Fernando Tatis Jr. went down in a heap after a swing, and I fell off my couch, rolled three feet and laid there for twenty minutes until Ted, my dog, placed his butt on my face, the sign we mutually agreed on for “he needs to be walked.” Outside, we spotted two pigeons teaching a third how to fly again with broken wings. I stood by that hopeful scene signing Mr. Mister, “Take these broken wings…and learn to fly again, learn to live so free,” and I was briefly uplifted. Then, the branch they were perched on fell, and deposited all three in front of traffic. Feathers blew up in my face, triggering my allergies and I told Ted, “Let’s go home and sob under some blankets.” It’s impossible to know fully, until the Padres say one way or the other, but you’d have to think that Tatis only injures himself on a swing if he was playing hurt already. As of this writing, the Padres are saying a partial dislocation, which would mean weeks vs. months, and would be relatively good news. Also, if you can even think about next steps, I grabbed Jurickson Profar, and Jake Cronenworth and Ha-Seong Kim should see an increase in playing time. I await further news while securely under these blankets. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Adrian Morejon – 4 IP, 2 ER, 2 Ks. Ugh, so few Ks. Forget Morejon, we needed Mostjon.
Evan Longoria – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer. Not sure which season it was of Desperate Housewives that featured a Zombino, but it’s running on repeat this month.
Akil Baddoo – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and a grand slam (2) and legs (1), hitting .429. Okay, I’m in. Don’t even care if Akil Baddoo is Chris Shelton, Part Baddeux. If it is, I will drop him after he slows down in a week.
Nelson Cruz – 3-for-6, 3 runs, 5 RBIs with his 1st and 2nd homer. As he rounded the bases on the first home run, Nelson Cruz yelled, “Get off my lawn!” As he rounded the bases on the 2nd home run, he turned 84 years old. Happy birthday, Nelly!
Matt Shoemaker – 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 5 Ks. “You have 44 more innings left this year, use them wisely.” That’s a genie talking to Shoemaker.
Luis Arraez – Left yesterday’s game with an injury. Replacing Arraez was Willians Astudillo (3-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBIs), who came straight from working a kid’s birthday party where he was performing as a “terrible fielding catcher, who can hit .310” and he went by the name: Yermin Mercedes. By the by, how does Mercedes not have a giant dookie gold chain with a Mercedes emblem hanging from it? Yo, you need Grey to give you drip lessons?
Joakim Soria – Hit the IL with a calf strain. *insert guy from Half Baked* “Moo this man!” Kevin Ginkel was warming up the other day when Soria came into the 8th (for no apparent reason!), so he’d be my choice for closer replacement. Chris Devenski got the save, and you have to ask yourself, how badly do you want the 5.00 ERA-slash-4 saves coming from one of these guys. Oh, and Crichton is there too, which is appropriate since it’s a mystery who their closer is.
Daniel Ponce De Leon – 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks. Not sure what the Streamonator said about this start, but I’d start anyone vs. the Marlins.
Tommy Edman – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st homer. Wow, all I thought I was getting from Edman was position eligibility.
Elieser Hernandez – Hit the IL with biceps inflammation. Get a tat of flames on your arm and shizz happens. He’s likely out for months vs. weeks. It’s not good.
Trevor Rogers – 4 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 6 Ks. Early on, Mr. Rogers wasn’t in the neighborhood of the plate. He did always like to go for a walk in a Card again, but he settled down and, yeah, I’m interested in all leagues.
Kevin Pillar – 1-for-5, 1 run as he hit leadoff. Is this for real? I told you not to draft Dom Smith and didn’t myself, but the Mets had an extra four days and they come back with Kevin Pillar at leadoff? Insert Gordon Ramsay, “Oh, f*ck off.” A typo and leading off with Villar would’ve made more sense.
Jacob deGrom – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks. Wasn’t drafting any of the top starters, but I’m a big stupid person for not putting deGrom number one. I guess the Mets’ inability to get him any offense could hold him back, but his pitching is silly.
Matt Moore – 3 1/3 IP, 2 ER. Matt Moore looks like he has this exchange a lot: Random person, “You look like someone…” Matt Moore, “George Clooney?” Random person, “No, that’s not it.” Any hoo! I’m not at all interested yet, outside of NL-Only leagues.
Austin Hays – Hit the IL with a hamstring strain. *places hand on chin to think things over* Pardon me, I’m just Mullins’ing things over.
Giancarlo Stanton – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer. After the game, he said, “Why does my backpack keep following me?” At which time, I stuck my legs through the bag and walked away.
Aaron Judge – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st homer. This game was known colloquially as, “When the Orioles remembered they sucked.”
Jordan Montgomery – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks. Lot of noise around the Yanks that shouldn’t always be believed, because the media echo chamber they play in, but Montgomery is actually good.
Colin Moran – 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer, and 2nd in as many days. Hot schmotato alert! Also, in the 1st inning, Evans homered. Evans and Moran, can only mean Good Times and Happy Days.
Jesse Winker – Wasn’t in Monday’s starting lineup. Real question: You’re sitting on an airplane, and on walks Winker and Byron Buxton. Do you get off the plane for fear something bad is about to happen?
Mike Moustakas – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st homer. Moistasskiss!
Nick Castellanos – 2-for-4 and his 3rd homer. The Greek God of Hard Contact is kicking ass, everyone else is Castellanus.
Jose De Leon – 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks. This start was vs. the Pirates, so, of course, it’s worth it, but Streamonator had itself a nice little day yesterday.
Bryan Reynolds – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer. They should have a Yinzer challenge where they approach people on the streets of Pittsburgh and ask them which Pirates player they’re most excited about. “My parrot doesn’t just count to eleven, he can list the career stats of Kent Tekulve.” That’s a Pirates fan who can’t name a current rostered player.
Logan Allen – 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks. Looked pretty usable, but can’t really argue strongly he isn’t Danny Duffy Jr. Though, Streamonator loves his next one.
Whit Merrifield – 2-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Way too lazy and uninterested to do the simple search, but it feels like Merrifield is great every April only to eventual cool.
Jesse Hahn – 1 IP, 0 ER and his save, even though Greg Holland, Scott Barlow, literally everyone was rested. I think I’ve figured out what’s going on. If people have to tune in every ninth inning to see who the closer is, it appears that people are watching the Royals, and that’s good for ad buys.
Tim Anderson – Out with a sore hammy. You and Kermit, man.
Carlos Rodon – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks. Think he’s rostered in most leagues, so it doesn’t matter, but I always struggle trusting Rodon.
Yermin Mercedes – 3-for-4, 2 runs, hitting .667. Okay, the guy’s name is practically German Mercedes. Are we sure this isn’t a LARP? Was he engineered by a man named Dieter with an eyepatch? Did he come up in the minors with a guy named Slav Yugo? Find me some answers!
Chad Pinder – Hit the IL with a knee sprain. The A’s could turn to Ka’ai Tom, who sounds like the guy in your office who went to Hawaii and found himself. “Tom, you gonna stare at that coconut monkey bank all day or you gonna work?” “Please, call me Ka’ai Tom.” So, Tom’s got contact problems — 28+% strikeout rate incoming, and might hit .210, but has some power and a little speed for AL-Only.
Frankie Montas – 2 2/3 IP, 7 ER. Not trying to be a homer here in Los Angeles of Los Angeles, but don’t come halfsies on the Dodgers, or they will steamroll you.
Mark Canha – 2-for-5 and his 1st homer, as he hits leadoff. With all the lineup movement across every single team, Mark Canha feels 95% secure at leadoff, and 100% capable of producing more value than you expect. Canha: Ability to have the last laugh.
