Greg Holland was pulled after walking two guys in a row on Wednesday night. Every pitch was a ball, but he got one foul ball to make it nine pitches. Yoan Lopez came in to clean it up. The DBacks have said there’s not an injury, but it’s worth monitoring either way. Here are some other notes from this week…
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- Blake Parker DFA’d.
- The Cardinals bullpen has been nasty. Any number of people could grab that job if something were to happen.
- Somehow Roenis Elias keeps getting saves. I’ve moved him back to the lead, but don’t feel great about it.
- Freddy Peralta could fix the hole in the Brewers pen.
- Jose Leclerc, Keone Kela, Shane Greene, Roenis Elias, and Jake Diekman are some of the names that are being rumored to be on the move.
- I’m not saying the Padres should trade Kirby Yates, but Andres Munoz is filthy…
Andres Munoz, Mechanics (rear view/102mph Fastball). pic.twitter.com/edDwvBZkRQ
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) July 18, 2019
This week, in honor of Roto-Wan’s new kid, let’s use Star Wars films as our tier heading this week. The force is strong with these top arms. Will they choose the Dark Side or the Jedi though?
Darth Vader
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance |
| Josh Hader | Adrian Houser | Â Freddy Peralta | ||
| Kirby Yates | Andres Munoz | Â Craig Stammen | Â Matt Strahm | Â Trey Wingenter |
| Brad Hand | Nick Goody | Â Adam Cimber | Â Oliver Perez | Â Tyler Clippard |
He has no real ‘lines’, but how can you go against a bot that helps instead of trolls on the internet. There when you need him, but don’t expect to have much of a conversation without a translator. How did Luke know how to talk droid?
R2D2
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance |
| Aroldis Chapman | Adam Ottavino | Â Zach Britton | Â Chad Green | |
| Felipe Vazquez | Kyle Crick | Â Keone Kela | ||
| Kenley Jansen | Pedro Baez | Â Joe Kelly | Â Julio Urias | |
| Roberto Osuna | Ryan Pressly | Â Hector Rondon | Â Will Harris | Â Collin McHugh |
| Sean Doolittle | Fernando Rodney | Â Wander Suero | ||
| Craig Kimbrel | Steve Cishek Pedro Strop |  Brandon Kintzler | ||
| Liam Hendricks | Yusmeiro Petit | Â Lou Trivino | Â Blake Treinen |
An old friend that may turn on you, but is also a charismatic, smooth operator who shows up at the last second. And the Hahn back story film didn’t hurt his rep either.
Lando Calrissian
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance |
| Edwin Diaz | Seth Lugo | |||
| Ian Kennedy | Jake Diekman | Â Tim Hill | ||
| Will Smith | Sam Dyson | Â Reyes Moronta | Â Mark Melancon | Â Tony Watson |
| Shane Greene | Joe Jimenez | Â Buck Farmer | Â Jose Cisnero | |
| Alex Colome | Kelvin Herrera | Â Jace Fry | Â Aaron Bummer | |
| Taylor Rogers | Ryne Harper | Â Trevor May | Â Tyler Duffey | Â Zack Littell |
| Ken Giles | Daniel Hudson | Â David Phelps | Â Joe Biagini | |
| Hector Neris | Jose Alvarez | Â IL: David Robertson |
It’s a crime that these insignificant, little creatures play such an important role in destroying the evil empire. They throw rocks and sticks and catch the empire completely unprepared. Sticks and stones over laser blasters and AT-ATs. GTFO…
Wicket/Ewoks
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe | So You’re Saying There’s A Chance |
| Luke Jackson | Anthony Swarzak | Â Sean Newcomb | Â Chad Sobotka | |
| Emilio Pagan | Adam Kolarek | Â Colin Poche | Â Andrew Kittredge | Â IL: Diego Castillo |
| Hansel Robles | Noe Ramirez | Â Cam Bedrosian | Â Ty Buttrey | |
| Carlos Martinez | John Gant | Â Andrew Miller | Â Giovanny Gallegos | Â John Brebbia |
| Raisel Iglesias | Michael Lorenzen | Â David Hernandez | Â Jared Hughes | Â Amir Garrett |
| Chris Martin | Jose Leclerc | Â IL: Shawn Kelley | ||
| Greg Holland | Archie Bradley | Â Yoshihisa Hirano |
Yes, I wrote this one in before I even finished my rankings. There’s no question who is the worst character in the entire Star Wars saga.
Jar Jar Binks
| Closer | Next | Then | Maybe |
| Mychal Givens | Miguel Castro | Â Paul Fry | |
| Wade Davis | Scott Oberg | Â Carlos Estevez | |
| Brandon Workman | Matt Barnes | Â Colten Brewer | Â Nathan Eovaldi |
| Sergio Romo | Nick Anderson | Â Austin Brice | Â IL: Austin Brice |
| Roenis Elias | Anthony Bass | Â IL: Hunter Strickland |
Additional note: Edwin Diaz got hit in the foot by a come-backer last night. X-rays were negative and the Mets are hoping he avoided any kind of serious injury, but there may be some vulture save opps while he heals up.
Thanks, D_Bon
Hey Donkey,
Just wanted to say keep up the good work. I love reading your/grey’s posts, and sharing them with everyone i know thats NOT in my fantasy leagues!
We have literally dubbed your site the “sneaksters” becasue you guys are so good and predict prospects and the like so far ahead of time that we CANNOT let other people know about you all!
(I know that kills your business model, but look at what it says about your content!)
6 years in and this site is still the king.
-J
I”m not Donkey Teeth, but have passed along your nice words to him. I’m sure he’ll show up in here eventually. It’s always that double edged sword of keeping the great advise/information to yourself and us wanting to grow the site. If you wanna help out, but you also want to be selfish, you should check out Rudy’s tools. They’re that extra gem that take out so much prep time.
thats embarrassing… also maybe i have dyslexia! But your name is Don!!!! Always thought you were DT
I love your content too man. Everything on here is gold
How confident are you that it will be Munoz over Stammen when Yates is traded?
I believe it’s likely a shared job if Yates gets moved. I put Munoz 1st because he’s nasty and has been untouchable since coming up. Stammen has gotten the opportunities during the season when Yates needed a break, but that was mostly without Munoz around. To answer your question directly, I’d say about 65% Munoz to 35% Stammen.
Hendricks or Colome
ROS Yahoo Roto 12 team
Thanks!
Hendriks
ROS saves (w/ Romo habing been traded already), Nick Anderson or Munoz?
Go ahead and give me Anderson. Can’t believe somebody traded for Romo…