We have to shut down the naming of kids that end in -aden. No more Kadens or Cadens, Bradens or Jadens, Wadens or Ladens, Hadens or Tadens, Vadens or Zadens, Madens or Fadens, no more! We are at our limit. You’re welcome to come up Braden Montgomery, but then that’s it. So, Montgomery Earns Promotion, Goodbye Simpson (Chandler), that’s my new fantasy team’s name, and I ain’t Ned at it. In his latest update, Itch had Braden Montgomery at 33 on his top 50 fantasy baseball prospects, and said, “Chicago front office had to be thrilled to see Montgomery post respectable outcomes across three levels in his debut season, slashing .270/.360/.444 with 12 home runs and 14 stolen bases in 121 games. A switch-hitter at 6’2” 220 pounds, Montgomery was Boston’s first-round pick in 2024 (12th overall) but got dealt away in the Garrett Crochet trade before he even played an inning for the Bo Sox. And I have a bow and arrow ready for Grey.” Um, I’m scared. That blurb by Itch was from the offseason, and this season he’s gone 10/5/.314 with a 24.8 K% and 15.1 BB% in 210 minor league at-bats (111 in Triple-A). This guy seems like an immediate add in all leagues with basically 30/30/.280 ability. Think a young Kyle Tucker. Call him Young *ucker. Yesterday, Braden Montgomery (2-for-5, 3 RBIs) hit a walk-off homer off Raisel Iglesias, who hadn’t given up a home run since July 19th of last year. Let’s go Braden! (By the way, yes, Faden is kinda cool. Fine, that’s it though!) Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Miguel Vargas – 1-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer. Every league. That’s where you could’ve drafted or picked him up. Every. Freakin. League. Yes, I brought out the douchey, one-word sentences.
Matt Olson – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 18th and 19th homer. 16 more to go!
Cole Carrigg – 1-for-3 as he was called up by the Rockies. No one is surprised to see Carrigg. There’s one in every hotel room. “Hello, can you send some Carrigg pods up to room 310? Hmm, we’ll take two Blue Mountains, one Starbucks Lux Blend and two Caramel Mocha Chocolate Ya-Ya Creole Lady Marmalades? I’m on the phone with the front desk! Do you want a Carrigg pod? We can pick them up on the way out. I can put the pods in my Cupp-A-Chino pants with the extra pockets for later.” So, to believe in Carrigg, you have to believe in the Rockies’ ability to develop. Or, I guess, they do develop guys for their first taste of the majors, then disappear in year two. This year, Carrigg went 6/30/.338 in Triple-A with a 10.5 BB% and 15.2 K% in 225 ABs, and that looks like him every step of the way, outside the contact, potentially. Montgomery is a better bat/prospect, but Coors can fix a lot of wrongs. It could be either of them that is better this year.
Hunter Goodman – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 18th homer, 4th homer in a week. A good(man) in Coors and there’s not a ton to say, so I usually skip him when he homers, but, damn, he’s having another solid season. No Nolan Jones curse here!
Dylan Cease – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.91. as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “I got this new tiny spoon to hang around my neck. Cool, right? A cop stopped me, thinking it was for cocaine. They clearly have never been to a Japanese place that serves miso soup with no spoon.”
Zack Wheeler – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.22. Which pitchers are not coming back until May next year? I’m making a draft list right now.
Nathan Eovaldi – 5 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.26. I saw he had 4 IP, and zero runs/hits, and I was like, “Pull him now! I don’t care about the win!” Feels like Eovaldi is headed to a multi-month IL stint any day now.
Jac Caglianone – 3-for-3, 3 RBIs and a double slam (7, 8) and legs (3), hitting .261. The 2nd home run Jac hit was sent back with a note from the fan saying, “We’re sorry Vinnie Pasketti no longer plays baseball but happy he’s living his truth.” So, yes, I’d pick up Caglianone again if he was dropped. A two-homer game goes a long way to a hot streak.
Stephen Kolek – 5 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.14. Nearly picked him up in a few weekly leagues, but I did a bawk-bawk chicken. Streamonator doesn’t like him because of a lack of Ks, but his BB/9 is 1.9 and I’m fine with him as a sixth starter in deeper leagues.
Corbin Carroll – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer, hitting .283. Did you know only one player returned this year from a hamate bone removal?
Gabriel Moreno – 1-for-3 and his 5th homer, hitting third, and 2nd homer in two games. Hot schmotato alert! By the way, I gave up on Waldschmidt. Nature of the roundup is hard to get that info out sometimes, so I thought I’d let you know.
Trevor Rogers – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 6.15. Funny what one out can do to a line. One more out and he has a Quality Start. This? Shart.
