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Who knew the most emblematic song about MJ would’ve been Smooth Criminal? Or going from Pretty Young Thing to Beat It. Or Bad. Jeez, now that I think about it, a lot of Michael Jackson songs become Creep City. Would’ve been hilarious if he named Neverland, “Creep City.” Not haha funny, but more like, “Hey, lots of red flags here, guys, maybe we should investigate?” Speaking of investigating, MJ Melendez (how about that segue?) sounds like a 90s tabloid reporter who would’ve been invited to Neverland to “take a look around” while the help hide children in closets, waiting for Michael. Speaking of segues, I took a Segway tour through Beverly Hills and we stopped at the former Menendez Brothers’ house and the people who now live there just looked at us with disgust. Was pretty cool. Any hoo! Sal Perez is the type to play through all kinds of shizz, so that he was IL’d means he must’ve truly been hurt. MJ Melendez was also up with the club even before the Sal P. IL stint, so the Royals seem committed to him. We don’t care about catchers usually, but Melendez could be a 17-homer, .250 catcher this year with even some steals thrown in. Him or Adley? If both were up, I don’t think Adley’s necessarily the better choice for this year. The guy who is up right now is the easy call. A-B-C, as easy as 1-2-3, for the King of Pop Times. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Alejandro Kirk – “Live long, and pop times.” — Famous quote from Kirk. I’m a big pop time guy this week, huh? Any hoo, kinda shocked to see Kirk only rostered in 43% of RCL leagues, and 14% of ESPN leagues, but then I looked at the Player Rater, and he was around the 30th best catcher, and I’m not in many 30-team leagues, so I kinda understood it. This buy is about what he can do vs. what he has done.
Juan Yepez – *lays velvet down on glass case, then lays down a very special collectible* This is my Ye Pez. When you open his mouth, you don’t get candy, you get utter nonsense.
Christian Walker – Mentioned last week that Walker’s Statcast was gorge, and then someone commented this week, asking if I had seen it, so IS ANYONE READING THIS?! Walker could hit 30 homers this year (which might lead the majors), while hitting .220, i.e., he’s not Mr. Perfect, Curt Hennig.
Yuli Gurriel – Astros’ lineup will be better for counting stats than most, and Yuli seems incapable of hitting below .270. The power might not be big-time for long, but he is currently hitting dingers. “Hittin’ Dingers,” a song about Cougs parallel parking.
Brett Phillips – I debated including Phillips, Isaac Paredes and/or Vidal Brujan, and would you look at that, they’ve all been included!
Willi Castro – One of my Draft & Hold teams has been helped by Willi Castro and Jace Peterson recently, and hurt by literally every other hitter I drafted in the first five rounds. Get hot, Matt Olson, you giant bozo!
Nolan Gorman – Here’s me going over Nolan Gorman:
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Jonathan Schoop – Recently, Gerardo Parra retired, and I regret to inform you we will never get a double play combo of Parra/Schoop to see a Baby Shark.
Brendan Rodgers – In Coors, he’s a top 10 MI. Outside of Coors, I’m not sure I’d roster him in an 18-team league, and that’s without even looking at his home and away numbers. I couldn’t give two splits.
Tommy La Stella – My suggestion for the Giants’ DH spot is to make it Tommy LG Stella, and the LG is Luis Gonzalez. Though, they also have Darin Ruf. Make it Stella Menageatrois?
Ha-Seong Kim – Wasn’t a great week for shortstop suggested buys, tee bee aitch. Do I really foresee a lot of people grabbing Kim? Not really, unless you want your Eminem card pulled.
Gio Urshela – There’s an opening for Urshela to be the Twins’ three-hole hitter, which is so freakin’ funny. The other day they had Garlick in that slot. Great if you’re in a night game worried about vampires, not great in general.
Jace Peterson – Going on two weeks with Jace Peterson being recommended, and nothing possibly going through my brain except 57 hours of Dateline episodes about Laci Peterson. “Hello, I’m Keith Morrison, and I’m here in this beautiful bucolic town, where no one suspected a thing, as Michael washed blood off his boat in his driveway.”
Mike Moustakas – Mostly, Mostsuckass, but lately Moistasskiss.
Hunter Dozier – Simply, listing him here because Christian Walker was already listed. I kid. On the 7-day Player Rater, Dozier has been less sleepy than usual.
