In the doubleheader, Nate Schierholtz went 6-for-10 with a homer, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, steal and back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-etc. starts from Bochy, go ahead with your big head self! “This is the year Schierholtz breaks out! And fill up my Merlot!” That’s every Giants fan for the last three years. Then within a few weeks, he’s usually hurt. If Schierholtz is indeed German for pantyhose, he sure gets rips in them quickly. Maybe he should bathe in clear nail polish. (See, ladies, Grey doesn’t forget about you.) Schierholtz has power, he just needs to stay healthy. For now, I’d pick him up in all leagues. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Tim Lincecum – Good news: 5 IP, 1 ER, 8 Ks. Bad news: 4 hits, 5 walks, 108 pitches. Reminds me of my stat lines when playing backyard Wiffle Ball. Maybe Timmy needs to throw to a Pitchback instead of a Posey.
Mike Gonzalez – Boras said Gonzalez is expected to sign with a club in the next ten days. Boras better get a deal fast before the terrible closer bubble bursts.
Lorenzo Cain – Expected to come off the DL on Friday. Make room in your fantasy cupboard for Cain…Sugar!
Josh Donaldson – After starting the year on a sub-.100 anti-tear, the A’s brushed him aside like the ABC makeup lady used to do to his grandfather’s hair. He will be sorely missed by opposing pitchers, Fantasy Razzball managers, and frustrated owners in 2-catcher leagues who hoped he could outperform the Barajii of the league.
Adrian Beltre – Should return soon as the MRI showed his leg was normal. Right above the foot and below the hip.
Francisco Liriano – Twins will skip his next start. Guess that’s easier and more legal than getting John McDonald to drop a knee on his head.
Josh Willingham – Out until Friday on maternity leave. A lesson in the birds and the bees brought to you by Grey Albright: Nine months ago there was a Drillingham with a throbbing lardon, asking to porker and now there’s a baby back.
Derek Holland – 6 IP, 7 ER, 13 baserunners, 1 K. An embarrassment to pitchers and mustaches everywhere.
Josh Hamilton – 1-for-4 with his 8th homer as everyone who didn’t draft Hamilton continues to have their balloon Burrst.
Hunter Pence – Missed yesterday with a sore shoulder. Chase Utley scoffed and raised him a sore everything.
Michael Bowden – The key piece in the Byrd trade is headed to the bullpen as predicted here first after reading it elsewhere. He was a top pitching prospect once, but had a pedestrian K-rate as a starter in AAA so they turned him into a closer where he showed some signs of dominance (10+ K/9). Nothing to see right now, but, if he has some early success and Marmol is traded (as I think he will be), Bowden could be saving games by the end of the year.
Cody Ross – 2 HRs yesterday and another one on Saturday (his last game). Hot schmotato!
Daniel Bard – Shut the door yesterday in the 8th inning, but Bobby Valentine said that there’s no “great temptation” to have Bard stay in the bullpen. In related news, Valentine is going for psychological testing.
Jake Peavy – 9 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks. Now has an ERA of 1.88. I told you to draft him in the preseason, I drafted him in the preseason and then I dropped him. Why do you make me rue? I don’t wish to rue. I’m fine with no ruing. I’m stirring butter and flour in my soul!
Alex Rios – 3-for-5, hitting .360 on the season and hitting about .500 over the last week. Cust kayin’.
Dontrelle Willis – The O’s confirmed that they signed Willis. This was hilarious to me. I imagine the O’s front office said, “Dah! Yes, we signed Willis. Stop mocking us!”
Chris Capuano – 7 IP, 1 ER, 10 baserunners, 5 Ks. Is it the Year of the Cap? Not probably, no. But he could have end of the rotation appeal in mixed leagues and be one of those guys that’s cheap in NL-Only leagues that can really help you.
Michael Pineda – Headed for an MRI on Tuesday. Here’s the Cliff Notes of a book I wrote (besides this one). The name of this other book, “Signs of Trouble for Your Fantasy Starter.” Chapter One: If your starter is shut down and almost a month later they need an MRI, it’s not good.
CC Sabathia – 8 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks as he has an ERA of 5.27. Without looking at our Player Rater, I’m guessing his FIP is much lower.
Derek Jeter – 4-for-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI, batting .411. So is he an Early Bird Special or a (Fill-in blank for term of older player who has a renaissance year. Regarding that term that I asked for with Beltran last week. I liked Ponce De Leon-g Balls, Hologram Tupac and Dead Cat Bounce, but Rudy nixed them.)?
Dillon Gee – 6 2/3 IP, 7 ER. He alternated good start/bad start last year and he’s continuing this trend. It’s pretty uncanny. It’s like his job is to rope in and frustrate streamers and he takes his job very seriously.
Jason Bay – Left yesterday’s game with bruised ribs, which is nowhere near as delicious as braised ribs.
Hideki Matsui – Rumored to be signing a minor league deal with the Rays. The Rays hope he still has a little left in the tank if they need a lefty DH. Matsui just wants a job and heard good things about their potato chips.
Brandon Morrow – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks. Can we get Scooby on the Case of Morrow’s Missing Ks? He only had 2 starts all last year of 3 Ks or less and he’s already had 3 starts this year like that and his other start was a 4 K effort. His velocity didn’t look bad last night, but I’m starting to get concerned. A guy who walks as many as he does (though he didn’t yesterday), isn’t very cute without Ks.
Krispie Young – Won’t return when his DL stint is up in 15 days. With a ligament tear in his shoulder? Really? Here I thought a ligament tear was a good thing. Just when you think you got the world figured out. Wow. File that in the surpriseapedia.
Wade Miley – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 7 Ks vs. the Phillies (Just think, Phils fans, in another 25 years your team will be good again, not like the Red Sox who have to wait 80 years.), and Bauer’s call-up just took two steps back with this Miley effort. The key word with Miley is serviceable. That makes for good real world pitching and only matchups appeal in fantasy.
Justin Upton – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs as he hit his first homer. Formally document it: In the nick of time, Justin.
Eric Hosmer – 1-for-4 with his 2nd homer in 3 games and 4th on the year. He’s still hitting .203, but I bet he’s about to go on a tear and be hitting near .260 by this time next week. Get it, Hosmer, get it!
Tony Campana – 1-for-1 with 2 steals. He stole 2nd base so fast that he actually overran it, ran all the way around the globe, causing time to rewind, and allowing him to steal 2nd again.
Jason Motte – 2/3 IP, 2 ER and the blown save. What a follower! Ooh, all the cool closers are blowing games so he figured he would too.
Bill Hall – Signing a deal with the Orioles to replace Josh Bell on the Triple-A roster. Bell to Hall? This is a big score for the equipment manager.
How about Renaissance Man? Too obvious? It’s not ha ha funny, but it clearly conveys the meaning.
Campana or Pierre for SAGNOF? I’m concerned about Campana’s PT.
@DrEasy, Too obvious, yeah… Pierre…
NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Grey, I should have gone with Marcum as you said, why oh why did I have faith in the wrong mustached man?
But I am glad to here the moderately good news on Beltre.
@Brian, See that?
Drop Reynolds for Schierholtz or Markakis?
@Derrick, I wouldn’t…
12 team, 5×5. 5 OF, 8 infield.
Little lite on sb so far.
Drafted: BJU, Andrus, Desmond, AJax for steals. More hr than sb among them. Also have Votto, KJ, Markakis. Not sure if that crew is going to make up ground. Hoping for at least a return to expectations.
Which side of this deal would you [anyone willing to leave their thoughts] prefer:
J Upton / Uggly
Longo / Gardner
I ask because I trust the average IQ here more than most sites right now. At least among the regulars.
@LaHair Club for Men, Upton… You have more than enough steals…
@LaHair Club for Men, Upton side. Andrus hasn’t done much of anything, but that shouldn’t last very long. He’ll get his SBs, at the very least.
Sup guys!
Cespedes, Schierholtz, or Reimold the rest of the way? In order if you can.
Thanks!
@Dan, Cespedes, Reimold… but that’s just me.
@Dan, I’d go Cespedes Reimold Schierholtz personally..
Had Cahill v Braves so might as well start him v Phils right? I’m inspired by Luebke’s start v Halladay.
@Barry Waves, I’d rather start someone against the Phillies than the Braves right now. Philadelphia’s only batting .243 on the year, and .225 over the last week! In comparison, Atlanta’s batting close to .300 over the last week. No comparison.
I’ve got Cahill in two leagues and am starting him with no questions asked….
@Enrique, Good stuff, thanks.
This is why I’m a terrible streamer, I pick a guy up (Nate Schierholtz for the double header), he rewards me handsomely (6 for 10, slam and legs), then I get attached and can’t cut bait. So now he’ll hang out in my UTIL spot for awhile. I never was a one night stand kinda guy…
In related news that’s very tricky to spell: Schierholtz over Nieuwenhuis?
@MattTruss223, Humberbrag! Schierholtz…
@Grey, Ha, good call, my apologies for peacocking.
I was wondering, is there somewhere that you and Rudy have links to all your teams/leagues that are publicly viewable? If no, is that something you think you guys would put together? I like checking on the “expert” leagues now and again, and it’d be cool to see how you guys were doing across your leagues. Just a thought, Thanks!
@MattTruss223, Yeah, that’s not a bad idea… I’ll try and put it together…
@MattTruss223, Come on….all you did was copy and paste those names….you can’t possibly type those names this early in the morning! lol
Grey-
I know you are against punting categories but here is a question. My league has W,L,S,CG,K,ERA,WHIP,QS as categories. Last year i won my league while punting saves and just stacking up on starters to win W,K,QS category basically every week. I have had 4 closers to date Myers,Marmol,Capps and Broxton. Losing Saves category in first 2 weeks and a tie last week. Based on my league categories and strategy that worked last year what is your opinion on doing this again?
