If you said you loved Kevin Kline in the role of Cole Tucker, you wouldn’t be wrong. What can’t Kevin Kline do? Yo, Kevin Kline, wanna be my father? “Sir, this is a Cheesecake Factory and that’s James, our short-order cook, not Kevin Kline.” I’m crazy for rookie bats. As crazy as I am for rookie bats, I’m tepid on rookie arms. I don’t dislike them, but roofies are real and dangerous. Rookie bats, however…*places nose right above a stick of butter, inhales deeply* So, the Pirates called up Cole Tucker. He’s the sexiest Pittsburgh shortstop since….uh Jack Wilson wasn’t very sexy…uh…Jordy Mercer God no…Erik Gonzalez bleh…Arky Vaughan! Arky took no crap, quitting for three years at one point because he got sore at Leo Durocher for talking to the press about a teammate. And Arky still made the Hall of Fame! Of course, he had to wait 33 years after his death. Any hoo! Besides Cole Tucker sounding like he wears Vineyard Vines, what do we know about Tucker? He has 30-steal speed. Love that. Where else are we finding that? That alone is reason to grab him in every league. Yes, every league. Next up, he made swing adjustments and is more a 17-homer hitter than the under-5 homer guy he showed before this year. In 18 spring at-bats, he hit two homers. In 57 Triple-A at-bats, he hit three homers. In his first career at-bat with the Pirates, he homered. For power, I’m going to start saying Triple-A is samesies with the majors. We’ll see if my new approach pans out! So, 17/30/.250 while also taking a walk? I told you every league. The Ghost of Arky Vaughan can eat a D! (If the site suddenly goes down for three years, we know why.) Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Starling Marte – Hit the IL with an abdominal wall contusion. That’s a hell of a thing to call Erik Gonzalez. Called up to replace Marte was Bryan Reynolds whose 1st answer to everything is, “No, not like the Deadpool guy.” Yo, Bryan Reynolds sounds like a snot! He has power, speed and can take a pitch. I’d like him more if I thought he was staying in the outfield for a while, but Dickerson, Polanco, Chisenhall, Marte–Yo, did the Yankees sneeze on the Pirates? Maybe, I don’t know, stretch before a game. As for Bryan Reynolds (and Jason Martin), they’re NL-Only plays for now.
Buster Posey – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .227. The Marla Gibbs line!
Aaron Judge – Hit the IL with an oblique injury. The doctor inspected Judge’s oblique and found an obelisk. So the Yankees aka The Walking Wounded lost Judge, and it looked pretty bad. I doubt he’s back for at least four weeks, maybe six. I will now go walk off a cliff.
Masahiro Tanaka – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.76. If his usual splits hold with his 2nd half being much better than his 1st, he’s going to have a 0.50 ERA in the 2nd half.
James Paxton – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.10. Damn, with that and the Yankees’ lineup and bullpen, they’re gonna be tough to beat! *intern whispers in ear* They’re what now? But their bullpen is good, right? Really? Ooh, maybe I shouldn’t mention anything.
Clint Frazier – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .339. Frazier should have some place to play for the foreseeable future since the Yankees are trying to start a new viral video called, “The Hospital Shuffle.” When the music hits, everyone dances to a hospital.
Hunter Dozier – 2-for-4 and his 6th homer, hitting .304. Hmm…where did I hear his name before? No, it wasn’t my Hunter Dozier fantasy Buy column on Friday. I can’t hear that; it’s the written word, dur!
Alex Gordon – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .316. We should play the game, “Alex Gordon or add this other guy?” I’m undefeated for “this other guy.”
Gordon Beckham – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer, hitting .250. Okay, Alex Gordon or Beckham? Likely Alex Gordon, but I will actively think I’m suggesting Dee Gordon, unless I can convince myself it’s Tim Beckham.
Daniel Norris – 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.70 vs. Reynaldo Lopez – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners (0 BBs), 8 Ks, ERA at 7.46. This matchup was billed as, “Rey-Lo vs. Norris for Episode IX: Revenge of the Pfft in Star Warris.”
Hanley Ramirez – Designated for assignment. The assignment is to edit himself into a Fyre Fest documentary so people care about him.
Francisco Lindor – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer, as he was activated on Saturday. The Indians now have one good hitter.
Shane Bieber – 2 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.47. Starting pitcher this year is like the scene in every spy movie. “Do you want to start a pitcher?” “Yes.” “Okay…” Then, that person’s head is shoved into a tub of water, that person screams underwater. The color drains from their face. Finally, they let them up, as they gasp for air, blurting, “I need to start pitchers!” Then they are shoved back underwater.
Max Fried – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 10 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.38. You can draft starters high, or you can throw darts at a board and draft hitters. I prefer darts. Seriously, I almost wonder if it’s better to have “bad” pitchers than “good” ones, because the “bad” will at least get pulled from the game, while the “good” ones end up like this: “Gerrit Cole’s better than this, let’s let him throw another inning of 3 ER ball.”
Josh Donaldson – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and his 3rd and 4th homer. He has four times more homers than Kris Bryant. Someone kill me.
Julio Teheran – 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.61. Teheran is such a dumpster fire. The pitcher isn’t good either. (That is the hackiest of sitcom jokes. The other one being: “I like that guy, Swanson.” “Dansby?” “No, Darcy Swanson, the heir to the frozen food empire.” 95% of Estelle Getty’s jokes were that setup. Any hoo!)
Touki Toussaint – 1 1/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 8.59. I was hired to play piano in this bar in Kabul, but first I need to use the bathroom, can I leave my Fanta on the counter? *five hours later* Hey, are you my accordion player? Wait, are you playing accordion with my rib cage? AHHH!!! Roofie!!!
Mike Soroka – With Dookie Toussaint sent back to the minors, Soroka and Bryse Wilson will now do battle for who will have a Braves’ rotation spot when Foltynewyitz returns. My guess is Soroka, and, while I would grab him (or Wilson in deeper leagues), I don’t have any more faith in them than I had in Touki.
Robbie Ray – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.95 vs. Tyler Chatwood – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.00. Both guys currently have a 5+ BB/9, and they could rematch this game in Wrigley 15 times and it would be a blowout at least 14 of those times.
Jarrod Dyson – 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer, hitting .295. He has more homers than Hosmer, Profar, Pollock, Freeman, Blackmon and Puig5d1s–damn, I was writing that with my tears falling onto the keyboard, and I almost finished.
Matt Shoemaker – Out for the year with a torn ACL. As anyone that’s been to the Racing Hall of Fame can tell you, Shoemaker is no horse.
Justin Smoak – 4-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. I should’ve drafted Smoak over Kris Bryant. Oh my God, Kris Bryant is the worst!
Cedric Mullins – 0-for-1, hitting .094, but got a hit on Saturday! Cedric Mullins getting a hit felt as unlikely as Chris Mullin getting a new haircut.
Kyle Gibson – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 6.10. Impressive start by Gibson. Kidding, he’s a giant dogpile of boring, even in favorable matchups. Why do I own him everywhere?!
Taylor Rogers – 1 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 2.31 and his 2nd save this weekend. Blake Parker is supposedly battling the flu. As long as it’s not the Bird flu, which is when Greg Bird sneezes on you and you sprain your ankle, Parker should be okay.
Dylan Bundy – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 6.56. Elias Sports Bureau said Bundy threw the O’s first Quality Start in three years, or at least felt that long.
Stephen Strasburg – 8 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 4.11. Keith Morrison from Dateline walks into frame, “In this bucolic town in Southern Florida named Miami, a man by the name of Stephen Strasburg faced nine hitters, but little did he know they were actually corpses that couldn’t even pass for a Zombino.”
Ryan Zimmerman – 2-for-4 and his 2nd and 3rd homer, hitting .203. Welp, this means he’s about to go on a week-long hot stretch that will end in an IL stint.
Brian Dozier – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in the last three games. Could be a light schmotato, but he was rightfully moved to the bottom of the order, and hopefully that doesn’t change.
Gerrit Cole – 4 1/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 5.22. I don’t mean to laugh, but about that whole drafting starters early thing….*drives to last remaining pet store in country, walks through PETA picket line, heads to the puppy section* Yo, can I get a WOOF?!
Collin McHugh – 3 1/3 IP, 9 ER, ERA at 4.78. *dons WWII-era helmet as I enter my bunker* The pitcherpocalypse might hit anywhere, and you can never be too safe.
Josh Reddick – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 2nd homer, hitting .339. Last time Reddick homered, I started cyclops’ing him like a urologist. Now I’m going to stick my toe in a schmotato, but not 100% sure yet. That average though.
Alex Bregman – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 4th homer, hitting .318. Besides Yelich and Bellinger no one was worth a 1st round pick, so, with that in mind, Bregman’s been great!
George Springer – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer, hitting .277. Also, in this game Michael Brantley (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 3rd homer and Carlos Correa (1-for-5, hitting .261) hit his 3rd homer. Mean’s while, Our Commissioner Manfred walked up and down the aisles of a sweatshop in Guatemala screaming, “We need the stitches tighter! The balls are not flying far enough!”
Jose Leclerc – 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 1 hit, 4 BBs, ERA at 7.88, and the Hold. Lowercase yay! You thought the Rangers were having the last laugh by signing Leclerc to a multi-year extension that was under market value. Who’s laughing now? I picked up Shawn Kelley (1/3 IP, 0 ER, and the save, ERA at 1.80), because Leclerc looks Lebroke.
Joey Gallo – 2-for-3, 1 run, 5 RBIs, hitting .281. A productive day from Gallo without a home run. It really is the end of days.
Jon Gray – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 4 BBs, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.78. Last year when he walked four guys they all came in to score, because I owned him. I believe this in my heart of hearts, which is a Be Mine candy heart I swallowed and got stuck in my aorta.
Jerad Eickhoff – 6 IP, 4 ER, 11 baserunners (4 BBs), 8 Ks, ERA at 3.60. In Coors, I’m happy with that start, and, more importantly, the Streamonator loves his next start and so do I.
Cody Allen – 0 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 6.14, as he entered, gave up a two-run homer, and left the game. That should be the commercial for MLB this year. Ty Buttrey should be the closer in Anaheim, but I’m not sure they make the move. He should be owned either way.
Tommy La Stella – 2-for-3 and two more home runs (5, 6). Start calling him, Tommy Ha Stella, because this is a joke. I guess hot schmotato, but this is the biggest stunner of the season, and this in a season where Dee Gordon has twice as many home runs as Kris Bryant.
Brian Goodwin – 1-for-2, 2 runs, and his 3rd homer, hitting .346 and .357 in the last week and I don’t know what they’re feeding them in Anaheim, but can they send some to Kris Bryant?
Joey Lucchesi – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.33. Exhale. Okay, the matchup was easy, but if Joey Lucchesi of the Zeppole Crime Family had Mr. Bungled it, I was going to have to reevaluate.
Chase Anderson – 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.00 in his first start back in the rotation. That’s why I was telling you to draft him! Then told you not to, when he lost his rotation spot. I love me some Chase Anderson, and I literally might be the only one. You can try Streamonator for Anderson, but it will never like him. I don’t mind him.
Mike Moustakas – Suffered a fractured ring finger tip, but won’t be placed on the IL. The Brewers said if he can play through the pain, then they won’t IL him. This is where the pure comedy comes in. He didn’t start yesterday. How do they know if he can play through it if he doesn’t play through it? You guys are killing me!
Brandon Woodruff – 5 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.81. Starting feel like he’s a KaBoB as he keeps skewering me. Guess we should call him Woodrough.
Eric Thames – 1-for-1, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer, and 2nd homer this weekend and now I’m officially worried about Jesus Aguilar (0-for-4, hitting .136). Do these two guys share mojo, swapping it back-and-forth every year? I haven’t quite picked up Thames or dropped Aguilar, but I’m getting close now.
Josh Hader – 1 IP, 1 ER, ERA up to 3.75 with another home run allowed, and the 3rd day in a row he’s given up runs. The last homer allowed was his first home run ever allowed on an 0-2 pitch. Toss out the Doomsday clock, I wanna see the time until Hader needs Tommy John.
Rich Hill – Will return next Sunday. He’s got a Jesus complex, but he’s a procrastinator.
Kenley Jansen – 1 1/3 IP, 1 ER and his 1st blown save, ERA at 3.09. The bad news is he looks so hittable, giving up runs in four of his last six games. The good news is you didn’t draft Kimbrel.
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.10, as he returned from the IL. As long as Ryu’s groin is fine, he will be too. My 12-year-old self once dreamt of me keeping tabs on other men’s groins. I’ve finally made it.
Cody Bellinger – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and a slam (11) and legs (4), hitting .424. If you managed to draft Christian Yelich and Cody Bellinger, you did great. However, on that day of your draft, you could’ve purchased a Powerball ticket and won $400 million instead, so you kinda screwed up.
Joc Pederson – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 9th and 10th homer, hitting .270. ‘Member back in March when we were wondering which player being drafted after the top 300 who would break out? It’s only April, and a lot can happen, but starting to think it was Pederson.
Zack Greinke – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at…Guess. It feels like he’s pitched well, right? Okay, don’t strain your frontal lobe, he has a 4.60 ERA. By the by, if you said it does feel like he’s pitched better, it’s because he has. Didn’t like him coming into the year, but his peripherals are as good as any past year when he had a low-3 ERA.
Austin Meadows – Hit the IL with a finger sprain. He’s headed to see a hand specialist. I wonder if he’s going to this Korean lady in my neighborhood because her sign says, Man-I-Cure.
