As many of you know, I was invited into the NL-Only Tout Wars live draft this past weekend that took place at the SiriusXM building in New York. The draft started at 10 AM EST on Sunday. I include EST because I roll like Rodney-O, Joe Cooley and Tupac on PST. EST is for grandmothers named Ester who die in the middle of spelling their name. I flew in the day before, which meant I would still be on Tupac time. I tell you this because I knew it would be a struggle to get up and to the building by 10 AM, so I stayed at a hotel that was literally — yes, I’m literally using the word literally — a block away from Sirius. I set my alarm clock on my iPhone — “Siri, could you wake me at 8:15 AM, I want to be a winner?” “Googling Steak Me restaurants for 8:15 dinner.” I told the hotel I needed a wake up call; I even set my in-room alarm clock. I was prepared to wake up late even with all of these safeguards. Well, I woke up on time. Actually, early. I did the three S’s and, at around 9:15 AM, with 45 minutes to spare, I ducked into a Starbucks right outside my hotel. I only needed to walk about 500 feet. I didn’t need 45 minutes for that even if I was lugging my suitcase. After dillying and dallying for about 30 minutes in the ‘Bucks, I headed over to Sirius. Well, that is, I got to about 100 feet away from the front door of my draft when I saw there was a half marathon running down the middle of the street that I needed to cross. I asked the policeman, “Can I cross here? I only need to go to that building that we are directly across from.” “Sorry, pal, you need to go up ten blocks to the subway and cross underneath the street.” DAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! I threw my suitcase up in my arms and began to run ten blocks against a marathon and then ten blocks back. Good times! Anyway, here’s my Tout Wars recap, it’s a 12 team NL-Only, 4 OF, two catcher, one UTIL and one swingman league:
C: Nick Hundley $12
C: Devin Mesoraco $13
1B: Anthony Rizzo $38
3B: Maikel Franco $23
CI: Chris Carter $15
2B: Dee Gordon $30
SS: Zack Cozart $4
MI: Orlando Arcia $2
OF: Scott Schebler $10
OF: Andre Ethier $9
OF: Matt Holliday $19
OF: Cody Asche $5
UTIL: Matt Adams $5
Swingman: Scooter Gennett $3
P: Patrick Corbin $11
P: Andrew Cashner $7
P: Gio Gonzalez $9
P: Jake Peavy $4
P: Jason Hammel $11
P: Jeremy Hellickson $1
P: Hunter Strickland $4
P: J.J. Hoover $7
P: A.J. Ramos $13
Bench:
Chase Anderson
Tom Koehler
Clint Robinson
Jose Pirela
YOU ARE HANDSOME WITH YOUR MUSTACHE, BUT I’LL BE DAMNED IF YOU’RE NOT ALSO GOOFY WITH THAT PITCHING STAFF.
Yup, the pitching staff is light on — how do I say this? — good pitchers. ‘Tis is true. There was no way around it with how the hitting went. Here was me in the draft: “Well, I have Maikel Franco on my NL-Only cheatsheet for $23, so I’ll go to $23 and that’s it. Wait, did I just get Maikel Franco for $23? Hmm, okay, well, you have to trust your values.” And, outside of Dee Gordon, that’s what I did for every single player I drafted. I trusted my values. Or if I were running for president, I TrusTED my values.
SO, YOU DIDN’T FOLLOW YOUR VALUES FOR DEE GORDON? WHY DO YOU GO AGAINST ALL THAT IS HOLY? DID YOU INTEND ON UPSETTING RUDY?
Rudy immediately texted me after my Dee Gordon purchase of $30 with “Well, I guess you’re not following the sheet. That’s cool, find a new BFF!” And then hung up. Metaphorically. You can’t hang up on text. I had my values that I linked to above, and I also had LABR’s values from two weeks back. Both on the same Excel spreadsheet. I glanced at my spreadsheet and I saw $32, so when someone else bid Gordon to $29, I went to $30 and expected someone to take him to $31, where I would’ve stopped. Unfortch, $32 was what someone spent on Gordon in NL-Only in LABR. It was not my value for him for Tout. Oopsie. Since I bought Gordon, I didn’t buy anymore speed. Though, I did ground up Sanka during a break and snort it.
OKAY, I’LL BUY THAT EXCUSE SINCE THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING “I’M A DOPE,” BUT I WILL SAY I DO LIKE YOUR HITTING. DESPITE MYSELF.
Thanks, MR. AL CAPPS. I like my hitting too. According to my values, I’m ridiculously stacked on offense. I aim for a 33 in category money for all hitting categories (if you scroll to the bottom of our Preseason Player Rater, you see Point Shares explained. To avoid scrolling, do a FIND of FAQs.). For runs, RBIs, HRs, SBs, OBP respectively, I have 43, 41.2, 45.3, 32.8, 27. My worst category is OBP. It was like that for a while in the draft, which is why I paid for Matt Holliday, hoping he’d boost my OBP. Oh, by the way, I own Matt Holliday in two leagues. I will now read The Bell Jar while my head is in the oven.
CAN WE GO BACK TO YOUR AWFUL PITCHING FOR A SECOND? BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT AND IT DEPRESSES ME AND I’M ON HEAVY MEDICATION FOR DEPRESSION.
For pitching, I aim for a 14 in category money and I got 14.3 in Wins, 10.4 in ERA, 11.2 in WHIP, 15.4 in Ks and 14.3 in SAVES. This shouldn’t surprise anyone that has ever played in an NL or AL-Only league. I have some weaknesses, goes with the territory. If you were to look at other teams from the league, I’m one of the few that has ABs and IP in every spot. On one team, their pitching staff has Chad Qualls, Tony Cingrani and Seung-hwan Oh. Another team’s third baseman is Will Middlebrooks and their corner man is Josh Bell. Another team has Freddy Galvis and Ryan Raburn in their starting lineup. I have weaknesses, but everyone does.
OKAY, MY MATH MIGHT BE OFF HERE BECAUSE YOUR AUCTION TOTALS THAT YOU SPENT ADD UP TO ONLY $255. WAIT, MY MATH IS RIGHT. YOU LEFT MONEY ON THE TABLE?! MONEY. ON. THE. TABLE. I’M GOING TO GO INTO ONE OF THOSE PERSONAL KARAOKE BOOTHS AND SING NAT KING COLE’S ‘UNFORGETTABLE’ BUT SWTCH THE LYRICS TO UNFORGIVABLE.
I got some grief on a post-draft interview on SiriusXM for this too. I don’t get it. Like I keep saying, I have my own values. I got Hellickson for $1, I have him listed on my sheet for $6. I have Asche down for $10, I got him at $5. Technically, I could’ve spent another $5, but, according to Rudy’s values, I got $314 worth of value (easily the best, but, of course, these are our values). It’s not my fault everyone in the room thought Orlando Arcia wasn’t worth more than $2. Speaking of which…
YOU GOT ORLANDO ARCIA FOR $2?! IS HE HURT? DID I MISS A NEWS STORY ON HIM… THAT REMINDS ME, TREVOR STORY. YEAH, HE’S BETTER. YOU STILL SUCK.
Let’s just be as common sense about this as we can. Jose Reyes still plays for the Rockies. Will he return in May/June? Likely. Latest would be July. The Rockies are just going to cut Reyes? Won’t they try to trade him? Of course. To trade him, they will need a suitor. If they can’t find a suitor, in the meantime, they will give him ABs. So, are they going to promote Trevor Story to sit on the bench? To platoon with Reyes? Or have Story wait out the Reyes situation in the minors? Any of those are a possibility, none of them bode well for Story. Story went in the auction for $7. Arcia has Villar in front of him. Villar could play third and move Aaron Hill to the bench or platoon. Does it seem likely that Arcia will stay in the minors for long because Aaron Hill has to get at-bats? No, of course not. I got Arcia for $2! Story will be great, Arcia will too but also has an easier chance for ABs.
Hello Grey. I had my draft in my H2H points league. I’m pretty happy about it but until I get your approval I’m not sure. It’s a 12 team points league with rostering only 6 SP’s and starting 4 of them per week. I had the 3rd pick and here’s the order I took them. Thank you!
1. Kershaw
2. Arenado
3 Betts
4. Springer
5. Archer
6. Franco
7. Odor
8. Pujols
9. Planco
10. Wade Davis
11. C. Rodon
12. L. Severino
13. Belt
14. Piscoty
15. DeSheilds
16. Story
17. Schoop
18. W Castillo
19. K. Marte
20. B. Lawrie
21. J. Ross
22. J. Paxton
@Anthony: I’d be happy with it too, your pitching looks a bit stronger than your hitting, but that makes sense in Pts. I like all of the guys you drafted, not much to poke holes in… Piscotty is nice in Pts too
Team looks good and I like Gordon in no only league I’ll trust u on your pitching I don’t follow many of those guys in mixes league. Hey at least u went home a little lighter after the jog. Prolly had a head rush during the draft after that
@Al Koholic: Yeah, I was winded and sweaty there for a second… Luckily, I had my mustache wax to help the beads of sweat run off my face!
Hey Grey, I’ve got a dynasty question for you. Someone offered me Gerrit Cole for Steven Matz and Andrew Benintendi. Should I take it? He also has Syndergaard so I could potentially counter for him.
Details:
14 team CBS Dynasty – Roto 6×6 Hitting: HR, SB, RBI, R, AVG, OPS Pitching: W+QS-L, ERA, WHIP, SV+HD, INN, K – Weekly lock lineups
My Lineup:
C: Yan Gomes
1B: Miguel Cabrera
2B: Jonathan Schoop
3B: Todd Frazier
SS: Starling Castro
MI: Howie Kendricks
CI: Lucas Duda
4 OF: George Springer, Justin Upton, Gregory Polanco, Denard Span
2 U: Brandon Belt, David Ortiz
BN: Travis Shaw, Steven Souza, Hyun-Kim Soo, Trevor Story
Prospects: Hitters: Andrew Benintendi, Brendan Rodgers, Josh Bell, Cody Bellinger, Willie Calhoun, Daz Cameron, K.J. Woods, Tyler O’Niel, Magneuris Sierra, Tyler Nevin, Jordan Patterson, Kevin Pablo, Ryan O’Hearn, Richie Shaffer
P: Carlos Carrasco
P: Steven Matz
P: Patrick Corbin
P: Taijuan Walker
P: Kyle Hendricks
P: Henry Owens
P: John Lamb
P: Jeurys Familia
P: Jake McGee
P: Sergio Romo
BN: Hyun Ryu, Tanner Roark, Brett Cecil, Alex Colome, Justin Wilson
Prospect Pitchers: Jake Thompson, Jeff Hoffman, Justus Sheffield, David Paulino, Domingo Acevedo, Vicente Campos
Always much appreciated Grey!
@Noam: Take Cole. Quick.