Thanks
@Steven, Sure, do it again…
With Jurrjens getting the axe to make room (presumably) for Tim Hudson how long a leash do you think Delgado has before they swap him out for Teheran? And do you think Teheran is ready to put up numbers good enough to stick around? Keeper related…
@Henry Hendrickson, No different numbers than Delgado…
12 team roto league and I’m in need of OF Runs and RBI help. Is it time to give up on Belt (damn you Bochy!) and pick up Eric Thames, Lorenzo Cain, or Jon Jay?
@Muchacho, Jay for now…
Please rank: Nate S, Kirk, JD, Bourjos, Reimold, rasmus, rios.
Thanks!
@Grey’s da man!, and ross as well!
@Grey’s da man!, Rios, Rasmus, Schierholtz
Will the real Jon Lester please stand up, please stand up, please stand up.
And this is coming from a Yankees fan who got pretty much forced to own a Red Sox player this year.
@TheNewGuy, Hehe
Grey – what’s your opinion on Jon Lester going forward?
@Oz.J., he’s a career 4.40 era in April/March, his whip is higher in these months than any other, he walks more guys in these months….. he’s just a terrible starter. June/July you’ll probably see the sub 3 era guy that normally finds it… He’s 6-9 career in april/mar he’s 29-9 in may/june….. brighter days are ahead, i just wish i had the balls to bench him, can’t bench my ace tho.
@Tony, cheers for the reply.
To anyone, who would you prefer going forward, Lester or Tommy Hanson?
@Oz.J., Hanson.
@Oz.J., Lester
@Oz.J., Lester
@Tony, Well going by that im benching him if he has a tough start coming up. Don’t care if he’s meant to be my ace, he aint pitching like it (Cain’s (not the sugar) been much more ace-like)
Hey, Merlot’s a fine wine, I don’t care what P. Giamatti says. But if anyone disses Schierholtz, I’m LEAVING.
That said, this Giants fan picked up Francoeur in a 10 team. Is he toast? I still have one day to make the waiver decision.
@The Miracles, I’d grab him if there was room on my bench to let him sort things out…
The Jays have emphasized they want 7 innings from their starters, and have convinced Morrow he can last longer “pitching to contact.”
@VinWins, Damn you John Farrell and your incredibly sound strategy for winning real baseball games!
@VinWins, Gotcha
Grey Trouts just been dropped in my 16 team H2H, gotta try and claim him and stash him right? Would be dropping that bum D Gee.
@TheNewGuy, Go for it
how good were schierholtz & pill last night? http://youtu.be/dw9qqvm-LT8
@trettbang, Funny song, but Schierholtz has been a guy with power for years.
@Grey, yeah i know. mainly for pill. and for an excuse for me to post that song.
Scheirholtz or Sweeney?
@Chunk, 16 team points, Start 4 OF, mine are Cruz Kemp Morales, Sweeney. Reynolds is my only bench bat. My 5th, sixth and 7th starters are Ejax, Smyly and Burnett. 1500 innings. Would you drop anything for Scheirholtz or hold?
@Chunk, Schierholtz
Doode… that Matsui jab is so wrong. Heheheh…
An old timer having a resurgence? How about:
Jeter is no Early Bird Special… he’s a total Betty White.
@Awesomus Maximus, Not crazy about it… I liked Hologram Tupac!
@Grey, I honestly had to Google “Hologram Tupac” to see what it meant. Still don’t see how it taps into being old (wasn’t Tupac in his twenties when he died?).
May be too obscure for the Razzball Glossary, but “Swimming With Antareans” would be a great album/tour name for an old band reuniting.
Gonna have to run Swimming With Antareans by Rudy, that’s been suggested like two dozen times… Maybe I’m just hating on Guttenberg.
@Grey, Really? My B… haven’t been following the comments on this glossary fishing expedition.
10 tm 5×5 Roto.. No specific need.. Rank these guys por favor:
Tabata
Crisp
LaHair
Cain
Presley
Thanks!
@TimSTi, LaHair, Tabata, Cain…
Talking of Fantasy Razzball, great call Grey on recommending Mitch Maier in the Preseason, added him when he was recalled, dude should be a very nice source of shizzness. Just need Sogard to get regular playing time now!
Oh and remember that flyer I took on D Viciedo (you probably don’t), leading my team now in Razz points…oh yeahh.
@TheNewGuy, Nice!
deep 20-team keeper league w/$70 cap
Trade Zobrist $4 for Krispie Young $5?
@Commish Cauda, Zobrist
deep 16-team H2H-Points League
I own Votto and Pastornicky (who hasn’t started in 3 days)
Trade Votto for Hosmer and Starlin Castro?
@Commish Cauda, I could see that trade, yeah…
If i can only add 1 of either Schierholtz or Campana, who do you like more for the short term/ rest of season?
Currently my roster looks like:
6×6 H2H Yahoo! NON-KEEPER league
c: Jesus Montero
1b: Miggy
2b: Uggla
ss: D. Gordon
3b: Wright
IF: Reynolds
OF: J. Upton, Bruce, Bourjos
Utl: K. Morales
BN: G. Parra, Doumit (till Jesus gets C eligible)
SP: Bumgarner, Price, Gio, Zimmerman, Minor, Bard, Drabeck, Parker, Bauer
RP: Santos, Guerra, Myers, HanK-Rod, Castillo
@Scottie O., Schierholtz
Parra or Schierholtz in a H2H-Points league? (SBs = 3pts, SO = -1pt, BB = 1pt)
@Commish Cauda, Schierholtz
Unless you desperately need steals, Schierholtz, more playing time. Can lose bourjos for him if you want.
@Chunk, @Scottie O
@Chunk, That’s kind of my issue; Gordon is really my only source of speed. So, basically is he enough to win me that category week to week so I can focus on more power, or do I need to invest more in some steals?
@Scottie O., How many teams?
@Chunk, 12 teams; standard hitting categories + OPS
@Scottie O., Gordon is stealing just for fun right now. I think your fine to focus more on power. It’ll be easier to grab steals here and there later if you even need to…..SAGNOF
4 out of the last 5…I’m really getting my money’s worth this morning!
deep 16-team H2H-5X5 redraft league that starts two catchers
Drop Hanigan for Hector Sanchez, Clevenger or H. Quintero?
@Commish Cauda, I’d hold.
With all these guys we should pick up and have on our team, I’d have a bench of 15 guys!
Is Sugar…..Cain and Rios better than Hayward, DeAza, Reimold, or Gardner?
@golfnut, Ha… Hold
Someone who used to be a star, then faded away, then had a career renaissance….Travolta!
Don’t worry, next year Beltran will be in Look Who’s Talking 5: The Talkening.
@El Famous Burrito, It’s okay…
Volquez or Tommy Milone? Traditional scoring categories plus K/BB. Gracias.
@Salty Balty, Milone
Guess we gotta start Darvish and cover our eyes vs the Yanks tonight right, in a 16 team H2H?
@TheNewGuy, Yup
better add: Schierholtz, Campana, L Cain?
@Matt B, Schierholtz
(Fill-in blank for term of older player who has a renaissance year. Regarding that term that I asked for with Beltran last week. I liked Ponce De Leon-g Balls, Hologram Tupac and Dead Cat Bounce, but Rudy nixed them.)?
Aprilzheimer’s Disease – when a player forgets that he is over the hill for a month early in the season
Bah…. I aint no writer…
@Dirty Jersey, Oh yeah… an actual FBB question:
Dynasty league FA acquisition – Smyly, Jarrod Parker, or Detweiler
@Dirty Jersey, Not crazy about it… Parker…
Would you start Minor in LA today? I’m a little hesitant the way the Dodgers offense is somehow playing like the Yankees. (Rotisserie league, not head to head)
@Gavin, Yes
grabbed span when i dropped dl,d cain,stay with span or grab cain again?
@AL KOHOLIC, I’d hold for now…
Which side wins 6×6 (obp) 12 team
J upton
Ike Davis
Or
Teix
Choo
@Coco krispie, Upton
A guy in my league is shopping J Upton…he has a bunch of holes so I was going to offer him some combination of Lind, Cuddyer, Volquez, Marcum, Worley, Pence, Stubbs…what would be a fair combo of those?
Thanks!
@The Real Jerome Walton, also have axford, street, or moobs to offer
@The Real Jerome Walton, Pence and Butler? Pence and Axford?
@Grey, thanks! He asked about pence and lind. Too much? About right?
@The Real Jerome Walton, About right…
Yo Grey, do I drop Coco, Rasmus, Luke Scott or Danny espinosa for Cody Ross, g. Parra, campana or Kelly Johnson? Let me know what you think, thanks.
@Alcesto, Johnson over Espinosa… Cody over Coco if you don’t need steals…
@Grey, thanks for the response. So say Cody Ross and Kelly Johnson have been scooped up by others, but schoerholtz is still available. Drop any or all of those guys for Nate the Great?
I know you’re sticking with sherzer against the mariners, no?
@Alcesto, Start anyone vs. the M’s… Drop Espinosa for Schierholtz…
@Grey, Ok, so that would leave me without a 2B. Do I drop one of the other guys for Schierholtz? Craig is still available, pick him up too?
@Alcesto, You’re picking up Johnson, no?
@Grey, Nah, some other jerk got him first.
@Grey, So Kelly Johnson is back on the wire and I’m picking him up and dropping espinosa (don’t know exactly how I feel about that). Do I drop luke scott, lind, coco or rasmus to grab Schierholtz? Do i drop any of them to pick up allen craig?
Coco if you don’t need steals…
@Grey, I need steals but Coco has been rancid. Can he turn it around?
