And i just as easily could have grabbed him instead. Frustrating.
@Ronkonkoma, Yup
Lincecum’s splits: terrible both day, night, home, away, sober, stoned. The only solid line is 2 starts against the Padres.
Not sure why you were asked if you’d look at the splits.
@Sea, Well, it does say he hadn’t…
@Grey, ah the placement of “
Ian Desmond or Asdrubal? Fill in for Tulo.
Plouffe or Alcides? Fill in for Tulo. Has Plouffe plouffed out?
Can you see the different options between an 8 Teamer and a 16 Teamer? Ha!
These are also both H2H leagues.
@Wilsonian, Asdrubal… Alcides… Ha…
Victorino for Rasmus, which side. Fair deal?
@TheNewGuy, Rasmus, it’s fair…
Irish Pirate Power, amazing!
Random stat, Rockies starters haven’t won a game since June 4th.
Is Sergio Santos still worth a DL spot? Probably not.
@Randy BoBandy, Not in most leagues
I got an offer involving Irish Pirate Power…thoughts?
I give: Desmond Jennings
I get: James McDonald
Is McDonald really able to keep this up all year or am I selling too low on Jennings?
@The Wickler, I’d take Jennings, looks fair though…
1. Harper vs. Cliff Lee. Who you taking in a 12 team daily league?
2. Price vs. Det, Leake at SF, Johnson vs. TB, Latos @ SF. Start em or sit em?
@knighttown, Lee…. Johnson?
I think you messed up the Mets’ numbers. Pretty sure Wright had 5RBI and the other 3 all had 4. They only scored 17 so they couldn’t drive in 5 5 5 and 4 because that’d be 19.
@linkinpaak, Oops… Good catch!
Grey – finally conceeded that you and Simply Fred correct about Dan Murphy vs Cozart, persuaded my wife to cut Murph in two leagues, and now he hits two bombs. And I have Ike on the bench. Not the best day for either fantasy nor domestic tranquility.
Wondering who besides me caught Enormous and Andy. Would have to be around 60 year, which tells you something about my age…
Not politically correct, but pretty funny…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMB8EkrHf8
@Paulie Allnuts,
great stuff , Paulie .
fast forward a few generations ,
and i could envision fred G sanford as kingfish
and cedric the entertainer as andy .
it’s a shame amos missed this bit .
@Paulie Allnuts, People know Amos and Andy without being 60, no?
@Grey, Quentin Tarantino is close, but still isn’t 60:
“I’ll have the five dollar milkshake” / “How do you want that milkshake, Amos and Andy or Martin and Lewis?” / “Martin and Lewis”
@Chillmodious, Yikes…just realized that Pulp Fiction is close to 20 years old. Good grief, now I feel old.
@Grey,
and all this time , i thought yours’ was an education that transcended
your generation’s .
it’s a been a re-mix ??
“say it ain’t so , jose” .
I’m going to drop Storen
Should I pick up Carpenter, V-Mart or somebody else…?
And are there any great DL eligble players you are looking to trade for?
@Dynamite Dan, Cain?
Grey
Would you drop Arod for Rizzo?
@Sawx10, No
I simply cant keep McKenry on my bench again. I am starting him instead of Rosario in that huge league today. (2 catcher league) he has 7 hits in his last 11 at bats with 2 r, 2 hr, and 6 rbi. Maybe we get to see how that “bleh” move works out.
@Mennonite Sports guy, Ha
@Grey, I think I made a wise move. Rosario did not even play. McKenry went 1/3 with a walk. :]
Starting Nova today vs CWS?
@Miley Cyrus, Yup
Tyler Moore baby
@GT, Hopefully he’s traded to the Rockies…
Hey Grey got to pick 2 of these starters to go today:
Bauer @ Atl
Scherzer @ TB
Cashner @ HOU
I should bench Cashner but I kinda want to roll with the kids today and see what happens. Thanks.
@Watson, I’d bench Cashner for his first…
Start Jackson @ COL or Burnett @ PHI?
@Salty Balty, Burnett
Pick one please for the a DH slot.
Goldschmidt vs Jurrjens @ATL or Dexter Fowler vs E-Jax @ COL
@Goldmember, Goldy
I have Goldschmidt at 1B and LaRoche as a backup or sometimes in the Util. spot. Would you drop LaRoche for any of these:
Belt
Rizzo
Willingham
Reddick
@Mr. Rickey, Nope
Thanks for dropping Krispie, Grey. As you know, he now will go on a tear. Way to take one for the rest of us. More than just a fantasy baseball blogger, he’s a helluva team guy that Albright…
@Carns, No problem!
I’m not sure about the Pinta and the Santa Maria, but the NINA must have landed in Pittsburgh…
@Wake Up, Ha!
