This winter I spent two months in “How to Spell Misiorowski” class for beginners and my family said I was dumb for wasting my time. Well, how dum am I now?! Dum is with a B? Hmm, well, I didn’t take that class, did I, you dop! Dop has an E? I prolly should’ve spread out my classes. Well, guess what Jakob Misiorowski is here and he’s–God damn it! It’s Jacob? Okay! So, as I mentioned on yesterday’s podcast, I have only a few guys personally stashed. Not to say, I draw a mustache on their profile pics. I mean, I do that too, but I have three guys stashed and Jacob Misiorowski was one. So, LET’S FREAKIN’ GO!!! Caps for emphasis, and exclamation marks in case you don’t know what caps are for. Misiorowski will start on Thursday for the Brewers, and the Brewers are one of the best teams to develop pitching, and this doode throws 103 MPH. Color me excited. I have some personal investment here, so grain of NaCl, but I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s better than Bubba Chandler. For his year, and maybe going forward. (They both can be great, either way.) In Triple-A, Misiorowski had a 11.4 K/9, 4.4 BB/9 and 2.13 ERA. The command might lead to a roofie or three, so there could be some risk here, but he has about as much upside as you’re gonna find. I rarely pick up rookie starters in my 12-team mixed league, but even picked up Misiorowski there. He can be great, immediately. M-I-S-I-crap, what is it again? Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Quinn Priester – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.65. You doubt what the Brewers can do with pitching? Look at what they’ve done with Quinn Priester!
Jackson Chourio – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer. Jack-Chou, gesundheit.
Grant Holmes – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.07. If Holmes was a Brewer or a Touki, he’d have a 2.50 ERA! Now, he’s a Streamonator call.
Justin Martinez – Hit the IL with a strained elbow. Left Monday’s game with a trainer. I missed that when it happened, my bad. I only told you for the last three weeks that he wasn’t right and you should pick up Shelby Miller. So, sorry, but not sorry because I told you he was injured for the last three weeks. Don’t confuse my apologies and non-apologies. They are told in different tone and tenor.
Lucas Giolito – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.45. Fantastic. And if you want to pick him up, do it, just don’t start him until he’s looked good for another month.
Trevor Story – 2-for-4 and his 9th homer, 2nd homer in three games. A hot schmotato, but he’s going on four straight awful years–Geez, I feel like I could still be talking about Giolito.
Shane McClanahan – Said imaging revealed his arm “couldn’t be better.” Snort. Whatever you say, Shane.
Ryan Pepiot – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.31. Pepiot’s peripherals — Pepipherals? — are so incredibly boring. If you open his player page, it’s better than Ambien. But (here’s where Grey turns the ship around), it’s being driven mostly by a basic April. He was solid in May and June.
Craig Kimbrel – Signed a minor league deal with the Rangers. Nice fit, since his windup includes an inverted W for Whataburger.
Evan Carter – 3-for-5, 4 runs, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in two games. Fine, schmotato. But begrudgingly!
Wyatt Langford – 2-for-6 and his 12th homer. Rangers showing the world they can develop prospects, not just have their GM Chris Young acquire players, while looking like pulled taffy.
Simeon Woods Richardson – 4 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.74. Maybe will be good at some point, but you’re a bit goofy in the head if you’re trotting him out in any mixed league, i.e., be sans Simeon or you’re in the That-Hurts Castle. Admit you didn’t think I’d land that pun. Admit it right now! No? Okay.
Matt Wallner – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer in three games, 3rd homer in five games, and shrugs on whether or not he plays every day. Thinking no, but still has been hot.
Luis Robert Jr. – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .184, as he hits 7th, behind two catchers. Robert must be like, “Hello, devil, what do I have to do to get myself off this team? I will sell my soul!”
Shane Smith – 6 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.37 vs. Lance McCullers – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.91. This matchup was of one guy who is 70% rostered, and one guy who is 87% rostered, and it’s not the guy who should be rostered in more leagues, as you likely guessed.
Chris Bassitt – 7 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.70. He looked like all hope was lost when he was down early (4 ER in the 4th), but Bassitt showing he’s got that dawg in him.
Andres Gimenez – 2-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 4th homer. He had three homers in March and then, like any high school senior might, he took a gap month or two–[googling where he was]–Oh, right, injury. He still had about 120 ABs since his last homer, but that’s not really his thing. Clearly, he gets hot, because he had three homers in March, so maybe this is the start of something.
Alejandro Kirk – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, and 2nd homer in two games, as he hits third. Captain Kirk beaming up a couple hot schmotatoes.
Miles Mikolas – 5 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.48. Miles only chance at success yesterday was facing the Jays and tripping them up without metric.
Nolan Arenado – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer. Hey, wanna check out this rare Bazooka Joe comic where he says gum’s bad for your teeth? It’s haphazardly placed over by this open window–NOOOOO!!! Torenado!
Juan Soto – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer. Not saying Sexy Dr. Pepper’s 100%, but if he gets to the Break with 20 homers and a .260 average, is it that bad?
Griffin Canning – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.22. Hold up, we already gave Jeremy Hefner, the Mets’ pitching coach, the Pulitzer. Don’t make us rescind.
MacKenzie Gore – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.88. He became an ace this year, and you’re hearing bupkis about it. Y’all haters!
