Hmm… That title doesn’t sound right. It’s like when your mom asks you why your bed sheets are all crusty and you’re like, “It’s dried glue.” Same embarrassment, different therapist to discuss it with. So Nick, Rudy and myself got together yesterday and did a little pop and chat. We’re not poppin’ and squatting. We’re poppin’ and chatting. It’s more couth. Hmm… autocorrect is telling me couth isn’t a word. Well, how do you get uncouth if there’s no couth, smart guy? Besides, autocorrect isn’t even a word. So there! Besides Lincecum, we also talk about some players to buy low and Danny Hultzen. There’s those ears of yours perking up. Yeah, we go over what we think Hultzen’s ETA will be and what kind of delicious we’re gonna get. We basically turn this thing inside out and rip off the tag. Anyway, here’s the Razzball Podcast, now with dried glue:
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Grey, whats your thoughts on Altuve in a keeper league? Looking like a B.Roberts in his prime type… Is he going to be someone that will end up as one of my 10 keepers (24th rd cost) or should I happily trade him away to upgrade elsewhere if I also have Seager/Utley to plug at 2B?
(Offer was Bruce/C.J.Wilson for my Beltran/Altuve, been trying to find alternatives)
@supra, He’d be a keeper, but I’d take Bruce…
Wow, now Drabek leaves with an injury. Couldn’t tell what was bothering him. Looks like Cecil will be back soon.
@VinWins, That stinks…
@VinWins, Could you check to see if you got that test email?
@Grey, I got emails on both of your comments.
Hmm… Weird… Okay, thanks!
Grey/Rudy/All,
12 Team H2H 5×5(OBP):
Was offered Adrian Gonzalez and Niese for Gio Gonzalez. I accepted b/c I figure even if AGon doesn’t make a return to form that at least Niese is not a bad parting gift. The league vetoed the trade, and now I’m being offered AGon for Gio straight up. Is AGon too much of a risk at this point in the season? His previous seasons have me thinking otherwise…
My pitching staff FYI:
Gallardo
Bumgarner
Chapman
Casilla
Capuano
McDonald
Valverde
Burnett
Drabek
Holland (DL)
@Ghost of the Purple Porpoise, Trade shouldn’t have been vetoed… A-Gon for Gio straight up is fair, but not sure if that’ll go through either…
@Ghost of the Purple Porpoise, check out my response in the previous thread. Without saying too much here, tell your league to go fuck itself, and let your team rot. In no way, shape, or form should that original deal be vetoed.
@Ghost of the Purple Porpoise, Season to date – Gio worth $34, A-Gonz $7, Niese $7. I like the A-Gonz/Niese side better but shouldn’t be vetoed.
Basically, any trade made 2 months into the season needs to take season to date performance much higher into account than preseason values.
http://razzball.com/playerrater/
Thanks for the responses guys. I was taking a flier on AGonz’s resurgence b/c my offense could use some help, but can’t do it without some kind of backup plan in the package deal.
And yeah, the trades that take place in this league are amateur hour at best, 2-for-2 or 3-for-3 trades just for trading’s sake. Literally trading players at the same positions with similar statistics. Le Shit Show.
Knowing nothing but what we know where would you rank F-Her ROS amongst SP?
top10,15,20,25?
Gut feeling about how the Nats deal with Stras if they are fighting for a playoff spot come 170IP.
Thanks in advance
-YHL
@potus, Top 20… 170 IP sounds about right… Good luck in the campaign!
Saunders or goldshmidt ROS?
Standard League
Thanks!
@Ryan, Goldy
Drop K Kendrick, Norris, Zambrano or Cahill for Medlen?
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo, Kendrick
I know this has been asked before, but how long does it take for the podcast to show up on iTunes?
A few hours…
Hultzen or Medlen ROS.
Also would you trade Kemp for F-Her and Harper in a keeper league?
@nightpandas, Medlen… I’d make that trade…
Hey Grey/Rudy – I was offered Napoli and James MacD for Pence. Which side do you like better?
