All the time in Los Angeles I’ll see older women who have had way too much plastic surgery. Trying to hold on to their youth. It’s sad. It’s a never-ending cycle too. One older woman gets her face done, then her friends are pressured to do the same. But never, and I mean never, have I seen someone get plastic surgery then try to rearrange someone else’s face. Yesterday, was the first time I’ve seen it as past nose job recipient (Niese) tried to fix up Jason Heyward‘s schnoz. Jon Niese is a danger to himself and others. What if your proboscis is walking along the street and you run into Niese? If he doesn’t feel it’s worthy of his new nasal perfection, he will punch you in the face. God forbid he ever runs into Barbara Streisand. Heyward ducked at the last second and took the brunt of the pitch off the ear flap and jaw, but he’s still gonna be out for the better part of the season, maybe returning for the last week to tune up for the playoffs. Not your H2H playoffs, the Braves playoffs. In his stead, B.J. Upton, Jordan Schafer and Evan Gattis. Because they’ll all be sharing time, it’s hard to say there’s one guy that gets a boost in value. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jon Niese – 7 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks. I’m sure everyone is scared to face Niese now. Literally! Niese has been solid in two of his three starts since returning from the DL. I still don’t trust him, but the Stream-o-Nator likes him in his next start vs. the Phils, and I could see using him there.
Josh Satin – 2-for-4 with a homer. Satin is the other half of the Mets 1st base platoon, and the one that is glossy on front and dull on the back.
Daniel Murphy – 2-for-4 with his 16th steal and has 10 homers to go with that. With much consternation (no idea what that means), I’ll admit Daniel Murphy has been a more than solid option all year. I’m glad Rudy drafted him in our leagues for middle infield (not glad it was at the expense of Segura).
Justin Upton – Sat out again, but the Braves said it’s no big deal. I’d tend to agree if it wasn’t a month that started with an A. This is go-time for Upton!
Chris Johnson – 1-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 10th homer. It’s like a super heavyweight fight for the batting title! Okay, maybe like a super featherweight fight…. Okay, it’s a fight between two people in motorized scooters in Wal-Mart trying to get to the Pop Tarts. But a fight nevertheless!
Alex Wood – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 4 Ks, lowering his ERA to 2.50. Not sure what’s scarier, the fact that Wood is doing better than what he did in the minors, or the fact that in the minors he had a 9+ K-rate and a 1.80 ERA, so it’s not like he was bad. He’s cut his walks in the majors, and has been overpowering, to say the least. Okay, to say the least would be saying nothing, but you catch the drift. His xFIP is 2.81 so it’s not like it’s smoke and mirrors, and I’d be thrilled with owning Wood in every single league.
Andrelton Simmons – 3-for-4 with a run. What do you think he’s batting? Nope, lower. Nah, lower still. No, not .118, c’mon, is that a real guess? He’s batting .246. That’s surprising, isn’t it? Maybe he had his alien friends brainwash me to think he was doing better. Stupid aliens!
Brandon McCarthy – 2 1/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA up to 5.44. He’s just lucky he doesn’t have a Nazi surname or he’d be shipped out of town so quickly.
Brad Ziegler – 2/3 IP, 2 ER. Kazaam!
Adam Eaton – 1-for-4 and his 2nd homer in the last eight days, which is a week in Liverpool. If I called Eaton a hot schmotato, it would be more because I want him to be one. I don’t think he’s quite there yet, but I’m watching him like a cyclops with a monocle.
Gerardo Parra – 2-for-5 with his 9th homer. He also feels like he’s on the precipice of getting hot. Look at Grey and his fifty cent words!
Shin-Soo Choo – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 3 RBIs. Let me guess, it was against a weak righty? Shin-Soo Predictable.
Ian Kennedy – 7 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks. Where was this start last time out?! Eh, as my childhood Polish neighbor would say, what can do? I’d continue to start Kennedy every time out in Petco and not touch him in road games. Around these parts, they call that a Hodgepadre.
Dayan Viciedo – 3-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 2nd homer in the last four days. Hot schmotato alert! Grab him right now for his hot streak that usually lasts about a week to ten days.
Andre Rienzo – 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks. Solid start–Whatevs, he gets the Astros next and I’ve already set my iCal to pick him up in five days. Right, Siri? “Yes, Grey, I found five locations in your area that sell Ronzoni pasta.”
Anthony Rizzo – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and two homers (19, 20). I know he’s been less than ideal, but I’m gonna love him again next year. He catches a good couple of months and a 35-homer, .260 season is very possible. What can I say, chicks and Grey dig the long ball.
Junior Lake – 2-for-5, 1 run, and getting smoking hot again. Run to the waiver wire and grab him, and that I’d call Junior sprints.
Ryan Zimmerman – 2-for-5, 1 run, 1 RBI. Now, this schmohawk, I’m done with him. When I’m praying for 25 homers from a 3rd baseman and they come up ten short of that. Zimmerman, we had some good times, a whole lot of bad times, and lose my number. You suck.
Matt Moore – Tossed a 69-pitch session yesterday. Hmm, interesting number to stop on. Do we know for sure what he was tossing?
Jeremy Hellickson – 4 1/3 IP, 3 ER as his ERA goes up to 5.01. If you were to get someone from another planet, let’s say one of Andrelton’s cousins, and you were to show them only comments made on this site about Hellickson, they would be totally lost unless you explained to them everything about fantasy baseball, but if you were to do that too, they’d think Hellickson was a solid starter. “Grey, your mustache makes my heart skip a beat, but who do you like out of these guys: Wheeler, Salazar or Hellickson?” What’s the fascination with Hellickson? For serious.
Justin Masterson – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 10 baserunners, 7 Ks, lowering his ERA to 3.50. Some people yesterday were guessing who was going to be next year’s Scherzer. Masterson won’t be that good on Ks, but he will be someone I’ll look to for all my teams. His K-rate is great and his xFIP is 3.31. That’s the makings of a strong number two.
Victor Martinez – 2-for-4, 1 RBI. Could be used this weekend as a catcher. It’s just contingent on whether or not major league baseball will let him use a folding chair.
Miguel Cabrera – 1-for-4, 3 RBIs. Rumors went out yesterday that he might miss this game due to wincing after he swung at a pitch the previous night. He might’ve just winced when hearing Prince say, “Have I told you how long meat sits in your colon?” Leave us alone, vegetarians!
Austin Jackson – 3-for-5, 2 runs. He has six steals on the year. He’s got lightning quick speed, but he doesn’t ever run. There should be a glossary term for guys like this. They’re fast, but they just don’t run. Please make suggestions in the comments. Thanks!
Giancarlo Stanton – 2-for-4 and his 16th homer and 3rd in the last 5 games. It’s a tall order, but I wouldn’t be shocked if he ends the year with 27 to 30 homers. When he gets in a groove, 12 homers in a month isn’t out of the question. At least that’s what my Trapper Keeper says under Giancarlo’s name, which is in a heart.
Nate Eovaldi – 7 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks. Not a bad start, but he goes on the road for his next start (vs. the Nats), and Captain EOvaldi isn’t recommended outside of Florida.
Zack Greinke – 8 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, as his ERA drops to 2.91. I picture Greinke as John C. Reily in Boogie Nights in the recording studio and Carlos Quentin runs in and Greinke starts screaming, “The magic that is on the mound. That heart and soul that I put onto the mound, that is mine and you don’t own that!”
Jason Castro – 2-for-3, 3 runs and his 15th homer. You ever feel like this, you have a player sucking so bad (Salvador Perez) that anything you get from his replacement feels like a grand slam in the ninth inning to win the World Series. Castro, you make me euphoric.
R.A. Dickey – 8 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 9 Ks as he returned to the other borough in New York. He was pitching well, but a late homer by none other than the Zombino, Alfonso Soriano, knocked some of the shine off Dickey. Might be for the best, a shiny Dickey just raises questions.
Tommy Hunter – 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 baserunners and got the save. There’s a new closer for the O’s, a letter that also matches his body shape, so it works for me. Baltimore is going to say all the right things about Jim Johnson: he just needs some time to get his head right, he just needs some rest, he just needs to stop giving up so many effin’ baserunners. K-Rod’s been battling his own personal demons, so Hunter is the man to grab. Using two hands is probably best.
Chris Davis – 1-for-3, 2 runs and the slam (499) and legs (1), which makes him the first player to have a combined 500 between homers and steals in a season.
Adam Jones – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and a slam (26) and legs (12). Hotdam Jones!
Rafael Betancourt – 1/3 IP, 2 ER for the ugly blown save. If they weren’t in Philly for the walk-off win, Betancourt could still be out there trying to get out Erik Kratz. Can I take back what I said yesterday about not being my Brothers keeper? Sure, I can. I’ll just go edit that post. Okay, back! I think Betancourt gets more rope than one blown save, but Brothers was capable and could slide back in there with another blown save or two. Worth stashing him if you’re desperate.
Wilin Rosario – 1-for-4 and his 19th homer and 2nd homer in as many days. We should have a new t-shirt (in addition to our other shirts) that reads, “Rosario hits homers, while Salvador Perez counts rosaries.”
Hisashi Iwakuma – 7 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA is at 2.98. Hisashi my dashi — slurp– Actually, this wasn’t that slurp-worthy of a start. This was like when you’re going to town on a bowl of pho and you get a spoon full of jalapenos and cilantro. It’s okay, but you’re better off spitting that back in the broth. Those are for flavoring. I’m classy!
