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Zebby Matthews will be called up on Sunday. Or as Lionel Richie would say, “We’re going to Party, Zebby, not Festa, forever. Come on, and sing my song!” Lionel Richie is a big-time fantasy baseball guy, by the by. He drafted Jose Berrios and named his team Jose You, Jose Me, Say It Together, That’s The Way Jose Be(rrios). Zebby’s velocity is up this year (97 MPH 4-seamer, 95 last year), and his control is immaculate. He could be an ace. Of course, he’s a rookie starter, so it could go oopsie-roofie. I’d prioritize Zebby in every league, even the shallowest. Lil’ Zebby is a snack! Some of the preceding is from last month when I thought he was being called up already. And that’s me paraphrasing me! In Triple-A this year, he has 32 2/3 IP, 10.5 K/9, 2.5 BB/9, 1.93 ERA (!!!) and gorgeous peripherals like that every step of his way in the minors. In Itch’s last Prospect Stash post, from this past Sunday, Zebby was a listed stash, and Itch said, “I figured Zebby would be a Twinkie by now, but they went to Festa first, and Chris Paddack has clung to his rotation spot. Not Zebby’s fault, is all I mean to say. He’s got a 2.30 ERA and 34 strikeouts through 27.1 innings. He has given up 25 hits, I guess, and he did get smoked in his cup of coffee last year, but he’s throwing harder now and warrants another shot. Someone else I’d like to give a shot to is Grey, with my fist.” C’mon, man! Now that he’s finally getting the call, I’m Zebb’d up and ready to rock him on my teams. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:

Carlos Correa – Collided with Byron Buxton (hit his 10th homer prior to leaving) and both are in concussion protocols. As frequent commenter Five-on-One said, “Talk about smashing a china plate against a crystal glass.” It’s like two bulls ramming their horns into each other, but instead of real bulls, they’re piñatas. It is like the old screwball gag where two guys carry a glass pane across a road, except the car coming the other way is a Cybertruck. After the collision, Correa’s bottom half felt great but the top half was determined to build up a dictatorship and nuclear arsenal.

Chris Paddack – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.05. Ya know what’s become an absolutely nutty development this year? The O’s are an easy matchup. What an utter disaster. I blame Gunnar.

DaShawn Keirsey Jr. – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Fun fact! He sometimes abbreviates his name, “DK Promo Code Jr.” If Buxton misses time (If?! HA!), Keirsey could see more at-bats. He’s 28, so take these stats with some NaCl, but he went 14/36/.300 last year in Triple-A. He won’t be in this afternoon’s Buy column, because he’s here right now for deep leagues.

Tomoyuki Sugano – 6 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.08. Yesterday’s start was meh, but it’s better than his occasional too mo’ yucki.

Landon Knack – Roberts said Knack will remain the Dodgers’ 5th starter. I’m not sure if this is a positive or negative development. His command is wonky at times, so I’d leave him for deep leaguers, or wait until he looks better.

Shohei Ohtani – 2-for-5, 6 RBIs and his 14th and 15th homer, hitting .310. ‘Member way back to about a month ago someone kept commenting about how Ohtani was going to struggle this year because of his shoulder? Now that Ohtani is leading the majors in homers, you think that person will mention how Ohtani is not struggling at all in any way?

Max Muncy – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in two games. If he were dropped, he should be undropped for power.

Andy Pages – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer, 2nd homer in two games, hitting .291. Now hitting 5th in the best lineup in baseball. Cust kayin’.

Hyeseong Kim – 3-for-3, 4 runs, 2 RBIs, hitting .429. Sofa Kim hot!

Hunter Brown – 8 IP, 1 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 1.43. Astros starters with a sub-1.50 ERA through eight starts:  Roger Clemens, Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and Hunter Brown. Yesterday, though Brown allowed his first homer since his first start and lost, so boo, you stink. Okay, seriously, Hunter Brown is the 2nd best pitcher in baseball right now. No, the best isn’t deGrom, but (continued in next blurb).

Jacob deGrom – 8 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.29. He did out-duel Brown last night in a vintage deGrom game. Though, is “vintage deGrom” injured and out for four months? Then not “vintage deGrom,” so to speak.

Jake Burger – 2-for-3, and his 4th homer. Good Burger!

Shawn Armstrong – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 2.89, and his 2nd save. Or rather Shawn Throw-Armstrong. Hashtag nailed it! Luke Jackson is banged up, Chris Martin is feeling Yellow and banged up, Robert Garcia throws with his left arm. Enter Throw-Armstrong. There’s an opportunity here for someone to take the closer job, if Jackson can’t return, or returns and looks as bad as he did when he left.

Nick Martinez – 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.66. Streamonator loved this start, because it was against the White Sux at home, so, yeah, no dur.

