Wanna quote myself for my biggest mention of Colton Cowser (1-for-3 and his 4th homer, hitting .441) this past preseason. I drafted a 15-team mixed league team in November, and took as my 5th outfielder, Colton Cowser, saying in my recap, “I reached a little on Colton Cowser, but I do like him, if the Orioles make a trade of Santander, Mountcastle, or someone else. Cowser was prolly my worst pick.” And that’s me quoting me with just utter stupidity! I am howling at how dumb I am. Honestly, none of this works if I don’t hold myself accountable. Did I like Cowser? Loved him! Did I think he’d be a starter in that outfield? Absolutely not. I put Cowser in the top 100 overall last midseason. I told you last year repeatedly how much I loved Cowser. I said:
Colton Cowser sounds like one of those goofily-named foods that the Brits send over here.
“Would you like a Peek Frean?”
“No, they are too serious for me.”
“Would you like a Curly Wurly?”
“No, my good, sir. I cannot have a Curly Wurly, they are too disruptive on my tum-tum.”
“I see, I see, how about a Colton Cowser?”
“Are those the lavender-scented candies?”
“No, they’re striking out too much since their return from the MiLB IL, and Aaron Hicks is hitting too much. There’s no room for Colton Cowser in the Orioles’ lineup.”
“Really?”
“I kid! Of course, I want a Colton Cowser! I love those lavender-scented hard candies, and Cowser has big power, speed and should hit for a good average. Cowser just received a Dan Pants lede — his Colton Cowser fantasy — and I hate doubling up, but I’m an all-day sucker for Colton Cowser. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Corbin Burnes – 5 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.28. If you’re sleeping well as an owner of Burnes, you’re taking Ambien or not paying attention.
Ryan O’Hearn – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Not saying he’s good, but sitting in the middle of the O’s lineup and O’Hearn is available everywhere in mixed leagues.
Christian Yelich – Sounds headed to the IL. Yelich looks like Pete Davidson, and his back has the timing of Pete Best. Joey Wiemer (0-for-3) was recalled from the minors, and he’s nothing more than an NL-Only guy. Blake Perkins (3-for-4, 2 runs and 2nd homer, and 2nd homer in the last four games) should be the one getting more at-bats.
Colin Rea – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.70. Brewers’ #2 starter is Colin Rea. Emoji forcing a smile as it burps.
William Contreras – 2-for-4 and a slam (4) and legs (1), hitting .375. He was the best catcher in baseball last year, then was drafted after at least three or four catchers. Will it happen again next year if he repeats?
Spencer Strider – Underwent season-ending elbow surgery. You lied to me Matthew Wilder! You said nothing would break-a my Strider! So, he underwent an internal brace procedure rather than Tommy John so A) He should return quicker next year. B) Tommy John does not get a nickel for lending his name to the surgery. C) There’s no C.
Charlie Morton – 5 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.29 vs. Jesus Luzardo – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 7.65. This matchup was billed as, “Why didn’t I bench both of these schmohawks?”
Marcell Ozuna – 3-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .373. Free in drafts.
Bryan De La Cruz – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .284. De La Snooze with a wake-up call!
Max Meyer – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.12. This start was vs. the Braves, so that’s got my percolator percolating. Meyer’s no lemon? Tell me more! He’s showing excellent command (1.6 BB/9) and solid enough Ks. His whiffs on Saturday were excellent. I’m going straight from intrigued to grabbing until further notice.
Tanner Scott – 1 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.70 and his 1st blown save, record moves to 0-3. Out of all the current closers, Tanner seems the least suited for the job. Terrible control, throws lefty, just nothing, straight useless. Marlins also don’t really have a solid setup man to replace him.
Nick Gordon – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Nick Gordon on pace for 32 homers, or the same as Aaron Judge (1-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs, and 3rd homer).
Yariel Rodriguez – 3 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks as he was recalled from the minors. Peering under the sea and I catch a glimpse of a Cuban raftee, Yariel, a major league pitcher on top, wearing a Blue Jays jersey, and a six-foot-long flipper on his bottom. Yariel, you gorgeous Merman. He seems like a pen arm the Jays are trying to get a starter out of. His last few years in Japan were used as a reliever, but he might be better as a starter than Bowden Francis, who was moved to the pen. Yariel worked a 96 MPH fastball, a nasty slider and what looked like an over-the-top 85 MPH curve that was better than advertised. In most mixed leagues, I’m cyclops’ing until he’s stretched out, but might have value beyond Streamonator, i.e., I liked what I saw by the seashore for Yariel, the Merman.
Jose Berrios – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.05. Thank you, War Room!
Nick Lodolo – 5 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 10 Ks as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s Get Him In Your Lineup Department said, “You know those magic markers that smell like fruit? What happens if you eat one?”
Graham Ashcraft – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.15. Think I’m just going to stream pitchers vs. the White Sux.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand – 2-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .185. If you’re not trying to acquire a guy who is hitting third every game with 70-grade power in Cincy for his home games, I don’t know what to tell you.
Jonathan India – 0-for-5, 1 run, 1 RBI as the Reds scored 11. Ticker tease!
Jake Fraley – 2-for-3, 3 runs, 3 steals (2, 3, 4), hitting .424. F’really, Fraley?
Garrett Crochet – 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.57. Darn Crochet!
Nick Nastrini – Will be called up to start tonight. He has a 7.71 ERA and 2.14 WHIP in Triple-A. Oh, he’s gonna fit in real nicely with the White Sox.
Sean Manaea – 3 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.30. The Regression Fairies have extra zippers on their pants for show and they will destroy your ratios!
Jose Butto – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 0.75. I almost made him the lede today, but I just couldn’t dedicate 400 words to Joe Butt to end at: Streamonator.
Alec Marsh – 5 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 4.32. Since this is a safe space, I’m gonna be honest. I’m glad some of these pitchers, who were pitching above their head, are falling to earth. Sorry, but at the end of the day, I am a hater.
Cole Ragans – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.93. But I can’t hate him into not being good OR CAN I…[pinches temples, squints real hard, farts and falls over]
Vinnie Pasquantino – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. Vinnie Pasketti going into the home of the obnoxious Italian guy, Queens, and getting loud. Not cool, Vinnie.
Trea Turner – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Did they applaud him before the at-bat? Treat Urner only responds to positive affirmation.
Zack Wheeler – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.00. Any time a pitcher who is drafted before the top 30 is hit hard, I let out a long ‘yeah, boi,’ and those are going to be few and far between now that there’s only, like, two starters left still pitching who were drafted early. All my vitriol left for Wheeler and Burnes.
