You literally can’t find a middle infielder with less than 20 homers. You can’t. Try it. See? This year there are more players with 20 homers than any other season in the history of baseball. Some conspiracy theorists have said the new commissioner, Our Manfred, is sticking Capri Sun straws into baseballs and juicing them, but this year is odder than that and deserves a better conspiracy theory. No one is hitting 50+ homers like during the Steroid Era. Only one guy is even close to 50 homers. Instead of a few guys doing insane damage in the power department, everyone is doing better, moderately. It’s the trickle down theory. If you’re not familiar with that, I’ll explain it. When Kim Kardashian first appeared on the scene, only she was smoking hot, but rather than Kim hogging the hotness to herself, it trickled down. Khloe went from a 3 to a 5, Kourtney went from a 5 to a 7, Kris went from a 6 to a 8, the two Jenner girls came of age, going from untouchable to 8’s, and even Bruce went from a zero to a three, becoming a woman that you’d throw one if you were drunk enough. This is also what’s happened in the majors. Jean Segura, and all middle infielders, went from fours or fives to 20s. Yesterday, Segura went 1-for-4 with his 20th homer, hitting .316, to go with his 30 steals. It’s going to be hard in 2017 to know if these are legitimate gains in power, for Segura and a whole slew of other players, or if half the league is going to regress. Kinda like Brody Jenner, who was so popular before Kim, ahem, came on the scene. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Max Scherzer – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 2.82, moving his record to 19-7, and finishing with 277 Ks. I’ll go over all the end of the season recaps in the weeks following the season, but I’ll give you a little sneak peek, Scherzer was the best fantasy pitcher this year, and it wasn’t close. The 2nd one is crazy surprising. You can cheat and look at our Player Rater to see. I can’t believe you would cheat. Wow, you’re no better than Barry Bonds, and you sit there and judge him. I’m tsk’ing all over you.
Anthony Rendon – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 19th homer. Solid bounce back season. Or was it?! You don’t have to flinch. Yeah, it was a bounce back.
Wilson Ramos – Done for the year as he was diagnosed with a torn ACL. The sad irony is Ramos can see his torn ACL so well. Stupid Lasik!
A.J. Cole – Suspended for five games for throwing at Jung Ho Kang. Maybe Kang once dated Cole’s sister?
Corey Kluber – Out for 7-10 days with a mild quadriceps strain. He originally said it was a groin problem, but when he went for a groin MRI, he saw his nurse was Chad Gaudin and changed it to quadriceps.
Nick Castellanos – Was activated from the DL, but didn’t appear in the starting lineup. Speaking of Starting Lineup, anyone want a Damon Berryhill Starting Lineup figure? You just need to pay for shipping.
Justin Verlander – 7 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 3.10. I’ve made peace with Verlander being one of the best starters this year, so this isn’t about that. I’m not being ‘stubborn mule’ like an Eastern European mail order bride who I fantasize about would say. Yes, I argue with my fantasies, baseball and otherwise. Any hoo! Verlander was facing a B lineup yesterday.
Justin Upton – 2-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 29th homer, hitting .245. I have not made peace with Upton pretending he’s having a good season while everyone is off doing their fantasy football t’ing.
Miguel Cabrera – 3-for-3, 2 runs, 5 RBIs and his 35th homer, hitting .311. Reminds me of David Ortiz; as far as I’m concerned, Miggy will be hitting 27-35 homers until the year he retires.
Gordon Beckham – Giants traded for him from the Braves. Trading for Gordon Beckham with five games left is like texting a girl that just broke up with you, saying, “Were you being serious when you said you wanted to break up?”
Johnny Cueto – Cleared to start this Thursday, saying his mild groin strain has been upgraded to the discomfort you feel when you’re wearing wet underwear under your bathing suit.
Matt Moore – 7 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 4.48. Watch him go on a King Kunta-type run through the playoffs. Anything to make fantasy baseballers (<–my mom’s term!) excited about him again.
Buster Posey – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a homer. Everyone has 20 homers this year. Well established by this point. Guess how many homers Posey has? 14. Ouch.
Brandon Crawford – 4-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs. Apparently, just needed Gordon Beckham to lit a fire under some schmos.
Steven Matz – Mets announced he was done for the season and he would undergo elbow surgery. This is actually good news because Matz will have the elbow spurs removed and should be fine for spring training. You prefer this vs. the Mets pretend nothing is wrong for another six months and Matz returns looking like he might be better off throwing with his non-throwing arm.
Bartolo Colon – Announced he’s pitching with a sprained foot tendon. A bad tendon with Colon is just offal!
