Yoenis Cespedes homered in yesterday’s second day of kinda real baseball played about six hours before I wake up. I wonder where Cespedes is being drafted now. When Rudy and I took our giant beach balls to early March drafts and took Cespedes in a bunch of drafts, he was going cheap. I wonder if now all those other ‘perts are suddenly stepping up because others are excited about him. I wonder if everyone else is a Monday morning quarterback with their advice. I wonder if Yoenis will hit 30 mistake pitch homers. I wonder if he’ll make adjustments and hit for a decent average too. I wonder how this would sound read by Morgan Freeman. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in spring training (and real baseball) for 2012 fantasy baseball:
Bartolo Colon – 8 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks. I still wouldn’t go near him with a three foot churro. (Only partly because waving a three foot churro near Bartolo would be similar to going to a grizzly bear observatory wearing nothing, but bikini briefs made of Marshmallow Fluff. Talk about a Fluffernutter — oofa!)
Mike Carp – Mike Sashimi ended up on the DL after one game playing in Japan. He should’ve never said, “Come on, pal! Fugu me!”
Jason Vargas – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks. I think Vargas is gonna have one of those seasons where you think because he’s the Mariners’ number two that he’s gonna take a number two on your stats, but he won’t. For now, I’ll call him a Marginer with future appeal.
Jesus Montero – 1-for-3 as he started his 2nd straight game at DH. Uh-oh. I was hoping to see Montero start at least one of these games at catcher, but now it’s looking like he may only start when Olivo rests, which would mean once or twice a week behind the plate for Montero and mid-May for catcher eligibility.
Dustin Ackley – 0-for-4, knocking his season pace down to 81/81, but will probably come closer to 8/8, which looks like what Dorothy Hamill would put after her signature.
Justin Smoak – 1-for-4 with a homer. Is there anything more satisfying than a home run for a guy you pick for two games before the season (actually) starts? It was almost as satisfying to drop him right after. It was like a one night stand where everyone has the same expectations. (I promise you when there’s a full slate of games I won’t talk this much about the A’s and M’s.)
Jonathan Broxton – Royals are leaning towards Broxton for the closer role. Perhaps a see-saw isn’t the fairest way to determine who should get saves. Broxton is such a wild card at this point that you have to hold onto Holland in most leagues until he shows some level of dominance/health.
Carl Crawford – Looking at returning at the end of April. With a wrist injury, I’d choose to March. Valentine said he’ll only need 50 ABs in rehab, I said, “No, no, no.”
Bobby Abreu – The Los Angeles Suburb of Los Angeles Angels almost got rid of the Abreu-tross from around their DH neck last night. He came inches from being an Indian, but now the chances of it happening have reduced to 50%. If it happens, it’s better for both clubs. I’m just not sure how much better it will be for Kendrys’s playing time. Abreu wasn’t stealing much time from him anyway. Stealing time from Kendrys is the fact that he missed 273 games in the last two years because he celebrates like a buffoon. Angels have already said Kendrys will sit vs. lefties because of health. Not because of the sourpuss with the big contract that they can’t get rid of. Yeah, I used the word sourpuss. Now get off my lawn!
Freddy Sanchez – Expected to start the year on the DL. Welcome to the club, we expected that in October of 2010. That’s like predicting a fart two years from now will smell.
Jeff Samardzija – Won a spot in the Cubs’ rotation. He’ll be in the first Buy/Sell of the season later today. You can hardly wait. No, you.
Brian Wilson – Bochy said Wilson was never scratched on Wednesday, he wasn’t supposed to pitch. So Brian Wilson owners can Smile.
Chris Perez – In five pitches, he threw a complete inning. After the game, he said, “The quicker the inning, the more time for mullet grooming.” He should be fine for Opening Day (The One Not Starting Between 3 AM and 6 AM.)
Scott Podsednik – Told reporters he’s not making the Phils’ roster with them opting for Juan Pierre. Can’t him and Juan Pierre get into one pair of Ryan Howard’s pants and be a stealing hybrid that sounds like a French revolutionary, Robspierre.
Adam LaRoche – Returned to the Nats lineup after nursing a foot injury for, like, two weeks. Is it me or is LaRoche always hurt? He should change his name to Adam LaOuch.