Mitch Keller – 7 IP, 2 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.50. Gotta admit I’m not sure why you worry about my preseason rankings when you drop guys after two starts.
Andrew McCutchen – 2-for-5, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (1) and legs (1). Must’ve been throwback day.
Jack Suwinski – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 2nd homer. He knocked a granny off Wheeler, which sounds like a commercial for Life Alert.
Shota Imanaga – 5 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.00000000000000. Sleep with one eye open, Orel Hershiser.
Javier Assad – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.16. Don’t fully believe in him yet, and Streamonator hates his next one, but I could see giving him a whirl.
Michael Busch – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. Maybe he’s just a hot schmotato, but sometimes “hot in April” turns into “great for the whole season.”
Luis Castillo – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 5.82. Get your fingers in, I’m about to shut the Buy Low window.
Ryne Nelson – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.27. I have a big ol’ monocle on this guy, but for now Streamonator.
Kenta Maeda – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 6.00. Sonavabench! His velocity was still dogshizz, but slightly better than past weeks. His next matchup is tougher, so let’s hope he keeps it going.
Javier Baez – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer. Caleb Thielbar allowed the homer to Baez, which means he has to now retire. Shame, but rules are rules.
Carlos Correa – Hit the IL with an oblique injury. Twins need to trade for Eloy. He’d fit in so well with their team.
Simeon Woods Richardson – 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 5 Ks in his 1st start, due to the doubleheader, then was sent back down. SWR will be back, and I’d stash him now in deeper leagues.
Joe Ryan – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 2.60. I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, because I love Joe Ryan, but he was a top five starter last year’s 1st half.
Bailey Ober – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 6.57. BO stopped stinking, news at 11!
Griffin Jax – 2/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 1.35, and the blown save. You use Jax in every gee-dee inning it’s no wonder he can’t focus on freakin’ closing!
Triston McKenzie – 4 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 6.23. Just had a thought, if he were on Survivor, he could start a fire by rubbing his knees together. But he doesn’t need to do that on the mound, because he’s already cooked.
Nestor Cortes – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.50. Nestor did a fake-out pitch yesterday where he pretended to be throwing the ball, and it’s just so stupid I love it:
NEW NESTOR CORTES MOVE UNLOCKED! pic.twitter.com/d90G8iQwAC
— MLB (@MLB) April 14, 2024
Ryan Pepiot – 5 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.40. Buy low, snitches! For those of you who have him, uh, hold low, snitches?
Rene Pinto – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer. Pinto is straight jackin’ for beans!
Isaac Paredes – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. Shame no one told you to draft him. Oh, wait, I did. Okay.
Michael Conforto – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer. Conforto keeping the schmotato going strong!
Blake Snell – 4 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 12.86. Snell-oh-ell.
MacKenzie Gore – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.81. [hearing the music for the Blue Oyster Bar] The A’ss got Gore’d! So, I won’t mention I wrote a MacKenzie Gore sleeper post this year, because this was vs. the A’ss.
Lane Thomas – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and a slam (2) and legs (7). There’s people who drafted him, and dropped him within a week because he didn’t start hot enough.
Cody Bradford – Hit the IL with back soreness. Michael Lorenzen will take Bradford’s rotation spot, and if he’s good, Bradford’s getting Pipp’d.
Evan Carter – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer. Anyone see Wyatt Langford recently?
Ronel Blanco – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 0.86. No one can solve a problem called Ronel.
Cristian Javier – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.54. All the complaints I made about Jose Berrios last year? Aim them at Javier.
Jose Altuve – 3-for-5, and a double slam (4, 5) and legs (1). Short kings inherit the earth (and lower the regulation basketball rim).
Nolan Schanuel – Out with a testicular contusion. [takes out the doctor’s chart for testicular contusion, torsion and ruptured, which is a plum with varying shades of red]
Brandon Drury – 2-for-4 and his 1st homer. Without doing any actual research, Drury is the type to hit one homer then get hot for a week.
Tyler O’Neill – 2-for-3 and his 7th homer. If I were Rob Manfred, and I saw all these pitcher injuries, I’d lean in and unleash the bouncy baseballs. In related news, Triston Casas (1-for-2) hit his 4th homer and Masataka Yoshida (1-for-3, 2 RBIs) hit his 1st.
Manny Machado – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 4th homer. Was way too cheap in drafts. Shame on you (me too, but mostly you).
James Paxton – 5 IP, 3 ER, 11 baserunners (8 BBs), 1 K, ERA at 2.81. Paxton giving up eight walks to one strikeout is so dogshizzy it’s funny. Watched this game on ESPN and they basically talk about everything but the game. Had no idea Paxton was even pitching poorly.
Gavin Stone – 6 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 6.14. Funny that people move forward in their seat and are like, “Tell me more about Gavin Stone,” but his Saturday opponent, Matt Waldron (5 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.14) was and has been better vs. a tougher lineup.
Bobby Miller – Hit the IL with shoulder soreness. The year is 2033. There’s one pitcher in all of baseball. It’s Bartolo Colon, and he’s 60 years old and he throws 60 MPH. Colon is powered by Campfire Milkshakes, that are now served at every ballpark to distract people from the product on the field.
Langford or Morel in a points league?
Hi Grey, in a 15-team keeper league, 6×6 w OBP, SLG, K/9, IP.
Esteury coming back up means I have to drop someone. Would you drop Parker Meadows, Ceddanne Rafaela, Ezequiel Duran, or Brian Woo?
Thanks!
drop mize for butto?
Hey, i got 1 big question.
When do I cut Torres?
Im running an extra hitter rn, and… its lookin like he sucks, but i hate the nuetured empire so im biased.
Gotta cut/trade one of Torres or Thairo, (or be ‘unpatient’ with Lindy in a Torenado [linfor/arenadi]), or Paredes (if only someone told me to draft him)? Whatchu think?
In my OF im waiting on Jassonator [I am the Jassonator, a sophisticated Sex-Robot sent through time to change the future for one lucky baseballs.
Basebakk:
And I am lucky bally?
JASSan:
Ballia, you’ve been targeted for JASSination. Contact with me if you want to fly.] With Soler and Varsho.
What do I need to see before I cut either Thairo, Torres, or Vash? An ofer? Or just bee patient?
Tysm4eva
for those of us that might want to buy the narrative of “bichette’s leg(s) were messed up last year is why he had no steals at his age but should have more now” he stole and got picked off in a separate inning today.
12tm daily H2H pts svhd own A Diaz, Fairbanks – how much faab out of 90 to pick up Clase? Drop any of the above, or Braxton, or hold?
