I’m a big fan of the everyman. I consider myself the everyman. I’m every man’s everyman. A pioneer of normcore. Track pants and a blinking light on my car’s dashboard that either means my seatbelt isn’t on or I need oil. That is me. What better way to elevate the Everyman Culture than to take part in a tourney where no one is smarter than anyone else. Enter the RazzSlam, a Best Ball tourney. Every everyman likely knows what a Best Ball league is, but, if you don’t, it’s when you draft a team and the computer manages it for you by choosing who are your best players, and you get those stats. It’s basically one fantasy league removed from the robots taking over and killing us all. Well, the last laugh is on you robots, cholesterol is beating you to the punch! Kinda love that Razzball is putting on a tourney (hosted by NFBC — thank you!) that no one really has any clue how to strategize. A true everyman experience. Oh, I’m sure there’s a few people who think they know the correct strategy for Best Ball, and a few of them might be right, but there’s an under 1% chance they know why they’re right, and it isn’t just luck. In some ways, Best Ball leagues are a lot like Best Ball strategies. Throw a ton of them out there and a few good ones will rise to the top through sheer force of players’ performances and nothing you’re actually doing. That’s the fun. Anyway, here’s my RazzSlam, a 42-round, Best Ball 12 team draft recap:
Psyche! Before we get to the RazzSlam recap, the season’s first Buy/Sell is available on our Patreon, click that and sign up. It won’t be live on this site until next Friday. Anyway II, the RazzSlam recap:
C: Tyler Stephenson (15)
C: Ryan Jeffers (16)
1B: Bryce Harper (2)
2B: Nico Hoerner (3)
SS: Oneil Cruz (6)
3B: Alec Bohm (9)
MI: Jonathan India (18)
CI: Isaac Paredes (12)
OF: Juan Soto (1st round, 12th pick)
OF: Mike Trout (5)
OF: Lane Thomas (7)
OF: Christopher Morel (13)
OF: Leody Taveras (22)
UTIL: Sal Frelick (24)
Bench: Jackson Merrill (26), Luke Raley (27), Rene Pinto (29), Joey Ortiz (32), Mickey Moniak (33), Johan Rojas (35), Jose Trevino (38)
P: Luis Castillo (4)
P: Jesus Luzardo (8)
P: Joe Ryan (10)
P: Tanner Bibee (11)
P: Mitch Keller (14)
P: Ryan Pepiot (17)
P: Brayan Bello (19)
P: Charlie Morton (20)
P: MacKenzie Gore (21)
Bench: Reese Olson (23), Tyler Wells (25), Tylor Megill (28), DL Hall (30), Gavin Stone (31), Edward Cabrera (34), Ross Stripling (36), James McArthur (37)
ALL RIGHT, YOU GIANT BOZO, GIVE US YOUR WAR ROOM TOTALS
Mr. Al Capps, the name calling has to stop.
OKAY, YOU CLOWN, WHATEVER YOU SAY!
What’s wrong with you?
I STUBBED MY TOE AND I’M ICING IT. SORRY, JUST NOT A GREAT START TO THE DAY FOR YOURS TRULY.
Oh, okay, feel better. So, there is a War Room for the Best Ball drafts like the RazzSlam, but, I’ll be honest with you, I winged this.
FIRST OFF, IT’S WUNG, NOT WINGED, AND SECOND OF ALL, GOOD FOR YOU. FINALLY THINKING FOR YOURSELF.
I appreciate that, especially since you’re just my internal monologue.
WAIT…WHAT?
Yeah, you’re just me screaming.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Sorry, bro. It’s true. Here’s the scoring so we can at least try to make heads or tails of the league:
Here’s some points accumulated by players last year:
Spencer Strider (596)
Gunnar Henderson (594)
THE TOP PITCHER IN FANTASY WAS THE SAME AS GUNNAR HENDERSON? THAT SEEMS TELLING.
It’s telling me pitchers are so much less valuable in NFBC’s Points Leagues.
I SET YOU UP, YOU KNOCK ‘EM DOWN.
I do my best. Put up innings and potential wins and you have a chance to be a valuable pitcher. Last year, Chris Bassitt had 487 points. About 100 less than Strider. On hitting side, Brandon Nimmo had 529 points (less than 70 points than the top pitcher, by the by). Nimmo illustrates what is important on hitting too, but is pretty on par with the Player Rater. He was the 29th best outfielder last year on the Rater, and he was the 29th best outfielder in points at NFBC.
SO, THIS IS BEST BALL AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR LINEUP. THERE’S NOTHING TO DO NOW, RIGHT? JUST LET CHATGPT SET YOUR LINEUP AND KICK IT WITH YOUR BOYS?
There’s a few FAAB waiver wire pickups throughout the season. Watch Truss’s RazzSlam and RCL columns and he’ll be sure to notify you when they’re coming up. The first FAAB pickup is quick, April 9th, then the next one isn’t until June. Otherwise, you just sit back and let the computer choose your best lineup. This also played into how upsidey I went with my draft. All you need is nine decent starters each week. In theory, your worst starts won’t be used, so if you go for upside guys it should be fine when they get blown up. I wish I had other BestBall elements in my life. Give me BestBall dentistry. My teeth get cleaned in the best way when I need it and no superfluous brushing or visits to the dentist. Give me BestBall avocado toast. Only when the avocados are just ripe enough do they get smushed on the best piece of toasted sourdough. Give me BestBall boxers. Just the right amount of comfort. Call them BestBalls.
I THINK YOU’RE DESCRIBING A FUTURE DYSTOPIA WHERE HUMANS MAKE NO CHOICES AND COMPUTERS DO EVERYTHING.
Sah-weet!
Grey, 12 TM 5×5 redraft would taking Strider at 9 be a bad move? I really think he will end the year we look back and are like damn, the #1 fantasy player was a pitcher. 300+ k 20+ wins etc…
Grey
What were your picks 39 40 41 and 42?
Hi Grey,
What are your thoughts on picking up the Tigers’ Casey Mize?
If yes, Would you cut Hunter Harvard to pick up Mize?
Thanks!!
Hey Grey. Guy in my league really wants Langford.
Jordan walker + King or Bieber for Langford
I know how much you love walker so I’ll take this with a grain of salt, but do you think that’s enough for Langford?
Thanks brotha!!
Closer question; Robert Suarez has basically locked in the closer role for the padres, and I added him to my saves plus holds 10 teamer before he got his save against the dodgers in Korea, however Mason miller is available.
The dilemma: Mason miller surely has better stuff than Suarez, but is on a much worse team, however he could theoretically put up some of the best strikeout ratios in the game. do you think he’s gonna get enough saves to be worth dropping Robert Suarez for?
