Junior Caminero sounds like a store you take your little one to when he wants to dress like a little cowboy. “Jorge, you be daddy’s best boy and I will dress you like a vaquero.” [sees a family of vaqueros walking through the Glendale Galleria] Me, a very Anglo, says to the camera, “I know where they’re going and it’s not Wetzel’s Pretzels. They’re going to Junior Caminero’s!” The commercial director yells cut, disgusted. I ask innocently, “Or is it Junior’s Caminero?” Every week I go over some of the biggest pickups in fantasy baseball, and every week they’re not called up. I kid (kinda). Skenes was called up, Coby Mayo was hurt and I still expect James Wood any day now. Same goes for Little Guy’s Shirt Barn aka Junior Caminero. He has nothing left to prove in the minors, and was already called up last year. He’s only 20 (until July), and he’s basically murdering minor league baseballs. He makes it look easy to all fields. Looks like Yordan Alvarez but from the opposite side, and with ten steals. It’s not a matter if, but a matter of when. It could be tomorrow, it might not be until September. It’s just a service time manipulation thing at this point. He’s more than ready. He’s got metal buttons on his shirt and a ten-gallon hat that says so. And a rack of spurs for your little Tomas to pick through! Two for one, my picante vaqueros! “Cut! It’s pequeno, not picante!” Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
PSYCHE! This post was released on Wednesday for Patreon members. It will be released all year early for Patreons, so if people are getting a jump on you, it’s because they paid the $10. Anyway, the Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell:
BUY
David Fry – “David Free?” That’s a person who learned how to pronounce fried from Max Fried. Fry has catcher eligibility and is on pace for a 15/15 season with an absurdly good walk rate. Basically, a prime year from Realmuto.
Danny Jansen – Remove the games Jansen missed to injury, and he’s a top five catcher. Nearly the same as Will Smith. Now keep my catcher’s name outta your f**king mouth!
Luke Raley – Last year, Raley was in my Buy column for, like, all but two weeks of the season — he was top 75 on the Player Rater through July — i.e., Raley can get hot for an extended period of time, and not just be a schmotato that disappears.
Nolan Schanuel – With neutral luck, Schanuel can hit 22 homers and .270, or same as Vinnie “Mother’s Milk Tastes of Burrata” Pasquantino.
J.D. Davis – Gonna give you Jonathan Davis Davis and Jonathan Jonathan Bleday all in the same blurb, but will give Johnathan Rodriguez his own. Just you wait and see!
Josh Bell – I get it, Bell is hitting well now to get off the Marlins, but was kinda put off when he went to the plate wearing a cardboard placard that had his agent’s number and it read, “No trade clause means I don’t have one.”
Joey Ortiz – You look at his minor league numbers and it’s not hard to imagine he could’ve been in the majors for the last two years. In the majors, he’s had close to as many walks as Ks, with both being awesome, and he’s neutrally been a .285 hitter with power, and he has speed. Putting all my love from Luis Garcia Jr. on Joey. Whoa.
Jeff McNeil – Can’t believe I’m advocating for the Mets to hit McNeil leadoff and move Lindor down, but watching Lindor at-bats is sad for even the Mets.
Michael Massey – He’s either a 30/10/.290 hitter or he’s a hot schmotato and the first week of the season’s Maikel Garcia would like a word. Like a teamster, I’m leaning on the latter.
Nick Gonzales – I liked Ke’Bryan in the preseason, but now I hope he never returns. Ooh, am I being too Me’an for you?
Zach Neto – Angels absolutely suck, but it’s mostly their pitching. Their hitting isn’t awful for fantasy, because Ron Washington is blowing lines and screaming RUN!!! at everyone, like he’s got the kinetic energy of the firecracker guy scene in Boogie Nights.
Paul DeJong – It sounds like an insult to say he has an everyday job with the White Sux, but–Actually, it is. But he’s been hitting.
Matt Chapman – Not only is it nice to see Chapman hit, hopefully Soler will see him and remember, “Oh, yeah, I’m supposed to hit that little ball with the bat! That’s right!”