Emmanuel Rivera – A new name to the mix, so get ready to find out about Emmanuel Rivera! The excitement, I can hear it from here! He has good contact, solid eye, might hit .260, but not a ton of power, and no speed. He’s been getting starts at 3rd with Bobby Witt Jr. moving to short. Can call him Ozark, because he’s the Missouri Rivera.
Eli White – Another guy who needs an explanation — fun! Eli White was the go-to actor any time there was a Jewish gangster. Wait, that’s not right. He’s become the leadoff hitter in Texas, and has 30-steal speed and maybe 10-homer power. He’s what I was expecting from Lane Thomas this preseason, and Lane Thomas became…Well, I have Thomas on fantasy teams, and I think he retired. The worry with White is he might hit .190.
Ben Gamel – *pulling a string on a conspiracy corkboard*…If Gamel became Bryan Reynolds, then who is Bryan Reynolds? *pulls string on the corkboard from a picture of Bryan Reynolds to a picture of a toilet*
Brad Miller – Fun fact! A Bra Miller is a brassiere koozie for beer — let me on Shark Tank! And Brad Miller is a hot schmotato.
Wil Myers – For some reason, I’m reminded of Jason Heyward. Just two guys who had such high hopes and feel like they completely disappointed their whole career. Any hoo! Myers has been decent recently. On the 7-day Player Rater, he was next to Tyler Naquin when I wrote this up. Call them Tylers, if you Wil.
Kyle Lewis – He’s calling from inside the house! Ahhh!!! The house is T-Mobile, and he’s about to be activated.
Kole Calhoun – You know the Rangers either were on the road in good hitters’ parks recently, or it was a bad week for outfielders on waivers, when I’ve listed two Rangers’ outfielders. You be the judge!
Cristian Javier – I like Javier, in general, so grab him, but this is a Streamonator call, like the call it makes to the local public library.
Michael Lorenzen – This is also a Streamonator call. “Do you have the book, How to Win Friends and Influence People? I wanna re-read the first half for the 17th time.”
Brooks Raley – More like Brooks Ending-the-other-team’s-Raley! I nailed it! High five me! No? Low five? No? Okay.
Paul Sewald – Mentioned on this week’s podcast, but I have no idea who the M’s closer is. Sewald should be, but I don’t think he is. When Ken Giles returns, he might be the closer, but that might not be until after the All-Star Break. Andres Munoz is a great option, but I don’t think Scott Servais thinks so.
Emilio Pagan – At some point, Pagan will blow up, and I’ll mutter, “Should’ve listened to Geraldo about satanic worship,” but for now he’s been great, getting saves, and way more the prototypical closer for the Twins, than Duran.
Hansel Robles – Likely the best bet in Boston for saves, which makes one think, “Why did the Red Sox not sign one single decent reliever this past year?”
Adam Cimber – Bullpen Chart is updated daily with changes, if there’s actual changes. What’s going on with Jordan Romano? I don’t know but it’s grating. (You’re walking right into some puns today.)
Brock Burke – Welcome back to Wild On E! and I’m your host, Brock Burke! My velocity is up to 95 MPH, gaining three miles per hour, and it’s translated into way more strikeouts. This episode of Wild On! is like Maxim magazine in TV form, but I’m not Wild On! the plate, showing great command.
SELL
Michael Kopech – Welp, this one sucks. This sucks for me because I have Kopech in many leagues. I had no idea what a mess his peripherals were, so when I learned it, I took a five-second power nap. I do not like learning bad news! His strikeout and walk rate are downright yawnstipating. Maybe they need a five-second siesta. His BABIP is goofy low, very lucky and unsustainable. His hair handsome — his homers allowed unsustainable! I don’t want to continue; it’s too painful. Kopech should be usable, but his ERA is telling a story his other numbers are not supporting. Stupid unsupportive numbers! I wouldn’t trade him for an Exxon credit card with a $5 credit limit, but I would go to our Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore options.
Sell Kopech…ha ha. What a day
Yikes. Grabbed Lasagna to steal a hold and dropped Vaughn.
Would you drop Winkler for Arraez-I know a lot of experts rap on Luis but the dud gets on base and lately scores runs.
Luis-Past week .389 avg, 8 Runs and 2SB’s.
