Happy Father’s Day to all but five of our readers. I am not a father, but I have a dog I ignore most of the time, then play catch with after my wife tells me to, so, technically, I am a father too. For Father’s Day, I went to see the Tupac movie, and to misquote him, “Back for a check, all respect to those who broke their neck to keep this movie in check, cause oh they made some mistakes with this movie majorly, damn, why does Jada keep paging me?” I should’ve taken Cougs to see Wonder Woman, but I was afraid it would empower her. One last note on Pop’s Day, MLB has pink bats for Mother’s Day, so they should have penis-shaped bats for Father’s Day. Yesterday, Jimmy Nelson looked like he should be getting dogged by Jada Pinkett for keeping it too real — 9 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.39. His peripherals are right there to match — 9 K/9, 2.2 BB/9, 3.52 xFIP with the velocity to back it up, and, if you throw out April, his ERA would be near 2.50 with an xFIP to match. The major change — excuse me, not change — the curve is his major key. Hat tip to Lance and his Jimmy Nelson fantasy. The crux of that is you should own Nelson and stop cruxifying him, and the crux of this is I don’t know how to spell crucify. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Manny Pina – 2-for-4 and his 4th homer, and 2nd homer in the last three games. “If you like Manny Pina, and getting caught in the rain… If you’re not into YoGa, and Lorenzo Cain…” I sung that aloud and my dog started howling like it had a splinter in its paw. Not cool, Ted!
Manuel Margot – Ready for his rehab assignment. He should show up in a giant Ikea manual folded into a car with an M & R painted on the doors, so people say, “Look at that Manuel M-ar-go.”
Dinelson Lamet – 6 IP, 3 ER, 4 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 7.50. I did a legit cackle when I saw his ERA. His ERA is so banged up he should call himself LaMets.
Madison Bumgarner – Threw 40 pitches during a simulated game. Good news if you own him. Great news if you managed to get him in a league where simulated games count.
Brandon Crawford – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer, and 2nd homer in the Coors series. We’ll see if BC is more BC when he goes AC. AC is After Coors, not Atlantic City or Anthony Clark.
Trevor Story – 2-for-4 and his 10th homer, and his 2nd homer this weekend. So, what you’re saying, if I understand correctly, Trevor Story didn’t retire in March?
Nolan Arenado – 4-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 15th homer, as he hit for the cycle with the walk-off homer. Melancon is on for the save, and Arenado isn’t up for, like, five batters, so I think I’m safe bringing out my origami zoo to play with–NOOOOOOOOO!!! Torenado cyclone!!!
James Shields – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.42, as he was activated from his first ever DL stint. “Your Shields are not strong enough to protect you,” says 2017’s Disabled List.
Russell Martin – 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .225. On one hand, he’s not good. On the other hand, there’s only two good catchers in the majors. On a third hand, that is a mitten filled with tissue paper, if a catcher is hitting, then he’s worth owning.
Kendrys Morales – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 15th homer, hitting .257. Morales has become the utility man’s Kyle Seager. Hits .260, give or take five points, 25 homers, give or take two homers, and 90 RBIs, give or take ten RBIs. Like clockwork, if there was a clock that measured HRs, RBIs and average.
J.A. Happ – 6 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.26, but 2nd start in a row that was solid. After his last start, I told people to grab him. Second verse, same as the first.
Mike Trout – Resumed swinging a bat. The bat he swung was delivered to him by a family of unicorns and it was magical. Nothing else would do for Trout.
Alex Meyer – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.52. Fun Fact! The Tootsie Roll Pop owl’s real name is Alex, but it’s spelled Alicks. Less fun fact, I told you to Buy him on Friday, because the Stream-o-Nator loves itself some Angels starters at home, except it didn’t really love Jesus Christopher Ramirez (3 IP, 5 ER), and, boy, it burned me yesterday not listening.
Matt Shoemaker – Out with forearm tightness. Hard to say if this is real forearm tightness, which means his career is over, or this is forearm tightness that sends him to the DL for one start. Like a fireman, I’ll go for the latter.
Andrelton Simmons – 2-for-3, 1 RBI and his 11th and 12th steal, hitting .278. On our Player Rater, Andrelton has moved into the top 100 overall, and above Lindor and about as valuable as Bogaerts. Yup.
Adam Wainwright – 1 2/3 IP, 9 ER. “When a stream in fantasy baseball takes a deadly turn,” walking into frame is Keith Morrison from Dateline. “Hello, I’m Keith Morrison, and I’m here to talk about a bucolic stream in the midst of an otherwise calm weekend of baseball.”
Lance Lynn – 4 2/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA up to 3.33. The Regression Fairies have a rainbow romper, they spent time with their dad yesterday who is an older, unrelated man who lives in their building they call Dad, and they will defecate on your pitchers’ ratios.
Stephen Piscotty – 2-for-4 and two homers (5, 6), hitting .250. Piscotty knows Ubaldo! Piscotty knows Ubaldo!
Dexter Fowler – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 13th homer, and his 4th straight game with a home run. Between Matt Davidson and Dexter Fowler, who needs Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Gonzalez?! *one sad man raises his hand* Um, I do.
Mark Trumbo – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 10th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. He’s so overdue for a hot streak he’s going to give birth to a 18-pound power binge.
Welington Castillo – 2-for-4 and his 7th homer, and his 3rd homer this week. The tie-in Fox is doing with Welington and Hell’s Kitchen is crazy. Can’t wait for Altuve/shrimp francese week.
Trey Mancini – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 12th homer, and, like, 37th homer in the last week. Hot schmotato alert!
Masahiro Tanaka – 4 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 6.34. They’ve even stopped watching Tanaka in Japan, except for in the Roppongi district at an S&M bar called, “Benihaha You Suck.”
Didi Gregorius – 2-for-4 and his 7th homer, hitting .330. Speaking of which (not really), Notorious B.I.G. in the Tupac movie was laughably bad. Biggie showed up at the hospital to see how Tupac was doing because they were friends, and Tupac saw heavily medicated flashes of Biggie trying to kill him, so Tupac started hating him. You only think I’m joking.
Aroldis Chapman – 1 IP, 0 ER as he was activated from the DL. Those rejoicing he’s back on the field: his owners and women he may have tied up to a bedpost if he had nothing else to do.
Sean Doolittle – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 3rd save and 2nd save in as many games, ERA at 2.31. After the game, Doolittle said, “I’ll do anything to help the A’s win,” which then got immediately beamed to other clubs looking for closers. Casilla might’ve been unavailable after taking a foul in the dugout, or Doolittle might be in a committee with him to raise his trade value.
Kenta Maeda – 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.70. This is mildly amusing to me — Maedaly amusing? Besides Kershaw and Kenley, the Dodgers have 18 pitchers who can throw between 3 and 5 innings.
Justin Turner – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Three homers? Not bad…for seven innings of Scooter Gennett!
Logan Forsythe – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Or four innings of Scooter Gennett.
Scooter Gennett – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer. Or 18 innings of Scooter Gennett. Okay, done with that now.
Lance McCullers – Resumed throwing this weekend. So many sexy people resuming stuff makes me want to sign up for LinkedIn and resume something myself.
George Springer – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 19th homer, hitting .282. On our Player Rater, he’s just about at the top 20 overall, by Miguel Sano and Elvis Andrus. Okay. so it’s been a weird year so far.
Xander Bogaerts – 3-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 3rd and 4th homers. Or nine innings of Scooter. All right, really done now!
Adam Duvall – 2-for-4, and his 16th homer, hitting .275. We’re now 69 games into the season — rawr! — and I can’t wait for the 82nd game. Know why? Easy prorating!
Eugenio Suarez – 1-for-4 and his 11th homer. When you hear his last name, do you also think of a country bumpkin on America’s Next Top Model talking about a soiree, but she says instead, “Tyra’s gonna throw us a Suarez?” No? Hmm, maybe it’s just me.
Zack Godley – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks on Saturday, ERA at 2.34. Godley earned his rest yesterday.
Paul Goldschmidt – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer, hitting .324. Au Shizz!
Chris Owings – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer, hitting .292. Please let him get to 17 HRs while hitting .280. It’s a prayer for Owings, and I mean it.
Jerad Eickhoff – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 4.81. Real question: does any starter who was in a rotation to start the year have an ERA under 4?
Ben Lively – 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.33, which comes after a Quality Start in Fenway. I guess what I’m saying is I benched him incorrectly in my weekly league instead of Samardzija in Coors and now I will start Lively and it will all go to hell.
Aaron Altherr – 2-for-4 and his 12th homer, three homers in the last week, while hitting under .200. Power, speed or average — it’s an Altherr or game.
Seth Lugo – 6 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.63. Ugle is the noun form of ugly, and you can’t spell Seth Lugo without ugle, which is what his peripherals are. That all totally tracked.
Jacob deGrom – 8 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.94, and he pitchslapped Joe Ross. Back-to-back dazzlers from deGrom, and I just gave you my deGrom fantasy last week after his first dazzler.
T.J. Rivera – 4-for-4, 1 run. These were his first hits in days, so saying schmotato might be premature, and no one wants a premature schmotatulation.
