Joey Gallo, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo walk into a bar.  The bar says, “Ow.”  There should be an All-Star Game weekend festivity where Gallo, Judge and Giancarlo hit home runs and people guess how far it went, but they guess in miles.  “I’m gonna say that went 4.5 miles.”  “Ooh, sorry, there’s no such number as ‘point.’  You don’t win a house.”  Gallo doesn’t hit mammoth shots.  Mammoth shots hit home runs and say, “That was a Gallo shot.”  Have you seen one of his homers?  Picture a ball sailing about 550 feet and screaming, “Holy crap, how am I getting back home?”  Home run balls he hits call Uber after Gallo hits ’em.  So, I’m obviously a fan, and Beltre doesn’t even have a return date yet.  This might be one of those situations where Beltre is gone for another month and, even when he returns, Gallo just moves to the outfield.  It’s slightly ridiculous he’s available in so many leagues, and I’d remedy that.  Immediatemente.  That’s immediately in Spanish.  I did take 13 years of Spanish, after all.  You’re gracias.  Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Austin Hedges – On the team where I drafted Hedges, I have an 0-for-18 from Hedges, then I dropped him for Travis d’ohArmnooooo, who went 1-for-8, and he was gone for Sandy Leon, who went 0-for-3, and bye-bye to Alex Avila, who went 1-for-5 with a homer, but I dropped him too for Tony Wolters, who is hitting .500 on my team in 12 at-bats and who I’m now holding until prolly, I don’t know, tomorrow. Â My point? Â I should’ve just Ron Popeil’d my catcher and Set it and Forget It with Hedges, instead I’ve been picking my catcher scab and it has not worked out at all.
Cody Bellinger – I just gave you my Cody Bellinger fantasy. Â It was written while keepin’ it hundred.
Mitch Moreland – There’s a chance here that Moreland is still not owned in leagues, because some of the people in fantasy leagues, between their drafts and the season starting, were playing freeze tag and it didn’t work out well for them.  They’re frozen with pigeons landing on them and doing poos, but if people aren’t frozen grab Moreland.
Yulieski Gurriel – Is he now going by Yuli? Â If I were him, I would’ve changed my name to Yuliesnowboard. Â Any hoo! Â Gurriel has been hot recently, though legit not doing much but getting base-knocks, which I guess is enough.
Kolten Wong – I know I’m not the only one having this problem. Â I go to waivers and I look for free agents. Â I really need a middle infielder, but all I see is a bunch of corner infidels. Â On one team, I’m currently rocking Mitch “Don’t Kill My Vibe” Moreland, Anthony “The Suck” Rendon, Torenado, Mini Donkey, Travis Phshaw, and Jose “Nearly As Sucky As Rendon” Abreu and every time I look at waivers there’s still more corner men, but middle infielders are like, “Um, well, I guess Wong’s playing.”
Hernan Perez –Â When Perez went off the other day, I was in a Consumer Value Store (CVS, to those not in the know). Â I saw Perez was heating up right as an old lady asked me, “Sonny, could you help me get down a box of Wheat Thins?” Â I was like, “I’m not Sonny Gray, and here!” Â I threw the box at her while I was picking up Hernan Perez on my phone. Â That’s how quick I need to react when players get hot. Â How is Hernan still available in your leagues? Â Don’t you need to get guys crazy fast? Â I have a deal with Prospector Ralph (who did a great job covering for me this morning, because I had a friend in from Dubai). Â When someone needs to be picked up, we text each other and I literally stop everything and grab guys. Â This is Prospector Ralph the other day, “Cody Bellinger called up.” Â Nothing else! Â That’s it! Â And I screeched to the side of the highway, and grabbed him in all my leagues. Â Well, all leagues except the league I’m in with PR.
Ryon Healy – Okay, not hot, but I still have faith like Edward Norton in that movie I thought was about Billy Joel.
Taylor Motter – I almost made Motter the lede this week, but as I started doing a long string of “Yo Motter” jokes — Yo Motter is so fat her blood type is gravy! — IÂ thought about how we want to highlight baseball skills and not Catskills. Â I’m sorry, Motter, I never meant to hurt you. Â I never meant to make you cry, but tonight, I’m cleanin’ out my light-power, light-speed composite.
