A hand shoots through the ground, it’s a skeleton claw! Next, oh my God, it’s skeleton head! “I want pitcher brain custard,” it sneered. Is this, oh my God, has Trent Grisham (1-for-6 and his 8th homer and 4th homer in six games) turned into a Zombino? Cut! No, this is ridiculous. I’m sorry, he’s only 28; he’s too young to be a Zombino. Get the decaying scar tissue off his face. This is not a classic Zombino from Grisham, I think this might be: Look at what hitting in front of Judge does. Trent Grisham is this year’s Juan Soto. But there’s also Aaron Judge (2-for-3, 3 runs and his 9th homer, hitting .412). Well, yeah, because he’s hitting behind Trent Grisham! And there’s also Ben Rice (3-for-5, 4 runs, and his 7th and 8th homer). Well, yeah, dur, he’s hitting behind Judge! And, of course: Cody Bellinger (2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer). Well, of course! He’s hitting three spots behind Judge! Sadly, four spots behind sucks. Jazz Chisholm Jr. grabbed at his side, then hit a triple, which makes me think the oblique is a made-up thing from 15 years ago and players just use it to get an IL stint. Rub some mud on it, man! He says he has flank pain. Is he a Korean short rib?! Jazz, you were killing me already with your dog crap average! Just unbelievable that the Yankees pour on runs and this schmohawk manages to have the one negative in the game. Oh, and Austin Wells (1-for-6) hit his 5th homer, but, of course, he’s six spots behind Judge! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Carlos Rodon – 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.43. Yanks scored a bajillion and Rodon cruised out to the Ivictory Coast for a free night at the W.
Jasson Dominguez – Didn’t play in this Yankees rout. Holy sit! He’s sitting against righties now? Ugh. Guys, the Yankees develop prospects once every 20 years. This dos-decade prospect was Judge.
Kyle Gibson – 3 2/3 IP, 9 ER as he was called up. Whoa, who’s this young buck who the O’s called up!? Let me check the prospect grades! Hmm, says here he has 60-grade stuff! Wow! Oh, crap, actually it says, “Will soon be 60.” It was his age. O’s thinking Kyle Gibson was the answer to their pitching problems is the funniest thing you could ever say. It’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail of MLB team logic. Perfection.
Gunnar Henderson – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer, hitting .227. This home run came when the O’s were already down 12 runs, so your run-of-the-mill ho-hum dinger.
AJ Smith-Shawver – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks as he was called up. Even with the Suckies living up to their name, Coors is a tough *pinkie to mouth* ASSignment. I doubt they send ASS down again, after calling him up. Prolly wanna see what he’s twerking with.
Michael Toglia – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer, 2nd homer in four games. If someone gave up on him, I think you should consider getting back in. At least when he’s in Coors.
Isaac Collins – 1-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 1st major league homer. The fan who caught the ball negotiated with Isaac, getting his Mai Tai recipe. (BTW, Collins hit 2nd and Turang moved to the 8-hole, which is so absurdly funny with how well Turang is hitting.)
Freddy Peralta – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.52. Saw FreddyKBB gave up 1st-inning back-to-back homers to Andrew Benintendi (1-for-3, 5th homer) and LouBob and I screamed at my phone, “I hate you!” Thankfully, he settled. Now I have to send apology flowers to Siri.
Luis Robert Jr. – 1-for-3 and a slam (4) and legs (11), 2nd homer in three games, hitting…Guess. Go ahead! What could he be hitting? Bzzt, wrongo! .158! Sweet Baby Jesus, that’s awful. He could be heating up, though.
Eduardo Rodriguez – 4 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 6.06. Feels like a 6+ ERA is the point where it doesn’t matter how good a guy’s peripherals are, you can’t start him.
Brandon Nimmo – Out with the flu. He was even sick for his nine-RBI game. Seems like yesterday’s title was on the money.
Francisco Lindor – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .302. Steals come incredibly fast, in handfuls, a guy can have six, seven, eight steals in a week and change their season stats in an instant, but Lindor does have only two steals through a month.
Pete Alonso – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 7th homer, hitting .346. Albombso!
David Peterson – 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.06. His command (2.5 BB/9) is helping his 8.4 K/9 play, and his 58.8% ground ball rate is making it all work.
Jacob deGrom – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.73. This was vs. the A’s in Texas (TexA’s?) and I wonder if we see the A’s have altitude issues when they leave SacTown, like the Suckies have on the road.
Josh H. Smith – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th steal, hitting .319, and in the two-hole. Don’t think it’s a stretch to say he’s the Rangers’ 2nd best hitter, behind Wyatt.
Shohei Ohtani – 1-for-4, 2 runs and a slam (7) and legs (8). He’s on pace for only a 40/40 season. Snooze! What a letdown, huh?
Andy Pages – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (6) and legs (3), hitting .293. If you’re not picking him up, I feel bad for you, son. I got a schmotato and you got none.
Sandy Alcantara – 2 2/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 8.31. If that was his tryout for the Dodgers, he just needed to exit with a sore shoulder to fit into the Dodgers’ future plans.
Gleyber Torres – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and a slam (3) and legs (4), hitting .292, and 2nd homer in a week. Could be a little schmotato action here.
Kerry Carpenter – 2-for-5, 2 runs, and his 7th homer, hitting .277, and 2nd homer in as many games. Carpenter is nails!
