So, I’m here today to talk about The Gregorius D.I.D.  Yo, tell me, who’s hot, who’s not, who still out on waivers?  Check out my mustache, I’m no shaver.  D-I-D P-O-P-P-A, no info from the ESPN.  Free agents mad cause I’m flagrant.  Call my cell and I’m in my mom’s basement.  My fantasy team supreme, stay clean in the offseason.  Bats in holsters, pitchers and their effin’ shoulders.  Playboy, I told ya, cause I talk to the centerfolds and they talk back to me.  Hanley bruise too much, I lose too much.  I guess it’s cause you run and come up lame too much.  Me lose my touch?  Never that!  If I did, ain’t no problem to pick up a bat.  Yo, waivers, where the true players at?  So, Didi Gregorious, BK’s finest, has been smoking hot for the past week and should be owned in every league.  In the last week, he’s hitting near .600 with three homers.  Will it continue?  There’s only three weeks left of the season, it doesn’t matter if it will continue.  It’s Cadbury Crunchie time, own players that are producing right now, honeycomb.  Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Wilmer Flores – Should return soon and go back to hitting.  Right now, he’s away from the team on a family emergency.  His sister told him that their mother traded all their Mets paraphernalia for Brewers souvenirs and now the guy they traded with doesn’t want to return the Mets jersey and pennants.
Corey Seager – I just gave you may Corey Seager fantasy. Â I wrote it with my feet.
Eduardo Escobar – I mentioned this in the lede, but it’s worth beating over the head like it’s Gilligan and I’m the Skipper. Â There’s guys that are a lot more exciting in the big picture, but Eduardo is hitting so he’s a lot more attractive in the short-term, and in all redraft leagues, short-term is all you should be worried about.
Javier Baez – Wanna know where my lack of enthusiasm for Seager is coming from? Â See how much Baez is playing for a full explanation.
Blake Swihart – You know Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart owns Swihart on his fantasy team just because.
J.P. Arencibia – Has been hitting. Â That sentence also works if has been is hyphenated.
Hector Olivera – British Beatlemania, Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson.  Sorry, it’s hard for me not to do that any time I come across someone’s name that rhymes with Lawrence of Arabia.
Brett Lawrie – I could’ve made Lawrie the lede this week since he’s been so hot, but I wasn’t sure how many of you would’ve remembered the Jerry “The King” Lawler rap.
Joey Gallo – If I had my druthers and knew what druthers were, Gallo would be starting over Venable, but that doesn’t seem to be the case right now. Â I would make sure to own Gallo in all dynasty leagues, assuming Joan Collins is already owned.
Nick Castellanos – This offseason is going to be the winter of Castellanos. Â Can’t you feel the excitement?
Jayson Werth – Is Werth the best thing since sliced bread?  Yes, if you’re listing all the best things and sliced bread is listed around 1,200th, then Werth would be right after that.
Franklin Gutierrez – The Big FraGu should’ve been a star. Â I mean, look how handsome he still is. Â Oh well. Â Oh, and The Big FraGu is not only handsome, but he’s currently hot.
Marlon Byrd – You know what they say, a Byrd in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Actually, that was totally inaccurate at the original Woodstock.  Doodes be losing hands in Woodstock bush.
Michael Conforto – Fun fact!  Michael Conforto is the name of Al Pacino’s Godfather character in African bootleg DVDs due to poor translating.  A famous quote in Zimbabwe is Don Conforto saying, “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuel.”
Tom Wilhelmsen –Â McClendon is using Wilhelmsen as the closer. Â Dot dot dot. Â After he tried using Wilhelmsen as a shelf.
Kevin Jepsen – The Twins regular closer, Perkins, seems to want to be the closer.  And I want have an affair with the Starbucks barista who has tattoos on her arm, but that ain’t happening either.
Daniel Hudson – Recently, Ziegler’s looked like the cat’s meow. Â If the cat meows right after it eats something and its jaw gets locked and it walks around doing a weird meow-slash-yawn hybrid.
Derek Holland – Holland’s looked so good I wanna put my tulips on him. Â There’s a 16th century Dutch ghost reading this and laughing.
Matt Shoemaker – I don’t even know The Cobbler’s next start, that’s how confident I am in him! Â *looks up his next start* Â Okay, not that confident, but I’d start him there.
Drew Hutchison – I know it doesn’t seem entirely logical to throw Hutchison in every home game — it’s not like his home stadium is pitcher friendly — but his home ERA is 2.46, and Hutch should be thrown. Â The Stream-o-Nator also agrees while it tries to get its sister from dating the Hitter-Tron.
Brett Anderson – Another Stream-o-Nator call like the call it made to its sister that went like this, “Hitter-Tron just wants to get in your muffler.  What don’t you understand?”  Sounds like a Lifetime movie with robots.
SELL
Mark Teixeira – Um, yeah, he’s hurt. Â Control, alt, delete him from your team.