Tyler Freeman – The person from David Fry blurb, “If Max Fried is Max Freed, and David Fry is David Free, then Freeman is Tyler Fried…man?” Stephen Vogt seems to be doing well with what he’s got in Cleveland. Freeman doesn’t have much power (maybe 10 homers), but could steal 30+ the way he’s going, and he’s been hitting leadoff.
Jon Berti – Conspiracy Theory Alert! Aaron Boone was a garbage 3rd baseman, so he puts the worst possible hitter at 3rd base so he can remember himself fondly as being better.
Alec Burleson – In Triple-A, he had a 20/4/.331 season in 432 ABs. Only thing going against him is the Cards haven’t traded him away. Something must be wrong here.
Luis Matos – Here’s what I said when he was called up, “Sometimes a guy does better in the majors than the minors, because the sacrifice he made of his neighbor’s guinea pig–Being told we don’t talk about the sacrificing of animals anymore. Britney, the guinea pig, a beautiful girl of two-point-five pounds happened to walk off a plank and into a cauldron of a witch’s stew. Her family is saying an accident, but her friends know. So, this weekend was an eye-popper for Luis Matos. Where did that come from? Literally no one knows. Which is why I’m slightly skeptical. He had 14 RBIs in 76 games last year in the majors. Then exceeded that in three games? [cough] Fluke! [cough] Grab him everywhere because sometimes guys get hot for a week, sometimes it’s months. He does have power, speed and a solid hit tool. So, if your outfield is feeling a bit stale, stay fresh with Matos!” And that’s me quoting me!
Heliot Ramos – Everyone loves Matos (and me too) and no one loves Heliot (meh, me either), but guess what, suckas?! Heliot is just as hot!
Kevin Pillar – Between the White Sux, Suckies, Mehlins and like ten other teams, there has been no better time in history for terrible players to stay in the majors with an everyday job.
Jake Meyers – Since Chas (Sins?) was hurt, Meyers stepped in, and, brucely, was better. By a lot. Meyers is on a 30/15/.290 pace. He’ll cool, but the Astros should be in no hurry to remove him from their lineup.
Jordan Beck – Very intrigued by what Beck can do in Coors this weekend. Beck’s in Coors? What in the name of cheap beer is happening here?
Eddie Rosario – Maybe I’m crazy, but I think Rosario can have value for the rest of the year, and not just for this week. Maybe I’m like my father, too bold.
Johnathan Rodriguez – Here’s what I said when he was called up, “Every name should have an “athan.” Robathan, Tomathan, Greyathan. It’s just freakin’ cool, and I like cool. Johnathan was hitting well in the minors: 7/4/.276 in 156 ABs with a 15.7% BB%, but some excessive Ks. He could be a 20/12/.240 hitter, but I don’t think he has a clear track to everyday playing time.” And that’s me quoting me!
Chris Paddack – This is a Streamonator call, like the call it makes to Hoover Vacuum headquarters.
Sean Manaea – This is also a Streamonator call. “It sucks and blows, but do you have any that also whispers sweet nothings?”
Reed Garrett – On this week’s podcast, I talk about how someone in one of my leagues dropped Reed for Jalen Beeks on Sunday night — after Edwin Diaz would need a break! — and, almost a week later, I’m still shaking my head like a cheap bobblehead. Even if Adam Ottavino gets some saves in m-Edwin-a res (like in media res? No? C’mon, not forced at all!), Reed has been as good as a number three starter on the year, and should be rostered in all leagues.
Griffin Jax – Alexis Diaz is the worst current closer. He sucks so bad. Carlos Estevez? Meh, not great either! There’s a few stinkers out there. Jhoan Duran? He’s smelling up the joint too, but he looks fine under the hood. Still, Jax might see some saves.
Luke Weaver – Seeing how well Luke Weaver is doing in middle relief in New York brings a chuckle. All relievers are just failed starters or is there some legitimate reason why Mariano Rivera was voted unanimously into the HOF? Fine, I’m a hater, but Mo was unanimous and Bonds isn’t in. Your museum is not legitimate.
