Mike’s fine in most cases, but you know Michael King (5 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 4 BBs, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.28) was like, “It’s Mike.” Then he paused for five seconds for the person to know when he started again it was going to be his last name. Finally, he continued, “King.” Then the hostess at Buffalo Wild Wings said, “Party of two for Micking?” “Mike!” Pause for twenty seconds. “King!” “Hmm, I think I have it. Mic’ing. Like when I’m a karaoke DJ on the weekend and people are like, ‘Do you have Orleans Still the One?’ and I’m like, ‘Yes, but I ain’t mic’ing you up if you’re singing that.'” “It’s Michael King!” He can be Mike, Michael or Mikey and I’m struggling with his peripherals. For full disclosure, I didn’t like him in the preseason, and I’m fine taking a mea culpa. I actually wanted to, so I didn’t feel like I was doing confirmation bias or some other Psych 101 term. His fastball is working fine; his sinker and change are not; his location is a mess and his overall pitching is ugly. Something here is off. Since his velocity is fine, maybe it’s mechanics and he fixes things, but his 8.5 K/9, 4.6 BB/9 is so bad, that ‘bad’ is asking to be replaced by miserable. I wouldn’t do a Mike drop, but this Mike check, 1, 2, what is this? Isn’t coming back with positives. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Mason Miller – 1 IP, 0 ER, 2 Ks, ERA at 0.00. His xFIP is -0.75, so he’s been a little bit better than his 0.00 ERA.
Walbert Urena – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.35, as he took over Klassen’s rotation spot, for now at least. Gotta lean into that name and stylize it, Wal-Bert. Then you hire a 82-year-old to stand right next to you to greet people. Urena had a 4.3 BB/9 in the minors this year, and 4.7 BB/9 last year, and I don’t know why he’s in the majors. Oh, it’s the Angels, that’s why. They just be promotin’ people. Good fastball though (99 MPH). Seems like a solid candidate for a roofie.
Caleb Thielbar – 1 IP, 0 ER, and his 1st save on Saturday, and, 1 IP, 0 ER, and the win on Sunday, ERA at 2.25, but most importantly, the first post-Palencia save, so grab Thielbar. Post-Palenica is also treatable with a hot compress and magnesium. Sorry, was watching The Pitt.
Jameson Taillon – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.97. Well, yeah, he was facing the Mets. Ya know, it would be nice if the Mets would invest some money in their players…[intern whispers in ear]…I see, interesting. This isn’t a case of Hindsight Fever with the King of Hindsight, Grey. I told you this shizz back when they traded for/signed Polanco and Semien. They let Pete Alonso walk to get Jorge Polanco? Nimmo was much better with the bat too.
Jorge Polanco – Hit the IL with a wrist contusion. I know no one wants to hear me say it, but Mark Vientos (0-for-4 on Sunday, but homered on Saturday) is a good hitter. It’s his defense no one likes, but he will get at-bats for the foreseeable future.
Cole Ragans – 4 1/3 IP, 7 ER, 12 baserunners (8 BBs), 6 Ks, ERA at 6.00. That’s eight walks! I couldn’t have been more out on this guy in the preseason, but I’d be lying if I thought it would be this bad. He can’t locate and now his velocity is off. My guess is he’s not 100%. He might not be 20%. About to start calling him Co, because that’s 20% of Cole Ragans.
Will Warren – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.49. Him and Schlittler have some of the best peripherals in baseball. This early in the year a start with 11 Ks and zero walks can make underlying stats look better than the pitcher might be, but Judge, Warren are holding court, supremely and without sour cream.
Ryan Weathers – 7 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.18. His peripherals aren’t much worse than Warren or Schlittler. Already gave you my Ryan Weathers fantasy.
Ben Rice – 1-for-3, 2 runs, and his 8th homer. Don’t tell Boone, but it was another homer off a lefty. His third. I’d say it’s gonna be hard to take him out of the lineup now, but Boone’s got Marble CTE and needs to get Goldschmidt at-bats for a reason that we’ll learn in a future episode.
Aaron Judge – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer, hitting .232. Also, in this game, Trent Grisham (2-for-4, 3 RBIs) hit his 3rd homer. Grisham’s also a lefty, who is hitting .167. To add more screaming fire in the Theater of Razzball about Ragans.
MacKenzie Gore – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.15. Briefly thought when the season started, I did a pooch screwing by not drafting Gore, but my pooch is pure as the driven snow!
Randy Arozarena – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. The Rice Bowl rises! Uh, A Rise Bowl! Wait, that’s Luis.
Bryan Woo – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.25. Woo!
Garrett Crochet – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 7.88. Final ADP was 12 overall. I promise you next year there will be people drafting starters in the top 20 again.
Willson Contreras – 1-for-3 and his 4th homer. Red Sox hitting has been Wilyer, Willson and Won’t They.
Dillon Dingler – 4-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 5th homer. Dropped Yainer for Dingler in my RCL league. Woohoo! Dot dot dot. And dropped Dingler the other day for Jensen. You know things are bad when I’m picking my catcher scab.
Framber Valdez – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.30. Beat by Willson, but not by Wilyer or Won’t They.