Nathan Eovaldi – Hit the IL with a loose body in his elbow. Red Sox doctors were worried when Eovaldi showed his elbow and David Caruso magically appeared and whipped off his sunglasses.
David Price – 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.75. Weird to say this, but I own Price, and have loved it. His peripherals are that of a top 10 starter: 11.3 K/9, 1.9 BB/9 and 3.28 xFIP while doing it predominantly with his curveball as he maintains previous year’s fastball velocity. If I were Donkey Teeth and ranking top 100 starters, I’d move Price way up.
Mitch Moreland – 1-for-2 and his 7th homer, hitting .258, but removed with back spasms. Any form of the word spazz is just ugly. Please call them “back nerds.”
Michael Chavis – 0-for-4 as he played 2B. I went over him in Friday’s Buy. Still like Chavis a lot, but I’m worried about playing time. Makes little sense to call him up and not play him, but teams have been known to make stupid moves before.
Dakota Hudson – 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.89, as he was pitchslapped by Syndergaard. If Hudson were to ever have a favorable matchup, it’s his next start, and the Streamonator still doesn’t like it.
Noah Syndergaard – 5 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.90. It’s only a few starts in April. Dot dot dot. Until you think about how bad his 2nd half was last year.
Pete Alonso – 2-for-4 and his 8th homer, hitting .325. Is it merely a coincidence that I started writing this blurb when JT’s Strawberry Bubblegum came on my iTunes? …and then I love you when you show me your pop, then I’ll be your blueberry lollipop. I have no idea what that means, but it’s erotic and appropriate.
Robinson Cano – 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer, but left the game after being hit on the hand, and was seen wearing a soft cast. I’ll never understand why hitters use their hands when hitting; it always causes problems.
Jacob deGrom – Was scheduled for an MRI, due to his elbow bothering him, but the Mets will always Mets and they said, “There’s no doctors around, due to Easter, and deGrom should be okay.” I’m not joking. Those were their words. As if there’s no Jewish doctors! I mean, Mets, seriously, are you gonna Mets all your life? Or better yet, if you have to have a Catholic doctor, I don’t know, maybe pay them to work Easter weekend. Crazy! I know! Are hospitals closed for Easter? I had no idea! *pulling on hospital door handle at ER* Wow, they’re closed for 4/20. Smokers gotta smoke, amirite? Holy crap, the Mets are dumb.
Jeff McNeil or Franmil Reyes
Franmil for me but its needs based
McNeil
Franmil, but could see case for McNeil
Covers the entire field. Will hit over .300, and play 145 games. Reyes will not play every day, hit 20+ h.r.’s, 70 r.b.i.’s, and bat .240. Guess that’s why I own McNeil on 5 of my 7 draft teams. Renfroe is still better than Reyes.
Is hector Norris worth chasing for saves? And who do you like better between Mahle, dereck Rodriguez, and dare do I say it, porcello. Trying to find replacements for the cobbler and touki. Essentially, which two of the 4 should I go for? Thanks, Grey.
Yes on Neris — Dereck, Porcello, I’d look at matchups
Couldn’t resist grabbing Tucker.
He’s my 8th player with SS eligibility, and somehow everybody else in my league is also all-set at SS so I haven’t been able to trade any of them. *insert Swaggy P “confused ???” meme*
To that end, i’ll probably need to drop one of these SS when Turner returns (almost stutterer).
Rank Tucker, Jorge Polanco, Hampson?
Thanks!
Tucker, Hampson
Swaggy P!
Member when Joc Pederson had a 30/30 season in the minors after a 20/30 season and I held him for years in keeper leagues… I member
You see Bellinger steal a HR from Yelich? Fantasy crime but go Dodgers.
Cole Tucker huh? I thought it was Kyle Tucker we were supposed to be cyclopsing?
Once Hader needs TJ your ranking for woodruff will be justified as he becomes a dominant closer. Not sure why he can’t throw multiple innings …
Let’s hope you still holding
Did you ever put in a joke about Hader giving up a game winner to a kike? Hope you did and I didn’t miss it. But also breezy sucks. He hasn’t been good since July of 17. Also Seager dropped 30lbs and is vegan and also sucks.
Awesome on Cody, I had not seen that
New Tucker in town!
In my league Voit was dropped. Should I pick him up and drop Mazara? I think he could be better than now. I loved him as a sleeper this year
I’d go with Voit
Agree with DT
G-A-L-L-O
I have had Buttrey favorited for a while, but so hard to squeeze onto my rosters until I can figure out which starts really want to stay and which want to go, but as of today… would you grab Buttrey or Shawn Kelley to try to pick up some saves?
Fried, Lucchesi, or Weaver … two of them have to go, who stays?
Fried stays
Both or worth a shot, coin flip really. I’d try Kelley…
Kelley — Agree with DT
Thank you both. Saves suck for most of my teams this year, and just when you trade for one they will get shipped out and you’ve got nothing!
I was offered his J. Abreu for my C. Allen. I don’t love Abreu, and I have Hoskins at 1B, but this seems like good value for Allen, considering he may lose his job after these last two blowups. Would you do this trade?
Abreu for a guy whose 100% losing job? Where do I sign?
You’re overestimating the Angels ability to make good baseball decisions. Why did they cut B. Parker, their best closer from last year to sign Cody Allen for $11 million. They could have taken that $11 million, pooled it with the $11 million they blew on Harvey (plus the $5 million on Bour?) and signed a front end guy like Corbin or Morton. But they are the Angels.
Yes
Abreu
Tucker mania because of the speed, I get it. But the same day the #9 prospect for the Pirates was called up. I get it, #4 prospect is better, but Tucker sticks because of a ++ glove. He has a pitcher swing. The #9 has hit better in the huge sample of two games, but he was also leading the milb in Hrs, and has also hit better in his minors career, albeit without the stolen bases. Not to rain on the parade but as ppl alluded to above, stolen bases in the minor leagues mean fuck all. If you aren’t stealing 50 you aren’t really a must add for stolen bases.
Springer and Joc are both beasts, but we were wrong on them. Neither steals bases. Tucker should stick because he is easily the defender which gets you at bats, but somehow SS is the deepest position on the diamond and in a 12 teamer its like “drop Polanco for Tucker?” lol. Don’t get me wrong, my biggest bid in 2 of my 3 nfbcs was him, but if we looking at shallow leagues, you leading audience astray. In 3 of my 15 yahoo “pro” leagues Jorge Polanco is on wire, but I can’t figure out a drop to get him since leagues so goddamn shallow.
Gotcha
You are oversimplifying. SB quantity means nothing in the minor league unless the rate is good and the player is on a team that encourages SB at the major league level. Unless you take a more nuances view, you will be left behind by others who understand these efficiencies
Still smarting from the Touki roofie. sadface.
A dreaded catcher question! Danny Jansen or Astudillo?
Also: is Ronald Guzman worth stashing in a DL slot?
Astudillo.
Sure, stash him if you have the spot.
Agree with DT
Sup Grey! 14 team H2H auction redraft league. 6×6: Runs, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS and Ks, QS, ERA, WHIP, SV+HD, K/9
1) thanks as always for the great advice. It’s super early but this team sits in 1st place by a few games. Anything can happen, but I think this team is as strong as possible given the fact that I’ve been on the wire every day trying to find breakout candidates/players dropped too early all of April. Josh Bell, Moncada (I know he’ll regress but he’s more aggressive earlier in counts now), Tatis (no explanation required), White Walker (until he falls back down to earth), and Meadows (sucks he’s hurt but should be fine once he’s back). Avisail Garcia looks solid as most Rays this year do. On the pitching side, Musgrove and Fried have been amazing. D Holland is boring but reliable, and Luke Weaver I’m gonna bet breaks out this year.
2) I’m lucky that the Raisel Iglesias owner gave up on him after the Pederson walk-off HR. Since I picked him up, he’s gone 3 innings, 0 ER, 0 baserunners, 9 Ks, and 2 SVs. Semi victory lap because he definitely didn’t belong on waivers
3) when do we drop Woodruff? I still like the upside but he’s kind of like dodging landmines so far.
4) drop Woodruff to stream SPs or ratio-helping RPs?
5) over/under 10 Holds for Nick Burdi this season? Been eyeing him but I hate picking up relievers that don’t provide SVs or HDs. I think it’s just lazy fantasy play but his FIP has been negative so far even with the early sample size per Fangraphs
C: JT Realmuto
1B: Josh Bell
2B : Yoan Moncada
3B: Manny Machado
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr
OF: Mike Trout
OF: Tommy Pham
OF: Avisail Garcia
UTL: Christian Walker
IL: Austin Meadows
P: German Marquez
P: Jose Alvarado
P: Will Smith
P: Reyes Moronta
P: Raisel Iglesias
SP: Zack Wheeler
SP: Joe Musgrove
B: Brandon Woodruff
B: Max Fried
B: Derek Holland
B: Luke Weaver
IL: Mike Clevinger
IL: Arodys Vizcaino
Thanks, Grey!
6) in a vacuum, please rank Avisail Garcia, Dwight Smith Jr, and Leury Garcia
7) please rank Jeff Samardzija, Chase Anderson, Tyler Mahle
Thanks!
3/4) I’d hold Woodruff a little longer
5) Over
6) You ranked em
7) Mahle, Samadzija, Anderson but I have them all really close in my rankings
Agree with DT
Thank you! I’ll hold Woodruff a little longer
Gallo’s first CAREER sac fly in the majors. How is this possible for someone with a league leading type fb%? Crazy.
Im in a 12 team 5×5 obp roto keeper league. Short benches.
I own pinder as my only 2b eligible player with chavis as my only bench bat. Id pick up cole tucker in a heartbeat if i thought he would gain 2b eligibility but so far he has only played ss and i have to start someone at 2b. I have dejong and tatis at ss and mi so theyre locked in most nights.
That said,
1.would u drop either chavis or pinder for mcneil? Love mcneil but not a lot of power there.
2.rank these guys: pinder mcneil chavis tucker Lemaheiu
3. Rank voit, healy, yonder alonso… any worth burning a waiver claim as a bench bat/to start over e escobar?
Sorry for the long post, thanks grey!
1) McNeil over Pinder for me
2) Depends on needs…Tucker, McNeil, Chavis, LeMahieu, Pinder
3) Voit, Yonder, Healy; Voit is worth the claim
That is crazy on sac fly, I hadn’t heard
Agree with DT
Thanks
No problem
Need to drop a player in my h2h to activate lindor this week. Who is the drop: ja happ or peraza? I was also looking at soroka. Maybe i should cut both of them. Thanks
I’d cut Happ
Agree with DT
So Cedric means Chris Davis isn’t the worst hitter in Baltimore. That’s impressive.
I know, crazy
Hey Grey, I took your advice and picked up Tucker immediately. Thanks! Hope it pans out cause I was struggling at SS. Now for my question:
I was offered the following trade:
I give: Tyler Glasnow
I get: Victor Robles
My team:
C Wilson Ramos
1B Paul Goldschmidt
2B Travis Shaw
3B Maikel Franco
SS Cole Tucker
OF Andrew Benintendi
OF David Dahl
OF Charlie Blackmon
UTIL Pete Alonso
BE Clint Frazier
BE Bo Bichette
BE Eloy Jiménez
What do you think? Could I potentially get a better bat for Glasnow or is Robles a good return? My OF is kinda full as it is….
SP Blake Snell
SP Gerrit Cole
SP Tyler Glasnow
SP Touki Toussaint
SP Hyun-Jin Ryu
RP Brad Hand
RP Jose Leclerc
I would keep Glasnow, you have no where to it Robles and you need SP more than another bat.
It’s a fine return but you don’t need him. Hold…
Cole Tucker or Jorge Polanco ROS?
Tucker
Agree with DT
Do I cut DeJong for cole tucker? Thanks grey
Depends if you need power or speed
Nah
Maikel Franco or Hunter Dozier ROS?
Dozier for me
Agree with DT
Did you guys see Gabe actually bat Franco 5th yesterday? I believe it’s the first time this season he hasn’t hit 8th. Also, I noticed another interesting stat with Franco. He leads the team in HR’s and RBI’s. Kind of impressive considering the guys in that lineup, and more impressive is that he’s doing it from the 8th spot on an NL team. Obviously won’t last, but interesting none the less.
Maybe with Segura out there’s more flexibility for Franco
Cody Allen is going to frustrate some more. As much as it’s anybody’s guess, would you own for a speculative next in line closer? Buttrey, Melancon, Kelley.
Also, Hunter Dozier over Voit or Piscotty?
Thanks!
Coin flip, Kelley.
Dozier over Piscotty for me.
Agree with DT
Thanks. Got Kelley. Couldn’t snag Piscotty because all of a sudden the guy who always finishes last knows about Hunter Dozier. Hate when that happens.
Snag Dozier, I mean.
Drop Tim Beckham for Cole tucker?
Thanks!
Nah
Agree with DT
Grey! I ignored You and drafted Yu, and now I have to tell You that I’m sorry, because Yu is awful, and so I’ve dropped Yu. But not You. In other words, the old “It’s not You, it’s Yu” breakup speech.
Haha
Well, Cody Allen sucked this past week but I think he has a long leash overall. Not that that is a good thing. My closer situation sucks in our DC. Ive got Allen and Parker/May. Neither of those buffoons even got the last save opp so I’m going with my late 40-something round draft pick Roeniselias. I know he technically has a first and last name, but it’s all convoluted in my mind.
My DC team is such a mess
Pinder isn’t getting playing time, C. Taylor is on the wrong end of a platoon and Cody Allen has been awful. Please tell me why I should keep any or all in an 11 team points league?
