Hishashi my dashi — slurp SLURP! Yesterday, Hisashi Iwakuma threw the AL’s first no-hitter since 2012, a span of three years (nice math skills, Grey stache!) This wasn’t an easy, rollover and let me scratch your belly, Padres club he was no-hitting either. This was no “Get out your Slinky and drop it from the top of the stairs and it’ll go all the way to the bottom,” this was more of a “Drop your Slinky and watch it get two stairs down, and then Chris Davis comes up and flattens one into the Pike’s Market concourse, and then one of the fish guys throws it back and then Machado comes up orders a Flat White with almond milk and he hits one over one of the 16,000 Starbucks* in the greater Seattle area.” Wow, I got totally lost in that analogy. Iwakuma’s ERAs are all over the place in his time in the states, but I’ll say this, everything else is nearly identical. His K/9 is always within point five, his xFIP is 3.29 now and it was 3.28 in his 2nd major league season, his fastball velocity was 88.9 last year; it’s 88.9 now, his walk rate is 1.5, it was 1.1 last year. This year, he’s given up more homers, that’s been the difference. You’d have to assume in Safeco homers would come down and Iwakuma would go back to being a mid to low-3 ERA pitcher. *I did the Segway Seattle tour during the All-Star break counting them. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Nelson Cruz – Out on Wednesday, dealing with neck spasms. Cruz said he wasn’t able to turn and look without moving his whole upper body. That never stopped Ken Patera!
Kevin Gausman – 7 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks. “Gausman, Taijuan, Matz, Rodon, Erasmo, Hutchison, etc.” “Alex, what are reasons why I may not draft a starter in the top 150 next year?” I love that Jeopardy started adding subjective questions.
Matt Wieters – His hamstring will be re-evaluated on Friday. He could be re-evaluated on Thursday, but he needs to stretch out the level of stress he puts his owners through.
Chris Heston – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners (4 BBs), 4 Ks, ERA at 3.38. I streamed him yesterday. You, “How did you know, Unkie Grey? Are you fantasy baseball’s Ms. Cleo?” No, or I never would’ve drafted Sandoval. I followed the Stream-o-Nator and Heston’s home track record.
Nori Aoki – Likely headed to the 7-day DL. How is it that everyone is now getting concussions? Fatty Arbuckle once gave Babe Ruth a concussion after hitting him on the head with a Coke bottle when he pulled it out of tight spot too fast, and Ruth never needed a concussion DL.
Carlos Gomez – Didn’t start yesterday due to a sore knee. Could have the two Cargos peed in the same fountain and accidentally switched bodies?
Colby Rasmus – 1-for-3 and his 15th homer, hitting .239. He’s going to get to .250 with 20 homers and look like he should be drafted next year, and you’re gonna draft him and want to drop him three days into the season. Every year with this guy.
Jed Lowrie – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer. If Lowrie hits another home run in the next few games, he will become the last player with middle eligibility to make it on my teams.
James Shields – 6 1/3 IP, 5 ER, 10 baserunners, 7 Ks in Petco, ERA at 3.89. He should be ashamed of himself. Harang had a 3.64 ERA in his year in San Diego. Effin’ monkey face!
Matt Kemp – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer. We should start an All-Star team of guys that were once amazing and got old at the age of 29, the Andruw Jones Also-Rans. You better believe Kemp is a starter.
Joey Votto – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and a slam (20) and legs (7). Not only did I make Votto my preseason NL MVP pick, but I also placed a bet in Vegas on the Reds winning the World Series. Man, I wish I didn’t put my money where my mouth is.
Raisel Iglesias – 6 IP, 3 ER, 4 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.70. Fun fact! His name translates to “raise the roof in a church.”
Jacoby Ellsbury – Didn’t start yesterday for a mental day of rest. Coincidentally, his owners are going mental.
Danny Salazar – 7 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners (5 BBs), 8 Ks, ERA at 3.26. Who’s better, Carrasco or Salazar? On pure stuff, I’m gonna say Carrasco. On being a pitcher, which sounds like some nonsense you hear from John Kruk, I’m taking Salazar.
Jake Odorizzi – 6 IP, 6 ER vs. the Braves. I’ll send you five over-the-internet dollars if you can figure out who on the Braves knocked in four runs off of Odorizzi. If you said The Lithuanian Bathroom, you’re warm, he hit eighth and right in front of the culprit. Yes, Odorizzi was undone by the Braves nine hole hitter.
Asdrubal Cabrera – 2-for-4, 1 run, hitting over .500 in the last week. I know he’s not sexy, but he’s been schmotato’ing all around town for the better part of August.
Grady Sizemore – 3-for-5, 2 runs and his 6th homer. Now has four homers in his last nine games. No, I wouldn’t pick him up either.
Curt Casali – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer. You’re a son like Elroy, you wish you had a record deal, and Casali’s got Maas appeal. RIP Guru.
Edinson Volquez – 7 IP, 5 ER, 10 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.27 vs. Daniel Norris 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks. This was a matchup of one guy you don’t want that you should and one guy you do want that you shouldn’t, but the one guy you should have you didn’t want yesterday. That sounds like the Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want translated into Chinese and then translated back.
Jose Iglesias – 2-for-5, 1 run, hitting .305, and batting 2nd. Joe Church!
Bruce Rondon – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 2nd save, after Alex Wilson ruled himself fine to pitch. We are no monarchy, Alex, you will rule nothing.
Trayce Thompson – 2-for-3, 1 run and a homer on Tuesday. I hesitated mentioning him yesterday because he’s a platoon guy, facing lefties. That essentially kills all his value in mixed leagues, except for streaming. I’ve seem him compared to an old Razzball favorite, Jason Lane, but Richard Linklater never filmed Trayce. The comparison was meant prior to Lane becoming a herbathrowdite. Thompson might have some value streaming vs. lefties, but not much beyond that.
Drew Stubbs – Designated for assignment. Don’t worry, Rockie fans (do these exist?), Weiss kept Brandon Barnes.
Lucas Duda – Sat out again with a stiff back. On a related note, a frequent commenter, Nick the Dick, looks just like Duda. I know this because the other day he posted his family roast. It’s completely NSFW, but also awesome. If you want to see Nick, fast forward to the 28 minute mark, but his other family members are just as outrageous and well worth watching.
Yoenis Cespedes – 1-for-4 and his 1st home run as a Met (19th overall). Ugh, he was so hot prior to the trade to the Mets. Please, prove me wrong and do something in Metco.
Jacob deGrom – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA down to 2.03. Member how the Hosmer-hawk became a thing because Fox beat it down our throats during the playoffs? Could this postseason be the Autumn of the Mullet?
Juan Lagares – 1-for-4, 1 run as he’s hit leadoff for two straight days. I noticed he was batting leadoff on Tuesday, but I figured it was just a snafu by Terry Collins, but now we only need one more day for it to be a trend. I would wait until he’s hitting to add in shallower leagues, but if he’s leading off his value goes way up for deeper leagues.
Aaron Brooks – 1 2/3 IP, 8 ER. Dam, the Brooks, he’s gushing!
Danny Valencia – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 10th homer. This homer came against his former team. Okay, I cheated, every team is his former team. He does have three homers in the last six games and it hitting near-.375. Hot schmotato alert!
Chris Colabello – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 11th homer. Look at Cola showing pop! Pun points!
Justin Smoak – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 11th homer. So, he’s coming up a little short of the 40 homer prediction by JayWrong. Go to our fantasy football side of things, and make fun of him!
R.A. Dickey – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.96, but since June 1st his ERA has been 2.71. And I still wouldn’t pick him up. I just don’t trust knuckleballers. Or ballers. Or players. And I hate the game, too.
