Derek Fisher was called up by the Astros to replace the concussed Reddick.  First off, Derek needs to stop singing that jingle, “Trust the Astros Fisher, man.”  Tres annoying.  Saying tres instead of very is tres annoying, too. Fisher was hoping Reddick was some combination of reddish and haddock.  “Get that seaweed out of my face!”  That’s Nori Aoki.  Everyone in MLB is happy for Fisher except this guy.  If you thought Strickland-Harper was something… Sorry, for Derek Fisher, that was a layup.  As for fantasy, Fisher has power and speed, has had strikeout issues, but no worse than Bellinger.  He could be a difference maker if he plays 75%+ of the time.  One of the best guys in the minors this year.  Better on power than speed, inefficient as a runner.  Yes, PCL, but MLB is kinda PCL-like nowadays.  Might outproduce Brinson, though Fisher needs to stick in a job for that.  Yesterday, he went 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs with his first home run, and I think Fisher is for reel, and not just on the casting couch.  Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jake Marisnick – 1-for-4, 2 runs and a homer, hitting .261. Â Guess how many homers he has. Â C’mon, without looking it up. Â I guarantee you’re under. Â I wanted to say three. Â He’s homered seven times! Â Same as, ya know, Gurriel.
Francis Martes – 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 5.19. Â He’s recommended only in leagues where you have to own one player who a healthy horse cannot carry. Â Martes is 21 years old and 250 pounds! Â By the time, he’s 40 he’s going to eat Bartolo.
Neftali Feliz – Cut by the Brewers. Â How much says Nationals sign him for s’s and g’s? Â I mean, that must be an option for them at this point, right? Â GM Rizzo, “Dusty, you wanna try Neftali?” Â “Nef-what now?” Â “Feliz for the bullpen?” Â “Not overly feliz, no. Â Why are we talking in Spanglish?” Â “Know what? Â I’m gonna leave you with your toothpick.”
Eric Thames – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 17th homer. Â This one came off the Cardinals’ Mike Leake, after Thames had a month straight in April of homering only off Reds pitchers. Â Conspiracy Theory Alert! Â Thames has a special type of color blindness, and can only see red. Â Can someone check to see if he only homered off South Korean pitchers with Communist leanings?
Kolten Wong – Left yesterday’s game with forearm tightness. Â Wong needs to switch arms.
Ben Zobrist – Sounds headed to the DL with a sore wrist. Â His owners are pist. Â Now ‘brist is hist! Â Name the song that I am emulating. Â Bet you can’t.
Ian Happ – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer, hitting .209. Â I’m not joking when I say next to nothing else, but he is hitting homers.
Kyle Schwarber – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer, hitting .178. Â I don’t feel like doing the math, but he has to hit a bajillion the rest of the way to hit .250 this year.
Anthony Rizzo – 1-for-5 and his 15th homer. Â Wish the Maddoning One would’ve started this Rizzo as leadoff experiment when they were facing a good pitching staff, so Rizzo went 0-for a couple of games and moved down the order again. Â Anyone who thinks this is a good thing likely forgets Rizzo just lost out on four RBIs in only two games, and gained what? Â One run? Â Lowercase yay.
Matt Harvey – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA up to 5.25, and now complaining of a dead arm. Â If you’re wondering, when he said it, he was not ‘Doing the Bernie.’
Lucas Duda – 1-for-2, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Â This homer annoys me. Â I don’t own him, it’s not about that. Â It’s because he didn’t start the game. Â This is the one area of managing where Bochy is far superior (is it the ginormous head?). Â Bochy has a rule of thumb where he starts a guy the day after he hits a homer, barring an injury. Â This is so obvious. Â If someone hits a home run, they could be locked in, and you want them in the lineup. Â Duda homered on Tuesday, and is benched for T.J. Rivera, who also homered in his previous game. Â Unfortunately, that was five days ago!
Curtis Granderson – 2-for-3, 3 runs and his 7th homer. Â Real talk: Â solid game, I own Grandy in one NL-Only league and barely even play him there. Â Kuhl, but — again with some stank — BUT it doesn’t matter he hit the game-winning home run. Â I don’t understand why fantasy ‘perts point out shizz like this. Â I’m more interested in Carl Edwards Olmos giving up three earned than I am in how Grandy’s homer affected a game.
Neil Walker – Left yesterday’s game with a leg injury. Â I have no clue regarding he who need not be named:
Mets could lose their entire team to injury and Amed Rosario would need to work on fielding drills according to the team. https://t.co/pAMVzFbIDc
— Razzball (@Razzball) June 15, 2017
Francisco Liriano – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 5.36. Â Confession: Â when I was a kid, I went out on a theater balcony and made vomiting sounds– Wait, that’s not my confession, that’s Chunk from The Goonies. Â Okay, my confession, I don’t trust Liriano no matter what the Stream-o-Nator says, and it liked him last night.
Logan Morrison – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 19th homer. Â “Now replacing Yonder Alonso, the American League starting All-Star 1st baseman, is Logan Morrison. Â This All-Star Game is brought to you by the Flowbee, because we can’t get real advertisers because who the hell would want to watch Yonder and freakin’ Morrison?”
