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0J.J. Hardy is an easy buy, which isn’t the same as an easy sell. Hardy’s not exactly promoting a yum-yum juicy chicken burger with a side of 30 homers and 20 steals. He’s cheap. His expectations are low. He’s 27-years-old and averaged 83/25/77/.280 at 24 and 25. Last year, he didn’t tune and check out with Khalil Greene, going off to mullet all over. Hardy started the year dealing with back issues and he never recovered. If you invite Hardy onto your team, you don’t need to put plastic sheets on the bed and hide all the good flatware. With O-Dog currently hurt and his grasp on the #2 spot tenuous, Hardy could be next in line for that spot. If so, 160+ R/RBI is definitely reachable and the power is already there. Anyway, here’s some more players to buy or sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Ervin Santana – I was saying the other day something like you should move to the exit row. I didn’t say exit. I was preparing my exit. Now when I see he’s only owned in 26% of ESPN leagues, I’m beginning to think people bailed on him too soon. This isn’t a buy, this is a hold. Format constraints and all that.
C.J. Wilson – Went over him this morning. Go ahead. Scroll down. This’ll be here, assuming you don’t try to scroll by taking a crowbar to your computer screen.
Gio Gonzalez – This buy is solely dependent on you wanting Ks. But, really, who doesn’t want Ks? I could’ve put Felipe Paulino here instead. In fact, I did last week.
Justin Masterson – My logic in the morning post didn’t seem to interest people so I’m going to break it down to you simple enough that even a dead Minnie Pearl could understand it. Masterson will be better than Oswalt this year.
Ian Kennedy – In his first start, he had 8 strikeouts through 5 innings and only made one mistake (a 3-run homer). I’ll take that every day of the week and twice on Muesday.
Kelly Johnson – For those out there that are like Mr. Short Term Memory — Hey, who turned on my computer?! — I present to you a not that oldie and not that goodie, “In certain circumstances, I’m excited to draft Kelly Johnson late as my middle infielder. Last year, Bobby Cox never gave Johnson a fair shake. He benched him against lefties, sat him when he slumped, told him he’d never be Marcus Giles… It was a trying time for a guy with a girl’s first name. An every day job could easily translate to a 15/10 season. Sounds yawnstipating, but at MI and where he’ll be drafted he’ll be a steal late in 2010 drafts.” And that’s me quoting January Grey! Do I need a dot-EDU URL to gain some trust?
Ian Desmond – Owned in 3.7% of ESPN leagues? Seriously? That makes me sad.
Casey McGehee – I wasn’t a big fan of his in the preseason, but he’s hitting 5th behind Fielder and Braun and he has the superfecta of eligibility. Could be a poor man’s Uggla.
Josh Willingham – The Nats really aren’t that bad. No, really! Okay, their pitching staff Sansburg isn’t good, but their hitting isn’t terrible. “Isn’t terrible” for the Nats is a compliment. Willingham is the guy on everyone’s waivers that can get you 25-30 homers and 90-100 RBIs. Does he bling-bling up your fantasy team? No, he’s not flashy. You’re looking at Blanks or Swisher, but Willingham is the other white meat.
Julio Borbon – To bust out my Jackie Chiles, the dissimilitude of Borbon’s performance to my magnanimity of drafting him has been egregious. Need to give Borbon another week or two. Yo quiero Julio and I’m sincero.
Matt Lindstrom – Was thinking about how Lindstrom is only owned in 61% of ESPN leagues, but then I thought about how 50% of ESPN leagues are already abandoned, so Lindstrom’s already at 111%, so, ya know, it’s all good, baby, baby.
Chris Perez – SAGNOF!
Franklin Morales – See 1/8 of an inch above.
Jeff Clement – He should get 400+ ABs if he stays healthy. Napoli has never reached 400 ABs in any season of his career. Cust kayin’.
Casey Kotchman – He’s hitting third vs. righties so he’s on the right side of the blahtoon. The toon side, if you will.
Gaby Sanchez – Hitting .364 through three games. No rush to defrost Ted Williams’s frozen head just yet, but, well, I own Sanchez.
SELL
Carlos Gomez – Spoiler alert! If his big game came any day other than Opening Day, you wouldn’t even need this reminder that he’s terrible. Well, here’s your one reminder. He’s terrible.
Travis Snider – I was randy on Travis. No more. Later, doode. To drop a Mama’s Family-esque line on ya, don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.
Rickie Weeks – I like Weeks and do think he can be very valuable if he stays healthy. That “if” needs its own island to stretch out its legs. If you can get anything for Rickie “To the DL for 6-8″ Weeks, I’d consider it.
Vernon Wells – Sweet Sassy Molassey! Wells is hitting everything out of the park, but I don’t think it continues. Trade him before the clock strikes crap.
@Grey: You like any of your “BUY” pitchers over Latos in a 12 team 9 MAX rosterable pitcher league?
@timSTi: They’re similar potatoes.
Grey, re: busting out your Jackie Chiles HA!
In a vacuum, Borbon over Ludwick?
@Howard: Thanks!
@preptime: Different things. For steals, Borbon.
Wow! Tony Randall! I’m a big fan!
C. Young to miss Monday’s start because of shoulder tightness.
Alright so I took my own advice and grabbed Masterson. Had to move Shields for Masterson. This has me with Vazquez, Hudson, FHer, Peavy, and Wilson as SP. Now I am starting to see the difficulty in owning AL East pitchers, Vazquez’s K numbers were too tempting not to try him out.
I also made the OF move of LaPorta for Byrd.
okay… now place in order, please:
Young, Santana, Wilson, Gio, Masterson, Kennedy… or is that the order?
Grey,
Would you dump Scott Sizemore for JJ Hardy at this point?
Been looking at Hardy for a couple of weeks in the FA pool. He preferred over Elvis Andrus or am I just sweating a poor first week for Elvis?
Grey, since last year I’ve accepted that your work renders every other fantasy baseball site as useless as the Mets’ 2-5th SPs. But you’ve really turned it up a few hundred degrees this year, and I’m loving every second of it. Please keep it up; your late night posts make getting up at 5:45 to go to the office much less soul crushing.
Is Hater Bell ever coming back?
@BSA: wait, did you drop shields for masterson? i mean, i’m not the biggest shields guy and haven’t owned him in 2 years, but if you dropped him for masterson you need to join my league.
Maybe he meant Scot Shields?
Rockies lineup is posted with Olivo starting again. Ugh. I knew the Olivo HR was bad news.
@El Famous Burrito: in that case, if anyone owns scot shields, even in a holds league, then they need to join my league too.
Riddle me this, Grey. If Masterson is going to be better than Oswalt, in your opinion, and I need a MI for a while due to Kinsler, would it not entirely insane to trade Oswalt to the guy who snagged Ian Desmond and pick up the FA Masterson?
I know, you will probably say you can get more than that for Oswalt. Blah blah, you are like my Mom. Except you don’t cook me dinner. The rest of the pitching staff is CC, JJ, CJ, Jered Weaver, Burnett, and Juan Sanchez. Yes, I have too many SPs. Bite me.
@Grey:
Have you gotten to see Austin Jackson play much yet? I picked him up as a flier, but hes quietly putting up solid #’s so far, wondering how he actually looks…
@ThePoonTycoon: No – I maybe crazy – Shields – actually am crazy but looking through the pitching staff I was OK with it –
As a fan of the Red Sox I realize there are a number of starts coming up that I don’t want to be on the pitching side of with Shields. If he was in the AL Central or NL I would give him a higher value.
Out of all this prediction based on stats sometimes I ride the emotion train and I am OK with that. In the RCL neither Shields or Masterson are going to make or break me.
@El Famous Burrito: No you read it right.
@Robert: Ugh
@Denys: I’d move Gio to the end.
@El Famous Burrito: Yup
@Wiley: I’d want Andrus.
@Kris: Thanks, that’s sweet of you to say.
@Jobu’s Rum: He’s doing charity work in Haiti.
@Brian: Yup
@p0rk burn: You can do better and/or you can get Desmond for less.
@Elijah: Looks okay, he’s pretty boring. Like a poor man’s Span.
@Elijah: He’s black.
Not Wesley Snipes dark, but a rather lovely shade of milk chocolate.
Hey, Reimold just go dropped in my leagues. 12 team H2H Points
Do I pick him up and drop Fowler, Rajai Davis or Conor Jackson?
@Grey:
Okay, wasn’t much else around, so far at least hes better than the real Span, he’s on the team til someone better comes by.
You know what’s fun about Milton Bradley in seattle? All the mariners fans are saying the exact same thing Cubs fans were saying last year. I cannot wait until things unravel.
They definitely deserve it. I mean, I have to watch Carlos Silva this year, and that’s at least as bad.
@p0rk burn: you can do better than desmond
@BSA: i mean, shields has name value and a solid track record. you couldn’t trade him for something useful and drop someone else? i mean, surely he wasn’t your most expendable piece, and if he was, what size league and what size rosters are you playing with?
@Grey: @ThePoonTycoon: Thanks, Mom. I know I can do better than a C+ also, but does that mean I want to put forth the effort?
@p0rk burn: why not? all it takes is sending out some emails to gauge interest and seeing what kinda feedback you get.
So… is it time to ditch Snider in my RCL for someone like Willingham?
@Jos-b: Drop Fowler.
@Freak: That’s what I’ve been saying.
@p0rk burn: The way you’re going, buster, you’re not going to have any dessert.
@ichirosan: I would.
@Freak: You’ve been listening to the wrong kind of Mariners fans. Here’s one who likes Bradley just fine:
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/4/6/1407345/1-0-game-thoughts
@ThePoonTycoon: RCL – Originals
There are no fast ones to be pulled.
ESantana was just dropped for Randy Wells.
@ichirosan: depends on where you are at with your roster. if you are starting snider, or need a productive bat in his roster spot asap, then sure. but if he’s a flier and buried on your bench and unlikely to get any PT unless he goes off, then you might as well keep him for more than 3 games and see what happens.
@ichirosan: I do agree with Poon.
I always loved Mama’s Family…LOL
Grey, in my 10 team h2h league, someone just dropped Choo. Should I drop the narddog, or Chris Davis? Would be in a Utility spot.
Also, should I dump Soto for Doumit?
Basically, is it too early to give up on Davis and Soto?
@WorldBFree: Who didn’t?
@JohnButte: Lose Span. Keep Soto.
Just got offered Slowey for Octavio Dotel. Rest of my pitching staff looks like this:
SP: Nolasco, Hamels, Kershaw, Baker, Price, Hughes, Colby Lewis
RP: Marmol, Soriano, Dotel, Nunez, Morales
It’d leave me with 4 closers, with Morales the shakiest of the bunch (assuming Street ever returns).
Thoughts?
@BSA: perhaps, but i see mastersons 2010 ceiling (being reasonable and not expecting him to be the 2nd coming or anything) as somewhere around james shields’ 2010 floor. say ~4.00 era, 13 Ws, 1.30 WHIP, 200 IP, 165Ks. boring when it comes from shields whose done it for several years now, but exciting when it comes from your waiver pick up. either way, you waived the guy with the better track record playing for the better team for a guy you hope puts up the same or similar numbers pitching for one of the worst MLB teams.
also, if this is RCL originals, how is shields your most expendable player? were you not just taking shots in the dark on fliers at the end of the draft that you could have waived instead?
@Mark Geoffriau: accept accept accept
Hey guys,
Is Adrian Gonzalez/Scott Baker for F-Her fair? In less-than-stellar shape pitching-wise, could slide Kendry Morales in at 1B. Thanks for any input.
@Mark Geoffriau: I’d lean toward taking that deal, though relying on Nunez & Morales for half of your saves doesn’t sound like an attractive prospect. How easy is it to pick up free agent closer candidates in your league?
Thoughts on dropping Aroldis Chapman for any of the mentioned pitchers? He looked good in spring, but I got burned holding onto David Price last year and don’t want to repeat.
@Mark Geoffriau: A few days ago Grey came close to calling Slowey his AL Cy Young, do you want that or a SAGNOF champion?
I’m holding Snider tight! It’s a dynasty league so kinda have to. At least, he has a better pillow than Suppan’s. Actually, I don’t know.
@Grey: With Fowler platooning, is Podsednik a decent replacement? I had Fowler in a Util spot for his speed only. My team has more than enough power to handle the loss there with Pods.
@ThePoonTycoon: @Dingo: @Adam: League is fairly tough on closers, most of the backups to the shaky closers are already taken. Best bet on the wire right now would be Scott Downs, for example. But I think you guys are right, Slowey’s more valuable, and I don’t need to wins the saves category, just stay competitive.
@Erock: Too much. Gonzalez for Hernandez might be too much, you definitely shouldn’t have to give up another player too.
@Mark Geoffriau: My league is the same way, but there’s such a big closer turnover that you’ve gotta maximize value, especially with an aging closer with health and walk issues…I think 3 solid closers and a couple of months of Morales will be just fine, and that’s without considering the possibility of any other waiver wire closers falling into your lap
@Mark Geoffriau: i mean, dotel isn’t going to do your ratios any favors, the pirates aren’t exactly gonna win 95 games, so his opportunities are gonna be limited. so you are trading ~25-30 saves with a solid K rate and below avg era/whip for a potential stud SP.
I wish I played in shallow leagues where Grey’s advice actually applied. Here I am excited to pick up the likes of Tyler Colvin in my leagues.