Brad Miller – 1-for-5 and his 5th homer. Is it weird that I’m excited about having two Mariner infielders on my teams for next year? Can they move the fences in again at Safeco this offseason? You know, to be safe, uh, co.
Mike Morse – 2-for-4 with his 13th homer, which broke an 0-for-16 stretch. Member when you dropped Domonic Brown for Mike Morse in April? Oops!
Brandon Moss – 1-for-3 and his 20th homer, his 2nd homer in as many games started (3 games total). Pretty amazing how hot he can stay while being platooned. Sure, not amazing like the Asian man with 4-foot long fingernails that curl around, but amazing still.
Roy Halladay – Will make his next start at AA. In attendance will be Miguel Cabrera, Yovani Gallardo and Dr. Drew.
Xander Bogaerts – 0-for-1. I get it; the minor league season is ending soon so it’s not like Bogaerts would be playing for much longer there anyway, but the benching of him yesterday vs. a lefty is unconscionable, if that means what I think it does and not an adjective to describe someone in a coma. To add insult to injury, Middlebrooks (1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs) and Drew (1-for-5, 3 RBIs) both homered. I’d drop Bogaerts in redraft leagues, no reason to wait longer if he’s being benched vs. Baked Zito.
Felix Doubront – 8 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 3 Ks. His previous two starts weren’t good vs. the Yanks and Royals and he gets the O’s next, which isn’t great for Doubront, the creator of The Walking Dead and The Green Mile.
Jacoby Ellsbury – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 46th steal. Can I already not draft him for next year? Actually, I can since I’m not drafting for 2014 for another six months. Next year, I’ll be drafting as a married man! Ugh, I just got violent sweats and pooped my pants. That’s natural, right?
Edward Mujica – Got the save yesterday, but is nursing shoulder soreness. <sarcasm>Well, that sounds terrific.</sarcasm> In any self-respecting league, Rosenthal is already owned, but if he’s not, I’d make your league a little more self-respecting and grab him.
Jake Westbrook – 4 2/3 IP, 4 ER. The Cardinals boos heard yesterday were from the fans, because The Ghost of Dave Duncan took off his sheet with eye holes and has left the building.
Allen Craig – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer. The Cardinal players are gonna be a landmine in next year’s drafts if they don’t continue to stack their stat sheets with counting stats. When looking at just their power and speed, none jump out, but just about all of them have been valuable. This was brought to you by Boring But True.
Carlos Beltran – 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 22nd homer. Deuces are wild! Which is different than the Scott Disick hosted show, Douches Are Wild on E!
Aramis Ramirez – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer. That’s his 2nd homer in the last three games and, I’d be (Ar)amiss, if I didn’t say it looks like there’s some light at the end of his career, er, tunnel.
Khris Davis – 3-for-4, 1 run. Has continued to hit since I highlighted him the other day, as he’s hitting over .400 in the last week. Grab him; he’s right next to Rolph Lauren’s Rolo and Versucci on the shady guy’s table on Canal Street.
Logan Schafer – 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer; the Hitter-Tron loved this one, too. I almost picked him up for the batty call, but I held onto Daniel Nava instead (he’s hitting .500+ over the last week). Of course, Nava didn’t play. So Schafer was the one outfielder to have when you’re having more than one.
Tom Gorzelanny – 3 2/3 IP, 7 ER. Fun fact! The woman that watches his kids calls herself the Gorzenanny.
Austin Jackson- Flash Boredom
@Hondo: very nice. Thats gonna be tough to beat!
@Hondo: BRILLIANT!!!
@Hondo: Filthy Flash
@Hondo:
Ceased Lightning
@Hondo: Wow, very nice… Way to take the first comment and make it matter!
@Grey: Austin Jackson is a Usain.. Nope
Hopefully freddie freeman won’t get burned by irate fans and start wearing red and black sweaters.
@gareth: meoww.
@gareth: Huh?
Inaction Jackson
Digging all the new tools and features of the site. Good work, Grey!
@Feeding the Abscess: Thanks! I like Flash Boredom better
SAG-not
@SpeedyJohn: Easy and clean…I like it… Will put it in the running…
Austin Jackson – Koala
They sleep the most of any animal, up to 22 hours per day, but are as quick as a rabbit.
@cheerio: Ha… I like Flash Boredom and Sag-not better…
Constipated Sprinter
Pepto-Dismal
Usain Bolted Down
@bossmanjunior: NICE BOSSMAN!!
@bossmanjunior: Not bad…I like Flash Boredom and Sag-not better…
Should Raja be playing every day with Batista and Rasmus on the DL?
Drop Schierholtz for Moss? Hitter-tron has a hard on for Moss this week.
@bossmanjunior: He should be, yeah… Sure, go for Moss
Mark Whiten..They called him ‘big hitten Whiten, when he started to suck, I came up with Mark ‘I wish I was hitten Whiten..
@Malicious Phenom: Ha
I heard that guy is fast but he plays more like Ton-D.M.C.
@bossmanjunior: I like Flash Boredom and Sag-not better…
What point do we start worrying about Rafael Soriano? 3hits last night in a non save, hasn’t had a clean inning sine the 13th? I’m tempted to add Tommy Hunter (temporary til Grilli comes back) but not sure of Soriano or who to drop. My other closers are Farquad, Chapman, De La Rosa and Grilli. My only droppable starter would be Beachy (also got Price, Starsburg, Moore, Cobb, Minor). Less concerned about getting more saves, but my ratios are getting crushed.
@Travis: I would not cut anybody for Hunter from your squad, just bench Soriano until he figures it out again. Grilli should be back soon enough..
@Travis:
I’d lose DLR. It looks as if Frieri may have the job once again.
@Travis: I agree with above, I’d benched Soriano and hold otherwise
8×8 where I can keep 5 doods forever. George Springer worth a stash to see if he rakes? Picked up Billy Hamilton, but in a 8×8, meh.
@smoketnt: Sure, go for it
Drop headley for lake as my backup 3b/utility option?
@G: Yup
Arenado or Khris?
@Mr. Rickey: Davis
Usain Hault
@trick dad: Not bad…I like Flash Boredom and Sag-not better…
@Grey: thought I would have the only usain ref. Haha guess not
Ha, nope
I hope Jon Niese’s butthole rots out.
@Emporers monkey: Seriously, to hell with that guy.
@Emporers monkey: HAHA
Austin Jackson=Stoneshoes Jackson (Stonewall Jackson, get it?)
@Ed H.: Ha! Not bad, I’ll put it in the running…(Pun noted)
Guys like Austin Jackson are either:
“on hunger strike” – ie not using their bread ‘n’ butter while they fast
“pulling a Seinfeld” – ie “I choose not to run!”
@Zimmer: I like Flash Boredom, Stoneshoes Jackson and Sag-not better…
It’s a short day….
@Jim:
QUICK GRAY …. pick up pierz !!
oops .
rangers aren’t scheduled .
youtube.com/watch?v=r7noSTPukX8
@costaricanchata: Ha, damn!
I need a streamer for next week. Cole with 2 home starts or Niese PHI, @WAS?
@Josh Freeman: No idea who Cole goes against, what does Stream-o-Nator say?
In a keeper league with me in a playoff hunt fighting for the bye and my concerns are power and RBI would you recommend eaton or Khris Davis?
@Robadob:
soft-toss .
@Robadob: Davis
Hi Grey,
I’ve got a tough decision on my hands. Rizzo is a FA. I’d like to add him and possibly keep him for next season. I’m in 3rd and have at least a decent shot at winning the whole fuckin’ thing. I was thinking I would drop either Kazmir or Byrd for Rizzo. Byrd seems most logical but he has been killing it. Then I thought about Kazmir who has not been killing it but, with Harvey and Fernandez probably getting shut down, I would need him. What do you think?
10-team (2 division), H2H, 5×5, keeping 5
c-Pierszinski
1b-Cuddyer
2b-Hill
3b-Longoria
ss-Reyes
of-Werth,Jennings, Choo
util-Byrd
util-Alex Gordon
sp-Kershaw, Harvey, Minor, Bailey, Ryu, Jose Fernandez, Garza, Kazmir
rp-Soriano, Janssen, Holland
dl-CarGo, Moore
n/a-Braun
@stynyr: Kazmir is a headache, I’d lose him
I always thought we called guys who were fast but didn’t run Dexter Fowler……….or was that just specific to one guy?
@A Hill O’ Beans: Ha
Nick Franklin, Castro, Asdrubal, or Simmons @ SS ROS? Thanks!
@cdonald17: Franklin
Run shy?
@BERK: I like!
@BERK: Good one
@BERK: Nice, I’ll put it in the running with Flash Boredome, SAG-not and Stoneshoes
What do I do with J. Zimmerman in a keeper. Is he droppable?
@Blue: Nope
1. Our hand has never lost its skill!
2. Watching you go back to Zimmerman after last year was like watching a friend go back to an old girlfriend you know is going to shaft him.
3. ‘There is no God!’
4. When drafting while married, make sure to turn phone off.
@The Strolg: 2. HA! 4. Cougar knows her place
@The Strolg: 3. Yes, Giancarlo
Had a roster crunch and had to drop Rosenthal a week ago. I own Johnson and Hunter–drop Johnson to get Rosie back?
Farquhar over Mujica?
@Steve Stevenson: I’d hold on both
Rundignant…..?
Shun the Run….?
