At some point soon, the Yankees have to say to themselves, “Are we this stupid of an organization?  We have a guy that is doing The Mashed Potato in the minors.  Look at this…”  Then a pile of balls that Aaron Judge hit are piled on the table, but instead of balls, they now look like mashed potatoes with stitches weaving throughout.  “No, we didn’t have Lyle’s mom from accountant make a very long string of maraschino cherry stems tied together with her mouth.  Those are baseballs with stitches that have been mashed by Judge.”  One younger exec picks at a piece of mashed potato-baseball.  “Stop picking at your food and eat it!”  The young exec puts a piece of gummy baseball into his mouth.  “I was kidding, you fool, it’s a baseball!  You don’t eat that!”  This has to happen soon.  Aaron Judge is not getting any younger.  Unlike me, I was 35 last year, and am 27 this year.  Right now, he’s 24 years old and crushing pink cookies in Triple-A.  The Yanks are nine games back and Tokyo drifting.  No one on their team is young.  Best move for them is to trade everyone or start benching guys to play Judge.  Oh, and why do we care?  Because Judge has Giancarlo-type power.  He could hit 15 homers in a month.  Fo’reallies.  I have him stashed in one 12-team league, and I’d stash him in any league where I needed power.  His time is nigh!  Which sounds like something a Nazi would say, but it just means near.  Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Derek Norris – He has ten homers, what does your catcher have? Â Isn’t he also hitting .211? Â Not now, Random Italicized Voice. Â Okay, I’m gonna go back to seeing what my voice looks like in Wingdings.
Justin Bour – On our Player Rater, Bour has been better than Jose Abreu, Adrian Gonzalez, and–Okay, everyone’s been better than A-Gon. Â For the last three years, I’ve been waiting for the floor to drop out on A-Gon like I’m on the game Wipeout.
A.J. Reed – He can be 0-for-30 and I’d still own him right now.  You have to give guys a chance to catch their breath, even if they’re throwing farts at you.
Mark Teixeira – For out-of-town games, the Yankees should stay at the local Natural History Museum, to be with friends.  As for Te(i)x, he’s been hot.
Devon Travis – I was about to make a Randy Travis joke, then I remembered he was sick and wanted to make sure he was alive still, and after seeing him, I’m still not sure. Â He resembles a white Andrelton Simmons.
Dee Gordon – Guess who’s coming back in about 27 games?!  The PEDs-less Dee Gordon, which might make him an 85-pound weakling.  Then when someone says, “Hey, look at him rake!”  It could have multiple meanings.
Danny Espinosa – If he were hitting twenty points higher (about 1 hit extra per week), he’d be a top ten shortstop, so don’t be screaming, “You’re out of your element, Danny!”
Didi Gregorius – This hot schmotato is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I’d never amount to nothing. Â I’m a blogger, so there!
Javier Baez – For some reason, I want to call him Jazzier Bouvier.  Which sounds like a poodle Jackie Kennedy grew up with.
Jose Peraza – He’s been playing semi-regularly and stealing bases and…Um…Yeah, that’s it.
Lonnie Chisenhall – If you don’t grab him soon, you’re going to head to your waivers and scream, “Lonnie gonnie!” Â Then run through your office wall like the Kool Aid Man.
Yasmany Tomas – You know what’s weird (likely not weird), I’ve looked at two guys’ stats (Espinosa and Yasmany) and they have relatively the same stats minus the average.  Told you, weird (not weird).
Justin Turner – I said a few weeks ago that Turner was due to get hot, and then he got hot. Â The world is my Easter egg, prepare to dye.
Marcus Semien – Has been about as valuable as Carlos Correa so far this season, which either makes you really happy about Semien or blue-balled about Correa.
Jose Reyes – I just gave you my Jose Reyes fantasy. Â Only one person was truly appalled at the title.
Brad Miller – He’s hot, yadda. Â On a completely unrelated note, what is with men’s names that end in -ad? Â A Chad is the paper punched out causing a hole, and a Brad is the metal clip you put in that former Chad hole. Â I think I need to sit down. Â My brain hurts.
Danny Santana – This is a straight Hitter-Tron call for Saturday, like the Hitter-Tron call it makes to get simonized every other day.
Steven Moya – I just gave you my Steven Moya fantasy. Â It was written blindfolded.
Trea Turner – With his move to the outfield in the minors, he moves my needle from around 2 MPH to 5 MPH. Â I mean, we’re barely moving here. Â I’ll give you a straightforward question that will make you feel super smart when you answer it, if Turner is promoted, will Dusty bench Revere indefinitely or simply platoon them? Â Hint: Â It rhymes with blatoon.
Tyler Naquin – Naquin touched down in June and became the regular over Rajai, which is some cold shizz to do to the King of SAGNOF.  Naquin has been hitting, but maybe the Indians have some clause that they can have a politically incorrect mascot if they have one player whose name sounds Native American, and Naquin definitely fits the bill.
Max Kepler – This guy is kinda stuck between two worlds. Â He’s not really a mixed league play yet, and in AL-Only leagues he should be owned.
Kendrys Morales – If I had a company that specialized in wiping rain from staircase railings, I’d name it, Can Drys Mo’ Rales. Â I don’t though, but I do think Morales can wet my rails.
Seung Hwan Oh – He could be as good as Will Harris has been as the Astros’ closer, but I get the sneaking suspicion that Oh’s gonna be back in the eighth by next week with Rosenthal getting the job back.
Xavier Cedeno – The X-Man:Â Closepocalypse.
Ryan Buchter – I just went over him this morning. Â You missed it? Â Not cool, man and five woman’s!
Carlos Estevez – Speaking of closers that might not have the job for longer than another week, Charlie Sheen isn’t hashtag winning many points for SAGNOF’ers.
Anthony DeSclafani – JB just gave you his Anthony DeSclafani fantasy. Â I more or less agree with him, I would try DeSclafani in mixed leagues, but I also think the bottom could fall out, so I’m much more wary. Â Or weary if someone comes into the comments and asks what I think of DeSclafani.
Patrick Corbin – This is strictly a Stream-o-Nator call. Â Like the call the Stream-o-Nator makes to female prisons to see if any inmates are on Tinder.
SELL
Adam Duvall – You know the Buysellatops, our dinosaur-slash-Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell Tool, wants to sell Duvall. Â Goes without saying. Â You catch that? Â I was just not saying something. Â You missed it? Â Here it isn’t again… …Anything? Â Hmm. Â Duvall is a 30-homer, .240 hitter. Â So, let’s reassess. Â He has 22 homers now? Â Oh. Â Um, yeah, that seems to be near his ceiling already. Â Sell you crazy jackholes! Â I will say that Duvall is a 30-homer hitter, plus or minus five homers due to upside and unknown. Â Obviously, he’s cascading towards the high end of that, so I wouldn’t sell Duvall for a chance encounter with Fabio, but Duvall’s also not a 45-homer guy, so I would see what I could get.
