Not that long ago, I remember hearing a story. One I will recount for you here, but you can’t tell anyone else. Promise? Okay, there was this guy Brandon Bielak, and he was real into attachment parenting and had to put up with his stupid father, Nick, and dopey brothers, Tony and Joey Lawrence — Whoa. Well, the Teen Beat on, and I’m reading this from an old TV Guide with Miss Piggy on the cover, can you tell? Brandon Bielak is an enigma. Nothing exists on him, besides Matt Roush’s blurbs. Confession Alert! I used to collect TV Guides. What an absolute nerd. Any hoo! Bielak was found on waivers by me (or was it in an abandoned refrigerator — wait, wrong show), and he went 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.76. He works with a 94 MPH fastball, and a ton of secondary pitches with the curve hooking hard, and looking especially nice. He’s very serviceable, bordering on more. He could be a back-end fantasy starter for years to come. Now, I’ve streamed this guy a few times, and Streamonator thinks Bielak next start is even better — with no Big Bang in sight. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Ryan Pressly – 1 IP, 1 ER, and another blown save, ERA at 9.82. Put him in the shizzbox with all the other pitchers I keep pointing out that are obviously not right that is clear as day, but their teams keep trotting them out. Pressly is hurt and/or a scrub, but let Scrubb close!
Giancarlo Stanton – Has a Grade 1 hamstring strain. The good news is that’s the least severe strain. The bad news is he’ll likely strain something else while rehabbing his hamstring.
Clint Frazier – Was called up and didn’t play. As discussed on the podcast yesterday, Frazier might be the first Yankees redhead. Though, the book is out on Red Ruffing because of black and white photography. I’d be shocked if Frazier gets everyday at-bats, but is worth grabbing in some deeper leagues if he does.
Jordan Montgomery – 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.17. Line doesn’t indicate it, but he pitched a solid game. Was only beat by a home run to OZUNA (his 4th). OZUNA make love to your Jo-Mo’mery. Streamonator doesn’t love Jo-Mo’mery’s next start, but it’s borderline, and I could see it.
Aaron Judge – 1-for-2, 2 runs and his 9th homer. He was pulled from the game early, because Aaron Boone wanted to scare the shizz out of his owners.
Luke Voit – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 5th homer. Luke Voit is the best 1st baseman whose manager doesn’t seem to want to play him.
Zack Britton – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 1.35, and his 6th save. Hey, ‘member Aroldis tested negative and was good to go like 10 days ago? Whatever happened there?
Touki Toussaint – 4 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 7.27. Touki did it all and Fred Durst called it dookie.
Ronald Acuña Jr. – Out with a sore wrist, and will have it examined today. Bro, I am not having a good time.
Ken Giles – Jays said he’s recovering well and could be throwing soon. Best case scenario, he returns in about three weeks. Worst case scenario, he returns in three weeks and completely destroys your ratios, then goes back to the IL. That might be the most realistic scenario too.
Anthony Bass – 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 3.86. He got beat by Marlins catcher, Francisco Cervelli. Think that sounds weird? The game was in Buffalo with fans standing on the highway to watch. Overheard: “Hey, you think this is safe?” “Yes, we’re wearing masks.” “I mean standing on the on-ramp.” As nature intended, a Bass was beaten by a Marlin. Luckily, the Jays won’t be facing the Mariners.
Bo Bichette – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .286. Larry Walker must be proud of Dante’s son. Because Larry’s from Canada, not because Larry looked after Dante’s main squeeze on long road trips. C’mon.
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.05. If you own Ryu and started him here, be very thankful. The wind was whipping and that stadium looks like the Hackensack Bulls’ park. Without the luxuries, Montgomery Brewster lavished on his team too.
Tyler Alexander – 3 2/3 IP, 5 ER. The Tyler Alexander Experiment was more shocking than the Milgram Experiment.
Austin Romine – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .308. I’m a Romine owner, lettuce rejoice.
C.J. Cron – Hit the IL with a knee sprain. Meh, just trade for Kevin Cron, draw a mustache on him and get him out there!
Tim Anderson – 1-for-4, 2 runs as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “I forgot my mask at home, so that’s why I’m wearing a slice of bologna.”
Edwin Encarnacion – 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 2nd homer as he returned to the lineup after a week. I truly believe Edwin could wake up from a 14-year slumber and homer.
Eloy Jimenez – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .233. My boy Eloy!
Max Scherzer – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.75. For a guy coming off a great game and an under-3 ERA, it doesn’t completely track, but he doesn’t look himself. Just not as overpowering.
Trea Turner – 2-for-4 and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many–WHERE ARE THE STEALS?! I have literally everyone else on my team for power. Steal a base!
Andrew Kittredge – Left the game with a sore elbow after five pitches. One of the shortest episodes of Mr. Kittredge that PBS has ever produced.
Michael Brosseau – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in the last three games. Fun Fact! “Dude” and “gnarly” are things Brosseau.
Cole Sulser – 1 IP, 2 ER and the blown save, ERA at 5.63, which came after Hector Neris (1 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 8.10) blew his own. And prior both of these closers were doing well, but: 2020.
Austin Hays – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .214. Hays has been far from what I expected of him in the preseason, all 15 months of it, but there’s time and I still like Hays a lot. Cyclops with a monocle, if nothing else.
Bryce Harper – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .324, and 2nd homer in as many games. The bats are starting to heat up, which is what was heard in a kitchen right before we got in this mess.
Jean Segura – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer, hitting .194, but 2nd homer in as many games too, and nothing like O’s pitching to wake up the Zombinos. Speaking of Zombinos, Jay Bruce homered too, his 3rd.
Zack Wheeler – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 2.89. Was expecting more vs. the ‘more. So…smores? Screw it, let’s munchie!
Kris Bubic – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.40. A Bubic plague on your team.
Jesse Winker – 2-for-2 and his 2nd homer, and his 2nd homer in as many games. Is he available in leagues? He prolly shouldn’t be, but if he is then hot schmotato alert!
Matt Davidson – 1-for-1, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Game Show Host, Matt Davidson, caught Covid, was out for two weeks, returned and went right back in the lineup. Aristides Aquino can’t even catch a break.
Yonder Alonso – Traded to the Padres as he reunites with his brother-in-law, Manny Machado, last seen at Thanksgiving dinner. Why does it feel like Yonder wants to be friends with Manny so bad, and Manny’s sister is like, “He likes you, be nice to him.”
