“We’re going to put all Graveman talk to rest, forever ever, amen. Bow your heads. Please. You with your head half-bowed…you have a crick in your neck? Okay, fine. Here lies the Graveman talk. He was a great teammate, we were told. You know who’s also a great teammate? A guy who is hitting home runs every game and helping your stupid asses win! Okay, you can raise your heads and go get some herring.” Yesterday, Abraham Toro went 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 9th homer, and his 5th homer in last seven games. He was re-christened Vigoda because his first name is Abe and his last name is a fish. It makes sense if you know Barney Miller. In all sincerity, I almost made Toro the lede buy this week, which will be available on our Patreon later today. Also, I’m starting to think Toro might be on my early list of 2022 sleepers. This is Splash and I’ve fallen in love with a fish. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jarred Kelenic – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer, and 2nd homer in the last five games. So, you’re telling me the top prospect for fantasy isn’t bad because he had a terrible three weeks? Hmm, that can’t be. Don’t lie to me with your pretty eyes!
Yusei Kikuchi – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.89. Making me want to sing a’la Lisa Loeb, “Yusei…” Streamonator doesn’t like his next start, though, and I agree. By the way, how well has Lisa Loeb held up? Rawr, Cougs, leave me alone with those commercials.
Randy Arozarena – 3-for-4 and his 16th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Randy, Adam Duvall and Austin Riley just sharing a body like Vice Versa, and passing around their hotness. Few games ago, it was Riley’s torso carrying the hotness; now it’s Randy’s hands; you’re up next, Duvall’s forearms.
Dietrich Enns – Was called up by the Rays to eat innings. This year’s final two months is going to be all teams employing a Long Reliever Name Generator to eat innings. “Here comes Jasper Curlins for the O’s to try to get the team from the 3rd inning to the 7th.”
Luis Gil – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks in his major league debut. Only 12 starters this year have recorded a strikeout on a pitch that was both 98+ MPH and 2500+ RPM. One pitcher did it yesterday: Gil. The guy he replaced leads the majors doing it 27 times. You might heard of him, Gerrit Cole. You haven’t? Did you think this was a fantasy site discussing the Lord of the Rings’ trilogy? Yeah, you’re not the first, my precious. Maybe I should stop calling everyone my precious. And stop talking about Precious, the 2009 coming-of-age film. Any hoo! Gil was sent back down after the game, but I will be monocle’ing him.
Jordan Montgomery – Hit the Covid IL. Damn, Gerrit Colevid is a superspreader.
Giancarlo Stanton – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 17th homer, hitting .253. Only trailing the 175-pound-soaking-wet Cesar Hernandez by one homer! If this is a nail biter for Giancarlo, then the nail he bites off is bigger than Cesar.
Aaron Judge – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 22nd homer. The Yanks beating up on the O’s like the Yanks should beat up on the O’s but haven’t beat up on the O’s.
Jacob deGrom – Said he’s confident he will pitch again this year. Damn, that’s the kind of thing a Mets player says right before he needs season-ending surgery.
Taijuan Walker – 5 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.86, and has given up 20 runs in his last 15 IP. The Regression Fairies are clingy as f*ck. If the Mets were in a better situation with their rotation, I’d guess Walker would already have an Ineffective List stint. That doesn’t mean you need to hold him.
Jorge Alfaro – 1-for-3, 1 RBI as he played left field. Not sure why that is funny to me, but maybe it’s because I saw him play left field.
Alex Jackson – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer, as he catches with Alfaro in left. Not much here yet in shallower leagues, but a new catcher coming into the league is big for NL-Only.
Jazz Chisholm – Hit the Covid IL. Must be nearing football season because we are spiking! Nice! High five me! Yes! No? Okay. By the way, go give Donkey Teeth crap over at our fantasy football sister site. Hehe, sister.
Sam Hilliard – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 6th homer, and his 2nd homer in two games. Oh my God, Hilliard’s happening and it’s freaking me out!!!
Ian Happ – 1-for-3, 3 runs and his 11th homer, hitting .179, and he hit another homer last week. Ian’s not Happ-ening. At least not yet.
Nick Castellanos – Reds’ manager Ding Dong Bell said Castellanos won’t be activated on Tuesday. Yeah, no kidding, Ding Dong. That dude is such a Ding Dong that other Ding Dongs ring him up and ask him to stop being a Ding Dong because it’s giving Ding Dongs a bad name.
Jonathan India – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, and his 11th homer, and three homers in the last four games. India putting the bomb in Bombay.
Eugenio Suarez – 1-for-3 and his 21st homer, hitting .175. He’s so wildly overdue for a 10+ homer month. That’s it, that’s the blurb.
Heath Hembree – 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 5.40, as he blew the save. Heath really knows how to let the other team Skor!
Kenta Maeda – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.65 vs. Tyler Mahle – 5 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.86. There was only one T. Mahle, but they both gave me indigestion.
Mitch Garver – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer. Due to putting an L in clocking out, he’s barely played 50 games this year, but his home run pace is just about as good as it was in 2019. Then 31 HRs in 93 games, this year around a 25-homer pace, if he had played, which he didn’t.
Alex Colome – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 4.58 and his 3rd save. The big-name offseason closer acquisition by the Twins coming through! Only took them going through five other closers first, including *chuckles* Hansel Robles.
Andy Ibanez – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .230. The Rangers’ lineup from 5-hole to the 8-hole: Andy, Peters, Terry, White. Sounds like a Bravo reunion show.
Jo Adell – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st steal. Oh, and a walk and no strikeouts. *slowly looks around* Is anyone else seeing this?