SELL
Freddie Freeman – Fully expect him to make me look like an idiot this weekend, as he puts his chompers into fifth gear and goes into overdrive. Freeman puts his mouth on the ground and gobbles up total bases like he’s Pac-Man with his eight-by-six-inch teeth. (I measured them by pausing the TV — or should I say TeethV?) Also, Freeman’s officially aged. It took a while, but he’s showing signs at 34. He looks like a 17/10/.285 hitter vs. his 30/20/.330 guy he was for so long. HardHit% down, junky fly ball rate up, barrels down, and average exit velocity is zipping down the toilet. I wouldn’t trade Freeman for a bad case of the gout but I would look at our Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore options.
Corbin Carroll, should i drop him?
?
Meh
my first pick ?
by august or maybe july, you and many others will be back in here, answer might be different by then. one of these offseasons he’ll get that shoulder fixed. when that happens his ADP will be exactly the opposite of this year’s overvalued.
Torn ACL… brutal.
For reasons of roster flexibility, I’m not sure I can carry this many starters. Who’s the odd man out? QS league…
Gausman
Gilbert
B Miller
M Keller
Stroman
Kutter
Lugo
Schmidt
Bassitt
here’s thinking he’ll say the hound.
or maybe stroman (at least till his lately start i’d think it’s close)
Hey Grey,
Great write up!
In an OBP league..
Weakest guys on my team are
Cowser
Nootbar
Burger
Merrill
Available guys are:
Edmundo Sosa
Dylan Moore
Davis Schneider
Are we making an add?
Grey
What do we do about Adell
Yes hits a home run very sip often. But come on he has been overall awful for the last 2 weeks
Would you drop for
Meyer
Ortiz
Schneider
Wynn
Thanks
Davis
Should I be picking any of these guys up over Fry? H2H 6×6 ops
Over Fry? The Greek God of Fries?
Come on Naylor – this time!
You’ve got to be kidding.
oh no
A robust 2/20 this week.
Meyers vs Doyle for the upcoming Acuna DL stint?
….vs Kerry Carpenter vs Connor Joe? :)
Doyle
Thanks, Grey…fml under the circumstances though. Poor tildaddy
Mitch Keller or Justin Steele ROS? Would you still buy low on Pablo Lopez?
Keller
Yes
Pickup any of these guys for Bibee or Kukuchi:
Steele
Braxton Garret
Bassit ( matchups with CHW and PIT)
Stone
Marsh
Stroman
Bassitt matchups seem good for Bibee maybe, I dont know their matchups
I’m going to miss Acuna’s 4 HR, 15 RBI and .245 AVG. I’m fine though…I still have Nolan Jones.
I wonder if the Braves will wait to put Acuna on the IL until he misses 13 straight games or so to keep us from opening up a roster spot.
HA
holy crap how much money somebody could’ve won if they said “TOR’s bullpen today had 9 earned runs in 5.66 innings and swanson pitched, over/under on how many of those were his” and he put out what might be like his 2nd or 1st completely clean inning instead.
Ha
Does anyone believe Pablo is a buy low?
yes
Do you take Yordan for Pablo?
Sorry Grey one more question
Where would u rank
Taj,Greene ,Stroman
Greene, Stroman
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. bench bat, who do you like? schneider, nootbaar, d moore, toro-hernandez, soler, l garcia or t freeman?
thanks!
Davis
Please rank top 3 Ros
Greene,Keller,Bibee,Cortes,Stroman
Greene, Stroman, Keller
Shota Imanaga + Mason Miller
For
Fernando Tatis Jr
5×5 OBP H2H
Which side?
Tatis
Braxton Garrett or Wacha?
Brax
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. apologies for the catcher question, but who do you like between jansen, ohoppe, e diaz and d’arnaud?
thanks!
Jansen
Hey Good people… could you please rank the following ros in redraft leagues 12 tm
Bats: Wood, Schneider, Gonzales, and Caminero.
Pitchers: Kopech, Marsh, McKenzie, Povich
Ty
Davis, Gonzales — Marsh, Kopech, no idea who Povich is
yo yo!!! a few Q’s for the FML.
league #1 10tm H2H redraft
1. stash J.Caminero, or add Edmundo Sosa?
or do both?
(currently in 1st by a decent amount so I have some room to waste a roster spot for a few weeks.)
2. Drop Ottavino for R.Garrett? was rage dropped by my opponent after last night.
1. Both works 2. Yeah
I’ve been stashing Woods, but Lane Thomas returns tomorrow. Who should I cut?