Kirby Yates – Missed Monday and Tuesday’s game because of general soreness. Ironically, that’s one level below Major Pain. I’d grab Drew Pomeranz (recorded his 4th save), if in need of saves, and, really, who isn’t in need of saves.
Manny Machado – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .232. This might be his last home run now that Yonder’s watching his every move. That’s gonna make for fun road trips!
Garrett Richards – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.74. Would’ve drafted him in every league in February if I had known it was going to be a 60-game season. Incredibly, I did not know that. Go figure.
Ryan Braun – 0-for-4 as he was activated from the IL. He recovered from an infection in his index finger and vows to find a different way to relieve himself of wedgies.
Manny Pina – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer, hitting .368. Hey, there’s a pandemic, so how is there a Jimmy Buffett concert? Because we’re drinking up Manny Pinas!
Avisail Garcia – 3-for-4 and his 1st homer, hitting .255. About time Avisail did something besides Prince Fielder’s wife.
Eddie Rosario – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 5th and 6th homer, and three homers in the last two games. Always criminally underappreciated. Not sure why. Pretty similar to Nelson Cruz, in that respect. Maybe it’s a Minnesota thing, but Joe Mauer used to be crazy overrated, so don’t think that’s it.
Byron Buxton – 3-for-4 and his 1st steal, hitting .262, and has three homers in the last week. Don’t love Buxton, but I see comments about him. At worst, he’s a top 40 outfielder, which is rosterable everywhere.
Nolan Arenado – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Wow, I can’t believe I found this AT&T stock certificate from 1938, it must be worth a fortune! I’m just going to leave it carelessly by this open window–NOOOOOO! Torenado!
Charlie Blackmon – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI, hitting .500. Don’t bother defrosting Ted Williams’s frozen head, just chuck it in the bin.
Jairo Diaz – 1/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 3.86, and Daniel Bard came in to get the save. Don’t ever love anything, unless you just love the comeback story that is Daniel Bard.
Kyle Freeland – 7 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 2.45 vs. Zac Gallen – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.74. As if we didn’t have enough signs of the apocalypse, now we have Coors pitching duels.
Christian Walker – 2-for-3 and his 1st homer. Glad to see Coors got Christian Walker going. Was starting to think he was just a good-for-nothing shepherd for Lamb.
Mike Minor – 4 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 3 walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.49, as he threw 76 pitches. There was no injury. He was just on a pitch count. One that Nolan Ryan could hit at the age of 73.
Joe Musgrove – Hit the IL with triceps inflammation. Joe Musgo? Joe Musgrief? Okay, will work on it and report back first thing.
Jon Lester – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.06. Since Lester is always a big Saberhagenmetrics guy, does a good 60-game season mean next year he’ll only be bad for a half a season?
Mike Clevinger – Placed on restricted list with Plesac. They’re going to be in quarantine for at least 72 hours. Their quarantine is a Cinco de Mayo theme and they’re gonna be doing tequila shots with twelve of their closest friends. Scratch that, hearing now they can’t have a party in quarantine, and will be returning their Quarantinceañera signs.
Dylan Bundy – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 1.57. Imagine the O’s didn’t give him up. And that’s not being sarcastic!
Anthony Rendon – 2-for-4 and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Put away the smelling salts. Rendon doesn’t need them anymore.
David Fletcher – 1-for-5 and his 3rd homer. Don’t say he’s out-homering Pete Alonso. That’s the kind of thing that might cause me to lose it.
Ramon Laureano – 1-for-3. He was suspended for six games, and will appeal. Mean’s while, Joe Kelly was suspended for eight games for making faces. Suspension protocols are as firmly set as Covid protocols. And, if you want to come at me with, “Grey, you’re super handsome but Joe Kelly could’ve killed an Astros player with a beaner to the melon.” Joe Kelly has no control, and never hit anyone. But if you want to go on that ‘Kelly tried to commit murder’ narrative, then why wasn’t he suspended for longer than Alex Cintron? Surely you have to think attempted murder is worse than starting a fight, and, yes, I called you Shirley.
mcmahon or austin hays 16 man dynasty.
thanks.
McMahon for me
Agree with DT
C position is killing me while I wait on Bart.. have Narvaez. Looking at Severino and Austin Nola on the wire. Thoughts?
punt catchers
im dropping narvaez for sev right now
Stream your catcher.
Nola
Stream. I’m just trying to play anyone in Coors…
Thanks to all. We have a moves limit so can’t quite stream Cs at will, but might do so until we hear about Bart.
yeah no vogt for you today then, unless you want like possibly max 3 at bats for rest of week after today.
Which closer scrub to cut for R Montero:
Wick, Pressley, Bass, Gallegos.
Also add Scrubb for one of them?
Scrub for me!
I’d lose pressley he can’t be long for the job. Montero has it locked up. If you hang on to pressley I’d handcuff scrubb to him at least for a week or so. Depends on depth of league though.
Pressly for Montero
Grey!!!!
Great report!
a. Ah, man. Had me chuckling with ‘the bats’ reference. Someone watched Contagion 2011 and connected the dots to our current p(l)andemic, right?
b. Harsh indeed on Ramon’s sanctioning. He got hit not once but twice in the same game! Is that not enough for a team forfeiture or is that not in the rule book?
c. MLB quote of the day for August 12, 2020
‘Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one’s own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.’
Leroy Robert ‘Satchel’ Paige. He was the stuff of legends, pitching well into his 40s. Stats are terrible for Negro League play and he only had like 6 years in MLB. He did mostly dipsy-doodle stuff and his stories were legendary. Like how he got his nickname ‘Satchel’ and how and why he had to flee Santa Clara of the Cuban Winter League.
Cheers,
Ante
A. Damn, that movie was right on, huh? Too bad it wasn’t a good movie
B. Ha, I know
C. I just bought a book on Satchel, haven’t read it yet
Grey!
a. The movie is the model, you are right that it sucked more or less as a movie given the all-star cast and the subject you would have thought they could do a better job collectively. The script was a bit lacking and the story line though written by captain obvious could have been better in places. The last scene though, creme de la creme, amiright?
b. Satchel. His surname was actually Page, the family added an ‘i’ to make it more fancy and less average or common. Who knew?
c. Signed up Soto over Tauchman, love Tauchman. On any other team he’d be easily 10/20 on the corona timeline. With the Yanks and their platoon BS, he’s barely gonna get to 2/10 if that. Love the guy to bits, has speed galore even for a white dude.
