JB and I went to spring training this past weekend in Arizona. Had some great meals, drank some iced Cuban coffees that I tried to order as an ‘iced Puig,’ saw way too many Angels games, obviously went to a Brewers game, and enjoyed my very first six-foot, seven-inch spooning. I needed JB’s oversized spoon after hearing about David Dahl and his rib injury. He has a stress reaction of his sixth rib, and I have a stress reaction with many expletives. You can’t spell David Dahl without dah. Seriously, I tried. Now, I can’t see his name without thinking it’s really “Dah!” Rockies manager Bud Black said that Opening Day is out of the question. I moved him out of my top 20 outfielders and into my top 40 outfielders. I still would draft him, even if he’s no longer in my top 100 overall. The Rockies said Gerardo Parra will fill-in for Dah!, and I’d draft Parra in the last rounds as a flyer just in case Dah!’s injury turns out to be worse than thought. I just jinxed him, didn’t I? Dah! By the by, between Charlie Blackmon and manager, Bud Black, the Rockies have so many white guys trying to take advantage of affirmative action, they should sign C. Thomas Howell star of Soul Man. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this spring training for fantasy baseball:
David Price – Red Sox claim that Price won’t need surgery and just some rest. Can you feel my eye roll? When I use the word ‘claim,’ we’re in massive eye roll territory. I moved Price down into my top 40 starters, and I’d still obviously not go anywhere near him.
Robert Gsellman – The Mets announced that Zack Wheeler is having elbow soreness, which is about as surprising as a big-boned Hawaiian girl punching you in the face if you say, “Wanna get lei’d?” All indications are that Gsellman will be breaking camp with the Mets as their fifth starter. Great news for Gsellman in the short term, but, of course, this means the Mets are going to overuse him and he’ll be garbage next year, and not the good garbage that you can turn into post-modern art. I’ve updated the top 80 starters and top 100 starters, moving up Gsellman and moving down Wheeler. This also moved guys around in my pitchers’ pairing tool. Hehe, I said tool.
Matt Harvey – Was rocked the other day in his spring debut. I don’t put too much weight in spring performances. You should just be looking to see if guys are healthy and winning starting jobs. Well, Harvey is someone you should be watching for health. He said he had soreness, but it’s nothing to worry about, which brings me to my point (finally!). In my post about Yahoo’s rankings, I said, “I want no part of Matt Harvey in any league. Okay, one league, the league where you have a category: Times A Pitcher Says He Is Healthy While Not Being Healthy, because you know he’s going to dominant that category.” And that’s me quoting me! Looks like Harvey is already in midseason form for saying he’s healthy when he’s not.
Huston Street – Has a Grade 1 lat strain, which got its name because the first Grade 1 lat strain happened during a heated game of Chutes and Lat’ers. I always had Cam Bedrosian as my first Angels reliever to draft in my top 500 and this doesn’t change anything. My Bedrosian ranking is pretty conservative because I don’t trust The Sciosciapath to use Bedrosian if Street returns healthy and the Angels are just not a good team.
Trevor Rosenthal – His sore right lat showed no structural damage. Mean’s while, his fantasy value has shown great structural damage and his foundation appears built on quicksand.
Tyson Ross – Threw a 15-pitch bullpen session yesterday off a mound for the first time since his thoracic outlet syndrome surgery last October. He’s still a good two months away from returning, assuming no setbacks, and assuming makes an ass out of u and Ming the Merciless.
Nomar Mazara – Moved him a little lower in my rankings, into the top 60 outfielders. No, I’m not yelling fire in the theater of Razzball, but everywhere I look it appears Mazara is going to be in a platoon to at least start the year, so I moved him down to better represent his possible platoon. I still have him ranked above most and would draft him more as a third to fourth outfielder rather than a second to third.
Corey Seager – Could be out until Friday with back soreness. I haven’t moved him yet in my rankings, but I already have him ranked much lower than just about any other ‘pert. I don’t hate Seager, but as I talk about on the podcast that’s coming later today that JB and I taped live in Arizona, Seager’s lack of steals really doesn’t move my needle. By needle I mean what you think I mean.
Hyun-Jin Ryu – Scheduled to make his Cactus League debut on Saturday. Or is that Cacturday?
Scott Kazmir – Left yesterday’s start with tightness in his hip. A March Kazmir injury is an iceberg that Captain Obvious crashes into. I’ve updated my top 100 starters.
Brett Lawrie – Released from the White Sox. “That’s freakin’ crazy!” said my 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Brett Lawrie sleeper posts. Taking over for Lawrie is Yolmer Sanchez aka Carlos Sanchez. Going with Chuck Sanchez, Carlo Sanchez or Charlie Sanchez are brain leaps I can hurdle, going from Carlos to Yolmer is just so unnecessarily confusing, especially for a guy that is projected for six homers, six steals and .230 while hitting ninth. I removed Lawrie from my top 20 2nd basemen, and didn’t add in Yolmer, because the name change annoyed me. Plus, he’s awful.
Manuel Margot – Dealing with minor swelling in his knee. Sounds like it should be fine, and Manuel said, “A little rest is all I knee’d.” Ouch, no one ever called Margot ‘kidder.’
Jumbo Diaz – Designated for assignment by the Reds. Member when people thought he’d be the closer? “Jumbo closer” turned out to be as big of an oxymoron as jumbo shrimp.
Grey!
Great write-up, man! I can see you’re gearing up for April 2, which is just around the corner!!!
1. Watched THE game (LA Lakers versus the clippers) when Shaq scored 61 pts with 20+ rebounds on his 28th birthday yesterday!! Happy Birthday! What do you think the baseball equivalent of 61 pts and 20+ rebounds is in one NBA game? Double slam and legs, right? Maybe Tehol can answer that question better.
2. These updates are cool. Everything pointing towards BedRock with Bailey lurking in the Angels BP. Though Oh in STL with Siegrist lurking is also interesting. Obviously gonna love Giles all night long too.