What side? Grayson vs Ober and Alvarado (closer)
Grayson
Any word from your Marlin connect on Puk being inserted into the closer role/high leverage rp role once their starters come back and Scott keeps sucking?
Haven’t asked, seems completely unlikely
also, how quickly we forget, puk was closer last year, could almost say it was his worst period of pitching ever, rivaled by his starts lately. bender and nardi (esp bender) have been very unlucky by FIP, the opposite of scott’s ERA vs FIP now.
so leclerc is being “demoted to low leverage” but the 2nd time he appears after big head bochy announces that he’s in for the 6th and 7th with a 1 run lead, somebody might want to tell bochy what “leverage” means as very possible today is the 1st or 2nd HIGHEST leverage appearance (and twice as long as normal) of leclerc’s all year. love these guys, people fall over themselves with how “smart” they must be and yet this.
Ha, yeah
EdCab, Schmidt or Gil? Or SON?
Or Lorenzen? Thx
EdCab, though prolly SON
Hey Grey,
10-tm H2H cat keeper (keep 10) CATS – (9) R,H,HR,RBI,SB,BB,AVG,OPS,XBH – (8) W,CG,SV,K,GIDP,ERA,WHIP,QS. LIMIT of 3 moves per week (no streaming). We also get (4) IL spots.
Any guys off the wire worth swapping out ? I think my hitting is okay (maybe Walker worth trying to squeeze on my team somehow), but maybe changes to my back end pitching? Thoughts on Gore or E. Cabrera and/or Turnbull ? one of those guys for Flaherty
Available players:
HIT – J. Walker (waiver), S. Frelick, M. Conforto, M. Busch, B. Donovan, C. Joe, S. Marte, M. Chapman, E. Julien, A. Kiriloff, A. Rizzo, J. Heim, S. Murphy (IL), L. Campusano, J. Westburg, J. Candelario
PIT – M. Gore, E. Cabrera, M. Perez, A. Abbott, E. Rodriguez (IL), M. Wacha, S. Turnbull, P. Blackburn
RP – P. Sewald (IL), D. Williams (IL), K. Ginkel, K. Finnegan, J. Foley J. Alvarado, C. Estevez
My team:
C – L. O’Hoppe
1B – P. Goldschmidt
2B – M. Betts
3B – N. Arenado
SS – C. Seager
CI – I. Paredes
MI – G. Torres
LF – R. Greene
CF – J. Chisholm
RF – A. Garcia
Util – R. Hoskins
BN – C. Cowser
BN – C. Yelich *DTD
IL – J. Burger (IL15)
SP – G. Kirby
SP – M. Fried
SP – Z. Eflin
RP – A. Munoz (RP)
RP – R. Helsley (RP)
P – P. Fairbanks (RP)
P – K. Crawford
BN – R. Pepiot
BN – B. Bello
BN – N. Cortes
BN – J. Flaherty
IL – B. Woo (IL15)
IL – M. Steele (IL15)
IL – S. McClanahan (IL60)
?Thanks, Marv
Gore over Cortes
Well ain’t that some sh!t. I dropped Ed Cabrera right before his start because I was trying to add a RP and didn’t have room for him. My ratios are struggling and I was concerned with his BBs. 6IP 1R 1BB 10K Awesome!
Haha
Baty or Busch?
Busch
12 Team H2H 6×6 OPS
Please rank the following bench bats:
CES, Westburg, Thairo
Thank you
Thairo, CES
So then you would go Thairo over Holliday?
Yes
Thanks, Holliday doesn’t look mentally ready.
Gil over Lugo, ReyLo or EdRod? Or hold? Could also drop Jax
EdRod
Great start to the week. I was checking my team and see O’neill in the concussion protocol after a collision with Devers. I then see Suzuki on the IL with an oblique injury that I heard nothing about until now. I had Suzuki last year and that oblique really took a while and he was so terrible when he returned. I mean he was useless until about mid August.
there was no news about suzuki having anything till like an hour ago, you aren’t only one now surprised.
Yeah it sucks
Who’s the pick up between Michael king, Whitlock or kikuchi?
Kikuchi
svhd, daniel hudson, minter, green, kopech or mcarthur?
Minter
Received offers for Lourdes and Lodolo.
1. Volpe for Lourdes. Owner has multiple MI and needs OF.
2. Schwarber for Lourdes / Lodolo.
3. Josh Naylor for Lourdes. Owner has multiple CI.
This is a small and shallow roto league – 6×6 we use OBP and AVG.
Which offers, if any should I take? And in what preferred order?
My concerns are Volpe’s new approach holding, Schwarber’s average and Naylor scoring enough runs.
1, Volpe 2. Hold 3. Naylor
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Suzuki noooooo!
Oh nooooo
So much for Braxton Garrett.
Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said Monday that Garrett (shoulder) experienced a “dead arm” after his last bullpen session, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
Damn
h/h points 12 team redraft weekly lineup set
Mason Miller or A Munoz
Munoz
hey Grey-
Who do you like – L. Gil or B. Garrett?
I think Nolan Jones will be fine. Last July he was this awful- hit under .200 with 40% K rate
And then had a solid August and even better September.
Patience with the lad… light tower power at Coors, and speed. He’ll work it out.
Brax
Agreed
Help! SPocalypse!
Pick 2;
Lugo vBal, @CHW
Montas vLAA, @Sea
Javier @Was
Gil vTB, @Tor
Lugo, Javier
Hi Grey,
A manager just offered to send me Volpe in exchange for Wheeler? I was going to reject that trade. Do you agree?
He has Trout. What do you think of offering him Nola for trout? I could throw in Cedric Mullins besides Nola. Would you make a trade of Mullins plus Nola for Trout if you were me?
Always appreciate your help!
Reject
I’d take Trout
thank you!
No problem
Kukuchi vs NYY or Rodon @Tor for QS league?
Kikuchi
Grey my man …. Candelario droppable? 12 teamer .. im looking at adding Rengifo.. I could also bring up Busch from my farm … but then he’s up forever …. TIA!