Cheers,
Ante
A. Ha, yup!
B. Love it! Signed Grey Ailbright
C. Yeah, I hear that
Look to trade one of Bass, Kela, or Montero?
If your league is smart, Montero would fetch you the best return right now
Agree with Nux
Should I sell high on bundy or hold?
Depends what you can get
Marcus Semien? Hold or drop for a sexy waiver pick say Croneworth?
Hold
Nunez, Lowe, or Slater? 10 team mixed H2H redraft leaugue.
Slater
Perfect, thank you sir, much appreciated!!
Was offered Harper, Merrifield, and Kieboom for my Gleyber, Snell, and Dylan CArlson. Snell, Kieboom, and CArlson All Hve keeper value around 9th/10th rounds but was not planning on keeping any of them with Lindor, Arenado, Trea, Paddack, Julio Rodriguez as my likely guys for next year. Was considering Snell over Julio Rodriguez. This move is to really improve my team this year. My OF is weak with Upton, Canha, Dozier, Teosxsr, Hilliard as my options as of now. My pitching should be fine without a Snell with Paddack, Gray, Lynn, Odorizzi, Merrill, Cavale, Bassit. Thought? Thanks as always
tl;dr
Great input. I see you’re in a helpful mood throughout the comments.
Harper side
Another great write up as usual!
I’m suprised you like scrubb with all the walks..8 in 8 innings
Is Bard worth grabbing if you’re not desperate for saves? Thinking i should just stay away from that shizz
Also, Touki underlying stats look good and yankees is a tough assignment, still interested in him?
Thanks!
Bard is worth grabbing, but have to be a deep league to try to find a backup on the Rockies
I don’t mind Touki, but obviously can’t trust him in all starts
you should mention that Gallen is immune to SONs rankings – 3 straight negative SON rankings and 3 straight QS for Gallen
I don’t remember now, but Steamer may not have liked Gallen coming into the year — and Steamer powers SON
Gallen must have that on his locker as motivation – “Stupid robots”
HA!
not as much as it hates houser though.
True
Points League: Goodrum or Dylan Moore?
Moore for me!
Moore
All Rise.
Today’s case: Aaron Boone vs. Aaron Judge owners
The charge: Overmanaging
Summary: Judge hits a 430 ft, opposite field missile HR and gets pulled from the game so Mike Tauchmann can get AB.
Verdict: Guilty
Sentence: Forced to answer stupid questions at the post-game interview.
Haha, was a close game too
now we get more details, he’s got “all over lower body tightness”
Anyone want to offer opinions on following starts for someone whose pitching has had nuclear bomb fall on it past few weeks:
Brad Keller(KC) at Reds
Blake Snell (TB) at Red Sox
Marisho Tanaka (NYY) at home vs Braves
Thanks
Personally speaking I would start Snell and Tanaka. Should give you a decent chance at a couple of wins. Kelller has been better than I expected but would only start him if you have totally given up on your ratios which I wouldn’t do yet as 3/4 of the season still remains.
I wouldn’t start Keller, would the others
Lettuce rejoice : )
Hehe, so dumb
I smiled so big and deep reading it this morning
Haha
14 team H2H league.
Who to start today?
Maeda @ MIL
Snell @ BOS
Bassitt @ LAA
Thankyou!
All of them
Morning!
just got an alert that Tony Gonsolin getting called up to start tomorrow vs. SD.
Below is my current roster(s); let me know if you’d drop anyone to add Gonsolin:
12-team, 6×6, ROTO
C: Contreras
1B: Bellinger
2B: K. Marte
3B: Sano
SS: Villar
IF: Correa
OF: Judge, Kyle Lewis, Pederson
UTL: Franmil Reyes
bn: Kyle Tucker, G. Hampson, Adell
SP: Bieber, Berrios, Urias, G. Marquez, Merrill Kelly, David Peterson, Bielak
RP: Hader, Workman, Montero, Wick, Taylor WIlliams
IL: Carlos Martinez, W. Davis, A. Wood
NA: Mize
League 2 (6×6, H2H):
end of roster players:
– Christian Javier
– Jake Arrieta (added for start tomorrow vs BAL)
– Trevor Gott (other closers = Hader, Hudson, & Britton)
thanks as always
What’s Peterson next start? Prolly him or Tucker
Javier
Peterson gets WAS tomorrow (SON rating: 3.2)
Also, Javier gets SEA on 8/15 (SON Rating 6.9). would he still be a better drop than say Gott or even Arrieta (I’d lose his start tomorrow tho)?
thanks again
Lose Tucker and Gott
appreciate it!
Wi was looking fir a hot schmota bat yesterday that could garner me some steals and I stumbled upon this dude Austin Slater. Dude is red hot as 6th ranked player in yahoo over the last week and #42 over the past two……zoinks! 3 HRs and 4 SBs in the past 7 days batting .381 with a 1.385 OPS. That’s some attractive shizz! Agree? It sounds like he wasn’t a highly ranked prospect in the minors but he been amazing for the Giants. Keep him for the hot streak or pickup Tauchman, Encarnacion, Solak, Peralta, Winker, Grossman or Brian Anderson? I really need steals in this 12 team Roto league.
Thanks and thank you for making my mornings so interesting
I talked about him yesterday — hold
12 team points league trade …vlad Jr and fried for Alonso? What do you do…ty
Vlad
Good morning all. 11-team 5×5 league with weekly line-ups due today at noon. Handful of questions for the gang:
1) RP – Pressly, Scrubb, T.Williams, Karinchak, Bard. Please rank. Will need to start one or two.
2) Have Tim Anderson and Abreu. They have three (out of six) vs STL this week. Start or sit?
3) SP – Please rank. I will need to start 5
Bielak vCOL ($11.2)
Gallen vOAK (3.1)
Yarborough @TOR (-5.2)
May @LAA (-10)
Javier vSEA (7.0)
Houser @CHC (-13)
Lynn @COL (-13)
2-start Miley (home and away against KC)
2-start Keller (home and away against CIN)
Thanks.
1. Williams, Karinchak, Scrubb
2. Sit for who?
3. Bielak vCOL ($11.2)
Gallen vOAK (3.1)
Javier vSEA (7.0)
Houser @CHC (-13)
May @LAA (-10)
A) Have Didi or Swanson to play instead of Anderson (leaning sitting Anderson).
