Our long national nightmare is over (except for the actual long national nightmare that isn’t over — sigh, to be a person with parenthetical blindness and not have to read this caveat)! We did it, boys and five girl readers. We f*cking did it! Not us, per se. We didn’t do shizz, except draft some baseball players for fantasy. But, ya know what, that’s enough for me! See, with lowered goals and expectations, you’re never disappointed. It’s a zen thing; you wouldn’t understand. It was a mere nine months ago when we started talking about sleepers and rankings and…How old am I now?
When 2020 started vs. Now pic.twitter.com/MQRevUcPbV
— Razzball (@Razzball) July 21, 2020
Well, whatever, baseball is back and that’s all that matter. Singing like an absolute loon, “Baseball’s back and I want to get married — hey nah, hey nah — baseball’s back!” And, now in my mind, I’m married to Giancarlo Stanton. Ask yourself why you didn’t send us a wedding gift. Selfish much? Of course, Opening Day couldn’t have happened in any other way in 2020. It had to be met with cold-ass reality, which why Juan Soto tested positive for Covid. It sucks, Mr. Obvious said, but it’s also a reminder of what this year will be. It’s going to be waiver wire pickups, the Streamonator, the Hittertron and playing of matchups. If you’re curious and want to torture yourself, Juan Soto fell to 179th overall in the final 2020 preseason rankings. Stepping in to replace Juan Soto will be Andrew Stevenson, the James Spader of replacements. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Emilio Bonifacio – Made the Nats’ team. So nice to see Emily Goodface again, I thought she retired to Amherst and opened an artisanal olive oil shop.
Austin Voth – Will open season as the Nats’ 5th starter. I’ll tell ya what after saying “I’ll tell ya what,” I’m having a hard time getting excited about any 5th starters. If they get skipped and get eight-ish starts this year, I’m more interested in streaming.
Max Scherzer – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 10 baserunners, 11 Ks. I am not a pitching coach. I actually turned off Real Sports when Trevor Bauer started talking about grips and shizz. Hows’ever, Scherzer was either A) Not finishing his pitches. B) Trying to avoid injuring his back, which will injure his back. C) There’s no C. It didn’t look like the Scherzer of old, or, simply, he got old. It happens. I hear. This year pitching is going to be a mess, and I don’t want to oversimplify Scherzer’s next 11 starts into just his first, but he looked like a top 20 starter vs. a top three.
Adam Eaton – 1-for-2 and his 1st homer. He also just missed a 2nd homer. Could he…could we…do I just say it…? Eaton’s chowing down a hot schmotato!
DJ LeMahieu – Was activated from the IL, but didn’t start. By the by, as you likely heard, there’s gonna be expanded playoffs. More teams in the playoffs means more teams resting guys at the end of September, when there’s already very few projected ABs and IP. It’s not great for fantasy. In real life, I love it, more baseball, gimme gimme gimme.
Gerrit Cole – 5 IP, 1 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 5 Ks. Gerrit Cole really kept the crowd out of this game.
Giancarlo Stanton – 2-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. During the lightning storm that ended the game early, it was a little hairy, me guiding that hang-glider over the stadium, but to look down, for only a brief second, at Giancarlo’s pectorals, it was all worth it. Please, you absolute Greek God of muscles, stay healthy.
Aaron Judge – 2-for-3, 1 run, 1 RBI. I also just avoided banging my knee hang-gliding over Judge’s head. I *pinkie to mouth* misjudged.
Clayton Kershaw – Hit the IL with back stiffness. Which gave me front stiffness for his replacement, The Giant Carrot…
Dustin May – 4 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, as he started in place of Clayton Kershaw. May was originally optioned to the alternate training site where human-sized rabbits salivated for The Giant Carrot, but not today human-sized rabbits! I originally had Dustin May tangentially mentioned in this afternoon’s Buy column, but removed him because he’s here now and he’s gorgeous! (Also, the Buy column was released yesterday to our Patreons. It will be released a day early all year in our Patreon, and there’s an extra weekly podcast for Patreons.)
