Opening a gift, “Aw, geez, Kershaw, you didn’t have to give me your arm.” That’s Ross Stripling at the office Christmas party. “Don’t mention it. Hey, Tommy Lasorda, could you get off my lap, my back is starting to hurt. Also, you’re not wearing pants.”  I forget if I ever told you — the royal you since you’re wearing that Burger King crown — but a friend of mine told me Lasorda still goes to the Dodgers’ clubhouse to use the showers and likes to walk around naked. How’s dem visuals! By the by, I’ve reached the age where I forget if a friend of mine told me that, I heard it on the radio or if a commenter told me. Welcome to your 40’s, you don’t look a day older than 27. No, really, I don’t. Anyhoo! Last night Stripling did what he’s done all year — 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.52. The slightly bizzonkers thing is his peripherals say he’s nearly this good — 11.1 K/9, 1.9 BB/9, 2.63 xFIP. Don’t love he throws only 92 MPH, but he’s dominating with the curve. He credits pitching coach, Rick Honeycutt, with his newfound success, saying he told him to throw the curve as hard as he can. I see no velocity difference in his curve, according to the stats, but stats-schmats, Honeycutt-Schmoneycutt, whatever works. At this point, hard to ignore the results(schmults). Anyway, here’s what else I saw in fantasy baseball yesterday:
Cody Bellinger – 1-for-4 and his 9th homer as he was dropped to 7th in the order. Dave Roberts nurtures young bucks like whoever it was that shot Bambi’s mom. Sorry, spoiler alert. By the way, bigger mystery: who shot Bambi’s mom or who shot Tupac?
Joc Pederson – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, hitting .261. At some point, Roberts fell in love with Muncy and bestowed all his confidence in him, but Pederson has been hitting well recently, though it was coming off a Coors series.
Yasiel Puig – 1-for-4 and his 7th homer, hitting .253. Pound for pound, the Dodgers might have the best bottom of the order vs. top of the order. I wonder if Roberts is holding the lineup card upside down.
Justin Turner – Sat out with a sore wrist. Podcaster Ralph and I discuss Turner on the latest installment of “What the hell did Grey just say?”
Joe Musgrove – 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners (1 BB), 5 Ks, ERA at 1.89. The game ERA doesn’t look terrific for this start, but he looked solid from what I saw. He was never a sub-1 ERA guy anyway, so not much has changed.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – The Blue Jays said they’ll promote Vlad Jr. in the next month….don’t read after the ellipse….it’ll drive you insane…I’m warning you…okay, you’re insisting…promoting him to Triple-A! Vlad Jr. and Sr. are gonna be the first father/son combo to play 15+ years in the majors and the minors. If the always-aggressive-to-promote Tigers sign Vlad Jr. Jr., we might see him first! Obviously, this is a blow to Vlad Jr.’s 2018, and we might not see him until September. Sigh. He’s a drop in most redraft leagues.
Teoscar Hernandez – 1-for-4 and his 9th homer, hitting .254. Somehow this guy has remained on my 12-teamer since the moment he was called up. He hasn’t been bad, but he gives me such a case of the mehs I kinda wish the bottom would drop out so I can just drop him.
Kevin Pillar – 1-for-3 and his 5th homer. Might be coming out of his funk, but he was hitting .077 in June. I’d say, “Don’t just stand there, Pillar, and do something,” but I’d worry someone would hear me and think I was filming a Mannequin remake with my iPhone.
Marco Estrada – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners (0 BBs), 6 Ks, ERA at 5.29 vs. CC Sabathia 7 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.59. This matchup was billed as, “Ponch vs. Ate All The Chips.” Not a fan of either pitcher, but I would stream if the Stream-o-Nator gave its robotic blessing.
Jordan Montgomery – Will have Tommy John surgery, i.e., Jo-Mo no mo. Or slo-mo Joooooooooo-Moooooooo nooooooooooooooo mooooooooooooo.
Miguel Andujar – 2-for-3, 4 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .305. Usually hold hot schmotato alerts for guys who are owned in less than 50% of leagues, but was shocked to see Andujar is only owned in 51% of leagues. Your league can’t be that shallow.
Aaron Hicks – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer. Hitting near-.450 in June, but could say that about the entire Yankees team, except for Gary Sanchez and Giancarlo.
Todd Frazier – 0-for-4 as he was activated from the DL. Kevin from ESPN’s Get Him In Your Lineup Department said, “Ever find it weird that it’s sexual harassment if you walk around with a hot dog sticking out of your fly? I mean, it’s just a hot dog.”
Ervin Santana – Could resume throwing on Thursday. Just has to get over the hump day.
Fernando Romero – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners (0 BBs), 4 Ks, ERA at 3.96 vs. Reynaldo Lopez – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners (4 BBs), 4 Ks, ERA at 3.42. This matchup was billed as, “Two guys I don’t want any part of,” and you can imagine not a ton of people call it by its official name. Just me and my Cousin Larry. He’s a good cousin.
Nate Jones – 2/3 IP, 4 ER and the blown save. Jones came into the game in the 8th inning, because it was a doubleheader and he was tuning up for the 2nd game. Kidding. Got no clue. Just usual dubya tee eff with a bullpen. Then, of course, to murk up shizz, Joakim Soria threw 1 1/3 IP, 0 ER and got his 5th save in the nightcap. Speaking of nightcaps, where the eff is Waldo?
Yoan Moncada – 3-for-9, 3 runs and a slam (8) and legs (7). He’s cooled a lot since April which is either him thumbing his nose up at Al Gore or it’s just because he was never really a .275 hitter. Prolly lats. Instead of ‘probably later” I saved 1.2 milliseconds, though just threw all that saved time away. Stupid, Grey, stupid!
Madison Bumgarner – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners (0 BBs), 3 Ks as he was activated from the DL. As fun as it is to think you can trade him away and say, “I got Mad-Bum to give,” like you’re Method Man serenading Mary J. Blige, I’d guess Bumgarner is in the best shape of his life right now. Last year the random BMX accident cut his innings and this year he was sidelined with a pinkie injury. Again, another injury that sucked, but kept innings off his arm. Maybe he’ll be rusty, and I don’t love owning top pitchers, but there seems to be a lot pointing to Bumgarner’s ability to come back to full effectiveness.
Patrick Corbin – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.87. Give him the Razzball award, “Even When He Regressed He Was Still A’ight,” right now. Just give it to him!
Andrew Heaney – 9 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.12. All right, Stream-o-Nator we’re good now. Not to sound like Murray Chass or some old-timer who bah humbugs a pitcher’s peripherals, but Heaney’s xFIP actually went up after last night’s game. Bah humbug! Fun fact! Humbug is also what termites say when they’re getting oral sex. Any hoo! Heaney’s a must own, but I’d be wary in tough road matchups. Or weary, if you need a nap.
Bradley Zimmer – Demoted to Triple-A. Late night talk show and sneaky billionaire, Greg Allen (0-for-3, hitting ninth), will take over for Zimmer in center. Hopefully Allen hits as well as he accumulates money from somewhere no one knows.
Lonnie Chisenhall – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs as he was activated from the DL. I.e., Lonnie no longer gonnie.
Jose Ramirez – 1-for-4 and his 19th homer, hitting .298. Steamer projected him in the preseason for 22 homers. Might get there by this weekend. I was excited and believed in Jo-Ram, and I only projected him for 25 homers! Jo-Ram is basically the moment Denzel starts screaming he’s King Kong in Training Day for the entire season.
