It’s not the Year of the Tiger, but don’t tell Doug Fister that. And don’t ask Mr. Fister to sing Kyrie, because that song kills kittens. Fact! He just followed up a strong start @BAL with a dominating performance against the T & T Angels: 8 IP, 10K, 1 ER, 4 baserunners. It’s like September 2011 all over again. I can’t wait to see that Straw Dogs remake! Ever since Fister’s become a Tiger, he went from a pitcher with great control (generally less than 2 BB/9) and pathetic K-rates to one with great control and very good K-rates. As long as Fister stays healthy and manages anything over a 7 K/9 rate, he’s a top 25 pitcher. Worst case, you can at least make fun puns with his last name. Fister? I told her it was a stool! What, huh? Anyway, here’s what else we saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Cody Ross - Two 3-run HRs giving him 15 HRs for the year in only 219 ABs. Glad it’s still the 2010 Giants playoff run for someone (see Lincecum, Jonathan Sanchez, Brian Wilson). With Ortiz on the DL, looks like the Red Sox should be able to give Ross and Nava enough playing time now that Crawford and Ellsbury are playing again. That said, Ross had only 1 HR in his previous 50 AB so be prepared to drop him in a couple games if you pick him up and he doesn’t immediately make you look smart.
Adrian Gonzalez - 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs and his 2nd HR in 3 games. The 8 HRs are pathetic, but his AVG is now at .296. So at least you used your 1st round pick on Mark Grace instead of Lyle Overbay.
Brett Lawrie – What do you get when you have a crazy gung-ho player and too much Red Bull? Not wings, apparently. Lawrie shot over the camera well, diving for a foul pop, and bruised his calf. Somebody’s got some splainin’ to do to PETA! He should be good to go on Friday. Which is tomorrow. Hey, Friday, say hello to your mother for me.
Francisco Liriano – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 10 Ks. Whoa. Now has 25 Ks in the last two games. Guess he got the type of Tommy John surgery that takes 46 months to recover from. I hate to go back in on this schmohawk, but 25 Ks in the last 14 innings has my pants looking like the Iwo Jima statue.
Lorenzo Cain – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer in as many games. Sure, Butler hit a walk off homer. Yeah, Bruce Chen got picked up by some noobs who thought he was Wei-Yin Chen, but Cain…Sugar! Yeah, that’s where my heart’s at. If you don’t add him now, we might not be able to be friends, even in the most casual definition of the word friend.
Jeff Samardzija – 5 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 9 Ks. Now has three solid starts in a row, but if you told me you knew for sure he was going to go out next time and throw another solid start, you’re lying to yourself.
Carlos Santana - 2-for-4, 4 RBIs as he hit his 1st HR since May 15th as he’s spacing out HRs like his namesake sprinkled hit songs (Evil Ways…30 years…Smooth). His FB rate (and obviously HR/FB rate) are down vs. last year, but not significantly and he still has similar K/BB rates. Am I buying? I don’t buy catchers. But if I’ve been holding this long, I’d say you might be rewarded.
Hiroki Kuroda - Threw a rain-shortened shutout against the Bautista-less Blue Jay squad. He now has thrown 30 innings during day games this year and has given up 0 ER. In 92 IP during night games, his ERA is 4.58. Last year, he had a 2.94 night ERA and a 3.49 day ERA. You know what that all means? Really, I’m asking…
Adam Jones - HRs in consecutive games which nearly matches the three he hit in June. Oh, how I long for the April/May gravy days when he was raining HRs. Not sure if his wrist issue has finally subsided (which might be to blame for the power outage in June), but if we hold hands long enough it’ll make it true.
Trevor Bauer - Sent back to AAA for being a roofie. If he relapses further, he’ll have to go to AA.
Ian Kennedy – 8 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks to lower his ERA to 4.33. At a 106 Ks to 25 BBs, things could only get better. BTW, Sirius, you have 10 years to choose from… Stop playing Howard Jones every other song on the 80′s station!
Jason Kubel - 2 HRs off Mat Latos after missing his last 4 games with hamstring tightness. So does that mean Longoria will hit 50 HRs in his first game back?
Mat Latos – 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER. What’s the matter? You’re not so big and bad when you’re not facing the Padres or Giants, are you?
Brandon Belt – 0-for-3, lowering his average to .243. CBS news blurb for him was something like, “Belt having hard time finding rhythm.” I can’t imagine why.
Santiago Casilla – 1 IP, 2 ER as he blew another save (though got the vulture win). Romo can’t close every game, but, guess what? The Giants aren’t leading every game, so Romo should get most of the saves. Will he? Totally different ballgame. Not literally.
Chipper Jones – 1-f0r-3 with a homer, but he didn’t start so…Sonavabench!
Adam Wainwright - 7 IP, 1 ER, 9 Ks, 4 baserunners against a tough matchup (@MIL) but got the loss thanks to 3 unearned runs. He should hire this guy to get justice.
Cliff Lee - 8 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 4 Ks. And a no-decision. That’s now 1 win in 10 Quality Starts. Where’s the brotherly love, Philly?
Mark Teixeira - 2-run HR (#19). Take that, Padilla.
Justin Masterson - 4 1/3 IP and got a WHIPping (7 hits, 7 walks). Lucky to escape with just 4 ER. Thanksfully, this was his last start of the year against the Rays who abused him twice in July.
David Wright – 3-for-4, with his 12th homer as he hits .351. So is he going to sign with the Marlins next year and be crap?
Jason Bay – 2-for-4 with his 5th homer. That one was for ex-teammate, Youkilis. Wrap that, Valentine!
