Hope our five girl readers had a beautiful Mother’s Day yesterday. I sent my mother a trade offer sending her Tyler Flowers and Goodrum. She appreciated the thought. Also, I wore pink the entire day for you mothers, because that is a very girly color that baseball keeps perpetuating every year. Why can’t mothers be into purple or lavender or mauve or rose or fuchsia or flamingo or other shades of a color similar to purple or pink? How about next year all players wear lavender pants suits for Mother’s Day? Ooh, I have an idea. Since all pink bats are relegated to the trash bin after Mother’s Day, how about players use them again to raise awareness to spay or neuter your pets? Like an in-heat bitch (medical term in vet school), George Springer was hot with that pink bat (more vet med terms), going 5-for-5, 5 runs, 4 RBIs with his 14th and 15th homer, hitting .321. The good news is he’s finally living up to his top 10 potential. The bad news is his owners from last year are on suicide watch. But, hey, it’s not us, right?! (Actually, it is me. Damn.) Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Corbin Martin – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks as he was called up to replace Collin McHugh in the rotation. Kids outside Beverly Hills High School, “Corbin Martin graduates! Corbin Martin graduates! Corbin Martin graduates!” That other guy screaming out the window, that’s the guy who has been holding Forrest Whitley all year. As for Martin, Prospect Mike said, “Martin is a college arm with experience both in relief and in the rotation. His plus fastball/slider combo would work in either role, but he had a great year as a starter in Double-A, throwing over 100 innings with a walk rate under three and a strikeout rate around 8.5. Also, 8.5 is what I give Grey as a boss, on a scale of one to a million.” Not cool, man. Martin was also throwing wipeout butter-yum-yum this year in Triple-A (10+ K/9, 1.48 ERA), and could be worth grabbing in all leagues.
Alex Bregman – 3-for-5, 5 RBIs and his 11th and 12th homers, hitting ..277. No foolsie, how did Springer knock in 4 RBIs and batting right behind him Bregman knocked in 5 RBIs? Yo, Astros are cheating. Not cool, and busted.
Gerrit Cole – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.88. Whenever I see his name in the box score “G. Cole,” I start singing, “Can’t get enough, can’t get enough, Cole world.” Just me? Okay.
Elvis Andrus – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .327. Elvis is so hot TV cameras are being told to only shoot him from the waist up. Weird times.
Tyler Glasnow – Hit the IL for a month to six weeks with a mild forearm strain. Ah, yes, one of those “mild” forearm strains. “Hey, Jimmy, can your mom pick us up after school?” “She’s recovering from a ‘mild’ stabbing, but should be able to get us around 2:45.” “Great, tell her Happy Mother’s Day!” “I’ll hop into that ‘mild’ emergency room and do just that!” As for actionable intel, think you have to hold Glasnow, but I’d be shocked if you get anything else good from him this year, especially the way he came out of the game, calling for the trainers himself.
Blake Snell – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.56. But he got the loss, which is all that matters (to people who don’t understand what matters). What a shame (if you don’t get why wins and losses are stupid). I also feel bad for those with parenthetical blindness (but not really).
Austin Meadows – 2-for-4 and his 8th homer, as he led off. Let’s see if we can follow this logic. He returned on Friday and hit leadoff while homering. Then he hit sixth on Saturday, and didn’t homer. Then he hit leadoff on Sunday and homered again. SAT Question of Day! Where should Meadows hit in the next game? A) Leadoff. B) You don’t understand obvious shizz. C) There’s no C. D) All of the above. I’m guessing Kevin Cash will choose B, C or D.
Masahiro Tanaka – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.44. He’s been great, headed for his best season ever, yadda3, but what I really wanted to point out is the Yankees’ lineup has Gio Urshela hitting third. El oh eff, wow, interjection of surprise, I mean, woof with a side of blech in a vomitorium.
Felix Hernandez – 2 1/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 6.52. Comatose F-Her Fan, “Hey, guys I’ve been in a coma since 2016, but I’m a big F-Her fan and I was wondering if you guys wanted to go to his Hall of Fame induction ceremony with me. Guys…? Where are you going? Why is everyone walking away from me with weird looks?”
Michael Chavis – 3-for-5, 5 RBIs, hitting .282. There’s this weird thing that happens sometimes. A guy is called up, does better than he has any right doing, and, while he’s <high beams>still</high beams> performing well, people want to drop him for no conceivable reason. Here’s an idea, wait until Chavis stops performing to drop him. Cool? Cool.
Rafael Devers – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI, hitting .336 and hitting around .500 in the last week, and still only has two homers on the year, but with five steals. Devers is such a throwback he’s been wearing one of those super-baggy uniforms–Wait a minute, Dustin Pedroia has been playing all year wearing Devers’s uniform, hasn’t he?
J.D. Martinez – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer. Double Just Dong just for the mothers. What a good boy.
Harold Ramirez – Called up from the minors. The Marlins haven’t been this excited for a rookie H. Ramirez since Hanley Ramirez. Was a shame that Hodor Ramirez never panned out. I grabbed Harold Ramirez in so many leagues you’d think I slept with Jeter and got one of those coveted Harry & David gift baskets. Ramirez has been traded multiple times in the minors, getting passed around like CBD oil with a bunch of arthritic hippies, but he looks like a 10/20/.260 hitter and he’s been having a bit of a breakout season in the minors this year, so maybe there’s more here.
Corey Seager – 1-for-3, 5 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .227. I don’t mean to laugh, but can you imagine drafting Seager in the top five rounds and this is the shizz you get? I’d have some major FBBOMO.
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 8 IP, 0 ER, 2 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 1.72. *presses doorbell, door slowly opens* “Hello, Mr. Ryu, I am hear to wrap your groin in bubble wrap so nothing happens to it.”
Miles Mikolas – 7 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.83. The Streamonator liked this start, and hates his next one, and, in most shallower leagues, Mikolas is around that of a cutoff. Guess you can call him a Miles marker.
Paul Goldschmidt – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer, hitting .270. Au Shizz!
Jose Martinez – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .339. Boring blurb about my team alert! In the last update, I was in the top ten for RCL teams, and I’ve owned Jo-Ma for the last three to four weeks. Haven’t really thought about dropping him for a while, and that’s a 12-team mixed league with lots of options.
Josh Bell – 4-for-4, 3 runs, 5 RBIs and his 10th homer, hitting .319. Okay, so I should’ve dropped Jo-Ma for Jo-Be when I had the chance. Damn, Bell is having a legit breakout that will burn everyone next year when they draft him. Call it a premonition, or a gut call after three mimosas.
Max Fried – 5 IP, 3 ER, 10 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.25. Well, I’m glad he’s healthy, but not that glad because he gave me a bleh start.
Luke Jackson – 2 IP, 0 ER and his 4th save, ERA at 2.25. Jackson’s beginning to look like the SAGNOF pickup of the year. Unless you were in one of those shallow leagues where you could pick up Shane Greene three weeks into the season. In related news, Craig Kimbrel turned to the back of his sudoku book and cheated on his puzzle.
Jon Duplantier – 3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 2.25. Around noon yesterday, “Man, I am excited I was able to get Duplantier in my NL-Only league. Doode’s gonna rock out running his arbitration clock out!” Around 4 PM, “Wait, why did they bring him into middle relief? Eff me.”
Adam Jones – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, hitting .272, and his 2nd homer in as many games. “Why is that petunia grabbing my ankle? Oh my God, it’s a Zombino hand!”
Matt Olson – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer, hitting .214. Great sign that he was able to hit a home run after he had his hamate bone removed. If he made like a Siamese twin, and showed me another dong soon, I’d be even happier.
Jefry Rodriguez – 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.92. Whether I believe in him or not (I don’t), the Streamonator loves his next start and I can understand why.
Dereck Rodriguez – Optioned to the minors, because he was pitching like Dreck Rodriguez. I looked to grab Tyler Beede in all of my NL-Only leagues; he could stick and be dominate, or at least better than Dreck.
Madison Bumgarner – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.88. Bumgarner revealed the teams on his no-trade list by cutting into a cake that said, “Will it be a cupcake, a stud muffin or a Yankee?”
Yaisel Puig – 1-for-3 and his 7th homer, and 2nd homer in two games, hitting .217. “We can use his body for mulch, but if the neighbors see us fertilizing with a dead body, they might rat us out because we didn’t buy Girl Scout cookies from their kid–Wait! He just moved! Puig’s alive!”
Zach Davies – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.54. Feels like every year Davies goes on one of these insane runs, then the Regression Fairies show up at your doorstep in stretch pants, talking about how they saw the cutest boy at their spin class.
Jon Lester – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 10 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.16. Obviously, he’s not pitching that well, but he is pitching about as well as the 15th best starter in baseball. His xFIP is equal to that of Chris Paddack, Noah Syndergaard and Jose Quintana.
Steve Cishek – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 2nd save, ERA at 2.84. I’m holding Strop, but it would not shock me at all if Cishek took the Cubs’ closer job and ran with it. Similar but different to Augusten Burroughs’s fantasy team he named, Running with Cishek.
Kris Bryant – 3-for-4, 3 runs,. 2 RBIs and his 8th homer. I kinda wanna say sell him again just to fuel him even further. Can I reverse jinx sell (RJS) him to 50+ homers?
Spencer Turnbull – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners (4 BBs), 6 Ks, ERA at 2.42. Instead of taking the Pablo Lopez route to a 4+ ERA, Turnbull is chipping away at his value, going from Turnbull to Charles Barkley pronouncing “Turnbull” over the course of a few starts.
Daniel Norris – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.63. His peripherals (6.8 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, 4.82 xFIP, garbage swinging strike rate, fools no one, can we just get out of this parenthetical, shizz is not getting better) speak for themselves.
Nicholas Castellanos – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .278. The Greek God of Hard Contact celebrated after the game with 600 of his closest family members at the local chapter of the DMCA (Diners Make Celebrations Awesome).
Brandon Dixon – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Hot schmotato alert!
Nelson Cruz – Will have an MRI on his wrist after swinging and missing on Sunday. If that’s all it took, imagine how many MRIs Chris Davis would need. “I’m Gary Thorne and I’m here with Jim Palmer. Hey, Jim, it’s good to see you, and you’re not just wearing underwear.” “Thanks, Gary, one of the keys to today’s game will be to get Chris Davis to avoid taking five MRIs.”
Martin Perez – 5 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.11. Okay, Perez, don’t be one of those pitchers who waits until they’re over 75% owned to start defecating the duvet.
Zach Eflin – 9 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.47. Think about how smug the guy in your league is who owns Soroka, Eflin, Ryu, Paddack and Caleb Smith, while you’re scratching your ass with shares of Kluber and Sale. Sure, I’m cherrypicking pitchers who have been doing great, just like you could’ve cherrypicked them in your drafts or off waivers.
