Give me a buy, a bouncy buy! Wait, might have my Martin Short characters mixed up. *Googling* Damn, that was from his Irving Berlin. Jackie Rogers Jr. didn’t have much of a catchphrase. Last Saturday, JBJ was sworn in as the hottest schmotato in the land as Jackie O., his mother and who he was named after, held the Bible. After the ceremony, JBJ stated, “Compared to taking a free pass, hitting is a cakewalk.” Then he high-fived himself. Jackie Bradley Jr. is more or less a hot platoon player, but Cousin Sizzlechest is about as hot as they come right now. JBJ will cool off at some point, he strikes out a bit too much, but he’s worth owning in all leagues where you’re hurting for that little extra spark. Plus, to get JBJ on your team, you don’t need the assistance of the Cubans, the FBI, Frank Sinatra, Joe Pesci in a bad wig, a vast right wing conspiracy, Joe DiMaggio and some dude named Zapruder. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Carlos Beltran – I’ve never seen The Walking Dead, but if it’s anything like watching the Yankees, I’ve seen it.
Gregor Blanco – Are you white or are you Greg? In that question, lies the answers to the universe.
Khris Davis – You know how we do about this time! Funky record scratch, split twerk by yours truly. Dot dot dot. This time following Davis hitting two homers in a game. We add him. Hurry, if you wait a few days, we’ll already be on the ‘dropping Davis’ time.
Marcell Ozuna – OZUNA get in Buy. OZUNA proud of accomplishment. OZUNA set eyes on next accomplishment, learning what word ‘accomplishment’ mean.
Byron Buxton – I just gave you my Byron Buxton fantasy. It came with a can of wipe ass. The can had a typo.
Travis d’Arnaud – The last two weeks it was where’s the boeuf, Welington, and before that it was Francisco Cervix, then it was OBPwulf, then it was Uncle Fester Mesoraco for one week that we’ll never talk about again, then…Well, you get the picture. It’s a revolving door of craptacular catchers.
Greg Bird – It’s a Greg Bird, it’s a plane, it’s Greg Bird in a plane flying with the Yankees team. Okay, so it’s not that catchy. I already gave you my Greg Bird fantasy. It was written while listening to Roxette.
Travis Shaw – I just gave you my Travis Shaw fantasy too. That was written without the letter B.
Hector Olivera – Hayzeus Cristo, I’ve written about all of these guys in the past week in, like, depth, doode. Here’s my Hector Olivera fantasy. It had a little extra stank put on it.
Mark Canha – Yay, a new guy! Um, yay, Mark Canha? Okay, so there is a reason I didn’t write much about Canha, because Canha. Think that’s funny? Well, you Canhahahahaha.
Danny Valencia – This guy is so iffy I’m not sure if he’s even hot anymore and he was just hot yesterday. That’s a quick reversal of fortune. Don’t like it? You can von Bulow me.
Brock Holt – Finally, someone who doesn’t have 1st base eligibility…Okay, maybe he does, but you should own him and not play him at 1st base. Unless you like losing. If you like losing, I’m gonna have a real hard time helping you.
Derek Dietrich – Looks like Dietrich is ready for his closeup. Okay, wrong old-timey actress, but we’re talking about old actresses so who cares. *phone rings* Hello? Debra Winger? Listen, I’m sorry.
Jonathan Schoop – Who, honestly, doesn’t like Schoop? A show of hands. *looks around* Looks like no one. Perfect. Okay, okay, technically, I can’t see your hands because this is over the internet. No, I don’t want to Skype! Please!
Stephen Piscotty – I’ve been touting him since the day before he was called up. What’s it gonna take for you to react? Piscotty doesn’t know!
Darnell Sweeney – Here’s what I said the other day on Sweeney, “Traded to the Phils and immediately called up. Ruin does seem to be the type to open all his presents Christmas morning and get bored of them by nightfall, except the Rubik’s Cube which he just breaks with a hammer. In Triple-A, Sweeney had nine homers and 32 steals. Oh. I mean, OH! That’s nice. He could be a guy without a lot of real life pub that produces nice fantasy numbers. I grabbed him in one NL-Only league just to see what he can do.” And that’s me quoting me!
Aaron Altherr – In a complicated world that is at times unkind, I’m happy to report one of us in this big ol’ snow globe we call earth has things figured out in the difficult labor of love we call “naming our fantasy team.” The rapper, Chingy, finally named his team, I Like The Way You Do That Altherr, Altherr. I don’t know Altherr’s playing time, but he’ll likely play and has speed and power with no average.
Wilmer Flores – This is more of a Hitter-Tron call, like the call the Hitter-Tron made to Jiffy Lube and asked them to put on “an oiled-up exhaust system.”
Odubel Herrera – At one point this week, he was hitting third. Not to laugh, but to ruminate on how bad the Phillies are.
Chris Bassitt – You think when Pomeranz relieves Bassitt the A’s PA announcer will play, “Who Let The Dogs Out?” Meh, who am I kidding, in Oaktown they only play Mac Dre.
Raisel Iglesias – I don’t hate “Raise the Church,” but this is more of a Stream-o-Nator pick than anything else.
Junichi Tazawa – Sometimes when the sushi chefs say to me in chorus their hellos in their very distinctive way, I say back, “Junichi Tazawa.” You know what I never say, “Jean Machi.” Should’ve known to not trust a guy that sounds like a 85-year-old woman.
Drew Pomeranz – The only reliever in the A’s pen that looks decent is Pomeranz, and, as his name implies, he’s not exactly ferocious coming out of the pen.
Bruce Rondon – I wouldn’t be shocked if Rondon yields to Alex Wilson occasionally for a save. i.e., if saves were women, Bruce is no Rondon Juan.
