Logan Webb finally returns to the ace pitcher you drafted. Or so you thought! Were you thinking that? I don’t know what you’re thinking. Hold on, let me mind meld with you. [pinches temples, wavy lines indicating I’m now inside your mind] I can now read your mind. You are thinking, “Me so dwunky on booze.” Okay, very illuminating! So, you weren’t thinking about Logan Webb, but you could’ve been! Yesterday, he went 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.25. Now, I could say Webb gem and move on, and I’d have every right to. You’re dwunky, what do you care? I will stop to say Webb has his worst numbers since his 2020 season (Season? More like 54 1/3 IP), and something seems legitimately off. His Ks are way down (7.7 K/9), his walks are up (2.9 BB/9) and his luck is a bit off, but he’s also getting hit hard. Maybe it’s the knee still bothering him. Maybe it’s something else, but if you can take this nice start and sell him, I would. And swober up! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Victor Bericoto – 1-for-3 and his 1st career homer. Fun fact! That’s what Heart was singing in their hit song, “You’d have me down, down, down, down on my knees…Now wouldn’t ya, Bericoto?”
Robert Gasser – 5 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.73 as he was recalled. Might be one and done in the rotation, but also: Why would they continue to go to Sproat and not Gasser?
Noelvi Marte – Called up by the Reds. I wrote to Hallmark a few weeks ago, “You know that card of yours, ‘If you love someone, set them free. If it’s meant to be, they’ll be returned to you?’ Okay, I get the sentiment, but I set Noelvi Marte free months ago, and he hasn’t returned. So, what gives?” Today, I received a Hallmark card in the mail, it read, “There’s no time limit, you moron.” Then I opened a second card, “This is about Noelvi Marte being called up. Thank you for your patronage!” How did they know I’d open the cards in the right order? Hmm, oh well! So, Noelvi Marte went 8/9/.369 in 160 MiLB at-bats and is more than ready to contribute on the MLB level. They said he is back to kickstart the Reds’ offense, sending down TJ Friedl. Please, I am begging they did not call him up to sit on the bench. I can’t set him free again and wait however long it takes again. [ten minutes later sees Noelvi Marte is on the bench for his first game up] You son of a–
Blake Dunn – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .276. The actual recipient of TJ Friedl’s playing time and making good with it. Likely not a long-term guy, but he has been hot and hitting leadoff. In general, he has a little bit of power and solid speed. Think 7/25/.250 in 162 games.
Tony Santillan – 1/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 6.65. Was a Kazaam, but still. Woof, dawg. I don’t even know who’s behind him in line. I guess Caleb Ferguson, but that would take Tito Francona looking past him being a lefty. Brock Burke is there too, but also a lefty and you didn’t even know if I made up that name.
Chase Burns – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.05. No, he’s not a 2.05 ERA pitcher, but he’s not terribly far off, i.e., will Chase Burns? Yes, maybe a little at some point.
Vinnie Pasquantino – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer. Oh my God, could this be real? An actual Pasketti homer? I need to sit down. [sits in a beanbag that is outfitted to look like Sly Stallone, while my mustachioed mother makes me lasagna in the background, scream-singing to Sinatra’s Greatest Hits]
Nick Loftin – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Loftin? I’ll say! High five me right now! No? Okay.
Stephen Kolek – 7 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.32. He had supremely good command already (that’s not command with sour cream), and it’s been better this year. Mostly a Streamonator call, but I wouldn’t even had said that before this year.
Alex Lange – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 4.33, and his 1st save. Lol, how deep did the Royals look for a closer in their depth chart? So, I don’t know if he’s taking over for Erceg, but there’s a lot worse things than grabbing the first guy who gets a save.
Jeffrey Springs – 3 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.37. If I can’t start you at home or on the road, is there a magical third option?
Seiya Suzuki – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer. Seiya ball!
Pete Crow-Armstrong – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, as he’s moved towards the top of the order of late, which is bizzonkers, but I’m trying not to be a hater.
Spencer Arrighetti – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 1.94. He was the AL Pitcher of the Month of May, and to that I say, can you sell? Then SELL!
Isaac Paredes – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, 2nd homer in a week. After every Paredes homer, I get my hopes sky-high for him. So far? [raspberries lips] But maybe now finally he’s doing something.