Jordan Zimmermann - Another great start (6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners) with mediocre K’s (4). His ERA is now down to 2.35, which is better than Strasburg or NatGio. With the sub-7 K rate + low ERA, he’s like Johnny Cueto Jr., but Johnny’s already a kid’s name, so we’ll call him Johnnier Cueto.
Tyler Clippard - Gave up his 2nd and 3rd 9th inning HR in two games to the Mets. Lucky for him, he still managed the save last night. While Storen continues to progress, I’d have to think Clippard will have a long leash given his 2 1/2 years of great relief pitching. Then again, Davey didn’t even go to him the first two months, opting for BB-Rod, so storing Drew may not just be a bad play (on his name).
Luke Scott - 4-for-4, albeit three singles and a double. After going 0-fer in his first 7 games since returning from the DL, he has multiple hits in 4 of the subsequent 8 games. Worth a flyer if you’re in need of power – particularly in Yahoo! leagues where he also has 1B eligibility.
Jesus Montero – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and hitting .400 over the last week. Good when first called up, then garbage then starts hitting… Wait, don’t tell me who he’s impersonating… I know… Matt Wieters!
Casper Wells - 3-for-5, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer this week. Casper, the friendly waiver wire pick up, is hitting the sheets out of the ball!
Kyle Seager - 2-for-5 with a HR and 2 RBIs. He’s managed an impressive 58 RBIs despite only 11 HRs and a sub-.250 AVG. That RBI total ranks as 4th among 3Bs and first among 2Bs (he’s eligible in all leagues). He’s hitting .199 with bases empty, .309 with men on base, and .358 with men in scoring position. The success with men in scoring position is thanks to spring training hitting instructor, Alyssa Milano.
Garrett Jones – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 13th homer. He was starting to lag recently, then he went to Colorado and got the Coors Correction (just trying it out).
Matt Kemp – 2-for-6, 3 RBIs and a homer. Hello, old friend.
Yonder Alonso - 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and a steal. If he doesn’t make it into tomorrow’s roundup for me to say he’ll be in Friday’s Buy/Sell, he should be. Whether I remember to put Alonso in is another question because he is kinda yawnstipating. Hey, I know Yawnder Alonso. Two snaps, dubya tee eff formation with a side of doing the sprinkler dance.
Chase Headley - 2-for-4, 2 runs as he plays highly motivated…To get the hell off the Padres! Headley’s like a prisoner running for his escape as guards shoot all around him. Serpentine, Headley, serpentine! The Yankees are only another fifty yards away! They only have one bullet left and if you go 3-for-5 in your next game you’ll get out!
Is the Puma even stashable? Its hard to see them work him back in unless they move Beltran back to center, bench the federalist and and have the double first namer man the outfield.
@Jack Full of Hate, Yeah, he’s stashable…
@Grey
Ha love the Mark Walberg reference. Andy Samberg does the best Nicholas Cage too.
Q1) Would you hold onto C Richard for his next start against SF or drop for one of the following: Sheets (@WAS), Detwiler (vATL), Pomeranz (@SD), Villanueva (@BOS).
Q2) Any hope for Haren in the second half? Considering trying to buy low…possibly Haren for Berkman?
Thanks!
@Melvin Emanuel, Richard has awful numbers vs SF (see Fred’s streaming post)
@Melvin Emanuel, Nice… Sheets… Haren’s fair there, don’t have much hope…
@Grey: Need a replacement for Bauer. Grab Oswalt, Fister, Liriano, Fiers, McAllister, Minor, Milone, Niese, or Parker?
@ThE sHiT, I’d rank ‘em Niese, Milone, Fister, McAllister….
@ThE sHiT, Niese, Liriano, Fister, Milone…
@ThE sHiT, Niese
Long forgotten Brennan Boesch has put together quite a string of good games lately. Cut bait on Ruggiano for him? Alonso & Casper are available as well.
Also, saw you made a reference to Sirius, do you ever listen to the Fantasy Sports channel on there? I’m a diehard and would be interested in hearing you guys’ opinions on it…
@stoopid, I’ve never listened to their fantasy show… Boesch for Ruggiano…
I can’t find anything new on Gardner. In a 10 team league he shouldn’t be taking up a DL spot if I need it for someone else right? I’m having trouble pulling the trigger on dropping him.
@Steve, Dump him in a 10-teamer.
@Steve, I’d lose him
I was offered Verlander ($24) and Texiera (wouldn’t keep next year) for Trout ($1). I’m in 1st place by 17.5 games in a standard H2H league.
Does this make sense if I’m playing for Championship this year?
Batters – Konerko, Kinsler, Reyes, Beltre, Beltran, Hamilton, Granderson, Choo, Ortiz, Sandoval and (Trout).
Pitchers – Strasburg, Cain, Dickey, Garza, Wainwright, Santana, Miley.
Strasburg’s innings cap worries me for playoff time. Verlander would be a huge plus for my staff. Tex for Trout would mean I lose BA, SB’s and Runs while staying even in HR’s and gaining RBI’s.
Accept the deal and bring home the Trophy?
@Richard, You don’t need them to win…
Clippard actually gave up his 2nd and 3rd 9th inning HRs in two games last night, one to wright and one to bay.
@Schlitzy, Gotcha…
trade my Salvador Perez for his Trevor Bauer? already got Ruiz at C. keep 5 league.
@farcus, Bauer wouldn’t be a keeper in a 5 keeper league… Neither would Perez or Ruiz though either, hopefully…
@Grey, thanks grey. still no point in hanging onto Perez though, right?
Nope
need pitching depth…trade bumgarner for wainwright and fister?
@trick dad, It’s okay…
20 team dynasty. In the hunt this season but I won’t be once Chris Sale gets shut down. What do you think about this?
