The worst name for a Mexican restaurant is also now the Mets closer. No, not Jose Valverde, but his nickname: Poopie Grande. At Poopie Grande, the meal is solid, but the check comes and immediately the runs. You take off to the bathroom, shouting for your loved one to just pay the bill, then, when you return, you realize you were charged for five earned runs in a third of an inning. Poopie Grande, where you get heartburn and anal seizures simultaneously. So, Bobby Parnell has a partial tear of his right elbow, which is code for ‘he ain’t returning any time soon.’ Seriously, how is it possible that the closepocalypse lay dormant for the entire spring then slams the coast without warning? I’d lose Parnell if I didn’t have DL room and would grab Valverde everywhere and disinfectant. Your team could need it. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Wilmer Flores – Was called up to replace Daniel Murphy while he’s Lamaze’ing with his wife. “That’s it, baby, just stay calm and breathe.” “How can I stay calm when I’m giving birth to a child and you told me to draft Parnell?!”
Kyle Farnsworth – Recalled by the Mets. He’ll setup Valverde as they regale each other about when they were good in 2005.
Wilson Ramos – Will miss two months with hamate bone surgery. He supposedly hurt his hand in the final week of Spring Training. Too bad no one told us, so I didn’t have to draft him! To answer the March 2015 Commenter, you can draft Ramos, but he won’t stay healthy.
Drew Stubbs – 0-for-5 as he started in center field, a day after Charlie Blackmon started there. Meanwhile, Corey Dickerson answers emails from irate fantasy owners.
Nate Eovaldi – 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks. Eovaldi? Now that’s Italian! Nice start, but was in Crayola Canyon against a notoriously weak road team (Rockies). I liked Eovaldi in the preseason and he gets the Padres next at home. Stream-o-Nator is meh on it, but I’d give it a shot in some leagues.
Marcell Ozuna – 1-for-3. Early Grey crush alert! His hit was simply an infield single, but it was roped, which comes a day after his home run. I’m watching him like a cyclops with a monocle for a breakout.
Jim Henderson – Ron Roenicke said that they want Henderson as the closer. Well, I picked up K-Rod and I don’t want Henderson as the closer, so do I have a say in this? The Brewers will probably give Henderson a few appearances in the next week or so to see how he pitches. If he does well, he’ll be the closer again. If he does poorly, he’ll be put on the Disgraceful List. That’s the black and white of it from Grey.
Kyle Lohse – 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks. Just know if you own him, in every start he has he gets the malocchio from me.
Carlos Gomez – 1-for-2, 2 runs and the season’s first slam & legs. Trademark pending for Mike Trout.
Gavin Floyd – Will make his first rehab start on Thursday. That’s first one of this year. Obvi.
Mike Minor – Will make his first rehab start on Thursday. Jinx, buy Gavin Floyd a Coke!
Ervin Santana – His assistants contacted the Braves and said Ervin can return on April 9th. The Braves are just gonna have to deal with it; Ervin doesn’t go anywhere without his aides.
Jason Heyward – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his first home run. I hate to do this after seeing him in only three at-bats, but whatever was bothering him last year, seems like it’s fixed. His home run blast looked like the Heyward of 2012 when he was a top five outfielder.
Freddie Freeman – 3-for-3 and two solo homers. You ever wonder if Freeman ever talked to Charlie Blackmon in the offseason about doing a poor taste stage adaptation of 12 Years a Slave? Nah, prolly not.
Alex Wood – 7 IP, 1 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks. Looked nervous in the early going, but beared down — or bared down if there’s naturists reading — and finished strong. I do like that Wood (I’m not still talking to the naturists).
B.J. Upton – 0-for-4 with 2 Ks. I wonder how long he stays in the two hole, because he still looks lost. He looks almost as bad as Yahoo’s redesign. A black background? Really?
Craig Kimbrel – With The Kimbrel.
Yu Darvish – Threw 86 pitches yesterday in a bullpen session. That’s an odd number to stop on. Did the Rangers hire Antonio Alfonseca to count pitches?
Martin Perez – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, but only threw 83 pitches since it was his first of the year and Alfonseca didn’t want to take off his socks.
A.J. Burnett – 6 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks. Solid first start from a guy that’s retired more times than Jay-Z. I have a feeling Burnett’s not going to be owned in many mixed leagues because of no upside, but could have a safe, productive year. Safe and productive, now there’s some fun!
