Well, not much has changed for closers since last month when we did a run down of all of them. Kimbrel got a save, Axford got a save, and everyone else sucks. Holly Robinson Peete closers are a mess! I don’t think there’s ever been so many Brain Freezes before. I almost feel like adding an extra category below the Brain Freezes called, “The Legend of Gloom.” Wha’ happened? Did someone poison the bullpen water? Has Mariano Rivera made it so when he retires there won’t be any more closers? There will only be starters and “Those Other Guys.” To recap this month in closing quickly: Valverde has been less than stellar, Putz and Street just don’t close games, Motte hasn’t been good, Brian Wilson became Casilla who Bochy pulled after one batter during one game, Joel Hanrahananananan gave fantasy owners the question, “Who’s Juan Cruz?”, Sergio Santos may start throwing at some point in the next few weeks, the Red Sox gave the job to someone who has an over 10 ERA, Frank-Frank hasn’t had a blank-blank inning in forever, Kyle Farnsworth left stage right and Rodney, who couldn’t get saves last year, entered stage “I can’t believe Rodney’s closing games,” Guerra’s been about as bad as expected, Walden blew one save and lost the job, What the H. Santiago?, What the H. Bell?, Grant Balfour might get traded, Jim Johnson gave fantasy owners the question, “Juan Cruz or Pedro Strop? Wait, who?”, the closers on terrible teams have looked good so they’ll probably be traded or just not save games, and Brad Lidge is afraid of heights and the mound is above the field so he went to the DL which is on sea level. Got all of that? Yeah, I’m not sure I did either. Anyway, here’s all the closers for 2012 fantasy baseball:
$12 Salads
You know that restaurant your girlfriend/wife/what-have-you likes to go to that charges, like, $12 for a salad? Every time you go there, you have a thoroughly solid meal. No complaints, except you just paid $12 for a salad when you could’ve went to McDonald’s and stuffed you and your woman for ten schmools and had $2 in quarters left over to make the hotel bed vibrate. These closers are $12 salads.
1. Craig Kimbrel (Jonny Venters, Kris Medlen)
2. John Axford (Francisco Rodriguez)
3. Mariano Rivera (David Robertson, Rafael Soriano)
4. Jonathon Papelbon (Antonio Bastardo, Chad Qualls)
Donkeycorns
Imagine you’re following a donkey, who’s wearing a wool cap, through a desert for 1700 miles. Why are you following a donkey? Because he promises you something wonderful and you just need to trust him. Does the donkey talk? Yes. Yes, he does talk. So when you and the donkey in the wool cap arrive at his destination, he removes his the wool cap to reveal a horn. The donkey is a unicorn and his gift to you for your trust is saves. These closers are Donkeycorns.
5. Huston Street (+3) (Luke Gregerson, Andrew Cashner)
6. Jim Johnson (+15) (Pedro Strop, Matt Lindstrom)
7. Joel Hanrahan (+4) (Juan Cruz, Jason Grilli)
8. J.J. Putz (-2) (David Hernandez, Bryan Shaw)
9. Jason Motte (-1) (Fernando Salas, Mitchell Boggs)
10. Jose Valverde (-6) (Joaquin Benoit, Octavio Dotel)
11. Rafael Betancourt (+7) (Rex Brothers)
12. Brandon League (+6) (Tom Wilhelmsen)
13. Fernando Rodney (Joel Peralta, Jake McGee)
14. Grant Balfour (+6) (Brian Fuentes, Ryan Cook)
15. Brett Myers (+8) (David Carpenter, Brandon Lyon)
16. Joe Nathan (+6) (Mike Adams, Alexi Ogando)
17. Kenley Jansen/Javy Guerra (+2) (Matt Guerrier)
Brain Freeze
I’m going on a picnic and I’m bringing apples, bananas and Matt Capps– Wait, he just gave up 12 earned runs and hit Valencia in the head with a pickoff throw. Brain freeze! Make it stop! Use the following closers at your own risk.
