Opens an envelope, and, inside, is an invitation. Â “Wow, what gorgeous calligraphy. Â Someone took their calligraphy class at 8 PM every Wednesday for six weeks at a local college very seriously. Â Patrick Bateman would be jealous of that raised font.” Â Reading, “Please join us, the Tampa Bay Rays, for the Star Mitzvah of Austin Meadows. Â On Tuesday, the ninth of April, two thousand and nineteen at twenty-four minutes after two o’clock in the afternoon at Temple Fantasy Tova Those Other Outfielders. Â A reception to follow at one of the 37 local Hooter’s restaurants in the Tampa area. Â Rather than gifts, please bring Cash. Â Our manager, he gets lost.” Â How sweet is that. Â I wonder if I was invited because I wrote an Austin Meadows sleeper this preseason. Â Prolly. Â Sound the shofar, Meadows is finally breaking out! Â *remains super calm, then screams* Â I TOLD YOU! Â Yesterday, Austin Meadows went 4-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and a slam (3) and legs (2), hitting .308. Â Hopefully, this is the start of the big things I imagine for him, and, finally, he becomes a man. Â Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Brandon Lowe – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .278. Â Lowe’s delivering with that wood! Â (I know it’s pronounced differently; don’t be that person.)
Avisail Garcia – 3-for-5 and his 1st homer. Â Avisail had a season where he hit .330 and never got hot once, so not sure if this is the sign of something.
Ervin Santana – 3 2/3 IP, 7 ER as he returned from the IL. Â Returned is too modest. Â He just appeared on the mound. Â That Ervin is Magic!
Yoan Moncada – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .326. Â This is apropos of nothing, but White Sox announcer, Jason Benetti, looks like he’d make a great underdog on Survivor. Â *Jeff Probst looks down at ground* C’mon on in, guys.
Daniel Palka – 0-for-21, hitting .000. Â *insert Chris Davis eating popcorn with Michael Jackson in the Thriller GIF*
Mike Clevinger – Out for two months with a back strain. Â Hey, Streamonator, I need to stream for the next 60 days, please help me, thanking you in advance. Â AHHHHHHHHH!!! Â Okay, chillax, Grey… *slaps face* Â That’s not helping me chillax! Â *looks at self in mirror* Â Oh my God, this news is making my face melt…Wait a second, that’s condensation on the mirror. Â Don’t effin’ condensate me, mothereffer! Â So, this is a tough blow to swallow, though, unless you can fit your fist in your mouth, any blow is tough to swallow. Â I’m not entirely surprised, unfortch. Â Back injuries for pitchers are not good. Â He just went from a potential 200+ IP pitcher to possibly Strasburg for the rest of his career. Â I’m not joking. Â Bad backs on pitchers are not good. Â Can they get rid of them? Â No, and every time they return it’s their back again.
Leonys Martin – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer, hitting .167. Â I told you he was a sleeper (in 2013)!
Brad Miller – 2-for-2, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (1) and legs (1), hitting .200. Â I told you he was a sleeper (in 2014)!
Jake Bauers – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer, hitting .200. Â I told you he was a sleeper (in 2018)! Â Too bad the Indians got rid of Chief Wahoo, he might’ve been able to raise these dead sleepers.
Jordan Zimmermann – 4 1/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 2.50. Â The Regression Fairies think Kate Hudson is underrated; they shake their head, disappointed, at people wearing the color brown and they will destroy your ratios.
Jonathan Loaisiga – 3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 3.86. Â With Luis Severino out for at least six more weeks (read: six months), Lasagna will have a longer leash. Â Someone is reading in Italy right now remembering to bring in their Italian Greyhound named Lasagna. Â I’d mostly rely on the Streamonator for Lasagna.
Luke Voit – 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, hitting .195. Â Every time I think I like Alonso more than Voit, Voit does something.