CC Sabathia – 6 IP, 6 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks vs. the Astros. Fresh off his win of The Biggest Loser, he made those that ‘lucked’ into getting him late in drafts look like just that.
L.J. Hoes – 1-for-2 and a home run. There’s a change of pace. Hoes making it rain.
Chad Qualls – Was used in the 8th inning with a six-run lead. Now you have to ask yourself if this means A) Qualls is not the closer. B) You care. C) There’s no C.
Scott Feldman – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks. This blurb doesn’t exist, i.e., there’s nothing to see here.
Jose Reyes – MRI showed mild inflammation of his hamstring. I consider this worse news. If it was something serious, at least it would be understandable why he hasn’t been able to play. He can’t play and it’s only mild inflammation? What happens if it gets worse? Is he gonna miss the season? The Jays compared the mild inflammation to the same problem Reyes had in 2011 when he missed a month. SAT Question Alert! Hangnail is to Reyes as what is to Superman? No, not Jimmy Olsen. Kryptonite!
Adam Lind – 2-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 1st home run. Looks like he’s going to be on the strong side of the platoon and definitely worth a look in daily leagues. Could be a poor man’s Brandon Moss. I will call him Brandon Chia.
Drew Hutchison – 5 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners (3 BBs) 4 Ks. Looked solid from what I saw if a bit all over the map on occasion. I’d ease into him in mixed leagues, but the Stream-o-Nator does give his next start a slight thumbs up. Let’s say two and a half stars, but not a laugh riot.
Jonathan Diaz – 1-for-3, 1 RBI and a steal as he filled in for Reyes. He’s never really showed blazing speed in the minors, and he’s had ample opportunity to show it (bouncing around for 7 years). Of course, that also might make him desperate for a chance to show what he can do in the majors. Jonathan Diaz: My Steals Reek Of Desperation. In AL-Only leagues, I’m sure you can do worse.
Alex Cobb – 5 IP, 4 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks. Burp. On the expository tip, not a great start, but it’s one start, let’s not set fire to my avatar just yet.
Matt Joyce – 2-for-3 and 4 for his first 5 as he hit leadoff. Could we have our first hot schmotato?
C.J. Wilson – 5 2/3 IP, 6 ER. Dah! I only owned him for his matchups this week. You’re dead to me, C.J. Like your flaky scalp.
Brad Miller – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his first and second home runs. It’s Miller time, and I’m living the high life!
Justin Smoak – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs. Have you picked him up yet? No? Aw, you’re slow. It’s cute.
Erasmo Ramirez – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks. So far how does the pitching staff of Alex Wood, Erasmo and Teheran look compared to, say, Kershaw, Darvish and Cliff Lee? Asking for a friend.
Brandon Belt – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and 2 home runs in two games. No one tell Belt that Spring Training’s over.
Chris Owings – 2-for-4, 1 run and a steal. Gregorious D.I.D. is dead.
Seth Smith – 2-for-3 and his 2nd home run in as many games. I wath thithclothe to picking him up.
Clayton Kershaw – Sounds like he could be out for at least a month. He will be placed on a submaximal throwing program for the next 2-3 weeks before being reevaluated again. That’s better than the subliminal throwing program where you listen to songs with hidden ‘fastball’ and ‘slider’ utterances.
Matt Kemp – Might return on Friday. Girls on Twitter, prepare your hashtags.
Zack Greinke – 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks in Petco. This felt like his last spring training start, and not just because it wasn’t in Los Angeles yet there were more Dodger fans in the crowd than the home team.
Brian Wilson – To the DL with an elbow injury. I smell a conspiracy theory relating his demise to the store, The Art of Shaving.
Yasiel Puig – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his first home run. Said like radio call letters: P.W.E.E.G., the sound of Puig!
That Yahoo design is an absolute disaster – its like the Emperor’s New Clothes – everyone knows it’s bad but someone’s ego won’t allow them to admit it. Maybe we just have to wait for the next redesign and hope someone intelligent prevails. At least they gave us the so-called “Day-game” option for fantasy teams, but then you click a box score and you are back in purgatory. You can’t see anything, and you have to scroll down the screen three times to get all the info out of what should be a simple box score.
@Grey: Grey, further to this post, if you click on your team page settings on Yahoo, you’ll see the option to turn the “Page Theme” from Night Game to Day Game. Makes a huge difference.