Runounce….?
(Flash Boredom is perfect though……)
@AP: Not bad choices…I like some above better
Prefer Rendon, Arenado, or Middlebrooks ROS?
@aslk12: Middlebrooks
Drop the not-so-great Dane (De la Rosa)? Think hes more agita than hes worth.
@TheNewGuy: Sure, if you don’t need saves
@Grey: I do, but he’s the co-closer and well he’s not very good.
@TheNewGuy: Good job
I’ll throw my ring in the hat:
Sleeping cheetah
Stealworker’s strike
All things being equal would you rather roster the Ruf or Khris “Chinatown” Davis?
@tentoes: Stealworker’s strike is solid, but I think there’s some better above… Davis
Hey Grey, for the Austin Jackson commentary:
Feldman- A person who lives fast but isn’t going anywhere anymore.
Thanks!
*a person who is supposed to be living fast but isn’t going anywhere anymore.
@The Lawn Wranglers: Ha, I think we have better
@Grey: Agreed. Drop Zimmerman for Arroyo ROS? Thanks!
Nope
Speed lemon?
@Aconstipatedmonkey: I think we have better
Jackson Jacksoff
@bool: Hehe, I think we have better
@Grey: This one was just for a laugh. I didn’t think it was G-rated enough.
Hehe, gotcha
Guy that’s fast but doesn’t run and pisses you off. “The fast and the scurrilous”, sorry for the rip off Mr. Diesel.
@Jim: Ha, I think we have better
Was hoping Xander would be a SS boost but nothing doing. Castro is my other guy who is as good as poop. Jeter a good DL stash for H2H playoffs that start in 2 weeks in my points league?
@Pete: If you have an open DL spot, sure… I wouldn’t count on him for anything though
“Here he comes. Here comes Speed Waster.”
@L-Boogie: Ha, not bad… I think we have better
I vote for Flash Boredom, Speed Lemon, and Ceased Lightning. SAG-not works too I guess…I’ll throw in Chevy Nova. If I have to explain it, forget it.
@Blah: Ha, I think we have better
So many Qs for my h2h team. Villar or Beckham? Lake or K. Davis? Ruiz or Ramos? Dane de la Rosa or Hunter?
@royce!: Beckham…Davis…Ramos…Hunter
@royce!: floor wax or desert topping?
@Carnac: Why not both? It’s durable and delicious.
I’m going to murder Jake Arrieta. But then again, I’m a moron for starting him yesterday. Ugh… -_- wait i meant, -_____-
@Boy Wonder: Ha
I thought Speedy GotNoLegz had a chance until I read Run Shy.
@CT Old School: Ha, I like it… Damn, there’s a lot of good ones today
Sit/start:
Medlen @ STL
Tillman vs OAK
Zimmermann @ KC
Cobb vs NYY
Porcello @ NYM
@Jon: Medlen — depends on league size, start, start, start, start
Should I drop Bogaerts for Junior Lake?
I need to drop a Pitcher to Stream this week.
Should I drop Ross or Salazar?
@Dynamite Dan: Yes… Ross vs. Salazar — what are their next starts?
@Grey:
Salazar @ Atl on Tuesday
Ross @ Ari on Monday (I he even a good 2 tarter next week if he is playing away from SD?
The only other guy I would drop would be Samardzija but he has a stream-o-nator approved rating of 16.1 for his Saturday start @ SD
Lose Ross
Your term search reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry chooses not to run, “I choose not to run” (no attempt at a glossary term, just S&G’s)
@Jack Full O’ Hate: Someone mentioned above
Who do you like for H2H pts:
Niese vs PHI, @ WAS, @ CLE, vs WAS, vs SF, @ PHI, vs MIL
Gray @ DET, vs TB, vs HOU, @ MIN, vs LAA, vs MIN, @ SEA
@EK: Gray after Tigers…
OF rank ROS pts league:
Cespedes
Gordon
Brantley
Venable
K. Davis
Schierholtz
@EK: You did, but switch Venable and Schierholtz
ROS: Lackey or Doubront? By how much?
@The Big Yabu: Lackey… 3 yards? I don’t know how to answer by how much…
@Grey: @Grey: 3 yards, good stuff. he could’ve meant like how much more on SON’s rating.
Yeah, wasn’t sure
@Grey: Yes, what GF2 said — rankings, dollar-values, even “a little” or “a lot” would have been helpful. And it still would be helpful! I await your mustacheful insight…
By a little
Grey — Your mustachio is like a, a, you know, it’s very nice. Good then.
Ahem.
I’ve got questions! About shortstops and closers.
I dropped Drew for Bogaerts. But now that is seems he won’t play much, do you think I should pick Drew back up? Also available: Yunel, Franklin, Nuñez, Scooter, Iglesias, and Cozart.
And Hunter’s available in the same league. Do you like him more than any of Dane De La Rosa, Frieri, Ziegler, or Gregg?
Many thanks!
@Enrique: Thanks! Scooter… More than Frieri…
lol’d at the pho comment and the Kris Davis blurb.
Good stuff.
@Moose Out Front: Thanks, Out Front
Lame Rabbits?
@Jay: I think we have better
Just picked up Rosenthal in hopes that Mujica goes down (dropped Hellickson). But now I’m sitting here wondering if I should pick up Tommy Hunter instead.
My other closers are Holland, Henderson, and Melancon (but apparently Grilli is coming back soon).
What would you do? Thanks.
@EMH: I’d lose Rosenthal for Hunter
No good stacks today with the short day. Fishing for homers with Vernon Wells, Mark Reynolds and the guy I like today, Mark DeRosa. Hitting clean up, surely available everywhere.
@OaktownSteve: Okay, I’m gonna stack with you… Dropping Simmons for DeRosa… Wells and Reynolds are owned in my RCL for today
@Grey:
No stack…just a run of the mill stream. When you can get a middle infielder stream who is going to hit clean up in an (otherwise) good lineup, it’s a good play. I’m also hoping to roll out Charlie Blackmon and Justin Maxwell later today provided they are a go.
But I wanted to stack with you! Okay, a stream… I also have Lough for tonight for some runs and steals, hopefully he plays…
@Grey: Hitter T loved Reynolds/Wells/Hairston today but none of them have actually been good against lefties this year so I picked up Morneau in a 10 teamer instead just for today. I’ve picked up De Rosa before in the 16 teamer, but not for long at a time, since he doesn’t play all that often.
Gotcha
Where you think R Zimmerbum ranks next year? 7th – 8th round?
@Fungazi: Around 100 overall
niese’s fastball velocity was down 2 mph from his previous start .
against the phil’s , he prolly gets clobbered .
cust .
@costaricanchata: Interesting… Will serve him right
@grey. Keeper thoughts, 2 of the 3. Salazar for $2, Beachy to a buck, and Alexander Wood (don’t remember what I bid, maybe 3-5 bucks). Planning on 2 pitchers to go along with Rosario, Beltre and Adam Jones.
Thanks
@JG_ism: Beachy, Wood
@Grey: OK…that was my train of thought. Just looked it up. I actually bid $10 for Wood. He should be a lock for rotation next season, yes?
Be crazy if he wasn’t in the rotation with how he’s pitching… Of course, crazy things happen from time to time…He should be though
How would you rank these SPs for the ROS?
Zimmerman
Beachy
Cobb
Wood
Peavy
Medlen
Thanks.
@Moe: Cobb, Zimmermann, Beachy
@grey How would you rank these SPs for the ROS?
Zimmerman
Beachy
Cobb
Wood
Peavy
Medlen
Thanks.
@Moe: Above
Best guess: does Medlen stay in the rotation? When will we know fer sher?
@The Big Yabu: He probably will, but won’t know for sure until Maholm goes
Steal Snag NO lias
@Chicken Dinner: Thou Snag Not
@Chicken Dinner:
Wait!?………
Steal SAG-NO-lia
Thou SAG Not
Gotcha, I think we have better
Ha, I think we have better
You gonna tell us when you’ve decided the winner of the new Glossary term? Just I never actually find out what gets chosen with these.
Don’t really have any ideas though, never really good at these. Stealophobia’s my best (not good I know).
They end up in the glossary and in future roundups… I’ll decide tonight when all entries are in
Time to drop Yelich for Kris Davis?
Yup
Haven’t asked a lineup question in awhile. I want to pick up Rosenthal, Hunter, and Castro (the catcher). I still have Jennings rotting in my DL and I think I need to cut him loose – can’t make a move with a non-DL guy there. But I’m also not sure if I have the room to pickup anyone other than Castro. Any moves here:
C McCann
1B Fielder
2B Prado
3B Longo
SS Tulo
OF Davis
OF Jones
OF Werth
UTIL Fonzie
UTIL Hanley
BN Marte
DL Jennings
SP Scherzer, Gio, Homer, Shields, Haren, Minor, Gray, Wood
RP Mujica, Benoit, Melancon, Cishek
DL Moore
Fighting for a playoff spot in H2H.
Stats: H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OB+SLUG, W, QS, SV, KS, KS/9, ERA, WHIP
@Wilsonian: that Wood is Alex, not Travis.
Castro over McCann, lose Jennings… I’d hold on the closers for now
@Grey: Thanks. Kind of thought I should cut Jennings. I’d like the closers, but not like I can cut loose those young arms, and Haren is the only other drop, but he’s been lights out for a month or more, so I can’t get rid of him – not to mention his upcoming schedule isn’t too bad.
