Yesterday’s Yankee/Rangers game started with a 1st-inning blast from Didi Gregorius (1-for-5, 2 RBIs, hitting .246) and his 11th homer. The return of The Gregorius D.I.D. giving fantasy owners one more chance to tell trade partners gimme the loot, gimme the loot! Also, in this game, Aaron Judge (2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, hitting .284) went bye-bye now with his 13th; Neil Walker (2-for-5, 2 runs, hitting .220) said get those tennis balls off my feet and hit his 2nd (this week); Nomar Mazara (2-for-5, 3 BRIs, hitting .274) said two teams can play that game and hit his 11th, and Ronald Guzman (2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs) hit his 5th homer, and his third game in a row, and the two time in a row I said to pick him up. Rinse, repeat. Also, in this game, Aaron Judge–Sorry, got carried away with the repeat gag. Speaking of gags: Fister, I hardly know ya! And I wish you BCC’d me on Sabathia. But the real news, Gleyber Torres (1-for-5, 3 RBIs, hitting .323) hit his 8th homer, and his 5th homer in five games) had his star mitzvah this week. Were you invited? Lou Bega performed. They had dreidel piñatas. The pot roast was cut-your-mouth dry. All the fixins! I know someone who wasn’t invited, Aaron Boone. Has to explain how Gleyber’s still hitting 9th. Can someone mansplain to me what’s going on? Did Neil Walker win a Boone family egg toss so he has to bat so high? Maybe if Boone’s entire coaching experience wasn’t hitting a walk-off homer, we’d have some idea how this should play out. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Khris Davis – Hit the DL as he was diagnosed with a grade 1 strain of his groin. Grade 1 groin strain means his groin is good with its ABC’s until the P’s.
Marco Gonzales – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.05. His perfs are gorge, as the kids say, and he always pops up a beat after someone says Polo. Also, the Stream-o-Nator loves his next start, so I could see giving him a whirlybird.
Marcell Ozuna – Overslept and didn’t make it to the park on time. Glad one of us is getting some sleep over his performance this year!
Michael Wacha – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners (0 BBs), 6 Ks, ERA at 2.88. Look at his ERA one more time. Okay, average starter ERA is 4.15. I wrote a Michael Wacha sleeper post this offseason too, but you already knew that.
Jake Junis – 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.52. The Stream-o-Nator was all over this start. On Razzball dollars, it reads: In SON We Trust. With a picture of me in a white-powdered wig, sitting on Giancarlo’s lap.
Salvador Perez – 1-for-5 and his 8th homer as he played 1st base for the first time in years. Gotta get that Olympic Gold Medalist Drew Butera bat in the lineup! Okay, okay, it’s to keep Perez’s bat in the lineup, but Drew Butera is just funny (to me).
Raisel Iglesias – Hit the DL with a strained left biceps. It’s his non-throwing arm, so before you dive out the window in a panic–Eek, think it was too late for that one owner. Oh well, everyone else can grab Jared Hughes, but this is likely a week or two issue.
Scooter Gennett – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 9th homer, and, like, his 17th homer this week. It’s funny (not funny), Scoots McAiryTheBall is exactly what the Brewers, who traded him away, could use at 2B. Told ya funny (not funny).
Chad Kuhl – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.20. I have no knowledge on whether this is true or not, but Kuhl always seems to come through when given the Stream-o-Nator‘s support. Maybe they can have a low key meet and greet.
Francisco Cervelli – 2-for-6, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. It’s all good; I’m happy for Cervelli, but on the reals, one question, if it was a launch angle thing, why didn’t you do this the first nine years in the league? Playing hard to get? Or rather, playing easy to get on waivers?
Luiz Gohara – 4 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners (4 BBs), 6 Ks, ERA at 2.45 as he got his first start. Braves don’t sound very committed to keeping Gohara in the rotation (at this point). I watched most of his start and he deserves the shot. His fastball had a lot of *crazy Cosmo Kramer hand motion* giddy up! His command was more left of center than Bernie Sanders, but he could strike out anyone at any point. I like him, but with no definite rotation spot, it’s hard to get too excited.
Jake Arrieta – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.45. Early preseason me didn’t like Arrieta at all, then, when the Phils signed him, it was a little bit less hate and more indifference. Now I hate him again. Dubya tee eff with that beard?! Kidding (not kidding), I don’t hate him for his beard, but his peripherals are not pretty. Sell, my pretties-to-your-mommies!
Clayton Kershaw – Felt good (their words) after a bullpen sesh (my words). Should be back in about a week (our words).
Kyle Freeland – 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.28. A lot of people are asking about Freeland, and since I work for you — there’s a good .0000000001 of a penny made on every page! — I’ll look up Freeland and break him down for you. A 91 MPH fastball is his best pitch, but it’s set up by three other pitches, so he only uses it around 50% of the time, which is nearly not at all. He keeps the ball down, which is a plus in Coors, and he deploys a sinker. His bread-and-butter is that he’s unhittable vs. lefties, then works to stay passable vs. righties. There’s a lot of danger with Coors, and I’m still not sold at home, but on the road I could see it if the matchup is right.
Kenta Maeda – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 12 Ks, ERA at 3.38. Maeda’s got more flavors than Willy Wonka! Sorry, I’ve been listening to Macklemore and now I’m embarrassed. No, I’m not wearing a backpack, stop making fun of me!
Devon Travis – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer, hitting .149. We’re about at the point where the number pi has less numbers than how many posts there are in post-hype sleeper for Travis.
Tyler Clippard – 1/3 IP, 4 ER and the blown save, which is putting it mildly. That was the kind of blown save (walked the bases loaded) that has, “Hey, Meat, grab some pine.” I typed in Clippard, it auto-corrected to clip art, and a cartoon bomb appeared. Ryan Tepera appears to be the clearcut favorite to replace him. Of course, I’m chanting, “Let Oh go!” But probably not since he’s spending 400 years in Egyptian early middle relief.
Yangervis Solarte – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer. Solarte, oh oh. Cantare, oh oh oh oh. He tends to get ice cold and boiling hot at the drop of a dime, so he might be heating up again.
Aaron Sanchez – 5 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners (5 BBs), 2 Ks, ERA at 4.07. You know things are bad when things are good and they’re still bad (made sense in my head). In other words, a scoreless five innings is great, but five walks vs. two Ks. That’s the new blech.
Blake Parker – 1 IP, 1 ER, 3 hits, 1 walk and the save, ERA at 3.04. Blake Parker with the full-on whew save. Best part, The Sciosciapath likely thought he was dominant, so we’re golden arches, Ronald McDonald! I’m not dropping Justin Anderson yet.
Welington Castillo – Will be suspended for 80 games due to PEDs. Gordon Ramsey will now cut him open and complain that he’s raw inside.
Adam Engel – 4-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (1) and legs (7), hitting .212. No disrespect to Engel, but I’d prolly get a double off the wall against everyone, except Gausman, on the Orioles staff. The Orioles could trade for starting pitcher, Pablo Sandoval, and it would be an improvement.
Dylan Covey – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.46. After the game, Covey dined on dolphin meat. Not cool, man.
Chris Archer – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.68 vs. David Price – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.08. This was a matchup billed as, “Exhale.” As in, every five days you can’t believe you own these guys and have to start them, but yesterday was one of the decent days.
Adam Plutko – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 4 Ks, ERA at 2.19, in his 2nd start. Fun fact! The International Astronomical Union said Plutko is no longer considered a last name. As for Plutko, the pitcher, he has command (usually), but relies on inducing contact and getting weak outs. Inducing contact is a nice way of saying, “GET OFF MY PLANE,” like Harrison Ford.
Brandon Nimmo – 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer. Not sure what he’s doing playing, let alone homering. Bautista needs at-bats, don’t ya know?
Jacob deGrom – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.54. Even better, after the game, he was able to locate both his elbows!
Jeurys Familia – 1 IP, 2 ER as he blew the save, and Brad Ziegler (1 IP, 0 ER) got the save. In other news, up is down.