There are other options for each hitter as both are depth for me. As for Allen, we lose points for hits, hr and bb, and there are more consistent pitchers who get outs on the ww.
Pinder and Taylor should be dropped there. Allen is fringey but I’m guessing you can move on from him as well if you like…
Agree with DT
Chavis or Tucker
Tucker
Dozier or smoak?
Dozier
Agree with DT
Go with Montas or Soroka?
Montas for me
Soroka
Soroka or Fried?
Fried
Hello Grey,
Time to move on from Voit or hang on another week or two?
Dozier and Walker are both available. 12 team 6×6 H2H OPS redraft.
Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I’d hold
Agree with DT
12 team league with daily moves. Category for holds and another for saves.
Current relievers: Chapman brazier Blake Parker Leclerc Kelley and serathony. Have to keep 1 reliever on the bench as we only have 5 reliever spots. Would you trade Parker for Diego Castillo to be able to play an extra reliever due to his sp eligibility which is a huge advantage in our daily league.
I’d make the swap
Agree with DT
Hey Grey, my guess is that Coldplay frontman Chris Martin will get some saves if LeClerc keeps this up. Speaking of, Martin has over a 3 pt difference in his FIP and xFIP. Not sure what to make of that??
El Marco
It could be Martin too
Woodruff or J Lyles? This is a 12 team league with Qs and h/9. Would you drop Peraza for C Tucker in the same league that counts OBP?
Also have Segura as my SS once he’s off the IL.
Woodruff but both are 12 team streamers, play the matchups. I’d hold Peraza.
Agree with DT
Hampson , Pinder , or B. Dozier? OPS league
Thanks
Hampson, Dozier for me
Agree with DT
Grey!!!!
Man, I can’t tell you how healing your words are. Excellent write-up!
a. Am on that island paradise where there is no Internet. So a poll for your readers. What’s worse?
1. Weak internet
2. Bad internet
b. Signed up DannySantana, 3 more games and then 2B eligibility and he’s training for 1B ’cause Guzman is on the IL. What do you think?
c. Unable to drop numbnuts Kris Bryant. He sucks bark, but still 1 big 5/5 4hr game away from forgetting everything. Unable to drop in my CBS H2H because he is on the undroppable list!!
d. Abbott and Costello quote of the day for April 22
Having stumbled into a deserted bank, Flash (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) try to find a teller.
Flash (Bud Abbott): Teller! Teller!
Tubby (Lou Costello): Tell who?
Flash (Bud Abbott): Teller!
Tubby (Lou Costello): I’ll tell her. Where is she?
Flash (Bud Abbott): Where is who? I said teller!
Tubby (Lou Costello): Tell ‘er what?
Flash (Bud Abbott): Tell ‘er nothing. I want the teller.
Tubby (Lou Costello): Well, go ahead and tell ‘er – I don’t care.
Flash (Bud Abbott): No! Teller in a bank!
Tubby (Lou Costello): Tell ‘er in a bank. Tell ‘er outside. Tell ‘er any place you want! I won’t listen.
Flash (Bud Abbott): Listen – when I say “teller” I don’t mean “tell ‘er.”
Tubby (Lou Costello): Well, what do you mean?
Flash (Bud Abbott): Teller.
Tubby (Lou Costello): Teller.
Flash (Bud Abbott): Now you’ve got it!
Tubby (Lou Costello): Now I’ve got it! I don’t even know what I âm talking about!
Cheers,
Ante
A. Weak, all day B. Might have something in a deep league, in a shallow he’s waiver wire guy, streamer C. I know D. Nice!
Great stuff Grey!
16 team H2H weekly points league…
Who should I start? (checked out SON but still can’t decide)
I need to start 5, please.
Berrios Vs BAL;
Beiber @ HOU;
Buehler @ CHI;
Ed. Rodriguez @ ARI;
Darvish Vs DET;
Swanson @ SD and Vs TEX;
Lucchessi @ WAS;
Glasnow @ BOS.
Thanks!
I’d sit Lucchesi, ERod & Glasnow
Thanks DT!
Thanks! Agree with DT — but Bieber’s matchup scares me too
yeah, should I sit Bieber for this week? who should I start instead?
thanks again guys!
Ed-Rod
Cole, Scherzer, Sale, Kluber, Nola. McHugh and Bieber yesterday. It’s crazy how many good starters are getting roughed up early on. Might be prudent to keep an eye on the ground ball rates when streaming. Keep that juiced ball in the yard, at least.
Had nightmarish visions of Marmol when watching Leclerc yesterday. Electric stuff but has no clue where it’s going. Should be fun (not fun) owning him this year.
Puig is pressing. Has the highest Swing% in MLB (60.6%) and is bottom 10 in SwStr% (16.9%). 2 walks and 20 Ks. Should run into a few in Cincy, but it’s not looking good right now.
Wish I had a share of Christian Walker. Huge power, solid approach. Done most of his damage against fastballs, so it’ll be interesting to see if he’s able to adjust when the league does. Looks like the real deal though.
Streamer of the week – Erik Swanson, come on down! Might get two starts this week, but neither of SD on the road or Tex at home looks particularly daunting if he only gets one. Looked good in his first start. Good fastball command, got a few swings and misses on the slider. Good numbers since the start of 2018. Only real red flag is the 10 homers allowed in 13 AAA starts last year. So after I suggested to target the ground ballers, I’m going with the fly ball guy. What could go wrong?
I hope you’re right on Swanson and Walker, I own them in a few leagues… And also Puig, which has been miserable — might last time I draft Puig, does he ever make good on anything (he will surely go off next year)
I hope so on Swanson too. Can’t take too many more pitching lines like the two I had Freddy Peralta in there for. Almost erased that misery thanks to guys like Hendricks, Montas, and Caleb Smith last week though.
Puig is a tease. Better athlete than ballplayer. Always makes you think there’s more in the tank. I just think he is who he is at this point.
Can we get some support for a couple of IL slots in the NFBC format next year? I have Stanton, Snell, Segura, Andujar, Odor, and Meadows on the bench in one league. Injuries have just been brutal.
I have Segura, Stanton, Odor…I can’t go on… It’s been a miserable year in NFBC so far… Has to reverse at some point, right?
Are Leclerc and Lucchessi droppable in a 12 tm league with QS and SV+H? Thinking of going SAGNOF and streaming
I’d hold Leclerc. Lucchesi depends on options, but probably a hold also.
Agree with DT
Do I drop Laureano, B. Parker, or JA Happ for S. Kelly? 16-team OPS that counts NSVH for pitchers.
Thanks!
Hold
Agree with DT
Tough spot, but need to drop one of these guys:
Shaw, Dahl, Muncy, or Franco
Relevant stats are R/HR/RBI/BB/AVG (note: no stolen bases)
Who goes?
Franco
Ender Inciarte still a hold in a 12 team 6×6 OPS league? I haven’t played him in a couple weeks cause he is so bad and hitting at the bottom of the order right now.
Hold
Agree with DT
I dropped him. Pretty blah if he isn’t stealing bases or hitting leadoff.
Drop d Smith jr for cole tucker? No real needs, 14 team mixed. Looking for highest upside.
Sure
Agree with DT
Would you drop Dansby Swanson for Cole Tucker, or hold? My other SS/MI’s are Baez, Corey Seager, Whit Merrifield. I grabbed Odor off the wire and stashed him in an open IL slot also.
Also, I read Mr. Pants’ Jordan Lyles blurb over the weekend and added him…but in the process lost a streamer slot. In my situation of having a terrible SP staff (Carrasco, Castillo, Archer, Hendricks, Jon Gray, Darvish are my aces) would you drop Jesus Aguilar to open the space back up? My other 1Bs are Freeman, Hunter Dozier, Christian Walker, and I start Baez at 3B so H. Dozier is always available to slide into CI slots.
Appreciate you bruh
Hold if you don’t need steals.
I’d hold Aguilar a bit longer.
Thanks Mr. Teeth. Dont really need steals, just need consistency. I’m pretty sure I know what I’m getting with Swanson, the upside of Tucker intrigues me.
Will hold on Jesus Aguilar. Dont need a stream this week and am in 1st place by a lot in the league I’m needing advice in.
I’d try Tucker
Agree with DT re: Aguilar
Think I’ll give Tucker a try, Swanson is riding the bench and unless he can outperform Seager on the regular he’s not going to be missed.
Agree to agree with DT
18 man …7×7 avg/obp /slg keeper league. Cole tucker for luchessi? and cole tucker for matz? would you do either one?
actually, its just cole tucker for my luchessi offered. matz was rejected…18 man …7×7 avg/obp /slg
Sure if you need steals
Agree with DT
H/H points….need a hitter from Dozier,Vogelbach or Andrus
Same league are Puig and Travis Shaw droppable yet
Dozier, Andrus…needs based.
Hold.
Agree with DT
I think Chris Bassitt could be be ‘a guy’ in deep leagues (until he gets hurt.) Thoughts?
Sure, I have him in the 120s in my updated SP rankings which drop today.
I don’t have much faith in him outside of matchups
Cole Tucker or Kike Hernandez?
Actually, I have many terrible players. Who would you drop for Cole Tucker, if anyone?
Kike
Schoop
D Smith Jr
Winker
Inciarte
Kike over Tucker for me. Drop Smith.
Agree with DT
Would you trade Springer and Matt Boyd for Freddie Freeman? 12 tm 5×5 (QS and OBP)
C – Barnes
1b – Alonso
2b – Albies
3b – Bryant
SS – Mondesi
OF – Betts, Soto, Springer
Util – Domingo
Bench: Cole Tucker, Eloy, Dahl
SP – Carrasco, Flaherty, Bieber, Paddack, Lucchessi, Matt Boyd
Freeman side for me
Agree with DT
Thanks! Not sure if you will see this but I actually have Voit not Tucker in this league. Does that make a difference? I’d probably have drop or try to trade Voit if I did this trade as i don’t have enough roster space for Freeman, Voit, and Alonso
I’d want Voit over Tucker
I would not make that trade if I had to drop Voit..is Alonso, Pete or Yonder? If it’s Yonder, I would drop him and keep Voit.
Voit will be backing up Andujar soon enough.
I streamed Lopez. Mostly because #tigers.
Who loses ABs with Wendle back? At least tell me it’s not Lowe…
Shoemaker was my best SP (per Yahoo’s current ranking)… Musgrove, you’re the next man up!
Meadows to the IL opens up the ABs for the short term.
Agree with DT
Tucker or kike ros 12 team h2h 2x
Kike
I’d try Tucker
Grey!
Need a UT starter in a 5×5 w/ OPS league: Rizzo, H Dozier, Voit, Franmil – who do you like? Thanks!
Rizzo
Just to clarify, asking for this week’s lineup only. Still Rizzo?
Yea still Rizzo for me
If it’s for this week, I’d look at matchups, which I don’t know by heart
Grabbed Tucker on my all Grey team. I need Stanton to return. Is there any reliable news? Is it time to dump Barnes? Looks like Boston plays him in the 8th?
Coffee came out of my nose when I read the deGrom blurb
Barnes can be dropped depending on your options
I haven’t heard a word on Stanton (or Trea) — yeah, Barnes is droppable, but I’m still holding for Ks — Mets! What a joke…
Hey, Grey!
Mitch Garver: Is he, simply, a hot schmotato or is there possibly more there?
Thanks.
Hot schmotato
Agree with DT
Grey.
Accolades to your efforts so far this year. In one of my leagues, I missed the draft and so auto-drafted (the worst team ever). Using only (!) your advice, I was able to replace much of the dead wood (e.g., Keukel; Godley; Leotys Martin; Cron; Kyle Seager; Bundy) with serviceable guys that I’ve interatively improved upon. The team is now 26-3-1.
Two questions today.
1. Drop a reliever (Strop; Minter; or Neris).
2. Daniel Murphy likely to be activated soon-ish. My bench bat is now Mazara; at this time, which would you cut?
Thanks again.
1. Strop
2. Mazara
Agree with DT
Offered Shane Bieber for Travis Shaw… I would only have Hunter Dozier holding down 3B. Thanks
I’d want Bieber
I’d want Shaw
I’m a forever optimist, should I roster Peraza or Hampson at this point?
Thanks Grey
I’d go Peraza
Agree with DT
I tried looking at average velocity for Hader lately and didn’t notice anything scary compared to this time last year. I may not be looking at it right though.
Have you noticed any bad signs other than the results lately?
Thanks again
Velo looks about the same as this time last year. He’s getting overworked…
Just that he’s getting homered off — he’s prolly fine, and I’m being worried for no reason… Likely is overwork
H2H NL Only 5×5 Weekly League
Start Yu Darvish @ARI or Pablo Lopez 2 start @CLE and @PHI
I also have 2 start Luke Weaver(CHC, @PIT) as an option but despite the own/start percentages I trust Pablo more…..
I’d go with Darvish
Agree with DT
Kelley over Wily P or M Givens?
I’d hold or ditch Givens
Hold
Should I be worried about Travis Shaw? Or do you see him coming out of his funk soon?
I’d be a little worried but expect him to come out of it also
He looked like he was coming out of it before this latest 0/13 with 4 Ks – unfortunately all the interesting WW 3B in my league are either hurt (andujar) or in the minors (senzel)
Gotta be patient with him
Thanks all! Appreciate you talking me off the ledge.
No problem
Tucker or peraza roto 5×5?
Also, stream o nator kind of like JA Happ for tonight, but he’s been garbage until now. Would you start him?
Peraza for me.
Depends on league depth and/or innings limit but he’s an alright option.