Do I drop mazara or ellsbury for span? One is a reserve OF, the other is my 5th OF. Obp league. Thanks
Neither
Hey Grey!!
Which SP u prefer for ROS : Nola or Pineda or Porcello
Pineda
@JohnnyBeGood: I hope his answer should be Nola. I’m on wire whether hold or drop him.
I literally chuckled out loud (COL) at several of those..! Very entertaining and informative and for that I thank you.
Do you have names off the top of your you would like to get out Duvall straight up?
Thanks! Depends what you need…Around Hamels SP? Odor? Lindor?
Yes, I’m curious as well…some names you can think of that would be worth parting ways with Duvall? That power is nice for power-thirsty dudes like myself.
Like Naquin or H.Soo Kim ros ? As a mixed daily 6×6 roto bench bat .
Kim
Hey buddy..moved the question to this thread for ya :)
In a shallow keeper with k9 era whip obp and avg
would you cut hammel, aaron sanchez, taillon, jose reyes, danny valencia, devon travis or segura
For any of these free agents
Javier baez, wieters or McCann(have Gattis as catcher) Han ram, khris davis, Upton Jr,
Pineda, Ian Kennedy, danny Duffy or desclafani
Thanks!
Davis, Hanley over Reyes, Travis
Pineda over Taillon
Someone dropped Villar and I have a claim on him dropping A.J. Reed… that’s the right move no?
I have a late claim so it’s likely he won’t fall to me anyways.
Thanks for the help!
It is the right move
Any names that you’d target if you had Kluber and were looking for a power bat? Tried for Abreu but was rejected even though this guy has Kershaw on the DL and his next best P is Price. I was thinking Bautista but not sure.
Who do you like more ROS: Wacha or Gausman? 10 team mixed, 5×5 H2H
Wacha
Grey — In a roto league where my hitting is near the top across the board but I’m hurting in most pitching categories, is there a case to be made for dropping Reyes from the NA slot to stash Berrios? It’s a redraft league so no keeper considerations.
Sounds fine to me
@Grey: Thanks, Grey. Have a good weekend.
You too!
Wacha wortha stream for his next two starts? vs MIL (Anderson, $14.9) and @ MIL (Nelson, $5.0)
Sounds okay, only said I liked him over Gausman, not in general
@Grey: :(
Don’t be sad, 18th century Don
Forsythe or Lackey?
Forsythe would split time with Sano at UTIL and would fill in and play on my roster most days
Lackey – current SP stable is Bum, Kluber, Price, Pineda, Porcello
Apples/oranges…. Lackey
Salazar or C Hamels and buy what margin. Thanks man
Salazar is top 12 starter, Hamels is top 20
Thank you sir
No problem
Rest of season
Judge or Gallo?
Judge
ROS
Judge or renfroe
Judge
Excellent stuff.
Just joined a 20 team Roto 5×5 Keep 5, taking over a neglected team.
Sonny Gray for Piscotty (1b/OF) fair ?
Moreland is my 1B, but my OF is set Duvall, Betts, Marte. My SP is thin Hamels, Gray, Davies, Perez, Nicolino, Finnegan, Manaea.
Dan
I’d want Piscotty, thanks!
Tim Anderson or Anthony Rendon. Which is the drop in an RCL when Flash Gordon returns?
Anderson
@Grey: Damn. I really wanted you to say Rendon. I love my little Anderson guy. Is he going to lose at bats down the line? Rookie wall thing?
I wouldn’t hate it if you dropped Rendon
Anderson’s was my thinking b/c he gives speed/runs which is what Gordon gives
@Grey: Makes sense
See you are ranked 8th in HR in the ECFBL, yet Judge is available FA. What’s your thinking in not rostering him (just seems counter to the lead)?
ECFBL? What’s that?
@Grey: My bad: PERTS
(ECFBL is my league)
Oh, yeah, I had Judge the other day, then dropped him b/c Polanco was DtD, Rajai wasn’t playing and Moya was injured… And I needed live bats, you’re right though, I should own him, and do now…
@Grey: Ha! Faced extenuating circumstances!!
I too had to drop him. Bautista, Paps, Colome, Stras–all on the DL. Story sidelined a couple days (hopefuly that is all).
Currently, SB tougher for me than HR, so I went with stashing Gordon.
Somebody else will have room for Judge.
Yeah, I shouldn’t have went back to Rajai b/c I have so many SBs…Having Archer got in my head, but I just traded him away — still early!
@Grey: I think HR easier to pick up from FA than SB these days, HRNOF :-)
And I just traded for Frazier
@Grey: Nice pickup!!!
Ha
Shallow league question: I’ve got a playoff spot pretty locked up. Should I trade Price, Archer, Ozuna for Kershaw, Carlos Gomez and pick snag like Dee Gordon or use the other spot as a streamer spot?
Thanks!
Sounds decent
@Chester: it’s a h2h points league fwiw
Hi Gray
Trade question: 10 team NL only keep 15 every year, very competitive. I’ve already made a big dump trade as I’m sadly a seller this year.
I have Matt Harvey on a good contract @15 thru 2018. Here’s what I’m offered. (Have a glut of cheap outfielders if that helps)
Pick 1 of the above below :
1) Brandon Crawford at 7 eXp17, Papelbon @12 x18, Peralta @10 x18 and #1 pick (prob top five pick already a lot of top ML players owned) for my Harvey and Holliday 22 x18.
2) AJ Ramos @3 X17, Peralta, and blech Solarte, Jarrett Parker and #1 pick for Harvey and Holliday.
3. Trade just Holliday for Peralta
4. Hold because Harvey is a stud and I need to be patient and utilize the good contract for myself next season.
5. There is no 5
Thanks in advance
I
4
@Grey:
Hi Gray:
Did you mean choice number 4? Something looks funny on my end…
Thanks again!
Yup, choice number 4, hold Harvey
@Grey:
Cool. Needed that, thanks!
No problem
@Grey:
Gray–
If he comes back with Ramos at 3 Crawford, Peralta and pick
does that make it close? Still hold?
–thanks again
Hold
Start Desclafini at WAS today? SON is not a fan…to distraught with the Kershaw DL news I’m sure.
I don’t trust him in that matchup
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), HOLD (+1), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
So earlier today you advised me to avoid some streamers today and I’ve got some lined up for Sunday but should also stream Corbin vs. SF (6.3) tomorrow if I’m trying to protect a 50 point lead in my current H2H Points match-up? Or is there too high of a chance of a negative score? I have an extra start so any points I’ll take from him as long as they’re positive!
No, no Corbin
@Grey: Cool, cool thanks!
No problem
Is Michael Brantley going to have RCL value after his long hiatus?