Yeah
Acuna hurt (looks really bad) just leading off 2B. Couldn’t get back and tagged out; then couldn’t make it to dugout from 2B w/o several stops. Looked similar to his injury 2 years ago.
I saw
Are we still in on J. Rod? Traded for Acuna – thinking about making an offer for Julio
Yep
Trade for acuna doesn’t look so good now :(
Man that didn’t look good
Just when my team in our auction league was making moves! Whyyyyyyy!!
Hahaha
Awful, can’t believe it. Just brutal
Join my prayer circle brother…
in a 12 team, would you drop any of the following to pick up Evan Carter:
Taj,McArthur,Tanner Scott,Woo,or Justin Steele? Carter would be reserve for now. Thanks!
Nope
Need to pick up a bat to fill in for injured Riley (WTF)/T O’Neil. Who’s the drop, Braxton Garrett, Jeff Hoffman, or Ryan Ohearn?
Thanks!
O’Hearn
Thanks! E Sosa or Bleday?
JJ
Dave Fryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
LFG? LFG!
L…F..G. L..F…G! Hit a bomb Grey now hit a bomb for me.
Hit a bomb for me!
Which side – 5×5 roto 12 team
1. C. Walker & Nola or Freeman
2. Cronenworth & Ragans or Freeman
Walker
Freeman
Gleyber or Ward?
Ward
is it just me having a serious inability to believe r.laureano is only 29 right now? from a rotoworld blurb about his release from CLE. like i’d have lost a ton if the overunder was 32ish at minimum.
Kinda crazy he’s washed out of baseball already
if somebody mentioned him as say 34, 35, maybe even older, i’d have easily believed that. seems he’s been around a long long time.
Forgot to ask in my last post, sorry.
Would you be ok, dropping Christian Scott for a stream spot this week?
I like Christopher Sanchez or Braxton Garrett as potential streamers this week.
Sure
Hey Grey! I offered ReyLo to buy low on E Diaz. Still waiting for reply. Good/bad/meh?
I’d take Diaz
How’s your no SP squad doing? Curious for an update!
Not good! haha…Adbert Alzolay was one of my 2 closers…needed to lock down saves, am not doing that
5×5 OBP H2H
Who would you rather have ROS, between:
Jordan Montgomery or Ronel Blanco?
Also please pick 2, 5×5 OBP
Daulton Varsho, Matt Chapman, Laars Nootbaar, Jorge Soler and Ian Happ?
JoMo
Varsho, Chapman
Otto Lopez or Neto?
Neto
did they get rid of that goofy “3 min pitcher rule (unless the inning ended)”; see a.adams today, 2 batters, didn’t end inning, came out for erceg. my guess is this is a delayed injury news situation (and i’m betting he’d need to be out some amount of time minimum, otherwise this would be a very easy NFL style pretending a guy is injured to at minimum get a free timeout; here a hack to get past the stupid 3 min rule)
Oh I don’t think so, once a terrible rule is implemented it never leaves
right, i’d have bet money on it, and would bet money a.adams is now about to miss some amount of time; otherwise this seems something somebody’d have tried earlier than now.
yep, “neck tightness” blurb ending with this: “it’s unclear if he will need to spend any time on the injured list, but Oakland may hold him out of action for several days as a precaution.” i’d think they’d have rule forcing him to miss time, otherwise, why not just DTD every pitcher you want when you want to slide through the rule and for sure LAD or somebody’d have tried this years ago.
There ya go
teams in the NFL tried doing exactly this kinda thing for a few years, they finally started putting penalties on it. say a D guy (they sub out routinely anyway) appears fake injured, they get a timeout from that (momentum killing, free timeout, whatever the goal is to gain); then magically the guy is back healthy the next play. they made it a rule that if a guy does that he needs to stay off the field for a certain minimum amount of time (not sure if it’s still rest of the possession or not)
here if say a.adams is back pitching when next available, that’s the kind of thing you’d have to have baked into the rule (assuming you want the rule enforced anyway, i don’t)
another alternative (which they clearly have no interest in doing or they’d have done it a long time ago) would be forcing independent doctors actually confirming somebody is in fact injured, LAD at least for sure know this didn’t exist like 8 or so years ago (that year they entered season with like 10-12 SP on MLB only contracts, would just IR 5+ of them at any given time). but like a minimum 3 day rule or something like that to curb completely easy to pull off angle shoots here. if they can come up with digital based/trash can stuff and have specialists in sign reading to steal signs; this here is super low hanging fruit.