Austin Barnes – 0-for-4, 1 RBI, as he started over Will Smith. Dave Roberts said, and I am laughing as I type this, he doesn’t want to overwork the youngster, Smith. Dude, there’s 60 games this year, and this was Opening Day!
Enrique Hernandez – 4-for-5, 2 runs, 5 RBIs and his 1st homer. Damn! I was looking at him, but I went with another random streamer like Donovan Solano (0-for-1) who didn’t start. Also, not starting, was Chris Taylor, hero of Summer Camp — Hero of Summer Camp sounds like a bad movie with Sean Astin. So, I don’t know which way Dave Roberts is going between Hernandez and Taylor, but whichever is starting is worth streaming because of the lineup.
Mookie Betts – 1-for-5, 1 run. That’s one hit every $365 million. What a joke!
Johnny Cueto – 4 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks. Cueto looked good in this start–Oh, who am I kidding? He looked fine! I was just happy to see baseball, and dreaming about buying cutouts. I want fan cutouts so bad! Anyone want to go halfsie with me, I want to get J. Lo and Ben Affleck cutouts just to mess with A-Rod. Or how about Andre the Giant cutouts? A cutout with Larry King sleeping in Mary Hart’s lap? I’m about to sell my house for fan cutouts!
Tyler Rogers – 2/3 IP, 4 ER. Is he the closer? Then Kazaam! A mere 48 hours ago I was so happy about winning a Tyler Rogers FAAB bid. 48-Hour-Ago Grey is an absolute idiot.
Edward Olivares – Made the Padres. Went over him in my Franchy Cordero trade recap, i.e., I let my Franch flag fly.
Yonder Alonso – Optioned to alternate training site. Guess the Braves got Matt Adams and were over Yonder. *insert yodeling*
Cole Hamels – Hit the 45-day IL. That puts him in line to pitch two-thirds of an inning on September 24th.
Kyle Wright – Assigned to be Braves’ 5th starter. I own him in Tout Wars (12-team, NL-Only), so this isn’t for everyone. He works around 95 MPH on the speedball, and throws a slider a lot for good reason, it’s solid pitch — could be a 8.5 K/9, 3.50 BB/9, low-4 ERA guy. In shallow leagues, I’d wait and see.
Anthony DeSclafani – Hit the IL with a mild “right teres major strain.” Make up your mind, DeSclafani’s body! Are you minor or major? DeSclafani says it’s a small issue, and might only miss one start. It does heat up the T. Mahle. Ay caramba!
Drew Butera – Will open the season as the Rockies’ 3rd catcher behind Elias Diaz, who is behind Tony Wolters. That is one giant crapfecta!
Brendan Rodgers – Optioned to alternate training site and Bud Black said, “Would love to get Rodgers playing time before he’s 35 years old, but no promises.”
Eduardo Rodriguez – Shut down due to minor complications with Covid. Hopefully he’s okay, and much better than how the Red Sox rotation looks without him.
Roberto Osuna – Is on the Astros’ Re-Opening Day roster so Ryan Pressly, while in this afternoon’s Buy, may have a very short stint as the closer. That is the first time ‘short’ and ‘Astros’ have appeared in same sentence without an Altuve mention.
Brad Peacock – Hit the IL with shoulder soreness. Ironically, losing Peacock is a major blow for the Astros. Because of the cheating, it’s a limb filled with Dodgers fans, but the Astros aren’t going to be very good this year, and it 100% has nothing to do with being unable to cheat.
Jake Fraley – Optioned to alternate training site where he will do shake weights, Jane Fonda workouts and other alternative training methods.
John Means – Hit the IL with arm fatigue. It’s pronounced fah-tee-gay — it’s Italian!
Hunter Harvey – Hit the IL with elbow soreness. “Is Dustin May a giant carrot?” That’s Harvey licking his lips.
Jake Odorizzi – Twins defined Odorizzi’s back pain as a right intercostal strain, which seems a ton more ominous. Odorizzi…Ominous…Odorous? Yup, exactly.