Jean Segura – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer. I will now call him Jeanilla. See video for explanation.
A young fan asked Jean Segura what his favorite ice cream flavor was… he answered and then hit a game-tying double ??
(via @NBCSPhilly)pic.twitter.com/HwvpENVZhh
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 3, 2021
Bryce Harper – 1-for-4 and his 17th homer. Also, in this game, Jerry Tomato Realmuto (2-for-4) hit his 12th homer, and Ronald Torreyes (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 5th homer. That’s a lot in the air tonight for the Phils. *drum solo that makes me stand on my chair screaming in tears*
Josh Bell – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 18th homer, hitting .248. Bell goes ding…DONG! Too much? That’s not what she said.
Jon Lester – 5 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.38. Try not to spend too much time on guys who are irrelevant for fantasy, but what were the Cards doing? Going out and getting Lester (and Happ) feels like a Trading Places bet. Did Mike Shildt bet the pitching coach a dollar that he couldn’t fix either of these starters?
Jorge Soler – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 14th homer. I was the one who told you to pick up Soler for about ten days straight, so don’t pretend I don’t like Soler. My only concern now is how does he fit into the playing time once Eddie Rosario shows up.
Adrian Houser – 6 1/3 IP, 0 hits, 5 walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.55. That’s just knowing how to pitch (then doing the opposite and it still working).
Willy Adames – 3-for-5, 3 runs and his 19th homer, hitting .260. He’ll be a 2022 sleeper. Unless he hits 11 more homers. 30 homers might be the death knell for sleeperiness. 29 homers won’t though. Not even joking. Something psychologically kicks in at 30.
Tommy Pham – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer. He hit the 4th leadoff homer across the majors last night, and the record is five. All five were hit by Rickey Henderson. Don’t ask how.
Blake Snell – 5 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.24 vs. Sean Manaea – 4 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.26. A pitcher that is good at home and bad in road games vs. a pitcher who is the inverse, and then they both do the inverse of that because: Baseball.
Starling Marte – 3-for-4 and a slam (8) and legs (27). Damn, Marte’s got a lot of legses — legii? L’eggs? Use it in a sentence. “Went to the Marte to get some L’eggs, when I saw an older woman checking milk cartons for expirations dates, and I said, ‘Excuse me,’ and she said, ‘Oh, you think you’re Prince Charles?'”
Madison Bumgarner – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.57. The top teams in the majors are going up against the worst teams and the worst teams are saying, “Call me daddy,” which sounds like a Lil Nas X song.
Lance McCullers Jr. – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.02 vs. Walker Buehler – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.16. In front of MLB’s biggest crowd of the season, the Dodgers hosted the Astros, and, to quote Randy Newman, “I love LA.” LA gets a bad rap for showing up late to games, and only being there to get a look-see at Magic Johnson, and talking about the time they were at a car wash where Corey Feldman was working a squeegee, and leaving early for a meeting with their agent but LA is actually a badass sports town. Cody Bellinger still sucks though.
Me drafting Cody Bellinger vs. Me having Cody Bellinger on my fantasy teams pic.twitter.com/hYz7W9LC48
— Razzball (@Razzball) August 4, 2021
Adalberto Mondesi – Began a minor league rehab assignment, which puts his timetable for his next injury at August 17th.
Dylan Cease – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 2 walks, 11 Ks, ERA at 3.92. It’s so obvious Cease is having one of those flaky type years where he’s “I am Batman” one start and “I am Jack Frost” another start, which leads to next year where he is an ace for the majority of the year, and the last year we can draft him at a reasonable price.
Tim Anderson – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 10th homer, hitting .301. Gonna guess his BABIP is .356, and now I’m gonna look… *claps hands* Mom jeans says wine o’clock! He’s at .367. Prettttttay, prettttttttay close.
Andrew Vaughn – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 12th homer. Where’s he going next year? 225th overall? Prolly, unless he pulls some stupid Arozarena-in-the-playoffs shizz. Please, don’t pull any Arozarena-in-the-playoffs shizz.
Matt Barnes – Hit the Covid IL without testing positive, so that means I haven’t the faintest idea. Good luck, feel better, Adam Ottavino is his fill-in.
Hunter Renfroe – 1-for-4 and his 17th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. As Scooby Doo would say, “Renfroe!”
Cavan Biggio – Hit the IL with back and neck discomfort. He injured himself craning his neck back into the catcher’s mitt as he was called out on strikes.
Zach Plesac – 5 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.64. Can we talk about how awful Plesac’s been? *sees him on one of my teams* Actually, I prefer we didn’t.
George Springer – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer, hitting .277. Springer’s played for, like, five weeks and is three hundred spots above Cody Bellinger on the Player Rater. Someone shove me in front of traffic. No, seriously, Springer is doing exactly what he always does. Cody Bellinger? He’s doing what a no-hit middle infielder would do. Gonna start calling him Cody Belanger.
Pick two – Bader, Olivares, Duran, Hilliard, Adell
Hilliard, Adell
Good morning,
Keep my Rowdy Tellez or drop for Sam Hilliard?
Thanks a lot!
Great question….I dropped Rowdy to stream Hilliard this week (pats on back)…big issues are Hilliard needs to be at home and Tellez needs to play hahaha
Morning! Drop for Hilliard
Floro, Clase, Colome, Sulser or Romano ROS for saves? I dropped Clase a while back because of the Karinchak shared opps. Does Floro seem like the best bet for non shared chances? Thanks!
