Adrian Beltre was promoted to the Dodgers the same year I moved to Los Angeles. I distinctly remember listening to AM sports radio a lot that summer, and, man, did people in LA hate Beltre. With justification too, he struggled for six seasons. When he finally broke out in 2004 (48 HRs, .334), no one believed it. If you would’ve told people in LA, Beltre would be a surefire Hall of Famer, they would’ve thought you were related to him. This would be the same as now saying Nick Castellanos will be a Hall of Famer in 14 years. Yesterday, Beltre went 1-for-5, 2 runs and secured his place in history with his 3,000th hit. Good on, Beltre, may all your cheap beers and head remain untapped. As for fantasy, well, doesn’t mean anything, but it’s a hat tip, while a hat pat is forbidden. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Rougned Odor – 3-for-4, 5 RBIs and his 21st and 22nd homers, hitting .221. Now here’s a preseason Hall of Fame candidate, according to me!
Nomar Mazara – 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 13th homer, as he bats third. He’s hitting near-.333 in the last week, and could start being schmotatoey again after a long drought.
Jeremy Hellickson – Traded to the O’s. Only the O’s staff could make Hellickson appear to be an upgrade. “Let’s see, the 5.50 ERA guy will slot in right before the 5.35 ERA guy, and after the 6.25 ERA guy. Think we got a contender now!”
Kevin Gausman – 8 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 10 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 5.37. Wow, this guy has turned his entire season around in a hurry. Or in a curry, if an Indian is reading. In the 2nd half, his opponent’s batting average is down to .258 from .317; his K/9 is up to 11 from 7.7; his walk rate is down a half a walk (which is about 45 feet); his xFIP is down from 4.90 to 3.04 and his ground balls went from 41% to 54%. Would I grab him willy and/or nilly in all leagues? Yes, it’s time to go back in on him.
Jonathan Schoop – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 24th homer, and third homer in the last four games. I get the sense that Schoop will never get preseason love. He can hit 30+ homers and .300+ and not get drafted in the first five rounds. No idea why.
Welington Castillo – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 10th homer. Where’s the boeuf?!
A.J. Ramos – 1 IP, 2 ER in the 8th yesterday. Traded to the Mets. Leave it to the Mets to make the most puzzling deadline move. “Guys, we’re not going to compete this year. It’s just not going to happen. We need to sell off pieces. Ooh…. The Marlins wanna give us Ramos? Okay!” It’s like when you go into the supermarket for eggs, and you’re like, “I know we didn’t need pearl onions, but they were on sale!” In Florida, Brad Ziegler will close, and should be more than capable.
Addison Reed – With the trade for Ramos, the Mets have no choice but to trade Reed. Once again, not the greatest bargaining tool. It’s like, “Sorry, son, you’re not going to get a car when you turn 17.” “But you just bought yourself a new car.” “Oh, yeah, we do have an extra car now. Okay, you can have a car. But you’re not having me fill it with gas.” “But you just struck a deal with OPEC for 80 barrels of petroleum.” “Damn, right again!”
Mitch Haniger – Sidelined after taking a deGrom fastball off his mouth. Imagine they find a tooth on the ground, then put it in his mouth only later to realize it’s Aaron Judge’s tooth he lost the other day during a celebration. “Um, Mitch, why do you have a piece of a picket fence in your mouth?”
James Paxton – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.68. He was wobbly as all get-out when he first returned from the DL, but he hasn’t given up more than two runs in any game in July, lowering his ERA from 3.44 on June 27th.
Leonys Martin – 2-for-4 and his 1st homer. I told you he was a sleeper! *slowly walks out of the room, accidentally walks into room filled with people who drafted Leonys because of me* Oh, hey.
Troy Tulowitzki – Likely out for the year with ligament damage in his ankle. After moving north, his leg problems have moved south. If he heads to the North Pole, he can finally shake the injuries.
Ezequiel Carrera – 3-for-5, 3 runs and his 8th homer. Nah, there’s no Capri Sun straws being stuck in baseballs to juice them, only, ya know, a guy like Ezequiel who likely never hit eight homers in Little League is suddenly beasting.
Kevin Pillar – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer, was hitting .095 in the last week entering play on Sunday, i.e., Pillar’s hitting has been statuesque.
Albert Pujols – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and two home runs (15, 16). A Pujols by any other name would not smell as sweet. Literally. Pujolses are not known for their sweet smell.
Kole Calhoun – Will undergo an MRI on Monday for his hamstring. Good news for all of you in one of those weird 30×30 leagues with MRIs as a category.
Bud Norris – 1/3 IP and his 2nd grand slam allowed in three appearances, ERA up to 3.89, up from 2.23 in a week. Donnie Moore’s ghost caught the Angels’ bullpen collapse and finally found peace. By the way, all the fantasy people talking about Steve Pearce hitting two walk-off grand slams in a week. Um, cool, but Norris is owned in 50% of leagues and Pearce hasn’t been owned in 50% of leagues in two years.
Collin McHugh – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.22 in two starts. Don’t necessarily love him, but if you like him, he looks back to where he’s been in seasons past. Velocity, Ks, walks, etc. etc. etc. Be hesitant in shallower mixed leagues, but deeper leagues should be more confident in him.
Lance McCullers – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA up to 3.92. Hasn’t been right in about a month. Wish the Astros would just DL him until September, and maybe we can get good McCullers down the stretch. And for all of youse who are like, his matchups haven’t been good. He was crushing bad matchups all year up until about a month ago, so, like Biz Markie said, I’m not even goin’ for it.
Justin Upton – 4-for-5, 2 runs, 6 RBIs and his 17th homer, hitting .281. He’s hoping for a Verlander trade so he can stop being asked, “So you married Kate and took her last name?” “Ugh, no, it’s the other Justin!”
James McCann – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 10th homer. The Tigers have 21 homers from their two catchers, and are nine games under .500. Yup, weird season.
German Marquez – 7 IP, 2 ER, 3 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.08. His home/away splits are eerily similar. Since he sounds like a Nazi that escaped prosecution, it’s only right that we look at his splits.
Dan Straily – 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.79. Stream-o-Nator predicted a line of 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks and no win. A third of an inning more, two more baserunners and one less K! C’mon, Stream-o-Nator!
Luis Castillo – 8 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.56. Due to having an ERA north of terrible in one league, I’m actually starting Castillo every time out, but I’d be lying if I told you I was at all confident in him. Like a Mormon who’s misplaced their magic underpants, I got nothing else to lose.
Trevor Cahill – 4 IP, 5 ER in his first start with the Royals. If one Royals’ member of management, fan or teammate is surprised Cahill is not good outside of Petco, I might lose my shizz, and I’m wearing spandex shorts, so it won’t be pretty.
Melky Cabrera – Traded to the Royals. On our Player Rater, Melky has been almost three times better than Miggy. Hopefully this knocks Alex Gordon from the Royals’ lineup, and spots him on the bench next to Olympic Strongman Drew Butera.
Rafael Devers – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. This home run was an opposite field jobber over the Green Monster. Said a’la Peter Sellers’ outtakes, “His name is Rafael, and he don’t take no jive turkey from no Western Union messenger.”
Drew Pomeranz – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.46, but had his win vacated by the Red Sox delay in trading for Addison Reed. C’mon, Sawx, you know you want to kill Reed’s fantasy value.
Ivan Nova – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.75. This start was vs. the Padres, so please allow me to let out a long sigh-groan. A sigroan, signoria, if the Pope is reading.
Andrew McCutchen – 3-for-3, 4 runs and three solo homers (20, 21, 22). Why is three homers only 20-22? Am I the only one confused by this? As for McCutchen, the Zombino rises again.
Kirby Yates – 1 IP, 0 ER and the save on Saturday. If Hand is dealt, Kirby’s over Maton’s for the weirdest full house.
Dusty Coleman – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer, and 2nd homer in three games. He’s thirty years old and hit .209 in Triple-A. This Padres prospect is also known as Nadir Bupkis.
Leury Garcia – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer, as he hit leadoff. Now to get Avisail back, so we can have a White Sox outfield of Garthreea, who sound like they’re from Barcelona.
Matt Davidson – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 21st homer, and 2nd homer in the last three games. Hot schmotato alert!
Carlos Rodon – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 5.23. I might need to go to Barnes & Noble and lie down in the sports section with the Baseball Almanac for the answer to this, but are there any pitchers with an under-5 ERA?
