“Thinking about how I could’ve had Jose Abreu three rounds after Pete Alonso,” is what I tell the man in the plane after I say I want to parachute from the plane without a parachute. “You have anything that burns hotter than 500 degrees?” Is what I ask the grill store employee as I put charcoal briquettes down my pants as I watch Jose Abreu hit six homers in one series. “Just seeing if I can chew glass, that’s all,” which is what I say to Cougs as I bite into a water glass while thinking about El Grande Dolor hitting .322 and four home runs in a row from Saturday until Sunday. “No, I’m not cutting onions, I’m ripping my fingernails out,” which is what I say to my reflection when I think about how Jose Abreu has 11 homers and Pete Alonso hasn’t played in four days and was moved down the lineup for Dom Smith. How’s everyone else doing, that’s nice. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Reynaldo Lopez – 3 1/3 IP, 2 ER as he was activated from the IL. I ain’t down with new Star Wars, and don’t care about Rey-Lo.
Dylan Cease – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.13. It’s painful for me to dig in my heels that a pitcher isn’t pitching well, when he has a good ERA and we’re in such a weird, short season, but Cease has been bleh, contrary to ERA evidence. With that said, every pitcher has about six more starts, so Cease the day.
Kris Bryant – Hit the IL with a pain in his left ring finger. Similar thing happened to me on my wedding night, and it never healed.
Yu Darvish – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 1.70. Since July of last year, Darvish might be the best pitcher. List definitely isn’t longer than three (with Biebs/deGrom). By the by, how did I draft Darvish in so many leagues when people were drafting Clevinger in, like, the top 25 overall?
Kyle Schwarber – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. In related news, that’s five times now Joe Buck’s gone into his mother’s guest bathroom and screamed, “Don’t bother me! I’m going to do a 45-minute poo!” Then exited almost an hour later, and didn’t flush the toilet.
Stephen Strasburg – Hit the 60-day IL. This seemed to be coming from about three weeks away when he said something like, “Maybe I’ll come back for this season, whatever this season is.” And that’s me paraphrasing me! Stressbird had checked out around that time. Also, not to pile on, but I told you not to draft him this year or Scherzer, speaking of which…
Max Scherzer – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.31. Yeah, he’s totally himself and won’t say at the end of the year his back’s been bothering him for 18 months.
Anibal Sanchez – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 6.48. Looked Anigood, has been Anibad, next up, Aniokay?
Luis Garcia – 3-for-4, 3 runs, hitting .357. Sounds like Charlie Sheen in Platoon, hitting that .357. Not enough has prolly been made of Garcia on these pages. He can hit for power and steal some bags, but will likely be hitting closer to .250.
Sixto Sanchez – 5 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks in his 1st major league start. Oh, he’s gonna be so good. This year? Meh, maybe, maybe not. He was shooting 100 MPH darts and dropping nasty sliders like en bee dee. You know you’re doing something right when a 91 MPH change has hitters off balance. Marlins turning the page from the six-fingered Alfonseca to the Sixto’d One is in full effect.
Jay Bruce – Hit the IL with a quad injury, and Adam Haseley was activated. “Yo, hit me up if you need another outfielder.” That’s Domonic Brown.
Zack Wheeler – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.76. Wheeler keeps on rollin’. *Tiger Woods fist pump, does a little ‘terrible pun’ dance* I still got–God damn it, I think I pulled my back.
Alec Bohm – 3-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st major league homer. A 446-foot deep drive. That’s an Alec Bohm bomb. Hearing a lot of people say Jake Cronenworth is pace car for the NL ROY, but don’t think he’s got it locked up or that anyone cares. Almost sillier than giving out awards this year is going to be people who are upset about who won the awards. “C’mon, Bohm had four homers and hit .310 in 124 ABs! How’s that not the Rookie of the Year?”
Rhys Hoskins – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Is there anything Hoskins can do to get back in people’s good graces? Yes. Can he do those things? I have reached Critical Doubts mode.
Brandon Workman – 1 IP, 1 ER, and his 1st save with Philly. Already looking like he can slide right into the Phils’ pen and pick up where Neris left off by being absolutely mediocre. If you hadn’t heard, Matt Barnes is now the Red Sox closer. That’ll be great, as well.
Nick Anderson – Hit the IL with forearm inflammation. Guess that explains why he hadn’t been closing games all year–I’m kidding! Cash is the reason! Cash is always the reason! Cash ruins everything around me! Castillo is the obvious fill-in for saves in Tampa, which means Jalen Beeks, Fairbanks, Thompson…Literally anyone else will get saves. Yesterday, J. Curtiss (1 2/3 IP, 0 ER) got his first save. What an ignorant slut!
Matt Shoemaker – Hit the IL with shoulder inflammation. Now we just need Garrett Richards to join The Cobbler, Judge, Giancarlo and Paxton and it will prove that even in a 60-game season, injury-prone guys are injury-prone guys.
Teoscar Hernandez – 1-for-1, 2 runs, and a slam (10) and a double legs (3, 4), hitting .296. I want to have his babies.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .264. Lou-Gu, my guy! Get hot, my main squeeze, that’s an order, but you do what you want, because I’m woke and very understanding, but seriously get hot.
Chris Bassitt – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.97. Streamonator loves his next start, and I’m with that ‘sitt.
Hunter Pence – Designated for assignment. His assignment is to mate, so Gangly Manbirds don’t go extinct.
Tyler Anderson – 9 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.45. Hey, word to the wise, if you’re gonna go the distance, wait until it’s a 7-inning game. I was thisclose to streaming Tyler Anderson, but a 90 MPH fastball and a 6 K/9 doesn’t exactly light a fire under the man area.
Trevor Cahill – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 1 hit, 2 walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.64. Not to get all toothpaste commercial on you, but nine out of ten times I’m fine with starting anyone in San Fran.
Mike Yastrzemski – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer, hitting .309. Look at the last outfielder on your fantasy team. Betcha Yaz Jr. Jr. is better.
Kevin Pillar – 2-for-5, 2 runs and a slam (3) and legs (1). Pillar rocks! What, I’ve reached my statue of limitations on puns? (Ha, my autocorrect changed that to statute like three times. Hey, autocorrect, I’m doing puns on a Pillar, leave me the eff alone!) By the by, I owned Pillar yesterday for this game and didn’t realize it until after the games had begun. Thank you for some divine inattention!
Jackie Bradley Jr. – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Wake me when he walks three times in a game.
Will Smith – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, as he was activated from the IL. Just what Jada Pinkett needs, more options.
Mookie Betts – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and a double slam (10, 11) and double legs (4, 5), hitting .300. Mookie Best!
Corey Seager – 2-for-5 and his 7th homer. Dodgers 100% win despite Dave Roberts. Case in point: How is Chris Taylor their three-hole hitter? Seriously, dubya tee eff.
Cody Bellinger – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer. C’mon, Chris Taylor hitting third? That makes sense to anyone? Taylor could go 5-for-5 and it makes no sense.
Ryan McMahon – 2-for-4 and his 6th homer. Am already thinking about writing a Ryan McMahon 2021 sleeper? Think he will still be cheap enough to warrant it? I kinda do.
Sam Hilliard – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer, and two homers in two games. Must be tough to be a young player in the Rockies’ lineup. If you do something good, you draw attention to yourself and Bud Black benches you.