Will Vest – 1 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 2.77, as he pitched from the 6th to the 7th inning. If that’s him imitating a lights-out closer, he is a terrible mimic.
Ryan Gusto – 4 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.00. His underlying stats still look decent, but, if you can’t tell, I’m struggling to endorse with Gusto.
Dylan Moore – Hit the IL with hip inflammation. I always thought hot hips was a positive. Bummer. Mariners do have this thing where guys are taking turns getting scorching hot. Now it’s Polanco and Crawford’s turns. Maybe JRod will get in on it sometime before September. This also breathes some life into Mastrobuoni. Ayo!
Jorge Polanco – 2-for-3, 5 RBIs and his 8th and 9th homer, 3rd and 4th homer in three games, five homers in four games, six homers in a week, and the only player even close to as hot as him might be Andy Pages.
Bryce Miller – 5 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, 5 walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.52. If you look at it as only seven baserunners, and don’t mention the five walks, then only if you look up his numbers — a 5.6 BB/9! — do you get totally freaked out.
Jack Kochanowicz – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.29. Streamonator call at best, and somehow I ended up with him on teams because I’m a dumb person for two-start weeks.
Logan O’Hoppe – 1-for-3 and his 8th homer, and 3rd homer this week. O’happy day!
Royce Lewis – Will play five innings of two games of a doubleheader in Triple-A as the DH. Pretty comical he can’t play two games on the field. Guys, is it alarming if your body can’t stand for four hours with an hour or so break between games? They put Lewis’s DNA under a microscope and it’s sitting in a Barcalounger watching TV.
Tanner Bibee – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.36. That’s it, keep going in that direction!
Kyle Manzardo – 2-for-3 and his 8th homer, hitting .227. It’s very nice to have Shohei at UTIL, but it sure does suck watching Manzardo sonavabench me every single time.
Ty France – 3-for-4 and his 3rd homer. They call that a French fly.
Logan Webb – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 2.83. Couldn’t make it out of April looking like an ace, huh? Oh, what a tangled Webb we weave…
Willy Adames – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 2nd homer, hitting .212. Thought he signed a seven-year, $182M contract and retired. That’s cool, that I guess he didn’t.
Xander Bogaerts – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. “Hey, you could just use a doorstop instead of–Hold on! He moved! Xander is alive!”
Junior Caminero – 3-for-4 and his 6th homer, hitting .266. In a one-run game, Cash pinch-ran for Caminero in the 8th. Unless there was an injury I missed, that seems a bit Mr. Overmanage. Am I crazy or is that crazy?
Taj Bradley – 7 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 4.58. Taj Ma-third-starter-hopefully-headed-to-becoming-an-ace!
Cole Ragans – Being skipped because of his groin. That must be some groin! Noah Cameron is being called up to start. He’s a crafty lefty. “Crafty” is like a real estate agent saying cozy.
Michael Lorenzen – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.48. Wait, it gets better! Streamonator loves his next one, and I’d start him everywhere.
Shota Imanaga – 5 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.77, but left with leg cramps. Take a Midol and call me in the morn. (Not a doctor!)
Dansby Swanson – 1-for-3 and his 5th homer, hitting .185. Sticks out like a sore thumb with that average too, because, unlike a lot of other lineups, the Cubs are hitting really well. The more ya know!
Seiya Suzuki – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, and his 7th homer, hitting .298. Also, in this game, Pete Crow-Armstrong (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 6th homer. The ball’s bouncy, right? I mean, it has to be, right? BDon mentioned this on one of our preseason podcasts. It could now be the fourth straight odd-numbered years with a bouncy ball, dating back to 2019.
Carson Kelly – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs, and his 7th homer, hitting .370. He’s the number two catcher on the Player Rater, which is so insane—oh my god! There’s a hand poking through the dirt! Ahhh!!! It’s a real-life Zombino!
Andrew Heaney – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 2.50. Welp, the 1927 Cubs came-a-callin’ and they got no ‘let up.’ Heaney’s peripherals took a hit yesterday and now he looks like a Streamonator call again.
Kyle Schwarber – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer. Just made up a guy in my head named Charles Schwarber who hits homers and trades stocks. Anyone know this guy?
Zack Wheeler – 6 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.48 vs. MacKenzie Gore – 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.51. This matchup was billed as, “These guys were right next to each on the Player Rater for starters before yesterday’s game, and I doubt this game changed much.” A bit of an unwieldy billing.
Luis Garcia Jr. – 1-for-2, and his 2nd homer, hitting .242. Ya know what’s gonna happen here, right? People who dropped him are gonna watch him be great on another fantasy team now.
Nathaniel Lowe – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer, and 2nd homer in two games. So, schmotato if he’s around on waivers. Down to their last strike, Lowe hit that homer off Kerkering and the Nats were in pole position. Good for them–Oh, wait, Finnegan blew it with a ball in the dirt getting by Ruiz.
Bowden Francis – 3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 5.28. That’s a Frank Black spot on humanity.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .271. On this week’s podcast, BDon and I realize in real time that Teoscar is better than Vlad.
Garrett Crochet – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 6 Ks, ERA at 2.05. There was a lot of free rooms at the W last night.
Rafael Devers – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer, hitting .217. Beginning to think his average should come back a bit, since it’s very hard to hit the ball, uh, as hard as he has, and have that bad of a average. This is me lessening my hate of him. Still think he’s without any speed and needs to keep his shoulder together all year, which is not an easy thing. Easy for a month or three, not for six months.