Nathaniel Lowe – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer. He has a .293 OBP. That’s amazingly Lowe, indeed.
CJ Abrams – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs hit his 9th homer, hitting .269. Corange Juice got to Canning, which is such a Minute Maid thing to do.
Bryce Miller – Hit the IL with “has been injured from, I’m guessing March, but we’re not really told the truth, so who knows” in the elbow. They’re saying four to six weeks. I’m saying, make other plans.
Logan Evans – 5 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.38, as he was called up to replace Miller. Evans peripherals are so Marginer. In the glossary under Marginer, it should have a picture of Evans wearing a captain’s hat. The captain’s hat is just because those hats are funny.
Rowdy Tellez – 2-for-5 and a homer, and Randy Arozarena (1-for-4) hit a homer. Who has more homers? One guy has two more homers, who is it? One guy has 10 homers and one guy has…12 or 8? Bzzt, bzzt, bzzt! Randy has eight.
Brandon Pfaadt – 5 IP, 2 ER, 10 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.50. I saw Pfaadt’s name and I started shaking, having flashbacks.
Alek Thomas – 3-for-3, 4 runs and a slam (3) and legs (4). Ooh, the most random slam & legs? Need Canzone or someone to top this. (Bottom this?)
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 2-for-4, 2 runs and a slam (10) and legs (4), hitting .258. Can’t believe I just let him go in my RCL and now I’m sitting on Parker Meadows, who hit 9th yesterday (WTF), Lars Nootbaar, who randomly doesn’t play, and Kerry Carpenter, who sits vs. lefties. I’m so dumb! I need my Lou-Gu-Ju back!
Noah Cameron – 5 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 2.17. Hey, do you mind if I leave my Shasta on the bar of this al-Qaeda run bar? Cool! *four hours later*…hey, it sure is drafty in here…Wait, why is my stomach open and there’s price tags on my organs and I’m on the table at a yard sale? AHHH!!! Roofie!!!
Jonathan India – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer, 2nd homer in a week, hitting near-.350 in the last week. India’s so hot gonna start calling him the West Indies.
Aaron Judge – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 24th homer. This home run of his went…hold on, it’s still going. Get back to me.
Austin Wells – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 5 RBIs and his 11th homer, hitting .227. It’s so crazy how there’s more productive catchers than 2nd basemen. Wells is about as good as Altuve!
Max Fried – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.84. It’s not really fair for a guy named Fried to face two of the world’s biggest Italians in the Italian Staglianone and Pasketti. Do you know how distracting that is for my people? Thinking about zeppoles and not hitting, my guys!
Jordan Westburg – 1-for-3 and his 5th homer, as he was activated from the IL. Also, Cedric Mullins (0-for-4) was activated and Heston Kjerstad was demoted to the Orioles’ minor league system where they’re stockpiling for an upcoming apocalypse.
Cade Povich – 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.46. Wish I would’ve picked up one of the other dozen Cades. You ever see an ERA and feel mocked? That’s how I feel looking at Povich’s. It’s like, “Yeah, I’m great, that’s why I have a 5.46 ERA,” but said so sarcastically.
Spencer Torkelson – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer. Don’t worry, next year when you roster Tork, then he’ll suck again. Sorry, still bitter because I fell for the Povich banana-in-the-ol’-tailpipe.
Sawyer Gipson-Long – 4 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.32. Okay, it’s one thing to follow an Opener. SGL came into the 4th inning! What have you done to baseball, Kevin Cash? You monster!
Sandy Alcantara – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 7.14. Nice, I’m happy for him. If you want to pick him up and bench him until we see this a few more times, then go for it, but I wouldn’t start him off the strength of one start in Pittsburgh.
Oneil Cruz – 1-for-4 and his 13th homer. He’s been solid, and you know I love him, but he’s cooled off since April when everyone was wishing they drafted him. Still solid! Don’t misunderstand me. Just more in line with what we expected vs. the next level.
Ke’Bryan Hayes – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer, hitting .226. I don’t want to get emotional here, but it’s a downright shame how he’s depriving all those lovely Korean people, who watch the KBO, of a top-flight KBO All-Star.
Dansby Swanson – 2-for-4 and his 12th homer. Quietly, a top 60-ish overall player on the Player Rater (though, has been cold very recently).
Ian Happ – 2-for-3, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer, 3rd homer in two games. Told you he was overdue after his 4th homer; told you to buy him after his 5th homer; now I’m saying to get your hands in we’re shutting the Buy Low window.
Michael Busch – 1-for-5 and his 11th homer, 2nd homer in four games, hitting .267. At a fairly weak position (1st base, sadly), he’s been solid, around top eight, and next up is Bryce, who is not accruing nothing but nothingburgers.
Aaron Nola – Shut down for a couple of weeks with a stress reaction in his rib. Not sure how it happened, I’d guess from allowing a home run.
Mick Abel – 4 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 2.35. Block out the voice in your head that is saying, “How good can Misiorowski be when Abel seemed, well, able?” Block it out because Abel has a 2.35 ERA. You could do worse. His opponent, Colin Rea (4 1/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.92), for unstints, is worse.
