I had high apple pie in the sky hopes for David Robertson, but no one is safe. “There’s a storm a comin’! Jebediah, should I bring the cows into the barn?” “No, Gissley! It wants our closers!” “But I only have Juan Cruz! And I’s not even sure he’s the set-up man” “It doughs’cent matter!” Really, really shocked by Robertson performance yesterday (2/3 IP, 4 ER), but I guess I shouldn’t be. I’ve officially ‘learned’ Closepocalypse on my computer spellchecker. If Soriano is out there in your league, I’d grab him. The Yankees could flip-flop right back to him since he has ‘closer experience.’ You know, pulling the ol’ Robertson is just more comfortable in the 8th inning shtick. At this rate, Fernando Rodney’s going to be the only $12 Salad next month. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Chris Sale – This is a message from the Emergency Broadcast Network. If you are a closer, just go for an MRI now. You’re pitching with a torn tendon. I repeat, you have a torn tendon. So, Addison Reed might now be the closer on the White Sox, as Sale goes to get an MRI today. Robin Ventura thought a good way to preserve an injured pitcher’s arm was to throw him into high-leverage situations. I say that’s crummy with crackers, but what do I know? I’m just a guy who has a hard time pronouncing the word ‘peculiar.’ If Reed is out there, I’d grab him immediately. If Reed gets the closer job, he has a chance to be a strong Donkeycorn with $12 Salad upside. To all of those who are reading Razzball for the first time, that last sentence wasn’t gibberish. It only sounded like it.
Jeff Niemann – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks vs. the Yankees in the House They Built Across The Street From The House Ruth Built. You got co-jo’s (I’m gonna start saying co-jo’s for cojones; hopefully, it works better than twelve after twenty). I mean, big giant co-jo’s if you went with Niemann in this start, and your co-jo’s were rewarded. Good co-jo’s.
Matt Joyce – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer. His first halves are so obviously hot every year, I’m sorta kicking myself for not owning Joyce. (We should’ve got Beltran in at least one league, too. That one hurts worse. Eh, it’s Monday morning quarterbacking. Beltran could be doing a Torii and vice versa.)
Casey Janssen – Got the save yesterday and will for the immediate future. Doesn’t his last name look like a loveseat at Ikea? Why do you have such crazy spellings and such comfortable furniture? “If you want, I’ll sleep on the Janssen, and you can crash on the Wilhelmsen or Sogard.” Eh, maybe it’s me. Any the hoo! Janssen is now the Blue Jays closer. I doubt this will stick very long, but it wasn’t like Santos is on the DL with a chipped tooth. WAPU! (Where Available Pick Up — Note to self: Acronyms aren’t that handy when I have to spell out what they mean.)
Brandon Morrow – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners (4 BBs), 10 Ks. Hey, I heard you were a wild one… Does Flo Rida rhyme Cus D’AMato in that song? So Morrow is back to the crazy K/walk guy that I once loved? I don’t get it, but I offered Rudy a bet that Morrow will have at least a 3.75 ERA the rest of the way, and Rudy didn’t jump at the wager, offering me back 3.50. Whatever the case, he’s not staying at 2.27 ERA, where he’s currently at.
J.P. Arencibia – 1-for-4 with his 3rd homer. He has 2 homers in the last week and is hitting over .400. What’s your craptcher doing?
Ike Davis – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer. I wouldn’t say he’s alive yet (still hitting .179), but he definitely hit a homer yesterday (maybe while sleepwalking). It seems pretty implausible that he has an average under .250 this year, so it’ll take a whole lot of tryin’ (and some hits) just to get up that hill.
Jeanmar Gomez – 7 IP, 8 ER, 13 baserunners, 2 Ks. Hopefully not too many of you went for this Cleveland Streamer.
Zack Greinke – 8 IP, 2 H, 11 Ks. He’s turned into the ultimate homeschooler since he’s become a Brewer. Last year, his Home/Away ERA was 3.13/4.70. This year, it’s 1.80/7.20. Maybe someone can start packing Greinke’s blankie with him on road trips.
John Axford – 1 IP, 2 ER. Kazaam!
Ryan Braun – 2-for-4 with his 10th homer to raise his average to .313. Let’s do a first tier of the top ten check (which is kinda like a cup check but less stressful): 1. Braun — Fine. 2. Miggy — Fine. 3. Pujols — Maybe it’s not less stressful. 4. Votto — Maybe you hit for power. 5. Bautista — Well, Braun and Miggy are good.
Aroldis Chapman – Moved his record to 3-0 and his ratios to 0.00 ERA and 0.57 WHIP with 27 Ks in 15 2/3 IP. Is there any other rotation Aroldis wouldn’t be a part of in the history of baseball? The 1971 O’s? The 1920 White Sox? The 1889 Spiders?
Johnny Cueto – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks to lower his ERA to 1.12. He’s in such a zone, right now every batter he sees he pictures Jason LaRue.
Drew Stubbs – 2-for-4, as he stole 3rd base with two outs in a 0-0 game. Later, Brandon Phillips stole 2nd with two outs in the 9th inning with Bruce at bat and the pitcher’s slot up next, which meant the other team would walk Bruce to get to the Reds’ best pinch hitter, Miguel Cairo. Dusty Baker may be a lot of things, but he’s definitely a SAGNOF loyalist. Who steals with Bruce up in the 9th inning with two outs knowing they’ll walk him? So bonkers. Why isn’t Buzz Bissinger following around Dusty Baker for one season to record his moves? “Today, Dusty Baker had the infield play on the grass for five innings accidentally when he moved his toothpick to the left side of his mouth.”
Sean Marshall – Why do I feel like we should start calling the site Razzball: All Saves, All the Time. Marshall tried to blow yesterday’s game, but instead gave up a solo homer to Braun and Dusty pulled him, so Logan Ondrusek picked up the save. Marshall’s been pretty bad (almost 5 ERA, 1.55 WHIP), so I wouldn’t be surprised if Dusty does go to Chapman or Logan. You can’t speculate on Chapman in any competitive leagues, because he’s owned, but there’s always Ondrusek — it’s the age of Ikea furniture!
Jonathan Sanchez – To the Disgraceful List. We may never see him again in the under four epoch. Or ERA, if you don’t have a grade schooler’s tendency to overuse a thesaurus.
Josh Johnson – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks. When the FIP meets the pavement, Johnson takes off. I’m not totally convinced he’s fully around the corner, but he’s obviously no longer doing donuts in Garbageville.
Steve Cishek – Do you even have to ask what the new closer for the Marlins did? Do you really need to ask? Of course you don’t, but I’ll tell ya. He blew the save. It wasn’t totally his fault, but Mujica still may steal more glances from Ozzie’s Neck Towel.
Christian Friedrich – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks. As previously mentioned the other day aforementionedly, I like Friedrich in NL-Only leagues. His K/BB rate was very solid in the minors and now that he’s done what he did vs. the Padres, he’ll get the Giants next. Yes, please and thank you.
Josh Willingham – 2-for-4 with his 6th homer. Back from his cold sores, he’s got a hot bat. Googler of “cold sores” + “hot bat,” we won’t judge you here.
Danny Valencia – Twins optioned him to Triple-A. Twins are hoping to get Valencia going against lesser competition and split squad games are so Spring Training.
Francisco Liriano – Demoted to the bullpen because the Twins didn’t want their Triple-A team to get any worse.
Erik Bedard – Left the 2nd inning with back spasms. Doesn’t sound too bad, so he’ll probably miss a month.
Andrew McCutchen – 4-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer in as many games. Giancarlo’s plus one for the 2nd Rounders Who Were Disappointing Party finally showed up. Someone should ring up Hanley and Reyes so these flat breads don’t go to waste.
Joel Hanrahan – Got the save yesterday, but Hanrahanananananananan’s nananananananananana passed away and he will be out on bereavement this Friday. Grilli or Juan Cruz could see saves this weekend. In one league, I threw another closer on the Grilli.
