And-Gim isn’t just Pam from The Office’s requested guest list plus one. And-Gim isn’t just someone remembering late their favorite characters on Taxi. “And-Gim And-Gim number nine, on the New York Transit Line, if my train goes off the track, pick him up, pick him up, pick him up! Back on the scene, crispy and clean, still 23 with an outside chance for 20/20/.300!” Okay, that last part didn’t rhyme. Yesterday, Andres Gimenez went (4-for-8, 5 RBIs and his 13th and 14th homer, hitting .312) in the doubleheader. Gimenez is averaging about four homers a month, and has seven steals already this month. If he gets ten steals in a month, well, I don’t want to wake up Mr. Prorater — “Did you know your uncle spends more time on Facebook than Jonas Salk spent on polio?” — Oh, shut up, Mr. Prorater! Andres Gimenez is in that delicate area where if he loses just a little power and speed in 2023, then he becomes a 15/15 guy and that’s a little yawnstipating, but he’s also on the precipice of becoming a 20/30/.300 guy, and that’s top 25 overall guy. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Randy Dobnak – Will begin a minor league rehab assignment. He’s got a sparkling 4.8 star Uber rating.
Xzavion Curry – 5 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, as he was called up to start the 2nd game of the doubleheader for the Guardians. Curry was all around the plate, really knowing how to cumin-side.
Josh Naylor – Left the game with soreness in his ankle that he hurt brutally last year. Can’t swag if you can’t walk, we will stay on standby for more news.
Aaron Civale – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 5.63. That was a season-high for strikeouts. Streamonator loved this start of his, and hates his next one, and I don’t disagree. Me and the robot are simpatico.
Kerry Carpenter – 3-for-4, 3 runs and his 1st career major league homer. Gave you a whole Kerry Carpenter fantasy already. It was written on the back side of a Bazooka Joe comic. Problem since then is Carpenter doesn’t seem to be playing every game.
Bryce Harper – Took batting practice at Citizens Bank. In the parking lot? By a teller? *intern whispers in ear* Oh! I see.
Corey Knebel – Hit the IL with a lat strain. This should open the Phils’ 7th inning up to all takers. Living up to Knebel’s massive failures will take some doing.
Noah Syndergaard – 7 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.95. The Snyder Cut denotes a very long movie. The Synder cut is the cut-off when Noah reaches 75 pitches and needs to get pulled from the game.
Seranthony Dominguez – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 1.45, and his 9th save, as David Robertson (1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 1.99) worked the 8th. It actually makes sense that adult contemporary ainger, Rob Thomson, would go with Dominguez over Robertson as the closer, but usually when a team goes out and gets a guy in a trade, they go with the new guy, so good on Thomson for doing the right thing. Now play Unwell.
Jonathan India – Was in the original lineup yesterday, but was scratched. I know this trick! He’s pulled this shizz every week this year. He pretends to be healthy on Monday, then I put him back in the lineup and by Tuesday he’s day-to-day with something and misses half the week. Not this time, India! No way! I benched him this week, and I don’t care! Get in the lineup today, and hit seven homers this week! Go ahead! I’m unaffected!
Jake Fraley – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer, as he hit leadoff with India out. Fraley also had multiple hits the previous two games and might be a light schmotato. Really? F’raley!
Walker Buehler – Will undergo elbow surgery on August 23rd. Maybe then we’ll hear what kind of surgery. There’s a chance he needs Tommy John surgery, which would have people saying Buehler…Buehler…Buehler…with no answer until 2024.
Gavin Lux – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .297. Wonder if Lux can tap into more power and become Corey Seager Part Two, aka Morey Seager.
Freddy Peralta – 4 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 4.21. Welp, he’s up to 92 pitches. Maybe finally his next start can be worthwhile.
Nelson Cruz – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his…what number homer? Go ahead guess! How many do you think he has? C’mon! Guess! He hits 30 every year, there’s six weeks left so how many homers does he have? Wrong! He has nine. At 58 years of age, it’s finally caught up to him.
Josiah Gray – 6 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.79. As someone who has had Gray all year — contractually obligated — this was the best start I remember from him, and, after looking at his game log, this was actually his 2nd best start. He still feels 12 months away. Could see being in on him next year, but he’s gonna be iffy for half the year.