Also for what it’s worth, miller had a MUCH better spring than Suarez. Not that I put all that much stock in it, just Suarez has a crisp 7.11 era and less Ks
M. Sano BSOHL?
Hello Grey! Good luck with your team(s). Nico in the 3rd seems kinda high to me, but what do I know. I don’t – that’s why I’m here. I know you liked him.
They have finally moved Sonny Gray to the IL, so I have an empty spot. Who do you like from these available SPs in our Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League (SPs can score high with Wins being 10 Points):
M. Meyer
J. Hicks
N. Cortes
C. Mize
L. Severino
Gil
K. Crawford (he comes off Waivers on Thursday – I should know, as I put him there – yeah, I can’t control myself these days – probably should have kept him)
Gonna guess Crawford, but let me know.
Thanks much Grey.
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto. thoughts on team below. most pressing holes to fill (hey-o!)
C – O’Hoppe
1B – Freeman
2B – Albies
SS – Witt, Jr (K)
3B – Steer
OF – Arozarena
OF – Chisholm (K)
OF – Castellanos
DH – Buxton
SP – Gilbert, Luzardo, Keller, Bryce Miller, G Stone
RP – A Diaz, K Jensen
Bench Hitters – Outman, Stanton, Soler, Frelick, Caminero
Bench Pitchers – Eury, M Gore, Varland, D Williams
IL – T Bradley
Thanks!
Hello Grey. Last year I submitted my roster and I think you hated it, I improved my team after your evaluation finishing second. Wondering if you can look at this years team. 10 team roto .Category has saves + holds in one category. Alvarez, Albies, and Henderson were my keepers.Thanks again. Hoping I did ok.
C Will Smith
1b CES
2b Hoerner
SS Abrams
3b Gunner Henderson
Of Yordan Alavarez
Of Morel
Of Chourio
U Albies
Bench Rengifo
P Skubal
P Peralta
P Luzardo
P Berrios
P Puk
P Wacha
Rp Romano
Rp Holmes
Rp Payamps
Rp Mason Miller
Ha, so if I hate it more, you’re gonna win? I like this team, I think you have 3 aces, and nice RPs…I love the hitting, you did well improving! I think the only issue might be power-light
Grissom going to stay on extended spring training and then go on a minor league rehab assignment. This smells like a no IL situation and frankly kind of sucks for my fantasy team.
Nah, I think he’ll get IL’d, the Red Sox will want the roster spot
Perts drafts tonight! Here are the players drafted in the 1st 3 rounds from your 10 slot the first 39 drafts:
Aaron Judge Trea Turner Randy Arozarena
Kyle Tucker Trea Turner Bo Bichette
Fernando Tatis Jr. Yordan Alvarez Bo Bichette
Aaron Judge Yordan Alvarez Cody Bellinger
Juan Soto Yordan Alvarez Luis Castillo
Aaron Judge Yordan Alvarez Michael Harris II
Juan Soto Matt Olson Randy Arozarena
Juan Soto Matt Olson Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Fernando Tatis Jr. Jose Ramirez Luis Castillo
Shohei Ohtani Trea Turner Cody Bellinger
Freddie Freeman Shohei Ohtani Luis Robert Jr.
Shohei Ohtani Jose Ramirez Luis Robert Jr.
Aaron Judge Ozzie Albies Corey Seager
Juan Soto Matt Olson Gunnar Henderson
Yordan Alvarez Freddie Freeman Bo Bichette
Fernando Tatis Jr. Trea Turner Bo Bichette
Gerrit Cole Yordan Alvarez Luis Castillo
Fernando Tatis Jr. Bryce Harper Bo Bichette
Yordan Alvarez Austin Riley Corey Seager
Shohei Ohtani Bryce Harper Luis Robert Jr.
Aaron Judge Matt Olson Kevin Gausman
Freddie Freeman Jose Ramirez Bo Bichette
Fernando Tatis Jr. Trea Turner Jose Altuve
Trea Turner Matt Olson CJ Abrams
Freddie Freeman Trea Turner Zack Wheeler
Aaron Judge Trea Turner Luis Robert Jr.
Aaron Judge Shohei Ohtani Elly De La Cruz
Fernando Tatis Jr. Matt Olson Oneil Cruz
Fernando Tatis Jr. Jose Ramirez Cody Bellinger
Adley Rutschman Spencer Strider Luis Robert Jr.
Spencer Strider Freddie Freeman Corbin Burnes
Shohei Ohtani Yordan Alvarez Royce Lewis
Trea Turner Aaron Judge Michael Harris II
Shohei Ohtani Yordan Alvarez Michael Harris II
Freddie Freeman Matt Olson Royce Lewis
Yordan Alvarez Spencer Strider Randy Arozarena
Shohei Ohtani Matt Olson Zack Wheeler
Aaron Judge Bryce Harper Randy Arozarena
Fernando Tatis Jr. Yordan Alvarez Bo Bichette
Welp, looks like I’m taking Judge!
I guess you weren’t expecting Soto
H2H 5X5 12 Team OBP & SAVES+ HOLD League
First, what do you think of my team?
Would you drop Matt Chapman or Taylor Ward for Victor Scott?
Also Louie Varland, Casey Mize, Max Meyers, Jared Jones, Reese Olson, Garrett Whitlock are all on the wire & with Woo going on IL, I’ll like to add 1 or 2 of these guys.
C – Bo Naylor
1B – Bryce Harper
2B – Ketel Marte
3B – Alex Bregman
SS – Willy Adames
OF – Randy Arozerna
OF – Kyle Schwarber
OF – Jorge Soler
UTIL – Shohei Ohtani
UTIL – Matt Chapman
BN – Taylor Ward
SP – Kevin Gausman, Zach Eflin, Joe Musrgrove, Chris Sale, Bryan Woo, Jordan Montgomery and Shota Imanaga
RP – Mason Miller, AJ Minter, Kevin Ginkel, Jason Adam, Ryan Pressly
Lose Chapman for him…Looks like a weak SBs team with a lot of power and decent on OBP…Pitching looks solid
Thanks Grey!
If Scott gets on the bases and steals, he can compliment my power lineup well and win a matchup or two by himself!
It would help!
Are you taking any shots on severino bouncing back? Could he have been tipping his pitches? He was so bad last year.
Are you concerned about Morton’s whip? That walk rate has steadily crept up the last 3 years. Last year it was 11.6%.
Sure, may as well try Severino…I’m not worried about Morton
Looks like Victor Scott is going to make the opening day roster. What round do you see him going?