Floro
Word! Uda best dogg
Uda da best dawg
A Mark Belanger reference is making this lifelong O’s fan very happy!
Haha, nice!
What do I get when I finish in first place in the RCL #6?
A big ol’ back pat!
The admiration of 11 strangers
An inflated sense of self
The ladies, all of them
Grey!!!
Awesome!
a. MadBum. ERA Jun 2=5.73; ERA today=4.57. He’s won at every level, he has that spirit. He was off until Jun 2, IL’d and since July 17 (4 starts) been pretty awesome.
b. So Cesar Izturis year 27 season=Cody Bellinger’s 2021 season, good to know. Thanks for that visual! If history repeats then Cody’s due to get shipped off to PIT, right???!!!
c. Marx Brothers quote of the day for August 4, 2021
Chicolini: ‘I think we should have a standing army.’
Rufus T. Firefly: ‘Why should we have a standing army?’
Chicolini: ‘Because then we save money on chairs.’
Chicolini=Chico; Firefly=Groucho
Duck Soup
d. Random Reggie Jackson quote of the day for August 4, 2021
‘I’ll never have anything bad to say about George,’ Jackson said. ‘It’s just time to step back. I want to be around the game, and I want to contribute. I want to leave my knowledge. But it’s just time to move on.’ Jackson mentioned the possibility of working for another major league team closer to the Golden State. He is friendly with Astros owner Jim Crane, who owns a home in Southern California.
[Follow-up from yesterday, so important for the Reggie Jackson quote…]
Cheers,
Ante
A. Interesting, hadn’t realized
B. HAHAHA, kill me
C. Nice
D. Ah, that makes sense now, the puzzle is complete
Who is this RP, Riding, for the Yankees that debuted last night? He was constantly hitting 100mph and looked pretty nasty. He isn’t even in the player database for ESPN.
Ridings — his minor league #s look crazy too…Not much on him
Great read! Best in the business! The top two teams in my 18 team 5×5 dynasty league have made offers…Team A offered Shane McClanahan for Melacon Team B offered Sean Manea and Bender for Melacon! Both teams fighting for saves! I am leaning towards McClanahan! Thanks for all you do!
Thanks! In dynasty, I want Shane and Sean
Conforto displeases me. Dump him for Hilliard?
I’m a Mets fan and I dropped Conforto for Patrick Wisdom the other day.
Sure
Not sure if your comment about Hilliard was sarcasm or real. You think he’s figuring it out?
Also, Springer has 12 HR in 37 games, that’s one every three games. Pace of 54 HR. Not bad.
I think Hilliard is at home and hitting…Figured it out? Not yet — very nice on Springer, wish Cody was doing it
6×6 with ops can you rank
Yellich, Lourdes gurriel, conforto, Dom smith, and adell
Yelich, Smith
Thanks how would you rank the bottom 3 Guirrel conforto adell
Adell, Conforto
“All I know is (as a Yankees Manager), I pass people on the street these days, and they don’t know whether to say hello or to say good-bye.” …….
Have a important Fantasy Baseball question…….Hold on a sec I have to take this call my wife
( Elisabetta Canalis ) is calling me
Hahaha
Would you drop Moncado for Toro?
Nah
Great post as always Brother. Who do you like most ROS in a redraft Adell or Soler, what would your projections look like for each? No specific needs as it’s H2H.
Thanks boss!
Thanks! Soler — HRs and nothing else from Soler…HRs, but fewer and maybe a few steals from Adell
Luis Gil threw 88 pitches in 6 innings, 62 for strikes.
Contrast that with Heaney in 4 innings, 83 pitches, 52 for strikes.
Yeah.
Yeah, not sure why Gil was sent down
No service time for Gil as he was a covid call up. Plus Yankees needed an RP. He’ll be back on Sunday to throw against Seattle.
Ah, nice
Hey Grey!
With Carey Seager coming back, I’m in a bit on a SS crunch. I have Brandon Crawford, Willy Adames, and Seager and only a SS and Util spot. Is Seager a drop at this point? Or should I try to sell low? Any advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Ron Rondell Dell
Yeah, you can lose Seager
Any of these 2020 standouts worth an add in the hopes of reclaiming past glory?
Anthony Santander – after a poor start, his underlying numbers seem to be 2020-like, though there’s no indication he ever had that power as his minor numbers were unimpressive.
Ian Happ – starting to think last year was an anomaly, though maybe this year is instead. Power is usually there with minimal average, but this year I don’t know what’s hurting him.
Kwang-hyun Kim – I’m not worried about last game at all. Everyone has bad games. I think he’ll right the ship.
Dylan Moore – I don’t believe in him, but I know lots of others did/do. What say you?
Nick Solak – hopefully he returns in September with his 2020 bat.
Victor Reyes – might be too many players to give him enough consistent time.
Brandon Belt and Tommy La Stella – I feel a roster crunch will be happening in SF, though they’re all versatile enough to find at bats anywhere.
They all are, sure…Some of their past glory is tenuous at best — Reyes? Belt? Kim? Meh, they’re okay at best
Drop Moncado to pick up Toro?
Nah
whats up Grey
How would you rank these guys in pts. league?
Toro, France, Rodgers
Also, drop Bader for either Soler or Kelenic? or hold?
thanks!
You ranked them
Kelenic
Hahahahhaha Hahahhahahaha
Hembree is my best closer. HAhahahhahahahahhahaha.
Holding Bednar and Sewald for now, keeping an eye on Bender. I dunno, there’s no question here and I can’t even blame Cody for this, but I do blame him and my other early draft picks for everything else.
