I saw an article the other day titled, “Brewers: Buyers or Sellers?” Admittedly, I only read the title. I figured I’d save myself some time because the Brewers are in last place, 19 games behind the Cardinals. Maybe the article was talking about the art of selling home brewed beer and had nothing to do with baseball. Buying or selling could be a conundrum for the home brewmaster along with, “What do you tell your wife about why she can’t go into the garage?” “Can you name your beer ‘HeineKEN’ if your name is Ken and other copyright laws?” And my favorite home brewer conundrum, “Skunked or urinated on by the family dog, how can I tell?” Yeah, I’m guessing the Milwaukee Brewers are sellers, which means Carlos Gomez, Gerardo Parra and others are headed somewhere. This will open everyday playing time for Khris Davis. It’s Khrismas in July! *ringing bell* Come Khristian boys and girls and Jewish boys and girls that want to pretend, it’s that special time of year! Why do we care about Davis? Because he has 30-homer power something baseball lost just after they started testing for those pesky PEDs. Right now, Davis is owned in less than 10% of leagues, but I could see that shooting up to 75% owned in the next month if he hits for power and gets everyday playing time as I imagine he will. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Delino DeShields – Sometimes I sit around wondering how Ron Washington is doing. I hear he’s an infield coach for the A’s. I hope he’s doing well and not sniffing too much of the devil’s dandruff. I’m reminded of him because Delino seems like a player Ron would’ve enjoyed managing. Maybe Ron’s kid can move up the Rangers’ ranks and manage the club soon.
Alejandro De Aza – The Red Sox outfield is a bit crowded and I’m not talking Hanley’s ego. Snap in the inverted W formation! Ow, my elbow! I still like De Aza, but you might need to platoon him occasionally.
Marlon Byrd – I wonder if he ever gets mail meant for Pence, The Gangly Manbird.
Thomas Pham – You know how some fans grab a group of friends and make a cheering section for a player? Like Padilla’s Flotilla or The Wolf Pack. Some guys (because girls aren’t dopey enough to do this) should get together and dress up like Hormel Canned Hams all with the letter P on them.
Gregor Blanco – Aoki’s not Aoki-dokie and Blanco has been starting and performing with his own special brand of empty average, some speed and runs. By the by, Gregor Blanco sounds like a Russian Albino and Angel Pagan is the star of Dan Brown’s next novel, so who’s next for the Giants, Eduardo Nunez, who’s secretly Ed, The Crossdressing Nun?
Jarrod Dyson – I just gave you my Jarrod Dyson fantasy. It involved a vacuuming chicken. Why does that make me aroused?
Preston Tucker – Okay, you’re wondering, what’s the deal with me and Tucker? Sure, he’s been hitting 2nd, but so what, right? He had 10 homers in 25 games in Triple-A and has always shown power. Plus, hitting 2nd shows the Astros want him to succeed. That’s good, they’re invested. Now if he starts hitting bombs, everyone will scramble for him, ‘n presto!
John Jaso – You think he accidentally writes his name Joh Jason? Or Jason Joh? Or John Jaso Jingleheimer Schmidt? I have questions, y’all!
C.J. Cron – I don’t even know why I bother with this guy. Well, I should correct that. I know why I bother, because he has 30 homer power. The problem is The Sciosciapath will likely play Matt Joyce, Efren Navarro, Taylor Featherston, Grant Green or a whole slew of guys whose names you likely think I’m making up. “Efren Navarro? C’mon! At my auction, I tried to draft Nadir Bupkis and everyone made fun of me!”
Clint Robinson – He’s been playing with the Nats banged up, which sounds like a phrase Eduardo Nunez would slap my knuckles over. Ed, The Crossdressing Nun, “We don’t say banged up!” Robinson is more or less a Quad-A player, so don’t get your hopes up. “Your hopes better be the only thing up, mister!”
Stephen Piscotty – Could be called up shortly to replace Mini Donkey. Ask Prospect Mike why you should be interested in Piscotty. Or ask him about biscotti, he loves hard cookies.
Nick Castellanos – One of the hottest schmotatoes in the land and that land is The Land of Hot Schmotatoes, so we’re talking a real hot schmotato here.
Kelly Johnson – Here’s a Hitter-Tron call just like that heavy breathing phone call the Hitter-Tron made to a steel factory.
Jake Lamb – How awkward would it be if the Diamondbacks roomed Lamb with Yasmany? “That’s not the mini bar; that’s my leg!”
Eugenio Suarez – This guy feels like a hot schmotato that will cool by the time you pick him up, but maybe he’ll make look you look like an Eugenius.
Ervin Santana – Just think, if you own Ervin and Tucker, you can rename your team Presto ‘n Magic. Or just go with its current name of, I Hate Pablo Sandoval.
Andrew Heaney – He’s looked terrific so far, and I liked him a lot coming into this year, but I do worry he could get squeezed out of a job shortly with Weaver returning. Worth a grab in deeper leagues, just in case.
Wei-Yin Chen – I understand he’s not this good, but for more than half the year his ERA is at 2.82. Maybe you pick him up until he’s not pitching well. Let’s try that.
Kyle Hendricks – This is a strictly Stream-o-Nator call. Well, not exactly, I do like Hendricks in deeper leagues, but I’d at the very least stream him.
Ryan Vogelsong – Again, Stream-o-Nator loves his next start, and vs. the Phils is a no brainer. Hey, a no brainer is my specialty!
Joe Smith – I just went over this morning why Smith has my interest piqued. Give it a pique!
Jeremy Jeffress – I gave Will Smith a chance on my teams and he shat on my pursuit of happyness. Now if K-Rod gets traded, I’m thinking it might be Jeffress.
