Angels still have issues, but I’ve liked the changes Kurt Suzuki has made as manager, and, I wonder if he has a hand in Jose Soriano (5 IP, 0 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.24) unlocking da juice. Of course, I’m just guessing it’s Suzuki’s doing. It could’ve been a butterfly landed on a bus driver’s shoulder in Indonesia and, because he’s deathly afraid, he swerved and ran into a grandmother on a moped. She’ll be fine, but her grandson had to travel to Indonesia to look after her. It was going to be a nice reprieve for him, after toiling at a dead-end job for five years. He’d go overseas and return with a newfound purpose. Though, while he was at the airport, he was talking to someone in the TSA line about how he thinks Jose Soriano can be great but has the wrong arm angle. Someone overheard that, and they were Arte Moreno’s neighbor, and they went back and told Arte, who told Kurt to tell Jose. Or simply Kurt helped. I don’t know, but the results have been fantastic — 10.3 K/9, 3.1 BB/9, a 2.77 xFIP, and number one on the Player Rater through almost a month. Velocity has always hit 98, but command never amounted to much. Now: 1st in MLB in innings, and ERA; 2nd in strikeouts and batting average against. It’s all clicked, and he looks as good as that Indonesian grandson thought he could be. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Mike Trout – 1-for-3, 2 runs and a slam (8) and legs (4), hitting .239. So, that ends the speculation that Mike Trout has over 400 career homers simply because of Yankees pitching. Oh, and four more homers before his 1st IL stint.
Nolan Schanuel – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .239. Another point in Kurt Suzuki’s favor. Namely, Schanuel hitting in the 6-hole and not sitting in the two-hole. Though, I guess we’ll see after Trout’s 12th homer.
Didier Fuentes – 3 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners (1 BB), 7 Ks, as he was called up, and immediately sent back down. Now, JR Ritchie’s coming up. I’m the first person to be like, “Get this crappy vet out of the rotation and put in this rookie! Here’s one: Goodbye, Chris Paddack, put in Snelling!” With that said (Grey’s turning this thing around!), Ritchie has had command issues in the upper minors, and Strider’s back soon anyway. Though, if you wanna feel that rookie nookie, I won’t stand in your way.
Michael Harris II – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 5th and 6th homer. II legit to quit.
Drake Baldwin – 2-for-3 and his 7th homer, hitting .320. He’s on pace for a 40-homer season. I’d bet against him getting there, but just to have this opening month salvo? Got me salivating.
Matt Olson – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, 2nd in three games. 28 more to go!
Joey Wiemer – 1-for-1 and a slam (3) and legs (1), as he pinch-hit late in the game. You might remember Joey Wiemer from such films as, “The 1st Week Of The Season Natural,” and, “He’ll Never Be Bad, Right?”
Daylen Lile – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, 2nd homer in three games, and 3rd homer in a week. A Lile bit louder now!
James Wood – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 9th homer. Wow, he didn’t hit his 9th homer last year until April 28th! Wait, that’s not that long in the future.
Yordan Alvarez – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer, hitting .347. Captain Woo Cubano is my favorite and I want him back! Why didn’t I draft him? Instead I have this freakin’ Jazz schmohawk! [turns to mirror] You’re so dumb!
Peter Lambert – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.27. Peter Lambert’s got the most once-was-a-child-star name I’ve heard. The little kid from Little Big League? I think that’s Peter Lambert. So, Lambert’s been gone for a while. First in Colorado, then in Japan. He wasn’t very successful in either place, and I’d be careful outside of AL-Only.
Enyel De Los Santos – 1 1/3 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 3.86 and his 3rd save. And I already moved on! Can’t go back! Can only move forward! I’m like a shark but with SAGNOF! Though, in the Church of SAGNOF in the EDLS Chapter, I can go back if my 8th place waiver claim does the trick.
Tanner Bibee – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.45. Some of the most yawnstipating peripherals under the hood for Bibee. Not ugly, but not pretty. Call him, well, quick detour: I went to a movie screening a few years back and Angelina Jolie was there. Let’s just say, not ugly, but not pretty. Call him, Tanner Jolie.
Connor Prielipp – 4 IP, 2 ER, as he was called up. If you can say his last name, without going into A Tribe Called Quest’s Oh My God lyrics a’la, “Prielipp, Prielipp, ya wind up ya hip…” You are a better or younger person than me. Mick Abel went down with elbow inflammation, and I nearly did just now. I’ll explain! In an AL-Only league, people clamored for Kendry Rojas (spent FAAB) earlier this week, because he was rumored to be called up to replace Abel, but I looked at him and Prielipp and went with Prielipp for free, because he had better stats and was older, thus closer to MLB-ready. Then I started doing a Tiger Woods fist pump like when his Uber arrives and says, “You’re drunk? Wanna drive my car?” and hence the elbow inflammation. Prielipp is still only AL-Only and deep mixed leagues, but his slider is about as good as it comes and can hit 96 on the speedball. So, monocle.
Byron Buxton – 1-for-5 and his 5th homer, 2nd homer in two games. Told ya yesterday he was gonna homer today.