@ThePoonTycoon: I just went through my pitching staff as I am putting in a waiver on Shields (well I would be) based on who I have, last years numbers, and the basic ESPN projections I would not move anyone (meaning drop anyone). I also only have one bench player on offense. I have a $12 salad and a donkeycorn with two donkeycorns waiting in the wings.
We’ll see – I obviously will now watch Shields – next start is against the Yankees.
As usual you speak the truth Ruth. Although I’m a little more excited about Austin Jackson. Another solid day for the kid today. With the brontosaurs roaming the Tiger outfield, he’s not going anywhere.
I love Willingham. Seeing his name on my roster makes me feel like my team has some kind of blueblood, skull n’ bones pedigree. Now I just need J.P. Howell…
I have Desmond as my MI, but I want a little insurance so I’m going to grab Hardy or McGehee this week. I’m thinking McGehee, since he’s 3B/2B eligible.
Who would you target if you were thinking about doing the unthinkable and selling high on Mini-Mini-Donk? I already have Cano at 2B, Ian is currently holding down my CI spot…
@Adam: @ThePoonTycoon: Accepted the trade. If Colby Lewis is shaky tonight, I’ll drop him and pick up Ziegler or Downs (or whoever might be next in line in TX). Thanks for the advice — Slowey’s a favorite of mine, and I’m always worried about overvaluing my personal favorites.
@Brian: Thought so. Thanks.
what side of the fence are you on here: Gallardo/Lilly or Beckett/Lackey?
Two quick questions: I’ve got Wade Davis on my roster (in a keeper league)–do I drop him for the available CJ Wilson? Second, is it time to cut all ties with Cory Hart? I’m in a fairly deep 12-team roto league (14 active hitters, and 5 reserves per team), and the most exciting hitters on the waiver wire are of the Milton Bradley/Luke Scott/David DeJesus/Mike Cameron/Delmon Young variety. Bleh. I’ve got Reimold on my bench with Austin Jackson starting as my 5th OF this week.
@Jo: gotta say beckett/lackey until you see lilly get back into action
What do you think of Delmon Young? His 2nd half last season seemed like he might break out this year but his platoon with Thome gives me a case of the Blechs while owning him. He’s never had a splits problem so why does he need to sit against certain pitchers?
Thanks Grey. Waiver claim in to drop span and put in Choo.
Anyone seen the lineup yet for Atl? Chipper-less and McCann-less. Over/under on Filthy Sanchez Ks: 7.5
@ThePoonTycoon: that’s what i’m thinking. both gallardo and lilly are iffy due to injury concerns whereas only lackey is iffy on the other side
@JohnButte How can someone dump Choo? Someone in my league dumped Kinsler. I think it gives an unfair advantage to the team at the next waiver position. IDIOTS!!! My mother told me not to play with strangers!
@Jo: i am not nearly as worried about gallardo as some are. i think he’ll be fine, and i think he’ll build on his first full season last year and be stronger in the 2nd half this year. he’s never had arm issues, his lost 2008 season was a freak knee injury. that said, we don’t know if lilly will be himself when he comes back. shoulder surgery isn’t something a pitcher comes back form easily. i’ve got lilly stashed on my DL in a league, but i’m not start him till i’ve seen him throw a few games.
Can Blanks do it tonight against Jorge and his nasty stuff? I’m on the fence, I own both of em!
Surprised to not see Freese on the buy list. Well, not that surprised. Well, not surprised at all. But when I sold Snyder, I bought some Freese, and I felt good about it.
Give Fowler and Hughes for Borbon? Or will Fowler outgrow this platoon situation and provide similar stats?
Am excited about Liriano going tonight. Can’t wait to see if the pre-season was for real.
@Adam: Would replace Hughes with Young/Masterson/Kennedy/Mr. B of the week if this trade works out
Morrow and Bergesen getting shelled. Ugly early. Thinking I’ll sned Morrow packing and hire Kennedy.
Brian Roberts out with strained abdominal muscle.
I like KJ’s 15/10 with close to .280 average (hoping) vs. Theriot and his < 5 HR and 20 steals.
Great stuff as always Grey!
@GTS: Well, that didn’t take long. Right up there with the shock I have towards Chipper taking a could days off.
@Grey: Grey – What if you add Wade Davis to Denys’ pitcher list:
Young, Santana, Wilson, Masterson, Kennedy, Gio, & then Davis?
whoa!!…watch out for Young…tightness in his shoulder….next start pushed back.
Oh how I hate Mr. Softy. Only I can manage to draft a guy last year supposedly entering his prime after back2back strong seasons only to have him lay an egg, and then to miss out on picking him this year by a few spots and have him have a big comeback year.
He already has as many dingers as my whole team combined.
Two Questions:
1. I’m currently suffering the effects of Alexei’s “cold” start. Hardy is an intriguing FA, go for it?
2. Dump Cueto for any of your guys? Young, C.J., Kennedy, Gio GoGo and Latos all available.
Just traded Dexter Fowler and Valverde for the Dread Pirate. “Only” have 4 other closers now, and an outfield of Werth, Dunn (OBP league!), Quentin, McCutchen, R. Davis. Very excited about this.
All I remember from the draft is Grey’s “voice” in my head saying “if there are 3 closers left in the last three rounds, I’m taking all of them”.
Nice list, but Chris Young is having shoulder pain and has been shut down for at least one start, with more possible.
If you’re looking at a pick up, know what you are getting yourself into. Off season shoulder surgery and residual pain after his first start of <90 pitches is not a good sign for a full season of health.
Welp, boring or not, if A-Jackson can keep getting me runs and steals he’s more than welcome.
I just dropped Snider in one of my leagues for Masterson. He has been a guy that hits for low average and strikes out a lot in the past, and he’s continuing the trend into this season. It’s one thing to judge players on the first few days of the season, but it’s another to judge them on continuing bad trends.
I am keeping him (for now) on the bench in my deeper 18 league team, though.
@The Dude:
If you were worried about the cold start, why draft Alexei. that’s what he do.
@Wiley: Lose him.
@Quintero: Ha
@timSTi: Go for it.
@3fingersbrown: Ha!
@Adam: Depends what you need.
@Rabbit: Hold and hold.
@Smell The Glove: I like him but you mention the issue. Needs every day time.
@aconstipatedmonkey: Taking the over. Deity of choice, please let it be the over.
@Howard: 3 Ks and a homer maybe.
@Jobu’s Rum: Yup
@GTS: Thanks for the heads up!
@Smell The Glove: Yup
@Bill Lumbergh: Right in front of Gio.
@Back to Minors: Yeah, ugh.
@papasmurf: Ha!
@The Dude: Sure and no.
@Nathan: Nice!
***FYI, I updated the post. If Young has shoulder pain already, it’s not someone to buy. Carry on.
Yeah I just dumped Young for Matusz, who was inexplicably dumped in my main money league. Two starts next week and huge upside…how fast can one click “submit”?
Chipper, Glaus, Gaby Sanchez? For everyday CI.
Latos, Sheets, Buchholz, Kennedy? For the last 2 rotation spots.
@peter: Gaby… Kennedy and Latos…
@Grey
Oh! By the by, I ended up dumping Bard for Wilson yesterday as per your and Rollie’s advice. I have somewhat of a fetish for solid relievers, which is probably unhealthy in a non-holds league.
So thanks to you and Rollie! Hopefully it works out and Paps doesn’t break down.
Pick up Placido? Robert’s back is all wonky again after a slide into second today. Would love to hold onto Alcides, but..well I don’t need JJ and Alcides, do I now?
@Grey:
Couldn’t he have had shoulder pain before blanking the Dbacks? Heh.
Curse you Alex Gonzalez! It’s a Razzball league – I didn’t draft this kind of production.
@Grey:
Ian Kennedy or Masterson?
some solid 2-start matchups for next week:
Johnny Cueto: @FLA (Nolasco), @PIT (Duke)
Ian Kennedy: @LAD (Kershaw), @SD (Young)
Barry Zito: PIT (Ohlendorf), @LAD (Kershaw)
@matthole:
That Cueto matchup looks good.
Don’t know about Kennedy against the Dodgers…
@Eddy:
When in doubt, I always want the NL West guy over an AL SP.
@Eddy:
Then again, if Kershaw is gonna walk 6 guys again (Groan), and Young’s shoulder is barking, that could be 2 wins!
What is up with weather in SanFran and Tampa? Beuhler??
@BSA:
Weather in San Fran looks gorgeous on TV?
@Lava: Cool
@Adam: Nope
@Elijah: Hehe
@Steve: Ha!
@Eddy: Agree with Elijah.
@matthole: Cueto and Kennedy
@BSA: What do you mean?
Sanchez starts the season with a BB, color me shocked.
@Eddy: pitcher friendly park
@Elijah:
Yea I was leaning Kennedy. But man, how I HATE having two SP in the same game (I own Kershaw too).
10 team roto, traditional stats. Taking your Masterson>Oswalt tip and running with it. I have Os–and Masterson is on the wire. Thinking of offering a trade of Os + donkeycorn for a OF. Then grabbing Masterson. What level OF do you think I could get from someone desperate for SP?
Or should I not risk letting Masterson sit out there too long and just dump Morales and pick him up now? I’m a closer hoarder.
And cmon Filthy Sanchez, I can all ready see you choosing which whip with which to whip me with on the tying post!
Trying saying “which whip with which to whip”" 5 times fast
@Eddy:
Same here (Kershaw and Kennedy), but you can’t use that as a deal breaker, I wouldn’t at least.
@Eddy:
Theres a K for us.
Hmm speaking of having the same pitchers, I got Sanchez on my HtH team and Hudson on my RCL team.
Tejada!
Off topic but if there’s a sports event that looks better in HD than The Masters, I’d like to see it.
@Steve:
It looks like one of those Japanese Gardens, gorgeous.
@Grey: assuming I want to drop one of the napanetta tandem (napoli/ianetta), do you recommend hanging on to one over the other? could also drop someone like fowler, but cant justify carrying 3 catchers, ever if two of them barely = 1.
@Kazmere: Try for Pence.
@Steve: Can’t watch golf, seems stupid.
@herschel: I’d go with Iannetta.
Filthy Sanchez!
@Elijah:
Whew!
Man, I have a feeling that with Kershaw and Sanchez, a lot of their starts I’m gonna turn blue from how much Im gonna be holding my breath!
@Grey: @Elijah: Sorry, multitasking getting dinner together and keeping up with basball. Confused PP for PPD! Ugh – hate when that happens.
@Eddy:
Beats boring!
The Chris Young “Buy” mysterious deletion conspiracy. Dude, you are on it. However, I was this close to picking him up 2 hours ago…
Chris Young will miss his scheduled start Monday with right shoulder tightness.
After his strong outing Tuesday, we suggested owners enjoy it while it lasted. But who knew that this was coming already? The Padres will move Kevin Correia up in the rotation to face the Braves on Monday. With an off day Tuesday, a fifth starter won’t be needed again until April 18. If Young isn’t ready then, either Tim Stauffer or Sean Gallagher will get the call.
@cubspunk: Yeah, his news broke right after I posted the Buy/Sell. Sorry for any confusion. I’d add in an update into the post but this is Razzball not the New York Times.
@Grey: Bah! Apropos of nothing at all, Smoltz is a fantastic golfer.
@Grey:
Razzball > NY Times
@Grey: if theriots still cold after the weekend do you consider him a SS thats too valuable to dump for the current hot hitting SS like a renteria, ocab, etc …cut, bench, start? thx
JHEY CANT HANDLE THE FILTHINESS!
4 K’s ching ching ching. I got Sanchez on every single non RCL team (Big surprise someone took him early there)
I get the feeling the Rockies will have some trouble vs LHP.
@Steve: You know what’s more boring than watching golf, playing it.
@Elijah: Probably for fantasy baseball.
@matthole: I could see cutting him but not for any SS you mention.
@Eddy: Heyward’s looked lost for 3 days.
DLR kicking a bit of ass right now. 5 K’s and 1 BB through 3.
@Lava: Yeah, him and Sanchez… It’s a good day so far.
@Grey: Wish I would have had Sanchez, but he surprised by how early he went in one league, and since I screwed up on Broxton in the auction league, I couldn’t afford him when he went for $7.
Go Hudson go.
@Grey:
I feel sorry for the managers who traded away their Albert Pujols for Heyward after opening day.
Are you punting Maybin alongside Snider? Just like last year, I figured between the 2 of ‘em I’d get someone serviceable.
@Eddy: Hehe
@jsp2014: I’m not punting Maybin yet.
Did the Braves broadcasters just compare Filthy Sanchez to OLIVER PEREZ?
Ugh.
@Eddy:
Lol. I was glad they bunted so he wouldnt walk the bases loaded.
@Grey: do you list your “Buys” in preferential order? santana>wilson>gio>masterson>kennedy, etc
@matthole: Nope
Grey, would you take an Oswalt for Fowler trade? My team is really light on steals and Masterton is on waivers.
Mini-mini donkey with a couple RBIs! Thought the Padres would have walked him there with 1st base open. I guess they had their lefty/lefty matchup that they wanted.
MMD finally gets a single!
@Elijah:
Sanchez really needs to throw a strike to begin every AB, and not his usual 1-0. They’re already loosening someone up for crying out loud!
@Eddy:
My WHIP is sagging lower by the moment.
@GopherDay: I think you can do better.
@GTS: Toying with them now.
@Elijah:
I’m at 1.68 for the week. You?
Lets go Hudson – fast 3rd with the bottom 3rd.
