Alex Trebek, “The $500 clue is, ‘Now.'” “The time I pooped my pants on national TV.” “Sorry, that’s not correct. Susan?” “What is now? Like now? Now now? What kinda answer is now?” “Sorry, we can only accept your first question, ‘What is now?’ and that is incorrect. Grey, you buzzed in last because you were on your phone picking up a streamer for tomorrow. The answer is, ‘Now,’ your question is…” “What is the time to pick up Eloy Jimenez?” “That is correct. You control the board.” “Okay, I’ll take ‘Uber/Lyft for $500.” “Your neighbor uses this World War II pun when describing them.” “What is Taxis of Evil?” “Right again!” Any hoo! As Alex Trebek illustrated in the most roundabout way, now is the time to pick up Eloy Jimenez if you have room. He is absolutely tearing the cover off the ball in Triple-A like he’s putting the finishing touches on his Roy Hobbs Halloween costume — 11 HRs, .345 in 37 games. I mean, over-the-internet friend, he’s 21 and doing that? He’s going to be special. Only question now that ends in a period is will the White Sox call him up when rosters expand in September. My guess is they do and he starts the year with the club next April. He’s going to be a star with little Jeopardy. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Danny Jansen – I just gave you my Danny Jansen fantasy. Against my doctor’s wishes, I wrote it while eating only Lucky Charms marshmallows so I could do a “unicorn poop.”
Taylor Ward – Since there will invariably be Jansen or Ward questions, Ward is more interesting to me, but The Sciosciapath would rather twirl his finger on a phone cord while talking softly to Luis Valbuena in a Best Western than play anyone who interests us.
Ryan Zimmerman – On our 7-day Player Rater, Zimmerman is in the top 30. By the way, Ronald Acuña Jr. had produced $80 worth of value in the last seven days going into his matchup with Jose Urena. It makes sense Urena has me so pissed off, because his name sounds like Jose Urethra.
Trey Mancini – Working on my Super Smash Bros fanfic. “Hey, Luigi, I have-a three-a fettuccini noodles on my plate-a, booboo, what do we call this?” “Hey, Mario, that’s-a Trey Mancini.”
Miguel Sano – Just gave you my Miguel Sano fantasy. I typed it with my toes.
Tyler White – Every time I see his name I can’t help think about Phil Rizzuto calling Bill White by his last name for years. I used to cackle like only a 12-year-old with a mustache and no friends could.
Willy Adames – Tampa has more Hooters per square mile than any other city in the country (49 of them; one every 5.8 square miles), so we should’ve known to stop waiting for Texas to call up their Willie and look to Tampa for a brought-up Willy.
David Bote – When Noah loaded his ark with all kinds of facacta animals, he put on one GOAT and one Bote.
Adalberto Mondesi – Need a guy who could steal 15 bags from now until the end of the season? Look no further. Also, take that literally and stop trying to look through your computer screen; those x-ray glasses you bought from that back of that comic book don’t work.
Logan Forsythe – More of an AL-Only play, but you knew that because you have Forsythe.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – Eloy or Vlad? How about both? How about next week I’m going to do a Vlad lede buy? More questions for the Jeopardy! category, “Now.”
Charlie Culberson – Imagine someone looking at Culberson on your team and you beating them, isn’t that reason enough to grab him?
Aledmys Diaz – I’m low-key intrigued about Aledmys for next year — could finish this year 20+ HRs, has 5-steal speed and .260-ish average. That’s missing 40 games too. However, this is for this year, and he’s been hot.
Tim Beckham – Was looking at Beckham’s Wiki profile and he’s from Griffin, Georgia. The same Griffin as Rick Dyer, who Wikipedia says is a “Bigfoot enthusiast.” That killed me. Meeting someone at a bar, “I’m a Bigfoot enthusiast.” “I’m sorry, the music is a little loud but did you say you like big feet?”
Mark Trumbo – I wouldn’t be super jazz-handsy about owning multiple Jays and O’s, unless I was playing in some sorta fantasy alphabet soup league.
Brandon Nimmo – Just gave you my Brandon Nimmo fantasy. I wrote it while singing karaoke with my dog, Ted. “Now that my role model is gone! Gone! Your part, Ted!”
Xavier Cedeno – Is he the White Sox closer? No clue, Mrs. Peacock, and this is pushing SAGNOF to its absolute limits.
Trevor Hildenberger – I was thisclose to starting Hildenberger in my NFBC weekly league over Trevor Bauer, but the Indians were like, “It’s a bruise, my dudes, we so good.” Stupid teams and their reports.
Drew Steckenrider – I’d give Chamillionaire $5 to hear him picking up Steckenrider, and he’d prolly do it for that. “Steckenriiiiiiiiiiiider.” Just had a funny thought, Chamillionaire going broke. First off, how about you change the name? ChaIowetheIRSamillion?
Koda Glover – Can see grabbing Glover, but Doolittle will likely return posthaste if posthaste means what I think and not a “long time.”
Hyun-Jin Ryu – Usually stick with only Stream-o-Nator pickups in the Friday Buy because I spend all week talking about starters to grab, but, c’mon, how is Ryu owned in less than 50% of leagues?