Carl Pavano – A police search warrant revealed that a classmate of Pavano threatened to reveal a homosexual affair with the pitcher if he didn’t buy him an SUV. I’ll never look at his porn mustache the same.
I really need to get that Smile album they put together recently after the fact (not sure that sentence made any sense). Anyway…
12-team roto mixed league (nudge, wink) : how did I do?
C Mike Napoli
1B Albert Pujols
2B Brandon Phillips
3B Brett Lawrie
SS Marco Scutaro
2B/SS Tyler Pastornicky
1B/3B Edwin Encarnacion
OF Jay Bruce
OF Ichiro Suzuki
OF Carlos Beltran
OF Coco Crisp
OF Mitch Moreland
UTIL Adam Dunn
Bench Ike Davis
Bench Chase Utley
Bench Carlos Pena
P C.J. Wilson
P Brandon Morrow
P Brandon Beachy
P Max Scherzer
P Clay Buchholz
P Tim Stauffer
P Brandon McCarthy
P Carlos Marmol
P Frank Francisco
I think I did ok. I still need one more closer, but anybody even worth handcuffing is gone. I have too many hitters on my bench, but Utley will end up on the DL, and I hope I can trade Ike or EE for a Brain Freeze (is that a fair trade?). Should I drop Pena for a middle reliever who can get me some Ks?
@DrEasy, Drop Pena for a bag of salted dog poop. Thats how bad he is.
@DrEasy, team looks like it will compete, drafting Utley didn’t help your infield much. Too many bench hitters, but like you said, maybe you can trade for a closer. Not a bad team at all, could see some average issues, but nothing major.
@Grey: how worried are you about Zimmerman this year? Has lawrie leap frogged him in rankings or not quite yet?
Thanks.
@Herschel, Not yet
I got Cespedes 155th in one draft & 170th in another draft.Nothing to lose with this guy.If he gives me 25 HR & 15 stls I’m a happy man.
@LuigiBall, Yup
This is good of course, but a Buy/Sell? Now we’re talking.
@Steve, that’s exactly what I was thinking.
Grey,
16 team dynasty mixer, H2H…
James McDonald took his gas can to the bump in a grapefruit game yesterday to the tune of 10 earned runs in 3.2 innings pitched. He’s scheduled to start a real game 8 April which is the last day of week 1 in H2H formats and I need all the starting arms I can get that first week…
Do I, as REO Speedwagon once said (before they completely wimped out), “ride the storm out”?
Thanks!
@Racehorse, Depends up until that point…
Zimmerman has had exactly one good year. Lawrie has already left him in the dust. Mark my words. Or at least for my teams sake I hope he has.
Mornin’ Grey, do you see any prospective pickup on Mike Trout in a competitive 12-man? I know if Abreu didn’t have room for the ABs, that it’s unlikely Trout will either — but moving Abreu sure can’t hurt his potential of contributing this year..
@AbNormal, Not yet
The Dustin ackley to Dorothy hamills segue was funny but Matthew berry has you beat with his Jason bourn top 25 pick shtick. Sorry grey.
@Former Skeptic, Ha
What is the ideal SP strategy for a league with no IP or games started limits but that restricts streaming by charging for transactions? It has a 5 man bench so I’m thinking get a minimum of 7 SPs?
@schlitzy, If I were you I’d use my last several picks on middle relievers with strong ratios to game the IP limit, and devote a “normal” amount of your draft resources to SP. If your have 9 pitcher slots, for me that would be 3 closers, 4 middle relievers, and 6 SPs. This leaves you one bench slot for a high potential bat, but if there are no good fits there you could add a 7th SP.
Drafting extra SPs that wouldn’t hurt your ratios tends to be way more expensive than reasonable middle relief contributors.
20-team, H2H-Points League w/$70 cap
The ONE gamble I made this spring was rolling with Chisenhall as my only 3B. Sigh.
Trade Krispie Young $5 and Viciedo $1 FOR Adam Jones $4 and Morel $2?
@Commish Cauda, Yup
How do you feel about this team in a 12 team H2H 5×5?