@Noam: Agreed, take Cole
Grey! Finished my 12 team keeper league draft last night. Any thoughts on the lineup? Hosmer, Franco, Odor went in the first round before my pick so I made a (little) reach for Matz in the 8th round. Grabbed Longo in the 9th because 3B is a minefield and super top heavy and also (felt like) I reached for Deshields in the 10th. Pedroia was never in my plans but Schoop and Castro got picked a round before so Pedroia in round 13 (after 8 rounds of keepers) Felt like a bit of value at least. My team is below!
C – Wellington Casilla
1b- goldy
2b – Pedroia
3b – Longoria
SS – Seager
Of – McCutchen
Of – Bautista
OF – Upton
Util – Rizzo
Util – Deshields
Bench – Story
SP – Bumgarner’
SP – Cole
SP – Corbin
SP – Matz
SP – Joe Ross
SP – Colome (hoping he gets saves in this spot)
RP – Tolleson
RP – Storen
Bench – Santiago Casilla, Jared Eichkoff, Jose Berios
@Oppo Taco: You look solid on hitting, but a bit injury risky, and slightly old in genetral… The pitching looks rock solid, assuming Bum’s fine
10 team, keeper league
My bench players are deshields, Castro, soler, r. Zimmerman, fowler, Colome, d. Hernandez
Starters: posey, encarcion, odor , bogaerts, Franco, Braun, Bautista , jd Martinez, heyward
Should I swap anyone for Reyes , a. Bailey, vizcaino, osuna, Castillo, or
Thanks !
@Adult coloring book: Bailey over Hernandez right now
Your quote after the whole Matt Holliday realization occurred was the best. “I will now read The Bell Jar while my head is in the oven.”
@Brandon: Thanks!
@Brandon:
$19 for Holiday? hahaha
I nominate him for bots in live online auctions
Hey Grey, please comment & critique the team I drafted over the weekend (15 team 6x6obp roto weekly)
We also start a CI,MI & UTIL
C-Y.Grandal (lad), W.Castillo (ari),
1B-D.Ortiz (bos), P.Alvarez (bal)
2B-D.Gordon (mia), A.Rendon (nats)
3B-K.Seager
SS-M.Machado (bal), Z.Cozart (cin)
OF-C.Blackmon (col)
OF-Y.Puig (lad)
OF-M.Betts (bos)
BN-B.Buxton OF
BN-J.Peralta SS
BN-F.Barreto SS
BN-D.Swanson SS
SP1-J.Arrieta (chc)
SP2-C.Kluber (cle)
SP3-D.Salazar (cle)
SP4-J.Hammel (chc)
SP5-J.Ross (nats)
RP-K.Medlen (kc)
RP-B.Finnegan (cin)
RP-J.Grilli (atl)
BN-J.Paxton
BN-B.Maurer
BN-V.Velasquez
@M: Your pitching looks solid until about Medlen, then it’s very risky, which isn’t bad that late in that deep of a league, but it just is… You look weak on power, and high on speed on your hitting
@Grey: thank you!
No problem
So isn’t the payoff of your Intro that when you showed up at the Sirius XM building it was still an hour before the draft, because the draft started at 10 AM EST and everyone was actually on EDT?
@Rabbit: Nope, I showed up with a few minutes to spare, because I ran like Jesse Owens on PEDs
@Grey: Did you stay at a Holiday Inn?
Ha, no, should’ve
@Grey: You running thru NY with a suitcase during a marathon, you are lucky you were no swarmed by NYPD!
Haha
Grey,
My H2H league has decided to add both OBP and TB hitting categories to the standard 5×5.
How far into the draft would you go before drafting pitchers as opposed to a traditional 5X5 league and would you recommend any other strategy based on the heavily weighted hitting categories?
@David: Depends on depth of the league, I’d still follow my https://razzball.com/2016-fantasy-baseball-draft-prep-pitchers-pairings/ for the most part
Had my draft this weekend. Was just wondering what your thoughts were on my team. 12 team h2h 3 player keeper league. Standard scoring but we do obp instead of avg and qs instead of wins. I’m probably going to drop Kennedy for either Eduardo Rodriguez or hammel
C – Castillo
1b – Goldy (Keeper)
2b – Schoop
SS – Segura
3B – Arenado (Keeper)
OF – Trout (Keeper)
OF – Khrush
OF – DeShields
UTL – Belt
SP – Salazar
SP – Matz
SP – Ventura
SP – Corbin
SP – Moore
SP – Kennedy
Closer – Giles
Bench – Ozuna
Bench – Daniel Norris
@BitchesBeShoppach: That’s a nice team…id lose Kennedy for a closer if there is one out there…looks like you may have issues with saves…but other than that you’re good.
@BitchesBeShoppach: what rd did you draft Delino? I draft tomorrow, trying to gauge
It was in the 8th
Three player keeper league too so I guess it was more like the 11th
@BitchesBeShoppach: Agree with F, lose Kennedy
Is Giles not closing for Houston?
He should
You can use the $5 to buy Ethier some shin guards!
@Mickey Maloney: Ha, good call!
Hello Grey!
Good morning.
Quick question:
H2h League, 3 keeper (Stanton, Encarnacion, Arenado).
I have 2 first round picks.
Which pairing do you like must considering my keepers?
A. Arreita + Adam Jones/Upton (maybe Braun)
B. Marte + Kluber/Cole
C. Springer + Kluber/Cole
D. Braun + Kluber/Cole
Thanks!
Chris
@Chris: Springer, SP
12 team 5×5 mixed keeper league, OPS instead of AVG.
I’m on the DeShields bandwagon with you. However, I am already keeping Blackmon and Betts in the OF. Would you still try to pickup Deshileds, or am I getting too cute with lead off guys and giving up too much HR/RBI/OPS? I do have Chris Davis, but that is it for power going into the draft.
@Stringer Bell: You’re giving up a bit too much in power
Was Gianella led to believe it was a 4 C league for some reason? Stange. Squad’s not bad, but I think you’re going to regret not going $2 on Jumbo to back up Hoover. JJ’s…not good.
@Right said Manfred: Yeah, I would’ve went $2, but I was out of the draft by the time Jumbo went
Good Morning Boo…Here’s where its at…changed it up on the fly:
C.
1b. C.Davis
2b. J.Schoop
3b. M. Franco
SS.
OF. B.Harper
OF. N. Cruz
OF. D. Deshields
Util. B.Belt
Sp. Pineda
Sp. Y. Ventura
Rp. T. Rosenthal
Rp. K. Giles
Rp. G.Perkins
P. P. Corbin
P. Smyly
P. Fiers
P.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
Samardzija was taken and i wanted to get another somewhat safe arm before grabbing Velasquez so i went with Fiers…Im going to wait a while on SS..only one other team needs a SS so I’m pretty much guaranteed either Segura or Ketel…and im good with either. Here’s the best available pitching options left
Shelby. Gio, Heaney, Bauer, Gausman, Nola, Norris, Velasquez….You feeling any of these guys over Velasquez next based on my staff…Bauer has got my attention.
@JeF WiTh 1 F: I feel like Nola (control) and Vince (k upside) are a good pairing and I’ve wound up with both of them at the back end of a couple drafts so I’m sure you could do both there. But W’s might be hard to come by b/c cot damn the Phillies suck
@SheriffMcRawDawg: I could see that…i just feel as a rookie Nola will be unpredictable like Bauer…but at least Bauer wont have an innings restriction and can pile up the K’s….Having Velasquez and Nola with innings pitched being an issue worries me.
@JeF WiTh 1 F: Nola, no doubt
@Grey: Oh Word
You word!
@Grey: Damn Ketel just went…best two options are Segura and Semien now..I may have to grab one before Nola.
Both are good options though
@Grey: True..Fuck it ill go Nola and hold my Breath
I would
@Grey: Im so impatient…i spend more time checking if picks are being made than anything else
Haha, me too!
GREY, longtime reader & hard lover… I’m in a 3 player keeper league Roto 10 team snake draft. I’m keeping Arenado, Bryant & Correra. I have 2nd pick and I’m torn between Betts or Springer Your thoughts??? I kept the others at their ranked spots so I lose 2nd 3rd & my 4th pick.
@Ghost: Id go Betts there
ive had both since they broke in the league. Springer scares me injury wise but I could see a 40/30 guy out of him. Betts is getting a lot of praise & RF will be less demanding.
@Ghost: Thanks! Betts
10-team, H2H, 5×5, Keeping 3
Howdy Grey,
My league drafted last night. This is the first time in a lot of years I don’t have Kershaw, opting to keep Correa, Arenado, and Rizzo instead. I am…nervous. Here’s what I’m looking at. What do you think?
c-Wellington Castillo
1b-Rizzo
2b-Schoop
3b-Arenado
ss-Correa
of-Marte, Justin Upton, Polanco
util-Belt, Hosmer
sp-Strasburg, Tyson Ross, Corbin, Samardzija, Shields, Hammel, Nola, Matz, Kennedy
rp-Robertson, Cishek, Vizcaino
n/a-Glasnow
I took the SAGNOF thang and Grey’s general idea of punting catchers and RPs to a whole new level. Same with 2B (I didn’t grab Schoop until the 19th round). Not sure what to make of my pitching staff. I think I followed the pairings thing pretty well, but I could be wrong. THREE times the guy just before me took the guy I wanted (with DeGrom, Syndergaard, and Gio).
ALSO: Matt Moore is available. Should I grab him over any of my current SPs?
Any feedback is great.
As always: THANK YOU!
@Fever Dog: No idea of # of teams… Forget Moore for now
@Grey: It’s 10-teams
@Fever Dog: Sorry, missed that… Your hitting looks great… Love the hitting, actually… Think the pitching should be fine, but you’ll need to work the RPs in season.. Again, no Moore
@Grey: No problem. Thanks for all your work and the kind words on my offense. That’s what I was going for. Working the RPs is what I do!
No problem
Hey Grey
Just had my draft. I tried to follow your rankings. How did I do? I think I need a little more speed and more saves.
I’ve already received a trade offer for Pujols, might try to get Polanco?
Non- standard Yahoo daily roto 6×6 (QS + OPS) 12 team $ redraft league.