Kevin Jepsen – Still tough to say on this shituation. Perkins could get saves again starting tomorrow or he could be out for a few weeks if his neck doesn’t respond to its olestra injections. Actually, I have no idea what they injected in his neck, but that’s what I would’ve injected. You know how to inoculate against a disease they inject them with a small amount of it? Well, olestra causes runs, so to block a pitcher from giving up runs…Frank Voila! Grey Albright’s School of Medicine!
SELL
Jonathan Lucroy – Since this might be the last time I get a chance to say it, someone in Tout Wars drafted Lucroy in the 2nd round! I don’t even remember who it was anymore it was so long ago, but that will never get old. I guess the one defense that can be said for this ‘pert is he also grabbed Schwarber off of waivers. Granted, he spent $96 of his $100 in FAAB, which guaranteed he couldn’t make anymore moves all year, and Schwarber was sent down right after he won that bid, but he held him, so it’s not all CLEF with them. (CLEF = Crazy Lunatic Eats with Feet.)
Ryan Zimmerman – I know, I know, he could win the MVP. It’s still early! But winning the MVP is long term, I bet you can do better than Zimmerman in the short term.
Hunter Pence – This is an easy drop, he’s injured. *drops Pence, Pence gets inches from the ground, spreads his wings, flaps up and flies towards the sunset* Whoa.
Anthony Rendon – The Nats didn’t even play him in the majority of games in Coors. “Alex, is that a reason Rendon is diaper doodie?” Yes, another Jeopardy grand championship for me! I could see holding Rendon in most deeper mixed leagues, but I’m thisclose to moving on in a 12-team league, and likely should’ve five months ago. *opens The Grey Times newspaper, turns to obit section* Rendon, you are dead to me!
Ozuna or Duda ROS?
How bout for next year?
Thanks!
Duda in Coors
@booya:
I ruined 420 with post 421
Keeper league with 14 keepers with 2 na keepers
who will help me more this year with the number one waiver claim Turner or olivera
I think it’s Olivera but is turners longterm value just to good to pass up?
Current team is Schwarber, abreu, Cano, Davis, Duffy, Dozier, Bautista, Betts, Peralta, Marte, Frazier, Fielder, Brantley, Reyes, Rendon
Kluber, Scherzer, Bumgarner, Zimmerman, Martinez
Trea Turner fantasy?
Drop Buxton,Wong,odor,rendon,khris Davis, streaming Daniel Murphy in Colorado
For rusney,Jackie bradley , piscotty, shaw, ozuna, Beltran
8 team h2h
Meh, do you have to?
Nats called up Trea Turner. Actionable move? Of course he’s not in Yahoo’s player pool.
Sure, worth a flyer
Hey Grey, who’s to own at the hot corner going forward, Plouffe or Olivera? I had Franco and my heart hurts, but I think I’ll live. Let me know. Thanks
Olivera
Eaton, Melky or Choo. Drop which one to pick up Ozuna.
Thanks. Have a great weekend.
Choo
You too!
Just saw that Trea Turner called up, has to mean less PT for Rendon. Buh-bye.
The William B. Show has to be one of the best bits from SCTV. Short did adapt the Cohen character into JRJ, easy to confuse decades later.
Ha, good call
An embarrassment of buy-riches. But if I’m going for homers, which I am, I choose Schoop, Ozuna, Davis and Beltran. Did I miss anyone?
Nice write up Grey
So my of is Calhoun, Eaton and mcutchen. I have peralta on my bench who I sit vs lefties but play on occasion that the above guys have a tough matchup. Do I drop peralta, Calhoun or Earon for Bradley or Ozuna?
Thanks!!!
Eaton for Ozuna if you want power
Would you drop Wieters/Caleb Joseph in order to pick up Yan Gomes and OZUNA? My gut is yes, but then again, it could just be a wonky tuna sammich talking in there.
Haha… Yup
As someone who just picked him up in one league and is considering him on another, the d’Arnaud love is a bit perplexing. Dood is 7/34 over the last two weeks with two dongs. Is there any particluar reason beyond the Coors factor this weekend that warrants dropping Cervelli or the like?
Not much
@Grey: Ok. Thanks for the response.
No problem
Hola Grey! Keep forever….Sano or Joc?
Noisewater! Sano
That’s what I thought too, needed that affirmation like a spoiled, ginger-haired teenage junkie desperate for a parent’s love.
I’m here for you Noisewater
Redraft, drop 1.
Vmart, joc, beltre
Joc
Hey Grey, is the Asdrubal schmotatoing over? Keep or drop for Dietrich? Cheers.
Go with Dietrich
Ozuna, K. Davis, Joc P., Beltran or Piscotty Top two please…
thanks
Ozuna, Davis
Trea Turner’s AAA stat line doesn’t seem too exciting. No power and a 20% K rate? Are you buying in at all or leaving him where he is?
Nah, he won’t play every day unless he gets hot immediately
How about Santa Domingo, or Domingo Santana, whatever they call him in Beerville.
Love him, not sure of his playing time though… Assuming he plays
Happy Friday, Grey! Who’s the drop? Mat Latos/Alex Wood/Derek Holland? Also, ROS Jed Lowrie or Brock Holt as a bench bat? Enjoy the weekend.
All of them? Latos… Holt
You too!
Jackie Bradley Ownassis?
Don’t one up Rudy
@Grey: hey…I was trying to be a team player
I’ll let you explain it to Rudy
@Grey: I can see spring training 2016 now, we’ll call it: Razz Trek II – The Wrath of Rudy
Wrath on you, we’re good
@Grey: I think me and the rud dog will be ok
Keep telling yourself that
@Grey: he loves me…okay likes….maybe tolerates
Maybe
are you trying to put a wedge between me and rudy? Is NY turning you evil
Just dropping truth
evil grey
Grey “The Truth” Albright
your wrestling name?
MMA
I dont even want to know what MMA stands for because with you it ain’t mixed martial arts
Mixed martial what?
Soler or OZUNA?