C B Posey
1B I Davis
2B B Zobrist
SS Z Cozart
3B J Bautista
CI A Beltre
MI H Kendrick
OF McCutchen, Gordon, A Jones, Choo, C Young
U L Duda 1B
P Pineda, J Garcia, Morrow, E Santana, M Minor, Chacin, Worley, Niese
RP Street, Thornton, Holland
BE L Cain
@Jay, Love most of the hitters. You are going to have some serious WHIP issues though. Some risk as well in both the pitchers and hitters, but overall it looks decent. H2H you can stream anyhow so it shouldn’t be an issue.
I totally read the entire post in Morgan Freeman’s voice. Thanks Grey.
@Chad, Ha, my bad…
“Yoenis Brother” is good but “Human Cespedes” is better!!!
@Bristol, YESSSS!
Great Shawshank reference. I was actually thinking “Is he making a Shawshank reference?” just before I read the Morgan Freeman line.
Viva el Grey! (look I fail as Spanish too!)
@mauledbypandas, Thanks!
I love the daily morning recap posts, it’s the best part of the site.
Plus, at this point, it means the real season is oh so close!
@MrMojoRisin, Thanks!
2 questions:
1) List these starters from Best to Worst? Hudson, Marcum, Morrow, Sale, Ubaldo, Scherzer
2) Which RP has the best chance to close and would be the best option for K’s, WHIP and ERA? Addison Reed, Vinnie Pestano or Henry Rodriguez
Thanks for your opinions!
@Will, Pestano probably has the best chance to close, but I think Reed is the best mix of saves and other stats. Crain is coming back from injury well in CWS though.
@Will, See my rankings
Nothing like starting the American pastime in Japan with a French revolution reference.
@MKEeast, Yup!
16 team 4×4 no strike outs, no runs
C J Montero
1b Konerko
2b Kinsler
3b ARam
ss J Lowry
MI Kipnis
OFCargo
OF Ad Jones
OF Rios
OF Kubel
SP Strassburg
SP D Hudson
SP Collmenter
SP M Harris
SP T Millone
RP Street
RP Farnsworth
RP Thornton
Bench
Volquez
G Floyd
Lidge
Am I so thin at starting pitching I’m in trouble?
Is the hitting as strong as I think (other than needing steals at some point) or am I rose colored glasses?
@VOTTO-VOOM, Since you have a middle infielder slot, I assume there’s a corner as well? Looks pretty good – Lawrie’s a weakness at short even in a 16-teamer. Either Escobar or Cozart would be better if available. Assuming M. Harris is Matt Harrison, pitching looks solid. Volquez’s value is in his strikeouts, so he’s garbage in this format though. See if you can get a low-Whip guy like T. Hudson, McCarthy, or Alvarez on the cheap. Well done.
@Big Magoo,
Yes, I skipped the corner man. It is Carlos lee.
Keep the A’s and M’s talk coming, good work Grey!
Pick a SP to take a flier on: Jake Peavy or Carlos Zambrano? (Aroldis Chapman is also available with a little more upside)
I’m leaning towards Zambrano, thinking him and Ozzie are going to have something eerily special going on down in South Beach. What do you think?
@blairtch, Chapman! His role is still TBD, and if you hold him for a few days right now there’s a chance you’ll get a surprise announcement as closer or something. If his role is still murky, Zambrano and Peavy will still be there for you as backups (agree on Z>Peavy)
Alright, I guess I’ll submit my roster for review. I think I did OK, but I’m sure I could’ve done better. Feel like I’m going to have AVG issues, but besides that, I’m pretty balanced……
12 tm, H2H, non-keeper.
C Soto
1B Lind
2B Espinosa
3B Wright
SS Andrus
OF Braun
OF McCutchen
OF Stubbs
Util BJ Upton
BN Swisher (will put him in for BJ once he gets the DL tag)
SP Lee, Lester, Beachy, Luebke, J.Sanchez, Stauffer, Lilly, Baker
RP Motte, Francsico
@ujoh, pitching looks good to me…..but your right about AVG and SO…..Lind scares me with his back.
@ujoh, Pitching looks solid. You’re right that the avg looks light, but that’s not as big of a deal in H2H. You’re a little speed-heavy and power-light though. Braun might be your only 30 homer guy. I’d look to deal Stubbs or Upton for another power bat.
@Big Magoo, Upton gets no love in my league. I get made fun of for drafting him every year. His .230 AVG scares off everyone, despite the fact that he can go 20-30 in his sleep. I could deal Stubbs, but won’t get a “great” power bat in return. Speed seems to be easier to find this year than in years past. I also feel like Cutch will hit 30-30 this year, but that’s me being in love with my team and overprojecting everyone’s stats…..