Max Kepler – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. Maybe this is the hot schmotato run we always get from Kepler, but I’ve honestly been surprised at how little he’s done this year. He is the type to get hot though, so I wouldn’t be shocked to see it happen now.
Andrew Abbott – 9 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.87. Please welcome to the mound, your NL All-Star Game starter…Paul Skenes! But Abbott will follow him.
Slade Cecconi – 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.26. Pasketti…Italian Staglianone…Cecconi, don’t look now but the Italians are taking over! Oh, and in case you’re thinking about getting fresh, Roman Anthony’s grandfather, father and brother are all named Anthony Anthony. So, Streamonator for Cecconi, yes, but his 10 K/9, 2/8 BB/9 and 3.86 xFIP could become something and is worth monocle’ing.
Shohei Ohtani – 1-for-3. Sounds like he might be able to get back on the mound in a game prior to the Break. Not sure why the Dodgers would need that, they got Enrique Hernandez as their number four starter.
Dylan Cease – 7 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners (5 BBs), 11 Ks, ERA at 4.28. The five walks are troublesome, but aren’t you glad you started him vs. the Dodgers? You didn’t? Ouch.
Matt Chapman – Hit the IL with hand inflammation. Giants recalled Chris Koss, who makes you jump, jump.
Willy Adames – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer. Great, he just has to play his games at Coors.
Ryan McMahon – 1-for-2, 2 runs and his 8th homer, hitting .215. Great, he just has to play his games at–Wait, okay, so home games.
Jose Soriano – 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.86. As a general rule, you people — yeah, you people! — pay too much attention to what a guy just did vs. what they’re going to do in a good matchup. Streamonator loved this start, and couldn’t imagine not starting him, no matter what he just did the previous time out. Unless a guy is just broken like Pfaadt, for unstints.
Chris Taylor – Hit the IL with a fractured hand. I’m sure the Angels can find someone else for his at-bats. They’ve picked up Scott Kingery, Kevin Newman, Travis d’Arnaud, Kyle Hendricks, Hector Neris, Yoan Moncada, Oscar Colas, LaMonte Wade Jr. and J.D. Davis in just the last year. And I was snort-lauging halfway through that list. I lost it around Kyle Hendricks. I know they’re called the Angels, but do they have to try to raise the dead?
Birdsong or lance McCullers?
Buxton or CES?
Bux
Can Adames play all his games at Coors? 452 ft moonshot just now in his first AB. Might get over the Mendoza line this series.
I know
I mean who tf knows but could Ed-Rod have some ROS usefulness?
I’d guess he does
Josh smith on rangers looks like he’s heating back up would you be back in on him over Jesus and max muncy (dodgers)
No
Horton vs Pitt a good start?
Would you drop ed rod or starting him @ Toronto?
Seems fine
Prefer not to drop EdRod, but I don’t know your league
Is VSII droppable in 12 teamers to you? Just took a peak at his savant page…dear lord!
Yes
Burger or Mayer ros
Mayer
Nice writeup as always! Hoping for some advice…
10 team AL only keeper league. Auction with $260 budget, 23 active players (9 P spots, 14 batters at various positions). Up to 15 active keepers. I have JRod at $47 that I am looking to deal for some keepers. Is Westburg + Kirby a reasonable return? After this season, Westburg’s remaining contract is 9/14/19 and Kirby is 18/18/23/28.
Sounds reasonable, I’d try for more
Pick up Albies? Would drop maikel or arraez?
Arraez
Redraft, 12 team, standard 5×5 roto. Luzardo looked great vs. Cubs today; apparently he made an adjustment to avoid tipping pitches. Please rank top 2 of Luzardo, Bibee and Canning. Thanks.
You did
Buffett started out investing in ‘Cigar Butts’…Crappy businesses that were so cheap, one could invest and get a decent return on the stock until the company eventually goes into the scrap heap of history. (Berkshire Hathaway was originally thought of as one.)
The Angels are doing similarly, trying to get one last puff on these before their expiration dates.
Jo Adell is Dairy Queen, I guess
What is Rendon?
Never heard of that name before
10 Team Points League
ROS
Lugo or Luzardo
Thanks!
Lugo
Thanks…
One more, please: Lugo or Abbott.
Abbott
Thanks, Grey. Be well!
You too!
Brandon lowe. Abies. Westburg. Please rank.
West, Albies
Grey,
Please advise- Moore, Arenado, Polanco, Baez or McKinstry best 3B ROS?
Thanks!
Arenado
NL-only roto
I need a closer.
I can trade Agustin or Nate Lowe for Doval. I don’t use Agustin at C now (Willson Contreras), Lowe and Augustin split 1B.
Who should I trade for Doval?
Agustin
Ooh. So close to a quality start for Sears. Guess I’ll have to settle for those 9 Ks.
Yup
Oh how i wish Schwellhead didn’t pitch in the 8th!
Why
Probably gotta hold the Liberator for his start against the White Sox, right? Might be the only reason…
Yeah
Times are tough in pitcher-town. Of the guys I drafted… Ragans – not much use and now injured, Miller – useless, injured and dropped, Eovaldi – hurt (but great), Lib – scuffling, Pfaadt, flamed and dropped. Thank goodness for Rodon! Hoping Roupp and Elder can stabillise things a bit, but I’m not counting on it (I am totally counting on it).