C 1B 2B SS 3B MI CI 4OF 4SP 3RP 3P 7BN 4DL
Pick
8 Anthony Rizzo ChC – 1B
17 Starling Marte Pit – OF
32 J.D. Martínez Det – OF
41 Todd Frazier CWS – 3B
56 Albert Pujols LAA – 1B
65 Jason Heyward ChC – OF
80 Danny Salazar Cle – SP
89 Rougned Odor Tex – 2B
104 Brandon Belt SF – 1B,OF
113 Shawn Tolleson Tex – RP
128 Carlos Rodon CWS – SP
137 Jeff Samardzija SF – SP
152 Yordano Ventura KC – SP
161 Patrick Corbin Ari – SP
176 Brad Ziegler Ari – RP
185 Marcus Semien Oak – SS
200 Khris Davis Oak – OF
209 Ketel Marte Sea – SS
224 Wei-Yin Chen Mia – SP
233 Joaquín Benoit Sea – RP
248 Welington Castillo Ari – C
257 Erick Aybar Atl – SS
272 Yasmany Tomás Ari – 3B,OF
281 Andrew Heaney LAA – SP
296 Joakim Soria KC – RP
305 Pedro Strop ChC – RP
320 Keone Kela Tex – RP
329 Tony Watson Pit – RP
344 Brock Holt Bos – 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF
Thanks
@Doghat666: I would’ve went a little more pitcher heavy in a QS league… Your OPS looks solid though, like the hitting a lot…
keeper help please, having a hard time deciding on these–AL only 10 yeams h2h 6×6 added holds and obp
keep forever—-keep 5
pujols
odor
lindor
brantley
correa
price
king felix
stroman
kluber
darvish
thanks for the help anyone who weighs in on this
@jack florida: Odor, Lindor, Correa, Kluber, Price
@Grey: thanks Grey, i can always rely on your valuable insight
No problem, Mr. Florida
Hello,
I don’t think your pitching is that bad except JJ. Hoover. Anyway this is a 5×5 league 10 team, picking second: there were two monster pitching runs one in starters the other in relievers by pick 115, 17 relievers were gone (lol). Any thought on this team:
1b: Paul Goldscmidth 2b: R Odor SS: Elvis Andrus MI: Neil Walker
3B: Kris Bryant: CI: Kyle Seager Out: JD Martinez, Ryan Braun, Gregory Polanco, Matt Kemp, Delino DeSchields U: Miguel Sano
P: Chris Sale, Matt Harvey, T.Walker, Luis Serevino, Drew Smyly, Y Ventura, Jake McGee, Will Smith, Patrick Corbin
Bench: Joc Pederson, Ardonis Vizcaino, Aaron Nola.
Thanks, always love your sense of humor.
@Robert: Thanks! Your hitting looks solid, not much to complain about… I don’t like Kemp, but he should be fine there… Your pitching is excellent, nice team!
What’s your projection for Nicasio if he makes the rotation? If Shaw forces his way into the lineup,what do you expect? I just did my first Yahoo money league and got the #1 pick,I sat there at the turn like Sargent York picking off almost every guy I wanted.Thanks for the great pre season advice.
@hondo: 8+ K/9, 3.50 BB/9, 3.80 to 4.20 ERA
Loving your love for Maikel! Got him locked up in my keeper league for $8 thanks to your trade advice (got him and $3 Iglesias, gave up my $3 Rodon and a $15 Darvish).
A bit off topic, but I’m trying to think of my ideal (attainable) 3OF/UTL to pair with Rizzo at 1B for my 10 team H2H OBP+OPS league. How would you rank the following guys in terms of preference (knowing that any one of these would be pretty awesome to get at the auction draft)?
A: Trout, Betts, Springer . . . UTL Delino
B: Harper, Betts, Springer . . . UTL JUpton (Delino 1 bench bat)
C: Same as B but Votto not Upton
D: Upton, Betts, Springer, Votto UTL (Delino bench) and an extra two $15-17 pitchers. Worth noting here is that I get 5 weekly waiver adds for streaming purposes, so perhaps it’s less valuable to get a couple more aces.
Thanks!
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: D might be the only obtainable one.
@Cram It: Thanks – yeah, certainly the most obtainable. My league is new to the auction format (and still drafts for avg even though we’re obp/ops), so I’m hoping that they are afraid to go too far above the $45 ESPN price of Trout + $40 price of Harper (I’d pay ~$52, $46 for those guys, respectively in this format). If they go crazy for them, I’d happily go the D route and reap the rewards at the end of the draft. Based on league format, Upton is the 11th best guy available and only $16 on espn (but $31.4 on razz), so he could be a great value-add and allow me to enter the competition for a guy like Correa (instead of going with a Semien type).
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Depends on the temperature of the room, which is the most unpredictable part of an auction draft. You could come out guns blazing and scare people into being conservative with their money, or they could come out slinging money around, and your $16 Upton suddenly isn’t $16 anymore.
@Cram It: You nailed it. This one is only a 10 teamer, and there’s only 9 active bats slots (3of, 1 c, no mi/ci), so it seems to me that the Stars and Scrubs method could be really valuable – I’m happy to overspend to lock up the elite guys, with reason, and if that doesn’t work, Upton’s no slouch either.
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Thanks! Agree with Cram
What happened to you inevetiabally happens to me anytime I feel like I’m early and things are going well. Never trust it and just get to where you need to be. Your story sounds like every job interview I’ve ever been on. I know it’s NL only but $23 on Franco kind of leads into my question for you this morning. I’m taking Machado at #3, drafting betts in the 2nd and keeping Davis in the 3rd. My next picks are 38 and 43. Are either too early for Franco? Everything left by that point will be OF (Cain,Pol,Heyward) and my guess is, Franco doesn’t come back ot me in the 6th. Thanks Grey!!
@Jvanslyke: Ha, totally… Franco at 43 is a bit early, I think you can wait one more round
@Grey:
It does feel early, I just don’t have allot of other options there. No position players left so I can go Polanco who I have a hunch I can get next rd or SP which I feel is a tad early
Then go Franco and Polanco in the next two rounds
@Grey:
Thanks Grey. Good luck With your tout wars team
Thanks!
Grey,
Would love your comments on my Yahoo 12 team 5×5 roto team I drafted last Night:
Any immediate holes that need to be fixed. Feels different doing drafts this year? To me, it seems that there are more hitting stars, but that the drop-off is fast.
C Grandal
1B Abreu
2B Carpenter
3B Donaldson
SS Andrus
OF J. Upton
OF Puig (he was still sitting there in round 9, I couldn’t resist)
OF Burns
Util Frazier
Util DeShields
BN A-Rod
BN Bour
BN Schoop
SP Noah
SP Salazar
RP H. Rondon
RP Tolleson
P Iglesias
P Iwakuma
P Y. Ventura
P. J. McGee
BN Cecil
BN Matt Moore
@Jim: Hitting looks solid, but way too many bench bats, you don’t need Schoop or Bour… Pitching is solid too, not much negative to say on the team
ESPN 12 team no 1/3 slot no 2/SS slot no DH slots.
McCann
Rizzo
Castro
Franco
Boegarts
Springer
Upton
Polanco
Deshields
Lawrie
Schoop
Ozuna
Parra
Kim
In a word, how woould you describe my batting?
@Christian Herman: Looks Razzy
@Christian Herman: Sexyhumpy
I have 1 keeper left in 5×5 roto. Keep sano or odor for $10? Thanks!
@Stanton in my way: Sano
My snake draft is next Monday and it is a 10 team H2H mixed points league. I’m thinking about not grabbing any pitchers in the first 6-7 rounds unless the value screams at me..
This might be asking too much of you BUT would you be able to tell me who would be your ideal pitching staff from pick 70 forward if you needed to draft 6-8 SP? Last year you gave me Archer, Keuchel, Carrasco, Gray, Wood and a few others in the middle to end of the draft that you LOVED (slightly overstated perhaps).
Just looking to see who those guys are this year that I should target. (Forgive me if there is a spreadsheet or article that already covers this)
Thanks!
@Ron: You are not forgiven.
@Ron: https://razzball.com/2016-fantasy-baseball-draft-prep-pitchers-pairings/
Hey Grey. I’m only going to post one of my drafted teams since I know you get a it of these. It’s my first time in a 14 team league (5×5 h2h, with k/9 instead of Ks) and wanted some general feedback. It’s also a very deep bench so took some extra bats than I normally would, and wanted to know:
1. who you would generally be starting in my utility spot amongst conforto, Piscotty, and ketel marte based on my team composition?
2. Would you attempt to trade any of my bats for an RP?
C realmuto
1b Pujols
2b Schoop
3b Franco
SS Machado
OF Springer
OF J. Upton
OF Deshields
Utility Piscotty
Bench – Conforto, Ketel Marte, Yasmany
N/A – AJ Reed
SP Noah Synd
SP Lester
P Carlos Rodon
P Stroman
P Corbin
RP Perkins
RP Fernando Rodney
Bench – Grilli, Joe Ross, Ian Kennedy, Paxton, Nola
@G: 1. Conforto, matchups 2. Nah
@Grey: thanks Grey. What’s your general thoughts on my team. Any glaring weakness to anticipate?
Grey!!!
a. The team is good, you’ve more than proved your point on value. Can’t you use the $$$ left over on stuff during the year or is it not that kind of a league? Worst case scenario you have a lot of pitching which was dirt cheap that you can drop for something better if it shows up on waivers. Best case scenario your team beats the crap out of all the other teams. Sincerely hoping for the best case scenario.
b. Away on that island paradise until Sunday. The kids have the week off until next Tuesday. Sporadic internet makes me very sad. Remember? Here … http://www.island-losinj.com/experience/beaches-mali/…
c. Got this trade. I give Sano and Andrew Miller; I get Gardner, Teheran and Ziegler. I rejected the trade, am I mad or sano?
d. What do you make of Nicasio as a lottery, last round pick in H2H? He’s got RP eligibility and maybe Searage does his magic. He might take me to the WHIPping board despite the Ks.
e. Who do you like better in a 10-team H2H mixed league? You must choose one, neither is not an option. Finnegan or Nicasio for this year only in a redraft as a last pick overall.
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: A. Thanks, Ante! B. You’re in Mali? That’s amazing! Jealous C. Hold D. Sure, that works, why not? E. Nicasio
@Grey: Grey!
No, not Mali. Mali Losinj. The Mali signifies ‘small’ and Losinj is just the name of the island.
True story, am in the library in this place, studying Razzball and reading all of MP’s, Cram’s and OneFJef’s replies! I must be cuckoo.
Just signed the offer to go to Chad. No idea when I’m going. You’ll be the first to know along with all the other gentle readers. Stay tuned.
Cheers,
Ante
Oh! Well, you can pretend you’re in Mali. Congrats on the Chad job! That’s awesome!
@Ante GALIC: Must be, you’re on an exotic island (at least the pictures paint that…picture?). Go play outside!
What up Grey, just wanted to get your thoughts on my H2H 15 keeper dynasty league team, standard ESPN scoring, I have one pick left and will likely be adding another P:
C Posey
1B Votto
2B Castro
3B Donaldson
SS Story
OF Bautista
OF Betts
OF Blackmon
UTIL A Jones
UTIL Chris Davis
Bench: Buxton, Franco, DeShields, Pence
SP’s: MadBum, Salazar, J Ross, Fiers, E Rodriguez, J Berrios
RP’s: Rondon, Doolittle, Hoover, Strop
Tried to flip one of my many many OF’s (I’d like to move one of Adam Jones, Pence or Crash Davis) for a stud SP, but havent had any takers.