Send: sale and goldschmidt
Receive: Adrian gonzalez and matt harrison
@dninja82, You should be getting better…
Marco Estrada worth a stream tomorrow @ Cin?
Thanks
@Booya, I think so, esp. with Votto down and Estrada having K’d 12 against them a couple weeks ago. I’m deciding between Estrada and Bailey for tomorrow (leaning Estrada).
Piggybacking on this question, for streaming today, who do you like?
W. Chen @ MIN
Leake v ARI
Harrell @ SD (Astros can’t win, esp. on road, but he shut out the Pads recently)
@Booya, Yup
How about just “Jordan Cueto”?
@Commish Cauda, How about one of the most reliable SP’s over the last two seasons?
@Commish Cauda, MSCL!
@Grey: 12 team mixed dynasty league w/4 minors slots. Trade my Fielder & Starling Marte for his Kinsler & Oscar Taveras? Thanks!
@Bill Lumbergh, Eh
Grey, everyone —
Just FYI: almost all of Jesus Montero’s hitting lately has come against mostly suspect LHP and on the road. He’s on a four-game hitting streak in which he has 8 hits and as close as I can figure either 6 or 7 of those hits, including his two extra base hits, have come against lefties, and only the first hit was at home. He’s got another so-so lefty on the mound tonight (Will Smith and his 9.00 ERA), so I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jesus get jiggy with it again.
After that, the Mariners stay on the road but have two decent righties (Shields, Cobb) before facing LHP Matt Moore Sunday, then five straight home games against righties. Not surprising: Montero’s splits have favored LHP over RHP (.940 OPS vs. .553) and away vs. home (.301 BA vs. .206) all year, and so if I’m correct he’s about to turn back into a pumpkin. Act accordingly.
And speaking of splits, I have a question about that. I get LHP vs. RHP and to a lesser extend home vs. away. But what about day/night splits? Do you put much faith in them?
I ask because I’ve picked up Chipper Jones as part of my strategy to survive Joey Votto’s absence and he has atrocious daytimes stats: he’s about even when it comes to LHP/RHP, or home/away. But he has a .156 BA and .602 OPS in day games, compared to .344 and .939, respectively, at night. And if you look at the last few years, the gap has grown each year since 2009, when he actually hit better during the day. Do you think his eyes could be developing issues with daytime light as he gets older? Unless you can convince me otherwise, I’m sitting him for today’s noon start.
Thoughts?
@Enrique, Somewhat of a moot point on Chipper Jones: I knew he was a reader, but we now have incontrovertible proof that Fredi González reads even the comment section on Razzball: Chipper isn’t starting today.
I’d still like to know your thoughts on the importance of day/night splits, though.
@Enrique, I don’t
Bauer is one of the few right calls I made this year. Man, 2013 can’t come soon enough.
My keepers coming into the year were: Lawrie, Hosmer, Jennings, BJ Upton, Stanton, Bruce, and Latos.
Ouch.
Chris Sale’s been a great pick, but I don’t know if I should keep him for next year.
@papasmurf, sell high!
@papasmurf, Damn, Smurf… Bad luck there…
Gio (vs NYM), Dickey (@Was) and/or MadMax (vs. LAA)?
@Adam, All of them
BnY!
Would you drop K-rod or Marmol f
@Tggq21, BnY! K-Rod
BnY!
Would you drop K-rod or Marmol for Romo or hold in a 12-team, H2H
@Tggq21, Hold… Kidding…
Who do you like better at 1B/3B ROS:
Frazier, Garrett Jones or Yonder Alonso
Also, my current “closers” are Bell, Casilla, Perkins and Parnell – no question, just wanted to share my pain.
@Mr. Rickey, Frazier… Ouch…
Colby Lewis is out on waivers.. I’ve got Anibal Sanchez, Fiers, and Milone.. Who would you let go for him?
@Hooverville, He left start early…might be hurt again…
@Hooverville, Fiers
@Grey, Tears for Fiers
Thanks sir
Ha… No problem…
What should I do about Casilla? Go Romo, Cook, F-Rod, Marmol? Help!!
@DaddyAoki, if you can snag Romo and/or Cook (maybe without dropping Casilla) I’d do it. If not, I’d probably consider it anyway.
@DaddyAoki, I went Cook over Casilla.
How would you rank Fister, Sheets, and Liriano ROS? You buying them?
@DaddyAoki, You did
Better value
Allen Craig at 2nd (currently Howie Kendrick)
for
Colby Rasmus at OF ( I have J Upton, Trout, AGonz)
@Dunn-Zo,
should be flip flopped
Colby Rasmus at OF ( I have J Upton, Trout, AGonz)
for
Allen Craig at 2nd (currently Howie Kendrick)
@Dunn-Zo, Craig
That Kuroda question’s got me stumped. Does the jet stream at Yankee Stadium decline during the day? Seems that during warm weather, the ball would travel farther (though not in very humid warm weather). I can’t explain it.
Can you explain how the Padres are in the bottom of the league in hitting at home, but score 8 runs against the pitcher I’m streaming? Yeah, now we’re both stumped…
@royce!, I think what the Kuroda question really illustrates is that the difference between pitching in the AL vs NL is really night and day.
@royce!, Ha! They got me too! 8 runs on back to back nights at home???
@royce!, I think Kuroda’s success has more to do with him recently figuring out his splitter.
@royce!, Damn you
Hey Grey I’ve got to start 2 of these 4 pitchers to end the week what say you?
Scherzer vs LAA
Sheets @ Was
Parker @ NYY
Fiers @ Cin
Thanks a lot.
@Watson, Parker is at home.
@Watson, Parker, Sheets
Has anyone heard anything at all about Tulo? Any ETA for a rehab assignment or anything? All I’m getting is crickets on this guy. At least there are grumblings of Longo getting back on a rehab assignment.