Pete Alonso – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 4th and 5th homer. Â Forget it, Luke, Alonso’s in the lead again! Â Keep challenging each other though, it’s helpful for my teams.
Michael Conforto – 2-for-3, 3 runs and his 3rd homer and 3rd in as many games. I won’t mention that I wrote a sleeper post for him this offseason because daddy’s gotta dine out on that some other time. Â Today’s Meadows’s day.
Jacob deGrom – 4 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 3.18. Â Not only did he get hit, he got smoked. Â Balls were not dinking out for 20% chance of a hit on Statcast. Â Balls were being mollywhopped out by Mitch Garver (4-for-5, 3 runs and two homers) as he told deGrom, “You’re now my *itch Garver.”
Kyle Gibson – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 7.71. Â Why did I draft this schmohawk? Â Ugh, I hate him. Â He is the king of these 4 2/3 IP starts when his team is winning. Â He stinks because he’s always breaking Win’d.
Jonathan Schoop – 2-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer, hitting .250. Â Apparently, he heard the thousands of you asking to drop him. Â Please start asking about dropping Odor, thanking you in advance.
Jorge Polanco – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .405, and a double short of the cycle. Â Damn, he already has a cycle this season. Â About to start calling him Jorge Schwinn.
David Dahl – Hit the IL. Â Thankfully. Â Rest and please return healthy in two weeks. Â Okay, now that I’m done with my vision board. Â Yonathan Daza was called up. Â Daza, who is not the boss, was talked about on our podcast yesterday by Podcaster Ralph. Â He’s a speed/contact guy for NL-Only leagues. Â Daza (0-for-4) hit leadoff yesterday in his 1st game, not because of what Daza can do, but just a little eff you tossed off to Tapia and Hampson.
German Marquez – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.00. Â Okay, I can’t explain away his entire start, but let’s try! Â A better tag on a reviewed play at third on Freeman and a strike three call on Swanson, which was a strike, and he’d have two earned runs. Â Wasn’t a beautiful start by him (where’s the Ks?), but it wasn’t as bad as the line looks. Â At least that’s what I’m telling myself as I walk into traffic.
Ronald Acuña Jr. – 2-for-4 and his 4th homer.  Tildaddy says you’re done with your homework!
Dansby Swanson – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer. Â Just leave your fantasy team password in the comments and I’ll pick him up for you. Â If your password is Mustachesarestupid, then don’t bother.
Max Fried – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.00. Â First off, this is not to take anything from him, because he looked great, but that Rockies’ lineup is a mess. Â Okay, as for the good stuff, there were a few moments (random errors) when this game could’ve went off the rails like the train in the The Fugitive, and not only did Fried avoid the third rail, but he showed poise of a much longer track record. Â I choo-choo choose him! Â Also, because I have cojones the size of watermelons, I started him and Marquez in Coors, and would own Fried just about everywhere.
Luis Urias – 0-for-1 as he was called up (two days ago, my b). Â He is a .270 hitter with 7-homer pop and 7 steal-speed, and he will at least share time with Kinsler, i.e., in most leagues you can do better. Look at me having faith in you!
Joey Lucchesi – 4 IP, 7 ER vs. the Giants, ERA at 4.40. Â What was that? Â Did he owe something to the San Fran mob? Â “This is a payoff for taking over Cannery Row in Monterrey. Â We are square now.”
Derek Holland – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.38. Â Feels a lot like the NL version of Shoemaker. Â Makes sense since I’d bet a top ten occupation in Holland is a cobbler.
Dakota Hudson – 4 2/3 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 2.79. Â Win’doh! Â Ugh, 4 2/3 IP starts are the most frustrating.
Paul Goldschmidt – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .195. Â Au Shizz!
Ross Stripling – 5 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.78. Â I do think even with 75% of his stuff (pitches) he can be still be worthwhile in deeper leagues, but I’m officially concerned about him.