Dustin May – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 8 Ks. I wonder if Dustin May aka The Human Carrot was at all fearful on Easter with all those life-sized rabbits running around.
Will Smith – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer, and 2nd homer in two days, and, quick! Dave Roberts! Bench him!
Mike Trout – 2-for-3 and his 1st homer. Can’t find any scouting reports on this guy. Is he new?
Javier Baez – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer. Based on nothing, well, I guess on him, so Baez’d on gut, he’s going to have a huge 30/15/.280 season.
David Bote – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer. I like to pronounce his last name “beau-tay.”
Keston Hiura – 0-for-4, hitting .000. My bold prediction that Hiura would be demoted to the minors, after hitting under .200 for the first few months is…Well, will he make it a few months?
Eduardo Rodriguez – Threw a bullpen session and hopes to rejoin the rotation this weekend. Hopefully, the Red Sox save an L for Ed-Rod. Tom Cruise wouldn’t want it any other way.
Nick Pivetta – 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 4 Ks. As I told you in my 2015 Nick Pivetta sleeper post, “He’s going to be great in his first start in 2021.” Not sure why none of you listened.
J.D. Martinez – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd in as many games. Just Dong because Just Don’t isn’t an option.
Mike Foltynewicz – 4 IP, 4 ER. Foltynewicz is same as Faultyoldwitz.
Steven Matz – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 9 Ks. Line looks better than it was, and Streamonator liked this start — because the Rangers are not good — and hates Long Island Matz’s next start.
Marcus Semien – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. I don’t want to ever live through a year like 2020 again, but I do keep having pings of regret about guys I drafted last year that I don’t have this year. Like a White Russian in a brothel where they don’t use milk, Semien and Ketel would’ve made an orgasmic cocktail.
Cavan Biggio – 1-for-2, 3 runs and his 1st homer. Jays team is Semien and all of the 1998 MLB All-Stars’ semen.
Grey — you are excelltastic!
Good stuff. Funny stuff.
Except for the Trout blurb. It’s played. Fish puns would be funnier at this juncture.
ChuckieMiller — tellin’ it like it is since 2021!
Thanks! Chuckie Miller coming with fire since April 2021!
Grey!!!!
Awesome report!! Said that yesterday. Will continue until it gets better!!
a. Prayer circle formed for Tatis owners.
b. Marx Brothers quote of the day for April 6, 2021
Groucho: ‘Do you know that property values have increased 1929 since 1,000%? Do you know that this is the biggest development since Sophie Tucker? Do you know that Florida is the show…spot of America and Cocoanut Beach is the black spot of Florida?’
c. Random Reggie Jackson quote of the day for April 6, 2021
‘I do everything as honestly as I can. I give all I have to give. But I don’t let people get in my way.’
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks!
A. Yeah, ugh
B. Haha
C. Yes!
What to do with Gallegos in a Saves league?
Drop him and pick something up with a more clear path?
Agree with nux
Agree with others
Whit
2019 OPS
April/March .829
May .893
June .821
July .798
August .741
Sept/Oct .774
2018
April/March .740
May .816
June .742
July .839
August .955
Sept/Oct .744
May .816
June .742
July .839
August .955
Sept/Oct .744
I have 75 teams to set lineups for. I don’t have time for this!! Quit goading me into doing this research!
How many games over last 3 seasons has the Mets bullpen blown for Degrom?
Haha. I’ve still got 16 leagues to go!! Did take a 45-min break for a little walk/jog.
Apparently, 31 times. https://www.bardown.com/the-mets-spoiled-a-win-for-jacob-degrom-for-the-31st-time-after-early-exit-1.1618825
If you time to walk and jog, you have time to draft more leagues!
For the Record. They Mets are 35-41 when Degrom starts since 2018.
He has a 2.07 ERA since then.
And, I just added Baddoo to a bunch of teams, and he’s not in the starting lineup.
So, what you’re saying is there’s not much to what I thought was going on? Fair…
Ha, I didn’t say that. I got a PH HR from Yaz yesterday, so who knows?
ha. The exercise is necessary to make it through the leagues I have now.
Do one lap around your desk for each team you adjust, done and done!
Haha
Lol
Family was in town to see Ka’ai Tom on the weekend. Didn’t see him get his first hit, but he did pitch a scoreless inning, which they thoroughly enjoyed..
Ha, I saw that
Yermin Mercedes or Willson Contreras ROS? It’s a one catcher league and I need to trade one
Trade sternum and then let us know what you were able to get back. I’m genuinely curious. I added him in dynasty on opening day. And he doesn’t have Catcher ELIG… I have no idea what to do with him now. Just throw him in the UTIL slot over Sano or Austin Riley? Ughh
Okay so Yermin auto corrects to sternum if I’m not paying attention. Good to know!
Yermin
Trade Yermin or Yermin would be better for ROS?
This is hilarious.
Willson
Who gets their first hit first, Devers or Vaughn? early season GROAAAN
I like how you didn’t even bother mentioning Hiura, since we know it won’t be him. God he looks lost. Great call Grey!
A good first hit competitor for Keston is Dalbec. Two players that are struggling to keep their strike out rate below 50%.
The thing is… I didn’t take Babby D in the 3rd round of startup dynasty back in Feb. But I do get what you mean.
Haha yea, absolutely.
ALSO! Is Andrew Vaughn the first MLB player to (1) get a HBP before his first MLB hit + (2) to have a HBP RBI as his first RBI?!
Keston?
Let me say this about Tatis,
I have a shoulder subluxation. It’s the same thing that Mel Gibson had in the lethal weapon movies where he could pop his shoulder out to get out of restraints. However, what they didn’t show in the movie was how painful it is to pop your shoulder out and to try and place it back in again. It’s incredibly painful and incredibly scary because you aren’t sure if it’s going to slip back in or not and the longer it takes the more pain and more frightening it gets. I’ve dealt with this from a tennis injury all my life.
The only way to get this repaired correctly is surgery and that will wipe out Tatis’ entire year if they go that route. They have to pin the shoulder back into place and then it needs six months to heal properly. After that, it’s six months of rehabilitation. So it’s a year-long process. I would assume with Tatis being younger, much more healthy and athletic, he could complete the process in less time but I would also venture to say is 2021 season might be over.
Now, they don’t have to do surgery. They can wait a few days and once the soreness and shock subsides, he’ll feel fine again. However, depending how he swings, what range of motion he takes and how hard he swings, there’s a very good chance his shoulder pops out again. This will continue to happen throughout his career when you consider he swings a bat very hard for a living, plus makes very hard throws from shortstop to first base for a living. Each time he injures it, the subluxation tear becomes a little deeper and the shoulder muscles become weaker. It will continue to snowball on him most likely until he has to have it repaired.
The wise and smartest approach would be to address this now with surgery and get it behind him. This could be a devastating blow for me as I own him on a team. It’s also the reality of the situation.
Ugh, that sucks…He’s gonna need surgery, isn’t he?
I would think he will have it. The question is does he have it now or does he wait until the off-season. He can play with it once the soreness is gone, but it might pop out again.
With the Padres investing $380 million in him, I would think they definitely want to see him get the surgery and get this behind him. I can’t imagine playing this off lightly after making that kind of investment in him. Time will tell and I hope I’m totally wrong, but everything I’ve said is from personal experience with the exact same injury.
One last thing: Damn.