@ujoh, I agree that guys like Upton and Stubbs are usually undervalued because of their avg. I like them too – I own them both twice each across my four money leagues. But with your team makeup, it would benefit you to move one of them for some more power. I’d try to deal whichever one of them has more perceived value in your league so you can maximize your return. Maybe a Reynolds type? You’d gain 15-20 homers in that one spot in your lineup, and only take a small avg hit. I like Cutch too, but I see closer to 20-25 homers from him. PNC Park is rough on right-handed hitters.
Big trade being discussed in my Yahoo league: Kinsler, Stanton and Buchholz for Prince, Kendrick and Gio. Which side do you like better? I think the Prince side wins.
@Jon, I’d want the prince side, prince/kendrick is pretty even with stanton/kinsler power wise, better on the average side, gio > bucholz….. i also don’t believe in stanton as much as others, at least if it’s h2h, roto he’s more valuable…
@Tony, yeah, it is H2H. Gio to Buchholz is a pretty big dropoff in my eyes, which is probably the biggest reason I like the Prince side better. Agree with you. Thanks!
@Tony, Not sure which side I like better. Depends on need. But I do think that the 2 sides are NOT even power-wise. Stanton can hit as many HRs as Prince and Kinsler combined (30-35+10-15?) Not saying it’s going to happen, but it’ll be close. Then kick in another 30 for Kinsler. Average, runs, RBI might be a different story, but it’s not close power-wise.
@L-Boogie, Sorry, meant Prince and Kendrick combined.
I had to re-read that Pavano line just to be sure… hehehe. I wonder if John Waters was his stache role model. If so, he might become my new favorite player.
Come to think of it, I wonder if the Yanks feel a small sense of karmic justice after the heist Pavano pulled on them.
@3FingersBrown, sorry guys… that was meant to start a new thread.
@3FingersBrown, Ha!
@Grey, any thoughts here?
@Jon, Depends on some other factors, but in a vacuum the Prince side is better…
Any idea what eligibility Gamel will gain this year in yahoo? 1B only?
Also Altuve as a backup to Espinosa in 15team roto (over Niese or Danks).
@nightpandas, yeah, only 1B. He shouldn’t play any 3B and he didn’t play enough at any position last year to get anything other than UTIL, according to Yahoo’s standards.
All Point Shares have been updated and AL-only 10/12 available through main menu. That’s it for pre-season updates!
http://razzball.com/2012-point-shares-12-team-mlb-espn-roster/
@Grey:
We need an “Greatest of All time” post where you break down the greatest cuddle boys, schmohawks, flat-billed pitchypus’, fumethrowers, futility players, Herbathrowdites, Hodgepadres, marginers, hot schmotatos, leftosaurii, sparky anklebiters, and whippercrappers.
I think that would be fun.
Let me know if you agree. Thanks.
@joe from point pleasant, Grey recycles jokes enough!
@joe from point pleasant, Maybe at some point… Feels like an offseason post…
Grey in a 12 teamer who’s the better add Vargas or Lynn?
@mets fan, Lynn
Grey,
I’m looking for power. Would you lose Vinnie Pestano, Addison Reed, Niese, or Bryce Harper for:
Vernon Wells
Eric Thames
Nolan Reimold
Chris Heisey
If your outfield was already:
Pence
Jennings
Werth
Markakis
Cespedes
Thanks maestro
@Whiskey Diet, Thames over Pestano… Wells over Harper…
Just wondering if there are any big name bats that could spring up sometime May/June/July-ish? Someone like Hosmer or Lawrie or Jennings or Montero last year. Maybe not put up HUGE numbers, but good to hang on to in a 16 Team H2H keeper. I haven’t seen too many names pop up other than Nolan Arenado or maybe H to the Rizzo, but that’s about it. Anyone got any other deep league guys I need to put on the ole watch list?
@Wilsonian, I’m waiting for Joe Mather to get added in our league…..
@golfnut, ha, he’s not in mine either. But some of those other rookies are. Like Arenado and B. Jackson, but it seems like the pool this year is shallower than in the past. Last season was stacked.