Agree with DT
Grey,
12-tm H2H cat keeper (keep 12) CATS – (9) R,H,HR,RBI,SB,BB,AVG,OPS,XBH – (8) W,CG,SV,K,GIDP,ERA,WHIP,QS. 35 moves all year (which I don’t typically use all) so no
streaming. This League is pretty active on the wire Waiver.
Trying to pry away A. Bregman from another team, do you think this trade is too one sided ?
MY: Rizzo, Paxton, Carrasco, Richards for HIS: Bregman, Dahl, Senzel, Odor, Taillon
If I needed to cut someone from his side would you say Dahl would be the first to go ?
My team:
C – W. Ramos
1B – P. Goldschmidt
2B – K. Marte
3B – Eugenio Suarez
SS – J. Polanco
CI – A. Rizzo
MI – X. Bogaerts
LF – C. Yelich
CF – C. Blackmon
RF – D. Santana
Util – R. Laureano
BN – H. Dozier
DL – T. Turner
SP – C. Carrasco
SP – J. Verlander
SP – N. Syndergaard
RP – K. Jansen (RP)
RP – J. Leclerc (RP)
P – K. Giles (RP)
P – W. Davis (RP)
BN – W. Buehler
BN – J. Paxton
BN – T. Richards
BN – T. Toussaint
BN – J. Jeffress
DL – A. Heaney (DTD)
Thanks bud
Marv
Also, DT, when’s your next top 100 pitchers update coming out ? Is there a timeline set up for those (like every 2/3 weeks or no ?) I ask as the hitters and pitcher lists help me out tremendously.
Hey Marv, yes it’s going up today and it’s every other week. I got moved from Sunday release to Monday release…
You’re giving up too much… Question for DT on his post, I think today at some point — every other week is timeline
Please rank: H. Dozier, Smoak, Dan V. from Seattle, Moreland and M. Franco. Need to replace Jesus A. at CI because he’s been crucifying me. Thanks, Grey!
Dozier, Franco for me
Agree with DT
Hey Grey,
Hope all is well.
What are your thoughts on this trade in a re-draft standard 5×5 category mixed H2H league?
Team A receives:
Juan Soto
Team B receives:
Nomar Mazara
Steven Matz
JA Happ
Which side wins? Is it close? Thanks!
Soto side, it’s not close
Buy low on Kris Bryant? Have and offer of most of my best prospects: Taylor Trammel, Colton Welker, JPM, and my 1st round prospect pick for him. Seems like a no brainer for a contending team like myself, but I LOVE Taylor Trammel, and feel like I’d maybe be overpaying for the Kris Bryant “name”. Thoughts? Thanks
Is this full on dynasty? How many teams?
Without knowing, I’d lean toward Bryant.
Agree with DT
Which Util in weekly OBP league?
-Mitch Moreland 4 vs DET + 3 vs TB, or
-Ryan Zimmerman (hot schmo? facing a TON of lefties) 3 @ COL + 3 vs SD
*Streamer loves Zimm this week, though OBP closes the gap between the two a bit
Which 3 SP for the week?
-Glasnow @ BOS (Steamer hates it but can you bench him?)
-Ryu @ PIT(Steamer loves, but was waiting to confirm it wouldnt be @cubs start plus wasn’t super sharp in return)
-Rich Hill @ PIT (Steamer loves but injury risk/1st start back, risk he doesn’t actually make this start?)
-Wheeler vs PHI (Steamer loves, but his line was fairly pedestrian against them in his last outing)
-Boyd @ BOS and @ CWS (Steamer doesnt like, 2 start week is hard to pass up but both road starts)
-German @ LAA and @ SF (Steamer likes, but short hook and 2 road games is he really better option than 3 above)
Thanks!
Zimm.
I’d go Wheeler, German, Boyd
Zimmerman
Ryu, Wheeler, Boyd
Drop Moistasskiss for Hunter Dozier?
Thanks!
I’d have a hard time dropping a 2B Moose but if its a real shallow league then sure.
Hold
Would you drop any of the following for Paddack?
Ed-Rod
C. Smith
Strahm
Strahm
My team is starting to fall way behind in h2h. Lot of bad luck, injuries, slumping players etc. Time to get a little desperate and swap any of these for a hot bat? Lose profar and/or Jesus for Hunter dozier?
Profar
Agree with DT
One gotta go
Ed-Rod
Porcello
Strahm
C. Smith
Woodruff
Woodruff
Drop Peraza for Dozier?
Sure if you don’t need steals
Meh
Pick 3 for runs
Hampson
Dozier
Winker
Mazara
Cole “the new guy” Tucker
Dozier, Hampson, Winker for me
Dozier, Tucker, Hampson
Woke up this morning in a cold sweat. Met Branch Rickey in a dream. He told me it was better to trade a player a year too early than a year too late. So what did I do? Traded Scherzer, Keller and Renato for Bieber, Ray and Matt Chapman in a keeper. Thoughts on a rage nightmare trade?
Haha, don’t love it
Better yet what does Branch Rickey think of the trade?
He actually applauded getting quantity Ray and Bieber over quality, Max and getting a plus plus bat in Chapman, to boot
Ha
Better stash. We have 3 IL spots. Didi or Jimmy Nelson
Didi
Agree with DT
Which is your fave of the three? No specific needs
Winker
Cole Tucker
Hampson
Tucker
Cole Tucker, DeJong, or Amed Rosario…. who do you ride?
DeJong for me unless you need steals. I’d take Rosario over Tucker still if you need the speed.
Agree with DT
Soooo uh…Tucker over Hampson??
Sure
H/H points…need to drop one…Puig or T Shaw….
Shaw if you have to
Agree with DT
Morning Grey! Would you drop Woodruff or Jeffress to make room for Hill off your IL?
Weekly 12 teamer, current closers are Trienen, Alvarado, Braiser (plus Jeffress in waiting)
I’d drop Woodruff
Thanks – that damn FIP is so sexy, but I think you’re right . . . I guess that’s why he’s a Kabob. Should have mentioned that I also have Miley + Sabathia (Miley, mainly for 2-start weeks and easy Ws . . . Sabathia b/c I randomly think he’ll pull a Mussina-ish farewell season). But they’re also options to drop.
CC might be a Latter-K Saint. What do you think, Grey?
I think he might!
Which term is that one? I don’t think I remember it!
Zombino for pitchers
Ah, love it + yes! He’s definitely channeling that old man / bear strength RN, unless/until he gets injured.
Ha!
Agree with DT
I have Yelich and Bellinger in NFBC. But I also have Bryant and Peraza.
Gotta love that, feeling brilliant and foolish depending on round. Hows the overall? Pitching has been crazy so far.
I’m sitting in 3rd. My pitching was supposed to be my strength but it’s bottom 3rd right now.
You?
Kinda similar. I’m 5th but my bats are outpacing my arms despite having a great rotation and leaning heavier on arms earlier in draft than most in league.
I’m in dead last — haha… I don’t have the good guys, but I have the bad ones!
You made some solid picks: H. Dozier, Wong, McKinney, but seems like a flat soda for some reason. Not sure where you will get CO2. Shoemaker seemed like a great pick but the guy clearly f’d somebody important over and his guardian angel got tired of working so hard and apparently passed out after a night of heavy drinking.
Haha, yeah, I know… I need Buehler and Happ to do what they did last year, and hopefully can get a some decent matchups… Then Stanton, Odor, etc… The team’s a mess!
Hey guys! Hope your weekend was great.
Clint or Pederson ROS?? And then also how bout the next couple months? Thinking Clint may be more valuable over the next couple months w Judge out, but Pederson balances out when the Yanks OFers get healthy? Thoughts? Thanks guys
Joc is on fire right now, I’d take him short term for sure. Probably pretty close ROS but I lean Joc there as well.
Thanks DT
Thanks! You too! Agree with DT
H/H points…..Matt Olsen on path to be activated first week of May… is he a add at this point or hold off
Depends who you’re dropping. Not sure the power will be the same when he returns…
Agree with DT
I’d add before he returns. Not sure power will disappear.
Mornin Grey,
Tried to deal Shaw and Puig (becnh bats) for Carrasco and was denied.
Currently have trade offers out of Puig and Shaw for Wheeler, Berrios, Taillon, and Buehler.
Assuming none of these owners bite, when is it okay to drop these guys? could be streaming/picking up some potential breakout pitching instead of letting these guys waste away on my bench (Caleb Smith was picked up as I am writing this)
bonus question: Do you still like Voit over these 1B options?
Votto
Christian White Walker
Profar
Thanks man
Maybe try to trade someone that’s hitting right now instead.
Grey hates Votto, but I like him slightly more than Voit.
Agree with DT
Hello i was offered Benintendi for Gracia Stanton……stanton is coming off dl next week i’m inclined to keep him. what do you all think?
I’d want Stanton
Agree with DT
Thanks guts
Not that he’s been terrible so far, but I’m starting to think Carlos Correa just isn’t that good. I watch his ABs and just think “wtf is he doing” alot. I’m not completely writing him off, but he may not be a foundation piece that we thought he would be. What do you think?
I think he hits a groove at some point and hits everything out for a month or two (6 weeks?)… But I don’t see the SBs, so think he’s Corey Seager with less average, at best
Not that he’s been terrible so far, but I’m starting to think Carlos Correa just isn’t that good. I watch his ABs and just think “wtf is he doing” alot. I’m not completely writing him off, but he may not be a foundation piece that we thought he would be. What do you think?
Starting Flaherty at home v MIL or Matz at home v PHI? SON has both in the positive but after each of their last starts, I am scared, and both against good teams.
Flaherty
12 team, 5×5 league with weekly line-ups:
1) for last P spot, do you prefer Lucchesi (@WAS, -$4.9), Woodruff (@NYM -$0.8), Bucholz (vSF -$3.5) or Chase Anderson (@NYM -$7.9)
2) or would I be better off with a fourth RP like Parker instead any of the SP’s in 1.
Thanks
1) Lucchesi for me
2) Yea those aren’t great matchups
2. Yes
Grey!
Alonso 1b
McNeil 2b
Bregman ss
Rendon 3b
Ci Muncy
Mi story
Of betts Dahl Puig Frazier Eloy
Util Smoak
Bench DeShields ender turner
P Bieber snell German Glasnow Caleb Smith
Rp Hicks Swarzak colome Holland Jeffress
Two questions:
1 drop anyone to grab peacock for his 2 start week? (Or Weaver)
2 cut McNeil for Wong?
3 who to cut when ohtani comes back?
4 Sano a worthwhile DL stash when ohtani comes back?
Thanks!
Also have Travis shaw
1) DeShields
2) Hold
3) DeShields/Peacock
4) Sure
Agree with DT
Happy Monday!
Yandy Diaz or Muncy? 12 tm h2h standard scoring with OPS
Muncy
Agree with DT
D. Swanson’s feeling steady, but meh. Oddly difficult forgetting his real world draft position. Give Tucker a shot? Or stick with Dansby in that more productive lineup over the Pirates? All the SSs this season really is like never before. THANKS!
Hold unless you need steals
Thanks very much, DT.
I’d try Tucker
Start Ryan McMahon (L) against projected pitchers:
J. Hellickson (R)
P. Corbin (L)
A. Sanchez (R)
M. Soroka (R)
M. Fried (L)
K. Gausman (R)
**OR**
Start Brandin Nimmo (L) against projected pitchers:
J. Arrieta (R)
Z. Eflin (R)
V. Velasquez (R)
C. Anderson (R)
B. Woodruff (R)
Z. Davies (R)
Nimmo
Agree with DT
Hi Grey!
My team has been hit by the injury bug early and my pitching staff could use an improvement. I play in a 10 team H2H categories league in yahoo (5×5) (R, HR, RBI, SB, Batting AVG for hitters and W, Saves, K, ERA, WHIP for pitchers. I set the line up daily and have already made 13 out of the 40 adds we can make for the whole season. This is my team and where their position eligibility is. There are 5 bench spots available, I currently am using 4 out of 5 (just put A. Meadows on the DL today) and am using all 4 DL spots.
C) O. Narvaez
1B) C. Bellinger (1B, OF)
2B) J. Baez (2B, 3B, SS)
3B) H. Dozier (1B, 3B)
SS) A. Mondesi (2B, SS)
IF) C. Santana (1B, 3B)
OF) D. Dahl
OF)M. Betts
OF) J. Pederson
Utl) D. Vogelbach (1B)
SP: J.Lucchesi
SP:Domingo German
SP: J. Flahery
SP: P. Corbin
SP: J. Musgrove
RP: K. Yates
RP: J. Hicks
P: S. Doolittle
5 Bench spots: R. McMahon (1B, 2B, 3B), T. Cahill (SP), K. Gibson (SP), V. Velasquez(SP)
DL: A. Meadows (OF), G, Stanton(OF), M. Clevinger(SP), N. Eovaldi(SP)
I feel like I need to make some trades for betting pitching or maybe I can try to grab a guy or two off the waiver wire? For pitchers on the waiver wire here are couple guys out there I’ve been looking at: Jon Gray, Wade Miley, Spencer Turnbull, Jeff Samardzija, Jakob Junis, M. Pineda, CC Sabathia, T.Mahle, Could you rank which one’s if any I should go for? I was thinking of picking W. Miley up for the week in hopes he gets a couple wins this week and helps with the ERA and WHIP. If trying to trade for pitching which pitchers would you suggest I target in trades?
Thank you for your help and advice.
Jon Gray over Cahill.
I think Kluber and Bieber are good trade targets today.
Thank you DT! I grabbed Jon Gray and tried to trade for Bieber but he wants my M. Betts for Bieber and AJ Pollock. Seems a bit much since who knows how long AJ stays healthy.
