Before Lewis Brinson (3-for-4, 3 RBIs) homered twice (6, 7) on Wednesday, I wrote him up for the Buy column this week — which is available now on the Patreon. I had included him, because I saw recently that Lewis Brinson was hitting near-.350 in the last two weeks, and had hit some homers, so I was pumped to open his Statcast page to see improvement and! And! AND! Well, no, not entirely. He’s been better than he has been for Launch Angle, getting good wood on ball and xBA is up, but, damn, he still misses so much. If you lift balls with good wood–Wait, are we still talking about hitting? Right, right. Yes, good things will happen. Brinson is hitting balls as hard as Tatis, Verdugo, Story and Walsh. Clearly, great guys to be mentioned in the same breath, but they all make far more contact, and have three-plus times as many at-bats. This last few-week stretch has been great, but when I called him recently Byron Pennieston, because he was a poor man’s Buxton, it still applies. Of course, I’d still grab Pennieston in any league. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Bryan De La Cruz – 2-for-4 and his 1st homer. Fun fact! He’s actually four men. It’s Bryan and a De La Soul cover band that sings in Spanish. Pluggo Uno, Pluggo Dos, Pluggo Tres y Bryan!
Sandy Alcantara – 7 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.52. Someone asked yesterday if they should start, Alcantara, and I honestly don’t know the Streamonator‘s score on him from yesterday or anything. I know literally nothing, except I’d start Sandy anywhere except Coors in shallower leagues. In NL-Only, I’d start him even there.
Drew Pomeranz – Hit the IL with forearm soreness. When you’ve had forearm soreness since March, and have hit the IL three times in four months, you should be able to sue your team for negligence.
Framber Valdez – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.09 vs. the Rockies in Houston. There’s no worst team on the road than the Rockies. Yes, I’m considering the Pirates. The Rockies have a 9.8% HR/FB. Their team on the road hits collectively about as well as Yandy Diaz.
Travis d’Arnaud – 1-for-4 as he was activated from the IL. The French Terminator is Le Back.
Ozzie Albies – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and a slam (19) and legs (14), hitting .257. Ozzie hit that one off of Lucas Sims to win the game, which is exactly what David Bell wanted to see before anointing Sims his closer.
Joey Votto – 4-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 24th and 25th homer. Votto overheard two nerds verbally dueling it out on whether or not Votto is a Hall of Famer and he was like, “Nuh-uh, nerdos, I’m Joey Votto and Imma let you finish after I make my case for the Hall of Fame across an entire season.”
Will Smith – 1 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 3.86, and yet another blown save. Last night, Snitker was woken in the middle of the night with Walkman headphones on his ears and someone from the future telling him he better start letting Dick-Rod close. Honestly, everyone in the Braves’ pen is better than Will Smith.
Jed Lowrie – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 13th homer, hitting .256. He’d be 2nd on the team in homers if he were still a Mets player. Skull emoji dripping from the eyes which makes you realize it’s actually an ice cream cake.
Elvis Andrus – 2-for-4 and a slam (3) and legs (10). Heard the Oak Ridge Boys’ Elvira on the radio the other day, and every time they’d sing, “Elvira,” I’d add in Andrus, and Cougs would say, “Are you doing that to annoy me?” And I said, “No,” and I absolutely was!
Starling Marte – 2-for-5, 1 run, and his 31st steal. I have nothing illuminating to say that you don’t know, but Marte is stealing every day and looks like a lock for 40+ steals.
Frankie Montas – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.98. Ended up watching some of this game, and there were moments yesterday when Montas looked like a put-your-hands-down-the-questions-period-is-over ace.
Cal Quantrill – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.13. Quantrill is having Plesac’s season and Plesac is having Cal’s. Doesn’t matter what the Streamonator says right now, I’d start Quantrill in almost all matchups.
Johnny Cueto – Hit the IL with a right flexor strain. That’s too bad because he was having a decent season, but now the Giants will just have to give some lucky fan the ball and turn them into a key contributor to their division-winning team.
Buster Posey – 2-for-4 and his 15th homer. If you accidentally drafted for 2012 this year, you did okay.
Brandon Crawford – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 19th homer. ACKCHUALLY, if you just drafted Giants, you’d be doing great.
LaMonte Wade Jr. – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 14th homer. *chains rattling, ghost noises* Boo…It’s the Ghost of Past Buys. *standing on a chair, screaming* Ghost be gone!