Christian Arroyo – Here’s what I said previously about Arroyo, “This year, he led Triple-A with a .446 average, which was being bolstered, oh, just a tad, by his .481 BABIP.  He’s got little pop and less speed.  Man, where do the Giants find these guys?  It’s like Matt Duffy was traded away by the Giants, and, on his way out the door, he took a massive dump, and Sabean watered that for nine months and now they have Arroyo.”  And that’s me quoting me!
Tim Beckham – So hizzot it’s ridunkulous. Â So hizzot I can’t even talk like a normal person. Â I’m jibber-jabbering!
Amed Rosario – The other day Lenny Dykstra posted a video saying the Mets should call up Amed to spark their offense, and, for a guy that was likely on serious drugs and within a few hours of ending up in prison again, he was making sense.  The Mets need a spark.
David Peralta – You need to platoon him out when the D-Backs face lefties, because Peralta tends to sit vs. them, but he’s been good enough vs. righties that he’s worth owning.
Delino DeShields – The Dentist says, “Aaaaaaaahh…” and it’s less like “Aaaaaaaahh, that hurts really bad; don’t you have nitrous I can suck into my face,” and more like, “Aaaaaaaahh, all right let’s see something because I picked you back up.”
Michael Conforto – Now that Cespedes strained a hammy in one of his hundred legs, Conforto will be a starter for the foreseeable future.  If he makes good on his promise for the next, say two-three weeks, then Conforto will be one of those guys people look back on in September as someone they wished they owned.  If you can find room for him, do it, as Ben Stiller said in that awful movie.  No, not that awful one, the other awful one.  No, not the Billy Joel one with Edward Norton.
Kevin Pillar – I grabbed him a couple weeks ago when he was hot, and have held him because he’s stayed productive. Â In a way, he’s set up shop on my team. Â I guess, considering Pillar, he’s more become a statue of sorts.
Aaron Altherr – You know the place Parts Unknown? Â No, of course you don’t! Â It’s Parts Unknown! Â It’s in the name! Â But, with that in mind, for Reasons Unknown, the Phils sometimes play Saunders and Nava and not Altherr, but, like a fireman would say, the latter has been hot.
Jarrod Dyson – SAGNOF!
Scott Schebler – If you’ve been reading Razzball for a minute, which is actually a long time according to the Urban Dictionary, then you know Schebler was on a bunch of my deeper league teams last year because Steamer loved him for years. Â Yeah, well, as you can imagine, I didn’t draft Schebler this year. Â Fool me once shame on you! Â Fool me twice–Wait, by not drafting him this year, I have been fooled twice, haven’t I? Â What if you don’t know you’ve been fooled twice? Â Is there a saying for this, George Bush?
Hector Neris – This is weird (not funny or interesting).  Neris is owned in 13% less leagues than Brad Brach.  I know there’s Joaquin Benoit in Philly, but there’s a commoner of the British empire in Baltimore that will definitely replace Brach.  I told you weird, but not funny or interesting.
Matt Bush – If you could read between the lines of my previous blurb, you’ll realize Bush is also owned in less leagues than Brach. Â Oh em gee, I just realized something! Â There’s lots of elderly women playing fantasy baseball and Brach reminds them of hard candies. Â That might also be why Gausman is owned in so many leagues still, because their husbands have random cuts that they can’t explain and have wrapped themselves in gauze. Â Wait again! Â That might be why that woman in CVS said, “Wheat Thins–Did you say Hernan Perez is hot?!”
Shawn Kelley – The day before Koda Glover was injured, I put in a $30 FAAB bid on him. Â Yeah, I won that bid, and now I’m out $30. Â *pats self on back with sword*
Bud Norris – Appears locked into the Angels’ closer role. Â Yes, that is as sad as it sounds.
J.J. Hoover – The Diamondbacks’ closer shituation is a total mess.  Hoover sounds like he sucks and/or blows, Rodney sounds like he gets no respect, and George of the Roses sounds like a B&W professional wrestler, which is good until you think about how wrestling wasn’t ‘cool’ until the 1980s and how freakin’ sad a 1950’s wrestler must be. George of the Roses probably chilled with George Reeves and they talked about how they wanted to commit suicide.  How depressing, nice to see you, now please leave.  I’d back up Rodney with Hoover, but I have no faith in this shituation.
Hyun-Jin Ryu – The Stream-o-Nator is willing to give Ryu another chance, and I don’t think it’s simply because the Stream-o-Nator is lonely and cuts pictures of people out of magazines and talks to them.