Yup
So glad I traded non LHP hitting Choo and this Milton Bradley Jr. for McCutcheon a couple months ago.What a flake(but he was a great WW pickup for trade fodder)
“Yasiel Puig got an IV for dehydration on Wednesday.
The dehydration led to calf cramps, which had Puig limping for most of the game. TMZ reported Tuesday that the 22-year-old Cuban sensation was partying late into the night Monday in Miami with Carl Crawford, Matt Kemp and LeBron James. Puig is in the Dodgers’ starting lineup for Thursday afternoon’s series finale with the Marlins.”
Source: Ken Gurnick on Twitter
@Hondo:
Actually it’ll be a month ago tomorrow.Seems longer.
Haha
Ok, last one. “This speedster gets stamped with the Steal no Approval.”
I like others better
Lovin the Khris Davis call, also loving finding every way possible to confuse my league competition by referring to him in conversation.
Have an opportunity to grab an extra start before I hit my limit on saturday, Deep H2H points league and there’s not much else out there on the wire. I’m in a close matchup and need all the points I can get.
Recommend starting Sean Nolin (TOR) if he gets the start against the AAAstros Saturday? Randall Delgado at Philly or Jeff manship @ Miami are the only two other options.
Ha! Those starts are not recommended unless desperate… Delgado
@Grey: Yeah I’m gonna wait and see what the score looks like on saturday before I roll the dice on those. Thanks!
Cool
I like Flash Boredom too…but if I was a mafia underling in a movie (or tv show) who played fantasy baseball reading the paper outside Satriale’s I’d call this bum an “fn Mullane” (moo-lon)…Tony Mullane…ambidextrous pitcher with 284 wins, mediocre AVG… 112 career bags ….maybe if Jackson could pitch we could call him an fn “Mulan”
Who’s the fastest MLB pitcher today? Anyone slower than Colon?
I think we have better…Not sure on the fastest pitcher… I’d guess Oswalt in overalls
Sparaplegic
I think we have better
Jacksonomics
F.S.A.! = “F*ckin Steal Already!”
Prodigal SAGNOF
Deadbeat Bags
I like FSA, but I think we have better
lost-in jackson
I think we have better
Re: above. I streamed Maxwell instead of Lough there.
@OaktownSteve:
I’m thinking at least 3 on a team is short stack. Four is a stack. Five or more is a big stack.
Kleptophobes
Yeah, one is definitely not a stack, I’m just streaming…. Six or greater and you have the biggest stack in the house… SAGnot or Flash are better…
@Grey:
a six stack…love to get me a six stack against Manship in Coors in August, por ejemplo.
Por favor, my hombre
Yeah, that could work better… Just need someone at the top of the lineup, but the Rojas have been all over the place with guys…
@Grey:
Maxwell should get the start against the lefty and I’m looking to bump into both homers and steals where as you’re grifting for bags I think.
Yeah, steals and runs…
antikleptomaniac
I think we have better
Niese (Phi, @Was, @Cle, Was, SF, @Cin, Mil)
Or
Porcello (@NYM, Cle, @Bos, @CWS, Sea, CWS, @Mia)
to finish the season?
Niese
Fill my cup till it runneth over.. Thole Grail
Ha
Kennedy had a good start because I wasn’t streaming him. Every time I trot him out there, he gets a 5-spot hung on him like a cheap suit. So everybody should feel free to start him (except my leaguemates) from here on out, since for me once, shame on you, fool me 4 or more times, shame on me (and also SoN).
I’m with you there
I really like Flash Boredum and SAGnot, think I’m more leaning to Flash. What about Brag Tag?, he talks a good game but is really just a bad label.
I think the others are better… Flash is funnier, but SAGnot ties into the site real nice
@Grey: mine derived from an old street racing term for guys that would talk up their cars and then ‘gine out when it cam to racing, tag was replaced with another word that is unpopular and taboo to use anymore but you get the point. I hear ya on SAGnot, “A-Jax was suppose to be a SAGNOF and all I got was a SAGnot :( ”
As Guy Frieri would say, ” winner, winner chicken dinner”
@Jack Full O’ Hate:
Guy Frieri would say:
“….the smokey flavor from the cumin really ties into the pork, goes great with the slaw (takes enormous sloppy bite)…mmmmm….mmmmm…nice job, buddy”
*fist bump*
Are you doing the hunch?
Gotcha…Yeah, I’m leaning that way but others are a tad funnier…
@Grey: ease of use and easy understandability, thats not a word, I think make a big difference. Can be applied to Fowler and Castro this year
Yeah, Fowler’s a big one, he’s like a 50-steal speed guy with his speed
Grey, I gave up on Hellickson in July (since I traded him he’s pitched 30.1 innings with a 6.88 ERA , 14BB and 18Ks) . I traded Hellickson and Nick Franklin for Archie Bradley (keep 20 out of 38 on our roster at no round cost.) With Utley, Zobrist, Segura, and Xandy my mid INF is solid. I had him since 2011 and always thought he should be better but I’m glad I gave him up. He’s not dragging me down to Hell-ickson anymore.
Ha, nice
“Flash boredom” is funnier but “run shy” seems like a more apt description. Lots of really good suggestions though. Grey has a tough decision in choosing the winner.
By the way, that freddie freeman comment earlier was a reference to freddy kruger, as you had cast another brave (jason heyward ) as jason voorhees in your headline.
Ah… Gotcha… Ha!
The only thing I could come up with was a lame Springsteen inspired “born to not run,” so i commend the guys that came upwith sagnot, run shy and my personal fave, flash boredom.
Ha, yup
the sarcasm html tag is the best lolol
Thanks!
a roid or middlebrooks?
Middlebrooks
Seems like only yesterday that I was musing over the fast guys who don’t steal bases like Jackson and Bourjos. Wait, that was yesterday. You don’t waste time, my friend.
As for the glossary term, Stoneshoes Jackson make me chuckle, but SAG-not seems the most razzy.
Agreed…
Run shy is great for a guy like Jackson who never ran, despite the tools
I still like Ceased Lightning for a guy like Mclouth who was running wild, then stopped on a dime out of nowhere
Yeah, that’s true, might be able to squeeze both in…
Hey Grey! Thanks for continuing to create great content, and add some humor each workday.
H2H, Redraft, 5×5, 10 teams
Trade Longo for Felix Hernandez? I would receive FHer. I also have Machado whom is mostly sitting on my bench. I’d prefer to get something for Macho Man rather than drop him for a streamer, and with the playoffs approaching I’m thinking that consolidating to a premiere starting pitcher is more useful than a bench bat.
Thoughts?
Thanks again.
@steve:
Whoops, I was interrupted (at work)…so my train of thought went South. I think I would need to trade Longo to get FHer so I would utilize Macho Man to cover 3B but add FHer.
No problem! I’d grab F-Her there…
RIZZZOOOOOO!!!! (Shaking fist into the air!) I sat him yesterday. SON OF A MOTHEREFFIN BENCH!!!
Dah!
Yo Grey. I love Franklin and I’m def gonna love him next yr but it always seems like I’m looking to drop him, whatevs.
Franklin or lake?
Thanks boss
Ha…I’d hold him for a few more days there
Passive Aggressor
Projectile Dysfunction
I think we have better
drop ziegler to take a flier on hunter/brothers (recently dropped him when betancourt came back)/rosenthal? Which one if so?
w/ nick franklin out do i stick w/ xander or grab Drew/Alexei/Escobar?
you the man, Grey
I’d hold Ziegler for right now… Alexei or Drew, depending on needs…
Is it just me or does it feel like about 50 guys should be ranked “around 100” next year?
Everyone but Goldschmidt pretty much…
Hey Oaktown Steve, who do you like better tomorrow, Redmond or Peacock, i think they both have a chance to have good days against each others weak lineups?
@Jack Full O’ Hate: Oaktown? Right on. I didn’t know that…[email protected]Jack Full O’ Hate:
@Jack Full O’ Hate:
Not really in love with either of those. Do you have to pick one? Any availability for either side of the Jackson Volquez match up in SD? Ubaldo out there?
FWIW, I picked up Redmond
@OaktownSteve: I am taking a stab at bad offenses as opposes to good parks. Peacock has been really solid
You know….I didn’t listen to you last week when you told me to get Yelich over K. Davis. I listened to your future self and got Davis. Happily. My dilemna is at 3rd and 2nd. I have Sandoval, and Chavez on DL. Do I get Lake and ditch those 2? At 2nd, have Brad Miller but Wong is available…and other than that only other options are Getz, Aviles, and Beckham. What does your future self have to say about that? ;)
Nice! Grab Lake… I’d hold Miller
Jesus, Verlander. Dude’s pushing hard for the Cy Yuck.
Yup
He killed one of our teams, badly
@Grey: Oof. Death and taxes. Which is what I’ve wished on him all season.
Ha!
Bumgarner, Miley, Nova, Beachy, JParker, CArcher, Ross….would you drop any of them for this waiver wire grab bag: Ober, Kelly, Peacock, Redmond, Mcallister, Vogey, Cosart, Feldman. erasmo….a little low on k’s, but not much, wouldn’t mind getting a few more without sac. other stuff. Only have a few moves left all season so…..it’d have to be an obvious upgrade…..
Miley for Redmond
As some one who drafted Niese on a bunch of teams and does not own Heyward anywhere I think this maybe his biggest contribution to my teams all season….
Ha!
