Jose Alvarado was suspended 80 games for PEDs. Phils said in a statement, “We haven’t had a good bullpen in fifteen or so years so when we had a good reliever, we were like, ‘Who’s testing the urine?’ And this weird-looking guy misheard and said, ‘I’ll taste it.’ And we were like, ‘What? No! Gross, Bill!’ and Bill was like, ‘I did a gargle for no reason?’ and we were like, ‘What are you talking about, ‘a gargle’?’ and Bill was like, ‘What’s the right answer here?'” So, this helps solidify Jordan Romano’s closer job, but I’m sure he can un-solidify it in no time. Yesterday, was not one of those days though as he threw a Kimbrel — 1 IP, 0 ER, 3 Ks — for his 5th save. His ERA is at 7.27, which feels like another nod to Kimbrel, only not the good one. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Mick Abel – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, as he was called up. He’s a 6′ 5″ righty with 97 MPH paint, maxed at 99, and a nasty 84 MPH curve, and he seems like he has no control — a 3.7 BB/9 in Triple-A this year in 46 1/3 IP — and this might be a spot start. Seems to be on NL-Only radars at this point. Clearly, he’s Abel, but Cain he continue? Hashtag nailed it.
Paul Skenes – 8 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.44. This would’ve been a perfect game for the POOP scorebug to continue. Damn shame. POOP’s good, for youse who don’t know.
Jared Jones – Sounds like he’s headed for Tommy John. The surgery, not the guy standing outside the surgeon’s office asking for a nickel every time his name is mentioned.
Brandon Hyde – Fired by the O’s. It’s more elegant than firing “the entire team.”
Kyle Gibson – DFA’d by the O’s. No, he was just about to turn a corner!
Zach Eflin – 5 1/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 5.01. Don’t worry, the O’s new manager will fix Zach Eflin. He just needs to time travel back a few years and mate Zach Eflin’s mom with Clayton Kershaw’s dad.
Gunnar Henderson – 1-for-3 and his 7th homer, hitting .258. Praying he can block out all the noise of being on a terrible team and still produce a solid year. Though, starting to feel like Gunnar’s gonna be drafted around 20-25 overall next year and be a steal.
Jackson Holliday – 2-for-4 and his 6th homer, 2nd homer in two games, hitting .275, as he hits leadoff. Jackson succeeds when everyone else is on Holliday.
Cedric Mullins – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer, and 2nd homer in the week, hitting .227, which is much worse than I expected. Need to do more Cedric mulling.
CJ Abrams – 3-for-5, 3 runs, and his 7th and 8th homer, hitting .312, and four homers for the week. Also, in this game, Josh Bell (1-for-4) hit his 6th homer; Luis Garcia Jr. (1-for-4) hit his 4th homer and Dylan Crews (2-for-4, 3 RBIs) hit his 6th homer. Bet the Orioles are very happy they moved in their outfield fences.
Jake Irvin – 6 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.88. Streamonator loves his next one, but it won’t be as easy as this one vs. the O’s.
Drew Rasmussen – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.93. No one wants to drop Rasmussen as much as Razzball commenters. This, I know.
Cole Ragans – Hit the IL with tightness in his groin. I’m the one who’s supposed to have tightness in their groin from rostering him! Not him!
Seth Lugo – Hit the IL with a sprained middle finger. The number one injury affecting truck drivers.
Noah Cameron – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 0.71, as he was recalled. Gave you my Noah Cameron fantasy already. He faces the red-hot Twins next (the Doublemint Twins?), which is a little scary.
Michael Wacha – 5 IP, 1 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.86. He’s actually available in my RCL league and I blame only myself for not picking him up. [whips back with a cat o’ nine tails] Do better!
Matthew Liberatore – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.92. This isn’t “lucky.” He’s pitched well. Trying to be as blunt about this as possible because there’s so many Liberatore comments. It’s like: Catcher, catcher, Liberatore, catcher, catcher, Liberatore. Instead of duck, duck, goose; it’s Catcher, Catcher, Liberatore.
Alec Burleson – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer, 2nd homer in as many games, unfortunately that’s his last two games, not the Cards’ last two. Burleson hadn’t played since Wednesday. These managers are seriously dangerous with the smallest modicum of info. “Did you say he hits lefty? Then he can never face a lefty ever again! The numbers say it!”
Reese Olson – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.96. Mets have a pitching lab cooking with test tubes in an RV like Walter White, but the Tigers are a late-season Jesse and can cook if Walter needs to go out of town.
Jackson Jobe – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.12 vs. Jose Berrios – 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.19. This matchup was billed as,”I shuddered when I looked at both of their peripherals. Just ugly stuff. Jobe’s at 7.3 K/9, 5 BB/9. Berrios (8.2 K/9, 3.9 BB/9) is slightly better than that, but anyone would be. Both guys have lost velocity too. Just a mess.”
Matthew Boyd – 6 IP, 3 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.98. Been a while since I checked in on Boyd, and his peripherals look much nicer since the last time — 9.3 K/9, 2.3 BB/9. Likely closer to a 3.60 ERA pitcher, but that’s rosterable for as long as he’s going that well.
Colin Rea – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.38. Regression will come! And we will laugh maniacally! For now, I’m a teeth-gritting fool.
Matt Shaw – Being recalled. Cubs’ front office went like this, “Oh, he’s, like, bad bad.” That’s them watching Vidal Brujan who had been playing 3rd. Shaw is a 20/20/.250 hitter who was making some of the worst contact ever when he was with the Cubs. Worth a flyer though.
Miguel Vargas – 2-for-3 and his 6th homer, 3rd homer over the weekend, 4th homer in a week. Hot schmotato alert!
Lucas Giolito – 4 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 7.08. Hasn’t been good, but think about the life lessons he’s teaching. How glory is fleeting. Life lessons, they don’t show up in any box score.
Brayan Bello – 4 1/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 4.02. Bello, goodbye.
Rafael Devers – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 9th homer, and his 2nd homer in two games, hitting .289, and hitting around .350 since my last victory lap on how bad he was in the opening four-something games.
Spencer Schwellenbach – 7 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.52. Spencer Schwerviceable.
Marcell Ozuna – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 8th homer, 2nd homer in as many games, hitting near-.240 in May with only three homers. Hold your breath for 10 seconds, it’s just a hiccup.
Zebby Matthews – 3 IP, 4 ER, as he was called up. Finally, someone scored off the Twins. Too bad it was off Lil’ Zebby; he’s beginning to appear much better in theory. Well, here’s my Zebby Matthews fantasy.
Royce Lewis – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer, and nearly hit a 2nd homer, but Chourio brought it back. When Royce starts hitting, he gets crazy hot. Buckle in. Until he gets hurt again in 15-ish games.
Will Benson – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 4th and 5th homer, hitting .367, and three homers in two games, four homers in three games and five homers in four games, and the hottest schmotato in the land.
Andrew Abbott – 5 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners (3 BBs), 5 Ks, ERA at 1.80. Has some of the prettiest underlying numbers in baseball, even after this semi-meh game. Wish more of my starters could be semi-meh as 5 IP, 0 ER.
