On a new true crime podcast, Murdered By The Numbers, the host and a former FBI agent discuss the murdering of baseballs. A serial offender coming into this year was Martin Perez. “The recidivism rates for Perez were due to his 5-ish K/9 and high-3 BB/9,” the host points out. Then the FBI agent takes us through a personal anecdote about how he captured The Golden State Killer, which ends in a Blue Apron ad. “The bloody body laid there like a halibut in a summer tomato bouillabaisse, which is just one of their great options!” Yesterday, Martin Perez showed us once again that no one is too old to be new again. Except Felix Hernandez, he’s not getting new again. Perez went 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.83, as he changes all preconceived notions. His velocity is up 2 MPH and his cutter looks filthy, a pitch he is throwing nearly 35% of the time this year, because of the results he’s getting. A pitch he added just this year. See how obvious this narrative is? Pitcher adds filth and gets results. He’s not quite an under-3 ERA pitcher, but he’s usable for all leagues. He left his old crew in Texas that was a bad influence and he’s now done murdering baseballs. From RIP to rehabilitated FIP. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jorge Polanco – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 6th homer, hitting .317. Maybe people will stop asking now if they should drop Polanco. Doode goes cold for two and half games and people start calling for his head. Droppin’ geez with incredulity.
Eddie Rosario – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 12th homer. The Twins have the 2nd best winning percentage in baseball, which is happening because I said to bet on the Twins to win the World Series, but didn’t actually do it.
Marcus Stroman – 4 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA up to 2.96. The Regression Fairies went to the Met Gala as “destroyed ratios.”
Dellin Betances – Throwing from 60 feet. Why are they having him pitch while standing on Aaron Judge?
Clint Frazier – 0-for-4 as he was activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “If I were Mexican, you’d never ask me to remove my sombrero, so it’s racist to ask me to take it off.”
Brett Gardner – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 6th homer, hitting .223. In his first two at-bats, he got the two hardest pieces of the cycle (HR & triple), but in baseball a cycle has four parts. It’s an off-road four wheeler, apparently.
Dee Gordon – 3-for-4 and his 3rd homer, hitting .297. “They’re on to us,” Our Commissioner Manfred says as he twirls his mustache, “Think we might have to loosen the stitching a little bit.” Guatemalan woman in a housedress, who is the union chief of the baseball stitchers, crosses her arms, thinks about this, then replies, “No.” Manfred stomps his foot, “Dammit, Graciela! Fine.”
Domingo Santana – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .269. Sunday, Monday, Happy Days.
Merrill Kelly – 4 IP, 7 ER, ERA up to 4.85. Merrill-y Merrill-y Merrill-y life is but a nightmare.
Blake Snell – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.62. Was near-perfect thru 6 IP and coasted out to the W on the Ivictory Coast on a boat named, “Snell ya later.”
Tommy Pham – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 5th homer, a grand slam. Wham bam thank you, Pham!
Avisail Garcia – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 3 RBIs, and his 5th homer, hitting .287, hitting near-.375 in the last week, so hot schmotato. I swear it feels like Avisail has hit more homers than five. Maybe they’ve instituted the rule I sent to the MLB office: If someone hits 400-feet worth of fouls straight back, subtract a home run.
Steven Matz – Mets doctors found Matz is dealing with a nerve issue in his forearm and no structural damage. Then other doctors looked at it and found no arm. Seems Mets doctors removed the arm to do the tests.
Wilmer Font – Mets traded for him. Fred Wilpon couldn’t live without a Wilmer. Darwin Barney is next.
Chris Paddack – 7 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 11 Ks in only 91 pitches (!), ERA at 1.55. Serious question to you, if you’re reranking right now, where does Paddack get placed for starters? Top 20? 15? 10? 5? Do you take anyone over him?
Hunter Renfroe – 2-for-4 and his 8th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. I’m not sure if he’s going to play every day, but definite hot schmotato alert!
Vince Velasquez – 4 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.86. That’s what I get for chasing a 2-start pitcher I didn’t fully trust. I’m sure it will get better for his next start. *removes orange vest, dons duck bill hat and wanders into hunting grounds* On a side note, every time I wave to someone I think I’m a Phillies player on base. Maybe I’m watching too much baseball.