Enny Romero – Recorded his 2nd save on Saturday. The Nationals’ closer shituation is as follows: if a pitcher gets a save, he becomes the closer until they trade for someone. It can also be illustrated by this visualization: Dusty scratches his head with his toothpick, lifts his arm to the bullpen, everyone in the bullpen looks at each other, someone rolls a ball to the bullpen mound and the first reliever brave enough to pick up said ball is the closer.
Trea Turner – 1-for-3 and four steals (22, 23, 24, 25, 26). Wait that’s five, okay, scratch out the 22; I don’t want to rewrite this entire post on my Smith-Corona.
Joe Ross – 6 IP, 2 ER, 10 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.98. About as meh as a start can be, or if you’re reading at UMass, Mehcus Canby. The Stream-o-Nator does like his next start, and I could see a stream.
Jose Urena – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.64 vs. Mike Foltynewicz – 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.26. This was a matchup billed as, “Why the hell do I have Verlander on my team when these two schmohawks are on waivers in my league?”
Marcell Ozuna – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and 18th homer, hitting .324. OZUNA loving this breakout. OZUNA previously only played Super Breakout on Atari 2600.
Jaime Garcia – 5 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 3.59. The Stream-o-Nator had this game as a negative for Garcia, but I owned him for three solid starts in a row and…Ugh, like Baby Jessica, I went to the well one too many times.
Felix Hernandez – Will return on Friday. If he comes back with 2009 Felix, then I care.
Jean Segura – Will begin a rehab assignment in Tacoma today. Fun fact! People from Tacoma are known as Tacomatose. “For the best hiking, follow the smell of rotten eggs, it’s enough to awaken the most Tacomatose people.”
Danny Valencia – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, and hitting about one-something over the last week, so maybe this is the start of something, but something could be nothing. The preceding sentence was written by someone too lazy to Google synonyms for something.
Yu Darvish – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.35. Like you always wanted your dad to say, I still believe in Yu.
Edwin Encarnacion – 3-for-4, 5 RBIs and his 15th and 16th homer. Get your hands in! The Buy Low Window is shutting!
Jacob Faria – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 1.37 thru three starts. To use his opponents name to express astonishment, holy buckin Buck Farmer, you’ve got to be buckin kidding me? I’d grab Faria in every league until further notice. Yes, even that league. Yes, yours too.
Logan Morrison – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 20th and 21st homer. The funniest thing that’s not funny, people are still asking me if they should pick up Morrison. Back to you, I ask, why should you not pick him up?
Steven Souza – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 13th homer, hitting .265. I drafted Souza in one league, and haven’t dropped him all year (it’s a mixed league, so it means a bit more). When Souza’s been on the field, he’s been more than worth owning. Even more than Chris Owings, for what what is worth.
Ivan Nova – 7 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.91. Real talk: Nova or Arrieta? Is it even close?
Jameson Taillon – 5 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.38. Not a great start for your fantasy team, but he just beat cancer! Put your shizz into perspective!
Kris Bryant – Sat out two days this weekend because he’s struggling. Most people, “No one, and I mean no one, would bench Kris Bryant two days in a weekend due to struggling.” Joe Maddon, “Hold my craft beer!”
Jake Arrieta – 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 4.64. Real talk, Part 2: is Arrieta ownable in shallow leagues?
John Lackey – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.98. This was a start I like to call, “How good your fantasy team would look if Lackey pitched solidly more than once a month.”
Anthony Rizzo – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer. *Googles how many homers Rickey Henderson had from the leadoff spot in his career to see if Rizzo can challenge him*
Ian Happ – 1-for-3 and his 8th homer, hitting .223. Which is good, great, adjective, but Cody Bellinger hit eight homers in one game, so Happ can eat the D.
Willson Contreras – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs. You see what happened at the Cubs game yesterday, right? Joe Maddon painted himself into a logic corner. Here’s how it played out. Joe Maddon’s internal monologue, “Woo-ee-ooh, I look just like Buddy Holly…Okay, I need to make the lineup card. Hmm, I have to bench Bryant, and Rizzo’s my leadoff hitter, so who do I bat third? I’d totally bat Zobrist third, even though he’s been terrible this year, but he’s injured. I could put Tommy La Stella third, but I’d might finally get committed. Maybe Heyward…But he’s more of a nine hole hitter, so I’ll have to bat Heyward cleanup. I know! I’ll bat Contreras third! Perfect! I don’t care what they say about us anyway, I don’t care bout that!”
Thanks for all the great work boss
@Al Koholic: Thanks, AL!
Brother Grey, great read as always. I take it the Tupac movie is no where near the greatness of Straight Outta Compton per the 50 Cent remarks paired with yours. Probably will wait til Netflix has it in a few years.
Who do you like better ROS?
1. Franco vs. Bregman
2. Conforto vs Duvall
3. Chris Owings vs. Story
4. Puig vs. Carlos Gomez (is he schmotatoing or is this recent outburst off the DL legit?)
5. Haniger vs Mazara
Thanks as always!
@Marty Jannetty Was Set Up: I wouldn’t rush to see it in the theaters… 1. Maikel 2. Duvall, prolly even 3. Story 4. Puig 5. Haniger
@Grey: Thanks Grey! *Just like that* I can see through the forest in the trees.
Ha
@Grey: Would you stream Peacock tonight on the road vs OAK? Saw he was listed in this week’s 2 start SP write up, but SON is “meh” on him.
I would, but it’s risky
@Grey: Pitching in all 4 of my leagues is pretty tough to come by, I’m gonna roll him out there and pray for the best. At least I have the rest of the week to catch up if he blows it.
Trade question: 10 team H2H points league which side Owings/Bregman for Trevor Story? Log jammed at OF, MI, and CI and trying to consolidate bats to add another streamer/batty call slot.
Thanks as always.
Story
Ian Happ: For an mi play, would you rather own Happ more or less the rest of the way than say….Cozart?
@PublicEnemy#1: Nope
In a 12 team H2H points league, there is no -1 for strikeouts, everything else basically standard ESPN.
Looking to do a straight swap – one of my OFs for his Odor. Which of the following players are acceptable to give up?
Fowler, Calhoun, Bautista, Yelich, Trumbo, Haniger
I am thinking Fowler (or would also happily give Calhoun or Haniger), but don’t want to give Bautista, Yelich or Trumbo.
@TheConsigliere:
Pulled the trigger on the deal. My Fowler for his Odor. How’d I do?
@TheConsigliere: I’d take Odor
Hey Grey.. Would you grab Matt Adams, Mancini< Matt Davidson or Lorenzo Cain? Points mixed.. Thnx.. Oh i need a closer. Edwin Diaz is on my WW or Doolitle or Romero?
Sorry not closers i don’t need one… can you give me the batters i asked in order please? I need more then one. Thnx
@Frank Lynch: Think I’d go with Mancini and Cain. They’re all about the same, but Cain has less power/more speed. Depends on need with him. The ball’s been jumping in Baltimore the last few games. And Mancini’s going to play at least while Davis is out.
@Frank Lynch: Cain, Mancini
Wonderful write-up Grey!
Doolittle over Romero?
@Lucas: Thanks! Yeah, I’d go Doolittle
Hey Grey, gotta activate McCullers from the DL. Who do you drop of A Diaz, Russell, Solarte or Bud Norris? I do have Bedrosian as the handcuff for Norris and have 3 other closers (Giles, Knebel, Rivero) so I dont even really need a 4th closer. 12 team standard H2H 5×5 Weekly Keep 6 forever. Also is Dahl worth a DL Stash? I have the space, but it seems like hes not gonna be around for a while. Great stuff, thanks!
@mikestatic: One of those MIs… Diaz
@Grey:
Would you drop Diaz for Ian happ or hold? Happ is 2b eligible in my league, settings above. Thanks
Sure
Is it really Judy Happ? Ay-oh let’s go!
So, I just streamed out Nelson for Leake. 10 team H2H and my staff is Scherzer, Bumgarner, Carrasco, Vargas, Hendricks, Maeda, Hill.
Lackey is available on waivers.
So Nelson, Lackey, or Leake worth holding onto longer than a week here for anyone?
@CrazyJ: Nelson
Thames and Verlander for Kershaw
I’ve got Ian desmond, bour, Jose Abreu at 1st my pitching got decimated by injuries
@Jvillan: Kershaw
Hi Grey, I’m in a weekly H2H league (POINTS LEAGUE) and I have Mike Montgomery on my team. He will most likely have 2 starts this week (vs. SD, @MIA). Would you start him over any of these 1-start guys?
J. Nelson @ATL
Nova @MIL
Samardzija @ATL
Taillon @STL
DeGrom @SF
Thank you!
@asdfasdf: Over Taillon
12 team dynasty OBP, TBs
Lucroy or grandal
Going to try and trade one for a small upgrade, someone dropped lucroy and both have been boring to own all year
@sava21887: Catchers are all boring dude. But yeah claim Lucroy and then see if you can shop him, Grandal is better in a OBP league.
@sava21887: Yasmani
start Francisco Liriano @ Texas Rangers and @ KC Royals this week?
Yay or Nay?
Thanks!
@Great Bambino: Nah
Fatt (Albers) or Enny for saves hawking?
@Swfcdan: Enny
A John Irving shoutout! Love it!
@enrique: The Cider House Rulez, as the millennials say
Time to cut bait with Polanco and give Mancini a shot? Drafted Polanco late in 4th round of 12 team league and returns have been dismal.
