Yesterday, Dylan Cease went 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 1 hit, 2 walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.91. Finally, a great start! [sees he left with forearm cramping, face falls, stares down into own reflection in the saddest puddle anyone’s ever puddled] Fantasy Baseball Overlord, I have one question for you? Why can’t we have anything nice? Are you a demon empath, and by us feeling pain, you feel joy? A Schadenfreude Monster? If we’re happy, are you sad? I hate you, how does that make you feel? Happiness or sadness? Actually, I don’t care, I hate you either way. Guess we wait now for the bad news, which is gonna get FBO so freakin’ happy. That jerk! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jackson Merrill – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Welcome back, Sweet Prince. That’s also what Prince Fielder’s wife said to him while Avisail Garcia hid in the closet.
Cody Bellinger – 2-for-4 and his 5th homer, hitting .215. Mentioned this the other day, but most of y’all only read every third word so Cody gobbley gooey is gobbley gooey the gobbley gooey same gobbley gooey as gobbley gooey he’s gobbley gooey been. Did I just invent a new language?
Max Fried – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.05. All I can do is laugh at not wanting Fried, and saying to sell him. Loud guffaws mixed with sobs.
Trent Grisham – 1-for-1, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer. Trent Grisham has ten homers; Gunnar Henderson has three!
Jazz Chisholm Jr. – Dealing with three separate tears of his oblique. Dude, no one can even point to an oblique on a body map. If you don’t want to play, just say that. Stop treating us like morons.
Kodai Senga – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners (5 BBs), 4 Ks, ERA at 1.16. I’d say he’s not pitching as well as his ERA indicates but I’m not sure anyone in the history of baseball pitched as well as 1.16. Maybe Pickles Leterskimp of the New York Highlanders in 1894, but he was throwing 70 MPH and everyone else had gout.
Juan Soto – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer, hitting .261.
Nice to see nonbinary Juan Soto homer
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Merrill Kelly – 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.09. It’s literally impossible to get excited about Merrill Kelly and he’s a Streamonator call in most leagues but I’d love to have a few more Kellys and less “supposed to be great and are awful.”
Corbin Carroll – 2-for-2 and his 11th homer, hitting .297. Can’t believe I have Gunnar Henderson, who became Adam Frazier this year, and Corbin Carroll became Jimmie Foxx.
Noelvi Marte – Hit the IL with an oblique strain. This guy can’t catch a break. A strain? Sure, but no breaks.
TJ Friedl – 2-for-3 and his 2nd homer, hitting .273. Tommy John Friedl, where have you been all season? Trick rhetorical question! He’s been fine all year. Not exactly lighting the world on fire, but around 150th overall on the Player Rater, which is around “fine” for a 4th to 5th outfielder.
Hunter Greene – 3 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 2.36. Was doing his usual razzle dazzle when he left with a groin injury. That is a change of pace for the people who have him in leagues, who were injuring their own groin when he pitched.
Grant Holmes – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.58. His lack of command wasn’t on display last night, but it’s showing itself in his peripherals and his stats are very meh. Grant Holmehs, if you wish. “Holmehs,” also sounds like Sling Blade asking for mayonnaise.
Jackson Jobe – 3 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.88. So, the Tigers start Jobe only once every, like, 12 days, and one of the days they choose is in Coors? Oh…[walks from Maine to Tierra del Fuego]…kay.
Michael Toglia – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Don’t think he’s gonna be worthwhile in all leagues all season, but I bet by the end of the year his “just in Coors” stats will be worth rostering and platooning him.
Ryan McMahon – 4-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. From 1994 to 2023, there was only four hitter seasons that Rockies players hit .240 or lower. Right now, there’s three in 2025, and McMahon has done it four times since 2020. The bottom 30 worst Rockies players averages from 1994? 16 of them are in the last five years. There were multiple years in there where not a single Rockies player would hit .250 or lower.
Kris Bryant – Will undergo an ablation procedure on his back. That’s what Michael Jackson had done to become white. I think, I’m not a doctor. Did Kris Bryant have a tan back? Does anyone know?
Chase Dollander – 3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 7.71. Will someone please trade Dollander to another team and save his career?
Ramon Laureano – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 4th homer, hitting .207. Tend to skip or goof on non-relevant fantasy players, but Laureano is out-homering Gunnar Henderson now! Someone cattle prod Gunnar! Please, my children are starving! My children are my fantasy teams!
Luis F. Castillo – Traded to the Orioles. Hope they think they got the good Luis Castillo. Oops, nope. The F. stands for “F it, we don’t have any pitching anyway.” Mariners traded away Luis F. Castillo when the equipment manager refused to come into work to sew his name on the back of his jersey.
Byron Buxton – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 9th homer, 3rd homer in three games. Don’t bother digging up Dale Long, Buxton will get hurt before he breaks his record.
Shane Baz – 3 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.93. What’s the opposite of Bazinga? Or even the past tense. Bazung? That’s this start. We were Bazung. Here’s the deal, laid out as simple as that frown on your face, if you drop him, you will regret it. If you don’t drop him, you will also regret it. Hope is fleeting. Eat Arby’s.
Cristopher Sanchez – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 3 walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.89. See that, he had forearm soreness and he’s fine. Maybe Cease isn’t done-zo.
Trea Turner – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .307. You know this Treat Urner, so wanna hear about another treat earner, my dog, Ted? Cougs gets him health insurance. Hilarious, I know, but she does. So, the company raised the rates. Guess how much. Please, I’m begging you to guess like Ted begs me for treats. They raised it to $760. Dot dot dot. PER MONTH! I did a literal spit take when I heard, and I wasn’t even drinking anything. We could clone him for that price!
Michael Wacha – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.98. I like Wacha, in general, but this was vs. the White Sux, and a clear Streamonator call.
Bobby Witt Jr. – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .308. His hitting streak ended the other day, but he still has his Witting streak.
Cade Horton – Cubs said he will make his MLB debut in May. Okay, now we are cooking with unleaded. Prime the pump, baby, I’m ready to get gassed up!
