It seemed like a nothing move at the time. Just a transactional move that people would forget about within hours, if not minutes. Just ten days ago, the Nats announced they would be demoting Carter Kieboom. Then, before leaving town, Carter Kieboom watered down all the hand sanitizer. Now Patrick Corbin, Yan Gomes, Josh Bell, Brad Hand (ah HA!), Will Harris, Josh Harrison, Alex Avila, Jon Lester, Jordy Mercer and Kyle Schwarber are all on the IL, as the Nats recalled Luis Garcia and Kieboom. “Kieboom goes my flight to the minors!” That’s Carter Kieboom as he mixed a cocktail of Palmolive and Capri Sun into the hand sanitizer bottles. “These stupid straws!” That’s Kieboom struggling to get the juice out of the plastic-metal pouches. Wow, Kieboom is not being very stealth. So, it sucks if you had Hand, Schwarber, Corbin, Bell…Well, the guys there you might’ve had. Hopefully, they all return shortly. For all these moves, the only guy I grabbed in leagues was Tanner Rainey, who might now get saves, but Daniel Hudson is also there, so that’s a crapshoot too. “All these crapshoots and I should clean my hands…Hey, why does this soap smell like tropical punch?” Off to the side, snickering, “More like Crappy Sun!” Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Max Scherzer – 6 IP, 4 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks. If he wasn’t going by the new name, Vax Scherzer, he might’ve needed to miss this start. Side effects: headache from opposing hitters taking you deep.
Trea Turner – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. After the game, he found himself needing to explain why he’s hitting solo homers. Treat Urner, just tell them to wait for the book. Living Solo: The Trea Turner Story. Foreword by Harrison Ford.
Orlando Arcia – Traded to the Braves. He’s my favorite Orlando, but that’s not saying much. After the Braves fed Yolmer Sanchez to Panda, they will now toss him Arcia and hope that satiates his hunger. “He wants to eat Dansby.” “No, we can’t allow that, we’ll make a trade!” This is truly a puzzling move for both teams. My guess is the Brewers were just done waiting for something and are moving on, and the Braves were short on backup gloves. Arcia was optioned to the alternate site, so he’s not helping anyone right now. Going the other way was middle men, Weigel and Sobotka. Would’ve thought they pick him up on the wire.
Ronald Acuña Jr. – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer. Tildaddy says you can turn off the oldies station and put on that Top 40 crap!
Freddie Freeman – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer. Okay, fine, 2nd round pick for too many of my teams, Freddie Freeman, I won’t give up on my teams after four games.
Drew Smyly – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks. Smyly is the new Charlie Morton who is now the old Charlie Morton. *GIF of guy pointing to his head*
Ryan McMahon – 4-for-7, 4 RBIs and his 2nd, 3rd and 4th homers. Hard Hittin’ Mark Whiten was sitting by his phone waiting to take a call from McMahon if he reached the four-homer milestone, but Whiten bought a SIM card for no reason. Whiten reigns supreme! If you’re having Siri read you that last sentence, you didn’t just stumble into 8chan.
Sam Hilliard – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. As he was rounding the bases, Bud Black came out of the dugout asking for Hilliard’s bat to be inspected for pine tar, not believing this guy he’s never heard of before could homer.
Chris Devenski – 1 IP, 1 ER and the blown save. Next up, Ginkel? Crichton? It’s a closercopia. Gotta grab the whole horn, and hope one of the apples isn’t rotten.
Fernando Tatis Jr. – Hit the 10-day IL. I want to coddle you and say this is great news. Let’s have a bake-off and share your mammie’s muffin recipe with the world in celebration. The Padres say all he needs is rest and relaxation and rehab, uh, tation. Woo and hoo. Yeah, it’s not good. He takes one terrible swing and he’s going down again, or one bullet-train-throw to first. Maybe he comes back and he’s 70% of himself, which is 100% better than waiver options, but my guess is he returns, goes down again in a week or two after, and goes for surgery. We shall see. A further annoyance is Ha-Seong Kim will now get everyday playing time, and all the people who drafted him in deep leagues are being rewarded for bad process.
Dinelson Lamet – Threw a bullpen and “looked good.” Hey, serious question, did the Padres hire the Mets’ ex-trainers?