Coby Mayo – 1-for-5, 2 runs and his 9th homer, 2nd homer in four games, and has been in a few of the past Buy columns, and will be in this week’s (likely!), can see it today on Patreon or wait until Friday.
Logan Gilbert – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.62. It’s nice that he’s managed to steady the ship. Good thing for a Mariner.
Randy Arozarena – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting–Guess. Guess what he’s hitting. He’s a .240 hitter, bordering on a .220 hitter, so what’s he hitting now? Huzzah, that’s wrong! He’s hitting .299.
Luis Garcia Jr. – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, and 3rd homer in a week. The one true LuGaJu!
Bryce Eldridge – 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer, hitting near-.400 in June and .300 since his call-up, which is frankly shocking. Maybe the Giants have a real one here. His Ks are not high at all and he has 40-homer power. I’m intrigued, y’all!
Max Meyer – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.85. He gave up two well-timed homers, so they were solo shots. Don’t you love when your pitcher manages to figure out when to do that? It’s why it’s called pitching and not chucking turds in a plastic bag.
Spencer Jones – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. If he could make contact, he could be, well, Judge. Sadly, I’m not sure he’s Joey Gallo. Honestly, I’m more encouraged that he had a single.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 9th homer, hitting .231. Only 41 more!
Gerrit Cole – 4 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 2.45 vs. Slade Cecconi – 5 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.83. This matchup was billed as, “Cole/Slade, or do you want the limestone pathway to the front door?”
Bryan Reynolds – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 7th homer. I call him Mr. Excitement! The exclamation mark is not optional.
Ryan O’Hearn – 1-for-4 and his 10th homer. Must be nice to roster O’Hearn and mockingly laugh at people who have Vlad Jr. I hate you.
Paul Skenes – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.84. Pitched well because Oneil Cruz was out of the lineup with a sore hand.
Eric Lauer – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.47. Moral of this story is the Jays have to cheat better and River Ryan’s never coming up.
Andy Pages – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 15th homer, hitting .282. He’s the most valuable Dodger on the Player Rater. Zoinks!
Byron Buxton – 1-for-5 and his 19th homer. Oh, by the way, he’s back in the lineup.
Josh Bell – 2-for-5 and his 7th homer. Ahem, um, I said last time he played, “Oh, he’s absolutely hitting a homer in their next game and two more this week.” And that’s me predicting Bell! Also, in this game, Kody Clemens (1-for-4) hit his 9th homer, and he’s been one of the hottest hitters over the last ten games, and Brooks Lee (2-for-4) hit his 10th homer, and he’s been hot too. Trust the hotness.
Taj Bradley – 4 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.02. Taj Ma-stale-ass.
Troy Melton – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.81. Ya know, in addition to Bradens, there’s a lot of Meltons. We get it, climate change! I like Melton, he said like a scoop of ice cream, but I’m not starting him willy and/or nilly in any matchups, so I guess Streamonator.
Dillon Dingler – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and his 15th and 16th homer. One of the best moves I made this year in my RCL was dropping Carter Jensen for Dingler early on. Hasn’t been a great year in that league!
Riley Greene – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. Having a weird one. He’s hitting over-.300–Oh, forget it. I just looked up his stats. He has a .419 BABIP? Okay, hilarious.
Kerry Carpenter – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer, three homers since he returned from injury, which is eight days, which is a Beatles week.
Payton Tolle – 6 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.70 vs. Nick Martinez – 7 IP, 3 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 2 Ks, ERA at 2.43. But make sure you draft pitching early! Not Connelly.
Jack Kochanowicz – Will undergo Tommy John surgery. Maybe the doctor can also help with his uncle who keeps saying he’s, “Gotcha-nose-witz.”
Walbert Urena – 5 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners (5 BBs), 7 Ks, ERA at 2.44, and this was in 107 pitches. He’s going to need to ice his arm before greeting people at Wal-Bert.
Kai-Wei Teng – 4 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.71. That time Kai-Wei to the danger zone was as bad as that sounds.
Alec Burleson – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 9th homer, hitting .293. Can’t believe I didn’t draft Burleson because of his lack of power, so instead I drafted Vlad Jr.
Dustin May – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.21. If you have the balloon grapes to start May, then more power to you, but, if we’re being honest, I wouldn’t start him even if the Streamonator liked him.
Kodai Senga – Scratched from his rehab start with ulnar nerve irritation. We need to shut down the Mets until we figure out what is wrong with them.
Francisco Alvarez – 1-for-3 as he was activated from the IL. He beat the six-to-eight week timetable to return, and now we’ll see if he can beat the three-to-five week timetable for his next injury.
