According to Elias Sports Bureau, Nick Kingham retired the most batters to start a game since 1961 in a debut. Elias Sports Bureau also said, “There were sixteen cracks in the 5th floor’s tile closest to the bathroom, which is a new record for cracks in a tile.” Yo, Elias Sports Bureau might have OCD. On our top 100 starts of 2018 chart, Kingham registered in the top 10. According to Baseball-Reference, he’s the first pitcher to debut with 7+ IP and not have a baserunner reach scoring position. According to Kent Tekulve, Kingham was the first pitcher in a 1979 Pirates uniform not high on cocaine since Tekulve. In all, a terrific debut for Kingham — 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, zero walks, 9 Ks. Originally, the Pirates planned on a one-and-done, hit-and-run, wham-bam-thank-you, young-man start for Kingham and see him get sent right back down, but they rightfully are having him travel with the team, and appear to be keeping him up. His Triple-A numbers (10.7 K/9, 2.8 BB/9, 1.59 ERA) say this is the right move. I’d hold off for now in mixed leagues, but you should cyclops him with a monocle. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Trevor Williams – 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 2.29. Have other sites began to tell you to look at Williams yet? Cause, ya know, I told you in January. Cust kayin’.
Jack Flaherty – 5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners (4 BBs), 2 Ks, ERA at 3.60. That looks like a Gerrit Cole line for every year I owned him, which is every year but this one. Flaherty gets the Cubs next if he’s not skipped or sent to the minors, which is to say I’m not sure if I’m holding onto him.
Byron Buxton – Suffered a hairline fracture of his big toe. Someone is insecure! Who worries about their hairline on their toe? Weir-toes! That’s who! A segment of the population that worries if their toes are properly covered by hair–*intern whispers in ear* I misread the news. He fractured his toe, this isn’t good.
Fernando Rodney – 1 IP, 0 ER, as he shut the door for his third save on Saturday. Rodney has the predictability of feral cat.
Jose Berrios – 3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.63 vs. Tyler Mahle – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.32. Speaking of unpredictable (I was, just before, in the Rodney blurb), starting Berrios and Mahle feels like flipping a coin and it lands on its side, and then you have Big John Studd and Andre The Giant blowing on both sides of the coin, and rather than the coin falling over, it just spins endlessly.
Adam Duvall – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and a slam (4) and legs (2), hitting .177. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Duvall registered the 2nd worst possible slam and legs. The worst is a 37-way tie with everything on the Denny’s menu.
Jose Quintana – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 5.74. You mean he wasn’t a 7+ ERA pitcher? Surprise, surprise. Now sprinkle some of that ‘common sense pixie dust’ on Sonny Gray.
Tyler Chatwood – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.83. I’m not saying there was no offense in the NL yesterday, but I’m saying exactly that.
Junior Guerra – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 0.82. War! What is it good for?! Obviously something, Guerra’s pitching damn well, for one. Stream-o-Nator doesn’t like his next start, but I’d prolly give it a whirl in the right circumstances.
David Price – 5 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.78. This game came against the Rays, and I don’t know what that means. I know the Rays were supposed to be bad, but their hitting’s been better than it should be. Though, they’re still pretty flat in power. Then again, their record. S’confused.
Dustin Pedroia – Playing in extended spring training. Seems about a month away from returning with his special brand of heightened intensity without height.
Rick Porcello – 7 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.23, WHIP at 0.84. It’s a weird thing for me to root for Porcello, but a Porcello root I am. Which means I’m renting a ground floor condo in a Smurf-owned building.
Denard Span – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in two games. Mean’s while, his twin Ben Revere high-fived a vending machine, when Mike Trout woke him from a dream. C’mon, man, never wake a sleep walker!
Mallex Smith – 2-for-4, 1 RBI, hitting .342. He’s top five in the majors for batting average, but, I mean, why do you need that? Mallex can also steal bases, but ptooey on that too, right?
Wilson Ramos – Out with leg tightness. He needs to be inoculated with Rest Less Legs Syndrome.
Ryon Healy – 3-for-4, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and his 2nd and three homers this weekend. No lie, I spent about ten minutes trying to figure out how to get Healy on my fantasy team and off of waivers. Sadly, I wasn’t able to do it. To give you an idea of Healy, he’s basically Haniger (3-for-5, 3 runs, 10th homer). Two white boys in Seattle who are a Dave Grohl away from a rock band. They both have 25+ homer power and not much else; Haniger has a hair bit of speed, which is not to say runs like a hare.
Darren O’Day – 1 IP, 0 ER, and his 2nd save. I’m pretty sure O’Day is the closer and Buck Showalter just did a low key closer change. Like, “Brad Brach is our closer,” brings him into a game in the sixth inning, watches as he gives up some runs, talks on the phone with Britton to see his latest update, and calls on O’Day to save the game. “Yup, Brach has 100% confidence.”
Pedro Alvarez – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 5th and 6th homer, and four homers in the last three games, and no matter what I say you’ll never pick him up, so moving on.
Devon Travis – Optioned to Triple-A. Picking him up and driving him to the airport was a Lyft driven by Brett Lawrie.
Josh Donaldson – Could return next weekend. The Jays say he’s throwing much better, which is why he’s rehabbing in High-A as a DH.
Kevin Pillar – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 4th homer, hitting .310. *looks at my 4th and 5th outfielder in all my leagues* Yup, should’ve just went with Pillar all year. *builds elaborate toy train set with Bobby Bacala, lays head on train tracks, train runs into head*
Teoscar Hernandez – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 4th homer, hitting .316. Also, in this game, Yangervis Solarte (2-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 7th homer. Good first move to option Travis, now the Jays need to trade Donaldson for whatever they can get and bench or release Grichuk. You’re almost there, Gibbons, just stop scratching your butt!
J.A. Happ – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.50. Not saying Happ is becoming Charlie Morton, but I will now say that in many more words. His velocity is up at 35 years old, his K/9 is 12.5 (!), his walk rate is 1.8 (!), his ground balls are ~50%, and he’s actually been unlucky to have only a 3.50 ERA.
Nick Pivetta – 5 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.27 vs. Mike Foltynewicz – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.53. As mentioned previously about five dozen times, I own both of these guys in multiple leagues, which is why I’d like to say CAN THEY STOP PLAYING EACH OTHER?! This is the third time in three weeks these two pitchers have faced each other. An unbalanced schedule is one thing, a two-team H2H league is another.
Vince Velasquez – 4 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 5.70. This guy is such a velocitease. Hey, Velasquez, go to a carnival and win a plushie, and get off my teams!
Ronald Acuna – 2-for-3, 1 RBI, and his 1st steal, as he hit 2nd with Ender Inciarte (3-for-4, 2 runs, and his 13th steal) moving to the nine hole. Well, his name isn’t Leadoffer Inciarte. I love you, Ender, but ACUÑA! is the greatest of all-time. By the way, 13 steals from Ender is like when you have a 2nd kid and the first kid starts tap dancing on top of a medicine ball while singing your favorite show tunes just to get your attention. “That’s nice, Ender, now I wanna go watch Acuña burp.”
Ozzie Albies – 2-for-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs and a slam (9) and legs (3), hitting .293. Meh, just a 50+ homer pace. Like a pimp command, ho-hum.
Wil Myers – Hit the DL with a strained left oblique, which is a real shame–Franchy! Get. Franchy. Now. Yes, I brought out the douchey one word sentences for emphasis. The Revolution will not be televised, except for the Franch Revolution. Also, we all win $5 imaginary dollars for each person who comments, “Surprised you didn’t mention Franchy. Dude, shame on you.”
Joey Lucchesi – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.78. Joey Lucchesi of the Mozzarella di Lucchesis has been about as good as it comes in Petco, and guess where he pitches next. I’ll give you a hint, it rhymes with Gecko.
Jason Vargas – 3 2/3 IP, 9 ER, in his debut with the Mets. After the game Mickey Callaway said, “We’re not sure what we’re doing with Matz–Wait, did you ask about Wheeler? We don’t know what we’re dong with–Oh, my bad, Harvey? We’re not sure what we’re doing–Oh! Vargas? Yeah, no idea with him either.”
Yoenis Cespedes – Says he will miss three days due to a sore left thumb. This could open up playing time for Brandon Nimmo (2-for-4, 1 run, 1 RBI), then again the Mets were supposed to have moved Jay Bruce (2-for-4, 2 runs, 2nd steal) and Adrian Gonzalez (3-for-6, 5 RBIs, 3rd homer) to the bench days ago, but they’ve recreated the 2011 All-Star Game lineup minus Hunter Pence. “Hey, I resemble that remark!” exclaimed Todd Frazier (2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs, 4th homer).
Cheslor Cuthbert – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer. Fun fact! When Cuthbert curses, an animated string of *!(@$!?& comes out of his mouth.
Gerrit Cole – 6 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 1.73. Fun fact! When Cole pitches like this, an animated string of *!(@$!?& comes out of my mouth. Why didn’t you pitch like this for the five years I owned you?! What, are you playing possum with me? You f***ing raccoon! A Fackoon! DAH!!!
Chad Pinder – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, hitting .317, and his 2nd homer in three games. Hot schmotato alert!
Wei-Yin Chen – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks in his season debut. Can’t see grabbing him in a 12-team or shallower league outside of matchups, but I could see him in deeper leagues. And that’s me weighing in on Wei-Yin.
Kyle Barraclough – 1 IP, 0 ER and the save on Saturday, but Brad Ziegler was just “not 100%,” according to Mattingly (yeah, no kidding), and Ziegler got the save on Sunday (1 IP, 0 ER). Barraclough should be the closer, but he won’t be until Ziegler is injured or traded. By the by, Barraclough always makes me think of Balaclava Man from Line of Duty on Hulu. If you haven’t watched this show, it’s awesome and you should.
Caleb Smith – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.40. One of the top Stream-o-Nator picks from yesterday, and one of the top pitchers on the Prospect-o-Nator, which lists every rookie pitcher’s projections if they were to get the innings. (The Prospect-o-Nator for hitters does the same.)
Lance McCullers – 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 baserunners (zero walks), 7 Ks, ERA at 3.71. On Saturday, McCullers threw 100 curveballs and only two of them missed. Kidding. But maybe not.
Masahiro Tanaka – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.37. Maybe the trade I made of Boxberger for Tanaka and Semien wasn’t as bad I originally thought, and I wasn’t Jokey Smurf’d.
Garrett Richards – 1 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.88. Damn, injured already? Well, that was a good 25+ IP you got from him! Kidding, I don’t know if he’s injured yet, which is me saying, “Of course, he’s likely injured, but the Angels haven’t announced anything.”
Michael Taylor – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer, hitting .211. I have no factual proof of this, but I think Taylor homers or steals every game, while never getting more than one hit per week.
Gio Gonzalez – 7 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.67, WHIP at 1.43. Other pitchers might want to take note of Gio’s pregame ritual to ward off the Regression Fairies — heavy aftershave and garlic knots.
Patrick Corbin – 6 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.25. This start was in Washington, which is a tough matchup, and, if this is ‘bad’ Corbin, I’ll take that every day and twice on Muesday, the magical day between Monday and Tuesday.
