Ryon Healy couldn’t have come at a better time for the A’s. Their corner infidels were about as weaksauce as they come. Mark Canha? More like Can’t-hit. Andrew Lambo? More like ‘that Lambo is bahhhd.’ Yonder Alonso? More like ‘over Yonder’ as in everyone’s over him in value. Though, looking at Healy’s minor league numbers, he doesn’t look much better. However, Josh Donaldson wasn’t much to look at in the A’s minor league system either. It wasn’t until he came up and the A’s adjusted his swing to get more lift than a Beverly Hills surgeon. Not saying in 2017, Healy will be Donaldson, but we shouldn’t write him off as a 15-homer hitter either, as his minor league numbers may indicate. Why didn’t the A’s give Canha, Lambo, Alonso and others the patented lift? An anecdote to illustrate: for a few months, I wore shoe heels like Tom Cruise to give myself an extra two inches. It was impossible to tell I had them in, they elongated me! I looked like Fred Astaire (as old people told me)! But after a few months, I got bunions the size of pearl onions and couldn’t walk. I had to stop with the lift because it wasn’t natural and making things worse. Maybe those other players couldn’t do the lift because it didn’t feel natural to them. Of course, none of this matters for this year. I’d grab Healy for the last ten days. Doode’s fahrenhot! Doode is straight butter that a professional hibachi chef puts on a sizzling lobster tail! Doode’s Kurt Russell in Backdraft! Healy is a social worker at a female prison that married a Russian mail-order bride! Wait, that last one is a plot point for a Netflix show. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Sean Rodriguez – I’ve been trumpeting this guy for about ten days. Let’s get down with the trumpets! Let’s get down with the trumpets! Let’s get down with the trumpets! Holy shizzballs that song is catchy. For your own sake, if you don’t know what song I’m talking about, do not under any circumstances Google, “Let’s get down with the trumpets,” and now that I’ve said that you are so going to Google it.
Tommy Joseph – Phils’ management wants to succeed. I mean, I guess they do, but next year when Joseph is an everyday player and struggling, you know they’re gonna wanna say to their fans, “This is what you people wanted!”
Josh Bell – He’s been solid at the plate since he’s come up. If it were earlier in the year and he had an everyday job, he’d have a chance of being on every fantasy team and being a true breakout player. With that said, earlier this week, Pirates’ GM Neal Huntington said Bell’s defense is a work in progress. Way to neg him. Are we sure this was Neal Huntington and not Neil Strauss?
T.J. Rivera – Not much here beyond a hot schmotato, but that’s all you need so I’d look to grab Torenthal James.
Asdrubal Cabrera – Oh my God, Asdrubal’s priming himself to be Daniel Murphy for this year’s Mets’ run. Get it, ‘Drubal, get it!
Adam Frazier – Knock, knock. Who’s there? It’s all about the Pirates this week in the Buy. Arghn’t you glad I didn’t say orange?
Yulieski Gurriel – I kinda understand him not being owned in every league. If this were May, I’d say grab Gurriel and own him in every league. But, this time of year, you should own guys who are hitting, and forget the big picture. Gurriel just hasn’t been that hot. With that said (Grey’s turning this ship around!), Gurriel’s making contact and just getting unlucky, and that could turn at any moment.
Adam Rosales – The Hitter-Tron says Padres hitters are like a rusty screwdriver, and rust is like an STD for metal, but Rosales has been hot.
Roman Quinn – You know who Quinn has a chance of being next year? Either the Delino DeShizz of my preseason hopes and dreams or the Delino DeShields of reality.
Carlos Gomez – He’s hot, yadda3, and Imma let me finish, but I’m so jazzed already about next year, that I wanted to say Gomez could be tagged as a bounce back, but I don’t see me doing that tagging or Banksy.
Domingo Santana – Yes, Sunday Santana sounds like a Latin porn star, but it would be spelled Sundae Santana. C’mon.
Mitch Haniger – If you listened to this week’s podcast, JB bet me that Zach Davies (of course, he bet on a Brewer) would be more valuable than Haniger next year. That’s Davies of a 89 MPH fastball, 7 K/9, 4.00 ERA, in one of the worst hitters’ parks. All Haniger needs to do is have an everyday job to win that.
Sergio Romo – Ever see a falling star? Goes from bright, as it cascades through the night sky, until it fades into oblivion. Okay, imagine that star were a thought and the night sky is Bochy’s giant head. That’s why it took so long to figure out Romo was the closer.
Daniel Hudson – I know this no illuminating factoid, but the Diamondbacks appear so rudderless that Hudson, who should be one of their best starters, could actually be their closer next year.
Ryan Dull – For those leagues that only use A’s and Pirates players, it’s a very active week.
Jharel Cotton – This is a Stream-o-Nator call, like the call it makes to Wal-Mart and asks to be put through to the greeter to just say hello. Stream-o-Nator so sad!