Ben Brown – 5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.95. The nine Ks are nice and Streamonator loves his next, so, yeah, we ride.
Robbie Ray – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.84. “Without skintight gotchies, all of this breaks down.” That’s Robbie Ray’s tailor showing off his pants butt-work.
Alex Bregman – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 9th homer, hitting .327. Loving him so much this year, it’s gonna be hilarious when he signs a ten-year deal with someone like the Giants this offseason and I am so out on him.
Wilyer Abreu – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 8th and 9th homer, hitting .294, now three homers in three games. Welp, I guess we shouldn’t have dropped him.
Tanner Houck – 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 6.10. His underlying stats are staggeringly awful. Ground balls are down (in the bad way), Ks are down, and walks are up. Houckmania is walking wild, and I am not feeling it right now. Though, Streamonator likes his next one, so I guess you can hold. I am being wishy and/or washy here, but the numbers are very meh.
Tyler Mahle – 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, zero Ks, ERA at 1.48. He’s getting by with so much smoke and mirrors that he’s gonna get a trademark infringement case filed from The Amazing Randi’s estate.
Adolis Garcia – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .238. Before I looked at his average, I guessed what it might be. I guessed .198. I underestimated, clearly. I also guessed the Rangers’ cleanup hitter, Joc Pederson (2-for-2) was hitting .125. Under again! It’s .133. It was .094 entering play on Tuesday. Pretty incredible stuff how guys can be hitting around .100 and hitting cleanup. A month into the season!
Josh Jung – 2-for-4 and his 3rd homer, hitting .272. And hitting 9th! Where one might think you should find Joc Pederson.
Yoan Moncada – 2-for-3 and his 2nd homer, and 2nd in as many games. Hot schmotato alert!
Luis Rengifo – 0-for-2, hitting .210. Was pulled from the game when he forgot how many outs there were. Wait until he finds out the season started over a month ago.
Yusei Kikuchi – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.83 vs. Jose Berrios – 6 IP, 2 ER, 10 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.86. This matchup was a battle of old teammates, but still good friends. After the game, they went for drinks and arcade games at Dave & Buster’s and said, “This is Yusei & Berrios’s.” Or that might’ve been my last time in Anaheim.
Jeff Hoffman – 1/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.24, and the blown save. Gave up 3 ER on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, he lost his entire shizz to the Angels. I picked up Yimi Garcia before the last runner crossed home plate.
Kyren Paris – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 6th homer, hitting .228, and this was his 1st hit since 2016. Or felt that way. Paris obviously tends to get hot for stretches, so maybe this is the start other another week run, but he has been so bad for a while now.
Lawrence Butler – 1-for-3 and his 6th homer, as he was moved down the order to the six hole, and Jacob Wilson (4-for-5, 1 run, 1 RBI) was moved to leadoff. I don’t mind this for my Wilson shares and don’t love it for my Butler shares, i.e., Castaway volleyball up, Bulldogs spiked it down.
Gunnar Hoglund – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.38. At least one Gunnar’s decent this year. So, I’m pretty intrigued with Hoglund, but I don’t know if he’s rosterable in shallower mixed leagues. Bing Bong scares me, but Hoglund keeps the ball down and has excellent command. Two great qualities to elicit tenders in the nethers. I’m likely still a monocle or a stream in 12 team mixed leagues, but clearly he’s on radars, so act fast in leagues where you have to.
Bryan Woo – 6 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.25. Woo did a boo.
Landon Knack – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.61. Googled Knack’s peripherals and search results said, “Why not google something you want to see? Like how about Sydney Sweeney?”
James Outman – 1-for-2, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer, as he was called up. Usually don’t mention pinch-hit homers (or catcher homers) because they’re kinda irrelevant. Outman wasn’t starting, that’s a bigger sign than anything I can say, but maybe the Dodgers start playing Outman over Conforto (they should). Likely nothing more than NL-Only at this point for power. He did have eight homers in 32 Triple-A games this year and five steals, but with a 36.3 K%, which is so absurd he should be Automatic-Outman.
Valente Bellozo – 5 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.50. Up is down, right is wrong and Valente is the Bellozo and Alcantara is the Bozo.
Emmanuel Clase – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 5.51, and his 8th save. Clase was the closer, then lost the closer job, then got the closer job back. He’s had a whole year in, like, two weeks, and has eight saves! Trevor Megill’s had the closer job all year, and I’m praying he gets to eight saves by June.
Sonny Gray – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.50. This was an easy matchup, but for Gray they’re all easy. [turns to mirror] You rock.
William Contreras – Announced that he’s been playing with a fractured middle finger. Don’t worry, the symbolism will be lost on people who draft catchers early.
Framber Valdez – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.94. If he can do that for another month without hiccups, we’d be straight.
Jeremy Pena – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 5th homer. Pena’s been one of those “Meh, I’m not trading for him, but he’s been perfectly capable since I have him.” The Pavin Smith/Ryan O’Hearn/Jeremy Pena triumvirate. Call them, the P.S. I’m Okay With You’s.
Jose Altuve – 1-for-5, 1 run, hitting .252. Seems like he’s finally aged. Not to mention, five-one on an old guy is just weird. Short and spry works, but short and lethargic? What’s he, a pasta granny?
Are you trading Lodolo for Riley Greene?
Sure
Rece Hinds go ahead 2 run HR.
Oh man we really doing a replay of last year.
Haha
My team is going so bad this week that I’m actually looking forward to Pfaadt’s start vs the Dodgers.
Haha
You and me both! Top 3 in every offensive category but steals. Top 6 in every pitching category but saves.
18 teamer and yeah just not my week. I have 50 more ABs than him!
It is so weird seeing Yoan Moncada is only 29 when I had him in that magical year where he had 25HR .300+ BA and somehow threw in 10SB. ….that was 2019. Was thatthe juiced ball year?
Maybe I will add him for the giggles since he is out and out of CHI.
It was!
Was there ever an admission of that whole thing by MLB? I remember a bunch of science-y people breaking down the drag and what not. Was that an oops or intentional you think?
