One rookie’s story comes to life… From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Big Fish. The vets on the pitching staff have outcast him for not meeting their quality standards. Theatergoer leaving the theater, impressed, “Tim Bahton shades the whole fahkin movie in blues and grey. You can’t see fahkin sh*t.” Eduardo Sawxerhands is a gentle man with an uncommon fastball. “I’m fahkin tellin’ yah I couldn’t see anything. Fahk nuts, this Burton character.” Watch as Eduardo Sawxerhands throws the ball past unsuspecting hitters and ignites a fan base that talked about Jackie Bradley Jr. like he was Honus Wagner. So, obviously Eduardo Rodriguez‘s start was terrific — 7 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks. I thought it might be when I suggested you stream him. I also think he can continue to be terrific. I would be shocked if he was sent back down, and if sent back down, he’s not staying there long. The Red Sox can remove any of their other starters for him. What makes him extra special, he possesses solid control. Lumps come for rookies, but good control should ease them. I’d grab him in any league where you’re struggling for upside. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
David Ortiz – Being held out of the lineup for a few days to work on his swing. Unless there’s also a DeLorean, Ponce De Leon and a genie, I don’t see how it helps.
Daniel Nava – Hit the 15-day DL with a sprained left thumb. Ah, the ol’ Atari injury. Wrap it in Bouncey Goo, and get back out there!
Xander Bogaerts – Left yesterday’s game after being hit by a pitch on his forearm. He has a contusion and should be fine. Well, relatively. He hasn’t really been fine all year.
Hanley Ramirez – 2-for-4 and his 11th homer. He’s been slumping for a few weeks, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was playing hurt. Okay, he was prolly just playing uninterested, but maybe he’s now coming out of his May-laise.
Mookie Betts – 3-for-5, 1 RBI, hitting .250. On our Player Rater, he was the 31st ranked outfielder going into yesterday’s game, sitting between Alex Guerrero and Matt Holliday. For non-outfielders, he was sandwiched between Ryan Howard and Edinson Volquez, and ranked 108th overall. No judgements, Cust kayin’.
Josh Hamilton – 2-for-4, 1 RBI. Told the media that he’s battling a cold, but he insisted on playing. Wow, what a great guy! Smoked crack, accepted a $200 million contract and played like crap, rode the train on Ian Kinsler’s sister while Ron Washington distracted Ian with chocolate matzoh, but it’s all forgiven, you giant effin’ mensch, because you’re playing while you have the sniffles! You are a bigger person than the largest picture depicting Genghis Khan. May I drape the Shroud of Turin over you while you nap?
Nick Martinez – 7 IP, 2 ER, 11 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.03. I wonder if the Regression Fairies meant to visit Nick Martinez and instead went to high school pitcher Rick Martinez of Gardenia. Poor Rick.
Chris Beck – 6 IP, 4 ER, 14 baserunners, 3 Ks, and Beck was the loser, baby, so why don’t you kill me?
Chris Sale – 7 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA down to 3.66. This game came against the Orioles, but it looked like he was pitching against the White Sox too…in both games of the doubleheader. Glad I didn’t stack too many White Sox hitters in their doubleheader yesterday. They are the new blech. How does one team look so huckleberry-ey? (Huckleberrii? Huckleberrier? Huckleberrish? I’m bearish on my huckleberrish knowledge. How did I get on this anyway? *pops Ritalin* Ah! Now I see!) I will say this about the White Sox and their huckleberrish lineup, they look good on paper. You look at them and you’re like, “Yeah, I could see them scoring seven runs a game and doing well-choreographed home run celebrations,” then you get Nadir Bupkis and his Merry Men of Meh.
J.B. Shuck – 2-for-7 with two steals. I don’t mention Shuck in the Buy column that’s coming later today — aw, Shuck! — but with Avisail Garcia sidelined for no one-knows-how-long, Shuck could see some playing time and has speed and some power.
David Robertson – Jake Petricka earned the save in the first game of the doubleheader. White Sox are saying Robertson simply had the doubleheader off yesterday due to being overworked-Slash-Axl-Izzy-awful recently.
Adam LaRoche – 4-for-7, 3 RBIs and his 5th homer as he tries to stop himself from hitting as terrible as his beard looks. Shouldn’t be hard, but so far, not much luck.
Adam Eaton – 2-for-7, 2 runs and a solo homer, his 2nd. You remember those novelty baseball cards from Topps when they had Vida Blue and Bud Black and they titled the card, “Black & Blue?” I wanna see a new one with Adam Eaton and Bartolo Colon titled, “Eaton & Ate.”
Wei-Yin Chen – Will miss his next start with an undisclosed injury. Ooh, that’s like the Mystery Dum Dum!
Chris Davis – 2-for-6, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 11th homer in the first game. Davis is the kind of guy that gets hot and hits 12 homers in 10 days, so hold onto your hat. Nice hat, by the way, Judah Friedlander.
Tyler Wilson – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 1 K. Looks respectable because he was pitching against the White Sox. Have I mentioned how awful they are? Oh, yeah, seven blurbs ago. Four score they don’t get and seven blurbs ago, our fantasy forefather bestowed on your eyes a wonder of words — adjectives and dangling participles — full of sound and fury and signifying everything.
Mike Wright – 5 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 2 Ks. I almost streamed him yesterday, but I just didn’t have enough of the cacahuetes. Wright’s a rookie with solid stuff that hasn’t translated completely yet. For now, I’d watch what the Stream-o-Nator says on him.
Carlos Santana – Out on paternity leave. Mazel tov! I hope he gives birth to a 25-game hitting streak and a .320 average the rest of the way with many, many home runs.
Corey Kluber – 7 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 13 Ks, ERA at 3.52. I suggest a minor DL stint next April for Kluber. Maybe a pesky hang nail.
Brandon Moss – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 8th homer. With Moss, expect the unexpected. That is so not true, but it’s fun to say. Moss is about as predictable as they come. Power here and there, and not much else.
Cody Allen – 1 IP, 0 ER, 2 K and the easy save, because closers will be the death of me. Sigh. So, Allen is still the closer, but he still has a 5.85 ERA and he is not in e-f-f-e-c-t, nor is he a smooth operator operating correctly. I’m holding his setup men, McAllister and Shaw for now.
James Paxton – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, but left with an issue with his left middle finger. I have a middle finger for you!
Dustin Ackley – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, and in this game Mike Zunino also homered (2-for-4, 7th homer). Or from Mariner A to Limp Bat Z.
Matt Joyce – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. He touched up Buck Farmer. It was the first time Buck Farmer had been touched by anything but his overalls. As for Joyce, this was his 2nd homer in two days. Hot schmotato alert!
Erick Aybar – Left yesterday’s game with a hamstring injury. It looked like it might sideline him for a bit. Taylor Featherston, and his .042 average, would take over. I hear C.J. Cron played shortstop in Little League? Huh? Anything?
Albert Pujols – 1-for-2, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer. He also homered off of Buck Farmer. As the ball sailed out, Buck Farmer turned, removed the hay from his mouth and said, “Golly.”
Chris Iannetta – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Iannetta has three homers in his last eight games. He’s also hitting, .178 on the year, so, ya know, you’re not getting a ton here. Though not a Featherston, either.
C.J. Wilson – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners (5 BBs), 7 Ks, ERA at 3.18. Usually whichever way his control goes, so does his ERA, but right now he’s defying laws of gravity with his ERA and with his hair. What shampoo does he use anyway?
Nick Kingham – One of the top Pirates pitching prospects underwent Tommy John surgery. That was so early 2014! Geez, why not just wear Zubaz and play with a Pet Rock while you’re at it?
Gregory Polanco – 2-for-5 and his 2nd homer. I have a theory I want to test out. Let’s try to get to a hundred comments about dropping Polanco. Just want to see something.
Starling Marte – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer. Now in the co-lead on the Albright All-Stars team. Just as I drew it up, Jose Abreu.
Jung-ho Kang – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .308. Just floating it out there, but I think he’s going to be hitting .275 by the All-Star break, and .250 by September.
Francisco Cervelli – 3-for-5, 2 runs, hitting .320, and around .500 in the last week. Not much power, speed, (Mad Libs in attribute Cervelli lacks), but he is hitting.
Ian Kennedy – 3 2/3 IP, 7 ER. Kennedy gave up three homers in Petco before the 4th inning. I blame Hoover, Cuba and the mafia.
Will Middlebrooks – 3-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI. He won’t be in this afternoon’s Buy, because he’s here right now. I’ve already added him in one league. Goodbye, Mark Canha! What? It’s a deep league.
Chris Heston – 7 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks at home vs. the Braves. Honestly, this was one that didn’t even need the Stream-o-Nator. Was a full court layup for the kiss off the plexiglass thing behind the hoop. And they say I don’t know basketball.
Nori Aoki – 2-for-4, 1 run vs. Cameron Maybin 0-for-4. In related news, Grey throws himself out his first story window into rose bushes.
