It’s deja vu all over again. It was almost a year ago that Tim Lincecum threw a no hitter vs. the Padres. Only thing better would be if they both came on 4/20. After the game, Lincecum said, “I felt unstoppable the whole game. Even if something was hit, I felt like there was a giant baseball mitt in the outfield,” then seeing the giant baseball mitt sculpture in AT&T Park’s outfield, Lincecum slowly looked around to see if anyone else saw what he did, then said, “Dude,” five or six times, then refused to answer any more questions. The Padres are a team that could be no-hit any time they step on the field, so, in some ways, they fulfilled their destiny yesterday. What’s the difference between the Padres bats and Tony Gwynn? I remember when Tony Gwynn was alive. “Dude, seriously, do you see that giant mitt?” Yes, Lincecum, leave us alone. In the game following Lincecum’s no-hitter last year, he threw three and two-thirds innings and gave up eight runs, so, while this was a nice game, I wouldn’t go thinking Lincecum is suddenly the pitcher he was in his Cy Young years. A paranoid Lincecum runs by, “There’s a giant mitt out there!” Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Buster Posey – 4-for-4, 2 RBIs. He had infinitely as many hits as the whole Padres team! That’s gotta be some kind of record. Where’s Tim Kurkjian when you need him? Oh, he’s busy talking to dolphins.
Pete Kozma – Cards designated him for assignment. Since I believe my 8th grade science teacher’s name was Mr. Kozma, it’s about time someone gave a Kozma an assignment!
Kolten Wong – His MRI came back clean; there’s just some bruising in his rotator cuff area. He might’ve just took a…Wong turn! *drops mic* Ow, my toe!
Marco Gonzales – 5 IP, 5 ER. Now that the Cardinals have thrown their number one draft pick from last year in Coors for his first major league start, maybe they can boost his confidence some more by offering him up to throw in the Home Run Derby.
Matt Adams – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (9) and legs (2). He’s Ufeign Bolt! Ate-Too-Much-Grain Bolt? Don’t-You-Refrain-From-Seconds Bolt? He needs a studied tattoo artist to do some proper fat-looking lightning bolts. And how about his third homer in the last three games? He’s chewing up Coors and spitting it out! Then smearing it on a piece of Melba toast and eating it again. What? It’s hard to get foie gras anymore.
Yohan Flande – 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks. Elsewhere, Yohan Pino pitched terribly. C’mon, it’s obvious what’s going on, isn’t it? Prospects in Latin America are changing their name to a variation of Johan because they want to be memorable to American scouts. Next thing you know, a Yohan Benson is going to show up with Aña Benson by his side.
Justin Masterson – Will miss his next start with a sore knee. Is that what they’re calling crap pitching nowadays? A sore knee? Okay.
Michael Brantley – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer. When he hits a home run, the sound I hear is muah.
Yan Gomes – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer. I’ve had Mesoraco, Montero, Norris, Ramos and Gomes as a catcher this year and yesterday might be the first homer I’ve had on my team. Really have to stop picking my catcher scab.
Corey Kluber – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, lowering his ERA to 3.09. You don’t have to pretend to enjoy Red Bull and glow sticks to get down with this Kluber!
J.D. Martinez – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer. He’s Yoga Fire from Street Fighter, wearing nothing but a dashiki and a badass case of halitosis only the fire is coming from his bat. You look at your favorite manga and J.D.’s a seemingly sweet looking pig-tailed girl with nunchuks instead of a bat and he’s smacking everything 375 feet the other way. If you’re letting Martinez sit on your waivers, he’s going to nunchuk you.
Victor Martinez – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 20th homer. Okay, when is a random journalist going to accuse him of PEDs? Come on, we know it’s coming.
Carlos Pena – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 1st homer. This is more shocking than a home run by Dee Gordon or Ben Revere. I really figured Pena was done. Like ‘why isn’t he playing with Meatloaf in a celebrity softball league’ done. Still he’s just an AL-Only league grab at this point, but I’m like a cyclops with a monocle on him. I need power, yo!
Erasmo Ramirez – Optioned to Triple-A! Shoot, I prematurely exclamation marked. I mean, Taijuan Walker is going to come up! Probably! Mariners haven’t said anything, but the writing’s on the wall for Taijuan to finally join the rotation on Monday. I’ve never said finally and meant it so much. Damn, that took forever.
Hisashi Iwakuma – 4 IP, 5 ER. Harrumph, my dashi is cold and my noodles are limp.
Mike Zunino – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer. C’mon, Grey, you just got a homer from Yan Gomes. Let Zunino go. *removes batteries from wireless mouse* There, no catcher pickups for me.
Kyle Seager – 3-for-4 and his 12th homer. You better hope he gets cold or I’m never going to stop talking about how people wanted to drop him.
Brad Miller – 1-for-3 and his 7th homer. Now has four homers in June and is hitting .311, which is a whole lot better than the band 311 or what Miller had done the previous two months. The dream is still alive!
Clay Buchholz – 7 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 2 Ks as he returned from the DL. Well, he looked better than before he hit the DL, but still not great, and nowhere as good as in day games. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, sun tan lotion.
Shane Victorino – Shut down with back soreness. Oh, quit your cryin’ Hawaiian!
Brock Holt – 2-for-5, 2 runs. Another day, another multi-hit game. Ho-hum. Ah, that reminds me of before I was married.
Daniel Nava – 3-for-4, 1 RBI. With Victorino being treated for ‘old,’ Nava has been playing every day. Okay, until yesterday he hadn’t been hitting that well, but he is capable and surely available in your league and don’t call me Shirley.
Oswaldo Arcia – 1-for-3 and his 5th homer. Wow, I thought he retired. Nice of you to join us again, Arcia.
Danny Santana – Left yesterday’s game with knee soreness. Fun fact! Little Adolf Hitler of St. Petersburg, Florida has née soreness.
Garrett Richards – 7 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, and his ERA is at 2.76. So, you’re saying he was the young Angel to draft instead of Skaggs? Got ya, loud and clear. Thanks, voice in my head!
Erick Aybar – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI and 2 steals. He has 39 RBIs on the year. That’s only six less RBIs than Tulo and only seven less than the top shortstop for RBIs, Hanley. Seriously.
Brad Mills – 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks. How’s your middle infielder sleeper doing? Well, mine is pitching with a lackluster pseudonym! The A’s have turned garbage into gold (and green) before with their pickups, but Mills is a journeyman with an 86 MPH fastball.
Brandon Moss – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 18th homer, hitting .259 on the year. Moss has actually cut his Ks a decent amount this year and upped his walks. He feels like a guy that gets underrated pretty regularly and I wouldn’t be surprised if you could buy him on the low.
Coco Crisp – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer. He’s been hitting the snooze button all year. Gets hot — buzzer — snooze, and repeat. Hopefully this is the start of something cause I actually own this schmohawk. Crisp, I love your fro, now show me something!
Zack Wheeler – 2 IP, 6 ER. So, how did that pick up of Wheeler go? As I said his last time out (after a complete game shutout), I have no idea what to make of Wheeler. That’s not a resounding recommendation. Yesterday showed why I don’t trust him.
Krispie Young – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his third homer in the last two days. He gets crazy cold, but also the opposite of that, i.e., here’s one Krispie hot schmotato extra Cholula!
Lucas Duda – 1-for-2, 3 RBIs and his 11th homer, and his 3rd homer this week. Look at the Mets swinging hot bats! Duda is up there with some of the hottest bats in the past two weeks — well, he’s no J.D. Martinez. Of course, Terry Collins is trying to get fired, so he didn’t have Duda starting, but he showed you can’t keep a good Duda down, except maybe with a plunger.
Alex Wood – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 4 Ks. It’s hard to be mad at anyone after that start, but I’m gonna try. Really, Fredi Gonzalez, Wood needed to be in middle relief for a month?! Why not put one of the worst hitters in baseball as your leadoff man next? Oh, scratch that, you already do!
Freddie Freeman – Left yesterday’s game after being hit on the elbow by a pitch from Darin Downs, who is also the name of someone that is a friend of yours on Facebook that you swear you don’t know at all. Freeman looked like he would be okay. Maybe Fredi will try to fix Freeman’s elbow by having him pitch middle relief.
Collin McHugh – 7 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks. I keep looking at McHugh’s player page (by clicking on his name) and keep seeing stellar results. It doesn’t make logical sense for a guy to come out of nowhere like this, but his peripherals continue to be a thing of beauty. The only real sign I can see portending his greatness was the Mets gave up on him.
Jose Reyes – 3-for-5, 2 runs and a slam (6) and legs (16). This could be confirmation bias, but it seems like whenever Reyes gets hot, his team gets cold. No indictment of Reyes being a team player or not. Sure, at any point, if he’s batting .300, he will shut himself down for the season but never the hoo!
Anthony Gose – 0-for-4 and his 5th steal. No hits and a steal always gets me excited. The power of SAGNOF!
Mark Teixeira – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 14th homer, and his 3rd homer this week. A wrist injury is about four homers away. Give or take one.
Todd Frazier – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 9th steal. Damn, Frazier’s being downright Goldschmidtian this year. Goldschmidt-like? 18Karatschmidt?
Mat Latos – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks and Dallas Latos had to only beat off seven haters. Usually she beats off twice that many.
Adam Eaton – 4-for-5, 1 RBI and his 7th steal. Now has a twelve game hitting streak, and has only three games all month without a hit.  There’s bad news though — why’s there always gotta be bad news?! — he has no homers, only two steals and is barely hitting .300 for the month. Geez, with bad news like that who wants good news?
Nick Markakis – 4-for-6, 1 run. This stupid Owl level! Sorry, Markakis bored me so I started playing Candy Crush. Candy Crush is like heroin without the stringy-haired people eating all my snacks and accidentally drowning in my tub.
James Shields – 7 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA up to 3.79. Yikes, when did shizz get so gnarly for Shields? This is funny to only me, but when I saw his ERA had ballooned up so high, the first thing I did was to look to see if he was hit hard on Fridays, when I’m not doing the roundups. Sure enough, two of his last drubbings came on Fridays. The good news, his next start comes on a Tuesday. The bad news is his K-rate has nearly fell into the 6’s. The moderate news is his velocity looks okay. The okie-dokie news is he gets the Twins next time out. The ‘boil this down into one word for me’ news is meh.