Ty Blach – I like Blach in NL-Only leagues, and the Stream-o-Nator likes him for his next start, like it enjoys talking to toll collectors for a few minutes until people start beeping.
SELL
Adrian Gonzalez – Most of my sells are about trading and ‘being a salesman at a car dealership and wheeling-slash-dealing.’ Â Um, yeah, in shallower leagues, A-Gon can likely be dropped. Â Or maybe added to another trade as a sweetener, like how fructose is a sweetener that causes diabetes.
Chris Davis – Grey’s cleaning out his power 1st basemen composites! Â Unlike A-Gon, I’d try to get something for Chris Davis, but I think the days of getting something you actually want in return might be over. Â I don’t know, try it and let me know how it goes (don’t tell me).
Julio Teheran –Â Something’s wrong with Teheran. Â Maybe it’s the Muslim ban. Â Did his fastball get stuck in customs? Â Asking for a friend, if I were friends with Teheran. Â His fastball is way down, his Ks are bleh and his xFIP is 5.20. Â Okay, trouble. Â I wouldn’t sell Teheran for a ticket to see Danny Pintauro’s one man show, “I’m Now The Boss!” But I would explore options.
Please stop my emails from this gallo site-I checked notify me by mistake-THX
Done
Kinda puzzled that my team could go 12/35 today and not score a single run…
@SteveNZ: They either aren’t on the Nationals, or weren’t playing the Mets
@The Great Knoche: gotta love the false either/or
Well, two starts in a row against righties, do I run the risk of starting DeShields in a weekly lineup league, or do I run out somebody else?
Other options I have are Franco, Schoop, Souza, and Mazara (who’s just a piece of shizz lately.)
Also, would you consider dropping Mazara at this point for, say, a SChebler?
Maeda or Rich Hill ?
Lose Piscotty or Conforto for Skinny Dee?
@ryanoger:
You like Skinny Dee over Ender right?
I own Votto for 2 yrs and Mazara for 1 yr. I can add 1 year to one of them, which one?
Darvish, Betances and Rendon for Arrenado.
Which side?
Drop Mazara to pick up Maikel Franco?
Yup
Would you drop paraza bellinger or Dickerson for ryu if you needed pitching? His k:B.B. Is nice
Dickerson
JBJ vs Conforto ros is it close? ops league
JBJ, yeah
Prayer hectagon worked!
Yeah
Grey
Drop Chisenhall for the outfielder from the Reds Schebler ?
Sure
Healy or Bour for CI in OBP & SLG?
Thanks
Healy, but prolly coin flip
Do I need to make a major trade for a pitcher? What do you recommend doing with this team? Thanks!
10 team keeper, 6×6 roto – OBP, SLG, HR, RBI, R, SB and QS, IP, K, S, ERA, WHIP
200 GS limit. I’m currently 17/20 in QS and am currently 1st in ERA and WHIP…most other teams have at least 29 GS already…the teams with the best pitching have started 32+ games and have <50% QS rates, which have blown up their ERA/WHIP.
I'm 10th (last) in SLG and RBI, I'm 9th in HR, I'm 8th in R and SB.
In the past, bats are worth more than pitching in my league as the season goes on. On paper my bats are elite, but in reality, they haven't been. On paper, my pitching is mediocre at best, but in reality, I've been killing it.
C: Realmuto
1B: Reynolds
2B: Segura
3B: Bregman
SS: Correa
1B/3B: Suarez
2B/SS: Xander
OF: Stanton
OF: Yelich
OF: Trumbo
OF: Bautista
OF: Piscotty
Util: Franco
DL: Josh Donaldson
P: Fulmer, Bundy, Shoemaker, Graveman, Shark, Lynn, Berrios, Sonny Gray, Nola, (Matz on DL)
RP: Giles, Colome, Neris, Devenski
Your pitching looks terrible, and hitting looks solid… I’d sell high on pitching, maybe Bundy and Yelich for Kluber?
12 team H2H 6X6 OPS
Drop Puig for H. Perez?
Perez
In a predicament my good man
I must bench 2. Which 2 shall I bench next week
Miggy (4vsCLE, [email protected])
Desmond ([email protected], 3vsARI)
Thames ([email protected], [email protected])
Zimmerman ([email protected], 3vsARI)
Kemp (4vsNYM, 3vs STL)
Conforto ([email protected], 3vsMIA)
Miggy, Conforto
That’s it let o’Day close hahaha
Isn’t Tony LaRussa to blame for
All this closer bullpen bullshit?