Freddie Freeman – No, I’m not dropping him in every league.  If the best 1st baseman on your waivers is Jesus Montero, then Jesus hold.  But for the final few weeks, Freeman or Lind?  Well, could go either way, and Lind is just as likely to be as good.
Gerardo Parra – In the end, you should’ve never trusted anyone named after a one-hit wonder.
Jay Bruce – I could backdate this to March and it would still make sense.  I’m not saying to drop Jay Bruce.  I’m am advising you to remove this ulcer from your team.  If you watched Show Me A Hero on HBO, I have it on good authority that Oscar Isaacs got into character for the constant source of stress from his housing predicament by trading for Bruce in real life (this also helped him get in the Bruce Springsteen spirit).  Ah, method actors.  By the by, Show Me A Hero was solid; only David Simon could make a story about bureaucracy the least bit fascinating.   I still like Tyler, the Creator’s song about Yonkers better.  Bruce could hit a home run tomorrow, then do nothing for two weeks.  Haven’t we seen this act before?  It’s rhetorical, but if you must answer.  Yes, we’ve this same shizz before from this schmohawk.  No, I’m not unwilling to take risks.  I am not circumspect.  Grey is not circumspect!  By the by, someone should open a store that sells eyeglasses called Circumspecs.  But keeping Bruce is actually more risky than just streaming hitters.  Goodbye, Bruce, I am free of your agita-inducing and now I have to go explain to the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce why I’m badmouthing a Bruce.
I’M FIRST!!! I’M FIRST!!!
Now if only my fantasy teams would cooperate…
Haha
@Grey:
Ok, since it’s just you and me…
16-team, H2H playoffs start next week. Start 5 (W=10, L=-5, QS=5, etc.)
I’ll consult the stream-o-nator as always, but I want your gut feeling. Who to start out of these three?
Sonny Gray vsHOU (Kazmir)
Hutchinson @BOS (Kelly)
Shoemaker vsLAD (Greinke) and vsHOU (Fiers)
My other arms are Greinke, Fiers, Salazar and Leake.
Bad luck that Shoe is facing two of my other arms next week. Sigh.
Gray
@Commish Cauda: Tough to tell what your real decision is here. I’d go in this order.
Greinke (possibly 2 starts)
Shoemaker (2 starts)
Fiers (2 starts)
Salazar
Gray
Leake/Hutchison probably depends on Leake’s matchup. Hutchison @BOS is scary, so probably Leake if he’s at home.
Hey Grey, H2H points keeper league….G. Parra or Dom Santana for next 3 years? Thanks!
Santana
*********David Ross’ walkup music is Forever Young*********
He is a hip guy
@Carnac: he stole that from Jamie Moyer
Haha
Jamie Moyer was never young.
His great grandkids are
Jamie Moyer, MLB’s Jeff Spicoli: Kept getting older while all his teammates stayed the same age.
Jamie Moyer, when you wanted your other free agent signings to appear better
@Grey: BTW – that’s a great Bob Dylan song – however, my Huey Lewis and the News cover band,name is still in the works (likely ‘Gooey Fetus in the Pews’) wants to sample the cadence made famous by the 1980s shitshow Alphaville.
Haha, hilarious… When do I get to hear something?
@Mrs.Featherbottom: Que in the MISFITS
@Carnac: that’s Wooderson…who is like a descendant of Spicoli guess
@Carnac: who stole it from Julio Franco
Seager OR Olivera
1. ROS?
2. As a keeper
Olivera…Seager
Longoria over Moustakis?
Yeah
Yeah I’m slow…but with the work day winding down here on the east coast before a holiday weekend, it’s a foregone conclusion that no more work will be done by me. I shall read all of the Razzball. Better belie’ dat….baby baaaaby!
And oh, fantasy baseball and hip-hop.
Thanks, Noisewater, you’re the best!
Actually, the Hollywood Backlot Brawl between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Goldust was the best.
I like anything with The Missing Link but that’s me
Thinking about Tracy Smothers as part of the FBI while in ECW is brightening my day right now.
I’m thinking about Michael Hayes, and I’m growing out my hair
Joel ‘The man who is so big he can’t help from hurtin her’ Gertner
I was an ECW addict
I wasn’t that big of an ECW fan… Loved me some NWA and WWF
Strictly highbrow WWF growing up for me. I randomly met Virgil a few years ago, he seemed disappointed that I only wanted to take a picture with the million dollar belt and not with him.
I bet you could’ve paid him a few hundred dollars to follow you around carrying a belt
Haha, mised opportunity. He was selling autographs for something like $10 at the mall. It might have only taken $20 and an Applebee’s giftcard with $8.46 remaining to get him to follow me around with a leather women’s belt from JC Penney.
Im surprised he doesn’t offer this service on Craigslist… “Will follow you around for one full day for $50, gift cards accepted.”
Virgil would be such a better gift than unlimited salad and breadsticks….by myself.
I’d just want to walk into an Applebee’s and say, “Table for just me and my valet.”