John Curtiss – Hit the IL with a torn UCL in his right elbow. Wait a second! Tampa Bay, get over here right now and explain what you traded to Milwaukee two weeks ago! Tampa, get over here right now! Explain yourself! Tammmmmpa! We told you to stop taking advantage of other teams!
Corbin Burnes – 8 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 15 Ks, ERA at 2.23. How long until he’s a Yankees pitcher with a 4+ ERA? Two years? Three? Okay, okay, we can bask in his splendor before throwing the poo-poo platter at him. It takes until after the clock strikes midnight and my bedtime for the top 100 best starts of the year tool to refresh (it’s free, check it out), but I have to imagine Burnes’s start will be near the top when I wake up on Thursday. Burnes, Wheeler, deGrom then Cole for 2022? Does that bother anyone? With health concerns on deGrom, I mean. No? Okay. We have time to figure it out.
Christian Yelich – 1-for-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI, hitting .226. Brewers score ten runs and Yelich has a good game for him in 2021. Man, he’s sad.
J.T. Realmuto – Left yesterday’s game after a foul tip hit his mask. Sounds like Covid restrictions on a porn set.
Mookie Betts – Hit the IL with “Are the Dodgers cursed? In this powerful essay written by someone who has rostered Cody Bellinger in multiple leagues all year, explore the darkest depths of the Dodgers’ curse for winning a Mickey Mouse World Series.”
Cody Bellinger – 2-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 8th and 9th homer, and four homers in four games. See, it only took him being unusable for six of the last six months of baseball!
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Matt Barnes – Red Sox will be giving him a few days off. Can they make those days off the previous five where he gave up like a zillion runs? No? Damn. Adam Ottavino would be who I’d look to for vultures.
Xander Bogaerts – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and his 17th homer, a cheapie vs. a position player. Pitching a position player is essentially forfeiting, but I wonder if any MLB managers would actually forfeit if that was an option. I’d imagine Kevin Cash would, knowing it’s a waste of time. It’s also bizarre more teams don’t pitch a position player when they’re *up* by fifteen plus runs. Why waste a reliever to close out a game the other team forfeited?
Nathan Eovaldi – 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.92. Red Sox had a 5-0 lead after two innings, and Eovaldi just hit the Ivictory Coast for a free night at the W.
J.D. Martinez – 4-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs, hitting .294. Was it Wong driving in Just Dong? I don’t think it was, because the universe would’ve folded in on itself.
Josh Fleming – 3 1/3 IP, 10 ER, 17 baserunners (!), 3 Ks, ERA at 4.96. Fleming just made a strong case for himself as a LOOGY.
Brandon Lowe – 1-for-4 and his 26th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games, and 40 homers in the last 163 games. Well, it’s still somewhat worth saying if there was a tie, play-in game.
Ross Stripling – Diagnosed with an oblique strain. “I don’t want to speculate, but he’s not gonna make his next start that’s for sure,” said manager, Charlie ‘You Kill My Father Prepare To Die’ Montoyo. Charlie is also painfully obvious.
George Springer – 2-for-4, 3 runs and his 15th and 16th homer in like ten games. Also, in this game, Teoscar Hernandez (2-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs) hit his 18th homer and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs) hit his 13th homer. The Jays were facing the Angels. Would it shock you that Dylan Bundy started this game? By the by, have we started to worry about Vladdy Cakes since he’s left the Buffalo Wild Wings Stadium?
Alek Manoah – 6 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.59, at 114 pitches. Uh, not sure why he was in the game that long, but I’m gonna be the high person on Manoah in all leagues next year, assuming I’m not in any leagues with his mom.
Shohei Ohtani – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 38th homer. Only Angels with 38 homers and five triples in a season are Ohtani and some guy named Mike Trout. At this point, I’ve reached my “Why did Michael Jordan really retire from basketball, was it an unknown suspension” level of conspiracy for Mike Trout’s calf injury.
Zack Britton – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 5.28, as he got his first save. Britton saving the Yanks? What is this pre-1776? We don’t need your stinkin’ tea and we don’t need your self-serving saves! Get your powdered wig and blotchy skin out of here! I’m so mad! Also, because I had Green and Lasagna on different teams. Sigh, I guess this is a three-man saves shituation. I don’t think it’s just Britton’s job.
Tyler Wade – 2-for-3, 1 run and his 9th and 10th steal. Wade ramming SAGNOF up the keister of anyone who says he’s useless.
Brady Singer – 3 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.42 as he was activated from the IL. The Royals are playing for nothing, so they’re actively trying to hurt their pitchers’ arms, but sending down Olivares. Oh…*walks to the top of the Statue of Liberty, screams out the crown*…kay!
