Daniel Vogelbach (1-for-2, 2 runs and his 5th homer, and fifth in his last five games, hitting .471) is man-hot. Daniel Vogelbach is the Jelly Donut of Swat. Daniel Vogelbach looks like a beer keg with legs. John Kruk and Matt Stairs had a baby, and that baby’s name is Daniel Vogelbach. Daniel Vogelbach is one part mayonnaise, one part ketchup, and his secret sauce is Sexy, and he puts it on everything. “Why, Fantasy Master Lothario (don’t abbreviate it), did Daniel Vogelbach spend 12 years in the minors if he’s spurting Sexy sauce on everything?” You ask, while batting your eyelashes. You have to subtract one of those years, young buck, because Daniel Vogelbach was once confused for a refrigerator and spent a summer in a Hyannis Port Sears showroom. Mansplainingly, subtract, like, ten of those years because he couldn’t play defense and he was in the NL. He’s done nothing but hit rockets like he’s groupies of Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy. Last year, he hit 20 HRs and .290 in Triple-A with a 15.6% strikeout rate. He could be an actual breakout and I would grab him, even if his playing time might become cramped with the return of Kyle Seager or he might just be platooned. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Dylan Moore – 2-for-4, 3 runs and his 1st homer. I saw the box score listed him as D. Moore and I wanted to believe his name was Dinty Moore, so that’s what I will call him.
Edwin Encarnacion – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 3rd and 4th homer, hitting .324. Let the parrot perch!
Jay Bruce – 1-for-5 and his 6th homer. Pretty cool that MLB allowed the Mariners to store their baseballs in a dehumidifier.
Tyler Austin – 1-for-2, 1 run, as he was traded to the Giants for Malique Ziegler. You should hear me try to pronounce Malique. Ma-leaky? With this move the Giants DFA’d Connor Joe, so now we know what to answer when someone asks, “Where’d you come from and where’d you go Connor Eyed Joe?” I like this move by the Giants. Yes, it’s the first move I’ve ever liked by them. Baby steps, Bob! Austin was a preseason favorite of mine who was squeezed for playing time. If he gets an everyday job in San Fran, he could sneak into 20+ homers.
Kevin Pillar – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and a slam (1) and legs (2), a grand slam, hitting .111. I like Pillar, and I think the Giants do too, because, ya know, they traded for him, so why on earth is he hitting 8th? A reasonable explanation would be because Pillar is their 2nd best hitter, and Bumgarner is their best, protecting him.
Madison Bumgarner – 6 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.32. Five imaginary dollars says he has an ERA over 4.15 this year. Anyone want any action?
Fernando Tatis Jr. – 1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .237. Fernando Tatis Sr. was an artist, not just with MS Paint, but with his baby batter.
Nick Senzel – Out of his walking boot. See, all he had to do was pay those old parking tickets.
Hyun-Jin Ryu – Pulled from the 2nd inning with a groin injury. He was sidelined three months last year with a groin injury. I’m assuming he has the same groin, so this isn’t good news. Are we sure Ryu’s full last name isn’t Ryuok? Don’t go cutting Julio Urias just yet.
Marcell Ozuna – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .229. OZUNA shoulder feel better. OZUNA wish last year’s pain on no one. OZUNA can’t wish pain on anyone, OZUNA not genie.
Ronald Acuña Jr. – 2-for-3, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .176. Tildaddy says you can erase his Law & Order marathon from the DVR!
A.J. Minter – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 1st save. However, or howmever if you’re trying to sound smart, Vizcaino went a few days in a row, so it might not mean as much as you think.
David Dahl – Rockies said Dahl has a “slight” core injury and won’t be placed on the IL for the time being, which is what they say five days before putting him on the IL.
Raimel Tapia – 1-for-4 as he gets playing time with Dahl sidelined. Tapia’s interesting for very light power and some speed, but mostly because of Coors and the Rockies kill role players fantasy value as much as Coors drives it.
Trevor Story – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer. Looks like he’s healthy. Dot dot dot. For now. Kidding, I own him, and made a Story health doll out of twigs that I pray to every night, so we good.
Kyle Freeland – 5 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 5.40. I’m not scared at all about starting German Marquez. I’m petrified.
Tommy La Stella – 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .167. Keep hitting like that and Ausmus is gonna bat you leadoff again.
Andrelton Simmons – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer. He hit that one to outer space! Which is also where his home planet is.
Mike Moustakas – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, hitting .194. Moistasskiss!
Luis Severino – Didn’t feel good while long-tossing and is headed for another MRI. His last MRI said, “I could’ve told you he wasn’t gonna get better,” then rolled its eyes.
Masahiro Tanaka – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 1.47. *whispers so not to jinx* Tanaka actually looks good at the beginning of the year for once. Fantasy Baseball Overlord, “I CAN HEAR YOUR WHISPERS.” Even while you’re shouting? “NOT SO MUCH THEN.”
Aaron Judge – 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer, hitting .289. Also, in this game, Jose Altuve (1-for-4, hitting .279) hit his 2nd homer. Have you heard? There’s a big height discrepancy between the two.
Brad Peacock – Moved to the bullpen for the next two weeks. Some days you’re the cock of the walk, other days they’re like, “Peacock, take a walk.”
Justin Verlander – 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.24. As an owner of Verlander (on a team I autodrafted; don’t ask, or simply search the site), I worry that I won’t know Verlander has resorted to Garbage-trucklander until it’s too late in the season. Then again, it’s a Best Ball league, so I don’t even have to do anything.
Clay Buchholz – Will join the Jays’ rotation on Saturday. Welp, that’ll fix them.
Odubel Herrera – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs with his 1st homer. I knew it was his first homer without looking it up, know why? No, it’s not because I’m an idiot savant. Because I own ODB in multiple leagues and doode’s been a drag like Wednesday nights at the Man-Hole. However, he does get crazy hot so giddy up, much like Thursday nights at the Man-Hole.
Rhys Hoskins – 2-for-4 and his 4th and 5th homer. What’s it called if you have buyer’s remorse but haven’t bought something? Caveat empty? That’s what I have with Hoskins. Serious caveat empty. I know, it’s FOMO. Podcast Ralph and I talk later today on the podcast about our FOMO.
Pat Neshek – 1 IP, 1 ER and his 1st save, ERA at 1.59. Not to give the ADHD spokesman, Gabe Kapler, any credit, but he did at least attempt to make Seranthony Hopkins Dominguez and David Robertson the closers, they just couldn’t handle the job early on. Now it’s rightfully a free-for-all in the Phils’ pen, and Neshek, on cue, gave up a 9-inning homer to of all people, Brian Dozier, so Neshek is not the answer.
Trey Mancini – 3-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .385. He couldn’t have done this last year when I owned him in every league? That would’ve been too much? Why, God? *Priest pulls back sheet* “I think you’re confusing what confession is.”
Chris Davis – 0-for-5, hitting nothing, literally. Holds the new record for most consecutive 0-for’s at 0-for-49. How about All Star Game Home Run Derby participant, Chris Davis, but off a tee? Like you wouldn’t watch.
Jonathan Villar – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .341. Loving seeing the world through these new Villar glasses. It’s pronounced “VR.” No? Okay, let’s move on!
Cedric Mullins – 2-for-2, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, hitting .167. “Seems like he’s passed to another world, let’s just dump him into this large sewer like you’d see in a video game–Wait! I think he’s alive!” Sadly, now the dopey O’s are going to think he hits best as a 9-hole hitter, because that’s where he was last night.
Mark Canha – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 2nd homer. I Canhas homerunzburger?
Jameson Taillon – 2 IP, 0 ER, but 6 unearned runs, ERA at 3.00. Damn, that ticker shock had me staggering around, grasping my heart, like Redd Foxx. You hear that, Elizabeth? I’m comin’ to join ya, honey!
Jon Lester – 2 IP, 0 ER, but left the game with a bad hammy. Sounds like he’s taking cues from Kermit. *insert Fozzie Bear laugh*
Javier Baez – 2-for-5, 1 run, 1 RBI, hitting .273. He threw his bat for one of his singles, which is also the Hollywood Squares answer to, “How is Javier Baez also like a stripper?” Stop it right now, Paul Lynde!
Kyle Schwarber – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .250. That Schwarber platoons but Ben Zobrist is an everyday player is the definition of Maddoning.
Tommy Pham – 1-for-3, 2 runs and two steals (4, 5). Fam, remind me never again to doubt Pham. Almost palindrome!
Yandy Diaz – 2-for-6, 1 run, hitting .308. He’s so big, like professional wrestler big, he should have one name. Call him Yandiaz. Or simply The Mountain.
Blake Snell – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.84. Member when I was worried after his first bad start? You don’t? That’s prolly for the best.
Jose Rondon – 2-for-4 and his 1st homer, as he received the start against the lefty Snell. His mafia boss name, Rondon Nada, and he sleeps with the fishes vs. righties.
Carlos Rodon – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.38. A fantasy baseball limerick, “Carlos Rodon is a horse. But somehow the roles reverse. Because as they trotted around the course. Carlos was the one being WHIPped, oh, Curly, it hoits. Can someone remove this curse?”
Morning Grey,
Good stuff again.
I moved on from Mullins in a 12 team mixed 5×5 roto; might have to cyclops him with my monocle. Have enough OF depth really though with Domingod
Streamonator says Junis ($11.9), Lucchesi($11.5) are starts today but Marquez (-$5.8) and Gonzales($3.5) are sits. What does Grey say ?
Best wishes,
Another Dan
I’m benching German in a 12-team mixed league, starting the others
Thanks
Yahoo tells me: Inciarte is 0-6 against Marquez.