Agree with DT
Pederson (maybe throw in Doolittle) for Bieber?
Thank you Grey! I tried to trade for Bieber but he wants my M. Betts for his Bieber and AJ Pollock. Seems a bit much since who knows how long AJ stays healthy.
It’s terrible
Shout out to the guy in our NFBC league currently rocking a perfect 75 points on offense. AND he’s got Kris Bryant.
Yeah, I noticed that too: Yelich, Narvaez and Joc have him on ‘roids. His pitching luckily is not looking great both now and going forward so hopefully he doesn’t run away with it. Pretty impressive though so far.
Oh and he’s got Tim Anderson. Team hit 22 homers last week.
I haven’t moved my eyes above 14th place… One spot at a time!
Please rank:
Sabbathia, Montana, Minor, Caleb Smith
Thanks!
Smith, Minor
Hi Grey!
Which would you start this week (H2H points) out of the following: Lucchesi @WAS vs. Hellickson, Paddack vs. SEA vs. Felix, Caleb Smith @PHI vs. Nola.
Also, are you starting Boyd @BOS today in a regular roto league?
Thanks!
Paddack.
Starting Boyd in most leagues.
Agree with DT
Thoughts on dealing Rizzo to get Marte? Buying low on Marte with him on the DL.
No
Lease rank these OF ROS:
Jose Martinez
Ian Desmond
Hunter Renfroe
Brett Gardner
And for a reserve spot? Cole Tucker or Julio Urias?
Thanks and have a greyt day!!
Desmond, JoMart, Renfroe
Apples to oranges…Urias
Agree with DT, but Tucker
I own Blake Parker and Swarzak in 2 leagues – both 12 team, one H2H and the other Roto.
In the H2H league, both Elias and Taylor Rogers are available and in the Roto, Rogers is available. Would I be better off consolidating by:
1. Dropping Parker or Swarzak in the H2H and pick up the other part of the committee? If so, which one?
2. Drop Swarzak in the Roto and pick up Rogers.
Or hold because I probably have the better options in both bullpens.
Thoughts appreciated.
I’d hold but none of them are great options
Agree with DT
10 team
Alfaro over Posey for catcher still, correct?
Alfraro for me. Play the hot hand in 10 team.
Agree with DT
Hey Grey, lose Peraza for Tucker? Grazie!
I’d hold
Agree with DT
Grey,
Just heard the news about Matt Shoemaker (torn ACL/Out for season) and now I need a replacement. These are my choices:
Erik Swanson
Antonio Senzatela
Eric Lauer
Adam Wainwright
Aaron Brooks
Lance Lynn
Jared Eickhoff
I’m leaning towards Swanson. What do you think?
Swanson
Grey,
Is Sam Gavilglio going into the rotation to replace Shoemaker? If he is would you drop Merill Kelly for him? Thanks as always.
Or Reid-Foley, who is my bet
so Giviglio is staying the bullpen
Not sure, I haven’t heard, have you?
Fantrax is saying Reid-Foley is a likely candidate. Thought Giviglio would be the right fit
No IL spots left, 10 team roto. Should I Drop Meadows for Walker or Tucker??
Walker
I think you should feel a little better about Gibson. Looked good yesterday. I think he was just behind out of ST. You’ll take 6 with 6 Ks and 2 runs no Bb in this environment all day. Don’t give up yet.
I have Gibson in 75% of my leagues, so I can’t give up on him, even if I wanted to
Only 4 Kris Bryant sucks references in other blurbs. I think you can do better than that!
Peraza is available in both of my leagues. Over whom would you pick him up over in each league? Note that in the first league I’m looking for players who will get the most runs
League 1
Winker
Dozier
Hampson
League 2
Hampson
Inciarte
Winker — Hampson
@Cale: Haha
Nice recap Grey.
1. Lecerlc – manager came out in support of him after the game and said he’s still the closer. If he is or not still the closer, I think he’s a drop for Colome. Do you agree?
2. Raisel Iglesias or Brasier? Iglesias seems to be rolling with 3 K’s in each of his last 3 outings.
3. Do believe Nola is a top 10-15 SP still or is this an off year? His FIP, xFIP, SIERRA, BB/9 and HR/FB rate all look bad. But his BABIP is a little high and his strand rate is really low. I was thinking of trying to buy low and package something with Glasnow for Nola. Should I keep Glasnow and trust him ROS?
1. Yes 2. Raisel 2. I didn’t like him in the preseason, nothing’s changed… I’m worried
Thanks, Grey.
1. I think I can get Nola for as little as just Clint Frazier now or try and move him for Raisel. Which would you do, if any?
My current rotation is Buehler, Flaherty, Marquez, Carrasco, Glasnow, Folty (IL). Closers are Giles, Hicks and Leclerc. It’s a shallow 10-team roto using QS.
2. If Raisel is unavailable would you drop Lecerlc for Strop or Colome? Morrow isn’t coming back for a while.
1. Sure, Clint 2. Strop
SON says start Matz at home vs Phils but I’m still nursing my wounds from his last start…we starting him tonight?
I’m starting him
Hello!
Keeper league question… I’ve had rizzo and goldy as $10 keepers for 5+ years now.. I have hunter dozier and max muncy that have 1b eligibility too.. wanting to move on from one of rizzo or goldy to improve my team for the future..
Trades I’m thinking are:
Give ($10) goldy and ryu for verlander/judge ($17)
Give ($10) rizzo and ryu for verlander judge ($17)
If the above don’t work what about trading verlander for a struggling Chris sale? Would that change your decision to trade?
Thanks!
Judge could be out for 6 weeks, and you’re trading for him? For what, future years?
Is Hampson droppable for Schoop. Already grabbed Cole Tucker for steals.
Yes
Keep forever dynasty OBP league….currently trying to fill the hole that Rizzo is leaving at 1b.
Voit or Christian Walker until Rizzo comes around?
Voit
Are you coming around on Lyles yet?
I figured out Ray Searage. He makes everyone good. He makes mediocre pitchers good and he makes great pitchers good.
Haha, nice… Yeah, I like Lyles, started him last time out in a 12 teamer
Getting killed in fantasy this year need some help on waivers
C Alfaro
1b Encarnacion
2b momdesi
3b Eduardo Escobar
If Moreland
Ss Lindor
Of Margot, soler, laureano, Betts
Util Cruz, pinder
Bench Moreland
DL Murphy NA Vlad
On waivers
Renato Nunez, Cole tucker, Jose Martinez, Danny santana,
Josh reddick, Ryan Zimmerman (Coors), Peraza, Thames,
Tucker, Jo-Ma, Reddick, Zimmer over Margot, Laureano, Moreland and Pinder
Start Arrieta at NYM tonight?
Start Flaherty at home versus Brewers tonight?
Thanks!
Start both
Appreciate ya!
No problem
Tucker or Peraza ROS?
Also, anyone sitting Flaherty tonight?
You guys rock!
Peraza — Start Flaherty
Fried or Mikolas?
Mikolas
Do we think Wacha pitches well AGAIN against Milwaukee tmw for the third, count em, third time already this season?
@Mil 6IP, 7K, 1 ER
@Mil W, 6 IP, 7, 2 ER
now has them at St Louis
Sure
Would you drop Barnes for either Buttrey or Kelley or hold (own Iglesias and Alvarado for closers)
Also Cole Tucker, drop any of McNeil or Kike for him?
Kelley for now — Tucker over Kike
@ grey :
re: bregman blurb
so that’s your take ?
the 1st round for 2020 drafts will be cancelled ??
ok … i’ll watch .
i’m just waiting on the addison extension
to see if the podcast universe really does explode .
zager and evans .
Haha, maybe, Big O!
Addison extension won’t happen
In what order
Happ, Rodin, Gausman
Rodon – not Rodin
Gausman, Rodon
sup grey
i did in fact draft Yelich and Bellinger, hence my team name Chrody Yelichnger. in Canada our lotto goes up to only $50M anyway. $50M CAD.
with all that being said, you starting Happ @ LAA today?
cheers
You could’ve been a millionaire, damn!
I’m starting Happ, might be last time forever
Start Matt Boyd @BOS? He’s been dominant so far but Red Sox seemed to come back alive this past weekend
Sure
I got a crazy trade offer in a dynasty league ….definitely competing this year. Seems like every trade is a go since it is dynasty
My Kirilloff & Luis Robert for his M Chapman & Merrifield
I could use some help at 2B with Schoop & Peraza there ….Chapman is solid but I have Arenado @ 3B but 2 Utility slots
I got to take this offer …right?
Yes
Hey Grey, Thanks for kicking off my Monday with a bunch of laughs!
A. La Stella or J. Peraza over B. Dozier? Are the days gone where Dozier goes bonkers in the second half and is worth the wait?
B. Swap out Kikuchi for Swanson, VV, or Soroka?
C. Would you take any of the following over Miggy and/or Muncy (in a points league where Ks are -1): H. Dozier, C. Walker, Bauers, JD Davis?
D. How concerning are thumb sprains like Meadows’, even if they’re on the less severe side?
Thanks!
A. Dozier’s about to go to Coors, right? Hold for now B. Swanson C. Dozier over Miggy D. I think he’ll be fine in 10 days
Neris Parker Jeffress Kelley. Who’s the drop out of these 4.
Kelley
Oh, edit to B. Would you swap out Kikuchi OR M. Pineda for Swanson, VV, Soroka, L. Weaver, or D. Rod
Swanson
Would you drop Kikuchi or Pineda for Swanson?
Pineda
Would you drop any of Leclerc, Diego Castillo, Ryan Pressly, or Blake Parker for Jeremy Jeffress in a Sv+H league?
Leclerc
Points league – UT/bench depth – toss 2:
Devers
Donaldson
Suarez
Muncy (almost has 2B availability)
McMahon
Tatis
Devers, McMahon
Well, I’m in fantastic shape right now as my closers are Cody Allen, Leclerc, and Kimbrel.
/kill me
Haha, I feel your pain
N/L only 10 team auction dynasty league. Currently in 1st. Trying to win for 3 year in a row. I hadn’t made a pickup all year and was 1st in waiver wire so was able to add tucker. Here is my current team
C Cervelli
1B Carpenter
2B Shaw
SS Story
MI Wong
3B Suarez
CI J Turner
OF Yelich Acuna Joc Puig A.Jones
U Tucker and C Walker
Bench Bats Quinn Desalco Flores Crawford Pache
P Nola, L Castillo, Jansen, W smith, Maeda, J Gray, Paddack, Richards, Woodruff
Bench Pitchers Matz Miller P lopez Roark Conley
Where would you look to improve or would you just sit tight? I have a 24 point lead. If you were to make an offer for a stud starting pitcher like a Corbin or Strasburg, what would you offer or do you think my pitching is good enough to do nothing
Joc/Richards for Corbin?
Greysy (and Donkey Teethy),
What do I do with Happ?
I dropped him. Then he had a favorable streamy rating vs LAA today so i grabbed him again. I also felt like dropping him was premature, and something I’d regret. Today, however, Streamy has him in the negative, SO…
Short term: sit or start today vs Angels?
Long term: hold or release? He’s currently clogging up my stream hole.
Thank youuuuuuu.
Sorry, just searched the comments. Im gonna guess your answers now: start, release.
Is he negative on SON? Ugh… I don’t know, I’m starting him, but my leagues where I have him are deep
Which catcher do you like ROS? Pts:
Barnes
Astudillo
Garver
Chirinos
Narvaez
Wolters
Or take a zero, leave them all on the ww, and sleep like a baby?
Garver
I own Billy Hamilton for the first time. 59 FAAB in NFBC. Start him 50% of the time or less. Use him when Nelson Cruz is in NL parks. Stuff like that. Hope to get 15-20 steals with good luck. Bump up a few places in steals hopefully without a big hit on the other counting stats.
I think I’ve owned him once, last year, it was not fun
I know its early but justin turner looks like a bust. Would you cut turner for yandi diaz or jd davis in a 12 teamer?
Also yasiel puig, whats your patience like with him? Its hard to carry bench bats and starting him is killing me. In a utility spot would you cut puig for leonys martin, jd davis or yandi diaz?
Hold Turner — Holding Puig for at least 2 months
Thanks.
Does Renato Nunez do anything for you?
Nope
@Grey: weekly roto. Need to start two of the following. Who do you like?
Matz – vs phi, vs mil
L Weaver – @ pit, vs chc
Glasnow – @ bos
Caleb – @ phi
Porcello – vs det
Thanks!
Porcello, Weaver
Yo Grey, can you rank these guys for me please in a shallow 10-team 5×5 mixed league please? No category or stat needed, just overall value:
1) H Dozier, T Shaw, M Franco, Winker, Peraza
2) Quintana, Peacock, Luchessi
1. Shaw, Peraza, Dozier 2. You did
Add Dozier and drop Profar or Y Diaz?
Yandy
Who is the best player from this list in terms of maximizing runs?
Peraza
C. Tucker
Mazara
DSJ
Grichuk
Yandy
Peraza
Thanks. I’m gonna look out for him to clear waivers tonight. I own Winker and Hampson at the moment. If Peraza isn’t available, is there anybody from this list you would pick to replace one of the two?
Tucker
Who is your absolute favorite player from this list up to this point in the year? No needs
Peraza
Avisail
Yandy
Renato
Peraza
Grey,
Would you move Daniel Murphy for Justin Smoak and Rich Hill?
Also, I own Judge, Turner, Clevinger and Rendon (hopefully he’s fine.) I don’t have a question, I just needed to share my deep pain.
