Low voice, “Wow.” Digs ditch, steps down, “Wow.” Need more emphasis. Buys a mini-excavator, consults with architects about installing a down escalator, begins construction, gets behind on schedule, fires a guy that smokes more than he digs, hires a foreman that seems like he knows what he’s doing, foreman runs off with money, tracks foreman down in Aruba hanging out with Andruw Jones, punches foreman, watches Andruw Jones make diving catch of forearm’s body, heads back to the States to oversee completion of down escalator, breaks champagne on escalator, travels down a full story and, “WOW!” Do you see what I go though to emphasize something for you? After Mike Fiers struck out 14 Cubs in 6 innings, he can have anything he wants. Sleep with my Cougs, she’s all yours! He now has a 1.29 ERA, a 10.3 K/9 and 2.1 BB/9 after 21 IP, after blowing through the minor leagues with a 11.3 K/9. I grabbed him in one 12 team league and looked to pick him up in every league, but he wasn’t there. I forgot the most important lesson, you couldn’t get Michael Fiers if you were f***ing Michael Fiers! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Kyle Lohse – He’s unsure if he’ll make his next start. What a pointless update. Why don’t they ask someone who does know?
Ryan Braun – Sat out yesterday, and says his thumb is still bothering him. Injuries sure jumped into the rearview a lot quicker when he was shooting shizz into his butt. “My butt needs some juice.” Wiggle, wiggle. That’s Braun two years ago.
Khris Davis – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 20th homer. I’m not saying it looks like Roenicke came to his senses and is playing Davis without a Parra platoon, because as soon as I say that Davis will be benched for Parra. Though, I have no idea if just saying I’m not going to say it will have the same affect. vdslbxhssaw–Sorry, hard to type with this strait jacket on. I hope you’re happy, Roenicke!
Mark Reynolds – 1-for-4 and his 21st homer. Love Mini Donkey, but owning him, rather than just for the occasional batty call, is soul-sucking with his .210 average. I’m farting in your general direction, Prince Fielder! You led me to this place!
Carlos Gonzalez – Rockies said he’s probably out for the season. The Rockies also have a bad habit of using the word ‘probably’ for no reason.
Michael Cuddyer – Will be activated on Saturday. Hopefully he makes it to September. I’ll give him 7 to 1 odds. Not great odds, but better than the Vegas odds that he gets hurt today on his travel day.
Wilin Rosario – 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI. So, he played? Really? You are spoiling us, Walt Weiss!
Jhonny Peralta – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer. Getting to the plate after Matt Adams (2-for-3, 1 run), I’m surprised there’s some many ribbies available.
John Lackey – 7 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, lowering his ERA on the Cards to 6.16, but that’s a little lopsided due to a 5 IP, 9 ER vs. the O’s. Lackey’s got a 3.91 ERA on the year, which tells more of the full picture, and as bleh of a picture that is, it’s still better than his player page picture. Doode, get botox!
Andy Parrino – With Jed Lowrie headed to the DL with a fractured finger, the A’s are expected to call up their shortstop prospect and pasta manufacturer, Parrino. Parrino’s so good, it will make you shave your daughter’s mustache while she sleeps. Parrino looks likes a 5/5 guy with a .220 average. Okay, so hopefully his rigatoni is better.
Stephen Vogt – 3-for-4, 1 run, hitting .325 on the year. Jaso, Norris, Vogt…Josh Donaldson was even a catcher when he first came up. A’s might just go with an all-catching team next year. All they need is the The Flying Molinas and they have a full lineup.
Christian Colon – 3-for-4 and his 1st steal for the Royals utility infielder. Colon’s up for a cup of coffee but his stats put me to sleep. The Royals would prolly like to put him to sleep too, after skipping Chris Sale and Matt Harvey to draft him in 2010.
Norichika Aoki – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs, but hitting near-.500 in the last week. He’ll be in this afternoon’s Buy column, but you can go ahead and get a jump on those herbs in your league. Hehe, herbs. Hilarious that people used to call people they thought were losers ‘herbs.’ It’s like the lamest word ever. Now, jabroni on the other hand. That’s cool. Wait, I just realized I was talking about getting a jump on herbs in grabbing Aoki. Who’s the real herb here? Ugh, I was going for the longest herb non-sequitur since David Foster Wallace, but I couldn’t do it.
John Axford – Acquired by the Pirates. Pirates are in a tough position. They have to look like they care, but they don’t have any real money to care. It’s like when you had no money, so you made mix CDs for girlfriends. “Aw, the Pirates, started the CD with Just Once by James Ingram, that’s beautiful.”
Francisco Liriano – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA down to 3.78. Member in the preseason when I said he could be a number one and didn’t understand why people were down on him in the non-sexual way? Well, he has a sub-2 ERA in the 2nd half and I have no idea what was wrong with him in the 1st half.
Max Scherzer – 8 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 14 Ks. Okay, Fancy Stuff, but Fiers did it in 6 innings. Aw, I’m just playing, two-different-colored-eyes guy. You know I gots love for you. I’ve only been talking about my love for Scherzer since 2006. Get a room! Hey, wait a minute, I’m in a room.
J.D. Martinez – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer. That’s in only 80 games. I get the feeling he’s going to be one of those players that people extrapolate his stats over the course of a season and expect 30+ homers next year. To me, he feels like a 20-homer hitter in 300 ABs or 550 ABs with neutral luck.
Yonder Alonso – Hit the DL with a forearm strain. And, here I thought, with the power he’s shown in his career, he didn’t have forearms. “That boy, Yonder, all elbows and wrists!”
Matt Dominguez – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 14th homer. Last year, he hit 21 homers and .241, and looks like he’s on pace for close to the same this year. He is only 24 years old and this is his 2nd year in the league. I could see him taking a nice step forward next year. Definitely will be someone I’ll be aware of. I won’t quite say yet that he’ll be 2015’s Cody Asche. *slowly tiptoes out of the room*
Brock Holt – 2-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI. Has cooled a lot since he first came up, but when I say his name I’m still exuberant like this.
Dustin Pedroia – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs. When Pedroia slide into 2nd on his double and stood up next to Altuve, Michael Vick called up his agent, “Is dwarf fighting illegal?” Speaking of which (not really), our fantasy football leagues are filling up fast. Get in now (or get in again, you know you’re gonna goof up at least one of the drafts).
Allen Webster – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks. Webster looked great until Mr. Papadopoulos showed up and embarrassed him.
Wil Myers – Could return this Tuesday. Myers missed three months with a broken wrist, so he could be lacking in the power department, but he’s also worth the stash. Sorta like me. You know, worth the ‘stache.
Evan Longoria – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 15th homer. It must be some kind of mistake. Did they move the fences to around the edge of the infield grass and lower the fences to ankle high? I must know; I am curious.
Logan Forsythe – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. He had one hit in the last two weeks prior to this game. Forsythe needs to get traded to the Angels to get his feng shui/crime fighting right.