Cole Irvin – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks in his major league debut. He had an under-6 K/9 in Triple-A and might not get another start if Vince Velasquez returns as expected. Though, Cole/Irving excites every hipster with a record player. “I’m going to eat artisanal honey from a jar and listen to this scratchy rendition of ragtime.”
Lucas Giolito – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.55. He’s breaking out. Feels like I came around very fast on him, but I didn’t. I’ve been waiting for this Giolito since he came up in 2016. Every prospect has his own pace. Some prospects come up and are electric, then take a dump their sophomore year, then become electric again. Some are just electric the whole time. And others come up and hit .190 like Vlad Jr. Every metric is pointing to Giolito breaking out now. He is a must-grab in all leagues.
Tim Anderson – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer, and only 2nd homer in three games since my Friday sell. Reverse jinx sell coming on slow this time, usually my Sells have ten homers within three days of the sell.
Aaron Sanchez – 6 IP, 5 ER, 11 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 3.75. Random prediction alert that I will remind people of from now until next year or totally forget about if it doesn’t come true! Sanchez will be one of the most talked about sleepers next year that won’t be a sleeper because he will be talked about so much. He is in on the precipice of breaking out, but his walk rate needs to be tamed.
Griffin Canning – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 5.65 vs. John Means – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.33. This was a matchup of sexy and you want even if it will burn you vs. safe, boring guy who you should prolly own, i.e., The ends don’t justify the John Means.
Chris Davis – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer, hitting .189. Everyone who is a fan of any team besides the Orioles, don’t worry, Davis will be a free agent in 2023.
Dwight Smith Jr. – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, hitting .286. Not bad, but Mike Trout hit his 9th homer! Though, Smith’s batting average is better than Trout’s. *gargles with arsenic*
Charlie Blackmon – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 7th and 8th homer. Chazz Noir went double dong, and housewives everywhere fanned themselves, gasping, “For Mother’s Day, I bought myself a new extra-long shower head.”
Raimel Tapia – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .313. Tapia is my happening and it freaks me out!
Francisco Mejia – Hit the IL with a knee sprain. If only that happened in March so he didn’t have to hit for the last six weeks.
Franmil Reyes – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 11th homer, hitting .266 Yesterday, the Padres changed their uniforms to Madres for Mother’s Day, which is a sweet sentiment, but they might’ve went a bit too far when they had Fernando Tatis Jr.’s uniform changed to Tetas.
Joey Lucchesi – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.57. Don’t you love when a guy pitches terrible in, say, Petco then pitches well in Coors? I mean, don’t you just love it? Joey Lucchesi, the Passive Aggressive Mob Boss. “Ya don’t have to put da horse’s head in da murdered’s bed. I can do it myself, even with my bad back. I’m sure you done ya best.” Jesus Christ, Joey, just tell me to put the horse’s head in the dead guy’s bed and stop being passive aggressive!
Poor Marlins. They can’t seem to have anything nice these days. The new H. Ramirez looks like a league average hitter with some speed, while the old H. Ramirez went .332/29/51 for them at a similar age.
I love watching guys like Ryu and Hendricks pitch. Never overpowering, but constantly changing locations and speeds to keep hitters off balance. Really special and fun to watch when they’re on.
Predicted in the preseason that Pence would have a zombino-type season. Something along the lines of .265/20/7. Some thought I was crazy. Entering yesterday, he had the 5th highest OPS in MLB and the 15th highest avg exit velocity, sandwiched between Baez and Bellinger. Career high walk rate thus far as well. Think I might have sold him short. A decent comp for him might be ’09 Ibanez. Same age, corner OF, similar skill set and plate discipline, went from an extreme pitcher’s park to a hitting-friendly environment. Ibanez went .272/93/34/93 that season. With good health, Pence might be able to do something similar.
34 homers for Pence? Wow, Magoo, you’ve got a case of the Manbirds, or is it Ganglyitis? I think you’re confusing ten good games with a historic resurgence
Nah, I’m not predicting 34 for him. Just pointing out the similarities between his career and Ibanez’. Ibanez had hit more than 24 homers once before going to Philly to hit 34 in 2009. San Fran is always among the worst parks for power, and Pence hit 47 across his last two healthy seasons there. Juiced ball. It doesn’t sound like you fully believe in the exit velocity metric (we had a similar debate over Pham last preseason too), but he’s smoking the ball this year. Looks like he’s finally healthy again. He’ll need to stay that way to pop another 20 or so, but I think he might be able to.
I’d put Pence’s over/under at 17 HRs, .275
Well, that’s some progress. I’m not trying to convince you of anything, by the way. Your mind was already made up on Pence the way it was on Pham about 14-15 months ago. Maybe someone with a struggling outfield will read my ramblings and decide to take a chance on him.
You’re taking the over on both of these marks?
I think your avg prediction is right on the money. Not sure if the 17 HR is an end of season or ROS projection, but I’ll take the over either way. Think he hits around 20 more.
20 more homers? So 27 all told? Woof
Have you seen him at all this year? Are you just going off of steamer projections? Steamer is generally pretty good, but I’ve noticed that they lag behind when it comes to outliers. That’s true of most projection systems, actually. The age curve is different for everyone. Look at Papi. Verlander. Beltran. Ibanez. Mariano. Cruz. Beltre. That’s just some of the post-PED era grizzled vets. I think Pence falls into that category. Good health and the park change have done wonders for him.
Hadn’t looked at Steamer’s #s for him until after I mentioned my projections for him… Seems about right that Steamer says same… He’s a 17/.275 guy at this point — The age curve might be different for everyone but Pence is following a pretty predictable age curve if you factor in his previous years vs. just the 1st few weeks of this season… With all that said, he could be an outlier… Anyone could, betting on outliers usually isn’t sound move
I believe that his performance (and playing time) was impacted more by health issues than age-related ones at the end of his SF tenure. And I agree that betting heavily on outliers is generally a losing proposition, but ignoring them at a very cheap price point can also be costly. In the DC league, we took him around the 40th round or so (give or take a few). Just got him for low double digit bids in a couple of leagues last night. If I’m right about him, I just picked up 2018 Eddie Rosario for practically nothing. If I’m wrong, cut bait and don’t look back. Not much risk involved with him at all.
That’s true, at his price, it’s all profit even at this point…
Saw Pence take BP at Minute Maid this weekend, he smacked 3 in a row over the train tracks and then promptly took G Cole yard in his first AB
Thank you, Benintendo. That’s what I noticed in the spring too. He looks like a different player this year. The ball is jumping off of his bat.
Great write up Grey!
Had Luchessi on bench Saturday. He was cruising (sort of), then he gone. Padres babysat his innings last year. You still believe the Mob still exist bc I’m losing faith.
Blake Snell 5 2/3 IP. Thought he was going for a compete game after 3rd inning. In fantasy baseball 6.0 innings w <3 earned is a QS. NOT 5 2/3!!
I'm interested in trading for Giolito. In 16 team h2h dynasty league, what's a fair trade offer?
Thankyou!
Who do you have?
Hitters: Voit, Encarnacion, B.Dozier, Goodrum, C.Santana, H.Dozer, A.Simmons, Dahl, Winker, Tapia, D.Santana, Alfaro, Trout.
Pitching: Lester, Arrieta, Snell, Flaherty, Luchessi, Maeda, C.Smith. Barnes, Doolittle, D.Castillo, Shane Greene, Swarwak.
I’m 6-0 and his team is 2-4.
Thanks! Redraft? Maybe Winker or Tapia and Lucchesi? On a side note, you can lose Swarzak prolly
Not sure if you remember last week. I mentioned dropping swarwak but only had $$ for one more FA ROS. And asked whom from a list to replace with. You told me to smash my phone.
I’ve just benched him. I’m 6-0. If benching him starts to hurt me for lack of HLDS/SVs then I’ll move.
No redraft
Haha
That sounds like a very measured response by me
Ya. However, I did not need to fill out a hurt feelings report.
Only imagine how face feels after responding to hundreds of ppls questions everrryday
Haha, you need to fill out the report within 24 hours of a wronging, sorry, rules are rules
Why am I still fostering Harrison Bader?
Have you adopted him?
Why am I still rostering Harrison Bader?
Auto correct wants to know why I’m fostering Bader, which might be a better question
Please update us when you have an answer.
Yeah, it’s a foster situation
Rostering Bader may bring you drown your sorrows with a Fosters’ Lager….
Been paying child support on Bader myself
Thanks, love these articles.
Someone in my 12 team h2h weekly league dropped Musgrove and L. Jackson. Should I drop M. Barnes, Eickhoff, Fried or Strahm for either of them?
Aguilar is on the wire, I was thinking about dropping Dietrich for him? Thanks for helping my squad stay in first place over my Idiot brother in law!
Craig Kimbrel kicks puppies.
Same guy just dropped B. Peacock as well-
Scratch that, Peacock is gone
I’d go Aguilar over Dietrich and hold on the rest.
Thanks DT!
Thanks! Agree with DT
Ryu’s gonna be Cy Young winner 2019. His pitches are really really filthy.
I hope so!
Hi Grey, happy Monday.
Ryu was smooth AF yesterday. Loved watching him, legit Cy Young contender.
I traded away Bryant when he couldn’t hit a cows ass with a banjo, now hes hitting anything that moves, can you please put him in the buy column?
Also *hint* on behalf of all Peraza owners *hint* Friday’s sell column *end of hint*
I will do what I can!
Grey!!!
Fantastic report, one of your better efforts!
a. The most common phrase heard while King Felix was on the mound against the RedSox? ‘…and with that there’s action in the bullpen…’ It was heard in all three innings he pitched. Shame, the end of his kingdom. When they gave him the contract extension the first person to congratulate him in the twittersphere was Verlander. Interesting how their career arcs have shaped up since then. Also the King’s court in the left field bleachers has been dismantled by official royal decree.
b. Abbott and Costello quote of the day for May 13
It Ain’t Hay (1943)
Grover Mockridge (Abbott): Go answer the door. It might be Warner.
Wilbur Hoolihan (Costello): It won’t do no good. We’re all signed up with Universal.
Cheers,
Ante
A. Haha B. Ha
Grey!
Sigh, only ha! It was 1943 when signing a movie deal with Universal was a big thing, I guess.
Am in 3rd in runs, still believe that the team that wins runs should win the league. Pitching is atrocious, no thanks to Pablo’s great runs. This is my new and revamped roster for tonight’s short schedule.
