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Being hearing a lot of gossip about Clint Frazier. That’s healthy. Ya know, some ginger tea. Don’t think the Yankees called Clint Frazier up just for make-up games, though this was overheard: “He’s not a clown?” Aaron Boone continued, “Oh, I thought he was for makeup games.” Then Boone laughed himself out of his mask.
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So, Clint Frazier has struggled to get real playing time with the Yankees, but maybe he’s this year’s spark plug. He does look like he’s fire. He’s a 20-homer, 7-steal, .260 hitter over a 162 games, and that lineup is so great, I’d take a flyer on Frazier. Some might say, “Clint Frazier? I like Mike Tauchman!” Yeah, Tauchman’s projected for 3 HRs, 2 SBs and a .255 average, how can he not be owned?! Dude’s a 20-game hot streak away from one good Trevor Story game! Okay, I’m being unfair and underselling. Projections don’t love Tauchman, but if he gets everyday at-bats, he’s worth a look or whoever is in that lineup replacing Stanton, whether it’s Aaron Hicks, Mike Ford, Clint Frazier, or PTBYankee’dL. So, this is kind of a Yankees’ placeholder in lineup endorsement, but Clint Frazier is the most interesting. Plus, *pinkie up as I sip* ginger tea. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Isiah Kiner-Falefa – Prior to this year, IKF was a IHOP pita sandwich rip-off that served Rooty-Tooty Fresh Turnip and Bean Hummus and a hot stack of shawarma. With the pandemic, the International Known Falafel had to close leaving a void that the Rangers’ IKF has filled nicely. Now if they can just lose that Odor.
Austin Nola – Just think if you own Austin and Aaron Nola, you can rename your team Drunk On Julio Borbon Street.
Mitch Moreland – Fun fact! In the middle of the night, if Cougs moves onto my side of the bed, I kick and yell, “*itch, more land.” Then apologize saying I was thinking about the waiver wire, which she naturally understands and tells me to go back to the couch.
Todd Frazier – Every time we think we’re out, the Toddfather pulls us back in with a hot streak and makes us agree to put a horse’s head in Adam Eaton’s bed.
Alec Bohm – Just went over him this morning. Get your scroll on. Also, can check my Alec Bohm fantasy from during the shutdown.
Jesus Aguilar – Didn’t think Jesus would be this valuable of a pickup for the Marlins for a few years when climate change caused the water to raise above field level.
Howie Kendrick – Sometimes I pick him up and drop him dozens of times saying, “Howie like me now…Howie doesn’t like me now…” Then I realize I should hold some of my waiver wire moves for other transactions.
Luis Urias – More of a deep league move, but if you’re desperate for a middle infielder, I could see grabbing him. Though, Uriasity has been known to kill the cat(egories).
Garrett Hampson – Was a bit surprised to see Hampson owned in less than 50% of ESPN leagues, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Hampson is a player who is owned by people who think they know more than average bear, and ESPN owners, well, I’m not sure what they know.
Dylan Moore – On our Player Rater, any guess where Dylan Moore is ranked? Okay, now I’m gonna guess you’re too low. His numbers are so goofy out of control. He’s a .210 hitter with 7-homer, 10-steal speed over the course of 162 games. We’re seeing what it would’ve been like if Tuffy Rhodes had the good fortune to play in a 60-game season.
Jake Cronenworth – Unlike Dylan Moore, Kyle Seager, or other guys who are playing well above their heads like Al on Naked Gun, Cronenworth appears to be showing who he is, which is to say a good bet for average, power and speed. On the last podcast, I called him a poor man’s Tommy Pham — Tommy Shamwow? — and Ralph compared him to a rich man’s Andrew Benintendi — Andrew Bettertendi? Cronenworth sounds like a misspelled Google search for a currency rate question when traveling to Norway, but we’re not going to Europe and he can be valuable.
