When Heath Bell looked like garbage on Sunday, Frank Francisco returned serve with three of his own runs. It was like watching a tennis match between Jon Lovitz and that guy from Felicity. Rather than getting the hook by his manager, Frank-Frank was ejected for arguing balls and strikes. The ump should’ve told him, “With your stuff, I wouldn’t have the balls to throw strikes either.” Jon Rauch is next in line here, but, before the ink can dry on his neck, he could lose the job too. Though, I would grab him, in the non-sexual way. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Ike Davis – Sat out yesterday with flu-like symptoms. Like. Oh. My. Gahd. I hopes it’s not Valley Fever.
Heath Bell – Ozzie Guillen has come to the conclusion that Edward Mujica and Steve Cishek are simply just as awful at closing games as Bell has been, so they might as well go with the guy with the bad contract. So, once again, Bell is officially unofficially your Marlins closer and, as previously mentioned, he gave up two runs on Sunday. I’d continue to hold Cishek and Mujica. Bell needs to either go to the Disgraceful List or do some mop-up duty. Despite the closer craziness, the past week the Marlins have got it done, winning 10 of their last 12 games. A rational person might say to me, “The Marlins have played the Giants, Padres and Astros as of late, don’t get too excited.” I am an irrational person, so it must be their new uniforms!
Giancarlo Stanton – 3-for-5 with a grand slam. Is it just me or are you waiting for him to announce his name is actually Giancarlos Tanton?
Joey Votto – 4-for-5, 4 runs, 6 RBIs and 3 homers. Votto bing, Votto boom.
Brian Fuentes – Was named the new A’s closer. I literally wrote everything else in this post then came back to this to make sure he was still the closer. If I wake up at 3 AM tonight and stumble back to my office, he may no longer be the closer. He’s on a short leash with a cone and muzzle. If he gets too far off the leash, he doesn’t give his owners rabies, he gives them ERAbies.
Brandon McCarthy – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 10 Ks. Look at him K’ing people with reckless a-Brandon. McCarthy feels like one of those guys that you can get for cheap in a trade, but could be way more valuable. He’s literally in every fifth comment as a guy people want to drop, and I use the word ‘literally’ metaphorically.
Jarrod Parker – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 10 baserunners (4 BBs), 5 Ks. I doubt anyone’s actually buying (as in trading for), but you should be careful with Parker. He’s due for some Liquid Paper getting dropped on his stats.
Bud Norris – Got the win on Friday with 6.0 IP, 1 ER and 8Ks. Old James MacDonald pitched 8 innings and also struck out 8 in a pitchers’ duel. And a Bud at McDonald’s is a combo meal in The Bootheel of Missouri.
Bryce Harper – On Friday, he threw his bat at the wall in frustration and needed 10 stitches as it bounced back and hit him in the head. ESPN is auctioning off the bat with the proceeds going to TD (Teenaged Dipshits).
Wilson Ramos – Torn ACL and out for the year. On the positive side, he’s now way too gimpy for kidnappers to lug around.
Danny Espinosa – Got a couple of hits on Sunday, homered Friday and Saturday while adding in two steals. If it’s not obvious and you need me to spell it out, he’s H-O-T.
Henry Rodriguez – 2/3 IP, 4 ER with a massive blown save on Sunday. I shut the game off before the Votto grand slam, knowing it was coming. Then after it happened, I refreshed the box score a few times hoping it would change. It’s a soul-crushing defeat when you know it’s gonna happen, then don’t believe it when it does. Must’ve been what it felt like when Dewey tried to move his stuff into the White House with only a copy of the Dewey Defeats Truman newspaper.
Brian Dozier – 2-for-5 with his first homer. I wouldn’t expect much here; he’s pretty yawnstipating. It’s no coincidence that his last name is French for sleep (not true).
Scott Diamond – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks. Now has back-to-back 7 inning scoreless starts. In AL-Only leagues, he could provide some value if he can continue his low walk-rate and so-so K-rate. But in AL-Only leagues, Bruce Chen is valuable, so take that with a grain of salt, which is a crystal as is a diamond. How’s that for circular reasoning?
Andy Pettitte – 6 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 2 Ks vs. the M’s. Against a major league offense, that’s 5 IP, 5 ER. That’s not exactly a comeback on par with Lance Armstrong returning less nutso.
Carlos Ruiz – 6th HR on Friday. Ruiz is batting .330 and leads the Phillies offense along with Juan Pierre. Or JuanCarlos if Stanton’s renaming them.
Jimmy Rollins – 1-for-4 with his 1st homer. Only one more to catch Chone Figgins!
Jesus Montero – Hit a home run on Friday against his old team as he punishes New York for trading him to the Mariners. You could taste the bad blood. Mmm… Iron.
Justin Smoak – Hit a homer yesterday and is 6 for his last 12 as he got to hit away from Safeco. Gets Fenway and Coors this week and could be a short term play. Seriously, no kindling with Smoak.
Addison Reed – Robin Ventura is planning on splitting his save chances between Thornton, Reed and Santiago. I think it’s appropriate to call Ventura by his cartoon onomatopoeia name: VenturARGH. And, because Reed seemed like the guy to own, he gave up 6 earned runs in a third of an inning yesterday. To give up 6 earned in a third of an inning is, like a bowling alley that doesn’t cater to dwarfs will tell ya, no small feat. At this rate, I don’t think I’d pick up any White Sox relievers in any shallow mixed league. I need this ulcer? No, no I don’t. If you really need the saves, I’d grab Santiago, Reed or Thornton, in that order.
Chris Sale – 5 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks. When you go for a ‘precautionary’ MRI (something I get all the time!), and you’re moved around to help ‘save’ your elbow, then throw a pretty mediocre start, I think something is wrong and you’d be wise to sell him quickly. But I’m not a doctor, though I did fall asleep while watching a Scrubs rerun last night.
Carlos Beltran – 4-for-5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs on Friday and hit his 13th homer on Sunday. He’s doing his best Albert Pujols impression, the pre-Angels Pujols. Yes, it took Pujols to go to the Angels to become mortal. The irony!
Allen Craig – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 5th homer on Sunday, after homering on Friday. Bad enough that he double-dipped on first names when there’s people without one — R. Kelly, “Tell me about it!” But now there’s people out there who can’t buy a homer in their leagues (me!) and this guy now has 5.
Rafael Furcal – 3-for-3 with his 7th steal, while batting .383 on the year. Still think he’s more of an Early Bird Special than a Zombino. You get two Facebook Likes if you understood that.
Lance Lynn – 6 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks. If you’ve owned him all year, you know this is less spectacular than he’s been. Or spectaculess, if you like portmanteaus.
Josh Hamilton – Homerton was 3-for-4 with two more home runs on Friday to bring his total to 17. The first player since Albert Pujols (who?) in 2006 to hit that many home runs in only 33 games. Then he hit his 18th homer on Saturday. 18 homers? I have 31 homers in one of my NL-Only leagues.
Mike Trout – Got his first slam & legs on Friday. In related rookie news, ESPN ran a feature on Bryce Harper’s TD telethon.
C.J. Wilson – Got roughed up in his Texas homecoming by Hamilton and the boys 1/3 IP, 3 H, 4 ER. Then Matthew Modine started screaming “You wanna have another go at it” and Wilson agreed. So, on Saturday, he went 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks. Then on Sunday, he rested. Geez, with the God complex.
Mark Reynolds – Lands on the DL after throwing batting practice on Friday. He said, “I got carried away with what I was trying to do. It just looks so easy to strike me out.”
Xavier Avery – O’s called up their outfield prospect and played him in left field yesterday as he went 0-for-4. Now for the Mystique behind X-Man. He has some speed (and very light power), and will struggle to hit for much of an average in the majors. In AL-Only leagues, he’s SAGNOF.
Jake Arrieta – 3 2/3 IP, 7 ER vs. the Rays. He’s been absolutely clobbered in his last two starts. I’d definitely look elsewhere, since I’m not a huge fan of O’s starters to begin with. My O’s starter face is a straight line for my lips and a slow blink of the eyes. It looks like ‘meh.’
Nick Johnson – Homered in back-to-back games that he started (Friday and Sunday). He was in good spirits after the game, smiling in the locker room.
Danny Duffy – Left yesterday’s game with what is being described as “medial left elbow tightness.” Sounds like medial up a different starter.
Alcides Escobar – 3-for-3, 2 runs and 1 RBI. He’s been on and off my teams so many times the elastic is completely shot.
Jeff Francoeur – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs with his first Frenchy fly of the season, or Freedom Fly if you’re still harboring shizz.
Desmond Jennings – Has now missed six games with a sore knee. Instead of day-to-day, they could’ve told us day-to-week. Might’ve been helpful.
Ben Zobrist – Slam and legs with a side of mash (3 hits!) and Elliot Johnson also slammed, legged and mashed. Johnson is 7 for his last 13 with two steals and a homer. Could be a nice pickup if you’re struggling at MI. BTW, if someone asks you if you’re struggling at MI, your answer is IM.
Carlos Marmol – Since the start this year, he looked like Apollo vs. Ivan Drago in the exhibition match. Finally, the Cubs threw in the towel with Marmol’s head landing on top of it and on the Disgraceful List.
Bryan LaHair – Since Friday’s Sell, he’s 1-for-14 with 6 Ks. Cust kayin’.
Jeff Samardzija – 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks. The best thing I can say about Samardetc. is I wish I owned him on all my teams.
Rickie Weeks – His wrist showed no breaks and his bat showed no hits.
Kevin Youkilis – Cleared to swing a bat. Sounds like positive news for a guy at Hedonism after a cliff diving accident.
Will Middlebrooks – 2-for-3, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. If Youk pushes Middlebrooks to Triple-A, there’s gonna be a letter written to Jimmy Breslin from a Son of Sam Horn.
Matt Kemp – Left yesterday’s game aggravating his tight hamstring. Said he’s going for an MRI, but will only miss a game. Um, well, guess we can hope. How do we get this hammy cured? Because those are delicious.
Juan Rivera – Could miss two months with a ruptured hamstring tendon. Dude, c’mon, the day of rupture isn’t until December 21st.
You know, this whole closer thing this year is just ridiclous. I know that Franky Frank lost his job, but can’t be bothered to pick anyone up, even though I have him on my team. Who cares anymore? It’s all so pointless .
@kangaroo hops, Much in the same way that I’m hanging on to Cishek and Mujica. The every day turn around is just getting tiresome. Don’t these crapper closers know we have lives?!