@Wilsonian, Not sure if you meant that Arenado is still available, but if he is, grab him now while you still can.
@Big Magoo, he is available. I’ve got Lawrie at 3rd and Morel as a backup on my bench. I’d have to drop him.
@Wilsonian, I’d try to make room for him in a keeper. He has nobody blocking him in the bigs and he’ll be at least as good as Morel immediately (by June/July this year), and top 7-8 at third by 2014.
@Big Magoo, My only worry right now is Lawrie not being fully healthy, ever. So I wanted a backup. Morel might be hitting 2nd, too, so he might be a good backup for when Lawrie sits. I’m looking at dropping him for Arenado once things start to play out a little, or I may get itchy and do it soon.
If you are looking for another reason to add Samardzija, remember he was a crisp, crisp route runner at Notre Dame.
@Cole, Ha
grey and rudy,as always great work this year,been a lot of help
@AL KOHOLIC, No problem…
@Grey, Just realized that your life story that I thought I read, was just in my head, cobbled together from the daily reading of your site. Soooo I bought your book. Where do I download it?
@3FingersBrown, I emailed it to you…
@Grey, you still selling razball t-shirts
@AL KOHOLIC, I said below — The t-shirts have run their course I think… We never saw any money from the company we were working with…
I just made a trade…..you think it’s a good one?
I give Greinke for Beachy and Heyward…..so now my team looks like this….:
C Wilson Ramos
1B Miguel Cabrera
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Pablo Sandoval
SS Jose Reyes
IF Erick Aybar
LF Brett Gardner
CF Jason Heyward
RF Jay Bruce
OF Howie Kendrick
OF Shane Victorino
SP Brandon Beachy
SP Madison Bumgarner
SP Bud Norris
RP J.J. Putz
RP Carlos Marmol
P Greg Holland
P Brandon McCarthy
BN B.J. Upton
BN Geovany Soto
BN Adam Lind
BN Allen Craig
BN Yunel Escobar
BN Mike Minor
Maybe get rid of Yunel Escobar for Espinosa?
@golfnut, how on earth do you get to put Heyward in CF?? Good trade.
@Anyone
Let me start off by saying I’m terrible at math. Say you have 3 average closers. After subtracting their combined average innings pitched per week, how many typical starts would you need per week to hit 40 innings?
@Howie Met Your Mother, Are you talking 40 innings for the season?
@golfnut,
Sorry, I mean per week. My league has a minimum of 40 innings per week to qualify for pitching stats.
@Howie Met Your Mother, you wouldn’t come close to 40 innings with 3 closers. They average 3 innings per week….multiply times 3….that’s only 9 innings per week…..maybe 12 if you get lucky.
@golfnut,
My question is/was; after factoring in the average # of innings per week that 3 closers would net you, how many “typical” starts would you need in addition to those closer innings, to reach 40 combined innings.
@Howie Met Your Mother, each closer = about 3IP/week. Each start assume about 5.5 IP. So for 40 innings you need 31 to come from starts, that’s about 6 starts.
So you guys heard about Pavano playing for the Pirates?!……the butt Pirates?!( no offense to any butt pirates who might be reading. Its not for the easily offended lol) LOL
@PrinceRudyNasim, I have a patch on both eyes now!
Got a Keeper H2H 12-team 6×5 league with “Hits” as an additional category:
What are your thoughts on my team? Should I trade a bat for one more solid SP since it’s H2H with no innings cap?
C- Weiters
1B- Pujols
2B- Cano
3B- Lawrie
SS- Alexei Ram
OF- Ellsbury
OF- J Upton
OF- BJ Upton
UTIL- Werth
UTIL- Ortiz
UTIL- Rios
Bench- Trout
Bench- Gamel
SP- Price
SP- Beachy
RP- F Francisco
RP- Myers
P- Jimenez
P- Minor
P- Norris
Bench- Nolasco
Bench- McCarthy
Bench- Niese
Bench- Holland
Bench- Lidge
Thanks so much!