Anthony DeSclafani – 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners (1 BB), 5 Ks, as he was activated from the DL. As previously mentioned on the aforementioned tip, I’m low key interested in seeing what DeSclafani can do if healthy. He was solid last time he had his health ducks in a row.
Scott Schebler – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 8th homer, hitting .264, and hitting over-.400 in the last week. He’s owned in 11% of leagues, which makes me roll my eyes like an owl getting asked if it wants to get some sleep. Yo, an owl can decide when to sleep! Hence, night owl! Schebler is a 27-homer, .260 hitter, kinda silly he’s not owned in more places.
Chris Iannetta – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. Terrific, more reason to not promote Tom Murphy. Free Tom Murphy, you Rockholes!
Carlos Gonzalez – 3-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 6th homer. At some point, Raimel Tapia is going to get traded and be a star for another team, and the Rockies are going to drop Shruggy the Emoji and I’m going to explode into a fireball.
Addison Russell – Underwent an MRI on his middle finger. The MRI technician was highly offended.
Zach Eflin – 7 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.74. After two straight terrible previous starts, I’m now just watching Eflin like I’m at a donkey show in TJ.
Kyle Seager – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 10th homer. Any ideas what he’s hitting? Nope, way lower. Keep going. Not a negative number, c’mon! He’s hitting .224. I own him, and I didn’t realize things were that much of a struggle.
Mike Zunino – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer. Who’s Zunino’ing who?!
Dallas Keuchel – 6 2/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 4.13. There was only one Astros starter I told you not to draft. So far, I picked the right one to avoid.
Sean Manaea – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners (4 BBs), 2 Ks, ERA at 3.59. Only two Ks against the Rangers? Before every game, the Rangers promise a good game to “Deer Leader,” at a poster of Rob Deer.
Tim Lincecum – Released by the Rangers. At this point, his doppelganger, k.d. lang, has a better chance of a successful major league career.
Robinson Chirinos – 1-for-4 and his 8th homer. Uh-oh, Chirinos! Also, in this game, Adrian Beltre hit his 2nd homer; Jurickson Profar hit his 4th; Joey Gallo hit his 16th and Shin-Soo Choo hit his 10th. However, not enough strikeouts for Deer Leader.
Jordan Lyles – 4 1/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 4.70. Someone bid $335 for him in my Tout Wars league. There’s not enough blinking white guy memes for my reaction to that.
Julio Teheran – Hit the DL with a thumb bruise. The Reflex here is to think Teheran Teheran has Come Undone.
Sean Newcomb – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.49. I mean, I like him a lot, but, well, yeah, dur, he was in Petco.
Dansby Swanson – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 6th homer (3 homers in last five games). He’s been great recently, but Dave Roberts must be ghost-managing, because replacing Acuña at the top of the order has been Camargo.
Freddie Freeman – 4-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 10th homer, hitting .339, and a triple short of the cycle. Too bad, the fans like those sort of oddities. Hey, I know what pleases a crowd. *makes fart noise with hand under armpit* You’re welcome.
Drew Pomeranz – Hit the DL with biceps tendinitis. He said he felt it after his last start, but, with how he’s been pitching, I bet he’s felt it for a while now. That’s right, calling him a liar. Whatcha gonna do about it?
Jalen Beeks – Being called up to replace Drew Pomeranz. I agree with Prospector Ralph’s assessment of him, “He’s a 24-year-old undersized lefty with a mediocre fastball, a decent breaking ball, and a good change. So far in 2018 he’s been simply awesome. He’s going to get a shot at a spot start sooner rather than later, and could find some re-draft relevancy if he gets a longer look due to injury. Speaking of injuries, anyone want to hurt Grey for me?” Aw, c’mon!
Steven Wright – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.57. Damn, Steven Wright is no joke. I was about to say the Tigers, his opponent, aren’t that great but I just looked up their stats, and they’re actually not that bad. Don’t fully trust Wright, but I could see the stream in the right matchups. Check the Stream-o-Nator, yo.
J.D. Martinez – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 20th homer. Just Dong, because a ball ain’t gonna dong itself.
Xander Bogaerts – 1-for-3 and his 9th homer. Might reach a career high in power this year, on pace for 24 homers, and his career high is 21. However (damn, Grey, let me bask in that wonderful!), Jose Ramirez is gonna have 24 homers by June 15th!
Brian Anderson – 3-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting near-.400 in the last week. Hot schmotato alert!
J.T. Riddle – 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer, hitting .242. This is far from a reason to grab a guy, but on my most charmed team, where everything I touch turns to gold, I own Jerry Tomato Riddle.
Yadier Molina – 1-for-4, 1 RBI as he was activated from the DL. Not saying C-Mart also came back from the DL because there was nothing left to fix with Yadier’s groin, but, ya know what, just said it!
Carlos Martinez – 4 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners (5 BBs), 5 Ks, ERA at 1.83 as he returned from the DL. The Cardinals pitchers come back from the DL screaming, “COMING IN HOT!” Then go skidding off the aircraft carrier. Then as the plane sinks into the Caspian Sea, the pilot sticks his head up and, “Maybe I needed another rehab start.”
Max Scherzer – 8 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 13 Ks, ERA at 1.95. Honestly, if he were to test positive for PEDs, I’d still be like, “There’s no way PEDs can make him throw that well.” He throws better than I can imagine for someone using performance-enhancing drugs!
Matt Adams – 1-for-3 and his 13th homer, hitting .255. Somehow, he’s out-slugging Anthony Rendon and Bryce Harper, and he’s not playing every day, or maybe because of that.
Nathan Eovaldi – 5 IP, 4 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.27. “We saw that you threw six no-hit innings your last time out, but we’re gonna have to send you back to earth now.” That’s ICE on the moon.
Chris Archer – Hit the DL with an abdominal strain. He experienced tightness in his core. When is the first known occurrence of “tightness in one’s core?” I’m gonna say no earlier than 2003. Imagine someone in the 1950’s saying tightness in their core. 1850’s? 1750’s? “I think you have gorgeous tightness in your core.” That’s Benjamin Franklin complimenting Betsy Ross.
Trade puig and odor for Bumgarner? 20 team thank you.
@I’m Calamity Jane so shut up: ummmmmm yes….
@I’m Calamity Jane so shut up: Yup
Grey!!!
Great write-up.
Bogged down at work, so…
Mark Twain quote of the day for June 6
What is self-sacrifice? The doing good to another person where no shadow nor suggestion of benefit to one’s self can result from it.
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: Great stuff!
@Grey: Grey!!
a. Start Buchholz in a 5X5 RCL tonight. He’s at the SF, SF is horrible, they have one good hitter – Crawford.
b. On a related note, saw that Carl Crawford had a player page in fantrax. His payout from LAD to be DFA?? Only 35 mil!
Cheers,
Ante
A. Nah B. HA! Eek
Howdy how, Grey
is Manaea droppable in 10 team H2H leagues? Heaney, Gibson, Jr Guerra, and Roark available
thanks dude bro
@nutsadamus: Yeah, stream
My Blackmon and Anjuujar for his Freeman and Soto?
Andjuhar @Paul:
Miguel Andujar…autocorrected
@Paul: Keeper League or redraft? How’s your OF and 1B depth? How many teams?
@Succos Baseball: 12 team keeper… 1B is Hoskins on the DL and Desmond is filling in for Hoskins
OF is Trout Blackmon Dickson Polanco Cargo, Buxton also on the DL
I just recently traded verlander and Morton for trout so was thinking about moving Blackmon for freemon
@Paul: we use 4 OF spots and a utility
@Paul: Dickerson* and Freeman*
@Paul: I’d take Freeman
A bench spot Franmil Reyes or Mac Williamson?
