Put on my Dale Murphy jersey, placed my Jimmy Carter coaster under my glass bottle Classic Coke, said five “Jane Fondas” as I threw a dart dead-center into my Ted Turner dartboard. I was locked into the A-T-L, and you could tell because I was asking everyone to call me Grey 3000 while singing apologies to Ms. Jackson. That was how I tucked in for a little afternoon baseball to watch everyone’s favorite mustachioed man, Spencer Strider, and I came away completely flabber and/or gasted by. Dot dot dot. Chris Bassitt??? I was not expecting that. I was expecting to see pure magic from Strider and, instead, I was like, “When did Chris Bassitt become an ace?” So, Spencer Strider (5 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks) looked great with a caveat. Thy Caveat Presents: He looked great for a guy returning from serious surgery. He could not control his pitches at all. After I saw him, I’m reminded of how different the minors and Spring Training are compared to MLB regular season. Where minor leaguers be swinging, guys even like Alan Roden were laying off. Strider was wild up, wild out, and seemingly unable to control his offspeed stuff. Oh, he still looked great! But he is not the best starter in baseball immediately upon return. On the other hand, Chris Bassitt (5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 0.77) was unhittable. He looked like what I was expecting from Strider. Crazy thing is his velocity is way down, but the deception is working because his command is exemplary. Not sure how it continues unless he’s shaved a full walk off his BB/9 from his career, but right now there’s some serious dawg in Bassitt. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Drake Baldwin – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer, hitting .216. Say, Drake, I hear you like where that ball flung.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .292. A Cake Batter home run!!! [me and a dozen reporters run into a row of telephone booths and it falls over]
Brandon Sproat – Might be called up later in the week if Griffin’s no Canning do. It sounds like a spot start at best, so there’s no reason to pick him up in any leagues, outside of a Streamonator call. If he were up for good, I’d be seeded up and Sproat’d.
Jonah Bride – Acquired by the Twins. Think that makes Jonah a mail-order Bride.
Matthew Boyd – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.01 vs. Nick Pivetta – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.57. This matchup was billed as, “These guys have a 2.01 and 1.57 ERA respectively and disrespectively I have Framber freakin’ Valdez sloppy shizz slopping up my shizz!” For what it’s Wuertz, Boyd’s peripherals have come down to earth, and Pivetta’s still look elite. Still early, but Boyd’s looking like a Sell and Pivetta a Buy.
Pete Crow-Armstrong – 1-for-3 and his 3rd homer, and 3rd homer in four games. I’d say three-Pete, but Pat Riley trademarked it.
Kris Bryant – Expected to return from his degenerative disc disease after a minimum stint. Maybe he can bring back compact discs too.
Michael Toglia – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer. “Hey, we could just put extra suntan lotion on his body, leave him in the sun and he’ll decay in like under two weeks–Hold on! He moved! Toglia is alive!”
Bobby Miller – 3 IP, 6 ER as he was called up. His transformation from top prospect to worst pitcher in baseball will be studied by future generations. You’d think they’d have better things to do.
Shohei Ohtani – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer. Can’t believe how big a fall-off this guy’s having this year. He’s on pace for only 44 homers and 41 steals. Geez!
Freddie Freeman – 2-for-3, and his 3rd homer. He’s actually doing better than I expected, and still will have no chance of returning draft day value.
Clarke Schmidt – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners, 2 Ks as he was activated from the IL. Was fine if you took a wait-and-see approach on this 1st start, and on his next if you want. Schmidt is rosterable in all leagues though, so no reason to act rash after one start.
Aaron Judge – 3-for-3 and his 7th homer, hitting .409. Not putting the Ted Williams Frozen Head in the Microwave just yet, but I am checking my tracker to see where I left it last year.
Kris Bubic – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 11 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.88. Not to freak you out, and this might be more of a sign as to how early it is, but Bubic has top 20-type peripherals.
Gavin Williams – 6 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.58. Man, this guy stinks.
Gabriel Arias – 1-for-3 and his 4th homer, hitting .288. He’ll be in tomorrow afternoon’s Buy column, which is already available on the Patreon.
Jackson Holliday – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 2nd homer. The grand slam he hit was after a 0-for-17 stretch, and he platoons. I will repeat it for emphasis, Jackson Holliday, the #1 pick in all of baseball, platoons with Jorge Mateo.
Ramon Laureano – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer. Also, in this game, Ryan O’Hearn (2-for-3) hit his 2nd homer. The fact that the O’s have insane prospects and they’re starting some of these guys makes me want to have my head checked. O’s are possibly the worst run franchise. Not of right now, but ever. They’re gonna waste everyone’s prime and have one Wild Card run to show for it.
Josh Naylor – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Rock that baby, baby!
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .156. First time I’m seeing he’s hitting a buck-Lawrence Taylor, and I have him in my RCL league. My point: It’s early and you just gotta let your guys have a moment.
Pavin Smith – 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer, hitting .386. Here’s the thing with Pavin, let the manholes breathe! Wait, that’s wrong. The thing is he looks perfectly fine on waivers, and will bore you on your team.
Tim Tawa – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer, as he bats 9th. You know what I’d like to see just once? A prospect get called up and hit above guys who the manager already knows suck. Alek Thomas might be a lovely chap, but he can hit 9th. Is Tawa good? Prolly not, but we don’t know for sure yet. We know about Alek Thomas.
Brandon Pfaadt – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.02. It’s early, I say for the one billionth time, but Pfaadt has a sub-7 K/9. Um, okay.
Matt Mervis – 1-for-3 and his 6th homer. Drives Mervis into a Hezbollah death camp in Syria, and I turn to Mervis. He’s ice cold, not even blinking. He turns to me and says, “Never nervous.”
Max Meyer – 6 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.63. So, I just looked at Pfaadt’s player page and now Meyer, and Meyer looks much better. Still early (though, seconds later than it was just “still early” earlier).
Paul DeJong – Hit the IL with a broken nose. Colonel Mustard, in the bathroom, with tissues in his nose!
Mitchell Parker – 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.85. Welp, time to look at his player page. Welp! I’m back and it looks terrible.
Bailey Falter – 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, 1 walk, 2 Ks, ERA at 4.91. This was a Parker/Falter matchup and both guys should be curbed.
Oneil Cruz – 2-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .222. Can’t believe I don’t have him in any leagues this year. I should’ve kept drafting until I took him somewhere. A rare fail by Grey Albright, Fantasy Master Lothario (don’t abbreviate it).