Devin Williams – Carlos Mendoza confirmed Devin would remain the team’s closer saying, “That’s why Luke Weaver (1 1/3 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 5.40) was kept in to close the game.” I kid, he did say Williams was his closer, and had the night off. Devin will be back to blowing saves tomorrow! I did grab Weaver, just in case Mendoza comes to his senses.
Francisco Lindor – Left the game with calf tightness. Even after their win last night, the Mets seem cursed, unless…
We did it!
— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) April 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Juan Soto – 1-for-3 as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “I went to church this weekend and, for a good hour, I thought he meant Lorde, the singer.”
Clay Holmes – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.10. Whaddup, Holmes?! Him.
J.T. Realmuto – Hit the IL with a lower back injury. Son of the actress who played Tony Soprano’s mom, Rafael Marchan, will take over and is not good with the ol’ bat.
Michael Busch – 2-for-4 and his 1st homer. “Honey, rather than tie cans to my bumper to celebrate our wedding, what if we tied my 1st baseman–Hold on! He moved! Busch is alive!”
Seiya Suzuki – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd in two games. Seiya ball!
Matthew Boyd – 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.79, as he was activated from the IL. He seriously couldn’t get one more out? One more?! C’mon!
Wyatt Langford – Hit the IL with a flexor strain. I go to Urgent Care basically once a week I’m so neurotic. I go so much, the doctor knows me. I think I hate Wyatt Langford because I see so much of myself in him. Get yourself a good Urgent Care doc, Wyatt, and stop missing so much time!
Josh Jung – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 3rd homer in a week. Gosh Jung!
Jack Leiter – 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.97 vs. Braxton Ashcraft – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.43. I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know if there’s any point to drafting starters before 200 overall. Great starters who are drafted after 200 are indistinguishable from starters taken in the top 200.
Oneil Cruz – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .286. Down from .355 nine days ago, but, yeah, he’s immune to slumps.
Shohei Ohtani – 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 0.38, 0-for-4. He’s a top two hitter in baseball and has an 0.38 ERA. Very normal stuff!
Ryan Walker – 1 IP, 0 ER, and his 3rd save, 2nd save in two days, ERA at 3.27. And now he’s the closer. No question about it. Not entirely sure why Tonnato Vitello couldn’t have told us that a month ago.
Munetaka Murakami – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer, 5th homer in five games. Who’s going to explain to the newly defrosted Dale Long how the internet works?
Miguel Vargas – 2-for-4, 3 runs and a slam (5) and legs (4), and 3rd homer in three games, and one of the hottest schmotatoes in the entire land.
Colson Montgomery – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, 2nd homer in two games, and 3rd homer in three games and 4th homer in four games. So, what are you telling, the White Sox hired Adam Dunn as their hitting coach?
Nolan Arenado – 4-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer. I purchased on eBay the first known paper menu for Chipotle and someone wrote in pencil, “Don’t put botulism in the carnitas.” Here, I’ll show you, it’s haphazardly over by this open window–NOOOOOO!!! Torenado!!!
Ildemaro Vargas – 2-for-5, 5 RBIs and his 4th and 5th homer, three homers in two games. A hot schmotato, clearly, and also two Vargasses homered in the last two game, three times. Finally, a -gas that can get through the Strait of Hormuz.
Casey Mize – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.51. Sitting on 10.1 K/9, 3.1 BB/9 and both are highly encouraging. He’s also one of the few guys who can throw 170 IP, so could be a number two, potentially. Yeah, I’m a fan.
Kerry Carpenter – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer, hitting .219, and now hitting in the 7-hole, between Wenceel Perez (0-for-4, .063) and Javier Baez (1-for-4, 1 run, .277), i.e., Death-Of-Fantasy Valley. Oh, and Carp’s K% is 36.4. Does he need Max Muncy’s glasses?
Spencer Torkelson – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .189. He’s hitting in front of Carpenter too. Or I guess with a .189 average and one homer. “He shitting in front of Carpenter,” like some weird OnlyFans.
Brandon Williamson – 4 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.40. On a somewhat related note, whatever happened with Lodolo? Did his blister get infected with the Gong-Gong Disease that was discovered by Chuck Barris during his time with the CIA?
Junior Caminero – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer. Vroom, vroom! I go down the board game aisle!
Nick Martinez – 8 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.10. Actually, perfect Tampa Bay Rays pitcher. Affordable and he’s made a career out of getting by with lesser stuff. Call him Make-A-Dollar-Out-Of-Three-Nickels Martinez. Hmm, maybe a bit too long. Streamonator did love this one and hates his next, so there’s that.
Pete Alonso – 1-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .213. Albombso!
Coby Mayo – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd homer in two games. This is the one instance when a hot Mayo won’t give you diarrhea.
Chris Bassitt – 5 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 6.75 vs. Michael Wacha – 5 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 2.51. Regression Fairies came for the Wacha start, stayed for the Bassitt start as they ate hot dogs in the crowd with no buns or chewing.
Vinnie Pasquantino – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, hitting .160. Oh my God, my Italian homey that eats tiramisu with mascarpone actually hitting a home run. Pasketti from heaven!
Carter Jensen – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .275. So glad I moved on from that schmohawk Yainer Diaz! (We’ll seee how I feel in another week or two.)
Cal Raleigh – 3-for-5, 2 runs and a slam (5) and legs (2), and 3rd homer in three games. But nothing? Butt something!