Marcus Stroman – Cleared to start rehab on August 21st. Okay, that’s it in the way of Stroman updates. He’ll return for a few games and be a streamer. In keepers, y’all need to stash him.
Starling Marte – Left yesterday’s game with hand discomfort, which sounds bad, but if we form a prayer parallelogram, hopefully he’s fine.
Gerrit Cole – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA up to 2.48. It’s a miracle that he was able to keep the Cards to only this many runs with the defense behind him. Watching Pedro Alvarez bumble balls in Busch, I’m reminded of my 15-year-old self.
Gregory Polanco – 3-for-4, 1 run. Yes, you should own him. Yes, now.
Jung-ho Kang – 2-for-3, hitting near-.325 in the last week with a homer. There was Big Donkey, Mini Donkey, Mini Mini Donkey, El Burro and now…Donkey Kang!
Matt Garza – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.82. You have bigger trouser oranges than me if you even consider owning Garza.
Ryan Braun – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 20th homer. Yeah, but what did Lind do?! Oh, nothing. Moving on!
Kris Bryant – 1-for-4 and his 16th homer, hitting .249. As I said when he first came up, he might be lucky to hit .240. In the last month, we’ve been seeing the effects of having a 30+% K-rate. I still like him with his speed and power, but he won’t hit for a high average.
Hector Rondon – 1 IP, 0 ER and the blown save as Braun scored on a wild pitch. You can’t fault Rondon for that, though Maddon might.
Jason Hammel – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.11. Hammel’s now failed to get out of the sixth inning in every game since July 3rd. I wonder if he’s hiding an injury. Or onomatopoeic, hmm. Or if I were Graham from MasterChef, I’d remove my glasses.
Aaron Hicks – 4-for-5, 4 runs, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. On Friday, I made him my lede Buy. Today, I say uh-huh.
Miguel Sano – 3-for-3, 6 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer, hitting .295. *you whimpering* What’s the matter? “I just finished reading The Sanotebook and I don’t get him in the end.”
Justin Turner – Likely to return on Thursday or Friday. Ah, yes, just what Mattingly needs, choices.
Clayton Kershaw – 8 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.39. It’s almost unfair. No, actually, it’s totally unfair.
Eduardo Rodriguez – 5 IP, 8 ER vs. the Marlins and gave up a leadoff homer to Dee Gordon. This was the moment that the Red Sox pitching staff threw the towel in right as Apollo Creed’s dead head hits it. The Red Sox pitching staff is so bad…How bad is it?! It’s so bad that, due to trips to the mound, the pitching coach’s FitBit turned from 999,999 back to zero.
David Ortiz – 3-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 24th and 25th homers. Even at a Latin 39, he makes it look so easy he could be hitting against Red Sox pitching.
Hanley Ramirez – Sat out again Wednesday even though he was supposed to return. This will push his re-injuring to Sunday.
J.T. Realmuto – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 6 RBIs and his 7th homer. On our Player Rater, Realmuto has been more valuable than Lucroy, Gomes, d’Arnaud, Wieters and Molina. How’d that ‘not punting catcher’ work out for you?
Cole Gillespie – 3-for-4, 3 runs and hitting near-.500 in the last week. I’d say hot schmotato, but I could also say Red Sox pitching.
Dee Gordon – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (2) and legs (35), hitting .330. I Googled “Dee Gordon homers” and Google asked, “Did you mean Dee Gordon military defeats?”
Giancarlo Stanton – Hasn’t yet been cleared to take batting practice. The doctors said, “Your hand looks like it’s healing–Who is that mustachioed man in the dumpster outside of the window?” And that was all I heard.
Maikel Franco – Sat out Wednesday and is sporting a splint. The good news is his splint has room for an 18-line poem by Prospect Mike.
Aaron Nola – 5 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 2 Ks, but scored the conshellation prize as his ERA sits at 4.25. I still like Nola a lot long term and in deep leagues, but in most shallower mixed leagues, you need to start looking elsewhere.
Cesar Hernandez – 2-for-5 as he continues to leadoff and hit. Speaking of hitting, did that Domonic Brown thing end already? What happened to that young brother? Asking for a friend, a friend who pierces his nipples and goes by the name of Tehol.
David Peralta – Out until Friday with a tight quad. You best hurry because beeyatches by Wally Pipping in the Diamondbacks lineup. I’m gonna guess I just caused a Googlewhack with beeyatches and Wally Pipping.
Ender Inciarte – 3-for-5, 2 runs. And now Peralta has been Pipp’d! Seriously, the Diamondbacks don’t hit many homers as a club, but everything else they do, they do turned to eleven.
Aaron Hill – 2-for-3, after a big game on Tuesday. Not sure if he’ll play every day, but if he does, he looks to be schmotato’ing.
Chase Anderson – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA up to 4.31. Chase just couldn’t do it in Chase Field. Similarly, FDR once threw out the first pitch and bounced it three times in the dirt in the Polio Grounds.
That no hitter was great!…on my bench.
@Alex: Ouch
the Twin killing! Grey, thank you for Aaron Hicks. Yes, you, Grey.
No problem, assy!
@Grey: I second this one! My last-priority waiver claim was able to snag Hicks before his explosion last night…no way would I have been able to grab him without the Grey-t [groan] heads up.
No problem
Asdrubal IS sexy if you’re all about dat as!
@Manley Ramirez: manley i dropped moss for you ok but as for my brandon moss candle lit wall that stays
@ROTO OVERLORD: Candles? I assumed the interiors of overlords’ living spaces contain only medieval torches.
@Manley Ramirez: He calls them candles. Medieval torches are for the witches.
@bigbear: @Bigbear @manleyramirez you guys are close, its like the forbidden west wing in beauty and the beast
Aaron Hicks and Miguel Sano bringing me back into this week single-handedly.
@SF: Nice!
Terry Collins has said Lagares will play against lefties, for what it’s Wuertz.
*Username changed out of deference to OG (Original Gareth).
@Gareth-come-lately: Ah, gotcha, only took him 4 months to realize it
Regarding Hammel, his pitch count was 65! Second time in a row he was pulled with a low pc. So time to stop blaming Hammel and start talking about what he did to Maddon’s daughter, wife, dog etc.
@Manley Ramirez: Joc
@Chicken Dinner: Ooops! Meant for JW.
HEY! JW, LOOK UP!
@Manley Ramirez: Ha
The future is looking bright for Sano. I’ll have to choose between him, Schwarber, Franco, Polanco, and Pederson in a 3-player keeper league. Which of those 3 do you like long term?
@JW: Joc, in case you missed it.
@JW: I’d say Sano and Schwarber are in a tier together, and Polanco, Pederson, and Franco fall somewhere below them. If forced to choose, I’d got with Sano.
@JW: Joc
Who we like better in a points league rest of season, polanco or sano. Thanks homes.
@Carter: Polanco
Peralta entered the game as a pitch-hitter, 1:1. Freeman on rehab starting today – prepare for the barrage of trade offers from yours truly.
Also, Katrina!
@Mrs.Featherbottom: Hurricane (and pantyhose) Katrina!
Hammel threw like 65 pitches. Last start he was mid-70s. I dont get it. Dropping this guy. Hello, SON? Yes, I need a QS please.
@Lipson: I hear ya
Who wins this trade? C Gomez/J Ross for Salazar? Will Salazar be on a pitch limit this year?
@Bocephus: Gomez regardless.