Maikel Franco – You don’t want to see Maikel succeed. I can tell. You think he’s a failed prospect that will never make good. I agree, but he’s been hot.
David Peralta – Feel like every time I mention you should pick up Peralta, I’m also thoroughly confused why he isn’t just owned. He is always* a top 40 outfielder. *Always? Yo, am I David Peralta’s agent? Who am, Scott Boron? Get eff out of here with that superlative. Though, Peralta is worth rostering, even in 10-team mixed leagues.
Kole Calhoun – Was thisclose — yes, no space, and italics! — to making Calhoun my lede buy this week, but my knowledge of Gunsmoke, The Virginian and other 50’s Westerns is too scant to make Rory Calhoun allusions.
Dylan Carlson – Just went over him this morning, claiming he could be great or useless. Napoleon would turn away from Versailles and say, “No, Grey’s Carlson hedges are the best.”
Austin Slater – Be careful of his elbow that kept him out of Wednesday’s game, but Austin Slater could be Saved By The Bay! Then Pablo Sandoval pokes his head in, “Meesa turtle!” Rethinks, “Wait, that’s Willians Astudillo talking like Jar Jar Binks. This Saved by the Bell reimagining stinks.”
Every Cardinals Hitter – *you searching for a player named ‘Every,’ can’t find one, exasperated, you run through a wall like the Kool-Aid Man* Welp, ,we lost that guy. Okay, so the Cardinals are going to attempt to play 55 games in about 17 days. That’ll go well for their pitchers, and won’t at all injure all of them. How’sever, their hitters are about to get a ton of at-bats. Everyone from Tommy Edman to Tyler O’Neill could get a a lot more counting stats than other players at their position.
Pablo Lopez – This is a Streamonator call. Like the call it makes to a consignment store to see if it has any secondhand electronics that seem lonely.
Brandon Bielak – This is also a Streamonator call. “Put the phone up to the LCD monitor and I’ll tell you if it’s lonely.”
Rafael Montero – A lot of teams have terrible bullpens, but the Rangers seem to always have a decent bullpen, then pick the worst one in the pen as their closer (Leclerc, not Montero). They were trying to make Leclerc a thing for like 18 months. Fetch ain’t got nothing on that.
Drew Pomeranz – Yates has been yikes and ‘ranz does dance, so eat a D, Fogerty.
Rowan Wick – Gonna drop a bunch of other names who aren’t owned in a majority of leagues: Buttrey, Taylor Williams (Who? Yeah, I don’t know), Ryan Pressly, Blake Taylor, Andre Scrubb (and that’s just one team), and Nick Anderson…Well, maybe.
Giovanny Gallegos – I don’t want any part of any Cardinals starter because of their schedule the rest of the way: “Welcome back to Cardinals baseball! Jack Flaherty, who only pitched 3 innings yesterday, says he’s good for four innings today, but the last two might be him kicking the ball towards home plate.” But, as I don’t mind their hitters, Gallegos might have more saves chances than most.
Jordan Romano – With Bass getting the hook the other day, and Ken Giles on a timetable for sometime in September, Romano has been great for Toronto, which is to say good in Buffalo. Interested in him just for his fastball gaining two miles per hour (up to 97) and his nasty slider. Gaining velocity at 27 years old? That’s quirky, Romano!
Jairo Diaz – Have we seen a matchup of Castellanos and Jairo? Because I’d like to see if the Greek God of Hard Contact tries to slice off a piece of Jairo’s spinning meat and corrects his teammates by saying, “It’s year-row.” Stop trying to rhyme Jairo with gyro? Sorry, I’m no Bard. Speaking of which, Daniel Bard might get Rockies saves too.