I have him stashed
on the last post you said trade oh for carter
2nd option is
Drop Kelly when Paps comes back this weekend and pick up either Reynolds, Chisenhall or Pagan ( i can use runs and SB’S as well)
what do you think
thanks
Do that, Pagan
hello grey !! in a 12 team h2h mixed weekly points league – 1 for a K who would you rather own ROS as a super utility guy probably only will be used at the utility spot rather a actual position eduardo nunez or danny espinosa ? thanks for your help.
If targeting Kershaw as hail mary in redraft league, what tier of offensive player would you offer up?
Thinking Correa / Polanco (20-30 on top 100 hitters)? Or someone 30 and beyond?
Those guys are too high, would think you’d need to give at least Yoenis
@Grey:
So you’re still thinking a top 10-20 batter – awesome, thank you. Talk about a gamble!
No problem
@Grey:
Got him for Correa & Kintlzer… If it helps anyone else gauge the market.
Thanks
Do plaid shorts go with a plaid shirt?
Damn you, Target!
If they are predominantly a shade of cranberry
@Grey: Whew, i’m all set then. Have a great 4th !
You too!
Thanks for forcing my hand on gordon….not really a thanks. I’ve been plotting when to add and now I feel you put me in a corner. Oh and when Espinoza is hitting I call him ethpinotha.
I was waiting on a laugh in here comes the judge refrench but since only fred and vin would get that reference I see why you didn’t….wait he’s not here… in ramses speak is just rubbish.
As Ramsey would say, damn, what a shame
@Grey: bullocks!
Did you watch this week with ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRone Sanchez?
Looks like he’s on again next week! And time to throw a gem in Coors!
@Grey: I sent you my pic with us together at the tattoo convention a few years back?
Yeah
@J-FOH: same boat with Gordon…these Buy columns are so annoying
Oh, c’mon, 18th century Don!
12 team keeper with OBP: just offered Semien and Joe Ross and 15th Rd pick for Mazara and round 4 pick…thoughts?
@ChrisL: I would be getting the Joe Ross side…
Mazara
Who do you think has the better line at the end of the season, Judge or Moya?
Follow up, is Moya expendable when JD returns?
Judge…Moya won’t play when JD returns
@Grey: wow, had me checking specifially for judge call ups on that one. (i should’ve already seen had that happen)
Drop Bregman for judge?
Sure
@Grey: or hold Bregman till after all star break and drop him if judge gets the call
Sure
My OF now is polanco, Belt, holiday, reddick, J upton, and judge I’m waiting to come up and JD Martinez on DL
My pitching is Scherzer, Lester, Harvey, Rodon, Kazmir, Sabathia, Bradley, Kennedy and waiting on Alex Reyes
Should I trade Harvey for mccutchen… Who would you rather have… Better player rest of the year? Do I need the pitching, or is cutch a steal, slow start, or bad year?
You could use Cutch, don’t need Harvey
Funny, I dangled Duvall out there this morning. Castellanos, Fielder and Blackmon were my targets.
I like the Blackmon idea
@Grey: That would be ideal.
Maurer, siegrist, or cedeno?
Cedeno
Stroman looking better today . Worth a try vs KC next week ?
I wouldn’t
okiley dokiley do:
12 team h2h with deep benches, losses added for pitchers, total bases, hits added for hitters and OBP over AVG. one move left for week. with hanram/heyward with short term injuries i added moya over chis/miller/kepler/lawrie and some hot others yesterday (we are deep but have no CI/MI slots and only 3 OF slots, 2 utils, so hitters are deeper than pitchers by a lot).
1. guessing hold moya rather than use last move per week to add guy TRON likes better today?
2. winning ERA 3.02 – 3.43, whip 1.14 to 1.29, K’s 71 to 45, wins 5-3, losses tied 2-2,
have all of these left for week
smyly vs DET 8.5
gausman @ SEA 1.9
nola vs KC 21.7
duffy @ PHI 17.3
opp has these (he does bench ones he thinks are bad, but he doesn’t use SON):
teheran vs MIA 8.3
degrommit vs CUBS 17.2
conley @ ATL 9.7
giolito vs CIN -.7 (AA conversion must not do well to MLB for that number)
archer vs DET 24.9
mengden vs PIT .3
V2 vs KC 20
bench which of mine? if i get desparate by sunday i could use last add on wisler vs MIA (-5.3), chad green @ SD (16.3), ray vs SF (12.3); that would be dropping moya (still have possibly a guy at 2nd util)
1. Hold 2. Yikes… You kinda have to throw them all and pray
@Grey: yep, opp has too many (good) starts, that’s how i was leaning. worst part is i also have dyson/osuna/allen/casilla, so without the runs allowed by 3 of them i’d have MUCH bigger ERA/whip lead here. opp blessed with simply too many more than me 2 start guys this week.
Good luck!
Been keeping Tyson Ross on my DL but I now have no room with Kershaw on the DL. Do i drop Ross to move Kershaw and pick up Descalfini?
I could also keep Ross and drop Samardjza, Rodon, or Estrada for Descalfini..
Drop Ross
Buy Friday post! Always a great read.
ROS rankings for following prospects: Reed, Judge, Gallo, Josh Bell.
Thanks!
Thanks! You ranked them
Had to drop Erasmo for Dee now in an RCL. Thanks for nothing, or for saving every pitching ratio.
I dropped him mid-inning last night
@Grey: Haha. I was watching allllllllll 4 of those Kimmy’s last night and too busy slacking at work today to notice how hard he sucked.
Don’t even look at the game log… He came in with like a 6 run lead
Grey,
Last week I asked if I would be nuts to drop A-Gon for Bour. You said maybe, so ride it out or sell low. I tried selling low and got nothing. Is it ok to drop now or am I stuck still? I mean, I know i’m not really stuck … I could do whatever I want.. like waiting over here in the corner sucking my thumb and crying quietly while thinking about my wasting a keeper spot on A-Gon this past year. It’s a 10 keeper league! I’m sad. Pull me out of this.
Can lose him
@Grey: I feel free now. Sorta like a ghost at the end of a touching movie where he needed someone who was still alive to complete a task so his soul could finally rest easy.
I’m your human
hello grey !! in a 12 team h2h mixed weekly points league – 1 for a K who would you rather own ROS as a super utility guy probably only will be used at the utility spot rather a actual position eduardo nunez or danny espinosa ? thanks for your help.
Nunez
Short term: Urias or Giolito? Long term (factoring in innings limits and possible demotions): Urias or Giolito?
Urias…. Giolito
10 team 6×6 OBP only 3OF starting
Trying to get a bat
1)My lester for c seager
2)My Maeda/yelich for cespedes/mccullers
Which trade do you like better?
2
10tm 6×6 OPS QS Roto
Slowing down in speed, trying to make a couple moves, and sell Thor, Pom and Duvall. Which deal is best? League has virtually no trades, I send 98% of offers just to have some fun, so I need to send maybe a little more than I’d like.