Holycrap Roberts goes down too. I was concerned about Roberts and Chipper coming in. Knew both would miss potentially significant amounts of time, but it didn’t take long to be realized… I just hope Roberts gets DL’ed quick so at least I am not wasting two roster spots. Gotta give Roberts points for guts though. Certainly wasn’t afraid to try stealing, iffy back and all.
My attempt to 3 peat is off to a bad start. The team is hitting barely .200 with a .270 OBP so far. Going with Getz and Rolen now. Yikes.
@Elijah: I know, I know – it’s terrible – my draft plan was foiled by other foolish owners, one drafted both Rollins and Elvis (Elvis has been on the bench all season), another drafted Asdrubal and EverCab (again EverCab hasn’t sniffed the starting lineup). In need of speed at the SS spot I grabbed Alexei late, which seemed like the best course of action at the time…
I should really start sending trade offers to these jokers, but they’re both stubborn with their foolishness and I don’t have much hope of buying cheap.
@Eddy: @Elijah: http://razzball.com/fantasy-baseball-terms/#Whipper_Crapper
somebody probably already said this but “HEY TRAVIS SNIDER GOT A HIT!”
DLR’s nasty! 95 mph heat alternating with an 86 mph change.
@papasmurf: Yikes indeed. Chipper’s unfortunately the type to not get DL’d, just sits out.
@Tony: Ha!
@Grey:
Ha! I think I should rename my team The Whipper Crappers!
Don’t forget to throw Kershaw in there too.
Well, I’m off to see the Marlins home opener. Here’s to MMD and Filthy Sanchez doing amazing for the remainders of their games!
@Grey:Same League…It counts Ks against hitters, so it will hurt MMD’s value. But would you take McCann for MMD and Oswalt? (The guy’s got Mauer also) McCann would replace Napoli and his non-existant at bats.
MMD is my CI right now, and I would replace him with Nick Swisher…That would allow me to pick up Masterton, and dump Napoli for another pitcher or a HLDS guy.
@Eddy:
On that team…1.78. At least its HtH.
@papasmurf:
I was so worried about Roberts I took Pedroia, and he gets on my nerves.
Is Razzball on twitter? Because somehow Snider must have been reading the word on him out of Razzball nation. 2/3 with a RBI
@Grey: I was offered C. Pena for my J. Santana. I am going to counter offer and ask for Fielder. I have Lince, Nolasco, De La Rosa, Price. Already have Tex at 1st, so Fielder would take a Util spot. Is it worth giving up Santana for Fielder?
@BSA: and he’s standing on third waiting for the continued implosion of Mike Gonzalez…
Gonzalez–another blown save. THANKS GREY! I benched him with your advice.
Sanchez line looks just like Kershaws! Hurrah.
damn, i thought MMD had another HR there for a second, just got caught in the wind a little bit.
WOW – Was that a fast dump on the mound – cruisin’ right into a brick wall.
@Eddy: Yeah, damn Kershaw.
@GopherDay: I’d take McCann.
@Robert: Sure
@Kazmere: No problem.
@Elijah: Yeah, Sanchez had some tough breaks.
I’ve been Dirty Gonzalez’d! In a points league where blown saves hurt… In the lineup for the 1st blown save…. on the bench for the converted save… back in the lineup for today’s DG! Enjoy the bus ride to the waiver wire.
Wow. Hudson 36 pitchers through 4. Only 1k though. What’s the opposite of a Whipper Crapper?
12 team, 5 x 5 Roto – Playing 4 Utils and 3 OFs – I have a couple of questions……
Do I bench Snider for Desmond as a Util…… and give him another week to break out of his funk or drop Snider now and pick up one of the following: Willingham, Kotchman, Gaby Sanchez or Kelly Johnson while they are still available? (Other OFs Bay, Granderson, Damon, Fowler and Hamilton) – If so, which one…….?
What do I do with Napoli……..? Molina, Ianetta or Baker are probably the best options.
Thoughts? Thanks
@Mojo the Helper Monkey: Whipper Snapper.
@Euroalien: Give him a couple of days if you can. Molina
@Grey:
On the bright side, Hudson is doing a fine job cleaning up the mess Franklin and Frasor left me on Opening day.
***I’d pick up Jim Johnson if you have room.
@Mojo the Helper Monkey:
2 now!
Sanchez with the early hook. . . too many hits. Gonzalez takes another dump. Gregg pitching the 9th for Toronto.
@Grey:
Is there any word on when Ethier’s expected back?
Sniderman does what he can to make a believer out of you.
@brad:
Id think Gregg is in there mainly because Frasor threw the last 2 games.
Grey, you’re going to pay for giving up on Sniderman
Hudson look as good in person as he does on Fantasycast?
Grey: “Ian Desmond – Owned in 3.7% of ESPN leagues? Seriously? That makes me sad.”
Does that mean 3.7% of ESPN leagues are Razzball leagues?
@Grey: Screw you, BSA!
Austin Jackson over Michael Brantley?
Seem similar but Jackson is at least leading off.
@Grey:
Wait now Jim Johnson? Im on it…Who to drop… Pineiro or CJ Wilson?
@JoeC: Ha, could be.
@Elijah: Pineiro
@BSA:
Hudson making it look really easy.
@Grey:
Great, I needed a 4th closer for RCL, I’m Johnny on the Spot.
@Elijah: @Steve: Different comments but single reply applies – “Like Butta’”, “Water off a duck’s back”, take your pick.
@kwak: Jackson’s fine.
@Elijah: Nice
@Steve: You want him?
@BSA: Must have been a matter of seconds. Hesitated between dropping Zeigler or Barton…
But I have Brantley now, backup OF. Wondering if I should drop him for Jackson or not. Or is it really splitting hairs?
@BSA:
I like how Hudson has no fear throwing it right down the middle when hes got 3 balls…he looks like a guy who’s gonna sport a nice WHIP.
@Steve: Been there…..Felt that pain.
@BSA: Well, the list of guys I’d give up is a fairly short one…
18 up, 18 down for Hudson.
@Elijah: Now for a DP……
Happened before I clicked submit.
Well I’ve enjoyed the afternoon, gotta go!
Steve good luck scoopin’
grey, richard was dumped in my league…should i dump colby lewis or sherrill for him? or just hang tight
thanks,.
@BSA: You need to be very careful about how you use that acronym.
@kwak: Go with Jackson.
@pjtres: Hang tight.
10 team roto, SV, ERA, WHIP. I’ve got
Aardsma
Marmol
FF
Frasor
Morales
and Dirty Gonzalez
Too hasty to drop Gonz for Masterson?
So sayeth Grey, so it is done.
I’m thinkin of sitting Latos tomorrow, at COL is a tough first start. I’m not sure if I’m thinkin crazy because of my newfound JdlR broner.
In H2H, just took over ERA and WHIP thanks to senor rosa, I’ve got k’s locked up, pitching Bailey tonight and Colby Lewis tomorrow, way behind in W’s but ERA and WHIP are very much in the air.
Thoughts?
C’mon Hudson – don’t fail us now…
@Kazmere: Yup
@kwak: Sit him.
@Steve: You jinxing guys again?
Grey Napoli just got dropped in one of my leagues I have Suzuki as my starter should I drop him for Napoli?
MMD hit a HR… too bad it landed on first base.
@Grey: Thanks Grey! Would you drop Napoli for Molina now……….? The other option I have is to drop Thornton to get Molina. Hate to carry two C’s but don’t want to miss out on a change in the Napoli situation…….. What do you think ?
@Mikey boy324: i wouldnt
@Grey: No – just begging pathetically/whining like a baby.
Bench Granderson against Prince ? He sucks against LHP but hes been hitting so far.
@Grey: Giants don’t look the same now they’re not sporting a Merkin.
@Steve:
Bloop single, solid double, 2 ground outs for those two runs, no big deal only the double was well hit.
@Mikey boy324: Eh
@GTS: Ha!
@Euroalien: Don’t carry two catchers.
@Steve: Ha
@SamYo: I wouldn’t.
@Steve: Ha!
@Grey:
Thanks for that heads up on J Johnson btw.
@Grey: Thx for
talking me off the Dirty Ledge, Grey. I just sent you a couple of daquiris via Paypal. Happy weekend!!
@Elijah: No problem.
@Kazmere: Thanks!
Overall, I think you have to be pleased with Sanchez’s 6K:2BB. It’s a good sign for things to come.
@Grey: i ended up pitching DLR (awesome) and benching DIRTY SANCHEZ….. oh yaaaaa (big koolaid guy).
my week is almost set, 4 more innings from Closers OR Haren tomm….
Its all about the STRATEGERY!
Braves announcer just now, “Jerry Rice, as a football player was. . . solid.”
Whoa whoa whoa, let’s not get hyperbolic.
ahhh and snider ended up getting 2 hits HAHAHHA…. i’m betting there’s ALOT of people who are po’d now who just dropped him!
@sean: I am. Some bleeders found their way through. Wasn’t terrible.
@Tony: Nice!
@brad: Ha!
@brad:
Starting to be glad I’m getting the SF feed.
Nappy not in the lineup again… gotta love it.
My team’s pitching stat line this week. H2H… 5 wins 5 saves 61 Ks 1.93 ERA 1.23 Whip
I’ve started Lincecum, Hamels, Greinke, DLR, Ubaldo. Needless to say I’m winning!
Frackin Wagner.
back just in time for Wagner’s gaff. I cannot buy a win this week.
FHer, Wilson, or Peavy – c’mon!?
Steve does that make Wagner the Wanker?
Never thought I’d get a Jackie Chiles shoutout in a fantasy baseball article. BTW, did you have Suzie call Dr. Bison and set up an appointment for Chipper Jones?
Still (very) early, but Price is looking good against the Yanks so far. Glad I decided to roll with him.
@BSA: @Elijah: I own Wagner is a couple of leagues. But the worst part about watching him blow the save is having to listen to the Giants announcers (Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow) even longer.
@peter:
Well I desperately needed that W, I’ve gpt 1 on the week, miserable.
@peter:
And Id change the channel but might have to see Golf coverage.
Soto on the bench 2 days in a row? Sopali?
who is wagners handcuff?
@herschel: Saito, I would think.
dammit wagner!
@GTS: the anouncers were just talking about the cubs winning percentage with hill catching being so much better than soto
BRUCE ALERT,he got robbed by lee on a hard hit ball,we need him to get rolling
Giants and Rockies and Dbacks all playing good ball. My gut is telling me LA is a middle of the pack team this year, not enough pitching.
David Price seems to be cruising over the Yanks. I should’ve started him over Dirty Sanchez. UGH.
@James: 3 innings of no-hit, 4 Ks… so far, so good.
@Awesomus Maximus:
Whoever was afraid to draft Price because of the AL East already having 2nd thoughts.
Huh… why is Price being charged with 2 ER when A-Rod scored on a throwing error (smooth move, Navarro)?
@James: @Elijah: give price another inning or two before you deem him “gold for 2010″…..
i’m loving Ryan Howards start so far…. 7/16 for a slow starter, AWESOME
@Tony: My offense looks phenom today as well – 0 for 10. Geez!
@Grey: HAPP with 3 runs of support so far LOL, go HAPP! now just dont give 7 back….
PENCE WITH A HIT!
@Tony: infield hit LOL, eff
@Tony: Seriously… Ryan Howard is KILLING IT!
@Tony: I agree, but Price is looking very good. He’s consistently driving his fastball in on the hands of righties… plenty of broken bats.
Vasquez, on the other hand, looks the same as the last time I saw him in a Yankees’ uniform. :-\
Anybody else think Napoli could have injury issues? He couldn’t have lost the job during ST, he was crushing it and I read an article about his improving D…
I’m not sure if it would be good news or bad news, but it’d be nice to have some explanation
@Adam: I’ve stopped looking for an explanation… went with Clement in one league, traded for McCann in the other where I had Napoli. Headache over.
@Adam: I’m a lifelong passionate Angels fan (and non-Napoli owner). I think the answer is very simple — Scioscia values defense at catcher, and he thinks there’s a big difference between Mathis and Napoli there. So, he’s willing to take the offensive suckitude of Mathis. If Napoli is going to hit his 20 HR’s, he’s going to have to do it with his 400ish or fewer AB’s.
masterson, wilson, penny, oswalt
categories: w, l, s, hld, k, gidp, era, whip
please rank in order of preference…i own oswalt, the rest are on the waiver wire…would you dump oswalt for any of them?
@Bob: Any reason to hope for extra ABs out of the DH slot? Matsui had a solid season last year but he’s far from a stud there, and I heard they’re carrying 3 Cs so it seems reasonable
Correia, Marcum, Masterson, Kennedy and R. Romero all on waivers in a 12 teamer….should I dump Masset, Fowler, Saito or Bard in a holds league for any?
Also, just saw the great FraGu was dropped, I could lose Fowler for him…
@Adam: SP is currently Nolasco, Verlander, Lester, Slowey, Dempster and Hughes
@BSA: As I own him on a team, that pretty much qualifies him, yes.
Mike Gonzalez made it easy for me to drop him in my 10 team league- where there are three or four other closers on the wire- so I could free up Reyes from the DL.
@Tony: You putting in a bid for Jim Johnson since I cut him lose last night for Swisher? I was right in fortelling his demise but couldn’t wait another day. Doh!
With what Homer Bailey showed today, should I return him without a receipt and see if I can get an exchange for the Brad Penny or Colby Lewis I’ve had on layaway?
@Calogero: and bud norris
Dont mock…the Rodrigo.
Are we still cutting Travis Snider loose after he had himself a bit of a game today?