@TualatinTwoStep: Your hitting is great, love Votto there, helps balance Joey Bats and Davis… Pitching looks fine if Bum is good, which he prolly will be
Our Scout is finished. Picked 7th, Here’s the Rooster. I went anti-Razz starting in round 3, so it’s not too sexy, but calculations came out good for what would be the starting squad. Think I may be a little light on runs and saves for sure(Boxberger) but other than the pitching staff being on the risky side I’m happy. Also got some good multi-positional coverage guys in later rounds so I can toy with injuries if needed. Your Thoughts FML?
C Posey (3) (1B)
C Ramos (22)
1B Rizzo (1)
2B Cano (5)
SS Andrus (17)
3B Solarte (25) (1B)
CI Bour (21)
MI Escobar (20)
OF Springer (2)
OF Cargon (6)
OF D. Peralta (8)
OF Brantley (10)
OF Myers (16) (1B)
U Morales (14)
P Strasburg (4)
P Cueto (7)
P Britton (9)
P Darvish (11)
P McHugh (15)
P Betances (18)
P Teheran (19)
P Leake (23)
P Quackenbush (26)
Bench:
C Phegley (33)
C Ellis (44)
2B Gyorko (27) (SS)
SS Flores (37) (2B)
3B Kang (12) (SS)
3B Wright (32)
3B Hill (39) (2B)
OF Werth (24)
OF A. Garcia (29)
OF D. Jennings (35)
OF Pagan (40)
P Boxberger (13)
P E. Santana (28)
P Peavy (30)
P K. Gibson (31)
P Sabathia (34)
P Bettis (36)
P Pomeranz (38)
P Gallardo (41)
P B. Shaw (42)
P Taillion (43)
@The Great Knoche: I like my team better, but you know that ;) But seriously, I think you should’ve taken more upside players for your bench. Instead of injured boring guys who might not have playing time anyway. Unless you don’t like being excited, then this is up your alley.
@Cram It: yeah, like the starting group. I’ll slot Kang in at 3rd most likely. Just didn’t have any guys on my board later on I wanted so went with guys who I thought would be getting ABs Taillion is only flyer I took. I had everyone graded fairly closely except Frost was way up, and Magic was a bit behind.
@The great Knoche: Frost way up? Hmm. I think he’s lacking power, has a spotty OF and his SP falls off a cliff after his first 3 as far as IP.
A few teams seem to be lagging, but who the hell knows. A lot depends on a lot of things!
@Cram It: have you messed around with setting weekly roster yet? Fairly user friendly I thought. Wish it showed more info, but as far as slotting not bad
@The great Knoche: Yeah I like how you just click on the players to add/remove as opposed to the NFBC drop down. I’m wondering if the SP’s will have the caret’s on the weekly schedule so we know who’s starting when.
@Cram It: I hope so, otherwise I’m actually gonna have to read Ralph’s 2 starter posts
@The Great Knoche: I agree with your assessment, you’re light on saves and it’s unsexy… I don’t like a few of the guys you drafted (McHugh, Cano, your OFs), but they could work out
Thank you for your bravery. I now feel like I can finally admit that I too own Gio Gonzalez. It feels so freeing to say it out loud (or the anonymous blog comment equivalent of out loud).
As a result of this, I am a little light in power, so I’m scouring the waiver wire for cheap power. Here is who I see out there, who do you like?
Domingo Santana
C.J. Cron
Matt Adams
Colby Rasmus
While I am at it, I should probably come clean about another thing… Byung-ho Park is my starting first baseman. I’ll show myself out now…
@Prettay, Prettay, Pretaaay… Prettay good: Haha… Yeah, I gave Oaktown crap about drafting Gio in our Scout league and then…Well, there ya go… Cron…
Andrew Bailey, clippard, jumbo Diaz,oday, Strickland, quackenbush, Rodney,Farquhar Pick two for saves
@Mike: Bailey, Farq
@Grey: would you waiver those guys if you currently have Rodney and a free spot
Use two waivers since everyone hits waivers on the 23rd?
Use a waiver on Arica for na spot?
Yes, and yes on Arcia
@Grey: Which order should the waiver be
@Mike: Depends on needs… Bailey, Farq, Arcia
grey,
why were you wearing sunglasses indoors (twitter pic)
were u guys playing Texas Hold ‘Em?
@peacecoast: I had just walked in, I swear I took them off https://twitter.com/RonShandler/status/711599616374996993 I’m yawning sans sunglasses, back right
@Grey: that’s rich,, you are yawning in that picture, epitome of west coaster having flown into east coast in the morning.
Valasquez,Heaney,Nola,e-rod,gausmam,nicasio, Moore , Aaron Sanchez,
Pick 2
@Mike: gausman and moore
@Jeremy: Nola, Moore
@Mike: Nola, Ed-Rod
Completely off base, pun intended….however……..trying to understand why it’s such popular sentiment to punt saves. It’s one category that u technically have complete control over. You get what u pay for especially in a top 8 reliever. Why not pay 15-20 for someone that will definitely help u control or dominate a category? Punting causes u to be that much better in every category to make up for the say 12 pts I lost punting in say a 16 team league, whereas those categories have more deviation and chance than a save. Pay 20 for kenley and get 40 saves. Pay 20 for Brantley and get 13, or maybe 20 homers and 13, or maybe 20 steals. As an example…..well if it turns out to be 13 and 13 ur behind the curve in terms of what u spent. You KNOW you are getting 40 saves out of kenley. I have finished 3,2,3 last 3 years not punting saves and their approach should be completely reconsidered……thoughts?
@Jeremy: I say not to punt anything ever if avoidable…
Is it really a good idea for a small market team like the Brewers to start Arcia’s clock? PT for the guys they want to trade would make more sense to me. But then again, I’m not great at guessing what other people will do most of the time.
@Shill Team 6: Why hold him down past June? Makes no sense
@Grey: I’m not judging. As I do have DARNELL Sweeney at 2B in my NL only . It just reads as if you’re presuming an early call up.
Nope, I expect him in June, not earlier… Story I don’t think is even definite for June, well, Story at least has a bigger obstacle in what the hell are they doing with Reyes?
I was just offered C Davis and M Franco for my Arenado and Belt. Which side would you prefer?
@Johngggg: Arenado
Do you guys have projected day 1 team line ups anywhere?
We have DFS projections under our DFSBot and we have daily projections of all hitters for Roto under our Hittertron. You can find subscription info @ razzball.com/subscriptions
I drafted another 12 team roto 5X5 $$ league with no trades & 4 OFs
Any comments or suggestion are welcomed
C Hundley 290
1B Goldy 2
2B Gyorko 287 ( I missed my targets & waited …some teams have up to 4 or 5 MI types so I feel I can get someone better )
3B Seager 74 (went 6 picks after Franco)
SS Segura 119
CI Abreu 23 (Only needing 4 OFs I took a quality 1B away from the competition)
MI Seimen 191
OF J Upton 47; Heyward 71; Polanco 98; Peterson 170 (missed out on K Davis & DeShields)
Utility Belt 146 91st time ever owning him …seemed like a bargain ADP wise)
Bench Bat Ozuna 218
SP JFernandez 26 ( I am a fan & 7SPs were off the board); Thor 50; Matz 122; Walker 167; J Ross 194; ED Rodriquez 242 ( Inj but SP is getting scaese); Gausman 266; B. Maurer 311
RP Chapman 95; Perkins 143; Hernandez 215 (seems now Bailey may be the guy); Rodney 239; Jeffress 263
How does the team look? strengths/weaknesses??
@henncoop: You’re low on AVG, some of the guys you have aren’t really ownable in 12 team leagues as of right now… Gyorko, Peterson, Maurer…Blech…. Your pitching is better than your hitting, which isn’t great
Would you trade away Betts & Schwarber for Correa in a 14-Team H2H 5×5 OBP Keeper League? (Keep 5 Forever, No Cost)
My other Outfielders – Stanton, Polanco, DeShields, H. Ramirez
My Shortstops – Semien, T. Turner
FA Catcher Pickups – Grandal, Ramos, Swihart
Possible future keepers before trade – Stanton, Betts, Sano, Schwarber, Strasburg, Rodon, C. Martinez, Walker
How close is it? Everyone feel free to weigh in. Thanks!
@RePete: I’d hold Betts
@RePete: Hold
I’m sure you guys are getting sick of these, but I’d love some feedback.
C- Hundley
C- Molina
1B – Rizzo
2B – Castro
3B – Franco
SS – Tulo
MI – Schoop
CI – Duffy
OF – Trout
OF – Upton
OF – Polanco
OF – Kemp
OF – Pederson
UT – Parra
P – Syndergaard
P- Salazar
P – Rodon
P- Walker
P- Chen
P – Darvish
@Coors Canaveral: No idea # of teams
Sorry, 12-team, 6X6
@Coors Canaveral: You’re low n AVG, don’t love Tulo, and your pitching is a bit better than your hitting, which I don’t love in general
Appreciated.
Howdy grey! I’m back in baseball mode! Great write ups the past couple seasons that I’ve been reading
Had my H2H pts draft on sun let me know what you think
C- Travis d’arnaud
1b- Anthony rizzo
2b- roughned odor
3b- Kyle seager
SS- Xander bogartes
IF- Francisco lindor
OF- Bryce Harper
OF- Kyle schwarber (C/OF)
OF- Gregory polanco
OF- Randal Grichuk
Utility – Hanley Ramirez (just has eligibility at OF now)
DH- mark trumbo (OF/1B/DH)
Bench: joc pederson, Addison Russell, Michael conforto, rusney Castillo, Mike Napoli, Logan forsythe (2b/1b)
P- David price
P- Matt Harvey
P- Noah syndergaard
P- Marcus stroman
P- Yordano Ventura
P- Carlos rodon
RP- hector rodon
Bench- Luis Severino
— top available bats:
Starlin Castro (2b/SS), Danny Valencia (3b/OF), Ketel marte, Alex Gordon, Khris Davis, Pablo Sandoval.
— available pitchers:
Matt Moore, taijuan walker, odorizzi, Patrick Corbin, clay buccholz.
Thanks have a great one grey!
@Green monstah: No idea # of teams
@Grey:
Oops sorry grey. It’s a 10 teamer, thought I included it, dang multi tasking!
@Green monstah:
Also these bats are there too if you like them over any of my current bats; Pedro Alvarez, Chris carter, Travis shaw , AJ reed, trea turner, schoop, story, Joey gallo was dropped & on waivers, yasmany Tomas & hector Oliverio too
Other arms I’ll just lost a couple ; Vincent valesquez, Nola, eovaldi.