@Bocephus: Gomez
with SD in COL soon (but 2 of them are Lefties,so venable will be out of two of them). My Franco/E5/Marte all short term injured i need a bat or two for next few days at least in 14 teamer. I can first off drop c.anderson (he’s 11th SP, and i have smyly/matz/berrios stashed in DL/NA slots) and have 3 moves more left on week. I’m losing steals due to molina, and only have rusney/bogaerts/burns for steals without marte. OBP over AVG and total bases and hits also, all hitting categories are close. badly behind in pitching ratios also. options are
m.taylor/solarte (in COL)/saladino/a-jax/lindor/paulsen. taylor plays 4 games to the others’ 3, .solarte isn’t good at lefties from player page, and gets 2 of them. a-jax is @ BOS for 3 games but gets worst SB success vs those pitchers. I also could drop soler (have stuck with him all year, even dropped heyward rather than him when heyward was still bad) for 2 of those guys. paulsen gets 4 games as well, with all of them being righties, so he’ll start i’m sure at least 3 of them.
1. drop c.anderson for which of them alone
or
2. drop anderson and soler for 2 which 2 of them
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: 1. Yangervis in Coors
Grey!!!
a. On the Volquez blurb, a Russian guy invented a machine which translate English into Russian and back again into English. A wiseguy wanted to test the machine. So he offered the tried and true phrase..’The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.’ The machine’s reply…’The ghost is ready but the meat is raw.’ On Chinese when fresh off the boat immigrants say ‘Cow eat grass yesterday’ it makes sense to them. Chinese has no articles, no verb tenses and no declination. Everything is in context. To get a grade 4 chinese certificate would be a piece of cake, it’s getting from 500 characters to the close to 7000 characters which makes speaking Chinese perfectly SUPER difficult.
b. On Alvarez, he is too short to be a 1B and too sloppy to be a 3B. Guy should be shipped to an island where they adore bulls (’cause his nickname is El Toro).
c. NORM MACDONALD quote of the day:
‘David Kaczynski, the brother who turned in unabomber defendant Ted Kaczynski, said he plans to share the million dollar reward money with the bombing survivors. He said that roughly 400K would go to the bombing victims and that he would blow the remaining 600K on whores and cocaine.’
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: A. Interesting B. Ha! C. Haha
@Ante GALIC: that one was from weekend update i remember it.
Great stuff Grey! Please rank for ROS Melky, R. castillo, Or Polanco?
@I b Teheran it up!: Thanks! Polanco, Melky
Yelich or Inciarte ROS?
@Oranje: Yelich
Head to head 10 team keeper: please rank ros:
Kemp
Elsbury
Pence
Marte
And
Zobo or Odor ros?
Thanks
@nitro: Marte, Ells, Kemp
Would you rather have Realmuto or Welington ROS?
@roger: Beef.
@roger: Welington
Lol, Ken Patera reference.
@Mike: Ha
Hey Grey,
Need QS. Start Latos vs Cin, Ervin vs Texas?
Thanks!
@danny almonte: Sure in some leagues, both are very risky
I’d like to give a shout out to my team yesterday:
Rizzo 0/3
Odor 0/3
Arenado 0/4
Zobrist 0/3
Eaton 0/5
Betts 0/5
Lind 0/3
That’s a special kind of terrible.
@ashtray: Ouch
@ashtray: if it’s H2H did your opponent have and play Iwakuma? cause that would be some serious irony right there… yikes!
I read Alex Wilson was warming in the pen as Rondon closed it out. Would prefer to have Rondon win the gig outright since Wilson doesn’t miss many bats at all.
Speaking of guys who got old as in Kemp, Sizemore used to look like a future HOFer in his early 20s until his body aged 20 years in a blink of an eye.
Btw, a guy in my league traded Kemp for Blackmon early in the year. Then traded Kemp back to the same team for Holliday… Part of his roughly 10 deals that turned his team from a possible contender to a near-last place team… I bet he thought like the SD GM, that he as getting an all star LOL. I never saw anyone trade so much yet lose almost every trade.
@papasmurf: I play H2H points. Every year I make a trade that gets me overall points but ends up costing me wins due to when those points are scored. Nuts.
@papasmurf: Totally on Sizemore too… Ha!
I am worry about A-Rod.
I need him to hit homers but he doesn’t after his 40 years old birthday.
Are you worry about him if you owned him? Or you think he will be fine and come back with power soon? Thanks
@Wilson: I don’t know your options
@Grey: A Rod or Ortiz for ROS?
(Ortiz is hitting but will keep to the end of season? Or Will A Rod be back with power? )
A-Rod, toss up
@Grey:
Thanks, A Rod or Trumbo?
Trumbo seems usually be good after entering Sep.
Y2013 Sep, 5HR , 16RBI (Aug, 6HR, 21RBI)
Y2014 Sep, 6HR , 22RBI
I don’t buy it, too small of a sample size… A-Rod over Trumbo
could use some advise…
Who’s more valuable for the rest of this season, Corey Seager or David Wright?
@Conktown Tinker: Wright
@Conktown Tinker: yikes and this wright here shows the ugly value wright could easily have.
Trade deadline this weekend…
13 Team 5×5 Redraft…
I have Pujols at 1B, Machado at 3B. Miggy returning tomorrow (but will believe it when I see it!). This will shift Pujols to Util, forcing me to bench one of Jay Bruce / Billy Hamilton / Sano (Playing matchups right now, correctly started Sano yesterday!)
I am leading most offensive categories except for HR, I’m 6 back there so there’s a chance I can catch the guy in first if Nelson Cruz ever quits this madness.
SP’s are Kluber / Salazar / Keuchel / Latos / Cashner. Streaming Cashner so I have IP Cap room for another starter, I’ve gained a lot of points in ERA/WHIP since the All Star Break but want to keep that position and maybe snag another point in wins.
Options are limited as the season winds down, but I could probably get DeGromm or Cole. Likely to cost me Machado. Is that insane to consider? Or am I better off with the offensive depth in case another injury pops up?
@Chris: Yeah, kinda insane… Get a cheaper SP or stream
Hey great stuff as always! What are your thoughts on Jack Peterson? He’s basically been a waste of a roster spot since the all-star break. I’m thinking about dropping him for Aaron Hicks. What do you think? Thanks.
@osnam: Joc Pederson?
@osnam: Thanks! Go with Hicks
5×5 daily roto
I need to ditch ERod, who should I pick up?
Estrada, Gray, Dickey, Nelson, Bassitt, Nola, Garza?
@Bobby: Streamers…Nelson, Bassitt at home
Nick the Dick, “Is that a foot long?”..”And then some”. I somehow always end up watching Bachelor Party if I find it on flipping through the channels. I’m sure Tom Hanks would love it to go away.
@Lville Jim: Ha
Will need to cut 2 with Miggy and Turner being activated.
Who should I lose?
12 team h2h 7×7 (OBP, K and QS, L)
C-Santana
1-Rizzo
2-Odor
3-Arenado
S-Zobrist
O-Brantley
O-Betts
O-Eaton
U-Lind
U-Revere
B-Pederson
DL-Miggy
DL-Turner
SP-Carrasco
Salazar
Richards
Syndergaard
Jaime Garcia
Heston
Quintana
RP-Rosenthal
Britton
Ramos
Kahnle
Smith
@ashtray: I’m thinking Pederson and then one of Heston/Lind/Eaton.
@ashtray: Joc, Heston
Listen pal, they Mets are averaging over 5 runs a game since Yoenis came over. He’s free to join in on the party at any time!
@Cram It: did you order anything from that Mets fan site?
@Cram It: Ha, I wish he would
The Moment of Truth album gets played at least once a month on my drive to work.
Side note: Wrote a 25 page paper on the song Moment of Truth in my college Criticism class taught by a monk. Aced it. The next week in class he told me if I disrespect, I’ll get the tec.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: Ha, awesome… Have you listened to Cuban Linx Part 2? I’m liking it a lot… Love About Me
ROS – Hicks or Peralta?
Does answer change for 2016+?
@dude: Hicks. Now and later.
@dude: Agree with ashtray
10 team dynasty H2H points league with deep rosters. -.5K’s I’m trying to rebuild for next year and I have Crush. Trying to determine the most I can get for Crush. How do these trades look?
