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0About a month ago, Troy Tulowitzki had surgery to have scar tissue removed from his groin. Tulo now sings, “Scar tissue that I wish you saw, because I’m kinky.” Yesterday, the Rockies announced nothing, but people familiar with Tulo’s groin — hey now! — have said he probably won’t return this year. ”It looks like an Asian person’s garbage can after a cat picked through it with kumquats and a baby corn.” That’s Tulo’s groin doctor. He was only supposed to be out for two months, but he hasn’t started any baseball activity, which is a bad sign, since, you know, you want him to play baseball. Yo, yo, yo, what’s the best case scenario? He returns in the last few weeks of the season, but the Rockies will probably just opt to shut him down since they’re out of it. Look at it this way, if Tulo’s going to re-injure himself, you want to save it until next April after someone else has already drafted him. Schadenfreude! If you drafted Tulo, you had to expect something like this. If you finish a fortune cookie’s fortune with “in bed,” then, after you draft Tulo, you say, “if he doesn’t get hurt I’ll win the league.” Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
John Axford – Since he was demoted from the closer role, he’s looked decent. Since Dor-K was promoted, he’s looked like cheese found under a 600-pound man who hasn’t left his bed in 17 years. ”The good news is we found a piece of cheese on your ass; the bad news is we’re gonna need to make the hole in the wall bigger if we want to take you to the water park.” That’s the man’s best friend as the large man sits in a crane. BTW, you can totally see that being a Farrelly Brothers movie. The Brewers said yesterday that they would go to a closer committee. ”Hear ye, hear ye, first order of business for this committee is to find someone who doesn’t suck. All those in favor, say aye. Okay, everyone’s for it, except Dor-K.” So, with this news, I’d go with Axford and lose Francisco. The Brewers, in a move that screams of desperation, did say they may also turn to Livan. Nothing says closer stuff like a 78 MPH fastball. Oy.
Jonathan Lucroy – 1-for-3 as the guy who sounds like a Elmore Leonard character returned from the DL.
Yovani Gallardo – 5 IP, 7 ER. Why does it hurt when I sit down? Oh, man, too much YoGa.
Carlos Gomez – 1-for-1, 2 RBIs and a pinch hit homer. Geez, him and Valdespin should just go start their own team.
Davis Freese – 3-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs when he left yesterday’s game with cramping in his calf. Guy just can’t stay healthy — boo! Or to stick with the calf theme — moo!
Jake Westbrook – 7 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks and the win. The Stream-o-nator strikes again!
Nick Swisher – Hasn’t played since last Friday and the Yankees said he won’t return this Friday. Swisher doesn’t roll on Shabbos.
Hanley Ramirez – 3-for-6 with a steal since being a Dodger and they’re 0-2. So weird, I thought he’d bring a winning attitude everywhere he played. He played 3rd base again yesterday, but frequent commenter, Chillmodious, said Tim Wallach, Dodgers 3rd base coach, said, “Hanley will definitely be playing shortstop and he thinks it will take about 5 games to get him there. The team didn’t want to thrust him back to a position he hasn’t played in over a year while he’s still learning the signs, etc. and getting acclimated with the club.” Adding, “Dodgers would prefer him at 3rd.” Then Dee Gordon said, “Wha’ happened?” Then Dee Wallace said, “Drew Bitchymore can’t even follow me on Twitter?! I was the one who knocked an eight ball out of her eight-year-old hands.”
Chris Capuano – 4 1/3 IP, 6 ER, 12 baserunners, 1 K. What’s that you’ve caught in that glass jar, Capuano? No, that’s not lightning bugs. Those are Regression Fairies!
Matt Harvey – 5 1/3 IP, 6 baserunners, 11 Ks. Well, hello there. What’s your name? Harvey? I like it. Sounds like Steve Garvey; I once met him at a baseball card show. You come here often? No? How about you take off your shoes and tickle my ears with your toes? What, too weird? So, Matt Harvey finally made his debut and the Mets didn’t pull him for Jason Bay, Scott Hairston or any other schmohawks they can’t seem to give up on. Hey, Mets, Jason Bay returns and you can’t seem to win a game, coincidence? But this is about Harvey. In yesterday’s game, he looked in complete control even with some deep counts. When he needed to put guys away, he did. I think against better clubs, or if he walks a few in key spots, the results aren’t gonna be nearly as good. In Triple-A, he did have a near 4 walk rate. A 9+ K-rate makes a lot of that fade away. Eventually, he could fill into a number two fantasy starter. I like him a lot, and I would take a flyer on him in some mixed leagues to see if he can surprise hitters before the inevitable book is written on him and he needs to adapt or die.