Cheers,
Ante
@Ante GALIC: 1. How rare is it? Sounds like an easy three homer game with 10+ RBIs 2. Yup
@Grey: Grey!
a. I guess it’s not so rare although the defensive triple double is much more difficult to attain than the offensive one. To which Russell Westbrook says…’Offensive? Me? No way!’
b. Was helping out my friend from Chicago to find a ticket from N’Djamena (party forever, come and sing my song) to Amman. She’s looking for places to go close by that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Some of the places I suggested and the prices.
1. Nossi-Be (northern Madagascar) – N’Djamena – Nossi-Be (via Paris and Reunion) for 7000$ or N’djamena – Paris (return), Paris – Milan (return) and Milan Nossi-Be (return) all connecting for 4000$ cheaper, your pick.
2. Tenerife (to which she said what’s that) for 1276$
3. Las Palmas for 1292$
4. Malta for $1244
5. Palermo for $1050
6. Firenze for $736 (what’s not to like?)
7. Athens for $879 (with stopovers in Addis Abeba AND Cairo plus the return requires two (!!!!!!!) days to complete)
Finally in the end, she found the booking she made the day before with a great connection from Amman arriving the same day in N’Djamena (so she can party forever, come and sing along). Only a 1 hour stopover in Cairo (arriving 06h30) and departing Cairo for N’Djamena at 07h30. Hope she makes it because if she misses it, she’ll wait 23h for the next flight!
Cheers,
Ante
A. Sounded rare… Why you backing off of its rareness? B. Okay, I have an idea to help the African economy… Make tickets to go there cheaper than buying a four-bedroom house in that country — BTW, Tenerife is supposed to be gorge
@Grey: Grey!
a. Never been to the Canary Islands, prolly not great until May 1 (rain, cold, drizzly or windy – take your pick).
b.Totally for Africa! It all depends on the number of routes into Africa and the number continues to go down driving prices up! To wit, look at the flight my colleague has to take to visit her family every 8 weeks. She’s from Madagascar.
….https://www.skyscanner.net/transport/flights/ndj/tnr/170308/170322/airfares-from-n-djamena-to-antananarivo-in-march-2017.html?adults=1&children=0&adultsv2=1&childrenv2=&infants=0&cabinclass=economy&rtn=1&preferdirects=false&outboundaltsenabled=false&inboundaltsenabled=false&ref=day-view#results………
2432$ is the cheapest flight AND she loses one day for the outbound flight and one day on the inbound flight!
Cheers,
Ante
A. Sounds awesome, rain or shine B. Yikes! He should just Skype
@Grey: Grey!
Haha! It’s a woman and she prolly has to get home to wash AND iron 2-months’ worth of laundry. Just what vacation is for, right?
Cheers,
Ante
If you can’t do it over Skype, it’s not worth doing
12 team keeper league with 12 mlb keepers and 5 milb keepers. 6×6 scoring. Who are the 12 you’d keep?
Sal Perez
Paul Goldschmidt
Daniel Murphy
Dee Gordon
Nolan Arenado
Xander Boegarts
Mark Trumbo
Matt Kemp
Charlie Blackmon
Chris Sale
Marcus Stroman
Noah Syndergaard
Dylan Bundy
Taijuan Walker
Adrian Gonzalez
Tim Anderson
@Micah: I would drop the last 4.
@Micah: Agree w/ the 3 guys below but I’d keep Anderson and drop Perez. I like his upside…..
@Micah: Not Perez, Bundy, A-Gon and Anderson
Say no Nomar! Who is is platooning w/? Hot garbage vets Gomez n Soo-Choo?
Trade offer help needed in my 5×5 full salary keeper:
I give Cano ($38)/Franco ($10)/Quintana ($7)
I get Dozier ($13)/JDMart ($9)/Lackey ($12)
Thanks!
@Chud: Dozier side
@Chud: Rua, DeShields… Dozier
Any thoughts on where Lawrie ends up? KC strikes me as a team in need at 2B
@Russ: I heard Rays, doesn’t matter he’s not worth anything in most leagues
@Russ:
Presuming Lawrie can stay healthy, the Mets need a guy like him.
He’ll never stay healthy
Rockies Pre-Dahl Injury: Dahl is competing with Parra for the starting gig.
Rockies Post-Dahl Injury: Just kidding Parra’s totally just keeping the seat warm for Dah!
Perhaps the only silver lining is that maybe I can redraft Dahl for less than the $10 I would have been keeping him at.
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Did they say he was competing? I don’t buy they ever thought that
@Grey: At some point they did (likely under their breath).
Ha
Harvey and the Mets already in mid-season form. Collins apparently didn’t want Harvey to pitch becasue of tightness in his neck (Harvey’s neck). But Collins gave him the option to pitch or rest and Harvey said he was fine and pitched and looked bad. Pretty standard for the Mets
@Wil: That was his first time on a mound in about 9 months, i wouldn’t worry about results right now with him…just health.
@JeF WiTh 1 F: thanks
@JeF WiTh 1 F: umm, and that is the bad part, the guy’s neck is already hurt.
@Wil: Yeah, the Mets like to do things the hard way
Dahl still worth $5 in a keeper league?
He should be ok in 2 weeks, but this guy does seem to be a bit fragile and the lack of ST AB’s concerns me
@M: Yes
@M: Agree w/ F
@M: it’s a keeper league, so unless you had a very close decision between 2 nearly equal level players i’d not dump him, in fact i’d use this to trade for him in dynasties/keepers.
Having Dahl as my number 3of with Buxton on my bench I’m not taking chances on any return before June if even by then. This injury is more serious than the Rockies are letting on, just try breathing let alone swinging a bat. Searched the waiver wire in my league, draft already held I see CGomez is available. Would you drop another bench bat in this case DTravis who’s day to day and pick up Gomez?