Mike Trout – Left yesterday’s game with a groin strain. Â I thought he only caused his fantasy owners to strain their groins. Â Hunh, weird.
Tommy La Stella – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 2nd and 3rd homer, and three homers in the last two games. It pains me to say, but hot schmotato alert!
Freddy Peralta – 3 1/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 6.91. Â Since I don’t own Peralta, this brings me a little joy. Â I’m sorry. Â It’s schadenfred.
Mike Moustakas – 1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Â Moistasskiss!
Yasmani Grandal – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 2nd and 3rd homer. Â Yasmani loves to hit in Los Angeles, and also 45 minutes south of Los Angeles.
Wei-Yin Chen – 2 IP, 10 ER. Â More like Free-Lun Chen.
Eugenio Suarez – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .258. Â Okay, let’s do a quick roundup of this Reds’ sizzle-reel, snuff film because they scored a bazillion runs off Chen. Â Matt Kemp (2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, hitting .148) hit his 1st homer since dating Ri-Ri; Jesse Winker (2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, hitting .103) hit his first homer because he’s cool like Henry Winkler; Scott Schebler (3-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 2nd homer and Joey Votto continues to suck. Â I told you not to draft him, but you’re living in the 2000’s with your crush on sober Britney Spears and rocking your Zune.
Luis Castillo – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 0.92. Â Can I trade someone my 2018 Castillo shares for 2019 Castillo shares? Â Please.
Jon Lester – Hit the IL with a strained hamstring. Â Fun fact! Â All HoneyBaked employees start their careers straining hamstrings.
Jurickson Profar – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 5 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .182. Â Hey, the ball called the Jurickson store and you’re outta here! (Worst home run call of all time.)
Marcus Semien – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .309. Â Here’s Semien in your eye! (Okay, that home run call is worse.)
Dwight Smith Jr. – 2-for-4, and his 2nd steal, hitting .286. Â Not quite a hot schmotato, but I’m a cyclops with a monocle on Dwight. Â So, he’s the assistant to the hot schmotato.
Victor Robles – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .324 as he continues to hit 9th. Â I don’t say this as a joke, but I truly believe if someone were to go into Davey Martinez’s office and switch Robles with Dozier in the lineup, he’d have no idea.
Juan Soto – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Â Stay thirsty, Sexy Dr. Pepper!
Aaron Nola – 6 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 6.46 vs. Stephen Strasburg – 4 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.40. Â This matchup was billed as, “Hey, Grey, I know you don’t like drafting top pitching, but could you tell me what you think of this pitching staff with Nola and Strasburg?”
Bryce Harper – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .333. Â Super pumped I owned Bryce for his season with a .240 average, and not this one.
Maikel Franco – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 4th homer, hitting .294. Â Was watching him the other day and it looked like he was reverting to old, sloppy tendencies of chopping bad pitches to the 2nd baseman, but can’t pull plug on him yet. Â I do think hitting in front of the pitcher will catch up to him.
Dustin Pedroia – 1-for-4 as he was activated from the IL. Â Good to see the return of one of the few remaining Sparky Anklebiters. Your might won’t be held down by your height. Â For fantasy, he is the new blech. Â He’ll either rest every third game or he will be hurt again by May 15th.
Chris Sale – 4 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 9.00. Â Sale said his previous start’s velocity was the lowest of his career because of an illness. Â Yeah, that illness is old age and it affects 100% of the old. Â Watched a good portion of this game and Sale hit 95, like, once and struck out so few Blue Kays, a team that usually strikes out four times per inning. Â I stand by my Sale sell (say that fast 117 times!) and was far from impressed by his flat fastball.
Mitch Moreland – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer, hitting .257. Â Goodbye, Vogelbach, hello, Moreland! Â Kidding, but Vogelbach could always use Moreland.
Mookie Betts – 1-for-5 and his 3rd homer, hitting .255. Â Mookie Best!