Yu Darvish – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.22 vs. Aaron Sanchez – 5 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks. This matchup was billed as Yu, Dirty Sanchez, and all people who look like James Cagney got in for half-off if they brought their moms. Any hoo! Aaron Sanchez is a Streamonator call, and Yu’s a must-start.
Sandy Alcantara – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 1.50. But, guys and five girl readers, you have to draft a starter high. Don’t ya know? You can’t trust starters you draft around 130th overall on average. Sorry, this Alcantara start didn’t really happen. It’s a figment of your imagination.
Dylan Carlson – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer. Not sure why, but as soon as the season started I became such a fan of Carlson. Day late, a Dylan short on teams.
Kevin Kiermaier – Hit the IL with a quad injury. Was he even playing? Meh, don’t bother answering. Manuel Margot (1-for-5, 2 RBIs) is the pick up if you need steals.
Tyler Glasnow – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 0.75. Not sure why, but getting a top five starter year from Glasnow feels inevitable and also impossible.
Christian Vazquez – 1-for-4 and a slam (1) and legs (1). A catcher getting a slam and legs? Talk dirty to me, you sack of potatoes!
Travis Shaw – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. Damn, my 2019 preseason MVP call ain’t looking so bad after all.
Freddy Peralta – 5 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 4 walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 0.00. I have a 12 in ERA in a lot of my leagues, and I haven’t gotten much of anything from my #1 starters. I say this as a brag I guess, but you really should be taking it as advice.
Omar Narvaez – 2-for-3 and his 2nd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. I got a catcher scab and the only thing that’s gonna help is some itching!
Cody Bellinger – Tests showed no fractures or structural damage to his leg. Oddly enough, the tests did say he was pregnant. An IL stint hasn’t been ruled out yet. Think we need to continue our prayer hexagon.
Mookie Betts – 2-for-5 and a slam (1) and double legs (1, 2). Mookie Best!
Max Muncy – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .391. Wouldn’t a Max Muncy be Max Munciest? Hmm.
Edwin Rios – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 1st homer. He’d be an All-Star if he were on the Pirates, but, alas, he’s not. Speaking of a Lassie…
Chris Bassitt – 6 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.56. Bassitt’s starting like a bit of a dog, but I’d give him a bit more leash.
Trevor Rosenthal – Went to see Dr. Gregory Pearl, who gives all his lady friends beautiful necklaces. He might need thoracic outlet surgery, and Rosenthal’s gonna be done for the year. There’s only one guy who can stop this flood of bad news. It’s the Diekman.
Pete Alonso – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 1st home run. Albombso!
Dominic Smith – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st home run. What, and leave Kevin Pillar out of the lineup? That’s crazy!
Marcus Stroman – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks. Strikeouts weren’t there, but very little hard contact. Just a bunch of dinkers up the middle to Lindor or McNeil. Dinkers to Lindors to Mets’ fans thinking they have a chance.
James Paxton – Left with elbow discomfort. Sigh. It was a good…decent…oft-injured but solid-when-healthy career.
Lucas Giolito – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.22. Being an animal rights activist and a drunk, I wonder if La Russa ever struggled with having the hair of the dog. What does that have to do with Giolito? Literally nothing, but you know him.
Luis Robert – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, as he hit 2nd. A bell captain counts trunks upon trunks, suitcases after suitcases, begins to put tags on each piece of luggage. “You don’t have any liquids in these right?” “Oh, no, those are all my hopes and dreams for Tatis and I’m sending them to Lou Bob.”
Jose Abreu – 1-for-4, 5 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and his 2nd grand slam. That prorates to 54 grand slams and 216 RBIs. Pretty solid year!
Zack Collins – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. Between Mercedes and Collins, is every defensive-challenged White Sox prospect hitting except Vaughn?
Kyle Tucker – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games, and my overrated posts ain’t looking so good right about now, I will take a five-second nap and forget about it. *five seconds later* What’s everyone up to?
Carlos Correa – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, an opposite field bazinga off Raisel Iglesias. Carlos Correa: Professional 9th inning hitter.
Dylan Bundy – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.75. I briefly mention Bundy on the Donkey Teeth/BDon podcast I guested on, which should be up later today. He’s one of the few pitchers who made a noticeable improvement in 2020, and I’m completely invested.
