I am stubborn, but not so stubborn that I can’t admit a mistake. I wanted to watch Cole Ragans (6 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 2 walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.46) and be honest with myself if I thought it was a mistake calling him overrated in the preseason. I didn’t want to watch yesterday’s game predisposed to hating him, and I don’t think I did. He looked completely fine. His change is nasty, but his location comes and goes. If his command is on, as it was through six, then he’s a solid number two for fantasy. He won’t get wins, and he’s not, say, Tyler Glasnow with the lights-out. He was on for 85 pitches yesterday and he still only recorded seven Ks. That’s totally fine! Is it an ace? I haven’t seen it yet. I still think he was overrated in the preseason, and if his command leaves him in a first inning of the next game, instead of the 7th, as it did yesterday, it’s not going to be good news. Am I being stubborn? Meh, maybe. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Maikel Garcia – 2-for-5 and a slam (3) and legs (1). He’s going to be in this Friday’s Buy, which is already available on Patreon.
Will Smith – 2/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 20.25, and his 1st blown save, moving his record to 0-2. At this point, I think the Royals closer could be either of the other two Will Smiths and they’d be better off.
Luis Rengifo – 1-for-3, 1 run as he hit leadoff, but left the game with lightheadedness. He felt woozy seeing his name in the lineup.
Patrick Sandoval – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 6.14. Streamonator hates his next start, and, if my knowledge of Sandoval holds true from previous years, a solid start is a future indication of nothing.
Taylor Ward – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. The Taylor Ward sleeper I wrote last year? Consider it for this year.
A.J. Puk – 4 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 9.00. Some good news today with A.J. Puk. A lot of you have wanted to pick up other players off waivers and have had a hard time finding room on your team. Well, A.J. Puk’s got your back!
Nick Pivetta – 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 0.82. Me and my boys from Boston at the Cask love Pivetta, but the A’ss have four guys in their lineup hitting under .120.
Kenley Jansen – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 0.00 and his 2nd save. His velo is down to 89 MPH and he looks like hot garbage that’s in the glove compartment of a car parked on the sun.
Ross Stripling – 7 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.75. Went to see if the Streamonator liked Stripling and Streamonator said, “An A’ss pitcher? What are we doing here? Punting wins?” Streamonator with some ‘tude!
Aaron Judge – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. “Think I need to cut it up into at least 500 pieces before the body starts fitting into the wood chipper–Hold up! Judge moved! He’s alive!”
Alex Verdugo – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. His homers now equals chains he’s allowed to wear.
Carlos Rodon – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.79. He tired super fast towards end of his start and his command went wee-wah when it was wah-wee most of the start. I’m not buying, but if you did, then you didn’t pay attention to me anyway, so what are we doing here?
Merrill Kelly – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.98. If you see Rodon’s and Kelly’s starts vs. each other and think Rodon looked better, you might have Yankee Brain.
Blaze Alexander – 1-for-2 and his 1st homer. Fun fact! Blaze is also the name of everyone’s weed dealer.
Ketel Marte – 2-for-5 and his 1st homer. DBacks with Ketel and Blaze? They playing baseball or starting a VIP section in a Vegas club.
Zack Wheeler – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 0.75. See, compare this start to the Ragans start. Wheeler? He’s an ace. Great team (even if he was denied a victory), solid Ks and a nice track record.
Kyle Schwarber – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. Very smart to have your biggest home run threat hitting leadoff. Good, smart stuff.
Frankie Montas – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 0.77. Philly’s weather (usually cloudy with a chance for cheesesteaks) was so foul I don’t want to put too much weight on anything, but Montas looked excellent yesterday, and all year so far.
Seiya Suzuki – 3-for-5, 4 RBIs, and his 2nd homer, 2nd in as many games. Seiya ball!
Tyler Glasnow – 6 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.20. What did I say about Glasnow being an ace? Well, he is, whether he was last night or not.
Shohei Ohtani – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 1st homer. Someone had money on the over!
Miguel Rojas – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Damn, Miguel Rojas has twice as many homers as Ohtani.
Jorge Soler – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd in as many games. Old news, but it’s so funny that Dodger Stadium is now a launching pad with the humidor.
Cristian Javier – 5 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 5 walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 0.00. He had how many walks vs. how many Ks? C’mon. Him being better than last year is the least believable Cristian narrative, and that’s carrying some weight.
Yordan Alvarez – 4-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer. Captain Woo Cubano just wants to have fun!
Jeremy Pena – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer. No one was expecting this resurgence, huh? That’s not a coy question indicating I was. Seriously, no one was.
Jose Altuve – 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd in as many games. One small step for man, one giant–Well, no, just the small step bit.
Kyle Higashioka – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer, this was after he threw out two Cards baserunners attempting steals, which is whatever, but get a load of this: Donovan was thrown out, then the next guy on base was Arenado, who is much slower, and they sent him too. What kind of stupid juice is Oli Marmol drinking?
Joe Musgrove – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 6.28. Faced the Cards, and I don’t want to say they’re as bad as the worst teams in the league, but that lineup looks busted right now. Goldy might wanna go back to Driveline.
Mitch Keller – 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 6.55. Hardest guys to deal with are: They’re not awful like Puk so you can just drop them, but they’re also GETTING ON MY LAST NERVES. Sorry, had to bring out the caps. This was vs. the Gnats, and it should’ve been better, but, honestly, the line looks good compared to how bad he looked. Just 90 minutes of me pulling my hair out. And I have gorgeous hair! Hopefully the next start is better, otherwise we need to start making some tough decisions.