Robert Gsellman – Another Stream-o-Nator call. By the way, our very own Rudy Gamble had the best running back projections last week, according to Fantasy Pros, and 4th best fantasy football projections. I would’ve went with Barry Sanders. Is he still playing? He made me “Feel the Barr!”
SELL
Any Starter That Doesn’t Have A Good Final Matchup – Don’t do a “Find” on your team page for “Any Starter That.” He’s not an actual player. This is self-explanatory. There’s no time left in the season to be waiting on a guy that gets, say, the Red Sox next. I’d even look at cutting top arms after their next to last start if they’re headed to the playoffs. Arrieta, for unstints (that’s how I spell it), could only go a few innings in his final start. Or get skipped completely. David Price may only go four innings in his final start. You, more or less, need to think of every pitcher as a streamer from here until the end.
Any Hitter That Is Cold Or Day-To-Day With An Injury – This is looking directly at you, Bryce Harper. Will he be healthy the rest of the year? That’s a frown question, bro. You’re goofy in the coconut if you’re waiting around for him. It’s all good, KMD’s Mr. Hood, but you can drop him. There’s no time to be waiting around for cold hitters either. Ian Desmond sure had a great 1st half. Are you playing fantasy in a DeLorean? Who cares! Cut him! I really liked what Maikel Franco brought this year in its inverse, and I’d lose him with the quickness of a thousand monkey-fighting ninjas. Today, is your Independence Day from cold players, so don a Benjamin Franklin wig and start losing guys!
Quick followup…
Need to keep 5. I already have Altuve and Betts. Which 3 are you keeping out of:
– K. Seager
– G. Sanchez
– K. Davis
– Hanley
– Darvish
– Arrietta (no f’ing way, right!?)
Seager, Arrieta, Sanchez… could see maybe Hanley
Thanks! So you think Arrieta rebounds next season?
@GregJeffries: Well, it’s between him and Hanley and I think I’d take flyer on Arrieta in the 5th than Hanley
Gotcha. Makes sense. Thanks again Grey. Been reading your stuff every day for the past 3 years. You guys are awesome
No problem
@Grey: You are disrespecting Khris
I’m a bad person
Why cant Tommy Joseph be like Trumbo or Cron, Napoli or Khris Davis? Dude mashed in the minors while catching and now doesnt have to worry about that.
@Matt: Mashed in the minors? Where?
I love driving into work and a favorite song randomly comes on …thank you Sirius
@The Hack: Wow, never knew who sung this song… How often has that opening been used in other songs too?
Had no idea that Beck used that
@Grey: good catch on beck. Van Morrison is da man!
I had no idea this was Van Morrison, I’m so musically dense
@Grey: it’s technically them. The band he was in before his solo career
Yeah, never heard of them (pun)
@Grey: They(Them) are most famous for the song Gloria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9X-cgihXqQ
Yeah I know their songs, just had no idea who sang them (them)
12 team H2H
1) Drop any of Drury, Kiermaier or the ice cold Odor or Villar for Healy?
2) ToJo (@NYM, @ATL, vs NYM), Chris Carter (vs CIN, @TEX, @COL) or Mancini (vs AZ, @Tor, @NYY) for the stretch run?
Thanks in advance.
1) Drury 2) Carter
@Shin-Soo Choo Choo: Drury ain’t as cold as Odor and he’s playing in Baltimore. @Grey:
Can try him if you like over Drury
Healy, changed his path to the ball and started drawing from some of the raw power scouts always saw. As you said adding that loft like Donaldson, and Jake Lamb, who made a similar change as well. I like him a lot as a mid-late round pick in re-draft. Think he’s a great target in dynasty.
Yeah, agreed on Healy… I’m on a Youtube Beck loop now b/c of what JFOH posted
@Grey: van Morrison took you to beck? Actually that makes sense
Yeah, I got Beck’d… Jackass to Devil’s Haircut to Odelay album
@Grey: here is my all time favorite beck song
https://youtu.be/qL_9zWmDcjs
I like this one… I actually have a lot of Beck in the iTunes, good 10 albums
@Grey: ” hey lady…step inside my hyundai” best line ever. I read an oral history of LA punk and they talk about him as a child hanging around these punk bands because his parents did management. House parties too. Crazy life for him.
Mutations is probably my favorite album https://youtu.be/R1f6vk4PZ7o but I kinda got pissed at him for sea change because it was a total nick drake rip off
Yeah and lots of Scientology
@Grey: That’s what I thought! Ha!
Well if you want some fire underground in the rotation you let me know.
Give me some!
@Grey: do you own mutations?
Yeah, I think I might have everything up until his most recent
So,, if you could only have one, who do you like as a keeper, Margot or Renfroe?
Margot
Pick the best stream out of this heap. Need K’s and W
Estrada vs NYY
Asher @ NYM
Joe Ross @ Pit (probably not stretched out enough?)
Tough call, Estrada
Looking for a way to offset my 2nd base situation with Murphy’s ongoing leg injury. Sean Rodriguez is available, and while I have Baez, he doesnt play everyday, and hasnt put up the numbers Rodrigues has lately. I don’t necessarily want to drop Murph, as he’s a potential keeper next year with an 8th round keeper value.