I have to dominate pitching in my playoff round next week (12 team redraft) as my hitting has been iffy, hurt lately. SPs are Price, Archer, Salazar, Garcia and Ventura with only Ventura getting two starts. I have Rodon with a projected start Monday vs Cleveland. He has been pretty good but seems prone to short starts and walks, home runs at times. Roll with him or hold?
Start him
Wasn’t the Big Fragu Carmine on Laverne and Shirley?
Yup!
Grey, my man, Didi or Seager?
Thanks.
Enjoy your weekend.
Seager… You too!
What up, dude! Been reading, but no time lately to comment.
But yeah, crunch time, and my SS is a mess with Flores and Crawford giving me nothing this week. I decided to be patient and Notorious D.I.D.I went away. Wondering if at this point, I hold, doing ok this week (it’s a H2H) or look elsewhere. Choices aren’t stellar.
You don’t have time to comment? Cmon! I’d hold for now
@Grey: I know, I suck. Yeah, was thinking that, too. Ok, thanks. Have yourself a great weekend!
You too!
Pick one
Eovaldi vs rays
Ray @cubs
Colon @miami
Duffy vs white sox
Chavez vs Seattle
Eovaldi
schwarber… I’m currently on my bye. I Start round 2 of my playoffs on Monday in a weekly league. Do I start him? Do I hold him? Do I find room for yadi Molina instead? 12-team league. Yadi seems like safe bet, but Schwarber is a treat that I would hate to miss out on.
Thanks!
Meh, hold for now
Drop hutxh ,hammels,Hendricks, or corbin
Hendricks
Is Perkins dropable at this point? I’m in a 7×7 with saves and holds. Will make the playoffs which start next week and figure that spot is better served with someone else. 4 RP slots and my other guys are Kenley, Andrew Miller, and Wade Davis.
Grab Wilhelmsen or Doolittle? Only 2 moves per week, and I have 1 left which is slowing me to act.
Yeah, Wilhelmsen
Do you think Stanton provides any value for the final few weeks in redraft leagues, or can I cut bait to put Stroman on my DL in a league where pitching is scarce? I don’t need his power and id be looking for avg more than anything else.
Yeah, go for it
The opening was genius. Can I call you big poppy?
Coughing, Seaver or Baez to ride the season out?
Thanks! Tough call… Seager
Damn Grey! The Big Fragu might be giving you a run for the money in the handsome department! It takes a real sexy beast to pull of a tshirt with that neckline!
Hittertron loves Chris Coghlan next week ($16.6 – @ STL, @ PHI)
Do you like him better in the MI/CI slot than either Moss (vs CHI, @CIN) or Odor? (@SEA, vs OAK)
Thanks man. Have a great Labor day weekend
I know, right? I don’t like Coghlan more… You too!
Would you drop Wong or Kipnis for Baez?
8 Team H2H – H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBPS
Nope
Hector olivera weekly matchup are to hard after next week
Yeah
Who is a better backup infielder : Duffy – 2b,3b or E,Escobar – SS,3B.
My other infielders (who all start ) are :
Rendon , K.Seager , Desmond , Bogaerts , Ryan Zimm.
Mixed daily 6×6 roto
Eduardo
Didi or Wong? Keeper
even if i’m sold at Batting-Keepers ….
just for the last weeks …and win the championship
Wong
Dude, we both rocked a Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart reference in the same day! We must be Bergen County bros…
I was born in Hackensack!
@Grey: Yeah, you mentioned that before. Born in Teaneck. Lived in Bergenfield until 5th grade and then moved to River Vale…
Teaneck’s the bomb dot gov
Sizzlechest!
Nice!
Drop Chen in favor of streaming Hutch vs. the O’s or Anderson vs. the Padres tonight? He got hit hard is last time out and now he’s about to face Toronto. Thanks!
@Lincecuminmypants: Meant Bolsingser vs. the Padres.
Go for it
@Grey: Hutch or Bolsinger?
Hutch at home
@Grey: Thanks!!!
No problem
Call me on the yacht 10 years from now and Razzball still be on top.
Haha, nice!
Swihart or Arencibia if I need hits and trying to replace Schwarber while he’s down for a few days.
Swihart
Three day weekend, doooode! So in the spirit of buy/sell, I’m going to make an official statement. After 20+ spins through the entire album, I’m officially selling Dre’s “Compton”. Much like a dog looking for a place to take a duece, I went back-and-forth trying to find the right drop zone, but I just can’t do it. At the end of the day it’s not very good (insert disgruntled emoticon face). I really tried to like it, but after going back through all of Dre’s previously produced albums, “Compton” just seems forced with some sprinkling of desperation. Case in point, track 10 “One Shot One Kill” lyric, “you are know not in the presence of nice guys”. That’s not west-coast gangsta rap, that sounds like something I’d come up with, as a middle-aged white dude who’s upset that the grocery store ran out of tri-colored couscous. Just my two cents. Have a good weekend Grey.