Randy Arozarena – 1-for-5, 2 runs and his 6th homer, hitting…Guess. He’s struggled to hit .210 for a few years now, so what’s he hitting? Bzzt, wrongo! He’s hitting better than JRod, which isn’t saying that much. He’s hitting .242.
Bryan Woo – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.65. Woo, indeed.
Fernando Tatis Jr. – 1-for-4 and his 12th homer. FTJ! Fun The Jewels!
Hayden Birdsong – Will enter the rotation and Jordan Hicks will move to the pen. Birdsong, or as he was formerly known “Twitter,” is rostered in all my leagues, except my RCL, and I tried to pick him up, but couldn’t figure out who to drop. So, rostered everywhere, except a 12-teamer. That makes sense to me. Likely going one start at a time to begin, but he could be a solid backend fantasy starter — think 9.5 K/9, 3.5 BB/9, 3.85 ERA.
Landen Roupp – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.11. Streamonator liked this start, so I streamed him, and I think I might bail on him before his next, but I’m still in decision mode, or Decision 2025, if CNN is covering this.
Justin Verlander – 4 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners (5 BBs), 1 K, ERA at 4.33. Birdsong is replacing Hicks, but he could’ve easily replaced this schmohawk. Verlander’s four-seamer was shitting 89.5 MPH by the 4th. Excuse me, sitting.
Heliot Ramos – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer. On the Player Rater, he’s around the top 15th best outfielder. Preseason sleeper!
Jeffrey Springs – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.91, but a 2.45 ERA in away games, and a 6.30 ERA in home games. He’s basically a must-start in away games, and a must-sit at home.
Tyler Mahle – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 1.47. Something that is always lost in the preseason: Let’s say Mahle ends up at the end of the season with a 4.25 ERA or something and next year, people are like, “Mehle, nothing there.” Or something derogatory for guys like him. Think also Griffin Canning as another. But the thing is, I’ve started Mahle for about a month straight, I’m getting these stats, then when he’s not good, I will bench or drop him. I’m not going to be hit by the 5+ ERA correction for him or Canning or other guys. Or at least ideally I won’t be. In the preseason, people always think you’re getting all of the pitchers’ stats, but you’re not. Plus, if you can bench them vs. bad matchups, then again you’re not getting all the bad stats. You might in a deep league, but even there is debatable.
Evan Carter – Hit the IL with a quad strain. Jimmy Carter’s having a better year health-wise.
Jack Leiter – 7 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.25. Weakest pitcher in the Rangers’ rotation, but no one would expect him to be as good as, say, Patrick Corbin.
Hayden Wesneski – Will undergo Tommy John surgery. The universe gave us Hayden Birdsong and took away Hayden Wesneski. The scales of Hayden balance precariously.
Yainer Diaz – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer, hitting .229. Not doing well, but basically the best catcher in the world when compared to Adley Rutschman. See, it’s all about putting guys in the best context to make them appear better.
Isaac Paredes – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .259. Feel vindicated that Paredes is doing well with the Astros, and ignoring the fact that I also thought Christian Walker (0-for-3, hitting .207) would do well. Pretending he doesn’t exist. Christian who? Literally never heard of him.
Shane Baz – 6 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.33. “Getting rocked by the Marlins” begins the 48-hour clock countdown to an IL stint.
Xavier Edwards – Hit the IL with a back strain. Eek, those can be worse than obliques. This is the best news for Sanoja since he made a run on American Idol.
Clayton Kershaw – 4 IP, 5 ER, as he was activated from the IL. He had a great career! 1st ballot Hall of Famer. Easily. The playoffs troubles were overblown! One of the best of all-time. Whisper all that into a glass bottle and place that bottle next to your fantasy team, instead of putting Kershaw on there.
Chris Taylor – Released by the Dodgers. Woo hoo! It’s Kim’s time! LFG!!!–Wait, Kim didn’t start yesterday because Tommy Edman returned. Dodgers have too many mouths to feed.
Tony Gonsolin – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.05 vs. Yusei Kikuchi – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners (4 BBs), 7 Ks, ERA at 3.50. Angels put a hurting on the Dodgers this weekend, as they were battling for Ohtani’s soul.
Taylor Ward – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer, 2nd homer in as many games, third homer in four games, and 4th homer in the week. Enter Razzball Commenter, “Should I drop Ward?”
Zach Neto – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 7th homer, 3rd homer in the week. It’s like every Angels’ hitter took Kyren Paris’s powers and left him drained like Superman at some point in every Superman movie.
Will Smith – 1-for-2, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer. Cheering him loudly was Dalton Rushing. Do you have a Cheering category in your league?
Justin Martinez – Pitched in an ACL game on Saturday. That’s a game where everyone who pitches needs ACL surgery. [intern whispering] American Cornhole League? [intern whispering] Hmm, Arizona Complex League, I see. Martinez is due back and will get saves immediately, until he’s sore again in two weeks and can’t pitch again, then Shelby Miller should get saves, but won’t.
Zac Gallen – 5 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.14. Hey, I liked him too in the preseason, but it didn’t work. He was rocked by the Rockies at home. That’s as bad as it gets. It’s cute you’re looking to go down with the ship like you’re in the Mexican Navy sailing into the Brooklyn Bridge, but haven’t you seen enough of Gallen to move on?
Merrill Kelly – 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 3 walks, 11 Ks, ERA at 3.26. Just in case you thought the Rockies were good after Gallen’s start.
Ketel Marte – 2-for-3 and his 6th homer, 3rd homer this week. Ketel skelter!
Cody Bellinger – 3-for-3, 6 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .258. Cody’s on pace for almost exactly his preseason projections. My point? Why do you keep complaining about him?
Griffin Canning – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.47. You can look at Streamonator, but just know you’re wondering about not starting a guy with a 2.47 ERA, which seems kinda nutty.
David Peterson – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.86. Mets’ pitchers proving the old adage, “Great pitching shutting down great hitting.” Or at least, “Great pitching shutting down Judge.”
Juan Soto – 0-for-4, hitting .246. The Athletic had an article this weekend, “Capturing the best Juan Soto taunts,” from his trip to cross-rival Yankee Stadium. The number one chant was, “F— Juan Soto.” Wow, 10/10 on creativity. The whole anti-Juan Soto vitriol from Yankee fans is so apt. He came up in the Yanks’ system, said he wanted to spend his career in pinstripes, named his French Bulldog, Jetes–Wait, that’s not right. They brought him for a year, and he left. He was a hired hand. They’re so butt hurt when Kenny Lofton was as much a Yankee.
Hi Grey
Would you drop Steer for any of Castellanos, Crews or Lourdes Gurriel Jr?
422 comments on this post
Well 423 now
What is the record?
424
I guess I should have picked up Jesus Sanchez like Hittertron said. Sonofadidntpickup.