Jack Suwinski – 2-for-4, 2 runs, and his 1st homer. Batter, batter, Suwinski, batter!
Joey Gallo – 3-for-4 and his 1st homer. The homer was his first hit of the year, but he added two more hits so you couldn’t compare him to Anthony Rendon. Good call, Gallo!
George Kirby – 3 2/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 6.97. Went to look at FanGraphs for Kirby’s FIP in yesterday’s game and FanGraphs said, “Yeah, he was unlucky. So? Does that make you feel better or worse? Are you a big boy or a big baby?” All of that is kinda harsh, to be honest.
Logan Allen – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.31. You get your biscuit and propers for not accidentally drafting the DBacks’ Logan Allen by mistake.
Brandon Lowe – Left yesterday’s game with injury. He joins the injured Josh Lowe and Nathaniel Lowe. Ah, so that’s what 3 Body Problem is about.
Josh Jung – Will be out until June/July now. Man, without bad luck, Jung would be luckless. Now give Ezequiel Duran some at-bats! It is very comical (to only me) that I drafted Ezequiel Duran and Luis Rengifo in a bunch of leagues, because they cover so many positions, and now they never play.
Nathan Eovaldi – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, 1 walk, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.38. Would be so boring. The boringiest of the boring. Drilling down into the boring and pulling out the most boringiest boring ever. But a fantasy team with Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha and Eovaldi would’ve been so cheap to acquire in drafts and solid. Eovaldi is a lot like his teammate Adolis Garcia. In drafts? People are, “Meh, they’re okay, I guess, but I think I’m going to go a different way.” Then, in season, “How do I acquire more of these types of players?”
Corey Seager – 2-for-5 and his 1st homer. Take a moment, and think back to you screaming in February about how Corey Seager should be dropped lower in the rankings because he might miss Opening Day. Do me a favor though, don’t think back to yourself in January screaming I had Seager ranked too low initially.
Aaron Civale – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.50. This game of Eovaldi vs. Civale was a joy to watch. We need more pitchers who sound Italian, who I have no idea if they are.
Alex Kirilloff – 4-for-4, 2 runs and a homer short of a cycle, which is prolly for the best since Kirilloff and cycle would likely lead to a 60-day IL.
Trevor Megill – Hurt his head after contracting food poisoning, feeling faint and falling back and hitting his head. The 7th inning stretch Bratwurst is a menace.
Joel Payamps – 1/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 10.80. Damn, if only Payamps went out to dinner last night with Megill.
Jackson Chourio – 1-for-4 and his 1st major league homer, as he hits leadoff. [elevates off the ground from my ecstasy for Chourio] Someone throw me a basketball, I could dunk right now!
Rhys Hoskins – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer. Something I’m not sure I mentioned yet, but the weekend before the season when I was in Vegas, I put money on Hoskins to lead the majors in HRs. If you’re following, I bet Yelich to win NL MVP; Hoskins to lead majors in homers and Brewers to win the World Series. I’m basically Ippei if Bernie Brewer needed a translator.
Please rank the following pitchers rest-of-season: G. Crochet, S. Lugo, B. Garrett, T. Houck, B. Woo, Z. Littell?
Haha
Hi Grey,
I have Jackson Merrill and Thairo Estrada at SS Someone just put Trevor Story and Bruce Turang. on waivers.Would you try and get one? If yes, who would you pick? If Story gets picked up by another manager, would you pick up Turang and who would you waive or hold?
Thanks so very much!
Lugo wriggling out of jams. You love to see it.
amazing how quick people flip in a shallow 12’er (even dynasty though, so seems odd, esp when some of these guys keep like 7-10 BN bats), p.meadows dropped here. only negative for me is i got a ton of young not quite fulfilled upside guys mixed with boring falling off veteran types already. OPS added.
C: diaz (1B)
1B: rizzo
2B: gorman (3B)
SS: o.cruz
3B: muncy
LF: yordan
CF: rafaela (SS)
RF: acuna
util j.walker (LF/RF)
BN (this many since super deep rosters yet shallow for starting hitting, i have 11 SP, 5 RP even with these 3 BN bats): campusano, j.polanco (2B/3B), siri (CF, to cover e.ruiz’s absence)
IR: endy rod
stash slots (9): e.ruiz, holliday, delauter, basallo, montes, a.ortiz, k.robinson
i’m guessing p.meadows not good enough here for 1st waiver used right, due to siri or him being the drop anyway when ruiz is back being the door shut reason.
Nah, hold
I need a few lineup improvements:
E Duran, Baty or Lipscomb?
Nimmo or Chas McCormick?
Merrill,Turang, or Jorge Polanco?
Pick top three:
Singer,Lugo,M Keller,Jared Jones,Varland,Mize,and Jordan Hicks?
Thank you!
Baty
Nimmo
Jackson
Hicks, Singer, Keller
baty, at the minimum from playing time him vs duran
nimmo (doesn’t matter what league type but if OBP even more so)
if not dynasty the way turang is running right now probably him, merrill easily if dynasty.
if all those are out there, SON and who’s next upcoming, which would be:
singer vs WSOX tomorrow (13.7, gotta be first one to nab)
lugo vs WSOX today (actually he’s the first add, 11)
keller and mize just went so not them here, varland a few days and vs LAD so nope there,
jones tomorrow vs BAL (-2.6)
hicks many days off so not him
lugo, singer, jones. if you want to really trust SON sub hicks for jones (10.1 vs -2.6). in a league this shallow i’d not touch keller till proven otherwise. i’d expect jones’ upside makes this a jones though as the 3rd.