@Wilsonian, Haven’t heard anything…
Need some sort of reference to the Red Sox minor leaguer who is 0-37 with 36K’s. Dunn & Reynolds wrapped in one minus the power.
@Randy BoBandy, Huh?
So Latos is becoming insufferable.
Drop him (and/or Volquez) for J Parker, S Diamond, or Greg Holland? I have Axford and two other closers. Not sure if I should worry yet about saves.
@Lava, Becoming? I’d lose Volquez for Parker…
@Grey, No kidding.
Now that Volquez is dropped, drop Latos for Volquez?
Seriously though, are you recommending to hold Latos thinking that he’d be more valuable than a lot of waiver wire pitchers IF he lives up to the talent he has shown in the past?
Go with Volquez…
What do you think about Minor? He’s had a couple of good starts lately. Think he’s turned the corner and reaching his potential? Or stay away for a little while longer?
He’s available in my 16 team league.
@Wilsonian, He should be owned in a 16 team league…
Jesus Montero or Wilin Rosario ROS?
Seager or Kendrick at 2B ROS?
Thanks!
@Azt, Montero… Seager
Liriano, Bailey, Fiers, Sheets
Rank ‘em
Thanks!
@Drexel Hill Dragons, Sheets, Fiers…
Who is a better keeper in a $260 auction league next year: Ryan Braun for $44 or Josh Hamilton for $29?
@Josh Braun, Hamilton
really hurting with pitching but have had the best offense this year. AN offense that has had adrian Gonzalez on the bench all season for his lack of power and up and down first half.
so what do you say about gio and capuano for adrian (whom i have not really needed all year)
I still have dunn and butler to play first and posey if needed
@Sal, Looks solid
Is Ricky Romero rosterable at this point? I picked him up a week or so ago when it seemed like he was back on the right track. I’m worried after yesterday’s game even though it was in the Bronx.
Would you drop him for Liriano, Bailey, Fiers, Sheets, or Minor?
@Drexel Hill Dragons, I said to drop Romero a month ago…. Sheets
@Grey, Another owner dropped him around that time, I picked up the scraps when he seemed like he was coming back around (those numbers last year look so good – they’re in there somewhere).
Luke Scott (since June 2):
Vs. Cleveland: 12-for-26
Vs. Everyone Else: 0-for-41
@stumanji, Ha
I was just sent Choo and McCallister for Jennings and Romero….(been trying to dump Romero) This is the same guy that sent me Parnell and LoMO for Romero but I rejected it.
@pipa, I’d take Choo
Sorry, so should I pull the trigger? Or is Des Jens heating up??
Once Lucroy comes back from injury (starting rehab soon), which 2 in a 2-catcher league?
AJP, Sal Perez, Lucroy?
Thanks dude.
@L-Boogie, Perez, Lucroy
Sooooo… if Fister is a possible top 25 ROS, drop JMac or Latos for him in a 9 teamer?
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, Latos
Better SAGNOF– Rajai Davis, Anthony Gose, Coco Crisp?
Obviously would like the best all around stats, but primary concern is SB.
@Heyward Bound, Rajai
Pls rank these starts?
12 team H2H pts:
Detwiler vs ATL
Francis @ SD
Pomeranz @ SD
Collmenter vs HOU
Vargas @ TB
Estrada @ CIN
@EK, Pomenranz, Francis, Detwiler, none are good…
MI’s are Ice cold, Cozart and Hardy. Worth holding on too them over these options:
Amarista, Everth, Valdespin, Dozier, Rutledge? Yeah slim pickings…
@Ian Kinslering Me, Cozart for Amarista
Your Greyness and fellow minions-
Give me a little taste of Friday’s Buy/Sell! Highly competitive, 10 team NL-Only league. Looking to trade Wade Miley (I’m a fan, just deep at SP and he’s a bit inconsistent from week to week) for a buy low bat with upside, preferably with OF eligibility. Thinking Miley’s teammate Chris Young (struggling but could go into beast mode at any moment), Allen Craig (waiting for the next inevitable Berkman injury), or Lucas Duda (hammy issues but killed it down the stretch last year) … Any recommendations on who I should target?
@Christian, Craig
Last question. Headley or Chipper as a fill-in for Bautista?
Thanks again!
@Drexel Hill Dragons, Headley
Got offered Lester and Clippard for my Haren and Morales. Opinion on the trade would be great!
Subquestions I’m considering, is the 2 or 3 weeks Haren has spent on the DL enough to remedy his ‘back issues’ that have bothered him all year?? Lester’s peripherals look solid (K’s down but so are walks) and I don’t see Morales as anything special. Do you think Clippard keeps the closer job this year and what about next?
Thanks! (12 team dynasty – 12 keepers).
@Shmael, Toss up… Lester side… I just went over Clippard in this post.
yo grey man,
how you rank j.upton, kemp, longo in a keeper where you keep can keep foreva
respeckt.
@#1 contenda, Kemp, Upton
Goldschmidt or Lind ROS?
Thanks Grey!
@JK Smiles, Goldy
ROS rank: Brantley, Fowler, Cain, Krispie
Thanks!
@CD, Cain, Brantley
10 team roto. Currently 15 games over my innings limit. Need saves. Would you dump Moore to pick up Romo? That would leave me with Weaver, Gio, Peavy, Wainwright, and McDonald the rest of the way.
@DjlanceRauch, Sounds fine…
I own Casilla and dropped Romo the other day for K-Rod. Seemed like a good move with Casilla ‘back’ and Axford demoted. Then last night happened. Do I unwind that move, or hold the line? Another option would be to keep Casilla and K-Rod, but drop Denard Span (my lone bench bat) for Romo. Or I could always drop Casilla for Romo, but I don’t want to do that unless the Giants announce an official change or Casilla gets traded to the J-league for a dumptruck of pickled ginger. Help please!