For closer/RP: if mine doesn’t do well(hector rodon ) I’ll just stream.
But here there’s Andrew Bailey, glen Perkins, grilli, Koji
@Green monstah:
Reason why we only have one RP slot is because we wanted to try out the RP slot maybe next season increase , in the past we had 6 Pitcher slots (everyone used those 6 slots for starters) thought about just adding in the RP slot
@Green monstah: Hitting looks stacked, pitching looks stacked, but it’s a shallow league so most teams will be stacked… You don’t need to change out players yet
For whatever reason, Andrew Bailey wasn’t in the Yahoo database at draft time, but he is now. Deep 12 teamer and closers are not easy to scoop up (mainly because of the waivers system). $100 FAAB…How much would you all spend?
I currently have Robertson, Giles, Jeffress, Jepsen, Strickland.
@Cram It: Over Jepsen, $22
@Cram It: I’m still not seeing him in ours.
@Cram It: Mine I should say
Hey Grey,
Had my draft on Sunday afternoon. Let me know what you think!
12 Team, 5×5 (avg, not obp), 5 keepers over 5 years, my keepers cost $103 in a $260 budget.
C – Hundley
1 – Goldy (k)
2 – Castro
3 – Arenado (k)
S – K. Marte
O – Harper (k)
O – Marte (k)
O – Conforto (for a freaking dollar!)
U – Rizzo (k)
U – Holiday (getting dropped tomorrow)
SP – Kershaw, Carrasco, Odorizzi, Walker, Chen, Fiers, Nola, Heston, Giolito
RP – Clippard, Colome
Im really light in the RP department because closers go for a ridiculous amount in our league. I wait and scour the wire.
I know… Draft kershaw and you wont win your league… but almost every SP1 and SP2 was being kept (other than grienke, bumgardner, etc). With the offensive keepers I had, I said screw it, im getting him!
Thanks!
@Bryce Krispie Treats: Your keepers are insane, so your hitting is crazy solid, even with Kershaw… I do’t think you won’t win with Kershaw when you have hitting keepers like that… Nice team!
Keeper Help 10 team N/L only 260 auction, unlimited keepers. We start 1 catcher 2 utility 5 outfield and all the infield positions plus corner and middle and 9 pitchers and 10 reserve.
Would you throw anybody back?
Rizzo 29
Franco 7
Seager 7
Mccutchen 36
Yelich 18
Duvall 6
Realmuto 6
Cole 19
Melancon 11
Iglesias 6
I was planning on keeping everybody but my question marks are duvall at 6 and realmuto at 6 since we oly start 1 catcher. Appreciate the help
@Martin: You can toss back Duvall and get him back cheaper or for same price
I think I can make you feel a LOT better about drafting Gio. Does it help to know that he and his wife just had their first child and they named him Enzo Louis Gonzalez? You have to admit, knowing that a guy has the good sense to name his child something as awesome as Enzo Louis Gonzalez inspires a tremendous amount of confidence.
Speaking of the Scout, I feel like I got picked off on the guys I wanted about the last 8 rounds.
Blue Jays clubhouse watching Obama’s Cuba address:
Josh Thole to Jose Bautista: “What’s the first thing you would do if you were president?”
Kevin Pillar answering for Bautista: “Fire all the umpires.”
Naming children isn’t a category in this league, Steve! Kidding, that DOES make me feel better! Nice on Pillar, who I like a lot
@Grey:
I have Pillar in Scout and do like him but….he’s got a short track record and low OBP and a lot hinges on him holding on to that leadoff spot. If he can build on last year and hang on there he could be 15/30 with 100+ runs in that line up. A decent upside play because his glove will keep him in center.
Yeah, agreed on all counts
Also, Khris Davis wears a shirt at A’s camp that says “Khris Davis For President”
I need one with my name!
[email protected]Grey:
We really should start a campaign for you. We could call it the Pat Paulsen Party feat. Gracie Allen.
Main platform includes making opening day a national holiday. something about mustaches.
you could sell quite a few Grey Albright For President tshirts here.
“United We Stache”
I’m in keeper league and targeting J-Fer for my1st SP.
It seems good that MIA protect him and limit his innings. But I still not sure should I pick him there.
Are you worried about his injury? Thoughts appreciated.
https://razzball.com/2016-fantasy-baseball-rankings/
@Grey:
Albrightcanoe and Rudy too!
HA
12 team – h2h – keeper question
arenado 33rd overall
or
corey seager 273rd overall
seagers obviously better value, but i feel like arenado’s a more sure thing
Seager
@Grey:
good looking out FML
No problem
12 team 5×5 year 3 of 5 before redraft
Just finished draft how did I do
Gomes
Rizzo
Dozier
K.marte
Machado
Schoop
Beltre
J.d.
Jones
Brantley
Polanco
Yelich
Fielder
Bench-duffy,pederson,souza,valencia,moncada
Salazar
C.mart
Rodon
Iglesias
Nola
Hendricks
Allen
Casilla
Betances
Roark
Glasnow
You look light on AVG and power… Pitching looks decent if a bit risky
Grey: Welcome back to the left coast. Rodney O & Joe Cooley are one of my all-fine favs!! Saw them in concert back in ’93 along with 2Pac when he was coming up. What are your thoughts on Nicasio? Think he wins spot in Pitt rotation? Roster-able in deep H2H mixed league? Thx! U Don’t Hear Me Tho’!
I remember when I first came to Cali around 93, every song on the radio was Rodney O and Joe Cooley… I think Nicasio is rosterable and wins a spot in the rotation
Hey Grey used your rankings a spreadsheet andmy nephews Adderall……
C-d’Arnaud
1B Gold
2B Odor
SS Kang
3B Seager
OF Betts
OF Springer
OF Polanco
UT Franco
UT Parra
SP Carrasco
SP Salazar
SP Smyly
SP Iglesias
SP Rodon
RP KROD
RP Watson
RP Smith
RP Kelley
BN Steve Matz
BN Trevor Story
BN Will Myers
Not thrilled with my BP, SS and Back UP 1B and d’Arnaud. But might try to flip a SP for upgrades in those areas.
12 team H2H.
# of teams?
Love the team, though a little light on big power…. Pitching is excellent
It’s 5 starts per week. Would you consider trading an arm for a bigger bat? If so, top end starter or back end?
Backend
Thanks for all the work on the rankings. This was the smoothest draft I’ve ever had.
No problem
Thx Brother! Yeah, I got some humps for the boulevard. Turn it up, pump it up, cuz it’s hittin hard…
Hell yeah! Haha, so bad
Grey my team looks like this in a H2H mixed league
C fransisco cervelli
1 anthony rizzo
2 Ian kinsler
3 david murphy
Ss starlin castro
Of Aj pollock, carlos gonzalez, jason heyward, david peralta, melky cabrera
Bench brandon phillips, nick markakais, jo hun kang, curtis granderson
Sp david price, madison bumgarner, adam wainwright, michael wacha, jeff samardija, luis severino, andrew cashner..
Can you give me an advice if you see a week spot? Or do you like my team?
# of teams?
10 teams
@Jose: You look weak on speed, AVG and David Murphy should be Daniel Murphy, I hope at least… Your pitching looks like you’ve never read the site before
I trade micahel brantley for carlos gonzalez….i thought i was weak in power jajajjaa not on speed ups i think i made a mistake
Sounds fine, don’t see a problem with it
And yes is daniel murphy o and i have yadier molina too in the bench
Obviously, an auction with ‘perts is very different. Do you go in just looking for value? Seems like that’s the approach.
For my friends 10 team OBP h2h league, I have sweet keepers and want to target specific players I will just go get as long as the price doesn’t get completely out of hand. Is that an ok strategy, or would you lean more towards a value approach?
Keepers: Rizzo, Correa, Donaldson, Harper, Arrieta, Syndergaard
Targeting Betts and Upton to round out the OF, both are undervalued in ESPNs rankings so I don’t think I’ll have to overpay like crazy. Won’t spend much on pitching other than grabbing 1 elite closer. That leaves me with lots to spend on 2nd base and UTIL (refuse to spend more than $1 on C). Should I just let value dictate where I go there?
Dozier is safe, but will be overpriced. He’s better in an OBP league and do like the safety of his lineup position and production. Otherwise I could just grab Schoop late and spend the remaining $ on another closer. Odor or Rendon are options too.
Bautista and Davis could slot in UTIL or I could go after a platoon of Grey favs like Delino and Khrush. Should I just play it by ear? I like going in with a plan and targets, but how willing should I be to change on the fly?
That strategy makes sense, you’ll be able to get good value here…you know I like Davis and DeShields, and you know that said like Chris Tucker
@Grey: hahaha thanks. Now I am watching Rush Hour clips on youtube.
Ha, No problem
And you still got there on time? That’s a champion performance right there, who needs marathons?
Need pitching in my 16 teamer, trade Miggy for Pujols and Hamels? No worries who to cut as I need to DL some guys soon anyway.
Ha, I know, right? I’d want Miggy there
Who do you like : Lester , Wainwright or D.Salazer ? 6×6 Roto.
Salazar
I’ve never done an NL only draft. Can’t imagine how thin it is. Best of luck!
I’ll be drafting 11th out of 12 in a 12 team H2H points league. No need to take Harvey/deGrom at pick 35/38 when 2-3 of the following should be available at picks 59/62 .: Cole, Fernandez, Syndergaard, Strasburg, Carrasco, Archer?
We can roster 9 SP and get 25 starts a week. I’m thinking 1 pitcher from the Illusions tier, followed by 1 from the starter at some point tier and 2-3 from the Gluttony tier should be a good enough base to stream from. Could even pick up a couple of fliers in the late rounds.
That’s right, no need for Harvey… Illusions and Gluttony are fine
@Grey:
Thanks for all the work Grey! It’d be a lot easier if I wasn’t afraid of ending up with the Stressbird…
No problem
If Cervelli, Ramos, Hundley, and Casali are still available at pick 350, would you wait another round for catcher even if you would be filling your bench? Or refilling a minor league spot?
So I barricaded myself in and finally finished season 2 of Fargo. Loved it but can you, or Nick the Dick, or anyone else explain if the “Sci-Fi” element was part of something bigger that I missed or just randomly happened.
Ufo was random, but I thought it worked when it had no business of working… I watched Kids for Cash last night; was solid, decently depressing… I’d just take a catcher…
Thanks, I’ll begrudgingly draft a catcher then.
And good, I know they referenced the Ufo a couple times like in Molly’s drawing and the guy at the gas station, didn’t know if something went over my head.
Is that the one about crooked judges? I caught some of The Mind of Mark DeFriest the other day, decent but they had all this weird japanimation.
Grey doesn’t do japanimation… Yeah, crooked judges, worth checking out
Neither does the doctor, why I only caught some.
