In order to be competitive, the Marlins would need All-Stars at every position all farmed from their minor league system. Sorta like what the Cubs have managed to do. Not impossible, but that’s what it would take for the Marlins because they are cheap AF. By the way, AF is my favorite acronym. Props to whoever first started using it. Feels like it started on Twitter because of the character limit. Keeps shizz short and simple AF, kinda like me (short and simple). Any the hoo! I was saying the Marlins need to be precise AF (I’m overusing it now) with their minor league system like they were with Jose Fernandez. He’s AF as AF comes. His nickname should no longer be Jo-Fer but AF. Or maybe AF-Fer. Nah, that looks like a trade union. A-Fer? That looks like algebra. Fernandez should own Abercrombie & Fitch he’s so AF. Yesterday, Jose Fernandez went 8 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, zero walks and 12 Ks. He has 253 Ks in 182 1/3 innings. Seriously, digest that for a second. WTF AF?! Of course, I wish the Marlins would shut him down until 2017, but I have no chance of owning him next year. Not that I don’t love him. He’s the best pitcher in the game if I’m building a dynasty league. Yeah, I said it. I want him over Kershaw. Kershaw has been durable up until this year, but all pitchers are durable up until the point when they’re not. At one point, Jake Peavy was durable AF, too. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Giancarlo Stanton – 1-for-2 and his 27th homer. 23 more to go! C’mon, ya gotta believe, Tug McGraw!
Bryce Harper – 0-for-4, hitting .240. Tom Verducci said Harper is still dealing with shoulder discomfort. Verducci said it was from Harper throwing 35 innings more than his previous season.
Tanner Roark – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.70. Sadly, he ran up against the Jo-Fer buzzsaw. Sawbuzz? Sawdust? I am the least tool-using man you will ever find. No scout would ever say I was toolsy.
Wilmer Flores – Received a 2nd cortisone shot. He took it like a man. A man that just found out his mom threw away his baseball card collection.
Jacob deGrom – Will have season-ending surgery Don’t worry, Mets fans, you have Tim Tebow. Obviously, not that he would replace deGrom, but he has a special relationship with the Lord and can pray deGrom back to health for next year.
Robert Gsellman – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.13. The Mets might be the only team whose Triple-A minor league pitchers in the PCL have a tougher environment than their major league division.
Julio Teheran – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 3.10. Better enjoy your last two starts, Teheran, before Trump builds a wall around you!
Adonis Garcia – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 14th homer, hitting .273. He’s like the Latin David Freese. I will call him Adonis Frio. Frio has been cold (hehe) recently, but might be starting up his schmotato.
Ender Inciarte – 3-for-4, 2 runs, hitting .297. I dropped him last week in one league because I needed power, but Ender is still hitting near-.360 in the 2nd half, and getting runs (which I kinda need too, but you gotta pick your poisons — hmm, I think I’ll try arsenic).
Ian Kinsler – Sat out with concussion-like symptoms. His mother spent twenty minutes with his doctor until finally the doctor said, “No, chicken soup will not help.”
Victor Martinez – Out with a swollen knee. Gotta go easy on the salt, V-Mart, you’re getting older now. This was brought to you by Nu-Salt, your number one salt substitute that I want to advertise on our podcast.
Nick Castellanos – Still has discomfort in his hand. Sounds like he’s going to be shut down. Castellanos, we’ll always have April and May when I kept pointing out you were a sleeper of mine vs. June and July when I stopped talking about it.
Matt Boyd – 8 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.16. Apparently, you should’ve trusted him. He had a 3 2/3 IP, 7 ER game last time out against the same team (Twins). So, you could’ve started him yesterday, but it would’ve been coin flip. Look at me assuaging you. I’m a mothereffing assuager!
Miguel Cabrera – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 34th homer, hitting .310. He’s great, love Miggy, but he didn’t solve the case of JonBenet Ramsey, did he?! Needed CBS for that!
Miguel Sano – Remained sidelined. Twins are so stacked they had Kurt Suzuki at DH. It’s not great when Madison Bumgarner would be an improvement on your DH.
Robbie Grossman – 1-for-3 and his 11th homer, and went 4-for-4 in his previous game. I’m not going to flatter myself by pretending I can convince you to pick up a guy who is synonymous with vomit. Literally.
Eddie Rosario – Shut down with a thumb fracture. His doctor originally thought Rosario was imitating the Fonz, but the “Ayyyyyyy….” was followed by wailing.
Nomar Mazara – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 20th homer, and 2nd day in a row with a homer. Hot schmotato alert!
Carlos Gomez – 3-for-5, 2 runs, hitting near-.350 in the last week with four homers in the last ten games. Don’t worry, I won’t let you draft him next year, no matter what he does these final two weeks, but that doesn’t mean you can’t grab him now.
Jon Lester – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.36. Still, only the Cubs’ 2nd best starter. Get in line behind Hendricks!
David Ortiz – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 36th homer. I know it feels like you’ve made your bed. You’ve accepted gifts and you’re not trying to Favre up your legacy, but you can’t retire when you have 36 HRs and a .318 average. You just can’t. Not even saying this as a fanboy. I’m saying this as someone with common sense.
Jackie Bradley Jr. – 2-for-4 and his 26th homer. “How much power has there been this season?” you ask with those sad eyes. So much power Jackie Bradley Jr. has 26 homers and he hasn’t been hot in three months.
Eduardo Rodriguez – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.84. Stream-o-Nator is just above sea level on his next start, and I could see it going either way, which means I don’t fully trust him.
Kevin Gausman – 6 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA up to 3.57. When the season ends, I’m gonna have Gausman and Taijuan Walker stay after to explain to me why I should draft them next year.