Will Benson – 2-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. he’s starting because Friedl’s banged up. What’s that? Friedl’s always banged up? Haha, I know. Funny stuff. Well, uh, Will’s playing center for that reason. I guess technically Connor Joe (1-for-4, hitting .190) is playing because Friedl’s out. In case you were wondering where did he come from and where’d he go? Connor-eyed Joe.

Elly De La Cruz – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 8th homer, hitting .256. Ya know when girls go boy crazy? I’m that, but I’m Elly De La Crazy! I love everything about this guy. Can someone roughly half my age who has never met me become my father? I’m calling up an attorney to find out.

Matt McLain – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 6th homer, hitting .182. Welp, I’m prolly not going to bring up McLain to BDon now.

Kevin Gausman – 5 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.59. You see where I wrote “Schadenfreude” on the pool deck? I did that so I can bask in Schadenfreude. Lotion me up now, pool boy. I want to bask!

Addison Barger – 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer, 2nd homer in four games. Yes, he’s absolutely in this afternoon’s Buy column. He’s got muscles like Yandy, but actually swings up. That’s a big yes from me, dawg.

Nathan Lukes – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer, 2nd homer in five games, and platooning out of the 9-hole. If he’s a hot schmotato, then do your thing, young prematurely balding man, but Lukes is a batting-average-first guy, which is a lot less interesting to me than big power or speed.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1-for-2 and his 5th homer. You drafted him around 12th overall, and that was all due to what he did from June 1st on last year. Do I think he’s still overrated? Yes, but there was a reason why he was good last year.

Brandon Lowe – 3-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer, hitting .220. This was on the road in Toronto — that’s also why Yandy was barreled up (on a boat at Niagara taking pics with tourists, wearing a barrel) — but since it’s a short schedule day, it gives me time to dig in on something. As predicted, Big Stein Stadium has helped the Rays. In 2024, their park was 27th in offense; it was 16th for homers. This year it’s 14th overall and 8th for homers. In 2024, it was dead-last in HardHit%; this year it’s 6th.

Zack Littell – 7 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 4.31. Since I was looking for the Brandon Lowe blurb — Blarb? — the new home park has hurt the pitchers, as we all imagined. Home ERA last year was 8th best on the league with a 3.63 ERA; this year it’s 3.86, which is 18th in the league. There’s many other factors, of course.

Josh Lowe – 3-for-5, 3 runs and his 1st homer, as he was activated, and played his 2nd game of the year, as he hit leadoff. He played 106 games last year and 135 games the year before, but produced solid stats. Last year was less solid-ish, but solid-ish enough. This is babbling way of saying Josh Lowe should be rostered in every league, easily.

Kameron Misner – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer, hitting .256, but barely hitting .140 in May, and that was his 1st homer this month. Aranda’s the random Ray who is breaking out, not Misner.

CJ Abrams – 2-for-4, 2 runs and a slam (6) and legs (9), and 2nd homer in three games. He’s 6/9 in 33 games. Mr. Prorater is a literal menace that we will never summon, but that’s not a bad 30/45 pace. [Mr. Prorater crashes through wall] “Did someone say ‘pace?'” Jesus Christ! Get out of here! “Sorry, I thought I heard ‘pace.'”

AJ Smith-Shawver – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.33. More like Smith-Shover! Did I do something? Did someone else do this before? Prolly. Smith-Shover’s last five starts: 30 IP, 30 Ks, 1.50 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP. Not to take anything away from him, but only one of those starts was even nearing a tough start, and the Streamonator loved his last few. Even his next one is decent. With those caveats explored and commented on, his peripherals are decent. Bit loosey-goosey on command, but decent Ks. Again, they were great matchups so a bit of a grain of salt.

Bryce Elder – Optioned to Triple-A, as Spencer Strider will take his rotation spot next week. Elder to the minors was also Gary Glitter on AIM.

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mrcatcher22
mrcatcher22
20 days ago

Happy Friday!

Last edited 20 days ago by mrcatcher22
Earl
Earl
20 days ago

Hey Mr. Greyman!

You starting Bibee at Cincy?? that park can be little scary as can the Reds from time to time

william simon
william simon
20 days ago

1) Thoughts about Barger staying at third when Gimenez returns from the IL. Clemens and Barger split time?

2) Sweeney or possibly Tampa Bay’s Kim(be back soon) over Story?

3) And Thanks!

Marlon
Marlon
20 days ago

Hi Grey,

1. Which side in 12 Team H2H redraft?

A. Doyle, Torkleson

B. Clay Holmes, Zebby, Steer

2. Would you drop any of Aranda, Vientos or Yandy for Burger?

Motown Vibes
Motown Vibes
20 days ago

Can you pick 4 best from these? Thanks!