@Big Papi: Yeah, can move on
Need MI power. Happ or Kipnis in 5×5 12 team roto? I know the latter is a better baseball player but Happ’s ISO is niceee
@Bean Me Blazer: Kipnis
got a trade offer of my salazar for boss tanaka in AL only redraft with QS over wins. worried tanaka is finally dealing with the effects of not getting his arm fixed 3 or however many years ago.
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: I wouldn’t want Tanaka (or Salazar)
@Grey: sure, but which would you have ahead of the other?
Salazar b/c he’s not throwing in the majors and killing you in every start
@Grey: ah, ok. this is now who i have and it’s a h2h with minimum 35 innings per week
SP hahn/peacock/quintana/strahm/meyer/gausman
RP kahnle/barnes (BOS)/giles/j.wilson
DL shoemaker/salazar/duffy
and i have segura in active starting slot due to the pitchers eating up the DL slots. i do have room to grab morton (sounds back shortly) right now.
Morton over Duffy
@Grey: with farmer going down and delino being demoted to bench role (which i had missed happening when i started trying to trade chapman and gomez for j.zimm and semien) i had room to just add morton without having to drop anybody, now i’ll turn gausman’s spot into streamer spot. my hitters now look like
C avila
1B miggy
2B segura (is back in 2-3 days now sounds like)
3B mostsuckass
SS correa
MI pinder (but he’ll lose his job when semien’s back, part of why i’m trying to trade for semien)
CI mancini
OF (4) gomez/chisenhall/k.davis/trumbo
util (1) zimmer
BN fisher/chapman
would i be better off doing
1. gomez + chapman for semien + j-zimm
or
2. zimmer (opp likes gomez better than zimmer) + chapman for just semien
@Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey: it’s possible in the gomez instance i’d be better holding off till we see just what happens to fisher when reddick comes back (assuming that doesn’t take a really long time)
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Rank order 5×5 ROS: McCann, Zunino, Realmuto
@eric: Real, Zunino
Great stuff!
Dealing with a roster crunch and need to drop one of the below pitchers.
Which guy below gets the Axe? (That phrase was always a reference to body spray, right?)
A. Ryu (leaning towards cutting him but SON loves his start at home against COL…I’m not so sure). Leaning to cutting him, but don’t love the idea.
B. Fiers (but on a really nice run, and gets @OAK next pass)
C. Hoffman (gotta hold and see if he’s for real, right?)
D. Hill (feel like I still need to hold out at this stage). Objectively and ignoring his 2016, should probably be cut, but upside feels worth holding just in case he sorts it out.
E. Neris (my 3rd closer, bush and rivero are my others)
F. Biagini (looks great besides that bad 1IP last time out)
G. Leake (nice 2 starts against PHI and PIT)
Thanks!
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: D
I have 3 trade options.
1. Give Carlos Santana and Fulmer for JD Martinez
2. Give Carlos Santana and Fulmer for Cespedes
3. Give Carlos Santana and Peacock for Yellich
A. Which would you do.
B. Can you rank them
Thanks
@brett: I have jon gray coming off the dl to fill the open roster spot.
@brett: League type? Teams? IS this a Util spot? If not, then who is backfilling Santana?
IN a vacuum, I’d rather give up Peacock than Fulmer. JD Martinez is the better target than Cespedes (or Yelich, obvi) IMO. But in a vacuum, I’d do the Yelich deal. Mostly steady pitchers like Fulmer are hard to just find on the wire. (Depending on your league size…)
@brett: I think you ranked them in order, and I would definitely take any of those deals.
@brett: Doubt you can make any of these happen, but that order
Grandal, schwarber or contreras at C ROS? Thanks
@Oppo taco: Grandal
@Oppo taco: Yasmani
Zimmerman at Miranda? You taking a chance with either tomorrow?
@Adam: Nope
Give LeMahieu for any one of Vargas-Gray-Bumgarner-Berrios? Thanks!!!
@San Francisco Blow Ponies: Berrios
Great stuff! Still read this page first thing every morning!
Two things:
How do we feel about Nola ROS?
Trade Rendon and Guerra for Godley?
My other options at 3B are Bryant and Suarez.
My pitching staff is Strasburg, Carrasco, Berrios, Guerra, Manaea, Nola, and Nelson.
@R2-DBacks: Thanks! Nice username…. Nola looks off, might be an injury… Rendon side, do better than Godley
Hello Gray,
In a 12 team league, with Saves, NO holds, would you drop Betances since Chapman is back?
Thanks,
Chris
@Chris: I can add Brach or Norris or Justin Wilson
@Chris: Wilson
Catcher question in 3….2…1….
Zunino or Hedges? Does it matter?!
@The Boy: Of course not… Zunino
Grey! Appreciate the shoutout
@Lance: Edge!
Trade: T Walker for Maybin..I’m getting Maybin..need steals..If he sucks ROS it’s all on you (15 team league)
Question: should I give up on G Bird in a redraft league. He’s sitting on my DL but looks like he’ll never leave the nest. Maybe I can get something for him now
@Willie Mickey and the Duke: Maybin, it’s fair, I’d forget Bird
Thanks..I think I can get Nova for Bird.. Maybe he’ll turn it around. saw Wonder Woman this weekend….Great Zeus, it was good
Nova side, yeah, will likely see WW this weekend
Hola Grey,
Quick question, rest of season performance:
Mancini
Bour
Odubbal
Brantley
How would you rank them from here forward?
Appreciate any insight
@Asking For a Friend: Odubel, Brantley
@Grey: damn you still like ODB huh. He has been boring me lately. what do you like about him? shitty team. no power. not stealing. what am I missing?
More than those other guys
@Grey: how about OBD versus choo, melky? I know you are gonna say ODB lol.
@Grey:
Thanks Grey
No problem
Should I trade away Springer for J. Vargas and B. Hamilton? The league is 12 team H2H with super deep benches and my pitching is straight garbage. Cashner and Pedermo are the best available FA.
@Joe: If you need SBs
Would you drop any of these guys to make room for Taijuan Walker off the DL – Roark, Junior Guerra, JA Happ, Brad Peacock?
Thanks guys
@Gurb: Guerra
Drop Brinson for Not So Fat Adams?
Is it smart to pick up Marte now for when he’s back from suspension? How long to wait to pick him up?
Thanks guys
@msh2404:
Or drop Brinson for Mancini?
@msh2404: I’d go Mancini… Can grab Marte now if you can hold a dead spot for a few
Conforto or Souza ROS?
Hicks or Bradley Zimmer ROS?
@Adam: Conforto — Hicks
So I’m about middle of the pack in my pitching categories (but first in Ks). We have to start a rookie pitcher, and I’ve been rolling Gsellman out there all year. Should I roll the dice with him as a two-starter this week (@LAD, @SF), or bail and go with Hader as a reliever instead to limit the damage?
@Skeezix: Hader
Tacoma is the worst. The armpit of the Northwest.
@Slimcompoop: Ha, never been there, but have heard similar things, why does it smell so bad?
Damn you Grey for putting epoxy on Arrieta! Or was that epics, epochs, a pox, apex… Bah! He’ll be “fine”. Nothing to see here.
As a general rule of thumb: should Andrelton Simmons be owned ahead of Matt Holliday? My Razzballian blind faith cries out “Yass!” But the clear-headed logic of the Flying Spaghetti Monster says: #4 hitter in the Yankee line-up.
@bigbear: I think it’s a pox, I’d want Simmons
@Grey: I think it’s a pox too. Dude’s been on decline for over a year now. Thanks for pointing it out for me and the rest of the unwashed masses.
I keep wanting to pull the trigger on dropping Holliday, but can’t quite do it yet… Probably will end up like the year I had Pat Burrell. Dude has some decent HR totals, but Ryan Howard stole all his RBI chances (either hitting a HR, double play or striking out…). I wonder if Judge will have the same impact on Holliday this year. So far, it’s been ok though.
Why don’t you wash? Holliday is on and off waivers in my league
Avila, Hedges, Castillo, Flowers, Zunino, Martin, Pina, or d’Arnaud ROS?
@Jon: Zunino
Grey, I think the pitching staff needs an overhaul. It’s weekly 12 team 5×5 league with wins minus losses as a category. I can start just Chris Sale and Nova each week with guys like Devenski/Edwards or run other starters out. It’s just 7 pitchers. Would you drop any of these for any stash DL guys?
Drop: Porcello, Maeda, T. Ross, Peacock,
DL guys: Cahill, E. Rodriguez, Rodon
Jackie Bradley was dropped, still think he can break out at some point this year? Thanks again
@Lt: The Drop guys and the DL guys do nothing for me… I don’t mind JBJ
Mancini or LoMo?
@ryanoger: Lomo
Avila or Tom Murphy?
@ryanoger: Murphy
10 team mixed H2H points. Was offered the following:
My Posey and Alonso for his Hedges and Bryant. This would also allow me to drop Marwin Gonzalez as my 3b and pick up Smoak to replace Alonso at my UTIL spot.
I think the question is not whether i should accept the deal, because I did immediately. The question is, is this Grand Theft Roto?
@Ryan: Since Bryant’s being benched b/c he’s struggling, it’s likely fair, but I do like your side better
Sure, like baseball bats aren’t already phallic symbols!
