Mariners are calling up Colt Emerson and I started screaming tridents up so loud I blacked out and hit my head. I woke up in the city of Atlantis. I said to the fish people, “Gggggrgggegggh.” And they said back to me, “Gggggrgggegggh.” How pleasant. I asked them if they had any thoughts on Colt Emerson and they said, “Gggggrgggegggh,” while pointing me to my Colt Emerson fantasy. And that’s the fish ggggrgggegggh’ing me! Then, the fish asked, “Gggggrgggegggh?” And I have to admit, it was a good question. Had Colt done anything since that post? Let’s see, this year so far: 7/10/.255 with a 27.2 K% and 10.1 BB%. The ballooning of the Ks still has me perplexed, but he’s been better recently. I grabbed him in my shallowest league, because speed and power plays. Since the M’s already paid him, it’s full steam ahead to let him sink and swim. Hopefully, it’s the latter and not too much gggggrgggegggh’ing. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
George Kirby – 5 2/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 3.45. We need to get back to when Safeco was a pitchers’ park. They fiddled with the knobs last year to help Cal hit 60 homers and now they need to fiddle ’em back.
Gavin Sheets – 3-for-3, 4 RBIs and his 8th and 9th homer, 2nd and 3rd homer in two games, and third time this week I’m giving you a Sheety pun. Holy Sheets!
Lucas Giolito – 5 IP, 3 ER, 1 hit, 3 walks, 3 Ks, as he was called up. Let’s dig in on this prospect! He had a 7.9 K/9 and 4.76 ERA in the minors this year–Okay, enough foolsies, though those stats are not exactly wiping the floor with minor leaguers. Though, Part 2: Another of Thoughs, he was likely just getting up to speed. Seems like a decent 15-team mixed league backend starter and pretty meh in shallower.
Jose Ramirez – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, and his 7th homer, hitting .229. Guardians hit six homers yesterday, and this was the first time the Guardians hit that many homers since 2019. Some other sports highlights from 2019, Rudy Gobert said, “I will never start a pandemic.” Someone spotted Alex Bregman at a Blue Man Group show swinging a bat every time the Blue Men drummed, and Juan Soto and Trea Turner said, “We will always be Washington Nationals.” Also in this game, Brayan Rocchio (2-for-3, 2 runs) hit his 4th homer and Angel Martinez (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 9th, and 2nd in two games, and 4th in the last week. I put them together because they’re both under-rostered and have been very valuable, but Angel’s been heaven-sent. Next, Kyle Manzardo (2-for-5, 3 RBIs) hit his 3rd and 4th homer. He’s an overdue 30-homer hitter. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, kazoo, Manzardo has a lot more in his bat this year. Finally, Chase DeLauter (2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs) hit his 7th homer. He’s been mostly nonexistent in the last few weeks–PSYCHE! I gotcha, didn’t I? Yes, I did! DeLauter’s last 18 games: .365, .438 OBP, 12 RBIs. Six homers again by the Guardians are a nice reminder that the years have changed but we’re not that different than 2019. Now, just keep Gobert away from Hantavirus.
Gavin Williams – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.67. Zero walks from Gavin with his 10.7 K/9 is pure bliss like heating a Totino’s pizza roll to the exact right temperature.
Elly De La Cruz – 2-for-5 and his 11th homer, hitting .302. Not to throw shade at Oneil Cruz like a drunk maiden with a parasol, but look at E!’s strikeout rate some time and see the difference.
Trevor Story – Hit the IL with a groin injury that had been bothering him since April. He’s got one futzy putzy! Imma take a nap. [shuts eyes, ten seconds later, shoots eyes open] I’m back, baby!
Brayan Bello – 5 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 7.16. Apparently, he needs to start his games in the 2nd inning.
Payton Tolle – 8 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.05 vs. Bryce Elder – 8 IP, 3 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.01. Some people have a lot riding on whether or not you draft starters high in the preseason. It’s their thing. You really needed Tarik Skubal? What about Skenes? You needed him? When you could’ve rolled out of bed mid-April and picked up Tolle and Elder and been sitting here with two barely-at-2 ERA pitchers. Yeah? Okay.
Grant Holmes – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.80. The Shroud of Touki also is covered in pine tar and their starters are cheating, right? I mean, c’mon, the Braves really have a sub-3.00 ERA for their entire staff? Let’s be freakin’ real. Well, Streamonator likes Holmes’s next start, because it knows they’re cheating.
Mike Yastrzemski – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 2nd homer, 2nd homer last week. Carl’s Jr. Jr’s drive thru the ball to take it out.
Austin Riley – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .220. Guy’s got the life of Riley! (Which is to be one of the best 3rd baseman in the league to washed-up by 29.)
Casey Mize – 6 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.43 as he was activated from the IL. The Tigers’ corresponding move was optioning down B. Hanifee, the toffee-banana pie from The Great British Bake Off.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, and his 1st homer since 4/20. Wow, that must’ve been some weed.
Kevin Gausman – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.45. Started doing this thing where I call everyone I meet Kevin. It’s fun, you should do it too.
Blake Snell – Having loose bodies removed like he’s a Puritan bouncer. Could River Ryan be on his way? [hopeful, excitement rises, heart flutters, sees Eric Lauer signed with the Dodgers] Those heart flutters were gas.
Roki Sasaki – 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 5.09. Cool, do it for another month and maybe I’ll consider you.
Grayson Rodriguez – 3 2/3 IP, 7 ER, as he was recalled. Looks like the Angels’ pitching coaches worked their magic. I will give credit for the Angels’ keen eye for talent. They sent down Alek Manoah because he gave up 8 ER on Saturday, and they knew Grayson would only allow 7 ER. Do you know how hard it is to tell difference between Manoah and Grayson? Only the Angels can!
Tommy Pham – Signed with the O’s. [seeing Pham bring a cancerous energy to the Mets’ clubhouse that tanked their entire season] O’s, “That’s what we want!”