Dan Straily – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.12. Straily is the stereotypical guy no one ever owns in mixed leagues, but is ownable, and, in deeper leagues, is a sneaky value pick. All the time. Without fail. *bangs on keyboard* Cliche, cliche, cliche! *pauses* But no truer thing has ever been written.
Josh Reddick – Hit the DL with a leg infection. That sounds like something that nana would’ve gotten. Does Reddick wear a muumuu? Have bed rashes? Play bingo? I got questions, y’all!
Justin Verlander – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 1.08 vs. Jeff Samardzija – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 6.23. Verlander is playing 3-D chess and Samardzija is playing Chinese checkers and doesn’t speak Chinese.
George Springer – 2-for-4 and his 10th homer, hitting .294. He has the quietest more-than-decent stats on the year, right? He’s really a .275 hitter, so he’s even hitting for a better average, but I have not thought about him all year. Now watch him go on one of his 7-homers-in-7-games streaks.
Michael Fulmer – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.08. If an alien landed here and asked me to describe Fulmer, I’d say exactly what he’s done to this date, and his line yesterday. Then the alien would ask if Fulmer and I were related to Fulbright scholarships. And I’d say, “Yes.”
Niko Goodrum – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .245. If you’re tracking ‘pert FAAB moves, Rudy grabbed Goodrum in five leagues this week. I thought he was just drunk.
Erick Fedde – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks as he was recalled. He’s likely sent back down, so it’s all kinda of moot. If you’re interested in him, all rookie pitcher projections can be found on Prospect-o-Nator; he’s ranked 19th.
Matt Adams – 3-for-3 and his 11th homer, hitting .273. Adams is like, “Yo, why you putting me out to pasture? Skinny Oprah never encountered such problems. And she yo-yo’d!” Adams will still likely share time with Reynolds, and Zimmerman’s due back any day, so things might get tight. Hopefully they don’t send down Soto, especially for the person who bid $600+ in FAAB in my league.
Tyson Ross – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.13. If you started him, you have bigger bottom marbles than I. I figured @WASH would’ve left him looking put away wet.
Ryan Braun – Will return today. Awesome, I missed the aggravation.
Jesus Aguilar – 2-for-5, 1 run, 3 RBIs, hitting .324. Hard to find a hotter schmotato. Why won’t you pick him up? Is your mom right? Are you afraid of success? Aw, that’s sad. C’mon, I’ll comfort you. Metaphorically! Get away from me!
Christian Yelich – 1-for-3, 2 runs, hitting .282. Since it was an early game, I watched this, and Yelich is about to break out. He was on everything. No jokes, Reggie cards in my spokes. All the times. I didn’t say nothing about no rhymes. Emeril Bam’d! Triple negatives be damned!
Travis Shaw – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer, hitting .243. When he homered, I screamed and Ted started humping my leg and I was so happy I just went along with it. Get yours, boy!
Tyler Saladino – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .429. Been hyping Salad’s dino for days.
John Ryan Murphy – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer. In related news, I think Iannetta is still playing for the Rockies, but I’m not sure because he never does anything.
Paul Goldschmidt – 1-for-3 and his 6th homer. Au Shizz!
Parents added outside the courtroom, “We’re also sick of hearing about how Paul Goldschmidt is ruining his fantasy baseball team.” pic.twitter.com/KFjP3KNw9Y
— Razzball (@Razzball) May 23, 2018
Zack Godley – 3 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA up to 4.85. Godley had problems with Christian and Jesus, draw your own conclusions. Godley looked so much worse than the stat line, and the stat line is by no means illustrious, if you’re still drawing conclusions.
Reddick got an infected spider bite! Don’t these guys use neosporin or does that count as a PED?
@Roger Anderson: Can’t even use the ‘Tussin.
Grey!!!
Great write-up.
a. How dare you make fun of Sal Butera’s son? They actually have something in common. Like father, like son – they both suck bark.
b. On Ianetta or lacrappa as I call him, I saw the other day that his BAA went up from 0.187 (Hudda! Hudda!) to 0.213 with that big ground-rule double off Jansen which had no fantasy relevance whatsoever.
c. Mark Twain quote of the day for May 24
A brave man does not create his bravery. He is entitled to no personal credit for possessing it. It is born to him.
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: A. Haha B. So sad C. Awesome
Hello Grey, superb ‘cap, sir!
On behalf of all Wellington owners, I’ll ask the dreaded C question first.
So, like, who is the add?
Suzuki (who’s in a time-share with…)
Flowers (“you wanna make Flowers today?”
Lucroy (doing OK but no power to show for it)
Barnhart (ditto but with Coors series coming up)
J. McCann (Buy from a week ago but he’s been meh)
Gomes (Yan can add!)
uhh….
Mesoraco (just don’t look at him and it’ll be fine)
OK, I think we can see where this is going. This is a 12-team league (w/OPS) and currently 14 catchers are rostered. TIA!
@JakeTPE:ugly choices, but I think barnhart is batting second these days
@dingo37: Cheers. Barnhart was my first instinct and Mesoraco, oddly enough, was second…
@JakeTPE: Tucker
@Grey: Awesome. Thanks, Grey!
@JakeTPE a>: You think that’s bad, I am in a deep 2 carcher league in which thirty-eight (38!) catchers are rostered. I am seriously thinking about going catcherless in one spot rather than spend any FAAB on the dreck that is on the market.
@LenFuego: Man, that’s rough. The 39th guy would likely end up doing you more harm than good most days.
@JakeTPE: Yeah, if you suffer an injury or suspension and you have not rostered a playable third catcher up front — and I haven’t — you are just toast. The annoying thing is a few weeks I had John Hicks (who is lineup eligible in our league), but dropped him two FAABs ago in anticipation of Cabrera coming back and him losing ABs … I could sure use him now but he got snapped up last FAAB.
@JakeTPE: Barnhart, McCann, Lucroy
@b the esq.: Nice. Thanks, B!
@JakeTPE:
Where would John Hicks be on this list?
@robert weeks: 7 games at C so far, so 3 more for eligibility in this league. I’ll definitely add him to my watch list.
So does Godley turn it around or is he worth dumping in a trade?
@Sam: cut bait
@Sam: If you c an deal him for anything decent, do it.
@Sam: Agree with dingo
Not to pick nits, but Godley only gave up 6 ER. Sadly, as someone who owns Godley on every team, I would know all too well.
@bossmanjunior333: Ah, my bad, fixed
Grey-
who to replace Welington Castillo ??? any SAFE pickups?
@kale salad flunkee: With those options, I’d taaaaake that guy.
@kale salad flunkee: Safety at catcher is not really an option. League size and roster would be helpful to know. Barnhart, Lucroy, McCann…..If its a 1 person league and Sanchez is available, pick him up….
12 team league/ Keeper league, but I already own Sanchez, looking at maybe the mini Posey aka Austin Barnes… for backup
@kale salad flunkee: no backup
@kale salad flunkee: Who cares about a backup catcher? Just pick one if you must have one.
@kale salad flunkee: No idea who’s available in your league
Fantastic write up as always! I have a trade offer that I’m dwelling on. 10 team OPS keeper league. We all keep 10 guys at the end of the season.
He is offering Bryce Harper and josh hader for Ronald Acuna and Gleyber Torres. I love Torres and acuna but Harper is too big a prize to pass up, right?
@Justin: I’d do it
@Justin: Harper side
@Justin: Thanks! Harper side
Before Godley got so awful I traded him and Altuve for hot Newcombe and avg and runs only Altuve. Now that Goldy homered I’m sure I won the trade. Not….yet. Thoughts?
Also Chacin is really hot … you buyin’?
@Greg: You traded Godley and Altuve for Newcomb and Altuve?
Can’t put much stock in Chacin
@Greg: Don’t trust Chacin — Altuve trade has Altuve on both sides
I would have snoozed on Wacha entirely if not for you!
Who do you think between Tepera and Barraclaugh for saves rest of season? I have Barraclaugh rostered from when Zieg first struggled, but MIA seems like they won’t make a change unless Zieg is traded (and I’m done trying to guess the lengths MIA wouldn’t go to save money).