Mike Trout – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. This is pretty awesome:
Put it in Louvre is overplayed, but put this in the Louvre https://t.co/6Xya7WLoSB
— Razzball (@Razzball) April 6, 2021
Bo Bichette – 2-for-4, and two solo homers (1, 2). Did they deaden the ball with juice?
Nate Lowe – 2-for-3, 4 RBIs and two homers (2, 3). 9-RBI Lowe is now up to 14 RBIs, and I will continue to monitor this until Juan Soto passes him, please don’t let it go until August. Also, could the Rays have actually gotten the weak side of a trade against the…Rangers? Any hoo! If he’s available in your league, sweet, N. Lowe should be on your team.
Nick Solak – 2-for-4, 1 run and 2 steals (1, 2). I know everything that happens in the five months of the preseason is thrown out within two games of the season, but I did write a Nick Solak sleeper.
Dane Dunning – 5 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 6 Ks. Another guy I liked this preseason that I think most people ignored. Even with his last name sounding like a dramatic prairie dog sting. Shame on you.
Ian Kennedy – 1 IP, 0 ER and the 1st save. I guess Bush will be setting up Kennedy, like J. Edgar Hoover is managing the Rangers.
Tyler Naquin – 3-for-4, 7 RBIs and his 2nd and 3rd homer. Not gonna lie, I grabbed Naquin in one league a few days ago, then grabbed him in another league a day or two after, then dropped him in one of those leagues because I was like, “Have I lost my mind? I’m trying to fill in for Eloy…not get arrested for rosterbating.” Looks like I rosterbated too hard, and now I’m going blind with and without this hot schmotato.
Wade Miley – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 6 Ks. Reds jumped out to a huge early lead, and Miley cruised out to the Ivictory Coast for a free night’s stay at the W.
Phillip Evans – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer, and he pitched a scoreless inning. Geez, I don’t hear any Ohtani comparisons.
Casey Mize – 4 IP, 1 ER. He looked good in the box score for the 1st three innings, so what happened in the 4th? I turned on the game. My b. Streamonator hates his next start, and I wouldn’t mess with him.
Nelson Cruz – 3-for-5 and his 3rd homer. After his home run, he told a few teammates where he was when he first heard Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot.
Byron Buxton – 1-for-2 and his 3rd homer, as he came in as a pinch hitter. I’ll say it for you, sonavabench!
Aaron Judge – 3-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd in as many games. Truly, I’d love to see Judge and Giancarlo stay healthy all year. It would be good for baseball, and I’m fine with not having them on any teams, but you think the sight of Tatis swinging and missing is gonna be scary when he returns, every single swing by Judge (and Giancarlo) looks like something is gonna break.
Gerrit Cole – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 13 Ks, ERA at 1.46. Okay, but if that was Roger Clemens, he would’ve also named 13 kids with the letter K, so color me not impressed.
Jay Bruce – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st homer. Short porches are for lefties in Yankee Stadium and Altuve on a car lot.
Rougned Odor – Traded to the Yanks. The Yankees got their Tie Domi. Finally, someone for the Yankee fans to scream, “This guy fawkin stinks” and really mean it.
Going the other way was middle men, Weigel and Sobotka. Would’ve thought they pick him up on the wire.
I hope his back is doing alright! My friend Steve adores him.
Ketel pulled up lame running out a grounder, hammy probably, didnt look good
Unbelievable
Overall/Pos./Player
3 SS Fernando Tatis Jr.
18 CF Cody Bellinger
23 LF Eloy Jimenez
38 3B Rafael Devers
43 P Brandon Woodruff
58 RF Charlie Blackmon
63 UT Yordan Alvarez
78 P Hyun Jin Ryu
83 UT Ketel Marte
I have Verlander in a keeper and don’t think it makes sense to hold on to him. Is a swap for Greinke fair?
If I can get Gausman are you jumping at that chance too?
Do you have any very preliminary thoughts in the Grey crystal ball on where Verlander might be ranked among pitchers next year assuming he moves forward on schedule with recovery?
Thank you!