Doctor my eyes…Tell me what is wrong…with anime
Wanna go see this?
https://youtu.be/yE6uWRwZc2U
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: haha Jin has really worn out that 106 & Park fame
Yeah, could you pick me up?
@Grey:
https://youtu.be/CkjHtUYkZk4
Haha… Please?
Haha. It is playing at the hipster theater a couple blocks from me.
@Grey: Noisey on Viceland. Do it!
Oh I gotta get on that
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: I think the ufo stuff is speaking to the times of paranoia back then in the 70’s, as well as the midwestern setting where alot of the so called ufo sightings take place. That, and the Coen bros like their unpredictability I suppose. I thought it was silly and loved it at the same time….i’ll tell you what, Vice is my new fav channel. Fuck, Flophouse, Weediquette and Noisey are all awesome.
@nick the dick: Quality analysis. The Midwest setting makes sense, I loved it too. Just added something completely unexpected.
I never watch any other shows but considering the station only has like 5 shows, I should be able to find them and watch.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: yeah only a few shows on there other than that. But Noisey and Weediquette are fantastic in particular, you shall enjoy
Grey
just drafted this team analysis would be appreciated
12 teams 6×6 offensive Ks, QS and losses
C. W. Castillo
1B. Rizzo
2B. Schoop
3B. Bryant
SS. Castro
OF. JD Mart
OF. Cespy
OF. Polanco
Ut. Franco
Ut. Deshields
Bench: Belt
P. Lester
P. Cueto
P. Darvish
P. Rodon
P. Matz
P. T. Walker
P. Papalbon
P. Boxberger
P. Rodney
P. Quackenbush
Hitting looks solid, might be a tad light on AVG, pitching is a bit wonky and risky… I like the guys you have but you don’t have many safe arms
I am in a 10 team HTH Keeper League.
I was wondering what “tier” starting pitcher should I be targeting for a trade with my Kyle Schwarber. I also have Russel Martin.
Names I am considering are Iglesias, Lester, S Gray, Salaza, Stroman, T Walker, G Richards
Thanks!! Happy Purim!!
Salazar
Two questions:
One, does having 6-8 people in an NL-only league change things further? I know there’s a 10-team setting on the rater, should I use that? Our budget and settings will be Yahoo! default settings, but we can’t scrounge up anyone else that wants to join an NL-only auction league.
Also, in a non-auction mixed league question, I had my first year draft of my first money league, first full dynasty:
http://i.imgur.com/zLnC2lZ.png
Your thoughts?
I’d bump up the 10 team Rater a couple of bucks, you can ask Rudy in his post exactly how much to bump it up
Great draft Grey! I kind of like Zola’s team as well. Everyone has warts, but that is to be expected in this type of draft. Good luck on the season
Thanks, pandas!
@Grey: Crazy, I just noticed one of the guys drafted like the whole Dodgers staff. Strange draft!
Yeah, our values like his team 2nd best… But agreed his staff is a little wonky
@Grey: he’s got a lot of those sneaky value power/sb guys that I am in love with (anybody in an RCL with me take no notice, nothing to see here) Then again, the same team paid 12 for Markakis.
One of the things I am looking forward to in the Scout leagues is what you draft is what you get. Really intriguing format. Especially for someone like me who tends to draft a little too upsidey and fix with waivers/FAAB
Markakis is actually $12.7 https://razzball.com/playerrater-preseason-nlonly12team/
In this kind of league, ABs are really key… Of course, it doesn’t make Markakis exciting all of a sudden
In Scout you need ABs and IP too
2 catchers, 5 OF’s, MI / CI + 2 util (plus the usual infield).
15 team league and weekly lineup.
Does that change your approach for MI position? You talk about going for the higher upside guys and have them in a tier above the stable guys (DJ LeMahieu / Forsythe). Does this format change that? Better to have an every day guy than take a chance on someone like Scooter?
Thanks!
You are better to go for an everyday player, yes
Hi Grey, thoughts on this squad? 12 team, H2H (6X6, TB’s/L’s), we keep 3 (mine were Machado, Davis, Cespedes), and I had the #10 pick. Little too much youth which wasn’t the plan but just the way draft played out, but guys you like so I’m optimistic.
C. Castillo
1B Davis
2b Odor
SS Machado
3b Franco
OF Cespedes
OF Polanco
OF Brantley
Util K. Davis/Dickerson/Deshields
B Lawrie
SP Fernandez
SP Syndergard
SP Rodon
SP Walker
SP Quintana
SP McCullers (DL)
RP Tolleson
RP Ramos
RP Colome
RP O’day
I like the hitting and pitching, think you took nice balance of safe and upsidey
@Grey: Great, thanks. The Razzball War Room spreadsheet likes my team too, ranked the best O and top overall team in roto terms… The one pick I was mixed on was Polanco over Salazar with my 4th pick, but seeing I already had Jose and Thor, and needed a second OF, went with Polanco. And Salazar was gone by time of my next pick.
Yeah, didn’t hurt you either
10 team ESPN H2H Points (weekly 12 start pitcher limit)
Hey Grey so I have a free roster spot since I traded away a draft pick to acquire Correa before the draft and I need help deciding what to do with it!
1. Should I grab another RP, SP, or just save that spot for a SP/RP streamer after the start of the season? Guys available include: Boxberger, S. Casilla, Leake, J. Ross, Heaney, Nola, Hammel, McCullers?
2. Or should I pickup one of: Khris Davis, DeShields, Ozuna, Schoop?
3. Also I’m not sure how I feel about Murphy at Util so should I drop him for someone listed above? or maybe try packaging him with maybe another player for an upgrade somewhere? Not sure who to target though…
Hitter Scoring: HIT (+1), RUN (+1), RBI (+1), 2B (+1), 3B (+2), HR (+3), BB (+1) SB (+1)
Pitcher Scoring: WIN (+3), LOSS (-3), IP (+3), K (+1), BB (-1), SAVE (+3), ER (-2), HIT (-1), NH (+10) PF (+15)
(1) C: Posey
(1) 1B: Abreu
(1) 2B: Odor
(1) SS: Correa
(1) 3B: Seager
(3) OF: Trout, JD Martinez, Brantley
(1) UT: D. Murphy
Bench: (n/a)
(1) DL: n/a
(4) SP: Scherzer, Matz, Rodon, Walker
(3) RP: K. Jansen, Familia
Bench: (R. Iglesias, Odorizzi, Corbin, Ventura, Severino)
1. Sure, DL McCullers, Davis 3. DeShields
For your pitchers pairing post, you said it was for 12 team leagues. What should I change for a 15 teamer?
Thanks again!
Also, does Rudy have his rankings somewhere on this site? All I see are yours and Steamer rankings
You want guys from the same tiers, you might want to take a better 2nd starter then waiting for Matz’s tier… Steamer is Rudy’s
Grey,
Were you lucky enough to have a chance run in with anyone from the Stern show at Sirius?
My main question: Is the top 500 list current? (Drafting tonight!!)
Nah, it was Sunday, don’t know if they’re there then… Top 500 is current
@Grey: was is the office up by Times Square? most people who actually live in NYC avoid that place like the plague unless they have to go up there. Same with MSG for me, but I tend to be in the LES or EV most of the time anyhow
Yeah, it was 1221 Avenue of Americas on 49th
Does anybody know if Chapman will get NA status in Yahoo or is “suspended” going to be its own separate thing now?
I’m guessing no on NA, but not sure
@Corey: i am sure, and yahoo gonna yahoo here (something i now get to say 3 times a day at least whenever i see something completely asinine that yahoo does), now they don’t count suspensions as if they are not active. i’m pretty sure being suspended is the exact definition of being not active.
Here’s another draft! 10-team Yahoo H2H OPS league, keep 7 with no penalty. I think I ended up breaking a number of FMBL rules with this one, but after running a few years with a rapidly-aging core of keepers, I decided I was going to stock up on the youths, even if it meant holding a few bench bats to start the season:
C–Welington
1B–Belt
2B–Schoop
3B–Arenado (Keeper)
SS–Xander (K)
OF–Springer (K)
OF–Joey Bats (K)
OF–Cain
OF–Delino
UT–Donaldson (K)
UT–Franco
BE–Sano (K)
SP–Arrieta (K), Salazar, Rodon, Taijuan, Raisel, Corbin, Severino, Nola
RP–Aroldis, McGee, Hoover, Grilli, Colome,
Yeah, Franco was likely unnecessary given that I’d kept Sano, but he was still there a few rounds into the draft (essentially round 10), so it was too much value to pass up. My hope is that he eventually gets moved over to first. Once Sano gets his OF eligibility, I plan on platooning him with Delino based on needs (Runs/Steals or HR/OPS).
As for pitching, I must have been getting super high on upside, so there’s a fair chance of crashing and burning, but I guess no one else in my league was going for the buzzy young guys.
Thanks for all the great work!
Team looks nice on hitting, I love the team really overall…Your keepers don’t hurt, obviously… Team is stacked
Grey!! What should I sell Tulo for in a keepforever dynasty league? JP craw enough??
Meh
Hey Grey, keeper league question for you.
H2H, categories are R, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG, OPS, W, SV, K, ERA, WHIP, K/9 QS (I know it’s dumb)
Two keepers with the round you drafted them, Correa in the 25th is the obvious. For the second slot, I’m deciding between Harper (2nd), Jose Abreu (11th), or Arrieta (7th).
Any thoughts?
Abreu
Grey,
Do you think Bailey has a good enough shot at the closer role to use a #2 waiver on him? 12 team roto… I have Britton and K- Rod but have a flyer spot available currently held by Axford
Thanks!
Yeah he’s worth the claim
Trade schoop,Corbin,jd Martinez for altuve?
Nah
@Mike: i’d feel dirtier than a kiddy rapist if i was asking for that much if i had altuve.
Dynasty league advice: Trevor Story or Michael Wacha? Have Tulo at SS. SP’s are Hamels, Stroman, Wacha, Maeda, McHugh, Samardzija, Moore, Hendricks. Thanks in advance!
Wacha
Hey Grey – in my keep 7 keeper league, roto w/ weekly lineups, I’m trying to look ahead to 2017. My current keepers who I hope will be keepable in 2017 are Betts and Abreu ($28 each next year), Franco ($11 next year), Buxton ($7), Stras ($19), RIglesias ($6), and Matz ($11).
1. For my 7 $0 reserve spots (taken via snake draft after the auction part), what do you think about dedicating 3 of those to stash guys who could be studs in 2017, with the remaining 4 for extra 2016 arms etc? The stashed guys would cost $3 to keep next year.
2. For those 3 spots, I’d definitely plan to take Moncada + Giolito . . . but who of Urias, Turner, OArcia, Story, Aaron Judge do you like for the 3rd stash?
Thanks!