I separated (not dislocated) my shoulder in 1995 in a collision with the catcher, attempting to steal home. The Dr. I went to told me only professional athletes get surgery to repair that injury. Probably should’ve gotten a second opinion. It still bothers me to this day. I can play catch with my kids for about 15-20 minutes before I have to call it quits.
That sucks
And now he’s officially on the DL. They hope to avoid surgery. I guess we’ll see but I don’t see how they can avoid it. Better to do it now than later. I could see them doing it in October as soon as the season ended.
Doesn’t sound great
I’m glad I passed on him. Seems like he’s always hurt.
Sir Grey!
I hope all is well in the great state of California.
The first Streamonater pick up with De Leon was a hit, let’s see what Miley brings us today. $25 dollars well spent (only 20 euro;-))
I do have a trade question for you.
In my 5×5 keeperleague (we keep 8) I have these “closers”: Pressly, Bard, Melancon. Valdez, Soto and Rosenthal.
I received this offer: Melancon – Semien.
Problem is I already have Story, DeJong and Swanson. As my 2b guy I have Merrifield. I can put Merrifield in my outfield but I see more value in keeping him in my 2B slot.
I did counter with Matt Chapman/Melancon for Devers. If the other owner refuses this would you take Semien? or take Semien anyway?
Hope this all makes sense
Thanks,
Bas from from Holland (still stuck in a lockdown)
Take semien for melancon, he’s an upgrade over dejong and swanson
Agree with DT
Yermin for president! For real tho Mercedes approach at the plate looks so sound. should be owned in every single league. crazy he didnt get a chance before now. Dude straight rakes.
andres gimenez sat out 2 games in a row. so platooning and batting 9th when he plays. yeah, not good. easy cut.
keston hiura is the worst player in baseball. so glad i cut him for cronenworth. boldly actively managing the portfolio!
Grey/LOLmets,
going to piggyback on this one if you guys don’t mind?
a) Yermin > Narvaez ?
b) Yermin > Severino ?
c) There is no C (like Yermin anyway?!)
a and b are Dynasty Leagues if that makes a difference.
Best wishes and many thanks for the content,
Another Dan
Yermin for all
Agree with DT
Yeah, not great on Andres, killing me with so many shares
Bench pitcher Flamethrower A.J. Puk or fumethrower Ryan Yarbrough?
Puk for me
RY
Lost Elizer and Sixto
looking for a starter replacement.
Mize, Cueto, Webb,Matz,Duffy,T Walker,Quintana, Gore all available.
Who should I pick up?
Mize. Or cueto if you’re streaming.
Webb, these are streamers tho
so tell me how my team can survive where I picked Tatis in 1st round and Eloy in 3rd round??
Also have keBryan Hayes who is out for who knows how long not to mention I had Nick Anderson.
Guess you get the picture that this team is doomed before it even gets started.
It’s possible, I’m in same boat in yahoo friends and family. Gotta find a couple waiver gems….
Agree with DT — it’s gonna be tough, but it can be done in shallower leagues
Yup, I took Eloy in the 2nd and Springer in the 3rd. Moved Dylan Moore from SS to the OF, picked up David Dahl & Joey Wendle. It’s a frustrating way to start the season.
Yeah, sucks
I feel sorry for you son.
thanks.
I feel like just packing it in on that team and forget about it.
It was hard to lose Eloy and then just got over that and now Tatis??
Yeah, that sucks
Same. As a bonus, I own Bellinger, Schwarber, and Winker. FMFBBL
Wow. Giancarlo hits a grand slam, and his blurb is 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer?
Way to…
Curb Your Enthusiasm
And, did you see his homer? 470 foot absolute bomb. I know it only counts as one HR, but he absolutely destroyed that baseball.
I saw the homer multiple times from multiple angles…He’s amazing!
Haha
Lmao you can’t quit it. I hate those ones.
Re: Tatis. Announcers said during the broadcast that he’s been dealing with his shoulder popping out “from time to time” throughout his career! Ohhhhhhh. K.
Sounds like an issue that will bother him for his entire career if he doesn’t have surgery…This is so bad
This is exactly what I was talking about in my post earlier. My shoulder did the very same thing. Only way to fix it is surgery. He really has no choice other than surgery if he wants to be a professional baseball player.
As someone who has lost both Mondesi and Tatis as his SS and MI, I’m down to Cronenworth as my starting SS and he’s the only one I have with SS eligibility. My other MI I are Arraez and Cesar Hernandez. It’s an Otteneu pts league, but no extra points lost for a K, just the out. Which of the following do you like as a replacement?
Didi
Segura
Wong
W. Castro
Profar
Dubon
Solano
Villar
Moran
Newman
Schoop
Cry myself to sleep.
Anyone else you can think of that’s deep?
Or keep rolling with what I’ve got?
I’d try Didi
Agree with DT, but those are pretty good options — not Mondesi/Tatis options, but Wong and Segura aren’t bad either and Mondesi will be back soon
Thank you both for the input. As much as I’d like to go with Wong (as I feel he’s going to have a great year), I’ll go with the SS eligibility of Didi and Hope the25 HR power is back with a good walk rate.
No problem
Didi! Then Villar
Best 2 Bench Bats, thanks!
Baddoo
Hicks
Profar
Upton
Canha
Mullins
N Lowe
Winker
Kiner Felafel
Tapia
Depends on needs. Baddo and Lowe,or Baddo and tapiaif you need steals.
Agree with DT
Kinda crazy that its Baddoo out of this group of names. Might be another week or two until you see him in that lineup on a daily basis. I have shares, so I’m hopeful. But gimme the leadoff hitter in a terrible O’s lineup over Baddoo right now. Or CanHaHa!. Or Upton. Or IKF. Or Winker (if healthy).
Are we serious with Baddoo here boys? Just to see what happens? Assume its because of the fact that there appear to be so many good names in this guy’s league on the wire, that you could just turn to any of the others if Baddoo flames out?
12 team 5×5 league – time to ‘give up’ on Andres Gimenez and Leody Taveras? And by give up, I mean drop and pick up some one on the waiver wire. in a 12-teamer, there’s got to be guys more valuable than these two, right? Sitting and hitting low in the line-up are not recipes for value.
Please pick 2 from the following to replace Gimenez and Taveras:
Nate Lowe, Kiner-Felefa, Shaw, JayBruce, Locastro, Mazara, Profar
Lowe and Profar gone.
And , if I can only keep one (reserve) of Leody or Andres, which one? Andres?
Meh, lowe woulda been nice. Probably just keep them if you need steals. Definitely giving gimenez more leash.
is it yahoo? If so the falafel.
IKF and Gimenez more leash
Would you pick up Profar and/or Kim and drop Ty France and/or Manuel Margot? 5×5 OBP league
Thanks!
I’d hold
Agree with DT
No
Speaking of yinzers, check out this guy:
https://twitter.com/dveBillCrawford/status/1360988448220450816
I lived in Pittsburgh for a bit, and that is spot on.
I even have a thicker accent than that guy.
On the other hand…. https://youtu.be/yIeYGyV5NoQ
“Nah’mean?”