I like all the ideas above but wanted to throw one more out there:
Fastatue
(…maybe I just like that I don’t know which way it sounds better in my mind: “That A-Jax is a real Fuh-statue…” or “That A-Jax is a real Fast-a-too…”)
I think we have better…
Sup Grey… I have Mujica but I don’t have any room on my bench for Rosenthal. I also have Uehara. Would you drop Uehara to grab Rosenthal?? The thing is that Uehara is always available in my league when he’s not owned. I’ve actually dropped him before and I still got him back after a couple weeks but should I take that chance??
JayWrong and Tom Jacks get “What’s up, friend?” and “Wassup Buddy” and I get “Sup Grey” Geez… I’d hold Uehara
LOL… Sorry Grey nothing personal.. I never say friend, but I say buddy sometimes cause I don’t know their names, lol… But when I say it to JB or Tehol it’s cause they say hi and whats up to me. You never talk to me, you just answer me and it hurts my feelings :( LOL JK buddy. That was gay.. I’ll be more friendly my friend/buddy!!! Lol
Ha!…No problem, friend
Meanwhile Kate Upton strokes her snake…while cruising in the back of her suck you bus…
Where’s that bus parked, btw?
@Grey: currently cruising through Romulus…@ 72 mph…heading for Ypsilanti…um, I mean how should I know? Find your own suck bus pal!
I’m in Zzyzx, stop by!
@Grey: What, you never had the pleasure of driving through Detroit?
I always wondered why Lowell didn’t say, “I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari…Zzyzx to Tonapah…”(I never wondered that)
“Kicked by the wind…driven by the snow…
drunk and dirty and don’t you know
I’m still…Wilin Rosario…”
Is that Kid Rock?
@Grey: nah, no rocks…just weed, whites and wine…
Ah, the 3 W’s, nice… A reporter best friend
@Grey: and also a songwriters…
@Wake Up:
seatrain
show me a sign .
@costaricanchata: interesting version…
Report is they will should get the Yanks Jays game in.
@OaktownSteve:
the ol’ will should. me type good.
I’m in New York visting my mom and it’s not even raining here on the island, not sure what’s going on in the Bronx
@Grey:
ditto the Nats Cubs. Will should.
I love NYC.
By the way the image of you sitting on your mom’s plastic covered couch answering fantasy baseball questions is priceless. I’m thinking Brad Garrett is skulking around somewhere.
My mom is not Doris Roberts! ha…
all this talking about AJax must have got him fired up…he just hit a bomb…
Maybe you can call it “If you run yourself into an out with Miggy coming up, I’m gonna drag you back to the clubhouse and put my cigs out with your cheeks!”
HA! Well, yeah, technically, but c’mon… He just hit a homer and ran around the bases at 82 MPH
A player you draft for his speed, but never steals you any bases is a Trickey Henderson.
Not bad…For a girl! I’m kidding… I love the ladies! I think we have better above…
@Grey: Waaaah!! I’m moping now …. I’ve been lousy at rejection ever since I ask the most-popular, cutest boy to the middle-school dance when I was the new girl. (What was I THINKING??!!)
Yeah, got spunk, Molly, and for that reason you’re bumped up to girl reader number 2 from 3…
@Grey: And what do I gotta do to get bumped to Girl Reader No. 1?? I know, it’s either because I’m older or have little boobies, right? Those are ALWAYS the reasons I hear.
Yeah, it’s gonna be tough without some serious hustle on your part… Have you met Prezzi? He can fill you in on requirements…
@Grey: Is Prezzi a pervert? Maybe I could hook up with Prezzi for a fun webcam show, and ask him, “Who is your No. 1 Girl Reader now, Prezzi??” at the height of it. hehe.
Yup, that would seal your promotion…
I’ll bring the ones to throw at my computer screen! you can be the ONLY girl reader after that… No contest!
Molly, dont listen to grey, there are no requirements for you. You have always been #1 in my book. Small boobies and all!
There you are!
@Prezi: Kisses, Prezi… And good answer about the small boobies!!
@mollyleekba: :)
damn yesterday i benched choo for dom/myers/rajai and today benched jackson for dom/rajai again. that’s 2 homers/5 runs/6 rbi’s benched in 2 days. Could be less if Dom does something today. Is there a term for when you always guess wrong with a certain player. Dom is my version of that (except we’ll always have May when he was the best player in baseball).sick thing is i’m still 10-1-1 in that league but i’m still tied in homers and barely winning runs due to these type of decisions.
Shallow leagues will kill with those decisions
Wow. The SON hates Perez tomorrow in Chicago. So naturally, I’m streaming him in multiple leagues. Fingers crossed.
Yeah, I saw that and I like him there too
@Grey:
I think Sale is on the other side of the start. Also, the park there can be a launching pad. I like him there but slightly less.
Yeah, the White Sox are like the Astros, they can strikeout 10 times and put up 7 runs… I’m going for Ks and possible a win with Redmond
@OaktownSteve: Yeah, but the park in Arlington is basically a launching pad too. Sale’s a tough matchup, but the Rangers lineup is heavy on right-handed bats, so they might be able to get a few runs off of him.
Alexei Ramirez is Chicago’s three hole hitter. Dunn can’t hit lefties. Konerko looks like a guess hitter at this point who’s lost a ton of bat speed. Beckham and Viciedo are the wild cards, but they’re basically mistake hitters. I like the matchup.
@OaktownSteve: Just checked the #s and the White Sox have a .659 OPS vs LHP this year, good for 28th out of 30 teams.
@Big Magoo: @Big Magoo:
Nice breakdown. Looks like US Cell is playing closer to neutral this year too. I like your thinking.
@OaktownSteve: i just traded for perez, hope you guys are right. he’s certainly been better than his teammate garza whom i also could have traded for instead.
I just picked up Veni, Vidi, Vici all over the place…since I’m dayan for power…I know, I’ll stop myself…have a nice trip to the Gisland…
Say a little prayer for me…Together, together… Wait, what?
The Brandon Moss Hitter Tron thing is way off.He’s like 4-30 against the guys he’s facing in the next 7 days(he’s never faced Fister,maybe Hitter Tron is expecting a REALLY big night from him) and he’s ranked 19th at over $20.I was double checking it but I had to go do something a little more productive and said screw it,I’ll just hang on to Venable.
Gotcha
@Hondo: that’s because hitter T doesn’t rank what a hitter did in the past against certain exact pitchers, because those stats are counter productive and really not that much predicative. Hitter T attempts to predict what I hitter will do against a certain type of pitcher, not against that exact pitcher. If he’s 4-30 against 7 different pitchers, what you are really saying is he’s 0-4 against most of them (or near that). Do you really think it predicts anything at all about the 5th through 8th at bats (those he’s likely to get against those pitchers in the next week) against somebody that the hitter went 0-4 for the first 4 at bats against that same pitcher? If so, let me show you my fine selection of bridges, right this way….
@goodfold2:
I don’t use it that often and generally don’t get very good results.I think one the most important factors in making a decision is how a batter has performed against a pitcher in the past.
Can’t really gripe about something that’s free and I know Rudy puts a lot of effort into it.
Speed Pacer
I think we have better
So I had the opposite of a Ticker Shock today in the Arizona V’s Reds game. I had 4 hitters going in that game (Votto, Goldshmidt, Hill, Choo).
I saw the 2-1 score on MLB.COM with only 7 hits for Arizona and 5 for The Reds. I feared the worst, as my average has been tanking lately and it appeared to be more of the same.
I then looked at the box score:
Goldschmidt: 3 for 4
Hill 2 for 4 RBI
Votto 1 for 2 with 2 BB
Choo 2 for 4 with 2 Runs.
Baseball!!!!!
@Gareth: wheres the other two posts!?
Prezi, you were mentioned below
@Prezi: My other Posts are at the G3 Summit.
@Gareth:
*sad trombone*
Nice… That’s a form of ticker shock
@Grey: 12 total hits for the game and my guys got 8 of them. Nuts.
Mind you, when there’s a Goldy, there’s a way.
Au Shizzz!!
Au Shizz, indeed
Khris Davis, Bogarts or Frazier?
Thanks.
Davis
What’s going to help me more in playoffs in a 12 team H2H ponits league that start in 2 weeks (for 3 potential rounds) – a SP stream slot or RP (Rosenthal or Hunter)? My wort SP’s are Porcello, Estrada, Cole, and Richards (which I would consider my streamer). 11 more moves remaining.
10 pts W, -6 pts L, 5 pts QS
2 pts IP, 2 pts K
-1 pt per baserunner
8 pts Save, -8 pts BS
A stream spot
Outfielders consist of Davis, Gordon and Bourne (with Cargo on DL), so pretty set at OF. I also have Jon Jay who I just picked up bc he’s been hot lately. I am considering dropping him and snagging Rosenthal or Hunter. Should I do that, and if so, which guy has more promise in total pts league?
Hunter
@Grey: Thanks, just picked him up…
No problem
Someone in my league just dropped Rizzo… Do I drop Yelich or Bogaerts for him in an OPS league?
Bogaerts
Im still feelin flash boredom. Hondo gets extra because you know it just came to him, off top… You said suggest, and that was the first thing that popped into his head. Sagnot is kinda meh… Simple and to the point but not very creative.. i thought we were all about creativity over here grey!?
Only thing I’m worried about is using Flash Boredom as a verb
@Grey: ahhh yeah, thats is true.. little awkward.