Chris Davis – 1-for-4 as he batted 2nd, hitting .221. Member the days when managers moved struggling hitters down in the order? Seems like such a simpler time. The Ghost of Earl Weaver be like, “Whaaaaa?”
James Shields – 5 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.98. His last starts are going to decide if he gets a piece of history with a full season of starts and a 6.00+ ERA. If you click on Shields’ name, you’ll see past articles where I laid out how rare it is. Clickbait or just too lazy to copy and paste it myself? You make the call!
Odubel Herrera – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and a slam (15) and double legs (23, 24), hitting .288. ODB is on waivers in my RCL, which makes no sense to me, and, by this time tomorrow I could have him. C’mon, lucky 10th waiver claim! He homered two days in a row, is hitting near-.500 in the last week and ODB is hot like fire.
Jeanmar Gomez – 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.03, as he limps to the finish line like Mary Decker. In Jeanmar’s defense, MLB Players’ Union should strike until managers agree to not use closers in non-save situations. Phils’ manager, Pete Macktheknife says he might change closers. I think Pete might be thinking we’re in June. I guess if you’re as desperate as the Phils, you can grab Hector Neris.
Roman Quinn – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd steal. SAGNOF is as SAGNOF does.
Michael Pineda – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 4.89. “I told you so!” Oh, shut up, Stream-o-Nator.
Gary Sanchez – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 17th homer. This was his 3rd straight game with a homer. Somewhere, Kevin Maas is looking up from a plate of twice-stuffed potato skins, smiling. Until a Bennigan’s customer screams, “Are you going to give me those potato skins, you smiling idiot?!”
Mark Teixeira – 1-for-4 and his 13th homer, hitting .198. Big Papi, Mr. Ortiz, if I may, do you see Teixeira’s year? This is when you retire.
Drew Smyly – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.86. I nearly streamed him, but I don’t have enough starts left on the team where I can stream, so I dropped him minutes before the game. See, I went a little too streamer crazy in August. Well, enough about me! What do you think of me?
Alex Wood – Was activated and moved to the bullpen. In a corresponding move, the Dodgers designated for assignment Bud Norris. Chuck Norris can’t even with Bud.
Johnny Cueto – 5 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 10 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.79, but left the game with a left groin strain that could end his season. His right groin said, “This whole time I thought I was the left groin. Stupid mirror reflection!”
Eduardo Nunez – 2-for-4 and his 16th homer, after being moved to the leadoff slot two days ago, hitting over.350 in the last week. Nunez has been a bit disappointing on the Giants, but he’s come alive recently, rising like the legend of the phoenix, we’re up all night to get lucky, Daft Punk.
Brandon Belt – 2-for-4 and his 16th homer. 16 homers in 2o16 is 9 homers in 2015. Cust kayin’.
Sergio Romo – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 1st save. Hey, look at that! Bochy finally figured out who his 2nd best reliever is. It only took a week, but who’s counting (besides me)? If you need saves, Romo could run with the job, for the next ten days. Okay, so more like a 5K than full on marathon.
Jedd Gyorko – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 27th homer. Not a misprint. This isn’t even print. It’s all ones and zeros.
Randal Grichuk – 3-for-4, 4 runs, 1 RBI. *holding index card to head* Corey Dickerson last year in Coors. *turns index card over* What Grichuk would do if he was a Rockie. That’s my Carnac impersonation.
Charlie Blackmon – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 28th homer. Um, power is so out of control this year, Chazz Noir is a 17-homer hitter. Our Commissioner Manfred, take the Capri Sun juice straw out of the baseballs!
Sean Manaea – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.03, but he’s much better at home, because he’s a mediaOAKer, and he’s home again in his next start. Plus, he’s Samoan, and it’s not the time of year he needs to be selling Girl Scout cookies, so he can focus on baseball.
Joe Musgrove – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.42. Do you think he heard ‘Where?’ a lot after he told people his name? “You must go…where? Tell me!”
Paul Goldschmidt – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 21st homer. Au Shizz! Only six more homers to match Gyorko.
Adam Rosales – 1-for-2, 4 RBIs and his 11th homer, and 2nd homer in the last three games. Okay, schmotato, but I’d have to be desperate to be slumming it with a Padres hitter.
Hisashi Iwakuma – 3 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.04. Something that no one besides me seems to be talking about, but the Dodgers vetoed a deal for Hisashi due to an injury, then the Mariners re-signed him (or resigned, as the case may be here). What is wrong with Hisashi? This sounds like a young adult novel.
Edwin Encarnacion – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 42nd homer. Also, in this game, Russell Martin (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 20th homer, Michael Saunders (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 24th homer, and Josh Donaldson (1-for-4, 2 runs) hit his 35th homer. Sometime during the 7th inning when the game was out of reach, the Jays removed a bunch of their hitters. At the same time, Dwayne Murphy walked out of the stadium. Suddenly, he stopped limping, chuckled to himself and *poof* was gone.
Ryan Braun – Out on paternity leave. The wife is having a baby boy. I know that because Braun registered the baby at Affliction and Ed Hardy for kids.
Starling Marte – Went through a full workout yesterday. As I said on the podcast yesterday, Marte could return, but at what? 50%? You can find someone on waivers who is hitting at 100% that is better.
Adam Frazier – 3-for-5, 2 runs, hitting .351, as he hits leadoff. I wanna say giddy up and other foxy words you reserve for your wife when she’s in chaps, but if Marte returns, Frazier might sit. So, yes, I like Frazier, but you have to make sure he’s playing.
Edinson Volquez – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.25 with a 1.51 WHIP. Not that he was ever great, but this is Game 1 starter of last year’s World Series.
Josh Tomlin – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.61. I told you to stream him in this start, because I’m psychic. Sorry about your cat. Oh, wait, that hasn’t happened yet.
