Steven Kwan hit the IL with a hammy injury, which really, really sucks–Hold up! Guards are calling up Kyle Manzardo! Oh, boy, I feel my rap altar ego, B. Fire coming on!
Kyle Manzardo?!
Aw sookie! That hit tool ain’t bizardo!
Headed to the DQ for the Blizzardo!
The original DQ was owned by a guy named Sherb Noble,
Making your lactose-intolerant belly into Chernobyl!
Wonder if that’s where the word sherbet came from, could someone google, I don’t have any more minutes on my mobile!
Damn, Drake and Kendrick don’t want none of this! So, here’s what Itch’s said, “(Manzardo) played well after coming over from Tampa in exchange for Aaron Civale, slashing .256/.348/.590 with six home runs in 21 games. Had gotten caught in between a bit early in the season as he sought to maximize his power as a six-foot, 205 lb left handed hitter with no defensive versatility, but he found himself along the way and kept hitting in the Arizona Fall League. If I saw Grey, I’d keep hitting his head.” Okay, not cool. This preseason I had less kind things to say on Manzardo. Saying previously he’s a platoon Schanuel. Call him Nolan Schnooze. Would I grab him everywhere? Sure, why not? Maybe he comes up and hits. In Triple-A in 29 games, he did have 9 HRs and .303 with a 17.2% strikeout rate, so he might’ve unlocked something extra. Like Sherb Noble on the jimmies! Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Ben Lively – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.08. There’s so many pitchers, Exhibit 134. Lively’s peripherals aren’t backing up a 2.08 ERA, but they’re not exactly saying he’s totally fibbing. Just laughed to myself thinking about someone saying to their friends, “I picked up Lively because Grey said he’s not totally fibbing.” You just lost a friend there. Sorry about that! Lively looks more real than I thought he would (10 K/9, 2.5 BB/9, 3.28 xFIP) and could see trying him in most mixed leagues for his next start.
Jose Ramirez – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (6) and legs (5). JoJo-Ram making a play to become the new Mr. H2H.
Josh Naylor – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer. Jo-Nay yay! (Said like Martin Lawrence.)
Javier Assad – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.66. He’s so good his last name feels like it’s beside the point. Javier’s great? Yeah, but Assad from that, he loves to groom dogs.
Jameson Taillon – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.13. His numbers are begging for the Regression Fairies to rearrange his closet and rip apart his ratios.
Freddy Peralta – 5 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners (6 BBs), 5 Ks, ERA at 3.49. Alternating starts now is FreddyKBB and FreddyIneedanantacid.
Erick Fedde – 4 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.46. The return of Fedde WAP!
Bryan Ramos – 1-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI as he was called up. To make room, the White Sox IL’d the injured Mendick. Oh God! *crosses legs* Oh, it was just a back injury. Whew. So, Ramos looks promising for, I don’t know, 2026? He’s 22 and was hitting .182 in Double-A.
Eloy Jimenez – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer, hitting .231. Before the start of game yesterday, Austin Martin was higher on the Player Rater than Eloy. Who? That’s the point.
Garrett Crochet – 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.31. This start was vs. the Cards, who are in a battle with the White Sox for the worst hitting teams, and yesterday they were winning, uh, losing.
Dylan Carlson – 0-for-3 as he was activated from the IL. I pray for your fantasy team if you heard about Carlson returning and you got excited.
Clarke Schmidt – 5 IP, 3 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.50. Schmidt happens trying to change the connotations behind that phrase.
Aaron Judge – 2-for-3 and his 7th homer. He raised his average almost 25 points since Thursday. That’s in three games. Well, two and three-quarters, because he was ejected on Saturday. Family can afford to take their kid to one game per year. It costs $500 all-in and it’s going to take tightening up elsewhere in the family budget, but the kid loves Aaron Judge and wants to see him. Then he gets ejected. Ump should be immediately fired (into the sun).
Nestor Cortes – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.72. As long as his BB/9 is 1.5, or anywhere under 2, it’s hard to imagine him not being worthwhile.
Casey Mize – 5 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.98. I said move on after his previous start, not sure things are getting better.
Tarik Skubal – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 12 Ks, ERA at 1.90. Gonna be wild next year when someone drafts Skubal in the top 12 overall.
Jared Jones – 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, zero walks, 10 Ks, ERA at 2.63. Every time the Rockies get a hit in an away game, their fans, if they had any, should act as the revelers do in Times Square at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s.
Oneil Cruz – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, and 2nd homer in three games. Are you telling me his career wasn’t over because he had a bad April? Wow, I heard different.
Sean Bouchard – 2-for-3 and his 1st homer. That’s exactly the kind of heads up Bud Black needs to get him out of the lineup.
Christian Scott – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, as he was called up. Pitcher Christian, you’re the one! Watched every pitch he threw and looked as good as advertised. Think it’s between him, Jared Jones and Skenes for best rookie pitcher, and Scott’s here now. Also, just gave you my Christian Scott fantasy. All Weeknd the title’s song was stuck in my head.
Ryan Pepiot – Day-to-day after taking a 107 MPH screamer off the leg. Pepiot will now wrap his leg in parchment paper with lemon and herbs.
Randy Arozarena – 1-for-5 and a slam (5) and legs (5), 2nd homer in three games, hitting .143. “Help me move the recycle bin to the curb, would ya? Don’t look at me like that, I put the body in the correct bin–Hold on! Randy moved! He’s alive!”
Jose Caballero – 0-for-2, 3 runs and his 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th steal. Rays stole six bags off the Mets. Sadly, it was off multiple catchers and pitchers, so hard to discern who was so awful here, but looks like it was mostly Luis Severino and Nido, i.e., stream SBs vs. them.
Trea Turner – Hit the IL with a hamstring strain from hustling. He thinks he’ll miss at least six weeks. Stupid freakin’ Treat Urner trying to urn treats!
Taijuan Walker – 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 6.39 vs. Logan Webb – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.50. This matchup was billed as Webb/Walker, which is Peter Parker when he forgets his bus pass. High five! No? You’re right, that was awful.
Bryce Harper – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .234. At least he’s been better than Freeman and Olson! (I think on Freeman, they’ve both been pretty close to meh.)
John Means – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks in his first start. Liked Means a lot before his injury. Living well above his Means, as they say in those posh British crime dramas you watch on BritBox as Mountcastle investigates. Means is not the most exciting pitcher; he’s not a borderline ace or anything, but he can be a usable back-end starter. Just about the Means.
Yennier Cano – 2/3 IP, 0 ER, and his 1st save on Saturday, as Craig Kimbrel (1/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 3.55) got a hard-earned Hold.
Jordan Westburg – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .286. The ball went Northburg.
Anthony Santander – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 5 RBIs and his 5th homer. Trade Santander to the Reds for Lodolo (5 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 2.79) right now. Please I’m begging here!
Alexis Diaz – 1/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 6.57. Kazaam! There’s no hell hot enough for the manager who brings a closer into a not save situation.
Dean Kremer – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.57. Sonavabench! Should’ve trusted Kremerica Industries to produce a solid, unassuming start, even in Cincy.
Max Muncy – Didn’t start Sunday, but hit his 6th, 7th, 8th homers on Saturday. Max is the Munciest!
Shohei Ohtani – 4-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 9th and 10th homer, hitting .364. Shooting my shot here: If Ohtani is looking for a new best friend who is a terrible gambler, I’m available.
Evan Phillips – Hit the IL with Grade 1 hamstring strain. Sounds super minor, which makes sense in Grade 1. Can grab Daniel Hudson; he should get the next two weeks of saves.