Brandon Phillips got the Lex Luger steel-plated forearm to the dome.
@Chillmodious, My bad!
Perkins or Burton for Twins saves?
Thanks
@JMAC, Burton is the righty and has the last two saves, with the lefty Perkins serving in a setup role that seems to have been dictated by a string of lefties coming to the plate in the 8th inning(s). I think Perkins has the better stuff, but Burton is not far off and will have more opportunities. Forget Matt Crapps exists for a second (ah, the world is suddenly a much better place!) and it’s akin to the Frieri-Downs situation in Anaheim–which, as we’ve seen, has slowly seen Frieri, the righty, take the upper hand.
@Chillmodious, thanks. I definitely took the wrong horse in the Frieri-Downs situation and am trying to make a better pick this time around. If I’m completely chasing saves who do you think is the guy from here on out?
@JMAC, I’m punting to Grey on that one as I wonder the same thing myself. Perkins was long thought to be the closer if/when Capps is dealt, but the “lefty” caveat still loomed. Conversely, I knew little-to-nothing about Burton until two weeks ago and now he’s seemingly riding pole-position for 9th inning duties with Capps on the shelf. I guess if you’re “completely chasing saves” then Burton would make more sense…but the “from here on out” makes this tough to answer.
@JMAC, Burton
@Grey, did you flip a coin? Just curious. Not a bad method for picking between these two.
I’d go Perkins if I had to pick one. Twins apparently don’t want to use Burton back-to-back games. This is like the dreaded RB by committee.
Pretty decent summary of the situation…
http://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2012/6/26/3118253/closer-minnesota-twins-matt-capps-dl
Burton’s a righty… When in doubt, go righty..:
Burton’s a righty… When in doubt, go righty…
Day-um….the Doyers just signed Cuban Raftee Yasel Puig for some major moola (“moola” = the official currency of Cuba). I’d like to imagine that Paco Rabanne enjoys his fruity bouquet and approved the addition of this “L’enfant terrible” to the collection.
(1,000 cocktails to anyone who got that last reference without using Google. A Diet Snapple to those who did.)
@Chillmodious,
hey Chill ,
do you have a link to that signing ?
thanking you , in advance .
@chata, http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/8107121/los-angeles-dodgers-deal-yasiel-puig-sources-say
@mauledbypandas,
thanks !
@chata, Thank mauledbypandas below, but you’re welcome nonetheless!
@Chillmodious,
thanks to you , both , i was able to secure puig’s services for my
dynasty team .
had to drop jak-hu lee , but he was 2nd , in my mind , to
billy hamilton , anyway .
worse case , i wait an extra year for my shortstop .
again , thanks .
What is your opinion on Carlos Santana? (1st place and I only care about playoffs)
a. Hes a bum and this will not be this year
b. hold on to him, he’ll come around
c. hold on to him, but activly look for a replacement
d. Hell of a Guitarist
@Dynamite Dan, He’s become a black magic woman this season and needs to change his evil ways.
@Dynamite Dan, B & D
I”m in a 500 dollar 3 year keeper league with a 20% inflation rate. There is a limit of 2 players without MLB experience. I’m currently in first, and have built a solid base of youth – Trout at 2 dollar, Rizzo at 3 dollars and Bauer at 3 dollars (along with Kipnis, Castro and Freeman). Now, I’m moving on to looking at 2013 and slotting a few more keepers. Is it worth grabbing Profar at 1 dollar now, and hope to get 1.5 years out of him or go with someone like Skaggs, Miller who will be up later this year?
@Amish Gangsta, Skaggs
Sticking with the Irish theme: “If anyone seen a leprechaun say YEAHHHAH!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8
Fun fact, Daniel Murphy’s at bat music is the Dropkick Murphy’s song from The Departed. As an irishman and a Met fan it gets me pretty pumped up and makes me want to buy even more $15 beers at Metco.
Grey, would you trade Reyes to get D. Jennings?
Alternatively, is Reyes/Niese enough (or too much) to acquire either Trout or The Dark (Eye Black) Knight?
@larryjoefitz, “Shipping Up To Boston”? If so, that’s hilarious that a guy playing in NY (even if it’s the Mets) has that as his walk up music.
That was Papelbon’s intro song during his time w/the Sawx. It definetly got the crowd rockin, good tune.
@larryjoefitz, I’d take Trout there, try it…
@larryjoefitz, YEAHHHAH!
Should I be concerned with Cuddyer? Avg. is getting worse…..Belt,hunter,goldshmidt currently on waivers
Would u switch for any of the 3?
Thanks
@Tim, I’d hold
ROS…..Belt, Rizzo, or just about the same?
@Jake, Belt
Pls rank for a spot 12 team H2H pts:
T. Wood v HOU
Cashner @ HOU
Chen @ MIN
Happ @ CHC
Delgado v WAS
@EK, Wood, Cashner
Start Burnett @PHI?