Can you rank Kikuchi, Whitlock, and Christopher Sanchez for me?
Thank you!
Depends on matchups
Why do I have this feeling that STL is going demote Walker if he doesn’t start hitting soon? Not sure when nootbar is going to return, but that may be the opportunity. They have not given many other OF that long of a leash over the years
Gotcha
Who’s my drop: Singer; Bryce Miller; Chris Basset?
Singer
brandon marsh or victor snot II ? i have Lars coming soon and been trying to wait Scott out but he cant steal first base .
Scott
@Grey: also, sagnof. like any of these guys to potentially take over closer role? cano, hamilton, martin or chapman?
Martin
From the baseball is weird files:? Guardians lead the AL in runs scored. Did play the A’s though.
Ha, that is weird
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. one spot for a bench bat, who do you like? benson, outman, kiriloff, j pena, cronenworth, turang or caballero?
thank you!
Outman
NL only, OBP over AVG, net steals over steals, total bases added 6×6 h2h. 10 teamer. keep 3 at previous season’s ADP prices (fantasy pros averaged). suwinski dropped already.
C: ruiz
1B: hoskins
2B: arraez (1B)
SS: o.cruz (didn’t keep as his last year ADP was completely break even, then drafted him back at around same range)
3B: k.hayes (raters really liked him compared to ADP this year, i got a lot of him, never really had much before)
CI: EDLC (3B/SS, last round keeper)
MI: l.garcia (2B)
OF (4): harris, soler, blackman, e.rosario
util (1): ozuna
BN: j.young
IR: nootbaar
prospect stash (1): j.wood
nootbaar sounded almost back today, will be shortly likely, so rosario was dropped then anyway, here bid how much out of 100? vickrey so overbidding you don’t get screwed doing.
soler also a keeper since only 13th round cost. knew i kept 2 hitters here, forgot which other. was worried i’d not get o.cruz back not keeping, didn’t matter, i went pick 1.6 on him (but 30 kept)
$13
Start Jared Jones @home vs orioles in teamer? How much faith we have in this guy?
At home vs Orioles I meant
I would start him at home
Is Lindor for Strider a low-ball offer?
Sounds fair
Pablo has the same issue as Luis Castillo. He can’t pitch in the cold. It really makes sense for the Twins to have an open roof stadium. It can be 40 there in may. It will certainly be 40 in Oct if they are a playoff team.
Yup, it sucks
Lindor a robust 1/22 to start the season. *sobs* Still early!
Haha, glad to see IT helpdesk worked
My second and third picks are a combined 4/51!
Noice!
Only thing keeping me sane is that my opponent’s Pablo got pulled an out short of a QS. Everything makes somebody happy, as they say.
Ha, yup
With you, waiting for him to unfreeze like Hans Solo and help me out
Phew the dopey hot chick was almost voted out last night!
They could’ve sent them both home…they could send home like 9 people
Her social game is terrible. It’s another bad cast overall.
They need more old Rudy types and less “new era” BS.
I like Q and my guy Hunter, but the rest suck
I hope she makes the jury! ?
Varland or Dane dunning and Reese Olson in a QS league?
Olson side
why is anybody valuing varland MORE than say just dunning alone in a QS league (unless dynasty maybe). varland very recently was in bullpen, those guys almost never get deep enough for QS’s. i would prefer varland vs just dunning if it was a 1 for 1 in a dynasty though. i’m guessing somebody sent you this, and clearly values varland more than dunning alone.
Hoerner has been awful all thru spring and continues to be ice cold. Someone just dumped him. Would you drop Gorman for him, or hold? Thanks guy!
I’d want Nico
G money!
I am fielding a few trades right now in my 12 team 5×5 (QS) roto league and wanted to get your take. In terms of team needs, I need SV and could use a little more power.
Player 1:
He has Clase, Holmes, and Sewald (IL) as well. Thinking about countering with one of either Clase or Holmes and Yelich instead of Walker.
>Player 2:
I have Steele, Woo, Senga, and Scherzer all on the IL.
Any help is appreciated!
Thank you!
-IANASM
Walker side
Morel side
Awesome thank you. Would you prefer any of the other RP? Yelich over Walker?
Yelich over Walker — of course Clase or Holmes, but it’s already in your favor
Cool. Thanks, Grey!
No problem
2 catcher 5×5 league. Austin wells or Henry Davis (who qualifies at C)?
Davis
12 team 7×7 with QS. Manaea was dropped. Would you lose any of Pepiot, Reese Olson, Keller, or Bryce Miller for Manaea?
Meh, depends on matchups prolly
Outman or Taylor Ward? Kind of sick of outman. I know it’s early
Outman
Brendan Donovan or Colt Keith as my UT bat in a 12-team H2H? Thank you!
Donovan
Hi Grey,
omg this header is just so bad/good. thanks for that.
This is probably dumb, but in my 10-team h2h 5×5 OPS redraft league, I am thinking of just dropping Ezequiel Tovar for Maikel Garcia, based on positional needs. Is that ridiculous?
Josh
Sounds good to me
Thanks!