Logan Gilbert – 4 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.36. Such a garbage start. When does this guy stop being “Wow, such pretty peripherals, but sucks to suck,” and start being “Wow, he’s actually pitching as well as his stupid peripherals.”
Andres Munoz – 1 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 8.00 and the blown save. And he’s one of the good closers!
Nick Kurtz – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 4th homer, and 2nd homer in three games, and three homers in a week. Kurtz so good!
Joel Kuhnel – 2/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 2.35 and the loss. Don’t worry, it’ll get worse.
Janson Junk – 5 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.67. On the surface, Junk looks good. If you are having your phone read this to you and you’re in a steam room with other men in towels, I’ll pause now to explain. Not you, old, gross man with the sock-filled-with-change hanging out of your towel. Anyway, Junk’s got the underlying stats of a solid NL-Only guy, but not a ton else.
Ivan Herrera – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer. Somewhat unrelated, but looking at the Cards’ box score, I saw their record. That team is doing that well?! Every team in the NL Central is doing that well?! What?! Oh, I see, the entire NL East stinks, besides the Braves. It’s funny how someone can watch baseball every single day and have no idea how teams are doing.
Hunter Goodman – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 6th homer. To really capture the 1927 Rockies thing, Goodman should start talking in Yogisms like, “The only losing is the 2nd place winner,” or something.
Lucas Giolito – Signed with the Padres. San Diego is a nice city from what I hear. I’m kidding, it’s the first thing everyone says about San Diego. That and stay classy. So, is Giolito classy or assy? Does he get a passy or passy the gassy? Why am I rhyming like I just hit my head? I don’t know! Giolito’s four years removed from being excellent and could find matchups appeal for shallower leagues. Not a terrible landing place for deeper leagues if he can repeat his previous year of usability if not excellence (7.5 K/9, 3.5 BB/9, 3.41 ERA). It’s very sixth fantasy starter in 15-teamers.
Max Fried – 8 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.40. Ya know, I have a mug that says, “World’s Biggest Max Fried Fan,” but he was facing the Sawx, who seem like they forgot their bats in Florida at their Spring Training Complex.
Ranger Suarez – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.00. Incredibly bleh underlying numbers, and every team that was in the 1986 World Series is cursed. All two. Think you gotta give Ranger another start, but I understand the temptation to boot.
Triston Casas – Transferred to the 60-day IL with an ab strain. Casas never gets a week or two injury. He’s been pulling a Kotchman for the last two years. By the way, I wonder if Casey Kotchman has Google Alerts and is like, “Guys, I had mono 20 years ago from macking on a stripper who I dated twice, and now I’m married with kids, let it go.”
Which side wins in these two deals?
Ragans/Muncy(LAD) for Jazz/Michael Harris
Ragans for Emerson Hancock/Heliot Ramos
Thanks ,O great trade sear!
so I have watched a lot of helmets fly off when players are swinging. Does this not hurt their ability to hit with this helmet barely attached? Are straps not cool? Not a strap guy? Is there something I am unaware of or does baseball just in general give them these helmets to watch batters strike out while their helmet flies off for the pagentry?
Are you a strap salesman?
Ha
Danny Coulombe relieved Payton Tolle – his night is over
Yeah
Looks like Tolle knows how to pitch.
Yup
Jazz Chiz giving justification to my 2nd round pick wit ha solo Home Run off a lefty! Go go go!
Grats to fellow Jazz owners haha.
Ha
I finally benched him. That’s why he got a hold of one
Ha wouldn’t quite call him homer a hold of one
I didn’t have the stones to start Tolle tonight after what he did to my Ranger yesterday. Scared money don’t make none is absolutely true. I don’t know how to beat the yankees, but striking out their first five batters you face is a nice start.
PS: It must be opposite day. My man Jazz just hit a homer. Ice Cold Jazz. With every other Yankee struggling to do anything against Tolle. Baseball’s crazy.
He hit it 333 feet, it does count tho
Indeed
“Son of the actress who played Tony Soprano’s mom, Rafael Marchan, will take over and is not good with the ol’ bat.”
She was a saint! And she gave her life to her children on a a silver platta.
HAHA
“I went to church this weekend and, for a good hour, I thought he meant Lorde, the singer.”
They need to specify: One-hit or 37-hit wonder Lord(e).
Which was one hit? Lorde, the aussie, is awesome
Ah, I’m only familiar with Tennis Court.
Ha
Ahem. A New Zealander.
Ha, oops!
But defended her!
Speaking of New Zealand musicians, check out Avantdale Bowling Club
Self titled album is fire, love that jazz rap
Oh nice! Thanks!
A nation sends its thanks.
Haha
Keeper league. Willing to wait a while for the Blue Chipper.
(1) Of pitchers not yet in MLB, who’s the best pickup (Snelling?).
(2) Noah Schultz is also available. Schultz; or answer to (1)?
just go with the guy who is in the MLB now
Grey
Starting to get frustrated with Antonacci
11 team roto
Would you drop him for
Peraza, Julien or Rushing.
I know Rushing is a part time player. But I can put him in when he plays. He would be a utility player for me.
Sure, Julien
Hi Grey,
Sanchez of the Phillies was poor today.