Sandy Alcantara – 5 IP, 3 ER, 11 baserunners (6 BBs), 1 K, ERA at 3.06. I told you not to draft him! [tomato whizzes past head] What? Okay, so I said not to draft him, then backtracked on that and said he looked like he was going to start the All-Star Game this year. But I didn’t say which All-Star Game, could be the Triple-A All-Star–[tomato whizzes by head again]
Kyle Stowers – 2-for-3 as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “Sorry, I’m late for the meeting, I was trying to play a dozen staplers like an xylophone.”
Eury Perez – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.15. Only one walk yesterday helps lower his walk rate, which has been his biggest issue Eury on. You just sounded drunk.
Mike Burrows – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 6.75. His name is Burrows because if you drafted him, he dug you a hole.
Yordan Alvarez – 1-for-5 and his 10th homer. The year when I don’t have him is the year Captain Woo Cubano finally gets to 50 homers, huh? Perfect. No notes.
Matthew Liberatore – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.67. I’d say that I wouldn’t trust him even if the Streamonator liked him, but it’s moot, it’ll never like him.
Andrew Abbott – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 5.84. Throwing to non-stop contact seems to have finally caught up to him. I have Abbott in multiple leagues and I am either moving on (where possible) or benching until further notice.
Taj Bradley – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.63. Taj Ma-ace!
Bailey Ober – 6 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners (4 BBs), 10 Ks, ERA at 4.15. Hope you bet the *pinkie to mouth* Ober! [turns to the mirror] Still got it! As for what Ober’s got? His peripherals are yawnstipating at best. About the most 4.15 ERA a pitcher has ever been. By the way, I googled yawnstipating to see if anyone is using it in the wild. And hell yeah:
I agree, The Last Jedi was yawnstipating.
Roki Sasaki – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 6.11. The good news, if you started Roki at Coors, is he wasn’t awful. The bad news is there’s people waiting in a van outside your house to involuntarily commit you.
Edwin Diaz – 0 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 10.50. Should’ve known something was up when, instead of trumpets, he entered to sad trombones. He had a knee issue, and I’d guess he still does. Roster Alex Vesia, and I’m interested in Will Klein in deeper leagues.
Kyle Karros – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st homer, hitting .211. It’s fitting he homered vs. the Dodgers, where his dad made a name for himself. I have special love for the Karros family, because Eric was the 2nd best person born in Hackensack, New Jersey with great hair. Me being 1st. And don’t think about offing me to become the number one — the title is alive or dead, and I got the mantle! He does have good hair though.
Mickey Moniak – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer. That’s in 16 games played.
Gavin Williams – 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners (1 BB), 11 Ks, ERA at 2.12. Wasn’t a fan of Gavin coming into this season, thought of him as a Streamonator call who was being treated as a top 50 starter. Oops! He looks great, maybe not quite as good as his current ERA, but a 12.1 K/9 plays even with his wonky walk rate (5.2 BB/9).
Jose Ramirez – 2-for-4 and his 5th and 6th homer. Watched 28 Days Later recently. It’s one of those post-apocalyptic films. Any hoo! What was weird is the world was gone, everyone was zombies (I think, I was half-watching), and the zombies were watching on TV a baseball game where Jose Ramirez was homering and stealing bags even after the apocalypse. Most realistic part of the movie. Nothing can stop him!
Joey Cantillo – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.20. Not gonna do the whole diatribe again, but it is total BS they give the Win to the guy who pitches a third of an inning, instead of the starter, simply because he leaves with two outs in the 5th. It’s utter nonsense.
Taylor Ward – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .293. Have him in a few leagues, and the nicest thing I can say is I didn’t even realize he hadn’t homered. Thought he had been valuable, but just searched for him on the Player Rater, and he had me fooled.
Trevor Rogers – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.08. Just spent 10 minutes trying to figure out if Rogers started throwing a cutter this year, and why since it had a BAA of .500, but no one identifies pitches the same, so it’s might be a slider, sweeper or cutter. Whatever the case, his Ks are down, walks are up but has also been unlucky. Was hoping for a clearcut Buy, but couldn’t come away saying that. His 4-seamer is lagging and it might come around. Doesn’t feel foregone.
Ryan Walker – 2 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 4.00, and entered for the save on Saturday, and immediately blew it. Classic, Walker. I still roster Caleb Kilian, but he could be the first one off my team if I need room.
Robbie Ray – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.86. A Quality Start for Robbie–Start, I said, start. That’s dirt on the backside of his pants.
Curtis Mead – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .205. Fun fact! You get a Curtisy Mead if you’re in good with the Ren-Faire wench.
Munetaka Murakami – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, and 3rd homer in as many games. If you love hitting Bing Bongs, you will love hitting in SacTown, his translator told him. And he said, “I think I might need a new translator.” Also, in this game, Colson Montgomery (1-for-3) hit his 5th homer; Miguel Vargas (2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs) hit his 3rd and Derek Hill (1-for-4) hit his 1st. This was a symptom of Bing Bong more than anything.
Noah Schultz – 5 IP, 1 ER, 2 baserunners (1 BB), 6 Ks, ERA at 3.86. Take my FAAB money! This was an easy matchup, but, if he can control the walks, his stuff will play against anyone.
Jeffrey Springs – 5 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 3.34. Springs has sprung.