Ozuna
I was able to trade Rendon and Hanley 9 days ago (before Hanley sat on his ass for a week straight) for Sano, Granderson and Salazar.
Last 7 Days:
Sano: 6R, 3HR, 7RBI, 1SB, 1.019 OPS
Granderson: 3R, 2HR, 3RBI, .785 OPS
Hanley: 1R, .321 OPS
Rendon: 0 counting stats, .286 OPS
let’s just say Salazar was the icing on the top :D
Wow, nice
puig or ozuna?
safe to drop jepsen or hold him longer?
Ozuna… I’d hold Jepsen
Nice Buy/Sell Grey.
Do you like any of Karns, Nola, Velasquez, Heaney, Chavez, J Ross, Corbin or Berrios for 2016 (shallow leagues)?
Huge help here, thanks man!
Thanks! They’re streamers… Karns
Is it worth grabbing Medlen? He’s starting on Monday… taking Guthrie’s spot.
No way
@Grey: beautiful
would you rather have ozuna or castillo in a dynasty 12 team roto, very large rosters?
as usual thanks for the help
Ozuna
I just dropped Rendon. I have never felt a sense of relief like this before. Like passing a giant kidney stone.
That’s the best feeling
@Grey: I took a huge Puig the other day.
Ha!
@CodoRush: meanwhile i just added him in probably the same size league you dropped him in and i’m liking it too.
@Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves: added 2 days ago.
Blanco or Revere ROS?
Gregor
Roto league, keeper, would you keep Rendon over Madison? I just can keep a few and this is my last decision to take. I’m keeping Max Scherzer too and 3 bats.
Madison?
@Grey:
Bumgarner lol, sorry.
Bum over Rendon
Ozuna or Carlos Gomez ROS?
Gomez
Khris Davis or Travis Shaw?
Davis
Good to see/read you Grey. I had a premonition last night of you taking a train to Bristol. Sigh.
To wrestle? I’m in the City today…
@Slim Nincompoop: Perhaps it was the Lidocaine from the dentist. Happy Friday!
You too, ‘poop!
Keep league. Which two are you keeping
Sano, Adam jones, soler, Lorenzo Cain, rendon
Thanks!
Sano, Jones
@Grey: Who would you want after those two? I might not be able to get sano.
From what two?
Domingo Santana arrives, do we have the second coming of Baez?
That would be so sweet for one of my teams
@Grey: I grabbed him in every league Im still playing in
Yeah big fan
@J-FOH: you quit the others?
Looking for speed upgrade:
Drop either Calhoun or Bruce for Polanco, Fowler or Castillo?
Drop C. Hernandez or Alvarez (or both) for Herrera or Lindor? (Could play Xander at 3B to replace Alvarez).
Thanks so much!
Alvarez for Odubel
@Grey: Thanks Grey. Odubel is currently on waivers through weekend. In the meantime would you replace Alvarez with either Lindor or Alexei Ramirez? Thanks again.
Lindor
Would you drop Hendricks or Quintana for Pomeranz?
Hendricks
Ohhh I love it when Carlos Gomez hits it in the two-hole.
Haha
Does Wainright have any keeper value ? If my team craps out it could be time to rebuild, trying to have as many options open as I can…
In deep leagues, but I wouldn’t say he’s a top 100 keeper
@Grey: Where do you see Buxton CMART and Carrasco ranking for next season? DO you do fantasy football also?
I don’t know football… Carrasco, Mart top 20 SPs… Buxton top 40 OF depends on his final month
@Grey: where is the MC thread
I haven’t watched
@ROTO OVERLORD: would you keep dickerson over buxton? Im just so scorned by him this year
Meh, prolly not, but it’s a long way from then
@Grey: Why is there no shirt in the store of your photo icon? NEED IT
Working on it, RO
Thanks Grey..
I luckily can afford to have a ton of free roster space and trying to decide on batters to keep/dump for 2016 (10-team mixed keeper league)
Do you like any of Domingo Santana, Piscotty, Grichuk, Avisail, T Shaw, G Bird, Hicks, Cesar, and/or Odubel? I like them all except unsure about Bird. Don’t want schmotatoes of course.
Again, thanks a ton. I recommend your website to every baseball fan I know.
Thanks! I like them all to varying degrees
Pick 3 of these starters for tomorrow:
Rodon @ Seattle versus Nova
Estrada @ Angels versus Heaney
Tillman @home versus Minnesota Gibson
Erasmo Ramirez @ Oakland versus Gray
Haren @home versus Braves Perez
Rodon, Tillman, Erasmo
What are your thoughts for Rendon in a keeper league? Just talk this year up to injuries and call it a bad year or was a last year a fluke? His injury history is scaring me.
I think he can be fine next year but at a steep discount
Lesnar or Undertaker on Sunday?
Any doubt? Undertaker
Thanks for the info Grey!
I have Strasburg and Ross in my rotation and Fister on my bench. Would you drop Fister for Domingo Santana. Nervous to get rid of Fister in fear of Strasburg getting hurt or Ross getting sent down. Fister hasn’t exactly killed it this year though.
I would lose Fister for him
With Byrd being traded to the Giants should I still start him over Inciarte? Will Byrd start regularly in SF?
Sure, but they bring different things
@Grey: I need power more than I need runs. I am just worried about playing time for Byrd. Should I be?
I wouldn’t be worried yet, give it a couple of days
Ha Grey I don’t know why I laughed so much at the revolving door of craptacular catchers line!
On that note though, I just booted R. Martin out the door last week for Wellington Castillo but now I’m wondering if I should let him go for any of: Molina, Lucroy, Norris, Wieters, d’Arnaud, Gomes, Ramos, C. Joseph, Realmuto, Montero..