Yoenis Cespedes – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 31st homer. Also, in this game, Jay Bruce (2-for-5, 2 RBIs) hit his 31st homer. Elias Sports Bureau said the last two Mets to get their 31st homers in the same game were Lenny Dykstra and Dwight Gooden during a late-night, RBI Baseball marathon while they were waiting for a ‘friend’ to make a ‘delivery.’
Lucas Duda – 2-for-3, 3 RBIs, and a modest four-game hitting streak. Can’t really say he’s hot yet, but there’s so little time, I’m looking anywhere, fighting for any last points, so throwing a hot schmotato to Lucas.
Noah Syndergaard – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.60. Doubt he throws again this season since he’s going to have throw every game during the playoffs.
Tom Koehler – 3 2/3 IP, 4 ER. I streamed Koehler, when I should’ve streamed into my Kohler toilet and left well enough alone.
John Lackey – 5 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.35. How good are the Cubs, you ask with your puppy dog eyes. So good they can’t even lose games they’re all but forfeiting.
Albert Almora Jr. – 2-for-2, 1 run. I said he might be a schmotato yesterday. Today, I’m saying he is but you have to make sure he’s playing.
Gregory Polanco – 2-for-5, 1 RBI and his 16th steal. Guess who’s back, back again. Brocktune’s back, tell a friend.
Chris Carter – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 39th homer, hitting .221. Love to see Carter get above the Marla Gibbs Line and 40 homers. It’ll leave us in a good place. Chris and I.
Carlos Gomez – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer. Someone, next year, should totally draft Gomez and Justin Upton. It’ll be like a stress test as administered by your cardiologist if you accidentally walked into your proctologist’s office.
Carlos Beltran – 2-for-3, 1 run and his 1st steal, hitting .297. After Beltran stole the base, he stood up and said, “Damn, it feels good to be young–Holy crap, that hurt every part of my body.”
Felix Hernandez – 5 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.71. There’s gonna be a guy in your league next year who is going to draft F-Her and be like, “Yeah, I’ll take a chance at 150 overall that he bounces back!” And I’m going to try to make sure you’re not that guy.
Rich Hill – Expects to start on Friday. His blister then took questions from reporters. “I’m trying to get on the field, best I can. Next question.” “I told him to put clear nail polish on me two months ago. He won’t listen. Next question.” “No, I’m no longer dating Selena Gomez.”
Tyson Ross – Could need shoulder surgery. If the Padres Mr. Bungled Ross for five months when he needed shoulder surgery this whole time, it still wouldn’t make the top 100 terrible things the Padres did this year.
Hunter Renfroe – 2-for-4, 7 RBIs and his 2nd and 3rd homers. Now has three homers in two straight starts. Too bad the Padres aren’t playing him every day. This didn’t make the Padres’ top 100 either. Or maybe that’s a 100 in red with underlines like the millennials do.
Kevin Kiermaier – Still out after taking a pitch off his hand. I had Puerto Rican friends in high school who would tell you if you’re not hitting the ball with your hand, you’re not playing a real sport.
Curt Casali – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 8th homer. Psycho killer!
Alex Cobb – 3 IP, 8 ER. Just where he wants to be going into the offseason!
Tim Anderson – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer, hitting .278. Those eight homers go along with his ten steals. He has 10/40 potential. Um, yeah, I’m gonna be crazy about him next year. DeShields crazy? Maybe.
Melky Cabrera – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 14th homer. This was his third homer in the last week while hitting over .300. Hot schmotato alert!
Aledmys Diaz – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 17th homer. Diaz was away from the team the day prior to grieve with Jose Fernandez’s family because Diaz was a childhood friend. Then, in his first at-bat back, he hit a grand slam. And, again, it’s man tear-rific. Every end of the baseball season is an emotional time, but, guys and five girl readers, we need a pint of ice cream and a Field of Dreams marathon. Stat!
Randal Grichuk – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 24th homer. Also, in this game, Matt Carpenter (1-for-4) hit his 20th homer; Jhonny Peralta (3-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs) hit his 8th homer and Fatt Adams (1-for-1, 2 RBIs) hit his 16th homer. In related news, the Reds’ pitching staff is as good as raw oysters that have been left in the sun for three hours.
Joey Votto – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 28th homer. I wish I could remember exactly where he was on our Player Rater at the break, but I believe he jumped over 150 spots in the 2nd half.
Scott Schebler – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer. Hitting over .300 in the last week, and has two homers in the last ten games. Schebler…schmotato…schmotato…Schebler. That was my introducing Schebler to his final week’s hotness.
Freddie Freeman – 2-for-3, 3 runs and his 33rd homer. See what I said for Votto, but subtract about 10 spots.