Teoscar Hernandez – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer. And the Teoscar goes to…Teoscar. That seems rigged.
Marcell Ozuna – 2-for-4 and his 10th homer, .308. Lost 50 points in average since I told you to sell him, but what I’d really like to talk about is how Matt Olson stopped playing baseball after last year. I miss him. Anyone know what he’s up to?
Framber Valdez – 5 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.97. Yeah, he’s totally fine. No concerns here! For those saying, oh, wow, you know now he sucks, but where were you in March? I was saying this since January.
Hunter Brown – 4 1/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 8.89. With it being Kentucky Derby weekend, it would only be right the Astros’ Hot Brown pitched. Not hot as in good, but Hot Brown as in it looks like diarrhea on a plate.
Jon Singleton – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 3rd homer this week. From a Hot Brown to a hot schmotato!
Cal Raleigh – 1-for-5 and his 8th homer, 2nd homer in as many games. Just googled Raleigh’s stats, and google asked, “Did you mean twerking of giant butts?”
Daniel Lynch IV – 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, in his 1st start. Fun fact! When ranking Daniel Lynchs, it goes Daniel Lynch IV, Daniel Lynch II, Daniel Lynch III, Daniel Lynch V then Daniel Lynch I.
Wyatt Langford – Hit the IL with being a suck merchant. Excuse me a hamstring strain. Rangers said he’ll miss a month. So glad I only drafted him in one league. Dude was Tuffy Rhodes but in Spring Training! At least Tuffy did it in the majors!
Jon Gray – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.50. He’s been so good this year, but Streamonator sees his next and says no way. Will finally get to see if you can go home again.
Ryan Jeffers – 1-for-5 and his 6th homer, hitting .291. On the Player Rater, he’s the 5th best catcher. So, unless you’re in a 4-team league, I don’t know why he’s on your waivers.
Ceddanne Rafaela – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .202. Type of guy who I wouldn’t even wait for the official schmotato call or the pause to monocle. Like 7-11’s cylindrical hamburgers, just grab and go.
Rafael Devers – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .292. Getting stuffy in here, did someone shut the Buy Low window?
Joc Pederson – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .297. Type to hit one homer then go on a schmotato run.
Michael King – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.29. You heard of Kung Fu? This is Michael Fu King. He always be Fu King with us. Start him? He’s terrible. Bench him? He’s great. Streamonator says his next one will be awful, so where does that leave us? You gotta be Fu King kidding me, if you think I know.
Joe Musgrove – Hit the IL with triceps tendonitis. Damn, people wonder how I knew to avoid him. People say, “Can I get some of that crystal ball shizz you got?” Wish I could say I’m a witch, but it’s more because Musgrove had an arm injury last year. I know, crazy that was all it was. I think the wilder thing is others chose to ignore it.
Matt Waldron – 3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 5.82. Padres buy and trade like contenders and play like a .500 team.
Jackson Merrill – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .284. Now there’s a name I haven’t thought about in a while. If you bet any rookie named Jackson to win the ROY this year, don’t fear. Shota or Yamamoto could change their names.
Nick Gordon – 4-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer. Puts shizz in perspective when you see Nick Not-Strange-Gordon with four homers and Matt Olson with three homers.
Luis Arraez – 1-for-5, hitting .311. Luis Arraez could play on the moon and have the same value. Boost on runs on a better team? Sure. Is he really going to start hitting more homers? Well, yes, if he were traded to the moon. In San Diego? Meh.
Trevor Rogers – 2 1/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 6.15. This start was vs. the–oh, dear. The Marlins gave up 20 runs to the–oh my. The Marlins might need to smudge their clubhouse.
Vidal Brujan – 1-for-5, 1 RBI as he hit leadoff. With Arraez gone, I’m more interested in Brujan now. Oh, yeah, we’ve been down this road before. We cut through this road once a year it seems. Brujan has value! Woo hoo! Then you pick him up, and almost immediately want to drop him. He does have 40-steal speed, seems likely to play and is making incredible contact so far. Even William Buckley would be asking for more Vidal.
Luis Garcia Jr. – 4-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and a slam (3) and legs (6), hitting .337. If a player like Garcia is on pace for 15/30 with a .300+ average, he should be rostered or you should be in a deeper league.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 4th homer. Cake Batter remembering to be more batter and less cake.
Alek Manoah – 4 IP, 6 ER as he was called up. Wow, who is this young call-up?! I must read all I can on him! So, it says here he caused people to pull their hair out and another article says one fantasy owner of Manoah last year tried to kidnap him just so he wouldn’t start anymore for his fantasy team. Seems like it would be easier to just remove him from his lineup. Let’s see what Manoah’s done in the minors this year…a 5.87 ERA with a 6.1 BB/9? Sounds promising! Higher the numbers the better, right? No? Who are you, Archimedes? You wearing a toga and doing math with an abacus? So, Manoah looked cooked, but that doesn’t make any sense, because if he were cooked, he’d be eating himself.
James Wood or Nolan Jones?
Roto, NL-only, keep for 2 more years
Ah well, guess I’ll have to keep Keller around for another start.
Elsewhere, is it safe to lose Julien in a 12er? Tyring to be patient but it’s been a pretty desperate 10 days or so…
Alexis Diaz available. Drop Alvarado, McArthur, Seward or hold?
Rodon for CES. Which side wins?
CES
I’m watching Simeon Woods-Richardson mow down the Mariners. He’s struck out 5 of 6 batters faced. Rising fastball with 2 strikes right out of the zone. Looks dominant! Too bad he’s on my bench in his two start week, but still, glad to have him in a dynasty league if this is what he’s capable of.
Ha, damn
Good read, Grey. Singleton or Amanda ROS?
What’s an Amanada
Amanda Hugginkiss!
HAHAHA
My bad, Aranda (autocorrect)
Which streamer do u prefer
Gil home vs Houston or
Stone home vs Miami?
Stone
In an RCL, I ran out of IL space for Kwan. Should I drop him or Yelich? I need RBIs more than Runs.
Drop Kwan
Looks like all the Phillies are urning treats!
HA
Catcher question – Y. Diaz or Jeffers for a roto redraft?
Jeffers
Sources say Buzzed Bellinger may be coming off IL this series with SD. Leaning toward dropping Julien in my 10 team H2H points league. Other potential drop is Rooker but he’s been a schmotato. What say you?
Lose Julien
Grey,
Jonny DeLuca:
Why no buzz on the guy? Your thoughts?
bc he’s a bench bat for the Rays
?. Maybe more than a bench bat? At least these few starts suggest TBR determing what they got in that trade…
DeLucq himself was very quick to point out in an interview that he’s focussed on hitting right handlers himself, and I think said his BA was actually better against them…. Feels like he intends to be Arozerena, not a platooned bat…. Time will tell of course.
Hope so
Somebody in the ol’ H2H dropped Bednar. Can’t blame them I suppose.
Still, the guy as one of the top closers coming into the season and has been solid his last couple of times out, so I grabbed him.
So I now have Bednar, Iglesias, Estevez and Finnegan as closers. If I was to lose one, Estevez is probably the odd man out, right?
Yeah
Redraft ..how would you rank Manz,Tork, Gorman ?
You did
Redraft. How wpikd you rank Manz, Rooker ,Luis Garcia ,Varsho
Depends on needs…Garcia, Manz
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. Steer and O’Neill too much to give up for Devers?
Yes
There is a date in May when called up players cannot use 2024 as an arbitration year. Do you (or any other reader) know when it is this year?