Alex Bregman – 3-for-5, 3 runs and his 6th homer. I have him in a lot of leagues, not to Breg, man.
Wilyer Abreu – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer. Wilyer look at that! Also, in this game, Kristian Campbell (2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .313), as he continues to be the best rookie. If only there were two great rookies, so I could call them Kristian Camsmith.
Jarren Duran – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .273. Get your fingers in the Buy Low window is shutting! By the by, not sure if you heard, but a fan told Duran, that he should’ve killed himself when he was having suicidal ideations, as he talked about on the Netflix Red Sox show, and his teammates held him back from going after that fan. That sucks, I say. There should be a bell rung if a fan says something so heinous. If the bell is heard, then the player can go into the stands and beat up the fan. Like MLB meets UFC. Who wouldn’t want to see this? “Hey, JT Ginn, you slept with my wife and now I’m gonna beat your ass!” Bell rings, and chaos ensues!
Mr. Grey,
Giolito worth an add while dropping Matt Boyd who has been meh lately in QS/Win league? Also worried about Boyd’s game vs the Mets next week.
Thanks.
check that….Boyd has two starts…one vs SFG and one against the Mets
Luke Jackson 108 ERA Whip 12. See ya should never be a closer again
Martinez pulled after giving up a dinger ands walking the next two batters. Velo down 4-5 mph. Doesn’t sound promising…
Is will Vest a drop for any of these relievers in a saves/holds league?:
Strahm
Uceta
Randy Rodriguez
Ashcraft
Daysbel Hernandez
Evan Phillips
Kerkering
Also can drop Luke Jackson as well, he has not looked well at all lately
Cubs game
WTF happened in the outfield?
Somebody fell out of the stands.
Did Vientos hit one off a tee, or was it an actual pitcher this time?
and it’s been a while, but the sun hasn’t even heated the CA air yet *ET voice* Hel-i-ot!
Kepler or Heliot?
Would you trade Burnes for Sale and Bello in a dynasty 6×6 18 teamer? I desperately want to fire Burnes into the Sun but I dont want to be buying someone on the same trajectory.
Myers pitched two innings? WTF is the point of that?
Hey Grey. 12 team H2H SV/H. Any of these worth trying over Pierce Johnson:
Uceta, Daysbel, Okert, Leahy, Ferguson, Ferrer
Uceta
Maikel or Durbin for 2B. I have Westburg and Maikel right now. Durbin available on waivers.
Durbin
Steer or Victor Scott?
Scott
Please rank these hitters
Norby,Stowers,Doyle
Please rank top 3 starters
Leiter
Ray
Gallen
C.Sanchez
Ober
Bubic
Bassitt
Lodolo
Doyle, Norby…Ray, Ober, Sanchez
6×6 with wins and quality starts
In what order- Senga, Baz, Rodon
That order
Hey Grey…good stuff as always!
Just a quick question…in a 12 tm 5×5 would you dump A Gimenez for any of these guys:
Rafaela, Lux, Norby, Durbin
They all seem to have more upside at this point…
Thanks, man!
Yes, Durbin
Alexis (*******) Diaz shits the bed the very first time he’s given the 9th inning this season. Nook LaLoosh line of 1IP, 4 hits, 1 walk, 3 home runs given up, 5 runs, 5 earned runs.
**** me.
Haha yup!
12 tm al only dynasty: drop any of these guys for Noah Cameron:
Sugano
Bido
Chris Martin
Tanner Houck
Thanks
Meh, what’s Chris Martin doing for you?
Pure saves speculation . My only closer is Fairbanks, I have Cade Smith as well, but that’s a question mark. Saves are hard to come by in an AL only league.
It felt odd, throwing Tanner Houck into that question, but he has just been trash.
It’s al only you’re fine with 1 1/2 closers
I see Garver with a steal today and Big Dumper got his 4th. I have guys like Lindor with 2. I add durbin for one reason. It aint happeneing. I’ve got so many others who ran last year or provided something who have just refused to run this year. It is April and I think I have to embrace the fact that I am going to finish last in steals.
Ha, I know, maddening
Samesy for me. My 4 horsemen of SB reinforcements are sucking. Edman, Rengifo, Gelof and Jacob Young as sort of bench bats plus and play for guys with days off, rainouts, injuries thatI acquired in the offseason to give me some versatility and some SB which I was awful at last year. So far, they combined for 4 SB, which is Josh Naylor production. Young has been CS more often than he gets a SB. Rengifo gave up stealing for lent. Gelof never made it to the season. Edman got his 2nd last night and is now missing time due to an ankle issue.
I got happ and suzuki who i was counting on for chip in steals. 29 steals last year. They have 1 each. Maikel Garcia 37 last year. He finally stole a base yesterday and was stuck on 2 forever. I cut young btw. Tried him too. I lost Josh Lowe first day of year. Lost abrams for multiple weeks. Jung hoo lee has 3. Hasn’t stole a base since he entered my starting lineup. I guarantee he will steal a bag once I bench him. Ugh
This guy is stache-able right? Just got a save for the Rockies. Just look at him!
Haha
Gonsolin pitched well today. Who would you take a chance on. Gonsolin or Bubic moving forward?