I hope it continues for one more game
14 Team H2H Auction redraft league. 6×6: Runs, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS and Ks, QS, ERA, WHIP, SV+HD, K/9
1) not a question here, but I traded Hyun-Jin Ryu and Jeff McNeil for Yoan Moncada last week and got it processed before Ryu’s next start which was yesterday. I didn’t know when Ryu would get hurt but water is wet and Ryu gets hurt. So glad I could get the free player with breakout potential in Moncada
2) dropped Jesus Aguilar for Ryon Healy and have no regrets. I only drafted Aguilar because he was the last “good” 1B left. 1B sucks this year and Healy looks like he made a major approach adjustment. Either way, I think riding the hot hand over sticking with a player with barely any track record in Aguilar/bad approach was the way to go here
3) Ryon Healy or Christian Walker ROS?
4) please rank for best overall player ROS: Austin Meadows, Kevin Kiermaier, Max Kepler
C: JT Realmuto
1B: Ryon Healy
2B: Yoan Moncada
3B: Manny Machado
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr
OF: Mike Trout
OF: Tommy Pham
OF: Ramon Laureano
UTL: Austin Meadows
P: Jose Alvarado
P: Will Smith
P: Arodys Vizcaino
P: Reyes Moronta
P: Chad Green
SP: Mike Clevinger
SP: German Marquez
B: Zack Wheeler
B: Joe Musgrove
B: Brandon Woodruff
B: Freddy Peralta
Thanks, Grey!
1. Nice 2. Ok 3. Walker 4. You did
Chris Davis hitting off a tee in the HR derby. Sign me up. Hilarious :)
10 team Roto Standard ESPN
Drop M. Givens? My closer shituation is Iglesias, B. Parker, Swarzark. Need to find someone solid.
Bench E.Rod or drop for a starter like Musgrove?
Thanks Grey
Givens is 10 team droppable but who are you picking up?
Musgrove over Erod for me.
Thanks! Agree with DT
Grey!!!
Great write-up, wrap and on a short night no less!
a. Re-signed Mullins. Need cheap SBs so will keep him. I don’t mind him batting 9th, just leave him alone down there he might be able to do whatever he wants.
b. Start Peralta tonight at LAA (Harvey)? My thinking is as follows.
1. Pitching in a pitcher’s park;
2. He’s facing Harvey so should be in line for the W if he gets to 5 INN;
3. LAA bats have fallen asleep again
4. I’m desperate for Ks
5. At least he can strike out 7-8-9 hitters twice
c. Abbott and Costello quote of the day for April 9
[The dice sketch]
Abbott: Did you ever play dice?
Costello: No.
Abbott: (Turns to friends and winks) Oh well I’d like to show you Lou.
Costello: O.K.
Abbott: There’s numbers on these dice from one to six. You roll them out
on the blanket and if you get a six and a one, that’s a natural. you win.
A four and a three, that’s a natural. You win.
Costello: Well that’s all you do. Win.
Abbott: Well, no.
Costello: You mean you can lose too.
Abbott: Yes, once in a while. If you roll a two and a one, that’s craps.
You lose. If you roll two sixes, that’s craps. You lose. In other words–
Costello: You can win and you can lose.
Abbott: That’s all there is to it. Now is that simple?
Costello: Can I play?
Abbott: You wanna play?
Costello: Yeah.
Abbott: O.K. Here you are. (hands Costello the dice)
Costello: What are these?
Abbott: Dice.
Costello: What do I do with those?
Abbott: Well you roll them out on the blanket.
Costello: O.K.
Abbott: Now what happens if you roll a seven? What do you win?
Costello: I win.
Abbott: Well what do you win?
Costello: Nothing.
Abbott: You don’t want to win nothing. So we’ll put some money on it
just to make it interesting.
Costello: I don’t like to gamble.
Abbott: We’ll call it bank night.
Costello: If my mom found out I was gambling, she’d put soap in my mouth.
Abbott: Call it bank night. Your mother plays bank night. All right. Put
your money down.
Costello: O.K.
Abbott: Alright. Seven you win, craps you lose.
Costello: O.K. Here I go. (Covers his eyes and rolls dice) WHEE! (rolls
a seven) I WIN!!! (goes to pick up the money)
Abbott: Wait. You don’t pick it up right away.
Costello: I don’t?
Abbott: Not right away.
Costello: But i do get to pick it up?
Abbott: Oh yes.
Costello: you mean i leave it lying there.
Abbott: Just for the time being.
Costello: Until it gets up to my chin.
Abbott: oh yes.
Costello: Then i send it down by truck.
Abbott: You can do it anyway you want. So you like it so far?
Costello: Oh it’s a good game.
Abbott: How much do you want to shoot for now?
Costello: Fade that.
Abbott: (smacks costello as if he’s hustling him) What’s this “fade that”?
Costello: What did i say something wrong?
Abbott: You said it too darn right.
Costello: I heard it at the Rinky Dinks.
Abbott: What’s the Rinky Dinks.
Costello: The club where i belong.
Abbott: Have you played before?
Costello: They wouldn’t let me play. i’m too young. i saw the guys at the
Rinky Dinks. They had sugar and they put black marks on them and i heard a
kid go “WHEE” and i heard “fade that”. Is that a bad word?
Abbott: No, it’s alright. Just as long as you didn’t play the game before.
Costello: No, too young. Starting tuesday i’m going out with girls.
Abbott: Oh, sure. I thought you played the game. O.K. go ahead.
Costello: My turn again?
Abbott: Yep. Seven you win, Craps you lose.
Costello: (covers his eyes and rolls dice) WHEE! (rolls seven) SEVEN
AGAIN!
Man #1: I think it’s beginners luck.
Abbott: Hey that’s it. Beginners luck. How much do you want to shoot for
now?
Costello: Let it Ride.
Abbott: (smacks Costello again as if he was hustling him)
Costello: What’s the matter i heard that at the Rinky Dinks. I heard a guy
say that. Is that bad?
Abbott: Have you played this game before? don’t lie to me louie.
Costello: They won’t let me play.
Abbott: i hope not. O.K. There’s your dice. (hands costello dice)
Costello: I’m winning fair. ain’t I?
Abbott: I don’t know i have my doubts now.
Costello: (Covers his eyes and rolls dice) WHEE! (rolls eleven) Eleven.
what about that?
Abbott: That don’t count. I don’t know why they put those numbers on the
dice. don’t mean anything but i’ll give you another chance.
Costello: (Covers his eyes and rolls dice) WHEE! (rolls four)
Abbott: Four.
Costello: Little Joe.
Abbott: (smacks costello again)
Costello: i heard it at the rinky dinks.
Abbott: I ought to give it to you. If you roll a seven before you rolls
that four you lose.
Costello: (Covers his eyes and rolls dice) WHEE! (rolls three)
Abbott: you lose.
Costello: How come?
Abbott: What did you roll the first time?
Costello: Four.
Abbott: What did you just roll?
Costello: Three.
Abbott: Four and three is what?
Costello: Seven.
Abbott: That’s all.
Costello: He didn’t say anything about adding them up.
Abbott: Well you do that. Now we’ll bet all the money. (rolls dice and
rolls eleven) Eleven’s a natural.
Costello: ELEVEN DON’T COUNT! You were nice to me and i’m nice to you so
I’ll give you another chance. (smacks Abbott in the butt) That’s the only
place i can hit you.
Abbott: (rolls dice and rolls a six) Alright now six is my number. (rolls
another six)
Costello: SIX AGAIN! YOU LOSE! YOU LOSE! YOU LOSE!
Abbott: i got my point.
Costello: What did you roll first?
Abbott: six.
Costello: What did you just roll?
Abbott: Six.
Costello: Six and six is twelve. CRAPS, BOXCARS, BIG BENIES!!!
[Hope everyone knows the rules of craps. For the younguns, google it.]
Cheers,
Ante
A. Nice B. Yes, start him C. He’s always fooling Lou!
Grey!!!
a. Poor Lou, except in this sketch Lou has the upper hand because he’s thrown the dice before.
b. Thanks for the advice, still not 100% convinced. Saw how Trout’s adjustment with his feet after watching his 5 hit game in NYY has him all giddy about his improved stance.
c. Leury Garcia available. Drop Kiermaier for him or just wait ’til Kiermaier gets injured which could happen today? I think I’m going to wait a little on Kiermaier, he finally seems to be living up to his potential.
Cheers,
Ante
Anyone taking this Mahle fellow for a spin tomorrow. SON seems to like him ($11)…
I’m taking a chance on Mahle…and Sonny Gray…and whoever plays the Marlins.
Sure
Rudy made special mention to me over text to pick him up
Tell me I’m not the only one who benched the Shoe.
Meh, can’t fault that move
Eh, he missed out on a QS in any case, though I suppose he did ok-ish in a tough start. Silver linings!
Yeah, he looked solid, no way you can start him there tho
Which side do you like better:
Mookie for judge and Vlad jr.
Judge and VLAD? Sign me up!
Is it a keeper league? If not I want Mookie. Actually either way I want Mookie.
I assumed keeper league.
Sorry…can’t ASS-U-ME.
Hey Grey, thanks for the John Kruk shout-out!
Krukie!
Judge and Vlad for me but it’s very fair. The more shallow the league, the better argument there is for Mookie…
Agree with DT
Hi, Grey the fantasy god and DT :)
I’m in 12 teamer obp & sv+hd roto.
What should I do with these players?
1) Wheeler (hold/ sell low)
2) Happ (hold/ sell low/ drop)
3) Voit (hold/ drop)
4) Hampson (hold/ drop)
I’m already punting catchers, I’m picking up different guys everyday.
