“Hello, I’m here to visit The Sciosciapath.” “We need to see your ID, and, if you’re carrying any sharp items, you have to leave them here.” I empty my pockets and show the guard my ID. The Mental Institution of Major League Managers is a relic from the 50’s, a product of discarded patients suffering moral treatment. There’s Ron Washington chewing on a piece of chalk. At least, I think it’s chalk. Over there, Terry Collins is pretending a yo-yo is his arm. Finally, I see The Sciosciapath, bifocals low on the bridge of his nose, carrying a clipboard. He is a patient, but thinks he’s the megalomaniacal head physician. He muahaha’s as he sees me, and screams at a discarded piece of meatloaf, “I told you to run, Darin Erstad!” Any hoo! C.J. Cron has finally emerged from the shadow of failed psychiatry in Anaheim and is putting up a season we thought always possible. This is so unsurprising. He was obviously a 27-homer hitter for the last few years as The Sciosciapath played everyone else. If Cron is available in your league, grab him and stop screaming at your meatloaf. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
James McCann – He’s hitting over .300 in the last week with two homers. That’s a whole lot better than what’s usually up, McCann.
Ryon Healy – As I think I said earlier this week, Healy’s similar to Mitch Haniger with less average and speed. And that’s me paraphrasing me!
Matt Adams – Have you seen this guy lately? He looks like he divorced his wife, lost 75 pounds and started dating 20-year-olds. Yo, Matt, I appreciate you feel like a huge burden has been lifted, but I’m not sure you should quit your job to start a podcast about tattoos.
Jesus Aguilar – His name is so close to the Latino porn star, Hayzeus Igooyoulater.
Jose Peraza – Yo, y’all wanna hurt me by not picking up Jose Peraza? Why you wanna do that? You hate handsome? You hate the mustachioed? You an anti-mustachite? It’s time you embraced me. Metaphorically! Get off me!
Daniel Robertson – For a lot of these guys, I feel like nothing more needs to be said then pick them up. I mean, if you don’t know Peraza or Matt Adams by now, you’re never gonna know them (is that a late-era Chicago song?). Robertson, honestly, I don’t know that well myself, so let’s educate ourselves! He walks a lot, like more than a senior in the mall at 8 AM. His OBP is sexy AF. Plate discipline isn’t usually something that just disappears either. Unfortch, he has next to no speed, and his power is likely limited. Think 18-ish homers on high side. There’s some talk of him being a messenger of the Launch Angle Revolutionaries. Remains to be seen, methinks. 17/4/.280 seems doable, which gets you excited depending on the league, I suppose.
Howie Kendrick – I went to look up How Ya Like Me lyrics for Howie and I caught a pic of Kool Moe Dee from back in the day, and he should literally dress exactly the same every day of his life. Those sunglasses will never stop.
Enrique Hernandez – Never know whether to call him Enrique or Kiké. Why can’t he just change that shizz to Enkiké? Any hoo! With Seager out for the season, playing time in the Dodgers’ lineup opened up. With all the Dodgers injuries, they should call their lineup a “lie down.”
Alen Hanson – Mostly just a SAGNOF call, and Hitter-Tron only likes him if his name is Alen Wrench, and has his grips on his lugnuts.
Eduardo Escobar – I’m starting to get the feeling no one wants to pick up Twins hitters. Joe Meh-er and Miguel Say-No are the new blech, but some Twins are all right. Stop hatin’, haters.
Jung-ho Kang – Not sure why the Pirates are even thinking about playing Kang. Though, could say same for Sean-Rod…or Frazier…It’s almost like they don’t know they have a minor league team. Austin Meadows can’t get no love?
Willy Adames – Whether Adames is a Cylon or human is irrelevant, it’s whether or not he’ll be called up. I see people adding Vlad the Mini Impaler, but in redrafts, Adames has a better shot of seeing playing time.
Leonys Martin – I gave you a Leonys Martin fantasy a few days ago, and his ownership needle has been in neutral. You anti-mustachite!
Jorge Soler – He’s the model BSOHL’er, but is that Best Shape of His Life or Best Schmotato of Hot Lately?
