Trekked to Nepal on Sunday to ask the biggest Buddha I could find for some answers. (Bigger the Buddha, the more insightful. Everyone knows that shizz.) “Buddha, in all your infinite wisdom, how do I resist writing a 2026 fantasy baseball sleeper for Noelvi Marte and keep it about this year? Also, while I have you, why do waiters bring you the check instead of just telling you what you owe? It’s not like when you’re somewhere else they present you with a bill? If I’m buying some shirts, they don’t hand me a fancy little itemized check. Also, why is it RBIs and not RsBI? Do you have a limit on questions? If so, I guess mostly the 1st question about Noelvi Marte.” I stared at the statue for what felt like forever (it was 15 seconds), but it didn’t react. That was when I knew I had to find the answers deep within myself. But, before that, I whine-screamed, “Tell me!” and was dragged out of the temple. Yesterday, Noelvi Marte went 3-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs with his 8th home run to deep center, which had to go at least 420 feet with utter ease. [doing bare minimum research] Okay, it was 427 feet. Marte’s last two games were 6-for-9, homer, four doubles, 4 runs, 5 RBIs and .837 OPS on the year. Even more incredibly, his strikeout rate on the year is 18.6%. Shows that it’s not always a perfect arc from top prospect to superstar, but Marte seems headed there. “Right?!” I scream back through the temple window, “Say something Buddha!” Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Miguel Andujar – 2-for-3, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, as he hit cleanup acting as the DH. You know who Andujar kinda reminds me of? Christian Encarnacion-Strand. (I’m making a subtle comment on the Reds playing Andujar while CES rots in the minors.)
Spencer Steer – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and his 14th homer. His homer was an absolute bomb, 439 feet. (Since I was looking for Noelvi, I figured I may as well. Don’t say I never did nothing for you.)
Luis Morales – 2 2/3 IP, 0 hits, 5 BBs, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.93 as he was recalled up by the A’s, and made his 1st MLB start, though he kinda acted as a middle reliever who happened to start the game. As my Friday J.J. Wetherholt fantasy Buy thingie-ma-jiggy shows, I’m fine with grabbing bats for the final six-plus weeks, but MiLB arms at this point are kinda whatever. They’re all pushing the limits of how many innings they can throw, so them or a Streamonator call? Really that different? No. With that said (finally about Morales!), he’s a fun, big arm that touches high 90’s and an insane curve. If this were April, I’d be telling everyone to pick him up. Now? Meh, and he’s super young; not sure why he was called up, but it’s good omen for next year.
Luis Severino – Hit the IL with an oblique strain. A’s replaced one Luis with another Luis, because of quotas.
Jack Perkins – 6 IP, 3 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.08. This start was vs. the O’s, so maybe small grain of salt, but how’d this guy go from closer to six innings in, like, a week? Everyone else needs a minor league assignment to stretch out, then comes back and still only throws four innings. I am clearly gobsmacked. I am smacked of gob.
Jordan Westburg – 1-for-5 and his 14th homer, 2nd homer in a week. Cool, but also: Why are Basallo and Dylan Beavers in the minors? Orioles are quickly becoming my least favorite franchise. Fire Elias yesterday.
Keegan Akin – 1 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 3.56, 4th blown save. That’s Akin to not worth the occasion save.
Cade Povich – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.95. His underlying numbers are actually much better than I expected to see. A bit of a shocker on Povich, like finding out your kid doesn’t just look like the mailman, there’s a DNA test to confirm. Streamonator hates his next one, and can’t say I trust him enough for it.
Tarik Skubal – Will have his next start pushed back a day for an extra day of rest. Geez, the God complex on this guy.
Matt Vierling – Hit the IL with an oblique strain. Shame, I just had him slotted in 17th on my Sunday FAAB list, in case I didn’t get the first 16 guys. Y’all do this with FAAB too? I want to replace, say, Fraley, and I’m prolly fine to go, like, two players deep but instead I bid on everyone. Anyway, maybe a me problem.
Riley Greene – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 27th homer. Also, in this game, Kerry Carpenter (2-for-3, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 21st homer). They’re both hitting .269. Nice!
Nolan Schanuel – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer. National audience is gonna learn about this guy during the playoffs, if the Angels win 19 of their next 20 games.
Luis Rengifo – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. He only has four steals, and might be low-key one of my worst draft picks. Ron Washington left the Angels, and their interim manager, Ray Montgomery, clearly doesn’t know the pact we made in March. I would draft Rengifo, and he’d steal bases with an under-10% success rate.
Cedric Mullins – 1-for-4 and his 16th homer. Cedric the Hrtainer bringing back the Original Kings of Comedy to Queens.
Sean Manaea – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.33 vs. Quinn Priester – 4 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 3.49. This matchup was billed pregame as, “Ugh, I like both of these guys, I guess I’ll start them both and hope for a pitchers’ duel…” And postgame was billed as, “Speaking of duels, en garde! You killed my fantasy team, prepare to die!”
William Contreras – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 11th and 12th homer, hitting .255. Feel like there’s more catchers who DH this year than any year I can remember*. *I can remember to 2021.
Isaac Collins – 3-for-5, 2 runs and his 8th homer, hitting .295. The Bartender rang the bell and told the Mets, you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here, as he hit a walk-off.
Jason Alexander – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 5.02. Something poetic about Jason Alexander owning the Yankees in his return to Yankee Stadium, where he once acted as traveling secretary.
Jose Altuve – 2-for-3, 3 runs and his 21st homer. By the way, Altuve once again is the best 2nd baseman on the Player Rater. A position that is awful that he’s dominated for years, i.e., Altuve winning the world’s tallest midget contest, yearly.