Maybe around 200
Like JD Davis, Phil Bickford (NYM RP) was cut today after winning his arbitration a few weeks ago. Apparently salary is guaranteed if you lose, but not if you win.
Why do I think there will be less players going to arbitration in the future?
Yeah, you might be right
Do you like Gil enough to keep him over Quintana if I have to? Thx in advance.
Sure
Hi Grey,
12 team roto redraft 5×5 OBP
A – How’s my team overall? I ended up punting SS and getting Correa for $1, then after the draft spending $2 out of $100 FAB on Merrill for his SS eligibility as soon as he was named a starter. I also picked up Yimi off waivers and I’m crossing my fingers Megill is the #1 sub for Devin Williams.
B – Who are my first drops or trade attempts for saves vulturing? I’m leaning Javier but I’m also not sure I need two CFs and two SS’s.
C –
C – K. Ruiz
1B – B. Harper
2B – L. Arraez
3B – J. Ramirez
SS – C. Correa
CF – J. Duran
OF – J. Soto
OF – K. Tucker
UTIL – Y. Alvarez
UTIL – R. Greene
BN – J. Naylor, J. Merrill
SP – J. Steele, M. Keller, M. Kelly, H. Brown, C. Javier, S. Lugo, Y. Kikuchi
RP – J. Hader, J. Leclerc, K. Finnegan, T. Megill, Y. Garcia
Thanks in advance.
Looks like you have no speed, but otherwise it’s a solid hitting team…nice OBP….I like the pitching, but you have no ace, so it’s iffy B. Merrill
@Grey: weekly roto. 250 FAAB. Closers are Alexi Diaz and Kenley (and Devon Williams). How much to drop on Ginkel?
Thanks!
$23
What do you think of these specific trades (follow up to my question from below):
Snell for Volpe
Joe Ryan for Riley Greene
Mitch Keller for Torkelson or Gorman
Civale for Santander or Gelof
Pivetta, Kutter or Eovaldi for Mountcastle, Parker Meadows, Kelenic, Grissom or Frelick
Gavin Stone for anybody listed above
I don’t have any glaring needs other than I have too much pitching and would like another bat. He’s had a ton of pitching injuries so is looking for more. This is a dynasty league. QS is the only difference from standard 5×5. I’d like to send my trading partner a list of possible moves, so I don’t want to send him any that are terrible for me or him. Thanks!
Stone for anyone works…won’t happen is my guess…also pivettta or Eovaldi is fine…
You didn’t post your super secret league winners in rounds 39 to 42, huh? Just sharing those with the perts illuminati, eh? This is collusion!
I’m kidding, I’m kidding. No one has to tell ME to take Forrest Whitley and Addison Russell. I know what I’m doing.
HAHA, sorry…those are super secret
Would you stash Bradish in a 10tm H2H with QS and 2 IL spots?
Sure
Grey,
Happy opening Day Eve-Eve. I received multiple offers from one team and wanted your thoughts on them.
Offer 1: I send: Bo Bichette ($15), Henry Davis ($6), minor leaguers Bryan Ramos, and Jonatan Clase ($5 each). I get: J. Holliday ($5), Logan O’Hoppe ($6), and minor league pitcher Joet Cantillo ($5).
Offer 2: I send: H. Davis ($6), and minor leaguers Jun-Seok Shim, and Tink Hence ($5 each). I get: J. Holliday ($5), Logam O’Hoppe ($6), and minor league pitcher Joel Cantillo ($5).
Offer 3: Bo Bichette ($15), Henry Davis ($6), minor leaguers Bryan Ramos, and Temarr Johnson. I get: J. Holliday ($5), Logan O’Hoppe ($6),and minor leaguer Xavier Isaac ($5).
Offer 4: I send Bo Bichette ($15), Henry Davis ($6), minor leaguers Bryan Ramos, and Temarr Johnson ($5) each. I get: J. Holliday ($5), Logan O’Hoppe ($6),and minor leaguer Jackson Jobe ($5).
would you make any of the deals?
offer 2 sounds good, 4 doesn’t sound bad…meh on 1 and 3
he just made a fifth offer:
I send: I send H. Davis ($6), and minor league prospects Shim, Thomas Saggesse, and Tink Hence ($5 each)
I get: J. Holliday ($5), Jackson Jobe, Logan O’Hoppe
Thoughts on this offer
Works for me
Currently able to stash both Senga and Bradish. Which one (if either) would you prioritize adding and stashing? And would you use the #2 waiver claim on either or see which one clears waivers? Thanks!
Senga
Howdy, Grey! Any increased interest in Jared Jones having made the Pirates starting rotation after an outstanding spring? Think that he might be more than just a 12 Team H2H flyer? Ks galore!!! Thanks.
Sure, as a flyer he’s fine
G – we’re back baby!
Speed read as much of your rankings as I could yesterday before drafting a 12 team H2H 5×5. How we looking?
Also, because MLB decided to begin the season overseas, will need to drop one player before I can move Braxton Garrett into the IL to fill out my pitching rotation. Who’s the drop (Garrett, Frelick, Grissom, Maikel)?
C – Raleigh
1B – Olson
2B – Hoerner
3B – Steer
SS – Witt Jr.
MI – Gorman
CI – Bohm
OF – Adolis Garcia
OF – Nolan Jones
OF – Castellanos
OF – Chourio
OF – Riley Green
U – Tyler ONeill
BE – Frelick, Grissom, Maikel Garcia
SP – Pablo Lopez
SP – Logan Gilbert
SP – Joe Ryan
SP – Mitch Keller
P – Bryce Miller
P – Morton
P – Garrett
RP – Evan Phillips
RP – Alvarado
Hey good to see you! Grissom…Looking good on hitting and pitching, I love the hitting a lot, would marry it…I think you’re weak on RPs, but that’s about it
Hi Grey,
I have strong SP with Burnes.Wheeler, Skubal, Grey Rod, Nola, Cristopher Sanchez as well as AJ Puk, Kutter Crawford and Hunter Harvard.
Would you pick up Tyler Wells of Baltimore?
Thanks!
You have no one to drop
If you think that it is worth it, I could drop Jarran Duran, Gabriel Moreno or Taylor award to get Wells.
Would you make a move and who would you drop or hold?
Thanks!!!!
Hold
Would trade Matt Olson for Jackson Jobe straight up in a keep forever if you also had Fork to play 1B?
Tork
I’d want Olson
Hi Grey,
I have Marcus Semeins at 2B with Kentel Marte as back up.
Would you see value in picking up Jackson Merrill or Brendan Rodgers? Would they have any trade value?
Thanks!
Nope
Thank you!