Rafael Devers – 2-for-4, hitting .250, and still has yet to record an RBI. Â How about that spring training?
Matt Shoemaker – 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.92. Â Was actually more impressed with The Cobbler than I was with Sale. Â Different level of expectations obviously, but Shoemaker continued to look promising.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 2-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI, hitting .129, and his 1st steal — a steal of home. Â Wow, Sale’s lost so much velocity he can’t even get the ball home for a steal.
Jay Bruce – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. Â If you’re still asking if you should pick up Bruce, you have to wonder what you’re waiting for. Â He could have one of those old school-type seasons where he hits 27 homers by the All-Star Break, then fades into oblivion.
Richard Lovelady – 1 IP, 0 ER, 2 Ks as he was called up by the Royals. Â You might know him by his preferred moniker, Dick Lovelady. Â The BDE on Dick Lovelady is off the charts. Â Dick Lovelady was almost your stepdad, but he Dick Lovelady’d your mom and then left her. Â Don’t shoot the messenger! Â Any hoo! Â He’s been a closer in the minors. Â *blank stare on your face* Â He pitches for the Royals. Â *Still blank* Â Dude! Â The Royals don’t have a closer. Â In deep leagues, I could seeing messin’ around with Dick Lovelady.
Jarrod Dyson – 1-for-1, 2 RBIs and a walk-off homer off Jose Leclerc (1/3 IP, 3 ER).  Leclerc ran right to the showers only to find Jarrod Dyson had beat him there and was Doing the Floss.  Dyson said, “I gotta enjoy this!  The only way I ever thought I’d get a walk-off was if they put a cliff between first and second base.”
Matz, Woodruff, Stripling, stroman, Pineda, Ed rod. Which one ROS?
Thanks
Ed-Rod
Thanks. I have only 40 moves left for the season and own Stripling. Would you still drop him for Ed rod?
And if you don’t mind: would you drop Desmond for schoop?
Nah, hold your moves
Grey-
Here are my current starting pitchers… I booted high end and went for middle rounders, the trademarked Grey Approach.
Luis Castillo
German Marquez
Joey Lucchesi
Jameson Taillon
Nathan Eovaldi
Nick Pivetta
Zach Wheeler
Below are the available pitchers. Who should I stick with and who should I dump… haven’t watched Eovaldi, Pivetta or Wheeler live this year… is there hope? Should I dump all three? Who do you like on this list to replace?:
John Gant
Trevor Cahill
Kevin Gausman
Mike Minor
Derek Holland
Merrill Kelly
David Hess
Yusei Kikuchi
Frankie Montas
I’m a big Pivetts hater. I’d lose him for Kikuchi
Another day, another injury – Travis Shaw gets hit in the hand and he leaves the game
On the bright side….Moistasskiss everyday.
I have Ryu on the IL and I’m also holding Betances.
My SPs:
Scherzer
Corbin
Ray
Freeland
Williams
Berrios
Bum
Eflin
My RPs:
Holland
Kimbrel
Felt like a genius last week, but a number of these guys got injured or just fell apart to start this week.
Should I drop anyone to stream?
Thanks!
Adalberto Mondesi heard about the SB drought and answered the bell
Pick 2 going forward: Marcus Semien, B. Dozier, J. Peraza, Smoak. Schoop?
Pereza and Smoak for me.
peraza and semien or schoop
Why did I draft Paxton dammit!
Because he plays for the Yankees and can strikeout a bunch of guys and throw no hitters and stuff.
had nothing to do with NYY for me. i don’t care what team he’s on. NYY park and division actually a negative for me. wish he was on LAA (if we assume he had to stay in AL)
Marco Gonzalez or Merrill Kelly?
Marco
G-funk, Drop hot garbage Pivetta for Max Fried?