Yeah, true
Ha, yeah
Raley or Chapman for 1B ROS?
Chapman
where is m.chapman 1B elig? somewhere that gives positions more easily than yahoo, and i didn’t know anybody did.
Haha
Please pick best streamer out of these
Maneaa vs SF
Morton vs Nats
King vs Miami
Lodolo vs STL
Also
Yu or Keller Ros?
Manaea
Yu
Wacha or Lorenzan?
Wacha
Hey grey! In a keeper league would you trade your $18 Adolis keeper for a nonkeeper teoscar and $7 Stott?
Yes
Grey,
I’m thinking about trading Santander ($10) in my 12-team dynasty/keeper/salary cap league. Which of these guys should i ask for in return for him and in what order should I ask for them:
1) Brandon Marsh ($10)
2) Michael Harris II ($10)
3) Jarren Duran ($6)
4) Kerry Carpenter ($6)
5) Alec Burleson ($6)
Or should I hold?
2, 3, 4
A top 20 start for Braxton Garrett! I didn’t even drop him off ALL my teams. That brought the 7-day total to 14:
8 Max Fried May 22 @CHC
16 Braxton Garrett May 24 @ARI
17 Yu Darvish May 19 @ATL
22 Alek Manoah May 19 vs TB
35 Cole Ragans May 22 vs DET
39 Jesus Luzardo May 22 vs MIL
41 Nick Pivetta May 19 @STL
44 Luis Gil May 23 vs SEA
46 Bryan Woo May 21 @NYY
51 Chris Sale May 20 vs SD
66 Tanner Houck May 20 @TB
77 Walker Buehler May 18 vs CIN
81 Lance Lynn May 21 vs BAL
90 Luis Gil May 18 vs CHW
Hahaha, nice!
I was sonovabenched
pretty sure even in 20 teamers people were mostly loathe to start brax gar yesterday.
i mean, in a h2h where you are so dead in ratios you only need volume stats entirely, doesn’t have to be that shallow to not fear him yesterday, but for spots where you don’t need the innings badly, or it’s a freeroll at K’s, wins, QS’s, gotta be a super limited % of owners that wanted to start him, yet.
i mean, i streamed clevinger (wanted to go feltner again, but got beat), going detmers tomorrow (recently dropped, in general he’s expected far better than the guys in FA in this league), would’ve easily gone brax gar too if possible. i was like 3 runs down in ERA in a h2h by wed or something. but i’m going to win K’s for sure.
Yeah, depends on the league
Yeah, I don’t do that with my pitchers. I can’t stand to miss a good outing. I’d rather take the risk of a blowup. And, of course, it frequently costs me dearly.
Ha, yup, I could see that!
that Maria what a B!
Why didn’t she vote for him?!
Ego? Spite? Cunty?
HAHA
10 team OPS weekly H2H:
Give Freddie and Imanaga for Mookie?
Would have to piecemeal 1b. Could grab Hoskins and stash Casas. Not too much else out there: Rizzo, Raley, Tork, Lowe, Lemahieu, Justin Turner.
Mookie
12 Team H2H 6×6 OPS QS Redraft
Paredes/Robert Suarez or Albies?
Thank you
Albies
IP Ks Whip HR prefer Marsh or Stone?
Stone
something’s up with TRON, no NYY players showing up for today. was trying to check on wong vs y.diaz (HOU) vs rizzo for today. rizzo didn’t pop up, nor do any other NYY players. their opponent, SD, does show up.
Rudy pinged the comments saying he’s rerunning it
good stuff, thanks. if this was at say 6 am i’d just have assumed it would get resolved far in time for games.
No problem
On Saturday, I think of unfair trades like Gurriel plus Christopher Sanchez for Luis Gill? or Pena plus Sanchez for Gill. Am i correct?
Thank you!
I’d take Gil
thanks!