ESPN 10 Team H2H Points:
Hitter Scoring: HIT (+1), RUN (+1), RBI (+1), 1B (+1), 2B (+1), 3B (+2), HR (+3), BB (+1) SB (+1)
(1) C: W. Castillo
(1) 1B: Rizzo
(1) 2B: Forsythe
(1) SS: Reyes
(1) 3B: Donaldson
(3) OF: Trout, Marte, JD Martinez
(1) UT: Kemp
I never realized streaming catchers was a thing since I owned Martin all year until he hit a wall it seemed…
Yeah, lose him for D’Arnaud
@Grey: Word, thanks again Grey!
Now a questions on my pitching if you don’t mind:
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
(4) SP: Scherzer, Lynn, Syndergaard, J. Garcia
(3) RP: Chapman, Kimbrel, K. Jansen
Bench: (Corbin, T. Ross, Teheran, Gausman, Rodon)
Up by 40 points now but my opponent still has Wacha, Richards, and DeSclafani starting over the weekend while I only have Rodon @SEA (15.5) tomorrow and Gausman vs. MIN (13.8) on Sunday.
I’m debating if it’s worth dropping anyone for one of the following streams these next couple days, if any?:
8/22
J. Ross vs. MIL (7.5)
Tillman @KC (2.5)
E. Ramirez @OAK (-8.8)
8/23
T. Walker vs. CHW (25.7)
R. Iglesias vs. ARI (11.8)
Nola @MIA (4.1)
Here are my guys on the bubble and their next starts:
Teheran vs. COL (13.8), vs. NYY (6.4)
Corbin vs. STL (9.8), vs. OAK (12.9)
Garcia @ARI (-4.2)
T. Ross @WAS (-1.5)
Rodon @SEA (15.5), SEA (14.7)
Other notable dudes in FA include: Bassitt (just dropped for Rodon), McHugh, Hendricks, Rubby, Smyly, Leake, Chavez, Morton, Weaver .. Yes mostly streamers but if anyone of them are worth owning over anyone else, let me know please!
Corbin for Walker, but only use if you need
I’ve got Bassit and Smyly.I’m kind of hoping Smyly can replace CMart if he gets shut down,Bassit is just hanging around after his good start @BAL,since SON gives him 30 innings(including tonight).I was going to drop him for Gausman,but Yahoo uncharacteristically took Harrison off the DL in what had have been less than an hour after he was activated and caught me with my pants down(not in a good way).
Would you start either,neither or both with 10-15 MPH blowing out to center @ OAK?
Both
@Grey: Thanks.I need the IP’s and some K’s but the wind had me on the fence.
I hear ya… They’re not necessarily safe
@Grey: Even without the wind.
I think I’m a little gun shy after Corbin last night.Both his innings ended on a throwout of an aggressive base runner or else it would have been a lot worse,which is a scary thought.
Yeah, if you can’t stomach, stay away
Yunel got banged up and they brought in Espinosa instead of Trea.
Wacky
Maybe he’s not with the team yet
@Grey: He is in the dugout.I bet his heart was pounding.Maybe Matt decided to be smart and let him get used to the idea instead of tossing him into the fire.
Wait,Matt smart? He probably forgot he was on the team and that they have a new batboy.
Haha… Yeah they should’ve thrown him in there
Grey. who would you stream in a points league for tomorrow if your searching for QS, W, K’s; Estrada @ LAA (Heaney), Jungmann @ WSH (Joe Ross) or Rodon @ SEA (Nuno)? Maybe I should wait for Saturday or Sunday? I have 2 acquisitions I can use today, tomorrow or Sunday. Also, best RP/SP in a pts. league, please rank ROS: Colin Rea, Chris Rusin, Chris Bassitt, Erasmo Ramirez & Robbie Ray. Thanks!
Rodon… Erasmo, Bassitt, Ray
I have one move left for the week. I have Pomeranz and Castillo as movable pieces. could use saves and offensive stats. Do I drop Pom for Doolittle or Coghlan? or, Castillo for the same and go catcherless for two days? Or, do I waive one for Ozuna? Hope that makes sense! I really owe you a Margarita! Thanks
Why would you drop Pom if you need saves?
@Grey: Doolittle taking over?
Maybe, but he’s not the closer right now
Hey Man, I have Travis D,
Grandal was just dropped in my keep forever league..
Worth a pickup, carry 2 C’s??
I like that Grandal has 1B eligibility..
I wouldn’t own two catchers
Carlos rodon or Jimmy Nelson. H2h pts league.
Nelson
Trea or Espinosa if Escobar misses time? I’ve gotta find someone with SS eligibility for when Kang gets rest now that Harrison and Mercer are back.
Are you done with Wily in NL only? Maybe look at a newbie like Eickoff (someone with control).
I appreciate your thoughts.
Trea… Yeah, I hate Wily…he’s so useless…
@Grey: True Dat for Wily. Watch him throw a gem next week @ CLE. No way I would start him. I play the two juggernauts beginning next week. The first guy has Kershaw, deGrom, and Liriano NL-Only. I just lost Heston too. I’m toast.
Thanks!!
No problem
@Pugs & Slugs: heston will be back soon i wouldn’t drop him in NL only.
DOMINGO!!!!
Damn, he’s on my bench
@Grey: what league did you grab him…cause I know it aint perts
I’ve owned him since March… Drafted him in NFBC
@Grey: love the deep league payoff. My second year ever playing, I won a 20 team huge rosters small bench league and it was a rush when my late picks turned out to be bad asses. I want in on this NFBC next year
Yeah, you should do the NFBC with us… It’s a pain in the ass though when you lose guys and there’s no waivers…
@Grey: will be interesting to see how people draft it next year considering how many guys got called up this year and produced.
Meh, don’t think it would change for next year… People overdraft prospects as it is…
@Grey: gotcha, I figured they did already but thinking they will even more. I’ll find out next year
Yeah, could, I guess… Ask the guy sitting on Corey Seager since March if he’s excited about rookies
I wouldn’t expect anything less from you
Cespedes yard! For
The rest of us. Told you Grey.
No worries. Metsies!