Kyle Finnegan – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 3.47 as he got his 5th save, as Carl Edward Jr. (1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 3.16) now works the 8th inning. *rips up Nats closer shares* I don’t know what Davey Martinez is doing. They’re a 100-loss team. They don’t need to play the 9th inning all cutesy. Just put one guy in the 9th!
Ian Happ – 2-for-3 and his 11th and 12th homer. That’s my kind of Happ’ening!
Ryan Mountcastle – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer. Change his surname to Mt. Castle, and it’s suddenly a critically acclaimed foreign animated film.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1-for-4 and his 24th homer. C’mon, Cake Batter put your cake into it!
Vinnie Pasquantino – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, and 5th homer in the last week. Vinnie Pasketti! Hey, whaddya doin’? Your mother’s been calling!
Johnny Cueto – 8 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.78. Can’t believe the size of the pile of crap I stepped in by drafting this guy in an NL-Only league, and having him count even though he signed with an AL team. He has no business being this solid. Shows you it’s better to be lucky than good.
Jose Urquidy – 7 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.69. Was thinking he’s a start everywhere, but looked at Streamonator anyway to see what it thought, and it does not think he’s an everyday start guy.
Luis Rengifo – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer, and his 2nd homer in five games. Meh, who needs Mike Trout?
Shohei Ohtani – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.69, 1-for-4. There was some talk in the comments yesterday about whether or not Ohtani would get a 2nd start this week. My guess is he will, but I’m also going to watch the Better Call Saul finale right now, so I’m not sure.
Luis Castillo – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.73. Speaking of better to be lucky, I drafted Castillo before there was word of a shoulder injury in the spring. Never would’ve drafted him after that was revealed, and I would’ve missed out on him.
Jesse Winker – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer, hitting .229. He’s having a season that’s on par with two months from, say, Ozuna.
Evan Longoria – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer, hitting .245. Honestly, look at Winker’s home run total and look at Longoria’s. I mean, how long of a woof can we get for Winker?
Alex Cobb – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.99 vs. Madison Bumgarner – 5 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.37. This start was billed as, “Cobb ‘n Bum, we don’t judge here at Razzball.”
Christian Walker – 1-for-1 and his 28th homer. Imagine throwing a dollar at this guy in a deep league, and he’s out-homering Castellanos, J.D. Martinez and Yelich — combined!
Luis Guillorme – Out for three to four weeks. Buck Showalter said Brett Baty and Mark Vientos were not options to replace him. Showalter didn’t mention why he didn’t go to Zack Britton. By the way, I just googled Britton, because I forgot if he changed to Zach or Zack and I didn’t want to deadname him, and I found out his middle name is Grant. Ya know, as in Grant Britton. Is his dad’s name Union Jack, but he goes by U.K.? Any hoo! Eduardo Escobar should see everyday playing time now.
Carlos Carrasco – 2 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 3.92. He didn’t return after a rain delay, but a Mets’ beat writer said they saw Carrasco holding his side, and could have side tightness. Baseball reporting: Watching to see if a player is holding a weird part of his body.
William Contreras – 1-for-4 and his 16th homer. Crazy, he’s actually only one homer behind his brother, and his brother has nearly 200 more plate appearances.
Travis d’Arnaud – 1-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer. The French Terminator said, “I’ll be back back back back,” as he mimed the baseball.
Spencer Strider – 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.04. About as boring a start as Strider’s had. Gonna say it’s because of the rain delay. Did he grab his side? Did he grab Carrasco’s side?
Marcus Semien – 2-for-4 and his 18th homer. Rangers fired their manager, Chris Woodward, yesterday. Turns out when you spend $500 million in an offseason the expectations are better than 23 games out of first place in your division. Of the firing, Woodward said, “You just gotta Roll With It, baby.”
Glenn Otto – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners (6 BBs), 1 K, ERA at 4.96. Six walks and one strikeout. Otto Stinkling.
Nick Allen – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Hot schmotato alert!
Sandy Alcantara – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.92, as he shutdown the Padres. Padres are making me howl, bros and five sisters. On August 2nd: Can the Dodgers hold off the new-look Padres and win the division? On August 15th: Will the Padres make the postseason?
JJ Bleday – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer. He’s got such an easy home run stroke I’m absolutely getting roped in. Plus, JJ Bleday is a top tier baseball name.