Winkler-2 runs and .214 avg.
Rumor of Roansy coming up tomorrow and I dropped him 3 days ago in my NL-Only H2H league. I’d feel worse if he was on a good team, but could still be a good source of Ks with decent ratios.
Which side?
A. Tellez and jeremy pena
B. Castellanos
H2H Categories Hits, 2B, Rbi, runs, avg, SB , HRs
Urquidy and Singer – worth holding or just streamers? (12 teams, QS)
And are we still holding Dunning?
Hey Grey! What are your thoughts on Eloy in a keeper league (12 teams keep 8 $260 budget). I can keep him for $16 next year.
I’m desperate for saves (and also just lost Freddy peralta to whatever hopefully minor shoulder thing) …. and was just offered my Eloy (16) for his McKenzie Gore ($8 to keep) and $0 Clay Holmes (I feel like he’s about to overtake Chapman).
1. Is that enough for you to move Eloy here?
2. If I could get him to throw in a nonkeeper Schwarber Altuve or Arenado would that make a difference?
Thanks!! PS never thought I’d be looking at Eloy this way…
I have a couple options on my NL Only dynasty 12-team..
I can claim a hitter Morel— regular claim (meaning teams below me in the standings have first shot) or bid at least the $5 minimum out of my season’s $50 Free Agent $or so to improve my chances.. do we think he’s worth it, or headed back down when Nico and others get healthy.
I could also claim a pitcher- Steele, another Cub, Santillan, or Kinley (if we think he’s on the verge of barging out Bard).
The other options are less appealing- Guillorme, Suwinski, Fast Friedl?
Thoughts?
Thanks
Forget Morel…Steele seems worth owning
drop gurriel jr for wisdom, aguilar, brad miller or owen miller?
or schoooop
Wisdom
SVHDs one of duran, helsley, king or barlow worth dropping for pivetta?
Helsley
Who are the bottom two (worst first) of W. Myers, Mountcastle, L. Gurriel, C. Walker, Y. Hernandez, Grichuk, Wisdom ROS. Assuming all are healthy. Thanks!
Yonny, Lourdes
12 Team H2H 6×6 QS Daily Redraft
Your thoughts on Wood. He hasn’t gotten thru 6 all year. Is he just a streamer or a decent back end starter to hold.
Wood or Kikuchi ROS?
Thanks
Depends on matchups
So hold both?
Would you have started him at home today vs SD?
Thank you
Yup
Chapman had another meltdown today.
a. Drop Soto for Holmes?
b/ Drop Chapman for Holmes? How much time to wait?
c, In one (12-team) league, I have Chapman and three possibly three other closers). Drop Chapman for an SP (likely a good streamer).
A. Sure B. Nah C. If you must
seriously, did DET have this planned out, so in case (when) e-rod got hurt they just input another e-rod; this is the GM version of when maddon and other twits bench a good hitter for an off day and just input his replacement, no matter how awful a hitter that is, in the same lineup slot. here though, the GM probably just didn’t want to have to learn a new name, so just have another e-rod SP (on somehow the same 5 day rotation day seemingly) ready to go.
Ha, a nod to Leyland
oh yeah i forgot he was probably the MOST silly on inputting whoever no matter how awful in the same important lineup slot. it’s caught on quite a bit since though. not really a thing you want to be known for of course.
Haha
h/h p[oints 12 team redraft ……can use a OFer
was offered Arozarena for my Semien
Works for me
Is it close? – I’m planning to drop Naylor (off day tomorrow) for Margot and ill stream pitchers while waiting?
i’d really need steals bad to be dropping naylor for margot
Yes
Grey,
Happy Sunday! 6×6 league with OPS. Hold strong with Franmil or move on to either Mountcastle or Nimmo?
Also, you buying Tyler O’Neill if you can get him at a low cost?
Thanks
Mountcastle
Depends on price, but sure
GD Freddy so trash today
So annoying
Good morning bredrin I made that trade for Nola so thank you! which hunk should I use as a replacement OF until Oneal is back sinfe i traded Jrod. Margot Connor Joe or Yepez… Gallo out there also and it is OBP but man beardless Gallo is so bad! I feel so bad for him man he was a homer stud with his sexy beard and comes to the yanks loses his beard mojo feels unsexy and falls apart. No swagger bring back the beard! Maybe I will let Gallo sit on waivers and pick him up when he gets moved to a team thay allows beards
Yepez
12 team, 5×5 roto (saves only)
Would you rather own Jansen or Kimbrel?