Tarik Skubal – 2 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 Ks, ERA at 10.38, which is irrelevant. He’s not ready to pitch 5+ IP, which is admittedly sucky for this year, but I could gush like I’m wet and gushy at how gorge Tarik was throwing yesterday.
Niko Goodrum – 2-for-3, and a slam (5) and legs (3), hitting .202. Who do you think is higher on the Player Rater: Altuve or Goodrum? Altuve owners might need a drink.
Joe Jimenez – 1/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 12.46. Hmm, this is weird. The box score says he didn’t get the hold. Not the stat, I mean an actual hug. Tigers have nothing to play for, so they might try to get Jimenez right, or they might IL him to the Ineffective List, or they might go to Buck Farmer. Personally, I don’t want to mess with Joe or Buck or Joe Buck.
Triston McKenzie – 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 10 Ks in his 1st major league start. Not to defend Sixto, because 1st major league starts don’t really matter in the big picture, but McKenzie had an easier matchup. Also, home vs. away. But, of course, McKenzie looked great, it’s written all over his final line. So, if you didn’t see, he’s a string bean that pumps in 96 MPH and lots of other breaking stuff. All of it with pinpoint accuracy. The nice thing with McKenzie is he shouldn’t be a victim of huge blowouts, due to his command. The bad thing, he hasn’t really thrown much in the last two years. For this year only, McKenzie over Sixto, but that could change. *me looking out the window* What beautiful hedges.
Carlos Carrasco – 3 1/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.50. As soon as I type “Car” into my browser, Carrasco’s player page comes up, because I don’t clear my cookies. Pun points! In a short-season, I’m willing to just forget peripherals and say the season is too short to wait around. As pointed out previously, Carrasco should be better, but do you wait for him? Depends on the league.
Kris Bubic – 3 1/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 5.96. Lower half of my fantasy team says, “Oof,” after getting hit in the Bubic region.
Trevor Rosenthal – 1 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 1.59. This is for Royals’ management. Everyone else can move on. Hey, Royals, you lucked into Rosenthal doing well. He’s not good. Now there’s ‘heat’ that teams want to trade for him. My suggestion is to not let him pitch again until you can trade him, because it will only lower his value. Oh, and tell Matheny that Rosenthal is hurt, because he won’t ever be able to understand any of this.
Hunter Dozier – 4-for-4, 3 runs, and three homers in the last week, and has been one of the hottest schmotatoes in schmotato land.
Kevin Newman – Was removed from the game with abdominal pain. Fun fact! Every winter, I build a snowman with chiseled abs and I call him, Abdominal Snowman.
Gregory Polanco – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (4) and double legs (1, 2), hitting .151. I would be too, if I owned him.
Richard Rodriguez – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 1st save as Keone Kela reevaluates why he wanted to pitch this year. If you’re desperate for saves, you can grab Dick-Rod.
Shohei Ohtani – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 5th homer. Funny (not haha), now it seems like people have cooled off on Ohtani, but, without pitching, he’s more valuable.
Frankie Montas – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 5.22. Right now, it’s easier watching Grace and Frankie.
Eugenio Suarez – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .149. This guy is killing me. Didn’t draft him for singles, but I also don’t drink water for the taste.
Harrison Bader – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .233, but two homers in two games, and hot schmotato alert!
Dylan Carlson – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 1st major league homer. Think he’s going to be good, but have been burned by Cards’ prospects in the past — farting in your general direction, Bader — so withholding love like your daddy.
Yadier Molina – 4-for-5, 1 run, 2 RBIs with four singles. All the single Yadis! All the single Yadis! All the single Yadis!
Kwang-Hyun Kim – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 1.69. This cracked me up. A major league team, who presumably scouted Kim, spent money and time to research him, and even they had no clue what they had, putting him in the bullpen. Yet, we’re supposed to know who Kim is from scouting reports and a few Eminem songs?
Paul DeJong – 0-for-4 as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “I was wearing the test around my neck to show everyone I was negative. I’m sorry if I offended anyone, I didn’t know it was a pregnancy test.”
Brandon Bielak – 1 1/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 4.37. Hey, it’s great talking geopolitics with you in his bistro in Kabul, but I have to use the bathroom. Mind watching my ginger ale?…*four hours later*…Wow, must’ve fell asleep for a few–Wait a second, is that man harvesting my liver? AHHHH!!! Roofie!
Kyle Tucker – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Only took three weeks for Tucker to move up to the cleanup spot, which honestly is impressive for Dusty, and I’m choosing to ignore that he had little choice with Bregman out, except for this mention of it.
Manny Machado – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and a slam (8) and legs (3). Pitch to the Padres hitters, and it’s like stepping in the Thunderdome, and they’re gonna lightning up the scoreboard.
Trent Grisham – 0-for-4, but hit three homers (5, 6, 7) on Saturday. I’ve been strutting like Ric Flair screaming, “Wooooo!” for the last two days due to Grisham. *remembering about Jose Abreu vs. Alonso* Stop stealing my joy!
Justus Sheffield – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.51. He was in Friday’s Buy column because I am a freakin’ genius–Oh, yeah, he was a Streamonator call. I actually own Sheffield in one deeper league and it’s gone like this, “Hey, he’s pitching well on my bench, I guess I’ll start him,” and, “Okay, that start sucked, I’m benching him again,” then, “Sonavabench! Why does he only pitch well on my bench?” And finally, “I guess I’m just going to start him every week, so expect his next start to be awful.” I.e., No Justus, no peace! Justus? No peace!
Justin Dunn – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.57. Maybe instead of talking about how there was Justus administered vs. the Rangers, we should talk about streaming pitchers vs. the Rangers. Do they have one hitter doing decently? Oh, yeah, Derek Dietrich. *insert Michael Scott grimace*
Kyle Lewis – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer. Every time Lewis homers I dress up like a Mardi Gras Indian and lead Cougs and my dog, Ted, around the house for a fifteen-minute parade. Why? It’s celebratory!
I’ll reluctantly be first,but although I have Abreu,I also have Grisham who was on the bench for his outburst.We all have these spells.Brad Miller is available if we want to dig up some old wounds.
Sonavabench!
What a great start to my day! Funny stuff galore!
Just wanna know, where in LA do you build this guy – Abdominal Snowman?! lmao
The Abdominal Snowman needs to happen NOW! Any Razzball readers in Antarctica?
Haha
I make it out of Hawaiian shave ice, very complicated but doable
I made a trade and I’m sort of nervous that I fudged up.
12 team standard points league.
My outfield was Judge/Bellinger/Eloy/Lewis and my bench was Soler and Yastrzemski…too much value on my bench. My pitching staff was: Giolito/Woodruff/Glasnow/Keuchel/May with Mize & McKenzie on the bench.
SO…I traded Yastrzemski and Eloy for Berrios and Castellanos. Berrios looked unhittable in his last start and Castellanos helps my depth out.
This Now gives me: Judge/Bellinger/Lewis/Soler
Giolito/Berrios/Glasnow/Woodruff and Keuchel
Does it seem legit to you guys?
Thanks!
Fister!
I like the trade. Like always when guys and girls analyze a trade there’s a few points.