Garver (no more conflicts now, he’s solidified even with Astudillo and Castro back)
Vogelbach (lot of talk about him lately, not doing much etc. Is he still a must own and must roster?)
LaStella
Shaw (again, a short night, he of the ..243 wOBA and 8 RBIs! Even Ender (who I ended yesterday) has 9 RBIs!!)
EduEscobar
Walker
Goodrum
Dahl
Dwight Smith Jr (a gift from heaven)
Springer
Cron
Bench – Muncy, Rizzo (duh, back spasms. When I see Rizzo has back spasms it gives me back spasms, weird right?), Chavis, Story, Kiermaier, Conforto
IL – Turner
SP – Giolito (just signed up this AM, thank you much), EdRod, Noah
RP – Hicks, Iglesias, Christ Martin, Pressly
IL – Glasnow and Paxton
Any general comments? Kingery is on the wire, because I put him there. Drop anyone for him? Maybe Pressly or Kiermaier or even Shaw.
Cheers,
Ante
I was offered Luke voit for flaherty or wheeler in a 14 team yahoo H2H standard scoring
Rest of staff is Castillo, martin Perez, Chris bassitt, and I just grabbed Corbin Martin.
Would you move one of those guys for voit? And if so which one?
Wheeler if you need the bat, but that staff becomes a little sketchy…
Agree w/ DT, but think he meant if you don’t* need the bat.
Agree with DT
Blake Treinen was dropped. Is he a must add? Over Luke Jackson?
Yes, I would grab Treinen asap . I am no expert by any means but it doesnt seem close to me.
Grab Treinen
What?
Yes
Does your league not count saves?
Did he lose a bet?!? Even so, he is a must own on ratios alone!
H2H Points league. Don’t have to own a closer if you don’t want to. Just looking for who’s gonna get the most points.
5 points per save
Probably still a bold drop however
Agree with others
How much faab out of 100 do you think he’s worth?
Andujar was just dropped on my 12 team H2H. What your thoughts on grabbing him and holding? Believe he turns it around? Aaron Sanchez or woodruff would be my drop – so second part of my question is who is the drop?
I’d drop Sanchez for him
Agree with DT
Grey I’m begging you, can Machado be your Friday sell? Maybe I’m pushing it now but can you throw Harper in there as well?
I can only fix one guy at a time
Can I get Andujar on the waiting list?
Ha, yup!
Yo Grey
Dropping JAlvarado or BParker for LJackson?
I’m assuming Alvarado cause he hasn’t had a save opp in a month, but the closer report writer still likes him.
Thoughts?
Thanks as always brotha!!
I’d hold
Can go Alvarado to Jackson
Hi dude
Need a 2b to replace Altuve in Y!
La Stella / Fletcher or Dietrich ?
I stashed Luis Urias in case …
thnx
Nick
I’d try Dietrich
Fletcher
Hey grey
Your mention of Giolito lit a fire under my ass so I dumped my scrub catcher to grab him before someone else did. Now I need to dump someone else to grab a catcher.
My options are: Shaw, Calhoun, Eickoff, Strop, Glasnow or Didi Gregorius (who I could drop and put Glasnow on IL)
So…
1 Who to drop? (Or I could wait for a bit)
2 better stash for saves – strop or hunter strickland?
Thanks!
1. I’d lose Didi, Calhoun would be my next choice
2. Coin flip, I’ll take Strop
Agree with DT
Thoughts on Josh Bell? In a keeper league, standard category, I offered B.Lowe and C.Walker for him. I have Muncy and Hiura as 2b guys moving forward. Is Bell finally breaking through, or just stick with what I have and keep the depth? Also, who do you like better ROS, Kyle Gibson or Max Fried? Thanks.
It’s fair but I’d hold. Fried for me.
Agree with DT
What level of bat would be a good return for those two, if Bell isn’t moving the needle? Position doesn’t matter, but OF or 1b are preferred. Thanks!
10 team dynasty H2H 5×5 OBP
1)Cole Tucker still a hold?
Just grabbed Simmons, have tatis on dl with muncy, Lowe, Murphy all MI eligible.
2) Stash mateo for Tucker spot?
3) Pick two streams
[email protected] Sea 2.0
Duffy vs Tex 17.1
[email protected] SF 11.1
1/2) I think you can move on to Mateo if you have the space
3)Duffy and Thornton for me
Agree with DT
Please rank Corbin Martin, Lucas Giolito and Kyle Gibson ROS.
Giolito, Gibson, Marin for me
Agree with DT
Would you rather have Jose Martinez or Hunter Renfroe the rest of the season? Thank you.
JoMart for me
Agree with DT
Pick 2. No needs
Soler
Eloy
Andujar
Ohtani
Eloy, Soler
Great work Grey! Thanks…
16 team H2H weekly points league
Who should I start this week?
Ed Rodriguez Vs COL or
Yu Darvish @ CIN?
Also, for my Util spot
Matt Olson 2 games @ SEA and 4 x @ DET ( H-Tron 11.4 points) or
Eduardo Escobar 3 games Vs PIT and 3 x Vs SF (H-Tron 12.1 points)
Thanks again!
I’d go EdRod and Escobar
Agree with DT
Here’s the bullpen. (12 team points h2h /w saves & holds)
Flaherty
Wheeler
Strahm
C. Smith
Ray
Marquez
Luchessi
Ed-Rod
Luke Jackson
Holland
Buttrey
Romo
Parker
Would you pick up any of these long relievers in place of anyone?
Gaviglio
Guerra
Lugo
No
My current closers (12 team roto)
Giles
Romo
Parker
Neris
Would you drop anyone here for Lune Jackson? Or possibly drop one of my other 7 starters to add him as a 5th Closer? These are the starters I would drop
Canning
Strahm
Correction* one of my 8 starters, but these are the only 2 droppable guys of the 8.
Nope
Nice Article as usual.
Hello Grey and DT.
A dumbass in my league just dropped Tim Anderson.
Should I bid on him and drop Travis Shaw? This is 12 teamer roto with obp & xbh.
C – punting
1B – P Alonso
2B – McNeil
3B – Arenado
SS – Bogaerts
CI – Voit
MI – Segura
5 OF – Cain, Franmil, Castellanos, Meadows, Tapia
UT – Gardner, La Stella
BN – Shaw, Thames, Senzel
IL – Stanton, Gennett, Upton
Thanks :)
Hey Mojo,
Yes, I would.
Thanks! Agree with DT
Great write up and BTVOTD reference, it freaked me out!
Once went to a screening at UCLA with Russ Meyers, Roger Ebert and the cast including Edy Williams and Charles Napier, extremely memorable!
That’s awesome! Extremely jealous!
Thanks for the tip on Giolito! I’ve gotten so used to him throwing the occasional nice start into the overall dumpster fire that I stopped paying attention to his game log and peripherals. I hope he’s finally turned a corner—always kinda sad seeing “can’t-miss” prospects completely misfire like it looked like he might.
Anyway, would you roster him over E-Rod? Would you also mind ranking Cishek, Neris, Martin, and Romo? Thanks a lot, Grey. Hope you enjoyed your weekend.
I’d hold EdRod.
Neris, Romo, Cishek, Martin for me
OK thanks, DT!
Thanks, Buttlicker! Agree with DT
Hey Grey. 10 team H2H 8×8 using K, bb, xbh and Qs, k/9, and IP. Which side do you like. His Betts, Donaldson and Mikolas for my Beninendi, Moustakas and Segura. Have DeJong and Turner on DL so im good at SS w out Segura. Thanks!
Betts side
Agree with DT
16 Team Keeper …
Do I offer trading Cano for David Fletcher?
I’d want Cano
Meh
2B used to be a huge strength on my dynasty team … Cano, Odor, Hampson … now it’s a Grand Canyon size hole filled with crap.
I like Fletcher and have him in other leagues, but do you think he can grow into anything more than a 1 year stopgap?
Anyway, always appreciate the input!
Nope, he’s a stopgap
I own Chapman and the Yankees have extended more leads in the top 9th or bottom 8th then any team in history, ripping the save away. I’m not going to look up if that’s true or anything but it’s true. Is there a term for when this happens?
Crying yourself to sleep for saves.
Foreclosed
Hipe you had a happy eodipal complex weekend Grey! Giolito over…
Kyle Gibson
Lucchessi
Musgrove
Martin Perez
… Who ever the answer is, is it close? Might just drop a holds guy in my points league to see which starting pitcher plays out better
Thanks
Hipe should be hope!
Lucchesi for me, they’re all close
Thanks! Agree with DT
I have been holding heaney, severino and alex wood now Glasnow is down. Should i drop any and all of these guys? In my RCL i’m #1 in hitting last in pitching. The only pitching category im have big numbers in in IP.
Wood and Heaney don’t need to be owned
Agree with DT
My auction roto team leads the league in wins, ERA (2.50) and WHIP (1.00). Drafted Clevinger, Berrios, Glasnow, Ryu, E-Rod, Paddack and Woodruff (Dropped for Chirinos). More of a nod to auction leagues. You don’t have to worry about getting sniped on those “late round” guys that others reach for.
Totally, just grab whoever it is you want
Weaver vs Pit. ($8.1)
Or
Martin Perez @Sea.($9.7)
Thanks guys youre the best
I’d start both, Weaver if you can only choose one.
Agree with DT
Drop Moustakis for Josh Bell?
Sure
Agree with DT
Love the write up – especially the Seager blurb, but thought springer was on a similar track of never living up to hype so i avoided. Sad.
Saves and hold ROS who is your favorite: Luke Jackson, Jeremy jeffress, Hansel Robles, Zach Britton, ottavino, Archie Bradley, David Robertson, Cody Allen, junior guerra
Thanks!
Jeffress, Britton, Ottavino for me, they’re all close
Thanks! Ottavino, Britton, Jackson
Want Saves: Drop Barnes or Jackson?
For my 1 DL slot: Glasnow; Nelson; or Eovaldi?
Barnes and Glasnow
Agree with DT
No Openers today, though the Brewers merit watching as they’ve shown a willingness to put an opener in front of Peralta, the current probable. High probability of a rain out though, so they are likely to play it straight today.
Are you starting Boyd vs. Hou today in a 12 team mixed? Stream-o-nator hates his start (-7.8), but it always seems to dislike Boyd (and Strahm, I’ve noticed).
I’d start him in H2H, pass in roto
Thanks, Brett! Agree with DT
Late breaking Yanks opener. If Loaisiga is healthy he’ll get the bulk of the “relief” (likely, move seems innings-managementish). High chance of rainout in Bronx so tread lightly
Thanks!
Glasnow…ouch. Gausman or Desclafani ROS? Also who is the better minor league stash Pivetta or Alex Reyes?