Worst Haiku ever? The Hawaiian beer is rubbing off.
Ah, that’s a beautiful thing!
12 team OPS league – Tied for first, two in the midst of a first round two week bye.
C – Swihart
1B – Rizzo
2B – Wong
3B – Arenado
SS – Hanley
2B /SS – Lindor
1B/3B – Belt
OF – Upton, Brantley, Parra, Soler, K. Davis, Ozuna
Util – J. Turner
SP – Arrieta, Carrasco, Salazar, Ross, Smyly, Iglesias
RP – Gregerson, Tolleson, Vizcaino
DL – Myers
Log jam in my outfield, but JBJ is available on waivers and I’m first in priority if I choose. Any advice on a potential move to prepare for the second round? Appreciate your advice all year, don’t comment much but read often. Smoke it.
Thanks! Smoke it! You don’t need JBJ
@Grey: Was thinking I’d hold my waiver for when someone panic drops a game changer to stay alive in the playoffs. Thoughts on dropping an OF to grab another pitcher? Or just would you just rotate the match ups and hold on pitching. Cant believe Soler has just 6 hr all year long…
I’d rotate on matchups and hold
So you’re not a fan of the Estrada start in Anaheim tomorrow?
Is it the good Angels offense headed by Pujols and Trout that gives you pause?
You’d sit Estrada?
I’d sit him, likely wouldn’t own him in most mixed leagues
@Grey: Was going to stream him. He’s been on a roll lately.
@Gareth: hes better at home
@J-FOH: His last road start he gave up 0 runs in 6.1 innings at Yankee Stadium and got the win.
@Gareth: oh then that changes everything, c’mon kitty cat, you have learned better by now. Go look at the road walk rate compared to home.
Who would you sit tomorrow?
Carlos Gomez v LAD (grienke)
Rusney Castillo v KC (Ventura)
David Peralta @CIN (DeSclafani)
Rusney
Hey Grey,
Who would you sit for tonights games
Calhoun vs Price
Eaton @ King Felix
Kemp vs Lackey
Eaton
@Grey:
Thanks. That was my hunch as well.
On a sidenote, would you drop Eaton for Ozuna or D.Santana?
@JJ: Must Ozuna.
Ozuna
Carrasco looking filthy tonight. 11 k’s and counting.
Filthy every night, just not every 1st inning
@Grey: Yeah, I thoroughly regret my trade of him for sagnof.
Gotz to get Domingo Santana in yo buy column brah
Ha
@Grey: what you think about Trea Turners callup? Think he’ll get many ABs w/ Desmond @ SS?
Unlikely
Pick 2 out of Jean Segura, Cesar Hernandez or Alexi Ramirez?
Not Alexei
Grey,
How do the following OF rank in a dynasty league: piscotty, ozuna, khris davis?
Davis, Ozuna
Wow, Carrasco filthy. And as everyone knows, they seldom pick up trash in the Bronx.
Haha
Just a heads up, all.
I’m signing into my MLB.com account to watch Mike Fiers’ no hit bid.
So, it’s about to end with a hit. Sorry about that. :)
@Hieronymous Lohse: Oh, and for the record I own him and I started him. Though I intended to bench him but was too slow to my team.
@Hieronymous Lohse: Use your powers for good, not evil!
Not sure which this is, tho…
@Long Bawls: Heh! LB, I absolutely backed into his nice start tonight. I seriously intended on benching him. I’ve always liked Fiers (more than most) but I really didn’t want to start him tonight. If I had been paying better attention to start times he would have been on my bench. Nice accident. :)
@Hieronymous Lohse: I’d rather be lucky than good! Because I at least have a chance to be lucky…
@Hieronymous Lohse
I so almost picked him up as a streamer for this start(punches self in face)
@Long Bawls: @JJ: I streamed Fiers.
@Gareth: Smart! And brave against L.A. Kudos!
@Hieronymous Lohse: I liked his K’s upside.
@JJ: JJ, Don’t beat yourself up. In a vacuum you did the right thing. I would have been there with you. I “made a mistake” and got lucky.
Ha
Beltran, Ozuna, D’arnaud.
This is officially the most I’ve ever had on your BUY column of guys I’ve recently picked up.
The Indians bullpen are trying their best to blow the win for Carrasco.
I’m in first in my 5 x 5 10 tea, 5 keeper league, never won it before in 18 years, the 2nd place team is 5 points away……do I trade my Rizzo and 2 picks next year for Longoria, Ellsbury and Sonny Gray? I can gain or hold off points with that package.
@Another F’ing Jeff: No advice from such as me. I just love that you have continued to hang in there and try to win after 18 years! I hope you take the title. I’d hate to see you lose Rizzo in a keeper league.
Nope
Jose Ramirez and Brendan Ryan having a blooper contest tonight.
Drop Shaw for Domingo? 5 moves left….or Heston for Pomeranz
@Nightpandas: or could dump Avisail instead of Shaw
Heston for Pom
What’s a bigger faux pas in baseball – a ball hit to you and going through the legs or doing a routine play and dropping the ball?
@Gareth: Using the standard Philadelphia D-Cell Scale, I’d say legs.
@Gareth: legs
Ah, Shartolo Colon.
@Long Bawls: Speaking of Colon:
Carrasco’s 11 k’s against the Yankees tonight are the most by an indians starter against the Yankees since Bartolo Colon struck out 13 Yankees 15 seasons ago.
@Gareth: That’s a cool stat. I admit that I would have thought maybe CC had done it before he got all fat and old and Yankee. :)
@Gareth: Wow, that’s nuts! Reminds me of the warning that when you sleep with a pitcher, you sleep with everyone that pitcher has slept with. Or something like that.
Ha
HELL! YEAH!!!! :)
NONO!!
Nice!
Yay. I streamed a no hitter!
@Gareth: STUD!
Nice!
@Gareth: yay, i only benched in one spot from SON and innings. played in at least 4.