Henry Davis – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Again, what I said to Tawa. Maybe Davis isn’t great, but we don’t know how awful Enmanuel Valdez is?
Edgar Quero – Being called up by the White Sox. I tried to be excited about this news, but everything the White Sox touch turns to mush. Itch’s said, “Quero came over in 2023 with Ky Bush in the Lucas Giolito deal, a major boon for Chicago. A switch-hitter at 5’10” 210 lbs, he slashed .280/.366/.463 with 16 home runs in 98 games across two levels. He struck out just 70 times and drew 39 walks. On the big league side, Korey Lee struck out 31 percent the time, walked at a four percent clip and produced a 64 wRC+, which isn’t necessarily disqualifying for a rookie backstop on baseball’s worst team but doesn’t make him much of a hindrance to Quero’s ascendance. May his rise be as quick as Grey’s fall.” Okay, c’mon! Quero had one homer and hit .333 in only 51 ABs this year in AAA, and looks like a 15-team mixed or deeper pickup for catcher hoping for lightning.
Osvaldo Bido – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, zero Ks, ERA at 2.61. I like Osvaldo a little Bido, but zero Ks vs. the White Sox is like opening the fridge and something smells and you’re not sure what it is. Wait, I know what it is, it’s the no freakin’ Ks!
Aaron Nola – 5 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 6.65. Wow, he’s sucking now and not even because he gave up homers. Nola’s gonna be pitching long relief after they call up Painter.
Bryce Harper – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Now he’s homering just when he thinks about his kids.
Robbie Ray – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 4.19. You ever watch a game with your starter, then turn it off to a game where you don’t have either pitcher? Yeah, of course you do. That was me around the 4th inning of Ray’s start. The 1st was a massacre, then the 4th, oh boy, that was the cherry on the shizz sundae. I know your pants are tight, but when I watch you, I don’t want to see actual crap.
Jose Soriano – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 10 hits, 2 walks, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.16. Meh, but his first meh, and one can’t judge anyone based on their first meh. May his second meh be a long time from now. Or then we’re judging.
Cal Raleigh – 2-for-5, and his 6th and 7th homer. I love this big-assed catcher, so don’t take this the wrong way, but I am going to howl at the moon (pun noted) when he’s taken in the top 50 overall next year.
Bryce Miller – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.43. His General Soreness faced off with the Reds’ General Lack Of Hitting, and Soreness won.
Zack Littell – 6 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.48. Hey, sorry, man, but, like, I already moved on. So, Streamonator liked this one, and hates his next, and that sounds about right.
Yordan Alvarez – Homered on Tuesday, he’s a .500 hitter vs. Matz, and they sat him, but not sat him as he’s a DH, so he just needs to sit on the bench and get up four times in the game and hit. No, he didn’t play on Wednesday. I hate MLB managers.
Ronel Blanco – 5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 1 K, ERA at 6.48. He was cruising early, looked like another no-hitter incoming, then the wheels came off, and I’m thinking we shouldn’t have, as a society, embraced the Astros. It’s bad karma. Except Wesneski, we likeski.
Steven Matz – 5 IP, 1 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.16. Matz finally figured out the perfect gameplan: Throw garbage, but have the opposing team’s best hitter out of the lineup.
Lars Nootbaar – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .284. Lars hit that faar!
Spencer Torkelson – 1-for-3 and his 6th homer, hitting .273. So, there’s good news and bad news. Good news is he’s hitting the ball incredibly hard, over 40% Hard Hit, which is up from 24.4% last year (which is absurdly awful). He has a slightly high HR/FB, but not goofy high. The bad news is he’s striking out a lot. It’s a bit early on the Ks, but he looks like a 32-homer, .235 hitter. The realistic news: That’s up from last year, and not completely unusable, but not a crazy breakout.
Christian Yelich – 2-for-4 and his 4th homer. He is so steady always! He is NAILS! Lenny Dykstra is suing him he’s so NAILS! He’s so steady, guess what he’s hitting. Go ahead, guess! Bzzt, wrongo. He’s hitting .172. I know it’s early, but Christian Yeouch.
Rhys Hoskins – 2-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games. Hot schmotato alert!
Jose Quintana – 5 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.71. Next March, we should all put our collective heads together, and come up with a dozen or so starters to grab in deep leagues, who aren’t worth rostering in shallower leagues. You think I’m joking, but I’m talking about Jo-Quin. In shallower leagues, he’s a Streamonator, but in deeper leagues, he’s glorious.
Sal Frelick – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 1st homer. Because it was an early game I had time to do a bit more research on random doodes and Frelick had a 20.8 Hard Hit%, and that made me cackle so long a white van showed up at my house with a team of nurses sent to put me in a strait-jacket. A 20.8 Hard Hit%? Is he swinging with a pool noodle? Is it another kind of noodle? Hey, Sal, stop swinging a cooked linguini at the ball.
How concerned are we about Clase? Too concerned to take him in a deal?
And what do we expect of Campbell moving forward?
I’m considering my Mason Miller for Clase and Campbell.
In a 12-team dynasty, would you give A. Giménez, Matthew Boyd, and a 1st rd pick for Roman Anthony?
NL-only 10 teams roto
What’s your over/under on Jordan Romano saves in his 2025?
Would you drop since Alvarado seems to be the closer and Romano is not even next in line anymore it seems?
Jazz ejected arguing balls/strikes. I wasn’t watching, but I like to imagine he was making jazz hands as he exited the field.
Grey, 10T 5×5 Category OBP Keeper :League
Norby or Durbin (both 2B/3B eligible ESPN)
Drop J. Dominguez for above pick?
Thanks Grey!
Rengifo or Mervis? I know it’s apples and oranges, but facing a roster crunch. Biggest team need is batting average.
Rengifo
Why would Junior be batting 5th? I mean, he just crushed another bomb so it doesn’t matter, but in what universe is he better at 5 than 3 or 4? Make it make sense.
Ha, makes no sense
Hey grey!
Was offered a $1 Rice for my $1 Kurtz in a keep forever league. I feel like I’ve gotta hold Kurtz for the upside? I’m a big Yankee homer but we’ve seen Rice have a run like this before and he ended hitting under .200….
Hold Kurtz
Alvarado gonna piss away that closer gig, isn’t he? That whip is creeping up. Runs given up in consecutive outings. He does this as soon as we all get on the bus.