1. Abbott, ASS, Log Henderson, Elfin. Please rank.
2. Which side in each option please:
Crone and Eflin for Ober
….for Eovaldi
….for Lugo
(May be wishful thinking here)
3. Iglesias and Crone for E Diaz
Many thanks
ECab is doing it to me again. I said I quit using. 3IP 6K vs Cubs so far oh man.
*fights urges* I said I was done with it!
*scratches neck bites lip* Just one more time cant hurt right?
*adds him from WW*
Haha
Sorry one more question
Weathers home vs Cubs or
Warren home vs Tex?
Weathers
Hey Grey could you rank for rest of season:
Logan Henderson, Weathers, Zebby, Birdsong
Weathers, Logan
14 team 5×5 roto 10 keepers $300 budget with $5 yearly increases.
In last place. Been offered Roman Anthony($10 to keep next yr assuming gets promoted) by team in the hunt for Alonso (35 to keep).
Even Though Roman is #1 prospect feels a little light and feel need another piece back for Alonso.. no prospect is a guarantee and Alonso still affordable for a few more years at least (based on league inflation/tendenancies)
is that enough for you to send off Alonso or would you hold out for more ?
Hold
Drop K. Campbell for Luis Garcia Jr?
Yes
Weathers home vs Cubs or
Bassitt home vs SD?
Weathers
Lots of players off today, and with olson to the IL I have a free spot.
Who would be my best pickup?
Heliot Ramos (batting 1st) against KC
Will Benson (batting 7th) against PIT
Wilmer Flores(batting 2nd) against KC
Ramos
Dennis Santana or Romano?
Romano
Who is the sit out of…
Ryne Nelson @LAD
Pfaadt @LAD
Tylor Megill @BOS
JT Ginn vs LAA
Add Gavin Williams @ Min to that please
All of them? Nelson I guess
Trade
Torkelson or kwan
Tork, fair
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. pages for gore, which side? fair-ish?
Gore, it’s fair
Cast your votes for the ALL-IL team.
I got Yordan, Jazz, Buxton, Kirby … I think Buxton may qualify for the HOFIL
I’d like to submit a vote for Tyler O’Ne-IL
Ragans from me. (also Miller but he’s been bad!) Martinez if we need a closer.
Haha
Happy National Mechanical Dry Eye Day!
I think I’m suffering from this but might be due to 1/2 my team being on the IL… and now Campbell sitting in B2B games, what the heck??
Seriously though, I honestly can’t remember when I’ve had soo many “good” players on the IL at the same time:
Acuna
Jazz
Xavier Edwards
Kirby
Lugo
Mize
Bryce Miller (ok, well not sure he falls into the “good” category, but he IS on the IL)
Anyway, while I wait for my tear ducts to replenish, what are we doing with Campbell? hold or cut for a hot bat like:
Benson
Wilmer
Brandon Lowe
Tovar (now that he’s back)
Also – You prefer ASS or Zebby?
thanks as always!
Haha, what a day…I just cut Campbell…Tovar
ASS
Thank you… I’ve always been an ASS man.
And forgot to include Matt Shaw on the above list. I grabbed him in my “NA” spot and guess I can cut Campbell and start him tonight to see how it goes.
you like Tovar over Shaw?
thanks again!
Oh, and add Reese Olson to my growing IL list… was just added a few minutes ago.
good lord!
Yes, Tovar
Hi Grey,
T.Hernendez coming off the IL. I have to drop one outfielder:( Help please!
Carpenter
Friedl
Hays (Cin)
Varsho
Merrill
Ward
Pages
Thanks in advance!
Varsho
Top 2 for pts league:
Hoerner, McLain, Polanco, Torres
Hoerner, Gleyber
Ciao Don Grey,
Im around,I just read from the weeds by the Meadowlands.
12 TM 6×6 OBP + QS.. Dynasty keep forever..
Carrol + Yoshi + Schwelly
Or
Elly + Jewel Rod??
What say you?
Haha, Elly
Grazie Mille!We miss you around here. You missed the state fair at the Meadowlands. It’s a real live unscripted Maury show. Stand up Bergen County!
Haha, I miss Dirty Jerz
When you the prodigal son makes his return, you+ me+ Joey Diaz + White Mana.
Oh heck yeah
“Forget that California Vegan Bulll#hit l, c8cksuck@” Joey Diaz voice.
Haha
10 man points league, weekly head to head matchup
With Teoscar activated today, he needs an OF or UTIL spot currently occupied by the following:
Riley Greene
Heliot Ramos
Andy Pages
Jake Burger
Drafted Greene, added Ramos for injuries happening, added Pages for Teoscar injury I think, and drafted Burger originally
Besides maybe dropping my streaming spot in pitching, who from the above should I drop to make space for Teoscar?
Lose Burger
I can work with that, might be time to reevaluate his worth and hope he picks up in the second half like he can and save me from anyone who might go bad then or get injured
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Teoscar had been activated. Who do you think loses playing time in the Dodgers outfield?
No one you need to worry about…maybe Conforto
Afternoon Grey, I have to drop someone to make room for Teoscar coming back, who would you be comfortable letting go of, Jj Bleday, Dylan Moore, Bryson Stott, Volpe, Jeremy Pena or Taylor Ward? 12 team H2H categories w/ OPS
Bleday
Brenton Doyle is taking a spot on my roster while I stream outfield spots. Should I be holding him… or is he a drop for any hot bat?
Hold
Grey
Monday morning write ups are always the best of the week…Like a gym membership- sometimes the news makes you sweat, but mostly your topics provide our brains with the workout we didn’t know it needed. Keep those thoughts as fit as your sense of humor… you are must read daily!
Haha, thanks!
Santander dropped 10 team ops, do you like him better than Heliot, Crews, Happ Ros?
Nah
Hunter Greene is back this Friday at home against the Cubs for my last weekly SP/RP slot (I can play either position) would you play Jordan Romano or Greene? I have Finnegan and Megill already going at RP.
Greene
are you dropping any of the below for Matt Shaw?
Holiday, Crews, Rushing/Baldwin, or Gausman
Rushing
Please rank
Shaw, Moore, Kim, Burger
Burger, Shaw
Who do I sit
Birdsong vs. Royals
Wacha at Minnesota
Abbot vs a cubs
Birdsong
Was offered Sal Perez and Albies for Stotts and Willson Contreras…… 12 team H2H categories league. Thoughts?
Meh, seems fair, I wouldn’t
Any thoughts on Santander, Heliot Ramos and Soderstrom in a 5×5 roto league ROS? Who would bring back the most in a trade for SP?
Maybe Soderstrom? I don’t know, ask them who they want
Thanks.
No problem
Catcher question: Baldwin or Wells?
Baldwin
How much leash are we giving McClain in 12-team? I have Gleyber at 2B, Perdomo at SS, and Tovar ready to come off the IL. If I dropped McClain (or any of the others I just mentioned), I would add Taylor Ward as a Util and spare OF.
I’d want Ward over McLain
@Grey: weekly roto. debating who to start between mcmahon and caminero? was leaning mcmahon but he was dropped to 6th in the lineup and faces 4 lefties this week. HT has it as a pickem. Who do you like?
mcmahon – 4 vs phi, 3 vs nyy
caminero – 3 vs hou, 3 vs tor
thanks!