Robbie Ray – Headed to the DL with a strained oblique. He threw 21 pitches yesterday, and looked the best I’d seen him all year, so, of course, he got hurt. FMFFBL!
Yasiel Puig – Hit the DL with a left hip pointer. Odd, I thought that was a dog.
Alex Verdugo – Called up to replace Puig, but, really, no one can replace Puig. If I were trying to replace him, I’d get one of those hand wavey things from a car window and glue it upside down from my bottom lip. In Prospector Ralph’s top 100 fantasy baseball prospects, he said, “There’s just some players that the best way to describe their skillset is “they’re just good at baseball”. I know, deep analysis, but really there’s few players that bring a better understanding of hitting, running, and defense. He looks like a future batting title contender as currently constituted, but could tap into more of his raw power as he matures. A part of the Dodgers future top of the order with Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager, is what dreams are made of, and valuable counting stats. His splits are identical vs. righties and lefties, leading to no platoon questions.” And with that said, Verdugo will likely platoon with Joc.
Rich Hill – Scratched from his Monday start. Maybe he has ongoing finger problems because of the excessive number of times he’s scratched. Emoji with hand on chin while looking at another emoji scratch its head. Brock Stewart will fill in for him now, and I wouldn’t touch him outside of NL-Only leagues.
Alex Wood – 6 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.11, WHIP at 0.89. That WHIP tho, that makes me think he’s been a tad unlucky. Put on your tool belts in a non-male stripper way, we’re about to drill down, also in a non-male stripper way. His K/9 is way off, his walks are minuscule (0.8 BB/9), his xFIP is 3.15 and his velocity is way down. His fastball is so slow, he’s also stopped throwing it, reducing his usage from 50+% to 39%. Hitters are making more contact with pitches thrown, and hitting the ball much harder. His LOB% is saying he’s been unlucky, but I don’t think this is a buying opportunity.
Evan Longoria – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer. Playing with a new sense of purpose! Or maybe that’s biosonar of a porpoise to ward off the San Francisco walruses. “You’re a sea creature with a mustache? Daddy?” That’s me at Pier 39 in San Fran.
Chris Stratton – 1 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 3.90. When the Regression Fairies come, they come carrying an apple strudel, a Taylor Swift CD and fire and brimstone.
Joe Panik – Hit the DL with a sprained thumb, and needs surgery. He looked like a new hitter the first ten days of the season, then he looked like his old self for another ten days, and we were wondering if he was the first Panik or the 2nd Panik, but turns out we have no idea because he was injured. Talk about mixed signals on Panik. Like when someone exclaims, “That hurts!” Then waits a beat and says, “So good!” Then waits a beat and says, “By John Mellencamp.”
when does Joey bats get called up by the Braves and what kind of impact do you think you will have this year
@Marti: He bats around 56/.238/14/47/1/.321 too many strike outs and a ton of errors.
@Marti: Platoon for a couple months then DFA. Ya heard it here first
@Marti: Maybe next week… Agree with others
Can you please rank ROS? HTH points keeper league:
Conforto
M Canha
Y Gurriel
M Sano
@Nitro: Conforto, Guri, Sano, Canha
@Nitro: Agree with b
Hello from Sydney! Ozzie Albies or Trea Turner rest of season and rest of career? Currently have Ozzie and Javy Baez at 2b and SS. We keep five for however long regardless of pick. Another guy has offered me Trea Turner for Albies plus (the plus will probably be Conforto and some fluff). I’m sorely tempted, but maybe Albies is already almost as good and as good moving forward? Thoughts?
@Not the real Hubie Brooks: hello, also from Sydney! I don’t think there are too many fantasy baseballers around here?
@Chuzwozza: Sweet! Which part of town are you in? Transplanted American on the northern beaches here.
@Not the real Hubie Brooks
Canberra checking in.
@Chris: ¡??pun u?op ??n? s? ll?qzz??
Don’t know what happened there. Hope you’re staying warm in the ACT!
@Not the real Hubie Brooks: I’m a bit closer to you in North Sydney.
@Not the real Hubie Brooks: Treat Urner.
@Not the real Hubie Brooks: Awesome! I wanna go to Sydney! Trea side
LOL re: Balaclava Man. Every time Steve, the runty little cop in Line of Duty, starts getting savagely beaten (I.e., about twice per episode) I start shrieking “SHTEEEEEEVE” and laughing hysterically. My wife does not particularly appreciate this.
@Bartolo Fink: Haha, it’s the best!
Drop Billy Hamilton for Brandon Belt, Yonder Alonso or Michael Taylor?
Wilson Ramos or Yasmani Grandal?
Thank you!
@H: Apples/oranges on Hamilton… What do you need? Guess can go Taylor — Grandal
I dropped Castillo. Will I regret this? Replaced him with Mikolas. I feel kinda dirty, a little stupid, but how much awful, unproductive baseball should I take? I suppose Verlander’s GMs said something similar in early July last year. Clumsy fools.
@phil: Castillo should be sent down, hes a very easy cut and absolutely you want Miles over Luis.
@phil: I will dance on Luis Castillo’s grave
@phil: Haha, I hear ya, I’d do the same at this point
Hey Grey – great writeup as usual man! I found this site a few years ago & keep coming back. Only comment sporadically but want to make sure I say thank you for your work!
While I’m here – what do you think of Alex Wood & Just Dongs for J Lester & Arenado? Cheers!
@Chuzwozza: take Torenado and run
@Chuzwozza: Thanks! Arenado side
@Grey: Cheers man!
No problem!
Hey Grey, needing OBP stats and Mallex “Plus” Smith available. Drop Ian Desmond, or Eddie Rosario for him?
@Prog_Nation: Meh, hold
12 team head to head points league, weekly lock, no negative points for strikeouts.
Drop Torres to pick up Kingery?
@TheConsigliere: Sure
Grey, love your stuff always. Wondering, do you prefer Peraza or Semien ROS in 5×5?
@Jimmy Jack: Peraza
So, this Caleb Smith fellow. Have streamed him twice and he’s been terrific both times. Is there anything to see here?
I’m assuming you’d still prefer Castillo ahead of him for now? (Castillo is who I’d likely need to drop to make room for him)
@Stephen Lyon: I’d drop Castillo… I’d look at matchups for Caleb, wouldn’t start him every time out
Any good guesstimate about Jung Ho Kang’s on the field return? End of May?
Caleb Smith really had ONE awful start against the Yanks and otherwise been fine. The walks are worrisome.
Would you trade Mazara for Joey Gallo in a h2h 5×5 keeper league?
@Mark: Jung ho Kang is 31 and hasn’t played baseball in over a year. He’s probably been boozing pretty hard too. You really want him that bad?
@Mark: Was Kang worth talking about when he was playing?
Caleb is a streamer.
I’d want Gallo.
@Mark: Agree with others
12 team head to head points league, weekly lock, no negative points for strikeouts.
Also, who is the better bench bat – Mac Williamson, Willie Calhoun, David Dahl, Franchy Cordero, Candelario.
@TheConsigliere: Franchy
Loved the write up. “When Fackoons come on my front porch…mama just sweeps them away with a broom.”
What to do about the Odor I have? I have Odor at $20 and on a 3-year contract. Salary cap is $275. I currently have no place for him once he comes off the DL…(Baez, Moncado, Machado, Semien, and Schoop are all my current MI). I was offered a 2nd round pick for Odor…his contract would travel with him. Make the trade or hold? Thanks.
@The Skrimmer: Haha I’d take the trade, you don’t need Odor
Hey Grey,
Great write up as always. How do you rank Tyler Skaggs, Caleb smith and junior Guerra? Do you like any of them, or multiple of them, over Tyson Ross or Luis Castillo? Thanks!
@Sandman: Skaggs, Caleb, Castillo, all kinda streamers
GOOD MORNING
Bad news: I may be in for a lost season thanks to a (so far) toxic combination of Ozuna, Puig, Quintana, and Paxton.
Good news: I just picked up FRANCHY from waivers.
Question: Would you trade Brandon Morrow and Joey Lucchesi for Dallas Keuchel and Walker Buehler? It’s a Wins and QS league.
GRAZIE
@Baron Von Vulturewins: Your toxic players will come around! Franchy can save your soul… I’d take Keuchel
got trade offer Pham for my Manaea. thoughts?
@Peacecoast: Pham side
@Grey: so I had not actually finished Gomorrah S2, last episode I saw last night. Was not disappointed. Damn!
@peacecoast: Damn! DAMN!
@Grey: S3 as good?
Can I bore you with stats for a second as a ‘pert? Lucroy has seemingly good underlying numbers as in ~ 35% FB and 40% HCT. Just 0 HR so far. I feel like these metrics should lead to decent HR numbers (for a catcher). They are similar to his 2016 year. What do you think?
Meanwhile Cervelli says he has a different batting stance and is pulling crazy numbers out of his ass 50% FB and 12.5% HR/FB and only 36% HCT. How do you parse these kinds of numbers?
S3 is amazing! You’re parsing catcher numbers — bleh — Lucroy hasn’t been good in what? 2 years? If he’s available in my 15 team league, I wouldn’t pick him up… Cervelli is just a schmotato, don’t trust him either, but at least he’s hitting…
Guys are dumping starting pitchers…. worth picking up any of Duffy, Pomeranz, or Stroman to see if they can turn things around? If so, can you rank?
Thanks Grey!
@Mb: Pom, Duffy
Hey Grey,
For a utility position, do you like franchy over any of my guys, or hold?
My guys: andujar, Teoscar, peraza
Thanks!
@Sandman: Him or Teoscar is coin flip
Great write up!
Okay-I will start positive-I have Acuna Mutata which means no worries for the rest of your days!
Big BUT-my pitching staff includes: Luke Weaver, Luis Castillo, Nick Pivetta, Drew Pomeranz.
I lose almost every (not K) pitching category each week.
Should I drop any of these guys for Ottavino and/or Foltynewicz? Or hold and reap the wild wind when they all get hot?
Thanks!
@Hapcat13: Forgot to include that Vince Velasquez is on my team too.
@Hapcat13: Weaver for Folty
@Hapcat13: VV for Ottavino
Thanks a lot for referencing Big John Studd…it took me on a tangent that lead to 45 minutes of reading about the tallest wrestlers in history. Good times.
Anywho, I’m looking to shake things up in my 10 team h2h OBP league with limited moves ($100 budget for moves with increasing pricing).
My current starting staff: Nola, Cmart, Godley, Price, Manaea, Snell, Fulmer, Castillo, Bettis (streamer)
1) time to drop Castillo in a 10 team format?
2) Assuming the answer is yes, I’m looking to add two starters of a non-streamer variety, on an interim trial basis (4+ starts or so) with streaming not really an option.
Which 2 starters do you like best of this bunch:
Mikolas: CHC, @SD, @MIN, KC
Pivetta: @WAS, @SF, @BAL, @STL
Skaggs: @SEA, MIN, HOU, @TOR
T Ross: @SF, WAS, STL, @PIT
Newcomb: @NYM, SF, @MIA, CHC
Wheeler: COL, @PHI, ARI, MIA
Gibson: TOR, @CHW, @LAA, MIL
3) My h2h opponent has 2+ more starts scheduled than I do, which might lead me to prefer a 2 start pitcher above. Between Gibson and Newcomb, both 2 start pitchers, would you prefer either or both over the best 2 options available?