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: @kale salad flunkee:really too many variables; I tend to go with the guy on the better team
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Wacha! Flip a coin… Tepera
@Grey: Thanks – leaning Tepera moreso now that Osuna’s suspension is expected to be significant
Yeah
Do I trade Folty and Trammell (or Calhoun) for Rendon in 16-team keeper? Currently have Matt Davidson at 3B with JRam also eligible there. Have Flaherty in MiLB that could fill into Folty’s spot.
Love, meh, or pass?
@Harold Walpole: Rendon side
Drop Gohara and pickup Maeda? League w/ QS.
@Synyster: sure
@Synyster: Agree with dingo
Grey…your night cap is once again solid, has anyone seen Rizzo
@Cable: Not sure he ever made it back from spring training
@Grey: How bout Buy-Low on Rizzo…i think i can get it done for my Polanco and Billy Hamilton…
What are your feelings on Ozuna? Time to let go for Ian Happ, Hicks, Gardner, Desmond, or someone else on the FA list? Not sure that I could trade him for dog food right now.
Thanks!
@Hepcat13: happ best out of that bunch, but hed be even more aggravating to have; hold
@Hepcat13: Hold Ozuna
@Hepcat13: Nah, hold
More homers ROS- Cruz or Ozuna?
@KCC26: gonna go with cruz cause ozuna doesn’t own an alarm clock
@dingo37: Haha
@KCC26: Cruz
Rizzo or Bour? Bour is doing something Rizzo used to do….take walks. Rizzo just loves hitting into the shift. Time and time and time again. Already been turned down for a Rizzo for Goldy swap. It’s not early anymore.
@Chickie: Rizzo
Javier Baez has 2 unintentional walks so far. 2! And his OBP is a paltry .297. He’s a special kind of anomaly.
@Cram It:
Man he swings at everything.
@OaktownSteve: He must! He’s trying to be the first true two outcome player.
@Cram It: Wow, didn’t realize it was that low
Ugh, Clippard.
I snagged Tepera in a few leagues to handcuff them. Is Oh a spec add? Or you confident Tepera is the next man up?
@kilkennybrian: I do not see how anyone could be confident with anything in that bullpen right now.
@kilkennybrian: I do not see how anyone could be confident in anything going on with that bullpen right now.
@kilkennybrian: Agree with Len
@Grey: my crazy prediction of the day, stroman comes back and closes.
Well, I never underestimate predictions by Carnac, but that does crazy
Buy Godley for 60 cents on the dollar?
@Deadly Pink Kittens: meh. 47 cents on the dollar, maybe.
@Deadly Pink Kittens: If the league is deep, I suppose
Surprised (not surprised) no Godley blurb.
Did I see the other day you were calling Shaw borderline mixed league droppable? Seems like he’s been about what was expected.
Aguilar has been crushing for my NFBC team. Always felt like he could hit given a chance.
@OaktownSteve: Ended the post with Godley below tweet… Shaw should be owned, but him or, say, Villanueva, that different? Yeah, I have Aguilar in one league, he looked great yesterday too… Jesus!
Ryan Zimmerman or Gurriel ROS? Utility role for me… Zimmerman is a free agent, and I own Yuli.
@Jimmy Suitcase: Gurriel
@Jimmy Suitcase: Hold for now
Would you trade Folty and Trammell (or W. Calhoun) for Rendon in a 16-team OPS keeper. Currently I have Matt Davidson and JRam with 3B eligibility. Flaherty would slot into Folty’s spot.
Love, meh, or pass? If love, do you trade Trammell or Calhoun?
@Harold Walpole: Answered above
@Grey: Sorry for the repeat. Thanks!
Yup, no problem
Carpenter or Mancini? In other news…Kenta totally Maeda my night. High fives dude!
@NXIVM: i’ll say carp and grey will say dingo37 is crazy; mancini all day
@NXIVM: Ha, high five… Can try Carp, O’s are a mess
Also in other other news, The Boeuf Wellington’s spoiled and I now turn to the sunken-eyed squatter. Can I borrow a light bulb?
@NXIVM: You have an idea?
@NXIVM: Devin can illuminate it for you
@NXIVM: There’s sunken treasure in his eyes
@Grey: Announcer: “ Why the ef is Mesoraco catching in a black cob webby tunic?” “Holy Sh/t, gold coins just fell out of his eyes when that foul ball hit his sweet spot!”
“It’s like looking into a bowling ball and seeing eyes.”
@Grey: It’s like The World’s Grumpiest Cat and Brian Peppers had a love child that can somehow catch a baseball.
HA!
While I don’t offer you much more than the .0000000001 cent you get each time I visit razzball, I occasionally feel inclined to reciprocate something of value, though the value of what I may offer will always be questionable and never tangible. That being said, I tried to give y’all a heads up on Blake Parker. Being a Sciosciapathologist by circumstance, and by no means choice (l’m an Angels fan after all), there are few times I can get successfully get into to the mind of the madman. The catch is safely planning my exit before I start having “flights of idea”, “racing thoughts” and avoiding, most distressing of all, speaking in “word salad” and devolve into paranoid exclamations belted at the top of my lungs to noone in particular. Being an Angels fan is a bit like working at an asylum. You don’t want to take your work home with you (nor your patients).
I’m not really saying what you should do with Jusin Anderson, but I can speak with 15% confidence that Jim Johnson won’t get the next save chance.
There’s your paltry .00000000001 cent piece of non-advise. I hope that helps.
@Dave D, Licensed Sciosciapathologist: Haha, thanks!
Bour or Matt Olson – 10 team 6×6 (OBP)
Thanks in advance!
@CarlosMartinez’Barber: Olson
This is a question for Rudy – why does the trade analyzer insist on keep Samardzija’s value high, it’s at $9.3 right now, when he has pitched pretty poorly lately and doesn’t look anything like last year’s pitcher? His peripherals indicate he might be pitching hurt. Does your model predict better days for him?
Thanks
the model is based off Steamer ROS projections which do take recent pitching into account. it is weighted based on their model. i don’t know the exact weights but the ‘standard’ from marcel had been 3x for most recent year, 2x for year before, 1x for year before that.
it does not predict pitching injuries. if only!
i TOTALLY agree with your Shark assessment. he’s always had fantastic control and now he’s walking batters. might be injury. might be his form. he’s droppable in 12-team and i’ve benched him 2 straight weeks in 15-team.
@Jimmy Suitcase: i’ll say zimm and you say a prayer
Andujar a pickup over Longoria and/or Eduardo Escobar?
@Bill: hold
@Bill: Over Longo
In fairness, Goldy probably is ruining his team. As for mine, 12 Team ROTO and I’ve had to replace Marte and Pollock. I shuffled some players around and picked up Hicks and Aguilar. My OF is Hoskins, Mancini, Bellinger, Teoscar and Soler. Would you drop anyone for:
Goodrum
Austin Meadows
Andujar
Tyler O’Neill
Yonder Alonso
@Mr. Rickey: I’d drop teo or soler for meadows or oneill depending on need.
@Mr. Rickey: Agree with dingo
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
quickie- somebody dropped Zunino for Wellington last night…. whoops. Put in a waiver claim and drop Cervelli? Buy/Sell /trade analyzer like Zunino ROS over Cervelli by a good amount. But I was curious what the almighty eye of Grey says.
@Johnnyhobbes: I do like Zunino over Cervelli
@Johnnyhobbes: Heh, I think that guy is going to create a ripple effect. He drops Zunino for Wellington. You drop Cervelli for Zunino. Next guy drops Suzuki for Cervelli … next guy drops McCann for Suzuki … etc.
Hey Grey
I need an SP
Can you rank these guys for me
Hamels @ home KC
E-Rod @ home Atlanta
Maeda @ home Philadelphia
Cahill @ home Arizona
Junis @ home Minn
Thanks Pal
@Alps: Maeda, Cahill, Junis
Never thought I’d be asking but here goes…who’s the pick up for Wellington. It’s limited moves H2H weekly league so I can’t stream terrible catchers. Gattis Alfaro J McCann Mesoraco Iannetta… or leave empty. I tried searching for “Gordon Ramsey” but he was scooped up ha!