No problem
Start Jared Jones @ Miami, Brandon Pfaadt home vs. Colorado or Kutter Crawford @ Seattle?
Kutter
Hi Grey,
Need to start 2 Outfielders out of Parker Meadows, Mitch Haniger, and Victor Scott. Thoughts on who’d you start?
Forget Mitch
Mize 5 IP, 2 H , 0 BB, 1 ER, 6 K
Pepiot 6 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 0 ER 8 K
Oh sweet, sweet confirmation bias, drown me in your honeyed delights,
HAHA
I drafted NL only keeper with a buddy a couple nights ago. We went in with Acuna, Cruz, Harris and Luzardo as keepers. Went in thinking we would get Wheeler in the first round, but Olson fell to us, then we grabbed Lindor… then Nolan Jones was still hanging out there… well our War room totals at the end of the night:
HAHA, amazing…nice hitting!
Victor Scott time! At least as a preview.
Would you start him for his 4 games v LAD in week 1 over Mickey Moniak’s 3 games @bal? Thanks!
Yeah, why not
Hi Grey,
I was waiting for the official word on Saggese being sent down, but wondering if I just drop him now for Toglia in 10-Tm NL-Only H2H (OBP) since I have Montero as my Util, and he’s not set to play every day. I could also pick up Jordon Wicks as my 5th SP behind Steele, King, Sanchez, and Lopez. I am RP heavy with Doval, Iglesias, Suarez, Ginkel, Straham, and Hoffman.
I’d go Togilia over Saggese
Done. Thanks!
No problem
Hey Grey, I am taking over this crappy team and have Walker Buehler $15 and was offered Mitch Keller $10, would you take the Keller side for this year and the next two? He also has Steele that I wanted to ask for instead because this guy loves Buehler.
I’d want Walker
Carlson to the IL with an AC joint injury. Scott being called up to take his place in CF.
nice!
Do you think Scott has a short stay or could Carlson be out for extended time?
Haven’t heard
Grey,
1. Drop Westberg for Jung Hoo Lee, Will Benson, Ryan McMahon, Starling Marte, or stand still?
2. Drop Seth Lugo for Kutter (someone just dropped Kutter). No brainer?
Thank you.
1. Depends on needs 2. Sure
Had a 12 team draft this morning, 5×5 categories
Love my hitting/closers but my SPs seem a little shallow:
Wheeler/Sale/Darvish/Ober/Berrios/Morton
Think I have a WHIP problem ?
Yes
Well let’s hope Trumpets Diaz and Clase can lower it a bit !
Ha
Hey grey- drafted the below team in a 12 team 6×6 OPS + QS league
C – Alvarez
1b – Casas
2b – Albies
3b – Elly
Ss – Boba
Of – Soto, Greene, Kwan
Util – Hoerner, naylor
Bn – maikel, Frelick
Sp – Gilbert, Bibee, Bassitt, a gray, Keller verlander, Garrett, degrom
Rp – A Diaz, Y Garcia, Aroldis
Definitely will need to find some HRs off waivers. Otherwise ok?? Thanks!
Seems okay, I think you’re low on power and maybe speed too, which isn’t easy to pull off…Pitching looks okay, not sure how you only got one actual closer
Will the Reds just put McLan on the IL or tell us what the injury is already!
Ha, I know
Yo, it’s driving me absolutely crazy as well. It’s clearly very bad, but I need to know exactly how bad since he’s in my one keeper league. I may very well drop him outright if he’s out for 4 months or more, which is entirely possible.
Welcome back Grey! Cant wait for another season.
I cant find the article where everyone picks mvps ROY CY busts sleepers of the year. Did you guys do it yet? you have a quick link avail?
Thanks!
It’s coming tomorrow
I was top ten in slam last year doing the opposite mostly closers then my team fell apart once the cut happened haha
Haha
Solid team good luck! Upbeat today after seeing N. Jones, Gausman and Velasquez all participate yesterday, then Woo ugh…
Yup!
h/h points 12 team…..
which side ?
Riley & Yamamoto or Elly & Webb
Riley
I’m looking to trade SP for a bat.
Here are some guys I’m interested in: Torkelson, Mountcastle, Gelof, Gorman, Volpe, Grissom, Avisail Garcia, Riley Greene, Parker Meadows, Santander, Kelenic, Frelick (owner is open to dealing any in the right move)
Here are my starters: Snell, Ryan, Keller, Eovaldi, Morton, Civale, Pivetta, Maeda, Crawford, Stone, Jon Gray
See any obvious value matches that I should pursue? This is a 12-team dynasty. Standard 5×5 except QS. Thanks!
Shoot: meant Adolis Garcia, not Avisail haha
The first thing you ask in a trade sitch is “what do I need, what do they need.” Try to match the needs before the players.
Yeah, already did that. He needs pitching, I need bats. I sent him the list of players I was interested in, and he said send some deals over.
Looking to go up market or get more of a depth guy. do you like your enough to trade snell or would you rather try to move a civale guy? Do you need speed or power? How’s your batting average?
So I’d say I’d prefer to deal from my SP depth since I’m more bottom heavy than top heavy. As far as the batter to acquire, I need more power than speed but honestly any of these guys would help me. Looking for a good dynasty asset. That help?
Depends what you need…I like a lot of those bats, but Torkelson isn’t the same as Meadows
I need depth and solid hitting. Nothing in particular TBH. I have extra pitching and want to deal from that depth to acquire another hitter. My lineup is flexible enough that I can make any of these guys work and they’d all help. Prefer finding power as I have a decent amount of speed. Any position listed (1B, 2B, SS, or OF).
Yo Almighty Grey! Wanted to get your thoughts on my squad and potential weaknesses I need to target on the wire during the season (aside from saves).
10-team 8×7 (H/BB/HR/R/RBI/SB/K/OPS and W/L/QS/ERA/WHIP/K/SV)
C: S. Perez
1B: Alonso
2B: Altuve
3B: Riley
SS: Swanson
OF: Tatis
OF: Carroll
OF: Trout
UTL: A. Gimenez
SP1: Yamamoto
SP2: Gausman
SP3: Webb
SP4: Musgrove
SP5: Pivetta
RP1: Romano
RP2: Munoz
P: Verlander/McKenzie/Cortes
Thank you so much for all your tutelage!
You look low on runs and maybe Ks on hitting…And the pitching looks excellent, though maybe trouble on saves
Wazzup Grey. So now that everyone may be jumping on the Hicks wagon i’m wondering if i should while i can ? I currently have:
Freddie Peralta
Fried
Rodon
Kikuchi kuchi koo
Maeda
Varland
Houck
Whitlock
Stone
Reynaldo Lopez
Kremer
I fear i have to many fifth starters now but do i drop any of these for Hicks ?