No problem
Hayes for Musgrove worth it ? Have J-Ram at the corner
Do better
Sooo… drop Keller, Greene, and/or Ober and pick up Civale, Pepiot, Pfaadt, Crawford, and/or Singer? My SP is TRASH so far.
Cease
Keller
Greene
Musgrove
Ober
Brown
Morton
Crochet
Or HODL…
Hold
Thanks for giving me my sanity back!
No problem
I have one add left this week. I have an empty slot so I don’t have to drop anyone. I can’t decide between adding an OF, SP, or an RP. Options on the wire are Kiriloff, T.Ward,, Singer, Robertson (because Leclerc).
Current OF: Soto, N.Jones, Frelick (J.Walker on bench)
Current SPs: Bassitt, Cease, J.Jones, Kelly, Luzardo
Current RPs: Finnegan, Jax, Alvarado, Leclerc
Singer
Does this mean you’re…singing…his praises for this season?
Ha
12 Team H2H 6×6 OPS
Please rank the following ROS:
Teoscar, Morel, Langford
Thank you
Langford, Teoscar
Lindor having his most productive day so far this season by getting plunked and coming around to score.
Haha
Clerical question – i noticed all the daily roundups are dated a day behind – is that cause you are posting them before midnight PST or something?
I post them at 11 PM PST
Blaze Alexander is the signature dessert of that “weed-centric nouvelle American” restaurant your brother-in-law lost all his money on.
HAHAHA, good to see you
Eury heading for Tommy John. Wish someone would have warned me…
Damn
never forget they tried calling this a “fingernail” problem for like almost a week pretty sure. then “elbow soreness”. also immediately right do those people that kept thinking he’d only get x innings last year (got a bit more than that).
Grey, I tried to figure this out from comments, but all I could do was reduce the number of pitchers to include in this list. Standard mixed roto pitching categories with deep rosters. There generally are always semi-serviceable SPs on the wire, but we limit the number of waivers so there really is no streaming – need to ideally save bullets for big upside for the whole year.
So having said that, can you rank a few that you think are worth pouncing on (if any)? My staff is solid with lots of guys you like, but I like the idea of grabbing someone early if they have really high upside.
Brady Singer
Zack Littell
Sean Manaea
Ronnel Blanco
Littell, Singer
Pivetta or Ragans?
Ragans
Straight up, NL-only: Lindor or Ke’Bryan?
I get Lindor, but already have Abrams.
I still have Senzel/Lipscomb and Busch (3b eligible).
Worth it?
Lindor
Would you drop Bryce Miller for either Hicks or Houck?
Mountcastle or Turang to replace J. Candelario?
Thanks
No
Mountcastle for power, Turang for SBs
@Grey: weekly roto. We start 3 OF and a DH. Stanton worth holding on to as a bench bat? He seems pretty meh and looks like he’s sitting at least once per week. Looking to drop for an extra arm (Manaea or Lugo).
Thanks!
Lugo
12 teamer: gahhh I drafted Gelof. I didn’t even really want him but allowed myself to get nervous about 2b and go for a guy with some whiff of upside. I regretted it when I saw some of the guys sitting on the post draft! At this point, Pola
oops!
Polanco, Drury, McMahon, India all available. Should i make the early Gelof cut for any of those guys?
India
Meh it’s early
I need a 3rd baseman. Should I pick up
JD Davis, Lipscomb or Eugenio Suarez?
Lipscomb
I will pick up Lipscomb but I do not to drop someone. Reynaldo Lopez or Luis Gil?
Lopez
Hi Grey,
At this point my SP with Burnes, Wheeler, Greyson, Stubal and Ragans have been solid. I also have Casey Mize and Grocket. My only relieve pitcher has been Harvay and he has been great
The only week point has been Puk. Therefore I could waive Puk
One option is to strengthen my SP. As Yogi says that you can’t have too many SPs. On the wire are the following SPs
Alex Marsh
Zach Lindel
Javier Assad
Sean Manaea
Tyler Anderson
Another option is to pickup the following RPs who are on the wire:
Ian Hamilton
Elvis Peguera
Shelby Miller
Another option is just to hold.
Thanks!!!!!
Manaea
Thank you!!!
No problem
I really have ax tendency to not be patient. you have saved me from overreacting .
Casey Mize is not pitching well. Do you think that he is worth keeping?
Would you waive him or Puk to get Sean Manera?
Thanks so much!!
Puk
Really appreciate this help!
Thanks for all your hard work!!
No problem
What is your world series prediction this year?
AL East: BAL
AL Central: CLE
AL West: TEX
AL WC: SEA, NYY, MIN
NL East: ATL
NL Central: MIL
NL West: LAD
NL WC: PHI, CHC, SD
ALCS: BAL v SEA
NLCS: MIL v LAD
WS: MIL over SEA
You always make me laugh
Thanks!
Brewers huh!!! Wow
Wow!
Hi Grey, so great to have your Daily Notes back!
I’m in a 10 team league that has quite a few pitchers available that have started the year hot. Would you drop Bassitt for any below? Losing faith in him as his YOY numbers are trending in the wrong direction.
Montas
Civale
Houck
Flaherty
Jared Jones
Thanks!
Thanks! Civale
if the brewers want to win it all in a tough division they will have to stop throwing it in the dirt to hoskins
also i was going to look up kirbys fip after yesterday too and forgot so thanks
been awhile since i commented but ily fml go reds
Good to see you!
Hey Grey!