I watched Frank’s meltdown and still refused to pick up Rausch. He’s downright awful and I’m in denial that he even plays for the Mets. I’ll pick up Parnell after Rausch blows a couple…
Should I start Hellickson against Boston, Holland at Houston or Hanson at TampaBay?
Also I dropped Bard, didn’t like his peripherals and status moving forward, for Smyly. I hope the Tigers give him support this week.
@Brian, In some leagues…
Best streamer in a league that counts losses as well:
Harang at SD (volquez)
Volquez home vs Dodgers (harang)
Detwiler home vs Padres (stauffer)
@Blue, Detwiler
@Blue, Volquez
@Blue, Detwiler will probably be rained out.O’s game too.
Pick two:
Craig, Choo, Trout, Dirks, Hardy
7×7 Head to head league that counts hits and total bases as well..
@Blue, Remove Craig from that list..
@Blue, Choo-choo, Trout
Paraphrasing Yahoo Balfour blurb:
Balfour: “I’m not happy.”
Manager: “I understand.”
Balfour: “Can I win the job back?”
Manager: “Have you seen Fuentes pitch?”
@VinWins, Ha!
When, not if, Fuentes blows a save and gets hit hard, A’s give the ball back to Balfour or you think they give Cook a shot?
Thanks again for all the help Grey!
@Blue, Probably Balfour
J Zimm or Gallardo?
@Blue, Jzimm
@Blue, Yoga
@Blue, YoGa’s peripheral stats have been moving in the wrong direction for the last few years and without an offense to back him up, “W”’s could be more scarce with him….I’m talking lowest total in 3 years.
Zimmermann on the other hand….stud. “Nuff said.
@Blue, Gallardo
He gone.
I wanted to get opinion on this trade I made on Friday.
16 team keeper league. (keep 5). yahoo, roto, 5×5.
my only closers were Santiago Casilla and Dale Thayer. I also have Thornton and Kerry Wood, then picked up Hector Santiago on Saturday too. deep league, almost all 2nd and 3rd closing options are already owned.
I traded Paul Konerko for Kanley Jansen and Carlos Quentin.
(this was also when I thought Quentin would return either by the weekend or this week). figured if healthy Quentin’s power numbers wont be so bad even in PETCO.
after losing Wilson Ramos Saturday night, Sunday I made another trade where I gave up Dale Thayer and got Miguel Montero from a guy who had no closer after losing Mariano Rivera.
my team now.
CA- MMontero. 1B- Butler. 2B- Uggla. 3B- Zimmerman. SS- AEscobar. IN- CDavis.
OF- AdJones. OF- THunter. OF- Dirks. OF- Dyson. UT- Brantley.
BN- DvMurphy, MEllis, Presley, Colvin. DL- Quentin.
SP- Price. SP- Beachy. RP- Jansen. RP- SCasilla.
P- Thornton. P- HSantiago. P- KWood.
BN- McCarthy, Lilly, AJBurnett, Jimenez, Friedrich. DL- BAnderson.
@SpecialFNK, I don’t like the Konerko trade… Montero one is fine…
Grey,
(16 team dynasty mixer)
Dyson or Bernadina?
And is Brandon Guyer a worthy handcuff being that I also have Jennings & Joyce?
Thanks!
@Racehorse, Bernadina… I don’t handcuff outfielders…
Grey : Any thoughts on Brad Lincoln being moved to a starter? Duff man almost screwed the pooch for me yesterday as I only won by 1 QS and 1K and am desperate for a replacement at SP as Ubaldo is still on my staff and I need to have a plan B.
Other options are slim and below at this point as Diamond was even swiped last night but would like to know who you like as options out of the names below.
Blanton
Maholm
Niemann
Zito
Duensing(If moved to rotation)
@2 Cups 1 Braun, These aren’t good… Maholm, Blanton…
@Grey, Yea I know. Sad realization of my league right now. Hopefully I can just hold on tight and get some rookie nookie from someone coming up or promoted from the pen.
Grey
First interleague problem of the year. Weekly points league, do I continue to roll Ortiz in the Utl with 3 games or plug smoking hot, I might ask him to prom Espinosa in there?
@D-train, Espinosa
Bootheel Representin!
@BigFatHippo, Ha
Grey, which side on a OBP/QS keeper league
Pence/Ubaldo for Marcum/McCarthy
@2 Cups 1 Braun, Pence
Francisco got hosed by bad umpiring!!!!!!!……..2 seeds down the middle called balls.
@Curt, true fact
@3FingersBrown, Thanks….the ump called more balls then Richard Simmons had on his chin!!!!
Espinosa or Schafer for UTIL?
Espinosa or Kelly or Phillips?
@Wilsonian, Kelly Johnson? Brandon Phillips? Idk but Espinosa should not be in that conversation.
@WhineSpritzer, if he’s getting hot and reaching some potential, he could be. Kelly has cooled off a bit, Phillips has been nothing short of bleh-tacular all season, and it’s a shallow league where people are stacked so they don’t do trades very well.
@Wilsonian, Espinosa is about as hot as the bra-less 90 year old at Walmart. Dude finally has a 3 RBI weekend and all of a sudden he’s up there with Kelly who had a down week and still nearly matched Espinosa’s week?
No thanks and Ill pass on his .200 BA and 30 RBI year he is on track for.
@2 Cups 1 Braun, I sense some intense hatred for Danny. In all honesty, I don’t like any of them. I’ve been avidly trying to deal Phillips to slot Kelly in at 2nd but no one is biting. I don’t like carrying both of them on my roster, but don’t think I can drop either. But I don’t really expect Kelly to play at this level for long, but I could be wrong. And I don’t really expect Danny to be as completely worthless as he has been all year, either.
Reed didn’t pitch well, but watching Ventura manage a bullpen is like watching that guy on the blackjack table double down when he shouldn’t then do it again just to show everyone at the table that his first stupid move wasn’t really that stupid . . . and, he loses all his money. I mean, Reed is a strikeout guy and Ventura has him load the bases twice on intentional walks, once to get to B. Butler, the Royal’s best hitter. Stupid, just stupid.
@Salty Balty,
Exactly
@Salty Balty, I’m still holding on to Reed, his outing wasn’t really as bad as the stat line read yesterday. Ventura’s an idiot for forcing him to walk those guys then Stults blew what Reed could have possibly taken care of on his own. Still not cool to see 162.00 in my ERA column.
@Salty Balty, Ha, nice analogy.
@Grey, Just read an article noting that Reed has induced ZERO double plays in his major league career. F***ing ridiculous managing. Can you tell I’m bitter?
Ok . . . I’m over it . . . moving on.
Some quirky SB leaders so far with Boneface, Schafer and Heyward near the top.
Any concern about Andrus low steal totals (despite his great OBP), possibly a case of the Rangers raking too much? Just wondering if he might be worth shopping as if he doesnt get his chances to get 35SBs, as without those he isnt really earning his corn in terms of fantasy.
Just a thought anyway, with all those mashers behind him, theres no need for Wash to send him right now.
@TheNewGuy, Yeah, there’s no reason to send him.
@Grey, The worse situation is Campana batting second, with Starlin Castro behind him. Castro is so undisciplined, that he often swings at the first pitch, failing to give Campana any chances to steal.
I literally yelled at my TV yesterday when Campana got a good jump and practically had second base stolen when Castro reached out his bat at the last second to flick a pitch foul that was WAY OUT OF THE STRIKE ZONE. Just maddening.
Yeah, so frustrating…
Hey Grey,
Should I still hold on to Balfour?
@stynye,
10 team, H2H, 5×5 by the way…
@stynye, Nope
Wilson Ramos out for the year?
GODDOUMIT! For the fourth year in a row, too!
@Dingbat, Ha
trout or markakis
@Jermo, Trout will probably yeild more steals…..and maybe near the same power and AVG.
I think it’s time Pedro Alvarez leaves my team and we change our phone number.
Pick up over Avlarez or hold?
Inge, Stewart, Betemit, R Roberts, Uribe?
Ugh. These are all so terrible- but they all got more than 2 hits last week
@Turk Wendell, Betemit
I’m looking to add either Street (recently dropped bc on DL) or Bailey to my team, then move then to the DL to make room for another add. Who of those 2 do you like better for the immediate / rest of season?
@Scottie O., Street
Which should I drop for Niese: Big Z, Cahill, Niemann.
@Ray, Or I could drop Hammel as well.
@Ray, Neiman. Big-Z appears to be having a renaissance in the Crayola Canyon. Hammel hasn’t given a reason to drop and Cahil is a decent match up guy.
@Ray, I wouldn’t drop any of those guys for Niese. But if you must, I’d drop Hammel. Major correction coming and living in the AL East in a hitters park is living dangerously.
@Ray, Cahill: K/BB 1.39, and his hr/9 and hr/fb are well below career norms so he’s going to implode at some point pitching in ARI (even though he plays in NL West)…
@beardcrabs, well you got 3 different answers I hope we helped…
Few things this morning:
1) I got that stupid virus scan pop-up thing again this morning when I first tried to navigate to the site. It doesn’t even let the site load, so I can’t relay any info about what ads were up, because I hadn’t gotten there yet. Hope you’re gurus can figure that crap out.
2) Frank-Frank’s epic meltdown-meltdown was pretty amusing. I really thought he was gonna hit-hit that ump (or at least go Robbie Alomar on him). I’m pretty sure Collins had already lifted him when it occurred and instead of heading for the dugout, he went right to home plate to unload some F-Bombs on the ump. I was trying to figure out a way that Stanton could get another AB in that game but figured it was unlikely, well, low and behold a pop-out, a BB and a HBP later, there’s our man. That grand salami was such a BOMB, first pitch, and he bounced it off the unicorn vomit! MIA TV announcer had an enthusiastic, “Light that baby up!” call after the hit. That gave me a good chuckle.
3)
4) Is MLB’s drug testing just a total farce now? Everyone’s going to use the Braun excuse and now Eliezer Alfonzo has gotten out of his 100 game suspension. Kinda silly.
5) Speaking of silly, two walk-off grand slams in one day! And, by two Razzball favorites, that probably made a lot of folks happy. Those two propelled my RCL team to first place this morning! I’m curious if anyone had a truly epic day and had Cruz rostered as well. I’ll be checking out VinWins’ daily RCL stat sheet today to investigate. Thank-you VinWins for making that info available, you do great work man.
@MattTruss223, 1) Yeah, the guy is looking into it… Sorry about that… 2) Ha, off the vomit! 4) Prolly 5) He does
@MattTruss223, Thanks!
Deep 16-team, H2H-points league (SB=3pts, CS=-1pt, BB=1pt, Strikeout=-1pt, 1B=1pt, 2b=2pts, etc.)