@Foul balls: Makes sense
I was planning on keeping Dah! in my 10 team mixed H2H 5×5 league. Now I need to decide to keep 3 between Roberto Osuna, Edwin Diaz, Danny Duffy, Jose Ramirez, and Alex Bregman. Should I still keep Dah! and 2 others from that group? Can you help me Grey? I’m lost in a sea of Dahspair!!! My puns are even suffering!
@MoreCowbell: HA…. Bregman, Duffy, Dahl
My league is going to AZ for spring training over St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Any dining recommendations? We’re staying in Mesa but it looks like most of the cities there are pretty close together.
@RobMac: Ocotillo in Phoenix, The Womack for drinks
That’s Ocotillo for food
I was planning on keeping Dahl in my 10 team mixed H2H 5×5 league. Now I need to decide to keep 3 between Roberto Osuna, Edwin Diaz, Danny Duffy, Jose Ramirez, and Alex Bregman. Or should I still keep Dahl and 2 others from that group?
@MoreCowbell: Id keep Bregman, Dahl and Duffy
@MoreCowbell: Agree w/ F
Great stuff!! So we drew chits (hehe) for my 10 man standard league and I of course got pick #10. We draft pretty traditional in my league but thinking of switching it up this year and going something like Blackmon (10) and Trea Turner (11) hoping I can get Freeman and someone like Odor on picks 3,4. What do you think? Or should I play it safe and grab the likes of Rizzo/Harper/Miggy at 10 and 11? They’ve been around in all the mocks I’ve done.
@Synyster: See rankings and hitter pairings, brah.
https://razzball.com/top-500-for-2017-fantasy-baseball/
https://razzball.com/2017-fantasy-baseball-draft-prep-pairings/
@Synyster: Thanks! Agree w/ Cram
@Grey:
Doh, I feel like an idiot now. That answers any, and all questions. Thanks!!
No problem
Oh man, this is like the full preview of daily in-season updates. Can’t wait!
So I play in a 12-team contract league. Each player drafted is worth three contract years but you can assign a drafted player to 1-5 years per contract.
I have been offered Adam Jones and Addison Russell in exchange for Andrew Benintendi and Stephen Piscotty. Here is my offense as of now:
C – Gary Sanchez
1B – Mike Napoli
2B – Jose Altuve
3B – Jose Ramirez
SS – Empty
LF – Andrew Benintendi
CF – Empty
RF – Nelson Cruz
UTIL – Kendrys Morales
BN – Stephen Piscotty
BN – Aaron Judge
Obviously I need SS and CF, and the possible upside is that one of the players I’d be trading is a current bench player on my team. But what about Benintendi? Is he the best player in this trade? I guess we can’t say for certain, but the upside seems enormous.
Our player pool for the draft this year is deeper than usual, with Lindor, Bogaerts, and Villar on the board at SS and Cespedes and Bradley Jr. at CF available. I have pick 11. Stay pat and try and address these positions in the draft or entertain this trade offer? Thanks!
@Bill: Also, the current contracts are as follows and would transfer in the event of a trade:
Benintendi – 4 years
Piscotty – 3 years
Jones – 3 years
Russell – 3 years
@Bill: Hold other than positions you need i like both of your guys over both of his
@Bill: Agree w/ F
Auction league $260 cap, I have the option to keep Au Shizz at $52. Several other top tier 1b will be kept Rizzo, Freeman, Myers, HanRam, so position will be thin. Should I keep him?
Rest of my keepers are below. Have some good prices so if I average everyone out I’m ahead. Also would you extend Tim Anderson, Pinenda or Mananea? $5 more per year of extension.
Tim Anderson 5
Rendon 11
K. Seager 19
C. Beltran 1
Piscotty 6
Pineda 4
Rondon 8
Manaea 4
@Adam: Keep Goldy, I wouldn’t keep those other three for $5 more
@Grey: Thanks
No problem!
Thanks for the update. Getting near keeper time and some of these guys are on my leaguemates’ rosters.
@Jason P.: No problem!
In my 12-tm 5×5 keeper league, $260 in-season cap. I was offered Randal Grickuk($3) for Aaron Sanchez, ($2). My league is gaga over pitching, to the tune of an historic 59/41 hit/pitch split. My other pitching keepers are likely James Paxton ($3), Cam Bedrosian ($3), Jon Gray ($6) and Mark Melancon ($12). Should I take it?
@Jason P.: Hold
12 team roto keeper. Need to pick 2 out of this enticing crew:
D. Gordon
J. Bell
A. Jones
E. Andrus
D. Fowler
Duffy
Price
My other keepers are: Betts, Harper, Stanton, Kershaw, Archer, McCullers
@Clint:
Without knowing if there’s a penalty for keeping them, I’d go Gordon and Bell.
@Clint: Gordon, Bell is fine, maybe Gordon and Jones… Gordon and one more… They’re all kinda whatever…. I like Duffy, but you have 3 SPs already
Hey Grey,
In a 12 team, H2H dynasty, do you prefer L. Cain or Belt? They are right beside each other in your top 500 for this season.
Scoring cats are R, H, HR, RBI, BB, K, SB, AVG, OPS, TB.
Thanks!
@Jiggity: Cain
Hey Grey – I’ve been following the 12-team approach for my 5×5 mixed 12’er with daily moves. Carrasco, McCullers, J Gray, Rodon. Now I need the WHIP help: which two from the atmosphere tier do you like best for WHIP help? Odorizzi and Smyly in that order? This is probably my last chance to get any meaningful WHIP help from SPs, no? thanks!
@jon: Not to be a D, but can’t you look at the WHIP projections he has? It’s prob going to suck anyway with Rodon and Gray (now being a D).
@Cram It: You’re always a D.
@The Great Knoche: That’s why I prefaced it with “not to be a D.”
@jon: Odorizzi
Hey Grey! Got a very interesting offer in my keep 7 (+$3/yr) 12 teamer:
His $15 Goldy for my $28 Betts and $3 Moncada.