Andrew Miller – 1 2/3 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 1.55, moved his record to 9-1. He lost the closer job. Just try to wrap your noodle around that. He lost the closer job.
Carlos Santana – 1-for-4 and his 33rd homer. Santana hitting leadoff for the better part of the year and Miller not being the closer could have the same reasoning. Francona likes close games.
Danny Salazar – Played catch on Tuesday. How sweet. I hope Cat’s in the Cradle was playing and Mason Reese was crying nearby.
T.J. House – Designated for assignment. Only two people I can think that can get this House back to where he needs to be…The Property Brothers!
Grey!
Scintillating! I looked it up to be a ‘little’ different today.
a. Need help. Start 1 at 1B.
1. Myers at home vs. AZ (Greinke)
2. Gyorko @COL vs. Marquez
b. Start 1 at 2B
1. Gyorko @COL vs. Marquez
2. Kipnis at home vs. KC (Kennedy)
3. Owings @SD vs. Perdomo
4. Drury @SD vs. Perdomo
d. Start 1 at 3B
1. Healy at home vs. HOU (Healy)
2. Donaldson @SEA vs. Hernandez
3. Drury @SD vs. Perdomo
4. Nunez @LAD vs. Maeda
5. Beltre at home vs. LAA (Weaver)
6. Gyorko @COL vs. Marquez
e. Start 1 at SS
1. Owings @SD vs. Perdomo
2. Gyorko @COL vs. Marquez
3. Nunez @LAD vs. Maeda
f. Start 1 at MI
1. Owings @SD vs. Perdomo
2. Gyorko @COL vs. Marquez
3. Nunez @LAD vs. Maeda
4. Drury @SD vs. Perdomo
g. Start at 1B/3B
1. Myers at home vs. AZ (Greinke)
2. Gyorko @COL vs. Marquez
3. Healy at home vs. HOU (Healy)
4. Donaldson @SEA vs. Hernandez
5. Drury @SD vs. Perdomo
6. Nunez @LAD vs. Maeda
7. Beltre at home vs. LAA (Weaver)
h. Start 5 OF
1. JBJ @BAL vs. Jimenez
2. Dyson @CLE vs. Kluber
3. Grandy at home vs. ATL (Weber)
4. Almonte at home vs. KC (Kennedy)
5. Grichuk @COL (Marquez)
6. Fowler at home vs. CIN (Stephenson)
7. Duvall @CHC (Lackey)
8. Schebler @CHC (Lackey)
i. Horatio Caine (aka CSI Miami) quote of the day (September 21)
Sheriff of La Cancion: Geraldo! Geraldo! Geraldo! I can’t get it out of my head.
Passerby: Sorry for your loss.
Sheriff of La Cancion: I grabbed my brother, Carlos. We drove straight to the airport. We were gone before they knew to look for us.
Sheriff of La Cancion: After years patrolling the streets, I was the new sheriff in La Cancion. I talked so big. I made myself a target, and Geraldo paid with his life. Can your lab run forensics on it? Who do you think called for the hit?
Horatio: The man who killed your wife, Memmo Fierro.
Sheriff of La Cancion: Memmo is in jail.
Horatio: My intel says he’s still calling the shots for Mala Noche, from here, in Miami.
Sheriff of La Cancion: How do you know that?
Horatio: A few weeks ago, I put his number two in prison in La Cancion. This is his payback.
Sheriff of La Cancion: I got nothing for you.
Horatio: Your daughter does.
Sheriff of La Cancion: What does that mean? Horatio, is she okay?
Horatio: That’s up to you. Be a shame if the state had to take back custody from her mother.
Sheriff of La Cancion: That sounds like a threat, man.
Horatio: The Torres family, Memmo– did you order that hit?
Sheriff of La Cancion: The order came from a Mala Noche chief in Mexico.
Horatio: How long ago?
Sheriff of La Cancion: Eight months ago. That girl– she’s been putting Mala Noche soldiers away. She has shamed them. She won’t get away with it. He assigned El Asesino.
Horatio: El Asesino– who’s that?
Sheriff of La Cancion: Deadliest hit man in Mexico. He likes to kill up close and personal. He won’t stop till she’s dead.
Horatio: What’s his real name?
Sheriff of La Cancion: Only his victims know, and they ain’t talking.
Horatio: So you’ll get it for me.
Sheriff of La Cancion: You’re asking me to betray Mala Noche.
Horatio: I’m asking you to earn some of that grace you’ve gotten.
Sheriff of La Cancion: Hit me. Hard. They can’t know I told you anything.
Mala Noche Gang Member: Yo, homie, what’d you hit him for? That’s police brutality! Damn, you been holding on to that for a while, huh?
Horatio: I want that name.
Mala Noche Gang Member: Ese, esta bien?
Sheriff of La Cancion: Yeah!
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: holy crap. someone’s in a H2H championship week.
@Ante GALIC: I’d start Gyorko everywhere, he’s in Coors and will get to bat the whole game…Get out the clone machine and get busy..hehe..
@Ante GALIC: Grey!
Sorry, forgot to mention that it’s 12-team roto, ESPN RCL in that RCL!
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: Gotta be able to work out most of your lineup man. Grey ain’t a slave!
@Ante GALIC: A. Gyorko B. Drury D. Donaldson E. Nunez F. Owings G. Healy H. 1. JBJ @BAL vs. Jimenez
2. Dyson @CLE vs. Kluber
3. Grandy at home vs. ATL (Weber)
Grichuk, Fowler
I. Nice!
@Grey: Grey!
Thanks a million. Am in 2nd with 95.5 pts in the one RCL I’m in, chasing 1st place with 100.5! Made up 2.5 yesterday.