@JTR, Yup
I have a few holes in my team that I am trying to fill through trades or WW pickups.
SP – I am trying to trade for Halladay, King Felix, Matt Cain, or Lincecum
I have hitters to trade – Bruce, Heyward, Rios, Youk, Allen Craig, Lawrie
My thoughts are around trading Bruce for one of these SP options. this is a 10 team keeper league.
Also, I’m struggling at 2B right now (I have Uggla). Do I try to trade for an upgrade, pick someone up until Uggla starts hitting again, or just stick with Uggla.
WW options: Espinosa, Infante, Chris Nelson, Keppinger, Theriot, Ackley
I would drop either Youk, Allen Craig, or Justin Masterson (probably Masterson since streaming for SP’s is easier. I just need an ace.
@harkrider, Stick with Uggla…
One owner in my league REALLY wants Kershaw and has made it clear that hell give up a lot to get him
THIS IS A POINTS LEAGUE, next to the players involved in the trade are their current points..
i’m thinking of offering:
I GIVE 2: Kershaw(194) and Hart(160)(OR HOSMER (164))
I GET: CJ Wilson(201), Chris Sale(182) and Rios(213)
@tutuola, Not good
@tutuola, wow, thats awful for u.
@tutuola,
typical cbs points league that heavily favors pitching ?
definitely good trade for you .
@tutuola :
and by typical , i mean :
1 point of each K and each IP
and 10 points for the W .
??
Ike or Dunn?
@EK, Dunn
Would you trade middlebrooks for Frenchy, duda, krispie young, or A Laroche straight up?
@Grey’s da man!, Frenchy or LaRoche
You think McCann removes his head from his ass anytime soon? He’s looking like an idiot out there. Decent options available on the wire like Salty and Rosario. Make a change, or ride out the shit storm?
@Wilsonian, Ride it out…
6 man keeper league: would I be screwing a guy by trading E. Encarnacion, and Stanton for Votto and Josh Johnson ?
@Hector Luna, Nope
Your Greyness,
Wondering what your feelings are on Tyler Skaggs and if you envision him being promoted this year, particularly with Hudson’s injury. 9-3 and looking to load up on potential for the playoff run… Is Shelby Miller a better bet for an impact promotion?
@Christian, I hope so… Holding him in a deep league… I’d prefer Skaggs to Miller, they’re toss ups though…
Start Cobb vs. DET Sat?
Start Hughes vs. CHW Sun?
Oh, and start Milone @ TEX Sat?
@Jon, (hell) no…
@Jon, Hughes
Was going to bench Anibal yesterday but didn’t get around to it. Come to find out he had a good game. Is there a happy opposite to Sonuvabench?
Because of injuries and no one obvious on the wire to pick up, I’ve got 7 OF for 5 spots: Pence Krispie Cespedes Reddick Joyce Brantley Blanco. Who’s most obvious for trade for middle relief (need ERA, K, WHIP)?
@The Miracles, Sonavatoolazytobench! Krispie
@Grey, ha!!
Hey Grey is is my offer in a trade I am going to make in the 10 player keeper league – my team sucks man
Matt Harrison
Trevor Cahill
Matt Garza
Paul Goldschmidt
for
Austin Jackson
would you do it and I am sure he wont do it but I will try
iwould you then do 2 or the three pitchers I have up there and which two would you want man
@Mr Baseball, I’d take the 4 men group…
@Mr Baseball, I’ve never heard of someone taking a 4:1 deal… ESPECIALLY in a 10 team. But I’d take just Garza/Goldy for AJax if I needed a SP.
Glad I started Darvish on your recommendation the last time, so thanks for that one Grey. How about Haren @ Tor. He’s looked pretty bad out there.
Thanks again.
@nycs10011, I’d sit him until I saw a good start…
Start Edwin Jackson @Col?
@Derrick, I wouldn’t
Hey Grey, would you drop Morneau to activate Utley? Who could last longer?
@Moscowitz, Sorry i forgot this one: Niese or Oswalt ROS?
Thanks
@Moscowitz, Oswalt… I’d go with Utley
@Grey, perfect! I love to have you on the same page as myself. Makes the whole thing a lot easier
Thanks
No problem… Are you friends with Steve?
@Grey, Sorry?
He’s from New Zealand… Thought maybe you guys knew each other…
I think the new name is a Smardzija steamer. Wow. The Cubs were always the kings of the June swoon–but durn!
@Dr Hocker, Ha…
Would you go with Dan Uggla or Nelson Cruz for the rest of the season? (best stats)
Cruz
So are we all starting Bauer tonight?