My batting is low since Gennett & Stanton went to IL. But pitching pretty good.
I have added Vogelbach & Verdugo from ww recently.
Could V brothers be savior for me? or just part-timers?
Thanks for reading.
I’d try and hold all those guys a little longer. Hampson at least for this week to see if he does anything with playing time now. Voit has a super low babip + great bb:k rate, he’ll be fine…
Hey Mojoman,
Agree with Duda.
V brothers are probably just 12 team part timers, but you never know…
Agree with others, but don’t have any real context… You’re holding (Player A) instead of picking up who?
No mention of Urias call up?
he got called up
Vogelbach or Yandy?
Yandy
Agree with DT
Mancini seemed like a solid play at his ADP, I attributed a lot of his struggles last year to Dickwalter jerking him all over the lineup and an injury. Remarkably, Jake Bauers, a guy that hit .201 last season, was cut loose by the Rays so they could play Choi, was being drafted ahead of Trey.
He also hit a lot of ground balls which had less to do with his manager, but he was a solid ADP play this year, that is true
Fair point. Watched an interview with him before the season, said he swung less at first pitches, tried to think like a leadoff hitter, where he didn’t belong and it didn’t work out.
Ah, interesting, I can see that
All Right is it just me or is the Texans Hr celebratory crotch grab a bit much?
I mean it used to be bad enough when they grabbed their own junk…..what’s next tea bagging?
lol
All it does is remind me of this:
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-rangers-prospects-questioned-for-allegedly-sexually-hazing-underage-teammate-210055315.html
I don’t even remember that one …whoah
This is news to me, they do what?
They are just basically grabbing each others dongs on dingers
https://deadspin.com/rangers-teammates-celebrate-two-run-dong-by-grabbing-ea-1833897835
Hahahaha, um…Hahaha
Really it was Joey Callow with a “C” grabbing that D… not Joey Gallow
I’m not sure how far they or going to take this form of celebration but i wonder what Mathis will do if he gets a chance to celebrate he already has the knee pads on.
What’s a crotch grab amongst friends
It’s called a Trump
Trump the opposition. Lol, I love to see dingers but hope it doesn’t catch on or grab on :0.
Phillies should get it over with and sign Kimbrel….Neschak and Robertson are good in their roles but they can’ t handle the hammer
beside i have him stashed on my fbb teams
I’d prefer he went to the Brewers so Hader’s arm doesn’t fall off
Agreed, not sure how you spend $400 mill and not just an extra $15 mill for Kimbrel
Interested in a Brett Anderson stream @ Baltimore today? 12 team, 5×5 QS, 40 man rosters, 2K IP limit
Pass
Agree with DT
Morning Grey !
I drafted Soto over Hoskins , too early to be kicking myself ? Having big time Fomo too.
Would you drop Eduardo Escobar for Yandy Diaz ?
Thanks
TOO. EARLY.
Way too early. Yandy over Escobar for me.
Agree with others
With Ryu on the DL do I pickup…
Montas @ BAL
Or
Margevicius @ SF
Thx Grey!
Montas
Agree with DT
Is Bader, C Frazier, or Renfroe the grab while Dahl is out?
Great write-up, Grey! Have a good one, guys.
Is Bader, C Frazier, or Renfroe the grab while Dahl is out? Or Vogelbach can be added to this option-list.
Great write-up, Grey! Have a good one, guys.
Bader for me
Thanks! Agree with DT
Thank you DT and Grey. For pitching, do you like Matz, Fried, Cahill, M. Kelley, or German as the add?
Matz
Hi Grey,
I came out of my draft pretty confident. its a 14 team roto 6×6 (we keep 5) with OPS, Holds and QS instead of Wins.
Why less than 2 weeks later am I looking up at 13 other teams?? FML
(Jo)e(ke)lly. I invested way too much into him, should I just bench him or has he gone full Rosenthal? and you know you should never go full Rosenthal.
It’s still early, don’t worry too much about your standings yet.
Kelly is droppable imo.
Ha, I’d bench him, agree with DT, it’s early
2 questions for today, razzfolks
1) Please rank the following 2-start guys:
Lopez vTB -$4.0, vKC $12.3
Margevicious @SF -$0.3, vCOL $10.1
Woodruff @LAA -$2.8, vSTL -$0.3
2) sit (not drop, but sit) Odor or Profar for Yandy?
Thank you all.
1) Woodruff, Margevicius, Lopez
2) Bench Profar for Yandy, he’s ice cold
1. Agree with DT 2. Agree with DT
You starting Kyle Gibson @NYM tonight? Either way I’m probably dropping for a higher upside guy. Would you rather Woodruff, Trevor Richards, Alcantara, or just hold?
He’s an ok start.
Richards for me, Grey loves Woodruff…they’re all really close imo.
Agree with DT — I’d hold tho
How concerned should I be about Jesus Aguilar?
I’m ready to cut in a keep forever dynasty.
It’s okay if you cut him, Jesus will always love you
It’s still early, give him more time.
Agree with DT
Easter is coming. Jesus will rise!
That’ll be fun
hey Grey/everyone,
15 team roto with OBP.
Have lost Ryu, need an SP and the cupboard is pretty bare. Only offer I have is:
Give: Voit
Get: Kikuchi
A bargain? Fair? An overpay?
Thanks as always!
It’s fair, but I also might be the highest guy around on Kikuchi…
Thanks DT, and yes you are highest in your rankings! (Doesn’t mean you’re wrong though!)
Seems fair, pretty meh
Thanks Grey, I don’t love it but I do need some SP, will aim higher….
No problem
I need some pitching help and have a glut of 1st Basemen. Would you drop Smoak (I already have Mancini, Miggy Cabrera, and Healy) for Pablo Lopez?
I’d say that 4th 1B is pretty expendable.
I almost think Miggy is droppable but it’s still early?
They’re both pretty useless.
I don’t understand how anyone would think of drafting Miggy in any standard format. I think its nostalgia or simple name recognition. Might as well draft Jose Bautista too. My tip for such folks is: they won’t be any good in 2020 either.
Maybe I can sell them some old baseball cards.
Sure. I still like Miggy.
Agree with Cram
Avoid starting Shoemaker and/or Stripling today?
Thank you sirs
Avoiding Shoemaker, Stripling depends on league depth. I’d bench in 12 team or less, start in anything deeper.
Don’t know their matchups
I know he has sucked hard…but Yu Darvish just got dropped in my league. Worth a pick up in case he turns it around?
Who are you dropping for him?
I would pick up in 12 team or deeper, only two starts, he is not hurt, and elite upside once he gets rid of the rust
I’d own him, but Agree with DT
Morning G, would it be out of the question to drop Kimbrel for Jeffress? What if that bastard never pitches? Something is fishy with all these struggling bullpens and nobody has signed him regardless of the draft pick
He wants a big deal around $100 milly
What Fungazi said. He wants stupid money and will not budge.
Not out of the question but I’d hold a bit longer if you can afford to…
Agree with DT
Drop JBJ for any of these:
Kiermaier
Alex Gordon
Pillar
Schebler
I’d hold until the Red Sox offense gets going.
Kiermaier for me but they’re close
Hold
Happy 2019 season Grey! I just realized I haven’t popped on the comments yet this year and instead have just been creeping around the site, like a silent assassin, taking in all of the gloriousness.
Quick question for you in the early goings here. I love Profar for his eligibility at 1b,2B,SS,3B but he’s just been abysmal and its not like his upside is a 30/30 season. Would you drop him in a 12T H2H for Yandy Diaz? He’s a bench bat at the moment with Tim Anderson (dropped somehow first week) and Domingo Santana holding down the two UTIL spots.
Thanks Grey! Great to be back for another season!!
I’d hold a little longer but they’re close
Good to see you! I own Profar am holding
@Grey: Luis Urias called up yesterday. Had a forgettable 0-5 (2K) game, but did hit lead off.
Add him and drop Hampson at MI in a 6×6 12-team H2H (BB is 6th category)… Or, hold Hampson just a little bit longer before cutting bait? Trying to be as patient as possible with Hampson since he’s got that tempting 10/30 upside.
Great work as always! Thanks!!
I’d hold Hampson just a little longer
Agree with DT
Started the day dropping the bird for the bour, now going to enjoy having YDiaz and hoping Astudillo keeps playing all around the diamond, then again maybe not today against Degrom.
Cool
Encarnacion Hoskins and Acuña was a pretty sweet lineup for me yesterday!
Jeff McNeil just got dropped in one of my leagues- drop Senzel or LeMahieu for him?
Thanks!
Tough decision without more context, but I guess I’d drop LeMahieu for him.
Agree with DT
How long are you willing to wait on Darvish? When is he droppable?
I’d give him a couple more starts but depends on who your other options are…
Meh, https://razzball.com/fantasy-baseball-terms/#Embenchgo
That’s exactly where I’m at, Grey. Unfortunately, my IL is clogged up and I don’t have any bench spots with Vlad, Alonso, and darvish there. The moral of the story is that David Dahl was not supposed to get hurt.
12 team, H2H league. Standard ESPN with 10 hitting categories, nine pitching categories. I am a patient owner so April is not a time I second guess my draft picks. And I have a ton of injured guys right now so just treading water with a 9-9-1 record. That being said, the last few spots on my roster are always in play for a breakout potential player. Best on the wire: Desmond (154 ADP) and Swanson (254 ADP). Either worth a stab? Who are my drops if so? Thank you.