Thanks for your help ?
Meh, I guess Kremer
Aloha Grey!
Are you allowing Razzball Slam managers an offer to buy one of the
Razziest Shirts around?
Mahalo,
KailuaBoy
RazzSlam shirts are sold out — if you go to rotowear and menu click down to Exclusive, you see Razzball there https://rotowear.com/
Shaka Brah!
Hope you’re well!
The boy and I got Hicks for 2 bucks on Sunday in the hope is not a pitching strategy league:
Booby Miller
Ober
Hicks
Mize
JJones the Pirate
Houck
Bowden Francis
T Scott
Estevez
McCarthur
Merriestofweather, Julian
hooooo boy
Oh, you’re confirmation bias’ing us! You just drafted Hicks! Jared Jones’s walks look awful, I don’t know on that guy
i got sold on jones with one three pitch sequence: 79 mph chris bassett curvr, 89 mph tight gyro slider, 99 fb dotted. Good morning good afternoon and good night. his mlb 3.5 walks I can live with I think per my effectively wild bs down below. he got pushed back on his off day before his last start and was and said he was off his routine. gave up 4 of his 8 spring bbs in that game. ironically helped him make the team as they liked the way he threw without A stuff. called it a great bad day.
i dunno. kid looks like he’s got moxy. like his confidence. his catchers think he’s a stud.
milb walks that shoulda said above.
Not a terrible flyer at backend of a staff…Pirates = no wins, Jones = BBs…It coudl be okay, but I imagine he’s a streamer/matchups for most
Pirates will win some games this year. Plus wins is unpossible. Who had more wins last year, Sonny Gray or Johan Oviedo?
Ha, I know, I’m not even that against him…I’m not going to take the opposite view here, he could be fine
Oh I am very much confirm biasing you. I am slathering in glorious bias. I’m awash in confirmation. I was so biased I had the giggle hiccups. I’m exhausted from premature victory lapping, I’m so confirmed.
Haha, nice
I know you won’t love this, but spider sense says Merriestofweather leads the Cubs in saves this year. He’s been an almost a break out a couple times. Healthy and triple digiting. Adbert was wonky end of last year and his stuff just isn’t as good as Merryweather. I think Neris is pigeon holed as a non-closer high leverage.
Said with a knowing could be wrong face. Spider sense has not proven infallable.
On another note, I am killing time before the dairy order and I really don’t want to go back out there. It’s almost baseball season and I could talk ball all day.
Guess ya never know, but Merryweather isn’t even their 8th inning guy
Counsel said he isn’t naming a closer, which is odd. I might be wrong on this one. Just not sure why he wouldn’t just say Alzy is the closer. He was bad end of last year but seems healthy this spring. I think I’m on Merryweather because the 12.5 k rate and the big fastball read closer?
I would hate this for my Tout team, but otherwise wouldn’t mind it much
It would take a glitch in the matrix for me not to have a slew of injuries before Opening Day. I got shivved yesterday losing woo and another closer.
So what are you expecting from Woo now? It’s only “elbow inflammation.” Well that’s a relief (sigh).
My fear besides missing time is that they will baby him even more than they did last year.
Hahaha, I lose guys every day, very fun!
Yeah losing them this late is extra painful. I was going to set my lineups and then I see that dtd designation and that blue box of death in Yahoo.
Ugh, I know!
At our draft last week I came in with two protected pitchers, then drafted 13 more for a total of 15 pitchers on the staff leaving the draft. I have now had to replace 3 of them due to injury and have another 2 starting pitchers who will miss the first few weeks in J Montgomery and Taillon. Sigh.
Ouch
Be ready to pick up the next guy. I lost sewald myself and in that league he was my only closer. Gotta hang on that wire.
“I’m funny how, I mean funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to f–king amuse you?”
Haha
Just snagged Ginkel off waivers. I think we need to strike these words from the records.
There’s way more closers this year in my top 100. SAGNOF? Yes, as in all closers are the same diff, so just get a few, but few is the key here. There’s fewer closers now than, say, eight years ago. There’s fewer saves too, especially off waivers. Do I care if you have Devin Williams or Jordan Romano? No, not really.
Yeah
Hey Grey! 1 more day until we finally get started!!
In a 6×5, 10 team league, who would you prefer for your last roster spot Gavin Stone or Luis Gil? I was all set on Gavin until his blowup yesterday (4.1 ip, 4 er).
Yes! Stone
Thank you!
No problem
Waiting for Woo to be IL’ed, who would you grab out of:
Lugo, Pfaadt, Stone – H2H pts that scores + IP, + Ks, – Hits, – Walks, – HRs
Stone
Grey,
Who do we like here the most – Gavin stone, Gil, or Jared jones?
12 team H2H
close between Gil and Jones slight edge Jones for more polish. Stone up the track as they say in the racing game (distant 3rd)
Stone
did you see any of stone’s start yesterday?
Hey Grey! I really like this team! I’m a bit surprised Soto fell to 12!
Finally did our home league draft last night:10 team 5×5 with OBP and Saves+holds.
C: Kirk
1B: Alonso*
2B: Julien
3B: Elly*
SS: Witt*
CF: Robert*
LF: Carroll*
RF: Soler
OF: Wyatt
UTIL: Casas
Bench: Jung, Chourio, Yoshida, Paredes
SP:
Burnes*
Skubal
Ragans
Ober
Crawford
Mize
Puk
RP:
Evan Phillips
Kimbrel
Alex Lange
Jose Alvarado
6 keepers marked with *
What do you think? I waited way too long for a 2B!
Thanks,
I was surprised too! Team looks solid on pitching and hitting and RPs…If I had to nitpick, I don’t love Ragans, and Puk and Mize seem like deeper league flyers not 10 team…or maybe one of them (Puk)….I like the hitting a lot, not much to say on that
Thanks!! I waited a lot on last few pitchers assuming i likely will need to hit the WW
No problem
Hi Gray
My Yahoo Points 11 team draft is done. Would appreciate your thoughts. Sorry for the length.
My starting pitchers look strong:
Corbin Burnes
Zack Wheeler
Tarik Stubal
Grayson Rodriquez
Aaron Nola
Cole Ragans
Cristopher Sanchez
What are your thoughts on my relief pitchers?
AJ Puk
Kutter Crawford
Hunter Harvard
Any feedback on my hitters would be much appreciated. Who are keepers and who would you try and move?