My Crush for his Daniel Norris and Nomar Mazara or Conforto
@alex seber: I’d want more
@alex seber: Agree…Crush is probably going to drop 44 bombs this year. Nobody has a clue what Norris, Mazara or Conforto can even produce. Norris will be alright, but I’d try to get something more tangible than the two hitters.
So drop Wilson for Rondon?
@web: Meh, it could go either way still…
Hi Grey,
Which side do you like better for ROS:
Braun/Ortiz/Kang or Archer/Hosmer/Sano/Bogaerts?
It’s 4-on-3 because I would use that extra slot for injured players coming back (Giancarlo or Pineda), or to stream SPs before then.
@Jake: Archer
@Grey: Thank you, Grey.
No problem
Anyone nervous about starting liriano against St Louis today, especially after getting pulled in his last start with “right shoulder twinge”? SON says $15.1 for today….thoughts?
@Gray’s sports almanac: Yeah, I’d be worried
@Fungazi: @Grey: Grey, after ignoring you yesterday with Nola, (despite the conshellation prize), In Grey we trust, liriano is on the pine. Now if I can just get through the day without saying aww f*ck it, that’ll be a different story….
I’m hoping you’re good
@Gray’s sports almanac: I’m starting him, but I have 2 solid brass balls.
@Fungazi: Good luck Fungazi!
@Fungazi: looks like liriano is get a free room at the W due to the Pirates Batting around in the top of the first.
Yup!
Morning, BB.
Gotta love Hisashi. I’ll admit I thought this was the year to abandon ship on him, been drafting him for years. And he goes and throws a no-no. Good for him. By all accounts seems like a good guy.
@Phil of the Future: He seems super respectable, right?
@Grey: He sure does, G. What’s the japanese word for Mensch?
I only know arrigato, which is thank you and hairy cat in Spanish
@Grey: HA! I knew that one too.
Bigger problem. Sonny Gray was scratched, and Jesse Chavez is taking his place in Toronto this afternoon. Starting him in my weekly lock.
Oh well, winning is for losers anyway….Bye ratios!
Prayerellogram?
@Grey: I don’t think God himself could help Jesse Chavez this afternoon. I’m just going to power up my shields and go fetal.
Who was Chavez supposed to get this week?
@Grey: Baltimore. Not great, but better than the Jays in Canada.
It’s a deep league and I’ve had injuries, not a lot of choices you know how it be
Yeah, I hear ya…Toronto on short notice? Oy
@Grey: Yup. He was probably taking a nice little siesta. Then the equipment manager wakes him and says “hey Jesse, you’re pitching today!” And Jesse says “Queeeeeee????”
If I were Chavez I’d throw at the first few batters and have the bullpen come in
@Grey: Honestly that’s a great idea
I’m filled with them!
@Grey: You’re like a jelly donut. But with ideas instead of jelly.
And covered in powdered sugar! (Sometimes)
@Grey: Man this was a bad break, G. I’m on tilt right now.
4 runs already….
Yeah, Chavez should just lay down and play dead
The worst is the A’s might need him to fall on a grenade to save the bullpen
@Grey: I wanted to wait until Chavez got taken out cuz he started to go on a little run.
Holy smokes, where do I cash my chips in? 6 baserunners, 9 Ks?? Are you kidding me?
Ha, seriously
H2H Points keeper league question. What order of pick ups would you put the following-Cashner, Smyly, Stroman. My 2 DL slots are being sucked up by Springer/Pineda right now so anybody I pick up has to be active until 1 of them returns.
@Clint: Smyly, Cash
Drop E. Santana or A. Nola for C. Bassitt?
12 team H2H 6×6 QS
@TOGMAN: Ervin
1. BFF, One more reason to loathe Grady Sizemore he scored 24pts in DK last night and he cost me a big victory , I came in 2nd for an Angels meet and greet with current players (I’m sure that meant the Bullpen catcher and a handful of middle relief guys, but hey I Bedrosian could of gave me some tips for my next first pitch) I lost by 1.8 pts, which is equivalent to a walk or HBP, unfortunately you don’t get any points for a sac bunt or I would of won outright.
2. I’m co-managing in a really deep points league, I figured I’d try roto and points all in one shot (I like roto way better) These are the best avail for the weekend, I’m leaning towards Peavy at home……
Anderson V Cin Holmberg 8.8
Peavy V Was (Gio) 6.7
Happ @ Harvey -3.2
Locke @ Colon -.3
3. I told you SP pitching was thin, NYM have been terrible vs LHP but Locke and Happ are the only 2 options .
4. Speaking of Citifield it has the 6th most HR’s in the NL at 1.97 per game and Petco was 5th at 2.09, I was surprised too.
@Teddy Heater: moving the fences does matter. The weather in SD this year has helped a ton. Usually they dont start dropping dongs down there til August. Funny that everyone is all on Colorados nuts and yet Milwaukee is the leader for knocks.
@J-FOH: I love that the 2 beer parks are the best for HR’s and bitch as Busch is weak cause they were too scared to call it Budweiser Park, if “Da I’m to sick to play Brown is back in the lineup then I’ll pick him back up. Gyorko with some lefties in Coors and Brown at the jet stream in Miller. Just don’t rain in Coors this weekend!
Another 5HR’s at Citifield today, I hope that means Nado is heating up for the home stand!
@Teddy Heater: the dimensions or busch are what does this, plus it’s very humid in a river valley where that stadium is.
@Teddy Heater: 1, I can’t believe you came in 2nd in another big contest… You need to use that good for some big cash evil 2. Peavy 3. Ha, yup 4. Yeah, I saw that recently, I still don’t believe it, need a bigger sample size, that’s what she said — why did she say that?
@Grey: 1. Still pissed about Grady Sizemore! Yeah Sky and I were talking DK Cash strategies a few days ago. I need to start transitioning into those.
2. Gotta love Peavy in NL West
4. HA!
Nice avatar! 2. All day, son!
@Grey: I had to take snap before shipping it off to Tehol. Apparently we’re about the same size, so that worked out for him. Did you see 5 more bombs at Citi and Nado is coming home on good note!
I can’t wait until Arenado gets a taste of Padre pitching in Coors…Getting hot at the perfect time… That was very cool of you to ship it off to Tehol, I’m sure he’ll love it
9 team AL Only Standard 5×5 roto league:
Was offered his Trout / Kyle Seager / Ivan Nova
for my Donaldson / Adam Jones / Gausman / Osuna / and Tolleson
I can keep Trout for next year, and not able to keep Donaldson if I reject the trade. Am I giving up too much? Winning the league by almost 20 pts at the moment. Have a huge lead in saves, so I can replace the closers with middle relievers with the same or better ratios (and still have Boxberger and B.Rondon).
If I make the trade, I keep Trout, Miggy, and Tulo for next year, and send Abreu back into the draft pool. If I stand pat, I keep Miggy, Tulo, and Abreu, and send Donaldson back to the draft pool. I’m leaning toward grabbing Trout instead of gambling on getting Donaldson back in the draft – bird in the hand kind of thing, even if it is a lot to give up.
Thoughts??
@omar: Trout side
I’m still waiting on the DeGrominators regression….
@Jacob: Could be a while
Gausman or Niese ROS?
@Steve: Gausman
Any pre trade deadline advice for this team? Obviously would love to hear from Grey, but any thoughts welcomed. 12 team h2h 5×5 yahoo league.