Jason Motte – I’m not going to run down all of the closers that aren’t owned in more than 50% of leagues. It’s ridunk at this point that Ziegler, Osuna and Motte aren’t owned. If this is because there’s leagues that are 4×4 being counted towards ownership numbers, then my apologies. If there is one league in there where Ziegler et al. aren’t owned and someone needs saves, so help me if I have to come back here!
Scooter Gennett – Here’s one of my secret crushes that I Catfish late at night, but I honestly don’t exactly know why. I think I like his power possibility.
Rougned Odor – You think he purposely forgoes deodorant because he’s going to hear about it anyway?
SELL
Ryan Braun – I don’t hate Ryan Braun. Okay, I do, but that’s not why I’m telling you to sell him. I’m telling you to sell him because he still has name value that’s more valuable than he will be going forward. To pick up what I was talking about in the lede, the Brewers will be sellers and Braun will have nothing to play for and even less to play with. It’s fine for a guy like Khris Davis who just needs ABs, but Braun could be batting in front of Hernan Perez and behind Shane Peterson. Then throw in the fact that Braun is a legit sneeze away from the DL. Plus, how hard do you think the Brewers will push Braun if he’s nursing something day-to-day that doesn’t have a nipple? Not hard. I’m not saying sell him for a previously licked donut, but I would explore options.
Offered Cargo for J Upton (including his Oblique) .
CarGo?
Smooth work today, sir. Do I drop any of these batters or pitchers to pull Holliday off the DL or do I drop Holliday. Tried to deal him with no success. 12 team H2h 6×5 (ops added) and in second place 8 games ahead and 4 behind. Average on power lately (I do have arenado and Joc) and average on speed (Wong, odor, maybin giving me most steals)
Maybin, Lind, Pillar, Hosmer (I have fielder for1B as well, 2 utility spots)
My rotation and rp: scherzer, Lester, McCullers, Heston, Chavez, Santana, K Hendricks, w Davis, aj Ramos, storen, gregerson
Thanks! Meh, can lose Pillar I guess…No easy answer
@Grey: Yea, that’s about how I feel. Thanks.
No problem
Drop Jay Bruce or Brock Holt for “Myles Bennett” Jarrod Dyson?
Haha…Holt
In a keeper league would you deal Cole and Bogaerts for Bumgarner and Tulo if Tulo and Bumgarner were unkeepable next year? In particular, I am trying to upgrade my lineup for the second half. Another alternative would be to add Betts (from my side) and Kipnis to the deal. Betts would be keepable – Kipnis is not. Thanks so much and have a great weekend.
I wouldn’t do that deal
Ah, biscotti…
When you can’t decide between a bland cookie and getting stabbed in the roof of the mouth…why not have both?
HA!
10 team, 5×5 standard full season roto league..
Khris Davis or Jay Bruce?
Bruce
@Grey: see you are still holding the flame for bruce from last year, which side would you rather?
Chris Davis, Fiers
or
Jay bruce, Napoli and bradley zimmer
@tyler daniels: sorry keeper obs.
Davis
Do you think Dyson gets the every day job, or does he split time with Paulo Orlando?
Likely splits time here and there
I’m hoping Shoemaker gets bumped. Especially if heanys next few starts are as good as his last few. But who the shit knows with the angels
He should!
Oh no, not another 3B. We need 1Bs, farm systems!
Ha
Sorry. Carlos Gonzalez or J Upton?
Coin flip… Upton
@Eric: cargo 1 works too.
OF musical chairs!! What fave two of these guys
melky stubbs Moss Taylor(span out)
@John: i guess if you could rank top 3 please and add Krush Davis
Melky, Moss
Do you think Tomas’ power will come around to make him a complete player or is this what we’re gonna get w/this guy? Looking at his numbers, if his power comes around, he could be a h2h points league stud but SON says I should grab Moss over him ROS for my h2h points keeper league?
I think he’s going to hit 25 homers or more
The bigger question is, will these guys still be available after I’m done Braveing Coors? See what I did there? Huh? huh?
Ha
Would you deal for Lucroy if your starter was Norris? 6×6 weekly H2H with OBP, SLG, R, RBI, HR, SB.
Cost is Montgomery and possibly Norris.
Sure, try it
I think what Johnson has going for him is sharing a name with the hot, cool chick next door.
Yeah, her and Chris Denorfia
Hey Grey drop Neil Walker for Ian Desmond? Thanks
Sure
In a deep keeper league, who would you rather have, Rougned Odor or Roberto Osuna?
Odor
Apples and oranges though
@Grey: Agree. Trying to decide what to offer a league mate for Odor. I’ve got four closers already, so Osuna is expendable.
Go for it
Oh man, I need SP. Who’s the best of this bunch?
Milone, Koehler, Ian Kennedy, Wisler, or Fiers?
Fiers, streamers
@Grey: thanks man. I was leaning that way too.
No problem
Whats up Grey, better speculative closer add Motte or Smith?
Motte
How’s it going Grey? Great Buy/Sell write up.
15-team roto 6×6 (OBP, QS), non keeper, extremely limited roster move and waiver pick ups
Would you trade Harper for Lester and one of these OFs (Carlos Gomez, Brantly, or Betts)?