I’m assuming my two dead roster guys (Skenes and Caminero) will come up a day or two later.
are you talking about “If a player is on the major league roster for 171 or fewer days, they do not earn a year of service time, and partial years cannot be combined”
I think this wording sounds right. But the 2024 season is 187 days. So 171 days would imply a mid-April cutoff.This would be great for me, but I don’t think this is correct. Maybe the 171 day limit got changed.
I remember it got publicized with Kris Bryant (May-8. 2015), and I thnik it is typicaly mid/late May.
Think it’s a thing of the past now that there’s a new CBA
Trade skenes to get Chourio in a keep forever 12 team roto? Thanks!
Sounds fair, I wouldn’t
Thanks
No problem
That Yankee kid should just be happy Judge isn’t on the IL yet
Haha
Might as well ask everyone lol: Was offered his Bichette and Jared Jones for my CJ Abrams……Rebuilding in a 20 team deep dynasty, I’d say though not by any means amazing my pitching is slightly better than my hitting, but Jones looks like an ace and Bo can’t be this bad forever. But dang, CJ is looking like a top 20 player, on the other hand.
?He’s come back with adding Brooks Lee to the deal in a 3 for 1. Hold or Go?
Hold
Manzardo or Busch?
5X roto
Thank you!
Manz
Time to cut bait on Soler in 12team points? Could pick up Winkler, Carpenter, Young or hold.
Also, someone cut bait on Michael King. Do I toss away Littell for him?
Carp
I’d want Littell
Realized there’s a coors trip in Soler’s future so this question is more of a next monday situation.
But thanks!
No problem
Afternoon & Happy International No Diet Day! today you eat whatever the F you want!
I’m looking to fill up on a better bat and curious if you still got hungry eyes for Lourdes Gurriel or if you’d cut him out for one of the following:
Also, you cutting Loperfido to activate Manzardo?
Thanks as always!
I just ate pie for lunch so we good…I’d keep Gurriel…Sure, Manz is fine
well done & thank you!
Side note, how would you rate the above mentioned hitters for this week/ ROS?
I’ll hold Gurriel for a little longer, but I plan to flush (Hunter) Brown down to add a bench bat.
thanks again!
Manz, Yandz
Drop Springer, Cast, and/or Duran for J Lowe, Pages? 10 team categories. Thanks Grey
Springer for Lowe
Manzardo vs The Yandylion, Who do you like better ROS? Dynasty?
Yandy
I’m in a 10 team H2H mixed redraft league.
I have two questions.
1) Who do I drop to activate Buehler?
2) Who can I drop to pick up Oneil Cruz? (Someone dropped him before the weekend)
Roster:
C – Yainer Diaz (C,1B)
1B – Bryce Harper (1B)
2B – Isaac Paredes (1B, 2B, 3B)
3B – Spencer Steer (1B, 2B, 3B, OF)
SS – Corey Seager (SS)
OF – Jazz Chizholm Jr (OF)
OF – Adolis Garcia (OF)
OF – Taylor Ward (OF)
DH – Christopher Morel (2B, 3B, OF)
BENCH: Lourdes Gurriel Jr (OF)
BENCH: Gleyber Torres (2B)
BENCH: Jurickson Profar (OF)
SP: Jack Flaherty
SP: Brady Singer
SP: Aaron Civale
SP: Sonny Gray
SP: Yusei Kikuchi
SP: Zac Gallen
SP: Reynaldo Lopez
SP: Ryan Pepiot
BENCH: Paul Skenes
1. Profar 2. Gurriel
Thank you sir!!!
No problem
who to drop for treinen in SV/HLD?
SP Castillo, Steele, Woo, C Sanchez, Crochet, Schmidt, Olson, Maeda, Assad, Gore
RP Kimbrell, Yates, Megill
Assad’s coming back to Earth hard, soon, right? or sit tight?
No one
Hey Grey,
Great write up! I hope everything is well on your end.
In a 10-team, h2h, standard (5×5 – OBP instead of avg), redraft
C: O’Hoppe
1B: Harper
2B: Altuve
3B: Maikel Garcia
SS: Jackson Merrill
CI: Morel
MI: Gimenez
OF: Ozuna, Schwarber, Chourio, Adell
UTIL: Ohtani, Jacob Young
IL: Burger, Casas, Trout (All-Star squad IL)
NA: Caminero
1) I can shift things around with multiple players – do you like Thairo Estrada, Colton Cowser, Lourdes Gurriel over anyone?
2) Add Brandon Pfaadt over Houck, Bassitt or Crochet?
Thank you!
1. Thairo over Merrill 2. Over Bassitt
In a 10-team roto, would you start Flaherty (@CLE), Heaney (@OAK), and/or Triston (vs. DET) today? To stream any/all of them, I would have to drop some combination of Severino (next start against ATL), Hicks (regression?), or Montgomery (did he miss Spring Training that much)?
I’d start Triston and Flaherty…Severino and Hicks
Can we play who’s the drop?
Luzardo, Falter, Lynn, Hicks
Rank the bottom two (from worst to slightly less bad, please).
Falter, Lynn
3B/ CI conundrum? Which ONE sits? Maikel 7 games,K’Bryan 6 or Black 7?
Hayes
$1000 H2H Pts Keeper League
$60 Corbin Carroll
$1 James McArthur
or
$100 Jose Altuve
$1 Jeff Hoffman
$1 Kutter Crawford
Thanks Grey!
For when? This year? Altuve
Sorry, Prices bump $20 / year to $100 then $25 / year
Hello Grey! Excellent Monday summary yet again.
I have a “which to start” question for you in our Yahoo 12 Team H2H League with OPS. I “need” to start 3 of these 4 guys:
Tyler Black
Lard Ass Gurriel
Nick Senzel
Jordan West of the Burg
Kinda a vacuum question, and hopefully one that you don’t need matchups for.
Thanks very much.
And I had no idea Lard Ass was doing as poorly as he was over the last week or two. I wasn’t going to include him at first, but I am leaning towards benching him out of the 4 and starting the others in the various spots.
My team kinda blows, so it probably won’t help much, but oh well.
Thanks again Grey.
Thanks! Not Senzel
Ah, ok. Thanks much Grey.
Is he droppable in this same league?
Yes
Dump Jackson Holliday? I can keep 3 players (his price next year would be $3 averaged with whatever his auction value will be listed as next year). Tired of him eating up a bench spot.
Sorry, I’m sure you’ve been asked this dozens of times. Appreciate your articles and responses.
Can lose him, No problem
Hey, The Manz(ere)ardo is available. I think I will grab him.
Thanks very much Grey.
No problem
Hope you had a good weekend, Grey! I tried to lobby for a category to be added in my H2H league for MRIs, because I had 4 guys sent for MRIs on one day alone this weekend. I need to tidy up my IL because I’ve maxed out spots. Who doesn’t make the cut: L. Thomas, M. McLain, W. Langford, S. Kwan, P. Fairbanks. I’ve only got 4 IL spots for those 5 guys. Curious to see your input. Thanks Grey!
Haha, McLain, Fairbanks
For a 12 team redraft league, Brandon Lowe is available and coming off IL. Would you consider dropping Nimmo for Lowe?
No
Fraley, Marsh, Black or E. Ruiz ROS?
