Guess what, y’all?! A new Spencer Torkelson dropped! No, he’s nothing like that old Spencer Torkelson! For one, he’s not young! He’s more like a new older Spencer Torkelson! For two, the Tigers are calling up Kerry Carpenter because they have no conceivable reason to keep him down anymore, because of the stats he was putting up in the minors — .316/.384/.653 with 30 home runs and 75 RBIs in 96 games between Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo. That’s the Mecca of Ohio. It’s why it’s called Holy Toledo. He was on a recent prospect stash list by Itch, and I say stop stashing and start doing! Comerica Park sucks. More like Crummica! Owned it! But someone making that good of contact with that sorta power is worth a look in deeper mixed leagues. Let’s see if Carpenter can drum up some offense and make the Tigers’ stop feeling like Rainy Days and Mondays. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Tyler Alexander – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.83. I did a google trying to see if Tyler Alexander is related to Doyle and Google said, “Damn, you old, son.”
Shane Bieber – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.21. He’s doing it with two miles off his fastball, but, well, he’s doing it.
Kris Bryant – Remains in a walking boot with no timetable to return. Bryant should tell the Rockies it costs $182 million to get the boot off his foot; they’d prolly pay him twice.
C.J. Cron – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 5 RBIs and his 23rd homer. Curtis Jackson only needs two more to be halfway to Fiddy!
Randal Grichuk – 5-for-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer. Everyone is startable in Coors, and every Rockies player is benchable outside of Coors.
Miles Mikolas – 2 2/3 IP, 10 ER, ERA at 3.50. I did a poop in my pants going around to all my fantasy teams to make sure I had benched Mikolas everywhere. Benched him in four of five. I started him in one league because of the stupid allure of a two-start week. Stupid freakin’ allure!
Paul DeJong – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. Colonel Mustard in Coors with a beer funnel!
Tim Anderson – Will be out 4-6 weeks with a torn ligament in his hand. White Sox are one of the more cursed teams. Whatever deal Tony La Russa made with the devil drunk one night at four in the morning, how do they reverse it? Pray to the God of Goldschläger aka Godschläger? “Godschläger, if you can hear me, forsake another team with your curses that burn like an 87-proof cinnamon fireball!”
Lenyn Sosa – 2-for-4 and his 1st major league homer. They retrieved Lenyn’s home run ball, then split it up 26 ways to give out to his teammates.
Lance Lynn – 6 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.88. This guy is such a nothingburger. Wasting my blurbs on you, you em-effer-burger!
Brady Singer – 7 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners (zero walks), 6 Ks, ERA at 3.49. Since he was pitching in the only day game, I watched the better part of it, and I came away so impressed. He induces so much nothing, by which I mean, he’s 2nd in the majors for called strike rate (21%) with a minimum of 90 IP. 34 of 95 strikeouts have been looking (enter of play yesterday). Not sure it needs to be spelled out, but when you’re getting hitters looking it means the ball is right over the plate and hitters are totally confused. That’s impressive. He’s right in front of Joe Musgrove for called strike percentage. Here’s a story, of how Brady Singer became a 2023 sleeper…
Vinnie Pasquantino – 3-for-7, 3 RBIs and his 4th and 5th homer. Holy stromboli, calzone and Peroni, it’s Vinnie Pasketti!
Nick Pratto – 3-for-7, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Pizzeria, mama mia! What, his name ends in a vowel too, no?
Franmil Reyes – 1-for-4, 1 RBI as he hit 5th and DH for the Cubs. David Ortiz failed in a lot more games as a Twins player than Franmil Reyes did as a Guardian, and Franmil is same age as when the Red Sox got Ortiz. Cust kayin’.
Seiya Suzuki – 3-for-5, 2 runs and his 9th homer. Seiya later ball! Feeling nostalgic for April when we—me—thought he was gonna be a superstar.
Marcus Stroman – 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.20. After guys turn a corner, we need some kind of system to flag them down to tell them to stop turning the corner back to where they started.
Patrick Corbin – Will be skipped in his next turn. Dave Martinez said, “Our team sucks, but he really sucks.”
Keibert Ruiz – 2-for-3, 4 RBIs and his 5th and 6th homer. He’s done next to nothing so far this year, but a two-homer night goes a long way to a schmotato run. Not related to the running of the schmotatoes, which happens in Seville, Spain.
Joey Meneses – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Meneses? It must be that time of the month!