Allen Craig – Hit his 3rd homer. All he’s done is hit since his return from the DL. Speaking of DL stints, Berkman’s due back Friday. Playing time is a concern for Craig, but I’m thinking the Cards have to play him. Your deity of choice knows their blahtoon at 2nd base isn’t working, so Craig could move there.
J.J. Putz – 2/3 IP, 4 ER to raise his ERA to 9.00. It was a non-save situation, but I’m beginning to think by July there’s gonna be teams dialing up Alfonseca to close games. Maybe they can get a six-finger discount.
Adam Dunn – Hit his 10th homer yesterday. I was obviously wrong that Dunn was done. Bunyan’s still got some lumber. Big Donkey’s still deserves the brays. Adam’s the apple of every fantasy baseballer (<–my mom’s term!) who wants 30+ homers and a lousy average. It was mocked when Ventura put Dunn in the three hole, but I’m not sure it was a stroke of genius or every move Ventura’s done so far is dopey, but if you throw enough shizz against the wall, something will stick. And something will stink.
Tim Lincecum – 5 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 8 Ks. On the bright side, there was only two walks and 8 Ks. On the less bright side, it was two walks in only five innings and he gave up 8 hits and 4 runs.
Jake Peavy – 7 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks to lower his ERA to 1.89. It’s silly early to be saying this, but it wouldn’t shock me to see him in the Cy Young running, if he stays healthy. Then next year, I’ll like him a lot and he’ll get hurt in April.
Drew Storen – Might throw this week putting him on schedule to return in early June. I hope he has a setback because I have HanK-Rod in a few leagues, but that’s just me.
Chris Johnson – 1-for-3 with his 4th homer. Or 4 homers in the last week. Maybe I should’ve dropped Zimmerman when he returned from the DL. Things that make you go hmm…
Yoenis Cespedes – Has a strained muscle in his left hand. The A’s are saying he can avoid the DL and could be in the lineup as early as today. Michael Moore offered to take Yoenis back to Cuba for tests, but he declined.
Will Middlebrooks – Bobby Valentine said Middlebrooks won’t play the outfield, but will send him back to the minors when Youuuuuuuuuk returns. Unless they can make Youuuuuuuuuk into gluuuuuuuuue.
Jason Vargas – 8 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks. Marginer!
Tim Hudson – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 1 K. I’d put him in the same class as Big Z, Capuano, Dempster (a tad better) and Ted Lilly, i.e., more valuable on your team than what you can get for them in a trade.
Rafael Dolis – A 1-2-3 inning to get the save. It was a pleasant alternative to Marmol save opps. Those usually sound like “SuperCarlosfrigginMarmolpissshitjustbringinRafaelDolis…”
had robertson and putz in a weekly league with peavy, grank, morrow, and yo-va… over the course of 4/3 innings these two dickholes took at 1/1ish era/whip straight to hell. in other news, target brand microwaveable wild rice goes real well with shrimp and broccoli. but, JESUS: 8ER in just over an inning. i’m not even hungry any more; get this shrimp out of my face…
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight, Ha!
So, what do you make of Wainwright’s league second-best SIERA (2.70) and xFIP (2.65) and a 9+ K/9? Can we expect him to get even better (better from lately… not better from his Lincecum-like start)?
I’d love to know that he might repay me for early April…
@DasPeck, He looks like he’s figured things out, yes…
These daily notes are the funniest thing going! Im addicted
@Brad.k, Thanks!
Whats up with Paul Goldschmidt? Have the space for him, but do you think he is droppable in a 14 team mixed league or should I hold onto him? Think the homers will ever come?
@Kyle, who is your 1st base dude man – I like to use my space for producted players
@Mr Baseball, votto, but this league is extremely deep 3 OF 3UTIL 14 teams, not much on waiver wire
My staff has CJ Wilson, Greinke, Gio, Anibal, Worley, Wandy, Beachy, Latos, and Marcum. Five SP slots. I think my top 4 are Wilson, Greinke, Gio, & Anibal. Assuming you agree, who’s my #5? Or which 2 pitchers do I spot? Will Latos ever be good enough to make the top 5?
@Wovenstrap, Beachy is your 5. Not even close in my opinion. Next two would be Worley and Latos.
@Vacation, Latos is #6 ahead of Worley.
8 teamer. Drop Dolis or Valverde for Addison Reed?
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, Nope
Drop Goldschmidt for Ike? I have Howard stashed.
@Kevin, I gave up on him this year except in keeper league – Ike has better track record – and the band played on
@Kevin, Absolutely
What! No mention of the closer who comes on with bases loaded and no one out in the ninth…..must help to be visually impaired!!
@d2bnz, they talked about it yesterday in the comments…
wow- and now putz happens to me, i can’t wake up to any more of these nites, what the eff is going on?
@Tony, You can’t what? No need to drag me into it….
My bullpen in one league is Putz, K-Rob, HanKrod, Cishek…ouch
Please rank these 3b, thanks!
Alvarez
Johnson
Seager
Middlebrooks
Reynolds
Headley
@Jam405, Alvarez, Johnson, Middlebrooks
The whole Aroldis fiasco makes me want to dropkick babies.
@Chris J, the reds want him down the stretch,saving his innings is what they said last night,so he will be a starter and i would think within a month
@AL KOHOLIC, thanks for the heads up.
@Chris J, Ha!
Psst… The Emoticon was excellent on the hill again. Shouldn’t be overlooked, even though it was against a team that normally (unless playing the Tigers) can’t hit their way out of a paper bag!
Own Putz, Marshall & Robertson. Oh, and picked up Bedard for a spot start. Cust kayin’.
Everyone else can have a nice day.
@zombie, yeah, Bedard did that to me, too. I’d drop him but I’m afraid he would break.
Drew Smyly, John Danks, or Justin Masterson ROS?
@Colton, I say Smyly, but I don’t know what ROS means. Rest of Season?
@Vacation, yes
In a span of a week I had gained two closers in Sale and Jansen. It left me with 5 closers. Since I also need HLDs I traded Frank Francisco away for a HLDs guy… two days later, Sale is going for an MRI…
So I may be back down to 3.
If Dolis loses his gig, then I’d be back to look for additional closers. As the closrusal turns…
@papasmurf, Ha, yup
I wouldn’t mention a marginal catcher in a roundup without also listing the 5 catchers I’d currently rank above, as well as below him… but apparently you’re a masochist. Enjoy ranking catchers in the comments for the rest of the day!
@Awesomus Maximus, Ha
@Awesomus Maximus, Oh, and I watched…
@Grey, Some great bikini shots of Christina last night. I can’t believe what a moron she is, but she also happens to be smokin’ hot. How can you not connect the dots when someone tells you, “We’re sending a couple votes your way in case Tarzan plays an idol… uhh… but… err… we’re not voting you off or anything.”
Kat bawling last week was hilarious. I think I’m going to watch The Ponderosa to see if she’s as entertaining off the main show as she was on it.
I’m sick of seeing Kim freshly showered and eating a hearty meal. I feel like she’s been on every single reward… yet no one sees her as a threat?
This will be possibly the most bitter jury of all time. A bunch of bitter beer faces over there already, and the next two to go (whomever they are) will be just as, if not more bitter.
@Awesomus Maximus, The problem is the jury might be bitter but they don’t seem capable of expressing it. Just pouty. Kat’s awesome for calling them bitches this week… It’s a real shame that no one puts things out there to out Kim’s game. I hate that I have to root for Alicia to trip her up. My girl’s still alive! (Chelsea) And, yeah, Christina is crazy hot. And not too bright.
@Grey, Hmm… I don’t recall this particular challenge:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9743/93726e06e939849ff309977.jpg
@Awesomus Maximus, Getting an error on that…
Morning!
I gotta drop two of these guys in 12-team roto keeper league, who would you recommend?
T Campana
T Hunter
M Joyce
J Tabata
R Furcal
L Morrison
O Infante
J Weeks
W Middlebrooks
D Gordon
Thanks as always!