@Jason: only part that just changed was transaction page. It (including March 31st) used to be simple small black print with white background, and was much easier to read.
Thanks – just tried this. The green is supposed to be like the outfield grass?
@Tigres: are you guys talking about the browser? What about the mobile app? It’s horrible. Can you change the background on that? The whole thing just sucks. Where did the standalone baseball app go…
@Jesse:
The mobile app doesn’t work. I’m not joking around. It doesn’t work. Currently you can’t click on any player and read his stats/notes. Also an arbitrary amount of players under your team don’t have the pencil icon next to them so you can’t move them from your bench to starting lineup or vice versa. It’s a virtual paper weight.
@Charlie:
I nearly dropped Kluber trying to rotate him yesterday. The mobile app used to be ok, not sure what their doing.
@Charlie: And if you’re in a weekly league, then just forget about being able to add/drop anybody early in the week. Or change your lineup for that matter.
The consolidated mobile app is just a total disaster.
@Brown L:
Yup. They should just scrap it and re-release the old app. If they’re so hell bent on consolidating everything down to one app they should take their time with it and release it after they’ve had time to test every aspect of it. Instead they shut down what was working and give us a cluster fudge piece of crap that doesn’t work.
@Charlie: and if you put a guy in your DL slot and try to pick up a replacement player, you can not add without droppjng a player. I’m relieved to know it isn’t just me who can’t read player stats & news. The new app version Sux more than owning Lincecum in 2012.
@Smalls Killer: Nightmare! I’ve been using Day Game with Classic mode (circa 2005), at least you can switch your guys out without wanting to smash the mouse. Another thing they cut out was the opposing pitcher, now we have to go under schedule to see who they’re facing.
@Tigres: Can someone tell me how to view opposing pitchers? It looks like they just got rid of that option.
Also, viewing simple box scores is now a pain in the ass…
If you’re talking Yahoo, click ‘Schedule’. Don’t know why they moved it but it’s there.
@Jason: Thanks Jason. I have seen the light.
@Jason: Oh, yeah? Okay, gonna try that later today… Thanks!
@Grey: No problem – glad to be the one saying it for once. :-)
@Jason: Oh man, it’s so much better!
@Grey: Agreed.
@Jason: Ooh, nice one! Stoked to get rid of that damn background. Thanks!
@Bill: I remember reading Maddox saying that black background websites are easier on the eyes. Is this not right anymore?
@Bill: The new Yahoo! Design is fine. It had a .363 BAABP last month. Relax.
I send my emails to its all your Fault Weiss…..been coresponding since the Rutledge fiasco of 2013
@J-FOH: Haha
Woah woah woah woah woah woah! 20 odd years only grey. Though I feel the magic in the writing, too soon man…
Chortled as soon as I read it, and as we all know thanks to Disney, “all chortlers go to hell.” Thanks for that
@Alky Sobrera: Ha
Matt joyce is interesting. He claims to have added muslce in the offseason. I wonder if he will play vs lefties, they get one tomorrow so we’ll see. Hes worse vs lefties (much worse) but if he finds himself playing everyday he should have a career year. Think hes 29 years young.
@swinging3.0:
Claims of adding muscle reeks of “best shape of my life.” Unless you’re Harper ofc, because gdam! Joyce seems to be at the wrong stage of his career to suddenly start crushing lefties. Still better off platooning him with another righty killer.
@swinging3.0: Yup, we’ll see
Here in India the yahoo design is still the same Grey. What does that mean?
Most added player on yahoo is Valverde.Pretty sure people will sell their soul for a Save.
Need to drop either Middlebrooks or Fowler for Smoak! What should I do Grey???
@Druss: Having the same problem Grey…I already have Freeman, Encarnacion (1b,3B), and Napoli…do I drop Middlebrooks, Napoli, or god forbid Wong for Smoak? or stand pat and kick myself in the nuts all year? thanks Grey!
@Frank Own uh..:
I think our leagues are too shallow :(
@Druss: Haha… I’d hold for now
Just got offered Hanley for Freddie freeman. Currently starting Villar in a deep league at SS with Butler at 1B and Smoak backing him. This is a no brainer, right Grey?
@Randy: I would take Hanley over Freeman in a heartbeat.
I don’t like it either, but you know you can switch it to a white background, right? Edit your team settings!
@SteveNZ: Damn a Moa sighting.