@rich bruno: Mac
20 team h2h redraft with slugging, total bases, OPS,hits added. dropped gohara like 1 or 2 days just in time, only have 3 DL’s here. for pitchers QS, k/9, holds and innings added.
C uh oh
1B cron
2B panik
SS anderson
3B box wine (1B/OF)
OF (3) rosario, stanton, meadows
util (1) taylor
BN otani (only the batter i just added him)
BN rhysus (sounds back soon, when he is the 2nd BN bat is gone for some SP crap, couldn’t decide to bring myself to add james MF’ing shields, no he’s gone, cobb too)
DL jedong/the other white fish (pollock)
SP yarbrough, duke newcomb, weaver, carrasco, lynn, porcello, gibson
RP (5 max slots) colome, bearclaw, soylent greene, yates, cingrani
DL (the real wishbone) ryu
drop otani batter for any of n.williams, heyward (ya somehow this schmohawk has an .852 OPS over last 2 weeks!)
@Beware the Shit Rope: Williams
Good morning Grey!
Is Goldy finally waking up? In using the trade evaluator, I’m offered a deal that loses a couple points. I give Goldy/Cespedes for Kluber/Conforto. When during the year do you weigh that less and go for what will help more? Already have Freeman, Abreu at 1B and play Rendon and Suarez at util in a 12 team 5×5 Yahoo roto.
Thanks as always!
@The Biz: Not a great trade
Vlad Guerrero Jr… a hold in keeper leagues?
@Paul Casar: Think you have to, unless it’s super shallow
Hey Grey, hope you’re doing well. Great write up as usual.
Few questions.
1) do you like Mitch Moreland or Brandon crawford more than my schoop or Aguilar? Or hold.
2) barraclough is available. Do you like him more than seranthony, Felipe Vasquez, kela, or hold
3) ROS: Velasquez or Caleb smith
Thanks!
@Sandman: Thanks! 1. MItch over Aguilar 2. Hold 3. VV
ROS… 3B
Andujar or Rendon
@Paul: Rendon, BABIP 30 points below career avg, batted ball data is all strong, walk rate & K rate are solid.
@Paul: Rendon
I own Jose Ramirez so im not complaining but has there ever been a more obvious without being jacked PED guy than him? This fat faced meatball is gona hit 40 homers if he can avoid an 80 game suspension.
I streamed alex cobb yesterday vs the mets and im thinking he looked good enough to let him make his next start for me this sunday at toronto (who has been awful recently). Since may 1 cobb been has much better than his numbers; he was 1 out away from 6 innings on may 12th, which counting yesterday would have been 5 quality starts in his last 6 tries. Not that quality start is a great stat but… You hate cobb this sunday in rogers centre?
@Willy Mo: I wouldn’t go near Cobb
@Grey: cant blame you. its a deep bench league 6×6 with qs and the top owned free agent pitcher available is chad bettis, followed by liriano, lyles and german marquez… so i was desperate and facing a team with a deep staff, took a shot and so far so good. I look at it like this, hes not a 6 era pitcher, fip and xfip both in the 4’s, so the era should correct which means maybe he has a stretch with a 3ish era here? Prob idiotic. I think the jays suck and he has another strong start on sunday. I know, gotcha…
Maybe, don’t trust him tho
@Grey: a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
Ha
@Willy Mo: n.cruz was/is more obvious. it’s been so long now i could see people forgetting how obvious this is/was. at least he’s smart enough to not cheap out and buy the cheap (re: testable) stuff for like now what 5 years or so
Got offered Fulmer for Freddy peralta. Limited free agent moves league so this would potentially be a free move. Fulmer worth buying low?
@Gregarious: [email protected]SephMeier: yes
@SephMeier: Sounds decent
Comparing the two, is Moustakas over achieving or is Devers under achieving. I have Devers but was thinking of trading for Mous.
Also, is Xander as good as we’ve been seeing this year? I’m sure there will be some regression.
@Dave Funnell: Not especially on Moose, yes Devers is slumping… Xander seems like a 25-homer hitter, doesn’t seem that incredible
Is Beeks bringing the orange crop report?
@Willie Mickey and the Duke: Ha!
Drop Godley for Kyle Gibson?
@Sano Chance in Hell: Yes
SON loves Zach Wheeler against Bal today but to pick him up I would have to drop Mengden who SON does not show any love for in his next two starts. Would you recommend cutting Mengden? He has had a great May, just worried I’m cutting a quality arm too soon.
Love your column every morning !
@baldy: Drop your Catcher or a bench bat, that’s what I often do in these types of situations.
@knucks: I was planning on cutting Heaney as I was steaming him yesterday, but after that start last night I was thinking of holding him for one more start. In a 14 team Head to Head league.
C Wilson
1b Desmond:
2b LeMahieu:
3b Rendon:
ss Nunez:
OF Markakis:
OF Stanton:
OF Scotter:
Bench:
OF/1B Bellinger:
DL Eaton
Pitchers:
Flaherty
Mengden
Clevinger
Berrios
Buehler
Heaney
Wood
Pivetta
@baldy: Thanks! Yeah, cut Mengden
@Grey: Thanks again Gray and @knucks
No problem
Votto + Kershaw for Harper…which side?
@Gregarious: Harper
Morning, Grey. Thanks for the daily write-ups and responses. Was wondering which one of these Closers can be dropped (10 team, mixed head-to-head – 5×5 plus QS). We only start two RP’s, so it seems like I could get some more value from adding another SP (start three), as opposed to having one of these guys sitting most of the week. Thanks, again.
– C.Allen, B.Treinen, R.Iglesias
@SK: I would try for a trade before dropping one of those 3.
@SK: Agree with Succos, but Raisel is the least valuable if trades aren’t an option
@Grey: Thanks, guys. I put some feelers out there for trades, but Closers just aren’t quite as valuable (unfortunately).
Follow-up question… should I even bother dropping Raisel if the WW has the likes of King Felix, Lance Lynn, Chad Kuhl, LeBlanc, Leake, etc…?
No, those SPs are not good
@Grey: Yeah…I figured as much. Thanks.
No problem
Looking at 3 SP from a dynasty perspective going forward:
Wacha, Pivetta, Manaea.
How would you rank them?
Thanks!
@Chud: You did
Had a feeling re: vlad based on that narrative the Jays front office has been spewing. I am in a redraft league but we keep for one year only. I somehow don’t think Vlad is worth keeping all this year until September just for next year only. Agree? I do have him in a bench spot tho. I would roster another pitcher if I dropped him.
@Peacecoast: I dropped him in my redraft, not worth the aggravation
drop Hunter Strickland for Kyle Barraclough now?
only a matter of time before Melancon is put back in the closer role and Strickland hasn’t run away w/ the job ..
@smiles: fwiw I have zero confidence in Melacnon to stay healthy and/or be good at baseball
@smiles: Sounds fine. Is this roto? Why can’t you roster both?
@smiles: Agree with others, especially batflix
Thanks in advance would trade my Ozzie albies for Stanton in a 6 keeper roto league?
@Rbi’d for her pleasure: meant would you
@Rbi’d for her pleasure: I’d take Stanton
20-team league, 32 man roster, 6*5 cats (OPS extra hitting one), we keep 19 each year.