Jansen
Should I drop Michael King for Pivetta?
Sure
Winkler or Reyes as a drop? Reyes 40% K rate is a killer.
Thanks
Franmil
Nats batting Ruiz (2) and Soto (3) today followed by Cruz and Bell. Finally!! As an owner of both, This is the way.
Have you heard anything about Luis Garcia being called up?
Not yet, but I’d jump on him right away. Rizzo is playing the “he’s the future at SS” and there’s “no need to rush him” BS. Should be soon though. I have a spot on my bench open for him once India is back, and I figure he’d get the lineup spot over Franco or Cooper depending on matchups.
I’m wondering if it’s this week
He’s cooled off over the last several games, but honestly, they need him now over Escobar.
Escobar and Gordon is like a walking banner saying “we don’t care”
You starting Gonsolin @Phi in 12 teamers (roto) if you don’t need to? SON hates it
Nah
Gorman is available in one league; my cut would be Javier Baez. Would you cut Baez fir Gorman?
Nah
Grey,
Need advice. I have 4 starters going today:
Gore @ SF
Alcantara @ ATL
Cueto (Gm 1) @ NYY
Severino (Gm 2) vs. CWS
Who do I start? I am winning 17-10 this week, and my opponent has 2 pitchers going today Singer vs Twins and Gonsolin @ PHI. A couple of pitching Cats are up in the air. Thanks as always.
Alcantara is at home vs ATL not away.
Start Sandy and Severino
sit gore?
Sure
Had two good weeks against the top two teams putting me in 3rd place in our 12 teamer. Squad below and WW options for your review. Thanks!
C- Stephenson
CI- Freeman, Eugenio, Tellez
MI- Lindor, Polanco, France
OF- play 5… Acuna, Robert, Happ, Yepez, JulRod
Util- Joe
SP- Montas, Cease, Berrios, McClanhan, L Garcia, Ober, Taillon, Streamer Spot (Marco tomorrow)
RP- Hader, E Diaz, Holmes,
1. I needed Ober and Taillon for today’s games. Are they streamers in a 12 teamer or worth holding to take a look? Yankees starters win games.
2. No bench bat but would like one. Do I use my streamer spot for one of Naylor, Kike, Pollack, Vaughn, Drury, Willi or keep the streamer spot and cut Ober or Taillon?
3. Finally, I have tried to increase my HRs and RBIs with Tellez, Eugenio but my team guys singles (Freeman!) ugh. Patience or go into trade mode?
4. Related to question #3 I was offered Tucker for Cease and Montas. Seemed a bit steep but….
1. They’re streamers 2. Naylor 3. Trade 4. I’d take Tucker, it is fair
Nice. Where are you on Bryant? If in, which of my pitchers listed above would be a fair exchange?
Sure, cam you sell Berrios? Maybe Garcia
I saw in another post someone asking about Luis Garcia of the Nats being called up this week. Have you heard anything his and is he an immediate add?
Was he called up?
Someone said the 25th
Who
Where is Itch? Lol
https://razzball.com/stash-list-volume-3-wink-if-youre-ready-or-whats-the-rush-man/
S. Marte/Riley for JoRam a fair offer? Trade analyzer thinks so.
JRam side, it’s fair
Happy Sunday Grey….I think I need to upgrade my catchers. Been using Nola and Diaz but they have both been pretty bad. I have Jansen coming off DL this week so have to drop one. Hoping Jansen regains that great stroke he had late last year and beginning of this year. Zunino,Wm Contreras(might be breaking out but playing time might be an issue), and Serven possible FAs. Two catcher league so which to would you go with? Thanks!
Zunino, Nola
Guess you missed my question. Worth picking up Cimber or just hang onto Trivino & Rainey? My other closer is Rogers.
Hope your weekend is going well ..thanks for all you do.
Lose Trivino
ok rotoworld, it’s time to lay off the whatever till your writing assignments are due for that shift
“Nolan Gorman is in the Pirates starting lineup Sunday against the Pirates.”
i mean there’s needing editing and then there’s that.
Ha
5×5 roto using QS starts. Verlander or Cease ROS? Which would you trade for Goldschmidt?