Rengifo never plays
wouldn’t you want the guy HR’ing 4 times in 4 days/games up, certainly if your only option is rengifo (who is playing more lately, even if it’s not at rendon’s expense, but still not close to everyday). also if you go by 130 at bats busch ain’t that far from having to come up forever anyway.
now it’s at 5 for 5 (at least, that game ain’t over) and you may want to beat him getting to 130 at bats before you input to your roster. he’s was at 121 to end yesterday.
and grey here’s a recent example of “LAD trading away whoever doing well”
Hey Grey! Which side would you take, it’s a points league:
Soto/Harper/Lindor
Witt/Alonso/Buxton
Soto
and just like that (2 of the last 4 days abreu having good hitting days, and those 2 not the most recent 2/4ths) d.hamilton’s playing time went whoosh. now how the super brain on the HOU cheater mastermind couldn’t figure out that he wanted w.abreu getting at bats regularly till today, well i guess when nobody’s banging on trash cans cora simply doesn’t know what to do
Yeah, brutal
The Pirates man. Gonzalez on the shelf. Skenes staying put apparently. They’d rather have him go for the AAA strikeout record. It is so frustrating for the fans and more importantly, my fantasy team.
Ugh yeah
What level/caliber of starter can I ask for in return for offering Nolan Jones in a trade? Ty
AJ Puke?
Oh SNAP!
I’d want a #1
M. Meyer sent down. Guessing this an effort to manage his workload after TJ…
Yeah
He has his nicest start then send him down great!
Should I trade for Jordon Montgomery or is not worth the risk?
I like JoMo
kutter or Bibee ROS?
Is it close?
Tanner, getting closer
Hey Grey,
How many innings do you think Crochet will throw this year? Was offered Yandy Diaz for him in an OBP redraft league and wondering if i should sell high.
Maybe 110?
Love the Cowser breakout. All over the team name puns for those who are Mario Party fans … “Cowser’s Big Blast” … most stressful game of all time … on a totally unrelated note, who are your top 5 2B in order, ROS in a 6×6 with OPS ? Yahoo eligibility
ROS ranks are here https://razzball.com/playerrater-restofseason-12teamespn/
1.) I get the non panic on JulioRod, I’m holding, but how do you feel about a buy? I have KTucker in shallow 5×5 that you can keep 4 players. Should I offer a swap?
2.) Nardi has sucked but a lot of his “under the hood” stuff says he will be better. He’s a good speculative add for saves.
3.) I am curious about Jones stance. I see why people are confused because you’ve preached “only 12 games” but also thrown in the towel on him. 40% K rate is gross, and yes that was in his range of outcomes, but wasn’t he more drafted for a 25-25 type season with Coors bailing him out to a .240-.250 average? I get it’s been the floor thus far, and I’m luckily not really invested, just trying to figure out where and when we make hard pivots on small sample sizes.
1. I’d buy 2. Ok 3. I said I was concerned, I didn’t say drop him for Will Brennan
So if we’d re-rank right now, you had at 34. We’re talking like 75-100? 50? 200? Just curious.
ROS ranks are here https://razzball.com/playerrater-restofseason-12teamespn/
Prolly around 50-75
10 TM, NL-Only H2H, $280 CAP
$7 Devin Williams was dropped today. Worth my #4 waiver pick to switch out with $1 Kershaw in IL spot, right?
Sure
Thanks! #s 1-3 all may want him.
No problem
bichette or lindor ros?
Lindor
On the ROS Player rater, Bichette is 41 and Lindor is 61. Not a huge difference, but worth noting given your preference. Guessing you think they both revert to what you expected pre-season, first 3 weeks be damned?
They have many years of being decent, nothing’s changed for them in 15 games
Need power. Carpenter Or Suwinski? Westburg or India?
Thanks.
Grissom also available for MI
Suw….West
When Caminero gets called up, Caminero over Maikel?
Sure
Both are broken but which more likely to produce this season: Gleybar or Nico?
Nico
Hi Grey,
I have Jackson Merrill as my main SS.
Another manager has Volpe as his backup SS and Tyler Onell is now DTD,
My main LFs are Gurriel and Nimmo. Therefore Jaran Duran is my backup in LF.
In CF I have Chris Mullins and Nimmo and Duran.
Would you offer Duran in a trade for Volpe?
Thanks!!!
Sure
Thank you!!!!
No problem
Drop Nolan Jones, Taylor Ward, MJ Melendez or Randy Azozarena for Cowser?
Ward
Oh great Grey,
better for a points league?
Suzuki or Ward?
Seiya
Hey Grey,
Would you drop Shelby Miller for Cole Sands?
I also like Keegan Akin as well
Sure
any word on Chris Martin? Martin was not available to pitch Sunday because of a sore left (non-throwing) shoulder, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Martin’s been dealing with the injury the last few days, and the right-hander his day-to-day. His most recent outing was Wednesday, when he was charged with a blown save and a loss. Without Martin on Sunday, Cora rolled with Justin Slaten, who worked 2.2 innings and set up Kenley Jansen for a save.
no idea
he might be as Keith Olberman used to say “He’s day to day, but aren’t we all just day to day?”
Yeah
Hi Grey! Happy “damn it, today is the day Boston has an especially early game” Day
V Grissom or C Correa? May need to drop one as IL slots overfilling …
thanks!
Haha, yup! Grissom
Good day, Mr. Grey –
12 Team Mixed Points League
Looking to make a trade for Vlad. His underlying #’s suggest there are better days ahead. Agree or Disagree?
Thinking of an offer that includes Casas + R. Greene or Suzuki. I tend to like Seiya a little better so leaning Greene. Is it fair?
Agree
Casas could be better than Vlad
Thanks Grey! You’re right, Casas could be better. Maybe I’ll just hold.
Yup
Stott or Julien. Thanks
Stott
Someone just dropped Nico H.
Would you drop Nimmo for him?
Thank you
Yes
omg nasty collision. O’Neil bleeding from the head. Looks like Raffy & O’Neil are both concussed. Jesus – one of the worst I’ve seen. O’Neil bleeding like a stick pig.
*stuck
Figures grimey can’t have anything nice
Seemed his sunglasses got him…bet he’s okay
I can’t believe Raffy is in the game. It looked like he got KTFO.
Think it looked worse
ESPN Points, ROS…please rank
Arenado
Busch
Morel
Westburg
Thanks!
Morel, Westburg
Fraley or O’Hearn
Fraley
JRam just spun himself into the ground on a K Bugs Bunny style and it was amazing.
Ha, yeah
Jake Burgermeister going on IL. Best replacement? Not much…
Baty
Rengifo
Biggio
Keith
Baty
Montas 2 starts at SEA and vs the Trouts
Or just use Wacha at CHW
Wacha
I have both Holliday and Turang on the bench behind Elly, Steer, and I guess Gimenez. I’m wanting to use one of their spots to pick up MJ Melendez now that Sal Perez is dinged up. Who gets the cut? (Assuming it isn’t Stanton/Marsh who fill my U spot, but maybe it is.)