Ramos
C Santana, Gurriel, Healy
Odor, Segura, Trea (IL), McNeil
Hoskins, Acuna, A Jones, Inciarte, Soler
DH: Aguilar
Bench: Polanco (IL), Ohtani (IL)
Berrios, Strasburg, Carresco, Wheeler, Bieber, Castillo
Britton, Ottavino, Betances (IL) holds league
Could drop Gurriel for Desmond and McNeil for Swanson if you want
Agree with DT
Who would you rather have going forward; Yonny Chirinos or Domingo German? I’m in a league with QS as a category but not win’s. I’m a little worried that Tampa goes back to the reliever starter and that hurts Chirinos and on the other hand can German keep a roster spot when Sabathia and Severino come back?
German for me but you could really flip a coin
Agree with DT
Starting shoemaker @boston?
no
Nope
Agree with others
Travis Shaw with the golden sombrero last night and batting .171 for the season – “should I drop Shaw for …” in 3, 2, 1…
.. For astudillo?!?
Ha
Morning Grey!
Was looking at Tildaddy’s numbers last night. 8 Walks to 7 Ks and a .157 BABIP. Last year’s BABIP was in the .350s. Once his BABIP normalizes to the .335 range or so, YOWZAAA!
Thanks for calling the Ryu injury so soon. Was hoping to get a couple more starts outta him. What’s worse (or good in real baseball I guess) is they don’t think it’s a significant strain. Woulda just rather dropped him for C-Mart and let C-Mart take my DL spot.
NL-Only H2H 5×5 (OBP)
I’m rolling with Thames for his DH spot these next couple of days, but will drop him for Austin if he’s not taken off of Waivers. If I can’t get Austin who should I go for? Reynolds, Dietrich, or Pillar?
Thanks!
Acuna is 6/34 for .176 average. Maybe he sneezed during one swing and burped during another.
Swap out one bad game… give him 10/34 and he has a .294 average.
People clearly don’t understand the field of statistics.
Save the overanalysis for a few more weeks.
Pillar
Pillar
Thanks! Would you rather hold Ryu or C-Mart in your DH spot?
I just dropped C-Mart
Davis hitting his record comes at the same time as Camden Yards hitting a new personal low as well, almost down to 6500 attendees. At this rate when Davis finally hits a home run again there will be nobody in the outfield seats to get the ball so he can collect the memento himself after the game.
Watched the Astros game and dang Tanaka looked sharper than I remember. He hit the same spot to right handed batters, outside bottom corner of the plate, about 80 pitches in a row it felt like.
ok maybe not 80 pitches but the 6th inning for sure for Tanaka…here is view from umpire for that inning. Low and away to RHB over and over again kept trying to dot that corner. https://ibb.co/wQ2qtsN
I watched Phils/Nats and Royals/M’s… Those pitchers didn’t look sharp, if you were at all concerned about any Sadzecks sneaking through…
The O’s are so depressing and what do they have coming up? They’re like the Padres of around 2007 — might be a decade away from relevance
Morning Grey!
Glad someone else is snoozing through owning ODB. Not getting my hopes up here.
I’m throwing Marquez out there today. It’s going to be great. I’m not even worried. Not even a little bit. He’s great. Too good, probably. It’ll be fine….that was convincing, right?
Who do we direct keeper questions to now? I’d like someone to convince me how good, bad, or vanilla C. Correa is going to be in his age 25, 26, 27, & 28 seasons that are coming up.
Thanks, as always!
I’ll say very good, bordering on great…if he can stay healthy.
Thanks, Donkey Teeth. Do you think he’ll stick at SS? Would the Astros swap Correa and Bregman to help with Correa’s health? Is 3B being less taxing than SS even a thing?
I don’t really think so
Agree with DT
Great read every morning. Thanks.
T.Shaw or Moistasskiss?
Moose for me
Thanks! Shaw
Super thrilling question: Swihart over Hedges as a C2?
Hedges, I guess
Hedges
Patience with Wellington Castillo or drop him for Austin Barnes or Jorge Alfaro?
Grey been saying Alfaro since January, so grab Barnes
Haha. I know he has been high on Alfaro but he had Wellington ranked higher. Wellington is batting clean up so that is somewhat promising but he’s been painful so far.
Alfaro
Agree with DT
How do you like Peralta’s start today vs LAA?
I’m starting him
Agree with DT
10 team redraft
Bench bat, lose Jose Peraza for Clint Frazier or hold?
Hold
Agree with DT
Someone dropped Yasmani Grandal in my league. I currently have Alfaro at catcher. I assume I should try to pick him up off waivers. Is it worth a waiver pick? Thanks !!!!!
Sure. Kinda depends on your league though.
Agree with DT
In a keeper forever 12 team league:
My Domingo and K Hiura for J Flaherty. Money is the same. What do you think?
Only you can really answer this question based on your league history, the actual salaries and the rest of your team/# of keepers situation/roto vs H2H/league starting lineup requirements/etc.
If Domingod and Huira are $1 each and Flaherty $2 that’s a world of difference from Domingod $18, Huira $4 and Flaherty $22.
It’s not fair to ask this when it’s got so many specifics that don’t apply in a redraft league.
Flaherty
Agree with DT
thanks DT and Grey
No problem
Would you drop Ryu? Any word if Taillon will be out as well? I have both pitchers.
drop ryu, hold taillon
Who are you adding for Ryu? Do you have an open IL spot?
No word on Taillon yet.
Agree with DT
It would be a streamer spot now. Yes I can put him on IL.
I drafted Hill and Ryu with the thought they’d equal one good pitcher over the year. I took Hill off my IL to put Ryu on with Trea having my other IL spot. Obviously Hill not pitching yet. Musgrove is available. Should I drop Ryu or Hill to pick up Musgrove or just hold off for now? I also have Boyd in a streamer spot. Should I drop any of those 3 for Musgrove?
Ryu for Musgrove
And I have Clevinger as a keeper I worked hard to get in the off-season. This day just keeps getting better and better….
Guess I don’t have a choice on Ryu now! Lol
Yup
What would you do with Peacock? I already have Barnes, Diaz and Blake for RP.
Probably dropping him but depends who is available
Agree with DT
Drop Ender Inciarte for Vogelbach, Swanson, Wong or Yandy?
Hold unless you don’t need steals at all, then Yandy for me
Hold
Damn, Clevinger to the 10 day DL – I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry (hopefully the Rockies realize the same with Dahl, before they rush him back and he’s out for the season)
Agreed
In NL only, Difo or Neil Walker until Trea returns?
Difo
Word is Clevinger will not be allowed to even pick up a baseball for 6 to 8 weeks. I would assume he is out until almost July.
Funny how it was nothing and they only took him out for precautionary reasons yesterday.
Would you start Shoemaker today? I have Clevinger, Taillon and Ryu hurt now. Peacock got moved to the bullpen.
Nah
Agree with DT
14 tm h2h 6×6 – ops and k/bb additional 2 cats
keep forever (15 players per yr)
Luis castillo and winker or
Corbin burnes and Vogelbach
Thanks!!
Castillo side
Agree with DT
I’m considering offering for Lindor in a 10 team keep forever league. I might be able to get away with Paxton or Thor plus Peraza. Fair? Too little? Too much?
Thanks again!
Probably too little, but you won’t know until you offer it.
Agree with Cram it
Agree with others
Love to start the morning with the write up Grey. Well done!
10 team auction (can keep players for 1 year at same price). No pickups allowed during season.
Start 5 OF and 1 UT and 9 P
My OF is Trout, Acuna, Soto, Conforto, Robles, Kepler, Winker and Teoscar H
My SP are Snell, Buehler, Strasburg, Berrios, L Castillo, Lucchesi, Maeda, Paddack, Corbin Burnes, Pablo Lopez, Matz, Severino, and Woodruff.
Should I trade Lucchesi ($4) for Mazara ($11)?
Thanks!
I’d hold
Thanks! Hold
Vogelbach or Voit?
Voit
Agree with DT
Rank em
Yandy
VogelBAE
Laureano
Hampson
Clint Frazier
Yandy, Laureano, Hampson, Frazier for me. It’s a fluid group though…
Laureano, Yandy
3 o 4 years ago I found Razzball through Fantasy Rundown. After reading here I always would make my way there to see what else was being put out for the day. Does anyone know if that sight has been shut down now?
You can go to that site and see it’s still around, no?
It wasn’t loading for me, just says site error. Maybe my work IT department is on to my fantasy baseball fix to start the workday.
I figured it was driving traffic for you guys and didn’t know if it was just on my end or had gone away.
It loads for me
I’ve been having problems the last couple days.I think the Sunday writeup finally appeared on Monday.
When Guzman hit the IL, I picked up Clint Frazier as my bench bat 14 team H2H league. He’s snazzy, so I plugged him in and put Bradley Jr. on the bench. Would you pick up Vogelbach in liue of Bradly or Frazier…and ultimately Guzman who is on my IL?
I’d hold, but dropping Bradley is fine too
Hold
6X6 (OPS & QS), H2H, redraft league that has a short-ish bench.
Would you drop Hampson for Vogelbach for my “UTL-2” spot?
I Currently have the combo of Baez, Beckham, & A. Rosario occupying my 2B/ SS/ UTL-1 spots.
My only other droppable player would be Peacock since he’s been moved to the bullpen for the next 2 weeks.
Thanks in advance
I’d ditch Peacock. Giving Hampson a few more days…
Agree with DT
6-8 weeks before Clevinger picks up a ball. Woof.
Ouch
Woof indeed… Honestly, not surprised, back injuries for pitchers are a big concern
Crap! Clev was my K and QS machine. Who would you replace him with for a standard roto league?