18. Sean Marshall (+3) (Aroldis Chapman, Jose Arredondo)
19. Santiago Casilla (-10) (Sergio Romo, Jeremy Affeldt)
20. Chris Perez (+4) (Vinnie Pestano, Tony Sipp)
21. Matt Capps (+6) (Glen Perkins, Jared Burton)
22. Jonathan Broxton (+6) (Aaron Crow)
23. Henry Rodriguez (+6) (Tyler Clippard, Brad Lidge)
24. Frank Francisco (-8) (Jon Rauch, Bobby Parnell, Ramon Ramirez)
25. Alfredo Aceves (-13) (Franklin Morales, Daniel Bard)
26. Carlos Marmol (-11) (Rafael Dolis, Kerry Wood)
27. Heath Bell (-19) (Steve Cishek, Edward Mujica)
28. Scott Downs (-11) (Jordan Walden, LaTroy Hawkins)
29. Matt Thornton/Hector Santiago (-1) (Addison Reed, Jesse Crain)
30. Francisco Cordero (-15) (Casey Janssen, Luis Perez, Sergio Santos, Lloyd Moseby)
putz just puked one up to
Any reason to hang on to Walden (I have a bench spot for him)?
Is billingsley and lohse for Greinke too much?
Standard league
I have excess pitchers
Thanks
Hey Grey, Smyly, Parker or Bass the rest of the way?
Parker
@Grey, Thanks but do you think he would top the other two in k/9 category aswell?
more save opportunities this year
rauch (as in browch!)
or
mujica (as in >>>> cishek)
???
Rauch
14 man 6×6 league (OBP and CG) I traded Justin Upton, Ryan Zimmerman and Daniel Hudson for Cutch, Beltre and Morrow……was I crazy?
Zimmerman just always seems to be the horse you lead to water then he kicks you in the nuts instead of drinking!
Doesn’t look terrible… I do like Upton, but you got rid of two injured players…
Hey pal (Grey)….
Should we look to sell Giancarlo now that he’s showing signs of life? If the knee is going to be a problem all year, now might be a good time to shop him.
@letsgobravos, Depends what you can get, friend.
Street looked as good as ever tonight, recording another save in very limited chances, but I can’t wait for him to be traded so that Cashner can take over the closer role and, if the Padres know what’s good for them, be introduced in save situations by “C.R.E.A.M.”
Yeah, it’s never gonna happen, but it would be awesome.
@royce!, That would be awesome…
Guillen just needed to remind everyone that he’s batshit crazy, and that sometimes in baseball batshit crazy works. Gotta love baseball.
@royce!, Ha!
Bell in for the save.
HEATH BELL IS WARMING UP!!!!!
Insane to bring him in with a 1 run lead……..or a 4 run lead.
@bean, Might as well just start warming up Cishek now…
@Poo Holes, 2 up and 2 down……..Heath Bar must have a buffet to attack after the game. He is motivated.
hi grey, 2 questions:
1. can you please rank humber, drabek, milone, westbrook, macdonald
2. do you really think cishek gets any saves? bell makes a ton of dough…
thanks!
@the grate one, wait, that explains it… Hes a doughboy!
@the grate one, Drabek, Milone, McDonald… 2. If he looks miserable for another week or so…
Nice to see another strong outing from Volquez. And words can’t express my excitement of yet another QS without a W to show for it. Differential is now -14 (21 QS, 7 W).
@Awesomus Maximus, You’ve gotta be spewing right now. Jeez.
Did j will just throw a CGS? LOL pretty sure some1 wanted to stream him and we talked them off the ledge.. our apoligies!
@Prezii, That was me!
@Steve, lol sorry man… Grey said he agreed so ur mad at him too not just me!!!
@Prezii, I’m mad at the whole world!
@Steve, understandable. Thats baseball….
@Prezii, Nah – I’m kidding, it’s all good. He told me to pick up Torii Hunter and Chris Davis so that more than makes up for it.
lance lynn and logan morrison for matt holliday, which side do you like better moving forward regardless of roster….thanks grey!
@kR Express, Holliday
Calendar hits May 1st and Giancarlo owners rejoice!
No way they bring out Bell in a save situation today, right?
@bean, Can’t imagine…
@Grey, Mujica is up in the Pen……good news for Cishek owners.