On the live MLB.com feed as he’s getting congratulations from his teammates – “You’re gonna get some p*ssy tonight!” :)
Clear as day on the telecast!
Not sure who said it to Fiers, but that dude was right!
Hahaha
@Grey: Probably will end up on some complaining blog tomorrow morning*. :)
If the guy who landed a rocket on a comet can’t wear a cheesecake shirt with WWII era pinup chicks on it (a shirt designed by a female tattoo artist) then Fiers can’t be seen embracing a man who openly discusses poon after a no hitter!
*See “Bill Burr” for clarification.
LOVE YOU GREY!!! AND YOUR STICKING BY FIERS FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAVE! WE ARE BROTHERS IN ARMS IN THIS!!!
Forever bros!
@Hieronymous Lohse: didn’t he hit streamer status like 3 or more starts ago though?
Houston have the makings of a dangerous postseason team.
Decent bullpen. They’ve added Fiers and Kazmir to supplement Keuchel and a solid supporting cast of starters.
Gomez joins the likes of Springer, Correa and Altuve to form a good offense.
Another interesting Indians stat:
This win makes it the first time the indians have won consecutive season series again the Yankees since 68′ and 69′.
Nice
ROS: Josh Harrison or Jose Reyes?
@griff: Wow, when I scanned that question super quickly I thought it read “Rosh Hashanah” and my first thought was, “Mom, what are you doing here?”
Also: Reyes. And kugel.
@Long Bawls: cool
Ha!
Reyes
holy shizz, you are having an amazing day
Been like that all year
@Grey: okay. You ain’t the only team to be in first
I am for the last three months
@Grey: I’m still gonna catch you…probably not.
Haha, that’s right… I forgot you were in the league
If a pizza bagel falls in the forest does….
It doesn’t fall
@Grey: It rolls
D’arnaud bomb.
You see Yangervis, this is what you are SUPPOSED to do in Corrs.
I know
Would you drop Ryan Zimmerman for Stephen Piscotty?
Yes
Can you rank for next year…King Felix, Chris Davis, Todd Frazier. Thanks. Had Fiers on my bench so drowning my sorrows.
Frazier, Davis
Ozuna or D. Perlata ROS?
Thanks
Ozuna
hi Grey, pick 2 best starters each day.
8/23
Walker vs CHN Danks 25.7
Guasmsn vs MIL Pelfrey 13.8
Iglesias vs ARI Anderson 11.8
Richards vs TOR Dickey 9.4
Dickey vs LAA Richards -6.5
8/24
Iwakuma vs Oak Doubront 20.1
Teheran vs COL 13.3
Lynn vs ARI Ray 5.5
Evoldi vs HOU Keuchel -0.7
8/25
Karns vs MIN Hughes 13.4
Quintana vs BOS Miley 11.7
Tomlin vs MIL Peralta 10.3
Chavez vs SEA Montgomery 6.5
Lamb vs LAD Wood 5.7
Duffy vs BAL Gonzalez 2.3
Wood vs CIN Lamb 0.0
Walker, Gausman… Iwakuma, Teheran… Karns, Chavez (this 2nd start isn’t good)
@Grey: thanks
If add Odorizzi in 8/23 list, is the answer the same? Son says $4 only.
Answer is the same
Darren O’Day is a worthless fool. That’s all I have for now.
Ha
OPS 12 team dynasty. drop solarte or forsythe to activate harrison so that i can stream catcher rather than hold beef welington? bench size pretty much makes this a 14 teamer. H2H league. gotta bunch of multi eligible guys for backup/sub/matchup spots, but only need one of these two.
Just drop Welington
@Grey: i don’t have a 2nd catcher, to add better catcher i have to drop somebody to activate harrison, even though i’d rather wait till harrison is producing of course.
Fowler or Beltran or Buxton for ROS? Thanks
Pick two, thanks Grey.
Fowler
Kipnis Vs NYY Severino or Crawford vs PIT Cole or or D Murphy at COL Coors today?
Pick two, thanks Grey.
Murphy
@Grey:
Thanks. Murphy is in waiver in my league.
Wondering Crawford is droppable or not.
Drop Crawford for Murphy? or Bench Crawford and stream Murphy?
Bench Crawford, stream Murphy
Kipnis
Hi Grey, although I need homers but J Upton didn’t hit many recently.
I also need pitching, trade J Upton for Price, fair? (Will Upton hit many homers before the end of season or not?)
Price side
@Grey:
Thanks Grey.
By the way, I am confused about J Upton.
He was good in Aug in the past two years.
2013 Aug 8HR
2014 Aug 7HR
2015 Aug till now ONLY 2HR…..
Do you think him getting better power before the end of season? Thanks.
He could, August has nothing to do with it though
Medlen worth taking a risk on?
Nope
tight H2H this week. For today only, gotta pick three to start if I need Home Runs, RBI, Singles…who sits today?
AROd, Alvarez, Adrian Gonzo, Seager. Gonzo has a tough lefty but hard to sit a 20+ home run guy. Leaning toward Seager taking the day off.
Second question: Injuries have ravaged my OF. But couple guys due back soon. Platoon pickups have been great (Alvarez, D. Peralta) but is their time in the sun done? Drop one….Alvarez, D. Peralta, Buxton, K. Davis. Note: I lose K’s each week so that is not a factor. Need power, average.
@John coakley: never mind on question one…ARod on bench I see.
Ah, okay
Sit Seager
Drop Alvarez
@Grey:
Great, thank you
No problem
My favorite Mac Dre line comes from the timeless classic “Not My Job.”
Mr. Hicks is pontificating how he is disgusted that his bitch would have the nerve to ask him to go grocery shopping, so he responds:
“That’s not my job, I don’t do that, I’m a pimp-slash-rapper, I thought you knew that.”
I use that line at work when a co-worker asks me to perform a task I would rather not do. I’m surprised I haven’t been fired yet.