Franchy Cordero – If you Google “Franch Military Victories,” Google suggests, “Did you mean The Franchy Cordero Revolution?” And, ya know what, you did. Google knows me better than I know myself! And Facebook.
Mark Canha – Not really buying Canha as a breakout, but has schmotato’ed for a few now. If you schmotato long enough, it does eventually turn into a star mitzvah. It’s a shituation worth cyclops’ing. By the way, we gained a new reader today that somehow made it to this blurb and was like, “What in the holy eff is this guy talking about?”
Joc Pederson – This Choose Your Own Adventure points back to Enkiké and how Joc is know scratching that ‘lie down’ itch.
Cam Bedrosian – I could’ve also listed Justin Anderson or Blake Parker, and, what do you know, I just did!
Darren O’Day – More like O’SAGNOF! AMIRIGHT?!
Nick Kingham – I already gave you a Nick Kingham fantasy. It was written while being a helicopter parent for my dog.
Alex Reyes – We’re about a week or two away from me making Alex Reyes the lede of a Buy, so, depending on how competitive your league is, you might want to grab him now.
Jason Hammel – This is a Stream-o-Nator call like the call it makes to 23 and Me to ask, “How can I have no family?” Yo, SON, is depressing.
Jake Junis – I actually have owned Junis for the last month in one league, however, this is a Stream-o-Nator call too. Like the call it made to a refrigerator to see if it was his father.
SELL
Didi Gregorius – It almost seems like I dislike the Yankees. Weird since I grew up a Yankees fan. That, of course, has been bastardized due to fantasy. I love Severino and Giancarlo, so I don’t hate the Yankees. Our Buy/Sell Tool is screaming at the top of its lungs to SELL!!! Didi, and I agree. Naturally — or natch, if you’re in a hurry — I’m not selling Gregorius at his preseason price. He’s an easy top 50 bat now. Our Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer might even be selling him short like Jose Altuve standing in a Macy’s window. I wouldn’t sell Didi for a Vaping for Dummies book with its 1st chapter, “You can smoke and get cancer, or vape and have people wish you got cancer,” but I would explore options.
STL fans gotta love this one. heyward (who hasn’t hit well since the day he left STL) only has a job at ALL from fielding and apparently he gives good speeches (according to CUBS players and a whole host of articles about the playoffs the year they won it), wanted to look so damn slick sliding for a ball that should’ve out the 3rd out he literally just slid UNDER the ball, scoring a guy. had he not slid the ball would’ve hit him right in his chest. but man imagine how cool that would’ve looked with that sweet slide right.
@And Now the Jon Lovitz Dancers!: of course due to baseball umps this was ruled a “triple”, which is fine for where i own wong (NL only), but it wasn’t even a single, a routine fly out.
@Grey: I’m on the DeShizz bandwagon now… dropped Conforto
My waiver for Gallo is now between Pivetta and Castillo, and leaning Pivetta since Castillo has the “pedigree”, but I’m torn. I don’t think anyone will be picking Pivetta up anyway, so I think I’m good to get him back for his start against SF
@William Hung: “waiver for gallo” what is that a 6 teamer? maybe a points league due to his K’s he might not be owned if it’s say a 10 teamer.
@And Now the Jon Lovitz Dancers!: I don’t ask questions when I get a gift
@William Hung: well sure, but you already know what size league you are in (i’d hope, but it is a league where box wine got dropped so based on that who knows)
@And Now the Jon Lovitz Dancers!: 10 teamer but some of the owners don’t have the most patience with certain players. We also count Ks against batters, so in this case, the owner felt Gallo was hurting BA, and Ks a lot more than helping the other categories. Not gonna question another owner’s strategy if it’ll benefit my team.
@William Hung: the question being just what the guy thought he was getting when he drafted him. he’s doing EXACTLY what was expected, and probably a little bit ahead of the HR pace too, WITH more BB’s than expected. if it’s a 10 teamer with no CI/MI and only 3 OF pretty much anybody can be dropped if cold, or at least believed that somebody would
Drop conforto or Chapman for Cron? Or hold ? 12 team 5×5 Roto, no bench
ROS please rank Buehler, Soroka, kingham. Thanks!