@Scott: Ha
Hey Grey,
Benintendi ([email protected], 3vsLAA…4 righties, one leftie, one TBD)
nodody really scary, may sit vs leftie
or
Desmond (3vsAri, [email protected]…3 righties, 3 lefties)
-Greinkie, Walker…Kershaw, mccarthy
-Desmond hits Lefties better but obv one of those lefties is Kershaw
Thanks.
@TacktheKack: Desmond
Ok to drop Nola in a 12-team mixed league?
@Andrew Ball: Yes
HOLY COW everyone is up ant at ’em early!!
SP question and confession – I hate streaming. Probably because it blows up in my face.
I need a #4,#5 maybe #6 – can choose from the following of Godley, Nelson, Peacock, and Cotton.
thoughts and opinions?
Set with my #1-#3. I am loaded with DonkeyCorns but agree with Cram It that I would be giving up on GS and Ks if I rode Darvish, Scherzer, and Kershaw alone.
@BSA70: You can hate streaming, but I’d at least look at the upcoming matchups for those guys, if you can’t do that I’d go Nelson
@Grey: You mean you wouldn’t throw them out there against the Nationals, Astros, Yankees, or Rockies in Coors? :)
More or less, no
Would you target starling marte going forward? What type of hitter is he worth now? Ops league
@Someone pissed in my alphabet soup: Cain?
Thanks, Lance Lynn, for a great finish to my HTH matchup. Gah!
@Scott: Gah indeed
Happy Monday Greylord. Hilarious write up as always.
Pick 1 to start in your weekly lineup
Jimmy Nelson @atl (Garcia)
Taillon @stl (waino)
Tyson Ross vsTOR (biagni)
@Nightmare!: Thanks! Nelson
Zimmer, JBJ, Souza, Peraza or Melky. Please rank. Thank you
@lwomack58: Peraza, JBJ, Souza
10 team league and my league doesn’t trade. Chapman returned so i need to drop a player. Who do i cut out of polanco, herrera, piscotty, bregman (3b/mi). Btw i added herrera a fee weeks ago after he was cut and got most of his streak. Polanco has been on my bench for weeks. I know if i cut him, he will get added and probably do what everyone thought he was going to do o someone elses team. Btw, i have extra OF and play the wrong one every day. Piscotty on my bench for his obly good game (2 hr) yesterday. Bregman is my reserve 3b/mi. R,tb,rbi,hr,sb,obp. Thanks
@Scott: Polanco
Great work as usual.
ROS:
Reynolds or Smoak?
Gyorko or Story?
@Mr. Rickey: Smoak….Story
Hey Grey,
12-team H2H OBP. Which two of these SS?
Andrelton, Didi, Hernan Perez, Cozart, E.Escobar, A.Russell
@The JoGarza: Didi, Simmons
GREAT work Grey!
16 team H2H weekly points league…redraft
I need to start 5 SP… Please help.
Lugo @ SF;
Maeda Vs COL;
Paxton Vs DET;
Pineda Vs LAA, Vs TEX;
Davies Vs PIT, @ ATL;
Wacha @ PHI;
T. Walker @ COL;
Eickhoff @ ARI;
Foltynewicz Vs MIL;
Gausman Vs CLE.
Thank you in advance!
@RicoSuave: Maeda Vs COL;
Paxton Vs DET;
Pineda Vs LAA, Vs TEX;
Foltynewicz Vs MIL;
Toss up Lugo
@Grey: Thanks JEFE!
Jeff with one F?
@Grey: ha! Jefe = Boss
I know, was kidding, thanks!
morning G,
do you like (ina 12T mixed league):
Franchy? or won’t play mcuh once Margot gets back.
Derek Fisher? Or same cuz of Reddick.
droppable: ODB, Duda
@peacecoast: I wouldn’t drop two starters for those guys as of now
Avoided starting Lance Lynn as SON saw that shizzshow coming. Thank you robot genius. Your regression fairie romper blurb on Lynn cracked me up.
@B-man: Nice!
Let’s play “Build my OF!”
Trey “Dongz” Mancini
Hozay Ramirez
Steven Souzaphone II
Matthew Kemp
Ian Desmond
Pls halp.
kthxbye
@IrishCreme: Huh?
@Grey: Ok, no more attempts at humour. Aside from spelling things in Canadian.
I have 5 OF I’m having trouble deciding between, and need to settle on 3 (I Have Encarnacion in my UTIL spot, so that’s out as an option).
I’m leaning towards Mancini, Souza, and Jose Ramirez, but Desmond’s been doing well lately, and Kemp has solid season numbers (though his numbers of late leave a bit to be desired).
As such, I find myself in a quandary and have turned to you, sir, for a potential insight.
5x5roto 10tm. Desmond for odor?
@Chisoxx_22: Odor
12 team 6×6 h2h (OPS/QS)
Tom Murphy was dropped. Is he worth rostering?
I would drop a streamer to roster him.
Problem is I don’t necessarily want to roster two catchers and I already have Contreras but that is more of a time share than I was hoping.
So stick with Contreras, drop him for Murphy, or take a flyer on Murphy for a streaming spot and have two catchers for a small stretch until one emerges as better.
Ugh… Thanks for any help.
@bobbo: Hold
I picked up Faria as a speculative add a week+ ago, and after that gem vs. DET, now my first big decision… do I start him this week? He gets BAL at home, which is a scary lineup especially with the Regression Fairies lined up outside his door. With my roster, he would replace either Bauer (home v. MIN/Mejia) or Quintana (@MIN/Turley). Thoughts? Great stuff as always, thanks!
@Re-Pete: Start Faria over Quintana
Grey,
Thanks for all the great work! Do you like Hoffman or Faria ROS?
@Hanklongball: Faria
Could this be the start of Story finally getting things going??? Thoughts??
Drop anyone here for LoMo or Fowler? Or hold?
Perez, Rizzo, Trea, Justin Turner, Story, Stanton, Conforto, Desmond, Duvall, Mallex, Maybin,
@Synyster: I hope so for you, he’s still K’ing too much — Lomo over Mallex
@Grey:
Excellent thanks. Sitting in 3rd place in a 10 man league. Only 7pts back from first. Cashed in four of the seven years I’ve been in the league, but haven’t won it yet! I think I have a pretty solid roster ROS as long as some key players stay healthy!
The long awaited sequel is here.
Climb aboard your luck dragon and enjoy the ride.
(He K’d a lot last year too.)
Luck dragon!
Odorizzi or Montgomery ROS?
Trade Mazara and Grandal for Schwarber and one of those Pitchers?
@Oppo Taco: Odorizzi… Maz for Odorizzi? Sure, sounds like a push
Thanks again for all the hard work Grey!
10 team H2H / 4 keepers per team.
I’m trying to make trade decisions keeping my possible keepers in mind. Looking into your crystal ball, which 4 are you keeping next year and who is next on the bubble (#5 option)?
Bryce (6th round)
Starling (12th round)
Berrios (last round)
Alex Wood (last round)
Bregman (last round)
Conforto (last round)
CDick (last round)
Zimmer (last round)
Rosario (last round)
Thanks in advance!
@RICE: Harper, Bregman, Conforto, toss up
I’m not giving up on Arrieita. I just need two good starts and I’ll be able to trade him! lol.
Declined giving up Sanchez last wee k for Lester and Wieters or McCann, but I was floated the possibility to do my Sanchez/Kimbrall for Trout…hmmmm…thoughts?
@SallyCips: Trout side, though I don’t know who Sanchez is
@Grey: Gary, sorry.
It’s Grey, SallyCips!
@Grey: lol you win.
Might be more of a question for Ralph (if he’s online) but would you rather own Newcomb or Chance Adams this year in a redraft league?
@KarlJ: Newcomb
Great writeup after an eventful weekend!
On your advice, picked up Nelson and got his excellent start yesterday. Now I have a conundrum for this week, need to pick two.
Nelson (@ATL)
Nova (@MIL)
Manaea (vs HOU)
With the roll Manaea has been on I’d normally give him one of the slots but Astros have been lighting it up.
Thanks in advance!
@GonzoChicago: Not Nova
Whose the better waiver pick up in my 10 team H2h league: morales or mancini?
@Justin: Mancini
Hey Grey,
Just traded Lynn and Nelson for Severino and Pineda (no keeper implications though) in my head-to-head keeper league before Lynn’s blowup.
Severino a big enough upgrade for this year to warrant the deal? Which side do you prefer ROS?
Thanks
@JSF: Pineda side
LOL! Loved your insight on how Joe Maddon thinks in the Willson Contreras highlight!
Honestly, if an MLB executive finds out you’ve mastered Joe Maddon’s techniques, you might find yourself getting an offer to manage an MLB team! (and that would kick ass)
@John Hagar: Ha, thanks!
@Grey: It might be the perfect way for you to get close to Giancarlo???…
Now you’re talking!
Do you foresee Fisher being send down when Reddick comes back.
@lwomack58: Yup
Which side do you like here?
Joey Votto and Khris Davis
Blackmon and Maeda
@Luke: Votto
Happ or Nelson ROS?