Francisco Lindor – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 20th homer. ‘Member last year when we assumed his power wouldn’t play in Metco? Oopsie!
Jeff McNeil – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer. Ya know what kind of season McNeil’s having? A good Adam Frazier year.
Carlos Carrasco – 6 2/3 IP, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.76. He’s given up only eight runs dating back to June 28th, when he gave up six runs and I told people it was time to move on. *sad emoji that a commenter emoji puts a cigarette out on*
Justin Turner – 2-for-4, 1 RBI as he was activated from the IL. Can’t believe this schmohawk is signed on for another whole year. Dodgers got redpilled.
Joe Ryan – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.95. He’s been a bit up and down recently, but, if I’m being honest, I’ve been out on him since he gave up ten runs in San Diego.
Max Muncy – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer, hitting near-.400 in the last week, and .375 in August and .275 in the last two weeks, and these aren’t getting better, but he’s been hot recently.
Byron Buxton – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 27th homer. Elias Sports Bureau said, “Byron Buxton’s 54 home runs since his last grounded into double play are the most HR between GIDP since double plays were officially tracked for batters in both leagues (1940). Also, we forgot our wife’s birthday remembering all this other crap.”
Tommy Henry – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.75. Tommy Henry? That sounds like a Witness Protection name. And he’s in Arizona? How does he feel about egg noodles and ketchup?
Michael Chavis – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 11th and 12th homer, hitting .254. Nick Castellanos has 10 homers and is hitting .258.
Juan Soto – 2-for-3, 3 runs and his 22nd homer. Hey, the Padres can score runs again! Whaddya know, said like Saul Goodman.
Manny Machado – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 20th homer, a walk-off winner. Macho Macho Manny!
Joe Musgrove – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 ks, ERA at 2.91. Hmm, if this is regression, then put a pink tutu on me, call me a fairy and give me that regression.
Josh Hader – 2/3 IP, 3 ER. ERA means nothing but also Hader’s ERA is 4.66. I will now cackle very loudly.
Freddy Peralta – 5 IP, 2 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.37. Wish I could say I’m encouraged, but he threw only 65 pitches, and, yeah, not super encouraged yet.
Matt Bush – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 3.38, as he recorded his 2nd save. Counsell said, while holding the mic in a very weird way, Devin Williams needed another day of rest, and Taylor Rogers had a cortisone injection in his knee, so he’ll be hitting homers off his kneecap in no time.
Aledmys Diaz – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 10th homer. Lotta people asking about picking up Diaz, and he has been a hot schmotato for a minute, but I do worry about his playing time. Yesterday, he played, but it meant Mancini was out of the lineup. That won’t always be.
Marcus Semien – 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 16th homer. He got the greenlight on a 3-0 pitch, and screamed, “I’m comin’ home! Get it? As in Semien,” and there was a lot of cringing.
Corey Seager – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 25th homer. Been a long-time Big Whatever on Corey Seager, but, if he’s going to hit 30 homers, that plays for daddy.
Adolis Garcia – 1-for-3 and his 19th homer. Don’t look now (don’t cover your eyes, it’s a figure of speech), but Adolis has a legit shot of being a top 20 overall guy on the Player Rater.
Martin Perez – 5 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 2.85. The Regression Fairies, cosplaying as Daniel Plainview, screamed, “I drink up your regression!”
Mike Trout – Began hitting off a tee. Wow, we’re getting his life story? Who’s playing him? Is it Timothée Chalamet? Please say it’s Timothée Chalamet.
Shohei Ohtani – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.68, 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 25th homer. Then was pulled early from the game when he refused to turn water into wine.
Shea Langeliers – A’s GM, David Forst, famous for his interviews with Richard Nixon, said Langeliers will debut this season. Itch goes over him in his top 20 catchers prospects.
Miguel Andujar – Recalled from the minors. It’s funny in a very sad way how buried Andujar is in the Yankees’ system. He went 27/2/.297 in the majors in 2018, and never received another real chance. In Triple-A this year in 64 games, he went 12/6/.293 with a 11% strikeout rate. If he were on the Twins, he’d basically be Jose Miranda. Will he play for the Yankees anywhere close to how much Carpenter was playing? Ha, absolutely not. Yankees love to play random 35-year-olds vs. prospects.
Gerrit Cole – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.38 vs. Luis Castillo – 8 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.71. This game had the atmosphere of a playoff game, like they were battling to see who would lose to the Astros.