I hear ya
hi Grey. in a handful of possibilities : charlie morton at home vs angels kochanowicz…colton gordon home vs twins paddack…ryne nelson at home vs pads kolek…dobbins at home in rematch vs ny rodon…..sgl home vs cincy miley….povich home vs angels kikuchi…or….sheesh bergert at az gallen ?? i currently have nelson and povich,but both after their last 2 starts i’m wondering if they are droppable or if any of these others would be better ?? thanks for the help. i lost eovaldi and pablo to d.l. so left me with this mess. can you pick a top 2 if their are any ?
They seem fine if you need them
Tailion vs Pitt or miso vs St. Louis
?
Misi
With the season I’m having in my 5 leagues I said:
“My opponent is actually gonna have the testicular fortitude to start Randy Vasquez against the Dodgers?! His line will be 7IP 5 hits 1 run, 1 walk, 7 K’s knowing me….”
He’s at 4IP 1hit 0ER 1 walk 4k.
Grey, there’s just no way bro. There’s no way this is even possible. And this guy is in my points league where I’m 3-3, in 5th, 1st overall in points. This dude is in 11th obviously, but he’s beating me lol. Guy also has Ian Happ who kills me in Fantasy ball every time I go against a team who owns him. 2 of my opponents own the entire blue jays team this week and 3 own Friedle. All while I got Witt, Tatis, Ohtani, etc. doing shit.
Thanks for the platform to vent.
Haha, I hear ya
Ok Grey, I think I am seeing why I am in last place in our Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League.
I wisely benched both Abbot (42 Points) and Cease (36 Points) for a few 2 start SPs with names like Aaron Civale, Dustin May and Griffin Canning (all 3 scored negative points or 0 at best)! At least Schwelly made me proud today!
Eh, I’m too sad to think of a question to ask. Thanks Grey.
Ouch, No problem
Ok, the fog cleared a bit and I do have a question.
I too have Stott clogging things up at 2B in the Yahoo 10 Teamer, and I was wondering if Lemahieu, McClain, or even Gimenez might be a better option.
Thanks much Grey.
Andres
Flahtery or Xavier/shaw
Flaherty
NL-only roto re-draft
Who do you prefer ROS?
1. Doval or Agustin Ramirez?
2. Doval or Nathaniel Lowe?
3. NLowe or Agustin?
A closer or a catcher is based on needs
Jesus has risen again
Hey Grey oh wise one! Checking in, hope your teams aren’t giving you too much agida!
Unfortunately I think I peaked early, lot of my teams opened strong (like RCL #1) but I’m losing ground. One of which is my H2H 12 team keeper- no points for runs, only HR RBI SB AVG OBP & OPS, it’s weird. We also carry 2 of each position in the lineup (C, C, 1B, 1B, etc) with no MI and CI. Somewhat unrelated but this is also a QS league with no points for wins- luckily I have Wheeler dealin’.
My 1Bs are Harper (RIP), Soderstrom & Arraez. Last place has already given up and is dangling Alonso. Soder is a rd 29 keeper, so very valuable. Players can be kept for two years, so I could have him for three prime years. Alonso can’t be kept. Should I try to win it this year and trade Soder for Alonso straight up? He might also request a 6th round pick as a sweetener. Worth the upgrade?
They are! Ugh! Haha
No, hold Soder
Good thing he already accepted someone else’s offer within an hour of putting him on the market. Good grief! Thanks Grey!
No problem
I need to break a losing streak in a 12-team H2H, and neither Stott nor Shaw are helping at 2B. Drop one (or both) of them for Otto Lopez, Polanco, Durbin, or Ronny Mauricio? Thank you.
Sure, both, Mauricio and O. Lopez
Best replacement for Ragans: Elder, Alcantara, Cabrera, Kolek?
EdCab
Thanks
No problem
What are your thoughts on getting Volpe and Framber for Oneil Cruz if you need pitching?
Framber side is fair
Thanks, and yes this absolutely related to my Lodolo comment below.
Ha, yeah
So Lodolo gets absolutely crushed by the 2nd worst offense in baseball against lefties.
Yup
Story of my fantasy baseball life in that league.
I hear ya
Liberatore , glue factory material?
Yes
Spent all day trifling over who to drop in order to stream Ben Brown and just realized that the game was already in the 7th inning and Brown got shelled. Dodged a bullet there.
Now if only I could go back in time and bench Lodolo.
Ha, I hear ya
Geezus Luzardo…………
Haha I know
Please be back. Maybe it was tipping or something mechanical. Velocity was fine and injury is usually what we worry about. Just don’t bang any more tables with your throwing hand.
Yeah, could be
Ben brown
Slade
José Soriano
How do you rank these guys?
They’re streamers…Soriano, Slade
Morning & Happy National Making Life Beautiful Day!
Looking to make a SP Streamer into a beautiful stat line… but will settle for slightly above average (glad I passed on Ben Brown today…whew!).
Who of the below do you think will provide me with the least terrible outcome (I know none are good):
Walker Buehler vs. TB
ERod vs SEA
Kyle Hendricks vs. ATH
thanks in advance
Erod
Woo and max muncy dodgers
For eury Perez and Xavier Edward
Would you rather have Brandon Lowe or edwards
Woo
Need OBP and steals more than anything currently but for ROS Hyseong Kim (dodge) or Otto Kemp?