Ozzie looks like he just got back from the sauna with that stupid towel around his neck. Just a horrible look.
@bean, Ha!
I think Pujols hit his head and thinks he’s play cricket. Just swung at a ball in the dirt off the plate and made contact for a weak ground out. Damn, he freaking sucks right now.
@letsgobravos, That at bat was a joke.
Grey, Espinosa isn’t stealing bases or hitting homers. Should I give him more time or pick up one of the following to replace him? Casilla, Scutaro, Schumaker, Sean Rod, Daniel Murphy.
Same question re: Aybar. Possible replacements would be: Casilla, Lowrie, Alex Gonzalez, Sean Rod, Jamie Carrol, Pastornicky.
@letsgobravos, Sean-Rod… Lowrie…
You outright dropping Balfour for Cook? Or just a hair too early to speculate?
@Wilsonian, Too early
@Grey, I’m not saying people are over exaggerating here, because I watched the game and he looked terrible. Like, tizzerrible.
But it was a Shazam! situation. not a save opportunity.
yes he has blown 2 of his last 3 save Opps.
But he has 6 Saves and only 2 BS…
Is his leash really going to be that short?
His trade value completely diminishes if he is taken out of the role…
and all things considered, he’s tied for third most saves in the whole league.
…Cust kayin’
@Mrobs, I hear ya, but he also can’t continue to be garbage… Beane could sell him as a set up man… He’s not going to be a closer on a new team anyway, probably…
Thanks for the jack Joey Bats. Great return on $47… $1 Volquez has been the one saving grace in an otherwise lousy auction.
@3FingersBrown, Ouch
@Grey, It’s an OBP league so he’s worth more but still, ehhhhh… It was early morning since the commish lives in Japan and I was still drunk from the night before. Don’t drink and draft kids. You’ll end up paying $17 for Brett Gardner.
I did manage to put together a damn good budget pitching staff though. I think I’ve had $1 Peavy for the last three years now. A broken clock’s right twice a day huh?
@3FingersBrown, Yes, it is…
Panda power!
@3FingersBrown, fat bastard.. lol that one was a SHOT as well. Balls gettin tattooed at AT&T rite now
@Prezii, I was watching SD vs Mil and flipped it on just in time for the laser show. Panda’s on some John Kruk shit, the bigger he is the better he hits.
AT&T seems like a great place to see a game. Gotta get out there some time.
@3FingersBrown, you wont be dissappointed man.. been to several games there living in the bay area. Great park and an even better atmosphere! Im an A’s fan but gotta loveee AT&T! Just dont go to oakland… Lol or that ballpark cuz that shit is terribleee. Still go to rep the A’s tho been to over 50 games ther.e. not the cleanest park in the mlb but we do get loud for 1000 fans =D
@Prezii, I found myself outside of AT&T during a game a few years ago and the atmosphere was pumping…
I’ve never been but I can imagine Oakland might be similar to what Shea’s been like during the lean years. Few fans but the ones who are there rep hard! I’ve only met a couple of A’s fans in my life but they knew their shit.
Hector Santiago in to pitch with a 7-2 lead in the 9th. Does this mark the end of his tenure as closer?
@Eddy, Well Santiago has loaded the bases and Thornton is warming up. Looks like it’s clear now.
@Eddy, Santiago hadn’t had much work since that enormous meltdown. They probably looked at it as a low-pressure situation to get himself back on track.
Debatable whether he did that, but still, no damage done. Except to my WHIP…
@Eddy, It may not have at the start of the inning, but it very well could by the end.
Anyone see lawrie after that walk off???? =\ did we nottt learn anything from kendry morales?? So stupid..
@Prezii, Yeah I cringed when I saw him heading for home plate all pumped up like that.
Pretty wild to see Rodney up that high. Tells ya everything you need to know about the state of closers this year…
@papasmurf, Yeah, seriously…
Yadier Molina with 2 SB’s today lol
@Grey’s da man!, What da shit?! I thought that was a Yahoo error. Unfortunately my opponent has him in h2h this week. Flying Tony Campana to the rescue…
A steal for Trout! It’s all happening!