Would you trade Randy Vasquez plus Merrill or Vasquez plus Stowers to get Sanchez?
Thanks!
or just don’t make trade?
Depends what you need
Vasquez plus Stowers to get Sanchez — works for me
Thanks!!
No problem
JR Ritchie pitched well today. I have this guy as a minor, you think he sticks in the rotation for at least another turn?
Maybe one more
Cruz hits a 116 mph homer off the top of the foul pole…Grey: “I told you he wasn’t hitting .340!” Buzz Killington. HA!
Haha
Hi Grey,
I picked up Austin Riley in a trade. Because they are hot, I picked up Miguel Vargas and Muncy of the Dodgers.
My plan is to play
Alonso at 1st
Muncy at 3B
Vargas at DH
I also have Freeman. This approach would gave sitting Freeman for now.
I am open to an alternative strategy.
Thoughts?
Thank you!
or trade Freeman for Sanchez’?
Cristopher? Sure
Fine for now, but mostly playing Freeman over Vargas or Muncy
Thank you!
A little bit of ticker shock but overall a pretty good ride in the Ed-Cab.
Yeah, agreed
Redraft, 10 team H2H, standard5x5.
Thanks
1. Hold 2. Cam, Moniak, Lile
Would you rank SP’s Randy Vasquez, Cameron, Painter, and Ritchie? 12-team H2H. Thank you!
Randy, Painter
Standard monthly scheduling, M-F. Colonoscopy or root canal?
Butt stuff
LOL! Same as my approach in college…
Haha
Who do you “want”. Pitcher who starts while eligible for RP slot. Weekly lineup and limited move league.
Keider Montero (Det) or Steven Matz?
Thanks.
Montero
Yep.. Great minds think alike.
Ryan Walker or Tanner Scott?
Lourdes,Doyle Heliot for final OF?
Ritchie or Reynaldo ROS?
Thanks!
Walker
Lourdes
Reynaldo
Looks like Dollander has been following an opener, which sucks because it makes him almost impossible to roster in a QS league.
Gotcha
QS isn’t based on first inning, just need six innings
I hear ya.
Trade PCA & Sheehan to a pitcher needy Dodgers fan in my league for Roman Anthony? Points H2H
Sounds fine, could burn you
Hi Grey,
A. Tolle vs NYY or Bradish vs BOS – pick one
B. How do you rank Tolle, Wacha, Mize, Clay Holmes, Soroka, Scott
Tolle B. Soroka, Mize, Tolle
Thanks, actually, let me add in Early – I’m not liking what I’m seeing. Would you take him over Soroka, Mize, or Tolle?
No
I wonder if there was a bet available to see if every NL East team would have a 10 game losing streak during the year? Got the Mets out of the way.. Phillies about to hit 9.. just need the remaining 3 to have a skid.
Haha, good bet!
Cubs won 9 straight vs these two teams
Phillies even fixed Michael Busch
WWWWWWWWW
HA
14 team OBP h2h league with SV/Holds as single category. Wound up with three great 1b in Kurtz, Naylor, and Sal Stweart the way the draft fell to me, and sometimes run into a logjam at the two utility slots when I want to play guys like Colson Montgomery whos currently hot right now.
Looking at my team and areas of need:
1) would you trade a 1b at all or hold? These are also some of my best sources of power
2) If so, which 1B would be best sell right now for how you expect him to end up?
3) What should I be trading for – at a glance I have thought Id benefit from a more solid OF, an SP, or work on my RP staff.
One team offered me Mason Miller and Ashcraft for Kurtz and I rejected.
C Baldwin
1b Kurtz
2b Albies
3b McGonigle
SS CJ Abrams
OF Tucker
OF Harris II
OF Simpson
Util Sal Stew
Util Naylor
Bench: Montgomery, Rafaela
NA: Dominguez, Max Clark
SP: Hunter Brown (IL), Braddish, Roupp, Hancock, Dollander, Christian Scott, David Martin
RP:Jax, Tyler Alexander, T. Wells, L. Varland, Silseth, D Will, Dylan Lee
Thanks
You could use an SP…Stewart for someone like Sanchez? Buy low on Crochet? Something like that
Thanks so much – would you do same deal for Jose Soriano since that team has more of a 1b need? And who do you like between Stewart and Naylor for ROS?
Yeah, sounds fair, maybe send Naylor instead…Stewart over Naylor
Not sure if my follow up went through, but would you do same deal for Soriano? Would you rank preference for ROS as Sanchez, Soriano, Crochet? Who do you like better ROS between Naylor and Sal?
It went thru
Roster Dollander, Weathers, or Cantillo?
Weathers
scott or richie?
Scott
Please rank Vazquez Cameron Mahle Elder, thank you
Randy, Elder
Magic 8-ball, should I go with Grant Holmes vs Philly, or Yusei Kikuchi at Kansas City tomorrow?
Holmes
mrbaseball
Who do we like better between Tolle – Snelling – Richie – keeper league – thanks Grey
Snelling
Looking for a bat to stream from either Arizona or San Diego. They both have a good matchup today and they both play in Mexico City where every FB is a home run. Who do you like out of this group, if any:
Sheets
Cronenworth
Andujar
Jose Fernandez
Alek Thomas
Lourdes Gurriel
I’m thinking Jose Fernandez but honestly not the most exciting list.