You did
@Grey: need to drop one of the following in holds league – Nicasio, Chad Green, Tony Watson, Jeremy Jeffress, and Chris Devenski – also I need saves
What comes first, Yasmani Grandal’s next base hit or Billy Hamilton’s next stolen base?
@William Hung: depends on who’s game starts tomorrow and/or if OBP wolf is off tomorrow but i’d still say OBP wolf.
Haha, going Grandal
@Grey: wait, CIN plays tomorrow, LAD doesn’t i’m going with billy
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo: oh yeah and it’s against a nobody lefty related to fatolo, NYM catchers are awful. i’d actually be very willing to bet on billy now.
Did Mookie Betts anger the baseball gods in some way? He’s getting nicked and dinged all the time lately.
I know, sucks
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. need to drop two of the following – gibson, kingham, e-rod and pivetta. who goes?
thanks!
Ed-Rod, Kingham
goldschmidt, whit merrifield, syndergaard
springer, albies, belt who wins OPS league
Noah
14 team with saves and holds (separate stats). have kimbrel/hand/madson/nicasio/j.barnes. drop barnes for any of: fields, yates
@Eli Man Penguin Boy: knebel back soon, doubt hader is made a SP anytime soon (MIL managed by same guy who plays sogard over villar)
Fields
Jose Bautista or Adrian Gonzalez?
Bautista
Quick hit! Stanton for Goldy. Both struggling. ROS thax
@uncle ernie: if it’s OPS stanton easily. OBP (without total bases) goldy probably.
Stanton
the MIL manager is AGAIN benching villar for MF’ing sogard (who’s hitting 105 with no power, even bad for him). so either villar
1. has literally the worst defense in the league
2. is injured and they are hiding it
3. MIL’s manager is stupider than ARI’s GM, SEA’s GM, NYM’s medical staff, maddon, sociapath and any other idiot making baseball decisions.
@When Buying Gifts Don’t Confuse the Diary of Hans Frank and Anne Frank: could of course be a mix of the above along with the possible
4. villar is screwing somebody in MIL manager’s family (wife/daughter/niece etc)
Yup
for anybody that claims the mess now have a better training staff/doctors, they went from
1. degrom has an elbow issue, surely DL
2. nah, we’ll push him through it anyway
3. DL i guess, right? since it is his THROWING ELBOW
and this still took what, almost a week to figure those 3 steps above? so they still WANTED to play a guy with a hyperextended elbow in his THROWING ELBOW! seriously it’s gotten to the point where an average 13 year old on web MD is a better doctor than them.
I like Beuhler, Kingham, Soroka, Mahle, Domingo German, Minor, Caleb Smith, Cahill. Any you would pick up in a 12t mixed roto? Droppable are Montgomery (gone baby), ReyLopez (done with him), Chase Anderson (should prob keep).
Buehler, Smith, Soroka
Would you trade Tim Anderson for any one of Ray, Junis, Gausman or Kingham? If you like multiple guys in what order do you prioritize them?
Ray
@fletch f. fletch: He didn’t go for the Anderson for Ray trade. Same trade partner is interested in Peraza. Would you do Peraza for either one of Junis or Kingham?
Kingham
@Grey: Thanks for the advice, especially on a weekend. No Shabbos for Grey!
Ha, no problem
Dr Neil ElAttrache!?
More like Dr Reattached amiright
(insert winky emoji)
Haha
Pick 2 hot schmotatos for CI and Util slots:
Fatt Adams, R Healy, Franco
@Swfcdan:
Not Franco
Adams, Healy
Villanueva carpenter or andujar ros for OBP?
Thinking of offering Villanueva/Reynaldo for either carpenter or andujar and Pivetta
Carpenter or Villanueva in an OBP league ROS
Thinking of offering him and Reynaldo for carpenter or andujar and Pivetta
Villanueva
Conforto or Jose Martinez (Yahoo 6*6 w/OBP)?
It’s a keeper league, and I thought I got a steal with my pick of Conforto… one month later, not so much.