Kyle Hendricks – 5 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.80. He’s only gone more than six innings in two starts this year. Yo, Hendricks, you middle reliever? Cause you’re starting games, so you don’t seem like a middle reliever. Let me know, thanks.
John Lackey – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.87. I legit can’t believe I made it out alive after starting Lackey in a two-start week. Rather than knocking out his horse teeth, it makes me want to play something uplifting on his teeth like they’re a xylophone.
Victor Caratini – 1-for-4 and his 1st major league home run. Doesn’t he sound like a leading man from the 1950s? “The matinee with Victor Caratini and femme fatale, Jean Segura, was a lamentation of a bygone era before women were trying to work.”
Justin Wilson – Sent to the Cubs with Alex Avila for Jeimer Candelario, the almost Candy Man. Wilson will setup Davis and Avila will backup Contreras, i.e., the rich get richer. This will prolly put the kibosh on matinee idol, Victor Caratini, and will open up a wide field of potential replacements in Detroit to close. I bet on Shane Greene to take over for Wilson, because the other option, Bruce Rondon, has an ERA of plus-12. Says here, that’s not good.
Domingo Santana – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 18th homer. Never rest on a Sunday.
Jacob Faria – 4 IP, 3 ER, ERA up to 2.93 vs. Jordan Montgomery – 2 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA up to 4.15. The Regression Fairies obviously didn’t need to pee between innings.
Jaime Garcia – Traded to the Yankees, after being traded to the Twins about a week ago. Garcia is a matchups streamer, and that obviously becomes less so in the AL East.
Jaime Garcia won his only game on the Twins. If the Twins win a Wild Card slot by one game, their team MVP has to be Garcia.
— Razzball (@Razzball) July 30, 2017
Greg Bird – Could return late-August. Since Bird was about the 29th worst 1st baseman in the majors while he was healthy this year, it’s an upgrade if he replaces Chase Headley.
Aaron Judge – 0-for-4. His average has fallen about fifty points in six weeks. Yup.
Howie Kendrick – Traded to the Nationals to act as a Swiss Army knife and, if Dusty has any sense (questionable!), to platoon Wilmer Difo (great movie!), and Brian Goodwin.
Erick Fedde – 4 IP, 7 ER, in his 1st major league start. Fedde wop!
Ryan Zimmerman – 3-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 23rd and 24th season. Nothing like drafting a guy for five years and being disappointed season after season only to watch him finally be productive while not on your teams. Nothing at all like it. Maybe accidentally slamming your foot in a car door. That might be similar.
Edwin Jackson – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.75, but 2.84 on the Nats. Dusty is the Edwin Whisperer.
Brian Goodwin – 3-for-8, 3 runs and his 11th homer. He had schmotatoness last week, and still seems to have it.
Jonathan Lucroy – Traded to the Rockies. Miller Park is the 8th and Arlington is the 5th best stadium in the majors for offense, so, prior to us reaching around and Jerad Eickhoff’ing each other at the thought of Lucroy in Coors, Lucroy’s made Miller and Arlington look like Yellowstone at points in his career. The Rangers are not a bad team for runs either. Am I bidding aggressively in NL-Only? Yeah, I’m bidding aggressively for Lucroy, but he’s nothing but a flyer in mixed leagues until he shows something.
Vince Velasquez – 7 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.91. Like Winston Churchill should’ve said, if you put the VV real close together it likes a W for win.
Matt Kemp – Hit the DL with a hamstring strain. If I ever had a chance to interview him, I’d say, “Member when you said you were going to go 50/50?” Then I’d laugh hysterically.
Jim Johnson – 1/3 IP, 0 ER as he entered the 8th inning of a tied game. Hmm, I can’t tell if the Braves were trying to use Johnson in a tight spot or if they were jerking him around. Either way, his owners better grab Vizcaino just in case.
Yonder Alonso – 3-for-6, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 22nd homer, a walk-off homer. After the game, he said, “I’m just happy to help my team,” then he asked the reporter to take a photo of him wearing a Yankees hat in case he needs to tweet it out later.
Bartolo Colon – 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 7.70 vs. Jharel Cotton – 3 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.49. This matchup was billed as, “Cotton vs. Colon: The Cheap Man’s Cure For Diarrhea.”
Brian Dozier – 1-for-6 and his 17th homer. Beginning to think last year’s Dozier when he hit, like, 40 2nd half homers might’ve been an aberration.
Lance Lynn – 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners (5 BBs), 3 Ks, ERA at 3.20. Five over-the-internet dollars says Lynn gets traded somewhere and becomes immediately unusable.
Chris Owings – Out with a fractured middle finger. With how he’s hit over the last month, his owners would happily give him a healthy middle finger.
Robbie Ray – Hit the concussion DL after being Gallagher’d in the melon on Friday. Ray returned to shower in the clubhouse after being treated at a hospital for the concussion, which some are saying is a good sign, but are we not at all concerned he chose a clubhouse shower rather than his house, a hotel or even the condo he takes his side pieces to? I mean, he’s making $570,000 this year. Is he trying to save on water bills or did he forget where his favorite shower is? This guy is a big part of my fantasy teams, and I’m concerned!
Any tips for H2H owners with fantasy trade deadline coming? comfortably in 1st and wondering if i should buy injured players. i have kershaw and not sure what to do with him.
@newbvic: You wanna buy more injured players? Kershaw could be fine in a couple of weeks, but Dodgers are cruising to the playoffs, I doubt they push him
@Grey: was thinking since im comfortably in a playoff spot i would buy injured players since i can absorb the loses until they come back for playoff time. would you shop kershaw in my situation?
As with every trade, it depends what you can get
@Grey: ugh. hate moving one of the holy trinity of sp. 2 mid tier sp of the carrasco and nelson variety enough?
Don’t do it then
You’re my hero
@FrankGrimes: Ditto
@FrankGrimes: Ditthree!
I wouldn’t feel bad about not owning Zimmerman. He’s had a couple weeks of production since mid May or so, and they’ve both occurred on my bench. I need to hate drop him and let someone else deal with the headache of owning him.
@Shoop Da Whoop: Sounds like you must be in a H2H league at the end of a few bitter weeks. Hes really only struggled at the end of june and a bit more than half of july. Are you going to be mad that he hit .283 and not .340 in June? He should be starting everywhere barring injury.
@thatguy: From May 7 to May 28, he hit 0 HR. From June 13 to July 17, he hit 0 HR. His GB rate went from 37.7% in April to 46.7% in May, 49.4% in June, and 50.9% in July. His wRC+ in those months: 239, 132, 103, 92.
@Shoop Da Whoop: i read somewhere about a week ago he barely had like an OPS of over .600 since early june. i’ll come back with some math prior to the 2 HR game….
@For an Armenianless Vacation come to Akron: from june 14th till july 26th (he has 2 2 HR games starting on the 27th july) his line is .213/.262/.319 so i was way off, it was only .581 over that near 6 weeks (some of that is all star break though). i only own him in one league, a 16 team dynasty where i was very mad to have gotten him rather than moreland in the late rounds by one pick. it’s roto so his season stands equal for me, but i’d been benching him for guys like wong/mahtook and other streamer types in that league for a while.
@For an Armenianless Vacation come to Akron: and thus you should trade him now that he’s had 2 2 HR games in 4 days. you certainly probably could’ve back in may, probably can soon again.
@For an Armenianless Vacation come to Akron: The league in which I own him is trade averse. Seriously, not a single trade this season. Lots of wire activity, though (probably why there aren’t many trades). I picked up a few Phillies and Mets this week for my SS, middle infield, corner, and U spots. Extra bonus for already owning Altherr and Conforto, and with Carpenter and Pham getting a week in two great parks, I should be golden.
Check back next week, when I’m hanging from my bathroom door.
@Shoop Da Whoop: Sounds like first place team problems
@Grey: I wish. 6th place. Yay H2H
Chris Taylor or Whit Merrifield at 2b?
Pick 2 closers? Bud Norris, Rosenthal, or Hand?
Thanks!
@H: W. Hit. Norris and …. someone else. Hand could/should get dealt today. STL is still up in the air. Shane Greene?
@H: Whit…Rosenthal, Hand
Madson in the 8th yesterday again, Doolittle got another save. His third one as a nat. Would you say is safe to drop Madson and grab someone like Yates in the case Brad Hand gets traded today? Or hold?