@Gotime: Barnhart available as well
Tucker
@Gotime: Ha! Tucker
Hey Grey, nice write-up! I never do this, I swear, but I had La Beouf on both of my teams, and so… catcher questions in 3-2-1! Best pickup from among these schmohawks?
Cervelli, Gattis, B McCann, J McCann, Iannetta, Gomes, Chirinos, Martin.
Thanks!
@mrm3711: cervelli if the hand isn’t serious
@mrm3711: Thanks! Agree with dingo
sure; believe cervelli got hurt last night too. any chance keeping both and trading one back to new Wellington owner for something good?
Why can’t those dopes just keep their mouth shut on Survivor?
@FrankGrimes: Last night was incredible… Best finale in ten years?
@Grey:
Yes but they those two Dude waltz into the final!
You mean the fact that Donathon was the only one trying to take them out? Crazy
@Grey:
Then that chick was surprised she didn’t get any votes haha
Haha… I forget, who did Angie vote for? Because if Dom kept her, I thought she might’ve voted for him in a tie
@Grey:
She gave Wendell the $$$.
I know it’s highly edited but sure seemed like they had ample opportunities to get both those guys outta there. Guess he deserved to to win as much as anyone.
Yeah, I don’t hate him winning, Dom was putting on a masterclass that 1st tribal tho
@Grey:
I think he kinda over played his hand tho.
He should have used the fake idol by letting someone find it and think they was safe. Make sea bass use his extra vote to get Wendell out.
That’s an interesting take, maybe… He achieved his goal, but he did maybe come off as an ass in the process… His calls on people lying tho were so spot on, he seemed like he could play a good game of poker… Like that snap call on Donathon…
@Grey:
Agreed but they all know they all are lying. He didn’t do anything that great. The old chick just ran to him and told him they were trying to vote him out. He had that good line about building furniture tho ha.
Ha, true… Angie was the worst player ever, but if he brought her, I think she would’ve felt beholden to vote for him in the tie
Meh question of the day:
Marco Gonzales or Domingo German ROS
as always thanks in advance
@Ace of Spades: Marco
This is a keeper league and we keep 20 players each year and draft to fill the rest of our roster.
Trade offered to me:
His: Goldy
for my: Miggy and 1st round draft pick.
Thoughts on Goldy rebounding?
@Louies: Goldy
12 team h2h points league
Give Greinke and Trea turner, get Verlander and Segura…
@Zoobaz: Trea
Drop Soler or Buxton for Aaron Hicks, or hold both?
@Fred: Soler
Saves + Holds roto lg 14-team question: I own Rodney, J.Kelly and Alvarado. Anything better on the FA list? Hunter, Ziegler, Barraclough, M.Feliz, L.Garcia, E.Ramos, D.Stumpf, W.Harris, J.Jimenez, Roe, Kintzler, Shaw, Barnes, Stammen or Hirano?
@coacher: Barraclough for Alvarado
Aguilar and Braun are available. Drop Desmond for one of them?
Thanks.
@Jake: I like Desmond
Good morning, Grey!
Drop any of Jankowski, DeShields, O’Neill, Andujar or Blake Parker for Ronald Guzman in RCL?
Thanks a lot!
@GrassyKnollRedding: PS: Could also drop Jared Hughes if need be. Thanks again!
@GrassyKnollRedding: DeShields
@GrassyKnollRedding: Morning too!
Pick one for QS & Ks
Taillon vs STL (Mikolas)
Castillo vs PIT (Nova)
Flaherty @ PIT (Williams)
Lopez @ DET (Fiers)
Thanks in advance
@citizen5: Castillo
@Grey:
follow-up question:
start Castillo tonight vs PIT or wait until Gausman vs TB later this week
Thanks
Has to be either or? Gausman then
@Grey:
Yes – 7 starts per week. Have to decide which is my 7th. Other starts
Gausman vs Sox done
Wacha vs Royals done
Berrios vs Tigers done
Berrios vs Mariners
Flaherty vs Pirates
Severino vs Angels
Thank you
Severino
A) Lost Wellington Castillo – options to replace are barren – Suzuki, McCann, Barnes, Barnhardt, Mesoraco, Yan Gomes, Iannetta, Hedges…?
B) Andujar available. Dump Ohtani (batter) or Tim Anderson for him?
@sdub: A. Tucker B. Ohtani
If I can pull off trading Cain, Corbin and maeda for Blackmon that’s a win right?
@aardvark: Yeah
@Grey: what if it’s morton and Cain for Blackmon. Still a go?
Blackmon side
Correa or Turner is H2H Keeper for this year and beyond?
@Chris: Trea
@Grey: Correa or Machado then?
Machado
14 team league, Drop Deshields for any of the following: Teoscar, Franchy, Profar or Streaming spot?
@crock: Stream
I love walking up early in the morning and getting my cup of GRAY!! Clippard was great to have playing last night! Dropped ASAP for N Jones.
12 team H2H 6×5 OPS 5OF
Zunino, Goldy, A Cabrera, Lindor, Bregman, Ozuna, Rosario, Acuna, C Taylor, Polonco, J Turner. B Ohtani, Hosmer, Carp.
Who is the better play the ROS M. Carp or I. Happ.
Have a great day young fella.
BB
@Brian Boyle: Thanks! Happ, you too!
The beef was tainted with growth hormones and now 10 year old girls in Chicago are flowering early. That aside I am thinking of Barnhardt as a replacement in an OBP league. Speaking of Flowers The ATL situation is available as well.
Plutko sounds like a plinko played on Pluto
@Zeus: Haha, nice — Tucker
Greylord!! Happy Thursday!! I thought the Americans was awesome last night!! “Things are “topsy turvy” are the office. Ohhhh shiiiiit! Stan Beeman on your ass!!!! Wish the finale was like 2 hours long. It’s gettin intense!!
1) buy/sell or hold Eric Hosmer
2) Plutko or Marco Gonzales?
3) candelairio, Healy, Harrison, or Brian Anderson at 3B until Vlad gets the call?
@Nightmare!: AHHHHHHHHH!!!! Americans! I can’t even… 1. Buy 2. Marco 3. Healy
Would you try to trade Keuchel for Kenta Maeda?
@JeffFromTallahasssee: Yes
5×5 h2h, I’ve got Castillo going today v Pittsburgh.
I’m up 4-0 in QS, up by 15 Ks, winning slightly in ERA and WHIP (both under 1.00), and still have 5 SP left on the week (Quintana, wood, Pivetta, Buehler, foltynewitz). Start or sit Castillo today to keep my ratios down?
@Scen: Start
@Grey: thanks, second q: drop billy Hamilton for Cron, Andujar, Meadows or Franchy?
Haven’t really been starting Hamilton since I can’t trust a guy hitting .200 to get me steals.
Andujar
@Grey: thanks pal
No problem
Couple days ago in response to my question, you ranked for power: O’Neill, Williamson, Aguilar.
How would you rank those 3 as overall hitters? I have room for 1, maybe 2. Currently own O’Neill.
Thanks!
@ctrengove: Aguilar
@Grey:
Cheers, Grey
You cheers!
Re the Milwaukee early game, technically, isn’t EVERY game an early game for Left Coasters?
It is nice
Corbin or Quintana ROS?
Thanks Grey!
Quintana, might be close
@Grey: Yea kinda what I figured. I hate seeing the dip in velocity from Corbin. Quintana seems to be coming around
Yup
which of these scrubs would you stream this wkd
SON rankings below:
Romo v BAL 13.8
Banda v BAL 13.0
Yarbrough v BAL 10.8
thx
Yarbrough is the only one that will go more than 4 IP
Good day everyone!
1) would you do following trade: give Patrick Corbin, Gregory Polanco and Mitch Moreland to get Mitch Haniger, Jesus Aguliar and Michael Brantley?
2) do you think Jesus Aguliar is for real and worth trying to obtain or he is just hot schomato for short term?
3) is Corbin in trouble and heading south and should I try and trade him soon?
Thanks for help!
@Earl:
Do I not get a response from the master (or maybe you are thinking about what to say, haha)??