@scott, Definitely Infante. Probably Furcal next
@scott, Weeks, Infante or Campana if you don’t need steals…
Do you like Gavin Floyd tomorrow against KC?
Need to pick up a pitcher
Thanks!
@Ryan, Sure
14 tm mixed: Trade my Reimold & Craig for Schaefer & B.Meyers? I need the SAGNOF and have power to spare (sort of).
10 tm mixed: Drop Rios or Cozart for Lind? My MI’s are Uggla, Andrus, & Altuve so Cozart usually rides the bench. Rios is my 6th OF in a 5 OF league so he’s a bench/fill in guy as well. Thanks!
@stoopid, It’s fair… Cozart…
1 more question: Better hold for potential saves: Santiago or Soriano?
@stoopid, Soriano
sean marshall
or
tommy hanson
or
very close
in nl-only where closers actually matter
@Ferris, Hanson, close
Hanson.
Any injury word on Joyce? He looked like he twisted his ankle pretty badly on the HR swing. He stumbled and then actually fell over the plate before getting up and gingerly rounding the bases.
@Eddie, I didn’t see…
@Grey, he stayed in the game in the OF in the bottom of the 9th
I know you love to do this, so please rank the following bats for the foreseeable future for UTIL positions:
Ike Turner, Lind, JJ, Kelly Jo, Youk, Boneface, Schafer, Rios, Joyce, Trumbo, Scott, Chris Johnson, Choo
H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG., OBPS (On-base plus slugging)
Currently have Hardy, Kelly, Choo. I like to keep someone with speed and someone with power to fill the holes in the lineup. Thanks. Any commenters feel free to chime in.
@Wilsonian, So you currently have 3 of those guys for the one UTIL spot? Or you can pick up how many off that list? I’m confused.
@WhineSpritzer, I have those three guys that I listed. I have two UTIL spots and a bench spot. I rotate in based on needs. The other guys listed are available (minus Joyce – he got picked up). Sorry for the confusion!
@Wilsonian, Hardy, Joyce, Kelly, Choo
In a non keeper with saves to sell do you like giving Bryce Harper and cassilla for hunter pence?
@Schlitzy, Yup
Pick up Jemile Weeks or Campana for steals and Drop Trumbo, Markakis, or LoMo?
@JTR, Campana for LoMo.
Which pitcher do you prefer: CJ Wilson or Timmy Lincecum?
@crock, Wilson, son.
@WhineSpritzer, yup
I’d like to take this opportunity to point out that Capps, Johnson, Myers and Rodney are a combined 29 for 29 in save opportunities so far.
Closepocalypse indeed!
@A Hill O’ Beans, Hahahaha! That’s insane!
@A Hill O’ Beans, Wow…that is crazy
@A Hill O’ Beans, Yeah, crazy…
Grey – Need to drop Logan M. or Stubbs. What would you do? Come on, I never ask you for anything.
@Biz Markie, LoMo
Dude in my league offered me his Kinsler for my Pence and Lawrie. Too much, I say, so I offered Lawrie + a pitcher (he’s in the bottom third of the league in pitching). My pitchers are Price, Latos, Anibal, Morrow, Volquez, Worley, Drabek. Am I crazy, or is there a fair trade for Kinsler in that group by combining Lawrie or Moutakas with any one of those SPs?
@Fonzie Guillen, Lawrie and Drabek or Lawrie and Morrow (especially if you believe like Grey does that the shizz hits the fan soon) seems fair. Plus going from 3 to 2 AL East pitchers isn’t a terrible idea.
@MattTruss223, Thanks. That’s what I was thinking, too. I’d pretty much move anyone in the group besides Anibal, but the guy I’m talking with is pretty unrealistic. Got a dog in this fight, @Grey?
@Fonzie Guillen, For what it’s Wertz, I just traded Phillips and Casilla for Kinsler. Something to refrence anyway. Guy I traded w/was bottom third in SVs.
@MattTruss223, Heh, yeah—I was just met with “I think the bottom third of the pitching categories is a pretty good place to be in considering how little I care about pitching” as his response. How about that logic?
@Fonzie Guillen, I don’t think Lawrie or Moustakas and one of those SP’s is enough for Kinsler. Maybe Lawrie and Price, but I would hold if I was the Kinsler owner.
@WhineSpritzer, Moustakas instead of Lawrie seems a pipe-dream on my part, it’s true. I’m willing to give up Lawrie and haven’t considered a pair with Price, but Pence + Lawrie seems too strong, especially with Kinsler’s injury risk, plus my OF can’t afford to lose Pence in any case.
@Fonzie Guillen, *have* considered, I meant
@Fonzie Guillen, I agree I wouldn’t do Pence and Lawrie, especially if you’re thin in OF. You have a pretty solid rotation. I’d try Lawrie and Morrow. It might work. If not, I’d up it to Lawrie and Price.
With *one* not *any one*
Grey:8 team pts league….I give up Cain/LaHair for Bautista.
theres no moves limit and in such a shallow league theres always decent streaming options(I currently own Bumgarner,Zimmerman,Latos,Beachy,Moore,Wainright,Fister,Dickey,Wandy,Worly,Nolasco,McDonald.
good move?
@Oilcan Giuseppe, Sounds fair
Doumit or Arencibia right now? ROS?
@Booya, Doumit
@Booya, JP right now, Doumit ROS
You’d rather have Putz than Minor, right?
@Booya, Yes
just curious….why Closepocalypse and not ARMageddon?
@brody, Ask big media
My points league counts saves 4, holds 2, Ks 1. I can start up to 7 RPs and my relievers are:
Kenley, Casilla, Rodriguez, Broxton, Johnson, Dolis, Janssen.
On waivers are Soriano, Cashner, Thayer, Crain, Thornton, Mujica….
I’m putting a claim on Soriano, dropping Janssen. Agree? If that falls through should I make a different move or hold?
@chunk, Sure, Janssen
In a H2H-Points league where SV=3, W=7, L=-7 and Ks=0.5 and we only have 1 RP spot and most owners just use that spot to fit in extra SPs (that are dual eligable of course, like myself w/Samardzija and Lynn). Am I crazy to want to drop Axford and pick up Chapman or Kenley Jansen? RPs are extremely undervalued in this league. And if Chapman ever makes the starting rotation he’d be way more valuable. Anyone wanna talk me off the ledge or push me off it?
@MattTruss223, I’d grab Jansen
Picked up Reed yesterday, would like to try and offload Marshall. What kind of SP could I get? Peavy, THudson, Dempster, Hanson, Nolasco, Minor (these are guys on teams that need closers)
@nightpandas, Dude, Marshall could get demoted any minute. Take whatever you can get. (And no chance in hell you get Peavy right now.
@Everyone:
My HanRam and J.McDonald
For
His Freeman, Assdrbble and Beachy
@quimmy,
NO
who do you like tonight/today?
colon vs detroit
strassberg @ pitt
or both?
[h2h era/k/whip/qs]
as of right now, yahoo didnt give me a save for jannsen last night.
supwitdat? have a 0.00 era going in, but need k’s, some qs’s.
thanks
scroungchovies
@anchovies, I’d take Strausburg vs. anyone over Colon vs. anyone.
@WhineSpritzer,
i can start both—that was the question.
you like both or just one? leave colon sitting?
@anchovies, my bad, didn’t see that. Yes I’d run him out there considering your situation.
What’s most amazing about Dunn is that he is a league leader in walks (25) and his OBP is .384.
@RK, Ha, yup…
For tomorrow: Porcello @ Oak or Drabek @ Min (AAA)?
Thanks!
@Will, Drabek
Guys-
Should I grab Youk and stash him on the DL for one of my UTIL spots or is he done? What are your thoughts on JD Martinez – still a .270 hitter by year’s end? Yonder Alonso or JD?
Thanks.