Pls rank for a spot start:
Milone v CWS
Volquez v WAS
Drabek @ BAL
Arrieta v OAK
Alvarez @ SEA
@EK, Volquez, Milone, Drabek,
deep H2H league. Stick with Humber vsBOS (Doubront) this week or go with one of the following:
Samardzija vsSTL (Wainright) and @PHI (Kendrick)
Homer Bailey vsSF (Vogelsong)
Bard @CHW (Danks)
@Commish Cauda, I’d hold…
@Grey,
Thanks for all of the responses. I wonder how pitchers historically have done in their next start after throwing a No-Hitter or Perfecto? More specifically, what percentage have won their next starts? I bet Johnny Vander Meer would know. (Another Jersey guy, as I’m sure you know)
@Commish Cauda, Big fan of the JVM.
@Grey,
from Midland Park, NJ…next door to Wyckoff and just up the road from Hackensack
Who wants a taylor ham, double egg and cheese to go!
I do!
@Commish Cauda, Mmm… Taylor Ham. Hold the ketchup.
@Jake, Greetings from Hackensack
I feel like there’s a good term out there that we’re missing…movie related maybe? Caccooning? Pulling a Brian Dennehy?
Tarrantino revived Travolta’s career in Pulp Fiction. Maybe the player is ‘dancing with Uma.’
ugh…those ideas are awful, terrible, and weak. fantasy baseball-writering is hard.
I think Hologram Tupac and Betty White are funny, but they don’t capture the eventual regression.
@Jef, That’s true…
@Jef, tough for Tupac to regress. Dude as a hologram is better than any rapper out there today. Ha!
Schierholtz or Reimold for OF depth?
@MrHappyTime, Reimold
What? He nixed the terms? While I liked my vampire suggestions let me suggest this:
Ziambi – back from the grave for a Giambi type season. Can only be killed by Jose Canseco.
Meh, to quote what you’ll say “I don’t love it” OH! How about this one for a closer who constantly sucks:
Matt Collapse – see also Matt Capps
@KeeblerMN, very clever, and current (unlike my stuck-in-the-early-90′s). I like Ziambi.
@KeeblerMN, Ha, I’ll run it past him…
@KeeblerMN, Take Giambi out of the equation and just use Zombino.
@L-Boogie, Zombino’s pretty good (slightly better than Ziambi). Pithier than Veteracontrarian. Warming up to it…
I like Zombino, as well…
@L-Boogie, FWIWuertz I like Zombino too
Nate Schierholtz, Alejandro De Aza, and
Brandon Belt for third OF
16 team H2H
Can you rate in order ???
@SanFran1966, De Aza, Schierholtz
I picked up Bard yesterday thinking he’s out of the rotation and into the bullpen (my league counts holds as well as saves). Now I hear otherwise. What is my funny Valentine thinking? My starters are good to great so I don’t want Bard as a starter. Let him go or will he be back in the bullpen next week?
@LobBall, I’d hold him if you can… On your bench when he starts…
Grey must have been transmitting some powerful juju last night. I woke up at 3AM EST, picked up Rios and Schierholtz, then went back to couch.
Please explain why I have an uncontrollable urge to eat BBQ…
@Jake, Cause BBQ is delicious?
@Grey, Thought perhaps it was you writing the Wilingham blurb, though general deliciousness is much more likely.
I wanna say general deliciousness but might be me willing you to ham…
Anyone starting Wainwright today in Roto?
Thinking about benching him again..as my innings limit continues into the negatives
@Tom, Bench him until he pitches well…
@Grey, what about h2h?
@Tony, I wouldn’t start him.
What do you all think about starting Worley @ARI tonight? Any worries in a 12-team 5×5 h2h league?
@Charles, I’d do it…
Latos is available in my 5×5 roto league as a FA. Which pitcher, if any, would you drop to pick him up: T. Cahill, M. Minor, J. Garcia?
Cahill
I can’t shake a feeling of doom whenever I read your morning update and do not see a player on one of my teams. I’ll strive to do you proud, Grey.
BJ Upton for Dexter Fowler/Ubaldo Jimenez?
OBP/SLG/QS/HLD
c- Iannetta
1- Pujols
2- Uggla
3- Aramis
ss- Castro
of- Stanton, BJ, Bourjos, Boesch, Thames (Jay)
util- LaRoche
ci/mi- Cozart/Ike
sp- Gallardo, Latos, Garza, Morrow, Niese, Lewis, Garcia
rp/mr- Axford, Francisco, Marshall/Chapman K-Rod
@shibboleth, Strive on, striver. Upton side, not close.
I never, ever feel bad when Josh Hamilton lights it up for two weeks. He’s an amazing talent but he’s made of glass. It’s only a matter of time before he’s on the DL – or worse, day-to-day-to-day-to-day-to…
Same for Nelson Cruz. Same for Bay.
The problem with those guys isn’t that they don’t produce when healthy. It’s that they rarely (if ever) stay healthy long enough to really produce.
@Hawk, Tis is true.
After Schierholtz had his offensive explosion yesterday, I’ve been offered two trades for him. One offered Logan Morrison, the other offered Alex Rios. Should I be interested in either, both or continue to ride Schierholtz down the autobahn hoping he isn’t really a Ford fiesta with an Audi logo stamped on the hood?
Also, what do you think about having a term for a non-descript veteran player that lives up to his young teammate’s expectations? For example, Belt was super hyped this year, with no love for Schierholtz. (I totally bought into Belt, only to be bitterly dissappointed). Meanwhile, Schierholtz is producing the numbers I expected from Belt. I feel like I’m watching Freaky Friday and at some point both Belt and Schierholtz will switch back into their own bodies, but both will have a better appreciation for each other, much to the delight of audiences everywhere.
@Prettay, prettay, prettay good, I’d take Rios… Not crazy about the term, but I’ll run it by Rudy.
@Grey, eh, freaky friday doesn’t quite work for me. isn’t Schierholtz just a Prospblock?
@Prettay, prettay, prettay good, I’d trade away Schierholtz for either one of those guys in a heartbeat.
10 team yahoo h2h (OBP, SLG)
c Jesus
1 Hosmer
2 Phillips
3 Longo
ss D Gordon
of Kemp, BJ, c rasmus
util cozart, bourjos, m reynolds
young, gardner on DL.
Drop Bourjos or Cozart for Schmierhosen?
Bourjos
Is it a bad thing when the top 5 RBI leaders on your RCL team include Pierzynski (#1), Ichiro (#4) and Aviles (#5) and your HR leaders are Pierzynski and Duda?
@A Hill O’ Beans, Yeah
How about “Shitty Old Guy.”
Sure, he had a hot start and managed to stay relevant through most of the year, but at the end of the day he still just another SOG.
Ha… Don’t think that one works…
How bout a guy who’s been eating Salsbury steaks?
http://youtu.be/x27RVwb12Bs
@Griff, Ha
how much do u give up for greinke?
AROD and BIllinsgley?
or would u trade Freese for Luebke staight up?
OR AROD and Billingsley for ADAm Jones and Luebke?
@mike, I’d trade A-Rod and Bills for Jones and Luebke…
Alright Grey, Rudy may have nixed my Ponce De Leon-g Balls suggestion but no one can turn away from:
E.D. d’Artagnan or E.D.’artagnan
That’s gold, Grey. Gold.
Don’t think I can get it past Rudy…
10 team 6×6 roto (OBP instead of AVG, offensive K’s as neg category):
Team is weak on steals and runs, can you rank:
Crisp, Span, Juan Pierre, Tabata
Span, Pierre…
Grey — If Luke Scott doesn’t show us anything tonight is it time to cut bait in a 16-team roto league? Has his first hot streak of the year cooled? Or is it worth holding on for a while longer?
Would you rather drop Scott or Bourjos to pick up Schierholtz? In theory I should be more in need of power with my roster but in practice I’m dead last in SB.
I’d give him a couple more days… Can’t cut Bourjos if you need steals…
For an old player putting up great stats like he’s back from the dead? Sounds like a Fantasy Zombie or something?
by the by, I’m in a weekly lineups H2H league. Is it better to have an ace go once, or a number 3 starter go twice (Grienke for one spin or Marcum for 2)?
I’d go with Greinke…
Do you like Schierholtz or Reimold for util? Also, I could potentially keep both and lose Danny Espinosa since I have Jose Altuve holding his own at second base. 6×6 roto league (OPS is the extra cat.) Here’s my line up at the moment:
c- Arencibia
1b- Konerko
2b- Altuve
ss- Desmond
3b- Longoria
of- McCutcheon
of- Pence
of- Rios
util- Lawrie
util- Reimold
bench- Espinosa
dl- Krispie
@Principal Blackman, Forgot to mention it’s a 12-team league.
Lose Espinosa…
Drop Alcides for Espinosa?
@The Talented Mr. Dope Man, Alcides has been doing his thing (and batting 300+!) the last two weeks. He’s got 3 steals in the last 7 games, which is very encouraging.
I guess it depends on if you need steals or homers… as neither one will help your avg. (I’m assuming Alcides actually continues to steal bases)
Hi Grey,
Appreciate the daily blog. Was wondering who is best to have from here out between Reimold, Cody Ross, Alex Rios, Torri Hunter, or Luke Scott? (10 team H2H league)
@Holmes, I’m not Grey, but I’d say Rios.
Thanks! Rios…
@Grey, The plethora of Rios questions is amazing. And 99% the answer is Rios!
Plethora — good word.
Trying to be cautious as I now have 8 good starters, and I was all too used to pitchers crapping all over my ERA and WHIP last year. Therefore would you play it safe with Minor today in a 10 team league? The dudes pitched well recently, but he’s still young and figuring it out, and those Dodgers are pretty hot right now.
@TheNewGuy, I’d start him.
Grey,
Hosmer, leubke and Jupside for Pujols Espinosa and volquez – which side?