@Steve, YEP walk and a swipe! Id love a rainbow trout next AB..
GIANCARLO with a line drive homer!
@letsgobravos, Thank you Lord!
Stanton alert… Lineeeee drive bomb tucked behind the foul pole.. offa cain… SHOTTTTTTT
@Prezii, YES!
Cishek or Cook the better save speculation? Thanks Grey!
@Nuke LaDouche, Tough call… Cishek…
@Grey, I picked up Cishek in a deep league after seeing Bell come out in the 8th yesterday. I’m convinced he’ll be on the disgraceful list pretty soon.
Am I right in thinking that while you’d rather have Boneface at SS over the long haul, Furcal is the better option right now?
@Steve, Yup
@Grey, Yesterday, you told me to pick up Chris Davis and Torii Hunter. Today they are a combined 5/6, with 4 R, 2 HR and 3 RBI.
All hail the mighty ‘stache.
@Grey, Though you didn’t recommend starting Jerome Williams. He’s about to finish off a 3-hitter (emoticon)
Grey-
Drop Scherzer and pick up Jarrod Parker?
@JoeBoo, Eh, it’s okay… I’d probably hold…
Keeper league. Stanton or Hosmer?
@MetalManic, Stanton
Drop Aceves for Rodney or ride the Bos situation a little longer?
@smegma, Sure, grab Rodney…
JD or kirk?
@Grey’s da man!, JD
OH YA i said don’t start Lilly to a few, which is the correct move, little did i know he’d get a 7 run lead spotted to him LOL, jesus…. he has given up 2 now which makes me feel a little better abotu benching him, but coors is such a weird place, and the rockys’? ya just never know, will they get blanked or will they score 12?
@Tony, Yup
Balfour blows it again…fuentes the pickup?
@Grey’s da man!, they brought in a different lefty with a 2 run lead and 2 runners on now…norberto? something like that.
@Grey’s da man!, balfour was barely touching 90, commentators were talking about how he’s garbage, yank him, he’s done, blah blah blah, he had no control i will say from watching, he was in the stretch and barely would pause, almost a balk, frikking take a breath you tool, he looked terrible, i dont know if i’d just to conclusions and go with fuentes, but maybe bench balfour for a game or so…. he’s a mess.
@Grey’s da man!, the guys name is ball-four….. Cmon A’s…
@Grey’s da man!, I just grabbed Ryan Cook.
Grey, Looking for a spot start for tomorrow in a H2H, 5×5
Who shall I pick up?
tomlin vs white sox
Beavan vs Rays
Arrieta vs Yanks (crazy talk)
Pomeranz vs Dodgers
Schwinden vs Astros
BnY man BnY
@tggq21, Bny… Tomlin
youkilis on deck … to save the game for the A’s .
@chata, Hehe
You think Scherzer’s mechanical adjustment will fix him? I need to pick up an SP off waivers for some QS’s (and preferably ERA and WHIP improvements…I’m ok in K’s). Here’s what’s available:
Scherzer
Capuano
Vargas
Miley (?)
Who you like?
Thanks.
@emceeperiod, Try Scherzer… But bench him…
Lind or Goldshmidt? or just drop Farnsworth since he won’t be back for another month at least?
@Nuke LaDouche, Goldshmidt
My team is in desperate need of HR and RBI, so should I trade Pujols for Dee Gordon, you know, since Gordon has more RBI and about a trillion times more HR than Pujols does. Or I could trade Stanton for Dee, but seeing as they have the same number of HR I’m not sure I’d be gaining too much there.
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@A Hill O’ Beans, uhhhh…
@A Hill O’ Beans, HA
Holy Pedro Alvarez.
@Steve, Dude is on a tear. Went with Davis instead of him for my Longo replacement. We’ll have to see how that works out.
@Wilsonian, Same here. Now wondering if I should go with him over Torii Hunter for Util.
@Steve, I’m now wondering him or LaHair for utility.
@Wilsonian, And I’m wondering if I made a mistake by offering him and Kelly Johnson to a Longoria owner for Cespedes…nah!
I can only conclude that Chacin has slept with Jim Tracy’s daughter or something.