SELL
Kyle Lewis – *staggers around, clutching heart, falls over, Cougs bends over me and administers mouth-to-mouth while we’re both wearing masks, eventually I sit up like The Undertaker* What the hell happened to me? I felt like a shot went through my heart, like I was telling people to sell Kyle Lewis. Oh crap! I was! *screams for forty-five minutes, pauses to sip on a boba, begins to scream again* So, Kyle Lewis is playing a little above his head. On our Player Rater, he’s up in the rarefied air with Trout, FTJ and Blackmon. Okay, that’s goofy. Lewis is a great story, not a great Trevor Story. I still love him, but c’mon. He’s striking out nearly 30% of the time and has a BABIP that’s north of north when his average should be more like the movie, North — terrible. Not saying to trade Kyle Lewis for a piece of shoofly pie made of actual flies found in a shoe, but I would go to our Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore options.
Who gets the most benefit of Pham being injured in San Diego?
Naylor, maybe splits with others
Saves + Holds league and I need a third RP.
Available choices. Which one to take?
1. Pressly – Been better last 3 appearances and if he’s right again I like having the closer for the Astros.
2. Colome
3. Rafael Montero
4. Sergio Romo – Has 8 S+H
5. Taylor Rogers
6. Romano
Hey Gray, made it to first….only real week cat is saves
I have Nick Anderson and Workman
I could grab Buttrey off waivers
Or
Trade a 2nd rounder for Neris or Lugo or Pomeranz
15 team keep 11
pressly good good innings in a row (and 4 out of last 5), saves only him or buttrey
Pressly
Adalberto needs to stop doing his Mallex Smith impression
Yeah
Didn’t realize the floor was so low with this guy – and now he’s probably going to be batting in the bottom 3rd of the lineup until he snaps out of it.
Hopefully not long since they don’t really have anyone
Here is my new lineup come Tuesday. Keeping D’Arnaud until we hear more on Sal Perez. Holds and Saves are separate cats.
S Perez
Murphy, Suarez, D Smith
McMahon, Tatis, Story
Rosario, Laureano, Frazier, Happ, O’Neill/Choo
DH-Ohtani
Cole, Hendricks, Buehler, Giolito
Iglesias, Lugo, Rosenthal, , Rainey, Karinchak
Wire: Joc, Sano, Kendrick, Newman, Grichuk, Cutch
Odorizzi, Javier, Hauser, Waino, Gaus
Sulser, Reyes, Pagan, Jeffress
1. Assuming Sal is ok, drop D’Arnaud for?
2. Second base remains a mystery for me. Dropped Kendrick after two days out and was rewarded by McMahon. But he feels like a Coors batty. Hold or ?
3. Muncy could be available which may solve 2b. Probably cost me Iglesias and D’Arnaud. Worth it?
1. Yes
2. Hold
3. No
Thank you. So dropping D’Arnaud for which wire guy?
Grichuk
Like it. New Coors Field
Yup!
oh baby these STL RP that are up for pretty sure their first time ain’t looking good so far, r-ram allows 4 str HR’s. gant/gallegos/miller so far look good, we’ll see on webb and genesis has good stuff. they need helsley and whitley back quick.
They need their starters to go more than 5 IP too
hudson only 4 today, the guys behind r.ram have look interesting good mostly. kaminsky was highly drafted a long time ago
10 team mixed, H2H, 6(OBP)x6, weekly lineups. Injuries to LeMeiu & Bichette leaving me needing a bat. Lots of free agents available. Please rank top 3, for next week (week 4). (I am avoiding Reds & their upcoming opponents, KC & STL, in case those series get cancelled).
-Nimmo, Santander, JP Crawford, D. Peralta, Bohm, Canha, Ruiz, Aguilar, Tauchman, Moreland, K. Calhoun
Peralta, Calhoun, Ruiz
How about O’Neill or Teoscar?
How about Bass,Anderson or Diaz?
How about Javier or Odorizzi?
Thank you and Happy Sunday!
Teoscar
Bass, but don’t know who half these guys are
Javier
Nick and Edwin. Speculating Edwin gets job back?
Nope
I know Bryant looks off but what do you think of my O’Neill and D’Arnaud for him?