What a second, are you saying there’s no more tri-colore couscous?! Yeah, I agree with you, I like the Lamar songs, but that’s not a Dre album… I’d go back and listen to 2001 right now 100 times before listening to Compton if given the choice…I do like Genocide and Darkside/Gone, but pretty meh on a lot of songs
@Grey: Yeah…the bulk bin was empty! Couldn’t believe it. Went and complained to the store manager and told him that “he’s now not in the presence of a very nice guy”. He gave me a complementary Juicy Juice box drink. I downed it in one extended slurp while maintaining squinted eye contact with him, threw it in the recycling bin and we parted ways. I guess it’s quinoa tonight for dinner.
Quinoa’s a nice sub, good, underrated grain…Need to floss afterwards though
@Grey: True that!
I am just hanging on in first in my weekly 10-team auction keeper league (5 keepers, max 3 years at auction price). Should I part ways with Kluber ($19 so not a keeper) at this point? I need total Ks to hold off the guy behind me, so I am thinking of picking up 2 start SPs over the next couple weeks based on matchups–is Kluber done so I should unload him for one of those guys?
He doesn’t sound done, but if he’s not a keeper for you and you need Ks, you need to make a move
I’m confused by who is starting for the Nats and Dodgers on Saturday.
MLB.com says it’s Joe Ross and Alex Wood, while ESPN says it’s Gio Gonzalez and Bret Anderson.
Who’s right?
Anderson one I think is right
@Grey: What about Gio or Joe Ross for tomorrow?
I think Gio, Ross on 9/6
need to drop one of fowler, peralta, parra. thanks.
Parra
Over or under 8 nats braves. I like the over. Roark vs teheran
Over
Hey Grey I Just finished the busiest week of the year. Still read and was able to grab both Seager and Baez in the wee hours of the morn in 1 rcl and 2 h2h leagues sweet. Ty owe it to your 3 am write ups.
Nice, have a good one!
Myers worth an add y shallow leagues?
Would drop Buxton
Yup
@Grey: Thanks! Sorry for the typo
No problem
Thanks Grey. You just gave my Freeman the endorsement he needed to go on a Sept. tear and make up for the lost time on the DL.
You’re welcome!
NL only with no ratios, hits added over AVG.
hundley
rizzo
Owings
Rendon
rollins
CI pedro
MI flores
OF bruce/piscotty/marte/cespedes
Util baez/rollins
BN alonso/schwarber
DL duda
drop alonso for myers or wait and see?
@Montezuma’s Revenge… right now: depth charts appear to have myers over alonso for starting.
@Montezuma’s Revenge… right now: listed rollins twice, in one of his spots is blanco (PHI)
Go for it
Hey, Grey! Quintana or Matz ros? Thanks and enjoy the weekend!
Matz
FuPa Santangelo just called Rendon the best check swinger in baseball. Yeahhhh
Haha… Wish I had check swings as a category in my league
@Grey: Check swing percentage! Rendon has never struck out on a check swing. Well, at least FP has never SEEN it. So I’m sure that’s accurate!
A new stat at Fangraphs is FP% — amount of times FuPa’s seen something
@Grey: FP+/-…ratio of a Nats performance immediately after he gloats about him.
FP-CS = What FP says minus Common Sense
Grey, what about Leake or Quintana ros? I need to drop one to activate Matz.
I’d want Leake
Wilmar Flores, Rough Odor(this is what i call my mother in law too), F. Lindor, DiDi G, and Josh Harrison, I need two of these guys for my stretch run H2H 6×6 ops league
Lindor, Didi
@Dnut Eastwood: MI and 2B obviously Grayskull,……… one other question you said in the past week that Noah SYndergard will miss starts to lesson his work load. They skipped his start this week he will have a 10 day rest… In my league i have essentially wrapped up a first round by. our season goes right up untill the end of the regular season (which i think is stupid bcuz its a crap shoot at that point, the season shouldend mid sept .IMO) anyways i would think they would want to keep the young man throwing getting his work in the last two weeks of the season for the playoffs. He would obviously get some rest being the third starter. Do you think i should hold on to Noah for the stretch run or let him go and stream that roster spot.
Ok, thanks!
No problem
this time degrom doesn’t have food poisoning, so this time it’s more ok to start freaking out.
He’s likely exhausted, lot of IP
@The Harrow: nah, he’s just getting porcello’d.
i wonder where cespedes was in player rater before NYM, as i had him all year in one league, and he wasn’t terrible, but he certainly wasn’t great either. since NYM he’s been probably a top 2 player overall though.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: and in an NL only i was sorta pissed that the guy with the only waiver higher than mine took reyes the day before cespedes entered system, so my “consolation prize” for not getting reyes is him. i needed a MI more than OF. Not too worried about it now, now he’s being kept for next year.
He was great the last few weeks on the Tigers too
@Grey: hmm, i didn’t remember that. i probably was benching him for the start of that, it’s back when bruce was hot, and parra probably was playing over him in that lineup too.
Sup Grey how you been..? I’m most likely in but still might have to fight to get to the playoffs and can you F’n believe I have Syndergarrd, Lynn and Kluber which all got skipped this week which was a VERY important week for me!!! Sorry.. No question but have to cry to someone.. Lol
Ha, I hear ya
Grey, Myers or Hicks?