Thanks!
@bossmanjunior333: That sounds like an awesome tangent! 1. Yeah 2. Those Ross matchups don’t look awful… I’d prolly go Mikolas tho
How far in the circle of trust is Morton? Enough to start vs the Yankees today? Asking for a friend…
Corbin has been amazing, thanks for the sleeper post… bit now when someone offers YOU Acuna straight up for him you pull the trigger right? Even in redraft?
@Acuna Matata: Morton is a start https://razzball.com/streamers/
I’d take Acuna
Are we giving up on Ianetta yet? He has been awful the last couple weeks. No way he is that bad so plan on hanging on to him for now. It’s either him or James McCann at this point.
@Mickey Maloney: I’m holding Iannetta
@Grey: thanks!
No problem
Weird that when I checked Ray’s game for the first time and saw 3-0 Wash with bases loaded in the 2nd that I was relieved Ray was pulled before all that and had a nice 1.1 IP pre-oblique?
Seems like one of those DL stints where he’ll be able to work on his mechanics etc and hopefully return better than he was preinjury so far—-I hope!
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Yeah, I was thinking it might be a good thing for him, too. Obliques are tricky though–Schoop will probably have missed a month by the time he comes back. Maybe Ray’s isn’t as strained…
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: He looked pretty good before he was pulled unfortch
@Grey: Yea he was 2017 Ray before that.
Yup
Drop any of these guys for Pivetta in a 16-team 5×5 league?
Tanaka, Alex Wood, Rich Hill, Chase Anderson
@phennore: Meh
Williams or Kingham?
@Jason: Williams.
@Jason:
Pick 2, luccessi, kingham, and williams
@Jason: Williams, Lucchesi
Franchy over conforto or Mancini?
@Phil:
FRANCHY!!
@Phil: Nah
12 team 6×6 with OPS and K/BB ratio as extras
Giancarlo Stanton’s owner wants Schwarber, Trevor Bauer and Miles Mikolas. I’m leaning towards accepting this trade. Any reason why I shouldn’t take this??
@Reavill: Giancarlo side
Great stuff Grey! Thank you…
16 team H2H weekly points league…
Who should I start?
Util spot
Max Kepler 3 games VS TOR and 4 @ CHW or
Daniel Robertson 3 games @ DET and 3 games VS TOR.
Thanks again!
@RicoSuave: Kepler
you prefer chirinos or cervelli?
@Willy Mo: Chirinos
@Grey:
Beef or Chirinos?
Chirinos
@Grey: no chance you eat pork!
@Grey: ty
Morning Grey, I need your advice. I am in a salary cap points league. We get 15 moves from April through August. I have made one move thus far. Would you make one, both of these moves, or stand pat:
Drop Kingery for Teoscar.
Drop Rich Hill for J. A. Happ
Thanks!
@Eric: I’d save my moves
Starting Taillon in Washington? i know what son has him ranked but wondering if you like it.
@Someone pissed in my alphabet soup: No way
Do you think Wacha or Jon Gray end up with two starts this week? Their teams have an off day on Thursday and I’m trying to figure out if they will not use a 5th starter.
@Jason Morgan: No idea
Grey!!!
Great write-up.
a. Added Kingham, then dropped him to pick up Daniel Robertson. Dumb-dumb move, I know.
b. On a brighter note, added Yuli off waivers. Hope he can turn it around.
c. Mark Twain quote for April 30
Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: A. Sounds ok B. Nice! C. Awesome!
@Grey: Grey!!
1. In my RCL was offered Shohei for my Acuna. Did the analysis on grade the trade using Rudy’s app. Acuna side by 14.00$!!! That is, no way Jose on the trade. Do you agree?
2. In my H2H league I offered my Mikolas and Ryu for his Stanton. He won’t go for it, almost positive. I did mention how each pitcher has recorded 100 fantasy points and Stanton has recorded just 78. Maybe he falls for it.
Cheers,
Ante
1. Agree, not close 2. Get Stanton!
@Grey: Grey!
1. Thanks, just rejected. Although in our RCL Shohei can pitch and hit.
2. 200 FFP >> 78 FFP, ergo Mikolas+Ryu>>Stanton, right? That’s the logic I used.
Cheers,
Ante
1. Yeah, but still 2. Haha
Pick a side:
Votto
JD Martinez
Archie Bradley
Or
Goldschmidt
Springer
Pivetta
@kilkennybrian: Goldy
12 Team mixed. Ops, deep at OF and shallow at MI
Trade Stanton and Wood, get Rizzo (2nd elg) and McCullers? Thoughts?
@kilkennybrian: Nah
What’s the best stat to look at for defensive prowess? If it’s for example, fielding %, what’s a solid defensive percentage? Thanks!
@Silly President: fielding pct would tell you if a guy is good at avoiding errors, not if he is good at defense (can’t make an error on a ball you can’t get to). I would just to BRef or Fangralphs and sort by fielding percentage.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught: I am assuming you are worried about errors at least. I am not sure how else fielding would factor into fantasy. I am sure you can sort by total putouts and assists as well.
@Silly President: Agree with Don
Great write up, love the weekend round up’s, a ton to take in!
– I was nervous to start Corbin but he looked really good. The inning where he gave up the runs should have been over, he had Turner picked off for out 3 and there was an error so that could have easily been a shutout
– Who do you like ROS, Ramos or Zunino?
– Drop Buxton if you have Rendon on the DL? I’m guessing he’s a few weeks out and and maybe longer for steals production given the nature of his injury
– Last question, what do you think of the garbage Kanye put out this weeekend? I didnt hate TLOP, it had it’s songs and I’ve been a Kanye defender but he wasted 8 minutes of my life this weekend. I’ve been championing it for a few months, but the new Epic Beard Men EP is the best rap album of the year. Hope you can check it out.
@J-Hova: Agreed on Corbin — Zunino — If you have to on Bux — I didn’t listen, I like the Epic Beard Men songs I’ve heard, need to give it more listens for the best rap album award
Where are you holding Caleb smith? 12 Team mixed?
@kilkennybrian: 15 team mixed
Need a DH with Myers down…H/H points , Franchy or Alonzo
@Cable: Franchy
I turned down an offer for my Mitch Haniger for his Salvador Perez and Andujar in a h2h points league because I was confident I could rosterbait and get comparable production out of my C spot, plus I don’t need Andujar with Lamb coming off the DL in the not too distant future.
He re-offered Salvador Perez and Hector Nerris for Haniger. My closer situation sucks with Rodney, Colome, Shane Green, and Raisel Iglesias as my current options.
Still have Harper, Springer, Bellinger, Braun, Teoscar Hernandez, and Conforto available for a 5 OF roster. Does the FML approve, or should I hold out longer.
Haniger traditionally has had awful June/Julys. Not sure if he is capable of keeping the pace up or not. Does the FML approve? Or is Salvador Perez not enough?
@Marty Jannetty_Was Set Up: Sounds fair
@Marty Jannetty_Was Set Up:
Haniger traditionally has had awful June/Julys? LOL, that is the kind of thing one convinces themself of when they really want it to be true.
Sure, last year he did not hit well in June and July (about an even .200 combined), but that was coming off a bad oblique injury that he did not return from until mid-June.
In 2016, he hit .360 with 8 HRs in June and .402 with 11 HRs in July at AAA.
In 2015, he hit .343 with 3 HRs in June and .312 with 6 HRs at A/AA.
In 2014, he hit .283 with 6 HRs at AA in June, then had only 7 ABs in July before getting hurt.
So actually Haniger “traditionally” hits terrific in June and July, unless he is injured/coming off an injury.
Hi, I was googling for directions to my local Denny’s and was directed to your site. Interesting stuff, but not helping me out with breakfast. Then I had to google “FMFFBL” because I didn’t know what that meant, and google redirected me to you again. What are you, some sort of wizard??
@birrrdy!: You’re in my clutches!
Wake me up when Rizzo or Bryant hits a home run. It’s been a combined 31 games for them without a single bomb. They’re submarining my teams. Any hope?
Yeah, I had it with Rizzo too. Maybe it’s the back, maybe he’s just not that good. Regardless, Yonder at home gets the start this week at 1b for me this week.
@Dan Silver: nope, no hope. Season is over, no home runs, it will never get warm in Wrigley. SAD! Also Mitch Haniger will have 65 home runs and Ender Inciarte will steal 90 bases.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught: Maybe Schwarber and Baez can teach Rizzo to deal with the cold, if that’s all it is
Tomorrow is May 1st. Are we still using the ‘its still early alibi”?
@Chucky: uh, yes? I would take a bet that Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant didn’t just become bad at baseball. Have you guys played fantasy before? Rizzo missed some games with a bad back, Bryant got hit in the head, it has been cold as shit (cool that Baez has been playing well…let’s see how long keeps it up). Full disclosure I despise the Cubs; you just have to take a long view in baseball.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught: I don’t mean to come off like a jerk; I know it sucks owning a guy who starts cold. I am just not sure what kind of response people expect to a question like that. “Rizzo sucks right now, hold him for a month and I bet he gets better like he has for his entire career.” They have played 15% of the season…Votto, Harper, Goldschmidt, pretty much everyone not named Mike Trout will have a crappy 10-15% stretch of the season, and stretches where they play out of their mind. The good players just have a higher middle ground or longer/more frequent hot streaks.
@DonSlaughtOnslaught: It’s not my first rodeo. I’ve had Rizzo and Bryant for the past three years in 2 of my 3 keeper leagues. They both go cold at times, and it’s usually early and late, which kills me in the playoffs. But this year is on a different level so far. I realize it’s likely things will turn around, but from 5,000 feet I think Bryant is generally overrated and Rizzo’s back might be a bigger issue than anyone knows. He’s hitting .140
@Dan: Bryant has like a .930 OPS last I checked; he I am not worried about at all as long as his head is clear. He has as many Ks as BBs which is crazy. Other numbers will come; he has had Ian Happ hitting in front of him and getting on base twice in 13 games or whatever it seemed like. And people can say “well Baez is hitting” which, sure, but Wrigley is a really putrid hitter’s Park when it is cold and the wind is blowing in.
@Chucky: I’m stealing this comment from someone else yesterday
“Rizzo:
mar/apr ’16 .218
may ’16 .250
mar/apr ’17 .260
may ’17 .194
pretty sure he’s probably ok fine”
@Dan Silver: Hope so
Is Holland or Norris the closing arm to own right now in fantasy? Norris is on our waiver, wondering if I should cut Ottavino for him (our league doesn’t count holds, just have him for the ratios). Barraclough is also available.
@Chris D: Norris for now, maybe not be by week’s end
14 team H2H auction redraft league. Runs, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OPS and Ks, QS, ERA, WHIP, Saves+Holds, K/9
1. I was forced to activate Gohara as I lost Wil Myers yesterday to the DL. Now need to drop Gohara, or hold Gohara, for one (1) of the following: Franchy Cordero, Matt Barnes, Michael Feliz, Kyle Barraclough. I want Franchy as he’s a beast but he faces 3 LHP this week. The guy I’m facing has 3 relievers which is why I’m considering Barnes and company.