Speaking of which, how terrivle-sounding were boys’ play dates in 1997? “Awww, look at Cody, Trevor, and Nolan playing so nicely together in the other room! ”
Sorry to all the Codys, Trevors, and Nolans out there. I’m just a bitter fantasy baseballer.
Haha, ouch?
Brutal having these guys, I know it
I need all of the lurrrve, bro, all of it.
In other news, do you have any feelings on the bot’s relative fondness for Montas v. SD (6.7) or EdRod @DET (6.9). Of the two, I’m thinking Montas.
It’s a lurve-in!
I’d start Montas at home
You complete me.
Same!
12-team 5×5 league with weekly lineups (due today):
1) Need a MI to replace Hoerner. Guys available are Madrigal, DeJung, Willi Castro, Z.Short, IKF, JPCrawford, Aledmys, R.Urias, Andy Ibanez…
2) Currently have Ji-Man at CI. Guys available are Ibanez, Aledmys, Drury, Candelario, Ruf, IKF, Asdrubal… Hold or swap guys out?
3) Moustakas is on the wire. When is he expected back? Is he a significant imporvement over my MI/CI spots? Therefore worth a bench spot instead of a SP?
4) My OF currently includes Adolis, Conforto, Blackmon and Bader. Soler, Oliveras, Refroe and Hilliard are all available (Soler currently on my bench). Conforto has been awful. Soler is hot and seemly playing every day. Hilliard is hot and has 5 games in Coors this week. What to do?
1. These guys are terrible for a 12 team league…I guess Aledmys
2. These options are NL-Only bad, what is going on here? I guess Andy Ibanez
3. Any day now — Yes, he’s an improvement
4. Conforto for Hilliard
Please rank ROS:
Soler
Toro
Kepler
Ortega
Olivares
Hilliard
Kepler, Soler
One more, you mentioned teams going with long relievers for the last 2 months to fill gaps. Any guys that you would look to target trying to stay away from openers because of GS limits?
Cristian Javier
Drop Moncado for Toro?
Nah
Apparently trying to wear you down :)
Haha
Which two would you roll with ROS:
Lourdes Gurriel
Eddie Ro
Benintendi
Harrison Bader Ginsberg
Bader
Hey Mondesi has feelings you know. These injuries are costing him millions.
I’m calling his next IL stint August 21st.
I drafted Story/Bellinger in one league. And I’m still in FIRST! Because of the rest of your rankings and sleeper posts. So thank you!
The real question will be when is Bellinger a bargain next year? Bounce back candidate?
Ha, fair enough!
Nicely done! I think you might be able to get Cody at a bargain, if you dare
Quick question keeper roto league which side you like better yordan alvarez, willy adames and joe musgrove or Xander bogarets, Ryan McMahon, civale and Kenley Jansen. Please help.
Yordan
Grey,
No Love for Hun Jin Ryus start last night against The Guardians? Granted it was against Cleveland but I still believe in him as a low end Ace. Come on Grey…..get back on board with this guy!
Yeah, I saw, he looked good…Was a solid matchup tho, as you say
Which Gallen are we seeing today? Jekyll or Hyde? I feel like the Giants get a ton of hits against him today. He’s too inconsistent.
Which one is the bad one, Jekyll or Hyde? That one
I know they are different, but would you trade my Means for his Mancini in a keeper league? Both $5 for two more years. Thanks.
Sure
Hey Grey,
12-tm H2H cat keeper (keep 10) CATS – (9) R,H,HR,RBI,SB,BB,AVG,OPS,XBH – (8) W,CG,SV,K,GIDP,ERA,WHIP,QS. LIMIT of 40 moves (used 11) – no streaming
1. I’m going to be dropping Gonsolin and wondering based on Wire guy whether I should swap out Detmers (I’m hearing he should be *better rest of the way out). I could also lose C. Hernandez. Seems there are some exciting guys on the wire.
2. Also, a team is selling off their players and is offering up the following (for cheap/picks): D. Cease, McClanahanadingdong, A. Wood and possibly A. Manoah (please rank them for ROS)
3. who you got for ROS A. Toro or Y. Gurriel (is it close?). I can get Toro off the wire for my 3B spot or trade for picks for Y. Gurriel.
WIRE
HIT – A. Toro, J. Soler, H. Bader, R. Ortega, I. Happ
PIT – Josiah Gray, M. Pineda, D. Bundy, J. Luzardo, J. Odorizzi, A. Houser, M. Minor, M. Kelly
RP – L. Trivino, E. Clase, K. Graveman, G. Soto
My team:
C – G. Sanchez
1B – J. Votto
2B – C. Hernandez
3B – J. India
SS – C. Seager
CI – P. Goldschmidt
MI – J. Schoop
LF – E. Jimenez
CF – T. Hernandez
RF – T. Mancini
Util – K. Marte
BN – M. Conforto
BN – G. Torres
IL – C. Yelich COVID
SP – W. Buehler
SP – Aaron Nola
SP – S. Ohtani
RP – C. Carrasco
RP – E. Diaz (RP)
P – M. Barnes (RP)
P – J. Means
BN –T. Mahle
BN – D. Price
BN – T. Gonsolin
BN – R. Detmers
IL – M. Barnes (RP)
IL – J. Hader (RP)
IL – T. Glasnow (IL)
IL – A. Civale (IL)
Thanks, Marv
S. Hilliard is also avail on the wire
1. Sure, but I’d look at upcoming matchups vs. just grabbing guys…At least the next two to three matchups…I’d lose Cesar to give myself more pitching options
2. Cease, Shane, Wood
3. Toro, it’s close
Why does the hittertron LOVE brendan rodgers?