Yoan Moncada – Activated from the IL. In our Razzball staff picks, I chose Jose Abreu for MVP, but I wasn’t sure if Moncada would be ready when I made the pick. I could’ve easily chose Moncada for MVP, and I have Luis Robert for ROY (of course) and Giolito for Cy Young, can you tell who I think is going to the playoffs?
Zack Collins – Made the White Sox roster as a backup…Well, every position, including catcher. Won’t be in this afternoon’s Buy column, but in AL-only or Zack-Only leagues, Collins could be sneaky power.
Kevin Cron – Made the team, but, sadly, he’s on the weak-side of the platoon. I wonder if the Cron brothers ever get together and fight for shotgun in a car, only to realize no one is driving.
Michael Fulmer – Activated from the IL after undergoing Tommy John surgery. He missed three months–Wait, he didn’t miss any time. Hey, nice timing on that surgery, Fulms! Any hoo! He’ll be used as an Opener for now and has no real value yet.
Jordy Mercer – Made the Tigers team. Find someone to love like cheap-ass teams love signing Jordy Mercer as a utility guy.
Brendan McKay – Assigned to the alternate training site. Serious question, has there been any talk about him being a herbathrowdite this year? I haven’t heard a thing.
Bradley Zimmer – Made the MLB roster, i.e., the Indians are composing a team that is not sans Zimmer.
James Karinchak – Made the major league roster. Karinchak is the only good Karen.
Ahhhhhh, the first daily notes column of the season … like putting on an old favorite comfy pair of slippers. Best line: “That is one giant crapfecta!” [of Rockies catchers].
Welcome back, baseball. And welcome back, fantasy baseballers (<— Grey's mother's term).
Haha, thanks! Good to see you!
No, the best line was “back stiffness gave me front stiffness.” Made me actually lmao and now it is hard to sit down.
Ha, thanks!
I knew you’d get excited for Giancarlo but how could you not lead with Kike’s glorious mustache that propelled him to the #1 fantasy player of 2020?
Austin Barnes should be a bench coach…
Watching Cueto throw is hilarious. Dustin May is naaasssssty. Kershaw had two new commercials – maybe he was out filming a 3rd
So 2020 to get late July rain for the opening game and always a good idea to get an old man to throw the first pitch! Glad we finally got recap Grey though.
Forgot to mention, I literally laughed out loud when I saw the Giants opening day roster. I follow baseball pretty close but I had never heard of Heineman andJoe McCarthy – I hope he doesnt accuse… nevermind
Yeah, Heineman bc Joey Bart isn’t ready, but will be ready in 6 more days
I couldn’t believe when Eduardo Perez started ragging on Kike’s stache. Good thing he back pedaled on that pretty quickly.
Forget to mention the mustache, and for that I will bear unbelievable shame
Kershaw in a suit of armor with a bad back — mmkay
Grey!!!
Holy crap, amazing report!
a. Sign up Kike for my utility? I have Braun there currently.
b. MLB quote of the day for July 24, 2020.
‘Fact is, I’ve got so much speed today, I’ll burn the catcher’s glove up if I don’t do something.’
[To a teammate when he poured a bucket of ice water over his pitching arm before a game.]
George Edward Waddell, aka Rube.
Some quotes about this rube.
Connie Mack, owner of the Athletics
Mack described Waddell as “the atom bomb of baseball long before the atom bomb was discovered.”
Baseball historian, Lee Allen
Waddell began the 1903 season sleeping in a firehouse at Camden, New Jersey, and ended it tending bar in a saloon in Wheeling, West Virginia. In between those events, he won 22 games for the Philadelphia Athletics; toured the nation in a vaudeville play called The Stain of Guilt; courted, married, and became separated from May Wynne Skinner of Lynn, Massachusetts; saved a woman from drowning; accidentally shot a friend through the hand; and was bitten by a lion.
Waddell still holds the AL single-season strikeout record for LHP at 349 Ks.
His 162-game average.
18-13, 2.16 ERA, 31 GS, 24 CG, 270 IP, 224 H, 97 R, 65 ER, 73 BB, 211 K, 135 ERA+, 2.03 FIP, 1.102 WHIP, 0.1 HR9 (!!), 2.88 K/BB
His 1904 season….