Gunnar Henderson – 4-for-5, 2 RBIs and a slam (10) and legs (6), hitting .214. Get your hands and arms inside the Buy Low window is about to close.
Colton Cowser – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .173. I honestly thought he might’ve just came back from the IL this weekend after a year-long stint, because his numbers are so awful. Nope! 37 games played. Oof.
Coby Mayo – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .185. Pete Alonso (0-for-4, 1 RBI) is hitting .215; Tyler O’Neill (1-for-4) is hitting .178 and, hey, did the O’s lay-off their eye doctor?
Jacob Young – 1-for-2 and his 5th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Hot schmotato alert!
Kyle Leahy – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.94. Frankly, I like the whole “losing two miles of velocity on his fastball and becoming usable,” why do you ask?
Noah Cameron – 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.40. Going off what I said for Leahy, this is the way smart pitching coaches are now proceeding. Cameron found success with that approach last year, hopefully he gets back to that. Streamonator says he gets the M’s next time, and I don’t mind it. If he figures out his command, that is the way he can be helpful.
Stephen Kolek – 6 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.24 vs. Andre Pallante – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.04. I put both of these lines through a If Grey Started Them Calculator and they both gave up 10 ER.
Sandy Alcantara – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.53. “Zero walks” from any starter makes me grow a third eyeball and have all of my eyeballs spin to three cherries.
Eury Perez – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.33. He should be moving towards zero rostered. Gave him a chance but a 5+ ERA approaching June? C’mon. I know you’re not related to him. There’s no other reason to roster him.
Nick Martinez – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.51. Not trying to make too much of it, because 100+ MPH does make scouts lean forward, but I wonder how long until it trickles down to the amateur levels and people are like, “Stop throwing 98, throw strikes at 92, that’s what the majors like.” I might be talking out my ass but I wouldn’t be shocked if kids are taught to throw 92 MPH with command vs. 98 and wild in another decade. Look around the league at those throwing 98? Great, here’s an elbow surgery for you. Throwing 92 with command? Here’s another 30 starts for you.
Drew Rasmussen – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.19. Don’t be messin’ with the Mussen.
Yandy Diaz – 1-for-3 and his 7th homer, hitting .295. Didja hear the Rays were teaching their hitters to not hit the ball hard? Can you imagine Yandy hearing that? [looking at his muscles] “Why’d I workout for the last 25 years?”
Junior Caminero – 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer, hitting .256. Guy hits a homer they gotta run ten laps for hitting it hard?
Bubba Chandler – 3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 5.12. Please, just drop him. We can get back in down the road if he finds command (unlikely this year).
Paul Skenes – 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 2.62. I blame Oneil Cruz’s defense.
Cristopher Sanchez – 9 IP, 0 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 13 Ks, ERA at 1.82, in 108 pitches. Do you know how hard it is to throw 13 Ks and not max out your pitch count so you can throw nine innings? Basically impossible. This is why I keep saying Cristopher Sanchez is my long shot for NL Cy.
Zack Wheeler – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.99. Since returning from injury, 31 2/3 IP, 30 Ks, 0.88 WHIP, and yesterday was his season-high 8 Ks. Wheeler rolls on.
Bryce Harper – 1-for-4 and his 12th homer, hitting .330 in May with six homers. Oneil should’ve caught yesterday’s homer though.
Bryson Stott – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .224. He’s a .280 hitter, so there’s a Buy Low here.
Heliot Ramos – Hit the IL with a quad strain. Can’t spell Heliot without IL and, if you do and say his name, you sound like a jackass braying.
Trevor McDonald – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.37. He has a 1.4 BB/9. You can only go so wrong with that. It’s basically the starter equivalent to a Get Out Of Jail Free card. Make a mistake? Oops, give up a solo homer and don’t collect $200. Big whoop. Will he stay in the rotation after Webb returns? He’s better than Adrian Houser (6 IP, 1 ER, 4 hits, 5 BBs, 3 Ks, ERA at 5.25) by a lot, so it would be dumb–[sees Tonnato Vitello sunbathing with cucumbers on his eyes]–Okay, so maybe they do something dumb, but I’d try to pick up McDonald.
Harrison Bader – 1-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 4th homer, 3rd homer in four games, now hitting leadoff and I just raised my FAAB bid for him a dollar.
Jeffrey Springs – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.93. He’s usually a straight Road Scholar, but was homeschooling yesterday, and I wouldn’t change my opinion of him.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. “Hey, do you know if a dead body goes in the black, blue or green trash bin–Hold on! Gurriel moved! He’s alive!”
Corbin Carroll – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th and 7th homer. Coors adds 15 feet and subtracts one hamate bone injury.
Elmer Rodriguez – 4 1/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 4.15 as he was recalled with Fried being fried. This means Will Warren will stay in the rotation when Cole returns and Elmer will be bumped. “Bumping Elmers” sounds like hazing at a sorority.
Ben Rice – 1-for-5 and his 15th homer. Rice-a-HRoni!
Clay Holmes – Will miss six to eight weeks with a fractured fibula. Good news is he’ll return this season. Bad news is he’ll return to the Mets.
Devin Williams – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 4.60. “Wow, actually decent for once,” is what I thought, then I saw David Bednar (1 IP, 3 ER) with a 4.95 ERA. There’s literally one decent closer in MLB.
Davis Martin – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.61. Drafting in March, “I’m feeling pretty confident with Skubal and Hunter Brown. So, why did I draft Davis Martin? Meh, I don’t know I’ll likely drop him anyway.” Today, “Will you sign my petition to make Davis Martin the AL Cy Young?”
Seranthony Dominguez – 1 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 4.82. Bryan Hudson and Grant Taylor are both much better. It’s not even close. Seranthony’s in his Meet Joe Black era.
Michael Busch – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Need Busch to make a pusch pusch.