@Miley Cyrus, Pence, it’s fair…
been offered a-gon and ortiz for trout, love the kid but have to consider this. Thoughts?
@rainbowtrout, Sounds like a decent deal in a non-keeper…
Start Doubront tonight @Miami?
Thanks!
@JTR, I would
Lose Krispie or Pagan for Trevor Plouffe or hold?
@2 Cups 1 Braun, Hold
@Grey, What about lose Kelly Johnson for him and play Plouffe at 2nd?
@2 Cups 1 Braun, I’d lose Pagan before Johnson…
drop fuentes for camp or robertson?
@jaw, Robertson
Grey,
Would you start Milone at Coors tonight?
Nope BnY
I see you’re high up on the TV contest board too… Good luck! BnY
@Grey, Thank you! Where do you go for standings??
@tggq21, nevermind found them!
@tggq21, BnY
Which are your top 3 out of this group in terms of potential for save opportunities?
Marshall
Balfour
Perkins
Cishek
Hernandez (Ari)
Benoit
Lopez/Lyon
I feel like my best bids are Capps getting traded/losing his job (Perkins), Valverde being removed (Benoit), and Myers being traded (Would Lopez or Lyon get the gig?), but looking for some expert opinion.
Thanks a lot.
Balfour, Hernandez…Lopez would be my guess to replace Myers…
don’t know if you guys watch soccer or the Euros, but this is the most pure expression of joy i’ve ever seen:
http://cadfael.tv/image/src/1339445461472.gif
sometimes a Ukrainian child with a bowl-cut is all it takes to make me smile. wait, what?
HA! Nice, Goose…
Also, need two SP since Morrow left me and I am going to drop Espinosa
Out of these turds.. who would be the best bet in 12-team, H2H
E. Santana, R. Nolasco, G. Floyd, Harang, Minor, Smyly, H. Alvarez, H. Bailey, J. Westbrook, Jerome Simpson, R. Detwiler D. Gee?
Anyone under the radar worth picking up?
@tggq21, Minor…I’d go on matchups though…. These SPs aren’t the answer…
Hey Grey, how often do you want to reply to some of these questions with a “That’s a clown question, bro”?
@B.o.B, Never
@Grey, Are you aware of what I’m referencing there? Bryce Harper was asked if he was going to have a celebratory beer after the game last night in Toronto, since the legal drinking age is 19 in Canada. Harper is a Mormon…
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-bryce-harper-clown-question-20120613,0,1313043.story
The video has since gone viral and is all over Twitter
@B.o.B, Ha! No, I hadn’t heard about that…
@Grey, You probably would have been a bit confused by this shirt, then: http://skreened.com/greenline/clown-questions
Damn, people work fast on this shizz…
@Grey, No kidding! Rose and Millar were just talking about it on Intentional Talk and showed the shirt
@B.o.B, And by Friday the shirt will be in a box next to Winning shirts…
Love the podcast today! Great new addition to the razzball empire.
Just traded trout and worley away for Adrian gonzalez and stubbs.
Needed power bad. What do you think?
@bellhorns revenge, Thanks! Sounds decent…
I got some dried glue stories I won’t even tell my other therapist.
@Turk Wendell, Ha!
Gray,
Tyler Colvin or Ike Davis?
@votto-voom, Colvin
Grey.
Which one of these three would you drop: Kendrick, Plouffe, or Seager?
Thanks for your time.
@fyodor, Plouffe
Shit, Tulo left the rehab game early with a trainer. I’ve got nothing else, though. Son of a bitch.
@Wilsonian, Goddoumit! He homered and singled in his first two ABs, too. Fuckitty fuck fuck fuck.
Sorry, just had to let it out. Thought I was getting one of my big guys back in a couple days.
Damn…
@Grey, good thing is, I have Ass-dribble and Lowrie to cover for him. But still, I had a plan for my team that just went down the shitter (included picking up Bauer).