Lorenzo Cain – 2-for-5, 2 runs and a slam (3) and legs (7) as he hit leadoff in Aoki’s absence. Fantasy owners would be good to take notes from the Royals lead and do the opposite. They went out this past offseason and got Aoki, when they would’ve been fine with someone on their team hitting leadoff. Shows you sometimes the best fantasy trades are the ones you don’t make. Like when I offered half my team to Nick, our TV on the Radio host, for Prince Fielder. Thanks for entertaining the tens of people watching but not entertaining the offer!
Jarrod Dyson – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer. The Court Jester of SAGNOF has no power to speak of. He probably hit yesterday’s home run from 2nd base, but he does have a ton of speed and is playing a lot with Aoki out.
Dee Gordon – 4-for-5, 2 runs and his 40th steal, hitting .285. So, he was the middle infielder in the preseason to get all hot-sexy-pump-pump over.
Juan Uribe – Will be activated on Thursday. His wild swings and misses should be a nice cooling effect in the summer months.
Aaron Hicks – Returned from the DL and the Twins optioned him to Double-A, which is in New Britain, where they speak the new cockney. Around there they’re called birds not b*tches.
David Price – 8 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 11 Ks. I just went over last week why you should buy Price for the right, uh, well, cost, yes, cost! After the game, it was announced the Angels are interested in Price. You don’t say? Really? The media should just say everyone is interested in Price and be done with it.
Ben Zobrist – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI, hitting .247 on the year. Was hitting .095 in the week headed into yesterday’s game, but that’s just the tip of the infant’s penis for ‘Brist, since he hasn’t been good all year.
James Loney – 2-for-4, 1 RBI and has two hits in five of his last 6 games. You know you’re not going to get any power or speed or counting stats or– Okay, he’s hitting for average.
Starling Marte – Passed all concussion tests. The tests went like this, “Which team do you play for? Okay, and do they wear eye patches and say ‘Argh?'” Hmm, I might have a concussion because I don’t even know the answer to the 2nd question.
Wandy Rodriguez – Having season-ending surgery on his knee. Matthew Berry is getting out of fantasy at just the right time. There’s no way of knowing how to rate pitchers anymore without Wandy!
Charlie Morton – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 11 Ks. Brucely, I think Morton had a better game than Price. Or at least more noteworthy, since we don’t expect it from Morton. But, as said yesterday, and I say again on the reiterate tip, anyone vs. the Rays is worth at least considering.
Stephen Strasburg – 4 2/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA up to 3.70. Bad day to quit huffing glue. Worse day to own Strasburg. Pitching is deep, but hella wonky. Some random names that are in the top 20 starters on the Player Rater: Jason Hammel, Kyle Lohse, Alfredo Simon, Mark Buehrle, Dallas Keuchel and Garrett Richards.
Marco Estrada – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, lowering his ERA to 5.06. For those hoping Fiers would replace Estrada in the rotation, with this game, Estrada said, “You couldn’t get Michael Fiers if you were f**king Michael Fiers!” As for Jimmy Nelson, well, even Estrada would like to see what he could do.
Scooter Gennett – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 5 RBIs and his 5th homer. Doesn’t he sound like a jobber from the WWE? Like he would’ve been tag team partners with Steve Lombardi. It’s the Brooklyn Brawler and his sidekick, Scooter Gennett! Then a bully heel would lock Scooter up with a bike chain to a ring post and laugh maniacally. Whoa, I’ve thought about that way too long. Nice game for Scooter, hopefully Roenicke lets out his retractable leash for which pitchers he can face.
Khris Davis – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 14th homer. He’s on pace for 30 homers, and that’s with an ugly April. Thank you, come again! Ew, I wasn’t speaking literally.
Henderson Alvarez – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA down to 2.32. Hmm, I streamed him about five times in the last seven games, but I just forgot to pick him up, or maybe someone else grabbed him. Is it crazy that someone with a 2.32 ERA is a streamer? Yeah, kinda. But that’s how you have to roll in shallower leagues, and the RCL is a shallow pitching league. Oh, and the NL East is serious lacking in offenses. Nine out of ten in-division matchups are great and there’s only five teams! Speaking of which, Alvarez gets another solid next matchup vs. the Phils at home, according to the Stream-o-Nator. Finally, I win the title for the most written about Henderson Alvarez ever. What do I get for my win? A yawn.
A.J. Burnett – 7 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks. Apricot Juice gets the Marlins again next time, and it’s another solid matchup. Apropos of nothing, the Phils pitching box score read yesterday Burnett, Bastardo, De Fratus, which is Latin for “I gave your mother the clap during a beer pong game.”
Great write as usual Grey, but why no mention of Nelson Cruz’s grand slam in the write up?
@The Great Zombino: I’m guessing cuz he knew you would cover it here…
@Wake Up: Haha
@Wake Up:
alright, I see how it is. I guess I am gonna have to cover him every time he sneezes or hits a homer run in the comment section.
@The Great Zombino: If you search the site on the top right, you’ll find my thoughts on Cruz, I just went over him in detail
funny stuff , that lincecum blurb .
2 things pizzing me off , today , enough to gripe :
1) 1st base coaches with stop-watches ,
and ,
c) that friggin rockies’ mascot always showing up
behind home-plate for the 9th inning .
seriously ?
would love to see an opposing pitcher “send a message” .
haha! Dinger is the man
@costaricanchata: Thanks! Ha…
Drop Morneau for J.D. Martinez? 10 team h2h.
I would not
@patch: LOL
Sup. In a 5×5 h2h 20team keeper league(keep 8), I was offered:
Tulo(k)
Bruce(k)
B. Butler(k)
U.jimenez
For
S. Castro(k)
Trumbo(k)
G.richards
G.cole(k)
Should i take the deal? Thanks
@your mom: If you have the pitching cover, sure. Tulo every time.
@your mom: DO IT
sounds good
buster posey blurb … the return of Mr. Math .
@costaricanchata: As a middle school math teacher (and Padre fan), I feel compelled to point out that even I had 4 times as many hits as the entire Padres offense last night. (Sorry — it’s summer and I haven’t corrected anyone’s math in a few weeks.)
@JP:No, you didn’t.
Let’s run through that zero times table again.
Forgive my interjection, but he did actually. 0*4=0. He also had a million times as many hits as the padres last night. Or a billion times even. Math, you so crazy!
@Phil of the Future: Ha!
@costaricanchata: Mr Meth, more like
@costaricanchata: Haha… Well, you get my point!
Choo or Craig ROS?
Choo
In other news, Nelson Cruz hit a Grand Slam.
It was hit like a Cruz missile.
Nelson is just Cruz’ing along.
Owned in 100% of ESPN leagues, he’s still no JD Martinez…
ha
Aramis Ramirez or Ryan Zimmerman ROS? Points
@Jackie Treehorn: Zim or whoever is healthy
@Jackie Treehorn: When Aramis is on the field he is very productive. Zim is at least as big of a health risk, a “removed for defense” risk, and he seems to only get hot for 1 month per year now.
If both are healthy, I’d take Aramis.
@Jackie Treehorn: A Ram
Hosmer and Utley were dropped in my league, would you use your high order waiver pick for any of the two? Also is it time to drop Pagan, as I have Cargo and Gee also on the DL? Finally, who would you drop for Walker: Heaney, Ervin Santana, or Haren?
Thanks for the advice!!
1)Hosmer (can’t go wrong with either IMO)
2)Sure
3)Haren
Thanks for the writeups as always – absolutely necessary reading. Two questions for you, both in a 12-team mixed standard 5×5 league with 6 keepers.
First, I’m leading in saves and currently have 5 RPs (Robertson, Allen, Britton, Grilli, and Belisario). I’m looking to trade some closer depth for quality elsewhere – my Morneau, Britton, and Belisario for his Rizzo and Benoit (he is 2nd to last in saves and has no good source). What do you think?
Second, I have A. Jackson, Yelich, and Kole Calhoun, and Khris Davis just showed up on the wire. Is anyone worth dropping for Khrush? Thanks.
1)Rizzo side
2)AJax
Hi Grey,
I’m rolling with Napoli and Laroche.
Pierce and Cron are available.
Would you make a move?
I’d hold
Not total rookie nookie, but I’ve got most of Yelich’s bday invites at the bottom of my 10-team h2h rotation with Heaney, A. Wood, Arrieta, and Yordano. Any reason to grab Taijuan over one of these dudes at this point?
Looking toward h2h playoffs/innings limits, or just stream a spot or two outing-to-outing?
@Duke: I’d want Walker over Heany
agree with Phenom. Now that he’s “up”, go with Walker over Heaney
Grey, I’m a fairly new follower of Razzball, and your daily column has become my morning must-read. However, I must ask: what exactly does SAGNOF stand for? I get the gist, but can’t figure out the literal translation.
@Shaggy: Sweet Ass Girls Never Old or Fat
Trade advice? Was offered Puig, Koji, Moobs, and Everth for Jose Abreau, Andrus and Verlander. I don’t usually think giving up the best player in the deal is smart (Abreau), but Puig makes up a lot of the difference. I need the saves, era and whip help from Koji, and the idea of Verlander off my team sounds great. His last start was good though, so any thoughts?
Thank you all and especially Grey and Coogs
it’s fair…prefer the Puig side
Eybar or miller? Eybar is the obvious choice but I like millers multi positional eligibility and power. Has he turned it around for the season? Thanks yet again.
Aybar
@BitchesBeShoppach: They’re different things. Aybar if you need runs/light speed, otherwise go Miller.
So what would be a “right price” offer Price’s owner in a 2:2 deal? He needs power, I need the pitcher.
My 1B: Pujols, Rizzo, Singleton
My SP’s: Scherzer, Ventura, Bailey, Cobb, Minor, Arrieta, Shark, Cingrani, Salazar, Harvey
His 1B: A-Gonzo, Napoli, Texeira
I have some other power hitters but none that come close to Price’s value on the ROS Player Rater.