Freddy Peralta – 6 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.04. After the game, Freddy told the media, “Write an article that says I threw a shutout and I’m open to trades and I will give you $40,000.”
Matt McLain – 0-for-3, 1 run and 3 steals (8, 9, 10). Okay, show me what you’re working with it.
Sal Stewart – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 13th homer, hitting .254. Right now, it’s 10:30 my time, Song/Maxwell is the hitter/pitcher matchup, I’m playing Ascension and that just made me cry. RIP.
Fernando Tatis Jr. – 4-for-6, 1 run, hitting .278. Did you know he’s only hit one ball further than the infield all season? It’s a true story.
Tyler Soderstrom – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer, three homers in two games. Sure, he’s in Super Bing Bong, but they still count!
Zack Gelof – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer, and 2nd homer in two games because all A’s hitters hit homers on Monday and Tuesday.
Henry Bolte – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Was beginning to think he could only hit homers in the minors–Oh, wait.
Jonah Heim – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 5th homer, and 2nd homer in two games. Hit ’em with the Heim!
Nick Kurtz – 1-for-3 and his 15th homer, and 3rd homer in two games. If you’re not rostering multiple A’s, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but Bing Bongs ain’t one.
Luis Lara – Brewers’ prospect signed a seven-year, $31 million deal. This could speed up Lara’s timetable. He’s currently sitting on seven homers, 18 steals and a .338 average. In related news, I signed Itch to a $100 deal for five years and a club option for three more. In a statement, Itch said, “Don’t I have some say in this?”
8 keeper league:
R Lewis or Keaschall?
Corigg or B Montgomery; I assume Brandon but is it close?
What up Grey! Thoughts on this trade in keep all dynasty. Crochet, Bassalo and a top 3 2nd rd for Hunter Greene, Walcott, and Bazzana + top 3 3rd rd. Im tryna see if i can keep Bazzana or Walcott and sub for someone else, but wanted to get your opinion. Thanks as always man!
Grisham or Lile ROS? Will either be top 100 next year? Thanks!
In a FAAB, keeper league, who should I prioritize: Gage Jump or Montgomery?
Drop Ruiz and pick up Alvarez?
Yes
Ryne Nelson will not be darkening my door ever again.
HAHA
Umps who start a game, only to have to call a rain delay after a quick half inning, should be penalized …
Yes
Weekly standard roto 5 OF league.
My OF are Julio, Cruz (gone for a month now), Happ, O’Hearn, Soder, Bellinger.
My SP are Cease, Gausman, Messick, Tolle, Boyd, Gray, jones, Brown.
2 questions based on above:
1. Would you grab B. Montgomery or Carrigg off waivers?
2. Would you trade Cruz who’s out a mo th for Wheeler or hold for when he comes back?
1. Braden 2. Sure
Was offered Luke Raley and Cris Sanchez for Nick Kurtz. Didn’t see this coming but I am intrigued. It’s 5×5 roto and do need pitching. I’m upper 1/3rd in hitting and lower 1/3rd in pitching. Thoughts?
Kurtz side, seems fair tho if you need pitching
Head to Head redraft League. I’m in first place by pretty good margin. Deep rosters. This is couple of my few bench bats. Given my situation not really looking for immediate help more of a course of the season. Drop Carrig or stowers for Eldridge or hold?
Hold
Drop Nick Martinez for Christian Scott (vs StL)?
Thanks
Sure
FTJ!! FTJ!! FTJ!!
And now he’s only one HR behind Caleb Durbin ! LOLOLOL
Amazing
HAHA
Keep forever
1. A-Wetherholt, Vinnie P, Nolan McLean
Or
B- Turang, Framber, Andrew Vaughn
2. A-Weatherht and McLean
Or
B- Turang and Framber
A in both, they’re fair — A in 1 is better than A in 2
Rooker sits again. Sigh, just great.
Oof
And for two LV games …
Elder or Eovaldi ros ?
Elder
drop antonacci for austin riley?
Sure
Hey Grey,
Starting or sitting Cabrera at Colorado tomorrow?
Thanks!
Good luck with that.
Sit
would you trade sal stewart for mookie betts in a 12 tm H2H 6×6 OPS league?
sorry for double post
No problem
Yes
Grey
In an 11 team roto keeper league
Would you drop Waldschmidt for
Paul Goldschmidt
Trent Grisham
Jacob Gonzalez
Cole Carrigg
Carrigg
Thanks
By chance would you also have a 2nd choice
Goldy
would you swap Sal Stewart for Mookie in a 12 tm H2H 6×6 OPS league?