Kim
Lets say the Nats called up Brady House in the next week in a 12tm H2H with OPS would you drop Barger or Burger to pick him up? Or hold?
Burger
Thanks
No problem
Hey Grey…….Ben Brown SUCKS…..that is all!
Yeah
Muncy (dodgers) @vasquez or bellinger @bubic
Cody
1. Pick two (2) for Util from: Happ, Muncy, Pages, Soderstrom, Tork
2. SON likes Peterson tonight vs. WSH, Leiter @ MIN not so much. I need WHIP help most, but also ERA. Would you stream either/both?
1. Happ, Soder 2. Both seem fine
Shaw/xavier edwards or woo?
Woo, it’s fair
if i were a fantasy owner, i’d fire me as a fantasy manager. like a hungover george jetson in the office, i’ve pushed all the wrong buttons. ima go hang with bud black.
HAHA
Mullens of A. Gimenez moving forward for utility spot in league that counts OBP and AVG separately in a head to head?
Andres
Abel or Walter points league?
Abel
Grey,
Thanks again for all you do!
I don’t usually like to have a bench bat because I don’t know who to sit. I sat CJ Abrams yesterday and missed out.
But for real, who’s the sit between Abrams, Buxton, Acuna, Tatis, Suzuki, J Wood, or Lindor? I went by matchups yesterday and felt left out.
Bux
Do you think Mangum is a top 40 OF ROS? Close?
Thanks !
No
Single C 14 teamer, Agustin or Kirk?
Agustin
What about single Catcher 12 team 5×5? Kirk is DH’ing today (not sure how often he does that), on a better offense, and has almost double the hits, runs, and rbis as Agustin Ramirez in the last 2 weeks. I mean his statcast page isn’t too shabby (though I’m trying not to be statcasted/tricked like I was with Stowers).
It’s fine with me if you wanna switch them
Gimenez or Castro? I know to start season it was Gimenez, more recently Castro has been the play. But if had to choose one for ROS? Thanks
Andres
Mr Albright
One of the highlights of my day everyday is the daily writeups!! Your work is appreciated!!
Have an Interesting trade request in a long term keeper. We keep 7 year over year. No contracts etc.
12 team mixed 6×6. OPS and QS are additional cats to the standard 5×5. 3 OF slots, 1 UTIL, 1 Additional IF elig. slot.
would you trade:
Harper Imanga and a 9th round in the draft next year 16th round overall
for
Crochet Conglianone and a 6th round next year. 13th round overall.
Current Squad:
JT Real
Vladdy
Shaw
Mayer
Elly
Gunnar
Riley Greene
Durran
Butler
Ohtani
BN: CES(picked up when harper got hurt) and Meadows.
DL Harper
Shawallenbach
Suarez (PHI)
Birdsong
Leiter
Bradley
Abbot
Horton
Efflin
Mick Abel
DL Imanga and Gilbert
Thanks brother!!!!
Thanks! I don’t love it, even if right now you’re getting nothing from your 2 guys
Do you hate it long term?
No
I’m beginning to wonder if Kyle Manzardo has any redeemable qualities in a Keep forever league. He has 7 plate appearances in a week and sits v LHP despite his 947 OPS and plays sparingly v RHP with his robust .667 OPS? I think the slot could be better utilized by stashing a guy like Bryce *don’t call me* Eldridge *Clever*
Sure
That wasn’t so hard. All it took was a little goose to get Manzi movin’
Drop Perdomo for Hyesong Kim for the MI spot? Steals is my biggest weakness. Is the Perdomo magic over?
Sure, grab Kim
Stowers was dropped like him better than sheets ros?
Not really, about same
Need middle infielder and loaded at corner guys. Trade Vlad for Seager plus a piece
Sure
Misi or Patrick?
Misi
Got offered Ketel Marte and Dylan Cease for Oneil Cruz Otteneu points.
Cruz is $32 for the next two years, Marte expires after this and Cease is $24 for next year.
I’m competing, he is middling. Says he’s floating that idea to my competition, but that’s likely just trying to drive a deal.
Don’t mind the deal. Have Kirby, Bubic, Skubal, Sanchez as my SP, plus a Manaea and Meyer stash.
I’m worried about Marte’s health and investing in any SP long term or for $$$ right now because of injuries. Thoughts?
He has an expiring Matt Olson I could ask for too that I think can break out second half.
Doesn’t sound terrible if you’re competing
Stream JP Sears today? 1, vs the Angels. 2, not at Bing Bong
Sounds fine
1. CF has been a landline for me. Would sending off Cowser and Patrick for Happ be a solid move? I would use the open position to stream…Holmes, Paddack, Eflin types available.
2. Jung Hoo or Ramos for CF option if Happ doesn’t, hmmm, happen?
Thanks
1. sure 2. Ramos
Jesus or max muncy (dodgers)
Jesus
O’ Hoppe or Kirk?
Logan
Drop McCullers or Ortiz
Flip a coin based on future matchups? I guess Ortiz
EDLC or Chourio/Westburg ?