@HarperBetterThanTrout: greene, became closer hours ago. or treinen (effectively has been for around 4 days or so), yates might be aheda of them if hand is gone though.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: and vizcaino.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey:
Thanks. I grabbed Viz and Greene some days ago. Only available is Yates which is why I mentioned him.
@HarperBetterThanTrout: Sure, grab Yates
10 Team HTD, points, keeper league. Holds count… Which side?
Judge for Votto and J Wilson
@Nitro: Votto, assuming OF deep in that league
@Mark: just saw Keeper – I’d stick with Judge
@Nitro: Judge
12 team head to head, weekly lock points league. No -1 for strikeouts.
I have Parra, Brinson, Peralta, Gyorko on my bench.
1. How do you rank them.
2. Should I drop any of them for Margot / Alonso / Pujols / Altherr?
@TheConsigliere: I’d lose Peralta and Gyrko for Margot and Alonso
@JeF WiTh 1 F: in a points legal I’d stick with Peralta over Margot
@Mark: *league
@TheConsigliere: Agree with F
Would you drop Moncada, Brinson, Kinsler, or Chris Davis for Margot?
Also want to pick up Shane Greene (Zeigler available too). Who do I lose?
My staff: Clevinger, Lynn, Nola, Morton, Kluber, Straily, Nova, Hendricks, Claudio, Vizcaino, Wade Davis
Thanks!
@marimon: Brinson…. Nova, Viz
I’m in a moves limit league and I’ve lost R.Ray and Kershaw over the past week or whatever. Need to pick up a starter with the idea that I may need to hold him for much of the rest of the season if Ray and/or Kershaw don’t come back.
Options on the wire are (yuck)…
Vargas
Eickhoff
Corbin
Pivetta
Gausman
Hoffman
Davies
McHugh
Blackburn
Sabathia
Edwin Jackson
Lamet
Leake
Also, I own H. Ryu. Which guy should I pick up? Is there a second guy I should drop Ryu and pick up?
Bleh.
Thanks!
@Ben: he wrote everyone has to be back in on Gausman above so own him.
@Lt: David price was just dropped too. Worth a waiver claim?
@Ben: not till he’s playing but somebody is gonna tell you you don’t need to hold them just stream the matchups
@Ben: Gausman. I’d hold Ryu if you can’t really stream
@Ben: Gausman
@Grey: @Grey: thanks
No problem
there’s more verification on the viz situation:
“Braves’ manager Brian Snitker confirmed Sunday that he would have used Arodys Vizcaino if a save situation arose.” (rotoworld)
this bout the right order for saves only now:
treinen/greene/viz (who’d move to 1st if there was more info in that direction)/clippard/yates/bedrosian
@For an Armenianless Vacation come to Akron: Looks fine
Lol at the Robbie ray piece. i feel your pain.
In the last week, I’ve lost ray, Clayton(who I just traded for) and strasburg to the DL. Needless to say it’s been a banner week…..
@Mike: Ha, yup
Are you still “high” on Bader ? Has a nice schedule (if he plays every day) this week. Bader or Brad Miller for this week ?
I lost out on Devers and Hand with my $32 bids, but was the runner up. haha I did land Flores for $5 and Bader for $3 as my consolation prizes. Yes, I slotted Flores and Bader under Devers AND Hand. Dropped Wilson (holds not a cat) and Markakis (needed a change for whatever reason).
Thanks Grey.
@Andrew Edenbaum: Bader
Sure hope the O’s trade Britton, and keep Brach, but I fear not. Angelos has no business being allowed to veto everything the g.mgr. or Buck propose. My guess is that they both go or just Brach.
@Andrew Edenbaum: Yeah
So, I’ve suffered w/ the rotting carcass of Kyle Schwarber for a few months, and Lucroy and Gattis are on the wire… hold on or time to cut the corpse.
Also, would you rank the closers: Doolittle, Greene, Norris, Hand, Zeigler, Johnson, Claudio.
Thanks, Grey!
@Ryan: Go Lucroy…. Claudio, Hand, Ziegler
@Grey: that because Claudio is the better pitcher or better situation? Or both?
Sorry, not following
@Grey: sorry, Claudio over Hand and Ziegler
All coin flips… None are great, none are terrible… Hand is likely best pure pitcher, worst team
@Grey: perfect, thanks!
Thoughts on Jay Bruce not only the rest of this season, but the next few years when it comes to dynasty? I have a pretty competitive team(5th place out of 20), but in need of power. I could trade Taylor Trammel for Bruce straight up in this Keep Forever Dynasty. Thoughts?
@Richard Davis: Bruce is a solid cheap option for power…I’d make that move.
@Richard Davis: Agree with F
Should I trade Mike Clevinger, Rich Hill and Marwin Gonzalez for Robbie Ray, Patrick Corbin, and Archie Bradley in a dynasty league?
Thanks!
@Connor Henry: Sure
@Connor Henry: Agree with F
Grey….weekly OPS league….start Odor vs. SEA and @MIN or Semien vs. SF and @LAA? Was leaning Semien but guessing you’d go with Odor…
@Gregarious: Odor
Hey Grey – which side do you like more in standard keep-forever leagues….
$3 Healy or $8 Devers? (+$3 inflation annually)
Thanks!
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Devers
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Devers
Grey!!
Soo good, man! Like the first time I watched Charlie’s Angels in the 70s!
a. Visit from a major donor next door. So, GTG.
b. John Rambo Quote of the day for July 31
[Scene change, at Russian command camp.]
Colonel Zaysen: ‘Where in my sector are the missiles being delivered?’
Colonel Trautman: ‘I don’t know.’
Colonel Zaysen: ‘You’re a liar.’
Colonel Trautman: ‘Ooh! Uhh!’
Colonel Zaysen: ‘Where?’
Colonel Trautman: ‘All right.’
Colonel Zaysen: ‘I knew you were lying. Now, where are the missles located?’
Colonel Trautman: ‘Close.’
Colonel Zaysen: ‘How close?’
Colonel Trautman: ‘In your ass. Oh! Uuh!’
Colonel Zaysen: ‘You’ve tried my patience long enough. [Click] I tried to be civilized. [Door opens] [Speaking foreign language] [Speaking foreign language] [Talking about John Rambo in foreign language] The name John Rambo…Do you know it?
Colonel Trautman: ‘No?’
Colonel Zaysen: ‘He says there are plans for a rescue attempt with the help of some rebels. He also says he knows where this man is going. We will welcome him.’
Colonel Trautman: ‘Aah!’
[Poor Colonel Trautman taking one for the team! Don’t worry, Rambo is close.]
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: Ha, thanks! B. Nice!
@Grey: Grey!!!
a. What’s up, man?
b. German Marquez was always supported by two people. Can you guess who (the order is very important)?
Cheers,
Ante
A. Chillin… Waiting on deadline deals B. Germans and Marquezes
@Grey: Grey!!!!
Two main supporters of German Marquez (in this order!!)!!
a. Austrian Marquez
b. Italian Marquez
Cheers,
Ante
PS Japanese Marquez was a close third.
What about the Taiwanese Marquez?
@Grey: Grey!!!
LOFL!!!!
Russian Marquez and People’s Republic of China Marquez said NYET to Taiwanese Marquez’s existence!
Cheers,
Ante
Damn, those Chinese Marquezes!
2 quick questions for the rest of the year.
1 Bregman or Devers?
2. Can you rank Strally, Gausman, Jon Gray
Thanks
@Brett: Devers, I’d switch Gausman and Straily.
@Brett: 1. Devers 2. Rank looks fine
Need a SS. Yahoo 12 Team. E Nunez of A Bergman? Need the Lathario to make a desicion as my ego is crowding my judgement….
@John Schwind: Nunez
Who is the drop to pick up Treinen? Nova or Lackey?
Would you start Happ over either Nova or Lackey?
@The Fridge: Nova, no idea of Happ’s matchup
Grey, I hate that the season is wearing down, you’re the man. Am I starting Nova this week at home vs SD after the masterpiece he threw there? I can start Ed Rod vs whitesox instead or Devenski but he’s failing me lately. You trade Sale for Goldy every time right?
@Lt: Thanks! I’d go Nova… Yeah, Goldy
hey grey
dump mccullers for gausman?
thanks
@Murph: Ugh, no, but could work out if you did
Need some starting pitching and I got offered Nelson Lester and Chris Taylor for Mookie. Thoughts?