Thanks homey
@stoopid: Nelson
Hey grey I’m in a 12 team dynasty league 7×7 with 20 keepers and then a 15 person draft. 5 na spots. We make it where you don’t set your 20 keepers til right before the draft so you have total freedom to trade all 35 players all off season. I wanted to know what you think of my team and also your opinion on a trade that I will lay out at the end. Thank you!
C: Gary Sanchez
1b: Rizzo
2b: schoop
3b: machado
Ss: Corey seager
Of: betts
Of: haniger
Of: Billy Hamilton
Util: gyorko
Util: Alonso
Bn: enciarte
Bn: Avila
Bn: domino Santana
Bn: Kepler
Bn : solarte
DL: DAHL
DL: FREEMAN
Sp: sale
Sp: Carlos Martinez
Sp: carrasco
Sp: Hendricks
Sp: jimmy Nelson
Sp: taijuan walker
Sp: Daniel Norris
Sp: joe Ross
Sp: James Shields
Rp: Craig kimbrel
Rp: Edwin Diaz
Rp: Chris devenski
RP: aj Ramos
Rp: ottavino
Dl: Carlos rodon
Dl: Vince Velasquez
NA: Deleon
Na: giolito
Na: Anderson Espinoza
Should I trade Dahl for sonny gray or so you think he’s worth much more when there’s some good news on his recovery. Thank you again
@Joe: Your pitching looks solid, your hitting looks like a cobbled together mess, so do you need Gray?
@Grey: doubled together mess seems bad. But then asking if I need you implys it’s good. So…which is it?
@Joe: oh you’re not reffering to yourself in Third person ( thank god) you’re talking about sonny. Idk I think he can help
@Joe: What don’t you like about my hitting? I felt it was more my strong suit then my pitching. If you think it better off waiting on Dahl then I’ll hold
Dahl’s not going to fix things, he may not even start in Colorado
Huh?
@Grey: okay so what do you think I should trade Dahl for in order to help my roster. He’s my biggest trade chip as it’s a dynasty league. If my pitching is strong what on the offensive side do you feel I’m lacking?
Would you drop Hedges for Zunino ROS? Yahoo 12 team H2H league
@Freddie Boy: Sure
@Grey: weekly roto. Who do you like better this week?
Nola vs stl
Lamet vs det
Thanks!
@Herschel: Nola
Odubel and Santana for Yellich? I’d pick up someone like Happ, Mallex or Broxton to fill in for the open spot on my roster.
@brett: Sounds fine
Trade smoak for starling marte? Ops league? Or would lomo be better?
@Someone pissed in my alphabet soup: Meh
AL Only 5×5 Standard Roto:
Give: Just Dong, Mallex Smith, Berrios
Get: Nelson Cruz, Segura, Biagini
@omar:
**Worried about potential JD trade to an NL team. Segura would slide into the IF spot in place of Gallo, who would become a bench bat/Util. Not a fan of giving up Berrios, but believe I am selling at his peak…
Thoughts?
@omar: Sounds fair
I have to plug in Mccullers in my weekly league hoping he gets a start over the weekend right? Assuming yes, do I start Joe Ross home against the Reds or Junior Guerra home against the Pirates? Thanks so much.
@Blah: McCullers and Guerra
Jeff Hoffman or Alex Cobb RoS?
@Chris D: Hoffman
@Grey: Thanks Grey
No problem
Can you rank the following for ROS and as Dynasty assets…?
Zimmer, Brinson, Fisher
Thanks!
@Sano Chance in Hell: Zimmer, Brinson…Brinson, Zimmer
I remain scrambling for saves in a league where every good handcuff is owned even. Is Hand worth grabbing? Or do you think the Padres don’t care and will just leave things the way they are?
Also, enjoyed the Baby Jessica reference (we’re men of a certain age, after all) and the Maddon bit (again, probably because it contained more great gen x referenceage.) good stuff!
@Hugman: Thanks! I’d forget Hand, but don’t know who you’re dropping for him
Should I start A Russell or Beckham at SS ?
Thanks
@Bob: Addison
ROS: Beltre or LoMo?
@bob: Lomo
Who do you think has better value post all star break:
Duffy or Marte?
@ryanoger: Marte
Grey! Great write-up.
ROS: Trevor Story or Andrelton Simmons?
@ctrengove: Story
Who do I start at Utility this week? (points league)
Y Alonso (4 HOU, 3 @CWS)
M Conforto(4 @LAD, 3 @SF)
D Lemahiue(3 ARI, 3 @LAD)
M Haniger(4 DET, 3 HOU)
thanks
@stu: Yonder
Start Nova at Mil or take a gamble that Mccullers will make a start this weekend at Sea (weekly league)? Mccullers will prob have innings limited but Nova will prob get lit up.
Thanks!
@TacktheKack: McCullers
Peraza or Kipnis?
@lwomack58: Peraza
How we feeling about Broxton? Gonna fizzle again or worth a pickup?
Also, any thoughts on Howie Kendrick? He’s been sneakily pretty solid since returning and I feel like I never see much talk about him. Maybe that’s just cuz everyone elses 2B/SS sitch is less of a joke than mine.
@LeggoPens: Howie is a hot bat, Broxton is decent
Thinking about trading Cole for some offense
1. Cole for Yonder
2. Cole for Healy & Newcomb
3. Do Better
@KarlJ: 3, though if you can’t 1
Am I still holding on to Cargo, when the likes of Gomez, Chisenhall, Choo, Broxton are just begging for a home on my 12 team Dynasty?
@Chucky: Nope
Sorry double dipping here,
which 2 pitchers to start this week? (Points league)
Cueto ( 2 start @ATL, NYM)
S Gray ( 2 start HOU, @CWS)
Taillon (@STL)
J Quintana (@MIN)
thanks
@stu: Cueto, Gray
Hey Grey! in my 5×5 H2H weekly lineup…
1) You starting Bundy vs Indians in Balt tonight?
2) Finally Drop Tanaka for Nova or Quintana? ?
@JohnnyBeGood: 1. Yes 2. Nova
hernan perez ,Whitfield or Peraza ROS?
@mike: Peraza
Do you think Romero will be the closer right now in Wahsington
Huh?
@Grey: You’d have to be desperate for a miracle save to count on him getting another. I think Baker liked the matchups for Romero more than Albers, who isn’t going to lose the temp job after one bad outing.
@CMUTimmah: Besides, lefty closers have become more popular, but they are usually the best arms in the pen when they become closers. Enny doesn’t fit that trend.
@CMUTimmah:
Thank you
@Grey:
Trying to pickup a couple of saves this week. I know Wash. is a mess but not much in the way of relievers on the wire.
Grey,
Morrison, Healy, or JBJ for the next few weeks?
Thanks!
Morrison
Chris Taylor or Drury for 2nd Base this week ?
Thanks
Taylor
@Grey: thanks Grey
No problem
Traded walker and Ramos for cueto. Buying low enough?
Hold
Though obviously guessing what players you’re talking about
@Grey: tajuan walker and aj Ramos I traded away for cueto. Your saying I shouldn’t make trades in the throws of agave in father’s day?
I’m saying I thought it was Neil Walker and Wilson Ramos
@Grey: ah my bad. So you think I lost getting cueto?
I have concerns about Cueto
@Grey: I seen the blister news he has been pitching with since opening day. im taking a stab that once they callus over or if dl stint is needed (h2h so I can absorb it) his pitches will regain their form. the rest of the peripherals look fine but just my 2 cents.
Rich Hill’s hasn’t callused over in 2 years
@Grey: Could be because he is fair skinned (actual joe maddon quote). but in all seriousness walker felt like borderline streamer bait so roll of dice felt right in a h2h. also a psa for rosin up before playing with the pale hose.
Haha
What do I do with OH? I loved his K potential in points after last year’s huge numbers… but now I’m hanging onto him for no reason (Saves = Holds… so no benefit to have a closer.)
Who am I replacing him with?
Addison Reed
Blake Parker
Justin Wilson
a)is alex meyer (@BOS) droppable? SON is not a fan this week.
b)would you start chacin @ChC this week?
c) are these stupid questions?
dave
@Anchovies: Do not start Chacin on the road – especially @ Cubs
@William Hung: Chacin is a risk at Petco. He’s suicide at Wrigley.
Meyer is a streamer.
@CMUTimmah: Chacin at home is stellar, an every home game streamer
@William Hung:
thanks
Derek Fisher or Mancini ROS?
Currently I think it would be Mancini because of the longer track record (ie, safer), but Fisher would have the higher ceiling because of his power speed combo.
Yey or ney?
Mancini
@Grey: Fisher is a year or two away from being fantasy relevant. He’ll have playing time issues soon enough. And stealing 13 bases and being caught 10 times in the minors is a bit concerning. I wouldn’t count on him getting the go ahead if he’s shooting 50%ish in the majors. (He’s currently 1 for 2.)
Mancini K’s too much to keep that average when looking at the numbers. When looking at him making contact though, it feels like he is a .300 hitter because the ball jumps off his bat. He’s in a great park, and looks to be cementing a role for himself.
Gotcha
Grey,
10-tm H2H cat keeper (keep 12 or 24), 30 moves/year
A team that is in full rebuild mode is trying to get pitching off me and has offered:
Bogearts and Chapman for me Sale.