B) Have no one to play instead of Abreu, and not any great shakes on the wire. Could pick up Ass-Cab, I guess. But leaning toward playing Abreu.
C) Also have Spencer Howard at SP. His projected use is unclear. Play him over any of the recommended SPs?
A. Didi, but I don’t know matchups
B. Play Abreu
C. Lose him
Man . . . that Harper/Neris for Stanton/Osuna trade is really working out for me. Clearly the other manager is a witch and I should get a redo right? Right? Please?
Yes, it’s very unusual for Stanton to get injured; couldn’t have seen that coming.
Damn
are we dropping Plesac in 10-12 team leagues?
the team doesn’t need a 5th starter until next saturday august 22nd .. the team had been discussing putting plesac in the bullpen before all of this happened and given the statements from plutko last night, and the seriouness of the situation throughout the clubhouse, it wouldn’t shock me to see clevinger & plesac both be suspended by the team for the rest of the season especially since they were the 2 most vocal about the covid protocols before the season started .. 2020 has been a weird one so i wouldn’t just assume this situation plays out like others with both of them serving 72 hr quarantines & needing to produce 2 negative tests then just hopping back into the rotation .. Francona and the Cleveland veterans have this old school vibe to them with how they would approach this type of situation by making “examples” out of them
the one thing that worries me about Plesac’s development is that Clevinger has been his “mentor” and taken him under his wing over the last year .. Clevinger has had a lot of off the field issues in his personal life along w/ the injuries over the last year .. wouldn’t be shocked to see Cleveland trade him at this point because at age 29 his value won’t be higher .. everyone loves Clevinger but there are so many red flags in his personal/professional profile that he is just a ticking time bomb of karmic retribution
You can lose him in redraft leagues
One of the funniest write ups, Grey and I’ve been a reader for past 10+ years. Keep up the great work, man.
Thanks!
Good morning Grey,
Points league. We are H2H with two segments each week and you can start 3 SPs in each segment.
I have been offered Bellinger and Framber Valdez (or Manaea) for Eddie Rosario and Luis Castillo.
I am already a little short on SP so I hate to give up my best one but I would still have Darvish, Lynn, Berrios, Odorizi, Houser and Mize.
He also has Gallen, Stripling, DeScalafini who I could try to get instead. Thoughts? I am actually leaning towards no but if Bellinger turns it around I’m going to be kicking myself.
Cody side
With Valdez or Gallen?
Catcher question – Sal Perez or Ronnie?
SP order in QS league – Luis Castillo – last 3 starts he doesn’t look sharp against weak opponents and only 9 starts left. Concerned about ratios – or Zac Gallen – who has faced Coors, LAD, SD and HOU lineups.
Ronnie?
Sorry…..auto correct. Meant Romine.
Also, my pitching question?
Perez
Castillo
Grey,
Bielak is available in my league. Which pitcher should I drop to pick him up?
Shoemaker, Javier, or Sulser?
Sorry Grey,
adjusting the list:
Shoemaker, Keller, Javier or Sulser
Also, start or sit Keller vs Reds tonight?
keller is @ CIN, which is worse
Keller
I wouldn’t start Keller
should I dump him now or wait after the start tonight
Can wait if you like
ok thanks. i do need the innings.
No problem
well someone picked him up while I waited. Mad at myself now
C’mon, Kimmel!
What Grey? You told me I can wait if i liked. OH well.
Was kidding
so im stuck with keller because I have no idea who to after now. I realize you dont know who is available in my league. Can you think of anyone that would be an upgrade for Keller?
Gerrit Cole
someone that is not taken. LOL
Who’s not taken?
Quantrill – not sure if he is starting or relieving
Milone
Plutko – spot SP until Plesac and Clevinger return.
Jeff Hoffman – scared of COL SP especially in Coors
Kolby Allard – Road start in COL
None of these are good — I’d hold Keller
thats what i thought
Cy Young award to Bundy!
Cylan Bundy!
Have you changed your thoughts on Cease or still not a fan? Going today @Tigers
Nope
Bregman or Rendon ROS?
Luis Robert or Soler ROS?
Rendon
Soler
Rendon and Bregman close?
Yes
Remember the old Jerry Seinfeld routine, “What’s the deal with ____?”
What’s the deal with the Tigers not bringing up Casey Mize, yet?
They are 26th in Team Pitching with a 5.11 ERA. They are in 2nd place.
FREE CASEY MIZE.
(or should I just drop him?)
I think he’s brought up any day now, obviously impossible to say how dumb teams can and will be
Yeah, that park is something in Buffalo, aint it? Im looking forward to watching the Pearson vs. Yamamoto match up this evening. Hopefully a pitchers duel but crossing my fingers because that park doesnt seem too pitcher friendly…
for sure dude, all in for PearSZN and Yamamoto finally starting. Yeah that park is def hitter friendly, right-center is only 367.
Canning is looking terrible. Throwing BP. No movement on pitches. Right down center of plate. Ugh!
Damn
yep hanging everything out to dry
is it just me, or is he short arming some of his pitches, seems a little like he’s getting full extension – or maybe its just the camera angle.
not* getting
Seems like it. Yuck!
ugh Pearson just gave up 3 in the first with no Ks.
Yeah, barf
Man, Pearson had no control. Looked really off tonight. 4BB, 5ER. Should have even been worse with 9 baserunners in 2.1 IP.
Yeah, it was ugly
Well, at least Teoscar got absolutely all of that one though (but as a Yamamoto owner I cringed in awe of it). Beautiful swing and arc on that ding dong.
Yeah, gotta love the people standing on the highway guard rail to see the game
Also, seems very hitter friendly
Need a fill-in bat for tomorrow in a HTH. Got these 5-stars available:
J. Winker
J. Choi
D. Vogelbach
M. Margot
Winker
With SON still hating on SP’s, would you stream any of these in 12 teamer?
Lauer home vs Twins
Miley home vs Royals
T Walker @Rangers
Keller @Reds
Thanks!
None of these are good
1. The Statcast percentile rankings all look good and red for Pressly, but his underlying numbers are mostly subpar compared to what we’re used to. Do you think part of it is mental in that he doesn’t necessarily have what it takes mentally to save? Would he flourish in the 8th again? He was just dropped in a points league, and if he turns things around, he’d be very valuable as he was for the past two seasons.