Desclafani & Reyes for me
Agree with DT
One year league :
Drop Romo for Cishek ?
Drop Folty for Eflin. ?
Tks
I’d hold on both
I’d want Romo and Eflin
Was offered Khris Davis, Andujar, and Brandon Lowe for Benintendi, Muncy, and Corbin Martin – thoughts?
Thank you
Muncy side
Hello Grey,
hope you had a nice weekend.
h2h 12 team mix
avg, obp, rbi, runs, tb, hr, sb
1. Should I drop Shaw and add Cesar Hernandez, LeMahieu or La Stella?
2. Should I drop Mazara? I got Meadows that came back from the DL, and recently adquire Dahl.
we carry 3 OF, and 1 Utl. Right now i have:
Acuña, Dahl, Mazara, Meadows
UTL TIm Anderson and/Or Nelson Cruz
Thanks!
Thanks, you too! 1. La Stella 2. Yes
vogelbach has cooled off. drop for dietrich,urshela, moreland?
Dietrich
C Frazier or tapia. Thanks !
Tapia
Jo- Ma over C. Walker or Mancini?
Astudillo or Alfaro?
Mancini — Alfaro
No one has a problem dropping Keirmaeir for Tapia??
Except MAYBE Son…who’s man-crush article on this guy had me convinced he might be rostering in a 12 team mixer. Then even his own team fell out of love and he got benched for against LH’ers.
Nope
Grey,
Flowers and Goodrum, classic!
-add L Weaver (v. Pit) or J Eickhoff (v. Mil)?
Thanks!
Thanks! Weaver
Hi Grey. My Abreu for his Chapman. 8 team roto. They look pretty equal except for Abreu should hit for a higher average. Tour thoughts. Thanks
He also has Bryant to offer for Abreu but not totally confident with Bryant
Chapman who? Prolly not
Matt
Jose Ramirez continues to not hit (to your awesome call)
ROS, Rank these hitters
JRam, Kris Bryant, Rendon, Merrifield, Correa
Yup… Rendon, JRam, , Whit, Bryant
What’s the thinking on JP Crawford? Has hit in all 3 games so far, #2 in the order. I’m way back of the pack in runs.
Before lineups get locked pick 2: Crawford, Almedys, Marwin or Niko?
Thanks as always!
Niko, Crawford
In a dynasty, would you rather have Corbin Martin or Touki?
Martin
Thanks Grey! Love Touki and his stuff but he just seemes destined to be a RP if he has control issues. I’m In desperate need of arms (esp after losing Glas) and I can’t wait on Touki anymore.
Hope you have a great day!
I have room for one sir who should i snag for the rest of the season. Points league. Jonny lasagna or freddie peralta
Peralta
Which is a better IL stash, Tyler Glasnow or Jameson Taillon? Thx
Glasnow
Christian Walker for Tyler Glasnow?
Yahoo 12 team, 5 keepers.
Sure
Does “sure” mean do it for Walker?
Or “sure” means to do it to get Glasnow?
You’re saying Walker for Glasnow, so that’s sure for Glasnow — It’s just a flyer at this point tho, and not sure if either are keepers
Good Morning Grey!
After multiple offers back and forth with Bryant and Harper being the keystone pieces, I got offered his Harper for my Bryant. Had he’d accepted this trade when I offered him it on Tuesday, it would have cost me 2 categories in H2H. Harper is $47 to keep and might go up a couple $, while Bryant is $38 and will probably only go up to $40. Here’s my roster with guys I would think about keeping with next year’s probable price. My guess is I have enough other value that I’d just throw back Harper and If I wanted him, I just pay the $50+. Bryant would be a different story, as he’d be kept.
So, are you still selling Bryant high, and buying Harper low??
10-TM, NL-ONLY H2H, 5×5(OBP), Keep-5 ($280)
Roster:
CA Cervelli
1B Rizzo (40)
2B Hernandez (11)
3B Rendon (35)
SS Hampson (13)
IF Escobar (13)
OF Acuna (40)
OF Bryant (40)
OF Robles (13)
OF Mac Williamson
UT Hernan Perez
IL Zimmerman
SP Musgrove (6)
SP Ryu (10)
SP Eflin (4)
SP Mikolas
SP T. Richards
RP Yates (13)
RP Jackson
RP Stripling
RP Kintzler
B Matz,
B M. Kelly,
B Kimbrel (11)
I’d take Harper
Done Deal! Thanks!
Kang on the IL. Drop one of Perez or Mac for him?
I meant drop one of them for Moran.
Perez
Lose Aguilar for Bell at 1B?
Also, prefer Ohtani, Devers, Bell for bench/utility spot?
Thanks
Sure — Bell
I now have a vacant OF spot that I need to fill until Stanton comes back. I’m thinking Jose Martinez is my likely add (Verdugo also available). But who is my drop? Is it Peacock because his second start this week is against the BoSox? Dozier because he’s usually on my bench and the prediction systems aren’t high on him for this year (unless Rizzo’s back tightness worsens)? Matz unless the Mets announce he will, in fact, return this week? Robles because I have five closers and he’s racking up the fewest saves (though his peripherals are solid)? Or should I just be pushing hard for a 2-for-1 trade?
12-team, 5×5, h2h, redraft
C – Realmuto; 1B – Rizzo; 2B – LaStella; 3B – Suarez; SS – Schoop; OF – Springer, Conforto, [VACANT]; Util – Voit; Bench – Dozier; IL – Turner, Stanton
SP – Caleb, Castillo, Eflin, Gibson*, Mats (IL), Peacock*, Quintana, Weaver
RP – Hicks, Holland, Jackson, Robles, Vazquez,
* = two-start pitcher/streamer
I guess Peacock, I don’t know anyone’s matchups
Peacock is @DET today and @BOS on Saturday.
Those don’t sound great
Travis Shaw ended up getting into the extra inning game on Saturday – promptly went 0-3 with 3 Ks but he did have a walk, so yay?
Also, as of today he is exactly at 50% ownership in Y! leagues… he is at the cutoff for the weekly buy/sell! YAY!
Dahl-related question: Where did all the “Dahl can’t hit lefties” talk come from? After the weekend where the Rockies faced 3 lefties, Dahl is now a career .283 hitter against lefties, and for this season, his BA is now up to .333
Am I missing something?
Who said he can’t lefties?
there were comments last week from random people when Dahl was sitting against the Giants, and then some more before the Padres series where people were speculating on whether or not Dahl would continue to sit since the Padres were facing 3 lefties
Oh. So random comments from unknowledgeable fantasy baseballers who make a mountain out of a molehill.
the takeaway is bud black for some reason chooses to sit him against lefties sometimes, which confuses us all.
Shaw is having himself a very memorable year
Hope you had a great weekend! Now back to the grind;
Got a few questions for ya:
1.) 12-team mixed league; you holding or dropping Lucchesi?
2.) to open up a spot to stream (shorter bench league); do you drop either Kepler or Tapia
3.) Since he looks to have the job (albeit likely temporary) where would you rank Cishek vs. other closers / tiers?
4.) who you like more: Renfroe or Tapia?
As always, I appreciate the help.
1. Hold 2. Kepler 3. Maybe 5 up from the bottom of the worst 4. Tapia
Thanks Grey.
on a side note, SON loves T. Thornton’s 2x starts this week. Would you drop Woodruff for Thornton?
I have a total of 5 transactions I can make this week if that changes anything.
I’d try Trent
Renfroe,Tapia or Inciarte ROS?
Odor or Peraza ROS? Or drop both and go with two OF from above?
12 team roto keeper league. Thank you.
Ender, Tapia
Drop both
‘ morning,
Should I shutter my griffin canning factory, and pick up some giolito fro-yo?
Have fun,
Handy
Try fro-yo
thanks!
No problem
Hey Grey! Love that we’re getting some Tapia love!
1. Do you believe in the Tapia love enough to start him in a 5-game week against Sale, E-Rod, and 3 PHI righties including Nola and Eichoff? Other options are Fletcher or La Stella, who have 6 games against MIN and KC (1 lefty). Tron doesn’t like any of these guys yet, so isn’t super helpful in picking who to bench between the 3.
2. What 2 pitchers below are you SITTING this week? I had been planning to bench Happ and Lucchesi, but SON loves their starts more than anyone else’s this week. I’m leading in W and 2nd in ERA but very behind in K.
Bassit @ DET ($7.1)
Hill @ CIN ($10.8)
Odorizzi v LAA (negative $3.3)
Woodruff (@PHI + @ ATL, both zero dollars)
Lucchesi (v. PIT $20.1)
Happ (v BAL $21.8)
Thanks!
I put him on my bench this week. 5 games might not play one. One rainout now your down to three games. Not worth it I believe.
Yup! 1. I’d go with extra games from Fletcher 2. Woodruff, Hill
Thanks!
Haha, is the Miles Marker the new Wandy Line?
Oh, 2011, a simpler time.
Haha
Which side?
Hoskins/Berrios/Alfaro or Yelich/Mallex
Thanks
Yelich
Thoughts on dealing Dahl for Buxton? My team could use some SB help, but I hate giving up the Coors upside with Dahl. Just have a feeling he’s going to go on a tear sometime soon.
Don’t think Buxton has been doing much of anything so I would stay with Dahl.
Get cheaper steals.
Agree with Cram
Grey,
Thanks for the sell call on Tim Anderson. My team needed a boost this weekend. If you don’t mind, could you do a sell on Anthony Rendon too, he hasn’t been great since coming back from injury and could use the Albright bump.
Rockies question: I have one available spot on my roster for a bat and was thinking of picking up either Brendan Rodgers or Tapia. This is a keeper league. 14 team mixed 5×5 and I currently have a full lineup so I could sit on Rodgers for a little while. Derek Dietrich is also available but I feel dirty spending FAAB on him despite his production. THoughts?
Always get good advice here but you know Tim Anderson sell is flat out….what? Even if his hitting and power regresses its hard to give up what he gives you in steals.
Rendon SELL!!! Not really, I need to really believe it, don’t I?
Tapia
Been offered Vlad jr for my Ryu in a head to head 12 team 6×6?
Whatchu think?
That is hard one but with way pitching is not sure I could part with Ryu.
I’d take Vlad Jr.
Thanks Grey, best part of my Monday morning right tharrr, right tharrr.
Rank Austin Meadows, Trey Mancini, Domingo Santana, Stephen Piscotty ROS please.
Also, should I offer Goldy for Kris Bryant in a keep forever points league where I need to improve at third base (La Stella) and I have wealth at first base (Rizzo, Freeman)?
Flip Trey and Domingo.
Yes.
Thanks!