Jason Vargas – 8 IP, 1 ER, 1 Hit, 3 Walks, 5 Ks vs. the Royals as he continues to unlock the wonders of Safeco. His ERA at home? Under 3. My name is Jason Vargas and I am the King of Marginers. Bow down and trim my toe cuticles, Peasant Royals!
Mike Carp – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs. Ever since Smoak was sent down and Carp took over 1st base, I’ve been waiting to talk about Carp…and waiting…and waiting…and now he’s at home. Yesterday, he finally did something worth mentioning, but I really can’t stand Mariner hitters when they’re at home. Carp’s batting .172 with 4 homers. Granted, it’s in less than 100 ABs, but still. He’s someone to watch for when the Mariners go on the road, but for now I’d try to look elsewhere. You, Carp, are no Trout.
Josh Reddick – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs with his 22nd homer. In a small world type way, Josh Johnson’s brother, Gosh, used to work with Reddick’s brother, Gosh, until the latter was no longer asked back to make more adult movies.
Tommy Milone – 7 IP, 5 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks. Not as painful as it could’ve been because we just traded him away in an AL-Only league for Jeter, who went 3-for-4 with a homer on Wednesday. Actually, it’s not painful at all for us!
Brett Lawrie – 2-for-3, 3 runs to raise his average to .288. You know what would be some kind of wonderful, Eric Stoltz? If Lawrie had more than 9 homers. What, you don’t listen to Dwayne Murphy? Dwayne Murphy just needs to move your hands 1/118th of an inch down and you’ll be hitting 40 homers a year.
Edwin Encarnacion – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 27th homer. He’s officially blown away any expectations I had for him, and making my Sell on him from 6 weeks ago look downright idiotic. Mea culpa, my Latin friends. I can’t promise you I won’t think he’s not overrated next year. That was a triple negative, by the by, which is totally fine.
Travis Snider – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs, 1 run and he’ll be in this afternoon’s Buy/Sell. I hear it’s good, but the 100 monkeys who wrote it wouldn’t let me read it.
James Shields – 6 IP, 5 ER, 11 baserunners, 10 Ks, taking his ERA to 4.52. Speaking of 52′s, James Shields…rusted!
Chris Tillman – 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks to raise his ERA to 1.66. Whoa. He doesn’t seem like he has the Moves Like Arrieta. There was a Chris Tillman fantasy. I wrote it high on Red, White and Blue uppers from my July 4th celebration. That at least explains why I was singing Informer by Snow. And because it’s the best song ever by a white guy singing reggae. There’s no number two, though I’m hoping there’s a little white kid right now reading this that will grow up one day to embarrass himself. Either way, has much changed from that Tillman post? Nah, prematurely balding man, that’s why I linked to it. Dur. He is not a sub-2 ERA guy, but more like a 3.75 ERA guy with matchups appeal.
Chris Davis – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs with his 16th homer. This was, like, his first game with a hit in a week. Early in the year, his BABIP was sustaining his average and now he’s back to a giant turd you step in. BTW, wanna see an example of how men are from Mars and women are from Venus? Ask a woman if she’d prefer to step in dog crap or gum and they always say gum while men always say poop. I think because men usually have grooves in their shoes and women don’t. Oh, and don’t ask a girl you hope to one day date.
Austin Jackson – 3-for-4. Hard to complain about the year he’s having (but watch me try!). A .402 OBP and only 10 steals is just odd. He’s in the top ten in the majors on Bill James’s Speed Score and everyone near him has more steals. Still, I’m getting excited about his prospects for next year. That’s a wink-wink-nudge-nudge for youse in keepers.
Adam LaRoche – 2-for-4 and now has three games in a row with a homer. Pitchers facing him have been saying LaOuch. Oh, man, that’s LaRich.
Chris Johnson – 2-for-3 with a homer. He’s now hitting .400 over the last week. I’d tell you to pick him up, but he’s an Astro, who’d listen?