Black
Thank you for your awesomeness
No problem
1. Need to replace Turner. Luckily, I have the “good fortune” of having Bichette in my U slot, so I can move him to SS and pick up any hitter, without regard to position. Please rank top three from the long list below:
Josh Rojas
Josh Smith
Yas
Friedl
Chapman
Yandy D
Schanuel
Winker
Pages
Toro
Brujan
Manzardo
Kepler
Baty, Singleton
Bleday
2. Picked up Y. Cano – More saves next week, him or Estevez?
Thank you
Pages, Manz, Yandy 2. Estevez
If it happens… thoughts on starting Marlins pitching in MIA vs PHI? Ms Garrett and the Jesus Lizard particularly.
No
Hi Grey, thank you in advance. People just ask of you and sometimes may not realize how much you do every day. Would you trade Adell for Hoerner? Would you add something in it to sweeten it or straight up? I know Adell is stealing, but he has been caught as many times as he has sb’s and possible he will stop a bit and his BA/OPS will tank. For context my CF depth currently is Bellinger (coming back this week?), Roberts (coming back), right now I have to roll with a carousel of Adell, Wilyer, and Doyle until they return. I need sb’s (don’t need runs), but ideally don’t like single category players. But perhaps, it makes sense with the players I have coming back… Thank you.
I’d want Nico
I feel like the SF Giants don’t get enough press for how bad they are.
Top 10 in payroll with one of the worst offenses in the MLB
And I thought their GM was a think tank
Yeah, terrible
Drop Detmers or Gore for either Estrada or L GArcia (wash)?
Detmers, Thairo
Grey
Would you trade Walker Buehler to move up to the top waiver spot to grab Christian Scott or Paul Skenes? If so, which of the two would you prioritize?
Thanks!
No
Hi Grey,
1.I have Tyler Black at 3B with Ryan McMahon as back up. Would you pick up Tyler Nevin to drop one or hold.
2.I have TAD as my catcher until my regular catcher Sean Murphy comes of IL. TAD has been slumping. Would you pick up Elias Diaz who will be home for the next six days or Danny Jansen?
3.After the weekend, have you changed your thoughts on Zack Littell? Would you pick him up and waive Jon Gray? The next few starts are not good for either pitcher.Another option is Lively because his next start is at CWS? Could any of them come off the streamer classification?
Thanks!!!!!
1. No 2. Diaz 3. Sure
just clarify- pick up Lively against CWS. am i correct?
thanks!
Yes
Saves and holds for the rest of the year Ginkel or Treinen?
Ginkel
Thanks
No problem
Couple q’s before line up lock;
Context: head to head, 5×5, ESPN, 12 team
1. Start 5 SP’s – currently have Skubal, Gilbert, Sonny Gray and Ober locked in. For my #5 I have Jared Jones (vs ChC).
Go with Jones or sub in Flaherty and his two step (@clev, vs Hou)?
Also have Reynaldo Lopez (vs Bos) but thinking he’s a distant 3rd choice in this case.
2. For utility this week,
-CES (3 vs Ariz, 3 @SF)
-Adell (3@Pitt, 4 vs KC)
-Chourio (3@KC, 4 vs SL)
-O’Hearn (2@Wash, 3 vs Ariz) 4 of 5 games facing right handed pitching
-Nevin (4 vs Tex, 3 @ Sea)
-Manzardo (3 vs Det, 4 @CWS)
Please rank top 3 from list above
Thanks
1. Jones 2. Adell, Chourio, Manz
Thanks, need to drop someone to pick up Manz
My pitching is strong, drop Reynaldo Lopez?
Thanks
Ok
Hi Grey,
I snagged Black right when I saw he was being brought up. SON has him only projected at 3 IP so his projections are -43.5 @PHI and vs. – 29.5 CIN.
In an NL-Only H2H with the following starts, would you go ahead and start him considering I already have several tough matchups for my staff from the following?
Steele – SD, @PIT
Sanchez – TOR
Reynaldo – BOS
King – LAD
Taillon – @PIT
Garrett – PHI (If activated this weekend)
Thank you!
I’d start him
Thanks!
No problem
Happy Monday.
o’Hearn, Kepler, Castro or Josh Smith?
Thank you.
1. Meh 2. Meh 3. Black, Marsh
O’Hearn, depends on needs
what 1B should I roll with in 5×5 OBP instead of AVG
Manzardo, Canha or Yandy Diaz.
how would you rank India, Tyler Black, Garcia Jr and Senzel in the same format?
Sheesh having struggles! Thx for answering the questions.
Also thx for the funny times in the write ups.
Manzardo
Garcia, Black
Thanks!
Points league: Lodolo @ SF or JJones vs CHC?
Jones
better off hanging on to Skenes or grab G. Cole to stash (he just threw off a mound..)?
thank u
Hold
Who do you think ends the year with more saves Grey, Foley or McArthur ?
McArthur
1. Pickup Christian Scott for J Mont or Kikuchi?
2. Should I add Manzardo drop any of Kerry Carpenter, Julien, or Chapman?
1. JoMo 2. Chap
12tm pts scores IP Ks Whip HRs drop Langford for Christian Scott, Ashcraft, Lively, Stone moving forward or 2-start Allen (Det and @ Whit Sox)
Scott
Last place team is putting out feelers to trade Alonso in a 12tm OBP league. I’ve been cycling 1B ever since Casas went down but the rest of my offense has kept me atop our standings. Alonso owner says he’s not discounting his performance even though he’s ranked 440 in our player rating system. Would you have any interest in trying to swing a trade for Reynolds or Bregman or would you continue to ride the wave for better OBP performance?
Yes
For reference, currently rostering Canha & picked up Manzardo. FA options include Nevin, Carlos Santana, O’Hearn, Connor Joe, Busch, Wade, etc.
@Grey: weekly roto. need help with a couple of lineup decisions. two of these guys:
keller – vs laa, vs chc
t mckenzie – vs det, @ cws
c scott – vs atl
taillon – @ pit
also, one of these guys:
cronenworth – 3 @ chc, 3 vs lad
o’neill – 2 @ atl, 3 vs was
thank you!
Triston, Keller
Tyler
hey now- Pages or Burger?
tx
Pages
Grey, with Sewald coming back, would you sit Ginkel in favour of Hoffman? Seems both have an unclear role at the moment.
Yes
Hi Grey, I need SBs and average in a 12 team mixed keeper league. Does Rengifo keep getting the playing time to be a good target?
Is Masyn Winn a drop in a 12 team mixed keeper? He’s been meh.
In a vacuum, please rank Rengifo, Happ, Maysn Winn ROS.
Thanks!
Rengifo, Happ
Thanks! Two quick follow ups. 1) Do you think Maysn Winn is droppable in a 12 team mixed?
2) Do you think Rengifo keeps getting consistent playing time?
Thank you.
1. Yes 2. Yes
12 team, 5×5 roto
You starting Flaherty @Cle? ($1.1)
Yes
Redraft, 12 team, standard 5 X 5. M. King available. Want him now over Darvish or Montgomery (rest of season)? Or hold, wait and see how their starts go this week? (Darvish 5/6 @ CHC, Montgomery 5/8 @ CIN, M. King 5/10 vs. LAD)
Hold
start gil vs houston?
Sure
kwan heading to IL, need to make room, ros 2 of 3 – .n.jones, friedl, or garcia jr. Thank you.
Garcia, Jones
down to one bench bat with Yelich on the IL and it’s gleyber. toward the bottom of the league in SB but in 2nd
6×6 OPS SV/HLD
drop one of my 4 RPs for Mullins?
Kimbrell, Scott, Yates, Megill
Scott
Please let me be granted a healthy Jared Jones and Christian Scott for the next three years in a keeper league.
Now, Manzardo or Loperfido? Danny Jansen over Stephenson or O’Hoppe?