In a 12 teamer, h2h league, team listed below, would you:
1. Trade away Burnes for Yordan?
2. Trade away Soroka for C Vasquez?
3. Best of Garver, S Kelley, Navarrez, Severino, C Kelly or you can pass on dumb catcher questions lol
4. Would you drop Peralta or Dahl to fill that catcher position?
C – open
CI – Freeman, Abreu, Chapman
MI – Trea, Polanco, Albies
OF – Springer, Kepler, Winker, Pham, Robles
Util: Peralta, Dahl or DeJong
SP – Burnes, Stras, Gausman, Plesac, Eovaldi, Greinke,
IL – Soroka
Holds, Saves league: D Castillo, Gallegos, Pom, C Valdez
Means just getting BABIP’d to death and couldn’t complete 5 innings
looked like long at bats and weak contact BABIP’d like you said. honestly i gambled crazy hard to play him at all (and did in all leagues i have him, which is a LOT).
Do we trust Johnny C at home to the Rocks to the tune of $21 like the SON does?
he’s a great deep league stream (or really at 21 any league stream, unless you have like some super large lead in h2h leagues where you don’t need it)
I’m currently rostering Garver at catcher. Should I continue holding? Or pick one of the following:
Molina, Severino, Ramos, Kelly, Kirk, Alfaro?
In a 12 team 5X5 with weekly lineups Currently scuffing with only 1 bench bat & JD Davis, Winker, Bellinger all dinged to some degree & Devers (not too concerned) & Gimenez (a bit worried) stinking it up.
There is some goodness on the waiver wire: Senzel, Madigral, Hicks, & Clutch as well as Montas & Reyes (I have 4 pretty solid RP in Pressly, Raisel, McGee & Amir)
A couple of FA would be Naquin or Matz
Potential Drops: Paxton, Hill, Morejon, Alzolay, Cease, Webb, or Valdez ( sort of want to hang on for more clarity) Solid enough staff with Maeda, Gausman, Gray ,Means, & Rodon (fingers crossed)
Hoping all or most of the injured are ready to go by Monday but…
Who is droppable? What priority should my waiver wire be? Either FA?
Senzel, Madrigal, Hicks, Clutch…pax, Hill, Morejon, Adbert…that order
Thanks for the advice …sorry my questions are usually complicated & wordy
Have a good evening!!
Santander!
Yes!
Need a starter tomorrow with lots of Ks and willing to throw caution to the wind.
Tyler Anderson vs CHC
Jake Arrieta @PIT
Ross Stripling vs LAA
Matt Harvey vs BOS
Not going to get a “starter with lots of Ks” out of that group, but throw Anderson or Arrieta out there. The Cubs and Pirates both stink.
PIT another level of stink compared to CUBS (esp without hayes), but yeah all year it’ll be stream city against those 2. i nabbed miley effectively everywhere yesterday (since PIT).
Arrieta
Hey Grey
I have to dump 1 of these guys. Who is it gonna be
Taylor Trammel or
Tyler O’Neil
If OBP matters, than Trammel. If not, O’Neill.
thanks Pal
You think Naquin is better than either of those 2
Samesies
Trammell
Yarrrr… bro…
I feel like I’m too deep into the pitching pool.
Should I be patient on Luzardo or go shopping? I don’t like those WHIP numbers at all.
Patient
trying to trade some pitching for hitting in a keeper points league
which of these hitters would you target: Alonso, B Lowe, Happ, Mountcastle, Edman, Walsh, K Hayes
Alonso
Scrub Dub is excellent!!
RICK
What’s good Grey? Long time no talk. Hope the Cougs, Ted, and yourself are doing well.
Didn’t have a chance to draft live in my 12-team keeper league, but did have a couple days in civilization to look and adjust rankings beforehand. Need to do some work with my hitting as I ended up with Hiura (waiting on India to get 2B eligibility:) and Eloy, but wanted to ask you about my pitching situation.
Starters are Bauer, Darvish, Bundy, Bassitt, Eovaldi, Allen, Cease, Singer, and Gray. Closers are Karinchak, Rich-Rod, and Reyes.