McMahon
Christian Walker or Jake Burger ROS? Redraft
Burger
Thanks!
No problem
Hi Grey,
Luis Mey or Randy Rodriguez?
Who do you think is more likely to get saves this season, and who might be a better keeper?
Randy, but I don’t see saves
In an 8 team ESPN points league (ugh). Should all Rays SP’s be free agents? I have Baz and Pepiot on my roster and i’m wondering why because the Rays don’t get them all the bonus points of getting a W. Plus, somebody dropped Rasmussen.
Alcantara, Blanco, Soriano, Megill, Abbott, Francis, Meyer, Schmidt and Merrill Kelly are all available. I’m leaning towards dropping my Baz and Pepiot for Schmidt and Kelly so i get some run support and possibly some W’s
What would you do wiht Pepiot and Baz?
Grant Holmes and Logan Henderson are also available
Makes sense, you should prolly be streaming
keep 2 (12 team H2H 6×6 w/ OPS): Jordan Beck, Brandon Nimmo, Jung Hoo Lee, Taylor Ward
Ward, Beck
You have more faith in Doyle right now than I do, is he showing you something or is it something else, thank you from a frustrated owner who took Doyle over PCA
Gotcha
Points. Redraft Keith or Campbell?
Campbell
ROS how do you rank these guys in roto. Maikel Garcia, soderstrom, altuve, doyle?
Thanks
Soder, Doyle
Brown,Warren or Birdsong over any of Taj, Henderson,Zebby and Gallen?
Burger or Grey sleeper Vientos?
Thanks!
Birdsong, Warren…Taj, Gallen…burger
@grey H2H 5×5 cats league,
How would you rank:
Josh Jung
Royce Lewis
Mark Vientos
Jake Burger
Javy Baez
Thanks!
Lewis, Burger
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Which one to bench of these in weekly lineup:
Eovaldi @NYY
Henderson vsBAL,@PIT
Liberatore vsARI
Warren vsTEX,@COL
Warren
Grey, any of these SP’s for Eflin?
Birdsong
Wacha
M Kelley
Smith Shawver
C Schmidt or Warren from Yanks
Thanks
Wacha
Are you still holding Bubba Chandler?
Nope
Nope because 1) no sign of a call up or 2) just overhyped at this point and streaming options will likely be just as good once he gets the call?
Someone else in my leagues has him
Ha! Sooo… is that to say if you owned him, you’d still be holding?
Depends on league and options
So let’s say you owned him in a standard 12 team redraft league where you also owned Crochet, Eovaldi, Luzardo, Gray, Abbott, & Ranger? I don’t have any immediate needs to replace him with, but not sure it’s worth him still taking up a dead roster spot. Have been excited to own him, but that’s the baseball guy in me. Not sure his fantasy results this year will outmatch someone like Peterson who just became available in my league. Bubba’s last couple of games in AAA have not been as dominant either.
I’d pick up Peterson 1st
anyone else having trouble logging in? Everytime i try to log in it refreshes the page, can’t access any of the tools.
I pinged Rudy
Rudy said: tell people to try logging in directly at https://razzball.com/wp-login.php
Hi Grey,
Life is good when you pick up both Merrill Kelly and Matt Liberatore off the wire and started.
1. I have both on my regular lineup ( Seth Lugo and Casey Mize). I was going to hold. Agree?
2. on the wire are the following pitchers:
A. Jeff Springs – His next start is vs Phil
B. David Peterson: vs the Dodgers
C. Erick Fedde: vs Detroit
D. James Taillon: at Miami and vs COL
E. Chad Paddack vs Cleveland and at TB
Would you pick up any of these off the wire?
If yes, would you cut the Yank’s Will Warren whose next start is home vs Texas?
3. If you want to keep Warren, would you cut Yellich to get one of the above SPs?
Thank you!!!
1. yes 2. no 3. no
appreciate your help!! Thanks!!
No problem
Drop 2B Lux for:
N Hoerner
B Lowe
D Moore
D Schneemann
C Meidroth
12 Team Points League
Nico is the top FA scoring in our league YTD
Hoerner
Hi Grey – in a H2H weekly league would you throw Matt Shaw in at 3B over Matt Chapman this week?
Shaw has 6 games @MIA and @CIN and Chapman has 6 games KC and @WSH.
Thanks,
LG
No
Addison Barger or The Butler (Will Benson)?
Benson
@Grey H2H 5×5 cats league no keepers,
Somebody is offering me Sonny Gray (my top pitchers being Pablo Lopez, Shota, Luis Castillo, Luzardo) for Seiya (Judge, Chourio, Nootbaar & Trout being my other OF)
What do you think?
Seiya
Juan Soto taunts not withstanding, the best NYC taunt has to be at Islander and Ranger games prior to the Rangers winning the Stanley cup in 1994.
12,000 voices in unison- “1940”
Haha
How would you rank Grisham, Butler and Heliot Ramos?
Thanks!
Ramos, Grisham
I should swap Lawrence butler for Helios Ramos in a points league?
Nah
@Grey: also weekly roto, only have room to start one of these guys. who do you like?
h ramos – 3 vs kc, 3 @ was
pages – 3 vs ari, 3 @ nym
thanks!
Ramos
@Grey: weekly roto. facing a rough pitching schedule this week. need to start two of the following. who do you like?
lib vs ari
pfaadt @ lad, @ stl
boyd @ cin
zeb vs kc (presumably)
meyer vs chc
ranger @ col
SON likes pfaadt and then boyd and meyer are both around $0.
thanks!
Lib, then meh, I guess Pfaadt
Hi Grey! Thanks for the write up as always!
Which are the top 3-4 of these starts
Gonsolin @NYM
Brown @CIN
Brown @MIA
Schwelly vs SD
Abbott vs CHC
Bassitt vs SD
Bassitt @TB
Roupp @WSH
Henderson @PIT (maybe)
Schwelly vs SD
Abbott vs CHC
Bassitt vs SD
Brown @MIA
Thanks, how close is it between Bassitt and Brown? Wasn’t expecting Bassitt among the top 3. Can only start one of them and Brown going to tonight.
Also, I’m a fantasy idiot – once I pick up guys, they go cold. Once I drop them (prematurely) they get hot. I’m a dummy for dropping Bellinger and Maikel early on ugh.
Why are you asking for 3 if you can start 1
Sorry, I meant between Brown and Bassitt I can only start one of them.
Bassitt
Does Jesus Luzardo and James Wood for Yordan Alvarez and Mason Miller smell like a possible collusion trade to you?
For which side?
Hi Grey,
Re: 10 team Yahoo points
My two RFs are Kyle Stowers and Kerry Carpenter.
1. Would you cut either one to pick up either Jordan Back or Travor Larnach?
or
2. Make a trade for a RF by offering Ben Rice. Which RFs would you try and get for Rice?
3. Hold
Thank you!!
1. no 2. Stowers and Carp have been great
I thought so. Thanks so much!