1. You got the best player in the trade, Castellanos. He is hitting well in a hitters’ park, he’s good. Eloy is good too, but slightly worse than Castellanos.
2. You sold high on Yaz Jr Jr. I doubt he can sustain the power and overall production, let’s see in September if he’s still slugging .680+. I think it’s unsustainable even in a short season.
3. Overall you used a surplus that was being untapped on your team to realize a need and that’s always a positive.
Will the trade produce the results you wanted? Track all 4 for the rest of the season and see at the end. No need to beat yourself up over it, just see at the end if it was + or -.
Cheers,
Ante
Thank you for the comment! That’s some excellent insight that you gave. You’ve got a great point about Castellanos and that really does help my outlook on the whole trade. The thought of Yaz‘s ultimate demise also makes me feel better.
Fister!
Thanks, man.
a. Not trying to make you feel better or anything else. Just laying out the truth in an analytical way. Could Yaz hit 20 HRs in this shortened season? I mean he could but that would mean that others are going to hit 40 and that makes no sense at all.
b. On Castellanos, forgot to mention that he fills a void elsewhere on the team which is also a bonus.
c. There is no point in carrying 4 bench bats who are week in, week out the best in MLB or that you have the top 6 players but can only start 4 of them. You did the best you could to move 2 of those 6 and probably the best ones.
d. Just curious but did you do some racial profiling while you were at it? Like some guys and girls like Yaz Jr Jr but others don’t, get it? Ah well, I think selling Yaz Jr Jr NOW is a good move rather than even 2 weeks from now.
Cheers,
Ante
Solid deal
Sounds pretty fair
Grey!!
Loved the report!
a. I see SON is getting more and more precise with the $$$. Very impressive. Used it to drop Heaney and Odorizzi. Then even after Heaney cleared waivers was able to pick him up again for his next start which is a good one for him (according to SON). Let’s see. Was able to get McKenzie amd Justus off waivers (sent Justus back because SON doesn’t like his next start but might be in again if SON likes the one after) and others.
b. Lot of pitchers struggling to go 5 INN in less than 100 pitches and managers are even more reluctant to let them get to 5 INN if they can’t do it in under 100. Also I see a lot of pitchers completely wiped out after 100 pitches like they just ran a full marathon. I guess it’s hot and muggy but also they probably lack the conditioning necessary to be at the top of their games.
c. Another unwritten rule? If the real manager of a team in MLB decides that this pitcher is the team’s closer than who am I as ‘fantasy’ (aka not real) baseball manager to decide otherwise. Like Pagan is the closer in SD now after Yates and Pomz are injured, so just pick him up. Don’t complicate it too much. However, there are some really stank teams out there so you don’t have to sign up the closer from every team. Right?
d. JBJ, man. He better smarten up or Linsanity 2.0 will become a reality! I saw a couple of weeks ago, Lin played CF and I go – WUT!!! It was right around Benintendi’s move to the IL. Lin!
e. Having AlBum-so and Urshela on my bench really bums me out. I hope they’ll be able to play soon. I re-deployed Evan White for the CI, I’m sure he’ll be great (trying to stay positive).
f. MLB quote of the day for August 24, 2020
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
It ain’t over till it’s over.
It’s like déjà vu all over again. (My personal favorite)
No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.
Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.
Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
Yogi Berra
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks!
A. Nice!
B. I streamed Stripling which went so well I didn’t mention it in the post
C. Ha, yes!
D. Exactly
E. Hopefully
F. Wow, all at once, a Yogi dump
Hey Grey,
Great write up! Love the Rosenthal blurb!
1) who are we dropping when Acuna returns? the end of my bench consists of:
-Grichuk
-Moreland
-Christian Walker
2) are we dropping another guy from question 1, or my 3B Hanser Alberto, for any of the following?
-Alex Bohm
-Austin Riley
-Yandy Diaz
-Brad Miller
Thank you!
1. I’d lose Walker
2. I’d hold
Thanks!
A. Agree with DT
B. Hanser for Bohm sounds fine if you need power vs. AVG
Keeper League
Alex Vergugo or Trent grisham?
ROS as well? They looks pretty even and same age.
Grisham long term and ROS
Agree with DT
Pagan looks to be the go to guy in the 9th now, if he’s available gotta add him ya?
Yeah I think so
Yeah
I like the sly six-fungered reversal. Kinda like a lateral from QB Alfonseca to the Sixto’d One, except you’re the QB and we are cardboard cutout caricatures of ourselves. Great write-up! Btw, why arent there cutouts of the peanut vendor guy who blocks the kid in aisle 3’s view?
Its hard to believe we’re almost at the half way mark when I’m sill making the type of adjustments one does in the first month to my roster. By the time I get things right I’ll be raking leaves and helping the kids with their Halloween costumes.
It feels like going to the pump and getting a 1/4 tank of gas before I start to drive from LA to SF, and find myself praying to get to an offramp right before I run out of gas in Button Willow.
Or are we all in the Twillight Zone?
Haha, good point on peanut vendor
Yeah, I know, it’s a very goofy season — so much luck involved, hard to get a grasp on trends and breakouts, etc
Luck and Manfred remind me that I should have stayed away from fantasy this year.
Yeah, its indeed a sh*tshow.
Curious this morning: nola, Bart, or Sean Murphy? Have nola right now and he gets about 2x the ABs of Murphy. Bart playing time tbd…
I’d try Bart
Agree with DT
Thanks for the great report Grey!
16 team H2H weekly points league…redraft
I need to drop one: Karinchak, MacKenzie Gore or Gonsolin (I have them in my bench but one needs to go)
I need to start two of these SP for this week:
Fried 1X @ PHI;
Richards 1X Vs SEA;
E. Hernandez 1X @ NYM;
Mize 1X Vs CHC and 1X Vs MIN;
for my final 2 RP spots: (W= 5pts, SV= 5pts, Hold = 2pts, QS =3pts, L= -3 pts.)
Dustin May 1X @ TEX;
Karinchak 3x Vs MIN and 3 @ STL;
D. Hudson 1x Vs MIA, 3X Vs PHI and 3X @ BOS
Thanks again for the great work!
I’d lose Gonsolin .
Elieser and Mize for me.
Karinchak and Hudson for me.
If Elieser pitches one game of the doubleheader on Tue, then he might be a 2-starter for this week, right?
Thanks
Gonsolin
Richards, Mize
Agree with DT
Hey Grey! In a keeper league where I’m going for #1 and need to boost pitching ratios, W, and K ideally…would you trade your $4 Giolito for …
… a $4 Julio Urias and a $16 back-to-normal-pitch-count Snell?
Thanks!
Giolito gives you those things though, doesn’t he?
I’d do that deal
I also thought it was Urias OR Snell. So yeah, agree with DT.
Thanks – yes it’s 2:1. Thanks guys!
Agree with others
On a related note, do we think Giolito gets 2 starts this week? SON says no (for Giolito to start both Tuesday and Sunday they would need to skip their 5th starter due to the 5-game week). Other sites think yes 2-starts, but might not be looking as closely….
SON goes off regular SP schedule, but White Sox don’t have a 5th SP right now, depends if Dunning is recalled, I guess
You should have saved the moniker “Albombso” for Alec Bohm. AlBohmso!
Ha!