Lost Ramos. AJ Ellis, Flores or Salty?
@Commish Cauda, Salty
Currently own Dolis and Reed (and HRod… man was that a bad night for my team). Who would you rather have as a “handcuff” in a league that also counts holds: Kerry Wood or Hector Santiago?
@bobbo, Santiago
Are you buying Espinosa? He was dropped in my league and I’m a little thin at that position. Wondering if he’s worth it long term.
@MrHappytime, Y
How about this?
Pick up Maholm. Drop Masterson.
Good idea?
@Turk Wendell,
12 mixed team H2H
@Turk Wendell, Sure
Yo Grey, two questions for ya: I dropped espinosa for kelly Johnson a few weeks ago, are you dropping Johnson for espinosa now? Or maybe drop Luke scott, ichiro, tabata or rasmus for espinosa?
I’ve got anibel going against the pirates, are you also starting vogelsong at home against the Rockies? 12 team mixer, 1450 ip limit.
Thanks
@Alcesto, Drop Rasmus… Yup on Vogelsong…
@Alcesto, Drop Kelly Johnson for Espinosa? Are you insane? Grey, no lie but I bet you could convince people to drop Hamilton for Ibanez if you really tried.
starting Stauffer tonight @ PHI?
@nightpandas, @ WAS not philly, sorry…
@nightpandas, Yes
@nightpandas, It looks like a rainout in DC and Baltimore.
I would’ve bet one of my limbs that you would’ve left Wright off this weekend rundown. He had 8 hits this weekend and now is hitting .400. Now, if Wright had 8 hits and then jammed his small toe…he’d have been in this article with a big stamped I TOLD YOU SO!
For you razzball newbies, this is the norm here. If the site didn’t pump up a player in the preseason you will either get a glass half empty view on them all year (if the player is performing well) or a constant stream of “I told ya so” if the player plays poorly. They also cherry pick stats to support preseason statements. There have been several big games for Wright where he’s been left out of an article (we make sure we get Stanton in there though), but I guarantee if Wright endures a 1 for 10 stretch it’ll be mentioned. If he gets hurt there will probably be a whole article saying that you were told to avoid wright. If he continues to chase Ted Williams, most razzball readers won’t be aware of it because they all passed on wright at the recommendation of this site and the articles won’t really mention it because it opposes preseason projections.
In any case, I’m so glad I went against this sites advice and started my draft Kemp, granderson, Hamilton, and Wright (he fell to 2nd half of the fourth, I’m guessing it was a league full of razzball disciples) instead of how all the follower readers on here do (Longoria, Stanton, McCuth, and Zimmerman). Guess what? Zimmermans hurt a lot…seems like Longiria is too. I TOLD YOU SO!
@Timmy Bogar,
Kinda early to be drinking, no?
@Turk Wendell, “If he continues to chase Ted Williams,….” are you effin’ kidding? You realize it’s only May 14th?
Why you you so mad, bro? Not like you’re paying for this stuff. Do your research and formulate your own opinions….which it appears you already have. Congrats.
@Turk Wendell, Sorry Turk, replied to the wrong post. That was supposed to be for Timmy Bogar.
@Timmy Bogar, It’s nice your team is rollin’ but lay off the hate man. It’s nice to have a site that responds to EVERY post and half of the posts aren’t about how shitty the writer of the article is.
@Timmy Bogar, While I have Wright on my keeper team and am glad he’s started off well, I’d like to point out that his BABIP is a ridiculous .452. His career mark is is .343 so you might wanna calm down a bit big guy. Enjoy the stats while they are there, but expect a regression at some point.
@Timmy Bogar, wow buddy. Chasin’ ole Teddy Ballgame, huh? If you don’t like the advice, then leave. It’s free advice, you get what you pay for. No one on this site does exactly what he says, but it’s nice to have someone help out. And I doubt you’ve ever been to another fantasy site where everyone gets individual responses.
Wright has been playing out of his mind. Grey never once said he didn’t have it in him. He was high on him last year, just said watch the injury bug. Obviously people have noticed since he fell so far in your draft. Doubt that has shit to do with this site. Dude has had every injury under the sun, including a broken back. I’ll admit, I wish I had him over Longoria right now. But I was keeping Longo regardless of what Grey said. And like what bobbo said, you better watch out for the regression. He won’t continue on with his BABIP.
But back to the matter at hand. Part of the reason people like this site is because it is devoid of people like you. If you don’t like the advice, then GTFO. We won’t miss you.
@Timmy Bogar, Yeah Timmy, I can’t believe Grey told us not to draft Wright. He only ranked Wright as the third best 3B right after Bautista and Longo. If he really wanted us to draft him he would have ranked him much higher. His pre-season blurb was full of negative comments like:
“The one non-scientific stat we have to look at is how he’s alternated good power years with bad ones and in 2012 we’re due for a good one.” and
“First fold, his “Just Enough” homers could increase. Second fold, the park’s size may have got in his head and psychologically he may feel more confident about hitting at Metco and end up hitting more homers.”
And those pathetic projections!?!? What sane fantasy basballer would draft a guy who was only going to hit 85/24/100/.290/15>
So yeah, thanks a lot Grey for steering us away from Wright. And by the way, you could have pushed Ryan Braun on us a little harder too.
@L-Boogie,
Awesome
@Timmy Bogar, Cool story Bro.
Your league stinks (Wright 4th).
Your draft strategy stinks (drafting 3 straight OF – Grandy in second).
Oh, and Wright will not break T. Wills record.
Are you really Matt Berry in disguise?
@Timmy Bogar, Just calm down, take a deep breath, and power down your computer (difficult, I know). Now go to the bathroom and take a shower (or a euro-shower of deodorant and cologne, if you prefer), brush your teeth, throw on a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, and ascend the nearest staircase to exit your mother’s basement. Now walk over (or hail a cab) to the nearest pub/club, have a few cocktails, and maybe talk to a few girls (or guys, if that’s your thing). Everything will be better in the morning, except for the pounding headache. Pop a couple of aspirin and re-hydrate and you’ll be as good as new. It’s at this point that you’ll realize that fantasy baseball is just a game, and Grey and Rudy are two of the best in the business in offering advice and analysis (free of charge as well). The frustration and hate will just melt away. Now go get ’em, champ!
@Timmy Gaybar, see what i did there…
@Timmy Bogar, I think the major point that you are missing here, is that many of us read this site because it is actually funny. The prognostications are just guess work. Any baseball nerd can make guesses as to who will perform well, and many of them got jobs writing boring articles for ESPN and Yahoo. The people that enjoy reading their articles are probably the same people that enjoy listening to the horrific ESPN Mike and Mike radio show. The same type of people that used to write letters saying that the Simpsons was too vulgar for TV. I realize that any site like this is only useful for providing up to date info to help me make my own decisions (guesses), however, I choose to read this one everyday because the main writer (actual comedic writer, not nerd turned journalist) is actually funny. I’ll take a site with 50% correct guesses and is funny over a site with 50% correct guesses but is boring, any day of the week.
@Everyone, wow it’s like a suicide cult. This is how they start ya know.
@Timmy Bogar,
Nonsense. The only suicide cult we have is if Giancarlo gets injured.
@Timmy Bogar,
Haters gonna hate…
@Timmy Bogar, LOOK! Out there in the middle of the highway-is that a hundred dollar bill? I’ll wait here while you go check.
In an RCL league, I completed a trade over the weekend that has one of the other managers complaining. I dealt away Lincececum to acquire Nelson Cruz. I’d appreciate any thoughts that Razzball community has on this trade.
Thanks.
@BobbyVCard, Fair trade. We drafted both those guys in one league this year (that team is sucking btw) and drafted Lincecum 3rd round and Cruz 4th round. They’ve both underperformed this season so their pre-season value is close enough to warrant a 1-for-1 trade depending on team needs.
@BobbyVCard, Is he complaining because it’s not a fair trade or is he complaining because he’s upset that he didn’t make an offer for [the guy he likes better]? Maybe he should have made an offer.
any of these guys worth a DL stash? Would probably drop Reed or JD Mart when they return:
Reimold
Jorge De La Rosa
Brett Anderson
@nightpandas, Reimold
SB are the one category keeping me from taking a firm hold on my league. Would it be outta the question to try and trade Howie Kendrick, for either E. Bonifacio or Elvis? Campara is also also available via the waiver but he’s been cold as of late.
Thanks
@Matt, Kendrick for Elvis sure, but I don’t think the other guy would do that.
@Matt, Campanas not been that cold. I believe he went 2 for 4 on Sunday with an RBi and a steal…
He’s Juan Pierre lite…just be patient.
ERAbies. Please add that to the glossary at your earliest convenience. I have several pitchers infected and they’re scaring the villagers.
@supra, I can dig it…
@supra, Ha
Re: Rivera – Pretty sure they just found 7000 more years in a Mayan cave! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18018343
Rank rest of season please:
J Niese, M Minor, J McDonald
@Cheese, McDonald, Niese
@ Grey
What are your feelings on A Gonz? I know in your rankings you said that you could see a chance he could under-perform this year – is this what you were expecting, or are you thinking the power swing return is imminent?
Thanks
@Oz.J., I liked A-Gonz a lot in the pre-season and we ended up w/ him on a few teams (either 1st round pick or high auction price). Right now, the only thing missing for him is the HRs. His HR/FB is at a ridiculous 4% (previous 2 years 16%, 2 years before that 21%). He’s still hitting doubles (at a 50 double pace) and his AVG is about as expected .290. I’m surprised his power hasn’t translated from the NL/Petco but I still think he’s good for at least 25 HRs by year end along w/ strong R/RBI/AVG. But, if I knew then what I knew now, my target price would be a couple $ cheaper.
I wrote that then went to the Player Rater (https://razzball.com/playerrater/) to quantify. We’ve got him worth $15 vs a pre-season $30. It’s been tough going for 1B value so far – the only top 10-15 guys I see who have overperformed are Konerko and Freeman…
@Rudy Gamble, With that in mind, would you consider “buying low” on Freeman with A-Gon? I think I could get Freeman/Kershaw for A-Gon/Marcum
@Joan Chen, i’d make that trade. kershaw a huge upgrade vs. marcum.
Now that Eduardo Nunez got sent to AAA, I’ve lost my infield supersub. Who do you like out of these guys? Sean Rodriguez, Ryan Roberts, Juan Uribe, Cody Ransom, Elliott Johnson (PT an issue)…Ugh, do you see Nunez coming back soon?