Jhoan Duran – Hit the IL with an oblique strain. Did he see Palencia and was like, “Whatever you do, I can do better?” Obliques are not meant to be a competition! Brad Keller seems to be in the driver’s seat to get the closer role in his stead. Jose Alvarado and Orion Kerkering are also there, in that order.
Felix Reyes – Hit his 1st MLB homer on Saturday, after he was called up. I saw F. Reyes in the lineup, and I was like, “Franmil! You big hunk of vending machine steak!” Alas, it’s not Franmil. It’s someone better! (Not hard since Franmil couldn’t even stay in the majors.) Felix hit .333 with six homers in 18 games in 81 ABs in the minors this year, and looks like he will get starts vs. lefties, because, as it turns out, Justin Crawford can’t hit.
Raisel Iglesias – 1 IP, 0 ER, and his 5th save, ERA at 0.00. Was unavailable on Saturday because he slept on his shoulder wrong. Weird, he just got a new mattress from the Dr. Keith Meister collection, it’s a Meister Mattress. Robert Suarez is his clearcut backup, but doesn’t sound like a major issue with Raisel, as he could go on Sunday.
Michael Harris II – 3-for-3, 2 runs and his 4th homer, hitting .290. Hitting 9th as the “2nd leadoff” is so stupid. There’s no 2nd leadoff. If he hit 2nd behind Acuña, he’d get an extra 75 ABs a year. That’s the 2nd leadoff!
Didier Fuentes – Supposedly an option this week for the Braves, as he was a healthy scratch on Sunday. About to start calling him Fuentease.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 1-for-4, 1 run as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “You Give Love A Bad Name by Bon Jovi was what I was trying to play on the staplers.”
Ryne Nelson – 1/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 6.97. [dons a potato sack, wanders into the freeway] Don’t brake for me!
Kevin Gausman – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.54. Jays jumped out to a huge early lead and Gausman coasted out to the Ivictory Coast for a free night at the W.
Kazuma Okamoto – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer. What’s a little odd with Okamoto is he was supposed to be the high contact import. So far, Temu would’ve even label this guy high contact, and they know you can’t return anything.
Junior Caminero – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer. Saw he homered off Wilber Dotel and it reminded me of Octavio. RIP.
Shane McClanahan – 4 1/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 5.00. Reminds me of that old joke. “Went to a restaurant and the food was terrible, and the portions were so small!” That’s McClanahan this year.
Mitch Keller – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.79. At some point, the peripherals are going to catch up to Keller. Streamonator seems to think it might be next time, and it’s as good a time as any.
Paul Skenes – 4 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 3.27, and out at only 64 pitches. Woof, real loser crap. Not looking up why he only threw 64 pitches. Leaving it to my imagination. Moving on! [a chimpanzee who relays the news to me, opens an umbrella while his friend pees on top of the umbrella] I don’t know what that means, Mr. Chimp. He was pulled because of a pee-pee accident? [Mr. Chimp jumps up and down and points to a rain cloud on his weather app] He had to leave to develop a new phone app?
Foster Griffin start or sit against Braves – thanks man
Drop Baz or Abbott first (I may end up dropping both)?
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Saves: Scott (Diaz having surgery) or Uribe?
Or Vesia?
11 team roto
would you drop Max Muncy(Ath) or Antonacci for Scott or Vesia
Did anyone see Acuna HBP? Is it bad? Out now…
He stayed in game initially
Removal is being speculated as precautionary
Fantasy prayer circle!
Drop Detmer, mize, painter, cantillo, spaghetti, weathers for max Meyer ?
Spaghetti
Would you cut Thielbar or Bryan Baker ot pick up Tanner Scott?
Baker
Somebody just dropped Seiya Suzuki in my NL only. What percent of your FAAB would you bid, and who is the drop between Ozuna and Yaz?
37% — Yaz
Thanks!
No problem
12 team redraft h/h points ….start 1 RPer
Have C Smith ( closer )
Would you trade ( give ) Helsley for (get )
B Chandler ….
I’d want more
Yordan + Belli, or Judge? Thanks in advance Grey.
Judge
Cedeanne Rafela or Helliot Ramos ?
Heliot
Recent IL news re: RPs…would you drop Hoffman, Baker and/or Junis for any of B. Keller, Vesia, Scott, De Los Santos, or Thielbar?
Thanks!
Baker for Enyel
Painter over Abbott or Detmers or
Matchups?
Please
Rank top
3 SAGNOFs:
Walker, Thiebar, Uribe, Seranthony, Scott, Keller, Enyel
Over Abbott
Uribe…….Scott, Seranthony
Nice Country America , huh! Just lost Díaz, Duran and Abel.
Haha
10 team (shallow) leagues. Edwin Diaz puts me over the IL limit. I don’t want to have a dead roster spot. Who should I cut?
League 1: Hader or Diaz?
League 2: Diaz or Yellich?
Diaz
Diaz
Best N/A stash? Logan Henderson, Snelling, River Ryan, Thomas White, Tong, or Barco
Snelling
Hey grey,
So I have D.Williams and Sewald at closer
Yesterday I picked up Keller and EDLS. Now I just nabbed Vesia when I head about the Diaz injury. Who’s the drop of EDLS, Keller, Vesia? Don’t want to hold 5
Keller
On a baseball related note. Mick Abel Just went on the IL in my Al only. Who do you hate the least among Walbert Urena, Jack K. and Scherzer?