My staff is off to a great start (except Keller). All credit to your pitching rankings, obviously. I missed on on Crochet but the guy that grabbed him dropped Singer in the process. So now the question is… Singer over any of the below?
J. Jones
R. Pepiot
Z. Little
Thanks!
Over Jones
Is Oli Marmol the worst manager in the league?
Has Jordan Walker coming up in the top of the 9th with runners on 1st and 2nd, down one run. He pinch hits for him. That sounds like a great way to really show the confidence you have in your young power hitter. He couldn’t pinch hit for VSII?
I didn’t know he also sent Arenado on a suicide mission to second base.
Please, for the love of God, fire him.
By far the worst, he sucks so bad
cardinals energy is really bad
The worst!
Good thing they extended him for two years! What is mozeliak doing?
They need to clean house top to bottom, see that awesome pitching staff they pieced together? Marmol is quite incompetent
Cards in recent years rode the wave of Yadier, Wainright, and younger Goldy and Aranado and others. Now things have changed and I don’t think the “Cardinal way” really means anything. Any team that trades away Aroldi, Rice-aroni and Lame Thomas for basically nothing needs to go. Extending Oli I’d the nail in the coffin.
Please pick top 3
Hicks home vs SD
Detmers home vs Redsox
Wells at Pitt
Matz home vs Miami
Gore home vs Philly
Abbott home vs Mets
Gil home vs Toronto
Marsh home vs White Sox
Marsh, Matz, Hicks
Grey, drop Julien and Gorman for Ward, conforto and or l Allen?
10 team keeper league OBP.
Hitters
Logan O’Hoppe C | LAA
Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Spencer Steer 1B,2B,3B,OF | CIN
Gunnar Henderson 3B,SS | BAL
Oneil Cruz SS | PIT
Corbin Carroll OF | ARI
Nick Castellanos OF | PHI
Jordan Walker OF | STL
Anthony Volpe SS | NYY
Bench
Edouard Julien 2B | MIN
Nolan Gorman 2B,3B | STL
Matt McLain 2B,SS | CIN IL
Tyler O’Neill OF | BOS
Junior Caminero 3B | TB
Starters
Hunter Brown SP | HOU
MacKenzie Gore SP | WAS
George Kirby SP | SEA
Jesus Luzardo SP | MIA
Joe Ryan SP | MIN
Edwin Diaz RP | NYM
Andres Munoz RP | SEA
Bench
Kutter Crawford SP | BOS
Kyle Harrison SP | SF
Nick Lodolo SP | CIN IL
Eury Perez SP | MIA
Jack Flaherty – DET
Max Meyer MIA
Garcia is also on waiver.
Julien for Conforto
Drop Keller for Montas?
Nah
10 team H2H Points League
The bottom of my pitching staff is:
L. Gill
Stone
T Wells
Flaherty
Should I replace any of these with Jordan Hicks?
Thanks!
Flaherty
Hey Grey, I know I asked this last year before he got hurt but when does Ian Hamilton start closing for the yanks?
Is Holmes injured?
He puts too many on base I feel.
Hi Grey, and welcome to “it’s the 1st week of the season, which of these top 50 players off to a slow start should I drop?” SZN!
HAHA
What on earth are the Royals going to do with their pen? My gut says McArthur is ma little sulky about not getting the job and has pitched in bad luck. Picked up Liev Schriver in RCL in case he’s next man up. Stratton might be next but he’s been lousy. Matt Cuatro seems like a stay the course old school knucklehead manager so who knows? What a mess.
I’d guess they go Schreiber, but could be any of them
Do what I did & propose your league switch to “SV+HLD” – does wonders for the stress of tryna figure out what craptastic closer to speculate on because you can roster 4-5 set-up dudes, have better ERA/WHIP, and get the same results.
Ahhhhh, delightful.
Schreiber until they call up McMillon. If he can stay healthy he should close
Quatraro was bench coach for Cash for a few years. I’d lean more toward analytics and match ups since there isn’t a true closer there anyway rather than”old school knucklehead” who stays the course. Doubt he’ll stay with Smith unless management tells him he has to so there is some deadline trade value but that would seem absurd since the Royals are lined up to at least compete in a weak division.
Bottom line is I don’t think any of them are going to be worth it- should have brought Chapman back at least.
That offense is going to put up runs this year. You have the many top former prospects entering their 3rd year. There will be leads to save. If Smith can’t hack it it’s Schreiber who they traded for and I have always wanted to see how he does closing. If not then McMillon and the 100mph heat.
Julien for Meadows? Do it?
Drop a leadoff hitter who isn’t hitting for another?
Fungible failures?
Haha, basically
Should I grab Garrett Crochet off waivers, or is that knit-picking?
Haha
Sorry, couldn’t help myself. Back after a one year break. Your advice is still the best. Picked up Eovaldi, Teoscar, and Chourio in late rounds and Freddy Peralta as #1 starter after going hitter heavy early. Also stashed Holliday and Skenes. Thank for keeping us competitive!
Ha, No problem
so good!
Should have made this comment longer, you could have spun a good yarn.
I’m leaving now.