Jackie Bradley Jr. – Signed with the Jays. Jays DFA’d Matt Peacock to sign JBJ. But wait! It gets more sensational! JBJ rejoins Whit Merrifield, who he last was a teammate with when they won the College World Series as a Gamecock. And a BJ is short for–Um, Blue Jays.
Bo Bichette – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 16th and 17th homer. Please get hot, Boba, you ice cold delicious treat.
Bryce Harper – Not yet ready to face live pitching, according to Rob Thompson. Hey, stick to adult contemporary rock, Rob!
Jean Segura – 2-for-3 and his 7th homer. I’ll be honest with you, if you give me suggested pickups and one of them is Segura, I’m prolly not gonna choose Segura, unless this is the start of a hot streak, which we won’t know until today or Friday.
J.T. Realmuto – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 13th homer. Jerry Tomato went deep; should’ve seen this coming in Heinz sight.
Zack Wheeler – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.63. Anyone economical anymore with pitches? I feel like screaming for kids to get off my lawn, but barely getting through six at home vs. the Marlins is kinda bleh, bro.
Braxton Garrett – 4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.02. Welp, that was a tough matchup (in Philly), and I’m still a smitten kitten for Garrett, even if the Streamonator hates his next one.
JJ Bleday – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. Guess how many RBIs he has on the year. C’mon, it’s easy! He has two homers so that gives him…how many RBIs?
Austin Riley – 3-for-6, 5 RBIs and his 30th homer, hitting .298. After last year, we should’ve known Austin Riley was a superstar. This year he’s made paste. Ya know, got rid of the naysayers.
Tommy Pham – 2-for-5 and his 13th homer with his 1st homer in Fenway. Pham has hit well since going to the Red Sox. Or he’s just pumped for fantasy football season.
Christian Arroyo – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 5th homer, and hitting near .350 in the last week, and .400 in the last two months (though with a huge IL stint in the middle). Hot schmotato alert!
Jarren Duran – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer. Ya know what kinda sucks? If Duran hits now, Alex Cora’s gonna pinch his temples and bing-bong his brain out to say, “Duran is comfortable hitting 9th, so I’m leaving him there.”
Tanner Houck – Hit the IL with lower back inflammation. I hope this wasn’t because I had Wick right below him on my fantasy team. I looked first at picking up Garrett Whitlock (2 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 3.13), and I think he does get the first look, but he also might be used for multiple innings, which means he can’t turn around and go on back-to-back days, so I grabbed John Schreiber (1/3 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 1,88), and I think I might’ve outsmarted myself.
Chris Sale – Broke his wrist falling off his bike, and underwent season-ending surgery. I commissioned an artist to render this latest Chris Sale incident:
I need to drop a closer — which one?
Sewald; Chapman; Romano; Devin Williams
Wander or Albies for next year? Thanks!
Freddy peralta or Andrew Vaughn keeper league? Eye toward next year and beyond.
Freddy
Oh, hello! Could you please table these MIF for right now/ ROS:
Mateo
India
Grissom
Thank you kindly
Mateo, India
Sorry I’m late! I’m suffering from Peaky Conclusionary Disorder. Do you pick up Grissom for?
Lux
crawford
Muncy (I got a feeling.) Started him over Turner this week at CI. Last night was good.
Stott ($6 for next 2 years)
Adames, Marte, Edman No No No.
I don’t see it.
im thinking Franmil! I have about 30% of my free agent budget left. How much of that do I spend?
thx if you see it. Understood if not.
Haha, over Crawford
10% on Franmil
Mound presence
Franmil or Laureano ROS? Thanks for the Bautista heads up prior to trade deadline. Looks like a stud. Lost Rogers and Iglesius on same day and replaced with Williams and Bautista and feeling good about it.
Ramon
Hi Grey,
Sit or start Sonny Gray against the Dodgers? Thanks!
I’m starting him, pray for me
We might need a prayer circle.
Haha Aw geez
That early Mets game really messed me up. Had Escobar starting in one league and had Naquin sitting in another.
Damn!
Rowdy/Luzardo for Berti/Mikolas
Different things, but Berti/Mikolas in vacuum
Hey Grey, would you pick up Grissom over any of these? 12-team redraft
Gorman
L. Urias
Polanco
J. Iglesias
Wong
McMahon
Over Wong
Mancini out again. Wtf. He has like 3 hr and 6 rbi for them in the 3 games he’s played. What does he have to do?