@Mike:
Mitch Moreland is also a Free Agent.
@Mike:
I’m about to drop Conforto too.
My patience can only take so much for fucks sake.
Jo-Ma
Wow, Just Dong AND Hosmer must be readers of Razzball. Neither were clearly happy with being included as sells.
Hosmer since Friday sell: 2R, 2 HR, 4 RBI.
Just Dong since last Friday’s sell: 8R, 3HR, 9 RBI,
@Fish:
More reasons to sell!
Ha
Weekly H2H league I lose Molina but Puig and Moncada in DL spots. Drop for Iannetta Alfaro Lucroy Castillo? Or hold the week without a catcher spot when Puig comes off this week and swap DL spots
@Gotime:
Depends on your league.
I’ve haven’t had a catcher all year in one league lol.
Swap DL slots
@Grey: Thanks FG and G, last one.
Same weekly H2H Qs not W
Newcomb @TB ($1) @MIA ($4.9)
Castillo vs Mets ($5.9) @ LAD (-$1.4)
Hill looks like a 2 start vs Ari and Cin
Wacha @ SD ($10.3)
Son Grey vs Oak ($13.5)
Need 3 who starts
Agree with SON
Thanks to Gleyber, Whit and Delino, it really didn’t matter to me if no one else on my team did a damn thing. Which is lucky–cause no one else on my team did a damn thing.
Do you like
@GrassyKnollRedding: Ooops, got cut off. Was gonna ask if you like Jesus Aguilar for the next week or two? Got a Coors visit coming up. Thanks!
@GrassyKnollRedding:
Well no offense but he was in thIS VERY BUY Post you’re commenting in…
@FrankGrimes: Haha, right you are, Mr Grimes. Just that Jesus didn’t play today and I wasn’t sure if his playing time was now dependent upon Braun being hurt, or if he was still looking at a month of starts. But point taken.
Works for me!
Haha
Rank Cron, Belt, Carlos Santana ros OPS league please
You did
I picked up Gleyber cuz you said to. Peace. Hugs.
Haha
Grey,
I just lost Kershaw to the DL, and I need a replacement. My choices are:
Eflin
Suarez
Zimmermann
Suarez
and by suarez in mean Andrew not eugenio. Still pick up Andrew?
Yup
Clevinger didn’t look good on streeamonator sonovabench.
I know
@Grey:
Why they let him go out for the 8th dammit!
Nice outing but still…
So obvious to not send him out too
Aledmys carted off after twisting ankle hitting first base bag.
That sucks
@VinWins: no matter how often he seems to get hot with HR’s his OPS seems to be completely awful at all times. i’ve added him a couple of times this year, always to drop within 4 or so days.
Grey,
Looking to grab C Seager fo next year…
Like either of these?
I give Bauer Morton Osuna and get Seager Alonso S Gray
I give Bauer Morton and get Seager and Bettis
And a second rounder
15 team keep 11
Not particularly
Hey Grey,
Which side do you like more ?
Matt Chapman, Justin smoak, Trevor Williams
Or
Rhys Hoskins
Thanks !
Hoskins
deGrom, Kershaw, Molina, Moncada. This DL parade never ends.
Avoid top SPs!
Too many CI on one of my teams. Could use pitching.
Would you swap Eugenio, C Santana, or K Seager for Gausman or Skaggs?
RP to drop? Melancon, Holland, Middleton, Treinen, Britton. H2H league so aiming for who is closing come September. Thanks
Santana for Gausman — Why are you dropping an RP? Melancon
@Grey:
I have no catcher.
Drop any of T Williams, Bundy, Gausman, M Gonzales for: Soroka, Kingham, Jarlin Garcia, Liriano?
Drop any of Franchy, Margot, Dahl, Michael Taylor for L Martin?
Thanks!
Williams for Soroka — Franchy
@Grey:
The revolution has ended already?? I don’t think so haha.
Haha
Grey,
10 team 6×6 roto (holds&tops). Are you dropping Pivetta for any of these:
Alex Wood, Caleb Smith, E-Rod, Marco gonzales
Thanks, Homie!