HA
GREY YO bro… how was your weekend?
My favorite comment from you was when you called out that dude who was crying about zimmer… he definitely keeps receipts lol!
I think maybe you should refund him a Zimmerman… Zim Zim Zimmerman Zimmer Zimmer man! (To the tune of row your boat)
Anyway I’m loving my lineup this year and was wondering if i could get ur help finding my perfect match for my last utility spot.
C: HEDGES
1b) Ramirez
2b) turner
Ss) story
3b) lamb
Of)Harper, cruz, Stanton
Ut) benintendi
Ut)?
Currently roster piscotty and Peraza for that spot and have Dahl on IR who I think is perfect for it. Since I think I’m stacked on power and could use some speed
Anyway I’m sick of getting pissed on by piscotty and pooped on by Peraza… so next week should I start
Should I
1) go for gomez
2) dentist Delino who steals toothbrushes
3) ring my bell bellinger I’m a sucker for upside
4) continue to get pisscotyd or poorazad
Thanks man btw I’m screen shotting this in case you are wrong.
Haha — 3 — Don’t you dare! Ha
@Grey:
Awh crap I just read bellinger is supposed to get sent back down as of Friday and it’s a weekly league…
Worth the gamble or go with another option?
Thanks again homie
@Shitwolf:
If he continues to hit he ain’t going anywhere
@FrankGrimes:
Thanks Grimey… Hey didn’t you get electrocuted?
Hold Bellinger
Think I can guess the lede tomorrow
I just lost Syndaguard! Who do I pick up ,Snell, Eflin, Estrada, Leake, Corbin, Hahn, Triggs,Wood, Peakock, or Cain.
Look at matchups
Another clunker by joe ross today. Keep the faith? Rather keep Ross or Vince Velazquez?
Thanks
Go Vince
drop rupp for avila? or shrug
Sure
nats took joe ross out after 4 innings with a 10-5 lead and only 78ish pitches. I hate managers.
Just hate Dusty
Drop Moreland or Belt.
No
So I needed steals or homers today and since Rendon has been garbage I figured to swap out for the hot schmotato in Hernan Perez. Needless to say, I should’ve just kept Rendon.
Everyone should thank me cause apparently Rendon didn’t want to play for me and once I drop him the first game he has leads to his first homer. Thanks Rendon!
Ha
@Grey: This swap probably lost me the week. I am OK with it cause I have a feeling he just blew his whole load and now when I go to get him back on Tuesday, cause the people in my league are overly loyal to the players they drafted, he will pepper me next week with the 1/4s.
If I end up getting him back, I’m totally going to own him out of spite.
Ha
I erg shallow league
Need to cut 1 C-Soto, Mesoroco or Norris &
1MI- Merrifield, Iglasias or Barney
Soto… Barney
Grey,
Who to drop to active Desmond?
OBP/SLG league
Tomas
Headley
Moreland
Ozuna
@Test Kitchen: Headley for me.
Headley
Rendooooooon!
@Alex: Rendoooooong!
Sonavabench!
@Grey: and another
@JeF WiTh 1 F: fucking hell
I got so screwed by him, haha
@Alex: about time he wakes up!!!
Do you think it’s time to drop Peraza-I have four other players that can generate steals and better AVG. Also a few steal opportunities on the the wire. Thank you
Trade someone
Fuck Thor just left the game immediately after throwing a pitch…grabbed by his armpit, looks like a DL stint is coming but glad he didn’t grab the arm.
@JeF WiTh 1 F: Now let me take off my Mets hat and put on my FBB hat….I don’t own him anywhere so oh well….
@JeF WiTh 1 F: *Puts Mets hat back on* FUCK!!!
That’s so Mets
@Grey: Yeah it is
@JeF WiTh 1 F: i love how they seem to not really have doctors over there. hundreds of millions at stake and they just play him since he said he “feels fine”. neat. these guys all think they are hockey/football players and can just “play through it”.
@Grey: Guess he should have gotten that MRI.
I know you don’t like Kiermaier, and now I am starting not to either. Drop for Schebler? I am ok on speed.
Yeah
@Grey: also drop Kier for drury?