I’d lose Span for now…
@Grey, Thank you. I’m completely frozen in my tracks on this one. Mainly because Bochy and his gargantuan heeed are in control.
Yeah, I hear ya…
@Chillmodious, Like an orange on a toothpick.
@Carnac, Heeed! Pants!! Nowww!!!
Grey.
Sounds like you’d rank Parker, Milone, Fister, Sheets, Fiers in that order at this point; is that right?
Thanks.
@fyodor,
And does AJ Burnett fit in there somewhere?
First…
Looks about right…
@Grey: thoughts on Dan Straily? Didnt see anything on the site about him…any chance the A’s move Bartolo and he gets the call? seems like a late bloomer but looked good last night against hultzen.
I’ll have to look at him…
Frieri hasn’t had a save since July 5. Worth holding or look elsewhere?
Double thanks, Grey!
Hold
How is this trade?
J mac and rizzo
For
Cliff lee
What side you feelin for the 2nd half?
Lee, but it’s fair
@Grey, thank yaaa sir!
Straight up Gio for Halladay… Who wins?
Gio
Been offered Konerko and Scherzer for Sale, keeper league. Im slightly worried about Konerko. Thoughts?
It’s fair, I wouldn’t in a keeper….
Damn you Gio…Damn you
Yeah, damn…
Barely winning my H2H matchup in ERA and WHIP – ERA at 4.2, his at 4.3. Will Quintana at BOS lower that ERA or is that a must sit?
I’d sit him…
instead of calling jordan zimmerman “Johnnier Cueto” can we call him “jhordan cueto?”
Is that another MSCL reference?
@grey: Wayne Wright drives a hard bargain; Wayne Wright won’t let no IN-surance companies push his clients around; Wayne Wright demands respect and justice… maybe Wainwright should should call Wayne Wright right now. I hear he works for contingency fees, but maybe he’ll settle for a commercial spot. “This Wainwright plays hardball, and so does that Wayne Wright.” Could be a alternate ending to the following promotional reel the real WW has on his wwwebsite.
http://www.waynewright.com/videos/21/
That might help you sleep…
Better add, Lind or Cain? Thanks!
Cain
Another Votto trade idea. How about $13 Votto and $30 Crawford for $45 D Wright, $20 D Price and $0 Niese? 4X4 no Ks or Rs. Think it shores up my pitching for the year, and Wright has found his power stroke. I checked the schedule … if no change, Price doesn’t face NYY ROS, BOS once, TEX twice and TOR twice. Rest are great matchups except for one @LAA.
Obviously I am going for it this year. In first, race is tight, but I can win comfortably if I take my 3.6/1.27 down to 3.4/1.23 and I stay on track with power numbers. I have Lind and Rizzo playing 1B.
Trade is fair, I wouldn’t give away a $13 Votto in a keeper…
Grey,
I’m currently in 8th, 12 team H2H league and 3 wins out of the 6th and final playoff spot. I have Longoria on the DL and Votto just went on the DL. I pretty much need to win now. I dangled Votto to one of the top teams in the league that can afford to play out his DL stint. Best offer I got was Allen Craig and Rizzo for Votto. I pulled the trigger and hoped for the best. Now the league is crying “veto votto” and the trade may not go through. Do you think that was a horrible move on my part? I just feel like nothing is guaranteed with Votto coming back…just look at Longoria and I need to win now. In 4-5 weeks when Votto comes back I may be sunk.
Thoughts on the trade?
I thought they were mad about the other guy taking Votto… Trade’s not vetoable at all…
@Grey,
They are. They are mad that I “stacked” one of the best teams by giving him votto for what they consider are two middle of the road waiver wire guys. I agree it looks bad on paper because Votto is the sexy name and Craig and Rizzo are unproven. But the only real knock on Craig has been health and for the time being he is healthy. His numbers are outstanding if you consider he has missed 15 games or so. I don’t buy Rizzo’s average right now but I do buy the power and I’m betting he can hit 12-15 more dongs this season…and that certainly is roster worthy stuff.
I agree it’s not vetoable but do you think it was a poor move on my part to pull the trigger on that deal?
I think it’s a solid trade by you…
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=623379
I can’t make that up!!
Wow!
@Grey, Yikes! I hear he’s a terrible free-throw shooter too.
Ha… Was thinking something similar…
@Randy BoBandy, lol woww hes “turr”ible…
Pick 2. 14 team.:
Utley / Krispie / Luke Scott / Frenchy / Maybin / Yonder
Thanks
Scott, Maybin
Wow, my offense is downright….offensive, today. I have 9 guys playing day games, currently a combined 1/18 with no counting stats whatsoever. Meanwhile, I dropped LoCain PRIOR to his home run surge and had to wait for him to clear waivers to re-add him this morning. Naturally, he’s 0-1 so far today. FMFBBL.
@Chillmodious, i was gonna complain with you but some 20 year old just went all raindow trout on us… Now im 4-17, 2 homers, 2 rbi, 7 Ks… Ehh. Still got a decent amount of game time though!
@Prezii, Well, I’m 1-20 now…but a run is on the board!
@Chillmodious, niceeee! Haha
Nice!
@Grey & Prezii, The dust finally settled: 2-32 with 1 run. Hey, at least I have Youkilis and his recently-hot bat going tonight… wait, what’s that? Scratched with a tight hammy, you say? Sweet!
And for my next trick, stay tuned as I douse myself in hot tar and run through a chicken coop!