Brandon Belt – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 6th homer and 5th homer in the last 13 games. Yeah, I’m not much of a clothes horse, but Belt looks about as good as they come right now.
Brandon Crawford – 2-for-4, 1 RBI, hitting .296. If you’re in a mixed league, and you ask me if you should pick up Crawford vs. any remotely interesting MI, I’ll go with the remotely interesting MI.
Shelby Miller – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 1.48. It’s like he’s baiting the Regression Fairies by only notching one K. Look at me, I’m Shelby Miller, I get fly ball outs in a big park. Nana nana boo boo, stick your head in doo doo, you can’t catch me!
Jayson Werth – An MRI showed fractures on his wrist. This news comes after he was hit by a pitch on May 15th. It took almost six weeks for the MRI results? Man, Obamacare is a mess. Werth will likely be out until August/September, and wouldn’t expect anything from him even then. Too bad, so sad. Sooooo, Michael Taylor is interesting here. Or as I call him when in a rush, Michaeltaylor. He’s mostly just a guy to pick up when hot in most mixed leagues, but he has 8 HR, 15 SB, .220 potential. Kinda like a poor man’s Souza. I will call him, Kazoo.
Billy Burns – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 2nd homer, hitting .302. I tend to stop talking about players if they’re owned in over 50% of leagues and there’s nothing to say. Speaking of which, how is Burns only owned in 10% of leagues? He was owned before he played one game in our league. Shoot (not you, Dick Cheney!), I drafted him!
Brett Lawrie – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Member when he was called up and he was touted as a future Hall of Famer? We were younger then, and you had more hair!
Brian McCann – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, and has homered in three straight games. Dale Long called and said get your own schtick!
Masahiro Tanaka – Will rejoin the rotation next week. His arm will rejoin 14 months from when the Yankees shut him down.
Grey, Rodriguez looked impressive even Farrel said he was a special kid. So is his potential Cole like? Does he have #1 upside. Oh and should I drop polanco?
@Brian: Ha! He throws hard, but I think Cole is a level above him, at least for now… Cole could be a top 5 ace, Eduardo feels like he’d top off at top 20
@Brian: As an O’s fan, Eduardo was tough to lose in the Andrew Miller trade. He was the Orioles system pitcher of the year a few years back, then fizzled for a 1.5 years. But ever since the trade, Eduardo has been a beast. The Sawx prolly saw something that they were able to address that the O’s missed. He definitely has a live arm, but he was never rated highly by the national media types (the local guys in B-more liked him though – shocker I know). I’d say a #2 type upside.
Mike Wright is interesting. 6’6″, throws in the mid-90’s, and changes speeds well. But he gave up hits in the minors. He’s streamer/match-up worthy.
ill be the first comment today on dropping polanco.
he cant go opposite field (except he did on this homer) and he doesnt take walks. so i hate watching his ABs
@Harry Hardenberg: Comment above you has you beat…
@Harry Hardenberg: he has an 8.6% walk rate, which BTW is higher than Marte
Drop carlos martinez for sawx in a 8 team keeper?
@slimbo: Nah
Great article tonight. I read it every night at the stroke of midnight. Aight?
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION ALERT:
Belt, Alvarez or Moustakas in my utility spot in a points league
All of them have been stroking the ball (hehe he said stroking again).
Thank you. Goodnight.
@The Great Regression: Thanks! Moustakas
@Grey: Who would of thought we’d be endorsing Moose!
BFF!
I’m in a 10-team Pirates-only keeper league that uses OBP. Should I drop Polanco for A-ball OF Tito Polo?
@Willie Norwood: Haha!
@Willie Norwood: HA
Polanco should be dropped like a fart in an elevator.
@Dude: Ha
Is it worth it to drop Polanco so that I could yell “Time to walk the Plank-o, Pirate!” while I do it?
@Manley Ramirez: Hehe
7×7 Hits & OPS H2H 14 team
Which side of this trade would you take?
Buster Posey for Wilson Ramos, Tyson Ross, and Santiago Casilla
@geegee: Posey
I don’t even own Polanco, but if I did, would you suggest dropping him?
@Malicious Phenom: Of course!
@Grey:
lol..
how do you like my Gravatar..Just say NO to Gregory!
Kang or bogaerts ROS. Would you drop bucholz for Rodriguez?
@BitchesBeShoppach: meh. likely hold
@BitchesBeShoppach: oh and Kang
@BitchesBeShoppach: Kang, Buch
Thanks! Enjoy the weekend
ROS – Xander or Segura for my SS? 12-team H2H points league.
@tone DEAF!: Segura
@tone DEAF!: Segura
Grey!
Great job, man. Like a John Lee Hooker guitar riff!!!
A. NORM MACDONALD quote of the day:
‘Tom Brady could have easily made the same amount of money playing football as he could have if he were a male prostitute. Trust me I did the math.’
B. Should I drop Polanco? I never really wanted him in the first place. I’m a closet masochist.
C. There is no ‘c’.
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: Thanks! Ha!
rodriguez for any of these? Maybe rodon? u think Eduardo will have a good K rate? I only have 8 pickups for the rest of the year (13 team pts league, 15pts for W, 1 pt for K, 5 pts for CG)
C Archer
A Wood
N eovaldi
T ross
C Rodon
M Pineda
C McHugh
D Salazar
@Blake: Hold your pickups
haha I’m so sorry about your Aoki – Maybin situation! Would you stream Rubby today against the Brew Crew?
@Z: 10 team mixed league
@Z: I would
A Eaton, A Gose or B Burns ROS. Standard 5×5 Roto categories mixed league. Thanks!
@Nittanychris: Gose
Burns or Gose ROS?
Thank you
@Jim: Gose
Should I start polanco in my lineup today or keep him on the bench,
also I’ve been thinking about dropping him for coco crisp???
@Paul: Ha, play him
I’ve owned stras for 3 years in a keeper. Is tonight the 1st night I need to bench him?
@nelson: Tonight’s the night he gets fixed, start him
@Grey: I like where your head is at BFF!
Under a cowboy hat?
Hey Grey!
Roark is sitting out on my waivers. Drop Paxton or Hughs for him?
@PB&J: Hughes
Hi Mr Grey,
I’m thinking of putting Polanco under my buccin hat…or drop to move up a waiver wire spot. What say you?
@joe shmoe: Ha
Should I drop Polanco? I don’t own him. But if I did I’d like to know.
@ashtray: Ha
Great job Grey! Sick of my Teheran in keeper forever. Drop for Eduardo? Sounds crazy but don’t feel like ever starting Teheran again anyway! I own Kluber Samardzija McHugh Salazar Paxton + Syndergaard. Thanks in advance!
@team maxwell: Thanks! I don’t love the move yet
Worth it to pick up Matt Duffy and make Gregory walk the Polanco? OMG, sorry, he’s owned in my 10-team. My bad.
@Sherm: Ha
Should I drop Placido Polanco and pick up Gregory Polanco?
@Cheese: HA
Fuhkin-A-right, ked. This stud is the next Pedro…or at least El Guapo.
@RicoSuave: HA!
Would you drop Rodon for ERod? And if so, would you do it after Rodon’s start today at HOU?
@Nightmare: After Rodon’s start vs. Astros
Drop Alexi Ramirez for Kang?
Is it worth holding onto Cecil I need to activate Doolittle from my DL
@Ballin: Hold Cecil… I’d go Kang
Grey — I don’t have Polanco on any teams, but is it worth trading for him so I can drop him and show him who’s boss?
Also, what are you expecting from Zobrist over the rest of the season? I’d like some depth at 2B and SS and I have a proposal to get Zobrist for Josh Harrison along with a better draft pick next season (I give a 17th-round pick and get a 13th-round pick back). On paper it seems worth it, but Harrison has been so hot lately.
Thanks!
@Enrique: Harrison over zobrist
@Enrique: Ha…Zobrist hasn’t been good for years, take Harrison
@Phil of the Future: @Grey: Thanks, guys.
HA! Great lede Gray!
@OneI’dWilly: Should I drop Polanco in a 13 team 4 catcher 1 OF league? My other OF are Trout, Harper, and Adam Jones – Someone just dropped Kluber . . .
86 more to go . . . sorry you asked yet?
@OneI’dWilly: Ha, thanks!
WWGD, drop Plinko? 9 Team H2H…. Come on down!
@Wes Mantooth: Nice username!
Should I drop Jorge Polanco (2B – Minnesota Twins)? He’s0.1% owned in ESPN leagues and I’m pretty sure I’m the 0.1%.
Wada or Eduardo Rod the rest of the way?
@SwaggerJackers: Ha… I’d flyer Eduardo
Start Rubby today against Mil?
@Mitchell Freedman: I am. Rubby’s my home slice.
@Mitchell Freedman: Start Rubby everywhere but Coors until further notice
Polanco or Zunino ROS?
Should I just drop Polanco? Carlos Ruiz is also on the wire btw.
@stuff: Ha, Polanco!
Drop Polanco for Sid Bream?