Coors
Look at his splits this year. He is better away from Coors at the moment. His power, avg, and OPS are all noticeably higher. Let’s see how long this lasts.
Historically tho, Coors is always better
Grey… I know that Mondessi is doing the rehab thing, but the comments from the Royals GM other day about how he’s not going to be an every day guy… can only play in 100 games a season, super managed playtime… I’m cutting the cord, actually, the chord… A D minor chord.. since that’s the saddest chord.
Mondessi has gone from potential top 20 player to “let’s see if he gets mentioned in a SAGNOF post.” I haven’t been this crushed since Brett Lawrie’s 2nd season.
Haha, yeah, Mondesi’s lost just about all value if he’s a platoon guy
Is mad bum worth an add over plesac?
Yes
Any chance Gil comes back and remains in the rotation?
I’d think so
Last add of the week. Thinking of adding Toro, though he’d be my Util (I have Wong at 2B and Arenado at 3B). Worth dropping Bellinger for him? I currently use Varsho as my Util (Haase at C), and Bellinger has been riding my bench for weeks since, well, he can’t hit. Or I can hold onto my last add of the week for now if you think Toro is a hot schmotato and not a 2nd half difference maker. Thanks!
Nah, I wouldn’t drop Cody
The only other guys I could consider dropping for Toro would be Varsho (if you think Haase will be more valuable ROS) or Wong himself (good average, mediocre counting stats).
Lose Varsho
Don’t generally like using my last add of the week this early, but I hope Toro is worth it.
Don’t use it if you don’t have to
Do you see Toro as a top 100 hitter ROS?
Yes
What about Olivares? And if you had to choose between them?
Not if he’s platooning
Replace Hembree with Clippard in redraft?
Sure
Replace Hembree with Clippard in redraft?
Yes
Jared Walsh or Josh Bell in a keeper league?
Walsh
Hilliard or Kelenic? Thx.
Hilliard at home, Kelenic otherwise
I see a handsome profit on Bellinger next season for those who pluck him in like the 4th to 5th round…he hurt this year IMO. Degrom and Acuna maybe nice deals, too
All bounce back szn!
szn?
Oh, season….nvm
Ha, yeah
Ian Happ is a lesser version of Dan Uggla. There I said it.
I honestly cannot see straight with young Rockies players… Is Rodgers real? Hilliard is hitting? 3-3 with a HR and some stats, 0-11 stretch with an off day, then 4-7 and 2 HR the last two days… What the hey, waiver claim is in…
The Blade made a cameo! If there were defensive stats worthy…
Starting Gallen vs SF?
Ian Happ wishes to have career of Uggla
Gallen seems doomed
1. Please rank Bader, Gallo, Kelenic
2. Wisdom or Moose?
Thx.
1. Gallo, Kelenic
2. Wisdom
Hi Grey,
Good morning. I need some help selecting which player to keep ROS:
Adell or Baddoo
Thanks!
Chris
Akil
Bellinger for Conforto. Which side you prefer? And you can’t pick neither.
Haha, neither! Cody
h/h points 12 team redraft
RP Hand was dropped have Soto and Kitterage TB. as my closers is Hand worth a pickup ?
Meh
1. India putting the bomb in Bombay…niiiice
2. Began a minor league rehab assignment, which puts his timetable for his next injury at August 17th…..that actually made me lol
3. Bellinger was good too, except i have him so its just depressing….no more please
great as always Grey!
1. Ha 2. Nice 3. It’s so depressing — Thanks!
Grey, I am sitting about $500 of $1000 FAAB left…ballpark for bid on Cole Hamels (signing w Dodgers)….70ish?
I have Nola, Castillo, Gausman, Ray, Kikuchi, Snadoval, but can’t have too much SP…
You saved your money for Cole Hamels? Woof…Sure, $70ish sounds fine
You need league context….I have the least in the league. Not big spenders.
4ish ERA ROS sound right ROS?
Maybe 3-5 starts — 30 IP, 4.50 ERA, thereabouts
Not great, in other words
And if your leaguemates are cheap, then make a $15 bid
….And do what with the rest of my FAAB….line Grey’s couch cushions?
HAHA, yeah, guess it doesn’t matter, so go with 70+
Do you think Finnegan and Haase are going to keep it up ROS? Or are they going to come crashing down?
I think they can keep it up
Is Mullins a top 50 next year? Looking for comparable value for Bauer in a 2 year keeper league.
Yeah
Bellinger or Mullins for 2022?
Mullins
Appreciate the input. Thanks
No problem
quick q Grey
ROS Conforto or Grossman?
Conforto
Would you trade Cruz for Arenado. No real need but trade offer has been made and Cruz seems bang up and is now in a non-hitters park.
thanks
Sure
Grey, yesterday I asked about trying to save a first place keeper team that has been floundering for three weeks. You said not to sell Bichette under any circumstance. Same team and problem but what about selling DeGrom? Its a keep 5 keeper league and I have DeGrom for one more year. Its not sounding promising for him, especially with NYM docs treating him. How would you feel about selling him to go for it this year?
Sure, can sell deGrom
One other question-please rank
Cesar, Renfroe, Escobar, A. Rosario, Grisham or Eugene S.
Thanks and have a great day
Needs? Escobar, Grisham
H2H league. Which RP would you rather have going forward (care more about who will be best to roster in H2H a few weeks down the line/fantasy playoffs than this very moment)?
League is 6×6, saves only, k:bb ratio added in
Barlow, floro, bednar, Kennedy, N. Anderson
Thanks!