Julio Teheran – 4 IP, 6 ER, ERA up to 3.33. The rain came in buckets after the 4th and the game was delayed about two hours. Unfortch, if you own Teheran, you didn’t get any serendiPPDy.
Roman Quinn – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 5th steal, but left with an oblique strain. He is likely done for the year, but this Roman had some parting words, “It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry looking for SAGNOF.”
Ryan Howard – 2-for-3, 4 RBIs and his 24th homer, hitting .196. Be interesting to see if Howard finds a job next year. I could see him on the MLB Network, or maybe as a babysitter for his kids as his wife “gets some me time finally.”
Ricky Nolasco – 8 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.42. Damn, that was a mighty fine stream by me. Too bad I streamed five other turd makers. (Autocorrect said turd makers was two words, by the by. I have my doubts.)
Drew Pomeranz – Won’t start again this year due to workload and some forearm soreness. You know what would fix that? A trade back to San Diego!
David Price – 6 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA up to 4.04. You didn’t get what you wanted from Price this year; no denying that. At least you’re not paying him $30+ million for the next 7 years!
Gary Sanchez – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 20th homer, hitting .316. He tied Wally Berger of the 1930 Boston Braves as the fastest to 20 homers in only 51 games. You might remember Wally Berger as the guy whose rookie home run record Mark McGwire passed in 1987. Interesting list of players who hit home runs the fastest to start their career (this isn’t exactly confidence building in Gary): Mike Jacobs, Wally Joyner, Kevin Maas and Jose Abreu.
Didi Gregorius – 3-for-4 and his 20th homer, hitting .279. The Gregorius D.I.D. and Starlin Castro are the first pair of middle infielders in Yankee history to have 20 HRs in the same season. “Yeah, but how many bunts? And where do you keep your money?” That’s the Ghost of Phil Rizzuto.
Tyler Austin – 3-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. He’s still not playing every day and won’t because Te(i)x will need his (not-a) victory lap at-bats.
Kevin Gausman – 6 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.66. I checked the Stream-o-Nator to see if Gausman was starting again this year, and he’s scheduled for the last day of the season, but I’d be shocked he goes if the O’s have clinched.
Aaron Sanchez – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 10 Ks. This is crazy (to me) and almost think it’s a typo it’s so crazy (to me). In 185 IP, Sanchez has a 3.06 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. On my fantasy team, he has a 3.06 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. Big whoop, right? Yeah, except he’s only thrown 97 IP on my team. Zoinks!
Josh Donaldson – 2-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 37th homer, hitting .286. If you heard JB and me on the podcast yesterday doing our 2017 mock draft, you heard how I’m already not looking forward to Donaldson next year.
Joaquin Benoit – Diagnosed with a tear in his calf that he sustained during a benches-clearing brawl on Monday. Sounds like Joaquin needs a Ben-waaahbulance. High-five the stuffing out of me! C’mon! No? Okay.
Devon Travis – Day-to-day with a shoulder issue that he also aggravated in the fight. All of these fight injuries don’t bode well for the Blue Jays if they face the Rangers in the playoffs, because you know Odor’s bringing his meathooks.
I like many others had their pitching plans for the week wrecked by eickhoff who was pitching a 1 hitter but was cut short due to rain. Maeda pulled after 60 pitches. The dodgers don’t let him go past 5 anyway but he was at 60 pitches. The fantasy gods hate me. I need qs and now have under 30 innings left. My remaining starts are:
9/28 paxton at hou
9/30 duffy vs min
10/1 darvish vs tb, rodon vs min, walker vs oak
That’s 5 starts and will take me over my cap. I do have a couple guys scheduled to start on sun, 10/2. Maeda at sf, eickhoff vs nym, manaea at sea. I can sneak in 3 more starts in if I bench one of my starters on 9/30. Do I bench walker or rodon? Both have good matchups. I need qs and can’t take a ratio hit, but could use more k’s and can go over my cap as long as I don’t hit it before sunday since I have 3 starters going. Maeda will probably go 3 innings but every k counts, eickhoff has been pitching well, but the mets have finally started hitting. I guess do you like rodon and walkers start enough for me to not go for 3 more on sunday? For the record, i am sure if i sit walker or rodon who both can blow up in a bad way, they will pitch a complete game shutout. I will probably pick the wrong guy to sit. Thanks
@Bob: Bench Walker
Jean is all down to Chase, it plays like Coors 2.0 these days.
16 team H2H 3rd place playoff (yeah got killed in the semi final last week…oh well), can I trust Tillman at the Jays today? Am currently winning but that could change with a bruising here.
I don’t get email responses when I check the box anymore (nor in spam), is it still working?