Great as always Grey. You are the best. Vidal and Buckley. Hilarious.
Thanks!
Haha…Manzardo — Over Logan — thanks!
10 team standard 5×5 roto NL only league. Quality depth is showing itself in NL only; would you roll with Cutch this week or drop him and take a chance on D.Myers?
Cutch
2 start Yu (cubs/dodgers) or 1 start Fried (Mets)
Thanks
Yu
Michael Busch or Jake Burger
Burger
Time to move on from Kenley Jansen in a SVHD league? He has 5 saves. I could go with Stanek, Schreiber, Austin Adams or Chapman.
No
Do you think Treiner will be in the mix for saves along with Hudson?
Sure
Trainer or Joe Kelly in SVHD?
Treinen
In an NL only, who would you drop to activate Jake Burger—Josh Bell, Conforto, Jake McCarthy or Candelario?
Jeimer
Thanks.
In that same league, where salaries go up $4 a year, and $260 to draft with and you can keep them forever, I have Jared Triolo $1 at 2b and nothing on the waiver wire. Would you trade him and Jared Jones $3 for Ozzie Albies $27? I love Jared Jones, but I’m playing for a fifth win in a row.
I’d take Albies
All first round picks in the final 21 RCL drafts (March 17-27)
showing where they currently rank on the Razzball Player Rater.
Current 1st Rnders ( Last Week )
1 Mookie Betts ( 1 )
3 Shohei Ohtani ( 6 )
7 Juan Soto ( 8 )
8 Bobby Witt Jr. ( 11 )
18 Kyle Tucker ( 12 )
22 Trea Turner ( 22 )
27 Ronald Acuna Jr. ( 52 )
28 Fernando Tatis Jr. ( 42 )
51 Marcus Semien ( 49 )
53 Jose Ramirez ( 16 )
70 Yordan Alvarez ( 34 )
71 Adley Rutschman ( 83 )
98 Freddie Freeman ( 81 )
102 Bryce Harper ( 95 )
123 Aaron Judge ( 122 )
180 Julio Rodriguez ( 143 )
280 Matt Olson ( 212 )
362 Corbin Carroll ( 313 )
720 Spencer Strider ( 583 )
Olson and Corbin have been so great for my NL Only team…hahahaha, ugh
I’ve got Carroll, Olson and Turner in my league. It sounded pretty good at the time. Good times.
Rank these OFs in a 12 teamer…McCarthy, W.Benson, Nootbar.
Benson, Noot
Feeling out where you are on Scott? Under Ober?
Yes
Hey Grey,
Points league… Manzardo or Tyler Black?
Thanks again
Black
The weekend saw 3 new pitchers earn a spot on the Best Fantasy Starts list, as well as Logan Gilbert making it for the second time. Jared Jones also recorded the second best fantasy start without a win.
20 John Means May 4 @CIN
34 Dean Kremer May 5 @CIN
53 Logan Gilbert May 4 @HOU
63 Jameson Taillon May 4 vs MIL
Top winless fantasy starts:
Jack Flaherty April 30 vs STL 6.67 IP 1 ER/3 BR/14 K
Jared Jones May 4 vs COL 7 IP 1 ER/1 BR/10 K
Max Fried has a top 5 start and also a bottom 5:
5 April 23 vs MIA 9 IP 0 ER/3 BR/6 K
1032 March 30 @PHI 0.67 IP 3 ER/5 BR/1 K
Nice! Thanks, Vin!
Does a pitcher have to get the Win in order to make the Top 100 Starts list? Was that always the case? I feel like we used to count all starts, regardless of the Win or not. I know the Win adds to the value of their performance, but is it really weighted that much?
I ask because I own Jared Jones, and was surprised that his gem didn’t make the list. Seems silly to omit amazing performances just because they didn’t get the Win. I just don’t see the argument that a 7IP, 0ER, 1 Hit, 0BB, 10K performance somehow wasn’t one of the best 100 starts just a month into the season.
Great work Grey!
16-team h2h weekly points league…redraft
I have MJ Melendez at C but got offered Yanier Diaz for my K. Harrison. What do you think?
My other SPs are Kirby, Gilbert, Luzardo(IL), Bobby Miller(IL), Flaherty, Stone
Hold
I will. thank you
No problem
Grey – currently catcherless cause i jumped on Megill after he got another save.
Now I have a ton of pitchers, and my outfield is a little bit of a mess at the same time.
OF: Judge, ONeill, Young, Ruiz, Nevin, Soler (with Suzuki coming back soon)
P: Wheeler, Lopez, Bibee, Lodolo, Javier, Bradish, Jones, Kukuchi, Skenes
Closer: Miller, Foley, Yates, Megill, Phillips (hurt)
#1: Drop any of my pitchers, closers or outfielders for a catcher?
#2: After that, drop any of the outfielders for Singleton, Pederson, Pham or Rafaela
Thanks!!
1. Megill 2. Meh
Happy 26th Anniversary to what is likely the worst Fantasy Sonavabench of all time.
May 6th, 1998, the Cubs are facing the Houston Astros at Wrigley. It’s overcast with possible thunderstorms mid-afternoon. The Cubs are sending out a 20-year-old rookie pitcher with these career numbers.
4 Starts, W-L 2-2, 18.1 IP, 15 Hits, 12 BB, 25 Ks, 5.89 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 12.3 Strikeouts per 9
Against first place Houston, featuring Silver Sluggers Craig Biggio and Moises Alou with Jeff Bagwell and Derek Bell, that would go on win 102 games.
His final line: 9 IP, 0 ER, 2 baserunners, 20 Ks (1 infield single and a HBP)
If you were playing fantasy baseball back then did you start him?
What would the Streamonator have said?
Maybe in a 15 team, NL only league.
Congratulations to Kerry Wood for one of the finest pitching efforts ever.
HAHA, nice
Any upside in Jake McCarthy?
Does his playing time and performance worth anything?
Was looking at him hitting leadoff yesterday…Might be something there
drop varsho to pick up manzardo, marsh, cabalerro or josh smith?
Manzardo
it’s…..
HA, I played that recently in an arcade, wasn’t great!
gotta know when to use your salt shaker
HAHA
Position not an issue for the offense, would you please rank the following:
1) Chourio, Manzardo, Luis Garcia, Varsho, BDLC, Nevin, Polanco
2) C. Scott, Singer, Lugo, Means, Keller, C. Sanchez, Gore, Braxton, Fedde.
Thanks!
1. Chourio, Cruz, Manz, Garcia 2. Scott, Lugo, Singer, Gore
Thank you, sir!
No problem
Can only put one on the IL
Langford or NoJo?
Jones
Good morning Grey. Kind of a weak pitching week, but some interesting matchups. I need your help to decide which of three of these guys to start this week
Civale (CHW)
Bibee (DET)
Stone (MIA)
Sanchez (TOR)
Morton (@NYM)
Christian Scott (ATL)
Braxton Garrett (not confirmed, but could be back for weekend at home against Philly)
Stone, Bibee, Scott
are we liking Roddery Munoz
Nope
Did he create the Ultimo Frontier?
Hey Grey, great stuff!
Which one of these guys would you sit this week? Yes, unfortunately I have to pick only one to sit. I got injuries, y’all!
Oswaldo Cabrera (6, HOU, @TB)
Joey Ortiz (7, STL, @KC)
Jordan Beck (6, SF, TEX)
Nelson Velazquez (7, MIL, @LAA)
Brandon Drury (7, KC, @PITT)
Unfortunately? They all stink, no? Sit Drury
Oh yeah, they’re brutal! Injuries are killing me. Thanks!
