Yesterday, Michael Brantley went 4-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs with his 7th homer. One big day for a 2nd rounder is more than Ian Desmond owners can say. Yes, everything’s better when compared to Desmond. “Maw, this spinach is still half-frozen and spinach juice is dripping into my Salisbury steak.” “In some countries, all children have is a 2nd round draft pick of Ian Desmond.” “You’re right, maw, you’re right. I’m an ingrate!” That’s a 34-year-old you after coming up from your mom’s basement for dinner. One of my biggest regrets of this season was not labeling Brantley a Noid and telling you to avoid. I didn’t rank him in the preseason crazy high so you would draft him, but I didn’t outright say, “Look elsewhere, prematurely balding man.” Meh, I guess my regrets could be worse. I mean, look at Lindsay Lohan’s last ten years. If you own Brantley, I think at this point you have to hold tight and either go down with the ship or hope some of his cream rises — mixed metaphor points! If you don’t own Brantley like me, well, whew. I’m empathetic though. Kinda. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Cody Allen – 1 IP, 1 ER and his 20th save, ERA up to 3.60. Allen’s been pretty yawnstipating the entire year, and I don’t think he’s being replaced, but I was just thinking — uh-oh, Grey’s thinking! — there hasn’t been a ton of closer turnover this year, right? I mean, compared to most years it feels like a Laura Ashley-decorated horse home, you know, pretty stable.
Cody Anderson – 2 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, ERA up to 1.91. The Regression Fairies can’t believe their grandfather has a rainbow photo on Facebook, they own booty-hugger shorts and they will not let anyone’s ratios avoid regression.
Francisco Lindor – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, hitting near-.350 in the last ten games. The Indians have been remarkably patient with Lindor in the two hole. I’m now picturing a Lindor chocolate truffle being pooped out. What does this mean, Freud? Perhaps it’s best you don’t tell me. I own Lindor in one league, but there’s a chance I own every middle infielder at some point, so it doesn’t mean a ton. I would grab him, since it looks like his schmotatoness is getting hot.
Carlos Santana – 2-for-3, 1 RBI. If this schmohawk gets hot, you will never hear the end of how I told you to buy him. Don’t make me come back here!
Adam Lind – 4-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 16th homer, hitting .293. Ryan Braun went 0-for-1 in a pinch-hit appearance. Cust kayin’.
Gerardo Parra – 2-for-5, 1 run and his 7th steal, hitting .316. You can wait until he cools off to pick him up, but that kinda defeats the purpose. Or porpoise, for our dolphin readers.
Scooter Gennett – 3-for-4. Too many middle infielders and not enough time to constantly switch them out on my fantasy teams.
Brett Anderson – He may not need a DL stint for his Achilles injury and says he’s feeling much better. Thanks for asking!
Mike Bolsinger – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.79. His father, Otto Titslinger, must be so proud. I can’t figure out Bolsinger’s success thus far. He throws a bunch of junk (mid-80s fastball, curve that’s not much slower), but his peripherals don’t look awful (8 K/9, 3 BB/9, 3.29 xFIP). I’m guessing at some point hitters will figure him out, but it’s been a nice ride in media res, for our Latin American readers.
Julio Teheran – 7 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 4.49. Since the break, he’s had one lousy start and one good one. Teheran = unstable region/player.
Kyle Hendricks – 6 IP, 5 ER, 9 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA up to 3.66. Hendricks seems to have more of these unlucky starts than most. Perhaps Davidwiers can shed some light on that with his last post about Hendricks. *guitar riff into The Star Spangled Banner*
Kyle Schwarber – 2-for-5, 1 RBI and his 1st steal. Is there anything he can’t do?! Make a Donald Trump wig out of spun sugar? Perhaps that is true, Random Italicized Voice.
Dexter Fowler – 2-for-5 and his 15th steal and now has three steals in the last four games and is hitting near-.350 in the last week. Hot schmotato alert!
Mike Leake – 8 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA down to 3.78. He’s now given up 2 earned runs in his last 24 IP (across three games). His major bugaboo has always been his K-rate (6.1 K/9 this year, 6.2 in his career), which tends to have me thinking of Leake in terms of the Stream-o-Nator. Well, I also think of Mike Leake as a name Bart Simpson would give to Moe.
Joey Votto – 5-for-6, 3 runs, 1 RBI and his 17th homer. You know how Jaime or Jorge or any Spanish J has an H sound? What’s Joey in Spanish? Hoey? What a strumpet!
Todd Frazier – 3-for-8, 2 runs, 2 RBIs. So this was the year to draft three 3rd basemen in the first three rounds. Good info for Time Traveler Grey.
Tony Cingrani – 2 2/3 IP, 5 ER. But he looked so good in his minor league rehab starts?! Hey, Cingrani, maybe you shank me in the shower while you’re at it. Here, I’ll draw a bullseye on my heart. Blech, remind me never to trust this POS again. I dropped him from my teams prior to him even being removed from the game.
Billy Hamilton – 4-for-9, 4 RBIs and I think zero steals but I’m looking at my Yahoo team page where Hamilton is and I can’t see an effin’ thing! Are those zeroes written in white on a white background?! Why would you do this?! That’s it, I’m starting a class action lawsuit like out of The Jerk. Everyone who has gone cross-eyed from their Yahoo team page, please comment below and I will add you to the class lawsuit. We’re taking back the power!
Mike Moustakas – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 10th homer. Moistasskiss!
Eric Hosmer – 2-for-3 and his 9th homer. I have Hosmer on the same team as Longoria (and somehow in 5th out of 15 teams), and I feel similar to Hosmer as I do to Longoria. They’re almost like catchers in that if they actually homer, I’m pleasantly surprised because I expect nothing in the way of power from them.
Edinson Volquez – 7 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.15. I mentioned this with Chen the other day, but it’s crazy that Edinson is on waivers with a 3.15 ERA, but equally insane that I didn’t even pick him up for a home game vs. the Pirates. You daffy, Grey, but I love you.
Will Middlebrooks – Optioned to Triple-A. The Padres said it was a lot easier optioning him down than optioning down their whole team.
Justin Upton – Sat out again with his oblique issue. Parents, Melvin Sr. and Justine Upton, passed on some incredible talents, but the work ethic sure feels lacking. Maybe Melvin Jr. and Justin can get a paper route this offseason. It’s never too late to build some backbone! Though neighbors may only get papers at a 1-for-5 clip from Melvin.
Brandon Morrow – Ready for rehab games. Five imaginary dollars says he gets hurt during his rehab assignment. C’mon, I’ll give you 3 to 1 odds! The horn bet is Morrow somehow gets gored by a bull during warmup tosses.
Jedd Gyorko – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer. I just can’t. The wounds are too deep.
James Shields – 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA down to 3.77 vs. Matt Cain 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA down to 4.09. 2011 SportsCenter called and wants its highlight reel back.
Brandon Crawford – 1-for-4 and his 14th homer. He has an outside chance at 20 homers. 20 homers from a shortstop gets you ranked where next year? I’m having a hard time thinking less than top 5. Five ladies and gentlemen, your shortstop position!
Brandon Belt – 1-for-3 and his 10th homer. Belt on a fantasy team is a lot like Rick Springfield in True Detective. It seems like a good idea, but in hindsight you’re like, “Yeah, I shouldn’t have punted hiring a real actor.”
Joe Kelly – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks as he was recalled for the start vs. the Astros. BoSox fans’ favorite color is Kelly green, but no one is green with envy about having Kelly on their team. Do you see what I did there? That was your classic 3-point (K-turn) pun!
Clay Buchholz – Had a PRP injection and was shut down. I’m wishing him the best, but the People’s Redemption Party of Nigeria are a militant organization. Wait, that’s injection, not insurgence. Okay, moving on!
Preston Tucker – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 7th and 8th homers. I don’t even own him, but I want him to succeed like a pet turtle I don in a graduation gown and mortar board. I just have such good vibes!
Lance Lynn – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.80. I believe he could end the season with a 2.25 ERA and he would still be underrated next year.
Robbie Ray – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA up to 2.72. Well, I guess his ERA wasn’t gonna stay crazy low all year. Ray la vie!
Jose Fernandez – 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.77. Pop quiz, hotshot: Fernandez or Harvey? How about for next year? Yeah, I think so too. How did I know what you were thinking? I’m standing inside your head. Pretty roomy in here!
David Peralta – Left yesterday’s game after being beaned on the melon. I’m sure he’ll go for concussion tests. Word of advice, don’t go to Morneau’s doctor.
Logan Forsythe – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer. Forsythe has a funny season going (not funny). It seems like he’s not doing anything ever, then I look at his stats and he’s hitting .400 in the last week and he’s quietly having a productive, if slightly yawnstipating season.
Ben Revere – 3-for-5, 1 run, 1 RBI. Wearing a complimentary robe, Revere lies on his hotel bed, twirling the phone cord. “Marlon, tell me again how you got traded away from the Phillies. And don’t leave out anything.”
Domonic Brown – 3-for-5, 2 runs. If I were Ruin Tomorrow Jr., I’d just post yard sale signs all round Citizens Bank and just give every player away for a nickel on the dollar. You know there will be at least three Guatemalans there in a pickup truck five minutes before the yard sale opens.
Noah Syndergaard – 5 IP, 1 ER, 10 baserunners (5 BBs), 4 Ks, ERA down to 2.97. Overall, his walks haven’t been bad so we’ll look at this like a small blip, which isn’t Pablo Sandoval, that’s a small blimp. Or a large bleb.
Yunel Escobar – Left yesterday’s game with a wrist injury, but x-rays returned negative. Sounds like those x-rays need a pep talk!