Cruz
Zebby Matthews – does this look really bad to you – major injury – thanks Grey maqn
C. Encarnacion-Strand – is there any future in him
yes
he’s hurt
Hi Grey,
1) I am debating whether to take a cheap offer for McClanahan in a 12 team mixed keeper. It is a rebuilding year. Would you buy (for cheap)?
2) In a keeper league how would you rank the following injured aces for this year: King, Snell, McClanahan, Bieber
3) Same question as 2, but for next year.
Thanks!
1. sure 2. What a mess…um, I guess Snell, Shane, King 3. same because I doubt any of them do anything this year
I know, right? Thanks, which Shane are you putting second?
McClananananananananan
Thanks! And Bieber 4th after King, or do you put both Shane’s ahead of King?
These guys all are so damaged….King then Bieber, I guess
You’re better off trying to acquire, like, Bubic or someone
Thanks, yeah, unfortunately I kept King and Snell, and then picked Bieber up off waivers. I kept Gilbert too but traded him before he got injured. Basically if I keep a pitcher then stay away.
Gotcha
1. Who puts up the better stats ROS – Brandon Lowe or Westburg?
2. Westburg or Bubic?
3. B. Lowe or Bubic?
Trade analyzers shows Bubic for only 60 IP rest of the way and 12 starts.
1. West 2. west 3. bubic
Drop Doyle for Lourdes?
Sure
Hey Grey!
10 team roto league, starting to feel like Yainer Diaz should isn’t going to take off this year. Goodman is available, but not great on the road. Kirk is available but just a hot schmotato? O’Hoppe is still poor avg, only somewhat better power. Keibert, Heim, and Narvaez not exciting.
Switch? Stay with Diaz?
Goodman
Does no one own a catcher in your league?
Geraldo Perdomo or Otto Lopez at MI?
Lopez
Thoughts on Gilber ROS upon retunring? Wondering if hes a buy low befor he comes back? Was considering Megill and Reynolds for him
Meh
We back on the faucher train?
Seems that way
Lourdes or Cowser
Cowser
Good morning Gray!
Surprised to see no comment on Lance McCullers or Tyler Mahle.
Regression fairy has finally snipped at Mahle! I have been riding him and waiting for him to go back to norm, looks like that time has arrived and time to jump off. Will keep him for one more outing vs Whitesux and probably move on.
McCullers, geeze my man, you were playing the Whitesux! Something told me when I saw Houston only at -195 that I shouldn’t count on a great start from McCullers.
Looking at Misiroowski or however you spell that “lol” Thank you for the heads up info on him!
As always, thank you for what you do!
McCullers was mentioned in the post
You mean McClanahan?
As someone said on Twitter, they should allow Sawyer to wear a cowboy hat when he pitches
And he followed two pitchers. There was an Opener for the Opener. Which is weird because the 2nd pitcher got the Win, Lee got the final out of the 3rd and he awarded the Win and SGL got a Hold. How does that work?
I know, and they gave the win to some random guy who threw 1/3 IP
Why
Evan Carter, Jesus, or schanuel?
Jesus
12 team, 5×5 roto
I’ve been looking for trades to sell Austin Riley – would you make these offers?
1) Riley + Josh Naylor for Jo-Ram
2) Riley + Duran for Jo-Ram
3) Riley + Oneill Cruz for Jo-Ram
C- Goodman
1B- Naylor
2B- Altuve
3B- Riley
SS- Gunnar
OF- Carroll
OF- Duran
OF- Cruz
UTIL- Rooker
BN- O’Hearn, Kurtz
1 sounds good
Is Doyle a drop for any of these players? If so how much should I bid of my 754$ of 1000$ salary?:
Ben Rice
Wallner
Willy Adames
You can list more then one if it’s a yes for more then one guy in case I get outbid on the first option, thanks!
I dropped Doyle a few weeks back, couldn’t waste anymore time on him. Dude is awful and doesn’t seem to be getting any better.
Good luck
Sure, Adames $13, Wallner and Rice are not every day players, so needs to be a daily league
So far I haven’t been able to pull the trigger and drop Ozzie Albies. I have Maikel Garcia, Jackson Holliday, and Jordan Westburg (welcome back homer!) covering 2B and 3B duties. 12 team standard 5×5. Are we holding Albies for some miracle or is this the true Albies all along?
I don’t see why you have to hold him
I just dropped Albies, the melancholic liberation was reminiscent of the Calgon commercials in the 80’s. “Take me away from this BS!”
Haha
McCullers or Matt Shaw?
apples/oranges…Shaw
who is the drop. 10 team league. It is a keeper league
Parker Meadows
Victor Scott
Jake Burger
Addison Barger
Burger
Grey
Speaking of the Brewers and their call up of Misojurovkjesiosenski, what is the deal with Logan Henderson? The guy pitched lights out when up, maybe better than the rest of their staff. He goes back to the minors ( supposedly because they needed more relievers for a stretch of games. ) I have seen no reports of injuries of any sort.
The reason I ask for your perspective on this is, I have Henderson in a 14 team keeper league and am holding him as I assumed he would return shortly. Now, with this call up, and the Priester finally pitching good, I am wondering if he is worth holding a roster spot. I asked my WWGD wristband, but it was silent. So I had to actually ask you for real.