Yes
I’ve had Wood all year. They say if it lasts more than 4 hours you should tell a doctor, but I’m tellin everyone!
Haha
I’m hurting at 3B (thanks for nothing Maikel) in a 14 team AVG+OBP league. Would you be ok with trading away Jordan Walker for Miguel Vargas or sit tight with Garcia at 3B?
If my offer was accepted I could replace Walker with Braden Montgomery, Cole Carrigg, Spencer Jones, Jo Adell, George Springer, Kerry Carpenter, Kwan off the wire.
Works for me for Vargas
12 team redraft h/h points … Acuna down again
Need a DH … Burleson or Carpenter or someone
Burleson
3 from me ….
Betting on Buxton to hit a Hr tonight
Jazz is going to go on a run at some point this season … he’s going to be a FA
12 team redraft h/h points … is Albies /Sandy Fair offer for Jazz
Albies/Sandy, it’s fair
What’s Vegas got the O/U at – for the number of times Carlos Carrasco is DFA’d and re-signed by the Braves this season? 7.5? And on a betting note…what would’ve been the payout for a $100 March 20th “futures” bet that Vlad + FTJ would have less than 5 HRs combined by June 10th.
HAHA, taking the over
Ray or Melton ROS points QS league
Melton
Benching Eugenio today. Watch him go off.
I benched him too
There he is!
Right on my bench
Sigh, same. Hopefully the start of something.
Yeah
Grey,
who are your TOP 3 ROS?
Bradish, Gausman, Luzardo, Rassmussan, Rodin, Strider
Ras, Gaus, Strider
Keep forever roto league.
hmmm I was debating Gelof or Jung
stats 26/8/23/6/ OBP .315 in 169 PA (Gelof)
vs 31/8/29/1/370 in 234… (Jung)
is Gelof the call??? I know he wasn’t in every day to start. Other than OBP he seems better for all the counters. Plus vegas
dang I reached my question limit. Until tomorrow pal!
sorry, I missed your question — I’d go Gelof
I missed you
I missed you too, wanna dance?
Would you trade arighetti for Freddy Peralta? Overachiever for underachiever?
Sure
Hey Grey,
I’m in a 12 team mixed league.
How would you rank these remaining prospects and their ability to make immediate impact if they get the call this season.
Culpepper
Made
Baez
Lara
Condon
Clark
Would any of these guys take priority over Carrigg who I was able to scoop up lastnight.?
Made, Baez, Culpepper, Clark, Lara, Carrigg
What happened to Shota he was pitching amazingly for the first month
About to lead the league in homers allowed
I accidentally called Drew Rasmussen, Dennis Rasmussen. I think I’m getting old.
Hahaha
Who should I add? Kody Clemens, Jacob Young, Jesus Sanchez, Blaze Alexander
Also could be Dom Canzone, Kerry Carpenter, Sal Frelick…
Kerry
Kody
“With Acuna’s going on the IL we’ve got to replace those all-star-quality stats… Get me Rowdy Tellez!”
Hahaha
Ah yes – Rowdy Tellez – the main antagonist from the Mexican production “Mucho Días de Trueno”.
One of the best luchadors
Nico had a worse month than our old bae Rengifo…yikes.
-Nico or McClain ROS?
Tanner Scott a drop? ( ed diaz just hit ww and im tempted for long term closer for playoffs)
McLain — you can lose Scott
Any worry about Gunnar ROS ? BABIP down this year but everything else looks ok, though still not at his 2024 level
Yeah, his contact is concerning
Would moving him for Lindor be too cheap ? Don’t want to get stuck with a depreciating asset
Gunnar > Lindor
Hi Grey,
The other manager in a Yahoo Points league just tactfully turned down my offer of Roupp plus Abreu for Sasaki.
1. Would you make that same offer of Abreu plus Roupp for Seattle’s Bryce Miller?
2.or Abreu plus Roupp plus May for Miller?
3.What are a few starting pitchers would you try and get for Roupp plus Abreu?
I can’t thank you enough for all your help!
1. I doubt the other owner will go for it. 2. These are not close. 3. Those are not very enticing pieces.
Nice to see Mayo learned to put some mustard on the ball.
Haha
Hi Grey,
Am I correct that you would start Valdez at home vs Minnesota?
Thank you!!
I would
test
Man, the first look at Acuña pulling up just short of the bag looked more like his achilles for a split second the way his ankle curled back and how he hopped. Was ready for him to fall to the ground rolling in pain. However, he was able to slowly walk off on his own after hobbling around.
Acuña was almost mine on Monday evening via trade in our 10Tm, NL, H2H Keeper league, but the owner was able to get Ohtani (pitcher).
Lucky!