Paul Skenes – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 3.09. The perfect 1st rounder.
Nick Gonzales – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .314, 2nd homer in three games. Seems like a legit hitter, just not the best for fantasy because mostly a 4020.
Wade Meckler – 4-for-5, 2 runs, hitting .389. Don’t sleep on the Smeckler!
Vaughn Grissom – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer. Okay, as for Smeckler and Grissom and anyone hitting against the Suckies, they are the Suckies.
Walbert Urena – 6 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.68. You snuck in, got the Suckies, now sneak out. The Snuckies move! The infamous Snook Ones.
Corbin Burnes – Suffered a setback and now is closer to a September return. September becomes, “Meh, ya know what, why don’t we let you go to Driveline in December and see ya back here fresh-faced and ready to boogie-woogie-bugle-boy-in-company-B the first week of Spring Training?”
Shohei Ohtani – 6 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, 1 walk, 6 Ks, ERA at 0.74, and 3-for-4, 2 walks 1 run. He had more hits in this game as he’s allowed in last two starts. And two walks in this game as a hitter, and one as a pitcher. Oh, dot dot dot, 0.74 ERA? Third best in MLB history through 10 starts. DeGrom 0.56 in 2021; Juan Marichal 0.59 in 1966 and Ohtani.
Kyle Tucker – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. “There’s zero chance you’re gonna fit that body down the garbage disposal–Hold on! He moved! Tucker’s alive!”
MacKenzie Gore – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.23. My doctor said my ulcer this year is only at 34% flare thanks to not drafting Gore anywhere. Thanks, Dr. Nick!
Jonah Tong – Optioned to the minors. Jokes aside (were there jokes?), someone should answer for why Tong was even promoted. He was clearly a mess in the minors. Someone hire me in the Mets organization, I will fix them in less than 12 months. [Day after being hired, struck dead by lightning]
Freddy Peralta – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.38. After the game, FreddyKBB revealed a new tattoo. It read, “Please trade for me.”
J.P. Crawford – 3-for-4 and his 10th homer, 3rd homer in a week. Just Peachy’s been in roughly six of the last six Buy columns, and seems headed there again.
George Kirby – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.04. Lucky it wasn’t worse. Don’t feel lucky? I can understand that. It’s about perspective. Walk into a public outhouse and look at Kirby’s line. Worse, right? See?
Kyle Manzardo – 3-for-4 and his 7th homer, 2nd homer in two games. Could be he’s finally breaking out of the early-season doldrums and putting together a real hot streak. Or it’s nice the Yankees’ right field porch is close enough for a little how’s your father.
Jose Ramirez – 3-for-4, 3 runs and a slam (9) and legs (21), hitting .245. Also, in this game, Rhys Hoskins (2-for-3, 3 RBIs) hit his 6th homer. Hoskins and Jose or the Very Amazin’ Joskins.
Gavin Williams – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.10. Not even exactly sure how he allowed two solo homers, only one walk and had 96 pitches through five and a third. Did Volpe foul off 75 pitches? That bastard!
Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer, hitting .239. Getting that Fallon bump.
Jose Caballero – 2-for-4 and his 5th homer, hitting .263. A ten-homer pace is lovely for a guy like Caballero because it comes with a 30-plus steal, hand in glove. Is that an idiom? It sounds like it, hand in glove.
Gerrit Cole – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 2.00. Struggled a bit, obviously, but you know what’s so lovely? When you have a guy leave with two runners on, as Cole did, and they don’t automatically come in to tack onto your line. Must be nice!
Grant Holmes – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.86. Not to be a broken record but they’re coaching up guys. Not to be a broken record but they’re coaching up guys. Not to be–Sorry.
Ozzie Albies – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 10th homer. After a May to forget, here’s to a big June! Or if you don’t have him, then here’s to a crappy June! I don’t care. Choose your own adventure.
Mauricio Dubon – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .249. I’m kinda committed to the Mateo narrative now, can we go back to that?
Nathan Lukes – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 1st homer. Ooh, I can see it now! This All-Star Game, the Sarcastic Home Run Derby! Lukes vs. Tatis!
Nick Martinez – 4 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 2.29. I’ll admit to loving me some schadenfreude for guys who I don’t have who get sideswiped by the Regression Fairies in their Mazda Miata.