@WhineSpritzer, Assuming you had Nunez as SAGNOF, Elliot Johnson is the best bet (while Longoria is out). After that, it’s hot schmotato (Ransom’s been the hottest).
Byrdak or Greg Holland in a holds league? I’m thinking Holland because I own Broxton as well, plus Byrdak only seems to pitch 1/3 of an inning or so each time he comes in so he won’t help my ratios too much.
@Cheese, Sure… Holland…
Hosmer, Santos, and Beckett were all dropped in my league.
Should I pick them up, and who should I drop? Reed and Masterson are my first guess, but not sure about the third if I should.
h2h 12 team with yahoo scoring
C: Yadier Molina
1B: Joey Votto
2B: Dan Uggla
SS: Hanley Ramirez
3B: Will Middlebrooks
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Desmond Jennings, Adam Jones
UTL: Mike Trout, Bryan LaHair
Bench: Adam LaRoche
2SP: Jon Lester, Yovani Gallardo
2RP: David Robertson, Jim Johnson
4P: Ricky Romero, Max Scherzer, Matt Moore, Jamie Garcia, Justin Masterson, Derek Holland, Jarrod Parker, Addison Reed
DL (2 spots only): Evan Longoria, Brett Gardner
@Jack,
I’m last in my league in every pitching ratio catagory (stat wise). Thoughts on what I should do?
@Jack, You don’t want Beckett. Drop Reed and Masterson for Santos and Hosmer.
Rank these three dudes in answering the question: “starting today, who gets full-time closer duties soonest?”
Walden, Balfour, R. Soriano?
@Far Beyond Driven, Soriano, Walden
Fuentes or janssen?
@Flanwagon, Fuentes
any thoughts on Matt Moore? Is it worth trading Trumbo for Moore?
My other SP’s are Marcum, Morrow, McDonald, Price and Sale (Hudson when he comes off the DL)
@harkrider, It’s a fair trade, I think he comes around…
@Grey, Which trade is better?
Trumbo for Moore
or Trumbo and Broxton for Tommy Hanson ( I would pick up Pestano)
The other option is just keep Trumbo at UTIL
My other UTIL options are Espinosa, Rios, LoMo, Youk and Desmond Jennings – we get 2 UTIL spots
Hanson
Rest of the way:
Ackley vs. Scutaro?
Goldschmidt vs. Lind?
@Jay, Ackley, Goldschmidt
Ryan Howard or Michael Morse keeping the DL spot warm in a H2H league?
@Yoshi, Morse
My league allows 3 acquisitions a week. Last week I wasted them all on the wrong closers: Mujica, Cashner, etc. It screwed me over because Jennings didn’t play at all and I couldn’t get a replacement.
So far this week I grabbed Fuentes (I own Balfour) and Thayer for Cashner. I have one acquisition left.
Allen Craig is available and is absolutely mashing but I’m worried he won’t play everyday either with BerkMAN returning. Should I grab Craig to play while Jennings is hurt? Or should I go with someone more likely to get the ABs (Prado, Markakis available).
@blairtch,
I think Allen Craig might get some time at 2nd base. His bat is too hot to keep him off the field and Descalso is just biting it right now.
@blairtch, Even if Craig misses a day, with the way he’s swinging the bat, and with the lineup he’s in, I dare say 6 days of Craig will still be better than 7 days of Prado.
Just my two cents.
Good morning, Grey! Not sure if I have ADD or if I’m trying to be proactive, or both, but there are a few names in my FA pool that have me considering a move. Anyone you can see below that should be dropped for Danny Espinosa and/or Roger Bernadina?:
C – Ruiz
1B – Ike Davis (can’t drop, only 1B)
2B – Jemile Weeks
3B – Joey Bats
SS – Jimmy Rollins
MI – Kipnis
CI – Pedro Alvarez
OF – McCutchen
OF – Jay Bruce
OF – Desmond Jennings
OF – Howie Kendrick
OF – Jordan Schafer
Util – Moustakas
Util – Jed Lowrie
(DL – Youkilis)
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My only “expendable” pitcher that I could fathom dropping for a bat would be Dale Thayer. I have an irrational love for Jemile Weeks and Schafer (SAGNOF, but I can’t quit them), so I’m leaning towards dropping either Pedro Alvarez or Jed Lowrie for Espinosa. Do I have ADDalvarez and should be holding, or is there a move to be made? Thank you for your ePinion.
@Chillmodious, I’d drop Alvarez for Espinosa. Should give you the same shitty numbers but with more steals.
@WhineSpritzer, Ha, that was word-for-word my internal monologue on Alvarez vs Espinosa. Alvarez tantalized 10 days ago and sucked me back in (along with many others), so now I’m stuck in that cycle where I can’t stand him but also can’t stand the thought of dropping him before another power binge.
I’m interested in what Grey has to say about it all too, given that his feelings on Alvarez in recent years are hardly a secret. Anyone else?
@Chillmodious, Agree
Points league (HR/R/RBI-heavy scoring). Mark Reynolds was just dropped. Currently have Chris Davis at 3rd, but don’t have a DL spot but could manage a bench spot for a week or 2. Will Mark Reynolds stop being a bum soon? Will the oblique injury be long-lasting? Should I pick him up?
@jabroni, Pick him up if you have an extra spot…
@Grey, Johnson = Pvt. Pyle = HA!
@3FingersBrown, Ha
Cuddyer or Stubbs this week?
Thanks!
@Schizer Scherzer, Stubbs
Yo Grey! Would you trade Berkman for Mccann straight up? He’d be replacing Doumit at C and I’d have to scramble for a servicable 1B until Morse gets himself healthy, if ever.
@FlyinHawiianPizza, Sure
Tabata over Torres if I need runs?
@Turk Wendell, No
I can definitely understand grabbing Rauch, but considering the Mets are an over-achieving team with a saber-friendly front office (though an old-school manager offsets that to a large extent), they may be in the unique position of actually using their best pitcher as their closer, and that guy is Bobby Parnell. I wouldn’t be shocked if they went either way, but Rauch isn’t striking anyone out, while Parnell is not doing the thing you don’t want pitchers doing this year–walking people. If this team was .500 or below, I’d say it’s almost definitely Rauch, but they’ve been leaning more and more heavily on Parnell lately, and I think the only reason he wasn’t used yesterday instead of Acosta is because he’s had a heavy workload lately (he’d been used both Friday and Saturday).
In one league I have Broxton, Aceves, Janssen and Fuentes now (with Bailey stashed on the DL) and I went straight to Parnell. I’d rather have the guy who’s more likely to run with the job and actually provide secondary value than another lousy saves-first option who isn’t likely to last.
Then again, if he was given the job, Collins would call him into his office to give him the news, but then on the way out he’d probably slip on a banana peel and break his closerbone.
@Mark, Yeah, maybe…
Have Robertson and Reed. Drop Reed for Soriano?
@Wilsonian, Sure
which of these 3b? 12 team h2h
inge, ian stewart, betemit, srod, hannahan, ryan roberts, wigginton
also would you keep mark reynolds on your bench (3 DL spots full with pablo, utley, santos) and drop one of lomo/parra or cut reynolds
thanks
@jaw, Betemit… Drop Parra…
@Grey, thanks. better bench stash – arenado or reynolds? keeper league.
@Grey
Is Jaime Garcia even worth owning in a 12 team mixed league with SP available like Bud Norris, Erik Bedard, and other streamers.
I hate to drop a guy I drafted as a 4th or 5th SP, but he has no trade value obviously.
Would you drop him for the likes of Bud Norris & just pick up streamers?
@Captain Kirk, I’d go with Norris…
Time for my weekly “which 2 should I start” question. 12-team, 5×5, weekly lineups.
Gotta start these guys, right?:
Gio vs Pitt
Bum vs StL
Garza vs Philly (Worley)
Need 2 more of:
Peavy vs Det and @ Cubs
Marcum @ Hou
Lynn @ Dodgers
Volquez vs Dodgers
I’m thinking Peavy and Marcum. But I wasn’t hugged enough as a child so I desperately crave the constant approval and validation of authority figures.
Thanks dude.
@L-Boogie, Yes… Peavy, Marcum
So…..picked up Reed this weekend…..dropped him today!!
Is Chris Davis, Jose Altuve, or Alex Rios worth hanging onto anymore? Some names on free agents are Dirks, LaRoche…..
What about Mike Minor……hold for now or drop?
Thanks!
@golfnut, What’s wrong with Altuve? Steals, scores and hits for AVG.
@golfnut, Lose Minor… Not sure what’s wrong with Altuve either…
Grey, Rudy…anybody..
I’m in need of one or two more solid hitters. My starting pitching is pretty solid. Grienke, Garza, Peavy, D.Hudson,Cahill,Worley, Mcdonald. It’s a standard 12 team h2h league. My closer situation is pretty sagnoffish…Aceves,Thayer, Rauch and Santos on the DL. My lineup is as follows:
C- J. Montero
1b- Votto
2b- Uggla
ss- Furcal
3b- Moustakas (Longoria on DL)
of- Bruce
of- Heyward
of-Luke Scott
util- Kelly Johnson
util- Boeshe
DL- B. Gardner
DL- Morse
I’d like to replace Boeshe with someone a little stronger. I got offered Austin Jackson for Aceves and Rauch. That would put me in dire straights for saves but part of me thinks that those two might not even be closing long term and Rauch is literally a waiver add I made last night. Would you pull the trigger on this and quasi punt saves or sit tight and tread water until I get the likes of Morse,Longoria and Gardner back? I’m currently in 5th place.
Thanks!
@Adam, I’d hold off. When your guys get off the DL you’ll be benching the guy you traded for.
@WhineSpritzer,
I’m torn. I think Jackson’s mostly for real outside of the average. He’s in a great spot to pile up runs and steal 25-30 bags without killing me in homers and rbi. He may see the bench when my guys get healthy…but he may not.
Aceves and Rauch may be on the waiver wire by then too. That’s why I’m torn.
@Adam, I hear ya. I’m not a Jackson fan and I like Boesch. So I don’t think he’s enough of an upgrade over to sacrifice a closer +.
Hold Cishek for now? Already have Perez, Valverde, Thayer, Rauch as well. 10 team, W/L, K, WHIP, K/BB, Saves league. Thinking about dropping him for a stream slot for a pitcher.
@Joan Chen, Yes
Allen craig single handedly beat me last week even tho I had votto and stanton go ham sauce yesterday. On the bright side, I now know who reads razzball in my league…
Anyway, same ol shiz. No matter who I start, one guy on my bench will shine.