Myers
Grey,
can I trust Teheran week after next with 2 starts @Home? Tor and Phi
Nope
wow, either the VIZ is getting a 2 out save or ATL’s monkeying around.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: he does pitch so rarely, i guess, why not?
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: shit, now we got worry
Great stuff grey,
Is it time to drop Gomez yet?
Thanks
Yeah, I could see it
Grey, how do you rank these players in a 6×5 (including obp) keep forever league
Seager
Bogaerts
Lindor
Seager, Xander
@Grey:
Thanks!
No problem
I asked you this last week, but based on this article and this ulcer I’m dealing with… Bruce vs Domingo Santana ros… points league, HR’s heavily weighted… They Still Call Me Bruce??
Ugh, I don’t know… I’d likely hold there, but I feel your pain
looking like in this 20 teamer with OPS and slugging and hits added bruce is the drop for stanton back soon probably. i’m not sure if i want him back though with that injury. this is redraft.
schwarber
carlos santana
coghlan
suarez
sandoval
OF piscotty,yelich, bruce
util shaw
BN baez, forsythe
DL grichuk/stanton
With only 3 moves left on year (which due to Yahoo’s bullshit and my own not looking at settings page showing 80 total, which may or may not have been added by comish during year) keep Shaw or drop for Bour/Conforto? Probably gotta hold in case of injuries. Yahoo didn’t show anything about add maximum on team page till it got within 3 of it, which seems like sadism. Other than sadism why wouldn’t it show the amount you have left, the way it’ll show games played/innings in a roto league at the bottom of the team page?
Wouldn’t waste a move
Grayskull,……… one other question you said in the past week that Noah SYndergard will miss starts to lesson his work load. They skipped his start this week he will have a 10 day rest… In my league i have essentially wrapped up a first round by. our season goes right up untill the end of the regular season (which i think is stupid bcuz its a crap shoot at that point, the season shouldend mid sept .IMO) anyways i would think they would want to keep the young man throwing getting his work in the last two weeks of the season for the playoffs. He would obviously get some rest being the third starter. Do you think i should hold on to Noah for the stretch run or let him go and stream that roster spot.
Reply
Stream
@Greywho your starting rotation for the Mets in the post season, do they throw the heavy dude(soul glow) between Noah and Degrom In a NLDS. I think they start Harvey, Degrom, SoUnDrGaRteNfF
DeGrom, Matz, Harvey, Noah
similar question, but for shallower (14) OBP with hits and total base, shaw vs all of bour/canha/conforto/moss/solarte party.
Conforto
What up Grey? Seager or Baez ROS?
Baez, toss up
Thanks for your timely response. Dropped Bruce for Santana. Doubleheader tmw doesn’t matter in grand scheme of league…. yawn….who wears the Mustache for football? Am I the only one who plays that cheese to avoid withdrawal? Ever mock draft a NBA fantasy just because? Asking for a friend….
Hey Grey,
10-team H2H OPS league. Playoffs start in a couple of days and want to get some hot hands going in. Which two from here?
Greg Bird (regular playing time with Tex gone)
Werth
Conforto
Didi G
Byrd
Moss
Bradley Jr
@The JoGarza: add Wil Myers to that list
Byrd, Werth
drop any of these guys for corey seager, f-gutierrez, lawrie, swihart, arencibia, castelanos, conforto, or anyone listed above
C TDA
1b edwin
2b baez
ss boagerts
3b arenado
of justin upton
of adam jones
of mate
util piscotty
util yelich
bench wong, khris davis
Meh, you can hold
Drop hendricks, corbin, c-mart, odorizzi, hammel for
happ, eovaldi, tomlin, jorge de la rosa
Hendricks, Hammel — Happ, Eovaldi
Playoffs next week. My three MI guys are Forsythe, Escobar and Herrera. They have been good lately and I like the Forsythe match up particularly despite only 6 games. Flores, DiDi and Prado on the wire. thoughts on which are the three best overall to roll with given these match ups with DiDi and Prado both seemingly having missed their opponents top pitchers.
Forsythe….3 @ Detriot, 3 v Bost
Herrera….3 v Atl, 4 v Cubs
Escobar….3 @ KC, 3 @ White Sox
Prado….3 v Mil, 3 v Wash
Flores…..3 @ Wash, 4 @ Atl (Scherzer and Zim slated as SP first 2 games)
DiDi……3 v Balt, 4 v Tor
Logan, Didi, Flores
Who do i drop Bruce, inciarte, wong, rendon, gattis for
piscotty, franklin gutierrez, baez, flores, eduardo escobar, lawrie,ozuna,gallo, tda, conforto
Bruce for Ozuna
Fuck You Cargo
Fuck You Piss Davis…. since i traded you on June 1st you’ve: Hit 40HR’s for the team i traded you to!!!!!!! #ITHURTSSOOOOOOOOOOBAD
Is Perkins droppable now? Thanks
Yes
Is it safe to start T Ross (vs LAD Anderson at home) and Holland (@LAA Weaver) today? Thanks
I’d start them
Hi Grey, thanks to your articles.