@paulzone: Nope
@Adam: I’d lose Masset for Kennedy.
@Calogero: I’d give him another start.
@BeanyBill: Depends if you need power and your other options. Batting eighth or ninth and striking out for days at a time isn’t great. Think he might be a year away from real production.
@BeanyBill: Against a lefty starter AND closer, which had been his bugaboo.
@Grey: Not sure I follow. You wrote, “Masterson will be better than Oswalt this year.”
But when paulzone asked, “Would you dump Oswalt for [Masterson]” you answered, “Nope”. Are you saying “Nope” to the “dump” part (meaning try to trade him instead of dumping)? Just looking for clarification, since I own Oswalt in one league.
Geeez. My HtH team is a troupe of berserk monsters.
@Grey: Bailey kills me because I think he’s got a pretty good D behind him and he just Kershaws around the strike zone all day. If my add/drop privileges hadn’t been suspended because I haven’t paid the fee yet, I’d have sent Homer on his own kind of Odyssey
@Awesomus Maximus: Yeah, why would you dump Oswalt? Someone will give you something for him.
@Calogero: Ha
Why does James Loney hate me and refuse to let me get a goddamn save this week?
Still wondering why Price is charged with 3 earned runs when A-Rod scored on a throwing error (Navarro launched the ball into an empty left field). Anyone see something I’m missing?
Why are the cubs benching soto?
Kotchman! He loves being a Buy!
Elsewhere, thoughts on Francoeur? Just grabbed him for a Util spot.
@Martin: So, Koyie can go 0-3 and really put pressure on him to get hitting.
@Steve: I have the same question.
@Martin: Because catching is hard and catchers generally sit once every 5 or 6 games. Joe Mauer sat out today too, so don’t get too worked up.
Mini Donkeys are stubborn.
Wham Dinger Chirs Young.
Just came back from the Marlins game where Renyel pinto came in a took a shit all over us. I still don’t know why we own him. It’s the first times I heard Marlins fans boo one of our players….and this was BEFORE he came out to pitch!
In other news, Cameron Maybin has Miley Cyrus as his song when he comes up to bat. If that’s not enough to drop him for those still holding on, idk what is.
@Grey:
I’m .40 ahead in ERA, should I start Kenshin Kawakami tomorrow?
@Elijah: I’m feeling pretty good about my dynasty league trade: Rauch for Young and the guys first round 2010 College draft.
@Eddy: Oh gosh!!! Miley Cyrus??? maybin is a disgrace to the Male gender!!! Get that man some Jonas Bros!!! Wait……That will only make it worse!
Grey, who’s more valuable in a 14 team H2H keeper league? (OPS is a cat, btw)
FraGu or Maybin?
@GopherDay:
Might as well throw in some High School Music in there
Real men listen to Justin Bieber. How awesome would it be hear One Less Lonely Girl blasting throughout the stadium as you come up to bat?
@Eddy: And Justin Bieber….I saw this fanpage on facebook. They are hilarious! “People should stop making fun of Justin Bieber. It really hurts her feelings” or “That girl has a really pretty voice….oh wait, thats Justin Bieber” The same could be said of Billy Butler and his moobs!
@GopherDay: Wow!! Look at her rack!!!…Oh wait, thats just Billy Butler!!
@GopherDay:
I’m a fan of the “stop making fun of her” page! Ha! And you should definitely start the Butler one, I’ll be the first to join.
@Eddy: Hahahahaha!!!! That would be hilarious! I don’t think some of my friends would appreciate the humor in that group like y’all would.
Should I feel dirty since I googled Billy Butler looking for man boobs?
So Jay bruce has a .067 average for me with not one bit of contribution in any category (which includes walks)
He can enjoy the weekend on the bench. Rajai Davis is gonna take his spot.
@Eddy: Here you go!!!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wow-look-at-her-rackOh-wait-thats-Billy-Butler/104147352959966?ref=search&sid=1137842448.1482119012..1
And you know what is really scary? If you google “Billy Butler Moobs” Razzball is the first link. Oh dear!
hey grey…seeing as how colby lewis had a decent start (albeit against the mariners), i guess i shouldnt dump him for c. richard…
so i know i asked before, but didnt know if anything had changed after all their starts…
would you drop pierre/sherrill/reimold/lewis for richard?
thanks.
Any good pictures for the profile picture??
In other news, Blanks (my Reimold replacement) is now 0 for 10 (0/0/0/0, 6Ks, 0BBs) since his opening day dinger, while Reimold has gone 1 for 10 (1/1/2/0, 2Ks, 2BBs) in the last three days. Time to switch back?
I understand that Reimold isn’t setting the baseball world ablaze, but I feel like he’s on the upswing and could be moving into (if he’s not already in) a full-time role, whether in the field, at DH or splitting time between… and his upside is far better than Blanks’.
@Steve: re: Frenchy – Sure, I’d put his ceiling around the same as Ludwick.
@Eddy: re: Cyrus song — That’s hilarious. re: Kawakami – Eh
@Awesomus Maximus: I missed the Price performance, sorry.
@poop: FraGu
@Dumbmutt: Ha!
@GopherDay: Ha!
@pjtres: I’d hold tight.
@Awesomus Maximus: Yeah, I could see going back to Reimold.
http://www.rotoprofessor.com/baseball/pictures/BButler.jpg
Try this one. Not the greatest, but it slightly shows off some moob action
Who should I expect to give up for Slowey?
J. Santana
Billingsley
C. Hamels
J Del La Rosa
E Santana
Latos
S Baker
and where was the 2010 Tier, only saw the 2009 tier?
You da man!
@Grey:
Grey, why no love for Masset? He gave up the grand slam the other day, but his numbers from last season are the type that you generally love. 1.026 WHIP, 2.37 ERA, 70 Ks in 76 innings. Those K numbers are Marmolesque. I realize he’s not gonna take the closer job from Cordero but as far as MRs go, he’s about as solid as it gets, right?
@GopherDay:
That is friggin hilarious.
@Terrence Mann: I thought the same thing…imploded on Opening day on me. Dropped, may pick up later though…
Damn you Rajai Davis you sonavabench.
@GopherDay:
I assume Grey’s reasoning is a combo of not having a shot at the closer job, pitching in a hitters park, facing Braun/Fielder and Pujols/Holliday (plus Wrigley) a lot. Beyond that, I don’t see why Grey no likey. Rudy likes him.
@Terrence Mann: I mean, he’s a MR with good peripherals. He is what he is. I mean, no one would pick up Rauch because he had ‘no chance’ of getting the closer gig. Closers are a strange beast indeed.
Diggin’ the Longoria New Era commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTLQBOlgkTg
@GopherDay:
Prolly should point out that I’m in a holds league. I have a couple solid closers (Cordero, Marmol) but some guys in the league stocked up and have four or five. To counter that, I picked up Masset, Bard, Coffey, and Rodriguez (deep league). Holds are worth the same as saves, right? They all have solid peripherals.
Soriano or Rasmus?
@preptime: I’m enjoying owning Rasmus… especially considering the bats around him.
@Terrence Mann: I assume Joba, Guerrier and Thornton are gone.
How about Hawkins, he is looking pretty solid.
I am looking to unload one of those top three (as a deal sweetener and pick up Massett myself. So him giving up a GS day one is my favour right now the way I look at it.
@Awesomus Maximus: The same cannot be said about Soriano, thanks for the input.
@Terrence Mann: I’m in a holds league as well. I missed the draft, so it was auto-picked for me and I got one closer: Fuentes….Blech! But I picked up Perez and Morales, so now I have three closers. But since I missed the draft, all the great MRs were taken (Bard, Thorton, Guerrier, etc.) So I am just picking MRs that give me good periphials but might get a closing gig…Mike Adams. Closers have a lot more trade value than MRs!
@BKK:
All gone. Joba fan but he scared me with his crap spring (I know, I know). Not as big a fan of Hawkins. Last year looks like an abberation. He’s a donkeyholder, IMO. Still solid…but I imagine Joba and Thornton will have the trade value.
@GopherDay:
Agreed on the trade value…but don’t know if it should be that way. It’s pretty hard to be real strong in both holds and saves. How can you carry enough pitchers to do that? I like my current set up. I didn’t overspend on closers but can keep other guys honest. Everybody spent on closers, so I go the other way and fill my roster with MRs. League is H2H, which kinda takes some of the strategy out of it. Roto is much more interesting with both categories.
Sansburg…nice!…Pence way to check in tonight buddy…Run for the Roses looked real solid…I can’t even stomach rostering Vernon long enough to try an trade him!
@Terrence Mann: Well my league is a ROTO league, so it is difficult. I’m finding it really hard because we don’t have a deep bench. (Five players) So I have enough space for 3 closers and 1 holds guy right now.
But I just pulled off a trade for McCann (its listed above) which will leave me with two open slots, so I’ll pick up Masterton and then a Holds guy.
I haven’t really read much about it, but the strategy of punting saves in a holds league seems pretty interesting. I’m wondering if I could trade my closers for offense help and then just fill my RP slots with MR and try to win holds. Is 12 points of holds better than fighting for points in both…I don’t know.
@GopherDay:
The other thing to consider is that holds aren’t as easy to count on. Boston has Bard and Okajima, for example. Depending on R/L matchups late in the game, they go to whoever makes sense.
I have no clue what a good strategy for roto holds and saves is. Get the best value and work the wire is the best I can come up with, especially with shallow rosters. It would almost be tempting to stream holds guys but other teams would snatch up anyone that got hot. Gotta really stretch your roster thin in your type of league, which makes it more interesting.
it took me until today to get a hit from pence. when can i expect 1 from teixeira?
@GopherDay: I’d try to grab guys who might take over the incumbent closer. Hawkins could get the job as Hoffman is 147 years old. Johnson will likely take the role from Mike Gonzalez, Maybe Ziegler (although Bailey is looking fine).If Saito is available, he is another good candidate. Billy was shaky today.
@BKK:
Rudy likes Gutierrez. Qualls hasn’t looked very good.
http://razzball.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6985
@Terrence Mann: I was just going to point that out. I owned him for a while last year. He was solid.
@kR Express: Tiers are in here:
http://razzball.com/2010-fantasy-baseball-rankings/
Maybe if Ervin has a big game next time out you can flip him for Slowey. Right now, you’d have to give up Baker or de la Rosa.
@I Am The Liquor: Always so weird to see baseball players outside their uniforms.
@Terrence Mann: Never said I didn’t like him. I just like him the least out of the other names.
@Tom Reale: Thanks!
R, RBI, HR, SB, AVG, OPS League
Who should I have for my SS slot, JJ Hardy, Miguel Tejada, or Ian Desmond?
Also, Renteria and O-Cab are out there? Who do I pick-up?
Hardy over Andrus?
Why do you only use espn ownership % numbers? It seems yahoo ownership % are way more spot on, you should check it out.
HAPP WITH THE WIN GREY! HAHA 5 K’s 2 BB’s not a good whip tho 1.60. But i will take it, you have to admit with that offense he’s gonna get some wins, whether his pitching is stellar or not…
You guys would give up McLouth for Pence, right?
@anoraxx: For a quick fix, maybe, but I’m holding onto Andrus where I drafted him for the long term.
@Tony: Heheh… I was waiting for this post.
Please rank these pitchers (5×5)
duch, latos, masterson, gio, penny, paulino, pineiro, cueto, hughes, kennedy, wilson, marcum, c.young
sorry for the long list but i know lots are struggling with these decisions right now…
@Spaceman.Spiff: Hardy
@anoraxx: Andrus, but they do do different things.
@DJSatane: I don’t. I only happened to mention those.
@Tony: Hehe
@BeanyBill: Yup
@paulzone: Cueto, Hughes, Kennedy, Masterson, Latos, Penny… After the first two they become toss ups on matchups.
@Grey: I was about to ask about who you liked more between Masterton and Latos. but I see you answered that question already. You da man!!
@Grey: hardy over alexie ramirez?
thanks for the sp rankings…does hudson trump any of those dudes? i’m very tempted with wilson as i had dempster circa 2008. i’ll hang out for a bit tho.
if gaudin stays in the pen, he may be a sneaky SP holds guy…i have medlen now for that role right now…jury’s out.
@Awesomus Maximus:
Well, I drafted Andrus as well but I can see Hardy giving you the best long term value. I didn´t believe in him but he is hitting in the good position unlike Andrus and I can see him continue hitting the way he started.
Not sure who to drop for Masterson. Wade Davis or Gio?
(NO ERA WHIP) W L K GIDP TB
I need to set my lineups before noon today cause I won’t be around. I wonder what you guys think is the better play today.
Hawpe vs Latos in COL
or
Swisher vs Wade Davis in TB
@paulzone: Sure and Hudson trumps all but Cueto and Hughes, but he could trump them pretty easily.
@Dumbmutt: Neither, Masterson’s not going to be good for Wins or Losses and Gio could beat him in Ks.
@BKK: Hawpe
@Dumbmutt: no ERA or whip??? What the heck? That devalue’s pitchers!
Grey, do you start Latos in Coors?
@anoraxx: I’m not in roto leagues.
Thanks Grey good I asked. I think the GIDP sorta made me look at Masterson.
@GopherDay: 20 team ROTO it’s really an accumulation of stats. Last 2 teams get cut not sure how often though. Those teams players get added to the wire. Sounded fun.