I’d want O’Neill
Ok. I had too many bats so traded Dozier and Trevor May for Lugo and Karinchak. Hate to trade for relievers but it is a holds and saves league so hopeful Hand blows up. Twins have so many bullpen guys I am glad to be done with May
Gotta drop one 10 team keeper OBp
Dozier h
Grisham
Solak
Frazier c
Lewis
Dozier
O’Neill now on the wire. Hitting cleanup and in the lineup three straight days. Grab over D’Arnaud?
Yes
14 team OBP/HR/R/RBI/SB/TB
Was fully expecting to drop C Will Smith last night due to his struggles and potentially short stay on the IL, but then I checked out his baseball savant numbers and dude seems like he’s been extremely unlucky this season. He’s basically toward the top percentile in literally every offensive category from exit velocity, barrel % xwOBA, xSLG, etc. So….given this is a deep format and the fact he might only need the minimum days on the IL, would you hold him on the bench (assuming he comes back after minimum time) and just play the hot hand till he comes back or fully move on? Options on the waiver are: M Perez, Narvaez, Stassi, Kelly, S Murphy, Maldonado.
Thanks!
I’d drop him — Murphy
For S+H league – Jordan Romano or Colome? Romano’s peripherals and Statcast are stellar. Both have 5 S+H.
Romano
Best bench bat, LaStella Cronenwith KCalhoun Slater, thank you!
Or Cano too, who would be your 1 and 2, thanks!
Calhoun
This is my first year playing with a SV+HLD category so my strategy was to completely punt closers and just snatch up guys who were on the verge of being closers, or who I thought who get a bunch of holds – it hasn’t really worked out too well as I didn’t realize most guys can go a week without getting a hold. Should I just start replacing some of my guys with lesser closers like Rosenthal and Susler?
Here’s my bullpen (I also thought stacking might be a good strategy, but it’s not working out that way). I also am playing H2H, so I’m trying to make sure I take this category every week – which is why I have so many… using Rudy’s tools for holds guys hasn’t worked too well yet (such as Stammen, Diego Castillo, and Barnes)
So is the strategy in SV+HLDs leagues to still grab closers?
-Karinchak
-Wittgren
-Romo
-Felix Pena (that SP/RP eligibility)
-Scrubb
-Montero
-Gallegos
You don’t need that many holds/saves guys — Can’t you use a bat or SP?
Yeah I def agree, except every team in my league is rolling out 5-6 HLD/SVs guys as well – any less and I’d basically be conceding the category
But that’s essentially my question – in a SVs+HLDs league – what kind of players should I be looking at so I don’t need to carry so many
There’s gotta be another category you could use
I’d lose Scrubb and Gallegos
Interesting – the monkey is still high on Gallegos… def agree that Scrubb can be dropped
Yeah
Why is Buehler on a strict pitch count?
Been like 2 years now with this nonsense
j.urias is it more than 2, or about 2 also.
Looks like last season’s Launch Angle darling La Stella is starting to warm up a little
About time
Buehler sucks this year. You would think pitching 4 innings every 6 days would have helped him along better.
And btw….the umpire at this game blows
might be the same guy from otani’s 2nd start and carrasco’s last start (that ump was straight up horrible shrunken strike zone, pretty sure had at least 5-6 strikes called balls for those 2 pitchers, directly resulting in fake walks that were most of them objecitvely K’s looking). man the ump info needs to be easier to find (esp in advance), it could be used along with SON. this of course assumes certain umps are consistently bad in the same way, which isn’t at all for sure true anyway.
Yeah, super disappointing
So Gibson tosses a QS in Coors. Of course he does.
on every sane active owner’s bench, except for maybe like 30 teamers. i know i benched him in non huge roto innings capped 20 teamer tonight (actually 2 different 20 teamers)
Coors is the new Petco
What’s your gut tell you about Framber Valdez? He is at Colorado this week but I could reserve him for a week. Would you drop Corbin Burnes for him? Thanks!