@Robby Rob: Ha, that’s actually a tough call!
Either i havent been reading closely, or have missed your thoughts on Ian Desmond this year..
in a long term keeper league, would you rather have Ian Desmond for $25 or a minimum Alcides and Rusney?
thanks, have a great friday. I dropped Polanco finally!
@petey: Rusney…Desmond was in a Sell column 2 weeks ago
was offered Harper and Jordan Zimmerman for Marte, Sale and Strasburg…..accept right?
@Big Fudge: That’s an arm, leg, and sphincter for a frat boy and a bone with a wee bit of meat on it. I’d hold out for more. Stew it.
@Big Fudge: 2 9+k/9 for a 6k/9. Wonder how Grey will go.
@Big Fudge: Marte side
Tempting trade offer: Give up Lester and Tanaka to acquire Stras and Kuechel. I’d say no if Tanaka’s arm weren’t about to fall off. Yay or nay?
@CJ: Meh, hold
@CJ: drop tanaka for one of E-Rod/Wada/Kendricks or such.
Drop Polanco for a player to be named later?
@Fungazi: Ha
Best bud,
Philosophical question for you.
If someone drops Polanco and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?
@Phil of the Future: Yeah, BB… Sound, “Muahahahahahaha”
I’ve had a rough year so far and I’m looking to build for next year in a 14 Team H2H OBP League with 4 keepers, round drafted isn’t a factor. Would you trade away Wong for Rendon or do you think Wong has more long term value. The potential keepers I have right now are McCutchen, Hosmer, Wong, Dickerson, Betts, and Strasburg. Thanks!
@RePete: I think that works if you’re building for the future. Rendon has better long term value
@RePete: Agree with Phil
I just picked a bloody booger out of my nose, should I wipe it on Polanco or put it in a tissue?
@sniff test: Hold
Looking to buy low on Strasburg for either Shields or Hammel. How do you rank these three ROS? Thx.
@A.J.: Shields, Stras, Hammel
Drop Yelich for Polanco?
Crawford for Kang/Segura when back? (OPS league, I did read the blurb)
Grichuk or Burns?
@Kendrick Llama: Yelich, Segura, Burns
@Kendrick Llama: Agree with Phil
would it be a good idea to trade freeman for a pitcher and then pickup brandon belt or lucas duda as a replacement?
@Paul: Pick up Lucas Duda? I want to be in your league!
@Scott: happened to me in a 16 team points league (but we don’t have CI or MI and only 3 OF) about 2 weeks ago.
@Paul: Sure, Duda
… kemp or maybin? for pts leagues.. both currently on the wire, thx
@lb. sand: Kemp
who wins this trade?
Tulu for Alexi Ramirez and Wacha
@The guy:
Polanco.
Tulu is crap
@The guy: Tulo
Can you talk about dropping Polanco? I’ve thought about dropping Polanco for some type but have been hesitant to drop Polanco. If I drop Polanco and somebody else picks him up and then they drop Polanco because they are experiencing the same things that made me want to drop Polanco…then that makes me think of a couple of Drop Polanco scenarios. Dropping Polanco could hurt my team because I could have dropped Polanco and then he does good BUT if I dropp Polanco and somebody else add him and then they drop Polanco because he is doing bad…then its a good thing that I dropped Polanco because I tricked someone else into dropping Polanco. I think I will call this theory the double drop Polanco rainbow. What would really be crazy is a triple drop Polanco rainbow. That would require Polanco being dropped three times. Is that even possible?
@sniff test: Drop him
@sniff test: Ha!
@sniff test: Does a Sniff Test pass a Polanco in the woods?
Hey Gr~ey,
Happy Friday, few questions:
1) Could you rank Forsythe, Valbuena, DeShields
2) J.B. Shuck or DeShields?
3) Play without a shortstop and wait until they DL Aybar (I can take Segura off the DL), or just drop Aybar?
Thanks as always, have a great weekend!
@Dkohn: You too! 1) You did, though if need steals, flip last two 2) DeShields, though that could change is Avisail stays out 3) Take Segura off DL, he returns today
@Grey: Thanks!
One more…who are the top 3 drops?
Aybar
Delino
Valbuena
Wei-Yin Chen
Mike Wright
Carlos Frias
Happ
Thanks again!
Aybar, Wright, Frias
Hammel or A Wood for roto leagues?
@lb. sand: Hammel, close though
Grey- great article. Thanks!!
I’m in in a 12 team H2h with hitting categories of R, H, HR, RBI, AVG, OPS, SB.
My current roster is:
C R. Martin
1b J. Abreu
2B Cano
3b Bryant
SS Segura
OF Colabello
Fowler
Polanco
Ozuna
Util Lind
BN R. Zimmerman (1b, 3b, OF)
Zobrist (2b, SS, OF)
Prado (2b, 3b, OF)
Correa (SS)
I’m looking to trade Zobrist and Colabello for Adam Jones. Am I offering enough?
Do you see any anyine else who could/should be moved/removed?
Thanks for the help!
@VRugg: You might want to drop Polanco. ;)
@VRugg: Thanks! You’re not… Trade Cano for Jones
Should I deal Strasburg for H. Pence – could use the bat and have Salazar, Lester, Kluber as Ss.
@MQL: Sure
DYK Aoki is 2/3 of the way to his HR projections for this year?
@Scott: IDK
Hope you’re right on Kang. Took your advice and traded him (along with Guerrero) for Kimbrel. Hope this works out better than trading Wacha and Martinez for Stass-ass-burg. Thanks, as always, for your help.
@Brian: No problem
Buchholz and Bogaerts for AJ Ramos and Rollins
@Eric: Buch
Need an OF12 H2H 6×6 OPS
Polanco, Burns, Granderson, K. Davis, Guerrero, Gose, Eaton, Ethier, Maybin
@TOGMAN: Davis
Hi Grey,
Mookie Betts is on the wire, do I pick him up and if so, who would you drop from the following?
Ryan Zimmerman
Mark Trumbo
Andrew McCutchen
Jason Heyward
Matt Holliday
Ryan Braun
My guess would be Heyward or Trumbo or Holliday – possibly in that order.
Thanks…
Mike.
@Mike: Yes, that order
@Grey: Thanks Grey! Mike.
No problem
Yo G
So Heyward and Polanco just hit Hr. Does this mean they are on the up and up?
Or does this mean drop Polanco and Heyward on a high note?
@Espn fantasy baseball editor looking for help?: Ha
Polanco was always too highly touted for me to acquire him. So should I drop him? Asking for one of the perennial contenders in my league.
@Evgeni Eckhart: Ha
Dropped Polanco 4 days ago. Should I have dropped him?
@KLS: That is the question, isn’t it?
Isn’t it ironically awesome how Buck Farmer has one of those names you used to play the non-swear game with in middle school by swapping the F with someone’s name yet, if you did that with his name you’d end up with soap in your mouth for inadvertently swearing? He might be fun to pick up just for that name novelty until he sinks your season and then you really can use it effectively with ‘F*ck Barmer!!!!!!’
@Clint: His name is up there with the best ever
Should I drop Polanco?
On another note, in a 10 team h2h keeper, keep 10. We use saves and holds as separate categories. Need to pick up a Holds guy and need to drop a SP to do it. Bottom of my rotation is Fiers, J. Nelson, Eduardo Rodriguez, Kazmir, Yodano, C-Mart, Hammel.
Who is the drop? Pick up Duke, Jared Hughes, Tazawa, Dunn or Osuna?
@B the Esq: Ha… Hughes, tough call though
@Grey: he’s wanting to drop a starter for a RP, he meant j.hughes. Probably j.nelson dropped for tazawa or osuna,
@A Wesley Snipes Life: change that to kazmir if they don’t DL him soon. wait a couple of days to see.
Polanco Haiku – I was wondering – if i should drop Polanco – I need rbi’s
@sniff test: Nice!
I need to drop one of CarGo, Soler, Bruce or Avi Garcia to add a MI: Andrus, Russell, Forsythe, Alex Guerrero, Iglesias, Panik, Espinosa, Aybar, Hill, Jace Peterson…
Who do you drop and who do you add? Thanks!
@Jon:
Polanco.
@Jon: Avisail
1. hughes now being named a streamer. his 2nd to next start (not the @ BOS one) rated highly. 12 team roto redraft league with K/BB, QS, and OBPA. No K’s total as a stat. 71 moves left on year. drop for any of: E.Rod/J.Nelson/Hendricks/Hutch/Wada?
2. 20 team roto dynasty with QS. staff is santiago/fiers/j.zimm/kazmir/annabelle/e-rod (in NA slot). after dropping scrabble (added only for the one day hold chance (got it too, nice)) for activating E-Rod, who are my drop(s) for buchholez/heston? Both Buchholez/Heston come off waivers next two days. only 1250 innings max so i’ve been able to bench annabelle lately. do have DL room for Kazmir.