Jake Odorizzi – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks. Since May 1st — that’s only throwing out one month’s worth of stats, and you probably didn’t own him then anyway — he has a 3.14 ERA. I’ve only been saying this for the last six weeks too. I’ll say it again this afternoon in the Buy column because he’s under 50% owned. Or will I?! You will. Thanks for blowing it, Random Italicized Voice. What? It’s no mystery, why else are you saying it? Okay, got it. Hope so otherwise you are a serious stunod.
Rougned Odor – 1-for-3 and his 5th homer. Hey, it’s hot middle infield pickup of May. Hey, hot middle infield pickup of May, say hello to your mother for me.
Yu Darvish – MRI came back clean on his elbow, but there’s no timeline to return. I have one: February when pitchers and catchers report.
Geovany Soto – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. When he hit that one high, he started choking, trying to keep in the smoke.
Edwin Encarnacion – After months of speculation (maybe days), Edwin will be activated today. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department says, “Get him in your *hiccup*!” Ouch, his big moment ruined.
Rafael Furcal – Will undergo season-ending hamstring surgery to remove scar tissue that he wishes you saw. Under a bridge. Got to get it put it in you. Hold on, shuffling my iTunes.
Brad Penny – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks. Guarantee the Marlins never would’ve signed him if his name was Brad Dollar.
Donovan Solano – 1-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI. With Furcal sidelined, the Marlins will turn to a mash-up of Solano, Ed Lucas, Jeff Baker and Valdespin. Man, that is scary. It’s the Creature from the Aquamarine Lagoon.
Chase Anderson – 6 IP, 3 ER, 11 baserunners, 5 Ks. Meh. Should’ve been better vs. the MIA Marlins. Pitch around Giancarlo (3-for-4, 1 RBI) and call bedtime when Yelich (2-for-5) comes up. Easy as that. The Stream-o-Nator doesn’t like Anderson’s next start, and I wouldn’t mess with it.
Dillon Gee – 6 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks. Here’s the problem. If Gee’s not giving you decent ratios, he won’t ever give you good Ks, so what do you have left? Poppycock and it sticks to your teeth and then you need dentures. Gee’s giving owners falsies?  Yes, yes he is.
Bryce Harper – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer. The last time Bryce and Longoria homered on the same day it was in March, right after your draft and it was in a dream you had.
Adam LaRoche – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 17th homer. Not the same position obviously, but try and wrap your noodle around that LaRoche has 17 homers and Harper has six and LaRoche is hitting almost twenty points better.
Stephen Strasburg – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, lowering his ERA to 3.53. Best xFIPs in the majors: Kershaw, F-Her, Strasburg. It might come with some derision, but it’s going to be hard to not rank Strasburg in the top 5 SPs again next year. Luckily, I didn’t Google ‘derision’ and I’m going to believe it means adulation.
Justin Upton – Left yesterday’s game with a hamstring strain. His brother B.J. replaced him yesterday. Just like his parents, Gloria and Sexaholic, would’ve wanted it. Guess which child Sexaholic got to name. Justin’s prolly headed to the DL, or the bench for five days, then one game on the field where he reinjures himself then to the DL.
Jason Heyward – 2-for-4 and his 14th steal. Heyward hit leadoff because Fredi Gonzalez is actually asleep behind his trademark Oakleys.
Hanley Ramirez – Played catch yesterday. Hope he went for ice cream afterwards, cause that would be swell!
Hyun-Jin Ryu – Dodgers don’t think Ryu will be ready for his next start. The club will know more after they MRI his gluteus maximus. Pretty dated, you’d think it would be an MMXIV machine.
Dee Gordon – 3-for-4, 4 runs and his 53rd and 54th steal. If this was May, I’d still be hesitant, but, at this point, I don’t understand when I get questions wondering if Gordon’s for real. He stole 73 bases one year in the minors and is going to end up the best shortstop on our Player Rater once he passes the now defunct Tulo. Maybe Gordon doesn’t hit .290 every year, but .260 and 60 steals is prettttttay, prettttttay good.
Roberto Hernandez – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks as the Dodgers beat the Braves. That’s right, Roberto Hernandez is now changing teams as fast as he changes names.
Drew Butera – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. That’s ex-Olympic weightlifter, Drew Butera, to you! Don’t get into an arm wrestling match with him. He fights dirty.
Yasiel Puig – 3-for-4, 1 RBI, hitting .310 with 13 homers. If he keeps hitting nothing but singles, I’m gonna start calling him Charley Luau.
Weekly points league (ESPN default: 1 pt SB and -1 pt K’s)
Which two for ROS between Kyle Hendricks, Fiers, and Duffy?
Also, Cuddyer or Marte ROS?
Thanks a bunch
@Lemmingness:
Kyle Hendricks, Fiers
Marte
agree with Phenom
@Lemmingness: Agree with others
Rich in middle infield depth and lacking in the OF. Redraft league with a bonus category of Total Bases: I have Kinsler, Andrus, Baez, and Arismendy, then Puig, Bruce, Rios, DL Springer in the OF.
Is Baez for Span fair? Do I reach for more? Will one cool down more than the other?
Thanks dude.
@Matty: aim higher with Baez
I’d do it if it fills the OF need. Agree with Phenom you might be able to get more for him though.
@Matty: I’d want more
Trying to earn a playoff spot and need outfield help, who do you prefer ROS, Ackley or Pagan?
Thanks and have a great weekend!!
Pagan
@Sal: I’d go Ackley for now…You too!
Do you think Dee Gordon’s for real?
@Enrique: See Dee run, Dee is fast, Dee is for reals
@Malicious Phenom: He’s aiming to crack the top 10 of father-son MLB combos. Watch out, Jose Cruzes.
yes
@Enrique: he was suppose to do this last year when I drafted him late smh didnt give him a second look this year and look at him…maybe I need to readjust my psychic mind it looks like a year ahead.
@Enrique: Hehe
Serious question this time: Does anyone know why Joba didn’t get a save yesterday? He came in in the 9th, with one out, after Coke gave up a 2-run homer to Gabby Sanchez that made it 5-2. He needed some help but got the final two outs with a three-run lead. Isn’t that a save?
@Enrique: You need to pitch a full inning or come in with the tying run at least on deck. Cards’ announcers blew that Wednesday saying Rosenthal got the save when he came in for the final out and a 3-run lead.
@VinWins: You need to pitch a full inning? Where are you getting this stuff??? The run to make it within 3 runs or less has to be in scoring position for it to be a save situation. The number of outs doesnt matter, it could be a 1 out save.
@theone: From the official rule book.
hi Vin!
@Mike: Hey Mike!
@VinWins: Vin!
@Grey: Hey Grey!
@Enrique:
The simple way of seeing this is..
The amount or runners on base + outs remaining must be equal to or greater to the lead.
In other words:
Runners on + outs remaining >= Lead
0 runners on plus 3 out remaining >= Lead of 3 -> This is a save
2 runners on + 1 out remaining >= Lead of 3 -> This is a save
2 runners on + 1 out remaining This is not a save
3 runners on + 1 out remaining >= Lead of 4 -> This is a save
1 runner on + 1 out remaining This is not a save
Simplicity!
PS = Another way to think of it is this. If you traded every out left in the game for a base runner (except the last one obviously since the game would be over), would the tying run be at the plate?