C) Santana
1B) Prince
2B) Odubel
3B) Carpenter
SS) Cesar Hernandez
OF) Cargo
OF) Heyward
OF) Grichuk
UT) Morales
BN) Hicks
DL) Kipnis, Dickerson
SP) Keuchel, Lynn, Zimmerman, Lackey, Garcia, Chavez, Hughes, Peavy, Guthrie
RP) Jansen, Rosenthal, Gregerson, Tolleson
@j-mo: Your pitching looks pretty wonky and you look low on power, but how has the team done so far? H2H is a strange beast, depends more on matchups…
Sano on waiver wire… should i drop any of my guys for him…
C SCHWARBER
1B ENCARNACION
2B ODOR
3B SEAGER
SS BOGARET
LF J.D.
CF JONES
RF BRUCE
UT VMART
BENCH: CARPENTER
DL: SPRINGER
PITCHERS: THOR, NOLA, SALAZAR, A. WOOD, CORBIN, RAY, HAMELS
Thanks!!!
@jojo: V-mart
rest of the year Puig or Gardner. Thanks for the 1st place advice.
My pitching staff is Grey 101 Prime. Archer, Arrietta, Cole, Etc. you rock!!
@Trebam: Puig…Nice staff!
Would you pick up David Peralta, Ryan Zimmerman, or Aaron Hicks?
@Maximumxpower: Hicks
Oh my god…that family roast was funnier than every roast I’ve seen on Comedy Central.
No questions today, I think Im gonna cruise to the ship in every league Im in barring total meltdowns in across the board. Thanks to the Razzball crew I own Schwarber,Goldy, Frazier, Correa, Sano, Odor, CarGo, Harper, Hicks, Hosmer, Rendon, Ian Desmond, Arrieta, Strasburg, Iwakuma in every league. Every other roster spot is optimized by hittertron and SON weekly.
I almost feel like Im cheating thanks to JFoh, JB and Prosect Mike doling out the goods before any non-readers know whats happening.
FML, I’ll be owing you a few daiquiris come October. Thanks!
@Marty Janetty_Was Set Up: It’s hilarious, right? You brought up a good point, we should have a Razzball cruise…
@Grey: A “Razzball Cruise” to Catalina. I would fly down for that, even if I was just sequestered to the engine room shoveling coal . Perhaps it could be “Fantasy Island” themed? You of course would be Mr. Roarke. “Tattoo” is played by Jay?
Gotta go to DR for scouting
@Peter Nincompoop: bunch of lit up fantasy dorks screaming “F’ing Catalina!” sounds good to me (it’ll be what i’d be doing)
@Grey: I suggest an Alaskan port of call.
HA… Gotta hit DR for scouting
@Grey:
I cant believe they wrote their own material, I’d watch weekly.
The 5 girl readers would either love or hate the cruise depending on “singleness and willingness to mingle” factor.
They’d have to bring whistles with them
@Grey: Yeah, whistle’s and probably mace.
And bodyguards
@Grey: Just put J-FOH (he looks tough on his screen picture) outside your door to watch for “Manley Ramirez”.
It’s like buying a gun to protect against someone with a plastic knife
@Grey: Cruise ball… but i think the OGR ‘one girl reader’ might be uncomfortable.
The OGR would need Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men to investigate what happened to her
I have a hunch that the Reds will be pumped to show up Latos. Start the smug bastard?
@mzyptlk: I’d likely sit him
@mzyptlk: why would CIN want to get revenge on HIM, didn’t they trade him to a complete garbage team even though they got little in return?
Sup grey-lord! Doin your thang as usual! Gets the people going! And Piscotty doesn’t know!
Carlos Gomez or Freddie Freeman ROS? Sounds like Freeman back the 18th. What u think. Points league
@Nightmare: Ha, thanks! Gomez
Can we talk MC?
Ooh and Abominable SANOman!
@J-FOH: Ha, nice nickname… Yeah, I watched
@Grey: full credit to the nickname goes to new writer David…
I called the shot last night on MC. Why does it seem like they keep hooking up Hetal. I call bulls**t on her cooking meat. She eats it and knows what she is doing. I like how Olivia called her out for only cooking Indian food.
You called what shot? When? Under your breath? Hetal’s a joke, anyone that cries when they see meat should not be on a cooking show…She shouldn’t really be allowed out of her house… I liked that too by Olivia, Hetal’s the worst! (And I kinda like Indian girls, so it means a lot coming from me!)
@Grey: at my house we always say out loud who will get bumped before the show starts.
Last night was all about Tommy in the first half. Everyone yelling at him, him about to lose it.
I need to come over and watch from your place… I will say the animal head challenge did feel smarter than something we’ve seen on MasterChef before, not an easy challenge in 60 minutes
@Grey: That head shizz was crazy. I knew claudia would crush it before I ever saw what she got. Mexicans can cook any part of the animal. I thought Olivia should of made tacos with that cheek meat. The best. I cant believe she screwed it up so bad with such a delicious part of the animal.
No, Mexicans can make any part of an animal into a taco…Cook? Well, maybe
@Grey: they can cook you just dont like them
Meh, it’s all variations of the same thing
either Esmerelda really hurt you or you got shot down by lots of latinas
Nah, I’m one of those people that tastes soap with cilantro
that sounds delicious
@J-FOH: @Grey this just in Hetal cooks another Indian dish and wins again!
This just in, Derrick talks about being in a band
@Grey: @Grey: Are you a supertaster? Have you tried the blue food coloring challenge to find out? I am both a supertaster and love cilantro. I am always curious if the cilantro soap tasters are supertasters or not.
What’s a supertaster? Is that from a Doritos commercial?
@Great White North: @Grey @J-FOH it was rude to dig up Claudias mom and cut her head off like that to cook
Ouch! Haha
@J-FOH: J-FOH possible wedding bells for u and Claud?
@Grey: **Dabs Drool from corner of mouth** Hetal Vortex too….strong…….all those spices……..no protein……tooo……strong…….
Haha…Tommy Lust will dab your mouth for you
@Grey: lol MC Thursday is better than MCM or WCW or WWE or TBT or FBF or FAAB or BABIP
For 2016 Hanley or Polanco? Is it close?
@Gator: It’s close…Polanco prolly
With y Kees calling up Bird, is he worth a pickup in a keeper and for ROS value? I have my keepers set but wondering if he would be useful for trade bait and actually ROS. My kinky option would be to drop Jungman
@G:
With the Yankees – correction
Drop Jung for him
@Grey:
Thanks. Btw just saw in my post that the word “only” got autocorrected to “kinky” haha. But based on your posts and how everyone talks here you probably didn’t even think twice when you read it.
Ha! I actually thought you meant ‘kinky’
@Grey:
Ha! Figured you did. Have a good weekend if I don’t ask you another one tomm
Thanks!
I’ve got Hicks fever. Already have him in 1 league and he is available in another.
Other than McCutchen my OF has been struggling lately, but I am also struggling for saves.
So, the question is, who goes in order to add Hicks. This is a start 3 OF league.
My OF: McCutchen, Gardner (he’s been garbage for a little while now), Puig (can’t really play him everyday), Fowler (has been good, but is Hicks just as good with upside?).
My Bullpen: Perkins, Street, McGee, Rondon (DET), Romo (also Doolittle on DL)
So it really comes down to if you would just add Hicks and drop Fowler, or drop one of McGee (still love his dominance), Rondon or Romo.
What say you wise one?
Fowler
@Grey: I’m related to D. Fowler like Blackmon is related to Black Men, but I have to say, it gives me goosebumps to see you type my true last name…
HA! Very funny
Would you drop/trade Hammel for any of these guys?
Joe Ross
Quintana
Nelson
Bassit
Corbin
Thanks! Love his ratios, but need some QS!
They’re streamers…Quintana
@Grey: Thanks. I already have a streamer slot so, in that case, maybe I’ll pick up an extra OF instead to deal with all my DTD guys. Polanco and Hicks both recently hit waivers in this league…who do you like best of the two ROS?