I don’t know, prolly oops…nothing Manfred does is well thought out
Yeah you got a really good point there. Even the good ideas seem to be implemented in the worst ways or seem to work by accident than any real testing of the repercussions.
Ha, yup
Does one of these stand out as definitively worthy of a spot on a 12 team roster or are they all streamers?
Rasmussen
Pepiot
Wes
Abbott
Taillon
Baz
Abbott
10 team dynasty 6×6 w/ obp
Offered
C Condon, C DeLauter, H Smith and J Naylor
Send
N Schultz
X Hope
K Griffin
Zebby
Naylor was the target, but it that too much of an overpay?
Thanks G
Hold
Riley Greene somehow goes 0-8 w 3Ks vs Rockies in this series.
I am sure that means Soler goes 2-4 again, maybe a HR this time to rub it in.
Ha, ouch
Schwelly & Lodolo both look really sharp today. Good game.
Indeed!
That ball Riley kicked shoulda been an error.
Yes
Jax or yimi saves/holds
Jax
Would you drop Dodger Muncy, much chance he turns it around? Choices are slim. Schneemann?
I’d go Muncy
Find you someone who loves you like the Rays love giving Mead chances.
Haha
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. sasaki for doyle?
Doyle, it’s even
1. Riley looks really comfortable at the plate this year. He’s locked in. Ya love to see it.
2. Lodolo got squeezed so hard on that AB it was criminal. He 100% K’d Riley on the outside and it got called a ball.
As someone starting Lodolo that hurt.
Brutal
Make-up call on the Riley K. He didn’t go around. lol
Haha yeah
@Grey: weekly roto. which of the cubs starters do you like best next week?
rea – vs mia, vs cws
brown – vs mia
taillon – vs mia
also, do you think horton sticks around once shota is back?
All of them? I don’t know on Horton
@Grey: currently own rea and like the two starts, but wasnt sure if he was worth dropping for brown or taillon?
I’d go with Brown
Do you think Jazz plays again this year?
yes
What’s good Grey? Somebody dropped Rasmussen in my 12-team keeper league (we keep only 6 players every year) and I’m thinking of dropping seldom used Cam Smith for him. Do you have any qualms over this? Say hi to Ted for me:)
Ted says hi! Yeah, lose Smith for Ras
Gotcha…also an owner dropped Mullins and Ramos. I could use either and am targeting Mullins. How much of a 250FA budget would you allocate towards betting on him? Ramos?
$17 for Mullins, $7 for Ramos
Thank you!
No problem
Hey Grey, how would you rank Brown, Horton, Eflin, Springs, May for the ROS?
thanks, as always.
Springs, Horton, Eflin
Drop Reese Olson for Horton in H2h?
Nah
Drop Mac Meyer for Horton?
Horton
Man, Witt didn’t homer today in 5 AB. That dude sucks.
Yeah, lousy day
Try being up against him in H2H when your own team has basically ceased to function.
Ha
Last Friday my team hit .343/395 with two dingers, 9 RBI and 2 SB. Since then it is 30/173 for a robust BA of .173
Why is it that everyone sucks at once?
Happened to me 2 weeks ago. Flukey stuff happens when ya slice up a season into arbitrary 7-day periods.
It makes me miss straight roto. Then one of my pitchers will get blown up and I’m like “oh yeah that kinda sucked tho”
lol
The joys of H2H
I started the day down 9-2. My opponent is the 2-seed and on fire.
I’ve had Witt, Garcia, Torkelson, Junior, & now Riley get me back to 5-6. Langford’s 2 SB chipped in too.
I’ve got Lodolo Vs Schwelly, so mixed feelings.
Most importantly, go dubs! Win one for Steph!
I’m up against Junior too!
Haha sorry bro.
Gleyber Torres or Anthony Volpe?
Volpe
Please rank – Bart; Bo Naylor; Stephenson
Tyler, Bo
Mcgill home vs Cubs or
Bibee home vs Philly?
Bibee
Hi Grey
I started Field and Valdez and sat Baz and Holmes. Life is good
Would you be patient with Baz and Holmes? Baz’ next start is at Toronto. Holmes’ is home vs Wash
1. Would you keep either or both?
2. Would you start or sit Baz?
3. Would you start or sit Holmes?
4. Would you pick up Max Scherzer if you could?
5. The waiver wire has Leiter or Bello. They seemed like streamers. Thoughts?
Have a good day and Thanks for all your kindness and help!!
Hold
2. Sit
3. start 4. no 5. streamers
Holy smokes! Devers really trying to make himself look bad. I couldnt find a good spot to stop because it just kept getting worse:
“Red Sox designated hitter Rafael Devers spoke to members of the media today, including Alex Speier of The Boston Globe. Devers said that chief baseball officer Craig Breslow recently asked him about playing first base in the wake of the Triston Casas injury. Devers said that he is unwilling to take up the position, adding that the club told him to put away his glove when they moved him from third base to designated hitter this winter. He feels that the team has now gone back on its word. He also responded “Sí, claro” when asked if he was upset by the request.
“I know I’m a ballplayer,” Devers said, via translator, relayed by Speier, “but at the same time, they can’t expect me to play every single position out there. In break training, they talked to me and basically told me to put away my glove, that I wasn’t going to play any other position but DH. So right now, I just feel like it’s not an appropriate decision by them to ask me to play another position.” Devers added this about Breslow, per Speier, “I’m not certain what (issue) he has with me. He played ball, and I would like to think that he knows that changing positions like that isn’t easy.” Speier relayed more from Devers: “Here in the clubhouse, thankfully, the relationship that I have with my teammates is great. I don’t understand some of the decisions that the GM makes. Next thing you know, someone in the outfield gets hurt and they want me to play in the outfield.” As for the first base spot, Devers seems to think an external addition is the answer, per Christopher Smith of MassLive: “Now I think they should do their job essentially and hit the market and look for another player (to play first base). I’m not sure why they want me to be in between the way they have me now.”
Sounds like he is butthurt about the 3B thing and trying to stick it to the team while still maintaining he could if he wanted but he cant do everything. He isnt Don Kelly.