My Ozuna/Duvall/Moya/Thor/Pomeranz/Dyson
For his Correa/Desmond/Paxton/Darvish/Familia
Or
My Thor/Pomeranz/Ozuna/Duvall
For his Lindor/Carrasco/JUpton
I’m way on top in this league, trying to create some excitement. Maybe I’m trying too hard and offering terrible trades, I don’t know. Thanks Grey
Don’t trade half your team in one move… Duvall for Lindor?
Hi Grey,
Love reading your daily posts. I need to drop 2 SPs for offense, but I can’t decide between the following guys. Pick the worst two ROS in a league with QS.
Quintana, Samardzija, Hill, Shoemaker, Giolito.
I could also drop Huston Street. I need SVs but he aint gettin any the way he’s pitching.
Samard, Giolito
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
As a fantasy baseballer(your mom), I abstain from investing emotionally in any teams. That being said, I am emotionally invested in what teams do to their prospects when they “develop” them, namely my local team, the Minnesota Twins.
They sent down Park today, and granted, he was sucking recently. The reasoning was, he is “having trouble adjusting to pitching in the majors”. Well, yeah, send him to the minors so he can never adjust to major league pitching. You can’t afford to miss that run at the playoff’s this year.
Where’s Oswaldo? Buxton’s a headcase, Sano said he’d hit 50 hrs this year but can’t stop whiffing, Kepler is spinning like a dreidel in the box (Holocaust joke, too soon!). Their methodology has always been screwed, look at what they did to Ortiz… “Hey, he has the identical body type of Babe Ruth! Go for the opposite field, he’s gonna lead the league in doubles!”
How many prospects can this team ruin?
Thanks allowing me to vent. Oh, you didn’t? Sorry, I must be going crazy, FML.
Haha… The Twins are a sad organization
@Grey: Nothing instills confidence in your team like knee-jerk demotions. When my girlfriend and I fight, I change my facebook status to single. That’ll teach her!
Ha!
Siegrist has mono? He shoukd stop hanging with yelich and seager
Haha
@J-FOH: STL thinks so, but it’ll turn out he’s just very bored.
@Adult Onset Diabitus: HAHAHAHA!
AJ Reed = the SBD of 2016! You smelt it, you dealt it!
Drop Franco for Dee Gordon?
Hold
@Grey: What about Rajai or Reddick for Dee? That means the other is a full time starting OFer.
Meh
I’m creating a profile on an internet dating site.
I’m thinking of going with “I don’t have herpes. Really, I don’t.” as my tagline.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
@Fred Garvin MP: interests: magnets. food: milksteak
@Adult Onset Diabitus: Meh, then I’d have to explain to her how the game nightcrawlers works. Too much investment.
You should add something that you also enjoy… Like, I enjoy not having herpes.
@Grey: Haha! You see this is why I come here: sage life advice as well as fantasy advice. I figure I’m casting a wide net with the whole not having herpes statement, as most women don’t look for herpes in a potential paramour.
@Fred Garvin MP: you’re also appealing to minorities as don’t like 60 something % of people have one type of herpes at least?
Haha
@Grey: ha!
@Fred Garvin MP: How about: “Proven Herpes Resistant via Scientific Method”? It shows that you’re analytical as well.
@Mr. Snrub: Ha! Excellent advice.
And you likely don’t have herpes because you’re using phrases like Scientific Method
@Fred Garvin MP: Use Bumble. If you don’t have a face full of herpes, you won’t have to do any work.
Hey Grey,
Starting Tanner Roark today against Concinnati? They knocked him around pretty bad last time, but, well… they’re still the Reds.
Thanks!
I am
Looking for general advice…
I’m in 4th in a 5×5 10 team HtH Roto Non Keeper and dropped outta 2nd over the last month. What types of moves would you advise to get me in the right direction ROS? Thanks!
C- Castillo
1B- Rizzo
2B- Segura
3B- Arenado
SS- Kang
OF- Betts
OF- Marte
OF- Choo
UT- Trumbo
UT- Lamb
Bench- Mazara, Heyward, Reed
SP- Kershaw, Hill, Shoemaker, J Ross, Sanchez, Verlander, J Gray, Duffy
RP- Miller, Siegrest, Brach, Bush. Estevez
Trade Choo and Heyward for a safe pitcher like Lackey
Who is the drop for Judge? Moya or Timmy Anderson? I Have Travis manning 2b until Dee returns.
Anderson
@Grey: thanks as always. Have a great weekend!
You too, wooooooooo!
@Grey: WOOOOOOOO! Can’t wait for his 30 for 30! WOOOOOOOO!!!
WOOOOOOOO!
would you trade Matz for Rodon..afraid of spurs and innings max
Sure
1) 16 team roto
Want to drop a 1B
Bour
AJ Reed
R Zimmerman
Whither drop?
2) 12 team roto
AJ Reed
Carlos Santana
Whither drop?
Zimmerman…Reed
5×5 roto. Guy needs pitchers badly, would ya trade jfer for k. Bryant? My other pitchers bumgarner, Salazar, hamels, gray, hammel, porcelo,pineda, greinke and roark. Maybe try hamels for Bryant first? Both jfer and hamels have been on your sell
Yup
Pick 2:
Nola, gausman, walker, Duffy,
Thabks
Duffy, Walker
12 team keeper league, pick 2: Rajai Davis, Billy Hamilton, Lonnie Chisenhall, Aledmys Diaz.
Hamilton, Diaz
When do you think Judge will be called up? Drop Corbin for Judge? I won’t be streaming Corbin likely until he gets 2 starts which won’t be for a couple weeks.
Within the next few weeks…I’d lose Corbin
*Ok… new post for followups…*
Grey,
So, in continuation about making room for Rich Hill back off the DL, I need to decide to drop either Matz, Archer, or X Cedeno (and go one less pen guy)..
Still kinda on the fence after Matz’s performance last night, coupled with the spur. ..and Archer’s been underwhelming…
Please assist, and thanks!
-Jedi
Matz was dropped in my league and I’m not picking him up
@Grey:
Right on.
So, keep F Rodney or pick up X Cedeno (league has Saves and Holds, so SAGNOF and HAGNOF)?
I’d wait to hear for sure Rodney is not closing in Miami
A throw in as part of a bigger deal coming my way. Nl 5×5 keeper.. Would you rather have $1 blash or $9 alex wood?
Wood
Mr. Grey!
How you doin?
Good stuff as usual.
Ryan Buchter or Emilio’s brother Charlie?
Thanks! Buchter
Just traded J Ross for Nola…do you approve?
No offense to JB, but Ross just doesn’t have any real upside in my eyes this season. The K% and BB% are mehh. Meanwhile, this past month Nola has posted an awful ERA north of 10, but oh yeah, he still posted a 3.85 xFIP. Eno seems to think he’s just been a little off mechanically this month. Hope so.