Miles Mikolas – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.02. I’ll say it for you, sonavabench! Oh, you dropped him? Sonavadrop then, but it doesn’t have same ring. Solid bounce back for Mikolas (no dur), but I don’t suddenly trust him anymore than I did before this start. It’s as Streamonator says about him, mildly positive at home.
Paul DeJong – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games, hitting .336. Tired: Rafael Devers. Woke: DeJong. Woke with caffeine: Colonel Mustard did it in the backseat of a jeep with crushed pink cookies!
Matt Carpenter – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer. Carpenter nailed it! I don’t love Carpenter, but I wasn’t foolish enough to call him a sell this year, because at some point he’s going to hit 30 homers in 65 games.
Jon Berti – 1-for-2, 2 runs and his 1st homer. We lost Burdi, but we gained Berti. Hmm… *shifty-eyed dog looks both ways* …I’m suspicious. Over a full season, Berti projects for about 3 to 4 homers, give or take a deep drive that the announcers think is a home run but gets knocked down by the wind.
Anthony Rizzo – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer. HR to the Izzo!
Kris Bryant – 1-for-4 and his 5th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Does the RJS (Reverse Jinx Sell) work if I keep saying sell? What if I say sell low? Does it work twice as much?
Pedro Strop – 0 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 5.06, as he blew the save. Ports or depot, UF.
Howie Kendrick – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .338. If you drafted Kendrick in the 1st round instead of Trea Turner, you’d be doing better. Now call a friend, you shouldn’t be alone after reading that.
Adam Eaton – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer. Like clockwork, he’s on pace for 15/15/.290 as he always is, which will turn into 8/8/.290 after a devastating injury.
Junior Guerra – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 2nd save, ERA at 2.21. Hader had worked a few days in a row, so Guerra got the save. For all of you holding out hope that Jeffress is going to get saves at some point, this was a clear indication Jeffress is not getting saves.
Hunter Dozier – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer, hitting .348. Just what I expected when I drafted him, only I called him “Kris Bryant.”
Adalberto Mondesi – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer, hitting .280. Sometimes, I copy and paste my posts into Word and do a Find and Replace of Mondesi for Albright. We’re married now, Adalberto.
Robinson Chirinos – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .269. Uh-oh, Chirinos! He usually follows a home run with another, so if you’re into picking your catcher scab, you’ve been warned.
George Springer – 2-for-5 and his 11th homer, hitting .285. Did his shoulder doctor — shouldocter? — look at Kris Bryant’s? Please let it be true.
Walker Buehler – 7 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.95. Thank God, Spring Training is finally over for Buehler.
Julio Urias – 1 IP, 0 ER, and his 1st save, ERA at 3.55. When giving Jansen a rest, leave it to Dave Roberts to not go to either of his setup men (Baez or Kelly) for the save. I mean, honestly, all you can do is laugh.
Kevin Gausman – 4 1/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 5.00. He appealed his suspension for throwing at Jose Urena and missing. He also can’t hit on when he should take that suspension.
Nick Markakis – 1-for-4 and his 4th homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Sparkakis and hot schmotato! Hot sparkatato!
David Price – Hit the IL with elbow tendinitis. Wow, that came out of nowhere. Look at your fantasy teams and find the few guys who are pitching well. Those pitchers there? They’re not safe from the pitcherpocalypse either. Red Sox said Price might only miss a start or two. We shall see. Or not. Tomorrow’s not promised. Ask any Mets pitcher.
John Means – 7 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.48. His peripherals (8 K/9, 1.9 BB/9) aren’t terrible, and it might be the 27 years of bad Orioles pitchers talking, but I can’t get in on John. I means…
Jonathan Villar – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 4th homer, a grand salami. The most beautiful of lunchmeats.
Shohei Ohtani – Could be activated today, pending an assessment. Fun fact! After a 1st date, the worst type of after-dinner mint is an assessment.
Kendrys Morales – With Matt Olson returning from the IL, Morales is expected to be designated for assignment. The Morales of this story is don’t get old unless you’re a left-handed pitcher.