(GP) (R) (H) (HR) (RBI) (SB) (BB) (TB)
(IP) (W) (L) (SV) (K) (GIDP) (HLD) (TB)
Here is the Commish on NO ERA WHIP AVG
“When teams are struggling to stay out of last to avoid the chopping block, those three standard measures of fantasy baseball are too hard to move because they are statistical averages. By only having accumulative stats, teams can work their lineups to just pack on pure stats to get standings points to stay out of last place. one just can’t move averages in such a short period of time to make any type of difference.”
@Grey: I’m slightly intrigued by Krispie Young’s hot start. The team w/ him has too many OFs and not enough closers.
Worth offering Frasor or Rauch for him? Or Dotel?
I got offered Jay Bruce for Chris Perez. I have 6…count em 6 closers and one bench hitter here is my staff:
SP Hamels SP Jimenez RP F-Rod RP Valverde P Ryan Franklin P Matt Lindstrom P Chris Perez BN Nolasco BN Gavin Floyd BN Slowey BN Dirty Sanchez BN Cueto BN Morales
@Baron Von Vulturewins: I’d offer Frasor for him. Or Rauch, in that order.
@Chicago Mike: I’d want Bruce.
Word from Boston is that Tek is catching today and with Victor’s #s against Greinke he will probably bat DH – slim possibility of VMart giong to first. Papi may get a day off to “cool down” after his ejection last night.
Grey, Do I drop any of my guys for Gio, Masterson or Hocheaver? Not sure if any of those guys help me.
Here are my SP Verlander, Lester, Hammels, Oswalt, Cueto, Slowey, C Young, Dirty Sanchez, and Buchholz.
@BSA: Thanks for the heads up!
@Carl Spackler: Hold tight for now.
For those of you tracking DiceK he is pitching the day game in Pawtucket.
Last night was tough on the team as my bats (should be pretty good for average) can’t seem to touch the ball, AS A WHOLE TEAM. The downside of this game of averages – come on upside.
Hey Grey i need some suggestions
What is your feeling about mike napoli – doesnt seem like hes going to get allot ab’s
I was thinking about trading mike gonzalez whos prob going to lose his role as a closer for rod barajas who seems like he will be getting at least a good 5 days a week
Thoughts?
@Tom: Eh, not crazy about the trade.
Giving up on Napoli, should I pick up Clement, Barajas, or Iannetta?
@Grey: So in a dynasty league, you would approve for a Rauch trade for CBY?
@Grey: Does catcher talk top your list of “ugh – not again”? As someone trying to employ the “catchers are like scabs” I have taken notice of a lot of catching questions.
@anoraxx: What it comes down to for me is, I drafted Andrus over Hardy. Five games worth of stats isn’t enough for me to flip-flop on that decision.
Sounds like you’re sold on Hardy and you’re looking for someone to agree with you… I ain’t that guy. In fact, I just picked up a dropped Andrus in one of my leagues. He’s at a “buy low” point, IMO (which would also make him a “don’t sell”). Hardy is at a “sell high”, which is exactly what I’m trying to do in the one league where I own him.
Also, like Grey wrote, they do different things. Andrus won’t hit for power, Hardy won’t deliver speed. If your squad has one of those specific needs, easy choice. If you’re just looking for a vacuum pick, well, you have my (and Grey’s) opinion. And if you’re actually truly torn between the two, own them both.
@Tom: I wouldn’t put Gonzalez in the “probably going to lose the closer role” category. Not because he’s doing well, but because he doesn’t have a Thornton/Saito/Downs type guy behind him. I might go with a “possibly could lose the closer role if he keeps this up”… but either way, I wouldn’t trade him for Barajas. Gonzalez’ stock isn’t going to get much lower… Barajas’ stock is sure to plummet.
@metsfan: Given those options, I’d hold at this point. LAA is going to have to inject some offense into that line-up. I am betting he starts today. Clement is intriquing but I wouldn’t drop Napoli for him yet. If you want to grab him for insurance that is something to consider until the Napoli thing sorts itself out.
@Awesomus Maximus: I agree with you too. I own Andrus and I am not about to give up on a 10th round pick for a guy who went undrafted. But maybe Hardy is this years Aaron hill.
FYI, Jorge Posada will not play on Saturday against the Rays, according to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch.
@GopherDay: Take Billy Butler’s man boobs and Lincecum’s face and hair, and you have one, really ugly chick.
@BKK: For sure… Hardy could be something special this year, I’m just not sold yet. That being said, I’m not dropping him in the one league where I picked him up to fill in for Reyes. Speaking of which…
Would like to get Reyes into today’s lineup and I don’t want to drop Hardy. Who’s the easier drop, Madson or Morales?
@Grey:
I need a spot start pitcher for tomorrow. I’m skipping over Braden and Snell because the Angels and the Rangers aren’t exactly Seattle and Oakland.
With that said, my best choices are:
Charlie Haeger vs. Florida
Tom Gorzelanny vs. Cincinnati
Joe Saunders vs. Oakland
Jake Westbrook vs Detroit
Zach Duke vs Arizona
Where do you go?
ETA on Carlos Santana? Buster Posey?
@Adam: Sorry it took me so long to get back. Yes, Scioscia has announced that Napoli will get some AB’s at DH, now that Vlad is gone and Matsui is going to play OF some. Bottom line, if you can stand not seeing Napoli in your line-up quite often, I still believe that 20 HR’s is a good possibility. I’d bet the over. It’s just frustrating as a fantasy player to watch a guy with so much offensive firepower spend so much time on the bench.
Grey, would you suggest a Hunter Pence buy low?
@Awesomus Maximus: Your only choices? I would like to say neither, but if you are sold on doing that, I would say Madson as Lidge is now re-habbing in the minors and should be back 3rd week of April. I would try and unload him in a 2 for 1 deal and upgrade somewhere freeing up a roster spot that way.
The way the Sox are handling Papi reminds me of when the government tried to keep it on the DL that FDR was in a wheelchair. Everyone can see the guy crumbling, but they’re going to give him a day off to “cool down” as opposed to protecting him from embarrassing himself against Greinke.
Rasmus has 7BB:3K. Very encouraging that he’s going to take a step forward.
@Eddy: Wow, you like Russian Roulette?
Grey,
What side do you like in a head to head league:
Micheal Young
Hawpe
Shields
for
Aramis Ramirez
Josh Johnson
Dunno if it’s been posted here but Reyes back in the lineup today.
@Eddy: Except you have 5 chambers full and one empty.
@BKK: These are the options of who to drop:
James Shields
Jered Weaver
Scott Baker
Kevin Slowey
Max Scherzer
Mat Latos
Franklin Morales
Ryan Madson
Matt Lindstrom
Carlos Marmol
Jon Rauch
Matt Capps
I suppose Latos could go, but I’d be losing his start for today (maybe not a bad thing, considering he’s on tap at Coors).
@Suck My Wieters: Johnson side for me.
@Awesomus Maximus: I wait to see how he pitches tonight maybe, but I think I would drop Latos if it were me. He is going to be limited in innings and there are usually, Masterson’s, willson’s, kennedy’s, Gio’s etc, etc, etc to pick up when and if you have need.
And or when the time is right and guys are craving for saves upgrade your starting staff with using ABtC and your sorry @$$ bunch of closers.
My thoughts FWIW.
@BKK: Was hoping for that answer!
chris b. young or pierre as your last OF/Util spot? it is head to head and pierre is my main source of speed (although reyes coming back should help that).
@nick m.: Chris B!
@Suck My Wieters: Johnson > Shields and Aramis > Young and Hawpe is easily replaced.
@BKK: Waiting to see how he pitches tonight wasn’t an option. I needed to drop someone before the start of the first game (1:05) to get Reyes in my lineup for today. I ended up dropping Madson, though I do appreciate your input.
I’ve got Hardy, Reyes and Hanley in that league, as well as McCann and Wieters. I currently have close to a dozen trade offers out to move the SS and/or C surplus (all of which have me getting fewer players than I’m giving). If any of those pan out, or if Latos busts tonight, I’ll try to grab Madson again. If I lose him, no biggie… Lidge is coming back pretty soon anyway.
@BKK:
Tell me about it. But having a 4.74 ERA (and still winning there) and a 1.70 WHIP can make you do crazy things. On top of that I’m up by 7 Ks and he has Zambrano and Gallardo today, and Burnett and Oswalt tomorrow. AND I’m only up 5-4.
So I’m just trying to throw as many pitchers as I can. I have Kawakami today, and Buchholz tomorrow, as well as one of the guys I mentioned.
So that’s my 3 sub pitchers against his 4 pitchers over the course of today and tomorrow that I have to defend my Ks.
That’s my unfortunate situation right now
@Awesomus Maximus: Because the runner on base (A-Rod) was an “earned” runner, meaning that he got on base because of the pitcher’s action (a hit, a base on balls or a hit by pitch). If the runner had got on base through an error, then the run would have been unearned.
@Grey:
5 x 5, 12 team, weekly changes. who to start as 5th starter next week?
s. baker vs kc
j. sanchez vs pitt
g. gonzalez @ sea
weird that i like gonzalez?
Who has the best chance of starting tonight, Reimold or Sean-Rod? I could pop Snider into my UTIL slot and be safe, but Snider’s a bum.
@JoeC: Yeah, he was an “earned” runner, but he advanced a base due to an error. I found this:
“A run is counted as unearned when a batter or runner advances one or more bases on an error or passed ball and scores on a play that would otherwise not have provided the opportunity to score.”
Take away the throwing error and A-Rod is at third. Cano grounds out, Posada pops out, inning is over… A-Rod was never “provided the opportunity to score” without the error. I’m not saying you’re wrong, it just seems that A-Rod’s run falls within the above rule for being unearned.
Hey Grey, I have Escobar as my SS, but Desmond, E. Cab and Scutaro are still available. Any reason I should switch to one of these gents?
@yankees2010: I’m clearly not Grey, but I would think that if you need speed, stay put, if you need AVG/HR/RBI, grab Desmond.
Just a thought: Ian Desmond can hit but his glove is scary bad. He’s like Hector Comacho with the hands of stone. I hope it doesn’t take away his playing time.
@3fingersbrown: I don’t think Desmond’s much worse than Guzman, though, if at all worse, and Desmond’s more likely to get better than Guzman is. I’m pretty sure that Guzman’s been sub-par for years. So if they did use Desmond’s defense to justify benching him, they would be making a mistake.
Jay Bruce is killing me! Worth dropping for the resurgent Magglio?
I could use another MI, while Roberts looks likely out. Who’s the best of this group for a guy in slight need of BA, Steals, and Runs? Brendan Ryan, Pennington, Iwamura, Ellis, or Getz?
@Awesomus Maximus: Correct. The official scorer must determine whether the runner would have scored before the third out if not for the error.
@Joe: I’d hold tight with Bruce. He keeps lining out, which says to me that he’s getting unlucky. His BABIP is .083, with a LD% over 25. Ordonez, on the other hand, has a BABIP over .500. That’s not likely to continue.
@Joe: Unless you happen to be in my RCL, in which case I’d say you should probably drop him.
Marmol strikes out the side in the ninth on 13 pitches. NASTY.
which would you drop as a UTIL player: Evercab, Fowler, Laporta
@charlie batch: Also, would you rather own Ryan Franklin or Mike Gonzalez at this point?
Any info on why Zimmerman left the game?
@anoraxx: Hamstring, says announcers. No idea how bad.
Any thoughts on my 5th SP for next week? Options are:
D. Price @ BAL
J. Sanchez vs. PIT @home
Gio Gonzalez @ SEA
Right now I’m leaning Price, but I could definitely be persuaded otherwise.
@charlie batch: I’d drop Everth- if you are looking for SB and R, seems more likely Fowler will get em for you. Might want to see if you can swap Everth for some other piece from someone in your league that’s rocking something similar to my SS 2B/SS combo of Theriot and Furcal.
And I’d rather own Franklin at this point.
@charlie batch: Totally depends on what your MI and OF situations are like… Although they are relatively interchangeable players listed, your needs could be greater at one spot compared to the other.
@ScoutAbout: I concur… those other starts look like attractive streams, but if you have Price BAL is going to be one of his less threatening opponents, being in the AL East and all.
They all rotate in my UTIL position and I want to pick up ian kennedy, so I want to drop one for them: I guess I could use more power on this team, and youre saying Fowler’s the better of him and evercab?
@charlie batch: No, no. Who are your 2B/SS/MI and your OF. If I know that, I can let you know what I think your best lineup is…
@anoraxx: Tightness in his hamstring. Apparently it was just precautionary and not serious.
Holy crap – 8/40 last night and 0/14 so far today.
When will my players get on base….?
@sean: 2b: jose lopez, ss: hanley, of: BJ, Lind, Hamilton, UTIL(any 2): Rios, evercab, laporta, austin jackson, Fowler, Kelly johnson
@metsfan: Crap!!!
@ScoutAbout: Having watched Price deal against the Yankees, I would take him in a heartbeat. He was sharp until the 8th and if he was pulled at ~100 pitches (as I think most pitchers should be in their first start of the year), his outing would have looked even better on paper.
That’s Roberto Duran by the way, not Comacho – kids don’t use drugs
@BKK: Well, Reyes went 1 for 4 (0/0/0/0), so hindsight tells me that I didn’t actually NEED to get him in my lineup today. However, I got a save from Marmol, Rauch and Capps each, so that should assuage any grief over letting Madson go. =)
Rasmus goes deep again. I sure am glad I dropped Corey Hart to get him in my lineup at the beginning of this week.
@john: I dropped Fowler for Rasmus the morning of opening day. I love those gut decisions that make you feel like a genius.