Current Staff: (start 7, cannot stream because of moves limit)
Arrieta
Syndergaard
Bucholz
Jesse Chavez
Fiers
Peavy
Shoemaker
DL- Iwak and Medlen
Thanks! Sure, Betts or CarGo
20 Team Dynasty League……keep 20
Who’s my best 20?? (some no brainers in there, I’m aware)
BATTERS
Addison Russell
Nolan Arenado
Carlos Correa
Avisail Garcia
Jorge Soler
Gregory Polanco
Marlon Byrd
Jon Singleton
Arismendy Alcantara
Ramiel Tapia
Manuel Margot
Javier Baez
Oswaldo Arcia
PITCHERS
Carlos Rodon
Julio Teheran
Rick Porcello
Justin Verlander
Manny Banuelos
Sean Newcomb
Tyler Skaggs
Alex Reyes
Chi Chi Gonzalez
Jameson Taillon
Miguel Castro
Can’t do this, on my phone
@Jamie: Sorry, back at a desk now…
Carlos Rodon
Julio Teheran
Addison Russell
Nolan Arenado
Carlos Correa
Avisail Garcia
Rick Porcello
Justin Verlander
Jameson Taillon
Manny Banuelos
Jorge Soler
Gregory Polanco
Marlon Byrd
Jon Singleton
Arismendy Alcantara
Ramiel Tapia
Manuel Margot
Javier Baez
Oswaldo Arcia
Alex Reyes
You should ask Prospect Mike
@Grey:
thanks for getting back to me!!
should i think about stashing martin perez?
Meh, in some leagues I guess
Would you drop Soler for Khris Davis?
Hmm… Prolly not, close though
11 team standard Roto Redraft
Give my Yoenis for his Cueto sound fair?
I would prefer to hold Cespedes rather than sell for an arm but…
I’m in 1st in Homers (i have 12 more than the guy in 2nd) 1st in RBI’s (by 17) and Runs (by 30sh)
I’m middle of the pack in Wins and ERA but 1st place in K’s
We have 3 OF Slots and 3Util slots and the rest of my OF and bench are:
Harper, Adam Jones, Calhoun, Kyle Seager, Dyson, Byrd, Lind
My SPs are:
Archer, Pineda, Carrassco, Greinke, ( and one Streaming Slot) and I just lost Matz
His looks like he could use an OF bat and his arms worth buying are:
Gerrit Cole, Cueto, Zimmerman
@knucks: Was also looking at maybe my Harper for his Gerrit Cole + bat (possibly either Kipnis or Puig)
Would you rather a one for one deal (like Cespedes for Cueto) or a deal like Harper for Cole and a bat?
Works for me, Kipnis first
It is fair, yeah
Man oh man the break can’t come soon enough for my team.
I’m pretty bored by Dexter Fowler. Swap for Davis?
Go for it
Grehthario,
Burns sucks, I get no bags. Drop him even though he is a Y! top 120 player for Melk Man or Dyson? Or hold??
Melky
should i trade tyson ross for michael brantly or billy burns (i just lost alex gordon and my OF wasn’t very good or deep to begin with). 12 team 5×5 yahoo league (i’m in 1st place).
my team is posey(c), rizzo(1b), cano(2b), tulo(ss), fat panda(3b), marte(of), dyson(of), heyward(of), moreland(util), & cesar hernandez (bn).
pitchers are j. hammel, kyle hendricks, g. cole, familia, holland, grilli, erasmo ramirez, peavy, c. martinez, de grom, & paxton (dl).
Brantley
@Grey: thank you kind sir. any suggestions on a replacements for ross? fiers, vasquez, rubby de la rosa, and neise are all on waivers in my league… or just wait for a call-up after the break? i could also go w/ a high K RP like carson smith or carter capps.
thoughts?
You don’t have saves? Go Smith
Hey Grey,
Already grabbed K. Davis. Feel good about the OF now. Thought that I was OK with pitching, but having Matz go down sucks.
Currently have both Burns and Revere (sitting Revere as long as K. Davis is starting). Thoughts on offering Revere for T. Ross? Fair trade (he needs the speed)? Thanks for the great stuff.
It’s fair, go for it
In a keeper, which side do you like? Heyward+McCullers or Avisail Garcia+Carrasco
Avisail
Which side would you rather want in a dynasty league…upton semien or marte bogaerts?
Marte
In a 14 team H2H league where we keep 3 at their previous years draft round for one year only, Would you accept this trade:
His Pederson, Rendon, Shields for my Pujols, Wong, Graveman.
I would have Odor to feel in for Wong until Redon gets back and Edwin to cover Pujols at first. Pujols was a 2nd round pick and Wong was a 5th. I would however be interested in keeping Pederson with his 14th rd tag. I would then keep Pederson with Trout and Harper next year. Thoughts on this?
Sounds decent for you
Would you drop Franco for Tucker? I have Machado at 3b so Franco sits on the bench most of the time, meanwhile I’m dealing with Upton’s oblique and Soler at LF and RF respectively.
Meh
12-team 5×5 league
Team A: 1st place. Strengths: big gaps ahead of the next group in SB, saves. Tight races everywhere else but especially in K’s, pitching ratios, BA.
Team B: 2nd place. Strengths: K’s, MI depth (Turner, Bogaerts, Sano, Travis, DeShields need to fit into two MI spots), big BA lead. Weaknesses: saves, wins, SB, tight races in pitching ratios.
Team A’s Pollock, Lackey, Tolleson for Team B’s Sale, Turner, Giles. Team A replaces Pollock by playing Soler and Pedro Alvarez more, while Turner takes ABs away from a Flores/Valbuena/Alexei trio manning two MI spots. Team B replaces Turner by giving Sano/Travis more MI ABs, while Pollock fits into a 4 OF/1 U rotation populated by Cespedes/Jones/Moss/Colabello/Polanco/Dyson.
Whose side do you like, A, B, both or neither?