Bubic
I feel like dropping my boy the Rouppster for Gonsolin is the move no? Nick Martinez and Davy Petereson are also drop options……
Sure
Roup-ro!! Drop!
Ha
Feel like I need to go on the record and declare that I had not scrolled through yesterday’s comments before offering up “ho-hum dinger”.
Conformation, though, that great minds and Steves do, indeed, think alike.
Oh! Ha! I thought you were saying you liked Oak’s
No! I get that that’s how it looked (and self-evident that I liked it), but honestly I had zero idea he’d proposed it.
Funny to see “late boomer” come up again, in light of its disgraceful rejection as a glossary term several years back lol.
Hahahaha
Gleybor, Luis Garcia, Gimenez who you taking for 2B
Garcia
What do we do with Bryce Miller next week. His ERA is fine, but his walks are way up and he said his back locked up on him before yesterday’s game. He has two games next week, at Sacramento against the A’s and at home against Toronto. Start or sit?
Start
The mathing aint mathing for me. Did Blubaugh hit guys or balk or something? 5H 1BB 7R 1ER. Is it the 2 errors messing it up? So basically anyone who got base scored for DET?
Haha I’m not sure
C’mon Grey, how did you not know there would be a slip of about 40 points in Devers average this year with Cole out for the year?
Ha, seriously
Teo for Vlad 1:1. Close?
Yes
In my league Goodman has twice as many points as my Yanier Diaz.
We hold though, right?
You can switch them if you like
Thanks for your help!
I have Rice and Naylor at 1B. How would you who to start? Go with one or is it a daily matchup decision?
Same question regarding Yelich and Ozuma.
Same question regarding Carpenter and Santander?
Thank you!
Matchups
Thanks!
Thoughts on my Vladdy for his Olson and Ketel? Have Soder and Tork at 1st. Is it close?
Olson side, it’s not close
Carlos Rodon and Jung Hoo Lee for Ozzie Albies and Michael Harris. Which side of the trade do you prefer? Buy low on Atlanta players? It is a QS and OPS league.
Albies
Since picking up Augustin, he’s 0 for 9. Sorry guys. Not EZ being a tough luck degenerate jinx
Damn
0-10 now with 2 K’s today
Can’t believe you killed him
I won’t only ruin a guy’s career, I can ruin his life
Hahaha
Assuming Jazz goes on the IL for a couple weeks to make his tum tum and belly all better, who would you suggest as OF replacement (yes, I have to play Jazz in OF on my team).
Andy Pages, Heliot Ramos, Adolis Garcia, Trent Grisham, Jasson Dominguez, Jo Adell or Mike Yaz?
Basically go with schmotato or sleeper who has underproduced and got dropped by impatient owner?
Pages
Thanks!
Pages now batting 5th in that Dodgers lineup should have made it a no brainer.
Now waiting to swap out Jazz with Royce in my IL slot and then do it the other way around in a couple weeks when Royce inevitably goes back on IL.
Ain’t fantasy baseball fun!
Haha yup
Garcia Jr or Maikel
14 team weekly 6×6
Luis
NL-only 10 team roto
Given A J Puk has a flexor strain and will be evaluated again in 2 to 3 weeks, is Puk a hold or a drop? My IL slots are full but saves are hard to come by.
Meh, depends what you need the spot for
Pages or Heliot Ramos
Pages
I still cant wrap my head around Louis Robert stats. He has 15 hits, but 4 are HR. So 11 hits, 17 walks, 28 times on base (not sure if any triples or guys in front of him blocking a steal attempt), but he has 11 steals for 4th in the majors. Career high of 23 might be matched by ASB.
Could you imagine if he actually hit..idk….260-.280?
Yeah, his average is wild, seems impossible for him to actually hit that low
Particularly when you look at his Statcast data (barrels, hard hit rate etc)
Would you drop Heliot for Pages? If Santander goes another like this,he might be next.
When Tovar comes back, do I drop Jeremy Pena or Andres Gimenez?
Thanks
Answered on the Patreon buy
Pages or Doyle ROS?
CL in Det, Kahnle or Vest?
Doyle…vest I guess I don’t know
Prefer Andy pages or Caleb durbin?
Pages
Hey Hey Hey Gray – How would you rank these players
1- Pages
2 – Pages
3 – Pages
Pages, Pages, but coin flip
andy
pedro
senate
Hahaha
You meant “funny” here. Funny Pages.
Haha
Man you weren’t kidding about eRod and his underlying. Just ran a thing looking at pitchers with at least 30 innings, k rate above 8 per 9, walk rate below 2.5 per 9 and gb% above 35. David Peterson, Webb, Skenes, Gilbert, H. Brown, Eovaldi, Bassitt, Liberatore, Luzardo, deGrom, Skubal, Wheeler and eRod. Brian Woo just missed GB by a percentage point. Really good pitchers.
Of the guys on the list 2 have era in the 1 range, 7 in the 2 range and 4 in the 3 range with Wheeler being the highest at 3.48 and then eRod sitting at and ERA of 6.06.
Haha, I know, The Rise of Nolasco
nice blast from the past name
Indeed
12 team one catcher league, do I keep Yainer or just stream matchups each week ?
Hold
Drop Bowden for Kike? UGH!!!
Meh
Pixies reference for the win!
Haha
Kerry Carpenter or Andy Pages ROS?