@My My My MY Kuroda, Youk is not going to sit on the redsox nation’s bench – it all depends on what numbers you want from Youk – what you see is what you get
I can’t believe you just went all Mary Poppins on us in your Fantasy Baseball round-up… That’s GOLD, Grey… GOLD!
@Rodger-Dodger, Thanks!
“Mr. Trout, I’d like to have a word with you..” – Cole Hamels
@Alfonso S, Ha!
The NYY announcers in the game last night said that Mo Rivera blew 3 of his first 6 save chances back in ’97. I think the managers that are shuffling people around are as insane as we are about the Closepocolypse – myself included. This is just my thinking, but… K-Rob will remain the closer in NY; Marshall will stick it out in Cincy (no he hasn’t been good, but he hasn’t had a ton of save opps, surprisingly); and the usual suspects will get the gig back.
@Wilsonian, Yeah I think K-Rob is safe for now. His problem is going to be all the 25 pitch saves and going back to back nights.
I think Marshall is very different, he hasn’t been good, and he’s got Chapman right there, looking totally lights out, breathing down his neck.
@Wake Up, I think K-Rob takes the gig, once he gets used to it. But I agree with the long innings. He won’t be going back to back until he can get some 10-15 pitch innings. I do agree that Marshall is a little different. But I still think he turns it around. He hasn’t been good, but he’s had some good, clean saves, as well. I think Chapman should be the guy, but for some reason Dusty is as Dusty does, so I kinda base my though on that, too.
@Wilsonian, Bell included?
@chunk, I think so. He’s got the experience and they’re paying him a boatload of money. It won’t be this week, and might not be right away, but I think he eventually gets the job back. It might also take a disgraceful list trip for him.
@Grey: Casilla or Reed? Would be dropping Casilla…
@sal, Casilla’s safer.
M-A-R-I-A-N-O… What the blood clot?
@Wake Up, Ha
Hi Grey,
To help take my mind off my Axford/Marshall/Robertson day, who would you choose ROS: Jed Lowrie or J.J. Hardy? Thanks.
@mhfella, Hardy
I would add Andy Dirks but I don’t like people with abnormally small heads.
Drop Cashner for Janssen?
@Charles,
Yes, by the time Santos takes the role back, Street should be back in SD
I am in a 20 team h2h dynasty league. Cliff Lee is finally of the DL. Whom should I drop to put back in my lineup?
c jp arencibia
1b prince fielder
2b neil walker
ss yunel escobar
3b miguel cabrera
inf chris johnson
lf carlos lee
cf jarrod dyson
rf justin upton
of vernon wells
util tony campana
bn travis snider
bn peter bourjos
bn ryan lavernway
Bn miguel Sano
dl carl crawford
dl evan longoria
sp clayton kershaw
sp jason hammel
sp ubaldo jimenez
sp jon lester
rp jason motte
rp matt thorton
rp rafael dolis
rp matt capps
p ubaldo jimenez
p scott downs
p aaron harang
bn brad peacock
bn garrett richards
bn brian matusz
dl cliff lee
@Ryan, Kershaw
@Ryan, lavernway
Thoughts on adding F Paulino: I’m in a deep mixed points league and have a full boat of fringe SPs like Norris Nicasio, McDonald, Burnett, Duffy rotating from bench to my 5th starter.
Paulino has dual elig so he can fill a RP slot for me which is valuable in our format- do I dump one of the SP above or do I cut ties to Casey Janssen instead and make Paulino my third RP?
@Vic the Stick, Can try him over Duffy if you like…
I know you’re not a fan of Morales, but Morales or Ike Davis ROS?
@WhineSpritzer, Davis
Grey,
H2H redraft…
I give
Rollins/H-Rod
I get
Morse
Also, Do I continue to stash Werth if I make this trade?
C- Pierzynski
1B- Prince Fielder
2B- Phillips
SS- HanRam, Rollins
3B- C. Jones, C. Davis
OF- Bruce, Pence, Choo, Craig
DL- Longoria, Werth
W, L, SV, ERA, HR, K, WHIP
SP- CJ Wilson, King Felix, Gio, A. Sanchez, Parker, Zambrano, Bass
RP- J. Johnson, H-Rod, Casilla, Thayer, C Janssen
@Drew, Trade looks fine…
Do you see Parra getting his playing time cut significantly when Krisp comes back? Is now a good time to try to flip him in a deeper league for an everyday upside guy like Brantley?
@chunk, Yup… Sure, give it a shot
The closerpocalypse may continue.
Grant Balfour isnt pitching well lately.
Also Brett Myers is probably very available.
@ Grey
Moose just went on the wire in 12 team 5 x 5. Panda hurt. Drop P. Alvarez make sense on waiver?
@paddytwotimes, I’d hold for right now
@Grey, Thanks for the response. The commenter below me asked substantially similar question except use c. johnson instead of moose. That was kosher. Is there a difference between C. Johnson and Moose that you are feeling and seeing? Thanks for everything you do man.
morning grey.. contemplating dropping P. Alvarez for C. Johnson..
kosher? or you think Pulvarez will heat up again soon?
@mrobs, Kosher
Grey,
I’m trying to be patient with JJ Putz as my closer in my 12-team head to head points league where each team usually only has one closer on their roster, but it’s not looking good. With Sean Marshall not getting the job done in Cincy and Aroldis Chapman looking like a natural 9th inning guy is now the time to make the preemptive switch (to this point Putz has 16 points and Chapman has 55 even without getting saves) or as Jon Hamm would say to Liz Lemon is it “too soon!”?
Thanks
@Drexel Hill Dragons, Switch em
In this the year 12 after 20. Soon to be known as the year the closer died, is it not time that we start keeping tabs on not only “blown saves” but “blown wins”? A stat that would be attached to a starter where they left the game with the lead and no base runners attached to them score to tie or take the lead, only to see their trusted (not so much) pens blow the game. In any other year wins are hard enough to come by from starters but with the amount of late inning collapses this season, every starter that captures a win should be celebrated with bubbly.
@Drexel Hill Dragons, Ask Albert later today
Do you like (strong word) Iannetta over Rosario for ROS? Thanks
@Boomer19, Yes
@Grey, If you had to drop one, who would you lose: Cishek or Thayer?
Stauffer looked good in what sounds like his final rehab start last night, so I’m thinking of picking him up – I drafted and dropped him when he hit the DL. It’s H2H and I can only field 3 RP at a time. I’ve got Motte, Downs and the above two.
@3FingersBrown, interesting… i may too be adding him in a league or two.
@mrobs, Definitely worth an add in a competitive league. With Luebke out of the picture, he’s the king of the HodgePads!
@3FingersBrown, Thayer
@Grey, You’d drop Thayer?
I think Cishek’s the better pitcher but his situation seems more tenuous at the moment after the BS yesterday, no? Both hits off him were bloops but who knows what crazy Ozzie’s gonna do.
Closerpocalypse is going to give me an aneurysm before this season’s over.
What’s your opinion on Cody Ross? He’s been slumping the last 2 weeks, and I’m wondering if he still has value or if I rode him for too long and need to change up. Thanks.
@Matt, Lose him
@Grey, Thanks. What about Aviles?
@Grey, whenever I think of Tony Campana I can’t help but always say his name in my head like this rap song the 49ers kick off team danced to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-TSXZQm_1E
@JTR, Nice! That’s going to be stuck in my head now.
Any time I hear Anthony Rizzo, I think of Frank Rizzo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXWo6jXmRO8
@JTR, HA!
@JTR, nice video… makes me want to give someone a concussion… go niners…
@Grey, To continue off that, I need steals… Drop Markakis, LoMo, or Trumbo in favor of Campana?
Thank you!
@JTR, Markakis
I know Closepocalypse is in full swing, but Pujols went 2-4 with 2 RBIs? No mention?
@Shaniceaster Bunny, Yeah, he’s almost hitting .200.
Would you start any of these guys over the next couple of days:
Minor @ STL
Volquez @ PHI
Jackson @ CIN
I’m leaning towards sitting them all. Thanks.