Anderson
ESPN Points, ROS
Utility spot, please rank:
Dansby Swanson
Tyler O’Neill
Pham
Thanks
Swanson, Pham
Sounds like Nick Castrellanos is back this week…hope he doesn’t hit like Nick Solak with the wrist.
Haha
Good morning.
Nimmo, jddavis, bader, Duran, Hilliard…
Gotta sit 2.
Help, please.
Hilliard, JD
Drop Ortega or Bader for Hilliard? 14T h2h obp & Ks
Thanks
Ortega
Grey,
I have two questions for you.
1) I swung the trade last night. Just in case you dont remember it was me giving away:
Adler Rutschman
Mick Abel
Matthew Liberatore
and my 1st round pick (somewhere between pick 7 and pick 10 depending on where i finish) in the minor league draft
I get:
Lucas Giolito ($25 this yea, $28 next),
$14 in salary,
the #2 pick in the minor league draft.
Thoughts on the trade
2) with me now having the number 2 pick in the draft who should I get? Im torn between Jack Lieter, and the C Henry davis. I have Soderstrom and dingler for C
Sounds good
2. Leiter
if Leiter goes first, then grab the C?
https://razzball.com/prospect-news-top-ten-2021-draftees-for-dynasty-leagues/
I love how the athlete in that image clearly exploded his leg when he pushed off, yet still went about seven feet farther than you or I would
Yeah, totally
The Braves new outfield is a Brave new world, and I wonder about Soler and Rosario, too. Assuming ROS is them playing at their best — Soler gets the nod because he’s healthy?
I’m asking for Conforto, who wants to be dropped
Rosario is due back any day tho
H2H, Rosario over Soler, in an efficiency vacuum?
Soler
Considering closing up shop for the season in our 12 tm 6×6 OBP/QS dynasty league (annual 25% inflation).
Don’t have many keepable assets, so considering a fire sale for rebuild. Is the below return sufficient or would you want more/give less?
Give: Soto ($16), A. Chapman (non-keeper), Aaron Nola (non-keeper)
Get: W. Franco ($2), J. Rodriguez ($2), M. Barnes ($1)
Don’t really want to part with Soto at this price, but he also demands a significant return that would jump start a rebuild.
Thanks, Sir Grey!
Hate giving up Soto, especially in an OBP league
Trade question for this year and beyond in a 12-team, H2H, OPS keeper league where each team can keep up to four players:
Lindor, Conforto and Hayes
Bellinger and Toro
Close/fair? Which side would you want?
Thanks!
Close, I guess…Lindor
Ok thanks. Can I infer that means you’ll probably have Lindor ranked higher than Cody in the 2022 rankings (and that’s how you view them as keepers)? Realistically Hayes, Toro and Conforto would never be kept in our league, so I actually thought I’d have to give up more to go from Lindor to Bellinger, but happy to hear if you disagree.
Maybe, they’re close…Now hearing those others wouldn’t be kept, I’d go Cody
Yea, we can only keep four and none of those is close to top 50 at this point (this after I lost Eloy as one of my four keepers and promptly drafted Conforto at 48 overall this year right before Castellanos, shoot me haha).
Thanks for the feedback.
One more quick question as I just received a trade offer in this same format (12-team, H2H, OPS keeper league where each team can keep up to four players):
Is Winker+Riley too much to give up for JoRam?
I know it’s a lot but with 12 teams and up to four keepers, I feel like Riley and Winker are probably keepers but more fringe, where JoRam is like top 15. It would definitely favor Riley and Winker for this season, obviously, more looking ahead as far as keeper values.
Not too much
No problem
Nick Castellanos is coming off the DL soon in my 12 team league. I have a lot position eligibility especially when Mookie Betts gets to 2B.
When Luis Robert comes back I’ll need another spot too!
Who should I drop?
Wil Myers
Jon Schoop
Harrison Bader
Myers
ROS in 6×6 roto with QS and K/9. May look to move Gausman to make up ground in Ks and QS – would you deal him for any two of the following:
Montas
Manaea
Stroman
Taijuan
Thanks Grey
Nope
Thank you
I’m BASKING in Adell wake – so emotional
Haha bask on basker
That Stros/Dodgers game was awesome to watch. Yordan should wear a Justin Fields jersey to his postgame pressers whenever he is in LA.
Solds league, was offered Ian Kennedy for O’Neill who is in my Util slot and replaceable with Eloy active now.
You like kennedy despite his rough start with the phillies?
Same owner also has Kimbrel, Karinchak, Gallegos, and Castillo that I could counter for
All of those guys are better than Kennedy
Haha, that’s awesome… I don’t like Kennedy, but it sounds like O’Neill is expendable for you
Yeah he is expendable, but do you think I could get Gallegos or Castillo instead?
Sure, try it…I’d take Gallegos
Thanks FML, you da bomb
I know, right?
Was this you at the Dodgers game last night? I figure there’s only so many people in LA with that good of a mustache
https://twitter.com/MajorLeagueGIFs/status/1422780761938272257?s=20
HAHA, it is me! (Wish)
Also, this was freaking cool to watch!
https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1422765132329988098?s=20
Ha, that is cool — Every time a ball cracks a camera it’s like the coolest thing ever
It’s like getting hit in the face but without the pain and you get to re-live it over and over
It is very fun
1. Heard moustakas is getting activated later this week probably between Friday and sometime this weekend, hes a smart pickup right? I already got him but I’m not familiar with how good he is I just know hes got power and hes not a waiver guy.