Carlos Rodon – The first doctor he visited recommended Tommy John surgery. The 2nd doctor recommended they attach a balloon animal to his shoulder and teach it how to pitch. The 2nd doctor was a Mets doctor.
Yoan Moncada – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .293. Unless talking about Kris Bryant, I’d take the over on everyone’s projected homers. For what it’s Werth, Moncada’s average had dropped thirty-five points in the last week.
James McCann – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 4th homer, hitting .351. McCann’s a hero because he’s a catcher. I prefer hitters who never catchered.
Tim Anderson – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs, hitting .339 as he stole his 12th base.
Tim Anderson watching his next home run: pic.twitter.com/rUSE2j3HFx
— Razzball (@Razzball) May 6, 2019
Ivan Nova – 7 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 7.04. Streamonator didn’t love this start because Nova’s garbage, but you know what’s more garbagey? The Indians lineup.
Trevor Bauer – 5 IP, 7 ER, ERA up to 3.42. My immediate reaction to Bauer getting hit is: it couldn’t happen to a bigger douchebag, but then I immediately think, “Wait! That’s my douchebag!”
Mike Gerber – 0-for-4, 3 Ks, hitting .067. The Giants’ OF was: Gerber/Duggar/Pillar. Gerber/Duggar/Pillar? I hardly know her, but if she knows anything about baseball, pretty sure she thinks this outfield stinks.
Pablo Sandoval – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and a slam (3) and legs (1) and he worked a scoreless inning of relief, so a slam and legs with cheese. Can we briefly talk about how bad the Giants look? Actually, I have a song for them. They Might Be Giants singing, “Istanbul to QuadAstinople.”
Drew Pomeranz – 1 2/3 Ip, 7 ER, ERA at 5.93. The most hilarious thing is receiving notification emails from my leagues that someone dropped Pomeranz in the middle of his start. They only had less than two innings to do it too.
Jose Peraza – 0-for-3, hitting .185, and yesterday the Reds scored 12 runs. Adios, amigo! Emphasis on GO! Off my team! I hate you!
Eugenio Suarez – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer, and his third homer in the last three games. Finally, his wish was granted by his brother Eugenie.
Jose Iglesias – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and a homer short of the cycle. If you started Iglesias on a short schedule day, they answered your prayer.
Curt Casali – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs, hitting .283. Psycho killer, Curt Casali! Or Mustang Casali, depending on your taste in music.
Nick Senzel – 2-for-6 and his 2nd and 3rd homer as he hit leadoff. Both homers went to the opposite field. Cinco de Mayo was Sunday, but that’s a tasty oppo taco plate, Senzelnati Kid! The top five in the Reds lineup yesterday was Senzel, Votto, Suarez, Puig, Farmer. Butcher, “Trust me. It’s the finest of cured pork products.” Customer, “I’ve heard of proscuitto and cotto but not Senzelvotto. Where is it sourced from?” “The 4/5 hitters.”
BRYANT SELL SELL SELL RSJ FTW!!!!!!!!
SRJ? JSR? SJR? Who cares, do Eloy next!!!
Who’s the add in Seattle for closer?
Not Swarzak
So with Fried’s injury, I end today with a 25 ERA – big thanks to McHugh, Brasier, and Fried giving up those 3 runs in the first inning and then Verdugo knocking him out of the game by lining a ball right into his left hand
Correction, inherited runner scored to ERA of 27
Odor, Brandon Lowe, Jose Peraza ROS?
Nate Lowe or Matt Olson ROS?
Thanks!
This is why I usually target holds and pass on waiver wire closers. Parker ignored again tonight. But that is good news since I have Strop and Brasier. They wiped out my great starting pitching efforts. I am tempted just to drop them all. No question.
Shallow keeper league. Swap Bryant for Mondesi?
Thanks, Boss!
LeClerc is available in my leagues. Son just wrote a convincing post about picking him up. Would you drop one of the following in each league or pass?
League 1
Strop
Parker
Romo
League 2
Brasier
Parker
Neris
Hold in both leagues
Drop Brasier for one of the following or hold?