@Grey: “using that guy will lead to flash boredom.”
Also what would the “T” stand for in SAGNOT?
@gareth: “speed ain’t got no treads?”
That’s the problem with SAGnot
@Grey: just make it SAGNON? instead of SAGNOF!
Steals? Ain’t got none
Hehe
@Grey: *s/b instead of SAGnot not SAGNOF!
Stutterer!
I think we gotta just go with SAGnot, I don’t know of Stealy Damns
@Grey: If you have knowledge of what SAGNOF is then SAGnot explains itself. If you need to fill out the acronym to get it then maybe this is the wrong website for you…not you, some random you.
Yeah, it’s my thought too, Rudy doesn’t like it though… He likes Stealy Damns
@Grey: what the hell is stealy damns? That one is over my head…
@Prezi: I drafted him for steals but he’s giving me the Deacon Blues…
@Wake Up: little before my time there. One more thought, if these are guys we are drafting, how is it SAGNOF? They have a face! Wait… This is getting confoosing….
@Prezi: Yeah…I don’t like it either…just explaining…SAGnot is my favorite so far…but I’m terrible at naming these things…the best I’ve ever got was “Hehe”…one time Grey said “I meant everybody else, suggest in the comments…”
HAHA!!
“I think we have better…. A LOT better..”
70’s rock band
@Grey: that sounds like Pretzel Logic to me…
@Wake Up: Hey nineteen, any major dude will tell you that you need someone to do the dirty work
Twisted for sure
@Grey: He used to steal all the time while he was still playing in Aja!!?!
You lost the thrill…
@Grey: @Grey: I love Stealy Dams, but that is a music preference
I don’t love it
@Jack Full O’ Hate: this is true…
@Wake Up: let’s drink our black cows and get out of here
@Jack Full O’ Hate:Nice… in the corner of my eye…I saw you…you were very high!
@Wake Up: what can i say, it’s my all time favorite album, and I’m only 37…..were you at Rudy’s?
@Wake Up: the hip hop thing is a double edged sword and IMO if the sample is small and insignificant then i don’t see the big deal, but when it’s used to carry a song, or in the most modern sense, taking a former hit song and using it to show the “genius” of a contemporary then i say take them to the cleaners and own that shizz…..modern hip hop sucks balls to the wall…..oops do I owe Accept now?
@Jack Full O’ Hate: true…it’s a fine line indeed
@Jack Full O’ Hate: and “They saw your face”…proves that it doesn’t work…”you” ain’t got no face…
16 teamer. I saw you earlier say that niese is now ahead of porcello. damn, i really F’ed up dropping Niese last week then, thinking his ATL start was bad (even after stashing him)
1. if staff is
scherzer/gee/bailey/porcello/medlen/milone/redmond/cole/m.perez/peavy/kluber(DL)/perkins/smyly/lo/hawkins i’m assuming based on these ROS schedules Redmond is the drop here.
Redmond (after tomorrow) vsKC,@ARI,vsLAA,vsNYY,@BOS,vsTB.
Other options could be
Erasmo vs LAA (day after Redmond’s tomorrow start),@HOU,@KC,vsTB,@STL,@DET,vsKC
Peacock @WSOX,vsMIN (bad after this)
Vargas (just dropped) @SEA,@MIL,vsTB,@MIN,@HOU,vsSEA,vsOAK,
Looks like Redmond is dropped for Vargas after Redmond’s tomorrow start?
Agreed
@Grey: possibly also drop bogaerts before erasmo’s HOU start if bogaerts isn’t producing by then, only to drop eraser after that start for offense or great RP (Cook,Siegrist,Paco,Hoover,Burton)
@goodfold2: add d.carpenter, sweet jesus he’s going through an alex torres stretch right there.
That would work for me
Hey JFK and Jack Full of Hate, I just joined your football RCLs.
Late’s do this.
Hey Grey,
Do you think trading for Wilin Rosario and Ian Desmond would be a worthwhile upgrade over my team’s current C Salvadore Perez and SS Jed Lowrie / Asdrubal Cabrera? H2H, 12 teams, going into the playoffs next week in 1st place with a record of 17 and 3, my team’s biggest weaknesses are C and SS. Trade deadline is Saturday.
I could maybe net them both in a single trade by selling a prospect or 2 and offering up my current C and SS. Or maybe I should just keep my roster the way it is?
Thanks for the help, man.
Ps.
Roster highlights on my team “Benefit of the Trout” are currently:
1BGoldschmidt, 2BCano, 3BLongoria
OF Rios, Trout, Pence, DL’d Kemp, Bourn
SP Bumgarner, D Holland, Verlander, Bailey, Griffin, Hamels, +
RP Perkins, G Holland
@Bott9th: They’re both clear-cut upgrades
I’d take them in a trade, for sure
after having yelich whole time he’s been up and not wanting to drop him, now that his average is even falling (hardly any steals, was some avg and runs) and i need rbi’s which of these do I replace him with.
hoes/eaton/shuck/maxwell/ligares/avisail/lough/joyce/
Garcia
yankees :
2004 … we’ve got a-rod . you don’t ….. 26 rings
2005 … we’ve got a-rod . you don’t ….. 26 rings
2006 … we’ve got a-rod . you don’t ….. 26 rings
2007 … we’ve got a-rod . you don’t ….. 26 rings
2008 … we’ve got a-rod . you don’t ….. 26 rings
2009 … we’ve got a-rod . you don’t ….. 27 rings !!
rest of the world :
you’ve got a-rod . we don’t ….. don’t call us . we’ll call you .
now , pay up , suckers !!
HA!
Look at Rajai run!
Great in H2H, terrible in the RCL. I was a 12 in steals, now I’m an 11. Guess who the guy who is now a 12 owns?
When they do what they’re supposed to do, it’s a beautiful thing
@Grey: Not when they’re doing it TO you!
@Grey: GIDP with the bases loaded ain’t so hot either.
Nope, but I just want the steals (or runs)
@Grey: They’re full for Rajai again…
beachy scratched sunday. going to see dr freeze. oh boy
That’s bad
Per the Braves, “LHP Mike Minor will start on Sunday in place of RHP Brandon Beachy. Beachy will see Dr. James Andrews on Monday.”
Yikes
@Grey:
Ugh, he’s like the Angel of Fantasy Death.
Any visit to that guy means at least a DL stint and a drop at this point in the season, right?
I’d wait until official word
Uh-oh, Beachy to visit Dr. Freeze!
Not good
Brothers, Rosenthal or Hunter?
Hunter
With beachy out and the temporary six Man rotation abandoned, is wood a 2 starter again next week for the braves?
@gareth: wow, that might end up being doubley lucky news for me as a medlen owner who wanted to trade for beachy more than other starters last week for my rivera (owner was hesitant due to having some moral conniption about a non-playoff team (likely his) helping out a playoff one (me)); but instead got m.perez. although i did pick up beachy and lose gee in a 10 teamer lately.
Not sure
The benevolent King of SAGNOF yet again delivers.
Currently has more SBs than Runs scored, for christ’s sake.
@MasterofGrond: 3 steals last 3 times on base.
Ha!
I’d like SAGnot more if it weren’t already Grey’s go-to pickup line for cougars.
Ha, don’t give away the secrets!
@Carnac: YES
******STACK ALERT******
Mets will be starting Daisuke Matsuzaka Friday vs Detroit.
Nice!
Grey!
Who, if anyone, should I drop for Dillon Gee? I got some guys with innings limits and Gee looks like the best FA on the waiver wire.
Corbin, J. Fernandez, Burnett, Latos, Kuroda, Cingrani, Leake
Im thinking one of Cingrani or Leake has to go.
Thanks!
Gee over Leake
@Carlos: likely leake, but when jo-fer gets shut down here soon may need to get him back.
Hmmmm. Managed to cool Wilson Ramos off without too much trouble.
Damn
Ima Beachy Bummed mon.
Ha
Just worked out some math, I’d have something like 6 fewer points in steals if I didn’t pick up Rajai right before he went nuts with like 7 steals in 4 days a while back and since then start to platoon him in every day he starts.
Basically he’s the difference between being a top 5-ish (I KNOW IM IN 6TH NOW, I WANT TO DIE) RCL team and being outside the top 25. He’s not quite this year’s version of Mike Trout (who won me all 3 leagues I was in last year, lol), but damn. SAG-f’ing-NOF.
That’s why he’s the king
@MasterofGrond: What broke you? Helicopter parents? Orphanhood?
@Kid A: One too many blows to the head with a snow shovel by the child of a Hall of Fame hockey player.
@MasterofGrond: that gretzky demon-spawn looks like she fights til she is burger.
@Kid A: Man, I wish. I’d BEG her to smack me in the noggin repeatedly for a little 1-on-1 time.
It was actually Scott Stevens’ son that cranked me.
@MasterofGrond: he’s my favorite hockey player ever
Beachy might already be done again. Who would you replace him with: Niese, Gray, Haren, De La Rosa, Archer?
Gray
@Grey: those are really good waiver pitchers. those are better than the ones in my 10 teamer. Of course I might have been the only one to pick up Gray in 5/6 of these leagues.
Panda and J-Up both back in their respective line-ups. Too late for me to get Panda back in (using Nunez at 3B instead).
Grey – you like Nunez for the next little while? He’s been pretty productive lately…
@SteveNZ: Nunez has been doing work lately. I grabbed Sogard for the next couple. Tron loves him against Norris.