Tommy Milone – This is a Stream-o-Nator call like the call it makes to 1-900-Fri-ends.
Reynaldo Lopez – This is also a Stream-o-Nator call. “It’s a hotline about the ends of fries that are too overcooked to eat?”
SELL
Chris Archer – This is more about dropping than selling at this time of the year because trade deadlines have past. I will continue to call it “SELL” for symmetry. It’s the golden ratio of fantasy baseball. Similar to the golden ratio of Jon Snow’s butt, except slightly different. As for Archer, look at it this way, at least you didn’t trade your best hitting and pitching prospect and your number draft pick from last year. If your league is shallow enough that you can stream, I’d look elsewhere.
Adam Eaton – Much respect to all of our readers. You know more than 99% of fantasy baseballers (<–my mom’s term) by simply knowing to read this. However (pulling the rug on that compliment!), there is 1% of that 99% who refuse to listen to me about Adam Eaton and continue to think he provides something interesting. Guys (and let’s face it, it’s all guys who think they know better about Adam Eaton), on our Player Rater, Adam Eaton is around the 606th most valuable player, and the 111th best outfielder. I realize you’re prolly just hungry, but Eaton is not helping.
Votto to the DL so I need to add one of these guys.
Devers, J Turner, Pham, Mazara, R Zimmerman, DeJong, Conforto, A Rosario, Bader or JBJ?
Thanks for your help with this Grey!
Mazara
@Grey: Awesome! Thats what I was thinking. Have a great weekend!
You too!
Grey, my bai:
Need to drop a DLed guy: Gary “Hurty” Sanchez or Josh “Duck” Donaldson?
Relatedly, would you even start Hurty over Austin Hedges at this point, once the former is healthy?
Answered this morning — Sanchez
…and, Grey, you can’t keep toying with my emotions with Eloy and Vlad Jr. I have them both in a keeper league and want to believe they’re going to play in the majors this year, but the buzz from both teams is that their staying down until at least mid-April next year. Do you have any reason to believe otherwise? I mean, there’s such little incentive for either team to promote those guys this season.
Not sure, homey, but I have to believe if they’re called up Sept 1st, now is the time to stash them to see
I am not saying that my friend Kenny and I sent away for those X-ray glasses when we were 13 or so, I am not saying that at all, I am just saying that I can confirm that they do not work – you cannot see lady junk with them. That is all.
I’m not saying I was your friend Kenny but they didn’t work
Drop DeJong, Jed Lowrie, or Choo for Kinsler (coming off the DL today)? H2H 5×5 scoring. Thanks!
Nope
hey grey, 16 team h2h dynasty with QS and k/bb. I’m in 1st place. won 2 out of last 3 seasons. my starters have been dicey all year. already added a few guys to my rotation but haven’t worked out as expected (madbum, stripling) so i’m still hunting for SPs. My rotation is verlander, madbum, price, clevinger, wood, quintana, teheran, gausman, ervin, plutko, stripling, duffy, sonny.
I’m in first on strength of my lineup…c-ramos, 1b-hosmer, 2b-jram, ss-correa, 3b-bryant, of-stanton, cruz, marte, util-brantley, blackmon, bn-jorge polanco, freese, beltre, carlos santana
it’s a seller’s market so not much pitching out there to trade for and what is is expensive (marco just got moved for logan allen and a late 1st in the rookie draft). Wheeler might be available and he intrigues me. I’d be looking to package prospects and picks. my prospects that the wheeler owner has previously indicated interest in are kiriloff, yusniel, pache, brusdar, and mountcastle. another top 100 guy i have is luis garcia (was). my top draft pick is #18 (2nd pick in 2nd rd)
If he’s willing to deal i’m assuming he’s going to want kiriloff plus at least 2 more from mountcastle, yusniel, pache, brusdar, and the 2nd rd pick. Kiriloff is the one that would really hurt to lose, and i have a little pause giving up pache. I’m fine giving up the others and the pick. Do you believe in wheeler for this year and beyond? is there anyone from the guys he likes (kiriloff, yusniel, pache, brusdar, mountcastle, 2.02 pick) that you wouldn’t want to give up for wheeler? how many of those prospects/picks would you be willing to give up?
thanks grey
You see how high these guys are on https://razzball.com/top-fantasy-baseball-prospects-for-keeper-leagues/
I wouldn’t send a top 100 guy for Wheeler
@Grey: not sure how i missed this list grey! thanks!
No problem
12 team 7×7 keeper league. What should I do with Max Muncy? Haven’t wanted to drop him but he has barely been playing. Do I hold because he has been so good or do I drop for someone like Eduardo Nunez or Jason Heyward?
I’d hold in a keeper if could be a keeper
Grey!!
Love ya, thanks for the Buy/Sell
This my staff.
SP Gausman, Glasnow, JA Happ, Kershaw, Ryu, Verlander
RP Norris, Yates, Glover
IR Jansen and McCullers
Picked up Glover. Should I drop him for a streamer (Lopez or Milone) or hold?