Agree with Cram
C. Martin or Luchessi?
Lucchesi
Grey:
Who do you like better: G. Canning or C. Martin?
there are 2 C. Martins now…
Cody
Cody?
I’d try Corbin Martin
Wondering if you would mind ranking following prospects considering how they will do along with when they will be called up:
Yordan Alvarez, Keston Kiura, Austin Riley, Mountcastle, Brendan Rogers, Luis Urias, others??
Do any of them really make much of impact when they get the call??
Thanks
Mountcastle, Alvarez, Riley, but I don’t know where the latter two are playing
Kiura is playing for Brewers AAA
Rogers for Rockies AAA
Urias for Padres AAA
Guess look like u are pretty high on Mountcastle, Alvarez and Riley then???
Thanks
Hiura not Kiura
I’m trying to find the guys with possible playing time in the majors
sorry about that spelling.
I am also trying to find players worthy of stashing for callup soon and who might make some sort of impact.
Am I correct that you do not believe much in that approach and will just maybe wait until callup actually happens??
Austin Riley?
12 team roto – Mallex is available and I could use steals. Drop any of these:
Peraza
Profar
Inciarte
Same league – hold or stream Fried, Porcello, Martin Perez.
Peraza — Stream Porcello
Please rank these for ROS in a standard roto
Baez, Springer, JD Martinez, Harper
It’s for a potential trade
You did
Which of these offers do I take? I have Hoskins at 1B and Bell alternates between bench and UTIL slot for me. It’s a shallow 10-team standard roto. I could use help in batting average while not giving up R/HR/RBI.
1. I give Harper/Bell/Weaver for K.Bryant/Greinke
2. I give Harper/Bell for Baez
3. I give Harper/Bell for JD
I don’t like any of these… I guess 3, 2, 1 if I had to
I don’t have to do any of them. But, I have Yelich, Acuna and Rosario in OF. Hoskins at 1B who is preferred over Bell. Mondesi and Harper in UTIL with Bell on bench or UTIL in place of Harper
Primarily looking for an upgrade for someone I can keep in my starting lineup everyday.
You’re trading Harper/Bell for essentially an equal part as Harper
Maybe, but Bell doesn’t get in my starting lineup everyday and there’s no guarantee he keeps up this pace. Also, with all other categories being equal, I would rather have JD’s or Baez’s average over Harper…and Baez can chip in 20 SB too.
That said, I countered with Harper/Luke Weaver for either JD or Baez. I’m solid at SP without Weaver – Cole, Buehler, Corbin, Carrasco, Marquez. Do you like either of these deals?
I’d take Baez
Morning, Grey!
A. Need to sit two of the following, who should they be?
Paddack @LAD, L. Castillo vs CHC, P. Lopez vs NYM, Marquez @Bos
B. Glad I was able to snag Giolito with Glasnow going down. So far, it looks like Giolito has beaten up on weaker lineups. Are we throwing him out there against tougher teams like HOU, BOS, MIN, etc. (based on a quick look at the White Sox’s remaining first half schedule)?
C. Muncy for MIkolas trade in a points league. Which side wins?
A. Lopez, Marquez B. Gotta try him him C. Muncy
Thanks, follow-up to A:
Would you take P. Lopez’s (vs NYM) or Marquez’s (@BOS) start over either Lucchesi vs PIT or E-Rod vs COL?
Nope
is Chavis someone reliable to start at 2B in fantasy, or should I be looking to upgrade?
this is my team.
CA- Garver. 1B- Olson. 2B- Chavis. 3B- Chapman. SS- DeJong
OF- KDavis. OF- Braun. OF- Senzel. UT- Aguilar. UT- Dozier
BN- Shaw, Pederson, Cron, MGonzalez, MxSmith.
SP- Scherzer. SP- Buehler. RP- Osuna. RP- Jackson.
P- Rodriguez. P- Hill. P- Maeda.
BN- Minor
EDIT: I have DL players with Trea Turner for SS as well as Scooter Gennett for 2B, but Gennett will be awhile.
What’s wrong with Chavis? As Grey said in his blurb….
Start him
Nothing better than the Monday morning cup of coffee and the FML’s weekend recap, thanks brother!
10 team h2h 5×5 redraft league allowing 4 moves per week.
My team
C Contreras
1 Rizzo
2 Albies
SS Segura
3 Rendon
CI Chapman
MI Moncada
OF Acuña
OF Soto
OF Santana
U Ohtani
BN Mallex Smith
DL Judge
DL Tatis Jr
SP Ryu
SP Soroka
RP Yates
RP Hader
P Treinen
P Wade Davis
P Greg Holland
P Luke Jackson
BN Kimbrel
BN Domingo German
BN Peacock (streamer)
BN Porcello (streamer)
This is my team as it stands now after a lot of adjustment, hitting has been solid every week, sometimes incredible when everyone is healthy and clicking on all cylinders. Any issues you would address?
Pitching has been up and down, I’m wining saves every week, wins and K’s some weeks depending on matchups.
Whip and ERA have been a major pain in the ass, every week I’m stepping on a landmine or 2 with my streaming and getting destroyed, looking at you McHugh, Musgrove, Touissant, Skaggs, etc.
Going forward with my newest acquisitions (Ryu, Treinen) I am going to scale way back on my streaming most weeks when I play opponents with stacked starting pitching. I will focus on winning era, whip, and saves which will nullify their early pitching draft picks.
We only have a 13 inning pitch minimum requirement every week.
Some guys I’m eyeing on the wire include
Giolito
Carlos Martinez
Davies
Lots of sexy middle relievers Pressley, Guerra, etc.
Any tinkering you would suggest with the pitching or anything against the strategy?
Thanks everyone.
Thanks! Giolito over Porcello
Harold Ramirez or M Williamson for….. do I DROP DUGGAR ??? in a 4×4 where RUNS do not count and BA does
Sure, Mac
Forgot to add I only get 3 waives / year. I am first .. in top 3 in HR RBI middle in AVE.
I am concerned Donaldson- J Iglesias Shaw and C Walker will all lose playing time so if Williamson is relegated as a Ptimer….. hmmmm I guess I still get more HR and RBI than Duggar at full time hahaha got my answer ALMOST Do I burn the waiver considering the playing time reduction that looms on the other guys ?? League is really thin NL only
Use the first or 3 waivers or not ??
Mac over Duggar
Tapia Kiki or Alex Gordon
Tapia
Really interesting weekend in both good and bad ways. One DC team I had Bregman/Springer going but lost Glasnow. Fortunately I have Odorizzi acing there and Turnbull fills some void but the rotation is much thinner without Glasnow. Ouch!
How about Brandon Dixon? Not bad for a guy I got at pick 700+ in DC and largely went undrafted. I’m gonna start playing him finally. Great weekend for him.
But this Fletcher/Asspuss drama is really something else. So Fletch tears it up at leadoff and gets bumped to 9th again on Fri/Sat, back to leadoff on Sunday. What the holy hell? This is really getting frustrating. Topping it off, he just got OF eligibility in NFBC so he has a lot of value if he plays, leads off and has MI/CI/OF eligibility in a 15 team format but…. WTF, Brad!!!
Haha, I know, it’s incredible with Fletcher… Even beyond him hitting, even if he wasn’t hitting, he should be at leadoff since they literally have no one else worth considering for lead off
I’m to the point of benching him where I can just because, but I was there last Monday and it burned me. In two leagues I have him and McNeil. Very similar except Mc has less speed but at least he’s solidly entrenched in the leadoff role for now. I should probably drop Fletcher or bench him there but I can’t bring myself to it, especially the way all but one or two of my rosters have been ravaged by injuries.
By the way, how long until we change the conversation about Mitch Moreland and his 48 homer pace to “career year” and “I’m not drafting him next year” due to inflated ADP?
Moreland has a long way until that point, I think, but he’s 6 weeks of the way in that direction
6×6 OPS – Trade Soto for KH Davis? I need HR, RBI, OPS
Sounds fine
Keeping tabs.
Jordan Luplow worth speculative add?
I guess, in an AL-Only league
Gibson or Gioloto ROS
Gibson is safer, Giolito is sexier
I prefer sexy. Thanks Grey
No problem
Tapia or clint frazier
Tapia
Nvm, saw you answered this earlier…ty
No problem
AL-only keeper, would you give a $2 Chavis for an unkeepable Berrios? What if I had to throw in a $5 Boyd as well? My team is good enough to go for it this year, but is also stronger in pitching cats than hitting right now. BUT but, the bats should come around as I recently activated Lindor and Ohtani and have Eloy and Giancarlo returning eventually.
Nah
I mean, just Chavis for Berrios — sure… But don’t throw in Boyd
In dire straights in my head to head league with pitching (kluber, glasnow, etc owner). Was just offered Snell, Wheeler, and Charlie Blackmon for my Yelich. Thoughts?
Depends on your needs there’s some good arms there. Based on my experiences with Yelich it’s only a matter of time before his back acts up and playing time uncertainty begins. But again just my input.
Works for me
League I’m in has no IL spot. Do I drop Glasnow to pick up Corbin Martin or hold Glasnow.
Thanks
Martin
Good morning, Grey!
My 5th OF spot has been a constant rotation all season. Lately, I’ve been flipping between Renfroe, Tapia, and Soler, while Verdugo is also available.
I’m curious your current ROS ranking of those 4 (Renfroe, Soler, Tapia, Verdugo) and if I should just hold on any 1 of them?
Thanks!
I’d hold Soler or Tapia, depends if Tapia was in Coors
Cheers, Grey!
Ta!
Smith or Jones?
Tough call! I’d prob just hold onto Hernandez for now.
I already dropped Hernandez for Martinez.
Try Martinez
try agbayani
Benny and the Mets!
Dynasty league, nine keepers, 20 man minor rosters.
Been offered Starling Marte for Austin Riley, thoughts?
Marte
Luke Jackson or Barnes ROS for Saves
ROTO OVERLORD!
We sure miss you in the Frequent Commenters League. Plenty of time to come back and make your team competitive, at least. Hope to see you there soon!
I never got a reminder in the week of draft, I was so looking forward to it also, I tried to go back through the RCL listings and didn’t know what league number I was in…GOTA BE AN EASIER WAY LOL!!!!!! I look forward to showing u what I am capable of , as my mixed league and my AL only teams are both strong as per the USH
Barnes
Yawndy Diaz is so boring he hits 2 HRs on Sunday and still doesn’t make the Monday morning recap.
Yawndy’s got so many muscles too
He didn’t hit 2 HRs on Sunday, if anyone’s skimming these comments
Ah sleep deprived dad brain, my b!
No problem
H.Dozier and Dahl vs Bell and E.Rosario?
Rosario
Agree with Cram
Good Monday morning, Grey!