@Steve, HA!
I picked up Chris Davis to fill in for Zimmerman with no intention of keeping him beyond Ryan’s DL stint… now I’m wondering if I should make some space for Chris beyond this weekend. Is this just a hot streak or is this sustainable? Thoughts, Grey?
So early this morning I had one of those slightly conscious dreams in which I was pissed at myself for not picking up Liriano, who had pitched 7 no-hit innings (the dream did not detail the amount of walks, so let’s just guess that it was 5). I just wanted to get that out there in case he actually does and I am the world’s most boring seer.
@royce!,
tell it all , brother .
@royce!, Whew, life as the world’s most boring seer would have had way too much responsibility… Also, I own Torii Hunter on the RCL team I took over!
Lawrie with a walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth after the Jays blew the lead in the top of the ninth suffering death by a thousand singles up the middle. GO JAYS.
@A Hill O’ Beans, Cordero look terrible?
Cordero blows the save, allowing Lawrie to be the walkoff hero
@VinWins, #yabuddy
Ok so taking Gardner off the DL, putting Longo on the DL so current sitch is no 3B and Gardner, Dread Pirate, Harper, Trout, JD Martinez and Kendrick for OFers…who to drop for Chris Davis? Is this an obvious question? Does anybody else say sitch?
@B.o.B, JD.. Ha, nope…
Does Wilton Lopez have a chance to close in Houston if Myers is traded? Or is one of David Carpenter/Brandon Lyon firmly established as the closer if Myers is traded?
@Fuij (Fausto or Roberto? RCL), Could be any of them… I wouldn’t speculate on an Astros setup man…
How pitiful is Espinosa right now!?
@Tggq21, Bny
In my keeper league I was offered the rights to Trevor Bauer for Tommy Hanson. Would you rather have Bauer for the rest of this season? After this season? I’m thinking yes to both…
Thanks
@Booya, I’d prefer Hanson…
Can I drop Youk for Chris Davis in a 10 team H2H points league, or is that just crazy talk right now?
@nick m., Eh, I’d hold for now…
The Piching Chacin is getting destroyed in CO. I sure can pick good streamers.
@Fuij (Fausto or Roberto? RCL), I’d be scared to start anyone against the Dodgers these days. Kemp basically has everyone on the team protected, because if you give up a walk or hit to them, you’re one person closer to having to face Kemp. I’m joking. Half joking.
@royce!, maybe a third or a quarter joking…
@Wilsonian, face it ur not joking at all lol
How incredibly laughable is this trade offer:
I get: Hafner
I give: Casilla
Seriously? This is the trade offer I just got in my 16 team H2H league. I don’t even know how to respond.
@Wilsonian, It just means he likes Casilla, come back with something equally ridiculous if you can lose the saves and maybe you end up working something out that helps your team.
@Chunk, true. I have Marmol and Jim Johnson along with Casilla. He has a pretty solid team. So I guess I should shoot pretty high and see what happens. Hafner is by far the worst bat on his team.
@Chunk, so I offered Casilla for BJ. He countered with BJ for Giancarlo. HA! Although that isn’t that far off, they have the same amount of HRs…
Sure am glad I’m in dead last in my 16 team league so I played Parker tonight.
@Wilsonian, That’s a nice “glass half full” attitude… half full of Goldschlager… from a bottle that got stuck in the gold flake section of the assembly line and ended up being all gold instead of mostly alcohol.
@Awesomus Maximus, tryin’ to stay positive! That’s also a pretty awesome way of explaining it to me. Back in my college days, I woulda preferred a glass full of Goldschlager, with some Jager on the side. Neverthewho…figured I needed a silver lining. What else do I have to lose? No one on my team is performing. My offense is terrible. So why not start him?
@Wilsonian, Is that a humblebrag?
@Grey, haha…could be. Like I said, figured I had nothing left to lose. So screw it, toss him out there and hope for the best. Luckily I got the best. Maybe this is my week to get out of the cellar!!
Two more QSs (J-Z and Beachy), zero Ws. The one guy who seems like he might get a W (Parker) is on my bench. Unreal. FMFBBL.J
@Awesomus Maximus, Damn
@Grey, You couldn’t do this if you tried.