Gotta take Goldy right? Particularly at that highly keepable price…
If I accepted, my keepers would be Goldy, $33 Rizzo (I’d slot into CI), $11 Story, $10 JD Mart, $18 Yu, $5 Rich Hill, and then either a $9 Justin Turner or $5 Broxton.
@Duda Want to Build a Snowman?: Goldy side
@Grey: Great, thanks.
No problem!
@Grey: By the way, keep $5 Brox or $9 Justin Turner in that scenario? (Broxton is my 2017 Delino, but probably still no more expensive than $5 in the auction draft I guess)
Broxton
@Grey: Thanks. Really loving his .400 2 HR 2 SBs so far (only because it should guarantee him the #2 spot).
Hopefully
@Grey: Here here – would certainly set the scene for Villar 2.0
Totes
In a keeper league would you trade Kluber for Benintendi and Vincent Velasquez? Benintendi would forever carry a 27th round keeper tag.
@Jerrod21: Sounds decent if league situation was right
Bummer on Dahl. Had him for $10 in my keeper. Oh well makes Parra a viable $1 player now.
Watched Jharel Cotton this weekend. Changeup is straight filthy. Looking at getting him cheap everywhere.
@The Great Knoche: I like Cotton, hoping to get him somewhere too…Though, in 12 team leagues, it might be dropski time after one bad start
I’m in a 12 team Roto 5×5 weekly lineups league that uses OBP instead of AVG. It’s a keeper league where each team keeps 7 players. 2 arms, 2 bats, and 3 of our choosing. C,1B,2B,SS,3B,MI,CI,OF,OF,OF,OF,OF,UTL. We have 9 any P spots and 7 bench spots. I have the 1st pick in the draft. The guy with the 3rd pick just offered me Verlander to exchange picks. So I’d be picking 3rd but I’d get Verlander. Is this a no-brainer? I feel that I should jump on this since I need pitching, but I wanted to hear other opinions. Below, see my current keepers and the best available players in the draft pool.
HOU J. ALTUVE
PIT S. MARTE
BAL C. DAVIS
SEA K. SEAGER
CLE C. CARRASCO
LAD K. JANSEN
HOU MCCULLERS
Best available players in draft pool: JD Martinez, Ian Desmond, Villar, Encarnacion, A. Chapman, C Mart, Tanaka, D. Duffy
Thanks guys!
@brian: Yeah, take Verlander and 3rd pick
How is Tapia looking? Any chance he beats out Parra if Dahl is out for an extended period?
@Darek: Not in the mix from what I hear
Great stuff as usual, thanks!
I have to decide on my last 2 keepers in a 12-team mixed 5×5 with OB & Slug instead of HR & BA.
D Travis-1
Miller-5
Braun-31
Chapman-16
Other keepers are:
Napoli-1
Turner-5
Villar-5
Herrera-5
Mazara-1
Desmond-15
Carrasco-10
Hendricks-2
@DMT: Thanks! Villar, Desmond
@Grey:
Sorry, I meant 2 of the top 4, the other 8 I am keeping.
@DMT: This is hard to answer without more info – e.g., what is the lineup configuration, how much total budget in the auction, which Travis and which MIller are you talking about, do you have to keep 10 or can you keep less?
My inclination would be to keep Travis (if Devon) and Miller (if Andrew or Brad, but not Shelby) assuming a typical starting roster arrangement and a $260 budget because I think Braun and Chapman will probably go for around their current values in the auction anyway, but with 120 total keepers out of the available auction pool players may go for much higher prices. You are in a better position to judge that based on typical bidding patterns of your league.
In a 12 team, 6×6 keep forever league (OBP, Holds extra cats) where my only real gap is a top level pitcher, would you deal Benitendi for Bumgarner straight up?
@Hawk: I’d go for a cheaper SP
I had my first RCL draft last night. It went exactly according to your rankings through 9 picks. I was hoping it would go that way through 250 or so. Much quicker and more predictable draft that way.
Had a thought this morning- and like most of my ideas it’s abstract and I don’t have the skill set to do anything with it- it would be neat to see at the end of the season how much of a team’s value came from the draft and how much of it came from in season moves.
Obviously we couldn’t suss out the value of, say, getting Story in the last round last year and flipping him for someone else’s slumping third rounder. But it would be interesting to see where the value on good teams came from at the end of the year.
Haha, nice! Rudy has done what you’re asking for in the past
@Matty: https://razzball.com/snakedrafts-cumulativeimpact/
@Rudy Gamble:
Cool. That must be where I got the idea.
Thanks.
@Matty: also baseball forecaster puts this out every year too (i can’t remember if the data gets added to every year or not though)
Grey, Great work as always.
Word on the street is Dahl had a tough time staying healthy in the minors as well. Should I put him in the “trust tree” as a potential keeper. This injury could drive down his auction price. In a 12 team keeper (5 years max) mixed league, how much would he be worth to ya?
~$7
Gut feeling question? Where do you think Gerrit Cole will be ranked for pitchers in 2018.
In my N/L only roto auction league $260 budget, I can keep cole for $24. We have unlimited keepers so there is some inflation. My other pitcher keepers are nola for $11 and velazquez for $6. Most of my keepers are bats though. So do I keep cole for $24 and follow up question, would you keep iglesias the best relief pitcher for the reds for $11. Its driving me nuts they won’t announce a closer.
Thanks again for the best baseball website. I visit daily.
Top 15, thanks! Neither Cole nor Raisel sound like great bargains at those prices
I want no part of Harvey after watching those couple of innings. He struck out Fowler and Diaz, but the fastball didn’t look good and it was sitting low 90’s. He looks like he’s lost his confidence.
I hate Gerardo Parra, I wish he would just go away. He’s like the Mike Leake of hitters. Blocking rookie nookie I’d much rather watch and own.