So upfront, I realize asking a questions about a 10 team, H2H, points, keep 25 league isn’t quite 5×5 roto (and that points leagues are very scoring system driven), but wanted to throw this question out there.
I picked up Senzel when news broke he was getting the call in the anticipation of him gaining CF eligibility and taking over for the placeholder that was Jason Heyward (was Odubel Herrera and Kiermier at times too) in CF. Senzel looks like a solid option, but I’m having serious Tapia FOMO! He can’t last on waivers much longer. Who would you take? Trade analyzer (for 12 team 5×5) says Senzel in a landslide. Senzel would also be my backup 2B for Albies, who is mt only other player with 2B eligability and should get more consistent playing time. I’m dreaming on those Summers in Coors. I’m all in for this season so I’m not overly concerned about the keeper situation.
Rest of my batters are:
C) Astudillo
1B) Freeman
2B) Albies
3B) Bryant
SS) Correa (with Turner on IL)
LF) Acuna (only needs 2 more appearances in CF to be eligible at that position)
CF) Senzel
RF) Betts
UTIL) J Turner
UTIL) E Suarez
UTIL) Brantly
IL) Jimenez
Thanks Grey!
Are you asking to drop Senzel? No, you shouldn’t
That was the question. Afraid of missing out on the next multi-category threat from Coors.
Felt like I knew the answer, but sometimes just need someone else to say it.
Thanks as always!
No problem
Well done Grey! Also buying Giolito…
Who do you like more in a keeper and is it close?:
Hoskins or Alonso
I have Alonso and trying to determine his go forward value.
Thanks,
LG
Thanks! Hoskins
Hey Grey! Hey DT!
Please choose one of the below for two starts this week:
Kikuchi vs OAK / vs. MIN
Peacock @ DET / @BOS
Eickhoff vs MIL / vs COL
Thanks!
Kikuchi
Hi grey! I’m in a 12 team keeper league .
I’d like to add Giolito but I really don’t know which pitcher i can cut.
That’s my pitching staff
KLUBER DL
SEVERINO DL
GLASNOW (Should be in DL but DL full with Stanton)
MARTIN PEREZ
JULIO URIAS
KIKUCHI
MAEDA
BUEHLER
Maybe Perez? Maeda?
Kluber
Sorry, seeing that’s a keeper… I guess Maeda, but you’re gonna have a hard time competing holding IL’d SPs
I have a line up log jam right now. Points league, I need to move on from one of the following
Jorge Polanco
Corey Seager
Tim Anderson
Hunter Dozier
Who gets the axe?
Dozier
Puig or Carrasco who would you rather have ROS in Points League.
Carrasco
Winker or Tapia going forward?
Thanks guys
Tapia
12 team H2H 6×6 OPS QS
Drop Mazara for Myers or Buxton?
Drop Romo for Cishek?
Myers
No
Martin Perez, Giolito, or Corbin Martin
Please rank, Thanks!
Giolito, Perez
6×6 QS. Have Taillon and Glasnow and only one IL spot. Which one to drop and who’s the add. Top options are Woodruff Gibson Peacock Giolito. Moves limit prevents streaming. Thanks!
Taillon — Gibson
Drop Lucchesi for Giolito?
Sure
For dynasty purposes Tapia is just a better version of Bader, right?
For the last few weeks
Who would you hold on to in a 12 team roto with no bench (everyone starts): Leclerc or Corbin Martin? I was able to pick up Martin and right now, Leclerc is giving me nothing. I lucked out and drafted Greene, so I’m currently leading in saves, but that won’t last forever… Leclerc did have a decent outing last night, so maybe he’ll get the job back soon.
Martin
Don’t know what to do about Tapia now. Doode flashes Top 20 OF potential every game he plays, which is the conundrum. When is he going to play? I’ve dropped McMahon and Shaw to hold on to Tapia, because mainly, I like seeing 3 for 4’s.
Question is, when can he start? Pick 2;
JHeyward – [email protected], [email protected] (all righties) (no, not ALT righties)
Tapia – [email protected], [email protected] (3 lefties)
Inciarte – 3vSTL, 3vMIL (all righties) (ha, same pun need not apply)
AJones – 3vPIT, 3vSF
Jones, Ender
Did you see the video of Brendan Rodgers getting hit in the back of the head? Lucky the ball didn’t hit him just below the helmet, could have killed him. Got drilled in the head last year too.
https://www.milb.com/milb/news/top-colorado-rockies-prospect-brendan-rodgers-hit-in-head-by-pitch/c-307063602
Yikes, I hadn’t
Mornin Grey!!
one enlongated 3 part question:
Im first in all pitching cats, but my bats have been shit. Would you drop anyone of the below for Castellanos or Andujar? Only other notable bats available are Yandy and Soler.
Dahl, Domingo, Senzel, Franny (Franmil Reyes…trying to get Franny to be a thing (#FrannyBeingFranny ?)), *Tatis Jr.
*Tatis Jr. is taking a bench spot cus i have Clevinger and Glasnow on IL. I really want to keep the guy but he has basically no return timetable (maybe a week at best?) and is wasting away on my bench. Plus, I dont need speed, as im doubling-up second place in steals 42 to 26
I dont think i can drop any arms for Castellanos or Andujar, but maybe you would? Now that Im typing this i know youre gonna tell me to drop Ray for Castellanos arent you…
Marquez
Paddack
Bieber
Weaver
Ray
Peacock (streaming)
Yates
Hand
Hader
Smith
Iglesias
Thanks Grey/DT
Haha — Franny being Franny!
So, you want to drop an arm for a bench bat? I wouldn’t do that
well when ya put it that way..good point.
So just ride out this batting slump? when I look at my bats i feel like i should be pretty dang competitive:
ALfaro, Voit, Villar, Mondesi, Baez, Rosario, Puig, Dahl, Domingo, Senzel, Tatis Jr.
Sucks Glasnow went down but I really enjoying streaming…cyclops-ing Corbin Martin, as he looked as much the part that we believed Whitley would fill. Stuff was electric albeit he was facing the Alrington Tx strikeout machines
Yeah, I think you’ll be all right, gotta hold at least to see
12tm H2H with QS K’s and K\9 Drop Musgrove for C.Martin or Woodruff?
Meh
What about Musgrove for bassitt?
Musgrove
Thanks
No problem
Can you please help me rank these SP for the rest of the season? 5×5 ROTO league.
Strahm
Giolito
Fried
Corbin Martin
Soroka
Soroka, Strahm, Giolito
Forgot to add Gibson. Where would he be placed in the list?
4th
Who’s the drop first
Mikolas gets @texas, Braves, Cubs
Porcello Astros, @bluejays, Indians
Will Myers @dodgers, Pitt, Arizona, @toronto
Reddick @detroit, @boston, cws, Boston
Eduardo Escobar Pitt, sf, @sd, @sf
Porcello
Drop Joc for Verdugo?
Nah
Start Maeda vs Padres or straham vs dodgers game in la
Maeda
Dan Murphy or Glasnow
I have Edwin, and Jose Martinez
Murphy
Adam jones or reddick?
Jones
Do I hold onto Piscotty or do I replace him with Tapia?
Hold
Would you consider Corey Seager a buy low or are you staying away? His xstats don’t look that great.
I’d buy him low if price was cheap enough
Hey Grey, I feel like I’m always asking you for hitting advice, I finally have pitching questions for you, horray!
Wondering if I can trust Marquez in BOS more than some others. Who is my weekest link this week;
Bieber @CHW, vBAL
Paddack @LAD, vPIT
Kikuchi vOAK, vMIN
Eickhoff vMIL, vCOL
Scherzer vCHC
Castillo vCHC
Marquez @BOS
German vBAL
And would you bench any of the above for Giles (already have Yates starting)?
Thanks!
Nice! I’d start all the SPs
Howdy Doody Grey,
Thank you for keeping our week days live.
I gambled on Springer, for runs, not those runs and everything else has been……also own Bregman and Blackman, goooooooood Sunday!!!
Someone dropped Kluber, I picked him up and DL’d him. I also have Glasnow, we have two dl spots but if you had to choose, which one would you keep?
Thank you and happy happy Monday,
CCC
Nice! Glasnow
Starting woodruff @philly?
Nah
Pence or r. Rodriguez ?
Ronny Rod
In my 12 team H2H (6×6 with OPS and QS) I was offered Matt Chapman for my Wheeler. My offense is much more loaded than my pitching, which has Nola, Corbin, Wheeler, Ryu and no other standouts. But in a vacuum, I like Chappy more… Should I do this despite my roster build and worry about SP later? Or hold?
Wheeler side
Thanks!
No problem
@Grey: weekly roto. need to SIT one of the following. whos on the bench this week?
benintendi – 2 vs col, 3 vs hou
conforto – 3 @ was, 3 @ mia
h dozier – 3 vs tex, 3 @ laa
vlad – 2 @ sf, 4 @ cws
thanks!
Dozier
Hey Grey good job as always! So MadBum was dropped this morning in my H2H pts league lol .. should I put a waiver claim on him? If so who should I drop from Odorizzi, Fried, M. Perez, Eichkoff, or L. Weaver? Thanks G
Sure – Perez
Grey!
Had a question the other day that led to another question. Forgot to ask the second one and posted the first one too late in the day, so you never got to either. Following along?!?
1) Knowing you love Soto, who’s a SP you WOULD consider trading for him? You were pretty against the idea in general. I said Bauer or Sale. (12-team 5×5 H2H, blah blah blah)
2) (question I never asked) When do you stop following the comments from the previous day, or however you keep track of the 7,000 questions you answer each day? How do you manage this?
Imagine you’ve answered #2 a few times before, so feel free to point me in the right direction.
Thanks!
Baby Seal
1. Sale 2. When I start writing tonight’s post usually
1) Thanks! 2) Do you have an email account dedicated to replying to comments, or just scroll around and answer?
I use WordPress app and answer like I’m texting
Mostly, sometimes I’m on site
Awesome, thanks for the inside baseball info!
No problem (you’re testing to see if I’m still around now)
mazara or tapia?
thakn you
Tapia
I own Blake Parker and Givens. Brasier and Cishek on waivers. Make a swap or tomato/tomahto? Limited moves league.
Cishek over Givens
tapia or verdugo?
Tapia
K/9 league, hr given up , Corbin Martin for musgrove? Or look for better
Musgrove
In need for a better IF spot:
Would you trade Dahl (or V. Robles) for Josh Bell (or Tim Anderson)?
Nope
Grey,
Strong preference in a weekly league?
Senzel 6 games on at home (4R, 2L)
Dahl 5 games on the road (2R, 3L)
I am leaning Senzel though Dahl has a few multi-hit games in his last 3 games.