Romo
Kelley
LeCkerc
Castillo
Luke Jackson
Gant
Romo
Cole tucker the drop and Taylor Rodgers add?
Holds league and k/9 added
Sure
Or Baez, urias?
Typical game for the Cardinals.
Wieters leads off the inning with a HR. Carpenter strikeout. Goldy strikeout. DeJong single.
Yet their manager will keep Carpenter and Goldy battling 1-2 all year even though they hit worse then the pitchers spot.
Haha, yeah
The whole “Brasier is a closer” thing might be coming to an end – giving up an RBI hit to Chris Davis?!?!?
I hope so, tbh
really regret dropping Matt Barnes right now to chase more saves
16 teamer with hits/OPS added. drop which of dyson, joc, brocktune for otani? i need steals so i obtained dyson recently. don’t want to carry 2 BN bats since it’s a QS h2h league also (with holds too so i have 6 RP as well as 8 SP)
Dyson
what about trading brocktune? i got a guy who’s been coming after him for a bit. draft pick trade idea as i’m not looking to give away a SP as well.
@ Grey 12 team, 5×5 roto
After tonight, drop McHugh or hold?
Available – Mikolas, Darvish, Lucchesi, Eflin, Woodruff, Martin Perez, Bassitt, Montas, Matz, Chirinos, Marco Gonzales
stream from that group.
Lose him, Perez
Worth holding beyond this week or kick him to the curb?
Lose him
Sorry, thought I was replying to someone else’s comment.
The player in question is McHugh. Worth holding in a 12 team mixed league?
Lose him
Hey Grey!
Great writeup. ROS in a h2h 5×5 category league, which 2 do you drop?
-Chavis
-Franmil
-Matt Olson
-Christian Walker
-Ohtani
Thanks!
Ugh, none… Franmil and Olson
I feel the same way! Have a stacked team. Who do you like more? Franmil or Olson?
Thanks !
For reference:
C: grandal
1B: Rizzo
2B: Mondesi
3B: Baez
SS: Story
MI: Chavis
CI: Hunter Dozier
OF: Acuña, Domingo, Conforto, Mazara
UTIL: Ohtani, Christian Walker
Bench: franmil
DL: Olson, Juan Soto
Franmil there
Streamed Canning. Wow- he has been impressive both starts two times through the lineup. He has no business trying third time. Oh well, at least I can drop him instead of thinking the match up against the Birds go well.
Yeah, agreed
12 team 6×6 h2h OPS
Have Meadows and Soto coming off IL and need to make cuts.
Which two to cut? And I can’t cut both odor and Dietrich.
Odor
Dietrich
Tapia
T Williams
G Canning (who’s putting together a nice outing right now)
Dietrich and Williams
Dammit McHugh
I know, so annoying
I thought the owner who dropped him made a mistake, but it was me with the mistake in picking him up – what a bum!
Yeah, that hurts
Worth holding beyond this week or kick him to the curb?
I have an offer of Ozuna for Jack Flaherty. I would be giving up Ozuna. Is this a fair deal or should I be looking for a better pitcher?
I’d take Ozuna, it’s fair
Would you Trader porcello or ordorizzi for garver and get rid of Alfaro. Garver homered again today
No
Garver
Starting Folty @ LAD?
Nah
Hey, what’s up Grey!?! Drop Travis Shaw for Jorge Soler? He’s definitely approaching drop territory in a 12 teamer, and Soler is arguably approaching must own territory. Thoughts??? Is it time in this scenario? 6×6 with OPS
I wouldn’t
I’ll hold off. Thanks! Do have room for one….
Tapia or Soler??? Leaning Tapia in hopes he continues to get playing time. I mean, we all now Dahl is gonna hurt himself in less than a week…
Tapia, don’t be jinxing Dahl tho
18 man 7×7 avg/obp/sp… would u do alverado for Ohtani hitter? thanks.
I’d want Ohtani
Harrison Bader is killing me at UTIL. Playing time is annoying. Do I drop him for:
Jorge Soler
Mazara
Wil Myers
Greg Polanco
Verdugo
Laureano
MAC Williamson??
Thanks!
Mazara
Thanks Grey
No problem
A Rosario or C Taylor?