Of course he will
Grabbed Eduardo for the stream today – do you think he’s worth holding ahead of any of these fellas at the back end of my rotation?
Wesneski
Soriano
Pfaadt
Ranger (IL)
12 teams, QS, no Wins.
(FWIW the QS ROS Rater does not like Ed at all).
Hold
Hold the guys I have and throw Ed back?
I’d want him over Soriano
Gotcha – thanks.
No problem
Hey Grey! Looking for 2B help. Drop L Garcia for either Fitzgerald or Arias?
No
Thoughts on Ben Brown vs. Arizona on Saturday? According to Streamonater he’s the best available fore the rest of the weekend. In a H2H and neck and neck on pitching this week.
Or should I just bail on him and grab Kurtz. I’m in 1st by a few games, and tied for the week.
I can also drop Burger for Kurtz, but he smokes it in usually later in the season. Shallow league and Burger is my only bench option. And I think he is in the tribe..
Sounds fine
Thanks, but which one? Drop Brown or Burger for Kurtz, or hold for now?
Martin Perez or Liberatore?
Lib
Trevor Megill or Puk?
Puk
12 team redraft h/h points
Give Volpe & Schmidt get Lindor
Sure
Libertore or Wesneski? Close?
Wes, close
Need to drop one
Toglia,Crews,Bleday
Toglia
Redraft
would you drop Shaw for Norby or Holliday ?
Norby
Keep forever league, Durbin or Luis Garcia?
Garcia
Cal Raleigh with #8 today and another steal.
Alexis Diaz gotta be smirking after a clean inning and everyone melting down behind him.
4 errors on Reds today, Elly with his 6th in 19 games.
Ha
Shout out to the fella in my league that lost patience with Cal on April 4.
Ha
dropped my C so I could keep mahle. I’ll stream bums there
12 tm
1. drop boyd to stream peterson@stl?
2. Sal Frelick or Rafaela for SB…IM desperate for sagnof and weak contact.
3. are we finally to the point where were realizing that Michael Harris II is just a Delino Deshields JR. clone? this will be my 2nd time getting burned by MH2 and i know if i drop him hes going 25/30. .265 ros..K.Campbell can’t get of elig soon enough.
#3 is somehow hurtful and accurate
1. Sure 2. Ha, what about Durbin? 3. I don’t like Harris
Veen or Toglia for my UTIL spot?
Veen
Drop Josh smith or burleson?
I have zero shares of Burleson but isnt Smith only playing due to injuries?
Burleson
To be clear your saying to drop burleson correct?
no, i’m saying the opposite
I had a feeling. Thank you my friend
No problem
“The Rockies announced that hitting coach Hensley Meulens has been relieved of his duties. Special assistant to the general manager Clint Hurdle has been named hitting coach for the remainder of the season.”
I know Hurdle was a player, coach, and manager, but it is less fun knowing that and thinking some assistant to the GM was told to go be a hitting coach with no real experience.
It cant be worse, and the Rockies success by their hitters seemed to be in spite of the coaching.
Rockies are rudderless
Remember the Blake St Bombers?
How the mighty have fallen. COL used to be a FBB goldmine.
What a mess.
I uh, do not. Imma have todo some reading.
Oh man. Larry Walker was a stick. In ‘97 he had a preposterous 9.7 WAR
49 bombs with 130 RBI and stole 33 bases. Not a typo. .366 ave, led the league in OBP and OPS (1.172!!)
409 total bases.
Absurd.
That whole lineup was STACKED. And that was before the humidor.
SAGNOF – Santana, Kahnle, A. Diaz, Halvy or Pagan for saves ROS?
Diaz, Santana
Oops
Eduardo Rodriguez pitched well today. Would you pick him up?
If yes, who would you drop?
Warren
Peterson
Max Myers
Casey Mize
Wesneski
Thanks!!
Yes, Warren
Grayson Rodriguez now getting imaging done on his shoulder. So much for that low velocity deal in spring that wasn’t anything.
As a non owner is this a new injury? Wasnt it elbow? Or was elbow last year? Or was shoulder last year?
Elbow this year. It was supposed to be nothing initially in spring. They said he wasnt going after velcity. Then it was triceps soreness. Then back of elbow. IL. Now his shoulder is bothering him while on the IL for the elbow. He had a lat issue last year.
Thanks for the rundown. I just knew arm hurt prettt much all the time. Yeah not good at all.
Yeah, he’s done
Should I rush to tell my league mate? He turned down a Burnes for GRod and Neto offer telling me GRod was a top 20 dynasty asset and Neto was top 50 and Burnes sucks. Okay, Burnes might still suck…..but yeah id rather have him at the moment.
(I wouldnt because I dont rub it in but oh do I want toosometimes)
Ha, yeah
Please rank the following: Moore, Westburg, Bohm, Mountcastle, Veen
Westburg, Moore
My team is underperforming and needs some help: 12-team 6×6 roto with OPS and QS, 10 keepers.
C: Heim
1: Harper
2: Gimenez
3: Vientos
SS: Lindor
OFs: MH2, Acuna, Merrill, Scott 2, Crews, Bleday
Utility guys: Volpe, Stott
BN: Josh Smith
SPs: Schwelly, Strider, Alcantara, Framber, Rodon, Mclanhan, Leiter
RPs: Tanner Scott, Munoz, Pagan, Santana
Thinking about offering Tanner Scott and Schwelly for his Austin Riley. Schwelly is a $8 keeper and Riley will be $28 next year. Will leave me with weaker pitching but I need a decent 3B. Thoughts?
Thanks!
Sure, I’d take Riley, doesn’t seem realistic
Would you move Riley and Soriano for Ragans and Bohm in dynasty?
I will happy take my fellow proles opinions on this. I just got Riley 2 days ago so I may be more of a child clutching a new toy than rational at the moment.
No
See any signs that Blanco will straighten this out or dump for Mr Heaney?
(Catheter out this morning!)
Good to hear! I’d go with Heaney
Durbin the second coming of Turang? Or is that too rich a comp?
Let’s see him play a few games 1st
Gavin Williams, Robbie Ray, or Max Meyer ROS – pick 2?
Not Gavin
Weekly league: Harrison Bader or Max Kepler?
Kepler
And now it’s time for “choose your own adventure”!
Soderstrom
1. figured something out and will bat ~125 points over his previous career average.