2. It’s still very early but this team is still comfortably in 1st place. Players other managers have dropped that I’ve scooped up are Eddie Rosario, Cesar Hernandez, Matt Chapman (before season), Hector Neris, Hunter Strickland, Michael Wacha, Tyler Mahle just FYI.. these guys are all holds to me.
3. Just want to share for anyone who cares/remembers – traded Corbin for Aroldis. Shipped away Chris Taylor/Aroldis for Wil Myers/Blake Snell. Never trade for a closer, peeps.
C: Yasmani Grandal
1B: Josh Bell
2B: Cesar Hernandez
3B: Matt Chapman
SS: Francisco Lindor
OF: Mike Trout
OF: Mitch Haniger
OF: Eddie Rosario
UTL: Marcus Semien
DL: Jake Lamb
DL: Wil Myers
P: Clayton Kershaw
P: Max Scherzer
P: Sean Manaea
P: Hector Neris
P: Hunter Strickland
SP: Mike Foltynewicz
SP: Miles Mikolas
Bench: Blake Snell
Bench: Michael Wacha
Bench: Tyler Mahle
Bench: Luiz Gohara
Thanks as always!
@Savoy Special: for 1., throw in Scott Schebler too. Thanks!
@Savoy Special: let’s also throw in Nick Markakis.. he actually looks interesting this year.
@Savoy Special: 1. Franchy 2. Ok 3. Gotcha
Thanks Grey!
‘m in a 12 team h2h roto league, weekly change. Please pick two:
Carasco-Back Stiffness
Odorizzi
Trevor Williams
Luke Weaver
Thanks!
@Chris: Be good to know matchups
Carrasco vs Tor
T Williams @ Wash
Weaver Vs Cubs
Odorizzi @ CHW
Carrasco has back stiffness but everything I’m reading says he’ll play. Have you heard any differently?
Thanks!
Williams, Weaver and Odorizzi are sketchy
Was offered Khris Davis and David Price for my Corbin. Take the deal? Good sell high or am I not getting enough in return? Thanks!
@Bernie Brewer: Davis side
Tropeano and Heaney have gaudy SoN Numbers coming up.. you starting? Tropeano hasn’t been good.
Also, catcher is a train wreck if your trying to stream/ride hot bat. Dropped Iannetta for nobody. Idk what to do. They all stink.
@kilkennybrian: Yeah, just put tape over your catcher spot on your monitor, the black electricians tape you can’t see through. Problem solved!
@kilkennybrian: I don’t know who they’re starting against, but I listen to SON
Skaggs or Kingham the better add? 5×5 roto keeper. Thanks!
@Oppo Taco: Skaggs
Heard the Braves may call up Mike Soroka to pitch on Wed against the Mets? Worth the pick up?
@Fred: Yup
i got questions y’all
1 – Cut Castillo for any of: Nova, Ross, Marco Gonzales, or Guerra?
2 – Trade my Morrow for his McCullers or Arrieta? (and which would u prefer)
3 – Have a ton of pitching – cut any of Ed-Rod, Shark, Wacha for a catcher like Zunino or Suzuki?
4 – Peralta, Chapman, Altherr, Soler, Teoscar – can you rank ROS?
Many thanks Grey
@Murph: 1. Look at matchups 2. McCullers 3. You want an extra catcher? 4. Peralta
Best 5th OF ROS: Schebler or Domingo Santana?
Best DL stash ROS: Avisail or Gohara?
Are you still holding Ian Happ and Luis Castillo in a 12 team league?
Thanks for all your help. Your posts are the best on Algore’s internet!
@DonnieB: Domingo — Gohara — Dropping them likely — thanks!
Hey Grey! Superb recap.
Did not want it to go unnoticed that the Grande Dolor (aka or is it el Gran Dolor?) got his first stolen base of the season! We’ll take ’em any way we can get em.
That aside, it was a bit rough for my fantasy teams (Carrasco, Ray, etc) this weekend, so I hear ya on the FMFBBL. BTW, did Jay (or another editor) try and sneak some football stuff in (Ray blurb) or are you just subconsciously really psyched about the just-completed NFL draft? =P
Have a good one and happy Bauer Day!
@JakeTPE: How was that football stuff? Bauer!
@Grey: think the Ray blurb says FMFFBL! so I was just being one of those Internet commentators… Don’t tell me football>baseball for you, too!
Ah
Need to pick two of these guys to SIT. Whatchu think?
Mikolas (CHC)
Tanaka (@HOU)
Wacha (CHW)
Newcomb (SF, @NYM)
Weaver (CHC)
@Colin McReynolds: Tanaka, Weaver
Morning thanks for the read! With Puig hitting the Disgraceful List, who would be a good add from the following? Don’t like carrying bench bats in my H2H 6×6 (QS,OBP) league. We have 70 moves capped throughout the season. Thanks!
SP avail: Jarlin Garcia, Junior Guerra, Colon, Liriano, Bud Norris, Tyler Mahle, Brandon McCarthy
Bats avail: Pillar, Belt, Odubel, Frazier, Tescar, Cron
My team as follows:
C. Cervelli, 1B. Hosmer, 2B. Dee Gordon, 3B. Machado, SS. Gregorius, OF. Trout, OF. Cain, OF. Merrifield, Util. Jose Ramirez, B. Braun, DL. Puig.
SP. deGrom, SP. Snell, RP. Chapman, RP. Herrera, P. Trevor Williams, P. Bauer, P. Eduardo Rodriguez, P. Wacha, P. Ohtani, P. Taillon.
@Synyster: Norris
Interesting Haniger/Healy comp. I know you were going for the Seattle/teammates/Grohl thing, but it’s like comparing Shaw to the current version of Pujols. Should be similar in HR/RBI, but Shaw has the clear edge in runs. And steals. And average.
Trevor Williams has a 5.86 K/9, 4.33 BB/9, and a 6.1% SwStr%. Has a high FB% (40.2%), but has only allowed 1 HR in 35.1 innings. The Regression Fairies are licking their chops.
McCullers: “Check out my Jay Z-Contact% – I got 99 curveballs but you can’t hit one.”
Acuna!
@Big Magoo: McCullers — HAHA — yup… Agreed on Williams, hoping RFs take him out this week for a spin, bc I’m benching him for his matchups
Franchy is mine! I’m not sharing this time damn you haha.
@FrankGrimes: There’s plenty to go around!
@Grey:
With Tatis and to some extent Urias looming
Pads future offense look8ng quite legit.
@FrankGrimes: Franchy!
Got Rendon coming back, need to lose one of Rosario or Davidson in a 12T mixed – who ya dropping?
Also no Franchy?? (I accept imaginary dollars by carrier pigeon thank you)
@Ted Williams Frozen Head: Amed — Haha
would you drop for T williams? Dahl? Would you roll an above average offense out with no bench an play matchups to do that? 6×6 QS/OPS
@ROTO OVERLORD: T Williams for Dahl? Or Healy for Dahl? ROS
@ROTO OVERLORD: I’d hold for now, maybe Healy over Dahl if Healy’s got better matchups this week
Morning Grey.. in a 12tm H2H weekly lock league, QS not wins..
1. Would you start Wacha vs White Sox and potentially vs Cubs or bench
2. Would you start Clevinger vs Tex and @ Yankees or bench in favor of Devinski or Colome to help with ratios.
3. Start Conforto 6 games vs Atl and vs Col or 5 game Jo-Ma 2 vs White Sox 3 vs Cubs
Thanks and nice read!
@Gotime: 1. Start 2. Devenski 3. Conforto
Hi Grey, would you drop Ketel Marte for Brandon Crawford?
Also, which SP are you starting this week: Samardzija vs. SD, Mikolas vs. CHC, or L. Castillo vs. MIL?
Thanks
@asdfasdf: Meh on Ketel — Samardzija
Gattis just became available in my league. Slow start for him, you think he bounces back?
I have Wellington Castillo at Catching currently.
@Chicitysox23: I don’t think much of Gattis, CBS ranked him in the top 20 overall tho
Yo Mr. Grey,
Excellent write up as always.
Thoughts on Chad Bettis? He for real? Have a waiver claim on him (pending) and dropping Guerra (other Pitchers are Snell, Bauer, Gio, Devenski, Boxberger, and J Garcia). Good move? meh move? Playing with fuego?
H2H 5×5 weekly locks.
@Ostyle15: Meh
@Grey: also: time to drop Colome or hold? have Devenski and Boxberger (knebel on DL) as Rps. Thanks again, mang!
Hold
Those pirates really loved heir Bolivian marching powder.
What are your thoughts on Desmond rebounding. Terrible ground ball rate but maybe the Rockies coaches can help.
@Zeus: I think the Rockies just need to get a week plus in Coors
Bench bats:
Mancini
Gleyber
Bats available:
Chris Taylor
Gardner
Zimmerman
Scooter
Carpenter
Desmond
Happ
Pillar
Mallex
Healy
Dahl
Austin
Leonys Martin
Make any moves, or hold?
@DLev45: Taylor over Gleyber
JA Happ reinvention looks real. Good article about vertical movement on his 2-seam and 4-seam fastball on fangraphs, and how he is using those pitches more often, and moving away from his off speed stuff. I prefer the Rich Hill comparison for Happ except without the blisters.
There should be a glossary term for a pitcher who redefines how he pitches in older age and becomes fantasy relevant.
@The Great Knoche: I was thinking that about a term, but Mondays are already crazy with weekly comments
10 team standard roto, have a glut of OF. Should I look to sell anyone or just hold? If so, who do I sell?
Trout, JDM, Acuna, Conforto, Rosario, Haniger, Inciarte
@Big Ticket: Hoskins and C. Taylor are also in IF slots that could flip to OF if need be.
@Big Ticket: Depends what you can get
Remember when the Astros were involved in a hacking scandal? Have hey hacked Ray Serage’s laptop? Seems like good ol Ray used to be he pitching whisperer and now any Pirate that goes to the Astros becomes an ace.
@Zeus: Haha, true!
NOOO BABY OIL!
@Turd Ferguson: Is that a Golden State Killer reference?
@Grey: From the Andre the Giant doc. Based on the Big John Stud reference., I figured you watched it on HBO. There’s a part where Hilk Hogan is telling a story impersonating both Andre and The Macho Man. It’s priceless.
Yeah, that was great!
@Turd Ferguson: I can,t type.
I’m not trying to be a wise guy..I swear. Which Michael? Taylor or Stanton?
@Chucky: Ha
Context: NL-only 5×5. Each transaction costs me $5. So, not a wheel and deal kind of league, and I’ve already had to make 15 moves due to DL garbage. I am running in the top 3 so far though, so trying to make a run at it.
First: Worst bats are Schebler, Villanueva, Dahl, Duvall. I’m lacking in HR and SBs, top 2 everywhere else. Set to activate Rendon in a few days (I can only hope) and Franchy Cordero on the wire. Would you drop Duvall to add Franchy, and then drop Dahl to activate Rendon? Ranking them: Schebler/Villa, Franchy, Dahl, Duvall. I think Franchy maybe more SB/HR upside than Duvall and more likely to stick around than Dahl?