It’s fair, Sale’s better side
Almighty Grey:
I am at a standstill in my 10 team H2H keeper points league. My team is in first, pretty handily i might add. But i am just not happy with my team. I don’t even know if this is possible but would you trade my Abreu, Heyward and Archer for Brantley Marte,Machado and Kluber? I might have to add another piece but nothing too valuable.
Abreu is a Utility guy so I would be replacing him with Machado and marte and Brantley would be guys I would switch into my outfield (Harper CarGo Lite Bruce/Heyward). Kluber would be taking Archers spot in my rotation (Sale, Degrom, Keuchel, Archer, STREAMER).
Should I make this move or just hold?
Sure
Dyson or davis?? Keeper lge
@The Talent Show: I could add piscotty to that mix as well too. Thx Grey. Dyson, davis, piscotty?
Davis
Davis
Trying to follow some of the other posters in acquiring Joc in a Keeper league . Is Wacha and D. Wright too low? Thanks
Likely, yeah
Drop who to pick up JeffrEss for Saves? Osuna or Shaw
Shaw
@Grey: why add shaw for saves? hes not the closer
@ROTO OVERLORD: sorry read it wrong hes dropping one of the two….
@ROTO OVERLORD: yeah, but was he seriously thinking of dropping osuna in this one OVER shaw?
Grey, how would you feel about giving up yasmany and richards for hanels? Rotation is JoFer, Arrieta, Carrasco, Salazar, Matz, Richards and Walker.
I’d take Hamels, it’s fair
Start Odorzzi tomorrow? It seems SON likes him very much. ($23.2 vs HOU Keuchel)
Sure
Up above you said Upton and Carlos Gonzalez are a coin flip. How are they remotely a coin flip?
OF is stacked – who’s my drop out of Yelich, Soler, Garcia?
Avisail
Thanks Grey – it’s a tough call I don’t want to drop any of them.
No problem
With Motte is getting more saves, Strop can be dropped now? Thanks
Yeah
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. with new gausman will return to the rotation post asb, who do you like between gausman and peavy?
Peavy
ROS Ethier, Trumbo, Melky, Garcia (HAHA) K Davis?
Melky, Davis
12 team h2h redraft…WEAK on steals, runs and a little thin at SP. Have Donaldson at 3rd, Lemahieu at 2nd and Arenado at utl. Been offered Dee Gordon and DeGrom for my Arenado and Lynn. Thoughts?
Arenado side
Standard 12 team league 2 catcher league + OPS
I currently have Grandal and Pierzynski
I get Pedroia and Wieters
I give Beltre
Meh
I totally agree with you on Jeffress. He passes the eye test when watching him as a future closer type & he seems to have the closer mentality. Ideally needs to cut back a bit on his walks & he will be a steady closer. I also doubt the Brewers will take Smith, their best lefty specialist, & make him closer unless it was a match-up situation in the 9th & he were available.
Yup, plus Smith has been bad recently
Well, just not as good
Sweet write up
Gray & Grilli for MCCUTCHEN
Fair?
Thanks! McCutchen
Joc or Puig ROS and keeper-wise?
Correct ranking for last OF slot: Khris, Burns, Byrd?
Joc…Burns, Byrd
I do enjoy when my Joc burns Byrd too
@Grey: You can’t base rankings on name-sequence-punnability! I call shenanigans!
Aw man!
pick 2 0f the 3 TRumbo, Yelich Kris. 2)Jaso or Norris 3)Erasmo or Fiers seem like all coin flips thx Happy Friday
Yelich, Davis….Jaso…Fiers…They are all coin flips
Rodon 2 hits 6 BBs wtf get it together kid gimme that 8 inn 10 k gem you got trapped inside that arm.
Crazy how awful both Chicago’s teams offenses look some days, White Sox more days than others
@Grey: I would get a new batting coach with the White Sox the whole team is under performing so something is wrong. The Cubs are young they are prone to bad days.
Agreed, White Sox look great on paper, only not paper that lists game results
I am down a Matz and J. Zimm start in a points league this weekend. Would you consider a Brandon Beachy fresh off the DL start Saturday vs. Brewers (I dont think its official yet, either)?
I wouldn’t, but I don’t know your options
@Sir:
J.Zimm is starting on Sat
Would you trade Puig for Brett Gardner?
Joc for Braun?
Thanks.
Yeah, Gardner, Braun’s over Joc but close
Nice article Grey!
Went to the brewer game on Wednesday Davis and Gomez tore it up. Any word on what the Mets are offering for Segura and Ramirez? Have you heard any rumors about KROD getting traded? You posted Jeffress would be the next option I agree, luv that guy!
Thanks!
Did you have a brat and brew? Did Bernie slide down? Did you see the sausage race? K-Rod seems so gone, Mets need to offer something worthwhile, I’d think, I haven’t heard what
I did! I did! He did! That was my sons favorite part, Bernie! he just reminded me the sausage with the mustache won! I think I’ll pic up Jefress thanks!
Ha, nice!
Grey you starting Kzar vs oak?.. Billy Mo’Butter is 7-12 off him and the rest of A’s are meh vs him.
Proud owner of dyson bc im bout dat sagnof and I almost traded joc for ellsbury and hated myself until February.
ATTN RAZZ READERS:
-it’s MOSS FRIDAY! get him in your lineups…He hits 20 points higher has 42% of his HR and 39% of his RBI for the season on Fridays..did the math last week…it’s fact. Im sharing this bc I love you all. XOXO.
Ha, nice on Moss! I’m starting Salazar
castellanos orr paredes. paredes seems to have …stopped hitting and castellanos is a hot schmotato
tucker or pillar? pillar is nice but empty average and batting 8th
Paredes…Pillar
Hey again Grey,
Would you drop wada for Niese?
I would
Would you trade Braun for Brantley?