12 team mixed roto
In a 12 team standard yahoo points league would you move Jose Abreu for Jack Flaherty. My other 1bs are Smoak and Josh Bell, my staff is Greinkie, Price, Pivetta(ew), lucchesi, Castillo, Urias, and Montas. Thanks for any input
With that staff I’d take Flaherty
I’m leaning that way, I feel smoak and abreu are kinda close to each other at the end of the day production wise
Maybe
Been offered Wheeler and Moustakas for Dee Gordon. Do you feel Wheeler is still a top 25 pitcher and I would be a fool to refuse this trade right.
Thanks
wheeler side easily.
Wheeler
It’s not easy being Greene…
It has been owning him
maybe he means h.greene (TJ just now, but it was already known he was getting that way earlier)
It’s like winning the Lottery! Sonofabench for me on Flaherty, sometimes it sucks being a Dodger fan (not really).
Might’ve already sent this but,
Goodrum, Bauers, or Mullins?
Bauers
Goodrum, Bauers, or Mullins?
Bauers
Can we drop profar yet?
Yeah, what a bum
Better replacement for Clevenger : Sonny Gray or Pivetta?
Neither…Pivetta
Are we liking the Shark in a 14-team H2H tomorrow as much as the SON does ($13.2)?
I wouldn’t start him anywhere, he’s dead to me
SON called mahle quite well today anyway, but SD are better hitters than MIA of course.
Travis Shaw far more desirable than Niko Goodrum – agreed?
Yup
NL only with holds and saves separately, have kelly, k-rob, j.miller (seems to be either him or bearclaw now for the 8th), steck. drop anybody for any of: p.baez (might be ahead of kelly either now or soon), neris (the monkey says he’s the possibly best handcuff to k-rob), bearclaw?
Decent options, I just grabbed Baez in my NL-Only, over Kelly
still holding kelly for super deep leagues though (think 20 teamers with 7 RP per team, kelly just dropped, i dropped willy P for him there) that have holds. kelly tends to do this, be horrible for a while, then awesome later, rinse/repeat. and LAD is a very good place for late innings guys. i also have alexander is deep spots too. baez not available in those 20’s.
Agreed
Grey,
I have come to the conclusion that Nick Pivetta is garbage. Do you think it is time to cut him loose? Or wait until Kershaw comes back this weekend and Pivetta then?
I’d hold for another start
he gets the Mets at home next start on the 16th, then at colorado on the 21st
Yeah, that’s not great, you can lose him
should i pick someone up? but it would be until Kershaw comes back which I believe is this weekend
If there’s someone out there, sure
Merrill Kelly is available and so is Jordan Zimmermann
I’d grab Kelly
going to get hium thanks. and then when Kershaw comes back either Sunday or Monday, i’ll drop Pivetta or just drop him now?
Drop Pivetta now
Start or sit Pivetta vs WSH. Thanks!
Sit
Too much to offer Starling Marte for German Marquez?
Also, Glasnow straight dominated today and I can only thank years of Razzball reading for knowing about his excellency.
Nice! I’d hold there, tho it’s fair
Drop McCutchen for Meadows?
Other OFs: Betts, Conforto, Piscotty, Eloy
9 team 5×5 Roto.
Thanks!
No
In Fantrax we have 30 player rosters BUT with no DL …or IL either …it’s DL wtf is an IL????
So I definitely need to hold on to Dahl (for now …guy is made of glass)
& Turner …I need him back asap
But Clevinger …is he a drop without a DL or wait a bit?
Can lose him
The meadows are on fire!!! Austin loved lede here he figured he had to follow it up with another big day. I loved your sleeper post on him and I’ve been comping him to Andrew Benintendi. I personally think he could be better, he actually hits lefties.
Glasnow looks nasty too, he was my biggest (not tallest) pitching target in all my leagues this year. Still early with him but the results look good so far. He needs to start throwing a third pitch eventually I think. He hasn’t had an extremely tough matchup yet.