1. Sure 2. Arcia
@Grey: Thanks! Arcia seems great, and pretty much ready to be handed the job.
Agreed
Hey, Grey! Should I trade Shields for Chen? I’m in a head to head points league. Thanks!
Nah
12 team (30 man roster), 6×6 (ops + holds)
My offense is great, my RPs are good, and my Holds guys should provide solid ratio support.
My SP staff is
Felix
Liriano
Pineda
Matz
Rodon
Odorozzi
Iwakuma
What do you think of my ace-free SP staff?
It looks fine, I don’t love F-Her this year, but he shouldn’t be terrible (hopefully)
NFBC has Matt Adams ADP at 325. Gotta be huge value there, no? I’m in a 15 team league, target him as my CI possibly?
In a H2H 12 teamer that includes Total Bases Mookie and his proclivity for doubles seems like a no brainer target. Any other low hanging fruits to bump up that TB number?
(Proclivity isn’t that bad of a word. That could totally get me some hand stuff from a Boston Pink Hat.)
Also, outside of Yu who are your favorite pitchers who are starting the year on the DL? (I call that my catcher super punt- I save a dollar in the auction by not getting a catcher until my pitcher is DL eligible)
Thanks a bunch.
We have total bases rankings: https://razzball.com/playerrater-preseason-hittercategories-yahoo/
McCullers
@Grey:
Thanks.
No problem
14 Team H2H Keeper League (keep 8 players with no restrictions)
Current Keepers:
Hitters: Miggy, Altuve, Donaldson, Upton
Pitchers: Cole, Lester, Kimbrel
With my final keeper spot should I keep Tyson Ross or Belt?
Belt
I took over a team in a keeper league and my keepers sucked. I traded Kershaw and my 3rd pick for his first pick (Trout) and 10th (Darvish) You keep guys 1 round earlier then drafted. If you keep your first pick then you can only keep 5 guys not 6. I have one draft remaining and this draft made me realize how far behind I am! What you guys think? Remember each team kept 6 guys and this league has been around for years. 6 x 6 head to head
C- Welington Castillo Ari
1st- Stephen Piscotty
2nd-Rendon
3rd-Franco
SS-Bogaerts
OF- Marte
OF- Upton
OF- Polanco
Util-DeShields
Util-Trout
Bench- Buxton, Story(mil SS availbe), AJ Reed (all very late hoping for a keeper)
starters: Ross, Wainwright, Darvish, Salazar, Pineda, Nola, Iglesias, Rodon, Berrios
rp: Robertson, Boxberger, Papelbon
I CAN ONLY MAKE 30 MOVES ALL YEAR!!! This rule is killing me.
I have one free spot. Guy available Souza Jr, Dickerson, Khris Davis, Park, Segura, Doolittle, Rodney, David Hernandez, Paxton, Dickey, Erasmo, Gallardo, Heston, Shoemaker……
Hold and saves are combined and not many people took hold guys. I do not think I should start using moves on RP now.
Thanks for your advice!!
# of teams?
@Grey: 12
Auction strategy – H2H but keep in mind only 10 teams so good players on waivers.
Pick one please. Is it close?
1-Rizzo/ Cain/ wavier pickup for UTIL
2-Hosmer/ Heyward/ K.Seager
Rizzo…Heyward
Clarification you’re saying Rizzo side?
Yup
It’s an auction league and a actually go Rizzo, Hosmer and Seager…sweet!!
Nice!
15 Team League 5×5 Roto. Thoughts on team? Missed out on closer run so I know I’m light on saves.
C Wilson Ramos, WSH
C Nick Hundley, COL
1B Brandon Belt, SF
2B Jonathan Schoop, BAL
SS Starlin Castro, NYY
3B Maikel Franco, PHI
CI Nick Castellanos, DET
MI Jace Peterson, ATL
OF Giancarlo Stanton, MIA
OF Starling Marte, PIT
OF Gregory Polanco, PIT
OF Joc Pederson, LAD
OF Marcell Ozuna, MIA
Util Avisail Garcia, CWS
Util Colby Rasmus, HOU
P Jacob DeGrom, NYM
P Tyson Ross, SD
P Taijuan Walker, SEA
P Huston Street, LAA
P Yordano Ventura, KC
P Kevin Gausman, BAL
P Daniel Norris, DET
P Jeremy Jeffress, MIL
P Aaron Sanchez, TOR
P Matthew Wisler, ATL
P Dylan Bundy, BAL
Your pitching looks stacked and your hitting looks weak, which isn’t great… You might only have one guy hit 27+ HRs… A lot will come down to Ozuna, Schoop and Franco, hopefully they work out…Though, I do like them
@Grey:
Is this team better? Took a hitter in 3rd round instead of pitcher.
C Robinson Chirinos, TEX
C Jason Castro, HOU
1B Anthony Rizzo, CHC
2B Jonathan Schoop, BAL
SS Starlin Castro, NYY
3B Maikel Franco, PHI
CI Nick Castellanos, DET
MI Brett Lawrie, CWS
OF Starling Marte, PIT
OF Justin Upton, DET
OF Gregory Polanco, PIT
OF Brandon Belt, SF
OF Marcell Ozuna, MIA
Util Rusney Castillo, BOS
Util Avisail Garcia, CWS
Bench: Matt Adams
P Gerrit Cole, PIT
P Francisco Liriano, PIT
P Hector Rondon, CHC
P Taijuan Walker, SEA
P Patrick Corbin, ARI
P Sean Doolittle, OAK
P Aaron Nola, PHI
P Daniel Norris, DET
Grey
Just had my draft last night, 5×5 OBP & QS, K/9. Can you grade my team overall, I used Razzball OBP rankings, with some other ranking from Rotowire & RotoExperts. Its a 10 team keeper league, where we kept 7 players. I kept Arenado, Seager, Marte and JD mart. For pitching I held Kershaw, Straugburg and Salazar. After the draft other teams said I should addressed my 1st base. I wanted Hosmer or Pujols, but I felt I could of got them in the 2nd rd, which would be our 9th.. but damn both went before me. I took Heyward instead of them. I hoping someone breaks out possibly in the start of the season, like a Matt Adams, Zimmerman or Chris Carter. But how does my team look for 2016.
Batters
Pos Players
C Yasmani Grandal C | LAD
1B Carlos Santana 1B | CLE
2B Ian Kinsler 2B | DET
3B Nolan Arenado 3B | COL
SS Corey Seager SS | LAD
OF Jason Heyward OF | CHC
OF Starling Marte OF | PIT
OF J.D. Martinez OF | DET
U Hunter Pence OF | SF
1B Brandon Belt 1B | SF
1B Mark Trumbo 1B,OF | BAL
2B Kolten Wong 2B | STL
SS Starlin Castro 2B,SS | NYY
SS Eugenio Suarez SS | CIN
OF Domingo Santana OF | MIL
Pitchers
Pos Players
SP Clayton Kershaw SP | LAD
SP Jake Odorizzi SP | TB
SP Michael Pineda SP | NYY
SP Danny Salazar SP | CLE
SP Stephen Strasburg SP | WAS
RP Dellin Betances RP | NYY
RP Craig Kimbrel RP | BOS
SP Jose Berrios SP | MIN
SP Jason Hammel SP | CHC
SP Eduardo Rodriguez SP | BOS
You look a little light on speed, not terrible, the team is nice overall, I like the hitting (minus the steals)… Don’t love Kinsler, but that’s a small thing… Your pitching is obviously insane
AL-only dynasty question: you ok with me signing J.D. Martinez to a 2 year deal, at$13 this year and $18 the next? Or should I just keep him at $8 for this year and then part ways?
Grey,
10 team H2H email draft is on-going. Thought it might be a good time to solicit some feedback on what I have so far.
24-man rosters, 3 position-specific OF spots, 7 SP limit, active pitching slots are 2 SP, 2 RP, and 3 P. Most every team will roster 7 SPs, so I know I need to get going on collecting some. But I’ll consider any closers that linger as well.
C
1B Anthony Rizzo
2B
3B Kris Bryant
SS Carlos Correa
LF Corey Dickerson
CF Lorenzo Cain
RF George Springer
Util Albert Pujols
Bench
Bench
Bench
Bench
SP Jacob deGrom
SP Jose Fernandez
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
RP Ken Giles
RP Aroldis Chapman
RP Huston Street
RP
RP
RP
RP
@Hal Incandenza: I should mention it’s 5×5 but with QS instead of Wins.
@Hal Incandenza: And Rizzo, Bryant, and Correa were keepers.
Sorry. OK, I’ll shut up now. I’m shutting up now.
Team looks great so far, what’s not to like? Maybe a bit low on AVG, but whatever in H2H… Grab some SPs now
@Grey: Will do, thanks!
Too early for Darvish?
A bit too early… Grab one more SP then take Darvish if he’s there
@Grey: I can do that. I actually have the bookend picks. Eyeing Rodon or Matz to go with Yu. Kinda wondering if I should go Rodon and Matz, but I’m far enough out that the dilemma will likely resolve itself by the time I’m up.
Gotcha
Hey Grey,
Just had pick #7 in my 12-team 4-keeper 6×6 (OBP &QS) league. Went a little pitching-heavy without planning on it – just the way things went! Please tell me what you think of my team. Thanks!
C Welington Castillo, Ari C
1B Freddie Freeman, Atl 1B (keeper)
2B Rougned Odor, Tex 2B
3B Maikel Franco, Phi 3B
SS Francisco Lindor, Cle SS
IF Howie Kendrick, LAD 2B
LF Ben Zobrist, ChC 2B, LF
CF Adam Jones, Bal CF (keeper)
RF J.D. Martinez, Det RF
OF Delino DeShields, Tex CF, LF
UTIL Khris Davis, Oak LF
Bench Aaron Hicks, NYY CF
P John Lackey, ChC SP
P Collin McHugh, Hou SP
P Taijuan Walker, Sea SP
SP Jake Arrieta, ChC SP (keeper)
SP Chris Archer, TB SP (keeper)
SP Danny Salazar, Cle SP
SP Francisco Liriano, Pit SP
SP Michael Pineda, NYY SP
RP Brad Boxberger, TB RP (mistake; dropping for Jepsen as soon as waivers clear)
RP Santiago Casilla, SF RP
RP Will Smith, Mil RP
Bench Andrew Heaney, LAA SP
Bench Wade Miley, Sea SP
Yeah, your pitching is very strong, but that’s made your hitting weak… You don’t have much power, but I do like Davis there, he could help
@Grey: yeah, that was my take as well – lack of power. Some guy offered me Belt for Liriano but I didn’t think that was fair. He also has Dozier and Frazier that Id be interested in, though I’d rather not have Doz kill my avg. Do you think it’s worth trading one of my arms for Belt – or do you think I can get Fraz without giving up too much?
Thanks
I’d try for Frazier first
@Grey: how do you feel about me giving up Lackey for Frazier?