C: Sean Murphy
1B: Spencer Torkelson
2B: Marcus Semien
3B: Nolan Gorman
SS: Thairo Estrada
LF: Brandon Nimmo
CF: Cedric Mullins
RF: Chas MCCormick
DH: Katel Marte
Bench: Rhys Hoskins
Jarran Duran
Gabriel Moreno
Starling Marte
Taylor Ward
Jose Siri
Thanks again for your help! It is much appreciated!!
I like the relievers…they’re great…I think your hitting isn’t that good….you’re low on AVG, speed and maybe power…your bench hitters do little for me in an 11 teamer
Great insight!!
Would you try and trade one of my SP for a quality hitter or is it too early?
If yes, what would you suggest??
Thanks again!
Prolly hold for now, unless I got a good trade offer
Thanks so much!
No problem
What do you think of the othani thing? seems sketchy to me way too much money for him not to know. But even if he was involved this will be swept away as the money stakes are too high.
i like pete rosed comment” Well, back in the ‘70s and ‘80s, I wish I’d have had an interpreter. I’d be scot-free,”
Meh, whether it’s sketchy or not, they’re never suspending Ohtani
Soto at 12 is thievery!
in a 14 team auction, H2H keep 6, 5×5 plus OPS, K and W, K/BB. Locked on Carroll $9, Adolis $9, Kirby $6. Which 3 of these 4?
ZWheeler $33
CWalker $25
HBrown $6
Bryce Miller $4
Thanks in advance!
Not Brown
Seems to be a lot of chatter about Jordan Hicks. Better bench stash: Hicks, Lugo, Stone, Schmidt, Wacha.
Please rank top 3.
Stone, Hicks, Lugo
Had a draft last night for a 14-team 5×5 H2H keeper, and I and the rest of the prematurely balding fantasy baseballers drafting at the same time crashed the Razzball website a couple times, so thanks for all the rankings and tools!
C- Kirk
1B- Olson (K)
2B- A. Gimenez
3B- Steer (K)
SS- Turner
CI- Mountcastle
MI- Volpe
OF- Adolis
OF- Teoscar
OF- Ceddane Rafaela
UT- India
UT- Buxton
BN- J. Polanco
SP- Luzardo
SP- Eflin (K)
SP- Bryce Miller
SP- Civale
RP- Iglesias
RP- K. Jansen
P- Payamps
P- Jax
P- Will Smith
BN- Maeda
BN- Lugo
BN- Wacha
War Room gives good marks for batting counting stats, but doesn’t love AVG, which is fine with me in a H2H. With pitching, it loves my rates and saves, but hates my K’s. Something to worry about, or just a matter of Steamer and you not agreeing on pitcher innings?
It likely hates your Ks bc you don’t have any outside of Luzardo…I like the starters you have tho, they’re definitely ratios-forward…War room is right on your hitting too, you don’t have AVG, which is fine in H2H, agreed…I don’t hate the team at all, seems solid
Miller should have more swing ana miss this year.
This is a cool format.
Question in regards to formats. I’m in a 12 team league standard categories but we do OBP and QS.
Where do you stand on daily waivers vs everyone is a free agent?
Some folks find that the daily waivers will allow for an even competitive advantage because those that are near their phones more often will have to wait to pick up a closer.
The other folks thing free agency just makes things easier when day of injuries happen or your player get scratched you can pivot day of and pick up someone.
Thoughts?
I think it depends on the people, there’s no right or wrong…It’s less stressful to have daily waivers at night vs. everyone is free to first person
Hey Grey! Thanks for all you do! You have guided me through drafts and in-season management for years.
Had our draft last weekend for 11-team roto 6×6 league (Sv+Hd, OBP / BAA are the extra categories). Each team allowed three keepers from prior year’s draft with 4-round penalty. Got a lot of your targets. What do you think?
C: Sean Murphy (19)
1B: Bryce Harper (6) – keeper
2B: Mookie Betts (1st round, 2nd pick)
3B: Ke’Bryan Hayes (14)
SS: Francisco Lindor (2)
MI: Bryson Stott (10)
CI: Royce Lewis (22) – keeper
OF: Luis Robert (3)
OF: Nick Castellanos (9)
OF: James Outman (12)
OF: Brandon Nimmo (16)
OF: Tyler O’Neill (17)
UT: Thairo Estrada (13)
Bench: Nolan Gorman (18), Colton Cowser (24)
P: Freddy Peralta (4)
P: Kevin Gausman (5)
P: Jesus Luzardo (7)
P: Edwin Diaz (8)
P: Sonny Gray (11)
P: Evan Phillips (15) – keeper
P: Brandon Pfaadt (20)
P: Mason Miller (21)
P: Yuki Matsui (23)
Bench: James McArthur (25), Shane Baz (26)
The hitting looks solid on OBP and likely on AVG, looks a little low on SBs…I like the pitching a lot, all guys I like
My first RazzSlam, my first Best Ball….thought it was going great, plan executed. But have been bit by the BUG on SP already.
C- Wilson Contreras – Bethancourt
C- Fransisco Alvarez – Freddy Fermin
1- Freddie Freeman – L Wade
2- Andres Giminez – Davis Schneider
SS- Ezequil Tovar – Jordan Lawler
3- Rafael Devers
O- Luis Robert – Luis Matos
O- Jazz Chiszolm – Colton Cowser
O- Nolan Jones
O- Jordan Walker
O- Mitch Haniger
CI- Josh Jung – Junior Caminero
MI- Zach Neto – Enmauel Valdez
U- Carlos Santana – Curtis Mead
U- Sal Frelick – Tyler Soderstrom
P- Gallen
Peralta
S Gray OUT
Y Darvish
G Williams OUT
B Woo OUT
R Pepiot
S Imanaga
M Stroman
Trevor Rogers
Tylor Megill
T Walker OUT
C Irvin
J Wicks
J Brito
Ouch on SPs being hurt…hopefully they’re back soon…I love the hitting tho, but wish some of your late fill-ins were better….Valdez, Mead, Carlos…meh
Not a huge difference. But I did forget my one versatile bench option
Utility – Ezequiel Duran 3B/SS/OF
Haha, not a huge difference
Can only start one of these for Game 1 of a H2H points league. Don’t want to get off to a bad start:
Nola ATL; @ Wash
Ragans MIN; @ Bal
Nola
Good morning – please pick my replacement for Woo: Ranger Suarez, DL Hall or Kikuchi.
Kikuchi
12-team H2H categories, had the 7th pick and was lucky enough to land Mr. H2H himself. What do you think?