Prospblock! Agreed on Harvey, I’d have to see a full decent season from him to regain confidence
@Grey: Matt Harvey would have liked your comment on Facebook, that’s how true it is. He doesn’t have the ability to go at hitters the way he used to.
Agreed, and Harvey just liked a pic of David Wright’s wife
@Grey: She is a fox
@Ralph Lifshitz: Plus Harvey has the footlong
Like Samantha!
I have a hard time believing David Dahl won’t be injury prone throughout his career. Who loses a spleen?
I think Corey Haim did after years of crack
I did after a skiing accident. Most common are car crash victims.
And roofie victims
@Grey:
Oh, heh. Very sorry, @Gigorilla.
@Clogged Rosterman: yeah but spleen is gone, so it won’t recur on that front. it’s not like a bad tendon/bone issue (which he does have just this minute)
2 quick questions:
1. OBP roto kepeer league. 64 guys were kept, Bregman was not one of them. Is he worthy of first round consideration?
2. In an email draft (standard roto) I have Dahl, but obviously need to find a fill-in and I have enormous power, but do have some SB needs. At pick 174, Inciarte seems like the obvious pick over Martin or Broxton, right?
1. Sure 2. Yeah
Hey Grey! What’s your strategy/thinking for a 6×6 Head-2-Head Keeper league….specifically :
1) are Hitter or Pitchers more valuable in your opinion (if starting 10 active Hitters & 10 Active Pitcher positions (7 SP / 3 RP) in a given weekly matchup?
2) if 30 of Top 50 guys already being kept, and drafting 11th overall, who’d you go with at 11??
(next best available SP would be Lester, Arrieta, Price, Carrasco, DeGrom – and – best available hitters would be Stanton, Boegarts, Odor, Cano)
Thx brotha
1. Hitters 2. Odor
@Grey: thanks, as always
No problem!
Spring Training stats don’t matter of course . . . but have you seen Thames so far? He’s looking ROUGH.
What’s he doing?
@Grey: 2 for 16, 1 BB, 6 Ks, no HR SB or RBI or R.
12 team only keeper league trade question. Would you trade Darvish($9 1 year left) for Healy($10 2yrs), Berdrosian ($10 2yrs), Victor($20 1yr) and Sam Travis ($1)?
Nope
I have an RCL drafting tonight that I just created, because I feel like drafting.
http://games.espn.com/flb/tools/join?leagueId=82542&inviteKey=d763f
Password is murphybutt
Please tweet it out and I’ll retweet it
@Grey: The whole theme of the league is Daniel Murphy gay porn stash.
If you don’t hate gays, you need not apply?
@Grey: My team’s name is Murphy Hates Gays!
I added the punctuation to hammer the point home.
So much better than Murphy Hates Gays.
Grey i just had my daft yesterday…and do you think i need a top 10 sp? Which batter should i trade for a pitcher? My team looks like this
C salvador perez
1 miguel cabrera
2 daniel murphy
Ss francisco lindor
3 jose ramirez
Of yeonis cespedes
Of christian yelich
OF ben zorbits
Ut aldemys diaz
Ut Dj matheiu
Bench martin prado, melky cabrera
SP kyle hendricks, rick porcello, danny duffy, jose quintana, john lackey, joe ross,mike montegermy, sean menea, tyler glasnow, drew pomeranz
How many teams?
10 teams…mixed league
@Jose: this really looks like you spent rounds early (like at least 3) on many SP (and even more likely you have 2 top 10 RP, and spent for them) at expense of hitters, prado doesn’t need to be any bit owned in a 10 team league, jose ram at 3B isn’t great (if you wanted a steals guy you could have waited and grabbed like dyson or somesuch and stuck him at util over aledmys), very little power in OF there (or really at all), team will be good in AVG if that makes you happy though.
Your pitching is fine, I’d be more concerned about your hitting
In a league that includes K’s for hitters would you move Jose Ramirez up in your rankings above Frazier and Longo? I don’t see why he can’t be mini Altuve. Well it might be tough to actually see him if he was that small. You picking up what I’m putting down kimosabe?
Above Frazier, not above Longo
Auction draft with $260… 12 team 6/6categories w/ .OPS and QS looking for some keeper advice.
I can keep 10, struggling to decide on my last 4 keepers, who would you keep and would you not keep anyone I’m leaning towards?
$29 Joey Votto,
$36 Robinson Cano
$6 Maikel Franco (keeper #1)
$1 Tim Anderson
$3 Jean Segura (keeper #2)
$23 Yoenis Cespedes
$6 Stephen Piscotty
$6 Trea Turner (keeper #3)
$13 Mark Trumbo (keeper #4)
$1 Adam Duvall
$2 Jose Peraza
$11 Carlos Carrasco (keeper #5)
$9 Wade Davis
$6 Joe Ross
$8 Andrew Miller
$1 Danny Duffy (keeper #6)
$3 Anthony DeSclafani
$1 Jose De Leon
$1 Matt Shoemaker
Votto, Yoenis, Piscotty, Duvall
@Grey: Thank you.. @Grey: and if you had to pick one more? would it be Peraza?
Thanks again for everything Grey!
Yeah, Peraza works
Which 2 do you prefer?
Gsellman
Nova
Norris
Moore
Bundy
Ty Anderson
Folty
Pomeranz
https://razzball.com/2017-fantasy-baseball-rankings/
Thanks for constantly telling me not to take SP!!! Been reading for years and still have a hard time with it. Landed Pineda at SP4 and pick 167 to go with Carrasco, Martinez, and McCullers. Feels like I’m gonna dominate pitching even though I waited on them.
Nice!
My work league (roto redraft traditional stats) is going weekly now.
No IP minimum (but a max of 2000). 9 pitching spots but only 2 of them are SP. What do you think of trying the RP-centric strategy of punting Wins (and sort of Ks) and going after WHIP, ERA, and Saves by drafting 2 inning eater starters (eg Hamels/Lackey) and going HAM on elite K-rate closers and MRPs like Andrew Miller, Capps, etc.)?