Zebby, Henderson, Leiter, Horton, Sugano, Rea, Anderson, Taillon

hal_incandenza
20 days ago

Zebby or Abbott in a vintage Hoover canister?

Licketty Splits
Licketty Splits
20 days ago

Drop B Miller, Jobe, or Max Meyer for Zebby?? BTW no IL slots

Scrapski
Scrapski
20 days ago

Please rank
Pfaadt, lodolo, abbott
Thanks Grey

Little Jerry Seinfeld
Little Jerry Seinfeld
20 days ago

Am I missing something with Rasmussen? People always seem to be high on him but his results are just the most meh possible. Just seems like a 5 inning pitcher that has ok ratios is very replaceable but again am I missing something?

Little Jerry Seinfeld
Little Jerry Seinfeld
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

I guess I just get discouraged because he very rarely is allowed to go 6 innings

OaktownSteve
OaktownSteve
20 days ago

did you see the note that Les Misiorowski hit 103 on the gun?

OaktownSteve
OaktownSteve
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

ditto

Resting Bichette Face
Resting Bichette Face
20 days ago

Hi Grey,

Y. Diaz or Jake Burger?
J. Lowe or Grisham?

Thanks!

Bleacher Bard
Bleacher Bard
Reply to  Resting Bichette Face
20 days ago

Which Y Diaz? ¿qué?

Last edited 20 days ago by Bleacher Bard
Keegan Aikan
Keegan Aikan
20 days ago

Tucker/Ketel/J Wood or Carroll/R Greene/Ramos/Estevez ?

Matthew Perovich
Matthew Perovich
20 days ago

PCA or James Wood? Thanks!

Vinodole
Vinodole
20 days ago

Happy Friday! I’m struggling… Deal Acuña for Alonso, Kwan and Boyd? H2h categories 2b/hr/sb/avg. Hate trading Acuña but could use 1B (have Vinnie P, meh) and SP and this seems like enough value? OF is good without tildaddy, but hurts to let him go after I’ve been stashing!

Johnny Tsunami
Johnny Tsunami
20 days ago

Glasnow no timeline for mound work. if you were out of IL slots and needed to dump one would it be him? Guy wrecks me every year

Johnny Tsunami
Johnny Tsunami
Reply to  Johnny Tsunami
20 days ago

Gilbert, mize, jazz are the others

Bradley Kukenberger
Bradley Kukenberger
20 days ago

Good afternoon beautiful people!!!

12 team H2H 6×5 with OPS
Drop any of my OF for J Lowe or ride with what I got?

OF is Woods, L Butler, Greene, Grisham Ramos bench and have Soderstrom has 1b/OF.

BK

OaktownSteve
OaktownSteve
20 days ago

should i comment now or after we go to buys sell? some from column A some from B?

problem is not much to say. love the smith shovver blurb obviously. i know a baby who looks very much like landon knack.

Chico Escuela
Chico Escuela
20 days ago

happiest of fridays!
Rooker for Riley a fair trade?
tx

Chico Escuela
Chico Escuela
Reply to  Chico Escuela
20 days ago

Rooker for Bregman as well…

Chico Escuela
Chico Escuela
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

for this seaon, would u rather have Bregman or Riley?

martinrostoker
20 days ago

Hi Grey,

I have Ozuma in LF. On the beach, I have Kyle Stowers, Kerry Carpenter and Yelich.

1.Would you offer Yelich in a trade to get either Bubba or Zabby Matthews?

2. Thoughts on Ryan Weathers? Would you rate him higher then Wacha or Warren?

Thank you!!

OaktownSteve
OaktownSteve
Reply to  martinrostoker
20 days ago

O-Zuma beach.

Anybody?

Cohen
Cohen
20 days ago

Drop Luke Jackson for Armstrong or hold?

Dr Sauce
Dr Sauce
20 days ago

Deep at OF, thin at infield. Trade my Josh Lowe for his Nico Hoerner?

Shitwolf
Shitwolf
20 days ago

with obp instead of avg and qs instead of wins h2h

1) at 1b who u like ros rice hoskins or burger

2) how patient are we with Campbell? aranda and Kim are other options

3) 3b vientos burger muncy or mcmahon?

4) with struggles of Alacantera and Miller they were dropped and I grabbed to be patient. Are they worth being patient or lose? henderson.. zebby, horton MeGill Peterson on waivers.

thx homie

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Shitwolf
Shitwolf
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

haha i realized I said rice hoskins (similar to rhys lol).. to clarify burger over Ben Rice

sportivetricks
sportivetricks
20 days ago

Hey to the Hey HEy heY!

How long of a leash are we given Semien? I couldn’t get a cold catcher for him in a trade right now, and my roster is jammed tight. I am on the verge of dropping in a ten-teamer.