The questions above was for tonight only! Tomorrow will be another day, with not many games being played!
Cheers,
Ante
Win it, Ante!
@Grey: Grey!!!
Thanks. Will do my best or you will do my best!
Btw, Rambo Quadrilogy (1982 – 2008) downloaded and ready for next year.
Cheers,
Ante
I’ve never seen one Rambo
@Grey: Grey!
If you like that type of movie, it’s not bad. That’s not a ringing endorsement, is it? But his quotes from the movies are classic. No spoiler alerts allowed ’cause it’ll be difficult to find 150 quotes for next year. They’ll be quotes with no foreplay ’cause John Rambo is no Poet Laureate like y’all.
Cheers,
Ante
Oh I can’t wait even if I’ve never seen them… I never saw CSI either
@Grey: Grey!
I have to give you one spoiler alert just to tease you.
Russian tank operator: ‘Who is this?’ (said with a Russian accent)
John Rambo: ‘Your worst nightmare!’
Cheers,
Ante
HA! I love it
@Grey: They’re on the shelf next to the 5th Element.
Haha
Any SPs owned in less than 40% of leagues recommended to pick up for play-offs?
@eric: Only you know the answer to that question…Go to your free agent SP’s and see what is available..
@eric: No one knows what’s on your waivers
You had 29 wins, 284 Ks and a 2.98 ERA in 49 August starts. You think you could have done better in September?
@VinWins: Ha, thanks, Vin! Yeah, I only wish I could still be streaming…
@Grey: Love to see what you could have done with a draft like this, where I didn’t take a starter until the 17th.
Nolan Arenado, Col 3B
Chris Davis, Bal 1B
Joey Votto, Cin 1B
Yoenis Cespedes, NYM OF
Albert Pujols, LAA 1B
Corey Seager, LAD SS
Rougned Odor, Tex 2B
Ken Giles, Hou RP
Corey Dickerson, TB OF
Francisco Rodriguez, Det RP
Brett Lawrie*, CWS 3B
Brad Ziegler, Bos RP
Dellin Betances, NYY RP
Stephen Piscotty, StL OF
Ben Zobrist, ChC 2B
Ender Inciarte, Atl OF
Patrick Corbin, Ari SP
Jason Grilli, Tor RP
James Shields, CWS SP
Lance McCullers*, Hou SP
Jumbo Diaz, Cin RP
Juan Nicasio, Pit RP
Matt Holliday*, StL OF
Mychal Givens, Bal RP
Nick Hundley, Col C
Davis was a killer this year b/c you can’t drop him and he anchors your average so terribly… How is this team doing?
@Grey: 2nd place, still a chance to move up. I’ve used 139 starts, so can gain in Ks. Just have to worry about hurting my ERA (12 pts). Only scoring 2 in WHIP.
My first 7 picks all have at least 25 HRs, and scoring 8 in Average.
You have a 12 in ERA? On all streaming?
@Grey: Well, I kept some that I picked up, Roark, Shoemaker, and Fulmer. Plus 76 innings from McCullers when he came off the DL.
Nice work!
@Grey: Thanks! I always use your top 300 as a guide, so nice work to you!
We’re having a real love fest! I’d hug the stuffing out of you!
which 1 out of these today is the bench? OPS/slugging/total bases
adonis @ fatolo (1.7)
healy vs mchugh (-7.5), but he’s been massively outplaying this for a while
schoop vs buchholz (6.1)
@Yr never too old for balloons: actually another bench option is domingo vs kuhl (4.1)
@Yr never too old for balloons: Healy
@Yr never too old for balloons: Schoop
@Yr never too old for balloons: Healy
We trusting mchugh today @oak??
@The tone ranger: Not especially
Does anyone have any info about whether Billy Hamilton is coming back this season? The championship in my keeper league looks like it is going to come down to SBs–for me (in second place by 1 point) and the guy in first, our places in the other nine cats are pretty well fixed, and I am behind him by 2 SBs (I was ahead of him by 1 SB until last night). Anticipating this, about a month ago I traded a fairly good keeper for Billy Hamilton, who is now sitting on the DL on my bench. I know that with the Reds going nowhere the likely scenario is that they rest him the remainder of the season, but I keep hoping that they’ll bring him back to get a few more SBs. Anyone heard anything on this?
@Rabbit: Billy Hamilton: The DL move is retroactive to Sept. 5 and does not impact a potential return date for Hamilton, as he was not expected to return from his strained oblique until sometime next week at the earliest.
Not sure if this will help, but it is all I could find.
@Rabbit: Haven’t heard anything
You trusting Luke Weaver in COL today or nah
@Dom: Same question….I’m leaning towards no.
@Dom: A rookie @ Coors? You can try it, but I would never trust it. Best of luck either way!
@Dom: well he just got rocked in SF, so probably.
@Dom: Nope
Hi all – looking for any intel on whether Castro, V-Mart and Fulmer will play this week. Weekly deadlines set today. If these guys aren’t going to play, I don’t want them in my line-up.
@Five-On-One: Fulmer is scheduled to pitch @home v KC on the 24th…Castro, on the Yankees game last night, is said to be out for the year..not sure on V mart, listed as day to day..I would leave in Fulmer in and bench the other two.
@Five-On-One: Agree with MP
Looking to start three of the following:
Gsellman vPHI ($13.2)
Fulmer vKC ($11.6) (but will he actually start?)
Joe Ross @PIT ($6.4) (can he go 5 innings yet?)
Rodon @CLE ($3.5) (blech)
Ed-Rod @TB ($1.7)
Ray @BAL (-$0.6)
Gio Gonz @PIT (-$5.2) (why so low?)