@Clint:
FWIW I just dealt Joey Bats for Price and didn’t feel ripped off. He’s not on your list, but it’s another data point.
Pujols for Price
@Mike:
I tried that one with this guy but he’s one of those people that thinks Pujols hasn’t been good and his career’s over. Granted, with it being a keeper league, I can see it but if I offer Rizzo, it seems kinda lowballed so how could I balance it?
I wouldn’t trade Rizzo for an arm, especially in a keeper. It think your staff is solid and I’d actually hold.
Should I pick up T Walker ASAP for his start on Monday?
@Steve: YES
yup
Please rank ROS
Arietta, Alex wood, hammell,T Walker,Cole
Thx!
Wood, Cole, Hammel/Arrieta/Walker
@Mike: It seems like this question is asked repeatedly everyday lol
ha, yup. I think it will sort itself out in a week or two
@Mike: Walker over Arrieta/Hammel. Better park, better stuff, better upside.
My J.D. Martinez for his Eovaldi. What do u think?
@Pb&j and a bat: as HOT as JD is right now you can do better than Nate..
if selling high, gotta go for higher
@Mike: thx Phenom and Mike.
@Pb&j and a bat: how bought Martinez for Fister?
@Pb&j and a bat: That works
yeah, I like that a lot more
@Pb&j and a bat: I 3rd that, nice trade for you man..
@Mike: Would you sell on JD? He seems legit.
he does seem legit and I like him a lot, but if I can get something nice for him by selling high, I would. There will be other hot bats around the corner…
I gotcha this time Grey……from YOUR post above…
Buster Posey – 4-for-4, 2 RBIs. He had four times as many hits as the whole Padres team! That’s gotta be some kind of record. Where’s Tim Kurkjian when you need him? Oh, he’s busy talking to dolphins.
Let me get this straight….I’m no Albert Einstein or anything…first off I’m alive & he’s sleeping with the fishes….but the Padres team had 0 hits & you claim that Posey had four times as many hits as the whole Padres team….Last time I looked 4 times 0 =0…..Posey actually had 4 MORE hits than the entire Padres team….maybe…that’s a record,,,,could very well be…At the very least I wish I had a pocket full of POSEY’s….or at the very least Posey is a HOT SCHMOTATO…..
Now I digress…I am leading my league in power RBI HR & RUNS but was hurting a bit in SB”S. 9 team NL only 5×5 keeper auctionlleague…I made a trade last week….
.K Davis-$1 (good for 1 more yr) Shelby Miller-5 (also good for 1 more yr) & Eovaldi-1 (good for 2 more yrs)
for
Dee Gordon-5 (good for 2 more yrs) Alfredo Simon-5 (good for 2 more yrs) & Chase Anderson-1 (good for 2 more yrs)
I am in 2nd place & I am 1st in K’s 2nd in w’s but last in ERA & mid pack in WHIP & SAVES this trade thankfully was made before Shelby was hurt…how did I do???
Gordon definitely helps the steals need so if it helps you win this year that’s solid. I like Davis at a dollar but I’m not a Miller fan… nice trade
@Steve the Rabbi: Haha…Everyone’s got a wristwatch calculator nowadays… I agree with Mike
FML,
Is it time to part ways with Haren? (15 teams limited moves). Pretty sure we are below the Wandy line here.
On the wire: (K/9, QS)
Duffy
Morton
R de La Rosa
Guthrie
Carrasco
Skaggs
@Nightpandas: Skaggs
Duffy
@Nightpandas: delarosa
@Nightpandas: Morton.
Not really though. Just wanted to make sure there was absolutely no consensus.
@L-Boogie: ha!
does anyone know why kenley didnt get the save??? wondering if i need to pickup Brian Wilson.
also, moved tijuan for albert pujols for a rookie happy owner, good move?
@onceuponatime: He worked 4 of the previous 5 games. Haven’t seen anything injury related, so probably just getting a rest day.
yup, good move. not sure about Jansen’s save…
@onceuponatime: Jansen was used 4 of last 5 days, what Mike said on rest
Drop Aaron Hill for Brad Miller or Scooter?
@ChiliCheeseConey: no
nah
I’m looking for a small pitching upgrade and am a bit worried that Teheran is due for a bit of a regression given his FIP is almost a full run higher. I think Scherzer or Tanaka are possibly available for a trade in my league and according to the ROS Player Rater Scherzer is #2, Tanaka #10 & Teheran #27? (Seriously??) of all starters ROS.
Do you agree that Teheran should be ranked that low ROS and would you trade Teheran & KRod (or Beckett) to get either Scherzer or Tanaka?
I would do it for Tanaka if you can afford the saves hit giving up KRod. Rather give up Beckett if you need the saves.
5×5 roto. Cruz/bruce for Zimmerman/wainwright, I’d be giving up the cruz side and the guys with power remaining on my team would be gattis, encarnacion, rendon, choo, brantley, beltre, frazier, and c. Santana. My sps are verlander, cobb, Hudson, kazmir, kluber, cain, gonzalez, teheren, lohse, and I get lee back sometime. Dont know if Im losing too much power and have too much pitching?
I prefer the bats (Cruz side) but it’s fair…Lee won’t be Wainwright when he gets back, but he should help your staff without you giving anything up
Attempting to upgrade at SS (A.Simmons) ; was offered J.Rollins for Ozuna. ( I try for Reyes, but that was declined) . Is Rollins worth it? Ozuna is just a bench bat for me now. Mixed daily 6×6 roto.
@Joeg414:
Or is Zobrist someone better to go after?
ROS rater gives the edge to Zobrist by like $1…I prefer Rollins but I have a Philly bias.
either one would be a better option than Simmons
When the Giants go to play the Diamondbacks next I’d be worried that Lincecom is going to steal a baby from some rich dude’s quintuplets.
haha
@The Strolg: Ha!
@Grey:
Prison life is more structured than most men care for
Ha!
With Taijuan Walker possibly coming up should I drop one of these SP’s for him:
Chris Archer
Heaney
Niese
Gausman
H2H Pts League
Heaney would be the only guy I would consider dropping for him
Morning Grey, Mike, all….
When things are going okay for my team I like to play a little game called “Should I be worried about these guys”
Today’s list is:
Dashi, Puig, Cashner(shoulder after DL for the elbow makes me a little disjointed)
So, are you, and should I, be worried about these guys long term…
Thanks,
P.
@Phil of the Future: Take a Valium and incessantly scrub your kitchen counter instead.
Yeah I think you mean Adderall, dude.
@Phil of the Future: No Valium, so you don’t worry about things you shouldn’t be worried about and occupy yourself with a less mundane activity instead
Ha. I hear ya, but when I take a valium i ain’t cleaning…..
But message received. I’ll worry about something else.
@Phil of the Future: True that. Maybe not the best parallel, but I always think of 1950’s housewives when I think of Valium
@Cram It: 50’s were a dirty time. nobody cleaned anything. wasn’t that filthy kid from Peanuts created in the 50’s.
haha, no I’m not worried. Shoulder injuries are never good for pitchers, but I don’t think this is serious from what I’ve seen…Cash has always had injuries here and there and like most arms he’s replaceable if there’s a big issue
Thanks, Mike.
And thoughts on Hisashi? Maybe it’s the neck issue, but watching his last two starts he just hasn’t had his usual stuff.
Puig stopped slugging, thinking maybe he’s gotta get his hip a rest, but there he is, in the lineup every day…
yeah, those are both guys you just roll with
Math teachers in Hackensack need a talking to.
Math teachers in Philly:
If Mike has ten jawns and he gives Joe three jawns, how many jawns does Mike have left?
@malamoney: I’m a block away from Hackensack High School. I’ll walk over and have a chat with them. I know they’re on break but summer school is in session so there’s only 2 fewer kids than during the school year.
Kidding… its really 3 fewer.
@L-Boogie: LOL
Typical 5v5 streamer for tomorrow 06/27 (Odor not showing up in stream o nator – listed to start the 2nd game):
Gausman vs TB (Game 1)
or
Odorizzi vs BAL (Game 2)
I like both, prefer Gausman
FACT OF THE DAY:
One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
@JeF With 1 F: Peanut Roasted Skippy…DO IT!
@JeF With 1 F: Honey Roasted Peanut Skippy…DO IT!
Haha, sorry, corrected myself too late
@Mello Yello: Also includes the Fluffer Nutter
Howdy! I got offered David Price for my Rizzo. It’s H2H points, my staff is good, and Rizzo is my utility (can be replaced by Ozuna or Dickerson). I know the ROS player rater has Price quite a few slots higher. I’m inclined to hold because me and Rizzo been through a lot together this year, but I wanted to see if my boner for Rizzo was clouding my judgment.
Hold Rizzo
Dump Segura for SB in the OF and go with Rollins or Aybar?
Deal Iwakuma for JD Martinez?
@ticklesack: no on the iwakuma trade
@my sisters friend boyfriend:
Yes on the Segura part?
I would hold Segura
Prefer to keep Iwakuma
J up/j Chavez or Adam jones
@Oppo Taco: Jones
Jones
Trade Advice
I’m being offered Miggy for Donaldson, Springer and Yu
Seems steep but Springer is generating enough wind to power Germany and Yu has been doing his best Dice BB impression.
12-team league with weekly lineup changes. Thoughts on the offer? My team below
C Russell Martin
1B Justin Morneau
2B Dee Gordon
3B Josh Donaldson
SS Asdrubal Cabrera
OF Mike Trout
OF Giancarlo Stanton
OF Matt Kemp
OF Khris Davis
OF J.D. Martinez
UTIL Jason Heyward
Bench George Springer
Bench Curtis Granderson
DL Mark Trumbo
—–
SP Yu Darvish
SP Julio Teheran
SP Scott Kazmir
SP Andrew Heaney
SP Jake Arrieta
RP David Robertson
RP Tanner Roark
Bench Mike Minor
Bench Josh Beckett
Bench Jason Hammel
I’d usually be all over Miggy, but Yu is kind of anchoring that staff and your offense is solid. I’d hold.
@Mike: Thanks Mike. Not at all concerned with Yu’s recent struggles and neck problems?