Yeah, be a lot tougher situation if you didn’t have those guys…
@Grey, he’s now flying back to Denver for tests. Side note: it’s also a huge pain in the ass because he’s one of 4 DLed guys with only 2 DL slots. I hate having dead bodies on my roster, but not sure how I can lose any (Longo, Tulo, Doc, Storen).
No one to lose there… Bad luck you have the top DL guys…
@Grey, oh yeah, definitely don’t intend on losing any of them. I already traded off Kemp, too. Hopefully Longo comes back in the next week-ish and that will help.
Fingers crossed…
@Grey, No shit. Looks like I shouldn’t count my chickens…
Grey, thoughts on Lind? He’s been dead weight on my roster for some time and I’m itching to drop him, especially given the latest news that the Jays aren’t considering bringing him up anytime soon
Yeah, lose him…
I have Samardzja, Reddick, Hudson and Big Z
What kind of value do these guys have in a trade?
@Hats for Bats, Not sure which Hudson, and I don’t think they have much value outside of deep leagues…
Howie Kendrick or KJ going forward?
@agarthered, Kendrick
@Grey,
I give up Kendrick/Cruz for Kinsler
I’d take Kinsler…
Just checking the Nats/B Jays boxscore… who the fugg is Tyler Moore? 10 total bases in 4 ABs. Looks like he’s 25 with 31 career MLB ABs, not sure i’ve ever heard his name as ‘prospect’ though. Looks like he’s wearing the #57 jersey though, so maybe he’s just being borrowed from the minors? Is he like Michael Morse v 2.0?
I’d make some kind of Mary Tyler Moore reference here, but i’m only old enough to know that she exists, not old enough to make a logical reference.
Search the site, I made the reference when he was called up… He doesn’t have a place to play without the DH…
Who’s the odd man out amongst Norris, Cahill and Doubront?
Doubront
Hey Grey.
Would you sit Latos against the Tribe (Lowe) tonight? Looking forward to bumpin’ the podcast during my evening commute.
@Zeke, Nice… Yeah, I’m sitting him…
Enjoyed the podcast once again. Hunter is owned in all 48 RCLs. Tyler Moore is now owned in 1, just in case LaRoche retires.
@VinWins, Ha! Thanks for researching that…
Continuing post from earlier..here is my team again. You said to target Bourn with Anibal and work the way down the pitchers til its accepted, would you go all the way to my aces – bumgarner and gio? or would you stop at J Zimm? Here is team again..
If Bourn owner doesn’t want to deal him, would you trade bum for Trout?
Currently sit in 6th. Dead last in SB’s and avg, and 2nd to last in runs. Have an 8 in RBI and 9 in HR (12 team) Have an 8 or higher in all pitching categories. My team:
C: C Santana
1B: Freeman
2B: Uggla
SS: Asdrubal
3B: Moose
OF: Braun
OF: Cruz
OF: Bruce
Util: Rasmus
Util: Revere
Bench: Saunders
DL: Longo
SP: Bumgarner
SP: Gio G
SP: J Zimmerman
SP: Anibal
SP: D Hudson
SP: Garza
SP: Doubront
SP: Oswalt
RP: Axford
RP: Janssen
RP: Wilhelmson
RP: D Robertson
RP: League
RP: Balfour
@Grey’s da man!, I’d stop at Zimmermann and add in another hitter if that got it done… I’d trade Bum for Trout, it’s just fair though, nothing great…
@Grey, sweet thanks! if those don’t work, what about something like uggla + garza for kinsler? bruce+axford for mccutch?
@Grey’s da man!, I’d take Kinsler or McCutchen there…
@Grey,
so , maybe drafting a one-trick pony like bourn isn’t such a
bad idea , after all ?
Soto or Doumit once Soto comes back from a sore vagina?
@Wilsonian, Doumit
Grey – your gravatar has stopped working…
@Steve, I know… I’m not sure what happened… Putzing around with the gravatar site, but no answers…
@Grey, Just testing mine…
@Steve, I switched my email and that made it fubar… Let me try something…
@Steve, That work?