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks! Meh, I’d hold for now
I have the room Grey, but do I have enough moves.. 12 left ROS in a H2H weekly cats, redraft. Is it time to just stash Eloy and Vlad on my bench so others don’t scoop them off for playoffs, or use moves for streamers.
My offense is Molina, Bellinger, Rizzo, Freeman, Stanton, Benintendi, Eddie Rosario, Trout and Springer DL, Semien filling in for Trout/Springer.
You need to hold your moves
@Grey: It’s killing me Grey ha! Thanks for the over the internet voice of reason
Ha, No problem
Strickland back this weekend – BUY
Nice!
When do you think vlad will be up? Tor has 3 of their 3b on the dl and he isn’t up yet?
Beginning of Sept or not at all
It’s about arbitration not need
Hey Grey,
So I get the feeling you’re not buying Lance Lynn’s resurgence? Are his peripherals from hunger? I had thought he might have figured something out. He’s looked like Cardinals-era Lynn lately. Lynn’s got Toronto tonight. A bunch of big bats that have killed LL in the past.
Would you drop Lynn for Lucchesi instead home vs ARI instead? They’re no gimme, but the crime family’s been great lately.
Thanks!
He’s pitched more than 5 IP once in the lats three weeks — I don’t mind him as a streamer, but not sure about a resurgence — what does SON say on them?
@Grey: Yeah, SON’s got Lucchesi by about three bucks. Yankee stadium’s a launching pad too.
So my choices are now: drop Lynn and stream Lucchesi or stream neither. Think it’s worth it, risk wise? Can Lucchesi keep it to three runs or less and strike out enough D-Backs to be worth it? Wow, I’m setting the bar low. haha
I’d stream the head of the Lucchesi crime family
@GrassyKnollRedding:
Lucchesi: 9.3
Lynn: 6.4
Neither: Priceless
Ha, nope, neither are great, but Joey
@Grey: Thank you, Blogfather. I will leave you now, because I know you are busy.
No problem
@Grey: I’ve never been so happy to drop a player as I was to drop Llynn about an hour before his start. I’m playin’ with house money now!
Haha
Archer droppbale in a 10 team league? I thought the nl and getting out of Al east would help him. He has 3 crappy starts so far with pit. Thx
Likely if better options
Culberson or Hosmer?
Culberson
@Grey: I dont own Hosmer anywhere and haven’t been paying attention to him but, damn
basically droppable for anyone I guess
Yeah, been awful! I don’t have him either tho, thankfully
Hey Grey, Would you drop Muncy for Sano? h2h pts and I’m looking for the bigger power numbers ROS
Thanks, have a good weekend
Yes — you too!
take a chance on Jansen over Chirinos?
Sure, wth
@Grey: Ha! ok eff it lets do it. Have a great weekend
You too!
@johnnyhobbes: I’m just not sure about Jansen’s PT once Lourdes Gurriel is back (which should be soon), because that will move Russel Martin back behind the plate, and they also still have Maile.
Timely.
I was just contemplating who to drop in a redraft, Eaton or Jake Bauers.
Bye bye, timeshare guy
Bye. Bye
I want to add all available Rockies players for next week, but the playing time is so fucked up.
I hear ya
12 Team,H2H,6X6. Would you drop Chris Taylor for Mancini , Nimmo or Trumbo? What order would you rank these three ? Thanks,
Trumbo, Nimmo
@Happyharry: Trumbo, Nimmo
Please rank Tim Beckham, Nimmo, Culberson and Avisail for ROS. Than kyou.
Have a great weekend.
@Five-on-One: Nimmo, Beckham
Yo Grey, Thanks for the great buy/sell column as usual!
A. D. Jansen or Hedges?
B. Sano or C. Santana?
Both A and B are longer term, for the fantasy playoffs, not the next couple of weeks. 12 team points league.
A. Jansen B. Sano
good lord, devers and avisail have some large mix of no self (body) awareness, horrible medical staffs working on them, fragile as shit bodies. i have no way to gauge how much of any of these 3 things are at play here, since it’s not the mess i can’t really lean any particular way out of which of those carries more weight but i’m certainly right (OR they’re just SUPER unlucky, which is probably like 3-5% or something like that possible)
Maybe they used to take PEDs
@Grey: in devers case particularly it would seem too early for his body to be breaking down constantly (in same place esp) from those though. braun lasted a LONG time before turning into the near victorino day to day pretty much every time he tries to play more than 2 straight days kinda thing. avisail this might be said to be accurate of though. i mention somebody like braun before n.cruz because WHEN braun was caught on the PED’s it WASN’T the PED’s themselves that WERE caught, his adrenaline levels simply were those of pretty much a gorilla. thus he got past the PED test since he was smart enough to buy the stuff they didn’t test for yet (at that time).