Yeah, sigh, wth
any new on pedro severino?
who would you drop to replace him
bredan rodgers, schwarber, mckenzie, mize or severino?
Luis, the yanks SP, right? And you must mean add. I’d grab Schwarber and see if he is heating up, if not move on.
no the catcher from baltimore
I had to go look at stats, I’m shocked to see that he is over 80% owned in ESPN and that he has 5 homers. Must have the blinders on to Oreos catchers, though I did see Sisco has been leading off recently. Off topic kinda, but embarrassingly enough, I added Cedric Mullins for cheap speed, fingers crossed.
Schwarber would be my favored bat and T-Mac if you prefer an arm instead.
thanks severion had 4 decent weeks i picked up to as a hold over for when sal perez went down …..catcher you have to take what you can get
.i need a catcher schwarber is not eligible i already have him a bench bat
Can lose Severino
thanks someone just dropped molina but has to go thru waivers and i’m 9th on the list
so i grabbed will smith for now…….the catcher postion is terrible
Can lose Severino
Joe Jiminez is a dumpster fire. In the leagues I have him, I’m desperate for saves. Do I bench him? Drop him and move on? Keep in lineup and pray? This is a tough case. Is it worth adding farmer? I need a new hobby.
If you’re that desperate, you have to run him out there until he’s not the closer.
Agree with Cram
Keep an eye on what the Red Sox do with that pen. Barnes might also get moved, if he can get a clean inning or two in this week. In my deep dynasty, i just added Phillips Valdez as a dart throw
“if he can get a clean inning or two in this week” – 0% chance – for whatever reason, Barnes seems to only be interested in throwing strikes when he’s in a RISP situation – For real though, I think he’s only had 2 clean innings all season so far?
Don’t think either Jimenez or Buck are worth owning, but if you’re desperate, Jimenez
Pagan or Kimbrel?
I dropped Dozier and Tucker for Happ and Gallo last week, and luck would have it that Happ cooled off, Gallo is mired, and Dozier and Tucker are a schmotato-ing.
Would you swap them back out?
Paga. I’d hold.
Agree with DT
Grey –
Would love your thoughts on a couple questions for the week, 5×5 with OPS over BA:
1. Pick a UT from Baez ([email protected], [email protected]) , Grisham (3 v Sea, [email protected]), and Rosario ([email protected], [email protected])
2. Drop Neris for either Taylor Williams, Kimbrel, or Andrew Miller for saves?
Thanks!
1. Grisham
2. Kimbrel
1. Agree with DT
2. Williams
Greyt write up!
12 team 5×5 Yahoo H2H
Do you like Mize and F. Valdez starting today? Or bench and hold? or drop Mize?
Thanks!
I’d start
I’m staring Valdez in multiple places although I’m fully expecting the regression fairies to come a ‘swarmin’.
No idea who they’re pitching against
Valdez vs LAA
Mize vs Cubs
Thanks!
Both home? I’d go Framber
For weekly lineups:
Who should I start?
Laureano (7 games – 4 @ TEX and 3 @ HOU) or
Kyle Lewis (6 games – 3 @ SD and 3 @ LAA)
Thanks again.
Lewis
Laureano
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Former NHL player and coach Mike Milbury has been sidelined for the remainder of the Stanley Cup Playoffs after comments he made about women Thursday night on the NBC Sports Network.
Mike Milbury, who works as an analyst for the network, was on air during the Washington Capitals-New York Islanders game and speaking with co-host Brian Boucher about the success of the NHL’s bubble during the coronavirus pandemic.
“If you think about it, it’s a terrific environment with regard to — if you enjoy playing and enjoy being with your teammates for long periods of time, it’s a perfect place,” Boucher said.
“Not even any woman here to disrupt your concentration,” Milbury replied.
https://twitter.com/AlisonL/status/1296637297354510336
While people can say things that may be insensitive to many people, and that certainly can be addressed on a case-by-case basis, the whole climate of “cancel culture” has gotten out of hand. If broadcasters or other public figures say something foolish for the context then they will feel the heat one way or another. Sometimes a reckoning is good for people. But cancelling people forever seems extreme to me. People say stupid sh*t sometimes. It happens and they have to deal with it. Being publicly outraged seems to have become its own sporting event for some. Being outraged takes no skill nor requires no test of meddle or one’s true character. It seems like media now caves 100% of the time now to cry-bullies who really just need something real to do in this world other than playIng the victim. Like, how about helping real victims like children freed from human trafficking or something truly virtuous.
i can’t even imagine noticing the comment who really hangs on every word the color commentator makes?
You don’t have to hang on to every word to hear a couple of sentences. Their job is to say words to people listening.
regardless that seems like a low bar for suspension
Probably, but I’m not getting into that.
dang i had my popcorn ready
Hahahaha. Not today, sorry!
its early he may not be woke yet
It doesnt seem mean spirited, just old fashioned. Two generations ago there were mens’ social clubs and male-only establishments. In a large chunk of the world (most of Middle East) men and women are separate much or most of the time. Is that “wrong” or just culture?
Personally, I think people should be allowed more self-determination. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be among other similar type males. I know when it comes to broadcasters I definitely prefer males doing play-by-play just like I prefer male lead vocalists for heavy metal or hard rock. But there are exceptions and people should make their own determinations not have the PC police out to enforce.
I don’t think this is about associating with your own gender. I think it’s about women feeling oppressed being labeled a “distraction”, which is a whole other ball of wax.
Yeah, that reminds me of the whole issue years ago about female reporters having equal access to the locker room. Players didnt feel the same liberty to walk around naked or partially, or act like a “dude” might when just jocks around. It seems like everybody has to be “on” all the time and, particularly men, arent given much space to be a bit crude or inappopriate. There are no more “closed doors.”
Milbury gets suspended, and Jamele Hill continues her racist and anti semitic garbage and gets promoted. espn is a sewer !!!
ESPN suspended her in 2017 and she was let go from Sportscenter a year later.
Who?
Former Boston Bruin NHL player now broadcaster…
Ah
a hockey broadcaster , i happened to be watching that game so i caught the story
Ah
Hello Grey,
Aguilar or Croneworth ROS?
Thanks again for your thoughts
Cronenworth
Thanks DT
Agree with DT
Also praying Acuña is able to return (and is actually healthy) this week. Which would you drop (12 team, keep 6 players year to year):
Grichuk, McCutchen, Carlson
Leaning toward keeping Carlson to see where that goes. Thoughts?
McCutchen
Hey Grey,
H2H 12-team cat. keeper (keep10) balanced stats (R,H,HR,RBI,SB,BB,AVG, OPS,XBH / W,CG,SV,K,GIDP,ERA,WHIP,QS), limit of 20 moves/year
In 4th place with 2 weeks left. I’m trying to work out some trades to try and build up my Pitching (guy is offering me Berrios for my 12th round pick – which would be round 2 after keepers). I believe I have too many young/rookies but don’t know which ones to cut. Anyone on the wire worth grabbing (Cronenworth, Flores, Gallegos, Minor)?
I’m going to try and acquire (through a trade) a Catcher and most likely another reliever as well unless you see decent add form the wire.