@Grey, Nope… Dah
@Grey, Nope. Just changed mine BTW.
@Steve, Hasn’t worked yet…
@Steve, How are you doing it? Manage Gravatars?
@Grey, Yeah. It’s updated now.
@Steve, What’s updated now? Mine?
@Grey, Sorry, no – mine.
@Steve, Ugh, that was a clunky fix…
@Steve, Let me see if this removes those ugly blue things…
@Grey, Or now…
@Steve, Hmm… Now your avatar seems to be gone… Please comment…
@Grey, I just reloaded and still see it. How now?
@Steve,
brown cow .
@chata, Mooooooo
@Grey, I have no comment to make at this time.
@Steve, Okay, seems to be working now… Thanks!
@Grey,
wow .
sorry that i missed that drama in real time .
you guys are just as pretty as ever .
@chata, Thanks, O.
Medlen over Zamrano and Doubront?
@Niq Castro, Yup
How many more opinions does Brett “Dr James Andrews be damned, I’m playing this season” Gardner need?
What a waste of a pick for all those unfortunate souls who drafted him.
@Niq Castro, Yeah, seriously… Stupid Gardner…
My friend wanted me to ask you about an offer he got.
14 team keeper(4 max) XBH and QS.
he gets Harper and Bruce for the Dread Pirate and Bumgardner.
He doesnt keep pitchers and already has Miggy and Elvis for next year, can possibly trade draft picks. I said to do it because he is a pretty good streamer already.
@Jack Full of Hate, Is this like how my friend wanted me to buy him condoms? I like the deal…
@Grey, If thats what you do for your “friend” because he doesn’t want to buy the small ones.
@Jack Full of Hate, Yeah, it was my “friend”… And he was embarrassed about buying the giant horse ones… Thank you.
@Grey, haha!….there is nothing more embarassing than buying Magnums
@Jack Full of Hate, My friend didn’t want to scare anyone….
@Grey, speaking of scarey things, do you think Brian Roberts has any chance of being relevant? useful? helpful? not sucking it? worth owning with my own team?
I wouldn’t pick him up unless I was really desperate or in an AL-Only league…
@Grey, I drafted Agone, J upton, Morse, Howdie doodoo, and Coco Crap, of course i’m desperate.
@Jack Full of Hate, Ha! Yeah, ouch…
@Grey, Ike davis been looking good the last couple of games, could we be seeing a turn around?
I’m watching that game… He looked a’ight…
@Grey, I guess a even a pig can look good next to a hog
WTF? Apparently Fredi is saying that they haven’t decided whether Medlen will return as a starter or reliever…
@Steve, WTF is right… Huh?
@Grey, Wed, Jun 13
Medlen’s role with the Braves remains to be determined when he is called up from Triple-A, MLB.com’s Mark Bowden reports.
Recommendation: Medlen was sent down to Triple-A to stretch out and return to the team as a member of the rotation. Medlen fared rather poorly, yielding a 4.73 ERA and 15 hits in 13.1 innings. Medlen’s struggles at Triple-A, coupled with recent improvements by Mike Minor and Randall Delgado, may bring Medlen back to a relief role.
(Rotowire.com)
@Steve, Crazy
Hey Grey,
What are some middle infield names that I could get for a closer like Broxton or Motte in a H2H league.
My MI is horrid with aybar, kendrick, and sean rodriguez. I’m loaded with closers of Papelbon, Motte, Broxton, Soriano.
Thank you for your help; great podcast today
@alejandro, Thanks! I don’t think you’re going to get anything with those guys and I’m not sure what teams who need a closer have a decent MI or what they have… Maybe try both for Kipnis?
CarGo not in the lineup tonight. Does that make you feel any better about starting Milone?
Assuming no, are there any leagues you would start him in?
@Steve, I wouldn’t go near Milone in Coors in any leagues…
I have McCarthy and picked up Wade Miley until Weaver comes off the DL. With McCarthy likely going down, drop him for Buchholz?
@Viagra Falls, I’d grab Buchholz, yeah…
Would you start Miley against Texas tonight or bench him?