What are your thoughts on the pitching staff as is, AND are the options of Williams, Houser, Widener, or Dunning better than who I’m currently rostering?
xoxo
Poop
Hey good to see you Poop! I’d go Dunning over Cease
Hicks was about to get a save opp, but then Carlson hit a grand slam
Haha, ugh
Grab Kennedy for Saves but need to drop Morejon, Karinchak, Webb or Straw
My other “closers” are Diekman & Neris so Kennedy is desperately needed
Morejon
JD Martinez or Kyle Tucker this season?
JDM gonna be really good I think. If you really need some bags, Tucker.
Tucker, but hard to say, and don’t love either
Is there a glossary term for when your pitcher goes well except for getting burned by on a homer by a scrub? Asking for Blake Snell.
Scrub Drub. “Snell was excellent until Ruff scrub drubbed him.” It’s a sister to pitch slapped.
Call him Scrub Daddy
You guys made me Howl for a solid minute. We’re all such nerds. Lol. Scrub Drub, Scrub Daddy, what a bunch of yutz’ lol. I love you all!! What’s cuter about this entire back and forth is your sentence OaktownSteve and your picture!!
Haha
Haha, no, there should be tho
Hey Grey – was offered Urshela for my Andrew Vaughn keeper (keepable for $6) in a weekly roto league. Feels like I’d be getting the same guy with none of the upside…do you agree?
Thanks!
do not trade vaughn for urshela, even if he’s (1) here.
Yeah, Urshela prolly better, but no upside
And only marginally better
Exactly. If you could work it for, say, Matt chapman or zach Gallen (both for ok prices, though it would definitely be a 2021 focused move), i assume that would be worth it to you?
Yeah
12 teamer saves only (one of only 2 leagues i’m in like this, usually holds in shape or form)
have kimbrel, karinchak, t.rogers (MIN, the good one) and fairbanks. now i’m up to 3 guys who are the best RP on their own team not closing. drop i guess fairbanks for wittgren or one of: soto, mayers? in holds leagues you never have to drop the best pitcher for saves only guy (well if holds and saves sold separately you might, but it’s not often, holding the best pitcher just in these cases means you get more holds and ratios are better in doing it)
Wittgren
similar, but 20 teamer and holds added. and 7 RP per team max. have: pressly, montero, clase, romo, bass (j.urias till right now in 7th RP slot, with paxton out can add to get 7), added graveman right now (montero handcuff and 8th inning guy), also e.paredes. HOU’s bullpen is hard to read so far, j.smith probably played himself out of the 8th lately, rosterresource moved him out, paredes back to 8th (and likely pressly handcuff).
– somebody dropped t.scott (a clear add over somebody here). drop romo or graveman? romo hasn’t been consistently good in years but does have periods of being good and gets holds/saves where ever he is. but SEA just probably doesn’t get many holds anyway.
Hey Grey,
Would you consider dropping Sano or Kepler for J.Bell and/or Verdugo? I have Hosmer at 1B and my OF is stacked so they would both be mainly UTIL/bench bats in a H2H league.
Also, I have no idea what to do with my bullpen. Such a guessing game at the start of the year. Honestly kind of wished that I had punted the position altogether. Unless you get one of the top 5, youre screwed. Right now I have KARINCHAK, ROMERO, T.ROGERS and NERIS. I know that its a long season, and I really do think that Romero gets more of the saves out of that Jays pen this year. Karinchak? No idea with him. I dont mind rostering a D.Williams style reliever for ratio help but if he keeps walking so many guys, it may not be worth it. Rogers hasnt even gotten a look as of yet. I think that he has the better skillset than Colome but that means jack squat when it comes to saves. Somehow Neris is the only one getting it done.
Available FAs
G.Soto
I.Kennedy
L.Sims
E.Clase
Verdugo is above Kepler
Im sure that you are sick of these questions, but would you swap out any of my RP for any of the available RPs? I actually have an open slot as well now that Mr Glass(Paxton)is on the IL.
You have a Romero? JC Romero?
Romano. My bad.
You can lose him
Caesar.
How about good ol’ Ricky Romero from the same Blue Jays?
Haha
I grabbed Kennedy with my empty slot. God help me
Haha
Saves + Holds, who’s a better pick? Wittgren or Ian Kennedy?