Don Kelly can only be in so many places
Wow that’s all kinda not good.
I do wonder why not ask Bregman to move to 1B, giving Devers his 3B spot back? IIRC he can play 1B.
Still, Devers sounds unhappy & the BoSox have been pretty ham-handed with this whole situation.
Devers sucks defensively. They got Bregman and Devers got butthurt about it. Bregs is better offensively and defensively. Devers thinks he is just equally dishing it back to management and comes out looking like an asshat when, if he wanted to, could show he can still play the field.
Dude got paid $311 million and I guess that couldnt buy into him being a team player.
Any team would prefer to pay that to a position player. Devers just takes it personally.
“Defensively, Bregman has been the superior player at third base, and he won his first Gold Glove last year with Houston. Since 2017, when Devers made his MLB debut, Bregman has +21 defensive runs saved at the hot corner, whereas Devers’ DRS is -62. Bregman has +26 outs above average over the same span; Devers has -28.”
Yeah, I think both team & player needed to handle this better.
And also if you’re paying me that kind of money I will play any position, up to and including giving locker room blowies. Hey, $300M+ can buy a lot of mouthwash.
;)
Is Jazz a drop? IDK, three small tears and what…4-6 weeks. But, Boone did say he was a quick healer. :-)
Hold
Weekly obp roto league
Which side?
Luis robert, kristian campbell and woo
Or
Bichette and chourio
Chourio, guess depends on size of league if you need 3 guys vs. 2
10 teams double of every position except catcher bascially roster currently is
Ohoppe
Matt olson
Aranda
Marte
Luis garcia jr
Jose ramirez
Bregman
Jacob wilson
Mclain
Kyle tucker
Oneil cruz
Ozuna
Robert
Paredes
Simpson
Story
Campbell
Pitching
Pivetta, bubic, ober, joe ryan, gonsolin, gallen, christopher sanchez, woo, cade smith, bryan abreu, estrada, alvarado, eflin
Chourio side
Better chance at being closer, P Hodge or D Santana? Need saves and seems Pressly may be on thin ice?
Thanks!
Hodge
Thanks! How about between Hodge and Bednar? Thanks again!
Bednar
Pick one to start, one to bench (the rest are on waivers).
Bichette, Winn, Neto, Perdomo, Story, McKinstry*, D.Moore*
* bonuses for the bench for position flexibility
Start Neto, bench Moore
Afternoon & Happy Free Trade Day!!
Looking for a free trade up at OF, would you drop Dylan Crews for any of the following FA’s:
thanks as always!
Haha, nice! Grisham
Bregman or Ozuna?
Bregman
I guess the expectation of Freeman’s collapse will have to be postponed another season. I got that one wrong.
Who do you like ROS between Freeman and Ozuna? HR/RBI my priority.
Ozuna
was offered Bryan Reynolds for my Lawrence Butler in a 12 tm H2H 6×6 OPS? Any preference? Trade analyzer has it as a toss up
I’d take Butler
Would you drop Kahnle to pick up Ryan Walker?
Thanks!
Sure
Which side do you like in a 6×6 roto (AVG, OBP, W, QS):
Adley/Flaherety or Raleigh/Webb?
William Contreras and his finger or Adley?
Webb
Contreras
Couple of ?’s. Someone dropped Justin Martinez. I’ve been stashing Grayson Rodriguez in my 12 team points league. Is Martinez a better IL stash? Next, what are your thoughts on Soroka’s 2 start week next week @ATL (Schwellenbach) then @BAL (Morton). I thought he looked pretty decent yesterday.
Neither are worth stashing…I guess try Martinez
Soroka seems awful
Here are 3 surefire ways to get Gunnar Henderson going.
1. Have him face one of your pitchers. Will provide short-term, temporary relief. It is kind of manic. The high of seeing him do something positive will be accompanied by the low of your pitcher being victimized by a player who cannot do anything more than create infield divets due his ground ball ways.
2. Bench him. It is virtually guaranteed to lift the curse, and he will go off on your bench… until you insert him back in your lineup.. 100% effective, 100% guaranteed to make you regret it. Again, this is only a temporary fix.
3. Trade him, i.e. sell low. This is a 100% guaranteed fix. Another league member will reap the benefits while you languish in sorrow. You got the absolute worst of him up until the trade and then will experience torture like you never thought possible. He will embark on a merciless assault of mlb pitching immediately after he leaves your roster.
1. Haha, please, I’m begging 2. Never happen 3. Won’t happen
Hey Grey, I am working a deal for a pitcher (I asked you this morning to rank some guys), can I add Logan Webb to the mix? Can you rank Luzardo, Webb, Framber for me please?
Webb, Luzardo
Which Garcia do you like more at 2B for ROS?
Luis or Maikel?
I took your advice and drafted both as sleepers this year (Thank You!) but trying to decide whether to trade Maikel while hot.
His Statcast figures look like a crime scene there is so much red!
Luis
Elly & Adolis for Merrill & JoRam
I’d be trading Elly, I have Neto
which side, is it close/worthwhile?
thanks!
JRam side, it’s not close
Hypotheticals..
What if –
1. Elly & B. Doyle
2. Elly & Yordan
tx
they sound fair
Bah.
Contemplating trading Elly feels nuts
Don’t do it
Are you messing with Pfaadt vs LAD today. Yes or Pf no?
No
(1) Leiter or Baz. I need to drop one — which one.
(2) Keeper league. Same answer?
Leiter
yes
I thought Ober was going to help in whip. He is helping raise it for anyone who has him even against the O’s who best hitter has tragically become Ryan O’hearn.
Haha
Need a little help at 2B. Luis Robert is available. Drop Jazz or Semien? I’d prefer to move on from Semien, dude is killing me!
Sure, Semien
Horton or Erod?
Try Horton
Don Kelly? Former Tiger? He gonna flex all over those Pirates players.
“In my day I had to play EVERY position. All you fancy 1 position overspecialized players dont know what it was like back then!”
