Comments on: It’s A Beautiful Dayan

By: WDE05

WDE05 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:49:10 +0000

Hey Grey, considering dumping Bourjos or Ryan Roberts in favor of Pennington, Dee Gordon, Luke Hughes or Kelly Johnson for my final roster spot to start the playoffs. I need speed, but KJ has heated up so he might be more valuable than a dedicated speed guy like Gordon. Pennington seems like he might be a good mix between the two as he’s stealing bases and picking up RBIs. Hughes position flexibility would be nice also, but I’m skeptical as to whether he’ll stay hot. TIA.

By: Grey

Grey — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:00:10 +0000

@Gtg: Ha

By: chata

chata — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:02:37 +0000

@Steve: show some ballz . go with duffy over oakland .

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:01:31 +0000

@Howard: I benched him too, but only because, despite his shocker the other day, I had already wrapped up ERA and WHIP this week!

By: Gtg

Gtg — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:54:52 +0000

I have scherzer, Cabrera, peralta & vmart on my team. This game is better than porn.

By: Howard

Howard — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:21:42 +0000

Scherzer, sonofabench! And wins are so precious! Need a HR from either Vmart or Viciedo for a bye into h2h playoffs. Here’s hoping!

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:48:52 +0000

@chata: My first wedding in about five months... @Steve: Peavy @jacks: Hamels, Ervin, Wandy, Marcum, Bills...

By: jacks

jacks — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:37:10 +0000

I’m desperate and confused so I’ll ask a broader question: I have a 3.45 ERA and 1.204 WHIP and will likely need a 3.35 and 1.185 to earn enuff pitching pts to win my league. I’ll also probably need 10-12 wins, but ERA and WHIP are more important. Undecided whether I should be aggressive and take risks on two start pitchers or play it conservative … who would you sit? I can use up to 6 starters given my lead in saves, but it might make sense only start 5: Hamels @ MIL, Marcum vPHI, Ervin v SEA, Bedard @ TB, Wandy @ WA, Billz @ WA, Ubaldo vs DET and @ CHW, Stauffer vs SF and @ AZ? appreciate any help! thx.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:32:06 +0000

@Grey: Another one where the correct answer is ‘none of them’ but probably need one of these guys for Tuesday:

Lincoln v HOU
Perez v BOS
Peavy @ MIN
Duffy @ OAK
LeBlanc v SFO

Thanks!

By: chata

chata — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:22:31 +0000

@Grey: don't you think that you're pressing your luck , going to all these weddings ? or are west coast weddings less pressure ??

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:43:54 +0000

@Steve: Can lose Rauch. @sal: Betancourt

By: sal

sal — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:38:52 +0000

@Grey: Do you like sergio or betancourt for saves during the next two weeks. Just taking a flyer...

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:30:06 +0000

@Grey: Do we have any more use for Rauch? Frank-Frank would have to collapse in a huge heap (not out of the question of course) for him to get the closer job back, right?

By: Grey

Grey — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:14:10 +0000

@WDE05: 2. Capuano and Lannan... @Oilcan Giuseppe: Gordon @TheNewGuy: Trout @TheNewGuy: Niemann... @strugz: Wait for Romo. @AL KOHOLIC: Nice @Sam: None are great... Peavy... @jacks: Wandy @TheNewGuy: Sorry, was out of town for a wedding.

By: chata

chata — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:11:18 +0000

@TheNewGuy: probably out trying to change his luck .

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:38:24 +0000

Wheres Grey today?

By: chata

chata — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:59:53 +0000

@chata: you never learn .

By: chata

chata — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:40:45 +0000

marcum
72 pitches through 5 .

By: jacks

jacks — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:20:10 +0000

Two start Ubaldo too risky if I need to be cautious with WHIP and ERA? Also do I dare trust Stauffer at AZ (I would gamble on home vs. SF but the gopheritis he has scares me)? would you rate either of these over Bedard at TB or Wandy at WAS? thx as always!

By: chata

chata — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 19:02:02 +0000

@Sam: atta boy , Sam . You , me , Al , vinko .... that's damn near a mandate .

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:25:49 +0000

@chata:

I’d tune in. Once a week if fine.

@Grey:

Deep weekly 15 teamer.

Beachy @ PHI
Peavy @ MIN, vs CLE
Morrow vs BOS
1 start FA slummin’

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:24:33 +0000

darnell and rizzo back up

By: chata

chata — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:02:46 +0000

@TheNewGuy: would guess that Grey is going to tell you that it's too late to worry about average , and to concentrate on the counting stats categories (in roto) . h2h would be a different beast .