@Broadstreetbrawler, Hosmer
@Broadstreetbrawler, I’d take the Upton side, but I’m not Grey, especially in a keeper.
@Broadstreetbrawler, Way uneven.
Rasums or Cozart for UTIL rest of season? H2H league
@Sambo Jenkins, Rasmus
Grey,
I need to pick 2/3 starts
Henderson Alvarez vs. Bal (Hunter)
Jonathan Sanchez vs. Cle (Lowe)
Jarod Parker vs. CWI (Sale)
Thank you for your input.
@alejandro, Parker, Sanchez
@grey
Nate Schierholtz or Alex Rios ROS?
@Howie Met Your Mother, Rios
@Howie Met Your Mother, Yup, Rios.
@Howie Met Your Mother, Rios
@Howie Met Your Mother, Think id go with Rios. Anyone else agree?
Looking to add a filler outfielder for the loss of Krispie and Puma. Who would you add in OBP league?
Schierholtz
Rios
Ross
Parra
Thanks
@2 Cups 1 Braun, Rios
Grey would you trade Humber for Bauer in a keeper league?
@mets fan, I’m not Grey, but yes I would and it’s not close.
@mets fan, Definitely
Please rank: Ross, Bourjos, JD martinez, parra
@Grey’s da man!, JD, Bourjos, Ross…
You preferring Cain or Schierholtzzz?
@Eng, Not right now
Just got offered Matt Moore for Beachy… what do ya think? it’s a CBS points league and moore has relief eligibility.
@Cheeeeeeze, Hold
10 Team H2H League
Bat Stats: R, H, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP, SLG
MI Slot… Drop Espinosa for A.Hill… or hold?
UTIL Slot… Drop Lind for Schierholtz… or hold?
@J-Bird, Hill…I’d hold Lind…
@Grey
I have an itchy trigger finger and there are some tasty options in the free agent pool in my league right now (12-team mixed, H2H, 5×5, ESPN).
My batting lineup is decent enough right now and I’m just ok with my pitching, but I’d like your input on potential upgrades I may be missing due to my fear of success.
Current Free Agents:
Gerardo Parra
Nate Schierholtz
Kirk Nie– NEW HOUSE
Alex Presley
Stephen Drew (on the DL but I only have one SS)
Bryan LaHair
Tony Campana
Ryan Doumit
Nick Hundley
Ross Detwiler
Clay Buchholz
Drew Smyly
Jarrod Parker
AJ Burnett
Roy Oswalt
Trevor Bauer
Current lineup is:
C – Jonathan Lucroy
1B – Adam Lind
2B – Jemile Weeks
3B – Jose Bautista
SS – Jimmy Rollins
MI – Jason Kipnis
CI – Kevin Youkilis
OF – Andrew McCutchen
OF – Jay Bruce
OF – Howie Kendrick
OF – Desmond Jennings
OF – Jordan Schafer
Util – Mike Moustakas
Util – Mat Gamel
DL – Lorenzo Cain
SP – Zack Greinke
SP – Tommy Hanson
SP – Max Scherzer
SP – Anibal Sanchez
SP – Jaime Garcia
SP – Lance Lynn
SP – Danny Duffy
RP – Chris Perez
RP – Hector Santiago
RP – Santiago Casilla
RP – Francisco Cordero
DL – Sergio Santos
—————————-
I’m thinking about dropping Duffy and Lorenzo Cain to pick up Stephen Drew, DL him, and then grab Ross Detwiler. Also contemplating an outright drop of Duffy to make room for LoCain when he gets off the DL on Friday. Thoughts? Advice?
Thank you kindly.
@Chillmodious, I’d drop Duffy for Drew and Cain… Sure… Surprised to hear you say your hitting is good enough right now…
@Grey,
I should clarify that my hitting is good enough relative to what’s available out there as an upgrade–no starters I can justify dropping for an available free agent. I’d like to get Parra but I can’t see who I’d let go.
Is your “sure” above in reference to Detwiler? The current plan is to drop Duffy and LoCain for Stephen Drew (to my DL) and Detwiler. Do you endorse?
I’d prefer Cain to Drew on my DL…
Please rank: Hafner, Schierholtz, Hunter, Reimold…
@GTS, Reimold, Hunter, Schierholtz…
@Grey, Thanks! Forgot to include Nieuwenhuis. Would you rank him after Schierholtz?
Yup
OK, I’ve been thinking probably a little too much about this. For an older player having a Renaissance, I submit:
“was-been”
…as in “Beltran is defying those who said he was done and is playing like a real was-been.
Or, if you don’t dig that, how about:
“Twisting Travolta”
…referring of course to the famous scene in Pulp Fiction that signaled the return of a theretofore washed up 70′s star.
@Bosmosis, I don’t mind was-been, feels like it would be used… Have to run it by Rudy…
Carlos Beltran, et al. = Warmed leftovers
@Enrico Palazzo, Not crazy about it…
Drop Cozart for Alcides? Bourjos for V. Wells? I’ve been around the top in steals but near the bottom in HRs (damn Stanton and Pujols!)
@Lil’ Saucy, I’d hold
I’m in a league with some O’s fans (involuntary “hon” on the end of that), and was wondering whom you’d recommend trading Reimold for? I’m not really in need for power or anything, and I feel like his value is a little bloated. Do you think targeting Mat Latos is a decent idea? Will Latos rebound to be the 3.50/1.20 180K+ pitcher for the rest of the year?
Let me know.
@Denys, Yeah, try and get Latos…
Is Tabata going to wake up any time soon? He’s been dreadful.
Is anyone starting Latos tonight, or benching until further notice?
@Niq Castro, I’d like to second both of these questions.
@Niq Castro, I’m starting Latos…
@Grey, Here’s hoping with Latos. FG’s Latos article (xFIP by month/release point/Fastball velocity) today is good read.
Tabata, I assume, is drop worthy right now for a few well performing bubs?
He is drop worthy… Hopefully on Latos…
Grey,
Morrow is definitely not kute lately. Even Katie Klemens wouldn’t date him.
While Garcia, MadBum, and Morrow combined to give me 21 innings of ratio improvement and jump me up fantasy points, they got me 11ks, leaving me still in last. This is Kute without the K. This is ute.
My team k/9 is like 6.1. Pfft. What do I do!?
This is more of complaining than asking much of a question, but seriously… maybe I should try Volquez again? We’re on a start limit.
@DasPeck, I hear ya.
Or how about:
Laz-R-Us Kid
@Bosmosis, Eh
Sorry all for nixing your “Older player who has a renaissance year” suggestion so far….i can feel the worthy glossary term coming….
Here are some suggestions to try on for size….
- Hittingways – Old Man in the season where they reel off one last gem.
- Veteracontrarian – A veteran player who has a bounceback season right about when you thought you’d need to put him down.
- Sluggagenarian – An older hitter who’s still slugging.
@Rudy Gamble, I like Veteracontrarian the best. What about was-been?
@Rudy Gamble, Or senior discount?
@Grey, I’m kind of liking Senor Discount with the tilda which I am unable to tild at the moment. Seems sticky-ish, in the good way.
I think Rudy’s got a grudge against tilde’s.
@Grey, how’s he with umlauts?
I’ve seen better..
@Grey, Senior Discount is okay for draft day but isn’t really good for in season glossarizing.
That’s true, Rudy.
@Rudy Gamble, Or what about Swimming With Antareans or something in the Cocoon family?
@Grey, I like the metaphor but I don’t thing there’s a good glossary term there. Was-been is too confusing.
Pujols is apparently now a buy low. I offered my Youk and CJ Wilson expecting a counter last night. Imagine my surprise when he accepted. And somewhere out there a Kiwi is pissed.
@BigFatHippo, nice work.
@BigFatHippo, Wow
@BigFatHippo, Yes, yes he is.
@Grey….who would you rather own…
Morneau or LaHair?
Rios or Boesch?
@LagunaBobbyI, LaHair, Rios…
When do you think Santos is coming back? He’s shut down for 10-14 days, could he come back right after that or would there be a rehab period in addition?
@Ralph, Rehab… He’s 3 weeks away at best…
Are you buying Peavy? Or is this a product of the competition he has faced? Last question, would you start him against Boston?
@MrHappyTime, I am buying him.
It’s all first strike pitches with Morrow. He’s throwing his slider more often with 2 strikes this season than last, but he’s had fewer 2 strike counts, so overall his slider has seen less use. He’s playing a bit with a cutter and sinker, and he’s throwing his splitter more frequently, which are all inducing more groundballs. If he starts throwing more first pitch strikes the Ks will come back, and those other pitches should continue to yield more groundballs.
The negative is that he just isn’t throwing first pitch strikes. Which is a problem.
@Feeding the Abscess, Oops, didn’t mean to post that here.
Hi Grey,
I’ve been playing Altuve. Allen Craig is a free agent in my 12-team 5×5. Not hurting for steals. Would you grab Craig now, on the assumption he’ll be playing soon? Or just hold Altuve? To make room for Craig for the time being, I’d drop a non-closer RP. Thanks!
@mhfella, Hold Altuve
Grey,
Would you trade Lester for Marmol & HowieKendrick? We could use a closer & help on offense.
@HotRod, It’s fair. If you need those things, yeah…
Oddball question:
Our 10-team NL only 5×5 league has 32-man rosters (23 auction, 9 draft) which creates a damn shallow free agent pool. The lack of FA depth has caused early-season dumping as teams are obviously either in/out by Mothers’ Day so this year the league decided no trades until June 1.