HAHA
Maybe mancini should bribe Dusty with a case of hand carved toothpicks made from some kind of exotic wood. It looks like they don’t want to play him in the OF. I thought getting out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, i.e., the second largest grassland in the US behind only the Great Plains, was going to be good for Mancini’s value.
Hey that’s a good idea!
Hi Grey … need some infield help. Wh do you suggest …
Montero, Grissom, Nick Gordon
Grissom
What’s the deal with Mancini sitting half this games with HOU? I don’t see any specific platoon reasoning behind it. Is it about them simply having too many bats and wanting to rotate them?
Just too many bats…Gonna be a problem for Padres when Tatis returns too
They better just play Tatis and Crone. Oh yeah just traded for Machado so him too. Just got Degrom back so maybe I can come back in my RCL. LOL it’s a pipe dream.
Hahaha
Oh yeah just had to mention Chris Sale is a pussy. I need COVID so maybe I can forget drafting his punk ass.
Haha
I don’t really ask questions but I like your stuff for whatever that’s worth. I have an electric razor for you. It’s a Braun. Keep on keeping on.
Hi Grey! I’m in a 16 team H2H league and I have several key bats on IL (J-Rod, Stanton, Harper & Franco) so I’m looking to add points wherever I can. My catcher is Gary Sanchez but with two weeks left before playoffs I’m wondering if Cal Raleigh is a better option? I just wanted to get your thoughts so I don’t over manage as I sometimes do. I appreciate the help and thoroughly enjoy your posts.
Yes, I’d go with Raleigh…thanks for the kind words!
Thanks Grey, very much appreciated!
No problem
Who do you like more out of Chris Taylor and muncy?
Meh, Muncy’s hitting rn
ROS SP?
Lauer, Jordan Montgomery, McCullers, Ranger, Patrick Sandoval, Jesus Luzardo or Detmers?
JoMo, Sandoval, Ranger
Thanks!
No problem
Braves got Vaughn Grissom and ate starting him today!!!
Nice!
Hi Grey! Help me choose a 2B and a SS going forward in a standard h2h redraft:
2B Options: A.Diaz, A.Frazier, B.Rogers, J.Iglesias, J.Rojas, K.Wong
SS Options: A.Diaz, J.Peña, B.Rogers, J.Iglesias, J.Rojas
Rodgers at home….Pena
Think Peña will turn it around? Past two months have been rough.
I do trust Pena
Kind of an odd question here Grey,
Would you drop Singer to activate Civale tonight?
I wasn’t going to start Singer @ LAD this weekend, but it would really suck to lose him in FAB.
League is 12 teams and I’m looking to improve my ratios down the stretch
I’d go for it with Civale
Scared money don’t make money !
Haha, yeah
Is it time to dump Jared Walsh? He’s been incredibly inconsistent.
14T obp, have limited replacement options:
Hiura, Miggy, Biggio, Chavis, slim pickin’s
Such a disappointment from expectations coming into the season. I’m sure not having Trout protecting him has not helped but he’s really struggled all season.
Thanks
These replacements are not worth making the switch
Hello Grey, A.Riley for Mookie= fair trade?
Yup, it’s fair
1. would you play Whit Merrifield in Baltimore or Oneil Cruz in Arizona? Facing Dean kremer of the orioles and Madison Baumgartner of the d-backs.
2. Would you play Sonny Gray in dodgers stadium today? He’s been fairly sharp (5ip, 5Ks, 1 hit, vs Toronto albeit 5 walks)
3. Someone dropped Josh Donaldson, is he an immediate pickup guy or was that move fairly justified.
4. Aroldis Chapman is available, he good of a closer would you expect him to be IF he locked down the closer role? And 2ndly do you think that’s a likely outcome? I have David Robertson and I feel like a closing Chapman is far better (if he closes)
1. Whit 2. I am 3. Meh, depends who you’re dropping…He’s not that good 4. Holmes is the closer, and looks like he might’ve righted the ship
Do you like JP Sears against the Angels tonight with Blackburn going to the IL? I’m kind of desperate to get to my 40IP min this week.
Not at all
What’s good Grey? Enjoyed the artists’ rendition of Chris Sale’s most recent incident. I knew he was a different cat when he knifed all of the White Sox’s throwback jerseys cause he didn’t like them.
Laughed at the Buxton blurb, my dude.
Hi to Ted!
What’s good, Poop?!
Ted says hi!
Would you rank these SPs for future years in keep forever points league?