Wilton Lopez – Astros said F-Cord was unavailable last night. Probably because one of his fantasy owners has him gagged and bound in their cellar. Not like the Astros will have another save for a week or so anyway.
Dallas Keuchel – 6 IP, 5 ER. He was obviously switched at birth with Houston Keuchel.
Starling Marte - “First pitch he saw, he homered. Man, kids these days have no patience. In my day, we’d wait at least three pitches into a career before we homered. I would’ve beaned him for sure.” That’s an excerpt from a book by Cole Hamels. I’ve hit you with Starling Marte info and told you to grab him in leagues about two weeks ago. Nothing’s changed, but that weird blotch on your face your family keeps telling you to have checked by a doctor.
Zach McAllister - 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 11 baserunners, 7 Ks. Good thing the Indians kept him on the farm and gave the ball every 5 days to Derek Lowe and Josh Tomlin. McAllister could throw a 6.00 ERA the next 60 innings and still have a better ERA than Lowe, Tomlin, or Jimenez.
Carlos Santana - 2-for-4 with a homer. I don’t own him anywhere, so I have to admit I was a wee bit ignorant how bad he’s been. I mean, I know his average was down, but only 8 homers and a .238 average is hideous.
Travis Hafner - 1-for-4 with his 2nd homer in as many games. For Halloween, I’m gonna cut holes in a cardboard box for my arms and legs, then design said box to look like a refrigerator and write Hafner #48 on the back and say I’m Pronky Brewster. Who’s with me?!
I damn near came back and won that hot tub, thanks to Tillman, Shields, and Beckett.
Crazy how things have evolved since then.
@Terrence Mann, Hot tub? In the fantasy Razzball league?
@Grey, Yeah, 2010
Hey Grey,
In a 10-team league, would you go with Liriano vs CLE, Karstens vs HOU or none of the above? I could throw another RP in place of those guys if I want.
Thanks.
@Bombo Rivera, None
Put this image. Hafner angry! http://i.imgur.com/bG7NG.jpg
@Joel, on the box
@Joel, Very nice!
In deeper mixers Tillman or Harvey ROS?
@chunk, could you rank doubront in there too? thanks!
@chunk, Harvey
Harvey, Doubront
If an astro falls in the forrest does it make a sound?
@Simple Jack, Nope
Hafner hasn’t retired yet?
@LT, It’s Hafner Jr.
We all know what happened the last time this happened, but an exploding post-it just told me that Longo has started a rehab assignment…
@Steve, Your mouth to God’s ears…
How has Wandy Rodriguez’s value been affected?
With Houston, he was 7-9, 3.79/1.27 with a 6.13 K/9. And he had a pretty good pitchers’ park, but PNC is something else:
AJ Burnett (Home): 7-0 2.00 ERA/1.05 WHIP with .219 BAA
Burnett (Away): 5-3 5.70/1.54/.289
+3.70 ERA +0.49 WHIP +.070 BAA
James McDonald (Home): 5-2 2.15/0.93/.185
McDonald (Away): 5-2 4.65/1.41/.255
+2.50 ERA +0.48 WHIP +.070 BAA
Erik Bedard (Home): 2-4 2.72/1.17/.205
Bedard (Away): 3-7 5.90/1.73/.306
+3.28 ERA +0.56 WHIP +.101 BAA
Actually…. the more important question is — do we start any Pirates on the road????
@BlinkULDHC, Against Houston? Yeah…
what does the Tulo news do for Rutledge?
@Simple Jack, Keeps him there all year…
Still looking for my Colby Lewis replacement. Only 9 moves left for the year:
Harvey
Blanton
Griffin
@nightpandas, Griffin
ROS
Pick 3
Marte, rasmus, rizzo, plouffe, and berkman
@DRew, Not Plouffe
I was offered Peavy and Hart for Starling. Do you take that? I’ve already been crucified for being the guy who had Trout and dropped him. Does that make me the Fisher King? Fisher Jesus? not working.
@slojup, I’d take it if I needed pitching…
My panda and a rod just went down, trade Anibel for Pedro Alvarez?
@Jermo, Sure
I hate my NL only league – lineups lock on Monday. Starling on the bench. Boo. At least I got Harvey’s 11 Ks.