@Benintendo64: could also do Verlander, Nelson and Taylor
@Benintendo64: Not good
@Grey: would you take Lester or Nelson for a lesser OF? Or should I shop around for better options at SP?
Get someone better
@Grey: alright thanks man. Have a happy trade deadline!
No problem
Best saves pick up: Greene, Clippard, Ziegler?
Howie Kendrick mixed league relevant in 12 team H2H? I’m looking for a bench bat with multi position eligibility
@msh2404: Ziegler — Howie is a platoon player who hasn’t been good in a few years
Hey I’m in a 12 team dynasty league 7 x7. I was offered starling marte, jd Martinez and Jacob degrom for my manny machado, David Dahl and Lucas giolito. I’m finding it very difficult to trade machado in a dynasty league but this trade would put me over the edge this year as I’m hovering around first place all year even tho Dahl and manny have contributed. I could use another ace and a big bat. Is one year worth losing the two younger studs in a dynasty? Thanks
@Joe: Take JD and deGrom if it helps you win
12-tm OBP H2H
My Judge, Sano for his Rendon, Stanton, JD
@The JoGarza: I think that I would make that trade in a redraft. I may say no depending on rules of a keeper league and the affect it would have on keeper values.
@The JoGarza: Stanton side
Rosenthal or Doolittle? Both teams should supply save ops down the stretch, which do you like better?
@Joe: Rosenthal
Gausman over Straily or Nova in an 11tm roto?
@Scuffy McGee: Nova
Would you start Jon Gray (home against PHI) or Nova (home against SD) this week? Nova has been bad lately, but Gray is in Colorado.
@Milarky: Nova
Should I go with Simmons or Semien this week at SS? Simmons has 6 games at home against PHI and OAK, and Semien has 7 games (SF, @SF, @LAA)
@Skeezix: Simmons
@Skeezix: Semien
Any word on whether Peacock has officially lost his rotation spot? I really don’t want to drop him because of how good he has been but I doubt he will give me much value out of the pen in a Wins and Quality Starts league.
@SDub88: Unless someone else is sent to the DL on the Astros rotation, he was demoted to MR
@Grey:
Thanks – Peacock still worth holding in your opinion or drop him for Gausman? It’s hard to cut him given how good he’s been
Drop
Hi there, who are you starting in points league this week: Nova vs the Padres in PNC park, or Jon Gray in Coors against the Phillies? Thanks
@Asdf: wow just noticed someone else had my exact same question above
@Asdf: Nova
Grey – fantastic stuff as always…it will be interesting to see how the deadline shakes up rosters today and its always funny to read the fallout in the comments about how it impacts everyones squad…
2 horrific matchups to start the week. Would you roll out Clevinger @ Boston and Alex Cobb @ Houston today?
Also – keeper league (and ROS) – do you prefer Ryon Healy or Nicholas Castellanos?
Thanks man!
@Rosterbating: Thanks! No I wouldn’t…. Healy
Drew Butera sounds like the plural of “drawn butter.”
Hi, Grey!
@royce!: Haha… You in WA yet?
dynasty league. Looking to speculate on saves and get a jump on possible deals or job changes. current options are rondon, taylor rogers, blake treinen, jake petricka, ryan dull. any worth adding by dropping seung? leaning possibly treinen
@Brian: Treinen
Been playing Cervelli for a week, but has really cooled own. Any of these FA stand out over him :
R.Martin , James McCann , R.Chirinos , T.Flowers or C.Rupp.
Single C deep 6×6 roto.
Thanks.
@joeg414: Martin
Thanks for the content Grey. Who do you value more as a keeper in roto: Ozuna as an 8th rounder or Domingo as a 24th? Would be able to keep both for up to the next five years.
Thanks!
@Jimmy Jack James: Domingo
With this staff, would you…
1. Hold
2. Add Wacha for Nova
3. Add Wacha for Faria
4. Add Wacha for Taillon
5. There is no 5 cuz I can’t drop Cobb yet and I know you hate him! Once The Astros destroy him today, he will be on my list.
Kershaw, Verlander, Nova, Cobb, Morton, Severino, Faria, Taillon
@Last Man Standing: 1
Drop Nick Williams for which SAGNOF delight?
Jarrod Dyson, Mallex Smith, or Brajai Davis?
@Old School Brother: Dyson
So, you’re saying my 1st place team with Strasburg, Price, McCullers, Ray,, and Cahill might be in trouble?
Lowercase yay
@Joe Quadres: Ha
Finally dropped Nova in my 13-teamer. Pissed at myself for waiting this long… his hot April really masked a typically bad year:
April: 5 starts, 36IP, 3 wins, 1.50 ERA, 0.75 WHIP
May-July: 16 starts, 100 IP, 7 W, 4.61 ERA, 1.35 WHIP
But his season numbers have looked good well into July due to that hot start.
@TheTinDoor: Yup
Yoncada for…..
F. Martes
Reynaldo Lopez
Willy Adames
R. McMahon
Ronald Acuna.
Dynasty league. Which side????
@Chris: Acuna
as a Mets fan (unfortunately) the Ramos deal makes alot of sense actually. Reed will be a FA and is about to be dealt, Familia is still on the DL and who knows what happens with him so Ramos can either pitch the 8th or close for the Mets next year depending on Familia’s health. And he cost nothing in terms of prospects.
@James Denniston: Gotcha
Judge and Faria for Lindor and Rosenthal?
Thank you
@lwomack58: Judge
I’m in that Leonys Martin room…… grrrrr
@attgig: Ha
12 team H2H 5×5 drop Logan Morrison and/or Castellenos for Gerardo Parra, Maunue Margot, Lorenzo Cain, Ryon Healy or Chris Davis?
@Tony C: Cast for Parra in Coors, LoMo for Cain
How would you rank these 3 OF for next year:
Mazara
Fisher
Brinson
Dahl
@Ashtray: Counting is hard
@Ashtray: Maz, Brinson
Hold onto Happ or drop for one of these 2ndbums…
– Hernandez
– Dietrich
– Difo
@Kyle: Difo’s been hot
Do you think Avila impacts Contreras’ playing time? Would you rather Contreras or Sal Perez?
@Brett: Perez
Yoan Moncada or Alex Bregman ROS? Thanks!
@Savoy Special: Moncada
Hey Grey,
I’m in a 11 team points league. Can you please point out the top 3 pitchers from the list below? Waiver pickups happen every Wednesday and Sunday in our league.
Jaime Garcia (Currently own)
Blake Snell (Currently own)
Jerad Eickhoff (Currently own)
John Lackey (Currently own)
Marco Estrada
CC Sabathia
Ariel Miranda
Hyun-Jin Ryu
J.A. Happ
Kyle Freeland
Thanks,
Tom
@TomToms: I’d look at matchups
@Grey: Ok, decided to just drop Lackey when Strasburg comes back from DL, and keep the rest for streamers.
Cool
Your typos and grammar are always entertaining AF, but Nazi persecution/prosecution might take the cake.
@Bad Ash: Oops
I’ve got 3 guys on DL and only 2 DL spots. Hang onto A.Garcia or drop him?
@Scandalous Bob: Drop
Which side:: Conforto or Lester?
Pitching took a hit last week with Kershaw down and am living in the edge with Darvish, Wood and Hill, Ray and McCullers.
@Kyle: Lester if you need him, it’s fair
With Wilson being sent to the Cubbies, I am out a closer. Who do you think is the better pick up to fill in the saves void? Greene or Vizcaino?
@SPAPS: Viz
Who would you rather own in a dynasty league – Sano or Cory Seager?
Thanks!
@Chud: Seager
Grey,
Do you like Gausman or Folty ROS?
Gausman
Is it safe to start Chacin vs Min tomorrow? W , WHIP, ERA, K
Yes
Who do you like ROS? Kinsler vs. Semien.
OPS league. Other MI are Schoop and Story.
Semien
@Grey: weekly roto. Need to bench one of the following. Who sits?
Conforto – 3 @ col, 3 vs lad
Altherr – 1 vs atl, 3 @ laa, 3 @ col
Odor – 3 vs sea, 4 @ min
Altherr
@Herschel: Conforto!!!!