Yeah, I like Nola better
Which side, villar for abreu? I have Diaz and bogaerts at ss with villar slotting into my util-(we have 4 util- spots)
@Chisoxx_22:
He also has Blackmon instead of abreu
@Chisoxx_22:
It’s sad that we’re talking about Abreu in those type of deals now.
I’d rather take Blackmon tbh
@muskysmell:
I don’t like having players from my favorite team, gets frustrating like a double slap but at this discount I can’t complain I’d like to have the runs blackmon will get me but if abreu wakes up it’d be a steal
Abreu
Pitching Kennedy today??
@John:
Stream o nator likes it
Nope
I’m adding Morales! I’m doing it for you Grey! Can’t do Uribe though
Thanks, Abe!
So Grey…about Desclafani….lol, I kid, I kid. Im actually more curious about a 3 other things:
1) Do you think McGee will get the job back? Weiss was all non-committal on the closer situation going forward which made me wonder. But Estevez has blown a few lately, so i found it odd.
2) Would you swap any of my arms out for J.Gray or Odorizzi
3) Would you trade Shoemaker, Pomeranz and Choo for Lindor? Roster is below
ESPN 12 team HTH 5×5 with OBP and QS daily moves and 4 keepers per season
C Posey
1B Cabrera
2B Daniel Murphy
3B Seager
SS A. Russell
OF Stanton
OF Springer
OF Polanco
UTIL OF Choo
UTIL SS Semien
Bench Sano
DL empty
SP Salazar
SP Shoemaker
RP Kimbrel
RP Melancon
P T. Walker
P Nola
P C.Rodon
P Pomeranz
Bench SP Paxton
Bench SP Gausman
Bench SP DeScalafani
Bench SP Pineda
DL RP McGee
Ha… 1) Yeah 2) Gausman for Gray 3. Yup
In a keep forever, just dealt Kershaw for Correa, Happy 4th of July to me??
Nice
Trying to sell Duvall per your advice. What do you think of this?
Duvall/Aaron Sanchez for Shoemaker and Papelbon
Thanks
Don’t love it
If I could talk him into Harvey or Shoemaker would you approve?
Over Shoemaker*
Harvey
Hello Grey. I need to pick two. Baez, Kang, Franco. I am leaning to Baez and Franco…..tx. ros.
I dropped Danny Duffy too soon. Snapped up. Need some sp, cuz I give up on Matz: please rank. …Paxton, Junior, Taillon, Improving Mannea, Lamb,
Oh, and Leake. I have lots of kos, so leake is okay.
Plus I’m wanting Moya…but I have Betts, Cargo, jup, Maybin. Up is sliding again. But he swipes a base here and there.
Sigh. Roster space.
Baez, Franco…Pax
@Grey: pax been ugly lately. ..you still believe?
I’m trying to, yeah
Trust Hellboy tonight vs. KC?
Nope
Kershaw, Tulo, Kemp or Polanco, CarGon, Lackey ROS
OBP league who you like?
Polanco
How many more starts you think before Matz calls it a season? I know its’ the big elbow-phant in the room nobody wants to talk about
3
Lonnie Chisenhall or Kendry Morales?
Morales
Grey, 10 team keeper league we keep 7 guys total
I have been offered Braun for my next 2nd rd pick and lackey for next season 5th rd pick. Thoughts?
Starters
Weiters
Belt
Kinsler
Arenado
Seager
Marte
Bradley
Duvall
Trumbo
Freeman
Profar
Mazara
Heyward
Pence dl
Jdmart dl
Salazar
Hammel
Roark
Taillon
Odorrizzi
Allen
Kimbrel
Kershaw dl
Strauburg dl
Pineda
Duffy
I’d take Braun if it helps you win, but I don’t really see the point on your team
@Grey: figured since Duvall is in sell and my of are hurt and my two top pitchers I lose to the DL.
You should do better.
Grandal or Herrman at C.
NL Only. is it close?
Yasmani, not especially
With Rodney going to Miami…..you dumping him for one of the closers mentioned above?
Buchter
Danny espinoza or profar ros?
Espinosa
Ryan Goins pitching in a tie game for Toronto. Happy Canada Night.
Crazy!
Goins looks better than Chris Archer
Pity. Bench Bauer today.. He should start tomorrow.. (Sigh)
Yeah, sucks
Bauer seems better than last year.
Will he be ranked top 30 (even top 20) starter in beginning of next year?
Yeah, around there
Choo @ Santana, Min
Reed vs Gonzalez, Chi
Choo
@Grey: I’m starting Choo but you gotta like first home game mojo against a terrible pitcher for Reed, think he’ll homer and break it out tonight.
@Grey: weekly roto. need to start 3 of the following. who do you like?
taillon (11.7) – @ stl, vs chc
duffy (5.4) – vs sea
ray (9.1) – @ sf
rodon (5.6) – vs nyy
wacha (5.0) – @ mil
Taillon, Duffy, Rodon
Do you think Harvey is a good buy low or is it going to be a bleh season to the end?
I do for the right price
We were all wrong on the Buchter call – It’s Maurer who gets first crack at the job, so he’s the pickup
Insane
Myers or Polanco RoS?
Polanco
Two quick questions:
1. Drop Heyward or Schoop for Moya, Moss, M. Upton, Hanley, Choo or Judge? This is a keeper league and both guys are on my bench.
2. Same league- Drop any of the following to grab Pineda: Duffy, Taillon or Velasquez?
Thanks and enjoy the 4th!
1. Hold 2. Duffy
@Grey: Interesting – Taillon over Duffy?
In some instances
Lester or cueto ros…6×6 qs
Lester
Just curious. …do you keep a bench bat?
Cuz i can’t get myself to drop Upton, but i want Moya. Or Judge. Who would you spec on? :)
Who i really want is Bregman. :) But when or if he gets called up anyone’s guess.
And with Colome going down, does this become a race to “who heals faster, Boxberger or Colome?”
Rosenthal I shouldn’t have dropped.
I don’t keep a bench bat
With Hill being activated mañana:
1. Do I drop him or
2. Drop one of Taillon, J Ross, Fulmer, or McCullers? Offensively I have Baez, Reed, and K Davis/Duvall on the bench so I could drop one of them. 11 tm keeper.
3. If I do keep him, are you starting him?
Thank you and have a happy 4th my fearless leader!
Fulmer, and start Hill
Dynasty league, Tulo/3rd round pick for Lester. Or Trumbo/2nd for Lester. Which side? Or Keep Tulo and Trumbo? Have Villar at SS. Thanks in advance!
Lester side send Tulo
12 team 5×5 h2h
Needed to upgrade at pitcher. Traded David Ortiz for Zack Greinke. Still have good power with Donaldson, Cruz, Stanton, jones, Duvall. Thoughts on the trade?