I wouldn’t touch him in Coors, not worth holding him through it
Take 1…
Josh Bell, Dominic Smith, Aguilar or Cronenworth?
Thanks!
Bell
This is where I roll the dice and go Smith – if I’m right, I’m mentioning this end of season – if I’m wrong, then I’m claiming I’m drunk
Ha
SD not usually in the running for badly coached team now today has grisham and his .879 OPS and .379 OBP hitting 9th, real clever. def better off having that guy coach them than say a marginally taught 10 year old.
Ha, yeah
Had Gott and Stras ambush me last night. Been a tough year (Eugenio where art thou?)
Just once I would like a pitcher to leave with an injury after getting an out instead of a home run.
Ha, I hear ya
you best hope eugenio only gone till monday, but from previous examples it could easily be longer. that’s assuming he’s not already the ONE CIN player who flunked his yesterday corona test.
Weekly roster advice. Last in pitching in 12 teamer, so made some moves with so- called aces. Not my normal team but what is normal? Will drop one bench bat when Laureano returns.
Hitting categories are: Runs, RBIs, Ks, SB, Ave, Walks, 1B, 2b, 3b HRs
Pitching Categories are: HRs allowed, Ks, QS, W, L, Saves, Holds, ERA, WHIP. Last in ERA, WHIP, Wins.
C- S Perez
CI- Murphy, Eugenio, Dozier
MI- Kendrick, Story, Tatis
OF: Rosario, Choo, Happ, D Smith, Frazier (good advice!)
DH- Ohtani
Bench: D’Arnaud Sus: Laureano
SP- Cole, Buehler, Giolito, Hendricks,
RP: Iglesias, Rosenthal, May, Rainey, Reyes
IL:Stras
Wire: Tauchman, Rio, Odorizzi, Kela, Sulser, Petit, Wick, Jeffress,Pagan
Rio over d’Arnaud; Wick over Reyes
Hi Grey,
Drop Dahl for Tyler O’Neill or Carlson?
Thanks!
O’Neill
i was going to say the only question is which STL OF’er. i already had carlson stashed, o’neill for a while, was able just now to readd o’neill for bruce dropping (he’s 3/7 of next games vs lefties anyway too) in OBP/total bases 14 teamer.
Grey. Would you trade Kyle Lewis for berrios in a 10 team keeper OBP?
Yes
Favorite buy low targets from the first 5 rounds of drafts? Olson comes to mind… others?
Check out https://razzball.com/buysell/
Been commenting for 3 years. How is this the first time I have heard of this? Thanks!
Haha, not sure
i think 3 years ago (or 2) is when it was put in. it’s literally the same as just going into ROS player rater and doing simple math yourself, it’s not nearly as big of a deal as if you just now learned about the streamonator or hitter tron, those babies are industry leading bad mothers.
drop dahl for any of: solak, grossman, dom smith, k.calhoun, you got the power (tauchman)? 5×5 12 team h2h.
oh yeah couple of mercado possible drop ones (he’s finally starting again today at least)
2. 16 teamer, drop mercado for you got the power? OPS added
3. AL only (OBP over AVG, net steals over steals, total bases added), drop for sunday santana?
2. Sure
3. Sure
Calhoun
Hey Grey,
Acuna to the IL =(
1) who should I replace him with?
-Josh Bell
-Bohm
-Peralta
-Austin Nola
-Jake Cronenworth
-Maikel Franco
-Kole calhoun
-Tyler O’Neill
-Jo Adell
-Kolten Wong
2) Christian walker or Josh bell?
3) Pick 1:
-Houser
-Zach Davies
-Freddy Peralta
Thank you!
1. Perlata
2. Walker
3. Houser
Thank you!