Also, I just replace Heaney with Taijuan Walker based on a recomendation of yours in another comment.
anytime…not really concerned. Donaldson is having a hell of a year himself and it seems like the other owner might be trying to sneak Yu in there based on those types of concerns. He’s still a top tier pitcher IMO.
@YoMammaSoUggla: id rather have donaldson springer and yu side
12 team points league. Seems like every two weeks I ask a Hosmer question. I had to pickup Lind recently to start in place of Hosmer who is going through ANOTHER slump. Should I drop them both and pickup Teixera? Or keep platooning Lind and Hosmer?
keep platooning
which side do you like better?
Harper, Soria for Melky Keuchle and C-Mart
Thanks
@Pager24: Melky side
@Pager24: Id go Harper side
Harper
5×5 Mixed Yahoo ROS
Pick 2 out of 4:
Andrew Heaney, Taijuan Walker, Jesse Hahn, Henderson Alvarez
Thanks.
Walker, Heaney
My Fatt Adams for Jose Reyes? Need Runs and Steals (6pts and 5pts). 12 TM Roto Standard.
Just worried that Fatt is getting really hot (awesome June) and Reyes might get hurt again. I traded for Reyes two seasons ago and was rewarded with a 6wk DL stint…
Thanks for always excellent insight you guys provide! Couldnt manage without it!
I’d do it if those are needs. Gotta ask though…can you get Rajai for free?
@Mike: Mike – really appreciate the response! I am in a situation where I am loaded offensively and it is difficult to get Fatt in the lineup (have Goldy and Rizzo at 1b and corner). My UTL is usually filled with a SAGNOF too (James Jones, Adam Eaton).
OF: Adam Jones, Giancarlo Stanton, Puig, Ellsbury, with Harper on DL.
I have Danny Santana at 2b/ss. Best SAGNOF on the wire is Jarrod Dyson, but I am so full at OF already, its a stretch to get him in. I can pick up an Owings or Espinosa off waivers for middle infielder.
My guess is to make the deal here. Need speed at primarily at 2b/ss. Thanks!
anytime…yeah, it’s fair. go for it
So a couple of weeks ago, I traded Cishek for Shields. Since then I’ve lost another reliever (Frieri) and so I’m down to K-Rod. Shields isn’t turning it around. Should I keep the faith on Shields? Look to sell him? Curl up in a ball of sweat, shame, and regret?
keep the faith/fetal ball
How much of $48 of FAAB left would you spend on Keuchel? Started with $100.
$8-$10 ? do pitchers usually go for a lot?
In my 12-team, Keuchel would probably go for $12-$15, since it’s pretty aggressive bidding
@Mike: I know it’s tough to gauge. It’s a 13 teamer with a high IP limit that I’m behind pace on…and I do want him. If it was a pitcher I was more familiar with, I wouldn’t be asking. Was thinking $10 myself, so thanks for the barometer.
anytime
@Cram It: 12-15
Ditch Heaney for McHugh? A part of me doesn’t want to own 2 Astros pitchers though! Keuchel being the other.
stick with Heaney
I’ve been adding and dropping Lincecum all year, when I dropped him after his last start, I decided I was finally done with him and he turns around and does this! And in a week when my pitching has been sucktacular!
that blows
Seager’s stat line extrapolated to 162 games would be….
70R 26HR 115RBI 9SB .267AVG .340OBP .484SLG
Hehe… I got some elevator passes from my one-story high school building I’ll swap to people selling Seager.
I pulled a hamstring trying to extrapolate my stats
Which side
Marte and Pedroia for Brantley
Marte side
@JeF With 1 F: Marte
@JeF With 1 F: Marte
@JeF With 1 F: Marte
@JeF With 1 F: brantley if you have somebody good to plug in for pedroia
@JeF With 1 F: Brantley. He’s the truth. Pick up a hot bat to replace Pedroia.
Please rank Gausman,T walker,Arrieta ROS?
@Mike: Arrieta, T-Walk, Gaus
agree with Mello
Grey, Michael, good morning.
I am just itching to stream right now and I’m actually considering Vance Worley against the Knew Your Mess, any thoughts? To me it kinda seems scarier than taking a big, long dump when someone in your apartment building can’t find their pet boa constrictor.
Love ya boys!
He’s right on the edge at $7.8 on SON…I’d stay away
@SportiveTricks: duda is going to take him deep
@SportiveTricks: It’s borderline, and Mets are actually hitting lately
@Grey:
I think I mostly just wanted to use that boa constrictor joke, but I won’t touch him. Grabbed T. Walker off waivers to hold instead.
What do you guys consider the green light dollar value on SoN? $10? Is this something I should know?
$8…. Go to the bottom of the SON page and there’s instructions
@Grey:
Oh yeah. Look at that. I never scrolled all the way down there before.
Haha
Good shizz Grey… had me rollin during my east coast wake and bake…Pickup for ROS? C. Martinez or J. Hahn?
Thanks
CMart
@Mike: How about with Odorizzi in the mix?
you could make a case for him over both…
I own both Odorizzi and CMart and plan to ride them out
@I Be Teheran It Up: Thanks! Agree with Mike
hello. couple Q’s. some remain optimistic about aaron hill, idk if i can get on board anylonger. he’s striking out at a pretty consistent rate, not stealing bases, and hitting .250.
my question. i have a very crowded Outfield (trout/pence/harper/gordon/choo/billy)
should i trade alex gordon or choo for dee gordon?
or, platoon neil walker/scooter gennet (when facing righties).
somethings got to be done, if hill picks it up i can always pick him back up on the waiver i’m sure
I’d roll with Walker…you don’t really need to trade for Dee with Billy on your squad
@dropdabeat: Get Dee if you can. Try Choo first
@dropdabeat: gordon for gordon
@dropdabeat: Gordon for Gordon (then you don’t have to change your team uniforms!)
Move Sale for Rizzo? That too much value too soon?
Rizzo
@R: No that’s about right
11 team, 10×10 roto, keeper, daily auction league
Pitch categories Std 5 + Innings, W-L, Holds, K/9, BAA .
Kershaw
Shields
Porcello
A Wood
Eovaldi
Cole – DL
Odorizzi
Bailey
Cobb
Stroman
Gausman
Heaney
These are my SPs, listed by performance year to date in our league. Our league plays rather deep as most teams carry 10 or so starters, plus we have 6 DL slots and no innings cap. I’m currently in 1st and playing to win this year so keepers is not really an issue.
Cole is coming off the DL and I need to cut one. Who’s the cut?
Second question: Shoemaker is a FA is he better than anyone I’m rostering?
Thanks
Eovaldi or Odorizzi would be the odd man out for me…I don’t see a need for Shoemaker
@doghat666: See how Gaus does tomorrow. If he’s great (which would be sweet), then the cut is probably Odorizzi. F he gets sent down after…well, you know what to do.
Second question answer: No
Great job Grey!
I was offered his Puig for my S. Gray, what do you think?
thanks
Puig for sure
@Mike: thanks man!
anytime
@RicoSuave: Thanks! Puig
Grey, your blurb about Scooter Gennett sounding like a wrestling jobber was quite Hugh Morris.
@PK: (laughing, then psychotically looking around the room)
@Mello Yello: Haha
@PK: Ha!
I am in a deep (5bench, 2DL, 5OF, MI, CI) 12 team keeper league with an auction draft, players are kept on increasing contracts based on their draft price. I can keep Shelby Miller next year for $12, and +$5 each additional year. I am thinking of dropping him for Joe Smith or Jake Arietta, who shockingly, are unowned.
Here’s the catch. I am in last, and I’m 20 points (6×6 H2H) back of the 6th place player, the playoff cutoff. It isn’t impossible to stage a comeback, and with Harper returning soon, and the recent addition of Latos, my team is one of the best in the league.
Drop Shelby? Or hang on for the marginal chance he has keeper value, considering the season is probably lost. Alternatively, I could drop Chisenhall.
@Kobayashi Maru: That seems kind of high for Shelby. I’d probably drop him for Arrieta
agree with Mello. Any trade value in Shelby since it’s a keeper?
@Mike: I doubt it, the $12 price tag is rather high, since the $10-15 range is where pitchers like Homer Bailey, Anibal Sanchez, and Jordan Zimmerman were drafted this year.
The only reason to keep him is on the off chance the pumpkin turns into a magical championship carriage over the second half of the season, and he goes as a top-20 starter next year. Probably not going to happen, right?
12 Team points league. Should I pick up any of these players from the waivers or hold?
Waivers: Torii Hunter, Brett Lawrie (DL), Calhoun, Cuddyer (DL), Austin Jackson, Rajai Davis
My team:
C: Mauer
1B: Hosmer, Lind (platoon)
2B: Kendrick
3B: Seager, Aramis Ramirez (Util)
SS: Hanley, Crawford (fill in until Hanley is back)
OF: Puig, Brantley, C. Gomez, Werth (bench), Marte (bench)
Util: Aramis Ramirez
Also have been slotting Ramirez at Util. Should I swap for Werth or Marte moving forward?
@Charles: Hold. Play the matchups w/ your UTIL. ROS I would go Werth, Marte, Ramirez
agree with Mello
Love your column, Grey, but you need someone to help you with math. Posey’s 4 hits are infinitely more than the Padre’s zero hits, not “four times as many” as the Padre’s.
@Frank Lopez: Yeah, someone mentioned it above, I’m a bonehead, I fixed it
@Grey:
haha you fixed it why? fuck these peeps
it’s part of your charm yo
Haha
@Grey:
agree with grimey .
leave shizz “as is” .
if people wanted perfection ,
they should have followed your streamer advice , yesterday .
Ha
Which side do you like: Kemp + Aaron Sanchez for David Wright?
redraft? Wright side
I have a question about how to best use the Stream-O-Nator. What’s the lowest, rest-of-season dollar value for a pitcher on the Player Rater or Buysellatops where you couldn’t do better streaming pitchers in his roster spot?
For instance, Porcello is billed at $9.5 in the aggregate for the rest of the season. If I drop him, can I expect to find two to three pitchers a week with a $9 start each?
