Comments on: White Sox Don’t Need Youk Either

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:56:37 +0000

Sounds fair

By: Andrew W

Andrew W — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:44:01 +0000

Would you trade AJ Burnett and Pablo Sandoval for Hunter Pence??

Burnett is my 5th best pitcher (behind Verlander, Bumgarner, Garza, Harrison) and I have Kyle Seager eligible at 3b.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 02:44:36 +0000

@Grey: What are your thoughts on Travis Blackley? The guy threw his 4th straight quality start tonight and it was against Texas. His line tonight Blackley, T 7.0IP 7H 0BB 1ER 3K. He now has a 3.31 ERA and 1.09 WHIP.

Should I drop Blanton for Blackley ? Should I drop Arrieta for Estrada ???

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:31:17 +0000

@Blairtch, Get more than the best hitter in baseball right now? Clippard could be setting up soon and Bauer is totally unproven, I think its a solid return.

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:40:12 +0000

@swingkungfu, I’d rather have Morse, but if you need pitching and have the offense to spare its fair

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:39:32 +0000

@TheNewGuy, Latos has been pitching very well but I’m not sure I’d be ready to deal for him just yet. And if think if you are going to deal Trout you could get more for him. Aim higher.

By: swingkungfu

swingkungfu — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:21:13 +0000

give up morse and get vogelsong in return. good deal?

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:49:46 +0000

Has Latos turned his shizz around? Here’s the offer I got (different league to above, non-keeper this).

Trout/Clippard/Bauer for Cano/Latos

Need more power and have speed to deal, fair offer (I get right side)?

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:37:47 +0000

@TheNewGuy, You’re getting the better prospect, but Dunn and Altuve have very different fantasy value if you don’t need the power I’d trade Dunn.

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:29:30 +0000

@Mennonite Sports guy, seems fair, part of murphy’s value is his eligibility at different positions and if you don’t need that I’d want seager and nova here

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:27:42 +0000

@Nick, AVG is a tough category to make up ground in, so are RBIs. Fortunately you can make up Ks and Ws by streaming pitchers (depending on an IP limit or game started). Check the pitchers with the best weekly match ups and pick them up for that week. It looks like the league is pretty shallow, but I’d want Middlebrooks over Ross or Berry. Carry an extra pitcher for a while with no bench for your batters and stream guys like Oswalt, Santana, Liriano, Gallardo, Niese, Kuroda, etc. (Hellickson can probably be cycled in and out of FA depending on his match ups that week). I’d want to stash Longoria if I could but I’d probably try to wait for Bonifacio to come back in a couple weeks before grabbing him if I could. Be patient and your team should slowly gain ground. Good luck

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:03:07 +0000

@SpiralArchitect, It’s close but I think I’d still rather have Wainwright

By: TheNewGuy

TheNewGuy — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:20:13 +0000

Ha good work on the DIckey blurb, about time someone mentioned the mcCLUTCHen pun too!

Dunn and T May (prospect) for Altuve and N Castellanos (prospect)

I get the right side, solid deal (OBP league but still…)?

By: Mennonite Sports guy

Mennonite Sports guy — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:24:10 +0000

What do you think of this offer that just came to me?

I get
Kyle Seager
Ivan Nova

I give
Daniel Murphy
Scott Diamond

I have Cano and Beckham already and Murphy is sitting in my 1B/3B slot today. I feel like jumping all over this one! Is there something I am missing? (yes, I know Seagar is a slump, but I think he will light it up again soon.)