C- O’Hoppe
1B- Harper
2B- Steer
SS- Bichette
3B- Lewis
OF- Tucker
OF- Teoscar
OF- Greene
Ut- Parades
Ut- Stott
SP- Gausman
SP- Peralta
RP- Bednar
RP- Clase
P- Imanaga
P- Bryce Miller
P- T. Scott
P- Lange
Bn- Pena
Bn- Meadows
Bn- Mize
Bn- Adam
Bn- Kopech
Looks like a solid staff, one I would draft myself, maybe a tad upsidey after Freddy…I like the hitting, looks good overall!
Thanks for all you do, Grey! You’ve been guiding me through drafts and in-season management for years.
Had our draft for 11-team roto, 6×6 (Sv+Hd, and OBP and BAA are the extra categories), three keepers per year (with 4 round draft penalty from prior year’s draft). Got a lot of your targets. What do you think?
C: Sean Murphy (19)
1B: Bryce Harper (6) – keeper
2B: Mookie Betts (1st round, 2nd pick)
3B: Ke’Bryan Hayes (14)
SS: Francisco Lindor (2)
MI: Bryson Stott (10)
CI: Royce Lewis (22) – keeper
OF: Luis Robert (3)
OF: Nick Castellanos (9)
OF: James Outman (12)
OF: Brandon Nimmo (16)
OF: Tyler O’Neill (17)
UT: Thairo Estrada (13)
Bench: Nolan Gorman (18), Colton Cowser (24)
P: Freddy Peralta (4)
P: Kevin Gausman (5)
P: Jesus Luzardo (7)
P: Edwin Diaz (8)
P: Sonny Gray (11)
P: Evan Phillips (15) – keeper
P: Brandon Pfaadt (20)
P: Mason Miller (21)
P: Yuki Matsui (23)
Bench: James McArthur (25), Shane Baz (26)
answered above
Grey,
Had my draft last night and been out of the loop a little. Feel like I might be a little light on Average and Power. Would you drop a RP for Vinnie Pasquantino the famed Jets fan, Lars Nootbar or a Jake Cronenworth?
10 team Roto 5X5 (SV+HOLD, QS)
C- Mitch Garver
1B- Cody Bellinger
2B- Nico Hoerner
3B- Spencer Steer
SS- CJ Abrams
MI- Anthoyn Volpe
CI- Christain Encarnacion-Strand
OF- Corbin Carrol
OF- Aaron Judge
OF- Nolan Jones
OF- Wyatt Langford
OF- Jackson Chourio
Util- Alec Bohm
Bench- James Duran OF
SP-Jesus Luzardo
SP- Tarik Skubal
SP- Cole Ragans
SP- Bailey Ober
SP- Tanner Bibee
RP-Andrez Munoz
RP-Mason Miller
RP-Trevor Megill
Bench:
RP- Griffin Jax
RPJosh Sborz
You dont need CJ and Corbin, makes you light on power and high on SBs…AVG might be okay…Sborz for Vinnie seems fine…You can likely lose Duran too, or trade him…you definitely don’t need him
Hey Grey!
Would you rather Jeremy Pena, Correa , Ezequiel Duran or Masyn Winn for a12 team OPS league
Pena
Wow loving some of those picks on your team, you are top 3, have to be! I did the same with India in 18 for my MI. Dude is gonna ball!
Followed you posts and rankings dude, what do you think of my 12 TM 5×5 Grey? 11th pick, reach for Alonso in round 2 but REALLY think in contract year dude is hitting 50 and stealing 8 bags Grey, really do!
C- Logan O’Hoppe
1B- Pete Alonso
2B- Gleyber Torres
SS- Bo Bichette
3B- Ke’Bryan Hayes
CI- Triston Casas
MI- Jonathan India
OF- Fernando Tatis
OF- Jackson Chourio
OF- Teoscar Hernandez
OF- Jarren Duran
OF- Masataka Yoshida
U- Eloy Jimenez
Bench- Jackson Merrill
P- Logan Webb
P- Joe Ryan
P- Bailey Ober
P- Bryce Miller
P- Yusei Kikuchi
P- Marcus Stroman
P- Pete Fairbanks
P- Griffin Jax
P- Mason Miller
Bench
JP Sears
Luis Gil
Kutter Crawford
Tanner Houck
DL Hall
Ranger Suarez
Jame McArthur
Thanks! I love this pitching staff a lot, I think it’s rock solid…The hitting looks stacked too…Really solid team, nit sure there’s anything to nitpick, maybe low on AVG, but just maybe
What’s up Grey
12 team 7×7 with OBP and TBs for hitting and QS for pitching. Panicked a bit on closers as it seemed like so many in the draft queue had injury tags. But love my hitting! Let me know what you think.
C – Ruiz
1B – Casas
2B – Hoerner
SS – Bichette
3B – Jose Ramirez
OF – Soto
OF – Arozarena
OF – Chourio
UTIL – Naylor
Bench bat – Jordan Walker
P – F Peralta
P – Steele
P – Keller
P – Bryce Miller
P – Munoz
P – Lange
P – Estevez
Bench – Bryan Woo
Bench – Pepiot
Bench – Garrett
Bench – Lugo
Closers are a little terrible, but it’s okay…I like the pitching in general…I think it’s solid hitting squad too, maybe a tad low on QS on pitching, if I had to nitpick
H/H points league 12 team …..you think this hitting lineup is good enough to take me where I need to be ?
C….Moreno
1b…..Casas
2b…Stott
ss…Abrams
3b…Elly De La
of..Judge
of…Ju Rod
of…Castellanos
DH…Ozuna
extra players
J Lowe
McLain
Happ
Looks fine but a bit unbalanced…i.e., if you lose Judge or Ozuna, you’re bad in power…
So there will be nights when walks get Hicks in trouble. There will be nights when he’s just missing edges or not getting call and the pitch count gets up. But guys are just not going to barrel him with any consistency.
I got to thinking about how interesting it was that in a year where we talked so mich about command plus stuff and the ultimate model for that modern style of pitching finally got his Cy Young in the AL, the NLs highest pitching award went to the guy with the worst command in the business. I think Snell’s success last year has been swept under the rug. But clearly there is another path to success than deploying an arsenal where you depend on creating difficulty for the hitter via sequence and command of multiple pitches.
Enter…Gavin Stone who also pitched last night and was meh. He gave up a bomb to O’Hoppe but he also had generally good control and got a K an inning, but the contrast with Hicks was striking because Stone’s pitches looked so hittable. Each pitch had a consistant shape and velo and when he located, fb and cutters up and in to both handed, breakers and changes off the edges, he was successful. But if he missed location, he got hammered. There was no swing and miss generated by the quality of the pitch itself but only through the context of count, location and sequence.