Manoah
Strider
Freddy P
Detmers
Lodolo
Hmm…SPs are tough, but I think Manoah, Freddy, Strider, Lodolo
For sure. Don’t worry, I won’t lash out at you 3 years from now if you’re wrong.
HAHA
Manoah is the top choice, but the other four are pretty close. I want to see what kind of finish Detmers has to 2022. He was putting up eye-popping numbers in the minors last year before getting called up. Struggled this season, sent down, and now is dominating. May have figured it out.
In my opinion this is definitely a difficult question, Peralta and manoah have already proven themselves, however strider is only a rookie and has been fairly elite, i imagine his potential is through the roof (unless he gets severely injured or declines in some way) definitely manoah, Freddy, Strider as grey said however strider may be one of the more interesting to monitor on that list.
Hey man love your work!
12T ROTO redraft, need ERA, WHIP, K and Wins so bad….and leading my league in HR, RBI, 4th in runs and 4th in SB so need a SP but this trade seems to much, right?
Give Devers and Witt
Get Corbin and Josh Bell
Thanks! Not a good trade
If that’s Patrick Corbon I think you’re in Bizarro’s world with that one
Guessing Corbin Carroll
My bad Corbin Burnes
Burnes
Oh, then that trade is fair, if you need pitching, go for it
Great stuff! How would rank you Heaney, Detmers, McCullars and Kirby. May need to begin looking for a replace for Kopech. Thanks!
McCullers**
Detmers, Heaney
Thank you sir! Follow up, who do you prefer out of Nimmo or A Gimenez?
Close, thinking Nimmo
Thanks, I agree. Wonder why Gimenez doesn’t bat higher in the lineup.
Yeah, not sure
Grissom is right now pick up? Braves don’t mess around.
I see Jordan Walker been playing outfield, maybe the Card bring him up.
Jung homered last night. First game AAA
Carroll should be up against MLB hitting already none of this wait next spring.
You think Baty, Gunner or Taj comes up in Sept?
I own every prospect since my team when you poop.
Gunnar would be my guess from those, but I’d ask Itch
Need a hitter until Franco is back. How would you rank:
Grissom, Nimmo, Grichuk, Bohm, India
Thanks
Nimmo, India
Hi Grey,
i picked up and started Brady Singer and sat Mikolas at Colorado. Thanks so much for your advice!
1. i was going to start Mikolas in his next start at home against Milwaukee. Do you agree?
2. KC’s Singer next start is at home against the Dodgers. i was going to sit him. do you agree?
thanks again!
martin
1. Yes, he’s fine there 2. Sure, can sit
And shoulod I drop Grichuk for Bubba Thompson?
12 man h2h 5×5 obp.
Thanks man!
Sure, if you need SBs
Kerry Carpenter or Isbel in my AL keeper?
Kerry
Kerry or Oscar Gonzalez?
I’d try Kerry
Looking to add someone that can help this week and next week. Who would you add in category league (W, K, ERA, WHIP). Parentheses are next week’s games.
HOU’s Odorizzi @MIA, (NYM)
LAD’s Periot MIN, (@MIL, MIA)
PHI’s Kyle Gibson MIA, (@CIN, NYM? double header)
CHC’s Steele WAS, (@WAS, MIL)
Meant *Pepiot, not Periot
Odorizzi
Hey Grey – One more thought…
Is trading Manoah ($13 keeper) & Bard for Woodruff (non-keeper) & Romano materially improve my pitching or is it closer to lateral?
If the former, would you look to package any other player below instead of Bard. 12 team OBP/QS league. Rather not part with any bats since the WW is pretty bare.
C Melendez
CI: Tellez, JoeRam
MI: Mook, Segura, Iglesias, Witt, McMahon
OF: Soto, Castellanos, Mancini
Prospect Keeper: Jordan Walker ($1)
SP: Manoah, Nola, Cortes, Lopez, Wainwright, Freddy P ($13), Wood, Luzardo, Quintana
RP: Diaz, Bard, Barlow (IL stash)
Doest trading….
If the latter…..
Ugh, COVID brain fog
Does* — Ugh, take my keyboard away!
Ha, I think I gotcha
No, that’s not good at all…Manoah is a keeper and nearly as good as Woodruff
Thanks, that’s been my argument through the discussion. I’ll hold.
No problem
Hey Grey! Still searching for another pitching keeper as I don
t want to keep a reliever.