Jake Odorizzi – 4 1/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 3.77. Â I know Faria faced the same matchup and did the J.K. Simmons “Hey, it’s the commercial guy. Â Oh my God, he deserves an Oscar that was so good,” but this was not the easiest of matchups for Odorizzi.
Russell Martin – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 6th homer. Â I flinch like a beaten dog every time I mention a catcher, knowing it’s going to lead to catcher questions.
Kendrys Morales – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 13th homer, hitting .254. Â That was his 2nd homer in four games, and he is the type to turn that schmotato straight from lukewarm to hot.
Tanner Roark – 5 IP, 7 ER, ERA up to 4.39. Â Serious question: Â are there any safe number three starters? Â I can find a number one, with some difficulty. Â I think I can spot a number two, especially if it doesn’t flush. Â A number three? Â No clue.
Brian Goodwin – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, now three homers in the last four games. Â Dusty might platoon him on occasion for Raburn, and Werth will return at some point, but Goodwin’s got some schmotatoness.
Adonis Garcia – Had ring finger surgery and is out two months. Â Funny, I got married and wanted to cut my ring finger off. Â Hmm, maybe funny’s not the correct word there. Â Maybe…*grabs box of tissues* …it’s not funny at all. Â *sobs uncontrollably*
Matt Kemp – Left yesterday’s game limping after grabbing his hamstring. Â Limping after coming up lame is 12-16 games of the DL. Â Grabbing a hamstring is 17-21 games. Â This is science.
Brandon Phillips – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, hitting .307. Â The Rise of the Zombino, starring Brandon Phillips. Â Watch as he tries to eat a pitcher’s brain custard. Â “Slobber, slobber, brain custard, good.”
Ender Inciarte – 3-for-6, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, hitting .304. Â You know who Ender is? Â And I mean this as a compliment. Â He’s Dexter Fowler. Â I will call Ender, Chicken Butt.
Julio Teheran – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.86. Â Bombs over Baghdad now has two straight Quality Starts, but it was a kaboom the start before and I still don’t trust him.
Corey Kluber – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.15. Â To self, “Self, why is your ERA so pee-poor bad on your NFBC team?” Â “Glad you asked, self, by the way, love the way your hair hangs over your ears. Â Your ERA is so bad, because Kluber is your ace.”
Bradley Zimmer – 1-for-3, 1 run, and his 5th steal. Â On the bright side, he was batting leadoff yesterday. Â This makes a ton of sense for the Indians’ lineup. Â Here’s hoping Tito wasn’t just having a senior moment.
Chris Taylor – 2-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBIs and two steals (6, 7), hitting .298. Â On my fantasy team, I grabbed Taylor a couple of weeks ago to spell A-D-D-I-S-O-N, and now he’s been Pipp’d on my fantasy team.
Taijuan Walker – 5 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.32, as he was activated. Â Oh em gee, a number three starter. Â Lord, you have opened my eyes. Â I see now you are spreading the truth butter. Â You are right, we have one number three starter in the entire major leagues. Â “I’m ranking Taijuan Walker at 41st thru 60th on the top 100 starters.” Â That’s January Grey next year.
Jordan Zimmermann – 8 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.35. Â Am I applying truth butter to Zimmermann? Â Did you see his ERA? Â I’d use the Stream-o-Nator for him still, though he does have three straight solid starts, so one more solid start and I may release the leash a tad.
Mookie Betts – 4-for-5, 4 runs, 3 RBIs and his 10th and 11th homers. Â Mookie Best!
Aaron Altherr – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Â Put the strikethrough on the text I wrote yesterday about Altherr not stringing together good games.
Raimel Tapia – 4-for-4, 3 runs, hitting .261. Â He was also caught stealing, which I point out as a positive — at least he’s running — and not a negative — “Dude, run!” Â Not clear how much Tapia will play, but you know I’m watching him like a cyclops with a monocle because of his ability.
Ervin Santana – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 2.56. Â The Regression Fairies call Lindsay Lohan “Li-Lo,” they talk about how Taylor Swift has a beautiful pink hue under her alabaster skin, and they will pop a squat on your ratios.
Eduardo Escobar – 2-for-4 and his 6th homer, after going bizzonkers the day before with five hits. Â Hot schmotato alert!
Byron Buxton – 3-for-3 and a slam (4) and double legs (11, 12). Â Feel like we’ve been here a few times this year, but I went to look if Buxton was on waivers in my shallower leagues, because he has two homers in three games and, for the first time all year, looks locked in.
Mike Zunino – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer, and his 5th homer in eleven games, hitting over .350 in the last week, and him over Martin. Â Russell. Â Zunino over Russell Martin. Â That’s gotta clear up at least one catcher question.
Mitch Haniger – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .340. Â Like sushi, it’s rare when a hitter comes back, but it’s as if Haniger hasn’t missed a step being out.
Chris Davis – Hit the DL with a strained oblique. Â That usually sidelines guys three to five weeks. Â Vague timetable, but what do you expect for something oblique.
Dylan Bundy – 5 IP, 4 ER, ERA up to 3.29. Â The Regression Fairies were out in full neon pink last night.
Welington Castillo – 1-for-4, 5 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .292. Â Where’s the boeuf?!