Haha… Awesome
12 team H2H standard 6×6 +OPS
I get Yasiel Puig
I give Carlos Carrasco
C – Yasmani Grandal
C – Kyle Schwarber
1B – Jose Abreu
2B – Neil Walker
3B – Nolan Arenado
SS – Troy Tulowitzki
CI – Edwin Encarnacion
MI – Jung ho Kang
LF – Gerardo Parra
CF – Jacoby Ellsbury
RF – Jay Bruce
OF – Adam Eaton
OF – Joc Pederson
Util – Adrian Beltre
BEN – Trevor Plouffe, Preston Tucker
DL – Alex Gordon
SP – Corey Kluber, Jon Lester, Carlos Carrasco, Garrett Richards, Drew Smyly, Taijuan Walker, Jesse Chavez, Jimmy Nelson, Clay Buchholz
RP – Ken Giles, Carson Smith, Carter Capps
Thanks!
Depends on needs and looks like you could use Puig
Is Trea Turner or Hector Olivera the better fantasy player in 2016 and how close is it
Turner, close
Deep league I have Buchhotz on DL. I hear he might not come back in 2015 and why would he? I hear Wainwright is trying to making it back to the pennant race. WR is on waivers. Who’s my better bet? Toss up?
Try Wainwright, neither are likely to give you anything
In hindsight, my lack of reaction to Joc’s struggles can be classified as detrimentally resistant. Assuming I can make the final mental step and cut him, is this how you would rank the listed replacement options (must be LF eligible; 12 team H2H)?
K. Davis
Piscotty
Brock Holt (!)
Coughlan
Thanks (!)
@Hal Incandenza: Add Werth and Dietrich as an option to that list, please.
K. Davis
Werth
Piscotty
Coughlan
Derek Dietrich
Brock Holt (!)
Davis, Piscotty
@Grey: thank you, sir
No problem
bench which of
buxton @ tillman
shaw vs yordano
soler vs w.perez
Tron loves soler much more than the other two. i have burns/marte and am winning steals by 1. could use all aspects of offense though. Tron says bench buxton.
Soler
Grey man, in a 14 team 5×5 roto, which of these for CI right now? thanks!
Forsythe
Zimmerman
Cron
Shaw
Semien
Carter
Prado
Parades
@Whirlaway: 12 team*
None? Cron
OPS 12 team dynasty. drop solarte or forsythe to activate harrison so that i can stream catcher rather than hold beef welington? i don’t have a 2nd catcher so i can’t just drop beef welington to activate harrison, unless i don’t mind an empty roster slot. other catcher options (in case they aren’t that much better than beef such that holding forsythe/solarte both is better till harrison produces) are jaso/realmuto/casali/joseph. beef had value when hitting, even with his lesser playing time, but not now.
Ah…Drop Logan
Grethal,
shaw vs yordano or beltre vs wolf, both been pitching well ? daily
Beltre
@Grey: bless you
12 team h2h fighting to make the playoffs. Need some help with my pitching staff. Who do i stream/drop/add. I have one open spot. On waivers smiley,medlen,tomlin,e-rod
Saves/Netsaves
Pitching isn’t that good so so want to hold 5 relievers to win saves/net saves
Starters
Carrasco, Ray, Gausman, Tillman, Syndegaard, Hendricks
Reliever
Axford, doolittle, Tazawa,Ziegler, Holland
@DB: Add iglesias to free agent list
I don’t know their matchups, pitchers on waivers aren’t necessarily better than what you own
In my 8 team h2h pitching cats are ip,wins,cg,saves,k, sho, hits,walks,era,whip
It seems the less pitchers I throw the better since walks,hits,era,whip are 4 cats
Have K-Rod, Osuna, and cody allen as my closers. Strasburg, Felix,Ross,Martinez, Cole,Liriano, Garret Richards,salazar.
Who do I drop for Jepsen,Tazawa, Axford
Richards, Ross for Jepsen, Tazawa
Drop Lindor,odor,rendon for flores,russell, Cesar Hernandez
Depends on needs…
@Grey: Steals
Rendon for Hernandez
@Grey: rendon steals a base today for my first of the week lol
@Miney: and just homered
It’s miracle
Do you like Tomlin @home vs Brewers
I don’t
With playoffs coming up want to get my offense going lmk if you see any changes
C TDA
1b Edwin
2b wong
3b rendon
Ss boagerts
Of marte,polanco,Adam jones
Util Justin upton
Bench shaw, odor…. 2 open spots from recent drops
On waivers… Herrera, ozuna, Khris Davis, piscotty, Jackie Bradley, taylor coughlan,beltran,castelannos,hose
Davis over Shaw
@Grey: I have two open spots still so should i add a pitcher or another batter and pitcher ip,w,cg,saves,hits, k’s, era, whip, qs
Lester, Kendricks, corbin, ross,c-mart, jaime garcia, hammell, odorizzi, david robertson, jansen, giles.
On waivers karns,chavez,ray, gausman, ventura,jepsen,axford,rodon,morton
Gausman
Davis, Ozuna… What SPs?
Coughaln,ozuna,shaw, or beltran . pick 1
Ozuna
I think its time you have a Biscotti with your Piscotty
Don’t mind if I do
That’s good Ramos. Smear it all around, don’t forget that area by the headboard.
Ha!
@Grey: A good day’s starting pitching continually ruined by my bullpen. I’m the Dodgers of fantasy baseball.
That is the most frustrating part of running MRs out there
It took a day but your sell advice of Rendon finally lit a fire under his ass ty. Hope your having a good weekend.
Thanks!
@Grey: Dude you got some mystical powers going on here. We need a glossary term for it. Drop that mother effer drop that mother effer.
I got drop magic, baby!
Have rendon,odor,wong at 2nd and util been switching them all in and out drop one of them, kris davis for puig?