Carlos Correa – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 9th homer. I like how Correa seems to enjoy playing the bad guy. Shame he’s not a better fantasy player.
Luis Gil – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 7.27. Better! Good enough to grab? Kinda on the fence on that one. Guess depends on how badly you need Ks, the one category I trust for him.
Max Fried – 5 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.94. Another subpar start? Ugh, I hate that. [discreetly fist pumps]
Sonny Gray – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.06. Sonny Gray and Jesus Luzardo walk into a bar. Bartender says, “You’re both the reason why my customers drink.”
Matt Shaw – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer, 2nd homer in two games, and 3rd homer in four games. Hot schmotato alert!
Ha-Seong Kim – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Does it ever work out when you stash a guy in your IL in March?
Joe Boyle – 3 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 3.82. Welp, that sucked. I forgot JRod is great in the 2nd half and Cal Raleigh is Babe Ruth and Seattle is the 1927 Mariners.
Bryan Woo – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.08. He’s the first pitcher since Clayton Kershaw in 2019 to start the season with 23 straight starts of 6+ innings. Woo.
Josh Naylor – 1-for-2, 2 runs and his 15th homer. Sat him this weekend because of the shoulder injury and–Sonavabench!
Cal Raleigh – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 45th homer, hitting .247. What if Babe Ruth’s eternal soul was transported into Raleigh’s ass? Is that legal? Is no one going to check on this?
Shohei Ohtani – 2-for-4 and a slam (41) and legs (17). And he’s doing it without Babe Ruth possessing his ass!
Freddie Freeman – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 14th homer. The power is first thing to go, the average is the next, i.e., see Joey Votto’s final years for Freeman’s 2026.
Blake Treinen – 1 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 4.63. Forget closing games, get in a garbage can and close the lid.
Blake Snell – 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 2.37. A pitcher that actually returned from the IL and wasn’t awful? I’ll be! Call the Vatican’s miracle hotline we got ourselves a certifiable one!
Tyler Glasnow – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.08. He has his BB/9 (4.6) in almost ten years, but, then again, he’s only made 11 starts.
Eric Lauer – 3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 2.82. He added in 10 baserunners, as he tied his owners to the WHIPping post, of which I was one. Didn’t enjoy that even though I like BDSM (Big Dom Smith Moments).
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 19th homer, 3rd homer this week. Coincidentally, a bunch of 1st basemen hit their 19th or 20th homer on Sunday, and I don’t think I want any of them next year. We need new 1st basemen, badly.
Addison Barger – 1-for-4 and his 18th homer. Addison or Vlad next year? Okay, Vlad, but they’re that far apart?
Slade Cecconi – 3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.11. “Slade in the stream, Slade in the stream, children…God said he’s gonna be trouble in the stream…”
Kyle Manzardo – 1-for-3 and his 19th and 20th homer, hitting .244. Manzardo or Pasquantino next year? Flip a coin? Who still carries change?
Colson Montgomery – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 9th homer, hitting .238. That’s nine homers since the break. Is this a star mitzvah? Jakkers just gave you his Colson Montgomery keeper profile.
Lenyn Sosa – 2-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 14th homer, 3rd homer in the week. Been a hot schmotato for a minute, and a minute is about six weeks, in this case.
Joc Pederson – 1-for-1, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .148. He might be the worst hitter in the majors this year. He was hitting cleanup yesterday. Bochy’s all head, no brains.
Zack Wheeler – 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.68. Phils are coasting to the playoffs; they should really shut down Wheeler for a few weeks to try to get him right. He hasn’t been right since just before the All-Star Break.
Jesus Luzardo – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.20. Did enough people drop him before this start to perk him up to pitch well? Is that what’s going on? Is it Jesus Luzardo: Passive Aggressive Starter?
Kyle Karros – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs as he was called up this weekend to play third for the Rockies and act as a bridge to a new generation learning about Eric Karros, as the 2nd best person born in Hackensack, New Jersey with great hair. Me being the 1st. Sorry, Karros! And don’t think about offing me to become the number one — it’s alive or dead, and I got the mantle! He does have good hair though. Any hoo! Kyle went 6/7/.301 with 18.4% K% in 75 minor league games, and a robust 12.7 BB%. Not a bad NL-Only flyer, but I’d have to see a hot streak for mixed leagues.
Brenton Doyle – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer, and 2nd homer in two games. Quick, hurry up, bench him!
Noah Cameron – 5 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.52. Royals’ pitching coach, whoever that may be, just back there anointing aces. Streamonator even loves his next one.
Ryan Bergert – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.87. If I were King Charles, I’d knight the Royals’ pitching coach, right after learning what his name was. They’d be like, “Here comes Sir What’s-His-Face to the mound to discuss how to attack this hitter.”
Vinnie Pasquantino – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 20th homer, hitting .258. Pasketti getting to 25 homers this year with a .265 average would have him be about what you’d expect in March, but, boy, is he boring to roster. By the way, him calling himself Pasquatch is corny, I’m sorry. I hate yucking people’s yums, but Pasquatch is very try-hard.
Bailey Ober – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.16, moving his record to 4-7. Crazy thing with starters is a guy with a 5+ ERA and less than five wins can be an ace next year.
Ryan Fitzgerald – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st career MLB homer. On one hand, he’s 31 years old. On the other hand, Kevin Costner has a subject for The Rookie 2.
Luke Keaschall – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, a walk-off homer, hitting .415. Are you not entertained!? Well, I don’t have him in any leagues, and now his Sunday FAAB price will be more expensive. I was being rhetorical, Random Italicized Voice. Oh, okay.