We are
@DjlanceRauch, as macho man randy savage would say…. Ohhhhh yeahhhhhhh
Moustakas eats gyro balls for breakfast! haha
Who’s a better fill in for CSantana: Arencibia, Perez, Martin Maldonado?
Thoughts on the new No Shake Shelby Miller?
I don’t think those catchers are better options… Hopefully it helps Miller, but pitching prospects are pretty hard to predict…
@Grey, agree Santana is better. But as an injury replacement…?
@FromtheGreek, JP
I am cornering the market on 1B in my 12 Team H2H league because people tend to overvalue them. Currently have Pujols, Rizzo, Ike, and Butler (who is 1 start away and currently my UTIL). What kind of strategy you digging here Grey? Try to flip a wanted commodity like Pujols or Butler right now for an upgrade, or let the waiver pickups marinate on the bench then try and flip in a couple weeks? As an example, one guy has LaHair as his current 1B, and I know he’s going to want someone else.
Depends what you can get for Pujols and what you need…
@Grey,
C- M Montero
1B- Pujols
2B- Altuve (Zobrist right now)
3B- Panda
SS- Castro
OF- Stanton
OF- Beltran
OF- Ichiro
UTIL- Butler
BE- Rizzo
BE- Ike
SP- C Lee
SP- Gallardo
SP- J Zimm
SP- J McDonald
SP- Fister
SP- Bauer
SP- Liriano
SP- Lohse
RP- Parnell
RP- Perkins
Currently in 1st, obviously lacking the saves dept. (I punted in the beginning by selling off Mariano and Capps for Castro). Any obvious upgrades that come to mind besides that? I was thinking Ichiro could turn into Bourn somehow…
@JLeigh, Rizzo and Ichiro for Bourn?
@Grey, Exactly what I was thinking! The guy that has LaHair has Bourn. On another note, you think this staff can hold up ROS?
Yeah, it looks like it should be okay…
@Grey, Much Appreciated as always ol’ wise mustachioed Grey
No problem… My mustache is here for you, friend.
BJ Upton has been dropped in my league. Is he worth a grab? Hate to give up any power. I could drop Plouffe, Q. Berry, Jay, or Stubbs.
@LobBall, I like BJ over Berry & Jay in the OF.
I’d lose Plouffe for him
Is Scherzer a start tonight @TAM? He’s been looking better lately … which is usually around the time he blows up. In this 14-team redraft roto league league I need Ws the most and ERA the second most.
Gotta start him… Rays Ks a lot…
@Grudy-
Trade Dunn for Cain? I have Kemp and Howard coming back in a few weeks and need pitching help. In the meantime, I can plug Alvarez into my corner infidel spot….
I’d take Cain
Who will have more HR between now and the ASB?
All LAD OFs
vs.
Adrian Gonzalez & Mark Reynolds
Could be a push.
Taking Donkey and Gon…
@Grey, How’s your self-help ebook, “Grey AllRight: The Power of Positive Thinking,” coming along?
I loved your recent columns in O Magazine… “A Million Little Hosmers,” “Zimm’s Come Undone” and “The Corrections.”
Donkey Soup for the Soul
I was dropped by my publisher but I know someone else out there is bound to understand me!
@Grey, That’s the right attitude!
@Grey, I hate Mini with the intensity of a thousand suns. I dropped him yesterday and loved it more than red skittles. I then bought a bag of skittles, picked out all the red ones, and stuffed them in my mouth all at once just to complete the moment. I loathe him. So much so, I actually lurthe him much in the way Woody Allen lurves instead of loves. When he hits his next home run, I will be happy that some other sap in my league could be on the verge of picking him up for the subsequent week of ineptitude. I wouldn’t piss on him if he were on fire. /end rant
We did have a nice 2009!
@Grey, He’s dead to me now. It’s as though 2009 never existed, or as one might paraphrase Marcus Aurelius from ‘Gladiator’:
“There was once a dream that was [2009 Mini Donkey]. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish… it was so fragile. And I fear that it will not survive the winter.”
If he could cut his 30% K-rate, the stars and the moon!
@Chillmodious, Luff the rant!
Earlier question…Josh Johnson is not playing in Tampa…it’s Philly and its at home.
So, start Johnson vs. Philly, Leake and Latos @ SF and Price vs. Detroit?
I’d start them all…
Here’s one of those awkward but nevertheless impressive stats: Jarod Parker is the first pitcher to allow 2 or fewer runs in 9 of his first 12 Major League starts since Dwight Gooden.
Speaking of cocaine, I like what Richard Pryor said about it. “I didn’t know it was addictive. I had friends who were snorting it everyday for 10 years, and they weren’t hooked…”
@OaktownSteve, Ha, Pryor was great! Loved his line after Leon Spinks was arrested for possessing $5 worth: “have you ever seen five dollars worth of cocaine? five dollars worth of cocaine blows away when you open up the paper…”
@Chillmodious, Pryor was good, man. So good.