Some guys on the wire:
HIT- J. Winker (added to waivers today), D. Peralta, W. Flores, A. McCutchen, J. Cronenworth, K. Calhoun, Y. Diaz, N. Ahmed, C. Taylor, W. Ramos ©, M. Garver ©, Y. Molina ©, C. Kelly ©, M. Maldonado ©, S. Murphy ©, A. Barnes ©, Y. Gomes ©
PIT- M. Minor, M. Fiers, Z. Eflin, M. Perez, B. Anderson,
RP- J. Jimenez, G. Gallegos, D. Hudson, W. Smith, K. Kela, B. Kintzler, R. Pressly, T. Willaims, M. Barnes, A. Miller,
My team:
C – EMPTY
1B – A. Rizzo
2B – K. Marte
3B – I. Happ
SS –T. Turner
CI –P. Goldschmidt
MI – D. Fletcher
LF – J.D. Martinez
CF – T. Hernandez
RF – C. Yelich
Util – C. Blackmon
BN – E. Suarez
BN – R. Mountcastle
BN – D. Carlson
BN – D. Santana
SP – W. Buehler
SP – S. Gray
SP – J. Lindblom
RP – J. Hader (RP)
RP – C. Burnes
P – S. Turnbull
P – M. Kelly
BN – K. Gausman
BN – S. Howard
BN – Sixto Sanchez
IL – C. Martinez (covid)
IL – C. Smith (covid)
IL – C. Kluber (60-day)
IL – J. Verlander (10-day)
Thanks bud
Marv
remove Cronenworth from that list above, he got snatched up
Winker, Perlata are better than Carlson/Santana, but Santana might help with POS — Turnbull, and Lindblom are streamers, but depends on matchups
I’ve read your work on this site for several years. Your comment about bryant has to be one of my all time favorites. You’ve set the bar pretty high for yourself to reach that level. Coincidentally, I’ve done pretty well in my fantasy baseball leagues and also have suffered the same injury for over 17 years.
Haha…Appreciate you!
Morning !
15 team keep 11
Give Carlson and T Watson
Get M Kelly Gallegos T Williams
Carlson is my bench bat right now, I’m about mid pack in saves…in the running this year
Sounds fine to me if Carlson’s not a keeper for you
Would you trade Verlander for Wheeler in a 10 player keeper league?
Yes
Agree with Cram
Morning Grey,
hope you enjoyed the weekend.
Had a tough go at it with pitchers getting lit up… especially Bielak…which leads to my 1st of 2 questions:
1. Is Bielak worth holding or cut bait to grab a batty call today/ use as a SP Stream spot
best available SP’s to stream:
– K. Gibson (Tex v. Oak – 8/25 – $1.4)
– C. Oswalt (NYM v. MIA – 8/26 – $9.4)
2. Who should I drop once Judge gets activated from the IL?
12-team, 6×6, Roto redraft league
C: Contreras
1B: Bellinger
2B: K. Marte
3B: Sano
SS: Villar
IF: Correa
OF: Franmil Reyes, Grisham, Kyle Lewis
UTL: G. Hampson
bn: Kyle Tucker, Joc Pederson, Mountcastle
IL: Judge
NA: Lux
SP: Bieber, Berrios, Urias, G. Marquez, Merrill Kelly, Bielak, Mize, Sixto
RP: Hader, Workman, Montero, Wick,
IL: Carlos Martinez, A. Wood
thanks in advance!
Oh, and National Waffle Day too!
* Happy National Waffle Day (forgot the “happy” part)
damn Mondays
Is it National Waffle Day already? Wow, time flies!
Bielak
Thanks
1. I cut Bielak but these options are super bleh
2. Bielak
thank you.
Batty-call today, then cut said batty call to activate Judge.
That said, I don’t really want/ need to carry 4 bench bats once Judge gets activated, so which hitter would you lose (or carry 4 bench bats)?
– Mountcastle
– J. Pederson
– Hampson
thanks again
Mouncastle
thank you again
No problem
I have Judge coming off the IL on Tuesday. Which of these outfielders would you drop for him?
Fletcher, Ozuna, Castellanos, Yastremski, Santander, Lewis, Grossman. Also, would you drop any of these guys for a streamer pitcher?
8 team, H2H points.
Grossman…Sure, Santander
Laureano or Teoscar
Teoscar easy
Pains me to say, but Teoscar – hopefully Laureano starts getting hot and makes Grey’s bullish 2020 a reality… he’s starting to make better contact last 3 games
Agree with JKJ
I’ve been considering cutting bait with Laureano – my format makes things a little tricky
5×5 with Errors and OPS… I’ve been thinking Verdugo since he’s been heating up and batting leadoff mostly
Meh
Which outfielder would you drop to activate Judge off the IL.
Fletcher, Ozuna, Castellanos, Yastremski, Santander, Lewis, Grossman
Also, would you drop any of these guys for a streamer pitcher?
Answered above
nice Grey as always.
I have enjoyed Grichuk-ride as you recommended.
finally, he looks down to earth recently but he’s destroying lefties this yr.
his next 2 matchups are lefties (Snell, Kyle Hart).
so should i be with him more or droppable easily?
thanks.
Guess start him for those two, but he looks done again
Who would you drop so I can activate Judge from the IL.
Fletcher, Ozuna, Castellanos, Yastremski, Santander, Lewis, Grossman
Also, would you drop any of these guys for a streamer pitcher?
Answered above
Ozzie Albies was on waivers and I grabbed him. Non keeper redraft league. Do you expect him to come back and contribute this season?
Prolly in like a week or so, I think, haven’t heard latest tho
Choice for a utility spot in a weekly 5×5 standard roto (10 team) Fraiser (Yanks), Nunez (Balt), Alberto, Solak,
Also Fraiser or Solak over Joc Peterson for an OF spot?
Just picked up Suarez for Gleyber MI spot. The homers will come
Thanks for you mustachioed guidance
Nunez
I’d go Joc
Good to see you!
Our all Grey All Stars are still #1 at the half way mark. Thanks . It would be nice, however if we could get Clevenger back.
Yeah, I hear that…I wouldn’t mind Plesac returning
Hi grey!
Bohm or Grichuk ROS?
Thanks!
Or Sano?
Still Bohm
Bohm if the ABs stay consistent
Bohm
Got offered Treat Urner (non keeper) for Matt Chapman (keeper).
My potential keepers right now are:
Soto
JD Mart
Mondesi
Kyle Lewis
Hiura
Aristides Aquino
Jo Adell
Andrew Vaughn
Mancini (ofc)
and Chapman
We keep 5 hitters, so I think I have enough to choose from. Worth losing Chappy forever for 30 games of the good boy, Treat Urner?
12 team points league, btw
Nah
Even with Mondesi shitting the bed at SS? He’s my only option at short rn, and I could move Hanser to third and Lourdes or Hiura at 2b if I lost Chappy.
Chapman is such a good keeper
I feel ya, fam. Spank you, as always.
No problem
Do you see Diego Castillo as a must-own in 12 team leagues? Not sure how many save opps he gets but I like the dual SP-RP eligibility. Thanks!
based on yesterday’s usage and performance, i’d say no – unless EVERYONE along with setup men are taken (i.e. Romo), then maybe you should speculate as long as you aren’t dropping anyone valuable
Agree with Hung
Should I just drop Stripling at this point for Kwang Kim? Doesn’t sound too bad with Stripling sucking and Kim getting the Pirates on thursday.