@charlie batch: I still say Everth. The only thing that makes me hesitate is that you could use him when FLA isn’t playing but the Padres are, but that doesn’t make up for the fact that Fowler is not on the Padres and not hitting late in the order.
@Awesomus Maximus: Nice. In this case, my gut was Grey, haha, but yes I love those decisions.
@charlie batch: jose lopez, ss: hanley, of: BJ, Lind, Hamilton, UTIL(any 2): Rios, evercab, laporta, austin jackson, Fowler, Kelly johnson
I’d lose Austin Jackson. Other than Rios, all those guys are expendable though. I think Everth gives you something (SBs) that are lacking a bit in this lineup though with 2/3 OF who aren’t going to give you any speed.
Frank2 working on another blown save.
Francisco is going to blow it AGAIN!
and FHer is taken off the hook.
Whoomp there it is… gotta’ hope for the ol’ “blown save FTW!” now. X-P
It’s probably close to official time to pick up Feliz (if you haven’t already).
@sean: Yeah, I was just thinking, “How much longer until Feliz gets a shot?”
I’ve got Kelly Johnson or SeanRod at MI for next week (only 2 bench/DL spots). What would you say to dropping SeanRod for Kevin Correia (hodgepadre w/ 2 Petco starts next week) to start in place of Filthy Sanchez???
Napoli out of the lineup again. Damn son, damn.
Pirates have moved Lastings Milledge to third in the lineup, which they’ll try for at least a while. He also has two steals already. Might be good for your UTIL spot.
Damn it Frank2!! He’s going to lose his job and my saves category will be blown to bits. I have only him and Aardsma in my 18 team league. I knew he’d be trouble and I still took him.
@Awesomus Maximus:
Is Feliz really the next option? If I were managing Id be leery of having a wild rookie as my closer.
About time for another Grey’s closer report. Things change fast this time of year.
Grey, I offered Reynolds, Asdrubal, and Hughes for Youk and Reyes in a OBP and NetSB league but it got rejected. Should I offer a slightly better pitcher (Liriano) and get it done?
How would you rank these guys for this year?
J.Bruce, Coghlan, Rasmus, Krispie, Reimold, C.Hart…currently have the first three and would like to drop Coghlan to take a chance with the Snap, Crackle and Pop of Krispie… hold steady or make the move? (this league is fairly shallow – A.Soriano just dropped, C.Hart sitting there).
Peter Schmuck believes Gonzalez will only pitch in non-pressure situations until he turns around. J. Johnson’s the add.
http://bit.ly/chG1yB
Drop any of these guys for Johnson?
Reimold, C Davis, Evercab, K Johnson(all on bench) or E. Santana?
@I Am The Liquor: I certainly wouldn’t. Are you absolutely strapped for saves?
@BabyBeluga: Rasmus isn’t in the same class as those other ones, and Bruce barely is. Hart’s not even in the conversation… I would drop Coghlan for Soriano, if you can’t have him, I would stick with Coghlan, although Reimold and Krispie are close behind.
zimmerman to miss a couple of games according to cbs:
Washington 3B Ryan Zimmerman left Saturday’s game against the Mets late with a tight left hamstring and was replaced by Willie Harris at third. Zimmerman, who went 0 for 3 in the game, is expected to miss a couple games due to the injury, reports MLB.com.
Zimmerman started the season with four hits in his first 12 at-bats with two RBI and three doubles but has gone 0 for 7 in his last two games and is now going to miss a few in all likelihood. Check his status on Sunday and if it is still prognosticated that he’ll miss time into Week 2 (April 12-18) it will probably be the best decision to keep him inactive for the scoring period in weekly formats. He is normally a must-start Fantasy option at third base.
@BeanyBill: Thanks for the input, I was thinking any of those guys could make me regret that move. Not dying for saves have Rivera, Dotel, Morales, and Feliz (might start getting saves soon), 12 team league.
@Eddy: Dying to know what you did or are going to do. If I had to …hmmm, pull the trigger, I’d probably go Gorzelanny or Duke. Haeger is a knuckleballer, Westbrook is not good right now, Saunders is garbage.
@Awesomus Maximus: Alls well that ends well, or not so well or whatever… Reyes is back and playing.
@BKK:
Eddy just likes making lots of moves, heh.
Would be nice if ONE of my freaking pitchers could make it past the 5th inning for once.
evaluate this trade please: berkman/rios/andrus vs hamilton/hardy
Grienke gives up back to back to the Red Sox bench.
@GopherDay: Yup
@BSA: Yup
@Eddy: None of them are good. Duke
@Cheese: June and September
@GopherDay: Yup
@Suck My Wieters: Aramis
@herschel: All of them. Baker, Sanchez…
@Jesse: None… Getz
@ScoutAbout: All of them. Price, Sanchez…
@BeanyBill: Go with Correia
@Tom Emanski: Sure
@herschel: Thanks for the heads up!
@charlie batch: I’d take the Hamilton side., it’s fair though.
@Grey: I get a chuckle when I read your “lightening round responses” after either being away or the first response of the new day.
I am also amazed at how within the past two years the number of people who load up the comments at the start of the day (pre-12 EST). There are A LOT more readers and commenters who chime in before you are up and going. Good to see!
@BSA: Yup… Yup… Nope… Yup. Emoticon.
@Grey: Word!
Montero came up limping after running to first, looked like he pulled a quad to me.
Napoli’s not starting again. Clement, Iannetta, or Barajas? Who should I drop Napoli for?
Bleh, I see another Gaby Sanchez post in my future.
Ianetta homerun ! About time.
@metsfan: spin the spinner – pick him up and leave him alone. Crazy but it works out.
Two things Grey told me, if catcher is going to break you-you’re in trouble, and catchers are like scabs – just leave ‘em alone.
I sat on Iannetta through thick and thin last year.
Side note: Grienke had a tough night. Couple of plunks and doinks. Quite a few fly balls.
@Grey: Is there as Razzball term for when you have a pitcher that you picked up facing the guy you let him go for?
I have Hammel going against Latos tonight. Does that mean I’m Latos intolerant? That might be a good one to describe a young stud on an innings limit.
@Elijah: report is a knee injury of unknown severity
Gaby Sanchez or Travis Snider?
Pittsburgh is eating Haren for breakfast!!
@Grey: Revised question: I’ve got a problem at CI. I’m dealing with Nick Johnson, David Ortiz, and Chipper. Should I waive one of them to pick up Gaby Sanchez. If not, should I waive Snider, which would then leave me with no OF on my bench. Thanks.
Anyone else watching Sheets second start? His motion in his first game seemed mad hesitant. I’d categorize the way he’s throwing now as borderline violent. Good thing? Bad thing? A thing?
@GopherDay: YA effing awesome. I was going to bench him if My opp who was throwing Eveland was having a good night, i got caught up, didn’t get haren benched, and boom, the PIRATES? are tearing him up….. i’m still cool but he needs to NOT give up ANYMORE runs, WTF!
@GopherDay: My opp has Haren tonight. His stinker’s keeping in WHIP going into tomorrow.
By the way, picking up two start pitchers is a lot like smoking crack. Vincente Padilla, you’re dead to me.
Tek sending a message with his bat – talk about making the most of opportunities.
GREY- if sean marshall is #27 on your list, then theirs no way he should be available right? in an RCL?
@Slinky: or anyone if you have some insight…. sean marshall over carlos gomez or strasburg? (i burnt the late pick on stras so i hate to can him now)
Peep Aki’s line tonight. Have him in a 15 teamer with deep bench. Could be 12 team worthy soon?
Hammel and Latos both hanging tough. Hammel had one bad inning so far.
@Slinky: I’d hang on to Stras.
@Slinky: What makes you want to pick S. Marshall? Potential for future saves or to steady your pitching?
MINI-DONKEY!
HR Mini Donkey!
@Yo Soy No Bueno: IDK…. grey has him ranked #27? and he’s not owned after just blanking a team?
I think to stready my rotation. I’m a roto newb.
@Bob: Do you have all those guys available to start CI?
Looks like I just traded Kershaw+R Soriano for Dan Haren. Grey’s gonna call me a Homer again.
Geez – Ethier pinch hits on my bench while the rest of my schlubs are 6 for 41. Like I needed that.
Better at least get a save out of it.
@Slinky: Does your league score holds? What’s your rotation? How are you on RPs? Is Gomez starting?
@Yo Soy No Bueno: RCL LEAGUE! no holds… i dont start gomez right now…. but if i drop him he’s basically my ONLY offensive bench player… are you in an RCL ?
@Slinky: Yes RCL. Gomez is not an advantage to keep on your team. Drop him for anyone you think that will make you’re team better but I doubt that Marshall will help you that much in the long run. You’d better off picking up J. Johnson and hoping for saves.
@Yo Soy No Bueno: you do know what RCL means right? Jim Johnson is longgggg gone…..
@Slinky: I picked him up yesterday in a low numbered RCL league. 3 bench spots is a bitch.
@metsfan: Clement
@3fingersbrown: Don’t think there is, but that term you offered is too specific.
@Slinky: On what list?
@Bob: Gaby, lose Ortiz.
@Elijah: Homer!
@Grey: HA! my bad grey, Eff me, i’m looking at #27 on your top 40 list, reading dempster and thinking “marshall”, wow i need to lay off the booze….
@Elijah: I don’t know if Feliz would be the next option, but I think he’d get an opportunity or two if they start looking elsewhere.
@BKK: Indeed. And to top it off, Madson was brought in today (non-save situation) and gave up a run. Label me “content” with my decision.
Kouz or Freese?
and delmon young is on waivers, him over carlos gomez?
@Awesomus Maximus: agree about price…cant figure why the kid was even sent out there for the eighth in that sitch, let alone hung out for 110 pitches
So Broxton gets stretched out for an inning on Thursday, then is brought in for 2 outs in a non-save situation Friday. What happens if you need him for a save on Saturday? Smooth managing there, Torre.
@mc serch: 111 pitches, if I recall… but who’s counting (not Maddon, apparently)?
@Awesomus Maximus: @mc serch: i threw soph in HS 120 today…. price will be alright.
for the record he threw 20 in the first game of a double header and then roughly 100 in the second game, he did get a 20 min break, a sandwhich from arbys in between and a cupcake! HA!
AND A WIN!
grey what do you say about Kouz or Freese?
and that delmon young is on waivers? and i’m rostering carlos gomezzz?
Looks like Rangers may actually need CJ Wilson back in relief if their closer francisco doesnt find his way. Just a note based on his epic blown save today vs seattle(2nd in 4 days).
@Tony: I’d grab young over gomez
Wasted a stellar start by CC and Marmol’s great outing. Although I was happy not to suffer Lindstrom’s implosion. So I can’t start Oswalt tomorrow, can’t take the risk against Philly. So, I can’t win QS, may lose K’s. Hopefully the other guy takes a loss if he pitches Braden.
@BKK: dont worry he will do something idiotic, always does, just wait lol…..
you think i should put a WW request in for young? he needs to clear… sucks, i’d make the move right now, but i dont think its worth my waiver priority? im currently at 6th
@Tony: Kouz and Delmon.
Montero potentially injured – drop Teagarden and pick up Snyder? (2 catcher league and Napoli hardly playing – Ruiz/Teagarden currently #2)
Miguel Montero exited Saturday’s game in the second inning with an apparent knee injury.
Montero suffered the injury while running to first base. He was replaced by Chris Snyder, who may be asked to start a few consecutive games.
Source: Nick Piecoro on Twitter
@BKK: just emailed back and forth a couple times with him now…. hahah he just guaranteed he finishes higher than me…. hmmm, i’ve won the league, finished top 2 for 4 years running? i’d bet on me, but thats just me…. lets just hope he keeps dealing for his all rookie nooke team. What a moron.
@grey thanks…. kouz it is…. i’ll have to see about delmon, he needs to clear, burn the priority? i’m 6 of 12…..
@Tony: How was the Chipotle?
@BabyBeluga: Hmm… a little different than what I read regarding Montero:
“Montero turned his right ankle while attempting to avoid a tag play at first in Saturday’s game and had to be replaced, according to FOXSportsArizona.com’s Jack Magruder.”
@Tony: If you want him burn the priority. What are you going to save it for? The priority means nothing if you never use it. No ones dropping Reyes in the RCL!
MMD due up in the bottom of the 12th… I’d love to see a trot-off HR.
@Awesomus Maximus:
Some more info gathered from cbssports – knee, being sent for MRI?
News: Diamondbacks C Miguel Montero was pulled from Saturday’s game against the Pirates after injuring himself during his second-inning at-bat. Montero was trying to beat out a grounder to pitcher Zach Duke when he came up limping running through first base. He bent over in obvious pain before heading into the dugout. He did not return for the top of the third and was replaced by Chris Snyder. The Arizona Republic reports Montero suffered a right knee injury. The Diamondbacks don’t know the severity of the injury and will send Montero for a MRI.
@BabyBeluga: Ugh… knee is a much different story than ankle. Time to see who’s expendable to pick up Clement as an insurance policy.
@BKK: true and 6th isn’t that great haha, but ya never know… a couple guys ahead of me burn there’s and say “pedro alvarez” comes up….? idk, overthinking it, you’re right, burn it haha…
chipotle didn’t happen! i drove there, its 8:50 and they’re cleaning up! WTF? went for the $5 footlong! hahaha subwayyyyy…. EAT FRESH.
Just a duck snort for Stewart… or would that be a donk snort?
top 4 of the rockies order 1-22 tonight? not good rockies, not good at all….
