After [player]Pablo Sandoval[/player] hit three homers in a World Series game last year, he sat down with Reggie Jackson for a conversation in December. Reggie wanted to know what the experience was like for him and to tell him his own. By the end of the conversation, Pablo was near tears, he whispered to Reggie, barely able to get the words out, "The fans threw candy bars onto the field?" Pablo Sandoval's like the condensed milk version of [player]Jay Bruce[/player]. It's not really milk, but it's real sweet and kinda tastes like milk and frosting and it gets crazy hot for one game a year. Jesus, Pablo (no relation to Jesus Guzman), if I would've known all it took to get you hot was to say you're droppable, I would've done it in April. He still cost a lot of people their fantasy seasons, and is probably on a lot of teams that are out of the race, but, if you have him, you gotta hope this is the start of something. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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Teams Pour Some Into Their Forty, Man, For The Brothers Who Are Here
September 2, 2013 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 413 Commentsby: Grey
Nick Castellanos a ti, Nick Castellanos a ti, Nick Castellanos a ti... Oh, sorry, I didn't here you walk in. I was just singing Happy Birthday in Spanish with a Greek player's name to anyone that was born on September 2nd. I'm glad you're here. Sit down. You just sat down on the birthday cake. Okay, forget that now. This weekend rosters expanded, and with it the promise of a greater tomorrow. Yay, Billy Hamilton is going to steal 78 bases in September. Nick Castellanos will hit 12 homers and fix this gaping hole in my lineup I call, "Josh Hamilton Sucks." All of the guys called up will be great (no, they won't, but some may). It doesn't mean they will be great immediately or even have the playing time to succeed this year. In keepers, obviously you pursue these players hard and fast like you're Gosh Johnson, Josh's porn star brother. In redraft leagues where you are desperate for SAGNOF, I'd grab Billy Hamilton now. If you have an open spot in your lineup and Hamilton isn't playing, I'd still insert him and watch him get a steal in a pinch running appearance. Nick Castellanos is another ball of fruit -- a melon ball, if you will. If he doesn't have playing time, he adds nothing for redraft leagues. I will reiterate what Prospect Scott said yesterday, "I like his former teammate, [player]Avisail Garcia[/player], better and Grey is an idiot." Okay, I will only reiterate the first part of that. In redraft leagues, you don't want someone who will be great next year, you want someone who is swinging a hot bat right now. Now, go clean the cake off your ass. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
King Hodor of the House of Hodor. First of his Hodor. Long may he Hodor.
At this point, there appear to be more trades occurring after the July 31st deadline. In fact, just yesterday, [player id =3035]Mike Morse[/player] was acquired by the Orioles, [player]Jason Kubel[/player] was acquired by the Indians, and, as you may or may not have realized yet, [player]John Axford[/player] and his, well, what ever you call the things he grows on his face, has been acquired by Ozark nation. Which, if you don't know the area, is known for abandoned El Caminos and the second highest murder rate in the nation, next to Detroit. Err, Detroit, the RoboCop version. What's the fantasy impact? I'm sure glad I just asked myself that question. Mike Morse's situation changes a bit, a better hitting environment and a better lineup could lead to some stat boosting. Jason Kubel, well, he remains the same. Insignificant. Frankly, I don't even understand the move, since the Indians are already paying for a player (cough, [player]Mark Reynolds[/player], cough) that's doing better right now, yet plays for the Yankees. Ballsy strategy if you ask me. And then there's John Axford. I'll be honest, since I lie all the time I guess, the impact here is not much, if anything. But I do like Axford drinking the same water those other Cardinal pitchers are drinking, and would not be surprised if his situation improves next year. So keep a look out. Here’s what else I noticed yesterday…
Six days ago, the Rays said they have no plans to call up Wil Myers. Six days ago, the Rays lied. They might've just lied to make Jim Bowden look stupid. While I appreciate that, Bowden rides around on a Segway, so the Rays were piling on. About two weeks ago, I gave you my Wil Myers fantasy. Lets' not recapitulate any of that, okay? Let's not talk about how Myers could hit 20 homers in two-thirds of a season. Or how Myers could hit .280 with solid counting stats. If you want to read about the risk of rookies, go to that post and read that. I'm not here to talk about how Myers is the number one prospect call-up or how he's worthwhile in all mixed leagues, but won't be [player]Mike Trout[/player]. I'm not going to talk about any of that. Dah! I just did, didn't I? Damn, you fooled me! Myers is the kind of player that probably has the most value right now. He's going to be a top round fantasy guy. Eventually. Yes, I just did the douchey one word sentence thing. Right now, he's around a 4th outfielder. Of course, he's draped in glorious upside. You could yell at him the same way you do to a Home Depot employee, "Hey, Toolsy!" For the future, he reminds me of an in-his-prime [player]Matt Holliday[/player]. He's a 30-ish homer, 15-ish steal guy with a solid average. Eventually. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Santiago Leaves Indians Bats Chilly
October 2, 2012 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 230 Commentsby: Grey
Yesterday, Hector Santiago went 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 1 walk, 10 Ks. Hey, it’s the White Sox closer from 6 months ago, with that gig lasting for a minute. Not an Urbandictionary minute, which is a long time. An actual minute. Please, blog, may I have some more?
One HR, Two HR, Reddick, Bluedick
September 28, 2012 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 28 Commentsby: Grey
The .245 AVG is going to look ugly next March but 31 HRs and 80+ R/RBI has been nirvana for anyone (like Rudy) who plucked Josh Reddick off free agency in shallow leagues this year. The power is real and, unlike the last A’s power hitter (Jack Cust), he is an above average fielder. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Theo Is Real Star Of The Cubsy Show
July 31, 2012 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 415 Commentsby: Grey
Here’s what I said last November about Theo Epstein, “A new GM can toss out the used-up-and-spit-out pieces he inherits, right? It’s like when a new boss comes into a flailing company and all the employees start quaking in their boots that they’re gonna get fired because they’re unproductive. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Brandon’s Elbow Hurts Like A Son Of A Beachy
June 18, 2012 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 437 Commentsby: Grey
Brandon Beachy left Saturday’s start with a sore elbow. Usually when pitchers have a sore elbow it means one of two things. One, they’re going on the DL for a long period of time. Or two, they’re going to say they’re going on the DL for only 15 days but it will be a long time. Please, blog, may I have some more?
We went over Danny Hultzen in our last fantasy baseball podcast, but that was a bunch of jibber-jabbering, you want the facts! Well, actually, there were some facts in there. Rudy, for instance, stated he thought Hultzen would be up by June 26th. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Kendrys returns (or is the verb singular there?) this year, but can’t play every day, and when he does, he needs to DH. So, since Mark Trumbo fields about as well as Dalton Trumbo fielded commie accusations, it seemed like Trumbo (Mark) would be benched a lot. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Pettitte Smites The Rays Like They Still Got Devil In Their Name
June 6, 2012 | Fantasy Baseball Daily Notes | 189 Commentsby: Grey / Rudy
Andy Pettitte managed to shut out the Rays yesterday for 7 1/3 IP with only 4 baserunners and 10 Ks. No wonder why he returned. He was probably sick of beating his kids at MLB 2K12. “Dad, we don’t mind you playing our video games while we’re at school, but could you stop spitting tobacco onto our all-terrain robot?” Please, blog, may I have some more?
In 1992, the last time the Astros had a number one draft pick they skipped over Derek Jeter and drafted Phil Nevin. As they say, the rest is history. Or as an Astro fan says, “The rest never happened because I became a Texas Rangers fan. Please, blog, may I have some more?