I would. Stripling is not good
Agree with JKJ
Kelly vs COL
Nola @ WAS
Bassitt @ TEX
Minor vs LAD
Kelly vs SF
Pick 3
Kelly x2, Nola
Minor is an easy out, maybe Bassit, but Texas is a mess right now. Nola for sure. Bounce back after last weeks debacle.
With the news that Acuna “might” be activated for the week…
Would you bet on Acuna being activated and start Acuna over any of the below guys (only 5 games 2v NYY and 3 @PHI, against Cole, Wheeler and 3 scrubs)?
Walker ($14.5 – 7 games)
Didi ($7 – 6 games)
Schoop ($6 but en fuego last week – 7 games)
Yeah, over Schoop
Will Smith or Gary Sanchez over Austin Nola? Thanks!
Smith
Danny “Duff Man” Duffy might be worth cyclopsing again – rising from the ashes 3 years the last time he was fantasy relevant… He’s pitching decently enough and I’m noticing some of the same patterns from 3 years ago when I saw he was on the cusp of breaking out a bit. Maybe nothing to see here, but an interesting observation – I may be watching too many baseball games…
For the record, if he starts rolling off some QS to finish off the season, then I want credit – else, we can forget I said anything at all
Haha, yeah, I’ve been watching him
Ooops…Duffy to miss this week’s turn with left arm fatigue. Ooops!
That’s the story with Duffy too – he sucked the year after his breakout cause his arm is made of glass
Guy in my dynasty league wants LuBob in the worst way and is making it very difficult for me to keep telling him no ( I see Robert as the corner stone of my team for obvious reasons)
He’s offering Luis Castillo or Trevor Bauer (my pick), Karinchak, Victor Robles
or
Luis Castillo or Trevor Bauer (my pick), Karinchak, C. J. Abrams or Jasson Dominguez (my pick)
I hate “me me me” post, but I feel like context helps here. I am 2 games out of first but very comfortably gonna make playoffs I would think. Roster right now is
Realmuto
Freeman
Merrifield
Correa
JRam
Mookie
Ketel Marte
Luis Robert
Nelson Cruz
(my bench is a whose who of struggling big names in K. Bryant, Javy, Mondesi, David Fletecher, Verdugo, Wil Myers, Brantley)
Lynn, Civale, Grienke, Bundy Bassitt, Julio Urias, Kikuchi, Rich Hill along with Chad Green, Staumont, Montero, Nick Anderson, Taylor Rodgers for RP.
My key with these arms is control ERA and WHIP and that has worked, as I lead our league in both, so its another reason I remain hesitant to deal for Castillo.
Any kind of thoughts from anyone is always appreciated. Thanks as always!
I wouldn’t trade Lou Bob for pitchers
That’s how I feel and why I have kept telling him no! He’s trying to leverage me with my lack of star arms and that his been his main selling point. I feel like this is a deal that looks great on paper but has serious potential to burn me later, even if it is good for now. If Robert has an Acuna ceiling(and thats how I feel), I know I going to be kicking my own ass later.
Appreciate your wisdom Grey!
No problem
Starting Pablo Lopez @Was? 10 team league; SON hates -14
I wouldn’t
I am but I’m in first by ALOT.
@Grey: weekly roto. need to start two of these guys next week. who do you like?
winker – 4 @ milw, 4 vs chc
grichuk – 1 @ tb, 3 vs bos, 3 vs bal
calhoun – 4 vs col, 3 vs sf
thanks!
All seem fine…I guess lose Calhoun
You are on the money – lucky to get Abreu in the 5th, 3 rounds after Alonso. Still believe Petey gets his, started to before Mets shut down.
Hope so!
I did not understand why anyone would draft Alonso or Olsen before Abreu with his tract record.
Got lucky Double D
14T Roto Stripling or Eovaldi?
They both streamers?
Thanks
Streamers
Gonsolin starting for Striling?
He should…Stripling is so disappointing
Brad Keller or Merrill kelly this week. H2h points league. Like keller vs cardinals but kelly better team overall?
Vs. each other? Kelly
Both are over-performing. Kelly has more swing-and-miss to his arsenal and Keller is more a ground ball maestro. Don’t like more than the other for ratios but Kelly will get more Ks most likely.
Are you starting A Voth today?
I just picked him up
Hey I liked Grace and Frankie!
More like Grimey and Frankie!
My Grammy likes that show to.
Great show!
I sonavabenched Bohm yesterday if it makes you feel any better. But I’ve also had Abreu all season. Doode is a tad bit hot right now, lol. Am in first place at the moment.
Nice!
In a 5×5 redraft league, Yandy, Bohm, or Sano?
Sano
Owner of Alonso AND Abreu, so I totally understood everything on your lede.
1) Have Acuna coming off the DL (hopefully) in the next day or two. Who sits out of Swanson, Myers, K.Lewis, Lauriano or Baez. Laureano?
2) Do you still like Bielak in his next start against LAA? SON has him down for -$10.7, but SON doesn’t like many SPs these days.
3) Pick up Mountcastle for his potential for the rest of year and drop Didi?
Thanks.
Ha, yup
1. Myers
2. Nah
3. Sure
I’ve been picking up stray closers, and now own Hudson, Melancon, Pressley, Williams and Romero. Pagan, Castillo, Farmer and Dick-Rod are all available. Make any switches? Even if no, any must-adds in an 11-team 5×5 league?
Romero?
Sorry Romano – Haven’t started him yet, so don’t know his name?
Pagan over Romano
Happy Monday- had Grisham on the bench for his explosion. Sonofabench!
How do you rank these closer options?
Workman, Pagan, Sulser, Taylor Williams
Thanks!
Monday!
Sonavabench! Ouch
Workman, Pagan, Williams
Util spot:
Drop Carlos Santana, Fletcher, or Calhoun for Trent Grisham?
thanks grey
Fletcher
10 team, keep 15, standard roto. Trying to get younger.
I’d give Trea, Castellanos, and Corbin or Clevinger
I’d get A.Meadows, Xander, and Kelenic
Thoughts?
Nah
@Grey: in weekly roto leagues are you starting acuna? talk of him coming back this week but they only have a 5 game schedule. would be starting him over winker or grichuk who have 8 and 7 games respectively.
Yes
ros
kikuchi or kim?
Kim
10 team Weekly H2H 6×5 (standard + OPS). Keep 3 for 1 year.
Should I trade Soto, who can’t be kept for 2021, for Bellinger, who can?
Other keepers are Yelich, Lindor, and one of Cruz, Robert, Hiura, Olson.
Yes
Who do you think is better trade bait in 2021 preseason, a $1 Kluber or $2 Pearson? This is in a 12 team keeper where only 7 are kept, so trade partners would be looking for the guy they think is most likely to hit the ground running . . .
My thinking is Kluber is the better trade bait even though Pearson has the better long term future . . . what do you think?
I’d trade away Kluber
12-team H2H re-draft league; offense ranks #1 in every category so far!
C: Martín Maldonado
1B: José Abreu
2B: Brandon Lowe
3B: Anthony Rendon
SS: Fernando Tatis Jr.