Carp
ESPN 12 team H2H Points League – I have JJ Bleday, Carlos Santana and Victor Scott II all as UTIL/Bench options, but want to drop one to stash an extra P. Who would you expect to be the least productive ROS in a points league? Scott has outperformed the other two so far, but can he keep it up?
Santana
Do you see positive regression coming for Cease?
Looking under hood:
FIP is 3.18 last year 3.10
SIERRA is 3.60 last year 3.46
K/9 is 10.92 last year 10.62
BB/9 is 3.64 last year 3.09
LOB 61% to last year 68%
Not giving up HR, but giving up too many hits:
.290 AVG to last year .197
.388 BABIP to last year .263
Where do you project his actual ERA/WHIP to settle for the season.
Yes
Where do you see his ratios ending up?
Where they should, nothing’s changed, he’s a buy low
Doval in SF or Weaver in NY for saves?
Weaver
Last ten days: Murphy starts six, Baldwin four. And Murph is on fire. I’m just saying they love this guy especially his defense.
We need a replacement at 3rd for Westberg in 2 leagues;
Can you place these schmohawks in some kind of order
O Cabrera
Urias ( his real life replacement)
Jace Jung
Jeff McNeil
Thanks as usual
Urias, Cabrera, McNeil
Need your help mighty grey!
1 – would u burn #1 waiver priority to pick up Marcus semien
2 – drop anyone for Andy pages?
3 – any other weaknesses u see?
Here’s the team – 5×5 , I’m in first right now
C Perez
1b Alonso
2b bogaerts
3b Riley
Ss Witt
Mi edwards
Ci tork
Of chourio Langford wood butler Ramos
Util aranda
Bench Luis Garcia, hays, cowser, Stanton
P. Crochet king woo May flaherty pfaadt lodolo
RP miller Fairbanks finnegan Martinez pagan
1. Sure 2. Cowser 3. May
Drop boegarts or Garcia for semien?
Cowser is on IL. Drop May or Ramos for Pages?
Thanks
Xander — Ramos
Norby or Gimenez?
Norby
IS Gimenez done and dropable??
He is droppable
12 team keeper league: Matt McClain was just dropped. Currently have Jordan Westburg on Dl and using Caleb Durbin. Is it worth dropping Durbin for McCain?
Nah
I’d get in on McClain but that’s just me.
Drop Zebby for Pages? Thoughts. Pages would be a bench player for now. I have Carrol, Greene, Noot and PCA.
Somehow “droppin’ zebby for pages” sounds like it has a totally different meaning.
Like maybe hustle culture… “My boy Ethan out here droppin’ zebby for pages” “yeah he grinding for that angel investment”
Haha
Yes
Considering a $100 FAAB, how much would you drop to pick up Devin Williams off waivers, especially if you need saves/a closer?
$7
Which stream do you like most for tomorrow:
Liberatore @cin
Mize @laa
Abbot v.stl
Lively v.min
Abbott
Thank You
No problem
Hey Grey, 12 team roto league, I lost my 3b Dylan Moore to IL (idk how long) and the waiver wire options are horrendous yuck. Another team will be looking for waiver options as well as he lost Westburg. I offered my Doval or Pressley for Vientos, and the guy came back and said he’d do it if I threw Dylan Moore in. My Doval or Pressly and D Moore for his Vientos, yay or nay? I feel like I am overrating D Moore a bit bc of his hot start and position versatility which does help. Thanks as always!
Works for me for Vientos
Thanks Grey! Which do you prefer moving fwd for normal 5×5 league b/n Pressly and Doval? Trying to figure out which one I want to give up
Pressly
Drop Beck and his 6 game Coors homestand ( week 6) for Pages and his 7 game roadtrip?
Drop any of Casas or Busch for Steer? And if YES, Is it worth burning a #2 WW to facilitate such a move?
All transactions Keep forever with no contracts.
Pages
No on Steer
Which side do you prefer in a dynasty league?
Manzardo/ Buxton or Kurtz
Kurtz
Gavin, Bowden, and Sandy wrecked my week. I sent Gavin shipping. I should have known better than to try and stream.
Do you think Sandy is worth holding? He seems like he needs some solid time in the minors to properly bounce back…or a new team with better pitching coaches.
Meh, I’d prolly bench him but I don’t know your league
That’s fair. It’s still only the beginning of the season. I appreciate it
No problem
would you swap PCA $5 for Vlad $19 in a keeper league?
no. i’m going on record saying there is a massive pca regression slump on the way
I’d take Vlad it’s fair tho
disagree with bofe OTS and Grey…
A $5 PCA looks way better than a $19 Vlad..with or without annual salary inflation
Vlad had ONE great year and his home games were played in a bandbox.
Even baking in the inevitable regression, PCA’s 30/70 pace blows away any ‘normal’ Vlad year.
Also, I dislike the Cubbies;)
Drop X Edwards for J Smith?
Sure
Whatever the glossary term was from yesterday, that was definitely Austin Wells HR!
Yup
Bellinger or paredes ros?
Cody
Grey need to drop one who is it
Ray, Bibbee, Berrios, Bassitt, Gray, Evoladi, Woo, Phatt, Mewer, Cease
Berrios
Thanks Mr. Grey
No problem
Start or sit Chris Sanchez home vs Nats today?
Is he pitching? Sit
Sittin or startin, Liberatore @ Cincy (vs Abbott)?