– the guys that get caught doing this are the ones that cheap out and buy stuff that DOES show up in a test. or can’t afford the good stuff (i.e. the lower level, smaller paid RP tend to likely be caught for this exact reason, jenry mejia cough cough). THIS is the story that needs to be told (similar to the conseco book, but more about how many kinds of stuff can be taken that bypasses tests at any given time and how much that stuff costs)
‘Gorilla’ — haha
@Grey: i think at the time it was clocked as like “10-11” times that of a normal human testosterone level.
however, i just looked this up (the gorilla idea came from me alone, about braun having 10-11 times a test level of a normal human), and i was exactly wrong, a gorilla’s ANDRENALINE and STRENGTH/POWER levels are in fact that much higher than humans but their testosterone is lower, in fact.
from this site: http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=377680.25
“Their adrenaline levels reach several times that of Humans when they are enraged, and adrenaline increases mobilization of muscle fibers. Even without adrenaline, though, they can exert 5 X the strength of a Human elite powerlifter and 10 X the power(strength X speed)”
“Gorilla strength has nothing to do with testosterone levels. Their testosterone levels are actually lower than Humans”
apparently testosterone levels have more to do with sex drive than strength, but the same drugs that build muscle in humans do tend to raise testosterone levels as a by product.
there does have to be SOME animal i should be comparing to humans when i reference braun that time he was caught. here we go, bull sharks and elephants, ridiculously higher test counts.
HA! And now Braun sneezes and gets hurt, incredible
Who to drop when Trout returns?
C Taylor
B Anderson
R Cano
Anderson
An Oral History Of ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know
https://uproxx.com/movies/scotty-doesnt-know-eurotrip-oral-history/
“Fourteen years after the film’s release, ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’ is still an anthem, still played at proms and parties. And, maybe even more absurd, considering the tone of the song, it makes people happy. It’s almost impossible to hear ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’ and not smile.”
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo: i methinks grey knows somebody (or grey himself) that was a writer on said movie.
@Montezuma’s Revenge … right now: had same thought
Haha, awesome!
So many people interested in Stephen Piscotty huh?
10 team H2H points league
Conforto or Profar ROS?
Conforto
Have Bauer stashed in one of my two DL spots right now, are we still holding out hope that he’ll even be back during the season? Latest report has 4-6 weeks
I have Erod, Gary Sanchez, and Devers all on DL too. All should be back late August.
Can’t imagine Bauer does anything worthwhile this year
How would you rank these guys ROS:
J. Turner, N. Cruz, Eddie Rosario, Scooter?
Cruz, Rosario, Scooter
Who is the add for SS bench player going forward:
Semien, W Adames, A Diaz, Mondesi, Polanco, Beckham?
Mondesi
Harrison Bader isn’t owned
Do you like him more than Zimmerman and White?
Maybe over White if you need SBs, not over Zimm
Margot seems to be sitting more lately and dropped in the lineup. Drop him for Gyorko, Wong, Ortega (SAGNOF) … or for T. Richards or a streamer?
These other options aren’t much better
Need a fill in SS while Segura is out. Read what you said above but wanted to add a couple of others
Rosario, Mondesi, Simmons, DeJong, Camargo or Crawford
Thanks
Amed
with this lineup in AL only 10 team h2h with OBP over AVG, total bases added, QS over wins, holds added, add which guy after losing devers yet again:
C ward
1B alonso
2B whit (1B/OF)
SS correa
3B moustsuckass
MI lowrie (2B/3B)
CI mancini (1B/OF)
OF (4) grichuk, brantley, kemp, villar (2B/OF)
util (1) nunez (2B/SS/3B/OF)
BN romine (NYY, C/1B)
DL devers, hicks (will drop if need be he seems out ROS)
SP: (could use another here but options not good): pena, heaney, happ, morton, archer, gibson, romo in SP slot
RP (max 4): j.anderson, alvarado, brach, hildenberger
DL: skaggs, pineda, kelvin
NA: (1) whitley
hitter options: fletcher (2B/3B/SS i just dropped recently when correa was back), bock choi, adrianza, austin, adduci, v-mart, g.allen (appears back to starting)
pitcher options: cashner, b.johnson (SON doesn’t hate him today at all for a league this deep), borucki (turned bad quick and SON doesn’t like upcoming), yarbrough (vs KC next), beeks (@ BOS next), gallardo, m.perez, gaviglio
2. stick with romine at C when ward gets his CI/3B in 2 starts or nab one of those hitters, leaving ward at C.
if i had more than 2 total moves left this week i’d nab b.johnson for sure today. he’s yet to get a QS but does have a near 3-1 K/BB and near K/inning.
1. Blech, none totally jumping out… I guess Johnson 2. I’d try Austin and leave Ward at catcher
@Grey: kemp appears out (as much as tucker who i used to own (twice)) now with springer back. use last move on g.allen or fletcher (allen seems to have even better speed than kemp, but no other hitting upside, but do need to replace OF sort of, whit could move to OF though if fletcher is nabbed) over kemp?
austin i already grabbed. it turns out i have more starts rest of week than opp and am winning QS already, plus my ERA/WHIP isn’t so much worse than opp such as to risk blowing up ratios by using johnson this week.
Allen
What’s good Grey? Happy Friday.
Here is my current outfield in my 12-team, H2H, OBP/SLG%, keeper league:
Pollock
Peralta
Puig
Hicks
ODB
Williams (UTIL)
It’s not the best OF group that’s ever been assembled, but it has been good in a 12-teamer. Here’s the best that’s out there on the waiver wire…Dickerson, Trumbo, Jankowski, Pillar, Wendle, Gardner, Culberson and Thames.