In 28 starts Awesomus Maximus has 20 QSs to go with only 7 Ws, and they’re not even all from SPs. He’s in 5th place in QS despite having the second fewest games started in the league. A team with 11 fewer games started (17) and 11 fewer QSs (9) has 5 more Ws (12) than Awesomus Maximus. And the kicker… he’s in last place in the W column, right below a team with 8 Ws from just 13 QSs (in 33 games started) who is about to get another W from Wainwright, sans QS, of course. It’s uncanny!
Special thanks to Tim Kurkjian for breaking down my fantasy woes.
Man, I was happy to draft Lind, but he is draining my will to live…
@Steve, You could always drop him for Mark Reynolds, who I drafted soon after you got Lind!
@royce!, Awww, that’s enough to make it all seem alright after all.
who wins on bruce+casilla for cano in a 5×5 12 team league?
@thurman, Bruce side imo
How about Lester,aviles,and Cuddyer for cano?
Standard league
Thanks
@Ryan, Not quite a chump dump but I’d still take Cano
Just realized Farnsy was moved to 60 day … gotta go with milone, right?
@Buge Hoobs, Yes
With Luebke being hurt, the Padres get to show off their minor league depth and call up… Jeff Suppan?
I’m thinking a sad trombone would work here, but a “trombone being kicked in the nuts” would be more appropriate. Maybe the Razzball Audio Department could work on that for me?
@royce!, HA! Oh man, that actually really made me laugh… Think you just made the roundup for tomorrow…
@Grey, No pain, no gain! As a Padres fan, it looks like I’ll be doing plenty of gaining this season.
@Grey, Oh, and by the way, Suppan’s ERA over two starts for Tucson is 12.15, and in 6.2 IP, he’s walked 3 and struck out 2. Casey Kelly, on the other hand, has a 2.25 ERA and 1.00 WHIP over 12 IP with 14 Ks.
I can only think that the Padres, knowing that they’re not competing this year, just thought that it would be nice for Suppan to get to hang out with the Brewers.
Keep Farnsy stashed or pick up Milone?
@Buge Hoobs, Milone
Come on Nats bullpen. Please get out of this. Pleeeeease.
@Steve, If I were Zimmermann I would demand a trade. The nats offense obviously hates him.
@Steve, Well, as it turns out, my opponent started Chacin (as well as Minor and Buchholz yesterday) so the need is suddenly not quite so pressing, but it would still be nice if they could limit the damage.
Last week I traded strasburg for McCutchen. Is this a win deal for 2012 considering the innings cap (and by win deal for 2012, I am acknowledging Stras’s value in my keeper league)?
@MetalManic, Too early to tell… Should be…
Saunders, Zambrano, Burnett, E. Jackson, or Humber tomm? Pick 2
@MrHappyTime, Burnett, Jackson…
Sorry Thames owners – that was me who cooled him off.
@Steve, Damn you.
Wouldu trade eithier and Lester for Adam jones?
Trying to sell eithier high..and have plenty of pitching.
Standard league
Is that too much?
@Ryan, way too much…. adam jones is good but you’re asking for alot of production giving up that, i dealt Howie K/Lester and got Cano in a very competitive 14 team $ league, I think you should shoot higher than Adam Jones, you might not pull a deal like mine, but its too much….
Rather own Cishek and Mujica or Cishek and Perkins (until Miami names a new closer, if they even do..)
@Grey’s da man!, Cishek and Mujica…
Wow. Came *this* close to picking Lowrie up.
@Steve, Hopefully you picked up Davis instead…
@Chunk, Yup.
Gentry did a great job of not slamming his face into the outfield wall on that Bautista homer.
@Chunk, If Gentry was a star and on one of my teams, he would’ve been injured for the year.
One last thing, damn Cahill is cruising.
That is all.
@Wilsonian, Shhhhh!!!!
@Steve, it’s ok Steve…he continued to cruise. Emoticon…
@Wilsonian, Yeah. I had Zimm going too, so was just looking to shut down jinxes of any kind, and from any angle.