Cedric Mullins – 1-for-3 and his 4th homer. Cedric the HRtainer!
Jake Rogers – 2-for-3 and his 1st homer. Elias Sports Bureau said, “Going off of Rogers’s mustache, this is the first home run ever by a walrus.”
Dillon Dingler – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 14th homer, hitting .241, and his 3rd homer in three games, and 4th homer in a week. If Cal Raleigh was doing what Dingler was doing, you wouldn’t be as furious about drafting him. Though, if someone’s butt was that big named Dingler, he would’ve been shut down. Like how you couldn’t show a working toilet on a TV show, you can’t have a giant butt named Dingler.
Troy Melton – 8 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.74. I grabbed Melton in my RCL league, after he was activated, and have no plans on dropping him. That is a very shallow league. Here’s a refresher from last week, “So, he blew away minor leaguers in his rehab, and for the better part of the last four years — 2025’s numbers: 75 1/3 IP, 12.1 K/9, 2.4 BB/9, 2.99 ERA. He was touching 97 MPH yesterday and sat 96, which is where he should be. Has struggled to stay healthy and likely needs some polish to get out lefties, but these are small quibbles. He looked fantastic yesterday, and I looked to pick up Melton in every league.” And that’s me quoting me! I do not say “I looked to pick him up in every league” as a goof. I do not say that for everyone available.
Taj Bradley – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.58. His underlying numbers still say he’s pitching well, but, unfortunately, his underlying numbers when he had a 5.59 ERA were similar. He seems to struggle with not fooling an elite amount of hitters. His O-Swing% is 89th in the league. Hitters also make a decent amount of in-zone contact and that contact? He’s in the bottom 3% for Exit Velocity. He’s an interesting case study for a guy who should be unlocked, but he doesn’t pitch for the Brewers. Maybe one day!
Erick Fedde – 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 4.94. Fedde un-Wopped with Marc Summers! I wouldn’t even Streamonator him.
Andrew Benintendi – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, 3rd homer this week. Hot schmotato alert!
Wilyer Abreu – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer. Wilyer is one of those sneaky top 40 outfielders that you don’t necessarily love owning but he gets you value, per the Player Rater. (He’s around top 30 outfielders now.)
Payton Tolle – 6 IP, 0 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.28. Always find it amazing when pitchers succeed in that park, and Tolle is doing exactly that. Stupid giant wall 310-feet from the plate or not. Tolle is doing it, and ‘it’ being looking like a strong number two.
Esteury Ruiz – 1-for-2 and his 3rd homer. The river runs through it!
Max Meyer – 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.81. Because I was looking at O-Swing% and other metrics for Taj, Meyer is wildly better. I mean, of course, but I’m Cust kayin’ here: Meyer is pitching as well as you think.
Cristopher Sanchez – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.46. An earned run? Yikes. Frankly, that’s embarrassing. So, his scoreless streak ended at 50 2/3 IP and once again Orel remains unattainable quest for every pitcher and married man.
Kyle Schwarber – 1-for-3 and his 23rd homer. Oh, yeah, it’s June, Happy Schwarber Month!
J.T. Realmuto – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer. Jerry Tomato ketchup’d to that one!
Walker Buehler – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.53. Buehler deserved better. It was ingenious to put a mannequin in his bed to simulate a sick child home from school–[intern whispers]–Oh, Walker Buehler? No, I don’t care for him.
Nick Castellanos – Designated for assignment. I suggest he take his career earnings and open a bar that is an exact replica of the Phillies’ dugout.
If you’re getting Nonce Invalid, you have to clear your cookies for Razzball
i switched to duck duck goose or whatever. seems to make it all better
Ok, good, haha…sorry about that
I use DuckDuckGo and generally love it, but I’m having the nonce issue and can’t find a way to correct it because there’s no way to clear cookies. I’ve had to switch to Chrome for razzball only
For Duck:
Desktop: Click the Fire icon (looks like a flame) in the top-right corner of the browser, then click Clear.Mobile (iOS/Android): Tap the Fire icon at the bottom of the screen and select Delete All.
it worked!
Oh good!
You voting for Vinnie for AL 1B?
The Soder is fizzing!
Pittsburgh front office has still not gotten back to me on that “We’re Goin’ To Jonestown!” tagline. They might still be mad after the JarJo debacle and all the cease-and-desist letters it generated.