No problem
you guys need to calm down. this is believable somebody’d do both sides type deal. i’d prefer l.gil also but that doesn’t mean i wouldn’t understand the other side for if somebody say needs a LF/OF guy. if i was the gil owner i’d probably just find a FA LF/OF over gurriel though rather than pay that (that’s me).
Thanks to all for taking the time to give feedback. Much appreciated!
if people got all up in arms about the “unfair”ness of trades like this, they’d be doing it about 80%+ of the time for all trades.
10 team H2H points league
Fairbanks or Mason Miller ROS
Would you trust Adell over R. Greene ros in a standard 10 team pts league?
No
Start Julien against Lorenzen or Luis Garcia against Gilbert today??
Garcia
ROS 6×6: OBP & 2b/3b ….Should I drop Coby Mayo who is on reserve if so who to pick up from David Fry , D Moore, Pillar or Schanuel?
Fry
Dropping Heim for Fry?
Sure
Jeffers or Fry?
Murphy (Atl) or Fry?
Jeffers…Murphy
I don’t know what it is this year, but it seems like every week I lose out on at least 3 wins for starting pitchers on each of my teams because of blown leads by the bullpen. Is there a term for this?!?!?
the pirates
Ha, bad luck?
great question- happen to me with Burnes.
Need to get Torkelson outta my utl spot, who am I picking up. 12 team 6×6 roto ops and avg
whos available?
India, CES, Gelof, Winn, Schneider, Massey, Marsh, Kepler, Jason Dominguez, Vientos, Ezequil duran, Ty France
Decent showing for Christian Scott, he a hold vs Dodgers or lose him for Marsh @ Min vs SD
Scott might be vs Ari
I’d go Marsh
Burns or Cease and is it close?
burns. top 3 vs top 10
Burns who?
my bad, burnes
Burnes, it’s close
Cj or Mikail Garcia ROS – 6×6 roto, AVG & OBP
CJ
CJ
Pivetta for Nolan Jones fair?
seems fair. pivetta nice but breaks easy. jones had a big second half last year hopefully he turns it around
Sounds fair
Was offered Edwin Diaz for Ranger Suarez in a classic sell high buy low deal. Needs aside, what do you think I should do here?
shoot higher to start maybe holmes, helsley, clase?
Ranger side
desperate for a 1B in NL only.
who to target for campusano? crazy to buy low on burger? can add in an OF like winker, jesus sanchez, bryan de la cruz. thanks my dude
Sounds fine to grab Burger
Luis Garcia, Vientos, Joey Ortiz, Adell, Matos, Baz.
If you are rostering 4 in a keeper league, who are they?
salaries? in a vac LG, joey, adell, baz
Not Baz, Vientos
Drop Kwan for Massey?
i would
Sure
Kirby is a cut right? Streamer. ?
wouldnt cut. walk rate still elite, stuff plays. better days ahead
Nah
Better stash firs this year: baz or j walker? This one stings. I had such high hopes for walker this year. Thanks
Baz
I knew it.
Michael Busch literally decided to take the entire month of May off. Are you expecting him to get back to relevancy or did pitchers figure him out? I am thinking of stashing marte since busch hasn’t been in my lineup for 2 weeks.
Ha, not especially
Willi Castro batting 8th today is so freaking stupid
Very dumb
Rank ROS: Murphy, Fry, Yainer, Jansen
Thx!
Murphy, Jansen
Luis Garcia or Joey Ortiz ?
Garcia
I keep starting Ryan O’hearn when he plays. I must like to torture myself. I can’t explain it. Why is he not doing anything? I look at that statcast chart and shake my head. He is also hitting 3rd for the O’s.
Yeah, I hear ya
Casas injury was not helpful when i got a Goldy issue on top of it
That hurt me too
12 teamer, 5 OF’s, 2 U’s, DeLuca or J.Bell
Edit: Bell
In a 12-teamer at CI, Mountcastle or J.Bell?
Mount
Catcher question: Fry or Jansen over O’Hoppe?
Jansen
Thanks! Have a great weekend!
you too!
Are you dropping Cal Raleigh for David Fry in a H2H OPS league? I just sorted by last 14 days and Fry has half the ABs but more of every counting stat and 200 pts on AVG and 700 pts on OPS.
…but Raleigh’s power!