All thoughts are welcome. Not sure why SON likes Ross @PIT, but not Gio @PIT.
@Five-On-One: Fulmer has Minnesota, it KC. I’d lean Gsellman, Rodon, and Ross.
@FKA Ralph: *not KC
@FKA Ralph: SON, MP and ESPN all have Fulmer listed as starting Friday against KC. Why do you think Minn?
@Five-On-One: yahoo. It’s on Fulmer says Thursday against Minnesota. Yahoo is obviously not infallible, so could be erroneous.
@Five-On-One: Gsellman vPHI ($13.2)
Fulmer vKC ($11.6), Ed-Rod
Hey Grey, just wanted to throw Jedd M.F. Gyorko some love and tip folks off to some exciting history that he’s on the verge of making: After his dinger last night, he has 27 hr and only 54 rbi. Only two other people have 25+ hr and only twice as many rbi in the history of baseball: Rob Deer in 1992 with 32 hr and 64 rbi and Barry Bonds in 2003 with 45 hr and 90 rbi.
If that doesn’t make the end of the season exciting to watch, I don’t know what else will. I’m certainly rooting for him to join such elite company.
@Mickey Tettleton: Ha! Nice stat pull
Hey Grey,
Any world in which you’re starting Brett Anderson vat home v. COL? He had 5 IP, 5 Ks in his most recent rehab start.
And later in the week, we trusting Brock Stewart to take the same assignment?
SON loves both starts, FWIWerth.
@The JoGarza:
12 team QS
@The JoGarza: I’d start both
Who’s the best streaming option tomorrow? Cessa @ TB, Chatwood @ LAD, Brock Stewart vs. COL, Snell vs. NYY, Urena vs. ATL, or any other suggestions that you know of?
@Papa Jean Seugra:
Slight correction. It will be Brett Anderson pitching tomorrow for LAD.
@Papa Jean Seugra: None are great, Anderson
Was in first place in my H2H league the final 3/4 of the year and got knocked out of the playoffs last week by someone who held and started James Shields (who somehow logged a QS), but am still reading the column anyway. Denial? Yea, probably. But that Mason Reese reference just made it all worth it
@Odor’s Odor-izzi spray: Ha, thanks!
Please rank position players for tonight:
Bryce Harper vs Tom Koehler in Miami
Brad Miller vs Tanaka in NY
Kevin Kiermaier vs Tanaka in NY
Gregory Polanco vs Jimmy Nelson in Milwaukee
Ryon Healy vs Colin Mchugh in OAK
Stephen Vogt vs Colin Mchugh in OAK
Stephen piscotty @ col
Harper has been awful, but faces Koehler who he hits well…
@Steve: Polanco, Piscotty, Healy, Harper
I forgot I recorded the Jon Benet special. Was it any good?
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: The Butler did it..
@Malicious Phenoms: In the library with a candlestick?
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: You should watch on On Demand, it was solid
@Grey: Add it to my ever growing list of shit I’m too lazy to watch because apparently I was a bladesmith in my former life and watch Forged in Fire on History religiously. Seriously, no clue why I like that show. Have seen every episode. My dainty and delicate hand would shatter if I hit steel with a hammer.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: You like ridunk documentaries, I’d put this in that category… Not as good as Vivian Maier, but worth checking out
@Grey: Yeah I’ll check it out. I watched one of those Vice Essentials about the Westboro Baptist Church and it made me want to punch everyone.
Haha… I watched Omar in Black Market for underground gambling, and it made me want to play poker…Wasn’t as fear-inducing as others
@Grey: Omar was feeling that poker game they went to. Wanted to see him make it rain in the back corner.
The guy that was addicted to gambling was sad…but a part of me was like, “You can get even still!”
@Grey: “I bet people like your story, double or nothing…”
HA! Gambling addict, “I bet you cut out my segment.” Three months later, “Damn!”
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: it’s a sign you need to go to welding school. That shit is fun. We did a lot of work when I took body shop in JC..
@The Hack: I work for an engine company and I am the most out of place employee for what I do. That manly car, metal, fixing stuff gene missed me.
That shizz missed me too
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: what kind of engine company? I’m a car guy first and foremost. Car shows and the car auctions on TV are my kryptonite.
@The Hack: I do watch the Barret-Jackson car auctions, lived with my brother for years and he’s a car guy. I work for a diesel engine company.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: lobe meecum and barret jackson auctions. Respect your bro!. Diesel was the one class I never took. And I should of since I grew up around the big rigs because my mom worked for truckershaw since I was 5. Seriously that’s rad. I kick myself front getting into diesels back then.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: I can yank a motor out of a car, take it apart, machine it, put it back together, and make it run….cause I’ve done it a few times. One of my first real jobs post high school was as a mechanic. I’d make cars appear to run well for a used car lot and do brake jobs and tune ups all day
@The Hack: Wish I could do a portion of that to at least save myself some coin.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: it’s easy. My dad just threw a manual at me and said figure it out. He helped sometimes but for the most part I was self taught
Morning!
I thought for sure you would have some fun with Braun’s baby boy ‘s name this morning… Greyson Joseph Braun, haha
@Big W: It would have been much easier if they had a girl, Eva Braun.
@Malicious Phenoms: Hahaha, oofa
@Big W: Ha!
Ah, I love this time of year, when ROS Catcher questions get phased out. I wonder if all those people asking Derek Norris or Jason Castro in June ever made anything of themselves? But I digress…
Did you happen to catch This Is Us on network last night?
@Cram It: the catcher questions got replaced with the h2h championship questions/disappointments.
@The Hack: Indeed. It’s only temporary though. And there’s like maybe 10 commenters that are actually left standing in H2H at this point.