No problem
Wainwright went 5 inning on less than 67 pitches of a 7 inning game. Should we expect the same limitations on their ace Flaherety? Flaherety did go 7 on opening day.
possibly the first time, but in wainwrong’s game they were winning easily, if the game is closer i’d assume flaherty could go up to maybe a bit more if needed.
For at least 1st start back
Three of my 7 SP – Castillo, S. Gray and Clevinger. COVID postponement and dog house. Nice.
Sucks
I forgot to mention I habe Montas with the back issue too. :-) Sucks some more.
Damn
Giolito is really struggling with his control so far this year. And getting hit pretty good. I think his walk rate is as high as in previous years even though K rate is similar to last year.
For ROS in what order would you want Giolito, Gallen or Maeda for a QS league for counting stats and ratios?
probably only way STL comes out looking decent is if you keep throwing at them, he obliged nicely. that is a hard question. clearly this is a trade possible question with you owning giolito right now.
It is a trade situation. Not sure I trust Giolito from a ratio standpoint. I’m in a small 6 team league and need to keep it tight.
oh wow, 6 teamer, barely hear of those, hell in THOSE all those SP might not even be owned if say a guy had some bad starts. but here they are anyway
Gallen, Maeda
Taking out my concerns about Giolito’s ratios you would go Gallen and Maeda over Giolito ROS?
Thx
Yes, I ranked them
Of the players listed below who do you like the most for steals and OBP?
Austin Slater
Robbie Grossman
Jake Cronenworth
Jon Berti
Victor Reyes
Shed Long
JP Crawford
Berti
What in the world is Merrill Kelly doing differently this year? Guy looks fantastic! I own him in a 10 team h2h dynasty league. Is he looking like a potential long term #2 or 3 starter in fantasy? Or do I try to sell high on him this year? I’m not in contention so if he’s not a long term guy i should sell for pieces that will help next year.
Looks like a #2-3, prolly 3…He’s gained velocity, has made him a better pitcher
https://razzball.com/merrill-kelly-fantasy/
sounds like hays tried the same thing judge did, playing (probably all year) with fractured ribs.
and stressbird was busy hanging out playing online video games for 16+ hours a day like price.
Ha, yeah, what a shizzshow
Start Paxton vs Redsox
?
do it, i am in 12 and up. what you think he doesn’t even have a 2 minute delay to these
I just forgot to put a question mark
10 team head to head
Yes
How do you feel about pearson? have him in a dynasty league for 0$, would you be looking to trade him or feel hes worth the wait and hold?
straight fastball kind of worries me.
Love him, but he might be a mess this year
Thank you Lucas! Getting the weekend off to solid start.
I hear ya. What a dufus.
He’s been dogshit, but that 2 out lawn dart that fowler hit with 2 down and the bases loaded in the first was a killer.
Totally
I benched Lance Lynn and Pablo Lopez yesterday, welcome to the shizzshow!
And Wainright is pitching better than most “aces”. Efficient 56 pitches through 4 too. Watch and learn Brandon Woodruff!
Right! Haha
I started them my era couldn’t have gotten worse lol
Haha, nice
How do you come out and give up a 4 spot to a team that hasn’t seen live pitching in a month? My god
Clint Frazier or Willie Calhoun? Season long points league.
Thanks!
Willie
Ketal Marte vs German Marquez? Which side?
Marte
Looking to pickup a solid bat for the weekend: I’m looking at dropping Andrus for:
Grossman hitting over .438 for past seven days with 2 hr’s and 2 sb’s. Going against Gausman and Webb
Wong with the amount of double hitters
D. Smith .333 and 3 hr’s over past seven but going up against Nola and Wheeler
Leaning Grossman because of speed and facing two right handers over the weekend.
Even with Andrus in Colo he’s been dropped to 8th in lineup and hitting .130 past 7 days.
Thank you and have a nice weekend
Yeah, try Grossman
Looks like I have to now drop F. Peralta for Grossman with the cancelled games for the Reds.