Nah
Looks like Sean Murphy is going to be back very soon, would you rather have him or fry rest of the year?
Murphy
12 team H2H mixed league keeper
Drop Taj for any of Gasser, Baz, K. Harrison, Braxton G?
Drop J. Young for Matos or Pages?
And judging from previous comment responses, have you lost faith in J. Walker making an impact this year?
Thanks in advance.
Nah
Matos
Yes, forget Walker
Shallow redraft, limited moves (20/yr), Caminero or Chapman?
Chapman
Another streamer question but for a hitter
Gurriel vs Braxton Garrett
Stephenson vs Paxton
L.Garica vs Kirby
Thank you
Gurriel
Beck or Jake Meyers?
Beck
Grey,
forgive the Catcher question, but Murphy looks good in AAA rehab and should be back soon. He has an IR spot on my roster. I lucked out and got Jeffers to replace him. But now who should I go with ros in a pts league?
Jeffers
Thanks! Is Jeffers the pick over Fry and Cal as well?
Yeah
Buy Day!!
NL-Only, H2H –
I could use a W and it looks like Darius Vines could piggyback off of Kerr in the ATL/PIT game. Falter is starting for PIT, and it’s possible for Kerr to go 2 – 3 innings.
Have you ever picked up a RP in a situation like this, Grey? Seems like a pretty good bet that ATL could would have the lead in 3 – 4 innings. Vines is decent enough to hold PIT off for 1 inning. The drop would be Bae who is a bench bat. I can easily pick up a hitter at Coors tomorrow.
Yes, all the time
Don’t get me started on the Bonds thing… or not using the electronic strike zone… because like Mick, I’ll never stop!
HAHAHA, it’s so easily fixable
Who should I drop when eovaldi returns
Berrios
Snell
Skenes
Gil
Morton
Bassitt
Bassitt
Would you rather have Jansen or Fry for points? I know David has been a hot fry
Jansen
What’s going on with CJ Abrams? Only 1 steal in the month of May
was just talking about him this morning — CJ’s been horrible this month, seventh worst qualified hitter by wRC+. just brutal
Hi Grey! Need to decide whether to pull the plug on Burger or Haniger (yeah, shizz draft!) and sub in one of the Rockies Beck or Doyle for there next 6 games at home. Doyle’s not a Buy for you, and I get it. But stats seem to lean strongly towards him over your Beck Buy. Even if he’s just shamatoeing (terrific Bob & Larry reference earlier, btw!). So, thoughts on Beck or Doyle for Burger or Haniger? Thanks and happy happy Memorial!
Doyle and Beck over both…I guess Doyle first over Haniger
Hi Grey,
I drafted Carol, Olson, Lindor , Belinger, and Yordon and am in last place. Should I be worried hahaha.
Haha ummm
Haha thought you could use a laugh. That’s my real team. Baseball is a super weird sport
HA, yup!
Good afternoon Grey
would you trade F Freeman for Altuve and Sale
20 team standard 5&5 roto
Sounds fair
Greetings Grey.
I would like to add one of the following young men to my dynasty roster. Which do you think has the best chance of becoming a fantasy stalwart?
Muchos Gracias
Joey Ortiz
Andy Pages
Loperfido
Wenceel
Ortiz
Just curious, do you think Nick Gonzalez is for real or this is more of a hot schamato kinda thing? I’ve got him rostered but he’s at the cut line, and I’d hate to cut him if you believe a breakout is coming. Thanks!
Think he might be for real, can’t say after a week
I’m in agreement with you buddy. Hard to say for sure but the early returns are promising!!!
Agreed!
Make sure you are sitting down when you read this. Riley is NOT in the lineup today.
He’ll be day to day until 2025
I believe Austin Riley was spotted on a road somewhere near the AZ and UT border earlier this morning. I can’t be sure if it is accurate.
HAHAHAAH
Grey! Your David Fry blurb made me wonder if I should swap out Raleigh for him, then I looked up Raleigh on player rater, then I saw where he was and started singing “Heeees still aheaaaaad of Shea Langelieeers, of Shea Langelieeeeeeeers”. Next thing I know, I forgot all about having a catcher. Happy long weekend!
Haha, you too!