What the shit is this?!?! Luebke missing a start with sore/tight elbow? What the funk is that? If I lose him and Longo in the same week, this is the last time I’m drafting anyone whose last name starts with “L.”
@Wilsonian, Ha
Longo question #472 for the night…
Hi, my name is Wilsonian, and I just put Evan Longoria on the DL. “Hi Wilsonian.” Anyway, I have been blessed to have someone like EE on my team, so I do have someone who can replace him at the moment. I am obviously now riding out his hot streak with him as my everyday 3rd basemen. I can pick up any of the following to fill in at Utility or 3rd, should EE stumble. Who do you snag:
C. Davis
Pedro
Trumbo
Altuve
JD
Dunn
Duda
Rios
I’m leaning towards one of the first three, but I’m not sure. I like Trumbo but that damn team is crowded. You think Davis finally figures things out, at least for the next 6-8 weeks?
@Wilsonian, Ha! Rios
LaHair or Chris Davis?
Hardy or Cozart?
Thanks!
@Pete Rock, LaHair, Cozart
The way Hochevar is going, you’d think I was starting him.
@Steve, Hehe
hey oaktown .
has it come to this ?
inge is now our starting 3rd baseman ?
@chata, Sogard and Donaldson were that much better?
hutchison k’s the 1st 4 batter he faces .
and then the roof caves in .
@chata, Ha
Alvarez or C Davis?
@Grey’s da man!, Davis
Davis or Moustakas?
@Carlos, Moose
Davis! Goes deep in his first AB on my H2H team. Love that.
@Steve, w00t
@Grey, And he just singled off ‘Daniel’ Boone Logan – the reliever brought in to get him out…
@Steve, grey is dustin his shoulders off right now!
Always love the closer look. 2 questions. I’ve got an army of injuries – would you drop Bailey? H2H league, so I’m reluctant to lose him given potential help for the playoffs.
2nd – Would you trade Gio Gonzalez to get Pablo Sandoval (given having just lost Longoria to injury? Pedro Alvarez is the best FA available to replace instead)
Thanks!
@CoreyII,
gio for pablo wouldn’t fly in any of my leagues .
@chata, because it’s unfair? on which side?
@CoreyII,
give me the hitter .
@CoreyII, Can lose Bailey… I’d take Pablo and could see it working…
@Grey, thanks!
I guess a 1-0 win either way in DC with both starters throwing complete games is a bit much to ask for…
@Steve, Never too much!
@Grey, Just grabbed Homer B for his start tomorrow at home to the Cubs in H2H. Sign off on that?
@Steve, What’s your options?
@Grey, Not much:
Sanchez @ DET
Pomeranz v LAD
Tomlin @ CWS
Beavan @ TB
Maholm @ CIN
Nothing else worth mentioning. Suppose I could have gone Tomlin, but I’ve grabbed Bailey now and don’t want to burn another pickup (we only get 10 for the week).
@Steve, Yeah, Bailey’s the best there…
@Steve, I do hope he gives up 4 steals to Campana though…
@Steve, ONLY ten? Lol
@ Grey :
as a reminder , i don’t play in weekly leagues .
until lately , i have agreed with your modus operandi of filling my
bench with pitchers .
but , it seems this year that if you don’t have a few bench bats ,
your six-shooter is always a few bullets shy .
are you noticing the same , with your teams ??
@chata, See my comment to #64
@Grey,
done .
but i don’t see you coming out in favor of dropping a bench pitcher
in favor of a replacement bat .
are you still holding onto your extra pitchers ??
@chata, I have two benched DL’d hitters and two bench SPs.
Bailey or Lidge better DL stash for saves?
@Grey’s da man!, Bailey
Damn. Luebke is missing his next start with a sore/tight elbow. Damn.
@royce!, Double and triple damn.
@royce!, Damn, damn.
I need a Longo replacement? 13 team 5×5 roto. Slim pickings but i need someone.
Inge, Jed Lowrie, Ryan Roberts, Sean Rodriguez,Ty Wigginton, Chone Figgins, Matt Carpenter, Lonnie Chisenhall, Kyle Seager, Chris Johnson,
@aj, Wiggy