Gleyber Torres was called up by the Yankees and here’s what I said this offseason, “My love for Gleyber is admittedly less coalesced into an actual thing than you’re gonna find from just about any Yankees fan. “Ya godda be fahkin jokin wit me right here, kid. Gleyber Torres is gonna be the greatest of all-time, son. All. Time. I wanna coalesce my fist into ya fahkin head with your sissy-boy words. Why don’t ya use a word like fuhgeddaboudit? Before you answer, I need to go with my mom to have her mustache waxed.” That’s your run-of-the-mill Yankees fan. See, Gleyber is already being fitted for Monument Park in Yankee Stadium before he even plays a game.” And that’s me quoting me! In fantasy, he looks more like, Gley… *pinkie to mouth* bore! He is a borderline top ten MLB prospect. That’s the Gleyberline, even. He was in Prospect Ralph’s top 100 fantasy baseball prospects. The problem (it’s not much of a problem), he’s a hit tool guy first. What does that mean? He’s going to hit for average first. That’s not a bad thing necessarily, but for fantasy when a guy is called up and he’s a 40+ steal or homer guy, they might have a bigger immediate impact, immaterial? Immeasurable to immortality or immune–Okay, now I’m just IM’ing. I would own him in any league, no matter how shallow. There’s a chance you can do better in shallower leagues. His outcome this year is anywhere from Orlando Arcia to Alex Bregman. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Jordan Montgomery – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.80. In the preseason, I liked Jo-Mo (no Jo-Mo!), but, as soon as I put it together what kind of matchups he was going to have on the five-day daily, I moved off my love of him. A 3.80 ERA seems like exactly what kind of ERA we’d see from Jo-Mo in the best case scenario.
Didi Gregorius – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .333. Now hitting third in front of Giancarlo, and, actually, the entire team should be hitting in front of Giancarlo. I might have to fly to New York to give Giancarlo one of my patented hot oil massages, whether he wants it or not!
Miguel Andujar – 4-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI. Has multi-hit games in four of his last five games, raising his average from .156 to .308 in a week. That’s not a schmotato…THIS IS A SCHMOTATO!
Marcus Stroman – 5 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 1.85–Wait, that’s his WHIP. Stro-damn!
Teoscar Hernandez – 2-for-4 and his 3rd homer. I told you to grab him in last Friday’s Buy, and went over him in the above video. You do you, I’ll do me, and let’s hope we don’t go blind.
Junior Guerra – 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.56. Nicest thing I can say about Guerra is he shuts out the teams he’s supposed to shut out. I’m farting in your general direction, Tanaka. I’d continue to look at the Stream-o-Nator for him in most mixed leagues.
Josh Hader – 2 IP, 0 ER, 3 Ks, ERA at 1.23 and his 3rd save. With Fatt Albers coming into the game in the 7th inning, he’s not even being considered for saves, which is how it should be. Mean’s while, I love the confidence Counsell has in Hader. Figures a guy that held a bat like a crippled ostrich wouldn’t care what anyone else thought of him. Unless you’re desperate for saves, I’d go ahead and lose everyone except Hader.
Caleb Smith – 6 IP, 2 ER, 2 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 5.82. Conspiracy Theory Alert! To reach a younger demographic that appreciates Cardi B., MLB offered money to anyone who would take on a B — Engelb Vielma, Kaleb Cowart and Caleb. *insert meme of black guy pointing at his head* As for Smith, he’s a high-K (yay!) and insanely high walk (no yay!) Marlins starter. I’d leave him to NL-Only leagues.
Manuel Margot – 0-for-4 as he was activated from the DL. Margot’s return might screw Franchy. Pardon my Franch.
Christian Villanueva – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. He hit three homers in one game, which is when I started telling you to grab him, so *counting on fingers* this is the fifth time I’m telling you he should be owned.
Jake Lamb – Could travel with the club on this upcoming road trip, which means he’s close to returning. A nearby Lamb? Better get Isiah Kiner-Falefal for the combo platter!
Patrick Corbin – 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 1.89, WHIP at 0.66. Damn, only if someone told you to draft him. Wait a second! I did! Including a sleeper post.
Carlos Martinez – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.42. His first start of the year, where he didn’t look good, must’ve been very traumatic for me, because I can’t stop thinking about it. I might have PTSP.
Jack Flaherty – With Wainwright heading back to the DL with elbow inflammation, I grabbed Flaherty wherever I could. Remember, Flaherty will get you everywhere!
Harrison Bader – 2-for-4, 1 run, hitting .300, as he’s started the last few games, due to Pham’s groin. You’ve heard of Wally Pipp? Well, if this is the start of Bader’s everyday job, he can thank Tommy’s pickle. Bally Pham? Tommy Johnson? Okay, I’ll stop now.
Paul DeJong – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, and, in this game Kolten Wong hit his 1st homer. JeDong and Wong! Which also sounds like a Japanese game show, where businessmen ring a door bell wearing no pants.
Miles Mikolas – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.46. In the preseason, my bold prediction, which I may have said only to myself, was Mikolas would give more fantasy value than Ohtani. Seems unlikely due to the latter’s Ks, but maybe not the blowout it appeared after the 1st two games.
Luis Castillo – 5 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 6.51. You have five more days to Buy Low.
Manny Machado – 3-for-4 and his 7th and 8th homers, hitting .356. He has 8 homers and 7 RBIs. Kidding, but I’m not far off. If you wanna see a pretty swing, check out Manny’s home run in the 1st yesterday. He’s going to make a great six-hole hitter on the Yanks next year.
Mike Clevinger – 9 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 1.75. In related news, Danny Salazar was given a stuffed animal at a carnival to get him to stop playing “Knock over the milk cans” when he kept losing balls with errant throws.
Jose Ramirez – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer. Go back to check out some of the comments from the 1st week of the season about Jo-Ram. Fun fact! Instead of Razzball, we almost named this site, Point-and-laughball.com.
Yan Gomes – 3-for-5, 1 RBI, hitting .261. Has a hit in his last nine games, though that’s dating back to April 8th. May be a small schmotato.
Jeimer Candelario – 1-for-3, 2 runs, hitting .277. Candelario sounds like a beefcake character of a Harlequin novel who comes to life when a lonely single girl makes a birthday wish over her tiramisu while on her Under the Tuscan Sun-inspired journey.
Nicholas Castellanos – 3-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBIs, hitting .309. Diane Lane starring in Under the Tuscan Sun, Part II: More Under, who will she choose between Candelario and Castellanos, The Greek God of Hard Contact. “You should try my yogurt. It’s thick.” That’s Castellanos talking to Diane Lane, wearing nothing but a cheesecloth.
Danny Duffy – 4 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.26. I told you not to draft him, and have said I don’t trust for three weeks in a row. This is on you.
Whit Merrifield – 1-for-5 and his 3rd homer, hitting .266. Early last week, I said Merrifield’s Buy Low window was shutting soon, and now he’s hit three homers in a week. Yup.
Mike Moustakas – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .318. Moistasskiss!
Abraham Almonte – 1-for-3, 4 RBIs and a slam (4) and legs (1). I like my pasta, al dente, and my schmotatoes, Almonte.
Aaron Nola – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.30, WHIP at 0.93. Nola has to be at about 5 to 1 odds to win the NL Cy Young this year, right? If you’re thinking, “Wow, Grey, your handsome and I think about you when I’m making love to the missus, but you’re crowning Nola for a Cy Young after three weeks?” Over-the-internet friend, this is not after three weeks. This is Nola’s career arc over the course of three seasons.
Nick Pivetta – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.57 vs. Trevor Williams – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners (1 Hit), 7 Ks, ERA at 2.15. I’m trying to remain realistic about both of these guys, and it’s working better for Williams, but Pivetta’s got me so sprung. I watched this entire game, and Williams was being squeezed, hence the walks, and Pivetta looked dazzling, an easy #2 fantasy starter.
Garrett Richards – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 3.46. If Richards can keep up his current pace over the course of the season, there’s no way he’s not a top 20 starter. If he can lower his walk rate with his 12.1 K/9, he could be a top 10 starter. But he’s thrown over 200 IP once since 2009, and his career K/9 is 7.7 in almost 700 IP. In other words, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all be diabetic squirrels.
Mike Trout – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer, hitting .306. No exaggeration, Trout had two homers and a .205 average, then I blinked, and look where he is now.
Brandon Belt – 3-for-5, 2 runs and his 5th homer, and 4th homer in as many games. Belt would be the perfect guy to tie Don Mattingly’s home runs in eight straight game streak, because Don’s ex-wife used to call him Brandon and hit him with a belt.
Evan Longoria – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. True Story Alert! Someone dropped Longoria in one of my deeper leagues, and I was like, “Um, huh? That kinda makes no sense.” Then I looked at the team who dropped him, and they have Colin Moran as their 3rd baseman. And that’s why I call them ‘perts and not experts. So I put in a bid of $26 out of a possible $100, and I didn’t get him because someone bid $90. Oh, and the person who dropped him put in a bid of $6. Oh…*climbs to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro* …Kay.
Hyun-Jin Ryu – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.99. There’s a Launch Angle Revolution and its flag has a hammer and sickle being held by Dwayne Murphy. There’s also a revolution going on simultaneously with pitchers to help combat the Launch Anglers. It’s the Rise of the K/9 Revolution led by Gerrit Cole and Garrett Richards, and could be what’s going on with Ryu. Pitchers with a career 8 K/9, suddenly have a double digit K/9.
Walker Buehler – The Dodgers’ top pitching prospect will start today for Rich Hill. I grabbed him in two leagues (though, in fairness, I grab everyone somewhere), but I dropped Buehler in the shallower league, because it will likely be a spot start and I didn’t need him. Losing Buehler makes me a total Rooney.
Anthony Rendon – Hit the DL with a toe injury. Eeny, meeny, miney, doh!
Michael Taylor – 3-for-3, 2 runs and a slam (1) and double legs (7, 8), hitting .224. Another one of my preseason sleepers, with Taylor going H.A.M.
Blake Snell – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.54. To avoid infiltration from the Launch Anglers, the Rise of the K/9 Revolution elicited help from Blake Snell and his 10.2 K/9, guarding the south tower. Yes, I’m slowly morphing this from fantasy baseball to just fantasy.
C.J. Cron – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, and 3rd homer in two games this weekend. It only took Cron about three weeks away from The Sciosciapath to realize his potential.
Daniel Robertson – 4-for-4, 1 run, hitting .318. He’s filling in for Matt Duffy, and doesn’t have a great bat, but he has great arm strength, like a less-oiled Lincoln Hawk.
Carlos Gomez – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs, and his 3rd homer, hitting .160. He’s going to make terrific bench depth for the Astros in August.
Adeiny Hechavarria – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .275. The Rays have managed to put together a lineup of defensive replacements.
Yonny Chirinos – 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 2.92, but his 2nd straight less-than-ideal start. Uh-oh, Chirinos! In most leagues, I’d look elsewhere.
Alex Colome – 1 IP, 0 ER, and the win, ERA at 7.00. No foolsies, life’s too short to worry about anyone else in the Rays’ bullpen.
Lucas Giolito – 2 IP, 9 ER, ERA at 9.00. But how about that Spring Training by Giolito?!
Reynaldo Lopez – 5 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners (4 BBs), 2 Ks, ERA at 1.50. His K/9 is 8.6; his BB/9 is 5.6. That ridiculousness is funnier than the MTV show, Ridiculousness, that is trying to be funny. By the by, what do kids under the age of 18 think MTV stands for? The Challenge, The Jersey Shore, Teen Mom, Nick Cannon…Is MTV short for Moron TV? Any hoo! I’d use Stream-o-Nator for Lopez, but at some point the Regression Fairies are gonna sashay all over his stats.
Jeurys Familia – 2/3 IP, 2 ER, and his 1st blown save. You mean Familia’s not going to save 155 games with a zero ERA? C’mon, you gotta be joshing me!
James Paxton – 4 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.61. This is either a great buy low, or he’s about to go on the 60-day DL. There’s no in-between with Paxton.
Mitch Haniger – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .314. In case the seven homers and average doesn’t tell you the whole story, Haniger is 1/6th of the way to a huge season.
Delino DeShields – 0-for-4 as he returned from the DL. Kevin from ESPN’s Get Him In Your Lineup Department said, “I accidentally brushed my groin against Steve in Accounting, so I’m not in the office today.”