Ian Desmond – 2-for-2, 2 runs and his 6th steal. Don’t look now, but Desmond is starting to heat up — five for his last nine with a homer. Oh, c’mon, man, A) Simon didn’t say don’t look now. B) It’s a figure of speech. C) There’s no C.
Jordan Zimmermann – 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.30. He didn’t do a ton to warrant mention. That doesn’t mean there’s little reason to mention Warrant. *dons denim jacket with fur collar* My cherry pie!
Jason Vargas – Diagnosed with a torn UCL. No relation to ex-Royal shortstop, UL Washington, or his toothpick. Though his toothpick and Yordano are related on his mother’s side. Speaking of the devil (literally), Ventura is headed back to the majors. In 12 team leagues that only use Royals pitchers, I could see grabbing him. Elsewhere, aw heck no.
Kevin Gausman – 6 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks as he was recalled from the minors. Showalter has now started Gausman, put him in the bullpen and sent him to the minors twice. There’s only one more way to screw Gausman over…When is he getting traded to the Rockies?
Chris Davis – 1-for-4 and his 20th homer. The blinking guy from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly couldn’t have a quieter 20 homers.
Ivan Nova – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.23. Not bad…Okay, compared to, say, Cingrani it was effin’ terrific — or terrifin, if in a rush, but Nova feels like little more than a streamer to me at this point and I’d look at the Stream-o-Nator on his matchups.
Alex Rodriguez – 1-for-4 and his 20th homer. In this game, Mark Teixeira (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) also homered, his 24th. You really wanna mess with someone who just woke from a ten year coma? Well, you’re a sick bastard. They were just unconscious for ten years! But, if you really do, say to them it’s 2005 and show them the Yankees lineup. Though, they might think it’s a rapper back from the dead playing short.
Rougned Odor – 3-for-4, 4 runs, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer as he was a double short of the cycle. One word: Coors.
Delino DeShields – 1-for-3, 3 runs and his 16th steal. Same word.
Corey Dickerson – Says he could return this weekend. Shark Tank Idea! Plantar fasciitis debilitates one in ten people at some point in their life, so why not offer an orthopedic shoe that has wheels on the bottom like pre-teens wear? Here’s my prototype, a wheelie, classic stretch bowling shoe.
Carlos Gonzalez – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 14th homer, hitting .258. Some over/unders for you to ponder: 22 homers? .280? 1 DL stint? If you said over for either of the first two, there’s still time to buy.
Nick Hundley – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .307. Okay, not setting the world on fire, but Hundley was what outside of Coors, a .240 hitter? Gives you a good idea of why the Hitter-Tron always loves Coors hitters. Why it loves fondling machinery is another can of worms.
Jered Weaver – Could rejoin the rotation next week. His straw mullet already arrived and is traveling with Shoemaker.
David Freese – Was hit on the hand by a pitch and it fractured his thumb. Sorry, Mr. Freese, but you’re being put on ice! Kyle Kubitza will likely take over. Kubitza isn’t great with the bat, but, boy, can he chit-chat!
Kole Calhoun – 3-for-4, 1 run, 2 RBIs. Someone questioned my sanity for putting Calhoun in the top 100 of the 2nd half. He’s hitting over .400 since the break with three homers. Yup.
Chris Iannetta – 2-for-4 and his 7th homer, and 2nd day in a row with a homer. Well, I won’t outright tell you to pick him up, but he does seem hot.
Sonny Gray – 7 IP, 2 ER, 11 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.30. Now I know what Ken Griffey Sr. felt like.
Nelson Cruz – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and two homers (23, 24). So that’s where he misplaced his whooping stick.
Austin Jackson – 2-for-4 and still in the leadoff spot, and hitting near-.350 in the last week. He’s a definite grab if you need runs and some steals. At least until McClendon figures out the lineup card is upside down.
Mike Montgomery – 2 2/3 IP, 6 ER. The Regression Fairies know what a décolletage is and not to just stare at it, they can name all of the members of One Direction and they will take no pity on your ratios.
Anibal Sanchez – 6 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 11 baserunners, 6 Ks. Honestly, over-the-internet friend, you’re only holding onto him because of what he’s done in past seasons.
Nick Castellanos – 2-for-3, 4 RBIs and his 8th homer (a grand slam), and his 2nd in as many days. Hot schmotato alert, yes, definitely. Get on it!
Ian Kinsler – 4-for-5, 2 runs, hitting .284. Since Kinsler and Ausmus are the first Jewish player-manager combo in sports since Gene Simmons managed the Rock ‘n Jock team with all Jews, except Dan Cortese, Kinsler and Ausmus should come up with their own celebratory handshake. Maybe they mime spinning a dreidel, then lift Rajai in a chair. Something, I’m spitballing.
Have been using a Firefox add-on called Blank Your Monitor as a workaround (provides black background.) Not good, but good enough to get through this season.
Yahoo really, really sucks for pulling this mid-season. Will not use yahoo platforms going forward.
@Brushback Changeup: Use Google Chrome for Yahoo, much easier to see.
@Malicious Phenom: i only use chrome and it’s eye raping shit. worse than Gandolf raping. They turned it white so they can faster load their daily fantasy sports, which opened the EXACT day this white shit started. It’s simply easier for them to make money with white screen, each page takes up less space (go to free agent list, you’ll notice the names are closer together than before), and loads faster, as it’s integrated with their daily fantasy money part of the site. They claim it’s since they had complaints about the dark background, which is utter bullshit, since at least 90% of EVERYBODY hates the white screens.
@Brushback Changeup:
Anyone have any idea why they did this?? at first i thought my lap top came down with a major virus or something.
@NJ All Day: Yahoo replied to my email, saying one background makes it easier for them to do updates much quicker..hmmm
@Malicious Phenom: When they started offering the night-time schtick – it was to save the earth. Dark background equals less electricity used and all that. Now they’re putting their ethics on the back shelf because a couple of yahoos can’t figure out how to integrate multiple backgrounds in updates?
@NJ All Day: Cause they’re batshizz crazy or blind
@Grey: I seem to recall the other half of the population going crazy with hate when they changed to the whole on black look.
I don’t remember that, it was at least legible
How about this trade I pulled off before the all star break. Adrian Gonzales and Chris Archer And I got Adam Lind ,Andrew Mccutchen, and Robinson Cano in return. Ive gone from 11th to 8th in 2 weeks with 2 big victories.
@NJ All Day: NICE trade for you.
@Brushback Changeup: Take back the power!
Alcides,Lindor or desmond
Drop odor or deshields?
@Tommy: Desmond.
Hold Odor.
@Tommy: What Cram said
10 team 10 keeper. Ian Desmond on the wire. Worth a $2 stash if it means dropping Soler or Pence?
@dem ribbies:
If Desmond knocks the cobwebs from his head and returns to form (which he’s showing VERY SMALL signs of doing) he’s the #3 or 4 SS overall. That’s more valuable than Pence to me.
@dem ribbies: Sure, Soler
You need to get on that Aaron Hicks train! It’s about to take off.
@thomas: Yeah, saw he did something yesterday, but he didn’t exactly do much in the previous few games for me to mention him
I hate Yahoo so much for all these changes I can’t even put it into words.
First the boxscore – then the player pages in one single tab only and now this.
Terrible. Just terrible.
@Lixxiq: Take back the power!
Eyes still hurting. Add me to the lawsuit. They could have just come here to learn about elegant design, or that it’s not necessary to constantly change what is working. Although it hasn’t been working for them since three or four changes ago. Too bad they ruined mail and finance as well.
Why did I finally get rid of Ventura only to add Cingrani?
@Bill:
I’ll never understand developers need to constantly change website design. Not all changes are upgrades. Some are sidegrades. Many are downgrades.
Find something that works and stick with it. Stupid Yahoo.
@Bill: Yahoo must pay for what they’ve done! Yeah, Cingrani’s a POS
Grey!
Had a billion and one things to say. Reading your roundup liquified my brain!!!
NORM MACDONALD quote of the day:
‘Did you watch the Royal wedding over the weekend? Oh, yeah? Did you enjoy it? You did? Well I say you are a traitor. We defeated them in 1787 and 1812 and if you contunue you shall see the business end of my bayonnet.’
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: I love Norm, but he was BRUTAL as a judge in his debut last night on Last Comic Standing.
I walked in loving Norm and hating Anthony Jeselnik (sp?) and left finding a ‘serious’ Norm brutal to watch and thinking that Jeselnik, in short bursts, to be hysterical (Love his roasts, but his standup is tough to stomach for long sets).
@Ante GALIC: Ha
Trade Rendon for Cole Hamels? Thank you.
@Kiss a Bum: If you need the SP, sure
@Kiss a Bum: Yes
In fantasy point leagues Michael Brantley is proving to be very good. 16th among hitters in straight points, and 9th in ppg at 3.35. But yeah, I can see in stats based leagues he’s no good.
@Chris: Yeah, clarifying, in roto, hasn’t done it
Well if you must get shanked by someone in the shower, you’d want it to be Cingranni. He has only one shank move — same arm slot, same plane and trajectory, same velocity — easy to defend!
@Manley Ramirez: Very well done
@Manley Ramirez: Ha!
The Regression Fairies know what a “déculottée” is !!!
it’s an humiliating defeat …! to be polite ;)
Nick
@Nick: Ha
Hard to see my computer keys after the glare from the Yahoo white background.Add me to the list for the class action lawsuit…
Also in other news, no word back from the restaurant in Seattle. Might have to email them again..
@Malicious Phenom: Get on it!