1 on, 1 out, 3 run lead. Trade 1 out to make it 2 on, with 3 run lead. Trying run is at the plate, so it’s a save.
0 on, 1 out, 3 run lead. Trade 1 out to make it one on with 3 run lead. Tying run is not at the plate, so it’s not a save.
Charley Luau hehe
haha
@frankgrimes: Hehe
So spot on with the Christian Colon comment. Lest we not forget their famous draft of 2006 when they chose Luke Hochevar 1st overall. Before reaching pick 12 off came Longoria, Kershaw, Lincecum, Scherzer.
wow that’s crazy
@Aaron: Yeah, crazy
@Aaron: The pitchers taken in the top 11 of the 1st round of the 2006 draft: Hochevar, Brad Lincoln (Pitt), Morrow (Sea), Andrew Miller (Det), Kershaw, Lincecum, and Scherzer.
Royals messed up but Pittsburgh and Seattle blew their picks as well.
@Furious: Meant to say Detroit instead of Seattle.
I have a vacancy at catcher. Available: Vogt, Norris, Martin, Montero, Navarro, Arencibia. Who do you like? 12tm 6×6 OPS league.
@Abdoozy: Go to the ROS player rater and see who is rated the best…
@Malicious Phenom: I thank you for that pedantic reply.
If the ROS rater was a clean cut choice I wouldn’t be here asking experts.
I like Montero and Vogt
it’s hard to believe that c.colon (when you see his name in box scores, you could just swear it’s cleanse colon) was taken ahead of those dudes. that guy in charge of that at KC still around?
haha
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: Dayton Moore
Fiers!
awesome start
@Shawn of The Livid: Fiers!
Hi Grey , thanks for your article as always. Pick two starters on 8/16 & 8/17 & 8/18.
8/16
Smyly vs NYY SGreene ($14.7)
Gonzalez vs PIT JLocke ($14.5)
Niese vs CHN JArrieta ($13.9)
Carrasco vs BAL UJimenez ($13)
Ventura vs MIN PHughes ($11.9)
Hudson vs MIA TKoehler ($10)
8/17
Haren vs MIL WPeralta ($15.1)
Lincecum vs PHI DBuchanan ($14.5)
Montero vs CHN KHendricks ($13.8)
Hendricks vs NYY RMontero ($8.1)
Peralta vs LAD Haren ($2.1)
8/18
Zimmermann vs ARI VNuno ($20)
Masterson vs STL MLeake ($19.7)
Colon vs vs CHN TWada ($18.4)
Iwakuma vs PHI JWilliams ($15.9)
Santana vs PIT VWorley ($11.3)
Thanks,
@Wilson:
8/16
Niese vs CHN JArrieta ($13.9)
Ventura vs MIN PHughes ($11.9)
8/17
Lincecum vs PHI DBuchanan ($14.5)
Montero vs CHN KHendricks ($13.8)
8/18
Zimmermann vs ARI VNuno ($20)
Iwakuma vs PHI JWilliams ($15.9)
agree with Phenom
agree with Phenom
Wil Meyers coming back on Tuesday who should I drop @ my UT spot. Coco Not So Crisp or Kennys Vargas? I have plenty of OF but I don’t want to help anyone else by dropping Coco if you feel he will be the stronger player ROS.
@Markoroo:
I like Vargas, but I think you keep Coco..
Go to the ROS player rater and see what it says to help with your decision…
I’d take Vargas for power, Crisp for Rs and SBs. Depends a little on your needs.
Baseball is so impossible to predict. I grabbed Anibal thinking I had myself an ace. He’s mediocre all year, gets hurt, and the guy I replace him with turns in the performance I’ve expecting from Anibal. Cray. Cray. Hooray Fiers!
Hooray Fiers!
@Shawn of The Livid: Yup
Grab fiers or McHugh for familia, keuchel, or quintana?
Fiers over familia if you’re not desperate for saves
Coghlan aoki or Vargas as a bench /utility spot at times
@KK: also worth dropping fiers or paxton to stream Alvarez vs ARI or Hahn vs STL
@KK: I would drop Paxton to own Hahn
@Malicious Phenom: I would prefer to stream Alvarez
@KK: Aoki is hot right now and could make up for his lousy season to date..
@Malicious Phenom: hitting leadoff with speed for a first place AL team? yes, please (pretty please, I need those runs and SB)
@de nachos: since coming off DL on july 11th, he has 3 steals that didn’t come off one inept backup catcher in the same game. i’d be very careful thinking you’ll get more steals from aoki than stanton. maybe 2 more for rest of season.
Aoki, Alvarez
Fiers is on waivers in my league and I want to pick him up but I need to drop someone.
Who would you drop – Tillman/Hendricks/Smyly/Shoemaker?
Or do you prefer those guys over Fiers ROS?
@Cash: Drop the Shoemaker
@Cash:
I should add that it’s a 12 H2H league and pitching cats are :
IP – W – SV – HLDs – ERA – WHIP – K/9 – K/BB – QS – HR allowed
I’d lose Hendricks of that bunch
snider @ roark or
a.gordon @ nolasco?
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: actually 2 of these 3, add in
lind @ noesi.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: Use hitter-tron to make these decisions..
@Malicious Phenom: let me try to save you some of your helpful time MP (or whatever it is you think you’re doing in your response here) , in future i’ll just ask that anyone answer these that isn’t MP.
Gordon, Lind
FACT OF THE DAY:
Seals sleep only one and a half minutes at a time
haha nice. Didn’t Kramer try that?
@Mike: he did de vinci sleep, which was like 20 minutes of sleep every 3 or 4 hours.
@Jef With 1 F: Bears sleep for 6 months, would a marriage between the two ever work?
@Grey: should be very successful..if I could sleep for 6 months I’d never fight with my wife
Yeah, that is true
Friers! Friers!. IN a keeper league, would you pick up Friers over Alex Wood, Ervin, Or Arismendy?
with Arismendy are you big on him because he has 2b eligibility? or would you drop him for Aoki or another hot round flier
I’d hold Alky in keepers, but yeah his MI eligibility is a nice bonus.
Hold Wood and Ervin.
@showsomemoredongwong: Fiers! Agree with Mike
best keeper – Fiers or Arismendy?
Arismendy
QS league and just traded away half my team…outside shot I make the plaoffs but who would you add to replace Fister?
Roberto Hernández
Nathan Eovaldi
Eric Stults
Héctor NoesÃ
Jeremy Guthrie
Eovaldi
Eovaldi or Chase Anderson, Grey? in a K/9 , QS league
Thnx!
Chase
Also need a replacement 3B for my Beltre trade in my OBP league, thoughts on these bums to plug in for ROS?
Aramis RamÃrez
Trevor Plouffe
Pablo Sandoval
Mark Reynolds
Nick Castellanos
@2 Cups 1 Braun: You could do worse than Aramis.
Agree with Cram…Aramis or Casty are nice options
@2 Cups 1 Braun: Sandoval
ROS in an OPS league is there much difference between Vogt and Gattis?