No problem
Hope the weekend was good. Need some FML help pls. pick one for the week.
Romano (4@col/3@binbong)
or
Ryan Walker (3vskc/3@wash)
thx
Yuck, I guess Romano
Both Romano and Walker have been solid of late.
Random trade offer I recieved: His Burger for my Birdsong?
Works for me
Would you drop Altuve for Paredes
Nope
Hey Grey,
Please rank the following to start next week, H2H points league:
Ward
Stowers
Josh Jung
Josh Smith
Toglia
Thanks in advance!
You did
Got Altuve at 2B. Nothing about his numbers gives me much hope. Semien, L.Garcia, Keith, Shaw, Smith on wire. Keep Altuve and pray or drop. 5×5 obp.
Thx
Hold
Which if any do you prefer?
1. My Eflin and Vest for his ASS and Gonsolin
2. My L Henderson and Vest for his Gonsolin and ASS
3. My Vest for his Gonsolin
Eflin for ASS
Guy bailed on Eflin. Must have been reading your comments lol. So I have my choice of Gonsolin or ASS for Vest.
Gonsolin blaming blisters so intriguing. So many SPs on the Dodgers hard to predict, project. ASS has been better than I expected. Fairies coming? Spot on rotation safe?
What say you?
ASS
Hey Grey! Who would you rather have rest of season? Need power/average more than speed (realize these aren’t the best power options, but slim pickings…)
Otto Lopez
Jordan Lawlar
Hyeseong Kim
Thanks!
Lopez
happy mondays kinky afro
Who do we want?
LHenderson, RyanWeathers, BubbaChandler, Abbott, Mick Abel, Nick Martinez, Flaherty
Or grab and stash Lugo?
tx
Abbott
ROS SAGNOF top 2 for saves:
Miller, Hodge, Pressly, L. Jackson, Santana, Bednar, Doval, Faucher
Hodge, Miller
Several questions today involving “Miller”. Are you assuming Shelby or Mason?
Barney
Pick two please: Eflin, Gonsolin, ASS
Not Eflin
Balle over S. Murphy in a 2-C league or hold? 12 team roto but 30 man rosters so he’ll definitely get scooped by someone else if we don’t think Moises will stick
Hold
Which one of these guys would you cut. Eflin or Nick Martinez? Qs format. Eflin wasn’t doing too bad until yesterday’s outing. He was still pitching in the 6th despite being down 7-0 after 2 innings. Martinez has been doing well lately. Both of them dont strike out a ton of guys but were thought to be efficient for qs. I actually liked eflin this year. Not sure if the lat is healed; he could have been rushed back.
Eflin
Am having such a rough go at it this season, seems any tweaking I do backfires, so I need you.
SIT 1 out of;
RLewis 3vKC, 3vCLE (HR binge is coming, right?)
O’Hearn 4@BOS, 3@MIL (all righties!!!)
NootNoot 3vAZ, 3vDET (chugga chugga, steady as she goes)
Jassssson Dom 3vTEX, 3@COL (Yanks in Coors please)
Jasson
Grey, are you starting Strider @WSH over Schwellenbach vs SD or King @ATL this week ?
How about Gray vs Det vs Ari?
Thanks
Over Spencer
I am starting Gray
Sit or start? 12 team leagues, both starts at home.
Keller vs Cin (Lodolo)
Warren vs Tex (Corbin)
Start both
Apologies if this question shows up a second time
Cameron available. Which of these two is first to cut for him? I am trying to rebuild a rough staff with a couple guys on IL
Pfaat or Cameron? And is the other guy you don’t choose worth holding for now?
Much appreciated
Oops – Horton is the other guy. DOH
What?
Yeah, yikes, sorry
Cameron is available.
I have Pfaat and Horton – would you hold the other guy or try to replace both.
Hold
Please rank Liberatore Boyd Zebby Cameron
Lib, Boyd
Who would be your two starts this week from these four:
Zebby v. KC
Taj v HOU
Gallen @ STL
Pfaadt @LAD @STL
Also,Fitzgerald or Rengifo at 2B?
Thanks!
Zebby, Pfaadt, they’re all awful
Fitz
Picked up Shaw on speculation last week. Have Semien stinking up 2nd base. Go ahead and drop Semien or hold on to him as a bench bat? Picked him up after he was dropped hoping for a dead cat bounce that hasn’t materialized. Waivers for 2b is a bit of a wasteland.
Meh, hold, I guess
Sounds good. He’ll be on the bench today. Should hit a grand slam or for the cycle. haha
Haha
edit
I see now the Rangers are off. It’ll be very impressive if he does anything today. Can’t lose me points at least. That better than some of his most recent games.
Shizz happens of course but if Gallen isn’t hurt then I can’t imagine what the fork is going on. Nearly rage dropped him Saturday night but decided I should be mature and let it breathe. Thank you for confirming that dropping him is the mature decision!
He’s def. hurt
Getting a little concerned that Altuve is washed. Your thoughts?
Yes, seems washed
Haha. Not the reply I was hoping for, but appreciate the candor.
Haha
Which three would you start out of this group?
Littell vs. HOU
Olson vs. CLE
Canning vs. LAD
Peterson vs. LAD
Smith-Shawver @ WAS
Eflin @ BOS
Boyd @ CIN
Birdsong vs. KC
Olson, Peterson, Birdsong
Grey, do I hang on to Brenton Doyle in a Razzball league?
Yes
Good morning.
Pages, Ramos, Abreu. Need to potentially drop one
M Garcia and Truing on roster. Who would you try to move?
Pages
Turang
As a Yankee fan and NYer, I really don’t think it’s a butthurt thing.
For one, Yankees are doing just fine without him and even at the time, the money was kinda hard to justify.
I think at its core, sports fans love a good enemy/bad guy. Whether it be prime LeBron, Draymond, Ortiz Red Sox, whatever- bad guys draw more than good guys in many instances.
I think it’s really fun to make Soto this big bad villain and boo him and treat him like the devil for not coming back. I don’t think fans are actually crying and upset about it. Another example is Altuve- nobody cares about the logic, it’s just fun to hiss at the villain. Whether the fans are self aware of it doesn’t matter, it is what it is.
Gotcha
in a keeper league and have PCA for 2 more years. Would you try to flip him for James Wood? Or who do you prefer over next 2 years, Wood or PCA?
I’d take Wood
That’s what she said…………
Ha
Benson v Larnach
Keep one for bench bat
Benson
Adley or Agustin?
Agustin
Came here for the Jordan Beck snippet. Statcast looks delicious. Debating between which schmotato is more real, him or Benson
Beck
Hi Grey. Kremer vs brewers ? Or knack vs zona ? And would you trade rooker for heliot ramos ? Thanks
Knack
No on Rooker
Who do you have more faith in the ROS / who should I keep: Baz or Alcantara? I need to drop one of them, thanks again
Sandy
Add to Life’s Mysteries. Why does Kyle Manzardo ( 1267 OPS v LHP) primarily sit v LHP?