Carlos Rodon – Hit the IL with should, er, he pitch anymore this month since the White Sox have a playoff spot locked up and we might need him a lot in the playoffs? The White Sox shortened it to “shoulder.”
Jorge Polanco – 2-for-4 and his 21st homer. Meh, he’s only tied with J.D. Martinez, Manny Machado, Austin Meadows and Kyle Tucker with 21 homers. No biggie.
Adam Wainwright – 9 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.27. Wainwright feels like he could retire after this year, or just-as-efficiently pitch for the next decade.
Anthony Santander – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer. You can wait until he cools off before picking him up, but not really the optimal way to play this thing called fantasy baseball.
Tarik Skubal – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.10. Went to look at the Streamonator, then I had a 30-second heart-to-heart with myself and I came the conclusion I wouldn’t stream Skubal in a league where he’s streamable, and I would just start him in a league where he’s rostered. The Have A Catch 22.
Akil Baddoo – Hit the 7-day concussion list. Baddoo said to reporters, “I feel totally fine, and could someone reach above my head and shoo away the birds flying in a circle?”
Yo Grey,
I moved Brinson for Orlando Arcia and Steven Duggar in a 30-team dynasty league with deep ass rosters. What say you?
I hate closers!
Grey,
Sans Cal and Taillon as they were picked up because I hesitated and went to bed…
In my keeper with 9 drop adds left for the season I need SP.
I am trying to trade as discussed earlier.
I have 2 open roster spots.
Would you use drop adds to roster any of the following pitchers, AND, would you use you 1 waiver claim on Zac Gallen?
I should have used it on Sale but whatever I hesitated then too.
Marco Gonzales
Zac Efflin
Zac Gallen
Zac Plesac
Jesus Luzardo
Aaron Civale
Lol. All Zac’s
Which pitchers should I use at least 3-4 of my final drop adds on? I’m fine with hitters you have seen my roster above. I also want to use a couple of RO it’s a S+H league.
Thanks Grey
No forget Gallen…Marco or Luzardo…I’d look at upcoming matchups
Nothing better than having your fantasy player sit for a game where his team scores 17 runs. Yep, feels SO good.
Holy sit!
Trade Patric Sandoval for Jorge Soler? I’m Leaning Soler
Sure
Drop Finnegan, Barlow, clase or Graveman when antone comes back? SVHD league
Finnegan
Canha or Amed
Amed
I know either would be a detriment to my batting average, but beggers can’t be choosers. Sano or Duvall for a bench bat. (to replace Baddoo). And is the winner likely to stay after Baddoo returns?
Thank you.
Duvall…sure
Random thought: Lance Lynn looks more like a guy you would see at a truck stop McDonalds then a professional athlete
He looks like a baseball player, not an athlete at all
Ha! Good point
Finnegan blew it.
Yeah
Bryan Reynolds Sunuvabench!
Damn
Redraft roster Vasquez it darnaud?
Or
Travis
Thinking about 2022 and the #1 pick.
If Tatis doesn’t get shoulder surgery there’s risk with him making multiple IL trips or worse a season ending injury. If he does get surgery, how long until he gets his swing back and back to the production you expect from him?
Acuna’s knee injury is a 9 month recovery. Power comes from the core and legs. How long until he feels confident in the knee and his swing? What about the willingness to let him run?
Which would you take – or do you grab Ohtani or Vlad instead?
Way too early, but fun to think about.
Tatis can be fine for start of 2022 — Acuna might miss April — Vlad
Dammit Means
Damn
Is Houck up now for good? Would you rather own him over careasco? Or the Irish panda?
Sorry carrasco
Not over Carrasco
Over Finnegan? Different things, but sure
I was referring to Patrick sandoval. I should have said that. My bad
Oh! Haha, that’s pretty good
I heard that from nick pollack. I’m not that creative
my Villar > Chapman back in the early summer is looking good – though it’s due to all those injuries
I moved on from Villar since he hasn’t been stealing bases, or even attempting to run lately but I might have to go back in
Gotcha
1.Brinson or Santander?
2. Should I expect brinson to remain good? He could be an adolis Garcia type of pickup, hes a first round draft pick who is very athletic and was supposed to be good (to tell you the truth I dont know anything about him personally I just read this, and apparently it wouldn’t be unreasonable for him to be good now)
3. Is Luke voit worth an add? he will get playing time while rizzo has covid but when rizzo comes back he’ll lose almost all of his playing time
Cal Quantril or Luis Severino ROS?