I thought I was so slick picking Freeman 3rd and locking up automatic stats at a position that wasnt so healthy this year. Welp. I didn’t do as bad as Carroll at 2nd, but underwhelming so far for sure.
Trading him, though, I dunno. My team needs a lot so maybe a 2-1 to help out, need some power and speed. Not sure what my options are, though.
Yeah I hear ya
Should I hold Burger hoping he can hit a prorated 34 HR (last year total) ROS or replace with Wood, Verdugo, Buxton. Thanks
Verdugo
Would you stream P. Sandoval vs Clev
Thanks
Nope
Deciding between Volpe and Trea in a deal. Trea is a rental, Volpe is keeper worthy. Head to head, Trea seems like a no brainer. But he is hurt. Do you view Volpe as a true keeper type asset? We only keep 4, he is a 11$ keeper next year.
I’m in win now mode, but another keeper would help….Trea being hurt doesn’t help immediately. Guess I’d be hoping he’s fine for the rest of the season
Yeah
Fry is 1 game away from OF eligibility and 2 games away from 1B eligibility in RCL… That’ll play nicely!
Nice
Would you drop Chuorio and pick up Noelvi Marte to stash?
Sure
Keep forever league. Carroll for Burnes and Arraez, which side you taking?
Burnes
Thanks! Happy long weekend!
You too!
Freeman and Pena for Josh Naylor and Lindor — which side?
That’s Jeremy Pena in case there’s another Pena in baseball
Naylor
Alexis Diaz will come around eventually right? He got dropped in my 10 team league. Should I drop Sewald, Foley or Bednar for him or hold?
I got Philips on IL. Which of these guys would you drop to activate him?
Hold
I got Philips on IL. Which of these guys would you drop to activate him?
Foley is your worst RP
11-team, 5×5 redraft league – I have a couple of hitters that need replacing. Can you rank the top 3-4 from the following long list:
Fry, Pillar, Neto, Massey, Rosario, Matos, Schanuel, JDD, JJB, Bell, DeJong, Jeimer, BLowe, MWinn, Pham, Vientos
Thank you and enjoy the weekend.
Needs matter…Matos, Pham, Rosario
sorry – messed up – Matos is not available – can you recommend top 2 from the rest? And, as needs go, all categories are still tight, so best overall?
Schanuel
Nick Gonzales over Heliot Ramos in waiver pickups? (5×5 NL only keeper)
Yes
Long term, Chourio or Abrams? Thank you.
CJ
Nick Castellanos, is anything there there? Drop him?
Think you can move on in shallower leagues
Hey Grey!
Hope all is well! Sorry for the long message but i feel like my team is turning around after a slow start and want to improve my hitting and dominate with relivers by trading SPs for Bats in my 12 Team H2H 6×6 (.OPS, QS, SV/Holds league). I feel like my relivers are great and my SPs are shaky.
Hitters:
C. Jeffrs
1b. Naylor
2b. Davis Schneider
3b. Paredes
SS. Pena
IF. Harper
OF. Alvarez
OF. Duran
OF. Steer
OF. Matos
UTIL. Luis Garcia
IL. KWAN
Pitchers in Order:
SP Logan GIlbert
SP Freddy Peralta
SP Lugo
SP Luzardo
SP Gore
SP Bradish
SP Kremer
its a holds league and i also have Mason Miller, Luke Weaver, Garret Reed, Robert Suarez
1. would you trade Luzardo and Bradish for Oneil Cruz? I am optimistic Bradish and dont love Oneil Cruz this year stealing less and striking out more
2. Would you rather trade for Bohm? is there a pitcher or two you wouldnt trade for Bohm?
3. Would you agree with my rankings of SPs above or am i over/undervaluing any arms?
1. Yes 2. Yup 3. I agree, except prolly Bradish over Gore
Thanks! I’ll see about trading for Bohm before trading for Oneil
Sorry one more question- do you like CJ Abrams more than Oneil?
Is Freddy Peralta for Cj a good trade?
Yes, CJ over Cruz
I’d send Freddy for him
cool
Thanks Grey! Im torn. Drop Mountcastle for Fry? Can’t make up my mind
Nah
Thanks. Needed to be walked off the ledge
No problem
Thanks Grey. Freeman or Abrams ROS?
CJ