Second: I am trying to focus on ERA/WHIP/SV at the expense of K/W. I currently have Ottavino, but Barraclough is now available. Is Barr a worthwhile upgrade? Maybe more save chances long-term? My staff is Hill, Corbin, Pivetta, Wacha, Gohara, Hand, Neris, Hader, Ottavino.
Third: Finally dropped Holland like an ex-gf. That felt good.
@Matt: Yes, lose Duvall for Franchy — Hold Ottavino
You think Kingham is good now? Wait til Houston gets him and Glasgow. Pirate to Astro to Ace.
@Turd Ferguson: HA!
Who’s the drop when Rendon comes off the DL: D. Deshields, B. Hamilton, or S. Kingery?
@Michael: Kingery
What side of Chris sale and Strasburg for rizzo and Jacob junis you on?
@Rizzoaintgotitnomo: Sale
This is going to be a lost year for myers since he has to play OF now. He never could stay on the field until he moved to 1b. Don’t know why they gave hosmer all that money. Moose would have been a better fit.
Cargo or bautista ros?
Thanks
@Scott: Agreed on Hosmer/Padres — CarGo either
Great Stuff as usual Grey, 12 team, H2H, 6X6. Which one do I drop for DL activation….
E. Rosario or Mancini? Thanks man!
@Happyharry: Thanks! Rosario
Rank for me for right now and rest of the season, please:
Cron, Belt, Franchy, Teoscar, Chapman, Sano
8 Team H2H – H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBPS
@Wilsonian: Sano, Belt, Cron
Good morning, Grey. OZUNA should totally play in that Godzilla costume! It looks so natural on him. And it’s hysterical in retrospect what a big impact Big John Studd had on my childhood. Was fun to hear that Andre HATED him in real life. You must have seen the Andre doc by now, no?
Anywho, I could really use your help, please. These guys are the back-end of my rotation:
SP: Godley, Berrios, Weaver, Wacha,
RP: Greene, Barroclough
Would you drop any to add one or more of the following guys: Mahle, Folty, Skaggs, J Flaherty, Buehler, Kingham, K Gibson, Teheran, Strohman, A Sanchez, Jo Mo, Odorizzi, Lynn, T Ross, Estrada
Thanks a lot!
@GrassyKnollRedding: PS: It’s the RCL. Thx!
@GrassyKnollRedding: Yeah, watched Andre doc this weekend, awesome… Weaver for Folty
Swanson, Peraza or Adames?
Buehler or Gohara?
Thanks
@Steve: Peraza — Buehler
Now that Hill has had a setback, are you going to continue to hold Buehler? Looks like he could get another start this week but overall will probably have his innings capped.
Dodgers look like a different team from last year. Roberts benched his all-star ROY for lack of hustle in a game they were losing. Problems in LA.
@Steve: I’m holding Buehler
10 team H2H points league
Which side wins:
Puig/Maeda or Quintana?
@Chris: Quintana, pretty fair tho
Would you pick up Cozart and drop one of Semien, A.Simmons, T. Anderson, A. Cabrera?
@phil: Meh
sorry, what is Meh?
Not good
@phil: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meh
My team got bit with the injury bug over the weekend:
Current DL spot is used by Odor, with Rendon eating up a bench spot. Within a day, Betts, Puig, and Sano all got something
Do I put Puig in my DL spot and drop Odor, or do I drop Puig for a healthy OF? My current 2B is Moncada and I also have Chris Taylor.
I am in a shallow league, so I have plenty of options if I drop Puig:
-Aaron Hicks, your boy Eddie Rosario (who I dropped for Sano), Schebler, Domingo Santana, Michael Brantley
Also, friggin Vince Velasquez single handedly destroyed me in 3 categories (Losses, ERA, WHIP) and I lost my H2H matchup :(
@William Hung: Puig for Domingo
@Grey: Went into the year feeling great with an OF of Betts, Eddie Rosario and Yasiel Puig with Chris Taylor as my UTIL bat… it’s now the end of April and Rosario and Puig have been nothing short of garbage
I read your preseason Puig blurb again and I feel like before I licked my screen when I drafted him, he took a dump all over it.
Ha, it’s still early
@Grey: Yeah, but what fun is fantasy baseball if you can’t panic a little bit early on… I was in last place as late as memorial day weekend last season and came back to win it all. What I need is a key panic drop from another team (which I thought I got out of Sano and Billy Hamilton)
I hear ya
@Grey: Latest on Sano is that the Twins will place him on the DL – is it worth it to wait this out or should I drop for one of your buys – Dahl, DeShizz, Cron, Mike A Taylor… Sano is my UTIL hitter so any of these guys are fine. I could hold Sano and have Rendon and Shaw as my 3B/UTIL guys. I also dropped VV for Domingo so I still have Puig, which I will definitely have to drop over Sano, I’m guessing… this might be the year the injury bug sinks my team
Grab Cron
Shallow mixed league… With Puig going on the DL, pick up Teoscar, Franchy, Tim Anderson, Dickerson, Yonder, or Peraza?
Doing okay with speed, could use avg and power help.
@Autolycus: Anderson
QS league. Can you rank these pitchers:
Luke Weaver, Castillo, Lucchesi, Maeda
Thanks
@Brett: Reverse order
In order, who would you rather have ROS for a standard, season-long roto using R/HR/RBI/SB/AVG…Schoop, Albies, Jose Ramirez?
@Launch Angle: Reverse order
Is VV officially droppable now? In 12-team H2H league with deep benches, but really debating cutting him to stream SP’s from his spot.
agree or think he’s still a “hold”?
@Dancin Homer: Drop
hey man
is it time to cut stroman in a dynasty? guy has been flat out trash
thanks
@Swick: Depends on league size
Because ESPN is wonky, I can keep Healy in my DL spot indefinitely as long as I’m not adding anyone. I could probably live with that for a while. Or I can drop one of these guys to get him active in my OBP league lineup:
Peraza, Almora, C. Taylor, I. Desmond
Sit tight with DL fraud? Drop one of the above? Try to do a 2 for 1 trade?
I have 3 solid closers and great pitching (Pivetta is my #6), so it’s hard to see dropping a pitcher.
@Rafael Kam: I’d likely lose Almora unless this is a very deep league
Is it time to cut bait on Gattis? I know I know catcher question. But the beauty of his was he was a catcher who doesn’t play catcher. He was supposed to DH nearly every game but he has sat 4 of the last 5 games.
I am in a 10 team roto OPS. Here is who is available:
Kurt Suzuki
Wilson Ramos
Brian McCann
Robinson Chirinos
Lucroy
Or hold on to Gattis for a bit longer?
@Cyler: Chirinos
Leonys Martin over Mancini, Villanueva, or DeJong?
@southside dom: Villa
@Grey: you really dropping Villanueva at this point?
Not for anyone, but I guess if options are good
Stroman a dump even in a deep league? Has Minn next.
@Robert Schroeder: Likely, depends for who
10×10 H2H, limited moves (19 left for the year), I’ve been cruising in 1st place with a 4-man rotation, a bunch of mediocre RP and a killer offense, but with Ray heading to the DL I’ll be down a starter. Would you use a roster move on Happ, or just hold for the next couple weeks and see how things go?
@steve stevenson: Hold
@Grey: SON had Caleb at $0.5 this week at Cinci. You streaming him in 12 team weekly mixed roto?
Thanks!
@Hershel: I am not
Also, pick two to start in the OF:
-Eddie Rosario: TOR3, @CHW4 ($21.9)
-Khris Davis: @SEA3, BAL3 ($12.6)
-Mitch Haniger: OAK3, LAA3 ($9.2)
@southside dom: Rosario, Davis
OZUNA hate cherrywood!
Also, I think Dave Roberts needs benched.
@crimedog: Ha
Grey,
Would you drop Kingery or Mancini for Peraza in a 12 team league or hold?
Thanks.
@Luke: Kingery
Should I assume from your comments that you’d drop Brach for O’Day? Ottavino is also available but no other current closers. Fortunately I have Britton stashed on my DL but trying to figure out the best use of that RP slot until he’s back.
ROS, who do you prefer between Peraza, Ian Happ, Franchy, Healy and Domingo Santana?
Also, I can feel myself irrationally going down with the Castillo ship but there’s nothing anybody can really do to help me on that front.
Thanks!
@Lindorphins: Yes, O’Day — Peraza
Picked up Sabathia as a last minute stream last night to try to win K’s. Wasn’t considering keeping him but is he a hold at this point? Or use that spot to stream or pick up Newcomb? Not thrilled about starting him against Cleveland next.
@Dazed and Confused: I would def stream that spot. Assuming there are stream-able options.
@Dazed and Confused: Stream
12 team 6×6 extra catagory OPS and CG’s. Worth holding onto Melancon now that he is on the 60 day DL? Will he even be closer when he returns?
Thinking of dropping him and moving one of my other DL guys (Trumbo, Miller, Puig)to that spot. Franchy, Leonidas Martin and Pedro Alvarez are available.
@SheaSeraSera: Drop…Leonys
Hey Grey – for weekly league, which 2 guys are you *sitting* this week? Tron is mixed on them.
– Peralta (en feugo + 7 games, but besides Brock Stewart, he faces tough lefties and Cole, Verlander, Morton)
– Jose Martinez (only 5 games, v CHW and CHC, but good matchups)
– Kinsler (6, 3 v BAL 4 @ SEA, best pitcher is Bundy, but he’s been cold the last couple weeks)
– Villar (6, 3 @Cin, 3 v PIT)
– Schebler(6 v bad MIL and MIA pitching, but 3 lefties)
Thanks!
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Jo-Ma, Schebler, no easy answers
Need to dump either Gohara or VVelasquez for a bat this week due to DL issues. 12 H2H points league with limited pickups on the season. I’m thinking there is less of a chance that VV get’s snagged off the wire over Gohara so hoping I can get either back later. Who would you drop?
@wudaben: VV
Span has been red hot. Drop either Margot or Mallex Smith for him?
I’m raveling at MI.. drop Gurriel Jr. Or K Marte for Pinder, Howie Kendrick or Nick Ahmed?
Thanks.
@kilkennybrian: Hold off on Span — Pinder and Howie
Peraza or Gleyber?
@Jack: Peraza
@Jack: peraza (in same boat myself)
Who has a better chance of not destroying my ratios?
Marco Gonzales or Marco Estrada
Thanks!
@Dan: You’re playing Marco Polo all wrong… Estrada
Hey Grey – great stuff as usual (how do you spell the short form of usual anyway?? as yoosh? yoozh?”)
bench Sonny Gray today @ HOU?
thx n cheers
@vee: Uze — God yes on Gray
Grey,
after your Friday’ Sell column
Just Dong dingued’up4/4 …. and is slashing .330 !
still a SELL?
is Kluber a 1 for 1 straight up for JD?
Nick
@Nick: Yes, he’s a sell but now for someone I ranked after him in the preseason
It’s amazing to me that Denny’s is the favorite breakfast place of just about everyone in Cali. Like, have they never had waffles or chicken fried steak anywhere else? Ever? It’s akin to the guy that marries the first female he slept with, except it seemingly applies to the whole state. Didn’t you ever want to get an Asian escort in Vegas?
I mean, Cracker Barrel will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!