I think this applies to all leagues, but for specificity’s sake, I’m in a 16-team league with a hard cap of 10 pitcher starts a week, and a max of 8 rostered pitchers. I have…
F-Her
Cole Hamels
Julio Teheran
Iwakuma
Lance Lynn
Tim Lincecum
AJ Burnett
Rick Porcello
I really need a streamer slot to make the 10 starts each week, but I’m not sure I could do better dropping one and streaming in his spot.
that $ value thing sounds like a Rudy question…
I don’t think you can drop any of those guys for streamers in a 16-team league. There probably just isn’t much out there in the FA pool…
@TysonFrozenChicken: it’s a good question but i don’t have an answer off the top of my head. Generally, $8 has been the answer for 12-team. I think if you find an $8 pitcher in 16-team ROS and look for their 12-team value. Drew Smyly is $7.9 in 16-team and about $4 for 12-team so I’d say $4.
@Rudy Gamble: Interesting. That makes me pretty happy with my staff, but since we’re H2H I can’t count on winning the averaged stats each week. I guess the best solution to maximize value is see which of the last three pitchers I can move, try to package for a better single player and use the extra spot to stream.
Thanks a lot, guys! You deserve all the site traffic you can get, but I hope my leaguemates never fucking find this place. I’ll click extra ads in their absence.
Drop Eovaldi for T. Walker?
sure
@Timmyk93: Meh
ROS: Archer or McHugh – both on teams going nowhere but for now McHugh looks better.
Archer
@Mr. Rickey: Archer
Danny Santana or Brad Miller
Miller
@Moose Out Front: Miller
Michael Morse, Ben Zobrist, or Shin-Soo Choo?
Choo
Blake Treinen @ CHC spot streamable?
12 team H2H pts
nah
Hey Grey,
Is Scott no longer doing prospect write ups? Where did he go?
@Devil in a New Dress: You can only get away with insulting Grey at the end of each write-up for so long.
@Devil in a New Dress: He did one on Sunday I believe.
@Devil in a New Dress: We love Scott, but real work caught up to him, we have someone replacing him….
@Grey:
Damn Scott will be missed.
I’d like to see a column ranking the commenters
He will…
@Grey: is he gone forever, or just putting out less posts? and who is the replacement?
Rank ROS: Matt Cain, Andrew Heaney, and Alfredo Simon
@Matt: Tough one…Amidst his struggles, I’ll still go with Cain at the top followed by Heaney and then Simon.
Cain, Heaney, Simon
Simon’s FIP and SIERA are like a run and a half higher than his actual ERA
You bring up a good point…does anybody actually like Red Bull…or is it just one of those things that some feel like they have to do to be cool…like smoking, or high heels, or fantasy baseball…everyone knows that nobody ever enjoyed their first cigarette…they endured it…and, you just keep at it until it doesn’t feel “as” bad anymore…before you know it, it becomes part of your routine and now you can’t stop even if you suddenly were to Wake Up, like this god forsaken blog…oh, and here’s a fact…nachoos were invented in Philly by Michael Jack’s great-great-awesome four bears…
PS This is unrelated, but still I feel it necessary to report…I streamed Timmy on every single team yesterday…I don’t mean this as a humblebrag…just as a straight-up-now-tell-me-sky-hook Kareem Abdul brag! Not that it’s that impressive to do against the Friars…in fact, I’m not impressed with TimLin at all…I’m impressed with me!!! I did it, and you didn’t!!! Now put down the coffee mug and think of me while you are sitting and straining…
@Wake Up: Red Bull tastes like liquid Zots and nobody likes Zots if they have more than $.10 in their pocket. Son-of-a-non-pickup and then my opponent goes ahead and grabs Lincecum for his no-no. Good call for you.
@Peter Nincompoop: true…
nice!
totally agree on Red Bull…it’s awful
@Mike: the only way I can stand it is when I water it down with liters of Yaygermeister…yay!
@Wake Up: which is latin for Happy Jews…uh, juice…
@Wake Up: Jagermeister is delicious on it’s own. When mixed with Red Bull? Stomachable for one. Two, alright as long as you’re buying. Anymore than that you’re up all night drinking random drinks, find yourself eating crappy Mexican food and then on the toilet for a good portion of the morning.
@Wake Up: nice job with big time Timmy Jim..
@Malicious Phenom: thanks
@Wake Up: Haha… Yeah, agree with Mike, Red Bull is nasty
@Grey: I say that as a smoker…at least I’m trying to be, I’m trying to start…but, it’s tough…it just tastes so bad!
You get used to it in no time!
@Grey: So true. Slippery slope.
Yup
Just got an offer for Scherzer, thoughts on this offer?
My Scherzer for D Wright and Hudsen or D Wright and A Wood…. I already have Zimmerman at 3rd, so I may request A Cabrera or Elvis Andrus… thoughts?? thanks
Here is my pitching staff:
Kershaw
Scherzer
Grey
Lester
Eovaldi
Stroman
Tillman
Jesse Chavez
Jesse Hahn
Reserves:
Carlos Martinez
Jimmy Nelson
@George Zip: I keep Max
@George Zip: A. Cabrera/Andrus and Wood for Scherzer? No thanks. I’d hold.
Hold
@Mike, @MPHEN, @Poop: Thanks, I just needed to confirm that!
any of these SP’s worth streaming today, daily 5×5 roto:
7 Ryan Vogelsong SF $8.90
8 J.A. Happ TOR $8.20
9 Vance Worley PIT $7.80
10 Mike Leake CIN $7.70
rankings & values are curiosity of SON!
cheers
@Malicious Phenom: I’d pick Worley vs Chicago
@Peter Nincompoop: ok, he has thrown well..
I’m not crazy about them.
@Mike: ok, I’ll wait for the tie breaker, Grey
@Malicious Phenom: You don’t want my opinion?.im the streaming whisperer… I am the expert when it comes to starting Wheeler and sitting him :-) I almost streamed Linscummmm then I ended up getting baked and forgot!
Mike one day early…. Should I start Odorizzi or Gausman Friday matchup ?
@Phil: I’d go Gausman
@Phil: Agree with MP
like both…prefer Gausman
I have a sinking feeling in my stomach regarding Hanley’s shoulder MRI.
yeah, me too
12 team OPS points league and I’m making my climb still. Just passed another guy so progress for progress. My roster is solid, my pitching is frustrating. I’m looking to make a move to improve my SS position and I got offered a solid offer of Jose Reyes, Eric Hosmer, and Phil Hughes for Mike Napoli and Mat Latos.
Here is my current roster:
C- Wilin Rosario
1B- Freddie Freeman
2B- Daniel Murphy
3B- Evan Longoria
SS- Jean Segura
LF- Sin Shoo Choo
CF- Adam Jones
RF- Jay Bruce
UT- Mike Napoli or Josh WillingHAMMA
BN- Jon Singleton , Mike Zunino
DL- Bryce Harper
SP- Felix Hernandez
SP- Hishashi ‘my dashi’ Iwakuma
RP- Jonathan Papelbon
RP- Rafael Soriano
P- Mark Melancon
P- CJ Wilson
P- Mat Latos
P- Ian Kennedy
BN- Jake Arrieta , Pat Neskek , Jason Grilli
Do you think I pull the trigger and get Jose Reyes, Eric Hosmer, and Phil Hughes for my Latos and Napoli? I’m getting Bryce Harper back soon so I will be able to move Choo to UTL and choose between him and Willinghammer depending on how they are doing..
What do you think? Hold or sell Latos and Napoli?
@Jayrod Ceol: I hold, Segura is coming around..
def hold…Segura is a solid SS
@Mike: See I guess I don’t like Segura as much as I thought, he hasn’t been hitting. And if he isn’t hitting he isn’t doing anything. Reyes has the BBs and the upside of power, plus that lineup is also really nice for him too. What if it allowed me to trade Segura for another piece like Ian Kinsler? Would that be worth the move?
@Jayrod Ceol: go with your gut man. In the end it’s just a game. I was hammered for trading Stanton for Pujlos early on this season when Trumbone broke his leg. (No choice cuz there was no viable 1st base options on waivers) I’m 9-4 tied for 1st place. The guy that was trash talking me in our league he’s 5-8 tied for 5th place. Sometimes you have to make moves that only you see fit. Good luck OPS wise getting kinsler would be a nice upgrade imho
at this rate, assuming Prince is healthy next year how can you not make a case for him over Chris Davis? Crush with an empty batting is basically Adam Dunn whom is still unowned in about 70% of leagues.
@FMFBL: Did I miss that case report? It would depend on the depth of my staff, but I’d trade Davis for Price.
@Peter Nincompoop: Prince Fielder
@FMFBL: Did you see what Prince was doing this year before the injury? Wasn’t exactly tearing up the world… I said to sell Davis, so you know where I stand on him
@FMFBL: it’s not even all-star break. I bet he still hits at least 32 homers. He was on the DL don’t forget. Not saying he’s playing anywhere close to.last year’s numbers but we all know a guy can get hot and tear it up over the course of a month
@Bye Felicia: Missed the “n” in Prince…my bad cap! Davis > Fielder next year and going forward.
gardner and alcides for starlin?
sure if you’re ok on steals
Was offered Bats/Yordano/Wheeler for my Puig/Heaney in a keeper. Can’t decide if this is a good trade for me or not, other than adding an additional possible keeper pitcher. Thoughts?
I’d take Puig side
@Jedd Jerko: In a keeper league Puig > Bautista so your essentially looking at whether Yordano and Wheeler for Heaney picks up the slack. It’s a fair deal, but I’d walk away from it. Puig is too good/young and Yordano’s health still scares me long-term.
Anyone starting Porcello @ TEX today?
don’t own him anywhere, sorry
@Scandalous Bob: I wouldn’t. SON doesn’t like it either. When in doubt trust SON. If SON says >10 its worth rolling the dice.
I could use some runs and steals this weekend. WHo you like, James Mother F*cker Jones or The Micheal Bourne Supremacy?
haha…Jones
Great write up as usual amigo. Pick 2 of these SPs for the ROS in a 10 team H2H 7×7 league with Ws, Ls, Saves, Ks, Walks, ERA and WHIP as the seven categories:
Alex Wood
John Lackey
Ian Kennedy
Phil Hughes
Jake Arrieta
Thanks!