Trey Mancini – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 1 RBI, hitting .299 as he goes into full-time mode with Davis sidelined. Â I could see checking out the lounge act of Trey Mancini if you missed out on the 45 other cornermen who are just like him.
Matt Davidson – 2-for-3 and his 13th homer, and his third homer in three games. Â Yes, I’ve mentioned him the last three days. Â No, I don’t know what you’re waiting for.
CC Sabathia – Diagnosed with a Grade 2 hamstring strain. Â If only there was someone the Yanks could give a Chance to. Â WINK! Â WINK!
Gary Sanchez – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 11th homer. Â Damn, when this guy gets hot, he gets scorching. Â It’s like, “I can’t believe Sanchez only has three homers.” Â *Julio Urias blinks his eye* Â “And now Gary has 20 homers.”
Cameron Maybin – 2-for-5, 1 run and his 20th steal. Â That’s in only 49 games, bee tee dubs.
Andrelton Simmons – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .281. Â Hitting near-.400 in the last week with two homers and three steals. Â If only Mike Trout went down years ago!
Eric Young Jr. – 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI and his 6th steal, hitting .333. Â I’m convinced, Mike Trout is ghosting riding the Angels.
Matt Shoemaker – Lifted after a trainer meeting. Â For the Brits reading, Shoemaker didn’t meet with a sneaker.
Matt Chapman – Was called up by the A’s. Â Beatles fans will remember Matt Chapman as the guy who said, “Stop with the hate mail, it wasn’t me!” Â Chapman’s best comp is Joey Gallo. Â Joey Gallo Compman? Â Chapman should play over Plouffe — Plouffe there goes my playing time! — and hit for power and not much else. Â He’s available in my 12-team mixed league, and neither I nor Prospector Ralph are picking him up, to give you an idea.
Daniel Gossett – 3 1/3 IP, 6 ER in his first start. Â Gossett is a white guy? Â He should be in a buddy cop movie with Koda. Â Two White Guys and a Half Cherokee. Â “I’m too old for this shi*t, Gossett.” Â “I hear ya, Glover, but Freeman’s on the DL and you’re all I got to solve this high-profile murder of baseballs in the late-inning of Nationals’ games.” Â “Whatcha talkin’ ’bout, Willis?!” Â Dontrelle Willis passes by and shakes his head, annoyed.
Ryon Healy – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 15th homer. Â Healy’s the three hole hitter, and Healy’s the best/worst gift I ever received. Â I wanted those stupid sneakers with wheels so bad, but for the life of me I couldn’t go more than three feet without falling. Â I suppose falling is a part of life, like burping and farting.
Edinson Volquez – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.72. Â Yup, I benched him two starts ago for his no-hitter but had him right there, front and center in my active lineup for this ‘to the toolshed.’
Tyler Moore – 1-for-3, 3 runs and his 5th homer, hitting .288. Â Bour who?! Â Justin Bour, he’s the guy Moore is filling in for. Â It’s a figure of speech, Random Italicized Voice. Â Figure of speech? Â You just walk around screaming ‘Bour who?’
Billy Hamilton – Out with a thumb problem. Â Hamilton runs on his thumbs? Â No? Â Cool, then get him back out there!
Amir Garrett – 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 6.91. Â This game was vs. the Padres, so, yeah, and Muslim Mrs. Garrett is still not advisable unless you’re board with a bunch of 80’s chicks.
Jose Peraza – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer, as he hit leadoff, hitting .350 in the last week. Â Cool, cool, cool to infinity, but he has no steal attempts in June. Â As Al Gore says, hot, fiery earth to Peraza, are you there, Peraza? Â Good. Â Steal a freakin’ base!
Jhoulys Chacin – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.10. Â I’m kinda loving owning him in weekly leagues when he only has one start at home. Â “Why, Unkie Grey, why?” Â You ask with those milk saucer eyes. Â Because his home ERA is near-1.50 in almost 50 IP.
Hunter Renfroe – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 14th homer. Â Renfroe! Â Or as Scooby Doo says, Renfroe! Â Speaking of Scooby Doo, not sure how many of you watched The Keepers on Netflix. Â No, it wasn’t about your team with Trea Turner as a $5 keeper. Â It starts as a geriatric Scooby Doo, then becomes an indictment of the church. Â I always have a soft spot for Cougars, but, wow, I did not like this documentary once it veered off the murder mystery. Â It was like, “We went to the same school as this nun, who was murdered, and we’re gonna get to bottom of this murder, or our names aren’t 75-year-old Thelma & Louise!” Â Then two episodes in, “Forget the murder, this is about Pedo Priestley.”
Mike Moustakas – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 18th homer, hitting .278. Â Moistasskiss!
Whit Merrifield – 3-for-6, 3 runs, and his 7th steal, hitting .292. Â With the help of him and Jorge Bonifacio (2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 9th homer), the Royals are actually a top five offense in the month of June. Â Merrifield vs. Bonifacio is schmotato vs. schmo-tah-to. Â Merrifield vs. Bonifacio is also the main event for the slap hitting championship belt.
Lorenzo Cain – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, 4 homers in the last week. Â I’m raisin Cain, he is so grape. Â Hmm, perhaps this autocorrect sponsored by Sun-Maid wasn’t the best idea.