Do I have this order right for a util spot? Harper, De Anza, Altuve, Chris Johnson. We have OPS and K’s
Thanks Grey
@Sambo Jenkins, Harper, Johnson, Altuve…
1) Starting Vogelsong vs. CO, Westbrook vs. Cubs? Either or both?
2) What to do with the mess with MI in Milwaukee?
Is it worth picking up Izturis in an NL Only league?
3) Nice hex on LaHair…….can you put a similar hex on Carlos Quentin, Jason Kubel, Danny Espinosa and my ex wife please?
@bean, 1) Vogeksong 2) Nope 3) Got it!
@Grey,Rudy: start Middlebrooks in weekly roto leagues (12 team mixed) or does youk come back at some point this week?
Thanks.
@Herschel, Start him
After checking around in my league to who wanted Halladay (looking for a two for one), one guy offered me my choice of two of Blanton, Worley, Capuano,and Dickey. My response should be:
1. To bombard his inbox daily with lopsided trades
2. A public humiliation on the league message board
3. Or this: http://www.poopsender.com
Thoughts?
@Hunter, I know the desire for revenge is strong, but counter offer with what you think would be a serious trade based on his players. He’ll undoubtably refuse, but at least he’ll know not to send you such lowball offers in the future. I actually had someone accept a counter-offer designed to make a point.
If that doesn’t work, try the public humiliation.
And if that doesn’t work, send the poop.
@Enrique, You’re right, I sent him a counter of his Grienke plus Capuano or Worley.
Fair trade, I assume he declines, but we will see.
Any more ridiculous offers though, I’m going right for option 3.
@Hunter, HA!
Pick up M. Moore and/or McCarthy and drop which? Or hold…
Holland
Lilly
@EK, Both over them…
drop pedro for any of these 3b? 10 team 5×5 h2h
chipper, ingle, daniel murphy, betemit, ian stewart
@jaw, betemit
@Grey, at what point do I give up on Dee Gordon? SS is covered (Reyes and Lowrie) and I hate eating a bench slot with a base stealer who can’t get on base. And nobody in my league is desperate enough to trade for him.
@Abdoozy, Is this an 8 team league?
@Grey, this is a 14 team ESPN H2H league.
@Abdoozy, Hold
So, I know you already said it, but because I’m insecure and vulnerable right now (own BOTH H-Rod and Reed) I want to confirm:
Drop Reed for Santiago? My head is spinning!
Also, do you trust Hammel if he goes tonight vs. NYY? There’s been lingering knee concerns..
Thanks!
@FillyP, Don’t trust Hammel… You can hold Reed if you like… It’s a cluster…
I got KNieuwenhuis and Torres together, I have to make a decision today. Who would you guys keep for the year?
Torres
@Grey, Are you basing this on his ability to steal over Kirk or is this based on Bay coming back and Kirk not having a chair?
@David, I had both of them and had the same decision. I eventually dropped Nieuenheis. He’ll probably end up with a better Avg, but Torres will fill more of the other cats.
@WhineSpritzer, Thanks sir. A godsend would be Allen Craig to play 2nd one of the next two days or I am stuck with Bloomquist as my 2bagger…..gag me with a spoon.
@David, FWIW I was think torres, mainly because Jason Bay will be back soon and well the mets dropped 18mill on him so they will play him IMO
would you trade craig, lynn, castro for tulowitzki and smyly
Yup
@azt, agreed. Even though Tulo is killing me right now.
Hey Grey, two questions:
1- Lose Sale for Norris or Smyly? (I prefer Norris over Smyly)
2- I have 5 Closers and no holder in a hold league.
My Closers are Axford, Marshall, Broxton, HRod, Robertson.
Who would you lose in order to get Benoit or Frieri? (I would say HRod. He simply cant contol his pitches and will lose the job anyway as soon as Storen comes off DL).
Thanks
@Moscowitz, 1. Norris 2. Sure, Frieri
Grey, Rudy, fellow Razzballers — despite the crisis, I’m fine in saves, 1st in my 5×5 16-team league, thanks in part by staying ahead of the curve because of this site.
But I’m weak in the other half of SAGNOF, steals, and the guy in dead last in saves is among the leaders in SBs. Seems like we should be able to make a deal and so far we’re focusing on Victorino and sending him two relievers in return. Which two would you suggest without leaving my cupboard too bear. Please give a first offer and a slightly more generous offer that still makes sense. My closers:
Frank Frank
Cishek
Henry Rodriguez
Jim Johnson
Brian Fuentes
With the extra roster spot I’ll probably pick up Parnell or Casher and hope fate makes them closers at some point (Rauch is already gone).
Thanks!
@Enrique, Any two closers you have… Ask him which ones he wants…
Hi Grey,
Love the blog. Have an extra add this week, and need OF help: Moving fwd, who should I pick up between Dirks, Markakis, or old man, Raul Ibanez>? Thanks.
@Holmes,
Forgot to add Matt Joyce with those guys?
@Holmes, Markakis
@Holmes, Thanks! Joyce
1) Redraft and 2) keeper formats….Reimold or JD Mart?
Stats: R, H, HR, RBI, K, SB, OPS
@nightpandas, Mart…Reimold
Okay. One of those “team” questions everyone hates. 10-Team Yahoo H2H 5×5 standard
C- Doumit
1B- A-Gon
2B- Phillips
3B- Encarnacion
SS- Furcal
IF- Craig
OF- BJ Upton, Hamilton, Berk
UT- Butler, Scott
DL- Longo
Pitching
SP- F-Her, MadBum, Gio, Dempster, Gallardo
RP- Motte, Johnson, Marshall, H-Rod, D-Rob, Putz
Closers are a premium in this league but I am currently getting creamed in W and K’s and ERA (thanks to craptastic closers). Which RP would you drop so you can stream a pitcher? …..understanding that whoever I get rid of will be immediately picked up by another team.
@The Real McCoy, Hard to fathom getting creamed in K’s with that starting rotation! Sure everyone else isn’t way over the innings limit? Anyway, I would try to trade a closer before you straight drop one.
@The Real McCoy,
It’s a h2h league not roto so I can easily see how you are getting creamed in k’s and wins in a weekly league with no innings cap.
If closers really are at a premium and you have 6 of them…somebody in your league is likely needing a closer or two. I’d try to trade 1 for a decent #4 type starter in the Worley,Capuano, Nolasco range. or maybe even package 2 crappy closers for a #4 arm and a decent hitter.
@Adam, Yes. People are streaming pitchers and getting about 9 quality starts per week compared to my 5 or 6 quality starts.
Worley, Capuano, Nolasco, Samajadzija, Scherzer, McCarthy, Milone, and similar pitchers are all available on the wire. I am the only team NOT currently streaming at least 1 pitchers which is why I am getting killed
@Grey: Ramos went down and I need to pick up a catcher. Drop Chris Davis or Mike Minor? Thanks.
@Tomthebod, Minor
1. Lynn for Hosmer. Which side?
2. Pick two for Util spot
7×7 Head to head league that counts hits and total bases as well..
Choo, Trout, Dirks, Hardy
3. Would you trade Cozart+Casilla for Asdrubal (other closers are axford, janssen, cishek, walden, hRod)
@Grey’s da man!, 1 Hosmer 2 Trout, Choo 3. Yup
@Grey’s da man!,
1. Hosmer. Lynn’s not gonna make it through the year.
2. Trout, Hardy
3. Meh, due to your closer depth, sure. But only one of those guys might be saving by the end of the year.
better bench stash (no open DL spots), reynolds or arenado? 12 team h2h keeper league. have pablo on the DL
@jaw, Arenando
Carlos Ruiz and Alex Avila?
@2 Cups 1 Braun, Ruiz
When do you expect Rizzo up? Currently have Ike at first and trying to decide when to add and stash him
@Grey’s da man!, Loyal Cubs fan here reporting…
He’ll probably be up in about a month, maybe less if LaHair keeps struggling. Or if by an act of god they can deal Soriano, he’ll be up sooner.
@Wilsonian, You think he comes in and has issues like last time or will he stick now that he has had another year? Didn’t watch much of him last year so I am curious if he can keep going at the higher level.
@bean, I’m no expert, but I personally feel that when he’s called up it’ll be for good. This Cubs team is going nowhere fast. He has nothing left to prove in AAA. I think they’ll give him every chance to succeed at the Major League level.
Peavy or Wandy going forward? Is it close?
@Miley Cyrus, Peavy… Sure…
@Grey, Thanks Grey – follow up:
Swisher for Peavy
Craig & Kelly Johnson for Price
Would you do either in a vacuum? If you would do both which do you prefer?
@Miley Cyrus, Price or Peavy, in that order…
This is just a shout out to the asshole keepers on my team that aren’t doing shit…
Fielder, Tulo, JUp. Anytime you guys want to realize that the season started already, I’d really appreciate it. With Longo (and now maybe Kemp) hurting, you might want to pick up the slack. It’s tough when E5 has out-homered you assholes.
That is all.
@Wilsonian, Ha, yup…
I had Reed and Rodriguez on 2 teams yesterday. I now have Reed and Rodriguez on 0 teams today. Fuck Reed and Rodriguez!
@MeanMachine, Me too…
@Grey, Seeiously? What’s the ETA on Storen?
June something…
Which two of these three should i start for the week: latos, zambrano, vogelsong
@azt, Latos, Z…
i need to drop someone so i can add an outfielder while desmond jennings is out, 13 team 5×5. Who would you drop or would you play an OF’er down till he is back.
Kenley Jansen, Brett Myers, Jonathan Broxton, Lance Lynn, Edward Mujica, Casey Janssen, Rafael Soriano, Brian Fuentes, Daniel Hudson*, Ross Detwiler,
@aj, I’d probably try to move a closer first. Detwiler.
@aj, Mujica
Anyone have thoughts on Marco Estrada? I streamed him yesterday and he had a pretty good start. He’s got a great K/BB this season but looks like he has a case of gopheritis. Luckily yesterday the 2 he gave up were solos.
@TheBravesWear Prado, I wouldn’t touch him outside of NL-Only leagues…
12 Team H2H Keeper
C: J. Montero
1B: Konerko
2B: Craig
3B: Hanley
SS: Andrus
OF: Heyward
OF: N. Cruz
OF: Harper
UTIL: Ortiz
BN: Belt, Middlebrooks Youkilis (DL)
SP: Anibal
@Nonstoptalk, posted by accident. Full question/lineup a little farther down. Thanks
Weekly format, do i leave kemp in for the week or start bernadina for him?
@quimmy, Start Kemp
10 team. M. Moore and Mccarthy available. Should I drop Lynn, Smyly, Worley for either of the two?