No problem
14 team league.
Should I start today?
1. Steele vs SD
2. Heaney @ Oak
——-
3. Should I be picking up hot bats for Senzel or wait him out he’s my Bench bat
4. Should I drop O’Hoppe for Jansen or maybe carry 2 C until O’Hoppe starts hitting?
1/2 Yes 3. can lose Senzel 4. Lose Logan
Just stream everyone against my Giants. They’re a putrid mess. I dunno what BoMel is telling these guys, but I want a Time Machine so Larry Krueger can say they’re playing like a bunch of Caribbean free-swingers & Alou can get him fired for it again.
Gah!
I was slightly optimistic about this team, but I can’t even get near the ballpark because of the wind generated by their bats. Keeps bowin me back!
They look pretty bad!
Send the club house a couple of cases of hot sauce and tell them to shake it on the bats.
Haha
I ask Jobu to come. Hot sauce will take fear from bats.
haha, nice!
Need a CI off WW. Singleton or Nevin?
Nevin
Dynasty league, keep 27 major and 9 minor. Trading for Ohtani. Have to include Noah Shultz or Shane McClanhan in trade. Which one do you part with?
Noah
Could you rank the two groups.
Manzardo, Yandy Diaz, & Nate Lowe.
Grissom, Xander, Luis Garcia, & Brujan.
You did
happy mondays
Thairo or Julian?
spank you
Thairo
So Josh Lowe went 3 for 8 with two home runs for AAA Durham over the weekend. However Kevin Cash stated his results were “a step in the right direction” and gave no indication that the Rays were going to activate him off the IL any time soon.
This kind of drives me nuts about some MLB teams; I mean if the guy is healthy enough to hit 3 HRs on a rehab assignment (he had another one on April 19th for Durham) he should be healthy enough to hit HRs for the big club. The Twins used to do the same thing with Buxton, he’d go to St Paul on a rehab assignment and hit 4 home runs in a week but Minnesota would say “he’s not quite ready yet” (also silly since everyone knows he’s gonna hit the IL again soon so why not get that production at the MLB level while it’s available rather than down on the farm in St Paul?)
OK, rant over.
Haha
Not funny man, with all the injuries this season I can’t even field a full lineup most days. I picked up Friedl this morning on the “hope” that he gets activated in the next couple of days, lol.
Sigh.
Sigh indeed
He’s activated and in the starting lineup tonight, batting 3rd!
This is definitive proof the Rays GM reads Razzball.
Haha
Watched Myers pitch against the Cubs on Saturday. I haven’t seen a Tobias get roughed up like that since Oz was on TV.
HAHA
OPS weekly league. Drop Tyler Black for the return of Burger?
Sure
Love the Buckley Vidal reference! Not the sort of thing you see on other perts pages. – one more reason to love Razzballers
Thanks!
Happy Monday Fantasy Master Lothario!
Someone dropped Jo Adell who is showing some signs of a late breakout, but I’m not sure I have a drop. 10 team redraft OBP and QS league. My starting OF and U are Ohtani, Adolis, Ward, Tucker so I don’t have a clear bench there other than Ward who has scuffled a bit since Trout was injured.
Nolan Jones on my bench injured (Scherzer in IL slot).
Pitchers I could cut:
JoMo
Kutter
Singer
Kikuchi
Scherzer
Anyone to drop here or a hold situation?
Thanks!
Jones
Have you heard anything about when Nolan Jones might be back?
Nope
Jones (back) did throwing and running drills ahead of Saturday’s game against the Pirates, MLB.com reports.
Jones had been shut down for a few days since landing on the injured list Tuesday. Manager Bud Black acknowledged that Jones is progressing each day, and the current expectation is that he will be able to return by mid-May.
Thanks. A good sign.
Gleyber stinks. Grab Brendan Rodgers for all the home games this week or Luis Garcia?
Thairo is an option too with games in colorado and philly
Garcia
Drop CES for Manzardo?
Yes
Thanks!
No problem
Taking a shot with Mason Black @ Philly today?
Also…no brainer drop Noot for Luis Garcia?
Yes
Not me
IL roster issues, just like everyone. Drop Musgrove (I could probably get him back; he’s not very liked in my league) to take see where this Christian Scott thing goes?
Yes
Hey Grey should I drop CES for Manzardo? Have tried being patient with CES but seems like he’s a lost cause.
Yes
Good morning FML
Justin Steele is back and in line for two starts his week, today vs SD and the 2nd vs Cards. He seem ready to go? Weekly league so it’s both starts or neither. Have KC closer in the spot. Thanks
Hola, Dickie Tee — start Steele
Thank you. Enjoy the day
No problem
The Cobblers in March:
“WooHoo!! Drafted Yordan, Olson, Alonso and N Jones…We’re gonna be Dong Kings!”
The Cobblers in May:
“Who is our first round pick in Fantasy Football???” sigh
Ugh, haha
Good Morning Grey
do I bench Kutter for his start in Atl vs R Lopez and activate R Yarnborough for a possible vulture win on Buehler’s start this week
Standard 20 team roto
Yes
Would you trade $10 J Jones for $40 Tatis in an NL auction/keeper? Values go up by $5 each year, and top hitters tend to top out at $55/60 / top pitchers at $25-30, so maybe 4 more years of keeper viability for each. Cash in before hitters adjust/inevitable injury?
12 team, 5×5 roto
(1) Volpe was just dropped. Do you prefer him or Thairo?
(2) I am currently still starting Goldy with Nolan Jones on IL. I have Tyler Black as a bench bat who should gain 1B eligibility soon. Would you stick with Black or add Mountcastle and start Mount over Goldy?
C- Wong
1B- Goldy
2B- Semien
3B- JRam
SS- Thairo
OF- Tucker
OF- O’Neill
OF- Greene
UTIL- Duran
BN- Corbin Carroll, Tyler Black
IL- Nolan Jones
1. volpe 2. Mount over Goldy
To clarify you would:
(A) drop Goldy for Mountcastle and hold Black as bench bat?
(B) drop Black for Mountcastle and play Mount, moving Goldy to bench bat.
Thanks ahead of time
B
Hey Grey,
Hope your good.
Start Soroka @ Tampa?
Thanks! You too! I wouldn’t start Soroka
Points League ROS! Rank these 3 please
L Garcia, Manzardo, M Busch
Thanks as always!
You did
drop varsho or rooker for luis garcia jr?
Varsho
Rodon for Chourio fair for both owners ?
Sure
Best overall bench bat: Ceddana, Grissom, or Merrill?
Grissom
5×5 roto. Please rank Bichette, Caballero and Grissom ROS.
Bo, Caballero
Civale had another awful start. That’s 18 earned runs in his last 13.2 IP (3 starts). Are you still holding or are you ready to move on? He looked good in his first three. BUT, he is doing the SAME thing as last year when we thought he was unlucky. Hits are up, HR allowed not good, K’s up.
He gets the white Sox next, but he gave up 6 earned runs in 4 innings against them the last time. Thanks
3.57 SIERA fyi
He had a 5.36 era with tb last year. His siera was about 1.2 lower.
I wouldn’t drop a guy about to get the White Sox
He gave up 6 earned in 4.1 innings two starts ago against them (April 27
Then lose him
I think that upcoming sox start is going to be my decision maker. I buy into the advanced stats but I am not sure if he is unlucky or an outlier because he lives in the zone too much. His mistakes get punished.
