I never really liked Gavin Lux. Never drafted him before. Not the kind of guy I buy usually. I want big power or speed upside from my rookies. Especially speed. Five category? Well, Luis Robert can canoodle my noodle any time. Nick Madrigal? Okay, fine, but his hit tool is insane. Carter Kieboom? More like a Kie-fizzle in that platoon. I want dem wheels or dem big muscles. Gavin Lux does what? Few homers and a few steals, and hits maybe .260? I never draft that! Dot dot dot. Usually. I can’t believe I’m rostering that ess oh bee on my Tout Wars team. I think I was price enforcing, that’s at least the story I’m going with and don’t end sentences with with — dah! If Chris Taylor really does get 60-games’ worth of ABs over Lux, it doesn’t make him a posh upgrade, but simply a good flyer due to lineup, i.e., counting stats vs. a Taylor H.A.M. sighting. I moved down Gavin Lux in my top 500 and top 20 2nd basemen. Hopefully, Gavin Lux is up after only six games to a week, due to service time. He must’ve ruffled some feathers when he complimented Lasorda by saying he really liked the “sauce” at the team’s quarantine spaghetti dinner. IT IS GRAVY!!! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jimmy Nelson – Hit the 45-day IL, which is also nicknamed the “Why don’t you just opt-out and go watch Netflix” List.
Matt Adams – Could be the Braves’ DH over Austin Riley vs. righties. *screaming at the heavens while it downpours* Take me, God! I no longer wish to carry on! *tastes rain* Hey, the rain should be flavored seltzer. You ever consider that? God, are you there? Hello? So, this could absolutely suck for Austin Riley’s playing time, but hopefully someone comes to their senses. Namely, Snitker.
Kyle Tucker – Dusty said he might go with Aledmys Diaz over Tucker at DH. Seriously, no jokes, don’t trust Dusty to play a young player. Ever.
Sean Manaea – Velocity is topping out at 89 and averaging 87 on his fastball. Which is roughly same as Bryce Harper’s dad during a Home Run Derby. In my top 60 starters, I said not to draft Manaea. That is reenforced with this news.
Colin Poche – Torn UCL and will miss season, and most, if not all, of next year. Come here, sit on my lap, and let me tell you why we can’t have nice things–Figuratively! Get off my lap! Or at least put a mask on your ass. Poche was removed from my top 500.
Dylan Covey – Acquired by the Red Sox. I honestly don’t pay attention to real baseball talk. Is anyone talking about how awful the Red Sox’s rotation is?
Luis Urias – Will begin the year at the alternate training site. Not saying Luis Urias is the second coming of Brett Lawrie, but I’m also not saying I wouldn’t be surprised if Urias randomly starts running into the stands and misses four years while everyone calls for his breakout.
Masahiro Tanaka – Hit the IL with some flutters in the cabeza, but he should be fine by the 2nd week of the season. In other words, he’s missing one-eighth of the season.
Jordan Montgomery – Optioned to the alternative training site, where they practice alternative training like throwing arrows while making a swoosh sound, lifting Telex machines and running in place in elevators.
11 team league 5×5
C: Sean Murphy 1b:Ryan McMahon 2B: J. Villar SS: Bichette Mi: Tim Anderson 3B V. Guerrero Cl: Devers Out: Acuña, Harper, Mercado, Laureano, Schwarber U: Soler.
P: Paddack, Gallen, Maeda, Musgrove, M. Foltynewitz, Weaver, Yarbrough, Ian Kennedy, M.Melancon,
Bench: H. Nervis, Wil Smith, A. DeSciafani, H. Kendrick.
I feel weak at First base/closers, but feel have right mix of Power Speed otherwise. Thoughts?
Great write up, love the line, “ roughly the same as Bryce Harpers dad at Hr. derby.”
I like McMahon, but I’d cut him if he doesn’t look good immediately…Your closers are okay…I think you might prefer to stream vs. start Folty, but depends on the matchups…I like the team overall…
Thanks!
Nice article. I have Hampson. Should I drop him for Taylor? Roto league.
Def not time for that yet. They are prob gonna play Chris Taylor all over the place. He’s not assured steady PT and may just end up coming into games late. I think deal with the RoxSalt headache would be the smarter plan for now, ceiling is much higher. Just see how the Rockies handle him for at least the first weekend at least, then go from there
Agree with Nux
My roommate stubbed his toe on the way out of the shower. He drafted Danny Jansen this year from the team playing in Buffalo, New York. That’s known as upstate for those residing in New York City or Yonkers or New Rochelle or White Plains or Hudson County or even parts of Kingsbridge. The nurse said that it wasn’t actually broken but you should stay off of it for a few weeks. It’s hard to stay off of it when you’re taking the subway and there is not too many places to sit. Not to mention the hikes to the park where the squirrels seem to be having quite the year. I mean successful would technically be an understatement. They have nuts on nuts on nuts on acorns on nuts galore. I haven’t seen there tails shaking so much since the feathers on the tails of birds were shaking so much. I mean it’s really something. From earlier. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I now that I think about it I never even got to my question. When catchers are always bending down and throwing the baseball back to the pitcher and sometimes to the second basemen or short stop depending on who is covering second base which usually depends on the handedness of the batter unless of course the batter often hits the baseball “the other way” on the ground and sometimes the second basemen will open his mouth behind his glove to hide his mouth openness or closedness from the batter and the first basecoach and the third basecoach and all of the bench of the other team also. Here are my earlier thoughts as well to review. I was thinking about dropping my catchers when they go to San Francisco and maybe picking up catchers when they go to Denver Colorado. My aunt was supposed to be going on a trip to Denver Colorado but instead she ended up going to San Diego California. It rained for two days straight which I’m told is rare for San Diego California because it doesn’t rain that often in Southern California and when it does it often floods. The flooding causes the soil to erode and the combination of eroded soil and freshwater rain end up flowing to the ocean instead of hydrating the soil because after all much of Southern California is desert and without the creation of the artificial Los Angeles river there would not be any water. The water in Los Angeles actually starts off as snow in the mountains and my aunt ended up not staying at the zoo as long as she would have otherwise liked to due to the rain but if she was being honest she would not have stayed long enough to feed the giraffes anyway due to her stomach troubles. It seems that she may have been exposed to a stomach bug when she was aboard the greyhound bus that she traveled on on her way to San Diego California. I often get sick when I travel by bus and I have heard that it is not uncommon for people to get ill for a few days after doing a lot of traveling. Susan who works at Ralph’s said she got sick after traveling by bus to Reno Nevada. It was not her first choice she and her boyfriend could not agree on which place to visit so Reno Nevada ended up being their compromise.