And not really a sit-start, but how do you think Sears will do tonight @SF? The robot no gusta (-9.8), but if he does well again, I’m going to be all over him from now on.

sportivetricks
sportivetricks
Reply to  sportivetricks
20 days ago

And how could I forget? LURRRRRRRRRRRVES!

sportivetricks
sportivetricks
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Ohhhhhh. I might just start him, then. And maybe I can go there to buy a new washer dryer tomorrow, too.

Thank yas!!!!

Dave
Dave
20 days ago

Been holding R Anthony in a keep for 2 years league. Drop for Zebby?

chairmanguy
chairmanguy
20 days ago

For 2B I have Campbell, Semien, and IL Westburg. I’m tempted to drop Campbell, but I felt the pain last year after dropping Merrill before the All Star break during his slump. I don’t need advice. I just want to stop leading my 12T points league in strike outs.

Baseball gives and takes away. Long live baseball.

Chucky
Chucky
20 days ago

Drop p/t catcher Rushing for f/t 1b Horowitz, Points redfraft?

Jason
Jason
20 days ago

Drop any of these guys for Zebby? (keeper lg 3yrs): Giolito, Lodolo, May, Jobe?

Wheelz
Wheelz
20 days ago

Torkelson or Salvador Perez ROS in a 5×5 Roto league?

jblum125
jblum125
20 days ago

Are you dropping gausman or rasmussen for zebby or horton in a 10 team roto w K/9?

pizza5788
pizza5788
20 days ago

Drop Eflin for Zebby

Ben
Ben
20 days ago

Do you think Grisham ends up as a top 25 OF? How about top 100 for next year? Thanks!

toolshed
20 days ago

I blame Gunnar too and I’ve been hyper-crictical. I’ll give him some credit, he actually has started to hit a little.

What about Adley Rutschman?. Is it too early for a Matt Wieters comp?

Rutschman since July 1, 2024:

109 games
.196/.286/.302
8 hr, 35 rbi

chairmanguy
chairmanguy
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

For how much Wieters was with Showalter near the end of his Orioles tenure, I thought he would end up being a coach at the MLB level after he retired.

Larry Evans
Larry Evans
20 days ago

Hey there…deep NL only league, hurting in SPs….which Brewer would you rather have for the rest of the season, Misiorowski or Henderson? Gracias!

Pops
Pops
20 days ago

Drop Pepiot or Pfaaaaadt for Zebby?

Pick two: JLowe, Heliot, Noot.

Happy Friday!

Pops
Pops
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Thanks! Hate to lose the Noot, but too many good OFs

Btw, Carlos’s wife said that South Correa’s no picnic, either

Hamporter
Hamporter
20 days ago

Good Afternoon,

With J. Lowe coming back, who would be the drop between Baez and Winn? I want to say Baez, but feel that I’m over thinking this..

Also, would you prefer one or both of Zebby and M. Kelly over Taj, Sears, or C. Schmidt?

Thanks for the help as always!

Gonzo
Gonzo
20 days ago

Happy Friday… keeper league preference Acuña or Chourio? Ty good people

Jason
Jason
20 days ago

Drop either of Vest or Doval for Romano?

J C
J C
20 days ago

Altuve and Reynolds have been underwhelming. Not sure what the underlying metrics say about them being buy low candidates. What are your thoughts on each?

J C
J C
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Helpful. Thanks.
I hate to sell low on Iglesias but he would likely need to be part of a deal for one of them. Please let me know your thoughts on each potential trade:
1. My Iglesias and Yates (holds are a cat) for Altuve?
2. For Reynolds?
3. Iglesias, Donovan and Yates for Altuve and Reynolds?
4. Favorite of these three if any?

J C
J C
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Great. Thank you.

ray
ray
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Not worried Altuve is aging a bit?

Trishul
Trishul
20 days ago

Hey Grey! Awesome write up!

Who do you like best ROS from these starters in a limited moves league:

1) Weathers
2) Giolito
3) Canning
4) Zebby

Thanks!

The Wild Card
The Wild Card
20 days ago

Who is the drop out of Bassitt, Knack, Max Meyer and Gavin Williams to activate Zebby?

PHIL
PHIL
20 days ago

Kershaw or Zebby Matthews?

JohnnyToss
JohnnyToss
20 days ago

Hey Grey, Rice and Pepiot or Rodon?

Jon
Jon
20 days ago

What do you think is the Giants plan for Birdsong? At some point does he move to the rotation or get sent down to AAA to get stretched out?

Harry Reid
Harry Reid
20 days ago

Hey Grey. Warren or Hoglund? Thanks

Jon
Jon
20 days ago

Which reliever should I drop? SV+HLD league
Robert Garcia, Pomeranz, Shelby Miller, Erceg, Yates

Also, add Zebby over Keller or Wacha?

hal_incandenza
20 days ago

Happy Friday, Grey.