2. Who are some lowly under owned bullpen arms that are lights out with a ton of K’s that you believe in?
if just looking for ratios and not saves, Chad Green is insanely valuable for a non-closer. Also Burch Smith in OAK is putting in really good middle relief. Lastly i’d say Soto in DET has emerged as filthy (should be closer over Jimenez) so far.
Would you get ahead of the curve in a saves and holds separate cats league and drop Bass for Soto?
Soto would get you holds so you might be better off running with him vs swimming upstream with Bass ;-) in my Saves and Holds league I cut bait with crappy closers and went after really good 7th 8th inning guys.
1. Honestly, I think he’s hurt and has already missed time
2. Picked up Barlow in one league yesterday, depends who’s available tho — Karinchak, obviously, but prolly owned
Yo.. I’m in an 8 team head to head categories league and I was offered a trade of myself getting Cody Bellinger and me giving up Frankie Montas. Should I accept?
Cody side
Thank you Grey! Great talking to ya!
Be well!
Bundy – I think we are going to find out that Mickey Callaway deserves some credit for the reclaimation project of Dylan Bundy. So far his 4seamer usage is way down, slider up, change up, curve up. I think I saw yesterday he first-pitched at least 9 batters with a curveball for a strike. Add it to my list of like 20 guys to deep dive -_-
Ryu – i was brave and started him, phew (look at the cajones on Coolwhip). good news is his velocity was like 99% back yesterday(lowercase yay)
Britton / Chap – Boone: “Yeahhhh, let’s not talk about that… look another Judge homerun! 0w0” Maybe, just maybe… Britton is actually the better pitcher now that his slider is back? *duckface*
Turner – this certainly is better than his first 2 weeks, if i wanted him for the power I would have taken FTJ over him at the draft slot, doh. Didn’t realize we were getting Turnt Up… hoping for a little more Overdrive we haven’t seen yet.
Fletcher – the low key GOAT.
Machado – feels like a rebound campaign. And I also think he’s a frontrunner. As long a they are winning and he’s feeding off FTJ’s energy I think he’ll return +value based on his draft cost this year. And he’ll likely be overpriced next year.
Rosario – Steady Eddie is back!
Happ – he batted in the 6 spot yesterday! Happ-y Day! If that continues… Yahtzee!
Also Adell – Maddon said they were calling him up to play him everyday, but so far they giving him “routine” days off every 3rd or 4th day… sick meme Joe, nice wordplay there to cover up Jo-on-Jo crime.
Also Also more on Gallen – Zac Gallen officially broke the NL record for consecutive starts by NL rookie with 2 ER or less. And he did it in Coors! *swoon*
That’s crazy on Gallen, forgot about that — I can’t give Mickey Callaway any credit ever and Adell’s usage is so dumb
hahaha, i get that from a skipper POV (LOLMets). He’s a plus plus pitching coach though when he’s not making managerial decisions.
Ha, yeah, I know, I’m just trolling, but thinking of Callaway as a smart dude is just a bridge too far
Yeah, Bundy’s pitch selection threw guys off. Def think Callaway has had big positive impact. Did you see the piece in OC Reg about Robles velocity being down attributed to “ not having fans in the ballpark to pump him up” and “he thrives off adrenaline.” If true for him, how many others like him?
Fletcher is unreal. Im really happy I have him in my main league. Unforch I have Robles on same roster. Canning too. Hopefully Canning pitches well and bullpen can hold lead this time. Hes been robbed of deserved W’s a couple times.
Yeah, i think Canning will just get better as season progresses, he’s shown some real promise and ability to pitch out of jams – like him a lot going forward. I did not see that about Robles, interesting. I can see that having a mental effect just not sure i believe it on velo, maybe 1 mph, but 3-4? ehhhhh, idk. Yeah, the bullpen has been a bit of a mess. Pena been good. Key is looking better, Buttrey is looking better, losing Bedrosian didnt help. outside of that its a crapshoot.
Yuck, Canning is hanging a lot of breakers today = launchpad
is adrenaline illegal doping in MLB is the next question, if not that’s an easy fix. for us buttrey owners though, let’s hope it’s not.
Happ – ? What about Nick Solak. Hiting 2nd or 5th. All he needs to do is hit some bombs. Steady watching this guy.
Solak is looking good too, mentioned Happ because i’ve been campaigning for him since offseason
Long time reader, first time commenting. I am in an 8 team head to head categories league and I was offered a trade where I give up Frankie Montas and get Cody Bellinger in return. Should I accept?
Cody side
Did Robert get 3 of his 4 SB when he was in the lead off spot? Wonder if they will let him run when hitting towards the bottom of order.
Think he runs from wherever in the lineup
Trade Cody for Judge?
Short season is Belly going to get it going in time? Heard he tweaked his swing this year and it hasn’t worked. Craziness after last year….you any worries?
I’d hold, but it’s fair
Go Musgrove?
Go Musgrove!
Some sites have Gallen ranked higher than Lynn. Who do you like better for this year going forward?
Think I had him like within five spots in rankings…They’re both solid and prolly lean Gallen now
Winker or Aquino over any of Teoscar, Didi, Wil Myers?
Best guess on when Laureano’s suspension starts (he is appealing).
Hold on bats
Next Tuesday for Laureano
Best two of: Grisham, Solak, Eduardo Escobar, and Maikel Franco?
Also, hang onto Spencer Howard and hope he starts again or go with another who will start for sure? Thank you!
Grisham, Solak for me.
Probably grab someone else but depends who’s available.
Agree with DT
Turner/Robles Combination 6 Runs 0 SB. And I’m being nice to Robles.
Ha, I know, killing me
5 x 5 dynasty league.
Luis Robert and Francisco Lindor for Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez.
Which side do you like better?
Thanks
Lindor and Robert
Agree with DT
Lose Adell in a 10 team redraft—I need a streamer or figure some else out?
Sure, you can lose him
I’m in a 10 team H2H mixed redraft league. I need to drop someone so that I can activate Anderson. Who should I drop (or should I wait one day to see if Acuna goes on the IL?)