Madison Bumgarner – Threw yesterday and next step is a simulated game. Â After that, it’s anyone’s guess. Â (Actually, anyone that guesses rehab game after that would be right.)
Johnny Cueto – 5 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA up to 4.57. Â Damn, he’s been miserably bad. Â It’s the freakin’ Royals! Who scares you in that lineup? Â Jorge Bonifacio?! Â Y’all are like, “Grey, handsome, Fantasy Master Lothario, cool guy, over-the-internet friend, why don’t you draft high starters?” Â Yeah, like they’re better! Â I could have Jason Vargas and Robbie Ray or Cueto and deGrom. Â You tell me which team is doing better. Â Don’t actually tell me!
Kipnis, Pirela, or Scooter?
Thanks!
10 team redraft
Drop Pujols for LoMo, Carlos Santana, or Hanley?
Should I drop hand,kela , or delino for fisher?
Who would you rather have go forward in roto – Boom Boom Mancini or Carlos Gomez?
Thanks!
Dammit – Smoak made Yahoo’s can’t drop list. Now I really need Rizzo to get those 2 games for 2B eligibility… #shallowleagueproblems
Hi, which two of Roark, Gio, or Straily ROS? All 3 above the streamer line in a 12 team? Thanks!
Not Straily
@Grey: thanks Grey
Good afternoon Grey. What side would you favor. Scherzer and Seager (Kyle) or Lester and Murphy (Daniel). Thanks
Scherzer
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. who do you like for two bench bats with the most upside: kinsler, drury, brinson, g polanco, franco, altherr, and zimmer. thanks!
Brinson, Altherr
I have Benintendi and was just offered Jose Abreu….which side would you rather have ROS in a 5×5 head to head league?
Works for me
Please rank
Frazier, Trumbo, Batista
Trumbo, Frazier
12 team dynasty league H2H OBP
Need to Drop one rich hill or Salazar?
Schmotato fill in at middle infidel Chris Taylor, solarte, Lowrie, Frazier, arcia
Hill (both really) — Taylor
Hello Grey,
2 Trade questions if I may:
Trade C. Seager for Story and C Mart in a 10 Team H2H Points League?
Trade Maeda for Desmond in a 12 Team H2H League?
I am pretty sure the second is a no brainer, but the first might be tough. Story hasn’t been good, but I am seeing where you are coming from with your caution on Seager.
Thanks much.
Seager — Desmond side, these are not close at this point
thanks as usual
conforto or fisher
Conforto
Hanley or moist Ros 5×5 h2h league
Moist
Keon 485 feet!
Give the guy ABs!
Indeed!
Grey in a 6×6 head to head league would you drop Carlos Santana for Logan Morrison at this point? Santana has been no good and Morrison continues to sit on our free agency.
Yeah, LoMo
Hedges or Murphy?
Murphy
Drop Leury Garcia or Aldemedys Diaz for Whit Merrifield, Matt Adams, Eric Young Jr., and Adam Frazier, or Shin-Soo Choo?
Garcia, Adams
10 team Yahoo H2H 7×7
W, L, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, QS
Best 2 streams here? How would you rank all three actually?
Chavez vs. KC (6.7)
Guerra vs. SD (1.0)
Biagini vs. CHW (-2.8)
Junior, Biagni
12 Team H2H Categories
Haniger or Yonder?
Thanks!
Yonder
for deep league with OPS, total bases
1. boneface or pham?
my lineup is now
C murphy (probably drop hedges soon)
1B pujols
2B odor
SS peraza
3B seager
CI valencia
MI flores
LF upton
CF inciarte
RF harper
OF mallex
util schebler
util morales
BN pham, slater (for @ COL today)
2. slater or flores as well, after COL
Bonifacio… Slater
H2H limited season moves (so no streaming)
Top two options for the interim or long term:
Tanaka @OAK, TEX, @CHW
Happ CHW, @KC, BAL
Peacock @OAK, @SEA, NYY
Biagini CHW, @TEX, BAL
Thanks!
@bossmanjunior333:
Btw… longterm as in ROS, not a keeper
Peacock, Happ
Peacock, Tanaka long term
the way brinson is being jerked around when braun’s back my guess is he goes back down.
Could be
Need a fill in while Kipnis is out.
Drury or Pirela?
Drury
Lackey and Bregman for Nola?
Blech…Bregman I guess
@Grey: How about if it’s for Sean Manaea instead of Nola?
also Schwarb or Murphy? Schwarb has C eligibilty
Murphy
Time to drop rich Hill? 2+ months in… ERA above 4. Whip above 1.5. and inexplicably no QS – he hasn’t even made it past the 5th inning once!!!
Okay…. So this kinda was a rhetorical question / Rich Hill Users Anonymous venting post
Yes, drop him
grandal or murphy?
Grandal
Can you please explain
The last episode of
the leftovers to me?
The beauty of it, Grimey!, is it’s open to the viewer’s interpretation.
@Grey:
Nothing is answered.
Everything is answered.
And then it ends.
Let the mystery be…
@Grey:
Going to watch fargo next!
Okay, but start at season 1
@Grey:
Oh I’ve seen first two.