25-19, 1.62 ERA, 46 GS, 39 CG, 8 shutouts, 383 IP, 307 H, 109 R, 69 ER, 91 BB, 349 K, 167 ERA+, 1.59 FIP, 1.039 WHIP, 3.84 K/BB. His 1905 season was also very good as were his years with the Athletics as a whole.
We need a Rube Waddell for the corona 2020 timeline.
Cheers,
Ante
Rube! He also won the triple crown for pitchers in 1905. The great Cy Young ducked pitching against him toward the end of the season. Then Rube mysteriously missed the playoffs… injury or bribed by gamblers?
Donkey Breath sends her best
Thanks!
A. Nah
B. We need more Rubes!
Hey Grey,
Got this trade offer in a dynasty league. I’m a contender, although I rank more around #4 to #6, while he’s in rebuilding mode. Unsure about making a big trade in a 60-game season when I’d be trading a lot of my future for the here and now. Winning a 60-game title doesn’t even matter to me. But year 2021 does matter to me. So here’s the offer:
I get: Jose Ramirez.
He gets: Julio Rodriguez & Luis Patino.
So it’s two top prospects for an established star. But this isn’t a one-year league. This is forever. What would you do?
Tough one, Harley. I’d pull the trigger but I don’t blame you for hesitating…could look pretty ugly in 3-4 years….if we’re still alive.
You said it yourself – 2021 means more than this year’s shortened season to you. So, don’t do this deal. Rodriguez is a stud.
Meh
NICE! Hope all is well – go Brewers!
mrs. featherbottom, it is great to see you!
Keeper league thoughts- do we stash sale and syndergaard?
My league is 5 player keeper auction, and I’d get either of them for $10 next year. Likely other keepers will be Trout, Hiura, Gioloto, and potentially Olson, Chapman, Laureano, or Mercado.
First question is will that even be that great of value for s&s next year? If they’ll only be $14 pitchers then keeping them for $10 all season isn’t that big a savings.
Second is how much IL will get used. I already have dozier in one IL spot and had to drop Ed rod to do that.
Nah ditch em
Agree with DT
BASEBALL, GREY! baseball. ¡béisbol! YAY!
That said, I got tired and went to sleep when the Yankees game went into rain delay, and didn’t see any of Los Doyers. I’m not in midseason shape yet. Will do better next week, coach!
There’s always today!
Went all Grey last night in a late 11 team draft. Moncada, Olson , Giolito, Castillo, Story ( round 1 out of the 9 slot) Tatis, Gleyber, Mercado…yada yada
Used your top.500 list to perfection. Only real deviation was Stripling. We reached a little for him
Adam says if we don’t do well, it’s your fault.
Stay safe and 6’ away from Stanton
6 feet AKA a Stanton penis length
That’s great, hope you’re doing well, man!
Didn’t Hernandez start out crazy hot last year too? Or was that a couple years ago?
I was just thinking this feels like deja vu with Hernandez
Yeah he hit two dongs on opening day last year
Yeah, and Donkey said he would hit 30 HRs on the year
Thereabouts. What’s 13 homers between friends?
Donkey Teeth, taking a bite out terrible predictions!
There go my Jake Fraley hopes and dreams. My NFBC season is shot!
I’ll just have to win the ‘Pert league instead.
Not so fast! I have a commanding lead, doubt there’s enough games left for anyone to catch me.
Insurmountable!
Donkey’s 1st taste of 1st ever, breathe it in, donks
Ahhhh Grey left a fart up here!
I carry farts around with me everywhere I go, fyi
Haha, bring it!
It is a good thing I moved D. May to my Minor league spot so I could roster another player until his expected call up next week. When I lose the league by 4 points I will remember opening day! I blame Kershaw!!! This is going to be one heck of a year.
Haha, yup!
Grey,
Super psyched to be reading your daily updates again.
Had my 11 team 5 x 5 roto draft ( redraft league) last night.