Meh, try Urena
I’m getting an error message on my computer when I try to go to the site. It basically is preventing me from getting on and then I got a message saying please allow ads on our site and I click on allow ads and it tells me to get rid of an ad blocker. I’ve paid for the ad free upgrade. I’ve emailed Rudy about this. Has anybody else been having this problem?
I’ve emailed the ad company, they’re looking into it
Thanks. I guess I’m the only one.
Rudy said he’s emailing you
Do you like Tolle over Detmers ROS?
Scott or Vesia to replace Diaz?
Thanks!
No
Vesia
I need to pick up a closer replacement for Diaz. Who should I drop?
Hunter Greene, Shane Bieber, Ryan Pepiot, Andrew Painter, or drop one of Luis Arraez or Carlos Correa (both bench options)
Pepiot
Hey Grey,
Is Hoffman toast? Should I drop for Thielbar or hold?
Mize or M. Kelly ROS?
Hold Hoffman
Mize
Hi Grey,
You once told me not to take things personally when a previous reader did not like my question. Your kindness really helped me. Thank you.
A reader over the weekend criticized me for doing trades so early in the season. I may get a T-Shirt with the quote “ Don’t take it personally”. Maybe the Pope would buy one.
1. I have Trout and Jackson Merrill in CF. Do I need to upgrade by trying to trade for Riley Green or Andy Pages or Jeremiah Jackson? would you Merrill or be patient? If yes. then who to try and get?
2. My 2B is Altuve. Another option is to try and trade Merrill for M. Garcia. Thoughts?
Thanks!
Haha, 1. Merrill is fine 2. Altuve’s fine
Thank you!!
No problem
Jazz for Kirby?
Jazz, it’s fair
Redraft, 12 team, standard 5×5 Roto.
Webb available on waivers. Who would be the drop, Sheehan or Taj Bradley?
Thanks.
Sheehan
Tolle and Fuentes for Parker Messick – not sure if owner willl be interested in trade – do you like this better than simpson trade
Didier
Didier ha he was not in the trade
?
yea he was in trade MY BAD
Yeah
Hi Grey,
It is amazing , when you have a good Sunday in Fantasy , the week looks great.
1. Would you start Diermers at home vs Toronto?
2. is it definite or a coin flip?
Thank you!!
Ha, yeah…1. Yes, definite
Thank you!
No problem
M. Busch or J. Burger
Busch
Chandler Simpson and Robbie Ray FOR Didier Fuentes and Tolle – my future in a keeper league
person who offered me this trade I consider a smart fantasy player- he is smart but Grey is smarter
thanks for spending some time with me today Grey
Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Walk Ratio (K/BB), Quality Starts (QS)
Wins (W), Saves (SV), Strikeouts (K), Holds (HLD), Earned Run Average (ERA), (Walks + Hits)/ Innings Pitched (WHIP), Strikeouts per Walk Ratio (K/BB), Quality Starts (QS)
Simpson
Assuming they both come up soon,who would you prefer between Tolle and Fuentes? Who would be the drop between Reynaldo at $10 or McClanahan owned at $2? It is a keeper auction. Or just hold? Thanks!
Didier, hold
standard deep 5×5 AL only roto…
K. Isbel or J. Fraley
Isbel
I too dropped Yainer for Jensen, thanks for confirming I made the right call! Vesia over Keller right? I lost Duran but think I’m fine.
Nah, I’d go Keller
Come on Dodgers, put Edwin Diaz on the IL already. They have done it so many times before for less obvious reasons
Ha, yeah
And there it is. Loose bodies in elbow. I’m no doctor but that doesn’t sound good
woof
Ok. Svh (solds) how do you rank these guys: varland, Adam, devin williams. Thanks
Varland who
Louis Varland for Toronto.
Varland, Devin
Rey Lopez or Roupp
Jarren Duran or Kwan
Lopez
Duran
Hey Grey,
I could use a “closer” to hold the fort while I wait for Hader to come back. Which one or two would you prioritize as an add from the following list?
Tanner Scott
Bryan King
Caleb Thielbar
Brad Keller
Tony Santillan
Keaton Winn
Thielbar
Thanks Grey! Who’s the best drop between Sands, Taylor Rogers and Griffin Jax for Thielbar?
Rogers
Adell or DeLauter, ROS? Is it close?
Adell
Hi Grey – do you Like Josh Jung or Muncy (LAD) better in 10 team H2H?
Muncy
You answered my question re: Abbott but what to do with Naylor? Wish I would have heeded everyones low stance on him pre-draft.
Buy low
Drop Abbott for Mize?
Yes
Drop Basallo for any of: Rushing, Jeffers, Ballesteros, Sanchez, Kelly?
Jeffers
12 team, 5×5 roto
We gotta start Bradish @KC given how bad their bats have been right? (-$2.6)
Yes
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Holding Baz or rolling the dice on one of the next up rookies? Tolle, Fuentes, they’re all pretty much available
Baz seems to be living off of years old hype at this point
Tolle
Merrill Kelly vs. CHW
Roupp vs. LAD
you can only start Rockies pitchers against the Dodgers.