Boyd
Eflin
Matz
Gausman
Peralta
Brad Keller
Eflin
Or Caleb Smith is available. Still grab Eflin?
Yes
One of the team owners may be willing to move Folty while he’s on the IL and may take Eflin or Musgrove for him. Do you like Folty ROS when he comes back (possibly 4/14) over Eflin and/or Musgrove?
Yes
Who would you offer first for Folty then between Eflin and Musgrove?
Eflin
10 team dynasty svs+holds one category
Drop Andrew Miller for who?
Buttery
Will smith
Presley
Swarzak
Parker
Roe
Greene
May
Smith. Unless that’s Shane Greene, if it is then him….
Greene
Theres a guy with seven saves on your waiver wire?
It’s 10 teams and saves and holds are counted equally, ratios are more important. Greene had a 5.00 era last year too.
I have Dahl, Clevinger, Stanton, Trea, and Andujar and only 3 IL slots. How do I stop myself from giving up on this league?
You’re gonna have a great mid-May
I didn’t want to burst your bubble on Dahl besides a concise comment this offseason but this is why I own him nowwhere…. “core injury” out five days is a repeat of 2017 or whaTever. Red flags all the way.
Yeah, I’m bummed/concerned
I’m in a similar spot with several of those players and some others. I have 4 IL guys with only 2 IL spots. What you need to do is cut Andujar right now. And also, purchase Rudy’s tools if you haven’t already and prepare for the grind. Injuries have been ridiculous so far, but I’m ready for the challenge.
If this league isn’t for money than I dunno why you joined it anyways, so then I guess you can neglect all of my advice and go ahead and give up if you so desire.
Hopefully not your NFBC team.
14 Team H2H Auction redraft league. 6×6: Runs, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS and Ks, QS, ERA, WHIP, SV+HD, K/9
1) Need a short term pickup for Clevinger. Preferably one who could break out or continue their good run.
Max Fried or Trent Thornton? They both seem like decent options.
For their next starts
– Fried is @COL, vs Mets, @Cleveland, vsCOL, vs SD
– Thornton is vs TB, @MIN, vs SF, @LAA
C: JT Realmuto
1B: Ryon Healy
2B: Yoan Moncada
3B: Manny Machado
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr
OF: Mike Trout
OF: Tommy Pham
OF: Ramon Laureano
UTL: Austin Meadows
P: Jose Alvarado
P: Will Smith
P: Arodys Vizcaino
P: Reyes Moronta
P: Chad Green
SP: Zack Wheeler
SP: German Marquez
B: Joe Musgrove
B: Brandon Woodruff
B: Freddy Peralta
B: –
IL: Mike Clevinger
Thanks, Grey!
1. Fried
Marquez and Freeland are entirely two different pitchers. Marquez can dominate a lineup with his stuff. If you have him ranked as high as you do, why would you be worried to roll with him tonight against the Braves?
Speaking of Freeland, I dropped him for Musgrove in my shallow 10-team standard roto that uses QS. Last year Freeland was a QS machine and has outperformed his peripherals every year, including in the minors. Thought he would do the same. His high BB/9 his first three starts, the okay start against the Marlins offense and struggling against the two quality lineups, I decided to pull the cord. I got Donkey Teeth’s assurance that was the right move. In order to feel at ease about it I need two keys to turn at once. What do you think, Grey? Musgrove be able to get past the 5th inning this year?
I never trusted Freeland
That’s why I should ‘ve listened to you.
How do you feel about Musgrove? Last year he couldn’t get QS, because he could rarely get into the 6th.
I like Musgrove much better
12 team 6×6 daily moves league. We use QS, K, Holds, Saves, ERA and Whip
Current Staff is: Snell, Flaherty, Bieber, Paddack, Strahm, Urias, Peacock, Eflin, Chapman, Leclerc, Blake Parker, Familia.
Would you cut any of my pitchers for Brasier? If so who?
Strahm
Would you cut him for Seranthony?
Sure
You think Peacock is worth holding on over Strahm with him going to the pen?
Can lose both in most leagues
Grey:
Too early to give up on Danny Jansen?
Thanks.
Nope
Am I starting Marquez today? 12 team and 10 team? If it makes a difference..
Should I be holding Grichuk in 10-12 team? Not too much better options, just not sure how I should be viewing him.
Clevinger Out 6-8… ouch
Can lose Grichuk… In shallower leagues, no reason to start German
10 team
Lose Kikuchi for Matz or hold?
Nah
Grey
Just lost Clevinger for 2 months… I have Peacock but he’s headed to the bullpen for a couple of weeks.
1 Wait for Peacock or cut him for Matz?
2 Also I took your advice and traded Yates for Eloy after Dahl went down. Im patchin holes yo!
1. Matz 2. Nice!
Whom do I pick up?
Danny V
Mullins
Hampson
Bauers
Galvis
Goodrum
Ahmed
Needs? Vogelbach
Homers and/or Runs
Still Vogelbach based on the needs?
Not concerned about position, who is the best pickup ROY:
Tim Beckham
or
Dan Vogelbach
In NL only, Neil Walker or Difo? Apologies if this is a dupe, having problems with my inter webs.
Beckham
Schoop or Profar ros
10 team OPS league
Profar
Grey.
Am I correct in my interpretation of your various columns & tools.
For near-term player value: Use the weekly Top 100 Hitter / Pitcher columns
For remainder of season: Use the Ranking Top 500 spreadsheet (which is frequently updated)
wrt other Ranking products (e.g., Top 20 Catchers). These were provided for supporting draft decisions and, except for a comment due to injury/trade, are not actively maintained.
Thanks.
Top 500 — that’s preseason — https://razzball.com/playerrater/ is updated daily for ROS values
Streamonator and Hittertron are daily values https://razzball.com/streamers/
I just checked playerrater (ESPN 12 team) for my current dilemna (Profar; Schoop; McNeil) which I believe you rate in that order. It says:
– Schoop: 98
– Profar: 282
– McNeil: 373
Is the Schoop rating incorrect?
Seems close — Maybe around 150 — why are you wondering about ranking?
I own McNeil and Profar/Schoop are FAs. Wouldn’t the playerrater be the most efficient way to support my decision?
Are you in right league rater? There’s multiple…. https://razzball.com/playerrater-restofseason-12teamespn/ — that’s Rest of the season (from today going forward) and for 12 team mixed
Sorry to keep bothering everyone. That is the site I used; it indicates that Schoop is a Top-100 guy and that Profar/McNeil probably aren’t roster-able.
That’s the Player Rater’s take then… I like Profar more than the projections
Hey Grey,
Gary Sanchez / Vlad jr / Hader / Profar
FOR
Hoskins / Justin Turner / Peacock / Alfaro
I have this offer waiting for me. Analyzer says landslide, but I also hate giving Hoskins.
Which side ROS?
Thank you
Looks like a landslide to me too
I know Sale has you scared … and me too. But there’s also a chance for a buy-low imo. How low would the cost have to be for you? Is he top 100 ROS? 150?
He’s a top 15 SP still
You sure? Velocity down again today
With who? I don’t like Sale if that’s who you mean
Yeah. Me thinks if he don’t get velocity back he will be lucky to be Jake Arrieta 2.0
Yes, but in his defense he wasn’t great for velocity last April but I’m selling him
@Grey: Is Clevinger a drop in my shallow league? 10-teamer – I can also choose to stash and drop one of my SAGNOF guys for a streamer/fill in if I decide to go that route:
My list of remaining SPs are: Woodruff, Stripling, Marquez, Lucchesi, and Glasnow
Only 1 IL spot with Lindor, Clevinger, and Dahl all vying for it…
Seems fine in a shallow league, prefer to hold him tho
Ok – thanks!
I have my eye towards Caleb Smith and Matz now. My obvious drop is going to be Ian Kennedy out of my SAGNOF crew of – Barnes/Brasier, Holland, Alvarado, and Swarzak… hopefully the saves pick up and I average 5-6 a week with that crew.
No problem
I just noticed Pedro Strop is available in my league – is he the guy to own for us save chasers? I’m also keeping a close eye on Jeremy Jeffress…
Yup
Double checking my math – after I drafted, I suspected I’d get 5-6 SBs a week from the following:
Mondesi, Betts, Benintendi, Story, Bellinger, Shaw, and Dahl
Is this right? Just want to know if I should try to find someone who’s skillset is geared more towards SBs if I end up needing to add an OF.
More than enough speed
feels like i’m on a pirate ship without any wind right now – just chilling in the middle of the ocean. What kind of voodoo magic do I need to do to get these SBs going???
Have you made a doll made of twigs in Adalberto’s likeness?
Would you trade Y Diaz for Buxton? I have Bellinger & Saurez @ 1st & 3rd & could use a little speed.
Nope
I would take Buxton. Not a big Yandy fan. I think Buxton breaks out this year..
10 team QS h2h limited season moves
Current staff:
SP Cole, Taillon, Darvish, Bieber, Pivetta, Maeda, Stripling, J Gray
RP Leclerc, Smith, Parker
DL Clevenger
Like many posting right now, I just lost Clevenger for the next 2 months. Have the option of picking up another starter or a potential closer. Who do you like best for an interim trial basis?
SP
M Kelley SD, @ATL, @PIT
C Smith PHI, WAS, @PHI
Montas @BAL, HOU, TEX
Burnes @LAD, STL, @STL
German CHW, KC, @LAA
P Lopez @CIN, CHC, @CLE
Turnbull CLE, PIT, @BOS
A Sanchez @BOS, @MIN, @OAK
Woodruff @LAA, STL, LAD
RP
Neris
Brasier
Jeffress
Thanks!
Brasier
Buy low on Clevinger w/ the injury news?