C- W Smith
1B- Freeman
2B- Moustakas
3B. Y Gurriel
SS- Lindor
CI- Andujar
MI- Tatis Jr
OF- Soler
OF- Alvarez
OF- F Reyes
UT- Mondesi
SP- Gioliti
SP- Morton
SP S Gray
SP Lamet
SP Houser
RP Hendricks
RP Doolittle
P E Rodriguez
Bench: H Dozier, L. Gurriel, D Carlson, J Adell, K. Kim, K Wright, Kintzler
I tried to draft a balanced team. Maybe I could be a little weak in Batting Avg ( nitpicking?). What do you think?
Looks good, the health of Freeman and Alvarez will be key. I think average is fine, it’s probably gonna be a pretty random category this year.
Thanks!
Agree with DT, except I do think you’re weak in AVG, of course it could be highly mercurial this year
How long is Soto Estimated to be out?
Guess it would depend if he ends up developing symptoms
I doubt Soto even knows — maybe 10 days if we’re lucky
He has to test negative twice at least 24 hours apart. 10 days, as Grey said, would probably be a best case scenario.
Thanks for the great report Grey.
16 team weekly points league.
Bench bat/UTIL spot. I need two:
Riley, K Lewis, Shogo, K Tucker, A Rosario, Lux, Hays
Thanks again
Shogo and Lux for me in points
No problem! Agree with DT
Is it me, or does Keke ALWAYS have an amazing first few weeks?
its not just you.
Yeah, someone mentioned above in the comments, it led Donkey to make one of his best predictions last year
I think I still have work to do round these parts if I’m still referred to as “someone” by Grey. *sheds a tear*
Ha
José Marmolejos getting the nod in LF for Seattle. Who…huh…what? Has 1B and soon OF eligibility. Need the lowdown of this cat for a 16 team league.
Wait….who?
Best bench OF option? I currently have Calhoun and Carlson. They are OF5/6 for me (start 4). Would you drop either/both for Brian Anderson, Pollock, Grisham or Hays.
Hays over Carlson.
I’d keep Carlson for now. I think he’s up next week and could be a league winner. Might wait and see if Willie is good to go too.
Agree with Cram
GREY!
Need a short term (hopefully) replacement for Yordan Alvarez in a 12 tm AL only. Would you take Christin Stewart or Bradley Zimmer?
Depends on needs. Stewart for power, Zimmer for speed.
Neither…Zimmer
Teeth here, checking back in for duty.
Duty, hehe.
Nice teeth!
Great to finally read daily notes from actual games – even if it’s in late July with my 1st rd draft pick out with covid… anyways – a small glimmer of hope, seems that Soto may have been a false positive and could return early next week?? Really hoping
Years back you put me on to Logic – havnt liked his last few but his new album is getting positive feedback.. Have you checked it out?
I haven’t yet…Did you check out Juice Wrld?
I did – honestly, I’m so old so it’s not my style but I really liked it. I didnt know his back story so hearing he rap about his anxiety/drug dependency and then reading how he died is really sad and tragic. Super talented. Thanks for the recommendation, its a really good but depressing album. STILL the only fantasy podcast that had RA the Rugged Man as a guest!
Haha, appreciate you! I love Man of the Year and Righteous, but it is more “new” sounding, I admit that
You had R.A. on your podcast?
Haha, yeah, man…During the shutdown
Sh*t, that’s f’n cool. Good on you, brah.
Yeah, was fun
https://razzball.com/fantasy-baseball-podcast-r-a-the-rugged-man-interview/
I was looking forward to baseball last night until A-Rod started talking.Let me say that Anthony Fauci could not have been a college point guard. Then A-Rod, with verbal diarrhea the whole evening, says he has been “playing point guard for the country this year”. I think he has zero assists to finish analogy. And what is with BLM everywhere? Why would MLB be celebrating a Marxist organization founded by Communist/Marxists? I love Dustin May though.
“He was a great basketball player,” President Donald Trump interjected during a recent press briefing. “Did anybody know that? He was a little on the short side for the NBA, but he was talented. He won a game, I read the story, he won a game that was unwinnable against a great team.”