Going to be hard to top
Mike Milligan!
Ah, bummer, cause season 3’s not as good…
murphy or Gattis
Murphy
How close are Altuve vs Turner in keeper league? I had just gotten Altuve but guy with Turner is offering him and asked what else I would need. Have Odor to plug into 2B and currently have Didi at SS.
I need pitching help but I would appreciate your opinion on what, if anything, I should ask for.
His staff:
SP – Darvish, Archer, CMart, Nelson, Chase Anderson, Matz, Vargas
RP – Wade Davis, Iglesias, Maurer, Colome, Rivero
My staff:
SP – McCullers, Duffy, Faria, Samardjzia, Arrieta, Guerra, Hoffman
RP – Miller, Betances
Thanks!
Coin flip
Altuve and Samard
@Grey: I should’ve been more clear. I currently have Altuve but have the option to get Turner. Should I ask for a closer and SP? Or is Turner too close to Altuve to ask for much more?
Yeah, ask for Samard/Altuve
Trade offer..I need steals ( see my post from about 6 this morning)
Maybin and Happ (although I might be able to get Cole) for Bird and T Walker
15 team 5×5
Time to make a push..thoughts
Cole who? Gerrit? Take him
what about this one in that AL only, this helps me greatly and allows opp to drop espinosa and rutledge
my m.chapman + gomez for fulmer + semien (i’d wait till gomez is healthy in a few days), and maybe i have to put a draft pick upgrade into it.
2. or my chapman + gomez for semien + draft pick upgrade of some type
Works for Fulmer/Semien
@Grey: guessing gomez or zimmer for j.montgomery isn’t bad one either
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: or chapman for montgomery
Sounds fine
Nope
@Grey: guy refuses to move fulmer (which is understandable, chapman hasn’t done anything yet), but will do
gomez + chapman for j-zimm (or miley, but ROS player rater has zimm slightly better, funny enough j.montgomery right in that range too) + semien. this unclogs my DL slot for too many OF, gets value for chapman, gets me a healthy SP for QS, i will either DL slot shoemaker or drop gausman, and longer term fixes my MI weakness due to miller.
and we’re moving gomez first, ROS rater always likes MLB vets more than rookies, it’s got montgomery zimmer/chapman/fisher
-meanwhile the j.montgomery guy only willing to trade tillman, which is gross.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: hmmm, greater than/ less than signs didn’t show up
i meant ROS player rater for QS has montgomery LESS than zimm or miley and gomez greater than all of my zimmer/fisher/chapman
Makes sense but some apples/oranges
Yeah, Tillman’s garbage
Decent SP @ a premium in a deeper rosters league. Looking on the waiver wire as well as what I own for next’s week games
I need 3 of the following choices for next week:
Meyer @ Bos
Folty vs Mil
Lackey @ Mia
Chatwood @ LAD
Farmer @SD
Butler vs SD
Norris @Sea
Hammel vs Bos; vs Tor (tempting off 3 straight good games)
Gaivlio vs Det; vs Hou
Montgomery vs SD; @ Mia
Hoffman vs Ari
Folty, Hammel, Mike Monto
Would you take Chris Taylor over Peraza or O. Herra? Thanks
Nope
@Grey: What about Taylor over Schebler or Brinson?
Meh
@Grey: Ha! Sea of mediocrity or clones? Guess it’s just a toss up.
Haha
Say Hey Grey, My choices to replace N. Walker are Flores, Gennett and Phillips. It’s a 12 team dynasty, keep all roto, weekly with OPS. Flores might get more playing time…just looking for a guy to not tank me. I’m in first place.
Phillips, bleh
12 team h2h categories
just got offered bellinger/holland for betts/mazara-he also offered same trade but domingo santana instead of mazara. It’s a 1 year keeper league but I kept betts last year so he’s gone end of year anyway.
I know its not even, but currently my only closer is edwin diaz (ugh). My OF currently is Betts, Mazara, Santana, Alther, CarGo, Braun (DL slot)
Would me asking for Kimbrel make it better? I know position player for pitcher (especially closer) is usually a bust, just wanted to know your opinion. I guess I could just decide to punt saves haha
Stop trying to trade away Betts
@Grey: Haha, yes that’s what I needed! Thanks Grey.
Top 3 from this list ROS: Piscotty,Mancini,Brinson, Schwarber, Mallex,Polanco, Matt Adams and Conforto. Thanks.
Conforto, Piscotty, Schwarber
Yay! Catcher question!
Tom Murphy activated and starting today in Coors, worth our time in mixed leagues?
@Mauricio Frid:
Yes
Sure
He’s already in my locked weekly lineup, lol.
Been in lineup for 2 and a half weeks.
It’s actually helped me rise in the standings since Jett Bandy was going Banjo-Kazooie on my ratios.
First Fisher, now Murphy. Cmon down, Rhys Hoskins and Scott Kingery!
(screw that Mets SS, I don’t have him!)
Great job Grey, Fisher over Brantley or Hernan Perez, or hold? Jimmy Nelson over Joe Biagini? Thank you.
@Greg:
Hold
Nelson
Meh, prolly hold… Yes, Nelson
5×5 roto, 10 team. Archer/b. kintzler for scherzer?