Amed
In as QS league can you rank: M. Perez, DeSclafani and Yu.
Thanks
You did
Hey Grey,
In a h2h dynasty league, would you trade Goldschmidt and Ozuna for Yelich? Ozuna can’t be kept next year, but goldy and Yelich both can for many years. It’s an obp league with walks as a counting stat.
Yes
Other 1b eligible guys on my team include Edwin, Vogelbach, Mancini, Shaw, McMahon.
Who should I start at the hot corner tonight?
Donaldson vs Ryu
or
Franco vs Dakota Hudson
Maikel
Catcher is alfaro he wants Odorizzi
He wants to give me garver and I would drop Alfaro but I wanna make this a bigger trade right?
His team
C garver
1b miggy
2b Wong
3b Chapman
Ss andrus
If cano
Of Pham, Goodrum, merrifiekd, mccutchen
Util Shaw, votto
Bench narvarez, tatis jr, Hicks
DL gregorius
Degrom, sale, Glasnow, paddack, woodruff, eikoff, stripling, Vasquez, hicks, Holland, Jeffress, stripling
NA Luzardo
Guys I can afford to trade from my team I need pitching help / OF help
Mondesi, Dan Murphy, moose, ee, Vlad guerro, minor, Skaggs, german Marquez, porcello, Odorizzi, Alvarado, greene, brasier, kelley
Lindor and betts are my 2 best players and I have an open na spot so you can add luzardo in a trade if you see one
Redraft? Trade Vlad for an OF — you don’t need more pitching
Who should I sit pick 1
Nelson Cruz @aaron Sanchez, moose vs stras, Murphy vs bungarner 1 for 8 lifetime 3ks
Moose
10t 5×5 h2h
Drop 1 (UTIL):
C Walker, M Olson, Chavis, Aguilar
Thanks
Hmm… I guess Aguilar
Grade these two simultaneous trades –
1. Traded Vlad for Corbin to replace the loss of Flaherty
2. Traded Flaherty for Rendon to replace the loss of Vlad
Don’t know if it moves the needle much, but you preferred both Corbin and Rendon over the others and even a small advantage is still an advantage.
SP’s are now Cole, Corbin, Carrasco, Buehler, Marquez
Nice, they sound good
Grey’s seal of approval…awesome!
Would you take any of these over Buehler for ROS for counting stats(K, QS) and ratios –
Berrios, Glasnow, Castillo
Nah
Bueler’s performance last night make you feel better about him going forward? A few days ago you would have taken Berrios and Castillo over him.
I do feel better
Damn Dahl is sitting today & Shaw is hitting 7th
I wonder if I should leave Dahl in my lineup in case he pinch hits – could be better value than Shaw v. Stras
Start Shaw
that brings up a good point, for otani drop dahl or joc (only using one BN slot for hitters here). joc does well but SOOOO many (probably too many) lefties to keep him in a 12’er (shallow too in this example)
Joc
otani up in a 20 teamer (redraft, with tons of extra stats, hits, slugging, total bases, BB’s)
C vazquez
1B rizzo
2B mostsuckass (3B)
3B senzel (will get OF shortly)
SS segura
OF (3) box wine (1B), legs mcneil (2B/3B), a-gor
util (1) j.polanco
BN bauers (1B/OF)
DL: otani, stanton
i’m in 4th so far and this is while senzel was hogging up a BN, otani/stanton hurt. bout to get real sick. this has to be a a-gor or bauers drop (probably bauers)
Gordon
similar but AL only, drop n.lowe or r.nunez (have a good amount of 1B’s, only vlad if r.nunez gets dropped), cannot drop probably my worst player (tauchman) since i’ll be OF short on days even one of gallo/bauers/gordon/grichuk are off (start 4 OF) for otani?
Nunez
Moreland
14 teamer with OBP over AVG, hits, total bases and OPS added
C molina
1B goldy
2B schoop
SS semien
3B andujar
MI chavis (3B/2B)
CI vogelbach (1B)
LF brantley
CF kike (2B/SS)
RF puig
OF kiermaier (CF)
util (1) dannys antana (2B/LF)
BN wong (2B), cron (1B)
DL (8): otani, stanton (LF/RF), treat urner (SS), kingery (SS), cespedes (LF)
who’s my drop for otani, gotta be cron or wong. dannys antana did NOT lose a ton of playing time even when odor got back, which i expected. antana is a good backup for OF or 2B or MI. otani obv will hoard up the util slot when he plays.