I’ll see if I can ping people I know
They said no
Well it’s still going better than the Logan’s Runs charity chili-eating contest I ran for SF. Which they still haven’t paid me for, BTW.
I guess next time I’ll do the 5K before the chili, not after. but they didn’t even tell me Webb was pitching that day, so that’s on them.
What’s good Grey? Happy Birthday to Ted…LFG!
15 years young!
Good job by TED!
Haha, thanks, poop
5×5 roto obp. was offered George Kirby for Aroldis Chapman. In a normal world this is a no brainer to me. But these arent normal times!!. Is George broken or should i go hit accept before he changes his mind? (my pitching is middle of the road i can use an upgrade, but if I trade Chapman it does leave a void I need to fill for saves. I’d be picking up Kilian, Beeter etc)
I think Kirby’s a bit broken, but Aroldis is pretty replaceable
How deep is this league
Well, it’s fair, could go either way
10 team 9 total pitchers per team. I’d say not deep. The waiver for closers are the Kilians of the world
I’d go Kirby if I needed an SP
Thanks my man
No problem
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hey
Mikael Garcia out again. That’s 5 straight. Maybe he can go for 10 games so he can avoid that IL stint.
HAHA
Good afternoon Grey the Wise A…..,
Oh yeah, Baby, some old school Rock, thank you, I don’t believe you’re that old but you are a, “Magic Man”!
You like like Melton. Above any of these? Tolle, Jared Jones, Handcock, Soroka, or Lodolo.
Thank you for being the better manager of our team😁🤙!
CCC
CCC, how’s it going? Hold
To quote the great Mr Williams: “It’s hot! Damn hot! Real hot!…….” Thank you. Getting anxious for a Grey double header tomorrow, unless your on patreon, you’ll be light years ahead of us…..
Ha, No problem
Hey Grey,
Who would you prefer ros in a Yahoo head to head points format?
K griffin or e perez?
Thanks as always
Konnor
Better “long term” short stop?
Edwin Arroyo
Jacob Gonzalez
Tristan Gray
Tovar
Tovar
Received offer – Hancock for my Soder. Is this a fair offer for Soder? I’m in a weekly standard roto redraft.
Soder side
Howdy Grey!
H2H weekly lock. Got hit w/ the injury bug
My Elly De La Cruz is set to miss time , teoscar Hernandez missing time & Roman Anthony has been missing time who knows when we will see him
Looking to add two bats out of:
– Brandon Nimmo
– Jorge Mateo (SS/OF)
– Ceddane Rafaela
– Jake mangum
– Carson benge
– Jake McCarthy
Thanks man!
McCarthy, Benge
Roupp or N Cameron?
Thanks!
Flip a coin? Cameron
Would Teng > Roupp or pretty much coin flip there too?
I’d go Roupp there
I grabbed Shota off waivers Streamonator kind of likes him 19.3 at home vs A’s. Bench until we see something better than the last 3 starts?
Yeah, he looks kinda broken, I’d bench for now
Thanks Buddee! Sanchez last night, what a heart-breaker! I knew it was going to be tough against the same he pitched against last week. Only time I was happy to see Tatis not hitting! Hopefully Pasketti gets off the Squaty Potty and gets hot and Rooker and Soderstrom and Perdomo. HA
I need Pasketti to do absolutely anything
Buy low candidates that I could trade Arrighetti for?
Neto? Colson? What do you need?
Pitching
Soroka, Gausman, Ben Brown
Hi Grey!
Currently rocking no catcher in a 12 tm H2H 7×7 league (OPS & XBH for hitters, K/9 & QS for pitchers)
Would you trade Max Meyer for Liam Hicks?
My SPs are pretty deep: Jesus Luzardo, Nick Lodolo, Kyle Bradish, George Kirby, Payton Tolle, Emerson Hancock, Connelly Early, Mike Soroka, Logan Henderson (IL)
Sure
Rank next week for SP 4, 5, 6
Kolek
Teng
Cameron
Eovaldi
Jump
Eovaldi, Jump, Cameron
Condolences to anyone who started Bello today. Yikes
Yikes
Afternoon Grey!
I gotta say, I never get tired of the “…he just moved” bits about guys who we all thought were dead and gone. They are truly classics!