Ha… Things can only get better! Damn you Howard Jones get outta my head!
@Grey,
You’re right…I keep looking to myself, but no one is to blame. Dah! Now he’s in my head too!!
@Grey
In a previous post, you told me to pick up Sheets but someone just dropped Samardzija (or however Will Ferrell pronounces it). Next start for Samardzija is at PNC. Suggestion?
I’d go with Sheets, but that’s not a bad start for Samardzija…
Tommy Hanson or Niese ROS?
Thanks
Niese
any thoughts on this trade
I get: Adam Jones, Lincecum (Lynn or Darvish), Konerko, and (Axford or Nathan)
I give: Bautista, Bruce and (Marcum, Hanson or Fiers)
My keepers next season would be Jones, Votto, Lawrie, CarGo and Heyward
I will probably lose Clippard, Broxton or Casilla as closer so I could trade one of them if I need to
@harkrider, what about Alex Gordon over Konerko ROS?
No on Gordon
Sounds decent… Take Darvish and Nathan…
Guy says he wants norris too for lee… Soo
Rizzo, jmac and norris
For
Lee
Got all 3 off waivers so, do it right? Lee probably in for a huge 2nd half.
I’d do it
@Grey, done deal… Quarter for ur thoughts!
Ha… Thanks!
Span or Boesch, ROS? (H2H non-keeper league)
Boesch
Konerko, Ike Davis or Lind ROS?
Davis
Pick up Fister over any of the following? T. Hudson, Sheets, Millone or AJ Burnett
Also drop Altuve for either of the following? R. Weeks or Amarista
Thanks.
Over Hudson… Hold Altuve
any upisde with pomeranze tomorrow against Marquise and the Padres in Petco?
No upside, but could be a solid streamer…
storen back! who to drop?
J.J. Hardy, Jhonny Peralta, Danny Espinosa or Lance Berkman (other MI are Ian Desmond and Neil Walker)
standard 5×5 roto format, 14 teams, 25-man roster
compliments to the ‘stache
You play 6 MIs? Hardy…
Nice username, btw… Ha!
@Grey, no silly other MI options are Desmond, Walker.
fyi, wife is now accustomed to the belly laughs emerging from the bathroom every morning, where your roundups are my devotional…so thanks. oh and special request, if i may, for more charlie manuelisms and references to the size of bochy’s head.
Ha… Okay, will do my best for you…
Fister or Moore or Minor for the ROS?
@Wilsonian, You know, Fister Moore Minor is a felony!
@Chillmodious, HA!
@Chillmodious, haha! That’s awesome!!
Fister
@Grey, thanks…already dumped Moore for Fister. Just like to get a little reaffirmation that I’m not a complete idiot when running my team.
Jesus remembered how to play baseball again today!
About time…
I watched Casilla blow the save last night, and he actually looked pretty good doing it. Freeman’s double probably should have been a single, and he made one bad pitch to McCann. Outside of that pitch, he was clearly overpowering batters. So it’s funny, but not surprising, that Bochy’s Head is reevaluating the closer position after last night, when Casilla has looked a lot better since coming back from the blister than he had in over a month. 8 Ks and 1 BB in 3.1 IP.
Caveat: my standards may be suffering from watching a lot of Bell/Axford/k-rod in recent days.
Bonus FYI: BRAD PENNY started warming up for the bottom of the 11th as soon as SF took the lead, a save situation. (Before the game got out of hand.) Bochy, “Brad has a great head on his shoulders.”
Ha! Nice on Penny… Yeah, I didn’t see it, was out to dinner with the cougar…
@Grey, Say hello to my mother for me!
HA! http://bit.ly/Pmhulr
hey grey, always love the work
which streaming p for manana – potential to get a W valued over all else
tommy milone @ home v. yankees
bud norris at arizona
nolasco at pitt
homer bailey @home v brewers
harang at mets
lowe at balto
pomeranz v pads at petco
thanks
Thanks! Pomeranz…
Just a heads up for Yahoo players, Espinosa should be getting “SS” next to his name tomorrow. He started his fifth straight game there today.
@Eddy, EspinoSSa?
@Chillmodious, I see what you did there.
Thanks for the heads up!
@grey
Drop Rasmus for Lorenzo Cain or Felix Doubront? I have OF to spare the spot for a SP.
I’d hold
Dear God, my pitchers are a fucking mess this week. I guess they had a group skype and decided they would all shit the bed to fuck my team. Gio and James McDonald may have led this effort because I didn’t appreciate their brilliance enough over the first half.
You’ll be okay my son…
Utley and Goldschmidt for Nelson Cruz? Fair?
Thanks Grey
It’s fair…
OK, Grey, last one for today… Span or Coco, ROS? (H2H non-keeper)
Choo
@Grey, Thanks, but did you mean Coco, or did you misread my query? Question was Span or Coco Crisp…
Span… I’m blaming autocorrect…
@Grey, Hmmm…I get autocorrect changing Coco to Choo, but Span to Choo!? That’s some funky autocorrect!
I know, right?
Bruce fury steadily rising.
By Sunday, you’re gonna be ready to blow…
@Grey, Nah – I’ll probably have benched him before that. And we all know what will happen then…
Magic hour!
@Steve, In the comic, fury turns Bruce into Hulk. In fantasy, Bruce turns Steve into Hulk.
@Steve, My Bruce furys got the better of me already, benched for today.
Bee tee dubya wtf happened to NatGio earlier? Just checked his box score, thought had to be a typo.
@TheNewGuy, Dunno, though my opponent’s Wright had a bit to do with it…
It’s a pity Gio wasn’t pitching to Bruce.
who do you drop leake or clayton richards? good offense versus bad offense but pitchers park versus homerun launch pad..what would you say
Leake
Drop Berkman for Cain, Boesch or Stubbs? I don’t carry any bench bats, so I’m worried Berkman will be wasting my starting spot with all of his days off.