Yeah, definitely
Donnie Murphy, you have got to be kidding me.
On a related note, Soriano really has stunk lately.
@SteveNZ: Oops. Sorry. Not Soriano. That one’s on Strasburg.
@SteveNZ:
by the look on davy johnson’s face ,
storen might be given a chance .
Agreed
@SteveNZ: seriously.. wanted to batty call him today but thought the well would be dry…
@Prezi: I just grabbed him for my RCL team – see if he can keep doing it…
@SteveNZ: guess i’ll really hold off now… Haha, jokes! FWIWerth, he was 0-3 with 3 ks before the homer. But, I have room on the rcl team so i guess i will hop on board. Desperate for dingers..
Just missed another one off stammen. Good swing on it, took it to the warning track.
@Prezi: Oh – not expecting it on a daily basis, but worth a shot to try and catch some magic. Phew on the Stammen thing – I own him in the RCL.
@SteveNZ: nice, ive been holding clippard in rcl hoping davey gets off the soriano train.. which i doubt.
Predictions for Yoga’s start @CIN tomorrow?
@Drew Chainz: PS this question is for Grey
@Drew Chainz: who else would it be for?
@Prezi: I always get other weirdo’s trying to give me their input
You do know the comments are for discussion right? Everyone here knows their shit… I know you just got here and all, but thats how this whole thing works.. personally, i’d rather have many opinions than just one… Then again,im not a douchebag, “drew chainz”
@Prezi: Truthhhhhhhhz…
@Drew Chainz: it’s true, i follow drew c around like that hotdog vendor with homer.
@goodfold2: haha well then if its you commenting, then i understand his reasoning! ;) Jokes!
@Drew Chainz: PS you need all the help you can get if are thinking about starting him there. Let alone still own him.
@Prezi: us doucebags can’t get no trust. Not even a little.
5 IP, 4 ER
Fucked off from Strasburgs blown win? Not me! Join a quality start league!
Yours sincerely, the national fantasy baseball quality start advertising department.
Haha
@Grey: i’m happy with the QS, but not happy with the extra 3 earned runs and lack of win.
@goodfold2: more so stras getting rid of Wood’s loss.
Hmmm. expected to see David Robertson there for the Yanks. Anyone know why he wouldn’t have come in?
@SteveNZ: Because he wanted to give you a present!
Please rate: M.Dominguez, Ryan Doumit,Viciedo. Need Rbi,R, Hr .Mixed daily 6×6 roto
@JoeG414:
Also need Avg and Ops. Thats all.
@JoeG414: probably vic/dom/donut
Dominguez, Viciedo
Ok I gotta tough one for you… or at least I think so…
Pick one for ROS OPS league: Rizzo, Middlebrooks, Khris Davis, Yelich
Thanks again Grey
@ryanjoe13: how about your #2 as well (might miss Rizzo on waiver claim)
Rizzo
Harper came about 3 feet from getting me a clippard win… Much needed too…
Stammen got it… Storen closed.. Prez cried.
Damn
Travis Wood has been horrible this month. Will he turn it around soon?
@Jet: damn lucky he didn’t get loss he so deserved. dude was lucky for like 3 months compared to his entire career. his numbers are like fowler’s april homers or mclouth’s steals. He had about a 6 start spot similar to that one from last year where he was great too.
Nope
Hi Grey! I usually don’t ask you long questions like this but I am in desperate need of you, not in a sexual way, not that I wouldn’t like too, but your Coug probably wouldn’t understand.
Anyhow, I’m in a tailspin. Holding a 1 game lead with 3 weeks left in my weekly h2h mixed league. I need to pick up 2 double start pitchers for next week and our waivers run tonight. I need to put in for all these guys listed, because other teams will grab some, but I need your help to set what order I should put them in. They all kinda suck but I was hoping you would give me the order in which you would list them. Sorry for the long question…..Thank you so much!
CJ Wilson, @ TB, @ Mil
AJ Griffin, @ Det, vs TB
G.Cole, vs Mil, vs STL
Hellickson, @ KC, @ Oak
T.Ross, @ AZ, @ LAD
M.Gonzalez, @ Bost, @ NYY
S.Gray, @ Det, vs TB
J.Niese vs Phi, @ Wash
@Brooke: Stop. Please. It’s obnoxious and creepy. You make women look really bad. And you have a penis.
@Kid A: HAHAHAHAHAHA , get emm!!
@Kid A: from day one I have been saying the same thing….hey me and Kid A see eye to eye on something………anything is possible now
@Jack Full O’ Hate: damn, if it’s a woman you guys are cruel, if it’s a weird man he still needs help with his team. it is funny taht you immediately yell at brooke for being a man though. grab gray, mostly for ROS and playoffs. how is c.j. wilson on waivers, anyway. he’s the other one.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: not immediately, really. This has been going on for a while… I think its hilarious.
@Prezi: no, i mean 20 minutes after that person’s post. i’ve seen you do this many times before.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: there was a tip off in one of the first posts a couple of months back…..and when Prezzi started falling in love with Brooke, we knew it had to be a man
@Jack Full O’ Hate: hahaha! fuck you guys!
@Prezi: see you can take a joke….get it Brooke
@Jack Full O’ Hate: if you dish it, you gotta be able to take it…
Man, get me a vape pipe, im full of cliches right now.. *pufff puff*
@Prezi: HAHAHAHA…life has slowed down a bit since the vape pipe
You can see the calm, through the storm…
See? Damn, i cant stop!
@Jack Full O’ Hate: snap… Jack Full of Change!
Now, hug it out…. Hug it out…
@Prezi: FYI: I’ll be in the east bay in october for about 15 hours
Grow up boys. My question is for Grey, not you minions…so keep your disrespectful comments to yourselves.
@Brooke: OK Lt. Einhorn
@Brooke: if you play in the fire, youre gonna get burned.. dont get mad,get even. And stay classy..
Cliches, over.
@Brooke: Disrespectful? That’s rich. Almost every post you make, you have to add some stupid attempt at coy innuendo.
It’s not cute. It’s not funny.
We get it, you’re a girl (you’re not).
It’s great you’re here representing for the females (as a dude).
You can engage without having to devolve into the boring routine of using your vagina (penis) as a means to draw attention to yourself.
@Kid A: ZING!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Jack Full O’ Hate: lemme know man, first rounds on me! Dont roofie me…
@Prezi: it will be a sunday night after a weekend hangin with Sky
@Jack Full O’ Hate: okay cool, you should be out of roofies then…
@Prezi: can’t rape the willing. Most likely I will be staying at my buddies in Concord or my other buddy in Walnut Creek. We can do a beer. I’ll keep you posted in football league, BTW, we draft this sunday mofo
@Jack Full O’ Hate: sweet, yep ive been cramming football today then saturday ill do the same. Then sunday you lose the league! Ha
@Prezi: I have studied zero, but thats ok, I never do for football, I let what the draft presents me dictate who I pick
Gray, Niese, Wilson… Then they get wonky…
I’d go Cole, Ross if you need to go to the next two
Hey Grey, I forgot to mention Cosart in that group. Where would you place him in the group of 5 that you listed? Thank you!
Before Ross
Hi Grey! Unlike Brooke, I do usually ask you long questions, and I am incapable of abandoning a habit, soo…in my 14 team h2h counting the standard 5 cats plus k/bb and holds, I have recently been using 2 of the 4 RP spots for either SP/RP guys or saves gambles (de la Rosa, and now Hunter). My pitching looks like this:
SP- Zimmermann
SP- Peavy
RP- Holland
RP- Benoit
RP- Hunter
RP- Cingrani
P- Ryu
P- Cobb
P- H. Bailey
BN- Cole
BN- Gray
BN- W. Chen
BN- Nova
BN- Gee
DL- Halladay
So I’m thinking I should cut the crap and grab some holds guys since good ones are available, like David Carpenter, Hoover, K Rod, Joe Smith. Good idea to lose a couple of these starters? If so, which ones? I’m thinking Chen and Cole (heard he might head to the bullpen in Sept), but it’s hard bc they have been pretty good recently. If I did drop them, I’d definitely grab Carpenter, but who else?
Thanks for all the help with this team. I’ll buy you a daiquiri, but you’ll have to go to Nashville to pick it up…
@royce!: and unlike Brooke, the jury is still out on whether or not you have a penis…
(kidding, bee assassin)
@Wake Up: Don’t make me change my avatar!
@royce!: hoover should go right back to the 8th inning with broxton’s season ending reinjury. i’ve reversed course and gone back to him in 3 leagues.
@Wake Up: Oh hey, the bees are back! Only a couple of weeks after my horrendous error, I noticed that they were still buzzing around my kumquat tree, and now they’re all over. So there’s clearly another hive nearby. Huge relief.
Now I’m waiting for them to get complacent…
@royce!: hey are you beating or losing to your brother in law? didn’t you draft his team?
@Jack Full O’ Hate: I’m in 1st, he’s up to 3d, thanks in part to ignoring my plea to not pick up Liriano…I’m really hoping that we can face off in the finals, but forget it Jack, it’s h2h…
@royce!: very nice, I was a Liriano doubter, but who could of predicted this, it’s better to be lucky than good.
BTW, I never doubted you were a man, I just don’t envision you as very tall, like 5’7/5’8
@Jack Full O’ Hate: hahaha…I tower above those mere mortals…
@royce!: 5’9″ then gotcha
@Jack Full O’ Hate: i’m the 5 ft 8 guy smaller than the woman in brooke’s picture.