Picturing guys shoving a body down a garbage disposal (do they even have those anymore? Maybe in the Odd Couple building – HA!) is hilarious. Doorstops, anchors, and all of the other images are all quite funny.
Ok, so can I move on from Loupp in a Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League and add Melton back? I had him, but dropped him for God only knows.
P.S. You are right. Kirby’s numbers are worse in a public restroom.
ha, thanks! Yeah, go Melton
Hey Grey,
A bit torn about what to do with Roupp. Underlying metrics are pretty solid but that stinker was painful and he’s not on a great team to get him Ws or at least protect him from Ls (points league). And now he has a back issue.
I also have Logan Henderson and really want to hold on to him (opposite to Roupp, his team seems to boost his value) but wonder what you think his prognosis is given he also has a back issue.
A. Would you rather keep Roupp or Henderson assuming they are healthy?
B. Who would you be more concerned with health wise? I guess Henderson is actually on the IL while Roupp isn’t, but Henderson did well in his last start despite the back issue, so maybe the Brewers are just giving him some rest so he can go deeper into the season. On the other hand, he did just get an injection which is a bad sign.
Roupp b. Meh, guy who is not on IL but who knows
I also have Henderson. They just gave him an injection for his back and anticipate a late June or early July return FWIW.
Grey!!
Love you, man.
On Skenes quickly. You alluded to it before many times. In year 0 his velocity was X on average. Now it’s x-3 on average and guys are catching up to it. His last effort required 108 pitches!!
Cheers,
Ante
If I’m him, and what I think any smart person would do in his situation is not do max effort until he cashes a huge contract
Grey!
I’d be shook for sure with pitch location, trying hard for hitters not to hit it to CF (Oneil Cruz refers). That’s not an easy task in addition to pitching normally.
Figure a Skenes at the level he’s at this year still nets him $400 million so why try to get $450M by being the best pitcher ever
Taj in a 2-start week (at Detroit, vs. Cards) or Troy Melton in a one-start week (vs. Minnesota)
Melton
12-team H2H, need some outfield help. Was offered two trades.
Hunter Brown for Jordan Walker?
Or Rasmussen/Soderstrom for Michael King/Jordan Walker?
Walker
Walker
Tucker + Ashcraft for Skenes – which side?
Tucker
i bet 50$ on ohtani start of the year for the Cy (mostly cause he said he wants to win it and thats enough for me). Pays $1000.
Any other year and hes running away with it, but of course its the closest craziest race in Cy history
Sachez/Miz/Ohtani in that order right now?
Nice! That would be awesome! But, yeah, it’s a crazy year in the NL for Cy…I think Miz fades tbh, but we’ll see
Points league
Hunter brown or Kirby ROS
Kirby
yesterday you said “Half the battle with rostering good pitchers is drafting pitchers (or picking them up) on teams with good coaches. “
can you pls expand on which teams these are or how I can identify good coaches, in this context? thx
Braves, Dodgers, Yanks, Red Sox, Rangers, and surprisingly Angels with Mike Maddux there now, off top of head
Grey,
Add the Brewers, Mariners and spin doctors in Houston too. Off the top of my head too.
Cheers,
Ante
Oh, yeah, good call…of course, Brewers and Astros, absolutely
Redraft Noelvi or Waldschmidt?
Wald
Hi Grey. I’m contemplating a trade offer of my Tucker for his Machado and Schmitt Your thoughts please
Could end up screwing yourself, but it’s fair
who do you like more ROS:
Walbert Urena or Troy Melton?
Melton
Do you like either or both more than Eduardo Cabrera?
I do not like Urena
With a cool name like Walbert? What’s not to like ;)
Haha
Zeke Duran or Nick Gonzalez?
Gonzales
Nick Gonzalez or Zeke Duran?
Nick
Sorry about that double whammy. Was following your browser instructions and didn’t see my original post had posted.
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H2H league, 12 teamer, in 7th place but gaining ground after an abysmal start. Looking longer term –
WW: Melton, E Cab, Lodolo, Griffin, Fairbanks
Staff: Wheeler, Cease, Ryan, Meyer, Eovaldi, Framber, Ranger
Bednar, Baker, L Varland
1. Any swaps?
2. Would you trade away Ranger for Megill? I traded away Hancock early for Bednar and it bit me.
3. I have Crochet in my IL who I “got” with the 19th pick. Awful. Not sure there is a trade market for him but if a top team could stash him about what type SP would be acceptable?