HA
Grey
Help! April 4 & in a competitive 5×5 roto I feel like I’m buried beyond repair. I have 17 pts & I am 29 pts out of 11th place! Team era is almost 7.00
2 questions: did I draft poorly or just a slow start? Do I need to trade for another ace or can era get fixed in the long run with my rotation?
here is the team as of now:
C Logan O’Hoppe
1B Josh Naylor
2B Marcus Semien
3B Parades (replacing Jung)
SS Lindor
Of Bellinger
OF Carroll
OF Jordan Walker
U Nolan Jones
U Eugenio Suarez (JD Martinez on Bench)
Luzardo
Lugo
Bassitt
Keller
Stroman
Jared Jones
(have Braxton Garrett and Eduardo Rodriguez on the IL)
RP Doval
RP Helsey
RP Chapman
Doesn’t look like you drafted poorly, but you might need another SP…
Finnegan, Robertson, Jax for saves – what is the correct order?
Finnegan, Jax
Good morning Grey!
I’ve got one add left for the week. 10tm redraft OBP league. I was set to use it on Mountcastle but Taylor Ward has been coming on with a very high hard hit rate and the results are matching his excellent peripherals and is historically strong with OBP. As your 2023 sleeper post reflects, people have forgotten or discounted his success because of the freak injuries that have robbed him of games the last two years. My 3rd OF slot so far has been a decision between starting Chas McCormick or Will Benson and I could add Ward to that mix.
Someone also recently dropped Matt Chapman, so now there is another CI option besides Mountcastle. Bohm is currently my CI.
For the last move of this week, would you prioritize adding Ward, or one of the two CIs, and if the latter, which one between Chapman and Mountcastle?
Come Sunday when I get some more moves, would you drop India for whoever was the second option above? My MI situation is locked in right now and India is only depth.
Thanks so much, as always!
Ward
No I wouldn’t drop India for more bench bats
hey man- would you dump Eloy for Ward or hold?
Works for me
Grey do you think this is your boy Singers year? Is he a must own in ten team?
Could be
Happy National Burrito Day; might have 2+ today to celebrate!!
Looking to “wrap up” an additional SP since someone just cut Chris Bassitt.
Question: Would you drop anyone from my current squad (full roster listed below) to make a claim on Bassitt?
12-team, 6×6 (OPS/QS), H2H, Redraft league
C: Keibert
1B: Vladdy
2B: Mookie
3B: Chapman
SS: Gunnar
IF: Torkelson
OF: Teoscar, J. Duran, Langford
UTL: Westburg
BN: W. Benson
SP: Webb, Peralta, , Pepiot, Keller, Hicks, Kikuchi, Dunning,
RP: Bednar, Lange, Alvarado, G. Jax
IL (3 slots): Romano, Kershaw, Lodolo, Garrett, G. Cole, D. Williams, McLain
Thanks as always!
Looks like I’m going to Chipotle for lunch! Bassitt over Dunning
Use code “DELIVER” for free delivery at Chipotle!
Also, what are your thoughts on the following:
Thanks again!!
I like Kikuchi…no on McLain
Who ends up with more saves, David Robertson or Devin Williams?
Robertson
Looking to spec on a SP in the coming weeks. Can you rank ROS standard for the following: Skenes, Bradish, Scherzer, Baz, Braxton Garrett? Thx!
Skenes, Braxton, Baz
Morning Grey. 10T 5×5 Category OPB Keeper League
Keep J. Walker or drop for any of:
P. Meadows
Maikel Garcia
W. Benson
J. Siri
Also would you stash T. Edman on IL or drop?
Thanks Grey
Hold
Stash
Thank you. Last one
Please rank
C. Keith
M. Garcia
J. Westburg
Maikel, West
Oh so many questions and you will have all the answers!! 12 team H2H 6×5 with OPS. I am in Need for a 3b help along with everyone else!!
Diaz
Alonso
Hoerner
Candelario
Lindor
Acuna, Bellinger, O’Neill, Conforto
Util T Estrada
Bench Rengifo and DL Jung
Ragans, Dunning, Gil, C. Sanchez, Peralta, Berrios, Brown
RP Alvarado, Doval, Ginkel (Till Sewald returns)
IL Sewald, Woo
A Who is the pick up for 3b, Will drop Jung to do it: Westburg, Lipscomb, E. Duran
B Who is the pick up Whitlock, Marsh, Turnbull, T Anderson or are they all streamers as of now? Who is the drop to make room, was thinking Alvardo or Gil or Sanchez.
C Is B. Donovan, M A Taylor, Marsh of any help or just hold? If they are who needs to go!
Thanks as always, you are the best and have a great day.
BK
A. Westburg B. Whit C. Rengifo for Donovan No problem
Who to drop to get Mr. Whit?
Gil
Add Sborz or hold Trevor Megill through his injury (out of IL spots already)? K ERA WHIP SVHD W+QS
Go ahead to Sborz
@Grey – Did you get in that Rodon under 168 K’s future with me when I brought it up before the season? That thing looks like a locky lock of locks.
Nah, I’m in Cali, I can’t gamble online, prolly for the best
Want me to ask for Ippei’s bookie number?
HAHA
Probably – you’d prob make a killing off MLB futures… or be homeless in a year
Ha
Hey to the Hey, Grey!!
What do you think about LeClerc’s struggles so far? Is this a buy low situation from his owner, or should one grab Yates and/or Robertson?
Lurrrrrrrrvey lurveeeeeeees
Grab Robertson
Lurves!
Thank you. Our circle of over-the-internet trust can never be broken, my friend.
Lurves!
Drop the platooning B. Lowe or platooning E. Julien for Will Benson? Your thoughts? Appreciate your great work as always, Grey. Solid stuff
Lowe
Kepler, Kiriloff, or Blackmon ROS in OBP league?