I’ve never tried it before, but I’m curious. Feels very risky.
You should draft with Ralph tonight! https://razzball.com/stop-screwing-voodoo-dahl-gerardo-youll-parralyze/#comment-2642820
Don’t punt anything… It’s not worth it
@Grey: Thanks – agreed. I would! Working on a fire drill at work that will go late, unfortunately (all my drafts are on Sundays!)
Boo! Dah!
Thanks for all the work you do Grey. Come to Razzball every morning looking forward to your writing and jokes.
10 Team ESPN Roto Standard. Used your pitcher pairing tool for the first time this year correctly I think?
Carrasco/Duffy/McCullers/Velasquez/Paxton/Montgomery
Melancon/Miller/Bentances
Goldy/Correa/Springer/Segura/Hanley/C.Santana/Rendon/Pujols/Kepler/Buxton etc
Every year my WHIP explodes because I always thought a higher ranked pitcher was better than a lower one. Pure stupidity. Hope this fixes it. Seems like all the ESPN leagues LOVE RP and take them way early. Like Rd 5 Love. I try to stabilize by getting a decent one and making sure I still get my bats.
Also I see some guys have rotations like Bum/Kluber/Lester/Cueto/Jansen/Britton/Familia/Oh
and then not take a hitter until Rd 7. Do you think this is viable? Kind of got into it with a guy that did this because he was bragging about his staff and he still will have more HR then anyone. (Trumbo/Turner/Miller/Duvall/Bruce/Granderson/Joseph)
@Matt: You should’ve just punched him in the face. You look like you could take him.
Draft w/ Ralph tonight! https://razzball.com/stop-screwing-voodoo-dahl-gerardo-youll-parralyze/#comment-2642820
@Grey: I would actually, but it’s Trivia night!
Fair enough, I love trivia night too
@Grey: The best part about it is that this brewery, with about 300 craft beer bottles and cans, is half price ALL DAMN DAY.
I’m so not a beer guy
@Grey: Umbrellaed drinks and vape for Ol’ Grey.
That’s how I do!
Thanks! I would not draft that many SPs early, pitchers are not as safe as hitters… Last year, there were only 2 SPs in the top 25 and 23 hitters… Draft w/ Ralph tonight https://razzball.com/stop-screwing-voodoo-dahl-gerardo-youll-parralyze/#comment-2642820
Funny stuff. I followed your articles last season and I finished 3rd in a weekly 12 team keeper 5×5 scoring (keep 6 forever) where I inherited a real mess. Thanks for the help! Need advice on who to keep this year.
Hitting:
Encarnacion, Trea Turner, Harper, Duvall, Dahl, Buxton. Aledmys Diaz
Pitchers:
Kluber, Cueto, Hendricks, Aaron Sanchez, Duffy, Carrasco
Locks for me are Harper and Trea Turner, but honestly the other 4 up in the air especially with the dahl injury. What do you think? Thanks!
No problem! Edwin, Kluber, Carrasco, Buxton
@Grey:
Buxton scares me slightly, you really like him over cueto and dahl (despite injury)? Thanks again
I do like Buxton
Hey Grey,
Your switching to daily update mode is as much a pre-season milestone as pitchers and catchers.
Thanks, as always, for the quality laughs and insights!
Ha, thanks!
Oh, and draft w/ Ralph tonight! https://razzball.com/stop-screwing-voodoo-dahl-gerardo-youll-parralyze/#comment-2642820
In a 12 team dynasty H2H points league where you can keep players forever I was offered MadBum for Moncada, Giolito, Ian Happ, Eloy Jimenez and Jose De Leon. That’s too much right?
Sounds fair, I’d take Bum, could backfire in a big way
Cam Bedrosian upgraded due to street injury news? Do u like cam or ottavino better? THx
I’ve ranked both Cam and Ottavino https://razzball.com/top-500-for-2017-fantasy-baseball/
I wish someone was having a draft tonight.
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! https://gfycat.com/PhonyTediousIrishterrier Draft with Prospector Ralph tonight! http://games.espn.com/flb/tools/join?leagueId=82542&inviteKey=d763f
Password is murphybutt
@Grey: Ha! Wasn’t expecting that from what the hyperlink says.
I’m drafting with Ralph next week. I was just being a jerk!
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: You might wanna go hone your rcl drafting skill before I take you down the Ruiz River next week
Snap!
@nick the dick: Finally, the greatest prospect of all time got a proper league named after him. I want that dude who wigged on Ralph in the league too.
Tough words coming from someone who finished behind me in not one, but 2 RCL’s last year I believe.
Dayum
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: I think that’s all in your head, Noise. Let’s remember the good times, like when I had 2 rcl teams in the top 10 overall at one point…who wigged on Ralph?!
@nick the dick: Haha. I don’t remember, but he was furious….dare I say irate, because Ralph doesn’t like Rio Ruiz as much as he apparently should.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: Haha I do remember that. Gotta keep in mind tho, Rio was probably an intricate part of his all-Ruiz team
@nick the dick: That’s right, ha. RAGNOF all day!
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: @Grey: @nick the dick: Things are real out here in the comments yo!
Seriously Rio Ruiz needs to join the league too, and that guy that loved Rio Ruiz.
I was so pissed off answering that comment in the Orlando airport lol.
Who would draft Rio Ruiz first? Rio Ruiz or the guy that loved Rio Ruiz?
@Ralph Lifshitz: I think Trump built a wall around Rio Ruiz and made his fan pay for it in #1 foam fingers.
He has foam catcher mitts that read, “Rio is Mio.”
@Grey: “I like my Rios Grande”
“Grab pussies with this catcher’s mitt”
Jon Gray @ $2 or Johnny Cueto @ $16?
Size of league?