Michael Conforto – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .345. I’d say hot schmotato, but who would listen?
Robert Gasser – 4 IP, 2 ER, as he was promoted. He looked better than the line, and you know I love Brewers’ starters, but Woodruff is nearing a return.
Logan Henderson – 5 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.50 vs. Connor Prielipp – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.88. This was a matchup of, “Connor vs. Logan in the ROY conversation? Which sounds like a Succession spoiler.”
Garrett Mitchell – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer, hitting .223. Mitchell hit the hardest ball of the year for the Brewers (115.5 MPH), and I’m trying to see if that matters for any of my leagues and I’m coming up empty.
Christian Yelich – 1-for-5 and his 2nd homer. Not bad for a guy with a back of a 78-year-old.
Bailey Ober – 5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 3.63. Five innings, three earned runs and one strikeout is what the doctor prescribes when you have a four-hour erection.
Ryan Jeffers – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 7th homer, hitting .294, 2nd homer in five games, and is hitting third. I’m about to apply to be President of Jeffers’ Fan Club, the Ryan Jeffers Heritage Society.
Nathan Eovaldi – 7 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.62. Thank God, I started him even though he was supposedly dealing with a sore–Ya know what? Not even gonna mention it so I don’t jinx him.
Jake Burger – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 8th homer, hitting .232, 2nd homer in four games, hitting .400 in the last week, and hitting near-.270 in May. Burger with a side of schmotato.
Jose Altuve – Hit the IL with a Grade 2 oblique injury. Grade 2 either means it’ll cost him a month or he has an oblique the size of a 2nd grader.
Peter Lambert – 6 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.57. He had 6 IP, 0 ER when I looked at him to start the 6th. Wha’ happened?! Streamonator hated this start, I should’ve listened.
Kai-Wei Teng – 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 7 Ks, ERA at 2.61. Teng has zero command, and that’s a Kai-Wei to the [sting] DANGER ZONE.
Gore was awful as you predicted, thank you for saving me!
Now drop Gore for Max Meyer, Ryne Nelson or Early? QS league.
Thanks and have a nice night!
So Gunnar is being pinch-hit for now? Good grief.
McClanahan or Imanaga ROS in a H2H league?
Evening Grey, would you give up James Wood and Yelich for Kyle Tucker and Yesavage?
Bad day to be against Yandy and Bichette, who my opponent only drafted on the strength of him being a Met.
Ewing or Emerson in redraft?
Ewing
T Ward’s lack of power is frustrating! Drop for the Swiss Army Knife Casey Schmitt?! Keep holding?
Hold
And Yelich takes one of the best LHPs in the league deep, of course he does,
Sonavabench!
Should be playing him. He’s hot
Ha! The Tron told me not to!
And yeah, doesn’t sound like Ryan is going to get the call, right? Even without the Lauer thing, he’s only just back from injury himself as well.
Doesn’t sound like Ryan is getting the call, sad emoji…but soon, hopefully
The town of Dropsville called, who is going to become the new mayor? Eury Perez or Nick Lodolo?
Eury
Who do I drop? SV+HLD dynasty league where saves count double.
Brash, Whitlock, Mason Montgomery, Jeremiah Estrada, Bryan Hudson
Brash
OK, vaguely annoying, slight lack-of-context question incoming.
I have Yelich (who I drafted in the 9th round I think) but because of the positions in our league, the only spots I can use him are either LF, where I have CWC so that isn’t happening or Util, where I use Abrams (I have Gunnar at SS).
I don’t really want to drop CY, but can I really get anything for him in a trade? The Analyser has someone like Gausman, McLean or King as equivalents value-wise amongst the SP crowd. Not sure how realistic that would be.
Or am I better dangling Abrams instead?
It’s a 6×6 QS 12er with AVG and OBP for hitters, Holds (and Saves) for pitchers.
Hurting my brain trying to figure out who CWC is…Are you asking if you should trade CJ for one of those SPs? Nope
I did warn there was a lack of context lol. CWC=Captain Woo Cubano!
I guess the crux is what can I get for Yelich, given I really can’t use him much (for the reasons outlined).
You can’t get anything for Yelich right now…You could get something for him maybe if he keeps donging like this weekend…prolly needs a good week at least
Gotcha.
Elsewhere – are you holding River Ryan? Or have you thrown him back after the Lauer signing? Or waiting and seeing?
Threw Ryan back in shallower leagues
omg incoming off the IL…
who to bench before eeekly lock if you see this
need to bench 2 of
Bleday (@phi, stl)
Bazzana Delauter (7, @ Det, @ Phi) or
Pena (6, @ min, @ cubs)
Pena Yelich Acuna all got activated with a dtd Buxton. What a weekly league headache dont worry about me anymore thanks! I set Pena and Bleday in case you wanted to know. Shrug and now we hope my glass roster doesn’t break. Hope you are nice 🙂
Bazzana, Pena
Who the DROP from these three ?
Colt Emerson
Ewing
Bolte
Bolte
Points league got offered tatis for chandler simpson and teoscar. I should smash accept even though the concerns with tatis power is brutal right?
Tatis side
Gelof or mcclain better than keaschall?
Thanks in advance
Gelof
Hello Grey,
Should i drop Keaschall or Cole young?
Thanks!
Cole
Would you start Ritchie 2X over Rassmussen @ Yankees once? Rass has been a Yankees killer over the years. I don’t love JR but it is a points league. Thx in advance.
No on JR
Who is the drop? (purely for bat in points league with negative K): DeLauter, Soder, Bleday, Ewing, I. Vargas.
Vargas
Hope it’s been a good Monday so far-
One late starting pitching question. QS H2H league.
Right now I’ve got the rotation set based on the robot’s projections, but please let me know if you’d swap anyone out:
Eovaldi @LAA
Gore @COL and @LAA
Tolle vs MIN
Warren vs TOR and vs TB
Weathers – same two matchups as Warren
Bench:
Ashcraft @STL
Harrison @Cubs
Henderson vs LAD
Thanks!