Cease — Verlander, Sure
1. Drop one of Vaughn, Yepez, Naylor, Happ
2. Drop one of Eugenio or Drury
3. Best holds sniper for today:
-Lasagna (2 games vs WSox but pitched yesterday and it seems they don’t like b-2-b games but somebody’s got to do it)
-Smith (Mets at Coors tho)
-Smith (at Royals)
– Cabrera at Pirates
1. Vaughn 2. Drury 3. Lasagna
These recommended drops of Vaughn hurt me. And despite the narrow question of dropping Franmil Reyes or Winker, seeing Reyes as a drop still has me reeling. Someone be a savior and retrieve my hand fan.
12 Team H2H 6×6 OPS QS Daily Redraft
My 3 IL slots are all of a sudden jammed up. Lowe, O’Neill, E-Rod, Megill, Meyer.
I currently roster Cease, Lauer, Framber, Morton, Sandoval, Cobb, Wood, Kikuchi, T. Anderson
My bench bats are Moncada, Renfroe, Rowdy
I need to drop two in order to add a couple of relievers with high K and ratio upside you recommended the other day.
Which two be gone?
Thanks
Meyer, Megill
What sort of final line do you think Arozorena ends up with? About where in the final OF rankings do you think he’ll be? Deciding whether to buy. Thanks!
20/17/.250…Around a top 30 OF
Hi Grey,
Would you sit or start AZ’s Merrill Kelly at the Cubs today?
Thanks!
Start
Thank you. Have a great Sunday!
You too!
I am out of DL slots; I’m willing to carry (only 1) dead roster spot. My current IL guys are Tatis (my ETA 1-Jul); Schertzer (15-Jul); and India (15-Jun). Who’s my cut?
a. Shane Baz (late-Jun)
b. Tyler O’Neil (no idea on expected ETA)
No idea what my team needs will be when they will be ready — so question is who would likely be more valuable when off IL.
O’Neill
is vidal brujan is a quad A guy. not much of a sample only 60 plate appearances in his big league career which is nothing but 250 ops lol.
im done with him in fantasy baseball for now. he’s not performing and his playing time is spotty especially with Margot coming back soon. second base is so awful wow
He doesn’t look good now, but not writing off his entire career based off 2 weeks
Would you stream Yusei Kikuchi vs Cincinnati or Steven Matz vs Pittsburgh? I don’t really need anything in particular I just see both as pretty decent/solid compared to others available
matz is @ PIT which is relevant. considering it’s @ PIT matz’s SON score is fairly lower than i’d have thought.
Kikuchi
some twit dropped whitlock in 20 teamer roto with 1250 max innings. holds/QS starts added. i have:
SP: matz, thor, b.keller, lorenzen (also recently FAAB’d by me), javier, j-mont, blackburn
RP (max 5): bender, a.diaz, rainey, sera anthony (how long till PHI figures out that alvarado/hand/familia are all a good bit worse than him, he’s still getting earlier in game holds anyway though), stephan
if not for the innings being really low i might drop a RP here but i’m already on good pace to easily make 1250 with this many starters already.
Guess over Keller if you don’t want to lose Seranothony
what side you like kopech and jrod and nola i am solid on steals
What is the trade?
i think he means he’s giving away kopech/j-rod for nola here.
Oh, sure, Nola if you don’t need SBs
yes the penguin helped to interperate the inebriated shitwolf much appreciated kind penguin! and thank you grey!
wasn’t hard, simple deduction of this statement:
“kopech and jrod and nola”
clearly it’s some 2 of them for another 1 of them. only one that makes sense being alone would be nola (i.e. i doubt anybody is trading nola + either for the last one). then the “don’t need steals” clearly indicated that you are the one moving off the lone steals source here (or at least that’s likely, either way this is probably nola being the choice though i’d think) thus you already have kopech/j-rod.
Worth picking up Cimber or just hang onto Trivino & Rainey? My other closer is Rogers.
Looking at Rockies Catcher Brian Serven, and Texas Catcher Sam Huff. Are either worth picking up and dropping Yadi?
Nope
Over Trivino
probably have better option(s) than either trivino (just drop him) or cimber (romano back)
Grey,
Would you drop Yadi Molina for Sam Huff? Not sure where he would be playing with Heim and Garver there.