Gotta give Berkman a few more days…
Looking for a power boost. Offered CarGo for Price and Carl Crawford. Am I giving up too much?
I’d take CarGo…
Ah f*** it. Youk not in the lineup tonight. Hamstring tightness, it says here.
Yeah, someone mentioned it…
Another possible title for this post: Fister Famine
Doesn’t work? My bad. I’ll stop.
BTW, Billy TwoBags Butler got 1B eligibility in ESPN.
Cheers
Nice title…
The most surprising part of all this is that Kris Benson is a money manager.
http://deadspin.com/5927324/kris-and-anna-benson-to-divorce-after-13-irritating-years
Wow, that’s mind blowing…
Like the look of this…
http://www.hallofnearlygreat.com/
Funny, you link to that, I was looking at that yesterday…
@Grey, Great minds…
@Grey, I saw the Will Clark excerpt on Deadspin. He was a star when I first started really following baseball – or as much as I could via out-of-date copies of Sports Illustrated that I got from the library.
That’s awesome… Yeah, Will the Thrill was solid, seemed like a class act, but so did Steve Garvey so…Well, not sure what that means…
OK, I need a bit of advice. Here’s my deal:
12 team roto. I’m running out of moves. I need an SP to replace Bauer and a closer to replace Casilla (probably). The waiver wire is bereft of non-Marmol closers, but Fister, Anibal, Kennedy, Beckett and Liriano (ugh) are all available. My offense has been weak across the board, but steadily improving, thanks mostly to Mike Trout. Mr. Trout and I are in love. (Please don’t tell Giancarlo, who is on my DL.)
Now, to the point: I’ve been offered his Verlander, Melky, and FRodney for my Trout. I just can’t pull the trigger. Am I crazy not to take this? What would Grey do? Thanks!
You’re not going to do better than that if you need an SP… It’s totally fair, just gotta pull the trigger now… Personally, I’d trade for a lesser SP with a lesser bat…
@Trigger Cut, dude i just told trout i loved him last night… That bastard is cheatin on me!!!
@Grey
Sheets @WAS & @FLA
or
Mcalister vBAL & vDET
Sheets
Jay Bruce really chaps my ass! Especially now when I come to think of it in my draft’s 4th round, I was sitting there thinking to myself “hmmm Bruce or Jones?….”
@Ronkonkoma, Yeah, I hear ya…
@Ronkonkoma, I took him in the 3rd. And McCutchen was taken two picks AFTER him…
Is germano worthy in a 20 team league assuming the cubs put him in the rotation?
@Giant JJ, Sure, just about anyone is, I’d imagine…
Cody Ross and Tyler Colvin just dropped in my league.
Aoki, Brantley, Colvin, Ross, ROS for an OF spot.
Utley, Seager, Headley ROS for an IF roster spot.
( Seager brings the most positional flexibility, Yahoo 6×6, +OPS).
Thanks
Ross… Seager
Trade away Tyler Colvin or Dayan Viciedo? Very deep dynasty, keep everyone.
Who has a brighter future? Or perhaps I should say: who has the less dim future?
Viciedo is brighter…
Here’s the most helpful advice you will get all season:
Make sure your DVR is set for the Project Runway premiere tonight!
I hope it’s not Viacom, I’ve been missing so many of my shows because of the DirectTV lockout…
@Grey, From what I can tell, Lifetime isn’t one of the pulled channels.
Sweet!
C’mon Konerko. Do something. Anything.
It’s like his age finally caught up to him between the beginning of May and middle of May…
@Grey, Don’t be saying that stuff. I realised this morning that I took Bruce ahead of the Dread Pirate. Don’t remind me I should have taken Prince ahead of Longo.
Ha… My bad!
Am I nuts for thinking about dropping Rasmus for Boesch?
Yeah, a bit…
Seager or Espinosa at 2B ROS?
Thanks!
Seager
I assume u like Seager also over Aviles at 2b ROS?
About equal… Seager on the road, Aviles at home if possible…
Think Freddy G does a number on the A’s tonight? I need him to…
I don’t have much faith, but more than possible with the A’s…
@Grey, I nearly went with Griffin, but that Yanks offence has really been pumping lately…
Or Harrell, but the Padres have been scoring at home…
Garcia over Harrell…
Oh, and wouldn’t go with a streamer vs. the Yanks…
@Grey, Yeah, the Yanks have been pretty relentless.
What do you think about starting Milone against them? Have him on almost all my teams…
I’d start him, yeah… He’s a bit above a streamer at this point… Not without its risk though…
Would u pick up ROMO or Cishek for closer?
Have one spot open
Cishek
Colvin,fowler,Cespedes,bj upton for utility position ROS?
Upton was just dropped
Could see going with Upton, sure…
Stream Cahill or Nova tomm?
Nova
@Grey: re: my earlier question about Straily, found this on RW today:
These days, it’s rare that a prospect comes out nowhere to surprise us. However, that’s exactly what has happened with Straily in 2012. The 23-year-old right-hander wasn’t included among the A’s top 30 prospects by Baseball America coming into the season, yet he has a 2.64 ERA and a minor-league leading 162 strikeouts through 126 1/3 innings. This includes a microscopic 1.10 ERA and 54/10 K/BB ratio over 41 innings since being promoted from Double-A Midland to Triple-A Sacramento. Pretty impressive for the Pacific Coast League. With a low-90s fastball, slider and changeup in his arsenal, Straily should get his first taste of the big leagues later this summer. Stash in keeper leagues and put him on your watch list in AL-only formats.