Ok
Sorry, guess I should have asked which one would you go with
Kelly
Grey, would you move Yordan and Belli for Judge and M. Miller?
Judge side sexier, but very context dependent. Need the saves? Offense loaded?
Offense in an OBP league is Yandy, Shea, Acuna, Yordan, Belli, Bux, Otto then C. Simpson and Delauter. Right now punting saves.
Judge side
Hi Grey,
The league is a 12 team 6×6 OPS.
I’ve been offered A. Riley for my Burger.
Who would you want?
Thanks!
Riley side
Is it Tolle time – Time has come today or tomorrow
Hopefully
In a 12 teamer. Romano or Yates, or both (if stash room), or just avoid?
Yates
Cade Povich should I add him to my tyeam = been lights out so far in AAA and drop Mike Burrows – hey hey GREY thanks
Sure
Start King in the rubber band box in Mexico City or plug in Ryan Walker or Hogan Harris for this week?
Meh, I’d start King
If Tolle gets the call, would you add over Cantillo in a keep forever league?
This is my current staff:
Kirby
Framber
Cease
Freddy P
Weathers
Early
Cantillo
Snelling (stash)
No
you starting roupp vs the dodgers tomorrow (i’m scared)
Where? Home? Seems ok
@Grey: weekly roto, start one of the following:
ray vs mia
eovaldi vis a’s
roupp – vs las, vs mia
thanks!
Roupp
@Grey: sorry, just to be clear, Roupp is vs LAD and MIA. Based on SON, hes still the start?
Seems ok as long as home
IKF pinch hitting for Jaren Duran. Duran sits vs lhp and even some rhp. He is not playable now. What a train wreck this has turned into. I cant drop yet, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t thinking about it
Yeah
A trade would be best
Yeah, maybe
Hi Grey,
Hope you had a great weekend!
Thanks again for advising me to trade Gore for Riley. Over the years, your trade recommendations have been truly amazing. Too bad about Abel.
1. Would you start or sit Arrigghetti at Cleveland?
2. Is this a definite go or a coin flip?
Thank you for working so hard!
Thanks! 1. Sit 2. coin flip
Hey G,
Thoughts on dropping Matz to stream a 2 start Meyer (home STL and away SFG) this week in a 12 team QS 5×5? I know Matz has good match ups the next 2 weeks, so I am both hemming and hawing here.
Also monocling Walbert for both his name and skillset. If he keeps those walks down, he may be a thing. Googling his name brought me this joy:
“Walbert ranks below the top 10,000 most common in the USA as a name given to boys at birth (1 Walbert for every 1.7 million boys). It peaked in 1923 as a boy’s name, when it was ranked 3,810th”
MAYBE he didn’t peak in 1923!
Thanks!
-IANASM
Or drop Matz for Tolle?
I’d go Tolle
HAHA, amazing! I would go with Meyer
Acuna + Yandy or Elly? 2:1.
Elly side
Thanks for putting together two days worth of notes for us! Should I try and sell high on Yordan Alvarez? Straight up for Juan Soto or should I be looking to try and squeeze a bit more out of it?
I’d keep Yordan
I’d take Soto
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto. is foster griffin (vs atl, @ cws) streamable this week? or just avoid?
Seems fine for 1 1/2 decent starts
Didn’t think I’d be asking this early but who should I start this week…
Fairbanks (vs STL @SFG)
Devin Williams (vs MIN , vs COL)
Pete
Hicks or Jensen for OBP?
Jensen
Acuna, Messick and Early or JRam? I’d be giving up Acuna side.
Acuna
Thanks Grey
No problem
Abel to the IL with *elbow inflammation*, ut-oh!
yuuup
boo!
Hi Grey,
Who are you avoiding from these starts:
Arrighetti @CLE
Arrighetti vs NYY
Early vs NYY
Early vs @BAL
Montero vs MIL
Warren @HOU
Montero @CIN
Bradish vs BOS
Do you have to? Keider @CIN
I would have bet you’d have an easier time finding some to avoid in that list.
Yeah, depends on the league, I guess…in some leagues, i’m starting them all
Yah I’m probably carrying too many starters as I have 14 possible starts for 8 slots. Somehow have a glut of two start starters. I can actually only pick the two best of the starts I lifted so I should have asked for those two.
Which ones would you pick?
And actually who would you drop to make room for a bat?
Early vs NYY, Warren…can lose Keider
Hey Grey, great stuff as always. How would you rank EdCab, Warren, Early, Trev Rogers and Bubba?
Thanks!
Warren, Rogers, Early
Would you do any of these trades? If so mind ranking them?
A. My Lugo and Bauers for his Andres Munoz and Lourdes
B. Lugo and Cam Smith for same
C. Lugo and De Los Santos for Munoz
D. Lugo and Keller for Munoz
H2H league so more long term view. Thank you
I’d take Munoz in any of these…d, c, a, b
Dump Flaherty for Tolle?
Sure
Grey, who would you rather have for a last round pick next season, Walker Jenkins or Noah Schultz?
Schultz
Thanks!
Tolle or Fuentes this week?
is there news on tolle?
nevermind..read below
Didier
Hey Grey, thanks for your time and your content. Grate stuff 👍
In a 20 team hth cat dynasty
Everson Pereira or Emerson Hancock
I guess Im asking who you think may breakout this season. Both are off to good starts compared to their respective careers. Idk if that just made sense but I hope you know what I mean.