Nomar Mazara – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer, hitting .309. For those just joining us, Mazara was another sleeper of mine. Mezuzah!
David Dahl – 1-for-4, 1 RBI as he was recalled to replace CarGo. Hopefully, CarGo recovers quickly, then, through a series of misunderstandings, CarGo’s placed in the Lost Ark warehouse, and never heard from again. I grabbed Dahl in every league where I could, just in case he hits, and sticks.
Noel Cuevas – 0-for-3. The Christmas Tequila was called up by the Rockies too, but he might be out of a job when Parra returns from his suspension. Cuevas’ minor league numbers were solid last year (15/16/.312 in Triple-A), but, apparently, there’s something wrong with him because the Rockies have never called him up and he’s 26 years old. Oh, wait, something is wrong with the Rockies because they always choose to play journeymen vets over prospects. “Amen to that!” That’s Tom Murphy languishing in Triple-A.
Nolan Arenado – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, hitting .344. I filed for an extension, but I think I have all my taxes done now, I’m just going to leave them for a second by this open window–NOOOOOO!!! Torenado!!!
Yu Darvish – 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 6.86. Cougs has decided our dog, Ted, needs a behavioral psychologist. No joke; mental illness in dogs is nothing to joke about anyway. With that said, I wonder if Yu needs one to get past his playoff yips. His stuff does not look bad, but, man, does he stink.
Javier Baez – 2-for-6, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .292. The bright side of Joe Maddon’s maddoning lineup behavior is Baez probably feels like he has to produce every day or else.
Kris Bryant – Was hit on the head yesterday, but passed initial concussion tests. He said, “I’ve never felt better,” then put his pants on over his head and stepped into his shirt.
David Price – 7 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.93. If I’m being honest, he’s doing better than I expected. Would it surprise me if he’s dealing a 4.50 ERA within three weeks and doing exactly what I expected? No, hence the ‘what I expected.’
Sean Manaea – 9 IP, 0 ER, 0 hits, 2 BBs, 10 Ks, ERA at 1.23 and WHIP at 0.60. No hitting the Red Sox deserves our full admiration. *does some quick research, decides the searching is not worth it* Whoever was the last person to no-hit the Red Sox, that person deserves our full admiration. I couldn’t find the name. It definitely was not Sean Manaea, even if that’s what his line says. I know, haters gonna hate, but are you kidding with this no-hitter? Fine, a replay overturns one play at first. Okay, don’t agree, kinda BS — that’s not BS as Alex Colome would use the acronym either — but fine. That called error on the outfield pop? That’s a ridiculous error. This is no slight on Manaea. I gave you a Sean Manaea buy a few weeks ago because I would own him. No hitter though? That was a jerk-off error call, and I’m not saying that just because Semien was involved.
I’d like to grab Flaherty with Waino hitting the DL. Is it too soon to cut bait on Sonny Gray? Dude doesn’t look right. Undisclosed injury, maybe?
@Shopgurrrl: Think its too early to cut bait on Sonny. Nobody else you can cut for Flaherty? I guess if Gray is the worst guy on your roster you are in pretty good shape and can make the move for Flaherty if you want.
@b the esq.:
C: No one. Fuck catchers.
1B: Bellinger
2B: Merrifield
SS: T. Turner
3B: Villanueva
OF: G. Stanton
OF: E. Rosario
OF: Puig
UT: Kingery
B: T. Mancini
B: Acuña
DL: Rendon
SP: R. Ray
SP: S. Gray
SP: C. Martinez
SP: Godley
SP: Snell
SP: Pivetta
SP: Bauer
SP: Taillon
RP: Osuna
RP: Kela
DL: A. Reyes
(ESPN, 12-teams, H2H, 6×6 OPS/QS)
Not sure who else I’d drop. I need Flaherty to feed my addiction to upside pitchers. :P
@Shopgurrrl:
Drop a bench bat, Mancini
@Shopgurrrl: Lose Gray
I just came here looking for Bregman. Anyone seen him lately?
@Turd Ferguson: Bregman’s hit .320 over the past week. As one whose had to be talked off the ledge more than once having drafted Carlos Santana and Edwin Encarnacion also, patience is a virtue.
@Turd Ferguson: Yes. At the top of the Forty Twenties leaderboard.
@Manley Ramirez: Ha, nice!
@Turd Ferguson: He can usually be found walking to the dugout from the batter’s box
@Fungazi 2.0:
In Cabo with Votto.
Excellent write up, Grey – that is all. Happy Spring (finally)!
@Jon D Bodendorf: Thanks!
From NoNoHitters.com: The Boston Red Sox, an American League charter franchise first known simply as the Americans, have been no-hit 12 times since 1901. The Yankees no-hit the Red Sox three times, and the Senators and White Sox each did it twice.
Last time: Chris Bosio Seattle Mariners (AL) Thursday, April 22, 1993
@VinWins: man, 1993ish was the prime of me watching Sportscenter and Baseball Tonight every day, reading the Sports Almanac religiously and playing Ken Griffey baseball for six hours at a time on the Nintendo 64…and you could have offered me $500 and I wouldn’t have remembered that Chris Bosio threw a no hitter.
@VinWins: Haha, thanks! Chris Bosio, now that’s a name I wish I looked up, damn
@VinWins: Thanks.
As a fan, I found it hard to reconcile Bosio in my baseball memory with the Wilford Brimleyesque guy that kept making those painful looking trips to the Cubs mound these past few seasons. Maybe Detroit is more forgiving and the mound is downhill from the dugout there.
Price pitched better than his line indicated. He gave up 1 er in 7 2/3. Why did he get to face Khris Davis with 2 runners on after throwing 100 pitches is the real question. Like they didn’t have a rhp in the pen. Nothing like losing a qs in the 8th inning. Last outing they pull him after 5 innings when he was cruising after 70 pitches. Makes no sense.
@Scott: Agreed, I hate the yoyo QS that is earned and then lost. Once you have the QS you shouldn’t ever lose it IMO. The start was quality, it was the finish that wasn’t.
@Scott:
I feel you dude. Lost my head-to-head points matchup because of it. Had Kimbrel on that team too so coulda picked up more had game remained tied.
@Scott: Gotcha, okay, was still the A’s, but fair enough
14 team H2H auction redraft league. Runs, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS and Ks, QS, ERA, WHIP, Saves+Holds, K/9
Brother Grey, my Patrick Corbin for Aroldis Chapman Trade hurts every time Corbin dominates.. still waiting for that “aha, I won this trade” moment but it looks like I’m the one who’s getting trade-raped.
I’m still in 1st and objectively believe this is the best team in my league per roster construction/upside/performance floor and ceiling, but man, I wish I could click “edit undo” on this..
C: Yasmani Grandal
1B: Josh Bell
2B: Cesar Hernandez
3B: Matt Chapman
SS: Francisco Lindor
OF: Mike Trout
OF: Mitch Haniger
OF: Eddie Rosario
UTL: Chris Taylor
Bench: Tim Anderson
DL: Jake Lamb
P: Clayton Kershaw
P: Max Scherzer
P: Brad Boxberger
P: Aroldis Chapman
P: Hector Neris
SP: Sean Manaea
SP: Mike Foltynewicz
Bench: Miles Mikolas
Bench: Michael Wacha
Bench: Zack Wheeler
DL: Luiz Gohara
@Savoy Special: I traded Corbin after his 2nd start. I gave paragraphs of rationale in comments here on why I shouldn’t trade Corbin for Aroldis and I was “convinced” to finally accept the deal.
I’m now hoping that Corbin, who is throwing sliders more than 50% of the time has his arm fall off. This one stings…
Also, I was offered Yu Darvish for Yasmani Grandal/Sean Manaea pre no-hitter and was told Yu side here. Like, I get buying low and selling high but there is absolutely zero chance I’m trading Manaea/Grandal for Yu Darvish now.
I get that we like the Tim Anderson’s and the Michael Taylor’s of the world cuz their cheap assets, but while we wait for these guys to finally have that one great game after sucking and with terrible peripheral stats, assets who are trending up such as Corbin and Manaea need to be held just in case they are “for real” commodities. The Chapman’s and the Darvish’s of the world aren’t always worth the “sell high.”
@Savoy Special:
I’d still want Darvish over your two. At the end of the season Darvish will have better numbers than your two combined. Darvish is the best of the 3 and I always want the best player in the deal.
@Savoy Special: Sucks losing the Corbin goodness at this point, but at the time, trading Corbin, a SP with obvious potential, for a top 3 closer when you were lacking in saves in a H2H league was not bad advice or even a bad decision. It’s been a month. The Yankees will be winning plenty of games and Aroldis will get his saves with excellent Ks and ratios.
Who would you be able to get off waivers to replace Grandal at C? In a 14 teamer, Im guessing not much. I think keeping Grandal/Manaea is the right choice, but I don’t think its a zero chance, clear cut decision. While Darvish has been struggling, he is probably the best player in the deal. But swapping Manaea for Darvish may not be worth the drop at C.
@b the esq.: yea guys, this is all clearly no exact science. In baseball, anything can happen. There is zero chance that Corbin keeps up this pace because no one can. But my god, he looks like he’s trying to win a big contract. In addifion to dropping the changeup for more sliders (his best pitch) it’s also his contract year. So maybe his arm falls off next year after he gets his money. I also traded Corbin to the 2nd place team that has Harper, Bellinger, Bryant, Cano, Cueto, Pivetta (gotta love auction drafts…). We have a looong way to go but I could have picked a closer/setup man off waivers.
As for Grandal, the catchers on waivers are no bueno. I would essentially be streaming catchers the rest of this season and we have limited FAAB $/moves. Maybe Darvish is injured, maybe he bounces back, but I think I’ll roll the dice with the younger age-27 Manaea and a catcher who’s hitting in a prime spot on the Dodgers who will be in the race until the very end.
@Savoy Special: With Scherzer and Kershaw, I think Corbin was expendable to you, and added an ace RP. Boxberger is no sure thing to close the entire year, and your SP depth beyond your big 2 is good enough…I wouldn’t feel too bad about the deal – it probably benefited both teams, which is generally how a good trade works.
@jbona3: agreed on this. Both teams filled needs. And agreed on Box. There’s guys like alvarado and Lyons who I can pick up just in case. Anyway, the team is more than good enough so I’ll ease up and grab a beer. Thanks for the feedback guys
@Savoy Special: ISO: a job where I can just grab a beer at 7:30 in the morning.
It’s only been like a week since you traded him! Even if Corbin is good all season, you needed a closer.
@Savoy Special: Meh, what can do
Please choose two: Haniger, Lowrie, Ohtani (batter only), Teoscar.
Thanks!
@Runyon: Haniger, teoscar
@Grey: Teoscar over Ohtani?????
@c: how many AB does Ohtani get? He is only a part time hitter
As a hitter
Hi Grey!
My Tyson Ross for Sonnyboy Gray. Would you accept? I think It could be a great buylow bit I’m a bit scared about gray’s early numbers
@Ciwa: Do it.
@Ciwa:
what B said.
@Ciwa: Works for me
Morning Grey
Two main questions –
1. Cut Ian Happ or David Peralta for any of these: Heyward, Belt, Carpenter, Zobrist?
2. I have one pitching spot open – who gets it? Newcomb, the Shark, Velasquez, Teheran, Jack Flaherty, Tyson Ross, Nova, Ed-Rod…?
Thanks!
@Murph: 1. Belt for Happ 2. Shark is likely best, depends on want for upside
Grey!
Great write-up.
a. Start Ferris Walker Buehler’s day off today in a 5×5 RCL?
b. Added Ryu, dropped Chirinos. Now Ryu will screw me with his screwball.
c. Mark Twain quote for April 23
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante Galic: A. I grabbed and dropped him there B. That’s solid C.Nice!
Please rank Eaton, Bradley, Mancini, K.Davis. Thanks
@Mike: Davis, Mancini, Eaton
Grey (or anyone else) I could use a little roster evaluation.