The real problem is the shallow FA pool that will get even shallower when Houston exits for the AL next year. Dump trades are gonna happen after June 1 regardless but how do you trade when our future is up in the air? There is some reluctance to address this and we are looking for help. Become a 10-team mixed? Blah! Reduce rosters to 27 to create 50 more FA? Any advice for this hide-bound collection of indecisive cranks who want their 1986 league to just roll the way it always has? Thanks–
Take a vote right now about cutting the 5th outfielder or the CI or MI…
@Grey, On it, thanks–
How about a BerkVinciMan?
@DasPeck, Not crazy about it.
Senior discounts? Looks like Beltran is this year’s senior discount. For example. Possibly Señor Discount.
@OaktownSteve, Seconded. Also you get the double entendre of “discount,” i.e. comes cheap and has been disregarded.
Also, I get to say “double entendre.”
Win-win.
@OaktownSteve, I like it… Will run it by Rudy…
is peavy a sell or a hold? waiting for an injury? ive been shopping him for lester/lincecum/sabathia/etc for a bit but feel last night’s SHO put him over the top.
@charlie batch, I’d take any of those guys for Peavy.
@Grey and friends
Can get Brandon Phillips for Desmond Jennings in my 10 team 5×5. My other 2Bs are Altuve and Ackley. My OFs are Jones, Stubbs, Rasmus, Murphy, Tabata, Span, and Krispie. Do the deal?
Also, Schierholz is available. drop any of the OFs for him? Murphy maybe?
@Alex, I’d take Phillips… Lose Murphy for Schierholtz…
“Matsui just wants a job and heard good things about their potato chips.” Nice hand sir. [tips cap]
@John, That was a Rudy line.
Thoughts on dealing Matt Moore for Julio Teheran, Logan Morrison and Brandon Belt?
I really like Moore, but those three could all be solid contributors. This is an 18 team mixed dynasty league.
@airweino, Terrible deal.
@Grey,
Terrible to deal Moore away?
Who wins:
Lester/Phillips for Greinke/Kipnis?
H, R, HR, RBI, SB, Avg., OBPS, W, L, SV, Ks, ERA, Whip, Ks/9
@Wilsonian, Greinke, close though…
@Grey, I’m thinking of making the offer. Doubt he takes it (I’d be giving up the Lester side). He’s new to FBB and he pretty much goes by the current rankings, not potential, so I’m assuming he’d turn it down. Would you be OK with offering Lester/Phillips/Balfour for Greinke/Kipper?
Sure…
David Ortiz/Alex Rios for Yoenis Human Cespedes and Adam Lind. Which side do you like?
Also, why is David Ortiz hitting .441? WHAT IS HAPPENING.
@Baron Von Vulturewins, Yoenis side… The world is wrong….
@Grey: I have Espinosa at 2B. Hill, Altuve, Ackley and Barney are available. Make a move?
@ThE sHiT, Hill
Grey Arencibia or Iannetta?
@mets fan, Iannetta
@Grey: Who should I drop for Schierholtz? Tabata or JD Martinez or neither?
@Chicago Mike, Tabata
@Grey: Looking for another bat. Rios, Joyce, Ross, Schierholtz, Rasmus, Gamel, Trumbo, Moose, Pena, and Scott are available. Who do i grab?
@ThE sHiT, Rios
Grey,
Drop Aybar for A. Escobar? In need of speed.
@Adam, Not crazy about it…
@Grey,
Gotcha. I think I’ll make the move in one league but rest easy in my others. I’m no worried about dropping him in that league with the type of managers they are. They likely won’t pick Aybar up because his stats aren’t great right now.
What about Last Gaspers?
@skinny malinky, Hmm…think we have better suggestions…
More trade offer advice… 5×5 roto 19-team mixed league. I have lots of 3B and and little SP. The offer is Hamels for Beltre. Thoughts?
I’d take Hamels…
Ross isn’t as bad of a play with him fitting so well in Boston and being able to hit his warning track shots off the green monster. I could see the average above .280 and the doubles pick up above the 37 he had in ’09. 2010 was tough to live up to and he was trying to do too much in 2011. Change of scenery and an opportunity will do wonders for his contract year.
@Bean, Could be…
10 team roto. Here’s my team.
C Santana
1b Hosmer
2b Kendrick
3b Beltre
SS Reyes
2b/SS Espinosa
1b/3b I Davis
OF Bautista
OF Bruce
OF Ethier
OF Rios
OF Reimold
Util Youk
BE Schafer
Dead last in avg. Doin pretty good with HR. Should I lose Espinosa for Altuve, or Avilesor Escobar?
@DjlanceRauch, Aviles
Silver foxes…..
@nightpandas, Not crazy about it…
What about “Indian Summer”? One last burst of being hot in the middle of the decline into coldness.
@Rabbit, Isn’t an Indian summer in September/October?
@Grey, Yes, it’s a wave of hot weather (summer heat) during the middle-later part of the Fall, when temps should be cool and getting colder, not hotter.
Rollins for David Price. Enough? I would slide Boneface to SS.
@nightpandas, It’s enough…
It’s all first strike pitches with Morrow. He’s throwing his slider more often with 2 strikes this season than last, but he’s had fewer 2 strike counts, so overall his slider has seen less use. He’s playing a bit with a cutter and sinker, and he’s throwing his splitter more frequently, which are all inducing more groundballs. If he starts throwing more first pitch strikes the Ks will come back, and those other pitches should continue to yield more groundballs.
The negative is that he just isn’t throwing first pitch strikes. Which is a problem.
@Feeding the Abscess, Interesting… But I want Ks!
Is Bruce Chen legit? Thinking about starting him @ MIN.
@GTS, No
@Grey: do you like gordon (alex) or rios over span in a 12 team mixed roto league?
also, not sure if youre a fan of either of these bands, but tix for an august show in la of alabama shakes and michael kiwanuka go on sale this morning…
@herschel, Both… Never heard of them, what kind of music? Go with Gordon…
@Grey, shakes are new school southern rock. lead singer is a chick with a voice in the vain of joplin (janis, not scott). kiwanuka is more soul…british/ugandan…has recorded with dan auerbach (black keys). both are pretty impressive for new artists…
@herschel, I just got tickets to the Jack White & Alabama Shakes show in NYC in May. It’s gonna be titties.
@stumanji, heard the new jack white show is great. first half is with an all male band, second half with an all female band…..
for a fill-in blank for term of older player who has a renaissance year, how about saying a player got zamboni’d? Or if the player is no longer “washed up”, is he or are his stats “freshly laundered”?
@pseudokiwis, Not crazy about them…
Grey: 12 Team Roto 5 x 5 – Struggling for offense…… Current OFs are Heyward, Ross, Scott, Morrison, Reimold, with Presley on the bench and Gardner on the DL. Also have C. Johnson riding the pine as a backup in case Youk implodes…..
Drop any of these guys for Schierholtz – Im thinking Presley…. (Other FA options include Tabata, LaHair & Span)
Thanks
@Euroalien, Yeah, Presley
@Grey, Thanks!
Not sure if you saw how I totally ripped off KeeblerMN’s idea above and barely changed it to make it my own, but what about Zombino (a Zombie Bambino)?
@L-Boogie, I like it. Actual term should be either “A Great Zombino” or “The Great Zombino”
Rudy has to love it!
@KeeblerMN, Gotta run it by Rudy…
@Grey, Responded in previous post…..kind of warming up to Zombino as “A great hitter whose fantasy baseball relevance was thought to be dead but returns with a vengeance.”
@Rudy Gamble, Berry/Ravitz already use “Fantasy Zombie” on their podcast. Maybe use something that isn’t so close?
Why are you listening to that?
@KeeblerMN, @L-Boogie, Nice work, fellas! http://razzball.com/fantasy-baseball-terms/#Zombino
@Grey, High five, KeeblerMN. Thanks fellas. Another item to scratch off the bucket list. Next up, get Matthew Berry to do one of his useless “List of 10″ about me.
@Grey, Awesome! Thanks! I guess now I can cross you off my list of people to kill with red lipstick (Buscemi in Billy Madison for those who don’t catch the reference) for snubbing my Targetco suggestion
Streaming for tomorrow – Nicasio or Hochevar?
@Will, Nicasio
Grey…better add in a 12-team, 5×5: Schierholtz, Kubel, Parra, or Lorenzo Cain? And would you dump Delmon or Carlos Lee for one of those guys, or find someone else to dump?
@Robert, Schierholtz or Cain… I’d dump Lee for Cain if I needed steals and not power, otherwise I’d hold.
Quick trade: Beltre and Nicasio for Aramis and Luebke, who ya got?
@MattTruss223, Aramis, it’s fair…
@Grey, Thanks, I got the Beltre side, swapped Nicasio with Pestano though in my RCL. I just got sick of looking at Aramis’ face. Plus, between him and Reynolds my 3B options were killing me.
10tm 5×5.
Got offered Cordero for Altuve..
I have Uggla Andrus & Cozart for MI and Putz, Balfour, Lidge, & Santos (DL) for RP. We start 3 RP and Altuve is on my bench 95% of the time. His RPs are Broxton Cordero Hanrahan Santiago & Walden.
@TimSTi, Seems like unnecessary on both sides… Take Cordero if you need saves.
@Grey, I just figure Altuve is wasting on my bench. The league is moderately shallow so i I can an MI injury I could replace them with a decent enough fill-in. Lidge would be the odd man out on most nights but he still holds more value on a bench than Altuve I’d imagine right?
Yup…
Older player who has a renaissance year:
Sounds a lot like a golfer who has success on the Senior Tour. Did you know that the #4 all-time money leader on the Senior Tour is…
Dana Quiqley
A little obscure, but a fun sounding name; e.g. Is Derek Jeter an Early Bird Special or a Dana Quigley.
(and yes, I Wikipedia’d the all-time Senior Tour money leaders. Hale Irwin is #1, fyi)
@jimmyz, Hmm… Ha….Seems like a bit of a stretch.