Long term do you prefer Odor or Arcia? Both have been quite disappointing this year. I could use both a 2B and SS, so that won’t be a factor here
Cheers
@PLFC: Odor
My LeMahieu for ERod?
Have Jo Ram at 2B, Rendon at 3B, Bryant in OF. Playing Meadows/DJ in my util spot
Pitching: Severino, Flaherty, Mikolas, Newcomb, Richards, Skaggs, Caleb Smith, Fulmer, Beeks, Cahill, Tropeano (punting RP/Saves)
DL: Nelson, Urias Andrus
@Stephen Gesuele: DJ side
Odor, josh reddick, Brian Anderson , Schebler, or joc for final bench spot
@Bb: Joc
Who would you stash on a DL spot with this team? I was leaning DeJong but we have ten hitting cats including strikeouts and that guy whiffs a lot. But 25 HR potential noted.
Stash candidates: DeJong, Thames, Santana, Ryu or a hot minor leaguer ( no CI). Thank you sir.
C-Gattis. CI – Freeman, Eugenio, Santana MI – Dee (CF eligible), Semien, Bregman
LF- Rosario CF – Trout RF – Mazara. OF – (must play 2) – Jo Ma, Peralta. Util – Cruz
Bench – Seager SP – Max, MadBum, Morton, Bauer, Kendricks, Pivetta
RP – BearClaw, Herrera, Parker
1 DL – Britton
@DodgerWindowClosed: DeJong
@Grey 12 team 5×5 roto
Looking to add some speed to my lineup. Would you make these trades?
1) Puig & McCullers for Marte
2) Carlos Santana & McCullers for Marte
If so which one first?
@Audacity of Schoop: 1. Marte side, it’s fair tho 2. Same as 1
Moreland or Aguilar? Moreland is looking mighty fun to own.
@Alex: moreland, esp with thames back not too far off. would be moreland anyway though now with hanram gone to BAL or where ever shortly.
@Alex: Mitch
Yo G
Vlad Jr will now be in the MLB before 4th of July. It’s like the vote of confidence right before the demotion.
Hot take
@Espn writer looking for advice: Yeah, prolly right
Hello Grey,
Great stuff. I loved the Ponch vs. Ate all the Chips! Perfection!
So, I added Heaney in our Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League over f’n Duffy, so that was cool. Would you drop Godley for Gibson or wait him out. I really think there’s some skill beneath all that extra baggage Godley calls a body, but I’m not sure. Too late this week, as I’m getting smoked because he has Kluber, Paxson and Corbin and I have shite on a plate, but that’s what it is.
Thanks much Grey.
@Yankee My Wanky!: Thanks! Lose Godley
The robot hates Mengden today, but @TEX vs Bartolo honestly doesn’t seem too bad. My faith is always in the metrics, but should I roll the dice in a 12 team QS league?
Also, Melancon looks good first few innings back, and of course Strickland hiccups last night. Controversy incoming!
Last question, what to do with G Polanco in 12 team OPS 6×6 roto league? I’ve tried selling low to no avail, and he’s just a crater on my bench/OF. OF is shallow in FA, but should I cut and stream? Hard to swallow that I traded Boxberger for him a month ago…
Thanks!
@BK: Wouldn’t mess with Mengden — can cut bait on Polanco, sometimes trades don’t work
Morning grey! H2h pts weekly lock league, Michael Conforto was just dropped in my league. Thoughts on him ROS & is he worth a speculative add? If I add him it’s for longer term not just for a week
Thanks man!
@Green monstah: Sure, grab him, but don’t have high hopes, could be struggling with his health
Two questions, do you see Schoop trending up to his numbers he had last season or was that the exception? And Brand Hand has succumb to this situational pitching trend going on in the league so his save chances are now comprimised. I know SAGANOF but do I trade Hand and pick up closers like a “Bear-A-Claw” who for the time being is not apart of this dumbass trend.
Sorry, forgot to say this is in a Roto league
@Favio Vasquez: What would you get back for Hand? If you can get something nice and then pick up free saves off your wire, you do this. But we have no idea who your getting back.
@Favio Vasquez: Schoop will be better — trade Hand if you can get something decent
Thanks Grey, thanks knucks!
No problem
Grey,
Apologize if this was in the latest podcast, need to give it a listen still. Buy/Sell has Yu listed as a strong buy, was wondering your thoughts. 12 tm mixed H2H keeper league. Looking to do a deal where I get E5 and Yu for a pick in the draft next year. Guy wants 6th, I’m saying 8th. We get to keep 4.
Thanks
@Succos Baseball: We talk about Yu, I wouldn’t touch him
12-team OBP league:
Pick two ROS: Brian Anderson, Reddick, and Nick Williams?
Any point in holding Pomeranz or trash?
Thanks!
@Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa: Reddick, and Nick Williams — trash
Which 2 out of Moncada, Devers, and Schoop in a 12-team H2H keeper league? Thanks!
@Jason Murray: Moncada, and Schoop
At this point, is it better to hold onto Kang instead of Vlad Jr?
@Jason: Sure
your happy harry hardon for JoRam will not diminish my love for the new Xander
he only hit 10 HR last year, he has 9! already.. and he missed a few weeks!
Raimel Tapia is already 24.. jeez poor guy
Vlad jr might end up starting on a MLB team before him
thx as always Mr Grey, great write up!
@batflix: Haha, yup on Vlad/Tapia, so ridiculous
Grey,
Been offered Ozuna for my Brantley?
Also, been offered Realmuto & Dolittle for my Puig.
Team below. Thoughts?
McCann J
Freeman
Schoop
Arenado
Story
Haniger
Cain
Mazara
Brantley
Bench
Jose Mart
Bellinger
Moncada
Simmons
Puig
Nimmo
Closers
Diaz
Felipe Rivera
@chris pierce: I’d do both
Grey – great write-up today –
Starting with office strippers and ending with Betsy Ross.
So many feels….
1 – In a QS league, worth it to cut guys like Stripling or Buehler for a guy like Heaney or Buchholtz (just cause they are more likely to get the QS….)
2 – Bundy a worthwhile streamer vs the NY Mess?
3 – Start McCullers vs Seattle?
Thanks
@Murph: Haha, thanks! 1. Nah 2. Sure 3. Yes
so they finally announced it… and it turned out to be exactly what we thought in the first place with the impaler. i’m finally catching up on posts, and it wasn’t till may 15th that ralph said anything differing from sept (or august) for him; back in the preseason that was the assumed timeframe. also a link to twatter (back at that time, may 15ish) the TOR fans themselves seemed to indicate this was a known thing (the smarter sounding ones anyway, you gotta wade through a BUNCH of shit to find useful stuff on that twatter, it’s like finding a really nice wedding ring at the dump)
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo: Ha! True
Im seconding whoever it was that asked you about stashing kang. Hes raking in the minors and has been playing ss. I think hes up by next weekend. Watch him go nuts and put up 20 homers in 3.5 months from the ss position.
@Willy Mo: Could be
@Willy Mo: doing well in minors or not, i had this thing where i forgot to show just how close kang’s last MLB season was to ceager’s numbers. and ceager, as we all know is way overdrafted, but still valuable (well not NOW, but he had been last couple of years). i went and had noticed just how close they actually were.
@Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo: i cee what you’re saying
@Willy Mo: this of course is an argument FOR kang stashing. ceager overvalued, of course, but that’s in the top 3 rounds right. plus if leagues ever convert to getting points for say motorboat races (or whatever that beerpong racing drinking game is called) OR points for kidnapping/strangling/generally abusing women in hotel rooms OR points for drunk driving infractions kang is a 1st rounder right
I have a league mate in a 12 team points league with 3 keepers making me offers for my injured Archer. Yesterday he offered me VVelazquez for him and now he’s offering me LaMahieu and Marco Gonzalez for Odor and Archer. Should I take either offer? Or go after another one of his pitchers? Quality starts is the biggest point contributing factor in this league. Here are some of his other pitchers :
Bundy
Wood
Greinke
Cole
Berrios
Syndergaard
Thanks!
@Disenfranchised: Oh I forgot to mention that I have Rizzo playing 2B and am not interested in LaMahieu.
@Disenfranchised: If you don’t want DJ why take the offer? Odor offer isn’t better… Can try to get Berrios
@Grey: Exactly. I don’t know why he’s offering me something I don’t need. Anyway, would you throw Odor in with Archer for Berrios if that’s what it takes to get the deal done? Or would Bundy be a good step down for a 1 for 1 offer? If I throw in Odor, could I try to get Greinke or someone better than Berrios?
Yeah, I’d take Berrios or Greinke there
That’s a real one in your reflection
Without a follow, without a mention (sings alex cobb into the mirror after checking razzball this morning)
NICE FOR WHAT?!?!
@Willy Mo: Ha, who’s that Drake?
@Grey: its funny how music breaks out in the nyc area first then spreads out to the rest of you. Yeah, its drake for a not so hot minute.
Drop Vlad for Andrus?
@Ty: Sure
Grey,
Quick question. Jalen Beeks is getting called up tomorrow for a start against the Tigers at home. Would you bring him up and start him?
@Scott Kimmel: Sure
In a few 12 team points leagues I’m trying to talk myself into who I can drop between Luis Castillo and Hader. We don’t get points for holds and can only start a reliever in the RP slot so with Knebel back I don’t see any consistent value from Hader (I have Treinen also) but in Hader’s brief run in that role he was putting up fantasy mvp type numbers so I’m very hesitant to let him go.
With Castillo I just fear that I’m going to let him loose and he will turn it around later. Basically I’m looking to make room for Rodon. I’m not 100% sold on Rodon because it doesn’t look like his velocity is back but might be worth a shot. Thoughts on who you would lose first?
Also, I’ve been watching Shelby Miller’s starts in the minors. While there hasn’t been a gun in use his fastball looks pretty sharp and I’ve seen some quotes about how impressed the team was with his velocity. I know very briefly last year his velocity and K’s were up. His era and walks were also up but there was some hope that he would settle in before he got hurt. What do you think the best outlook is for Miller? Jon Gray type numbers with a 8ish K/9?
@wudaben: Castillo is easy drop between him and Hader — I’d grab Rodon…. Wouldn’t go near Miller until I saw a few games in the majors where he looked repaired
@wudaben: i agree on hader but castillo stinks. Hader is like pitching 2 innings of middle relief then resting for 4 days. Bleh.
three outings ago I was so pissed they didn’t let him go three innings for the save vs the Mets and I think that game Knebel blew the save but the Brewers won in extras. Hader then went unused four straight games. Since then knebel has been good. Hader actually was one out from a two inning save last week but allowed 4 base runners and knebel came in for the 1 out save
It’s frustrating certainly understand how you feel. I still think I would hold on to Hader unless you really need the roster spot for counting stats. Hader will help your ratios and get ks but he prob only pitches around 90 innings total this year. For him that means around 160ks.
@Willy Mo: The prospects of Hader somehow regaining that closer role or potentially being turned into a starter just seems like too great of an opportunity. If he stays in middle relief he’ll just continue to take up a bench spot for me but I think I’ll hold him there as long as I possibly can.
Love the write-up about C-Mart, kinda picturing Maverick , and Iceman shaking their heads.
Wel, prayers didn’t work for Vlad. Dropped him since its mainly a redraft league with 2 keepers only.
So need another bat: Rank the following free agents for hits, average
1) Culberson, Atlanta
2) Olson, A’s
3) Anderson, Marlins
4) Peraza, Reds
Or could stream based on matchups.
Also is Thames worth picking up off the DL? Looks like he will be back soon.
Thanks.
Ha, thanks! Peraza, Olson — sure on Thames
I need to drop Bird or Billy Hamilton for an SP to even out my roster. Aaron Sanchez, Dan Straily, or Chris Stratton worth an add?
Hamilton — those pitchers are not outside of matchups or deep leagues
Please rank: Joc, Bader,N.Williams?
Joc, Williams
I know Frankie Montas has been mentioned here and there but I’d been glossing over any of that talk. Outside of streaming him tomorrow, who has thoughts on him long term? Couldn’t find anything recent from Ralph on him.
Seems to throw hard, has no Ks in his 1st two starts, and only really two pitches, which usually means bullpen….Seems like an okay gamble, but hitters could figure out he’s throwing his fastball 80% of the time and not much else…Have not had eyes on him, simply going off stats
@Grey 12 team, 5×5 roto
Well Marte owner wouldn’t go for either of those trades. Would you do?
Puig or Carlos Santana + McCullers for Cain?
Sounds fair, Santana first
AL only 10 team 5×5…
Later this week need to choose either
R Lopez at Bost
Estrada vs Balt
Seems like I should avoid BoSox at all costs..
Estrada
Hey Grey great write up as usual!
Of course EFFFFlin goes 7 2/3 yesterday. But, if I STARTED him he would’ve been a disaster, FFFF.
Anyways, same dilemma today. My waiver wire warrior from last year is pitching today, Chase Anderson. Could really use points for SP, but he is back to who we thought he was, mehhhhh
Don’t have confidence in him versus Indians, but surely he will throw 7 innings on my bench.
Your thoughts?
Thanks!
Ha, yup… No way would I start Anderson
@Grey: @Grey:
Anderson with 3Ks in first inning. Not like I am keeping track (FFFFFLIN)
Haha, you are tho!
12 team keeper league, stream Caleb Smith (vs SD) or Luke Weaver (vs CIN)?
Smith
I was offered A. Judge at $6 and a wild card (so I can keep him for next season) for Kershaw who I have at $30 with a 3-year contract. Should I make this trade? Two year of Judge vs 3 of Kershaw. Not that Kershaw has been this, but if I trade him my ace is Cole.
I’d want Judge
7×7 deep 18 man league. hoskins for nola hicks? keeper league
Nola side, it’s fair
12 team 6×6 h2h OPS
Who sits today?
Teoscar vs. NYY (gray)
Desmond @ CIN (romano)
Ozuna vs. MIA (chen)
Puig @ PIT (williams)
C Taylor @ PIT (williams)
hittertron likes Teoscar and Desmond the least. Leaning towards sitting teoscar.
Teoscar
I have 3 SS in one league (TAnderson, TTurner, Segura).
Would you trade Segura for Charlie Morton? He’s been so good, it’s hard to appropriately value him.
Yes
Catcher question incoming…don’t cringe at me.
10 team OPS league. Best option ROS:
Cervelli
Gattis
Zunino
I feel like I just asked you which type of chocolate you like better. Milk or Milk….
Zunino
5×5 OBP keeper league. My Hoskins for his Morton?
@JB: why would you want morton in a keeper league?
That said this is totally needs based. Its an apples and oranges trade. If you can win this season and are a solid sp away from a great team and loaded with power sure.
Morton has played over his head and his numbers are starting to regress. I still like him a lot tho ROS
@Willy Mo:
That’s exactly the case… 48/50 pts hitting while just 20/50 pts pitching.
@JB: I would try to get more.