@Earl: Sorry just missed your comment, wasn’t intentional…. 1. Haniger side 2. Real, but may platoon 3. Yes, in trouble
Grey
Do Profar or Guzman have staying power?
I’d be dropping Conforto
Thanks
Nope
I love it when the early games feature bullpens (TOR, CIN, LAA) where we’re speculating saves. Hopefully we’ll have some clarity about who to prioritize/add/drop by the time the later games start. Conversely it’s super annoying when teams with mystery closers end up in blow out games so we have no actionable info. By lunchtime we’ll either be a bit smarter or a bit angrier. Fingers crossed!
Re: angrier — Be careful what you wish for! Emoji
@Grey: Haha, at this point “angrier” is just me getting back to neutral.
HA! That’s a fantasy sports mantra right there
ROS:
Polanco, Domingo, C Santana, Puig, Conforto
Puig, Domingo
swanson or profar? how about in a league that has both AVG and OPS, kinda double counting hitting skill?
Neither? Profar
could you please rank the following players,
Teoscar, Domingo Santana, Tim Anderson, Delino Deshields
Domingo, Anderson
Need to (but do I?) activate Braun frmo DL today.
who should I drop?
Odor
Moran
Descalso
Matt Adams
Descalso
The Rockies aren’t hitting. Their catchers are pathetic. Tom Murphy is raking – why don’t they recall him?
It’s obscene
Hey Grey,
I’ve got two separate questions for you today:
A – 10 team roto w/OPS; Drop Buxton for one of Cron, Matt Chapman, Matt Olson, Odor, Teoscar, Aguilar, Profar
B – 12 team roto; Drop Meadows for Andujar
In scenario B my only 3B is Villanueva, so I was leaning Andujar for insurance. Knowing the Pirates, Meadows has little to no chance to remain up once Marte is back.
Thanks, Homie!
A. Meh B. Sure
@Grey: I keep waiting for Buxton to do something that makes me want to keep him, but he has been a real turd-sandwich so far. He still only has 80 or so ABs, so he is probably worth waiting on some more.
Thanks, Grey.
I hear ya, but he usually breaks out around now
Could use some advice on my RCL team. Basically it boils down to how many non save relief pitchers do you keep on a roster. If you want to read the rest that’d be great, but ultimately that’s the summary.
I’ve got a starting staff of Morton, Darvish, Quintana, Snell and have been streaming a 5th guy with moderate success thanks to SON.
I was streaming too much early in the year and got ahead on my projected innings pitched. For the last 2-3 weeks I’ve been keeping relief pitchers on the staff for SVs, Ks, WHIP, and ERA.
Current save opportunities come from Diaz, Brach, Jones, and Strickland. Also holding Bruce Rondon (saves? and has been ok), Betances (Ks), Jeffress (ERA, WHIP), and Osuna (We’ve already talked about Osuna).
I’m 4th in K’s but 2nd and 3rd are going to blow through IP and I should land in 2nd. ERA and WHIP are improving. Saves I’ms starting to fall behind in, but am in 2nd. My team is allergic to Wins.
Should I be using one or two of those RP slots for more SAGNOF chances, filling in on offense when my hitters have off days, keep it how it is, or there really isn’t a correct answer to this?
My team right now:
Well that image didn’t work… I was gonna show you I had 4 SPs, and 7 RPs
@Grey: Haha. Good enough for me. Thanks Grey!
No problem
Hey to the Hey, Grey,
Couple of poop situations on my hands.
1. Gallo. Homeboy gets two hits every ten at-bats, half of which are home runs. What’s a fantasy baseballer to do? Only start him against weak RHP? Nobody wants him in a trade, but there’s too much value to give up, right?
2. Taillon. Is he still ownable? Or should I stream from this spot?
Love yas!!!!!
@sportivetricks: You drafted him for 40 HR’s and .200. Thats’ what you’re getting.
@Cram It:
Ehhhh. Dude was hanging low because nobody else wanted that .200. I take value when I see it, but he’s killlllling me in one category as much as he helps me in others.
@sportivetricks: You just seem surprised/disappointed that he’s doing exactly what he does.
1. Meh, I start him every time, but he will kill your AVG 2. Stream Muah!
@Grey:
1. Yeah, ouch. I’m going to study his splits hard and sit him unless the matchup is good . . . or my team develops to hit for better AVG
2. figured,
Love yas!!!!
You too!
My pitching is stacked.. Bauer, Cole, Nola, Godly, Ross, Snell, Darvish,Gausman, Romero, Bueler, Reyes, Newcomb….
Would you trade Cole or Nola for Bryant? Which one? He will take both. I need another bat.
6×6 h2h non keeper.
Thanks
Yes, in a second — either
Grey
Would you trade Devers & Cody Allen for Manny Machado?
Thanks
@Murph: In a heartbeat
Yes
@Grey: Thanks guys
No problem
@Murph:
Click accept quickly!
Keeper league where you keep 5 players and their auction price increases from the year before…I just got offered the below. Which side do you like?
Team A:
Bregman (good keeper value)
Alex Reyes (GREAT keeper value)
Team B:
Stanton (good keeper value)
Stanton
@Grey: Thanks, Grey. Is it close? I’d be getting Stanton, but losing Reyes is making me hesitate. Maybe I’m dumb!
It’s close
@Stewie: Reyes side if the value is that GREAT! It also depends on your other keepers, but Reyes has top 10 SP potential. If you can get that at a great value, I like that side.
C-Mart or MadBum in a keeper league?
Still think MadBum might still have some elite years in his body?
C-Mart
Grey,
Are we trusting Snell vs BOS today in a 10 team league that has QS instead of Wins?
Thanks
Think you have to
Morning. I’m looking to grab Blackmon while his stock is down. Would you trade my Springer and Manaea for his Blackmon and Segura. Thanks
Sounds decent, but for Segura
@Grey: yes Blackmon and Segura.
Yup, it’s decent Uncle Ernie
Hey Grey!
Great stuff as usual. Thanks for the hard work.
1. Domingo Santana or Ian Desmond?
2. 2B replacement for Gordon: Carpenter, Eduardo Escobar, Goodrum, Villar, or Happ?
Thanks! 1. Desmond, kinda toss up 2. Prolly just try Happ for 10 days
@Grey: I had an open spot, so I just grabbed Desmond.
I can also grab Domingo… drop Ryan Zimmerman?
Sure
Thanks for the write up!
OBP Keeper league- Hoskins or Goldy?
Hoskins
Yo, how long before that crumbum, Dave Roberts bats Puig higher than 7? Dudes got like 3 hrs in 4 days or something close to that. What value would put on Bumgarner? Top 75 ish?
Top 75 sounds about right… Dave Roberts is a moron
@Grey: https://imgflip.com/i/2az164
Pick two please: Desmond, Miggy, Cron, Carlos Santana
Cron, Desmond
Been holding E Santana on my DL. Also own Rich Hill, Godley, and streamed Cahill this week. Only have one DL slot.
I think I am better off holding Cahill beyond this week, and getting rid of one of the other three. So…Stash Rich Hill or E Santana? Or is Godley terrible enough to drop over both?
Thanks as always good sir!
Ervin
@Grey: Drop or stash Earvin? My bad, vaguely worded
Stash him, lose Hill
5×5 roto 10 team. I need hr and rbi, still in 2nd overall but lacking in those 2 categories. I was offered Gallo/sano for Baez. My 2b is schoop, SS would be peraza after trade with Dee on the DL. Which side you taking? Seems like a no brainer but I’m already in 6th for average and those 2 aren’t exactly getting my avg. up. Thanks in advance Lord of the stash!
Sounds decent
Hearts, Grey. You’re the best. Last week’s Buy/Sell had Yelich as a Sell, or at least, test the market, cause you weren’t feeling him too much. Starting to feel better? I invested pretty heavily this Spring, buying into all the hype.
I don’t feel better about Yelich about him being anywhere near preseason value, but he’s fine for 15/15/.280
Big day for RCL streaming. I just added Engel, Yolmer, Palka and the original Chris Davis. I’m sure this will work out.