And like any of these other streamers today for same league? Lugo, Leake, Zack-Mac, Butthurtz, Urena.
@Swfcdan: You can never really trust Tillman…I’d stream Lugo
@Swfcdan: Agree with F
@Swfcdan: Oh, and I think it’s working on the email responses, you’re the first I’ve heard any different from
The reality of daily write up’s coming to a close is really setting in…
I think you’re under valuing Kourtney. She went in as a 7 and seeing how batshit nuts she is has her at a 9. Having watched the show since inception, it’s tough for me to rank the younger ones. I still remember the episode where Bruce had to sit them down at Red Robin and talk them out of wearing makeup. Who knew, eight years later they would be sitting Bruce down for the exact same conversation?
Have you listened to the new Danny Brown?
@JVanSlyke: I had Kourtney higher at first, but thought it might just be me since I like short girls… Had a heard time ranking her… Ha! I haven’t listened yet, is it good?
@Grey</[email protected]Grey:
Kourtney > Kim
I’m on my 2nd listen. It’d pretty chaotic and there are a few songs where I can’t understand what he’s saying but I do like it. Hes def a throwback though. Some great production, worth listening. Also you BFF, B-Real has a cameo
Ha, nice! I’ll listen soon, maybe not soon soon like today… I think Kourtney and Kim are so close, but Kourtney was below Kim I think when she did the sex tape, no?
@Grey:
I agree. She peaked when she was Paris Hiltons sidekick
B/c she was trickling down her looks to her family!
@Grey: Same here…My girl is 4′ 11″…Perfect
So is Cougs, but she says she’s 5′ 0″… If she claimed 4-11, she could get handicap plates and we’d get great parking…
@Grey: LOL…something about short girls always loved them.
I know what it is for me, I am short myself
@Grey: I’m 5′ 11″ so not sure why but have always had a thing for the shortys
Don’t have to feed them as much on dates?
@Grey: and they never have dirty knees
Dirty knees are a big problem you’ve run into with girls…Haha…
@JeF WiTh 1 F: It is a bit much that they would even count that extra 1/4
When you’re five-on, every quarter helps
@Grey: This chick at work I like and want to bang ended up coming to that lez wedding I went to towards the end of it and when leaving into the parking lot, everyone drunk, her and my wife somehow started drunk chatting for a second and what they blurted out at the same time was they are both 5′ 1 1/4″. Pretty specific. Odd. So now the girl at work refers to my wife by her exact height and she calls herself 5′ 1 1/4″#2. Me being a bad person aside, I find it pretty funny.
@nick the dick: That’s a bit tall for my taste…5′ 1″ is my max…that extra 1/4″ fucks it up.
5’1″ is a nice height, 5’1″ and a 1/4 is a bit tall for me, no chance of handicap plates either… How’s the EMT thing going? You pass?
Crazy thing about Votto is he’s so good you wonder how he wasn’t hitting .400 in the first half too
@Bryan: Juice box balls..MLB money makers dig the long ball, more than chicks..
@Bryan: I hear ya, bad luck, weird timing issues, just an old fashioned slump
“Waaaaahhhh Jean Segura is KILLING my team. I know, I paid nothing for him, but he’s single handedly KILLING my team. Drop for Cozart or Ketel?” – June Commenter.
@Cram It: Ah, the decisions that we make in June, that come back to haunt us in September.
@Malicious Phenoms: Maybe the decisions June Commenter makes. Not this guy.
@Malicious Phenoms:
Oh Yeah. Mine was Upton in Aug.
@JoeG414: Less irrational, that late in the season. Upton fingerbanged me too.
@Cram It: Probably rode Cozart to the promised land.
@Cram It: Cozart
@Cram It: 20 homers from Murphy it happened! What’s your punishment then Cram? Only drunken commenting allowed on here for you during the offseason? We made a bet early in the season, I know you remember.
@Swfcdan: Yep! Took a career high in everything, MVP-type season to do it. How did I not see that?!
Too bad you didn’t put anything on the line.
http://m.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/video/v1191394383/cinstl-diaz-crushes-grand-slam-to-leftcenter-field/?affiliateId=clubMEGAMENU
@Malicious Phenoms: Yeah, I saw, pretty cool
Solarte or J.T. Rivera ?
@JoeG414:
Add Sean Rodriguez to them also.
6×6 mixed roto
@JoeG414: Rodriguez
@JoeG414: Sean-Rod
Need K’s / IP .
Pick the best two for the ROS:
Brach , W.Harris , J.Blanton , Uehara , Siegrist , Givens.
I’m thinking Balt and Stl will use them the most.
@JoeG414: Harris, Siegrist
Ryon Healy…Has my attention going into next year, whats your thoughts on him boo.