That’s great too… Damn… Too young…
@Chillmodious, had a buddy a couple decades ago who was a pro fighter in LA–i guess Jerry Buss helped sponsor him and he used to live with Brenda Vaccaro(doubt if many of you have heard of her) for what that’s worth…but anyhoo. He got to hang with Pryor a few times and they’d be in limos and chicks would be snorting bumps off their johnsons from what he told me.
Great quote!
@Grey….in my 10 team league, someone dropped rickie weeks. ive been dealing with a pretty putrid revolving door spot at middle infield all year, lately has been filled with the likes of either alexei ram, gordon beck or alcides escobar. should i be running to the waiver wire to pick up weeks based on his potential? or just avoid the headache and stick with the mediocre but steady alexei/alcides types?
I’d go with Weeks over Alexei
kipnis and zobrist for my braun?
Braun
Braun …
Please rank ROS: Cashner, Bauer, Liriano.
Thanks!
Bauer, Cashner
Who dropped zobrist monday? Who comes a homer shy of the cycle on wednesday? With three ribbies! FMFB….Wait no, FMFBBBZ….
I shouldnt have dropped him… He obviously reads razzball and was pissed i dropped him for rizzo… So he had to prove a point!
Nice…
The FISH. Been offered one of Adrian Gonzalez, Dread Pirate, or DLEllsbury for Trout (12 team, 4 keeps, 5X5, other keepers are Swiggy, Kemp, and Reyes/Kershaw). Any of those guys worth it? Is Trout already a better keeper than all of them? Or am I just going crazy due to his fast start and sweet grab last night?!
@Pine Tar Incident, I’d hold Trout in a keeper…
You said Alcides over Plouffe earlier. With this team, is Plouffe the one to go plouffe in the toilet?
C: Doumit
1B: Reynolds
2B: Kipnis
3B: Lawrie
SS: Plouffe
OF: A.Jones
OF: Giancarlo
OF: Stubbs
UTIL: Middlebrooks
UTIL: Belt
BN: Lind
BN: Quentin
DL: Tulo
H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBPS (on base plus slugging)
I’d hold Plouffe for now with OPS…
In an addendum to my previous question in #74…
Or, would you trade one of these closers: J.Johnson, Casilla, Chapman for Ian Desmond?
Yup… Johnson or Casilla…
Start Goldy over Middlebrooks tonight for Utility spot?
I would BnY
Matthew Berry wrote a new article and in it he says Carlos Lee is 95% owned in ESPN standard leagues…riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
To compare, Yahoo says 50%
Yeah, ESPN’s ownership numbers are kinda crackers…
@B.o.B, here’s the link in case you 5 min of absolutely positively nothing else in the world to do, like me
http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=TMR120628
@B.o.B, I stopped reading after the first Megan Fox mention, so got one sentence in…
Please rank ROS.
Belt, Ike, Reynolds, Goldschmidt
Thanks
Belt, Goldy
Hey man . . . thanks for the advice re: Burnett and Jackson. Burnett put together a solid start and Jackson is getting shelled. Spot on brotha!
No problem
Keeper, offer Votto (can’t be kept) for Trout (who’d be affordable for the next 5 yrs at least)? Would shift Ortiz to 1B and plug Trout in at Util. Seems like a no-brainer, but it’s so hard to consider parting with Joey.
Yeah, sounds good for the keeper…
Last place guy just gave the 4th place guy this trade in my 12 team, daily non-keeper:
Gave:
-Bautista
-F-Her
-Romo
-Bell
-Farnsworth
Gets:
-Kendrys
-Pierre
-Papelbon
-Jim Johnson
-Quentin
Collusion or idiocy?
Both?
@Knighttown,
in-breeding .
@Knighttown, that’s a clown trade, bro!
Its sad man Austin Jackson is one of my 10 keepers
for me to make this trade I would need 2 possible keepers in return but I have a funny feeling my glass could end up empty here
anyone have some manlove for Goldberg or Alverez
Paul Goldschmidt – Mr minor league 2011
Pedro Alvarez – stike out king with 14 homeruns
Trevor Cahill – here today maybe gone tommorrow
for
Austin Jackson
Not worth it
Grey -
in a 6×6 (ops), redraft — please choose 2 of these 4 to rotate from Util/Bench in a weekly league. Looking for best all around stats:
Tyler Moore – when does Werth return? Kid looks dialed in, granted at Coors.
Tyler Colvin – ABs tough to comeby, but seems to get his weekly. If anyone gets injured (Helton, etc), he’s a great add.
Adam Lind – platooning currently.
Norichi Aoki – starting, hitting and not relenting.
Thanks
@El Burro, Aoki, Moore
@Grey, word. Im trying to figure out how I can roster Colvin, candidly.