Villar is my reg SS (but injured so have Gyorko filling in) and I have T.Turner @ MI with Dozier at my 2B. My question is based on my pitching staff below, is it worth trying to get the bat ? Maybe I could counter and offer a different pitcher( obviously like to keep sale) maybe Carrasco + Villar ? (I don’t need Chapman for the price he wants for him, mostly interested in Xander)
Sp – Chris Sale
SP – Sean Maneae
SP – Carlos Carrasco
RP – A.J. Ramos
Rp – Greg Holland
P- Brandon Kintzler
P – Alex Wood
BN – James Paxton
BN- Ivan Nova
BN- Masahiro Tanaka
BN – Justin Verlander
BN – Jimmy Nelson
Xander side
Of course, if you can do Carrasco and Villar instead it’s better
@Grey: Okay so the guys just offered Bogearts, Cole and Chapman for my Sale. Am I crazy not to accept this trade ? (clearly I have a huge man crush on Sale – and have had him on my keeper team since the start)
Sounds decent for you
14 Team H2H redraft League – 5×5 (HR, RBI, SB, OBP, SLG) and (QS, SV, ERA, WHIP, K/9)
Got a crowded OF and could use some pitching. Also have a lot of Rockies and Red Sox, not sure if too many guys from the same team is a bad idea. Would love some of your glorious insight on some potential trade ideas:
C: Lucroy
1B: Votto
2B: Odor
3B: Arenado
SS: Story
OF: Betts
OF: Benintendi
OF: Desmond
UTL: C. Santana
UTL: B. Hamilton
Bench: Schwarber, Lemahieu, Bregman, Marte, JBJ, Rosario, Fisher
SP: DeGrom, McCullers, Berrios, Nova, Faria, Maeda
RP: DooLittle, Rosenthal, Bedrosian
Love your daily write-ups, keep up the great work!
Get rid of your bench bats by upgrading… Santana, Bregman, Marte, Rosario, Fisher any combo of them for a better catcher, or UTIL or SS
@Grey: Thanks a ton!
No problem
Happ or T Walker ROS?
Walker, there’s more than one Happ in the league
@Grey:
Burnin’ me (I deserve it, too many q’s this morning)….that would be J.A.
thanks man
I figured
Greetings & happy Monday master grey! Crazy to believe it’s already week 12! Wow time flew!
H2h pts weekly lock league. Looking for a 2 start pitcher streamer for this week which one out of this bunch:
Peacock (he goes tonight at Oakland /vs Gossett, the. Second start is Sunday at Seattle & Gavigilio.)
Zach wheeler (tonight at Dodgers & kershaw, second start is Sunday at SF & matt Moore.)
Sam Gaviglio (first start is tonight hosting tigers & annibal Sanchez, 2nd start is Sunday hosting stros & peacock.)
For bats we use two utility slots one slot I have Pedroia I’m benching him this week, who to start in his place?
Jose abreu (at twins then hosting A’s: 6 games)
Conforto (at dodgers for 4 games then at Giants : 7 games)
Or look to bench my 1b which is Smoak & insert Abreu there? Then at utility it could come between conforto or a guy on the wire I have Space.
Trey Mancini (DH/1b/OF) he has 7 games & he’s been hot! He gets Indians in Baltimore for 4 games then goes to Florida to face Rays: 7 games
Matt Adams braves host SF (he gets cueto tonight) that’s a 4 game series then stays in Atlanta to host Brewers
Lastly which of my SS to start this week Didi gregorious or Chris ownings?
DIDI: yanks host angels then yanks host rangers (they get darvish) 6 gms
Owings : has a series in Colorado vs Rockies starting tues then hosting Phillies in Arizona: 6 games
Thanks & have a great week!!
Peacock…. Pedroia is on waivers in my league…. Conforto…. You’re benching Smoak? Owings
@Grey:
I don’t want to bench him lol just seems abreu is heating up. I think only reason I haven’t dropped Pedroia is because I’m a Sox fan
Don’t sit Smoak
14tm H2H Would you trade T. Turner and McCullers for Machado and Piscotty if you needed power?
Nope
My pitching is atrocious and every week is very hit or miss with the turds on the waiver wire. What do you think of this trade:
Stanton and Cam Bedrosian
for
Yu Darvish and Joey Bats
Works for me
Joe Ross vs CIN-SON has him at 2.8. Would you stream his start. Thanks
Yes
@Grey:
Thank you
No problem
In a weekly 5×5 league where you need to start 6 SP each week. Currently have Carrasco, Archer, McCullers, Severino, Wood, and Nova, so dominating the 4-non saves categories.
Need saves badly, and an overall upgrade in both power and steals.
Best offer I’ve received for Carrasco is LoCain and Matt Bush. Would stream the Carrasco spot and drop Mancini or Kepler for Cain.
Take it? Rest of year player rater says yes, my heart says no.
I’d prefer to get cheaper saves elsewhere
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
Someone dropped Brinson. Would it be dumb of me to hold both Brinson and Fisher? Right now I bench 2 bats out of Kepler, Franco, Tommy Joseph, Duda and Fisher.
We have deep benches, but I’m clogged with injured studs.
You don’t need six bench bats
@Grey: Only two of those are bench bats, they just rotate according to matchups.
Maybe the better questions is rank: Kepler, Franco, Tom-J, Duda, Fisher, Brinson where fisher and brinson could be kept for 1 years.
Thanks.
They’re all interchangeable Franco, Kepler
I have a log jam at OF and DH this week. Trying to decide which three of these guys to SIT this week. Polanco still seems to mostly suck, Beltran has been struggling, Deshields may struggle for playing time, and Brinson hasn’t gotten off the ground yet. Thoughts?
Brinson
DeShields
Kepler
G. Polanco
Beltran
Solarte
Why are you so many players are you sitting three?
@Grey: I didn’t bother mentioning the guys who will definitely start (Stanton, Bradley Jr., Conforto, Benintendi, Holliday). We start 5 OF, 3 DH (any hitters).
In a H2H categories league, who do you like for the rest of the year? Happ, David Peralta or Adam Frazier?
Peralta
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
just saw carlos gomez on my wire. thoughts? versus ODB
I’d want ODB
12 team dynasty H2H OBP, TBs
Pollock/stroman or Arenado
Arenado
Please rank for ROS:
LoMo, T Frazier, Gallo
You did
Hi Grey!
Drop benchbat Ender for Jon Gray? 10tm standard H2H. Pitching is at a premium so now is the time to do it.
Okay
Castellanos for Faria?
Faria
Grey,
Would you trade Ozuna and Andrus to get Scherzer and Owings?
Yes
This was pretty sweet. Last night in the H2H dynasty league I was sitting .000 something (espn doesn’t list the last decimal on rates) ahead in both OBP and SLG. Opponent had one final AB for the evening. Fisher vs Kimbrel and Kimbrel has him 0-2 before giving up a hit. Pretty slim chance. Cost me a two point swing that hit. Fantasy effing baseball.
On the flip side of hurray for fantasy baseball, I was pissed when I missed Wil Myers by one pick and pivoted to Abreu in the draft. And now, well…don’t know if you’ve seen it but Abreu is punishing the ball. His swing is very very Miggy like.
In real baseball there’s a 99% chance I’ll be at the A’s game on Thursday and a 50% chance I’ll get to see our boy Lance McCullers throw.
One guy tough to figure is Trevor Bauer. His xFIP is two points under his ERA. He’s 5th in the league in K/9 among qualified. If I get a few minutes in the next week or so I’m going to try and look at the film on his last start.
Keep an eye on Clayton Richard for Petco streams. K/9 over 7 there and xFIPPin 3.14 at home. I’ve used him a few times. I’m rolling the dice on a double start this week away at Cubbies and back home vs Tigers.
H2h — FMFBL
Yeah, I’ve seen Abreu, own him in a few leagues because he was there in the 3rd when I didn’t have a 1B yet… Love to see him elevate more balls tho
McCullers! I’m jelly on that
I have Bauer in 2 leagues, he’s all over the shop in away games, around a 4.5 BB/9 I think
Oh, and have Clayton in an NL-Only, fine for a Hodgepadre
12 team 6×6 (OPS/QS)
Is Carlos Rodon worth a stash in the hopes he can turn in some serviceable stats? I would end up dropping a streamer like Joe Musgrove or Alex Meyer. Do it or hold? Thanks!
Streamer prolly
Hello Grey,
If you please, which to start in a 10 Team H2H Points League:
C. Anderson at home vs. Pitt
Faria at home against Bal
Thanks much Grey.
Yes, both
@Grey: Thanks Grey. I would assume you would sit one of Zimmerman and Peacock to get both Anderson and Faria in my lineup. I was starting them because they have 2 starts this week. I am greedy that way.
Thanks again Grey.
Yup
@Grey: Ok, major pain in the ass time. Which one of Zimm or Peacock do you sit? Zimm is at Seattle and at SD and Peacock is at Oakland and at Seattle. I am leaning sitting Peacock, but thought I would pester you one last time today.
Thanks much Grey.
Peacock
Grey,
One more question. Which 2 to start as a 4th OF and Utility in 10 Team H2H Points League (I have Polanco and Pujols but others are available):
Polanco
Pujols
Maybin
C. Gomez
Broxton
Peralta
JBJ
Thanks very much Grey. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Maybin, Broxton
@Grey: Wow, my team needs a serious overhaul. Damn! Thanks much Grey.