For Realsies!
Whelp, was planning on going to the ATL @ SF game in a few weeks, but If he ain’t playin’, I ain’t payin’.
How confident you feeling in a Shota Imanaga bounceback in the second half?
10%
Happy-den Wednesday-den Greyden,
Love your opening, a top 100 entry, thank you. I’m grateful that even with your Bochi size head, you are always humble.
Otto or Jazz, which one does the Magic 8 Ball like better?
Braden M over Ewing, Arroyo or Griffin(yes I know he’s on the DL)?
Just an idea, give Itch $110 per year and he maybe he’ll stop trying to maim Grey👍. Thank you, have a great rest of today.
CCC
Haha, thanks!
Otto
Braden
Good idea!
Follow up Q, would you start Braden over Josh Naylor or Ward? Unless Ward starts hitting HR’s he’s only good for Runs and OBP.
Over Ward seems fine
Son of a Beachy, I wanted to reply with an emoji but I can’t so, just a plain old, thank you👍😁👍!!!
Haha, No problem
Angel Martinez or Kyle Stowers? Stower’s statcast seems a little better but Angel’s 2nd base gives a bit of a boost.
Angel
1 Betts or Brooks Lee?
2 Betts or Henry Bolte?
3 Kumar Rocker or Keider Montero?
Betts
Betts
Kumar
Rasmussen struck out the side on 11 pitches to start the game. Let’s see how this goes.
He’s usually pretty good…For 76 pitches and out at 5 1/3 IP
7, 13 K’s!!!
Omg leaves with a 5 run lead and the bullpen’s gonna blow it. Unforkingbelievable.
Wow!
close as he was at exactly 76 after 6 and phew! need that QS
97 PC, 7 INN, 2 HA, BBI, 13 K, 0.429 WHIP, QS
And Cedric the HR-tainer to the rescue!
<3
Nice!
He’s pitched 6 or more innings 5 times in the last 7. I have him on one team and just checked to see who had been foolish enough to drop him. Shocked to see I actually made a good draft pick (he did fall a couple rounds in that draft). I’m still in last place though.
Looks like the bullpen might blow his top 10 performance.
Cedric came through with some insurance. Just another reason to hate Matz.
I have no trouble hating him after he kissed my daughter in High School.
Haha fair!
Robot says start Detmers today vs Hou over Cameron vs Hou on Saturday.
Do you agree?
Thanks
I don’t
Jasson, Carrigg, Spencer Jones…
Please rank for a bench bat.
Carrigg, Jasson
12 team 6×6 dynasty, rostering Sal Perez and just grabbed Caratini at catcher. Was hoping Harry Ford would be up by now so I stashed him.
Any other prospects you’d roster/replace for any of these guys? Hitting has been good so I’m not as worried about needing immediate production.
Tait, Salas, Mitchell, Quero for any of my rostered guys?
Lara
my concern with Lara is that hes about 5’6. I know hes listed as 5’8, so basically closer to 5’6.
He looks like he can hit and steal, but is he going to hit for anything more than 10hr in a mlb season? I cant see how hes going to be relevant unless hes stealing 30-40 with a great average.
And that seems all possible but i guess Lara just comes at a very ‘low ceiling’ if you get my drift…
Think Jose Altuve, light. Lara should steal more bags than when Altuve came up because of the new bags and pitcher disengagement. Altuve’s HRs took several seasons, but the OBP, SBs, and Rs only took a couple. It could be a struggle-bus year, but the Brewers have a good lineup to be in.
Altuve stole 56 bags early on
was thinking about the year he was called up. But yeah, he was an impact on the base paths starting with his first full year. If the OP is in a keeper league with the option of keeping him, I’d be rostering him ASAP for that upside.
True
I do t disagree
*don’t
Should’ve been more specific – just at catcher. We’ve stashed Arias, Morales, Aidan Miller, Emil Morales
That opening was great, it’s always fun making fun of the different child naming fads through the years. I’m at kind of at a logjam in my roster (maybe?) with Drake Baldwin coming back next week and Dingler slotted in as my catcher.
Should I look at moving Dingler to a C needy team for Rooker or hold and play Dingler in one of my UTIL spots which is currently occupied by a combo of Devers, Eugenio Suarez, or Corey Seager (likely dropping Suarez if I keep Dingler).
I’d take Rooker
Would you swap out any of McLain, Kody Clemens, or Canzone (it’s a daily league) for Paredes or Steer? On a related note, every time I pick up Paredes he turns back into a pumpkin
Kid Arroyo also available
Meh, nah
I also feel the mehness. Carrrrigggg also available. I’m probably just rosterbating at this point
Yeah, those bats are hot, but if you’re not starting Canzone, I can see Carrigg to sit on upside
I don’t have Canzone, he was one of the possible pickups (Carpenter also out there, speaking of platoon bats). I could use some steals, may I’ll throw Carrigg on the bench and see if there’s anything there.