@JeF WiTh 1 F: I like him, think he can break out ala Donaldson… Ralph talked a bit about him too https://razzball.com/ryon-healy-2017-fantasy-baseball-target/
@Grey: Thanks man…you just made me moist with the Donaldson comparison.
That’s the best case scenario, obviously
@Grey: And that my friend is the scenario i like.
Haha
@Grey: I wouldn’t make a Donaldson comp with healy. Yes he added loft to his swing like donaldson but that’s not a comp. Most other numbers say no.
Said best case scenario
@Grey: still nuttier than a post game poop
Especially if the game is eating as much peanut butter as you can
@Grey: chunky!
Haha
@JeF WiTh 1 F: Yeah made a similar swing adjustment to Donaldson and Jake Lamb. Adding loft to his swing.
He also changes his path to the ball which was pretty steep, due to an unusually high trigger point. He’s been able to tap into his raw power since. While I doubt he turns into Blue Jays MVP screaming at people Donaldson, he could be a very good value as a target to fill your CI spot.
@Ralph Lifshitz: well said ralphy boy. That walk rate can definitely make hom have some donkey months. Will be interesting how they adjust to him in 2017
@Ralph Lifshitz: Thank you sir
Only 3 moves left in the final week and looking for Ks. Do you like the following streamers?
9/28
Paxton @ HOU
Liriano vs BAL
9/30
Rodon v MIN
@IV: I’d go with Paxton…Wouldn’t touch Liriano…Would only use Rodon if necessary.
@IV: I like all 3, should get a good amount of K’s from those 3..
@IV: Pax, Rodon
Depends what the Jays do with Edwin/Jose, if both are gone, and I suspect they will be, then I’d steer clear of Donaldson. If Edwin stays, could be roped in. Maybe.
@Randy Bobandy: Melvin BJ will take over for Joey Bats..
@Randy Bobandy: Yeah
Grey-
Keeper question for next year. 12-team, mixed, H2H, OBP instead of AVG, QS instead of wins, can keep a guy forever with no round/dollar inflation. The candidates:
Trout, Arenado, Miggy, Treat Urner, Just Dong, Arrietta, Eduardo Nunez.
Trout and Arenado are slam dunks. Miggy too old? Leaning towards Miggy and TREA right now. Thanks!
@Pine Tar Incident: see below..lol
@Pine Tar Incident: So 4 keepers?
@Grey: yep keep 4, sorry.
@Pine Tar Incident: Miggy and JD for me
@Pine Tar Incident: Miggy, Trea… Case could be made for Trea and JD… The others don’t come close
Miggy & Trea for me.
I lost in the semis, but trades are still allowed. Someone in the championship wants Dee Gordon for steals.
I currently have Jake Arrieta and can keep 5 players. One must be an SP.
The team I’m trading with has JD Martinez, Jose Abreu, Ryan Braun, and Corey Kluber.
They’ve offered me Abreu and Martinez for Dee Gordon. Obviously that’s a good trade for me, considering this season doesn’t matter. He doesn’t want to give up Kluber, but it’s a possibility. Is there a better two person trade for my team?
Also, do you rank Arrieta or Kluber higher for next year or about the same?
Thanks!
@JMAC: Who are your 5 keepers?
@Malicious Phenoms:
Basically have Arrieta and then Goldy, Boegartz and not that many options
@JMAC:
I like Cluber better for 2017 over Jake. I would offer whatever it takes to get Kluber, JD and either Jose or Braun…
That would give you 5 solid keepers.
@JMAC: Take that trade immediately… JD and Abreu for Gordon…
Stream today?
Liriano vs Bal
E Santana @ KC
De Leon @ SD
Best bat for the next 5 days?
VMart
Renfroe
@Don Majikowski: Liriano… Renfroe
@Don Majikowski: I’m rolling out De Leon tonight
What a mess, forearm soreness…soooo, announcement that Pomeranz to have TJ coming in 3…2…1…
BTW, I’ve got the Cherry Garcia on standby. Cue the Costner.
@MattTruss: From MLB trade rumors site:
The Red Sox announced that Drew Pomeranz will be, at best, a bullpen option from this point forth due to forearm soreness and a significant increase in his workload.
@MattTruss: Hold me Truss!
@MattTruss: Oh, and Pomeranz will need TJ by April 15th next year, bets?
Oh geez, I was putting the over/under at October 15th, haha, but yea, seems inevitable.
I heard SD had him on meds as prevention for elbow soreness, that’s what they didn’t disclose during trade talks with the Sawx. Soooo, they just have their pitchers pop ibuprofin to prevent TJ? GENIUS! They really are a mess. MLB really cracked down on that too huh? 30 day suspension…I’m sure that will teach him!