I don’t play much DFS but I take a swing at it every once in awhile. I was in the top 500 in a huge free Fanduel tourney yesterday (31000+) but the kicker was I took a zero from Manny Machado. Anything from him and I would have had a shot at some actual money.
I just wanted to revisit the Godley thing from the offseason. I’ve always been really skeptical of guys who have a first go around with success when they rely heavily on a kind of trick pitch. I was calling it the Matt Shoemaker. Albies I recall you saying I was the only person anywhere preaching caution. Seems like over the years it’s served me pretty well to stay clear of these types until they’ve proven they can get through the league quite a few times. It’s sort of the macro equivalent of getting through a line up a third time.
Speaking of which, I enjoyed Paul Sporer’s thing on Fangraphs where he reported the best and worst pitchers this year going through the line up the third time. Wasn’t surprised to see Berrios at the top of the good list. He’s a horse. Reynaldo Lopez was high on the good list too.
Haha, I actually have a near-full lineup today… That sucks on Machado, I’ve never done DFS ever… I wrote about Godley in the post, was last blurb…I didn’t exactly go into such detail, but he looked awful yesterday, watched the whole game, and I wouldn’t own him outside of NL-Only, I’ve come around… Surprised on Rey-Lo
@Grey:
I did see your note on Godley above and in the round up.
Lopez is perplexing. His peripherals are so terrible in so many ways it seems impossible he should be anything other than terrible. Yet when you watch him, the only take away is that he looks very difficult to hit hard. His soft contact rate is 4th best in the majors, his hard hit against is top 30. He’s in the top 20 in pop ups induced. I looked at his zone profile to see if he was pitching to the top of the zone to beat the launch anglers, but the conclusion seems to be “kind of.” I suspect that you’re right that a major correction is coming to his results but if somehow he continues, it will certainly bear looking at more closely.
Two interesting things I noticed looking at Lopez. The highest fly ball against percentage in baseball is Justin Verlander at 57%. The highest pop up rate is Jacob deGrom at a whopping 27.5%, more than 8 percentage points higher than next best. If you’re getting pop ups on almost 30% of your batted balls, you’re going to be hard to get to most days.
The problem with Lopez seems to be mostly that in some random game when he’s an obvious start, he will give up 5 BBs in 2 IP and 6 ER — those are interesting stats tho, and any guy who throws that fast has a fighting chance, especially when he’s throwing a slider 20% of time suddenly
@Grey:
That’s totally burned me in the NFBC with him. He’s had some gems in one start weeks on my bench and some bed crappers in two start weeks in my line up.
Yeah, it’s hard to know when it’s coming with him
Help picking two guys to hold from: Tepera, Justin Anderson, Jace Fry, Amir Garrett, David Hernandez
1st two
Morning Grey!
10 TM 7×7 keep 10
Conforto a drop? Hold Polanco? Been grabbing the rookie nookie with Soto, O’Neill, Acuna and looking to get rid of some of the bench bats. Chase the upside!
Thanks a ton!
Drop both
@Grey: Done!
One more Q, with Sano coming back is Healy a drop or wait to see what the big tub of goo does for a bit?
Sure
Yo twins. Thanks for activating Sano on an off day and fuggin with my streaming strategy for tomorrow. Weirdos.
HA, seriously
Can you help picking two guys to hold from Justin Anderson, Tepera, Jace Fry, Amir Garrett, David Hernandez? Thanks!
1st two
Grey – which of these Rockies OF would you pick up ahead of their month long tour of hitters parks: available are CarGo, Parra, Dahl?
Dahl
There can only be one; Jose Peraza, Chris Taylor or Marcus Semien?
Peraza
Morning Grey,
12 team H2H keeper league. Keep 10
Currently have J.Smoak at 1b. Have M.Olson as my backup in the Util position. Still waiting for one of them to get hot and run away with the gig. Other option is to drop Olson for Desmond. Actually just recently dropped desmond to grab olson. Yet the wheel of perennial disappointment just keeps on spinning….
what do you think?
Can lose Olson
@dubjay:
Buxton was also dropped this week. wouldnt help my 1b but could grab him.
How about trading away Cain & Darvish for JD Martinez?
Sure, it’s not close
Hey Grey,
Points league w/ k-1 HR+1 Who do you like ROS, Yelich or Donaldson?
Thanks as always
Yelich
Hey Grey,
I lied, I have one more question.
Would you move Bauer for Goldy or Hoskins in a 10 team roto redraft?
Thanks again, Fantasy Master Lothario
I would, kinda want Hoskins more, but Goldy might be safer
which side
Machado, Dahl, Meadows OR Story, Benintendi, Adell
Thanks in advance
Machado
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. best bench bat – oneil, domingo santana, hicks or meadows?
gracias.
Domingo
Man, SON has Morton in the negative today. The robot must not win!
@Cram It:
I’ve always thought we should stage a robot vs man streaming contest for pitchers. Kind of a Paul Bunyan versus the chain saw sort of thing.
Wow, the robot usually loves him, who’s the opponent?
@Grey: In Cleveland against Clevinger. I was thinking he’d be around 10-12. I only checked SON because I wasn’t myself, plus it’s a points league where every inning counts. I actually think I’m going to sit him (just in this league). His numbers have to come up and this would be one of those games to have that happen.
@Cram It:
The Indian bats have been really hot.
@OaktownSteve: Yeah, I think I’m going to use some restraint.
Hmm, tough call, Cleveland scares me, but they’ve had some games where they just have not shown up
@Grey: I’ll see what their lineup is, check some BVP, splits, historical Thursday stats and run my own SON formula!
Snap!
I was surprised to CRAM, and with the next game being at NYY, seems like btb games where regression may happen. I’m on the fence today… Will wait to decide when he is @NYY next week…
the Josh Reddick spider bite store is too good. You know he wears a spiderman undershirt when he plays. And there’s this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9WfPlaapI
and this
http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/7/6/4/202865764/cuts/Reddick_Crisp_spiderman_40zuqgqt_227eiu05.jpg
HA, baseball is so ridiculous sometimes
@Grey:
I just hope he realizes that with near league average power comes near league average responsibility.
HA
Is Boyerthe closer when KC trades Herreraraara? He has completely sucked this year.
Seems doubtful
Hello Grey,
I need a 2B because, you know, that whole Dee Gordon instead of Alex Gordon thingy I stupidly got caught up in. Anyway, I am trying to trade either Godley or J. Gray for C. Hernandez in our Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League. What do you think? I tried Gray and got a ‘No’. I just sent Godley, and I’m expecting No. I know Hernandez is no Joe Morgan, but would you consider sending both? I could use the roster space with all of my DLers.
Is this simply a case of me putting out the trash and hoping someone swaps me?
Thanks very much Grey.
They say Dee Gordon will be back in 10 days… I’d use waivers for the time being if you can’t send Godley for Cesar
@Grey: Very cool. He already rejected, so f him! I am actually playing him this week, so hopefully I kick his ass!
Thanks as always Grey.
Ha, no problem
Kinsler back to leadoff past two games. Avg .197 OPS .536, Simmons at 6th Avg .331 OPS .869.
Sciosciapathology at its finest.
HA!
@Dave D:
Lot’s of old style managers subscribe to the “when a guy needs to pull out of a slump you get him MORE at bats” theory
I currently have Simmons at SS, Machado at 3B, and Sano at util. Thinking I should drop Freeland and maybe also Simmons. But who would my pickups be?
FAs of interest: Rojas, Suarez, Chapman, Villanueva, Profar, O’Neill, Jankowski; and also Fulmer, Velasquez, and Yarbrough
12-Team, Yahoo, H2H, 5×5 Redraft League
C – Ramos, 1B – Abreu, 2B – Carpenter, 3B – Machado, SS – Simmons, OF – Stanton/Belt/Cain Util – Sano, Bench – EMPTY. DL (2 spots)- Murphy, Cespedes
SP – Darvish, Berrios, Corbin, Richards, Roark, Ross, Freeland, Cahill; RP – Davis, Morrow, Strickland, Hader
Suarez over Simmons
Prolly VV over Freeland but depends on their upcoming matchups
Rcl league
His Goldy for my Jose Martinez/alex reyes
Sorry, yes
As in do it
Would you drop Gohara for Caleb Smith?