I know
Gonna go ahead and say that the Dodgers pitching Gonsolin with a cut on the thumb of his pitching hand was not the greatest. By the 2nd inning his pants looked like a hand towel after Vincent Vega used it.
Haha
come on grey alverado was just using weight loss pills
who you starting out of this mess i don’t trust taj, baz, horton, henderson or zeb
SP Taj Bradley SP • TB R HOU 1-2, 9.95, 12 IP
SP Logan Henderson SP • MIL R BAL @PIT
SP Merrill Kelly SP • ARI R @STL 3-1, 2.75, 36 IP
SP Nick Lodolo P • CIN L @PIT CHC
SP Ranger Suarez SP • PHI L @COL
SP Shane Baz SP • TB R TOR
SP Cade Horton SP • CHC R @MIA
SP Zebby Matthews SP • MIN R
Oh of course!
SP Logan Henderson SP • MIL R BAL @PIT
SP Merrill Kelly SP • ARI R @STL 3-1, 2.75, 36 IP
SP Nick Lodolo P • CIN L @PIT CHC
SP Ranger Suarez SP • PHI L @COL
Horton
thank G
No problem
One more apologies. 11 team 5×5 OBP. They just refuse to play Lawlar, hold for another week or send to waivers to open up a streaming hitting spot.
Lose him
Morning Grey, can you rank these guys for me please? Vientos, Burger, Norby, Vargas
Add Matt Shaw to the list plz
Burger, Shaw
11 team 5×5 OBP. Dropping Zebby for a streamer spot or did you see enough to hold for the upcoming KC start at home?
Hold
Baldwin or Agustin, Points Redraft?
Agustin
Who do you prefer ROS at 2B:
Semien or T. Fitzgerald
Semien
Need to fill a bench bat/starter:
Beck 7 games at home vs Philly and NYY
Holliday all on the road-Mil & Bos
Yandy @ Home for 7 games-Hou & Tor
Ward 4 games @ATH and 3 @ home vs MIA
Who would you go with?
Thanks
Beck
Matt Shaw or Bohm?
Shaw
Start Sonny gray vs Detroit today?
Yes
Mullins and Beck on the wire. Beck is hitting on the road and over the past 40 days has been terrific. He is also 8% owned in our league and could flame out for sure. Mullins is 63% owned but plummeting, hitting sixth now? Two years of poor average but decent power/stolen bases. Crazy to claim Beck over him?
Not crazy
Good morning Grey! Would you drop one of these guys to take a flyer on Shaw? Santander, Doyle, Adames, Cam Smith, McLain, Noot?
Smith
Thanks! Who would be your next drop out of those guys?
McLain
Yanier Diaz or Ivan Herrera RoS in 12-team roto?
Yainer
Dealing with some injuries to my starters, trying to cobble together a staff for my ESPN 12 weekly, head to head league. My opponent this week has 8 total starts! Can you rank the your top 5 options out of the following list?
Flaherty @ SL
Holmes @ BOS
Horton @ Mia
Lib vs Arizona
Bibee @ Min
Zebby vs KC
Ben Brown @ MIA and @ CIN
Nick Martinez @ Pitt
Pepiot vs Hou and vs Tor
Irvin vs SF
Gavin Williams @ MIN and @ DET
Thanks, grateful!
Pepiot vs Hou and vs Tor
Irvin vs SF
Lib vs Arizona
Ben Brown @ MIA and @ CIN
Flaherty
Grey, pick one this week.
Nolan Jones 3@MIN 4@DET
or
Gavin Sheets
3@TOR 3@ATL
Thanks!
I’m leaning Sheets…
Sheets
Birdsong and Noah Cameron are available. Would you drop Paddack or Nick Martinez for them?
Sure, both
Gonna Piggyback here…. Is Horton worth a hold or dump for Cameron
Hold
Well we don’t win championships anymore so at least let us have a good cross-town villain. -signed, Yankee fans
Haha
(1) Weekly roster decision. Schwell vs SD; or Abbott vs CHC?
(1a) Or neither (and roster Vest for week)
(2) I own Kepler (my final OF). Should I bid FAAB for Benson?
Note: May be for only 3 weeks when Cowser returns from IL.
1. Spencer 2. Sure
Drop Bello for Miles Mikolas, Chris Paddack, or Will Warren?
Warren
Morning young man, keep forever dynasty league, Corbin Carrol or Wyatt Langford?
seems kind of even for me.
Corbin
Have Gallen and Bibee who have had their struggles and Matthews, who got lit up in his first start. Would you replace any or all from the following list of available pitchers: R. Saurez, Sears, Springs, Abel, Cameron, Heaney, Weathers, G. Williams, Birdsong, Blanco, Pallante.
Thanks!!
Weathers and Suarez over Bibee and Gallen
Rest of season- Vlad or Matt Olson?
Thanks!
Vlad
Morning Grey! Would you drop Sean Murphy for Ivan Herrera or Logan Ohoppe?
Also I streamed Merrill Kelly but thinking of keeping him now over Taj Bradley, Bibee, or Brady singer. Which of those would you drop? Thanks
O’Hoppe
Bibee
Does Aranda stink again or just a cold streak?
Thinking of moving on from him and dropping for Larnach, Miguel Vargas, or hittertron suggestion Jesus Sanchez.
Meh, I guess try Vargas
Hunter Goodman vs Yainer Diaz ROS?
Goodman
Are Brenton Doyle or Jesus Sanchez drops for any of these guys?:
Matt Shaw
Alex Burleson
Soler
Varsho
Horwitz
If so, how much faab of my 850$ out of 1000$ should I spend?
No
Actually, Sanchez for Shaw is fine, $13
Thanks!
No problem
oak jr loves ward. “upper cutting for a homer every swing”. that’s me quoting oak jr
I like what he’s seeing
Ok to drop Mize for L. Henderson?
No
Thanks. Lose Gallen for L. Henderson or hold?
14 man CATs league. Drop Carson Kelly for Drake Baldwin?
Yes
Went with Baldwin, hopefully the right choice over Agustin
Cool
It looked like Zebby was doing alright to start but his team didn’t do him any favors, he didn’t get enough rest in between the innings, the Crew started to work the count, and fatigued the control got away from him. Even after the 3 walks he didn’t give up hard contact, two singles in the 3rd did most of the damage. I’m leery due to the history last year, but it wasn’t so disastrous to give up. And the upside should be higher than Cameron, so I’m holding to see a few more starts.
In what order (in terms of long-term upside) would you rank Colton Gordon, JT Ginn, Logan Evans, Gunnar Hoguland, Zebby Matthews and Noah Cameron?
I’ve been decimated with pitcher injuries. 8 guys on the IL. This next month or two is the gauntlet where we see which of these young guys has more dynasty upside.