@Salty Balty, Nope
Punted 3B in one of my leagues this year
Been streaming the hot bat and currently have Lowrie who seems to have dried up.
Who should I own:
Lowrie, Seager, Alverez, Ransom, Johnson at 3B
or I could move Bone-face to 3B and pick up Cozart for SS?
Thanks
@The Real McCoy, Johnson…
Grey,
4×4 league- No strikeouts
Tommy Milone or Mike Minor?
Thanks
@VOTTO-VOOM, Milone
Hi Grey. 9 teamer. Doing pretty good in HR, RBI, SB. Well behind in runs, AVG. Drop Trout for Craig?
Full story in Forums as “D Hudson coming off DL soon and need to catch up in K and SV.” I’d appreciate your feedback. Thanks in advance.
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, I’d hold
Drop Ruiz for Doumit, Arencibia or Lucroy?
Also, would you hold onto Marmol?
@Mr. Rickey, Lose Marmol… I grabbed JP…
Did they allow steroids back in baseball or is pitching just really this spotty this year??
@The Real McCoy, Is it much better?
“Michael Moore offered to take Yoenis back to Cuba for tests, but he declined.”
Awesome.
@airweino, Thanks!
Just wanted to say thanks for your help, Grey. And I want to brag. But mostly say thanks.
I drafted Anibal Sanchez purely on your recommendation, and drafted Beachy & Maddy Bum in part because of your opinions on them. My other starter is Cueto…I can’t remember if you said anything about him, but I’m taking sole creidt for that one.
So far, my RPs haven’t been too disastrous, relatively speaking, and my team ERA is 2.23. Which is badly needed, since my team BA is .251.
Thanks again, Grey!
@skinny malinky, Sounds like my RCL team…
Pls rank for 12 team H2H pts:
McDonald
E. Santana
Cahill
McCarthy
@EK, Cahill, McCarthy, Ervin
Do you know where Barry got all of his money?
@Salty Balty, From Storage Wars?
@Grey, yes
Which side H2H pts:
Lynn + Ortiz or Gio
@EK, Gio
4IP, 7H, 4BB: Grey, I’m officially off the C-Bills-wagon. Last one off, tip the kerosene lantern and torch that wagon to the ground.
Oh wait, I’m the last one.
You may commence your gloating now.
@Baron Von Vulturewins, I don’t personally gloat, I vaguely gloat in posts…
Give: Encarnacion and LaHair
Get: Bruce or Stanton
Is this equal value ROS?
@The Real McCoy, Probably a little too much to give.
@WhineSpritzer, Take Bruce and Stanton and run!!!
@ThE sHiT, The problem is it’s OR, not AND. lol.
@Grey…
I currently have Chris Davis as my corner infielder. Would you drop him for Kyle Seager?
@Ralph, Nope
@Grey, would you drop Davis for Mark Reynolds instead?
@Ralph, Love Seager! I would. But depends what you need, HR’s/RBI and low average? Or a plus avg. with a little something across the board.
@WhineSpritzer, I am in a 10 team league. I am last in HR’s, second to last in OBP (we do not use average) and third to last in RBI’s…no thanks to Pujols and A-Rod
@Ralph, Well there ya go. You answered your own question then.
@Grey Reynolds, Johnson or Davis?
@Howard, Johnson
@Grey: 12 team mixed roto league, delgado or milone? also, is middlebrooks worth hanging on to in redraft leagues once youk comes back?
@herschel, Delgado… Probably not…
@Grey: Frieri or Ondrusek?
@ThE sHiT, Frieri
My JUP for his Giancarlo and Peavy? Fair?
@quimmy, Fair
@quimmy, At this point, I’d probably swap Upton for Stanton straight up. I’d say that’s more than fair if Peavy stays healthy.
From a ROS/set-it-and-forget-it perspective:
1. Ruiz or Doumit (would be only catcher)
2. Mark Reynolds or Ike Davis (would be only 1B)
3. I know you endorse Addison Reed over Dale Thayer, but I’m curious as to the main reason(s). As a general rule I’d rather have a guy currently in a semi-obvious role over another guy whose role is more based on speculation (especially when that speculation is focused on the ruminations of one Robin Ventura). As I see it: Thayer has the job right now; I don’t believe Street will stay healthy and even if he comes back at the earliest possible timeframe he could easily lose the gig outright with a bad outing or two; Reed is seemingly the guy in Chicago, but news on Sale’s MRI hasn’t come back and Ventura strikes me as more erratic than Bud Black. Please convince me otherwise.
4. Thank you!
@Chillmodious, 1. Doumit 2 Reynolds 3 Thayer’s not obvious and Street’s return is imminent. 4. You’re welcome
Yonder Alonso or JD Martinez for the rest of the year?
@My My My MY Kuroda, JD
I need to drop somebody to activate Gardner. Recommendations on who?
h2h 12 team with yahoo scoring
C: Yadier Molina
1B: Joey Votto
2B: Dan Uggla
SS: Hanley Ramirez
3B: Mark Reynolds
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Desmond Jennings, Adam Jones
UTL: Mike Trout, Bryan LaHair
Bench: Adam LaRoche
2SP: Jon Lester, Yovani Gallardo
2RP: David Robertson, Jim Johnson
4P: Matt Moore, Ricky Romero, Max Scherzer, Jamie Garcia, Justin Masterson, Derek Holland, Jarrod Parker, Addison Reed
DL: Evan Longoria, Brett Gardner
@Jack, I’d let LaRoche go as you seem to have good CI depth.
My dunn/lance lynn for his alex gordon/doug fister. Dunn’s my third 1b guy (Agonz/Konerko other two) and I don’t really own any OF of consequence other than Kemp.
Tolerable?
@james d, Sounds solid…
Need to drop one in league with OPS and Ks:
B Belt?
P Alverez?
Mini Donkey?
Belt
@Grey: Is Allen Craig really looking at less than everyday playing time when Berkman gets back? I play in a H2H league, so this’ll hurt if true.
Yeah, it’s possible…
@Grey, Read somewhere that he’s been cleared to play in the OF, so he’s probably going to get some PT there, as well as spelling the aging Berkman and filling in for their suckage at 2nd base. I think he still gets his ABs.
@Wilsonian, Yeah, hopefully…
Wattup Grey-
I’m in a yahoo 12 team roto 6×6
Ike Davis and Josh Reddick are available on the wire, who’d you take?
Drop Jon Jay, Aushizz or mini donkey for either of them?
Davis over Goldy…
Grey,
Looking to deal one of Lynn, Gio, or Anibal for an outfielder.
1) Which of these three should I deal?
2) What type of Outfielder can I target? Vicorino-ish?
Lynn… Try for Victorino…
Getting sick of Sean Marshall, should I drop him and speculate on Reed/Janssen instead?
Nah
National League decide to take the day off?
Was this intentional to reduce the blown save opportunities?
@bean, Ha… Prolly…
@Grey, I would like to start a petition that all “save opportunities” now be considered “blown-save opportunities”.
Much better if we say…”Wow, (insert crappy closer here) really failed to pick up the blown save here by striking out the side”.
@bean, HA!
Bout to pull the trigger on this trade. 16 team, Seven Keeper league. What do you think:
My:
Andre Ethier
His:
Round Six Draft Pick (Next Year)
Travis d’Arnaud
Shelby Miller
Good for me? Also, what do you think the ETA for both of these prospects is?
@John Axford’s Meat Stache, Trade’s okay… I think they’re both up within the next few months… Not sure if they’re really a top 7 keeper unless your team’s a bit of a mess.
@Grey, No my team’s solid keeper wise. In fact, I have one too many keepers. It’s just that I fall in love with prospects and my catcher shituation is a mess. Shelby is mighty enticing though.
@John Axford’s Meat Stache, Yeah, I have him in a keeper… But my league is NL-Only and we can keep anyone…
after dining scampi with jumbo shrimp at my bjursta dining table, i look forward to reclining on my wilhelmsen chaise to enjoy a digestive from my ondrusek snifter. ein prosit!