3.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: 1, Hendricks 2. Santiago, Kazmir
Should I drop Polanco? First I would have to package Mike Moustakis and Brad Zeifler to obtain Polanco via trade, as I don’t currently own him
But then after the trade clears and I get Polanco, should I drop him?
Please advise, TIA
@Lucky Dog: Ha!
@Grey:
Epilogue: the Polanco owner rejected my trade offer, then dropped Polanco.
I think he reads your column.
:)
Damn!
“also….spider sense prediction. Brett Lawrie hits a home run tonight.”
with mediocre power comes mediocre responsibility
I thought Polanco retired in 2013. Should I pick him up? Does he still play for the Marlins?
@GhostTownSteve: That’s right! Nice call yesterday… I need another few, can you help Abreu?
Should I drop G Polanco for Placido Polanco?
@Don: You have the best avatar, btw
Drop Rusney for Alex Rios or Avisial?
@The Shelby Sensation: Hold
Trying to figure out trade proposal. Can you please rank Ross, Paxton, Gio, JoFer? Thank you.
@Five-On-One: Ugh, tough ones… Gio, Ross, JoFer
Do I drop Polanco in a 1 team dynasty league for Grey Albright’s first born child?
rumplestiltskin! rumplestiltskin! rumplestiltskin!
@Maxi: HA!
Whats up man? Rank for ROS please.
Pearce,Xander,Valbuena
Thanks
@Jerms: Xander, Pearce
Lol! Great write up Grey! Thanks!
11 team keeper league: Should I add Eduardo Rodriguez, Wada, or Chase Anderson over Paxton, Buchholz, C-Mart, or Rodon?
@Reid: rodon’s probably gonna go for any of those, not sure what others say as to which.
@Reid: Thanks! Rodon
@Grey: Who do you like most out of that group to add over Rodon?
@Reid: ask again in new post. that’s a hard one.
BFF, Do you think I should drop Polanco for Buck Farmer? BTW Burns is owned in all 3 of my RCL leagues. I ran some numbers and by using my proprietary & very complicated algorithm, I have came to the conclusion that; RCL accounts for approx 7.8% of his ownership in ESPN, 1.7% of that represents the inner circles of RCL readers and the other .05% are Coco Crisp owners in AL only leagues.
@Teddy Heater: If you look at Hitter-Tron (or Player Rater, etc) you see RCL ownership of a player… I didn’t look for Burns, but I bet it’s above 10%
57%
At least we know our people are the idiots
@Grey: BFF, Cool, good to know. I was just referring to his overall ownership in ESPN. I know there were some Xman & Kang q’s, but drop Kang for Segura?
I’d want Segura
@Grey: Thanks BFF, as a Rubby and Tubby owner I liked “Start Rubby everywhere but Coors until further notice” Random note from one of my non RCL leagues. I jumped on last night to grab Kang for Xman and Kris Bryant was at the top of list on waivers and I was like…… WTF? (mind you earlier in the day when I pulled up to the gas pump yesterday the pump was trying to give me free gas. I did think about filling up for a millisecond and then I realized someone probably said the wrong pump number so I reset it and used my card) So this has to be my lucky day, right? I’m #1 on the wire and I hit capture, someone is going to have some mean ass Waiverlust Baby! . Then I went on to see Sonny, Degrom, Moose, Myers, Familia etc all available. Apparently my buddee’s side chick got a hold of his phone and dumped the whole team. I was telling Bug the story and she was like, how did she know how to do that and what if I did that? I responded with “Idk, but I have to applaud her efforts and she’s a sly b**th and if you did that to me I’d help you pack your bags”
That’s grounds for breaking up with her
Oh, and your buddy has terrible taste in side pieces
@Grey: He dropped her & Devon Travis at the same time, hence the payback! Agreed, he’s a solid dad and he’s been a friend since Kindergarten, but he has the worst taste in girls. Young & crazy are his Kryptonite, 2 kids with 2 different chicks, dude would make a great character on Hip Hop in LA (I think that’s what it’s called) I will call him Dirty Dawson, that should be a new dance. “Turn down for what, bah, bah, bah, bass drops…..now Do the Dirty Dawson”
Hahaha… Nice!
Rank Bruce, CarGon, OZUNA for ROS. Please and Thank you.
@Five-On-One: CarGo, OZUNA
Good morning Grey! New Strasburg owner (did have him last year). Start or sit tonight @ Cinn vs DeSclafani? SON $26.4. I thought it would be lower due to his struggles this year.
@Charles: Start
I can’t ask if I should drop Polanco, because he’s already on the waiver wire. So…should I pick him up over K Morales or D Ortiz? I am curious, so should count toward your 100 comments, right?
@Matt: Meh, I’d hold there
Drop Rodon for Sawxerhands?
@Jerms: Can wait until after Rodon’s Astros start
is c.anderson or heston now the streamer in 12 team H2H with BB/HR allowed/losses? 8 moves per week so i stream most days.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: They’re streamers
Grey, sudden improvement in pitching over last two weeks. All it took was a little progression. And , of course, dropping Polanco.
@Tigres: Nice!
You told me to put together a package of kris bryant and pujols to land a top pitcher. The gave me this counter offer
Who wins the trade bryant, pujols… Felix hernandez. chris carter. I would be dropping carter
I would still have arenado as my primary 3b and crush davis as my 1b while significantly upgrading my pitching.
@Sweepertheleg: I’d take F-Her
Best chance for W tonight?
Bauer at Mariners (Walker)
Santiago home vs Tigers (Sanchez)
Nelson home vs Diamondbacks (De la rosa)
Thanks!
@Johnny: What does SON say? Bauer
@Grey:
SON has
1. Anibal at .39 vs Santiago .34
2. Nelson at .37 vs Rosa .36
3. Walker .37 vs Bauer .35
So SON thinks Bauer will lose, but SON also loves and hates Bauer, so couldn’t follow it.
SON doesn’t sound too off there… They’re also very close… I’d go with your gut
ERod over Wada, Chavez, Fiers, or Garcia?
@Will: Garcia
Already dropped Polanco…
Is Dickey droppable too?
@scrotchs: I say yes, but I’d ask JayWrong
I still don’t know why everyone was told to drop Cody Allen the other day just because he came in in one 8th inning down by 1 run and runners on (to keep the game close).
He’s no Polanco for goodness sakes.
@Catcher Fever: I didn’t write drop, I wrote I backed him up
@Catcher Fever: it was more about “get ready here boys”, and it’s very rare for closers to be used in that situation, they’ll use 8th inning guys only rarely in that spot.
Tied in wins,losses, down 2 in hr given up, up 7k’s, up 3.60 to 3.93 in era, down 1.35 to 1.23 in whip. tied in qs.
He has harvey vs Mia
Bauer @ seattle
Mcculers vs White Sox
Do i Start Bolsinger @ cards
My other pitcher is Rubby de la rosa @ mil
@Miles: Sit Bolsinger
I’m trying to upgrade my RF slot in my 20-team all-Pirates ESPN classic dynasty league. Harrison, Tabata, Corey Hart, Josh Bell, and Andrew Lambo are all owned, obviously, as are Matt Diaz, Xavier Nady, Matt Lawton, Orlando Merced, George Hendrick, and Dave Parker. Would you recommend dropping Polanco for Bradenton Marauders outfielder Michael Fransoso? Or is Fransoso only so-so?
Thanks in advance for your advice with this difficult decision.
@Moistasskiss: Ha! Xavier Nady!
I picked up the young edurardo sawxerhands last week on a tip from the prospect column on this very website…thanka you! I’ve temporarily replaced Bogey with Alcides in one league, who to keep when Xander has recovered?
@Rip Repulski: Nice! Alcides over Xander
Is this you checking on who actually reads your column. You can’t make me ask it. I can’t bring myself too as i drafted him quite low in a few leagues. So i am gonna ask a catcher question. What catcher should i pick up to drop for Cervelli so i can actually feel good about it? How about is it time to drop Joe Kelly yet he throws really hard? Who is the best player to pick up ROS because i’m gonna be on the rock for the next 3 months?
@Toe Knee Arm Ass: Ha, Realmuto
Pick two for the day
Stanton vs Harvey $28
Billy H. vs strasburg $20
Pujols vs anibal $16
@Yoodo: Not Billy
Pick 3 for meeee
marte, polanco against shields
upton against liriano
soler against volquez
heyward against bolsinger
@Pick 3: Not Heyward
Would u stream McCullers today vs CWS
Need a win
Thx!
@Adam: Yeah
Should I be trying to sell any of my starters, relievers, and/or 1B (Belt/Moss)?
12-team, 5×5, H2H, redraft.
C- Perez, 1B – Belt, 2B – Dozier, 3B – Arenado, SS – Desmond, OF – Bautista, Ethier, Moss, Util – Gose, DL – Ellsbury, Puig
SP – Strasburg, Kluber, Shields, Carrasco, Quintana, Salazar
RP – Soria, Miller, Gregerson, Grilli, Allen
@Jose:
I’d be targeting a mild OF or SP upgrade.