Gore seems awful…Ashcraft
What are your thoughts on Kyle Stowers? He has really been struggling since he returned from the DL. I see you remain high on Soderstrom (who I also have) despite the slow start. Are you still high on Stowers, or is the turnaround not worth waiting for?
Thank you.
I think he turns it around, who knows when
Grayson Rodriguez or Braxton Garrett ROS?
Ha, uhh…I guess Braxton
Hey Grey,
Bubic to the IL…need a SP to replace him. Who do you like best in this group: McDonald, M. Perez, Ginn, Matthews, Buehler, Nelson, Sasaki, Kelly, Garrett, Houser?
Thanks!
McDonald
Hi Grey! Whos your batty call today?
Don’t need one, but Ez. Duran
Vientos or Raley?
Raley
1. Crawford 2. Clement
Bednar or Soto ?
Bednar
Are you starting Andrew Painter vs Lodolo and Cincy?
Nope
12 team points, someone dropped Duran… Swap him for my equally disappointing Stowers?
Sure
Trying to test the market for $29 Strider off his solid return so far…how does he stack up for you against:
Thanks!
Don’t really understand trading him for Eovaldi if he’s a non keeper or Greene….is this for this year or next?
sorry, for this year mainly. Eovaldi technically could be kept, but like Strider, he’s too expensive to be worthwhile to keep so it’s more about 2026
Depends on needs then…but i’d take Neto, Murakami, Eovaldi, that order
Hi Grey,
Great material as always!
I’m in a roto 11 team keeper pool. Standard cats.
I need some pitching help and have strong hitting. If you were me would you move Jordan Walker for Parker Messick? I’d be getting a conditional 1st round pick too and if the conditions aren’t met, then a 4th round pick.
Does that seem like a fair deal to you?
Thanks,
Cersy
No
Hi Grey,
For some reason a few of these guys aren’t playing (some because they’ve not been great). I need to pick 2 to SIT.
Jac Cags (6, BOS, SEA) – scheduled to face 4 righties and 2 lefties
Bauers (6, LAD, @CHC) – scheduled to face 3 righties, 2 lefties, 1 TBD, has sat a few lately
Canzone (6, CHW, @KC) – scheduled to face 3 righties and 3 lefties
Ballesteros (MIL, HOU) – scheduled to face 5 righties, 1 lefty, has sat a few lately
T. Johnston (7, TEX, @ARI) – scheduled to face 5 righties and 2 lefties
Canzone, Cags
I really noticed Bleday a little late but someone dropped him after going 0/4 twice. Would you add him and drop Michael Harris ? I would think not.
Have Skubal on IR. Have Eovaldi, Bradish, Peralta, Ashcraft, Meyer, and Weathers. Haven’t moved MIze off the IR yet. So I have to drop one at least. Going to wait to see how Meyer and Weathers do tonight but who are the bottom 2 in this group?
Thanks for taking a look.
Hold…Meyer, Bradish
Hi Grey,
1. Would you trade Gelof plus Ryne Nelson to get Angel Martinez?
2. If it’s too much, what 2B, would you try and get for Gelof plus Nelson?
Thanks
1. Sounds fair
Thank you!
No problem
Want an SP who can fill an RP slot. Jax or Miodzinski (Pitt)? Does either have any value?
Jax
Hey Grey, who should I go with for my last SP starter of the week?
Henderson (LAD)
Cantillo (@DET)
EdCab (MIL)
Vasquez (LAD)
Henderson should be the obvious one, but it’s against LAD.
EdCab
Ketel Marte vs Jordan Walker rest of season ops league
Walker
Devin Williams has given up 1 hit in his last 9 appearances. He basically had a bad week in April where you said you didn’t see why anyone would have been back in on him and drafted him. He has 2 wins and 4 saves in May with a 0 ERA and 9k’s in 6.2.
Stott in line up vs lhp again. Donny Baseball pushing the right buttons. Phillies like 19-4 since they fired Thompson. Must suck for Thompson sitting at home, “Was it me? I think it might have been me.”
Ha ha
Haha yup
if Matz gets activated, Matz or Leahy?
Leahy
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. naylor/j walker for carroll/aranda?
Tough call, but I think I’m going Corbin
10-team, Roto (w/ total bases), 8 keepers. Which side below:
A: PCA, Chourio, Neto
B: Elly, Murakami, Imanaga
Big dog deal…is Neto better for fantasy than he’s given credit? Seems similar hr/sb output to the top-ranked SS’s.
Thanks!
B
Please rank – Lourdes; Andujar; Sheets.
Sheets, Lourdes
12 team points league
Would you trade mclanahan for crochet ? Im currently tied for first and also have imanaga rodon kirby ragans eovaldi schlittler and wrobleski. Logan henderson is also on the wire so i could grab him if i make the deal. Still worth it or worried about the shoulder?
I wouldn’t trade a bird in hand for two in Crochet bush
Fantastic reply grey 🤣🤣 i agree just got the trade itch as i do every single season.
Haha yup
🤣🤣
Is Bumping Elmers anything like Bumping Uglies?!?! (sorry!)
Queshion for me Gah-ROO..
In a 15-team, DC…Please choose one of these turds for this week:
Junk vs ATL
Ritchie @ MIA and vs WASH
Abbott @ Philly
Thanks Grey!
I think it is (not sorry)
Junk
Grey master goat. 10 team OPS League. How would you rank Gavin sheets, a.vaughn, Varsho, Steer , Paredes, Gelof
Gelof, Sheets
16 team dynasty roto
Cam Smith or Justin Crawford
hope all is well
thanks
Smith
Love PaytonTolle. That guy is so much fun to watch play. Enjoying himself, competing hard, looks like he drives a beer truck in the off-season. I mentioned this before, but big David Wells energy.