Sheets
ESPN Points, please evaluate trade, ROS only:
I receive: Josh Naylor
I give up: Wacha, Theilbar
Naylor would replace Heliot Ramos in Util spot
Sure
Do you think there is something more here with Vargas than just a hot schmotato? He is walking more than he is striking out. That statcast chart is looking pretty good. He once was a pretty decent prospect. Thanks
Unlikely
Curtis Jackson Abrams in the house! Every day I look at the Nats lineup, and every day I wonder why he’s not their 3-hitter. But he’s moved up from 6th to cleanup, so baby steps I guess.
Starting to feel like barring injury 25-25 is a lock. (Knock on James Wood)
Ageeed
This is kind of what Abrams does every year though. A third of his career HRs have come in April. I’d love for this to be the year he finally sustains his performance for the whole year but I’ll have to see it before I believe it.
James Wood so far too
Henderson Jr/Rooker/O’Hearn or Neto/Merrill ?
Gunnar
Would you move Skubal for J-Rod ?
Staff without Skubal would be: Bradish/Chase Burns/Sheehan/Eury/Snell
Sure
TY master
No problem
ESPN points, tomorrow only, please rank starters for streaming:
Cameron vs LAA
Severino @ Tex
Kremer vs Bos
Thanks
Severino, Cameron
Which bat woukd you pickup for the weekend? Ez Duran vs A’s, Ramos vs MIA, Jacob Wilson at TEX or Kerry carp at cincy (only 1 lefty)
Ramos
Drop Doyle in a 12 teamer for any of the following…J.Young, Taveras, J.H. Lee, C.Cortes, J.Lowe.
Young
You starting or sitting Cabrera vs Philly tonight?
Sure
Wood might hit 65 HR this year at this pace.
And 85 RBI since he’s hitting lead off!
lol
How am I ever going to get 30 SB out of him if he keeps hitting it out? Sonofa-
Also yes, my steak is too juicy, thanks for asking.
Haha
Love it!
Ah. Such short memory spans over Wood’s 2nd half last season where he made Oneil Cruz look like Ohtani.
Ha, yup
Lmao 1 pitch into Richie’s debut and I’ve got Wood!
Haha
Carroll stares at that 375’ HR wondering what he did to anger the baseball gods.
Haha
Carroll’s writing a stern letter to the league office as we speak.
Haha
Painter or Tolle?
Painter
Hey grey!!!
I have Christian Scott in my NA spot gotta drop one to activate. Ranger Suarez, Painter, Tanner Scott or Bryan Baker. (I have Bednar and Uribe for saved).
Thanks for the help!!
Baker
Hey G,
A bit of an apples and oranges comparison here, but would you
drop Paredes for Dingler as a bench bat in a 12 teamer? Feels kind of obvious(?), but I do feel better with the sanity check.
Thanks!,
-IANASM
I wouldn’t
Hey, Grey! Would you confidently start both glasnow and webb tonight? They matchup against each other tonight in SF.
Yes
Grey,
I took Tatis instead of Yordan so I’m right there with ya.
Yandy Diaz or Riley Greene in a pts league?
Riley
Thanks!
Yandy or Murakami at 1B?
Murakami
Need Wyatt replacement, can be OF/UTIL. Can you please rank: Lile, Muncy (LAD), Laureano, Moniak. Thanks!
Ramon, Lile
Thanks! I was feeling a little swayed by analysis I read on another site that was like, “How is Muncy not 100% rostered?!”, but i think some of these people don’t play in shallow leagues at all
Yeah, I hear ya
Given the xwOBA data, both Cam Smith and Kyle Karros are currently sitting on my waiver wire, and their advanced metrics look promising.
In my Points League (scoring:R, RBI, BB, TB, SB +1, K -1), which one do you think is the better fit?
Cam
Okamoto, Busch, Adell or Teo ROS. Plz rank good sir.
Adell, Busch, Teo
How patient should we be with Gurriel in NL-only? Would you drop for J. Young, I. Vargas, or JH Lee?
More patient than 16 at-bats
Thanks for the perspective – I’ll give him more time
No problem
Grey,
How would you rather keep in an OBP league: Konnor or Gunnar? One of them has to be traded by year-end since I can’t keep both (Witt and Soto have the other two spots).
Gunnar
Being offered Mason Miller for George Kirby and Taj Bradley in a 12 team keeper league. I have Skubal as my top SP. Kirby is my SP2 but I also have Cole and Rodon on IR returning soon. Would you make this trade or hold?
Miller is more valuable than Kirby, and has been for 2 years, so sure
Grab and go my man
The CL picture seems to change every day…would you drop any of Vesia, Baker and/or Junis for Walker and/or De Los Santos?
-Didier Fuentes was dropped in my league…is he worth a pick up as an NA? Do you see him getting another shot at starting, and what are your thoughts about his potential success?
Thanks!
Baker for Walker
I would guess Didier will return at some point
Follow-up question: Please rank the following pitching prospects: Snelling, Fuentes, Scott.
Thanks!
Snelling, Scott
Grey,
Thanks!