Yup
Do you have Quintana as a sell? Someone just cut him and I’m wondering if I should claim him, dropping Wood, Ryu, or Maeda.
Also, same guy cut AJ Ramos. Would you take Ramos over Kelley? As a Marlins fan, owning Ramos sounds frustrating.
Ramos over Kelley…Quintana over Ryu
@Grey: Thanks, going to try it!
Is Parra a drop with Desmond back from the DL and Dahl probably back in a couple weeks? Especially if I need pitching help. The move would likely be drop Parra for A Wood. Or would you rather drop Senzatela (whose next start is @SD next week)?
@The Guy: oh yeah.
Yes, drop Parra
Please rank ROS: Duffy, Greinke, Severino and Fulmer. Thanks
Severino, Duffy
Neris and carrasco vs Salazar and conforto?
Neris
Hi Grey,
Would you drop one of Blach or Jaime to stash Kendrick? There are no other bats on FA that are getting PT, and I can risk a week with him not playing if it gives me a decent bat in another 7-10 days. Chances are that someone will pick up Kendrick very soon. However, by the time Kendrick comes off the DL, I should also have Joc and Freese back, or close to returning. I can always sit my SPs.
Thanks!
Next Two Starts (Favor Blach):
Jaime – NYM, @HOU
Blach – CIN, @CIN
NL-Only 10-TM H2H.
My current team:
CA – Realmuto
1B – GOLDY
2B – LeMahieu
3B – Franco
SS – Villar
INF – Solarte
OF – Pollock, JOC, Grichuk, Brinson
Util – Freese
SPs – Cole, Hendricks, Roark, Nova, Moore, Folty, J. Garcia, Blach, Guerra
RPs – Knebel, Montgomery, Rosenthal
What about Gift or Arroyo? I guess lose Jaime if you have to
@Grey: I’ve looked at Gift. He’d give me immediate help. Arroyo was dropped yesterday and will be a FA on Tuesday. They both would provide immediate help. However, once Freese is back, there’s only room for one in my lineup except for off days. I really don’t need Jaime’s start this week, so he’d go.
Thanks!
Gotcha
1st world problem…
Winning my matchup 9-0-3 right now,
Pitching categories tied in k’s, tied in qs, winningin era 4.0 to their 4.45 and whip as 1.15 to their 1.4
They have syndergard going… do I bench or stat ryu came the Phillies?,
Tha ks
@Pnw: honestly thor probably more likely to have a blowup (injured) than ryu.
@The Harrow: don’t like being right as i started him too. but he is getting porcello’d (singles with more and more of em). and of course treat urner is nearly only one to have bad inning with 2 outs.
Start
@Grey: drop Gausman for A Wood, Folty, Vargas or Bradley or hold?
Wood
Delino still leading off even after an 0-Fer last night. Your 395 day old wet dream could becoming a reality
HA
@The Great Knoche: he’s being greatly helped by napoli being awful. also it’s sunday, and somebody might’ve had day off anyway.
@The Harrow: Debbie Downer over here
@JeF WiTh 1 F: i own him (and streamed in a 16 teamer, hours ago, ASSUMING he’d start today) in an AL only. if he keeps playing he sticks on roster over motter (now getting jerked around benched 2 days in a row)
meanwhile, there are h2h roto’s.
there are 2 basic kinds of h2h leagues
1. h2h rotos (scoring is done roto-like)
2. h2h points
@The Harrow: and after what that one MLB.com douchebag did to all of us (i swear he’s trolling grey when he did that) i’m not trusting shit till he’s starting 3/4 at least (which he is as of today) a few times.
@The Harrow: I was kidding
@JeF WiTh 1 F: ok. that other guy didn’t show up again to his own post, i couldn’t tell if he took it that way. and due to cram hard to tell what being a douch is or isn’t going on from time to time.
@The Harrow: Lol. Trust me, you’re no where near as big of a douche as we all think you are.
Point being he’s started 4/5 days and if he continues to stay in lineup could be fairly valuable if still on waiver wire.
@The Great Knoche: i was referencing jef with an f a couple of days back telling somebody who started his question with “i’m in a h2h roto” jef comes in with “there’s no such thing as h2h roto’s”.
i don’t disagree at all with delino being useful. i don’t know where you’re seeing me say that. i said above that napoli being shit will HELP him get at bats.
@Grey: @The Great Knoche:
I’ll trade him to you in FCL?