HAHAHA
Eh I’m just going to stfu…
Great stuff as always, Grey!
got 2 questions – 12-team, 6×6 (OPS/QS), redraft league:
Lineup:
C: Posey
1B: Freeman
2B: Hiura
3B: Arenado
SS: Story
IF: Bohm
OF: F. Reyes, Laureano, Trammell (rotating)
UTL: Mercedes
BN: N. Lowe, Jazz Chisholm, Springer (IL), Lewis (IL)
SP: Woodruff, Ryu, Gausman, May, Means, Cease
RP: Chapman, RichRod, Bard, J. Hicks, Soria
IL (3total): S. Gray, Severino, Valdez
Question 1 – Would you drop any of the above for any of the below FA’s:
SP: Jordan Montgomery, Heaney, Marco Gonzales
OF: Baddoo, M. A. Taylor, Mullins, Profar
Question 2 – I have been offered a trade:
I get: A. Gimenez
I give: Severino + J. Hicks
My weak spot on Offense is really OF, but this would allow me to add another player from the above pool as well…
Thank you in advance for taking the time to even look at this and all the other comments here!!
Baddo over Trammell.
I’d take gimenez.
thanks Donkey!
Baddoo was just snagged; would you drop Trammell for Taylor/ Mullins/ Profar?
Also, Gonzales was snagged too, would you try to add Montgomery, Heaney, both?
thanks again
I’d drop Cease for JoMont right now.
And Mullins for Trammell, but I have loved Mullins and been waiting on this for dynasty for a few years. Hope he can stick at top of that awful lineup. Hays getting hurt helps that, as well as his PT in short term.
Agree with Nux
Thanks all!
other manager came back with a counter:
I give:
D. May + Hicks
I get:
Altuve
Not really sure I want to trade May away, but what are your thoughts on this offer?
thanks again
Hold
deGrom …..33 ND since 2018 is actually crazy
Insane
Will not stream DeLeon but SOOOOO nice to see him do well in front of the folks, almost had a tear in my eye when he got his first hit and ribeye.
Sixto safe drop in 12 man redraft roto?
Sure, drop him if no IL
Agree with DT
Hey y’all, if you were rebuilding in a 20-team dynasty keep forever league, would you give up Dylan Carlson and Austin Martin for Jered Kelenic? I have lots of good prospects, too many to name. Would this be an overpay, or a smart consolidation of talent?
I’d want Kelenic.
Agree with Cram
Agree with Cram
Thanks y’all! Done deal.
No problem
Smart trade. Kelenic is the guy you want.
No blurb on Yelich and his 53% strikeout rate in the first 4 games? He appears to pick up where he left off in 2020.
Yeah, it’s not great
I looked up total runs scored by team for the 2019 season. The Tigers had the lowest total of about 580 runs scored.
The Brewers lineup is bad. If they scored 600 runs this year what percent of them do you think would be attributed to Yelich?
85/85 is worst case scenario in full season
Morning, Grey!
A. Which side do you like in this trade (14-team points league – holds = 2 points): Arenado for Pab-Lo and D. Williams
Thanks!
Arenado for me
Agree with DT
Thanks!
Which two would you sit out of:
Luzardo vs LAD
Taillon vs BAL
Skubal @CLE
Kikuchi @MIN
None…Skubal, Kikuchi
That sounds horrible man. Seriously?
Thanks!
Which two would you sit out of:
Luzardo vs LAD
Taillon vs BAL
Skubal @CLE
Kikuchi @MIN
Ugh, oops, meant to reply to Grey!
And yah, I know it looks bad – I’m on the PabLo side – other manager in desperate need of pitching so admittedly low-balling.
None…Skubal, Kikuchi
I’ll be your typical yinzer on the street…(3)
Answer to most exciting Pirates player: “Ben Roethlisberger”Second place answer: “Yinz try a Primantis sandwich from dahntahn? Has coleslaw and fries n’at”
HAHA, I knew a yinzer mention would bring you out!
Just checking in on me to make sure I’m still reading huh? I got you Grey.
Haha, yes!
Attempting to be a little more social this year, so I’ll be around more often
I’m going to require this to be notarized
I want to punch you….. nothing personal.
For clarification my ex fiance is from Pittsburgh.
My exes are too, ha. Eff em
I was hoping today’s lead was something like goo goo for baddoo, but instead the tatis injury pretty much ruined the day for so many of us. Non contact injuries are never good. I read what a sublaxation is and watched the replay of that swing. Violent. Didn’t mondesi have this injury? He got hurt, came back after 6 weeks played for a while and then reinjured it again and had surgery. Mondesi’s injury was caused by diving not swinging a bat. Ugh
Yeah, ruined my day too. Might have ruined my enthusiasm for this year along with it.
The Padres only have 13 more years to worry about this.
Yeah, I don’t know, starting to think I might’ve been too optimistic last night
Always fun to draft for hitting only to sport a .150 average and not have Trea or Robles play a game yet. Happy it is a marathon.
1. What were the odds Freeman and Albies go 0-21 to start the year? Being a Dodger fan, part of me likes this ( not the fantasy part)
2. Have no catcher. Garver seems in a time share but is available. S Murphy seems better??
3. If I grab a catcher, who is my drop?
4. How bad is my team (12 teamer) ??
C – Open
CI – Freeman, Chapman, Abreu
MI – Albies, Trea, Polanco
OF – Springer, Winker, Dahl, Kepler, Pham, Robles
Util: DeJong or Peralta
SP – Burnes, Greinke, Gausman, Plesac, Stras, Soroka,
RP – D Castillo, Gallegos, Pom, Valdez (saves and holds league)
1. Ha, I hope not
2. Garver
3. David Peralta
4. Doesn’t look bad
David price should have opted out again. He looks horrible. It is he even worth a bench stash at this point in a 14 team league? I thought he’d be able to make some starts.
Drop him
Which side for each:
1. Yelich/Fried or Springer/Giolito?
2. Yelich/Arenado or Turner/Bauer?
Forgot to mention it’s a standard 5×5 roto redraft league
Justin or Trea?
Trea
1. Yelich
2. Trea
Owner won’t part with Trea, but countered with Gerrit Cole/Harper for MY Yelich/Arenado.
1. Which side?
2. Is it a fair deal/close?
Works for me
If it was you you would prefer Cole/Harper?
I don’t click accept trade unless it is Grey Certified and Approved.
Yes, Arenado is barely a 3rd rounder
True.
The other owner is an Arenado fan.
The other option is to keep Yelich instead of trade for Harper and just trade Arenado straight up for Trevor Bauer. I know he would take that too.
Better or take both Cole/Harper?
Thanks for your help and patience.
Yeah, Cole/Harper
How about Michael Kopech wheelin and dealin? Sad I missed out on him, for some reason, yahoo thinks is acceptable to only give 6 pickups for an 11 day matchup (and I used all 6 the first 3 days like the fiend that I am)
So i know drafting two SSs and not pitcher until round 7 isnt ideal, but i’ve made 2 trades to revamp my roster:
1) Tatis, Cristan Javier & Jake Dietman for Soto & Gallen (the trade processed yesterday, felt so bad for the other guy)
2) Mountcastle & Paddack for Luis Robert & Paul DeJong
I’m contemplating Devers for Darvish & Kopech at the moment (I also have Yoan Moncada)
Would you take that deal knowing my first 6 picks were bats? I have Urias, Gallen, Gray, Luzardo, means, Civale & ohtani
Yeah, saw Kopech, looked great, too bad it’s MR
1. Whew, lucky
2. Nice
Sounds fair if you need an SP
Such are the benefits of these gazillion dollar lifetime contracts, I.e. Giancarlo, FTJ….and the hits just keep on comin’! Having said that….any chance we get to see arguably one of the games better prospects, CJ Abrams? Or did the Kim signing effectively put a hole in that possibility?
Kim plays
Im offered Springer (40 wont keep) and a cheap Clark schmidt for a 5 dollar badoo and civale at 6.