Thanks.
Nah
10 team h2h league : with the idea that his innings will be managed carefully, limiting his wins and quality starts, should I trade Paddack for Franmil Reyes/Senzel?
Nah
Would you drop seranthony for Kelley? I have neris already
Hold
Please rank for DH:
Cole Tucker
DJ LeMaheui
Jose Martinez
Thanks!!!
Tucker, Jo-Ma
Top 3 waiver adds to replace Aaron Judge?
Trout, Yelich, Bellinger
Disagree: Conforto, Nimmo, and Lagares
Should I hold as a reserve Julio Urias or Nick Senzel?
Small Sample size analysis of Gallo’s hot start (stoked because i own him and aguilar, so he’s been my stopgap):
Stat Line #1
2019 — barrel% 32.5%, exit vel 98.8, launch 18.2, hardhit% 65%, bb% 14.5%, hr/fb 53%
2018 — barrel% 22.5%, exit vel 93.9, launch 21.6, hardhit% 49%, bb% 12.8%, hr/fb 27%
so there looks to be improvements like launch angle so far, hes hitting more line drives, but that hr/fb ratio is way inflated.
Stat Line #2
2019 — Oswing% 26.3%, Zswing% 69.3%, swing% 44.1%, swstr% 16.9%
2018 — Oswing% 32.2%, Zswing% 74.4%, swing% 48.3%, swstr% 18.4%
So far he seems to be chasing less and even a bit more selective. Well be interesting to see if any of this holds or if its just a hot start. I saw part of the game yesterday, the sac fly looked intentional, and then another ab where he showed great bat control and pulled one down the line into the corner that plated 2.
Stat Line #3
2019 — GB/FB .93, LD% 27.5%, Pull% 57.5%, BABIP .313
2018 — GB/FB .59, LD% 20.6%, Pull% 45.1%, BABIP .249
so as the others suggest, there is some due regression, but the increase in LD and Pull could be encouraging. maybe if some improvements hold he hits .230 this year???
Nice, good stuff, Todd!
Good post man. Like to see stuff like this in the comments. The Rangers radio guys seem to think he’s a better hitter now. Better ABs. I saw him a couple of times. Be interested to see the splits. One of the games I saw he looked pretty lost against a tough lefty with a breaking ball. But other times I’ve seen him look pretty locked in. If I had to pick one guy in the league for a long distance homer competition I think it would be him.
thanks bro… so far RHP .286/.407/.755 in 59 PAs, and vs LHP .267/.294/.667 in 17 PAs… not a huge difference in the small sample size… but there is a 62.5/37.5% pull split, so hes definitely handling rhp better so far, albeit super small sample.
Would you trade yandy and walker for Shaw or carpenter in an OBP league?
Sure, Shaw 1st
Would you trade those two for Muncy ?
Yes
Thanks grey sent offers out for all 3
No problem
Yo, Grey…Happy Easter!
Mixed H-2-H, standard 5×5, plus BB and 2B. Looking for a 1B for my bench (to cover when Goldy & Carp have days off…or are slumping). Any of these guys stand out over the others? Thanks!
R. Zimmerman, L. Voit, I. Desmond, M. Moreland, D. Vogelbach, CJ Cron, Mig Cabrera
You too! Zimm in Coors this week is good
Thanks. Thoughts on long-term value for the rest of the season?
Voit
I got offered Moncada + Robles for my Soto + Votto.
Rest of my offense is:
Yadier
Hoskins
Mondesi
Machado
Villar
Harper
J.D Martinez
Clint Frazier
Mazara
Muncy
Christian Walker
Cole Tucker
Keeper league roto 5×5
Thoughts?
Sounds fair
Are you guys dropping Semien for Tucker in a 10tm OBP league? I read that he takes walks but couldn’t find his Walk rate/ strikeout rate from the minors besides AAA and that was a really small sample.
Nah
Franmil or Ketel Marte ROS?
Thanks
Franmil
H/H points….1pt per k..10pt per W..2pt per IP -1per Run -.5 per hit & walk
would you trade Tanaka & Freed for G Cole
-5 per L
Cole
Would you drop LeClerc and/or Alvarado for any of these guys?
Parker
Neris
Swarzak
Diego Castillo
Kelley
Pressley
Leclerc for Parker
I have a glut of 1b and power, offer Voit for tucker? I could really use MI speed
Yahoo 5×5 12 team
Sounds ok
Dynasty league, which side is better value?
Side A: George Springer, Eddie Rosario
Side B: Wander Franco, Bubba Thompson, Nolan Jones, Brusdar Graterol
Springer
I was pumped this weekend in my 12 team AL only keeper league as I was able to trade Verlander, Kepler and J Polanco for Whit Merrifield, Trout and Peacock. Literally like 10 minutes later, Judge is hurt and Austin Meadows is on the DL. I hate FB!
Question- would you trade Deshields for Leclerc? I currently don’t have a closer and I picked up some stolen w/ the trade I mentioned above. Thanks again
Yes
Syndergaard and Happ were both dropped in my Yahoo public league. I have the #3 waiver claim. Would you drop any of my current SP for either of them?
P. Corbin
C. Carrasco
G. Márquez
Z. Wheeler
J. Lucchesi
E. Rodriguez
Lucchesi for Thor
wow i thought i had #shallowleagueproblems
Yeah, definitely not what I’d call a highly competitive league. Rosario was also dropped after his slow start. He’s only got 6 HR in 7 games since he was picked up off waivers. Maybe I should save my waiver claim for when Sale or Kluber get dropped…
I’ve gone waiver wire pickup CRAZY! This is an 8-team points league where every offensive stat is only 1 point and K’s are -.5.
C – Y. Molina
2B/SS – Bregman
2B/SS – Machado
1B/3B – Goldschmidt
1B/3B – Rizzo
OF – Benintendi
OF – Ozuna
OF – Haniger
UTIL – Cruz
UTIL – Abreu
UTIL – P. Alonso
BE – McCutchen
BE – D. Santana
BE – DeJong
BE – H. Dozier
BE – C. Walker
BE – C. Frazier
1) If I need an open roster spot or two, who are the first 2 I should look at dropping?
2) Should any of these players be dropped for Cole Tucker?
3) Should any of these players be dropped for Winker?
1. Walker, Frazier 2. No 3. No
Need to drop 1 – C. Walker, Smoak, P. Alonso, Abreu, H. Dozier?
I would say Smoak for me
Smoak
Here’s the hitting right now. I’m in a 12 team roto league
Alfaro
Belly
Baez
Shaw
Xander
H. Dozier
Mondesi
Voit
Yelich
Domingod
Dahl
Hampson
C. Tucker
IL: Odor
I’m looking to catch up in runs. Any moves you would make? Here’s what’s available
Winker
Peraza
DSJ
Yandy
Mazara
Renato
DeShields
Jo-Ma
Grichuk
Brett the Gardener
Laureano (oh how the mighty have fallen)
Adames
Bader (hold until he comes back)
Polanco (hold until he comes back)
Nope
I have to drop one of the following SPs in my 12 team 5×5 roto league (no bench, everybody starts): Darvish, Luke Weaver, Brad Peacock, Lucchesi. Leaning toward Darvish, but he also seems to have the highest ceiling. I could be convinced that any of these guys is the right one to drop.
Weaver
Just trying to decide for weekly 5×5 roto who my starters from following should be (need to pick 3 from these 5):
1) Buehler @cubs
2) Domingo German @Angels and @Giants
3) Erik Swanson @Padres and home against Rangers
4) Lucchesi @Nats
5) Robbie Ray home against Cubs
I am leaning towards first three myself. Kind of like the 2 starts each for German and Swanson.
Not sure why thinking about this so much as pitching has been horrible crap shoot anyway.
The 1st three
Any advice on Kimbrel at this point? Been holding the lil leprechaun since draft day – when I snagged him with a late round pick. Hold still?
Or mix and match options like Strop, Swarzak, etc to cobble SAGNOF together? Luckily a one Mr. Shane Greene is carrying the load for me currently.
All the guys in my League are HUGE SAWX fans and I know CK will be scooped right away (though no one will trade for him).
Safe to drop for Cole Tucker and bench the icy Peraza?
Peraza was moved to leadoff spot this weekend and had a decent weekend — better, a little — If Strop’s available in your league, you don’t need to hold Kimbrel
Thanks. A few dudes punted saves so Neris, Strop, Swarzak, roeniselias, Jeffress, all available…
Stick with Strop?
Yes, Strop
The way Tormund looks at Brienne is how I look at my batters this week now that everyone is healthy:
C- Contreras
1B- Bellinger
2B- Mondesi
3B- Shaw
SS- Lindor
OF- Betts, Benintendi, Dahl
UTIL-Story
B- Pete Alonso
DL- Upton
Now if only Shaw realizes that the regular season has started…
Ha
On the flip flop side: Here are my pitchers for this week –
SPs – Minor, Peacock, Lucchesi, Glasnow, Fried, Marquez
SAGNOF – Alvarado, Brasier, Holland, Neris, Strop, Swarzak
Realized when I asked you last night to pick between Swarzak or Neris, I had Matt Barnes not getting me any saves – so he was my drop.
What do you think of Lucchesi? Worth holding over in favor of someone like: Mikolas, Hendricks, Jon Gray, Junis, Tyson Ross?
I’m hoping to have some good fortune with 2 starts each from Minor and Peacock this week. SON appears to like them.
Hendricks
10T mixed 5×5
Kiké, McMahon, Smoak, Walker, A Gordon
Which are the top 2 at UTIL?
Thanks
Walker and either Kike or Gordon (probably Kike)
Walker, Kike
Do I still make this trade despite the Kids slow start and injury to Snell?
My Garret Cole and waiver adds Vogelbach,Galvis and Fried
For
Mondesi and Snell?
Oh and I would get a 5 Rd pick increase too…
With extra roster spots can add Frazier, McMahon, Weaver, MBoyd, and inj Kingery is avail too…
Snell side
I’m with you on the weird Thames/Augilar thing. I don’t trust either one.
Please rank top 3 ROS OBP league: Margot, Duggar, Grichuk, Reddick, Pence, Naquin, JBJ, Fletcher, Tauchman, H.Renfroe, Canha, and Parra.
Also, when Vladdy Daddy Junior Schmaddy comes up to take over 3b, does my Eduardo Escobar go to the bench or take his SS elig into this mix I have with Adames SS, Galvis MI, and Cole Tucker at U and send one of these three to the bench?
Reddick, JBJ, Grichuk
Adames to bench
Thanks!
No problem
Time to see if I am locked in to the Grey mindset?
Who would you start at 3b, CI and Utility from these 4:
Matt Chapman
Hunter Dozier
Renato Nunez
Eugenio Suarez
I am thinking the 1st 3 since Suarez does not seem to have it going consistently yet.
Thanks.
Not Nunez
Why do you not say Nunez (3b Baltimore)? Is it because it is Baltimore??
He has been pretty hot hitter lately (much more so than Suarez).
Just curious why? Thanks
Suarez hit 2 HRs this weekend, wouldn’t say he’s cold
True enough.
Over past week, here is following (runs, hr, rbi, avg)
Suarez 4-2-3 around .155 avg
Nunez 5-3-7 around .355 avg
Chapman 1-1-3 around .355 avg
Dozier 4-3-4 around .365 avg
guess it might depend on which stats one favours/needs the most
They’re all hot
Dear Grey,
I fell for the siren songs of Darvish and Pivetta in the 13th/14th rounds and now I’m in last in ERA/WHIP. As a result, I’m trying to change course in a 12-team QS league by loading up on high K bullpen arms. Right now, the pitching is: Marquez, Wheeler, Darvish, Lyles, Jon Gray, Hader, Sereanthony, Nick Anderson, Castillo, Minter.
Someone dropped Barnes and I’m thinking of adding him to get the ERA/WHIP down and build up the K/9. Would you drop Darvish, Lyles, or Gray for Barnes, or should I hold on and pray for a turnaround?
Gray
Here’s the squad. 12 teams points league
C: Alfaro
1B: Bellinger
2B: Shaw
SS: Peraza
3B: Muncy
IF: Mondesi
OF: Trout
OF: D. Santana
OF: Dahl
OF: Inciarte
UTIL: Bryant
IL: Segura
No specific needs I from what I can see, but based on what you see, any moves I should make? Here’s what’s available
Desmond
Nimmo
Marwin
Jo-Ma
Hampson
JBJ
Grichuk
Winker
Renfroe
Yandy
Wendle
Avisail
Soler
DeShields
Hold
Ender or Buxton ROS?
Ender
Buxton for me
Who rides the bench this week from the below?
1. Hampson ($7.7 tron mostly due to 3 games in COL against non-Scherz/Stras WSH pitchers, then 3 @ATL)
2. Goodrum ($11.2 despite a big negative for Sale, which might not be appropriate given Sale’s production …. [email protected] 3 v CHW)
3. Keke ($6, 3 @CHC 3 v PIT)
Kike
Also curious what people think of following trade:
Give Tatis Jr to get Jean Segura. According to Trade Analyzer this is very much in favour of Segura side but I feel it is much closer and especially with Segura on DL now.
Was thinking if I wanted to do this at all, of trying to get something more out of it in a 2 for 2 deal.
Thanks for input
I am in a weekly league and only have 3 spots for these 4 guys. Who’s the man out? Conforto, Haniger, Alonso, Ozuna.
Pete Alonso
Haniger
Grey,
I need to pick one to start all week in my weekly league:
Soler – 3 home, 3 away
DeShizz – 7 away
Franmill Reyes – 2 home, 3 away
Category needs are kinda everything
Thanks
Soler
Want to activate Rich Hill for this week
Drop Woodruff or Trevor Richards?