Joe Musgrove – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.98. Bdon and I discuss Musgrove inferior 2nd half numbers, which couldn’t have been predicted by anyone ever. You can watch us on Youtube today vs. waiting for podcast, if you like.
Fernando Tatis Jr. – His dad, Fernando Tatis Sr., illustrator and former player, said — and this is a real quote, “(Tatis Jr. used) a steroid that contained a spray called trofobol, (because) he got a fungus due to a haircut.” Ha, oh boy. His mistake was a janky haircut, okay? He went to Supercuts and they didn’t dry his hair, and he went outside and got fungus, this is getting more and more plausible. Fernando Tatis Jr. at a press conference, wearing a giant mushroom hat from Super Mario, “I’ve got fungus.” Then later, Fernando Tatis Jr., head under beauty salon hair dryer, yelling so the ladies can hear him, “Only fun guy I’m gonna be hearing about is at parties!” That’s right, he’s now Fungus The Jewels.
A. Diaz, Wick or Kennedy ?
Drop stott or Urias (milw) for baty ?
bart or k.ruiz, NL only 10 team h2h OBP over AVG, total bases added
Ruiz
hold then, i’ve had all year, bart seemingly finally hitting now and dropped lately
Baty over Ke’Bryan?
Yes
Drop bellinger? Hes my “extra” bqt and ive got Stripling coming off the IL
Sure
Great news! I was able to trade Henderson and Cabrera for Semien and Ray. A bit surprised it was accepted especially since the trade was with the commissioner who plays in some industry leagues. But he’s not competing in this league and both Henderson and Cabrera will be very cheap keepers next year. A couple more questions about the same 14 team OBP league.
1) Who would you drop between Votto, Voit and Hall? I need to improve my roster flexibility and can only play 2 of the 3 at any given point. Doubt I will be able to get anything in a trade.
2) Which 2 of these outfield eligible hitters do you like best: Yepez, Pollock, McCarthy, A Diaz, Duran, O Gonzalez, N Velazquez, Fraley
Thanks again!
Ah, nice! 1. Hall 2. Pollock, Fraley
Baty or Abrams?
Baty
Phillies @ Reds 9:35 am PT tomorrow.
Oh god…haha
Michael Harris or Springer ROS in 5×5 roto.
Springer
Bart, yepez, or kebryan? Thx
Sorry not Bart I meant Baty
Baty
Please pick top 2 starts?
Kopech home vs Houston
Eavoldi at Pittsburgh
Waino home vs Colorado
Kirby at Angels
Waino, Eovaldi
Drop N. Lowe or Bohm for Baty at CI?
They’ve both been decent in last 30 games
Is it time to simply drop Taylor Rogers even in SVHD leagues? I’d likely just end up use the spot to stream, unless it looks like Chapman is back to being the man on NYY.
Yes, lose him
Thanks. Speaking of streamers, how would you rank these three options between today and tomorrow? I like all three matchups but will likely just pick two to avoid using too many moves in the first half of the week.
Steele @ Was
Clevinger @ Mia
JoMo vs Col
I’m thinking JoMo and Steele but wanted to get your thoughts.
JoMo, Clevinger
Thanks. Last question – who do you like most ROS in an OPS league among Grichuk, Franmil and O’Neill?
Grichuk
Cool, gracias.
No problemo
I’m in a tight race for the K category that I need. Concerned Monoah may be getting tired as he hasn’t looked too sharp the last month. He’s @ 137 IP I believe and was 111 IP last season. Would you take Nola or Strider over him? If so, in what order do you prefer? I do have May on IL, but he will be limited QS not likely for him.
Nola, Manoah, Strider is their ranking
Hi Gray,
I am still learning how to use razz dollars which i use to make position decisions.
For First base today, I could use Rowdy Tellez whose Razz Dollars is +7.4 against the Dodgers, or Josh Bell is 1.3 at Miami or CJ Cron is -9.9 at St Louis or Aledmys Diaz st CHW at -12.1
I am going with Rowdy Telez. Is that the right move?
Thanks!
Martin
Yeah
Thank you!