@Grey: need to pick 5 of the following (weekly changes):
s. baker vs kc
j. cueto @ fla, @ pitt
u. jimenez @ atl
j. johnson vs cin
j. lester @ minn, vs tb
g. gonzalez @ sea
m. latos vs atl
j. sanchez vs pitt
i was leaning towards the first 5, but johnson hasnt looked great and baker was decent today, but it could have been a lot worse it chi good put together any offense.
thanks.
Should I trade Frasor and Dotel for Kershaw?
I could use a starter and my closers are Frasor, Dotel, R. Soriano, F. Morales, C. Perez.
grey..2 questions…
time to cut sherrill loose?
Can you rank these guys for a util spot? willingham, reimold, gaby s.
@BKK: Madson will probably hold on to the closer’s job a little longer after Lidge got lit up in Single A: 2/3 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 1 BB.
@Tony: Let him clear.
@BabyBeluga: Thanks for the heads up!
@Awesomus Maximus: Hehe
@herschel: The first five.
@superfan: I would.
@pjtres: Yeah, lose Sherrill… Reimold, Willingham… If Reimold is starting.
@Grey: Thoughts on starting Lee Harvey Oswalt against Doc and that lefty-heavy Phils lineup?
Run him out there or leave him sitting on the grassy knoll?
Yea I’m debating whether to start Oswalt also. I need someone to get me a couple of k’s and not completely mess up my era. Would you go with Oswalt vs. Phi or Buchholz @ KC?
Too early to lose Soto for Clement?
@Grey:
ABtC, I remember!
Drop Fowler for FraGu?
Morning Grey! It’s nice to wake up to Beckham’s new found eligibility! Now to find a third baseman???
Looks like I’m going to have to do some catcher trolling with the news on Montero (I own him 4 times). Some unlikely candidates:
Iannetta, Clement, Mathis, Ruiz. Anyone stand out? Personally I think Clement has the most upside but he may join Chris Davis and Kyle Blanks for the donut title!
Hardy/R.Soriano for Slowey/Andrus. I technically depends on needs, but which side you like?
@Grey: Which is the best spot start for today. Ahead by 5 in K’s, we’re damn near tied in WHIP/ERA, I’m ahead by 1 win and losing by 1 loss. He’s throwing Dallas Braden today.
L.Hernandez @ NYM
A.Sanchez vs LAD
Milwood vs TOR
Snell @ TEX
Slim pickings, I know. I don’t have any starters going today. Would drop Latos for whoever is the best pick and then drop them for Correia and his 2 starts at home this week.
Catcher! Who should be my catcher out of (5×5, plus gidp, err, obp):
soto, yadier, barajas, clement, doumit
When setting lineups – word out of KC – JD Drew is out of the lineup today.
Glad to see Rauch is on par for 120 saves and Polanco 160 Runs this year…fuck me and the guy I’m playing owning both losers
sorry – I am not thinking about people having Scutaro – he is out and Bill Hall is in….
@Grey: 15 team, 30 man roster. With Montero’s ailing knee, I’m left with AJP and (who shot) JR Towles as my 2 catchers. I don’t have a DL spot left if/when Montero is assigned to the DL, so I’m looking for an upgrade over Towles.
Rank these catchers: Towles, Teagarden, Moore, Snyder, Zaun
Snyder gets the nod? You have an inside track as to when Carlos Santana will be up in CLE?
@Mr2Bits: yep the guy i’m playing has yadier molina and crapolanco…. and he’s complaining about me being lucky, ha!
@Steve: I’m starting him.
@ASAOK: Buchholz
@AsdrubalBastardo: Too early.
@Adam: Fowler
@Howard: Clement
@Real Tom: Slowey side.
@timSTi: They’re not good. Millwood
@paulzone: Soto
@BSA: Thanks for the heads up!
@3fingersbrown: Teagarden, Towles…
Pick up Reimold and drop Fowler?
Grey, what was your impression of Sheets most recent outing? Still hold?
@GTS: Sure
@Yo Soy No Bueno: I wouldn’t own him, so I wouldn’t be holding him.
@Grey:
I know you’re gonna let Ervin have one bad start before jumping ship, but his next start is against the Yankees. Any leniency there?
update: Ryan Zimmerman, who left Saturday’s game with a tight hamstring, is not in the Nationals’ lineup Sunday. MLB.com’s Bill Ladson reports that he won’t play Monday either.
12 Team Keeper (max 8), 5 x 5 – Someone just dropped Cory Hart……. is it worth dropping Snider, or Scott Sizemore or even Fowler for?
Other OF’s are Bay, Granderson, Damon, Fowler, Hamilton with Stewart as my 2B.
Also bench Slowey agst Boston next week to play Price @ Bal?
@3fingersbrown: Article about Strasburg, but touches on Santana and others in regards to service time and Super 2. Likely won’t see any of these guys until June.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ArVaMZZRbKDqw6Sm3PULA7M5nYcB?slug=jp-servicetime041110
@Eddy: Yeah, we can be lenient.
@Kazmere: Thanks for the update!
@Euroalien: Nope
@Grey:
In a vacuum, Adrian Beltre or Headley?
@Eddy: Beltre
@Grey:
In a vacuum, Beltre or Headley?
@Grey:
Damn slow ass comp. Thanks though, appreciate the quick response!
@Grey: Thanks Grey! Was that a nope to both questions……. picking up Hart……. and starting Price over Slowey next week? Appreciate the advice
@Euroalien: No, sorry, it wasn’t. Nope and start Price.
SAGNOF alert
“Feliz will take over as the “temporary” Rangers’ closer for the struggling Frank Francisco, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.”
@Grey: Thanks Grey!!
Would you prefer Nunez or Feliz over the long-term?
Howdy, Grey. Just wondering which 2 you’d prefer out of Headley, Fowler, Blanks, Chris Davis and Reimold. I don’t have a glaring need for either SB or HR, so basically I’m just looking for the best overall production.
“DBax recall C John Hester from lass AAA Reno on Sunday; C Montero (R knee) expected to go on DL” – Jack Magruder of FOX Sports Arizona
Grandy v J.Shields today or Quentin v Blackburn?
Starting UT spot in a pts league: Drop Travis Snider to pick up Casey Kotchman? Could also pick up Reimold, but I’m worried about his PT once Pie is back and healthy…
Reimold is out today. Pie in LF leading off.
@Grey: Would you take Hardy over Stephen Drew and Alcides? Am I dumb to be considering Renteria too?
“To be clear on Feliz. Label may be “temporary” but he will close as long as he’s successful. #Rangers won’t pull plug while he’s hot.”—Dallas Morning News, Evan Grant
@Grey:
Kershaw and Soriano for Haren not a bad trade tho is it? Its really gonna be for Haren and whichever P I grab to fill Soriano’s spot, probably Feliz at this point.
@mauledbypandas: Thanks for the heads up!
@Yo Soy No Bueno: Feliz
@Clyde Prompto: Headley and Davis
@Yo Soy No Bueno: Thanks for the heads up!
@Kazmere: Grandy
@BeanyBill: Kotchman doesn’t play vs. lefties.
@Professor Chaos: Nope and nun-uh.
@Elijah: It’s okay.
Josh Willingham – Grand Slam off Johan Santana
So I have Verlander and Johan in one league where last I checked I was ahead in ERA. I can’t believe they BOTH gave up grandslams in a matter of two minutes. Thanks for the earned runs assholes.
Hey Grey, a few questions if you have a chance.
Pick one for the week: Price@Bal, Slowey v. Bos, Marcum v. Ana
Also, any thoughts on what I should do with Napoli? 14 team H2H league with a short bench and the free agent pool is awful.
Bench players: Soriano, Snider, Duchscherer, Kennedy, Jonathan Sanchez.
Available catchers: Snyder, Pudge, Barajas, Kendall, Towles
My first week of my first ever H2H league rests in the hands of Kevin Milwood. Can we rewind 10 years and let it be that Milwood?
@Grey:
Yeah I guess its more of a lateral move than anything.
@Eddy:
Im trying not to chuckle, sorry.
@Elijah: I trying not to chuckle at you trying not to chuckle.
Wagner Aardsma Jenks for closers with Lidge on DL.
10 team roto drop Lidge for Montero DL?
Which side? Lance Berkman/Rickie Weeks or Robinson Cano?
@Eddy: Did you go with Duke yesterday or Gorzelanny today?
A grand slam is worth -27.00 Razzpoints. I hate you, Justin Verlander
@Chris: Price… Hold on Napoli.
@timSTi: Hehe
@Dumbmutt: Sure
@Mike: Cano
@cockyphoenix: Valbuena!
@Grey: ¡Tal pena!
Love me some Utley.
@Grey or anyone else with an opinion:
I need a little pop in my deep bench, 15 team league and I have a little bit of a pitching and speed glut. Would you trade Cameron Maybin and Shawn Marcum for Garret Jones? I’m not going to get crazy over Jones’ start but I’d offer any 2 of the guys below…
I have Maybin, Jackson, Gwynn, and Pagan for speedy 4th/5th OFs. Castillo and Aki platooning at MI. Marcum, Cueto, Correia and Kazmir on the block from the back of my rotation.
Think that’s fair or am I offering too little?
Tests revealed Sunday that Miguel Montero has a torn meniscus in his right knee and will require surgery.
@3fingersbrown: It’s fair.
@Kazmere: Thanks for the update!
Barajas or G. Soto (just for next week M-S) ?
@Elijah: @BKK:
I hope one of you has Greinke on your squad.
And none actually. I only have Buchholz and Kawakami going today. Hopefully he maintains that 4-0 lead the Sox gave him
@Bring Back Pluto: Barajas
@Grey: so i am in a very shallow league, who would you want at SS right now (5×5 plus obp, err, gidp):
hardy (current SS), alcides, yunel, drew, theriot, furcal, renteria, alexei, desmond
i hate shallow leagues…
@Grey: Thanks. I think so too. I’m trying to avoid the lowball dance.
@Kazmere: I think Montero’s done for the season. Just dropped him and picked up Snyder. I feel more secure with Snyder’s playing time over Teagarden’s now.
C’mon Carlos Santana…
@Grey: how long do you hold onto soto?
never played in a league with daily changes and a SP cap of 180 games started. As a strategy, would you pace your starts and just play the top guys (greinke, beckett, baker, dempster, price (160GS) and then mix in masterson/wade davis) that could amount to 180…..would you bother looking waiver SPs if that could potentially take away a start from a top guy?like starting padres at home, or a quality matchup, etc….thx
Grey, which pair would you rather have – Miggy Cabrera and Jeff Clement, or AGonz and Posada?
Did anyone see Willingham’s slammy?
Funny shit – Everyone thought it was off the wall at first. Donkey came down the line and splattered Barajas all over the batter’s box. Barajas recovered, caught the loose ball and then tagged out Willingham, who thought the ball was still in play as well.
Poor Barajas. Got his clock cleaned and made a nifty play all for naught.
Willingham’s going to have a serious year, especially if you like OBP.
Just accepted a trade in my keeper league.
I got Asdrubal Cabrera, Derek Lee, Francisco Rodriguez, and Carlos Marmol while I gave up Garrett Jones, Everth Cabrera, Jason Motte, and Brian Matusz.
What do you feel about this? I kinda feel it was possibly a joke of an offer from him and my head screamed “race to the page and accept” as soon as I saw the proposal in my email.
@Grey: @matthole: and if need be stream SPs 2nd half of season
***NEFTALI FELIZ NAMED TEMPORARY CLOSER***
@3fingersbrown: Just read that recovery time for surgery for a professional athlete is 4-8 weeks for a torn meniscus. I’m not doctor so it would be better to have someone knowledgeable weigh in. Not dropping Montero…yet.
@Grey: in a 12 team H2H with only 9 pitchers allowed on your roster, drop Mike Gonzalez for Neftali Feliz?
My other RP’s are Marmol & Aardsma. I don’t really have a spot to hold onto Mike Gonzalez nor do I have a drop worthy SP.
@Eddy: Shizz-Shizz!
Better pickup: Clement or Chris Snyder?
@Eddy: Nope, never drafted a pitcher this year before the 5th. Don’t feel bad, I left Sabathia on the bench yesterday in a H2H league. One of the things I dislike about H2H is it forces you to make decisions like that. In Roto, I reap the reward of that 1 hitter.
To bad on Gorzelanny, he pitched well today.
Does Charlie Haeger have any mixed league value?
@BKK:
Yea I also didn’t nab any true top tier guy.
I just hate missing out on great hitting/pitching performances in H2H.
Ack, with Montero out, Grey, you’ll probably need to supply virtually every one of your readers with a suggestion for a replacement…
And on another closer note, Dave Trembley said he won’t use Mike Gonzalez TODAY, but he hasn’t opted to switch him out of the role yet…
@Grey: 4th closer, dropped Perez for Feliz. Neither one has a solid job, but I am a Rangers fan first and foremost.
also, the waitress will be by with your drink shortly. Appreciate the site.
@Eddy: The Santana/Verlander thing happened to me, but I have each in separate leagues. “Shit, well there goes my ERA this week. Let’s check the other league…SHIT”
@Yo Soy No Bueno: He’s also undergoing more tests tomorrow to check for ligament damage. I may have been rash, but I don’t see Miggy contributing much for the rest of the season. Even in a best case scenerio, he still has to rehab. Add on the rigors of fielding his position, not a good prognosis for ’10
I’m not a doc, so take my words with a grain of salt. I do know a bit about recovery though, since I’ve had numerous sports injuries, including a knee. Rehab takes time.