@cyler8: i agree but hes an underperforming player with no track record besides 6 great weeks whos currently on the dl with no time table to return.
I cant imagine paying top dollar for him, come to think of it hes a great buy low if you can.
@JB: hard to answer without seeing a lot more info about your team, the other teams, the free agents and the type of keeper league.
Works for me
@Grey: Thanks All!
No problem
i didnt even gloat about my rant last week about how i thought it was unlikely vlad jr gets called up when he showed up in your buys this past friday.
Wait…
Anyway, he will be up as soon as donaldson is traded or goes IR.
Hope so
You showed great restraint
@Willy Mo: I’m sure Grey lost many nights sleep hoping you wouldn’t do your “Gotcha” thing regarding Vlad.
@Cram It: didnt you wake up in bed next to him? Just ask.
@Willy Mo: Yes, we look forward to tomorrow’s episode of “Hey remember that time I didn’t agree with you and I was right? Gotcha!”
Cesar Hernandez and Corbin for Dozier?
Dozier
Pick 1 to sit today Cargo @ Romano Miggy @ Edrod Gallo vs Mengdon JoMa vs Chen S.Marte vs Ferguson THanks 10tm H2H
Jo-Ma
I wonder if Cody and the Dodgers read Lance’s article. His bat was very upright last night on his homer. No where near the below parallel it’s been all season as pointed out by Lance, interesting.
I’d imagine so
The bad news is that I drafted Bradley Zimmer in two leagues. Indians outfield is bizarro. Almost drafted Greg Allen in DC with pick 50 but wasted it on someone who will not even see an MLB at bat this year. Pitching is good but OF injuries got me in a hole on counting stats in DC. Regular team looks good and picked up Chisenhall there as my 7th OF.
Lets see, besides Brantley there are how many candidates for two starting slots?: Chisenhall, Allen, Rajai, Zimmer, Naquin, Guyer, Melky. That makes 7 in my book. It’s hard to make any worth owning until the purge. I’m guessing Allen makes Rajai and Melky expendable. They have wuite the glut. Any thoughts?
Thoughts on the Indians? They’re biding their time with Rajai and Mleky getting ABs until someone emerges… They likely want Chisenhall and Zimmer, but Allen for now
Yeah, that’s what I imagined. Looks like Zimmer is the new Drew Stubbs. Lots of holes in that swing but too toolsy to give up on.
You know who’s got a lot of Stubbs in him? Lane Adams
Bauer or Paxton?
Bauer
Not “Hading” but Hader walking fools lately, did the regression fairies finally find him? Hes still a beast tho…..
He hasn’t given up a run in over a month
True, i had just read where he had gotten pulled recently because he had walked two batters or else he wouldve had another 2 inning save.
Yeah, he only went 1 2/3 IP scoreless
I’m with you on Stripling. Blah fastball and no real change in his pitch mix/type. He’s probably not a bad starter, but I have trouble seeing him being near this good.
My Heaney stream was delightful yesterday.
Listened to the pod. Good work from you and Ralph. Why am I envisioning a scene where you were helping your ex girlfriend run lines for her audition for a part in the Erotic Traveler tv series? Not the movies, because she found them too derivative.
Haha… Naked & Afraid has a whole network now? Count me in!
I streamed Heaney too, giddy up!
Greater value ROS Albies or Torres? Also Andujar beasting lately, does he finish with 25+homers 85rbi 90runs with a .288 avg? What say you Grey???
Albies
Oh, and Andujar, falls just short of 25 HRs, maybe 22, .270
Solid tho
Nice trail of comments, Grey maestro
Greystro
Lol always fun my man, Thanks Grey!!!!
No problem
WTF Jonny Venters? Who in God’s green is going to let the Rays keep starting RPs for 1/3 of an inning? Holy Fing S! Enough already!
@Daddy Waxahatchie: If I pulled this crap at work I would get sht canned. The idea obviously isn’t working. Bring up a 5th starter…invest in the fing team! Jesus glad I’m not a Florida baseball fan.
Great comment!
Hahahaha
Culberson schamatoing? Speed, power, average – he’s been great recently. Better than Peraza?
Good job Dodgers, they couldn’t use him at 2B right now…
Thanks
Seems hot, but not better than Peraza
Grey,
Is Frankie Montas worth the risk to stream start tomorrow at home vs. the Royals?
Historically not the best pitcher, but has a 0.64 ERA over 14 innings so far this year.
Thanks!
I would, don’t fully trust him tho
is it time to stash kyle tucker in a 10 team 5×5 dynasty?
Seems a bit early
Hey Grey! Took your advice about not dropping players for pitching and instead traded Moistasskiss for Paxton, have Rendon for 3B anyway. How’d I do?
Idiot in my league also dropped Archer flat out, is he worth dropping say, Meadows or Caleb Smith for? Already have Syndergaard and Cueto on the DL so he would take a bench space, but both are close to coming back.
Thank you!
Nice trade! Lose Smith for him
Grey,
1. Wasn’t able to get Bell (asked couple days ago about this) but instead got:
Mazara/Porcello and gave up NickC/Tanaka. Good deal, bad deal, or just totally fair?
2. Treinen or Cody Allen ROS?
3. Was thinking of offering a Fulmer fan, Fulmer/Herrera for Soto/Better of #2 above… Is this a good deal for me? Im not high on Fulmer but if he’s still valuable I’d hold on. It’s a 5 player keeper league, 12 team points league. I have 4 set keepers but my 5th is up for grabs. I don’t have a need for SP or OF so this is purely a trade I’d make if Soto is worth it.
Thanks!
1. Sounds solid 2. Allen 3. Soto side
@Grey: Appreciate it! Also bought low on Desmond earlier in the week, based off your advice. Have good afternoon of day baseball!
Thanks, you too!
Im torn between the 2, picking up swanson or a reliever?
Even though i own tim anderson.
Swanson or Jimenez, Madson, Rondon, Alvarado, edubray, Archie bradly, leclerc?
It’s a deep league with obp and no holds. Only 11 teams but deep. Keeper too. I would have to drop Murphy and Bader to grab both Swanson and a reliever.
@Jubaka: or Andrew miller i could drop.. though I still am hoping a llen gets hurt or falters for a while.. I’m still kinda hoping on Murphy too since adsrubel could slump, is slumping.
@Jubaka: @Jubaka: Soria is on waivers too.
Drop Miller
Bradley
@Grey: thanks, awesome podcast. Don’t get rid of the intro! I thought it was hilarious about the red head. I had a friend with a similar situation. His story was more juicy though.
@Jubaka: hey just in case some one else gets bradly, what should be my next move? I have a feeling I won’t get him.
Soria
Haha
In an RCL in need of SP was offered Sale, Semien, & Gibson for my Jansen, Norris, & C Santana.
I do have 3 other closers in Hand, Vizcaino, & Tepera with Britton on the DL
My current SP are: Milolas, E Rod & Musgrove with Darvish on the DL
I would have Smoak, J Martinez @ 1B & CI with Hoskins on the DL
Per trade analyzer I win the deal by a landslide 48.30 to 34.00
My only real concern is Sale’s last couple of game …Gibson is pretty much a drop? Just a streamer.
Do the deal?
It’s not close on Sale side
You buying what Zack Wheeler is selling, or still just a streamer?
7 IP, 0 ER, 5 K today – yes it’s Baltimore, but hitting 95+ and starting to throw his swing and miss split a lot more.
Streamer at home
Mommies, Conforto, Desmond…can you rank them ROS?