Yeah, I looked him up, I wrote something for him for tomorrow’s Buy… He’s an AL-Only play for right now…
@Grey, How about a 14-team keeper? Though I already have Bauer and Hultzen…
@Steve, Still a little too shallow for right now…
Will probably be a mediOAKer guy with a chance for upside…
@Grey, got it. seems like he leapfrogged peacock though, no?
Yeah, for sure… Peacock will be lucky to even see the majors this year…
Daniel Murphy was just dropped…..
Would u pick him up over Seager or Aviles?
Nope….
Middlebrooks,Colvin,or fowler at utility postion ROS?
Fowler
Sorry Thornton owners, but I need him to get the bash here.
@Steve, Leave him in! Leave him in! Rather he got the Save than the Hold.
@Steve, Ah bullshit. I’ve benefited from it this week, but the Hold is such a crappy stat.
He hasn’t ‘held’ the lead there – he’s dropped his team in the shit.
@Steve, See? SEE?
Might get him to give up runs anyway…
@Grey, Ppppppfftttt. My matchup will be tied now.
@Steve, I have Reed and need W and not SV, so I’m rooting for him to allow one inherited runner to score, and then the White Sox to win in the next inning. Will that work for you?
@royce!, I’ll take the Aceves vulture win, thanks very much.
@Steve, Goddammit. Worst of all possible scenarios, since the guy ahead of me in the other RCL wisely trotted Quintana out there. I strongly dislike this result.
@Steve, Should’ve been my Aceves vulture win… stupid ESPN.
@royce!, Oh yes, I’d forgotten that. I’m looking forward to Cespedes going 7-7 with 4 HR tonight too.
@Steve, There’s one.
Doesn’t help me in my H2H league where I’m starting Garcia, though.
@Steve, Yeah, thanks for the 0-fer from Heyward… Best trade ever!
@Steve, Very humble of you to only ask for 4 of his 7 hits to be HR…though you’re probably only doing that so you can get some steals out of him as well.
@royce!, Yeah, I’m hoping he can steal 2nd-3rd-Home a couple of times.
Have my Kansas City Blues t-shirt on today BTW.
@Steve, What?! No Beaver Rooters?!
@royce!, Hah – funnily enough, no.
I’ve been thinking about posting on their Facebook page, seeing if anyone wants to swap.
@Steve, I’ll send you Judges and Tidewater Tides for it… “rooting” doesn’t have the same connotations here, and I would like to at least unknowingly amuse tourists from your part of the world.
@royce!, Rooting is bad enough, but combine with ‘Beaver’, well…
@Steve, What, kiwis don’t like Jerry Mathers?
@royce!, You know, I don’t ever recall seeing that show on TV here. I’d heard of it, but don’t think I’ve ever seen it.
@Steve, I haven’t watched it for probably 25 years. I don’t recommend it.
@royce!, A propos of nothing at all, some great photos here, but few better than this one…
http://www.nytstore.com/Monkeying-Around–1966_p_9160.html
@Steve, Rad! I wonder what “J” in “J. Fred Muggs” stood for…
@Steve, Couldn’t find it, but this is really worth a read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Muggs
@royce!, I know! I went straight there. Be cool if he was still alive. Loved the Russian newspaper’s take.
Willingham/Mcdonald or Cruz/Ross/Garza/Milone?
Cruz
Looks like The Yo Anus Show! is back as regular programming again.
@Awesomus Maximus, Sounds like a reality show following proctologists to the aging hip hop community…
@royce!, Or just what they’re calling A’s home games to max out attendance from the Bay Area.
Jesus, Freddy. Get a grip.
@Steve, F*** you, Freddy. F*** YOU.
@Steve, I don’t meant this as derisive, but what are the settings/league size that led you to start Garcia?
@royce!, 12 team, H2H. Ten adds a week. Opponent has more SPs than me so I’m really just trying to keep pace with his number of starts (he has Kershaw, Stras, among others).
Yanks had been mashing, he’d been decent lately and iwas the A’s
TBH, I can probably afford the runs (but no more, thanks) and the Aceves win has me 8-5 ahead. Ks are handy too.
Was hoping for a slightly more efficient performance to get ahead in WHIP. Guess I was looking in the wrong place. Could have started Griffin, but who would, against the Yanks?
@Steve, Fair enough. The A’s have me wondering if I should go with someone other than Nove tomorrow. Problem is that every time I’ve started Worley or Cahill they’ve crapped the bed. On my team, they’ve both got ERAs over 4 and 1.50 or so WHIPs.
@royce!, I forget where I read it, or over what period it is (last month, maybe?), but the A’s are third in the majors for runs scored, or somesuch.
@royce!, Harrell is my only stream today… Nolasco is my only one tomorrow.
@Awesomus Maximus, Harrell would have been better for my purposes.
@Awesomus Maximus, I considered Nolasco but went with Estrada…his 12 K last time he pitched against CIN won me over. Definitely should have gone with either pitcher at Petco today over Buehrle, but that would have been crazy…like a fox!
@royce!, Yeah – I got burnt by Buehrle (Buehrnt?) in one team today, though I started Maholm in the ol’ 14-teamer…
@royce!, I wouldn’t stream anyone @CIN, but I wish you luck. I also like Nolasco’s 2.16 FIP over his last 20 games (3.48 for Estrada).
Grey-
Please rank Markakis,Stubbs,D.Young,Hunter,Rizzo for Utility
Thanks
Rizzo, Markakis, Stubbs…
Thanks for nothing Freddy. Well, OK – maybe the Ks.
Holy Edinson Volquez One Hitter.
OK Yoenis – Freddy’s gone. Swing away!
The King Hodge-padger ftw!!!