No problem
Oscar Gonzalez is quietly raking. Seems he’s due to put more HR on the board. Bats 4th or 5th. Just picked up Dejong. I don’t have a pressing MI need, but there’s a chance I activate Dejong next week for his 8 game slate if he continues to be hot this week. But I don’t want to miss out on Oscar. Ogonz or Dejong?
Try OGonz
More Catcher: Redraft:
Stick with Kirk or… pick up Langeleirs? Rutschman? Bart?
Thx
Meh, I’d hold
Yeah sadly agree, hope he turns it around for the playoffs (my playoffs, he aint gettin any)
Yeah
Actually nvm blue jays are right there
Hey Grey…I hope you are starting to feel 100%. I am seeing no positives with Bo Bichette right now. He’s walked 1 time this month and is 7 for 14 this year stealing. To make matters worse I just read that Toronto has finally dropped him to the 7th spot tonight.
Unfortunately, hope clouded my judgement and I think I missed my window to sell him for full value. Now I am wondering if he was a product of that little league field they played at last year.
With Bo stinking all year and Acuna/LouBob barely playing this has definitely been my most frustrating fantasy season ever. Rant over…
And not to mention Tyler O’Neill embarrasing himself this year. How could I ever forget that as well? :-)
Ha, yeah
Bichette’s top 50 on the year https://razzball.com/playerrater/
I saw that in another post as well but I just don’t see how. He might be lucky to go 20-10 this year. Also, I play in an OBP league so his .300 OBP is a killer in my case.
Hey Grey! Great Write up as always!
I need a replacement for Schwarber Roberts while they are out. Which 2 do you like from:
Mateo, Lux, Grisham, Pollock or Pham. Melendez also has OF eligibility and is available.
Thanks,
Mateo, Pham
Thanks for the swift response!
No problem
Hi Grey,
Option 1: I only have Will Smith of the Dodgers at catcher. Thus, i have left the spot empty 14 times. I was thinking of adding Joey Bart as a backup. If you would go by Yahoo points for the last 30 days, CJ Cron, Josh Bell and JD Martinez are on the bothem. Does it make sense to cut one of these three and pick up Bart. What do you think?
Option 2: Because of your advice , I have picked up Rowdy Diaz,Andres Gimenez, Amed Rosario and Michael Harris II. There five players have given me a number of points in the last 30 days. Another option is to cut Aledmys Diaz to pick up Bart and go with one 3B (Wilmer Flores) till Bryant comes back.
Option 3: Hold
Looking forward to your thoughts?
Thanks!!
1. Can lose JD
Thank you!
No problem
Triston Cockroft thinks Gimenez has top 10 positional potential..*checks player rater sees he’s currently #4 2B and #6 SS*….talk about a hedge. yikes.
HAHA
I have been rolling with Trevino at catcher. Would you add Langeliers or Bart over him or hold for now? Thanks!
I’d try Langeliers
Thanks! That’s what I was thinking. Trevino would probably still be available if it doesn’t work out.
Exactly
Still trying to assess my myriad of drop decisions when Wander returns.
Drop Polanco or Jeremy Pena?
Too bad I don’t a;so have Tatis decisions).
Pena
Langeliers over Heim?
Nah, not yet
Would you starting Steele at the Nats tonight?
Yup, I am
Is Alejandro Kirk a keeper at all? He was amazing for like 2 months and fizzled. Someone that didn’t make the playoffs just grabbed up all the hot catcher prospects, so I’m considering but lost faith he’ll be reliable next year.
I’d still go with Kirk
Langeliers over Danny Jansen?
Roansy or Wood or Edward Cabrera. Who is the drop?
Thank you.
I’d try Langeliers
Roansy
Pick two, Melendez, Grisham, Lourdes, and Chisholm.
Thanks!
Lourdes, MJ
All teams have them but the injury bug got the NYY right now and this is also what they get for trading JOMO for Harrison freaking Bader
BTW…. The bullpen which was a strong point is a complete mess …. Could be one and done series for them
Still haven’t heard/read one thing that makes sense on why the Yanks would trade JoMo for Harrison Bader
You starting Pivetta anywhere ?
Gets the Pirates at home tonight
Yes
14 team h2h keeper 6×6 with OBP, TB, QS and K/BB
1) Trying to trade for a SS eligible hitter. Was just offered Semien for my Henderson. Trade deadline is Sunday. Would you take this offer or hold until the deadline to see if Henderson is called up?