@Ty:
Haha! Nimmo no Mommies!
Haha, oh… Desmond, Nimmo
Mommies?
@Grey:
Auto correct.
Thanks man!
No problem
Would you drop kepler to grab joc?
Yes
Speaking of the Mets game…Familia in for the 8th inning and lines me up for a loss. Not sure what is going on with the bullpen there, but are we looking at a committee or a change of closer? Thanks!
Think they were just using Familia in a situation where he could’ve helped the team
Sup brother G. 12 team 5×5 redraft…Drop Devers or Vlad for Moreland? need power stats
Vlad
@Grey: Thanks homie
No problem
Who do you prefer ROS in a 16-team OPS keeper, Swanson or A. Cabrera?
Asdrubal
What’s up Grey?
Sitting pretty in 1st place in both my leagues so thank you for that!
12 team redraft 7×7 w/ OBP and Total bases.
Getting frustrated with Devers as my lone bench bat and starting to think I can do better. Would you lose him for either Moncada or Andujar?
Moncada
@Grey: Thank you Grey!
No problem
In a 10 team dynasty keeper league. 6 X 6 OPS would you trade Aaron Nola for Yoan Moncada? My current roster is below:
C – Cervelli
1B – Rizzo
2B – Merrifield
SS – Trea
3B – Bregman
OF – Springer, Schwarber, Rosario
UT – Segura, Dozier, Austin Meadows
BN – Nimmo, Pham, Franmil
DL – Pollock, Dahl, Hoskins
SP – Nola, Paxton, Morton, Mikolas, Bud Norris
RP – Serantony, Familia, Barraclough, Iglesias
DL – Alex Reyes
I’d want more
One more…Drop Semien for Odor?
Meh, prolly hold
Folty getting shithoused by the Padres. Because of course he is.
Eff me
Damn, you panicked me, he’s not getting shithoused
@Grey: He’d given up 2 runs and 5 baserunners in the inning. Maybe shithoused wasn’t the best description, but it wasn’t all that far off.
Good afternoon, Grey!
You’re my Erik Estrada. All other so-called experts aren’t worthy of holding your Wilcox.
Would you drop Franmil to pick up Margot? Think MM might turn things around?
Thanks a lot!
Haha, thanks! Sure, grab Margot
Are you buying low on Rizzo?
Sure
Would you package Rendon and Morton to get Arenado?
Yes
10 team keeper
was offered Pham, Strausburg and Walker (Dodgers) for Servino. Thoughts?
my staff.
Scherzer
Seravino
Verlander
Bauer
Wacha
Bench
Manea
Soroka DL
Reyes DL
Tailon
Seems a bit much
Oh, you’re saying Severino for Pham/Stras and Buehler… I’d take Stras side
12 team 6×6 h2h OPS/BAA
Chris Taylor and seranthony Dominguez for Folty and Ian Happ?
Only concern is Dominguez is sort of a closer for me but I have Diaz and chapman so I still have studs for saves.
Thoughts?
Folty side, it’s fair
Redraft league:
Pick 1: Meadows; Gardner; Michael Taylor?
Strickland or Boxberger? Both have potential (low probability) replacements.
Gardner — Box
is anyone starting
gray at toronto
trevor williams home vs dodgers
I’d start Williams, not Gray, neither are terrific options
@Grey: one 16 team, one 24 team inherited teams
suffering for this season
Those are deep leagues, I’d start Williams for sure
Santa wonder if I should be dropping asdrubal.
Some options to replace him on waiver
Ketel Marte, culberson, Swanson, Nunez, Amed Rosario
Or hold?
Santa should hold
Oh, Peraza availabille also
Meh
Jake bauers called up. Thoughts? Pick up in a 12/14 teamer?
Sure, why not
anyone starting
gray at toronto
trevor williams home vs dodgers
thanks
@Grey: thanks
No problem
Grey! My man! Why are the hittertron and today’s pitching projections down? If I click on the hittertron link, then I connect, but there are no projections. bummer.
Odds on Melancon being the Giants closer by mid june?
20 to 1
@Grey: see with big head bochy i’ll take that action FOR A LOT, not even kidding if somebody wants to book this. i’m not of course saying either of:
1. it’s smart
2. i want that (have strick as a saves source in my most important money league, and already threw brach away when he lost his job for a bit, j.anderson is probably “best” spec saves guy in that league)
i think a line that is more likely to get equal action on both sides would be more in the 7 or so to 1 neighborhood.
Yeah, maybe you’re right, but I just don’t trust Melancon
Whom looks best for the rest of season. Whom should you rather have (in a vacuum). TROUT OR SCHERZER thanks
Trout
In a standard, season long roto league (QS, K, ERA, WHIP)…who do you like better ROS:
Cole or Nola?
Cole K’s more, Nola better ratios. Cole’s ERA/WHIP has come down to earth since the middle of May. I think his ERA is high 3’s in during that time.
Cole
Alex Reyes gone for 6 months boys
@vee: Yeah, must have just hit the wire. I thought it was an older note, but nope. He is done for 2018. That sux!
Ridiculous
oh my dear god, this is SOOOOO wainwrong’s fault. the young guys see him lying and getting away with it (for a few starts anyway) to stick a job, just SAY you are healthy (in reyes’ case he actually took this farther and made damn sure he got that velo back up to 95-96 on the last 4 pitches, WHILE TEARING A LAT!!!!) to keep his job, albeit for a short time. THIS needs to be wainwrong’s last memory as a SP in MLB, doing this to reyes (or at least setting this exact example anyway), remember that sucker. but with reyes it was so bad that not only did he tear his lat to prove to his coaches he could still hit the velo and should stay in the game, he also told everybody for up to 22 hours after the start that he “felt fine, still feels fine”.
@The Harrow: STL fans need to make this a shirt something like this:
on the front: “reyes’ exact quote here, “felt fine, still feel fine (have this time indexed 22 hours before MRI shows really bad lat strain, out 6 months, but after last baseball was played)”
then on the backs “thanks wainwrong (time indice of just “2018 season should suffice)
Ha!
Hahaha, I wanna blame Wainwright too
@Grey: that’s so funny! But so sad for everyone that held him for the past month.. I’m one of them..
I know
@Jubaka: well not for those of us were the leagues we had him were/are dynasties 4/5 of so of the time. and the other 1/5th was an NL only with one stash slot where somebody dropped him just over a month ago and i slotted in one of the 5 DL’s for a bit. not anymore (see below if interested, haha)
@For an Armenianless Vacation come to Akron:
I’ve held him all season! But I don’t give a shit about my last place fantasy team, I just wanna watch Reyes pitch for my Cardinals! Hugman needs a hug.
@hugman: Also to add to the brutality, the update is Reyes getting second opinion on lay STRAIN to Reyes HAD surgery on TORN lat. WTF?!
on similar note, did MIN borrow the mess’ medical team for buxton’s broken foot/toe? he comes off DL, only to find a weekish or so later that the DAMN THING IS STILL BROKEN!
Totally
Bundy? The world really has fallen off its axis.
@DodgerWindowClosed: this week’s sell maybe ?
Was Mets
@Grey: yep….like one run per week for them.
Ha, yup
better D/L stash – Rich Hill, Hyun-Jin Ryu, or Danny Salazar for ROS?
@Thomas Petrone: ryu, probably easily.