2. Is kyle farmer anything more than a hot streak? Like 12 runs in the last 15 days or so, like 7 or 8 in the last 7 days, I added adell instead of him, and toro was also available; I did this because adell’s biggest issue by far was his strikeout rate, it’s too soon to make a smart assessment but not striking out a single time in his debut might mean striking out isnt that big of an issue so I picked him instead is that a mistake?
3. Is kebryan hayes cold rn or does he suck? Same question for biggio, although I might give him the benefit of a doubt and assume his injury has been bugging him for a while and he’ll be better when he comes back, will biggio be better? Is kebryan bad now?
4. Tylor megill, he had basically one bad start, I’m a mets fan and would like a good mets pitcher but if hes bad hes bad, he got 4 earned runs (on one grand slam no walks) should I expect him to stabilise as good or continue declining
5. is it finally happening… kelenic… is good now?… could it be? (I picked him up a month before his first call up, painfully held on till he was sent down, dropped him, and then picked him up just before his second call up and hes finally looking, okay…)
For question 3 add didi gregorius to consideration
1. Yup 2. Nope 3. Cold for both they don’t suck…more faith in Hayes long term tho 4. I don’t trust him 5. Don’t see why not, he just a few bad weeks
I love having a team full of 2022 Most Improved Players cause they have been such trash this season
Haha yeah that’s the problem with having guys the year before
Gonna love drafting “perennial studs” like Lindor and Bellinger in the later rounds… hopefully we aren’t seeing a Benintendi-esque fall from sub-30 year old guys like that
biggest “bargain” will probably be Matt Chapman since he should be free in drafts next year
1st to 2nd round this year had so many pitfalls
And i fell into all of them
Haha, I did too in some leagues
Who stays on my team — Moustakis or Fletcher?
Moist
Wisler pitched the 7th and 8th today. Don’t think the rays pen is worth predicting right now so I’m gonna assume that Floro, Patton,Colome are all better options right now.
Also, I agree that Belli is broken and you can throw Grisham in that category too! That is all.
Yeah what a mess
Add Lorenzen or not worth a move? He did get the save today.
Sure, if you’re desperate, I am not
Anything to holding Taylor Rogers at this point? Still awaiting confirmation but the team doesn’t sound like they’re expecting him back anytime soon
Nah, can lose him
12 team 5×5 roto. My team is in 7th place. Gaining 10 points would put me 3rd, which would be a huge win for a year in which I drafted a million bats I was sure would be good but weren’t. My pitching is good, my hitting is awful. My roster is:
C-Vazquez
1B-Abreu
2B-India
3B-Ramirez
SS-Moore (Lindor hurt)
CI-Votto
MI-Baez
OF-A Garcia, Durran, Conforto, Tapia, Soler (L Robert hurt)
U-Tellez
SP- Ryu, Musgrove, F Peralta, Cease, DeScliafani, S Gray, Wainwright (Ed Rod, Houck, Price on bench)
CL – Clase (Hembree, Bednar on bench)
I have received the following trade offers:
My Musgrove for his C Seager
My Musgrove, Tapia, L Robert for his Bregman, Stanton, and Carlson or Bader
Either of these look to you like they would give the offensive boost I need? Other info that might be important is that I am dead last in AVG with little hope of rising (I’m at 236 (how is that even possible?) next is at 252) and that the only offensive category in which I’m doing well is SB (I’m in second, but the three teams behind me are all within 10 steals so I can’t slip too much there).
Thanks for the time on this long post! It is greatly appreciated.
Hmm…They’re both fair — redraft? I’d do the 2nd trade with Carlson
2 questions…
1) Who is the first drop…Rowdy or Joc
2) Could you rank the drop order…Josiah Gray, Touki Toussaint, Tylor Megill, Ross Stripling
Thanks for your help!
1. Rowdy
2. Gray, Megill
Spitzbreath…
Hahaha Uhhhhkay
HAHA
What’s up Grey
Streaming Zach Thompson (v. NYM) tonight? Mets have been on a skid lately and Thompson has been solid so far.
I am, will prolly backfire big time
Greetings,
Some has offered me Charlie Blackmon for my Brandon Woodruff. Um, no thanks. Must think I’m a newb. However, what are your thoughts on counter-offer of his Blackmon and Bassitt, for Woodruff? Trade-Analyzer shows it close. Thanks.
Not enough juice for the squeeze
Hey Grey
Assuming Gallen pitches poorly tonight
Would you drop him for Montas or Muller
Thanks
Yes, Montas
Cool
Thanks
Sorry
If Gallen does pitch well do you have the same answer
Yeah
No problem
Hello Grey — please provide your take on Kenley Jansen ROS. I have decide between him and
Lee Trivino for a traditional mixed 5×5.
Thanks,
What’s wrong with him? Jansen over Trivino
LAA are officially the absolute worst if they weren’t considered it already as far as str up lying about injuries. years ago they pulled the worst one ever, calling g.richards “dehydrated” then 2.5 or so days later it’s finally called a torn elbow tendon. here we got them claiming rendon had a “hamstring strain” that kept never getting better (which they also didn’t go into details about why that would be), now it’s “needs hip surgery and out all year”. this certainly explains why he sucked so much, he was playing presumably the entire year with hip problems that needed surgery. if he actually gets this fixed he’ll be very cheap next year now that we have an actual reason why he sucked. also there was the whole “we don’t know how skaggs got the skag (i.e. opiates) that he OD’d on” (later and now there’s lawsuits out from the family trying to get paid blaming a training staffer/medical team person for having got that for him which he died from), can’t forget that one.
it’s also possible he somehow picked up the hip injury while in minors rehabbing the “hamstring strain” but that sounds far more like the mess not the outright lies we know LAA engages in. wonder if trout has cancer or something (i’m only like 30% kidding).