@Malicious Phenom: You haven’t heard back from the restaurant in Seattle cause NOBODY calls a place to investigate a cell-phone pic that a fantasy baseball writer posted to his website. Kind of creepy. “Cust Kayin’ “
@Peter Nincompoop: Maybe Razzball should give MP his own article? He’s been trying for a LONG time. You could call it “Moral Prolix”?
Brantley’s actually been killing it for the best part of a week now. You know what that is, right?
@SteveNZ: *why* that is.
@SteveNZ: It’s vs. NZ
@Grey: As is Erv Santana.
@SteveNZ: I’m not convinced my third round Brantley is a bust. If anything the most disappointing part of his numbers has been runs scored, not his fault at all considering he’s an on base machine.
He has 7 homers
Dynasty league, keep all players forever. I’m 14 SGP out of 1st. Have a chance to gain quickly with some bats. Was offered this trade:
My Miggy, Rendon, Pineda and Schwarber
His, Rizzo, Pollock,McCullers and Giles.
I’m ok about it all except for losing Schwarber. Is it close? I can’t realistically win without Miggy but I’m gaining 6 years in age with Rizzo plus he and Pollock help this year. I plan on countering for a better player than Giles, maybe a MI upgrade. Help please.
@Rick: I think you are giving up to much for Rizzo & Jackson.
@Rick: Rizzo side
Grichuk, Parra or Tucker? Looking for overall performance nothing in particular, thanks bud keep up the good work.
@TobiasFunkeAnalRapist: Grichuk
@TobiasFunkeAnalRapist: Tucker
Which side? Goldschmidt Altuve Salazar vs Greinke Gerrit Cole Machado Lind.
@mike: Goldy side
@mike: Goldy
As a Gausman owner I beg you, please don’t give the Orioles more ideas to mess around with him. I beg you!
@PancakeMaker: Ha, sorry!
Schwarber or Weiters?
Jungmann or Nola?
Thanks!!!
@Hern: Schwarber & Nola
@Hern: Kyle, Nola
One of my top 10 favorite movie scenes of all time:
I don’t need any of this stuff and I don’t need you. . . .except this . . . and this paddle game.
@OneI’dWilly: Hahaha, The Jerk is the best. The guy who starts bawling about the cracks in his airplane seats always slays me.
@OneI’dWilly: …And this chair, I need this chair…
@OneI’dWilly: And this tv remote control, that’s all I need …
WTF?! Pollock was benched because they were facing “a tough righty.” We’re talking about a top 30 player in baseball not Skip Schumaker!
@Pouss-Pouss: Seriously
@Pouss-Pouss: HA! Classic, take that Skip! and adjust your batting gloves inbetween taking it and reading the next comment. SHMUCK!
Would you trade marte and c.allen for posey and a.ram? 20 team h2h keep forever league. I have c.gomez/j.up/soler/k.davis and we start 3 ofs and 1 util. Thanks
@your mom: Nope
@Grey: how bwt if i offered him soler instead of marte? Not sure if hed take it though
Much better
16 team roto dynasty with K/BB, QS over wins,net saves and holds over saves, total bases added, OBP over AVG and net steals over steals. Team was drafted may 5th, which i love, since preseason pitching rankings are gone and it’s easier to know what’s going on with pitchers in general. i’ve been in 1st all year till lately in 3 way tie for top 3.
salvy
rizzo
kipnis (only time i’ve ever owned him, going well)
bryant (drafted in 2nd round, over arenado, tulo and others)
alcides
LF jew don (when i drafted i felt silly i went so much earlier on him than avisail, not so much now)
CF maybin (free agent who did well right after i was forced to add him when ellsbury got hurt first day of our league’s stats)
RF souza
util ellsbury/lind (got this guy SUPER late, best value on team)
BN jaso/jace P
NA tapia/dahl/j.p. crawford
SP liriano/burnett/cole/chavez/nola/pineda/fiers
RP britton/a.miller
P romo/giles/watson/j.smith
DL buchholez/walden/ryu/wheeler
NA vince V (stashed there since i wanted to play nola more yesterday)/stephenson
1. who’s the drop for vince V (or is it him?) with our prorated innings, i have about 63 per week i need to get, which should work with 7 SP and 6 RP.
2.cron passed waivers, but i don’t want to use any free agent budget , dropping jaso. I’m likely better off using Jaso’s spot as streaming hitter for off days elsewhere if i don’t get cron. Best 2B backup other than jace is scooter. drop jace for scooter or try to waiver sandoval? (could stream 2B if/when kipnis is off). wish scooter had any speed since jace is zero for season on net steals, literally 50/50 for stealing on season.
3. which of these corner OF you like best if i don’t get cron, c.gillespie (i just had him till souza came back), rasmus/krispy young/coghlan
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: nevermind #2 and #3, i just dropped jace, realizing he’s been awful for a long time, that made short term room for vince to add cron over jaso. still gotta figure out which pitcher to lose.
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: Lose Vinny V
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: Stephenson
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: Oh no. I’ve gone cross-eyed.
Grey, so you woukd rather own jose Fernandez over harvey this year and in the years going forward? Make a good idea to try to get jose Fernandez for harvey in my keeper then? They would both be 10th rounders next year and could be kept for a round earlier each year after. I am also trying trying to get springer from this same guy whos balking at it. Springer could be kept as a 7th rounder next year.
Was thinking of offering harvey, Moreland, and one of segura or Cesar Hernandez for springer and Jose Fer. What you think? Thanks in advance.
@G: Go for it, off either SS with Harvey and Moreland for Springer and Jose and see what he says..
@G: I would take Springer there
Been looking for pitching and a guy fired me Tanaka for either my Pedroia or Longo.
Thoughts?
@Knighttown: Tanaka’s elbow scares me too much to trade for him, personally.
@Knighttown: In a redraft I would trade him the bleepin Redsuck for Tanaka, who has been solid all year…
@Knighttown: I’d take him for Longo.
@Knighttown: Can trade Pedroia for him
I also have Longo and Hos on the same team. I told my underling smurfs that if they ever homered on the same day, to put the village on lockdown because that would mean the Earth reversed its rotation and who knows what calamities that would bring.
This Smurf can’t shake the Costanza gene. Lind, Tucker, Hundley, all ended up on bench for various reasons. In total 10 for 20, 4 HR and 10 RBI on bench wasted. If I lose the league title by a slim margin, I can point to yesterday as the reason.
@papasmurf: Haha, totally
I hated the white background. Then it made me miss Cingrani as a starter yesterday. I owned him, I just couldn’t see that he was starting.
Thanks to Yahoos lousy UX I avoided that debacle. Thanks Yahoo!
@Matty: Ha!
Sign me up for that lawsuit.
Sincerely,
The remnants of my eyes
@PK: Take the power back!
Sano or Franco to play 3rd in a 12 team ops and k’s keeper league?
@jay: Sano
@jay: Sano
Drop Soler for Preston?
@sniff test: I wouldn’t
@sniff test: Sure
Thanks for distracting me enough to make it into work for yet another day on this never ending, demented merry-go-round. Should I give either moss or schwarber, for betances? I’ve got grandal. I’m 20 points ahead of second, and can really only improve my pitching categories. 17 team roto redraft league.
@Handy afterall: Brandon Moss? Yes for Betances.
@Cram It: thanks, Cram. guy in my league has been sending me offers constantly, the last 4 days. he wants schwarber or grandal, as well as soria and moss. half those offers have involved me taking pedro alvarez, despite me having told him i will not take alvarez, every time i reject. it’s crazy. is there a glossary term for the bizarre logic spirals that happen in protracted trade negotiations? if my brain wasn’t so full of holes, i”d propose one.
thanks for the advice, and the fun.
@handy afterall: There’s no rhyme or reason to what other owners are thinking. Unless it’s ‘let me get the best guy possible, while giving away as little as possible.’
@Handy afterall: Agree with Cram
Thankfully I streamed McHugh to somewhat offset Cingrani’s awfulness.
In other news, the Hittertron really liked Tucker yesterday. Too bad I didn’t listen. What’s the use of having it if you don’t listen to it? Rhetorical!
@Scott: I hear ya
12 team yahoo H2H 5×5 league. I was offered Hanley Ramirez for my Chris Archer or Hanley Ramirez for my Jake Arrietta. Should I accept either trade offer? I’m in 2nd place and most likely going to the playoffs. Thanks! Here is my team:
C. R. Martin. TOR
1B. D. Ortiz. BOS
2B. D. Travis. TOR
3B. C. Davis. BAL
SS. A. Escobar. KC
OF. M. Trout. LAA
OF. B. Harper. WAS
OF. C. Gonzalez. COL
UTL. J. Heyward. STL
UTL. M. Byrd. CIN
DL. A. Rendon. WAS
SP. C. Archer. TB
SP. J. Arrietta. CHC
SP. L. Lynn. STL
SP. A. Wood. ATL
SP. J. Chavez. OAK
SP. K. Hendricks. CHC
SP. T. Walker. SEA
SP. A. Sanchez. DET
SP. M. Latos. MIA
DL. C. Bucholz. BOS
RP. K. Uehara. BOS
RP. R. Osuna. TOR
RP. R. Soriano. CHC
@Paul: I’d do it for either SP, Jake first
@Paul:Looking at your team, I’d probably hold. You have a solid bunch of OFs, and a fairly sketchy backend pitching staff.
@Paul: Agree with Feathers. H2H you want the stud SP come playoff time. Your staff isn’t strong enough to shoulder the loss.
@Paul: I agree with MP
Too much?
I give
Carassco and Justin Upton
I get
Jose Fernandez and Schwarber
@Jeter North: too much
@Jeter North: As an Upton owner, I’d make that trade. Oblique has me really worried.