@Terrence Mann: Haha
In an RCL type league, do you have a cut off point where starting pitchers become streamers? For example, using this weeks Top 100, with a few exceptions like Charlie Morton, the pitchers feel kinda random after the top 20 or so. The roster spots seem better used for batty calls or flyer picks. I’d appreciate a few thoughts.
@Schmohawks Bob: Can hold 1-6 SPs — depends on who they are and how you’re managing your team
Morrow/Peralta for Upton/Grandal – which side wins?
@Murph: Upton
Happy Monday Greylord!!! Coming to you from sunny STL with a couple of questions! Llllllets gooo!!
1) Rhys Hoskins or Mitch Haniger ROS
2) please rank the top 3 out of this group:
Folty, Stratton, Estrada, Mahle, Davies
PS. Is it Wednesday yet? Let’s go Americans!! Hope they don’t die at the end
@Nightmare!: Hoskins 2. Folty, Stratton — Americans!
Very different players but just based on value – Lindor or Giancarlo ROS and beyond (keeper league). Gracias.
@Lindorphins: Giancarlo
12 team league, keep the faith in Carlos Santana or drop him for Kevin Pillar?
@JP: Hold
Chirinos or Iannetta?
Chirinos
Hello Grey,
I was going to ask about C. Smith, but from the sounds of it, he is simply a Streamer. Would you add Folty over him in a Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League?
And is it safe to drop Holland in our Yahoo 12 Team H2H League with OPS and Holds? I have benched him, bit could probably use the spot.
Thanks much Grey.
Folty over him — sure you can drop Holland
Whattup Grey. Thanks for being you. What do you think of my Paul JeDong (i think the name fits) as a buy low for his OzunaSauras? Im in 10 team NL only H2H.
Also..should i sell Billy Hamilton for whatever table scraps i can get at this point?
And what about Castillo…still in on him if i could manage a buy low?
Thanks dood!
Ozuna side — I don’t trust Castillo to rebound, concerned on him…. Yes on Hamilton
Grey,
Bench question only one DL spot. I have Souza, Puig and Schoop.
Drop any of the above for. Cordero, Longoria, L Martin, M Smith, Joc Pederson, Eduardo Escobar and Jake Lamb?
Bench
Jose Martinez
Schoop DL
Story
Inciarte
Mazarra
Puig – DL
Souza – DL (IN MY ONLY SPOT)
Hold
Hey Grey,
I know you answered above but it wasn’t clear.
How do you rank Luis castillo, Caleb smith, Tyson Ross, and Tyler Skaggs ? Thanks again
They’re streamers, look at matchups… Skaggs, Ross, Smith
Made 2 trades in my 10 team nl only this weekend. I gave up Goldie cargo McCutchen Forsyth and steckenrider and got back Rizzo Carlos Santana Manuel Margot Jose Quintana and Trevor Williams. What do you think?
Sounds fair
I didn’t think Myers or yelich were over there oblique injuries yet. That’s why they were hitting over .300 at one point with no power. Should I bench yelich a little while longer in Favor of teoscer and schebler? Even when matchup for all look promising.
Today
yelich @ finnagen
Schebler vs Cachin
Teoscer @ lynn
I’d start Yelich
12-team daily, out of DL space. Drop Puig, Thames or Odor? Thanks!
Thames
Hello again Grey,
How stupid is Dave Roberts? Is he wearing the same hat as Donny Baseball, because he was kinda a dunce as well as Manager – and Donny is probably my second favorite player of all time.
Dave couldn’t figure out the Hill – Buehler thingy and avoid sending him down? Really? I dropped Buehler a day after I added him when I found out, but he would have been a nice SP with RP status. Dumb asses! I may grab him again.
That’s all. Thanks Grey.
Haha, I hear ya
Hello, I’m in 10 tm h2h pts, for ROS
1) Please select 2 for ROS
Smoak, Belt, Olsen, Cron, Alonso
2) Please select 1 For ROS
Peraza, Dozier, Robertson
3) Please select 2 for ROS
Dom.Santana, M.Taylor, Teoscar, Herrera, Pillar, Rosario
Thanks for taking the time and sharing your thoughts.
1. Smoak, Cron 2. Dozier 3. Domingo, Rosario
Late to the post today…
short q …
Y. Molina / N. Pivetta for T. Story / F. Cervelli ???
For context: my only SS is T Anderson. Iannetta, Chirinos, Flowers on the waiver
Story side
@Grey: i’ll ride with you toretto
thinking of temporarily benching Bregman until he starts to get hot…
pick up Andrelton or Peraza to bench bregman for now? or bad idea altogether
thanks
I’d play Bregman
11 team season long points league.
C: Contreras
1b: Votto
2b: Murphy
3b: Villanueva
Ss: Seager
Of: Hoskins
Of: Marte
Of: Yelich
Ut: Myers
Bench: Adsrubel, Tim anderson, Mazara, Schebler, Teoscer.
D.L: Lamb
#1 My question is should I target Peraza on waivers? For who.
#2 Should I trade Myers away for pitching?
Sp: Noah Syndaguard
Sp: Patrick Corbin
Rp: Kela
Rp: Giles
P: Madson
P: Peacock
P: A. Miller
Bench: Snell, Pivetta, Mikolas, Castillo
I’m holding Castillo for one maybe two more starts to see what he does.. it’s limited innings..
@Jubaka: oh I also have Zach Britton in my other D.L spot too
You have too many bench bats
@Grey: 5 pitchers with full season’s could fill the inning limit. There isn’t anything out on waivers for pitching so i figured hold a couple players from offense and hope they draw trade interest. Until I know were gray, Castillo, pom, and a few others start to look better.
Should I just drop schebler and pick up gray, or Straily or Anderson, Guerra , Garcia?
The power with schebler starting in there could get me to catch up quick if all of them hit 2 homers in a day..
Don’t know which Gray
@Grey: well after Myers and yelich came back I still had lamb and Murphy on the dl.. Now Myers is back on the dl. I planned on dropping vil, adsrubel, and schebler as Murphy , lamb, and Myers come back.. but they been doing well. So idk. I do have to many but minus 3 for 3 guys being on the dl.
Gotcha
12 team 5×5 roto redraft
Drop any of the following for Folty?
Taillon, Trevor Williams, Buehler, J. Gray, Pivetta, Wacha, J. Gray
Thanks in advance.
Williams
When I hear Barraclaugh I always go here
Haha… You should watch Line of Duty if you haven’t
Keeper league 5×5 OBP where I need starting pitching help for ERA/WHIP would you trade David Dahl/Scott Kingery for Alex Wood/Mike Soroka?
Kingery
Grey,
Weekly league, standard categories, struggling with who to bench. Pick one to SIT.
Story – 3 @ NYM, 3 @ CHC
Lindor – 3 v TEX, 1 V TOR, 3 @ NYY
Anderson – 4 v MIN, 2 @ STL
Cruz – 3 v LAA, 3 v OAK
Thanks
Anderson
Start Fulmer vs. Rays or Darvish vs. Rockies this week?
Thanks!
@Random Collmenter: fulmer although SON loves darvish, wtf
Not sure where they are, but sure
Shouldn’t it be FERALando Rodney?
Awesome!
So good!
@Grey: you put out a saucer of saves and half the time he either craps in the dish or just flat knocks it over and hisses
Okay, this is a Golden State Killer reference, right?
Or am I just hearing these references everywhere right now
@Grey: what references?
Haha, I’m going crazy, I think
@Grey: going?…
Haha AHHHHH!!!
@Grey: welcome to the club. The first step is acknowledging the problem. The second step is now dressing the part
Track pants don’t work?
@Grey: damn, you skipped step two already. Okay then I guess just be real honest with everyone and they will think you are kidding…but you’re not
I’m not…but maybe I am!
Grey Anime is pretty crazy….and feels so real
What if that really was me?
then we’re all on drugs and dont know what is reality anymore….
This is sounding more likely!
Got to drop 1 position dont matter
Eugenio Suarez
Justin Bour
Franchy Cordero
Eddie Rosario
Bour
Any idea why Scott Kingery is only listed as a 2B/MI in an RCL league? I’m in RCL 62 if that helps at all.
Where should he be eligible?
@Grey: He has started 7 games at 3B, 5 at SS, 5 in the OF but is only listed as a 2B/MI.
Is there a website to track this or is it all controlled by Commisioners?
Should be tracked by Fantrax — he needs 10 games, no?
Bench Junis tomorrow @ BOS in 10 team H2H?
Yes
I just looked at Chase Anderson and his stats look fine.. Should I definitely drop Castillo for him or should I drop schebler.. also on the wire is Straily,Gibson, jarlin, junior Guerra, saroka.
Out of Anderson, those guys..
Castillo
ROS, OPS league, Rank
Domingo, E Rosario, M. smith, Choo, Margot
Domingo, Rosario
Side A: Conforto
Side B: Archer and Domingo
Rest of pitching staff: Cueto, Price, Corbin, Snell, Manaea, Hamels
Archer
Yo Grey-
Great stuff and Happy Monday! Guy wants my C. Knebel in 12 team 6×6 Roto. He offered Paxton. I’d be willing to deal Knebel for a better pitcher than Paxton.
What’s your order of preference:
1. My Knebel and C. Morton for Thor
2. My Knebel and B. Snell for Thor
3. My Knebel and C. Archer for Thor
He also has Carrasco, but I think I’d prefer Thor.
Thanks!
Thanks! 2, 3, 1…These aren’t very close
@Grey:@Grey: Thor is hopefully going to be. A top five pitcher this year. You don’t trade that for a closer and back end starter.
Been offered Acuña + Taillon for either Greinke or Arrieta.
Points League. Should I accept? If so which one do I let go?
Arrieta, take it and run
@Grey: Will do! Thanks!
No problem
When Robbie Ray goes on DL, pick up
Jarlin Garcia or Kyle Gibson?
Is it close?
Thanks!
Gibson
Trying to gauge Albies trade value….
Albies is a top __ player rest of season?
30
I’m such a sucker for saves and the counting stats that go with them. I’d like to pick up ODay but not sure who to drop or just hold. I’d hate for another team to get him if I could/should…thanks!
Pitchers: Greinke, Cueto, Wood, Berrios, Pivetta, Hill, Roark, Sanchez
Relief: Osuna, Boxberger, Familia, Holland, Norris, Soria
DL Knebel, Britton
Hold
I currently have Ian Happ at 2B in 12 team keeper. My SPs are Severino,Nola,Archer,Corbin,Bauer and Wacha with Castillo on bench. I have been offered Cano and Maeda for Bauer. Take or Meh?
Cano side if you need a 2B
so I have a Ring video doorbell and it’s really pretty cool. For the first time ever I know what my mailman looks like. And my drycleaning delivery dude. And how late my nanny comes to work.
Highly recommended. You may not even need to hire a security guard after all…
HAHA, did you pick that up after you saw Gomorra?
@Grey: nah we did a major house renovation and the old door bell was broken.
So now you got the peepbell, nice!