@Broman: Wood for sure. Arrieta right now, but rest-of-the-season I’d go with Lackey in the other slot.
agreed
@Broman: Thanks! Agree with Nincompoop
In last place in one league and have nothing left but 2015 keepers and what’s left of my personal pride. I need to knock down this week’s opponent down a peg or two. I know what the Hitter-Tron suggests, but I’m asking for gut feeling for my 5th OF spot. Viciedo, Martin, Harrison, Kalhoun or Jones (SAGNOF) for the weekend? I got Harper coming back on Monday/Tuesday.
@Peter Nincompoop: J Foh or one of them was hyping this guy on Friday, for this week, Diane Viciedo
Viciedo was the Creeper of the week. I’d take him or Calhoun
@Mike: Isn’t the Creeper of the Week is typically just the highest rated guy on the Hitter-Tron that’s __% owned in ESPN and Yahoo leagues? No offense to J-FOH as I like his columns, but there’s not much else there. I guess Viciedo is hittting .300 with 3R’s so far this week, but meh. Thanks for your feedback though.
@Peter Nincompoop: Calhoun
@Grey: Word up Grey!
Ha
I need a 3B in my 12 team h2h obp/slugging league. I was thinking about shipping off pujols but that would leave me with Hosmer as my only first baseman…. Who would be a good 3b to acquire? Todd Frazier? Is that selling too low? Does pujols have enough name value for Donaldson? Suggestions on who to target. Thanks
I’d take either if you are in bad shape at third
@Mike: I have Pedro Alvarez…
go for it
Mesoraco or Wilin Rosario? Lohse or Heaney?
I still like Rosario…you can all throw vegetables at me now
Heaney
Trade Cueto for Stras in a 10 team keeper league? I’ll have deep pitching regardless. I feel like this is one of those ” hurry up and do it now” trades.
sure
Anyone have thoughts on Hamels for Carlos Gonzalez?
sounds good to me
I parted ways with Cron and kept Willingham…had to drop one. I have a feeling that will come back to bite me in the Ibanez.
haha, maybe…I still like Willingham
AL only league; redraft… which trio (this relates to a combo of deals I can make):
Encarnacion/Ellsbury/Markakis
or
Trout/Choo/Singleton
Any thoughts?
Trout
12 team H2H and Mchugh was just dropped, use my waiver and drop Odorizzi, Smyly, Archer, Roark or Stroman? Hold?
Teheran
Cobb
Lester
“The Good Wood”
Archer
Roark
Smyly
Odorizzi
Stroman
@Teddy Heater: or Walker who just got dropped 5 minutes ago, HA
I could see losing Odorizzi for Walker
@Teddy Heater: WHATTTT? Haha. “Hey, this guy who I’ve probably had stashed for weeks is looking great with an imminent call up…you know what that means…drop city!” That’s outstanding. Yeah he’s above all three too (info provided by the crystal ball I stole from Guru)
@Teddy Heater: It would definitely be between Roark, Odorizzi, and Smyly, and I got McHugh higher than all three, so your choice on that
@Mello Yello: Thanks guys, I always like bouncing these things off ya! Preesh
@dlark: @Teddy Heater: No worries bro
Hey Grey!
Gr8 stuff, man!
Fact of the Day: Michael Jackson has earned 700 million dollars in the 5 years since he died. That’s more than any living music star over the same period!!! That is some serious coin. Junior! Go pick up that glitter glove, it might be worth something in the future.
Fact#2 of the day: We are in the hot and dry part of our current ice age. We’re all gonna die soon, so Carpe Diem.
Signed up Taijuan Walker dropping Cashner in 3 leagues. Nod your head if u agree, blink twice if u don’t and type … if u don’t really care.
Cheers,
Ante
haha
@Ante GALIC: Ha, nice… I dropped Cashner in one league 6 weeks ago, I haven’t looked back (much)
Hi Grey
Hot Mark Tex or Seager for next few weeks, which side? thanks.
Seager
Your thoughts on Pujols and Shields for Abreu in a keeper league…
yup, I’d do it
@AA: Abreu
Grey….you and morning coffee have become a staple. Especially loved that Yohan Benson bit.
On a FYI side note: Was checking to see if it’s time to drop a badly slumping LaStella and deduced that some cruel regression fairy has way over corrected the poor lad. 3 for 37 with virtually no change to his solid contact rates and a line drive rate of 30% over that period has yielded a near impossible .090 BABIP. I’ve leveled a “bullying” charge with the fairies and expect a correction soon. Nobody likes a bully.
haha…that’s a crazy stat
@Shoe Gum Reynolds: Yeah, and I picked him up just in time for the 1st of those 37 ABs. It’s pretty uncanny how bad he’s been since I’ve started him, especially compared to how good he was just before.
@L-Boogie: If you are afflicted with bad rotomojo this year then please drop LaStella immediately…he’s killing me!
@Shoe Gum Reynolds: Thanks! Very small sample size for BABIP, but yeah crazy…
Need a MI in a 5×5, cut 1) Haren, Lincecum or Odorizzi to make room for 2)Miller or Lowrie?
Haren for Miller…Lowrie is solid too, so just a preference
Should I drop Stroman, Niese or Tyson Ross for Alex Wood? (Note: it’s a keeper league and have Stroman at $1, not sure what’s expected next year from him.) Thanks as always!
lose Niese for Wood
Grey,
Was offered a trade in my 6X6 roto, 14 teams. I was curious on your thoughts of Chris Sale as a keeper? Obviously he is a stud but giving up Adam Jones and Starlin Castro, Doug Fister (and 2 MLers Pederson and Giolito) for Sale, Daniel Robertson and LaRoche has me worried. I like Sale because I could keep him at only $16 next year but I am worried about his injury issues with his notorious “upside down W” delivery I’ve been reading about but also think it’s stupid to try and plan for injuries. Am I reading too much into it? would you want him as a keeper with his injury risk?
thanks
@LAmont: that is an AWFUL trade for you, HOLD
@Malicious Phenom:
Thanks guys for the help. I’ll just sit back then. Last week I traded away Taveras, Melky, Yordano and Salvy Perez for D.Norris, Rizzo, Wainwright and Miggy. They were too expensive to keep for next year for the guy and all my guys were a buck or two, so now he has a great start to next year.
After finishing dead last in the last 2 years, i’ve moved a bunch of my cheap keepers to try and win this year. Again, thanks for the advice.
Jones side and it’s not close IMO
Reddick worth holding onto now that he’s off the DL?
Top OF avail in FA pool:
De Aza
Crispie
Jon Jay
Rasmus
Dayan
sure
Freddie Freeman is in the starting lineup today..
that looked like it hurt
@Mike: oh it hurt alright, but big Freddie is a gamer, nothing broken, so he is back out there..
Let the collective exhale begin
I don’t know anything about soccer, so maybe you guys can help, but if both these teams advance with a tie…shouldn’t they just dribble the ball around in a circle at mid field the whole time?
@Mike: Yeah…but that’s so un-American…that’s why they got rid of ties in hockey…which isn’t even an American sport, but we did it!
@Mike: I’d prefer the kick the ball into the stands and flop strategy…
Haven’t seen Fiers here in a while….I always laugh when I see “You couldn’t get Michael Fiers if your were f****** Michael Fiers!”
@K. Loggins: Hehe, yup
Heres another one…Kipnis, Marte and Keuchel for Tulo and J.Zimm
I like the Tulo Side just want to get some other opinions
@JeF With 1 F: Tulo
@JeF With 1 F: Tulo and Jzim for sure..
@JeF With 1 F: Tulo
@JeF With 1 F:
tulo for kipnis / marte / keuchel AND j.zimm is closer .
but i guess that can’t happen .
I look forward to see what you write about THE GRANDE DOLOR!!!
WHY NO LOVE FOR JOSE
:(
:(
@Eddie: Oh, yeah, meant to, oh well, will have more opportunities I’m sure…
Hey Grey, 10team roto 5×5. ROS Eaton or Calhoun? Im leaning toward Calhoun only because he had more power. But Eaton has been on fire of late. Please help.
Thanks!
@740: I love Eaton at Calhoun’s… Go Calhoun
Any one wanna F**K
@JeF With 1 F: Oh Sh** Wrong Site
@JeF With 1 F: HA!
Hi pick two starters on 6/27
Ryu vs STL (SON $14.8)
Chevaz vs MIA ($13.3)
Hammel vs WAS ($12)
Lohse vs MIA ($8.7)
Roark vs CHC ($6.1)
Thanks
Top two
I just received this offer. Seems pretty fair to me. Which side would you rather have? Pujols, Jennings, Bauer for Rios, Choo, James Shields? Thanks, love how you guys answer almost every question in the comments section!
Agree with Mello
I’d go Rios but yeah, that’s fair
12 team, h2h…
I give Gallardo, I get Kole Calhoun.
I would end platooning him with Ben Revere until Kole becomes the everday leadoff hitter for the Angels.
I’d take Kole
Aybar over Alcides if I need a backup for Hanley (if he’s out for a bit with this shoulder thing)?
H2H – H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OB+SLUG
Nah
So, I was playing last night, outside on the patio, as I watched a mosquito land on my penile region, mid song, it’s all about the tough choices, ya’ll!
Tough choices? You finish the song, unless the song is “Mosquito Don’t Bite My Penile Region,” then the choice becomes tougher…
@Grey: Forgive me…I forgot how long you’ve been out there in Hollywood with all your lefty liberal elitists…
But, that is one spot that you do NOT want to have a mosquito bite! And, you don’t want to slap at! The part about the disinterested crowd…whether to stop the song…I stopped later that night, said, I’d like to thank ya’ll for coming all over eachothers faces…restarted and still got the same tepid applause at the climax…
If you’re not on Ellen’s show or playing to an audience with Ellen in it, you’ll never make it in Hollywood…
@Grey: Ellen and Porsche both have nothing but mosquito bites…I wouldn’t be interested even if they did want to suck the blood from my penile region…
Hahaha
Grey,
I would value your opinion on trading my Cueto for Stras in a 10 team keeper league. Standard categories.