@Jeter North: Bit much
Has any one else noticed if you read these columns from the bottom up they are twice as good?
@Lucky Ned Pepper: LOL, I usually answer questions bottom to top..lol..A new meaning to bottoms up.
@Lucky Ned Pepper: And I write them every third word and go back and fill it in!
Yeah, Brantley is the main reason I have one team that is sinking and I do blame you, sorry to bring that up again. But I come back here everyday for your words of uh, wisdom cause you are so damn entertaining. Utility spot in a redraft league, Mostsuckass or Tucker?
@Uno Mas Cerveza: Prolly risk it with Tucker
@Uno Mas Cerveza: there is no reason to blame anybody here, brantley was ranked lower this year than espn/yahoo had him.
Yet another 3B getting hot. It’s a freakin’ epidemic!
@Scott: Ha
Thanks for the recap, Grey!
Need to replace a MI, b/c even though Hernandez is still getting on base, he doesn’t want to steal anymore. Who should I replace him with (or hold)?
– Kang
– Duffy
– Lindor
– Schoop
– Y Escobar
– Suarez
Thanks!
– Jax
@Jax: Lindor
@Grey: not that he has shown all that much lift but Suarez is at coors later this week. I dropped lindor for him during all star break and missed all these lindor stats the past week… Grey you would grab lindor back right now before the start of games today if you could right?
Nah, hold now, you’re pot committed
@Grey: haha thanks for all the hard work man. Read your stuff everyday just like the rest of these kids
Thanks!
Grichuk or tucker?
@Kendrick Llama: Grichuk
@Kendrick Llama: Tucker
Morning BB,
Effin’ Cingrani. I bid for him and got him everywhere. I need this like a hole in the head.
I’m gonna hold him in the deep league and see if he gets an extended try once they trade a pitcher. But man, that was a bunch of shite. Did you see the game? Was he unlucky or hit hard?
Oh, and sure count me in on the Yahoo suit. Ridiculous what they pulled midseason. You used to be able to change it to black, but I think they took out that functionality. F***ers….
@Phil of the Future: Hey Phil, I was to get yahoo to answer my question regarding background and they said by having just the one background, they can update the site faster…AHMM, BULL SHIT..
@Malicious Phenom: Hey man. Sure smells like it to me….
@Phil of the Future: Yahoo will pay! Cingrani was hit hard, I don’t trust him and dropped him everywhere…A guy that I have for Ks can’t kill a Cubs B lineup isn’t good…
@Grey: Terrific. What am I supposed to do with the two thousand Cingrani jerseys I ordered?
Can you alter them and sell to Campari?
@Grey: I was gonna give them out to the homeless. But i like you’re idea better.
Glad to help! Do I get a percentage?
@Grey: Of course, G. We share everything.
Aw, c’mon, you’re too good to me!
@Grey: Nah, man. You’re my people. You love dogs and baseball!
Simpatico!
Rank these SS for ROS?
Aybar, Cesar Hernandez, Segura, Kang, Suarez, Desmond.
Many thanks.
@Steve: Desmond, Kang, Suarez.
@Cram It: @Cram It:
Thanks!
Shoot the hostage… I have JoFer and Harvey for next year, wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@peter quill: Ha
Have Dickerson coming back and need pitching depth. Should I trade Grichuk for Ray?
@Boom: Sure
Hey guys I need some help… the back end of my pitching is a complete mess.
Thankfully my batters are tops in the league (trout, cutch, arenado, bautista, rizzo, cano/wong, frazier), but I’m just squeaking into the playoffs. Its an H2H Points league, and pitching is highly valuable.
1) What moves should I make, if any with the guys below.
G.Richards, M.Pineda, T.Bauer, C.McHugh, N.Karns, Yordano, Joe Ross, Tillman
Wire options are Wisler, Niese, Hughes, Nelson, Eovaldi, Brett Anderson
2 ) Is it dumb to drop Tolleson for Siegrist? Siegrist is a holds machine, and in my leagues settings he’s been more valuable so far this year.
Thanks fantasy masters!!
PS Great column as usual Gray!!
@Spyre: Tillman blows. I’d lose him… for probably Nelson.
@Spyre: Thanks! Agree with Cram
@Spyre: Oh, and 2) sure
Was excited about cingrani…. Now I must drop someone
Cingrani, fiers, gausman, Ventura
Who’s the worst ros??
@down goes steven: Cingrani
@down goes steven: I’d drop all of them except Fiers.
@down goes steven: Cingrani
I’ve been offered Schwarber, Kinsler, and Hector Santiago for Mike Trout. Kinsler would replace Neil Walker, Santiago would replace Chen, and Schwarber would be my keeper in place of Trout. I currently sit in 2nd place, good shape for the playoffs. I also have Harper, Pence, Rios, and Melky Cabrera left in my OF. Should I make the move?
@Jason: Nope
@Jason: Trout side
Grey who you got in roto ROS: A.Wood or C.Carter?
Thanks and great work on the site!
@Double H: Wood..Thanks!
Need some help with keeper league valuations…I have a 16th-round Matt Harvey that I am considering dealing, to an owner who would keep him over a 6th-round Abreu.
If we’re talking straight picks…what the hell should I ask for? I’m thinking a 2nd-rounder…but is that even enough?
This is a standard 5×5 H2H, and I’m selling because I can only keep 3 out of this 4-player group: a 15th-round Springer, a 16th-round Harvey, a 22nd-round Rendon, and a 23rd-round Correa.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
@Ryan: 2nd rounder works for me, of course try 1st rounder first
I hate SS. Lindor, Saladino or Saurez the rest of the year?
@Sideshow: Lindor
Howdy Grey! It’s already almost the end of the week!
In a h2h points league with a weekly lock (it’s also redraft) which one of these would you add :
Kyle schwarber, gerrardo parra, Brandon belt (1b/OF), Jorge soler, Corey seager, Michael conforto, Jean segura , mark Duffy (2b/3b), or Trevor plouffe
My starters:
C: Vogt
1b: E encarncion
2b: howie Kendrick
3b: Todd Frazier
SS: Hanley Ramirez
IF: Kris Bryant
OF: Bryce Harper
OF: Puig
OF: Joc Pederson
OF: Jay Bruce
DH: this week roster is locked w/ sano but have Carlos Santana on my bench who I plan on starting next week
Utility : Carlos correa
— i heard a rumor & between now & the deadline (the 31st next Friday) there will be a ton of rumors but if this happens would it benefit a trade sending jay Bruce to the Angels
Thanks again bud!
@Teddy Ball Game!: Schwarber
@Grey:
Thank you, would you start schwarber over Vogt next week?
Maybe, I don’t know the matchups
@Grey:
For next weeks schedule looks as follows:
Schwarber –
Series vs Rockies in Chicago; Jorge De La Rosa, Tuesday is?, wed is Eddie butler.
Next series @ Milwaukee. Thursday is Taylor Jungmann, Friday is Garza, Sat is Lohse, Sun is ?
Now for Vogt.
A’s have Monday off
They start a series on Tues @ Dodgers. Tues is Clayton Kershaw, Wed is Grenike.
Series is two games.
Next series is at home in Oakland & vs Indians.
Thursday is Carlos Carrasco, Friday is Salazar, Sat is Cody Anderson, Sun is Trevor Bauer.
Seems like a no brainer when you write it out… Schwarber is better next week
Please add me to the lawsuit. If I didn’t have this life sucking thing called a job, I’d be at Yahoo’s headquarters with white background picket signs!
@Heyward To Your Mother: You’ll be there in spirit
Please include me in the class action too
Fight the power!
Hundley Jaso Norris please rank in OBP league. Thx G
@Big D: You did
Hello Grey! So yest I asked you about Stanton/Grandal/Ross for Pineda/Hamels/Braun… I got a counter of:
Arenado/Wong/TRoss for Pineda/Hamels/Braun
My team is hitting well, needs mad pitchin yo!
@Nico: Sounds fair, you really should trade for cheaper pitching
@Grey: Current staff is Samardzija, Shields (just acquired), Salazar, Colon, Ross, Buchholz. So I had a few guys that are due for corrections, but Buchholz is done, and Colon is brutal. For a 10 team yahoo, what buy low cheap SP’s are you lookin at?
In a 10 team league, Colon’s a streamer… Maybe Carrasco? Salazar?
@Grey: That’s why I’m trying to get 2 SP’s back. Carrasco owner won’t sell, and I own Salazar. I’ll take a look around and re-evaluate to make sure I’m not going overboard. Thanks!
Gotcha, no problem
@Grey: colon’s a streamer in my 20 team leagues, at least compared to my rosters.
Is it just me or does Rick Springfield as Pitler look like a dolled up William Fitchner?
@Jay: Wait a minute…. so YOU’RE the True Detective…
@Nico: MAYBE
@Jay: If William Fitchner had a baby with Pee Wee Herman
@Grey: Ha, did anyone notice that Hollywood Director they made oddly resemble Cary Fukunaga?
I didn’t realize it until I read reviews afterwards… That seems to be the problem with this season…Cary must’ve been more necessary than was previously suspected
@Grey: Did you happen to read that article on Gawker about Vernon, CA, the inspiration for Vinci? You’re out there, so maybe you already knew about it! Pretty wild.
I was sent the link by someone but haven’t read it yet, interesting?
@Grey: It’s more entertaining to just watch True Detective. The real stuff in the piece was typical political excess and financial shadiness. Nothing more, nothing less.
Fix your rankings, see the email I sent you
Forget the rankings problem, it’s bc of that site you use
@Jay: Just pooh-poohed my excitement so hard. POOHPOOH SO HARD UNIVERSITY. Population: Jay Wrong.