Yeah, I hear ya
58.7% strand rate. That has to get better, right? Why can’t my guys just pitch well so I don’t have to think.
You’d think!
That last start vs CHW is what drove me to drop him. I also have no bench to stash.
Who would you prefer to have at 2B. Westburg or Cabalerro? 10 team H2H. Cab can be painful when the SBs aren’t coming but then he can win you a week.
Can we add Luis Garcia Jr to the list?
Garcia
OPS weekly H2H. Pick 2 of the following:
Kepler, Friedl, Cowser
Cowser, Friedl
Does stashing Colby Mayo on this team make sense? OBP, SVHD Keep 13 forever with extra keeper for 1st half leader and for league champ. Currently in 4th. Was thinking of dropping Young b/c I am 3rd in SB without him. He only performs when he is on my bench lol. I like his leading off and R potential and I am currently at the bottom in R but I am hoping that improves once my team starts hitting. Or Littell but his ERA is lower than Ryan, Gausman and Kirby. He has more Ks than Gausman, Kirby, Burnes, and Turnbull. K/BB is higher than Ryan, Gausman, Burnes, Singer and Turnbull. Or I could drop Rooker. He, also only homers on my bench lol I have to carry that many RP to stay competitive in SVHD. I am currently in 5th with who I have.
Today’s Lineup due to schedule:
C-Heim
1B-Alonso
2B-Stott
3B-Devers
SS-Thairo
2B/SS-Dansby
1B/3B-Manzardo
LF-Steer
CF-Pages
RF-Adolis
OF-Rooker
UTIL-Arozarena
UTIL-De La Cruz
Bench:
Gleybar
Olson
Yordan
Volpe
Jacob Young
Luis Garcia
SP:
Ryan
Gausman
Kirby
Burnes
Singer
Turnbull
Littell
RP:
Jansen
Kittredge
Finnegan
Holderman
Barlow
Joe Kelly
Thank you for your insight!
No
12 teamer, better investment ROS, Fedde or J.Hoffman?
Or E.Cabrera or J.Hoffman?
Hoff
Hoff
E.Cabrera or Fedde?
EdCab
H2H points league. Gotta start 2 of 3. Tovar home all week, Estrada (3 in Col) Turang. Thank you in advance.
Thairo, Tovar
who is a better bet for HR/RBI for the rest of the season.. Matt Chapman for SF Giants, or Eugenio Suarez for Arizona ??
Eugenio
ESPN Points, ROS please rank top 3
Teoscar
Pages
Rizzo
Tyler O’Neill
Thanks
Tyler, Teoscar, Pages
Drop Langford or Lane Thomas? Ugh
Wyatt
Please rank, 12 team keeper league 6×6.
Pages
Merrill
Wilyer Abreu
Thank you
Pages, Abreu
ESPN Points, ROS please rank top 3:
Bogaerts
Jeremy Pena
Turang
Willi Castro
Estrada
Thanks
Thairo, Xander, Turang
Great weekend roundup!
I have a lot to 1Bs but no one is playing particularly well.
1) start CES/ Vinnie P or Manzardo in a weekly H2H?
2) start Adell or Evan Carter for the week?
3) which 3 RPs should I start for out of Jhoan Duran, Holmes, Helsley, Mason Miller, Munoz?
Thanks Grey!
LG
1) Without knowing matchups, would roll Manzardo out there to see what happens.
2) Matchups and number of games? Lean Adell without knowing.
3) Also matchups and number of games. But, Duran, Helsley, and Munoz
Thanks here are the matchups for Grey as well
1) Manzardo 7 games DET/@CWS
Vinnie 7 games MIL/@LAA
CES 6 games ARZ/@SF
2) Adell 6 games @PIT/KC
Carter 7 games @OAK/@COL (hitteron prefer Adell for the week as an fyi)
3) Duran 7 games SEA/@TOR
Munoz 7 games @MIN/OAK
Helsley 7 games NYM/@MIL
Holmes 6 games HOU/@TB
Miller 7 games TEX/@SEA
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Who is the drop to pick up Manzardo, if there is one?
Y. Diaz
Steer
Westburg
Black
Bogaerts
IF – Albies
4 OF – Nimmo, Julio, Profar, Pages
Util – Arozarena
BN – Churio
IL – Nolan Jones
NA – Jr. Caminero
2 SP – Buehler, Skubal
2 RP – Hader, Suarez
3 P Hoffman, Neris, Payamps
BN – Bryce Miller, Imanaga, Singer, Lodolo, Burnes, Lugo, Christian Scott
IL – Philips, deGrom, Fairbanks
NA – Skenes
Is is time to lose Churio? Flles like its him or Profar, but Jurickson has continued to hit….
Or leave Manzardo to someone else?
Thanks!
Quick update, saw that someone had dropped Thairo Estrada, so swapped Black for Thairo, if that changes the equation at all.
Its a Yahoo 10 team Roto 5×5 daily lineups.
Also, any thought on John Means Business and what looked like a legit return to the mount? Prefer him to any of the pitchers on my roster?
Thanks again!
You don’t have a drop
Bryan Reynolds or Jo Adell ?
Reynolds
Reynolds
Good morning! Thanks for entertaining me every morning! I picked manzardo but put Langford on dL and need another OF… so between manzardo and mike Busch which should I keep?
Also, someone offered me Wilyer Abreu for my pffttttfftt… my pitching is pretty solid… take it? He’s also got Westburg but doubt he’ll trade him
Manzardo — I’d take Abreu
Rafaela also on waivers… still take trade for Wilyer?
Not if you need Pfaadt
I’ve got woo coming off dL this week so I guess I don’t need him
Get this … Christian Scott is not available in 2 Yahoo leagues I’m in as he’s only listed as P and they have only SP and RP slots. Wouldn’t a P be able to slot into either SP or RP? Nope!!
Starting a rumor the Yahoo is anti-Christian.
Ha, that’s insane
I guarantee Yahoo is anti-Christian.
Judge/Ranger Suarez too much for Tatis ?
Feels like a bit of an overpay, but not terrible
Judge
Olson has taken time away from baseball to star in a new sitcom along with JRod. It’s called Matt and Julio Down By The Schoolyard. They play ex-athletes trying their best to teach PE to under served youth. Wanda Sykes is excellent as the tough but fair principal with heart. Peacock, I think.
I hate it, thanks! Haha, tho Wanda is a highlight
Critics thought it would be a hit but so far it’s been a big swing and miss with audiences.
Haha
Please rank these 2b;
Turang
Stott
Tyler Black
Westburg
Luis Garcia
Thanks!
Westburg
Stott
Turange
Black
LuGar
Garcia, West, Stott
There a reason why bichette hasn’t hit the disgraceful list yet cuz he sucks out loud
Haha
Sale @ home versus Boston or Skubal @ Houston. Thanks in advance. Qs league.
Hard to sit Skubal anywhere at this point.
Skubal
I shall apologize in advance for my Manoah graphic which appears in the Top 100 Starting Pitchers article later today.
The warning has now been officially released into the cosmos. Avert your eyes (or Ayes if you’re an agreeable pirate).
The sad part is the picture isn’t as bad as the pitcher…boom.
I can’t wait! Haha
Drop Bassitt for Christian Scott. Is it close?
Go for it
Bad choices, but I need to start one of these this week. Which one?
Braxton Garrett (vs Phil). 1st game off IL.
Mize (vs Hou). Hou actually worst offensive team
Severino (@ Atl)
Mize.
Brax
They’ve made too many Daniel Lynch’s. The next one must include the Lynch multiverse.