Im trying to win this year. I have grienke, cole bassitt civale shoemaker and rich hill as my starters but I know i can get another one. Am I right in thinking the reliability of a springer is worth it if I am trying to win this year or its not enough
Springer side
Watch a video clip of Baddoo and he has a sweet swing-little like Bonds-quick hands. I’m not one to jump at the newest toy- but would you drop either Tellez or Gimenez for him.
This would be my last move for the week.
Thanks
Andres
Gray! Dude. It hurts man. Drafted Tatis, Springer, Lewis, Buxton, Tapia, Gray. Is there hope? Do you have any music recommendations to help Terrance Mann me and “ease my pain?”
Ugh, that sucks…Hopefully a bunch of those guys return real soon…Currently listening to SAINT JHN and Benny the Butcher
Ahh K. Thanks man. I know Benny but don’t know SAINT JHN. Trying to get into 21 Savage… hasn’t clicked yet but not bad.
Did you try the Spilligion album ( JID, EARTHGANG, Spillage Village crew)?
Nah, good?
I like 21 Savage, btw
DUDE. YES. PLEASE GIVE IT A SHOT!
Haha, okay I will
Starting Bassitt against LA?
Yes
Ooof. Ok. I guess I will take the ride with you. *straps on goggles and gets into side car.
Good luck on all your matchups!
Good stuff Grey-
Thoughts on Zack McKinstry? I grabbed him since he is a hot schamato but what is really here? The “utl” tag should come off soon w qualifying at 2n and LF? And will Roberts keep playing him aka Kike? Is he worth a roster spot over Bote?
He’s a bench/platoon player, don’t think anything is there outside of deep leagues
Great blurbs on Semien and Biggio!!
Question for all commenters….. I am in an 8-team points league with daily lineups and a max of 6 adds per week. This is my first time playing in a points league in awhile, so how should I allocate my bench spots and how many starters should I carry vs stream? 23 total players on roster.
Currently I have:
My Lineup (10 players)
1 bench bat (could maybe use 1 more)
5 starters (Bieber, Flaherty, Gausman, Musgrove, Grienke)
5 RPs (Pressley, Merryweather, Reyes, Hicks, Kimbrel)
2 streaming spots
Saves count for 8 points, same as a Win.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thanks!
I usually carry 6 SPs, 4 RPs, 2 streams
Gracias!
No problem
12 team 7×7 keeper league (extra categories are OPS and TB): Looking to pick up Baddoo, would you drop any of the following for him: Hampson, India, Nimmo, Trammell, or France?
Trammell
Thoughts on Kopech in a H2H 12 team Sv+Hld league? Worth rostering just to keep ratios low and the occasionaly hold?
He’s not going to get many saves or holds, solid for Ks and ratios tho
Grey sir, oh wise one, thank you for 10 years of life wisdom. I started a redraft 20 owner deep stats roto, stuck w #1 overall pick. I used your rankings, obv, but had to shift strategy early. SPs were flying, & I couldn’t waste my top 5 picks. here’s my team. what’s one thing can I do to improve this mess team? For a 20 teamer it’s decent, but I’m looking for ways to improve.
C Kelly
1b Olson (60)
2b Albies (40)
SS Anderson (41)
3b Bohm (61)
Lf Riley
Cf Solak
Rf Acuna (1)
Util McmahoN
Util kiner falefa
BN bruce
BN pedormo
BN white
Sp Urias (80)
Sp Lopez (81)
Sp means
Sp eovaldi
Sp Skubal
Rp soto
Rp staumont
Rp v gonzalez
P d hernandez
P hahn
BN weathers
BN norris
Na Gore
There is noone available on waivers & all owners are hardcore. One thought of advice would be deeply appreciated! -Spaceman
No problem! Your hitting looks dope, maybe a little low on power — I like the SPs you have, but they are weaker side, with lots of risk…Maybe you’ll get lucky with a waiver pickup that you can play and trade away a bat for an arm
Thank you for taking the time to write sir! I needed some Grey insight for that deep 20 teamer. Love my bats too, but I’ll def try to swing a deal to acquire another Sp. They are indeed dicey. Stay cool, -Spaceman
You too!
Thanks as always for these roundups, Grey!
I’m super late to this statistical tragicomedy, but I just saw that deGrom has a 2.07 ERA since 2018, and the Mets are somehow 36-41 in his starts? Unreal.
Also, way-too-early thoughts on Solak? Zero hard contact and a 50% K rate? Not great, Bob!
No problem! That is so crazy — not great on Solak, but early
love the name and The Office reference.
Hey Grey,
Looking forward to another great season with you and the crew! Keeper league with 2 UT spots and at this point I’m rolling with Walsh, Lux, Soler, and Franimal. With Adalberto due back in a few weeks, I’m trying to get ahead of the logjam. Due to keeper status, Walsh and Lux aren’t options, so it comes down to Soler or Franimal being the odd man out. If you’re cutting one of the two, which one goes?
Thanks! Wouldn’t cut either but Soler if you must
The Tatis injury is just shitty. Most exciting player in baseball. Absolute killer for fantasy teams. Bummer, man.
But hey, US World Baseball team named Mike Scioscia as manager.
The Sciosciapath!
I can’t believe Tatis fell to 5 and I drafted him, he shouldn’t have been there
Hahaha. Blaming those in front of you forcing you to draft him. Funny, because it’s true!
Haha, what choice did I have…I can’t field a team right now in that league, and it’s 4 days in haha
Haha. I feel like I haven’t fielded a full starting lineup in any of my leagues yet, between COVID, injuries, and players getting days off already!
Haha, I know, it’s really the team that can field a full roster is the winner
I have Soto and Alonso in that league, and now Tim Anderson is hurt. Wheeeee!
Tatis could be out before Soto plays one game!
It’ll be a tight race.
Haha
Yah, and I thought you lucked out!
Yeah, brutal!
Good News / Bad News – FTJ fell to me in my home league at pick #3………….
Yeah, he fell to me in one league to pick #5, he shouldn’t have been there!
Grey,
Good morning to you sir. I am considering dropping Brent Suter and picking up an arm. Which one should I pick up:
Johnny Cueto
Chris Flexen
Trevor Williams
Kohei Arihara
Dakota Hudson (even though he is out for season, might be a decent stash for $5 then pick someone else up)
So i am thinking hudson and either Williams or Flexen. Thoughts? Thanks as always.
Morning! Can try Arihara, none of these are great
are any of them better than Brent Suter? Arihara has a very low k/9
I’d hold
What does “none of these great” mean to you?
None of these are great, but I demand you tell me which one is best. That’s what it means Cram! Why you having such a hard time understanding ;)
Ha. You’re right, my bad!
J. India or K Seager
Roto
India
Canha Vs Tapia ros OPS league
Canha unless you need steals?
Agree with Steve
A couple of rough matchups for the back end of my rotation this week: Bassitt vs. LAD tonight and Means @ NYY tomorrow. Are you rolling the dice on either of these or am I right to shy away?
Also, thoughts on Kopech in a SVHD league? He’s looked dominant. For reference guys I’m currently rolling out are Trevor May, Rainey, Merryweather and Antone while Sims is also available.
Thanks!
Sorry, just saw you addressed Kopech above. My fault there.
No problem
Starting both — He’s not going to get many saves or holds, solid for Ks and ratios tho
Damn didn’t realize Bellinger hurt himself last night legging out a single – he’s joined the boy band D2D
Not bad tho, is it?