Brad Lord – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.28. Wishing I had Brad instead of Hunter Brown for the last month, help me, Lord!
MacKenzie Gore – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.09. Righting the ship for little ol’ me? [blushing] Oh, Gore! You shouldn’t have!
CJ Abrams – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 15th homer. That’s nice, but when I think of the Nats this weekend, I’m mostly just happy James Wood (2-for-5, 1 run, 4 RBIs) came out of his slump.
Justin Verlander – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.53, as he recorded his 3,500th strikeout. The lowercase yay of how to achieve a career milestone.
Brayan Bello – 5 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.25. Streamonator loves his next one, and I don’t see why can’t look past this hiccup like adults playing fantasy baseball.
Michael King – 2 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 2.81, as he was activated from the IL. Going to write this before his start and let’s see how well I do, “Wow, I expected something but not that!” How’d I do?
Dylan Cease – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.52. He got through six innings with zero runs allowed, and I figured next time I checked in it would be 7 IP, 4 ER. Whew, only two. Him melting down in his final inning is the most predictable thing in baseball.
Sandy Alcantara – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 6.55. I am kinda curious what on earth happened to Sandy. He’s pretty comfortably the absolute worst starter in baseball.
Hurston Waldrep – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.54. Sounds like he should be Hurston Waldrep, the III. Bit late in the year for the Braves to pull a Touki out of their hat with a guy who’s better in the majors than the minors, but he had a 4.9 BB/9 and 4.42 ERA in Triple-A this year in 91 2/3 IP, and has cut that walk rate in half and ERA by more than half. Because: Of course.
Matt Olson – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 19th homer, hitting .262. He’s hitting for a higher average than last year, but the Braves should bring the fences in.
Marcell Ozuna – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 19th homer, and three homers in two games. Ozuna received a phone call from his agent on Friday. “Hola, Marcell, I usually speak Spanish to you, but have someone translate this to you: You’re in a contract year!”
Michael Harris II – 2-for-4 and his 12th homer, 2nd homer in three games and three homers in a week. Ten days ago, he had nine homers. Glad he’s doing something now, but holy shizz that’s awful. And it was with a .235 average (now .241).
Joey Wentz – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners (3 BBs), 2 Ks, ERA at 5.03. Three walks to two Ks is not a good start. So, there that Wentz. Also, in this game, there was first female ump calling balls and strikes, and, crotched in there like a 20-year pro, she did her profession proud as she botched the very first call of the game.
About Lenyn Sosa. “Been a hot schmotato for a minute, and a minute is about six weeks, in this case.”
Yeah, except for the week 3 weeks ago when I picked him up and he went 3 for 18 with 0 HRs, 0 SB, 0 runs and 3 RBIs, causing me to summarily drop him for the following week.
Didn’t have Eovaldi AND Yamamoto pitching like dogshit on my bingo card.
Can’t say I’m enjoying this Eovaldi start much. Just have to remember all the good ones I guess!
And of course it’s my opponent’s Perdomo who drives in another nail.
in perkins’ case i suspect it’s since they called him up when he was still starting, then they multi inninged RP’d him for a bit, only like the less than last 2 weeks was he used as leverage RP at all, hopefully, whoever runs OAK/SAC saw a blurb about why preller traded for m.miller and woke them up on constantly turning their best or better anyway pitcher prospects continually into 1-2 inning pitchers. or maybe the agents of these pitchers showed the pitchers the payout charts for starters vs 1-2 inning relievers, and somebody took notice “hmm, one of these is a LOT bigger than the other even if ranked from top down”
Please pick one ?
Horton at Toronto
Wacha home vs Nats
Logan Allen home vs Miami
Wacha
It is endlessly entertaining (if frustrating) to see Bryce take pitches for balls and then flail away hopelessly at pitches that are objectively much worse.
Selfishly, I have Abbott going tonight…Bryce can continue to flail away.
I’d like a Hold or Save from Santillan so I’m pretty sanguine about it too haha
Rooting for a good Santillan appearance for ya…
Brought him in too late for both of us. Stupid managers.
Saw that…after Abbott gave up back to back hits and closed in on 100 pitches, he should’ve been pulled. But as the kids say – hindsight is 20/20. Rats…
Hey Grey, this is too much fun. You seem to have quite the insight. With the Yanks trying to make the playoffs, what do you think the odds are of Williams closing again this season? Thanks.
50% maybe
Thanks you Sir. He’s the first closer I protected since Rod Beck. I’m not a youngin.
Every time I convince myself that MHII needs to be dropped (I have Reynolds I can use in his position), he goes and does something!
Haha, works like that for every player
Would you be more interested in Stott than Otto ROS in an OBP 12er? The Rater is by 0.2 vs -2.9. The difference is probably within the margin of error lol.
Actually throw Ernie C in there too.
I’d go Stott
Please rank top 2 – Noelvi; Westburg;Keaschall
Luke, Noelvi
Oh great Grey,
I have a dilemma with my staff this week in a H2H points league.
Normally I would never even think of resting Skubal (@Min) but I have the option of putting 2-start Strider (@NYM; @Cle) in there instead.
What say you?
Start Skubal
So I should be dropping Volpe for Marte? And we think he is on the way to superstardom? Sold!!! Hope to win a bid. Ty
Yes
Hey grey! Thanks for your entertaining daily articles! I’ve got Bux coming back today… should I drop Ramos, Adell, Montgomery (he’s really hot right now though), Langford (he’s been bad but so much potential)?
H2H 10 team
Thanks!
No problem! Heliot
Anyone want in for Razzball Football Podcast Slow Auction Redraft?