It’s a H2H keeper forever league
Nah
Hey, Grey! Better streamer for tomorrow: Iwakuma vs. Angels or Vogelsong vs. Phillies? Thanks!
Vogel
Carrasco, L Cain, & Strasburg for Kipnis, Trumbo, & Kazmir in a keeper (forever) 12 team roto league. Which side?
Cain side
Dynasty – don’t care about this year
Brantley or kluber or really close
Kluber, close
Shallow league with top 50 kept. OBP and SLG instead of AVG and HR. Looking to make a push to win this year, need pitching. What are your thoughts on …
My Sano, 2016 1st rd, 2016 2nd rd
for
Harvey, Votto
You should trade for a pitcher who is guaranteed to be pitching deep into Sept. if you need pitching, with that said, Harvey side
Had Andrew Miller returning from injury, was going to have to drop an arms so opted to deal Holland for Pence the Manbird.
Now I shift Yasmany to 3B to cover for Miggy and use Billy Hamilton as my single bench bat….I love him as a platooner but just kills my avg, hit and OPS cats.
Cool with the Manbird? 10 teamer h2h redraft start 5 Ofers so wire thin
Yeah, I’d take the Manbird there
where are all the bats tonight ffs?
I know, right
@Grey: In 5 leagues i am a combined 26/131 with 2 hrs
I’m like a combined 3/200 with one RBI
@Grey: Glad i left Dud A on the bench. nothing but dried up hamster shat this season.
Haha
3 questions:
1) Odorizzi, ERod, CJ Wilson ROS? Odor coming off DL tomorow…
2) OR drop Dan Murphy from MI during AS break and try and move 2 of the above starters for 1 SP?then snag Lemahieu or Muprhy for MI post trade
3) Cruz + Billy Hamilton for Harper fair? 10 teamer redraft– opponent last in steals
@jal179:
1) sorry drop whoch 1 of the 3…
Odor… I’d take Harper there… Don’t think I understand 2
@Grey:
Sorry second option is rather dropping one of those SPs, I’d drop my MI infielder instead during the Allstar break and try and make a trade where I deall say Odor + Erod for a single Sp. Then I’d have room to pickup my MI again.
Basically all of my SPs will be picked up off the wire which I hate and I’d rather try and move 2 SPs for 1 and upgrade my roster a bit.
Ah… Sure try to trade the SPs for a decent MI
Obp roto ROS
Vogt or Lucroy
Vogt
What do you think of Rendon as a keeper? This is pretty much a lost year I think. Is his health too much of a risk to keep? Roll the dice? Would you keep Addison Russell or Caesar Hernandez over him? That was a crazy question just a year ago, now, I’m not so sure.
I’d keep Rendon there
Are you buying Beachy?
Nope
Who do you like better for the next couple of years: Pineda, Salazar or Carrasco?
Carrasco, close though
Daily News headline we should have seen: MATZ, OH BALLS!
Hahaha
Grey,
Please pick your top 4 and rank em in order please:
Grandeson, n. Walker, r. Odor, k. Davis, t hunter, c.carter, Byrd, Quintana, c.anderson, Hendricks,Corbin
And would you drop Papelbon for miller, grilli, Ziegler, clipboard, boxberger?
Thanks
Davis, Hunter, Hendricks, Odor… I’d go Miller
Verlander buying or still wait and see ?
Wait and see
Bour or Cron ?
Cron
Grey 10 team keeper league OBP would you trade next year 4th Rd pick for cespedes, we keep 7 total guys. 4 offense and 3 pitchers.
I already moved my 3rd pick for jd Mart
Starters
Martin
Fielder
Lemiehu
Arenado
Hanley
Brantley
Cargo
Jd mart
Pence
Bench
DudA
Hosmer
Pedroia DL
Buxton DL
Ethier
Revere
Pitching I feel like I can stream guys
Nah, you don’t need him
SP to target for Correa?
redraft / 6×6 (ops, k/bb) league
Lester? Arrieta?
Top 2 in a OPS keeper league?
K. Davis, Dyson, Parra, Choo, DeSheilds
Davis, Choo
keeper league, can only keep 6 players. weekly h2h roto
sano, chavez, ervin santana, pillar FOR grienke, chris davis
sano is minimum price but wouldnt be kept by me, other team has no cheap keeper options.
Davis side
lost Matz own strasburg
OF…jup pederson pence betts melky moss Stanton dl. Trade pederson for hamels? 10 tm h2h
Do I need another sp think I cld use one but not killing me nothing great on wire tho.
Carrasco keuchel pineda walker Richards strasburg…meh
Don’t love it
Simmons, Miller, Suarez, Rollins, Cesar? ROS
E5 or Cory S? Seager has 3 more years of keeper eligibility while EE has none. Rather than trade Cory for EE, keep Cron, Belt or Colabello at 1B?
Cesar, Just go Belt
Knee-jerk I know, but Soria ROS over Ramos or Axford for saves?
Not over Ramos
Your buy column makes Friday even better!
Leonys or Fowler ROS?
Thanks! Fowler
Grand Master Lathario, What free agent out there is the biggest bargin to you in a 12 team points league?
Beltre
Is B.Johnson-Bos. a must add with Buc hurt ? Need a starter, 6×6 roto mixed
@Joeg414:
Or is Nola a better choice ?
I prefer Nola
Not in every league
Moreland home v. Shields or Hunter home v. Simon?
Hunter
@Grey: yikes
6×6 roto with ops
Carlos Gonzalez hit the wire. Drop hosmer, Moreland, colabello, or hunter for him?