Never happen
@Grey: hahaa I know..wishful thinking. This is why I’m usually not a big trader. Anyway, thanks for the advice
No problem
10 team H2h 5×5 (OBP and TB instead of BA and R) keeper question: Keep 2 of:
Josh Donaldson Round 2
Nolan Arenado Round 4
Jake Arrieta Round 9
Danny Salazar Round 22
Thanks Grey!
Arenado, Arrieta, tough call though
Hi Grey,
Had my 12 team roto draft ( non keeper) over the weekend
Targeted several of the players you were high on. I think I have a contending team. What do you think? Pitching strong enough? Need more speed?
C- W Castillo
1B- J Abreu
2B- Odor
3B- Machado
SS- C Seager
CI- Freeman
MI- A Escobar/ Lawrie
OF- JD Martinez
OF- J Upton
OF- Deshields
UT- K Davis/ Conforto
SP- Arietta
SP- T Ross
SP- Stroman
SP- Corbin
SP- Heaney
SP- E Rodriguez
RP- Chapman
RP- K Rod
RP Casilla
Bench- Valezquez
Bench – Z Wheeler
Bench- Colome
Any input appreciated!!
Yup, team looks solid, bit low on power… Pitching looks great, prolly a bit too good
@Grey:
Thanks
Interesting . I figured with Machado, Abreu , JD , Upton, , freeman and K Davis the one area I would be strong in is power
No problem
20-man H2H dynasty league:
I give:
Grichuk
Fiers
Cecil
César Hernández
I get:
Kemp
Liriano
Jarred Cosart
Kike Hernández
Yay or nay?
Yay
Any love for Jabari Blash if he get the starting outfield gig in San Diego? Besides the love of the oppurtunity to say Blash Bash when he homers?
We go over him in today’s podcast… Decent late flyer
Grey – Completed my AL only, Auction, 9 Teams (10th guy bowed out last minute, Ninjas have been released from their cell to kill him)….followed your advice for players, but under allocated for pitchers (spent $64 and it shows). Should I worry about pitching enough to offer a trade & who should I dump asap…notable FAs are listed below
C Murphy, JR
1B Abreu
2B Odor
SS Semien
3B Machado
MI Schoop
CI Cron
UT Gose
DH Fielder
OF Deshields (of course)
OF Betts
OF Martinez, Just Dong
OF Souza
OF Martin, L
SP Darvish
RP Chapman
SP Rodon
SP Kennedy
SP Gauseman
SP Karns
SP Ramierz, E
RP Colome
SP Porcello
Reserve (3 max, no DL spot)
SP Paxton
SP Bundy
SS Anderson, T
Notable pitchers on the waiver wire include SP Tillman, Sabathia, Holland, Lewis and for RP Soria, Madson and Axford
Notable hitters include Chisehall, Goins, Singleton, Loney
Thoughts?
Yeah, I’d be a little concerned about your pitching…. I like the SPs you do have, but they are very risky, and you don’t have enough saves… Tillman over Bundy for IP… Your hitting is solid, in fact, it’s great… Even if Odor Semien sounds funky nasty
@Grey:
Grey – Thanks for the assessment…What do you think about dropping Karns or Paxton for Axford since Doolittle has already begun his DL dance? Also would you trade Fielder for Wade Davis? How about Fielder for Kluber?
Meh, don’t panic… For Kluber is good, but doubt that happens
@Grey:
Meant to say Fielder and Porcello for Kluber
@Biggest Papi:
PS 5×5 Scoring
10 team, keep-5 H2H league with 6×6 scoring (OPS, QS).
Any glaring weaknesses? I think I’m too light in my OF and SPs have a big drop-off after Cole and J-Fer.
C Sal Perez
1B Paul Goldschmidt (K)
2B Robinson Cano
3B Nolan Arenado (K)
SS Xander Bogaerts (K)
OF Carlos Gomez
OF Gregory Polanco
OF Miguel Sano (K)
UTIL Miggy Cabrera
BN Joc Pederson
SP Gerrit Cole
SP J-Fer (K)
RP Aroldis Chapman
RP Wade Davis
P AJ Ramos
P Taijuan Walker
P Yordano Ventura
BN Mike Fiers
BN Collin McHugh
BN Andrew Heaney
BN Clay Buchholz
I don’t see any glaring weaknesses, your hitting might be a tad light on SBs, but in OPS, that’s fine… Your pitching is solid
Keeper wuestion. got an offer proposed to me. Would you trade for Seager(LA) and swap 3rd round picks(move back 10 spots). Or I would be able to keep Seager as a 19th rounder or keep Raisel in the 20th round. It’s a h2h league, pitcher Heavy 2.5 pts per k. 12 teams.
Yes
I got Nola…hopefully going Segura next…I’m torn between Bauer and Velasquez after that.
Bauer is slightly safer, Velasquez is more upsidey
@Grey: My guts been telling me Bauer..he’s still young but hopefully maturing..if he just gives me what he did last year but gets his ERA into the 3s..he becomes pretty nice…The innings limit for Velazquez throws a little cold water on him too.
Yup, agreed
For saves which one would you want
Rodney,clippard,Diaz,Strickland ,o day
Rodney
Rough news for Ethier. Not that I had him anywhere
@mauledbypandas: Fuck em.
Yeah, sucks
Should i spend my high waiver on Trevor Story? My shortstop is Marcus Semien right now. There is another person in the league without a shortstop at all but i have the higher waiver. Or should i just hold onto the waiver for when the season starts and gamble and just stick with Semien?
Sure
Needed Immediately someone to fill a RCL for draft at 9pm EST
http://games.espn.go.com/flb/tools/join?leagueId=9203&inviteKey=4d0e
rosterbate is the password
Filled Thanks!
Hey grey, is cueto or Samardzija’s rocky start in spring training worrisome? Have both in a keeper but have gotten some interest in cueto. You trust him?
Thanks!
Nope
@Grey: no not worrisome? Or no you don’t trust him?
Ignore spring stats
@Grey: gotcha. With the way he ended last year and now spring it had me concerned. Thanks grey!
Yeah, it would be nice to see him throwing well, but too early to panic
Paxton or Erasmo?
https://razzball.com/2016-fantasy-baseball-rankings/
Finally had my first draft with the 4th pick.
(12 team H2H 7×7)
Other than the anti Grey Kershaw pick my team is pretty Razzy no?
C Welington
1B Abreu
2B Odor
3B Frazier
SS Seager
OF Polonco
OF Betts
OF Belt
U Franco
U Desheilds
BN Grichuck
Kershaw Rodon Walker Corbin Ross Karns Castilla Storen CSmith Hernandez Farquhar Osuna
Yeah, very Razzy, and even with Kershaw, I still like the hitting, which isn’t easy to pull off… I think you’re a little wonky on closers
@Grey:
I’ll find some haha
I hate closers!
I picked 8 bats after Kershaw
Then chose Rodon over Pineda
Pineda didn’t make it back to me so grabbed walker next…
@Grey:
what were your thoughts on that dude that spent
only $12 for pitching in AL?
one less bat he coulda had two somewhat decent starters jeez!
Trade offered to me.
I give Arenado. I get Stanton.
WAIT! Don’t just link the Top 10! Lemme give some context.
12 tm H2H w CI, 5 OF, etc.
6×6 w OBP and SLG instead of AVG. We keep 4 and either guy would be my first round pick.
My only rub is that, as you say, there are so many good OF this year. Few are Giancarlo, of course. But all the top 3b plus Franco will be kept or gone by the time I pick in the 2nd round, which puts me shopping in the Beltre tier. Whereas the OF in that spot might be decent.
Any of this change your thinking? (If not, just link the damn top 10.)
Thank you sir.
Hold
12 team H2H 5×5 dynasty. My team can probably compete but is getting old. Trying to put together a trade to deal Tulo away. Is this a reasonable offer and would you do this? I know I’ll have to find a SS replacement for this season.
Send:
Tulo, Wainwright, ERod
Receive:
Carrasco, Stroman, Profar
just drafted a 20 teamer with OPS and XBH and holds and QS. 7-9 keepers, i wasn’t aware of how this league values keepers, having never drafted it before, probably shouldn’t have kept dahl.
C punted, waivering somebody
1B piscotty (K)
2B cano (K)
3B carpenter (K)
SS iglesias (andrus went way too early, missed segura/alcides by a few picks, and later even missed villar, 18th)
OF heyward (K)
OF jones (K)
OF cargo (K)
util ellsbury (K)
BN fatt adams (21), t.turner (10th),
SP rodon (K)
chen (12th)
buchholz (13th)
kennedy (14th)
porcello (16th)
j.gray (23rd, this is stream spot)
RP storen (11th, should’ve gone berrios here, thought i had more time)
w.smith (15th)
romo (17th)
diaz (20th)
kelley (22nd)
should i go with spangenberg or dietrich as BN bat (homers or speed needed more with this roster)?
@I don’t want to brag but i have irritable bowel syndrome:
and NA’s dahl/bell
@I don’t want to brag but i have irritable bowel syndrome: or could grab ashe larry over dietrich/spangenberg.
Got Segura…Team is shaping up, I have 8 picks ahead of me and then can hopefully snag Bauer C.
1b. C.Davis
2b. J.Schoop
3b. M. Franco
SS. J. Segura
OF. B.Harper
OF. N. Cruz
OF. D. Deshields
Util. B.Belt
Sp. Pineda
Sp. P. Corbin
Rp. T. Rosenthal
Rp. K. Giles
Rp. G.Perkins
P. Y. Ventura
P. Smyly
P. Fiers
P. Nola
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I appreciate the input navigating through this pitching staff..could have been worse, I’m actually really happy with this team considering the hand I was dealt taking it over…I’ve been happy in March before though so well see lol
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Grey,
Who would you rather have stashed in an N/A slot?
Glasnow or Berrios?
@Fever Dog: I personally like Glasnow long term but Berrios this season..just seems like if Glasnow comes up it will be late….Next season I’d take Glasnow.
Domingo Santana went for $18. With news that he may leadoff for the Brewers, does that raise his value for you? Would you rather have had him over Matt Holiday?
You have Ellsbury / Brantley / hanley ranked around 70 and say to avoid. They are going around pick 100-120 in my mocks, would you consider them there or staying away altogether?
To what would you attribute Villar going for $16? I am looking to target him in my NL only draft as I have Arcia in my farm. I was thinking he would be a cheaper option. Has his stock risen or was this a bidding war with few SS left or what?
That was one of the biggest overpays according to my values… https://razzball.com/playerrater-preseason-nlonly12team
He’s $8 in 12 team
@Grey: hmm…Rotowire has him at like $4, even with inflation. I like this. Not vary many of the “old school” owners in my league have been turned on to Razzball yet.
Yeah, ours are better