1. Melton over Framber 2. No, if I needed a closer, I’d just pick up Fairbanks 3. not sure why anyone would trade you anything for him after a setback…maybe like a Soroka?
Helpful.
Follow up then….B Brown or Melton? Close?
Brown, close
Morning Grey!
Is it worth using my #1 waiver priority on Benge? He comes off waivers tomorrow, I’m not sure why he was dropped, but I assume there will be other waiver claims and he won’t reach free agency. I’m thinking yes.
12 team, 6×6 with OPS. I’d likely be dropping Lile which is well overdue anyway. Also could lose Stowers but I can’t seem to quit him for some reason.
Lile’s a top 30 OF — Benge is fine, I’d lose Stowers before Lile tho
Redraft, 10 team, H2H, standard 5×5.
Been carrying an extra SP (9 total) since Cole returned. All of them are at least 89% rostered on Yahoo. Tried to trade one for an H but no takers. Upcoming H2H matchup dictates that I drop 1.
Which of these 3 to drop: Eovaldi (next-@KC,@BOS), Kirby (@BAL,vs.BAL), Cole ,(@CLE,@TOR)
Thanks.
Eovaldi
12 team mixed roto league, looking for the best bat for my Util spot, can you rank these guys for me? Manzardo, Edlridge, Gelof, N Gonzales, Cowser
Manz, Gonzales
Melton or Meyer over Ranger?
Meyer
Gracias
De nada
kirby gave up 8 singles and a soft double. watching that game was like being murdered slowly with a thumb tack.
Hahaha
was just looking a little more at kirby. he went from a 44% gb rate more or less for his career to a 53% gb rate. meanwhile, he is getting no whiff. he’s 19th percentile, was 53rd last year. the really weird thing is he’s in the 81st percentile for chase out of zone. tracks with what i’m seeing. a lot of ground balls on pitches off the plate finding holes. fip is 3.30ish range. love to see him start missing bats again like he was end of last year
M’s starters all seem to have taken a step back this year except Hancock (and maybe Miller, still early)
i saw miller pitch out in sacramento a week or so ago. damn he looks good.
Yeah, that’s what I figure too
Hancock and Woo are elite. Miller is feeling his way back from injury, but looks really good. Kirby and Gilbert are fine, it’s just the way it works when you only throw strikes.
Read an article today where scouts say that Ryan Sloan is better than any pitcher on the M’s MLB roster right now. Kade Anderson not far behind.
I’m pretty worried about Woo, but the rest of that I can groove with
Was offered Austin Riley for Sam Antonacci in a 12 team 5×5 keeper league with OBP. Do you think there is value in buying low on Riley or is he cooked?
Mostly cooked but I’d take him there
What order do you like JP Crawford, Emerson, Maikel ROS in standard roto redraft?
Also, do you see Lynch closing for KC? Seems like they keep passing him up for save chances and he’s their best RP.
Maikel, Colt…I’d guess Lange
Hey Grey!
Great write up today! Many chuckles. Thanks! Good read.
10tm redraft.
Current SP’s: Chase Burns,Taj Mah-(dunno now), Tolle, Eovaldi, Lodolo, Ashcraft, Soroka, Yescavage.
I know that alot, but my RP for Holds is on IL so I currently have an extra SP.
1) Who, would you say, is the worst (dropable) when my RP returns? (prolly Trey, right?)
2) After #1 is dropped, would you drop/swap any for: Sean Burke? Bryce Miller? Noah Cameron? Troy Melton?
Thanks!
Taj 2. Meh
Wow..Taj.. Ok, Gracias!
No problem
Hey Grey,
Im torn on what to do. Dynasty league h2h with daily roster changes. 5×5 with OBP and SV+H. This year was suppose to be a full rebuild and watch my young guys for the season. But with Jordan Walker finally becoming the guy we all wanted years ago, Sal Stewart breaking out, Samuel Basallo breaking out, and Oneil Cruz rebounding (so far) from last years disaster my team is looking pretty pretty good. Sitting in second place. Here’s my offense. As of now im pretty locked in for the next decade lol.