Moreland
Need R and SB
Cesar Hernandez over Segura for ROS? or is Caser a streamer in MI? Thanks
Sure, Cesar
Thank u for the read Grey…..10team h2h 5×5
When Souza comes back from DL, who would u pick ROS, him or K Davis?
Thanks again!
Souza
Which side would you prefer? Tulo and yelich or upton and Xander? Thanks
Upton, it’s fair
Grey- 12 TM AL ONLY LEAGUE.
Sorry – phone issues and fat fingers…
12 tm Al only league .
Who is the pickup – Jeffry Marte or Jesus Montero? Looking For power.
Montero
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. My correa for Harvey? Have Xander on my bench.
@Herschel: or could do correa for Lester?
I’d take Lester
H2h 5×5
Utility spot/bench bat
Moreland
Mauer
Paredes
Cron
Castellanos
Cron
Whats up G,
ROS: Vogt or C. Santana? 12 team 6×6 OPS.
Thanks brah
Vogt
Yo Grey, who do you like ROS, Jaso or AJP? Much appreciated!
Jaso
H2H 5×5
Can you rank these guys for me or at least give me your top 3 in order? Thanks as always!
Iwakuma
Hendricks
Chen
Erasmo
Gibson
B Anderson
C Anderson
Montgomery
Chen, Hendricks, Erasmo
@Grey: Came back from a camping trip and my teams are a mess! Wondering your take on a couple players in a 12 team league:
1) In weekly leagues, is it time to stop drinking Colabello? He’s been getting benched against righties lately.
2) Is it worth holding onto Jamie Garcia and/or Matz?
3) Is it worth holding Buxton. He wouldn’t be a keeper on my team?
Thanks G!
Hope you had fun! 1) Yeah, lose him 2) Garcia should be back right after the break, lose Matz 3) Nope
@Grey: I was a company camping event that included 4 kegs and multiple beer runs. Can’t complain!
Hope you didn’t barf on your boss (or maybe I’m hoping you did)…
@Grey: best thing is when you fall asleep standing up and wake up covered in what simply has to be piss, but due to so much beer/liquor it doesn’t smell like piss at all.
Khris Davis is rotting away on the bench – for some reason after all these years they think Para can hit
Yeah, but I bet Parra is traded within the next ten days
@Mr Baseball: parra has been hitting better lately than he ever has, over an extended period.
Aybar-E.Suarez-Kelly Johnson-Delino-Khris Davis? ROS
Thanks Grey
Delino, Davis
Cant believe no one came in and mentioned grilli going down for the year
Technically, you did
@Grey: looked pretty bad
I was driving back from the desert…
Grey, Dee looks like hes out a while,who u think leads off for Miami now?
Maybe Yelich, maybe Hech
Hey Grey,
10 Teamer, 5×5
I have:
Allen, Tolleson, Familia, Ramos
Just added Johnson after the Grili news. And Motte just got dropped for some reason.
Obviously I can’t have them all, but do you like Johnson or Motte over any of the first 4?
Thanks!
Johnson over Motte
sup Grey, please choose a side. 10team h2h 5×5
Harper, C Martinez, for V Martinez, Joc, Harvey, Salazar
thanks bruh
Harper
Just lost Dee Gordon, who do you like as a replacement? Walker, Murphy, DeShields, Forsythe, Phillips, Holt, Lawrie, Duffy, Peterson, Guerrero, or Valbuena?
Have Correa at SS, Donaldson at 3B, Maybin, Soler, JD at OF with Dyson as my 4th OF and Souza on the DL FYI.
Thanks so much! Hope you don’t own him and aren’t going through this as well lol!!
Logan… I don’t have him, thankfully…
Noah Syndergaard 11$ keeper for Justin Upton 26$ keeper
10% increase each year kept, no limit on the amount of years kept.
Upton, it’s fairish
I had myself pumped up to own many shares of Preston Tucker and his untapped power! But then I noticed his GB% is like 50%. Nooooo
Tucker down…
@Carnac: so was ozuna’s last year, and that’s, oh wait, right, me and some others were worried about that one for this year…
I know Carlos Santana was a buy awhe back. How would you rand Chris Davis, sano,and Carlos Santana ros? Is it a big difference between the 3?
Davis, Carlos
I’m doing a top 100 for 2nd half on Tuesday
Sup Grey, Who’s your pick up from Carlos Santana/Marlon Byrd? Thanks
Santana
in PTS league drop any of byrd/calhoun/eaton/paredes to grab wong, and move delino to either CF or LF.
Paredes
also, in a 14 teamer with allready having d’arnaud and souza on DL does matz or hahn get dropped first for niese or some other pitcher of around that value? Hahn seems like he might be a wait and see, Matz looks F’d for most of season.
Matz
third one (if garth, (remember when people were still calling him that) is reading here is where the G3 would go if it was your post)
keep axford or grab j.johnson?
Hold
who you like most h2h moss melky trumbo Rios? Seems like they are all picking it up bit.
Moss
Which side you like? Donaldson/Ellsbury/Cole Hamles or Hanley/Carpenter/Joc? Gracias Senior
@AJ: Donaldson sidee
@J-FOH: Thanks J-HOF, Preciate!
Hey Grey,
Trumbo over Pillar ROS? Only 15 transactions left for the season
thanks
@Moscowitz: And: Pillar, Trumbo or Moreland ROS? Transactions limited and i own Pillar. I feel like Pillar will be empty avg. rest of the way with a few more bags here and there. Am i giving up valuable power by not picking up Moreland or Trumbo?
Hold your moves
Nah, hold
Hi Gray,
My team needs your suggestion!
In a 14 team Roto league, I lost C.Buchholz and S.Matz in the same week. I am in urgent need of adding another 2 SPs and the following pitchers are on the wire, could you pick 2 for me for ROS use?