Just pulled the trigger on this one in my 12 team 6×6 roto (extra cats are OPS and QS)…
My Luis Castillo for his Marwin. I see from the ROS Player Rater and your pre-season ranks, I can’t expect a ton from Marwin going forward. But I was stuck starting Starlin Castro in my MI slot since Josh Harrison went down. Anyways, this was better than a straight Castillo drop I guess. My other MI options from the wire were guys like Flaherty, Chris Owings, Aledmys Diaz.
You’d have done this trade well, correct?
In the same league, I just traded away Strickland and got back Buster Posey. Will be the first time I ever owned Posey. Guy had 2 catchers and needed saves this badly I guess *shoulder shrug emoji*. SAGNOF/CAGNOF swap of my dreams. I already own Felipe and Kenley. And had been going without a catcher recently (I didn’t draft one and had been playing one only when matchups made sense). The available catcher list a bigger joke than the MI one.
I’m in last in most hitting categories in this league. Here are my bats as of now, for Shizz/Gigs…
C- Posey
1B- Rizzo
2B- Peraza
3B- Devers
SS- Treat
MI- Castro
CI-Abreu
OF-Ozuna
OF-Polanco
OF-Acuna
OF-Choo
DH- Nelson Cruz (so dumb… DH slot has already voted out/remove for 2019)
UT-Cron
Bench- Deshields
I posted my squad so that you can tell me better days are ahead. Am I right? Please tell me I’m right. Or do I still have alotta work to do with this team here? Don’t feel the need to post arms, I’m solid there.
Trade sounds fine… Posey’s bleh, but whatever… Your team looks like it should be solid, better days ahead!
@knucks: Agreed on Posey, I was just like uhh sure, sounds good. And the guy was talking about losing Posey like he was giving away his newborn child. I was all… “breh, you offered this to me… I’m fine with you hitting cxl before I hit accept, I really don’t care. also, you own Gary Sanchez, why did you then also draft Posey ya goof”. No joke, that was my note to him during negotiations haha. These people and their catchers. So funny.
Grey
I asked Ralph this yesterday and he was very up in the air. So what’s you’re thoughts
Dynasty league
Trout
For
Acuna and T Turner
Ralph said he hated the Idea of trading Trout but he said this offer would be hard for him not to take.
What side you taking?
Trea
Grey, 12 Team, H2H, 6X6. Would you drop Alfaro or Hedges to pick up Chirinos?
Alfaro
Tropeano at home vs Balt Tue
Heaney at home vs Balt Wed
SON likes both
Who would u start ?
Trop
Do you have a list of 2-3 trade targets that should be pursued going into the rest of the season?
1) Would you trade for Encarnacion or is the beginning of the end?
2) Would you trade for Robbie Ray if you have a DL spot to spare?
Thanks.
1. I’d trade for him 2. Yup
I have Moose at 3rd and Sano riding my bench. Is Sano worth keeping, or at this stage should I cut my loses, and drop him for pitching which I need?
Also, would you hold on Duffy and or Velasquez, or are both waiver worthy?
Thanks!
I’d drop Duffy and VV in some leagues… I’d hold Sano
1) Soler, Winker, Dahl, Kemp, Schebler – Top 2?
2) Mikolas, Castillo, Nova, Gausman – Top 2?
Dahl, Schebler 2. Mikolas, Gausman
Lose Castillo for Williams in limited moves league? Thanks!
Nah
You had to pick up Rajai right? I thought I was making a good move. I hope he breaks both of his legs as he gets thrown out stealing 2nd.
@Cram It: he’ll swipe second first and then break his legs stealing third…of course he will be safe
Ha! I’ll take an 0-for-3 with an SB
Ola Grey!
Please pick two for the weekly, NFBC, 15-team…
B McCarthy v SF -5
J Montgomery @ Hou -9; v Cle +6
Minor v Bos -5
Pivetta @ Wash -5
T Ross @ SF -9
Thanks FML Grizzle!
None… Ross, McCarthy
Grey, I’m struggling to to a short bench but active league. (12 team 5×5 yahoo std. League, 4 Bench, 2 util) Should I dump Encarnacion and pick up someone like Franchy Cordero or Taylor from Washington? Need some steals. I love your articles, and visit daily because I love the content that this site brings!
Nope, hold
@Tony B.: Only if you are in my league.
If you are tired of Encarnacion, try trading him for someone who can get you SBs – you can do way better than guys like Cordero or M. Taylor. You should be able to pick up someone like Starling Marte or Lorenzo Cain for him, or at worst a Whit Merrifield.
Can Ray please be DL’ed before games start today? It would be nice to have that extra roster spot.
Seriously
@Grey: Also, since the D’backs play today wouldn’t they want to have a full roster?
You’d think
Merrifield for Cesar and Strickland. Thoughts?
@JC: Merrifield side
Whit side
Dahl not starting again against a lefty. I have a open spot. Worth dropping for Winker or hold.? If he ends up platooning at best that sucks
Can go with Winker
I currently own Ianetta, who isn’t doing anything. Only thing on waivers. Suzuki who clears waivers this week, Gomes, McCann, Chirinos, Castillo. well at least to mention.
Someone has Molina and Realmuto.
Would you offer a draft pick or any of these players for catcher?
Jose Martinez
Schoop
Story
Brantley
Mazara
Puig
Souza
Hold
Lol at CBS ranking Gattis in the top 20. In the old days, when we would still do an in-person draft, I would search online for the wonkiest rankings, print out a bunch of them and spread them all over the draft table hoping one of my league mates would be stupid enough to use them.
The other thing I used to do many years ago was steal my brother’s fantasy draft guide and replace it with one from the year before and chuckle as he attempts to draft guys that have since retired :)
Apologize if this was already asked – ROS would you rather have Folty, Gohara or Caleb Smith?
HA! Nice strategy! Folty
Trade offer:
Goldy for J Lowerie and Conforto
Goldy
Sorry to repeat but…
“1) Besides Mikolas, which other starter do you like best for the interim?:
Mikolas: CHC, @SD, @MIN, KC
Pivetta: @WAS, @SF, @BAL, @STL
Skaggs: @SEA, MIN, HOU, @TOR
T Ross: @SF, WAS, STL, @PIT
Newcomb: @NYM, SF, @MIA, CHC
Wheeler: COL, @PHI, ARI, MIA
Gibson: TOR, @CHW, @LAA, MIL
2) Between Gibson and Newcomb, which 2 start pitchers do you prefer?
Thanks!
1. Newcomb 2. Newcomb
Howdy jam master Grey!!
Hope your weekend was splendid! Onto this week, it’s h2h points weekly league.
Which OF would you rather start this week? If not starting thoughts of adding just merely as depth?
Looking at :
Teoscar Hernandez (gets 8 games this week:
– 3 at Minnesota. 5 at Cleveland including at double header Thursday
Jorge soler (7 games, 3 @ Boston & 4 vs tigers)
Franchy Cordero (6 games; 3 @ SF & 3 vs Dodgers)
Now the top overall bat regardless of position & not just for this week but longer term:
– CJ Cron (1b/DH)
– Pedro Alvarez (DH)
– Daniel Robertson (SS/2b)
– Eduardo Escobar (SS/3b/DH)
– denard span (OF/DH)
– mark canha
– Jose Bautista (stash?)
I recently added both Gleybor Torres & Miguel andujar good move?
Thanks man!
Teoscar — Cron– sounds fine
Hey grey,
can you rank these bums ROS for 1b?
Josh Bell, Healy, Santana, Mancini
Thanks!
Mancini, Santana
Have a trade offer, here’s the scenario…(now I have Tribe called quest in my head). Anyway:
12 tm H2H 5×5 cats redraft
My Corbin for his Ozuna
My team
Molina
1 Rizzo
2 Albies
3 Freeman
SS Timmy Anderson
OF JD Martinez
OF Benintendi
OF E Rosario
Util Moncada
Util Conforto
Bn Jo-Ma DL Puig DL Rendon
Carrasco Bauer Alex Wood Rich Hill Pivetta Wacha Giles Devinski Vizcaino
Would you take it or hold since Rendon should be back soon …
Thanks again, and nice Nirvana reference in today’s read! That brings me back…
Ozuna side
@Grey: Give Corbin before Bauer right? (He wants either one)
Yes
Hey Grey – in a weekly points league would you rather start Samardzija at home against SD or kyle hendricks at home against COL??
Thank you sir.
Hendricks
Schebler is batting cleanup today and marte is getting a day off today.. Do I smell a grand slam..
Hope so!
Great stuff …you make Mondays exciting …hope you had a great weekend
12 team roto with weekly lineups.
Gausman @ Oak (SON 3.8)
Godley LAD (-1.0)
Kingham @ Milw (not listed)
Wheeler Col (17.7)
Shark SD (18.2)
Gibson Tor & @ CHW (15.6)
Wacha CHW & CHC (21.2)
Mahle Mia (7.0)
S Gray @ Hou & Cle (-5.2)
1)Need 4 SPs in addition to C Mart, Bauer, & Snell for this week. Leaning going with SON scores except putting in Gibson with his 2 starts over Wheeler (hard to trust NYM SPs except Thor & DeGrom for now)
2) Just saw O’Day available …rolling with Kimbrel & Hand currently. Grab him & drop the above Wheeler or Kingham who I just plucked off off the wire with hopes of rookie goodness
@Steven Henn: how sure are we in believing O’Day is THE GUY for now until Britton maybe returns?? 65-70%??
75
Thanks! 1. Go with SON, Gibson over Wheeler 2. Wheeler for O’Day
Desmond or Trey?
Mancini
cargo or longo ops league
Longo
What the hell kind of an injury is “biceps spasms”? Seriously, anyone ever heard of that before?
Whatever it is, it was enough to get Miggy Cabrera pulled yesterday and leave him out of the lineup today. Which leaves me deciding whether to substitute Lewis Brinson in for him in my weekly lineup 12 team 5×5 roto league.
I think I am still leaning Miggy, but I like Brinson’s SB potential this week with series against the Philies and Reds (who have given up the 2nd and 8th most SBs this year) and would hate to see Miggy sitting all week in my lineup because his biceps are quaking.
Start Miggy
@Grey: All right, fine, but when Brinson steals 4 bases this week while Miggy sits the week out, I am coming back here and … well, you know, reading the articles and stuff.
Haha
I can’t decide! You be the deciding factor buddy!
Eduardo Escobar ([email protected], 3vs TOR)
Eugenio Suarez (3vsMIA, 3vs MIL)
Suarez
Benching Sano this week. Who do I pick up? E Suarez, Frazier, Villaneuva, Candelario, or Longoria?
Suarez
12 team 6×6 OPS BAA
Scherzer for Abreu? Need power.
Was also thinking Scherzer and Chapman for Arenado but I doubt he’d go for it. Too much, too little, thoughts?
Works for me — I’d take Arenado first
Hey Skip, I know your answer to this already but can you appease my co owner. He drafted and I’m trying to pick up the pieces- ESPN 10 team H2H 5×5 OPS instead of AVG, give me 4-5 names to cut or Trade
No C
1B-Abreu
2B-Dozier
SS-Trea Turner
IF-Bryant
IF-Hosmer
OF-Ozuna
OF-Benintendi
OF Cain
OF-Gardner
OF-Bruce
Util-C Santana
Bench- D Murphy, T Anderson, M Carpenter, Brantley
DL J Turner
Archer
Fulmer
Porcello
Snell
C Anderson
Buehler
RP-Morrow
RP-Kimbrel
DL-Bumgarner
Cut Brantley, Bruce, Buehler — Trade Bum
@Grey: Internet high Five, I said the exact same thing except Bum!