Grey or anyone else —
What do yo think of this deal? McCann + Pineda for Aviles + Doumit + Cahill. I’d be getting the McCann side.
I don’t care for Pineda but the other guy is a Yankees-hating Red Sox fan and wants to get Pineda off his roster. But I could just drop Pineda and it’d still make sense, right? My other pitchers are Bumgarner, Anibal, Beachy, Scherzer, and Latos (Fister on the DL), so I can spare Cahill. And Aviles is a utility infielder I like to plug in here and there on peoples’ off days but I can find another one of them.
Am I missing something?
@Enrique, FYI: This is a 14-team one-year roto league.
@Enrique, Pineda is a waste in this trade, so why include him? Why not include someone else who will impact your roster rather than a pitcher you are going to drop or DL in about a week?
He is getting rid of Pineda because his arm is connected to his shoulder like Bill and Ted connected the antenna on the phone booth. If you take him make sure you have plenty of pudding cups and chewing gum.
@bean, I think he’d rather do the deal with Pineda than the same deal without him. He can’t bring himself to drop a 12th round pick, but doesn’t want him and nobody else will trade for him.
My goal is to avoid going through the season with Doumit at C and the other pieces are expendable as far as I’m concerned.
(My idea is I’ll try to trade Pineda to a Yankees fan for a few cents on the dollar and if I can’t I’ll drop him)
@Enrique, Grey — Any chance of getting your take on this?
@Enrique, I think even without Pineda, that’s a fine trade for you. You’re getting a top 3 catcher for a bunch of spare parts.
Don’t the Rays already have 3 lefty DHs in Pena, Scott, and Allen? Seems dumb to add Matsui, even on a minor league deal.
Convince Rudy to go with Hologram Tupac! Takes a little more thinking to understand than a lot of the other terms, but the necessary clues are there. And it’ll be fun to use!
@Chris, I kinda agree about Tupac, but someone brought up a good point, he won’t be bad next year… Yeah, Rays are hoarding lefties.
@grey: ditch Brandon McCarthy for Anthony bass or Drew smyly? I could also ditch Santiago Casilla since I have street, aceves, and Broxton for closers.
Ratios don’t matter for starters on this one.. It’s all about k’s, wins, walks, earned runs, and losses…. H2h points
@Sal, Smyly…
Start Latos vs SanFran coming off the doubleheader, Minor @ LAD, Both, or Neither?
Razz is blowin up this year, congrats
@rob, Both… Thanks!
@rob, The Giants are hot so starter beware. Unless Latos starts to throw left handed, I would think hard about putting him up against Melky, Panda, Posey and Schierberger right now.
Huff is tending to family matters which means Latos K opportunities and Huffers to 2B took a major hit.
Would you drop Ike Davis, Mark Reynolds, Adam Laroche, or Paul Goldschmidt for Nate Schierholtz or Alex Rios? Votto is my regular 1B. 12 team, h2h, yahoo format.
@Jack,
Also available are LaHair, Cain, and Scott.
@Jack, Adam Laroche and Paul Goldschmidt for Nate Schierholtz, Alex Rios…
Guy in my league keeps trying to get Bonifacio from me. This is the latest offer – I give:
Bonifacio
Pedroia
Cueto
and I get:
Cozart
Kendrick
CC Sabathia
Terrible deal for me, right? Would it be reasonable if we took out Pedroia/Kendrick?
@LJ, Not good. Better without Pedroia/Kendrick…
Grey I really needed a closer I just traded Gardner for Valverde and Schierholtz what you think?
@mets fan, Sounds fine.
Kubel, Shierholtz or Luke Scott?
Freese or AROD rest of season?
Dynasty League, who do you like more for this season and beyond:
David Price or Tommy Hanson… I have Hanson and am thinking about trying to buy low on Price but the AL East scares me and I already am getting roofied by Matt Moore on my team (also have Beachy so I guess it evens out?)
Price
I need steals. He needs pitching. Do you think Colby Lewis for Dee Gordon is a good trade?
@Chris, My other ptichers are Felix Hernandez, Zack Greinke, Tommy Hanson, Adam Wainwright, Johan Santana, Matt Harrison
@Chris,
I doubt most Gordon owners will be selling low due to bad AVG this quickly. But if you can pull it off, that’s a good deal for you. Once it gets warmer out, Lewis be giving up HRs left and right again.
Solid trade
Reimold at UTIL/Bench. Would you drop him for any of the following (you already said Choo in the forums, but what about these guys)?
Rios, Ike, Lind, Colby, Moustakas, Encarnacion, Schafer.
Choo over those guys…
RE: Beltran, etc…
How about “Re-fried Beens”? As in, they’ve “been” hot and reliable before, and are now serving up an unexpected new deliciousness.
Not crazy about Refried Beens…
@Grey, A lot of these suggestions are weaksauce, but I actually like this one.
@Grey, …you gotta pronounce it like “has-been” instead of “bean.”
@stumanji, Yes, that was the intent: Re-fried Beens (pronounced “bins”)
The Relief Quiche-wagon smorgasbord has got me beyond confused!
I have Valverde. Which other two should I be starting (or benching until healthy)? Jansen, Broxton, Aveves, F. Cordero, Santos, Lidge
Cordero, Broxton
“Older player who has a renaissance year” suggestion: cold pizza.
It was great when it was fresh, and it will do for now until it gets nasty, stiff, and old or until I have the energy to go find something better. Whichever comes first!
“Beltran has been cold pizza for me.”
I like that suggestion… I’ll run it by Rudy…
Fill ins for the injured J Bay (on base league):
Newhouse, Sheer-holtz, D Young.
Schierholtz
OK, last shot for a Beltran term…
Dependsable?
It’s not bad, I think Rudy’s being stubborn… Don’t tell I said that…
please rank ROS:
GSanchez, Ross, JD Martinez, AJax
Jackson, Ross…
@Grey, in post 72 you ranked JD ahead of Ross..I have JD in one league and Ross is FA, should I drop him for Ross or hold?
Just hold…
What type of player/s would you expect in a trade for Pujols? I need a SS and a closer. Is Jeter for real? 10 tm roto. Or would you just hold til Pujols has more value?
More than Jeter… I’d want Hanley at least… Don’t trade Pujols right now…
Alcides Escobar or Alexei Ramirez?
Rank – Rios, Pronk, Rasmus,
also better cheap speed – Schafer, Gomez, Campana
Thanks
Alexei, Schafer… Rios, Rasmus…
Hanley and Adrian Gonzalez for Pujols, Asdrubal, and Hellickson. 12 team keeper, which side would you rather have?
@Poo Holes, hanley/adrian…no question
Hanley, it’s close though…
Just traded Lynn for Howie Kendrick, who is the winner here?
@jeffjam, kendrick
You
@Grey Now we need a term for an old player who is enjoying a revival and immediately get’s injured the day you pick him up. (Bay!)
Sitting on the dock of the FEY! Sorry…
to the grey hey kid,
what sides of these trades dost thou liketh best?
1. masterson for altuve
2. greinke for altuve/reed/humber
3. colby lewis/fielder for bautista/humber
many thanks young squire
Masterson, Greinke, Fielder…
My humble submission:
31 homers for Berkman in 2011….real or just ‘geriatricks.’
@BigRedLatrine, ill have to have grey run it by rudy.
I feel like we tried this one already…
Grey,
Which of these pitchers would you drop to make room for Bauer?
Santiago Casilla, Matt Thorton, C-Capuano?
Thornton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Y4gC5zhBU
I just came across this, its Kate Upton doing the dougie. Didn’t know if any of you saw this yet.
@Cole,
Who hasn’t seen that at least a 100 times?
@Jack, Me…will see to that though.
Grey-
Dropping my 3 closers and going the all starters route like last year.
Choose 3 from this list please:
Jarrod Parker
Wade Miley
Daniel Bard
Bronson Arroyo
Carlos Zambrano
Drew Smyly
Tyson Ross
Ervin Santana
Brandon McCarthy
Clay Buchholz
Jhoulys Chacin
John Danks
Phil Hughes
Thanks so much once again
P.S Is there anywhere that donations can be made for all your time and effort you put into helping us out?
Parker, Smyly, McCarthy… Under the first post at razzball.com… Thanks!
@Grey,
No thank you!!!
If i were to add Cahill to that bunch who would he replace in your top 3 that you chose, if any???
@Steven, Cahill over Smyly…
Who do you like for a DL stash…Carlos Quentin or Lorenzo Cain?
Cain
Any thoughts on the Bass Man? Little wild but averaging K/inn so far this season. Plus a solid 1.14 career home ERA in over 30 innings. You like Milone better? I can drop Bass for Milone’s start vs CWS (batting .197 vs Lefties) tonight.
@B.o.B, I like him at home better than Milone on the road…
Need Runs and SB. Best option that won’t kill me in OPS: Aviles, Span, or Campana?
@stumanji, Span
hi grey,
can you rank altuve, cain, humber?
just for guys youd want on your team…expectations going forward.
thanks (no real position of need)
@the grate one, Altuve, Cain…
RCL, please rank Milone, Smyly, Burnett, Ejax, Dirty, Alvarez. Would you rather own Lidge than someone off that list? My five SPs now are kshaw lince anibal ubaldo humber.
@Chunk, I’d hold Lidge…
Reimold out again tonight
@B.o.B, Thanks for the Heads up! *inserts other razzball hot-pickup Sheirholz into lineup*
@B.o.B, Damn
Always enjoy youramblings of fantasy goodness!
Pick 3 ROY: Shizzholtz, Riemold, Sparkakis, Rios
@Yer Yang, Thanks! Rios, Reimold, Sparkakis
Grey:
Drop Pierz or Goldschmidt to pick up Rios. Or more specifically to bid a healthy amount of WW cash on him.