War and Peace is shorter than this post….and it has paragraphs
By George Grey, i think he has figured your forumula out …..
haha, this feels like bot text.
LOl yeah but that first paragraph i got same “where hell is he going with this ” feeling when i start reading Grey’s prose…..
This bot is already repeating itself. About grannie’s bus trip.
Sad!
And when I say sad, I mean its sad that I read the entire thing. Again. lol
Stop draining my energy, Colin Robinson!
This season is lame on so many levels.
At least the Royals gave the cheatinasstros a glimpse into what their 2020 is gonna look like..LMAO!!
Hey Grey,
12 team Keeper league.
Keep 10 MLB and 7 Minors
R, rbi, sb, total bases, OBP
Wins plus qs, K, Era, Whip, saves plus holds
C,C
1B
2B- Ozzie Albies
SS- Turner
MI- Villar
3B- Arenado
CI-
5 OF- Acuna, Marte, Harper
U- Tim Anderson
6 SP,-Buehler, Còrbin
3 RP-
The only minor leaguer that I have tht may start this year is Mitch Keller.
I have the first pick this year(after keepers). I was all set on Giolito before Covid hit.
Do I still go with him over someone like Soler, Laureano, Pham, Robles?
Thanks
Canby,
You can’t draft a 1B? CI? Not sure why you’d go OF when you have 3…I guess Soler over Giolito…You don’t need another top SP
Hey Grey,
Thanks! There is nothing at 1B.
These would be my options:
Danny Santana
Mark Canha
Encarnacion
Joe Pederson
Ryan McMahon
Howie Kendrick
I’m thinking I go Soler or Giolito and pick one of these with my second or would you take Danny Santana with my first?
Soler — Dannys Antana is fine at 1B
The Royals seems like such a harmless team too. Especially in the powder blue. Way to lead the way KC! Cheatinasstros!!
So true, zombie
Ha
I really do not believe the Braves will play Matt Adams over Austin Riley. I think that’s just manager speak to motivate both players.
I hope so. The daily saga of Riley’s playing time is getting old. Markakis opts out, Puig signs, Puig doesn’t sign, Camargo’s hurt, Matt Adams is in.
Never underestimate a manager choosing a veteran who’s output they can predict over a prospect they can’t.
Gotcha
Riley hit two bombs today while playing third base. Solarte relieved him in the middle innings and is batting .167.
I’m not panicking about Riley’s playing time. He’ll be just fine. Gotcha? If you want to panic about someone, panic about Travis Shaw. He sucks.
.
hold
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Grey ! It’s almost here! Like the Blue Jays of Pittsburgh …. 12 team roto dynasty … Out of character I’m stacking bench bats instead of arms this year (atleast to start) … Roman Quinn or Kiner-Falefa? Starting to maybe think I have enough speed w/ Robles/Kingery/Laureano/Ketel/Dyson …. Volume is king this year and when Garver sits I can put IKF at Catcher is also my thinking … What say you? Thank you
Falefa
A heads-up to anyone playing in a Yahoo! league- it appears that the default settings don’t allow you to put Covid-19 players onto the IL. I’m not our commissioner, so I’m not sure if there’s an option to swap that, but I wanted to let folks know in case that informs their draft strategy.
Just had my hometown draft last night, which contrary to hometown draft reputations is the most competitive league I’m in. Zigged when others zagged and tried to go with a lots of $20-30 player strategy rather than stars and scrubs. I think it went reasonably well. It’s a veritable who’s-who of Razzball favorites.
12 team H2H, offense heavy (5×5 + H, TB, OPS):
C – TBD (this is where the C19 guys not going to the IL really blew up my spot)
1B – Olson $27
2B – Gurriel $8
SS – Adalberto $23
3B – Chapman $14
OF – Meadows $23 (C19)
OF – Eddie Rosario $19
OF – Eloy Jimenez $21
UT – Jorge Soler $17
BN – Luis Robert $12, Hunter Dozier $5
SP – Paddack $21, Castillo $21, Lamet $14, Stroman $2, EdRod $8, Lynn $6, Maeda $1, Odorizzi $3
RP – Neris $5, Doolittle $3, Colome $4
I think I’m a little light on speed, but can rely on Mondesi for most of it. With TB as a category I tend to lean heavily on power, though I should have leaned a little more heavily on AVG with hits also in there. Thoughts?
Thanks for the heads up!
Team looks solid! I love the hitting and pitching, it is all guys I like a lot…Hard for me to find anything to quibble with tbh
That’s so strange – I know they mentioned that they changed the default to 4 IL spots to account for Covid… so not sure why they wouldn’t let you put a Covid player on IL
Apparently, the Yahoo! genius bar is working to make players designated as “Covid-19” eligible for IL slots. It’s particularly infuriating that they assigned the “Covid-19” designation before making it possible to put those players in IL slots . . . less than 48 hours before the real life season begins.
Find the “Yahoo Fantasy Care” account on Twitter, check under “Tweets and Replies” and you will find support for what I said above, as well as annoyed users giving them a hard time.
Hahaha
Fixed.
If Tanaka is IL how could they demote Monty?
“It is expected that Montgomery will be recalled prior to the Yanks’ sixth game of the season, the July 29 home opener against the Phillies at Yankee Stadium.”
Ok makes sense. They don’t need a fifth starter the first week.
Yeah, he’ll be limited too is my guess
Kyle Lewis over Riley?
Coin flip…I’d prolly try Lewis
Grey! FML! Earlier you said it was a coin flip, but you’d take KL! #Confucius!
omfg read it wrong. disregard and disavow!
Unless…
If you had to take a chance on one player here (12 team 5×5 with OBP), who would it be for this season and for dynasty:
Austin Hays
Kyle Lewis
Trent Grisham
Thanks
Lewis
Hays is safest, all are coin flips based on needs
Is Grisham an everyday player this season? Roster Resource has him listed as a platoon guy. :/
He’s everyday as of now
I think I figured it out, Dusty Baker is soooo old, he just things he’s playing the youngsters.
Ha
Grey!!