In other words, who would you rather own for this season?
Gracias.
Thanks! Hancock
Gracias amigo 👍
No problem
Drop Baz or McClanahan for Tolle considering Sonny Gray just got removed with what appears to be a lower body injury?
Baz
Why was Gray pulled after 2.2 Innings? Injury?
Leg issue, get your Peyton Tolle adds in!
Looked like hammy
Hi Grey: 12 team, OBP, QS, roto league. Would you do Lindor for my deGrom? Other SPs are Gausman, Gavin Williams, Eury, Gore, Reynaldo Lopez, Rhett Lowder with Jared Jones and Corbin Burns on the DL. In 2nd place and need more Runs scored and SBs.
Nah
thanks, Grey.
No problem
My DeGrom for his ONeill Cruz?
Sure
Andujar or Josh Jung?
Jung
Flaherty – 4BBs in 2 innings today. 6.3 BB/9 this year. Never had him in a league but does this seem like something he can work out of?
So frustrating
6BBs in 3. Drop Flaherty for Mize or Tolle?
Mize
Sewald or Chapman ?
Aroldis
Hey Grey. Need your professional opinion. And no not about this lump on my left testicle. Something much more stressing.
Lodolo Pepiot on IL….along with Duran and Estrada. Woo/Burns/Messick my top 3 rn.
Would you drop any of these boys for Leiter or G. Ashcraft for the rp’s? 12 team…sv+hld.
R.Detmers
R.Weathers
M.Abel
N.Shultz
E.Sheehan
B.Baker
M.Brash
L.Erceg
Haha, Leiter over Sheehan, Ashcraft over Erceg
lots of catcher questions today I’m gonna jump on that train Liam Hicks or Carter Jenson for 5×5 OBP instead of average
Which side? Matt Olson and Shota or Jazz and Bradish? In a weekly H2H cats league
I will be losing Chisholm’s 3B eligibility next year in a keeper league. Which of these 3B options has the best chance at being useful next year:
Vientos
Mayo
Oswald Peraza
Brady House
House or Vientos
Along with Soto hoping the Mets bring up Christian Scott this week. Missed last season recovering from elbow surgery, but have always liked his FB/SL combo and command. Along with his cutter and split, he has a pretty firm mix. Could see him progressing from a long relief role to a possible shot in the rotation, and why not? The Mets need help
They need something
i co-sign that.
What’s your concern level for Jazz and Manny?
50%, 0%
Have Vinnie and also Vaughn on DL. Someone just dropped Busch. Worth an add just in case? I know you loved him going into the year.
Yeah, I’d add him
3rd base is a mess. Points league but ks are only -.5 would you want Jung, Vargas or Jose Cabby
Jung
Follow up, is Jung above House?
Flip a coin, sure
Would you drop Noah Cameron for Schultz?
Yes
Are you holding Mcclanahan in 12’s or time to move on?
Move on
Why do you think Vesia and Klein rather than Tanner Scott?
I don’t really trust him, he could very well be the guy…lefty saves have gone to Vesia so far and Klein is a righty
12 team redraft h/h points
I Herrera or A Ramirez … ROS
Ivan
Someone in one of my Saves leagues dropped Devin Williams believe it or not
I have
Raisel
Hoffman
Uribe
Santana
Do I need another closer. Would you drop one for him?
Meh, can lose Hoffman for him
Ty!
No problem
Would you drop Share McClanahan for someone like Will Warren or Fuentes?
Warren
Please rank Cam Smith, Varsho & Lile
You did
Good morning Grey!
10 Tm NL HTH OBP
I’ve been offered his Moniak for my Cabrera. Seems fair. I’d be left with Freddy P. , Holmes, Roupp, Nelson, Patrick, Griffin, and hopefully Braxton Garrett shortly.
My OF is Carroll, Griffin, Caissie, Yaz with Chourio hopefully back in a few weeks and I could drop one of Baty or Nuñez for another SP.
What say you?
Moniak side, it’s fair
Should I try getting Happ or Otto Lopez for Cabrera first?
Also, Drop Baty since Nuñez gets SBs?
Happ, Lopez, Moniak
Sure on Baty
Thank you! Already dropped Baty for a try with Dollander. Looks like it’ll will end up being Moniak.
No problem
Drop Painter, Sheehan for Mize?
Sheehan
Util – please rank: Grisham; Lourdes; Jung. Thanks.
Lourdes, Grisham
Morning-
FYI- Last few days, having an issue on my computer that the razzball site keeps telling me that I need to disable my ad blocker. Happens in both Chrome and Firefox. But- I have no ad blocker to disable… ?
I went on my phone to write this. Thx
I’ll ask Rudy, maybe he knows
whattup Grey. drop my sweet Lourdes for Vientos ??
on the pitching side i have Dollander twice this week, home vs s.d. and road vs mets. Mlodzinski goes twice at texas and milw. drop Dollander and pick up Mlodinski ? or hold Dollander ? Dollander vs pads scares me,but then so does Mlodzinski at milw. thanks for the help .
Lourdes over Vientos
I’d try Dollander
vientos or lourdes?