“We had to razzal every day. I had to wrestle porkchops away from Prince Fielder just so I could eat. I had to wrestle Avasail Garcia off Prince Fielder’s wife. I had to wrestle the bottle from Miggy. Im telling you back then you wrestlin with everything and everybody. Hot man on man action. Aint no fancin pants gymnast to razzle with Skeeeeeeeenes.”
Haha, crazy, we’re getting old
I’m old enough to remember when Gunnar Henderson was worthy of a first round pick.
Hahahahahaha ugh
Cade Horton getting the call.
Now if the Pirates would bring up Bubba, my pitching staff may not suck anymore.
Haha
Nice
Standard 5x 5 NL only roto:
A. Bohm for G. Holmes ….
Does it represent fair value for both sides?
Feeling about a swap of this nature?
Bohm
How crazy is it that Judge is tied with 4 other players at 15th with 23 walks? He leads MLB with 5 IBB and W. Abreu has 4 and a bunch of others with 3. Blows my mind.
So crazy
Sonny gray or schwarber in points league where schwarber is only util
Schwarber
Sweeney or Toglia for the double header
Tog
Starting mize @
Rockies?
No
Hi Grey,
A. How do you ran these starts?
Lugo vs BOS
Gonsolin @ARI
Megill vs CHC
Bassitt @LAA
B. How do you rank Grisham, Kepler, Robert Jr, Lux, Friedl? 12 team points league, Ks are -1
Lugo, Megill, Bassitt b. Grisham, Friedl, Robert
10 tm H2H with QS. I’m fairly deep at SP and Lodolo is my bottom guy. Drop him to stash the upside of Horton?
No
Trade help? I have one too many 1B to play for my 1B, CI, and Util spots. I like them all but trying to shop for an OF (5 slots) or 2B/3B. My 1B are Olson, C Walker, Aranda, Torkelson. Who do you think would be the best guy to move?
Best offer on the table right now is Christian Walker for Jordan Beck and Yennier Cano (SVHD league). What do you think?
Walker…terrible deal
Yo Grey! Piggy backing on an earlier question, which of these guys do you drop for Horton:
Mize
Peterson
Mahle
Sasaki
Ranger Suarez
Sears
Thanks!
Mahle
Brandon Pfaadt over 5 earn runs against the Dodgers tonight or under
No good can come out of starting Pfaadt tonight
Under
We know that Gunnar ( the bad Gunnar) is not playable but the question is, is he even roster able?
Ha
Is Abbott a streamer? would you start him in Houston?
Sounds fine in most leagues
Hey Grey,
In a keeper league, would you trade away Maikel Garcia for Andrew Abbott?
My pitching could use a boost, but I don’t want to trade away a future Jose Ramirez type. The guy offering Abbott says he has ace upside.
Thoughts?
Sounds fair
12 tm H2H with OPS Would you drop Jacob Wilson for Perdomo? I like both
Nah
Thanks
No problem
torkelson for schwellenbach?
Spencer
Both Spencer. Thanks Grey.
No problem
In AL-only, you prefer Hamilton or Rafaela?
Ceddanne
torkelson for my schwellenbach. 15 man dynasty?
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Spencer
Chisholm has 3 separate Oblique injuries ? Not to be obtuse, but (albeit with an acute lack of medical knowledge) it sounds like he’s angling for some time off
Haha
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto redraft. jobe was just dropped. worth an add over guys like wesneski or roupp or are they all just streamers at this point?
Streamers
Jobe has 6 starts with max pitch count of 87 and batters faced of 22 (once) … only 20 K in 27.2 inn … his value is capped
Pirates fire manager. They can take a lot, but getting swept by the Cards? I don’t think so.
Haha
Derek Shelton walks the plank
Haha
Correa or Semien?
Semien
Would you start Mize today in Colorado?
No
Ready to play ‘Which Schwellenbach will we get today?’
Haha
12 team redraft, please help me rank these all-important utility-type guys. Josh Smith, Dylan Moore, Jonathan Aranda
Moore, Aranda
Looking to add steals, would this be overkill ?
Give up: A Riley, Carroll, Semien, Yandy Diaz
Receive: Tucker, Matt Chapman, Harris II, Dylan Crews
Or should I aim for smaller, though Chapman vs Riley have pretty similar projections ROS
You want to add steals and you’re trading away Corbin?
I guess I’m looking at steal totals and Carroll has 5 to Tucker’s 10
Corbin is a 50 steal guy
Morning grey, drop Winn for J Wilson or Story? Drop Crews and Tovar for Grisham, Nootbarr, Dane Meyer, Friedl or A Garcia? Drop M Meyer for Rasmussen? Thanks man!
Hold — Tovar for Grisham…yes
hehe.. change his name from Cody Bellinger to Cody Blahblahblahlinger…
sonvabenched Ray for pos bryce miller..bryce better deliver on Sunday against Tor.
buy low on Matt Olson? say Vinnie P and Luzardo for him?
Sure
Hey Grey, 5×5 shallow roto league questions…
1) in a vacuum…Altuve or B Stott?
2) i need some pitching help and am looking at some potential trade partners, can you rank these guys for me plz? Framber, Luzardo, Flaherty, C Burnes, Bassit
3) any of these guys more than streamers in shallow league? Abbott, Shawver, Ed Rod, Boyd, Wacha, Sugano, Tyler Anderson
Altuve 2. Luzardo, Framber, Flaherty 3. Meh depends how shallow I guess
Thanks Grey. How about this, for question 3, can you rank top 2 or 3 from that list please? Abbott, Shawver, Ed Rod, Boyd, Wacha, Sugano, Tyler Anderson
Abbott, ERod, Boyd
Ben Brown or Jake Irvin ROS? Thanks Grey!
Brown
Brown has faced some tough lineups to date, @ LAD, @ Milw, @ Ath, v Phil, v SD, v Az, v SF.
McMahon or Beck?
McMahon
Could use your advice.
In a 10-team weekly roto.
I have Maikel @ 2B, Pena @ MI and Witt @ SS with Westburg on IL.