Or Clase
Clase
14 team category SV+HLD and OBP
1) Hold Garrit or drop for: Valdez, Soto, Alvarado, Kennedy, Bass, Devinski
2) SS replacement for Tatis: Adames, Wendle, M Rojas, A Rosario, Newman
1. Hold
2. None… Rojas
yeah..trying to swing a trade. ugh
Riley or India
Riley
6×6 daily moves with holds and ops. 11 teams.
Pitchers: Bieber, Lynn, Luzardo, Means, Mahle, Civale, May, Pagan, Alex Reyes, Bass, Garrett, Merryweather.
Picking up a pitcher but could stash India to try to deal him if I cut may. You think India is worth stashing over having a holds guy like may?
Nah
I picked up Wittgren on an abandoned team with no closers I took over!! Combine that with the Alvarado pickup (which I made because Oaktown said he had him everywhere), I now have 2 saves!!
Nice!
Take two! Sorry about that….
Saves+Holds points league but a closer just gives more consistent points…
Who would you role the dice with out of Clase, Wittgren, Mike Myers, Devenski, or Minter?
Also need another bat.. is Mercedes real or would Dhal or Arraez be better long term?
Thanks as always!
Wittgren
Mercedes
One roster spot…
Dunning, Naquin, Evans, Miley, Bruce, and Odor are all available.
Best bet to produce?
I could use some OF help and could ALWAYS use pitching…QS, K, ERA, Whip…
Did you ask Odor? Haha
Depends on needs, try Naquin
Thanks, Grey.
It is SOOOO early in the season and my OF already looks like it’s got names that I made up.
The Tildaddy and Dylan Moore I knew I wanted…Akil Baddoo? Nope. Tommy Edman? Nice swiss army knife player but not a 5×5 OF. Tyler Naquin? bwahaha…
C’mon, Taylor Trammell! Reach your potential now…as for you two, Austin Hays, and Eloy! Get healthy!!
Haha
@Grey
Hahn brought in in 6th and got knocked around. Holland brought in in the 8th and got knocked around. Who are you holding for KC save speculation? I currently only Hahn and Holland. Barlow and Staumont are available.
Barlow came in in the 7th fwiw.
Holland
Jinxed Shaw real good. Already stranded five guys.
Damn, I made him a batty call today too
My team is hitting .176 for the week. That is, since opening day.
Sounds about same as mine…
On the bright side, Ryu went ok today and Eovaldi could turn out to be a real bargain.
Bt nervous about Means though…
Almost like a…sleeper
I knew there was a word for it.
Haha
@Grey: apologies in advance for the C question, but who do you like between C Kelly, O Navarez, D Jansen and W Ramos?
Thanks!
Omar
14 team category h2h with QS and SVHLD
pitching staff
SP Lynn, Glasnow, Alcantara, P Lopez, Kluber, Smyly, Skubal
RP K Jansen, Pomeranz, Garrit
IL Carrasco
drop anyone for D German?
Skubal
You ready to trust Freddy Peralta to not destroy your whip? I’d have to drop either Means, Eflin or Eovaldi to pick him up, so have you moved him above those guys in your ranks?
Hold
Wittgren on to close…
Oops. Meant to be a new comment.
Yeah
Kershaw for Bogaerts?
Sure
Bassitt or Canning?
Bassitt
Ok so the Will Smith thing was a false alarm. Let’s try this one: Amir Garrett in for th 9th in an 11-0 game. You KNOW they want Sean Doolittle to close. Won’t have to pay up for saves with one of their younger guys in arb.
Ka with a big side of ‘zaam!
Ugh
I think you’re right about Doolittle
Will Smith in to pitch the 7th. Everybody is a closer AND nobody is a closer.
I find myself wanting to say Chazz Jisholm
Haha
https://razzball.com/jazz-chisholm-2021-fantasy-outlook/#comment-2984172
Such a mess
Well the 7th is the 9th
7 inning game. Holy cow! Psych!
Since I sat out last year, this is very odd and new to me.
Haha it’s odd to all of us
Who is your drop among these”closers”?
Kevin Ginkel
Taylor Rogers
Nick Wittgren
Appreciate all your advice!
Wittgren
Hi Grey,
India, France, Moran or Kolten at 2nd? H2H 6×6 league. Thanks!
Wong
Based on today’s game score for the Braves, tomorrow you can add “Vax Fried.” Side effects: groin pain from several people were hitting your b*lls hard with wooden bats.