Nah
Grey!! what up great David Wright up this fine tues.
Clevingers bach has freed up a spot on my team, I already have 7 starters so im looking for a bat for the next 6-8 weeks. I need power. who do you like as a replacement?
Voit
Vogelbach
Bill Clinton-Frazier
Candy Diaz
healy
Kiermaier
Thanks in advance!!!
David Wright from Survivor? He’s lasting longer than I expected
I’d try Voit
I meant the David Wright who will earn the equivalent of the last 15 Survivor winners combined this year. But Survivor DW will presumably do more baseball activities.
I’ll fill the voit with Void…..wait
Haha
well now the rumblings are Dahl to the DL….are you replacing him with Vogelbach, Diaz, or Frazier?
thanks again
Diaz
thank u Grey
No problem
12 team std 5×5 Roto
Which bat would you pick up later when the Rockies stop messing around and put Double D on the DL?
Herrera
Nimmo
JBJ
Bruce
McNeil (ok since my current 2B is OF eligible)
ODB
Thanks!
No problem
After losing Clevinger and Ryu 12tm H2H cats, how aggressive with $100 FAAB would you go for Zach Wheeler and Pivetta?
Very aggressive, make sure you get Wheeler
@Grey: weekly roto. Looking to replace Clev. What tier pitcher should I target in exchange for Kimbrel?
Much appreciated.
Maybe Wheeler?
Hey Grey,
H2H 12-team cat. keeper (keep12) balanced stats (R,H,HR,RBI,SB,BB,AVG, OPS,XBH / W,CG,SV,K,GIDP,ERA,WHIP,QS), limited moves (35 per year)
It’s been a back and forth kinda trading day:
A) MY T. Turner, J. Paxton, (1 of Synderguard or Buehler) for HIS Bregman, Machado, DeGrom, Matz
What do you think, is it close?
My team:
C – W. Ramos
1B – P. Goldschmidt
2B – K. Wong
3B – Eugenio Suarez
SS – K. Marte
CI – A. Rizzo
MI – X. Bogaerts
LF – C. Yelich
CF – C. Blackmon
RF – D. Santana
Util – R. Laureano
BN – F. Reyes
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 – M. Wacha
BN – T. Toussaint (NA)
DL – A. Heaney (DTD)
Thanks bud
Marv
Machado side — send Noah
Alright so the guys canceled and came back with MY Turner, Paxton for his Bregman machado, still do it?
Bregman side
All day, I think that trade makes your team significantly better.
Hey Grey and his donkey … Points league…. I have Josh Bell covering down for me until.yandy picks up third base then I move Healy back to 1b. Vogelbach looks like.he is taking walks too with is clutch. Take vogelbach over bell? I doubt I’m loosing much upside with Bell. Also Christian Walker is available. I’m not sure about his points league upside because if the walk/K ratio but if he smashes enough could cover down well. So to wrap this up:
Vogelbach/Walker over bell/Healy ?
Donkey and I are independent — Bell over Vogelbach
Thanks and I probably wasnt clear, But Walker over Healy?
Apologies to you and DT . You are both separate and unique
Walker
Trea, Verlander, Rizzo, Rendon, Flaherty, got lucky in the 6th taking Rhys (12 team 5X5) but missed on many. Is Franmil finally waking up?
Might be, but can’t be pinch hitting, has to just be hitting
Agreed! Too many freakin’ OF’s in SD! I say leave Myers in CF flanked by Franmil & Renfroe and let’em play
Yup!
Would you drop Strop or Minter for Boyd or a similar high upside SP?
I am already fairly deep at RP.
Thanks!!
– Baby Seal
Minter for Boyd sounds (soyds?) fine
hahaha ty Grey!! that was my first comment ever and that was fast!!!
Ha, No problem
no idea what happened with the weird text!
league is a standard redraft, 12 team, 5×5 cats, 8P, 2Util, 3OF, no MI or CI
Yasmani Grandal
Mil
C
Draft
Max Muncy
LAD
3B, 1B
Draft
2B
(waiting on slot in Peraza / Mous any day now…)
Mike Moustakas
Mil
3B
Draft
Jose Peraza
Cin
SS
Draft
Christian Yelich
Mil
Aaron Judge
NYY
OF
Draft
Juan Soto
Wsh
OF
Draft
UTIL
Tommy Pham
TB
OF
Draft
UTIL
Nelson Cruz
Min
DH
Draft
Jameson Taillon
DTD
Pit
SP
Draft
Brad Hand
Cle
RP
Draft
Jose Leclerc
Tex
RP
Draft
Ross Stripling
LAD
SP, RP
Draft
Pedro Strop
ChC
RP
Draft
Ryan Pressly
Hou
RP
Draft
Craig Stammen
SD
RP
Draft
A.J. Minter
Atl
RP
Free Agency
Bench
Zack Wheeler
NYM
SP
Draft
Bench
Nathan Eovaldi
Bos
SP
Draft
Bench
Luke Voit
NYY
1B
Draft
Bench
Matt Strahm
SD
RP, SP
Draft
Bench
Chris Paddack
SD
SP
Draft
Jimmy Nelson
IL10
Mil
SP
Free Agency
Your 1st comment was better, this one feels over-elaborate
lmao. saw other ppl did that. g2k for the future!
Get it together, Baby Seal!
LOL made my day
One of my favorite bumper stickers of all time, similar to the “I heart New York” except it’s I (club symbol) baby seals
Haha
do you feel good about starting peralta tonight against the angels? and how about boyd against the indians tomorrow
Start them both
With Clevinger going down I’ve got a void to fill at SP.
Pineda, Shoemaker, Caleb Smith, Gausman, Chirinos, Skaggs all on waivers.
I was leaning Shoemaker, even though he’s on Toronto. League counts K/BB and QS. Who do you think is the best bet of the above?
Shoemaker
Picking up Pablo Lopez off waivers in a 6×6 OPS, QS Roto league. Have too many bench bats, so who’s the drop: Heyward, C. Frazier, C. Walker, Pederson?
Heyward
On one team, I own Trea, Clevinger, Ryu, Dahl and McMahon. Excuse me, while I go murder someone on my lunch break.
Haha, ouch
Me too. But replace McMahon with Giancarlo
Ha
It’s really unfortunate that Mike is . . .
…
…
…
CLEVINJURED!
Haha, yup
Did you see the Mullins hits? One of the triples was a grounder (and got the extra base on an error). That dude really has some wheels.
Are folks moving on from Ed-Rod yet? Worth dropping him in a 12-teamer for Eflin? Two starts is maybe early, but they’ve been so bad.
Thanks.
Yeah, Mullins is quick… Has some pop too… I’d hold Ed-Rod for now
The other germane question that hasn’t been asked above:
Vogelbach or the White Walker ROS?
Thanks.
Walker
12 team keeper league, would you pick up Joc Pederson, Kevin Keirmaier or Clint Frazier?
Frazier
With Peacock to the BP for a couple of weeks would you drop him for Chirinos or Caleb Smith?
Smith
Looks like the book is out on Odor. Up in the zone hard, no catchie uppie. Is Kiki my new 2b? Can he play 162 and give me top 10? Ok to drop Odor and spec on Urius. SD looks a year early in the early stages. See if it holds. Want shares anywhere I can. Last years champ did it with Atl bats. Maybe SD can be that in 2019?
Meh, book was out in 2017 too, he just takes forever to adjust
Would you pickup posey if he was on waivers? I’m riding no catcher in a 12 teamer. Don’t have many guys to drop due to injury but im leaning on strippling being the sacrificial lamb.
Yes
@Grey 11 team, 5×5 roto
Better stream tomorrow?
Tyler Mahle v. MIA
Frankie Montas @ BAL
Mahle
Drop David Robertson for Swarzak?
Yes
How are we feeling about Woodruff? Do you like him over the following
D. German
Boyd
Leake
Sanchez
Jay-Z
Over Jay-Z
Hey Grey,
I just got offered my Parker and Matz for his Mazara. What do you think?
Thanks for all of your help.
Mazara side
Thanks, Grey!
No problem
Domingo on pace for 339/54/229/256/40
Makes me sad cuz those numbers will have to regress to mean eventually but it’s been such fun so far
Picked up Vogelbach in my CBS league after reading your recap. Now I am worried he gets no PT once he cools off.
Notes on Baltimore: cheapest uber rides I’ve ever taken. I am talking like $4-5 Fri night to go 1.5 miles downtown to a bar. wtf. Also every Uber driver plays really loud hip hip music. To the point I could not hear them talking to me.
Domingo ate my dong-o! Hmm… will work on that
Vogelbach will not play every day
Never been to Balty-more as an adult, mayeb one day I will get to Camden, it looks gorge…
Couple of questions after all of these injuries.
1. Best pickup to cover for Clevinger? Shoemaker, Peralta, C.Smith, Urias, Eflin
2. Any others outside of the pickup above that we like more than Woodruff?
3. Best bench pickup for overall value? Aquilar, Vogelbach, Walker, Luis Urias, Frazier
Thanks!
smith, eflin
vogelbach, frazier
You drunk?
1. Urias 2. Nah 3. Jesus Aguilar
14 team league
With Clevenger on the IL who should I pick up? Burnes, Thornton, Lasagne,
Also with Dahl’s injury should I drop Ian Happ who I have been holding onto and pick up Mullins, Dietrich, Almora Jr, or hope to get Heyward off waivers. I have Palka on my bench too.
Thanks!
Thornton — Yes, lose Happ, Mullins
QS and Wins (H2H): German or PIvetta or leave on the wire
Pivetta
Yandy vs Ervin Santana or Eugenio vs. Urena today?