Sure
Keeper league question, how would you rank Baez, Gleyber and Didi, all have pretty much the same price
and 2nd questions, would you package any of those w/ Morton for Goldy (who cannot be kept)?
Baez, Gleyber — I’d take Goldy, but those are good keepers you’re giving, need more info
@Grey: Essentially, it’s a contract keeper league, where it’s $5 for each year that you keep the player (2 years = $10/year, 3 years =$15/year, etc.), but all my guys could be kept for $15/year for up to 3 years, there’s no limit on the number of keepers you can keep
@JP: Yeah, but how much are those MIs worth as keepers?
@Grey: At this point, I’d probably keep all 3, so $15/year for the next 3 years for each, our roster format allows me to play all 3 at the same time, Morton would be the same price, but I don’t value him nearly as much as a keeper
So three keepers for a rental?
@Grey: I’d only be sending Morton and one of my MI’s (Baez, Torres or Didi) for a Goldy rental
Then send Didi/Morton
@Grey: Thanks
No problem
Trying to figure out the SoN call on Morton. One thing I saw, Morton has some funky reverse splits. The group of hitters who has faired the best against him this year is right handed at home. He’s been better everywhere against LHB than RHB.
Meanwhile, I was very surprised to see how favorably Progressive has played for RHB. Espn has it ranked as the top hitters park in their park factors over all. Rotogrinders basically has it on par with Camden’s left field park adjustment as one of the most favorable any where. Be interesting to get Rudy in here to see if he has any insight. It’s a total jumble.
Grey, any chance you can ping Rudy for the insight as OTS discussed above, would be fascinating to get his thoughts…
Pinged
Grey de Man
*tips hat that I never wear*
@Grey: He means “ask”, not stick your finger in his butthole.
Ha, cmon!
@Grey: Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
Thanks!
Indians scare me, in general, which obviously is not a reason
I was surprised Morton is so low as Streamonator/Steamer has been his biggest fanboy (to many of my teams’ delight). Road start. Indians are good offense and top of the lineup doesn’t K a lot. Good hitter’s park.
I’m throwing Morton in every league I own him but I’m not enamored w/ this matchup at all.
@Rudy Gamble:
Hey Rudy…would SoN take into account that Morton has been better on the road at home? Or is there a constant plug in for home vs road start?
@OaktownSteve:
better on the road than at home that should be.
there is a constant for home/road. do not believe there is a skill there. same goes for hitters.
platoon splits is different. steamer regresses to league splits but if a pitcher has extreme splits, it’ll be reflected in the game projections.
https://youtu.be/sBknAcTaMiI
Justin Turner or Jose Martinez ROS? Roto. Almost overslept and missed your writeup. Ozu-got be kidding me!
Jo-Ma — Ha!
Would you drop Samardzija for a speculative Tepera or Oh closer?
God yes, Tepera
Would you take Alex Bregman for Patrick Corbin in a league where you need a SS and you have extra pitching?
Yes
Would you trade Mitch Hanigar and Juan Soto for Jose Ramirez? Is it close? I’m such a sucker for rookies that I can’t be rational.
Jo-Ram, not really
@Grey: Thanks Grey. Your brilliance is appreciated. Always love the posts and pods.
10 team 6×6 OPS league. Turner or Moustakas (usually can only play one) for Herrera (KH went to DL)?
Herrera went to the DL when?
@Grey: Sorry, I mean Khris Davis went to DL, so I have room for Herrera
Sure, Justin
Would you trade Mitch Hanigar and Juan Soto for Jose Ramirez? Is it even close? I’m such a sucker for rookies that I can’t be rational…
@That guy Peter: Apologies for the double post
@Grey
Would you trade Machado for Gleyber Torres and Alex Reyes in a 12 team keeper league? Which side would you like more? Good or bad deal?
Machado side
Anyone watch how Castillo looked today?
Decent enough
Nothing earth shattering
@Grey: Thanks! So we still playing match ups I take it. Not sure I like his next start @ ARI
Yeah, kinda meh
Mark Reynolds just a streamer or is he worth rostering?
Streamer
Would you drop J. Soria for R. Tepera?
Sure
Mancini, Teoscar or Braun?
Meh, Braun
Would you take Cody Bellinger for Paul Goldschmidt?
Au shizz (said in a somber voice) :(
Ha, yeah I would
@Grey: Welp… I pulled the trigger. And listened to the Razzball podcast segment on Goldy from the other day to make myself feel better about it.
Thanks!
Ha, nice
Could you see dealing Votto for G Cole?
Nope
Hey Grey,
In your opinion, is Schoop/J. Flaherty/Tepera too much to pay for Votto as a luxury item?
My swingers are stronger than my throwers, but I generally WAKAGNOF (WinsAndK’sAGNOF)
Thanks man
If you can get Votto for them, it’s solid
Meadows looks really good so far. He turned on that pitch by Amir so fast.
If only Hurdle saw it
Ready to cut Godley. Waivers looking like Stripling, Ross, Eflin, or Heaney. Cahill out there too. Thanks in advance!
Cahill
Would you trade Rendon to get Donaldson straight up? Thanks
No
Godley, Mikolas, Treinan for Kimbrel and Archer. Thoughts?
Sounds fine
13 team keeper. 5×5 plus BB, OPS.
Guys wants to trade me Posey straight up for a 4th round pick next year – which is really a 9th round after we all keep 8 guys.
Am I stupid not to?
Meh
@Grey:
Hahah. That doesn’t help! I’m gonna go for it and let you know how it works out. Who knows I might be dead by next year.
Good luck!
@Grey:
Funny story. Commish is now cancelling the deal. Apparently it’s too lopsided in my favour…. was a mistake. Guy wanted Reyes too… must think I’m slow.
Thanks grey!
Ha, no problem
12 team 7×7 keeper league with extra hitting categories being OPS and total bases. Duvall or D. Peralta?
Peralta
10 team h2h May need an SP before the end of the week. Who could I drop with fewer regrets between M. Franco and Jank?
Jank
Grey,
Would you rather have Tyler Austin or Ryan Braun? I am thinking about dropping one of them.
Braun
ok im dropping Austin and activating Braun.
ok
thanks as always
np
Grey,
What are the Pirates doing with Jose Osuna? Would you send him back to the minors and pick up tony Kemp of Houston
I’d go with Tony Kemp
ok sending osuna down and signing kemp. thanks
No problem
Grey, trade opinion in a H2H points league. Severino or Mikolas, Roark, Giles and Treinen?
Severino
https://razzball.com/fantasy-baseball-terms/#Chump_Dump
Give:
Whit Merrifield
Eddie Rosario
Get:
JA Happ
Anthony Rendon
Kelvin Herrera
Need closers, and some pitching depth; also pretty deep at MI and OF, so it works from that sense. What say you, almighty Grey?
Thanks as always!
Sure
Drop Delino for Mac Williamson activation tomorrow?
Apples/oranges, sounds fine
Hey Grey,
12 team, H2H, 6X6 . Would you trade my Paxton and Carlos Santana for his Verlander and Cruz..
Yes right?
Yes
12 team 6×6 h2h OPS
Who would you sit tomorrow?
Desmond vs CIN (Romano)
Ozuna @ PIT (Musgrove)
Puig vs SD (Richard)
McCutchen @ CHC (Hendricks)
THernandez @ PHI (Eflin)
McCutchen
Hi Grey. I could use another pitcher.
Yelich straight up for Paxton?
or
yelich and carpenter for Paxton and Kingery?
Either work, prefer you trade someone lesser for a lesser SP
@Grey: yelich is just so boring. I wish i would’ve been higher on Cain in the draft
I hear ya
Roto league 12 guys – would you spend your number one waiver spot on Buxton? Cutch is available the day after Buxton clears waivers.
1) Bid on buxton?
2) bid on cutch?
