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.
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!
Take new questions to my newest post
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).
McMahon or Austin Riley ROTO 6 X 6 (OPS)?
Change your name.
Or what? Lol
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
Devers clutch RBI, 2 hit game!
THE CURSE IS LIFTED!!!!
Isiah kiner felafa over Sean Murphy at catcher right? Points league
If Mookie gets his 2nd AB in the 2nd inning… you might be a RedNeck.
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!
Devers is risen!
He’s alive!
Grey
Would you drop O’Neil for Grichuk
Nope
My team is 1 for its last 30.
33
Yay?
Not even a lowercase one.
@Grey: you think theres any shot julio rodriguez sees the bigs before september?
Nope
JD Davis just drilled in the hand. Did not look good. Could be missing time.
Yikes
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
I’m driving my Mercedes with Baddoo in the passenger seat.
Haha
deleon yesterday too
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
*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
Yermin or Baddoo?
Yermin
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?
Grey how did you feel about Kikuchi’s start? Is he worth adding in 10 team?
Or Smyly?
Prefer Smyly
I’d try him
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
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.
Drop Andres Gimenez for Ha-Seong Kim or hold?
Hold
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
Badoo with the game winner!
Who is this guy?
Baddoo Baddoo!
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
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!
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
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
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.
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
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!
Maybe Buxton should always pinch hit.
Add Albies to the .000 club
Glad Freeman rescued me from cutting bait on my teams with him 4 games in
@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!
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
Falefa or Sano Ros OPS league 10 team
Sano
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
10 team redraft
Lose Trevor Rogers for Freddy Peralta?
Sure
Haha.
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
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
@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
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
Rodon worth a #3 waiver claim?
If you need him
Diekman, Valdez, Taylor Rogers, Soria/Devenski/Ginkel, Ian Kennedy or Soto for SAGNOF?
Diekman
My hiura ($9) for sonny gray($14)?…or aim higher? L
Selling low is the best
Gray
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.
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
Who should I drop for Kelinic – Hampson or Dozier?
Depends on needs…Dozier
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
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
Hello Grey,
Short term replacement for Bell:
McMahon, Zimmerman, Y. Gurriel, N. Lowe, or Moran
Thanks
Moran
McMahon
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!
What’s up Grey
Drop Solak or Urshela to pick Lourdes Gurriel??
Thanks
Solak
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.
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
If you need saves and stacked in OF would you trade:
My: Lourdes Gurrield
His: A. Chapman
H2H, 6×6, K/9, OPS
Nah
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Drop WIlly Adames for Ha-Seong Kim?
Sure
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
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
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
Baddoo and N. Lowe out there..
Need a filler while Kyle Lewis is out.. Who would you pick up?
Appreciate the help!