C- Grandal
1 – Goldy
2 – Schoop
3 – Bryant
S – Segura
MI – Story
CI – Shaw
O – Harper
O – Ozuna
O – Cain
U – Conforto
U – T. Hernandez
U – Villaneuva
B – Acuna
B – Mancini
DL – Sal Perez
SP – Severino, Keuchel, Bauer, G. Gonzalez, C. Anderson, Castillo, Pivetta, Luchessi
RP – Giles, Boxberger, Hader, Devenski, Green, Ottavino
SP on the wire: J. Flaherty, Mikolas, E. Rodriguez, Jo-Mo, Guerra, Stratton.
Hitters on the wire: Odor, T. Anderson, Bruce, Longoria, Andujar, Dahl, Belt, Duvall
I’m looking at Flaherty, Mikolas, and Odor (to sneak on my DL), but I’d have to drop someone. Green? Lucchesi?
Would you make any moves?
As I was typing this someone grabbed Flaherty.
@Phil: Lucchesi is a streamer, those other SPs are same
Hey Grey,
I know you think the wheels are gonna fall off with Johnny Cueto, but no one in my league will buy him for anything decent because they all think the same way. How many more good starts before results outweigh peripherals?
Thanks!
@DeerHeadGhost:
I see no reason why Cueto’s wheels will fall off. Obviously he won’t keep the same ERA but whats not to like? Last year looks like the outlier.
@DeerHeadGhost: He obviously won’t pitch this well all season but, it wouldn’t be surprising if the “wheels” never fall off completely.
His groundballs up around career norms, swinging strikes are there, and he’s limiting hard contact.
sierra 3.30 xFIP 3.70
He should still deliver 8+ k/9, 2.5 bb/9 ~3.50 era ~1.20 whip
and another 150+innings if he stays healthy and in SF/NL
imo
@DeerHeadGhost: At this point, hold onto him and just take the stats. He won’t be this good, obviously, but its entirely possible last year was, in fact, injury related. If he gets back to what he was before last year, he is a top tier guy. Several more starts, maybe folks will come asking about him, or throw some offers out in a couple weeks.
@DeerHeadGhost: He has a 0.35 ERA with 95% men LOB and .200 BABIP… He’s about 2.50 runs above where he should be
@Grey:
I don’t think anyone is arguing he’s gonna be a 0.35 ERA pitcher all year and have the greatest single season pitching of anyone ever. But an ERA in the 3.00 to 3.50 range is still vurrrry good.
Yeah, not bad, especially considering what we were getting
How do we stop the autoplay videos? Not that I don’t love your voice I do! I don’t think my boss quite thinks the same.
Flip Godley for Polanco if needing OFs?
Also what the heck is up with Cespedes, not owned him before does he always go through crazy cold streaks like these? 4HRs but K’ing a ton (the king of K’s?).
@Swfcdan: There’s no auto audio — sure on Polanco
@Grey: Is there no way to turn videos off, at least so I don’t have to keep cancelling them at work and burning bandwidth? (and so can later enjoy them at home!)
@Swfcdan: Grey master lothario?
It’s early
Dropped Flaherty in my shallower league when he got sent down thinking Id have a shot to get him again. Nope! Kicking myself. He is going to be good.
How hard are you going after Dahl? Gleybar is gone so I plan to put a hefty FAAB bid in for him. If he has a spot in the lineup, he’ll rake. Can’t imagine many more truly impact bats being called up this year.
@Mickey Maloney: The issue is he may not have a clear spot in the lineup. They have let McMahon sit after calling him up, what’s stopping them from doing it with Dahl?
@Mickey Maloney: Agree with b
I know it’s early in the season but are you worried in the slightest about Luis Castillo? I’ve read he’s down 2+MPH on his fastball, which kinda seems to be the norm around baseball right now, but I’m just wondering if there’s some other underlying issue, such as an injury?
I have the opportunity to pick him up with the #1 waiver claim, as an impatient owner dropped him. Should I dropping Aaron Sanchez or Tanner Roark to grab him? Thank you!
@H: He’s not 100% what he was, but he’s still a ownable SP
@Grey: Thanks Grey, should I drop Sanchez or Roark? I’m guessing Sanchez…
Nah
@Grey: @Grey: Wow, I honestly thought you would say Castillo over both of these guys. Over whom was my only concern . This really places into perspective Castillos value at this moment, thank you!
Schwarber or Wil Myers?
Andujar or Teoscar?
@eric:
Wil
Miguel
@eric: Myers… Teoscar
I have been offered Darvish for Alex Wood or Hyun-Jin-Ryu, thoughts?
@Eric Tuttle: yes and yes not close
@Eric Tuttle: You’re getting Darvish for one of them? Do that and run away laughing. Give him the street fighter, Ryu. Hadooken!
@Eric Tuttle: Agree with others
@Eric Tuttle:
no F-ing way the other manager goes thru w/ that
@AllThePrettyStantons: yeah. Probably while the OP was waiting for the blessing.
Also have you been watching Votto’s ABs? Are you worried about him? I hardly can bring myself to watch the awful Reds but getting sick of seeing his lack of production on my team each day. That lineup must be doing him no favors at all.
Trade him for E5 and move on?
@Swfcdan: No. Votto starts slow. Yes, the team around him is garbage, but thats no different from other years. Hold Votto.
@b the esq.:
what B said
@Swfcdan: Nothing’s changed on Votto
Flaherty or Gausman? Thanks!
@Orange juice:
Jack
@Orange juice: Flaherty
I am really having trouble moving Tanaka for a 2b. How about:
1) Tanaka for Whit
2) Tanaka for DeJong
Thanks, Grey
@Pb&j:
Make the offers and see what they say.
@Pb&j: Agree with MP
Please rank OBP
DeShields, M Taylor, Buxton
@Buster Moon: Buxton, DeShields, Taylor
@Buster Moon: Agree with b
Gardner for Michael Taylor. Who ya got?
@Mr. Peabody:
Taylor
@Mr. Peabody: Agree with MP
Would you rather…I am currently starting 3 RPs: Colome, Hand, Norris but could sub one of them out for one of the following: Pomeranz, Castillo, or Wacha. Which 3 should start? Thanks.
@Gregory Dirkson:
Depending on matchups, I wud start any of the 3 over Bud.
@Gregory Dirkson: No idea of matchups
@Grey:
Castillo @ MIN
Pomeranz v TB
Wacha v NYM
owner of haniger offered me him for my Morton… would you do it?
@Shitwolf:
Morton
@Shitwolf: No. Keep Morton.
@Shitwolf:
Morton
@Shitwolf: Agree with others
@Shitwolf: I think it depends on needs. It’s not a “definitely” Morton. Morton is great but so is Haniger.
Rooney eats it!
@malamoney: Ha
Folty or Mikolas? Who ya got?
@Mr. Peabody: Folty
@Mr. Peabody: Coin flip on matchups
Morning fml,
How much do you like Blackmon in a keeper?
Got offered Blackmon and crap (Matz and Rodney) for my Sale, Morton and Osuna…would be scrambling for pitching but nice bat…15 team keep 11
@Nightpandas:
Blackmon is nice and all, but I think that is to pricey for him, get some better throw ins, instead of crap.
@Nightpandas: 165 players are kept each year. Only Blackmon on that side would be a keeper. Its entirely possible all 3 of your guys could be keepers come next season, depending on your roster.
Pas on that deal. If you can get another legit keeper from the other manager, then maybe, but not as is.
@Nightpandas: Blackmon > Sale — Morton > crap, Osuna > nothing
For this week in H2H..who ya got? Teoscar, Thames..Rosario..or Taylor
@Gonzomania: Matchups and number of games? In a vacuum, lean Teoscar.
@Gonzomania: Agree with b
Ryu looks like he enjoys a lot of bulgogi.
@crimedog: Haha
Hey Grey –
I’m in a saves + holds league. I currently have Kimbrel, Jansen, and Bradley as my RP. I have a leaguemate who is itching to get Jansen. Yesterday he offered me Miggy, Strickland, and K Herrera for Jansen. I put him on hold to sort things out. Last night he wrote and said he’s wiling to give me pretty much anything. So . . . I don’t want really want Strickland. Miggy is a definite upgrade over my CI (I have Moran in that spot now). This guy also has Dee Gordon and Jose Ramirez, also both upgrades. I’m currently in first place, competitive in most categories except SVHD and K/9. Thoughts on who I should push for? Also, does it matter that the guy proposing this trade is in third place with a pretty much unbeatable pitching staff already?
Thanks,
Jeff
@Jeffrey Gilden: If you could get Ramirez and K. Herrera for Jensen, I would probably do that. I personally don’t want much to do with Miggy.
How are you not competitive in SV/Holds with Kimbrel, Jansen and Bradley?
I think Jansen will be fine as the year progresses, so I would want a lot to move him.
@b the esq.: Thanks. I just acquired Kimbrel two days ago and Bradley just for last week so I’ve been working with Jansen and kela for most of the year – that’s why I’ve lagged a little in SVHD. Good advice. I’ll propose that.
@Jeffrey Gilden: Agree with b
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
Stupid catcher question for a 2 catcher league…
Please rank Alfaro, Flowers and Gomes for ROS. Drafted Alfaro, but he has been bad and has lost playing time. Leaning Flowers even though he is still a week away. Thoughts?
@Five-on-One: Seriously, nobody cares.
All of them will finish indistinguishably.
@Five-on-One: Gomes, Flowers, Alfaro. There is not much of a difference between the low tier catchers except playing time, and Alfaro loses that battle.
@Five-on-One: Agree with b
It seems like all my high drafted pitchers are junk compared to the waiver wire guys I’ve picked up– now I have too many SP. Who should I drop or trade?
Robbie Ray, Luis Severino, Luis Castillo, Alex Wood, Blake Snell, Vince Velasquez, Trevor Williams, Nick Pivetta.
@Nathan: I don’t think any of them are straight drops, unless you’re desperate. Plenty of goodness to try to deal. VV and Pivetta have been excellent and you could get some decent return after not investing much in them. You can’t deal Castillo now with his value at its lowest. Severino is an ace so I would keep him unless the return is amazing. Trevor Williams would be the first guy I would drop to add a bat if you have to go that route.
@b the esq.: Thanks for the response. Looking to move Robbie, but right now there is no interest. I know he will turn it around, but he seems too erratic. His pitch command is all over the place and he hasn’t faced an elite team yet.
@Nathan: Agree with b
Morning Grey, appreciate a little help setting a H2H weekly lock lineup:
A. Pick 3 to play:
Moncada 8 games vs Sea @ KC
Puig 7 games vs Mia @ SF
Jose Martinez 6 games vs Mets @ Pit
Conforto 6 games 6 games @ Stl @ SD
B. QS not wins… would you start VV on a 2 start week vs Ari ($10) vs Atl ($8) ? Or bench him for Castillo @ Min ($-4) or an extra closer (Giles vs LAA and Oak…I’m starting Vizcaino)
@dbayley: Not Conforto B. VV
Great writing as always. Franco or Cron ROS ?
@Mr. Rickey:
Franco
@Mr. Rickey: Thanks! Cron
Any chance Daniel Robertson keeps this thing going even when Duffy he’s healthy? He was a highly touted prospect and I love his multi position eligibility.
@LT: You’d trade Yu for [email protected]Dave Funnell: He’s never hit well above A+ (2014)
and I doubt he can keep up the .400 babip
so… probably not I’d say
Of course I didn’t buy into Chris Taylor or Whit Merrifield last year,
so I guess it could happen
@Slappy Jack:
I actually thought of Chris Taylor when I was typing this, but I think that’s mostly due to the multi eligibility that I see next to his name in my league:)
In a keeper points league, I’m tempted to just ride the hot bat and see if he maintains this somewhat. He should get playing time on a bad team, no?
@Dave Funnell: He will play for now
Best option for SB rest of season : t. Anderson or deshields
L castillo was dropped, drop Wacha, fullmer, john gray to get him ? Keeper league.
Should i drop one of those sp to get mikolas ?
Tks
@Jogon: /deshields. Gray. Wacha for Miklos.
@Jogon: Anderson… Fullmer for Castillo
5×5 Roto NL-only keeper.
Should I drop any of J. Dyson, Bader or P. Tucker for o’neill, Dahl, Wong or Mac Williamson? Any of those pickups will cost 5-10% or my FAAB.
@DriveForFive: Nah, maybe Bader for Mac in a week if it looks better for PT
Hi Grey, so far I’very been holding tough with Brinson in a points league where all your players count. Would you continue to hold him or pick up T Hernandez or C Villenueva?