Ryu
Looking towards 2019 in a 15 team keeper
Getting a little worried about Bellinger
Would you trade Bellinger Newcomb for Kershaw and Lowrie
Nah
anybody else get lucky enough to be streaming g.allen only to realize with like 20 minutes till that game started that
1. chisenhall is back so allen’s job is gone
2. the king of sagnof was starting for like the 1st time in 2 weeks or something and nab him to stream instead (keep in mind i was quite aware that the king had been pretty bad in his most recent at bats 2ish weeks ago, HOWEVER today was a good matchup AND he’d probably have some extra incentive to prove something to somebody after that much time off)
if i had the kind of phone that i could get screen shots with, i should might get a shirt for this if youse guys were like closer monkey.
this is very obviously a deep league situation of course.
– HOW in the shit is palka, out of all those worst OF in baseball WSOX outside of him(yes worse than MIA for hitting anyway) getting benched against righties yet again. pretty sure the man gets at least 2 bases and/or on base twice per game for at least 7 out of the last 10 games. the other 3 twits have OPS’ in the .430-.612 range (so he’s .450-250 ahead of them) and one of those has a broken back issue on top of this.
– oh yeah, anybody notice how good hanson’s been with his one at bat per day? only noticed this since even after dropping him DL slot (panik back of course) but in super deep leagues (NL only, 16’s with horrible MI “options”) i held on and hmmm, he’s been more valuable BN’d every game in real life than no small amount of my hitters on those teams.
Haha, nicely done! I hear ya on Palka, like they have better… Agree on Hanson, nice for deep leagues
Reyes/ surgery in the same sentence. I’m in a keeper, should I drop him instead of Andrew miller..
Drop Reyes
Hi Grey, 10 tm h2h pts, I have Baez in Reserves as a replacement in case my regular SS/2nd (Lindor/Dozier) get hurt – would you drop him for Profar (who has SS/2nd/ OF Eligibility )?
Thanks for taking the time.
Drop Baez for Profar? No way
Soria was taken last nite, and I doubt I get brad, so should I go for edubray, crick, Yates, Madson, Jimenez, Alvarado, devinski, oh, or minter?
Devenski
Mazara or Hoskins ROS
Hoskins
I want his trout, Jose Ramirez, merrifield, story
I got C chirinos
1b Abreu
2b Albies
3b Bryant
If moose
Of puig, benetendi, Ozuna, Cain
Util, Ohtani, haniger
Bench joc pederson
Pitcher
Ohtani, Bauer, gray, Nola, sale, wacha, Trevor Williams, Steven wright, pivetta
Jeffress, Bradley, Alvarado, Colome
He’s in 6th I’m in 1st 12 team yahoo h2h added cats
He needs starter help his best pitcher is deGrom, gray, Castillo
He’s weak at 3rd, 1st, outfield will Myers and pollock on dl
Not sure what you’re asking
Please Pick 2 for util spot.
Yonder, Thames or Hanley ROS?
I’m curious to see where Hanley ends up, but idk if he’ll out perform the other two.
Yonder, Thames
Osho begins to fear the Detroit juggernaut offense.
They have scored more runs this year than the Nats, Brewers, and Rockies!
Ha, crazy
With Box blown save today, would u drop Nate Jones for Bradley or hold?
Go for it
10 team dynasty 5×5 OBP league
Goldy or bellinger
Goldy or hoskins
Goldy or Nola
Goldy is turning it around and I want to get rid of him at max value. I think when goldy sbs start to dry up in the next year or two he’s going to be about as valuable as Carlos Santana.
Goldy….Goldy…Goldy…
For Holds rather Yates or Barnes
Thanks
Yates
I’m almost ready to drop Anderson for Swanson but no right? Is it a no way? He doesn’t get rbi.
Meh, hold
@Jubaka: I only said that so he would do the opposite tonite..
I own Flaherty. Saw it’s 3-0 Miami. Said, “Oh, jeez, I at least hope some of those runs are unearned.” Checked. First thing I see is 1 error for STL. Phew. Looked down at his line. Three earned runs. Is that a sub-set of the cousin of the ticker shock?
Sucks to be any STL pitcher right now, though, cause that offense is pathetic.
Haha, you didn’t have a heart attack…but you have a tumor
@Grey: Ha! Yeah, doesn’t feel benign either. I should have known that I’d have to pay somehow for Carrasco’s good day. Can’t I just have nice things?
Drop Mancini for Desmond?
Yes
@Grey:
Cheers!
How much rope we giving Flaherty in a redraft.. 3 runs at home to Miami…there’s no better spot than that. Hold or drop for Heaney
Hold
NL only. have a reyes sized hole, likely best option is another pitcher but whose knows this as of yet (i come to you for that just now). h2h 10 team keep 3 at previous season ADP prices (late season, ADP data culled from september used for round costs the march after), OBP over AVG, net steals over steals, total bases added, QS over wins, holds added. 7 moves per week.
C barnhart
1B freeman (3B)
2B harrison (3B/OF)
3B longo
SS gone varnish (2B)
MI owings (him or wong as far as guys with playing time, wong falling off of even that, 2B/SS)
CI b.anderson (3B/OF)
OF (4) harper, marte, nimmo, taylor
util (1) bader
BN hanson
DL rhysus (1B/OF), thames (1B/OF), r-zimm (1B)
NA (1) senzel
SP gohara, wheeler (the benefits of the super deep league, you don’t have to search out the rare SON loving value town specials, but of course you start them most/all the time for their shit sandwiches too), kingham, wacha, stripling, guerra, reyes
RP (4) sera anthony, minter, hand, boxy
DL ryu, dervish
best use of the reyes hole: one of
1. another SP (likely best value): could stream from vargas, suarez
2. a SP possible holds guy: lugo or w.smith
3. a 2nd BN bat such that he actually plays most of the time: fowler/sandoval
separate issue
question 2: how youse valuing bauers up now (or tomorrow supposedly)
I’d see if Sandoval gets hot…. 2. 14-team or deeper prolly, but I grabbed him in an RCL — 12/15/.270 guy
here comes ian desmonds huge june….
you have any interest in mike montgomery?
im looking to replace trevor williams
Hey Grey, is the Federalist worth a pick-up now that he’s traded to Arizona? Was toying with picking him up anyway. My drop would be the aforementioned Margot, who I just picked up today. Need batting average as well as a little bit of everything. Buying him this year? Thanks!
Now Flaherty, I think we can agree, he’s getting shithoused. Eff me. The Marlins!?
Is Flaherty a streamer or hold for better days?
Thanks
I have some questions for both Alex Reyes and the medical staff of the St Louis Cardinals.
@Stephen Lyon: it’s on wainwrong. they were already known for the team itself lying about injuries for a long time in some instances (craig), but now, wainwrong starts the year hurt, literally throws shit WHILE hurt at those saying he’s no longer good due to him “being hurt the last 2-3 years” as if he’s got a platform on saying this, meanwhile we have the youngin’s following him wholesale, if you want a job or to keep a job just lie and say you are healthy when not. you can’t use the “i’m still good except WHEN hurt “when you are STILL HURT and have been for three years.
-keep in mind though this is light years better than the mess, they don’t even know the basic mechanics of a human body, like at all. STL just covers shit up and for some asinine reason trusts their players when they are lied to. when they finally call in their doctors real knowledge comes out of that. you and me (and most slightly above average 13 year olds that know how to google stuff) are better doctors than whatever the mess have.
Hey Grey,
Alex Wood, musgrove or sonny gray going forward?
I need your opinion. I have been offered three trades, which one do you think is the best. I would be trading Morton.
Morton for Stanton
Morton for Molina & Strasburg
Morton & DeGrom for Jansen & Kluber