@Jose:
I’d be targeting a mild OF or SP upgrade. @Jose:
Like Betts or A.Gordon. Ok, shutting up now. Got diarr-you-know-what of the fingers.
@Jose: Shields for OF, maybe Marte level, maybe Yoenis
10 team h2h
Looking to package Moss and Wacha together for a more well rounded upgrade in the outfield with some speed preferably.
How would you rank these targets:
Brantley, A. Jones, Gomez, Springer, Braun, Betts, Cespedes, Gardner, Reddick, Castillo
I understand the first three are probably pipe dreams, but might as well aim big.Here is my offense for context:
C McCann 1B Ortiz 2B Kipnis 3B Donaldson SS Desmond OF Trout OF Marte OF Soler UTL Texiera BN Moss
@bossmanjunior333: Jones, Gomez, Springer
Should I drop Marisnick for Billy Burns?
@Hey Grey: Yes
Great stuff as always, Grey. Thanks!
Which side of this trade do you like for a 12-team points league? Cano and Alex Wood for Altuve?
@Todd: Thanks! Altuve
Have Shields and Liriano on a couple teams today. If you had to roll with just one who would you start? Leaning towards Shields.
@Lville Jim: Start both…Shields
I get Baez and Doolittle for Kimbrel in dynasty. Biggest question is whether we are buying the adjustments Baez is making in AAA…
@Nuke Laloosh:
I think it’s definitely worth holding Baez in a dynasty. Probably too early to fully buy in, but very encouraging. Nice how the Cubs let him just take off and get his mind right with that whole thing with his family and the on field struggles.
@GhostTownSteve: thanks. I hate keeping closers too. Doolittle won’t let me have a drop off in in category when he gets the job back
@Nuke Laloosh: Agree with Steve
I need to ditch one of these guys at Util, Napoli, Moreland, Martin. Who goes?
@Emanski’s All Star: Moreland
So, I’m thinking about trading for Polanco and not with the intent of dropping him immediately. If you have some depth at OF, I think this is a good move for a few reasons. He’s doing alright against RHP. His splits versus lefties have been absolutely awful. He has a .382 OPS on the year vs LHP. But against RHP he’s a serviceable bat with speed. He has 12 steals on the year and that’s a 40+ steal pace for a whole season. IMO, there is value here. Especially if everyone wants to drop him and you can afford to sit him vs. LHP.
@Random Dude: Agreed
Hey Grey-
Rest of season rank:
Teheran, bucholtz, Hutchison, McCullers, Hahn, Gibson, foltynewicz
Thanks
@Z: That order looks fine
NL only . Drop Polanco, Bruce and Heyward for Junior Lake, Abraham Almonte and Clint Robinson?
@Bugs Bunty: Ha!
I’m a bit concerned about my outfield. I have Ellsbury and Myers on my DL, Avisail in purgatory and Joey Bats and his gimpy shoulder playing with Inciarte, Aoki and T. Hunter. I can deal Wacha and/or Chavez, but am trying to gauge what type of return I should expect. Is Bats+Wacha a good enough offer for McCutchen? Is Chavez worth JD Martinez? Should I go after Polanco and then drop him?
Your thoughts are appreciated.
@Lincecuminmypants: I’d try McCutchen there, or JD there
I have Segura and Rendon coming off the DL, maybe. Need to make room. Should I drop Torii Hunter and Cuddyer for them, or drop Segura and one of the above? Thanks. Also have Hanley as trade bait. Offer for Strasburg? And should I drop Polanco
@Basement Artie: Yes, drop Hunter, Cuddyer…Hold Hanley
Hello Grey,
Need to sit someone of the below, but all seem to have good match ups except Stanton, but Stanton never gets benched.
Stanton vs Harvey
Brantley vs Tijuan Walker
Calhoun vs Anibal Sanchez
Bruce vs Strasburg
Fowler vs Edision Volquez
Who to sit?
thanks!
Bruce
PLEASE convince me to bench Strasburg tonight @ Great American Ballpark. I JUST CANT DO IT. I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED LIKE 10 TIMES IN A ROW. I CANT HELP BUT SHOUT RIGHT NOW.
I’m starting him
@Grey: His Hr to FB rate isnt really a problem altho Frazier likes to hit power line drive homers that may happen. Im starting him screw it.
Cool
My headline for today: “Back to farming Buck”
Arrieta & Yelich for Jones & Rodon in a keeper….
HA….Jones
Andrus or Kang at SS ROS?
Andrus
Who replaces Cody Allen when he gets the boot? I own Shaw and McAlister but would like to drop one to pickup Qualls.
Shaw
Eduardo Rodriguez or Jered Weaver in a redraft?
Eduardo
@Grey: weekly roto redraft, what are you bidding for eduardo in $250 FAAB?
$21
Kang, Rollins, or deshields ros? Please rank as I’ll keep two until correa is called up. 12 team h2h. Xbh and obp league.
You did
@jared: Hamilton’s return is going to limit deshields’ ABs, so he’s out.
Kang > Rollins by potential, with Rollins having the edge in speed… team needs come into play, but I’m leaning towards Kang
Saw your post above about moving on to Segura from Bogearts and made that move. Huge relief from always hanging on to that guy because he’s going to be the next so & so superstar. What’s your glossary term for the relief you get from dropping a non-producing player?
@Fungazi: He’s also the highest % owned player in the FA pool now, so hope someone burns a waiver on him.
Check glossary
How many home runs do you think carlos Santana will hit the rest of the season..I have $50 thst he hits over 12.5 for rest of year
I’d take over 12.5 for $1000
Here’s what fantasypros had to say about Kang yesterday… (sometimes I check their stuff, I apologize, are you the king)
“… I wouldn’t be surprised if Kang ends up hitting 20 home runs and drives in 90 to 100 runs. If he is available, snatch him up or try to trade for him because he will be worth it.”
Based on your comment in your post you strongly disagree with this? Would you rather ride out the Aybar injury which appears to be only a couple days than grab Kang in a mixed league?
Fantasypros sucks
@Grey: Ataway Albright!
@zombie: Mostly terrible I agree, go take a look at ROS ranking there fairly insane, mainly because everyone and the mother throws out some ranking mostly the same and you get pile of uselessness.
@grey Drop Quintana for Eduardo Rodriguez ?
@Anthony: bump GREEEEEEY
Yes
Fowler or Betts ROS obp league
Betts
@Warren: Tough because Betts looks like he’s going to be a star… but with the uncertainty of Betts holding a spot high in the order, I like Fowler.
Betts has that 2B eligibility in yahoo, not sure of the others, so lineup flexibility might change my tune…
To start Stras in Cinci or not to start Stras?
What a Strassful decision, help me out Grey!
I’m starting him
Tough one IMO…
Duda, Chris Davis, or Pujols… head to head ROS? (15 hitting category league… so if you can think it, there’s a category for it.)
@CMUTimmah: Davis
More upside with Heaney or Eduardo in keeper forever? Thanks much!
@team Maxwell: Check Heaney’s numbers this year in AAA… not exactly lights out. Struggled in the Majors this year.
I loved Heaney’s promise last year, but in a minute sample size, Eddy has at least shown it in the show also…
@CMUTimmah: @Grey: Struggled in the majors *last* year…
@CMUTimmah: I grabbed Eduardo anyway! Be awesome if he’s top 40 this year. If I didn’t someone else would have snagged him like Syndergaard. Nothing ventured nothing gained I guess!
@team Maxwell: Eduardo
@Grey: weekly roto redraft, c-mart/samarzija for stras?
@herschel: Stras
The ESPN “Get him in your lineup” department suggests starting Lance McCullers tonight. Do you agree? Apparently the CWS have a bad offense.
@Scott: Ha, I’d start him
Morning, Grey! How confident can I be that Correa will be called up soon? I’m in a league where roster sizes and the need to carry a lot of SPs limit me to only carrying one SS. I’ve been rolling with Xander all year. With Xander being dinged up, I could swap him for Elvis, who could at least bring me some more speed, and then hope I can swap again for Correa when he’s up. Or, I could just make the move for Correa now and hope not to be waiting very long.
@Hal Incandenza: Morning! I’m thinking next weekend for Correa
@Grey: Oohs and aahs!
12 team H2H
Drop any of Kennedy, Haren, Happ
for any of
Mcculers, Wada, Hughes, Roark?
BTW Polanco just got traded in my league for Eduardo Sawxerhands :/
Yes, McCullers, Wada and Roark
Kevin @ ESPN “Get him in your lineup” department says drop Polanco!
Ha
ROS… Hosmer, Duda, Belt ?
Semien Vs Crawford ? (Semien is mildly interesting, but he may be mildly interesting on the bench soon with that D…. Crawford been solid why so Bearish)
Drop Polanco ?
Good times, Grey… good times. Thanx
Ha… Hosmer, Duda… Semien…
Wouls you drop either, Wada, McCullers or Mike Wright for Eduardo Rodriguez?? Or none?