Awesome report, a somber note on Lux. Hopefully he makes it back up with the first injury, that .791 SLG from last year has to play over practically every player except Belli.
a. Signed up Kintzler, dropped Dustin May. Say a little prayer for me.
b. Sorry late. Had banking problems to take care of.
c. Saw your picks on Jay’s report from yesterday + saw HIS massive opposite field homerun to right=Signed up Kyle Lewis, dropping Myles Straw.
d. MLB quote of the day for July 22, 2020
‘It didn’t only curve, it curved and dropped at the same time. It made it extremely hard to hit and if you did hit it, you hit it into the ground [because you] couldn’t get under it.’
Of Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown, aka ‘Three Finger’ or ‘Miner’. He lost parts of two fingers in a farm-machinery accident but used his disability to throw a wicked curve ball that no one could get under or hit effectively. He was nicknamed Miner (sometimes misspelled Minor) because he worked in a coal mine before becoming a baseball player.
He won two WS with the Cubs including 1908, their last WS win until 2016 (108 years later). In his career, he started 332 games, completing 271 (82%) for his career.
His 162-game average.
20-11, ERA 2.06, 28 GS, 23 CG (82%), 265 IP, 87 R, 61 ER, 56 BB, 115 K, ERA+ 138, 2.41 FIP, 1.066 WHIP, 0.1 HR9 (!!). He gave up 43 HRs facing 12437 batters! In his best year in 1909, he threw 342.2 IP and surrendered one (1) homerun facing 1280 batters!
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks!
A. Meh
B. Yeah, WTH
C. Nice!
D. Dead ball era must’ve made it tough to find decent hitting for fantasy teams
Grey!!!
a. Dead ball era=debbie downer for MVFH….
b. Stupid bank is like 25 minutes away, they moved the branch which was 4 minutes away without any warning. I guess it was a cost-cutting measure for which I haven’t reaped any benefits, to wit, I just got my 6-month savings return….on an investment of 50000 US$ I got 167 US$ for a 0.33% return on my investment! How ’bout that! So bad, man.
c. Kyle Lewis, make him the ROY!!
d. Kintzler for president 2020!
Cheers,
Ante
A. HAHA
B. Croatian interest rates are no Bitcoin
C. Yes!
D. Haha
Need a catcher, looking at the bottom of the barrel here:
Stallings, J. CAstro, Caratini, Pedro Severino, Austin Romine
Severino or Castro
Severino
Hey Grey,
I can’t find the words to express how happy I am to talk real pretend baseball. I’m sure you could, wordy mcwordsmith….but I can’t.
Aaaaanyway.
Have Willie Calhoun who may/may not be ready for Friday in my Util spot. Would you drop him for Evan White? 5×5 roto league.
Ha, me too!
I would try to not drop White
Top of the morning grey just drafted last night & looking for your insight it’s H2h pts weekly
C: Realmuto
1b: Joey Votto
2b: Jonathan villar (2b/3b)
3b: Kris Bryant (3b/OF)
SS: Tatis jr
IF: adalberto mondesei
OF: Bryce Harper
OF: benintendi
OF: luis robert
OF: Alex verdugo
DH: jD Martinez (DH/OH)
Utility: Yoan Moncada
Utility: Carlos Santana (1b/DH)
Bench : Cavan biggio, Khris Davis, Justin Turner , JD Davis (OF/3b), Lorenzo Cain, yandy diaz (1b/3b), Travis Shaw, Freddy Galvis (SS/2b), profar, Jon berti. I
Also drafted guys who I plan to use as drops maybe I could get better players on the wire ; Juan Uribe, Johnny Peralta & Omar infante. It was the end of the draft I was tired I was like hey whatever lol
SP: Strasburg
SP: Nola
SP: Soroka
SP: Bauer
SP: Keuchel
SP: folty
RP: Seth Lugo
RP : Ross stripling (RP/SP)
RP: Dustin May
Some moves thinking of making waiver wise
1.) some guy in my league dropped altuve right after the draft , I have a claim dropping infante for altuve
2.) drop Juan Uribe for Carter Kieboom
3.) drop Seth Lugo & add Kwang-Hyun Kim
4.) add Adrian houser by dropping profar
5.) drop job Jon berti & Chris Taylor
For this year I added 4 IL slots which is the max on ESPN , normally we do 2 IL
Stay safe & I look forward to reading your notes all season like every season! Good stuff man
1. Yes
2. Who
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Nah
You too!
Hi Grey,
Trying to acquire Soto in a keep forever league. How much of an overpay would Arenado and Meadows be to get him? I’d ask for another player like Danny Santana for this year but it would be a two for one deal.
Thanks
If super shallow league, it sounds fair, but it’s an overpay obviously
It’s a 12-team league but I’m looking at a 2 for 1 trade to open up a spot for another keeper and go younger at the same time.
Drafting tonight.
AL-only 5×5 redraft 10 teams
I have #2 pick – but scared of taking Trout.
Grey hates starters here so no Cole.
If #1 takes Lindor – who do I pick, please?
My league drafted on Friday (same exact parameters).. I got lucky and got Lindor at 3…wouldn’t have taken Trout if he fell
First four picks were Bregman, Trout, Lindor and then Cole…
https://razzball.com/playerrater-preseason-alonly10team/
Longtime away from fantasy bb, Grey, sorry about that…BUT I AM A PAID SUBSCRIBER so there is that…
Draft last night in a 5×5 roto (INN, ERA, WHIP, K, Sv+Holds)
Pitching staff: Walker Buehler, Dylan Bundy, Carlos Carrasco, Tyler Glasnow, Andrew Heaney, Lance Lynn, Danny Duffy, Tyler Duffey, Matt Barnes, Diego Castillo, and Chad Green.
(start 9; 2 on the bench)
Available guys (from the Razzball Writer Predictions list)
Kikuchi, Bassitt, RLopez, and Cease along with some guys at the top of the CBS list named Z-Eflin, H-Bailey, F-Valdez, M-Kelly, K Hyun-Kim, Lucchesi, and Suter….Brent, not Bruce Sutter. He was really good.
Any big add-drops jump out at ya?
Thanks as always. You da man!
Good to see you!
Kim and Bassitt over Duffey and Bundy
donka shane!
Donka shame
Is that a bar in Tijuana?
HAHA
I noticed no one took Kyle Lewis. I know you really like him. I have a stacked OF with Harper, McCutcheon, Robert, Schwarber, and Stanton. My U is clogged. My bench is Shogo Akiyama and Raimel Tapia. Do I drop someone for Kyle Lewis?