2. Will get popped 80 games for ‘roids
3. Is about to have an epic month-long hitless slump
Because cmon. This is ridiculous. He had 9 HR in 213 PA last year. He has 9 HR in 80 PA this year. That’s just not normal.
Ha
Okay Jesse
Hahaha
I just wanna act smart for trading for him in dynasty because I believed he might be a .240 25 guy in a few years or a sneaky C eligible contributor this year. A lot of fantasy guys wrote him off quite a bit and I like to be contrarian at times especially when I did like a guy years ago.
I paid full price imo but that was in Jan……so…I feel good haha.
Now im all, “well of course I traded for him! I felt that .300+ ba 40 HR season coming a mile away!”
Gonna laugh when he gets on that 0-46 streak. The regression fairies are reading your posts and getting ready to smite you.
lol
On the real tho, how many “random” tests ya think Soderstrom’s had by now?
I mean the power has always been real with him. The contact was the issue and if he could stick at C. He hit 21 HR in 306 AB in AAA in 2023 while hitting .252. I think 2024 turned people off despite being so young because every A seemed to breakout but him.
Not saying I expected it but it isnt something absurd like Misner maybe good at age 29. Or is that Mangum? Whichever.
I will say 3 tests and now after every other homer.
Haha sounds about right.
I have a dumpster fire over at 2nd base right now, who would you pick from India, Norby, Polanco, Moore or Caleb Durbin?
Moore
Casas is on my bench, would you drop for Kurtz, thanks
Yes I would
Is Kurtz up?
Not up, but Rooker is back in outfield today, so maybe they’re opening a spot for him
Give him until 2 weeks into May. Drop someone else for Kurtz.
Afternoon & Happy 2A Day!
Time to load up them guns!
Got a few quick ones for ya today:
Thanks as always!!
What’s a 2A? 1 drop 2. meh 4. Noot 5. ok 6. Goodman
Thank you!
And 2A = 2nd Amendment (picture below as I understand it)
Ah, gotcha
Can the A’s Sue Brent Rooker for breach of contract?
Why?
Ok. I withdraw the question now that he just went yard. He’s been hard to watch with so many K’s.
I apologize, Brent :)
He has 5 HRs in 18 games
Hey Grey,
Seiya just dropped inexplicably in my 5×5 ten teamer for Carson Kelly (ouch!). Worth burning a waiver claim? And drop candidates would be Paredes, Edman, Neto, Volpe. My avg has been iffy so I’m leaning dropping Paredes for him. What say you?
Yes
12 team FAAB deep (33 man rosters), and my hitting is horrible: My OF includes Toglia, Crews, and Vee
The only OF FAs are Misner, Mangum, Kepler, Alec Thomas, Harrison Bader, Verdugo, and Grisham.
(1) What order (for dropping): Toglia, Veen, and Crews.
(2) How would you order the FAs (I assume Misner, Mangum, Kepler, Bader, Thomas.).
(3) And which are not any improvement over my guys.
1. Crews, Veen 2. Misner, Mangum 3. they’re all matchups based
Hi Grey,
Really enjoy your daily write ups!!
sit or start Warren at TB?
Thanks!
Thanks! Sit
Oh Great Grey,
10 tm redraft OBP league, who should be my priority add between Nootbaar or Kurtz? Who is the best upside stash right now?
My Starting OF is Teoscar, Edman, Duran, and 1B/CI/U held down by Albombsoooo, Eugenio Suarez, Tork, with Brenton Doyle reserved.
Thank you!
Kurtz if he’s up
Butler was so underrated in drafts this year. Probably because he’s on the Oakland AAA’s (ASS if you bought the right hat)
Ha, yeah
Not by me I been all over Butler even drafting him 2 rounds in front of ADP. Hes about to erupt like a volcano. 14% k 14% walk. Low babip….watch out
I happily pulled the trigger on him as my 3rd OF in the 7th.
<3
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. Got an offer of J Duran and T Turner. Not looking to necessarily trade Elly but is that worth accepting?
Sounds fair
Caleb Durbin call up official. 2b, 3b, ss eligible. Please be decent. I need this so bad with injuries. Cut veen for him to activate?
Sure
As much as I want Veen to succeed, I don’t see it happening in Coors either. Right now he can’t hit fastballs. He is seeing 72% fastballs. If you can’t hit a fastball, you aren’t going to be up long. His K rate is 37% but the swstr% is 24%! I know it’s a small sample, but it is an alarming sample. I don’t know how you fix at the big league level.
I watched a few of his recent AB. He looks completely overmatched by major league pitching. He’s continuously getting off balance and either way ahead or way behind fastballs – to the point that it makes me think he’s up there guessing.
Whatever it is, he needs way more seasoning before he’s a viable mixed league option.
Gotcha
Great job (again) today, Grey!
D Moore is available on the waiver wire. Drop C Smith for him and how much to bid (I have about $75 left on the season after starting with $100)?
Thanks!
$1
12 team 7×7 with OBP and TBs.
Tovar, Dylan Moore, or Tyler Fitz at SS with Abrams out
Sorry I see you prefer Moore over Fitz elsewhere. If Tovar is a hold here, do we like Dylan Moore over Yaz?
Tovar
Who you got in a Keep forever, OCruz or Julio?
Cruz
Wesneski a streamer or is he close to Boyd, mize, pffadt, mahle, ed-rod
Drop any for him?
They’re all streamers in some leagues
Right on well I got a good mix of streamers going lol
Otto lopez or Caleb Durbin?
Durbin
Need DH and need every category on offense-Choice of one of Carson Kelly, Luisangel, Nick Allen or Verdugo ??
Acuña
So you’re betting he will continue to get playing time when McNeil comes back??
These options are not good
LOL !!! Tell me about it!! I have one claim, I could try and save the spot until McNeil comes back and hope I’m fastest to the trigger, like the High School days :)
Is Verdugo even playing?
Atlanta called him up from the minors today
Can try him, doubt he plays
Fedde or Tyler megill ROS
Megill
Yahoo scoring head to head points,
Trade sasaki for Harris II?
I have good pitching, thanks!
Sounds fair
Hey Grey,
I’ve been irrationally stashing Roman Anthony. What’s your prediction for if/when he gets the call?
And would you rather have him or Kurtz in terms of impact this year?
When is Wilyer gonna be hurt?