I’d lean Gattis, but catcher is pretty fluid
Went all in to win my keeper league this year but the baseball gods don’t like to let me have nice things. Lost a ton of players to injury. Any advice? I’m still in first place and our deadline is Sunday. People want goldy but I’m hesitant to move him. Any suggestions at all would be appreciated.
C Vogt
1b rizzo
2b Wong
SS segura
3b Frazier
Of – Bautista Liriano ozuna
Util – vmart hill
SP – bum, price, iwakuma, wood, Cobb, Aaron Sanchez
RP – Allen chapman
FUN PART (DL ALL STARS) : goldy, cutch, jUp, cole, yadi, hanram
And best add for steals? Dyson, alicedes Escobar, l Martin or Eric young
@Oppo Taco: Trade for an OF upgrade? Add Alcides over Segura?
you don’t need to move Goldy. You’ll get Hanley back eventually.
Agree with Cram..I’d look to upgrade the Liriano spot and get Escobar in there for steals. If that’s Aaron Hill, you could upgrade that spot as well.
a) Backend of my hitting lineup, whos the most cuttable? (Not worried about position eligibility)
N Walker, Reddick, Gyorko, Alcantara
b) Thoughts on Degrom ROS?
Any better than: Keuchel, Odorizzi, Roark
I just cut Walker in my home league
I’d roll with the 3 arms you have
On Strasburg, I can explain his record: I’ve owned him for most of the year after I made the “prudent” move of trading Jose Abreu for him. I learned my lesson as someone who owned Chris Shelton in April of 2006. Now I’ve learned some kind of other lesson, I’m just not sure what it is yet.
Also, just for the record, I know to sit Paxton today against the Tigers, but the Grady Little in me is saying that his game today is the one where he shakes off the cobwebs and turns heads. The Grady Little in me says a lot of stupid shit, but that is what he’s saying today.
Love yas.
haha, sometimes it’s fun to go against the grain
@SportiveTricks: ugh Chris Shelton the original Jokey Smurf. Those scars run deep.
@SportiveTricks: HA!
Thoughts on ROS outfielders for R, HR and RBI (Garcia not in the tool but back shortly):
O Arcia
A Garcia
A Craig
@weeklyheadache: I’d take a flier on Avisail with those options. He’s been raking during his rehab.
agree with Cram. Another wild card is Soler if he’s available (maybe Sept callup)
Rosters freeze for playoffs on Monday. Been rolling with Rosario and Ramos at C. Been terrible. Would you drop either one for Vogt or Zunino? (It’s a points league with Ks at -1,so Zunino scares me a bit).
Thanks!!!
you know your league points better than I do , but I’d take Zunino over Rosario
Keeper league. Braun or C. Davis? Thanks
Braun
Braun
@Dom: People are asking if Fiers is a keeper. Wow. SMH. FML. KMN. It’s been a good run America.
haha
haha
Drop Aoki for Wil Myers?
sure, but I’d take Aoki for runs and some SBs while Myers would be more for hoping the power shows up for the stretch. Depends a little on what you’re needing
Gyorko or Hill ROS?
Gyorko
Ah, how I love mid August in Yahoo fantasy leagues. 1st place in a 12 team roto, 2nd place in 8 team h2h pts, and I managed to snag Fiers in both leagues, taking a streaming chance on him before his start yesterday for the 8 teamer to boot. Looks like another great season thanks to Razzball!
nice!
@Clint: Nice!
Why can’t I put Homer on the DL in my espn league? They announced it yesterday but espn still doesn’t have him updated to dl15 yet, sucks
yeah, should be sometime today
@Fireball Feliz: They wait till it is official. This sucks because it’s usually after the lock 5 minutes before game time.
In my 20 team dynasty league, I’m looking to make a minor trade to help for the playoffs. I’m thinking of trading dom brown and mcgehee for cuddyer and leake. Is this a smart move to make?
if you need some pitching sure. long term Cuddyer’s not a stock I’d be buying in dynasties though.
@Mike: does brown even still have upside or was last year career year for him?
At 26 he still has some upside, but he could also turn into a Maybin type where we wait for it to come together and it just doesn’t materialize
At 26 he still has some upside, but he could also turn into a Maybin type where we wait for it to come together and it just doesn’t materialize
If Cuddyer can stay healthy, what tier do we put him in?
on the ROS rater he’s in there with guys like Choo, Werth, Crisp etc. (~$14)
@Mike: Hey, to quote Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks, “That ain’t bad!”
haha
@Corey: Ha!
Haven’t met my innings minimum for the week, and have 4 potential starters going tonight. Who should I start:
Cueto @ Colorado
Porcello vs Seattle
Duffy @ Minnesota
Paxton @ Detroit
Categories for pitchers are W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP and L
@CheddarBob: Porcello, Cueto
Welp..
How do we feel about tyson ross pitching against stl tonight?
SON has him at around 6 bucks. A little less than you’d like to see, but he’s a guy I’d roll with almost any start
@Mike: what is with people wondering about STL as a bad team for a pitcher to face? they are a bottom 3 in NL offense. have been all year. bottom 2 in homers also.
“Buster Posey” rule strikes again in Cards-Padres game…
geez
@Mike:
What a bogus call.
@Milo: Totally ridiculous
@Grey: crybaby Brian Sabean strikes again
Sabean only changes one kind of diapers…Adult diapers
@Grey: depends?
Exactly
Current OF is:
Matt Holliday, StL
Jason Heyward, Atl
Austin Jackson, Sea
Gregory Polanco, Pit
Torii Hunter, Det
with a 6th OF in my UTIL slot (Ben Revere), and Alex Rios on my bench, with George Springer on my DL. I am looking to add some pop. Jackson and Rios are the guys I’ve got on the chopping block.
Will Myers is there, and someone just dropped Aramis. What’s my move? Get them both? Or one or the other?
Dropping Jackson for Myers would make sense, but I’m a little worried (as Grey mentioned) about his pop coming back, tho he did hit one out in 3 rehab games so far.
I’d grab both. You may also want to look at having that one extra OF to platoon with Heyward. I started doing that when I saw his lousy numbers against LHP this year.
@Steve D.: He’s got more pop than Jackson still
Good morning Mike, Grey and everyone else. 12 Team points league with heavy scoring for pitchers (50pts per win, -15pts per loss, 2.5 pts per K, -2.5 pts per ER, -1 pts per BB). I’m nervous about starting these pitchers today against the good offenses. Which one should I start/sit?
Kluber SON $21.6 vs Orioles Chen
Stroman SON $10.9 at WhiteSox Noesi
A. Wood SON $10.3 vs A’s Hammel
Well, I’d start anybody over 10 bucks on SON. If I HAD to choose one to sit it would be Wood
@Charles: Morning… Stroman
Good morning, everyone.
Couple of down the road questions. 12-team OBP.
1. Best overall productivity ROS: Myers, Cuddyer or Avisail?
2. In a world where top prospects come up no matter what on Sept.1, is this the order of best numbers for this season? Bryant, Soler, Pederson?