By: strugz

strugz — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:56:49 +0000

I hate closers but I need at least 3 closers for H2H playoffs. I have a bye this week but currently holding Hanny, Bailey, Street and Uncle Leo.

Tracy (I despise this man) is saying Bentancourt is his closer.

Bochy is saying Wilson is probably out for the season.

Leo marched out for the 4 run hold last night. It’s worth noting Mujica set him up in the 8th when there was a 3 run lead and no sign of Chisek.

Should I lose Street or Leo for Romo? or would you wait until Romo actually nails down a save?

By: Buge Hoobs

Buge Hoobs — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:39:35 +0000

I am soooo yawnstipated with Soto in my 12 team 8×8.

Would you upgrade to any of these? Barajas, Hundley, Salty, Torrealba, Flowers or Ianetta

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:28:02 +0000

Also is Kevin Gregg worth a claim in a different league where I could use some more saves, or is he so bad he’s not worth touching. Would probably drop Niemann or Maybin for him.

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:01:45 +0000

Needing OF help and spotted both Nicky Swish and Trout on waivers. Which outta the two should I prioritise my waiver claim on?

Do need to improve AVG bad still so Trout looks the better bet I think, but will he play every day?

By: Oilcan Giuseppe

Oilcan Giuseppe — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:07:20 +0000

Grey:10 team 8×8….SB’s aside,I need mostly R’s,BA and OBP….Pennington or Gordon at SS?

By: WDE05

WDE05 — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:53:07 +0000

Posted this in the new pitchers article, but would like to get your thoughts on it also, Grey. TIA

Sort of a long question here, but I’d love to get anyone’s thoughts on my pitchers for the 1st week of the playoffs…

Its a 12 team league. Pitching stats are: Ws, SVs, HRs, Ks, GIDP, ERA, WHIP.

I don’t feel great about my match-ups and most of my starts are on the road. Also, I only have 2 pitchers with 2 starts on my team giving me a total of 10 starts for the week…

Verlander: @Clev(Masterson)
Beachy: @Philly(Oswalt)
Hudson: @Philly(Worley) @STL (Westbrook)
Dempster: Cincy(Cueto)
Saunders: @Col(Milwood)
Bumgarner: @SD (Stauffer) LAD
Strasburg: LAD(Lilly) Houston

My opponent also doesn’t have the greatest match-ups, but all 3 of his elite K guys are going twice and he has 12 starts:

Gallardo: @STL(Lohse) Philly
AJ Burnett: Balt (Britton)
Shields: Tex (Feldman) Boston
Jackson: ATL
Nolasco: @Pitt
Jiminez: Det (Fister) @CWS (Humber)
Dickey: @Fla (Hensley)
Felix Hernandez: @LAA(Santana) KC

Another thing to factor in is that I think should have an edge on saves with my 3 closers (Kimbrel, Walden, Parnell) over his two (Axford, Soria).

I feel like I have 2 options:

Option 1. Stick with my current roster, but go into the week only planning to start Verlander and Bumgarner. We have a minimum 18 innings requirement, but those 3 starts should get me there. If they don’t I could start Strasburg on Sunday vs LAD assuming he looks good in his 1st start or use Hudson @STL.

Obviously this is a big gamble because if any of those starts are bad, I’m screwed. Assuming they pitch the way I would expect, I should win ERA, WHIP, and HRs allowed. If I also win saves, that gives me the majority of the pitching cats. Puts a lot of pressure on my offense though as I would have to at least split the 7 cats there.

Option 2. I currently have 4 bench position players and I can drop 2 or 3 of those guys. I could also dump one of my current pitchers with a bad matchup. Then pick up 2-4 2 start guys to give myself the edge on starts for the week.

The available 2 start guys are:

Westbrook: Mil (Wolf), ATL (Hudson)
Lannan: LAD (Kuroda), Houston (Rodriguez)
Henry Sosa: @Pitt (McDonald), Wash (strasburg)
Wade Miley: @Col (Cook), SD (Stauffer)
Capuano: @Fla (Vazquez), Cubs (Wells)
Duffy: @Oak (Gonzalez), @Sea
Humber: @Minn (Swarzak), Clev (Jiminez)

Picking up a few of these guys would give me a shot to compete in every cat, but I’m still not sure I like my chances of competing in several cats, esp. in Ks given that most of the 2 start guys available aren’t reliable strikeout guys. Also, we have a moves limit of 75 for the season and I’m currently at 58 so streaming 1 start guys isn’t really a viable option unless I’m desperate the last few days of the week.

If you think I should go with option 2, which 2 start guys would you pick up?

By: chata

chata — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:26:13 +0000

the other cameron is on fire .