Turang
Other choice to drop is the last SP from Fried/Berrios/Luzardo/Musgrove/Bassitt/Ober, who you told me last week was Ober…
Turang
Bellinger or C. Walker?
I what order – CES, Santander and Cast?
6×6 roto
Cody
Cast, CES
Crawford pulled at 5.2
Aaaaaaaaagh!
92 pitches, 2 hits. Give the man a shot at a W!
Next batter pops up on 1 pitch. Yeah, that woulda been really detrimental to Crawford to throw 1 more pitch. Gah!
This shit is out of control.
It sucks
Ugh
drop maikel garcia, hoerner or julien for h.s. kim?
Maikel
Seems like the only thing I did right in drafts was grab Tyler Oneil in most of them.
Haha
Don’t feel bad – yojve heard of those folks who drafted Torkleson in the 8th round? Yep, that was me.
Grey – Adolis and S. Murphy or Casas/Will Smith. Idk when Murphy will be back but is this too much for an upside gamble on Casas?
Adolis, but close I guess depending on Murphy’s return date, I dont know either
Thanks! Other deal was Casas and Ober or Gilbert for Adolis and Maikel. Pitching could use help but am I giving up too much for it?
I’d take Adolis for Casas/Ober
G-unit!
The people legitimately angry about the Nestor move are my absolute favorite part of the situation. It’s like being upset with dancing or yelling at a cloud. Then there’s me, only angry with myself because I left Busch on the WW too long.
“Hey this promising rookie is hitting pretty well. I had better wait until he get picked up by someone else.” EVERY. TIME.
Anyhoo… thoughts on Hoffman vs Kerkering in my Saves-only league as the possible usurper of the role for the Phillies?
Thanks!
-IANASM
Haha, yeah…kinda hilarious…. I like Hoffman
Would you sell high on Shota Imanaga right now and try to get a dylan Cease or logan gilbert type of pitcher? we got a cub fan in our league and hoping he might want Shota
I’d take Gilbert
Watching Bo K v Kutter without taking the bat off his shoulder. One thing is apparent, all brothers are not created equal. Have been considering dropping Bo for Heim. Thoughts?
Sure
Hi Grey, are you starting Bassitt home vs the Yankees? Feels risky.
And hoping for the best on Salvador Perez…
Sounds fine
Okay, thanks! On an unrelated note, I was guessing what the X in X. Curry stood for. I won’t spoil it for anyone who doesn’t know, but everyone’s guess is wrong.
10 team 5×5 H2H Dynasty league.
Drop Ryan McMahon for any of the following – baty, jeremy pena, oswaldo, neto, cronenworth, nick gordon
Is Parker Meadows droppable in this format? Options to grab – jung hoo lee, connor joe, profar, nelson velazquez, edward olivares, jonatan clase, suwinski, ryan o’hearn,
Nah
Sure, Velazquez
Could use a little SP help and all The decent SPs are getting nabbed in my league. Happ seems to be my weakest batter at the moment. Drop him for Whitlock?
Sure
Hey Grey, I gather from your comment answers that going forward you are Pepiot over Jared Jones? Just curious the reasoning behind that
Is it close? Pepiot is around 220 overall ROS and Jones is around 700 https://razzball.com/playerrater-restofseason-mlb12team/
Hey grey!
Busch over Donovan or India?
Over Donovan
Morning Happy National That Sucks Day (seriously, a real holiday… although it feels like I’m honoring this 365)
Anyway, in recognition of “That Sucks”, I need a dang catcher who’s actually gonna play…although Keibert not playing might actually help my ratio’s at the position.
You cutting him for any of the C’s below (Sounds like Keibert is still out tonight):
Also, Cubs calling up Canario… anything to see in a 12-team mixed league?
thanks as always!
Hahaha, a very special day indeed…Campsuano…nah on Canario
Thank you!
Side note, Max Meyer was optioned to Triple-A… you still holding of is he a drop at this point?
I do have an “NA” spot for Minor league stashes currently being occupied by Kjerstad & Esteury Ruiz (different leagues)
Thanks again
Meh you can drop him
Shame as he looked great too. I get managing the workload, but sheesh!
And to be clear, I assume you’d rather stash Kjerstad and/or E. Ruiz over Meyer, correct?
thanks again (again)
Yeah, bats over Meyer
Points league with weekly lineups.
Varland – 2 starts @ Balt and @KC
or M.Gore – 1 start @Cleve
I think you skipped me.
Oops…I’d go Varland
“i.e. I’m worries about Jones.”
Gotta be honest, cringed when I read that. From #34 overall and all the love to this in 16 games? What happened? And how is it not too early to be worried in this case? Obviously invested in him. And concerned by the comment. And I was talking to ma, dad.”
His K% is up to 40% and he’s hitting .190
Morning Grey,
Couple of weekly lineup h2h decisions I could use your opinion on.
Prioritizing OBP and HR
Top 2 out of:
Mullins (6g, MIN/@KC)
Melendez (6g, @CHW/BAL)
Chourio (6g, SD/@STL)
India (6g, @SEA/LAA)
Busch (7g, @ARI/MIA but.. 4 v lefties)
Chourio, India
Gracias!
No problem
I feel like there’s a buy-low window on Snell. Not in my league (1/3 are Giants fans) but dude didn’t have a ST.
He’s gonna get it worked out. He’s too good to keep pitching like this.
Prolly
Have you ever tried lucky dog hot sauce!? Haha
In fact he has.
The El Perro Afortunado fucking slaps
That is a great one!
Wait Is he THE lucky dog man? Lol no way
He is! He sends me Lucky Dog hot sauce
<3
Just dropped a wing sauce on Friday. 1st new product in a couple years. I was so
Nervous. Sold 5 cases at my Sunday farmers market.
Clucky Dog for the W!
How do I get in on this haha
At the risk of spamming the forum, it’s here: https://luckydoghotsauce.com/collections/sauces/products/clucky-dog
I got some in Bay Area before now I can’t find it
Piedmont Grocer, both Berkeley Bowls, couple spots in Dublin, Livermore, Castro Valley, Hayward – or shit come see me at my Oakland or San Rafael farmers markets! Introduce yourself and I’ll give ya a bonus bottle as a Razzball forum special.
:D
Who do you distribute through? I’ll put it in my store. Rocky’s Market in Oakland if you wanna drop by sometime.
-I self distribute with no delivery fee!
Be happy to drop in. Should I ask for Steve?
Thanks Oaky!
sent you a message through contact me on your website
Got it! I replied – let me know. What a small world. Yet another reason to love Razzball.