He sure can’t throw a baseball……….you would think if you were going throw out a pitch you would practice a little before going on TV.
He’s 80 years old, who cares, really?
apparently you do or you would not have commented
*eye roll* Good one.
At least he accepted the honor…unlike “the patriot”, who declined in 2017.
Don’t worry Lenny. Fauci still has wayyyy more credibility than the Commander-in-Cheese. Lysol anyone?
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/4/4/21207982/dr-anthony-fauci-coronavirus-covid-19-expert-high-school-basketball-team
Nice to see this article back! What do you think of Carlos Rodon making the rotation? On the surface his stats last year leading up to TJ were not great, but when you look at a per game basis, he was pretty damn good until the last few games before he got shut down, almost like his elbow was bugging him. In a 60 game season, a guy’s playing time when returning from TJ after 14 months could look pretty similar to other starters.
Thanks!
I think Rodon is not very good gamble unless we see something good from him in a game — but I will watch him to see
i’ve got my eye on him for his first start, key with him is location. His troubles have always been walks /missing spots. I’d watch and wait.
Picked up Taylor as well over Hernandez…choosing incorrectly for a stream at noon for a night game makes things feel a little more normal…
Haha, totally
Great write up Grey. Glad to have some fantasy baseball back. I put Odorizzi on the IL in a deep league I am in and added Voth. Pickings are slim. He has to be better than Feede.
Thanks! Me too!
Betts deal deferred payments details…
“His deal calls for $8 million to be deferred each year from 2021-25, $10 million in both 2026 and 2027, and $11 million in each of the last five seasons, The money is payable each July 1 from 2033-44: $8 million for the first five payments, $10 million for the next two and $11 million for the final five.”
2044! LOL… Bobby Bonilla day will soon be Mookie Betts Day.
Haha, wow, hadn’t heard that — So optimistic to think there will be a world in 2044
Sorry Grey here comes a dreaded catcher question. In a 12 team Roto league is Kiner-Falefa worth adding over Vazquez, Carson Kelly and Sean Murphy since he is eligible at catcher and is the regular 3b for Texas and would seemingly be in the lineup everyday?
Please pick one for holds among Gallegos, Bummer, Buttery, Stephenson or Lorenzen.
Finally a rookie please for all around good production among Carlson, White, Lewis, Cron,Hays, Hilliard,Adell, Kieboom or Solak to replace Soto in my lineup.
Thanks Grey. You’re awesome!
I’d try Falefa, why not
Bummer
Hays
Thanks!
Madrigal didn’t make the cut. Replace with:
Akiyama
Verdugo
Senzel
Hilliard
Verdugo
I called the Giancarlo shot in multiple places yesterday. Yet neglected to throw a few bucks at it. For shame.
Today’s pick is Jay Bruce.
Jay Bruce is starting? For shame
Probs, they got the DH now Grey!
I’m a big DH proponent
Best stash given Odorizzi update:
Stroman, Odorizzi or H Dozier
I’d Odorizzi, looks like as of right now he’s only expected to miss 1 start and scheduled for bullpen session this weekend.
I’d go with Coolwhip’s knowledge, I honestly hadn’t heard on Odorizzi
None? I guess Stroman’s update was ok — Dozier is good too, but apples/oranges
Grey… thanks for all you do!
Question about Roto… Our first year doing Roto due to the shortened season.. its 5×5 10tm with 74 GS limit
Never played with a limit like that before, and I didn’t find out till after I had drafted. I drafted mostly starters but I have a feeling I will need to start gathering middle relievers and closers no? Because 74 starts isn’t much, since most pitchers are projected to pitch 60-70 innings that would be about 7-10 starts maybe? .. thoughts on strategy for this? and since more teams in playoffs, team may rest pitchers late so do I get those 74 starts earlier than later?
lol maybe I’m over thinking it.
I currently have
Bieber
Luzardo
Urias
K Hendricks
Stripling
Musgrove
Maeda
R Hill
Lucchesi
E Diaz
R Pressly
Betances
Gallegos (IL)
No problem!