You see any swaps there?
If anything, Puig for a hot hitter… Or Puig for Williams then a hot hitter — Those options are screaming to me that you need to do something
I you had to choose between Rodon or Ryu ROS in a standard roto league (K, QS, ERA, WHIP)?
Ryu
Grey, would u touch Odorizzi at home vs Det Sunday or start Archer at home vs Atl.
SON likes both starts
Odorizzi
TGIF Brother Grey!
I just added Reynaldo Lopez and dropped Bauer (uggghhhhhhh, good ride while it lasted, insane value. Thanks again!).
I now have 6 SON approved SP’s going this week, can only start 5.
Who do I sit between:
1. Rich Hill @ SEA
2. Mikolas home vs MIL
3.Milone home vs. MIA
4. Plutko home vs BAL
5. Pivetta home vs NYM
6. Lopez home vs KC
Gut says sit the road warrior, but he’s got stacked bats and I need the dubya’s bad this week.
Peace!
Thanks! Plutko
In a win-now season in a H2H 6×6 dynasty would you have any preference on Adames vs. Beckham vs. Culberson vs. Diaz? Alphabetical?
Not really, I’d prolly try Beckham, Diaz
@Grey:
Any remaining value in Yuli Guriel this year? Would you keep him over any of them?
Decent for counting stats — he’s better than them for that
Chamillionaire would never go broke. Dude is actually really smart.
@crimedog: @crimedog: SLAB!
Smart people go broke, dog!
currently have Jeffress & Osuna. Drop 1 for LeClerc?
Jeffress
August Grey , can you summon March 2019 Grey to answer these:
Obp and Slg, qs league
Bellinger or Springer?
Thor or Devers?
Thanks boss
Cody..Thor
Oh great Grey,
here are the moves I’m contemplating. Can you approve or disapprove? Thanks.
1) drop C. Santana for Zimmerman
2) drop K. Marte for LeMahieu
3) drop G. Polanco for Bader
Approve, approve, disapprove
Sorry if I missed this, but who do you like ROS for average and counting stats? Hedges, Jansen, or Ward?
Thanks!
Jansen
Do you like Pivetta’s matchup against the Mets this weekend? The Mets scoring outburst the last few games give me pause.
I do
Man is Thor a matchup dependent pitcher ROS?
I don’t think so, just bleh tonight
Man is Thor a matchup dependent pitcher [email protected]Grey: I hope not. Just tradey my Bauer to a team who can keep him for a healthy Thor ..think my grandma could steal a base off him though
Haha, I hear ya
What about Dahl?
He really makes me crazy. And Black who prefer Parra over him,too.
I like Dahl but don’t trust him to play every day
Who is the drop when Trout returns?
C. Taylor
B. Anderson
R. Canon
Anderson
nick williams or JOC ros OPS league?
Williams
Stripling was just dropped in my league. Who would you pick up for Bauer? Glasnow or Stripling?
Glasnow
@NH: he’s got the “LAD pitcher injury” going on. and ryu was pretty damn good last time. you’ll have to wait for one of the guys to get injured again (probably a 70% chance of that happening, but how long off is the question).
Start Folty at vs Colorado tomorrow? I want to, but guy has been shaky…
Thanks
At Colorado? No way
I don’t think they’re at COL tho
@Grey:
Sorry it’s vs Col. not at. Trot him out?
Yes
Matt boyd aint so bad, dawg
Ha
woah boy, that’s a good stream day. desclafani was my major one (probably 5/7 of my streamers today was him). in fact he’s been so good for 3 straight starts in some spots i don’t want to remove him now.
– boyd has also been good, i used him last time out as i’m fairly sure my main play that day.
Yeah, been solid
Lose Lynn for Desclafani?
Sure
Somebody tagged you on MLB’s FB page video of Giancarlo’s HR tonight saying you were going to rub bronzing agent all over his body.
I would too!
I mean, will…
…hopefully
if he calls
Need a UTIL- Would you drop Calhoun or Olson for Nimmo, Chris Talylor, Jiminez, or Vlad Jr?
Nah
Redraft: Rosario or Anseua?
Amed, tho I don’t know who the other person is
@Grey: this one is troublesome as he might mean e.rosaro or a.rosario for the first, and i THINK the 2nd is acuna, but who the F knows?
Ha
@Norm Ginsberg: Sorry. Meant Amed Rosario or lvis Andrus.
Amed
@Grey: i know it sounds crazy for somebody to ask about dropping e.rosario but a few weeks back i saw somebody ask just that. also, i’m getting curious as to whether if somebody gave a $$ freeroll whether or not this guy could spell a name. i suppose i could’ve guessed “Anseua” meant andrus if i knew rosario meant amed, as the position would make perfect sense then.
Haha
1. I’m liking Leclerc… that’s me quoting you last week! Picked him up Sunday in a weekly league and has been stellar.. I thank you sir…
2. Drop Knebel and Maeda for Musgrove and TWilliams… H2H weekly cats. My RPs Leclerc and Minter… 12 moves left… Let me guess. Hold the moves?