Cron
I’ve never owned DJ LaMahieu… however, I know he’s been steady for a while and now he’s in that NY lineup. I currently own Chavis and I am loving life, but LaMahieu is available.
Is DJ worth an add?
Hold
Hey Grey,
Wanting to sit on an OF prospect. I have O’Neil on my roster now, I have limited moves should I drop him to wait on Yordan Alvarez or hold out on O’Neil?
Thanks
Drop for Alvarez
Grey, any love for Chris Taylor yet with Pollock on DL.
NOt much on waivers.
If he is the only one on waivers, I would pick him up
Grey thoughts on Griffin Canning tonight SON has him at $6 in Detroit. Need a streamer and Norris is -$16 against him . Thanks for advice
I’d start him
I feel like this is a total coin-flip, but which would you hang onto Pederson or Renfroe?
Joc
Thanks, making move the the SHOWtani!
Wow, that was english when I was typing it, guess I’m hitting the coffee pot now.
Making a move to start the SHOWtani!
Enjoy!
Got moves for Sho-tani
I got lucky enough to get Wellington on my roster…
How would you rank Garver, McCann, and Suzuki? My gut says “Who can?, McCann can!”
Garver
In by best Spiccoli impersonation…
Swarzak, you DICK!
Dynasty salary league question:
Matt Olson ($1) or The White C Walker ($10)
Thanks!
Olson
Appreciate it!
No problem
Senzel hitting 6th and Chavis 7th tonight. Got any top prospects who are white hot? Make sure to move em down the order!
Haha, yup!
16 team h2h with hits, OBP over AVG, OPS, total bases, XBH, steals % added for hitters. gotta drop 2 for bellinger + otani, r.nunez is clearly one of them. who’s the other:
C vazquez
1B murphy (2B)
2B schoop a doop (SS)
SS j.polanco
3B mostsuckass (2B)
MI howie (2B/3B)
CI cron (1B)
LF yelich (all OF)
CF harper (RF)
RF dr castellanos
OF kiermaier (CF)
util (2) tapia (LF), k.calhoun (RF)
BN bellinger (1B/RF/CF), red dick (CF/RF)
DL (infinite, but no stashing from FA): soto (LF), meadows (all OF), otani (DH)
7 day TRON doesn’t like red dick the most
Calhoun
Grey, is Sano worth a stash in a 10 team league? Drop Kieboom?
Nope
And yes drop Kieboom
Duval is the first player in major league history to have a homer, a steel, and work a scoreless inning in a game. Crazy.
Nah, another Giants pitcher did
Hmm…that’s what they said on the broadcast. Maybe it’s “1st position player”
It was Christy Matheson, so yeah could be 1st position player
And hey, if THAT isn’t a reason to watch the Giants this year, then….uh….well, it’s better than suicide, almost.
I think I’ve found their new slogan. brb, imma email their marketing dept.
Sigh
Gonna be a looooooong couple seasons.
Suicide is painless, the Giants are not
*sandoval, that is.
Profar or Rosario or Tuckeror or Kieboom – dropping Peraza – need everything until Treat Urner returns
C. Tucker
Amed
Who do I sit in an OBP…
Votto @ Fiers
Andujar v Gonzalez
Vogelbach @ Tanaka
H Dozier @ McHugh
Robles @ Houser
Puig @ Fiers
Andujar
Play Freddy P vs Washington tonight, he’s got an opener in front of him so he should get a decision streamonator had him at 14.5$. Guy in playing had Merrill Kelley kill his ratios so he’s just going to max out his starts.
Sounds fine
All the rankings tell me I have to pick up recently dropped JA Happ in a deep league (best available SPs are currently the likes of Junis, Freeland, Mahle). Drop boring better results Trevor Williams or better upside Lucchesi, or hold? Sorry if this question puts you to sleep.