@schlitzy, Nice
Drop Rasmus to give Marte a shot? Rasmus was looking great there for a while but now I’m having some trouble justifying his spot on my team, given that I have Bruce in my OF as well (the combination of the two are killing me)…
@EG, Nope
Best FAs: Lilly, Buccholz, JGarcia, Bedard, Ubaldo, Maholm. Harvey worth #2 claim in keeper over them?
@supra, Ok Harvey gone… add Brett Anderson to that list… who you like ROS?
@supra, Maholm
Hi Grey,
Drop Ruggiano or Ben Revere for Marte in a 12 team 5×5 roto?
Thanks
@Crumpy, Revere
Looking at some possible trades since my last one was vetoed
Posey for Gio
or Posey and Bruce for Gio and Mauer (or Kimbrel)
If I trade Posey and do a deal without Mauer in it, I could trade Ellsbury for Carlos Santana and Axford or just use Montero or Perez for the ROS
Any thoughts?
@harkrider, First one…
Morning Grey,
Pick two for today’s OF/UTIL combo for me, wouldya?
Frazier (@COL v. Friedrich), Rasmus (H v. Porcello), Marte (@HOU v. Lyles)
And then…
Who to start at 1B?
Ike Davis (@ARI v. Collmenter), Youk (@TEX v. Darvish), Frazier (again), C. Santana (@MIN v. Diamond)
Thanks for basically performing my fantasy managerial duties for me!
@Ron Swanson’s ‘Stache, Frazier, Marte… Ike…
First you think Snow had dreads, now you think he’s the only embarrassing white reggae douche? Three words… red, red, wine.
I was actually talked into seeing UB40 at that little theater in MSG once… free tickets, nothing else going on. US3 (of “Cantaloop” fame) opened for them. I got incredibly stoned and then perseverated on the fact that I only recognized three songs between the two acts, and hated all of them. It was the oddest crowd I’ve ever been around, and easily the worst concert I’ve ever been to… and I saw Metallica at Lollapalooza ’96!
@Awesomus Maximus, Ha! Cantaloop! Oh, man, that’s dread…ful. But you know what? Both of those awful song will now be playing in my head all day…
@Grey, I know, same here…
“biddy biddy bop, funky funky!”
Now I’m wondering if the Cantaloop guy and Young MC were related… or the same person.
You keep me rocking all of the time… Ugh!
@Grey, Please, make it stop. Talk about something else, anything else.
Am I the only one who’s noticed that Posdnous is on the new Project Runway? http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4229/posgq.jpg
@Awesomus Maximus, Ive actually seen Young MC at Street Scene in San Diego like 11 years ago. He also performed with Whodini and Doug E.Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. It was like old school vs. new school at the music festival.
@Grey, you should ask Nick on the podcast how he feels about fellow Canadien Snow. His album was called 12 inches of snow, must be commentary on the weather up there.
The following refers to that league where the guy did not notice the pitching limits. (We have 5 SP spots and only 115 starts allowed)
In said league I had Tulowitzki and was a little worried about him. I also had Swarzak who just went on the DL.
My pitchers then looked like this
SP Wade Davis, TB SP, RP
SP Phil Coke, Det RP, SP
SP Adam Ottavino, Col SP, RP
SP Kyle Kendrick, Phi SP, RP
SP David Phelps, NYY SP, RP
RP Joel Hanrahan, Pit RP
RP Santiago Casilla, SF RP
RP Carlos Marmol, ChC RP
RP Jonathan Papelbon, Phi RP
Bench Ryan Vogelsong, SF SP
Bench Jason Grilli, Pit RP
Bench Chris Sale, CWS RP, SP PP
DL Charlie Furbush
DL Swarzak
I decided after reading what you said about Tulowitzki that I needed to dump him but get at least a little bit of value for him. So I offered to the owner of Brad Lincoln. I am really chuckling again as the Lincoln owner jumped all over the trade offer a few minutes later.
@Mennonite Sports guy, Gotcha
Trade Gio for Wainwright and McCann in H2H league?
I have Doumit at catcher now that JP is out and pretty solid pitching staff…
Thanks
@Booya, I’d want Gio
I was going to pick up Fiers vs Nats tonight, but the Nats are one of the best teams vs righties, and have scored more runs than any other team in July and the past week. I know the stream-omatic has him ranked high, but I think I’m going to pass. What do you think?