@d2bnz: Heh. Haven’t seen you here for a while. You’re in the Waikato, right?
@SteveNZ: Yeah correct , I do a lot of reading and little writing ….still consider razz my #1 source of baseball info.
Enjoying the start to the season with Miller and Belt in my $$ league looking for good things from Kluber and Wacha now after a meh from A Cobb
@SteveNZ: Nice, will give it a go later
@SteveNZ: Good call!
How do you feel about Hutchison in a 16 team league?
@2 Giant rings: definitely usable in 16 teamers. watch the matchups though. For sure not every one of his games is in such a decent stadium. he’s streamable though.
@2 Giant rings:
I would definitely make the grab.
now that we’ve seen 2 starts from these 3, is the order still go smyly/perez/erasmo? 8th pitcher slot in 10 teamer.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: so used to drafting so many leagues i’m forgetting this is now an in season question. And Smyly has by far the better matchup coming up (and sooner)
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: I’d look at SON
@Grey: SON agreed.
am i crazy? offered seager for santos in a deep 12-team league with a bunch of rp-crazed idiots… already have longo and the gyrk to cover third. got ventura’d yesterday and could use saves and/or holds… anybody got a peanut?
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight: Just wait until tomorrow when another closer goes down.
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight:
Yes, I think that’s crazy. If you play with rp-crazed idiots, zig while they zag. Don’t give in to their crazy valuations, especially 2 games into the season.
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight:
Get some sleep and clarity shall be yours!
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight: Haha… I’d get a better closer
I just traded away Soria(who I was able to snag as a FA) for Rizzo. I feel cute and popular now.
@Emporers Monkey: could be a boon… but as the timeless adage goes, “the man who sleeps less is cuter and more popular.” soria is gonna rake this year… for once. he actually looked soria sharp tonight. last night… err, for an eight-team waiver wire pickup.
@Emporers Monkey: Ha, nice
Hill v Hudson or Miller @ Santiago?
@bossmanjunior: Hitter T hates Miller vs lefties. But CJ wilson was also a lefty. Hill’s also in much better park.
@bossmanjunior:
Love miller along with everyone here, but Hill has to be the play, especially at home.
@bossmanjunior: I’d go Hitter T
No avatar burning but I’m typically all smiles for Tuesday nights block of Amish Mafia and Hawaii Life on HGTV. The Amish burning rivals buggies and destroying impostors furniture stands puts me in a great mood but tonight was different. My wife noticed a downturn in my demeanor each time I looked down at my phone. It seemed like every time I checked Cobb was in trouble. I know he’ll clean it up but it’s so hard this early in the season with WHIP and ERA so fragile in rotisserie leagues. Really hoping I don’t have an SP going the Sunday Game of Thrones premiers or my wife may delete @BAT
The Jay Z / Burnett comparison works on many ways
@Jamiehov: HA, nice on HGTV
Yahoo redesign had me stumped at first, then I found the day game feature for the white background. Black background is just stupid. I did not draft on Yahoo this year. I am now CBS, FOX, ESPN.
@Jesus DeJesus: Yup, gonna try it in a few
changing my name back..
I just grabbed Matt Albers, since he came into the 9th with 6-2 lead. Is that taking the closepocalypse too far? Not sure if I should drop him or change my team name to “Hey Hey Hey, it’s Matt Albers.”
@Tigres: I picked up Albers too, then dropped him
Does it make sense to platoon Oakland’s Moss against RHP and Derek Norris against LHP? Norris hit .320
With 9 bombs against them last year. What think you, Grey?
@ChiliCheeseConey:
Norris isn’t Moss’ real life platoon partner right? In which case it would be an inefficient platoon. Better off finding another righty masher to pair with moss, and cover a larger % of games.
@Alky Sobrera: True, that makes more sense. Just a thought since Norris will start against LHP and Moss will be benched or inefficient.
Is it premature to grab Joyce and dump Reddick/Swisher?
@Ian: I doubt Reddick or Swisher are going to be the difference for you. So why not take the chance with the hot bat?
Jim Henderson K’s J.Upton with a 95 mph fastball. I guess he stills needs to work on his velocity.
@Joeg414: seeing Upton come to the plate gave him a sudden boost of confidence
@Joeg414: You could K B.J. with a 59 mph slow ball.
@Big Al:
It was Justin
I wonder if Asche will platoon? Is Sandberg a rosterbater like the rest of us?