@Chisoxx_22:
I’d want Max
Scherzer
Plouffe, boom, to the DFA list..Full time job for Matt Chapman..
Yup
@Grey: spec SAGNOF – kahnle, phelps or soria?
Soria
walker news came back, partially torn hamstring. that sounds like a pretty long term deal. this being the case (3 DL spots)
C DTD’arnaud
1B thames
2B rivera
SS peraza
3B turner
MI spangenberg (could grab dejong again, wong sounds completely F’d, that’s three times with similar pitcher sounding arm injury)
CI aguilar (braun could easily move thames to here though)
OF (4) inciarte/harper/puig/brinson
util flowers
BN braun
DL walker/freeman/c.hernandez (thank god no pitchers hurt yet that i need to keep)
just trash walker for franchy (the best OF avilable) or just wait for braun to be back and hold walker (till of course stressbird catches some kind of bird flu)
2. different league, 14 team h2h with OBP, total bases. drop walker for which of: pirela/sogard/slater (@ COL). odd slater is a 2B in espn here. 7 moves per week.
3. same league, hill might be out now (QS league), drop him for streamer slot when best options are: meyer/ryu/chavez/c.green/kuhl/j.ross
Yes, lose Walker for Franchy
Walker for Pirela
3. Stream
Hmm. Let’s see. the Mets have the best SS prospect in all of baseball, certainly in the NL. Their SS is terrible at defense, terrible at hitting, and injured. Their second baseman is also injured. How do they not call him up?
Rich Hill not impressing today. Disgraceful list trip coming soon?
Agreed on Mets and Hill… Both are disgraces
Which side do you prefer in a standard 12 team league: Benintendi, Baez, and Bumgarner or Cano and deGrom? Thanks!
Cano
Should I drop smyly for fisher. I could drop anderson, or straily, pr Rodon instead. But I need pitching even though there streamers. I could drop delino but hes doing good. If I grab fisher qnd he ends up being great I could keep him dirt cheap.
Yes, Fisher, goodbye Smyly
Hey Guru,
worth dropping Lackey and Tyson Ross to free up another stream spot and one DL spot?
Thanks and cheerio
Yes
You dropping any of Cueto Bregman Brinson for either Berrios / Faria (thinking ROS) or hold
Bregman for Berrios
Mets call up!!!!!!……. Gavin Cecchini?????
COME ON!
HAHAHA
Time to shake things up in a 10 team roto. I’ve fallen behind in all offensive categories since losing Trout, Segura, Braun, Marte. I’m middle of the pack in WHIP and ERA, up there in QS and Ks.
I’m thinking about packaging Nova and Smoak for a big bat: Votto, Blackmon.. or a tier below like Ozuna, C. Dick.
Make sense with who I have below, or is it a counter productive move?
C – Wieters
1B – Smoak
2B – Peraza
3B – Rendon
SS – Lindor
MI – Story
CI – Hosmer
OF – Cruz, Duvall, Conforto, ODB, Maybin
UT – Brinson, Drury
Bench – Fisher, Segura
DL – Trout, Braun
SP – McCullers, Nova, Severino, Berrios, Cueto, Wood, Manaea,
RP – Giles, Reed, Bush
Thanks, Grey!
If you can get Votto or Blackmon for them, go for it
Matt Chapman heading to Oak as we speak, what are your thoughts on him hitting at this level and would you drop Taylor for him?
thanks
@Utility Help: look far above for answer to the first, mentioned in rundown.
Who?
@Grey: he probably means c.taylor but could be m.taylor
Chris Taylor Ham makes more sense, I thought Michael
@Grey: my guess as to why he likely means c.taylor is the 3B chapman vs taylor. could be a util or just best guy question though and be m.taylor
Oh, yeah, could be
@Grey:
My bad must have missed Chapman this AM while reading. Moot question now as I read the rundown.
I apologize for mixing you up, I meant C.Taylor and Owings was just dropped in a dynasty I know he has been slumping as of late. Would you rather have him or C.Taylor?
Ah, no worries… Owings over Taylor, prolly coin flip
Need 2 for H2H keeper… Bour, Fisher, Odubel, Neil Walker, Drury. Utility spots so position doesn’t matter. Thanks!
Odubel, Bour
Hey ya Grey
Made a few good trades lately on some of your feedback and getting back in the race! Thanks
Can I get your thoughts on this one please?
20 Team H2H
Piscotty/Mazara/Alex Wood for Thames / Duvall.
Thanks!
Thames side
@Grey: ok
I have Alex Wood. Would you trade for Thames for Wood 1 for one?
@Gerry Randell: or is Duvall a better trade instead of Thames for Wood?
Trade Duvall
I wouldn’t
@Grey Ok to be clear (my posts are confusing even to me lol) I have Alex Wood. Offer to me is Duval. Good trade for me? Thanks for hanging in there with me!