I just think his bat is too good to sit expecially at home
Yo Grey, you dropping any of these schmucks to pick up Luke Scott:
Logan Morrison
‘Los Lee
Krispie Young
What’s the deepest league you’d start Sherzer against the Rays? 16 team mixer? 12 team AL- only? Certainly not a 12 team mixer, right?
@Alcesto, Lee… I’d start Scherzer if I really needed Ks…
finally , desmond joins the party .
Very nice…
Hmmmm. You’ve been great today CarGo, but I was hoping for a little more there.
Steve’s tough!
I’m in a tough matchup.
And how’s it going?
@Grey, 6-6. Close in all categories except Wins and Ks where I’m well behind.
Damn, it is close…
heard peter king is putting a barbed wire fence around his house…something about 2 crazed baseball stalkers
just kiddin’
need help, fighting for k’s and maybe w’s in h2h league
please help me pick a streamer for tomorrow from this steaming pile of zimmermans:
e santana at toronto
harang home v. mets
detwiler at braves
lowe at balto
m leake at giants
noesi home v bos
quintana at yankees
Ha… Leake…
Anyone heard the outlook for Utley? Didnt start today is that supposed to be temporary or permanent? If he’s lackin’ in AB’s is it worth movin him for say Altuve… Kendrick… Espinosa?
I’d take Altuve or Espinosa…
13 team 5×5 roto with OF spots. who do drop?
wiggy, duda, belt
Wiggy
13 team 5×5 roto with 5 OF spots. who do drop?
wiggy, duda, belt
Wiggy, friend
A: 5 Ks in 3 IP.
Q: Say something nice about Edwin’s start at Coors.
ha!
Sorry for the gross question. 8×8 16 team league (H, BB, SLG), need 2 guys for production since there is no bench, so at bats are pretty important. Pick 2 from: Presley, Dobbs, Hafner (returning from DL in a couple of days)
Thanks
Hafner, Presley
Dammit Desmond. You’re really making me want to drop Ass-dribble for you! Quit it!
Hehe… Don’t look!
@Grey, haha…I have an addiction to looking at my watch list incessantly…it’s not good for my itchy trigger finger!
@Grey-
Granderson or Adam Jones for 6×6 with OPS?
Thanks
Jones
@Grey,
Thanks Grey. I have an offer to acquire either of these bats for Bumgarner or CJ. I’m leaning towards trading CJ for Jones. Have a problem with that?
I don’t, no…
Scutaro, you useless bastard. Could have used a cheap Betancourt win there.
I would’ve enjoyed that, as well…
Took your advice and dealt Jim Johnson for Ian Desmond (yes, I have a mancrush in not one, but two leagues). This leaves me with a lineup that looks like this:
C: Doumit
1B: Reynolds
2B: Kipnis
3B: Lawrie
SS: Desmond
OF: A.Jones
OF: Giancarlo
OF: Stubbs
UTIL: Belt
UTIL: Middlebrooks
BN: Quentin
BN: Plouffe
BN: Lind
DL: Tulo
My two closers left are Casilla and Chapman. I’d like to carry three, if I could and no one is available (even guys like Burton and Parnell are gone). I’m targeting low tier guys like Cook and Wilhelmsen. Would you deal any of Quentin, Plouffe, or Mini Donkey for one of those guys? What about for someone like Ernesto or Clippard? Thanks.
I’d deal Quentin, Donkey or Plouffe for Cook… In reverse order…
@Grey, So you’d deal Plouffe for Cook first, then Donkey, then Quentin? Any of them for Wilhelmsen?
I’d do them for Wilhelmsen too, but Cook first… Yes, Plouffe first…
@Grey, thanks. Turned down the offer of Plouffe, so I offered Reynolds. Still have a offer of Plouffe out there for Wilhelmsen.
Cool
I think the MASN announcers for the Nats need some pom poms. I’m all for liking the home team, but this is over the top!
Yeah, they’re big homers…
@Grey, Espinosa has such a long swing. I like the guy, but man he is never going to hit above .260
Yeah, probably not…
She gone! 1st batter K’d by Bauer.
Man the similarity to Lincecum is uncanny, its like we’ve gone back in time 6 years…
And I read this at 4:20, things are weird…
I mean saw the K… Not a time traveler…
@Grey, Ha…nah the delays probably just me.
@TheNewGuy, Gotta reach me all the way over in England after all!
He looks really good…
@TheNewGuy, and workin outta jams.. its bauer hour baby!
He looked good in that jam… Painting the corners and everything…
@Grey, He’s just fun to watch.
Love watching these young studs come up and showing off their great stuff. The hitters have never seen him so they’re often made to look downright silly early on.
Yeah, he’s definitely throwing gas, not always sure he knows where it’s going…
@Grey, yeah struggling big time right now.