No problem
10 Team H2H Leadue – 7×7 (R, HR, RBI, SB, BB, K, AVG) and (W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, K/9, QS)
Currently sitting in 6th with this roster and 6 teams make the playoffs. Any trade ideas or ways to upgrade going forward?
C: Hedges
1B: Thames
2B: Odor
3B: Rendon
SS: Story
OF: Judge
OF: Ozuna
OF: Hicks
UTIL: Mallex Smith
UTIL: Hanley Ramirez
Bench: Hernan Perez, Domingo Santana
DL: Trout
SP: Scherzer, Carrasco, Severino, Nelson, Bundy, Hoffman, Duffy, Peacock (Streamer spot)
RP: Chapman, Melancon, Neris, Doolittle
thanks!
Upgrade the last bats on your team — Hanley, Hicks and Domingo for Abreu? That sorta thing
@Grey:
Thanks, I’ll try that. Khris Davis just got dropped in my league…grab him ASAP??
Yes
if your Birth of Razzball script gets picked up and you get to choose who plays you who would it be? same for Cougs. also could you find a way to get Peacecoast in there somehow like maybe a SS of the comments or something?
Tom Cruise and Tom Cruise in drag
@Grey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROwEc4VyJA
Grey negotiating with click ad vendors
HAHA
12 Team 6×6 (OPSxQS)
Kipnis or Cole?
Cole
Hey Grey,
I still have T.Frazier and A.Pujols fighting it out from my bench every week for playing time in battle of the network scrubs. They are both UTIL guys right now. would you drop either of them for
L.MORRISON
JBJ
M.FRANCO
D.PERALTA
B.DRURY
H.PEREZ
K.BROXTON
@dubjay:
Also,
Which 2 would you keep out of these RP battles
Casilla/Doolittle
Romero/Glover
Casilla
Enny
Frazier for Lomo
Now that Godley is pitching in COL . . . in a weekly league, which 2-3 starters are you rolling with? (I say 2-3 because I can play Neris as my third closer if there’s no good third option):
[in order of SON]
Ryu in LA v. COL ($15.5 SON)
Nola v. STL ($12.1)
Fiers @ OAK (-$2.2)
Tyson “god help me but looked really good in debut” Ross at home v. TOR (-$7.9)
Hoffman v ARI (-$12, but like him more than that I think)
Biagini @ TEX (-$16.9)
Godley @ COL (-$23.4)
Thanks! Feel like Jon Snow in battle of the bastards trying to avoid a clunker!
Nola, Ryu
Pitch Estrada in Tx tonight?
No
ROS
Trey Mancini or Mitch Haniger?
Thanks in advance.
Haniger
@Grey: weekly roto, who do you like better this week?
didi – 3 vs laa, 3 vs tex
story – 3 vs ari, 3 @ lad
thanks!
Story
@Grey: sorry, one more. same league. need to pick one of these OF.
conforto – 4 @ lad, 3 @ sf
benintendi – 3 @ kc, 3 vs laa (facing one lefty is hes still platooning?)
dickerson – 3 vs cin, 3 vs bal
HT like CDick, for what its worth, but trust your opinion more. Gracias.
Dickerson
Is Melancon hiding some sort of injury? Strickland or Law (or someone else) the better handcuff? Or do you think Melancon is still secure as closer, just struggling? Thanks.
Could be injured, wouldn’t surprise me, but getting rocked in Coors, he wouldn’t be the first pitcher, Law
@Grey: Thanks Mr. Grey.
No problem
Grey,
Thank you for your wisdom. This is the most important thing I am going to do today…
Who do you prefer – Carlos Rodon or Charlie Morton?
Thank you,
Sports
Rodon
@Sports Benjamin: Meant to add…my league is IP/QS/ERA/WHIP/K9/SV and I am asking which is better ROS
Jesse Winker just called up, worth a pick up in 12 teamers?
Nah
Pick 2 please…
Polanco – 4 vs. MIL
Bour – 3 vs. WAS, 1 vs. CHC
Cespedes – 4 @ LAD
Inciarte – 4 vs. SF
Abreu – 3 @ MIN
Thanks!
@Jason Murray: That’s Polanco @ MIL…
Yoenis, Abreu
Hey Grey, in honor of Junteenth, I believe in Yi, too, but I don’t own you. I wonder who else got the “prayer for Owings” joke. Prayer For Own Meany was a good book.
I picked up Mancini for Brantley….thoughts?
Someone dropped Story, do I drop Matz, Hperez, Owings or …who for him?
Ha, yeah… Mancini over Brantley is fine — Perez, just start Owings
Empty spot on the roster. Josh Bell, Derek Fisher, or Raimel Tapia ROS?
Tapia
Grey
What’s your take on pollock? Would you try to get him or do you think he gets injured again?
Do you think Herrera and fulmer for him is a reasonable price?
Lucky if he plays 70 games this year, sounds reasonable
So not a single Josh Reddick concussion update in 5 days? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Neither here nor there
Haha that Buddy Holly joke was hilarious :-D
Should I drop any of Hoffman, Peacock, or Francis Martes for Jimmy Nelson?
Thanks! Martes
@Grey: Thanks!
No problem
T.Murphy or Yasmani?
Fisher or Altherr?
Grandal, Altherr
AL only 5×5. Roto – would you start T. Ross this week vs. TOR or start a non closing quality reliever instead (bedrosian, Harris)
Start Ross
I’m taking the leap and gambling on Martes this week for his 2-starts based on your reco Grey…here’s hoping you’re right!!
Huh?
Grey,
I’ve gotta drop one for the moving pieces I’ve got going on:
R Hill or B Peacock?
Thanks for your help!
@200 Proof:
Or lose Albers and drop McCarthy for Enny tomorrow?
Works for me
Hill
Drop Biagini for Gio or hold? Gio’s ERA looks nice but peripherals are scurry bad. Analytic guys kinda seem in on Biagini. THanks!
@Oppo Taco: Porcello available too !
@Oppo Taco:
Gio has been uber reliable this year. I’d drop Biagini for him fo sho.
Yes
Grey, 10 team keeper 5×5 OBP, using CBS.
We keep 7 players total. 4 Offensive players and 3 pitchers.
I am currently in 1st by a game. Pretty loaded team I think.
I just been offered Nelson Cruz for my 1st overall pick next year. But I would need to drop an position player, not a pitcher.. Thoughts? Cruz will be top player ROS right?
Grandal
Morales
Schoop
Arenado
Seager, C
JBJ
Bellinger
Jones, A
Conforto
Hosmer
Mancini
DeLiemhu
Moncada
Marte SUS
Fowler
DL – Freeman
Kershaw
Strausburg
Paxton
Pineda
Samaraja
Wilson Justin
Giles
Salazar -DL
Gray J -DL
EROD – DL
I’d want Cruz, drop Mancini
Grey, should I trade matt bush or kelvin herrera for Matt Reynolds, if so, which closer should i deal. I have rivero doolittle and robertson so I have a surplus of saves.
@Ron Swanson: whoops meant mark reynolds on the rockies
Matt Reynolds is not worth anything
Oh, Mark…. I’d trade Herrera for him
Hey Grey
Who do you like better to take the place of Cozart
Solarte, Tim Anderson or Jose Reyes
12 team I can use all categories
Thanks
Solarte
Bundy for Chris Taylor? standard 12 team roto
Taylor
darvish and straily for Nelly Cruz?
Darvish
It’s fair tho
Need potential saves. Familia worth a stash or will he pitch again this year?
Yes, stash
Hey Grey,
12-team 8×8 league (regs + Hits, OBP, K, L, QS, SO/BB) , keep 6, starting pitching is a premium
Their Kris Bryant for my Jose Ramirez, deGrom & Felipe Rivero?
Bonus Q’s: Is this version of Jose Ramirez for real? How big of a gap between Ramirez and Bryant?
Bryant is an MVP guy, Jo-Ram is a usable piece when he’s hitting
Does anyone ever buy a brand new mirror, or are they all used?
They’re all used
Hey Grey.
Hope you had a good weekend.
Adam Jones was dropped in my 12 team H2h keeper league with OBP. Am I missing something here? Adam Jones hasn’t been great this year but I would think he’s still rosterable.
My worst outfielders are Carlos Santana and Hernan Perez. Which one should I drop for Adam Jones or hold for now?
Thanks.
Jones over Santana
Oh, sorry, OBP, I’d lose Perez first
@Grey:
Thank you good sir.
No problem
Anyone know why Sal Perez is sitting out again tonight? That makes 3 out of 6 – which is really rare for him.
Prolly battling an injury
Oblique soreness
Ray-archer. For bellinger-bregman-Andrew Heaney. Which side
Robbie, it’s fair
Grey,
As always, great write-up. Best in the biz.
league: 12 team, 7×7 rotisserie, keep 6
Too many OFs! Who to drop/trade away?
3 OF positions, plus 1 Util.; 1 Not Active spot for if/when Brinson gets sent down.
Betts
OZUNA
Gardner
Hicks
Pollock
A. Jones
Brinson
H. Perez (but he’s that useful multi-position bench guy for me)
Been trying to deal Jones since the draft. No dice. Been struggling with dropping him outright all season. Would be easier if Pollock returns to form.
Bonus Q: Sit or Start tomorrow?