OF: Mike Trout
OF: Austin Meadows
OF: Teoscar Hernández
Utility: Jonathan Villar
Bench: Carlos Santana
IR – Austin Slater SF – 1B,OF
Nice!
Laureano is looking terrible since returning from suspesion
Is worth starting Schwarber over him this week?
scharber faces
C. Mize (R) S. Turnbull (R) M. Fulmer (R)
.333, 3AB W. Miley (L)
.167, 1 HR, 6AB T. Bauer (R)
.143, 7AB L. Castillo (R)
.294, 3 HR, 17AB
laurenos match ups
L. Lynn (R) .167, 6AB K. Gibson (R).700, 2 HR, 10AB K. Allard (L) J. Lyles (R)
.000, 3AB Z. Greinke (R) .333, 3AB F. Valdez (L) .250, 4AB C. Javier (R)
.000, 2AB
I’d go Laureano
thanks thats what if was thinking hard to trust schwerber.
No problem
G. Richards Vs SEA;
or Dustin May @ TEX;
or Fried Vs NYY?
Thanks
Fried
Pick 2 for my UTIL/Bench spots out of Kingery, Solak, Lourdes, Pache, Mountcastle, Berti, Adell, Grossman, Choo, Reynolds, Hicks, Riley, Dannys Antana…
Thanks in advance!
Mountcastle, Gurriel
Im in a H2H 6×6 OBP league. I was offered Eloy and Hader for my Starling Marte and Woodruff,
current team is:
1B Abreu
2B Fletcher
3B J Ram
SS Story
OF S Marte, Yastremzki, Winker, Gurriel Jr, Grossman, Laureano
Albies IL
SP Dobnak, Civale, Gray, Houser, Lynn, Turnbull, Woodruff, Giolito, Urias
RP Buttrey, Colome, Bass
Should I do it? Thanks in advance
Works for me
Grey! What about Touki? Drop his @ss?
Yes
Hey Grey! Awesome Monday read as usual… 12 team dynasty … keep 10… Sell high on Teoscar ?? (Grabbed him early w your advice thank you much sir) … or do you see him as a stud Keeper moving forward … just curious … thank you as always
Should also paint the picture of my MLB keepers :
Robert
Flaherty
Alonso
Abreu
K Marte
Lamet
Teoscar
Robles
Dansby
Yordan
Laureano
Flipped Santander for Kyle Tucker over weekend and stashed on farm
Not sure about stud, depends what you can get
At the very least I need to drop one player in order to activate Will Smith. Or I could drop two and add Dick-Rod, too. I have a glut on my bench that stands out (ignore the roster arrangement, i play matchups). But it’s not like Buttrey inspires confidence, either. Who is/are my drop(s)? I
12-team, 10-cat, redraft roto (I’m in first place, with steals, Ks, and WHIP being my weakest cats, in that order)
C – Empty; 1B – Abreu; 2B – Flores; 3B – Chapman; SS – Trea; OF – Winker, Dozier, Grossman; Util – Suarez; Bench – Brantley, Domonic, Grisham, Voit; IL – Albies, Judge, Moore; W.Smith**
SP – Clevinger, Hendricks, Maeda, Sheffield, Sixto, Sonny
RP – Bass, Buttrey, Pressley, Pagan
Lose Smith for Smith
Can lose Buttrey for Dick-Rod
Thank you! No love for the Domonic? Was this because of that really well-researched article we both liked that predicted his HR rate would come down fast? (It also predicted Abreu’s was set to rise and boy did it ever)? I just like to know how mustaches think because mine comes with a beard, which is sort of a confounding variable.
I like him, but how many bench bats are you carrying
All of them, apparently. I have a problem. :’-(
I’d drop Bass before I’d drop Buttrey. I don’t think Bass gets next save opp based on recent usage. And Buttrey will at least get the next one and for a much better team.
That’s fair
12 ream H2H points keeper
hope all is well for you
Houser or McKenzie
THANKS
Houser
Do you trust Rich Hill’s 2x (@CLE @DET) for Wins? Really need W. K would be nice too, but primarily looking for W…
Other options if I bench Hill are (no wins, but great K). . .
Karinchak (9K in 5 IP last week) or
Lugo (who knows what the Mets are doing for these 9 games they have this week).
No way
Karinchak
Pick 2
Dozier ([email protected], [email protected])
Walker (4vCOL, 3vSF)
Hoskins (3vATL, [email protected])
Thanks!
Not Hoskins
Any hope for akiyama this year or even next, obp keeper league? He’s at 75 plate appearances. This is a deep league. I’ve tried to be patient. Unfortunately I have 2 injuries in the OF and have no more OF depth on my bench. I cant use kingery now as my other bench option since he has been worse. Btw, kingery was supposed to be my starting 2b. Luckily I have cronenworth to fill the void at 2b. Thx
I have hope for him
Akiyama has looked weak at the plate and on the basepaths. Not impressive at all. His swing is pathetic, hard to watch.
Yeah, but it’s 65 ABs (around-ish)
Im just saying aesthetically to watch he’s just displeasing. Seems like a prima donna, not a baller. No impressed. He like takes a running swing but lacks the finesse of Ichiro. I doubt he fares much better ever. He just seems lacking. I could overlook a cold start if it was just adjustment but seems more fundamental imo.
Gotcha, that’s fair, I honestly haven’t seen a lot of him — His track record says he should be better, but I’m reminded of other guys who come east and get crushed
Lowest ERA in any of my 5 NFBC leagues this week? 7.71. Oh well, I think I had more HRs than anyone also. They just happened to be off my pitchers I guess.
Ha, I’m not sure hw I have one NFBC team doing well considering all the other ones are awful
What the Grisham hype? He hit 3 home runs and 6 rbi in one night. Yesterday K’s twice. I expect more out of guy in a loaded lineup.
Erase those stats he would have 4 home runs and only 8 rbi half way mark through a season with a ELITE lineup where the guy leads off.
I own him and I don’t even start him (trust) with Bellinger, Biggio, Peralta, Lewis Verdugo and E Rosario. When I plug Grishman in 0-4 or 2-4 R. Now he may heat up cause he’s playing Seattle and Colorado. Hittertron like Verdugo this week over him.
What kind of pitcher can I get for Trent if he’s this valuable right now cause i don’t see it at all, I don’t trust the production you guys see. Alex Verago leads off on a worse team and would have better stats before Trent’s mini explosion.
Last 21 days even with Trent’s big night. Alex is hotter on a crap team.
Alex Verdugo CF | BOS 68 15 22 9 8 0 5 11 8 15 2 0 .324 .403
Trent Grisham CF | SD 73 10 19 12 3 0 4 8 12 22 2 1 .260 .372
How dare you
Alright Grey that made me LOL.
If Klenetak from the Mariners where brought up, who you like more Grisham or him ?
Grisham is nearly a top 30 player — Verdugo is around 60
https://razzball.com/playerrater/
For this year? Grisham
Kelenick up?
Hey Grey,
I hope you’re doing well!
I’m in first place in my 10-team, standard 5×5 (saves only) roto league with 82.5 points… 2nd place has 73 points. I’m currently at 297 IP in the first 4-weeks, and only allotted 228 IP left in the remaining 5-weeks. I also only have 17 moves left remaining in the season, having used 33. I have concerns that I’m going to quickly run out of counting pitching stats. Do you have suggestions on how to handle this?