Hmm…Prolly Severino if both back
Bader or Pham going forward?
Thanks!
Pham
Chapman no ABs. 5 BBs. 3 runs. Swing the bat!
Haha. In a game where the A’s score 17runs!!!
HA!
at least he didn’t strike out 5 times!
HAHA, true
Thanks to yourself and some other amazing people at Razzball, I had a day yesterday (no Tildaddy, Laureano, Buxton, etc to the 4th power) that moved my pants without my hands. Xander brought over Votto, Wade Jr, Pollock, Framber and Gausman. Thanks.
Haha, nice!
Greey,
Better speculative pick up for saves Ottavino or Briton?
Ottavino
With Cntreras hitting the IL
Who would you pick up
Nola or
Elias Diaz
Nola
Any idea WTF is up with Canha?That procedure he had done on his hips is beyond me.
I guess he reads Razzball in the dugout.He was 0-5 but just got a double.
Haha
He might be busted
I guess he’s a hustle guy that you want to root for,not a real raw talent guy with a higher ceiling.Those surprising SBs were nice but I guess they’re gone.Can’t help but like the guy but I guess hips don’t lie.
Ha, yeah, perhaps
Hey Grey. 11 team. H2H. Need one-DiDi or Santander?
Santander
Hey Grey nice write-up,
Drop Kelenic for Santander or Duvall or hold kelenic? Thanks
Sorry, had another question. Need to find an everyday 2B or 1B on the waivers since I’m starting B. Lowe and Moose as my only 1B/2B duo.
Guys on waivers are: Nola, C. Hernandez, Lourdes, d’Arnaud, Cron, Belt, Aledmys Diaz
Cesar, Lowe
Thanks! Santander
Freakin Yelich he sucks
On his way to another oh fer today
U SUCK YELICH
Haha I know
Grey ros
Sanchez grandal or darnoud
How close for #1 is it, i honestly feel like if grandal beats sanchez back from IL im picking him up
Yasmani
Hey Grey:
12 tm mixed redraft
Would you rather start Alzolay @MIA or Luzardo vs CHC tmw?
Who would you drop out of this list to pick up one guy from above?
SP: Wheeler/Berrios/Rodon/Trev Rogers/L. Garcia/Wood/Quantrill/K Muller/Gil/Ynoa
RP: Hendriks/Graveman/Givens/Tyler Rogers
Luzardo
Gil if redraft
Thanks Grey
No problem
Assume a pitching staff of Castillo, Fried, Gausman, Josiah, Musgrove, and Taillon with Rodon on IL. Thanks to a couple of recent trades, hitting wise, I’ll have Trea at 2B, Straw at SS, and Meadows, Riley, Reyes in the OF, with Bellinger and Bell at 1B/Util, and Adell on the bench. It’s a H2H league, but I rank dead last in 4/5 offensive categories (except steals). With that in mind:
1. I was offered their Brantley and LeMahieu for my Musgrove. Accept/Reject/Counter?
2. Who should be my last add of the week? Brinson and Santander are hot, but I don’t necessarily have an obvious open slot for them. Pitching wise, the wire is thin, with options including Carlos Hernandez, Maeda, McKenzie, Megill, Walker plus German and Gil (assuming either starts in the near future)
1. Reject…maybe counter, no idea what anyone has
2. I’d look at upcoming matchups
Hey Grey, shallow league, can you rank the top 2 or 3 of this bunch for me please? No specific categories needed, just looking for overall value.
– Belt, Santander, Brinson, Amed, Wisdom, Lourdes
Thanks Grey!
Brinson, Santander, kinda depends on needs
Stassi or D’Arnaud?
Adolis or Santander?
Stassi, flip a coin
Santander
there’s a whole youtube post about how clearly high bellinger is most of the time (it spans back to when he was like 14 or something all the way to near present day).
Oh, yeah, dude’s so stoned
Francona lets the Sox have fried chicken and beer – outrage!!!
Roberts lets Cody play stoned – genius!!
HAHA
is this serious? They let him play stoned??? no way….
Haha, I don’t know, he looks it
I have a hard enough time loading the dishwasher properly whilst stoned, couldn’t imaging trying to hit a baseball coming at me at 95MPH.
Haha, same
you are not chronic enough then my friend ;)
Link?
Nvm, found it hahaha this is great
No problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KF1mznhHA0
I want to invent a time machine so I can go back to April and smack myself for feeling smug about not drafting Eloy Jimenez.