Leake @ PHI
Pineda vs LAA
Miranda vs DET
Follow-up to bonus Q:
WW has JA Happ, Lackey, Maeda, Wacha, Bauer floating out there. Want to make the move for all of them, but who to drop? Pitching has been murderous this year so I’ve been streaming best I can; usually against Phi.
Current staff:
Yu
Madbum
Kimbrel
Melancon
Iglesias
A. Miller
Pineda
Straily
Leake
Sabathia
Miranda
Thanks in advance.
Over-easy, out.
Your OF is crazy, you need to consolidate it… I’d start all of those SPs… CC for Happ
@Grey: CC for Happ done. Thanks. Lackey or Maeda ROS?
Maeda
Hey Grey in a weekly H2H points league would you rather start:
Verlander @ Seattle (Paxton) or Nelson @ Atl (Garcia)??
Nelson
Hey Grey – asked your boy Lifshifz this as well but would love to get your take:
I’m in a 15 team roto with QS instead of W – starting pitching is definitely at a premium so I’ve been holding Hellickson in the hopes of regaining his 2016 form. Would you continue to hold and watch him strike no one out or take a shot on Matt Strahm, who the Royals seem committed to giving an extended look? Big K numbers in the minors…
Thanks!
Strahm
sup grey – would you drop taillon to pick up nelson or brandon mccarthy?
also, which 2 bats for the rest of the year (12 team 5×5):
polanco, kepler, matt adams, souza, moreland, gregorius, duda, gennett
Don’t drop Taillon…. Polanco, Kepler
ROS – Andrelton, Didi, or Peraza?
@Bill Brasky: …or Baez?
Peraza
Grey Bones,
I have a guy in my league who is dying for keepers. I have Trea and can keep him in the 23rd round next year. I’m in first, don’t really need all that much help except for saves. He offered me Cano and Wade Davis for Trea. My other keepers are Corey Seagar in the 22nd round and Arenado in the 15th (praise Jesus for that pick a few years ago). I could keep Brinson next year if he ever stops sucking. Tough to trade a guy after a 1/3 4 steal performance but gimmie your thought! 12 team 5×5.
My prediction is “hold”. Go:
Hold
@Grey: ha, okay. Thanks pal. I’m gonna watch 90’s by lil dicky to clear my mind.
Ha, nice
Grey!!!
Loved the write-up, man!
a. Arrived N’Djamena 6 hours ago, but Internet was 0 bars until just a minute ago. Sad emoji.
b. John Rambo Quote of the day for June 19
Colonel Trautman: ‘Think about what you’re doin’. The building’s perimeter’s covered. No exits. There’s nearly 200 men out there and a lot of M16s! You did everything to make this private war happen. You’ve done enough damage! This mission is over, Rambo. Do you understand me? This mission is over! Look at ’em out there. Look at ’em! If you won’t end this happen, they’ll kill you! Is that what you want? lt’s over, Johnny. lt’s OVER!’
Rambo: ‘Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don’t turn it off! lt wasn’t my war. You asked me, I didn’t ask you!’
Cheers,
Ante
There you are! A. Oh no! B. Nice!
5×5, 10team. Gardner/Reed for pineda
Pineda, it’s close
Hey grey. I’m in a 12 team dynasty league 7×7 format. Currently my team is struggling in the standings but I don’t think it’s all that bad. Do you think I should start making moves for the future or hold and see what happens?
C. Jt Realmuto
1b. Matt Carpenter
2b. Jean Segura
3b. Nolan Arenado
Ss. Carlos Correa
Of. JD Martinez
Of. Gregory polanco
Of. Stephen Piscotty
Utility. Jackie Bradley jr
Utility. Keon Broxton
Be. Mitch Moreland
Be. Hernan Perez
Be. Derek Fisher
Be. Adrian Gonzalez
Na. Francisco mejia
Na. Brett Phillips
Na. Rhys Hoskins
Na. Kyle Lewis
Sp. masahiro tanaka
Sp. Steven matz
Sp. Kenta maeda
Sp. Robbie Ray
Sp. Matt Harvey
Sp. Danny Salazar
Sp. Trevor Bauer
Sp. jharel cotton
Sp. tyler Anderson
Sp. Zach Davies
Sp. Mike leake
Sp. Seth lugo
Sp. hisashi iwakuma
Rp. Tony Watson
Rp. Kelvin Herrera
Rp. Santiago Casilla
Na. Yadier Alvarez
Na. AJ Puk
Na. Kolby allard
What do you think and if you think I shouldn’t make a move what is your opinion of my roster.
Thanks,
Matt
I also have Tyson Ross and Adam Conley as well
Your hitting looks solid, I don’t know how you’re competing with that pitching… Perez, Hoskins for someone like McCullers? Tanaka, Harvey, Cotton, Bauer etc are not good, not sure why someone of them are owned
Hey Guru- koda glover worth holding on to in my DL spot? Albers and the other setup already taken in my league. Would stream that spot. Thx
Stream
I’ve never seen anything like
Arenados ownage vs the giants.
No player has ever dominated
a team more in any sport.
He’s hitting under .230 vs. Bum, Cueto and Cain
@Grey:
319 AB
.320 avg
32 2B
21 HR
75 RBI
54 Runs
1.002 OPS
Wonder how much of that is in Coors and how different it is from other teams’ staffs in Coors
@Grey:
Yea I was thinking same thing:
@att
138 AB .312 9’HR 28 RBI
Damn, he is punishing MRs and RPs there then
@Grey:
He owned Timmy too.
I remember bonds used to crush
the Padres but they should just
Walk this guy every time hahah
Haha
i’ll go to smokey as well here. 20 team dynasty with holds/k per 9/relief wins/relief appearances h2h. fields got blown up and has been moved to minors, who’s best add, j.garcia MIA, romo (appears back in 7th inning, but been badly all year), j.diaz (farq hasn’t been good, diaz could move to 8th inning), george of the roses (also have hoover), b.logan
Diaz
Continue to hold A. Rosario with Beckham at SS, or drop for a streaming spot? Thanks.
Drop
I was gonna drop Newcomb and Nola this week but they have of streams. Would you drop one for Samrd or Fiers or just hold my last 2 WW picks for later this week? If i drop one of them then i won’t gin another pitcher it would just cancel out cause they pitch the same day.. 21st
Newcomb for Samard
Prayer hexagon for Rendon as he tweaked his neck tonight
Damn
@Frank Lynch: @William Hung: Praying…………
Want to drop someone to stream mike montgomery…
1b Smoak
2b odor
3b bregman
ss turner
of stanton, schebler, jd martinez,
util lindor, hanley
bench schoop, desmond, odubel, kemp
dl villar
faria,nova,kershaw,wood, severino, chase anderson, betances, romero, jansen
Odubel
gurriel or piscotty?
Piscotty
Lindor with the massive ticker tease
Seriously
@Grey:
And I benched Santana in a weekly for Haniger.
It’s that article posted today Fault!
Damn Mike!
@Grey: 0-6, 7 men left on…bases loaded and twice with men on second and third…whats the deal with this guy?? Been pretty bad for about a month now.
@J-Money: I have him on my team, that’s why he sucks
@William Hung: Haha, don’t put that on yourself bro…I traded for him in the offseason, so I’ll share some of the blame. Started out red hot, too…
@J-Money: on the plus side, he isn’t striking out a bunch
Ha
Just a slump
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. Cruz and Kimbrel for Scherzer?
Scherzer
Is Roark anything more than a streamer at this point? Some favorable matchups coming up, but he was brutal today.
@Roark: In a 12 team, that is.
Nope
@Grey: Thanks Grey.
Grey, are you buying Steven Matz who was dropped in our league?
I have plenty of hurt pitchers.. to drop for him Gray J, Salazar and EROD.
Lose Salazar for him
If Dusty had his own Weezer Chicago moment, I imagine it involved his sweater and a rogue toothpick.
HA
Am I allowed a humblebrag?
Of course
@Grey: H2H, first three picks were Miggy, Odor and Story.
And I’m in second.
Is it bad that I root for the the Nationals relief pitchers to melt down every time they come up on MLB Tonight?
Root against everyone you don’t own
R.A. Dickey finally got himself a solid game – even if it was against the Giants
Hopefully the Braves blew their offensive load cause I am rolling Shark against them tomorrow
I know, agreed
Brad Peacock or Michael Fulmer ROS?
Peacock…. Question: Are you the real Hubie Brooks?
Danny Salazar/ Jimmy Nelson/ jake lamb for Clayton Kershaw and Kyle Seager?
I have no real ace in my team (Alex wood?)
Bellinger man…
Is ahmed Rosario and Lewis Bronson holds?
@Blipbloop: sorry 10 team keeper league where you can keep up to 8 players a year. Conventional scoring
hey now!’
mccarthy vs vs Mets (and COL)? (SON loves both of these, but i do like human advice, too)
whatchoo think?
dave
My staff is in the bottom third of the 12 team league despite having Kershaw. So thinking of using my wire position to take a plunge with Faria. Worth it with this crappy staff? In third place so just need to fix this before playoffs (H2H league)
Kershaw, Verlander, Nova, Severino, Taillon, MCCarthy, Holland, Maurer, Melancon.
Who gets cut? Or I guess I could cut Pujols but hoping he warms up with the weather??