See no point of the trade
@Johan Barleycorn: Strasburg
I’m trying to evaluate a trade… I have Ryan Howard, Rizzo (keeper), Adrian Gonzalez and Singelton for my 1B, CI and UT spot… so I have a surplus there… two options presented:
Singleton for Shelby Miller
Gonzalez and a draft upgrade for Tehran
Thoughts? Thanks!
Teheran
live from the Mike & Ernie show, with this live update from CBS:
Mike Scioscia removed Ernesto Frieri from the closer job in favor of Joe Smith, but it was done kicking and screaming, at least figuratively. Scioscia vastly prefers Frieri in that role for the Angels.
“Our bullpen right now, with this group, works better if Ernie can get back to being the close that we know he can be,” Scioscia told the Orange County Register. “If he gets back to that consistency, our bullpen gets more depth and let us do things earlier, in the seventh.”
Scioscia has expressed his belief that Smith has greater flexibility, such as the ability to pitch more than one inning. Despite his sidearming style, he is adept at getting both right-handed and left-handed batters out and inducing double plays. He is their most effective reliever entering with runners on base.
Frieri, however, has been terrible. He has given up eight home runs in 30 2/3 innings and eight earned runs in his last 6 1/3 innings pitched.
HAHA
I’d love to question him and be like if Frieri’s not good for the 7th inning, why is he good for the 9th
@Grey: I see the Halos trading for a closer before the deadline..Street?
Papelbon
@Malicious Phenom: Belisario might as well make it a complete mess.
My Staff – Shields, Cueto, Fister, Ventura, A. Wood, Heaney, Gio and E. Santana.
Thinking of dropping Heaney for Wacha (DL)….Wacha don’t clear waivers till tomorrow. Should I drop Santana for T. Ross? Ross doesn’t clear waivers till tomorrow as well. Should I put my claims in?
Other Pitchers on the waiver wire are – T. Walker, Duffy, Arrieta, H. Alvarez, Niese, McHugh, Eovaldi, Hahn, Hutchison, Odorizzi, Stroman, Harang, Bauer, Vogelsong, Guthrie and Gausman.
So many good arms, tough to decide what to do! 10 team Y! H2H standard league.
Heaney for Wacha
@Grey: So no go for, Dropping Santana for Ross? And do you like any of the available pitchers listed over any of my current staff?
Hold Ervin
@SMLV1: Keep an eye on Hahn and Stro…they may be one more great start away from legit
Kershaw owner wants my Puig straight up. Is that fair in a 10 team league? I can replace Puig with either K. Davis who’s on my bench or pick up JD Martinez. Thanks
It’s fair, you don’t need Kershaw
Hey guys,
Since G. Cole is coming off the Disgraceful List, I need to drop one of these guys… please tell me who should I drop
Heaney
Stroman
Walker
Gracias
Stroman
@Grey: Gracias amigo!
De nada
@RicoSuave: Stroman
you like bruce or pence going forward. Have an opportunity to acquire either. Bruce is a little less costly obviously.
main cost being Lester….with bruce I get a draft pick back if i go pence i may need to supplement it by adding a pick to the other owner.
Bruce
@Grey: still bruce even if it’s straightup
lester for bruce
or
lester for pence
Yes
@Grey:
sorry but…just want to make sure on something here.
IF you thought it was a bad move your response would have been HOLD, correct? so by replying Bruce you’re saying that you’d make that deal or is it just based off of the question criteria?
i’m a little slow today…I was celebrating with TIMMY! last night, that was actually my apple….
Yup, I’d take Bruce
@Grey:
Thanks! you da man!
but (always a but…) i don’t think it will change my mind but now he wants a pick back. a 13 for a 17…wtf. i still go get Bruce, right?
Yup
@Jason: Bruce
@Whirlaway: Bruce either way, but his buying window is closing fast.
Latos or H Bailey ROS? Thanks
Latos
Gon Homerton has turned into Yan Oferton. I wonder if Astros management is worried they jumped the gun on this kid yet?
Ha, just a slump
Need 2 streamers for only ERA & Whip for H2H league. They are grouped by day so it can’t be 2 from same group – SON estimates in parens.
Hammel vWAS (3.76/1.21)
Gausman vTB (4.47/1.35)
McCarthy @SD (3.38/1.19)
Cain vCIN (3.27/1.17)
Eovaldi vOAK (4,26/1.35)
Hughes @TEX (5.05/1.37)
Milone @MIA (3.76/1.25)
Heaney vOAK (4.01/1.31)
McCarthy, Cain
I was offered Braun for Freeman. One team needs to upgrade at 1B and tell other at OF. At face value, what is your take on this trade?
It’s fair
my trout and porcello for his Chris Sale, Heaney and Oscar T
16 team league 8 keepers
not enough to move trout right?
I’m not shopping him.
It’s not good
@Jason: HOLD Trout
@Jason: Trout should get you Kershaw or Miggy plus another upper-tier piece. Kershaw/Bruce, Miggy/Teheran. If you’re giving up a sure-fire Top 10 player in Trout, you have to get a sure-fire Top 10 guy in return.
@Jason: Wow! yeah that’s my thought process as well.
I just wanted to see thoughts.
Thanks guys!
20team h2h keeper league. My j-up and cueto for myers stroman and willingham?
My team: c-zunino 1b-butler/cron 2b-mercer 3b-castellanos ss-tulo of-gardner/bruce/j-up util-odor/freese sp-cueto, ryu, heaney, guthrie, danks, feldman rp-street, rosenthal, duke
We keep 8, so my keepers so far would be tulo,gardner,bruce,upton. Who else should i keep? Will myers be better than upton next year? Im in 17th place. Thanks!
@your mom: HOLD
Agree, hold
Hi guys: I don’t really need a SS (I have Asdrubal) but I got offered a trade I can’t refuse. This is in a deep 6×6 roto league (with holds). What do you all think?
–He sends me Reyes and a 12th-round pick next year
–I send him Seager and Betances and a 24th-round pick next year.
I already have Frazier at 3B, so I’m OK there. And I’d pick up someone like Darren O’Day, Case Fien, AJ Ramos, AlAl, Rob Wooten, Kevin Jepsen, or Kevin Gregg (advice?) to make up for Betances’ holds. And I get an extra roster spot and I can shop Asdrubal around. Plus a big, big plus in next year’s draft.
I’ve got to take it, right?
Any advice on the middle reliever to pick up?
I don’t understand why you can’t refuse it
@Grey: Sorry. I don’t mean I actually can’t refuse it. I mean it in the “Gadfather” sense of the phrase … you know, an offer I can’t refuse …as in it’s too good to refuse. Or am I missing something?
It doesn’t seem that great to me
@Grey: Wow … OK. Thanks. Glad I asked.
No problem
@Arnie S.: that’s not really that good of an offer. I’d prefer Seager to Reyes. Reyes gets hurt all the damn time, and hasn’t been THAT great this year. Betances is LIGHT YEARS ahead of any of those other jokers in the FA pool. And who knows if that pick next year will even help you at all. It does not make your team better now, and possibly has little impact on the future. That’s why it makes no sense that you’re saying you can’t refuse it. I’d deny it in a heartbeat.
@Arnie S.: Reyes isn’t worth Seager. The MR is a throw in. Robertson isn’t losing his job. I’d immediately refuse thatoffer
Was offered Werth for Polanco. Take Werth or stick with the upside? What if I can get him to include a closer with Werth.
Take Werth
Alcides Escobar has only contributed 4 steals over the last month. Does anyone have some insight on his slowdown? I’m wondering if I should think of moving on.
And he could steal 12 next month… Just ebb and flow of season
@Grey: That’s fair. I just wasn’t sure if there was a problem with him I wasn’t aware of. Cheers!
No problem
I’m getting that setup.exe forced download again on the site. This has been going on intermittently for a while. Grey has your web guy got a hunch on what it is?
We haven’t heard it from anyone else so the web guy stopped looking… He concluded it was your computer…
@Grey: ha. I’ve definitely seen other commenters say something, though.
Hmm… Okay, I’ll tell someone to look at it again
@Grey: been hitting me every day. My MalwareBytes has caught it consistently. I think it’s something on your end, not our computers.
Dah, okay, looking into it
@Aero: it just happened to me actually. my anti virus caught it
@Aero: Could you screenshot it so I can see?
@Aero: I found the culprit, looking at how to remedy… it’s not easy though, because it’s in an ad, but it’s not in one permanently so it comes and goes…
6×6 (OPS & QS) H2H, was offered J. Hamilton, Arrieta and Simon for Abreu. How offended should I act in my reply? Counter with Abreu for McCutchen straight up? Not that he’ll accept, but damn.
Not good
@Grey: you mean getting cutch for abreu is not good? I kinda like that. Clearly his offer is a$$, the only question is how much should i shame him before trying to grab cutch.
It’s fair, I meant other one
Hey Grey what you think about this deal?
Beltre for Cobb and Chisenhall
@Spammer Jay: Beltre
Beltre
Drop Zimmerman for Seager looking juicy on the wire? Been starting the Panda at third (also nabbed off the wire a while back) while the Zim has been riding the pine. So basically Seager over Sando?
@BurninBunts: Seager is on waivers? What is it a 6 team league?
Sure
I think it’s ridiculous how Americans suddenly become patriotic during the world cup. Soccer is being played all of the time! Soon as the World Cup comes on = Everybody becoming a soccer fan!
@Bye Felicia: We’re not fans of soccer. We’re fans of America and sports and even moreso, big event sports. And yes, I’m speaking for everybody!
@Cram It: well said, Cram!
@Wilsonian: Ha. Go Ameruka!
@Cram It: AMERICA! F*** YEAH!!!
But seriously, like I give two poops what our national speed skating team is doing right now. However, when it’s Winter Olympics time, you bet your ascot that I’m all over that! Same thing with Soccer, and I even played in High School. Unless there’s something major riding on it – like the World Cup – I can’t pay attention to it at all.
@Wilsonian: i am not really a fan of any of those things. America is cool for 4 reasons
1. best mail system in world (price/efficiency)
2. green money is way cooler than other colors
3. we don’t by and large, like soccer
4. i forgot 4, but i know it exists
@Bye Felicia: Do you watch Olympic sports year round?