Haha, yeah, agreed
Very good FAAB weekend. Was in on a couple of guys you mentioned, especially Manzardo. Got him for 15 with 11 runner up bid. Got Ewing for 78 on a 74 runner up (went for 291 in the league where we didn’t bid on him). Even Keibert for 18 to a 12 runner up in the league where we lost FrAlvarez.
Ewing for 78 is insane, very low price for him…Nice price on other two too…I got Bolte for 89….runner up was 86 tho…feel less good about that after hearing your Ewing price
Kid and I had the old, well let’s just throw a bid on there for Ewing and maybe we get lucky. Nice work on Bolte anythehoo. Ya gotta love winning bids by thin margin. It’s up there with receiving a phone call from a friend cancelling plans with you.
HAHA, yes!
Happy Monday Master Gray,
Are you performing a secret, “prayer circle” for Gunnar😉, closing the buy low? Thank you for the wisdom shared.
Have Abrams, is Gunnar an upgrade?
Konnor or Emerson?
Aloha and Mahalo, I’m pretty sure if I know any other words in Hawaiian, they’re not good. Maybe work on your pidgin too🤙🤙🤙.
CCC
CJ>Gunnar
Konnor > Colt
Mahalo!
Sweet, thank you Haku!
Hakuna
Which side? OBP instead of AVG
Tolle and Sal Stewart
Fried and Vladdy
Sal
Need to fill the Ewing position for my 80s nighttime soap opera and fantasy baseball league. Who should I pick up: Bobby, JR, or AJ?
Haha
Hey Grey, ROS Joe Ryan or Gausman?
Ryan
Please rank
Pena
Bogaerts
Emerson
Pena, Colt
Soderstrom or Devers ROS?
Soder
Saves only league – Latz or Seranthony?
Latz
Would you trade Colt Emerson for Tanner Scott in a 5×5 redraft? If so, how about in a keeper league where Emerson would be $6/$16 the next two years?
Yes…no, not in a keeper
Padres fans on social media have nicknamed Sheets “Dairy Bonds” and I love it.
Haha
At the ballpark the chant is holy sheets
Ha
I have been streaming C or even leaving it vacant in our 12 teamer, H2H league. We have ten hitting cats so guys like Sal Perez sit on the WW cuz they don’t walk and they strikeout a ton. So WW is getting thinner. Would you trade Bleday (or Happ?) for
A. Ivan
B. W Contreras
C. W Smith
D. Dingler
E. Adley
If you don’t mind giving me a yes or no on each please. My OF is JRod, Bux, Merrill, J Walker, Happ and Bleday but we only play five.
They’re all fine to trade JJ for
Thank you. Same go for my relievers? I have Kenley, Bednar, Baker and Varland. Adley owners is short on saves. Thanks
I’d hold back Baker and Bednar, but can trade one of the others…Varland 1st
10-team weekly roto
C Rice, Hicks
1B Alonso
2B Schmitt
3B Ramirez
SS Otto
MI Maikel
CI Muncy
OF Cruz, Julio, Happ, Belli, Soder
U Willson Contreras
Bench Abreu, Varsho
SP Cease, Gausman, Gray, Ray, Tolle, Brown, Kelly
Was offered Messick for my Abreu.
I’m 4th overall. Not so great in some pitching categories.
Based on my roster, Would you take Messick or hold?
I’d take Messick
I was leaning there too. My concern was if I trade Abreu who has been solid and hitting .300 all year – and take another injury hit – Varsho would be my only bench hitter and the Jays offense has been anemic. We only have 2 IL slots and I used them up and more guys hurt.
Seranthony is in his Meet Joe Black era, very nice
I enjoyed The Edge despite negative razzing, reasonable minds can disagree
Thx for the laughs Grey, keep up your fine work
Ha, No problem
@Grey: weekly roto. need to start two of the following. who do you like?
eovaldi – @ laa
soriano – vs tex
bradish – @ tb
lodolo – @ phi, vs stl
hancock – vs cws
thanks!
Soriano, Eovaldi
Seager getting mri n back…that explains a lot. Can you tell me which 3 I should roster ROS points league (k’s -1): seager, okamoto, McLain, colt?
Okamoto, Colt
Hello Grey! Classic Clay Holmes blurb, although the Mets showed my Yanks how it’s done yesterday. Yanks bullpen has been very meh all season, and Bednar is just not very good. I want to drop him but I just can’t. Good thing I have Baker and Iglesias.
Anyway, so I have Gelof in our Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League in my OF, but would you rather have either Angel or Ewing? And I guess same question over Soderstrom? He has been rather dismal as someone else pointed out.
Thanks much Grey.
Ewing…Soder is overdue
Cool. So add Ewing over Gelof and give Soder some time. Got it.
Thanks again Grey.
Yup, No problem
I’ve got an OF surplus right now and am in need of starting pitching. I have both Lile and Moniak, and I liked them both coming into the season (I know you did too). Would you be trying to sell high on one of them right now? The Bradish owner just put him on the block, for instance.
Lile for Bradish is fair
No mention of the gentleman scholar, Pete Crow Armstrong? Seems like a delightful fellow.
I saw Giolito pretty much like you saw him. The change up is still super dandy. The fastball he located really well with pretty much all his pitches until the wheels fell off at the end. Picked him up in the NFBC where, if you’re in the rotation, you can be on my teams.
Yeah, agreed
Seems great, all is going well for him
Are we starting Max Meyer vs Atl tonight? (JR Ritchie)
At home? sure
Happy Monday, Grey!
Which of these starts would you definitely avoid?
Lodolo @PHI
Brown vs MIL
Harrison @CHC
Warren vs TOR
Warren vs TB
Roupp @ARI
Henderson vs LAD
Prielipp @BOS
I’d bench Lodolo until I saw a decent start
Agreed.
