Comments on: Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Toronto Lue Ays

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:52:02 +0000

@Grey: Thanks..I think I'll stay away from Morrow but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you Grey

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:33:13 +0000

@john: I'm starting Morrow tomorrow in a 12 team league with fingers crossed. I'd start Hampton there.

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:59:52 +0000

Two FA questions:

1.Would you toss Morrow vs Tex tomorrow?

2. How bout Weaver @ the BrewCrew, or Hampton vs Nats or neither on Saturday?

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:33:50 +0000

@Steve: Hehe @timSTi: Lilly could help your team. Maybe a 3rd round pick? @Gareth: I don't think you're getting Hamilton with Dye. @john: Hehe @Mr Baseball: Ha!

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:30:30 +0000

@Gareth: Its worth a try..maybe they'll be scared of the injury bug..maybe Hart, or Rios as they're both underperforming

By: Mr Baseball

Mr Baseball — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:19:19 +0000

at least Torre would bat Cruz 8th

By: Mr Baseball

Mr Baseball — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:18:13 +0000

Ron Washington – if Ron Washington managers always played the hot hitter then Ron Washington would have never gotton one AB

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:13:38 +0000

@john: Fair call. I'm wondering if there aren't some 1st half underperformers (Hamilton for example?) that I might be able to prise away.

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:04:55 +0000

@Gareth: I have a feeling the rest of your leaguemates would feel pretty much the same as you so I think it might be tough for you to get a fair deal

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:01:54 +0000

@Grey: yea, that was el Cabello's night..very semi-disappointing..its kinda like premature ejaculation, it feels good while it's happening but then you see the look on the woman's face and realize the sad truth that you've accomplished nothing

By: Gareth

Gareth — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:41:34 +0000

Ok Razzballers, Jermaine Dye has been a terrific performer in RF for my team this year, but I can’t help but think that at his age his second half isn’t going to match his first half. Am I crazy to think it’s time to cash in my chips?

What other RFs would you be targeting in a trade?

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:39:43 +0000

@Steve: Yeah I can see that point. And bleh, there goes Wilson's save opportunity! Thanks San Fran.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:37:43 +0000

@timSTi: This is my first year playing roto and I'm kind of liking that a couple of bad days for your team doesn't necessarily spell doom for your team as it can in H2H.

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:32:38 +0000

@Steve: Werth has been hot lately. I have him and FraGu on one team and FraGu on my other team. I miss the excitement of H2H leagues. Maybe I'll get in another midseason league so I can be in a H2H-er....

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:31:10 +0000

@timSTi: You know it. The guy I'm against in my H2H league has Werth so I need all the help I can get.

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:28:48 +0000

@Steve: There we go FraGu! I needed that my offense was lacking tonight!

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:28:01 +0000

@Grey: Guy in last place recently changed his team name to Trade Bait. He has Burnett, Lilly, & Washburn for quality starters. Any of those I should target? When I sent him a message about Burnett he replied with:

“I’m either looking for a draft pick for next year or I’m looking to get rid of 2 or more guys for someone better to use to trade or be a keeper ”

What kinda draft pick in a 10 team 3 player Keeper league you think Burnett or Lilly is worth? His only notable offensive players are Miggy Cabrera, A.Soriano, Reyes, and Sizemore. Any possible trade ideas you see there? I’m bad at valuing trades.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:26:34 +0000

Da big Fra-Gu!

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:20:52 +0000

@royce!: Ha! @Mike D.: I'd lose Murphy for him. @Steve: Sit Lowe. @Gubbins: Kemp @timSTi: Thanks for the heads up about Cruz. I wonder if you could fix your pitching. Those guys are a bit murderous on WHIP and ERA on occasion. Maybe Scherzer and Wolf for F-Her? Not sure if you can pull it off, just thinking aloud. @john: It qualifies as something, not sure what though. @Tom: Evercab -- Ha! I'd go EverCab for steals.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:00:17 +0000

Hey Grey, just got offered Beckham for Everth Cabrera (by the way- when searching for a way to abbreviate his name, I realized that EverCab sounds like the name of a crappy band I should have started in junior high)

So, EverCab or Beckham? I might need some steals, but who knows

By: john

john — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:51:45 +0000

should I even bother to pick up another catcher for the rest of the week or just wait until the prognosis on Soto comes back after the break? @john: Screw it, adding a catcher will probably just screw up your OBP anyways. @john: Thanks, thats exactly what I was thinking! On a separate note, your team scores 9 runs and you go 3/5 with 4 total bases yet score 0 runs and 0 rbis..would that qualify as a ticker tease?

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:46:41 +0000

@Grey: After a recent trade in my 10 teamer my pitching staff looks like this: C-Bills, Johan, Gollardo, Scherzer, Jimenez, & Wolf with Volquez on the DL. In W/K/ERA/WHIP I’m 6/7/5/5. Should I sit back and watch the numbers correct themselves or do I need to make another move? My offensive numbers are R/HR/RBI/SB/AVG 9/10/9/7/7.

I’m in second place. Kid in first had a nasty first couple months but i’m gaining on him. I think I just hit that mid season blues where I feel like I have to do something but my team has the talent.

Pablo, Pujols, Cano, Alexei, Chone, Helton, Hill, Kemp, Grandy, Cruz, Werth, Rivera with Quentin on DL and Beckham/FraGu on the bench.

Any moves you think I need to make? Help cure my midseason blues.

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:30:14 +0000

In case anyone else was starting to wonder about why Nelly Cruz has been sitting its explained here http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090709&content_id=5790402&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex . Guess we’ll just have to sit back and wait. Not that I can blame Washington. Hopefully this’ll cause Cruz to come back and go on one of his tears and get his avg back up again!

By: Gubbins

Gubbins — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:20:00 +0000

@Grey: Dunn and Cueto for Ichiro or Kemp. Which side, and who would you prefer to receive? Many thanks.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:17:46 +0000

In my H2H, I’m 4-3 down in Wins and and up 1.02 to 4.28 in ERA. I could potentially have Haren, Joba, Bills and Lowe going tomorrow. Inclined to sit Lowe, or should I run him out there?

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:00:44 +0000

@Grey: Chris Davis/Smoak owner here (8 team AL Only Keeper)… I am playing a dead spot at CI right now. Wigginton is my 3B.

Tight rosters. I’d like to pick up Lowrie to cover for the TEX boys, but the only guys on my team I’d sort of consider dropping are David Murphy ($2), Trevor Cahill ($1 – my #6 SP), and John Smoltz (my #5 SP – yeah, my pitching’s not deep at all).

With all that in mind… Should I sit tight and wait a few weeks to see what shakes out with the TEX guys, or drop someone to pick up Jed? Considering the All Star break and Jed’s return being 10 days away, is that the right thing to do?

Thank you, Grey.

By: royce!

royce! — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:56:10 +0000

@Grey: Hey man, don't blame the Padres for Josh Bard! That's all on the Indians! Blame the Padres for Matt Bush, Matt Antonelli, Tim Stauffer, Jake Gautreau, Mark Phillips, Omar Ortiz, Gerik Baxter, Vince Faison, and Sena Burroughs...damn, writing that out was depressing. The only worthwhile Padres first round pick- D.Lee, 1993. Oh, and Dave Winfield, in 1973. And Dave Roberts in 1972! That guy is old!

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:43:24 +0000

@Grey: Haha tis true.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:41:02 +0000

@timSTi: Better than Josh Bard and the Padres farm system, that's for sure.

By: timSTi

timSTi — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:37:12 +0000

Daniel Bard is looking nasty for the BoSox tonight. Gotta love Boston’s farm system