@goodfold2: sorry about that
@royce!: Hahahaha…
@Wake Up: haha
I’d lose Cole for Carp… I’d hold on the rest for now
Any idea why they took away Schierholtz’s steal? Maybe they ruled it catcher indifference an inning or so later. God I hate that rule.
Prolly, worst rule ever
Hey, I’m having trouble with picking a streamer, and I only get one more move until Monday…
I was thinking about picking up chacin tomorrow against the marlins but I would have to drop either chen (next start Fenway), Kennedy (in az, which I can’t freaking wait for) or Zimmerman (in kc)… Are any of these guys unstoppable at this point and if so who should I drop ( thinking chen as the bsox scare the daylights out of me)…thank you for any thoughts you might have
Chen for Chacin
why didn’t the Jewcer just say I’m a douche I lied I’m sorry see ya next year peace out
@frankgrimes: Remorseless and emotionless attempt at public manipulation by presenting himself as something he is not.
Textbook psychopathic behavior.
Sort of like posing as a chick on a fantasy baseball blog and making crude sexual advances in an attempt to get attention. Only the sick and twisted.
@Kid A: I read that the Jewcer apology statement was 943 words. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address was 273 words.
Guys that wear Ed Hardy don’t go out like that
@Grey: I kinda hate that Ed Hardy T’s get such a bad rap, Ed Hardy is such an important icon to the tattoo renaissance in the 70’s, it’s lame that his artwork gets associated with major douchebags
@Jack Full O’ Hate: says the guy with a spray tan and an ed hardy shirt on…
@Prezi: thats my natural skin tone, I’m too poor to afford ed hardy
Lol, why does it not surprise me that you can’t afford a T shirt Jack. At least your parents probably don’t charge you for living in their basement. On the bright side, Fall is right around the corner, so maybe you can make a nice allowance raking leaves….
Yeah, totally
What you think about Sandoval rest of the way? He was just dropped in my 14 team. I need HR’s…Lake and Arenado are also available.
@Jason: ROS he prob gains 15lbs
@frankgrimes: HAHA! niceee
I wouldn’t bother with Pablo but I don’t know who you have instead… I’d go Lake from those 3
watching this kelly start i have no idea how he’s had that era for almost 2 months or whatever it is. Doesn’t appear to be fooling this team that leads the majors in K’s. Upton just rocked one to center. YEAH! except i had a 10 game streak for the cash streak that i knew i should’ve just avoided this game, but i also saw it was against maholm. Cardinals also have 1 hit after 4 innings against Maholm. They’re F’ed.
He was very lucky
@Grey: yeah, i remember when all of us were just waiting for carmart to take his job (it’ll be westbroke’s now); just waiting for kelly to suck again….. just kept waiting.
Yup
@Grey: and now maholm’s finally showed up to the game, so i’ll likely get to 11 game streak.
Nice
Stammen FTW! Get on board Grey!
Damn, that’s right… When I get home I’ll grab him and lose DeRosa… I had a lousy stream day today
@Grey: No streaming for me today. Just the Stammen vulture win and bonus Robertson save. And a big offensive day – right back in the race…
Nice! I had like one of those 3 for 12 days with one run and no pitching…
@Grey: Blech – had too many of those to mention this year. Even gained a point in AVG…
Nice… I’m maxed in average
@Grey: Another scoreless from Siegrist, a walk to J-Up (which I’m fine with!) notwithstanding.
That’s all we’ll get from him today though.
Nice!
Recommend 2 to keep? For an OF and DH spot:
Smoak, Kendrick, ARam, Gardner, Fowler, Victorino
Fowler, Victorino
@Grey: even at victorino’s age? would’ve thought kendrick.
I can’t be the only one who found it kinda ironic that when J-Up finally had someone on board when he hit a home run, it was the damn pitcher.
Ha
@Grey: yep, i’m sure kelly thought it funny.
Here’s Holland. Let’s get behind the vulture win!
Please!
@Grey: Stupid Royals. Hosmer gets on, Perez (natch) strikes out and Moobs GIDP.
Figures
How’s New York going? you catching a game while you’re in town?
Nah, it’s my grandfather’s birthday on Saturday… Just went into the city and ate a place called Milos, it’s also in Vegas, was damn good…
@Grey: I’ll take note of Milo’s next time I’m in Vegas. How old is your Grandfather? I lost my first in ’95 and my other in ’10 and I’m younger than you….barely
He’s 86, he goes by Joe, he has a full head of hair and looks like De Niro…
@Grey: awesome, I’ll look him up when I go to New York to see a Mets game
Ha
darin ruf or adam laroche ROS?
Ruf
In a keeper league (OBP) and my team is terrible this year-
1. Do I to give him my McCutchen + Kemp for his Carlos Gonzalez + Trout?
2. What about my McCutchen + Votto for his CarGo + Trout?
1. Sure… 2. Sounds decent
Another blown save for Betencourt, and left with elbow injury. Probably DL bound again, but either way Rex should close ROS.
As a betencourt owner, i’ll be dropping him tonight for either Dane DeLa Rosa, Putz, or Chia-pet Lo. still undecided. Leaning DeLaRosa
Grab DLR
@Grey: Cool, glad you agree. Then if/when Frieri gets the role back (rumors he will), I can drop DLR for some other Putz (pun intended).
G-d dammit this week I’ve been hurt with Napoli, Upton (although he’s back and homered today) and Bautista. Now this nonsense with Betencourt. Don’t these a-holes know that it’s time to man-up since there are only a few weeks left?
Ha… Exactly!
@ Grey :
am getting conflicting reports .
is betancourt hurt (elbow) ?
grab brothers ??
@costaricanchata: hurt or not, grab brothers. 2 blown saves for betencourt. betencourt is done either way.
@costaricanchata: I’m not Grey, but yeah. He blew the save and then left with the trainer.
@SteveNZ:
wait .
you’re not Grey ?
wait .
i knew that .
you’re still schizophrenic , though , right ??
@costaricanchata: Heh. The switch to Hornung seems to be working for my teams. On a more even keel of late.
Grab Brothers, he’s hurt
@costaricanchata: @Grey: Rockies official Twitter account saying a sprained elbow.
Yeah, that’s bad…
@Grey:
thanks .
just got back from the dog track and saw the note on espn .
cbs did not confirm .
You win?
@Grey:
if losing less than $30 is considered a win ,
then , yeah , i’m on a roll !
@costaricanchata: when the rake is 20% that almost is a win.
Nice (non-loss-of-a) payday!
Perez doing to the Royals today what he’s done to his owners all season.
Exactly
Guess who just picked up Stammen? This guy!
@Grey: You won’t be sorry*.
*Not a guarantee
HA! I know… Fingers crossed for a vulture win (sometimes they come in packs like wolves*)
*No actual data researched for that
Yea it has come down to this, hoes or dozier in 5×5?
Hoes
So it seems like i got the 5×5 NL roto keeper locked down and im trying to make a move on Segura who a guy in my league drafted for (1$) essentially helping him get second place.
Which side do you like: Chapman (3$) + R.Zimmerman (15) and Castro (19) for Segura (1) Gregerson (10) and Gee (5)
Segura
sup grey, Lost Heyward….replacement options 5×5 roto
K Davis
Viciedo
Jay
Swisher
Schierholtz
I lead my league in HRs by 15 so i’m good on power
Viciedo for a few days
Oh, good on power? That’s all these guys are except Jay… Grab him
@Grey: 10-4 on that! had him locked in just wanted to get a grey confirm, over
lohse for de aza fair in a league where i need runs badly? steals too.
De Aza side
i wanna contribut this gem to the glossary of nicknames;
Puiggilo(rhymes with jiggilo) he or she who picked him up and just fucks every team in his way
Not crazy about it
Miller or Flores?
@Jack Full O’ Hate: i would think miller overall, unless you really needed rbi’s more than other stats.
Miller
@Grey: I was leaning that way, needed that extra push and with Flores at home vs Detroit coupled with his bad home numbers, it made sense
redmond @HOU
or
Jimenez vs MIN
tomorrrow?
I’d going Redmond
Would you pick up Perez for a start at White Sox tomorrow? (Sale) 12 teamer
@Dani: yup, he is pitching well..
My opponent with the crazy good pitching staff has the easiest schedule possible to boot this week. Was trying to stream against him to take Ks Ws and QS, but i have 5 starts remaining from my current roster while he has 6. Among his 6 remaining, he is @metco @ Miami, @ san fran, @ sea and his “tough starts” are washington and arizona. Meanwhile I have Peavy @ LAD and Sonny @ Baltimore. If I try and stream, I’ll have to drop Sonny or Wood. League is full of braves fans so if I drop Wood he will prob be claimed. Sonny I could prob get back after his Detroit start. Ugh. So I could potentially get 3 more starts to get to 8 left to his 6.
i trail by 18 on Ks, winning WHIP .93 to 1.06 but losing ERA 2.4 to 1.3, down by 1 on Ws, and 3 on QS. To add insult to injury, he has 3 closers while I have 5 yet he leads 6-3 there. The crazy thing is his pitching staff has been putting up a 2ish era and sub 1 era every week with about 80ks so this isn’t even out of the ordinary. Not sure if I can even hope to take any cats away by streaming unless I were to drop Wood also and use 2 spots for streamers the next 3 days.
Late entry: Serial palsy