Lourdes
I have too many quasi-closers in a 14 team 5×5 roto league! I need to drop one of:
Vesia (LAD)
Keller (PHI)
Thielbar (CHN)
Walker (SFO)
Thanks for the help!
Vesia
Thanks! It doesn’t make you nervous to drop Vesia with Diaz getting lit up in his last outing? Is it because you think T Scott would close if Diaz is out?
Scott might close, Diaz might be fine, maybe it’s Klein, who knows
ESPN/5X5/12 team/weekly lineup lock. Need 5 starters for the week … who you got? Note – I have Early benched currently and he starts 8:10 am (west coast time), so he’s not an option after 8:10 am this morning.
Ryan – @NYM
Bradish – @KC/vs Bos
Eury Perez -@SF
Taj Bradley -@TB
Weathers – @Hou
Roupp – vs LAD/vs MIA
Early – vs NYY/@BALT
For my RP’s (we start 3), saves only. I have Heisley and D. Williams. Who is best for saves this week, Brad Keller or Alex Vesia?
Thanks in advance, appreciate your insights!
Roupp, Early, Bradish, Weathers, Ryan
Thanks and before deadline, you rock!
How about the relievers: Vesia or Keller for saves? Just for this week only … Cheers
Keller
Sincerely enjoyed the Murakami translator bit!
Thanks!
Nothing to do with Ragans but hold, right? Thanks!
Yeah
Morning Grey! A couple of shallow 5×5 roto league questions for ya.
1) Moving forward who we like more, Xavier Edwards or Angel Martinez?
2) I could use some pop, in a vacuum my Xavier Edwards for his Varsho fair? (I can then move Altuve from OF to 2B)
Who do you like better rest of season, Will Warren or Trevor Rogers?
Warren
10-team weekly standard roto
C Rice, Hicks
1B Alonso
2B Otto
3B J-Ram
SS Wilson
MI Maikel
CI Contreras
OF Carroll, Julio, Happ, Soderstrom, Wilyer
U O’Hearn
Bench Muncy (LAD), Barger, Varsho
SP Woo, Gausman, Ray, Gray, Rogers, Cantillo, Baz, Detmers
Would you take Crochet (peripherals not great so far) for Alonso or hold? I would move Soder to 1B if I took it. I don’t have a lot of power in my lineup, so not sure it makes sense to part with Alonso even though my SP isn’t that great.
I’d want Alonso
Morning Grey!
Which three of these guys should I start this week?
Ballesteros (7, PHI, @LAD, scheduled to face 5 righties)
Jake Bauers (6, PIT, @DET, scheduled to face 5 righties)
Jac Cags (6, BAL, LAA, scheduled to face 4 righties)
Dominic Canzone (6, ATH, @STL, scheduled to face 4 righties)
Troy Johnston (7, LAD, SD, @NYM, scheduled to face 5 righties, 4 games at Coors)
Moises, Bauers, Troy
If Bradish gets lit up today would u drop him for Brax Ashcraft, Warren or hold?
Warren
Hi Grey,
I’m having catcher drama as Agustin has been off to a very slow start. How would you rank him, Dingler, Jensen, and Herrera ROS?
Dingler, Jensen, Ivan
Do you like Lile at all in a deep league? He seems pretty decent. Maybe a 15/15 .280 type.
Yes
Trevor Rogers or Casey Mize?
Please rank…
Dingler, Ivan Herrera, Francisco Alvarez.
Thank you!
Mize
You ranked them
Thank you!
Follow up question…Mize or Reynaldo Lopez?
Lopez
Thanks again, FML!
No problem
Good morning, Grey,
Have to take Stowers off the IL. Who is my drop? 10 tm redraft OBP and QS league.
Wilyer Abreu (current only bench bat, OF is Carroll, Pages, Jordan Walker with Cam/Stowers in the U slot)
Kyle Harrison
Baz
Could drop two of those 3 and add Wil Warren if you’d lean that way.
Thanks!
Arrighetti also an option on the wire besides Warren. Thanks again!
Baz and Harrison, add Warren
who is the drop here ROS – Lawrence Butler, Owen Caissie, Mickey Moniak
Owen
Traded Marsee Abbott for harrison Warren. Good deal?
Sounds good!
Please rank Painter, Schultz, and Ariguetti.
You did
@Grey ok to drop Augy Ramirez for Dirk Dingler in my 5×5 roto
Sure
Not sure about putting Diaz into this week’s lineup. The one appearance cost me WHIP/ERA. Thinking about going with Jax <gulp>. Baker blew a save, so maybe Jax gets a shot? If nothing else maybe a Hold or two?
Diaz > Jax
Gleyber Torres or Dubon. Not a very fun question, but I ask because I’m starting Dingler and Greene, and Im thinking maybe a Tigers stack might work out. If Dingler and Greene have a good week, maybe it’s Torres getting on and scoring in front of them. Not like Dubon is anything special. My infield is waiting for someone to tell Mikael Garcia and Devers that the season actually started.
One more. Springs @ Tex or M.Kelly home v White Sox. Thanks in advance.
Kelly
Gleyber
10 team 5 x 5 OBP.
Dropped Schultz last week, but that start in bing bong was pretty incredible.
Add Schultz over Sheehan, Arrighetti, Flaherty? I can probably wait to see arrighetti start today.