Davis for Puig
Aushizz should be NL MVP
Every year
@Grey:
I blush when you patronize me
Grimey!
@FrankGrimes: the way those assholes vote though they need 2 different awards, best player, and best player on a playoff team.
Grey,
A. Freeman or Papi for rest of the season? Have to drop one
B. Are you dropping Carlos Gomez at this point?
Thanks and great list as always
A. Ortiz B. Nope
@Grey:
Will do, thanks. 1 more question:
Non keeper league, trade my Frazier for Tex and Cueto? Thinking yes given Fraziers recent struggles but Tex is no sure thing either and Cuetos been shaky since moving to KC. Thanks in advance
Not a good trade, but if you really need an SP, you can gamble on it
@Grey:
Would Price/Arrietta instead of Cueto make it worth doing? Not desperate for anything in particular but an extra ace would be nice and Frazier and and Tex numbers have been similar this year.
Not really similar… No those SPs wouldn’t be better enough to do it
ROS, please rank:
Olivera, Ozuna, Herrera, Alvarez, and D. peralta.
Ozuna, Peralta
@Grey: nice. Tx
14 team with no ratios, but BB, K’s, hits, XBH for hitters. team is somewhat weaker in power. pick two to replace duda/tucker, this lineup
c-sant
rizzo
altuve
beltre
alcides
CI cron
MI delino
LF piscotty
CF jones
RF bruce
OF heyward
Util schoop
at least one of these should probably have some OF elig. prado/bour/gomes (C)/canha/owings/blanco (PHI)/gyorko/alonso/paulsen/venable/lawrie/conforto/rollins/janikowski/lamb/marisnick/urrutia.
Canha, Lamb
So in my nl only 4×4 keeper. I have to either activate Spangenberg whom I have for a buck to replace the traded-away Venable or I could lay a claim on Altherr for $5 or more? What do you think?
I could also bid on the Brewers Santana.
Bid on Domingo
Sell on Maybin last week. Goes nuts
Sell on Lucroy now and he follows suit.
For next week, can you recommend drops of Dozier, C Davis, Boegarts, Marte, Eaton, Abreu, Belt, Freeman, and Calhoun. I want to see something from a very biased standpoint.
Ha
Wow. Starting to drink the Sano Koolaid. That right centre bomb he hit today was a laser. Looking more and more like a second round pick every day. Who do you think should be first off the board next year between Sano or Correa?
Correa
Wow. Starting to drink the Sano Koolaid. That right centre bomb he hit today was a laser. Looking more and more like a second round pick every day. Who do you think should be first off the board next year between Sano or Correa?
drat, benching nola in a league where i might not have needed more than 1 start (liriano), and left hammel in too, would be winning whip with Nola’s kick ass performance here. Hammel does well enough i could probably bench liriano anyway though.
Damn
@Grey: won anyway since for some asinine reason my opp’s co-owner grabbed hale for K’s, which looked to me like collusion, since he basically just gave me WHIP for the week by .01, which osuna won for me, even without Nola. Was able to bench liriano too.
Listening to Cal Ripken do color commentary is like listening to an elderly relative tell you a story you’ve heard 50 times already.
HA!
yr rendon drop idea seems to have angered him somewhat, either that or healed him immediately.
Ha
if i have to trade one of quintana/hammel/fiers/heaney/d.holland/r.iglesias in a dynasty where i both have to have at least 9 TEX players (choo/beltre/profar/darvish/fielder/kela/tolleson/holland/andrus/gallo) and need to trade or drop 1 SP to make a legal roster (adding a RP somewhere) what order do i attempt to trade or drop them? i’m sure holland would be near the top, but i might not want to drop a TEX player in case somebody gets traded next year and i’d be stuck starting a shitty TEX player.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: 20 team league.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: best RP options if i have to just drop one of these are : if i can’t get a trade done best RP to drop one of these for are may/fien/scribner/qualls/scrabble/osich/crockett. K/9 in play here.
Scribner
Trade Fiers, his value won’t be higher… Or drop Heaney
@Grey: yikes, trying hard to shop iglesias to CIN owner who has abyssmal pitching, but upton on his bench. and salvy. might get something done there. i’ll try to attach melancon to this trade too, i have 4 closers (k-rob, tolleson, kela for backup, and giles) in 20 team H2H, it’s too many, not enough holds guys.
Go for it!
@Grey: it worked! upton is mine. i wonder if iglesias alone might’ve worked now, probably not. trade deadline is (after being moved back from a week ago already) moved back to pregame time tomorrow. didn’t have time to send iglesias for upton alone.
Nice
@Grey: it’s a great thing for upton’s season (and why did he take like 2.5 years off with steals?) and horrible one for mine, that now that hicks is hurt, upton is my best steals guy. andrus is F’ed in steals while just about to be 27.
Yeah, I hear ya
drop tazawa for machi?
Meh, if you like
Wilhelmsen new SEA closer?
@royce!: might be.
What happened to Carson Smith?
@Grey: came in in the 7th, stayed for 8th.
Yeah, I saw, I was kidding… Effin’ McClendon
@royce: BTW, was kidding… Yeah, Wilhelmsen could be the closer, no one knows what McCLendon is thinking, thankfully!
@Grey: Yeah, so ridiculous. You’d think that Smith would have grown some man muscles by now.
You’d think!
Another day, another reliever implosion. Steve Geltz torn asunder by the 5-8 hitters of the mighty A’s lineup. You were saying something about the frustrations of running MR’s out there….
Ugh, yeah, I’m glad I activated Doolittle for today’s game too
@Grey: That stinks. I’m always leery about relievers coming off the DL. Too Short was right: pitchas ain’t shit. At least I think he said pitchas…
Yeah, he did
Does Iyanla fix bullpens?
Top 2-3…Herrera Taylor peralta Eaton h2h playoffs on the horizon. Overall production main tgt slight lean towards power
Eaton, Peralta
Drop tazawa for macho