If Stone stood out there and said, I’m going to throw a fastball, guys will put it in the seats every time. Where Hicks is out there saying here comes the sinker and we’ll kind of all see where it goes together.
sorry I meant to put this as a response to the one below. go read that one first and come back.
Come on, get your act together!
it was the 4 am hour. cut me some slack. though i surely did make a dog’s breakfast of it as my old Irish girlfriend would say
Just kidding, sir! I do appreciate your insights.
So to finish the thought, the league has a way of swinging back and forth. In an ecosystem where most pitchers are controling the zone and they all go to driveline and their pitches are consistant and shaped the same way each time, does that environment create space for the ols cliche of effectively wild to creep back in? Luis Gil actually reminds me of Hicks. Mize showed some effectively wild in the spring too. Padres bringing back the knuckleball too. Just wonder if the funkiness, guys with some weird are a thing. when hitters are programmed to hit the driveline robots, does the Imanaga funky hesitation play that much better. Dunno. Just a thought.
Yeah, I could see that
Interesting, I haven’t seen either in the spring
Now that RP assignments are being changed daily (hourly?), please rank these Seward replacements: Ginkel; Jax; Yimi.
Jax, Ginkel, Yimi, could change by end of today
H/H points 12 team …you think this staff is good enough…
5 starters a week
SPers
Webb
Kirby
G Rodriquez
Ragans
Ober
Pivetta
Bello
Whitlock
Woo
RPer
Munoz
Staff is better than your hitting
Please rank these starters for bench depth in a points leagues.
Jared Jones, Louie Varland, Casey Mize and Crochet (SPaRP)
Where is malamoney hiding?
Think Malamoney is posting in the next day or so…Varland, Mize
Hope you don’t mind if I ramble on your page here for a minute. I watched some interesting baseball yesterday.
Jordan Hicks went 5 no hit one walk ten strike outs against the A’s opening day line up.
Ok so it’s the A’s and not a real game game, but, it was the way he did it. The sinker was not about the velo. He mostly sat 94. He humped it up to 99 once or twice. But the sinker was so unpredictable. The velo bounced around. Never really the same pitch twice.
I described it to the FCL guys last night as he had control but not command. He couldn’t put it exactly where he wanted so the catcher set up right down the middle and he just let it fly and just often enough it was somewhere in the zone, sort of by chance. The unpredictability of the flight of the ball made it so that even if he ended up middle middle guys missed it.
And once he got ahead or to even in the count, you could foget about it. The “stuff” came out. Stupid slider, ridiculous splitter. Rarely strikes, impossible to lay off.
This is great! Hicks was kinda off my radar
I will take last of us gifs and references anytime anywhere!
Also love the team. Frelick feels massively underrated. Esp now that’s he’s almost certainly the leadoff!
here is a video that will explain why I think Frelick will steal lots of bases. Please enjoy:
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/4033658/5a183cfb8cd3fb02cc24c705
My projections for Frelick’s SBs are way above anyone’s…I think he’s a steal in every way
Haha, thanks!
Good Morning Grey,
Mind giving a quick evaluation of my 10-team Roto-league team? Any weak spots?
C Will Smith
1B Casas
2B Albies
3B A Bohm
Ss Elly De La Cruz
MI. McClain (just picked up Arcia)
CI Royce Lewis
OF1 Tucker
OF2 Luis Robert
Of 3 J. Walker
Of4 Santander
Of5 Carpenter
UTIL1 Paredes
UTIL 2 Kepler
Bench
Luis Garcia (picked up to cover for McClain and/or Holliday)
Jackson Holliday
Alex Kiriloff
Bo Naylor
Colton Cowser
Sp1 Strider
Sp2 Luzardo
Sp3 Bibbee
Sp4 Bryce Miller
Sp5 Gavin Williams
Sp6 Kenta Maeda
RP1 Romano
RP2 Munoz
RP3 Estevez
RP4/SP 7 Michael King
Bench
Gavin Stone
Christopher Sanchez
Tyler Wells
Reynaldo Lopez
Tiedemann (Stashed in Minors
Thanks!
Dave
Your pitching is great, I think you have 2 aces, and 2 #2’s…the hitting looks stacked too, maybe a tad low on SBs
Ok, thank you. I always manage to overestimate my SB’s and figure because I have a couple 20 steal guys I’ll be fine, and then I usually finish somewhere near the bottom in that category. Now that I’ve surrendered to the idea that McClain is done for, my main concern headed in is Romano’s elbow. Big fan of the website, btw!
Thanks!
Hey Grey! Excited for the season! How did my team draft here?
Snake draft, keeper league. 12 teams. 5×5 categories.
Holding on my rookies (Holiday, Lawler) until they are ready to shine in the Bigs.
I’ll pick up some help on the hitting side when my IL spots open up. Though I could really use a SAGNOF for saves. Any stash ideas?
C- Henry Davis
1B – Pete Alonso
2B – Luis Arraez
3B – Josh Jung
SS – Zach Neto
CI – Colt Keith
MI – Jackson Holiday
OF – Yordan Alvarez
OF – Adolis Garcia
OF – Teoscar Hernandez
OF – Seiya Suzuki
OF – Jarren Duran
Bench: Jordan Lawler, Coby Mayo
SPs: George Kirby, Logan Gilbert, Ryan Pepiot, Aaron Civale, Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Kutter Crawford, Yusei Kikuchi, Reid Detmers, Tyler Wells
RPs: Jose Leclerc, Yimi Garcia
Love the pitching, maybe a tad low on Ks…The hitting looks fine, but very low on SBs, dangerously low
Hey Grey!
12 team keeper league.
Keep 10 major league players
Keep 10 minor league players
C,C, 1B, 2B, MI, SS, 3B, CI, 5Of, U
6 SP, 3Rp
R, RBI, Total Bases, SB, OBP
K, Whip, ERA, wins+quality start, hlds +saves
Current keepers:
Acuna
Albies
Jose Ramirez
Trea Turner
Bryce Harper
Logan Webb
Teoscar Hernandez
Justin Steele
T. Bibee
S. Marte
I also have Royce Lewis Min but he still counts as minor keeper
Would you keep A. Kirk over any of thr above given it is 2 catcher league. I was going to keep N. Lowe at 1B but the injury scares me.
T. Edman is another potential keeper but is injured to start season as well.
Thanks
Kirk, Lowe and Edman are not good…but neither is Starling…I’m fine with the keepers you have
Thanks. I think Marte is the best out of Edman, Lowe, Kirk.
Instead of Marte, i could keep Jordan Montgomery. thoughts?
I’d go JoMo if he had a team, but Marte since he doesn’t