1. Myers
2. yes
Aside from the Trouts and Puigs and J-Fers of this world, a lot of times these much-ballyhooed prospects have rookie seasons that show flashes of promise but overall look like what you’d expect from a first time MLB player trying to make adjustments (see: Bogaerts, Xander. Taveras, Oscar). Even guys like Springer and Polanco, who are doing okay, are not putting up anywhere close to the “CALL HIM UP NOW, YOU G.D. IDIOTS!” lines they did in the minors.
My question, do we have any reason to believe Kris Bryant is different?
I think one of the differences is that he has a little more polish compared to some of the other more “raw” prospects. They are all gambles though and I think you’re smart to expect adjustment periods from all of them,
@Corey: To me the questions should be as with any prospect . Is this guy better than what i got? Do i need this type of player? You have to look at you standings to see what your needs are. Then if the prospect is better than whats on the ww grab him.
@Toe Knee Arm Ass: except it’s absolutely much harder to “see” what these guys are going to do in the next few months.
@Corey: Not entirely… Just a lottery ticket at this point…
With an army of DL-ed guys (Hanley, Springer, Machado, Myers) I have no bench bats. I’m playing Wong in UTIL. I need the hot bat. Drop Wong for Aoki? I’m not looking long term, just to maintain some stats. Wong hasn’t done anything all week.
8 Team H2H – H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBPS
sure, in an 8-teamer just play hot hands at UTIL
Should I start Keuchel today?
Should I start Paxton today?
Start Keuchel
14 team H2H, non-keeper
I am losing patience with Rios, have Myers available, would you drop Rios for Myers at this point.. or does patience need to win out for a little longer?
Vogt, R,Martin, Zunino, Avila are all still available for 2nd catcher (behind Lucroy for me) which would be best to target for remaining of the season
and lastly, have K.Hendricks, Pineda and Roberto Hernandez on the FA (just sittin’ there, TAUNTING ME!!)
I have Arrieta *(questionable schedule ahead), Roark, Paxton that I could possibly drop.. I think I should keep Roark, but again, with this not being a keeper, its all about the run to the end of the regular season, would you drop Arrieta or Paxton for any of the pitchers above??
sure, Myers
Zunino
I’d hold Arrieta and Pax
I picked up Fiers for Genghis Hahn. Baby baby light my Fiers!
No one seems to think Dee’s good. I have made a few others that have been ignored so far. One guy won’t even take him for Zobrist. He wants me to give him Wade Davis too for Zobrist and Mejia, who has a hernia.
Another guy offered me Tulo for Gordon and Altuve after it was announced Tulo would be gone for the yr…
Longo… lol. Bloop single and then a ~370 ft liner. It was hit sharply, but can’t say it was a bomb. I wonder if he’s hit more than 5 balls 400 ft this year.
cheers to Fiers for his recent amazing outing!
jeers to those rusty trade offers
@papasmurf: Haha…Crazy on Gordon
@Grey: My buddy ended up accepting Dee for Alexei.
I need some power numbers and have a 29 SB lead, so hopefully it works for my team.
Nice, doesn’t sound bad
Made some moves to ensure I am in that championship game. Current roster below. This is a Keeper League and we only keep 5. RIght now thinking my keepers are the below. But that is a much later discussion. In the quest for the Ring and back to back championship. Would you trade.
Springer and Stroman
For
Brantley and Fister,
Get an OF with Low K’s and another pretty good starter. Worth it to give up on Springer? Or is he a must hold for next year?
Head 2 Head league Roto Categories 6×6 with extra cats being K’s for hitters and Qs for Pitchers
Edwin Encarnacion
Jose Bautista
Hanley Ramirez
Adam Jones
Scherzer or Sale
Lineup
C-Mauer (c,1b,dh)
1b-Jose Bautista(1b,DH,OF)
2b-Jose Altuive
ss-Baez (2b,ss)
3b-Arenado
Of-Adam Jones
Of-Carlos Gomez
Of-Billy hamilton
DH-Edwin Encarnacion(1b,dh)
Bench-Danny Santanna (ss,OF)
Bench-Kyle Seager
Bench-Carlos Santanna (1b,3b,dh,C)
Bench-Billy Butler (1b,Dh)
Bench-Rendon (2b,3b)
DL-George Springer
DL-Hanley Ramirez
P-Sale
P-Scherzer
P-Bumgardner
P-Kluber
P-Zimmerman
RP-Holland
RP-Robertson
Bench-Stroman (rp,sp)
Bench-Liriano
Bench-Paxton
Bench-Fiers(rp,sp)
I’d take Brantley and Fister. You already have 5 solid keepers anyway.
Drop Lackey for Fiers?
eh, I’d hold
@brian: I would in most leagues
When are they going to put Homer Bailey on the DL???
I also…for some reason…. I still have Verlander. Cut ties or no?
not sure, maybe sometime today
depends on what your options are to replace him. I’d guess yes though
And should I go ahead and drop Bailey, too? I mean he prob won’t be fantasy relevant again this year right?
I’d put him on the DL if you have room
I’d put him on the DL if you have room
Today at 3PM ESPN Mo’Ne Ikea Davis will start on the mound for Philly’s first Little League World series team ever and the first girl in the tournament in a decade. She’s bringing 70MPH heat from 46 feet. The over/under on the number of scouts Ruben Amaro sends to the game: 2.5.
haha to Amaro
I’m pretty excited about the LLWS this year to be honest. The Philly and Chicago teams are a lot of fun to watch.
@Mike: I haven’t watched since Hawaii made their championship run a million years ago. My wife and I were stuck in California over our honeymoon because Katrina kept cancelling all the east bound flights. But I’ll tune in this year.
yikes, that must have been a mess for travel
@Mike: actually that sounds like a pretty lame honeymoon. let me amend that to “sex, sex, chocolate covered strawberries, sex, donkeys, midgets, *black out* more sex, RSS feed, something something W. Bush, Kanye West, Hawaii wins LLWS, sex, penicillin, happily ever after”
haha nice!
@de nachos: I watch here and there every year. And definitely watch the final rounds. Watching kids piss excellence out there as well as choking and crying is awesome.
I keep waiting for one of these mic’d up coaches to drop an F-bomb
@Mike: That hasn’t happened yet?
I hope it happens while a coach completely loses his shit and goes on a ridiculous tantrum, maybe even punching someone.
if it has, I haven’t seen it but yeah that would go viral in like seconds.
@Mike: Save the children! Oh the humanity!!
@de nachos: HA! He might just go himself
It’s been a great stretch…Goldie, Tulo, degrom, homer, etc. f it. Rutledge was good for a week. Best SS add ROS? Asdrubal, Peralta, Holt? 12 team h2h 6×6 ops. I know there’s other variables suck as needs, but who u like best of that sweet trio? Thanks guys!
Peralta
Drop Anibal or Homer for Fiers?
Anibal
@Mike: What is Anibal’s outlook for the rest of the season. Does he have any value?
Forget Anibal
Pick one to start next week in H2H points league fighting for the 4th playoff spot.
Greinke (vs SD)
Teheran (at CIN)
Wada (vs SF and vs BAL)
Harang (at PIT and at CIN)
Do the two-starts from the lesser pitchers project to yield more points?