I drafted Adalberto Mondesi, instead.
just a thought …..
there might be better fantasy baseball infromation sites around but I’m sure nobody works harder than you…thanks for what you do it helps
No problem, thanks!
there are no better fantasy sites around.
Thanks!
What’s good Grey?
“Has anyone ever dressed like a carrot then gone into horse stables?” HAHAHAHA
Thank you.
POOP!
Please pick 2 best streamers?
Josiah Gray home vs Braves
S.Gray at Philly
Price home vs Pirates
Kapirillan at Rangers
J Gray, Price
Shoot, forgot to ask about a 2B-batty-call today:
– Tyler Wade (hope he gets me a SB)
– Luis Urias (hope he continues to light up my Cubs)
Thanks again (again)
I grabbed Urias
Thank you kindly!
No problem
Urias’ line today:
5/6, 5R, 2HR, 5RBI, 0SB, .833AVG, 3.167OPS…
seriously Grey….couldn’t get me a SB?? c’mon now!
I don’t think i’ve ever had a better batty-call in my life. Thanks for the advice!!
HAHA, nice!
Good morning Grey!
I’m already thinking ahead to next week’s Sunday night lineup lock, 5×5 QS, 12 teamer.
Bassitt question – he’s been $ all year, but his only rough starts have come against Houston and Dodgers, and weirdly, Seattle twice. Next week he starts twice – @CWS and SF at home. He’s great – but those two teams are killing it right now.
Start, or find a streamer? (Or run an extra reliever – S/Holds league). I guess put another way, should I bench him or roll the dice w/ a pickup that Joey Bart or the robot recommends?
Thanks!
Oh, and for what it’s worth, Sims came in in the 11th inning after Givens and Lorenzen already pitched. That team will be so happy to have Antone back, till they destroy his elbow…
I’d start Bassitt — agreed on Sims, I was kidding in the post
Ha! I know.
Thanks on Bassitt- I got too cute w/ him once before this year and he rewarded my strategery with a gem while on my bench.
Have a good one!
You too!
For RCLs..
1.) Does the Lothario like Muller today in ATL vs CIN
and
2.) Houck in BOS vs TB?
SON no likey
THANKS!
1. I don’t
2. Not in RCL
Thanks Grey!
Wondering if Votto is worth a trade offer in my 16-team OPS keeper. I’ve got Muncy at 1B right now, but could move him to 2B (replacing McMahon) and slot Votto as 1B.
Would you trade a SP and maybe McMahon for Votto?
SPs are Wheeler, Woodruff, Gausman, Manoah, Morton (though Votto owner traded me Morton last year), and Flaherty coming off the IL.
Only SP here I would trade is Morton, sounds like that’s not happening
Happy National Vinyl Record Day, Grey!
Even though he got the “W” yesterday (honestly didn’t even notice till this morning), is there any reason to hold Chad Green?
Also, is there anyone in the Yanks bullpen (Lasagna / Britton) worth owning in 12-team leagues where there’s no Holds?
thanks as always!
It’s been a year?! Green and Lasagna have both been solid, I have Green in my RCL
Fair enough; I need to drop 1 player to activate Wick and then another so I can stream Luzardo.
My current pitching staff looks like this:
SP: Woodruff, Gausman, Ryu, Framber, Means, Sonny Gray, McClanahan, Megill
RP: Chapman, DickRod, Kennedy, C. Green, Lasagna
Obviously Megill is gone, but who else should I drop?
Thanks again
Megill, Lasagna
Appreciate the assistance as always!
Of course!
Hey Grey,
I’m second-guessing my Luzardo pick up-and-stream decision. It doesn’t help that the weather has changed so many projected starts this week. I can only start so many SP’s during my weekly H2H points matchup.
Please help me choose 3 of the following starts:
Hendricks (-13.6 on SON) vs MIL/Woodruff (+21.5)
Ohtani (+5.4) v TOR/ Berrios (+10.1)
Luzardo (+15.3) vs CHC/Alzolay (+6.6)
Greinke (-0.6) @ LAA/Sandoval (+2.8)
McClanahan (-4.8) @MIN/Pineda (-17.0)
McCullers (+6.5) @LAA/Detmers (+2.8)
Wood (+22.7) vs COL/Gray (-9.2)
Thanks!
Luzardo sounds good — I agree with SON minus Wood — so Lance, Shohei, Luzardo
Damn SON likes Luzardo over Alzolay in that matchup? I chose the other side of that stream.
Damn dawg
10 team Weekly H2H 6×5 (standard + OPS)
Give Shohei (hitter) and C. Seager for Tatis?