I also have Ragans, King, Rodon, Ray, Flaherty and Pfaadt. Snell and McClanahan on IL.
Was offered Ketel in return for MY Ray OR Flaherty.
What would you do? Take Ketel or hold?
Take him for Flaherty
Who would you bench between Maikel and Pena? I’m guessing Pena?
Pena
Who in the world is offering Ketel for Flaherty and why can’t he be in my leagues ffs
Or Ray for that matter…
Drop mahle or mize for Horton?
Mahle
How confident should I be that Jazz will be back in the “4 to 6 weeks” we are told? I have no further IL slots (Acuna; Teoscar; Jazz) but Westburgh just became available on waivers. I’m reading that he’ll be back from IL-land in about a week
My 3B is currently Paredes, and I’m afraid to wait for Westburgh activation. OK to drop Jazz for Westburgh?
6 to 8
Would you consider buying Sandy Alcantara in a Dynasty league? Would be offering Gunnar Hoglund and another ML for him to a team that’s rebuilding.
Sounds like a fair gamble
Guy just changed his Soto offer so I am bummed. He now wants to give me Harper for Eovaldi and Altuve. Thoughts?
I’d take Harper
Ok, done. Thanks. Now I need to grab a guy off the WW to fill my roster. This is a 12 team, H2H league with ten hitting cats and nine pitching. Best of the wire are:
Blanco, Abbott, Canning, Boyd, Taillon, ASS…, or I can just stream it. My team below for context:
A Ramirez
Vlad, Machado, Harper
Lindor, Winn, Crone
Teoscar, Tucker, Santander, Scott, Donovan
Util – N Lowe
Bench – Beck, Simpson (playing them while Teoscar is out – will need to upgrade here)
Wheeler, Crochet, Yamamoto, Bibee, Eflin
Iglesias, Bautista, Estevez
Abbott
Ben Brown or Jake Irvin?
Brown
Still holding at Santander Bank? Nimmo, Stowers, Beck, Schneeman, Dane Myers are available.
Hold
Chad Horton or Bubba Chandler?
Horton
Please rank Caden Dana, Logan Henderson, Cade Horton ROS. Thanks!
Horton, Henderson
Drop Taj for Bubba? How soon will Bubba be up?
Nah, I don’t know
14 team h2h league.My current LF eligible players
Ward
O’Hearn (+ 1B, RF eligible)
Stowers (+ CF, RF eligible)
Whose my drop (for ROS)?
ALSO, have Olson & Busch at 1B. Y. Diaz is on bench. Keep O’Hearn over Diaz if I need to cut one?
Thankyou
Stowers…sure
Forgot about Beck (LF ,RF eligible) on my roster too.
Where’s he fit ROS in that group?
Thanks again
Last
Langeliers or Carson Kelly ROS?
Langeliers
Soto and Wm Contreras for Crochet, Altuve and Murphy. Soto side?
Soto
Can you rank the available 2-start guys for next week? Trying to get a jump on the FA Wire.
Ben Brown vMIA, @MIA (just grabbed him, these seem very juicy)
Leiter vCOL, vHOU
Springs @LAD, @SF
SWR @BAL, @MIL
Soroka @ATL, @BAL
Brown, Leiter
Looking at a 1:1 to receive PCA. Guy wants Rooker. Who produces more ROS? Really wanted to keep Rooker esp in that ballpark, but curious on your thoughts.
he’s headed for a deep slump
Feels like that. I also don’t want to pass up on a potential crazy season from PCA. Middle of the pack right now, so wondering if I should take a chance on upside.
yeah i am not completely confident that he’ll regress. anybody who swings that much the league tend to catch up to, but the ceiling does look high at the moment
It’s fair, depends on needs
1. Which side do you prefer Goodman and Heliot or O’Hearn and C Simpson?
2. A Ramirez and Aranda or Murphy and C Simpson?
1. Depends on needs, do you a catcher? Do you need speed 2. Same
Hey Grey
is it worth pickup up wacha or bellozo in a 12team h2h league? not many options out there!
Ralieigh
J Naylor B Turang M Semien(R) N Arenado E De La Cruz B Reynolds B Doyle
B Nimmo M Trout(R) G Henderson
N Lodolo T Bradley B Miller T Megill S Baz R Suarez(R) M Kelly(R) B Pfaadt(R)
S McClanahan(I) G Kirby(I) E Diaz P Fairbanks
Wacha is fine
thanks who are you dropping?
McClanahan?
oh yeah i guess with trout on the IL i can open up a spot thx
No problem
Is Luzardo a fair trade for Edman? I’d be receiving Luz. Thanks!
I’d want Luzardo
Thanks Grey
No problem
Soroka’s line looked pretty great through 5. Guess he ran out of gas. You holding? He’s got he’s alma mater, the Braves next time around.
Seems fine to hold for now to see what he can do
Thanks!
No problem
Pages over T Grish still?
Nah, can go Grisham
Brandon Lowe, Jonathan India, or Jackson Holliday? 5×5 OBP
Also, would you drop Taylor Ward or Nick Kurtz for Masyn Winn?
Thanks!
Holliday — hold
AL only keeper league, which side?
Neto and Rooker for G Henderson and Kjerstadt
Gunnar
Guy with Duran wants Acuna. OPS league which would you take ros?
Duran
Hey Hey Hey, Grey!!!
I told you Cease and Swollenachingback were killing me, so now I think I want to roster one of my favorite streaming guys. Could you rank Sears, Liberatore, and Lugo for me?
Lurrrrrrve!
Haha, lurves — Lugo, Lib
Brew Crew’s Contreras playing with a fractured finger. That explains a lot.
Cards Herrera comes back this week. Do you like him more than Adley?
I don’t
Who do you like better in a K/9, Saves, OPS league: M. Ozuna or Edwin Diaz
My closers Luke Jackson, Devin Williams, I also have Cade Smith and Jeremiah Estrada
Ozuna
Saves/holds
Drop 1
Jax,uribe, Shelby, Alvarado, reed garrett
Uribe
Goodman, ohoppe or agustin?