Thanks for the advice and the laughs, as always. These recaps have been a fun part of my morning for years now!
Thanks! I like Kerry and Carrigg
Dingler or I. Herrera ty
Dingler
Yo Grey, 11 team 5×5 mixer (with lots of position flexibility), who are the top two drops to pick up Braden Montgomery:
Altuve
Keaschall
Massey
Bolte
Pasquitino
And are you dropping any of Taj Bradley, Loupp, Lodolo for any of:
Walbert Urena
Luis Castillo
Noah Cameron
Thanks!
Keaschall
Massey
Cameron over Taj
Thanks for your response below. Rather than have you answer a follow up in line below, I’m putting it here.
I have room to add Braden dropping another player but would you also add Jac and drop Stowers? Jac’s Savant page is way more red than Stowers. Same 10 tm OBP redraft. Thanks again!
Sure
Speaking of Jacob WIlson (which I was earlier below), who’s the drop (if any) when he comes off the IL? H2H points league:
Bazzana, Eugenio, Maikel, or Horwitz? Position is not an issue, Y! league so Maikel is eligible everywhere.
Thank you and have yourself a great day!
Horwitz, you too!
would you trade eovaldi or early for gage jump which one first?
Early
I’m pretty desperate for RP help. Add Holderman, Chad Patrick or Brad Lord over Whitlock, Jacob Webb, Jose Ferrer, Abner Uribe or Robert Suarez?
Dynasty SV+HLD league where saves are worth double.
Holderman over Ferrer
1. I have Basallo who is hurt and slumping. Wrist injuries are no bueno. Would you trade away Bednar for Dingler? I would replace Bednar with Lange or Fairbanks off the wire. Or would you hold and be patient with Basallo? (H2H league so looking beyond short term)
Forgot 2. You streaming Detmers today?
2. I am not
That trade for Dingler works for me
FWIW, he said he has been dealing with this injury for most of his life so it isn’t a new development. They just have identified what it was that has been giving him the issue. If anything, they should now be able to help him manage it better than he has up to this point.
Its something with his wrist that hes had his whole life apparently. Im holding basallo on 3 tms
That sounds terrible
I dropped him for Rushing as a short term fix with Will headed to IL I presume.
Who’s the better MI option out of Kody Clemens, Blaze Alexander, Keaschall, and Stott?
Kody
20 team standard roto
would you trade eovaldi(me) for Gage Jump I have enough pitchers where I would only have to start him on the road. thx
Sounds fine
Ugh, just when Acuna felt like he was turning it around another injury :(
It might be time to sell
Would you move him for Soderstrom or Rice (not likely but one can hope)
Oh, I see…I guess Rice or Soder
He’s hurt?
Yea he left last night with a hamstring injury
Man, incredible, this guy
Ronald Adalberto Junior
Brutal
I dropped Abbott for returning Cubs Boyd. How’d I do?
Sounds fine, as long as Boyd’s healthy
Thanks, Grey. Word from the Cubs is he’ll start this weekend.
Oohh – One more: Starting Jones vs LAD tonight?
Sure
Many thanks!
No problem
For a roto utility batter, would you rank Michael Busch well ahead of Eldridge or is it close?
Yes, Busch is ahead of him by a lot
Grey the great, maybe I’m just crackers for starting May last night and basically treating him like a set it and forget it pitcher but I’m a bit surprised to read that you’re so down on Dusty. His game log for the last 2 months has been extremely usable, albeit somewhat light on Ks. In the QS league I play in his ability to get deep in games has been money. Is it just the strikeouts that have you down?
Related: Matthew Boyd is getting closer to returning and I’m not sure who the drop is when he gets there (or if Boyd is the drop himself). The rest of the staff is: bradish, Messick, Meyer, Harrison, Melton, your boy and mine Noah Cameron, weathers, and the aforementioned Dusty May. Who would you send packing?
Many thanks
Bottom 7% of the league in HardHit, looks like a standard issue streamer
Dustin or Melton, depends on upcoming matchups…I’d likely just lose Dustin
Appreciate it, boss!
No problem
Too many cool guys on the waiver wire to be dragging around the likes of Kyle Stowers, Geraldo Perdomo, and Maikel Garcia. Think it’s safe to drop any (or all) of these slow starters?
You can lose Stowers
Drop Early or Sheehan for Palencia or Lange? I could sorta use an RP.
