@Tony tone: Don’t drop Rauch. Oliver is droppable, but there may be better options than Kuo available.

@Tony tone: Dempster is OK to have on a deep bench right now, but he belongs nowhere near a starting lineup.

@and1mcgee: I preferred Heyward before the season, and I have no reason to change my mind now.

@knighttown: Gotta add Zimmerman, as he’s worth the wait.

@EK: Neither? McDonald has more upside.

Im growing anxious with edwin as Wolf just got picked up off of waivers, so if edwin fails again i want to still have options haha.

@Giant JJ: I have the perfect site for you: TradeBashers.com. Plug your deal in there and see what the rotosphere says. I’d rather have Reynolds than Panda, but not by much. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to trade for either, though, so you may run into a case where the other manager will just prefer his POS to yours.

@EK: Not yet. Wood hasn’t been all that good over his last couple starts either. I’m sure you can find someone better.

@and1mcgee: Depends on league settings, but I’d be more apt to roll with Cain and find a solid OF from the waiver wire.

@zombie: I don’t feel Kuo has much fantasy worth right now. If he puts together three strong starts in a row, we may have something. If he manages five or six good innings in a row, I’d feel good about calling him the No. 2 option behind Broxton.

@bobbo: Feeling as safe as one can be. Jurrjens has been excellent.

@OaktownSteve: Excellent analysis. Jansen drew rave reviews as a potential future closer heading into the year, and if he can gain Mattingly’s confidence he could have a Walden-like impact. However, I caution not to look too much into minor league save opps, as they’ve never translated to the MLB. That is, don’t freak out if Jansen doesn’t record a bunch of minor-league saves before he returns to the majors; it likely would mean nothing.

But Jansen’s last three appearances were 4.2 no hits, 2 walks, 9 k’s. Look at the two quotes from Mattingly and consider the fact that they sent him to AA, where he can walk right into a low pressure closer spot, rather than AAA.

“At some point this year, he’s going to be back here and he’s going to be contributing.” “We definitely want him to pitch in pressure situations down there, where the game’s on the line.”

I think he’s just a guy you can stash if your in a league that stash-able or you have to be aware of what’s going on with the Dodgers and him so you can get him right when it’s ripe. If the whole Dodgers pen sucks for another month or so, and he’s killing the little leaguers, could be one of those second half pick ups that makes your season.

is Cain for Werth fair? I’m giving up Cain. thanks, all….

I have an opportunity to shore up my reliever situation. Currently, I have Madson, Capps, Chapman (for holds), and I just picked up League. Right after I grabbed League, somebody jumped the gun and dropped Kimbrel. Should I burn another weekly roster add and drop one of my closers for him? I also have Mark Reynolds doing close to nothing for me, maybe its worth dropping him and keeping on 5 relievers?