Hold for now
OK, sounds good. Thanks.
No problem
Hey Grey,
12 team keeper league. Keep 10 MLB and 7 Minors.
OBP, R, SB, total Bases, RBI
wins +qs, era, whip, K, holds+saves
C,C-
1b-
2B- Ozzie Albies
SS- trea Turner
MI- Villar
3B- Arenado
CI-
5 OF- Acuna, Harper, Marte
U- Tim Anderson
6SP- Buehler, Corbin
3 RP-
the only minor that might contribute this year is Mitch Keller.
Before Covid, I was set on picking Giolito with my first pick( I have the first overall pick after keepers).
Should I consider any of the following:
Soler
Laureano
Donaldson
Pham
Robles
Also, there isn’t much left in the pool at 1B.
Who do you like the most from the following(I hate them all):
Danny Santana
Mark Canha
Encarnacion
Joe Pederson
Ryan McMahon
Howie Kendrick
Answered above
Hi Grey,
Trying to acquire Soto in a keep forever league. How much of an overpayment is Arenado and Meadows? Would ask for another player like Danny Santana for this year. Would be a two for one deal though.
Thanks
Ah sorry for the re-post.
Drop Austin Riley for JD Davis?
( with Adams, should I begin looking elsewhere?)
I would, JD Davis was better option before Adams news
Redraft league I’d take JD
Yes
Well the ‘perts draft was fun last night, I literally spent half of it chasing down a soon-to-be 1 year old, and keeping him toppling furniture… LOL. That said, I’m pretty stoked about my team. Somehow you got away with highway robbery, haha, I blame Donkey’s Chris Saleian Strategy,
Hey, I just thought of something…Are you in LA-area? Or became an Angels fans some other way?
Oh, and my team is ridunk and Donkey’s team is ridonkey
thats the tweet
Ha
I used to live in North SD area and North County like Del Mar, Oceanside, Vista etc. Had some connections that led to me going to a lot Angels games when little with a lot sentiment – hence Angels fan.
Ah, gotcha!
Donkey drafted Sale again? Hahaha
He tried to
Drunkeytooth.
HAHA
He went Cole and Scherzer first 2.
Morning Grey, my league drafted last night and I was hoping I could get your thoughts on the team. I feel light on sbs. 12 team roto, 5×5.
C – C. Vasquez
1B – Olson
2B – Eduardo Escobar
3B – Jose Ramirez
SS – Story
OF – Springer
OF – Soler
OF – Mercado
UTIL – Rizzo
BN – Calhoun
BN – Jose Peraza
SP – Corbin, S. Gray, Ed-Rod, Stroman, C-Mart, Houser
RP – Neris, Leclerc, Joe Jimenez, Jose Alvarado
Your pitching looks great! I love the hitting too…If I had to nitpick, your closers are gross, but whatever and you look low on AVG
Hey Grey, absolutely loving this site.
Would you trade yelich and Stripling for Story and Berrios? 10 team obp 5×5 league. Other starters are Clev, Kershaw, Woodruff, paddack, and Hill. Other OFs are Stanton, Benintendi, Pham, Ozuna and Franmil. My middle infielders are weak as I am starting Swanson at short and either Wong or McMahon at 2nd. My backups are Solak and Kingery.
Thanks you in advance.
Thanks!
Story side, but it’s fair
Do you base that on player value or my team needs?
Value
One other option is Yelich and Woodruff for Lindor and Bieber. What do you think?
Thanks again
Prefer Lindor/Bieber
G’day Grey,
Drafted 16 team league last night.
5×5 H2H with OBP & Saves + Holds
C- Jansen
1B- Olson
2B- Villar
3B- Rendon
SS- Mondesi
OF- Bellinger – Mercado – Scwarber
Util- Davis – Calhoun
Bench – Hilliard
SP- Giolito – Lynn – Odorizzi – Weaver – DeSclafani – Cease – Lopez
RP- Giles – Betances
Pitching depth may not be great.
How did I do ?
I agree with you, you have no have no pitchign depth…Your hitting looks great tho, maybe low on power and high speed (Mondesi, Villar, Mercado), but it should be okay
Damn, crusty Dusty! I had picked up Tucker over Razzball heartthrob Kyle no relation to Carl Lewis for the Astros offensive potential. Kind of difficult to tap in to that from the bench. Would you hold Tucker or drop for Lewis?
I’d hold for right now
I almost forgot that the sprint gets going tomorrow. Can’t wait until half of my lineup either registers 99 degrees or has a slight cough and misses half of the season for undisclosed reasons!
At least the gangly manbird gets a four game “weekend” while avoiding Buehler. Things are looking up…
Pence won’t make it to Monday…Gentleman’s bet?
The bird flu doesn’t count
He’s a carrier of that
I’ve lost 3 outfielders to Covid and the season hasn’t even started yet.
Welcome to 2020! Sucks, but it should all even out. There’s gonna be tons of crazy stuff going on.
Magoo! Would love your insight.
Which three would you roll with in a weekly OBP league to kick off the season?
Domingo
Happ
Riley
Wil Myers
Kyle Lewis
Teoscar
Good luck this season!
Oh yeah, and Trent Grisham.
What’s up, Swagger? Grisham, Happ, and Domingo would be my picks, but I’d keep an eye on Myers’ playing time
Had Tucker over Kyle Lewis for the Astros offensive potential. Hold Tucker or drop for Lewis?
Hold
i am #confucius
Baltimore is one of the home park options for Jays.
Where would you rank Vlad as a 1B when he gets eligibility after 5 games in Yahoo leagues and if Baltimore is their home park?
They’re playing in Pitt
Hasn’t been settled as of last night. Talking to Baltimore too.
Really? I thought I heard different this AM
Looks like you’re right. That sucks for the Jays offense.
With Vlad getting 1B eligibility after 5 games, would you rather have him or Luis Robert? Either would be in UTIL or bench. In a small 6-team friends roto league. Robert’s may be hitting 6th in the lineup to start season.
Vlad
In light of that Riley blurb, does that mean I’m benching him in a weekly lock league for Willie Calhoun or your boy Teoscar. Calhoun seems to be trending in the right direction and is now only expected to miss a game or two so I’m guessing he’s the answer?