Sit
Currently holding onto agustin ramirez and murphy and im going to have to drop one by the weekend more than likely. Who would you drop?
Murphy
Hey Grey, your thoughts on this recent trade:
I traded Castellanos, Hoo Lee, Kahnle, and Pepiot for Jarren Duran and Raisel Iglesias.
Sounds good
Killer deal
Am I crazy for giving up on Bowden and dropping him after this outing? Thought I would give Noah Cameron a chance today. He’s a lefty and he seems somewhat intelligent in how he changes his arsenal up for different situations.
No, not crazy
Mornin Grey, shallow roto league questions…
1) can you rank these guys for me plz? Stott, Jacob Wilson, Heliot
2) Vientos, in a vacuum…buy, sell or hold?
Stott, Heliot 2. Buy
A blubaugh is a….
How would you rank Hays, Doyle, and Pages? Thank you.
Doyle, Pages
I just want to know what analytics say this is a smart move?
Seriously. Misner had a good AB he went down looking at a K just on the edge and drew a walk. PH for Mead in a game they down a run and he Ks.
Like if you have some slumping HOF type on bench I get it. Mead is not that. Mead isnt even better than Misner.
Cash is crazy
Josh Smith or Taylor Ward
Ward
Caminero is Captain Overmanage. I believe they also did it in a game on Sunday (not sure), and that game ended up going into extras. I honestly thought he was hurt, but crickets- then they did it again last night. I just can’t with these managers sometimes. Making moves to make moves like they have to justify their existence.
It’s so nuts to remove your best hitter in a one run game in the 8th for a pinch runner when the guy you’re removing isn’t even that slow
Ha! Exactly what I was thinking. Did someone replace Caminero’s legs with Dan Vogelbach’s when I wasn’t looking?
Haha
Actually, make that–
The Martian or Bellinger or Grisham ROS 12 team H2H points league
Please and thank you!
Cody
I have a SS jam and a 2B/3B problem. 10 team H2H points keeper league. I’ve been rostering McLain all year, which could be fine for 2B. Picked up Semien over the weekend when he was dropped to waivers. Currently have Devers at 3B, but planning to not have him available at 3B next year. Limited to 3 players at each position for their primary position. Currently have Witt, Betts, and McLain with primary SS as their position. Would like to pick up Jordan Lawlar for his potential to play 2B or 3B in the future? Drop McLain after rosters lock today (get the double header stats) for Lawlar for the stash?
Where is Lawlar playing?
Probably in AAA for another month waiting on an injury. Itch is high on him and points our how terrible Gurriel is doing. No reason an athlete like Lawlar can’t handle the same position as Kyle Schwarber. If I could fit him on the bench by dropping a relief pitcher it’d be a no brainer for a few weeks, but moving on from a starting player with upsided seems suspect.
With Ketel going down, that was the time to bring him up and crickets
First in points scored. Tied for 3rd for record. Rest of my offense is stacked, but everyone kind of is since it’s such a shallow league. Diaz, Freeman, McLain, Devers, Witt, Yelich, Carroll, Betts, Judge, PCA, Semien, Acuna IL
Meh, hold off on Lawlar for now
Same general theme. With a jam as SS, would you look to trade Betts this year if the price is right? I know he lost like 30lbs or something early in the year due to the stomach virus and the power could bounce back. He’s been on my team since his rookie year. Hard to think about letting him go.
Yes
Hey Grey,
A. Blanco got pushed back from @CHW on Sunday – which are the best two starts of the following to replace?
Schwell vs LAD
Olson @LAA
Sears @MIA
Wesneski @CHW
Hicks vs COL
Wes, Hicks
The Martian or Bellinger ROS 12 team H2H points league
Please and thank you!
Cody
Drop Norby or Heliot for Andy Pages?
Heliot
10 team 5×5 keeper league – drop any of chandler simpson(only bench bat), zebby, or bowden francis for trent grisham?
Zebby
Morning Grey the White!
Chase Petty getting the start today against the Cardinals.
Are you a inny or outy?
I mean are you in or out on starting Petty against St.Louis?
Thank you!
Outy
Good morning grey. Who’s the odd man out with Ketel coming back,Durbin or Morel?
Morel
Made a few trades last week to address pitching concerns surprisingly landing both Crochet and Wheeler. Here’s the revamped roster in my 12 teamer and questions.
1. Overall assessment of squad please.
2. Any particular player(s) that you would try to trade away?
3. Don’t want 2 catchers – who should I try to trade away – Ruiz or Murphy?
Murphy or Ruiz
Vlad, Machado, Lowe
Lindor, Altuve, Donovan
Tucker, Teoscar, Santander, Beck, Simpson
Util – Scott
Bench- Ward for now
Crochet, Wheeler, Yamamoto, Bibee, Eovaldi
Saves Iglesias, Bautista, Estevez
Holds R Garcia
No one is trading for a catcher, just drop Ruiz and move on…team looks fine
Good advice on Ruiz. One team is starting Moreno but probably not worth the hassle to try a trade. Given that and my lineup above, who are you grabbing off the WW:
India, Casas, Crone, P Smith, Manzardo
Blanco, Abbott, Lib or just use the opening for streaming?
Stream
Alcantara a “buy low” or is he just about to switch places on the IL with Eury?
I wouldn’t go near him
I was offered Betts & Roki for Tatis this morning, am I crazy for not accepting this offer?
This is a keeper pool.