@Grey:
12 team mixed
Just go Cueto
20 Team Dynasty H2H OBP. instead of avg. Saves plus Holds is 1 category
C. A.Susac (Frankencatcher)
1b. Rizzo
2b. D.Pedroia
3b. J.Turner
SS. A.Escobar
IF. M.Napoli
LF. S.Marte
CF. K.Broxton
RF. J.D. Martinez
OF. M.Kepler
Util. D.Santana
BN. J.Winker
NA. D.Fisher
P. K.Maeda
P. D.Duffy
P. J.deGrom
P. D.Salazar
P. J.Lackey
P. M.Foltynewicz
P. L.Lynn
RP. K.Barraclough
RP. W.Harris
RP K. Siegrist
BN. S.Kazmir
Bn. A.Triggs
BN. R.Stephenson
Here we are so far…just filling out the bench now.
Looks sweet, I’d be happy with that other than deGrom, but you like him so it’s all good… Try to get some power bench bats if you can
@Grey: Its slim pickings as far as power goes….deGrom was touching 97 the other day…good sign…..HATER!!
Haha… Join Ralph’s league tonight! http://games.espn.com/flb/tools/join?leagueId=82542&inviteKey=d763f
Password is murphybutt
@Grey: Who’s it it?…
It it!
@Grey: Ha…didnt even notice that
@Grey: Doesnt look like an RCL..what type of league is it….Saw who was in it already
Should be RCL, it’s on list
@Grey: Oh ok…must have read it wrong…I cant do the draft tonight…sorry boo
Boo!
Am I silly to keep Miggy Cabrera in H2H points league over younger options such as T. Story, G. Springer, G. Sanchez, etc. ??
I’d never call you silly
grey,
was offered this on my keeper league. 12 team H2H.
I get Buxton, K.Seager, Bogaerts for D.Gordon, A. Bregman, Cespedes.
i was also offered Dahl for Piscotti. I know Dahl might start on the DL but he’s probably better than piscotti now?
My team so far looks like this as of tight now (what are your thoughts on these trade proposal, would they make my team better?):
Encarnacion
D.Gordon
Trea Turner
Bregman
Cespedes
Piscotti
Mazara
Moncada
Cueto
Harvey
thanks
I’d want Bogaerts and Piscotty sides
@Grey: I lurve Piscotty. He’s so not getting any love. I’m calling 25/.290/10 and whatever counting stats in the middle of that lineup. 4th round value in the 10th.
I love him too, you know I do…Has a great floor
Able to keep 4 from the list below with the round of pick lost if taking the player. Which 4 to keep?
Xander Boagerts Round 21
Giancarlo Stanton Round 10
Gregory Polanco Round 2
Kyle Seager Round 3
Hanley Ramirez Round 7
Jean Segura Round 18
Mikael Franco Rouund 22
Nomar Mazara Round 20
Xander Boagerts Round 21
Giancarlo Stanton Round 10
Jean Segura Round 18
Mikael Franco Rouund 22
Puig or H. Perez in a dynasty league? Thanks
Puig
Harper -1 , Odor – 2nd : nice . Looks like my plan as well. But, I see no love for Springer .
@JoeG414: my bad . You got him. Real nice.
I just drafted Springer
For keeper purposes, pick 2 of 3: Urias, McCullers, Gausman. Thanks, Grey! All hail the ‘stache!
McCullers, Gausman
Rizzo/Odor/A. Russell of Freeman/Segura/Story…is it close? Thanks!
Rizzo side, close enough
Awesome, I crushed my first rcl draft a couple weeks ago while still purposefully going top closer heavy (like real heavy) and someone just traded me Seager for Britton
@nick the dick: No wonder you had two top 10 teams. Ha.
Hey did you listen to that WarPorn album I posted the other week? That Everlast and Sick Jacken one. I was kind of slow listening to it, but I really dig it now. The tracks with B-Real, Big Daddy Kane, and Termanology are all dope.
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: Yeah I listened to the joints you posted, I def liked it, but really wanna hear the BDK one! Can you drop me a link for that?
@nick the dick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKh7pf_z1ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipu3GCFdBAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q9L8HLTWgs
Although when that last one’s beat drops, every time I say “Rise, Apathy, C Rayz Walz and Celph Titled”….
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: Nice, solid stuff here. Big Daddy! That last beat tho…
@nick the dick: This track was so my jam…
https://youtu.be/O3XpHVlApHA
@Dr. Kenneth Noisewater: You just get me, Noisey.
Nice!
@Grey: I’m not a big team poster, but let’s just say when you start out Rizzo, Springer, Story, Cano and then still get Rendon later, get Yu for an ace, Chapman, Britton, Giles, Davis for closers…eh, you get the picture
Sounds so sexy
@Grey: And now Seager, mmmm….when I draft, I turn off the lights and light a candle
Corey? Eh, he’s a bowl of bleh
@Grey: For my MI and only giving up a piece of my glut of saves? All day, Grey. All day.
True on that
As an one of 3 expansion teams in a now 14 team 5X5 each of the expansion teams can pick from the leftover keepers to add 2 more players to their roster. I have S Marte (LF, CF) as a 10th round pick (which you suggested yesterday). I made a list of what I thought were possibilities with the round in the draft I would lose. Each year the player moves up 2 rounds in “cost” if you keep him. I need to turn in a list of 6 in order of preference …any suggestions for me Mr Grey or any Razzballers wanting to weigh in?
Bats choices would be: CF JBJ (26); LF, RF Mazara (18); LF, RF Tomas (26); CF Buxton(13);
LF K Davis (12); Ozuna (18); LF Benintendi (26): Duvall (26); 2B Schoop (20) ; 2B Travis (26); 3B Rendon (15); 3B Franco (25)
SP choices: Darvish (9) Cole (19); Eickhoff (24); VV (26) Snell (26); Urias (26), Gray (26): McCullers (11); Ross (21)
RP choice (Diaz (26)
JBJ, Benintendi, Maikel, Darvish, Cole, Rendon
@Grey: Thank You …had 5 figured out but unsure of the order I should use …as always you are The MAN. My guess is Ralph would switch the top 2 guys .. I guess JBJ is a proven commodity at this point & gets the nod.