Kirilloff
“Seems a lot of people forget that for nearly 4 months Eovaldi was a top 5 pitcher last year.” And that’s me quoting me like you!
Also, Adam Civale!
Yes!
Do I have your permissions to drop Yoshida for Ward in an BB/H/AVG/OPS league?
Sure
I know it’s early, but are you worried about Nolan Jones? Have a great day!
Just wait until he plays in Coors. He’ll be fine.
Weather was cold and wet all week in Chicago. I belive last nights game was 20 degrees with the wind chill and misty.
He hasn’t even played at home yet
5×5, my 3B Jeimer is dinged, was holding Foscue because my 2B is cold, Gelof…
Drop Foscue to add Lipscomb in case Jeimer misses time or just grab a hot schmotato, or cold one each week like Baty, Wilmer Florres, etc…..
Sure
I have Clase, Munoz, and Chris Martin. Should I drop Bowden Francis for John Schreiber (KC)?
Sure
No bet on Chourio for ROY?
Mr. Al Capps wants to have a word with you about being stubborn on Ragans.
and no mention of how the Dbags game ended yesterday? lolololololol…
Meh, it was the favorite, no point…DBacks game? What about it? Pitcher hitting? I saw
at the risk of becoming labeled a hater, pump the breaks in Chourio and go look at his statcast page. I’ve seen at least 5 hits from him that were sub-80 mph. His xBA is .180
I will say he looks like he’s got a mature approach. Good bat to ball.
Holliday (when he comes up) or Elly at SS?
Elly
Some brutal defense really hurt Kirby yesterday. They originally gave Polanco an error during the three run first but then took it away. Let’s hope it’s another Severino-type situation where they adjust it
Yeah, crazy unlucky
12 team (33 player roster). FAAB league ($1 minimum. I now have $85).
I have Kris Bryant. Drop for Brandon Marsh?
IL replacement: Gil or Tyler Wells?
Are any of these worth > $1?
Sure, Marsh
Wells
Nope
How would you rank montas, Dane dunning and Reese Olson in a QS league?
Montas, Dane
I checked in on Puk in the first inning and wanted to rage drop him, but I decided to wait because my therapist says I should avoid reacting out of anger, AND I had 4 guys starting yesterday and figured they would help balance out that bad start. I mean, it couldn’t possible be any worse with Strider, Kirby, and Keller all pitching in great matchups! Update: Strider PPD, Kirby (insert skull and crossbones emoji), Keller (insert Tommen walking out of the window GIF from Game of Thrones). Puk was the best starter on my team yesterday!!
Haha, I hear ya…Luckily, I was in a weekly league…Puk can’t start for you until you see better tho
Hey Grey,
What are your thoughts on some of the young guys so far this pre-season and limited start to the season? I’ve got a late draft tonight and would like to put a focus on acquiring some of them (in a 10team H2H Cat keeper, keep 10 of 24). Would you have them ranked as the following? Any you would try to get at higher costs (earlier than expected rounds).
1) Yamamoto, Langford, Carter, Colt Keith, Junior Caminero, Parker Meadows, J. Jones, K. Harrison
Thanks,
Marv
Rankings for them haven’t changed
Morning Grey…is schreiber the SAGNOF stash in KC?
Seems to be, but I have no faith in that
It’s crazy too. One year in Boston he had similar numbers to Hader
watch out for McMillon
Heya Grey. 14team H2H 5×5.
for the foreseeable future would you rather own:
Masyn Winn or Tim Anderson?
Logan Allen or Wacha?
Thanks!
Winn
Wacha
Would you drop Gorman or Riley Greene for Maikel Garcia?
Nah
Who do you like better this year and going forward, Hunter Brown or Max Meyer? Thanks
Brown
Would you trade trey Turner for Lindor and conforto in a points league?
Not unless it was a deep league
In a vacuum, who are your top 5 ROS?
Parker Meadows CF
Brett Baty 3B
Oswaldo Cabrera LF/RF
Conforto RF
Jung Hoo Lee CF
Jose Siri CF
Kerry Carpenter RF/DH
Marsh CF/LF
Schanuel 1B
Jo Adell RF/CF
Lee, Conforto, Siri, Schanuel, Kerry
Do we really need to wait one more start for Keller? He sucked against Miami, and again against Washington – two of the worst offenses in MLB. DET and PHI are next. He will be on my bench, and if I need the spot for any reason, he is gone.
I guess you don’t have to
A’ss lineup is hilarious. I could see why they sent Ruiz down. No way he could get in that lineup! Ridiculous.
HA
1) Taylor Ward over Riley Greene or Nolan Gorman?
2) Suarez or Estevez over Kenley Jansen?
Thanks man!
Nah 2. Suarez
Thanks!
No problem
in a deep league I used a trade analyzer Antony Rendon for Brent Rooker. Rendon 0-19 and Rooker 2-20 with 12 k. My laptop top took an unusually long time to decide. Then. it crashed and I could smell smoke. My question is it my IPad or is it the two players?
I’m seeing great pitching and hitters with unusual high strikeouts.
iPad
Grey!!!