10 team Yahoo H2H 7×7
W, L, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, QS
(3) SP: deGrom, Severino, McCullers
(2) RP: Wilson, Knebel
(4) P: Betances, Nova, Lynn, J. Gray
(6) Bench: Corbin, Roark, Morton, Ryu, Chacin
(2) DL: Aaron Sanchez
1) Ah so with only 6 adds for the week, I normally use them for streaming SPs but this trade deadline has me freaking out about when/who to drop Wilson for now!? Is Hand still the best add, or Ramos now? Or just wait it out til 4pm today?! I just don’t know how to prioritize all these RPs …
Ramos, Dyson, Familia*, Hand, Maton, Kirby, Belisle, Bedrosian, Lorenzen, O’Day, Mychal Givens, Bradley, Swarzak, Kela, Claudio, Clippard, Barraclough, Tazawa, Vizcaino, Rondon, Blevins, Jennings, Minaya, Oh, Cecil, Robertson, Doolitle, Madson
2) Also speaking of streaming… are there any definite streams I should be using or at least pitchers to be adding right now? I was thinking Gausman, JC Ramirez, and maybe even Clevinger but only to stash him since he was dropped, not start him?
8/1
Nolasco vs. PHI (5.8)
Bundy vs. KC (-5.8)
8/2
M Moore vs. OAK (14.5)
JC Ramirez vs. PHI (5.1)
8/3
Gausman vs. DET (-1.0)
Bridwell vs. PHI (-2.2)
Snell @HOU (-6.5)
Cahill vs. SEA (-7.1)
Newcomb vs. LAD (-10.9)
Eickhoff @LAA (-13.2)
8/4
Cotton @LAA (-3.3)
Lugo vs. LAD (-11.2)
8/5
L. Castillo vs. STL (5.1)
Folty vs. MIA (-5.3)
8/6
Nolasco vs. OAK (9.3)
Clevinger vs. NYY (-2.4)
Bundy vs. DET (-6.2)
@ebudz: 1. Ramos 2. None of these are good streamers, can grab Gausman
@Grey: Thanks Grey! Appreciate your advice!
No problem
Corbin and Marquez for Carlos Martinez?
@Mplax28: C-Mart
Grey,
i’m currently in first in my hitters league (BB do not get points) and my normal set of points men just seem to be falling flat while my bench crew though no wowing seem to consistently do better..
This week I have left a lot of points on the bench but don’t want to make a move that ends up putting more points on the bench :)
usually hitters – Altuve, Lamb, Blackmon, Pollack, Murphy, Turner
Bench – Alonso, Kinsler, Thames, Granderson
This week I was thinking of starting ALtuve, Blackmon, Pollack, Turner, Alonso and Kinsler
Lamb has been in an 0-15 funk but has a high walk rate which doesn’t help and Murphy just seems to be regressing downwards. they also have short weeks against at team that is hot (CHC) as well as two teams with high ERA’s (MIA) (SF)
where as kinsler and Alonso are going up against teams with high ERA’s and seem to be consistent..
Your Thoughts? Stay with my bread and butter in Murphy and Lamb and hope they have big games against CHC or give them a week off and ride the bench players a week.
Thanks
Mike
Go with your usual players
@Michael: I’m a Lamb owner too and decided to sit him this week if that helps. Less worried about his mini-slump and more worried that he’s got three tough lefties in Lester, Quintana and Madbum…
Everyone knows how bad he is against lefties (OPS .551 vs. 1.009 against righties this season…)
@Gregarious: Yeah, I thought about that as well……I’m sticking with my usual line up except swapping Alonso for Lamb because of that and the short week.
if it comes back and bites me then I’ll let the homeless guy up the street kick me in the nuts and yell “DON”T DOUBT GREY YEAH SHMUCK!!!” as he does it.
Morning Greymon, did you ever used to watch digimon? if not, search Greymon.
anywho, Reed is pretty much a setup guy now right regardless if he goes to Sox or stays in NY?
drop Reed for Viz? thanks and cheerio
@vee: also forgot to mention that Kintzler might get traded… who’s next in line for the Twins? Taylor Rogers you’d see?
Rogers or Belisle
@vee: Drop Reed for Viz. He is in Boston setting up for the Sox now. Also, about the Twins. Its Rodgers I guess. But he has given up a ton of runs the past week or so. If Kintzler gets dealt he may be the add… but I’d rather wait and see then give up a streaming spot. Unless your desperate or in a deep league.
Nah, I haven’t…. Yes, Viz
Hi Grey — I lost Owings in a 14-team roto league with a narrow bench. Can’t stash him with Springer in the DL slot. Sorry for another multi-part question but here goes:
(1) I immediately grabbed Semien (oh, gross!). But would I be better off with Galvis, Reyes (assuming he’s not headed to the DL himself), or Wilmer Difo?
(2) For a Rest-of-Season solution, there’s a guy in my league with an embarrassment of riches for SS-eligible players: Jean Segura, Corey Seager, and Villar, and he is very eager for pitching help. I’ve got Severino, Wood, Danny Salazar, Carrasco, Morton, and Duffy as starters. Can you see a good trade for me among those options? Maybe Duffy or Morton for Segura? That’s not enough, right?
(3) Also, we need six starters in those league so if I did a deal I’d have to get someone off waivers. Would you take E-Rod, Corbin, or Happ? Or with those choices should I lean on the SoN for streamers?
(4) Thanks!
Semien 2. Salazar for Segura? 3. SON
@Grey: Many thanks, Grey.
In your opinion, is the right way to rank my current starters from best to worse Severino, Wood, Carrasco, Salazar, Morton, and Duffy?
Wood, Carrasco, Severino
Congrats to Adrian Beltre… maybe we should all pat him on the helmet and let him know what a great career he’s had.
In terms of Yoan Moncada.. how much longer do we wait in a shallow 10 team league before we realize that he’ s actually Byron Buxton in disguise and we should kick his ass to the curb until next year?
Thanks!
Ha, I’d give Moncada another week at least
Need help picking my 3 DHs for the week, since some of them are cold, and some are just not playing regularly:
Thames
Deshields
Kepler
Buxton
Holliday
Solarte
Semien
Chris Davis
Thanks!
Thames, Semien, Davis
@Grey: Thanks Grey! Unfortunately, I need one of those OF in there – which of those OF would you roll with (Kepler, DeShields, Buxton), and which of Thames, Semien or Davis would you bench him for?
Apologies for the confusion!
Kepler, Semien
@GoJays: Correction – I meant Simmons instead of Semien.
Which side in a keeper league?
A) Lindor, Thames and Lucroy
B) Bogarts and Abreu
Abreu
Miguel Cabrera or Donaldson for ROS?
Donaldson
Who do you prefer ros- merrifield or inciarte? Thanks
Ender
No question today, just a shout out for the “Being There” reference. Do you know Rafael? LOL!! For those who haven’t seen it, they are missing out on a classic movie.
Also, as one who once wore the “Mormon magic underpants”…nice shot.
Carry on.
Thanks!
drop nick williams, grichuk, parra for any of cfrazier, brinson, wilmer, dominic smith?
Williams for Frazier
Should be an interesting day! Or not. We shall see. Trade Simmons to get Odor? Thanks
Yup! I’d take Odor
Would you drop an ice cold Benintendi for a blazing hot Manuel Margot?
Sure
Keeper league – Josh Bell or Lucroy?
Bell
Buster O is talking about Norris and D. Hernandez possibly getting moved. So if you don’t have Blake Parker/Bedrosian on the radar, I’d keep an eye on them all you SAGNOF-ers out there.
Ugh, I don’t want any of them
@knucks: Haha agreed, don’t want alot of the spec guys on my roster. Hoping to drop alot of them when the deadline passes.
Grabbed Parker after roster locks 30 mins ago. Dropped a batty call. Bedrosian was owned already. Prob be dropping Parker by 4:01 PM EST. Churn and burn baby!
@knucks: It sounds like Kintzler will def be gone. But the MN pen looks less exciting to me than the LAA one (if both Norris and Kintzler are dealt).
Hello Grey,
Would you start Nova at home vs SD (yes, another Nova question) or Clevenger for 2 starts at Boston and at home vs NY. I was reluctant to start him in Beantown until I saw he was facing Fister. Plus they suck at hitting right now. It is a 10 Team H2H Points League where SPs can get you decent points. I have the Cleaver starting, but I wanted to run by you.
Thanks much Grey.
@Yankee My Wanky!: Oops, f’n early game started already, so my team is locked. I guess I am swing the Cleaver in Boston. I am thinking this one will hurt. You can still break the bad news to me.
Thanks Grey.