We need a couple more people to enter.
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Let’s go!
12 team redraft h/h points
Should I add I Collins and drop Rafaela
Sure
12 team redraft h/h points … need to set a closer for ROS .. as far as I go in playoffs .. this is whats there …
Jansen
Iglesias
Jo Jo Romero
Fairbanks
Ma Miller
Palencia
Ro Suarez
Vest
Faucher
Palencia
Is sasaki worth a stash this late in the season? Have about 4 weeks left before playoffs start
Meh, prolly not
Manzardo is up to 20 bombs now. I swear he’s been on my bench for 80% of them. He’s hitting .244, with a .324 obp. Can you guess how many runs he has? Check the image below for the answer.
HAHA
That’s bad, but not 2016 Ryan Howard bad. He was 36 years old and hit .196 that year. He had 25 hr and a whopping 35 runs scored.
HAHAHA, think that was the year he was playing 1st base sitting in a chair
Jonathan Aranda – Sir Grey does he look like a keeper – keep 10 deep16 team league
I would have to trade for him
Depends for what
Borderline
In other breaking news, Justin Verlander says he’d like to pitch in 2026. My response, so would I and I won’t cost a team $15 million bucks either
HA!
E Perez @CLE, Sheehan @LAA, Burns home MIL, Senga home ATL, Ober @NYY, Waldrep @ CLE, Gray home NYY, Luzardo @ WASH, Lugo home WASH.
Which 4 of the above would you start this week?
Thanks
Gray, Senga, Lugo, Sheehan
Rockies designated Austin Nola. Kinda surprising with his ERA of 72 and WHIP of 8.00 he’s one of their better pitchers. Maybe they want him to work on a 2nd or 3rd pitch
HAHA
Hi Grey,
Trying to line up starts for the week. How would you rank these?
Bergert vs CHW
Warren vs MIN
Warren @STL
Boyd @TOR
Horton @TOR
Perkins vs LAA
Boyd, Horton, Bergert, Perkins, Warren home
Starting Mikolas vs COL today?
I am, whee!
UTIL Spot ROS…which two guys would you rock with…
12 team H2H points league
Matt Shaw, Noelvi Marte, Kerry Carpenter, Isaac Collins, Zeke Tovar, Jordan Beck
Marte, Collins
ESPN Points, this week only, need to take risks as behind…please rank top
Gil @StL
Bednar vs Minn (3), @StL 3
Schlitter vs Minn
Lugo vs Wash
DeSclafini @ Tex, @ Colo (2 starts)
Cavalli @Kc, vs Phil (2 starts)
Please rank top 4
Thanks!
Also, would you trust Michael King @LAD?
No
Lugo, Schlittler, Cavalli, Gil, tho I don’t know your points structure, maybe Bednar makes more sense
Hi Grey,
Please help a brother out and pick two from the following for the next two weeks:
Ernie Clement
Xavier Edwards
Roman Anthony
Tyler Freeman
Also @ 1B – Warming Bernabel or Nolan Schanuel?
Thank you for all the help this season!
Xavier, Roman…Warming — No problem
@Grey: weekly roto. in a league where i need wins only, which two do you start?
ed cab @ cle
rodon vs minn
bello vs mia
zebby @ nyy, @ det
ryne nelson @ tex, @ col
thanks!
Bello, Rodon
Hello Grey! How can it get any better than Jason Alexander and the Yanks?
“Hitting, it’s not about muscle – it’s simple physics…” Classic! I love when Bernie asks him if he’s the guy who put them up in the Ramada in Milwaukee – HA!
Anyway, in our Yahoo 12 Team H2H with OPS and Holds, would you take a chance and start Acuna or leave Stanton in. I currently have Acuna on the IL, but I could take him off and add another one of my useless guys. Stanton’s been ok, so he might be safer.
Thanks.
Hahaha…I’d try Acuña
Will do. Thanks Grey.
No problem
Rogers vs Seattle
Lopez @ TB
Warren vs Min @ STL.
I have Abbott but vs Phi and @Mil
Who would you start?
All of them
Best guess whos closing in Arizona?
Bachus
Need some help picking my 4th starter. H2H points league. Start 4SP for the week. Have Yamamoto, Woo and Ryan as my first 3 and my choices are:
Springs vs TB (Pepiot) and vs LAA (Soriano)
Sheehan @LAA (Anderson)
Rasmussen @ATH (Ginn)
Baz @ATH (Lopez)
Lauer vs TEX (Corbin)
I may be crazy but Springs seems very tempting.
Sure, go for it with Springs
H2H points league. Can you pick one. Sonny v Yankees, Priester @ Reds, Senga v ATL. King @ LAD A. Chapman, who’d need 2 saves to score the same as win from a starter. Ie. Sonny had 28 points last night. Thx.
Sonny
Pablo Lopez:
(1) Any confidence in 2025 value when he returns (possibly ~ 26-August)?
(2) You rated him 70 for 2025. Do you feel he might be ~ same 2026 value?
He’s a top 20-ish starter if he’s healthy…impossible to know if he’s healthy, at least right now
Ayy lothario. Are we starting Abbott at home vs philly?
I am
Babe Ruth went to Japan in 1934. Ohtani was born 60 years later. Coincidence? Unlikely.
HAHA
Which starter you like more tomorrow?
Liberatore vs COL
Sheehan at LAA
Lib
ROS
Vaughn or Collin’s
Thanks
Vaughn
Michael King was dropped in a 10 team league. Worth a claim or just stream?