I will have to give you a visit! Prolly order some online first since I’m South Bay hahaha.
I also do curbside pickup in Hayward. , but if ya order online leave a note in your order saying it’s you. Order 3 & I’ll send you 4! then it’ll be like free shipping!
Ok for sure! Get ahold of oaktown he has a grocery up near those spots.
Thanks for your order! I’ll bump you ahead of the 100+ and get it out today.
And you thought Razzball had no real benefit. Ha!
Haha, awesome!
Look at Grey, bringing folks together.
<3
Got a package headed your way too, boo.
Haha, nice!
Haha nice!
At the risk of jinxing it, Kutter is throwing absolute filth today.
Welp, you just jinxed him
No such thing ;)
Ha
Told ya!
Good!
Nestor Cortez schtick is why we need to get rid of universal DH. No pitcher would pull those shenanigans if they had to step into the batter’s box, and Nestor would get a slider between the shoulder blades if he did.
Incidentally, “batter’s box” is what I used to call my ex GF who worked at a fish & chips restaurant.
Ha
10 Team K/9, QS, IP, OPS, H2H league
A. Cowser, Houck
B. Cole Ragans (me)
My OF: Conforto, Tyler O’Neil, Mookie
My SP: Ragan, Luzardo, Cutter, Gore, Peralta, J. Jones, Cease,C. Sanchez
Ragans
Thanks
No problem
Shame on you (me too, but mostly you) that was brilliant.
Do you like Jon clase’s chances of sticking around and playing regularly? Thanks!
I doubt it
Funny sh*t, Grey. I love it!
They may start less than 140 games but I am loving Fraley and Benson picks late. Both look probable for 20+ SB. In a 15 teamer I am in, I have both and had 6SB yesterday. Could someone go into the Reds clubhouse and shout on a megaphone, “steals are supposed to be down this year!” They clearly did not get the message.
Haha, yes, Reds always seem to produce random OF of value
Please rank for this week:
2-start Jordan Hicks (vAZ, @MIA)
Bibee @BOS
Luzardo @CHC
Hicks, Bibee
Hi Grey?
is Jose Butto a must add or just a streamer? Is he better than Cristopher Sanchez or Kutter Crawford or chad Green?
thanks! your help is so appreciated
Depends on matchups
i know the answer, but: Gleyber or Taylor Ward?
Gleyber
I’ve never owned JRod before. thanks for the heads up on his april suckitude. 76 wr+ in his big league april games.
Yeah, miserable in April
ESPN Points, Please rank for tomorrow only:
Singer @ChiWS
Ranger Suarez vs Colo
Jordan Hicks @Miami
Thanks
Ranger, Singer
Grey,
I feel like a buddhist monk with the amount of patience I’ve shown my fantasy team thus far. My question is, when is it time to cut bait on some of these guys and pick up a hot bat? (14 team mixed 5×5 with $100 FAAB and no $0 bids Yahoo roster)
Masyn Winn – he is doing fine at the bottom of the order, but also boring me to tears.
Jonathan India – Opportunity but no output so far
Thairo Estrada – Couple of bombs improved his overall line, but still batting under .200
vs. picking up one of these guys
Colton Cowser
Brandon Marsh
I need help here. I’m a chronic rosterbater by nature, but these guys don’t seem like guys I should be dropping yet, so it is killing me not to be on waivers. Need some advice. Thanks.
Cowser over Winn
Great write up, thanks! Kicking myself for not picking up Cowser – ROS rankings are still pretty high on Chuorio so hoping his ROS exceeds Cowser.
Not sure if you were a fan of the Apathy, Louis Logic, Celph Titled group but the new Apathy album is really good.
Thanks!
Nice! I love Apathy usually, good looking out!
16 team keeper league, yahoo, roto, 5×5,. keep 5.
give- Pete Fairbanks, JD Martinez
get- Logan Gilbert, Esteury Ruiz.
I’m looking for another SP to help in ERA/WHIP, and Ruiz could be a plus in SB.
MY TEAM
CA- O’Hoppe. 1B- Goldschmidt. 2B- Gelof. 3B- Paredes, SS- Tovar. IN- Dunn
OF- Soto. OF- Harris. OF- Outman. OF- Benson. UT- Doyle.
BN- Hamilton, Castro, JDMartinez, Butler. IL- Jung. IL- Grissom.
SP- Glasnow, GRodriguez, Cortes, Meyer, Puk, Blanco. IL- Kershaw
RP- Fairbanks, Foley, DRobertson, Gallegos, Cruz. IL- Romano. IL- Stephenson.
Sure
Grey, I have a confession to make – I started Gausman last week even though you told me not to. This time I’ll listen. Which 3 to sit this week?
Bibee (@BOS)
Civale (LAA, @NYY)
Lugo (BAL, @CWS)
Sanchez (COL)
Gausman (NYY)
Morton (TEX)
Meyer (@CHC)
Tanner, Morton, Gaus
Hunter brown is pitching like me! Should I dump him for either Assad or Meyer? How long do you hang on to Rafaela? Estrada/rengifo/olivares are available. Thanks
Meyer — Thairo
grey 10 team mixed league, is it crazy to drop luzardo? tons of streaming options and peppiot out there – QS league if thats any help
Yes
In a Saves+Holds H2H category league.
Current RPs are Munoz and Alvarado. I stashed David Robertson, but just dropped him for Yates given the recent outlook.
Please rank for ROS: Alvarado, Yates, Kopech, Robertson (available on waivers).
You ranked them
Good deal, thanks!
No problem
ROTFL! I’ve fallen and I can’t stop laughing!
Hehe
12-team 5×5 redraft league:
1. Can you rank the following for this week:
2-start Civale (vLAA and @NYY)
Keller vBOS
Lugo vBAL
Bibee @BOS
Luzardo @CHC
2. And then these guys for this week:
2-start Weathers (vSF and @CHC)
Stone vNYM
Waldron vTOR
Abbot (either @SEA or vLAA – ESPN and CBS have different scheduled starts)
3. I own the guys in #1 and the guys in #2 are available. Make any swaps?
Thanks.
1. Civale, Keller, Lugo 2. Stone, Abbott 3. No
Take out Harper’s best game this season and he is 3-0-1 in 54 at-bats. Maybe Philly fans should be giving him affirmation.
Ha
How many times have I read “there’s no C”?
A) 1000 B) 10000 C)
EdCab coming off IL to face the Giants. This should be fun.
Ha
Please rank ros
Bibee,Lodolo,Ober
You did
How would you rank these streams?