Gotta log jam at If/Util (currently having to sit one of Seager, Votto or Adames). 3 player keeper. Shohei is probably one of my keepers for 2022. Seager is not. Tatis would obviously be a keeper for me in 2022.
Too much of a risk?
I’d want Tatis
Not a slam dunk, it is risky
Need to activate Hader. Drop Josiah Gray, Houck or Clase? My other closers are Reyes and W. Smith. Would prefer to have four closers.
Houck
Grey
Verdugo or Santander?
Thanks!
Santander
how bad did i fck up traded Bellinger anf Sale for Bichette…
I feel like a loser
Sounds solid
sorry man i am spinning a bit mentally… i got scrambler eggs for brains thanks
Haha, No problem
Someone … somewhere …. some time … has to have the answer to the question: Where on Earth did Christian Yelich go ? Don’t they ? Seriously. Anyone ….? Gray … ? Buehler …?
Hahahaha…uhhh
Ask Connor Joe.
Hey Grey,
12-tm H2H cat keeper (keep 10) CATS – (9) R,H,HR,RBI,SB,BB,AVG,OPS,XBH – (8) W,CG,SV,K,GIDP,ERA,WHIP,QS. LIMIT of 3 moves per week
I’ll be dropping Conforto, L. Gil and R. Detmers so I have 3 guys to pick up.
1) Sanchez is supposed to be back but is there someone worth grabbing for my C spot in the mean time?
2) Who are your top recommended pick ups? (can pick up 3)
WIRE
HIT – Y. Molina (c ), E. Diz (c ), Y. Gomes (c ), A. Nola (c ), L. Brinson, J. Soler, C.J. Cron, S. Hilliard, H. Bader, R. Ortega, E. Hosmer, M. Straw
PIT – M. Pineda (TB), J. Luzardo (ChC), M. Minor (StL), T. McKenzie (@Det), Z. Davies (@Mia), K. Freeland (@SF), J.A. Happ (@KC), J. Barria (HOU), B. Anderson (@PIT)
RP – A. Colome, G. Soto, K. Finnegan, D. Willaims, M. Givens, A. Ottavino
My team:
C –
1B – J. Votto
2B –K. Marte
3B – J. India
SS – C. Seager
CI – P. Goldschmidt
MI – J. Schoop
LF – E. Jimenez
CF – T. Hernandez
RF – C. Yelich
Util – S. Marte
BN – T. Mancini
BN – A. Toro
IL –G. Sanchez COVID
IL – G. Torres (IL)
SP – W. Buehler
SP – Aaron Nola
SP – S. Ohtani
RP – J. Hader (RP) COVID
RP – E. Diaz (RP)
P – M. Barnes (RP)
P – M. Fried
BN – J. Means
BN – T. Mahle
IL – T. Glasnow (IL)
IL – A. Civale (IL)
Thanks, Marv
1. You’re wasting a move on a catcher for 2 days?
2. Givens, Brinson, Luzardo
Would you drop Pham for Brinson
Nah
ROS and keeper-wise – Brendan Rodgers or Jo Adell?
Gracias Muchacho!
Rodgers
Now that Toro has 2b eligibility in ESPN, do you like him or Cesar ROS and in a keeper?
Cesar
Trevor Rogers was placed on the Parental Leave LAST Tues 3(-AUGUST!) ; that was 9 days ago. Is this different than the “medical emergency list”? I’m thinking I’d be better with this as a “streamer” slot instead of waiting out a Miami start?
He’s on a innings limit. If it’s not a keeper league, you can let him go.
Seeing now something happened with his family, not sure exactly…Don’t know when he’ll be back
I would like to give a huge applause to RotoWire Baseball writers for winning “Ass Holes of the Year Award”. I do not have a social media account but I would like to thank Grey for allowing me to voice my opinion when I feel that baseball has so many ignorant people from A – Z.
Marlins’ Trevor Rogers: On family medical emergency list
by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire
Rogers was placed on the family medical emergency list Tuesday, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
This is similar to a player being placed on the bereavement list, and Rogers must remain on the family medical emergency list for at least three days but no more than seven days. That means he will not make his regularly scheduled start Thursday at home against the Mets;
? “Rogers will likely return during this weekend’s series in Coors Field, which could be a big blow for his fantasy managers.” ?
However, if he spends six or seven days on the family medical emergency list, he would instead start next week in San Diego.
A Big Blow to Fantasy Managers.?? I was hoping I read that sentence wrong. There is no way for RotoWire to take that stone-hearted comment back.