@MarkM:
I have both in my main league. Great way to start a day of games and tracking my studs. X(
Drop Barmes or S. Drew for Theriot?
@timSTi: Millwood was cruising until the Tejada error!
Sparky Anklebiter might get his 20 HR’s.
@BKK: I know! Still only 2 ER and 5 H in 7.2 with 6k. Woulda loved the W but I’ll take that for a last day flyer! Great advice Grey!
@Grey: may need a temp replacement for zimmerman in 12 team roto with weekly changes. which two of the following do you like most (slim pickings, i know)?
kouz, callaspo, blake, inge, freeze
Great in one league I just dropped Napoli to pick up Molina….. and now in my other league I have Montero……….. ughhhhhhhhhhh
I guess I move Montero to the DL or just drop him as I guess he’ll be out for a while…….. who makes the best replacement Ianetta, Clement, Ram. Hernandez, Shoppach ?
@MarkM:
For me it was “Crap, the replay was a grand slam for willingham! Damn it, let’s check Verlander…..OMFG!!”
@Euroalien:
They are just Catchers. Pick one and move on…
But whatever, I just got happy as hell. With Rajai Davis’ walk and Wrights, Grandersons, and Davis’ 5(!) steals, I went from 5-6 to 7-5. Loving it!
Hey Grey,
So what do you think of Frank Frank Fail Fail now that he’s no longer the closer (although temporary they say)? Still hold on to him?
Davis with another one! Keep ‘em
coming, 11 SB so far!
Need some help: 5×5 (obp instead of avg), Weekly h2h
1) Pick 2: Harden (@CLE, @NYY), Correia (ATL, ARZ), Oswalt @CHC, Slowey vsBOS
2) RP: Neftali Feliz or Octavio Dotel
3) Pick 2: Headley (6 home games), Bruce (7 road games), G Sizemore (6 home/hurt?)
4) Pick 2: E Santana (@NYY, @TOR), S Baker vsKC, Danks @TOR, Slowey vsBOS
What do you think of trading my Utley/Granderson to get Halladay/B. Phillips?
Strasburg’s final line from today: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K.
82 pitches, 55 for strikes.
@Eddy: Haegar had 12 strikeouts today? Wow? knuckleball must have been dancing!
@paulzone: You’re fine.
@matthole: Soto for who? re: Pitchers — Depends on matchups and how well guys are pitching.
@nick m.: Gonz-Posada
@Trevor: Looks okay.
@timSTi: Sure
@Chris: Clement
@Chris: Nope
@Eddy: Thanks for the heads up!
@mauledbypandas: Thanks!
@Billy Bob: Nope
@herschel: Kouz
@Euroalien: Clement
@James: I am.
@Matt B: Harden and Correia… Headly, Sizemore… Baker and Danks
@superfan: Utley side.
cargo (col) leaves game in the 4th. anyone see what happened?
Is not that sorry ass craphole Clement supposed to play every day given he plays at first base? I suppose not, in the end…
Wow thrilling end for the ChiSox! Pierre showing off the arm! LMFAO!
This week perfectly illustrates why I love Buehrle as a back end guy in 12team mixed.
I know it sounds gay, but you simply have to love a guy who’ll give his team a chance to win every start. Of course W’s don’t say squat about a guy, but the dude wins consistently because he’s efficient and goes deep into games. Of course he won’t K people, but how many W’s will a guy who can only go 5 or 6 get you?
@herschel: Hamstring tightness. Announcers are hoping it’s not a pull.
Chris Perez was terrible today. 4bbs 3er and a BS. He’s probably safe for now, but never good when a closer cant find the plate.
@Grey: worth hanging on to fowler in the event cargo has to miss some time or would fowler still not see regular abs with smith, hawpe, spilborghs, etc?
CarGo better not be bad, I’m loving him right now!
Middle Infield – drop Kelly Johnson for Alex Gonzalez, or are those 4 opening week HRs a fluke?
@BeanyBill: Ian Desmond’s another possibility…
wow, really glad I didn’t start Perez today. Sometimes fate just smiles on you. I had him in the lineup until the Feliz news.
@BeanyBill: I’d hold on to KJ. They’ll probably both finish with 15-20 hrs and KJ has better Avg and SB upside.
@BeanyBill:
Kelly Johnson looks like the real thing so far.
@I am the Liquor:
He also may end up hitting leadoff if he keeps going strong.
Chase Headley looking like a steal so far.
@BKK:
Yea, historically the Marlins have been a team who can’t hit slow pitchers to save their lives. Which is why they are 1-10 against Jamie Moyer.
Yet they somehow manage to beat guys like Lincecum and Halladay. Go figure.
@Elijah: Word. I love getting Headley.
Anyone know the reason why CarGo is already out of the game?
@Grey:
So after the first week down, which three of these closers would you put up for a weekly H2H league
Aardsma
Franklin
Capps
Perez
Dotel
@Real Tom:
# 607 Grey Says:
April 11th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
@herschel: Hamstring tightness. Announcers are hoping it’s not a pull.
3 run Homer Chris B Young…its about time to look at picking him up if you need an OF.
HR Kelly Johnson!
Stupid me traded Chris Young scared off by his OBP
@Tom Emanski:
When he gets on a streak like this he could hit 10 HR in April.
CINCINNATI — Highly touted Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman made his American professional debut on Sunday afternoon for Triple-A Louisville in Toledo, Ohio.
Chapman allowed just one earned run on five hits, walked one and struck out nine in 4 2/3 innings. He threw 85 pitches, 55 for strikes, and left the game with Louisville leading, 2-1.
Four of the five hits he allowed did not leave the infield
And as for Strasburg’s debut:
Pitching for the Double-A Harrisburg Senators, the 2009 No. 1 overall pick made it through five complete innings, allowing four runs — though only one earned — on four hits. He walked two and struckout eight, getting credit for the win against the Altoona Curve, the Pirates’ affiliate in the Eastern League.
In case there was any question as to what Strasburg would bring to the table in his first start, the radar guns behind home plate lit up with a 99 mph (one had it at 100 mph) fastball on his first pitch. Over the course of his 82 total pitches, Strasburg was comfortably throwing 97-98 mph. He froze a few hitters with nasty breaking stuff and threw a few outstanding changeups to boot.
@herschel: Fowler
@Eddy: Aardsma, Franklin, Capps
@Eddy: Thanks for the updates!
anyone else watching this bonkers pirates/dbacks inning? Jackson just homered in his second hit of the inning… EDWIN jackson that is
3 SB so far for Davis. Ricky Henderson’s words are echoing through my head!
@Grey:
Thanks! And will you have a blurb for Buchholz tomorrow? I’m interested in knowing how I should handle him.
@penpen:
Of course, 13 run inning, franchise record.
EverCab, K. Johnson or I. Desmond in a 6×5 (+OPS)?
Deeeep league.
Overbay or A. Gonzalez?
@Grey:
Should I drop Gonzalez for Jim Johnson even though Gonzalez hasn’t officially been kicked out?
I can’t roster both and I don’t want to risk Gonzalez getting picked up if they decide to revert to him.
Does anyone know why Yahoo adds stolen bases then removes them? Granderson had 2 and now has 1, and Davis had 3 and now has 2. It doesn’t make a difference for me in that category, but if it were a tight race right now, I’d be pretty ticked.
@Eddy: I noticed Drew Stubbs originally had 3 and now has 2.
Snyder’s off and running with the C job in AZ. 2-3, HR, 5 RBI so far…
@3fingersbrown:
Looks like Snyder sabotaged Montero
Grey, would you yell at me for dropping ya’boy Latos ffor Randy Wells in anticipation of Wells’ 2-start week week-after-next (the competition for 2-start pitchers is fierce in my league, so you have to anticipate). I suspect I’ll be able to pick up Latos and/or Gio later…
DROP Montero for Y.Molina, Snyder, or Ianetta? After today’s performance, leaning toward Snyd
@jj: Does Overbay even have a hit yet? Last I checked he was something like 0-8…
What the EFF EFF!!! Just lost Frank2 as a closer “temporarily”. Was thin on saves to start with. How many saves is OK for a 18 team roto? 50 enough? Aardsma is my only other closer.
@BeanyBill:
LOL, he is 2 for 23 with 2 singles.
20 team leagues you have to do what you have to do.
@Eddy: I don’t play in a Yahoo league this year but last year I did and I have some vague recollection of this kind of problem with stats the first couple of weeks. They eventually worked out the kinks but the stats weren’t quite right in my league for the first couple of weeks. They were also very slow to post.
Would you trade Aardsma for Borbon?
Grey, What does Milledge bring to the table? As he is batting 3rd he is intriguing, that and a 3/5 day.
@Eddy: Gotcha
@BeanyBill: Nah, it’s okay.
@Buge Hoobs: Snyder’s fine.
@Yo Soy No Bueno: If I needed steals.
@BSA: 15/15 potential. Good runs and RBIs hitting 3rd.
How do you evaluate Votto’s value vs. Dunn in a 6×6 league with OPS?
How much would be required in a package with Dunn to get Votto? Dunn+Harden… Worth making this type of move or hold pat with Dunn (extra wrinkle – keeper and Dunn at $17, with Votto for $28 – but playing for this year)
@BabyBeluga: That trade’s fair for you, but I’d hold pat in a OPS league.
@Grey: Better than LaPorta or CoJack?
Also, FYI – Look for Elsbury to sit a couple of days and Hermida to be in there as Jacoby got nicked up and Hermida has done well the last two days.
What is going on with Alex Gonzalez? That is not the Alex that the Sawx let go of this year?
Just read the headlines at SI – Bonds is a DINK! When is he going to learn to shut up?
@BSA: Gonzalez had a lucky week, nothing to see there. I’d go with Milledge.
No I am not picking up Gonzalez – just another one that gets people giddy thinking they picked up a diamond in FA – right up there with Ankiel.
An observation – my team hit a total of .211 this week and I picked this crew for a pretty good BA. I am looking for HUGE pick me up this week, or next, or next.
I let the RCL know that as everyone goes up and down like a yoyo in week one, my trick is walking the dog – spin at the bottom and wait for the pick up.
Hmmmm, I hope this question doesn’t have anything to do with the Razzball Originals??? Our kangaroo court will not be lenient!
@Doc: I already picked him up. Did I see you jump on Alex? Lets go see.
Nah it was Hank.
If found guilty, I’ll take my lashes!!
Is it worth owning Snyder over Iannetta at this point?
Weeks, you sonavabench!
Lincee looking like Grienke -
@Brian: Sure, you can do that.
wow the comment board has gone wild, new record i’d assume….
GREY OR SOMEONE: please explain to me how Kevin Milwoods outting was a QS? He gave up 4 runs, in the boxscore it says 1 ER? Yet he gave up 3 HRS? I AM LOST!?
I thought the definition was 6 innings with 3 er’s or less? I’m seeing a. gonzalez (tor) HR, another one, and bautista with a HR with a guy on….!?
@Tony: Everything after Tejada’s error was unearned.
Hart or Reimold?
Time to get rid of Soto for Clement, Pierzynski, Barajas or Iannetta?
@Tony: Homers after a two out error are unearned.
@I Am The Liquor: Reimold
@ChiSox: I’d stick with Soto for now.
@Grey: didnt see it… cool, still ridiculous….
This is a redonkulous number of comments… ‘Cust Kayin…
Jesus, Pujols is a machine.
Talk about Hoffman getting the most undeserved win in the world!
700 comments… so close you can smell it
who wins these trades:
1) ellsbury/hardy vs tulo/rasmus
2) grandy/weaver vs quentin/price/desmond
@charlie batch: Tulo side… Grandy side.
@Grey: thank you for quick response Grey! Settled before midnight, rosters will reflect for tomorrow!
What are the chances Chapman is called up prior to the “Super 2 cutoff”? I don’t want to miss out on grabbing him, but I also don’t want to have him on the bench for two months. I’m leaning towards picking him up now, as I think his own% is going to go up every time he gets ink for a solid-to-excellent performance.
Capps/Affeldt or Feliz/Rasmus in a holds league?
Also, I’ve got this rash I’ve named “Jay Bruce”. I can remove it with Chris Young, Bourn, Magglio, Delmon Young, Reimold or Francour. Care to rank those remedies, assuming I need no stat in particular? Of do you recommend applying some aloe and waiting a few more days?
@Adam: Feliz/Rasmus looks tasty to me, assuming you’re getting Rasmus and you need an OF. Feliz is either going to get saves for the rest of the season, or he’ll get them for a little while and then get holds.
@Grey: do you trust zimmerman coming back by tuesday? 5 games of zimm vs 7 games of kouz?
@Awesomus Maximus: Thanks, I accepted it and felt pretty good about it but it’s always good to see somebody else thinking the same way. I currently don’t have any bench players, with Conor Jackson and Kyle Blanks holding down my final OF/Util spots, so I’m sure Rasmus will find his way into my lineup. As for the Capps/Feliz swap, I was feeling pretty comforted by Capps’s lack of competition for the job, but unless Francisco has a huge turnaround, Feliz might have it all to himself too. I’m also partially convinced that Ron Washington has a personal grudge against my fantasy teams after his handling of Nelson Cruz last season. That, and he’s on crack. Anyways, thanks for the help.
@Awesomus Maximus: Don’t think Chapman comes up before June. You should hold onto Bruce.
@herschel: Should come back Tuesday, but guys have setbacks, you never know.