Correa or C Seager in a keeper league?
Correa
@Grey:
Thank you.
Do you think Correa a top two SS in next years? (Tulo and him maybe?)
Yeah, Correa should be top 2 SS
Hey Grey,
Shoemaker and Jungman were dropped in my league. My only drops for either would be Corbin, Quintana or Leake. What do you think?
Also should I pickup Didi with my only drop options being dietricht or Eduardo Escobar (another Buy)? I have Correa at SS and rotating Escobar, Baez, dietricht at 2b. Not sure it make sense to make a move here but figured I’d ask. Thanks as always.
And thanks for the whole years worth of advice and entertainment. Looks like I’m finishing second overall in my regular season in my keeper which in my league gets me my entry fee back and first round bye. You guys at Razzball are great.
Can lose Quintana for Shoemaker…Dietrich for Didi…No problem
I have Jepsen… is it time to drop perkins?? will he get his gig back?? im rading he cant even walk and they wont dl him with a retro which would be a game or 2 after the road trip.. god dam 40 man rosters!
Yeah, you can drop Perkins
Bruce or Dom Santana, next 3 weeks?
Tough call, Domingo
Okay Grey final day of regular season streaming tomorrow so are any of the following guys a safe bet for a positive score tomorrow?
ESPN 10 Team H2H Points:
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
J. Ross vs. ATL (11.2)
Cashner vs. LAD (-1.5)
R. de la Rosa vs. SF (-4.4)
Ross
@Grey: Sweet now the question who to drop based on their next start I guess?
Syndergaard @ATL (16.6)
J. Garcia @CIN (13.7)
T. Ross vs. COL (25.9)
Rodon vs. CLE (4.7)
Walker vs. TEX (13.5)
McHugh @OAK (9.0)
Walker
Alex Gordon was cut, how much money should I spend to get him. I have $99 of $100 left. This is for a 14 team h2h league. I’m in first and will have a first round bye in the playoffs. I could platoon him with Beltran.
How much as you need compared to the next highest guy… I have no idea…
@Grey:
There is 5 teams with $100 left. Should I go balls to the wall and bid $99?
I guess, why are you saving the money otherwise?
@Grey:
There’s been nobody really worth spending it on.
Then I’d just throw my money at Gordon if you need him, he will sit every other day but you can platoon him with Beltran
Hey Saturday Grey. Drop Kluber with three playoff weeks remaining for Shoemaker? An absolutely unprecedented assault on our fave rostered arms in Carasco, Lynn, Stressburgh, AND Kluber!!! OR maybe drop Doolittle (& cling to a hopeful few solid Kluber starts) if you think he will not close within the next 3 weeks? Thank you so much.
I’d lose Doolittle
Hey Grey.. There’s one week after this one and I’m close this week and lost all those pitchers that were skipped this week or hurt. I need to make playoffs but Also would like to have Lynn in playoffs. Actually i just checked and the guy that is one game out from me is gonna lose this week even we lose this week and he wins and i lose next week and we tie, i’m still killing him in points so i’m 95% in the playoffs ( Sorry about the rambling) Anyway, Do I drop Lynn or ride him out if you were in my position?? I can’t hold him in the playoffs which are only 2 weeks long by the way
Not Lynn I meant Kluber
Drop him for who?
Anybody,, Isn’t he out maybe for season?
i like how right rotoworld is about FraGu being such a weakling with injuries:
“Franklin Gutierrez left Friday’s game because of right groin tightness.
The Mariners haven’t been able to resist overusing Gutierrez of late, so it was only a matter of time until something like this happened”.
So playing NEARLY most of the time is too much baseball for this guy apparently, and there’s years of data showing this to be true. so he’s worse than tulo and his get off twice a week body
@And Now the Jon Lovitz Dancers!: tulo gets off less now with TOR, but when he was still on COL he was rested about as much as beef welington
Agreed
Yeah
Have a huge H2H game this coming week (basic 5 cats) – Semien and A. Cabrera are my current SS’s – Lowrie, Gregorius and Suarez are on the Waiver Wire. Time to upgrade for stretch run?
@mr. west: Marte is out there too
I’d go Eugenio and Didi
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
I am starting to think ARod is actually a 40 year old playing in the dog days….not the spring chicken we saw in the first half. which begs the question, in a playoff week, is he droppable? Seems crazy given his home run and RBI totals for the year, but hard to stomach last 5 weeks. Didi, Canha, Flores, Prado, Taylor, Ozuna on the wire and can fit in at utility.
Sure, I could see it… Ozuna
@Grey: nice…..tx
No problem
whats up Grey, I know its not your sport but the kickoff of college football has begun. And my point of interest for you is the new quarterback at UCLA is Jewish. Im trying to get you off the Marino kick and get you into the 21st century. Kid will be a pro one day.
Is he any good? A Jew All-American? What’s the world coming to?