I’d take Duvall for Wood or Wood for Duvall, it’s fair for either side
@Grey Ok to be clear (my posts are confusing even to me lol) I have Alex Wood. Offer to me is Duval. Good trade for me? Thanks for hanging in there with me! @Grey: Thank you Grey!!
guessing in AL only with this: (and shoemaker needing a DL stint here upcoming) just drop miller/headley add chapman, activate fisher (OBP over AVG, total bases added, QS over wins and holds added)
C avila
1B miggy
2B segura (hopefully back soon)
SS correa
3B mostsuckass
MI pinder
CI chapman
OF (4) k.davis/trumbo/delino/chisenhall
util zimmer
BN mancini (also 1B could go in CI slot)/fisher
DL gomez/miller
SP salazar/shoemaker/quintana/gausman/farmer/meyer/hahn/peacock
RP j.wilson/giles/barnes (BOS)/j.smith
DL duffy
my pitching is getting way too weak, and i was just beat to escobar/faria lately. when segura is back i guess chapman is the drop, mancini moves to CI full time, add a SP (h.velasquez BOS or clevinger/martes/paulino). if shoemaker gets DL’d i DL him, drop chapman, slot segura into active slot, grab SP.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: OR just drop chapman now, grab strahm for today (better SON rating than anything else i can get)
Miller for Chapman
@Grey: now i got chapman stashed in NA slot (this will only work if i intend to stream pitchers for today) trying to trade chapman to an owner who’s worst in league in HR’s. he has all of these MI, semien/motter/iglesias, this a good idea
1. my chapman + gomez for semien (has room to slot in DL slot in gomez’s place, when he comes back pinder goes to bench anyway)
2. i would say my chapman for motter or iglesias for now (or even rutledge) but this would require me to drop somebody useful in OF (zimmer/fisher/chisenhall/delino) or stop streaming short term to make up the K’s and innings i kinda need and have shoemaker/salazar in active slots.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: or would this one be better (i know a guy who acts very quickly and overreacts to stuff if say s.smith goes DL) i might be able to do
3. my gomez (when healthy, which sounds like a few days) for d.norris SP. i’d slot shoemaker into DL slot, norris takes his place. this still would leave me with too many healthy OF and no MI and nothing to do with chapman though and nobody to drop when segura is back.
3. Sounds fair
1. That sounds expensive, but guess it could work out in redraft 2. Pricey again
@Grey: this is a keep 3 at previous year ADP prices league, and i for sure have correa (1), probably segura (border of 3rd/4th)/k.davis (5) as the others, but guys like fisher/zimmer/mancini would probably all be last or near last rounders.
better question then would be how to rank these if chapman + gomez too much for semien as that one alleviates both needs and roster placement allowing me to at least eventually field a complete roster when segura/semien are back and still stream pitchers or trade for one. h2h league too so i gotta weigh being competitive now and in september (in 3-5th most of year here, 6 playoff spots)
mancini/chisenhall/gomez/zimmer/chapman. i might be best off when shoemaker gets DL to trade an OF for SP, and chapman for semien straight up, which might be doable if he starts hot. i won’t be trading any of k.davis/trumbo/delino in this, and probably not mancini
You’re really paying for Semien, when’s he due back ASG?
who to drop for Derek Fisher?
Dahl
Kepler
Altherr
DSantana
@Fogimon: unless kemp is really out dannys antana ain’t starting. that being said it sounds like dahl is a long way off. i’m assuming redraft here.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: Its a keeper league which makes the dropping a little more complicated…. adding to the complication is my bench consists of Marte, Braun, and Pollock. I can’t really afford to drop able-bodied OF’s, or keep any more DL guys!
@Fogimon: And its Domingo, not Danny…. Brew Crew
Dahl
MIranda’s blowup today inspired me to subscribe to streamy finally. Waddya know, Streamy hated Miranda today.
Anyhow, Streamy is pretty down on Seth Lugo this week (Nationals at home and Giants in SF). Would you roll with either of those?
I am on Lugo, but it’s NL-Only, not in mixed
Gotta give props to that guy on here who pumped up Chris Taylor a month ago when he was starting to get a little bit of run. I believe he mentioned something about how Taylor fixed his batting approach to mimic Justin Turner.
That was me!
@Grey: Go Grey! I thought it was the same guy who said he was 100% on the Chris Taylor bandwagon, regardless of playing time issues at that time, because he was a big time Dodgers fan.
@William Hung:
What I am really starting to love about Taylor is how much he is running lately. I think 5 sb’s in the last 2 weeks including a steal of home
Yeah, might’ve been someone else, I don’t remember
@William Hung:
The world would be a better place if more people were big time Dodgers fans…
With the shizzfest of pitching this year, is Berrios a top 25 SP going forward? Normally rookie pitchers are hard to trust, but he’s been more trustable than most vets!
Nah
@Grey: Ok but I think we might have found the 2nd no3 starter you know!
Haha
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto redraft. i have way too many bench bats (i think because of your lack of number 3 starters theory). that being said would you drop brinson or g polanco for any of chacin, hammel, wacha, maeda, ryu, gsellman or keep streamin’?
gracias.