Teoscar
Hey Grey – update on my trade chats around getting Glasnow…looking at 2 offers now from the same owner, what do you think? Keeper league, OBP OPS (not avg) + QS plus W on the pitching side.
His First Offer:
My Freeman ($27) + A. Bradley (not keepable) for his Muncy ($24) + Glasnow ($12)
Second Offer:
My Schwarber (not keepable) + Lamet (not keepable) for his Glasnow + Dahl (strangely, Rudy’s ranks have Dahl about twice as valuable as Muncy in OBP OPS for some reason)
Lamet one is a no-brainer, no?
My thoughts exactly. Lamet it is! Ready to have my heart broken by Dahl
Haha
Watching the Dodgers on the tube the other night and noticed Lux had the yips. He made at least 2 errant routine throws, had trouble turning the deuce, and looked tentative overall. I have never been high on him, but know he has talent and think he has just lost his confidence. Taylor and Kike made the move easy for Roberts. Does seem Atlanta is Colorado 2.0 at times
Hopefully he figures it out in the next week bc there’s not much time
Down goes Dozier! I guess that we better get used to this. Frequency of this occurance might just be common going forward. OK, so not mad. Just need to replace him. Potentially productive options include Solak, K. Lewis, maybe Teoscar. Or wait a day/two to see if D. Carlson makes the club? Please advise… & clever title this AM (Rudy?). Thanks.
Yup, Rudy
Teoscar is safest
G. Richards or C. Bassitt or A. Voth. Or just stream their starts when they come up?
Thanks and have a nice day.
Stream
Gonna give these Rudy Tools a whirl for the 60 game season, I’m a subscriber now!
I wish I had a rosterbation question though
Haha
Puig can be dropped now, right Grey? Asking because Dozier just went to the covid IL and I need a replacement.
Yes, dropped
10 team redraft
Drop Kyle Lewis, Akiyama, McCutchen, or Joc for Willie Calhoun?
thanks grey!
Lewis
Hey Grey!
With Dozier going down, I could use another bench bat.
In a 10-team H2H, do you like taking a shot on Braun or Cespedes?
Braun
Does Anyone know why Yahoo Fantasy Sports page isn’t putting players with Coronavirus on the IL when the team has already put them on the IL, but instead going out of their way to update the server to include COVID-19 at the end of their names?
I’m commissioner of my league and my teammates are questioning it and extremely mad at yahoo. I don’t know what to tell them.
No idea
Yeah, I just noticed this, and also that we can’t put a COVID-19 player in IL slot.
I am Commish for home league, may have to add extra bench spots on the fly, until yahoo gets its shizz together.
Yahoo is working on making the COVID-19 designation IL eligible. Hopefully by tomorrow! https://twitter.com/YahooFantasyCC/status/1285705905602990081
Grey, i know u like Teoscar. U have him ranked about 350. Is he better then that ranking? Looking at drafting him as a possible 4 th or 5 th of in a 13 team roto?
I like him, going to Pitt isn’t amazing…He’s a late round flyer in 13 team league
Hey Grey,
H2H 12-team cat. keeper (keep12) balanced stats (R,H,HR,RBI,SB,BB,AVG, OPS,XBH / W,CG,SV,K,GIDP,ERA,WHIP,QS), limit of 20 moves/year
So just finished the draft last night. Thought I was smart-ish but alas my bet on Helsley is not looking great. What are your thoughts on my team ? I kind went overboard with Pitching long shots / hopefuls. I assume I drop Helsley for another reliever ? anyone else you’d swap / pick up from the wire?
Some guys on the wire:
HIT- M. Smith (CF,RF), R. Braun (LF), A. Garcia (CF,RF), C.J. Cron (1B), S-S Choo (LF,RF), R. Odor (2B), C. Hernandez (2B), K. Wong (2B), C. Kelly (C), A. Riley (CI, LF), S. Akiyama (LF), D. Murphy (1B), D. Anderson (3B,RF), W. Adames (SS), Y. Molina (C), Y. Diaz (1B,3B), M. Carpenter (3B), F. Mejia (C), O. Narvaez (C), M. Chavis (1B,2B), J. Berti (3B, SS, CF), T.Murphy (C), K. Lewis (RF)
PIT- J. Urquidy, S. Matz, C. Bassit, D. Cease, S. Turnbull, P. Lopez,
RP- J. Leclerc, J. Jimenez, K. Kela, G. Gallegos, I. Kennedy, W. Smith, B. Kintzler, K-H. Kim, S. Lugo, A. Ottavino,
My team:
C – EMPTY
1B – A. Rizzo
2B – K. Marte
3B – E. Suarez
SS –T. Turner
CI –P. Goldschmidt
MI – D. Santana
LF – J.D. Martinez
CF – I. Happ
RF – C. Yelich
Util – C. Blackmon
BN – D. Carlson N/A
SP – J. Verlander
SP – W. Buehler
SP – S. Gray
RP – J. Hader (RP)
RP – R. Helsley (RP – but I guess not really haha)
P – C. Kluber
P – C. Martinez
BN – J. James
BN – C. Burnes
BN – J. Lindblom
BN – A. Voth
BN – C. Smith
BN – S. Howard N/A
Thanks bud
Marv
You look bit boring on hitting and better on pitching, but not a bad team…Just not super flashy…I only really dislike Blackmon, Goldy and Kluber…Hels is whatever, Leclerc above him
I’d stash Mallex for steals (or just about any of those bats) over Carlson — Voth is droppable for Urquidy or Bassit depending on matchups
Willie Calhoun over Braun and Christ Taylor right?
*Chris
Taylor
Quick & dirty one for you Grey:
Chirinos or Canning
11 team roto last SP slot.
Yonny
Latest from The Twitter on Yahoo and COVID-19 IL eligibility:
@YahooFantasyCC
Replying to
@Dropthemike17
The COVID designation will be IL eligible, as it will be a 10-Day IL. We are working on getting this resolved, as at the moment, they are not eligible.
6:39 PM · Jul 21, 2020
IMO, “as at the moment”, Yahoo can go F itself. GET YO SHIZZ TOGETHER YAHOO THE SEASON STARTS TOMORROW!!!
Geez
OK they fixed it. I will give the credit to all my whining here on the RB message board!!
Grey, how confident are u on W.Calhouns ranking? I want to draft him. Do u think he is a number 3 outfielder in a 13 team roto?