Yandy
Thanks grey
No problem
Matt Boyd’s, Julio Urias, or Kyle Gibson in a 12 tm 5×5 QS league?
Looking to replace Clevinger
Gibson
hey boss
mancini or yandy diaz ros and in a dynasty?
thanks!
Mancini
2 things.
1) Hold Woodruff?
2) Can Luis Urias turn into something after being called up?
1. Yes 2. Unlikely but depends on league
Mullins or Vogelbach?
I know they do different things, but which one would you pick up based on upside, run production, and ABs?
Vogelbach, but yes different things
Hi Grey. Would you rather own Edwin or Travis Shaw in search of combo Hrs. Rbi and average. Overall thanks
Shaw
Pedroia worth an add or is he just a schmo at this point?
Not good
Also – can you turn me back into anon? Ty
12-team h2h, 5×5 redraft. We get 5 adds per week. I have one empty roster slot, plus a bunch of guys who could be cutting block material (Odor, Ketel, Voit, Quintana, Severino depending on the MRI, Givens, and Rogers). Who is my straight up add, and/or what other add drops to you see?
FA Hitters: DeJong, Galvis, Kiermaier, Starlin, Yandy
FA Pitchers: Cahill, Caleb S., Miley, Pineda, T.Richards, A.Sanchez, Wacha, Woodruff
C – Realmuto
1B – Rizzo
2B – Odor
3B – Suarez
SS – Ketel
OF – Springer, Conforto, Mallex
Util – Voit
DL – Trea, Stanton
SP – Archer, Castillo, Eflin, Kikuchi, Matz, Quintana, Severino (only 2 DL slots)
RP – Vazquez, Hicks, Holland, Rogers, Givens
[And one empty roster slot]
Smith over Rogers
White Walker or Profar? 12-team H2H categories.
Profar
Strahm Pomz or Margevicius in a QS league? Don’t like the choices but limited moves so streaming not a great option. Thanks G
I’m a Pomz fan fwiw. Like the division, park. Has done it before in AL so…….
None? Strahm I guess
Yandy’s biceps are trying for the ticker tease
Haha
Would you drop Ryu or Rich Hill? Not enough room on the DL for both…..
Robertson or Strop for saves ROS?
Ryu… Strop
Listened to the podcast and heard you and Ralph talking about Fried. Sounds like Ralph is very high on him and you like him as well. My team needs speed (I know SAGNOF) would you trade Fried for Dee? Thanks Grey you da man!
Yup
I’d take Gordon
Schoop doesn’t look good. He’s only got 23 AB’s with a whopping 3 R and 1 RBI hitting in the lower part of a good lineup.
Would you drop him for Chad Pinder who has 35 AB’s 2 HR / 7 RBI / .257? Or is he too much a platoon risk?
Pinder? I barely know her!
Barely is being generous
Hold
Yo Grey, we starting Marquez in a shallow 10 team mixed league tonight?
I am. But scared. It’s supposed to be 70 degrees today and the wind is howing out to right ahead of the incoming snowstorm.
Meh
Nah
I frutti proibiti sono i più dolci
Don’t be frutti’ing me no spoilers!
Ed rod and shoemaker or mchugh? H2H league
Ed-Rod
THanks. I assume you like mchugh more than shoemaker?
Yes
Grey!!!
So, I guess the 2-n Zimm love affair is finally over after just 2 starts. Too bad he couldn’t continue his excellent new approach this year. Got to hate it when someone makes a major change, an adjustment, fine or throwing more 4-seamers because they’re more effective, fine but a whole new approach? Can’t be good.
Cheers,
Ante
Haha, more 4-seamers than a tailor and he got pantsed
Grey!!
Yep, thank God I didn’t drink the cool aid. He was like 35% added in RCL’s, someone got sucker punched for sure. Alex Gordon is the next guy to give his owners the stinky finger, but with a hitter you can stop after 3 games of 0 fer 4 and not suffer too much. Zimmermann’s bad start will set you back like 2 weeks or 6 more or less good starts to ERA and WHIP, right?
Cheers,
Ante
I would never own Zimmermann
Better add for bench/utility – profar or Heyward (AVG and OBP league)
Profar
C. Frazier or Jay Bruce fillin for Dahl temp?
16 team h2h dynasty league
Thankyou
Bruce
10-team h2h keeper…
who do I keep for my MI slot?
J. Schoop or K. Marte…
Marte
Is Pete Alonso and Musgrove too much to give up for Gallo? Not sure what a fair offer would be for a guy who hits .200. It’s a standard 5×5 roto league.
Sounds fair
What about Alonso and Marquez for Gerrit Cole?
Cole side
Which side – Peter Alonso and Travis Shaw for Bregman?
Is it trade proposal season…in April?
Bregman
How about sum Dick Lovelady for saves in KC? Haha.
I think Dick Lovelady could sneak in there
Is Cedric Mullins going to hit enough to push one of these guys out of my OF?
14-team OBP 5×5 roto league and I need some SBs.
Acuna, Alex Gordon, Eloy Jimenez, Hunter Renfroe, and Trout. I do have 1b/of eligible Jake Bauers in my U spot, also.
Definitely, Gordon’s garbage
Need an OF to replace Dahl. Waiver Wire includes C. Frazier, Lewis Brinson & Bruce. What are your thoughts?
Bruce
Heyward, Bruce, A. Gordon or Kiermaier in an OPS league?
Bruce
10 team h2h points…basically DFS scoring plus points for Saves
1) Would you prefer Price or Glasnow? Based on rankings its Price.
2) Which side? Price (or Glasnow) and Vazquez for Clevinger/Ozuna
3) Grimey helped me out with S3… thanks!!!! cant wait to watch it.
1. Price 2. Price 3. Nice! It’s awesome
Thanks a lot as always!
No problem
Who ya like….
Cron…Desmond ..or ….Walker?
Desmond
Need to add a pitcher. Pineda, caleb Smith or woodruff. Era, whip, w, qs, k. Thx
Smith
Grey,
10 team, h2h, 6×5 including ops. Two questions.
Just traded away Domingo Santana + Glasnow for Benintendi. 1. How’d I do?
As soon as one owner found out I acquired Benintendi he asked if I’d trade Benintendi to him. He’s a Sox fan. 2. Would you trade Yadier + Benintendi for Realmuto + Javier Baez?
My team is below.
C – Yadier
1 – Goldschmidt, Vogelbach
2 – Albies, Villar
3 – Arenado
SS – Mondesi, Swanson
OF – Trout, Yelich, Acuña, Benintendi, Mazara, Dahl
SP – Scherzer, Corbin, Marquez, Lucchesi, Musgrove, Gibson, Matz, Kikuchi
RP – Alvarado, Barnes, Greene
Thanks!
Sounds good, I’d take Baez
Thanks! This is a keep forever league. But I’m assuming since both guys are young, you’d still prefer Baez over Benintendi?
Yes
If he changes his mind and just wants to do Benintendi for Baez and take the catchers out of the deal would you still do it? Obviously I’d like to include the catchers so I can send him Yadier for Realmuto, but if he just wants to keep it Benintendi for Baez would you do it?
Sounds fine still
Ok cool. Thanks!!
No problem
Need to drop one
standard 5×5 roto
Redraft
Yandy Diaz
Christian Walker
Vogelbach
Thank you
Bench bats? Lose Walker
Better 3b prospect stash for keeper league : Riley or Senzel? Also wondering if I have room just to keep both with rumors of both of them coming up as OF eligibility ? Thoughts .. please advise? Thanks.
Make room for both if you can
@Grey: weekly roto. My Voit for Archer? Would replace Voit with Mancini. Thoughts?
Thanks.
Best choice to fill in for my injured players : Kepler, Gordon or A. Frazier?
Kepler
Hi Grey, 10 tm h2h pts: trying to make room to pick up Musgrove
who’s the drop?
M.Boyd
T.Shaw
N.Marzara (quad strain)
E.suarez
thanks!
Boyd
@Grey, 11 team 5×5 roto
After losing Clevinger my staff is: Wheeler, Freddy P, Matz, McHugh, Woodruff and a streaming spot. My ERA and WHIP are not great at the moment due to several rough starts from Wheeler, Ed-Rod and Eovaldi. That said, there are plenty of streaming pitchers available.
My hitting is pretty solid:
C – Alfaro
1B – Rizzo
2B – Albies
3B – Baez
SS- Bogaerts
OF – Yelich
OF – Hoskins
OF – Inciarte
UTIL – Domingo
BN – Shaw
BN – Dahl
Would you try to stream with Clevinger out? Or make a move for a SP?
Would you trade Rizzo for Sale?
What are your options if you move Rizzo. I think Sale is junk.
I’ve got a lot of lineup versatility. I can essentially trade any of Rizzo, Albies or Bogaerts and then just slot Shaw into my starting lineup as a replacement
Don’t trade for Sale
I may be able to get Glasnow, Musgrove or Kikuchi for one of my closers.
Is that the order you prefer those pitchers? And what do you think about either Wade Davis or Cody Allen for one of them?
That order
Jonathan Loaisiga -start or sit
Big sit for me
Start
Bud Norris couldn’t make Toronto’s team so we’re gonna sign him instead of Kimbrel to help in high leverage situations….I hate relief pitchers. Watch him vulture saves too.
Haha
Hey Grey
With Dahl on IL
who is the besttemporary pick up
Heyward
Solar
Kepler
Gordon
MArkakis
Please pick top 2
Thanks
I like Soler & Markakis. But I also keep waiting for Kepler to not be a disappointment, and being disappointed by him.