@Cram It: @Cram It: I haven’t watched an Olympic event since I was a kid. I’ll watch the espn highlights, bit not the actual games. I don’t care for soccer. Never have, it’s boring, no scoring, no commercial breaks to grab beer etc. HAH
@Bye Felicia: I don’t care for soccer either. But I like to party. And going to a pub at 11 a.m. when the world cup is going on is a fucking party. And that’s alright with me.
@Cram It: of course the party part is good. rather watch A-Team reruns in a bar than soccer though.
“Grey. People will come, Grey. They’ll come to Razzball for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn on their computers and come to this site not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your column each morning as innocent as children, longing for your player posts. They’ll read your column and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Grey. The one constant through all the years, Grey, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it’s a part of our past, Grey. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again. Oh…people will come Grey. People will most definitely come.
I am so happy I found this site, thank you Grey Albright, from the bottom of my fantasy baseball loving heart.
.cheers
@Malicious Phenom: Now let’s get these guys back on the juice! I miss the freakishly huge Barry’s & Big Mac’s biceps glistening like snow on a cold Xmas eve! The 500ft bombs a bursting over the upper deck. Roids should be made mandatory. Now let’s play ball! :-)
Ha, no problem
@Malicious Phenom: Razzball is a hidden gem, but this post is a little too narcissistic for my liking. Are you looking for a job MP?
@Malicious Phenom:
very well said , Phe .
now , if we can just prevent these one-day gambling sites
from ruining fantasy baseball ….
Good luck with that, O! I fought the law and the law won…
@Grey: Vicious animal these one-day gambling sites are.
I imagine, I don’t play them…
rizzo (22nd round), frazier (27th round), carlos gonzalez (1st round)
for
machado (21st round), polanco (22nd round), miggy (1st round)
keeper….who wins…
@das coffee frau: I want the Miggy side. No doubt
Miggy
@das coffee frau: I love Au Rizz, but yeah, going with the Miggy side here.
taijuan or heaney ROS if gets the call next week.
@kevinmac: Heaney all day.
12t 5×5 ESPN standard (with keepers)
Trade J. Upton for Strasburg?
@FillyP: Ughhh Mahgughh. Don’t like either side in that deal. I’ll lean towards the hitter though as their tougher to come by.
Eh
Retooling the bottom of my rotation….Can I safely drop Estrada for Hahn or hold?
Sure
@Diamond Powered Zeppelins: Meh? Estrada could be replaced by Nelson any day. That being said, I’d go Hahn. Not to excited about either.
@Peter Nincompoop: Add an “o” to “to” to make it grammatically correct, but the “o” could also stand of for objective. Not probably helpful, but it’s your call.
Heaney or Stroman this year?
@Cram It: Tough call. Stroman plays for a better team and will get you more W’s, but Heaney is still the pick. Lefty in the NL with good stuff.
Heaney
@Grey: Thank you
No problem
Better ROS:
Dallas Keuchel or Phil Hughes?
@Eric: Flip a coin, but I’d go Keuchel.
@Eric: Gotta be Keuchel. I haven’t been able to trust Hughes for 3 years
Keuchel
Grey
Can you rank rest of the year
Beckett smyly Ross Heaney
Thanks
Beckett, Heaney
@Brett: Depends what pitching stats you’re after. Everything equal, I’ll go Heaney, Ross/Smyly and then Beckett.
What do you make of McCarthy’s start tomorrow v. SD, SON likes it but McCarthy cost me ratios last week when he imploded…. I’m torn. Would you start him again?
I don’t trust him, but it’s about as safe as you can get with him
@Steve: Ugghhh
Would Betts be a part of a platoon if he’s brought up?
Unlikely
Yo G touche on the title today. Ross vs ari or gausman vs tb tomorrow?
@nick the dick: SON like ross by alot but i think anyone vs tampa is a good bet. League counts losses too and you know padres offense…
Ha, I like yours better still…. Ross at home, if that’s where he is
@Grey: I like both, but if you need to pick one, I agree with Grey. Ross.
Grey
Smyly or Ross?
Thanks
Ross at home, Smyly
@Brett: Yep
Drop Joe Mauer for Miguel Montero?
Sure
@JeffFromTallahassee: Although I may be stuck down upon, I disagree with Grey. Hold.
Need to cut one of Singleton, McGehee, Reynolds, Cron — who’s the odd man out?
Reynolds
@The Big Yabu: Reynolds or Cron. Singleton reminds me of Alvarez (i.e., probably a year or two away), and I might bail on him, but you gotta see what he can do at this point.
@Grey: you trusting timmy next week in weekly leagues (vs stl and @sd). i know he got racked after his last no hitter, but he also threw something 140 pitches in that one, didnt he?
Sure, in some leagues
I was offered Kuechel and W. Myers for J. Upton. 10 team h2h Yahoo. Take it or not?
Upton side
@Scott: I don’t like Upton, but no way. Kuechel is a start or two away from the waiver wire in a 10-team league, Wil Myers is a sleeper in 2015.
so i’ve got goldy,rizzo,pujols. keeper league, and i’ve managed to get goldy/rizzo for the minimum. i control the first base market haha.
anyway i can only play two. would you deal pujols/kluber for bumgarner? i dont want to give up kluber, i’ll try cj wilson first
Try Wilson
@dropdabeat: Kluber and Bumgarner aren’t too far off, but the inclusion of Pujols makes it over the top. You got Goldy and Rizzo…against conventional wisdom, I’d do it.
Have segura, alcides, and Zobrist to fill my SS spot with Zobrist sharing 2b spot with Hill. Who would you rather trade away between segura
And alcides? And for which of these pitchers – Zimmerman, becket, cole hamels, latos. Of those SPs Are there any I should not try and trade for at all? Thanks
Alcides…Hamels, Latos, Zimm, but I doubt you’re getting them
Thanks again Grey, love getting some good laughs w/my fantasy analysis!
No problem!
Is E. Santana a pickup over any of the pitchers listed below?
Archer
Beckett
Martinez,
Odorizzi,
Wood
Walker
Thanks!
Not necessarily
@Negatto: Tough call, but yes. Beckett or Odorizzi.
@Peter Nincompoop: Maybe Martinez as well…
is carlos martinez worth owing in a 12 team 5×5 h2h?
Sure
I had a couple of beers during the USA World Cup game and have misspelled several words in my responses. I am an exercise maniac and stoked about the NBA draft. Do I go running before it begins? Or, take nap?
@Peter Nincompoop: I got a men’s bathing suit shoot with Tehol manana!
@Peter Nincompoop: Maybe you 2 can get in the nude shoot, the athlete known as Prince is partaking in..
I suggest a Stairmaster
@Grey: Quality call.
You’re welcome!
@Grey: Just got back from sweating out my three Ballast Point Sculpins. Feeling spry for tomorrow’s shoot.
By sweating out, you mean peeing?
Drop Xander for Miller?
Thanks!
Sure
Hi Grey,
Dallas Keuchel is being dropped in a lot of my leagues. Should I keep my distance, keep my distance until after the Tiger’s game, or pick him up? I was thinking of dropping the back end of my SPs (Haren) or RPs (Rondon) for him.
Thanks…
Mike.
Own over Haren
@Grey: Thanks Grey!
Hi Grey,
Silly questions:
You have these 3Bs on one team …
Adrian Beltre
David Wright
Pablo Sandoval
… and Nolan Arenado is getting close to coming back.
Any move to be made?
Same question another team …
Pablo Sandoval
Pedro Alvarez
Ryan Zimmerman
Thanks!
Mike.
Answered
Hi Grey and Mike nice write up as usual. Meant to tell you I picked up Roark after you pretty much told me to. He had great game and I beat out the madbum owner by a few minutes. Madbum let up 4 that game and the offer of madbum for Roark came and yes it took less than a second to accept. ty Well your opinion please Adam Lind or Cron thanks hago
Lind
alex guerrero getting closer to returning to the dodgers’ line-up .
will this impact dee gordon’s playing time ,
and ,
we he hear the call ??
There’s no way they bench Gordon with how he’s hitting… Guerrero would be a bench bat right now, probably headed to minors…
@Grey: He could play third. Don’t know much about him fielding wise
And sit Uribe?! Yeah, I guess, if he can play 3rd…
@Grey: I did’t realize Uribe was back so soon .I don’t own him in any leagues
Really? Surprising…
@Grey – Riddle me this Batmustacheman – What gives with 1 steal for George Springer? Hell, what’s wrong with the Stros and running? Is only Altuve allowed to run?
You have to be under five-two to run on the Astros
@FunkeTown: villar got caught all those times from him NOT stealing?
in a keeper you trading Beltre and a 14th d pick for machado and a 9th rd pick? We keep five so picks come after the first five rounds, the 9th is really a 4th rd for us.
Can’t Beltre be kept?
melancon,peralta,qualls,who should i drop,to get a ss for hanley,i have allen and rodriquez to,thanks for another great day of fun here at razzball the number one sports information center
Peralta… No problem….
@Grey: thoughts on Gee when he returns? anything more than a streamer?
3.50 ERA, 6 K-rate… So, streamer in most leagues
Here comes Ernesto in a non-save opp. Buckle up.
Ha!
@Grey: Promptly grooves an 0-2 fastball down the middle to give up a single to Eduardo Escobar. Walks some scrub on 4 straight. Gets Sam Fuld to ground out. Then walks Dozier.
C’mon Joe Smith.
Since I own Smith, it’s awesome…
@Mr. Tibbs: Frieri did what we come to expect from him lol
sorry if beating a dead horse, but did anyone find out why kenley didnt come in for the save? rest?
@dropdabeat: pitched 4 out of 5 days
I answered above
what do you think of the following trade: Matt Holliday, Ryan Zimmerman and Jean Segura for Carlos Santana, Kyle Seager and Ian Desmond. h2h points league. Seems like the Holliday and Zimmerman side is more name recognition than anything. Thanks in advance.
Eh, it’s fair, I’d take Seager
Grey, what are your thoughts on trading Kemp and Aaron Sanchez for David Wright? 5×5 scoring, keep-18 league, but I’m playing for this year.