C – Samuel Basallo (Keeper 10+ years)
1B – Vlad Guerrero Jr. (3 years remaining)
2B – Sal Stewart (10+ years)
SS – Gunnar Henderson (10+ years)
3B – Junior Caminero (10+ years)
OF – Jordan Walker (10+ years)
OF – O’Neil Cruz (6 years remaining)
OF – Riley Green (5 years remaining)
OF – Dylan Crews(Keeper 10+ years)
Util – Otto Lopez (could keep him for 4 years starting next year)
Util – Jackson Holliday (10+ years)
Bn – Bryce Eldridge (10+ years)
Bn – Justin Crawford (10+ years)
My pitching is atrocious. Had some bad luck with injuries. But with the success my team is having clearly you don’t need to draft pitcher early! We have 8 pitcher (no SP or RP) which has given be the ability to go heavy on relief pitchers to try and steal ratios every week while locking up SV+H. I have been deploying a 7 RP 5 SP or 8 RP 4 SP strategy for most of the year.
P- Jhoran Duran
P – Rico Garcia
P – Matt Brash
P – Adrian Morejon
P – Grant Taylor
P – Louis Garland
P – Jason Adam
P – Jeremiah Estrada
Bn – Emmet Sheehan
Bn – Landen Roupp
Bn – Eduardo Rodriguez
Bn – Ben Brown
I cant stand having Crews and Crawford anymore. What a damn bust crews has been. Im trying to flip both to bring in a better 4th outfielder. But regardless what do you think I should do with my UTIL spots. It’s nice having the middle infield depth but I feel like the 3 guys I have should be starting everyday now. Should keep what i have or try to flip 2 for an OF? Also I was just offered Ohtani pitcher (3 year left of keeper), Jason Dominguez for Vlad, Duran, and a 2. Sorry for the long post.
Im torn on trading Vlad because my strength is my offense. As much as Ohtani would help im not sure it’s enough because of the current state of my rotation. im leaning on just grinding it out all season long.
I don’t know how deep this league is but Crews wasn’t owned in my NL Only keeper — are you saying you have to keep Crews?
sorry 12 team mixed. i dont have to keep anyone. we keep 15 max. I dont have the patience to hold him any longer. trying my best to trade him as “a former top prospect number 2 pick of the draft”
I don’t see why anyone would trade for Crews in a 12 team league…he has no value in an NL Only league
got it. What do you think about the Vlad trade offer I got?
Since you have zero pitching, it makes sense
As a person that has used the RP strategy and won leagues several times with it I’d take Ohtani. Its really nice having that sp1 that you dont have to stress about going 4ip 6er and wrecking ratios bc when punting wins and ks you really have to lock up the other cats. Flip vlad and slide eldridge to 1b and Id ditch crews for literally anything else
Who do you like most for a 2B depth option out of Oswald Peraza, Nick Gonzalez, or Vaughn Grissom?
Gonzales
Rank these players in a 16 team H2H OPS league:
Meckler, JP Crawford, V. Grissom, Troy Johnston, Jorge Mateo, Mead
Mead, JP, Johnston
20 Team H2H 5×5:
Marsee or JP Crawford
JP
Grey,
your TOP TWO 2-starters?
Abbott @SD; AZ
Arrighetti @LAA; @KA
Bradley @Det; STL
Holmes @CHW; @NYM
Kolek TX; HOU
May @NYM; @Min
Kolek, Abbott
what’s a @KA
Ha. KC
What are you doing these days with ohtani in a weekly league? I’ve been starting him as my UTL each week just looking through the window at these gorgeous starts…
Not sure what else you can do
yea – that early season slow start on the bat is long behind him
Guess it kinda depends what your team needs since he’s a top 5 starter
George Kirby is baffling me right now with how poorly he’s pitching. I just spent way too much company time looking at this Statcast and Fangraphs page and all I can see if that hitters are getting more contact and his spin rate is way down. Is that something that he can correct?