Could work out, but I’d keep Tatis
Is Durbin going to steal any bases? Did they give him the stop sign? Ortiz swaps spots with him in the order and get 2 steals in the 9th spot.
I’ve got Marte coming back hopefully this weekend. Is durbin worth holding as a reserve? I have Maikel Garcia too whom will be a reserve MI.
I’m also wondering this
Which 3 would you choose for the rest of the week?
wesneski Friday at white sox
leiter Friday home vs mariners
bello Saturday home vs twins
sears Saturday at marlins
corbin Saturday home vs mariners
olson at angels sunday
bibee at blue jays
Wes, Leiter, Bibee
6×6 with OPS. For OF, I have:
LF Ward
CF Cruz
RF Butler
OF Larnach
Bench Jasson Dominguez*, Ceddanne, T. O’Neill (injured but out of IL).
I’m fairly settled on my top 3, though Ward is 4 for his last 39. Who’s the drop for Pages?
* – I initially typed J. Rodriguez when thinking of Dominguez. This is funny to me on multiple levels.
Haha, you can lose Tyler O
Are we beyond ready to drop Dominguez as well? I feel like I am. I have it specially noted that he struggles vs. LHP. Looked up his yearly splits and .094 (32 ABs), so it’s fab that he’s active against a LHP today! (I guess his .321 clip vs RHP is some redemption.)
I have Yandy and Paredes as options for Util.
Yes, droppable
Or is Austin Wells three spots ahead of Judge…
Ooh, interesting…you might be right
Howdy,
Standard Roto, ROS preference Devers or Edman?
Devers
Better yet, rank Edman, Devers and Arraez ROS. Thanks!
Devers, Edman
Mornin’, Grey. My suggestion from yesterday.
Home run when the run differential is 10 or greater: Lampshade Home Run.
Inspired by the person that drinks too much at the office party and is wearing a lampshade by the time it’s over.
Haha, funny, but we went with ho hum dinger
Dang, I thought I had that one. Guessed I missed the cutoff, man. Back to the minors for me.
Haha
What you had provided was a Lampshade glossary term — one submitted after many other good ones had already been
Over SLAMbivalent? You might need to send Rudy to AAA for a few weeks.
Haha
is it safe to drop Sandy Alcantara finally?
If you need to
Hi Grey, thx as always for the content. Would you drop Heliot for Andy Pages or Grisham?
Pages
Toglia is not another dish from Italy. It’s something that simmers and cooks slow and low. You rush to early and you break a tooth, but if you wait 7 weeks, the delicious Toglia congeals together making a very tasty treat to side with some Hardy Beck!
Haha, that’s right!
I don’t know about using “congeals” there. Was getting hungry until then…
Haha
Hold Alcantara for a bit longer on my bench? Or is it hopeless?
Meh, bench him I guess
Hey Grey,
I hope you’re doing well!
In a 10 team, h2h, redraft, standard 5×5 (OBP Instead of average)
I have mountcastle, soler, and Kurtz
Do you drop anyone for Trent Grisham ? Thank you!
Another question!
In a deep h2h redraft league, OPS and AVG,
Who do you drop? Morel, Soler or Max Muncy LAD
Thank you
Muncy
Mount
Good morning! In a 10 team mixed league, would you drop Casas for Pages?
No
Would you OWN Pages over Heliot?
Bednar or Megill over Vest?
Thanks!
Yes
Megill
PCA gonna go 25/50 and never move out of the 7 spot in the lineup, at least swap him with Dansby and bat him 5th
Seriously
Dansby got moved to 8th and Kelly jumped to the 4 hole last night.
I already have Goodman and Doyle, so hesitant to pick up another Rockie, especially in a weekly league where it is harder to start them only at home.
That said, Toglia over any of McLain, H Ramos or Aranda?
Hold
Slowing down after we had a fun prospect run last few weeks cmon something fun happen!! Like Mike trout 3 hr game
Haha
In a 12-team H2H keeper, I currently have Soderstrom and Vinnie P. at 1B and UT. Rice comes off waivers tonight. Drop Vinnie for Rice? Thanks!
Sure
Royce Lewis’ DNA is Al Bundy with the 4 TD game at Polk High!
HAHAHA
Hey Grey! Hurray, Gunnar and Vlad homered on the same day – NOW the season has really started! And Royce Lewis is gonna play DH for 10 innings today, and THEN tomorrow, play a full game at 3B. That per the little Yahoo blurb. I’m looking forward to getting 8 games out of him before his next injury. Finally, welcome to the team Will Vest! I hate all relievers even in SVHLD format. Except you, Mason Miller, I heart you.
Haha, ouch
Trent Grish with ye olde bang fizzle. Future generations will look at the glossary as a Rosetta Stone key to unlocking the mysteries of the 21st century.
Shea Langeliers kicked in a ho-hum dinger to help with the launch. baloons and streamers.
Noah Cameron is another one of my draft champs scratcher tickets. fantastic change up. will definitely be watching that one (surreptitiously, while out to dinner for my wedding aniversary…she picked a good one folks!)
There was a few ho-hum dingers yesterday but didn’t want to overuse the term on the first day…what a bang fizzle! Good luck with Cameron, might come up and surprise
what are you doing up at this hour?
Haha, I’m that predictable? Had to go to east coast for few days, until Saturday
i set my facts of life novelty watch by you.