Williams
Ramos and Villar for Realmuto and Hader? Thanks. I’m good with sb production and could use saves.
Villar
Need to cut one – Domingo; Clint Frazier; or Dahl.
Frazier
How close is Frazier to Verdugo? I ask because Verdugo reminds me of 2016 Bellinger (came up only for a short-term injury and did well. Then other injuries came …). I’m looking for any excuse to not drop Verdugo but I guess I have no choice if you concur that Frazier is a definite improvement.
Verdugo’s nothing like Cody
You do have a choice, Norman.
Do not institute free will into the discussion, Cram It
Haha. Sorry, I’ve been reading this book…
Is there a guy with the world on his shoulders on the book? Don’t read that
Actually, don’t read *waves hand jedi-style* put down the book
Is that Atlas Shrugged? Wild guess, I never read it.
Don’t read…..any book?! I was going to buy yours, but suit yourself.
Yeah, Atlas Shrugged about free will, or at least I think that’s what the Wiki page says, I’ve never read it either
Damn! I outsmarted myself!
Haha. I just know that there are those that think Ayn Rand is the greatest and those that loathe her.
I’m indifferent, which sounds like her whole point has been defeated
Waiver tomorrow. League has several NY guys, so I suspect he’ll be claimed. If he lasts, I’ll drop Verdugo for him.
BTW, in that (Yahoo) 14-team league, I picked mainly by your ratings. I was worst (by an amazingly large margin behind 13!); I’m now in 1st by large margin. No surprise.
Yup, that’s how it goes
Peraza on the bench today in an AL park in lieu of Farmer who is getting the start at 2b. Sounds like you aren’t the only one getting fed up.
Yeah, I dropped him
I’m holding still, because no better alternatives…I think he will get hot at some point and I think I need to be held…so I’m enacting my feelings on my fantasy players.
Haha
Do you vultures like Luke Jackson or Shawn Kelley more at this point?
More than who?
between the two who do you like best? thanks!!!
Jackson
Grey,
I am looking for holds. There are a few options out there:
Adam Kolarek – TB (8)
Pedro Baez – LAD (7)
Reyes Moronta – ARI (6)
Are any of them worth picking up, and dropping Chaz Roe for?
How many holds does Roe have?
6 with a 3.72 ERA
Moronta has half the ERA and twice the strikeouts. But you see that I’m sure.
I do see that. The only problem is I dont trust SF
Trust them to what? Pitch him?
to get to him to pitch. But i’ll take a chance on him
That’s a tenuous reason. Guys on sh*tty teams can get a lot of holds.
youre right Cram.
Moronta
Which MI would you trade?
Y. Moncada, H. Dozier, J. Polanco, Machado, Semien
I want to pick up Senzel but the players I mentioned above are having good years so far
so instead of dropping I was hoping to trade one and maybe add another
OF, SP or Closer. What suggestions?
I am low on SB’s and SV’s.
Would you still keep Treinen as a closer and Taillon as an SP?
I’d lose Taillon for Senzel and QUICK FAST.
While you’re here waiting for an answer, somebody else is probably grabbing Senz.
Moncada for someone?
12 team
Current pitching:
Bauer, Corbin, Maeda, Peacock, Hendricks, Lopez…
Trade Eloy for Marquez?
I don’t think you need it, but sounds fair
1. Drop Y. Gomes for McCann or hold?
2. Drop Laureano for Chris Taylor for UTL/Bench bat or hold?
16-team OPS keeper
1. If you like 2. Hold
In about one week, you will be writing about how you can’t believe that you doubted Bryant. He started coming out of his funk about 10 days ago. As it is, he is on pace for something like 110/25/100/5.
I hope so!
Hey Grey!
Razzball trade analyzer says this is pretty damn even, but what side of this deal do you like better in a 12 team standard cat dynasty league?
Team A: Thor and Odubel Herrera
Team B: OZUNA and Cole Tucker
Thanks!