I guess wait to see Arrighetti
14 team’s
1. with stowers back who to drop?
my OF/UTIL/BN currently is
Arozarena
Bauers
Raley
Varsho
Rooker – IL
O.Lopez
O.Peraza
Durbin
2. M.Mclain was just dropped too.
Grey
If Soto is activated who would you drop?
Lile, Adell or Stanton
H2h 6×6 with OBP
Thank you
Stanton
UGH. I can’t agree with u more about MH2. Both as a Braves fan, and owning him in my ONLY Dynasty league, I just can’t understand why they don’t bat him closer to the top of the lineup
So he can drive in OBP monster Yas of course…
Haha
Yeah
Out of these 3 who would you roster ROS Josh Jung Matt Shaw or Danial Scheenemen 12 team 5×5 thank you!
Jung
Nathan Lukes was 7 for 11 in the 3 games vs Arizona after getting treated for vertigo.
Dizzying numbers!
HAHA
Own erceg/romano in shallow league.
are you dropping either for any of:
DeLosSantos
Thielbar
Tanner Scott
Vesia
Keller
Megill(someone dropped today)
Yates/Estevez
Appreciated.
Add Vodnik to this list.
seems likely erceg mostly holds the job all year tho maybe estevez get another short run. erceg is also pretty good.
romano seems likely to lose the job and be crap. i really like vodnik because he was pretty good last year, has decent stuff and is their closer. he did manage to close out the dodgers in back to back nights eventhough he made it adventurous, that’s no small task.
Scott could be a top 5 closer ros if: he form holds and he gets the job. big ifs
yates should get a shot but is a total wild card.
Enyel over Romano
Need to get rid of Abbott
Who you like instead
Bibee
Flaherty
Baz
Roupp
Roupp
Re: Skenes. Long rain delay per my buddy who lives in PA.
Oh
Wish someone told me!
Hey Grey –
12 team Redraft H2H league with QS and OPS
How would you rank these potential trades for Alec Burleson:
1. bubba chandler
2. Braxton Ashcroft
3. Will Warren
4. Noah Schultz
5. None of the above
Bubba, Schultz, Ashcraft
101×10 cat, H2H league w/OPS, Bogaerts or Adames? Keaschall or Peraza?
Adames…Luke
Might be Tanner Scott for the Dodgers. Front office made some noise about him being “fixed.”. His usage has been creeping up to higher leverage. Has the track record and the contract. Buy low at the moment and upside is the moon.
No walks for Scott this year so far btw. Did grab in rcl.
Bummed to have been wrong on Burrows. I stand by the analysis. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out. But in my effort to figure what’s wrong with him, I made an interesting connection. I noticed his change up just doen’t look the same this year. The high end fancy analytics say that it’s got different shape and characteristics and the numbers say it’s been much less effective. It has been his best and most important pitch.
Took me back to something I read in an interview with Burke from the White Sox. He said that in the course of trying to learn a new pitch (pretty sure it was a sinker), he completely lost the feel for his best pitch (slider). Makes sense. Arm action, hand position, pronation all really different. Wonder if that may have happened to Burrows as well. Maybe it’s just not always as add a new pitch and away we go.
1927 Rockies took 2 of 3 from the Dodgers over the weekend. They have more wins than the Mets, Phillies, Royals, Blue Jays, Astros and Red Sox.
Hammerin’ Troy Johnston!
Interesting take. He’s definitely getting hit….. Last outing was not too bad, so maybe he can build off of it.
that’s what i’m hoping. holding and benching for now.
That’s interesting on Burke and sucks on Burrows, I liked him too, it happens
Yeah, could be, he screwed me so bad last year (and the Dodgers), I don’t trust him
What if Walmart decided to buy the naming rights to a sports venue, but they hired an incompetent company to make the signs for the stadium? (Like Kruger Industrial Smoothing.) And the Walton family (including John-Boy) all gather for the big opening of the new sports stadium including the unveiling of the stadium name signs, and when they unveil the signs they all say “Welcome to Walbert Urena”? I would enjoy that.
This should happen
Time to cut bait on McClanahan for someone like B. Ashcraft? I already dumped Castillo so my tolerance for older dudes to figure it out might just be low.
Yes
Williams had the best start of the weekend. He now has 2 of the top 12 spots on the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list, joining Jose Soriano and Cam Schlitter with that distinction.
Also, Nelson took over the bottom spot (by a lot!)
Good stuff, Vin!
I did draft Burrows, but I had dropped him long before this weekend. I was kicking myself when he was perfect through 4 2/3 vs the Cards. But, then he gave up 4 runs without getting another out, so all was good.
I am holding… definitely on my bench. Watch him throw a 9 inning shutout!
Ha, yup
Top 2 from Schultz, R.Lopez, Weathers, W.Warren and Roupp. TY
Weathers, Lopez
10tm 6×6 OBP/QS saves only.
I have Pagan, Williams (both blew saves yesterday) and Santana.
Worth dropping any for B. Keller, Thielbar, Vesia, or Didier?
Thanks!
No
Trade Jazzzz for Logan Gilbert?
Logan
Also would you trade someone like McLean or Schlittler for Crochet at this point?
No
How would you rank
Warren
Weathers
Soroka
Arrighetti
Weathers, Soroka, Warren