2) Thinking of expanding the deal and upgrading my pitching as well. Was going to offer Edward Cabrera for one of his expensive starters. Who do you like best between Ray and Bassitt?
3) Ultimately, would you deal Henderson and Cabrera for Semien and Ray/Bassitt?
1. I’d take Semien, but I don’t know how your keepers work
2. Ray
3. Sure
Keep 6 auction league. In-season pick ups are $1. Following season keeper prices are the average of pervious price paid and auction calculator projected price. First year kept 15% discount, second is 10% discount, third 0%, fourth 10% penalty, and fifth 15% penalty. Semien, Bassit and Ray would all be $15-$25 keepers next year, Henderson and Cabrera would likely both be less than $5. Change anything?
Semien and Ray sound like better keepers, so not sure why someone would do this, but I guess go for it if they will
Do you see a big difference between Logan Webb and Nola ROS?
Hoskins or Mancini? Close?
Thanks!
Yes, Nola is better
Hoskins, no, not close
Is Langeliers an add 12 team over Chris Taylor or Miranda ?
Over your catcher or not at all
Grey,
is it time to drop india, even in keeper leagues? i have mateo, mcmahon and story hopefully coming back shortly. india is just wasting a space on my roster that could be used for a utility guy.
wish the reds would just put him on the IL for the rest of the year.
Likely, but I don’t know your league
Starting Springs @ NYY tonight?
No
I would start Patrick Corbin’s sister against the Yankees right now.
Ha
12 team h/h redraft
a 100% healthy D May could be a league winner and hes on a lot of leagues WW…… my 2 cents
Agreed
Ken Griffey who is still getting paid by the Reds has a higher WAR than India this year. India has produced a robust -0.5 WAR so far.
HAHA
Kerry Carpenter or Isbel in AL keeper where I’m battling for the win this year.
Carp
Bazooka Joe! Remember those massive bubbles?
Seems like more twists and turns than normal this year. Then we have “cute” Mgrs increasing the frustration (Natl’s closers) sitting guys that are getting hot, finding their stroke, with multi-game hitting streaks, and launching bombs? If coming off an injury, MAYBE but cmon! UGH!
Haha, yeah, agreed…Why be cute with the Nats’ closers?
Ha! Be well bruddah
You too!
Start or Sit
Springs @ NYY (Cortes)
M. Keller @ BOS (Pivetta)
Sit both
Thanks as always.
No problem
Greyman, ahhAHHHHH (charlie Kelly voice)
Super early now but if you had to rank FTJ for 2023; assuming he’s back in beginning of May. Where do you think he finishes the year? Top 10 bat, top 20, lower?
Top 30 seems reasonable in preseason…Aiming for top 15
Mmm… fungus.
Fungus the Jewels!
Because he sat Sunday and I forgot to set lineup Monday Gimenez was on my bench for that beautiful double header performance!
NOOOOOO, oh Grimey
Will need to cut one when Wander returns. Miranda or Hoerner?
Miranda, kinda depends on needs
Grey,
Would you start any of these guys?
Morton vs NYM Mets
Edward Cabrera vs San Diego
Jeffrey Springs vs NYY
Thanks!
Home or away matters
ATL @ Mets
SD @ Miami
TB @ NY
Mets @ ATL*
I’d only start Morton
Finnegan, Edwards or Tepera?
Tepera
Thought D-Rob getting traded to the Phils was going to be awesome until I took a SirAnthony arrow to the knee….
He worth holding in 12 teamers? I could use his projected 6 saves badly but could also cut him for a streamer spot
Haha, stream
Rangers signing 500M for 2 bats and not signing anyone to be an ace, and their #2 defacto #1 Gray going on multiple IL stints is funny. It’s not the GM/owner’s fault, it’s the manager’s fault! This sounds familiar…
Haha, GM and owner blaming the manager before anyone can blame them is just smart
Would you rather VinnieP on the bench backing up Alonso/Ohtani or Miranda backing up Alonso/Ohtani/Devers?
Vinnie
Laureano over Seiya?
Laureano to the IL today
Langeliers called up
What Russ said
Thanks – Grisham over Seiya?
Sure
Drop Robertson for Tanner Scott?