@Thomas, Team is a tad light on power and a tad high on speed… Can trade a bat for an SP if you like… Your pitching doesn’t look bad though…
Henry Rodriguez – I am interested in picking him up
to do so I have to either drop –
Mat Gamel or
Brent Morel
or I could pick up
Dayan Viciedo
there are holds and saves in this league
or I can hang out
@Mr Baseball, damn bro dropping Gamel would be tough. You will be so pissed if this kid ends up coming thru. H-Rod throws “harder than f$%k”( kenny powers voice) but lets remember its still is H-Rod. I feel like that dudes whip will never be good enough to be dominant. Hes not worth dropping Gamel this early in the yr. If you need holds i would see if Mujica is avail. in your league
@Mr Baseball, Can lose Morel for H-Rod…
grey,whats you thoughts and projected number of staels for tyler green
@AL KOHOLIC, 15 maybe…
12 team H2H keeper – would you trade Teix for Upton or Kemp? That would leave me without a first baseman but with outfielders to spare in a trade for someone like Morales, Freeman, Duda. If I couldn’t make a deal then I’d be looking at a FA like Aubrey Huff at 1B until LaHair gains eligibility or someone decides to trade with me:
C Santana
1B Teix
2B Zobrist
SS Castro
3B Beltre
OF Ellsbury, A Gordon, Werth, C Young
U Moustakas
BE Boesch, LaHair, Arenado, Trout, Harper
@Jay, Nope
Can we get some freakin Slam & Legs! shirts already ?!!
@xtremehulk, Guys the t-shirts have run their course I think… We never saw any money from the company we were working with…
@Grey, work w/ new company yo. im in for a shirt!
@Grey, really,try coolie cups
descalso will bat leadoff for the Cards.
anything worth watching there?
@farcus, Wha’ happened to Greene? They announce this morning he’s not starting anymore?
@Grey, http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/descalso-working-into-leadoff-role/article_bd215350-740e-5622-90ac-20a0172cc12d.html
@farcus, Thanks for sharing! Yeah, I take that to mean it’s going to be a blahtoon, at first anyway. Outside of NL-Only leagues, can’t own either of them…
10 team, H2H, thoughts please? Thanks in advance Grey!
C Ramos, Wilson(C) WAS
1B Votto, Joey(1B) CIN
2B Kendrick, Howard(1B,2B,OF) LAA
3B Sandoval, Pablo(3B) SF
SS Andrus, Elvis(SS) TEX
OF Bruce, Jay(OF) CIN
OF Upton, Justin(OF) ARI
OF Young, Chris(OF) ARI
U Gardner, Brett(OF) NYY
U Lind, Adam(1B) TOR
SP Bumgarner, Madison(SP) SF
SP Gonzalez, Gio(SP) WAS
SP Hudson, Daniel(SP) ARI
SP Marcum, Shaun(SP) MIL
SP Zimmermann, Jordan(SP) WAS
SP Scherzer, Max(SP) DET
SP Chacin, Jhoulys(SP) COL
SP Minor, Mike(SP) ATL
SP Niese, Jonathon(SP) NYM
SP Sanchez, Jonathan(SP) KC
RP Putz, J.J.(RP) ARI
RP Street, Huston(RP) SD
RP Motte, Jason(RP) STL
@zzzzzz, Team looks very solid, if a slight bit heavy on speed… The league is shallow though so it’ll depend on waiver wire grabs…
You made me lose my shit with “Stealing time from Kendrys is the fact that he missed 273 games in the last two years because he celebrates like a buffoon.”
Also, the Robespierre reference was sly. Loved the Golda Meir reference in one of your archived articles, too, man. You deserve a drink. Or ten.
@S250 Million Mercenary, Thanks!
Grey-
Three time winner and Daquiri buyer here. Thanks for all the great insight. First time in this type of league for me: Aside from the obvious lack of speed , any other glaring issues to you for this team in a 8 team keeper roto 5×5 1400 innings cap?
C Posey
1B AGonz
2B M Young
3B Lawrie
SS DGordon
OF GianCarlo
OF JUpton
OF Cuddyer
UT Teix
UT Lind
P Greinke
P Gallardo
P Strasburg
P J.Zimmermann
P. B.McCarthy
P Gio
P Hanrahan
P Motte
Bench Arm:
H.Street
Bench Bats:
Kendrys
Ethier
Ortiz
Y.Alonso
How many of my 5 bench spots do I want allotted to pitchers? My gut is to drop Alonso (dont ask) now for a pitcher to stream, and Ortiz as soon as the next SAGNOF roadrunner emerges. My current arms available are:
Wandy, Jhoulys, B Norris, C Sale , D Holland, Colby Lewis, M Minor.