@Grey: Haha, that makes a bit more sense.
ROS, Which side of the trade would you take, Dickerson for Odorizzi and Britton or Kimbrel.
I have Burns, Colabello, Revere, and Grichuk that could take Dickersons spot in the Of
@Boom: Kimbrel…
Whats more painful? Your eyes after spending five minutes on your Yahoo white on white team page, or your heart when thinking of broken Gyorko dreams
@Marty: Pretty even actually
Is it just me, or does anyone else think about boobs when they hear Aaron Nola?
@Basement Artie: Do you throw beads at Nola?
Pedro Alvarez is facing Fister today. Drop Duda or Mark Reynolds for him?
@Scott: or Turner, since Pedro can do both CI spots
@Scott: Duda
@Grey: Thanks for helping me make the hard choices.
No problem
@Grey: Duda over reynolds? How dare you
Duda’s garbage
@Grey: actually his knee is, read about that the other day. Since he took one off the knee on May 30th, his average went from .303 to .236 and only hit 3 dongs. The messed up part is no one made a big deal about it til now. It was written off as a slump but in reality he is playing through an injury
Ah, gotcha
@J-FOH: wasn’t this mentioned like 2 weeks after that happened on here?
Going forward and into next season. Is Jose Abreu the 35-40 HR guy we saw last season or is he more of a line drive Freddie Freeman-esque 20-25 HR a season guy?
@Gio: 25 HR guy
@Grey: makes ya wonder what changed since last year though eh?
Being offered Burnett CarGomez and Siegrest for deGrom and Storen.
Leaves me with Street, Britton and Kimbrel. And Upgrades my OF to Pollock Gomez Yelich and Span on DL.
Take?
12 team H2H.
@wjessereid: Gomez side
What do you think of Ender back from DL. Still the same player?
@Scott: Basically Parra
@Grey: with less power and XBH hits, at least this season, previous season’s they do appear to be same person.
Lucas Duda’d on my fantasy team.
Bench spot… Drop Duda (or Melky) for Preston Tucker? Other potential pickups would be: De Aza, Eaton, Stubs.
Bench spot… Drop T. Walker for Nola, Chavez, Velasquez?
@Rice: Ha… Yes, Tucker… Walker for Chavez
Cron or Tucker?
Tucker
Hi Grey,
Would you drop Tomas for Preston Tucker? 6×6 with OBP – in desperate need of HRs and RBIs.
Thanks!
Sure
Drop Joe Smith since Street came back?
Yup
In my keep forever league was just offered Billy Hamilton & Carlos Santana for my Miggy..
what do you think?
Don’t like it
@Grey: I agree, thanks
NP, MP
Stuck with Vogt as my main squeeze…picked up Schwarber as my utility though. Think he’ll stay around long (play enough) to be fantasy relevant in a 10 team mixed points league?
Definitely
I did her on his birthday…….and Piscotty doesn’t know!!!!
1) Grey you’re the man but I’m a little upset and need u to calm me down. I went on ur advice and traded Brantley and Rosie for betts and chappy. Brantley/Rosie slaughtering in points right now…frustrated
2) in all reality, how can the mets shut Harvey down in September. They have nobody else to start right now. Matz will be back sure but u think they completely do away with Harvey? I can’t find a trade partner for Harvey
HA! 1) Need to chillax, brotherman…Still time for it to work out for you 2) I think he’ll be shut down but you never know with the Mets
On Brantley. His back hurts, he no hits, his back good, he hits, back bad, no hit, back good, he hits. I’ve been following this one all year. There is a reason for his productjon swings…no pun intended. Next year he will be a steal when he drops to the 120th round
He’ll never drop that low… I do agree his back likely has a lot to do with his production because he’s a 17-homer guy…A 17-homer guy with back problems becomes a 12-homer guy and not as exciting
@Grey: maybe 10th. So much rookie nookie from this year I can see him being a bargain from everyone going w all young and sexy. Old and boring wins races too
No way, you’re off, brah…He’s a 6th rounder at worst
@Grey: as a master hater I know the flow of hate. I sense it for him
Oh yeah, def
@Grey: speaking of masterhater, I think we got a winner of a show there. 12 haters compete for best hater
Then it can be hate watching hate, I like it!
@Grey: every week they get a new hating competition where we can get into the depth of their hate and versatility to hate anything. The finale will be trying to hate puppies
HA! Love this…Hate babies is the semi-finals
lets make this happen
I’ll be speaking to my manager later on this and stealing it from you, thank you
Ive already screenshot this conversation and am contacting my attorney. I know where you live homie, dont f**k with me albright
Hahaha… Don’t hate the hate, hate the game
Sounds like the shows slogan
Rodon or E-Rod ROS? (Unfortunately, “neither” is not an option.)
E-Rod
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
Abreu/Greinke/Tomas for Trout/Lester?
Weekly H2H points
Thanks
Trout
Need a trade opinion for a H2H points league. Ells Jordan Zim cargo (Colorado one) schwarber for stras Samardzija A Gon kipnis Tomas. Which side?
CarGo
Can we talk about MC? (Please say yes)
Yes, and I really wish they lost the Asian guy last night…He’s so annoying and why does he hug everyone, constantly?
@Grey: I think they were going to cut Rollins and Gordon put his foot down. I’m still new to MC, but is it usually this obvious who is good and who is whatevs in the top 10?
Yeah, it’s usually obvious…No way they cut Rollins, he’s way too good of a character…
@Grey: I know it might be editing but I thought he looked fine until Gordon goes over and riles him up, then Gordon goes back and says he looks like he is melting down. WTF Gordo
Doubtfires girl Katrina looked all cool and calm this week, I have one word to explain that….Xanax
Meh, I think that was just a side beat in the larger story that Rollins is going far this season… He’s a good character and seems like he knows his way around… Top 4 easily… Katrina smiles and it still looks like she’s going to have a break down… She looks like she smells awful
@Grey: hahahaha, is that the smell of moth balls from your thrift store clothes or do you just sweat funk?
Moth balls mixed with maple syrup… She kinda skeeves me out
@Grey: mixed with a little cat pee smell
Great call…Shudders! She is so hard to watch!
@Grey: My wife and i started a new Master Chef drinking game. Sadly, I’m the only one participating. Cannonball!
What’s the game?
@Grey: Using session IPAs:
Anytime Katrina cries/voice cracks/shakes her head – 2 drinks
Non-gordon man judge adjusts his glasses – 1 drink.
Mention of Hetel being vegetarian – 2 drinks
Steven screams – finish your drink.
Tommy talks fashion – bong rip.
Wow, you’re gonna get wasted like that!
Wasted in the opening credits
@Mrs.Featherbottom: The key is sessions IPAs and Gordon wearing an unflattering wardrobe.
I dont drink fancy boy beer
@Mrs.Featherbottom: You forgot to add when that fatty with the red hair mentions her mexican heritage you shut the tv off and keep drinking out of anger
@Grey: That moment u find the MC thread……leme tell u my single mom has elevated her game, shes like lorenzo cains BABIP! ITS SUSTAINABLE!!!!
@Grey: who torrets?
Cingrani is now in the Gyorko category…
B Crawford as a top 5 SS? Or top 5 overall? Sorry, he needs more street cred for top 5 overall. Brandon Crawford is the skinny po’ kid from the trailer park with the drunk dad in the stained wife beater. I heard he changed his name to Kid Rock though.
Gausman – Rumor has Duquette is willing to package him in a deal (Cueto?). I have my doubts.
Top 5 SS
@Grey: he might finish with that this year, but there is no way you would actually rank him top 5
He can’t be below that much if he gets 20 homers…Not saying I’d draft him
@Grey: just peeped at his batted ball profile and yikes, His Gb is up 9% and his FB is down 9%. His HR/FB is up 10%. Thats a lot of career year shizz. Im not buying him/it for 2016. As we say, “he can do that on your team”
@J-FOH: Yep.
Yeah, totally..I’m owning him nowhere, but I bet ESPN and Yahoo have him in the top 100
@Grey: I never invest heavily in SS but I can bet you I will be drafting a catcher before SS next year. I can’t wait til January Grey has to deal with all the, “but its a scarce position and you need to invest in it” comments next year
Every year, always
@J-FOH: Scarcity JFOH CMON MAN!!!!! that means u draft desmond 1st round like normal people!!!!
@J-FOH: Will Hanley or Bogaerts retain SS eligibility? That could make/break the top 5 cut…
Tulo, Correa, Peralta… then I put Hanley or Bogaerts if either one is SS elig. Then I suppose you’ve got a decent case for Crawford. But then you’ve also got a case for Justin Turner, Alcides, and Duffy in the top 5 too… If that’s how SS breaks next year, I’ll punt SS further than C.
@bigbear: Turner wont be eligible. Dont forget Seager. I just looked and its a shizz show next year. I always punt the position because scarcity don’t mean a thing. I will be even more about the SS punt for 2016, play the hot hand til someone sticks
@bigbear: superfluous H also reaping rewards of career year, he shouldn’t be top 3 SS.
10 team OBP keep league….would you lose Desmond for Crawford? Both would be round 24 keepers
Yes
Utility spot evaluation time. 12 team H2H OBP league
Drop Burns for Rios?
Drop Grichuk for Tucker? or Moustakas?
Sure, Rios…Tucker
Is it time to drop Duda in all formats? Or hold till the trade deadline and see if the Mets can bring in some bats?
I’d drop
@Grey: UGHHHHHHHHH, 1B platoon of Howard and Lind?!?!?! WHAT YEAR IS IT!!!!