Both look awesome, happy with al shares so far
Need a replacement for Clevinger in a H2H category league…Which SP should I grab? Mikolas, Happ, McHugh, Pivetta, Matz, Hamels, Eovaldi, Shoemaker or Maeda? Thanks much G.
Maeda
I have a bench spot available and in need of an outfielder which one do you think I should pick up
Schebler, Nimmo, or Bauers?
Thanks in advance
Bauers
Yo G, thinking bout dropping Buxton like a bogey habit to go frolicking in some sweet Meadows? You cosign that? Shallow 10 team
Cosigned, FML
You ever need help burying a body, you know who to call
Ugh, where you were you like a week ago?
I don’t recall seeing the Stache symbol light up the night sky….hope Home Depot honors this receipt for my bag of lye
I put the wax mustache over the searchlight, geez
Side note, know what? Time to bring back hip hop verse of the day. Let’s get in the groove G
Let’s do it!
Setting it off like Lez Latifah tomorrow
Harper was hitting .345 with 6 homers heading into April 10th last year. Just sayin’
Thank you for the head check
10 team keeper OBP
Grey, Drop Pereza for Swanson?
Meh
10 team keeper OBP
Add Swanson and drop KiKi, Molina, Vogelbach Odor, Buxton or Narvez?
Also, Meadows and Renfroe are available too.
Narvez
Rizzo
KiKI
Moncada
Tatis
Mancini
Ozuna
Rosario
Bellinger
Lindor and Andjuar are IL
Narvaez — don’t carry 2 catchers
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto. you holding on to ryan mcmahon with no available DL spot or dropsville? been starting mcneil at 2b.
thanks.
Dropsville
@Grey: Gracias. You watch The Patriot at all? Just started last night. Pilot was pretty good…
I like it a lot, love the tone
@Grey: yeah, not what i was expecting at all. will stick with it.
also, are we buying into margevicious and his 87 mph fastball? hodgepadre?
Nah, not at all, SON guy
Willy Adams seems to be heating up. Would you pick him up over Eduardo Escobar? Thanks and great write up. Comment: Chris Davis should agree to go the minors and work out his issues against AAA pitching and out of the bright lights. I feel sorry for him—except for the money which makes me feel more sorry for the Orioles. But,then again,they deserve it in so many ways.
Meant Willy Adames. Damn spellcheck.
Sure on Adames — Davis should retire
Jeffress likely to be activated within a few days; and it appears he will replace Hader as closer. My closers are Vazquez; Holland; and Colome. Which one should be dropped?
According to who he will replace Hader?
From Yahoo (not as definitive as I thought).
Advice: The good news: Jeffress struck out two batters and got through the appearance without his shoulder barking. He could join the Brewers’ bullpen after one more rehab appearance on Wednesday, and there’s a chance he’ll be allowed to quickly slide into the primary ninth-inning role. That largely depends on what the Brewers want to do with Josh Hader, who’s been brilliant as the primary closer.
Gotcha
Yeah Boyyyyd! Fight the power!
You gotta fight the powers that be!
Caleb Smith or fried? Fried’s start in Coors surprised me but he may be getting lucky. Lots of foul balls and not many swinging strikes. Not sure what to make of it and if this is just some luck that will run out as soon as I add him. Thx
Fried, coin flip
Can’t believe I got Meadows back. Whew!
I’m not dropping anyone else for a month.
Signed,
President; Dumbass Ass of America
Ha
How much of $100 faab would you bid on meadows?
How many teams
10
$6
hey Grey, our league is drafting a little late so I have some keeper decisions to make….
Context, can keep 5 players: 10 team Yahoo 6×6 with OPS, QS and SV+H, keep forever but can change keepers yearly
Possible keepers include:
Bregman
Judge
Freeman
Benintendi
Abreu
Realmuto
Rosario
Conforto
Eloy Jimenez
Nola
Bauer
Flaherty
Wheeler
Thanks again!