@FrankGrimes: Maybe for Motter?
Morning Lord of the Grey. The offer of my Ryan Zimmerman for his Gary Sanchez is still out there. I’m having a hard time hitting that damn accept button. What in the world is going on without zimm. Can this continue? I already have Goldy and Miggy for 1B and Utility
I can’t imagine it continues, I’d take Sanchez, but I bet you can do better
Would you trade D. Duffy for C. Owings. Thanks
Nah
12 team 5 player keeper league
starting to come around but need pitching badly
odor and benintendi for Teheran and syndergaard
my keepers likely would be turner, correa, villar, syndergaard and one more…..
pull the trigger??
Enjoy your day brother! Always look forward to your next article!!!!
Thanks! Don’t like it
Up 5-4 in wins and 2-3 in losses
I have 47 ip he has 56
My era 3.47 his 3.32
My whip 1.22 his 1.07
Do you start folty or Miguel Gonzalez today?
@Dv: he has no starters I also have 5 relievers
I don’t know who they’re facing
@Grey: tigers for Gonzalez brewers for folty
In Detroit in milwaukee
Desmond off the DL
Nice!
Nice!
Grey,
In OBP and OPS leagues are you still holding onto to C.Davis? .337 OBP and .749 OPS right now.
Yeah
Grey,
12 team daily roster moves we have a category for holds and a category for saves.
My current staff is: Bradley, Neris, Kelley, Giles, Bush, DeGrom, Maeda, Urias, Nova, Walker, Joe Ross and Vince Velazquez.
I was wondering who if anyone I should cut for Benoit? With Bradley having SP eligibility I can cut a starter if I want to grab Benoit. I’m thinking it’s either hold, or cut Kelley, Ross, Walker or Velazquez. Thoughts?
Thanks
Walker
Greylord……am I still trading my Ryan Zimmerman for Gary Sanchez? The offer is there. I can’t can’t hit it with this insane 1st month Zimm is off to.
I already have Goldy and Miggy for 1B and Utility
My catcher is Beef Wellington
thanks hitter T, first day i played bellinger in a 16 team dynasty and did so over reynolds and c.davis. tron said so.
Reynolds or Moreland?
Moreland
Does the StreamOnator advise on relievers? I have Betances, Kelley and Maurer. Drop Maurer?
Sure
Closers are so F‘n stupid!
Haha, they are
sweet crap, were those neris’ first HR’s allowed all year too? damn, in a pitcher park too. trying to catch a highlight as to how badly those pitches were, as he’s usually awesome. i got this guy in just TONS of leagues (about 87% holds leagues i play in)
@The Harrow: puig’s HR wasn’t a bad pitch, but the bellinger/turner ones very much were.
@The Harrow: i was watching the game, big time Dodger fan here. But after the Puig homer, Neris seemed to be on tilt. Bellinger turned on that inside one and smoked it. Damn he has such a sweet stroke. After that, Neris was totally shaken, threw a ball in the dirt, then JT sat on that inside heater and launched it halfway up the bleachers in left, which is pretty far. I think Neris just caught the bad side of momentum tonight. Benoit look good btw, his heater was explosive and his change was nasty…
in 20 teamer with this offense (OPS, slugging, hits, BB’s, total bases added)
C romine (or whoever is getting playing time, castro etc)
1B freeman
2B jose ram
SS villar
3B franco
OF (3) kepler/stanton/morales (backup 1B too here)
util panik (FINALLY batting in good part of order)
BN to-jo
asked earlier, but galvis was taken less than hour after i typed it.
options: bour/s.smith/rosario/toles/leury/collins. smith/collins/toles/bour (or should be) righty side platooners only but this is for the BN spot so it’s more about production when they do play (and they do play most of the time).
Bour
Deez Nutz Gordon is absolutely killing me with his lack of steals – he’s not even trying when he’s on base either. He needs to start eating whatever AJ Pollock is eating.
@William Hung: possibly a managerial deal there. ARI’s guy has everybody stealing all the time. it’s awesome. MIA’s guy probably has been taking metheny lessons (not in bullpen usage though, nobody would ever attend that seminar, even monkeys throwing darts know better than metheny at bullpen usage in last 3 years. this isn’t even a joke, there’s an article somewhere proving random usage was better than metheny at bullpen usage in at least 2 out of last 3 years)
I know!