Richards
Grey, SON love Junis this week at TB +17$ and isn’t fully hot on Boyd with two starts @BOS -12 @CWS +12……. Junis has been off so far but holding….. not sure if he deserves the +17 against Tampa right now. Who do you sit between those two this week.
Would you start Marquez (Washington at Coors) over either of those?
Thanks!
Junis — German over him
so to be clear- you are saying you’d sit Junis….. but you’d play German over Boyd?
I’d start German and Boyd, but sit Junis… If only one, you have to start Boyd
alright…… I’m sorry, i’m gonna have to do this….
Taillon v ARI
Flaherty vMIl vCIN
Bieber @HOU
Musgrove vARI @LAD
Boyd @BOS @CWS
GERMAN Marquez- v WASH
Lucchesi- @WASH
Caleb Smith @PHI
Junis @TB
which five do you start this week?
Taillon v ARI
Flaherty vMIl vCIN
Musgrove vARI @LAD
Boyd @BOS @CWS
GERMAN Marquez- v WASH
Would you drop Brandon Lowe or Travis Shaw for Tucker? Thank You !!!!
Lowe
Weekly pitching lineups:
Do you dare start Glanow @ Bos (son -8)
other choices are Woodruff @ NYM (7.2)
Merrill K @ Pit (0.1)
or just plug Barnes in there & hope for a save or two?
seems like Glasnow is an ace ….too risky??
I’d start Glasnow
Going to try and waiver CTucker, although my chances are low. Also want to offer Kimbrel for Brasier, and will have to drop someone since I’ll be replacing the NA spot.
12 team league ops 6×6, who’s the first two guys I can drop?
TBeckham, Braun, Jo-Ma, KMarte, DSmith, Choo, Franmil?
Thanks.
Choo, Braun
Are you worried about shaw? He is striking out a ton. I really liked him coming into this year due to him being undervalued and his positional eligibility. I even reached a little for him on draft day. Thanks
Yes, I’m worried
yes i did also in 3 leagues,loved his 2nd base eligibility
These 3 guys are available, who would you grab? Christian Walker, Hunter Dozier, and Clint Frazier…
Thanks!
Dozier
Thanks. That was my first instinct as well. Judge going down made me start thinking about Frazier a bit though.
No problem
Would you trade G. Marquez/Smoak/G. Polanco for D. Peralta and Encarnacion (or Josh Bell)?
No
Trying to buy a litte low on Peraza
Which of these guys would you give for him? Name multiple if you would, need to negotiate
Profar, Semien, Hampson, could even try Mazara?
I’d give any of these guys
Please pick dos por favor! ROS:
Jo-Ma
C. Tucker
Franmil
Winker
Stripling
Odor
Ender
Schwarber
Nimmo
5×5 Roto
Gracias!
What are your needs? Really ROS? Ender, Odor
Thx….no needs specifically. In 1st currently – thanks to the Grey Method.
Awesome site! Love the ad-free option.
Ha, no problem!
Lost a heart breaker in H2H last night. Made a miraculous comeback to tie but then Lindor hit a HR last night right before they benched him in a blow out so I lost due to his RBI. Killer.
Two questions please in 10-team H2H league…hits and walks no AVG or OBP.
1) Do you prefer Hunter Dozier or Brandon Lowe?
2) Catcher help: Astudillo (Who I LOVE but doesn’t play enough!), Welington Castillo, Phegley, Christian Vazquez, Chirinos or Garver?
Thank you!
1. Dozier 2. Beef
Cole Tucker playing time is secure for how long? Im asking because you made recommendation about dropping Lowe for Cole Tucker. Just curious if you meant for the near term or what. Thanks for your help
If he flames out, maybe he’s sent down in a month… Pirates have no reason to not start him, and he’s great with glove
Not to defend Teheran, because F that dude, seriously. But (gulp) in his defense, he pitched much better than his line indicates. He nibbled as usual, but he got out of a bases loaded jam in the 1st with back to back K’s, and he cruised for a few innings before putting 2 on with 2 out. He struck out a batter, then a hero emerged from the bullpen to get just one more out, who promptly allowed both runs to score with 2 straight hits. More actually, but those were both charged to Julio. Teheran was heard muttering, “shit, I coulda done *that*”
Like I said, Teheran wasn’t great, but he wasn’t as bad as the line looked.
Bieber was absolutely terrible. I had him & Freud going, thinking, “cool, just a nice 2-1 or 1-0 game to help my WHIP & QS” wait what, nooooooooooo!
Apparently deGrom played catch / long toss, and his elbow is feeling better. Word is his strep throat had him worn down and he was just experiencing general soreness. Hopefully he’s ok. (Prayer emoji)
Week 1: over a 1.5 week span my ERA was 1.49 with a SUB-1 WHIP. I am a FBB guru, all of my SP picks & sleepers worked out and all should bow to my mastery.
Week 3: my ERA is eleventy gillion, with a WHIP around infinity. I am Ruprect the Monkey Boy, and you should all be wondering why there’s a cork on my fork. “Not mother?”
Haha, my Weeks 1-3 are your Week 3
Man – in the span of a week I lost deGrom, Meadows & now Eloy, plus Clevenger & Voz if you count last week. Don’t care about the closer – already gained 2 since but the rest are brutal.
Gonna be a loooooong year if that trend keeps up.
Odor was dropped – I assume he’s worthy of a grab / hold?
– Ruprect the Monkey Boy
(Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma!)
Yeah, I’d grab if can stash
DeGrom Injury Timeline:
Thursday: Feels pain in his right elbow playing catch.
Friday: Mets inform media of injury, place DeGrom on IL and then schedule MRI. (Everyone with a brain assuming the MRI would take place with hours or the next morning.
Saturday: Mets inform media that they couldn’t get an MRI appointment from Thursday until Monday. (Really think about that for a second…500 plus hospitals in the NY area…thousands of doctors…a billion dollar organization who is partners with a hospital). Then they let DeGrom play catch and say he felt better after a arm massage.
Sunday: DeGrom plays catch again. Mets proclaim him to be fine and announce the MRI may now be cancelled.
Listen I root for some dumb teams (i.e. Knicks) but this is pure incompetence when it comes to your best player and one of the 2 or 3 best pitchers in baseball. Just give him the damn MRI…how much could it possibly cost?
Haha, it’s so ludicrously stupid
wow,maybe the METH/CRACK epidemic has reach the mets organization,thats crazy
Once Senzel gets the call, do you prefer him or Maikel Franco in a 12 team H2H? Thanks.
Senzel
Grey!
Who wins?
Tatis Jr, ryu, and benintendi
For Nola and Bryant
H2h points league
I’d be getting Nola side. Gregory Polanco is a free agent
Tatis
Hampson or Peraza ROS
Peraza
Would you drop one of these guys to pick up Tucker?
A. Cabrera, Kiki, Smith Jr,
I have Peraza and Inciarte riding the bench.
Also drop Dick Lovelady for Chase Anderson?
In need of SP had Clevenger and Cobbler.
Thanks!
Asdrubal — Sure, Chase
In a 10 team league with daily moves, I have JAlfaro has my catcher. Am I better off streaming the position? Or worth grabbing and holding one of these guys-
Astudillo, Barnes, Beef, Cervelli, Garver?
Hold
10 team keeper league OBP k/9
Grey would you try to trade Kershaw for Tatis? Obviously my team is stacked right now but I am thinking long term.
Turtle
Freeman
Moncada
Arenado
Story
Conforto
Ozuna
Castillious
Bellinger
Nola
Taillon
Bieber
Luchese
Glasnow
Kershaw
Gray S
German
Bench offense
Albies
Moose
Domingo
Joc
Mazara
Sure
Grey,
I picked up the White Walker this weekend to fill in for Austin Meadows while he is on the DL. Joc Pederson’s still available though… so:
Walker or Pederson?
Thanks!
Joc
10 team pts league:
McNeil (2b, 3B, OF) or T Shaw (2b, 3B)
Can a case be made for McNeil?
Shaw
Joey Wendle or Freddy Galvis in a 14 team 5×5 league? I need a SS for Trea.
Wendle
I know, I needs based, but sending K. Hendricks (2021) for Mancini (2022) fair?
Sure
Gibson vBAL ($12.8) or Eickhoff vMIA ($7.5)?
Eickhoff
Need to drop one or two pitchers if/when Folty and Lester come back. What order would you drop them?
My pitching:
Flaherty, Caleb Smith, Michael Pineda, Maeta, Arrieta, Luchessi, Chase Anderson
16 team H2H DYNASTY LEAGUE
Anderson, Pineda
Thanks!
No problem
Maeda was supposed to pitch @ Cubs and vs Pit – but with Rich Hill coming back Sunday would you bench Maeda (@ Cubs) and start Hill? H2H categories QS/W
Or can start Ed-Rod vs Det and bench Maeda/Hill
Start Ed-Rod
looking for a sagnofy bench bat who you got?
delino
hampson
peraza
danny santana
delino seems to have the longest leash but i really try to cram most of my SB into MI slots and hampson, peraza, santana fit that bill what say you?
thanks
inciarte was just dropped as well…looking for steals first though.
Peraza
How likely is Chavis to gain 2b eligibility in a league that requires 20 games played at the position?
I think he’s 2nd baseman for forseeable future unless he flops
Traded my Nola for Bryant and Eloy. Had to drop Peraza. Leaves my roster construction a mess but that’s way too much value to pass up isnt it?
Sounds good
Need to drop one with Dahl coming back.
Who is the drop for this week, Laureano or Winker?
Do we also like Tucker over both of the above moving forward?
Tim Beckham is also available along with Tucker.
Drop both and grab Tucker
Trade advice, please! 10-team categories league where each team can keep up to 8 players.
Would you trade Eloy and Domingo for JD Martinez? My team started off 0-3 and should compete this year but I don’t want to mortgage my future at the same time. I think I have enough young talent to offset losing Eloy long term. JD would be a big boost for my lineup. What do you think?
If the season ended today, my keepers would probably be:
Acuna
Bregman
Machado
Bryant
Correa
Sale
Mondesi
Eloy
Other keeper options would include Flaherty and Dahl.
Sure
yahoo is real funny,a late april fools that had me happy for a minute,,tried to make a waiver claim but it said Trea Turner is in an IL position but is no longer on the IL,Well it still wont let me make a transaction but it shows him on IL,All in all i just wanted Turner back
Close app and restart it.
its doing it on both my laptop and phone,ill try that though
Haha, I wish!
Worked for me…
Interesting offer,
My Trea Turner for his Paddock, Kluber, Treinen.
H2h 10 team.
Whatcha say brother?
trea
Turner
Btw, the Chris Mullin comment was hilarious. I still remember moving to the bay area during his prime and he was worshipped. He doesn’t change anything. Talk about consistency, and that’s rather unlike the recently demoted Cedric Mullins. Maybe he siould temive the”s” from his name to be more like C(hris) Mullin?
Ha, yup!
hi sir
drop ramon or keep the faith? have frazier, verdugo, alex gordon (lol), pinder on the wire
how much bid on clint?
$6
Clint Frazier is fine
Stick with Nola vs. MIA, or go with either Sabathia @ LAA or Swanson @ SD until Nola gets things figured out? Thanks!
Start Nola vs. MIA
Great stuff as always Grey…can you please rank your top2 out of Soler, Greg polonco, avisail. Jose Martinez, grichuck and reddick.
That rank looks fine for top 2
More save chance, Lovelady or Kelley?
Kelley
@Grey: weekly roto, need to start one of the following. HT likes Bryant, but not sure how long i can keep throwing him out there….
Bryant – 3 vs lad, 3 @ ari
Voit – 4 @ laa, 3 @ sf
McNeil – 3 vs phi, 3 vs mil
Swanson – 3 @ cin, 3 vs col
thank you!
Bryant
Current of and utility
Bennitendi
Acuna
Domingo Santana
Hoskins
Dahl
Robles
I have peraza on my bench and polanco on the il. Activate polanco today and cut peraza or wait until Wednesday and cut peraza for Didi and swap him with polanco then?
Can do it today
I’m a LeClerc and Allen owner in a Holds as a category and Saves as a separate category. I have an open spot due to a trade. Would you pick up Kelley, Buttery or Adam Morgan?
Also Garver,A. Barnes, Alfaro, Chirinos, Vasquez, or Beef in a 6X6? Thanks!
Buttrey — Alfaro
Dahl or Joc?
Dahl
What is fair value for Vlad Jr in a trade? I’m thinking a top 25 bat. Too piggish?
Top 25 seems about right
standard 5×5 H2H
-Pick 2 of Jesus Aguilar ($2.3), Christian Walker ($-5.7), and Vogelbach ($-0.9) to start at 1B/CI
-Start Travis Shaw ($3.1) or Hampson ($8.0) at 2B?
Walker, Vogel
Hampson
Greg Polanco over any of the following?
League 1
Inciarte
Peraza
League 2
Hampson
H. Dozier
C. Tucker
Ender…Hampson
alex gordon or greg polanco?
Polanco
Polanco over hunter dozier?
Yes
G Polanco avail in my 10 team, who do I drop for him?
Mazara, Avisail, SmithJr., Semien, Profar, Hampson?
Also could drop Weaver, but pitching is deep in this league. But I could. Thanks!
Avisail or Profar
Mazara
Ok did that, drop any others to get Matz for tonight/going forward?