Haha
12 team dynasty roto… Was offered Blackmon & Waters for Dansby … I don’t love Waters tbh.. he has Brennen Davis, Chisholm, Groshans , N Marte… would any of those move the needle to accept? Or just move on … Thank you as always!
Meh, move on
India or Solak
India, Giminez or Solak
Andres
My daily baddoo update. Triple and rbi so far but even better an outfield assist, throwing out Simmons at 2nd base. I am rooting for this guy. He is not hitting 9th today too.
Yup, up to 7
IKF or Solak?
Solak
So Jake Lamb makes more sense at #2 than Madrigal?
Not at all
Need some speed.
Is offering Bryce Harper for Trea Turner a low ball offer or fair?
Would I need to add another player?
Not sure why someone would do that
Not sure why someone would trade Trea for Harper or offer Harper for Trea?
Wanted to know if it’s fair or low ball so I don’t insult the owner.
Not sure why anyone would take Harper for Trea
Ginkel or Anderson as speculative CL?
Ginkel
Bassit, Skubal, Dunning or Adzolay?
Bassitt
Grey send Blackmon get Tatis… 10 team OPS roto league which side do you like?
Nah
Hey Grey!
Brilliant and hilarious as always.
Now looks like Springer may miss more time. I have Hunter Dozier filling in for him but Tyler Naquin is playing out of his mind and homered again today.
So.. worth picking Naquin up and dropping Dozier as a band-aid while I wait for Springer?
Thanks for l’assistance!
Yeah go for it
And thanks!
Redraft points lge. Kiner falafel or gimenez @SS?? Thx Grey
IKF
Better COVID fill-in/bench bat, Naquin or DeJong?
Naquin
Really want to pry Kelenic from his owner and trying to consolidate some talent.
10 team 6×5 (standard + OPS) weekly H2H. Keep 3 for 1 year.
Give: Stanton, Pablo Lopez, Romano
Get: Kelenic, Gallen
Current OF: Yelich, Stanton, Yordan, Buxton, and can slot Bellinger or Lourdes there if I need to. Belli can play 1st, but also have Hosmer, Vlad, and Bohm who are eligible. Lourdes can play 2nd, but also have Gleyber.
Love Pablo, but I don’t foresee too many wins or an abundance of Ks. Rest of my rotation is Fried, Urias, May, Civale, and Trevor Rogers. I would pick up Diekman to replace Romano.
Kelenic wouldn’t be a 2022 keeper with the roster that I have, but Stanton probably wouldn’t either. I could use some speed, and with my big bats, Stanton seems “expendable”. I’d don’t want to lose that “potential” production, especially in an OPS league, I just feel like my day-to-day bench is too good (Bohm, Gleyber/Lourdes, Hosmer).Thoughts? Am I giving too much?
Nah
Just for clarification… nah meaning “don’t do it”? Or nah meaning “nah, not giving too much”. Thanks again!
Don’t do it
Cut one when Hand recovers: Dieker; Richard Rodriguez.
Dick-Rod
Wtf do we do with hiura in a 16tm keeper? i kept him for $9 and cant even trade him. Hell be platooning or demoted by may. I feel like I’d be better off dropping him at this point move ian happ to 2b and grabbing a guy like edwin rios to rotate in and out of utility on days he plays. Currently in 2nd and I’ve gotten zero from 2b, and 3b(moncada) I hated keeping hiura but felt like hed out perform $9. On the wire. -j.rojas, m.dubon, leurys Garcia, or freddy galvis best options with 2b elig. What would g.albright do?
Ride it out for now, or trade him
My dude – you confused me earlier…..should I drop one of Skubal, Davies or Flexen for Dunning?
If so, in what order would you drop them?
Sorry to ask twice, but I just had surgery & my meds are making me dumber than normal.
Flexen, Davies
Thank you good sir. And my groin hernia that is now repaired thanks you. And the Oxy they put me on thanks you. Shiiiit, my gummies are stronger than these weak sauce 5 mg Oxy.
They aren’t numbing the pain of Fried’s 1st inning at all.
Tildaddy is helping though.
That’s great! Hope you feel better!