3. Do you remember what happened to Walt White’s 80 million in BB? Was thinking of it on the car ride home from work. Could google but meh
@Gotime: Let’s forget 2. … What about a 2 start Holland @ Mets and vs Tex?
Meh
1. Nice! 2. Knebel is useless but those waiver options aren’t great 3. I don’t, I was thinking about rewatching the whole series tho, so don’t tell me
@Grey: @Grey: 2. Back to the 2. (or the future? or is it the past?)… It’s because my weekly league rotation has Newcomb @ Pit or Eflin @ Was as my next week’s options.. pick up a 2 start Holland @ Mets and vs. Tex or hold.
3. I hear ya, I think Ozark is staring up again soon I was intrigued by the first season.
I liked the 1st season of Ozark a lot, think also bc I had such low expectations… I don’t trust Holland at all
Hey yo,
drop one: O’neill, Dahl, or Bour?
Desperate stream tomorrow: Senzatela @ Atl or Harvey vs SF?
Bour — Neither, Senzatela
adios Robbie
your pitching es muy feo
comer grande D
He was the effin worst
@Grey: worse than Archer?
Nah, not worse than Archer
Have a decent lead in all the pitching categories this week, so I don’t need to start all of my starters this weekend. How would you rank these starts in terms of who to start or not?
Price TB
Mikolas MIL
Pivetta NYM
Castillo SF
Thanks!
They’re all home? You ranked them
@Grey: I’m back from the Italian honeymoon and drunk on cheese, tomatoes, and wine. I made some moves while binging on everything Venice, Florence, Rome, and the Amalfi coast had to offer… my team is now looking like:
C- Posey
1B- Abreu
2B- Merrifield
3B- Rendon
SS- Lindor
OF- Betts, Rosario, Hicks
UTIL- Sano
B- DeJong, Trumbo, Vlad Jr.
SP- Heaney, Severino, Gray, Gausman, Archer, Corbin
RP- Minter, Treinen, Dominguez, Boxberger
DL- Bauer
The good news is that this team is headed for at worse, a top 2 finish which means a first week bye. Playoffs start in a month (3 more games after this week concludes). Bad news is obvious with my pitching being a bit garbage with my expected anchors sucking (Severino, Archer) or hurt (Bauer).
Given my position in the standings, I’m leaning towards holding Vlad Jr. to see what happens but I should probably drop DeJong or Trumbo for another pitcher right? I can either pick up Hildenberger or Givens for saves or stream out of that spot, though based on your latest comments, Archer’s spot is a streamer spot as well… DeScalafini, Gibson, Freeland, Teheran are interesting options. I’d also try getting roofie’d if there are any good prospects you think are coming up in September
Awesome! Hope you had fun! Trumbo — Hildenberger — Freeland’s been great
@Grey: Are you starting Severino at home against TOR?
Think you have to
@Grey: on another note – is Desmond back to playing everyday?
I hope so
@Grey: Me too, I could use his 5 cat upside on my team – I have a cyclops wearing a monocle watching him
Same
ROS Bader or Mondesi
Mondesi, depends a bit on needs
Down 1 I’m steals, tied in Homers and RBI, up 1 in run, and loosing by a good margain in average. So I ask, which 2 do you start tonight?
Mondesi @CWS
Bauers @BOS
Cano vs LAD
Mondesi
10 team H2h points league
Newcomb and R. Ray have pitched like streamers for a while now. I could use a streaming spot so are either of these worthy of a drop for a streamer?
Ray
I am trying to figure out why you were so down on Morton a couple weeks back saying he would not be pitching in September. Not being critical, just trying to understand the thought process for the future.
Seems like you now see him as a borderline ace . Did you foresee some kind of injury or innings limit given his history or maybe just a mistake? (Thousands bits of advice has to lead to some missteps!) Thank you.
He’s an over 3.00 ERA pitcher, right now his ERA is under 3, so there should be a correction
@Grey:
Ok. You said he would not be pitching…..as in done for the year. Moving on.
Quinn… for some reason i like him next year at $7 in a standard 5×5 NL very deep (11 team- 34 man roster) $260 league.
How many AB you predict for him next year ?
He won’t play w/out injuries — Maybe 25
25 ab NEXT YEAR ?
I’ll bet you thought I asked for this year. Can he cracked the lineup next year what do you think
Sorry, I mean 25 SBs — 25 steals, not ABs… So platoon player like a Jarrod Dyson
Do you like one of Musgrove or Pivetta more ROS? Or would you just play matchups between the two?
Matchups
What’s up, Grey! Can you rank your top 3 players to own in a H2H league for the remainder of the season?
Odor
Culberson
Calhoun
Andrus
David Peralta
Franco
Zimmerman
Mazara
Nimmo
Odor, Kole, Mazara
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
Well, my run of lucky streaming definitely is over. Yesterday Lynn, Lucchesi, and LeBlanc blew me up real good. I suppose it is no coincidence all their names start with ‘L’.
Ha, what’s Robbie Ray’s excuse?
@Grey: Oh. I was considering 3 runs in 4 innings a good outing.