Let’s see what Matz does 1st
“i believe this in my heart of hearts, which is a Be Mine candy heart I swallowed and got stuck in my aorta” Lmao
Runs, home runs, rbi ,avg, strike outs, on base ,SLG league
How would you rank White Walker, Hunter Dozier , Miakel Franco , David Peralta, Mancini? Thanks
Mancini, Peralta, Dozier
eduardo rodriguez or Guasman in QS league?
Thanks!
Ed-Rod
Offered K.Bryant and Benextendi for Betts? Yay nor nay? Also what if counter moncada benintendi?
Betts side
Drop Travis Shaw for Cole Tucker?
Shaw
I’m sorry, I’m not clear on your answer.
Are you saying drop Shaw? Or keep Shaw?
Thank you
Keep Shaw
Thank you!
No problem
How might you rank these: G.Polanco, C.Tucker, Braun, Winker, A.Frazier?
Thanks!
Tucker, Polanco
Neris over Parker
Parker
Which side: Abreu, machado, Arrieta or Hoskins, Bauer, bogaerts?
Xander
What if it’s quintana instead of Arrieta?
Okay
Need to drop one to make room for Gregory Polanco:
Smoak, Franmil, Darvish or Semien
Smoak
Choose one, I have no specific needs
Inciarte
Jo-Ma
Avisail
Peraza
C. Walker
Wendle
Peraza
Do you like Peraza over any of the following
Greg Polanco
H. Dozier
C. Tucker
Tucker
Hey Grey,
Finally sold high with T.Anderson and managed to snag C.Kluber. Im guessing you like this deal? Sent out some feelers and the owner with Kluber bit. I already had C.Seager and A.Bregman at SS so T.Anderson wasnt really needed. He was great at UTIL but I cant imagine his run to last all season.
Nice deal!
Eloy just got placed on the bereavement list. It’s getting to be a struggle just to field a full lineup.
Yeah, I never thought I’d be upset to not see La Stella in the lineup
Never thought that I would be excited about a rotation of Holland / Minor / McHugh / Miley / MadBum / Stroman / Ed-Rod. But here we are. That is the best performing rotation that I have right now in 5 leagues.
Haha, I hear that
Please rank: Kiki; Buxton; Voit; and Hunter Dozier. Thanks.
Voit, Dozier
Drop Wendle for Tucker or hold? (6×5 league, hits and avg. count.)
Also, drop Givens for Buttery?
Yes and yes
Cole tucker or kiki ROS? Bench guy as I own story.
10 team keeper obp.
Also j upton and g Polanco out there
Polanco
In a 12-team mixed Yahoo league. Here’s my roster:
C- Grandal
1B – Olson, Vogelbach
2B – Odor, Hampson
3B – Andujar, Devers, Chavis
SS – Mondesi
OF – Betts, Soto, Rosario, Santana
SP – Snell, Bauer, Flaherty, Archer, Stroman, Whitley
RP – Yates, Parker, Barnes
As you can probably guess, I’m in need of hitting help. Would you make this trade: Andujar, Devers, & Archer for Matt Chapman & Woodruff?
Sure
Drop Lucchesi for Gausman? Do you see Lucchesi being a solid start outside petco? Would you start him away at WAS next? 10 team league
I wouldn’t start him in WAS, I’d want him over Gausman tho
I wouldn’t start Gausman in WAS either
true, yes makes sense, thx homie
No problem
Best stream this week
Woodruff @NYM
Margevicius vs SEA
Leake vs TEX
Marge
Gerrit Cole or Glasnow/C. Frazier side?
Cole
Grey, would u start Peacock at home vs Twins. SON says era went up a little?
Yes
5×5 roto/12 teams:
Would you trade Tim Anderson and Clint Frazier for Jack Flaherty and Vogelbach?
Yes
11 team 6×6 with OBP.
Who do you like ROS (the rankings, projections disagree): Dansby Swanson or Goodrum?
Thanks! Look forward to the write ups every morning.
Swanson — thanks!
Weekly lock league: Rendon out today but no IL yet – keep him in the lineup hope he plays a couple of games at Coors and into weekend? Other options aren’t great this week (McNeil 3 vs Phi and 3 vs Mil, and Muncy but may sit against the 2 lefties he’s facing @ Cubs and 3 bs Pit)
Rendon sounds fine, and hope he plays in Coors
Leclerc’s peripherals show his control issues to be just like years prior to last with the added lower K/9 and K%. Last years’ success was a fluke. Glad I waited to draft closers. Now time to search for saves.
Gotcha
C Mitch Garver or C Wilson Ramos?
Ramos
I’ll fix the Peraza Aguilar comments…
Hip Hop verse of the day!
I’ll cut ya like Chucky, bloody axe,
Then roll you rats in a rug,
You scared like Chucky from RugRats,
And all of you thug cats,
Can get a slug in ya cap,
No, not a snail with no shell,
A nail, a shell, gats,
We’re talkin’ about,
You all kittens with barkin’ mouths,
I’m guzzling Guiness stout,
And muzzling you bitches snouts,
I’m bad ass like John Wayne,
You John Wayne Gacy…clown,
I got a Will H Macy frown,
Like color in the Pleasantville town,
I’m hesitant now,
To put the mic down,
Because whoever pick it up like Uber can’t move the crowd,
I’m like Kevorkian, needle stickin’,
You dorks even think of riffin’,
Just cuz I’m porkin’ ya girl,
Don’t mean you want beef…chicken,
I thicken every plot like more flour in gravy,
Witching hour skillfully skipping thru graveyards engraving,
My name in,
To tombstones, with bones, dug up and sharpened,
Rub em’ together,
I’m an arsonist artist,
I’m that live action,
You be role playing, just LARPing,
While I’m lamping with champions on the Wheaties box flossin’,
Up in ya sweetie’s box, orgasming often,
She think my whole swagger is boss n’,
My songs are like Austin,
3 16’s of awesome,
I keep it basement like where I keep coffins,
I smoke so often, I keep coughing,
And hockin’ up shit,
I needa lozenge,
Cuz now I’m just rhyming shit with orange cuz you snoring,
Like I wish that I could buy you for what you worth,
And then sell you for what you think you worth,
You think you minks and furs,
Expensive drinks and girls,
You a wack verse, a snatched purse,
A black hearse, drive you into the sunset,
And I ain’t done yet,
Cuz it only gets worse….
Yes! 3 16’s of awesome!
Love that line (not just cuz I wrote it)
Fire emojis all of it
Told ya I got you G. Nother tomorrow
Aw sookie!
Yes yes yes again
Good stuff Nick the Dick!
Thanks ‘poop!
@Grey: 3 guys with crappy road matchups. which 1 are you starting this week?
lucchesi @ was
glasnow @ bos
caleb @phi
thanks!
Glasnow
Hey guys! 14 team H2H league with OBP instead of Avg and QD instead of W. Which side do you like better, is it close
Team A gets
Matt Carpenter, LeClerc, Shawn Kelley
Team B gets
Micheal Brantley, Shane Greene, Jared Eickhoff
Is it better if Team A gets Matt Carpenter, Mike Minor, Jose LeClerc and Team B gets Michael Brantley, Shane Greene, Mike Leake?
Brantley
This week only;
JHeyward 3vLAD, [email protected] (only 1 lefty on tap)
or
Franmil 2vSEA, [email protected]sh (all righties)
I am struggling in all offensive cats. FMFBBL and Aguilar, Peraza, Ender, Shaw. No injuries to my team yet, but at least an injured player doesn’t go 0-4 every night! Even my players hitting well (McNeil) can’t even hit a HR or get a SB. HELP!!!
Heyward
Somehow in 4th after getting destroued by p injuries,(severino,clev,now showmaker etc etc)
Starting hellickson in col(cross fingers)
Is swanson woth picking up ros. Have t seen a big write up on him.
Current p
Hamels,ray,keller,hellickson,bailey,cc, rp neris,doolittle
Bench Junis, urias,kuechel
If picking up seanson where is he ros vs my current trash cans!
Him over Keuchel
Grey, would u start Peacock at home vs Twins?
SON went up a little on era
Yes
What’s good Grey? Hope you had a good weekend. In my 12-team keeper league I made a couple of wholesale changes. Would appreciate your vote of approval/disapproval on each move:
(1) I gave up on Peraza and dropped him for Garrett Hampson.
(2) Dropped Laureano and picked up Jake Bauers to play UTIL.
(3) Got roofied by Toussaint as well on Saturday (spent $15 auction dollars on him last week). I’m just streaming that SP position now.
Given that I have Hampson now, do you drop him and go and pick up Cole Tucker? I’m just biding time till Trea Turner gets back, but if your answer is yes, how much of an auction budget do you spend on Tucker (i.e., we begin the season with $250).
A little repetitive, but it’s a catchy song + you love Kendrick… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YqSS_b_X1U
Thanks!
Hey, ‘poop! Can’t have too much Kendrick!
Tucker over Hampson — $7
The other moves? I didn’t read the previous 700+ comments so apologies if the questions are repetitive.
Oh, sorry, I thought you were just recapping… I would’ve held Peraza, but it’s water on the bridge and really under bridge if you’re picking up Tucker and you have Trea returning hopefully soon… I would’ve held Laureano over Bauers too, but that’s neither here nor there, coin flip
Appreciate the feedback. Thank you.
No problem
In AL only,
Logan Forsythe or Danny Santana?
Rowdy or Duda?
Danny, Rowdy
Grey, would u drop Winker as a bench bat to pick up Chavis or hold?
I’d try Chavis
Thank u
No problem
I asked earlier but news broke that Nelson is going to AAA this week. Better stash. Nelson or Didi?
Nelson
Hey Grey
Would you drop musgrove or gausman for Quintana
Thinking Gausman
Or just hold till tomorrow night after Gausman pitches and see how he does
Gausman
Marge or Strahm?
Strahm
Starting any of these 2?
Loasiga @angels
Ponce de Leon vs soft hitting Brewers
johnny lasagna
Nope
Hi Grey, 10 tm h2h pts for ROS: How long should you wait around to drop someone?
Drop either Shaw or Puig for H.Dozier or C. Frazier?
Thanks and have a good week!
I’d want Dozier and Frazier
1. Myers owner is seeking a SP in exchange for him. Ten hitting categories, 12 team ESPN league. His 3B,OF flexibility is appealing. Injury history and home ball park are not. I already have a few bench bats.
With this team, would you deal for him and which starter would you send?
2. I would like to grab either Swarzak or Diego Castillo off the wire. Saves and holds league. Preference between the two? And who gets dropped?
Ramos
C Santana, Yuli, Hoskins
Segura, Albies, McNeil (Trea on IL)
Acuña, A Jones, Soler, Inciarte, Polanco
Util: C Tucker
Bench: Aguilar (ugh), Braun
Carrasco, Strasburg, Bieber, Wheeler, Castillo, Berrios
Braiser, Strop, Ottavino (saves and holds league)
Castillo… I’d send Bieber or Wheeler
Thank you. I read that Parker was ill this weekend so Rogers stepped in. He is on the wire. Still Castillo or Parker? Sorry for the double ask.
Parker
AL only with OBP over AVG, net steals over steals, total bases added. lost mullins, grab tauchman (doing well and should have a job for a bit) or JBJ (doing horribly but the raters have him higher) or petersen DET or goodwin?
2. drop kendrys or r.ruiz (also have r.nunez and vlad in NA slot, should be up shortly) for candelman DET or another one of the OF list?
3. drop kendrys or r.ruiz for g.beckham (only have harrison for MI slot and when he’s off nobody else can fit into MI slot) or d.robertson?
Tauchmann 2. Ruiz 3. Nah
Goldy! Not swinging so much like an old man now. He really got on to that bastard.
Haha
Some impatient owners in my 10 team H2H (6×5 with OPS) have dropped Abreu, Votto, and D. Murphy. I have a roster spot available to grab one of them. Any suggestions on which one would be best from here forward? Thanks!
Abreu
Thanks!!
No problem
Starting Fiers in a pinch @toronto
Are you dropping Urias if you need to win now now and your already rostering Jimmy Nelson?
If you had vlad guerro jr coming up and have a lot of power on the team already would you drop moose and maybe keep urias. They count strikeouts so moose hurts me in that cat
I am not saying I am happy Eloy’s Grandma died, I am just happy I have an excuse to not have him in my line up for a few days. Also does anyone know if Kris Bryant has any elderly relatives that he is particularly close with? Asking for a friend.
Looking at the Brewers boxscore tonight, sees Travis Shaw batting cleanup and 0/3 with 2 Ks… Turns on Mets game just in time to see Jeff McNeil hit a bomb against Arrieta. So tempting to make this switch, but gotta meditate and stay patient with Shaw
H2H league so I can be very patient. It is a marathon. Strikeouts is one of ten hitting categories so Soler is an oddball for me. Kills average and strikeouts but hits bombs. He, Braun, Aguilar or C Tucker have to go.
Please pick one.
7×7 total bases and OBP
Diaz, McNeill, kike
Pick 2
Thanks
Jeez, sure glad I dumped Jorge Polanco to grab Cole Tucker haha
Hi Grey,
In 12-team roto, having the following pitchers rotation:
SP: Márquez, Glasnow, Castillo, Quintana, Max Fried, D.German, Jon Gray.
Closer + Hold: Jansen, Hader, Iglesias, Shane Green, Brasier, Swarzak
DL: Clevinger, Lester
Am thinking cutting a starting pitcher and replaced with Carlos Rodon, who is still a FA (surprisingly) but guess soon will not be.
Who should I cut…. (I guess you will say Gray, but he’s been pitching really well)….
Tapia or Verdugo rest of season in a 6×6 with OPS
Tapia