Yeah, formed a small prayer triangle
Same
I also went SAGNOF (SVs+ HLDs) overboard as I tend to do early in the season with so many committees – my members are: Merryweather (cause of the hype), Castillo, Montero, Taylor Rogers (who I think will be a HLDs monster), Diekman, Rich Rod, and Alex Reyes…
I think Reyes is prob my drop – this will be used as a streamer spot or for John Means…
I will also need to debate dropping one of Madrigal or India… Madrigal fits well with my team cause I’m heavy with HRs & Ks on the hitters, but India has that juicy upside. I have Kyle Lewis expected to come off the IL soon and I also want to free up a spot to pick up Kelenic with his ETA expected in 2 weeks.
Lose India first — Reyes loss makes sense too
Hello My Friend!
It has been quite a while, hope all is well, you are happy and your dog is doing awesome.
So i’ll start my 1st question out with a me being being clueless. Some one in our league jsut dropped Gian Carlo Stanton yesterday…
Am I missing something? After 3 games, I know he didnt have much playing time but saw his ADP and he hits clean up for the Yanks so I am not seeing anything about injury etc b ut what I’m I missing? Or was that jsut a bad drop.
I am currently in 3rd position Waiver wire so I could put in claim maybe the other 2 teams ahead of me grab him…but my outfield is…
Arozoreno
S. Marte
Blackmon,
Santalander
Haniger
Have Ohtani ( Util as hitter)
& Keston is riding the bench after I picked up Solana
I have 6 starters at this point with weakest one being Basset
Rest of team is
C W Smith
1b Alonso
2B Solano
SS Machado
3B Rendon
One, worth the grab? which one of my guys would you jettison?
Thanks and have a lovely Humpday tomorrow!
Champsok1
Hey, Ed! Hope you’re well!
Play Keston, lose Solano for Giancarlo
This is a stupid question. Sorry but it is.
13 team pts dynasty
Trade my Giancarlo/widener for gurriel jr/Trevor Rogers
Lourdes side
Why god why tatis
I know, man
Hi Grey (and anyone else). In a keeper league should I go ahead and offer my Bichette for his Tatis? Or would you hold off for now and just wait for more news? Thanks!
Wait
Hi Grey! In an AL-Only where I have to roster a player with DH eligibility, who is the better bet: Miggy or Yermin?
5×5 roto, btw
Yermin
Baddoo and N. Lowe out there..
Need a filler while Kyle Lewis is out.. Who would you pick up?
Appreciate the help!
Baddoo, tho you have to platoon him
Good news! You won’t have to wait a week for Baddoo. He’s on the bench today.
Sad Tromboon
Sigh
85% of players are platoon nowadays!
Hashtag WeakSauce
HAHA
They’re plattooning him.
Hahaha
My 1st 6 picks gave me 1 hit in RCL 1 through the 1st 4 days..
Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor, Rafael Devers, Marcell Ozuna, Pete Alonso, Michael Conforto.
4 hits from the Mets yesterday, though!
Haha, I have a lot of those guys too
Also have Brad Hand on that team, who I see is on the Covid list.
Yup!
Fortunately, closers are easy to find. There are 11 RPs available with 1 save!
Haha
Would you drop Wong for Baddoo?
Nah I’d make some pasta instead
https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/01/best-easy-all-purpose-fresh-pasta-dough-recipe-instructions.html
Haha! Thanks man!
Nah
Drop WIlly Adames for Ha-Seong Kim?
Sure
14 team H2H Redraft league, 6×6 – Runs, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS and K’s, QS, ERA, WHIP, SV+HD, K/9
1) Drop Danny Jansen for Buster Posey?
2) Drop Eduardo Escobar for Joey Wendle or Ryan McMahon?
3) Drop Raimel Tapia for Akil Baddoo, Manuel Margot, Lorenzo Cain, or David Dahl?
4) Try to sell Stanton? Yankees fans might overpay
5) What do you think of this team? Balanced, needs more speed, power, pitching?
Thanks a lot!
C: Danny Jansen
1B: Jose Abreu
2B: Eduardo Escobar
3B: Matt Chapman
SS: Dylan Moore
OF: Ronald Acuna
OF: Giancarlo Stanton
OF: Franmil Reyes
UTL: Raimel Tapia
Bench: Garrett Hampson
IL: Adalberto Mondesi
SP: Corbin Burnes
SP: Pablo Lopez
SP: Dylan Cease
P: Drew Pomeranz
P: Giovanny Gallegos
P: Josh Staumont
P: Tanner Rainey
P: Alex Reyes
Bench: Carlos Rodon
Bench: Dane Dunning
Bench: Chris Bassitt
Bench: Steven Matz
IL: Sonny Gray
IL: Zac Gallen
IL: Noah Syndergaard
1. Sure
2. McMahon
3. Nah
4. Sure
5. You look like you have a nice balance, maybe low on speed
Grey – AL only auction – up to 5 keepers ($5 escalator). Unlimited IL.
I drafted these OF’s
Springer
Eloy (cheap – can stash and keep next year)
Gurriel Jr (cheap keeper from last year)
Mountcastle
Kelenic (cheap keeper from last year)
I should get Springer back this week, but I still need fill ins for Eloy and Kelenic. I picked up Hays, but he’s hurt now too.
I picked up Mullins.
Mazara, Cordero, V. Reyes are available. Who do you like?
What are your thoughts on a flyer for Andujar? May come IL… sometime?
Stop picking up players, you’re hurting them! I like Franchy — Where is Andujar playing?
I also picked up Mullins. Apologies in advance. My team is like a Roma curse. Ironic given my company name.
Stop cursing my guys!
BADDOO!
Ps – gonna rename my company Lucky Doh! Hot Sauce.
This is the way
I guess Rainey is a better bet than Hudson for saves while Hand is out?
I’d guess so
I’ve been hearing Hudson, but what do I know? I’m in the process of bungee chumping Jesse Hahn and Wade Davis, so that’s my level of closer expertise.
Hudson, really?
There’s a pretty good closer watcher on Twitter who has Hudson in line. Also the guys on MLB radio this morning were talking about Hand being out and they tagged Hudson. Plus Rainey seems to be better pitcher, so that’s another point in Hudson’s favor.
HAHA, yeah can’t argue fully with any of that
Lucky me. 3 of my favorite picks actually have COVID. Between my draft on Friday and the season opener on Wednesday. How Dafaq does that even happen.
Are they sharing bubble gum like in the bad news bears?
Josh Bell’s bounce back season gonna have to wait. Schwarber’s sneaky 30+ HR NATS gig, *poof*. Corbin gonna have to wait to show me if he was worth that mid-to-late round value.
I guess it’s good news for Max Fried since half the Nats lineup is KO’d.
BADDOO! (It’s my new favorite curse word)
Yeah, hopefully they’re back soon
Thoughts on Ha-Seong Kim. Do you see him playing everyday during Tatis absence-if so any stat lines projected. Kim or Profar?
Also Jon Gray look really good before getting the cramps. I know his been crap the last few years but still only 29 and throws hard. Looking at picking up a pitcher-him or T. Williams or JA Happ.
Which do you like.
Thanks
Also could add Heaney
Yes on Kim…Profar is above him tho if everday PT
Can try Gray, I don’t like any of those SPs
I don’t have Kelenic anywhere, because he’s not in the majors. Major red flag for me. Well, you convinced me I should own him. I guess others are not so adverse to owning top prospects. Not available in any of my 12-team Fanthrax leagues, and only 18% of my 10- and 12-team ESPN leagues.
He should be up soon
Could be a 25 and 20 bat with a good average. That’s definitely a difference maker.
Grey – I don’t have Tatis but commiserate with folks who do… I don’t see how he avoids surgery, it’s in the best L/T interest both for him and (esp given the contract) for the Padres.