Sorryy you can add
senmian to the list also
Soler, Kepler
Thanks Grey
No love fori Heyward ?
He’s aight
Grey,
Would you drop Christian Walker for either Mitch Moreland or Daniel Vogelbach
Nah
Moist making his tenth start at 2b…
mas flexibilidad!
Nice! The second episode was great!
The car scene was dope!
Crazy tho, right?
Some of the scenes are so crazy.
The blood on the lens.
The creepin’
Couple of times didn’t it even feel like it was to make you think it’s the immortal no??
I love the mimes and clowns…WTF, Gomorra!?
Guess who dropped Meadows because he didn’t play for 2 days & wanted to add Vogelbach, thus missing his 4 hit slam & legs?
Now, guess who, not 14 hours later, lost Clevinger for 6-8 weeks, clearing a roster spot?
Aaaaaaaaaauugggh!
(Spoiler alert; I was that dumbass. Be patient with your early rosters kids. Don’t be a dumbass like me. This PSA brought to you by the dumbass association of America DAA)
Naturally since we’re on Yahoo I can’t claim a player that I dropped.
Damn
My team is fairly stacked, but c’mon. That’s just awful timing. I might get him back if he keeps sitting against lefties.
Alsoim far more bothered by Clevinger. Is there a term for when a player leaves a start, and you’re all worried, and the good news drops that he’s fine & even says something like “no way I’m missing my next start!” & ya get all relieved, and then days later terrible awful news breaks about it being ~2 month injury?
If not, there should be. Gah
Gah indeed… no term yet…
Maybe for an ace pitcher it’s first a “a Cy of relief”
Will have to come up with something for the bad news part.
Meanwhile, I wonder what deGrom’s injury will turn out to be. Hopefully just his pride. Ow my ERA!
Haha, agreed on deGrom — woof!
deGrom: 25 foul balls of 91 pitches, just 9 swinging strikes.
Yeesh
He doesn’t look right today
AL only with OBP over AVG, total bases added. tellez or hanram?
could also drop kendrys, really should’ve dropped one of these for jelly donut a few days ago. looked at SEA’s roster and didn’t figure he’d continue to get the at bats eventually. also have a lot of guys coming back later such that i’ll have to drop one of these anyway (otani only fits at util, only have 1 util, have variety of 1B guys, also gallo/bauers (both OF too), plus both the BAL 3B guys)
Hold Kendrys
Tellez
with Severino news German is a hold not a streamer amiright?
Wow look at me with a real question!
over/under on how many show up to “wonder” how long to hold severino (even though they never should’ve drafted him, per grey) tomorrow? 2nd bet, how many mention their “bad luck” on injuries when including him?
Haha
haha
i’m not kidding though (and i’m sure you know it’s coming grey’d one).
i’ll say on how many ask to how long to hold severino is over/under of say 7.5, and the parlay of those saying that and whining about their bad injury luck (this counts even if the same commenter mentions his/her “bad luck” in a different post, as long as it’s tomorrow) is at 2.
as for those ONLY mentioning their “bad luck” and mentioning severino as part of that, i’ll go with 4.5.
obv grey should be better at this bet than probably anybody else.
Yeah, I know, it’s funny cause it’s true
Yeah hold
Which side
Pete Alonso / German Marquez for Carrasco
Alonso
alonso side. carrasco and nazi in exile not that far apart in rankings. this assumes you don’t have others you have to drop when obtaining alonso here.
Hey Grey (and everyone else)!
So how’s Dan Vog stack up against the other hot OF players — Domingod and Mancini?
Also, how do you feel about those guys against Dahl and Nelson Cruz?
Vogel is not an every day player
That’s fair.
Let’s refine my question. How do Domingod, Mancini, Dahl, and Cruz stack up? I picked up Domingod to fill in for Dahl..and I’m leaning toward dropping Cruz (my current Util slot) for Domingod/Mancini.
#shallowleagueprobs
You’re not un-wrong.
Hold
Thanks, Grey
No problem
Dahl ~ NAILED IT!
Yup
20 team dynasty. QS added. lost both of ryu/clevinger in back to back days. 1400 max innings and we have 5 RP slots. but am now left with (it was an auction and i seriously couldn’t believe how deep i came out of this): nazi in exile, matz, happ, ed-rod, turnbull (added lately, was best SON guy left out there).
1. think any of c-ferg or d-sant (LAD) have a short term roster slot till either kershaw/hill are back?
2. this best ranking (i now need 2 of these, or stream, but that list is weak as shit too): pena, leblanc boss leblanc, smyly, wainwrong, t.ross (SON really hates him), vargas. or just follow SON here (no moves limits since it’s a roto, not h2h). obviously none of these are good of course, was doing quite well (1st place) but losing at least 2 out of best 4 (or better depending on where ryu is ranked when healthy) is rough, esp ace clevinger for about 2 months.
1. Not especially, but Caleb 1st 2. Follow SON
Need to replace Dahl. Pretty slim pickins. Can you help me out? Thanks !!!!!
Alex Verdugo, Manuel Margot, Cedric Mullins, Dwight Smith Jr., Leury Garcia, Eric Thames.
Mullins
@Grey 11 team, 5×5 roto
Piggybacking off my question above, I’m looking to trade for an arm with Clevinger going down.
My staff: Wheeler, Freddy P, Matz, McHugh, Woodruff and a streaming spot.
My hitting:
C – Alfaro
1B – Rizzo
2B – Albies
3B – Baez
SS- Bogaerts
OF – Yelich
OF – Hoskins
OF – Inciarte
UTIL – Domingo
BN – Shaw
BN – Dahl
I’ve got two offers, which would you do?
Go for cheap pitching and trade Wade Davis for Tyler Glasnow?
or
Replace Clevinger with another #1 fantasy starter and trade Rizzo for Buehler or Corbin? I can slot Travis Shaw into my 1B position.
Thanks a bunch.
Glasnow and figure out your staff with waivers
anybody that had ANY kind of prop on mitch F’ing garver being the main culprit on why degrommit won’t set the consecutive QS record in MLB history (already tied with bob gibson with 26 going into today) please move to the front, get your lottery ticket money and then we have your soul forever. have fun trying to use those automatic soul-motion sensing doors for the rest of your life.
That would’ve been a nice prop!
Stripling continues to be around the high 80s/low 90s with his FB… should I be worried? Caleb Smith, Steven Matz, and pitchers of that tier continue to stare me down.
Yeah, I’d be worried
Follow up Q then – Should I swap him out for a $1 condom: McHugh/Cahill or Goose Pimple like Strahm, Caleb Smith, or Pineda… There are obstetrician’s available: Skaggs, Gonzales and Matz
I’d play matchups in a shallow league
I only get 6 moves a week so streaming is limited
Maikel Franco or Schoop ROS?
franco world empire (but not close to as much as the other one coming to supplant his) if you can easily make this choice. schoop will still be out there in any league where this is a choice.
Translation please, Eli Man? :)
franco being the answer (the other franco who will be better than m.franco is wander franco TB currently top 5 prospect to start year, will likely be #1 in a year).
Translation? :)
Franco
Dropping any of Woodruff, Gibson for Fried, Pivetta? Hold?
Woodruff for Pivetta
Bruce or Adam Jones ROS for a bench spot ?
Head to head
Lucchesi-Gibson-Marquez. What a triumvirate!
Try adding Peralta in there…..
Man.. I guess I just need to go ahead and start Max Fried? Son of a bench! Doesn’t get much worse than @cubs and @coors for ur first two starts- and absolutely cake walks. On a side note, likely que a 3 innings 6 ER and 3.5 WHIP his next start ha
I have Kyle Tucker stashed on my Minor league spot. Is he gonna get a shot with Houston? or is there another Minors guy closer not named Vlad, Bart, Bichette, Cease, Whitley, Reyes, McKay, Honeywell, Soroka, Senzel, Matias, D.Hernandez, Touki, Ramos, Adell, Kirilloff, Sheffield, Luzardo, Hiura, Lewis, Rodgers, Phillips, Puk, Franco, De La Cruz, Gorman, or Greene?
Is it worth keeping Matt Olson on the IL? when he comes back, hamate bone sufferers tend to have the power sapped.
depends on amount of DL slots for sure on him. but yeah, so far he’s by far the worst injured hitter. unless you draft super early AND overdraft catchers, as salvy perez clearly wins if you do both of those things. honestly though, depending on what you spent on olson he could end up being a worse pick from that exact injury, since you’ll hold him all year and probably not drop, even when the quite possible “power comes back, but not till like august 26th” whereas with salvy he might not have cost as much and you know to drop him unless dynasty AND you have a bunch of DL slots.
Urias or Wheeler ROS?
thinking he’ll def say wheeler hasn’t lost that much value after a few bad starts after last year and this year’s ranking.
I’m having a hard time dropping Renfroe (again) for Jesus Aguilar… help me out
oh, and thanks guys for jinxing Marquez, but did you have to splatter that stuff on Lucchesi?
or I could dump Beckham, was really hoping to score a trade there but the hammy is killing the hype.
I lost the waiver bid anyhow. I used mine up on Kimbrel (genius!). Sucks going first pick, except that Trout thing, but idiots have dumped Starling and E. Rosario and I got to watch it happen. Running at 108.5 points so far, so I can’t complain (any more than I have).
I hear ya
Like sheep, we all run from Bruce despite being one year removed from relevancy. Leads league in home runs. I dropped him after he started so poorly. Baaaaa
didn’t he do the same thing to start the year, no AVG with HR’s? checked. he BB’d twice in 2 asian games with no hits, so you thought to own him but drop him after 2 total games. i guess that would be called “running” from him.