Goodman
12 team redraft h/h points
Going to drop one
Mize or Mahle
They’ve both been solid lol I would say mahle then mize will do terrible or visaversa
Mahle
ESPN points, ROS only
Would you trade either Mahle or Matthew Boyd for Bryce Miller?
Thanks
Sure, Mahle
Still hold on Semien? His ops is killing me in h2h league. Other options on the waiver are Lux, Espinal, and this Schneeman looks interesting, best ops of all of them
I’d hold
I kept Semien and dropped Flores for Scheneeman. Don’t know much about him, but looked at this minor league numbers and power took a big leap last year. maybe there’s something there
Gotcha
Very funny… my favorite had to be the RenGTFO blurb.
Haha
i had to google sydney sweeney because i know nothing. according to wiki she’s a genius who rebuilds cars…
mentioned in the fcl comments that devin williams had a killer airbender last night. k’d tatis, machado and bogaerts. has absolutely no idea where the fb is going when he lets it go. if bogey lays off the 3-2 pitch he walks in the trying run. probably continues to struggle if he can’t find the fb but maybe last night was encouraging just from a result standpoint. don’t own him.
gooner hoooglund! guy has an idea out there.
I saw on Devin, looked better, Weaver did too…we love our Gooners
Keeper league and I got Merrill/Ranger coming off the IL… who should I drop for Merrill and is Ranger worth keeper over any of my other pitchers?
Roto btw: avg, obp, SB, rbi, HR, R
wins, Ks, era, whip, NSV, Hold
C: Contreras
1B: Pasquantino, Rice
2B: Marte
3B: Riley
SS: Perdomo, Neto
OF; Carroll, JRod, Abreu, PCA, Nootbar, Santander, Crews, Stowers
P: Cease, Framber, Pfaadt, Lopez, Yamamoto, , Max Meyer, Mize, Uribe (holds), Robert Suarez, Presley, Luzardo
Crews…Ranger over Meyer
I guess my drop of Lux for Horton the other day was a good move. Do we have a sense of what he throws, besides the usual fastball slider combo everyone seems to have? Curious if he has a change or anything else and how they rate.
He is predominantly a change pitcher, it’s excellent
Wait, Cease had to be using torpedo bats! That is what caused Stanton’s double elbow-ectomy. MLB network was talking about Stanton the other day and the casual disbelief on his injury even on air was funny.
https://www.mlb.com/video/giancarlo-stanton-takes-bp-for-first-time-this-season?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share
Garcia’s son….ahem…Prince Fielder’s son is now in the minors.
I love the report on Bryant as a minor back procedure and should miss minimal time. Come on, just go full cyborg or retire.
Orioles not only traded for store brand Castillo. They also signed Naykel Cruz? Who?
Full on dumpster diving.
Good thing there is pitchcom because Contreras wouldnt be able to signal pitches, including important ones like this: (2:10 mark)
Can you believe that signing the Mariners old batting coach hasnt improved BAL?
Rockies are bad but I dont think they are this bad on the hitter side. I could see worst record or 50ish wins. Top half isnt bad, league average-ish if they perform as they should. Other half is dumpster fire type. When is the last time the Rockies made a relevant trade? Nolan…..and then Tulo?
I traded Bregman, Mize, and Kikuchi away for Paredes, Bibee, Norby this offseason and not feeling so good about that one at the moment.
I have Rengifo in a 18 teamer with deep rosters. I dont think I have played him once, but the avg and SB from last year would really help my team if..you know he did that again. Was that a mirage last year?
woops, forgot the youtube clip 2min to 230 or so for the reference to his finger
https://youtu.be/oQ2_4EU7B7Y?feature=shared
Thanks!
Thinking it was a mirage
Bummer. Bought in everywhere. Liked the hypothetical IF & OF elig they were touting and .270 w 25 steals sounded good. Time to go grab Javy Baez haha
I mean, maybe, but I don’t think so
best streamer?
nick martinez at astros
lorenzen home vs red sox
Quintana at rays
fedde at nationals
elder at pirates
Lorenzen
12 Team 5×5 Roto Keeper League:
My team is doing way better in the hitting categories than the pitching categories (54 Batting Points/32.5 Pitching Points). I have been cobbling the pitching together all year and have already traded Soderstrom for Luzardo.
Current Team:
Bats:
C – Murphy
1B/3B/CI – J Naylor, Bregman, Jung
2B/SS/MI – Westburg, Seager, Abrams
OF – Carroll, Wood, PCA, H Ramos, Nootbaar
U – Ozuna
Bench Bats:
Crews, Hays, J Lowe, Neto
Arms:
SP – Bibee, Schwellenbach, Gore, Luzardo, T Bradley, C Holmes, M Kelly
CL – Fairbanks, Megill
Bench Arms:
J Leiter, B Francis, M Wacha, B Chandler
I feel as though I need another arm to push for a title. Thoughts on dealing Seager for an arm? I feel as though Neto is too studly to be riding my bench. Possible targets are Yamamoto or Webb – aiming too high or reasonable asks? Can my team withstand losing the AVG Seager provides? Thanks!
I’d take either, Yama then Webb, that order
Hi Grey,
Would it be too short sighted to drop JH Lee and Nootbar for Beck or Togilia and Goodman to get Thursday to Sunday at Coors? Need hitting for the week, 12 categories under .500 in a 12 team .OPS redraft
Winning all pitching just need HR and RBI. I am reasonably confident I will be able to pick either JH Lee or Nootbar if not both on Monday.
Yes too shortsighted
That Juan Soto skeet got me almost as good as your Yankee Wells zinger from yesterday. Thank you for consistently bringing baseball humor to my mornings!
Haha No problem
Yes, it’s this bad for my 14 team weekly 6×6 squad
Please pick two to roster for my squad next week:
Mikolas(s)
Hancock
Ben Brown
Horton
Smith-Shawver
Brown, Horton
Ozzie Albies sucks
Is this a repost from last year?