Nova
Hopefully it works out
One more Grey if you don’t mind. Didi or Semien going forward in 12 Team H2H with Holds and OPS. I have Didi, but figured I would ask with all of the Semien talk lately.
And yes, fingers cross for Clevenger. I can only hope he sucks less than the Fist.
Thanks much Grey.
Didi
No problem
Some SAGNOF-y ranks? Treinen, Vizcaino, Ziegler, Claudio, Doolittle?
Flip a coin…. Treinen, Ziegler
Sup Grey! Are you plugging Ray in for a weekly lineup lock this week? He gets off the DL Saturdayish, but will they pitch him before, say, Tuesday? Thanks!
Nah, hoping Ray returns by next week
The Dud Norris nightmare may soon be over; he’s likely traded today. So glad I essentially gave away Rosenthal a week ago to clear roster room and hurt the team behind me in the overall standings.
I was all happy late last night that I was going to share my Fedde Wap nickname with you this morning, and then the write-up saw that you’d beaten to the punch. Well done.
In light of this can we at least call Harrison Bader “The Master Bader”?
Haha, Master Bader — nice!
@Fred Garvin MP: I called him that last friday so yes Master Bader it is
Hey Grey,
I think its time to drop Casilla. Who is the pickup here?
S.Greene
A.Vizcaino
K.Yates
B.Ziegler
B.Treinen
Treinen
@Grey:
Thanks. Liked the peter sellers reference. The party is one of my all time favourites
Great movie!
@Grey:
Just curious where Neris would rank there? I know that they are pretty much coin flips but are you still taking Treinen there?
Prolly go Neris, no sure things
@Grey:
Yeah. fair enough. Any would be an upgrade on Casilla
Casilla is no longer closer
Your opinion what will be Brittons role if he gets traded to the Indians. Closer or set up guy. Thanks
Setup would be my guess, but not clear
With McCullers being unstartable right now and quite possibly for the rest of the season, is he a drop in a shallow league? I’d stream, and already have Degrom, Wood, Nelson, and Quintana. Normally, I wouldn’t ask and would just do it, but I’m a believer in Lance’s talent. He’s not right and they’re definitely going to limit his innings down the stretch.
Yeah, sadly
@Grey: Sigh. Rough decision. Thanks for the input. I’m never gonna Lance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm. I’m never gonna Lance again, the way I Lanced with you.
Hahahaha
Roark or gausman Ros? Roark has cubs next but his schedule after is miami, Mets, Phil a couple of times and even San Diego once. I think his only bad matchup are the cubs and Dodgers rest of way. Thanks
Roark
Most saves ros: vizcaino, neris, bedrosian, treinen, casilla, yates. Greene and hand are owned. Hand should get dealt right? I sat on him b/c I thought he would be moved by now. Thanks
Sounds like he might… neris, Treinen
Rosenthal above all those guys? Does he actually have closer job? Thanks.
He’s the Cards closer
I need runs, average, walks and less K’s in a ten category hitter no league. I do not need RBIs or steals necessarily. Wire is brutal as I missed on Phillips, Semien and Cesar today. Best of the rest are: Markakis, N Williams, Margot, Thames, Addison. Thoughts?
Margot
Grey – I have a second question for today…
In a saves and hold league….who do you like ROS – Matt Bush or what seems like the now closer in Shane Greene?
Thanks!!!
Greene
@Grey:
You’re the man! Thank you…
No problem
Grey,
Which side do you prefer in an OBP/SLG keeper league?
Jose Ramirez + Sale
Springer
I feel the Springer side is better but having a hard time bridging the gap to make it fair. Other guy has Manny, Bellinger, Altuve, Judge, Cesp, and C Mart. Any of those in addition to Ramirez and Sale seem fair to you for Springer?
Thanks
Sale side — In addition? Huh?
Roark or Nova going forward?
Roark
Grey,
I cant make playoffs this year so i an in selling mode for next year.
12 team keeper league. H2H.
We can only keep 10.
These are my keepers:
Belinger
Trea
Moncada
Xander
Mazara
Ian Happ
K.Seager
Mccullers
Taillon
A. Wood
i also have Honeywell and Alex Reyes.
I was offered Max Scherzer and Cespedes 4 Wood Mccullers Taillon.
is that deal worth it? Age worries me in this deal. Max is 33. a lot of milega in that arm no? and cespedes is an injury waiting to happen every time.
is i make that deal i can keep reyes.
thoughts?
If you can’t make playoffs this year, I wouldn’t trade for the two oldest guys in the trade
Someone cut bait with Cargo in my 14-team league, worth a flier? Potential drops are grichuck, JBJ, Desmond, Lonnie
Over Lonnie
Please rank these starts;
Faria vs MIL
Hendricks vs WAS
JVargas @ BAL
Wood @ ATL
Keuchel vs TB
VV @ COL
Wood, Keuchel, Hendricks
14 team dynasty league
A) Who are your two favorite adds from the hitters below
B) Should I drop Jose Bautista for any of them?
Brian Goodwin, Lucas Duda, Leonys Martin, Mitch Moreland, Matt Chapman
1. Chapman, Duda B. Sure
Should I start clev at boston today?
Also im thinking in dropping one of these guys for offense, Honeywell, straily, clev, or Corbin. Im in a keeper, and dont need wins at all, but I do need era, strikeouts, whip and walk ratio. So honeywell could help me out later. Its a 13 team keeper points league.
I wouldn’t
@trailor park boy: oi could drop fiers, I would bepicking up matt chapman, Bour, or margot, maybe a wouldbe closer.
Granite or DeShields for SAGNOF rest of season?
DeShields
Please rank these starts;
Faria vs MIL
JVargas @ BAL
VV @ COL
You did
Wolverine & The Incredible Hulk vs. Captain America & Thing?
Ha
@Grey:
Are we talking ROS?
Wolverine and the Hulk
I don’t know what you’re saying
10 team redraft
Drop Moncada for Carlos González or hold?
Nah
Sonny to the yanks looks done.
Mateo, Fowler, Kaprielian to Oakland. Can’t wait to hear Ralph’s take…
Yeah
ROS SS: Didi, Simmons, DeJong
ROS hitter: LoMo, Pham,D.Santana, Souza
Thanks!
Didi… Domingo
@Grey: thanks!
Dynasty trade offer: I give Xander n get DeGrom?
Trade deadline! Love it! Ha
Works for me
If Astros land Britton, Gilles becomes useless?
Maybe not
Any more handcuffs to be aware of for these last 20 min before the closers get shipped?
Norris – Blake Parker
Kintzler – Taylor Rogers
Britton – Brach
@vee: Hand, Yates…
But looks like Hand will stay in SD I guess
Bedrosian
@vee: there goes Kintzler to…. WHOA Nats?
ok then. Taylor Rogers been shaky lately.. still the go-to guy im guessing?
Belisle
Phillies trying to destroy Neris’ arm?
Right
Dusty managing the Phils now?
Haha
Hey Gray!
1) Drop Wilson Ramos for Castillo/ Martin/ Mccann / Pina?
2) Drop Ian Happ for Cesar Hernandez/ Difo / Spangenberg / Flores
3) Drop Ender Inciarte for Margot?
Thank you!
1. Castillo 2. Cesar 3. Sure
In a 6×6 H2H dynasty I’m going to call up either Margot or Zimmer. Who do you like better for the rest of the season?
Thanks.
Margot
I’m frustrated with slumping hitters crowding my bench, and the league is SUPER slow to execute trades so I’ve been fairly limited to the wire. Any advice for straight drops/waiver pickups?
(12 team roto 6×6 with OPS and QS, using SV+H. 3 players can be kept)
My slumpers: Y Molina, Morrison, Trumbo, Benintendi, Reynolds (somewhat)
Wire hitters: C Santana, O Herrera, K Suzuki, Bregman, R Davis, Rupp, Margot, Mallex Smith, Pina, M Chapman
Wire pitchers: Marquez, Suter, Cashner, Yates, Belisle, Hunter, Vincent, Ramos
Thanks as always
Molina for Pina; Morrison for Odubel, Margot for Trumbo
@Grey: Just because your ordering is different in a few places, I want to make sure I’m right: drop Molina, Morrison, and Trumbo, pick up Pina, Odubel, and Margot. Yes? Thanks.
Yes
pick up dominic smith? if he gets the call is he an immediate grab?