Thanks
Senzel
And while I have you, mind ranking these OFs in my weekly league, standard categories?
Dahl – 5 games
Senzel – 6 games
Franmill Reyes – 6 games
Jorge Soler – 6 games
I have 2 spots for those 4 guys. Don’t have any huge needs in any particular category.
Thanks
Franmil, Soler
Which Hunter do I start this week… Pence or Dozier?
Dozier
Grey,
League: H2H 5×5 categories 10 Teams Keeper League
My Team:
C: W. Contreras
1B: P. Alonso
2B: M. Moustakas
3B: R. Devers
SS: A. Mondesi
2B/SS: M. Chavis
1B/3B: C. Santana
OF: C. Blackmon
OF: R. Hoskins
OF: V. Robles
OF: M. Haniger
UTIL: A. Meadows
Bench: M. Franco
Bench: H. Renfroe
Bench: A. Hicks
Bench: M. Olson
IL: T. Turner
SP: M. Mikolas, T. Bauer, Z. Wheeler, K. Gibson, C. Smith, E. Rodriguez, M. Soroka and C. Martin
RP: S. Doolittle and K. Yates
IL: S. Manaea
IL: T. Glasnow
1. M. Franco(own) or Y. Diaz, D. Fletcher ROS?
2. M. Olson(own) or Y. Diaz, D. Fletcher ROS?
Since it is a keeper League as these rookies are available as stashes over any of above:
Y. Alarez, B. Rodgers, C. Biggio and K. Hiura….Position not an issue
3. W. Ramos(pwn) or C. Vazquez, R. Chirinos, J. Lucroy or W. Astudilo ROS? (another League)
Thanks in advance you and your guys are the best!!
1. Yordan 2. Hold 3. Hold
Thank you as always good shizz…Not a fan of Y. Diaz over M. Franco? or are you telling me Yordan will be better than both whenever he is up?
Possibly?… Y. Diaz over M. Franco and Y. Alvarez over H. Renfro?
Lastly, who is the drop if I make these moves when T. Turner comes of IL?
No point in having bench bats, may as well stash someone — Yandy over Maikel tho too — Can lose Renfroe for Trea
Thanks you da man!
No problem
Is pagan going to get us any saves or drop?
Drop
Are you benching or dropping Darvish at this point? 6BB last time out…
Is he broken?
3. I lost Glasnow, 12T roto, start Darvish @ Cin or 2 start Woodruff @PHI & @ATL?
Thanks
Start Yu of those
Who would be your target out of these guys
Tanaka, Marco g, hamels, arrieta, means, ryu
He has no saves guys so I’ll package Corbin Martin, porcello and either Alvarado or brasier for one of those guys?
Ryu, Tanaka
Who do you prefer? Hosmer or Matt Olson for ros?
Thanks!
Olson
Would it be recommended that I drop one of Muncy, H Dozier, Conforto, Rosario, or Dahl for Brocktune? 12 tm h2h
Nope
What’s up with Robert Stephenson? Stash?
Sure
Working on shedding my one JRam share, here’s my scenario-
12 team, 6×6 (OPS, QS)
I’m in first, mostly because of my great SP and solid enough hitting. Still, I have an owner intrigued into buying JRam.
My one somewhat weakness is closer (Holland, Parker, Givens, Kimbrel on shelf) so I could use a closer.
The offer is basically Edwin Diaz AND another piece-
Either Domingo or Puig (my choice), but I also COULD potentially hold him hostage for a SP (Flaherty or Bieber maybe) but I’m deep at SP and he may not even do that.
My question is,
1.) Do you prefer Puig or Domingo, and based on that
2.) Would you trade JRam for Edwin Diaz and ^ hitter?
Added context, I’ve shopped JRam most of the year and haven’t really found an interested owner or a good price tag. I know it’s not a great time to sell, but his average is killing me and his price is seemingly faltering by the day.
Would love some advice on this. Thanks.
I wouldn’t trade him for an SP if you’re already strong there.
I also wouldn’t trade him for the other offer (get cheaper saves), but it’s your first place team and you know your roster.
I meant Diaz AND one of the starters. But it’s tough, I don’t want to give JRam away but I do still feel like his name outweighs his value (the core definition of a sell)
He also has Dahl, should I give a take it or leave it offer of Dahl and Edwin for Jram? I have a bunch of OF (Franmil, SmithJr., Tapia, Mallex, and 1b/OF elg of JoMa, Braun, Gallo, Ohtani) so for a 4OF, 1B, CI UTIL roster, I’m losing a ton of flexibility.
I don’t know. Maybe these trade talks are fruitless.
I know, but the SP doesn’t help you for what you need. He’s not going to hit .200 all year, so you’re in line for better production from him. You’ve weathered the worst of him already, reap the rewards of a return to normal.
Dahl is in the same bucket as Puig and Domingo. Your OF is risky but I would ove one for a cheaper closer.
Or hell, if your SP is so stacked, move one of them.
True. Agree on all fronts. Thanks Cram
Cheers.
Nah, do better than that
True. Maybe I’m better off holding in general.
Yeah
Paddack or Corbin Martin, porcello, Alvarado
Same question for eikoff, straham, Boyd, Nola, Morton, Kershaw. Which one is actually realistic
Nola
Paddack
He said he’ll do paddack but I gotta take Shaw from and add a hitter
I can add Dan Murphy, ee, will Myers, soler, moose, Jose Martinez, Eduardo Escobar, Vlad Jr
I don’t follow any of this
He said he wants to get rid of Travis Shaw and I gotta add a hitter
You need to format your question/comment better in order to get back the best answers…
Who has Paddack you or him? Daniel Murphy is prob the least desirable bat you listed as owning.
Paddack + Daniel Murphy
OR
Nola + Travis Shaw
Is this the scenario Db?
Murphy?
Start Flavor Flav.. I mean yeah Boyd! tonight or does Houston scare you
Houston scares me
Scale of 1-20 how do you like peacocks start @ Detroit tonight? Streamonator moderately likes it.
Playing a team in h2h with stacked SP this week so don’t want my ratios wrecked on the first day of the week!
Maybe 12
I was thinking 11.
Pretty conservative of you
When in doubt, err on the side of “ehhhhhhhh”.
Mallex Smith rumored to be back up to Sea today (or very soon). Are we encouraged enough by him raking at AAA Tacoma to grab him in a 10 tm league, or leave him alone until he proves he doesn’t stink? I’d be dropping a streaming SP, limited moves league.
You only want him for his SBs. So if you need the SBs, why not take a shot on him for a few days?
Where is he playing in Seattle?
Well, not really needs-based; it’s more a question of all-around value versus a shmotato like Pence. I have a full IL and with the news that Tatis is still a week away, I’ll have to plug this pickup directly into my starting lineup at Util.
I’d go Mallex over Pence
Pence is playing and hitting.
This is my first year owning Khris Davis in a weekly H2H points league. I knew his weekly production would have highs and lows but did not expect these extreme highs and lows. Is this extreme streakiness who he is? I have never looked at his weekly historical production
. To be fair, he has been hurt for the past week plus and finally returned yesterday (he went 2 for 4). It’s been over a month since he homered. Do I continue leaving him in the lineup and hope he gets hot or should I wait until the power starts up again? I can only make lineup changes on Mondays.
Leave him in your lineup, he’s streaky, yes
lasagne not starting for the yankees tonight——cessa instead
lasagne may follow cessa after 2-3 innings
Interesting, thanks Florida Jack!
lasagna to the DL —shoulder strain
Damn
This “opener” trend is really breaking my balls in QS leagues…
Haha
Who is a better add for saves?
Cishek or continue to hold Jeffress as a handcuff for Hader?
I guess I’m wondering what the feeling is from the group on whether Jeffress will see saves at some point. Hate eating up a bench spot for a handcuff that may never happen.
Cishek
Even if he does see saves at some point…Cishek is getting them now. You want now production over speculative.
In a 14 team H2H points league, 10 keepers. K’s Count against.
Trade offer: I give Tim Anderson/Verdugo get Aldaberto Mondesi. Other outfielders are Conforto, Pham, Castellanos, Peralta, Soler. Thinking I pull the trigger
which side of trade do you prefer?
Mondesi side
Looking at Ender’s poor production this year (and batting 8th) coupled with a very poor steals success rate last year (After April), I think he is droppable in 12 Just don’t think he is a 25 – 30 steals guy this year. Unless he gets back to leading off, I am not seeing the upside. I am holding Chavis and McNeil instead until they cool off. Am I missing something?
Can lose him
Hi Grey,
Wins, Saves, ERA Whip K per 9 Quality Start league
Would you drop woodruff for luchessi?
Sure
drop shaw for Ender? I know the shaw questions are tired. Forget that guy. Thanks for the help Grey.
No problem
Moving forward, please rank 10t 5×5 UTIL:
A Hicks, Meadows, Domingo S, Olson
Thanks
Meadows, Domingo
Have Hicks on IL and need to drop someone from this list to activate him. Or else drop Astudillo.
Could also possibly drop a pitcher, J Gray, Hendricks or E-Rod. No easy answer here.
Question: drop Olson or Domingo to activate Hicks? Otherwise drop my catcher or lesser SP if I should keep Olson & Domingo.
Thanks
Gray
This may have been asked already but do you prefer Martin perez or Giolito in a 12 team redraft 5×5 QS?
Giolito
I just realized how dominating my offense is in ‘Perts league. Watch out for the law of averages’ effect on my pitching, if I can get out of my own way. Ima make a run at ya.
Come for some!
Which is also yelled at orgies
Haha. Ewwww
Wouldn’t it be come for all?
Come 4some
Start or sit J Musgrove @Ari tomorrow? 15 team roto
Start
Rank em Cole, paddack, soroka, ryu, Nola
Gerrit Cole, Nola… Ryu, Paddack, Soroka
Sorry, think I got you skipped SF, come back Grey! Did I get it right?
Haha. Looks fine to me.
10 team
Lose Joc for Aaron Hicks or hold?
Yes
thank you – youve been helping me out a lot in my nl only.
big lead in saves need starter help
hader + yates vs degrom + amir garrett
DeGrom side
Considering earlier JRam trade debates-
I was offered Harper for Jram- take the offer and run?
I’d take Harper
yo Grey
are u still holding on to Brasier? thinking of dropping him or Bassitt for Corbin Martin
also, Corbin Martin is @ BOS next start…. green light? thanks!
I’d hold for saves, but it’s fair for Martin but that start is not great
Braves optioned Kyle Wright after yesterday’s game.
Point: Braves fans reporting Austin Riley will be promoted.
Counterpoint: Braves fans reporting Austin Riley will be promoted.