Beyond Lodolo, which are the two other starts you would sit?
Connor, Harrison
A. Looking to trade Vinnie P. or TreaT for a pitcher:
Cease
Messick
Ranger
Gausman
Which combo do you like best?
B. I realize Messick for Vinnie P. TreaT doesn’t make sense straight up but perhaps I could make it work with another player thrown in with Messick?
C. Or should I just sit tight with Vinnie P. and TreaT as they seem to be players who warm up more as the season goes along – wouldn’t want to regret selling low.
I’d take Cease, Ranger, Gausman for either..c. I don’t know that’s more of a question of whether you really need those bats or arms
Rest of the offense is Basallo, Kurtz, Keaschall, EDLC, Maikel, Tucker, Walker, Ewing, Anthony (IL), Treat, Vinnie, Steer. 12 team pts league.
Have a bit of positional redundancy with Treat and Vinnie, so considering moving them.
I’m a bit torn thinking about which is harder to come by, premium offense or pitching. I lean towards offense, which is why I hesitate to move Treat or Vinnie, but they’re both relatively cold at the moment.
10tm/HH/pts league
Please rank Ros outfield
M. Harris, A. Martinez,Lile,Marsh.
That rank
Soto stole 3 bases this weekend. Hope that means he is feeling better.
Hope so!
AL Only 5×5 Cats Weekly League:
I admit this is only a question because of hype/fun + great pitching matchups for Colt….
START ONE:
Yandy Diaz versus
T. Rogers (L)
K. Bradish (R)
S. Baz (R)
E. Rodriguez (R)
R. Weathers (L)
W. Warren (R)
OR
Colt Emerson versus
N. Schultz (L)
A. Kay (L)
S. Burke (R)
N. Cameron (L)
S. Kolek (R)
S. Lugo (R)
Colt
12tm/HH/pts
Ros outfield ranking
M. Harris, A. Martinez, Lile, Marsh.
Thanks for your support of the game!
Harris, Angel, Lile
Gausman or Bradish ros ?
Gaus
Need to fill Aluve’s spot. I can slide Maikel Garcia to 2b and look at a CI too.
Who do you take from this list (top 2, need a backup bid). Sheets, stott, manzardo, rumsfield, Andrew vaughn, vientos
Obp, tb, r, hr, rbi, sb
Thanks
Sheets, Stott
Brooks Lee or Vientos?
Lee
Who should I start this week?
Christian Scott – at Washington and at Miami
Andrew Abbot – at Philly
Logan Henderson – vs. Dodgers
Scott
Man can’t get any definitive Crochet news. Sounds like he’s still a bit away, but keep thinkin I’m gonna miss a start this week. Heard anything?
I’d start him unless I had better options
OK! That helps a lot, pretty bold. Thanks man
No problem
I heard he is on track to return last week of May or early June
gritting teeth while typing..
dump Teoscar for Sheets?
No
but you’d ditch Teoscar for Lile?
Sure
Good morning! H2H points, please rank:
Waldy, Gelof, Ewing, Bleday
Ewing, JJ, Gelof
Teoscar or Daylen?
ROS.
Lile
Points league where saves are 8, holds are 5 but blown saves are -6.
In scoring settings like those cutting Seranthony for Zeferjhon is probably a good move, right?
Yes
Aloha x2. Lol
Snell hit IL and dropped along w/Taj. Who would you stash?
Mahalo Brah!
Taj
Aloha!
Hi Grey!
1) Hitteron has Ewing over Vinnie P in a weekly. It’s close and likely due to 7 games for Ewing and 6 for Vinnie. Start Ewing this week?
2) CJ Abrams or Gunnar in a keeper?
1. start Ewing 2. CJ
Altuve replacement…
Luis Garcia, Paredes, Gelof ?
thx
Gelof
Cut Grisham for Sheets in an OPS league?
Yes
Who should I start this week?
Christian Scott – at Washington and at Miami
Andrew Abbot – at Philly
Logan Henderson – vs. Dodgers
Gelof or Colt Emerson?
Gelof
Rank these “Hail Mary on a bounceback from an awful ERA” pitchers please
Luis Castillo, Sasaki, Eury
And are any of these guys worth rostering over the Meh end of the bench guy just in case they do bounce back
Roki, Eury
not really
good morning Grey
please rank, ROS, colt Emerson, Stowers, Miguel Vargas, and Taylor Ward
Vargas, Stowers, Ward
Keep forever with no contracts.
Otani or Gunnar?
Ohtani
Hey Grey! 14 team H2H, QS/OPS league. Judge for Carroll, Jeremy Pena, and Eovaldi. Which side do you like?
Judge
Stott or Gelof?
Gelof
Would you drop any of Marsh, McLain, or Pasquantino for one of Burger, B.Stott, or Sheets?
McLain for Sheets
Hey Grey…15 team, 6×6 Dynasty league, was offered Leo De Vries and Bryce Eldridge for my Kevin McGonigle…any thoughts? Thanks, as always.
McGonigle side
Thank-you.
Out of the 4 OF below who would you drop? H2H Categories. Keepers
Waldschmidt
Stowers
Marsh
Nimmo
Wald
10 team h2h dynasty (keep 10 guys). drop bubba for connelly or roki?
Early
Aloha Grey!
ROS Mookie or Abrams?
CJ
Going to Maui in July btw
Beautiful!
Use sun screen that Hawaiian Sun with cook you fast.
I will!
Book a reservation now for Mama’s Fish House.
Your Mrs. will love you long time! Lol
Also, drink lots of Mai Tai’s.
I am telling her
Paredes or Ewing?
Ewing
Replace ramos with steer, marsh, gavin sheets, bryson stott, colt emerson, jake mccarthy, gelof, benge, luke raley, cedric mullins, varsho, vientos? 10 team 5×5 h2h redraft
Colt
Is Julien a drop for any of these players?:
Emerson
Willi Castro
Jeremiah Jackson
Emerson
Colt
Hey Grey!