Yeah, last one is a coin flip
One more quick question …in a deep draft of 50 rounds who would you pick between Brinson & Meadows …more likely to play & have an impact this year??
Thanks so much
Meadows
Sorry I’m Late –
So what ya’ll wanna be?
Wanna be Dahl’ers? Brett Lawries, Lawyers?
Who be switching out of games like Mazara?
Who got the back of the Rosenthal’ers?
Trying to get your hands on the best Razzballers,
Yeah, lookin’ for late drafts,
drafting for raw stats, quick legs and hard bats,
Albright gotta hit em’ with the hard facts,
Yes! Awesome!
Dee & Schwarber or Cargo & Billy Hamilton?
Dee
normally i don’t post classifieds in razzball comment sections as i’d rather not have my leaguemates having a guaranteed method of best info and possibly getting scooped to my own advice questions, but it’s getting late in the game and i need one more owner for:
brand new dynasty 16 team roto in yahoo (free):
there will be 7 man minor league protected list (and can be anybody, even those not in yahoo as long as under 130 at bats/50 innings, players must be signed by some MLB team prior to drafting them, so no otani’s till next year’s draft), the minor league list will be drafted first as soon as league fills up, 1 spot left. the regular active player draft will be march 31st at 8 PM eastern online.
rosters: 1 each of all infield spots, 1 exact OF each (LF/CF/RF), 2 extra OF of any type, 1 each of CI/MI, 2 utils, 5 SP, 5 RP, 1 P, 3 BN, 5 DL, 2 NA. the minor players can be called up/sent down till any time till they hit their maximums.
scoring (roto): runs, hits, HR’s, RBI, steals, total bases, OBP, slugging, OPS, steals %, wins, saves, holds, K’s, ERA, WHIP, K to BB, K per 9, QS, net saves. 1750 max innings per year. 162 games for hitting spots. 1750 max innings per year. drop email here i’ll get invite.
Keeper league trade, we keep 8 players with no cost. 12 team 5×5 roto. Which side do you prefer and is the deal close? McCutchen/G Cole for Abreu/Odor. I already have Rizzo and Au shizz at 1B and one of my 2 Util slots. How do you feel about potentially piling up on 3 1B. Thanks!
Odor, not close
I’m in Florida for some games. Cards v Marlins today. Sadly no Giancarlo or Yelich. Waino didn’t look awful but still not the old Waino. But the guy that looked good for Cards was Jake Flahrety. Ralph, he may still turn into something.
JB will be in Florida tomorrow for games, you should comment on his post if you wanna meet up
@Copperhead Road: flaherty guards the gate (hehe) and has like 6 boring as shit pitches but can in fact place them quite well. he’s been well known about for somewhere in the 3 year range or so.
Grey,
I am in a keeper league getting ready to freeze my top 6 batters before we draft.
Currently looking to keep the top 6 in my list (with Amed as a future hopeful breakout SS for the Mets) Phillips and Panik are the only two that I question whether I should keep in lieu of maybe Kinsler or Piscotty…Thoughts?
Amed Rosario
Ian Kinsler
Stephen Piscotty
Charlie Blackmon
A.J. Pollock
Jake Lamb
=================
Ketel Marte
Joe Panik
Brandon Phillips
Yunel Escobar
Billy Burns
Brett Gardner
I’d go with the six you have up top
Hahaha so the guy posted he wanted a closer for Seager. I offer him Britton, he accepts. An hour later, the league vetoes the trade. How fucking corny is that, especially before the season even starts? The ol’ ‘I just don’t like it’ veto. Unbelieveable.
Vetoed the trade before the season starts? Wow
@Grey: Incredible, an hour after the trade was accepted. I’m against vetoes unless some obvious collusion or something extreme, it’s your team, a free league, do what you want with it. Thing is, it’s not even like it’s a lopsided trade! How on earth do you get 4 knuckleheads in the same league to do that….here’s the cherry on top. I sent out an email to the league basically saying what i’m saying here and the response I got was another guy offering me Kenley Jansen and Neil Walker for my Britton! What the hell do I do with that now? I feel like i’m taking crazy pills…
Hahahahaha… “I understand your frustration, how about Greg Bird for Britton?”
@Grey: Haha they’d veto a Vito Corleone offer
Haha
OBP and SLG league:
Miggy or JD and Marte
JD
Was offered this trade in keeper league. I get Trea Turner $4. He gets Jose Altuve $37. I’m thinking it’s a good deal. Your thoughts? Thanks
Works for me
$260 auction, roto, 14 team 6×6 ops…
Which keeper?
$39 Donaldson
or
$6 Trumbo
Thinking donalds is solid but may save more $ on trumbo and its ops league
@rick: help pleeeease :)
@rick: Donaldson probably goes for slightly less than 39$ in auction. Trumbo probably goes for more than 6$. I like Donaldson more, but it seems to me that Trumbo gives you better value.
ill post on latest thread!
Bench gamble in my dynasty lge. Nick Williams or Raul mondesi?? Thx Grey
Mondesi
10 Team 10×10 Keeper…I am still keeping Dahl despite this injury but I am struggling with the last couple of names…which two dont make the cut????
Edwin Encarnacion
Christian Yelich
Wil Meyers
David Dahl
Eric Hosmer
Jason Kipnis
Byron Buxton
Addison Russell
Dansby Swanson
Yu Darvish
Felix Hernandex
Tyler Galsnow
Come to newest post for Q’s https://razzball.com/yahoo-friends-family-14-team-league-fight-song-yadda-yadda-something-prove-im-alright-song/
@Grey: Will do..thanks Grey!
No problem!