Gotcha — Cameron, Gunnar
Cameron’s at the top of that whole list even with his 91 mph fastball? I was thinking eventually teams are gonna figure him out. Is it because he induces weak contact or why so high on him?
https://razzball.com/kcs-cameron-flirts-with-a-noahitter/
Fair, I was gonna wait until after Ginn or Gordon had their start today, but looks like Verlander is hurt and facing the Nationals so I’m dropping him for Cameron. My rotation is so bad. 7 rookies, wtf
Ok, can wait tho, no rush
League’s too deep lol
H2H 12 team points league…need a 3B
can drop Josh Smith for Max Muncy (dodgers) or take a flyer on Matt Shaw?
Shaw
Better ROS – K Tucker or Tatis?
Tucker
That’s a great point about Mahle. We didn’t sign him for 4 years. He got me 47 points in my H2H league last week. I watched his start agains the Astros. There is nothing exciting about him, he throws strikes and keeps his s–t together, once he stops, he’s gone and if there’s playoff money he’ll get a share…. That leads me to this week, would you start Mahle @ White Sox, or Ben Brown possibly twice, @Mia, @ Cinn. I really don’t like starting streamers on the road. I don’t like starting anyone on the road tbh. Also, Stott has a 7 game week at Col, and A’s, unfortunately I see 3 lefty’s and of course he sits against them. Would you still start him over Altuve, who’s been rough, but he plays everyday. thanks in advance.
Yup! I’d start Mahle and Altuve
Max Meyer or Zebby Matthews ROS ?
Neither? I guess Meyer
12 team redraft, who would you rather roster, L.Garcia or H.Kim?
Garcia
Hi Grey,
Good morning.
12 team, mix league with OBP
OF
I have PCA, Tucker and Heliot Ramos.
UTL Ohtani
As my other OF/Bench I have Brenton Doyle who is not playing well.
Somebody dropped Castellanos.
Should I drop Doyle for Castellanos or hold for a little while?
Thanks,
Chris
Hold
Grey how much are you regretting the early sell tag on Fried?
No ragrets
Burger or Miguel Vargas?
Burger
Altuve vs Albies ROS?
Albies
Hi,
I have Walker at 1b in a 12 teams dynasty league. I have Basallo too.
Pick 2 :
Steer
T.Ward
Kurtz
Thanks
Jogon
Ward, Steer
ROS rank H2H. Julio, Beck and Butler
Julio, Butler
Good morning,
5×5, Roto, mixed, 10 teams.
I’m in the basement with saves. 9 back. I acquired Robert Suarez. Also have Bednar and Erceg (hoping for a Estevez implosion). Should I punt saves? I’ve never punted a category. I tried Pressley, didn’t work (yes, also ruined my WHIP and ERA for that week.) Tried Kanhle, but the Tigers are a committee apparently headed by Vest. I haven’t gotten a save in 3 weeks. Thanks for any advice.
No
Hey Grey-
OBP Roto:
Witt or Trea Turner & Michael King?
Is it close?
Witt
10 tm 6×6 keep 6
Why don’t I want Paredes, Hoerner, or Adolis on my team?!?!
1. Help me rank Paredes, Vientos, Burger
2. Help me rank Hoerner, Garcia Jr, Kim
3. Help me rank Adolis, Stowers, Pages, Crews, Robert Jr, Doyle.
3A. OOR… Move Betts to OF and pick up Neto, Swanson, Pena, Adames.
Thanks!
Paredes, Burger 2. Hoerner, Garcia 3. Sure, Neto
5×5 H2H
Max Meyer, Will Warren, Taj Bradley, Tylor Megill, Zebby Matthews, Sandy Alcantara and Jack Leiter Jr.
Which 2 do you like the most between the list above?
Thanks!
Megill, Warren
drop 1. noot, tovar, jung hoo. thanks grey
Noot
Hi grey!
In a 12 team league – would you rather JH Lee or Ivan Herrera ?
Lee
Think I need to cut my 2 Zac(h)s – Gallen & Eflin – been so bad
Some replacement options for this week – any you’d pick?
Cade Horton @ Mia
Jose Soriano vs Mia (later in week, want nothing to do with bing bong stadium)
Noah Cameron @ Min
Sean Burke vs Tex
Gunnar Hogland vs LAA
or grab any of these for potential saves & ratios
Drew Pomerantz
Porter Hodge
Yimi Garcia
Jesus Tinoco
Soriano
16 team keeper league, yahoo, roto, 5×5.
who is better rest of season between Brandon Nimmo and Tyler Soderstrom ?
Soder
Happy Monday!
Couple of questions for a 12-team 5×5 league with weekly lineups:
1) SP choices are not great for the week. Please rank:
Leiter @CHW
Horton @MA
BBrown @CN
2-start Lorenzen @SF, vCIN
2-start Bibee vLAD, @MIN
Gallen @STL
2) For RPs,with J-Mart due back Friday, is Hodge ahead of Miller now? Is Romano, Hodge, Miller the correct ranking?
Not a question, but greatly appreciate the shout-out in your post last week regarding the Buxton-Correa collision. Can’t really explain why, but I got quite the burst of joy/pride/etc. from being recognized in something read by a bunch of prematurely balding guys and 5 gals. I guess I might just be a loser. Thank you!
Leiter, Horton, Lorenzen 2. That ranking — haha, No problem!
12 team redraft h/h points
Pick one you would want in order ( 2nd base ) ROS
India
Hoerner
Torres
Gleyber
Hey to the Hey to the Hey, Hey, Hey!!!
Kurtz? Despite my fantasies about coming here and bandying about literary puns, I am thinking it’s time to free up the roster spot and just monocle him. Ya think?
Abbott and Liberatore: who is more likely to succumb to a swarm of beating, shimmering, paper thin wings? I’ll roster the other.
lurrrrrrrrrrrveyas!
Yeah, it’s time…Abbott…lurves!
Ooops, I made my own question overly confusing: so Abbott is more likely to regress and I should roster Liberatore? Or vicey versy? lurrrrrrskis!
I’d guess Abbott would regress, yes, bless
Jordon Beck or Gavin Sheets ROS? Thank you!
Beck
Gonna 1up the Soto Yankees fans with the Tigers fans booing Bregman and having signs and stuff.
A FA took more money and was never on the team and they are butthurt. It wasnt identical offers. It wasnt less money. It was more money. A FA took more money and was never on your team. To my knowledge he never said a bad word about DET. Just gave me embarrassment by proxy.
Haha, he’ll be there next year to be awful
Would you do a 1 for 1 Jackson Jobe for Tanner Bibee? Which side?
Bibee
Rasmussen and Schwellenbach for Logan Webb — which side? Thanks!
Spencer
Aranda or Nico H in a 10 team points league….
Nico
Soriano is a double start this week away A’s home MIA … h/h points yes/no
Yes
12 team redraft h/h points
Have Neto at SS & E Suarez at DH only carry one extra hitter ( D Moore ) who plays multiple positions….rest of bench players are all SPers
Am I going to regret dropping Volpe … did try to trade him no takers but when I do drop him he will get picked up
Prolly
12T, H2H, 10×10 league, drop Lawrence Butler for Jordan Beck, Hunter Goodman, Miguel Vargas, Trevor Larnach or Will Benson?