Wood
Good morning sir. I feel I know your answer already. Start Arrieta against Nats in Washington? I’m not feeling it.
It’s -9 on SON
@Grey: yeah I saw that earlier. Gotta listen to Son
Yup
done with ReyLo,
Drop for all the following: Buehler, Soroka, Castillo, Mahle, Csmith, Minor?
Castillo
How much would you bid on Kingham and Soroka in 15 team league? $1,000 budget. Thanks
$65 for Soroka, $52 for Kingham, assuming you need them
COrbin/ buehler or Greinke/ Weaver in a H2h league?
Corbin
Is Villaneuva worth owning in 12 teamer. Ive had him as a bench bat using only against lefties? Guy cant hit righties.
I own him
Mets training staff worked its magic.
@The Great Knoche: they actually decided to make a sound logical decision in DLing DeGrom
All better!
Which side do you like?
1. E Rosario for K Seager
2. Rosario for C Santana
3. Rosario for Eugenio
4. Rosario for Peralta
5. Posey and Gausman for Manaea and K Seager
@DodgerWindowClosed:
dang I meant Escobar not Rosario on these. Sorry.
Not Escobar in any of them
1-4 Rosario 5. Seager
Drop Duffy for Matz?
Sure
Happy Sunday, Grey,
12 team weekly roto, redraft. With Ray on the DL and taking up one of my 4 reserve spots I need to stream 2 SP’s this week as Gibson and Mengden have bad matchups. One weird cat is net wins along with wins, no whip. My choices are:
M. Minor H vs 9.6 vs. Det. and Fiers -8.
D. German H vs Oak and Triggs.
I. Nova @CWS and Giolito -6.5
N. Kingman H vs SF and Suarez -4.4
C. Smith H 9.7 vs Folty 5.8.
It would be nice to be able to hold a guy but… my choices are Minor and German, do you agree?
2. I have Margot who is killing me, I was hoping for a 20-20. M. Smith, L. Martin are available. Looking for SB’s and Martin is only 1 for 4 on the year. Seems like Smith is my guy. Agree?
@Packers:
D. German 9.2, Nova 7.6, Kingman 4.3.
Smith, Minor — Smith
For saves kela or colome
For holds minter or betances
Kela…Minter
KRUSH
Ha, nice
for some weird reason casilla has no holds. dull got an 8th inning (a kimbrel as well) yesterday. but casilla is actually the best RP on OAK all year (well 2nd best behind the mastermind of the putting challenge, with a 2.09 FIP). in AL only, 10 teamer with holds and saves sold separately i have kelvin (best season ever thusly, shame his team is shit or he’d honestly be a top 3 closer or so right now), brach (lost job big time, not even leverage innings anymore, pitched 2 innings while losing in the 6th yesterday), j.anderson (first mis step today), nicasio.
lose brach for maybe j.anderson for any of: casilla, leclerc (best FIP on team RP, moving up in hierarchy slowly, today didn’t help), diekman, roe (awful pitching, but holds), venters (MIGHT eventually move up a lot here), dull, duke, j.johnson, mccarthy or hill (gotta be moving up as nobody else on KC doing any bit well), olson (ERA luck near worst in league, FIP under 3), kelly (might have the 8th back again, way better FIP than i’d believe), givens
brach actually isn’t doing badly (3.49 FIP) so anderson might be the only drop here if brach gets his high leverage stuff back.
Casilla
Is this how you rank the following guys ?
Markakis, Domingo, Escobar, Franco, teoscar?
How do you rank these SP ROS? Anyway you can rank all of them for waiver purposes :) Caleb smith, Trevor Cahill, Luis Castillo, Trevor williams, nick Pivetta,
@Isabella: Teoscar Sparkakis
Castillo Williams
Domingo, Escobar — Castillo, Pivetta, Smith
Hey Grey,
Picked up Alen Hanson for a batty call today which went prettay prettay prettay good. Was gonna drop him right after to stream Junis tomorrow. Would you hold onto him instead? Seems like he might go on a little schmotato run. Thanks!