I’ll list my roster below, but I’m thinking it comes down to Buxton or Dahl, while Buxton is streaky he has contributed in more categories lately(except OBP) than Dahl and I don’t know that Dahl or Buxton are keepers on my roster(can only keeper 4). Thoughts?
ESPN 12 team HTH 5×5 with OBP and QS daily moves and 4 keepers per season
C Posey
1B Cabrera
2B Daniel Murphy(DTD)
3B Seager
SS A. Russell
OF Trout
OF Buxton
OF Polanco
UTIL DH Morales
UTIL C/DH Sanchez
Bench 2B/SS/3B Baez
Bench OF Dahl
SP Lester
SP Porcello
RP Jansen
RP Melancon
P Price
P Joe Ross
P DeSclafani
P Paxton
Bench RP Kimbrel
Bench RP Familia
Bench SP Walker
DL SP Matz
DL “open”
You can lose Baez, can’t you? If not, lose Buxton, grab Sean-Rod
@Grey: The only reason I was hesitant was because he was my back up for Russell, If I use Sean-Rod at 2nd and Russell sits I have no SS. Does that make sense?If Murphy would just sew his leg back on I wouldn’t be in this predicament lol. So do that mean you like Dahl more than Buxton next week and a half or just overall? Appreciate your time in advance.
Yeah, makes sense, lose Bux
Harper is undroppable in ESPN. Would if I could! :-)
Oh. Oh well…
Would you start Ariel Miranda @MIN tomorrow?
Yeah, I’d give him a chance
If the championship is on the line, who do you trust more: Cotton or Gsellman?
(asking because my coin is still under the fridge)
@bruuuuuce: It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them.
Gsellman
@Grey:
So Cram It says Cotton, Grey says Gsellman…
and that damn coin is still under the fridge.
Damn!
@Grey:
I could go with Norris tomorrow instead. But that throws in a 3rd option and the elusive coin only has two sides
Go Norris
@Grey:
That’s where my imaginary 3-sided coin landed, too.
Thank you!
No problem
Grey,
Do any of the following 3 starts concern you? I need a win to catch my opponent, but def. don’t need a loss. I am winning losses by 1
Descalfini @MIlW
Nova vs. Was
Alec Asher @NYM
thanks
thanks
hes got 4 starters the rest of the week
DeScalfani and Asher worry me
Way back when I had the red and black lumberjack, with the SHOES to match…
https://thepremierstore.com/products/gel-lyte-iii-14
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: Dope!
Awesome
@Grey: Shipped out to me today. And then I really need to stop buying shoes for a couple months.
Never! Just need to lay off the Asics
@Grey: Asics are cheap compared to others. I’m not snobby yet….those shoes were a “General Release”. Some people probably would scoff at them because they weren’t a designer limited collab. Scoffers, pffft.
Haha… yeah, Asics are legit… back to basics, kicking it in my Asics
Why do I know this guy?
@Grey: No idea, I only know this song.
The real question is are you sadistic enough to get down wit this?
Nah I ain’t down with this, it’ll give me nightmares
@Grey: Beat is bananas
@Grey: You know the album because I have played songs off duck season before.
@The Hack: Best song on that joint IMHO
@Ralph Lifshitz: beatnuts is my fave on that album but so many are good I choose not to decide. I remember when it broke I ran down to the beat junkies record store to buy a vinyl because Babu would be around and he would sign but when I got there they were all sold out. So bummed.
Oh! There ya go
@Ralph Lifshitz: Ralph’s Friday afternoon hip-hop extravaganzas can’t be matched.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: Ralph on the track’s insane……https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUBxS5yxGTA
Need a win, qs, and no loss can only pick one of these streamers
Chen vs atl
norris vs kc
asher @mets
cotton vs rangers
matt cain @sd
tomlin vs cws
Norris or Cotton
My infield of Trea Turner, Bogaerts, and Drury have been killing me this week – can you help me send good vibes for the weekend and they wake up?
Sending them now
Grey,
Would you please rank these streams I’m considering from best to worst? Any you’d avoid? Streamy has these all at $11 or higher.
Chen hosting Atlanta
Gsellman hosting Philly
Musgrove hosting LAA
Waino hosting Cincy
Griffin hosting Brewers
Kennedy hosting Twins
I have a narrow 4.5 pt hold on first with 92 innings left. I will almost certainly gain a point in K’s, and with some good starts could possibly gain a point on both era and whip. Everything else I’m either in first or have no chance of catching the person in front of me.
Thanks! Expect another Daquiri this week!
Gsell, Musg, Kennedy
@Grey: thanks. I really think there might be something to that wainwright start. And I hate wainwright (for fantasy).
Yeah, maybe
would you stream any of these 3 starters for a W?