I have Darvish vs Sox and Haren vs TB going too. Sat both of them for their last outings and they didn’t suck. You’re starting both tonight?
@WHIP it good, I don’t like Fiers as much as the Stream-o-nator but it’s hard to argue with why he’s rated so high. He’s got a 2.25 FIP in nearly 60 innings! He’d be ranked higher if this start wasn’t in MIL and Washington is a league-average offense. He should be owned in all leagues at this point.
Where do you see that they’re one of the best teams vs righties – this says they are 15th – http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/split/32/sort/OPS/order/true.
The fact that the Nats have had a few good games of late…I don’t know. Not a compelling factor for me.
Stream-o-nator has Darvish and Haren as average starts. I’d start both (espec. with K-upside) unless you’re way over IP/GS pace…
@Rudy Gamble, Thanks Rudy. I’ll grab him.
I see you prefer to look at OPS rather than runs scored?
Season vs RHP they are 11th in runs scored.
July they have scored more runs than any other team:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/split/43
@WHIP it good, I’m ambivalent on Runs vs OPS+. I use runs for the stream-o-nator b/c it’s the same scale as ERA. But i turn it into runs/game to make sure i’m not over/under-crediting a team that’s played more/less games. For quick glances, prefer OPS+ since it’s a rate statistic and takes games played out of the equation. Either way, Washington is an average offense. Not sure how much credence to put on them being ‘hot’…
Marte over Boesch?
@harkrider, Hold
Rutledge or Espinosa at SS?
Ruggiano or Cain at 5th OF?
@joe from pt pleasant, Espinosa… Cain
Rollins has been pretty bad for the last month… choose 2 for SS and MI:
Rollins, Espinosa, Kendrick
Have you heard anything about Desmond and when he might be expected back?
@Jon, Not Kendrick… Haven’t heard anything new on Desmond since I just wrote about him a few days ago…
Starlin (I can’t write his name without putting a “g” at the end) Castro for Ben Revere and Santiago Casilla. I think I’m coming out on top picking up Castro (need help at ss and/or 3rd) but what can I expect from him for the rest of the year?
Also, will Pablo Sandoval ever play a full season? I had high hopes for Kung-Fu Panda this year and he started off great only to get injured and now it looks like he’s going back to the DL again.
@Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch, Castro side… Yeah, I know…
Milone for Jeter – very nice deal. Milone will be coming down.
I just traded Milone AND Jeter for Adam Wainwright (mixer, obvs). Pretty happy, as Wainwright should be back to his normal self 18 mos after TJ surgery, Milone will be regressing, and Jeter offers very little category juice.
@TheTinDoor, Yeah, solid deal… Category juice, ha!
Fellow Razzballians,
Lucroy or Rosario the rest of the way? I’ve held onto Lucroy as he was nursed back to health, but Rosario’s power has been straight memorizing.
Thoughts?
@jr_wall, Gotta be Rosario. The only category you can realistically predict a win for Lucroy in is BA; 30-50 points of average, over 150 ABs, is barely going to move the needle. Rosario has a proven power bat, in a great ballpark.
@TheTinDoor, seconded. I’m using Rosario after riding Lucroy until his injury. The bombs make me tingle.
@Giancrowave, @TheTinDoor, I am quite familiar with said tingle. Gonna be a tough cut, but Lucroy will be hitting the wires. Thanks.
@jr_wall, I memorized his power too: 16 home runs. That was easy! And they said I needed to pass remedial math in high school–balderdash! Seriously, though, Lucroy if you need average, but Wilin if you like the power and are cool with Popeiling it.
@jr_wall, Wilin
Fowler or middlebrooks at utility position?
Thanks
@Mike, Middlebrooks
Woo! The stream-o-nator has expanded through the weekend! Thank you guys so much.
Seriously, Grey and Rudy, the stream-o-nator is awesome. I’ve put my faith in it three times this week (Maholm, Homer Bailey, Westbrook) and it’s paid off handsomely. I’m going with Detwiler today, so here’s hoping it makes me 4-4.
Question: I was planning on streaming Minor vs. Philly tomorrow, but the stream-o-nator tells me I’m better off with Millwood or Samardzija. Despite my love for it, I don’t quite trust the stream-o-nator enough yet to go with Millwood (read: I don’t trust Millwood). I could see Samardzija, though, but I could also see some-agita there. So…Samardzija vs. St. Louis or Minor vs. Philly for tomorrow?