@Grey: he was the number one freshman recruit last year and started today as a true freshman. He looked super sharp, composed and killed it. He’s like the Correa of freshmen QB’s
Wow, go Jews!
@Grey: and he has golden blonde locks of hair
He must’ve converted for the jokes
@Grey: or his parents dropped the berg at the end of their name
Yeah, something fishy here, and it’s not gefilte
@Grey: I just looked it up and he has a Jewish father and a quaker mother, does that make him an oatmeal bagel?
It makes him not a Jew
@J-FOH: he had a Bar Mitzvah
Hector Santiago vs C. Lewis @ LAA or Hendricks vs De La Rosa(ARI) @ CHC ?? SON Loves both
Hendricks
Need a CI replacement b/c Fat Panda hit the DL. Which is most likely serindipity anyways. J Morneau, D Valencia, J Bour or B Drury. Thoughts?
Bour
@JohnnySquid:
Just remember Bour faces a lefty in Matz on Sunday . He can’t hit lefties.
@JoeG414: I’m in a weekly league so most likely need him for the next 15 days. I have 1st place in my league wrapped up so I get a bye next week anyways for 1st round of playoffs. But yeah that’s something to consider and maybe a HitterTron call in two weeks.
Hey Grey,
Hope you’re doing well with the season winding down. Pick 2 of the 4 please:
Holland, colon, Richards, Nola,
Holland, Richards
@Grey: weekly roto, who do you like better next week? T Ross vs col or Garcia @ cin?
Thanks. Hope you and cougs are enjoying the long weekend…
Garcia, thanks you too!
Domingo Santana ; 4 for 8 today and 7 for his last 15 , small sample size but could be on to something here. Could pick him up as a batty call for Sunday @ Cin. vs Lorenzen . I got Bour & Moreland facing lefties and Hicks facing Keuchel . Whata think ?
Sure, try it with Domingo
@Grey:
Can’t believe he’s not in the lineup today, wow .
Yeah, I know
@Grey:
I wanted to get back to you sooner , but it worked great as I had to put Hicks and E.Escobar in there (Sanatana and Zimmerman didn’t play ) And they both hit homers.
Luck does come in to play a lot in out thing.
Thanks for your all help Grey!!! Including next week, The season finals are in 3 weeks.. On the 3rd week.. Do i drop Kluber for a streamer?? I have no DL spot
Sure
With Kluber DTD, I paid a very cheap price (B+ closer) for Kluber.
I don’t worry about SV but I am struggle with pitching scores.
Is it a good trade? Will Kluber contribute something before the end of season? Thanks.
Nope
@Grey: OK. It seems I waste a closer.. Pity..
Is it safe to start Ventura (vs CWS Johnson) and Kennedy (vs LAD Anderson) all at home tomorrow? Or sit any one of them? Thanks.
Yeah
As per my usual weekly questions …hanging on to 1st in one league & barely out of 1st in another both are $$ leagues). Thanks for Razzball & all your dedication to us “fantasy baseballers” with our endless questions throughout a very long season.
5X5 roto -7 pitchers (total SP/RP) for a weekly lineup, I need Saves so I am starting at least 3 RPs out of Allen (3 @CWS & 4 vs Det); Ramos (3 vs Mil & 3 vs Was); Tolleson ([email protected] Sea & 3 vs Oak) or Wilhelmsen (4 vs Tex & 3 vs Col)
Arrieta starts every week. Wacha seems a for sure start with 2 games (vs CHC & @ Cin)
Leaving me Holland @Sea; Rodon vs Cle or McHugh @ Oak.
Furthering complicating all this I have Matz coming off the DL @Atl & Crrasco supposedly coming off the DL on Tues for 2 Starts (@CWS & vs Det) most likely dropping the likes of Nola & Gausman (or Odorizzi).
1. Drop those 2 to activate Matz & Carrasco?
2.Start Carrasco?? by sitting Holland ?? or one of the 4 RPs? or using Rodon or McHugh instead of Holland with only 3 RPs
Thanks again …hope this makes sense …I feel like having more info makes it easier to give your advise but hopefully it makes sense
1. Yes 2. Sit Ramos
So start the 3 RPs with both Carrasco & Holland?
Yup
Sorry to be more clear I would start the 3 RPs (& sit Ramos) along with SPs Arrieta, Wacha, Carrasco & Holland to make my 7 pitching starters for the week? I could put Matz in for Holland if that looks better.
@henncoop: Thanks
Yeah, sit Ramos… Holland over Matz
Colon vs braves or Ervin Santana vs white sox
Colon
Currently 4th in Runs; 8th in Avg; 1st in HRs & RBIs (somewhat comfortably) & 5th in SBs
Looking to replace Paulsen after his home batty call & possibly K Davis (.235 avg hurting although he is stealing bases 4 in the past 3 weeks)
Other OFs C Davis, J Up, DeShields & Avisail
Possible pick ups would be Gose, Eaton, Rosario, Coglan, Colabello, Kiermaier, Bradley Jr., or Moss
@henncoop: Wil Myers need to come off the DL ……..keep Myers or are K Davis or one of the above pick up better options???