C. Sanchez v. COL ($37.1)
Severino v. PIT ($31.9)
Wacha @ CWS ($27.6)
Sanchez, Wacha
Roto redraft 6×6 – avg and OBP
1. Ozuna or Lourdes/Lodolo and is it fair to both sides?
2. Schwarber or Bellinger
3. Jarren Duran or CES?
Lourdes Statcast is a nice shade of red up and down the line and hitting 3rd this year instead of 6th like last year.
1. Sounds fair 2. Cody 3. Duran
Starting Skubal (vs Tex), Gilbert (vs Cin), Bibee (@Bos, vs Oak) and Sonny Gray (@Oak, vs Mil).
My 5th starter is between Jared Jones (@ NYM and possible 2 step vs Bos) and Ober (vs Det)
Questions – Who would you start as my #5? And would you sub in the one you don’t choose for one of the starters listed above?
Also, sounds like Burger strained an oblique … looking for a Utility player this week. Not looking for any specific category just best overall production. Choose one from the following;
France (3 vs Cin and 3 @ Col)
Suwinski (3 @ NYM and 3 vs Bos)
Gelof (3 vs SL and 3 @ Clev)
Benson (@ Sea and 3 vs LAA)
**For what it’s worth I’m leaning France, stat cast numbers are fantastic and he gets 3 @ Coors!!
Thanks, much appreciated!
Ober
France
Grey
With Romano supposedly coming back this week
I have to drop 1 In a 10 team roto. I do need saves
Houck
Sale
McArthur (Assuming he is the closer then I would keep him)
Pepiot
Logan Allen
Lars Nootbaar (My offense is good enough if I drop him)
Thanks
Noot
Ok good that’s what I was thinking and hoping you were too
Happy Tax (Postponement) Day!
In a 12 team H2H league, are you trusting Kirby to kick off the week tonight at home vs Cincinnati? Or are you waiting for him to have a strong start before rolling him back out?
Haha, yay! I’d start Kirby
Gracias!
No problem
Think 40/10/.300 is at least an outside shot for Trout this year ?
Sure
Jonathan Clase being called up today!
Sweet
Edward Olivares is destroying the baseball so naturally the Royals…I mean Pirates naturally bench him…WHY?
Of course
Morning Grey, Can I drop S Torkelson and pick up J Crononworth?
Sure
Do we know if Jared Jones is a 2 start this week?
I dont know
Not until next week
Good morning, Grey,
Your Monday updates are an oasis in the weekend desert! Add Busch over Chas McCormick or Will Benson?
Thanks!
Thanks! Over Chas
Morning sir!
Are we witnessing a mini Nelson Velazquez break out?
hope so
Frelick or Fraley?
Fraley
Hey Grey,
Is Victor Scott a guy you’d hold in a H2H 12 teamer in the hopes he figures out how to hit and then can run wild, or time to move on for a Suwinski or Nelson Velazquez?
Thanks!
Suw
10 team: I know it’s early but should I drop Langford for Busch, Morel, or Cowser?
Cowser
I’m in a keeper league and in a rebuilding season so I tend to have a little longer leash but is it time to move on from DL Hall? He was my 23rd round pick so value could be there but I’m not seeing it at the moment.
Nah
All first round picks in the final 21 RCL drafts (March 17-27)
showing where they currently rank on the Razzball Player Rater.
April 15 1st Rnders ADP
1 Mookie Betts 3.9
7 Bobby Witt Jr. 3.4
15 Shohei Ohtani 10.9
17 Fernando Tatis Jr. 8.3
22 Juan Soto 6.9
29 Yordan Alvarez 14.1
44 Marcus Semien 22.2
45 Kyle Tucker 6.7
49 Ronald Acuna Jr. 1
61 Matt Olson 14.7
67 Jose Ramirez 15.2
102 Freddie Freeman 10.4
121 Trea Turner 13.8
145 Corbin Carroll 5.8
199 Aaron Judge 12
232 Adley Rutschman 58.4
246 Bryce Harper 17
505 Julio Rodriguez 2.7
519 Spencer Strider 10
Awesome! Happy to see this back!
Luzardo – keeping him on my bench in a deep league, but in a shallow league, replace him with any of the following:
Lodolo
Pepiot
Gore
Meyer
Hicks
Lodolo
Thank you
Who would you drop for Jordan Walker?
Westburg, M. Garcia, Buxton
Bux
hi grey!
do you like julien or india ROS in an OBP league?
thanks!
Julien
Musgrove was just dropped in a league with no bench spots. Would you try to claim him or are the early results bad enough that you’d be wary of having to start him?
I wouldn’t mess with him, but no nothing of your league
Morning Grey! Would you start Rengifo (7, @TB, @CIN) or Leody (7, @DET, @ATL) this week?
Rengifo
What about Oswaldo Cabrera? Start him over Leody?
Sure
The West Germans marketed the Curly Wurly as “Leckerschmecker” in the 1970’s, which is a waay cooler name …
The East Germans called it the “Stasi Approved Chocolate Comestible”, but it never really caught on there …
HAHA
That’s so funny, I keep reading it
10 team weekly H2H – OPS league:
Give Imanaga and Andres Gimenez for Albies?
Yes
Morning Grey. Benson or Nootbaar ROS? Thanks!
OBP league btw
Will
Hey Grey! Happy Monday!
Which 2 SP would you keep out of these three going forward? King, Wacha, Meyer
Thanks!
Not King
Ugh. Meyer just sent down.
Really? Damn
Hey Grey, love the Meyer comment. We have to start a rookie pitcher – which are you going with this week?
Meyer (@CHC)
Gavin Stone (NYM)
Stone
Hey Grey whats up? My pitching is killing me. 10 team league and my team ERA is 5.50.
Who would you start this week —
Montas for 2 @Mariners and vs Angels or
Luzardo @ Cubs?
Thanks
Montas
Lord Grey-zus, how concerned are we about Nolan Jones and Luzardo?
with luzardo gonna need to replaced the word concered with a phrase using an expletive
Homer prone pitchers are gonna have rough patches, Luzardo did all last year and you still drafted him.
Luzardo will come around…I hate Jones
i.e., I’m worried about Jones
If can get Melendez and pepiot for Nolan ? Would you? Or need more?
More
12 tm H2H 6×6 OPS. Would you drop Ceddane Rafaela for either O’Hearn or Sal Frelick?
Ryan
NL-only, drop a starter: Weathers, Trevor Rogers, Morton or King. Can only make pickups in limited situations so whoever’s left has to pitch through their issues in my lineup unless they get IL’d.