I’ve been chasing 2B all year after pretty much punting it in the draft, where I drafted Colt Keith. The notion of playing CK was so boring that Obsession only got 10 ABs in my lineup before I dropped him looking for greener pastures. These are the players I’ve taken some shots on for the keystone and how they’ve hit for me.

Player H AB AVG
Keith 2 10 .200
Lux 5 26 .192
Gorman* 0 0 n/a
O.Lopez 5 23 .217
Durbin 6 50 .120
Brooks Lee 0 4 .000
Rafaela 23 88 .261 (I’ve gotten 4 or his steals; I’ve also played him in CF on occasion.)

* – I dropped Gorman without even playing him.

I added Ceddanne early (he was dropped), but I haven’t viewed him as an everyday play because, well, he didn’t seem to be playing everyday. (League has daily lineups.) I looked at my league’s rater for the men of second and Rafaela is currently ranked 13th on the season. Am I stupid to not just view him as my guy? I just started playing Lee, and I’d like to avoid a repeat of the Durbin line.

ROTO OVERLORD
ROTO OVERLORD
20 days ago

Torkelson Kim or Barger ROS pick 1

Scoboticus
Scoboticus
20 days ago

Are you starting Max Meyer vs Tampa Bay?

vtbando
vtbando
20 days ago

Drop Warren for Zebster? Warren has looked good recently, racking up 24 K’s across his past 3 starts…

aintlifegrand
aintlifegrand
20 days ago

Happy Friday Grey!

10 team redraft H2H QS league where innings per start is also a category.

I’m about to drop Baz and McClanahan for ASS and Zebby. You approve or no?

Does Abbott jump ahead of either ASS or Zebby?

Thanks as always and have an excellent weekend!

Thomas Petrone
Thomas Petrone
20 days ago

Jose Alvarado or Jordan Romano ROS?

Daze
Daze
20 days ago

Good morning
1)How would you rank the below. 10 team roto
Will Warren
Zeb
A J Shawver
Ryan Weathers
Logan Henderson

2) If Buxton goes on IL who would your top 2 to pick up. Need all categories
Jake Burger
Hye Seong Kim
Trevor Larnach
Jake Cronenworth
Addison Barger

Daze
Daze
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

as always thanks
Would you drop Cade Horton for Warren or ASS
or wait to see how he does against the Whitesox today. His next start is against Miami

Daze
Daze
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Gotcha
Thanks for the advise

omar
omar
20 days ago

Weekly H2H w/ OPS. Would you give Yordan and Oneil Cruz (this year only) for 2 years of Witt?

LG Baseball
LG Baseball
20 days ago

Just jumped on the Zebby train thanks to you! LFG! Rookie pitchers have never let me down lol

How would you rank Josh Lowe, Kerry Carp, Grisham and Noot?

Thanks!
LG

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toolshed
20 days ago

Qs and obp league. Who would you cut out of this makeshift pitching staff to activate lowe Wacha (stl, @min next), Baz (Mia next), martinez (pit next), ranger Suarez (pit, @col next), eflin (wash next). Or I could cut kurtz (been trying to hold him), chandler Simpson (i need sb). Thanks

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Bo J
Bo J
20 days ago

Here is something I was proposed this am, but I’m on the fence.

Give:
O. Cruz ($26)
Gallen ($22)
R Greene ($13)

Get:
Langford ($26)
Webb ($26)
Hoffman ($11)

This is a keeper pool with rising costs. It would really only come down to Cruz v Langford in terms of who to keep. I wouldn’t extend any of the others.

Off: R/2B/HR/RBI/SB/AVG/OPS
Pitch: W/S/HLD/AVG/K/WHIP

from my POV – I like the pitching help (Webb v Gallen), Langford should be better than O.Cruz but its a coin flip to whomever preforms to their ceiling, and Hoffman is a wash for Green because I don’t really use Greene.

Roster
C:Y Diaz
1: Rice
2: Horner
3: A.Riley
SS: Witt
OF: O Cruz
OF: PCA
OF: J Wood
UTL: Tatis
B: Soup
B: Greene
B: Churio

Pitchers:
Schwelly
C Sanchez
Rodon
Lodolo
Rodon
Warren
Gallen
Zebby
Weathers

IL: Kirby
IL: Bradish
IL: Gil

Eddie
Eddie
20 days ago

In a 12-team OPS keeper, would you rather a 2nd-round Gunnar or a 10th-round Julio? (top 30 get kept, so there are usually good but not always elite players left in the second round.) Thanks!

The Wild Card
The Wild Card
20 days ago

Needing saves who would you pick up out of Armstrong, Jacob Webb and Garcia?