Tomlin vs CHW (carlso rodon)
Boyd vs KC (Volquez)
T. Anderson @LAD (R. Hill)
Boyd
I’d be shocked if anyone besides me has this joint. One of the most slept on Wu affiliates.
@Ralph Lifshitz: How about this
@The Hack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZnvp9fILM
Don’t know it
Since I closed with Dilated People last night Im going to start with them . Look out for the prophecy spoken in the song
@The Hack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci78Y6oTAY8
@Ralph Lifshitz: DEFARI!
My favorite cut is off Duck Season, damn thats a great album
Love DP
Arrieta seems to be ending it on a high note. It helps when your infield gives you 2 DPs!
Totally
Remember this from back in the day……
@Ralph Lifshitz: Ive heard that before. Fuck Yeah!
I always liked this one, I think its the sample
@Grey: Nah, I said it on there it was Frank Catalanotto
Oh… had a phone call interrupt before you said it
@The Hack: Love TKO by Teddy Pendergrass is the sample.
@Ralph Lifshitz: That’s not Teddy, the sample is this
I see what you did there… were you thinking of Mike Paguilaro on your podcast?
I have 3 people slated to throw today, chasing wins and trying not to destroy my ERA
Fulmer vs KC (Duffy). Fulmer hasn’t won a game in more than a month
Taillon vs WAS
Gio @ PIT
start all 3? thinking about sitting fulmer, is that crazy?
@joe is a popular name: I’d sit Gio before I’d sit Fulmer.
I’d start all three, Gio’s the worst matchup
Fire up Reyes tomorrow even though he’s vs Cubs?
Think you gotta
starting archer tonight, home v boston?
Yup, begrudgingly
I’d add to the Sell list – any starter that has made his final start in your league. Some leagues close up shop on Sunday and once your starter pitches today or tomorrow he’s dead to you — including guys like Kershaw or Arrieta. Maybe the software won’t let you cut those guys, but you get my point. I’m a pointer!
Agreed
Do you like Bundy vs ARI or Cotton vs TEX more?
Cotton
I always had a special place for these guys because they always put on a great live show and came from one of the worst neighborhoods in Long Beach yet are the dorkiest white guys
For a moment I thought it was Kurious walk like a duck
@Grey: oh c’mon now
What?!
@Grey: Yeah!
Yasssss!
@Grey: Yuddddddups!
Haha
Need help in avg and runs, secondarily HR and RBI… Bench who of following: Santana, Springer, Cespedes, JD Martinez, Carlos Gomez. Thanks!
Gomez
What does strep throat equate to on the Mets injury chart? Apparently that’s why Syndergaard got scratched….
I’m guessing Bubonic plague
Hahahaha
I want to pick up Gsellman but have a sneaky suspicion the person i am facing will out bid me. Other than that my best options are wei yen chen atlanta or josh tomlin vs white sox. WHo do you like?
Neither, Tomlin
All this underground must be a lot to take in today
It’s a bit overwhelming
@Grey: breath…breath, open your mind
I’m trying!
SON just has a hard on for home starts in general, right? Not sure if I want to mess around with Andriese v. BOS ($7)
I wouldn’t
@Grey:
Cool.
Btw, huge thanks to you, Rudy and the Razzball crew for the SON/HIT. I’ve used it the last few years so I’m well acquainted with it, but it’s become my sole consultation for streams. In three semi-finals match-ups, it’s been invaluable and I look forward to resubscribing next season.
Nice! No problem
Championship week. I lost Thor so my opponent now has 2 more starts on me. NL-only and the 2 best streamers left are Ynoa vs PHI and Chen vs ATL. Who do you like better?
I’m leaning Ynoa because he goes tonight. If he does well, my opponent may start everyone to catch me in all categories, which could result in some bad starts. If he does poorly, my opponent may sit a few guys to hold down ERA and WHIP.
Strategery is hard!
Try Ynoa then
Is Finnegan gonna have a start left this year? hoping to get one more out of him but may drop him if I know he isn’t starting. Thanks.
Not sure, sorry
Jaime Garcia is starting Monday against Reds. Should be a two start pitcher for next week. Any trust over Gsellman one start? Romo over Maurer next week?
I’d try Garcia if I really needed the extra start… I’d go Romo
Start
Lamb @ Gallardo
Or
Polanco vs Gio Gonzalez
Polanco
@Grey:
Well I started Lamb.
Polanco hits head against the outfield wall in the first. Leaving game
Nice move then!
@Grey:
Danny Duffy messing up all my luck
Yup
And oofa for my Polanco
One more for you. 12-team QS.
Pineda @TOR ($18) or Boyd v. KC ($2)? I wish I could tell you if I need Ks or ratios more, but the matchup is too close and there are still some SP for both of us between now and Sunday.
Boyd
Should I go with Drury or Kiermaier today?
Thanks
@Luke:
I’m going with Drury. In a roto , if that helps
Drury
Love what they did with this
https://youtu.be/21XE2y-Ze4Q
I love mashups
40 year old Ortiz is now hitting .319, 37 hrs, 127 rbi….what a year. And he’s retiring?