Lopez, Ramon 2. Jensen
Hey Grey
1 – Who would you drop when Helsley comes back
2 – Also, is there someone you would drop for Vargas as a bench bat
OF and bench:
Soto, Wood, Lile, Pages, W Abreu, Stanton, Adell, Soler, Soderstrom, McGonigle
P: Woo, EPerez, Hancock, Soroka, Kirby, Warren, Alcantara, Kirby
RPs: Fairbanks, Sewald, JRomano, RWalker, Helsley
Thanks!!!
1. Romano 2. Nah
You okay Grey? Didier was your helium balloon of hype, and while it wasn’t a total deflation it was a reminder of the risk.
Rookies, full of promise and hope, and they have that new car smell. So few of them deliver right out of the gates, and many of them don’t get enough playing time to justify a roster spot.
What could you have traded Didier for on Tuesday? Matthew Boyd, Soroka, maybe a frustrated Bradish owner (large percent of commenters).
What can you get for him today?
The best part is, this will always be the case, so let’s start inflating the helium hype on Robbie Snelling, so I can flip him for an OF bat.
If you could’ve got Matthew Boyd, Soroka, maybe a frustrated Bradish owner prior to his start, you should’ve
I got Carter Jensen, and Didier is back on waivers
FWIW, I still think Didier could be as good as any of those guys. I simply wanted to point out that sweet spot of value vs perceived value. People overreacting to what could be, overreacting to small sample size, and devaluing the boring but proven SP3 type.
For sure
Cool
Who has the better future -J R Richie or Didier Fuentes – thanks man – or there is not much of a future to like with either pit6cher
Flip a coin, Ritchie
I heard Richie is here
seems like everybody is down on Fuentes
last night Carroll hit a 424’ triple. I didn’t think you could hit a ball 424’ and not be a HR. I looked it up, and found this “In the 2026 season, a 423-foot shot was confirmed to be a home run in all 30 parks”.
Apparently it was a 33° launch angle at 105 mph, and it hit off the top of the wall – and in a 6×6 it was just like a single, other than scoring on a WP a moment later.
So that’s… fun?
Ha, wow, that is crazy
So’s facing Montgomery & Murakami this week.
:::bangs head into countertop repeatedly:::
Haha
Just wanted to do an OF sanity check if it’s not abusing your services….Steven Kwan is kind of useless in a 10-team, right?
By far my biggest regret was a panic drafting of him over Nimmo based on other outlets’ rankings of him and his reputation. He’s 80% owned but I dropped him for Varsho and someone else picked him up and just dropped him. He’s still in virtually everyone’s top 100-150 hitters ahead of Varsho and DeLauter (who would not be on waivers). I just don’t see it but maybe I’m missing something.
He is useless
Similarly, would you put Bubic over Warren, Dollande, and/or Tolle?
I’m not as confident on this one but other than his gem against the White Sox, he’s agonizing to watch. Even his first “good” start against the Twins was like watching a dude swim around a whirlpool almost dying several times. Not sure I agree with his rankings either.
Over Tolle
Added too many bats whilst waiting on Naylor/Devers/Soto/Chourio to do anything. Who’s the 1 or 2 drops here in 10team? id try to flip one of them but no one in this league will trade unless they severly come out ahead.
Varsho
Correa
Soderstrom
Moniak
Aranda
Leaning Correa but hes been boringly good.
Correa, Aranda
If I need a closer and Ryan Walker is available, should I drop Ranger or Leiter to add him? Or drop Lawrence Butler for him?
Ranger
Need to manage my starts limit for the week. Which one to skip? All home starts.
Tolle v. Yankees
Sheehan v. Cubs
Rogers v. Red Sox
Schultz v. Nats
Sheehan
Hey Grey!
Pick one: Gleyber, Jung, or (Ildemaro) Vargas
PS Can we get Wyatt Langford some tums or something this guy can’t stay out the doc’s office
Jung
Haha
Hey Good people, would love to see your opinion.. someone is offering me Nick Kurtz for Tatis Jr is this close? Earlier I’m on all in Fernando but the power is making me a lil nervous
Sounds close
Kurtz is getting hot and the thoughts of bing bong stadium compel me… is it a go for you?
Sure
Always appreciated… just one more… if given the choice would you rather trade Tatis or Carroll for him. Thx for your awesomeness
Tatis
I did it… have Kurtz now in that league and my RCL… lfg!
LFG
Hey Grey!
Do you prefer Mize or Detmers?
Thanks!
Mize
Peraza or Max Muncy A’s?
Peraza
Thoughts on the following trade in a dynasty?
A) Pepiot ($24) + Roupp ($3)
B) Luis Robert ($25) + Ashcraft ($3)
Robert
Down 45 IP (1200 ip max) waiting for Snell, Brown, Bieber to return; Cameron, Abbott, even Bubba, have been doggy-do. Need transfusion, but meantime, how risky Bubba v TEX (deGrom) & Cameron v LAA @ Cameron, DET @ Abbott. Act immediately?
Also: Rankings poss 3 to 4-start waiver pickups, do I put too much emphasis on matchups versus quality of pitcher?
Thanks, Grey
None of these guys are safe, Bubba, Abbott
Edoud Julien was in your buy column… His statcast looks all star like… But haven’t seen the bombs or real production to match it
You think it’s coming, or he simply doesn’t have the skill set long term?