@peacecoast: Great hitter, mediocre power. How bad do you need a young James Loney on your squad
James Loney type, I went over him last week
Looking for Owings replacement at MI and wire quite thin. Leury Pearce Ketel Walker Solarte….which are ur top 2? Thx G
Ketel, Pearce
@Willy: FYI, Ketel is away on leave for now. Believe I saw that his mom passed away in an accident. RIP.
Hello all,
12 team h2h 7 player keeper league.
I gave up Xander, Thor, devers and Grienke.
I received, Manny, Zimmerman, Cain and Corbin.
What do you guy’s think?
Healy has been struggling, so I needed an upgrade at 1st base.
My pitching staff is still somewhat solid as I wait for Kershaw to come back.
Carrasco
Paxton
Hill
Maeda
Corbin
Thanks guys
Sounds fair enough
Does Fisher now get the job full-time with Aoki getting shipped out?
No
who closes in min? rogers or belisle or other?
@Brian: Per the monkey… “Site is down from all the traffic. But we like Belisle, then Hildenberger for the Twins. Club hasn’t said anything yet, obviously.”
Belisle
Who gets the most saves ROS in Minn now that Kintzler gone?
@Schmohawks Bob: I’ll take the answer you give to Brian.
Rizzo or C Seager in obp keeper?
Rizzo
@Grey: What about Rizzo/Abreu for Seager/Sano?
Rizzo
David Robertson or Tony Watson for holds?
Robertson
I got petricka but I would like to own one more closer in an AL only 12 team 7×7 Holds/QS
Kintzler gone, rogers been terrible, who do you like Hildenburger, belisle, duffey
Belisle
10 team Yahoo H2H 7×7
W, L, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, QS
(3) SP: deGrom, Severino, McCullers
(2) RP: Knebel, Ramos
(4) P: Betances, Nova, Lynn, J. Gray
(6) Bench: Corbin, Morton, Ryu, Gausman, Chacin
(2) DL: Aaron Sanchez
Alright I’ve got 4 adds left after adding Gausman and Ramos today so now that the trade deadline has passed, should I be picking up any of the following RPs over Betances immediately or I can wait til I can DL McCullers and drop Sanchez to have a extra spot and hold Betances but either way should I definitely be owning Hand and/or any of these guys? Sorry if I seem repetitive but just looking for confirmation here…
Hand, Greene, Claudio, Clippard Belisle, Hildenberger, Rogers, Vizcaino, Dyson, Familia, Barraclough
@ebudz: Scratch that, someone literally picked up Greene and Viz so I just dropped Sanchez, DL’d McCullers, and grabbed Hand!
Cool
@Grey: Ha yikes so does “Cool” mean that was the best move? Or nah?
You said, “so I just dropped Sanchez, DL’d McCullers, and grabbed Hand!” I said Cool, is there a question?
@Grey: Ohh yeah that was a reply to my original comment/question:
“10 team Yahoo H2H 7×7
W, L, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, QS
(3) SP: deGrom, Severino, McCullers
(2) RP: Knebel, Ramos
(4) P: Betances, Nova, Lynn, J. Gray
(6) Bench: Corbin, Morton, Ryu, Gausman, Chacin
(2) DL: Aaron Sanchez
Alright I’ve got 4 adds left after adding Gausman and Ramos today so now that the trade deadline has passed, should I be picking up any of the following RPs over Betances immediately or I can wait til I can DL McCullers and drop Sanchez to have a extra spot and hold Betances but either way should I definitely be owning Hand and/or any of these guys? Sorry if I seem repetitive but just looking for confirmation here…
Hand, Greene, Claudio, Clippard Belisle, Hildenberger, Rogers, Vizcaino, Dyson, Familia, Barraclough”
So then I updated it with:
“Scratch that, someone literally picked up Greene and Viz so I just dropped Sanchez, DL’d McCullers, and grabbed Hand”
So I guess I was just wondering if I made the right move or not ..
Yes, it is the right move
There goes McCullers on the 10 DL
Figures
Belisle or Dyson?
Need Saves down the stretch
Thanks
Belisle
@Grey: Belisle over Neshek or Bedrosian?
Neshek
Holding Madson and Justin Wilson right now and don’t need two set up guys – which one goes?
Hey Grey! What’s your thoughs on the value of Darvish since he’s going to a much friendlier pitchers park at Dodgers Stadium and the NL West as a whole?
I’ll go over in the notes tomorrow
Sounds great!
Drop Kinsler for Alonso or Herrera?
Odubel
Hey Grey,
Rosario coming up finally , think it is worth dropping Adrelton Simmons for him?
Thanks!
Alex
Sure
12 team dynasty H2H
Have bunch of closers, not deep in starters
Gray, Stroman, Taijuan, Faria, Cueto dl, Alex Reyes Dl, triston McKenzie minors
Giles, Herrera, rosenthal, bud Norris, Doolittle
Lose one of them for luke weaver in case he stays after wainwright returns?
No
Trade Braun/Cespedes/Odor for Trout/Didi/Schwarber (would replace Avila at catcher)?
Okay
Hey Grey,
1) which pitcher do you drop? Kyle Hendricks, Jordan Montgomery, Luis Castillo
2) which batter do you drop? Amed Rosario, yoan moncada, Paul dejong
Thanks!
Montgomery…. DeJong
10 team OBP h2h limited moves (budget)
My current staff: Strasburg (DL), McCullers (DL), Carrasco, Paxton, Nola, Hill, Berrios, Erod, Nova
Holland, Diaz, Rivero, Rosenthal, Familia (DL)
1) So Nova and Erod have been garbage lately. Would you stick with either one or drop both (Erod gets the CHW this week and Nova gets SD[again]) for the following:
Gausman DET, @LAA, @OAK, LAA, @BOS, SEA
Castillo STL, SD, @CHC, @ATL, PIT, @PIT
Ryu @NYM, @SD, @DET, @PIT, @ARI
Velasquez @COL, NYM, @SD, @SF, CHC, @MIA
Rodon @BOS, HOU, @LAD, MIN, DET, TB
Corbin @CHC, @SF, CHC, @HOU, @NYM, SF
Also…would you continue to hold Familia on your DL with only 2 DL spots and 3 DL eligible players (Familia, Strasburg, McCullers) knowing that’s Strasburg could come off the DL this week. Maybe wait a couple of days for an update on his recovery (threw this weekend with positive results)?
Thanks!
1. Both — Gausman, Castillo 2. Yes, hold Familia
Can you please rank Paxton, Strasburg, A. Wood:
1) This year
2) in a keeper league?
Thanks!
1. Stras, Wood 2. Stras, Pax
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
@Keeper question: @Grey: Where would Archer fit in there, both this year and keeper?
@Grey: Grey, just bumping because I think my question below got skipped (about where Archer would fit in), thanks!
@Keeper question: he’d be third in both
@Grey: great service! Thanks again.
No problem
Who do you prefer – Madson or Justin Wilson?
Madson
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. berrios/dickerson for marte?
Berrios
now that the dust has settled which closer would you go with – Hand or AJ Ramos?
Thank you sir
Ramos
Man, I hate seeing Yu get traded and I don’t even know if the Rangers got anything good back. Just sold my top SP for bats and streaming throughout the playoffs (still have Paxton and Nola). I got Bellinger, Dozier, and Beltre for Wood, McCullers, and Carrasco. It was tough but did I do ok? Stream on!
Sounds fine
10 team H2H OBP Keep 5
Polanco was one of my keepers. Assume it’s time to cut ties with Mccullers joining the DL? Is Polanco worth holding at all?
@jaybo903: assuming no DL spot? Polanco could be back end of this week.
Can lose Polanco
So many RP questions today! Here’s another:
Who are your top 3 in a SV/HD league right now? Reed, Treinen, Greene, Belisle, Neris, Baez, Yates
Thanks!
Reed, Baez, Greene
site was all dicked up for a bit there. good now (tried multiple computers so it wasn’t me)
anyhoo,
1. only had to drop one guy, kintzler for greene in 12 teamer dynasty with saves only, they are slow there, ziegler/belisle/trienen all available, hold here i’d guess? i already have rodney/chapman/colome as well. this one is dynasty with expensive chapman (near 30 out of 330), rodney/colome (both $10) and anybody gotten off FA is $10.
2. 12 teamer h2h redraft, have osuna/norris/greene/treinen/viz. can hold greene or norris in a SP slot (4 max RP slots). dropped clippard for greene last night, thinking that was good idea.