@DjlanceRauch, Smyly for McCarthy
Morneau over Ike – Morneau dues to come back wednesday
@Grey’s da man!, that was a question btw lol
@Grey’s da man!, I’d prefer Ike.
@ grey, is Michael Brantley turning the corner, 3 of his last four games have been multi-hit?
also, i drafted J. Upton and A. Gonzalez with my first two picks, should I just start drinking heavily now or get stuck on the bad end of a buy low trade? Either way I think some type of whiskey will be involved.
@Jack Full of Hate, Brantley doesn’t do much even when he’s going well… They’ll come around hopefully…
12 Team H2H Keeper
C: J. Montero
1B: Konerko
2B: Craig
3B: Hanley
SS: Andrus
OF: Heyward
OF: N. Cruz
OF: Harper
UTIL: Ortiz
BN: Belt, Middlebrooks Youkilis (DL)
SP: Anibal, Detwiler, Latos, Marcum, Beachy, Minor, Peacock, D. Hudson (DL)
RP: Reed, Jannsen, Waldon, H. Rodriguez
Question is…
I was offered Sandoval, Melky Cabrera, Rollins and Josh Johnson for Papi, Andrus, Youkilis and H. Rodriguez. I’m thinking it’s a good trade for me. If nothing else I get rid of Youk and get another arm.
@Nonstoptalk, I don’t like it…
I got tulo for jeter, anibal, & nathan. Did I give too much? I was pretty stacked in the pitching department…
@Booya, A bit
Danny Espinosa or Ian Desmond
@aj, Espinosa
Keep Hrod in for the week? Alternative would be Cishek or Santiago or Hanson vs TB (which scares me a bit). Thanks
@jack, Hanson
@Grey, Thanks. FYI there’s a good article in the Wash Times about Hrod’s blowup. ” Asked if he would go to Rodriguez in the Nationals’ next save situation, Johnson didn’t hesitate.“Yeah,” he said, his sights likely already turning to the team’s upcoming seven-game homestand. “This is just a bump in the road.”
Unlike you I stayed tuned in for the Votto slam. Lost me my lead in ERA and WHIP but got me the lead in RBI, so it was a double sided thing for me. Hrod was complaining about the mound. He also had Heisey down 0-2 for final out and walked him (one was a check swing that could have gone either way). That’s the game tho.
I respect the Hanson suggestion, I actually replaced Hrod with him last night. But that would leave me with only one closer (Putz) and man I don’t trust Tommy vs Joyce, Pena and Zo from the left side. I have benched two CG shutouts so far this year, so I’m not the guy to predict outcomes … also it’s vs Shields. Still undecided!
@jack, Yeah, I hear ya… I think H-Rod will be more or less okay until Storen returns… He ran into a hot hitter yesterday…
Drop Alvarez and/or Lowrie for C. Jones, Duda, Middlebrooks, Tabata or Morales?
@Sam, Yes, Alvarez for Morales, Tabata, Duda…
@Sam, Alvarez for Middlebrooks…
Grey — I was surprised to find Espinosa still on waivers in my competitive, small-roster 16-team redraft roto league, where I need speed more than power. Is he a better backup 2B/UTIL choice than Aaron Hill?
The other border-line hitters I have are Dirks (who seems too hot to drop at the moment) and Jed Lowrie (he’s cooled down but gives me a backup at both SS and 3B). But if I dropped one of those guys instead of Hill, I’d have two backup 2B, which is probably not wise.
So, Hill or Espinosa medium-term?
@Enrique, Hill
Trade my Votto for Josh Hamilton?
@K!cks, It’s fair… I wouldn’t…
bernadina or espinoza in Util spot?
@Grey’s da man!, Espinosa
Drop Arrieta for Milone?
@Jon, Sure
Grey, i hold on to that bum Espinosa all the time and right at the same night i finally cut him for Seager, he starts mashing! What do you think? Would you add him back and lose Seager? Seager looks good at the plate though, much better than Espinosa…
@Moscowitz, I prefer Seager.
@Moscowitz, I’d go with Espinosa…
Would you drop Avila for Ruiz?
@B.o.B, Yup
When should we (if at all) stach Juan Oviedo (Leo Nunez)…I read he is suspended for 8 weeks. We are in week 5, so he will be back in a month, correct?
@HotRod, I wouldn’t stash him…
@Grey,
Do you think he will get the job, assuming Heath Bell is crap?
I am just thinking of picking up like a week before he is re-instated.
Grey,
Should I consider dropping Altuve or Samardzija for J. Weeks? He has been playing well recently. What do you think?
Thanks
@JTR, I’d hold…
Howdy fellas, I’m in a 12 team holds league with a surplus in closers. I recently posted that everyone was available (except Kimbrel) so I can acquire a reliable holds guy. I have Kimbrel, Johnson, Aceves, Dolis, Cishek, and Rauch. I was just offered Benoit for Johnson. He also has Boggs and Wilhelmsen. Gotta accept this, right? Not much left on waivers right now (Bastardo, Morales, Coke) and I don’t see myself dropping anyone to pick up one of those bros.
@Poo Holes, It’s fair…
@Poo Holes,
Since you have all those closers, I’d grab Bastardo over Rauch before moving Johnson. Rauch is crizzappy, while Bastardo is solid in Ks and WHIP, will get holds all year long, and may end up just as good as Benoit. Surprised he’s available in a holds league, actually.
@grey, tabata or boesch?
@Jack Full of Hate, Tabata
would you trade lynn for trumbo?
@Grey’s da man!, It’s fair… I’d aim a little higher…
@Grey, I’ve tried for Cuddyer, Konerko, Hosmer, Freeman, Edwin E, M Young, Lahair..all declined.
currently have Ike at first and an abundance of pitching.
Try for Laroche, berkman? don’t know who else..
Or I would have to trade one of J Zimm, Gio or Anibal, which I would rather not.
@Grey’s da man!, I’d take Trumbo…
@Grey, Cool thanks!
@Grey’s da man!, Made that exact trade (Lynn for Trumbo) about 3 weeks ago when I finally had enough of Reynolds. Been platooning with Middlebrooks or Lowrie when Trumbo’s out (which really hasn’t been very often), it’s worked out berry berry well thus far.
Yeah, could see that…
Lost Ramos in NL only OBP league. Trade Capuano for AJ Ellis, or just pick up Flores off Waivers?
@Mario Mendoza of commenters, Pick up Flores
For a keeper league and given what you have seen so far re performances and Ks, do you prefer Price at one round more expensive than Bumgarner, Bumgarner or about equal? Thank you, sir.
@Eng, Equal
Traded Lance Lynn. Stauffer or Norris as a replacement SP?
Norris
Espinosa or Torres for the month?
Espinosa
Grey, i have to sort out some things on my rosters. Look i think i need to part ways with Lind and Rasmus…talented my a…
The options would be Cespedes, Goldschmidt, Rios, Wells, Thames, Dirks…
Dirks, Cespedes…
@Grey,
on the dl (cespedes)
@chata, No problem at all. I can DL him. i would probably even take the dead corpse of Cespedes over Rasmus or Lind.
@Moscowitz,
if lind goes 4 for 4 tonight , we’ll know who to blame .
Lynn for BJ Upton…who wins??
Upton
@Grey: Espinosa or Elliot Johnson over Altuve?
I’d give Altuve a little more rope…
@Grey, Gotcha, ill give him another week. Have Stanton and Votto on that team, man, what a day yesterday! Very nice to see Votto pick it up. Looks like Trout is outperforming Harper as you said. You think he is a BJ-lite?
Trout can be better than Upton… Not the average drain… Less power though for this year… 10-ish homers, 25-ish steals…
@Grey, To upgrade my 2B, i can try to trade for Kendrick. The guy also has Cano, who he won’t give up. Is giving up BJ too much for Kendrick?
@ThE sHiT, It’s fair…
Stanton’s on the market in my league…here’s my squad:
C- Montero
1B – Votto
2B – Uggla
3B – Freese
SS – Andrus
OF – Dread Pirate
OF – Kendrick
OF – Trout
Util – Harper
DL – Gardner
DL – Longoria
SP – Gallardo
SP – Gio
SP – Garza
SP – Zimmermann
SP – Lynn
SP – Latos
SP – Cahill
SP – Smyly
RP – Putz
RP – Casilla
RP – H Rod
It’s a 10 team, H2H league. What type of offer should I throw at the guy for Stanton? I feel I really need to add the power to my OF
Gio or Zimmermann for him? Add in a closer?
@Grey, Thanks! What about Dread Pirate for Stanton?
It’s fair…
trade worley and sale for lincecum? 12 team h2h 5×5
I’d take Lincecum…
Let’s say, hypothetically, you’re significantly ahead in saves but behind in SB- do you drop Fuentes for Dyson to fill in for Kemp?
Yeah, in shallower leagues…
@royce!, Couldn’t you trade a closer for a speedster with a better track record and starting gig? Maybe Bonifacio or a slumping Stubbs or maybe Maybin?
Alot of questions today…sorry Grey but rank these guys for holds please:
Frieri, Benoit, Holland, Wilton Lopez, Burnett, Boggs
Thanks
Benoit, Frieri…
Hey Gray,
Didn’t you mean Votto Ving, Votto Voom?
In a 4×4, no runs, 16 team where bats just don’t come available do you like Andy Dirks or Jason Kubel for the remainder of the year?
Nope… Kubel…
good afternoon grey….
i was offered Anibal and Trout for my Pujols.
Would you take it? Thanks!
@mrobs, Afternoon… I’d hold Pujols…
@Grey: Please rank: JD, Frenchy, Morneau, Carp.
@ThE sHiT, Frenchy, JD, Carp…
@Grey, Sorry, i forgot to add Alonso in there also. Is he after Carp?
@ThE sHiT, Alonso, Carp
Start League or Aceves in my RP spot?
@Jamal, league
deep H2H-Points league (SB=3pts, CS=-1pt, BB=1pt, Strikeout=-1pt, 1B=1pt, 2b=2pts, etc.)
Dozier or Pastornicky?
@Commish Cauda, Dozier
Someone wants to give me Hardy for Bonifacio….I am hurting for power and am decent for steals…plus I think I can pick up Campana from under everyone’s noses to compensate for the SB I’m losing with Boni…and his average is better. I’d lose the multi-eligibility of Boni tho.
Good deal, or is Hardy going to whimper outsoon?
@scott, I’d take Hardy if you need power…
Seager & Lynn FOR Haren & Dozier?
Haren
@Grey, he’s balking on Haren. What about Latos instead?
Seager & Lynn FOR Latos & Dozier?
It’s fair… I’d hold there..