Yeah, it’s lies
Yeah, saw that on Rendon…We’re not getting back Trout this year
over/under on how many more trout updates that read “delay on him coming back” for whatever mickey mouse b.s. 2 or more to be a fair line i’d think. also over/under on what date the real news comes out on what trout’s actually going through. that one is harder. i’ll go with
1. what appears to be a revelatory “update” like august 24th or something
then
2. in oct more real actual revelatory update that says really it was something else
Yeah, 100%, I don’t think we’re getting Trout back
Really scratching my head on what is going on with Trout. What are we on, week #12 for a “calf strain”? There has to be something else at work here.
Something else is going on here
Do you have a theory? Or is it something you’d rather not publish. I mean you’re local to LA maybe there are whispers going around.
i mean they called rendon’s hip problem a “hamstring strain” for like what 2 months or so now. we have no idea what trout’s really going through. i doubt grey had any inside info simply since he lives in LA (esp as LAA isn’t in LA anyway). we had no idea skaggs had a skag problem (i guess unless you were one of his dealers i’d suppose)
– in these things it’s always possible the local media might know something more than the rest of us, but it usually takes a while for that stuff to leak out.
It’ll come out eventually if there’s something there
I’m not gonna speculate but it’s super suspicious
OK, thanks.
No problem
What if when Mike Rizzo flipped the coin that decided between resigning Rendon or Strasburg it landed on it’s edge?
Haha
Grey,
I’ve got under 20 moves left for ROS. 12 team roto w/keepers. I’m in 1st, but it’s close.
My staff: Yu, L Castillo, Ryu, Nola, Jon Gray, Odorizzi, Detmers, Daniel Lynch, Josiah Gray
RPs: Diego Castillo, Tyler Rogers, Finnegan
I think I may need another “closer” to keep pace in SV. Who to drop for Lorenzen?
Separately, would you drop another SP for Daulton Jefferies or Maeda or hold?
Thanks.
Lynch — Maeda over Detmers
Would you trade Trout for Wander in a forever keeper league?
Also, Bellinger dropped to 8th tonight. Make it stop.
PAIN
I’d take Trout, but it could work out
Hey Grey! Keep forever – $9 Alonso or $14 Bellinger? Close or nah? Obp ops league fwiw. Thanks!
Pete, close
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. need to drop one of the following. who gets cut?
duran
houck
ynoa
thanks!
Needs? Ynoa
Sup Grey,
Which bat would you go with tonight?
Bellinger (Home) vs. Odorizzi
K. Marte (Home) vs Gausman
Marte
Grey! Who’s my drop for when Moose Tacos is activated? Blackmon, Aguilar, Adam Frazier or B Anderson. Need runs and HR most, in OBP league. As the white sox used to say, Danks You!
Haha…Anderson
Wow, just noticed Suter has 10 wins. What a difference that could have made to some of my teams.
and 6 for Devin Williams, who wasn’t even good the first month. This is why I am not getting wins from Woodruff and Burnes!!
Ha, yeah
Yeah, that would’ve been nice on all my teams
Hey Grey
6×6 OPS, keep for two more years, who do I keep? Matt Chapman at $22 or Toro at $10/$15 escalating contract per year?
Thanks.
Toro
hey kind sir which catcher is best for OBP league ros Gary Stassi or Garver… im guessing Garver but Stassi is hunky too
thanks
Stassi
Please pick one?
Plesac home vs Det or
Kim home vs KC
Kim
Springer bomb in the first again tonight. That’s 13 HR in 38 games. Dude is on fire.
Cody may have ruined his shoulder being an idiot and cost himself millions. At least Yelich got injured trying to make a play.
Yeah what an absolute idiot Cody is
Which side do you like a 16-team OPS keeper:
Gausman and McMahon or K.Tucker?
Fair?
Thanks!
It’s fair, I’d want Tucker
Is Carter Kieboom finally happening? I don’t want to get hurt again.
It might be
H2H Yahoo. 12 team. Keeper.
Dropped Biggio. Because he upsets me.
Have some maneuver space on positions (need C, 2B, or SS). Should I grab Soler, Toro, Straw, or Happ?
Needs? Soler or Straw
Little bit of everything. But might don’t need the Ks Soler brings.
Kiner-Falefa
Rizzo
2B
Vladito
C. Taylor
Renfroe
Mullins
Walsh (please come back soon)
Ohtani
IL: sad stories like Acuna
Straw
Grey, I’ll throw some bad closers names in a hat and please reach in and pick one out for me!
Hembree
Clippard
Floro
Patton
Colome
Clippard
Hey Grey, Megill and Wacha’s blowups may have put the nail in my coffin this fantasy season. We’ll see…
How do you feel about JD Davis being benched frequently now? Stick with him or go with Toro, Farmer, or Flores?
Lose him for Toro
Thanks. Nvm it’s Giolito’s blowup that gets me.
Are you kidding me? I benched Duran and Olivares because I needed RBIs and HRS, and guess what they just did?
Ha, yup!
Is Bednar just not going to get a chance to close? Would you rather have Clippard?
Yes
Grey,
Would you lose Wander Franco and/or Moncada for Adell, Rainey Tapia or Rhys Hoskins? It’s a redraft category league
Both for Raimel and Hoskins
Thanks!
No problem
Kittredge, Sewald or Clippard?
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