Early for Palencia
O! Great Trade Swami:
Would you do either of these deals in an H2H 10-team keeper league?
a.) Dodgers Tucker for Giants Eldridge
b.) Dodgers Tucker for A’s Soderstrom
Thank you in advance!
Tucker…Soder
Matt Mclain, think I mentioned what seems to be the problem since his injury…his timing is off at least that’s what I read and coaches been working on with him recently.
In my fantasy league past week, he’s the 3rd best rated player…lol
I was very down on him begin the year as I just don’t get what the experts were seeing, then the experts got down on him and then I flipped. Something seems to have gotten fixed.
We shall see, but he’s on pace for 25-25? If he just gets that average respectable.
Yeah, agreed
Spencer Jones…I noticed, not sure I mentioned it, when he got sent back to the minors, his strikeouts dropped by 10% when he was sent down again. I saw it was around 24% or so.
I sort of see something since his call up. Hes not getting eaten up.
I couldn’t find any articles highlighting the lower ks as to why it happened…is he doing something different?
Just noting it here in case you heard or saw something yourself.
He has a 41 K%
Chase Meidroth or Colt Emerson ROS?
Colt
How is Josh Bell’s nickname not Josh “Trade Value” Bell?
Haha
Drop Austin Riley for Okamoto, Paredes, or Chapman?
Meh
Hey G! How many teams do you actually run for fantasy?
I want to own all the A’s when they are at home. I got pick up happy last night and grabbed Cags the newest white prep schooler! I dropped Mead and Melton meh. I have Eugenio for 3rd but PEEEUEGENIO he stinks right now. I was using Mead for 3rd but next week the A’s are home for 7 games wowza.
I want to pick up Gelof for 3rd, but I would have to drop Cags Montgomery Bleday Eugenio or one of my Sps for him. Sheenan Lodolo and Bradish have been my worst. Also Mclanahan really sucks in a QS league. Maybe he starts going 6 later in the year??? I dont know these things
Thanks man
Drop Sheehan for Gelof
Sure
Can lose Sheehan for Gelof if you need a bat
I may have gone a bit overboard hoarding OFers. It’s a 4 OF league with a lot of counting stats so I’m looking for guys that will just pile up stats.
My main 4 are Carroll, Chourio, Duran, and Benge.
Which 3 should I hold out of this group:
Bauers (Last 3o days rank: 16)
Bolte (403)
Waldschmidt (424)
Stowers (495)
Noelvi Marte (NA)
Carrigg (NA)
Bauers, Bolte, Carrigg
The best part of every single one of my pitchers sucking this week is the lack of thought I need to put into my start or no start decisions. I become the Streamonator, and it’s always yes.
HAHA
Haha, yes. You nailed it. I am suffering with you this week. Cheers!
There’s definitely a freedom that comes from your pitchers crapping the bed early in the week. No more thinking, everyone starts. Maybe the ratios get better, maybe you just volume your opponents to death, maybe this week just sucks. But line em up, bartender.
So in a 20tm dynasty where pitching is at a premium…….. sell Dustin May as high as possible right now?
Sure
Drop Nimmo to get Carrigg out of my NA slot and into my lineup? Can leave Carrigg in my na indefinitely until I want to drop/add someone. Was looking to upgrade Daniel Lynch as my 3rd reliever (picked him up before it was obvious Lange is the new closer). Bender, Yates, Bachman, Winn represent meaningful upgrade on Lynch?
HLD = 3 pts
I’d wait a few before dropping Nimmo….Yates sucks
Thanks, as always! Loved the Carrigg/Keurig blurb and thanks for telling me to keep Dingler over Rutschman weeks ago! Huge.
Yes!
Good morning, Grey!
Is Dansby Swanson droppable in a 20 tm h2h dynasty? In house roster options to cover 2B/SS are Hoerner, Meidroth, Jacob Gonzalez and Montgomery (when not at 3B).
Steve Stone and Bob Costas in the booth last night was classic.
Thanks for all you do!!
Costas, Stone and the 1980s graphics. Epic!
It was great with Stone! I’d lose Dansby, sure
Thanks amigo!!
No problem
Good morning, Grey!
How do you rank Young *ucker, Jac, and Eldridge in a 10 tm redraft OBP league?
Thanks!
That rank
I need pitching pretty bad. I am not sure on Max Fried return timeline but would you trade Soderstrom for Fried
No
Are you dropping Curtis Mead or Dansby for McLain?
Bazzana or McLain?
Noelvi droppable in 12 team league for the Martian?
Thanks!
Dansby
Bazzana
Yes, lose Marte
10 team 5×5 OBP
Drop eovaldi for gage or Cameron?