Stream
I assume it’s still a little early to drop someone like Jazz for a hot bat like Shaw, Romy Gonzalez or Clement? That feels like a playoff time move but i just want to check
Nah
My boy has been an Eagles fan and a Mariners fan for the last 8 or so years of his life. I have never had a team I cared about win a championship in any sport. Is he about to get a Mariners WS ring to go with his Iggles Lombardi?
Mariners have a team of destiny feel. I’ve been watching them quite a bit with the boy. They don’t stack up hits but they get a lot of late inning HRs. Kirby coming around. They are getting great work out of Spier and Brash behind Munoz. Caleb Ferguson was a great get for them too.
Brewers are the team of destiny…A Mariners/Brewers World Series would be awesome tho…I like both teams a lot…I think M’s could do it…Eagles I know nothing about, except I think they’re good
south jersey is iggles territory
Then Iggle up!
Please rank ROS regardless of match-ups.
Gausman, M. Kelley, Eury, T.Rogers, G.Williams
Rogers, Kelly, Gausman, Eury
points league – who’s hitting the bench this week?
Bibee vs MIA/Cabrera
Eury @ CLE/Williams
Manaea v SEA/Woo
Bibee
Start Quintana against the Pirates?
Start me against the Pirates. I feature a cutter, a good 12-6 and a circle change. Little bit of arm side on the two seamer.
Yes
H2H Redraft Saves Only
1) If I had to move on from Fairbanks or Palencia, who’s gotta go?
2) Is it close?
Thank you
Fairbanks 2. sure
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. need sbs. would you trade kurtz straight up for either of duran or m. garcia? would replace kurtz with either c walker or vinnie p.
Duran works for me
Ola-
Keaschall or NMarte ROS?
tx!
Noelvi, pretty close tho
Noelvi or Vaughn?
Vaughn
I’d appreciate it if you didn’t use the word “midget” anymore. Thanks!
ok
Yesterday I heard Jim Palmer recalling a game from a youth league game 60+ years ago in Hawaii where he walked 18 guys. He said it was because they were of a people of diminutive stature. You could learn a lot from him, as could we all.
Dude recalls pitch counts and scenarios from every game he ever pitched off the top of his head.
Were they menehune?
He’s the best!
14 team h2h league
Start pepiot @oakland (Sacramento)?
Sure
Would you start Javier tonight against Boston
No
That Sonny G. blurb, LOL, I felt that.
yup!
Nice touch on that. I laughed when i read that. I got both of them.
Haha
Hey Grey, what wrong with Ranger? he hopefully he can bounce back this week.
would you start lopez form anyone was hot last week?
also start Turang or Semien at 2b…Turang went nuts last week but seems like a coin toss? think i’m going Turang. but i’m always wrong lol
SP Cade Horton SP • CHC R @TOR
SP Merrill Kelly SP • TEX R ARI
SP George Kirby SP • SEA R @BAL 1-5, 3.80, 42 IP @NYM 0-1, 5.14, 7 IP
SP Ranger Suarez SP • PHI L @CIN 2-0, 2.12, 34 IP @WAS 7-2, 4.47, 56 IP
SP Brandon Woodruff SP • MIL R PIT 7-3, 3.40, 87 IP
Reserves
SP Jacob Lopez RP,SP • ATH L TB
Don’t see who you’d bench from your SPs…Turang
Thanks that’s what I figured but reaching for anything these days!
No problem
Who wins this trade?
Skubal, Riley Greene for
Chris Sanchez, Soto
Soto
SV-only ROS rank Suarez, Romero, Faucher.
You did
Is McLain actually not good? He’s had one month where he slugged over .400. He’s striking out a ton but at least he was contributing steals. But now I’m seeing he has only 5 SBs since the end of May. I’ve been debating cutting him or Tovar. Who would you cut between the two?
I’d keep Tovar
I finally gave up on him this week in RCL meaning buy now
Would you drop Polanco for Lenyn Sosa
Yes
Hey Grey, can you rank these guys for me please in a vacuum? Nimmo, Ozuna, Heliot, Volpe, I Collins, Doyle
Ozuna, Collins, Doyle
Hey Grey, Augustin Ramirez is a top __ catcher next year? And I assume we will like him (even though we hate catchers)?
3-5
Hey Grey, would you take Kershaw and Scherzer rest of season over any of Manaea, Pepiot, Suarez or Abbott? 5×5 cats redraft league.
Kershaw over Pepiot
Standard 5×5 AL only roto, please rank the following pitchers – trying to build and prioritize depth at back end of deep league lineup given point gain opportunities in wins and ks while still mindful of ratio categories:
B. Hurter, M. Vasil, T. Sugano
If you were trying to be mindful of ratios, you wouldn’t start any of these guys — Sugano, Vasil
Thanks Grey – such is life in deep AL only roto, got to wade through the flotsam, often holding your nose, to battle in the categories!
Ha, I hear ya
Would you drop Heliot for Brenton Doyle? Heliot is hitting for a decent average but I’m getting no production from him at all. Zero home runs and 4 RBI in the last 27 days.
Sure
Would you start Chase Burns at home versus the Phillies this week? I’m sitting Abbott tonight
Sounds fine
mostly for Ks
FWIW Looks like Greene is bumping Burns to Thursday against Brewers. Kinda same difference
gotcha
The extra day may benefit him hopefully
Dynasty question. Own Roman Anthony at $10 out of $260 annual auction. My keepers are relatively depleted going forward but strongly in contention for the ‘ship. Would you dangle Roman for a high impact return to make a run or retain the value & improve elsewhere?