It’s not too bad, really. I’ve been nursing this hernia 14 months since all elective surgery was cancelled. They got me in Monday & I’ve only just started to feel it today – I’m shocked it doesn’t feel worse, considering the glued together 7″ incision & gigantic purple bruising. Can’t work markets for a few weeks, but fortunately my web orders are still coming.
TMI..Haha, yikes!
“groin” never sounds as sexy as it should
Haha
I have four relievers/closers and need to trade/drop one. Which? I want to keep the three with the best possibilities.
Richard Rodriguez
Montero
Neris
Merryweather
Richard Rodriguez odd man out
2 run shot for Treat today!
Yup!
Naquin done did it again, w0w!
Damn, I should’ve held him in all my leagues
Morning, Grey!
Made a trade: My Pab-Lo and Devin Williams for Biggio. How’d I do? I’m heavy on pitching with Bieber, Giolito, Castillo, Luzardo at the top of my rotation and am weak with 2B/3B. 14-team points league.
Sounds fair
Thanks! Post-trade, need to make some roster moves:
A. Who gets booted off the ship first from the following: J. Rojas, Naylor, J. Polanco, India, Vaughn?
B. Which reliever would you prefer from the following: Clase, Ginkel, Graveman?
C. No C
D. I know they’re streamers, but which pitcher do you like among: Matz, Dunning, Morejon?
For B. Add Bednar in there
Rojas
Ginkel
Dunning
Ah, I actually also have Springer potentially coming off the IL soon – who’s the second guy to get kicked out? Naylor, J. Polanco, India, Vaughn
Ugh, as I type this, I read that Springer has a tight quad so may not be coming off the IL as soon as hoped.
Springer just reinjured himself
Yep, sucks. In that case, not dropping another guy but would you swap out Naylor, J. Polanco, or Vaughn for Baddoo?
Naylor
The Treat transformation from 2020 continues (or is complete?.) More or same amt of power than speed with this guy going forward I guess… wild stuff
Yeah, surprising still
**treasformation ?
Haha
Grey, please pick top 3 streamers?
Webb home vs Col
Cease home vs KC
Civale home vs Det
Skubel at Clev
Rogers at Mets
Desclafanius home vs Col
Smyly home vs Philly
Smyly, DeSclafani, Civale
NL only need to drop one of Hilliard, Naquin, and Avisail Garcia
Also, you like Philip Evans over any of these guys? Hitting cleanup today (I know for PIT) you think he sticks when Hayes comes back?
Thanks!
Avisail
Nah on Evans
Hey grey, pts league 12 team. Nate lowe over fletcher, franmil reyes, madrigal, vaughn?
Irrespective of of position
Fletcher
Starting Means today?
Means @ NYY Taillon – (-10.6)
Thanks!
I am
Thoughts on Andres Giminez?
Grey, you were relatively high on his potential in CLE, but he has stumbled out of the gate.
Is he droppable if there is legit talent on the wire in a relatively shallow league? Was thinking he might get steals, and be cheap as a rookie keeper next year.
Thanks!
Meh, I’d hold for now
Would you start Means today? Streamonator doesn’t love it but it didn’t like his last one, either.
I would
Pick one SP….
Bassitt, Means, Matz
Thanks!
Means
Starting him against NYY today?
Sure
We need to turn the prayer triangle into an octagon for Cody Bellinger. I think prayer triangle is still appropriate for Matt Olson.
Haha
W1 overreaction/venting: my strategy of inserting Madrigal into my lineup for AVG & SBs with no Ks has worked from his perspective; however, only 4 HRs from Olson, Bellinger, Chapman, Story, Alvarez, Moore, Betts, and Tim Anderson so far. Injuries haven’t helped, but these guys gotta know I’m playing against a “rival” in H2H, so lets gooooooo!
Haha, yes!
I heard on the latest pod that you are all in on Vlad Jr. – this was something I was debating during my draft as well – and I chose Tim Anderson over him just cause I always prioritize power/speed. But it was something I really struggled over until the last second
Yeah, I hope Vlad finally breaks out, feels due to be that 30+ HR, .300+ guy
Timmy A on the IL – earliest activation is next week around when Kyle Lewis is scheduled to come back… now hopefully Bellinger and Olson avoids the same fate. On the plus side of things, hopefully this means I’m getting all my injury bad luck out of the way for the season