@Grey, thanks…sorry for all the follow-ups.
He really wants Seager…
Seager FOR Dozier & Dirks?
@Commish Cauda, It’s fair…
@ the crowd:
Anything wrong with Aramis that some warmer weather won’t fix? Going to make a play for him but are there any underlying issues I should be aware of?
Was going to send the SS on a scouting mission but their ranks are thin so I would appreciate the Razzback.
Rainbows for everyone,
-YHL
He should be better much better…
I need to drop someone to get Cliff Lee off the DL for his start tomorrow. Shallow 12-team 5×5 league. My choices to drop are: Ichiro, Altuve, Rickie Weeks, Trout, Frank Francisco, Chris Sale, or Sean Marshall. Who would you drop?
Sale
AGon and J. Weeks or Cutch and Allen Craig?
In a 10-team Yahoo that uses OPS and Net Steals… Thanks!
McCutchen, it’s fair… Depends on needs…
Span or Alonso
Alonso
I’m in a league with walks and doubles+triples as well as the other five standard categories. Who do I bench out of this group?
Lawrie, Berkman, Justin Upton, Allen Craig.
Thank you.
Berkman
MadBum and ManBoob (Butler) or Gallardo and Konerko? Butler’s not 1B eligible.
Gracias amigo.
Gallardo… Nice on MadBoob…
Please Rank:
Pence, Heyward, A Jackson, Joyce, BJ Upton
Pence, Heyward, Upton, Joyce…
@Grey, so followup, you think J Zimm or anibal is a good trade for any of those first 3?
Yup…
@Grey, followup to the followup, try and trade anibal first?
Zimmermann first…
Grey are you really so concerned about Sales elbow? I was about to drop him today but then i went and watched a clip of his last start and he actually wasnt all that bad. Velocity was absolutely there aswell. I mean considering the whole circus around his role in the team, skipped start, losing timing and routine, rainy day…i think i better hold for right now and wait for his next start to reevalute him.
I’m absolutely concerned… No reason to drop him for no reason, but I’m worried…
Yesterday afternoon, Vin Scully called A.J. Ellis “The Amazing A.J. Ellis.” Despite being a White Sox guy, I texted my league-mates that Pierzynski is now officially “The other A.J.”
Last week he batted 7-15, 0.467 BA, 2B, 3B, HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 3 BB.
I just thought I’d tell you this because I’ve told everyone else that I know. Also, very few people have seen the movie “Short Cuts” which you’ve quoted a few times recently, and for that I’m appreciative. What an underrated movie that is. And it’s loaded with star-power.
Yeah, I remember you as a proponent of Ellis…
Trade offer here in a H2H 12 team league…
Bruce
Aceves
for
Berkman
D Ortiz
I have Bruce but I like the upside of Berkman and Ortiz and could use either of them to trade later in year. My team is 4th overall and my hitting is solid. I need some pitching but I figure better to have 2 good players than one. I know Ortiz wont sustain this pace but he should be good rest of the way .Thoughts?
-G-
Don’t love it…
Hundley or FLores. 12 team 2 catch league.
Flores
Grey: serious q: who would u rather have ROS, Derek Lowe or beckett?
Beckett
One more: Lance Lynn or Beckett? THANKS!
Still Beckett
(Weekly Start League): Derek Holland (one start, @HOU) or Anthony Bass (two starts, @WAS, LAA)
Innings divided by games started and Quality Starts are the extra cats. in addition to the five normal cats.
Bass
Grey
start Morrow against Tampa tonight?
In most leagues, yeah…
I’m assuming you would prefer Craig over Lowrie at CI. Would you pick up Ibanez over Lowrie for util this week?
I would…
H2H-Points league
ROS…Bernadina or Gerardo Parra?
Bernadina
I commented above about my anxiety re: starting Hanson vs TB cuz of the left sided power (they have a bunch of lefties who pound righties). checked Hommy’s splits, my god he is horrific against lefties. 6.10 ERA and .314 BA against lefties, 1.1 ERA vs Righties. More pronounced this year, but has consistently sucked against lefties past two years. So that resolves the issue for me. But he has started looking good (still has tendency to give up stung repeatedly when he tires. O Flaherty bailed him out after three straight line drive hits yesterday) so we’ll see …
Gotcha…
Frank Frank still the closer and the team believes he is tipping his pitches……..I believe he is throwing crappy pitches in bad locations.
This might say more about Jon Rauch and Parnell than anything else.
@bean, True
Danny Duffy has been diagnosed with a torn UCL.
Vin Mazzaro has been called up to pitch tomorrow. At TEX.
I smell a Mazzacre.
@Eddy, that would be funny if I didn’t own Duffy, Luebke, Mariano, Reynolds, Panda, Santos and Ramos
@Commish Cauda, Who else do you own so I can trade them immediately?
@bean, heh heh
deep h2h-points
ROS…Lilly or Latos?
@Commish Cauda, Latos
Hi Grey
I’m not going to lie – the 3 man interviews are a little crowded! I think Pardo felt a little cornered!
OK, so I’m in a standard category weekly HTH league and I want to see what you would do. My opponent’s offense is at least as good as mine.
Opponent: 7 starts & 1 closer
[Henderson Alvarez (vs TB, vs NYM) Chris Capuano (@SD) Ryan Dempster (vs CHW, @StL) Doug Fister (vs MIN) Gio Gonzalez (vs PIT)
Jim Johnson – closer]
Me: 8 starts & punt saves OR 7 starts & 1 closer
[Gallardo (@NYM, vs MIN) Garza (vs PHI) Hamels (vs BOS) Anibal Sanchez (vs PIT, @CLE) Weaver (@SD) Zimmermann (vs PIT)]
Would you pull any of my starts and put in Henry Rodriguez (we’d both have 7 starts and 1 closer) or would you leave it (me up 8-7 starts but I punt saves)?
Thanks!
Bermuda Triangles
Get Lost!
@Bermuda Triangles, Yeah, it’s packed with sausages… I’d pull Hamels and put in a closer…
@Bermuda Triangles, Nice staff.
I meeeeeeeeeean, I like your pitchers.
Start Scherzer tomorrow @ CHW and/or vs. PIT Sun?
Cahill @ COL Thurs?
Stauffer vs. LAA Sat?
Thanks!
@Jon, Start Scherzer, Stauffer…
I am up against an opponent with a lot of SP starts this week in a 12-team H2H points league – start Friedrich with starts @SF and vs.Sea?
@nick m., I would and am…
In an OBP league, Tabata or Andres Torres?
@Goose, Torres
Would you trade Janssen for Jay?
@Steven, Yup
Hello Grey. I drafted Howie Kendrick in both of my leagues and he is starting to make Pujols look good. Should I be worried about him?
Related to that, would I be crazy to trade my Votto for Cano? I can then insert Butler into 1B. That would mean that I would start Krispie Young at Util once he comes off the DL. Probably doesn’t make sense.
Your thoughts would be appreciated Grey. Thanks much.
@yankees2012, Kendrick’s hitting over .330 the last couple of weeks, with 2 HR and an OPS better than .900. What did you expect when you drafted him? True, he’s had a few 0-fers, but he’s also gone 4-for-4, 4-for-5.
Obviously, Kendrick’s not Cano, but I’d rather have Votto than Cano as long as you still have a spot to play Krispie in the OF rather than at the UTIL spot once he comes back.
@Enrique,
True enough. I guess his numbers hadn’t been leaving an impression. I would feel better with a little more consistency, especially in H2H, but he ain’t bad. Apparently I now have a spot with Jennings on the DL.
My infield of Kendrick, Cozart and A-Roid doesn’t seem to be producing at any sort of consistent rate any my H2H losses in 2 of the last 3 weeks shows it.
Thanks for the input Enrique.
@yankees2012, Late on this, but I own him in H2H and he actually had a pretty good week last week. Think the fact that he went 0-5 yesterday and stranded a whole team’s worth made it seem worse than it was ;-)
@yankees2012, I didn’t realize it was H2H … that may change something. I’ve only ever played roto.
Kendrick doesn’t grab headlines, and it’s true he isn’t always a steady performer, but there are plenty of worse options. Good luck.
@Enrique, You are right about the fact that it could be worse. H2H does change things slightly, but he did actually have a productive week. It just seems like every time I watch him lately on the MLB Channel, he doesn’t do much.
I am sure I could look elsewhere on my team for bigger culprits.
Thanks.
@yankees2012, ^Agree
@Grey,
i think young’s projections should be subject to re-evaluation .
i don’t think that he’s going to be walking on water .
in fact , put me in the “in over his head” camp .
@Grey, weekly league. Latos @nym or Marcum @hou? Thanks.
@Herschel, Both? Marcum…
I just got offered Greinke for Asdrubal. This would leave my infield looking like Pujols, Kelly Jo, Aviles, E5, with Cozart at MI and Middlebrooks at CI. Try to get him to throw in Hardy and include one of the closers mentioned in comment #106? (Maybe Dolis or Aceves?) Or just take the deal as is?
@Poo Holes, I’d take Greinke…
Hi again Grey
If you were trying to acquire Cano
Which pitchers would you be willing to part with along with Kelly Johnson
So K Johnson + who for Cano
My 6 best SPs are:
Weaver
Hamels
Gallardo
Garza
Anibal Sanchez
Zimmerman
So who would you be willing to let go, and in what order?
Thanks!
Bermuda Triangles
Get Lost!
@Bermuda Triangles, Garza, Zimmermann or Anibal…
@ Grey
Which side do you want (12 team 5×5)
A Gonz & Nelson Cruz or Bruuuuce & R Zim?
Thanks
@Oz.J., A-Gon
Do you start Morrow tonight in a 9-teamer? 20 IP ahead of pace…
@Steve, Nope
grey, love the site, read multi times every day
standard yahoo h2h league
my team: m.montero, m.young, kipnis, arod, j rollins, granderson, torii, la hair, wells, craig (dl gardner, ellsbury, quentin)
2 questions
what to do with the outfielders?
who to give to try to get pujols/texiera/fielder?
mucho thanks
@mr dude, Thanks! Try to trade your surplus OFs… LaHair, Craig and A-Rod for one of those 1st basemen…
Pujols/League vs Beltre/MadBum – which side wins? or is it fair?
Beltre
Grey,
10×10 (Add CG,SHO,BB, and IP) ,H2H,
Jaime Garcia and Matt Moore are somehow available on waivers
Would you drop any of the following pitchers for the two?
Latos
Minor
Volquez
Capuano
Keep up the awesome work! Much Obliged.