Bummer
What a mess
Finally, a move I can feel good about: dropped Akiyama last Sunday and now I can plug in Carlson. Lipstick on a pig.
Ha, yeah, with Reds not playing makes it easy
Although so far not playing an empty slot beats Carlson.
True
Hey Grey –
1, Is it worth hanging on to Casey Mize and / or Jo Adell?
2. I benched Sanchez this week but rostering another catcher (Nola) is a drag. Should I commit to Sanchez or drop him? Minus points for Ks.
3. Any thoughts on Kwang Hyun Kim? Loos like he’s gonna start.
4. Hold Cesar Hernandez as MI or take a shot on someone like Ahmed or Flores?
5. Please rank: Hayward, Grossman, Calhoun
Have a great weekend.
Thanks,
Jeff
1. Nope 2. Yes commit to Sanchez 3. Streamer 4. Hold 5. Calhoun, Gross — you too!
Drop Muncy and Kyle Lewis for any of Teoscar, Lowe, Winker, Calhoun, Nunez?
Need HR/RBI. Thanks.
Muncy for Teoscar
Good morning Grey! nobody streamed him but i’ve seen enough and picked up pablo lopez as my #6 in the middle of the night. in no order, now have gallen, morton, giolito, darvish, bundy, lopez – i feel like this is a grey certified staff.
Looking to pick up a bat too, obp league: a. slater, d. smith or t. o’neill ? go with tyler for the extra games? i wonder how they’ll be resting hitters to offset the workload.
Also, please rank these 2b because mcmahon is awful and gimenez may lose time with cano back: la stella, c. taylor, solak (1 game from eligible). i’m leaning solak but thinking not a big value diff between any of the 3. thoughts?
thanks and have a good weekend
Morning! Tyler — Solak, Taylor
Not a big difference between three either — and you too!
Hey good people of razzball. Would you trade vladdy..m. fried and c.Javier for p.Alonso and j.Paxton in a total points league?
Thank you
I wouldn’t
Grey !
Have to drop one to activate Yordan.
Travis Shaw
Aaron Hicks
Yoshitimo Tsutsugo
Domingo Santana
Tsutsugo
Tauchman went 3-5 with 4 RBI last night, and he still left 4 men on base! The Yankees are just so fruitful it’s absurd.
Agreed
prayer octagon for the reds – hopefully it is just 1 guy… I need to keep complaining about my fantasy team!!!!
Haha
Baez and JDM too much to give up to get Vlad in a keep forever league? I’m falling out of it quickly this season. We keep 8 and I’d be looking at keeping Trea, Freeman, Bregman, Alvarez, Vlad, Bieber, Giolito and then 1 of Biggio/Albies/Adell.
Thanks!
Works for me
hey Grey! Trying to find average wherever I can find it without sacrificing other stats. Would you drop or bench schoop for cano?
Yup
Thanks! And for thatreliable average and counting stats when on the field, Cano over Chris Taylor, cronenworth, Dylan Moore too, right?
I’d prolly go Cano, but Cronenworth is interesting
Deep 20 team- trade Matt Chapman for Luzardo and dexter Fowler?
Thank you!
Nah
Yates has to leave game. Grab Pomeranz or Pagan? Thanks.
Closer Monkey says Pomeranz, and Pads went to Pom a few times already in save situations. Pom has looked way better than Pagan too fwiw
Pom
Kudos to cool whip! Had stones to foresee Lynn’s dominant fastball in Coors. I picked up Calhoun and Choo for the series. Ugh. No question. Just a shout out
Yup!
Lance Lynn is a bad man. I think if they played Colorado again tonight he could gut our a QS
Haha, totally
Teoscar continues his MVP run!!!
Yeah buddy!
Twos at or Lourdess Gurriel? 16 team H2H weekly points league… redraft
*Teoscar or L Gurriel?
Teoscar
Thank you!
No problem
Yordan is glorious
He is!
Would you drop Slater for Kole?