@robert raymond, HA!
What do you think of Lynn for Freeman?
@Grey’s da man!, I’d take Freeman
Teixeira diagnosed with inflamed airways… my diagnosis would have been “inflamed owners.”
Also, Survivor: http://bit.ly/K5U5zF
@Awesomus Maximus, Saw it…
Hi Grey — I know what you mean about Tim Hudson being more valuable than I can get in return for him. What do you think about trading him for Matt Moore? This is in a 16-team redraft league.
And can you give me a line or two on why some ‘perts were so high on him going into the year? I watched him against the Tigers a couple weeks back and he didn’t look like anything special.
@Enrique, I’d take Moore. http://razzball.com/matt-moore-2012-fantasy-outlook/
deep H2H-Points league
Sell high on either LaHair or Lance Lynn for Dan Haren?
@Commish Cauda, Either, in reverse order…
@Grey, Thanks. How about this for a 3rd option?
LaHair & Lynn for Pujols
Or keep LaHair and stick with trading Lynn for Haren?
I’d take Pujols…
Ike, Carp or Goldshmidt?
@Grey’s da man!, Ike
Probably going to post something in the forums, but just on the surface, which side do you like:
Stanton/Stubbs/Price OR JUpton/Phillips/Lester?
I could move Kelly Jo in at 2nd and Stubbs would take his place at Utility. It is a keeper, and we keep 5 with no limits.
H R HR RBI SB AVG OBPS
W L SV Ks ERA WHIP Ks/9
Stanton
@Grey, thanks brah. ‘Preciate it! I posted a full rundown in the forums of this guy’s team to see if there is a better deal to be had than the one I posted here. Didn’t want to clog up the comments with 2 big ass rosters.
Okay, will look later..,
@Wilsonian, Saw this in the forums and I say Stanton and there really isnt a better trade option. My thought is that you are taking his #1SP and replacing him Jawn Frigggan Lesta.
Wouldn’t consider that fair but most trades aren’t. Its a solid deal for you if you can get it.
@bean, thanks for your input. Would it still be a go if I swapped Price for Gallardo, making the deal:
Stanton/Stubbs/Gallardo for JUpton/Phillips/Lester?
@Wilsonian, No the other trade works and isnt obsurd…..you win is all. Shoot out the trade with Price and see what happens.
@bean, made the offer. Thanks for our input.
@Wilsonian, *your input.
@Wilsonian, Our goose…..our input
Time to lose Alvarez? Probably would grab Chris Johnson. Also, can we spend a little time acknowledging that Billy Butler’s nickname is “Country Breakfast”. That is amazingly perfect.
That is awesome… Can go with Johnson, I’m holding Alvarez through the weekend…
12 team mixed keeper. 1450 innings, only 3 of and no CI or MI.
I have, Avila, Craig, Aviles, Tulo, Moose, Aramis, Braun, Victorio, Campana, Reimold, Furcal, Duda, Felix, D. Hudson, Anibal, Moore, Wandy, Lilly, Samaradjia, Floyd, Balfour, Street, Broxton, Santos
I have the following options
1.) Avila, D. Hudson, Middlebrooks for Posey and Butler
2.) Avila, D. Hudson, Middlebrooks for Posey, Swisher and Hammel
3.) Avila, D. Hudson, Middlebrooks for Posey, Swisher and Skaggs
4.) Avila, Middlebrooks and Duda for Posey and Swisher
please rank the options…or should I not deal at all?
@Paul, 1, 2, 4, 3…
A second question: I’ve got a free roster spot for a hot bat in a 14-team roto league. Chris Johnson was dropped and I can pick him up on Saturday. I’ll probably do that, but the options available immediately are:
Tyler Greene
Jonny Gomes
Andres Torres
Brandon Snyder
Mark Ellis (have you seen how many Rs the guys scores?)
Any of those guys a better pick than Johnson for the short term?
@Enrique, Torres has been on fire since getting off the DL, but you can’t trust him. So that sort of makes him the ideal pick-up if you’re assessing short term value, no?
Johnson on Saturday… Torres now…
@Grey, @Chillmodious, Regarding Torres, in my 16-teamer (also redraft roto), I’ve got Dirks as my hot bat and the same cast of characters, except Johnson, are available on waivers.
Would you suggest dropping Dirks for Torres? Or is there a chance Dirks will find a home in Boesch’s No. 2 spot in Leyland’s lineup card and thrive longer than Torres will stay hot.
@Enrique, I’d prefer Torres…
@Grey, Grazie.
De nada
ROS:
Trumbo, Rios, Willingham, LaHair, A. Craig, L. Scott, Austin Jackson, Chris Johnson.
@Watchlist, Rios, Scott, LaHair, Willingham…
Start Scherzer tonight at Oakland? Thanks!
@Jon, Yup
Stream Worley vs SD or drabek @Min. Or start Parker vs Det?
Both? Worley…
Drop Hiroki Kuroda for Reed?
@Ray, Yup
Thanks Grey! Drop trumbo or goldschizz for Ike? Or neither?
Goldy
Should I give up Gallardo and Michael Young for Joey Bats?
12 team H2H – I’d still have Hamels, Sabathia and Price as my top SPs.
Muchos Gracias.
It’s fair… You’re definitely not getting a great deal…
Sultan of Stache,
How would you rank B. Butler, Hosmer, and M. Young for the rest of the season?
@Flow Montana, Slight edge to Young…Butler, Hosmer
@Flow Montana, Could go any way… Hopefully, Hosmer, Butler, Young…
Can you rank these slow starting 1B? Lind, Ike, Goldy. Gracias.
@poet, You have the right order.
3 straight in birdland
and jones to the warning track .. straight away
since this ^ , colby K’s 6 in a row , gets a fly-out to right , and then records his 7th K of the game .
losing 3-0 …. after 3 innings ,
but his babip is 0.00 .
colby ….. 12 K’s thru 6 .
colby gives up 2 more “hits” in the 7th .
13 K’s
5 hits
1 walk
losing 6-0 .
check that :
12 K’s (only 11 thru the 1st 6 innings) .
Nice start for Colby…
@chunk, Ugh
Looking for a OF with speed but league also has 6th category OPS so I can’t get a complete SAGNOF with no power/on base.
Would peeps rather go Torres, Campana or Frenchie Pierre. I am leaning towards Campana, but not sure he can stay this hot and Torres looks appealing after last night.
@Shea Sera Sera, Campana
Just got offered Gallardo for Wainwright.
Do this trade, right? I’d be getting Gallardo.
@Derrick, I would.
@Shea Sera Sera, I want to snap accept it, but something is stopping me. Not sure why.
@Derrick, Not sure what, I mean.
Got offered Kinsler, Pedro Alvarez, and Henderson Alvarez for my Kipnis, Gallardo, and Valverde. I know Kinsler is the best player, but is this even fair? He has a bunch of scrubs for closers and it would leave me with Rodney, Jansen, and Mujica for saves. Gallardo is my best starter and I’d be left with Romero, Anibal, and Fister as my top starters. Thoughts?
@Poo Holes, I’d hold
@Grey, Even worth a counter? These are the types of offers I get from this guy, his lineup is loaded so he just tries to upgrade by giving up the guys he grabs on waivers.
@Poo Holes, Kinsler for Kipnis and Romero… More than fair…
@Grey, Hopefully this guy agrees, thanks for the help!
Grey my man,
I hope all is well these days. Haven’t posted this season, but have been reading diligently. So thanks! That said, I have my 1 month team assessment and have a few questions. 16 team keeper league, 6×6.
I have solid batting, but could use some more pop. Pretty much punted C and SS, but solidified the other positions. For catchers, which 1 of the following would you take; Soto, Salty, Ramon Hernandez, Ellis, Suzuki? And 1 for SS; Escobar, Pastornicky, Sean Rod, Pennington, Ransom.