A) Should I be selective on starts?
B) Maybe swap a SP with a high K/ low era/whip reliever such as the following:
-Freddy Peralta
-Devin Williams
-Tanner Rainey
Even though I won’t be getting saves, I might get the possible win. The pirates closer Richard Rodriguez is also available.
C) Should I drop a pitcher and stash another bench bat?
I’m open to any suggestions! Here is my team… please let me know who you would drop. Thanks!
C: Murphy
1B: Olson
2B: Villar
3B: Bohm
SS: Bogaerts
MI: B. Lowe
CI: Moreland
OF: Harper
OF: Blackmon
OF: Kyle Lewis
OF: Mike Yastremzski
UTIL: Grisham
UTIL: Grichuk
Bench: Hanser Alberto
IL: Acuna, Garver, Austin Slater
SP: Darvish, Giolito, Lamet, Wheeler, Houser, Sixto, Luke Weaver
RP: Jansen, Melancon, Pressly, Wick, Buttrey
NA: Plesac
Thank you as always!
I apologize in advance for the long question.
In summary, should I continue the current course, or drop a SP for another bench bat or RP? Thank you!
Hold
And don’t start every single SP
Thank you!
Do you like Jordan Montgomery over any of my SP? I figure he could be a good candidate for wins.
Yes, prolly but it depends on matchups…Likely him over Sixto at least
Fantastic report Grey. This has been a weird year. My first 3 rounders have been on the IL, welp!
Do you still believe in Alonso and if so do you prefer him in a keeper format over Olson?
Thanks,
LG
I still believe in Alonso
Me too!
Starting Civale tonight vs MIN?
Home? Yeah, I would
Hey Grey do you like Sonny Gray at Milwalkee this week or Cease at KC. SON loves Cease ($11.5) and think Grey is $4.8……
I still think we gotta go Gray?
Gray
Would you lose Christian Walker for Alec Bohm or K Hayes?
Nah
Great stuff Grey. I’ve got some roster cleanup to do and we can only do one waiver claim per week. Who do you think has a better chance at providing even a little bit of value his season between Mercado and Andujar? That will help me decide which jackoff to drop first.
I’d lose both, Mercado 1st
Lewis keeps hitting! You still see him as a sell? Or is this a legit breakout?
Sell depends on what you’re getting but I’d sell him in right circumstances
Would you trade Yelich for Jose Ramirez or Baez?
Nah
This week only
Kyle Lewis [email protected], [email protected]
or
Kole Calhoun 4vCOL, 3vSF
Lewis
all systems go for Mets.
9 games this week!!!
Must-start Conforto & McNeil?
I have Franmil & LaStella in their place.
I’d start Franmil, Conforto, McNeil, that order
Tkae one..Gallegos, Ramano, pagan
Thanks!
Pagan
I traded my Brandon Lowe for his Lucas Giolito in a 12-team roto. My bats were/are stacked and i needed an impact arm. How did i do in the trade? Thank you! Keep up the excellent work!
Sounds decent
Drop Steven matz for loaisiga in 16 team dynasty Pts league?
Sure
Util: lose grichuk for mount castle or hold?
Sure
who would you pick up for ROS
Taiwan walker or tommy millone or sean manea
None? Manaea
Yahoo showing Chatwood getting the start @DET tomorrow. Any interest?
Nah
Me after the draft coming out with both Villar and Mondesi – “I’m never losing runs and steals”
Today after seeing both Villar and Mondesi batting 8th and 7th, respectively – “FML”
Surprised on Villar, he hasn’t been bad
He’s had some very bad no good ABs though – I have a problem watching too much baseball… he’s also had some ugly caught stealings/pick offs
I wonder if him batting 8th is a punishment for some of his mental mistakes (errors, pickoffs, etc.)
Yeah, I guess, and the Marlins are stacked apparently
Villar is leading league in steals and hitting .286
Look at him go today! Should have been down there the whole year!
Yeah
Villar’s stats are so weird – as many steals as runs
Gotta love low sample size during this sprint – he was batting like .220 before the doubleheader when he went 5-8 or something like that
Remember when the Royals were batting Mondesi 8th/9th when he was batting .290 and we were confused?
Yeah
Now I need both Eugenio Suarez and Matt Olson to go 8-8 to get above the Mendoza line
That would be nice
Dynasty trade H2H league 5×5 scoring….
Without team needs coming into play who would you rather own in a dynasty moving forward Clevinger or Franmil Reyes?
Clevinger
Dynasty trade H2H league 5×5 scoring….
Without team needs coming into play who would you rather own in a dynasty moving forward Clevinger or Franmil Reyes?
Clevinger
Safe to say that Bass is out as closer. 2nd save opp in a row goes to Romano, and other recent usage would suggest Bass is out.
Yeah, but what happened with Dolis?
Besides him being so terrible that he’s 32 and this is the first time he’s pitched in the majors in the last 7 years?
Hahaha, yeah, besides that
Also, good heavens is Austin Meadows looking lost up there.
Totally
Keeper league OBP 7×5
Which side:
Trout and Yordan or Yelich and Story?
Thanks!
LG
Trout, pretty close
Need to replace Dylan Moore (on IL)
Berti, La Stella, Hampson, C. Hernandez, Adames
Thanks!
Depends on needs…Le Stella power, Berti speed, Hampson upside
Need to replace Dylan Moore (on DL)
Berti, La Stella, Hampson, C. Hernandez, Adames
Thanks!
Depends on needs…Le Stella power, Berti speed, Hampson upside
Javier get HOT please!
Seriously
Any chance you guys could put up a 100 worst pitching starts of the year table? (I.e., the yin to the 100 best pitching starts of the year table’s yang)?
It’s all Kyle Gibson
Nah, last week it was my entire pitching staff. I gave up 46 earned runs in 34 1/3 innings, for a 12.06 ERA, and Gibson warn’t a part of it.
I just think it would be genuinely fascinating to see a ranked list of the performances that were the most damaging from a fantasy perspective … I would not be surprised if I had 4 of the top 10 last week.
Ha, ouch
Big Daddy Sano! Do we even call him that? Who cares – I am!
Yeah, let’s call him that!
Ugh – sounds like the Merrill Kelly party might be over. To the IL with a shoulder impingement.
Also pitching-related, is it worth holding Mize? I’m guessing not, fun though it is to stash and then use a great pitching prospect.
Lose Kelly and Mize
Eugenio – GIDP King
Haha, ouch
Villar 2-5 tonight – could have been better. He’s gotta put the ball in play with 1 out and runners at 2nd and 3rd – not sure if the stats back it up, but when I watch him he’s striking out a lot with RISP
Good pregame pep talk by you to get him going!
Too bad I didn’t have time for Adalberto and Eugenio… btw, I haven’t played Adalberto in like over a week. If I bench Eugenio as well, I’ll need to carry 2 bench bats – which i hate
Yeah, could see that, been a tough year (3 weeks)
We are about to hit the ASB… LoL
Haha, was expecting you to say something about Eugenio
He didn’t strike out against Hader, and he hit a homer… good night for him
I guess Olson and Suarez are subscribing to the HR or bust school of hitting
Yeah, exactly
Points league….
Brantley for Lamet
Which side?
Thanks