Yeah, I would
Wink Wink
Haha
Agree with K. Lewis as a sell, or in my case a sit (beginning Monday) and doing same with Grish…it’s Franny and Bux time! Sounds like an old cartoon, like the Yogi Bear reference I thought you were way too young for (smarter than the average bear) It’s time for Hampson to go crazy and swipe a bunch pick-in-nick baskets!!! BTW don’t know I agree with the Hampson owners feel like they know more take. He helped me win a title at end of last year – thought there’d be a carryover, but they are the Rockies and that comes with a B. Black roadblock. Think somebody got to Bud? “Hey you have a leadoff hitter on the bench! WTF” 2020 baseball is back baby! Can’t wait to see Yordan swing it!!! Enjoy your work Grey, rock on
Haha, thanks! Yeah, imagine starting a guy at the leadoff spot for 4 days in a row, spot in lineup guaranteeing most ABs, then benching that guy for no reason — what changed from one day to next
With the postponement I’ve got to move Soler out and I can put in either:
Semien vs SF (Cueto)
or
Yuli vs Mariners (Kikuchi)
Semien
Grey, would u drop any of
Senzel
K.Lewis
Clint
Tapia
W.Calhoun
For Kole Calhoun
Clint
Oh great Grey,
I only need one of these next week. Thoughts?
Ryu (@BAL; @TB) or
Urias (SEA; COL)
Urias
Sup,
I haven’t been able to able to be around as much as usual. Starting up at a new job and hoping things smooth out soon.
I’ve got a conspiracy theory alert: Manfred was scared that players were going to get sick more often and pass it to other players from different teams during games. Soooo, they conjured up a bunch of jank 1980’s Spaulding baseballs to start the year. More weak grounders, big flys that didn’t carry=less baserunners and shorter games.
Now that they’ve seen the games are safe they’ve broken back into the happy fun balls this week.
Haha, that makes sense! Hope your new job is great!
Thanks-still teaching. Just at a really small school. No more large district with their pants in the wind policies- it was too much. They threw change ups better the Pedro.
I’m just so happy to lace up me new Yordan’s today!
Haha, nice! Be well either way!
Can only start one?
Houser at Cubs or
Heaney home vs Dodgers
Heaney
Hey Grey,
I keep looking at Pollock and Renato Nunez producing and I wonder as a bench bat you think Dozier is a drop for either?
Also what do you think ROS, Framber, Merril Kelly or Spencer Howard?
Lastly, you think we get any value out of Alex Reyes this season? I wonder if with the Cards’ workload means he might see him used quite a bit.
Thanks man!
Can try Renato — Kelly, Framber — think Reyes might see some starts with Cards a mess and schedule so many games at once
Thanks man. Have a great weekend!
You too!
Kole Calhoun or Senzel?
Kole
Rogers looks shaky. After his bad appearances (2 of last e), would you rather have him or Colome?
Colome
Given up 7 hits in his last 5 appearances (4.1 IP); 4 R; 6 K; 8.31 ERA. FIP 2.61, xFIP 2.07 and SIERRA 2.11 look great though. Maybe because he hasn’t walked a batter yet??? Hitter have more than doubled their barrel percentage against him to 16.7% and his hard hit rate has gone up from 29.7% to 44.4%.
Givens?
Those are Rogers stats I posted before I saw you replied to my post.
You can’t get anything from a sample size of 4 IP…if you wanna lose, go for it, but unless he’s injured he could be great rest of the way
It is a small sample size. Just comparing him with Colome. You said you would take Colome over Rogers. I had to choose between the two. So I was going with your rec.
Yeah, I get it, just saying if you want the guy who is doing well, Colome is it
This may be a dumb question. But I love luzardo. Would your rather Jesus or paddack going forward in a keeper league? 12 man 5×5
Paddack
11team roto redraft…who do you like rest of season Villar or Hampson?
Villar, I asked about him earlier lol!