My Team:
Hitters:
C: JT Realmuto
1B: Austin Slater
2B: GleyberTorres
3B: Jose Ramirez
SS:
OF: Tommy Pham
OF: Marcell Ozuna
OF: Kyle Lewis
Util: Justin Turner
Bench: Ronald Acuna, Paul Goldschmidt
Pitchers:
SP: Sonny Gray, Chris Paddack, Aaron Nola, Zac Gallen, Mashiro Tanaka, Ross Stripling, Dusint May, Zac Plesac, Spencer Turnbull, Anthony DeSclafani
RP: Nick Anderson, Rafael Montero, Trevor Rosenthal
I dump one of those back end pitchers. DeSclafani works…
Agree with DT
With Quintana nearly back, what do you think the Cubs do with him and Alec Mills – who has pitched very well in his starts so far? Which one ends up in the bullpen?
Mills to bullpen is my guess
Quintana might only throw 3-4 IP for a week or so, they might just share starts
Jordan Romano is a nice pick up for anyone in need of a RP. I’m not sure if I trust Charlie Montoyo to make him the starter, but Bass got blown up last night and there’s been no comparison.
Romano should be the closer for tonight at the very least. 8 appearances 10 Ks, .375 WHIP, 0 runs given up and 0 hits given up for that matter. As a Jays fan, watching this kid every game, he’s nasty.
brain fart…I meant to say closer not starter!
Yeah, agreed, was looking Romano the other day
16tm keeper I’m done with Kingery hes a bench bat currently and I need some serious sagnof if I’m going to win praying for jorge mateo to come up. Can’t believe I’m asking this but lose kingery for Tony Kemp or Dannys Antana?
10tm H2H Redraft – N.Solak or R.Mcmahon? Think I need to start playing the hot hands I’m in 8th place my team should have been a contender.
1b olson
2b mcmahon
ss-mondesi
3b rendon
mi bichette
ci eugenio
Of yelich
Of laureano
Of brantley
Of ozuna
Util kyle lewis
Util ian happ/j.pederson
BN j.aguilar
SP S.Gray, Giolito, Gallen, Lamet, Maeda, Houser, Framber
RP Jansen, Montero, Bass, Wick/Jeffress.
Sorry for posting my entire roster but that’s what 8th place team looks like in 2020.
Appreciated.
Kemp since he’s playing.
McMahon at least while he’s in Coors the rest of the week.
Meh, these options aren’t great in the 16 teamer tbh — Prolly hold and pray
Agree with DT, but he has been frustrating — McMahon, not DT
Lemahieu or E Suarez in a keeper?
Eugenio
Bielak, Heaney, or Freeland as a last starter? I saw earlier you’re thinking Heaney may be hurt if I recall correctly. Also, are the Os waiting to play Mountcastle until he’s eligible for the old timers game?
Haha, nice on Mountcastle
Heaney, but kinda matchups based
Aguilar or Voit ROS.
Thanks
Aguilar
Start or sit Boyd home vs White Sox this morning?
I wouldn’t own him, but if I did, I’d start home
Need to add a SP – who would you add among F Valdez, Gausman, Arrietta or Z Davies? Also is Manea toast? His numbers are awful so far.
Gausman — Yes, Manaea is toast
Sano or Aguilar?
Thanks
Sano
Add Ohtani off waivers over any of Peralta, Hanser, D Moore, Robles?
Robles
I think I already know the answer but should I sit Weaver @ Coors today?
Yup
I disagree – you gotta just YOLO
YOLO!
Adam Eaton has been so garbage this year and the peripherals are worrisome. Should I see if I can flip him for like Trevor Rosenthal? Try and do better on the return piece or stand pat?
I wouldn’t own Eaton, so if you can get anything, go for it…Rosenthal is pretty much blech tho too
Yeah I’m not a fan of Eaton’s either but somehow ended up with him. If the guy doesn’t go for this deal, Eaton may get dropped. Oddly, he is ranked like a top 55 hitter on many roto sites including this one.
I made a trade I like yesterday – shipped Kyle Lewis and Chad Green for Tommy Pham. Not a holds league so Green was mostly for ratio boosting / slight win contribution (also just picked him up off wire a few days ago) and can def use the steals.
Peace!
Yeah, I can’t get behind Eaton — I wouldn’t be ranking him that high
I like that deal for Pham, Lewis is playing over his head, even if I do like him
hope your leaguemates don’t get an inkling you’re about to drop eaton, as i would if offered that, i’d literally respond “i’ll just wait for you to drop him, maybe i’d add him then” (i say this to most offers like that whether or not they end up being true, usually they do though). best idea is to look for some owner that any of these, more the better:
1. has OF injuries
2. has ugly AVG/OBP
3. trusts site rankings in general
Salutations. Would you prefer the Ozuna/Grisham side or the McCullers/Franmil side in a 12 team, 10×10 categories league?
Cats are the usuals plus 1B/2B/3B/K/OBP and IP/L/ER/QS & K/BB%
I went fishing for pitching by offering Grisham for McCullers. This was his counter. Leaning No but figured I check with the Fantasy Master Something.
Thanks FML!
Don’t abbreviate FML!
Ozuna side
Cheers and thanks!
No problem
May today be the day that Bellinger, Suarez, Olson, Villar, and Mondesi realize they are better players than what they have shown so far… also now that I have Jeff McNeil – a homer from McNeil wouldn’t hurt either
Jo Adell or Votto in a redraft league?
OBP redraft
Adell
McCullers or Gausman?
McCullers, might be coin flip on matchups
Worth holding on to Plesac or drop for a bat for tomorrow?
Can lose
One more question for the great peeps at razzball…
12 team points league trade advice
Bichette Jr…or Big Red May?
Thank you
Bichette
What’s good Grey? Maybe a collection of TV Guides gets needlessly placed by an open window next time a “Torenado” is in town?
HAHA, how’s it going ‘poop?
Can’t complain. Better than it could be I suppose. Been working from home since the beginning of March and will be here until the end of the year (very fortunate that I have that capability). A lot of new music and shows to catch up on. How are you and Cougs?
I’ve been working from home since 2006 — also very fortunate, agreed — we’re fine, you should watch What We Do In Shadows
Soon as I get done with Twin Peaks for the 5th time, I’m on it. Heard from another friend in the last couple days that recommended it as well. Coincidence? I think not.
I am also the other friend — surprise!
I knew it! It’s the Truman Show all over again…
Totally!
12 team points league trade advice needed…
D.May or Bichette Jr?
Thank you
Bichette, he’s not a Jr
In an OBP dynasty roto league who do prefer at first base. Olson or Hoskins?