He sounds like he could be back early next week, I still like him
picked up sean murphy as the last catcher off the board, him or Kiner-falefa or stream off hittertron to start the season?
Stream
Grey, my man! Need help on a Dynasty trade. Brandon Lowe for Alex Verdugo. Current 2B are Luis Urias and Shed Long. Verdugo is 4th OF and would be replaced in lineup with Teoscar. 6×6 with OPS. Thanks!
Verdugo
Hey to the Hey!
So, this is an obnoxiously general and vague question, and maybe a post I missed over the lonnng spring addressed this, but if one believes that hitters need to catch up to pitchers in the spring (which I kinda take with a grain of salt) and that SP are more prone to fatigue over a full season and definitely try to manage that by holding back a bit (which I think is definitely true) . . .
. . . then should we expect some great starts from decent SP the first few weeks of this short season? Or should we at least lower our target dollar value on SoN?
So, for example, would we roll with [email protected] ($2.6) or [email protected] ($1.2). Maybe even [email protected] (-$4.0)???
And another question is going to be if home field (aside from stadium characteristics) even matters.
Okay, this now seems like a ridiculous question to ask in the comments, so please feel free to tell me to pound sand. I just wanted to chit chat!!!
Lurrrrrrve yas!!!!
I think hitters will have advantage early — I’m concerned about all SPs, tbh — They had next to no prep time — with that said, you have to start someone and Heaney, Bum and Musgrove sound fine to stream
Damn, it is handsome to interact with you again.
Haha, you too!
great work Grey!
16 team points league…
For the first week (11 day week)
who should I start at 3B? Kingery or Sano?
for my Util: Kingery/Sano or Luis Robert?
For my 5th SP spot: Eovaldi vs BAL and @ NYM or G. Richards Vs ARI and @ COL
Thanks
Sano
Robert
Eovaldi
Trade Max Fried for Pham?
Yes
Looks like Stroman is likely to miss first start with calf-tightness
Eff me
There’s the payback for Peralta starting
Ha
Need a replacement for Dozier..Shaw, Profar or Bruce
I’d try Shaw –Profar is safer
Thankfully, when my 4 nfbc teams evaporated so did all my “Dozier Down” shares. A small positive.
I was browsing some mlb news and realized I had no clue Derek Holland was with Pitt, let alone 5th starter. Im not sure that I should care. I guess its pretty bad when the Giants reject you while they embrace Gabe Kapler.
Pirates are so cheap they have Adam Frazier as their 3-hole hitter
Yeah, I cant believe they didnt sign Denard Span too.
Haha
Other option is Peraza
Needs based — Peraza is SBs
Hello Grey
Need a replacement for H Dozier.
10 team with OBP.
Lourdes Gurriel or Akiyama?
Thanks
Shogo
Hey Grey,
12 team, H2H, 6X6. Your advice Please.1)drop Wong or DeJong for: J.Segura, Newman, LaStella, Kendrick? 2)drop D.Bundy for:Luzardo, J.James, Bassitt, Heaney, Richards, Kim? 3)drop Mercado for:McCutchen, J.Turner, K.Calhoun?..thanks Man!
1. No
2. Heaney
3. No
Hey Grey,
Do you like Shogo over Hilliard for this shortened season? Shogo looks to be batting first but maybe Hilliard has more upside?
Thanks
Yes
hilliard def has more upside, but lately COL reporters claim tapia has hilliard’s job. depth charts hasn’t shown this since black never said that and clearly black in the past (last year end of season) gave hilliard those at bats and not tapia (who’s been jerked around for at bats for at least 3 years), but keeping hilliard there might result in almost no at bats. i ain’t dropping hilliard in the deep spot i have him in (and another deep dynasty spot) but of course i can’t just go get shogo in that one.
oh yeah folty right back in peak form, but not quite sure if i can remember 2 back to back to back HR games within a few hours of each other.
– mazouza news good for madrigal, leury moves to OF
– singer (is up for one of the junis/keller roles for now) or drop one of cueto/howard? have these in a 12 teamer (5×5 12 team h2h): morton, lynn, paxton, stripling, odorizzi (good lord was he cheap, nabbed him 2/2 in drafts the last few days), j.gray, cueto, howard
RP: (max 5): kim (dropped d.castillo, saves only here, got beat to pressly but kim could have more value and it’s possible he just keeps this role), iggy, rogers, hudson
I wouldn’t mess with J. Gray and would try Singer, but coin flip on matchups
wow, yr saying drop j.gray here. what happened with j.gray (he’s still ranked higher than cueto by you)
It’s been a while, but I’m sure I wrote a blurb in my rankings saying I’m not drafting Jon Gray — you want a guy who will have 12 starts and 6-ish willl be in Coors?
true point, but in a 162 game season (where you ranked him higher than cueto) he would’ve had half of whatever number (on average) in COL then too. i get where yr probably going on this, variance being a giant bitch in short season (IF roto even worse, h2h here), try yr best to take out the bad apples (and COL is just the worst apples). so the idea being in a 162 game season the TOTAL of road games made him have value but now that’s at 6.
Yeah, don’t mess with Gray, it’s not worth it, especially not in 12 team
Stream the spot
i’m checking COL’s schedule now, this whole year will be like last 5 weeks of normal h2h seasons (checking schedule all the time) here’s gray’s though (assuming the 5 man rotation depth charts shows)
@ TEX (good, or at least neutral)
vs SD (home, but for home not horrible)
vs SF (this is as good as it gets at home)
vs ARI (not great, and that’s 3 in a row at home)
@ HOU
@ LAD
yeah this is just bad after the first game.
Yikes
Hey Grey,
any opinion on this draft?
H2H, 10 Team, R, HR, RBI, SB, BB, TB, BatAVG, / W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP
Roster with MI/CI, RF/CF/LF
C J.Alfaro
1B P.Alonso
2B G.Torres
3B Y.Moncada
SS K.Marte
CI J.McNeil
MI T.Edman
LF J.Soto
CF R.Laureano
RF D.Santana
OF E.Jimenez
UTIL L.Robert
BN I.Happ
BN C.Walker
BN B.Anderson
BN K.Lewis
BN N.Madrigal
SP L.Castillo
SP S.Gray
RP B.Workman
RP S.Doolittle
P F.Montas
P K.Maeda
P R.Stripling
P M.Foltynewicz
I drafted Lewis and Madrigal late because I’ve seen your latest notes on them. However, available players on WW: Hyun Kim, Pressly, Akiyama, Hilliard for example.