Polanco
In a h2h dynasty league, who would you rather want and why…Buxton or Sano? I was offered Sano for Buxton. Either one of them will be playing in my util spot. Right now my only base stealers are altuve, carlos gomez and upton. Do I make this swap?
Sano
Hey Grey,
I left my email, my name, and you always are promptly respondin’.
Another keeper league question because the deadline is coming up.
I was offered one of Hamels/Kazmir + Carlos Martinez for Cueto. Would you take the deal, and which of the two older guys would you take?
This is Stan
Hey, Stan, I wouldn’t take it
Would you drop Ervin Santana for Chris Bassitt?
It’s a 12 team H2H league with the following categories –
IP , K/9 , K/BB , HR , W , QS , ERA , WHIP
I’m looking for a more reliable back-end starter that won’t hurt me (Big Erv is a roller coaster).
Who would you prefer to own?
Yup
10-team, H2H. Who’s better ROS: Welington Castillo or Yan Can Play Catcher?
Welington
@Grey: Thanks man! Appreciated as always.
No problem
Is Cola rosterable in a 10 teamer? It looks like he might be getting everyday playing time now.
Not really
Carlos Gomez a worthy trade target?
Depends on the price, I don’t love him right now
Hey Grey — what do you think about dropping Carlos Santana. I’ve been expecting him to turn it around, but it doesn’t seem to be happening. He’s catcher eligible, but I recently traded for Posey, so I don’t need him there. I have Miggy coming back from the DL (I have too many DL guys, so Miggy is on my bench right now, not in a DL slot).
I have Hanley as my SS, but he’s been out for a while, and I feel like I need to add someone to fill in there. OK with dropping Santana to get Alcides Escobar? I could use some speed.
My offense has just been abysmal lately —
C – Posey (recently acquired)
1B – Morales (Freeman – DL)
2B – Rendon (ugh)
SS – Hanley (hurting)
3B – ARod/Santana
IF – Santana/Paulsen (just added Paulsen for Coors homestand)
OF – Blackmon
OF – McCutchen
OF – Gardner (ugh)
OF – Pederson (UGH)
Util – Fowler (just added)
Util – Paulsen/Khris Davis
Bench — Miggy
DL — Freeman
DL — Springer
Yeah, I don’t mind that now, grab Alcides
Parra and Odorizzi for Iwakuma?
Iwakuma
Can’t start Big Erv today (@TEX) even in a 16 teamer right? Though im getting killed in my H2H matchup this week, so might be best to just go for broke.
No way
@Grey: I dealt Montgomery for him in a dynasty a month back after we’d seen the good Erv. But he’s the bad one again now, is he even rosterable in a league this deep?
He’s rosterable, startable at home
@Grey: Home schooler! Don’t see that used much around here anymore.
Yeah
@Grey: i’m not playing him yet in a 30 teamer.
Anyone running Bauer out today against the Yankees?
I wouldn’t
@Grey: Yeah, I’m thinking the Yankees have some pent up offense ready to explode today.
Go Blue Jays!
Do the Blue Jays need a ‘go?’ They are crazy stacked right now
@Grey: E5 needs to go get another cortisone shot.
I don’t know why these guys don’t get one every day, it’s the least they can do!
@Grey: It’s a magical cure all!
No joke, I went to my doctor because my elbow was messed up so he gave me the shot. My elbow felt great and my allergies went away for months!
You can hit homers now too?
@Grey: I went from singles power to doubles power in my softball league!
Ha! Honestly, I kinda want a cortisone shot just to feel what it’s like, I’m not even joking
@SwaggerJackers: Oh please please please please. I have ARod and Gardner, and they (along with Rendon, Pederson, Santana, and Hanley) have been killing me lately.
Martin’s been slumping, could have hit a wall (ouch!). Should I trust Beef Wellington as his replacement ROS and pick up A Wilson for SAGNOF? Only a 10 teamer so I may even be able to get Martin back later on.
Ha! Yes, Welington and Wilson
Stache Man Grey,
Where do you see Sano being ranked next year? Ahead of Longoria?
Thanks!
@Pundeck: Whoever has a strong finish at this point.
Longo has redeemed his entire fantasy season in years past by bashing a bunch of homers in the last month.
Maybe in the 7th round, depends on his final 6 weeks
Sano or Franco ROS?
Thanks!
@Jeff: Sano is full on beast!
Sano
14 team H2H 6×6 (standard 5×5 with obp and holds) 3 player keeper league
Roster:
C. Castillo
1b. Pujols
2b. Odor
ss. Sano
Of. Trout, Harper, Cargo
Utl. Encarnacion, Pence
B. Santana, Franco
sp. Salazar, Tanaka, Carrasco, Walker, Ross, Corbin, 2 stream spots
rp. Krod, Tolleson, Vizcaino, Kahnle, Sanchez
Dl. Smyly, Hahn, Capps, Stroman
I’ve been offerd Miggy straight up for Sano. Sano can be kept next year in the 22nd round. I really don’t need Miggy but the Miggy owner is really interested in Sano for keeper purposes. I would have to trade for a ss or pickup Caeser Hernandez or Lindor off the wire. What should I do?
Hold
Is trading Bumgarner for Hamilton crazy if I need steals?
A bit crazy
@Grey: How much lower down the starting pitcher rankings is reasonable?
Maybe a Liriano-type
@Grey: Thanks so much for all of your time man
No problem
Grey, nice on Donkey Kang!
Can you rank these guys ROS:
Krush Davis
Avisail
Hicks
Vmart
@Nightpandas: add Revere as well
Thanks! Davis, Hicks, depends on needs with Revere
Thinking of dropping both Cameron Maybin and Preston Tucker for Aaron Hicks and David Peralta. Thoughts?
Go for it
Hey Grey.
Thanks for all of your help.
5×5, redraft, h2h, 12 teams, 20 player rosters (+ 1 DL space); currently in 1st place
C – Schwarber
1B – Encarnacion (Miggy is in my DL spot)
2B – Gordon
SS – Bogaerts (with Desmond as a bench bat; playing 1 or the other based on Hitter Tron)
3B – Frazier
OF – Harper
OF – A Jones
OF – Brantley
UTIL – Sano
Do I drop anyone for Hicks and/or Peralta?
Meh, you have no one to drop
@Grey:
thanks
@steven:
do I drop desmond or bogaerts once Miggy is healthy? Or Sano?
Desmond
No problem
I look like Duda??!! I always get Ed Norton from American History X
Might be the lighting or the ball cap, but I saw Duda or Napoli, and Napoli didn’t have a blurb for me to mention it
@Grey: I thought the Yanks cap made me look like Giancarlo….or Nick Markakis if not in a fantasy world
Wow, the lighting must’ve been really bad!
@Grey: When the lighting is the deck light and a desk lamp, i’d say yeah, lighting wasn’t the strongest….thanks for the post though man, getting my views up!!
It deserved it, I kinda want to have that video playing in the background at my next party (or every party I ever attend)…
@Grey: Ha word. My mom just called me to tell me one of the gay guy couples who were there love it so much, and one is turning 40 in a few weeks and asked if we would come meet to learn more about the guy and roast him at his party. Getting gigs ya’ll!!
@nick the dick: you need representation
@J-FOH: And security is where you step in
I just want to be in Nick’s entourage
HA! You need to make a commercial and billboards… What’s the name of the company? Roasters?
@Grey: Shit, I don’t know, we weren’t a company til right now! When something clever hits you lemme know. I’ll be over here doing a Kickstarter thing to fund a nationwide commercial.
Ha! Don’t Be Chicken Roasters?
@nick the dick: Ha not bad! I think it helped when I had to explain to one of the gay guys what a feltcher is
@Grey: Our gay following is so strong
Especially after that asshole joke
@nick the dick: And the Ellen one
@nick the dick: Only had time to check out part of your dad’s bit (at least that’s my understanding of who’s who), and I was laughing my ass off. Thanks to your awesome family and Grey for sharing!