@Cram It: that’s 10 more than I want to read. I’d rather listen to jehovah wittnesses
@Cram It: HA, so true… June, “Derek Norris or Catsro?” September, “Football player name or football player name?” I didn’t see it
@Grey: I would try to watch the premiere if nothing else. I can’t think of a better twist I’ve seen in a TV show.
@Cram It: At least, one grounded in reality, not involving the supernatural/dreamscapes.
Cool, will watch it… You ever watch Hannibal?
@Grey: Nah, heard good things. Just never went there.
Watched the 1st episode… Was more of a procedural than I thought it would be, don’t think I’m going back…
@Cram It: Saw this, and enjoyed it. Not sure it will be good long-term, with so many unrelated characters.
@Five-On-One: I thought the same thing until it’s revealed that they’re not unrelated. But if it’s just a drama about their lives as individuals, it might not have staying power. Definitely will watch Episode 2.
So was good?
@Cram It: My wife recored it which isn’t usually a huge vote of confidence, but now you got me actually wanting to watch it
@nick the dick: Ha. I knew nothing about it…it just came on in the background and I went with it.
What do I think of you? This could take a while.
@The Hack: Ha
Bench Bryce Harper (vs Koehler)tonight in favor of
Matt Carpenter (vs German Marquez) or
Chris Davis (vs Buchholtz)?
Sounds like Harper’s shoulder is still bothering him. He’s showing it too, 1 for last 17 with a single and 3 walks.
@DoubleDroppingDueces: Carp if he plays
Think Kinsler is dropable at this point?
@matt: he was drop able last week when he got hurt
@matt: Yeah, can lose him
Might you say assuagey af?
@Matty: HA, why do I love AF so much?
Start Moore @ LA today?
SON doesn’t like it, but I recall it didn’t like his last start at the Dodgers (W, 8.2 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 7 K) either.
@L’Carpetron Dookmarriott: I could see it
16 teamer need innings in my H2H semi final.
Start butthurtz today? Or is the dutch oven any better? Crazy to trust Weaver…right?
@Swfcdan: Crazy to trust either…
The Salazar comment = some of your best work all year. LMAO while wiping the tears.
Simply Greyt Poupon.!
BTW Chapin really nailed that one. Classic.
@Gigorilla: Haha, thanks!
Would you drop Forsythe or Josh Bell to have Roman Quinn next week but must keep eye on HRs and Rs. Six pt lead in roto with 12 days to go but two different teams close and both working different categories,so I got my hands full. Thanks,Grey and others. You guys are the best.
@DonnieB: Bell for Quinn, sure
Oh, I need to have good week in SB. Any other names to look to beyond RQ?
@DonnieB: Mallex Smith & Terrence Gore, come to mind. BUT neither is a starter..
@DonnieB: Respiratory Quotient?
@DonnieB: Radical quantum?
@DonnieB: Besides Roman Quinn, what about Abe Almonte in CLE?
And to think I thought how smart I was trading Fernandez for Jake Arietta do to the imminent shut down around the AS break…
@Chicken Shack: Yeah, didn’t seem crazy then
Please pick three for the week
Asdrubal ($13) – 7 games
Josh Bell ($11.1)
Scooter G ($5.8) – 7 games, 6 righties
Adonis G. ($5.7) – 6 games
Domingo Santana ($4.1) – 7 games, only one lefty
Bour ($4.8) – 7 games, 7 hties
Puig ($5.5) – but will he play?
Saunders (-$4.1) – why so low on the Tron?
HR and SB are irrelevant at this point (only R, RBI and AVG). Scooter, Domingo and Bell have been schmotatoing lately. Thoughts?
@Five-On-One: Asdrubal, Scooter, Domingo
@Grey: Sorry – I’m an idiot who can’t count. I need four from the above list. Can you give me your best of the rest?
@Five-On-One: Then Bell too
Instead of Span or Revere you should have a game called “Belt, Beltre or Beltran”…
No particular reason, just sounds fun.
@KeeblerMN: HA
@KeeblerMN: Nice! Also, how about Chris or Khris Davis?
Heya Grey. Thank you and the Razzball team for all your write ups. :D I appreciate them, as they always give me a better chance to win.
Now then, question time! So I’ve got my 14 team 8 keeper league with C/1B/2B/3B/SS/3OF/UTL/3SP/2RP/2P/4BN/2NA league, with R/HR/RBI/SB/OBP/SLG/W/SV/HLD/Ks/ERA/WHIP, and I know how you said I should try making a trade to get a few pitchers and well… I lucked into three teams who are trying to win the championships (and full of injuries) that I scooped up from waivers, Yasmany Tomas, Carlos Carrasco and Stephen Strasburg. I just dropped my bench guys, even though I’m still in play in the consolation bracket for the first overall pick. Which would be nice. But that’s a luxury, not a necessity.
So now I’ve got the following guys(round cost if kept, 20 rounds):
C – Salvidor Perez(R05), Kyle Schwarber(R20)
1B – Tommy Joseph(R20)
2B – Rougned Odor(R04)
3B – Manny Machado(R10), Yasmany Tomas(R20)
SS – Xander Bogaerts(R02), Trevor Story(R20)
OF – George Springer(R10), Gregory Polanco(R12), Marcell Ozuna(R13), Yasiel Puig(R15) Jackie Bradley Jr(R20)
SP – Carlos Carrasco(R02), Steven Strasburg(R02), Jake Odorizzi(R07), Kenta Maeda(R11), Jerad Eickhoff(R20), Tanner Roark(R20), Luke Weaver(R20)
RP – Nate Jones(R20), Fernando Rodney(R20)
Also still got that trade for Correa’s rights (trade partner decided to keep Sanchez). I’m assuming I should probably now go Schwarber (and pray he keeps C), Odor, Machado, Story, Correa(outbidded on, keep Bogaerts), Springer, Polanco and two combination of Strasburg/Carrasco/Roark/Maeda.