Drop Gonsolin or Tyler Anderson for Birdsong, Nick Martinez, Michael Wacha, Misiorowski, Painter or Chase Burns?
Thanks!
Nah
Anderson and Gonsolin for Wacha and Birdsong
Gotta pick one – Rea @ CIN or Wacha @MIN?
Wacha
Old Ronald “McDonald” has a farm update
Eee eye eee eye oh
420 bomb smoked to dead center field
As he went 1 for 1 with 4 walks
Though he was at DH for this one
Acuna back before Memorial Day
He says wishfully
Is Joe Boyle a stash? Agree that Baz see the ineffective list soon.
I hope soon
Yes on Boyle
Can only start one:
HBrown @TB
Sale @Was
Webb KC
Brown
2B for this week in points?
Currently have Dylan Moore who has been sitting a lot since coming back
3 at CWS 4 at Hou
McLain- 3 at Pit, 3 v CHC
Hyeseong Kim- 3 v ARI 3 at Mets
Luis Garcia- 3 v Atl, 3 v SF
Garcia
Said when Neto came back from injury he was going to be top 5 SS in league ROS …
Nice
Seeing Soto play for the first time this season he seems like he gained a lot of weight ….so far he just isn’t the player he was in the past his effort seems lacking too
I don’t know, he looks how he normally does to me.
HAHA
Ha
Definitely losing the faith on Baz, so I also found this:
Corbin Burnes was dropped (while at 98% owned) in my league. After some 5 min of WTF over and over, saw his recent starts and figured I’ll absolutely take him if a waiver order at 9 of 10 will see no one else gets him before me first.
If my claim might go through, who should I drop? (Waiver processes for this tomorrow, May 20)
Drop: Baz, Rea, Horton, or Jobe?
I’m still wondering why the hell Burnes was dropped, so if you could explain it Grey, that would be appreciated too- I’m almost expecting he be back on that team’s roster that it might have been a mistake drop and they use their mulligan to have the commish undo the drop
Baz
Despite missing a month with an injury, Ivan Herrera has already moved back into a Top 10 positional ranking on the Razzball Player Rater:
RANK CATCHER TEAM AB / HR / RBI / SB / AVE
08 Cal Raleigh SEA 162 / 15 / 32 / 5 / .247
50 Hunter Goodman COL 164 / 7 / 29 / 0 / .299
94 Carson Kelly CHC 91 / 8 / 23 / 0 / .286
95 Will Smith LAD 118 / 4 / 24 / 2 / .339
97 Willson Contreras STL 173 / 6 / 26 / 2 / .249
106 Shea Langeliers ATH 152 / 8 / 23 / 2 / .250
122 William Contreras MIL 155 / 4 / 21 / 4 / .239
126 Logan O’Hoppe LAA 135 / 10 / 23 / 0 / .252
138 Austin Wells NYY 135 / 8 / 28 / 2 / .207
161 Ivan Herrera STL 49 / 5 / 18 / 0 / .429
206 Drake Baldwin ATL 84 / 5 / 15 / 0 / .357
210 Sean Murphy ATL 99 / 8 / 18 / 0 / .232
Wow, crazy…Goodman over O’Hoppe doesn’t look so dumb now, huh Vin?
Did I say it was dumb?? Doesn’t sound like me. I’m waiting to say you were crazy to recommend others over Herrera in comments above!
Hahaha, no, I said it was dumb, I’m arguing with myself
Kelly’s top 10 performance was one of 4 starts added to the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list on the weekend. It was his second entry. Abel’s debut also made the top 100.
Saturday saw two big names secure slots at the end of the list. Zack Wheeler notched his 5th, though he will certainly have his latest pushed out this week.
10 Merrill Kelly May 18 vs COL
26 Zack Wheeler Apr 2 vs COL
48 Zack Wheeler Apr 18 vs MIA
50 Zack Wheeler May 11 @CLE
71 Pablo Lopez May 6 vs BAL
74 Mick Abel May 18 vs PIT
82 Zack Wheeler May 6 @TB
86 Merrill Kelly Apr 15 @MIA
98 Zack Wheeler May 17 vs PIT
99 Pablo Lopez May 17 @MIL
Skenes would have been in the top 30 if he had “earned” the win!
Makes sense
Haha, amazing
Who would you drop out of Brandon Nimmo, Bryan Reynolds, and Matt Chapman in 12-team roto?
Nimmo
10 team points league. Salvador Perez was dropped. I currently have Austin Wells.
Would you use a #1 waiver claim on Perez?
Sure
Which 3 from this group? Aranda, Bichette, Volpe, Adames, Santander
Volpe, Adames, Santander
Would you drop Gallen in a 10 team points league and pick up Wacha or Birdsong in his place?
Yes, I’d try Birdsong 1st
Grey!!!!
Awesome!
Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for May 19, 2025
You kiddin’, no respect at all. Yesterday I got hit by a car. I asked the driver “Are you blind?” He says “I hit you didn’t I.”
Cheers,
Ante
“When one is struck — whether by fate or by a fender — the true test is not the pain itself, but how the mind responds. If humor arises, even then, it shows the spirit remains free. In this way, even disrespect becomes a teacher.” — The Dalai Lama
Thanks, B-Bard. These are great.
Haha, thanks!
Would you trade Vlad Guerrero and PCA for Juan Soto and Aaron Nola, I feel like I could maybe catch the owner in a moment of depression with this trade, but PCA is a lot of value.
No. Why? Nola of the 6ERA? That guy?
No
What about Guerrero and Bellinger for Soto and Nola (or Soto and Goldschmidt)
Soto and Goldy
So would you do that trade? (I have Guerrero and bellinger)
Sure
I avoided drafting Rafael Devers this year. His 2nd half last season was terrible due to a worsening shoulder injury, and it was clear it still bothered him this year—a major red flag. The season is long, and I doubt his shoulder has fully healed. It might seem better or maybe it calmed down since he’s a DH and doesn’t have to throw, but I’m skeptical. If he has a good year, I’m fine missing out; the risk and opportunity cost of drafting him were too high for me.
It’s still early, let’s see how he looks in August
Baz gave up another hr with the slider. 5 of his 9 hr this year have come on that pitch. Coming into today he only threw the slider 7.9% of the time (58 total). Prior to today guys were hitting .429 with a 1.286 slg off of it. I thought the rays were smart. I’m not a pitching coach, but a good way to pitch better is to throw your good pitches more and your bad pitches less. And in some cases, dont throw a pitch if it sucks and it’s getting hammered.
So crazy that he keeps going back to it
Reminds me of this terrible movie I saw as a kid. As like an 8 year old I thought it was dumb.
Joey from Friends has a pet monkey or finds a monkey or idk. Anyway, I think it plays OF and flips around and he is a pitcher. Anyway, every time he throws a curveball it gets tattooed. Every. Time. Then in the end the monkey gets hurt or something and gives the sign for a curve and he throws 1 good curve.
I think. It sucked. Even as a kid watching on VHS in like 2000 it seemed really bad.
All I am saying is Baz’s slider = Joey monkey movie curveball.