@Eric: Teoscar
@Eric: Agree with b
This weekend brought a bunch of impatient drops in my 12t h2h league. How would you rank these three for a waiver claim with no position need but the need for speed: Polanco, Moncada, Margot?
Also have Flaherty out there, starving for saves but still lose Soria for em?
@Ted Williams Frozen Head: Moncada. Yes, drop Soria for Flaherty. Isn’t Nate Jones getting the saves instead of Soria? You may be able to deal someone, or Flaherty for a better closer than Soria.
@b the esq.: Meh, they’re winning so little it’s tough to tell. Could see them pushing Soria for more saves to try and up his trade value maybe? They’ve got 8 games this week so I figured he would stumble across one or two saves.
@Ted Williams Frozen Head: Polanco, Moncada… you need saves? Then hold the closer
@Ted Williams Frozen Head:
put in a waiver for both polanco and moncada. you don’t want to forget moncada’s ceiling just in case he cuts down on his K’s
Pick 3 of 4: Lucchessi, Pivetta,Flaherty, Junis
@Jason: Lucchesi/Flaherty are matchups guys
Hey Grey. I have Giles and looking to add a Devenski. My league does Holds and Saves. Guy in my league wants Solarte for Devenski. I don’t have any other 2b since Harrison hit the DL and is my weakest position. Asdrubal is on the wire. Should I pick him up and trade Solarte.
@G: Asdrubal is a good add and in a Holds/Saves league I would deal Solarte for Devo.
@G: Agree with b
Could you rank the following ROS for me please?
G.Polanco, O.Herrera, M.Conforto & M.Hanigar.
also:
P.DeJong, E.Nunez, C.Taylor & J.Baez
thanks as always Grey!
@DHurm: Polanco, Haniger, Conforto — Baez, Taylor, DeJong
Hello Grey,
12 team league. h2h with avg and obp
Would you dromp Ian Happ fir:
eduardo escobar (min), or jonathan Villar?
thanks,
Chris
@Chris: Villar
Streaming Faria @ Balt vs Cobb. Son has him at +3.2.
Or Newcomb @ Cin-Son+3.3 or Minor vs Oak. Son +3.5
Which two do you like best. Leaning Faira and Minor
Thank you
@lwomack58: I would go Newk and Minor. Cincy is just so bad right now, hard to pass up a chance against them.
@lwomack58: Agree with b
10 team auction 5×5 keeper w QS for wins. Roto with 15 transaction limit, unlimited DL and no bench. I’ve got Gausman and Newcombe as injury subs for Gohara and D Santana. Drop gausman and Gohara for one of Richards, Pivetta or t Williams? What about Newcombe and Santana? I’m thinking I don’t want to roster either Santana or Gohara when the come back and Gausman at least is uninspiring.
Also, OBP league drop Puig, Polanco, Jose Martinez or Margot for Deshields’ return? Weak in steals and OBP.
Thank you. I appreciate what you do and how you do it.
@Fancy Cordero and the Caviar Squad: I’d hold those OFs over DeShields… Gohara for Pivetta
Yo Grey, hope you had an awesome weekend. Per usual I drafted all my pitchers in the super late rounds in a 10-team standard 5×5 Yahoo! league. Here’s my starting staff ;
Charlie Morton (Thank you Gray) – BTW you are a MF’n Genie
Patrick Corbin (Thank you Gray)
Wacha
Alex Wood (was dropped in my league)
Pivetta (streamboat for now)
and Sonny Boy Gray (picked up for a potential hold)
What are you doing with Sony at this point. He has been terrible, although the Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer (FBTA) has his value ROS about the same level as Corbin my man.. Hold or drop like a 1 night stand…
@Count de Monetballl: Drop
Which two of these guys should I sit this week? I think Wacha has to sit, but not sure on the second one given the matchups and with Weaver picking up 2 starts.
Snell (@BAL)
Newcomb (@CIN)
Mikolas (@PIT)
Weaver (NYM, @PIT)
Wacha (NYM)
@Milarky: Mikolas, Newcomb
Stick with Lucchessi this week, or roll the dice with Buehler? Not a drop situation – just start vs. sit.
@Skeezix: Start Walker
Grey, ros molina or ianetta?
@greggpatenaude: Molina
thank you sir, love your site!
No problem, thanks!
Matt Boyd has some great minors numbers, k rate in the 9s walk rate in the 2s. Hes gone at least 6 innings in all 3 of his starts this year which seems like a rare feat in 2018. On the season he doesnt have anywhere near a 9k rate but his walks are miniscule and he did fan 6 in his last outing. Plus his home ballpark is like 940 feet to the center field wall. He gets the pirates wednesday. Owned in 7% of leagues.
What are your thoughs on Matt Boyd?
@Willy Mo: Boyd has always been a quad-A pitcher. Something about his K rate doesn’t translate in the MLB, which isn’t all that uncommon.
Don’t look at field dimensions as much as park effect. Yes, Comerica has a spacious outfield in center, but it’s average elsewhere.
Boyd is on a terrible team (I know.. I’m a Tiger fan unfortunately) and his role in fantasy today is probably a SON streamer.
I don’t think he’s someone you need to hold onto. His upside is Doug Fister in his prime, his value today though is Doug Fister today.
@cmutimmah: maybe, i mean he hasn’t had all that much big league experience and hes 27
@Willy Mo: Quad-A SP
@Grey: yeah most likely. Quick note Boyd had a 2.95 era with 30 k’s in 36 innings this past september, so hes been solid for a little stretch here of like 50 innings
H/H points league…..A Hicks or D Dahl
@Cable: Hicks
@Cable: Agree with MP
Would you start Cron this week over any of Bell, Piscotty, Kepler, Conforto, Puig or DeShizz?
@GoJays: Kepler
Hi, 10 team h2h pts. pls pick 2 for ROS:
Lucchessi
Newcomb
Mikolas
Pivetta
Thanks!
@surfer dude: Pivetta, Mikolas
Need some help trying to decide which of the following 4 starters NOT to start this week in a weekly 5×5 roto league:
1) Chad Bettis – Apr 23 [email protected], Apr 29 [email protected]
2) Reyaldo Lopez – Apr 27 [email protected]
3) Robbie Ray – Apr 24 [email protected], Apr 29 [email protected]
4) Mike Clevinger – Apr 26 [email protected]
I initially leaning toward not starting Ray for some reason (probably scared by the start against Nationals). Stream-O-Nator seems to be really down on Bettis especially vs SD tonight I do not see why.
Anyway, appreciate the help/advice.
@Milarky: Sit Wacha and @Earl: You had me at “@Col” sit Bettis
@Earl: Agree with b
Grey –
Suzuki or Ianetta going forward? (sorry for the catcher question)
Thanks
@Murph: From past comments I am going to guess he would recommend Ianetta and Coors.
@Murph: Ianetta
@Murph: Iannetta
I know the set it and forget philosophy about catching, but does Chirinos deserve that level of love? 6×6 league, Extra category for OPS, 12 team league with Suzuki, Maile, Gomes and Ianetta on the wire…
@SheaSeraSera: Not sure the question
16-team 5×5 league where I am leading in offense but outings from Tanaka and Chirinos have killed my ratios. My current starting pitching staff is : C. Martinez, Tanaka, Alex Wood, Chase Anderson, Trevor Williams. I’m thinking of trying to flip Jed Lowrie for pitching. What would a reasonable floor be? Castillo? Or should I hold and hope Tanaka figures things out? Thanks,
@phennore: Pivetta? Castillo sounds like an ok buy, maybe Wacha
Replace Sonny Gray or Bradley with Ryu, Pivetta, Stroman, Ed Rod, or Flaherty?
Also Mancini or Kingery for M Taylor, Cron, Domingo S, Dahl, Reddick, Swanson, Yuli G, Alonso, Schebler, or Odor?
Thanks for the help!
@Elliott: Ryu, Pivetta — Hold bats
I had Manaea on the bench of course… but no second guessing (smurf guessing?) this time. I would make the same decision even if he faced BOS again.
Damn I saw that you said Almonte had a slam and legs and I was like wait a minute, I didn’t get that from him on my team! Then I doublechecked and the dude I have is Albert Almora lol! I don’t even know the dudes’ names on my team.
@papasmurf: Haha!
Delano or Dahl?
@Monday: Deshizz
@Monday: Agree with b
U starting Vince V at home vs Arizona? SON seems to like the start
@Cohen: Yes
12 team, H2H league. My rotation: Darvish, Castillo, Nola, Taillon, Ryu, Junis, Pivetta, Flaherty.
How worried should I be about Darvish and Castillo and do I need to go and get some more pitching? I’m 4/5 in ERA/WHIP in the league and thought I had a great rotation but those two have been atrocious to start the year.
@SHifty: More worried about Castillo than Darvish given the level of experience and having seen Darvish succeed for longer periods of time. Think you’re fine int he long run.
@SHifty: Agree with b
Only have roster space for 1 – Drop Pomeranz or Castillo?
@Ron Pridgen:Pom
@Ron Pridgen: Ok
Senzel or Deshields. Better stash?
@Chris Herman: DeShizz was just activated so I would go with the one playing in the majors….
@Chris Herman: Agree with b
Hey Grey
Would you drop Kingery for Rosario or Margot?
@Bill: no
@Bill: Agree with b
I’m taking Joey Bats….Let’s goooooooooooooooo
Hey all, I’m in a 12 team h2h league my pitchers are archer, duffy, lance lynn, nola, Paxton Giolito
J flaherty, sonny gray, jon gray, wacha and nova were all just dropped
what do you think drop lynn and Giolota for Sonny and J Flaherty?
Thanks
@LennyDykstraIsJustMisunderstood:
100% Gio for Flaherty
@LennyDykstraIsJustMisunderstood: Yes, Lynn for Sonny, Gio for Flaherty.
@LennyDykstraIsJustMisunderstood: Agree with others
@Grey:
Thanks guys Dropped kole Calhoun for gleyber torres ; picked up Flaherty as free agent Sonny going thru waivers……
love this site.
Nice!
Morning Grey!
I need to drop someone in order to activate Gleyber from my “NA” spot. 12-team, 6×6 (OPS & QS), h2h, redraft league.
Who of the following would you drop:
Yuli Gurriel
VV
ERod
J. Lucchesi
Jon Gray
Thanks
@Dancin Homer: An SP on matchups
@Grey:
Thanks Grey; to follow up then; of:
VV
ERod
J. Lucchesi
Jon Gray
who do you see as having the best/ most upside for the rest of 2018?
thanks
Gray
@Grey:
Thanks again Gray…and I’m an idiot. I meant to ask you who, of those SP’s you’d think has the lowest upside for 2018 to help me in deciding who to drop.
I was leaning toward VV, but SON likes his next matchup a lot and maybe he’s turned a corner.
ERod; same deal as VV…and has a sweet start vs KC next week.
Lucchesi has been great, so not sure I’d want to give up on him
Gray, I agree, has the most upside.
Sorry for all the follow-ups, but i’m torn.
Thanks again
Don’t trust Ed-Rod
Disagree with the schmotato designation on Andujar. This is a guy who’s near the top of the exit velocity leaderboard, has an elite K rate (supported by a better than league average SwStr), with 60 grade power, and in a great lineup and park.
Ups and downs of course since he hasn’t learned to take a walk, but here’s your AL rookie of the year if Ohtani can’t make it all season.
@Oddball Herrera: That would work for me
What are you doing with Votto? Obviously a hold, but that team is BAD and I feel like his power may regress. Explore offers as a sell high? Maybe for Bellinger or Springer?
@kilkennybrian: Votto’s not a sell high at this point. You’d be selling at cents on the dollar. He is a slow starter. Hold, see how it goes. If he gets on a several game hot streak, maybe test the market then if you want out.
@kilkennybrian: I’d take Belly or Springer
Hi Grey, which OF would you start this week in points–Adam Duvall or Preston Tucker? Tucker is facing the Reds (4 games) and Phillies (3 games) and Duvall is facing Braves( 4 games) and Twins (3 games).
Also, please help me pick TWO (2) SP to start this week:
Luis Castillo @ MIN
Flaherty (a bit unclear when he will start this week)
Quintana vs. MIL
Mikolas @ PIT
Samardzija vs. WAS
Tyson Ross @ COL
Thanks for the help
@asdfasdf: Tucker… Quintana, Samard
10 team H2H
Are you dropping any of these guys for Villanueva?