@Chillmodious, Glad you’re liking it and have had some success! To be fair, I wouldn’t put too much faith in it (or any streamer model) unless someone develops a model that is something like 50% predictive of WHIP (i’ve hit 25% and fear that this is a plateau). So I can only assume that long-term streaming would end up league-average at best.
Tough call on Millwood vs. Samardzija vs. Minor. The model loves home starts at Safeco against average to below average offenses. Samardzija has pitched the best of the three but has worse park/opponent. I’d say Millwood is the best bet but I’d be lying if i said i love that stream…
@Rudy Gamble, Thanks for your thoughts. Excising Millwood, if you were forced to pick between Samardzija and Minor, who would get the nod?
@Chillmodious, Samardzija. But I don’t love either.
@Rudy Gamble, Thanks dude.
Regression Fairies is the name of my Fantasy Team next season.
And nothing says a head-to-head league like all of my starters getting rocked. Cueto can survive Coors right?!
@Randy BoBandy, I wouldn’t start him there…
Snider or Marte?
@EK, Snider
Would you go ahead and drop Casilla for Holland? Pretty good chance Broxton gets moved, right? And I don’t see Casilla keeping the closer job for the rest of the year (in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Broxton goes to SF). Your thoughts?
@Jon, I wouldn’t make that move…
Would you trade Tulo for Lorenzo Cain in a H2H non-keeper league?
@Cheese, Sure
Please order in terms of HR output for ROS:
Snider, Colvin, Hosmer, Werth
Thanks Grey!
@Bernie Brewer, Hosmer, Werth
Also, would you drop Lester to add Harvey (if I win my waiver claim…)?
I can’t believe I just typed that question….my how Lester has fallen!
@Bernie Brewer, In some leagues…
i get Kershaw and joyce, I give a-gon, moustakas, and Anibal. points league so top tier SPs can be really valuable, and my replacements for RF/ 3B would be Joyce and middlebrooks. any input appreciated
@dg, Sounds just okay…
Would u drop wieters for wiln Rosario?
Thanks
@Mike, Nope
Drop S. Perez for Lucroy? Thanks
@Deadwoods, Nope
My J Zimm for his Rizzo in a non-keeper?
@kaiser soze, It’s fair
Blackley or Tillman ROS?
@Bone Face n Harmony, Blackley
Looking ahead, Matt Harvey in line for a two start week coming up. The opponents?
At Giants
at Padres
He could get off to a truly great start to his career.
My primary league is ideal for this type of play – weekly league, keepers. I’m hoping to grab him when waivers process Sunday night, hold for 2 strong starts next week, and trade right before the deadline to a rebuilding team. Of course, the best laid plans…
@TheTinDoor, Yeah, hopefully… I do like him…
Good morning Grey! Is there a Razzterm for having a bench bat that creates the ongoing problem of deciding who has to sit each day when there is no obvious candidate? I’ve had this issue since picking up Krispie this week, and it forces the daily decision of sitting one of Krispie, Coco Crisp, Boesch, Howie Kendrick, LoCain, Desmond Jennings, etc. I sat Kendrick the other day and he put up a 2-4 I could have used, while Boesch went 0-4. Of course, today I’m thinking I should sit Boesch…but then it occurs to me that he could easily hit a HR and I’d be cursing, sonovabench! Then I think, “well, Krispie has been 0-fer his last two games, so I should sit him. But what if he gets a slam and legs?” Being a completely neurotic person, this has wreaked havoc on my already-indecisive psyche.
@Chillmodious, I’m gonna call it “an embarrassment of bitches.” An embarrassment of riches is too much of a good thing, and based on how the OF you listed are performing, I don’t think “riches” would be appropriate.
@royce!, Agreed…but they’re not outright droppable in my 12-teamer (i.e. if I dropped any of them, they’d be yanked off waivers immediately).
@royce!, Ha!
@Chillmodious, Nope… But open to ideas…
@Grey, it like a “Surplus of Schmomaybe’s”, they could act like Schmotatos but that would require them to be consistant for a week.
Should I drop Phil Hughes because of his upcoming schedule (BOS, BAL, @DET, @TOR, BOS, @CHW)….How many games would I actually start him in this stretch?