So wonderful!!
a. Trevor can join his brother Tylor now on the IL. Hopefully they won’t visit each other while on the IL.
b. In olden days, the best pitcher got the W. But everywhere (past, present, future and SF future) the guy who gives up the homer to Higashioka is the loser. Case in point, Zach ‘Please hurry back Sonny Gray’ Thompson who is now 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA. It’s early but dang!
c. Chris Rock quote of the day for April 4, 2024
I just remember that whenever I got really mad or passionate, like in an argument, people would laugh, and I’d be dead serious. It would happen a lot. So it was like “Gee, I’ve got something here.”.
Cheers,
Ante
A. Yeah, true B. Haha
Great bets on the Brewers! I like them better than Dom. Smith!
Fingers crossed!
I have never heard such bullshit.
Is that real? Sounds like a lot of tongue-in-cheek to me.
It up to the official scorer who get the win. Last season I had a pitcher who was pulled in the six with an 8-4 lead. With a runner on first. The next pitcher gave up 2 earned runs and loaded the bases. The next reliever retired the side and was credited with the win. Even though he should gotten a save. Don’t see it often
While the ruling is up to the scorer (like ruling a hit vs error) the inconsistency is what’s BS. It is rarely done. How many times have we all had guys in line for a win only to have a reliever blow the save then be given credit for the win when his team goes ahead when he’s still “the pitcher of record”
Hey, if the umps can never get it right, why should the scorer? The amount of mediocrity in the majors among officials is staggering. They should just head into politics and get it over with.
was going to bring this up when I saw they changed it. Wonder what Neris did to the official scorer
That’s the way the rule is supposed to work. Don’t give the win to an ineffective reliever.
was going to bring this up when I saw they changed it. Wonder what Neris did to the official scorer. He came in to a 3-8 game with one out and the bases loaded. Gives up a 2 run double. 2nd and 3rd with one out. Gets a K. Gives up a little check swing dribbler that should be the inning but 2nd base misplays it and tosses it over first for 2 more unearned runs. Scorer gives him a single and a throwing error… which is my first issue with this scorer. Neris gives up a fly ball that really should have been caught but turns into a double, run scores. Neris Ks the next guy and it’s 8-8. So he came into a game with the tying runner in the on deck circle and keeps it tied even though his defense betrays him. Just give him the win! Alzolay gets the save, Neris gets the win, everybody is happy.
long winded way to say this was not an ineffective reliever. Also he kept the game tied
Hey, I’m no fan of official scorers and I wasn’t watching. Just looking at the box score it looks like a bunch of ineffective relievers.
the only thing surprising about any of this is the lack of functioning memories in people in here literally every day for literal years, as if this is first time MLB’s goof ass rules looked weird. this happens all the damn time. we’re not right now living in some special little bucket of the universe, this stuff goes on regularly in MLB. it’s a complete joke, and always has been.
Odd… I see mostly people complaining/venting about the complete lack of consistency in the rule interpretation. Same thing with errors vs hits. If a pitcher finishes an inning with a game tied and that team goes on to win the scorer typically gives a win and a save.
yeah i’m saying that stuff was never consistent, they have it in the rules such that it doesn’t have to be. is this good or smart, of course not, but it’s been like this literally forever.
if say we were NEW to baseball, oh yeah then it’d be surprising. a lot of “wait, what, how is that the case”.
Should have really made a statement and given him the win and the save!
I was wondering what happened there…I thought Fantrax goofed…HAHA, WTF
Was watching the game. The scorer actually changed it, so Fantrax updated it
Yeah, crazy
I mean, I guess the ruling makes some kind of sense, but that being so, it seems odd that it doesn’t happen more often. I’ve had plenty of inneffective relievers over the years lol and I’ve never seen this scoring change before.
They never do it
I had Kirby, Payamps and Kinley in my lineup yesterday.
I hate fantasy baseball.
Same, haha, ugh
Early in the season I noticed some real dominant pitching performances.
Interesting to note….might be another year of the pitcher, but unsure as I have no early season stats to see any trends…just conjecture.
I just noticed a lot of my pitchers in my deep league and my opponent(s) have similar stats.
Early Spring games pitchers are usually ahead of hitters especially with the weather sucking so bad
Weather heats up the ball usually jumps
When that ball jumps Duran has his Trout Breakiut this year. Dude looks locked and loaded.
Love it!
I have no idea how the season will go, but I think you might be blinded here due to your pre-season rankings/draft.
I don’t think Ragans is Tyler Glaslow, but Glass, in 3 starts has “only” 15 K’s and 7 bb;s in 17 innings.
Ragans in 2 starts 16k’s and 6 bb’s in 12 innings.
Ragans faced the Twins and Orioles arguably two top tier teams in the process.
I would much rather go for the safety in Glasslow and has a better team, but Ragans is as dominant as anyone early on and most of last year(I think he DID struggle towards the end though of 2023, but to lazy to do any real research).
Yeah
Yeah… and the terrible weather probably helped him yesterday, right???
You’re straight delusional, not stubborn. But I only take your advice on hitters anyway, so it’s cool.
Terrible weather hurts hitters across the league
It looks like the Pirates sent the wrong guy down to “work on some things”. Keller looks like hell and that’s being generous. I don’t even know if I can start him again. I need to see something positive.
Haha, yeah
Hi Gray see that V Grissom nearing rehab games in minors . who would you prefer in standard roto ROS as MI Grissom or J Pena ? thanks Gumball
Hi Gray Just read V Grissom ss is nearing rehab in minor league play within a week Who would you want ROS in standard roto V Grissom Or J pena as MI thanks gumball
Grissom