It’s hard to differentiate between those in-the-know versus fanboy wishful thinking…
Haha
Trade question:
Trade Jose Ramirez for Dee Gordon + Shane Bieber in a keep forever? Better if it’s Jack Flaherty instead of Bieber?
JoRam side — not good with either SP
Hello Grey,
H2H full keeper league with Daily pitchers. I am thinking of trading Yandy “The Mountain” Diaz for little boy Yu.
My team is stacked. I have Hoskins and Arenado at 1b/3b with Rosario/Acuna/Jiminez rotating around my Utility spot.
My pitching is stacked too. Darvish could find a rare day to start out of necessity, but he falls on the same days as Archer/Hill/Straham/Paddack/Buehler in the next few starts so I’m assuming that pattern continues.
Is it a good trade or am I just bored at work?
I’d try Yu, but it’s just fair
You might be bored too, not mutually exclusive
kiki or dietrich
1) now
2) ROS
thank you!
or fletcher
Dietrich
2. Kike
The Twins going with a 3 Catcher lineup today is pretty amazing
They’re like their 3rd thru 6th best bats
12 team 7×7 keeper league (OPS and TB): Austin Riley or Ronny Rodriguez for my last roster spot?
Riley
Rotation help, 12 team, ESPN, 5X5, head to head league. We start 5 Sp’s and 4 RP’s.
I have Paddack (@LAD vs PIT), Flaherty(@ATL @TEX), Bauer (vs Balt), Castillo (vs Cubbies) and Marquez (@BOS).
On bench I have Soroka (vs SL) and Ed-Rod (vs Col) … You like Soroka and/or Ed-Rod over any of my 5 SP’s?
Thanks for having a look!
Soroka over Marquez prolly, I’d look at SON
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. you like giolito over bassitt? thanks.
Yeah
Want to activate Aaron hicks but struggling with who to drop. I am behind in saves. What would u do? 12 team roto obp league with keepers. Tough to let leclerc go i feel like he could reclaim the role not sure what to
McNeil
Odor
Chris martin
J leclerc
Luke jackson
Ja happ
Folty
Odor
Thanks grey. I’ve owned odor for the better part of three years. Not sure what that says about me but im not sad to say goodbye at this point!
I hear ya
H. Dozier or M. Muncy ROS?
Muncy
Vogelbach or a Austin Reilly stash? 14T obp daily h2h
Thanks
Riley
Better question:
Austin Reilly stash over McMahon, Vogelbach or JP Crawford
Thanks
Crawford
Hey Grey, would u pick up and roll Thornton out in his two start or keep Martin Perez in there @SEA? H2h cats lge. Thx!!
Thornton looks good
Scooped up Giolito this morning only to see Musgrove hit the WW. Worth cutting any of these guys for Musgrove.. R. Hill, J. Gray, Giolito, or B. Woodruff?
Gray
Hey Grey!
Do I hold DsSclafani after the meh start or is he just a streamer?
Grazie!
Stream
Offered Betts and Muncy for my Goldschmidt and Merrifield. 12 team H2H keeper league.
Betts side
Andujar is about to be back on the injured list for good in 2019. If he was dropped leave him be yall
Yeah
Grey, please pick top 3 streamers?
Thorton at SF
Maeda home vs SD
Strahm at LAD
Lynn at KC
Lucchessi home vs Pit
Canning home vs KC
P.Lopez home vs Mets
Giolito home vs Tor
By the way SON likes them all
Gotcha
Thorton at SF
Maeda home vs SD
Giolito
I’d look at SON tho
Would you drop Franmil Reyes to pick up Josh Bell as utility bat? This is a 6×6 OPS league. THanks.
Sure
Aguilar benched again today.
Is he even worth still holding in a 12-team league?
Nah
I felt like you were speaking directly to me with both the Meadows & Bryant blurbs. lol
Springer was my favorite post-off-year-steeper this year. A few more SBs would be nice, but I can’t complain. “Stop hitting all these HRs dammit! How are you supposed to steak bases if you keep homering like that?!” Said no Juan ever.
Ps – watched that Fried start – he pretty much had one bad inning. Was pretty solid otherwise. I realize that’s a “so other than that how was the play, Ms Lincoln?” but he’s still worth hanging on to. Better days ahead I think.
PPs – I’m hoping Seager gets going after that. His OPS isn’t too bad so his eye is right, he just seems….rusty. I spent (wasted) a 7th on him so I don’t feel too too bad about the value but he’s definitely disappointing.
HA! Funny on Lincoln
I hear ya on Seager, it’s still early, he might just need a Sell
Im low on pitching. Went into an AL only 5×5 with cole clevinger eovaldi and Rodon. I’ve already cut Rodon and traded Clevinger for Sanchez in a panic. I managed to luck out on Homer Bailey and Bassit and am looking for my next rotation piece.
We get 100 FAB budget .Im down to about 70 left Is it too early to blow 15 on either Corbin Martin this week or Jefry Rodriguez? I need wins, quality starts and some ERA n
I wouldn’t spend that much on either
Not Jefrey. For one, he can’t even spell his own name. For another I don’t see him helping your k’s; ERA or QS much. $15 would be ~20% of your budget. That’s a lot for a scrub.
One man’s opinion.
14-team OBP 5×5 roto
Pick 3
OF: Tilson, B.Dixon, Nimmo, Reddick, H.Ramirez, Duggar, Pinder, D.Fowler, Margot, Marisnick, Broxton, and Maybin
(Saves+Holds)
Pick 2
Cishek, Buttrey, Familia, C.Martin, Jimenez, Parker, Guerra, Kolarek, Claudio, Fedde, Barlow, and S.Dominguez.
Nimmo, Reddick, Harold R.
Cishek, Buttrey
Good. Those are the OFs I have already.
Dang…too late on Cishek. Who’s next?
Weekly league
Tapia (he’s been hot but out of Coors 2 @Bos and 3 @Phi 3 lefties)
Ender (3 vs Stl 3 vs Mil 5 righties)
Play 1
Ender
Oscar mercado called up. Who to drop? Or hold? 12 team obp roto keeper. Hurting on saves but maybe drop martin as hes not the long term answer in texas??
Chris martin
Griffin canning
Leclerc
Ja happ
Folty
Luke jackson
Winker
Over Martin
In Grey we trust…
Love the write up…always
Have a good problem to deal with, have Stanton and Eloy coming back eventually from the DL…
Leading the league in home runs, rbis, average and close to the top in wins, whip era.
Middle of the road in strikeouts, saves and steals…
Rather then drop yandy, DSJ, peraza or McMahon and let the wolves have at them…
What are your thoughts on giving yandy DSJ McMahon musgrove and Robles and getting back Yates Mallex Smith and Charlie Morton
Knowing that I have my two studs coming back…
Sure, if you can make that trade
Hey Grey,
12 Team H2H Categories
Looking to pick up Mercado, would you drop any of these guys for him or hold
B. Hamilton
Tapia
Soler
T. Beckham
or should I just drop my Catcher (Alfaro) and figure that out later just to get Mercado on my team now.
Hamilton
10 team AL only, need to drop someone when Eloy gets back, who would you drop out of Healy, Urshela, or Ronny Rodriguez?
Urshela
They’ve both been ice cold, but dropping Alfaro for Wilson Ramos is a no brainer, right?
Yes
Just lost Andujar in an OBP league, drop for: J Polanco, E Escobar, McNeil, Dietrich, La Stella?
Polanco
Grey, any thoughts on Oscar Mercado? Indians just called him up.Lots of speed. Worth a pick up in 12 teamer. Was going to drop Shaw whos on my bench anyway.
Seems fine
Reddick or will Myers and should I add Mercado If it’s a triples league with nsb and I have Betts, soler, puig, Jose Martinez, wil Myers as my outfielder right now and mondesi lindor up the middle.
Lose Reddick for Mercado
Going to drop reddick for a hot hitter I can plug in this week
La Stella, Ronny rod, Adam jones, Mercado, Laureano
?
Mercado
Pena @twins with no Cruz or Gibson vs Angels?
Gibson
Should I drop Kepler or Schoop for Tapia?
Thanks!
Kepler
Mercado or Tapia? Mercado just got the call.
Tapia
I’ll jump on bandwagon. Buxton or Mercado for straight Sangof rest of season.
Could go either way, but would go Buxton
Tapia or Greg Polanco?
Tapia or Hunter Dozier?
Tapia…Dozier
Lindor or story?
Best prospect for na
Mise, gallen, Riley, Mateo?
Story — Riley
Nicky Lopez called up to play 2nd base for Royals
Better add Lopez or Mercado?
Mercado
In my NL only, Darvish or Gio?
Gio
You buying Ohtani?
Sure
Over any of the following?
Dahl
Soler
Eloy
Tapia or Fletcher over any of the following? I need runs
Chavis
Greg Polanco
Franmil
DSJ
Drop vertigo or c. Frazier for…
Tapia or Marcado
Thanks!
*Mercado
Trade Paddack for Altuve in a H2H redraft?
I’ve been treading water with Murphy and would like a solid everyday second baseman.
My rotation is:
Cole
Paddack
Wheeler
Flaherty
Woodruff
Strahm
Rodriguez-BOS
Can I afford it?
Grey-
Hola-
H2H category league. My SPs are Flaherty, Marquez, Boyd, Kikuchi, Hamels, C. Smith and Luke Weaver(Have Glasnow and Clevinger in IL)…would you lose any of these guys for Happ, Giolito, Montas, Porcello, Corbin Martin, Carlos Martinez, Aaron Sanchez or Kuechel? Also, would you drop Daniel Murphy for any of Franmil, Tapia, Carpenter, Puig, G Polanco or Castellanos? Thank you!
Any idea where Neris disappeared to? Our Ottavino for Neris trade looking sad unless he has the flu.
Rough day for my team hitting-wise: 1/21 with 12 Ks so far tonight… 12 Ks!!!!! Shocked that both Benintendi and Betts have 2 each
It hasn’t been great for me so far either
On the plus side I – last week’s ERA/WHIP-lashing made me pick up Kyle Hendricks, so there’s that. At least I probably won’t start off the early part of the week with a 20+ ERA! Though my SAGNOF guys might still do damage as they try to get me my first save in 2 weeks
Ah, nice!
Flaherty is the king of cruising and then just blowing his load over one inning and forgetting how to pitch – tonight it was the 5th inning against the Braves – he had a no hitter up to that point
I know, I was watching
You watching the Red Sox/Rockies game? Great game – even though I hate it cause Benintendi is 0/5 with 4 Ks
I feel like such an idiot dropping Matt Barnes to chase saves when it looked like Brasier had a firm grip on the closer role