Ozuna
Who do I drop for Ohtani
Y. Diaz, Clint Frazier, Braun, G, Polanco? Or hold?
Braun if bench bat
would you flip mondesi straight up 1:1 for any and all of: Lindor, Bellinger, Rizzo, Freddie? (given my lineup below)
H/H eight team espn points league,
lineup:
contreras – muncy – baez – bregman – story – mondesi – mondesi – betts – harper – domingod – gallo – dahl. (KC league and others might be overvaluing mondi). or relax?
Sure, Cody, Freeman, Rizzo
would you counter with mondi/glasnow or mondi/strasburg if I can’t get 1:1?
Thanks G
Nope
I know your not big on catchers but how about my Villar and Ramos for his Realmuto and Hader? Thanks A lot
I know your not big on catchers but how about my Villar and Ramos for his Realmuto and Hader? Thanks
Trade question: Glasnow for Albies and Jorge Polanco. Which side wins? Needs aren’t really a factor.
Albies
Yo Grey, I’m in a 12-team 5×5 mixer. My squad is playing pretty well, but I could use some additional saves. What do you think of dealing my Blake Snell for Flaherty and Blake Parker (might be able to swap Parker for Wade Davis or Greg Holland)? Snelly looked good yesterday and Flaherty has been a little dicey, but seems to be rounding into form.
You’re a prince, thanks.
No, get cheaper saves
Any path to playing time for Yordan Alvarez?
I crave young fresh talent so much I’m expecting Chris Hansen to knock down my door any second.
Not w/out an injury
Up my Mac question.
Mac Deshields backup of h2h?
Mac
10 team dynasty OBP league
Trade my Maeda for Travis Shaw?
Sure
is Mac Williamson worth a flyer? was very good before injury last year and has been tearing up AAA – I would drop Odubel Herrera?
Go for it.
Can try Mac
Gray, im currently in last place, im out 16 games from 6th place (only top 6 make playoffs). i need to make changes12 team keeper league, H2H, we keep 10 guys at the end of the season.
Current Roster
C Mejia
1st Goldy
2nd Lowe
3rd Moncada
SS Torres
OF Fraizer
OF Verdugo
OF Mazara
UTL Abreu
UTL Choo
Bench – J.Martinez, Lowe, Swanson, Kingery, Alvarez (hou), INJ Res: Hicks, and Upton.
SPs:
Snell
Buehler
Minor
Montas
Mustgrove
Soroka
What upgrades to do i need? Should i move goldy for Paddock Pham? or Goldy Verdugo 4 Bauer Pham? Or do i stay put and wait and see if hicks and upton can carry the team?
Your pitching looks fine… Is that your problem in the league? Your hitting looks like the issue — Your OF is a mess for a 12-teamer
Hoo boy, this team is bad. No offense, but I don’t think there is much hope to realistically compete this year. I’d try to move Abreu, Choo, Hicks, Upton (wait for them to get back), sell high on Minor for some younger bats that will help you next year.
I’d hold Goldy unless you can swap him for a younger bat with big upside (maybe buy an injured Turner or Soto?). You don’t need Paddack or Bauer; try to trade for offense.
Robinson Cano: worthy of a bench spot or streamer? H2H points. Chavis and Schoop both better (i.e. consistent) ROS?
Cano over Schoop
Starting Fried @LAD tonight? Or not taking the risk?
7 pts for win, 3 pts for QS, 1 pt for K and 1 pt per inning. -1 for ER, -.5 for walks and hits
Yes
Hey Grey,
Is it weird to think i may value Franmil over Andujar and maybe Domingod ROS? How would you rank these guys?
Thanks!
Jaq
Domingo, Andujar
If Matz goes on DL would you drop him for Martin Perez
I’d drop him right now for Perez
Sure
Drop Happ (vs Sea) or Chirinos (TBD, maybe vs NYY) for Odorizzi or M. Perez (both vs Det)?
Streaming spot at the moment but hoping one of these guys turns into a SP6 that’s useful for a while.
Both
I just picked up Luke Weaver for his Thursday start vs Atl (and preemptively for his 2 starts next week), so I only have 1 move left for the week. M. Perez was strangely dropped this morning, even though he has another start on Saturday…
So if you could only grab one, The ‘Rizz or The ‘Rez?
Rizz? Huh?
Odorizzi or Perez.