Sounds fair
West coast games make me feel so old and tired. And the fact that I’m sitting at home right now adds to that. I used to be fun.
Me too! What happened to us, Dr?
@Grey: Even crazier….I don’t really miss it either! That fact bothers me more, ha. I’d be out if I were still single. Blame women, or thank them. Probably thank them. No ladies want the yawning guy checking his multiple fantasy baseball teams. Shit, the one I somehow tricked doesn’t even want that, ha.
Totally! I don’t miss it at all and I’m kinda glad I don’t miss it
@Grey: I feel so adult. Except I just ate animal crackers as a snack. Fo reals.
I just had a salad… Who’s more adult than me?!
@Grey: I feel so adult. Except I just ate animals crackers for a snack. Fo reals.
Well Hammel has utterly butt f***ed me today.
Way to sh** the bed.
UGH. Why couldn’t this gawdawful game be rained out.
Ugh
ROS – Morales or Carlos Santana?
Morales
My Villar for his Cain? I would drop Reynolds and pickup Seimen to play MI.
Sounds decent
So Ramos gets the closer commitment and then promptly blows the save by serving up a game tying HR to Tyler Flowers
Ugh
Brandon Mauerer gets the first shot as the Padres closer per their manager Andy Green
Yup
10 team ESPN H2H Points (weekly 12 start pitcher limit)
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), HOLD (+1), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
(4) SP: Salazar, Carrasco, Harvey, McCullers
Bench: (Paxton, Pineda, Duffy, Matz, Urias/streamer)
So after reading through the comments I think I have my SP ranked right? I’m also thinking about cutting Matz for Walker ROS but don’t want to regret dropping Matz? My hesitation is Walker’s foot and his next start @HOU and SON’s love for Matz’s next starts but I don’t think SON accounts for bone spurs… Actually next week I will hopefully have much easier matchup so should I not worry too much about dropping Matz now and probably just bench Walker if I pick him up?
I’m streaming out Urias’ spot and as you know there’s usually lots of options in my shallow league but should Walker be owned over guys like Rodon or even Taillon? I mean he was on my team until his foot caused me to drop him… so should I hold Matz for now or drop him for Walker or maybe another guy like Rodon or Taillon? It’s been nice streaming these guys but I don’t want to sleep on a great ROS pitcher and watch another contending team scoop them up! Below are the some matchups of some of the guys in question…
Matz vs. MIA (13.4), vs. WAS (13.9)
Rodon vs. NYA (5.6)
Taillon @STL (2.9), vs. CHN (8.8)
Walker @HOU (-2.0)
Duffy vs. SEA (5.4)
Paxton @KC (-1.8)
Walker
Morales or heyward ROS?
Morales
Semien or Moya as a second utility…
Semien
Grey, one more thing if you can answer.. Hammel or odorrizzi ? Hammel got killed tonight just seeing if it was just bad luck or should I drop hammel over odorrizzi?
Hammel
Jose Fernandez makes Madison Bumgarner look like Dave Staub on a leaky kayak on Lake Ontario. I have no idea what that means. But Jose was just asked to pinch hit and won it in a walk off!
@Hieronymous Lohse: Dave STEIB!!!!! That old, rusty (Staub) bastig!
@Hieronymous Lohse: STIEB! FML!
Staub!
Haha… Amazing
@Grey: I suck with names! You know who doesn’t suck? Dave Stieb! Dude had two consecutive games where he lost a no-hitter to the last batter he faced. That’s TWO games IN A ROW where he was at 8-2/3 and gave up some lame blooper. He did it again the next year – 8-2/3 and then a hit. But STIEB would not be denied as he’d do it YET AGAIN that same year and finally get his no-no. I collected Steib cards back in the day. No one even knows the guy today. And I STILL can’t spell his name right.
Ha haha I love that we’re talking about Dave Stieb
Hey Grey… i know i asked you yesterday but i forgot to mention someone else. I got Urias going on sunday but i have to either drop him or ian kennedy to bring Rich Hill back from DL. Do i keep urias for the extra pitcher for the week or keep Kennedy for the long hall??
Kennedy
Ugh…picked up Buchter last night. In a league with limited season moves,I have to pick up Mauer and drop Buchter still, right?
Thanks Grey, have a great weekend!!
Yeah, you too
Should I pick up ottiavano, also should I trade duval and pujols for trout if I can.
I’d take Trout… Sure, pick up Ottavino
@GanGGreeN: that will not happen I was way too high on duval. Ottivano is gone. I would like to replace my question with what will kyle schwarbers role be next season, is he a catcher. Will he be as good as he looks. I have him for 5$ in a keeper and I may drop him to keep wil myers for 13$.
Schwarber’s role next season will be same as this season… Platoon in OF and catch some games
@Grey: does he posses better hitting skills then contreros or however his names spelt. Should I keep wil myers at 13$ , schwarbanator at 6$, or duval at 5$ next year.
Luvdarooks says:
July 2, 2016 at 6:30 am (link)
ROS
Judge or renfroe ROS?
Yup, he did
14 Team deep league. Picked up Judge b/c I agree with all the shizz you said about him and the Yankees putting 20% of their team in hospice. I can pick up one more OF if I like. Nimmo? Or Naquin?
Nimmo
Sell Naquin, buy Abraham Almonte. He’s raking in AAA and he’ll be back tomorrow!
Cool
Hey Grey, who do you prefer out of these 4 OFs ROS?
L. Martin, Naquin, Moya, Cisenhall.
Moya
H2H Points
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), HOLD (+1), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
I’m up by 53 pts still and I’ve got Paxton and Duffy going today while my opponent is starting Wainwright vs. MIL so I’m looking ahead to tomorrow and I already picked up Urias vs. COL (21.6). I know my opponent will probably stream who I don’t pick up so how would you rank these starts for the most points out of the guys below? I was going to go with SON but just read about Ray and a blood blister? And I know McHugh is at home but part of me is also is leaning towards Gray first since he’ll be pitching opposite of Urias? Not sure if I’m going to play one or two more but want to know your preference just in case …
Ray vs. SF (12.3)
McHugh vs. CHA (9.0)
J. Gray @LAN (7.6)
I wouldn’t start any of of the three, you don’t need to
ottiavano or McGee will be closer if they are all back?
McGee
Jup/S.Wright/Matz or Semien/King Felix/Pineda?
Felix
@Grey: weekly roto. The Russell Martin experiment seems to have worn off. Replace him with Hundley, beoff or cj rupp?
Hundley
Syndergaard or Kenley Jansen? I need saves how worried should I be about Thor’s elbow?
Syndergaard
Yesterday I was going to make my Maurer argument. That he’s the righty and has been pitching well lately and before the season he was the add because Rodney will lose his job by April 20th or third save opp, whichever came first. And that long term he’s the guy since Bucher is the lefty specialist that the friars could get a nice return on from a competing club. Oh well. I have him in perts.