@Grey: I am strongly considering swapping out JBJ for Conforto cause of my Mets fandom and cause of upside – please talk me off the ledge
Red Sox and Fenway is much better place to be and Conforto goes cold in two weeks he’s out of a job
@Grey: or whenever cespedes actually comes back (healthy when he comes back the 2nd time, hopefully, unlike last time)
I hate pitchers.
We do 1 category for Saves+holds in the 5×5 roto 14-team league…along with K, WHIP, ERA and QS.
Starters are Kershaw, Maeda, Miley, Samardzjia, Shoemaker, and Wheeler (Musgrove is a Free Agent along with Weaver, Freeland, Boyd, H.Santiago, Andriese, and some other bums)
My RPs are Dellin Betances, Shawn Kelley, Bud Norris, Brandon Maurer. I probably only need 2 or 3. I ought to keep 7 starters but I’m thinking about only 5-6.
Who would your starting 9+1 bench have on it?
Lose Wheeler, and stream
@Grey: OK I think I am going to buy into the StreamOnator and run with it for SPs. What about my 2 or 3 RPs? Do I sart 2? Betances and _____? (Kelley/Norris/Maurer)??
Betances, Kelley
Currently carrying 5 closers and was thinking of packaging one of Britton, Melancon or Feliz and Duffy for Greinke and Betances. Hurting in strikeouts and Holds in this league. Should I offer any of these deals? Thanks
Britton and Duffy sounds fine
You starting either of these guys Sunday?
12 team 6×6 h2h (OPS/QS)
Need one QS to tie and two to win.
I’m starting Ryu since the matchup is good but…
Do I go for the category win and start either $-1.6 Ross vs. NYM or $-9.7 Rodriguez vs. CHC?
Leaning towards taking the risk with Ross and sitting Rodriguez. Thoughts?
@bobbo: Ross.
Start Ross
Let’s run Yu’s pitch count up to 125 in April. I know he was on but still.
Champagne SuperNova!
Haha, yup!
Kendrys or Conforto?
Thanks for talking me down on Ender about 50 times so far.
@hondo: NM-see it kind of answered on another question
Conforto
Cut T Joseph for M Taylor? Looking for a full time hitter with upside.
6×6 mixed roto
Sure
Hey Grey,
site is very laggy, making it very difficult to post from my phone and computer. just an FYI. Anyways, I hope you’re doing well… – a few questions
1) Hedges or Weiters?
2) Rank these pitchers in order: Morton, Shoemaker, Tillman, Miguel Gonazlaez
3) Rank these batters in order: Dickerson, Avisail, Reynolds, Santana, Ellsbury
Thank you.
@Josh-NYC:
Also, would you do My E5 for his Aaron Judge? I know it’s early.. but Edwin doesnt seem to be doing well on Cleveland.
C: Weiters
1B: Goldy
2B: Segura
3B: Eugenio Suarez
SS: Correa
OF: Benitendi, Polanco, Hernan Perez
Util: Carlos Santana, Edwin Encarnacion, Odor
Bench: Rendon, Bellinger
DL: Tom Murphy
NA: Yoan Moncada
No, hold Edwin
Sorry about that
1. Hedges 2. Shoemaker, Morton 3. Santana, Dickerson, Avisail
I scooped up zimm early on, and just sold what I thought was high trading him for longo..with beltre out I really needed a 3B. I feel like I might regret it now with the way he has been hitting the ball..thoughts? I didnt see him sustaining what he is doing now. thoughts? 12 team 5×5 h2h keeper.
Zimmerman won’t hit 4 HRs a week and .400 for much longer
Would you drop Rendon for Bellinger and I was just offered Arrietta and Margot for Hamilton and Severrino? Do it right
Nope
Grey would you trade SP pomeranz for benintendi OF? Or i could get some of his numbers in FA melky cabrerA or ty collins?
Yes
@Jose:
Is this a money league and can I get in it?
Paraza. Duffy Dickerson for Tanaka and archer?
Thanks
Tanaka
So I’ve got a guy in the league that has been plagued by injuries and desperately needs pitching. Is my Chris Davis and Danny Duffy for his Daniel Murphy paying too much? It will greatly upgrade my 1B position and I see that both of my guys seem to be on the way down this season, Duffy’s velo is down and Davis not mashing as before. He has Bumgarner too so I may be able to get him and throw him in the DL for a later pay off. Thoughts? Its a H2H points league.