Sure, dangle away
Hi Grey: I’m a few points out of first in a 12 team Roto League with QS and Net Wins. I have upside in ERA, WHIP, QS, Net Wins, and Saves so my SP and CL lineup is important. My options:
Cabrera @
Cleveland
Gausman vs
the Cubs
Luzardo @
WASH
Eury Perez @
Cleveland
David
Peterson vs ATL
Joe Ryan @
NYY
Logan Webb vs
SD and TB
JT Ginn vs TB
Zebby
Matthews @NYY and vs DET
Ryne Nelson @
TEX and @ COL
Pete
Fairbanks @ATH and @SF
Jeff Hoffman
vs CHC and TEX
Kenley Jansen
vs LAD and @ATH
Ideally, I
would like to start 6 or 7 SP and 2 CL.
Your
recommendations are very much appreciated.
Webb, Peterson, Eury, Gausman, EdCab, Luzardo
Hey Diddly Hey, Grey!
Hmmm. Do we think Andrew Abbott can hear the beating of a thousand tiny pairs of regressive wings when he hosts the Phillies today? I’m scared to start him.
Also, bot is meh on Paddack @CHW (-4.0), but want to know if you think that’s a decent stream.
lurrrrrrrrves!!!
I’m scared too
I don’t trust paddack either — lurves
Are Estrada or Uribe worth holding in a saves only league
Sure, but you can lose them too if you need room
NL-only keep 10, who would you rather have for a buck next year–Abbott or Boyd?
Boyd
Rank these closer ROS: Palencia, Cade Smith, Grant Taylor, Estevez, Newcomb. K/9
I also have Duran but feel he is a no brainer.
Palencia, Smith, Estevez
Would you feel comfortable with Duran, Cade, Taylor, Palencia as your 4 closers for the playoffs or is there a gap between Estevez and the other 2?
“Would you feel comfortable with Duran, Cade, Taylor, Palencia” — yes
Thanks
No problem
So, keeping in mind that it’s just a 10 team redraft league with a juicy waiver, would you drop Roman Anthony for Luke Keaschall?
Sure
Rostering Suarez & Munoz. Worth holding Maton or swap for a bench bat like Clement, Marsee, Carpenter
Carpenter
12 team, 5×5 roto
Manaea was dropped. He worth a waiver claim? I would be losing one of two streaming spots.
Sure
ROS rank (Roto, 12 team, 5×5, Mixed) – Util spot:
Shaw, Nico, Isaac Collins
Collins, Shaw
No weekend starts made the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list, so I thought I would look at pitchers with a start in the top 10% of the 3544 starts so far (and how many they have in the top 100).
Zack Wheeler 9 ( 3 )
Nathan Eovaldi 7 ( 3 )
Tarik Skubal 7 ( 5 )
Carlos Rodon 6 ( 2 )
Jesus Luzardo 6 ( 1 )
Joe Ryan 6 ( 3 )
Nick Pivetta 6 ( 4 )
Paul Skenes 6 ( 1 )
Sonny Gray 6 ( 4 )
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 6 ( 2 )
Cristopher Sanchez 5 ( 1 )
Drew Rasmussen 5 ( 1 )
Jacob deGrom 5 ( 2 )
Kevin Gausman 5 ( 2 )
Lucas Giolito 5 ( 0 )
Matthew Boyd 5 ( 1 )
Max Fried 5 ( 2 )
Bryan Woo 4 ( 3 )
Edward Cabrera 4 ( 2 )
Garrett Crochet 4 ( 3 )
George Kirby 4 ( 1 )
Kris Bubic 4 ( 0 )
Luis Castillo 4 ( 1 )
MacKenzie Gore 4 ( 0 )
Ranger Suarez 4 ( 0 )
Robbie Ray 4 ( 1 )
Shane Baz 4 ( 2 )
Shota Imanaga 4 ( 0 )
Spencer Schwellenbach 4 ( 4 )
Zac Gallen 4 ( 1 )
Andre Pallante 3 ( 1 )
Andrew Abbott 3 ( 3 )
Andrew Heaney 3 ( 1 )
Bailey Falter 3 ( 0 )
Brady Singer 3 ( 1 )
Brandon Woodruff 3 ( 0 )
Chris Bassitt 3 ( 0 )
Chris Paddack 3 ( 0 )
Chris Sale 3 ( 1 )
Dean Kremer 3 ( 0 )
Eury Pérez 3 ( 2 )
Gavin Williams 3 ( 0 )
Hunter Greene 3 ( 2 )
Jacob Lopez 3 ( 1 )
Jake Irvin 3 ( 1 )
Jeffrey Springs 3 ( 0 )
Jose Berrios 3 ( 0 )
Jose Soriano 3 ( 0 )
Merrill Kelly 3 ( 2 )
Nick Lodolo 3 ( 2 )
Trevor Rogers 3 ( 2 )
Tyler Mahle 3 ( 0 )
Aaron Civale 2 ( 1 )
Adrian Houser 2 ( 0 )
AJ Smith-Shawver 2 ( 0 )
Brayan Bello 2 ( 0 )
Casey Mize 2 ( 0 )
Clarke Schmidt 2 ( 1 )
Clayton Kershaw 2 ( 0 )
Cole Ragans 2 ( 1 )
Dustin May 2 ( 0 )
Dylan Cease 2 ( 0 )
Eric Lauer 2 ( 0 )
Framber Valdez 2 ( 1 )
Freddy Peralta 2 ( 0 )
Hunter Brown 2 ( 1 )