Nope
How do you feel about streaming Singer at home v MIN tomorrow?
I like it
Aroldis Chapman has been shaky, and today NYY went to Holmes (4 out Save) despite Chapman hasn’t pitched in 4 days.
Is Holmes now a better Save prospect than Duran?
Yes, go Holmes
Dump Whitlock?
What’s your options? I guess
I hear ya. I didn’t have Whitlock active, but 10 hits in 3 frames vs SEA? Now I’m questioning dropping him and feeling fickle.
SON ranged -5.6 to -6.9 on it fwiw
Yeah, not great…if can’t start at home vs M’s tho, not sure who you can start him against
I believe SON has been generally positive on him, although not today. This might be the first or second outing I didn’t have him in for.
Time to fact-check myself.
I guess my realized numbers do look nicer than his overall, but that’s good, right?
21.2 IP 23K:6BB 1.25 ERA 0.83 WHIP
Those are solid numbers
Haha
Manoah wouldn’t shake the manager’s hand after 8; wanted to stay in the game.
Love him!
Oh man. THIS close to a QS out of Marquez in Coors. Should have started Steele instead tho.
Yeah
Trade offer on the table
My-Webb and Edman
His-L. Robert and Rasmussen
Would you make the trade?
Thanks
Luis side
Good Afternoon Grey,
10 TM, NL-Only H2H 5×5 (OBP)
My current roster is below.
CA Ruiz
1B Walker
2B Edman
3B Franco
SS Cronenworth
INF Yepez
OF Acuña
OF Soto
OF O’Neil
OF A. Thomas
UT Cooper
IL India
SP Webb, Alcantara, Stroman, Lauer, Gray, Cobb, Mahle, Liberatore, Junis
RP Tay Rogers, Rainey, Alexis Diaz
I am playing down 1 roster spot with O’Neil just going to IL. Would you go with Kim right now or stash Roansy? The drop would be Diaz.
If you could add to my roster for ROS (starting June 1), who would want out of the following?
A) Hitters (pick 2): Garcia, Hoerner, Kim, Cooper, Franco, and Chavis
B) Pitchers (pick 2): Liberatore, Roansy, Junis, Quintana, and Suarez
Thanks!
Kim
A) Avisail, Cooper B) Liberatore, Ranger
Thanks for the quick response. I messed up though with giving only last names. It was Luis Garcia in the group of Hitters, and Robert Suarez. Avisail and Ranger are on other squads, or they woulda been added onto my team long ago.
A) Cooper, Kim B) Liberatore, Junis
Great! Thank you!
No problem
Sosa in the lineup today; both Gorman and Donovan sit.
I saw, that stinks!
Well, Pujols is always going to DH against a LHP, so that takes 1 slot.
Yeah, true
gorman likely ain’t playing vs any lefties, donovan appears similar but with him it might just be an off day anyway
Yeah
good news here is with o’neill out (i bet that “shoulder issue” doesn’t take long at least if he’s hitting in triple) yepez (who already wasn’t getting off days)’ll get even less off days. you see MIN pull the old LAD (but not even trying to do it a bit earlier so it doesn’t look exactly like that’s what they are doing) fake DL stint on winder being IR’d the same second they bring ober off IR.
Worth adding Rutschman and shift Varsho to OF? I would be dropping Yepez, Yaz, or Nimmo. Need HR, RBI, Avg.
Sure Yaz
Rank these hitters (6×6 OPS)
Belt
Tellez
C. Walker
Naylor
Tellez, Walker
Josh naylor or ketel marte . 16 man dynasty. Thanks!
Naylor
Hey Grey…Good stuff as always. I hate to do a “here’s my team” post but this one is complicated, so here goes…12/5×5/H2H/daily lineups
INF: K Ruiz, Jo-Ram, France, Donaldson, Lindor, Polanco
OF: Lu-Rob, Ward, Renfroe, Teoscar
INF/OF: Bell, Schwarber, Naylor(IL)
SP: Wheeler, Montas, Montgomery, Eovaldi, Ed-Rod, Kopech, Gonsolin, Whitlock, Cobb, Ober(IL)
RP: Iglesias, Duran
I’m already in roster violation so I can’t trade. I can hold out like this for the time being and just lose any production from Naylor and Ober while waiting for the next couple guys to be sent to IL and that’s Plan A.