@GrassyKnollRedding: TRON’s liked him since he was added to SF. but bench against lefties (he likely will be anyway)
@The Harrow: Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I did notice HT loves him the next few days.
Nah, I’d go with Junis
@Grey: Cool, thanks!
@Grey: Hey Grey, SON has me rethinking: Would you prefer K Gibson @ CWS at $10.4 instead of Junis at home vs DET at $9.9?
Nope
@Grey: Cool. Thanks again
No worries
Caleb Smith is my new best friend.
Haha, I wanna hang out with him too
@Stephen Lyon: me liking these OAK 3 day streams in which at least 2 of them (mengden/cahill/triggs) are mostly available in a LOT of my leagues. this is even better than the LAA 3 day one a bit back (barria/heaney and somebody else, probably skaggs)
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo: ryu’s DL taking too long had me JUST miss the smith start in an NL only where honestly he should’ve been owned already, will be now. when a guy’s groin gets teared from the bone like some kind of chicken dinner it shouldn’t take that many hours for a DL stint.
@Grey: what’s B-Hamilton’s value as a rotating 4th OF batting 9th?
I know you were pretty bullish on him preseason, so wanted to know if that’s still the case or if you’d downgrade him a bit.
His value is SAGNOF, that’s about it
@Grey: yeah that’s what I am thinking too – everyday it’s harder to see Mallex doing his thing as I am rostering Hamilton who isn’t stealing at the moment.
Well looks like I can delay a decision for a day or 2 – Bedrosian is clearly not the closer in Anaheim coming in the 6th… Looks like I can roster both B-Ham and Mallex for now
Yeah
I have Ryon Healy but Logan Morrison is sitting on waivers and looks to be finding himself. Who do you like over the next few weeks?
Healy
Worth dropping Jo-Ma for Zimmerman? If so how much FAAB out of 50
Sure, $3
Yo Grey,
I have three 2B atm- Peraza, DJ, and Odor.
1) Which one to trade away for a SP?
2) Example/tier of SP I can ask for from trading the 2B from question 1?
Thx
1. Odor 2. Castillo
@Grey: thanks boss
Starting Morton tonight @ARI ?
Yup
Should I pick up junis or reyes.. very competitive league.. I’d have to drop bedrosian, or madson.
Junis — Madson
What in god’s mame is going on with Weaver? Is this some kinda freaky Friday type thing where he switched with Jared, circa 2017? Gah.
Love seeing Toscar leading off. His name vexes me though. It’s like his name is Oscar but his dad had a stutter? From now on, call me Tscott instead of Scott.
Maybe it’s a black panther thing. T’chala, T’oscar?
Haha
@Lucky Dog: I guess there’s an “e” in there, too. Teoscar? Still weird.
In a nice little development Teoscar is leading things off today for the Blue Jays. They already tried Gurriel in that spot, so they’re clearly looking for someone to claim that job. With Donaldson back and batting second, I sure wouldn’t mind Teo getting some more SBs and Runs.
Yeah, saw that, he’s gotta produce there to make it stick
@Grey: You were saying… Haha, Teo just jacked one 400 feet. Wait, that sounded wrong. Anyway I sure hope he sticks there.
I saw, nice!
Bud Norris leaves with injury.
Eek!
H2H weekly, 30 moves: drop Folty and Pivetta for Castillo and S. Gray?
Sure
Trade K Seager and A Wood for Rendon now he’s back? OBP league and Seager is really hurting that.
Sure
5×5 with OBP instead of average — Goldy and Edwards for Sherzer and Peraza
in a vacuum which side wins?
Goldy side
Hey Grey,
To improve ratios/Ks going forward, who’s my guy: Betances, Barraclough, N Jones?
C Santana or Souza in RCL?
Thanks!
Jones… Santana
12 tm h2h 5×5
A. Cain, Gardner, Samardzija
B. Ohtani, T Williams, Teoscar
Who ya like?
Cain side
Would you trade merrifield for Castillo?
My offense consists of:
C Ramos
1b votto
2b lowrie
3b Gallo
Ss bogaerts
Of jd, Cain. Haniger
Util encarcion, bregman
Bench rendon, merrifield. Inciarte, Villanueva, Olson,
Dl schoop, odor, lamb
Thanks
Nah
Can’t you move Villanueva and Olson for him?