Lastly, I have strong starting and bullpen. Which 1 of these RP’s do I lose for a bat? Hank Rod, K Rod, Janssen, Thayer or Frieri? We count holds.
Thanks a ton Grey! Digging the podcast very much. Keep up the rocking work!
Spaceman
@The Spaceman, No problem… Soto… Alcides….. Frieri… Thanks!
Do you mind ranking these SP’s for me going forward?
Morrow, Wainwright, Latos and Gallardo.
Gallardo, Latos, Morrow…
I can’t be the only one amazed that Hamilton didn’t suffer a season-ending injury injury sliding on the tarp during the rainstorm yesterday.
@Steve, I didn’t even hear about that… What a spazz.
@Grey, Saw it on Sportscenter. Was actually kind of funny. There was a bunch of them doing it.
@Steve, Ah… Haven’t watched SC in about 5 years…
@Grey, It’s about the only way I have of seeing baseball highlights on TV.
@Steve, Gotcha
@Grey,
1) Drop one of Reynolds, Goldschmidt, Alvarez for one of Franceour, Campana, Boesch, Moreland, or Carp?
2) Chris Johnson on waiver, replace him with which one of the other aforementioned CI?
@Melvin Emanuel, You need steals? Then Goldy for Campana… If not, hold… 2) Over Goldy
Of course I chose Andino over Betemit for the short-schedule day.
@Steve, Betemit’s been on fire…
I love my co jo’s?
@Prezii, HA!
Lynn or Cueto? Is that trade fair if I’m offering Lynn?
@chunk, Cueto…What trade?
@Grey, I give lynn, get cueto…. I could always do Lynn and a RP if you think I’ll need to, Janssen, Dolis, Hrod….
Come on Rangers – Jimbo J needs a save opp.
@Steve, You’re welcome.
@Steve, If, and that’s a big IF, he closes this out, does he get credited for a save?
@Poo Holes, Looks like the answer is yes!
@Poo Holes, my understanding is that if you enter the game mid inning, then the tying run must be on deck in order for it to be a save situation. With a 4 run lead and 2 on, it qualifies
@Poo Holes, He did, yeah. As best as I can tell, he satisfied two of the three requirements to be credited with a Save.
@Steve, Oops. he only satisfied one – the one where you enter with the tying run on deck.
But it’s enough!
@Steve, I’ll take it, no complaints!
@Steve, Oops. Get him out of there now and at least I get a Hold out of it.
@Steve, not the most gorgeous of saves but I’ll take it.
Shades of White & Black,
Keeper League Q:
Is Ryan Zimmerman (mine) worth Ryan Howard (his) straight up? Or should I be asking for more? If more, how much more?
Thanks broseph.
@West Coast Nutz, I’d want more… Maybe a young SP with questions like Minor…
@Grey,
Would I be getting a “steal of a deal” if I took R. Howard and C. Santana from him for Zimm?
@West Coast Nutz, Yeah, you would
Holland or Capuano?
@Sam, Capuano
Grey how excited are you about Josh Hamilton? I’m being offerred Hamilton + Nolan Reimold for Mark Tex + Victorino.
Or are you low on Bautista? I could also trade away Bautista + Gardner instead of Tex + Victorino.
It’s a 14-team H2H with OPS instead of AVG.
@Nathan, I’d trade Tex and a lesser OF than Shane or Gardner for Hamilton…
@Grey, Well Victorino is actually the guy he’s primarily interested in. What about Victorino + Billy Butler?
@Nathan, For Hamilton or Bautista? I think I’d do that assuming your league is not too deep that you can find a good replacement.
@Frank Kim, Nah, I already own Bautista. For Hamilton.
@Nathan, I’d jump all over a trade for Hamilton. But I’d rather trade Victorino + Tex than Batusita + Gardner.
Who do you prefer ROS: Rickie Weeks or Micheal Cuddyer?
@james d, Cuddyer
WOW, working hard today Grey,
Which corner man
Moreland, Seager, Betemit?
Seager
Lombardozzi out again…….looking like a guy without a chair since the music stopped? Sucks cause he was starting to work out pretty well for me.
@bean, Yup… Yeah, does suck…
Someone dropped Jaime Garcia in my 11 team mixed standard roto league. Worth starting tomorrow at home against Atlanta, Minor? Worried about his K’s being down so much.
@Frank Kim, I’d start him…
@Grey, Thanks!
Iannetta having wrist surgery – out for 6-8 weeks.
@Steve, Oh well…
Iannetta out for 6-8 weeks with wrist surgery.
@Wilsonian, Thanks for the heads up!
Jays signed Vlad!! % chance he is their primary DH within 6 weeks?
@chunk, Wow! Thanks for the news.
@chunk, Could be…
My RPs, in order of most willing to part with via drop, trade sweetener, etc. to least willing….
Janssen, Dolis, H rod, Broxton, Johnson, Casilla, Jansen.
Did I order them?
@chunk, Trade any of them… You did order them right…
@Grey: 10 team roto with standard categories plus OBP and K/BB. Is this trade fair?
Carlos Santana and Rickie Weeks for Gallardo and Capps. I get Santana and Weeks then drop Ramos.
@SwaggerJackers, Yup
@Grey,
Would you drop Aceves for:
Capps,
Marshall, or
Reed? (and if so, which one)
@smegma, Nope
@Grey,
Thanks for the follow up – how about dropping Boesch for one of the above? I have Valverde/Aceves in league with 2 starting spots for RP and 6 total bench spots…should I carry a 3rd RP?
Sorry, on my phone and not sure of the choices…
Gardner getting another MRI
@VinWins, Dah!
@VinWins, I’m working with an editor that looks just like him. Never seen the two in the same place. Cust Kay’n…
@3FingersBrown, Ha!
Hamilton finally hits another HR.
@VinWins, Lowercase yay
Kipnis with a shmear!
Too bad I don’t own him. I just like typing that.
What, you don’t want a nosh?
I have a ton of MI depth, so I’ve been shopping Asdrubal around and no takers. I don’t get it. The dude may not hit 25 HR but he’s a solid SS. Much better then what a lot of guys are throwing out there.
@3FingersBrown, Yeah, he gets no respect… Hard to take a guy with the name Asdrubal serious, I guess.
@Grey, Must be the name… He got the injury-prone knock a few years ago – because he couldn’t stop Peralta from running into his arm.
Now that the Indians are playing well and scoring runs, I figured he’d be a nice trade chip.
Closers are becoming even more flakey than usual.I don’t know if I can think of one who I would trade an upper tier position play for anymore.When Bell turns to mush, the four horseman of the Apocolypse can’t be far behind
@Doug Ault, Yup
I’m guessing ImageShack deleted the pic because it’s the property of CBS… not because it’s of a woman in a bikini. Since it already aired at 8PM on a major network show, I don’t think it can be considered “adult content.” This link should work:
http://immunityidol.net/vidcaps/d/542214-1/Ep2404_0381.jpg
@Awesomus Maximus, my cat does that all the time
@Awesomus Maximus, Wow… I mean… Whoa… I mean… Why isn’t there a picture of Tarzan right in the middle?
@Grey, I’d assume Tarzan prefers the dense wilderness, and that patch of land appears to be cross-cut.
@Awesomus Maximus, Hehe… He ended up being much more likeable than he started… I enjoyed his final poem…
@Grey, Yeah, he did. I watched the Ponderosa for Kat and him, and he was totally just out there to live in the jungle. He had no real plans of winning, and just wanted to last as long as possible so he could keep being a cave man.
Doode didn’t even shower after getting voted out. He stunk so bad that no one would hug him at the Ponderosa, had a bite to eat, and then went to bed. The next morning he came to breakfast still stinking and unshowered.
Ha! Yeah, I mentioned this before to you but they need to cast people who want to win at any cost…
Josh Beckett is right now wishing he was…
a) On the golf course
b) Eating fried chicken and drinking beer
c)
d) Some combination of a) and c)
@Steve, Gah.
d) Some combination of a) and b)
I’ve ruined it now.