Davis over Myers
Eaton over Paulsen
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. Need a replacement for schwarber for next week. Need avg and runs most. Yan, Ramos or swihart?
Thanks.
Gomes
Last questions for today ….thank you so much
1. Start 2 of Taylor, Inciarte. or Bradley Jr for next week??
2 Start 3 of Liriano ( @ Cin & vs Mil); Corbin (vs LA & vs SF); Carrasco (@ CWS & vs Det); Hammel ( @ StL & @ Phi); or Strasburg (vs NYM) ??
1. Taylor, Bradley 2. Not Hammel, Corbin
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. Need avg, runs and sbs. Drop CarGomez for any of de shields, Myers, pillar or gose? All of them?
All of them? Gose, depends on needs
jesus, joe the boss must be worried he’ll walk 6 guys again, and is pitching to contact, i’m gonna lose K’s this week by about 2 from this shit. Unless i get lucky and Bum gets fewer than usually by a bit. i could get even more lucky if Bum gets lit up in COL and win losses/ERA though.
@Flowers misses his old glasses… he’s ok tho: there likely went any chance at ERA, man Ross getting turd (mix of tired and shitty)
@Flowers misses his old glasses… he’s ok tho: or tird.
Last question …I promise
Jepson over Ramos ROS?
Yes, Jepsen
Drop Pujols for cron??
No
Drop ziegler or machi for axford and hudson?
Drop machi for jepsen
Ziegler for Axford, Machi for Jepsen
@Grey: also have doolittle drop him instead of ziegler for axford?
Drop Doolittle
Add iglesias, holland, quintana for c-mart, strasburg, walker?
Holland for Walker
@Mike Stokes: or drop one and add jepson or axford
ip, w, k, hits, bb, era, whip, cg, sho, saves
Pitchers are
Felix hernandez
Gerrit Cole
Cody Allen
MAchi
Wilhelmsen
Osuna
k-rod
salazar
liriano
strasburg
tajuan
@Mike Stokes: c-mart also
Drop bruce for piscotty, ozuna, khris davis, cron, valencia, moustakas
Piscotty
Corey Seager or correa?
Correa
Since you didn’t come by today I was curious about my off the cuff idea of an off season sleeper redemption post where you take a former sleeper who hasn’t lived up to their potential.
Bounce back? Post-hype?
@Grey: but as a post, like returning to the shark tank for a second go at it
Sounds solid!
Need some advice of next week
have khris davis and jay bruce, drop for cron, conforto,ozuna?
Cron
After an awful 11-27 start to the season, I’m going to finish up at 119-81-10 and another league championship.
I owe so much of it to you. Thank you so much for your outstanding work.
No problem, congrats!
Bye week next week.Which of these OF’s would you want in a vacuum for the last 2weeks? It’d be a bench,matchup spot I grabbed Myers for a look when he got the call,but was planning on Davis until Polanco got dropped.
SON has them KDavis(84),Myers(131),Polanco(41),Beltran(191) but I use that more for matchups than long term(a week is REAL long term as my last roster guy).I’ve got Puig on the DL but it looks like he might not get back.
Also,what 2 MI out of Flores,Eduardo Escobar and Baez.I’ve got Correa,Cano,Zobrist(OF eligible) for 2b,SS and MI with 2 UTIL spots.
I’d go Davis… Flores, Eduardo
@Grey: Thank,I guess I’ll grab Davis now,just in case somebody else is eyeing him.I can always switch for a scmotato if/when things change.
Don’t labor too hard tomorrow.
I’d like to thank my offense–Crush, Cargo, Torenado, Xander, Cain Sugar, Sano. et al for hitting 25 HRs this week and sweeping the categories.
I’d also like to thank Johnny Cueto for losing all my pitching cats for me to keep me humble and grounded.
Haha, nice
looking like swiggy’s body is doing what his mind should be… giving up on the DET organization same way they did on him ever winning anything with them. Exactly what was the point of letting Scherzer go to save money to resign Price if you only let Price go too? Lobstein and Soylent Greene aren’t gonna be part of any WS team.
@goodfold2: also, drop cousins bleg (sandoval) for farmer lowrie?
Yes, Lowrie
Ha
Finally ready to shitcan VMart . . . R. Howard (all RH this week but in 0-15 slump), Bird, Moss, Canha, Morrison (3 LH this week) on wire . . . any of them worth jettisoning the bastard for? Also, have Paulsen, he’s no bargain either lately . . .
Morrison
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
Okay Grey tomorrow is day 1 of my first playoff matchup so stream one or both of these guys tomorrow?
ESPN 10 Team H2H Points:
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
Fiers @OAK (15.6)
Corbin vs. SF (10.7)
Thanks again for your help this year as I locked up first place in the standings because of you!
Nice… Stream both
D. Santana or J. Lowrie, last 3 weeks redraft.
Lowrie
Which astro u starting next week?
Gomez or Springer
Springer