Hunter Dobbins 2 ( 0 )
Jack Flaherty 2 ( 0 )
Jacob Misiorowski 2 ( 0 )
Jameson Taillon 2 ( 0 )
Kyle Hendricks 2 ( 0 )
Logan Allen 2 ( 0 )
Logan Henderson 2 ( 0 )
Logan Webb 2 ( 0 )
Luis L. Ortiz 2 ( 0 )
Luis Severino 2 ( 0 )
Matthew Liberatore 2 ( 0 )
Max Meyer 2 ( 1 )
Michael King 2 ( 1 )
Michael Wacha 2 ( 0 )
Miles Mikolas 2 ( 0 )
Nick Martinez 2 ( 1 )
Pablo Lopez 2 ( 0 )
Quinn Priester 2 ( 2 )
Ryan Pepiot 2 ( 1 )
Ryne Nelson 2 ( 0 )
Sandy Alcantara 2 ( 0 )
Seth Lugo 2 ( 1 )
Spencer Strider 2 ( 1 )
Taijuan Walker 2 ( 0 )
Will Warren 2 ( 0 )
Yusei Kikuchi 2 ( 2 )
Aaron Nola 1 ( 0 )
Ben Brown 1 ( 0 )
Brandon Pfaadt 1 ( 0 )
Cade Horton 1 ( 0 )
Charlie Morton 1 ( 0 )
Colin Rea 1 ( 0 )
Corbin Burnes 1 ( 0 )
David Festa 1 ( 0 )
David Peterson 1 ( 1 )
Easton Lucas 1 ( 0 )
Eduardo Rodriguez 1 ( 0 )
Emerson Hancock 1 ( 0 )
Erick Fedde 1 ( 1 )
Griffin Canning 1 ( 0 )
J.T. Ginn 1 ( 0 )
Jack Leiter 1 ( 0 )
Janson Junk 1 ( 0 )
Jason Alexander 1 ( 0 )
Joe Boyle 1 ( 0 )
Jordan Hicks 1 ( 0 )
Jose Quintana 1 ( 0 )
JP Sears 1 ( 0 )
Justin Steele 1 ( 0 )
Kodai Senga 1 ( 0 )
Kumar Rocker 1 ( 0 )
Kyle Freeland 1 ( 0 )
Kyle Hart 1 ( 0 )
Lance McCullers Jr. 1 ( 0 )
Logan Evans 1 ( 0 )
Logan Gilbert 1 ( 1 )
Martin Perez 1 ( 1 )
Michael Lorenzen 1 ( 1 )
Mick Abel 1 ( 0 )
Mike Soroka 1 ( 0 )
Mitch Keller 1 ( 0 )
Mitchell Parker 1 ( 1 )
Nestor Cortes Jr. 1 ( 0 )
Noah Cameron 1 ( 0 )
Reese Olson 1 ( 1 )
Ronel Blanco 1 ( 1 )
Ryan Yarbrough 1 ( 0 )
Sean Burke 1 ( 0 )
Simeon Woods Richardson 1 ( 0 )
Spencer Arrighetti 1 ( 0 )
Stephen Kolek 1 ( 0 )
Taj Bradley 1 ( 0 )
Tanner Bibee 1 ( 1 )
Tomoyuki Sugano 1 ( 0 )
Troy Melton 1 ( 0 )
Tyler Alexander 1 ( 0 )
Tyler Anderson 1 ( 0 )
Tylor Megill 1 ( 0 )
Walker Buehler 1 ( 0 )
Yu Darvish 1 ( 1 )
Zach Eflin 1 ( 0 )
Zack Littell 1 ( 0 )
Zebby Matthews 1 ( 1 )
Amazing work, Vin!
This is awesome stuff, Vin!
Thanks!
Luis Morales or Hurston Waldrep 12 team dynadty can only keep one for next year!? Thank you!
Morales
Good morning Grey,
Need a batty call for today…H2H with daily lineups, so just for tonight. Need to fill an OF roster spot to get whatever stats I can.
Most recently the hottest hitters available include:
J. Lowe at Bing Bong (Springs)
J. Walker in STL (Dollander)
Wenceel (if healthy) at White Sox
Marsh at CIN (Abbot)
M. A. Taylor home v. DET (Padack)
Perkins v. PIT (Heaney)
Thanks!
Lowe
Grey
10 team league, currently in 1st place
1)With Buxton coming of IL have to drop 1
Tovar
Luis Arraez
2) I am also trying to put a 2 for 1 trade together for a SP
using those 2 players, any suggestions on who I can target
Arraez 2. I don’t know who you’re trading
I would trade
Arraez, Tovar and I could swap one out with Will Smith
I have Raleigh as my catcher
Arraez and Tovar aren’t getting you much, maybe like a Ranger Suarez type who is struggling, maybe Jacob Lopez type who looks decent, maybe a flyer on Misi who is injured?
what if I replace Will Smith with Arraez
So Smith & Tovar
Any better
Might be better for the other person, maybe you csan buy low on Fried? Try Lodolo since he’s due back? Rodon? Robbie Ray?
understood
Thank you
No problem
Ranger Suarez, Lugo and Pepiot have struggled some of late…would you drop any of them for Gore, Gil and/or Waldrup?
Thanks!
Nope
Who should be my drop between Lauer and Bergert to make room for IL return for one of my relievers.
Bergert
Hi Grey,
Lineup advice as I’m fighting for a playoff spot!
1) Correa (6 games BOS/BAL) or
Noelvi (6 games PHI/MIL)
2) my starting 5 SP’s are:
Skenes @MIL
Woo @ NYM
C. Sanchez @ CIN
Eovaldi AZ and @TOR
Snell SD
Bench:
Sheehan @ LAA
T. Rogers SEA
Do any of my arms on the bench play over my starting 5 or role with my studs?
Thanks!