As always thanks in advance.
When i was looking at Misoujowski myself today, I saw Logan as NA and then realized he was dealing when he was in the bigs! Why isn’t he back up to the bigs?
Made me question whether to add Misouirisikski myself, if Logan cant stay in the bigs, how does Misouriiskiski stay.
Great Question
Guessing he’s back soon, they just have too much pitching…If Misi gets blown up, he might be back by next week
Woo or Brandon lowe
I’d be upgrading from Ronny
Woo
Ian Happ or Taylor Ward?
Happ, they’re basically the 25th best and 26th best OF
Need to start someone with Chapman hurt, options are terrible
Would you add India or Arenado ?
India
Fun fact! Austin Wells accounted for half of Noah Cameron’s earned runs. OK, maybe not a FUN fact. OK, and maybe only relevant to me as I own both of them in one league. But still!
Haha
What are the odds that all my bench hitters/struggling bums hit a HR yesterday? Adames, Robert, McMahon, Kepler (recently added for LF/RF elig but been carrying other 3 all season.) Of course I traded for Happ but yesterday waiting for votes….means Happ wont hit another all season. I need to buy a lotto ticket.
Got me with the Nola line. Did a snort while sipping coffee.
Haha
Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg available in my league, I currently have Ronny Mauricio and Matt Shaw filling 2B and 3B. What move should I make for this week, if any?
West over Shaw
Do you like Eflin or Chad Patrick more ROS?
Eflin
Please rank for H2H pts league:
Abbott MN; @StL
Bassitt AZ; CHW
Pepiot BAL; DET
You did
Hey Grey, would you trade flaherty for either ward or caglianone? 20 tm dynasty. Thanks
Sure, Jac if I were out of it, Ward if i were in it
11 team 5×5.
Streamed McCullers vs white Sox and it did not go well. Holding him for next start home vs. MIN (which SON likes) or dump for streaming spot?
Seems fine to hold, but I don’t know your options
Bryce Miller has a bone spur in his elbow. It needs to be removed. The big issue is that a bone spur CAN damage the UCL and the ulnar nerve that run through it. He’s probably done for the year. Why would you let him pitch at this point? I guess they think there is no risk for further damage, and they can address the situation after the season. Still, he can’t go more than 5 innings, and his ERA is no better than Logan Evans. Over under for innings is 20, for the rest of the season!
Your column, every day, best read out there! Best to you sir.
Thanks!
Missed a chance to celebrate the regression fairies finally visiting Mahle! His stat line was still lucky, as the Twins were hitting rockets all over the park right at people early.
It was a pretty meh regression
I wonder if the guys in my league who go No Catcher will start going No Second Baseman
Haha
Hi Grey –
I’ve never doubled up on a question, but I wanted to be sure about a piece of advice from yesterday. Is it not a good idea to carry two catchers in a 5 x 5 roto–22-man rosters–even when the league allows daily changes?
I never did carry two, but there’s a guy in my league, my archrival–the two of us have combined for 60% of our 12t league championships–who’s made Carry-2 something of a fashion.
Other teams have come to replicate this 2C strategy with varying degrees of success. The idea is to minimize the # of days where the C position is unmanned.
My two Cs are Smith and Agustin Ramirez. I’ll drop Ramirez if prudent. Would appreciate ur thoughts. Many thanks!
No just think about it. You wanna clog a bench spot with a guy who doesn’t play every game and when 1C sits, 2C might also be out. Use it on a SP you can use more.
Agree with Fungazi 2.0
Thanks, guys. This was intuitive to me for years, but when a rival passes you in the standings, ‘ya go a little crazy.
No problem
I think I saw the Q&A yesterday. Two thoughts:
1) I could see carrying a 2nd C IF one of them is eligible at another position (such as 1B) where you might actually play him.
2) I thought I was in that boat after someone dropped Willson C. early and I added him while rostering Realmuto. I later decided it didn’t make sense for me and cut Realmuto, which I’d maintain was the right move. But perhaps it depends on who the two are (Cal and Willson, could be an example), and other league specifics beyond being in a daily league that answer how much “bench room” you have, transaction and IP caps (translates to if you have the option to pure stream or not), and if your league has nonstandard categories (in my case, Holds).
Here is the current rank on the PLAYER RATER of the first 36 players drafted in RCL drafts March 17-26, along with their rank May 1:
# June 11…… (May 1)
1 Aaron Judge ( 1 )
2 Shohei Ohtani ( 9 )
5 Corbin Carroll ( 5 )
6 Pete Alonso ( 7 )
8 Jose Ramirez ( 90 )
9 Kyle Tucker ( 4 )
10 Elly De La Cruz ( 6 )
11 Tarik Skubal ( 59 )
14 Rafael Devers ( 94 )
16 Manny Machado ( 97 )
17 Francisco Lindor ( 30 )
19 Paul Skenes ( 35 )
21 Zack Wheeler ( 75 )
22 Bobby Witt Jr. ( 41 )
25 Trea Turner ( 138 )
29 Fernando Tatis Jr. ( 3 )
34 Oneil Cruz ( 18 )
35 Jackson Chourio ( 24 )
38 Freddie Freeman ( 101 )
48 Juan Soto ( 153 )
51 Brent Rooker ( 54 )
54 Julio Rodriguez ( 128 )
59 Mookie Betts ( 79 )
68 Jarren Duran ( 47 )
75 Austin Riley ( 81 )
83 Matt Olson ( 178 )
102 Bryce Harper ( 72 )
112 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ( 199 )
123 Ketel Marte ( 598 )
126 Wyatt Langford ( 111 )
167 Gunnar Henderson ( 336 )
202 Jazz Chisholm Jr. ( 88 )
216 Jackson Merrill ( 245 )
218 Logan Gilbert ( 70 )
535 Ronald Acuna Jr. ( XX )
684 Yordan Alvarez ( 285 )
Brilliant
Really like this list Vin, can’t wait to see how fast Acuna climbs the list. Gunnar cut his ranking in half in just 40 days, let’s see that repeat by ASB
This is awesome stuff, Vin!