Greinke / Weaver or Corbin/Morton which side you like more
Corbin
Still like Pivetta more than buehler ROS?
I’d go Buehler
Good morning, Grey!
Since I’m still battling to fix my ratios I’m thinking of sitting Weaver today at home vs the Cubbies. SON likes him at $7.8, but facing that lineup that’s killed him recently (not to mention STL’s lack of offense so far), chances are I won’t regret sitting him, correct?
Thanks!
Can only regret starting him… Doubt he throws a 10+ K or 9 inning shutout…
I might’ve just jinxed him
Or is that a reverse jinx?
@Grey: Haha! You nogoodnick! Now it’ll be a perfect game for sure… Wait, or an implosion…. Now I’m more confused than ever. He’s at Petco for his next start. I think Luke and I will both feel better about that start. Damn… Did I just jinx him? This is hard.
PS: Would you rather have Nate Jones or Barraclough in RCL? Thanks again!
Haha, damn, now I’m more confused as ever… Jones
@Grey: no that’s a reverse cowgirl silly
@peacecoast: Reverse jinx and reverse cowgirl are both ways to get lucky!
HA
so I picked up Franchy last week for a bench spot. I have put him in my lineup only twice (based on SON and also my hitters have been hot). I have Cespedes, Krush, Mazara, Deshizz, Pham, Dickerson. He’s droppable among this bunch right? For now I need Deshizz for sagnof, also I am way behind on Runs. If I dropped him I would get another MR (NSVH league). What is more valuable to you? 3-4 games as a hitter inserted off the bench or a week of possible MR appearances for possible holds? I am not sure myself. I do know that I am way behind in S+H and also R.
Yeah, can lose him, grab an MR
I’m surprised at how much you like Mancini. Sure he had a 290 batting avg last year, but that was on the back of a BABIP north of 350. Currently he’s hitting around 265 with a 315 BABIP which seems about right for him. And it’s not like he’s got enough power where him hitting 270 is going the be that appealing. There’s like 50 players pacing 30+ homers, and half the league pacing 20 homers. Not that I expect you to reply to this but what am I missing? 270ish avg and 23ish homers and no steals. Mancini so freaking blah!
Gotcha
@Grey: not trying to be jerk, but somebody has to keep you on your toes. I’m a huge follower but sorry I’m not one of your yes men. I frequent the site probably more than anybody who doesn’t work there.
It’s all good, I hear ya on Mancini, I like him, and own him
Dumped Pivetta for Buehler. That was the correct call, right?
Sounds decent
Really liking Eduardo Escobar right now. Would you take him or DeJong in a 12 team OBP and SLG league?
DeJong
Start or sit Bauer at Yanks?
Start
Time to move on from Chapman and drop him for Matt Adams, Franchy, andujar, Healy or Verdugo? Also who do you prefer as dL stash sano or bux? Thanks Grey!
Healy
C Seager or Bux in a keeper?
Seager for next year
Hey Grey,
Standard 5 pitching category league.. roto, mixed league, deep 270 rosters.. struggling in ratios.
Do you trade Trevor Williams for Adam ottavino ? Thanks!
Sure
K Marte or A Rosario ROS?
Ketel
Have to DL Ryu so in a 5×5— need K’s and W in that order mostly… ERA is my least need.
What are your top two choices FROM: —-Junior Guerra – Caleb Smith- Sal Romano- Hellickson- Koch- Barraclough- Ty Blach- Freeland- V Velasquez
Smith, Barraclpugh
Final question. When Rendon returns, who loses playing time: Adams (my hunch); Zimmermann; Kendricks; Michael Taylor?
Adams
@Grey: @Norm Ginsberg: why would they bench Adams? He’s only got about a 1500 OPS over the last 2 weeks and is playing well in left field. He robbed a hr yesterday.
Rendon is back, and Adams is starting in left, batting 3rd. Today is also Adams 10th start in the outfield so he now has outfield eligibility too on ESPN.
Adams will play vs all righties.