Phew got outta it.
His control is wonky at times, for sure…
Is M.Saunders or Plouffe worth dropping in a 12-team keeper OBP?
I think their early month success is winding down.
Yeah, you can look elsewhere…
@Grey, Who would you drop of the two?
Saunders
Man, Konerko really sucking lately. Sort your act out, big man.
Ebb and flow, ebb and flow…
so , apparently , my dynasty league has a rule that says that minor
league ballplayers cannot be added in-season , but must , instead , be subject to the minor league draft which occurs in the off-season .
thus , despite my johnny-on-the-spot-edness (ably assisted by Chill and Pandas) my add/drop of puig / jak-hu lee has been rescinded .
how do feel about that ?
i fired off this response to the commish and his enforcer via the league message board : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0MkIPGKdAk
I think it should be first come first serve, but I can understand the argument against it… If you’re gonna have someone for their entire career, everyone should get a shot…
You like my Ichiro + Scott Diamond for his Scherzer? I need the K’s (and my ERA and WHIP are in good shape).
Other OFs are Stanton, Ethier, Rasmus, Cespedes, Hunter.
Other SPs are Greinke, Wainwright, Santana, Garza, Hughes, and Halladay/Morrow on the DL.
thanks.
i don’t have a lot of speed, but figure i can get that off the wire. ichiro is so yawnstipating…
He’s crazy yawnstipating…
I’d take Scherzer
upton looked like nelson cruz , on that one .
Ha… Yup
the ump is squeezing this kid , now .
anybody but chipper would have gotten rung up on that 3-2 pitch .
I don’t know… He’s wild, ump’s not giving him the benefit of the doubt…
@chata, as a Rangers fan, that hurts! Always fun to lose a WS on a routine fly ball
Of course Reddick hit a HR tonight. He does nothing every time I have him. The second I drop him…
I’m starting to think it’s Wilsonian Magic…not Steve Magic.
@Wilsonian, could you pick up Hosmer and drop him a few times? lord knows I’d like to drop him. Prefer from somewhere very high up.
@mauledbypandas, If he was available I’d take one for the Razzball nation. Unfortunately all my leagues are keepers, so he’s taken in all of them.
@Wilsonian, I drafted him on all 4 of my teams. It’s been a bad year, needless to say.
You can both be magicians…
@Grey, hey, it’s worked for Michael Young since I dropped him 4 days ago!
Don’t drop someone who’s about to go to Coors, tip of the day.
@Grey, That’s Coors south to you sir!
True
I HATE FELLATIO!!
@B.o.B, Fellatio Upton, I hate Fellatio Upton…thought I should clarify that one
We probably knew you meant Upton…
@Grey, what if I was 1 of 2 girl readers?
Ha… True…
every freaking yankee game has a text poll question .
tonight’s question was :
“which former red sox player looked the strangest in his new uniform ?”
choices were :
pedro
manny
clemens
youkilis
(nope . no mention of pudge .)
anyhoo , standard text message rates apply .
my questions :
how much is the standard text message rate ?
what kind of buffoon spends his hard-earned money on this shizz ??
later , they will have a “player of the game” poll .
same deal .
new questions :
how much do you think they’re raking in with this scam ?
what do they do with all of that money ??
@chata, “what do they do with all of that money ??”
overpay mediocre free agents of course
@chata, This may come as disappointing, but I believe that the “standard text message rate” depends on whatever contract you have with your cell provider. Thus it would be free for anyone that has a contract with unlimited text messages. I think it is a remnant of the time when most people had contracts in which you were charged per text message. Some people may still have such contracts, or contracts that allow a certain amount a month and then charge per text, but I think that most carriers offer unlimited messages pretty standard.
Yankees sure could use that money, though!
@royce!, As someone who works for a telecommunications giant, I can confirm you are correct.
Often it costs everyone the same to txt in to these kinds of things, but if no mention is made of that charge you have to assume it’s charged as per your contract with your provider.
Hey Grey- thanks for the shout out in the podcast. It worked wonders- I scored 22 runs in one RCL yesterday. Should’ve had 24, but I benched AJax in favor of Soriano.
Anyhow, glad you enjoyed the book. You should get around to reading The Art of Fielding. The new Eggers is enjoyable as well, but having read both, I’d recommend The Art of Fielding first.
@royce!, Which helped make you the top offensive team of the day!
24/52 (.462 ) 22 Runs/3 HR/11 RBI/3 SB
@royce!, That’s karma, snitches!
I’m gonna start sending books to prisoners or something…
Those charges were dropped!
Cool, will have to get it back to you… And you can give me that one… Kidding (kinda).
Jeez – Trout is killing me in H2H. What a pain in the ass.
Love him in my keeper though!