Minor for Moore
Hello Grey,
It’s a keeper league. Ellsbury ($21) and Motte ($27 .. yeah the prices were inflated as it got late in the draft) for Stubbs ($21) and Mauer ($58)? Which side would you rather have? Thank you.
Mauer
grey, thanks for the fast reply – one of the many features that make your site so awesome
@mr dude, No problem…
12 teams, H2H, 5×5, Non Keeper
My SPs are Bumgarner, Gio, J-Zimm, Anibal, Marcum, Latos, Capuano, Cahill
Would you drop Cahill or Capuano to pick up Samardzija ?
@Vince, Capuano
@Grey: Trade my Jose Altuve for his Dee Gordon? 12 team dynasty 10×10 roto. Thanks!
@Bill Lumbergh, I would…
This looks like the Morrow we know.
@Steve, Hmm… Can’t tell if that means he’s doing well or not…
@Grey, Started with two walks, struck out a pair and then a fielder’s choice.
@Steve, That does sound like him… I hope he gets bombed… Sorry if you own him…
@Grey, On three teams.
@Steve, Ha… Okay, not bombed, but not terrific…
@Grey, You against him in H2H or something?
Rudy owns him in the RCL…
@Grey, Ah. It all makes sense to me now.
Is Smyly worth starting in a 14 team this evening?
@rentz, Yup
Who do you start: Santana vs. Oak, Lowe @ Min, or Bass @ Wsh?
@Sam, Ervin
Another steal from KJ. This is what we like to see.
@Steve, And there’s Lind to spoil all the fun.
Are the times on the posts adjusted to your local time or are the in the time zone of Razzball Headquaters?
I’ll know as soon as I hit submit.
@Hondo, Razzball HQ is PST
shyam was a sham .
cust kayin’ .
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/19044390/mlb-fires-arbitrator-from-braun-case
@chata, Interesting…
Aha-3 hours behind my time.
12 team H2H 10×10 Usual plus 1b,2b,3b,ops,K
My LaRoche for Prince straight up?
@Hondo, Sure
10 team H2H, this week my opponent is punting saves (unless Sale somehow ends up in the pen again ha). Should I bench Robertson, Downs and/or Marshall once I get a save? Or am I just overreacting to the closepocalypse?
@Sam, Yeah, bench them after a save if he has no one else going…
Niemann out of the game after Lind hit him with a comebacker.
@VinWins, That officially makes Niemann the unluckiest pitcher in baseball.
@Steve, They said before the game that Lind hits Niemann well.
@VinWins, As a Lind owner, I am now even more pessimistic than I was before the game started.
@Steve, Yeah, we were hoping that Niemann was what Lind needed to get going.
@VinWins, He won’t properly get going til I drop him.
@Steve, Ha. I’m starting to doubt that even that will help.
Thanks for the heads up! If only you could’ve told Niemann in time…
@Grey, Ha!
Good Evening Grey,
Top 2 setup guys with possibility of saves for ROS? (6×6 Yahoo w/Holds)
R Soriano, A. Reed, A. Cashner, J. Walden
Thank you.
Soriano, Walden
@Grey:
Once again, it seems that 1 of your advertisers are trying to get our computers with BS. This is the 2nd time my antivirus has given me this warning, both times on your site (and I’ve been on plenty others in the meantime).
Access denied !
Details:
Web page:
http://remainly.net/
Description:
Access to the web page was blocked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
The web page is on the list of websites with potentially dangerous content.
@Adam, Thanks for the heads up, looking into it…
@Adam, So I think I removed the offender, but it’s hard to say for sure since I’m not seeing this ad. If you see it again, please let me know.
bryce … standing o
@chata, Took him long enough.
am watching the detweiler game .
saw the kid’s 1st homer .
other side of the coin : an hour and 20 minutes into the professional career
of sandy leon (c) , he gets bowled over and loses a knee (maybe caused by an espinosa short-bouncer on the throw , but he also took a nice forearm to the face)
anyway , after watching y.a. start 2 for 2 , i think that it’s time to give Steve some props for the role that he has played in helping y.a. raise his average up 50 points .
well done .
@chata, Best argument you’ll find for stats over scouting. I’ve never seen him play ;-)
@chata, What’s that horrible screeching sound? Oh, it’s the notion that a player plays well when picked up by Steve straining credulity! Looks like credulity’s headed to the DL! Tough break…
JK, props to Steve for picking up Alonso. I just grabbed him in another RCL. Having watched Alonso hit line drive after line drive right at fielders throughout April, I should have moved faster to pick him up. Guess I’ve let my real baseball pessimism creep into my fantasy decisions.
Feeling very smug about grabbing Dunn in a 9-team league…
@Steve, As he feels snug in his uni.
@Grey, Imagine him and Brox on the same team. They’d have to do the laundry in an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
@Steve, HA! Hilarious…
@Steve, As well you should. I’m also happy that I grabbed him in the RCL, but I doubt I would have gone anywhere near him in a 9-team league.
@royce!, Yeah, I thought twice, if not more about it. It helps that we count OBP, though we also count hitters’ Ks, so that might even it out a little – think I’ve had a 1 in hitters’ Ks every year since I joined this league…
Middlebrooks or Lowrie
@Sam, Middlebrooks
And now a Lind error scores a run for the Rays.
Bad to worse.
@Steve, It all be unravelling now.
@Steve, At least only 1 earned
@VinWins, I blame the guy on Twitter who said he had a no-hitter going.
@Steve, Ha. I blame myself for picking up E. Johnson, and then forgetting to put him in my lineup.
who do you like better from here:
detwiler or cahill (5×5)
@paulzone, Cahill… I just got screwed by Detwiler…
@Grey, i didn’t start him (sorry) and i figure if i can’t trust him against san diego, than it’s pack your bags…might as well stash santos for him or pick up smyly
@paulzone, Go with Smyly… Or are you saying I should do that? I wish!
@Grey, Smyly gave me a pretty similar line to Detwiler tonight.
Me no Smyly.
If the object of baseball was to leave the bases loaded as many times as possible in one game, I’m pretty sure the cubs would be a really, really good team. F my real baseball life.
@Slappy Pappy, I’m right there with you-I think Ryan Dempster might have been built on top of an ancient Native American burial ground…
@royce!, Yep. Maybe we can get Soriano to sacrifice a chicken to remove that curse. And help him hit a slider. Or hit anything.
h-rod …. drop him
I think Lind is starting to let his struggles affect his defense.
Frank squared with the save tonight. Glad I kept him on my roster when I picked up Rauch…
Reddick with his 9th dinger in the 1st off Haren…
Crazy how hot Reddick’s been…
@Grey, yeah, kinda wish I didn’t lose him for Trumbo now.
HRod is pooping all over my ERA and WHIP… he’s gotta be out as closer now, right? Any value in picking up Burnett? Over Hector Santiago?
Ugh… Might be… Can grab Santiago…
@Grey, Can grab both and all it will cost me is either Cozart or Altuve (both riding my bench and rarely get into the lineup)
@bobbo, Sure, lose Cozart…
Hmmm. Sitting Broxton because the Royals can’t possibly win in Texas isn’t working out so well.
Delgado over Smyly or Parker?
@Wilsonian, I would over Smyly…
Effing Soriano getting the save. What’s that about?
@Steve, Robertson’s hurting…
I love it when I take the time to send a fair trade proposal and then it sits there for days without a reply. How hard is it for someone to hit reject if they aren’t interested?
@letsgobravos, I concur 110%. Especially when they’re online making moves in the meantime.
12 team, 5×5
Trade my Lynn and Aybar (blech) for Andrus?
Lynn is currently the #1 ranked pitcher according to CBS.
Thanks dude.
@L-Boogie, No problem… Sure, I’d take Andrus…
Drop HanKRod for Soriano?
@Jon, Yup
Someone should remind Han Rod that he’s only a temporary closer. He has no business putting up these full-time closer numbers.
Harper now tied for HRs with Pujols. Cheap shot, I know, but I’m pretty sure you’re obligated to praise Big Baby Jesus and slam Pujols whenever possible… especially if you can do it in the same sentence.
@Awesomus Maximus, Ha! Yes, you are…
Drop Robertson for Soriano?
Only other possible drops would be Sale or Fister.
@Wilsonian, Sale
Apparently Robertson has a sore ribcage. Could be sent for tests tomorrow.
@Steve, ah, just read that on Rotoinfo. That could be a problem for his owners.
@Wilsonian, sure wish I woulda dealt K-Rob for Jansen a few days before Jansen got the closer’s gig like I had offered to me…damn…
Could you rank the following for short and long term saves?
H. Rodriguez, Thayer, Janssen
@I’m Keith Hernandez, Janssen, Thayer…
I just got offered Pujols for Pedroia. I have to take that, right?
I’d take Pujols…
Can I have one for Wednesday, please? 12 team H2H.
Richard v LAD
Porcello v CWS
Wolfman @ Astros
Paulino v Baltimore
Drabek v NYY
Thanks!
Wolf… Don’t love them….
@Grey, Neither. Normally I wouldn’t need one, but I’m pretty nervous about starting Milone @ Texas.
Meant to ask this with my last question. Better ROS, Lynn or Peavy? Want to trade one of them before the inevitable regression or injury, respectively.
Thanks dude.
Peavy…
C’mon Angels – need a run. I’m on the Holds hunt again.
@Steve, Useless Angels. That’s pathetic.
Right said Fried! Overcoming the serious handicap of sharing a name with, let’s say, the third least popular Holy Roman Emperor, Christian Friedrich’s putting up great numbers. Oh, wait, it’s against SF.
@Long Bawls, You jinxed him…
Wei-Yin Chen or Miley tomorrow?
@nick m., Chen
Drop HRod for Burnett, Reed, Downs, Thayer, Casey Janssen?
@B.o.B, Reed
Hey John, Danks for nothing! See what I did there? What a turd.
@Cole, Ha
Tulo hurt by a ball hit into the dugout…
@Steve, Uh-oh… Is it bad?
@Grey, Not sure. Singled in his next at-bat then left the game.
@Steve, Not bad…..he wanted to stay in but was not running well to first base. Seems like a precaution to me.
Ruiz over Arencibia in 12 team H2H where OBP counts as well as AVG?
@Steve, Yup
Kemp to DL, Sands called up
@B.o.B, Damn….
Jennings also to the DL.
Think Burnett is gunna be the guy in Washington? Wouldn’t Clippard get some looks?
Do you think that Aroldis Chapman will get the closer job or possibly a starting job in the near future?
Which one to pick up off waivers: Norris, Randall Delgado, Friedrich.
Already have Hanson and Beachy if that matters.