74 seems like a decent amount this year — Why do you think it’s not much? Just avoid some terrible matchups with your guys — Lucchesi in away games, etc
I’m used to streaming a lot so maybe that is why 74 seems low, it is the standard espn limit so they obviously prorated it from a full season… but you are right, I have to avoid the terrible matchups and that will help manage the games started
THX again Grey!
thoughts on Teoscar now in a 10tm league? I drafted him but dropped him but thinking I might need to grab him if he is playing in Buffalo…
I love Teoscar — grab him
What do you think of Hoskins in a h2h dynasty league. Hitter cats are HR, TB, BB, OBP, SLG, NSB. So his walks and obp make him more valuable than a normal league. He someone worth investing in as my 1b for years or meh? I currently have him, Goldy, Sano, dozier and Riley who all either have or will get 1b eligibility this year.
I think he’s fine if the ball is flying out, he hits a lot of FBs
Not sure if it’d even be accepted, but is Hoskins for kelenic and Howard enough of a return ?
Howard side
Shallow H2H, SP aren’t super important because ER, L and HLD are cats. That said, you do need a few and someone dropped Lamet last night. Use one of my 20 pickups on the season and #3 waiver priority to put in a claim, dropping Houser (my SP5)?
Hold
Looks like the Jays are playing home games in Buffalo. Anyone know the park dimensions?
Power up, pitchers down
Sweet. Teoscar for MVP!!!
Yes!
325 to left, 404 to center, and 325 to right
Yummo!
Lefty Power up
Curious what people use to watch any game they want. With all the streaming capabilities, there has to be an option outside of purchasing the MLB package directly, no?
I don’t think so, MLB has that monopoly tight — BTW, you can change pitchers out in NFBC today if you had started Tyler Rogers, you can move him to your bench and it doesn’t count
Gotcha.
That’s strange. I don’t own him anywhere, but I do own Taylor Rogers in multiple places, and got a little freaked when I saw his name. I do own Watson in NFBC so hopefully Tyler doesn’t get the call again.
Cool, well, anyone you want to retroactively take out, do it now…Not sure how Rudy heard this, but he told me and I was surprised to hear it
I will! I can get May out of there for another starter. Still, very strange…like, you can have Thursday’s stats, or not!
Yeah, was this announced? I have no idea
Oh, I’m just going by what you said here. Whatevs, I’ll try it. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.
Yup!
Try MLB streams on reddit
Think only was charged $45 for mlb.tv this season now
Word, thanks.
Though that’s pretty cheap enough.
MLB tv and Hulu + Live TV for me – usually split MLB tv with league mates and only signed up for Hulu for the season for the local blacked-out games (Sox and Cubs), plan to cancel it after that. Not sure there is a better solution, but if someone else knows do share!
If you happen to use T-Mobile, MLB.tv has been free the last few years since they’re a major sponsor.
Matt Carpenter first player to 10 homers this season, calling it right now.
Carp as MVP!
I dropped Stroman after reading about his torn calf muscle figuring it might cost him half the season. But now he’s out saying basically it’s no big deal. Pick him back up?
Sure, can grab him if you have IL room
Having the same last name as Adam, I heard a lot of “That’s how you get Eaton out” playing baseball.
Cole demonstrated how its not always easy to find a way to get Eaton out
Haven’t been Eaton out in a long time, man.
Getting Eaton out is pretty tough to come by. Is it hot in here?
Haha
HI Grey!
I’m in a 5×5 10 team yahoo league that autodrafted for all the teams. just wondering your thoughts on my team and also one of the mgrs is interested in trading for my Zac Gallen and Mallex Smith. Should I stick with what I have? I was thinking of asking for his Ross Stripling and Adrian House but I feel he would get the better end of the deal. Thank you sir!
C) JT Realmuto
1B) Yasmani Grandal
2B)K Hiura
3B)M. Moustakas
SS) J. Baez
IF)Corey Seager
OF)Mallex Smith
OF)V Robles
OF)R Laureano
Utl) K Schwarber
SP) G Cole
SP)M. Clevinger
SP)Z. Gallen
SP)M. Fried
SP) K Maeda
RP) K. Yates
RP)R. Pressley
P) J. Musgrove
BN)D. Peralta (OF), Carlos Martinez Stl (RP), I have 3 more open spots on my bench so couldtry to fill needs via waiver wire.