Who would be your top 3 out of Mountcastle, Moore, Casas, Norby, and Jacob Wilson
Not Norby, Wilson
I don’t usually trade this early in the season but was offered an interesting deal Grey,
My Yordan/Gimenez/Edman/Eovaldi for Alonso/Albies/Happ/Rodon
What do you think Mustachio ?
Albies side
In what order ROS outlook for a roto league using AVG and OBP:
Elly, Gunnar, Carroll
That order
Mervis or yandy Diaz or kurtz for Util spot?
Kurtz is up?
Who is a suitable caddy for JRod until he decides he wants to be a productive member of the Seattle lineup sometime around August? Why am I getting that LuBob vibe with JRod? Unrealized potential, tantalizing yet never realized?
Ha yeah it’s struggle bus time again
Best streamer for tomorrow?
Martin Perez at boston
bowden Francis home vs. mariners
peterson home vs cardinals
Peterson
I have both Peterson and Francis.
Would you also start or sit Francis?
Thanks!!
Start
@Grey: weekly roto redraft. Need a second baseman. Fitz, Morel, Moore, Arias or Rengifo?
Also, gotta stick with Christian Walker at 1B? Gotta turn around at some point right? Could grab Mervis, Busch, Hoskins or Toglia?
Moore…hold Walker
Hey Grey!
I can’t wait to hear the improvisational jazz flute Grey 3000 album with only fantasy baseball and boba-related titles. Let me know where to pre-order.
Rooker actually in the OF today… a Kurtz kall seems imminent. Would you drop Wilyer Abreu for him in a daily lineup 12 team 5×5 cat league?
Thank you as always!
-IANASM
Hoping for the Holidays…yes over Wilyer
Thank you!
No problem
Oneil Cruz just taught the nationals an important lesson in pitch location. That ball is still going. The 1st pitch granny was nice yesterday, too. The only thing that bothers me is that he doesn’t have an apostrophe in his name, but that’s just me.
As for the mean things you’re saying about my boyfriend Torkelson, considering I got hosed every round at 1B, .235 with 32 HR would be pennies from heaven. Especially with Raley sucking & CEH sucking and now on the DL. Oof.
Dude is such a Beast
And legs.
Nuts
Raley heard me taking trash. BAM!
Hey grey. I want to sell high on Ben Rice and package him with Dustin May to get a better starter and free up a roster spot. Is Drew Rasmussen an appropriate target or should I aim higher?
Sounds fine
Why not go for Bibee after tonight if you kinda believe in him long term?
Grey
Is there anyone below you would drop for Nick Kurtz
10 team roto keeper. I need power and RBI’s
Luis Arraez
Dylan crews
Adolis Garcia
Byron Buxton
Jonathan Aranda who I just picked up
Buxton
Is trading Vientos for Hoerner fair/smart, or too much of a panic move? If it’s fair, who would you rather have ROS?
Apples/oranges
In the preseason Vientos was ranked 78, Hoerner was 123. I guess I’m asking if you were ranking/drafting now, has the gap shrunk, have they flipped, or have they remained about the same in your mind ROS. Not in a needs-based sense.
They’re a tossed up based on needs, do you needs steals? Then Nico, if needs are power then Vientos
Ok. Thanks man!
No problem
Another homer….yawn. you’re right. this is boring starting pavin smith this week. I’ll have to send him back to waivers
ha
Same boring predicament here… there are worse moves than playing Pavin against RHP and playing Dylan Moore in all road games.
For 12 team league, might be context dependent, but would you start these pitchers?
Eovaldi vs LAD
Framber vs SD
Gore @ Col
Roki @ Tex
I am sitting Gore
Gimenez/Eovaldi or Happ/Eovaldi ? Have Albies as my starting 2B
Happ
*Happ/Rodon
Who is down voting these questions?
Looking to SP stream for Friday and Ginn got scooped
Options are:
C. Rea
Mikolas
Paddack
K. Hart
Gusto
Leaning to taking Hart for the 10 man points league for Friday, figuring SD can provide run support and HOU isn’t solid right now. Yay or nay?
no idea who anyone is facing
CHC Rea vs Diamondbacks
STL Mikolas vs Mets
MIN Paddack vs Braves
SD K. Hart vs Astros
HOU Gusto vs Padres
These are all awful, I guess Hart if you want
Yeah, was really hoping for Ginn but I need Sugano points today so I had to wait and someone had the same idea but could jump quicker. Thanks Grey, we’ll be in touch
No problem
I don’t like to watch my closers pitch. If it’s going bad at the start, I change the channel. If he doesn’t blow up, I like to tell myself it’s because I didn’t watch. Maybe the owner of the O’s should take the same approach. But honestly, that guy should be forced to watch his starters, Clockwork Orange style.
Need ice in veins to watch your closer pitch, not me!
As a Todd Jones enthusiast, he prepares you to get beatdown.
Aside from that ridiculously good Marlins season.
He was always solid in general just got crapped on for not being Rivera on a dog water team.
ooh, that’s a good name
Ohtani – 5 HR and 6 RBI after nearly 20 games. The best hitter in baseball should be hitting in a run producing position. Guys need to get on base for him or move him to 2-hole with Mookie leading off.
Yea
Hi Grey,
12 team roto redraft 5×5 OBP
Drop L. Garcia (WSH) or J. Wilson (ATH) for Arias?
Thanks in advance.
Nah
drop tovar for perdomo?
no
1. Nimmo or V Scott?
2. Nimmo or Bibee?
3. Bautista and Strahm or LukeJax and Finnegan (SVHD league)
Nimmo
Bibee
Bautista
Which side for this trade? Is it fair?
I’m still trying to move on from Olson.
A) Olson, Noot, Pepiot
B) Vinnie P., Reynolds, and Soderstrom.
Thanks!
B
Traded Santander and K. Campbell for Chisolm and Frelick in a points league. Am I going to regret that? Campbell was tough to part with. Also, can you rank B. Lowe, Mountcastle, Frelick, Adell, Conforto, D. Moore, Hays, Matt Shaw (3 yr kpr lg) in a pts lg (SB=3) please? Have some waiver wiring to do.
sounds fine
Mount, Moore
I own Veen and considering Misner and Mangum (FAAB Saturday). Are Misner (and/or Mangum) worth bidding for?
I would give Veen a series in Coors, but Misner if you don’t have time
Grey !