I like him, yeah
M. Chapman or Murikami. Thanks
Munetaka
Mize over Early?
Yes
Enyel or Ryan Walker?
Mize or EdCab?
Thank you, Guru!
Walker
Mize
No problem
I’m trying to get on the Jack Leiter train! In a 12-team dynasty, would you trade a 2027 1st round pick?
Seems a bit much
Would you move Belli for M. Miller? Currently punting saves but he seems like most sure thing.
I wouldn’t
Thanks man
No problem
Hey Grey. Does this look like a proper ranking of my staff as it stands now?
Chris Sale
Framber Valdez
Nathan Eovaldi
Parker Messick
Ryan Weathers
Spencer Arrighetti
Thanks!
Also – drop Arrighetti to activate Lodolo?
Yes and yes
Hey Grey, which of these starters would you be comfortable picking up in hopes of them being good rest of season and not just a quick stream?
Dollander
Randy Vasquez
Christian Scott
Chad Patrick
Max Meyer
Randy, Dollander
Nice, I didn’t notice that Dollander got picked up last night, so I’ll see if I can get Vasquez. Who would you drop out of Cole Sands, Griffin Jax or Jake McCarthy? Saves are very hard to come by in our league, but I also haven’t had the need to even think about using McCarthy (thank goodness).
McCarthy
Pitch Christian Scott versus the Twins in New York today?
Sure
Need to make room for wheeler, mookie, and barger once they are back from IL.
which 3 we dropping –
baz, Cameron, Devin Willems, Kyle Harrison, Jason adam.
This is a league were Saves/holds is a category
Harrison, Cameron, Baz
Lol on the Casas blurb. Cam Smith or Carter Jensen for UT spot in OPS league? Thanks!
Cam
Hey Grey:
In case you missed it…..Oneil Cruz’s HR bounced off the TOP of the foul pole and was 116.9 mph off the bat!
https://www.mlb.com/pirates/video/oneil-cruz-dings-116-9-mph-home-run-off-foul-pole?source=athletic_thewindup_newsletter&campaign=17750111&userId=1814332
I saw, crazy
Mornin, Grey. Great pic of you as a doctor, congrats on healing the Mets!
Laureano or Moniak? Could use steals so I’m leaning Laureano
You’re welcome, Mets!
Ramon
Roupp or take a flier on Tolle? Redraft h2h league.
Try Tolle
Would you start him today vs. the Yankees?
Dynasty league drop vientos and/or house for Jung, mayo, Dominic smith, Vargas, Josh bell, ildemaro Vargas, colt Keith, Jose Fernandez
Vientos for M. Vargas
Dollander or Mize
Mize
Colander or Mize
Mize
Hi Grey!
Ashcraft or Gallen?
Ryan Walker or Vesia?
Thanks!
Ash
Walker
Grey
Thank you very much.
Woke up miserable today from rookie nookie ( Fuentes )
Your AI picture of you fixing the Mets changed my mood around. Thanks for the laughs.
In this one league I am in ( 14 team mixed auction keeper ) it is weekly, however, we are allowed, ( in fact required if possible ) to activate or bench players if they come off/go on the IL or are activated / sent down to the minors.
So, Didier goes back to my bench and I have to activate one of these two for this week.
Who is the lesser of these two evils.
Burrows ( at home vs. Yankees ) or Cecconi on the road @ Blue Jays.???
P.S. I also have Lodolo in this league, and I have no question but am waiting for a answer also on the question you asked to be answered above. Any Reds people in Razz world with inside info on this???
As always thanks in advance.
Ha, No problem
Slade
Hey Grey! Awesome write up!
Limited moves league (i have 31 left)
1) Would you drop Deider for Tolle? My SPs are Skubal, Glasnow, Eury Perez, Ed Cabrera, Early, Bubic, Shultz. Deider is in my NA slot and I can put Tolle there for now
2) Sv+h league – move on from Hoffman or Devin Williams for Jason Adam, Graham Ashcraft or Rico Garcia
I don’t know if that can fix the mets brother. I heard that is a picture of a medical worker so that must make you part of the Mets medical staff. They have a great history right??? right???
Yep!
Good morning Grey. Is it time to sell Gunnar Henderson? The O’s should be batting him back in the order around 5 or 6, instead of leadoff. He’s currently on pace for 233 strikeouts, which is 10 more than Mark Reynolds’ major league record from 2009. Or wait and hope the O’s do move him down in the order and give him another 2-3 weeks to break out of this funk. Thanks.
It’s a mess, I know, I don’t know what happened
I sorta, kinda, alluded to Gunnar being a *slug* two weeks ago and got blown off. Oh well….whatever.
Ks don’t stabilize after two weeks, they do after 4 weeks, so it’s concerning
So sell or hold for now?
Depends what you’re getting, I’m not selling very low, still has 7/4 and a 40/20 pace
I wouldn’t sell him for a bag of half-eaten donuts, but explore options
Maybe with sprinkles
I had Soto on the IL and picked up Jordan Walker. Now I have no obvious room to get Soto off the IL. I could drop Riley Greene or Walker which seems crazy? What would you do Grey?
Lose Walker
Really? You’re not sold on him?