@BERK!: Hope not
Gray,
Need help determining a pick up between Lindstrom or Smoak. 12 team 6 x 6 daily league, extra categories are OPS and holds. Current 1b is Pujols, Corner is Belt, Utility is Venable. Relievers are Veras, Rosenthal, Melancon and Ogando (SP eligibility is very valuable for a reliever in this league). Would you claim Smoak which could let me pursue a trade with Venable or Smoak, or get a closer?
Thanks
@Brett: Smoak
Stanton steals a base before he jacks one. Next thing you now, Dee Gorden does the same thing, except it’s HR then SB…
Martin Perez impressive with the K/GB combo.
My SPs scoreless streak went to 33.2 IP with Perez’s effort. But the no-run support streak is still alive. 5 GS, 0 run scored in support of my SPs.
@papasmurf: Make that 31.2 IP.
@papasmurf:
Cashner, Liriano, Masterson, Gray, Perez? Didn’t check, but that had to be it ya?
@Alky Sobrera: Shark instead of Cashner.
Shark faced Liriano, then Gray vs. Masterson. 0-0 game. Then in the Perez game it was 0-0 until the 6th.
I don’t have a great feeling about Tyson Ross today. Still on the fence whether to start him or not.
The “night” background is something your eyes actually start adjusting to/thanking you for later imo. Either way, fighting it with the team settings doesn’t really work out, as only some of the stuff can be changed back. Eventually you just give in… The bigger issue is some of the navigational stuff on Yahoo has gone the wrong direction. Transactions can no longer be sorted through as easily for example. Blech
@Alky Sobrera: On the fantasy team page you mean? I still have it on light background with black text.
@papasmurf:
I haven’t even attempted to switch it up in a while. Just remember it didn’t revert everything to the old color scheme, and the disharomy bothered me more than the design change. Ended up just accepting the inevitable after Yahoo responded to mass complaints with “we’re not going backwards.” Meh
@Alky Sobrera: I actually don’t mind the black background. What is the problem with it everyone’s finding? The writing’s all in light blue and white so stands out clearly to me, sure it’s a bit wierd but I don’t mind it for a change actually.
@Swfcdan:
I hated it initially because boo change. Come to be fine with it though. Especially the late night team checking in low or no light settings. Much easier on the eyes.
My issue is nore with the whole redesign. Some things are aesthetically better, but some basic functionality has gone out the window and it sucks. Form shouldn’t take a backseat to function.
@Alky Sobrera: only part i have a massive problem with is how games log for players (stats) only go back 10 games, it used to be whole season log.
RE: Brad Miller…….SONOFABENCH!
@AP: Damn
So many stories already, Miller, Smoak and the M’s look actually good, CC looks terrible, already (?) over Billy the kid’s hitting, Verlander medioaker, closerpocalypse in overdrive.
Start Kazmir, Kuroda and T Ross today? 10 teamer but I need some starts with fringe guys with Dashi and Hamels on my shelf.
@Swfcdan: I’d look at SON
I mustache you a question!!! Would you drop Linecum for Erasmo? I drank the Erasmo Koolaid last year. Do I drink it again? Is he more guaranteed than BigTimeTimmyJim? Thanks for your help!
@JT: Lincecum really shouldn’t be owned at this point IMO. Unless you’re in a very deep league.
From rotoworld’s blurb on Brad Miller’s two bombs.
“Batting No. 2 in front of Robinson Cano in a suddenly frisky lineup, Miller’s fantasy utility this season is going to sneak up on some.”
That makes me feel smart and special for reading Razzball!
*looks at rosters, owns Brad Miller nowhere*
face-palm emoticon
The universe is correcting itself for last year’s shortstop outlier. Early returns look good, Mr. Albright.
@de nachos: Lol same here except one league that I don’t care much about. Just too many other guys I liked more than Miller went in those rounds.
@de nachos: Ha
Need to replace Ramos… please rank: Gomes, Montero, Satl, AJ, and Zunia
@Dom:
Pretty sure a “look at my rankings” reply is in order.
Have a chance to grab Brad Miller. Looking to drop Kolten Wong. Thoughts??
Yes. Do it.
@Rudy Gamble: HA!