None should be dropped…I guess Rogers
ROTO who to start this week? Usually use two starters but……
Luis Gill 2 starts at TOR, vs TB
Jared Jones at NYM
Jack Flaherty at MIN
Ryan Pepiot vs LAA
Michael Wacha at CHW
Pepiot, Wacha
How would your rank the following SPs? Kutter, Max Meyer, Jack Flaherty, and Michael Wacha. I have to lose one. Thanks!
Lose Flaherty
Grey,
please pick top 2 OF’s for points league ros:
Duran, Kwan, Nimmo, O’Neill, Suzuki, Ward
O’Neill, Duran
At least Crochet struck out 10!
True!
FAAB on Vinnie P? He would ONLY be my U in a 12 man 5×5. Right now using Velasquez but ALWAYS someone to use…..
$1000 budget
$77
12 TM roto, drop Jax for Jeff Hoffman?
Sure
I have worked myself into a position where I don’t want to drop any pitcher for a streamer and I know my opponent will be streaming all week. It’s ten team and I have
Bednar
Helsley
Alzolay
Peralta
Eflin
Luzardo
Ober
Singer
I already dropped Bryce miller and regret it. What should I do?
I forgot I also have Shoto Imanaga
It’s a daily league
I am thinking of dropping o’hoppe and streaming extra pitcher because it’s points
Stream out of Singer’s spot
Are you holding onto Morton in 12 teamers or do we think he’s toast / bench until further notice? Thanks!
Think he’s toast
Hi,
12 teams dynasty league
C – Alvarez
1B – Walker, Mountcastle
2B – India
SS – Witt, Abrams
3B – Bregman
OF – Acuna, Alvarez, Carroll, Chisolm, Soler, Springer
Prospects : Caminero, Lawlar, Amador
SP – Castillo, Kirby, Snell, Fried, Greene, Peralta, Paxton, Flaherty
RP – Hader, Diaz, Estevez, Pressly, Abreu and Cano
Bailey Ober and Rhys Hoskins were dropped. Ober looks like a good upgrade and a piece to move Greene maybe and Hoskins is a good player, better than Soler ?
Any of them worth a 2nd priority waiver pick ?
Thanks
Jogon
Ober over Greene…Hoskins over Mount
12 team pts league have Woo and EdRod IL would you drop 1 to make room and add Whitlock vs Cle @ Pit or hold?
Sure, EdRod
The Luzardo Scott bookendz in that Marlins game were *ultimate sarcasm chef’s kiss*.
I’d like to apologize to Tyler Beede for saying nice things about him. He went to the mound on Saturday, took the ball and said to himself, wait, something doesn’t feel right…what happened? Why can’t I pitch?
My beautiful Boobie! Noooo. Though, he said hopefully, given his last two starts, does seem posdible there’s a hint of Dodger shennanigan. “Ah Boobie, we’re gonna give you a couple of days to get your shizz together.”. I haven’t thrown his season down the hatch yet.
Haha, I saw the Beede thing, what a disaster….Hahahaha…I think Boobie’s just gotta get himself right, he’ll be fine
Absurd. What kind of simp leagues do you play in where every player is available for Grey to grab? Who are your opponents? Cardboard cutouts?? Meyer was bought in our auction NL-only, and so was every other player that has a job, that is, the ones that weren’t on the keeper lists. Man up cowboy.
Ha
How down are we on Snell? Is this just his spring training period or are we actually concerned?
I moved Volpe for him in a 13 team Yahoo roto mixed league that has a 30 move limit, so streaming isn’t really an option and I already have CJ Abrams (plus Acuna, Albies, Adolis and other players not starting with A) with a need for pitching to accompany Keller and Peralta.
I said I wouldn’t have drafted him, so not sure why I’d like him more now
Trade analyser liked it, you mean to say you aren’t manually responding to every single time someone submits a trade into that like an old timely phone attendant?
Haha
Drop either Siri or Marsh or Connor Joe for Blake Perkins?
How concerned are you about Charlie Morton? Hasn’t gotten to 6 yet. Drop for Turnbull(next at home vs White Sux) or Flaherty(vs Twins)?
What to do with Jansen(4 SVHD), Chris Martin(2 SVHD) and Finnegan(5 SVHD)? Ratios are terrible. Maybe drop one or more for Turnbull and add Chad Green(3 SVHD), Ottavino(2 SVHD), Speier(3 SVHD), Zerpa(2 SVHD), Peguero(1 SVHD), Pressly2 SVHD)?
Thoughts?
Joe
Concerned on Morton…I’d go Turnbull…Green over Martin
So drop Morton and grab Turnbull? Drop Martin and grab Green? Drop Connor for Perkins or would you go Benson ROS?
Yes…Benson
Lucas Sims is also available. Him or Green over Martin?
Green
What do you see for Holliday ROS? I’m in a shallow league which makes it tough to hold players who take time to develop. Drop for Nimmo?
Afraid we won’t see the Peaky Fookin Blinders movie till 2025. Bummer.
Thanks!
Bummer…I’m holding Holliday for another week
Julio was ridding the bench yesterday, a much deserved respite for a guy who doesn’t belong in the lineup yet, is it August yet? Two outs down by a run in the 9th and a single by Cal Raleigh. In comes Julio as a pinch runner. Who then proceeds to get picked off first to end the game. I saw last week you acknowledged a reader who wanted to bench Julio until he mattered. But do we have to wait until August? I know it’s just the proverbial *April* but this guy looks lost. I know I have problems when LuBob is still ranked higher than Julio. I know it’s just April.
This guy is golfer level mental. Hits 15 homers in Aug/Sept then spends all off season radically changing his swing, then scraps all those changes two weeks into the season. He’ll be fine but it’s hard to watch at the moment for sure
He’s bad every April
Middle infield right now manned by Horner and Stott. Both are worrying me with performance and position in lineup. Drop either for Turang or hold?
Thanks as always!
Nico Hoerner likely used to shop in my store though he would have been a pimpled teenager at the time. His high school coach comes in still though (always wearing a Cubs hat…quit milking it!). I’m sure he’ll enjoy hearing me complain about what his guy is doing to my fantasy teams.
Hold
Love the Pete Best analogy ?
Thanks!
How down are we on Snell? Is this just his spring training period or are we actually concerned?
I moved Volpe for him in a 13 team Yahoo roto mixed league that has a 30 move limit, so streaming isn’t really an option and I already have CJ Abrams (plus Acuna, Albies, Adolis and other players not starting with A) with a need for pitching to accompany Keller and Peralta.
Answered above