Devon Travis’ rights are also on sale right now, so I could pick his rights up and selling off Odor, Tomas and Bogaerts together as a group. Getting an entire infield should be an easy sell, I would think.
What do you think?
@Dorian S.: No problem… Machado, Odor, Springer, Story, Schwarber…In that order
@Grey: Thanks for responding Grey. Appreciate it!
So Machado(R10), Odor(R04), Springer(R10), Story(R20), and Schwarber(R20) to go along with Correa(R18) if I land him. If I don’t, I should probably keep Bogaerts(R02).
Hm, I know you didn’t say it, but the more I think about it, sticking with Maeda(R11) and Roark(R20) for inexpensive values, instead of Strasburg(R02) and Carrasco(R02) would be the better route. I can always re-draft those two if I want them.
Roark at 20 is better than Stras or Carrasco
@Grey: :D Awesome to hear. Thanks again Grey. Really appreciate it.
No problem
Like Aaron Sanchez @ sea today? He has had 10 days off for blister…
Sure
Keeper league trades! Which sides do you like in the following?
1. $6 Khris for $23 Blackmon and $12 Manley Ramirez
2. $6 Khris and $5 Schoop for same 2 guys
3. Any of $6 Khris, $5 Schoop, or $5 Tim Anderson for $23 Blackmon straight up
4. $5 Schoop or Tim Anderson for $12 Manley
Thanks!
1. Blackmon 2. Blackmon 3.Blackmon 4. Hanley
@Grey: Thanks! #charlieblackmonmatters
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?:
Blackmon reminds me of the mechanic from Fast & Loud, Aaron Kaufman!
@Malicious Phenoms: Woah! Good call
HA
I have to figure out my pitching for the rest the week. So:
Matt More @ LA or Ervin Santana hosting DET?
Ervin
Drury or Odubel for my Util spot?
Odubel
Grey,
which 2 of the next 4 would you start tonight?
Kiermeir vs. Tanaka (4/8 off of Tanaka but has cooled off here lately)
Yelich vs Scherzer (yelich is actually 4/12 lifetime against scherzer but has been cold lately)
Mazara vs Weaver (3/6 off of Weaver and hot)
Dury @ Perdomo (3/7 off of Perdomo)
Mazara, Drury
Wong or Hazelbaker for the batty call in Coors today?
Hazelbaker
@Grey:
Hazel Baker
@Malicious Phenoms: Dah, I went to school with a Hazel Baker..
Ugh. Found out Pedro’s playing, just a tad too late.
Damn
Another keeper trade Q for you!
Frazier ($19) for any two of Ozuna ($4), Khris ($6), Schoop ($5), Tim Anderson ($8)?
Thanks!
Davis and Schoop
@Grey: Thanks! I realized I phrased that in the reverse (I would be seeking Frazier). Sorry about that! So, based on your Davis+Schoop, I assume that you would take Frazier for one of Khris or Schoop plus one of Tim or Ozuna?
Yeah, Tim and Schoop
Anyone you leaning on for vulture wins down the stretch. Out of starts in an RCL.
Barraclough
This is funny. Hazelbaker and Wong are the only ones doing anything offensively for the Cards today.
Who is German Marquez?
Ha, no idea
@Scott: Rockies got German Marquez from Tampa in the Corey Dickerson trade..
Didn’t have time to read. Sit or start Greinke @SD if you had a choice? Thanks, Grey!
Start
One more question. Was it the Yasiel Puig hairy eyeball or the MadBum hairy eyeball? I thought it was the latter, but Puig could have said something first.
Bum overreacted (according to Puig) to getting him out, and Puig took umbrage then Bum barked back
@Grey: I saw a video of it and Bum just kept telling Puig, ‘Don’t look at me’, he kept saying it over and over…
Puig shud have went all moobs on him and said ‘I’ll look at you all I want, and your bitch ass ain’t gonna do nuthin about it…
Personally, I wouldn’t mess with Puig, he looks like he could scrap… But Bumgarner has that ace pitcher douchebag quality to him too…
@Grey:Bum yells at lots of people for whatever reason. He’s got some stick up his ass, must be a bay area thing
Except for Belt, Posey, Pagan, Span…Everyone else on the Giants… You’re such a Dodgers’ homer disguised as a Mets fan
@Grey: watch your tone mother fucker, I have no problem with Posey and Belt just hypocrite Bum. And yes I root for two teams because I have love in my heart for other people and aren’t some cold ass only child
Haha… This should be read by a celebrity on Kimmel during Mean Tweets
@Grey: I can make a mean tweet toward Kimmell
You should!
@The Hack: Dear Jimmy Kimmel, you suck almost as much as JB does at fantasy baseball.
Haha, this brings up a good idea…JB and I should do a mean comment portion on the podcast
you guys can read mean letters from readers and former writers
Haha
@Grey: That’s right. Maybe he’s high strung. If you’re on his team, then you gotta make sure to pull him away when he gets into those snits. I was on a team with a guy who could club a lot of homers and he could hit three to tie the game and then get into an argument with the ump over nothing the next inning. He could get tossed in one second flat despite the situation.
@Grey: Puig is a big boy and Bum is just like you said, a real douche, have never had Bum on any of my teams, just don’t like him at all..Him and that jerk WR from Notre Dame, Samardajizzzzz…
Haha
@jb: Looks like another great column today. I’m still scarred by Matt Boyd’s last start and why am I interested in Jon Benet? There should be a terms in the Razzball glossary for both of those ;).
Oh my god, I just realized something… JB = JonBenet — Oh my god!