Bregman
Judge
Freeman
Benintendi
Bauer
Thanks for the quick response, I was feeling similar but was too nervous to pull the trigger lol
No problem
Tiggers jump Bauer. No start is safe. No starters.
The other thing. When the next HR is one AB away, why run? Segura for instance had zero attempts hitting in front of Harper. Steals and wins. Crazytown.
True on Segura, that could hurt, but long season, as long as he gets to 20+
Would you waiting on Heaney or cut him for Fried?
Cut for Fried
Trade my Gerrit Cole for his S. Marte and M. Shoemaker?
Meh
Fried or Peralta?
Fried, flip a coin tho
I am trying to get rid of Clev in one of my leagues…
1) Eflin or Clev, unsure on this one.
2) Hamels is great value though right?
Thanks Grey!! Loved the write up this morning. They are the best.
I should also probably ask Hamels or Eflin? Haha
Hamels over Eflin
1. Eflin 2. Hamels — thanks!
Great thanks! Hamels > Eflin too right? My pitching is a wreck…
Yup
That’s what I thought. Hope they accept Hamels, but I know they’ll accept Eflin so that’s good at least. Have a good afternoon!
You too!
Ed Escobar or Polanco at MI for ROS in a 5×5 12-teamer? TreaT is down.
Also – time to dump Severino or Kimbrel? No DL spots in my league and my 3 bench spots are occupied by Dahl, TreaT and these two…
What say you Grey-Dogg?>
Thx!
Polanco — Dump Severino
Thanks dude.
I also have Rich Hill wasting a roster spot. Keep him over Sev?
Lose Severino
Grey,
How do you rank: Shoemaker, Boyd, Fried, Eflin?
Thanks!
Boyd, Shoemaker
Yandy or Laureano?
Laureano
@Grey 11 team, 5×5 roto
Start McHugh v. NYY today?
Curious due to the Yankees depleted lineup.
Yeah
Christian Walker or Vogelbach?
Walker
Drafted JoRam in frist round in my RCL. He is scaring me, he sux.
Yeah, I didn’t like him this year
Start Flaherty tonight at home vs. Dodgers in a season-long 5×5 QS roto league? I got double teamed by Lucchesi and Peralta’s blow ups last night and so far Flaherty has started a little slow plus streamer doesn’t love him today. Thanks!
I would
Which side do you like in a 14 team dynasty league? (6×6 including OPS)
Ramon Laureano and Bubba Thompson
or
Jurickson Profar and Tyler White?
Thanks!
Profar
So grabbed Boyd today to fill in for Clevinger. Who’s my long term play? Boyd, Fried or Urias. 10 team
Sure, Boyd
H2H Pts league. I have BADER and Laureano at Util. Do I hold them hoping they move up in batting order? Or switch one of them out for Adam Jones hitting cleanup everyday?
Hold
Appreciate you. Thanks
No problem
Help! Ian Desmond or Brandon Nimmo?
I thought about not starting any pitchers this month, given how insane scoring has been. But I imagine this will only get worse once it gets hotter … and RCLs have minimum innings …
Desmond
Thanks!
No problem
12-team, 6 x6 (holds)
1. have very good power (but there’s never enough) and very good on steals.
who wins me trading inciarte for travis shaw?
2. my closers are : aroldis/greg holland/ sean doolittle/ian kennedy
holds: neris/barraclough.
should i drop kennedy for lovelady?
1. Shaw, close 2. Not yet
Oh cool Trevor Bauer is facing the Tigers
Nope, it’s not cool turns out.
I am not a fan of this current pitcherapocalpyse
Thank God for Jake Bauers
I dropped him before his HR, you’re welcome!
Thank you!
@Grey: Can we make a doll of Travis Shaw and do some voodoo magic going to get him out of this 1/21 slump over his last 5 games? Assuming he plays tonight, I say he goes 3/4 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs against Felix Pena. Book it.