Yeah, in light of day, I might’ve been too optimistic last night
Grey,
Rodon, Montgomery and Trevor Williams are all on the wire. Would you drop any of the following for them?
Paddack, Montas, Taillon, Soroka
Thanks as always for the advice!
Montas for Jo-Mo
If you need saves and stacked in OF would you trade:
My: Lourdes Gurrield
His: A. Chapman
H2H, 6×6, K/9, OPS
Nah
Maybe there are two Stantons. A Mike and a Giancarlo. Like there’s a Steve and Stefan Urkel. How else can you explain it? When he comes up he’s in a sort of quantum state, containing both Mike and Giancarlo potentialities. Schroedinger’s Bat!
Haha, he just needs to connect, tho when he swings and misses it does look like he’s going to hurt his oblique at any moment
LALALALALALALALALALA (hands over ears) I CAN’T HEAR YOU!
HAHA
Hey Razzball community…
What fantasy sports app do you use for breaking news?
It seems that by the time I read the news, someone in any of my leagues beats me to pick up players, etc.
thanks in advance
Get twitter, follow top sportswriter for each team, and mark it as phone notifications…So they come thru to your phone…Then close Twitter and never look at it again
nice… thank you!
No problem
The fantasy life app is good. I think it’s better for football but has a baseball option to get updates from rotoworld. It’s the best free app I could find, most want you to sign up and pay each month.
Thanks funny name!
I’ll check that out.
What’s up Grey
Drop Solak or Urshela to pick Lourdes Gurriel??
Thanks
Solak
Holy cow. Watching the Tigers game wondering who’s this guy in the booth who sounds like he’s 120 years old. Turns out it’s Kirk Freakin’ Gibson. He sounds like a low key version of the Old Timer on Fibber McGee and Molly.
Haha, Fibber McGee was what my grandparents would call me
LOL ..was thinking same OTS!! I have it on in the background and thought someone changed the channel to golf!
And then he’ll just randomly holler (quite loudly I might add) something like, “Get those gloves up!” Really pretty bonkers.
Go easy on Gibby. He has Parkinson’s Disease.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/12780756/kirk-gibson-diagnosed-parkinson-disease
Aw
What Will said!
Hello Grey,
Short term replacement for Bell:
McMahon, Zimmerman, Y. Gurriel, N. Lowe, or Moran
Thanks
Moran
McMahon
Which catcher woukd you add out of kirk, posey, narvaez? Obp league. I like kirk but his playing time is ??? Posey has 2 hr, that’s significant to me since he had an extra year off from the hip surgery. Narvaez was a mess last year but has been doing well.
Kirk in case Jansen is hurt
What’s the ETA for Kelinic? Arnd will he be full-time from day-1?
Maybe 2 weeks, they don’t bring him up to bench him
Who should I drop for Kelinic – Hampson or Dozier?
Depends on needs…Dozier
Finally got on the my boo baddoo train! Welcome aboard I got laughed at for drafting him. Feels like kyle lewis 2020 and he was a bad doode.
Wish he was playing tho
Start Freddy Peralta against the Cubs at Wrigley today or bench him and see how he performs? His splits the last few years show that he’s better at home and kind of terrible on the road.
I’m starting him
I don’t what you guys fascination with Peralta. I’m not touching this guy. Have fun with that.
My hiura ($9) for sonny gray($14)?…or aim higher? L
Selling low is the best
Gray
Diekman, Valdez, Taylor Rogers, Soria/Devenski/Ginkel, Ian Kennedy or Soto for SAGNOF?
Diekman
Rodon worth a #3 waiver claim?
If you need him
Yankees looking to some Odor in The Bronx, why lol
Haha, he’s so bad
I do love that he was partly paid in thoroughbred horses when he signed with the Rangers, though. It was a cool story when he wasn’t terrible.
Haha, yeah
O/U on “should I pick up Ofor?” Q’s?
I’m setting it at a gazillion.
Odor? nah, he’s a bench guy, no one cares
Odor cares.
:cryingemoji:
Ha, yup
@Grey: weekly roto. we only start every position plus a dh (no corner/middle infielders). i own story and bichette and starting bichette at dh. tatis owner offered me one of flaherty, berrios or woodruff for bichette. my sps are castillo, plesac, urias, may, gausman, luzardo and bassitt.
in general, i dont like trading for pitchers, but what do you think? hold or swap for one his sps?
thanks!
Nah
Here’s me saying more stupid closer stuff. Bryan Garcia is up in the pen for the Tigers in the 4th inning. He ain’t closing anything. Also, did you see Soto’s 10 foot high fastball yesterday? Thing of beauty.
I’ve kinda written off the Tigers’ pen…I can’t mess with that outside of AL-Only
Old buddy JA Happ looks pretty good.
Ya think? I’m watching, meh
Yeah I think decent. A little nibbly. But staying off the middle of the plate. Not saying deGromian. But good enough to be a match up streamer.
Also for context, by the 4th inning most guys I’ve started this year have given up 13 runs.
That’s fair, me too!
90 pitches in 4 innings! I don’t know how he “looks” but I guess the end line of 1 run is productive.
Nibbly and he got squeezed, drove the pitch count up. But stayed off the middle of the plate, 4Ks in 4 innings. “Pretty good.” Serviceable. Not great not terrible. A cut above so-so, but somewhere below stellar.
Yeah, terrible team he’s facing, I guess, haha, not convinced
Question for tomorrow. I have these 4 starters playing:
Luzardo vs Dodgers
Ryu @ TEX
Castillo vs PIT
Taillon vs BAL (streaming)
Would you bench any of these guys?
I’d start them all
10 team redraft
Lose Trevor Rogers for Freddy Peralta?
Sure
Haha.
I have a research idea that I think could be beneficial!
Is there anyway to do an analysis on players impacted by the rule change of in-game video analyis? Not sure if this only applies to batters.
I’ve read that Javier Baez and JD Martinez are two of the beneficiaries. But I’m sure there are more. And it could lead to some fantastic insight on players who had a down year last year that could turn it around in 2021? Maybe by focusing on less rostered players (available on majority of waivers)
Just a thought! Keep crushing it!
Yeah, sounds like a good project for someone…Maybe I can find a razzball writer to do it, will ping people
Falefa or Sano Ros OPS league 10 team
Sano
Taking your blurb from yesterday I take it you are in fact dropping Elieser Hernandez and not waiting around for an official diagnosis. Sounds like bicep issues are a lost cause regardless.
He’s out for months, forget him
@Grey
Any chance Astudillo could get near every day at bats? I’d like to put him in my catcher spot if so.
Not when guys are healthy
Catch-162! Glossary to the rescue.
Haha, yes!
Add Albies to the .000 club
Glad Freeman rescued me from cutting bait on my teams with him 4 games in
Maybe Buxton should always pinch hit.
So of course Buxton’s not in the initial lineup so I bench him. He enters the game in the 5th and promptly hits a home run.
Sonuvabench!!!
Yup!
Ok, I changed my team name from “Double Dongs” to “COVID-19 All Stars” and today has started 2/2 with 2 HR by Acuna & Tucker, so if Devers homers or just has a solid day today we’ll know the curse was broken.
Ha, nice
Just in time for Acuna’s double Dong!
:shakes Dong:
Hahaha
Big Sho with a hit, steal and run to kick off his day. Have Trout on one team with him who drove him in with 2 run shot.
Ohtani waved goodbye to the baseball from 2nd base
Haha, that’s awesome.