Thanks in advance
@HoosierDaddy, Thanks! Nope, not much to add other than a lack of speed… Your pitching is kinda ridiculous though, you could trade Zimmermann for Gardner and be fine…. I’d go with all bench arms, maybe one bat… Your league’s so shallow bench bats aren’t going to help much… If you want, try to trade Ethier and Ortiz for Gardner…
Just drafted in a long-term keeper H2H. Kept Jennings over Cruz. Any thoughts?
C: Mike Napoli
1B: Adrian Gonzalez
2B: Ian Kinsler
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
SS: Elvis Andrus
OF: Matt Kemp
OF: Desmond Jennings
OF: Adam Jones
OF: Chris Young
UTIL: Adam Dunn
BN: Logan Morrison
BN: Delmon Young
BN: Neil Walker
BN: Dexter Fowler
SP: Roy Halladay
SPJordan Zimmermann
SP: Anibal Sanchez
SP/RP: Neftali Feliz
SP: Shaun Marcum
SP: Jhoulys Chacin
SP: Justin Masterson
RP: Jose Valverde
RP: Brian Wilson
RP: Chris Perez
RP: Greg Holland
@Blood Visions, No idea how many teams.
@Grey, 10 teams, notable available waivers:
Wilson Ramos
Gaby Sanchez
Alex Presley
Seth Smith
Zack Cozart
Brent Morel
Devin Mesoraco
Jon Jay
Anthony Rizzo
Trevor Cahill
Chris Heisley
Jarrod Parker
Mike Adams
Jonathan Sanchez
David Robertson
Chris Capuano
Brad Peacock
Drew Pomeranz
David Hernandez
Ivan Nova
Trevor Bauer
Danny Hultzen
Julio Teheran
Any advice on who you might target to mprove via trade/waivers?
@Blood Visions, Your pitching looks stronger than your hitting which isn’t great… You look average light and a bit injury prone…
Minny Star Tribune is reporting that Chris Parmelee will start at 1B for the Twins this year.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/145016305.html
What are you thinking about this guy? Rosterable? Radar-able? Waiver-wire fodder…-able?
Thanks dude.
@L-Boogie, That’s bonkers-able.
Hi Grey, I asked a question this morning and it didn’t appear. I tried to re-load the same question and it said it had already been submitted. I assumed it needed some approval because it contained a web link (albeit one to a Razzball forum question I wanted to lobby you to weigh in on) but it never appeared. Did something strange happen today? Am I *gulp* blacklisted?
Anyway, there were two questions to my question.
First, does the news you reported above after reading it elsewhere about Perez mean it’s wise to drop Vinnie in a non-holds league? Am I better off with a decent setup man who might get saves like Glen Perkins or Henry Rodriguez?
And second, I have Doumit as my catcher in two semi deep (14 and 16 teams, mixed) leagues: one where I’m waiting for Jesus (Montero) to gain catcher eligibility and one where Doumit could stay on the roster all year. Mesoraco is available on waivers in both leagues … your post on him seemed to indicate he might start slow as he gets settled in. Does that make Mesoraco a bad choice to employ for the month or so it’ll take for Montero to gain eligibility? Should I switch out for Mesoraco in the league where I don’t have Montero to keep Doumit? I kind of liked the idea of Doumit playing some in DH and OF but there’s a buzz around Mesoraco.
@Enrique, Nah, site’s acting funny with comments with links… No idea why… Rodriguez over Pestano… Mesoraco and Doumit will see about the same PT. Couple of game per week…
Incidentally, this was the forum question I was hoping to lobby you to weigh in on:
http://razzball.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=23301
I’d appreciate any thoughts….
@Enrique, I cleared the comment on the back end.
@Grey, Sorry for all the multiple posts there … something funky was going on on my end or yours.
And thanks for the answers!
I just tried to re-post the forum link and it didn’t go … I guess links to the Razzball site itself aren’t allowed. But any chance you could weigh in on the forum question entitled, “Lineup check – looking for opinions” in the lineups, waivers, keepers section?
@Enrique, Yeah, site’s blocking links to itself… Stupid computer shizz…
@Enrique, I agree with what Bourne was saying…
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