1 I have a CI and UTIL spot – which TWO would u use – Ananda, Torkelson, Hoskins,
2 For OF – Carl Jr Jr Yaz or Austin Hays?
3 For P – I have crochet, king, flaherty , Bradley, woo, pfaadt, Lodolo, May – worth dropping anyone for degrom or mahle
4 starting taj vs Yankees today?
Thanks!
Not Hoskins
Hays
Lodolo for deGrom
4. yes
Hey Grey!
10tm H2H ESPN
Current SP: Schwellenbach, Pfaadt, Bibee, Flaherty, Rodon, Eovaldi
yest u advised to trade Seiya for a SP 1 or 2 but league is tighter than (fill in blanks)
Would you drop one of the above for Bassitt (on waiver)
Nah
Thanks! (was actually hoping you were going to fill in the ‘tighter than’ line with your Godlike snark and humor. lol)
Ha, No problem
Yahoo h2h points:
India, Moore, hoerner, Torres, Fitzgerald at 2B, need just one
Gracias amigo.
Hoerner
Kyren Paris or Andres Gimenez for second base ROS?
Andres
Please pick the 2 u prefer
L.Ortiz at Pirates
T.Anderson home vs SF
Rasmussen home vs Yanks
Mize home vs KC
Jobe home vs KC
Wesneski home vs Padres
Rasmussen, Mize
Mahle or Boyd
Mahle
Please rank for ROS: Doyle, Yelich, Lee, Mullins.
Thanks!
Doyle, Yelich, Lee
Bassitt or Sale?
Sale
Good morning Grey! I have a pitching question for you. Should I start Taj Bradley against the Yankees? I’m leaning NO…
Yes
Any chance Mayo replaces Westburg at 3B and Westburg becomes the weak side for Holliday at 2B?
I don’t think so, but I guess it could happen
That front office, with the Elias- and Hyde thing is scarier than the old Heckle and Jeckel cartoons. It’s like there is 1 brain cell, and it’s being starved of oxygen, leaving no hope.
Goddam I miss Earl Weaver. Hit the fucking ball out of the park, and we win. No need for big brains, just big fly balls.
Well, having four 20 game winning pitchers was cool too.
Haha
Earl Weaver strategies
a) pitching, defensive, 3 run homers
b) if you play for a run at a time…that’s all you’ll get
And yell at the ump
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Haha
Hey Grey!
I’m thinking of stashing Ranger on my IL and grabbing Rasmussen, Mize, or Meyer. I assume Rasmussen is the choice there?
Who’s the drop from Ray, Boyd, or Rodon?
Thanks!
Yes, Rasmussen
Boyd
Just got offered Yordan for strider
daily league my other sp are : Ray, Alcantra, pivetta, schwellenback senga holmes, ryan, and eury on my IL.
it is a keeper league, but feel like this is a definite yes?
I’d want Yordan
Who’s the odd man out here?
Connor Norby
Mark Vientos
Wilmer Flores
Matt Mervis
Norby
Drop Otto to pick up Norby?
Sure
12 team, 5×5 roto. 1250 Max IP.
1) You starting Taj v. NYY tonight? ($15)
2) Who’s the odd man out here for you? Eovaldi, Taj, Schmidt
3) Norby is back today. I assume you still like Nootbaar over him for a bench bat?
1. yes 2. Clarke 3. yeah
Please pick two for QS and Ks
Bibee @BAL, vsNYY, vsMIN
Houck vsCHW, @CLE, @TOR
Sears @CHW, vsTEX, @TEX
Singer vsSea, @MIA, vsSTL
Singer, Bibee…these are not good
Are we buying this Pavin Smith start?
Ha
1. 5×5 weekly roto:
Ray, Bassitt or Rasmussen? I have Ray, King, Pfaadt, Snell, Rodon, Ragans, Flaherty
2. 6×6 daily roto (AVG & OBP):
PCA or Yelich?
1. Rasmussen 2. Yelich
How many innings do you think Rasmussen will throw?
100?
Grey, i dont know what to do. My offense is near bottom.
1b cases
OF Reynolds
are just eating up spots in my lineup, but is it too early to drop them? Only interesting spot i see is Austin Hays on the wire.
We also have two NA slots (keeper league) where i have lawyer and jesus made stashed, but i do have chandler simpson eating up a spot in case he gets called up (i could use speed, and in a keeper league could be a nice piece for a few years)
what would you do? Hold or make a move?
A Lawyer and Jesus sounds like a set up for a joke…I don’t think I’d drop Casas or Reynolds in a league where I’m sitting on prospects, but I don’t know your league
Jesus and his lawyer walk into a bar…
punchline: Why can’t you be more like your cousin John? Now there’s a boy with a good head on his shoulders!
Ha
12 team 5×5 roto. Moore, Morel or India at 2B?
Moore
Have Connor Norby on my IL who is activated today, would you drop any of these guys for him?:
Ryan McMahon
Veen
Luis Garcia Jr
Also have Otto Lopez I can drop too
McMahon
Burnes for PCA and is it close, thank you
Sounds fine to take Burnes there
I’d be getting PCA
Ha, ok, it’s fair
I have a draft coming up. Super shallow 5×5
7 bats 3 SP 1 CL. I wait on pitching in deeper leagues I don’t see any reason to change that here. Do you have any SP for me that you’d like to target in this league? Thanks Grey!
You only draft 3 SP? Then you draft a top 5 one
me and a dozen reporters run into a row of telephone booths and it falls over
Airplane was a completely LMFAO movie.
Thanks for the reference Grey.
Haha
R u starting Warren today?
Nope
Morning Grey! Who’s the drop out of these three, Lane Thomas, Dylan Moore, Maikel Garcia? Thanks
Maikel
12-team, 5×5 league:
Trevor McGill (mediocre-at-best closer who may or may not be injured) for
LL Ortiz (probably a streamer – maybe more, perhaps – but is a RP at SP)
Fair?
Needs based, of course, but in a vacuum, which side?
Fair
Hey Grey, what would you think of selling low on Buxtons start to the season to try and get Leiter before he’s activated off the IL, it’s a 14 team yahoo H2H points league where there’s no minus for batters striking out.
Would there be a range of pitcher say that you’d look to or is that a fair offer to make, thanks!!
I’d be shocked if you could get anything for Bux, I’d take Leiter
Praying you are right on Bubic. Almost sat him yesterday, but decided to roll with it and it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been (that first inning was scary). I like him a lot, but that is looking at him through owner’s glasses.