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:58:23 +0000

Hi Gray,

Long time no talk, hope all has been well in real life as well as the fantasy world we all live in I have been managing my team solo this year & while I was in 9/10 place in my roto league, I have stormed back into a solid 5th place as of tonight

Please see my league standings & team screenshots below. I need major help with my average followed by K’s, WINS & RBIs…

LEAGUE STANDINGS: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f166/ace2525/NicksLeague.jpg

BATTERS:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f166/ace2525/Batters.jpg

PITCHERS:
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f166/ace2525/Pitchers.jpg

waivers (offense) P Alvarez, Crisp, Middlebrooks, C Nelson, D Murphy-texas, R Davis, Rosario, Escobar, Aoki, Saltalamacchia, Yun. Betancourt, McGehee, Theriot, Pierzynski, Quentin, Duda, A LaRoche, Montero, Seager, Revere, Rizzo, LaHair, Maybin, Espinosa, Beckham, Ibanez, Weeks & Span

waiver (pitching); C Richards, Floyd, Hochevar, Morales, Janssen, Milone, Burnett, E Santana, Liriano, Niese, Gallardo, Kuroda, Oswalt, Jimenez, Billingsley, clippard, valverde, aceves, h bell

Lastly, would you replace my DL spot of Bonifacio stashed (like him with SS, 3B, OF eligibility) with Longoria or Crawford.. or a DL’d pitcher like C Lewis or S Marcum?

AS ALWAYS, THANKS GRAY!

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 03:00:19 +0000

Would you trade Waino for James McDonald and Francisco Liriano?

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:20:05 +0000

@Mike, Rizzo

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:11:47 +0000

Belt or rizzo ROS?
Belt is on waivers
Thanks

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:48:00 +0000

@Mike, It’s close but I’d probably want goldschmidt for 2012

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:47:22 +0000

@Tm, I’d stick with Aviles

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:18:28 +0000

Goldscmidt or rizzo ROS?

By: Tm

Tm — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:10:48 +0000

Would u drop aviles for Nelson, thierot,or walker?
All 3 on waivers
Thanks

By: Prezii

Prezii — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:17:55 +0000

I serioisly read the last part out loud and had the whole room laughin.. lol hilarious! Gotta love baseball..

By: thefaketom

thefaketom — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:35:52 +0000

@Taftball, Do you play with monkeys? Bigger question, who does he keep for next year with only 5 keepers? Miggy, Votto, Fielder, Hamilton, Strasburg?

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:49:45 +0000

@Taftball, Wow. For a 16 team league that’s a preetttty prettty pretttty good team. I strongly recommend you keep on doing what you’re doing.

By: Taftball

Taftball — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:16:52 +0000

Love it. Friday recaps keep me just as entertained as Monday-Thursday recaps.
Quick question….
16-team 5×5 category 5-keeper league. After wheeling and dealing all year, my roster is

C AJ Ellis
1B Joey Votto
2B Dan Uggla
3B Miguel Cabrera
SS Dee Gordon
MI Mike Aviles
CI Prince Fielder
OF Josh Hamilton
OF BJ Upton
OF Ben Revere
Util David Ortiz

B Elliott Johnson

SP Stephen Strasburg
SP Gio Gonzalez
SP R.A. Dickey
SP Felix Hernandez
SP Adam Wainwright
SP Dan Haren
SP Jake Peavy

RP Franklin Morales
RP Ernesto Frieri
RP Scott Downs
RP Rafael Soriano
RP David Robertson
RP Joaquin Benoit

With a very shallow FA player pool, do you think I’ve done enough to ride it out? Or is there any moves you suggest I try to make?

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:28:01 +0000

@LVHawk, If you can spare Hanson I think Wieters is a nice upgrade over Arencibia.

By: LVHawk

LVHawk — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:19:21 +0000

Just got an interesting offer. I’d get Wieters and Nolasco for Arencibia and Hanson in my 5×5 roto league. My pitching is currently stronger than my offense, but I don’t think I can quite pull the trigger on this one. Think I should do it?

By: Blairtch

Blairtch — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:56:33 +0000

@ferris, i’ll go with Geovany, mama mia!

By: VinWins

VinWins — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:29:02 +0000

You know, if Bruce had even 1 hit in just half of those 0-for-4 games, he’d be hitting a nice .284.