Juan Soto and Riley Greene are above him ROS
Morning Grey!
I wanted to mention (you probably know) that Angels added Mike Maddux as their pitching coach. He probably told him, “try to K everyone and don’t trust your defense, they suck ass.”
I pinned my hopes on that news for a breakout, but I will believe anything, like Nolan Gorman’s back curing popcorn. Maddux probably is helping as much as Suzuki not being senile like Washington.
I also noticed Soriano went from throwing the sinker 50% of the time, to 30%. Instead of getting hit at a .290 pace like last year, it is at .116 this year.
Yeah, Mike Maddux is likely the reason…He finally figured out Soriano and Detmers (it seems)
Another top 10 start for the Yankees last night as Fried grabs the #6 slot on the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list. They now have 5 in the first 25:
06 Max Fried
09 Cam Schlittler
10 Cam Schlittler
21 Max Fried
25 Ryan Weathers
Just thought about how Max Fried would be out of baseball with a 7 career ERA if he signed with the Mets
The Top 25 on the RAZZBALL PLAYER RATER with their RCL ADP March17-24 (25 drafts):
1 Yordan Alvarez 32
2 Jose Soriano 274 (4 drafts)
3 Oneil Cruz 85
4 Riley O’Brien 228 (24 drafts)
5 Drake Baldwin 144
6 Sal Stewart 147
7 James Wood 28
8 Mason Miller 49
9 Elly De La Cruz 7
10 Nico Hoerner 78
11 Ben Rice 76
12 Mike Trout 155
13 Aaron Judge 2
14 Jordan Walker ND
15 Brice Turang 36
16 Andy Pages 141
17 Jose Ramirez 5
18 Munetaka Murakami 142
19 CJ Abrams 47
20 Matt Olson 37
21 Shea Langeliers 84
22 Max Fried 60
23 Liam Hicks ND
24 Corbin Carroll 13
25 Parker Messick 282
Yordan jumps from #9 last week to knock Soriano out of the top spot. Maybe if the bullpen hadn’t blown last night’s win for Jose, he’d still be the leader.
Still so early the 5 from last week’s 25 that were knocked out fell far down the list:
37 Yandy Diaz
52 Gunnar Henderson
61 Michael Wacha
68 Jeffrey Springs
84 Jackson Merrill
Great stuff, Vin! Thanks for this!
Can start 1.
Tolle vs NYY
Cantillo @Tor
M. King @ Ari (Mexico City)
Thanks
Tolle
May want to get out from Jazz. 5×5 12 team
I give Jazz and Sewald
I get Vlad?
Last in AVG and HR so far
I’d take Vlad for sure.
Works for me
That’s a tough sell for the Vlad manager.
A few players with good hot tools batting under 200 almost a full month in…dang.
Speaking of which deep league, drop Durbin for Chase Meridoth?
*Hit tools ..
An 6×6 h2h keeper with obp as extra category. Rather have Durbin or Chase Meridoth?
Why not a guy like Bohm?
Not available..
Yeah, and sure on Durbin
Still holding onto McLain in 12 team mixed leagues or cut him loose?
Can lose him
Casey Mize is a good #2! Ha ha.
offered Witt for Yordan. I can’t do that trade, can I? Both are keepers for this year, plus 3 more, then they go back in the draft. I have no real SS, but also no other LF. Which player, player?
I have Yordan. BTW
I’d take Witt, especially so if you can keep for 3 more seasons.
I’d take Witt
Morning Grey!
In a 12 team OPS league would you trade Soler (LAA) for either Randy Vasquez (SD), Early (BOS) or Lugo (KC) or no one
Early if you need pitching, I think he’s a top 40 SP and I’m not sure if Soler’s stats are sustainable (but they could be).
Yes, Randy
Deep league; however, I need to drop one of my closers this Saturday: Hoffman; Ryan Walker; Enyl de la Santos; and Baker. Which one?
Btw I also have Duran (il). When he returns I have another cut.
Baker
Was offered Pete Alonso for Freddie Freeman and Cam Smith in 5×5 keeper league.
Roster
C Hunter Goodman
1B Freddie Freeman
2B Luisangel Acuna
3B Manny Machado
SS Jose Cabalerro /Jose Pena
OF Ian Happ
OF Garrett Mitchell
OF Cam Smith
Ut Jake Burger
B Miguel Vargas
B Hyeosong Kim
B Addison Barger
Pete side
So what do you actually think about Jack Leiter? Does he make the 5th SP cutoff in a 12 team league?
Yes, easily
Definitely not younger or better. Just one with a narrow music appreciation that doesn’t include whatever A Tribe Called Quest might be.
Thought that was a group of labs.
HAHA
Haha, a third possibility, you’re Vin
Walker Buehler had the worst start of the night. If only someone had advised me not to start him.
is Dustin May available?… Sifting through the trash to find something not completely rotten!
haha. I started McGreevy the night before, so I just couldn’t pick up May on Tuesday!
Ouch
Can’t believe Mendoza said Williams is still his closer
Aging like milk! Mets are a terrible organization, with a huge pocketbook! Add Semien, Bichette, Polanco. Lose Albombso, Nimmo, and let Tucker walk with Diaz. Nice moves!
Terrible moves
Haha, really makes you think he’s not all there