Good luck to your teams. Thank you.
I like this team, looks like a solid staff and hitting…I think you might be low on power tho, which isn’t great…I think the pitching is great…I’d lose Anderson for another streamer
whoa, not good to hear re: Kyle Tucker
12 team 5×5 roto
C Carson Kelly (pick 224)
1B Freeman (32)
2B McMahon (200)
SS T Turner (8)
3B Guerrero Jr (56)
MI Story (17)
CI Travis Shaw (streaming spot) (320)
OF Stanton (65)
OF Luis Robert (80)
OF K Tucker (152)
OF Verdugo (185)
OF A Garcia (209)
U Calhoun (257)
P L Castillo (41)
P S Gray (89)
P R Iglesias (104)
P Carrasco (113)
P J Urias (128)
P Workman (137)
P Neris (161)
P Gallen (176)
P Britton (233)
Weaver (248)
Kintzler (272)
J James (281)
Pressly (296)
S Howard (305)
Any thoughts? Thank you!
You look like you have a lot of sexy upside, but wouldn’t mind seeing a guy like McCutchen or someone safer…You have Avisail, Tucker, Verdugo and Willie which might all be risky
Pitching looks solid, no problems there
I just need a little push
20 teams (Keeper) Roto-this season only
According to a Power Rankings tool (different site) my team is ranked 5th
I have a trade in hand that could move me to possibly 3rd, definitely 4th, but I’m shy to pull the trigger. I’m normally a very patient yet successful manager over the course of 162 games.
Projections show good gains offensively (+17) but with marginal losses at pitching (-9)
Forget my math and just look at the trade and its effect.
Trade: I receive Starling Marte, he gets Luke Weaver
Effect: Marte at CF, Avisail Garcia moved to Utl, A. Simmons moved to bench
SP Staff changes from; deGrom, S. Gray, Odorizzi, Weaver, Keuchel to subtracting Weaver and adding Chase Anderson or Daniel Mengden (when healthy).
The volatility at the pitching position really, really worries me in a shortened season.
Do you make the trade today or wait a while?
I’d take Marte
hey hanley road earl, get ready to be happy. STL released cecil, FINALLY. next up fowler, right.
Haha
First year of Roto league.. 5×5 with Sv+H.. over the course of 60 games, what’s the realistic breakdown of EOS totals? Trying to figure out what these goals should be so I can keep a running tally during the draft.
Thank you and I’m looking forward to another great season with you!
I’d figure about 5-7 S+H per week
Hey Grey!
Appreciate all of your hard work as always to help get all of us up to speed. Drafted last night in my long standing 6×6 (OBP + QS) league with 11 teams this year. We changed it to roto this year rather than doing a 6 week H2H regular season. This is my first time playing roto so looking forward to trying a different format.
I used the 6×6 (+OBP) version of the razzball rankings. When setting up my predraft rankings, I plugged all of the pitchers in using your top 500. Any thoughts on how to improve my roster would be appreciated! Here’s what I ended up with:
C-bNavarez (waivers after draft)
1B- Rizzo (6-58)
2b- Edman (12-124)
3b- Byrant (3-31)
SS- Andrus (13-131)
OF- Soto (1-9)
OF- Martinez (2-14)
OF- Stanton (4-36)
UTIL- Pham (8-80)
UTIL- Schwarber (14-146)
Ended up loading up on OFers early as none of the position guys, other than Bryant) who were available in the first few rounds were either good values or players I liked. Passed on Jose Ramirez (6th in the OBP ranks) in the 2nd in favor of JD Martinez (who is 10th in the OBP ranking) hoping to go with the guy with the higher floor. I was burned by Ramirez last year and have been on a running for several years of having at least one of my first two picks be a total bust. I plugged everyone into the war room and came out with a .280 average, 103% on RBIs, 121% on HRs, 102% on runs. Pham, Edman and Andrus are decent steals sources, but I really could have used one more speed guy to go with them. Dee Gordon and Billy Hamilton are on waivers. Would you grab either of them as a bench bat or wait to see if other steals sources emerge in the first week?
On the pitching side:
SP- Corbin (5-53)
SP- Bauer (8-80)
SP- Gray (9-97)
SP- Hill (10-102)
SP- Ryu (11-119)
SP- Yarbrough (15-163)
SP – Burnes (20-212)
SP- Jon Gray (21-229)
SP – Canning (22-234)
RPs – Melancon, Kintzler, Watson, Wade Davis
Felt good about being able to wait to the 5th and grab Corbin. Ended up with 3 guys out of tier 2 on the pitcher ranks when Gray and Ryu fell to a point where I thought they were good values. I know you aren’t as high on Rich Hill, but he was one pick I was influenced by the CBS guys on as they are pushing him pretty hard as having a lot of upside in a short season. With 3 guys already in the first 2 tiers, I figured I could afford to take a shot on him there and still ended up with Ryu a round later. In the past I have always relied heavily on streaming to gain an advantage on quality starts, but I realize the strategy is different in a season long roto where pitcher implosions will wreck your ratios beyond a single week. We have Wins + Quality starts though so that gives us 3 counting stats vs the 2 ratios cats though. Do you think streaming is still the right move or should I wait to see how the standings in all of the cats are shaking out in the first couple of weeks?
Thanks again for all of your guidance!
Reading through comments above, saw where you’re low on Jon Gray so I dumped him in favor of Nick Madrigal as a bench bat. Fingers crossed the white sox will do the right thing and let him start the season at 2b.
Smart move
You’re not gonna in good conscience start Hamilton or Gordon there…Forget them for now…I don’t think you’re that weak in SBs anyway…Your power actually looks more precarious, hopefully Giancarlo carries his weight
Your pitching looks great, I think you have to stream, and I wouldn’t own Jon Gray after maybe his 1st start
Thanks for the feedback. Your pitching rankings have always helped me build a solid staff with middle round picks. I grabbed Schwarber late as a hedge in case Stanton doesn’t deliver. I do wish I could have found a better power/speed guy at SS or 2b so I wasn’t starting Edman and Andrus up the middle.
No problem! Hopefully can get the win!
Looks like Blue Jays in Buffalo afterall. The public health commisioner is not a big enough baseball fan.
If New York lets them.They’ve got over 30 states on the quarantine list.