Puig, Gardner, j Martinez?
Thanks!
@Game of Throws: Gardner
10 team H2H redraft.
1) Drop A Wood for L Castillo?
2) Holding Acuna. Already have Teoscar and Villanueva is available. Drops for Villanueva are Acuna, Lowrie, C Taylor, J. Bell, G. Holland, Ziegler. (Osuna is my only other closer.)
3) Schoop was dropped and I scooped him. When he comes off the DL drop Lowrie, Taylor or Schoop?
Thanks in advance.
@Shin-Soo Coo Choo: 1. No 2. Hold 3. Lowrie
Greetings, Grey FML!
Fantastic recap, sir. It goes up at 3 PM here so I imagine I’m among the first Razzballers to click. And the videos are fantastic. Best videos since Nick was doing his show. Nick C-A-P-O-Z-Z-I. Shout to to him.
So, Dahl’s up! If he sticks, I’ll have a decision to make: Peralta, E Rosario, or Dahl. This is a roto league with OPS and hits (besides R, HR, RBI, SB). Do you like Dahl any better than these OF?
Also, do you like Dahl better than Smoak? I know it’s still early, but Smoak’s been like rubbing two sticks together and getting no spark!! Where’s the power?
Thanks!!
@JakeTPE: *shout out
@JakeTPE: Thanks! Dahl over Peralta if he stays up, but I doubt Dahl does… Smoak over Dahl
@Grey: Brilliant. Thanks!
No problem
I must admit though I read your articles mostly for entertainment, I should start listening to your advice more.
Case in point, Danny Duffy. I like the guy but he usually goes too high given his ADP. He gets injured too much, but I bought into his appatent health in spring, and he was available at pick 192 so I grabbed him. He was doing pretty well then the Royals inexplicably move him up a day to pitch on three days rest? WTF? Am I missing something? I guy who already has had one TJ surgery and another surgery this offseason with big contract and they do that with him? Unbelievable. Someone should get fired for that.
Anyway, at least I drafter Morton the round after him…
@Dave D: That was an unbelievable move by the Royals, absolutely crazy
Do you ever acknowledge when you screw up on guys or just point out the calls that were right?
@David: I was wrong once, 1987, don’t ask
@Grey: I think it was your proclamation that Shawn Abner was going to be the biggest thing in San Diego since Jim Croce.
Haha
@Fred Garvin MP:
hold Croce
@Grey: And what did the stock market do that day?
Curious, who is doing the to- 100 pitchers update similar to what JB did last year? If Ralph is, do you know when he is doing another update(he is a machine). I heart those lists…
@Count de Monetballl: Ralph was going to do them monthly, think someone else is going to do them weekly now starting next weekend
OBP league
ROS: Winker, Almora, Ketel Marte?
@Wacha Thinking: Marte
Was thinking of dropping Scott Schebler for either Mitch Moreland or Ryan Flaherty. Should I keep Scott or if not, which one should I grab?
@Fred: Hold
flip Swanson and Ohtani (hitter) for Luis Castillo? 5×5 redraft. My SS is Anderson. Thanks!
@Oppo Taco:
Sure, if you need the SP
@Oppo Taco: Agree with MP
Top of the morning grey! Hope it was a great weekend, looking ahead to this weeks matchup in my H2h pts weekly league seeing which bat you’d recommend on adding, not targeting a particular position just overall the best option for depth/ upside. I can also play at utility as well.
Available bats I’m targeting:
– Christian Villanueva (3b)
– Dahl (double D benefits with the loss of cargo)
– Ryan flaherty (2b/3b)
– solarte (2b/3b/SS)
– Michael Brantley (OF)
– Cesar Hernandez (2b)
– CJ cron (1b) has been playing well thus far
– justin bour (1b)
– Mitch Moreland (he’s been playing well but in weekly leagues will it be tough to when when he’ll get playing time?)
– victor Martinez( DH)
– leonys Martin (OF)
Here’s my starters
C: willson contreras
1b: hosmer, send him to the bench ? I have wil Myers who’s on my bench but seems like they’ve been easing him slowly since coming back from DL or leave Myers on bench & move Hanley Ramirez from DH to 1b then add Vicor Martinez to DH? Or leave Ramirez at DH & add one of the 1b I listed cron or Moreland?
2b moncada
3b bregman
SS Carlos correa
IF Brandon belt
OF: Bryce Harper
OF: benintendi
OF: Gregory polanco
OF: Dexter fowler
Utility: Eduardo Nunez (2b/3b/OF
Utility: Todd Frazier
DH Hanley Ramirez
Ideally I’d like to add two bats but if I’ll take one too that’ll be fine , not mentioning the bench
@Green monstah: Villanueva over Nunez — I’d start Myers and Hanley at DH
Greyt write up!
Kelvin Herrera or Shane Greene ROS?
Brach available.. Been holding Betances and David Robertson for ratios.. Drop either for Brach or hold?
Drop 1: Peralta, Deshields, Rosario
@msh2404: Thanks! Kelvin… Betances… DeShields
@msh2404: Herrera. Sure if you need saves. Rosario.
Castillo or Mikolas?
@Chucky:
Castillio
@Chucky: Agree with MP
Grey, would you please rank your top 2 SS here in a h2h league with OPS
dejong
anderson
semien
solarte
d. robertson
Thx!
@Whirlaway: DeJong, Anderson
I keep hearing that Buehler’s fastball is a bit straight, but that sounds a bit too fastball normative doesn’t it?
@OddBall Herrera: I hear he’s only going to throw 4 IP
@OddBall Herrera:
#ISeeWhatYouDidThere
I’m sitting with Margot, Taylor and Brinson – which would you drop to pick up Teoscar Hernandez? (10 team 5×5 with 30 roster spots each).
Also: Giolito singlehandedly destroyed my ratios over the weekend. Needless to say, he’s been dropped. Have a good one.
@Will: Brinson — you too!
12 team h2h 6×5(extra cat OPS). Give Upton and Corbin. Get Votto. Thanks!
@Crunchy Smacks:
Votto
@Crunchy Smacks: Agree with MP
Scooter, Lourdes, Happ, or Ketel at 2B? I know they are all different. Who has most value in your opinion?
Thanks!
@Ty: Scooter
I have wellington Castillo as my catcher and I have zunino that just came off the DL. So I have drop someone for zunino. Is he droppable or would u keep him over Castillo?
@Blake: I’d go with Zunino
15 team weekly roto.
For this week have to bench 1 of:
Kela
Gausman (Home vs Indians / Home vs Tigers)
T Williams (Home vs Cards)
Wood (at Giants)
Tanaka (Home vs Twins / @ Angels)
Corbin (@Nationals)
@prestige: Tanaka
What a weekend! Back to the grind this morning, thx for the write up. Any trade bait on my team? I have two stud SS eligibility between Machado and Didi. I could target another SP ace. 6×6 with OBP, and QS. Or hold?
C. Cervelli, 1B. Hosmer, 2B. Dee Gordon, 3B. Machado, SS. Didi, OF. Trout, OF. Merrifield, OF. Cain, Util. Jose Ramirez, Bench-Puig,Braun.
SP. deGrom, SP. Snell, RP. Chapman, RP. Herrera, P. Trevor Williams, P. Taillon, P. Ohtani, P. Bauer, P. Wacha, P. Eduardo R, P. Sonny Gray.
@Synyster: You don’t need another SP
@Grey:
Ty! First year in H2H, he has 11 pitchers going this week to my 9. Was just worried I’d fall behind.
NP
Don’t ever remember coming on here with no Cram.
Is it a crazy idea to offer up to darvish for Patrick corbin?
And the Castillo owner just won’t budge, can’t figure out what he wants for him and he never responds when I ask “what do you want for him?”
@Chris R: Not crazy
Hey Grey – how’s my ranking? Richards over Castillo over Wacha over Pivetta?
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Pivetta, Richards, Wacha
@Grey: thanks. how Castillo has fallen!
Yup
Forget about buying low on Luis Castillo in my league – some team just dropped him.
After picking up Billy Hamilton off the wire a few days ago, I feel like my league mates might be hating on the Reds… or they might be on to something and my team is going to stink.
@William Hung: Ha
@Grey: aaannnddd B-Ham strikes out with the bases loaded and nobody out…
Ha, yup
Probably crazy. Possibly not.
1) Dump Puig for M.A. Taylor?
2) Dump Sano for Cron?
8 Team H2H – H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBPS
My 4 OF and 2 UTIL currently looks like this: Stanton, Pollock, Teoscar, Belt, Sano, Votto, Puig (on the bench)
@Wilsonian: My hope is that Puig is pulling a 2017 version of Rendon, awful April, great/solid ROS
@Wilsonian: 1. Meh 2. Nah
Love the daily column, especially how early you get it posted. But do you let the rest of your staff sleep ’til noon every day?
@Mike: If they want to
Is it too risky to start Jack Flaherty in a Weekly lock league not knowing for sure if he is going to get the call this week? (Hopefully we know before lineups lock tonight).
@sdub: No idea when he’s pitching or vs who
@sdub:
way way too risky
Was offered Arenado for JD Martinez. I would be crazy not to accept right? Right now my OF is Harper, JD, Bellinger, Hoskins, Teoscar, Pirela
@Nathan: Yes
Polanco and Ozuna both good “buy now before the price gets too high”‘s?
Would be dealing one of these breakout pitchers, rank em: Snell, Clevenger, Manaea (use initials if its quicker)
@Swfcdan: C, M, S
@Grey: Thanks, intials might be the future and save you more time to watch netflix!
PML
Picked up Haniger late in my draft as a bench OF bat. My SP is a little thin – what SP would you recommend looking for in return for a sell-high on Haniger?
@Big Ticket: Morton?
Been trying my damndest to sell Lowrie solo, but no one is biting. Would a Chris Archer/Jed Lowrie package for Syndergaard be a good deal or am I giving up too much.
Teoscar Hernandez or Conforto ROS?
@Marty Jannetty_Was Set Up: Noah side… Conforto
@Grey: You the man!
Thanks!
I’m still trying to get down to one bench bat. I picked up Polanco and Hanley as FA a few days into the season–now I can’t get rid of them or find them playing time. I’ve tried different 2 for 1 packages, but keep getting declined.
1. Do you see any needs that need to be addressed? 12 team H2H. OBP and SLG. So far my SLG has been toward bottom of league, but DeJong just got hot and Rizzo had been out.
2. Who is most droppable should it come down to dropping someone for a stream spot?
3. I know it depends on who I’m trading to, but can you think of any enticing packages to offer?
C – Iannetta
1B – Rizzo
2B – DeJong
3B – Shaw
SS Anderson
OF Blackmon, Benintendi, K. Davis
UTIL – Merrifield
Bench: Cain, Polanco, Hanley
SP – Syndergaard, Morton, Godley, Ryu, Castillo, Richards
RP – Hand, Vazquez, Holland
Thanks for the consultance and apologies for the vague post.
@Alex: 1. Too many bench bats, make trades 2. Trades 3. Cain, Polanco and Hanley for an SP
@Grey: Just dealt Cain, Polanco, and Hanley for Carrasco.
Just stopping in to say thank you for Patrick Corbin – good looks!
@ERad: Nice!
@Grey: [email protected]Grey: ughhhhh I hate reading anything Corbin related right now but it’s my daily routine to read these comments -_-
Ha
Have #1 waiver and Teoscar was just dropped. Worth the waiver? Can drop Gardner, A Cabrera, VV, Mikolas, or Folty, although pitching is a little deeper and I have a long bench of hitters; would rather drop a hitter considering, but I plan to drop Folty after start tonight anyway.
@kilkennybrian: Sure, Gardner
Writing about Richards is like putting out the bat signal for Magoo
@J-FOH: Ha, was thinking that too
@Grey: he should really pust to become his agent or convince Richards to get into hip hop and be his hype man
K/9, baby, woof, woof, woof!
@Grey: the K’s the K’s the K’s are on fire! When I say Garrett you say Richards Garrett….Richards…Garrett Richards
Magoo!
@Grey: Richards!
Nice!
@J-FOH:
Great call.
@J-FOH: I’ll temporarily take up the mantle of the Dark Knight. It seems to have been permanently vacated by Harvey.