The Wild Card
The Wild Card
Reply to  The Wild Card
20 days ago

Would you go with tinoco over any of those

Hesh
Hesh
20 days ago

just for s–t’s and giggles, I looked at a couple of pre season rankings sites, (major ones) to see where they had Hunter Brown and Aaron Nola. Lets just say, they must be doing this using AI because anyone who watched both of them pitch last year, would have said Brown might win the CY next year, and Nola pitches like he’s 41 not 31. Only thing that kept that from being a masterpiece of a duel, was that neither team can hit.

Sano Chance in Hell
Sano Chance in Hell
20 days ago

Hey Grey,

12 tm, 6X6 H2H. Drop Luis Garcia for Brandon Lowe?

Frank Rizzo
Frank Rizzo
20 days ago

I’ve been letting Eflin sit on the IL so I could hold Smith-Shawver for yesterday’s start and it worked out. Now I’m honestly wondering who to drop to bring Eflin back.

Cease
Rodon
Valdez
Eovaldi
R Suarez
Taj Bradley
R Blanco
Wacha
Smith-Shawver

IL Eflin
IL Imanaga

Need to drop one of top 9 for Eflin. Who?

omar
omar
20 days ago

How much rope we giving Kristian Campbell? Kim and Pages sitting out on the wire daring me to do it. 10 team H2H w/ OPS.

Jason
Jason
20 days ago

Need to grab an IF off waivers. Pts lg. Mountcastle, Burger, Keith, Lux, Norby probably the best options available. Who is your favourite?

mike
mike
20 days ago

Need saves. Trade Goldy to get Kyle Finnegan?

Trey
Trey
20 days ago

10 Team Dynasty 6×6 OBP/SLG and QS/K-BB. I have traded away a lot of pitching but need a 1B. Would you trade Senga/CES for J.Naylor and a 6th round draft pick? Here is my team for context:

C – Goodman
C – Contreras (STL)
1B – A.Ramirez
2B – McLain
SS – Witt Jr.
3B – R.Lewis
MI – Henderson
CI – Machado
OF – Tucker
OF – Chourio
OF – JRod
OF – Wood
OF – Y.Alvarez
U – Ohtani
U – Crews
 
B – Trout
B – Chisholm
B – J.Lowe
B – LuBob
B – CES
B – Etheridge
B – X.Edwards
B – C.Smith
B – Bart
 
SP – Crochet
SP – Skubal
SP – Ober
SP – Schwellenbach
SP – King
SP – Ryan
SP – Senga
RP – Bautista
RP – Munoz
RP – R.Walker
 
B – Gilbert
B – Pfaadt
B – Sasaki
B – Horton
B – Weathers
B – Painter

 

Bigdadyb58
Bigdadyb58
20 days ago

Grey, 10T 5×5 Category OBP Keeper League

Better 1B/bench bat and ROS/keepr value K. Manzardo or J. Aranda?

Anthony
Anthony
20 days ago

Need to activate Yordan and J Lowe off the IL soon so gotta drop 2…thanks so much!!

Lineup:
C – Realmuto
1B – Goldy
2B – McLain
3B – JRam
SS – Cruz
OF – Langford
OF – Santander
OF – JH Lee
UTIL – Soderstrom
Bench: Kurtz, Royce Lewis, Austin Hays, Cam Smith

Key notes:
I can keep Cam next year at 20th Rd value so I’m hesitant there.
How much longer do I give Santander!? He’s tempting to drop at this point. Thanks again!!

Cable
Cable
20 days ago

Redraft h/h points …

Sale or deGrom

Mangs
20 days ago

Hey Grey!
umm..i’m in a spot here and need your practiced SP advice.
Here is the Michael Sorrentino:
ESPN H2H 10TM
Currently rostering: Eovaldi, Rondon, Flaherty, Bibee, Pfaadt, Schwellenbach
4 of them start today, and I have been holding Ranger Suarez in IL.
Eovaldi vs HOU today
Rondon vs NYM today
Flaherty @ TOR today
Bibee@ CIN today
But the BOT lurves Ranger today.
I can slide Alvarez in the IL spot and also play Ranger today (I need the pitching as this week has been slow) but then I will need to dump someone when Yordo returns.
So many choices…
What would you do?

Mangs
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Yeah, I would start Ranger, but I would have to but a hitter (Yordon Alvarez) in the IL Slot.
What to I do when Alvarez returns? who do I dump cause I wont have room?
I guess I am asking is if Ranger is worth holding after today, and who would he replace…
Thanks!

Mangs
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Thanks.
When Alvarez comes back on Sunday, who would you drop out of:

Eovaldi, Rondon, Flaherty, Bibee, Pfaadt, Schwellenbach, Ranger

Mangs
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Excellent. Thank you!!!

hoebaggerswascorrectchoice
hoebaggerswascorrectchoice
20 days ago

In a 10-team (5 keepers but really have to ball out to matter), is it dumb to drop Hoerner or Holliday for Kim?