I think we might have missed something big here. Have him on a team or two but probably should have got him everywhere.
4 homers given up by Max, top of 3 wtf
Shhhh, just let it happen.
-Tildaddy stan
Ha, yup, yuck
I have both SPs in this crap fest ugh
Meh, Smyly wasn’t bad
Yup, after looking at the final stats, I did get 17 k’s from the two and solid whip, so not as bad as it started out. Hey you like Scott Kingery to add to my minors, or just leave him on waivers
thanks
Leave Kingery for now
cool, cheers
No problem
10 TM, NL-Only H2H 5×5 (OBP)
A) Best pick up to replace Corbin.
Ginkel – His strikeout rates in the minors were insane. Closer-type, and he did have saves. Worth a shot?
Widener (CIN)
Tr. Williams (@PIT)
Ponce De leon (MIL)
J. De Léon (ARI) – SON has him at -3.7
I’m leaning Williams or Ginkel
B) Anyone starting Marquez vs. D-Backs at Coors?
CA Molina
1B Aguilar
2B Escobar
3B Bohm
SS Cronenworth
INF Moran
OF Acuña, Harper, Davis, Hilliard
Util Slater
B Locastro,
SP Corbin, Paddack, I. Anderson, Gausman, Alcantara, Marquez, Tr. Rodgers
RP Kimbrel, Bard
B Rainey,
IR Corbin
B) Just checked the weather, and it’s blowing in from center in the mid-teens. I’m throwing him and will hope he’s not too wild.
Got Marquez in my fanduel lineup today. He was cheap with high upside
A. Sure, try Ginkel if you need saves…Otherwise, I’d look at matchups — wouldn’t touch Williams
B. I am, whee!
A. I’ll grab Ginkel, and it’s an easy drop to stream in a few days if I need it.
B. LOL,
Cool
Baddoo with the game winning knock in extra innings. Why wasn’t he starting today? He came on as a pinch runner.
Would you add him in a 10 team league as a bench bat to see where this goes? I habe a guy on the IL and free space. I was looking at other players but he has sb upside if he plays and power
Sure
He’s a Baddoo Baddoo man!
Was Bundy always scheduled to pitch today? couldve sworn I checked lineup and SON and didnt see him.. oh well at least he looks good
No idea
Badoo with the game winner!
Who is this guy?
Baddoo Baddoo!
NL only 10 team h2h with OBP over AVG, net steals over steals, total bases added.
C molina
1B freeman
2B wong
3B mostsuckass (1B/2B)
SS didi
MI mcneil (2B/3B/OF)
CI india (but he’ll have 2B very shortly, should be tomorrow if he plays today)
OF (4): harper
– alford
– riley (3B)
– rojas (2B)
util (1) shaw (1B/3B)
DL: grisham, schwarber
add which of these: p.smith (@ COL now but i’ve got 2 moves left on the week (numerous injuries to fill in for, pitchers too), naquin, r-zimm. things work easier if it’s an OF’er but doesn’t have to be. india getting his 2B/MI would be able to move mcneil around
Smith
forgot, p.smith will be getting OF shortly anyway
Drop Andres Gimenez for Ha-Seong Kim or hold?
Hold
Streamonator hates Freddy peralta today. Wind blowing out at wrigley I’m guessing. Start him?
I am, but it’s risky
This guy is not worth anyone’s time.
NL only I guess i kinda half to. Worth it for the K’s. Let’s go Freddy!
Let’s go Freddy!
And the risk paid off! Well played sir
Grey how did you feel about Kikuchi’s start? Is he worth adding in 10 team?
Or Smyly?
Prefer Smyly
I’d try him
Only one start etc and so on, but if you need a spot for some roster flexibility and your other starters are Ryu, Lynn, Urias, Eovaldi, Corbin, Means and Odorizzi, is Morejon worth persevering with?
Also – how is his name pronounced. I can’t help saying More-John in my head, but I suspect it might be something like Morry-hone?
Also, Rasiel Iglesias WTF? Juilo Iglesias could do a better job.
And is better-looking.
Haha
Nah, Morejon is a deeper league play — Mor-hahn? Haha, I don’t know
Sorry – league is 14 teams, but I think I have enough pitching already, right? And it might be a while before he starts going deeper into games to be of use?
You’d be surprised at how often players names sound much more different to me when I hear them than when I’m saying them in my head. The New Zealand ear is not as attuned to thee Spanish and Eastern Europen-derived surnames haha.
Yeah, you can move on in that league — My ear is attuned to nothing
Not even Jersey?
Jersey!
I say More-John in my head too cuz its funny, but your second pronunciation is how it goes
He’s a Mor-on?
Yermin or Baddoo?
Yermin
*Rushes to wire for Tyler Naquin*
*And Travis Shaw*
Maybe this is the year!
Overdue by 2 years!
Of course I picked him up! Batting cleanup behind Yelich can’t be all bad, right?
You wouldn’t think
Haha
oh baby for leagues that don’t know about SON miley was so easy. felt bad not able to drop somebody for him in 20 teamers and some (but not most) 16’ers. not over yet, but it’s PIT i’m betting on it. probably end up an easy QS too
Yeah
deleon yesterday too
I’m driving my Mercedes with Baddoo in the passenger seat.
Haha
Damn Matt Olson has a knee contusion – didn’t even realize he was hurt… In a span of 3 days, Tim Anderson, Bellinger, and Olson have some kind of injury. Patrick Corbin is on the Covid IL – what a way to start the first H2H matchup!
Not great
More tests for Bellinger’s leg
Ugh
JD Davis just drilled in the hand. Did not look good. Could be missing time.
Yikes
@Grey: you think theres any shot julio rodriguez sees the bigs before september?
Nope
My team is 1 for its last 30.
33
Yay?
Not even a lowercase one.
Grey
Would you drop O’Neil for Grichuk
Nope
Devers is risen!
He’s alive!
SON has Luzardo at 13.3 tomorrow vs LAD…
He was trash last time out.
SON must have blinders on for these A’s pitchers.
I can’t start him… I WONT!
If Mookie gets his 2nd AB in the 2nd inning… you might be a RedNeck.
Isiah kiner felafa over Sean Murphy at catcher right? Points league
Devers clutch RBI, 2 hit game!
THE CURSE IS LIFTED!!!!
What do you think about Franchy Cordero? You seemed somewhat positive about him with your projections. Thinking about dropping him for Michael A Taylor or Cedric Mullins.
Hold
McMahon or Austin Riley ROTO 6 X 6 (OPS)?
Change your name.
Or what? Lol
Grey! Long time reader and first time poster… Curious on your thoughts of pimpin’ out Razzball advice on Yahoo forums. I threw a shout out to Razzball today about Solak stealing bases (and patience) after everyone and their mother/brother/red headed step child sat him. Your (and Razzball in general) advice has secured 2 ‘ships and 2 second places in the last 5 years for me (albeit an amateur hour 10 person league = $$$)… Many shmanks to you and your team (says my pocket book… pocket book quoting me!). Shall I continue to push Razzball advice on yahoo? Or is that just screwing us in the next draft season?!?!?!
Also how do your feel about dropping Austin Riley AND Chis Sale (on my IL) for Patrick Corbin (waivers)? I have room if I drop both to move someone else to IL (Lamet… I know… shame sticks).
Saves+Holds points league but a closer just gives more consistent points…
Who would you role the dice with out of Clase, Wittgren, Mike Myers, Devenski, or Minter?
Also need another bat.. is Mercedes real or would Dhal or Arraez be better long term?
Thanks as always!
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