Insert Herman Munster laughing gif
Haha
Double ouch
Ouch
Top-2: Yimi; Shelby Miller; Porter Hodge; Doval
Miller, Hodge
Pitchers drafted in top 100 picks (RCL ADP March 17-26) with their current rank on the Razzball Player Rater:
ADP PITCHER May 8
18.9 Paul Skenes 61
20.6 Tarik Skubal 53
27.6 Zack Wheeler 41
35.5 Logan Gilbert 103
41 Garrett Crochet 40
46.3 Cole Ragans 137
47.2 Dylan Cease 404
49 Corbin Burnes 356
55.8 Chris Sale 280
59.5 Framber Valdez 219
60.2 Blake Snell 428
60.5 Emmanuel Clase 153
62 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 21
63.1 Michael King 38
70.2 Josh Hader 72
70.6 Shota Imanaga 124
71.5 Devin Williams 845
74.6 Jacob deGrom 125
78.2 Pablo Lopez 70
78.5 Spencer Schwellenbach 269
79.9 Bryce Miller 349
82.7 Mason Miller 158
83.6 Ryan Helsley 341
84.1 Edwin Diaz 175
86.8 Roki Sasaki 415
88.6 Logan Webb 59
89.8 Spencer Strider 421
92.8 Tyler Glasnow 329
95.4 Bailey Ober 195
96.2 Aaron Nola 350
97.3 Raisel Iglesias 159
98 Hunter Greene 18
102.2 Tanner Bibee 279
103.4 Max Fried 8
This is awesome, Vin!
I felt the heart in this post from the Fielder wife story to the pet insurance. Bravo.
Which two top a list of wacha, Wesneski, gonsolin, abbot, pffat and hoglund?
Haha, thanks! Gonsolin, Abbott, but I wanted to say Pfaadt
Thank You. I might hold Pfaadt as well just because he has a higher owned percentage and won’t fly under the radar as easily.
No problem
The Top 25 on the RAZZBALL PLAYER RATER with their RCL ADP March17-26 (24 drafts):
1 Aaron Judge 3.5
2 Kyle Tucker 8
3 Shohei Ohtani 1.5
4 Corbin Carroll 10
5 Pete Crow-Armstrong 122
6 Alex Bregman 78
7 Pete Alonso 33.5
8 Max Fried 103
9 Teoscar Hernandez 46.5
10 Kyle Schwarber 43
11 Andres Munoz 106.5
12 Fernando Tatis Jr. 12
13 Byron Buxton 213
14 Elly De La Cruz 4
15 Hunter Brown 109
16 Cal Raleigh 111
17 Bobby Witt Jr. 2
18 Hunter Greene 98
19 Robert Suarez 117
20 James Wood 39
21 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 62
22 Wilyer Abreu 266 (14 Drafts)
23 Oneil Cruz 30
24 Tyler Soderstrom 251 (19 Drafts)
25 Geraldo Perdomo ND
The 7 newcomers (BOLD) pushed out:
28 Jorge Polanco ND
29 Nick Pivetta 190
31 Brice Turang 108
37 Jeff Hoffman 131.5
38 Michael King 63
55 Jackson Chourio 14
60 Tommy Edman 175
I love this!
Gray had the best start of the night to earn his 2nd entry on the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list. Three others also made the list yesterday:
12 Sonny Gray May 7 vs PIT
49 Cristopher Sanchez Apr 17 vs SF
54 Michael Wacha May 7 vs CHW
66 Sonny Gray Apr 14 vs HOU
82 Framber Valdez May 7 @MIL
91 Cristopher Sanchez May 7 @TB
LFG
Besides my one slot for streaming purposes besides these name, the two names on the bubble feel like DET Jobe and TB Baz. Drafted the former, yet I read all about regretting dropping the later and the same for not doing so. If the pressure were on for a spot available asap, who gets cut to you?
Jobe
Getting back to gunnar, he had another rbi-less day. That’s 5 rbi in 28 games and now down to a 162 game pace of 29 rbi.
Pat Listach wannabe
Fantastic!
Going back to 2023 and ranking pitchers who have at least 300 ip since then, wacha ranks 11th overall in era. After tonight, he probably slipped into top 10. He is very underrated, but yes he did face CHW.
Indeed!
I remember I owned jose ramirez in 2019. He got hit on the hand very late in spring training. He had 5 hr and was hitting .214 thru July 3 (82 games into his season). He at least had 18 sb and 31 rbi during his worst stretch as a hitter. He proceeded to turn his year around before getting hurt later in the year. I can only hope Gunnar turn it around too.
Ugh I hope so
Hi Grey! Please rank the following IFs and OFs ROS:
1. Semien, Westburg, Arenado, Vientos, Turang
2. Noot, Simpson, Friedl, Ward, Steer, Ramos
Thanks!
1. Turang…..West, Semien 2. Ward, friedl, Noot
You always seem pro Ward, why?
Batting .180 this year in a generally crap lineup, no speed. Best case he’s a .250 25 hitter? Which is cool but, as cold as he’s been I’d rather take the guys having solid years like Nootbar, TJ, even Simpson speed
Been a top 40 OF whenever healthy
A trade.
I’m being offered HIS Ronald Acuña Jr. & Freddy Peralta for MY Yordan Alvarez. Which side do you like more Grey? Thanks!
Wooo, that’s quite a transaction.
Acuña I guess, it’s fair
WTF IS GOING ON WITH HOFFMAN. THAT’S TWO DAYS IN A ROW. (YIMI HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TORCHED HIS LAST TWO TIMES OUT FYI).
WHY DO I OWN THEM BOTH.
Who’s down-voting me? Are Hoffman and Yimi lurking in the comments?
It’s late and you’re shouting?
I’m in New Zealand. 6pm Thursday here. Ironic shouting – I don’t normally, but this is a special occasion.
HA!
He did fail a phyicsal or medical test prior ton signing with Tor. I hope that isn’t it because I have him too. Sometimes an off season just calms an issue down, it doesn’t fix it. He pitched like crap end of last year and in the playoffs when he likely was dealing with something that may be the same thing that showed up on that failed medical test. I hope I am wrong
Yeah, he is very fragile
Haha, I know