Grey, are you a bit excited about schanuel? I wonder if we are witnessing a low-key breakout with great plate skills and a modest jump in batspeed
https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/nolan-schanuel-thriving-in-angels-lineup
OPS up to 783…obviously lack of power and speed limits upside, but seems like maybe a Yandy Diaz type player with a better launch angle and worse hard hit rate yielding similar results. Could catch lightning in a bottle be a Yandy circa 2023 the rest of the way.
Yandy had a 932 OPS in 2023 and I thinl Schanuel could do that the rest of the way with a bit of luck…
828 ex OPS on the year for Schanuel…wow.
Yandy’s walk rate has slipped, but Schanuel is 87%tile there….love that in OBP leagues but even in OPS leagues.
I’m not
Hey hey Grey,
How close might it be to deciding if Willy Adames stays or goes? Drafted because I liked his stats last year but the new contract did worry me some that he may coast this year and his current stats seem to track with that. Do we figure he’s just cold all this time and will get hot as we get into summer, pickup back into the 2024 form soon?
Would like to hear any historic info you might have to navigate this one
The day after he homers is not the time to finally get rid of him
Ha ha
Abbott earned his 3rd entry on the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list, including 2 in the top 25:
14 Andrew Abbott May 30 @CHC
22 Andrew Abbott Jun 10 @CLE
55 Andrew Abbott Apr 18 @BAL
The Reds also have 6 other top starts:
18 Nick Lodolo Apr 27 @COL
24 Brady Singer Mar 31 vs TEX
25 Hunter Greene Apr 13 vs PIT
28 Hunter Greene Apr 7 @SF
64 Hunter Greene May 2 vs WSH
67 Nick Martinez May 15 vs CHW
Nice!
Kirk is at #4 on the 7-day Player Rater. He’s the 10th ranked catcher for the season. And, he has the top Hard Hit Rate in the AL (yes, just ahead of Judge), #5 overall.
Crazy!
Bassitt did give up 4 runs in the 4th, but the Cards were never ahead.
Right
Grey!!!!
Amazing!
Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for June 11, 2025
I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks!
Hi Grey ,
fist month on the season : i traded for Oneil “the Smasher” Cruz and gave up James Wood thinking he was a bush-fire , instead he’s revealing the baobab inside him !
now i badly need a 2B,
cause i think i’m done with Kris “TomatoSoup” Campbell looming for AAA :
i’m giving Riley Greene (your sell last friday Buy) for Jackson Holliday in dynasty !
(NB : i’m fully ON at OF = Acuña / Jarren duran / Cody Bellinger / Oneil Cruz+ Roman Anthony !))
Okay
Getting back to Hoffman, he could end up doing something historic in a bad way. He could the second player in MLB history to notch a 40 save season with an ERA over 5.
Joe Borowski for Cleveland was the only other guy to do it in 2007. He notched 45 saves that season and ended up with a 5.07 ERA.
I keep thinking Hoffman will string together some good outings and his elevated HR rate will normalize, but he keeps giving up the long ball. He can’t seem to go 3 consecutive appearances w/o giving up a run. He’s only done that once over his last 18 appearances.
FWIW, that was his 4th appearance in 5 days (4 Saves). Got a 2-pitch save, and the first pitch was a 3-run HR.
Haha
Oneil Cruz more in line with what we expected? He has 23 steals in 59 games played haha. Your projection of 20 steals for the season might be a little off. Your homerun projection of 28 looks right on.
He’s currently ranked 34th on the Player Rater https://razzball.com/playerrater/ and I had him 28th overall in the preseason https://razzball.com/top-100-for-2025-fantasy-baseball/
24 steals lol
Let’s talk about Jeff Hoffman. He has 17 saves and is on pace for 41. He has a 12.9 K/9 and a 2.44 xFIP. His ERA is now 5.70! He got the save today, but gave up a 3 run hr. Only 1 run was charged to him. He has given up 8 HR in 30 IP. He has a 27% hr/fb ratio.
Ha, I hear ya
Please rank Shelby Miller, Robert Garcia and Palencia moving forward for saves only
Palencia, Miller
Start mize@baltimore
Ben brown @phillies
Ortiz @seattle
Ed-rod vs Seattle
Pick one
EdRod
Oneil got hurt in between April and now. I still think he’s got a legit 30/30 chance this year. But, yeah, he’s cooled off a bit.
Yes