10TM NoKeep
Which 2 would you have on your team?: McGonigle,Adames, Emerson
Thanks!
Not Colt
Sounds good! Thanks! Have a great day!
No problem
Good Morning Buddee! Law of Averages says my team will start hitting at some point even though I currently have 3 guys riding the Mendoza line. Is it time to drop Perdomo for Emerson (3/13 1R 1SB in Coors this weekend)? 12 team H2H 6X6 (OPS & Holds). Thankfully my Pitching has me in 1st place even though my offense thinks rotating brown-outs are normal (I moved out of CA to avoid that shizz) There was the largest earthquake in NE TN a month after I moved here in 2020, a 3.8 (amateurs!)
Jeffers
Stewart
Hoerner
Maikel
K Griffin
Wood
Tatis
Rooker
Util-Pasquantino & Soderstrom
Bench-Perdomo & Bolte
Morning! I’d hold Perdomo, I know it’s not what you want to hear
Thank you, that’s what I was looking for. I grabbed Emerson and dropped Hoffman, I can punt holds this week and see if someone gets hot.
12 team bench bat… Lourdes or Adolis?
Lourdes
Elly/Devers/Chase Burns for J-Rod/Vlad/Mookie
Which side wins?
JRod
10tm 6×6 OBP and QS. Need some help evaluating some players
Please rank the top two at each position.
1.Jeffers, Dingler, Basallo, A Ramirez
2. Neto, Montgomery, Emerson, Swanson
3. Schultz, Cameron, Nelson, Lodolo.
4. Is Vlad Jr a by low target? Currently have Devers at 1B.
Thanks
10 team
Lose Ildemaro Vargas for Colt or hold?
Yes, go with Colt
Morning & Happy National No Dirty Dishes Day!
Apparently someone in my league thought Jackson Merrill was a dirty dish and cleaned him right off their roster.
Is he worth trying to claim on waivers? If so, who gets cut from the below:
12-team, 6×6 (OBP/QS):
C: I. Herrera
1B: Yandy
2B: Xavier Edwards
3B: Machado
SS: Seager
OF: Wood, Soderstrom, Simpson
UTL: Ohtani, Sal Stewart
BN: Wetherholt, Konnor Griffin
Thanks as always!
Yes, claim…over Konnor
Thank you.
Additionally, i just looked at Soderstrom’s stats on the season – he’s definitely been a dirty dish!
season – 22/5/20 BA = .195
30-days – 13/3/6 BA = .191 with 0 steals
14-days – 5/1/1 BA = .119
how much longer we holding?
Thanks again!
Longer
Haha.. and with 1 word, I fully comprehend your thoughts on him!
Thanks again (again)!
Ha, No problem
Need to start one of these:
Christian Scott @ WASH
Jack Leiter @ COL
Mathew Liberatore @ PIT
The Robot likes Liberatore the best but I feel like the Robot hates COL and forgets how bad their lineup is. Who would you choose?
Lib
happy mondays
Hi, I need to drop one pitcher from this group
BryceMiller, BraxAshcraft, ESheehan
do you think Bleday turns back into a pumpkin, or for reals? (statcast is bloody well red)
Is Casey Schmitt just a shmotato or someone to pursue?
thanks!
Miller
I like JJ
Schmotato
Please tell me in a shallow 10 team H2H league I can drop Soderstrom! He’s been so bad! I picked up J Walker and Bleday so have some outfield help. Need the roster spot for pitching.
Sure
Week 8 machinations.
Team A. H2H 2B Duran (Tex) @ Col, @LAA or Otto v Atl v Mets
Team B. Points MI Duran (Tex) @ Col, @ LAA or Schmitt v CWS @ Az
A. Otto B. Schmitt
There hasn’t been this exciting of a Davis Martin petition since his HS teammates helped him graduate.
HAHA
I only added Jeffers to cover for Auggie’s off days. Who knew Auggie would then be off all year. THANKS GOD FOR RYAN JEFFERS!!!
Ha
btw, I looked up Agustin’s AAA performance. He is still catching (I was hoping they’d try him at 1B) and his hitting is meh (similar to his earlier MLB 2926).
Mack hasn’t exactly lit world on fire
Snagged Arroyo in a keeper league, but thinking maybe I should just lose him for Stott who’s on waivers.
Go for it
Miguel Vargas or Vinnie P, rest of season? I keep drooling over Vargas’ statcast page, while wondering if Vinnie’s bat speed can return to previous levels if he’s still nursing a bad back.
Vargas
Hey Grey, who do you like better ROS, Teoscar or Moniak? Thanks for the help!
Moniak
Drop Gelof for Emerson? Swanson is my SS
Gelof had 2 brutal errors yesterday, & IIRC 1 on Saturday. I’d probably make that move.
I’d want Zack
YOLO!
8 team standard redraft roto league.
Cut one pitcher:
R. Ray
Peralta
Rasmussen
Gausman
Strider
Rodon
Messick
Cole
Woodruff
Bradish
Thanks!
Woodruff
GM Grey. ROS choice..Cavalli or Nelson?
Thanks
Cade
McLain or Lourdes as a bench bat although probably start Lourdes with seven home games? Thanks!
Lourdes
Who should I add? Jake McCarthy, Jose Fernandez, Austin Martin, Luis Garcia (WAS), Church, Nate Lowe, JP Crawford, Ernie Clement, Frelick
Garcia
Hey Grey!
Can you rank these 3 rest of season?
Logan Henderson
Emerson Hancock
Bryce Miller
Thank you!
Henderson, Hancock
Who do I drop for Brash? SV+HLD league where saves are worth double. Or is Brash the cut? Keeper/dynasty if that makes any difference.