@Viagra Falls, Bench
13 team mixed keeper, 6×6 (obp+apps), 9 man benches…
Drop Fuentes for Michael Saunders?
Need OF help. Have Capps, Frieri, Reed, Adams, Marshall, Bailey in pen.
@KayCee, I’d grab Saunders…
@Grey,
Or drop Nicasio? Was holding for his decent peripherals, and nice matchups on the road.
Yeah, drop Nicasio…
Grey/Rudy,
Straight up in a vacuum, McCann or Anibal? (sell on on Anibal and buy low on McCann?)
@Vacation, Anibal
Its a razzball podcasttttt! Haha im afraid to listen about timmy.. but here we go!
@Prezii, Ha…
got the podcast, waiting to listen
always good stuff
of q’s:
have frenchy; fa’s are stubbs, lo morrison, saunders, boesch, goddoumit
1) keep frenchy or 2) get stubbs or another fa, or 3) both?
@later tater, Thanks! I’d prefer Stubbs, but he hasn’t been playing recently due to an injury so I’d wait until he returned healthy…
@Grey: ive been playing ss roulette since tulo has been out, but now that it looks like he may be out for an extended period of time (july?) who do you like as a replacement (5 x 5 roto)? need avg, sbs and rbi most. scutaro, plouffe, evercab, theriot or cozart?
thanks.
@herschel, Plouffe for power, EverCab for speed…
5×5 12-team Roto redraft: Trade Cole Hamels for King Felix, McCann, Worley, and Quentin?
I would drop AJ Ellis, Gordon Beckham, and Alexei Ramirez.
@TJ, Sounds decent for Hamels…
Sale, Soriano (closer), Ryan Zimmerman for Miggy and Granderson?
Change if it is Kimbrel?
Miggy side, not close… Doesn’t change with Kimbrel….
cespedes vs outman
over/under 475′ ?
Over
at this time , i would like to go on record as saying that i was
completely wrong about gio gonzalez .
also : henderson alvarez (still young , though) , zobrist , yu’s whip ,
and a slimmed-down big papi (<== actually saw him hustling down the
1st base line) .
however , to all those , who in any way , conspired to make me change my mind about ryan zimmerman , after all these years , well , you can all kma .
I’d like Zimmerman to kma…
Just got offered Timmy for my Altuve. Thoughts?
Secondly, would you trade Morse for A-Gon at this point?
I’d trade Morse for A-Gon… We go over Lincecum in the podcast… I wouldn’t trade Altuve for him…
@Grey, Listening to it right now, but had to stop at the dirty socks comment, and again at the Hultzen over/under. Basically I’m saying I have no patience.
@Slappy Pappy, Ha…
Thank God that Reyes broke up Doubront’s no-hitter.
I would have hated to be the guy that sat Johan AND Doubront.
Yeah, don’t want to be that guy…
Bruce up – and they’re full.
There ya go…
@Grey, And you, Frazier. This is not what I picked you up for.
@Steve, Jesus, not again!
Phew. Opponent just got thonavabenched by Seth Smith.
@Steve, HA!
oops .
over-thought that one .
sat a blistering hot smith vs the lefty .
ugh .
Plouffe.
What the hell is it that stops me from picking him up?
@Steve, His name
@Steve, Just do it. I did it in one league. I’m gonna do it in another…even if Grey says to hold Lowrie over him.
@Grey: quick non-fantasy related baseball question. ever dined at chego in culver city? they have an item on their menu called “the $12 salad” (which they sell for $7). no mention of any donkeycorns, but worth checking out nonetheless…
@herschel, It’s great… I think they stole that name from us… No proof, but I’m pretty sure…
@Grey, is roy choi out here somewhere? maybe you can get him to sponsor some kind of razzball awards dinner in exchange of dropping the trademark infringement lawsuit…
I like how you think! Yeah, he’s outta LA…
@Grey, by “out here” i meant in razzball-land…lurking. my name is herschel…its in my blood.