@Steve, the sad thing is, this is just an average week for him.. grey you need to copyright “he pulled a trout”… Cuz he just does everythinggg..
Careful…
@Steve, Total opposite for me!
@grey, why did you tab ethier as dl’d when he isn’t? Going to the Mets for physician advice?
As of yesterday he was supposed to…
@Grey, yeah, saw the supposed to. Leaned on your confirmation. I was about to drop him anyway. I “wanted” him to be dl’d.
Now he’s just gonna be almost DL’d for a week and then get DL’d.
@Grey, yup.
So what’s the verdict on Bauer’s meh start?
Needs to harness his stuff or it was nerves…
@letsgobravos, he got his feet wet. Solid outing no doubt. Although the box score might not say so.
Get this shit…
My offense is on fire this week. .363/.398 with 27 runs, 17 doubles, 8 homers, but “only” 18 RBIs thus far this week. My opponent is sitting at .321/.351, 22 runs, 7 doubles, 7 homers but 32 fucking RBIs! He had 16 yesterday alone…fucking ridiculous.
Not even sure how that’s possible… You have only leadoff hitters?
@Grey, Haha. I didn’t used to, but with Lawrie and Choo batting leadoff in addition to Kinsler, I have 3 guys in my lineup who are leadoff hitters.
Belt or Morse?
Morse
I’ll be pretty effing unhappy if the Tigers throw this away.
@Steve, Things do not go better with Coke.
Uh-oh… Cashner’s box score just went blue…
Cashner perfect through five.
@simply fred, my mistake. One walk.
@simply fred, SHHHHHHHHH!
@simply fred, Damn he is dealin…
@Prezii, i picked him up after 4 IP. you run him today?
@simply fred, i did.. kinda felt stupid for using my 4th and final move of the week on him… Not anymore!
@Prezii, nice ‘nads.
Asdrubal trying to quench my thirst for Desmond…
And there goes the Nova win.
Thinking about making some changes if these deals for closers don’t go through. Which one(s) are you making?
Lose Mini Donkey for Cashner
Lose Quentin for Cashner
Lose Lind for Cashner
Lose Plouffe for Cashner
Lose any of the above for Viciedo (he just went yard)
@Wilsonian, lose lind.
@simply fred, For Cashner? Or for Viciedo?
Lind
@Grey, For Cashner? Or for Viciedo?
Cashner
Darn it! Cashner! So close yet so far!
@Howard, Damnit is right! Still… Ill take the K’s anyday of the week…
Do I hang on to my streamboat, Keuchel, or drop him for Gee/Niese/Milone/Detwiler/Burton?
Niese
david murphy …. the platoon player who shouldn’t be .
Is that yet another Krispie sighting?!?!
Offered Bryce Harper for Cliff Lee. Guy responded “no” but would talk if I was willing to move one of my closer. Always be trading closers I say. Offer Wilhelmsen for Lee eh?
@knighttown, pretty sure he means Harper + closer
Go for it…
Krispie with homers in back to back games…lazarus anyone?
Do I hang onto Morrow? He’s a borderline keeper for me.
7 Keepers
Pujols/Kemp/Kinsler/Bruce/Lester
and 2 of: Morrow/Latos/Belt/Rizzo/Rollins/Aramis/Ruiz/Bonifacio
Which 2 would you keep? no restrictions
Belt Rizzo
Tex/Hanson/Lincecum for Pujols/Latos
Tex
I’m probably going to jinx him, but is Franklin Morales worth hanging on to in the ol’ 12-team H2H?
As opposed to just being a streamer, that is…
I’d hold him
I have been using Cozart as my SS, so i offered my bench bat Howie Kendrick and Jordan Zim for asdrubal and he accepted. I did good? 10 teamer
You did
Run, Belt! Run!
Would you give Mendoza a shot @ MIN in H2H tomorrow?
@Steve, Or would you prefer R Delgado v WAS?
@Steve, I’m in the same predicament. Need a spot start and options next two days are pretty thin. I have those two available but I’m trying to talk myself out of playing Noesi instead. Ahhhh
Fool in my H2H league throws 6 closers and Cliff Lee every week. Makes your head spin trying to figure out who to start/sit. So far I’m hanging in there in ERA/Whip. Trying not to ruin it but someone has to pitch.
Delgado, yeah
@Grey, Just dropped a DL’d McCarthy for him (other DL spots filled). Fair enough?
Yeah…. That works…..
It’s just okay, not great
i love it when the sawx and the yanks make their west coast tours .
late night baseball on the big tv .
10 team H2H 12 keepers
Sell high on CarGo?
I give CarGo, Rizzo and Scherzer for Bruce, Granderson and Garza?
Sounds decent…
Cashner over Cahill?
Yup
Aaron Hill just hit his second cycle of the month. A bicycle.
Very nicely done…