VinWins
20 days ago

Martinez earned his first entry on the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list with the top start of the day. Paddack made it for the second straight start, just sneaking in at the end. Smith-Shawver and deGrom also secured their 2nd slots on the list:

45 Nick Martinez May 15 vs CHW
50 Jacob deGrom May 15 vs HOU
53 Chris Paddack May 9 vs SF
55 AJ Smith-Shawver May 5 vs CIN
72 Jacob deGrom Apr 29 vs ATH
96 AJ Smith-Shawver May 15 vs WSH
98 Chris Paddack May 15 @BAL

ROTO OVERLORD
ROTO OVERLORD
20 days ago

Kim Barger Goodman ROS pick 1

Bradley Kukenberger
Bradley Kukenberger
20 days ago

With Zebby getting the call 12 team H2H 6×5 who is the drop for him?

Gonsolin, Rodon, ASS, Lib, D Peterson, Pfaadt, Schwellenbach, Rea
Arrighetti, Sasaki on IL

Walker, Estevez, Finnegan are my RP

Thanks you handsome fella!!

BB

Richard
Richard
20 days ago

Which side?
K Marte. T Pham. A Rosario
Or
G Sheets. K Stowers I Herrera

FMFU
FMFU
20 days ago

Happy Friday Grey !

Altuve, Adames, B-Reynolds were all dropped in my league, but I only have room for two.

Who would you prioritize ?

FMFU
FMFU
Reply to  FMFU
20 days ago

categories I’m weak in are RBI/HRs for what it’s worth

SpecialFNK
SpecialFNK
20 days ago

16 team keeper league, keep 5, yahoo, roto, 5×5.

Phillies prospect Otto Kemp was recently dropped. do you think he is worth picking up and should he be expected to the majors shortly?he has been hitting well in the minors.

Newbvic
Newbvic
20 days ago

Appreciate you mixing in some buy low jargon into the blurbs. Abrams got little to hot before I could pounce, but who would be a similar shallow league target to buy low on going into the weekend?

Newbvic
Newbvic
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Thank you! I didn’t know this was a progressive charting. I know the love for Gunnar has been lacking, but do you subscribe to a relative bounce back?

Newbvic
Newbvic
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Thank You

hondo
hondo
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

I don’t understand this tool ( never knew it existed until now). Yelich has negative ROS $ minus STD $’ and ‘ROS $ minus L30Day$’ numbers, but Ward is ranked below him in the ROS player rater and has positive numbers in ROS $ minus STD $’ and ‘ROS $ minus L30Day$’ columns.

Newbvic
Newbvic
Reply to  hondo
20 days ago

So I can only explain how I understand it. It’s ranked from top to bottom with rest of season projections added or subtracted from that ros projection with the most highest being a combination of players preforming bad but also great ros projections.

Hopefully this helps somehow.

Weird Fishes
Weird Fishes
20 days ago

You starting Megill@NYY (-$12.5) in NL-only h2h? I’m down in ratios, up big in counting stats – so normally would start. But with each of us with 4 starts left this weekend I’m leaning towards benching. Thanks!

It Burnes when I Imanaga
20 days ago

16 team, weekly h2h with daily rosters, LF, CF, RF instead of OF and 1 Util.
11 x 11 categories with AB, Hits, Runs, HR, RBI, BB, SB, AVG, OBP, SLG, and fielding percentage as the offensive categories.
Currently rolling out
Agustin
Freeman
Arraez
Bregman
CJ Abrams
LoGuJu
Victor Scott II
Santander
Ozuna
J. Pena on the bench
Trout, Robles, Keaschall on the IL

We have 12 keepers each year.

Pena almost never starts because I can only slot him for CJ or Ozuna, and if feels like I cant bench either of them most of the time.

Havent been able to trade him, but he has been playing well so don’t feel like I can just drop him.

How valuable is Robles if/when he comes off the IL? Is he worth continuing to stash?
Currently have Quintana and Manaea in my other 2 (of 5) IL spots, but also have Kershaw (listed IL but starting Satruday) and J. Martinez (listed IL, but on bench).

If I drop Robles, move J.Mart to IL, would probably pick up Larnach to fill the RF or LF depending on who is playing worse between Gurriel and Santander, or an SP eligible reliever to sit in one of our 5 SP spots each day. Not much streaming value out there on FA market.

I guess the question is in a 16 team with that many keepers, where is the value?!

Cable
Cable
20 days ago

12 team redraft h/h points

I get

Greene
Turang
Sale

I give

Soto
D Moore
C Schmidt

Cable
Cable
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Riley Greene

BAC
BAC
20 days ago

Drop Vientos, N. Marte, or Baty for Max Muncy (LAD)?