Have a great weekend Grey and razzballers….
Can’t believe he’s retiring, makes no sense
Who makes more money the BH lift surgeon or Anthony Weiner’s shrink?
All this to ask what about SAGNOFs. Which 3 SAGNOFs would you pick out of?
Whit Merrifield, Jose Peraza, Hernan Perez, Andrelton Simmons, Rajai Davis (he’s being moved up and down the lineup like a yo-yo), Chris Hernandez, Jarrod Dyson, Chris Owings, Elvis Andrus
Thanks, Grey.
Shrink… Perez, Rajai, Owings
My turn…
https://youtu.be/xTsJYQNyAS8
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: there are a lot of cuts above. Did you check them out?
@The Hack: Yeah that’s why I jumped on the mash-up wagon here.
Did he change his name back or is this his official name now?
@Grey: This is a mash-up by Amerigo Gazaway. He does awesome work.
Love this shizz… you ever hear DJ Topcat?
@Grey: No, I’ll have to check him out.
Ghostfunk is the best mash-up I have. Think I posted a song a long time ago but it’s too good…
Is it Ghostface and all different artists funk songs? Can’t listen where I am…
@Grey: Just all Ghostface with this African electronic funk music. So good.
Nice will check it out when I get home… about to see birth of a nation
@Grey: You and your special screenings, ha. That’s awesome. Unless your 100 years late seeing D.W. Griffith’s film.
Hahaha… nah, the new one
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: I meant the songs way more above
Gimme one sneaky player
to win me steals this weekend?
Quinn
@Grey:
You’re the man!
Grimey!
@Grey:
Freeman has two steals lol jeez
Ha
Pitcher for tomorrow…how would you rank these three:
Miranda @ MIN (Duffy)*
Reyes @ CHC (Hammel)
Norris KC (Ventura)
Chen ATL (Blair)
Thanks!
I know you like Miranda but that 5.02FIP/5.07xFIP scare the crap out of me
Norris, Reyes, Miranda
Earlier today I asked about the merits of streaming Pineda and Andriese in a close ratios matchup.
Well, after Hellickson and Giles (6 ER in 0.1 IP!), GUESS WHO’S STREAMING ANYONE WITH A HEARTBEAT.
I hear that
NL only in playoffs with no ratios, just hits replacing AVG, earned runs replacing ERA, innings replacing whip.
C hundley
1B rizzo
2B rendon
SS villar
3B nunez
MI mercer (short term injury but did have an at bat yesterday)
CI t.joseph (hitting great lately but then benched last 2 days for some asinine reason for howard (probably same reasoning that had jeenmar gomez closing all year))
OF (4) adonis/span/heyward/contreras (benched quite often again lately)
util (2) t.murphy/parra
BN pollock/marte/d.murphy (out till at least end of this matchup sunday)
SP lester/chen/brault (streamer)/shark/ray/c.richard/hellickson/morgan/lugo
RP ottavino/romo
i’m winning runs by 2, RBI’s by 2, steals by 1, losing hits by 3, HR’s by 3, winning wins by 1, saves by 1 (and he has no closers), K’s by 1, losing ER by 2, losing innings by 1.66. have one move left and i might’ve just made a very large mistake grabbing brault (razzball and depthcharts shows him staring sunday, but espn and yahoo show glasnow starting sunday). still have ONE move left for week, opp is out. opp has at most 5 starts in cueto (iffy), hammel, reyes, wily P, shipley and i have at least 4 (5 if this glasnow stuff is wrong) in chen, ray, richard, lester.
use my last move one which of these:
1. another SP to try to lock up wins/K’s/innings in jungmann/gilmartin/cosart (appears to be NO starter i can grab for sunday), man i would’ve been in good shape had i been sure to get 2 starters rather than brault (my ass for not checking more first), or a starter and a hitter.
2. a hitter to try to win hitting stuff: howard/conforto/coghlan/adrianza/raburn (plays lefties both today AND sunday, so should start)/b.crawford (if he plays, recently dropped)/dietrich. i’d check of course beforehand to make sure whichever plays.
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo: oops, i really f’d up, as glasnow himself IS available. maybe securing that PIT sunday start could be best idea (hope hope cueto doesn’t play for sure then)
Oh, then, yeah, I can see going Glasnow
I’d try Raburn
@Grey: that being said it’s against kershaw and blister hill.
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo: there’s the real problem, apparently cunt hurdle “announced friday” about glasnow, but rotoworld didn’t report it till nearly around the same time you answered this here. jebus.
So you missed it?
@Grey: i wasted 1 out of 2 adds left on brault, only due to being at depthcharts and SON, but had a blurb shown up friday night about glasnow playing friday i’d have had 2 moves to use rather than 1.
Gotcha
Hey Grey – been a fan for 7 years! Streaming either Matt Boyd (vs. Royals) or Josh Tomlin (vs. ChiSox) for Sunday. I got one player left to add so can only pick one. Thoughts?