Depends what you can get for Bum, obvi
@Grey: Laura’s killing it in her ESPN league she’s 4-0. She took the Grey & Teddy cheat sheet into her draft and killed it.
But mostly Grey!
@Grey: Tru Dat. GREY & 3 point font Teddy. Ha!
Haha
@Grey: Let’s just say that she’ll be paying for our dinner date…
Haha, when we gonna double date again?
@Grey:
Yadi
Au Shizz
C Taylor
Manny
Didi
Freeman
Segura
Marte
Haniger
Rosario
B Ham
Eaton
Bell
Bench- Devers, Ohtani, Trumbo, Puig
Cmart
Corbin
Williams
Ohtani
Ryu
Wood
Chapman
Vasquez
DL Hill
Are we still holding Holland? I just dropped him for Neris in a 8 team league. O’Day was available too.
It’s been done, but how’d I do?
Sounds decent
What do you think about trading Folty for Michael A. Taylor in a 15 teamer? Rudy has them about even, I could use some SBs and my pitching is pretty solid (Scherzer, Bauer, Wacha, Ryu, E-Rod, Mikolas, T-Willy, Kennedy and Reynaldo Lopez). Tried trading Lopez for him, but this was countered. I’m considering, just doing a sanity check. I love Folty, but I think he’s expendable. Taylor would basically replace Ketel Marte in my UTIL spot when everyone gets healthy someday.
I’d want Taylor, I like Folty a lot, but has no track record
I hear ya, I’m such a sucker for Ks! I think my pitching is strong enough though, I’m going for it.
Good luck, Truss!
Any reason to hold onto Gardner or Zimmerman with the lineup I have? I was thinking that I will never use them and could use that spot to stream. I still need to get Bogaerts off of my DL slot.
C ramos
1b – votto
2b – Lawrie
3b – gallo
ss – bogaerts
of – jd martinez
of – cain
of – haniger
util – bregman
util – encarcion
bench – olsen, merrifield, villanueva, ender, zimmerman, gardner
dl – rendon, schoop, odor
Thanks
No, but shame to drop them
Fernando Romero getting the call Wednesday vs. the Jays.
Worth adding in 12-team leagues or more for deeper/ AL-only leagues?
Al-Only
Would you drop Dexter Fowler for Ian Happ if you needed a 2B?
Nah
Drop Luis Castillo for Folty?
12 team standard roto
Yup
h2h Points league, looking to add/trade for a short-stop. What kind of guys do you think I could land if I were shopping Jed Lowrie?
Currently my only SS is Bregman, and I’m deep at 2B/3B.
Nothing to improve on Bregman
Sunday wrapped up the worst ERA week my team has had in 3-4 years. The ONLY bright spot was Trevor Williams (thanks Grey), well, and Corey Kluber, but he’s a Klu-bot from planet strikeout.
Feels like a Monday headache hangover full of Berrios, Velasquez, Pivetta, Wood, Weaver, and Castillo. It hurts, it hurts.
Make it stop!!! My team ERA went from 3.24 to 3.94 in 1 week. Interestingly, my WHIP didn’t move that much, probably because most of these guys couldn’t get out of the 5th inning in their starts.
No questions here, just vomit-induced complaining. Its Monday.
Ouch…Times you wish you were in H2H
Hey Corey, maybe you should have had the surgery in the off season
Yeah, kiss this season goodbye
@Grey: The getting therapy to fix things has got to stop. Get cut or get on
You should be the world’s Dr. Phil
@Grey: Dr. FohL?
Back to Seager, is tomorrows title going to be Turn the Page on Seager? Because it should and you can give me full credit and then Rudy can come in and say what his was…BTW, turn the page is a popular Bob Seager song
Ha, nah…Title’s better (IMO)
stop plagiarizing this guy…
https://razzball.com/one-mans-trash-turn-page-seager/
@Rudy Gamble: I’m dead. Hahahahahaha
Corey seager hitting the D.L.. Should I feel confident in having Tim Anderson starting, in 11 teams.. or pickup peraza and drop anderson? Seager should be back soon though.
@Jubaka: he’s having Tommy John and is done for the season
Start Anderson
@Jubaka:
Seager is done for the season…Tommy John
Any intel on the status of Rendon. I have in a weekly lineup & do not even see him listed on Hittertron. The only possible drops would be Mahle, Kingman, or Gausman. We have a 30 player rosters but no DL slots & Puig & Schoop are not playing as well.
So do I hope for the best & leave him active ..roll the dice he back sooner rather then later??
Options are Moran, P Alvarez, Winkler, Almora, or L Morrison
@Steven Henn: tough to say – he’s going out on a rehab assignment tomorrow, so he should play over the weekend for sure.
He’s out for at least 3 more days — Start Alvarez
Of course they put Ray on the DL 20 minutes after games start for today. Classic.
I swear if Jose Peraza, who I would’ve picked up with the roster spot, has a big night……Well, well, I am not going to be very happy.
I hear ya, Garvin
Man I feel like an annoying girlfriend today… nagged u 3 times!!!
With DJ Lmao-hieu hitting the DL, I gotta drop one of my DL stashes.
Drop Odor or Wainwright?
Thx
Wainwright
Seager would be back at the beginning of next year right if he has Tommy john.. is his career over..
@Jubaka: likely late next year.
He’s a good stash. In dynasty.
@Jubaka: “career over?” WTF. it’s not d.wright’s disease here, it’s a simple TJ (on a non pitcher as well)
He’ll be fine in 10 months
and again on ceager with the fantasy owners knowing probably what 7 weeks ago he needed this before the team even did, and all we go by is rotoworld blurbs. imagine how much better doctors we’d be if we ya know had actual medical degrees. this comment is probably only what like 30% funny too.
@Crapshoot Kershaw: 30% being funny, i know it’s funny (but true)
Haha
Lost Corey Seager for the year to TJ. Just was offered Gleyber Torres for my Schwarber. Have plenty of OF depth. 5×5 13 team standard Roto. Am I taking it?
@Jimmy Suitcase: probably just pick up d.robertson or the kike or pinder or somebody than that one (if redraft). guessing this can’t be a dynasty as you probably wouldn’t get that offer.
@Crapshoot Kershaw: I own seager for 3 more years at 30$ .. deductible from the starting draft budget..
So again,,, really? Late next year!!! I want to drop him but don’t want to get 15 dollars taken out of the draft budget as a penalty for canceling his contract.. unless I scoop him back up before someone else does after dropping him… the price others could keep him depends on the ESPN auction price for this year .. If it’s high I could just take a 15 dollar deductable next year, draft him for a couple bucks and resume the contract… If he isnt coming back until late next year.. although would he be worth more then a couple bucks in the draft next year (keeper)if he isn’t coming back till late season.. because then I would pay that much plus the $15 deductible already.. just to resume the contract..
I’m guessing keep him but that’s $30 next year on him hurt!
Sounds fine
@Grey: thank you! I have Murphy coming back, adsrubel can slide to shortstop/or Tim anderson can stay there. Who to drop?
Villinueva,adsrubel,anderson,lamb,schebler,mazara,teoscer?
Myers is my utility.. and he’s hurt.. so one of these guys is my utility along side myers.. And I still need a 6th pitcher. Season long points
@Jubaka: sorry I just feel like a lot changed with who I should prioritize holding onto now..
Mazara and teoscer are written as possible utility replacements/ droppable.. it looks cut out on my screen but I wrote it in up there. Sorry so much..
I like Mazara and Teoscar
Can drop Schebler and Villanueva
Shit there goes Mr Bauer’s W!
120+ pitches….
Ugh
Not bad though!
@Grey:
Not bad. Wasn’t a very clean sixth.
Surprised they brought him out for 7.
Yeah, agreed
Grey,
Thanks for the great write-up! Seems like everyone’s getting buzzed on Mikolas Ultra over here, would you pick him up at the expense of Clevinger, Wacha or Pivetta?
Over Clevinger
Hey, Grey. Suarez or Kyle Seager in a head to head points league? Thanks!
Suarez
Candelario, Cron, Villanueva, Teoscar—one of them has to go when Rendon returns. Your choice?
Jeimer
Util Spot Opened up.
Cron, Healy, Dahl, Schebler who would you pick off waivers? I’m OK on steals, could use some power.
Cron
With Seager gone, would you pick up Kike Hernandez or Eduardo Escobar? Waiver wire SS is slim pickings
Escobar
Friggin’ Barraclough and Shane Greene killing my bullpen
I just got offered Michael Conforto for Yasiel Puig – should I just take it?
Yup
@Grey: So when I saw Barraclough was pitching, my first thought was that the Marlins game was almost over – nope, they threw him out there in the 7th inning. Soooooo is he not the next in line for SVs then?
Man, Chris Martin is really coldplaying this Texas game.
Grey, loss Seager. Had Story as backup and picked up Simmons, dropped Souza. My DL this season is getting nuts. Schoop, Puig, Seager and Souza. Hopefully I made the right drop.
10 team keeper league 5×5 OBP.
Cron, Escobar (Twins), Cordero all on waivers.
My bench players
Drop Brantley and Puig for Cron and Escobar?
Should I go for Chase Anderson or that prospect being called up Romero. How big a bid should I throw.
12 team 6×6 w/OPS & Holds, QS instead of Wins.
With Puig underperforming, I spent the last week scrounging for what I could at RF on the wire (adding Canha and most recently Soler). Now with Puig officially to DL and the meager fruit I have from the wire, I might need to re-double my efforts.
1) Would offering McCullers “Cullers, Cullers” for David Peralta be too much to part with?
2) How about McCullers and Gardner for Peralta and Stroman?
FWIW, Trade With Another Team (TWAT) analysis puts it at McCullers value at $7.2 and Peralta at $4.6 in this format. I’m surprised it’s that close. It seems to me that McC3 is among the leaders in K, which is coincidentally why I drafted him. I’m not sure that Peralta is worth him.
This dialogue started with me offering Braun for Peralta straight-up. Other guy countered asking for both Braun and McC3, with him also off-loading Stroman my way (whom I drop, so I’m not really factoring him in). My non-McC3 SP are Thor, Carrasco, Wacha, and Folty. We roster a lot of RP with the Holds added in.
Thanks for your opinions (lurkers: interested in your opinions as well).
Josh Hader. Wow. Almost makes up for Greene. Almost.
Jo Mart and Trey for Bientendi and Eugenio. Which side?
Carlos Santana, Suarez, Schebler, Bux, Bour, Franco. Rank top two please
“Surprised you didn’t mention Franchy. Dude, shame on you.”
2-catcher OBP roto league. Which two?
Wieters, Maile, Hedges, Severino, Alfaro, A.Barnes, J.McCann, Flowers, Castro
$10 rizzo for $30 Stanton… keeper league. What have you?
Would you move Villanueva for Nola. I have Moustakas and Kingery to play 3rd. I don’t really need the pitching but I kind of do. Barely winning. 5×5 Head- head. Daily