Chucky
Chucky
20 days ago

Last night, Jacob Misiorowski, 7 IP 4 H 1W 5 K 1 ER
Points Redraft for a CI, Pavin, Barger or Willi Castro?

Last edited 20 days ago by Chucky
foxman
foxman
Reply to  Grey
20 days ago

Agreed, so let’s throw voodoo at Patrick today.
Does my Jobu doll work for that, or just hitting curve balls?

Rob
Rob
20 days ago

In a 10 team h2h redraft league: Gausman or Zebby?

ray
ray
20 days ago

Grey, what are your thoughts on Hyesong Kim? Obviously not much power, but you think he can be a high BA/SB source? Seems to be playing more, no?

moneeman
moneeman
20 days ago

Can you rank these rookies ROS – Bubba, Horton, Kolek, Henderson, Zebby, Hoglund

moneeman
moneeman
20 days ago

5×5 12 team- need to drop 2 from: Bleday, Soler, Gurriel, Crews, Sheets, Larnach

PCA Express
PCA Express
20 days ago

Hi Grey,

Great stuff as always!

I’m in a 12 team h2h keeper pool and was offered Aranda for Michael Busch and Pepiot. Yay or nay?!

Thanks,

Cersy

Crazy J
Crazy J
20 days ago

The Sho K’d on a swing and miss from a position player before boarding the struggle bus.

Russowl
Russowl
20 days ago

How would you rank the following 10 team redraft head 2 head with walks ,doubles and triples.

Holliday, Kim, India

Kcc26
Kcc26
Reply to  Russowl
20 days ago

Kim, Holliday, India for me

HN_
HN_
20 days ago

10-team, 5×5 roto with OBP instead of AVG. pick 2 for ROS

Albies
Mclain
Jacob Wilson
Jeremy Pena

dubjay
dubjay
20 days ago

Here comes the cstyer question in 3-2…..cover your eyes if you must….1…
So I dropped A.Ramirez to grab Bally. Now I picked up Rushing so as not to miss out on the newest flavour of the month. I’m just questioning who to hold on to? I refuse to carry 2 catchers. What do you think?

foxman
foxman
20 days ago

Ronald Acuna goes 2 for 3 at AAA last night
Batting leadoff
It’s happening!!!! Memorial Day call-up seems worst case at this point.

knucklez
knucklez
20 days ago

Jake Burger, Rhys Hoskins or Jackson Holliday

Pick 2, OBP.

Thanks Grey

schmidthappens
schmidthappens
20 days ago

Only room for one pitcher in 5×5 roto redraft, zebby or Logan Henderson ROS?

Ante
Ante
20 days ago

Grey!!

Amazing!! Have a great weekend!!

Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for May 16, 2025

How ugly? She was so ugly, I took her to a dog show and she won.

Cheers,
Ante

Chuckles Tiddlesworth
Chuckles Tiddlesworth
Reply to  Ante
20 days ago

Yeesh. Only about 100 more days to go. Gonna be a looooong summer of comment reading …

Bleacher Bard
Bleacher Bard
Reply to  Chuckles Tiddlesworth
20 days ago

Here’s what Werner Herzog would say about this Rodney Dangerfield joke, at least according to ChatGPT. Maybe this will help ease the pain. Maybe not.

Ah, yes… the words of *Rodney Dangerfield*—a man whose existential plight was masked by the greasepaint of comedy. “She was so ugly, I took her to a dog show and she won.” At first, it appears as little more than a crude jest, a punchline delivered with bravado and self-deprecation. But beneath the surface, there is a tragic yearning.

Were I to reflect on it, I would say:

> “This is not merely a comment on aesthetics. It is a lamentation of loneliness disguised in jest. Dangerfield, in his infinite lack of respect, becomes a vessel for the grotesque absurdity of human interaction. The woman in question is not a person, but a mirror—reflecting back the comic’s own dread of intimacy, of validation, of being seen.
>
> And the dog show… it is society itself, assigning ribbons to cruelty, trophies to ridicule. That she *won* is no triumph—it is an indictment.”

In short, the joke is a scream echoing through the corridors of mid-century malaise. And yet, we laugh. Because to cry would be to admit we understand.

Chuckles Tiddlesworth
Chuckles Tiddlesworth
Reply to  Bleacher Bard
20 days ago

This does help, B-Bard. But you have to commit to doing this every day.

Bleacher Bard
Bleacher Bard
Reply to  Chuckles Tiddlesworth
20 days ago

Haha, I may not be able to commit to that, but we’ll see what we can make happen.

Fungazi 2.0
Fungazi 2.0
Reply to  Bleacher Bard
20 days ago

He got his respects after death. Like Pete Rose.

jmoncs
jmoncs
21 days ago

Pick one: Larnach, Barger, or Kepler