Stream
hells to the yeah, that one day of happ HR’ing and odor looking like 2017 odor did me a favor, able to trade happ + 1st rounder for odor (i’m in 3rd out of 20, draft pick will have been shitty, plus i can only keep 25 of these so not gonna use it anyway likely)
C avila (or streamer if his playing time gets really shitty)
1B desmond (CF/LF)
2B odor
SS andrus
3B beltre
LF mazouza (RF)
CF blackman
RF stanton
util gallo (1B/3B)
BN brinson (CF), choo (RF), forsythe (2B/3B, getting cut for a streamer soon probably, i can hold avila that way)
DL dahl (CF/LF)
NA mejia/c.kelly/z.collins/w.calhoun/e.jimenez/w.adames
SP (6 max) archer/darvish/cobb/edinson/farmer/ryu
RP fields/leclerc/law/giles/hoover/phelps/kela
DL andriese/morton/diekman
NA y.mendez/barrett/urias
with how well volquez was running lately till that last one hold or dump for hahn or worse streamers (junis/jc ram/corbin/muslim mrs garrett), or could stream while slotting george of the roses in SP slot for holds while doing so.
Nice! I’d hold Edinson for another
Should I drop peraza($2) for buxton($1) or fischer($1) in a 5×5(OBP), 10 team, keep 10 league. Would be my 9th of 15 moves.
Hold
@Grey:
Thank you.
No problem, blue yadda
At this point should I drop Bregmen for Chris Taylor?
Sure
In keeper leagues, would you rather have Gregory Polanco or Michael Pineda?
Polanco
What was the song????
Someone got it above
$0 Bregman or $3 Moistasskiss going forward in a keeper? This year?
Moist
Good afternoon grey!! H2H points weekly lock league.
Which to add for depth maybe I start or not but at least depth wise I’ll have said bat:
Marwin Gonzalez (1b/OF/3b), josh Harrison (2b/3b), trey Mancini (DH/1b/OF), Chris Taylor (3b/2b/OF), Cameron maybin or hunter renfoe?
Question 2: drop Chris owings or didi for andrelton Simmons ? I benched owings this week & started didi in his place , which SS do you like ROS or longer term this season I’ve had owings since April
Thanks man!
@Bobbys world:
Matt Adams is also available
Adams — Hold SS
Looking at streamers for the weekend.
Daniel Norris vs. TB ($6.3)
Jesse Chavez vs KC (6.7)
Alex Meyer vs KC (13.2)
Happ v CHW (4.5)
SON hates all of their next starts, so none are a hold. Meyer and Norris walk so many, Chavez seems to be prone to getting bombed. The Angels have the good ballpark, but as you noted, KC offense is clicking.
So, Happ then? Or is it so risky it doesn’t matter and I can just pick at random?
Yeah, try Happ
Bit of a dumpster fire trade if Kemp is out long term, but I got offered Kemp for Porcello and Polanco. Thoughts? I could see myself dropping them both anyway, so why not get a top 40 hitter instead, right?
Try it
hey man what do you think of dropping fat albers, leMahieu or owings for one of moose, gyorko or adams in a shallow redraft
thanks
Albers for Moose
Can you rank nola, Biagani and lackey?
Thanks!
You did
Handsome Grey, my time traveling internet friend, while some poor readers of yours drafted Cabrera and Marte, I simply took Judge and Zimmerman. They laughed at me and said Greg Bird was the Yankee sleeper to own as they selected Jon Gray, Joe Ross and Blake Snell. Could you please say a brief prayer for your poor readers who couldn’t afford the Razzball elite package that included your 2017 Fantasy Baseball Recaps for us back in March?
Not everyone has those kind of duckets
Got offered Fisher for J. Bell in a 16-team dynasty, OPS scoring. My current 1Bs is Alonso (also have Bour and Bird on DL). OFs are Broxton, Conforto, Santana, J. Ramirez, and Kepler.
Thoughts?
Take it
Keeper league – deal Ray & Brinson for Sale? Sale cannot be kept for next year (while Brinson and Ray can), but wondering if the upgrade to Sale is worth it. Thanks.
Sure for this year to win
Trying to make a trade. I’m deep at 1B (Rizzo, Miggy, Reynolds, Bellinger) in my 10 team 5×5 keeper league. There is an owner looking for 1B, but I don’t think I can get much for Miggy. Here are potential trades.
Rizzo for K Bryant
Rizzo for Machado
Miggy for Seager
Do any of these make sense? I’ve got Story/Odor/Miggy as keepers that I don’t anticipate keeping next year given current production.
I’d take Bryant
Better add right now: Young, Mancini, Peralta, Renfroe.
My OF /Util slots routinely feature Benintendi, Duvall, Desmond, Adams. I would not be dropping any of them. I just don’t want to miss out on any of the bats above that you think may have value past the next few days. Young’s speed is attractive as is Renfroe’s pop, but Peralta is on fire, and I think you may be undervaluing Mancini’s relative consistency.
Peralta, depends on needs
Looked into Cueto.
According to Brooks Baseball, his velocity is down 1-2 MPH across the board. His fastball velocity was already average, so this really hurts him. In addition, he is not throwing his secondary pitches: Slider and Curve much if at all. He traditionally throws his Slider 13% and threw zero in June. So this seems to indicate either: 1. He is lacking command or 2. He is hiding an injury.
He still pitches in the NL and a good pitcher-friendly park, so there is hope for a rebound in the second half but as of now he is unreliable and not worth starting in most cases outside of the best matchups (think Badres).
Ugh, thanks for the info