Wright
Thanks Man!!
No problem
Mad Bum or Prince in a dynasty league?
Prince, it’s fair
Billy Hamilton & Cano for Sale…which side do you prefer?
Sale
(RCL League)
Xander droppable for Pearce?
Hold Yordano or drop for streamer?
Polanco is on the WW. Should I pick him up over Leonys? And then should I drop him?
Meh…Drop…Meh
@Birdis: polanco vs leonys has flip flopped at least 5 times over course of just the last month. so it’s close either way depending on what day.
In a 2 team Polanco keeper H2H league where the best Polanco wins. Rank these guys in order of dropability: Polanco, Polanco, and Polanco. Muchos gracias!
Aren’t you worried the other owner in your league might see this question?
ESPN 10 Team H2H Points –
Hitter Scoring: HIT (+1), RUN (+1), RBI (+1), 1B (+1), 2B (+1), 3B (+2), HR (+3), BB (+1) SB (+1)
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
1. Which stream do you like better in my league today?
Rodon @HOU (6.4)
Nelson vs. ARI (4.8)
2. Would you start Quintana tomorrow @HOU (13.6)?
3. Please rank these OF ROS: Brantley, Springer, JD Martinez, Castillo, Myers…
@ebudz: Oh also you can add McCullers vs CHW (-0.1) as an option for question #1…
McCullers 2. Sure 3. Springer, Brantley
@Grey: Sweet, thanks Grey! Uh one follow up to question #3… How you rank JD Martinez, Castillo, Myers? I’m trying to prioritize who I want to trade away/keep … Also guys like B. Hamilton, Choo, Souza, Heyward, J. Harrison, Span, Tomas are available so which two guys out of all them should I be starting at my 3rd OF spot and UTIL spot respectively? Right now I own JD and Castillo ….
You ranked them
1) Would you take flier on Rodriguez (Boston) over CMART? Thanks.
2) And does Colabello still continue to start now that Bautista is back?
3) You seem to be the only one who thinks McGee might get his closer gig back….hold him over Carson Smith?
4) And out of curiosity, why so little love for Brandon Crawford? Speaking as Giant’s fan here, not FFB.
1) No 2) Should 3) Hold 4) He’s a good real player, little fantasy value
@greg: 1. No. 2. Yes, for now. 3. I think McGee gets the gig back, but Rodney has been horrible. Bump, IMO. 4. .247/.316/.372 with no speed doesn’t do it.
@bigbear:
Time will tell on Crawford. At what age do most players break out? He is currently how old? He is currently highest ranked fantasy baseball SS, speed or no speed….(Tulo doesn’t have much either, not saying he’ll be like Tulo but….he’s racking up a busload of rbis)
Bottom line is, hard to gauge when the whole Giant’s team is on a historical tear. I’ll get back to both of you on him in August either saying “I told you so” or eating crow…. ;)
@greg: SF has been either mediocre or downright bad at hitting during most of their last few championship seasons, and got hot hitting in playoffs. remember marco freakin scutaro was an MVP or something ridiculous a few years back once. Pretty much all fantasy sites with any knowledge have reported TB is likely to ease McGee back in
Which MI? Andrus, Russell, Forsythe, Alex Guerrero, Iglesias, Panik, Espinosa, Aybar, Hill, Jace Peterson, Brad Miller…
Andrus
Grey,
I literally just added Polanco night with my waiver priority. He is filling in for Souza for me right now. Two questions:
1. ROS for a 11 team roto league, keep 2: Polanco, Souza, Carter, Chris
2. Should I drop Polanco regardless of your recommendation to question 1?
Thanks, dope work as always.
1. Souza, Polanco 2. Ha!
I’m looking to sell high on Dee Gordon and buy low on Joey Bats…I have the worst OBP in my league…6×6 Keeper…
The guy is offering 3 players Dee Gordon and Justin Upton
He will give me Joey Bats along with 2 of the following:
Jason Heyward, Carlos Gonzalez, Shin Soo Choo and Wil Myers (but I’ve got dickerson in DL, and other injured players)
So my question is – do I take the trade, and if so, which 2 of the 4 above OF should I take?
Not good
@Grey: so in an OBP/SLG league, it would not be good to trade Upton and Dee Gordon for Joey Bats/Choo and Heyward or CarGo?
I have Tulo, Devon Travis, Segura, and Kang as my other MI for a 2B, SS, and 2B/SS positions…
No
@Grey: can you elaborate on why you don’t like the trade? are you thinking upton may outperform joey bats ROS? do you just not like cargo/heyward/choo/myers at all?
I’ve written about Bautista and his shoulder numerous times in the last few weeks
Dreaded Catcher Question:
Immediately activate Lucroy on Monday over Migs Montero? Thanks.
yes, Lucroy
Should I trust SON’s stats for Bauer today and bench in my 10 team roto 5×5 QS no W’s)? It tends not to like him.
-$8.2 @ SEA. Trying to bring down my WHIP and ERA. Doing well on K’s.
I’d start him
Happy Friday!
Points league
Burns
Deshields
Tucker
Burns
Chavez, Hendricks, Buch ROS?
That rank
You like my Maikel Franco for his d’Arnaud in a 6×6 keeper league with OPS?
Currently have Fran
Nah
…co on my bench and Plawecki catching.
Thanks!
He’s on your bench? How deep is this league? Trade him then if you don’t need him
how do we feel about Aaron Sanchez’s start in Minnesota tomorrow? I thought the Twins were a bad team but the world is a changing place…
HA…I’d start him
@Grey: thanks, should I drop Plouffe or Khris Davis to stream him? Need to keep up w my matchup for probable starts this week
Plouffe
From the weird stats department:
Justin Upton is hitting .360 with NINE of his 12 homers @ Petco!
Upton is hitting .242 away from Petco.
Nolan Arendo is hitting .308 with 8 of his 10 homers AWAY from COORS!
Arenado is hitting .260 @ Coors.
Not surprising on Arenado, Rockies have had terrible weather there so far
@Grey: THIS STAT MAKES ME GIDDY!
Nolan Arendo is hitting .308 with 8 of his 10 homers AWAY from COORS!
Arenado is hitting .260 @ Coors.
This is quite amazing and should point to the fact that he will be such a beast from here on out!! Now if we can only get TULOto wake up, he is batting 266 and Billy Burns just hit 2 homers this week!
Totally
Wait until the weather heats up
karns @ BALT.,rodon @ HOUSTON,foltynewicz @ SANFRAN or nelson vs ARIZONA TODAY
I was looking at those options just now, I went with no one… Nelson would’ve been my choice
@Grey: THANKS BOSS,has mchugh been average enough though to where i stream his spot with guys like this available
I’d stream in RCL, yeah
@Grey: thanks,i was hoping youd say that,
No problem
Received this offer from an owner I was trying to work out a deal with last week. I’m leaning toward accepting but would appreciate an endorsement.
My Doolittle, Bauer, and Cuddyer (just added Cuddyer as a FA so don’t view him as a real loss)
for
His Yoenis and Odorizzi
Odorizzi > Bauer, right?
Nice trade for you
@Grey: Right on. I have accepted it.
You likely don’t recall this, but last week, after Dickerson went on the shelf, I offered this team a holds guy (Hughes; it’s a 6 x 6 with holds league) for Moss. He countered offering Cuddyer for Hughes or Moss for Dickerson. I offered Dickerson for Cespedes, which he declined. He later dropped Cuddyer.
We have a FA auction and I got Cuddyer for $1 last night. He was the other team that had entered a bid. I won it because I have it setup where the tiebreaker priority order is the inverse of the standings, and he only recently passed me in the standings. So seeing that auction win was pretty fun. Now today, I see this.
As an aside, I have to say I really like the FAAB aspect, which I switched to last year. I keep the budgets low to avoid inflation, especially when combined with a yearly transaction limit of 70. There have been a couple of times where I way outbid for a player based on the lack of other bids (Bauer being one of those, whom I got for $10 without there being another bid), so it doesn’t always (or usually) go my way. Of course there have been times where I lost out on players by one dollar or even by the tiebreaker. Still, I highly recommend this system to others that may want the element of an auction in a league. The extra frustration is priceless, and what fantasy baseballer (Grey’s mom’s term) would pass on the option for even more frustration? Maybe next year I require that all owners wear hair shirts for the draft!
Nice, yeah, I hear ya… FAAB is nice
I just added, dropped and added Polanco. Man, that felt good. Thanks Grey.
Ha!
Hey grey!
In a h2h pts / weekly lock league which potential two start pitcher to add for week 9
Andrew cashner (vs mets & deGrom; start 2 @ cincy & Michel lorenzen.)
Archie Bradley (vs Braves & Alex wood,, start 2 vs mets & colon.)
James Paxton (vs yanks & sabathia,, start 2 vs rays & archer.)
— just read that Paxton injured his finger not sure if I want to use him
Thanks grey!
Cash
Segura over Alcides? Drop Polanco for Conger?
Sure…Ha!