@Steve, Ha!
@Steve, beckett sucks
tabata or span
@AL KOHOLIC, Tabata
Man, is anyone else up against the Dread Pirate this week?
Batting .750 with and .800 OBP, 3 R, 2 HR and 4 RBI
@Steve, I actually own him in a few leagues, so it’s overdue… Don’t kill his spirit!
@Grey, Hopefully I already have, though I see he just scored.
Josh Beckett – good era good whip and the league hit .211 off him last year – my only concern was that I liked him going into this year
@Mr Baseball, I forgot to add K’s to last years total
@Mr Baseball, I target him as my 2nd pitcher on each staff I drafted
@Mr Baseball, Oops
@grey- would you trade Fielder for Wright and David Price? I have LaHair, Butler, and Craig who can play 1st and Chris Johnson/an injured Sandoval at 3rd. My pitchers are Greinke, Mccarthy, Peavy, Zimmerman, Worely, Bumgarner. I need all around offensive help but particularly need runs. I am in a 6×6 H2H league with OPS and K/BB as the extra stats. I am currently in 4th.
@Martin, I could see making the trade…
Look at those bases all full for the Jays, and Bautista having no part of it.
Sigh.
@Steve, Bustista
@Grey, But he just threw a runner out at third!
@Grey, I just took another look at our RCL draft and it was an OK spot where I took him and it’s not like any of the 3-4 guys behind him have been stellar so far either.
Oh well. First time you own a guy you always expect more, I guess.
@Steve, Yeah, kinda like me with Cano…
Middlebrooks had enough of hitting or something?
@Steve, I know right? Kid’s got me disappointed with anything less than a 2/4 with a double
@chunk, He heard us!
Yeah – Andino a sparking choice for today. What wrong with me?
@Steve, Rudy just told me he went with Andino to fill in for Longo on one of our teams and a piece of me died.
@Grey, To be fair, he *had* been hitting OK…
@Steve, Useless prick is 0-7 today though. Picked him up cos I thought he was the best option to play both games of the doubleheader…
@Steve, Yeah, wish he didn’t play…
Who to drop: Pedro Alvarez, Boesch or Middlebrooks. Looking to pick up LaRoche.
@Eddy, Boesch
@Grey, Damn it. He got picked up. Looks like someone else was watching the game. Would you prefer Andres Torres over Boesch?
@Eddy, I would…
Cano just put that sweet smooth effortless swing into one, looks like he is rounding into form. 3-3 tonight.
@nyydj2, About friggin time.
Grey-
Keeper league (keep four, 6X6 with OPS and QS, only 3 OF slots and a util), got offered Stanton and Busty Billy Butler for Pujols and Swisher. Gotta take it right? Stanton a better keeper over the next three years than Albert – eh? Other keeps are Braun, a certain Boston Sparky Anklebiter, and Jose Reyes. Love the pods – though the Canuck is the glue holding it together.
@Pine Tar Incident, I’d take it…
@Pine Tar Incident, Nick is solid, agreed…
Worley v. SD
Drabek @ MIN
McDonald v. HOU
or Floyd v. KC?
@Poo Holes, Worley
@grey, would you trade uggla for weaver in a league with k’s on O. Im short pitchers and have kelly johnson and ricky weeks on the bench.
I would…
Grey BnY,
Can u rank these pitchers in 5×5, H2H
Milione, H.Alvarez, Zito,
Thanks Boint!
@tggq21, BnY… You ranked them…
@Grey, Damn, looks like I gotta play a couple scratch off tickets now!
@Tggq21, Ha!
@tggq21, Millone, Alvarez, ………..Zito…
6×6 (OBP, QS) moves limit of 50 (I used 9)
I sadly have LoMo, Boesch, Presley, and Lind…who would you drop with Berkman coming back and would you drop another to pick up Torres or Ankiel?
@Project_Badass, Boesch, Presley… Berkman and Torres…
The despair over having Lind on your RCL roster lasts about as long as it takes to check the wire and see what else is there.
@Steve, I feel that…
@Grey, Feel kinda stuck with him.
@Steve, yeah,i have him to,he reminds me of golschmidt
Hmmm. Soriano in for the Save…
@Steve, Not surprised at all…
@Grey, They said earlier today that Robertson was unavailable after last night’s pitch counts plus pitching the night before.
Yeah, I don’t think he’s out but he’s leash is gonna be short in NY…
What the eff is Aceves doing in there? FFS.
I’m on my phone… Is he blowing up?
@Grey, A hit, a walk, a hit batsman. One earned so far.
@Steve, And that’s it. Why send him out there in a (losing) 7-3 game?
It’s not like he hasn’t got his innings in, in the last little while.
Yeah, makes no sense…
Lynn or Moore?
Moore
Apparently Gardner has re-strained his elbow. Won’t swing a bat for 10 days.
Dah
He accepted Kipnis and Romero for Kinsler!
Nice…
@Poo Holes, bery niiice gypsy…
Campana isn’t really doing anything for me. Drop him for Andy Dirks, who seems to be running with the #2 hole in DET (unlike Boesch)?
Yeah, if you don’t need steals…
@Grey: Time to pick up a new pitcher. QS instead of W and K:BB is added.
Stauffer
Capacola err Cupulo err Cupocappa
Danks
Detwiler
Norris
Capuano
The guy in my league who has St. Rasburg also has Lewis. Good chance his K/9 rank will go up a bit after today.
@Awesomus Maximus, just got back from the Pirates game, I don’t know what the major league record is for strikeouts by a team for an entire season, but I think the Pirates have a shot at it.
Yeah, just a bit…
NL Only 4×4 keeper, now that we’ve seen White and Friedrich and they looked good to me against the Pads (if that counts) Which one has the better shot at sticking with the Rocks this year?
If you had to bid Free Agent money on them, who do you like?
I prefer Friedrich…
C’mon A’s-Tigers – I need a close game here!
@Steve, I’m not going to get a Hold out of this game, am I?
@Steve, Uh oh. Could easily see Coke getting kazaamed here…
@Steve, Coke, you’re a useless piece of shit
@Steve, That bastard has never done me any good. How the hell does he have 3 Holds in the last week?
Ha… You’re the Holds curmudgeon…
@Grey, And there you go. Fuck you Coke. Fuck YOU.
@Steve, Apologies for the language. *stomps off*
good luck Albert owners,he should start turning the corner now that ive traded him in 2 leagues
Sure I trade BJ for Jesus yesterday and swap Avila for Choo and Avila is 2-2, 1 run, 2 RBI.
@Wilsonian, Apparently Jesus doesn’t appreciate you giving BJs for him…
Could you rank McCarthy, Henderson Alvarez, Zambrano, and Capuano going forward?
McCarthy, Capuano, Z…
In a vacuum, OBP counts as well as AVG, Yonder or Infante?
12 teams, H2H.
Yonder
@Grey, Yonder over Middlebrooks? Same situation.
@Steve, Eh, I wouldn’t…
@Grey, All good. Had an empty spot anyway so just grabbed Yonder without dropping anyone.
Ian Kennedy and Derek Jeter for Anibal Sanchez and Jeremy Hellickson. Who wins this trade?
@Poo Holes, Jeter, but it’s close, depends on needs…
@Grey: 12 team weekly league. Looks like stauffer may be coming off dl in time for two starts next week (@was and vs laa). Start him or wait and see?
@Herschel, I’d start him…
@Grey, Has colon’s well run dry? Drop him or Middlebrooks to ,ake room for stauffer (non-keeper)?
Thanks.
How much would you bid for R Soriano ($100 budge – don’t have 1 closer with a secure job..)
colon-ized .
throughout the centuries , this word has carried a negative connotation .
over the course of the next 16 games (ending with the yankees on the 27th) ,
the A’s could very well end up with a 3-13 record .
time to head for the hills .