Also, thoughts on starting Peralta vs. Cincy? My gut says yes.
Thanks! Boyd… I wouldn’t trust Peralta
@Grey: Thanks!
Hey Grey,
Yu Darvish wrecked me last time I threw him out there against the A’s. This one’s an away game, but I’m still scared. Would you start him?
Thanks!
@Grassy Knoll Redding: PS: As per your advice, should I now drop Correa and Daniel Murphy? Thanks again!
Yeah, lose them
I dropped him
22
3 more for salvation!
Drop Matt Carp for Cam Maybin??? Carp doesn’t seem right…but Maybin’s got that thumb.
Sure
Which SP do you think is the safest bet to get two starts the last week? Colon? Do you think Maeda makes both starts next week?
Thanks.
Colon, not Maeda
Top two start SPs for next week? Trying to prepare for the championship.
Thanks.
https://razzball.com/streamers/
@Grey: Gregory Polanco is a drop right?
Yeah, think so
So the guy I’m playing this week for a spot in the finals next week picked up Andrus today. Now I’m at risk of losing cause Drury and Bogaerts forgot how to hit this week. It’s gut check time and these 2 fools are killing me.
I think I need to keep Bogaerts cause he can have a big game at any time – but the lack of production from Drury this week means his hot streak is probably over. I need to nail this batty call or else my season is probably over. Filtered based on top players the last 14 days and ownership %. The following players are available and intrigue me – Adrian Gonzalez, Corey Dickerson, Brad Miller, and Ryon Healy (cause of this article, but he’s been 1 for his last 16 – is he a good call for tomorrow? What is Grey’s call for saving my team?
Dickerson, hope it works, good luck!
@Grey: this was a huge mismatch in my favor on paper – my offense had been dominating all year… when it matters most they decide to fade. It’s like these players knew they had 2 weeks off (locked up 1st place and playing the last place team that last week + 1st round bye) and just came out sluggish for a spot in the finals. They thought they won it for me already and took the foot off the gas. I feel like I need to give these guys an emotional locker room speech to give them that last push for tomorrow.
Haha, hope it works!
@Grey: Is Dickerson going to play tomorrow? Just saw the pitching matchup – Eduardo Rodriguez is starting.
Then try AGon, I’m not sure
@Grey: Went with Reyes and Cesar Hernandez today as my batty calls to help with Rs and SBs – really the only “realistic” cats left up for debate. Unless one of his guys goes absolutely bonkers (which is very possible). His last 2 batters go at 4:10 so by Sunday Night Baseball in which I have Rizzo – I’ll know if I will be playing next week.
After a year off, I wouldn’t have gotten this far without your yoda-like wisdom – it’s been a great ride this season, no matter how next week shakes out.
Hopefully it pays off!
1)Need Wins…as many as possible. Best starters to get the job done?
Walker @ MIN (Santiago)
Cotton TEX (Lewis)
Musgrove LAA (Wright)
Erod @TB (Odorizzi)
Cole @ PIT (Glasnow)
Peralta CIN(Finnigan)
Richard SF (n/a)
Boyd KC (Volquez)
Anderson @ LAD (McCarthy)
Lewis @ OAK (Cotton)
2) Any good recommendations on how to stream for runs tomorrow? Here is my line up for tomorrow (OBP):
Lucroy @ Cotton (n/a)
Santana v Rodon (1.060 OPS)
Dozier v Walker (.452 OPS)
K Seager @ Santiago (.382 OPS)
J. Ramirez v Rodon (1.138 OPS 2 SB)
Harper @ Glasnow (n/a)
Buxton v Walker (n/a)
Cargo @ Hill (n/a)
Freeman @ Fernandez (1.027 OPS 2 HR)
Granderson v Thompson (n/a)
Any of those guys you’d rather switch out for a hot schmatato for tomorrow? Desperately need runs.
Cotton, Musgrove, Boyd, Anderson… CarGo, Harper
who would you keep in keeper league – Nick Williams Phi – OF or Jesse Winker Cin – OF or should I find a why to keep both
Winker
Hard to steal a base when
You K FIVE TIMES!!
Haha
Haha, ouch
Red Dicks dong was a grand salami
Yeah, I think I just dropped him too… I’m an idiot
Happy almost Sunday, Grey!
Desperation hour
Tied in HR and SB. Need a lucky penny for tomorrow
Bet on:
Alvarez (56.2) vs Shipley
Or
Rajai (26) vs Rodon??
Rajai
@Grey: Thanks for everything Grey. Won matchup. On to Championship week. But feels empty. Can’t believe JoFer is gone.
He was so awesome. And so awesome for the game.