Twigs and twine
Tim Beckham or Odor
Odor
FAAB pick up in standard 5&5 22 team Heyward or yandy Diaz
Yandy
I’m not starting any pitchers for the rest of the year.
Good call!
In NFBC, I have a 4.154 team ERA. That is actually 6th best in the league. Crazy.
I have ERAs over 5.00 right now
I am usually pretty conservative at this point in the season trying to protect ratios. Feels like a different type of year. Since everyone’s ERA sucks, I am running 8 SP’s this week to at least build up W’s and K’s.
Yup, giddy up!
Hey Grey,
15 team roto
Give: Will Smith
Get: kenta Maeda
Permission to proceed?
Sure
looking for some clean innings totally ignoring W’s and K’s…which 2 are you taking?
r.porcello vs bal ($17.7)
v.velasquez @ mia ($13,7)
thornton vs tb ($7.9)
anibal sanchez vs pit (-$2.9)
my head says porcello and vv but my heart says anibal and thornton.
thoughts and thanks
Porcello, Thornton
Would you move Sale and Laureano for Bieber and Benintendi?
16-team keeper
Yes
Was offered Encarnacion and Matt Harvey for Vogelbach and Tyler Glasnow in 11 team AL only. What side do you like?
Edwin side, but it’s fair
What do you think of david fletcher so far. My weakest position is 3b, and im rotating david fletcher and jd davis so far in a 18 man avg/obp/slg league. Is david feltcher a drop? maybe for dwight smith jr.
He looks awful, he is a drop
Heyward, Gordon, or Billy Hamilton
Heyward
by the by, my offense is dead last in my 10 team dynasty Roto 5×5 league. I know its only 3 weeks in, but dayam it hurts.
Luckily my Grey inspired pitching staff is lights out with a sub-2.00 ERA and 0.86 Whip in 134 innings. (Max, Berrios, Marquez, Castillo, Bieber, Paddack, DGerman, Woodruff, Matz, Yates, Barnes, Giles)
These are the guys holding me back;
Ramos
Aguilar
Altuve
Shaw
Machado
McNeil
Donaldson
Hoskins
Springer
Enciarte
Conforto
AJones
Peraza
Is my hitting really that bad??
Nah, not that bad, it’s early
Swap out Amed Rosario for Beckham or Dansby??
Nah
Please rank Shoemaker, Fried, Urias, and Caleb Smith
Shoemaker, Smith, Urias
Smith is avialable. Shoudl I drop Urias for Smith?
Nah
Thanks.
No problem
Andrus, Swanson, or Anderson? Gotta grab a backup if Bregman is out for awhile
Bregman’s out? Anderson
“tweaked” hamstring, ya know how that can go
Ah, crap
Sore hammy according to Hinch
Meh, sounds ok, hopefully
Yesterdays pitching: 13 IP, 25 hits, 23 earned runs, 4 walks, 13 Ks. Yup. Fantasy baseball is fun.
Yeah, was a miserable day
Aguilar is killing me. Geezus!
Is it time to bench, drop, study for fantasy football?
My options are;
1.Slide the real Rhysus to 1B and move either CMullins or FReyes to start in the OF
2.Put in a FAAB bid for Vogelbeast ($94 left out of $100), was thinking $11
3.Put in a FAAB bid for Renfroe, Heyward, or Moreland to replace Aguilar
4.Wait for Jesus to walk on water and leave him in the starting lineup
Meh, have to give him a bit more rope it’s like 2 weeks into the season — you can do Vogelbach if it means not dropping Jesus
Is giving up Arenado for Chapman and Nola too much?
That’s Matt Chapman btw.
Too much
In a 10 team OPS league I have Danny Jansen as my catcher by Astudillo is available. Would you drop Jansen for him or hold?
I’d try Astudillo
Someone just dropped David Price in my league. Swapping Eflin for him if I can get him off waivers.
Works for me