@herschel, Gotcha…
Yeah, pretty glad I benched Milone.
Yeah, was a no-brainer…
Stream pitcher decision for tomorrow:
Bedard @BAL
Or
Zito V. HOU
And is it close?
Zito… It’s a tossup…
Giving it the ole “Here’s my whole lineup, what’s the move?” trick. Due to Tulo’s chronic vaginosis, as well as the dead bodies of Longo, Doc, and Storen, and the fact that Krispie and Desmond pretty much suck donkey balls right now, I’m looking at doing some roster juggling. Here she is:
8 Team H2H Keeper (H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS, W, L, SV, Ks, ERA, WHIP, Ks/9)
C – McCann
1B – Fielder
2B – Phillips
3B – Bautista
SS – Lowrie
OF – JUp
OF – Bruce
OF – Jennings
UTIL – Goldschmidt
UTIL – Krispie
BN – Asdrubal
BN – Tulowitzki
BN – Longoria
SP – Strasburg
SP – Peavy
SP – MadBum
RP – Hanrahan
RP – Soriano
P – Reed
P – Wilhelmsen
P – Moore
BN – Lester
BN – Norris
DL – Storen
DL – Halladay
I can move Joey to the OF and put Lowrie in at 3rd, play Asdrubal at SS, and bench Krispie until he figures things out. Or I can pick up either of these guys:
C.Davis and Plouffe. And these guys are plouffing bombs all over the place right now. Would you drop anyone for one or both of those guys? I’m thinking of cutting Lowrie for Plouffe and Wilhelmsen for Davis. Do those moves make sense for the time being, or what? Being it’s so shallow, as long as you have the hot bats, you win. It’s not necessarily talent.
Yeah, I hear ya… Cut Lowrie and Wilhelmsen for those two…
@Grey, Damn, someone beat me to Plouffe. Who are you dropping for Davis?
@Grey what line do you think Chris Davis finishes the year with?
27 homers, .265 average…
@ Grey :
how many home runs does chris davis have to hit before i can
score one point in the tv freebie ?
1
@chata, Wish I still had him…
Come on Goldie – give us something here.
@Steve, Grrrrrrr.
I can’t believe this R.A. Dickey…
Effing Garza. Get your damn shit together.
Lynn 11 Ks in back-to-back games (so far).
@VinWins, Finished with 12.
@VinWins, Damn, pulled the trigger to fast on that one…
Getting clobbered by Michael Cuddyer. For crying out loud.
Please rank ROS: Garza, Old McDonald, Marcum, and D. Hudson.
@Slappy Pappy, McDonald, Garza, Marcum…
if you had miley-harrison locked in a pitcher’s duel …. well done .
@chata, Ha
How does this sound?Drop Rollins,Roberts and pick up Theriot. Utilize the extra spot for streaming or the usual /Bauer/Rizzo hype madness.
You’re the smart guy here and hopefully have a better idea,cause Frankly(and don’t call me Shirley) that all kind of looks like it sucks.
I watched Cuddyer on my bench(so far) and it made me sad.(Not seasonal affective disorder type sad, but just rather unhappy)
@Hondo, Ha! Not sure what dropping Rollins has to do with playing Cuddyer… Theriot hasn’t done much in the past few days…
@Grey, Hmm, may be if my brain functioned and I realized that Cuddyer isn’t SS eligible the whole point would have been moot.
I’ve been dealing with a lot of MI stress lately and I guess my limited intellect refused to deal with it anymore.
(That means I’m too stupid to figure out what to do)
Ha… Maybe you go to Colorado and ask the Rockies nicely to play Cuddyer at SS.
@Grey, Yeah but they’ve got that other Colorado SS guy that seems to be doing OK the last few years.
Maybe I’ll take my Cousin Guido Cudderioili(americanized version of family name) to discuss it with Tulo’s kneecaps.
I also want to boink Tonya Harding on a draft beer soaked pool table.
So,was any of that wrong,c’mon.