@malamoney: Add Masterson (vs CIN and at PHI) to the list please.
I think there is a table to calculate 1-start guys vs 2-start guys at he bottom of the SON page.
I’d take Greinke
@malamoney: Not trying to be a dick, but I’ve never played H2H. Can’t you figure that out based on your scoring system?
@Cram It: Yes, but looking for some outsider perspective…
@malamoney: i believe Rudy added that table that converts 2 start numbers into equal value at 1 start values. and seriously, somebody tell Cram his account got hacked, with comments like “Not trying to be a dick”.
@Mike: Makes me feel my [email protected]Cram It: You really should try at least 1 time. h2h each cat is the most hands on type of league. Also the most aggravating. you also have to match up well against different types of teams each week i love it. i play in all types of leagues except keepers and dynasties. I’m hoping to find a good dynasty league next year.
@Toe Knee Arm Ass: It feels too much like fantasy football. Like you could dominate all year and then get bounced in the first round of the playoffs due to some bad luck. Sounds aggravating!
@Cram It: yep thats it to a tee like real baseball
@Toe Knee Arm Ass: then again the 2 week playoff tends to weigh it to the better team
@malamoney: Do you need 2 starts?
@Grey: Need, that’s tough to answer. But if one pitcher’s two starts seem more likely to score more points than another’s one start, then yes. It’s not starts I need, it’s points.
Go with Greinke
@malamoney: you’ll need to do your own math from SON’s projections then, since SON’s dollar values don’t equate to pts leagues. you’ll have to do like this
Greinke’s chance at win X pts for win, + K’s X pts per K, chance at loss X – pts for a loss, etc.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: Did that and here are the results in order of who SON suggests:
Masterson, Harang, Vogelsong, Greinke and then Teheran.
This is what I was afraid of.
I dropped Ian Kennedy for Fiers – in ‘fier’ of him being picked up before overnight before I got the prophetical advice from Mike/Grey and co.
The padres are on the road next week – and I’m in a win now mode – so thoughts?
sounds fine.
Better keeper options (in a very deep league):
At SP: James Paxton, Ian Kennedy, Jimmy Nelson, or Drew Hutchison
At RP (eligible in Yahoo): Hector Santiago or Mike Fiers
SP Paxton, RP I’d take Fiers
Hey-O!
Pick up Fiers and drop Hahn, Nelson, McHugh or Vogelsong?
I’m thinking Hahn is going to be shut down soon, the others are just streamers.
thanks!
yeah, I’d add him over any of those streamers.
yeah, I’d add him over any of those streamers.
@Mike: thanks, Mike!
no problem
Raise your hand if you drafted Dee Gordon on 6 of your 7 teams this year. Raise your other hand if 7 leagues is too much. My wife is now typing for me.
@Sky: Haha. No, but I did draft him in my auction league for $1 as my one and only SS and I do have you to thank for that. You don’t need my validation!
Internet fist bump!
@Sky: i got him as a throw in for my asscab and a-jax for puig preseason from a clearly non-razzballian that said i was “gambling” betting on puig to be anything good. this poor sack has to actually start asscab and a-jax too (we start 2 at each position in this league)
haha nice!
@Sky: Raise your hand if you traded him to Rudy for Addison Reed
Ha, raise your hand if you said he’d fade in May
Why would you listen to me?!
Haha, I swear I never do! I needed saves! Stupid Jay drafted like 20 of them!
You ever try to search for a Padres player in our league? “Hey, Venable’s hot…Oh, he’s gone…Hey, Benoit might get traded, where’s Thayer? Oh, on Jay’s team…”
@Grey: HA! He dropped Chase Headley out of principle, though.
Surprised he didn’t do the same with Street
@Grey: Might be a sign his allegiance is slipping further north. Maybe Huston will keep moving up I-5 and Jay and I can be Mariners fans together!
With Almonte and lack of offense binding you…
I always had a hard time understanding why they were our interleague rivals but really, we’re sister MLB offense cities.
@Sky: raise your hand if you were talking to sky on the phone the day before the draft about gordon and got too plowed to remember on draft day to grab gordon only to do the same thing a week later in another draft with sky and then write about it months later in a ridiculously long run on sentence that makes you punch a hole in the wall of your house.
“What’s that?” “That’s Daddy’s Dee Gordon hole. Down a ways is Daddy’s Norichika Aoki hole.”
@Grey: and Wil Myers and Eric Hosmer and JoFer and Avisail and Bryce Harper and Joey Votto and Jay Bruce…..my wall looks like swiss cheese
HA
Once I’ll believe. Twice…well you just weren’t that into him.
@J-FOH: good stuff (not for the wall though)
Would you trade mat adams and sonny gray for johnny Cueto?
probably not
12 team 7×7 H2H, KO and BB additional cats.
No MI or CI and only 3 OF
3B has been terrible for me all year and I currently have Headley.
My OF is Jupton, BHam, Cruz with Span and Ozuna.
Would you deal Cruz for EE for stretch given the 3 OF setup? Cruz can be kept in 13th next year.
Cuddyer is available as OF option.
My team should make playoffs, but I’m probably only the 3rd best team at present.
@Tbone: I’d take EE there in a heartbeat
for sure
Drop Paxton for Fiers? JB is high on Pax in a keeper but Fiers playoff schedule is looking a little softer.
Pax – @DET, @PHI, @BOS, TEX, WAS, @OAK, @TEX, HOU, OAK, @LAA, @HOU
Fiers – TOR, PIT, @SD, @SF, @CHN, STL, MIA, CIN, @STL, @PIT
Apart from Toronto and the Cubs 2nd look series Fiers has kind of a cushy road ahead.
both good ROS, Paxton in keepers
both good ROS, Paxton in keepers
Two questions:
1) Baez or Bryant for next and future seasons?
2) My Cano for His Desomond and Baez? (5×5 12 team league 10 keeper no cost)
1) can’t go wrong with either. I like Baez as a MI
2) sounds fine
Just lost Bailey and likely Ryu to the DL. Feel like I have to drop Bailey to hold onto my playoff spot down the stretch. Holding Ryu until we see how serious his injury is.
Tillman, Fiers, and McHugh are available – drop Bailey for any of these, which one? Thanks!
sure, I like Tillman or Fiers. Leaning Fiers
Drop Rios for Aoki?
sure, Aoki is in a better position to get some counting stats I think
Looking at next year and deciding if I should give up Adam Jones and a couple pieces for Jose Abreu. Where do you see Abreu and Jones going in the drafts next year? Thanks.
Both are arguably T10 picks. You shouldn’t have to give up anything more than Jones to get Abreu IMHO
Who to drop for Encarnactivation? Yelich, baez, andrus, fiers, ryu? 10 team h2h with 3OF 3util
C-meso, 1b-rizzo, 2b-cano, ss-desmond, 3b-donaldson, OF-jones, pence, marte, util-yelich, andrus, baez, DL-edwin
SP-scherzer, lester, madbum, samardzjiza, teheran, richards, cobb, arrieta, ryu, fiers
RP-koji, cishek, allen
Just dropped carglass to grab fiers, didnt even use him yet. Not sure if we should be dropping ryu yet but i can spare the pitching. Thoughts?