HA, yeah, guess I should lower expectations there too
Hi Grey. Pitching help and expertise. 8 team ESPN. With wins & QS. currently have Cole. Degrom. Scherzer. Ryu. Tanaka. Wheeler and Severino. Because Severino is on innings count and not really a keeper at $26 I’m thinking of dropping him for one of the following: Clevinger. Manaea. Wood. Fiers or Buchholz. Thanks for you opinion
An innings count? Did they say that? And no one can pick him up? Clevinger is fave from that list
@Grey:as far as wins he might be just ok but don’t think you’ll see 6 innings out of him again this reg season. I heard they were thinking to DL him to save his arm for post season. I don’t know guess I’ve just lost confidence in him. Someone else could pick him up and just may but Clevinger has been better pitcher over last 6 weeks than him.
@uncle ernie: put Rich Hill on that list also. Not sure how you rank him there.
Clevinger over Hill
Gotcha
they’re controlling sale’s innings yet again with the “LAD pitcher injury”. when these guys do this they all need to REALLY make fun of what they are doing, and make up literal words for injuries like that one a.wood one from last year, i forgot the name, but you literally couldn’t look up that injury, since it doesn’t exist. but it did SOUND real of course.
Yeah, saw that
@Grey: like (seinfeld call out) a “johnson rod impungement”
“wavy lines” from rotoworld:
“BOS today put sale on the 10 day DL with a Johnson Rod impungement” we don’t quite know how long he’ll be out but we guess the length will vary directly by how large their lead over NYY remains as the season goes on”
HA
Any chance Bauer comes back early or is it time to drop him now that’s he’s carried me all season?
Can lose
Is it time to drop Bauer? Any chance he comes back early? He carried me all year
You can lose him
mcmahon must’ve gone back to facing the wrong way when he kneels or misquoting his prayers, maybe not enough prayers per day, or eating the wrong meat/too much meat/not enough meat on the wrong day(s) of the week, back to constant bench town.
Haha
Trying to fill last OF spot (3/3) (lucky enough to have JD and Stanton in other two). Context: 16-team, 8 keeper (no price), 6×6 (R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS) roto league. Please rank RoS:
1. I. Desmond (rostered)
2. O. Herrera (rostered)
3. D. Peralta (trade candidate)
Thanks!
Peralta, Odubel
Well, I believe the baseball gods have spoken. I received wins from Alex Cobb and Brad Keller in the DFS RCL today.
Nice!
Hi Grey, 10 tm h2h pts for ROS: drop Bumgarner for any of these guys – Buchholz, DeSclafani, Barria, Cahill or Gant? – Thanks!
Nah
Completely disagree with your “Sell” on Wil Myers in the video. Myers can definitely be frustrating to own in a dynasty league, but when he’s healthy he usually carves out a streak a couple times a year that makes him one of the best players in baseball. His move to third base gives him OF/IF eligibility for next year. That’s some good value in it’s own right. Yeah, I’m disappointed with that’s happened this year but Myers is only 27. It’s hardly time to give up on him, not when he’s one year removed from a 30 HR and 20 SB season after hitting 28 HR and stealing 28 bags the year before. Chalk this season up to injury issues, just like Dee Gordon, and be glad you DID NOT trade him away next season. In the meantime, yeah, be frustrated he’s performing like the 2015 Wil Myers. :o(
@Harley Earl: yr issue appears to be found in this sentence:
“Myers can definitely be frustrating to own in a dynasty league”
his “sells” (i.e. drops at this stage) aren’t at all based on dynasty leagues.
@Yr Never Too Old For Balloons: i.e. writing invariably is for 5×5 roto redrafts (RCL style)
@Yr Never Too Old For Balloons: What is his “sell” based on then? A one-year league? That’s not how he writes most of his stuff. A lot of what this website publishes is geared toward keeper and dynasty leagues. Grey is talking about trading him away forever here, not for just this year. He’s wrong, too. The Padres clearly love his athleticism. He’s played five different positions in four years.
I hear ya, I guess we’ll see
@Grey: Still not convinced, eh? He’s not a guy you just drop or trade for trash in dynasty. Do that and you’ll be buried pretty quickly in a league like mine. I’m not saying Wil is a superstar, I’m saying he’s darn good enough to hold a roster spot over most. But, yeah, I get your logic, I just don’t agree with it.
Gotcha
@Grey: You’re a man of many words!
Haha
Hey Grey,
Good morning!
I have profar and maikel as utilities in my league. Sano and muncy are both available. Like any of these moves in a tight race standard 5×5 roto league where I need HR, RBI, avg in that order ? Thanks!
Sano over Profar
14-team OBP 5×5….I have Trout on the DL, I’m tired of looking at Adam Eaton’s name on my roster even if he did have 3 hits and homer last night, and Avi Garcia is getting benched for not running hard to first cuz he might be hurt? I need some names to look at from our free agents it seems…
Charlie Culberson, Austin Jackson, Phillip Ervin, Hunter Renfroe, Joey Wendle, Manuel Margot, Marwin Gonzalez, Neil Walker, Hernan Perez, Jankowski, EYoung, Joey Bats, Spangenberg Squarepants, Dahl, Pearce, Ortega, Martini, or even Canha?