Do you see enough difference in counting stats for Olson going forward to out weigh Hoskins much high OBP?
Olson
Three of my four closers blew a save. And the other one is Britton.
1. Should I just go ahead and drop Pressly and/or Diaz to roll the dice on Buttrey and/or someone like a streamer, Scrubb, Bard, or whoever else emerges in the next few days?
2. What are we doing about Laureano? Hold? (I’d feel better about it if he hadn’t gone cold the past week and wasn’t really stealing bases in general.)
12-team, 10-cat, redraft Roto league
C – Perez; 1B – Abreu; 2B – Moore; 3B – Chapman, SS – Trea, OF – Brantley, Judge, Laureano; Util – Dozier; Bench – Ohtani, IKF
SP – Clevinger, Sonny, Hendricks, Tanaka, DeSclafani, Turnbull, S.Howard
RP – Britton, Jairo, Bass, Pressly
IL – Albies, Verlander
1. Yes, Scrubb
2. Hold
Arrieta ($0.6) v. BAL or Javier ($6.9, nice) v. SEA?
Usually I’d trust SON but Javier just had a blowup and Arrieta has been solid against two good offenses. Thanks G.
I agree, I’d prefer Arrieta
Start Tijuan Walker v Rangers in Texas?
Depends on league, but I’m not in RCL types
Hey Grey,
Love the Milgram bit. Nicely done.
Is W.Smith stil worth holding onto as a handcuff for the inevitable Melancon explosion? I currently have Melancon/Smith, Iglesias and Karinchak. Gallegos was just dropped and Buttrey is available as well. Would you drop him for one of those? Or hang with the combo for now.
Scrubb is available as well
Thanks!
Forget Smith, I’d go Buttrey
Morning Grey is it too early to lose faith in Kingery? I have him in a 12tm H2H cats dynasty league at $6 for the next 3 seasons. If I cut it would cost a $3 hit for those seasons.
I’d try to hold
guess it’s an easy yes to drop pressly for buttrey in saves only
Yeah
Dylan Moore or JP Crawford?
Thanks
Moore
10 team points league… redraft
Drop 1:
T Hernandez
K Tucker
M Sano
Tucker
Thanks!! Gotta keep Sano for just when he faces M Boyd!!
Ha, true
Starting
Eflin @ Bal
Sanchez @NYM?
Yup
anbelle is seriously scary, anywhere so far. and eflin is at home not @ BAL (not that either park is good for pitchers of course) -11.4 on SON and one of the worst FIPs in entire league for annabelle so far
Which starter do I take a flyer on this weekend? Waiver wire is very thin, but I need one more starter. Thanks.
Lindblom @ CHC vs. Lester
Webb in SF vs. OAK and Manaea
Plutko @ DET vs. Fulmer
None? Webb I guess
Is Cronenworth worth an add over K. Tucker, or maybe Teoscar?
Tucker
5×5 season long. My SP suck. Have Starling Marte to deal. Other team SP options: Bauer, clevinger, bassitt and Marquez.
Any one or combo make sense to package? Fair? Thanks and already appreciate the content!!
Bauer?
sounds like dusty’s aphasia or amnesia or dementia some other brain loss condition is taking hold yet again (like that time he in media called bryce harper “royce” at least 3 times in preseason across at least 1.5 weeks).
https://www.rotoworld.com/baseball/mlb/player/20383/roberto-osuna
or maybe he recently enrolled in a late stage adult education course in philosophy and he’s playing around with the definitions of words for fun. wants to see how far we can take “could” without being called a lying sack of shit. later: “yes i knew he was hurt and objectively needed TJ, that still leaves it possible he’d return this year! i only said could, ya heard me!”
also, in some good news, owings tweaked hamstring, hilliard is in and BB’d in his first at bat.
oh yeah, in that “royce” situation, that was WHILE he was the coach of bryce harper and WAS by the way, not when he was gibbering around as an analyst.
Ha
Wow! Ryan McMahon actually did something.
It’s a McMiracle!
Offered in trade
Spencer Howard for Dustin May – keeper league
who do you want
May
In a keeper league, 14 team H2H points.
Hiura and Conforto or E Rosario too much to offer for Tatis Jr. ?
Sounds fair
10 team keeper OBP due to short season we have no draft next year.
Solak batting 5th again. 1 game from adding 2b eligibility. He’s an add?
I would have to drop either canning or Heaney.
My hitters are too good. Those two guys might be my weakness link in pitching. Unless you think odorizzi..
Vazquez
Freeman
Biggio
Arenado
Story
Bellinger
Lewis K
Rosario E
U Chapman
Dozier H
Modesi
Grisham
Bieber
Nola
Glasnow
Maeda
Urias
Igleigas
Bradley
Odorizzi
Heaney
Canning
Civale
Gore
IL Moose
IL Stanton
Canning
So when there’s 2 Tarenados in one day. Do you lose two things? Or does it take one thing away and then return it?
nothing that might return after a torenado would be the same “thing” anymore, it’d be in pieces at best.
Good point! Haha
Haha
Cristian Javierand Spencer Shemp Howard for Dustin May which side keeper league
and stay safe man
May, you too!
Then May is my Vice President pick for the next 4 years
You could’ve done worse
Like Kammy H.
Starling Marte or Robert ROS in standard roto redraft league?
Marte
Just when I think I know who you would pick I always guess wrong. Thought for sure you would say Luis Robert. :)
Just to clarify you saw I said Starling and not Ketel, right? :)
Same diff
Pretty close, but Robert is like top 60 and Marte is like top 40
Hey Grey. Altuve or Rendon rest of season. Thanks
Rendon
Thanks
No problem
Gsellman has rotation spot now… worth a gamble?
Depends on the matchups and league
16 team H2H points league… redraft
Gsellman or E. Hernandez?
Gsellman
Thank you!
Thankny
Wow… thank you!
No problem
Hey grey,
who would you start today?
J.Pederson vs SD(Davies)
J.Aguilar @TOR(Pearson)
Pederson
Mondesi batting 8th tonight
Yuck
is collecting tv guides a thing that’s fairly common to NJ/NY area? i remember that seinfeld ep with the dude who later was on scrubs and george’s dad as both doing that. back when those things were running around i remember not having enough channels to need them (plus we got a free with newspaper weekly guide anyway for scheduling stuff). boo hoo for me i didn’t even see the wire till it was almost over, cableless childhood traumas here.