Nick’s family is the best!
@Hal Incandenza: Thanks! And that is just part 2 of the roast. Go back and watch when you have time, only gets better from there when me and my brothers go.
BTW, Nick, guess what I’m seeing tonight? Crazy motherfuc*er named Ice Cube, from a gang called…
@Grey: Not uh….him doing a show or you mean the movie??
Going to the movie…Cougs got us into an advanced screening
@Grey: Ah no way, you get to see all the good movies before us all! Awesome, I cant wait to see it
And Ice Cube’s doing a Q&A after
@nick the dick: Great video BTW!
Nick is the bomb dot gov
@Mrs.Featherbottom: Thanks Mrs. F!
Dear Prospect Mike,
The flowers you gave me
Are just about to die
When I think about
What could’ve been
It makes me want to cry
The sweet words you whispered
Didn’t mean a thing
I guess our song is over
As we begin to sing
Could’ve been so beautiful
Could’ve been so right
Could’ve been my lover
Every day of my life
Could’ve been so beautiful
Could’ve been so right
I’ll never hold what could’ve been
On a cold and lonely night
The mem’ries of our lovin’
Still linger in the air
Like the faded scent of your roses
They stay with me everywhere
Every time I get my hopes up
They always seem to fall
Still what could’ve been is better than
What could never be at all
(at all…)
How could I hold what could’ve been
On a cold and lonely night?
Love,
Tiffany…. er Maikel.
I think we’re alone now….
Who do you like more Sano or Kang?
Sano
@Grey:
Should I pull the trigger on Sano/Kang and Grandal for Schwarber?
All three rookies can be kept next year in the 15th round.
Nope
As in I want Sano
@Grey:
But Kang and Grandal for Schwarber is more to your liking?
And of course thanks! These fake baseballs are so difficult.
Schwarber side
Oh, no problem
Have been offered Hosmer for E5. 8 team h2h redraft. Do you think Hosmer will be better ROS. Thanks!!
Hold
Grey day, drop Beltre for Bruce Rondon? I have Machado, Sano, and Franco ahead of him (both for recent performance and keeper purposes)?
Meh
Dearest Maikel, thank you for the poem above. It is so appreciated during this tough time.
Here is the original transcript of the 18-line poem on your sling. ahem…
Maikel
My hell
Is seeing you in pain
That snake
Tried to clip your wing
But his efforts were in vain
Selfie?
Self – LESS
I know this to be true
You’ve carried
These fightin’ Phils
Since your MLB debut
Brother
Brotherly love
That’s what I feel inside
Your bat
Your swing
Instill a sense of pride
I love you Maikel!
Get well soon!
@Mike: *wipre tear* that was beautiful
I hope you wrote that wearing pants
Society’s “rules” have no place in my poetry. The most difficult part was writing it legibly on the sling while holding him down. He put up quite a fuss.
You need to roofie him first..Try using Hutchison on the road
@Mike: Ha!
Catcher Scab Itching! Wieters, Jaso, or D’Arnaud for AVG and counting stats (other than HR) ROS?
Thanks!
Ha, Travis
Googlewhack confirmed! After I googled “Googlewhack,” of course.
HA!
It’s a phrase you don’t hear much of
Hi Grey, will you start Hendricks Vs CWS Samadzija tomorrow? (SON says $1.7) Thanks
Nope
Hi Grey,
What do you think of Raisel Iglesias? Picked him up for a stream and cashed in! But should I hold onto him? Next two starts both at home against KC and D-backs.
12-team H2H with QS
Thanks!
He’s a streamer and not worth owning
Cespedes for the rest of us. See, he’s catching the fever. Metsies!
@Cram It: yeah buddy
@Jef with 1 f: *high five*
Loving that!
@Grey: I’m gonna see if I can’t get that on a T-shirt before I go to the game on Tuesday.
That shirt should be given away at every game from now until the end of the playoffs… It can’t cost them more than Bonilla
@Grey: Ha. A rally T-Shirt? Cespedes has become one with the Rally Parakeet. Mets have all kinds of weird voodoo gaining traction.
@Cram It: I bought the same shirt you did last year. I wear it to all important events
As long as they all don’t grow beards, I’m cool with it
@Grey: Seriously, what team doesn’t do that now? Try something new, like shaving your eyebrows. That might actually throw your opponents off. I mean, imagine Fartolo staring you down with no eyebrows?! How could a hitter not lose it?
I love that! The playoffs and the Mets have waxed off all facial hair, eyebrows included
@Grey: And every hitter walks up to Buffalo Bills dance song “Goodbye Horses” from Silence of the Lambs.
How about a song from the Broadway musical Hair?
@Cram It: That is so weird Cram, I was just looking up the name of that song on the internet yesterday… Weird….
Great write-up per usual. Ken Patera references are always a welcomed read. I already had an eye on Juan Lagares, but him hitting leadoff is going to be interesting. I think Lagares could be a breakout-type of player as soon as next year. Like 12-15HRs and 20SBs? Final question. Do you really hate “The Game”, or, do you hate the proverbial game?
P.S. “Torenado Alert”
@Peter Nincompoop: Lagares won’t sniff 15 HR’s. He’ll be lucky to hit 10.
@Cram It: For 2016? Sure, it depends on playing time, but I think he’s only going to improve. If he hit 10HRs and stole 2oSBs while hitting .280, he’d be a great 4th-to-5th outfielder.
@Peter Nincompoop: 10/20/.280 would be solid. And those are obtainable. I just don’t see the power/avg #’s. He needs to improve a lot as he’s clearly taken a step back from last year.
@Cram It: Could Lagares waft 12-15 HR’s in 2016?
@Peter Nincompoop: Highly unlikely. He just doesn’t have pop and he’s not that type of hitter.
Torenado! I think 10-12 HRs and 20 SBs are doable, but the Mets don’t seem like they want to play him every day
Start Quintana (vs Arrieta) or McHugh (vs Verlander) the day after tomorrow?
Risky…Both in some leagues
Erasmo was dropped. worth an add over anyone below?
Karns, Bassitt, Gausman, Joe Ross
Meh, they’re all streamers
Great stuff as usual Grey,
10 team head to head redraft with a 12 game lead, thanks to you and my fellow razzballers!!
Who do I drop to activate Miggy? D. Peralta, Rusney, Melky or Jose Reyes? I have Kang at SS now and my OF is Adam Jones, Ellsbury and one of the 3 OF listed above.
I’m tempted to dump Reyes and ride Kang to the end. Also, would you drop any of those 3 OF for Hicks?
Thanks
Rusney
Melky for Hicks if you need an OF with speed
Streaming thoughts Grey? Trying to pick one…Quintana against the Cubs at home, Corbin at Atlanta, or Niese at Metco against the Pirates?
Niese
@Grey: Cool, thanks!
No problem
Kazaam for Kahnle. There goes my ratioes.
Yeah, that sucked balls
Would you flip Sano for Cano? Sano could be kept for next year, but he may not even get 3rd base eligibility, and I’ve been trotting out Walker/Josh Harrison at 2nd.
Kang would replace my Sano at short.
@Joey: Also have an offer for Altuve. Options… options…
Nope
ok, so we probably don’t lose mcallister as good holds guy who counts as SP, but the same May we just got we are losing. dammit.
@goodfold2: great work on the accuracy and funnyitude of the edison/norris blurb.
Drop Nola for Peavy? Not much else available.
Sure
It’s a little early.. but….. how would you rank these keepers. In parentheses, i’ll put the round to be kept in.