Would strider be a good pitching keeper? Im looking to move Clase and someone for a pitcher (Story, or Eloy). I think I
m out of playoff contention, so what
re your thoughts on going after Strider with two of those guys? Or is it paying too much.It`s a 12 man h2h 5×5 obp qs keeper league. Cease is my only keepable pitcher at the moment aside from Clase.
Thanks pal!
Strider would be solid, two of them is overpaying tho…Eloy for him works for me…Eloy and a smaller piece? Sure
Is Clase alone overpaying?
No, Clase alone is fine, just no other piece with him
Or I could do Eloy, and add in any of these pitchers: Urquidy, Lauer, T.Anderson, Gonsolin, L.Garcia.
Would you do any of those?
Eloy and any of those SPs except Gonsolin works for me
A bit surprised we haven’t talked Bubba Thompson since his inclusion in the buy column. Or, as I refer to him “LEAGUE WINNER BUBBA THOMPSON.”
3 steals since then in 19 ABs! Rangers appear (at least temporarily) committed to starting him most nights. I know we all need steals!!
I love him! I gave you an entire lede for him
.211 OBP%, .263 SLG%, and three stolen bases.
“M’s bullpen is so damn good”
So I don’t watch Seattle games until last night, that Andres Munoz is filthy
Why don’t the Cubs scout these guys throwing a hundred?!?
I’m gonna hold you guys to Franmil being Papi 2.0, that would be nice
Speaking of filthy relievers, full credit to Edwin Diaz’s entrance song, if that doesn’t get you jazzed up nothing will
Haven’t seen showmanship like that since Jack Lord’s starring credit atop of the Ilikai
Edwin Diaz’s song is the best closer entrance since Mariano
Munoz is going to be a stud closer as soon as next season. Amazing throw in to the Ty France trade a couple years back.
Grey,
10 team H2H. Im in 1st by quite a bit and my team is on fire. Ive been offered his Devers and Gallen for my Trea Turner. I would have to drop a pitcher to do it. The likely choices are Joe Ryan or Reid Detmers. What are your thoughts? Im leaning towards declining it because Im worried about losing out on Trea’s SBs. and Im not sure if Gallen is enough of an upgrade over the pitcher I would have to drop.
Hold
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Can we get some Felix Bautista love!? Looked like Rick Vaughn vs. Clue Haywood (Vlad Jr.) last night.
Ha, I love him too!
Grey, could use some advice here
Ketel Marte, Hunter Renfroe, and Montas or Ty France and Jose Abreu ?
France
Awesome thanks !
No problem
How do you feel about Grissom in a 14 team OBP/SLG league? I’m riding DeJong and Rodgers through this COL series but wondering if he’d be a better option long-term than them. Can keep 6 but doubting Grissom is a better option than my other keeper candidates (Trout, Alvarez, Story, Devers, Schwarber, Hoskins, Stanton, Merrifield)
Grab him…
A Rosario for Freddy Peralta ?
Want to take advantage of this hot streak for Rosario and cash in
Freddy side
And what is the counter offer was A Rosario and Detmers. Still Freddy side ?
Yes, Freddy
Steven Kwan, Eddie Rosario, or Vinnie P for UTIL slot?
Vinnie, depends on needs again
1) Sonny Gray @ LAD – Sit or Start
2) SS: Luis Urias / Josh Rojas / Paul DeJong / Jose Barrero – please rank
thx
Start…DeJong, Barrero, kinda depends on needs
Who would you start today at utility:
B. Drury vs SF (Junis)
C. Walker vs Pit (M. Keller)
W. Adames vs TB (Springs)
Drury
Grey
Would you start Ray at home against the Yankees
Ray hasn’t looked sharp and I am afraid the Yankee bats might actually wake up especially after last nights blunder
Yes
you got guts
Even last year when he was real good he was 0-3 against them
Era of 6.63 and a whip of 1.33.
He hasn’t faced them this year yet
Still on the fence
Game time decision
In Seattle after a long game last night seems fine
You were right about starting him last time against the Angels, so I’ll trust you again this time! :)
Hope it works out!
Starting R. Ray vs NYY today?
I am
Yesterday was August 9: the day I finally decided to drop Jared Walsh in a claim.
My league is 6×6 with OPS and Holds. The OPS factor makes giving up on someone you expected to be a legit source of production with power an extra tough pill to swallow.
I knew that over the past couple of years (2021-22) that I’ve allowed 2021 Bellinger and 2022 Franmil to continuously abuse my team numbers. To see where my current drop options rate, I looked at the active lineup production numbers for all of my hitters in 2021-22 and then applied these filters: >59 ABs, AVG<.240, and OPS <.700. In descending AVG order, here is the resulting list of players.