@nick the dick: Baez or Andrus. You don’t need 3 SS
@Cram It: position doesnt matter when theres 3 util. Baez gives me power and andrus gives me speed, sometimes…
@nick the dick: My bizzle. I read that as bench spots.
@nick the dick: Ryu
Are you throwing Keuchel tonight @ BOS? SON doesn’t like it.
Also any worries about Cobb vs NYY, Porcello vs SEA, or Stroman @ CHW?
I could use wins and Ks so I’m inclined to throw them all.
@Jon: Throw them all then… I wouldn’t mess with Keuchel unless I was desperate for Ks
@J: Mike, you think McHugh is just a streamer in 12 team mixed?
@Random Dude: No
@Random Dude: no
Twood vs mets or cahill vs mia today? I know neither is good but i need a win badly
@nick the dick: Wood, because Mets
C: Lucroy
1B: Napoli
2B: Cano
3B: Seager
SS: Baez (R.I.P. Tulo)
IF: Carter
OF: Gomez
OF: Brantley
OF: K Davis
OF: Calhoun
UTIL: Ozuna
My team lacks speed and after the loss of Tulo I’m worried that the team OBP and Runs will take a big hit. Was thinking of adding Span/Wong/Pagan and dropping Ozuna. Any thoughts?
@Random Dude: Sure, Span
Are we safe to pitch guys in Coors now they are Tulo and Cargo-less? Thinking about starting Duffy there next week in both my 10 and 16 teamer.
@Swfcdan: I wouldn’t
@Grey: He’s been lights out for months now. You still not buying Duffy?
@Swfcdan: FIP and xFIP sitting at 3.84 and 4.5…. .229 BABIP and 79% strand rate.
Also, 48% fly ball rate… I’d avoid at Coors.
Not in Coors
Grey (or anyone else whos commenting),
10-tm H2H keeper (keep 12 or 24) Would you drop Arrieta to pick up Fiers ?
Is he the best out of the available wavier guys?: Kennedy / McCarthy / Colon / Kuroda ?
thanks guys
@Marv: Hold Arrieta
Picked up Fiers two days ago and was offered Henderson Alvarez for him this morning… Take the deal or aim for higher coming off the 14 K hype?
@Rocky: Hold
Red Herring with Herb seasoning was DFW’s favorite dish.
@puigleague choo: Dallas Fort Wayne?
@Grey:
David Foster Wallace, may the pale king RIP.
How is that book?
@Grey:
It outlines a reasoned way out of the nihilism of our age… But what truly frightens me is what he saw when he made it out of Plato’s cave that made him want to end it all, or if it had anything to do with it.
So all in all, pretty good.
Hmm… Light reading then?
Casey McGehee gets no respect! All he does is hit over .300, in the heart of a surprisingly good Marlins offense.
Anyway, time to drop him for a series of batty-calls to David Freese, Mike Mostsuckass, Chris Johnson, and their ilk? Or should I keep ridin’ that train, high on Casey’s empty AVG?
@The Big Yabu: Hold
@Grey: I’m kinda relieved to hear that, but also kinda saddened: since I picked him up, C.McG. has 16 R and 16 RBI in 49 games; that’s a pace of 50 for a full-season. And the other options are even worse. Damn you, Ryan Zimmerman!!!!
I hear ya
Grey should i start porcello,grienke,tanner roark , today in my rotation?
I guess, no idea of matchups
@Grey: tanner roark vs pirates, Zack grienke vs brewers, rik porcello vs Seattle
All at home? Start them
Tomorrow’s streamers today, pls rank:
Smyly vs NYA 14.2
Carrasco vs BAL 13.5
Niese vs CHN 13.1
Niese, Smyly
I feel your blurb for J.D. Martinez is what happened to myself and other Ramos owners this year. Yeah, he was hurt, but even when he was healthy, the power pace from 2013 disappeared. Where are the jacks doode?
Yeah, wasn’t just 2013 though… He had it prior too… Hamate bone messed him up…
Just got offered Baez 11th rd keeper and Scherzer 9th rd keeper for my Springer 14th rd keeper and Danny Santana…. Whatcha think?!
@scott steelers: I have Puig 9th rd and Mccutch 6th rd as other OF keepers
@scott steelers: skipped me? Ha.
There can only be one…
for the rest of the way and into the playoffs,
Gregory Polanco or Kole Calhoun
Thanks!
Polanco
Keeper trade: Cutch for Longo and Bruce
For this year? Longo
@Grey: for next year actually
Cutch
ROS – Talking about baseball all day or mentioning baseball then talking about something else because baseball reminds you that you have zero chance to win any of your leagues.
Master chef anyone? Ebola? Bombing Iraq again? Fresh new cuts to add to my ipod?
Masterchef!
@Grey: exactly….f**k baseball. Dont get me started on playoffs. *punches wall*
Not sure if I dropped anyone worthwhile outside of Alcides (who is barely worthwhile), maybe some SPs, but no one dramatically great… I wish I had more guys to drop, means I had a lot of good choices…
@Grey: I got caught up in streamersteria and SAGNOFication and tried to beat the regression fairies. I let them take me out of my game and once I adjusted and got back on my game I excelled. Lessons learned….I hope
Ha, you know there was no lessons learned…Ever…
@Grey: I know, Hosmer will be a steal next year
And I’m already thinking about Matt Dominguez, god help me…
@Grey: bold prediction, Kluber, Tehran and Richards need TJ surgery and Arrieta has a 4.50 ERA. Polanco plays like a 1st rounder and Taveras bats .220. Wil Myers hits 30 bombs and Stanton hits 18
I’m not going to say it’s not possible
@Grey: now it won’t happen because I say it will. jinxster jinxman
So that means we can draft them? Or is that a reverse reverse jinx, I’m confused now
@Grey: welcome to my world, i don’t even know when i’m jinxing myself or someone else. i need to get back to voodoo dolls and chicken bones
Mmm…chicken bones… So, you watch Masterchef this week?
@Grey: yup, I hate leslie, I want to smack the glasses right off his face. “I’ve grown to be a better person” or whatever BS he was slinging
Oh, he’s the best… I hate Courtney… Ex-stripper who know wants to cook… Bleh, whatever!
@Grey: he’s a dick, I just want to kick the crap out of him….oh i see the appeal for you
You missed early episodes… He’s fighting the good fight…
@Grey: I hate his long hair and glasses and girls name
He’s a house husband in Malibu… What’s to hate?! Oh, wait, that’s more reason to hate him…
5×5, h2h, 10 teams, redraft
I’m h2h against a lazy owner; meaning he isn’t very active.
Suffice it to say, this owner has more RPs (i.e., closers that get saves) than SPs in his active lineup. For the week, he’s already up 5 to 1 in the saves category, and outside of some crazy luck, I’m unlikely to win saves. From now until Sunday, his only rostered SP that has a planned start is Kuroda and SON does not like it much (against TB; $4.7).