Yikes, they wrote that? Jesus
There’s more blurbs to be stomped these days than there are writers to stomp them. Sooo much laziness around the inter-webs. Lets get-a stompin!
Hahaha, that’s on Old Swerdlow!
I was expecting alot more from Devers when I saw the Boston score. One lousy RBI?
Ticker tease!
Thank god….I am facing him this week. Flemming is actual kind of a sneaky tough matchup for him.
Not yesterday
Well, Flemming sucked, but Devers only had one hit…
Ha, yeah
Mateo or Yonny Hernandez ROS?
Flip a coin? Yonny
Yea…..either one is “Will sell myself on a street corner for a SB” territory….
HAHA
12 team mixed keeper:
Which side do you prefer (keeper rounds in parentheses)?
A: Cole (1)
Story (2)
L. Hendriks (4)
K. Hendricks (5)
Or B: trea turner (1)
Wheeler (4)
Will smith (closer) (12)
Trea
12 team std roto – in hunt for top 3 payoff spot – who provides more value ROS for 2 possible trades – no special category needs:
1 Muncy or Burns –
2 Walsh or K Jansen
1. Burnes
2. Walsh
Calling the 2022 Bailey Ober sleeper… perhaps?
Uhhhh
Just looked, his #s don’t look that bad for the Uhhh
I hear ya. And, well, i guess… you heard it here first! Grey didn’t rule out a 2022 Ober sleeper post :)
I got the monocle on Puk right now too btw. Looked great the other day in like the 6th. If he keeps this up the rest of the way, I wonder if they just keep him in that pen for 2022. He did something, made a change over the last few months with the arm slot I think.
Hahaha, uhhhhh
He did look solid in the 6th, I hope they stretch him out next year
Grandal on rehab assignment. Him or Haase ROS (obp league).
Yasmani
I am waiting with bated breath for the “What should you do with the empty roster spot created by Chris Davis’ retirement” analysis.
Har har har
HAHA
Aquino facing another Lefty today. He’s really earning his kibbles this week!
Get them kibbies in
Wait is it kibbies or kibbles?
kibblies?
Hahahahaha, I don’t know, I thought that was what you said
Hi Grey! NL-only roto keeper league question. There’s a big complex trade I’m considering, but the piece of it I need help with comes down to him offering either Kyle Hendricks or Kyle Gibson for my Sandy Alcantara or Yu Darvish. So:
1) Who do you think will be better ROS: Hendricks or Gibson
2) Who would you more rather hold on to ROS: Alcantara or Darvish
3) All that said, am I correct in assuming you’d deal either for either Kyle? Sandy’s been inconsistent, despite last night, and who knows what’s happening with Yu. I think either Kyle replaces their value ROS just fine, but wanted to run by you. (In the trade I also get Freeman, who I need — I just don’t want to screw up the pitcher part of the deal.)
Thanks!
1. Hendricks
2. Yu
3. I think Yu and Sandy are both better than either Kyle
In The Spirit Of The Day
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson: Is this Heaven?.
Ray Kinsella: No…..It’s Iowa
h/h points 12 team redraft weekly lineup set….
hate to do it but need a ( 1 )closer for next week from this group
Barlow
Givens
Clippard
Bednar
Patton
Finnegan
Colme
Hand
Britton
Ha, nice!
Givens
ROS in points league
Canha or Voit
Straw or Franco
Thanks
Canha
Straw
Rowdy Tellez is DTD with knee discomfort. Sigh, I should have just punted 1B this week and went with Tyler “Sagnof” Wade.
Ugh
Good morning Grey!
Hope all is well!
I saw Tigers brought up Renato Nunez to fill in the gap for Baddoo and other ILs. Any looks at him as a potential add in AL only ROTOs?
He killed it last year and has solid ABs with stats in TripleA (20hrs 64rbi)
Might be an incredible reach and just a wait and see move. I grabbed Yonny Hernandez for SBs but worried about him overall.
Good Morn to you!
Nunez is power, Yonny is SBs…I’d prolly go Yonny for now unless dire for HRs
Amed, Adolis, or Cron in Coors?
Cron, kinda depends on needs
Closer question:
Currently rostering Jansen, Trivino, Clippard, Givens and Nick Anderson.
Britton, Ottovino and Dick-Rod are all available.
Swap any out?
Dick-Rod over Clippard feels like it will bring less headaches
Here’s hoping Brinson can continue doing what we’ve hoped he could do for years. I’m not holding my breath, but this time feels a bit better nonetheless. Fool me thrice…..ugh.