I. Kennedy, J.Chavez, Kyle Gibson, Erasmo Ramírez, Kendall Graveman, T.Milone, R. De La Rosa, Aaron Nola.
Thank you!
Chavez, Erasmo
20 team dynasty with holds, K/9, relief appearances and relief wins. what’s best side o these deals. the team with jeffress already has 3 closers, and Tolleson is one of them, so it doesn’t need the possible saves jefress might get.
1. kela + vince Vela for heaney + jeffress
2. vince vela for heaney
Heaney…Heaney
14 team roto with no ERA,but BB’s added, which is best of these to replace buchholez?
rodon/erv santan/jungmann/gibson/peavy/vince V
Peavy
Pick up Caser Hernandez fromFA in 10-team league.
Is he a streamer or valuable player in MI slot? Thanks
You just asked this
@Grey:
Yes, I know he is over Segura from the answer ‘sure’.
but not sure he is a streamer or not. So the answer is..? Thanks
Wilson says:
July 11, 2015 at 8:48 am (link)
Need R and SB
Cesar Hernandez over Segura for ROS? or is Caser a streamer in MI? Thanks
Reply
GreyGrey says:
July 11, 2015 at 9:11 am (link)
Sure, Cesar
What do you mean by streamer and why does it matter?
@Grey:
Just figure out how good he is.
I need R and SB,
I may need backup plan if he is not good enough (just a flyer = streamer).
Cross that bridge when you come to it
@Grey:
OK, I will ask questions here when it comes. Ha.
Yup, No problem
Soler or K Davis for ROS? Thanks
Soler
Ay yo Grey!
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)
Would you make any add/drops to my pitching staff going into the break for ROS?
(4) SP: Scherzer, Lynn, Syndergaard, Chavez
(3) RP: Chapman, Kimbrel, K. Jansen
Bench: (Fiers, Chen, McCullers, T. Walker, Hendricks)
Bench Total: (5)
Available:
T. Ross, J. Teheran, A. Wood, Buchholz*, Y. Ventura, Cashner, Quintana, Haren, J. Garcia*, Simon, Hughes, Bolsinger, Latos, Rodon, Leake, Milone, E. Ramirez, Hahn*, Wisler, Vogelsong, Ray, Nelson, Gausman
Wood over Hendricks
Need R and SB
Trade my Correa for Dee Gorden (if healthy after all star break) ?
No
K Davis or Parra for ROS?
Davis
Morning Grey,
Limited moves keeper league, need a full in at 3b till Miggy gets back.
A. Grab Plouffe
B. Put a claim in tomorrow for Castellenatos
C. Trade Matz for Cesar
What order would you do these in?
B
B, A…Wouldn’t do C
Pls rank Boxb, J Johnson, Motte, Osuna
Johnson, Osuna
@Grey: really? Don’t like boxberger situation? Trust JJ. Osuna could lose job if someone comes in from trade. I guess they all have questions.
They do all have question marks
grey! whats up brosef? MC was pretty good this week i missed the thread! I need OF help and im trying to find a way to roster cron…..Drop Bour add cron? Maikel Franco drop Cron? Drop Paredes add Ethier? Drop Paredes for Peralta/Khris?
Yeah, solid episode… I kinda love the crazy Henry Rollins guy… Yeah, add Cron over Bour, Ethier over Paredes
@Grey: lol is that his name now henry rollins? I was going with torrets but that works too. As long as Hethal gets out soon im tired of her act she nothing but mere eye candy to me…..
Yeah, let’s lose Hetal!
@Grey: Carter vs Moore today or Cron vs Taijuan ? Crawford vs Billingsley over Maikel vs Heston ?
@ROTO OVERLORD: Would u rank eaton over Ethier? ROS
@ROTO OVERLORD: Cuddyer ?
I would
Cron…Crawford, yeah
@Grey: wow no kiddin so ethier is on a tryout then….if I see eaton or cuddyer warm up dont hesitate to add? More upside i suppose than the occasional ethier explosion game then goes back to 1 for 4
Yeah, I like Eaton a lot….Don’t like Cuddyer
Matz and Rodon too much to give up for Arrieta in a keeper? Going for it this year…
Not too much
Hey Grey, hope your having a solid weekend
15-team roto 6×6 (OBP, QS) non keeper
Disregarding Avg and OBP, how do you rank Alexei Ramirez, Odor, and Lindor ROS?
Thanks
Thanks! Odor, Lindor
Hey Grey, what side here? Price/Jose Fernandez or Carlos Marttinez/Jose Reyes thanks!!
Price, depends on needs
logan or duffy ros
@someone pissed in my alphabet soup: or jimmy p
Duffy
do you think its funny that ice T got famous with cop killer then became a cop on SVU?
I do
@someone pissed in my alphabet soup: i remember thinking the EXACT same thing the 1-3 times i’ve seen even a clip of that show.
Carter or Cron for today carter vs moore cron versus walker
Cron
Think Wood strikes Extra Coors Gold or Bites the Silver Bullet today?
I wouldn’t mess with him
@Grey: Yeah, I didn’t started Rubby instead….oh well.
Yup
Drop Colabello for Osuna?
Roberto Osuna? Sure
Ventura or Iwakuma ROS. H2h pts league. Thought Ventura but then Iwakuma was pretty good last night. Thanks.
Iwakuma
rest of season, plouffe or franco?
Franco
Who’d you rather trade away. Looking for arm maybe hamels.