Scott
Great stuff! I know you’ve mentioned not being so high on Brandon Lowe and with his recent mysterious shoulder injury and struggles, is it time to move on? If so, would you recommend adding Meneses, Rojas, Pollock or T O’Neil? Thanks again!
Meneses
Thanks! Meneses or Vinnie P?
Vinnie
Dynasty pts league (-1AB +5 hit +7 double +9 triple +14 homer +2 SB)
You buying FTJ for next year at $35 or hold. In contention this year but wouldn’t be able to keep $68 Acuna next year with FTJ.
$35 seems like a decent price
GImenez is baffling to me. The guy checks all the boxes w/ the exception of a sub-ok walk rate, yet he is behind yawnstapating guys like Brendan Rodgers and Amed Rosario in total points.
This is because Francona seems to perversely enjoy benching the guy with the 150 wRC…
With the likes of Urquidy and Cueto available on the waiver wire throughout the season, I’d like to again remind my leaguemates to draft top starters early.
Yup!
What a year for Tatis Jr. I will look forward to your recap of his lost season this winter, should be fun to rehash it while the rest of the world is watching NFL.
Quick trade question. 12 team keeper league, in which I own Fungus the Jewels. I’m currently 5 of 12, and on the cusp of playoffs. I was offered Vaughn Grissom for my Michael Harris II.
The only reason I would consider trade is because Harris won’t be a keeper for me and Grissom would qualify for our rookie keeper for 2023, unless he eclipses 150 AB this year. What are your thoughts?
My keepers are Sexy Dr Pepper, Tildaddy, Treat Urner, Yordan and FTJ
haha, yup! Hmm…I’d take Grissom for the chance to keep
ROS for saves
Greg Soto or Seranthony Dominquez??
Thank you for your input Razz
Soto
Soto or D. Robertson?
Soto
JJ Oh-Bladi Oh Bleday, Life Goes on, brah!
HA!
1B dilemma – currently holding Mountcastle.. would you replace with either Walker or Vinnie P ROS?
Thanks
Nah
Getting down to the last few roster moves of the season and starting to evaluate the keepers for next year and I’d like your way too early opinion.
12 team 10×10 h2h auction.
Keep up to 3 each year, 15% increase each year, undrafted pickups can be kept for $10.
I need to keep three of the following, what combination as of now would you go with?
Luis Robert- $37
Lindor- $28
O’nell Cruz- $3
Glasnow- $10
Tatis Jr.- $42
Soto – $68
Vlad Jr. – $49
Tough choices, thanks as always brother!
Robert, Lindor, Cruz
H2H daily moves Q?
J.Naylor (ankle) and B.Lowe(Shoulder/cant hit anything). I need an OF. Franmil, Pollock, Joc Pederson, or Grisham? Leaning Franmil or Joc. Franmil bc he cant be this bad. (unconfidently stated)
Joc bc he gets coors this weekend.
The way my teams setup this is my 5th OF and can be a platoon guy as I can slide Josh Rojas to OF if need be.
Roto Q?
Starting Ed.Cabrera @SD in a 12tm? Or dont push the luck after having sandy shut them down last night and fix the ratios a bit?
(Sorry) catcher Q.
D’Arnaud, or Baby Contreras over JP Melendez? I grabbed melendez when Le Franc Terminatoir got hurt last week…switch back?
Appreciated I’m in a must win week to hang on to a playoff spot.
Franmil’s hitting like .400 for the Cubs but Joc’s in Coors? I’d go Joc
I wouldn’t mess with EdCab
Switch back to d’Arnaud
HEy to the Hey!!
If my streaming choices are Plesac v. DET (12.0) or Pivetta @PIT (11.3), then am I correct that my best option is Wayt Untiltomorrow?
Those both sound good
Ohhh, that was a surprise to me . . . glad I asked.
And.
Of course.
Lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrves!!!
Lurves!
Catcher question….Kirk has been cold for a month or so. Drop for Joey Bart or Melendez?
Also, will most likely need to activate…Fried and May later this week/this weekend.
10 team Roto 5×5
Who is/are the drops?
Kirk
Vinny P
Cronenworth
Chapman
Bichetter
IF – Rosario
OF – Yordan, Soto, Cutch, B. Reynolds
Util – Arraez
BN – Dansby, Miranda, Lou Bob
Martin Perez
Freddy P
Shane Mc
Reid Detmers
DeGrom
Gonsolin
K. Wright
IL – Fried and May
Thanks!