Pick up Jesse Chavez or Eduardo Rodriguez?
Chavez
Start or sit Bolsinger in 12 teamer at Cards tonight?
Sit, don’t own
@Grey: Your saying prob not worth owning? Dont diagree but I am curious how long he can be helpful until wheels fall off.
Yup
I was going to drop Polanco in my NL-Only H2H league for Barnes, but now Asche is coming back. Who would you go with, Barnes or Asche? Seriously though, Imaginary Polanco for Barnes or Asche?
Asche
Am I crazy or in a 12 5×5 OBP H2H with no holds Betances should still be owned correct? 41Ks 26 ip 0 ERA.
Rubby or Paxton are my two streaming right now would you swap either out for him?
He should be owned… Pax for him
So I offered Billy Hamilton to a tag team of owners for Kipnis as an opening to I’d like Kipnis, but I know you won’t go for this even though I drafted Hamilton higher than your Kipnis. No problem, I was hoping for a discussion start. Their counter:
Kipnis for my Stanton.
W
T
F
Haha
@SallyCips: Lol. Some guys cant trade unless its so one sided it blows their mind. I offered Pollock and Grilli for Storen for Miller.
The response back:
kevin pillar, miller, danny duffy for… joc, grilli, and cole
@Salazar Slytherin: simply tell those owners to contact you when they’re serious.
@I don’t want to brag, but i have irritable bowel syndrome: and by “serious” i mean they shouldn’t just assume you’re an idiot. once if fine, since you actually might be, but once you announce you aren’t those offers should either stop being sent or just ignored.
Thanks as always Grey. Dynasty league. I need RF help. If you could pick one of the following to trade, who would it be and what can I expect to get back in return?
Harvey, Zimmermann, Richards or Bauer
No idea what teams have a need for a SP and what their RF is…
Cut McHugh loose for Rubby, Brett Anderson, Gibson, Hutch?
Rubby
@Grey: So your pretty high on Rubby then. Hmm what other arm would you think he ranks with that might shock me? Garrett Richards? He becoming more of a hold in 12 tm rather than a stream?
Not as good as Richards, he’s a number 3 right now
Which side, 6×6 with obp instead of avg. Which side would you prefer, Marte/C.Santana or C. Davis/Duda? Thanks.
Marte
Ok to drop Polanco? ok cool, thanks man, it’s ok…..well, you don’t say?? Whats the count, are we there yet?
SMOKE THE GREEN!!!!!
Smoke it!
Last bench spot in 14 team, dynasty league
Logan Morrison or Steve Pearce?
Morrison
Happy Friday to all. I was offered Dan Haren for my Clippard. I could use a Starter and I already have A.Miller , Box and Tolly. Is it a good deal ?
Daily 6×6 roto.
You too! Take Haren
Drop fiers,pax, or mchugh
@tyson: Options to Pick up are
Hahn,Rubby, eduardo, Liriano, Kazmir, C-Mart, Chase Anderson
@tyson: C-Mart
@tyson:
for Hahn,Rubby, eduardo, Liriano, Kazmir, C-Mart, Chase Anderson
Pax
@Grey: and pick up which one
@tyson: he’s saying drop pax for c-mart, or, since pax is DL’d just add c-mart if space allows.
Drop anybody for Alex Rios? 10 team league
1B: Goldy
2B: LeMahieu
3B: Carlos Santana
SS: Desmond
OF: Adam Jones
OF: Bautista
OF: Gardner
Utl: Rizzo
Utl: Tex
Utl: Cargon
Utl: Fowler
SP: Kershaw
SP: Scherzer
SP: Hammel
SP: A Wood
RP: Britton
RP: Axford
RP: Gregerson
RP: Cecil
B: Rubby
B: Chavez
B: McHugh:
B: Carson Smith
Thanks Grey
@Mitchell Freedman:
Smith or fowler but either way, I would grab Rios
@Mitchell Freedman: DL: Rendon not that that really matters
Meh
Andrus or Alcides…..
at least until Correa comes up and does some damage?
Alcides
Drop Bogaerts for Kang? 12 H2H 6×6 OPS
@TOGMAN: he’s said Kang to this lately.
Dozier and Pax for Lester and David Wright?
I’d have to drop Pax if I pickup Lester anyway… Figure Wright can hang out on my open DL spot until I need the space or he returns whichever is sooner.
Dozier, it’s fair
Safe to cut McHugh?
I would be left with Arrieta/Carrasco/Salazar/Ross/Syndergaard/Burnett/Richards
I want to add a bench bat focusing on RBI/AVG
Kang
Plouffe
Maybin
Forsythe
Panik
Sure
@Grey: So… which hitter would you advise i pick up?
@ashtray: Logan
Pick 1
Leonys vs Miley
Yelich vs Niese
Bruce vs Gio Gonzalez
drop julio tehrean for ecurado rodriguez in 10 team keeper league. Current rotation
SP Rubby De La Rosa SP | ARI
SP Sonny Gray SP | OAK
SP Cole Hamels SP | PHI
SP Danny Salazar SP | CLE
SP Max Scherzer SP | WAS
RP Andrew Miller RP | NYY
RP Glen Perkins RP | MIN
Bench
SP Mike Fiers SP | MIL
SP Jason Hammel SP | CHC
SP Julio Teheran SP | ATL
Meh
Hey Grey,
Awesome article today!
14 team keeper, standard categories minus AVG add OBP and SLG.
Please rank for ROS…Pujols, Belt, Fowler
Thanks and have a great weekend!
Thanks! You too! Pujols, Fowler
Can’t decide on a move or two. It’s a deeper 10 team h2h counting OBP and XBH. I have an excess of MI types (DeShields, Kang, LeMahieu, Xander, Travis and Russell), so I’m gonna drop one or two for an 1B or OF for my UTIL spot. Colabello, Khris Davis, Moreland, Plouffe, Venable, Ethier and Grichuck are available and all have been hitting well recently. I’m thinking of losing Xander and Russell for Khris Davis but can’t decide on the second bat to pick up. Whaddya think?
@royce!: my preseason late round flyer the Plouffe
Venable, kinda needs thing though
In a vacuum would you trade;
1. Stanton and Bryant for Trout and Correa (I have Arenado at 3b) or
2. Rizzo for Kershaw (I have Goldy for 1b and could plug Bryant into my utility)
It is a keeper league (keep 6, no limits). Is there one deal you like better than the other? Or should I simply hold … my team is doing well and it’s nice to have a little depth (especially this early in the year).
Sure… Sure… I wouldn’t mess with a team that was doing well
Bauer for Tulo?
@Harvey Wallbangers:
No… You can get more for tulo
Tulo
Is it too early to shop Tulow ? –In a NL only Roto 5×5 – I need help in all my Batting Cats., except SB, and could use a nudge in Saves/ Holds ……………. I was thinking maybe asking for Kenley Jansen and a lesser bat ? ———- of course last month when I was trying to give Belt away, with no takers, well you know the rest of the story…………… maybe I trade for Polanco, so I can drop him outright? ……….. How much longer before the “firesales” in Cincy, Colorado, and Philly ? ……………………thanks for your time , bra ———– DB
Not too early
Which 2 would you sit Need to win this week!
Soler vs Guthrie $22.2
Leonys vs Kelly $26.2
Souza vs Tillman $27.5
Ozuna vs colon $10.6
Yelich vs Colon $3.7
Bruce vs Roark $21
Souza, Bruce
BTW, I dropped Polanco off at the pool. You can pick him up if you want; he’s the one that looks like a Baby Ruth.
Haha
Yo VII, Gose over Avisail? Which one, Alcides or Kang over Addison? Also trying to pry Miggy from my buddy, he says Joc, Storen and Arrieta would probably do it. Is that good for me or really good for me? Rotation not amazing behind Arrieta but I have Salazar, Carrasco, A Wood, McHugh, Cashner. 10 team, could stream okay. I have saves for days and OF for weeks to spare.
Yeah, Gose… Alcides… That’s good if you have the depth
Tulo is going to get blistering hot. Probably soon. That is all.
@GhostTownSteve: I hope so, he has made me look like an a**hole for how he has performed so far, now Braun on the other hand makes me look like I might know what I’m doing
@J-FOH: ———— J-FOH, I see we may be in a similar boat ——— I drafted Tulow , then Braun in NL oNly league this year —————————— I hope GhostTon is right ……………… it is what it is.
@Dusty Baker: I had Tulo and Braun high in my Top 100 to start the yer and the Tulo dive has been a tough pill to swallow.
@J-FOH: Tulo is scaring me. It’s crazy to see a 10 percentage point drop in a BB% and 7 percentage point increase in K%…
@J-FOH: i wouldn’t think you’d be any more an A-hole for tulo than you’d be genius for braun. they’re both very talented hitters, top 20 guys for years and years. One is playing up to his own standards (although Braun for some reason, (needle related likely) was terrible for about 26 days first), the other wasn’t for 55 days instead of Braun’s 26.