See any upgrades past the obvious Trout on the DL spot? or hold with Eaton and Avi?
Dahl, Culberson
Todd Frazier, Ryan Zimmerman, Carlos Santana for ROS?
Zimm
@Grey:
Thanks. Then, Frazier or Santana for coming a week?
Frazier
A. Rosario or W. Adames for the coming week?
Amed
What up G,
Happy Sunday bro. What are your thoughts on Schoop? Been ice cold since the move to MIL, now out of the lineup for consecutive days. Think he turns it around? Crazy how hot he was in Baltimore before the move…
Thanks man
I know, I think he can turn it around, but gotta play
@Grey: Agreed…too talented not to. While I have you, thoughts on Marquez @ ATL today?
I wouldn’t mess with him
@Grey: That’s why you’ll never get your ERA up to 4. I started him everywhere.
Ha, I know
@Grey: Did you know that Marquez has been quite the road warrior this year? I had no idea till a buddy of mine was wondering if he should stream him, and I looked up his splits – sub 3.00 ERA this year on the road.
Wow, that is impressive… Figured it was, good, but didn’t realize that good
So much for the Borucki stream. Haha.
Haha
As much as I appreciate the run support, I’m not liking that Clev has been sitting for the better part of an hour.
I hear ya
Sunday funday Grey, H2H weekly cats for next week. 12 ROS moves
1. Start Newcomb @ Pit ( SON is negative)
2. Start Eflin @ Was (SON negative)
3. Start Maeda for ratios, or for them to blow up
4. Leave the spot empty
5. Use a move to pick up either Bieber @ Bos and @ KC, or Holland @ Mets and vs Tex, Musgrove @ Mil.. not much else around
1. No 2. Nope 3. Yes 5. These aren’t great
Are we running, not walking, to pick up Kopech off the wire?
Think so
Do you like Touki T over Musgrove, Pivetta, Rodon, or Newcomb ROS? 11 tm keeper.
No Kopech? I wouldn’t go Touki over them
@Grey: Pivetta…gross, man. No bueno tonight.
Nope, terrible
Need to pickup a pitcher but to do so I need to drop either Ender or R. Zimmermann. Who’s the drop?
Thanks and enjoy your day
Ender, depends on needs
@Grey:
My needs are for production-I have plenty of speed but i need someone to hit. Right now Ender isn’t. Like you I was high on Ender coming into this season so I picked him up on several teams.
Watch I’ll drop him and he will go on a tear. Oh well that’s the risk-that’s why they call this gambling.
Gotcha
I love it when my pitchers face garbage offenses that are suddenly hot. What a bunch of BS.
It’s the freakin worst
Let’s never speak of Pivetta’s “butter”.
Agreed
Manny gets hit by pitch on the wrist, XRays coming. H2H weekly cats, would need to pick up replacement tonight in case. 12 ROS moves
Pick up Dahl (6 games @Coors vs SD and Stl), or just put in my DL Trout (expected back 3 games next weekend).
Xrays were negative
Manny gets hit by pitch on the wrist, XRay time. H2H weekly cats, in case he goes down.
12 ROS moves:
Pick up Dahl (6 games @ Coors vs SD and Stl)
or hold and put in my DL Trout (he’s expected back for next weekend’s series, 3 games).
@Gotime: Scratch that, apparently XRay is negative. But on the same note, Semien is my last Util spot. 7 games vs Tex and @ Min. Would you use a move to scoop up Dahl and bench Semien or hold.
Sure, if you need offense, go with Dahl
10 team h2h OBP limited moves budget
Hold onto L Castillo, who had a great start today, or drop for Kopech?
Projected ROS schedules:
Castillo: @CHC, MIL, (@PIT, SD), @CHC, @MIA
Kopech: MIN, @DET, BOS, (DET), @KC, @CLE, CHC
Starts in parentheses are during bye week, so don’t apply.
Thanks!
1. Our playoffs start on Sept. 10th. Best on the wire for a bench bat: Braun, DeJong, Or Zimmerman. My MI is Dee, Cano and Bregman so DeJong is tempting given Dee’s slump and if he gets going (and steals a bag for god’s Sake) I can put him in the OF. My CI is Freeman, Suarez and Carlos Santana. Santana has been just ok (walks help but ugly average) but DeJong could go to SS and I could slide Bregman to 3B if Bour starts taking Carlos’ at bats. Of course, Zimmerman or Braun could take the CI slot as well.
What say you given these levels of flexibility?
2. Gattis or Ramos with Gattis at home versus Tigers and DBacks. Ramos draws the Nats (not Scherzer as it stands now) and Marlins at home. Nine hitting cats so Ramos average vs Gattis power I imagine.
3. You see any chance Bauer gets into the mix by Sept 17th? I just don’t see the Indians risking it but…..
Thanks,
Is Daniel Poncedeleon worth a flier ROS in head to head? He’s set for 2 starts next week.
who would you drop to take advantage of Eloy for September: Moncada, Teoscar, Mallex Smith, Thames or Bader?
Thames
safe to drop Posey? Replacement: Chirinos, Wieters, Romine or Ward?