A guy in my league needs steals badly and wants Ellsbury in the worst way. I know Longoria is due for a regression (rZips has him only hitting ~275 for the rest of the season), but I was thinking of offering Reynolds and Ellsbury for him. Is that even worthwhile? Would he do it?

If I can get, say Howard, for Cruz and Beckett, do I do it? Or Cruz and F-Her?

I generally prefer hitters over pitchers. So, both have played above where they were drafted, but it hasn’t been a shock. I see them kind of similar and would prefer the hitter given that choice.

@Panti Jose: Lose Gamel.

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god i hate rooting for the red sox being an Indians fan, but fantasy baseball does that to people!

i agree tho, you dont want everyone hot at once, then when they swoon your team nose dives….

Other kings of the solo HR: Chipper (3 of 4 were solo), Blalock (7 of 11). All I had to do was check my own roster! Ranking 4th in HR, yet 9th in RBI in my league.

Then we have the case of high AVG leadoff hitter with low R totals (again, just consulting my own roster): Ichiro is batting .343 but only has 16 R (1 R in the past 7 games, despite hitting 18/30). It’s as if his teammates hate him so much they strand him on the bases on purpose so they can practice convoluted handshakes in the dugout while he watches from afar.

To end my rant: yesterday I started Dice-K, Rich Hill and Zimmermannnn while I sat AJ Burnett. See the problem? It’s official: I’m now punting both ERA and WHIP. Excuse me while I go pick up Hochevar now.

If he goes out and gives up 5 ERs in a game and then comes back the next with 7 IP 0-1 ERs or whatever…then maybe I’d buy him. Right now, he’s on an incredible roll. I just would want to see how he responds to getting beat up in a game before saying he’ll have a season for the ages or even that he’ll outperform Santana.

As for Greinke, Peavy’s a noble return. At least you didn’t trade him for Bonifacio and Kyle Davies.

re: Holland: I feel like “His command definitely needs some work, but some of his stuff was electric” could describe every single hot young rookie-nookie pitcher from that last five years.

@Grey: Nice! I will definitely try to get that into circulation with my peeps.

@anon: Crazy maybe, who am I to judge? I wouldn’t make that offer or really trade for any closers unless you are giving away a useless piece of your roster. I would just wait for the next setup guy to be named the closer of some team.

My reasoning is that at least they’ll only give me one inning of suck, and could potentially contribute saves which is a lot more than Lester is bringing to the table, which is nothing.

I love what Nolan Ryan is bringing to that team and maybe we can start trusting them some more (when they are on the road)!

@Stephen: I like it, but I hope he stops being dizzy soon so his name gets dated very quickly.

I am enjoying the Ibanez, Mauer, and Adam Jones ride though! (damn you Jimmy Rollins and BJ Upton for holding me back)

i don’t need lots of AB, but rather good ratio stats here & there, like good help across the board.

damn you Bochy/Sabean, sending down my Guzman!!

If you have him, keep him. Enjoy the ride. It’s going to be a good one.