IL) J. Soto (OF), Will Smith (RP), Jose Urquidy (SP)
What are you trading them for? Bats? Then good
Your pitching is way too good and your hitting is lacking…You’re low on AVG, runs and possibly power
As I am pondering the patreon version….will there be any more levels to razzball after patreon level, or is it the final door? Is it simply content released earlier or will it have some exclusive content?
Glad to be reading the morning news that doesn’t make me want to hide in my basement and prep for the next armageddon….
Final door for now
Such a teaser… Here I come, then
HAHA
Grey, congrats on being one place ahead of me in 14th in our early DC.
Haha, you see my comment above to Cram? I think you can change lineups from yesterday if you want and not get charged with pitching (if you had Rogers)
Yeah, strangely I drafted Rogers in my 1st DC, but not ours. Bad move. I also drafted Tyler Wade in like round 49, and he started yesterday. I had Dubon in and he hit 7th with donuts. WTF, Kapler, hitting Wilmer Flores 2nd!!!???
Haha, I know, makes no sense
Phillip Ervin getting the start over Shogo and leading off. Looks like platoon to start. Ervin on roster over Aquino seems ridiculous.
Haha, I saw…Makes no sense whatsoever
Whats even more ridiculous is Matt Davison gets the nod at DH. Lets see, do we want a 29 year old journeyman who hit 32 homers in AAA last year or a 26 year old who hit 47 between minors and MLB?
What did he do to Dick Williams? Grope his daughter?
Hahaha, poor Aquino too right?
Need a CI while waiting for Evan White to come up.
Do you recommend
M Gonzalez
K Seager
J Bruce
T Frazier
C Davis
Yuck…Seager
Yuck indeed. Thanks Grey!
No problem
Grey, better bat today?
Nimmo vs Soroka or Ervin vs Boyd?
Ervin
Thank you
No problem
Tsutsugo or Teoscar as a bench bat?
Teoscar
It’s official. Buffalo home of the Jays.
Looking at the Jays new park and the offense there, would you take either Lourdes, Biggio over Luis Robert?
Not over Robert
If he took Lourdes over Robert he might be able to claim that he’s the only FBB player on planet who did! Thats worth something isnt it?
If he did that, he could change his team name to “Oh Lourdes, What Did I Do?”
Haha!!!
Haha
Are you as down on Musgrove @ STL and Woodruff @CHC as Streamonator? Have both starting now but am nervous after looking at those $.
I’d start both
I don’t have to set my lineup until Tuesday; however, I’m curious about the StreamONator.
Roberts confirms Walker Buehler starts Tuesday in Houston.
Glasnow lines up to start either the third or fourth game of the season against the Blue Jays on Sunday or Monday.
Carlos Carrasco is scheduled for Sunday against Kansas City in the third game.
I can’t find any of these three guys in the StreamOnator??
My other guys who are recommended are Bassitt vs LAA, D.Duffy @DET, and Lynn vs COL.
Not sure about relievers Matt Barnes or Diego Castillo. Chad Green was a positive number and K.Kim was a neg number in StreamONator.
It’s constantly running so when things become official, it will update, but you can ask Rudy in comments at bottom of SON
Got it. Rudy is the best….well….errr, ummm…….besides you, of course, Grey!
Whats up Grey, DT, Coolwhip, Cram and the rest of the regulars!! Great read today and loving the hilarious commentary back and forth, it helps make things seem back to a little more normal, keep it coming!!!……BASEBALL IS BACK!!!
In a 10 team OPS,
A) is it worth owning Cespedes
B) If yes, would you start him over Braun today?
Thanks and go Brewers!!!!
Thanks!
A. Yup
B. Yup
Sweet, thanks Grey!
No problem
Eyes on Roman Quinn tonight, for deep league implications. Hope he does something to warrant more starts like this going forward.
Agreed
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