Here’s an idea, I’ll go get trapped in a Juamnji board game and when I get back from the jungle this problem will be solved!
HA!
Hi Grey,
Time to drop Lawrie? – he’s been doing nothing the past few weeks.
I can replace him with Segura, Iglasias, Desmond – what do you think?
6×6 H2H with OBP.
Thanks!
Sure, Desmond
@Grey: btw, I also have Hosmer and Longoria on one team – and I feel the same exact way about them homering!
I know, right? Ha
Which C to keep – I have Vogt, Grandal, and Schwarber. Who would you throw to the wolves since none of the other teams will trade with me.
Grandal
@Drrogera: I should have been more clear – I keep 2 C. I drafted Vogt when everyone else laughed but now I worry regression will set in so I am leaning Schwaber (2015 Posey) and Grandalf (since he is a wizard).
Hold Vogt
I want those f&ckin wheelie bowling shoes.
Would you be interested in being in a testimonial?
needto find a way to plug in a little before and after: Lindor Truffle Shuffle
Ha!
Need SB, pick the best two.
Martin, Dyson, Cesar, A Escrobar, Maybin, Segura
@Wilson: are you saying Maybin is available?
@J-FOH: in waiver now, should I claim?
@Wilson: yes and do what grey says and grab dyson
Dyson, Maybin
Cougar call with Beltran tonight. He owns Jiminez.
Would you trade Matt Holiday in my keep forever for Wong & One L Myers in my keep forever?
Sure
@Malicious Phenom: Dude wants Albert for Wong and Myers..I still think that is too much…He said Holliday is too old and then asks for just as old as old Albert..
Your thoughts?
10 team mixed league, need HR/RBI. Have to dump one of these guys.
Belt, Longoria, B.Butler
RWA
Razzball With Attitude
Crazy motherfudger named Grey Albright
Redraft trade Puig for Hamels? Or too much?
Too much
@Grey: Tanks.
No problem
@Grey: How about Puig+Sano for Archer? I’m looking to add one more elite SP to my roster (already have Scherzer/Bum/Pineda)
Archer side, it’s fair
@Grey: Cool beans!
10-team mixed. Need HR/RBI and have to dump one:
Longoria, Belt, B. Butler
10-team mixed. Need HR/RBI. Have to drop one:
Longoria, Belt, B. Butler
Kazmir traded to the Astros – dang, was facing him this week against TOR. You think they slide him in this weekend or wait until next week?
I’d guess they’d keep him on his schedule
Does any part of you get upset when you spend time, late at night, preparing a daily write-up and then somebody comes in an answers all of the questions posed to you before you wake up and get a chance? It would piss me off. Snoochy Boochies.
@Peter Nincompoop: I’m going to answer this question and get all meta on you.
But G usually just bypasses the question if he agrees – and the more comments the better, gotta keep those $2.37 checks coming in
No, I appreciate it
@Peter Nincompoop: I don’t think Grey minds when frequent commenters do this from time to time. He’ll still answer the questions.
@Peter Nincompoop: here is my two cents on that. Being a long time Razzballer it becomes pretty clear to be able to predict Grey’s answer 80% of the time. He posts so much content that anyone reading this every day should know which way he will go. As a writer here I always appreciate other perspectives as long as they can back it up if questioned on it. The comments is a community so its always good to hear what others think. Grey likes it unless they use his name and avi and pretend to be him. Yes that actually happened once.
@J-FOH: I remember that happened to Sky on the football side last year. He handled it very firmly, IMHO.
@Scott: Impressively is what I meant to say.
@Scott: yeah i remember that Sky impersonator, except his didn’t sound like Sky at all.
@Peter Nincompoop: I’m all about ELE, but was just wondering. All the writers on here put in a lot of time to their posts and viewers are asking their opinion. I get it though. Thanks for the responses guys!
10-team mixed. Need HR/RBI and have to drop one:
Longoria, Belt, B. Butler
I own Scott Kazmir, so the trade to the Astros slightly hurts his value, right?
Goodbye coliseum :-(
I’d guess so, but haven’t looked at the #s
Thoughts on Kazmir as an Astro? Change his value at all? not sure about the park effect, but i was under the impression that the Colisseum was a pretty good pitchers park.
I’ll go over
It occurred to me that the A’s did to Kazmir exactly what you preach here on Razzball. “Only……more starts until you sell him!”
Billy Beane must be a fan and took your advice almost to the letter.
Exactly!
1) Thanks for the Santana buy. You suggested trading a herpes sore for him. I got him for Jon Singleton.
2) If only you’d drafted Cingrani last year like I did. It’s like immunization for ever trusting him ever.
1) Ha! 2) Sadly, I think I might have somewhere…I’ve learned my lesson now!
In fairness to Brantley he’s battled a back ailment all year which restricted him and hurt his power.
He’s finally looked healthy so would be a nice buy for the second half. Especially if you’re looking for RBI and Average.
Word
@Gareth: you dont read other comments…do you?
@J-FOH: depends if I’m in a hurry or not.
@Gareth: I went over above
@J-FOH: Great minds think alike.
@Gareth: don’t ever compare us
@J-FOH: You’re such a hater. Love it!
@Peter Nincompoop: f**k you and the horse you rode in on
@J-FOH: xoxo
@J-FOH: really, with you just bringing up the Duda injury that “nobody” knew about even though it was mentioned numerous times a couple of weeks after it happened you’re gonna lean on Catman here for doing the same thing? hey, he wants to prop up CLE players, you want to prop up your players, seems pretty equal.
Keeper league where Schwarber can be kept in 15th round. Already have Grandal and need some pitching help. What tier of pitcher is realistic to target?
Maybe Carrasco?
G……..Ah never mind. I’ve exceeded my quota of 3.
I’m still mad that LG came out with the G4 phone.
I had contemplated getting the LG G3 when it came out purely based on the name. G3!
Sadly, technology has rapidly moved on.
@Gareth: That’s funny.
@Gareth: you would have legitimate claim at being it’s spokesman.
Streaming question Grey…Cashner at Petco against the Marlins or Jungmann at Arizona against D-backs?
Thanks!
Cash
@Grey: Word, thanks.
@Alex: You do the streamonator? I haven’t done the math, but my team era has to be close to a full two points lower since I started using it.
Cashner or Chavez ROS?
Chavez
The shine’s worn off Ubaldo.
@Carnac: he better go get his shinebox
@J-FOH: His ERA is now 3.81 according to the shinebox score.
Ha!
@Grey: Who’s scoring the most RBIs in that game? Oh yeah, another 3B!
Yup!
from above stephenson fits just fine in NA slot. it’s one of the active pitchers i’d have to lose.
You have Velasquez in an NA slot too, don’t you?
@Grey: he was, i dropped jace P to activate him. I had stashed him there the day nola came up since i thought nola had a better start. jaso i dropped for cron, but really i probably won’t keep cron that long, since i already have rizzo and lind, and 2 util slots (no CI), so if i want to try to get more steals (which is a bigger weakness of this team than other hitting categories) i could only play 3 of ellsbury/maybin/lind/cron everyday.
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: so now i have 1 BN bat, and 8 SP, with 6 RP. another option could be to drop one of the RP (romo?) and keep the 8 SP for now. With innings left i need about 63 per week, which would leave some pretty good starts benched at this many guys, unless more of them get injured. i was able to grab fiers off free agency when buchholez went down, which seems crazy for a league of this depth (but then again i was able to get fiers like a month ago in a 20 team league too)
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: romo is by far in better holds situation than guys in free agency though, no real 8th inning guys down there, strop/caminero closest thing.
Lose Cron
@Grey: even though to fill at bats i’m much more behind in hitter games than pitchers, even if i only had 7 SP? this is a roto, not a H2H.
Kazmir to Houston. Who is the odd man out? Feldman? I hope its not Velasquez
Feldman would be my guess until Velasquez gets shut down
@Grey: i should’ve read this first, but yeah, it’s gotta be one of them.
Choose 1: Chavez @ SF or Tillman @ TB
Chavez
2 outrageous seemingly vetoable deals went down in my league, same seller but different buyers. Dynasty:
G Richards, Sale for Kopesh,SkyWalker, J Bell, Yordano
C-Mart for Glasnow
First deal 1 absolute stud and another great pitcher for josh bell, walker and some crap (yes Yordano is crap). 2nd deal surely C-Mart now is what Glasnow hopes to become in years, it seems pointless in a dynasty.
What say you , are you outraged? Vetoable?
Yeah, they’re pretty bad, I don’t veto trades
@Peter Nincompoop: @Grey: But there’s a chance they could dump and leave us with a dead team no one wants. Money league so would be hard to fill, that’s the worry.
Anyway both have 4/7 votes against so far, so we’ll see if it happens.
@Swfcdan: You can’t veto trades in a keeper league. It parallels real baseball to a certain degree. Owners have the right to do what they’re going to do.
@Peter Nincompoop: somewhat agree with that comment, until last year i saw this by a NYY fanboy who just happened to quit this year about 2 week in: his arenado/t.ross/1st rounder/2nd rounder (this is 20 team league so those don’t have as much value as most leagues) for betances/a.warren. keep up to whole roster dynasty. It basically turned a 10th or so team into a top 3 team.
Jason heyward or Cole Hamels thx!
Hamels, it’s fair
Dont like the Yahoo white background either ————honestly I would rather see a Confederate flag in the background than all that glaring white —————-I actually talked to a fella from Yahoo the other day ……not a computer generated person, but, a real life homosapien …………. here it comes = Punchline ——- He was from Oregon, as in the state of ————— and I could understand him, and he could understand me. One of the few times I wasnt twisted in knots by the end of the conversation , talking to any company service rep. ———-life was so much easier, back in the day, when ll I had to worry about was getting to the clubhouse, before all the “greenies” were gone.