@Hondo, HA! I think Tulo’s groin is taking care of it for you…. Him being out, not banging Tonya Harding…
Sorry If you’ve already answered this. I have Fuentes, Cook, and Balfour. Obviously saves are competitive in my league. How soon can I drop Fuentes and Balfour? Which order do you rank these three? I’m assuming Fuentes is safe to drop now, but closers have burned me all year. Thanks.
@Steve, Cook, Balfour… Drop Fuentes…
Please help, I’m at the top of my deep mixer, and I need to add a starter. Who ya feelin ros?…Arreita, Happ, or R. Delgado?
Delgado
1.) Thanks for the rankings earlier.
2.) Before re-aggravating his groin, Tulo was 2-2 with a 2-R HR off none other than Special Agent Bauer tonight, FWIW.
3.) Nope
4.) Weaver, Timmy, and Drabek or D. Hudson, Paulino, and Beuhrle?
1) No problem 3) Yup 4) Weaver
Rank ROS: Belt, Saunders, Fowler, LoMo
@Jon, Saunders, Fowler
And Belt with another home run!
@Jon, Very nice…
Adeiny Hechavarria—minor league SS for Toronto……..all BA not much else…..anyone have any advice on this guy? worth a flier in a deep 20 team keeper? need MI help & currently trotting Ransom & Carroll out there. That’s Jamey Carroll with a Y……….
Any other choice options raking in the minors that might be up soon?
Looking forward, when/if this guy hits the majors, to see Grey play with that name. Sounds like some disease originating in the congo that has to quickly be given 3 letters for the American public to understand.
-YHL
@potus,
thanks for the carroll clarification … (with a Y) .
for a moment there , i thought you were talking about charles carroll ,
the last living signer of the declaration of independence .
i guess i get all nervous … talking to government officials .
@chata, If Charles can put up #’s better than Ranson or JameY I’d be more than happy to whore my SS agents out to the waiver wire to acquire his services. Being he’s been dead for nearly 2 centuries I plan to pick up Dr. Jimmy Paredes, drop said JameY, and can only pray Houston does the right thing.
Like Joe the plumber, we can talk without nervousness, whenever the desire occurs. You bring the lucky strikes I’ll bring the 6 footer(that’s not Dickey I am talking about)!!!!
-YHL
@potus, Ha! How about Chase D’Arnaud… I’ve had him stashed all year…
when pujols pulls into 2nd base , he learns that his line-drive down the
3rd base line hits underneath the base of the left-field wall , just inches foul .
upon returning to the plate , it does not appear as if pujols crossed through
the pitcher’s mound , even though eovaldi turned his back to him as he passed by …. as if to say “go ahead , cut through . who am i to say ?”
too deep ?
what are you guys watching ??
weird what goes through my mind , while trying to not listen to vin scully .
@chata, Why do you hate Vin Scully so much? I just returned from dinner…
@Grey,
actually respect him somewhat .
great raconteur .
just shouldn’t be calling games .
misses plays …. he gets so wrapped up in his own stories .
He’s a throwback!
moss hits 3 homers in colorado, is he ownable outside of games at coors?
@Jack Full of Hate, Nope
Well after tonight, I guess Latos lives to pitch a few more starts on my team. Was starting to get close to dropping him for streamers… Harang, Leake, Rowengartner, etc….
Yeah, I hear ya…
Been offered Tulo for Jed Lowrie and Dickey. Was ready to pull the trigger and saw Tulo aggravated his groin in rehab Wednesday. Should I still do this and stash him assuming he comes back like Tulo?
Love the podcast. Thanks!
Thanks! Yeah, I’d take Tulo…
Someone beat me to Plouffe. Drop Lowrie for C. Davis? Seems like Lowrie has cooled off.
*This is from my scenario from a few posts up.
@Wilsonian, Go for it…
I have Betancourt, Peavy and Kendrick. He has Cuddyer, Wilson and Cain.
For fuck’s sake. I hate this game.
Damn… That sucks…
@Grey, Thought I’d drafted a decent team in this league (H2H), but seems to get worse every week.