I have a couple of questions:
1) Benching Kyle Hendricks today, right?
2) What are your thoughts on deGrom in 2022? I know he’s elite, but do you think he’ll be relatively healthy or is this the start of some winding road of injuries? I feel they’re being overly cautious now for a playoff run, but wanted your opinion.
3) With a trade deadline happening today, I have an abundance of 1B due to roster construction and free agent signings. What would your strategy be?
Planning for next year, I have Vlad $1, Voit $1 as my 1B and Util/backup at 1B.
I also currently roster Olson at $51 and Goldy at $26.
The market for Olson and Goldy has been dry. I have one competing team interested in Olson and one rebuilding team interested in Goldy. Not many people want bigger contracts despite the fact that both can help them win some money this year. I’m currently in first by a lot, but I don’t want to give up keeping my lead this year just in case.
Which of these scenarios would you do:
A) Keep Olson and Goldy and come next draft, put them back into the player pool and use that $77 to sign someone else.
B) Trade Olson and/or Goldy for less than I feel that they’re worth, giving me rosterable pieces for next year’s team. I know for certain I could get a $1 Max Fried. Absolutely not worth it, butted be my SP4 or SP5 next year.
C) Trade Olson and/or Goldy for whatever I can get, but only to teams that probably can’t catch up to me in the standings, just to help maintain my current lead. Anything I acquire should be kept for 2022.
Any thoughts would be great. Appreciate you as always.
Haha, yeah
1. Against?
2. Don’t think he’s ever going to be relatively healthy again
C. Sounds fine to me
Thanks Grey….time to unload to the bottom of the league (if I can). Woohoo!
Also, Hendricks against the Brewers.
Haha, nice
vs. Brewers sounds fine to me, don’t know where it is or who he’s facing
Offered Lou Bob for Abreu….what side you got?
Abreu
12 team, 5×5 roto
1) Do you like either of these streams for tomorrow?
– Alzolay @Mia ($6.6)
– Pivetta v. Bal (-$1.5)
2) Is Karinchak droppable at this point? Hasn’t been great, Clase with last 4 saves. Other potential save options available:
– Sims, Antone, Britton, Wick
1. Nick
2. Yes, Wick
Oh the joy of putting on the 9th inning of the Dodgers game and see Cody hit a meaningless ( to them) homer. Maybe he gets hot hot for a while. Maybe he was tired of hitting 8th, and possibly losing at bats. Either way. I’m tied for 1st place, but its H2H so nothing really matters until the playoffs and you have a good week or you don’t. I’m concerned about Gausman, Rodon, and Peralta, sitting more just as I need them most, would be ironic if Keeper Kenta and Yikuchi wind up saving me. I do have a question. Toro or McNeil ROS. Thank you in advance.
he was hitting quite badly in way better spots than 8th that’s just lately. he’s seemingly in bryant-like “i’m going to keep playing with this injured shoulder don’t need to get it fixed yet” land. the data isn’t deep enough yet to just be sure on that (thank god) just yet. bryant’s was for about 4+ years. bellinger’s isn’t much more than 4ish months by now.
Yeah, hopefully on Cody… Toro
unless there’s a stat correction, Chad Green got the rare dub & hold yesterday. Didn’t realize the Yanks had a bullpen game to allow that to happen. Feel like there’s a good trivia question somewhere in there
Yeah, that does seem rare
it’s crazy that pomeranz has been hurt with the same injury almost all year but still EVERY time has been great anyway, how common even is that.
20 teamer h2h dynasty with bunch of stuff added h2h: relief wins, relief appearances, holds, K/9, K/BB. need minimum 9 TEX players at all times in season, and losing gallo’s left my good team (top 5 routinely, 1st right now but h2h luck i’m probably like normal a top 5 team) with it’s only TEX players being injured or prospects almost entirely, this is why i have the best 2 TEX RP and need to keep them almost certainly. also have joely rod, leclerc, evans, leody, jung, winn, big willie.
have: graveman, pressly, pagan, clase, j.barlow, patton, hudson (6 RP slots, 1 P slot and max 1 BN pitcher (so i have 6 SP/7 RP))
drop which for bender, just dropped by somebody? probably over the also quite good hudson or pagan (i’d think graveman/pressly good to hold onto as handcuffed)
not joley rod he’s on NYY. j.hernandez i have.
Yeah, that’s only explainable reason why they keep letting Pom pitch — Wow, you have a lot of good RPs — I guess Hudson