3) try to get one of them and hope no one makes a claim
Here’s my offense:
c – ramos
1b – hoskins
2b – gennett
3b – machado
ss – bogaerts
of – judge
of – dickerson
of – polanco
util – devers
util – matt adams
bench – crawford
dl – dee gordon and k. davis
1. Bid on Buxton
Expertise appreciated on 2 items:
Over/under on Edwin En ending the season w 35 HR?
Dynasty trade offer:
I give Rizzo/Chris Taylor
I get Yelich/Torres.
Thanks!
Over — Yelich side
Should I trade my Corbin,Hader and Matt Chapman for Marcell Ozuna,Gausman and Nate Jones? Thanks and great write up as always.
Nah
11-team 5×5, non-keeper league. Would you make this trade?
I trade Max Scherzer and get Goldschmidt and Keuchel, where the rest of my starters are Arrieta, Berrios, McCullers, Snell, Buehler and Alex Reyes.
Nope
Matt Carpenter or Pedroia ROS
Carp
Activating Sano. Drop Y Gurriel or J Lowrie?
Start J. Guerra at home vs NY Mets tomorrow?
Thanks.
Lowrie — No on Guerra
hey grey – would you rank the SP going forward like this?
quintana, tanaka, corbin, Castillo, bundy, roark?
bundy CG 14K today. idk what to make of him
Quintana, Corbin, Tanaka
Dustin Fowler looking much better—replacing Delino? Mac W over Villa or Yonder?
Nate Jones for Buxton? good?
Works for me
Pedroia off dl tomorrow. Do you like him or Tim Anderson more ros? Obp league. Anderson started hot, but hasn’t done much since and hasnt run lately. Thanks
Anderson
Maeda has been fun to own for two starts. SON likes his next one too. But I’m trying to upgrade pitching in a deep 8 team h2h.
Should I hold Maeda? Or try to trade Maeda and Sano for Greinke or Quintana?
I’ve stocked piled 1B/3B with Sano, Encarnacion, Hosmer, Rendon, Vlad jr
Hold Maeda
Three year keeper window league, Hoskins (last round) and Torres (25 of 27) for Aluvte (1st -9th overall), which side wins?
Hoskins side
How much you bidding on Soto in 15 team league with $1000 budget? OF is my weakness right now..
$326
Eff a Shirt, you need to get Batta back on repeat…
https://youtu.be/CmSnkHhxQfw
https://youtu.be/HoMBVlVzHtk
What? You don’t like the Shirt? Think you’re selling him short… BTW, Ralph told me about this up and coming rapper named Macklemore…
@Grey: Did you listen to more than that one meh song posted? I just heard that one, bleh. I mean, compared to this cat it’s not close
I couldn’t get into more than two songs on Shirt…Zebra was all right… Sucking so much her jaw hurt… DAMN
Your red blood looks so good on green grass… Damn!
@Grey: Take a hit of acid to the face like a misbehaved Arab woman! Dude is such a beast, some crazy deep stuff he has too. Just realized he’s a CT cat too, represent represent!
This 2nd song is fire
@Grey: Bring the can-in like it’s BYOB but I thirst hardly, I’ma burn Marley, over your body, puff, drop Ash-on-tee like Irv Gotti!
Ha! Hella chunky like a teletubby!
@Grey: Lemme fucky!! So good right?
So good!
@Grey: and this is the cat who did that Tupac murder confession joint, he’s so nasty. Here’s a few other dope ones for you…
https://youtu.be/Adxrml1u7AY
https://youtu.be/oize1qnbCGM
https://youtu.be/RMfQPJEOPaw
Oh, yeah, Ralph shared that Tupac murder confession joint with me earlier this week…
@Grey: Yeah that was me. No undeserved Ralph props!!
I figured!
Redraft trade.. which side you like:
Soto and Deshizz for Springer
Springer
Crystal Ball(s) time…
Is Buehler pitching in September? My gut tells me there is some unwritten rule that rookies can’t grind out a season of 6-inning games. What expertise can you give? In a H2H league where only the last 3 weeks matter, do you see Buehler being a factor?
Nah, he’ll throw maybe 110 IP all year
I know the talent is off the charts but would you say that Acuna Jr and Starling Marte are a decent comp for ROS production give or take 5 HR and maybe 8+ steals? If not who do you think Acuna will comp too?
Marte = Acuna
Guzman Healy or Big Mac?
Guzman
Need to cut a pitcher . Who would you cut? QS league 12 team
Taillon, Flaherty, Weaver.
Also, Would you trade Tailon and Chris Taylor for Cody Allen?
Taillon…. Yeah, I’d take Allen
@Brett: 2 other trade ?
Would you trade Weaver and Taylor for Allen?
Would you trade Taylor and Weaver for Quintana?
Quintana one
@Grey: this may be a Ralph question, but think Kopech gets the call any time soon? worth stashing in redraft leagues (12 teams)?
I wouldn’t stash him
Hey Grey,
Dump Blake Parker to take a flier on Dustin Fowler? That bullpen scares me.
Thanks!
Sure, sounds fine for steals
Got offered Arenado for my Rizzo and Severino. What do you think? I have Shaw and Rendon at 3b already (CI and UTIL also a roster spot), But maybe the value is too hard to pass up?
Hold
@Grey: thanks Grey
No problem
Hey Grey,
Great write up!
Have a log jam with Miguel sano coming back.. who do you drop?
Deep 10 team , 5×5 roto league
C: realmuto
1B: smoak
2B: altuve
3B: freeman
SS: Tim Anderson
IF: Matt Chapman
OF: springer, acuña, Chris Taylor, Travis jankowski
UTIL: Healy, Jesus Aguilar, Ian Desmond
BENCH: Tyler O’Neill
DL: sano, khris Davis, starling marte
Thanks !
O’Neill
Jose Martinez or Mikolas + Hader? Close? Thanks.
Hader, it’s fairish
@Grey: thanks Grey
As a follow up, Mikolas or Haniger? Thanks again.
Haniger, it’s fair
@Grey: thanks!
Reyes struck out nine straight batters, needing just 36 pitches to do so tonight in Memphis. Giggity…
Let’s get it on!
@Grey: gotta roll him out there next week in his first start, right? i think its @ mil…..
Who’s the drop among Ryan Braun, Matt Olson, or Matt Chapman?
Olson
I’m feeling anime Grey and holding Albies…but I keep getting offers in a H2H redraft.
Would you take any of these or hold?
My Albies / Bauer for Springer / Segura or Bellinger / Segura
My SP left would be Carrasco Wood Pivetta Newcomb Folty Reyes RP Vizcaino Giles Knebel
Seguar would replace Timmy Anderson, my 3 OF would be either Springer Just Dong Benintendi or Bellinger Just Dong Benintendi
Thanks Grey
Jesus Aguilar, Ian Happ, Eduardo Escobar, Tyler o Neil, Jose Martinez, Byron buxton, Adam jones or odor? If you have to choose one
In a keeper league, rather have Stanton or Altuve?
Would you trade G Polanco for either Pivetta, Archer, Flaherty or Arrieta? Or would you rather have all of them?
Who would you take, Encarnacion or Desmond? Looking to trade Encarnacion or Sano for a buy-low outfielder.
@Alex: I might also try Encarnacion for Ozuna
Hey Grey,
10-Team H2H
Should I drop L. Castillo or J. Lowrie for G. Torres? Not necessary?
C – W. Contreras
1B – F. Freeman
2B – J. Lowrie
3B – N. Arenado
SS – C. Correa
OF – M. Betts
OF – A. Benintendi
OF – Jo Martinez
U – J. Donaldson
Bench: R. Acuna (DL)
DL: W. Myers
SP – B. Snell
SP – L. Castillo
SP – S. Newcomb
SP – K. Hendricks
SP – A. Wood
Bench: A. Reyes; J. Flaherty; N. Pivetta
RP/SP – W. Buehler
RP – W. Davis
Bench: J. Familia
DL: J. Cueto
Thanks!
Lowrie
@Grey: Done!
@Grey: Do you like L. Castillo for ROS? Other options available: T. Cahill, G. Richards, T. Skaggs, N. Tropeano. T. Williams, G. Marquez, C. Bettis, J. Gray, J. Lucchesi (DL), Hyun-Jin Ryu (DL)..?