Haha
Grey,
I’ve got Story in a dynasty league, 6×6 OBP
Thoughts on offering him for Nola? I’ve got Correa and Anderson at SS so not a huge area of need. I could use another top SP.
My hesitancy is that I believe Story is the better long-term asset. With his 3 hit last night his AVG is up to 245 and hes contributing in all categories.
Thanks
I’d take Nola
@Grey: Thanks
No problem
Two favorite deep league adds from the list below?
Leonys Martin, CJ Cron, Mitch Moreland, Mark Canha, JaCoby Jones, Steve Pearce, Almedys Diaz, Tyler Austin, Kole Calhoun
Leonys, Cron
Dahl
Billy Hamilton
DeShields
Teoscar
Aaron hicks
Michael Brantley
Peralta
Can you help me rank the worst 3?
Brantley, Dahl, Teoscar
Any thoughts on Daniel Robertson TB? Would you own Candelario in 16 team league? Last thoughts on EdwinE for Archer in a league I’m last in Ks, Era & whip but solid in power.
I’d own Jeimer
Hey Grey,
Still trying to upgrade 1B. Looking to package Thames with one of my RPs. Which one of these RPs do you see having the least value ROS. Devenski, Strickland, Boxberger? I heard that Melancon is getting closer to returning. Assume that they would give him the gig back to justify the money spent. At least until building him up some trade value. Box has had some hiccups lately with Bradley getting the last save opportunity and Devenski is no sure thing but has the best peripherals.
Box
Mallex or Moncada (6×6 OPS)?
Also, good idea to trade Ryu for Castillo in 12-team points league?
Moncada — I’d hold Ryu
Any hope for kipnis turning his season around? I own happ and can’t play him. Semien is available. This is an obp league. Semien’s .320 obp looks pretty good right now to me. Do you think semien is serviceable at mi in an obp league. Do I cut kipnis for semien? Thx
Nope, Kipnis is not good… I’d go Semien
Grey, drop Ian Happ for Daniel Robertson, Mallex,Jay Bruce, Duvall or hold?
Mallex
Shark oor Rich Hill ROS QS league
Hill
@Cohen: Williamson also
Aaron Sanchez for Kyle Seager 10 team keeper league
Seager side
Happy Monday, Grey,
Should I drop Kingery for Andujar?
Also, What’re we doing with Ian Happ?
Hold Kingery… Dropping Happ in shallower leagues
@Grey: Gotcha. Should I drop Happ for Andujar in a 12 team 5×5 OBP league? Not really shallow per se, but I’m getting hot for the Yankee.
@SallyCips: Nevermind, I dropped Mauer for him, who’s decent in an a OBP league, but very meh otherwise.
Sure
can i drop Darvish yet?
On a bright note, Corbin and I are getting hitched…he doesnt know it yet so dont tell him
I’d hold Yu
@Grey: then call me flattered
My dad was flattered the same way
Grey, latest word is Flaherty starts Saturday @PIT which is prob a better matchup anyway than vs Mets tomorrow . I’m gonna hang onto him until the weekend and see what happens.
Mikolas is my early season candidate for “Streamed so much, he ended up on my roster”…
Home is better than away
Alright, just traded Cain, Polanco, Hanley for Carrasco.
Nice!
Tyson Ross or Trevor Williams.?
Williams
thanks grey!
please pick 2
12 team roto h2h
margot-kepler-smith-lomo
and please pick 2
trevor williams vs pitt
quintana vs milwaukee
odorizzi vs cincy amd @nyy
clevinger vs seattle
Hey Grey, 12 team, H2H, 6X6. How would you rank these SP’d for ROS?
Pomeranz, Tailon, Stroman……thanks man!
Taillon, Pom
sorry i meamt mallex smith didnt specifiy
Hey Grey,
Hope you’re doing well.
Brett Gardner or Michael Taylor ROS?
Thanks.
Thanks! Taylor, coin flip really
More trade advice:
my: Ryan Zimmerman & Ryu
for
his: mancini, john gray, james tailon
Keeper league. I have miggy at first
Meh
Man, what is up with Encarnacion so far this season? Has he hit the Pujols/Miggy decline?
Nah, just a slump
I just offered Lindor, Encarnacion, and Puig, for Scherzer and Bellinger. Am I Theo Epstein, or Epstein’s mother? My starting pitching blows.
Sounds fine
Kris Bryant going to sit out any games? All I see on the wire is they don’t think he had a concussion.
I’d guess a few games
thanks grey!
please pick 2
12 team roto h2h
margot-kepler-mallex smith-lomo
and please pick 2
trevor williams vs pitt
quintana vs milwaukee
odorizzi vs cincy amd @nyy
clevinger vs seattle
Margot, Mallex — Clevinger, Williams is not vs. pitt
@Grey: sorry about that! my bad williams vs stl
so you like clevinger and williams?
At home? Sure
Leake, Skaggs, McCarthy, Boyd, Mengden, Estrada, Hellickson, CC, or Blach over Yonny Chirinos?
I’d look at matchups
Trade help. My offense is killing me. Pitching staff has been good. Currently have:
Verlander, Darvish, Corbin, Porcello, Manaea, Ryu, ERod
Trade Verlander and Marcell Ozuna for Kris Bryant?
Bryant side
Hi Grey,
1. Need a fill in for Rendon. Kingery and Candelario are both available.
2. Points league that counts the following stats. Which 2 RP’s would you want: Yates, Robertson, Barnes, Jeffress?
W 6
L -4
H -.5
ER -1
BB -.5
K .5
Holds 4
Thanks!
1. Kingery 2. Robertson, Barnes
My OF feels like an early season Survivor episode – Harper, Cruz, Conforto, Hicks, Teoscar, Olson. Corner IFs are anchoring in a bad way – Hosmer and 3B of the week.
Trade is Harper for Rizzo and Shaw – 12 team 5×5 OBP. Who wins?
Sounds like a terrible trade
Would you start Michael Conforto or Lewis Brinson in weekly 5×5 roto this week?
Conforto
@Grey: need to bench one of these guys this week. who sits?
story (12.4) – 3 vs sd, 3 @ mia
t anderson (20.7) – 3 vs sea, 4 @ kc
teoscar (2.6) – 3 vs bos, v vs tex
thanks!
Teoscar
Got offered Wil Myers for Haniger and A.Miller? Thoughts?
Works for me
This had me nearly in tears. Give it a watch. Takes a minute or so to get going.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/26fd3790b2/the-growing-pains-with-hot-babes-offering-free-cocaine
Ooh, this looks good!
@Grey: It’s fantastic. The writer/narrator has a whole series of these about different 80s/90s sitcoms, but the linked one is the pick of the bunch.
Thanks!
@Fred Garvin MP: Haha…That was good… And so sad how many people on that show are now dead or more or less dead
@Grey: Glad you enjoyed it.
There was a period of time (10-15 years ago or so) when a buddy of mine used to try to get comped, rooms in booked hotels, etc. by saying he was “the manager of Mr. Kirk Cameron.” Surprisingly, it worked a few times.
HAHA, nice!
@Fred Garvin MP: “DO the free drugs with hot girls in the hot tub STUPID!”
Grey,
I know you’ve got a ton of Castillo questions, but would you consider dropping him for any of these guys in a 10 team, 6×6 roto:
Ryu, Mikolas, Flaherty, Mengden
My pitching staff is currently featuring two guys I may be benching until further notice (Quintana & Castillo), which is fine, it is a long season.
If Castillo really is headed to the DL, that makes things more complicated as I only have one DL spot that is filled by Bumgarner.
Thanks, Homie!
Ryu…
@Grey: Thanks, Grey. I may go ahead and make that move, since it is highly unlikely anyone will be chomping at the bit to add Castillo even if his next start is pretty successful. It is a pretty shallow league.
No problem
Still wheeling and dealing today. Do you like any of these trades?
1. Moncada and Hanley for my Manaea
2. Baez for my Manaea
1. Moncada 2. Baez
QS H2H league someone dropped Wacha.. I own Viz Colome Giles and Devenski.. don’t need pitching but would you drop Dev for Wacha
Sure
I’m in two decently deep roto leagues that are run by the same commish.
This commish wanted saves in both leagues and asked for Middleton this AM. I just got Eddie Rosario in one league and Brocktoony Polanco in the other.
That sweet, sweet SAGNOF nectar paying out in so many ways. Thank you for providing a platform where knowledgeable Fantasy Baseballers like OTS can yell “grab Keynan” from the mountaintops. I added him in nearly all leagues on April 1st. Will keep him in the one I need saves. But hot damn am I excited about getting Rosario/Polanco for some spare saves I didn’t need.
Nice!
Start 4 this week (weekly roto, OPS)
Benintendi, Brantley, Devers, Villanueva (3 @ Coors)
Thanks
Ok
Sonny G. plus Herrera [or other crappy closer] for Robbie Ray. Who wins? And Is it close?
Ray
Hey buddy boy! Oh man wish u were watching homeland. It was awesome last night! I think I’m quitting billions. Snoooooozer!!!
I’m havin trouble picking a pitcher to start this week. It’s a 12 team h2h cbs points league.
2 start Skaggs (@houston, vs NYY
Mikolas @pitt
Rich hill @SF coming off the DL
Pomeranz vs TB
Billions was the worst, quit it after the 1st season… Pom
Castillo or Stroman ROS? Thx.
Castillo
May 1st on, who would you rather roll with, Salazaar or G. Richards?
@Charles: richards by a mile, salazar sucks
Richards
@Charles: others potentially available: Stroman, Kyle Hendricks, Sonny Gray, less likely Aaron Sanchez and Jon Gray
@Charles: forgot Tyson Ross as well
Drop any of Newcomb, Vv, or Jon gray for beuhler or hold?
Hold
Nelson Cruz and Cody Allen for Matt Carpenter and Kyle Seager
Cruz
Man I’m torn on Billy Hamilton, not stealing bases, losing playing time to Winkerand soon to be Schebler, and hitting 9th in the lineup. I play H2H and thought he’d be winning me the steals category every week. Would you rather own Kingery over Hamilton or do you think Hamilton turns it around?
I guess pick 2 of the 3 you’d rather own: Kingery, Hamilton, or Villanueva? Thank you for you time Grey!
Kingery, Villanueva
@Grey: I didn’t realize Hamilton was in the 9 hole so much this season – no way he gets to his projected 90+ runs hitting 9th. Hope he gets it going eventually before he really does start losing PT.
Outside of Betts, April has not been kind to my OF
Still early!
@Grey: Yeah I have a feeling Puig won’t finish the season with 0 HRs… Chris Taylor, however; is testing my patience… besides that high K-rate/Low BB-rate, he’s also 0-3 stealing bases
Would you stay patient with him as well, or cut for high upside talent like Moncada?
I could see going with Moncada
Who do you like better Mimolas or Pomerantz?
Thanks
Pom
Hold AReyes in the DL spot or drop for Rich Hill
Hill
Hello Grey, points league, Andujar or Teoscar?
Thanks!
Andujar
Tyler O’Neill is frustrating. He gets called up to sit on the bench and pinch hit, yet somehow expected to produce. Reminds me of Ryan McMahon, who, once he got more time, started hitting…….don’t these managers care about our fantasy teams?
Must exercise patience…….keeper league patience.
I hear ya
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. springer/smoak for golide/paxton? which side wins….
Thanks.
Goldy
Which of these two would you prefer in your starting lineup this week – Mikolas at PIT, or Newcomb at CIN?
Mikolas
Hey Grey –
Hope it’s okay for me to do a follow up question of something I posted this morning. Here’s the original post:
Hey Grey –
I’m in a saves + holds league. I currently have Kimbrel, Jansen, and Bradley as my RP. I have a leaguemate who is itching to get Jansen. Yesterday he offered me Miggy, Strickland, and K Herrera for Jansen. I put him on hold to sort things out. Last night he wrote and said he’s wiling to give me pretty much anything. So . . . I don’t want really want Strickland. Miggy is a definite upgrade over my CI (I have Moran in that spot now). This guy also has Dee Gordon and Jose Ramirez, also both upgrades. I’m currently in first place, competitive in most categories except SVHD and K/9. Thoughts on who I should push for? Also, does it matter that the guy proposing this trade is in third place with a pretty much unbeatable pitching staff already?