Yeah, what a sh*tshow! I guess nobody cares about generating revenue that much right now. Maybe they should accept bids like Amazon did last year to see who actually wants them.
I wouldn’t count on Baltimore either,they just shut the bars and restaurants back down today.
Yeah, anywhere in TriState will be tough too
Does Plum Island have a stadium?
Haha! No, nearest ones are Providence or Hartford. Yard Goats play in a nice place for minor leagues.
So goofy
Josh James has a plus matchup according to streamo this week while Houser’s matchup is in the negative (despite being against Pittsburgh). Houser is a big sleeper candidate so I hate to cut him before the season even starts but is that the right thing to do?
I’d go Houser
Gloom, despair, and agony on me… First FAB on Saturday. Lost Sale and Price in 15 teamer. What would you pay for Rich Hill, Alex Wood, and Corbin Byrnes? I got a grand to bid.
Hill, $226 — Burnes — $156
I can’t get Hee Haw off my brain after reading that lede.
Josh James also available. This drafted in December. Thoughts ?
Ha, sorry!
I’d take James for $212
Johnny Bench at the 1:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAAKPJEq1Ew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAAKPJEq1Ew
Here it is. Johnny Bench at 1: 48
https://youtu.be/Xv13g44ROaw
HAHAHA — wow
Hi Grey,
In an 8-team, 5x 5 OBP keeper league, would you trade away Yordan Alvarez, Edwin Encarnacion, Dylan Carlson, and Trevor Bauer for Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Santana, Andrew Vaughn, and Yu Darvish in order to have a chance to win this year?
Best,
Bo
Yes
Thanks. I have been going back and forth on this potential trade for quite some time now, so this rather clear answer is pretty helpful.
No problem
10 team NL only with OBP over AVG, total bases added and net steals. normally a h2h league but we voted in roto for this yeaer. have this currently:
C suzuki
1B votto
2B wong
SS amed
3B lamb (1B)
MI camargo (SS/3B/OF)
CI fatt adams (1B)
OF (4): harper, pham, grisham, mccutchen
util (1) mcneil (2B/3B)
BN tapia
DL (5): freeman (who sounds like he’s playing right off), brocktune (who sounds like he ain’t)
NA (1) lux
i just dropped bohm as i don’t have 6 days out of 67 to waste on a dead roster spot, added tapia/bruce/lamb (lamb having 3B/1B is useful since camargo is off vs lefties and mcneil might be needed at OF or MI sometimes)
1. hold those 3 (tapia/lamb/fatt adams or drop for any of: j.rojas, kipnis, bote, souza (these latter 2 sound like bad side platooners though), i.diaz (good side of platoon), sogard (leading off vs righties), fatt adams, haseley, l.thomas, crawford, naylor, france, j.osuna (full job and 1B/3B/OF),
2. assuming freeman is back, who’s the drop (would think it’s one of the bruce/adams or similar player group i own at the time or lamb. this assumes tapia actually did steal hilliard’s job, if that’s not true he’s an easy drop).
player rater (OPS), has them ranked per game bruce, adams, lamb. bruce has a strong (for this deep) positive rating per game. all 3 of them are righty side guys, but bruce/adams bat in good part of order on good hitting teams too. adams obviously could lose playing time if they give it to riley.
1. Hold
2, I don’t even see a Bruce on your team, so I guess him
oops, yeah while i was writing this i moved out fatt adams and added bruce (rater likes him slightly more). so fatt adams over bruce for now, then when freeman is back (probably fri) drop fatt adams or lamb (from the 3B extra elig)
we’re roto now, so unlike h2h where i wouldn’t have wanted to waste a move if i changed my mind it doesn’t matter here, no moves limits for roto. no reason to have them.
Adams
Speaking of bad lux, I also have Stroman and Gallegos.
Me too!
For 1B when Vlad is eligible – Josh Bell or Vlad?
Vlad
BTW, Penn Dept of Health denied the request for them to play in PNC. Jays are still without a home.
Yup!
16 team points league…
Now with Gavin Lux’s situation and K Tucker’s uncertain role I have to keep them on my bench(stashed) but I also have M Gore … should I move on for someone like Akiyama, Hays, K Lewis, Riley, Madrigal?
Thanks
Yes, Shogo, Hays
Yahoo has fixed the problem regarding Covid and the IL.
RICK
Thanks, RICK
Also just read Stroman on IL with a left calf tear.He is week-to-week.Just keeps getting better.
RICK
Wonderful news, RICK
11-team Roto standard categories who do you like best:
Stripling
Houser
Garrett Richards
Thanks! You kept me going through the long off-season
Austin Riley or Ian Happ? Thanks…. I have Stroman all over. That’s Just great.th
Yeah, same….Happ
Would you start Dr fauci vs the Yankees or take a wait and see approach?
Hear he’s only going one pitch
GP, he can’t qualify for the win
Grey, just finished my 13 team roto draft. Please tell me how think i did?
C-Suzuki
1B-Alonso
2B-Madrigal
SS-Story
3B-Suarez
MI-Mondesi
CI-Y.Gurriel
OF-Springer
OF-Eloy
OF-Kingery
OF-Akiyama
OF-K.Lewis
Util-Hampson
Bn-Happ
Bn-Tsutsugo
SP-Castillo
SP-S.Gray
SP-Lynn
SP-ERod
CL-Workman
CL-Kim
CL-Kela
CL-Crick
CL-Kintzler
CL-Givens
I like the hitting and pitching a lot, I think you might be a little light on power and high on speed, but not awful…Solid team!
Grey Albright!
My god it’s been far far far too long my hero.
Well I had my yearly 12 team H2H points league.
Would you please give me your brief and honest opinion on how I did? I need your gratification! (Or your stern verbal disciplining).
C Kiner-Falefa
1st Bellinger
2nd Hiura
3rd E. Escobar
SS Story
OF Judge
OF Eloy
OF Soler
Util. Moose
SP Giolito
SP Glasnow
SP Woodruff
SP Keuchel
SP Musgrove
RP Jansen
RP Rogers
With Aroldis out, relief pitching staff has been reduced to Edwin Díaz, Mark Melancon, Brandon Kintzler, Maeda (occasional hold), and Ginkel. There are no starting closers available (nor is Britton) and the guys with most holds from last year were drafted. Can you recommend some solid or sleeper middlemen on decent teams who I can count on for holds that would not have had high hold / saves last year?