Ha, I didn’t think it was specific to that area
yeah i’m not suggesting that either, but i can’t remember many others who did/do that, albeit there might be TONS of people with their basements filled up with boxes of those that i’d have no reason to know about.
Haha, in fairness, I threw them out (after 6 years of collecting them)
You prefer Solak or Hampson? I don’t know much about either – looking for someone to fill in for Eduardo Escobar and they’re both in Coors starting Thursday.
Hampson
Rich Hill threw a BP session today. That interest you at all? I can lose Howard and stash if you think he could still be fantasy relevant this season
Not especially, but can stash
Please rank Kela, D. Hudson or Kintzler…
Thanks again
Hudson, Kela
Drop one of the following: Bassit, G Richards, M Kelly, Odorizzi
Odorizzi
Glad I wasted faab on tauchman when stanton got hurt. Tauchman hasnt started since stanton got hurt but started in 6 straight while stanton was still in the lineup. Ugh
Yeah, sucks
Do you still like Teoscar? I am in my second week of his “do nothingness”. Do you still like him over Solak? Or Maikel? Or Riley? Thanks!
Can try Solak, but I like him, especially in that stadium
Whatup G,
You prefer E5 or Choo in the DH spot in a 12 team OPS league
Thanks!
Edwin
16 team dynasty pts
trade my puig for paxton
he looked better last time out, looking to win now
Sure
Hey grey,
Getting Villar & Y. Grandal
For
Kyle Lewis & Alfaro
Is that enough to cash Lewis in?
Thanks, you da man!
Works for me
Redraft league
not knowing the name of the ump in the CLE game i’m still guessing this is the same ump from otani’s 2nd start, 6 of his “balls” in 3 of his BB’s were strikes. wish they posted this stuff easily, could be more wary of pitchers in those games. days till robot umps can’t get any shorter. if i knew how many umps total they use i’d be quite willing though to take some sort of odds this is that same ump (mr shrunken strike zone man)
2 more “balls” that were strikes for o.perez not trying to give carrasco runs. bote K’d looking twice that at bat before the ump gave him the chance to hit that single.
Yeah, need to lose regular people umps
Drop Adell for a bat tomorrow or hold?
Can move on in shallower leagues
Bassitt cruises to the IVictory Coast for the W!
Haha
Benintendi fill-in, Margot or C Frazier? 14T h2h
Thanks
Clint
In a league with a category for holds and another for saves. Also qs instead of wins. Daily moves and My staff is
Paddack lament yu Pearson stripling Urias gallen Pomeranz lugo workman hendriks Hudson Nick Anderson.
Would you cut any of them for chad green?
Pearson
N. Pearson implodes today. Would you hold or drop and stream?
thank you
Stream
Teoscar crushed it. 466ft. MVP!!!
That’s what I’m talking about!
It was a sight to behold. Absolutely CRUSHED it!!!
ALBOMBSO!
Haha
Btw, Yamamoto was only slightly less bad than Pearson. He had an easy win lined up and FAILED. Not a good Jack Flaherty stand in on my rosters. Maybe next week…
It’s been 3 weeks since Flaherty’s start. The Cards haven’t really been able to throw or workout. I’m sure his first couple starts back would be limited innings, due to lack of throwing. They may not be able to make up the schedule too that would limit ability for QS and K’s. Also, there’s risk of injury. Would you think it important to trade him for another SP1 or even SP2?
If you could trade him in a redraft, I would
I could possibly get Gallen or Nola. Would you take either over Flaherty and in what order?
I’d take either, Nola 1st
if you could in redrafts yes to anybody that doesn’t think those true things you said.
Owning Flaherty has literally killed me in two leagues. Its tough when I really wanted Bieber over him but gone for my second round pick. Its like watching your best friend land the girl you had the crush on and you get Alpo instead for dinner on a Saturday night.
good metaphor, but a more apt one might be like having gone verlander or morton (esp if he comes back messed up or not at all) over bauer when bauer went barely earlier (not sure if this ADP one is apt though, your flaherty vs bieber one pretty sure is, they were ADP close fairly certain). but flaherty when back (if back) will probably do well, just in relatively less innings.
Soto double dong!
Love it!
SON was a bit off on maeda at Milwaukee and Pearson v MIA……. Oh well, try again next week
Gotcha
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. dan hudson/dahl for nelson cruz? desperate for offense….
Cruz
1. Cutch, Reddick, Happ, Hicks- top 2 please
2. Sano or Joc?
1. Liam or Hader? Hader on pace for only 16 IP.
2. Karinchak or Colome?
I’m a S+H league.
One more – Bichette or Bregman. This is a redraft league.
need an infielder. cronenworth, moran, newman or franco? thank you grey
he’d probably say franco but while the playing time lasts i’m going with LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH! ok, if you didn’t get that one, david cronenberg did this movie called videodrome (did a lot of good weird ass movies: scanners, shivers, rapid, dead zone movie, 80’s fly, naked lunch movie), in that was that. cronenberg is close enough to cronenworth. also there’s a remake of rapid from 2019, super gory/gross out stuff if yr so inclined.
cronenworth has the multi positional stuff and if OBP or OPS or total bases franco has NEVER been good for OBP, like ever. cronenworth’s XBH hit rate in super small sample is sick. much of franco’s to date value comes from the counting stats, but per at bat those are nearly tied and i doubt franco holds up that rate he’s getting those anyway. the shallower the league the more i’d say cronenworth too.
pretty F’d up that zack freakin davies is now a ratio ace compared to far better pitchers getting shelled at least some of the time. was only forced to do anything about that in one super deep 16 team h2h (had matz, still have mahle and kikuchi)
Need to drop an extra bat to activate Kela in a 7×7 (+ 2B and BB):
Mercado, Bryan Reynolds, Kendrick?
no upside on reynolds, no playing time for a bit on mercado, but if you don’t need these at bats i’d drop reynolds. if this matters (not that it should) CLE is 2-2 (0-2 most lately) since shoving mercado to BN. at the bare minimum he’s a better defender than the guys being trucked out there in front of him.
the rosie we’ve usually seen is finally starting to show up to the 2020 season. hell even 15 out of 25 balls to 10 strikes is FAR better than he was doing last year though.
Would you drop Slater for Buxton? Thanks!!