Trading is not an option.
Available Wire Studs are Harvey, Griffin, Minor, Tillman, Blackley, etc.
@Rick Grimes, Griffin…
Start Niese @ Arizona?
Thanks!
@JTR, Sit. Here’s Arizona’s major-league rankings in Runs scored:
July: 4th best
vs. Lefties (season): 2nd best
at home (season): 3rd best
They’re much easier on the road and vs. righties; Niese could get blown up.
Is Berkman worth a roster spot or is he a part time player the rest of the way? While I need HRs, I think I have more than enough 1B and my OF is taking form, but not sure if I should keep him as a 4th OF or get an everyday OF. I currently have:
M. Cabrera
LaRoche
Howard
Rizzo
OF:
Hamilton
Choo
Berkman
(w/ Werth coming off the DL soon)
I want to ready for buy / sell today, so what should I do? Plus Gomez and a few other OF are available.
@Matt2, Oh and it’s a league with only 2 Utility spots, so no MI, CI, or other tricked up formats
@Matt2, Guess you can lose him for an add, but I have no idea who you’re adding…
12 team league. 3rd overall. I have a 1 in avg, 2 in SB and 4 in runs.
Should I trade Bruce for Bourn?
C: C Santana
1B: Goldy
2B: Cano
3B: Moose
SS: Elvis
OF: Braun
OF: Bruce
OF: Cruz
Util: Rasmus
Util: Cain
Bench: Boesch
@Grey’s da man!, Nope
@Grey’s da man!, Actually, yeah, if it helps you win b/c of SBs…
With (a presumably healthy) Plouffe coming back this weekend. Which other SS/3B should I roster to fill out my team?
A Escobar, Rutledge, Frazier, Headley,
@Justin, I’d grab Headley for the next 5 days – he’s rumored to be on the trading block. His numbers (especially power) are much better away from Petco; if he ended up with the Yankees, for instance, he’s a clear starter in most leagues.
If he doesn’t get traded, drop him and move on.
De Aza or Rasmus the rest of the way? De Aza was just released in my league. Could use the SB’s.
@JTR, Rasmus
12-team H2H 6×6 (OBP, QS)
Which two SP would you start out of these 3?
Karstens @HOU
Anibal Sanchez @TOR
Samardzija vs STL
@Project_Badass, Not Anibal
I give Arod (rd1 cost) Altuve (rd24) -for- Kipnis (rd20) Harvey (rd24)
Am I right that Kipnis has the “Utley in his prime” keeper potential that I think he has?
With Harvey as just a throw in, am I paying too much… Or good to dump hurt, expensive Arod?
@supra, Not Utley, that trade is good for Kipnis though…
I’m not really competing for holds in my h2h, so should I drop Myers for AJ Griffin?
Go for it…
trade beltran and parker for waino and kennedy? i have werth coming off the DL soon so beltran is somewhat expendable (rest of OF is kemp, victorino, stubbs, krispie, ichiro)
It’s fair…
Start Niese today?
Thanks
Sure
Drop one of these for AJ Griffin?
Sheets, Fiers, Parker, Dickey, Sherzer, Bailey
Nah
Gallardo’s last start practically turned his stats into Chad Billingsley’s. (Except Bills has a better K/BB ratio.)
Yeah, not pretty at all…
Hey Grey ,
i give up dunn and I get james shields!
I need SP and I have goldschmidt and hosmer! Keeper league !
what say you?
Thanks !
Sounds decent…
Great thanks !
Grey and fellow Razzballers,
Just received a trade offer of Ellsbury for my Gio/Allen Craig. This is a 12 team league with 3 keepers. My current keepers are Swiggy Cabrera, Cargo and for the 3rd Im not too sure (Bumgardner, Gio, Greinke or Bruce if he gets hot in that order) but Ellsbury, Cargo and Swiggy as keepers looks mighty fine! No brainer right?
Happy Friday and muchas gracias!
Trade sounds fair…
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Is this a fair trade?
I give: Josh Reddick, Dickey, JZimm, Vogelsong, Marmol
I would get: McCutchen, Wandy, Lilly
I have Strasburg, Lohse, Vargas, Scherzer, Grienke as my other SP.
Ignore. I just refreshed and saw last post.
Don’t love it… Take follow ups to my newest post…