Haha
Ah Tuffy Rhodes. I do recall his auspicious Opening Day 30 years ago. But I didn’t know this: “he played thirteen years in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. Rhodes is the all-time NPB home run leader among foreign-born players, and he is 13th overall with 464 home runs in Japan. He hit 55 home runs in 2001, tying the NPB single-season mark set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964.
1994 was my second year playing fantasy baseball, way back when we used USA Today for our stats. Still kinda miffed about the ‘94 Expos not getting to make a World Series run.
Good luck to Langford in Japan!
Surprised to not see Rooker mentioned. Dude is en fuego.
He was in Friday’s Buy
Or maybe he wasn’t but I’ve talked about him a lot
12tm H2H daily pts scores AB/Hits/XBH/SB/HRs and IP/Ks/Hits/BBs/HRs
Use a limited move and:
A) Drop KRuiz for Wong, Heim
B) Hold Ruiz and drop Langford and pick up any of: Christian Scott (vs Atl), Stone (vs Mia), Ashcraft (vs Ari), Allen (vs Det @ White Sox), Gil (vs Hou @ TB)
Could add Lively to the mix (whitesox)
I don;’t get limited moves and you’re talking about weekly matchups
Only have 1 move this week use it on Catcher swap or move Langford for one of those SPs
Forget the catcher move
If there is a decent selection of C’s on the FA market, play the hot hand, so go with Wong.
Would drop Langford for Scott as a longer term play. This week matchup is rough, but he is going to be good this year.
Hold Ruiz and grab Scott
13 team dynasty 5×5 was offered Christian Scott for Jordan Westberg… thoughts!
Probably depends on the rest of your roster construction, etc.
I would probably want to keep Westburg. (But Im a sucker for pitching prospects, so it wouldnt take much to get me to take Scott….)
I have Westberg slotted at third…my alternative is Josh Smith…I was offered Moral for McArther…have three other top ten closers…
I’d take Morel
Sounds fair
Was going to start Scott vs Atl over Gore @Boston
Is that crazy? He looked real good vs Tampa.
Not crazy. Depending on the format and rest of your roster, not a terrible gamble.
Not crazy
I looked at the 7 day player rater last night and Oakland’s outfield of rooker, bled at and nevin were all in the top 10
Bleday, stupid autocorrect
You score 20 runs and it’ll do it
Excellent post, loved the Buckley-Vidal comment. Wish the GOP still thought as much about Bill.
William F Buckley was a flagrant white supremacist.
This is not the place to respond to rubbish like that.
This might not be the place to mention William F Buckley, but since YOU did: Buckley repeatedly insisted that whites in the South were “entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, where they do not prevail numerically,” because the white race was “for the time being, the advanced race.”
Buckley wrote numerous speeches for Joe McCarthy: ““McCarthyism is a movement around which men of good will and stern morality can close ranks”
Buckley also proposed that homosexuals with AIDS be tattooed.
Grey mentioned Buckley, I replied to Grey. Buckley, similar to JFK, had big reservations concerning federal action with regard to states rights and constitutional legitimacy.
Buckley admitted he was wrong with those concerns. “On the single issue of whether a Negro in Alabama should be deprived of the vote simply because of the color of his skin, it seems to me that there cannot be any argument: none moral, and certainly none constitutional.”
So, maybe educate yourself on the entirety of the matter.
Sorry Grey, for this distraction and I am done responding to the spy.
You’re being obtuse.
Buckley was conveniently admitting being wrong about an argument he never made. Any shift Buckley might have made was for mere political expediency while running for mayor of NYC. On almost every major policy issue of the postwar period Buckley pushed for the most retrograde, immoral, reprehensible and disastrous position. The last year of his life, with the convenience of decades of hindsight Buckley wriggled and squirmed and shifted just a bit. He knew his legacy was monstrously evil so he sought to remove a bit of the shitstain.
Kinda telling that just like Buckley and his McCarthist cohorts you dismiss people who disagree with you as spies.
Alec Leamas has nothing to do with the John le Carre novel? My apologies.
Sounds like this comment page is full of Marxists.
Nice!
Troll somewhere else
Thanks!
Grey!!!!
Awesome, read!!!
a. Yesterday Feltner faced off with Falter!!! Oneil took Feltner deep so that Falter wouldn’t falter yet again.
b. Manoah’s slider was working somewhat. First batter though of course Err Bichette made an error!! Regardless the final scoring line, Toronto pitchers must wonder when will his erroneous ways end.
c. Chris Rock quote of the day for May 6, 2024
For me, anything goes when I pick up a mike. I’m not trying to hurt people – I try not to get too personal – but I look at myself as a reporter. If you can report on anything that has to do with pop culture, then why can’t I make jokes about it? Yes, it hurts. But I figure that laughter sometimes starts from pain. You might wince, but then I know that I’m doing my job. The only thing I can do wrong is not be funny.
Cheers,
Ante
A. Feltner/Falter like a Dave Letterman made the matchup B. I watched, he didn’t look terrible all game, but he did lose it by the 3rd
Grey!!
Hope you are well.
Take very good care.
Hope you take the ‘ship in all your leagues.
Cheers,
Ante
Hope you’re well!
Brujan a 5hr 25 stls guy this year?
Definitely possible. Tho given that he’s been mediocre (or worse) at stealing for 2+ years, not sure he gets an unlimited green light. Plus, they’ll probably still platoon him (even without any negative split.)
I’d take the Under on 25 SBs
Meh. Would probably take the under on both.
Could be
Drop Civale for Christian Scott?
Sure if Civale is your worst current player or pitcher on the roster. Upside for Scott is higher, but the downside is also lower.
Yes
The Marlins traded 2015’s 12th overall pick, Josh Naylor… AND Luis Castillo (Jared Cozart and Carter Capps) + Cash for …. Andrew Cashner.
Then they can’t get a Top 50 Prospect for Luis Arraez.
Surreal Grey, Surreal. The best is Mish said Bendix said he got an offer he couldn’t resist. Lol. Oh, and they’re covering some of his contract. What’s the logic behind this trade?
Remember, Avisail Garcia is still a Marlins.
After 31 years, it’s getting restless being a Marlins fan.
Haha, I hear ya…it was terrible…They basically unloaded him for nothing
When i moved to ATL it was easy to adopt the braves. I was happy for the marlins last year but following close is over. I do miss the Dolphins though.Mish and Jim Bowden used to have a show and Bowden said to pick up Soto now 2 weeks before the call up.
Please rank L Garcia, Brujan, and Donovan. Thanks.
You ranked em correctly. Donovan leading off everyday should be valuable…instead he’s sofa king boring
You did
C’mon! you meant….”Agree with Cobblers”!!!!
Worth picking up Eloy while Lane Thomas is on the IL so when Lane comes off the IL i can move Eloy to the IL?
But in all seriousness is Eloy worth more than Wilyer ROS?
Speed round for ROS:
Kenta or Wacha?
Amed Rosario or Luis Garcia Jr?
I’d go Wilyer, Kenta, Lu Gar…tho
Wilyer has a .416 BABIP over 190 Plate Appearances. Not sure even Rogers Hornsby could keep that up
Wilyer
Neither as a long term hold, both are matchup based streamers in most leagues
LuGar
Wilyer
Kenta
Garcia
HEy Gray are u starting Gil in weekely lineup He is home vs Stros and on road vs Rays thanks
I am
thanks rolling the dice !
No problem
Thanks!
Checking the wire and would you take Tyler Anderson, Taillon, Dunning, Paxton or Mason Parker over Kenta?