Still fair
So I’ve got a guy in the league that has been plagued by injuries and desperately needs pitching. Is my Chris Davis and Danny Duffy for his Daniel Murphy paying too much? It will greatly upgrade my 1B position and I see that both of my guys seem to be on the way down this season, Duffy’s velo is down and Davis not mashing as before. He has Bumgarner too so I may be able to get him and throw him in the DL for a later pay off. Thoughts? Its a H2H points league
Sounds fair
@Grey: So he countered for my Carpenter and Duffy for Murphy because he needs the 2B depth, still fair?
Grey,
Grant Dayton was activated from the DL, and I need to activate Sam Dyson then drop to activate Britton. Which 2 guys would you drop for Dayton and Dyson?
1) Mike Montgomery
2) Jose Leclerc
3) Folty
Drop Dyson, 2) Jose Leclerc
3) Folty
I have to activate dyson first because he is on my DL spot. Once i activate DYson then I can drop him and someone else for Britton, and Drayton. The 3 i mentioned are active right now.
ok just a quick question. Why do you like Montgomery over Leclerc
more IP
Leclerc 9 ip, 1BB, 15K era 1.00
14-team Roto 5×5 (HR RBI R SB OBP) and I have a bench spot and I’m looking for 6 names for 5 OFs and a U. My guys are: A.Altherr, Shin Soo Choo, J.Heyward, M.Kepler, A.Gordon and H.Renfroe. I’m looking at Tim Beckham and Delino Deshields, Y.Alonso, Chirinos, Werth, Eddie Rosario, Josh Bell and some others sitting out there as Free Agents. Should I bite or sit tight?
Delino over Altherr
@Grey: Thanks! I’ll give him a try.
No problem
my parents are way into Gomorrah you see it? its in italian w subtitles
Haha, nope
Should I just move on from Kendrys?
What am I waiting for?
I have this fat ass on like 4 teams.
Yeah, can move on
Could you tell me if you have the problem again, because I think I fixed it, thanks!
@Grey:
Yes sir.
So far so good.
Hope that HR get Odor going!
Me too!
Grey would you start john lackey vs boston tonight? I need a solid start
Nope
You told me to keep tommy joseph instead of dropping him and adding ryan zimmerman. :(
I coulda owned ryan zimmerman, he was available.
Tojo sucks
@Wil:
Wil says:
April 7, 2017 at 7:13 pm (link)
Ryan Zimmerman or tommy Joseph ros?
GreyGrey says:
April 7, 2017 at 7:26 pm (link)
To-Jo
Got the receipts, huh?
Haha ?
@Grey:
Heads up.
Been getting redirected to some stupid ad lately.
Ugh, okay, thanks
Grey, should I drop Renfroe for Hernan?
Sure
I’m looking to do a 2 for 1 or 3 for 2 trade to clear up bats since I have JD and Desmond nearing returns. I have an owner interested in Encarcion or Votto. It’s a 10 team 5×5 league.
1) Any ideas for a trade? On his block are darvish, Justin Turner, yelich, trumbo, darvish, and paxton
2) Also, Rendon is available. Drop him for Gurriel?
My roster:
C posey
1b votto
2b odor
3b franco
ss boegarts
of – souza, braun, conforto
util – encarcion, schoop
bench – bregman, peraza, caesar, bautista, gurriel
Thanks a lot
1) Braun, Bregman for Yu? 2. Hold
drop wellington cast for travis d’arn? OPS league sorry for catcher question
D’Arnaud
you wouldnt ever drop JBJ for avisail g right?
Nope
My current pitchers are Johnny Cueto, Danny Duffy, John Lacky, Ivan Nova, Luis Severino, Kendall Graveman, Lance Lynn,and Ian Kennedy with Jon Gray on DL. My bats have been struggling to start the year, so do you think I have enough solid pitching to trade one of my pitchers, maybe even Cueto, for another solid bat?
I don’t, sounds risky
Do you like Matt “the ancient one” Holliday over Bregman, Yuli, Beckham or Pillar?
Given the choice, who do you own?
Bregman
@Grey: any love for Josh Harrison or is he just Schmotatoing?
Schmotato
@Grey: thank you Sir. You are the schmotatomaster.
Bregman is tempting – so ya think It’s early season slump he’ll break out of?