Yes, MJ
Miranda, Arraez
Grey,
You throwing Sears out there this week? Has a nice two step starting @ TEX tonight
I am
Here’s a fun game…feel free nation to play at home (but hide those sharp objects first!). Here is a partial list of guys I cut from my 12 teamer during the year.
Adolis, Gimenez, Pham, Seranthony, Merrill, Adam, Eugenio, Vaughn, Rasmussen, Cueto.
When I look at my team now ( second place squad), Gimenez would be a decent replacement over Gleyber but at the time was being platooned often, Adolis and Vaughn over Mount as Adolis was an impatient move and Tony was sitting Vaughn a lot, Seranthony over Bautista as I felt Robertson would be a bigger negative and Bautista’s role was more clearly defined, Pham was terrible for 35 games but hot now…maybe over Mount. Merrill over Mahle I guess as he is my worst starter.
Maybe not as bad as I thought but always good to torture yourself.
I love AND hate doing this…in a 16tm where the trade deadline eliminated all my closers I’ve dropped Devin Williams, Seranthony(2x), Naylor, Santander, A.Kirk, Heaney, Taijuan(then paid $9 to get him back)…not huge names but in a 16tm itll kill you.
Haha
You say you’re in second which is very nice for this time of year so at least (hopefully) none of these players landed into the first place teams roster? I know you are just venting so I hope I didn’t just open a sore wound haha
All is good. Kinda making fun of myself. But also making the point that if you are going to be active, you will make mistakes – or there will be unintended consequences. And you can still have a top team. Tellez, Miranda, MJ, have been solid for me. Best of luck
This Morton roller coaster killing me!
Needs ERA/WHIP/WIN help
Start Morton vs Mets today?
Start
Hola Grey,
I have both Charlie Morton and Taijuan Walker today. Would you start both? SON has them at
Morton vs NYM $10.1
Walker at ATL -$23.1
with the way Walker last pitched against the braves (8ER in 1 IP) and the braves scoring 13 runs last night, i am leaning toward benching Walker today. Any thoughts?
I wouldn’t start Walker
I’ve got Seiya and O’Neil… who you drop either for Bleday?
You be proud of my all-razzball preseason team: Bo, teoscar, O’Neil, manny m, eloy, cease, manaea, berrios… clawing my way into playoffs but I still believe!!!
Seiya — nice!
Someone dropped Bleday in our 13 team dynasty 5×5….should I drop Leody? I have Carpenter as well but would like to see how his playing time shakes out…thoughts? Thanks again for all the great stuff!
Sure, yeah, makes sense
Mornin’ Grey. 10T 5X5 Category Keeper League
Can you please rank for ROS and keeper value for next year.
N. Gorman, V. Paquantino, R. Greene and J. Miranda.
Thanks.
Vinnie. Gorman, Miranda
Good morning!
1. Taylor Ward or Kerry Carpenter?
2. Kerry Carpenter or Bryson Stott?
3. Jose Barrero, Kerry Carpenter, or Bryson Stott?
Thank you!
Ward…Stott…Barrero
Look Dobnak’s K/9 Rate matches his Uber rating!
Wins the comment of the day! HA!
HA!
Speaking of bars, two guys walked into a bar
The third one ducked.
Anywho, something to this LaMont Wade fella, or just a hot schmotato?
Schmotato
A man walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “What do you want?” The man says, “Oh, just some fruit punch.” The bartender sighs and shakes his head, “If you want punch, you’re gonna have to wait in line.” The man looks around, but there is no punchline.
Happy National Tell a Joke day!
Anyway, who you like better this week/ ROS (12-team 6×6 OBP league)
Vinnie P.
V. Grissom
J. Meneses
Thank you kindly my good man!
Haha, nice
Grissom, Vinnie
glad you ranked them that way…Vinnie was just scopped up.
And I assume you’d rather have Grissom over L. Taveras or CJ Abrams, right?
thanks again!
Yep
Hi,
12 teams dynasty league
I have witt franco pena and muncy for ss and 3b. Is k hayes a drop to keep f.reyes ?