Pierz is my C hot schmotato until Jesus gains C eligibility. Which in Yahoo is one more game. So I would be catcherless until that time (3-4 games ?). But I would have to drop the other dude when and if my one DL slot clears.
On an unrelated note would you trade Bumgarner for Victorino. I know you have Bumgarner around a round higher than Victorino, but my SP is overloaded after having picked up Sale and Peavy on the WW (also have Halladay, Gio, Romero, Zimmermann). 12 team yahoo league.
@Rob, Pierz for Rios… I’d take Victorino…
@Grey, I know one league where you could get Youk and CJ Wilson for him.
@Steve, Ha!
@Steve, Were you the only one annoyed by that trade?
@Grey, As far as I know.
At this stage anyway.
@Steve, Kinda crazy…
@Grey, i dislike it to but the 2 involved dont know each other and the 1 manager isnt the best,not that my 3 teams are proving that i am very good either so far
Pretty terrible trade…
@AL KOHOLIC, Don’t get me wrong, not suggesting anything untoward. It’s still a shit trade though (though I see Punch has pretty much admitted as much).
sweeney or parra?
Parra
I gots a feeling that Reimold might be hitting the DL in the near future.
@Wilsonian, That’s a bad feeling.
@Grey, I could be wrong, but he’s missed a few games lately (I think 3 of the last 4) and it doesn’t look like he’s getting better. And it does kind of feel like I ate some bad pork…
@Wilsonian, That’s what Mrs. Willingham said!
@Grey, Zing!
cain or carp? …5×5 roto 13 team
@aj, Cain
cain, carp, or tabata?
@aj, Same
would you bench Kuroda today? seems like a bad matchup.
@abdoozy, I wouldn’t own him, but I’d definitely sit him there.
stephen drew, espinosa, or altuve? 13 team 5×5
@aj, Altuve
@Grey, Jose had 278 hits last year including winter ball. AND he is the spitting image of Kenny Powers’ Mexican half brother! Can we start calling Altuve Casper? Would make me so happy!
@jack, I’ve actually never shown that show.
@Grey, here ya go: http://i.lv3.hbo.com/assets/images/series/eastbound-and-down/episodes/2/11/eastbound-chapter-11-1024.jpg
both same size. was watching him against the dodgers when they were wearing the Colt 45 throwback unis … Altuve had old school strirrups on. Looked all disheveled and devilish like Casper.
@jack, Oh my God, it looks just like him!
16 team keeper league. Do you think trading Hanley for a third rounder (next year), Latos (able to be kept in thirteenth round), and Teheran (able to keep in fifteenth round) is a fair deal?
@John Axford Meat Stache, Good for Hanley…
Kendrys Morales worth a bench spot/Util or should he be replaced by hot schmotatoes? 12 team mixed league
@Drkness, Worth a spot…
Hello,
I’ll be doing a trade for keepers: I’ll get Uggla + one of Alonso/Schafer/De Aza for Krispie Young and VMart. Is that a good trade for me?
Thanks!
@Sam, Eh, it’s just okay.
Gonna try to trade Rodney (who I don’t like/trust) for Altuve to replace Espinosa. I can pick then Henry Rodriguez (or Aceves?) off the wire.
Is this a good idea?
Sounds good…
Start two tonight: Adam Laroche at SDG (C. Richard), Logan Morrison at NYM (Johan Santana), or Nieuwenhuis vs MIA (Josh Johnson) ?
@Goose, I would’ve said the first and last… Though it’s too late…
@Grey, thanks mang. i went with Lomo and Nieuwy – Lomo over Larouche bc he’s hitting cleanup tonight. but they’re both 0-for-2 so far.
spooked by Petco’d
No problem…
So is Dunn a Zombino? Does he rise from the ashes to make it through the whole season of Walking Dead?
@Wilsonian, Ha… Or is he an Early Bird Special…
@Grey, that’s the million dollar question. Or fifty dollar question, if you’re going by my league’s entry fee…
Parra or Schierholtz as a fill in for Krispy?
@Tony, Schierholtz
My earlier attempt of Marcum/Motte for Cuddyer was rejected. Does a Kennedy for Cuddyer trade still work in my favor? Thanks.
@Sam, Nope
@Grey: starting latos today?
@herschel, Yes.
Zombino is pretty good. I was thinking maybe some derivation of ‘spring-autumn romance’ because these players are in the autumn of their careers but playing like they’re young. And, like such a relationship, it’s not going to last very long. “Jeter is having quite the spring-autumn romance. Too bad it’s doomed for failure…”
@Squanto Esperanto, Aw, that’s poetic and sad… I like Zombino better though…
@Grey. Schierholtz or Reimold?
@BigFatHippo, he answered reimold previously
@charlie batch, Thanks, Grey’s ignoring me cause he thinks I’ll get drunk and start reminiscing about the Bootheel…………
Sorry, been answering on my phone… What did I miss?
@BigFatHippo, Ah… yeah, Reimold… Though his injury might have me switch gears by tomorrow…
Hey, CarGo showed up.
@Steve, bout time…
Fucking Scherzer…getting slapped around by the Mariners in the 1st inning.
@letsgobravos,
2 earned in less than 3 innings against the M’s is roughly the equivalent of 23 runs against the rangers.
@Letsgobravos, Make that 4 runs. Fucking pathetic.
@Letsgobravos, fuck you Scherzer. Luckily the Peav hooked me up last night. I like the Rangers equivilent quote, too…
@Letsgobravos, Ugh
just got lester for peavy. now hurry up, june.
@charlie batch, Ha!
The term for an old fart who has a renaissance year……. “A Cougar.” The Cougar is that slutty girl in college that plays real well and often, DTF. She then falls off, gets married, and sucks (nagging, and not allowing her husband to be in 75 fantasy baseball leagues). The “Cougar than has a renaissance, reverts to her slut ways and is back on the hunt. The good thing about the cougar is there are no ties and they can usually be had on the cheap.
Not bad, but we already went with one above…
@Grey, Ahh, Zombino. In the words of a wise man, “not crazy about it…..”
Really? Think it’s pret-tay good.
@Josh Yager, hitting to close to home…
@Wake Up, Hitting too close to home? Watch out, your going to get a brush back….
on a side note: Too close to home? Had a bad experience with a cougar?
I know I am probably asking the wrong guy, but am I being overly optimistic about Lind? This back thing going to right itself? He is not hitting any flyballs, which is going to make hitting HRs pretty difficult right?
@Wake Up, Yeah, he doesn’t look great, but he can get hot and hit 12 in a month…
Alright… let’s see what this Darvish kid is all about.
@Awesomus Maximus, You gotta tell me, about to get on the podcast…
@Grey, Just made A-Rod look silly with a nice curve… swinging K.
@Awesomus Maximus, I see we made the same plans…pass the soy?
@Wake Up, Don’t forget the gari… just in case.
No sushi for me. Just the wife and me on the couch, doing homework and working from home, respectively.
Sweet tailing, diving splitter to get Swisher… another swinging K.
@Awesomus Maximus, Another pretty curve, another swinging K, another silly looking Yankee (Ibanez).
@Awesomus Maximus, I was just commenting on the two SPs, on the couch too. But, I don’t eat gari anymore, ever since I discovered that it had no soul.
Yeah Darvish is looking pretty filthy so far.
@Wake Up, Purists only keep the gari handy in case they catch some bad tuna, anyway. No real need to eat it if your sakana is oishii.
Doesn’t seem like anyone is seeing the ball well out of Darvish’s hand yet. Chavez just got a hit, but he was sitting on a first-pitch fastball all the way.
@Awesomus Maximus, Say what you will about Jeter/Yankees being overrated/over-reported, but when you’re the first person to achieve a hitting milestone in pinstripes (first Yankee to ever have 30 hits in first 16 games), it’s worth mentioning.
@Awesomus Maximus, Sorry, back to the game:
Yu just worked out of bases loaded, no outs. Got a friendly called strike on Grandy, then induced a double play… nice job of pitching to low contact to get the ground ball.
@Awesomus Maximus, Two more solid innings. I like his composure, quick delivery, and ability to mix speeds, eye level, and angles (both for strikes and for swings).
For what it’s Weurtz, Kuroda hasn’t looked too shabby, himself. One bad pitch to Kinsler and a base knock by The Natty-Bo are the difference in this game.
@Awesomus Maximus, This guy’s bringing out his real heat… in the 7th friggin’ inning. Just struck out the side (all swinging).
Ah… I see now… Looks impressive then?
@Grey, Yeah, he looks legit. Never saw him pitch from the windup (apparently he switched to the stretch full-time during his last outing), but he’s going to be a tough one to figure out with his quick “wrist flip” delivery.
@Awesomus Maximus, Cool… When I saw in the first two games, he looked less than stellar. May have been nerves…
@Grey, Nerves sounds like a realistic reason… would jive with him having better control from the stretch.
Yeah, could be… Still hate Arlington…
@Grey, I’m sure Yu feels the same way you du.
@Grey, Do you get the express written consent of the NY Yankees before you disseminate accounts or descriptions of their games? Or is that why you don’t write about the Yankees much?
I don’t think there’s anything to say about them really… They’re so discussed to death elsewhere…
@Grey, I know… just something I’ve always wondered about when they read that message during the game. I’ve seriously pondered requesting said written permission just to see if I could get it. Put it in my scrapbook along with my “Congratulations!” card from George W. and Laura Bush on my marriage (talk about creepy).
@Awesomus Maximus, You got a congratulations card from George W? Huh?
@Grey, Yeah… “surreal” sort of begins to describe the feeling.