@Grey: Now this is getting weird, went to see how my boy F-Her is doing, pitching great, and I see this name in the Toronto box-score: J. Benoit
It was the brother!
@Grey: I agree, though that back 20 years ago..He hit her with a flashlight cause he hated her getting all that attention and his old man freaked out and finished the job..
What I don’t understand is why they didn’t check hand writing samples from all the family against the THREE page ransom note..
It was a crime done by a 10-year-old that could’ve been solved by a ten-year-old twenty years ago
@Grey: Yeah, the cops really messed up the crime scene real bad, or was it on purpose, to protect the son.
When you get at it, that it was just a kid, it feels like a big coverup for no reason… Crazy how people just don’t want to own up to what is nothing more than an accident…
@Grey: yup, most surely was an accident, all they do do was dial 911 for a ambulance to take her to the ER and say they were playing he accidentally hit her too hard…
S-Rod @Brewers (Nelson)
Peraza @Cubs (Lackey)
Adonis @NYM (Colon)
Who would you rather start tonight?
Thanks Grey
Adonis
Im going back to some old shizz like yesterday…stay seasoned
E-40 looks like a guy you’d hang out with at a vape shop
@Grey: E-40 looks more like E – 400
Ha!
@The Hack: That’s a slapper. I fucks wit it
@nick the dick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8z7n2q-ZiM
@The Hack: Nice tune Jack! love the sax!
@The Hack: I’m rock hard right now
Started Ralph (and Halp)’s boy Tom Murphy tonight, 3 run bomb out of coorsville!
Yeah, he’s been nice… Anyone in Coors is nice though, really
Here’s a great Irish song for ya’ll..Fans sing it in the stands it at the rugby and soccer match’s here in Ireland..
Nice!
lead is back up to 19….I dunno why I’m trippin’ but maybe it’s cuz 1st place is so much moolah…
if I win, I’d totally buy you all razzballers a beer, all 5 male and 1 female readers ;)
You’re gonna win, doode!
Any of those Padres call ups worth a pick up?
Margot for steals if he plays
Btw, not sure if this was covered but I believe Kris Bryant now qualifies for 1B for this year and obviously now for 2017 in some standard leagues (although he still requires 2 more games in my CBS league).
So 1B, 3B, OF. Doesn’t change his already crazy high value, but still, pretty awesome.
@muskysmell: Been trying to get dude in my league to trade me Kris Bryant..no luck so far..
Cut Throat Kitchen has to be the worst idea for a cooking show ever
@The Hack: My girl hates that ad for Cutthroat Camp or whatever that takes up the bottom third of the screen when it comes on. She’s gonna fight me one day because I just keep saying, “What ad?”
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: keep playing dumb. There is something rad about a woman who hits you
I seriously hate Alton and that show… I’ve started leaving Disney channel on for Ted now just so I never have to see Cutthroat Kitchen
@Grey: and the ads for it are relentless. Alton or Irvine? Who do youu hate the most?
Gotta go Alton now and a few years ago it would’ve been Irvine
@Grey: it’s a toss up for me. I already sent you 16 stories of Irvine
They’re both so bad
Cobb gettin rocked in FLA..3-0 Yankees in the top if the first
Yup
@Grey: 6-0 now, Gary Sachez just crushed another 3 run homer, #18!
Crazy
@Grey: Just got crazier, 4 tampa homers in the 3rd, three in a row off of Tanaka…
Holy crap!
@Grey: Sanchez hit another, #19 and has 5 rbi..Brad Miller also has 2 bombs, 30 for the year..
8-5 Yankees in the bottom of the 8..
Hi Grey,
Thought since the article featured a prominent Marlin, I’d ask you a question about their other not so prominent yet drastically overpaid player, Stanton. I’m in a 14 team 8 keeper and the rules are that you lose the round in which you drafted him. I drafted Stanton in the first round (yeah i know). Should I keep him? If i don’t keep him, I think I’ll be drafting around 6th and the pickings won’t be great..here’s my team
C-Perez
1B- Moreland, 2b – Dozier, 3b – Arenado, ss- Diaz
OF- Polanco, Stanton, Desmond
Util – L. Cain
Bench – Benintendi, Solarte, P. Alvarez, Fowler, Jankowski,
SP- Sale, Duffy, Graveman, Harvey, M. Moore
RP – Ottavion, Diaz, Maurer, Dyson
Nah, I wouldn’t keep him there
The Streaminator likes Brett Anderson for his start tomorrow. Do you?
I’d try him
Damn, Gary Sanchez is making my Frankencatcher look like a full season of Giancarlo….
HA
starting [email protected] tampa or anderson tomorrow. Or save 3 adds for later in the week?
Would you suggest adding an extra bat for tomorrow using one of your three adds if your tied in all offensive cats?
Losing in pitching but still have price, duffy, hellickson, nova, darvish to still go
Save the adds, could see maybe using an add on a bat tomorrow
@Grey: haha thank you mike trout forgot i drafted you #1 until now 3 run bomb. Yea thats what i was thinking I will see whats out there
Yo G!
I’m slugging it out right now for first place in a QS league. Which 2 starter should I pull from the garbage heap with the hope of getting a pair of quality starts next week?
Ubaldo (@TOR, @NYY)
J. Weaver (OAK, HOU)
Smyly (@TEX, @CWS)
McHugh (SEA, @LAA)
These are dumpster fires indeed.
Drop jankowski vs samrdjiza for one of my last 3 adds down 4-0 in steals this week -5 net steals
domingo vs vogelsong
gennett vs vogelsong
joseph @ lugo
whit merrifield vs clevinger
@djjuliooo: also could use a triple but can’t see starting jank after tomorrow
@djjuliooo: or add benitendi?