But sooner or later I may need to get right by dropping up to 2 players, so I’m curious who you think are the two most expendable here, in order, if it comes to that?
Thanks, man!
Thanks! Ober, Naylor
Which side – Ohtani & S. Marte or Acuna?
Ohtani
1. What about Ohtani / Marte or Acuna / Jazz?
2. Fair for both sides?
1. Jazz
2. Fair
Choose one
Dany Jimenez
Joe Barlow
Dany
I asked a couple weeks ago but wondering if answer has changed. I didn’t need to make my decision then but I do now. I have Reynolds (27 yrs old) and Bassitt (33) contracts expiring. I can extend one for 2 years, the other walks. Who to extend?
Bassitt walks
Choose one
Votto
Belt
Seth Brown
Vogelbach
Chavis
Miranda
Tork
Belt
With Adley’s promotion, is it still MJ over him?
Also, how much FAAB out of 100$ for Adley? Yesterday you told me 3$ for MJ
Adley, $5
In what order do you like these C in a 5×5 roto redraft:
Jansen or MJ
MJ
Here’s another trade I’m exploring… Give Marte/ C. Walker and get Goldschmidt. Which side?
Goldy
The other day you advised Strider, King, Helsley in that order for K and ratio upside. Do any of the following crack the top 3?
Minter, Ashby, Ottovino.
Thanks
Ashby over Helsley
1. Adley Rutschman called up, my current catcher is Keiburt Ruiz, should rutschman take over as my primary catcher or just be a speculative add.
2. Mathew Liberatore debut Saturday against the pirates, I don’t know much about him, would you say he’s better than George Kirby? I was big on kirby but his 5 earned runs his last outing (several leaving the yard) was a turn off
1. Yes 2. Not better but better vs the Pirates
Last two week’s sells have hit close to home. Would you trade Kopech and Marte for Goldschmidt?
I would
I have Sanchez and Kirk as my two C in 2C league. Melendez is on the wire, should I drop one of my C for him? I have Ohtani and Yulli G in my Util spots.
Sanchez
12 my AL Only 2 catchers dynasty
Who do I drop for Rutschman. Higashipka or Raleigh?
Higashioka
Is it the positive run of Eric Hosmer over now? Droppable in a 12 team league or hold?
Meh
Teoscar Hernandez, idk how much longer i can handle the abuse. cant imagine anyone wanting him in a trade. ugh. rage cut incoming.
Ha
You told me the other day to improve my infield by trading Buehler. Buehler/Realmuto for Pete Alonso/merrifield. I’ve been trying to unload realmuto for a while. I got him after ‘19 and think he’s a product of the juiced ball. At least enough where I don’t have patience for him. What’cha think?
That sounds decent to me
Keeper pts Saves/Holds/Hits/Ks/BBs/HRs holding $3 Bender or drop to try $3 Robert Suarez?
Hold
AL Only 5×5 Roto redraft 8 team
Drop Stassi for MJ Melendez?
Thanks!
Yup
or Rutschman over MJ
Yup
How much FAAB out of 100$ would you use for MJ? Counting stats are R, RBI, HR, SB, BB, XBH. I still have 70$
$3
10 team H2H points league
Put these guys in order best to worst:
Trevor Rogers
Stroman
Sonny Gray
Thanks
Rogers, Gray
Hi Grey,
10 tm h2h weekly pts
1) Are you leaning towards Teoscar turning things around or not?
2)Would you drop him for either Happ or Santander or both?
Big THANKS!!
2) or Renfroe
1. I hope so 2. Hold
Would you trade machado and Nelson Cruz for devers in an obp dynasty league?
Devers side it’s fair
If JMontgomery doesn’t win a game this season, was he still worth rostering?
Ha
Prayer hex for Skubal.
Yeah seriously
Effing Morton. One step forward and two steps back with this guy.
Ugh, yup
I’d want Soto for wheeler and a throw in relief pitcher
I’d take Soto
Now he’s asking Walsh + Wheeler for Soto.
I’m thinking I might be better off taking Springer for Wheeler straight up.
Maybe the Soto price is worth it. I’m so torn.
Sounds fine
I’d want Soto
He ended up declining Wheeler and Walsh for Soto. I must have made him flinch by meeting his ask this time. He’s back to wanting Teoscar and Wheeler.