Hopefully
The Top 25 on the RAZZBALL PLAYER RATER with their RCL ADP March17-24 (25 drafts):
1 Ben Rice 76
2 Oneil Cruz 85
3 Jacob Misiorowski 110
4 Yordan Alvarez 32
5 James Wood 28
6 Jordan Walker ND
7 Cristopher Sanchez 34
8 Cam Schlittler 118
9 Andy Pages 141
10 Shohei Ohtani (SP) 1
11 CJ Abrams 47
12 Drake Baldwin 144
13 Chris Sale 53
14 Matt Olson 37
15 Miguel Vargas 268 (11 drafts)
16 Chase Burns 128
17 Elly De La Cruz 7
18 Munetaka Murakami 142
19 Gavin Williams 165
20 Aaron Judge 2
21 Nick Kurtz 17.5
22 Liam Hicks ND
23 Kyle Schwarber 19
24 Shea Langeliers 84
25 Kyle Harrison 294 (3 drafts)
KNOCKED OUT
29 Bobby Witt Jr.
33 Randy Arozarena
36 Sal Stewart
40 Byron Buxton
Another new #1!! Elly & Munetaka begin their descent due to IL stints. Hicks returns after a week at #26, while 3 others make their first appearance. Vargas hit 8 for 27 (.296) with 7 runs, 3 home runs, 10 runs batted in, and a steal to jump 15 spots from #30. Kurtz (#32) and Harrison (#35) also made nice gains for the week.
Ohtani (DH) moved us closer to a 2-Shohei top 25, moving from 43 to 31.
This feels like the wildest year ever — look at those draft places for the top 25, absolutely crazy
Webb earned his first entry on the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list, and the 4th for the Giants:
31 Trevor McDonald May 4 SD
48 Logan Webb Jun 3 @MIL
83 Landen Roupp Apr 16 @CIN
97 Landen Roupp Mar 30 @SD
Ohtani makes his third appearance, though none are likely to be on the list at the end of the season. The Dodgers now hold 8 of the 100 spots:
04 Tyler Glasnow Apr 23 @SF
18 Justin Wrobleski May 29 PHI
46 Justin Wrobleski Apr 13 NYM
71 Roki Sasaki May 17 @LAA
80 Shohei Ohtani Jun 3 @ARI
88 Shohei Ohtani Apr 15 NYM
90 Shohei Ohtani May 13 SF
92 Tyler Glasnow Apr 17 @COL
Meyer is actually doing better than I thought! He has 3 of Miami’s 5 entries:
07 Sandy Alcantara Apr 1 CHW
22 Max Meyer May 2 PHI
44 Max Meyer May 23 NYM
92 Max Meyer Jun 3 @WSH
96 Eury Perez Apr 19 MIL
Good stuff, Vin!
Would you drop any of these players (Taj, Warren, Eovaldi, A. Chapman) for Hancock and/or Melton?
Taj for Hancock
Happy Birthday to Ted!!
How’d you remember?
saw it in the comments yesterday from you to one of the Razzballers. they go too soon, such innocent souls. Lost mine last year.
Aw, I’m sorry!
Grey!!
Love you, man.
Watched the Rays Tigers game. A few points.
a) As a team, the Tigers were aggressively swinging at the first pitch. As an overall strategy it worked.
b) It was only 3-2 until Dingler’s homer.
c) The official scorer called Carpenter’s hit to LF a single which is a travesty in my view. Chandler Simpson should have got an error on that play. It’s not a particularly exacting sport, you swing and miss most of the time. You pray the ball doesn’t get hit to you etc. The “hit” to shallow right also should have been caught, instead fell into the Bermuda triangle.
d) First game Martinez gave up more than 2 runs in 12 starts.
e) Melton threw something like 23 pitches to retire 17 in a row I think between the 4th and 8th innings. A lot of easy ground ball outs to second and weak contact in general from the 4th inning onwards. Against Caminero you could see Caminero swing late on a 97-mph fastball and then swing early on slider away at 82-mph.
f) No one can fault Cedric Mullins, he hit his HR and displayed his weak throwing arm in CF.
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks! C. Good to know! F. Haha
Dude. Judge having “areas on his ribs” is a bit scary. I really hope it’s nothing that rest won’t heal because outside of baseball that does sound dubious as hell.
Look at me trying to be all Greg House.
HA
I know
Still with my 3B for Dynasty
please pick 2 :
Jung / Curtis Mead / Paredes / Noelvi / Gelof
Jung, Mead
Got offered a challenge trade of my Bellinger and Schlittler for his Acuna and Harrison. Is this a smash, fair, or pass?
Acuna side