Ha! Nice rant
@Dusty Baker: Good stuff!
Early games and late lineups are the bane of my fantasy existence. Picked up Ianetta to fill in for Schwarber and now the putz isn’t even playing! Meshuganah!
Ugh
Hi Grey: Asking about the Kazmir trade from the opposite angle as everyone else. I have Pomeranz on my roster as a holds guy, and now he’s getting the start at home against Toronto. Should I leave him in? I’m leaning towards pulling him.
The pitching stat I need most is Ws and it’s not likely he gets through the 5th inning, right? He’s only faced Toronto once, on the road last year as a starter, and it didn’t go well (4 IP, 2 ER). Toronto is also hitting .295 against southpaws.
The argument in favor of starting him, I guess, is the home stadium, and the fact that the hitters will be unprepared for him. Toronto is much tamer on the road and they’re hitting in the .240s over the last week.
What do you think?
Pull him
Hosmer, Lind, Duda ROS? Currently have Hosmer but Lind is an option, at least for a few hours.
If A.J. Pollock goes for 20HRs and 35+SBs, although unlikely, but not unreasonable (given his current stats), he’s a top ___ player for 2016?
30
I think pitchers have figured Schoop out. His BVP is not holding up when facing the pitcher a second time.
He’s a .230 hitter sadly
Have a tough call here – I’ve been offered his Justin Upton for my Lance McCullers and Ian Desmond.
My current OF is Carlos Gomez, Puig and Billy Hamilton, with Soler on the bench. My MI (start 2) is Devon Travis, Pedroia and Desmond.
I could really use Upton’s power, but feel that my OF could really heat up in the 2nd half (making it unnecessary), and Desmond is coming on lately. McCullers could be kept for $1 next year. That said, McCullers will have his innings limited, and I could pick up both Rougned Odor and Nola if I do this trade. What say you?
Upton side
Great, Cruz. Way to Premature Extrabasulate and fail! Can someone be premature and impotent?
Ha!
12 tm H2H 6X6 OPS
Justin Upton and Rios or
Pederson and Brett Gardner
Joc
Bloom County is Back!
Opus was my Bae, before I knew Grey.
In an RCL, with no particular weakness, would you rather have a bench OF with some counting stat upside, like Souza or Granderson, or an eigth RP to help with whip and era daily, like a Sigrest. Only carrying 3 SP.
Haha… Souza
Excuse me, seedy looking fellow. Can you watch my drink while I put Tim Cooney into my lineup for tomorrow?
It’s got the makings of that
@Grey: S’okay, Chavez will be my wingman. ala McHugh + Cingrani
Grey,
What type of value does Schwarberer have? I love him too much to be reasonable and the whole league is trying to get him from me. I don’t want to trade him but it’s business, not personal. Could you throw out a few SPs that equal him in value? Lastly, over/under he plays 4 games a week going forward?
You’re the man
@Mike Snifferpippits: Keeper league?
Carrasco? 4 is about what I would expect
@Grey: yes to keeper – he’d be a 10th rd keeper for one year then ADP thereafter. But we can only keep one guy so not necessarily a keeper.
Thanks Grey
Chris Davis has been robbed of 3 HR’s this month. Jus sayen.
Damn, why you gotta make me feel bad
I was offered Pujols for my Donaldson. Not sure if its a moot point?
12 team keeper H2H
Here is my current team:
C- Gattis
C- Jaso
1B- Frazier
2B- Wong
3B- J Donaldson
ss- Cesar Hernandez
MI- J Perralta
CI- Arenado
OF- Billy Burns
OF- Adam Jones
OF- Trout
OF- B Moss
OF- J Upton
U- Morales
Bench
Maikel Franco
Flores
Preston Tucker
DL:
d’Arnaud
SP
Corbin
Jon Niese
Scherzer
Erasmo
T Ross
A Wood
Jungmann
Porcello
Berrios
RP
W DAvis
G Holland
DL
Jaime Garcia
K Medlen
Moot
@Who Dat Ninja!: Thanks for posting your whole team. Meh.
@Peter Nincompoop: it helps with the context, so as to answer the question, any drug addict jockey should know that.
in a 12-team H2H DYNASTY “keep forever” league (we keep 32MLB/8MiLB).
Annual draft has 12 rounds.
which side would you prefer if you were challenging for playoffs in a 12-team H2H category league.
DeeGordon/Margot/3rd round pick OR Aybar/Sandoval/Hammel/12th round pick
It’s a 10×9 cat league: H,R,HR,RBI,SB,BB,SO,TB,AVG,OPS IP,K/9,WHIP,K/BB,W,QS,SV+HLD,ERA,HR
Gordon
Correa/Soler for Stanton/Dickerson to win this year and keeper forever, which side and is it close?
Stanton, it’s close I guess for this year
Which combo would work better:
2B – Betts
OF – Maybin
or
2B – Odor
OF – Betts
Maybin
I was offered Pollock and KRod/Pap for Ellsbury and Betances. Only a saves league, no holds, but Betances’ high K numbers and low ERA/WHIP have helped my staff a lot. I’m low on saves, though, and who do you prefer between KRod and Pap?
Still debating it as well and wanted your opinion on it. Sorry if it’s a lot to answer haha.
Take it, Pap
Grey – how do you rank the following in a redraft league:
Lynn, iwakuma, Hamell?
Lynn, Hammel
You never want a player that you don’t own to succeed. Fantasy 101. I’m calling BS on your Tucker blurb!
@Big Magoo: shots fired
Nah, he’s got me all out of sorts… I have ten teams and Giancarlo on one, but I still love him
Effing Richards.
Yup
I just saw that d’Arnaud is starting a minor league rehab assignment tonight. Once he makes it back up to the majors, is he an immediately add over Derek Norris? Norris and the rest of the Padres just took to have fell off the a cliff offensively.
@PB&J: He’s the Mets best hitter! File under “Doy”.
Yes
@Grey: Thanks, guys. I think I’m going to file it under “d’Oy” though.
Ha
On second thought, I think Trope will be my hail mary play tomorrow.
Do you guys call Lloyd McClendon “Christmas” because you scream “Jesus Christmas!” at the TV every time he makes a managerial move, like I do?
In my keeper league the other day, right after Schwarber’s call-up, I dealt Schwarber, Rodon and Matz to a rebuilding team for Buster Posey. I probably would not have been able to keep Matz or Rodon, anyway, since I already will be keeping King Felix, Harvey & Cole, and maybe a 4th SP if Taijuan Walker impresses me enough. And after the trade went through, I added Giolito as a FA, and this morning I added Alex Reyes.
Looking at Posey, Encarnacion, Correa, Bryant, Dickerson, Pollock, Braun, Felix, Harvey, Cole as my 10 keepers, and I also have Taijuan Walker, Giolito, Alex Reyes and Kenley Jansen in the mix if I get to keep an 11th (based on where I finish).
Ideally, I’d try to deal Edwin in the offseason, but I can forget about getting much of an upgrade via trade. The guys who have Rizzo and Au Shizz aren’t about to move either of those guys.
Nah, cause of Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber…
Aramis Ramirez has been traded to the Bucs.
Who will tell JP about this?
@Hal Incandenza:
I didn’t know retirement home softball leagues could trade players. I learned something today.
Ha!
JB
Good news!
Yahoo’s new format no longer hurts my eyes because it actually caused me to go blind. Now I just read their stuff using my computer’s braille screen. Yeah, the transition was a little tough, and I was forced to hire Dave Coulier to drive me too and from work everyday (I mention this because I know you were just thinking, “Hey, what’s Dave Coulier up to these days?” and, well, that’s your answer, so you can tell those thought to cut it out), but it was worth it. No more eyes bleeding every time I look to see how many times Kris Bryant struck out today. No more ice cream headaches every time I check up on Best Correa’s stat line. No more flashbacks to that mysterious room the guys in the white coats took me to that one time when I was kidnappend and experimented on and given my superpo– Soooooooomewhere, over the rainbow, waaaaaaay up high!–
Excuse me. I mean, I don’t see that background anymore, and I don’t have a chip in my head that prevents me from hurting humans.
Nothing like that.
I hope the Yahoo designers think about the plight of their users when they look at themselves in the mirror each day. I can’t look at myself in the mirror now, though that has nothing to do with their site causing my eyeballs to fall out of their sockets and melt into puddles on the floor next to Rene Belloq’s face. I mean, before that incident, whenever I looked into a mirror, I just saw a white haze.
But still, I’ll fight the good fight for all the humans and their mortal hopes and dreams and baseball teams.
HA!
Looking to upgrade my lineup for the stretch run – would you deal Encarnacion and Holland for Fielder and Ellsbury? Thanks.
Sure
10 team keeper league, currently in 1st but by a hair, and looking to lock it up. I’m 7th in SBs with 75. there are 4 teams between myself and 91 steals.
does it make sense to move adam jones for billy hamilton at this point, or do you think I can catch up with this group?
Currently my OF is:
– Dyson
– Adam Jones
– Marte
– Maybin
– Souza
I think I have enough power elsewhere.: Norris, Wieters, Crush, Devon Travis, Arenado, Tulo, Bogaerts, Machado and E5 are my other position players, and I’ve got a cushion in Rs, RBIs, HRs, etc
thoughts? my b on the insanely long question. Thanks!
Worth a chance to chase steals
@Grey: #SAGNOFslutz!
Ha
I have Felix Hernandez in a keeper league but won’t be making the playoffs this year. I’ve been thinking about cutting Felix loose to try and get top value, and was just offered a first-round and third-round pick in next year’s draft.