Oh wow, that’s right, forget about the whole Padres don’t say anything about injuries to trade partners… About time Padres made some moves for themselves!
Haha, true. Yea, the whole Colin Rea makes one start with the Marlins, then needs TJ and gets returned *slightly used*. Now this with Pomeranz, sneaky, sneaky AJ Preller.
Speaking of going easy on guys, whatever happened with the whole Cardinals hacking scandal? Any suspensions/draft picks/fines for that? Or are we just sweeping that one right under the rug?
Yeah, that one guy — who was the fall guy — went to prison
Nothing from MLB though, like punishing the organization? So crazy.
I’m a Patriots fan, so I’m trying to wrap my head around the CNN/NBC/ABC Nightly news coverage that would happen if say, the Patriots were investigated for hacking into opponents computer systems. They had their QB suspended 4 games, a million dollar fine and loss of a first round pick for allegedly, kinda sorta, maybe knowing about some air being let out of a football for your deity of choice’s sake.
This though, in MLB, is just swept right up like it never happened.
Yeah, that is surprising when you put it that way… Surprised they didn’t lose picks
@MattTruss: oh come on matt. You know the suspension was for the sins of the past. Like Al Capon going to prison for tax evasion. Sorry just string the pot. Ralph gets all worked up over this too. Besides the pats are too smart to get caught when they hack.
Haha, no, you’re totally right on that, they did pay for past transgressions with that. Still, kinda odd that MLB just washes their hands of the whole Cardinals thing.
The major leagues loves the Cardinals
@MattTruss: Its really stupid. MLB loves certain teams and players. I still argue that if anybody besides Posey or someone on another club breaks their leg then we dont have that stupid catcher rule.
Nolasco was my best streamer in the past week.
My other gems to chase Ks and wins: Nova, Hammel, Colon, McHugh, Jaime Garcia, Fiers, Tomlin, Wily Peralta.
Only 1 win… from No Last Go.
He’s actually thrown real well lately. I couldn’t believe the game log.
@papasmurf:
Nolasco has been solid in LA.
73 innings 51 K’s 15 BB .3.21 ERA 1.068 WHIP..
@papasmurf: I hear that, Smurf
Playing in H2H championship – looking for counting stars (QS, IP, W) and ratio help (K/9, K/BB, ERA, WHIP):
Would you stream Liriano today? He’s facing the Orioles in Toronto.
I think it’s risky but the Orioles don’t do well against lefties…start or sit?
@Jason:
SON has Liriano at 14.9
He has pitched well in Toronto: 43 IP 42K 15 BB 3.35 ERA 1.186 WHIP.
I’d start him..
@Jason: Worth a start, don’t love it, depends on how desperate
need the best of what I got. prob have 7-8 starts left based on innings
today
taillon vs Chc
lugo @phil
gio vs ari
thurs
hellickson @atl
rodon vs min
bumgarner vs lad
fri
walker vs oak
boyd @ atl
sat
cotton @ sea
odorizzi @ tex
roark vs mia
musgove @ laa
thanks
@the tone ranger: Taillon, Lugo, Hell, Rodon, Bum, then dealer’s choice… Gio or Cotton
Does Duffy have one more good start left in him?
How do we feel about De León tonight at San Diego?
@Shopgurrrl: I no longer trust Duffy… I’d start De Leon
Please pick 2 of these 5 starts:
Alex Reyes vs Cin
Carlos Rodon vs Min
Carlos Martinez vs Pit
Danny Duffy vs Min
Iwakuma vs Oak
Rodon, Martinez
@Grey
Gsellman vs. MIA
or
Hellickson vs. ATL
or
Both?
Need wins and K’s would be nice but wins is the key.
Both
Renfroe or M.Adams ros ? Need the power.
Both with playing time issues.
Renfroe
@Grey:
Or could Duda be a better pickup the ros ?
Or both of them , I do think a few of my hitters( Harper , C.Gomez, Fowler , Odor, Bogaerts) that are on playoff teams will be sitting/ resting Sat and or Sun.
Renfroe , Duda and Solarte are all hot hitters that are FA. But , I only have a 4 pickups left.
6×6 roto.
Renfroe for Harper
Bregman’s back! Batting 2nd in the Houston lineup.
Nice!
With Villar facing Hamels today in Texas, bench him for T.J. Rivera?
Nope
That thread was way too high…man, I haven’t even taken the last written part yet. I don’t know, just hella procrastination. Gotta get my studying brain going. On the bright side, LL is playing a free show at the casino in a couple weeks!
Wow, I had no idea LL was even doing music anymore, or performing at all… You going?