I have some cheap keepers that should put me in good shape speed-wise (Hamilton, Springer), so I am considering focusing on power to fill out my OF in a 5×5 auction draft this week. Grey, with this in mind, how would you rank the following available OFs: Stanton, Bruce, Bautista, J Upton, Heyward? Thanks
@Choo Detective: I’d look at my rankings
I targeted Wilson Ramos in every single league that I drafted, and I got snaked every single time, excepting the time that I tried to price enforce Wilin Rosario and got stuck with him. Either way, I was lucky enough to miss out on Ramos in all of my leagues. At least my catcher situation is looking better than the closepocalypse that is happening in all of my bullpens.
@Principal Blackman: Yeah I targeted him everywhere (3 leagues) and only ended up with him once… I was upset about it, but it’s looking good now! After my disastrous Perez investment everywhere last year I’m deciding now to take the last catcher in every draft next year.
I am going to the Brewers/Braves game today at Miller Park. 2007 called and wants it’s pitchers’ duel back.
For the record Harang and Gara are the starters.
@Principal Blackman:
Hah! The Harangutan is a majestic beast, capable of hurling much feces.
@Principal Blackman: Ha, have fun!
It really is a pitchers’ duel so far. No hits through 4 & 1/2!
Crazy!
All Brad Milla no filla. freshhhh
@Fireball Feliz: Ha
This is my first time streaming pitchers in a daily league. I have four starts left, one for Stras and one for Shields. Who should get my remaining two of CJ Wilson, Skaggs, Peavy, Ross, and Kluber? Do I just go straight down the Stream-o-nator sorted by price or is that thing subject to small sample size early in the season?
Yes, look at Stream-o-nator and choose guys with the highest $ that are available in your league. It is leveraging several years of past info so it doesn’t necessarily get more informed as the season goes on – it just adds in-season results to the mix.
@Rudy Gamble: Huzzah for SON. I took the leap of faith with it on Burnett. He hadn’t faced the Rangers in a long time, had moderate success against them in his AL days, and I chalked up Lee’s implosion to residual nerves of the last time he pitched for TX going 0-2 in the 2010 WS.
@Choo Detective: @Rags: With those guys i’d go with Kluber @ OAK and Skaggs vs HOU
Hey Grey… Closers in my league get taken from the wire with the quickness and last time you saw my lineup you said you couldn’t find anyone to drop. I only have one closer, Perkins, and Valverde and Henderson are on the wire.. Should I drop Gee for one of them or hold??
@Frank White: Valverde
Kemp for Kimbrel and iwakuma?
@Rihanna: I’d go Kemp
I’ll ask the same Ramos question I had yesterday, 14 team OPS league:
Avila, d’Arnaud, Doumit, Ruiz, Lobaton, Zunino
It’s looking bleak behind the plate right now!
@Mike: Go with d’Arnaud or Zunino for upside. Watch Ruiz because I think he’s capable of putting together a good year
@Shawn of the livid:
Thanks, I’m leaning towards Zunino right now.
in Oakland’s bullpen, who gets a shot after Johnson, gregson or doolittle?
@Buffalo Runner: That’s a month away, they just gave him a huge deal
Who starts the second game of the double header in Oakland today? Lindblom? Chavez? Pomeranz?
Is the Streamonator’s love for Mejia in his next start an error, or is it legit?
Mostly legit. It is a solid matchup – at home, good pitcher park, eh offense. I don’t fully trust Mejia but it’s a streamable start.
20 man dynasty , would you trade Taijuan, DJ Peterson, and Smyly for Teheran and Clint Frazier?
@Jay: Teheran side
@Jay: Yes
I know this question is ridiculous after only a few games, but what type of leash do you put on BJ Upton? Should I just leave the door open and let him live? Owings, Smoak and Ozuna are in the doggy cages waiting for a loving owner.
Also is there a leash for Bourjos? He is in a five outfielder circle jerk. Someone is going to be left with the box of Kleenex when they can’t get it going. Would you prefer owning any of the above mentioned player over Bourjos?
@Sniff Test: Smoak… Hold Bourjos for now
Also… SON was projecting a streamable start from Brett Anderson yesterday! Did you get hacked?
@Sniff Test: Hope not
Who do you like for more ABs/productivity in the short term:
J. Tabata?
D. Stubbs?
@LastPlace: Tabata, Stubbs at home when playing
Erasmus, Hutchison or Matt Moore? 5×5. Moore was dropped. Serious question :)
@Phorts: Erasmo
@Grey: sorry grey if this is redundant…just wanna clarify…you’re sayin I’d be smart to drop Matt Moore for Erasmo? again sorry for the redundancy…just wanna be sure!! Thanks!!