Thanks,
Jeff
You recommended I pursue Ramirez, but my leaguemate’s only interested in parting with him for kimbrel and jansen (though he’d throw in Beltre and two relievers). Not sure I want to do something that drastic. He said he will send Miggy + any two of the following: Boxberger, Herrera, Strickland, Middleton, Kemp, Pujols, Duvall for jansen. I’m not looking to fill my roster with excess relievers. So, is a Miggy + Herrera (or Boxberger, or Middleton, etc) something I should pursue, given Miggy’s injury potential? Or should I enjoy the stats from my strong bullpen and hold tight? I’m also a little afraid of giving this guy a pretty unbeatable pitching staff, as he has Kershaw, Syndergaard, Scherzer, C Martinez, Nola, Bumgarner + relievers.
Anyway, sorry for the long-windedness, and thanks, as always, for the great help.
Jeff
These are terrible deals
@Grey: That’s what I was thinking. Thanks for keeping me steady!
No problem
Peralta or Margot ROS?
Margot
I picked up Buehler and dropped Senzel. Would you start at home against Miami and potentially a second start this week. I would probably see single start Wacha. Or would you drop Buehler and add Andujar even thoughI have Abreu,Sano and Shaw at my three corners and Yuli at DH. Thanks.
Yes
Is that yes to starting Buehler or dropping him for Andujar as a bench bat?
Yes, start him
that was sit Wacha
Hey Grey – in a points league which closer would you go with for the rest of the season – Colome or Kela?
Thank you sir.
Kela
Would you trade Merrifield for Moustakas or Matt Chapman? If so which one? Or would you rather hold onto Whit
Moose is fair
ROS who do you prefer Merrifield or Kyle Seager?
Merrifield
Prefer to start Godley @ Wsh or Ryu @ SF this week ?
Ryu
Rizzo, Mikolas, T Williams for Votto and Osuna? My pitching has been terrible. I would be left with Quintana, Godley, Bauer, Castillo, Luccessi, Suter, Gibson, Odorizzi, Treinan, Middleton, Fields, Peacock. I have a particular bad ERA and WHIP
Rizzo side
Good to see you back …hope you had a good weekend.
With Rendon now officially moved to the DL I have Moran @ 3rd but that’s been very uninspiring the past week. I need to consider a replacement from: Dietrick, Anderson, Cuthbert, Kiner-Falefa, Crawford, or Andujar . Andujar seems the obvious choice but I worry some about playing time with Gleyber now up. This a 12 team roto with weekly lineups.
Who is the pick-up?
@henncoop: Or E Escobar from Minn
@henncoop: or E. Escobar from Minn as well
Andujar
Hey Grey. What do you think of Josh Bell for Cesar Hernandez in regular RCL?
Thanks.
Sounds fair
@Nitro: ALso, if I may, C. Taylor or Conforto?
Excuse my selfishly asking 2 questions…
Taylor
14 team h2h redraft with OBP over AVG, hits and total bases added for hitters, QS, K/9 added for pitchers. gotta drop a hitter to activate shark
C un oh chirinos (could add suzuki too, should due to OBP)
1B au rizz
2B whit (OF)
SS machado (3B)
3B sano (1B)
OF (3) brantley, rosario, yelich
util (2) puig, newtown
BN kingery (2B/3B, others pending), nunez (2B/SS/3B/OF), teoSCAR
NA willie
SP lucchesi, stroman, otani, darvish, ryu, pivetta, wacha (with all of these in FA: V2, mccarthy, mengden, skaggs)
DL shark
RP (max 4 slots) giles, strick, soylent greene, brach
and i just saw that not only did tehol add ian snell (rather than TB’s snell) it took him like 17 hours to notice it and go back to add the current major leaguer SP snell. hahahah.
@When Buying Gifts Don’t Confuse the Diary of Hans Frank and Anne Frank: if that ain’t a “disgrace/delight” post i don’t know what is.
Haha… Brantley, play Teoscar
@Grey: yeah he was only listed that way from benched due to somebody yesterday. i’ve only had him maybe 3 days yet.
Gotcha
Cron or Mancini
Mancini
20 team keep 4-7 league. with holds and saves separately. i have: knebel (DL), lyons, norris, gsellman (can slot into SP slot and does), boxy, mcgee, romo for 5 max RP slots. somebody just dropped kela. i’m in 4th in saves, 5 back of leader, and tied for 1st in holds.
1. who’s my drop for kela (romo maybe)
2. how much out of 100 for him
for reference i probably won’t get him as here are some other FAAB winning bids
holland (when signed) $30 but 2nd place 0
mikolas (me) $6, over $5 for 2nd (and i moved it down from 7, so i look real smart)
kemp $2 on april 10th
m.bush $10 (some twit) over 2nd place of 0
@Mobin Can’t Hack It: and o.arcia $30 over a $5 for 2nd place.
1. Romo 2. $21
@Grey: weekly roto. are you still starting darvish where you have him? darvish vs mil or ed rod @ tor this week?
thanks.
I’m starting Yu
Weekly 12 team roto …picking the last pitching slot from:
S Gray vs Min(SON 14.9) ..hard to trust this guy but too early to drop him as well
Wacha vs NYM (1.7)
Godley @ Wsh (-8.5)
Gausman vs Cle & vs Det (0.9)
Not that Gausman is more trustworthy but the 2 starts are enticing especially both @ home & the last with Det.
Who would you roll with??
Wacha
ROS. H2H points
Rank please
Teoscar, c Villanueva, piscotty, buxton, y gurriel
Is one waaaaay above others?
Buxton….Yuli, Villanueva
@Grey: thank you
@Grey: is there a way to subscribe so as to not have to fill out the form to comment every Time?
Don’t think so
@Donny Simms: If you’ve bought the tools and you are logged in through wordpress, you’ll stay logged in.
I weirdly have the exact opposite problem though, where if I am logged in to the tools, sometimes my name shows up as “anicholsnj” instead of knucks. Don’t think I can change my nick through wordpress or anything, but I’m over it at this point.
Pick 2 for 12 tm 5×5 Roto:
Paxton (@CLE, Clevinger)
Wacha (NYM, Matz)
Lucchesi (NYM, Vargas (?))
T.Williams (STL, ?)
Wacha, Lucchesi
Trade away Molina, Doolittle and get back Merrifield, Castillo, and Vizcaino? I have Perez coming off the DL this week
Sure
My kids are in second place in their 15 team nfbc league. The first 4 SPs they took were Bauer, Morton, Richards and Snell. They took position players with their first 8 picks and their pitching has more points than their offense.
@OaktownSteve: You’ve taught them well. This is what is called excellent parenting.
Sounds like your kids listened to me!
@Grey:
They did enjoy anime Grey.
Next time they wanna be in first, you tell them to listen to Grey!
@OaktownSteve: Smart kids
Blew it on the question earlier…
Weekly roto, start 3: Benintendi, Brantley, Devers, Villanueva (3 @ Coors)
Thanks
Not Brantley
bored, what’s new G?
still on S2 of Gomorrah, great stuff. Watched one episode of the garbage that is Lost in Space.
Mindhunter finished pretty good, S2 upcoming I hear.
Started playing God of War on PS4, I don’t get the feeling you are a big gamer. How would you have the time anyway?
P.S. How the fuck do you make those videos
You need to watch shows faster, burn through Gomorrah, now! I haven’t played a video game since 94 NHL Sega… Watched Occupied on Netflix, it was solid, not as good as Gomorrah
@Grey: btw you went to Red Sox games in the Mo Vaughn era (podcast clue). That puts you going to college in Boston around 1995. I’m getting closer Grey, closer. You must be near my age too. Look damn young though.
The fucking clues from the book are impossible and unhelpful. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THAT REALITY SHOW.
Young and handsome! I graduated in 96, moved to LA in 98
@Grey: me: Montreal born and raised. Left in 2002 after years and years in school/training. Rotted in small town VA until 2010 when we came to Boston.
You’re in Boston now? I didn’t know that, great city!
@Grey: Pretty sure I’ve mentioned that before. C’mon I thought you memorized all of us commenters!
Haha, mea culpa!
I have DeShields back from the DL. Who’s the best drop (6×6 OPS).
Delino DeShields
Preston Tucker
Miguel Andujar
Drew Pomeranz
Hyun Jin-Ryu
@Cheese: Tucker id think/not sure of league details etc
Tucker
Closer is killing me. 12 team h2h points league. Would you rather have Boxberger or Bud Norris?
@Wudaben:
Or Herrera
@wudaben: herrera
Box
ROTO 6×6 with OPS – Which 2 OF should I grab from the list below to keep ROS?
Duvall, Pillar, Teoscar, Kemp, Piscotty, Dahl, Canha and Lenus Martin.
Martin, Pillar
@Throwme Abone: with these guys available looks like a shallow league,and back up players if so u could afford to gamble on upside plays here of Dahl and Teoscar
Moncada got cut in my shallow league – should I drop Kingery for him?
@William Hung: I would. Call it a coupery d’etat
Sure
Hi Grey! Do you think Dickerson is going to TURN UP soon? He hasn’t been doing bad at the plate, but looks like he’s in for some more HR and such with his low HR/FB. Also, debating dropping Kenneth Giles for Bud Norris… too soon?
He looked terrible yesterday, but was first I saw Dickerson all year… I’d imagine the power will come at some point, I did drop him in my RCL tho… Too soon on Giles
@Grey: Gotcha. I have Harper, Ozuna, Mancini as OF’s with Rosario as a Util/Bench guy. Should I ditch Archie Bradley for Norris? I might have to give up on saves… not sure… but I can use guys with good numbers. This is H2H btw.
I’d hold
@Grey: Cool, thanks!
No problem
12-team keeper h2h category wins with OBP/SLG and no AVG and QS/HR/SVHD no Wins
Judge for Syndergaard and Josh Bell
My OF without Judge is Hoskins (who I slide over from 1B to start Bell), Betts, Benintendi, Marte, Desmond, and I’m holding for Acuna, and Tyler O’Neill who you wouldn’t know was already called up from looking at his play time (eff you Mattheny)
My SP with Syndergaard becomes Thor, Kluber, Wacha, Gray, Snell, Ryu, Buehler (streamer but I might hold him since he’s a hot prospect too).
And I dumped out Gausman to make the deal work. Oh and by the way there’s 3 OF + 2 UT and 5 SP slots in this league.
With all the setup out of the way, what do you think of the deal?
You don’t need Thor with Kluber
It’s fair tho
Grey,
6×5 including ops. 10 team, h2h. Should I drop Conforto, or anyone on my roster, for either Teoscar, Brinson, Michael Taylor or Dahl?
C – Yadier
1B – Goldschmidt, Abreu
2B – Albies, Odor
3B – Arenado, Castellanos
SS – Chris Taylor
OF – Trout, Judge, Pollock, Inciarte, Braun, Conforto
SP – Scherzer, Manaea, Price, Wacha, Archer, Weaver, Tyson Ross, Jack Flaherty
RP – Herrera, Kela, Middleton
Not sure how many OFs you start, but prolly hold
@Grey:
Thanks! We start 3 OF and 2 util. At this point it’s about accumulating best available players to load my bench. MI sucks so it happens to be an OF bat.
@Charles Varon:
Grey,
Another question, someone just offered me their Alex Bregman for either of my Pollock or Sean Manea.
Would you do either of those trades? I’m inclined to say no to Pollock but yes to his Bregman for my Manea.
Thoughts?
Bregman for Manaea is a no brainer
@Grey:
Ok so you’d want the Bregman side? Just want to clarify before I hit accept.
Yes
@Grey:
Thanks! Just accepted.
Nice!
What are your thoughts on picking up Rich Hill and dropping L Castillo? While Hill is on the DL, I would add Maeda for his possible 2 starts this week. Plus, Hill is due back sometime this week. Thanks again Grey
Meh
Need to drop either L Castillo or Teoscar. Thoughts?
Teoscar
14 teamer with holds added, and total bases, OPS for hitters and hits added. as my worst MI i have a.diaz, drop for either of russell/owings?
2. i have kimbrel/hand/j.barnes/nicasio/madson for saves and holds in 5 total spots (3 P, 2 RP). somebody just dropped r.iglesias (due to CIN being shit likely), do i have a drop here? i’m doing competitively in both saves and holds already.