I am winning in Wins, K’s, ERA and WHIP. Should I sit may SP’s? All of the remaining starters (Kershaw, Kluber, Stroman, Alex Wood, Ventura) have “plus” match-ups according to the Stream-O-Nator (i..e, greater than 10).
I despise playing defensively in any fantasy sport, but I am concerned that playing my SPs is just a dumb move as it could do more harm than good. So here is how I see it….
(1) don’t start any more pitchers;
(2) don’t start any more starting pitchers;
(3) start only the starting pitchers that have extremely good SON match ups (e.g., Kershaw and Kluber); or
(4) start ’em all.
Thoughts?
Thank you
steve
Sit them
@Grey: gotcha. thanks.
No problem
@Grey: Do I also sit my closers?
Yeah, seems silly not to
@steve: I’d at least start Kershaw
@Malicious Phenom: what does he have to gain starting kershaw? looks like nothing.
I started a new game called slug bum. I punch a hole in the wall ever time a player I draft turns into a bum or a player I dropped turns into a stud and makes me look like a bum.
Ah, the Lester hole…
@Grey: and the Garrett Richards hole
Oh, I did drop him in one league that regret…
@Grey: If Cram and I lived in the same city we would of probably met up with each other every week to get drunk and beat the crap out of each other and then got drunk again to deal with 2014 Fantasy baseball
Then Cram pulls himself off you when someone in the audience asks a catcher question…
@Grey: then we tag team them, I’m obviously Jim Neidhart and he’s Brett Hart
You do have the goat for it
@Grey: where are Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid!
I just want to be considered for the part of Snuka
@Grey: I’m telling you, you are the reincarnation of the Mouth of the South
That’s perfect, I’ll be your manager…
@Grey: we just need someone to dress like Brett hart for halloween
or i go as Captain Lou and you go as Jimmy Hart and the cougs can be Cindy Lauper.
Oh, you have to go as Capt. Lou this Halloween with that beard of yours… That’s a done deal…
@Grey: you can be the macho man and cougs can be Miss Elizabeth?
Oh yeah!
@Grey: we’ll put you in red face
Perfect
F.75
HA
Scherzer 9th rd and baez 11th for my Springer 14th and Danny santana?
Scherzer side
@scott steelers: do it
Shoemaker or Straily ROS?
Shoemaker
Did B Hamilton shoot his wad already? Last 7 weeks he had 1 week of 16 or more points…two 16 point weeks and four weeks with 5 points or less…those 16 point weeks are wack so really its been 1 week of good points in the last 7…dickerson is out there who has been getting his…do I make the move?….10 team points league
I could see going with Dickerson
I’ve been meaning to drop Khris or J.D. for Kennys in my 10 team h2h league. But then they both go and do what they did yesterday. AFTER I benched both of them that morning! Do I still drop one for Kennys? It’s for utility spot. Thanks!
Sonavabench! I’d hold
SON is MEH on the following…
Alex Wood vs The A’s
Bucky vs the Astros
Roll both ? do you like one better than the other. Bucholtz flat out sucks but seems to be ok vs the Astros
In a league where losses count against 10 team roto.
Thx Grey and Razzballers
I’d go with Wood
To replace Upton, should I grab Aoki, Jay Bruce, Stubbs,Marisnick, or Dyson?
Bruce
@Grey: Can you believe he’s on waivers? Sha-wing!
Can you please rank these three (first rest of year, second in keeper league):
Bautista, Braun, Cano
Thanks!
Cano, Braun…Same for both…
so Bautista third in both scenarios? thanks again
Yup
I’m out of contention this year in my keeper league – we keep all players and do a 3 round amateur draft (12 team league)…
I was just offered:
My Adam Jones FOR his Cargo (season ending surgery) + 1st rounder + 3rd rounder + AJ cole
Which side would you want in the future? Does Cargo return to top 10 next year? Should I accept?
Hold
The occasional SBs are helpful in H2H 12 team heading into playoffs, and quite thankful for their efforts all season; so having trouble deciding between Ozuna or Calhoun as the drop to activate Myers. Keep Will DL’d and see if he makes significant contact? Or with thanks, drop which of my undrafted OFs? Thanks!
No problem…. Ozuna
NL only league,
Masterson or Fiers ROS?
Or drop Ruggiano from bench to have both P for weekly streaming.
Gracias amigo
Drop Ruggiano
Grey the offer me David price for my melky cabrera should i pull the trigger?
Yup
Would you drop Minor for Fiers?
Yup
@Grey: I already did it before i came on. I got the over/under at 100 and i called over. Just rockin the Vogt!! YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD ….YES.
Someone dropped Rios. Should I grab him?
For who?
@Grey: I have an open UTIL spot since Springer is out 2 more weeks. I would drop a streamer. 10-team points league
Go for it
Is there a reason Keuchel is so low on the SON? I feel like he’s a must start against the BoSox.
Fenway’s dangerous
Can you use some of you’re magic shizz on ESPN. I need Homer on the DL. They’re the slowest fantasy site when it comes to adding players to the DL.
Is he officially on the DL?
dropped Darvish, now the FAAB frenzy begins.
In a keeper with a 200 budget, what bid are you throwing out there for a DL stash/keeper on Yu? For context, Goldschmidt winning bid last week was $26.
$19
Perfect Grey you are the king.
Long time no chat. Quick question, im on a 2 week bye in one of my leagues that has 2 week playoff matchups. Avi garcia is available and im considering cutting alex rios to make space for garcia. Do we like this move?
Thanks for the website it undoubtedly led me to first place especially in the league im referencing above. I remember one of the podcasts preseason u shouted “Michael Brantley for president ” idk y i remember that but i took him as my 4th outfielder, that will pay the bills! Also great job with todd frazier he was very high on your top 400.
Hey, you… Sounds fine to me… Nice, no problem…
BUY SELL! BUY SELL!! BUY SELL!!! Wait, it’s Friday right? *burp*
for purely Sagnof purposes…
Sam Fuld or Jordan Schafer?
@Gee: i asked this with marisnick also, it’s marisnick, if he’s out ther.
Grey, I just wanted to say thank you for responding to everybody’s questions. I had a question and did a quick search on the comment page for the players last name and found you’d already answered the question. It’s awesome to have such accessed to your opinion so easily. It is very valuable and I thank you!
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What do you expect from Rusney Castillo this year and next year?
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So I pulled the trigger on dickerson for B hamilton then after I seen he only has 5 games next week while my opponent has his whole OF with 7 games and hamilton is playing 7 as well lol doh!!
@my sisters friend boyfriend: its ok…his last 5 games hes 7 for 20 with 3 homers..he’ll be alright
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Hello Grey,
Do you think Fiers keeps a rotation spot even when Lohse and Garza return?
I should win regular season but my post season is coming up weeks 23 & 24, and I was wondering if you think i should drop one of these DL’d players now or hold. I have 2 DL spots and 4 DL players.. Cutch anibal yu and bailey.
If anything I would drop an injured pitcher for one of the following: Hendricks, shoemaker or hammel, or hold them for a possible postseason return. Would you consider dropping one and who?
10 team. Standard 5×5 h2h
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