Hahaha
To think the NYY might have been able to get Kwan for the Martian or Mason Miller among many others
Right?
I want to drop Heaney after yesterday and stream rest of the week.
Pick up Brandon Waddell or Noah Cameron for today ?
Meh, stream? Try Cameron
12 team 6×6 roto. Pick two for util-ish/reserve/schmotato purposes RoS:
Grisham
Cam Smith
Pasketti
Pages
Story
Pages, Grisham
Morning!
Can you explain why Cristopher Sanchez is the third ranked pitcher today on the Razzball Streamonator? My hunch was to bench him, given the injury concerns. Are you sold that he’s fine and will be fine?
I don’t even know if he’s pitching…you have to watch with injuries
Grey!!
That’s crazy!!
Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for April 30, 2025
I know I’m ugly, you kiddin’? I saw a girl going the wrong way on a one-way street, I screamed “ONE WAY” and she looked back and screamed “NO WAY!”
Cheers,
Ante
Haha, crazy!
ESPN Points, ROS
Please rank top 3 closers:
Alvarado
Jansen
Finnegan
Luke Jackson
Megill
Thanks!
Alva, Jansen, Finnegan
Happy International Guide Dog Day!!
I could use your guidance in the following (12-team, 6×6 OPS/QS League)
Dylan Moore – hold or cut?
Please rank these SP’s for their next matchups and do you rank them differently for the rest of season:
Tony Gonsolin v. MIA today (I know he’s probably last but gets a nice matchup today)
Hayden Wesneski @ CWS Friday
Ronel Blanco @ CWS this weekend
Lastly, are we still holding Bowden Francis if you cutting for any of the above?
Thanks as always!
Cut Moore
Wes, Ronel, same for ROS
Forget Bowden if you need the room
Bowden was off my team before the 4th homerun, that BP throwing MF.
Bring back the bowden fluffer but with a new meaning. Francis will never sniff my roster again
Haha
Haha!!
I see Bowden has sullied your relationship with him.
Hahaha, ya think?
Giolito returned from IL. Start/sit @ Toronto?
Sit
Mornin’ Grey,
I’m concerned with Grounder Henderson’s slow start. A few homers here and there, but his numbers are overall pretty atrocious and he perpetually pisses me off on a weekly basis. Would you rather have him or Wyatt for a dynasty purposes, long term? Was thinking about shopping him. I appreciate the feedback.
Gunnar over Wyatt
Gunnar can’t hit LHP
Ugh
Too bad he can’t face Kyle Gibson or Charlie Morton
Haha
Chucky, does that mean you’d take Wyatt over Gunnar long term? Just curious.
Hey Grey!
Would you pick up Josh Smith and drop either Vientos, Nootbar, JH Lee? If so who would you drop out of the three? I still like Vientos ROS but thought I’d ask anyway
I’d hold
Hope you’re having a great week!
I was sitting Roupp at SDP. Is that a good move?
Would you start or sit Wesneski at home vs Detroit?
Thanks again!!
Roupp sounds dangerous there…start Wesneski
Drop Senga for Sale? Thanks!
Sale plays Col today
No
Thanks for taking your time to help!!
1. Would you cut Blanco whose next start is at Milwaukee
or
Brandon Francis whose next start is home vs Cleveland to pick up
A. David Peterson who had a good start today and whose next start is at StLouis
B. Another possible pick up AJ Smith- Shawver who also had a good game. He did leave after being hit by a ball. His next start is home vs Cinn.
Would you cut Francis and/or Blanco and pick up Peterson and/or AJSS?
Thanks so much!!!
Bowden for Peterson
Hi Grey,
Always enjoy your column!
My OF:
LF: Ozuna
CF: Buxton
RF: Kerry Carpenter
Bench:
Yelich
Santander
Would you cut any of the above and pick up Trent Grisham?
Thank you!
Hold
Any thoughts on the likelihood of schmotato Andy Pages performing as an high OF3/low OF2 RoS?
Would you drop Dustin May now to stash Bubba in a league where May, Eflin, Bibee and Valdez have combined to compromise my K/9, and Ks are my weakest Roto 5 x 5 category?
Many thanks
Yeah, Pages was good in the minors…lose May for Bubba
I can’t believe you guys selected ho-hum dinger for the glossary. OTS will be insufferable now!
i thought i was already insufferable?
haha. What’s next level then?
Hahaha
I still say “slambivalent”, just like I still say “Gulf of Mexico”.
Haha
Today was not the start I had hoped for from Bryce Miller. Yes I will take the Win, but 5 walks? His BB/9 is now up to 5.6 bb/9 from 2.3 bb/9 last year. His velocity was slightly down today too. He could have some kind of injury that has been bothering him or it is mechanical. He has no command of his fastball now. He only has given up 1 HR all year in 30.2 IP. That inflated walk rate and whip are going to sink him once he starts giving up some home runs especially on the road in more hitter friendly places.
yep. all that.
Agreed and agreed
Yep. He’s been dealing with a sore back and arm in April. Not ideal.
I had Ruiz as my C but just picked up S Murphy with the idea one of them might be a trade piece. In a league with ten hitting cats which rewards all hits and walks, Ruiz is ranked in the top 6 but Murphy’s counting stats are impressive. Any worries about Baldwin and playing time for Sean? Ok, which would you send packing?
No, they’re not going to bench their number one catcher who is hitting well