Owings — Meh, Nicasio I guess
Encarnacion for Greinke in a 12 team redraft (OBP, QS otherwise standard) – there a clear winner here?
Edwin
By SCHMOTATO is that your way of saying Andujar will fade sooner rather than later? Would you rather him or Chapman ROS?
Chapman
@Joe Beisbol: Andujar HR! He will never fade!!!
Corey Seager + Jed Lowrie for Francisco Lindor + Mikolas
Fair? Which side would you want?
@E: lindor
Lindor
Add Pivetta?
My drop options are Gausman, T. Williams, E-Rod, then hitters like Mancini, Tucker(NA stash), W. Calhoun(stash).
@Junkmastah: Gausman asap
@AL KOHOLIC: You like Williams over Gausman?
Tucker
Franchy with the start tonight in Coors.
Get hot friendo!
Nice!
Grey what about this keeper trade …little better than earlier Blackmon
15 team keep 11
Give Morton Sale Devers
Get Acuna Polanco F-her
Would be a trade for the future obviously
@Nightpandas: seems to much to me,looks like you would be folding this year giving up two of the top arms in baseball and a young to be stud 3rd bagger,ill be interested to hear Greys thoughts myself
Wow, you’re really paying… Meh
Can’t make my mind up for a batty call:
Franchy batting leadoff vs. Bettis in Colorado
or
Dahl batting cleanup vs. Mitchell in Colorado
Tron is pretty indifferent, but Tron also does indecent things with Shop Vacs. Grateful for any input from G and/or the habitue of the comments section.
Note: Respondents are to be given the requisite amount of credit or blame for their respective choices.
Dahl
Bettis 2 start week
Andrew miller
Pivetta vs Braves
Pick 2 for the week
Pivetta, Miller
Dear Greg and Friends,
I need saves and have to start either Norris or Holland. I thought I heard Holland getting ready for the ninth but was not needed two days ago. Then yesterday Holland pitched the 9th and Norris the 8th (non-save). Feels like they are transitioning but I have a weekly lock so it’s one or the other from here until Sunday.
Which one should I roll out?
Norris
@Grey: Thanks.
No problem
Greg what’s good bro,
12 team H2H, OPS league…drafted Kipnis late for my MI spot…needless to say, is there anyone out there off the top of your head you would target in a buy-low opportunity to replace him? Or just a preferred player ROS to target?
Thanks man!
@J-Money: *Grey…sorry bout that homie
Marte
hey grey!
quintana home vs the crew or trevor williams home vs stl?
What do you think of Stroman ROS? I know he is an AL East degenerate, but is he going to be rebound? What can I expect?
I said not to draft him, I wouldn’t go near him… He’s obviously not this awful tho
@Grey:
Would you pick Flaherty over him?
I would
Grey, Luis Castilla, Pivetta and Quintana all dropped in my league. How would u rank them?
Pivetta, Quintana
@Grey: Really? Rather have Pivetta than Castillo and Quintana? Castillo the worst of the trio?
As of now
Grey,
Weekly league with standard categories. Two questions:
Who should I sit?
Story (3 home, 3 @MIA)
Cruz (3 @ CHW, 4 @ CLE)
T Anderson (3 v SEA, 4 @ KC)
I am in the top 3 in SB and HR, 4th in OPS and AVG, and last in R and RBI.
Who should I start?
Ryu (@ SF)
Hader 2 @ KC, 4 @ CHC
Boxberger (3 @ PHI, 3 @ WSH)
T Williams (v STL)
I am in 1st or 2nd in everything but Wins.
Thanks!
Anderson… Hader
I love your avatar, btw
@Grey: Thanks.
Yeah man, Chris Kimball is da bomb! The wife and I have watched many an episode. Sad to no longer have him on the show. Haven’t seen his new one yet.
He left Test Kitchen?!
@Grey: Yeah man. I don’t really know what happened. Maybe he thought he was the core of the show (he was) and producers disagreed? Now Julia and Bridget share hosting/cooking duties and its kinda clunky. They are getting better but it’s just not the same. Chris made the show IMO.
His new show is called Milk Street Kitchen or something like that.
Wow, this is shocking to hear
@Grey:
Shocking? Really? Haha.
Have you had a look at Myles Straw in Double A this year? Dude’s on the boba!
Gotta be that thick, wide boba then that can break through plastic
@Grey: It’s the Astros; the Dome’s wrapped tight. But he’s got 11 steals in 16 games with more walks than strikeouts. That’s nothing to say pho to!
It is time for the spring roll
@Grey: Too bad he’s not on the Marlins. Those guys have the fish balls to call him up, even if he’s not Yelichtail. Huh, I think I just accidentally enacted Japan’s World War II conquest plans in this comment.
This sounds like an episode of the man in the high castle
@Grey: Damn, that’s harsh.
Whats happened to Ozuna. Very slow start, still a belieber?
Ozuna or Polanco
@Swfcdan: OZUNA still sleeping. Hold OZUNA like baby, rock gently awake. Do not shake OZUNA!
@Long Bawls: http://gph.is/16tfEKd
Grey’s input would be appreciated your grace.
@Swfcdan: Ha!
Quite the hedge on Richards. Pick a side, any side.
Castillo and Paxton have been frustrating to own. Wish I would’ve avoided those headaches altogether. Cueto, Godley, and Snell have been delightful to own though.
Speaking of headaches, I’m streaming Bettis this week. Has the Padres in Coors tonight before pitching in Miami this weekend. Why am I doing this to myself?
I don’t mind Bettis in an NL-Only, but that sounds mixed, and I don’t know why you’re doing it to yourself either… I’m on a side with Richards, a side that says I’ll believe he can throw 140 IP when I see it…
@Grey: It is mixed. Going out on a limb with Bettis. Like the matchups though. Think he has a good shot to get a least one win with 8-10 Ks. Hoping to get lucky with the ratios, but it’s probably not the wisest stream.
Wishing you the best!
Trade Quintana for Pivetta straight up?
Ballsy but I like it
@Grey:
I could offer Quintana/Reynaldo for Pivetta and Roark or Pomeranz to not be as ballsy lol
Ok, Pom
Hello Grey,
Which 1 of these do you like in a Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League:
Trevor Williams (currently on roster)
S. Gray
Wacha
Mikolas
Thanks much Grey. Let’s go Tanaka!
Hold
we liking Roark tomorrow @S.F.
I would
@Grey: thanx boss
No problem
Dynasty league format…
Do you like Pomeranz or Cueto more?
Do you like Segura or Merrifield more?
Cueto… segura
Any interest in Bautista now that reports are he’ll be “starting 3rd baseman” soon for ATL?
My team is hurting for power and I’m considering taking a flyer on off chance he could provide more than other free agents out there.
Sure, wth
stupid bastard i am fell asleep, didn’t wake up in time to hit when yahoo’s page opens for the day and got beat to j.jones DET in AL only with OBP over AVG, and total bases added. am still stuck with grichuk and his losing playing time ass. drop for pinder (who is playing everyday now, but isn’t hitting yet). only good news is here this’ll be the easy roster spot to drop when/if big willie comes up out of NA slot.
Damn
@Grey: even knew 4 days (when i noticed what jones was up to) seemed like a long time for somebody else to not have added him. the sweg engel WSOX owner dropped for him. worst part is HAD i moved grichuk out of lineup earlier yesterday (he played before i saw it) i could’ve just done this yesterday, more than 24 hours ago. so pinder over grichuk now, considering that pinder plays everyday?
Sure
Which deal of these two would you be quicker like to pull the trigger on? I own Manaea.
1. Hanley/ Moncada for Manaea
2. Pham/ Moncada for Manaea
I was just offered #1 but might counter for Pham
Hanley
sonny gray, pom and greg holland all on waivers. please rank for ROS. thank you.
Apples/oranges… Pom, Holland
Might be a better question for Ralph but I will run it by you. I got offered C Villanueva for my A. Hays in a 12 team roto with OPS added dynasty plus a slight upgrade in next years draft (basically meaningless since we keep 30 players)
I am pretty loaded @ OF with JDM, K Davis, Rosario, Hamilton, Kepler, D Santana, W Myers, Kepler, W Calhoun, & Luis Roberts. But that being said I am not hurting @ 3B either with Arenado & Chapman.
I could probably use SP a bit more…Newcomb, Matz, A Sanchez or Stromen might be possibilities. Hays is just 22 so 3 years younger& could be a good one while I am not sure Villanueva’s power is real or lasting.
Any thoughts Dr Grey?? I could run it by Ralph ASAP as well.
I’d take Hays, but can ask Ralph
Grey – nicely written up as always!
Just a slow start for Quintana and still believe in him ROS as originally ranked?
Thanks,
LG
For now, I still believe in Quintana, that could change if he continues to look like garbage
11t roto 5X5
Corbin or Manaea ros?
Give Manaea and Samarj for Thor?
Corbin… Sure, Thor
Ive been offered Dozier for Cano and Herrera. I assume I have to take deal even though my other closers aren’t great – Giles, Iglesias and Colome? Thanks.
Take it
Trade Middleton for Junis? Feels like i can get more like @knucks did with Polanco and Rosario
Get more
Hey Grey,
A: Someone dropped Carlos Santana in RCL. Would you drop Senzel for him?
B: I’m streaming Buehler tonight for his spot start. Should I drop him after tonight, or is it worth holding him and seeing if they’ll keep him around?
C: Finally: Holding both Flaherty & Buehler. Do you like one better this year?
Thanks a lot!
A. Yes B. Drop C. Flaherty
The bad news is that the Bettis stream is looking iffy already. The good news is that it’s unlikely to be as bad as Leake’s start. Woof.
@Big Magoo: Jeebus, I wasn’t challenging you, Regression Fairies. Please don’t make it as bad as the Leake start.
Ouch
@Grey: It actually didn’t end up too poorly. He made a couple of bad pitches in the 1st, then settled down to throw four scoreless after that. Is still in line for the win.
@Big Magoo:
Oofa
Woof indeed
Which side do you like here (12 team H2H)…
Didi and Bundy for Chris Taylor and Jed Lowrie
Thanks!
@Luke: i like Didi,showing last year was for real and in that lineup his numbers will be nice
Didi
Mr Stanton is waking up
Finally!
12 team h2h ops Bb k
I give khris davis or j upton i get votto
My 1b – abreu, gallo, gyorko dl bird
My of – c taylor, d gordon, harper, gallo, domingo Santana, upton , davis
Kid put votto on the trade block. These are probably my best one for one trades for votto.
I would offer davis first then upton. would you do either of these trades? The reds are godawful but votto is great
@Barker: either for Votto is great for you.
@Barker: walks and k,s yes i would
Grey,
I just got a trade offer and wanted your thoughts on it.
I give up Dexter Fowler and minor league pitcher Jose Albertos
I get Scott Kingery
Would you make the deal?
@Scott Kimmel: league context would be helpful, but yes, in a vacuum.
10 team dynasty/keeper league
@Scott Kimmel: get kingery. What could you get with the open roster spot?
bring up Andujar
Grey, pick up Andujar?
Drop Brantley, Puig, Souza, Inciarte, Mazara?
@primetime: yes for maz
@Grey: weekly roto. As a box owner, worth trading soria/jones for bradley?
@Herschel: would send Soria for Bradley if I could.
Need to lose a SP to pick up a Rendon replacement.
Drop Lucchessi, Sonny Gray or Shark?
Shallow 6×6 (holds) and QS instead of wins.
Thanks
Drop Desmond for Peralta, just dropped on waivers
thank you
Franchy!
@FrankGrimes: yes,plus Deshields 2 steals and Mr Stanton
Hey there late nighters. Stanton and Conforto for Arenado. Yes? In a vacuum. Just an opinion thanks!
@Uncle Ernie: im sure the consensus is Arenado but i think its a fair offer,Mr Stanton snapped out a bit tonight and Conforto has got to get hot also
@AL KOHOLIC: fair comment. Conforto’s status against lefties is the question. Might end up strong side of timeshare.
@Uncle Ernie: yeah, i was counting on him in two leagues,and ill give it 2 more weeks
@Uncle Ernie: I’d want the Stanton side; not that much diff between him and Arenado. Conforto not a tremendous throw-in, though, so it’s fair on both sides.
Hey Grey, You feeling Franchy or Mac Williamson going forward? Thanks!
I gotta take his Nelson Cruz for my Hader and Pivetta, right?