Nice!
Morning,
I wouldnt worry about Raleigh going that high. I never find anyone to reach on him in my leagues. Every year I get him as 5-8 catcher off board. Then he puts up 30 bombs and it looks he will tack on 5-10 steals a year. People took Rutch and be had 10 fewer HR and 5 fewer steals last year and he must have gone 3-4 rounds before. Somehow the avg scares people off at a position that stinks at avg. People also seem to feel he is 32 when he is only 28, a year older than Aldy.
I mean it makes sense for Holliday to be buried behind Mateo. Urias the great is blocking them both like a kidney stone.
Mervis’ nickname per wikipedia is Mash. Maybe it is M*A*S*H? Or maybe that is the nickname for WHOEVER HIT ARGHETTI IN THE OF!?! Speaking of wikipedia, just skimming it you see a lot of solid years in minors. Then traded for Brujan. Click Brujan and…..not much there. If based o wikipedia size, id say Mervis > Brujan.
That Tigers lineup is going to crater fast. They arent good, and even if Tork is better than I think, they arent a top 5 OPS team. Teams will pitch around him.
I want Judge to hit .450 with 70 HR and still somehow only have 20ish IBB at end of season. “I mean what can you do but pitch to him? Pitch around him? He is like 8 feet tall how do you do that?”
Tim Tawa’s walkup music better be Indian Outlaw.
MASH? Weird, terrible even…Holliday shouldn’t be blocked by anybody…haha on Judge, yeah
Mash feels like a self given little league nickname. I remember the hilariously bad nicknames, “Spike”, “Pitbull”, “Ace”, “Turbo”, “Crusher”, from my age group back then.
Of course alliteration is fun, so if he was “Mashin Matt Mervis of the Magnificent Miami Marlins ” I could maybe get behind that.
UGGG I did more reading and he got the nickname in the minors. Cubs suck at developing talent and giving nicknames.
“Mervis signed with the Cubs as a free agent. While he heard many times that he should focus on pitching, he always thought his future would be forged with his still-developing ability with the bat. His insistence on that belief was a big step that led to Friday’s game.
Still, things moved slowly. Mervis hit just .209 during his first season of professional games in 2021 but then leaped to .309 across three levels in 2022 while mashing 36 homers. In fact, that became his nickname: Mash.
“My parents like it,” Mervis said. “We all have T-shirts and my friends jokingly call me that sometimes. It is strange to be a minor leaguer with a nickname, but I don’t mind.”
LAMMMMMMMME!
Ha, that is lame….M*A*S*H should be Royce Lewis
Hahahahaha! There we go! I love that.
Haha
tyler oniel droppable 10 team?
Meh
Are these closers ranked correctly?
Megill
Alvarado
Luke Jackson
Alvarado, Jackson
I have Alonso,Caminero,Vientos and Ozuna at my 3 CI and DH. Should I be thinking about Burger who is on waivers this league?
in a keeper I have Arrighetti at $5 and McClanahan at $10 both on IL. I have to drop one. Who gets dropped?
Thank you,Grey!
No
Arrighetti
Are you buying or selling Jordan Westburg?
Buy
We’re walking a wire across the Grand Canyon with Parker. How long before we fall off? Also, should I try to replace Ray?
Our pick ups tonight go in reverse order of the standings. I should have a reasonable shot at Quintana, Wesneski, Liberatore or Luis Ortiz. Assume we only get 1, should it be Parker or Ray that we drop? 15 team league with k/bb so Ray is definitely killing us.
By the way, we’re listing them Wesneski, Matt, Quintana, Luis…correct?
(we have Ray in all three of our leagues but he’s benched in the other 2)
Thanks!!
Parker’s gonna be so bad at some point…Ray seems ok, just couldn’t locate…Drop Parker…That listing sounds right
Hey Grey, great daily notes, as usual. I literally LOL’ed, like, several times, reading the Matt Mervis blurb. Real Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter vibes, but played by Key and Peele.
Quick question: If you could choose one for the ROS, who would you take: Robbie Ray, Max Meyer, or Tyler Mahle?
Thanks!
HAHA…Ray, but could do any way
I had Aaron Nola for a couple years in my keeper league, traded him in the off-season. Fantasy baseball, where you wish anyone else cared when you’re able to turn Nola, Lugo and Bellinger into 2nd, 7th and 12th round picks.
HA, nice
12 team H2H, Fitz or Maikel at 2B? Thank you!
Fitz
How concerned are you about Robbie Ray?
His command is off, I don’t know how long it’ll take him to fix it…So concerned, but hopefully he figures it out
SON says Heaney (4.7 vs WSH) over Bibee (4.6 @ BAL) and ERod (3.8 @ MIA). You agree?
Who’s the drop to pick up a streamer, Springs or Mahle
Thanks
Norby also coming off IL so I guess I’ll drop both. Unless Springs or Mahle are above Norby. Have Westburg and Vientos at 2B and 3B.
Ok
I agree…Springs
Back up INF/Bench bat Gimenez or Arias?
Andres
Here are the first 25 players drafted in the final 24 RCL drafts (March 17 – 27), showing where they currently rank on the RAZZBALL PLAYER RATER:
1 Shohei Ohtani 15
2 Bobby Witt Jr. 49
3 Aaron Judge 1
4 Elly De La Cruz 41
5 Jose Ramirez 145
6 Juan Soto 97
7 Kyle Tucker 3
8 Gunnar Henderson 444
9 Corbin Carroll 6
10 Francisco Lindor 250
11 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 267
12 Fernando Tatis Jr. 2
13 Mookie Betts 47
14 Jackson Chourio 9
15 Yordan Alvarez 241
16 Julio Rodriguez 110
17 Bryce Harper 108
18 Paul Skenes 51
19 Jarren Duran 122
20 Tarik Skubal 80
21 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 60
22 Ketel Marte 360
23 Trea Turner 258
24 Austin Riley 39
25 Matt Olson 306
Looks like a lot of slow starts from the early draft picks. Judge, Tucker, Carroll, Tatis, and Chourio are all top 10, though.
Gunnar, ughhhhhhhhh…I have Gunnar and Yordan in LABR, just out of 1st place
I hope you’re getting fitted for a tuxedo shirt now, because once those 2 get going, it’s all over.
Vin killing me, haha
Tucker, Tatis and Riley are my most drafted players. No Ohtani, Judge or Soto.