Also, pick 4 if everyone is healthy:
Detmers, sandoval, t.rogers, H Greene, ashby and flaherty
Thanks
Can lose Hayes
t.rogers, H Greene, ashby and flaherty, but they’re not healthy
Dustin May is available in two leagues, and he’s apparently stretched out and will have a role in LAD rotation. Who’s the cut (SON loves their upcoming starts).
a. Kirby; or Lodolo?
b. Kirby; Lodolo; Joe Ryan?
Lodolo…Ryan
Bleary is available 13 team dynasty 5×5 who should I drop Leody…Carpenter…? Thank you!
Leody
Wander returns this weekend. Who’s my cut — Croneworth, Jorge Polanco, or Justin Turner?
Turner is still on your roster?
Turner
The first round picks in the final 16 RCL drafts with their current PLAYER RATER ranking:
3 Trea Turner
5 Jose Ramirez
6 Freddie Freeman
10 Mookie Betts
18 Corbin Burnes
20 Shohei Ohtani *36 Pitch
21 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
22 Kyle Tucker
24 Rafael Devers
39 Gerrit Cole
45 Matt Olson
48 Juan Soto
49 Bo Bichette
55 Luis Robert
64 Ronald Acuna Jr.
67 Bryce Harper
69 Mike Trout
339 Ozzie Albies
397 Walker Buehler
Love this, thanks Vin!
Grey,
Gotta love the adjustments Strider made against the pesky Mets yesterday. I know there’s still six weeks of season left, but does he crack your top 30 starters for next year? Top 20? Top 100 dynasty asset?
Thanks
Yeah, he threw his changeup a lot more than usual, and was really dotting that thing. He’s developed quickly into more than just a two pitch flamethrower.
30 sounds about right, where McClanahan was this year
The Top 20 on the PLAYER RATER and their ADP the final week of RCL drafts:
1 Aaron Judge NYY 24.94
2 Paul Goldschmidt STL 40.63
3 Trea Turner LAD 2
4 Justin Verlander HOU 96.69
5 Jose Ramirez CLE 4.56
6 Freddie Freeman LAD 14.44
7 Pete Alonso NYM 31.75
8 Yordan Alvarez HOU 20.56
9 Sandy Alcantara MIA 50.63
10 Mookie Betts LAD 16.19
11 Austin Riley ATL 42.31
12 Shane McClanahan TB 94.69
13 Francisco Lindor NYM 45.69
14 Manny Machado SD 21.5
15 Dansby Swanson ATL 125.5
16 Tony Gonsolin LAD 276.06
17 Adolis Garcia TEX 158.69
18 Corbin Burnes MIL 14.31
19 Dylan Cease CHW 79.69
20 Shohei Ohtani LAA 4.25
Gonsolin, Garcia, Burnes, and Cease push out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (21), Rafael Devers (24), Kyle Schwarber (25), and Julio Rodriguez (26) this week.
This is great! Thanks!
Grey!!!
Awesome!!
a. Was looking for a place holder for May when he comes off the IL this Saturday, had Bush in mind. Now you say Civale’s next one is not recommended by the bot so Aaron has replaced Matt as the place holder. Thanks.
b. Next year drafting the entire LAD BP. Martin struck out 4 in the Milwaukee 6th with a PB allowing Cutch to reach 1st. He then struck out the next 3, swinging, swinging and looking. And that’s with losing Jansen, losing Graterol to injury, losing Mitch White (ok, not a big loss), having Kimbrel pitch with 40% yipps and without Vesia yesterday. 80 W for LAD already, winning.
c. George Carlin quote of the day for August 16, 2022
And athletes, athletes got into uppers, college athletes. The right wing’s last line of defense on campus. They’re doing amphetamines. Remember when “being up for the game” was kind of a spiritual thing? Now, man…”You up for the game?” “(pop, pop) Been up all week, man!”
From FM and AM, 1972
Cheers,
Ante
A. Cool B. Ha, nice C.Haha
Good morning!
14 team h2h league,
Start Merrill Kelly @SF?
id say no, but he’s sonavabench’ed too many times this season!
Thankyou.
Why would you say no? M Kelly has been damn solid and the Giants ain’t no thang. Unless Kelly has bad road splits (I’m not sure), I don’t see how you don’t roll with him in 14 teamer.
He’s my DFS lead tonight. Had a streak of 7 straight QS snapped last night. He’s a start every game.
Start