I know, really sad
one last day for the 2nd biggest money bubble between 3rd/4th and playing for 1st (2nd gets half of 1st, i already locked up 2nd in season, getting just short of buy in back). 12 teamer with OBP over AVG, total bases and hits added for hitters and losses added for pitchers (yeah i know, i don’t like it either but now i run it and it’s local and we can get the decent money together every year)
up 7 in runs, 8 in hits, 4 in RBi’s, 1 in HR’s, 2 in steals, 12 in bases, 70 pts in OBP (.351 to .281), losing wins 2-5, tied in losses 4-4, winning saves and he’s drawing dead 5-2, losing K’s by 7, losing ERA by a decent margin (2.75-3.69), winning WHIP by .06 (1.19- 1.25). i also have the tiebreaker.
my pitching options are:
cotton vs TEX (12.6, .4/.26 win to loss chance)
boyd vs KC (2.4, .39/.27 )
tomlin vs WSOX (10.6 .37/.35)
pineda @ TOR (18.4 .39/.3)
musgrove vs LAA (12.1 .44/.25), along with osuna/thornburg (with maurer/ottavino benched)
opp has:
glasnow vs WAS (SON doesn’t have it yet, but brault was -2.2)
t.anderson @ LAN (2.1 .23/.48)
bundy vs ARI (10.4 .47/.18), i couldn’t hold bundy anymore, had him for the entirely of his great streak.
options appear to be bench all starters and hope my .06 whip lead holds up and no worse than tie losses, or bench some starters and give up all hope of K’s (and outside chance at wins) or just play all of them. other than cotton all my guys start early so i can’t hedge and wait and see.
You’re gonna win this, I say go for it, start them all
My two year old was wondering why daddy was crying so hard watching espn this morning.
Terrible
Holy Shiz! So tragic…
So awful
Nick adenhart or j-fer in keeper league?
Ouch
Awful news on J Fer. He was a joy to watch pitch.
So terrible
RIP JoFer
Being a huge Dodger fan, i was really disappointed the Dodgers didnt trade for him, i had hopes of them doing so this winter. JoFer and Trout are probably the only players i would give up the farm for (Urias, Puig, Joc, a couple of those guys, etc), and i dont generally believe in giving up the farm for a player. It was fun watching him pitch, so freakin nasty with that gas and slider. He will definitely be missed.
I can’t believe it
I still remember (I was 12) when Munson died.
Terrible
Effin’ awful
Stream one of Gsellman, Musgrove, Cotton or just throw C-Mart tonight? Thanks
Gsellman
You think Giles closes at all next week or is he droppable? He was my only saves guy.
@SF: Looking at Smith or Koji as a pickup.
I dropped Giles, but if he were my only saves guy, I would not drop him if I needed saves… Koji would be my choice for a flyer
@Grey: g thanks. Had the worst luck with saves guys this year.
@SF: that’s supposed to say grey thanks! Stupid phone.
Gotcha
@Grey: So i guess Giles is okay. Thanks for talking me off the ledge.
Yeah, no problem
Villar is limping into the finish here. Bat looks depleted, but he does have a hitter friendly slate this week, @TEX and @COL. Don’t need steals or runs, just HR/RBI and BA. Do I play him or SeanRod (7 games, some tough pitching vs Cubs and StL)? Thanks. Devasted by the JoFer news :(
Yeah, I hear ya…. I’d go with Villar
Days like this remind me why I love and hate fantasy. I love it because I’m glad I got to follow and admire every step of this kids career and hate it because I care about the player more than I should.
Out of all the players for this to happen to, it feels the most unfair.
@Grey: exactly. You hate to see this happen to anyone but as a lover of baseball it’s hard when you were watching a guy that was on the way to being one of the greatest of his generation.
I know, damn it, it’s so awful
I don’t always care for all the stuff people tweet out during these times but this pic is very poetic.
https://twitter.com/JFOH_Razzball/status/780067952838180864
I love that
Heavy heart today. For the final week I need two catchers out of Wieters(Jays and Yankees), Joseph(Mets and Braves) and Contreras(Pirates, Reds). Need HR, RBIS, AVG in that order. Which one to get rid of? Thanks
Real shame…. Wieters
Trying to close out my championship run. 4X4, 10 teams. I have a huge lead in ERA, and also lead by 8 wins, 4 saves, and whip (but it’s real close, 1.119 vs 1.125). No Ks. Which 9 pitchers do I run out for the final week?
Diaz — no brainer
Kimbrel — no brainer
Dyson — no brainer
Oh – no brainer
Ottavino — 6 games, SF and MIL
Romo — 6 games, COL and LAD
Dull — 7 games, LAA and SEA
Sale — TB and MIN
Hendricks — @PIT, @CIN
Pretty good matchups for the two starters, but do I play 9 closers? WHIP and Saves are all that really matter, but I could miss out on some good WHIP performances from Sale and Hendricks.
Thanks!
You need 9 pitchers and you listed 9 pitchers? I’d play Sale for WHIP
@Grey: Indeed I did! I left off: Thornburg and Andrew Bailey. So which two would you leave off if your priorities are WHIP and Saves?