Harper (2nd round)
Rizzo (1)
Schwarber (late round)
Pederson (10th)
Frazier (4th)
Jose Fernandez (17th) — Obvious keeper
Syndergaard (late round)
Arrieta (5th)
Gray (4th)
I’m thinking Jose, Noah, Schwarber. But then again, I think too much.
@EA: And yes, I’ve got sexy options. I can keep 3 btw.
Harper, Frazier, Noah
Grey, woud u start Samardzija vs Cubs?
Nope
are those folks who wanted to drop AU RIZZ still alive if they actually did it? this could be like the where’s waldo books, but it would just end with some schlub drowned in a sewage ditch and his foot half chewed off by a dog or something more wild…. so less fun than where’s waldo. The more correct game could be Where’s Walden? in which we delve into the subterfuge emitted by STL cardinals with their injured players. Interviewees in this documentary movie/children’s challenge book/game would be at least (but not limited to) allen craig and his non-existent foot injury that did/didn’t turn a 3 str years of an OPS of over 800 to a guy probably in line right now at mcdonalds (for a job), shelby miller and his still never having gotten shut down for the playoffs two or so years ago according to the team, jon jay and his fake wrist injury (that actually healed BEFORE his 130ish at bats this year) simply to make sure grichuk/piscotty are given playing time over matheny’s wishes (this one i support fully), later episodes to include the drunk driving coverups of larussa/that dead RP guy etc.
Ha!
Pineda going on rehab assignment – 45 pitches Sunday plus at least one more rehab start….
Rank ’em ROS redraft (QS league)
Pineda, Verlander, Bassitt, Chen, Erasmo, Gausman
Thanks in advance!
Pineda, Gausman
@Grey: Thanks! Would you drop Shoemaker or Latos for either? Both?
Yeah, both
@Grey: You are the best! Thanks again…
No problem
Hi grey!
14 team keeper league. My lackey and Lindor forma his Dee Gordon. Whay do u think?
I have strasburg, kluber,greinke,samardzjia and smyly in pitcher role
Gordon side
How many starts will we see out of CMart ros? Thinking about trying to trade for value while I can. Thanks.
Maybe 4, hard for me to say cause the Cards said in June he’d be limited but haven’t said much since
guessing we don’t need to have the “bird” in hand as much as that saying goes since he’ll have few at bats, except for AL onlies where we have a weak roster spot?
Yeah, AL-Only and deep keepers/dynasty
would you drop K Davis for Chavez, J Ross, or Gausman?
Gausman
Was offered Lynn, Hammel and Jose Ram for Tulo and Revere….should help with wins, keep 11 league though
Don’t love it
Which side(h2h): agon/familia/adams or kendrys morales/chapman? Thanks
A-Gon
@Grey: i need power, should i get teixeira for picks instead? Thanks!
Sure, that works for me
Still planning for my H2H playoffs – 9/14 – 9/27. If I can trade my C. Davis for his Arenado in an OBP league where they have the following schedules, should I? Arenado is home for 10 out of 13 games BUT he’s only hit 3 HR’s since 7/1 and he’ll face the same 3 LAD pitchers twice (yikes if two are Kershaw and Greinke – which, by the way, if they go every 5th game, it would be!). Meanwhile, C. Davis 13 HR’s since 7/1!!
C. Davis – [email protected], [email protected], 4vTB, [email protected]
Arenado – [email protected], 3vSD, 4vPIT, 3vLAD
I’d want Arenado
Martin Perez vs Tampa
Or
Joe Kelly vs Seattle ?
6×6 roto
@Joeg414: i wouldn’t touch kelly, marty perez is at least somewhat improving since that 9 run or whatever it was inning.
Neither…Perez
Started Iwakuma on 3 teams. THREE!
Pity I also had Chase Anderson on two of ’em.
Best day since I streamed Philip Humber for his perfect game.
Humber, damn, that’s a blast from the past
@Grey: Indeed.
Probably need to drop either Avisail, Sano or Grichuk to get Solarte for his trip to Coors. Which one ya think?
Not sure how I’d fit any of those guys into my team, but that’s my problem, not yours. H2H, 14 teams, OBP and AVG etc and so on.
Avisail
Would you take Pineda over Gausman? When is Pineda going to return?
Yeah, when Pineda returns, maybe 14 days
@Dommattingly: i think best case was three more weeks.
Redraft h2h with OBP (no avg) and Ks (neg cat): Hicks or Pederson?
Hicks
Lester faces Detroit next week….get gose, rajai and all other sagnof in your lineups….
Totally
@Grey: saw something above about a q/a…did you see straight outta compton?
Tonight, and Cube will be at the Q&A
@Grey: skip tomorrows post and do a review instead??
Ha, nah, I’ll post my thoughts in tomorrow’s Buy
@Grey: Straight Outta Cron-ton???
Hello Grey. How’s it.
1) So….Wellington Castillo….career best hot streak or breakout?
I can’t see him doing that much better than Yan over the ROS, but I’m willing to listen.
2) Piscotty is starting to intrigue. Minors shows he has some pop that is due to come; and some speed, too. Think he takes off? Right now he’s doing great on avg. and runs, but….
Happy Friday eve.
-G
1) Hot streak 2) Yeah, I do
@Grey: WC has been on a holy terror since he got traded to AZ
Yeah, nice park and finally has playing time, he’s still only a 17-HR, .250 guy, which is decent, but he’s not this good
@Grey: wait, thats got to be top 5ish for a catcher without looking at numbers
Top 7, yeah
@Grey: Id take a late enough flyer on him next year.
Yeah, totally
Grey,
I’m in 2nd place and within striking distance of 1st in a non-keeper 6×6 ops, qs. Is it time to drop Carlos Gomez and ride schmotatoes the rest of the way or hang onto him and hope he picks it up?
Nope
Grey! My man! Who do you like rest of the year Lynn or syndergaard.
I have Thor and am a little worried of the 6 man rotation coming up. It’s h2h points leagues
Lynn, I’m worried too
Grey, Avasail or Parra?
Avisail
@Grey: thank u
No problem
Is D Jennings interesting pickup @ all in a deep 16 man league? Need bags.
Yeah, I’d try him
Injury bug central right now with Kendricks, Hanley and Stanton out. I will make the playoffs but getting a first round bye may be in question in our 12 team redraft league. I have strong pitching but now my outfield is Calhoun, Gardner, Peralta, K Davis, Paulsen. Herrera bouncing between OF and SS due to Hanley’s latest hangnail. howie Kendricks is on the wire. Do I grab him and suffer for a few weeks and drop Davis or Paulsen?
Or do I let him go to a competitor who has an open DL slot? Not good.
Sure, drop Paulsen for him
Yo Grey-lord! My trade deadline is in 2 hours. I just traded pujols and archer for Goldy and Lynn. How’d I do!?
Also do u like Freddie Freeman ROS over Betts, JD, Gomez, Marte???
H2H points league
@Nightmare: Nice trade!…Nope
@Nightmare: sounds good to me.
Grey, what do you think of A. Wood ROS? I’ve got a couple offers for him but not too much (although someone offered Lackey)
Thanks bud
One last question, Corbin or Smyly ROS, I can only have one
Rusty old Wade Davis.
@SteveNZ: old man back.
What a great time to own miller and holland.
Both seem off right now, which would you drop for Giles?
wow, just saw that hanram only has 9 doubles all year in Smokey’s post. As a first time Tulo owner, who drafted him right around where Hanram sometimes goes in drafts (and by player rater OPS he was preseason ranked just next to him), but having never owned Hanram at all, i need to stop whining about Tulo’s season. I was really pretty close to drafting either of them. Also, with as many offspring as baseball players seem to have, does anybody else wonder about whether huston street has kids with names like Wayco Street, Auston Street, Dallass Street, Peris Street, Big Toona Street and such?
@A Wesley Snipes Life: if he did i bet his parents would be proud that he carried on their tradition.