@Grey: Yeah me neither, just him and some DJ right in the middle of the casino floor. I can’t envision a scenario where I don’t go. I mean, i’ve been on a pretty nice seeing old rappers streak
That would be like seeing Queen Latifah… Is LL gonna do scenes from CSI?
@Grey: Haha yeah it’s now seeming like a pass. Not like he’s gonna come out in a Kangol and Adidas with a dookie rope and do a bunch of Radio jams
HA… That sounds like… Promoter, “I have a bunch of people with over 100,000 followers on Twitter, they’ll come out, drink, and have fun with your guests…You just need to pay them free airfare…”
@Grey: hahaha
@Grey: Well now as I read on the website, I guess he is doing a free show before some ‘ballroom blowout’ with $50 tickets to go party with him and Chrissy Teigen and other A-list celebs. Weird.
That is so bizarre
@Grey: Dude my wife just told me he does some lip syching show he hosts with Crissy Teigen?! Is that what’s happening here? God, my brother texting me ‘free LL Cool J show at the casino’ seems so misleading…
Oh that’s even worse than I thought! That’s gonna be you and a bunch of bingo moms… Wait, you have to let your brother still go!
@Grey: Ha yes, i’m gonna hype him up like it’s a can’t miss show. Little does he know that he will have to lip synch ‘I’m Bad’ if he wants to hear any good LL
HA… Maybe he’ll get to see a Bingo mom doing Baby Got Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPWs1QkK9k8
That’s what would be at the casino
Enjoy this live
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: wow, they practiced these routines way too hard
Which is not a bad thing
@Grey: True, any lesser of a performance that that, really what would they be bothering for?
Stay home otherwise!
@Grey: Teigen bouncing around making fun of Trump would be decent.
Teigen in any circumstance is great…Singing is one of the worst circumstances btw
@Grey: But if I could maybe possibly see George Takei perform Circle Of Life with Elton John’s voice, can I really afford to stay home?
Yeah, I’d go for that
@Grey: Don’t call it a comeback!
I’ve been here for years!
Dynasty…my season is over but have an offer of Buxton and Strasburg for my Polanco on the table…Hmmm
@JeF WiTh 1 F: Feel like i should stick with Polanco on this one
Tough call, pretty fair, I love Polanco though
@Grey: He just added Harvey now too
Ugh, I guess if you wanna risk it, but it is very risky
@Grey: I cant …i agree with you i’m taking on a lot of risk here
Exactly
@Grey: This was another “take over” team which i gutted this year..This is where im at with the offense
C. T.Murphy
1b. W.Myers
2b. J.Peraza
3b. N.Castellanos
SS. T.Anderson
OF. G.Polanco
OF. N.Mazara
OF. A. Benintendi
Util. J.Bell
Util. C.Gomez
BN. M.Conforto
BN. M.Kepler
BN.A.J. Reed
BN. R. Healy
BN. B. Miller
Carrying extra bats inc ase some of these guys are busts but feel pretty good about this team going forward. Focused on getting the offense built this year..Pitching is a work in progress.
@JeF WiTh 1 F: Very young but was my best approach with the shit hand i was dealt.
@JeF WiTh 1 F:
That is a nice team, a TON of potential and that is the way to build dynasty team..
@JeF WiTh 1 F: You are going to have some serious power issues. Id try to package some of these guys to get an older more established power bat.
@The Hack:
If you ask me and I know you didn’t, but most of his hitters have hit or have 20-25+ homer power. At least that is the way I see it..
@Malicious Phenoms: Same here
@The Hack: Yeah i agree…Im working on bringing in Khris Davis as we speak.
Solid young team, be nice if you had a few less young bats and a solid vet instead… but I’m sure you know this
@Grey: Yeah agreed, dont really have that big power bat or two in this lineup…Khris should be joining the mix shortly
@JeF WiTh 1 F: Its hard to rely on a lot of second year bat because predicting their adjustment and the leagues adjustment too them is difficult. Khris would be super solid and help in the case Myers goes back to being the hurt guy.
@JeF WiTh 1 F: I’m with ya FOH…Targeted Khris because he still gets no love and will be my cheapest route to getting some power.
I like that, but feels a bit like a Jay Bruce to Mets trade… Davis can help, but he doesn’t feel like the answer
@JeF WiTh 1 F: Yeah ill need a few more moves but he would be a nice start…Looks like i may get him for Kepler and D.Tate…Ill take it.
How dare you call my 2016 dongboo a Jay Bruce. Im insulted Mr. Albricker
I’m just saying 40 HRs, .250, is a fine piece, but you need other pieces
@JeF WiTh 1 F:
Damn, I wud so take the risk there..