3. same as in #2. hold all those or grab belisle? rogers was just added
4. 14 team saves only dynasty. 3 spots max (but can slot greene into SP slot) roto. have greene/clip/ziegler/e.diaz. drop one of clip or ziegler for belisle. clip/ziegler have been worse tha belisle lately and WSOX probably aren’t winning too many games.
5. 14 team h2h redraft have all of rivero/kimbrel/treinen/viz/clippard for 4 total spots. who’s first drop when i need a streamer?
1. Hold 2. Greene 3. Hold 4. Hold 5. clipp
Drop Arica for Amed Rosario? Pts league, thanks!
Sure
Hey Grey,
1) Had traded off all of my closers in last month. Now thanks to you I have Greene, Treinen, Doolittle and Vizcaino primed and ready for action. Just sharing…..!
2) 15 team Roto.
Give: N Mazara (prob plus A Cabrera or Fisher)
Get: K Maeda (plus someone i will drop to make up the numbers on the trade)
Fair? or is Nomar worth more.
Thanks as always!
2. Worth more
Mega trade in a 12-tm H2H OBP redraft
judge, Sano, Brinson, Devers, Manaea, PEacock
For
REndon, JD, Stanton, Darvish, Hand
@The JoGarza: Stanton
Rendon side
10 team OBP h2h limited moves (budget)
My current staff: Strasburg (DL), McCullers (DL), Carrasco, Paxton, Nola, Hill, Berrios, Erod, Nova
Holland, Diaz, Rivero, Rosenthal, Familia (DL)
1) So Nova and Erod have been garbage lately. Would you stick with either one or drop both (Erod gets the CHW this week and Nova gets SD[again]) for the following:
Gausman DET, @LAA, @OAK, LAA, @BOS, SEA
Castillo STL, SD, @CHC, @ATL, PIT, @PIT
Ryu @NYM, @SD, @DET, @PIT, @ARI
Velasquez @COL, NYM, @SD, @SF, CHC, @MIA
Rodon @BOS, HOU, @LAD, MIN, DET, TB
Corbin @CHC, @SF, CHC, @HOU, @NYM, SF
2) Also…would you continue to hold Familia on your DL with only 2 DL spots and 3 DL eligible players (Familia, Strasburg, McCullers) knowing that’s Strasburg could come off the DL this week. Maybe wait a couple of days for an update on his recovery (threw this weekend with positive results)?
Thanks!
Didn’t I just answer this?
16 team h2h with 6 keepers and OPS/hits/holds/QS added
C zunino
1B GOLDY
2B ODOR (well maybe a keeper)
SS SEGURA
3B TORENADO
OF (3) pollock/schebler/sunday santana
util (2) alonso
BN
DL trumbo
NA mcmahon (1 slot)
SP conley/sabathia/wood/pomeranz/rodon/morton/chacin (probably eventually want 8 SP/6 RP rather than the 7/7 i have now, wanted some closer clarity before i drop one)
RP rivero/norris/clippard/betances/j.barnes/yates/phelps
i already dropped heyward to grab mcmahon over meadows, now with 2 moves left on week. need 2 bats, one has to be an OF, and need RBI’s very badly:
7 day tron numbers ():
– lind (-5.4, 2 lefties, but he’s been better than that for a while)
– mahtook (-3.2 but he’s also been better)
– pearce (it LOVED him last week, 4.3 and solid RBI’s)
– a-jax (-1.7)
– semien (6.8, he’s probably one of the adds, he’d also make effectively a backup SS/2B since i could move segura to SS for odor off days)
– flores (IN COL for 3 days, albeit we only have 4 moves per week, me 2 now and need 2, 8.2)
-goodwin (.3)
can’t go flores and semien though, need at least one OF.
@Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season: yeah THOR in the other DL slot.
Pearce, Semien
i’m seeing some news to the effect (after i saw somebody mention it above that he might be back end of week) that brocktune might be back end of week. no news to an exact date yet, however in this league somebody might beat me to this and he was hitting very well before he got DL’d yet again (i drafted him thinking his discount with the shoulder thing was AWESOME, turns out not yet)
C martin
1B au rizz (gonna be a damn bitch if he goes DL too)
2B odor (waivered him JUST in time less than a month ago)
SS story
3B lamb
OF (3) c-sant (1B, FINALLY decided to start 2017 season), souza, braun
util (2) fisher, n.williams
BN cargo 2 (TEX), arcia, chapman
DL chisenhall/treat urner
NA hoskins
drop gomez or n.williams (finally gone cold and according to ralph’s scouting the dude has no plate recognition of ANY kind, once pitchers adjust he might be dead in the water, takes no BB’s either) for brocktune?
@I don’t want to brag but i have irritable bowel syndrome: h2h is why i have 3 BN bats. ideally i’d have a backup catcher (or just stream it if i didn’t have the 5 moves per week cap)
Williams
grey stream either tomorrow?
taillion home vs Reds
maeda away vs Braves
Taillon
ROS, Rosario over:
Gennett
Donaldson
Scooter
AL/NL only waiver questions. i had ALL the trade deadline guys come off waivers at same time (we use message board waivers as this is done in yahoo and only way in yahoo to not lose your players midseason from real life trades is to have entire player universe be in play and i just have to police people from adding opposite league, it is hard during the draft of course)
1. darvish was gotten by the #1 waiver in NL only. with my order being lucroy/j.wilson/kintzler
having flowers (pina/d’arnaud in FA as well), and this bullpen neris/phelps/knebel/vizcaino (one of rare spots where i didn’t want viz to close) is lucroy worth the #1
2. AL only with reed. this bullpen: j.wilson/giles/tepera (added today over j.smith as he’s back in 8th inning)/rogers reed over tepera i guess for now as rogers could close here.
1. Yes 2. Sure
Semien or Rosario? ROS
Rosario
@Grey: thanks!
Arrieta or fulmer?
Arrieta
Wood or Archer, Herrera, Gardner?
Wood
@Grey: thanks, fair in a keeper though? I think you said Archer over Wood in a keeper above.
Yeah, it’s fair
Hi Grey. Asked earlier about Getting Odor for Simmons but I’m trying to improve on that. What do you think about getting Odor. Staring Marte and Edwin Diaz for Lindor instead. Thanks
Sounds good to me
@Let’s Call A Spade A Spade: wow, that’s crazy offer take it before that guy comes down
What up Grey! Who do I drop for Rosario?
Zimmer
DeJong
W.Flores
Flores
Thanks Grey, Get a bite! Appreciate your time!!
Thanks!
Odor or Merrifield ROS ?
Odor
Pick 2: Rodon, Clevinger, Straily, Marquez, Bridwell, Bauer- 11 tm roto
Straily, Clevinger, could be Rodon 2nd
@Grey: We’ll see how Rodon fares in Boston. I’ll hang on to Clevinger for now. Thanks!
Fisher or brinson ros? Aoki traded so one less outfielder in hou. Thx
Brinson
Hey Grey
12 Team H2H Categories
Drop Trumbo? if so, who would be your top choice of these… (position does not matter)
Altherr, Odubel, Moncada, Zimmer, Devers, Rosario
Thanks!
Brinson available too
Devers
Crush or Alonso ROS – OBP?
Offered Ian Happ for Clint Frazier in dyansty league
Our league has limited waivers (once per week), and I was able to get Doolittle as my backup closer (Giles, Osuna, Knebel). Depth is pretty important in our league, but I could use a solid starter and I’m trying to snag Taillon or even Samar#$%Q# for him. Thoughts on that return? I’m still not even convinced Doolittle will keep the closer job.
Bregman or Polanco in a dynasty league?
Any love for Ketel One Marte? I’m staring at him and Semien in the waiver.
@Philomath: grey’s added him in his own league(s) or already had him in deep as shit NL onlies.
Looking for the best SP keeper to trade for; rank the following:
Severino
Alex Wood
Gio
Robbie Ray
Ervin Santana
Jimmy Nelson
Lynn
Sonny Gray
Keeper league, (12 team, keep 10) Rendon or Keuchel and Kimbrel? ROS and going forward?
treinen looks fine, induced shitty contact twice in first 2 batters. only bad part is he was nowhere near the plate for the first 3 pitches. fine afterward. 3rd batter span got unlucky with RF lineout, but 1st guy got equally lucky with garbage high hopping groundball over pitchers head for a single. 2nd batter could’ve easily been a double play, hit too weakly. decent movement, low in the zone mostly on the strikes thrown.