Drop bazzana (slowed down since a good start) for B. Montgomery?
Meh
Meh
I am beginning to hate Eovaldi, and I agree, time for likely to hit the IL!
And unfortunately I have no hitting for power or anything else Vlad G! I actually bench him now and Start C Walker at first Wilson Contreras at Utility.
You’re witnessing the virtues of signing Vlad to a 14 year 1/2 billion dollar contract. Money well spent.
Vladdy is brutal
He’s a $30 million cheerleader. He helps home run hitters put on the special jacket and dumps water on game MVPs in the Jays’ post-game interviews. Wonderful ROI…
Great clubhouse guy!
Joey the ball/bat-boy does more “in-game” than Cake Batter.
You can’t put a price on good vibes, but if you could it would be $30 million a year
Why couldn’t Jacob Wilson have come off the IL on Monday? Super Bing Bong could have been his rehab!
Don’t worry, they have another week in their minor league park next week!
I know
Very deep ROTO keeper league. Each team keeps 13.
Scoring:
R, HR, TB, RBI, SB, OBP & DPT
IP, K, QS, ERA, WHIP, K/BB & SVHD
I am stuck in 3rd/4th place so I am kinda playing for the future at this point. The 1st place team is ahead of me by 37 points and ahead of the 2nd place team by 21.5 points so I think it is safe to say this season is a wrap.
My Team:
C- Gabriel Moreno
1B- Alonso
2B- Turang
3B- Miguel Vargas
SS- Matt McLain
2B/SS- Gelof
1B/3B- Michael Busch
LF_ Yordan
CF- Jarren Duran
RF- Rooker
OF- Daylen Lile
UTIL- Caglianone
UTIL- Andrew Vaughn
Bench: Jackson Merrill, AJ Ewing, Kaelen Culpepper, Joshua Baez, Cole Carrigg, Royce Lewis, Luis Lara
IL: Barger, Lindor & Elly
SP: Kirby, Cease, Freddy P, Framber, Tolle, Ben Brown, Ryan Weathers, River Ryan
IL: Hurston Waldrep & Casey Mize
These players are available on the WW.
Christian Moore, Ezequiel Tovar, Noelvi Marte, Coby Mayo, Durbin, Michael McGreevy, Seth Hernandez, Thomas White, Taj, Foster Griffin
No idea how deep the league is, but 1st and 2nd place must be solid…you look like you could use some WHIP and MI…trading away Turang doesn’t make sense but I guess depends what you get…Konnor and a smaller piece maybe? Trading for pitching for next year doesn’t really make sense…Don’t understand why you have so many bench bats and so few starters and zero RPs…So there’s zero teams competing in your league? Everything is set in place? Then then there must be teams below you in the standings that think Carrigg, Lewis or Lara are interesting…I’d trade them for young arms… McLean-ish
Antonacci, Mead or Eldrige in order of preference please?
FYI I’m kind of hurting in SBs and I’ve been leading the league in HRs. I’ve considered punting steals?
Antonacci then if you need steals
That order
Who do you like ROS in 12 team, h2h, 1 catcher league
Jonah Heim
Brandon Valenzuela
Francisco Alvarez
Only one of these guys is a ROS option…Fran-Al
Good morning,
Jordan Lawlar, Cole Carrigg, Tommy Troy, Luis Lara…please pick two
Thank you!
Carrigg, Lara
Lara right away?
?
Shortstops are Meyer, Arroyo & J. Gonzalez. Not sure of any of them. Drop for Lara?
Your shortstops are Max Meyer?
Can’t spell, M. Mayer. Have needed a SS all season, Mayer finally qualified but has looked terrible-improved last few days but now back spasms.
Mayer’s terrible
Nevermind, thought he was one of their young shortstops. Should I waiver claim him or Carigg over Lukes or Stowers? 20 team points league, probably only get one.
Hi,
12 teams dynasty league
Taylor or Dominguez ?
Drop Rafaela or Altuve for Montgommery as I have Bazzana at 2b ?
Thanks
Jogon
I can think of four Taylors
Drop Stowers for B Montgomery or Joc?
Sorry – meant Jac Caglianone (not Joc)
Meh, I’d try Braden upside
Braden
So many good hitters available this morning! Drop Wilyer Abreu, Eugenio Suarez, Curtis Mead, Shane Baz or Dustin May for Bryce Eldridge, Braden Montgomery, Jac Caglianone, or Spencer Jones?
Thanks!
Mead, Baz for Braden, Jac
Elder
I have 6 starts of Sasaki, and now my 1st start of May. Yippeekayyeah!
Oops, sorry, my 2nd May start!
Sweet