Diaz, Kimbrel, Dyson, Oh, Ottavino, Thornburg, Romo, Dull, Bailey, Sale and Hendricks …
Leave off Hendricks and Dull
I won’t be able to enjoy baseball the same way for awhile…
It sucks, Grimey
Manaea starts Monday @ LAA. Good streamer ? Need K’s , Era ….W
6×6 Roto
Very risky
@Grey:
Also. Looking at Buchholz @ NYY and Noalsco home vs A’ s
Risking , yes. But I need either K’s and W’s to gain .
Nolasco
@Grey:
Thanks. Might go with both Manaea and Nolasco
No problem
opp didn’t get enough of a push to make any dents in hitting categories (except tying homers), even with boyd’s garbage i still will only lose K’s by 1 (should’ve gone norris yesterday over tomlin today, SON loved it much more. for championship week now have
C leon (awful for a bit)
1B au rizz
2B segura
SS villar
3B toddfather
OF (3) mookie/turner/hanram
util (2) duvall/ortiz
BN grichuk/buxton
SP cotton/boyd/musgrove/tomlin/pineda/smyly/hamels/duffy/gausman
RP ottavino/maurer/osuna/thornburg (could’ve had romo but knew i might need to use these 5 moves since opp has one closer and a LOT of SP, compared to most opp’s), 4 slots total.
also have deleon/b.stewart/w.chen to drop (had added both of LAD guys when it appeared at least one of them would be used when urias was shut down, then they figured using kazmir for one more injury-filled inning was smarter and b.anderson at ALL over those). one of these i’ll likely use as a bench bat for off days (catcher probably). the other two who’s best two adds:
SP: mccarthy (assuming he is somehow healthy in 5-6 days 1.5),
9/27
nolasco vs OAK (16.3 and very good lately)
9/28
meyer vs OAK (12.6)
9/29
norris (better than SON lately -2.9 vs CLE)
9/30
chacin vs HOU (awesome lately, 10.4)
10/2
mccarthy (assuming still healthy in 5-6 days 1.5)
opp (who is normally a good team but this year had to have 2 teams ahead of him in standings fall flat on their faces during the last week before playoffs, then even only got in on tiebreaker) is doing the bunch of setup men route often employed in RCL’s. it’s not a bad idea here due to losses, but it doesn’t help him get K’s either. he’s got
SP darvish/teheran/kuhl/conley/archer/gsellman/urias/blach (streamer blocker against opp last day of week)
RP iglesias/gregerson/e.diaz/harris/giles/brach/neris (so about 2.8 or so closers)
so he’ll be streaming too, but i can attempt to grab options right away when tomorrow opens in yahoo
2. also, any of these over any of my hitters currently: schebler/bell/sunday santana?
3. catcherwise, which of these over leon: beef wel, zunino, contreras, (would say t.murphy as backup and only play when he plays but he’s at SF or off till the 30th.
@Bull in a Chinese Restaurant: one interesting thing, i’m seeing kazmir still is supposed to pitch this week, but didn’t he leave the game yesterday (or 2 days back they all bleed together with football/hockey/baseball fantasy playoffs at same time) injured yet again? if he is indeed injured i’d think stewart or de leon does in fact get another start here.
I wouldn’t trust anyone to pitch longer than 4 IP on the Dodgers as they prepare for the playoffs…
Chacin, Nolasco… I’d be lying if I said I was confident in them… 2. Domingo over Buxton 3. Welington
@Grey: oh yeah, these are just options that are AT ALL stomachable. i’m about to get beat in an AL only by somebody who literally just threw about 1.5 STREAMABLE guys per day (nolasco/meyer etc, and i even had the peacock/tomlin ones) at me, something he’d normally not do. to be fair he’d have won anyway as his hitting is going to win EVERY category and he has the tiebreaker, but he shouldn’t have even been close there in ratios and QS, but is.
on the LA 4 innings deal, yeah, guess little chance at wins (but maybe not IF deleon/stewart come in innings 4-7, which they could), i’ve been leaving them in SP spots (only 3) daily in case of that. opp will likely be doing the same with urias (who i had for a long time during about 3 different intervals)
Yeah, I mean that would be my guess
So sad about JFer
Start which 2 of the following for championship week? Standard 5×5, all categories are pretty much tied
Morales (MIN3, CLE3) $9.1
Cron (OAK3, HOU3) $8.6
Dahl (@SF3, MIL3) $4.8
Healy (@LAA3, @SEA4) $4.5
Drury (@WSH4, SD3) -$3.6
Sean Rodriguez (CHC4, @STL3) -$7.5
@Abe Froman: check how many lefties in dahl’s case. he doesn’t play them.
@Bull in a Chinese Restaurant: that’s raburn land boy, don’t let the sun set on yr dahl owning ass.
I know… Morales, Healy
Hey Grey- chasing wins and Ks in final week. Out of:
Archie [email protected], SD
Buchholz- @NYY, Tor
Reyes-Cin
Fulmer-Cle
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Aaron Sanchez-Bal, @Bos
I need to drop one. Thoughts? Thanks
Buchholz