Year Player Nombre Hits ABs R HR RBI SB AVG OPS GP
2022 C.Hernandez 34 142 18 0 10 1 0.239 0.643 37
2022 J.Walsh 81 342 37 14 42 1 0.237 0.698 91
2021 W.Franco 14 61 7 2 6 2 0.23 0.649 15
2021 J.Aguilar 41 186 20 7 31 0 0.22 0.667 51
2021 A.Baddoo 16 75 11 4 12 0 0.213 0.68 17
2021 A.Bohm 17 81 10 2 11 3 0.21 0.564 22
2022 J.Naylor 22 106 10 3 17 1 0.208 0.661 29
2022 F.Reyes 49 237 20 7 25 1 0.207 0.582 63
2022 J.Mateo 24 121 13 4 10 7 0.198 0.596 35
2022 T.Hernandez 14 87 6 2 8 1 0.161 0.476 23
2021 C.Bellinger 30 189 29 5 25 2 0.159 0.535 51
(Wish I knew how to get that table properly formatted here.)
Walsh was the only 2022 guy I still rostered (traded Teo with Wheeler to get Soto awhile back). Actually, he remained the only 2022 guy I still rostered if I removed the filter on ABs.
So, what you’re saying is Walsh is about to go off?
Ha! Definitely.
Good morning Grey!
OBP League, 10 team redraft. With Tim Anderson down for 6 weeks, and the 6th week projected to be in the middle of the finals matchup, he’s a drop right? Who would you prioritize for a MI/SS replacement: Dejong or Thairo Estrada?
And just from a hot bats perspective- who would you like more ROS: Grichuk or Vinnie P, or are these streamers?
Thanks again!
Yes, he’s a drop — DeJong
Vinnie
With the news about Grissom’s call up, does he jump up above either of the other MI options?
Thanks again!
I’d grab him
Over DeJong
grandal has killed me all year at catcher. Would bassit and giolito be too much to give up for salvador perez?
Seems a bit much
what about giolito straight up for salvi?
Sounds fine
could’ve IR’d him for the majority of the year hehe. but yeah not good when playing.
Morning Grey!
Do you still like Candelario?
(waiting to see in Patreon alter today if maybe there is a better 3B).
Thoughts?
Nah, I just dropped Jeimer myself
Thanks! Also, why does SON love Lodolo? I dont get it..what am I missing? That said, would you start tomorrow vs. CHC
Lodolo is gonna be great, but he’s a rookie now so risky
Beeboooobeeeboooobeebooo
Vaughn Grissom callup alert
Wow, nice!
The Braves are such a fun team this way
Meanwhile Gunnar is wasting away in AAA while the Orioles are .5 out of a playoff spot and starting Nevin and Odor regularly.
Yeah, agreed!
Who would you stream today
M. Keller @ Az or MadBum vs Pitt.
Keller has a 3.15 ERA over his last 12 games
Bum
Lynn has given up 13 HR in 59.2 ip. So much for that “dead” ball.
If Dustin May returns as a starter like he is supposed to, do you like him better than Lynn ros?
Ha, yeah
I’d try just about anyone over Lynn…May seems like an okay flyer
I’m considering dropping India for Hoerner in a 12-team H2H. I also have Berti on the IL, probably returning soon. Andres Gimenez is currently starting for me at 2B. With a spot at 2B and INF, I can ultimately keep 2 out of India, Gimenez, Berti, and Hoerner. Which 2 do you prefer? Thank you!
Andres, Berti
With Tim Anderson hitting the IL for 6 weeks, who do you like more in a 12tm redraft points league that docks -2 for Ks? Bryston Stott, Brandon Crawford, Miguel Rojas, Ha-Seong Kim or Elvis Andrus? Who would you choose for ROS? Thanks in advance!
Stott
grab grissom over those.
Grey,
You starting Civale @ DET or Bumgarner vs Priates tonight anywhere?
Pirates I mean !
Stupid dyselxai
Both, sure…Bum first
Very interesting point re: Ortiz with the Twins vs. Reyes with Cleveland:
Ortiz – .266/.461/.809 with 58 HR and 238 RBI in 455 games (1477 ab) with MN
Reyes – .245/.456/.765 with 58 HR and 182 RBI in 295 games (1065 ab) with CLE
I would have bet anyone Reyes played more games with Cleveland than Ortiz did with the Twins. Memory is funny that way. Anyway, I watched Franmil’s at bats last night and he doesn’t look that far off. Plus, the broadcasters were gushing about his display during batting practice (lol). This could be a great waiver pickup for the Cubs.