Yeah, makes sense and I saw you had him before the announcement so nice call there…. I have him in a very deep NL-Only league, so I’m happy too
@Grey: Team Happy! Me having him was dumb luck. Needed a pen arm and saw he has been pitching well. Okay maybe in the back of my head I was thinking Rodney would be moved sooner than later. But I think about that with most MR adds.
Btw I’m craving a reuben from the oinkster with some beef fat fries with garlic aioli
Oinkster is so ridunk…. I went there recently and was like why don’t I always come here?
@Grey: next time we do lunch we’ll go there, its a hell of a lot closer for me than Larchmont
Nah, I go to the Oinkster by me on Highland
@Grey: I do the original in eagle rock
Right now I’m at 626, it’s the best food fest in santa Anita race park
@Grey: damn it I missed that shit again. I hear it’s packed full of Asian hotties
It’s ridiculous, so amazing, food too
It’s the beginning of every summer month
hey I’m in a 12 team dynasty league 7×7 and was offered his strasburg and polanco for my bogaerts and glasnow. the position change wouldn’t change my current lineup. Also, if you answer yes to that trade should i then trade polanco for springer or just keep polanco. thanks!
Take it, and Springer
Who would you drop for Judge? Merrifield, Naquin, Travis
Naquin
Hey mustache.
Would u trade Villar, kemp, and Duvall for Harper, Semien, Jimmy Nelson……
Sure
LGM!!!
Haha
10 team (3 keeper) ESPN H2H Points (weekly 12 start pitcher limit)
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), HOLD (+1), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
(4) SP: Salazar, Carrasco, Harvey, McCullers
Bench: (Paxton, Pineda, Duffy, Matz, Urias/streamer)
Call me craazy but before I drop Matz for Walker, I want to try and package him with one of my other pitchers for an upgrade at SP? There’s a couple teams who wanted Matz all year and here are some pitchers on their rosters so who should I go after and who would you offer up? Price, Strasburg, Maeda, Cole, Archer, C-Mart… which of them should I target and which SP should I package with Matz?
Stras, Cole, Price, Maeda
That order
Thanks I’ll see who else from my staff they might want with Matz in return for one of those guys… Are all my pitchers fair game to package in a deal with Matz if I can get one of Stras, Cole, or Price?
Yeah
Chris Carter or AJ Reed ROS?
Thanks.
Reed
@Grey: Thanks. 14 team league and someone dropped Carter and his 20 HR and 49 RBI. I don’t get it.
@Grey: Giolito really getting sent down to AAA? Makes me sad if that’s true
I’m debating between these guys if Giolito is the drop: Jaime Garcia or Jameson Taillon
Or is Giolito a hold and his demotion is just temporary?
I don’t see why Giolito wouldn’t get sent down, no room for him
@Grey: so Jaime Garcia or Jameson Taillon
Taillon
@Grey: Ross might be hurt, so Giolito might stay
Yup, Giolito will stay
I decided to let go of Stanton tonight. Ten team 6 x 6 redraft with OPS and Holds added.
I get Ozuna, W. Ramos (other owner still as Contreras), and Oh for Stanton and Pax (dropped Hundley).
It wasn’t an easy decision but the owner that has been pursuing him had some pieces that seemed to fit with my team needs. I have depth at RF, and this isn’t quite a 5 OF league. I wouldn’t generally look at a catcher in the deal but that position has been a black hole of sorrow for me. While I have more than your single Gomes HR from the position, I have a collective .203 average from this crew of talent:
H AB R HR RBI SB
Gomes 18 116 9 3 18 0
Martin 14 51 8 2 10 1
Hundley 10 46 4 1 3 0
Salty 2 17 1 1 1 0
Molina 3 7 1 0 1 0
Hermann 2 4 0 0 0 0
Post-trade roster:
C – W. Ramos
1B – Rizzo
2B – Kinsler (acquired last week)
3B – Franco
SS – Nunez
INF – Baez
LF – Braun
CF – Ozuna (had Gardner and Pagan as options pre-trade)
RF – Springer
OF – K. Davis
Util – Ortiz
Bench – D. Travis, J. Uptin, Gardner, Pagan
SPs: Salazar, Matz, Duffy (Strasburg and Yu on DL)
Closers: Jeffress, Cishek, Oh (?), Kintzler, Street (ha!)
Holds: Diekman, Addison Reed, Strop, Nate Jones, Barraclough
Also, am I more than safe to drop Street? I finally ditched him in another league recently but with Holds being a category, free agent closers are even harder to come by in this one. I definitely plan to drop someone to activate Strasburg for tomorrow.
Drop Pagan
@Grey: Yeah, I did drop Pagan to activate Strasburg. Still considering dropping Street, though. Should I just let him ride the pine for a bit or cut bait and possibly stream or whatever with the spot?
Also, what do you think of the trade of Stanton here, Grey? Sometimes I feel that being willing to move a guy like Stanton can turn into big things. A lot will depend on Ozuna, Ramos and even Stanton himself, of course. I’m really hoping that I see a nice bump in batting average from this deal while doing so at what seemed to be my positions of weakness.
I do like the value of Oh. Even if he loses the closer role back to Rosenthal, Siegrist, or whatever, he could still be a top guy in a Holds league.
Thanks for your Friday posts and on-going check-ins. Have a great 4th, man.
Hal
Another question: Any clarification on what Raisel’s role will be ROS? I heard somewhere that the Reds were thinking of putting him back in the rotation at some point this season – not sure if that is true or not
Middle reliever
10 team (3 keeper) ESPN H2H Points (weekly 12 start pitcher limit)
Hitter Scoring: HIT (+1), RUN (+1), RBI (+1), 2B (+1), 3B (+2), HR (+3), BB (+1) SB (+1)
(1) C: Posey
(1) 1B: Abreu
(1) 2B: Odor
(1) SS: Correa
(1) 3B: Seager
(3) OF: Trout, Stanton, Polanco
(1) UT: J. Upton
(1) DL: J.D. Martinez
Notable FA Bats (most points): Castellanos, V-Mart, Yelich, Semien, M. Upton, LeMahieu, H. Ramirez, K. Davis, Werth, Eaton, Melky, Franco, K. Morales, Tomas, etc.
What’s going on with Justin Upton? Like 2 weeks ago he was giving me hope but since then I’ve watched guys like Lamb, Schoop, Pujols, Calhoun, and Valencia finally get picked up while I’m waiting for Upton to produce out of my UTIL spot…
I’m still in first place by 1 game (4 other teams are neck and neck for 2nd) and lead overall points so should I keep holding onto Upton or at what point is it best to try and play hot bats at UTIL or just replace him ROS and for who?