We gotta get royce! to draft for us…
why do you guys always use fake emails wth
How can my team not score a single run?
Sounds like my RCL team… Should just pick up players in Coors…
The Brewers are going to have a really nice draft position next year…
Ha.. yeah…
Wilhelmsen or Cook?
Cook
Good lord, Matt Cain.
Make it stop.
Please.
Could you please jinx him?
@Grey, See below, though I fear even I may not be able to stop him today.
Cain has a perfect game going. Yeah – I’m that desperate.
@Steve, haha no way he throws it now…. You’re using your magic for the wrong purposes!!!
At&t is about to blow the fuckk uppp!!
Good stuff on the podcast! I think its a little crazy to just flat out drop timmy though.. bench, maybe, but droppin him is a little panic mode for me personally.. as for his partner in crime, Cain is dealin rite now. And blanco made an amazing catch so.. ya know in every no hitter/perfect game theres that one great catch.. thats surely a jinx.. but anyway i have uno question.. do i dare start danny hudson @TEX?
I wouldn’t start him…
Of course on the day my opponent’s Cain is doing this, my hitters are 7/37 with not a single run scored. That’s right. Not one.
So bittersweet.
My opponent in one H2H has Cain and I have him in another H2H!
Regardless, I’m rooting for him. I need redemption for sitting Johan earlier this year!
I can root for him though I don’t have him… Hopefully that’s the jinx he needs!
Oh well…
My big boy league is a 10 team 8×8 w/ OBP, Ks against, triples. and all the players are ruthless. You wouldn’t even find a 57% owned guy available. Every setup guy is taken. Its slim slim pickens.
Youkilis is BY FAR the worst player on my team and I have a week until El Caballo come back. Is he droppable for any of these: Smoak, Wiggington, Moreland, Wallace, LoMo, Luke Scott, Carlos Pena, Belt?
I’d drop for Belt… But it’s risky, depends on what kind of gamble you need to take…
@Grey, My team is Han Ram, Stanton, A-rod, Mauer, Braun, Peddy/B ROberts, reddick, cespedes(hammy again), revere (SAGNOF), Youk, R Howard(Achilles) El Caballo (hammy), Quentin
Youk is killing me. Bench him and dump Revere for a 1B?
Please rank ROS: H. Bailey, R. Delgado, Matusz, Paulino
Delgado, Paulino…
There can’t be too many people who owned Humbert for his perfect game and then had Cain’s go against them today.
Apart from me, that is.
@Steve, Humber had to be a streamer, btw what is the term for a streamer that puts up a ridiculous complete game ie…complete game shut out, no-hitter, and perfect game?
@Jack Full of Hate, The Braden Bunch
@Jack Full Of Hate, StreamG.O.A.T.
@Jack Full of Hate, Creamer…
Cain is able…one of the only good draft pick I made.
Too bad the rest of my team sucks
If I did my math correctly, Matt Cain has just tied Nolan Ryan for the best pitching performance ever with a 101 game score.
@Eddy, I did do my math correctly, but my excitement got the best of me. Not the best. Kerry Wood’s legendary 20 K game owns that with a 105 mark.
Regardless, the fact that he got a score above 100 is insane. So awesome.
@Eddy,
what’s this scoring system that you’re using ?
@chata,
Here you go:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_score
@Eddy,
ah .
bill james .
thanks .
is there a glossary term for guys who put their own petty/selfish ,
all-to-temporary interests over an athlete’s dream to attain a spot
and ever-lasting recognition in his sport’s history ?
@chata, Fantasy Baseballers (or so Grey’s mustached mom calls it)
Hey grey, need some help breaking down a deal. I’m I’m a 12 team h2h keeper league and was just offered beltre, Reyes, and ackley for my wright, uggla, and aybar. I think I have more faith in aybar, but not sure if this is a good enough haul for wright and uggla…
Kinsler for Uggla and Axford? Only other closers and Wilhelmson, Balfour, Janssen (also have league and K-rob)