Can you do this with only pitchers?
Starting Will Warren at TB today?
Thank you!
I’m not
blanco droppable in 15 team? I have gallen, ragans, lodolo, lugo, wesneski and pab-lo coming of IL
sure
Hey Grey, thanks for all the great content.
20-team h2h daily dynasty 5 bench.
I haven’t carried 3 Cs since since college, but I passed. I have H. Goodman, Amaya, and now Quero on my 5 man bench. With Goodman having RF and LF eligibility, I see him as more than just a C if you know what I mean. So, if you had to pick 1 to drop – if you had to – who would it be? Otherwise I’m leaning to carrying all 3 until 1 forces me drop him like I dropped Biology 101 in 1994 because I needed a C not an F.
No problem — Amaya
Would you accept Story for my K. Campbell. Thanks
No
Start Taj at home vs NYY tonight?
Sure
Okay. I’m gonna do it. But Streamanator loved Bobby Miller last night and…..
Dammitt
Sounds like we think strider is just a little rusty not someone to go sell right?
Last night I was offered Lugo (plus misiorowski which is just a throw in) for my Mountcastle and either Jeffers or Francisco Alvarez (fyi Amaya was dropped last week so there are options on the wire).
Thoughts? I like Lugo for that guaranteed sub 4 season era stabilization + think the Yankees game has skewed his stats a little.
On 1B front, I currently have Mountcastle, Toglia, CES for the 1B and CI slots but I have Kurtz on bench who seems up imminently…
Thanks!
Im biased against Mountcastle and dont care for either catcher, Alvarez due to that injury. Id happily do it.
Lugo and Mis are a big win in my biased opinion.
If it is keeper or dynasty id throw Jeffers before Alvarez in deal.
Right
Lugo side
thanks guys!
No problem
Can you rank the following 2-start options for next week for a 5×5 league:
Bibee (vNYY and vMIN)
Festa (vWSOX and @CLE)
Bido (vTEX and vWSOX)
Quintana (@SF and @STL)
Thank you.
Bibee, Bido, Festa
Hi Grey
assuming we are NOT trusting Hicks @ PHI right? what about Sugano vs CLE? Streamonator does not like either but thought id ask.
also would you rather Arias or Nootbar or Cam Smith? 12 team OPS league
I don’t trust Hicks or Sugano
Noot
Hey Mr. Grey,
I have enough closers and could use a bat. RCL.
Estevez for J. Walker sound right?
Thanks
I’d want more
If you needed a closer, would you trade Bregman for Estevez?
I’d want Breg
Yeah, me too. But, if Estevez won’t do it, I’m out of luck.
I hear ya
So when I saw you had written a blurb on Michael Toglia, I couldn’t contain the anticipation of the words I was about to read. I knew in my heart before I reading your thoughts the phrase that must accompany this piece and you didn’t disappoint. He moved! He’s alive!!!!
And so I know by these words that all is right in the world this fine Holy Day that precedes the Holiest of weekends. HE is alive. Go in peace!
Hahaha
Since Mookie’s two Homer-walk off night on Mar 28, Mookie is a 230’s hitter. With the Jackie Robinson 78th year anniversary, I’m reminded of a Branch Rickey quote in which he said “better to trade a player a year too early than a year too late” At age 32, it’s fair to wonder if Father Time isn’t catching up with the future Hall of Famer? I put him on the trade block, just to see the kind of ridiculous, buy-low offers I’d receive. Shitz and giggles stuff. Still waiting for that offer. Any offer. I may have dropped the ball when I had the opportunity this past off season and fell victim to Rickey’s prophecy.
Yeah, it could be
Wondering if any of the aforementioned is in part due to that illness and subsequent weight loss. His barrel rates and EV are in the toilet. I’m cautiously optimistic that he can get to 280 15/15.
it wouldn’t shock me if that’s the case
Hey Grey! You like Frelick or Crews more in OBP? and I’m assuming both over Holliday.
Also, we sticking w Gavin Williams? Next two starts at home vs NYY and BOS.
Sounds awful
Frelick
Grey!!!
Awesome!
Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for April 17, 2025
I bought a waterbed last week, there were two Cubans swimming in it looking for Florida.
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks!
David Festa thoughts so far.
Avoid as an implosion is imminent or is he a fantasy darling waiting to breakout?
Rocco won’t let him go 5.
What Chucky said
Shades of Randy Jackson American Idol with all the dawg references lately
Start Taj v.NYY?
Also, who is the drop between Pfaadt, Taj, Wesneski and M.Meyer
Sure on Taj
Meyer
Thank You
No problem
So Doyle not IL just doesn’t play, though that was funny but apparently true. Thank you guys?
!
I think the Braves did this last year with Soler, Riley, or Kelenic, or maybe all of them? Never put on DL and then two weeks went by and they were healthy enough to play.
Haha
Drop Otto for Neto?
yes
Another game w/o a Gunnar Henderson HR. He’s played 10 games this year (feels longer).
Maybe it’s becuase he hasn’t homered in a regular season game since Sept 14. That’s now 22 straight regular season games w/o leaving the yard.
He hit 9 hr over his last 64 games last year. It’s now 9 hr over his last 74 games.
This post will hopefully break the streak. LFG
I saw him homer in extended spring training, so I know it’s possible
And in his rehab stint! Keep hope alive!!
I mean, Guerrero homered, so it’s Gunnar’s turn.
I hope so
Possibly. I did obtain some footage of the field after his batting practice yesterday. Great job by the grounds crew yesterday to get that field ready.
Haha
And there it is. The streak is over. Reverse jinx executed to perfection.
Finally!
Bam!
I also missed out on O.Cruz during drafts, but this week I traded Crews, Rodon and Edman for him, in my home/keeper league. The other manager badly wanted Edman – he was even willing to part with Witt for a similar return – but I already have Lindor, Bichette and J. Wilson, so Cruz flexibility @ SS/OF is excellent. Planning to trade Bichette for what I need later.
SS is so deep this year. SS with AVG seems like particularly valuable commodities.
Passing on Witt is a….choice. There is a clear gulf between Witt and the Cruz not named Elly. Like the one between the US and Colombia for example.
Hope Oniel kills it for you.
Witt might be the the best player in baseball. Lindor is aging. In a keeper league I would have pursued the Witt deal very hard and dropped Wilson if needed. Witts avg was .332 last year, Cruz was .259… not even close.
Nice