Hold
Still holding onto Nola? 12 team league 3 bench spots daily roster moves
Nah
H2H Points
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), HOLD (+1), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
I could have sworn Urias was starting today but apparently it’s Brandon McCarthy vs. COL (23.3) now!? It’s the last day of my H2H points matchup and I’m up 65 points and the plan was just to just start Urias today since my opponent was just starting Conley @ATL and J. Gray @LAN… but now he’s also got Strasburg vs CIN so should I now stream one or two of these guys today:
McCarthy vs. COL (23.3)
Ray vs. SF (12.2)
Ventura @PHI (11.3)
McHugh vs. CHA (8.9)
Or is my lead enough to start no one and hope that Conley, Gray and Stras don’t kill me today?
Start no one
@Grey: Thanks again for answering all my questions in time! I’ve been stuck working all weekend so had to ask last night and this morning … took your advice and didn’t start anyone so now I’ll just be freaking out while my opponent’s pitchers chip away at my lead haha Stras already cut 20 pts off my lead … so Gray and Conley have me worried …
You should be fine
Rajai stock back up ? Would you drop Eaton for him (15 teams limited moves)
Enjoy the 4th…..
Trying to upgrade my UTIL spot. 10 cat hitting H2H league. My team hits for average, scores runs, tops in SBs, ok at RBIs. Not great at HRs and punt K’s as my guys whiff at a high rate and do not walk ( Marte, Polanco, Khris).
Pick two please: Semien, Reynolds, Crisp, Bregman, Suarez, Bour, Cron, Nimmo, Espinosa, AJ Reed
Semien, Espinosa
In need of saves. Syndergaard and Odor for Altuve and Robertson. Thanks
Nah
Blackmon for Frazier. Which side?
It’s fair
Zunino, Vogt, or j mcann
Zunino
Woke up this morning with nothing to do so I look on the “game time” app and see 2 tickets to the met game for $60. Call my boy, long story short now at the game Watching the Mets destroy the cubs..I didn’t even have to use my A.K. I have to say it was a good day.
Awesome! Lester look that bad?
@Grey: Yeah they were tattooing his fast ball
Definitely looks like garbage on paper
ROS: McCullers or Aaron Sanchez.
Thanks Grey, and a Happy 4th of July to you and your family .
Thanks, you too! McCullers
@Grey: You are a shining light on the fantasy baseball scene, as well as in life. Enjoy and prefer you to most analysts, including most of those dudes on mlb network. Would much prefer you over that obnoxious and overrated Greg Amsinger.
Never heard of him, I only listen and read me
@Grey: LOL
Joe Ross to the dl, jb never wins lol! Ok he’s got Paxton going for me now and I only picked up Maurer instead of Buchter because he said he was going to be the next Padres ace :)
Anyways streaming before the all star break,
Manaea @twins, eflin vs braves, [email protected], lincecum @rays , Rodon vs Yankees
Ha, nice… Only Rodon is half decent there
12 team mixed keeper question. Trade option…. Goldy, arrenado, velazquez ……..xander, bradley, mazara, Carrasco, and valencia. …who ya got Grey or razzballers. Holla!
Goldy side
Play it safe and start Danny Salazar vs tigers and sit guerra @nats
12 team h2h daily
Yup
How do you rank ROS in a 5×5 H2h roto categories.
Travis, Espinosa, gregarious, Baez
Espinosa, Travis
Thanks again for dropping Ethpinotha.
Ha
Add McCarthy, Rodon, gray or stream
Rodon
Just announced that estevez would remain Rockies closer , and ottavino could be taking over soon enough. I have McGee and esteveZ on my roster. Worth holding McGee for now or add ottavino in place? Or just hold estevez and forget ottavino and McGee – Thanks !
Lose McGee
Current roster is
C zunino
1b belt
2b Schoop
3b Frazier
If Corey Seager
Ss Lindor
Of trout, Khris Davis, marte, upton
Util Franco,Villar
Bench Baez, Bregman, judge.
Dl jd Martinez
Pitching is
Guerra
Rodon
Duffy
Salazar
Tajuan
Paxton
Pom
Rp Maurer, Gomez, Kelley, kinztler
Holds and saves
Seth smith, cron, Kepler, almonte, Moya ,Margot, turner,meadows
Ottavino,estevez, Giles, diekman, Broxton, bush, cedeno, brach, Edwin Diaz, McCarthy, Chad green, gray
Ok with adding some upside
In 2nd place
Is there a question?
@Grey: any lineup changes?
Lose Bregman for Estevez, Moya over Baez, no idea what Upton you’re playing
@Grey: justin
@Robby: are you sure I shouldn’t wait on Bregman until at least after all star break? Moya and Baez are the same especially if only play Baez vs lefties?
Sure, you can wait
Oh those Ross boys and their “slider shoulders”. Helps explain Joe’s sad starts lately perhaps. Rough couple innings to start each game.
I am in a 12 teamer with an ok staff: Sale, Carrasco, CMart, Hill, Bauer, and Tomlin.
Do I DL Ross or simply drop for McCullers? (Pearce in my DL spot now)
DL Ross
@Grey:
Tx
10tm 5×5 Roto 1 non DL/Injury move on Sunday night. Standings reset at ASB, so looking for 2nd half rankings of these groups
Pineda, Darvish , McCullers, Taillon, Nola.
Thanks a bunch grey
Pineda, McCullers, Darvish
Keep Rodon for start vs Yankees or drop for McCarthy start vs Padres on Friday have tajuan @houston Tuesday also
McCarthy
Team has tough matchups next week hellickson a must start vs braves vs Tehran taking one of my other starters starts for the week?
Sure
Think Bregman will do just ass good as Baez and Moya over both?
Have a plethora of closers now and Im looking to move Jansen. Who are a couple decent targets I could offer up for him in the OF?
Thanks.
Yoenis?
@Grey:
I like it and thought of that, but the guy that has him would rather move Bruce. Bruce isn’t enough, is he?
@Grey:
Just moved Jansen for Blackmon. You like it?
Grey,
Need to make room for a stash. In a 12-team QS league, who’s the drop?
Paxton, J.Gray, DeSclfani, McCarthy
We dropping Nola in a 14 team league for a streamer spot or hold and hope he rights the ship after the break?
Couple of lineup questions:
1. Who do you prefer ROS: M. Upton or Heyward?
2. Drop Ross to pick up Pineda? Could also drop Taillon, Duffy or Velasquez (note this is a keeper league).
Thanks.
Wutup Grey.. do you like Brandon McCarthy as a good pickup in h2h points mixed leagues?? he pitched crazy good on his first start back.. Thanks buddy
Dynasty OBP and TB added:
My Buxton, Matz for Mazara, Porcello, Kemp
I need pitching help and I’m going for it this year. However I like dumping Buxton and Matz, who are busting and will need surgery soon.
There’s a new post for me