Yeah could see it
I am holding yan gomes in a one catcher weekly points redraft league in hopes that one of my fellow owners will become desperate enough at the catches position to trade me something of value….I’m starting to wonder if he’s going to play enough to warrant this strategy…. I just dropped Ryan Howard for colabello and want to pick him back up or grab billy burns to plug in at OF…I have trout, melky Cabrera, avisail Garcia, Marlon Byrd and rusney Cassillo at OF…. Should I drop Gomes for burns or Howard or continue to hold him as trade bait?
Don’t hold two catchers
@Grey
: thanks
No problem
Wind is blowing out in Wrigley…based on that and the way the Royals have been hitting, I’m considering benching Arrieta all over the place and starting all of my Royals and Cubs.
@royce!: I’ll be in the dego from July 26th to the 29th
Ugh, I have weekly league
I showed up late for work, well not really late by my standards but late as in we open at 9 and I got here at 10:45. Anythehoo, I go to the break room to see what Friday treats someone brought in and there are bagels on the table. Funny thing is there was not one top on any of the bagels. All bottoms. Now I counted the number bagels against how many people are in today and it means that a few people took more than one top and not one person took a bottom. Not one! Who takes two tops? WTF is wrong with these people. You wonder why I get all pissed off and this is the kind of crap that makes me want to punch something.
@J-FOH: Ha! Maybe you should start a business making just bagel bottoms.
@royce!: that doesn’t help, they ate all the tops, everyone wants tops
@J-FOH: Oh, oops; I read that too quickly…or perhaps I just want you to fail
That’s a breach of ethics
@Grey: there must be some kind of bagel bylaws?
I’d go around and ask to see people’s plates
@Grey: these vultures? that shizz is gone like a motherf**ker
BTW, I’m shocked to hear you have an office you go into
@Grey: sorry to disappoint, I work at home a lot but need to come in sometimes. Funny thing is I have an actual office in here with a door and everything. No cubicle for me. They never ask why my door is always closed, there seems to be a mutual disgust between me and my co-workers that keeps us civil. I hate the sound of their voices and idiotic actions and they hate my scowl
@J-FOH:
Hawkman!
@GhostTownSteve: love that comp
I picture streamers and noise makers the days you’re not there and then lots of looks to each other when you are here, is there any way to set up a webcam for the days you’re not there to verify?
@Grey: you would, the sad part is I know more about all of them then they know about me because my dad tells me everything. I don’t play with the phonies and watch them all kiss up to people that would cut them in a heartbeat to save their own asses. Everyday I want to quit and every day I feel guilty of leaving my dad hanging….I wonder if tristan needs an intern?
You and Tristan should Lily Tomlin/Steve Martin All of Me…
@Grey: thats the best idea you have ever had
Top 5, for sure
funny, but not really, you hiring me is not even in my own top five of greatest things you have done.
Haha
@J-FOH:
Elaine and Kramer opened a Top Of The Bagel shop next door. Somebody in your office picked up the bottoms in a garbage bag behind the store.
@GhostTownSteve: I knew they were behind this. foiled again!
@Grey: a tough call indeed….While I think any of the potential pick ups will serve my purposes well (unlike Polanco), the bigger question for me is who to drop from the bottom of my SP staff (besides Polanco)?
@B the Esq: That was supposed to be a reply to an earlier comment…..We use saves and holds as separate categories. Need to pick up a Holds guy and need to drop a SP to do it. Bottom of my rotation is Fiers, J. Nelson, Eduardo Rodriguez, Kazmir, Yodano, C-Mart, Hammel.
Pick up Duke, Jared Hughes, Tazawa, Dunn or Osuna?
Who is the drop (again, besides Polanco)?
@B the Esq: Osuna….Kazmir, but I’d check health news
Grey: Drop Polanco for Kevin Seitzer, Matt Nokes, or Andy Benes in my 12-team overhyped rookie baseball cards of the late 80s league? I’ve already got Sam Horn and Gregg Jeffries…. Thanks!
Ha!
Grey: Drop Polanco for Kevin Seitzer, Matt Nokes, or Andy Benes in my 12-team overhyped rookie baseball cards of the late 80s league? I’ve already got Sam Horn and Gregg Jeffries…. Thanks!
@Bill Lumbergh: Gregg Jeffries Sept.1988 looked like the next Pete Rose.
Hey Grey,
Is Pollack and Lucroy too much for Brantley?
Basically, do you believe pollack will be this good all season?
@Devil in a New Dress: I would trade him for Polanco and then ask Grey if I should drop Polanco for (insert random hot schmotato name here)… :-)
No
@Devil in a New Dress:
This is what happens when you ask ambiguous questions. Is Pollock going to be this good? Is it too much to give? Is it no to both?
I believe Albrecht is saying Pollock wont be this good all year.
10 team H2H 5×5 OBP League
Springer or Gomez ROS?
Thanks Grey!
Gomez
this offense. i had added maybin with souza out and polanco was the certain drop till yesterday.
hundley
E5
dozier
panda/
bogaerts
bautista/marte/burns
util soler/franco
BN souza/heyward/polanco/maybin
DL v-mart
I don’t need my last add to go to the pitcher i’m gonna get to replace bolsinger for this week, but now i need a SS for at least a couple of days.
1. still go with dropping polanco or somebody else?
2. which SS (i’m still down 0-2 in steals this week). jose ram, dannys antana, ahmed, yunel. total bases and OBP also.
1. Maybin 2. Ramirez
10 team keeper… I was offered Tulo for my Springer. My current MIF keeper is Cano (pre-trade), I would replace springer who is currently a keeper with Marte.
Is Tulo going to rebound? Pull the trigger or hold off?
I’d want Springer
Lay off of Hamilton, jackass.
@Greyer: The cocaine said to the beer.
Bruce or Soler ROS?
@booya: Soler
Need speed, trade Elias, Reyes and Choo for B Hamilton and Anibal? Choo too much? OBP league
@Swfcdan: Meh, hold
Will Polonco be in the Buy/Sell?
Carole Landis!
Love the new avatar, I believe my grandmother used to date him
@Grey:
Levant was the real star on the Al Jolson Kraft Music Hall.
Upon hearing that Marilyn Monroe had converted to Judiasm, Levant remarked on his television show, “Now Arthur Miller can eat her.” Then the show went on hiatus.
HA! That’s awesome
H2H 5×5 using OPS instead of BA. Have Rios on the DL. Drop Torii Hunter when he is activated, or drop Rios?
Meh, flip a coin…Drop Hunter
Grey, drop sandoval for plouffe? drop ortiz for burns
Bench guys
Brett Gardner OF | NYY
Eric Hosmer 1B | KC
Devon Travis 2B | TOR DL
Pablo Sandoval 3B | BOS
Lorenzo Cain OF | KC
Alex Gordon OF | KC
David Ortiz U | BOS
Anthony Rendon 2B,3B | WAS DL
Hold
sup Grey, thank u for the read. which of these would u rather start today.
Rodon, Rubby, Nelson, Karns, M. Gonzalez?
thanks again
No problem, Rubby
Happy Friday Grey !! in a 12 team h2h weekly points league Al/Nl non-keeper league would you rather own colome, c.j. wilson or shoemaker. …. colome seems to be pretty good but they won’t let him pitch past the 5th every game so he can’t even earn a QS…WHY ? I guess wilson has experience and might bounce back and shoemaker i don’t know much about. Please help lol thx
Colome
10 team h2h league. I have Reyes and Crawford. Reyes is back but if he is playing in pain, as he said he would be all year, he’s not likely going to be running much. I read what you said about Craw, just curious what you don’t like about that guy… but that’s for another day when we can really sit down and share our thoughts on a variety of topics. For now, who do I start next week.
Start Crawford until Reyes is completely back, and hitting
Rios or Howard ROS?
Rios
@grey: When is your weekly Buy/sell coming ?
@Anthony: see directly below, it’s always around noonish friday but using western time i think.
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A follow up to a proposed trade from a few days ago. Which side in a keeper league, where the pitchers can’t be kept but everyone else can be:
Sale, Xander vs. Strasburg, Springer, Ozuna
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Hey Grey, drop Anibal for Roark (10-team mixed dynasty)?
Sure
I was offered Miguel Cabera and Strausberg
for either Stanton and Samardzija or Hunter Pence and David Price
My team is
Travis d’Anaurd
Freddie Freeman
Chase Utley
Manny Machado
Starling Castro
Stanton
Polanco
Tomas
Pence
Cespedes
JD Martinez
DL Anthony Rendon
Fiers
Carrasco
Axford
Boxberger
AJ Ramos
Tolleson
Syndergaard
Samardzija
Keuchel
Buchholz
Price
Sure, Price
Billy Hamilton for McCullers?
@AA: good god no.
Abreu has been disappointing but it’s still a Marte Party up in this Wong!
Hey, Grey! De La Rosa, Roark, Hendricks, or Santiago for ros? Thanks!
Remember when Polanco was a thing?