LG
Noelvi 2. Hold
Rank the starters ROS: Freddy Peralts, Max Fried, Framber Valdez, Tyler Glasnow, Max Scherzer. K/9, QS league
Add Micheal King to that mix
Framber, Freddy, Fried, Glasnow
Would you drop Stanton (who isn’t playing much these days) for carlos corrrea as a bench bat?
Sure
Can you help me determine the players who could/should be expendable at the end of my roster? I’m looking for guys that, should a spot start arise or a free agent be primed for a pickup, I can easily drop. 11-team Otteneu points
Here’s my roster:
C – Raleigh
1B – Perez
2B – Edwards
SS – Bichette
3B – Ramirez
CI – Contreras
MI – Lowe
OF (5) – Julio, Teoscar, Castellanos, Bellinger, Cruz
UT – Simpson
BN – Mountcastle, Burger, Semien, Hoerner
SP – Woo, Senga, Yamamoto, Skubal, Kirby, Suarez
RP – Iglesias, Hall, Ashby, Speier, Varland, Detmers, Miller
Is it safe to drop Semien and Burger? Or do you think they’ll turn things around for the final six weeks?
Can lose any of your bench bats…Mount, Burger 1st
10tm 6×6 (OBP & QS) keeper forever
Trade deadline today, currently in 2nd. Offer from 9th place rebuilding team
Send:
Betts
Misi
Keaschall
Will Warren
Recieve:
Hunter Brown
Ranger Suarez
David Peterson
Jordan Westburg
Thoughts?
Thank you!
Hold
5×5 obp roto. Picking up Ozuna. Who would be the one to drop out of Busch, Burleson, Butler
Butler
I have to pick 2 relievers; who out of these have the best stuff and can get holds, or an occasional save. Because im in a saves and holds h2h catagories league and already have 3 closers for saves (Palencia, cade smith, and Bednar) :
Alex Vesia
Luke Weaver
Matt Brash
Gabe Speier
Ronny Henriquez
Do any 2 of those guys stand out? (for good ratios, holds, and any occasional saves are a bonus. Just need to not get my era tanked by a reliever. Been struggling with that all my life)
Not really, Weaver, Brash
Morning Grey!
Had a rash of injuries in my 14-team weekly roto, so now I have to start 6 of these, um, fine fellows-
Heliot
Acuña (could come back for the weekend?)
Wenceel
Nootbaar
Larnach
Burleson
Jesus Sanchez
Willi
Mangum
Thoughts (besides “draft better”)?
Heliot, Burleson, Acuna, Wenceel, Sanchez, Mangum
Would you consider dropping Hoerner for Keaschall in roto? Hoerner has performed as expected but Keaschall seems like he could deliver similar steals with a little more power but a lower BA. I could use the extra few HRs and am in pretty good shape on BA.
Sure
Who’s the drop to activate Hunter Greene between lauer and Lugo?
Lauer
You like Collins, Reynolds, or Beck in OPS?
Collins
Man, after Ed-Rod and Pfaadt (who I thankfully benched) I’m second guessing over taking The Liberator and/or McGreevy for a spin at home against the Rockies. SON loves ‘em both – do you have a preference? QS league and Lib has struggled to go more than four of late so is McG the play maybe?
Lib
Moniak or Butler?
Moniak
Grey!!!!
Awesome!!
Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for August 11, 2025
I hear in Canada you only have sex doggy style; that way, you can both watch the hockey game.
Cheers,
Ante
Nope. Not a fan of this one.
Ha
Thanks!
My mom is from Hackensack. I have fond memories of visiting my grandparents there and listening to my grandpa rant about them koreans that moved in! I, for one, welcome them and their delicious bulgogi.
Keeper Question: 10 tm h2h, QS, $260 draft budget (most expensive drafted SP was $36 Wheeler for reference). I can only keep one:
Hunter Brown $12
Brian Woo $9
Chase Burns $10
Haha, nice! I never lived there, born and gone…Woo
Streamonator let me down. Morton strikes out 7 in a row and 10 in 4.1 ip and somehow still gave up 6 earned. I started Boyle too. What could possibly go wrong after shutting out LAD last time in 5 innings?
Haha
I just realized that I sent the one I didn’t proofread. Oops.
Would you drop Lawerence Butler for Jakob Marsee?
Yes
Hoffman with the dirtiest win you will ever see…
He enters in the 8th with two outs, two on. He walks the first guy to load the bases. Then walks another to tie the game (run not charged to him). Pop-out saves him.
Jays get the lead back in the ninth. Hoffman walks the first two, sac bunt, walks another to load ‘em up. Fluharty bails him out, striking out Ohtani and getting Betts on a fielder’s choice.
Hoffman’s stat line: 2 outs, 5 walks, blown save, and—because some baseball rules are fu@king stupid—a win.
Ha, yeah, I saw…Ha, think it was something like 1st time that’s happened in 100 years or something
He’s going to be so much fun in the postseason.
Tatis had an rbi today. He has 4 hr and now 18 rbi’s over his last 63 games!
Yikes
my bench bat is either Butler or Nick Castellanos, caveat is I’ve locked a playoff spot so I can give butler the next 4 weeks to return to form.
Or do we just keep the guy who isn’t sitting against lefties?
Thanks Gray!
Cast
I can only stream one. I think you green lighted both. Who would you prefer?
Emmett at Angels (T Anderson)
L Allen home vs Miami (Junk)
Cats: HR allowed, QS, W, L, Ks, WHIP, ERA
Allen
You starting Zebby @Yankees in an AL only or is that asking for trouble?
I am not
I’d start you against the Yanks.
Delete
Very existential
Haha
Haha