Stras & Harvey are young enough to bounce bask from the injuries and Buxton will be a superstar in a few years…
Poalco is not gonna be better over the long haul then those 3..
Fortune favors the bold. DO IT!
@Malicious Phenoms: I cant pull the trigger on that…pitchers are so fragile and who knows about Buxton
@JeF WiTh 1 F:
Polanco is still a work in progress as well, he only hit .260 this year and was hurt as well..
Build a pitching staff starting with Stras & Harvey is pretty damn good in my book…ALL piitchers are fragile, so they are ALL a crap shoot..
@Malicious Phenoms: Which is why i don’t want to use Polanco to get pitching.
@JeF WiTh 1 F:
Yeah, I see ur point, you have a lot of nice players you could move for pitching or just draft a lot of pitchers and hound the waiver wire, looking for the next ace..
I’m in a H2H 5×5 OBP keeper and am looking at a trade. In your opinion, will JD Martinez and Ryan Braun be top 40 players in preseason rankings next year? If not where do you ball park them?
Yes, or extremely close
@JMAC: And Billy Hamilton. Think he’s further down.
Hamilton’s much further down
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
At the Mets sideshow circus today, in Port St. Lucie, Tim Tebow homered on the first pitch he saw at instructs..
Haha
@Malicious Phenoms: Ha – didn’t see this until after my post below. So funny how huge of a reaction that got on the field and from Tebow . . . how many more before he takes a knee in lieu of bat-flipping?
@Malicious Phenoms: Don’t be mad the Yankees aren’t still whoring themselves out just to grab the back page.
@Cram It: How quickly we forget lol
Hey Grey!
Assuming Tebow doesn’t supplant Conforto in the offseason (:-)), what sort of line would you expect from a full season of Conforto starting?
Thanks!
25/85/.265
@Grey: I’d take that! Weighing him ($4) v. Tim “March 2016 DeShields” Anderson ($8) in a keeper…
Pretty close
hey grey one more question.
looking ahead to sun, im not sure cant find info on these guys as confirmed starting pitchers but in one of my leagues it shows phelps starting @ wash, skaggs vs hou, vogelsong @ stl, and Stephenson vs cubs….
would you gamble on them all? or if not which ones are worth it. again not even sure about the first 2 actually throwing.
I’d gamble on them all if I needed the starts, depends on the situation
@Grey: gotcha. the situation thats most likely is that im going to be down some points going into that day. I would need to make up some ground, but if they go negative I obviously hurt my cause.
have you seen anything on phelps/skaggs for sun and are they your most likely adds if they do start? I have 2 moves left.
If they go low, you go high! It’s far in advance to know… When do you need to know by?
@Grey: ha! def. I can prob wait a little on it. I was just trying to scoop them before anyone else snatched em. theres not a lot of guys left on the wire that show they are pitching on sunday (but I guess like you said that can change). im stressed hahahaha
I would be too… Prolly wouldn’t wait past Friday, but would wait until then
@Grey: will do thanks as always
No problem
Please pick 2 starters tomorrow out of these doodes. Not a great mix, but I’m desperate for starts and everyone is still hoarding pitchers.
Duffy vs Min
Daniel Norris vs Cle
Friedrich vs LAD
Collmenter vs Phi
Duffy, Norris
Gallo is now 1 for 7 with 1 HR. Typical.
Exactly
Drop which of these?
Mazara
Stanton
Calhoun
Stanton
need help in championship week, im going for a 1st place three peat and ive had some pitching in the last two weeks really hit the dumps. of the following who do u like for tomorrow the 29th…
norris home against cleveland, ross home against ross, hellickson at atl, or urias at sd.
Norris, Hellickson
Villar just homered again tonight. One home run away from a 20-60 season with a .285 average. I still have trust issues with the guy but he would have to be a top 20 guy for next year wouldn’t he? If he slumps to a 15-40 year the value would still be there. Thoughts? Cheers
On our podcast this week, JB took him around 14th overall… Felt that was a bit high, but he’s not far off that
how ridiculous is this pitching duel between the Red Sox and Yankees? The answer for who to stream tonight was Mitchell and Buchholz!
Haha, I know
good job staying on top of the game and on top of the jokes for the season long grind Grey
who would you pick for 3 of these starts, it’s tight in K, QS, ERA, WHIP, K/9
Nova (CHC) Bauer (@KC) Straily (@STL) Miranda (OAK) Hellickson (@ATL) Ventura (CLE) J Garcia (PIT) Ray (@WAS) Manaea (@SEA) J Ross (ARI) Sabathia (BOS)
thanks
Thanks! Ventura, Hellickson, Nova, obviously some risk