We have 16 teams with 5 keepers each, and these picks would be in the low middle of each round.
Since it’s hard to explain the ins and outs of draft strategy for our specific league, though, I guess I’m wondering how much you think people should be looking to trade Felix this year. His season-long numbers look good, but there was that super rough patch. If I can get top keeper value, should I pull the trigger?
Depends what you can get, I’d explore options, yeah
Hey Grey, Would you trade away a) Grienke and Sandoval for Harvey and Votto, or b) Grienke and Moistasskis for Harvey and Votto…or both?
If you’re dying for a 1st baseman, Harvey could be shut down though
so… pick back up corbin and drop cingrani?
Meh, I guess
@george st geeglan: pick up anybody over cingrani, send him to the WOP pile. dude was allowing doubles to s.castro/herrera/denorfia. some of you could even be convinced that i made up one of those names.
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo:
whah, terrific dig there jo jo. its a keeper and both were looking very good before going down in 2k13. maybe ill go the smyly route.
@george st geeglan: HOW ABOUT A KISS A KIKAIN FOR YOUR OL FRIEND GIL FAIZON!!!!!!! TONY IS TOO MUCH TUNA U DROP EM LIKE A BAD HABIT
@ROTO OVERLORD:
do you have fucking momento disease? cuz every 2 minutes, is there kids, is there a job? theres no job, theres too much tuna!
@george st geeglan: see now isn’t that the sort of info (keeper) you should’ve included in the first place if it affects the answer ? yes or no. maybe i’m a mind reader, but not over the freakin’ internet, doubt Grey or anybody else is one either.
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo:
i was asking grey the day before about the cingrani with the info about the keeper league.
just noticed something, it sure looks like vince will be going back down anyway, right, with this kazmir thing. that would solve my roster jam and my who goes into 5th NA slot now dilemma.
different league. 14 team h2h with losses.
add
cooney vs ATL tomorrow, vs COL
peavy vs OAK tomorrow, vs MIL
or erv S (who killed it today even as a -11 @ LAA), vs PIT
Ervin
@Grey: he got some K’s back too, it looked good. there’s no way to stream one of the tomorrow’s and still get erv, he’ll be added soon in this league. HOU actually shows 7 SP right now, so mccullers might get screwed as well as vince to AAA, the glue factory model of scott feldman is back.
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: no, just 6 of them, mccullers should be fine.
Where do you see Vince is going to Triple-A?
@Grey: i didn’t see that, but with feldman/kazmir around they have 6 SP. Unless they go 6 man i would think Mccullers isn’t sent down over Vince. Best option of course is just feldman to the glue factory, no matter how much of the windmill he put up (hint: he hasn’t anyway)
Feldman to long relief
@Grey: did you read that somewhere? that is good idea.
Nah, I’m just assuming since that’s the smartest move for them
Any issue dropping Rodon (23rd round keeper) and/or Duda (10th round keeper) in a keeper league?
Not in most leagues, but a 10th round keeper means nothing to me without more info
Pederson for Puig who wins?
one league a redraft
One is keeper no salaries keep forever.
Pederson
i know you’re not big on “big trades” but i’m in a keeper league and wanted to run one by you.
keep 10 forever league:
trade a $10 mccullers, $10 sano, $17 upton, kevin pillar, john jaso, and cody allen FOR $10 garret richards, $30 grienke, $20 yoenis cespedes, kenley jansen, and evan gattis
I left out $ amounts on guys who i’d never consider keeping..
Yoenis side of trying to win this year
10tm h2h in top third so I’m looking towards playoffs. Best trade or hold. Been liking schwarber cause 2 catcher lg he can fill in if Santana or gomes sit and also play of in yahoo but thinking trade him.
A. Joc schwarber for Braun maybeca small throw in
B. Schwarb n box for syndegaard pick up motte i ckd use an arm
C. Schwarb for Calhoun but when Stanton back my OF may be but overkill
D. Hold Stanton filks last of slit and schwarb fills in where needed or replaces cold bat.
Braun…Syndergaard…Calhoun
If Reyes misses time…drop KDavis, Grichuk, or Fowler for Lindor, Iglesias, or Suarez? 10 team H2H. Yuck!!!
Davis… Lindor
What OF for next few weeks Fowler agarcia aoki choo melky?
Fowler, depends on needs
If Reyes doesn’t miss time…drop KDavis for Tucker? Keep Tucker over Werth from DL?
Yup
Looking for a streamer for tomorrow
Tillman @TB(Archer)
Niese vs LAD(?)
J.Nelson @ARI(Corbin)
Corbin vs MLW(Nelson)
Cooney vs ATL(Banuelos)
Thanks
Cooney
I also am in need of another bat in my 12 team H2H 5X5 keeper league. We only keep 10 so its doubtful any of these guys will be kept.Standard yahoo scoring.
S.PISCOTTY
T.HUNTER
L.FORSYTHE
D.PERALTA
ME.CABRERA
J.BOUR
G.POLANCO
J.DYSON
J.KANG
T.PLOUFFE
D.SANTANA
E.AYBAR
N.CASTELLANOS
J.SCHOOP
A.EATON
M.TRUMBO
AV.GARCIA
Sorry for the long list.
Thanks for your help
Depends what you need… Dyson, Castellanos
Like Nola? How rank walker Hendricks latos Nola?
Hendricks, Latos
Grey, Lindor or Kang?
Lindor
Assuming Uptons oblique is ok, him or Adam Jones ROS? Looking to trade one away for an ace if I can.
Thx Grey
Upton, but I wouldn’t assume that
12 team keeper 5×5
i give Liriano for sano/ cj wilson
do it?
@JamesSImp:
sano has keeper value as a 22nd round draft pick
Sano side
I may have to put Calhoun on my blunder drops for the year but at the time? I mean….he was meh at best.
But now Desmond is heating up….another homer after your article today…Right now I have Sano at SS and the slumping Franco at 3b.
Rank ROS, be bold, Desmond, Sano, Kang, Eugenio, Lindor….
1) While your at it, Franco gonna break out? Or should I pick up one of the SS above and move Sano to 3rd….
Still waiting on Miggy, Springer, Rendon, etc.
(By the way, you talked me out of grabbing Schwarber! ;) It’s okay, Montero’s MRI hadn’t come in yet, but I had heard it didn’t look good…should have made a spec. grab…1st place team that’s kicking my rear this week grabbed him….ugh)…
Hey, Happy Friday Eve.
Sano, Desmond… You too!
Oh, and Franco has already broken out for a 22 year who was just called up
@greg: I was telling people to grab Schwarby before the MRI
@J-FOH: It is always best to be concise, isn’t it? Okay, do you think Franco will start raking again. ;)
J-FOH, yeah, well, it’s been a season of injuries….just glad to be staying close….When the dog days come, my starting rotation may start to really look good: Kluber, DeGrom, Archer, CMART, JoeFer, Erasmo….it already does, but some August is when pitcher regression fairies come home to roost….
@greg: he’ll be fine, you H2H guys have no patience with your bastard format
@J-FOH: J…trade joc n schwarb for Braun? Trade schwarber for syndergaard or hold the bats?
@John: no on the joc and schwarb deal, for me to say yes to schwarb for noah I need to know your staff
@J-FOH: carrasco pineda strasburg keuchel hamels walker hendricks
@J-FOH: absolutely….starting to hate h2h
to replace caminero in 20 team with holds/net saves/HR allowed. best option. i have g.holland/wade/familia/hoover/pomeranz/caminero.
options: vizcaino/dyson/hudson/mujica/tuivalalalala/schultz
also, should i keep pomeranza over all those as well?
Hey Grey,
Do you think Edwin Encarnacion is still a lock for 30 HR in 2016? Have a chance to trade for him in a keeper league where I’d keep him in the 13th round in 2016.
@The JoGarza:
12-team H2H OBP league.
man, sometimes those rotoworld guys are pretty good
“Clayton Kershaw didn’t even come close to throwing a no-hitter while striking out 11 in a shutout of the Mets on Thursday.
With everyone simply assuming he would go 27 up, 27 down against a comatose Mets lineup, Kershaw gave up three hits. THREE! He merely maintained the no-no into the seventh. It was the biggest letdown since the last time he faced the Mets on July 3 and gave up a run. Kershaw has pitched 26 scoreless innings with a 38/0 K/BB ratio in his last three starts, but we’re still pretty disappointed in him right now.”
@Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season: and fiers is scaring the hell out of me, 3 XBH hits in 3 innings. kinda hoping for only 3 ER in like 5.66 innings now.
@Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season: yep, he didn’t get that far, had a salazar game right there, million K’s, lots of hard contact.
Grey your lucky Hetal is living another day, my brooklyn squeeze has elevated her game. ROS who do you like Beltran Tucker Eaton Grichuk …….Rank em Rollins Hetal Pantera or Tom Landry
I have a confession to make my fellow razzballers, I JUST ATE A $12 SALAD! it was better than I imagined
Think I have the joc n schwarb for Braun trade almost set. This good deal or just OK? Think it reduces h2h risk for me? Just not sold
Jimenez
Or shoemaker
Or Chavez
ROS?
Or Carter Capps
(Pretty thick at rp)
I am curious where Brantley ranks as an OF in your leagues. I play in a CBS 10-Team H2H league, and Brantley is the 5th highest scoring OF and 18th overall. I’m happy with the for the 15th overall pick in a league that has 5 Keepers position.
So tell me the truth, did Michael cost you a playoff game last year or something? Did he hurt you? You seem awfully angry at a guy who is doing pretty well.