Yeah, I love that pickup by the Cubs
Starting Quintana in Coors today?
And, bah! I was going to pose Segura or J. Iglesias ROS, but I guess I’ll go based on needs (walks away in shame)
No way
Haha, Iglesias is in Coors
Sensational content for a limited schedule last night, thanks as always Grey
Stayed up till 2:15 am watching Yanks-Ms attempt to score a run, was a riveting game
They say you see something new every game, last night only 2 batters came to the plate for NY in the 11th & 12th due to ghostrunner blunders on the basepaths
Super impressed by Luis Castillo, dude was throwing rocks
In the bullpen battle, Chapman & Holmes were both pretty sharp, I thought an Aroldis takeover was imminent, not so fast my friend, situation is fluid with Aroldis gaining momentum, but the immediate edge for saves remains with Holmes
Hold tight Holmes owners
Yeah, agreed, Holmes looked sharp and M’s bullpen is so damn good
I know Wander Franco is some kind of can’t-miss stud. But what kind of player does he profile as? 20/20/.300?
I’m trying to trade Alonso in a points keeper because I’m clogged at 1B with Vladdy. I’ve got a deal on the table of Wander and his 1st rounder next year for Pete. But I’m not really sure what I’m getting. Would you do that?
30/10/.300 – I think that could work out for you as soon as next year…Bit risky, but I like it
Yeah, always a risk with un-established youngins, and I’m a risk-averse type of guy, in fantasy baseball anyway. Thanks for the input. LGM!
No problem
LGM!
Artist gave him triangles for feet. At least, Chris can Sale his bike.
Chris Sail is better off just staying inside a bubble until 2022-23 season or else he might get hit by a bus or something like B Pitt in the movie “Meet Joe B”… Fyi .. best scene on any of his movies when that city bus flattens him in that remarkable scene.
Confused..? good. Watch that movie if you are.
He’s bounced around by cars, it is an incredible scene
I just loved the art. It would be great if he were a razzball regular. Imagine the possibilities. Tommy Pham, for example. That’s literally a series.
Haha, thanks!
4 of my 5 outfielders I was relying on for significant power. I drafted marcel ozuna and soler, picked Franmil Reyes up before the all star break when I was hopefully he would turn it around. The fourth was jerad Walsh who I dropped for franmil.
Who should I be eyeing for the stretch run to compensate for my lack of power at outfield. Somewhat related, outfield seems like a wasteland this year. Thanks as always
Who should you be eyeing out of who? Ozuna, Franmil or Soler? I’d go Ozuna
Sorry that wasn’t clear. I have those three. Thanks for the response. Just riding the hot hand ros
No problem
On keepers for next year, can you please rank: Devers, Luis Robert, Wander, Albies, Witt? Thanks!
Devers, Robert, Witt
I’m surprised you didn’t highlight Luis Garcia (WAS) taking his 3 BB of the season!
Ha
Kyle Lewis can’t get on the field even with injuries all over the place for the Mariners. Any thoughts on this guy? They going to just shut him down?
Just forget him, the M’s have
Need a starter for playoffs coming after week 19. I see Dustin May is dealing in triple A and with the loss of Kershaw I would think the Dodgers will be relying on him soon.
Thoughts on May ros or
Jose Quintana
Cole Irvin
Domingo German
Thanks for your help as always
Quintana
ESPN doesn’t have Kerry Carp yet HaHAhaHAhAhAhaha
Which means he’ll probaly go 2 for 4 with a 3-R HR while we’re checking the waiver wire every 15 minutes.
Haha
Ha, woof!
Neither does Yahoo.
Doh
Would Giolito and A Rosario be an overspend for Verlander ?
Keep rolling guys out like Lynn and Giolito and get nowhere in ERA or WHIP. Near bottom of the league in both
Sounds fair
Other owner countered with my Edman, BLowe, and Giolito for his Gimenez and JV.
That worth taking ?
I have a India and Edman as my 2B so it’d have to be between them
Works for me
Grey,
I’m desperate for Ratios help.
Is the best solution here to just stream cupcake matchups ? Or do I pick up a bunch of relievers like Munoz, Effross, etc.?
Have a lot of innings left