I might just re-offer Wheeler for Springer, which he claims he’ll do.
Oh well
Since I asked about some roster tweaks I thought I’d share what I ended up doing. I had room for more relievers with the cuts so I ended up adding two to try to gain in Holds (although I did drop Wick, see: Robertson’s return).
Ten-team 6×6 Roto league with OPS, Holds, and QS rather than Wins.
Add | Drop
Gorman | Bradley
Gonsolin | Mancini
Poche | Hayes
B. Burke (from this very BSH) | Wick
Burke’s numbers look pretty nice. Could be Texas’s version of a 2021 Kopech or Whitlock-type, being a multi-inning guy with a high K/9 and good ratios. I’m in!
On a separate note, an owner that previously declined my Wheeler for his Springer has changed his tune and wants to do it now. But now I don’t want to. Funny! Not funny haha, but strange.
1) Actual question! You think I should reconsider moving Wheeler for Springer? Counter for Soto rather than Springer? I’m honestly not sure I should do it for either. He did previously offer me Soto, but he wanted way too much in my mind (Wheeler and Teoscar). He might accept Soto for Wheeler now.
Here’s my current roster. (Remember the Holds aspect; I’m listing them in the 12 P slots.)
Pos Player Team Eligible
C Keibert Ruiz WSH C
1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B
2B Jorge Polanco MIN 2B,SS
3B Rafael Devers BOS 3B
SS Jeremy Pena HOU SS
CI Andrew Vaughn CHW 1B,LF,RF,OF
MI Jorge Mateo BAL 2B,SS,CF,OF
LF Taylor Ward LAA LF,CF,RF,OF
CF Brandon Nimmo NYM LF,CF,OF
RF Teoscar Hernandez TOR LF,RF,OF
OF Jared Walsh LAA 1B,RF,OF
OF Franmil Reyes CLE RF,OF
UT Nolan Gorman STL 2B,3B
UT Harrison Bader STL CF,OF
Bench Josh Naylor CLE 1B,RF,OF
Bench Cesar Hernandez WSH 2B
IL Eloy Jimenez CHW LF,OF
Pos Player Team
P1 Brock Burke TEX
P2 Jhoan Duran MIN
P3 Kendall Graveman CHW
P4 Liam Hendriks CHW
P5 Raisel Iglesias LAA
P6 Corey Knebel PHI
P7 Jorge Lopez BAL
P8 Colin Poche TB
P9 Paul Sewald SEA
P10 Ryan Tepera LAA
P11
P12
SP Joe Musgrove SD
SP Shane McClanahan TB
SP Zack Wheeler PHI
SP Jordan Montgomery NYY
SP Tony Gonsolin LAD
SP Garrett Whitlock BOS
IL Tylor Megill NYM
I expect to play Naylor when he’s back. I feel like I’m okay at the OF & Util slots. Plus, this is the weekend Franmil or Teoscar turn it around.
Kinda hopeful that Whitlock proves worth owning regardless, but I’m really hoping he gets shifted to closer in Boston.
Oh – additional little note: We have awhile before he might make the top 500, but I need to brag that my 8-year old son is playing baseball and looking pretty good out there in his 3rd year. He seems to be the best fielder on the team, as well as one of their top hitters. Good times.
Have a good weekend, Grey!
Looks like you could use Springer more than Wheeler, and it’s fair…I could see doing it — that’s awesome on your son! Great to hear! We need new blood!
The next Mike Trout!
If he ages like his dad, we might end up with a John Kruk ceiling. haha
Hahaha
Hey Grey!
Dropped Gorman last week in a 14 team redraft how could I resist JOC?? I should have done the Costanza
looking at potentially adding Mahle. Would you lose Kirby or Kikuch to pick him up?
What the heck is going on with Olson? Will he heat up or is he actually getting dead balled?? More pop in dylan moores bat for cryin out loud
Sorry one more: need closers and considering buying high on Ward. Owner needs sps. Would Gilbert and ozuna be too much for Ward and Diaz? Not enough? I could also swap out ozuna for Pham
I’d take Ward and Diaz, forget too much, I don’t think that’s enough
Haha…Kirby for Mahle…Olson’s killing me so bad…Dylan Moore can homer, why can’t Olson?!