Jeremiah Estrada, Bryan Hudson, Mason Montgomery, Garrett Whitlock
Hold
Hi Grey –
Start Rea home vs. Houston or Grayson home vs. Texas? Or start neither and put an injured player in?
Rea
Trevor Rogers is on waivers in my league, 12 team mixed. Worth a speculative add or is he toast?
Toast
Weekly lineup roto league, have to bench one. Thoughts?
Martinez
IL dilemna. I now have 7 IL guys (3 slots). Fairly deep weekly league (396 players). S
Current IL: Kyle Teel; Jarred Jones; Eugenio Suarez; Pena (Hou); Altuve; Donovan; Corbin Burnes
My plan:
Activate Teel (drop Narvaez). Expected back in ~ 2 weeksActivate Jarred Jones (drop Hoffman). Expected back in ~ 2 weeks.Continue to IL /roster Suarez, Pena, Donovan, Altuve, Burnes; and play with 2 dead spots. Note: I want to keep Burnes since he’ll be a min price keeper if he’s OK).
MY QUESTIONs.
(1) Should I keep Altuve (Grade 2 oblique — I assume 2+ months)? Free agent pool weak (especially since my remaining FAAB budget is low). Likely someone with low (but plus) value. I’m leaning “Drop”.
(2) Should I keep Donovan (ongoing Groin strains)? I’m assuming yes (especially w defensive flexibility).
wrt Corbin Burnes, I shouldn’t have mentioned him since it confuses my thread (I have reasons for keeping him that aren’t germane to my dilemna).wrt ALTUVE, I meant to say a weak-ish waiver pool but with some value (typical: Andujar, Lourdes). Htting is my weakest category. So the question is: In two+ months, will Altuve have enough value to compensate for no value during the interim.?
Lose Altuve
Weekly waivers Saturday, so I will probably change my mind several times. Leaning towards your opinion.
Thanks.
10 team 5 x 5 OBP.
Need more power than speed. Drop bazzana, Soder, Bolte, bleday for Emerson or hold?
Hold
ESPN Points, ROS only, evaluate trade, close?
A- Yesavage
B- Bryce Miller
Thanks
Trey, close
Hey Grey, Please rank Harris, Varsho, or Soder. Also Gelof or Stott. Thanks
Harris, Soder
Gelof
Bench Lodolo at Phi tonight, right? Thanks!
Yes
Is Nick Martinez the new Lugo? Wacha? Eflin? The new Tampa Bay experiment gone right? I have no interest whatsoever in moving him off my pitching staff right now but wonder if he can keep this up the ROS? What numbers would you predict going forward for Nick?
we have ROS for all pitchers and hitters https://razzball.com/restofseason-pitcherprojections/
Bibee over Cam Schlit is an interesting take
As my team keeps heading south, 8th place now. I have 40 poins, first place has 101. Is it to early to punt and and start trading to build for 2027. Or do I hang on and see if I can turn this sinking ship around.
I’d start rebuilding
Montgomery or Pena at SS ROS?
Colson
12 team h/h redraft points
Which one ?
Bleday
Emerson
Ewing
Ewing
Chase Burns + Spencer Arrighetti or Paul Skenes? with IP+3, W+5, K+1, H, BB-1, ER-2 format
Skenes
Hi,
12 teams dynasty league
My Sps are decimated by injuries and i have to make a few moves
Kirby
Ryan
Williams
Burns
Garrett
Cabrera
Nelson
Snelling hurt but IL full
Fried hurt but IL full
J.Jones IL
Burnes IL
Greene IL
1. Drop or keep Snelling ?
2. Drop Snell or Burns ?
Thanks
Jogon
Not Burns but Burnes
Lose Snelling and Snell
Makes you gerund fluid (i’m sorry)
Three pitchers joined the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list this weekend, including Sanchez with a top 5 effort. He now has 3 top 25 and 4 entries overall:
05 May 16 @PIT
10 May 5 vs ATH
23 Mar 26 vs TEX
87 May 10 vs COL
I had Cristopher challenging for #1, but 6 baserunners in 9 innings canceled out his edge in strikeouts.
Zack Wheeler (45) and Roki Sasaki (57) made there first appearance in the 100.
Good stuff, Vin!
Kirby’s killing me. Is it possible some of these pitchers were only successful because the umps were terrible before ABS showed up?
Haha, that’s a funny theory…i’m gonna put it to BDon on the pod if I remember
Pick a side….Fangraphs points league.
A gets Byran Reynolds and Geraldo Perdomo
B gets Willson Contreras and Dansby Swanson
I think it comes down to whether Reynolds and Contreras can continue like this, and whether Perdomo and Swanson continue to struggle.
A. it’s fair, neither side is better or worse
If it were Reynolds for Contreras, still even? I could use the OF help and have more 1b?CI than I need.
Thanks:)
I’d go Willson for that, but it’s even enough
Do you trust Merrill Kelly ROS
No
Hi Grey,
Ah, the vicissitudes of baseball, I start Vasquez and Arrigghetti and they do amazing. ONLY because I listened to you. Thank you so much!!
I started Gilbert and DeGrom. Need I say more.
1. Would you start or sit Ryne Weathers at home vs Toronto?
2. Would you start or sit Framber Valdez at home vs Cleveland?
3. Who has more upside Ryne Nelson or Noah Schultz?
I can’t still decide whether to pick up Nelson with my innings situation. His starts are attractive with 2 home starts vs SF and CO.
4. Would you pick up Nelson?
5. If yes to pick up Nelson, then one of the following would have to be cut: Vasquez, Arrighetti, Roupp, or Abel who is on IL.
6. Who would you cut or just pass on Nelson?
Thanks!!!
Could you rank the Altuve-fill ins for 12 team points (homebrew where Ks are only -.5 if that matters)
Stott, Angel Martinez, Geldoff, McClain.
Thanks as always
Angel, Gelof
Is this the same ranking in a Yahoo points 10 team league?
Yes