@Awesomus Maximus,
yankees have a new deal going ,
i think it’s called “contact new york” .
it’s a set-up where-by people in the stadium can tweet others
in the stadium , about what’s happening in the game .
i think they can even include home-viewers in their tweet
conversations .
seems better , to me , than sitting behind some guy talking
on his cell-phone all night …. but still pretty simple-minded
and annoying .
I am sitting down to the Yanks @ Darvish over sushi. We will see wasabi.
@Wake Up, Nice…
Someone explain to me why Kinsler leads off for the Rangers…
Andrus has way more speed and I sure would love to have someone on base occasionally when Kinsler goes yard. (He just annihilated the 3rd pitch of the game to deep center)
@letsgobravos, bout the same speed and Kinsler has a better OBP…
@Wake Up, You’re right. Just frustrated watching another solo shot. One of my team had 11 homers last week and 10 were solos. My opponent had 5 homers and his BA was 90 points lower than mine and he still beat me on RBIs.
@letsgobravos, Maybe if Andrus would stop doing that thing with his mouth guard they’d let him hit first.
Good question…
@letsgobravos,
i have the same complaint about reyes hitting in front of bonifacio .
except i’m concerned with sb’s and not home runs , in this case .
(read in Bart Simpson’s voice)
Why did I take Pujols over Kemp?
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@letsgobravos, Ouch!
all work and no play makes bravos a dull boy………………
That’s hilarious…
Scherzer gives up 10 hits, 2 BBs and 5 ERs to the M’s who allowed a perfect FUCKING game to Phil Humber 3 days ago. Unbelievable.
@letsgobravos, Yea, he seems far from a scher thing at this point.
Seriously…
Norris just had 4 K’s in one inning… more than Latos through 6… Atleast he has the shutout, if he had a bad outing against SF I would have put my head in the oven. There is still game left though….
Please don’t jinx Latos…
@Grey, Didn’t he got the W. I didn’t want to jinx it I own him everywhere as my #1…. Yeah my pitching hasn’t been the best.
@Josh Yager, Nice!
@grey and rudy, love the zombino, it flows nicely of the tounge, what is the razzball term for a second half player that stinks in the first two months of the year? And the vise versa?
@Jack Full of Hate, The former is just called Mark Teixeira… no need for a glossary term.
@Awesomus Maximus, solid
There’s PABST and Septaculars and Septumblers…
Pick the best two ROS: boesch, jd martinez, schierholtz
Thanks!
@Trick dad, You ranked em, in my opinion. First two are locked into solid positions in the lineup
@Chunk, ha ha
Boesch, JD…
Rex Brothers getting lit up by the Pirates, that’s not good news for me. He’s throwing 95-97 but that fastball looks nice and flat.
@elwood blues, but at least Latos is pitching better, that’s good.
@elwood blues, but Ludwick just hit a homerun, that’s bad news for Juice Box. I guess Dusty is happy with Ludwick getting 1 hit every 10 abs, if that 1 hit is a HR.
Yeah, Rudy mentioned that before the podcast… We have him too… Ugh…
Price pitching well tonight…its about damn time.
Keeper league w/ OBP instead of BA. Been offered a $33 Granderson and a $5 Brandon Belt for a $20 Alex Gordon and a $8 Corey Hart. Speed is a need but I’m not even sure that Granderson is going to steal much more than Gordon this year. Take it? Cuddyer, Crisp or Francouer would play after sending away my two starters.
Thanks in advance.
Sounds solid…
Dropping Sanchez after another terrible start… can’t keep waiting for him to locate the strike zone. Would you look to pick up Chacin, Drabek, or Nicasio?
Drabek
Strop getting the save? Whats that all about? Missed the end of that one
@Chunk, Johnson is sick – wasn’t available.
@Steve, thanks
Other than Cordero, who else on the Blue Jays has a chance to get saves?
@Fuij (Fausto or Roberto? RCL), Janssen, Perez… They seem doubtful though…
Sat Willingham today. Funny how he is 1-1while on maternity leave.
Damn… He was supposed to be away…
Geez…Ike Davis being pinch hit for in the 8th inning with a RISP. Dude has been total shit since I picked him up last week. Wish I had gone with Freeman.
That’s terrible news…
Gamel or Lahair?
Gamel
Lester/Marmol for Greinke…which side?
I could then pick up a handcuff like Venters or Reed. I’d be left with Hanrahan, Marshall, Balfour, and Cordero as my closers, with Storen on the DL.
Greinke
@Grey: 12 team mixed roto. like smyly, arrieta or harang over sanchez?
Smyly
Frank Frank w/ the save for the Mets…
CarGoing, going, gone… twice. Do that for the rest of April and we’ll be cool again.
What’s going on with Yu? At DQ…
“Zimmerman’s out with shoulder inflammation. I’m going to assume ‘not scheduled for an MRI’ means ‘he’s having a surprise MRI’”
And that’s me quoting me using Grey’s meme!
@Feeding the Abscess, Ha!
WTF? I thought Pence was definitely out of the lineup tonight…and instead he’s 1/2 w/ a 2 run homer. Damnit.
@letsgobravos, I’m right with you. Though he does seem like the kind of guy who would just play through whatever injury. He’s like a Sparky Anklebiter that’s not at all short.
Alright, you get the top three starters of one real life team for your fantasy team for the next 3 years. Which team’s trio do you want? The obvious answer seems Philly, but I can see arguments being made for others…
@Chunk, Philly, Diamondbacks, Giants… I might be forgetting someone…
@Grey, Padres at home?
@Grey, Actually, you might be forgetting the Nationals. Strasburg, Zimmermann, and Gio.
Very true… Knew I was forgetting someone…
@Grey, For Ss and Gs in ’06 I did a second-half league where your fantasy team was made up entirely of one real world team. Late to the party, I grabbed Philly (who was decent)… only to watch them promptly give Abreu to the Yankees for a few dirty water dogs. Experiment over.
@Awesomus Maximus, No dirty water dog category?
@Chunk,
i wouldn’t pick the phillies .
hard to predict who will be pitching for them next year .
2 or 3 years from now , becomes even sketchier .
i think that i’d go with a younger squad …. maybe the braves .
Grey,
Should I keep Ubaldo Jimenez or Wandy Rodriguez? Latos got waived.
@Aaron, Ubaldo
Just was offered a trade for Pujols and Street. I give up Cuddyer, Dee Gordon and Ethier. 12 team h2h. Current hitter roster for me looks a lil (actually a lot) like this:
posey, cuddy(reminds me of cutty from the wire, ha), pedroia, zimmerman, andrus, ethier, braun, rios, jennings – bench gordon and revolving door at 3b due to zimmerman – waiver in for headley currently.
thanks again sir!
@slojup, Ha… I’d take Pujols…
Altuve: Slam and legs for the short stack. Dood is only 5’5”
@Cole, Casper!
Should I drop capuano for scherzer? 8×8 league, holds, qs and k/bb
@Cheese, I would…
LaHair Just homered off of Rzpezkndzksxki to tie it up in the 9th. LaHair seems to have a bat for big situations. Good article on his AB vs Motte last night over at Fangraphs.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/lahair-wins-mottes-12-pitch-battle/
Yeah, liking owning him in NL-Only…
I mean… at some other, lesser site.
which side:
Haley, Pence or Tulowitzki, Hamilton
Tulo
oops, Haley=Hanley
Marmol brought into the 8th… blows 1.1 inning save with first hitter.
Just when i thought my closer situation couldn’t get any worse.
Damn…
@Grey
Thinking about dumping Reimold for Altuve, only have 1 2b and that’s Jemile not looking good. Reimold is a bench player anyway, what ya think?
Go for it…
@Grey, I’m in an AL-Only league where my cup overfloweth with OF. Thames and Ibanez are both bench players for me. Thinking about flipping Ibanez for Felix Doubront just to add another SP I can use. Would you do it?
Yeah, I’d do it…
My H2H team (the Cleveland Spiders!) very much approve of Rios and Konerko hitting 3rd and 4th for the White Sox…
@Steve, If not their combined 0-5.
@Steve, Had to finally drop Lidge for a 3B replacement with Zimmerman looking like donkey dung.
@Grey, He’s one of the more frustrating guys to own. The breakout always seems within touching distance…
@Steve, Oh, and it’s kinda crazy to me that there’s only one DL slot in the RCLs.
@Grey, You did that one to yourself, Grey (emoticon).
@Steve, I know, two injuries, let alone three is absolutely killer, and it’s not like there’s not guys to pick up, it’s about the room…
@Grey, I hear ya.
On Thursday, who ya like?
Tomlin v KC
Dubront @ CWS
Bailey v SF
Also, I held Humber after the perfecto (not like that!), but am a bit nervous about starting him against BOS now. What do you think?
@Grey: Trade my Lynn for his Morrow? Thx!
@Bill Lumbergh, Sure, it’s decent…
I’m not quite sure how this happened but my staff is killing me:
Lince, Cliffly, D-Hud, Latos, Hanson, Scherz, Anibal, Norris, Parker
H2H 12 teamer with QS instead of W’s and a 60ip per week cap. Do I lose Bud for Milone?
The K-Whore in me just cried a little inside but what do you think? Go for the WHIP help or stay put?
@strugz, Yeah, grab Milone…
Kubel or reimold? Who’s next in Line for saves in Chicago? Morrison droppable in 10 team espn leauges?
should i start lynn today at cubs? 5×5 roto 13 team
@aj, I am starting him with confidence. I mean if you are hesitant to drop him out there even against the Cubs, then why do you own him at all?!
Hey Grey, Schierholtz or Nieuwenhuis?
Any of these guys worth owning for potential vulture saves in a league were I only have 1 closer:
M Adams, A Crow, J Cruz, J Crain, w lopez, perkins, boggs, cashner
Adams…
@Grey, adams went for a bid of $11 :/ any of the other guys worth owning now?
there is also ayala and downs available