Kipnis pederson pence. Who goes first
Pence
Rudy finally overtakes me. I like how tehol comes in after I lose two of my best players in the same week to talk smack. Such a really bro? moment
Yeah I didn’t understand where that Tehol smack was coming from then he dropped arguably the 2nd best catcher
@Grey: arguably, top 5… but yeah it was weird. Maybe its just me but I take no pride in beating broken teams, now broken women I’ll take all day, but not teams
I could fix your team but that wouldn’t be fair to others…
@Grey: hahaha, if you could force others to trade with me. My second half will be cray. Just you watch
Nice trade with Mike already…
@Grey: now I need to trade Sky a pitcher
Trade him a closer
@Grey: nah, I need to unload all my starting pitching
Yeah, Liriano is good, but you have too many SPs
drops may be the next move
Yeah, you’re gonna have to to stay in the K race
but of course, you seem to be forgetting that I know how to play the RCL’s
Right now you have too many SPs, been like that since your trade, but I’ve bumblefudged my outfield for the last few days so we all have missteps
By this point I want to get down to two SP’s and combine with streaming SP’s and MR’s will be fine. I’m in the process of trying to obtain an OF
Yeah, that’s key, hopefully no one trades for SPs in this league though
Cespedes and Franco for kershaw and Tomas who wins
@Someone pissed in my alphabet soup: that’s gotta be kershaw unless team really doesn’t need pitching.
welington castillo or derek norris ROS?
Norris
Grey, some advice please (great post as always by the way)
My team:
C: Perez
1B: Frazier
2B: Gordon
3B: Arenado
SS: Tulo
1B/3B: Machado
2B/SS: Kinsler
OF: Gomez, Brantley, JD, Gardner, Billy Hamilton
UT: V Mart
DL: Freeman
SP: Felix, Sale, Gray, Cole, Hamels, Shields, Fernandez, Gio Gonzalez, Salazar
RP: Miller, Britton Holland
I’m currently in second place (obviously a very shallow league).
Who should I drop when Freeman comes back?
Tehran, Sanchez, Cashner, Quintana are all on waivers are any of them better than one of my starters?
Should I sell high on Arenado/Frazier/Martinez/Gordon or are they legitimate?
Sell Shields/Kinsler for as much as I can get or hold?
Thanks a lot (ps Gardys a beast)
A beast! Trade V-Mart and Hamilton for one hitter for your OF, then move Freeman into UT…Quintana over Gio…Sell Kinsler if you can, sure
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
Hows it going Grey?
15-team roto 6×6 (OBP, QS) non keeper
Would you trade Harper for Kris Bryant and Kevin Pillar?
@Worlds First Analrapist: this is just based on value for the ROS. Pillar would replace Harper and Bryant would slot into Alexei Ramirez’s (who I would trade for a pitcher) spot as a UTIL.
I’d take Bryant
Happy Weekend Grey
Scenerio: Currently in 5th place in a 12 team keeper league where you can keep 5 players for an unlimited amount of time. My Pitching is terrible. League leader Joe (who only has Harper and Puig as elitish keepers) wants Correa and an OF.
I own J Abreau, N Arenado, A Rizzo, C Correa
I own JUpton, CGonzalez, Blackmon, Soler, Holt at OF
1. Would you trade Correa and one of Blackmon/Soler for Matt Harvey, Arrieta and J Peralta?
Waivers..(I’m allowed to make 6 glorious waiver transactions in a limited moves league because of the double week.)
2. Drop J Turner or A Lind at Util?
3. Pick 3 bum streamers or Closers: Heaney, Hendricks, Joe Smith, J Jeffress, E Ramirez, B Johnson, R Ray, T Jungman, K Gibson,
4. Would you drop Alex Wood or Phil Hughes for any of the streamers or closers above?
Thanks Grey!
1. Nope, trade for cheaper pitching… 2. Turner 3. Heaney, Hendricks, Erasmo, you realize what these bum streamers collective ERA is? 4. Sure
@Dynamite Dan:
Add Cody Anderson, Tom Koehler, and Marco Estrada in that terrible group of pitchers for #3please.
Thanks again
@Dynamite Dan:
Whoops. Dont worry about the second reply.
I do realize the and my own pitching is terrible.
I did have a look at your RCL team though and the fact that you had Carrasco plus a relative shit ton of closers and set up men gave me hope.
Thanks again
One more question.
Dyson is out there and Parra was just dropped.
Would you drop Brock Holt for either of them?
Thanks again
Holt for Dyson if you can platoon him when he’s benched
2-4 with a 2 run homer in his debut, oooooh, nooooo, that’s how Refsnyders roll!
Haha
@Fred Garvin MP: Not his debut, but yeah, as a Yankees fan, I’m excited. Hopefully drew gets the old DFA
Sup Grey, who you give the edge to Ros between Adrian Gonzalez/Prince Fielder? Thanks!!
I’ll have a top 100 coming on Tuesday
Grey, Stubbs or Dyson?
Different things, Dyson
@Grey: i know,dumb question,thanks anyway
Y. Ventura or T. Walker ROS. H2h pts league. Thanks.
Ventura
Grey, also please rank J.Hammel,A.Wood,G.Richards?
Hammel, Wood
Drop Para For K-Davis
Burns for Yelich
5×5 roto weekly…needs RBI’s and AVG
Hold
@Grey: Thanks!
Hey Grey which side? Hanley/Carpenter/Carlos Martinez for Price/Fernandez/Kemp, thanks!
Hanley
could you please rank iwakuma, alex wood, heaney, and garret richards for ROS? thanks.
Iwakuma, Wood, Richards
Drop Desmond in a 7×7 OPS league to grab Melky? I have Sano now as my SS. My OF is kind of weak – McCutchen, Choo, Garcia, and Eaton. 2 moves per week.