I’d want Erasmo, but it’s kinda crazy to drop Moore, though I wouldn’t have drafted him
start tyson ross today vs LAD? SON has him at SP19 but I don’t know what to expect.
thanks!
@Oppo Taco: I’d go by SON
Start Santiago (Sea.) today?
@Derrick: I am… I know Seattle has been good, but if you can’t start him in Seattle where CAN you start him?
@Nate: The game is in Anaheim and although Seattle currently has “hats for bats” and hitting the cover off the ball, the M’s are only hitting .130 as a team in 23 total AB’s against Santiago. I think he pitches good, but won’t beat Paxton. O/U is 7.5 and I’d be going under all day.
Watching Matt Cain’s start last night- is it me, or is he short stepping it and relyin too much on his arm, only? He does not look right…
@William: Honestly, didn’t watch… Was watching the voice
If i need more speed runs avg would you go with B miller over gyorko or just relax and hold Jedd.
@John: Both are my 2b, going to try and own both but Miller does fit my team better, just have to be able to trust him.
@John: Hold
Grey: Who do you like better … Morneau (Coors Field) or Smoak (Safeco)???
@Pablo: Smoak
So glad to have these writeups back. You’re the man, Grey! Going to get funky here and ask a retroactive question to Monday.
Let’s say you had #1 waiver in a 14 team daily transactions league. Use it to add Matt Lindstrom or save it (HA! pun totally intended) in hopes to get first dibs on someone panic dropping someone good in the first month? While my current closers are Triple H (Hawkins, Hunter, Hoover), they can hardly play the game.
Furthermore, if you choose to add Lindstrom, who do you drop: Hutchison, Erasmo, or Leake?
(I ended up using the waiver and dropping Hutch)
@The Gregorious DID: Leake for Lindstrom
The “Poopie Grande” nickname changed my life. I will no longer be Ty Wiggington, I will now be Poopie Grande.
God bless you.
@Ty Wiggington: Ha
Alex Wood was waaaay too low in your rankings and not in your “SPs to target” post (which had guys like Erasmo, Skaggs, etc.). You can’t take credit for him now!
@Ramos’ Horcrux: Okay
“Ervin doesn’t go anywhere without his aides”
I see what you did there…ouch
@Obmij76: What?
@Grey: wow even your subconscious is super witty if that wasnt meant to be a magic johnson aids joke! maybe the stache came up with that line…
Kidding, it was a joke
Just read that Sonny Gray was dealing about 3 mph less than his usual average (91 vs 94). Is there reason for concern? The folks at fangraphs appear to think so.
@ashtray: We don’t have last April to compare his MPH to since he was a July call up. But there is a resident Oakland expert floating around who might be able to shed more light on this for you.
Did you see specific concern at fangraphs, or are you speculating from the Strasburg-velocity article?
@de nachos: Read their after-dark chat and Jeff Zimmerman raised the concern. I read up the Strasburg story and then looked up Gray’s velocity numbers from last year to compare. Looks like there could be some merit to it. Then again, one game.
@ashtray: yep. one game. I remember Jamie Moyer during an ESPN pitchers’ round table saying something like, if you’re good enough to make a living pitching a baseball, 60% of the time you’re gonna have your good stuff. 20% of the time you’ll have your GREAT stuff. But you make your career surviving on those 20% of starts when you “don’t have it.”
I like that he battled out of early jams. Having faith his “great stuff” days are a’coming.
@de nachos:
he mentioned the cold weather .
@ashtray:
Here’s what I wrote yesterday:
Sonny Gray’s fastball sat around 90 all night and topped out at 92. He looked like he struggled just to get it up there at 90 and it showed in the command with an uncharacteristic 3walks in 6 innings. He pitched backwards a lot and threw more change ups and cutters than I’ve seen him throw in addition to the usual healthy assortment of curveballs. He pitched out of trouble all night long and had to go to 100+ pitches to get through 6. He’s an unbelievable competitor and probably the best fielding pitcher in MLB already and he needed both plus a lot of help from the A’s defense behind him. This could have turned ugly at several points but definitely didn’t inspire confidence. It was cold and damp here last night so let’s hope it was some combination of dead spring arm and not being able to get loose.
I would also add that I was a little skeptical of the radar gun on the telecast. They had Cody Allen in the low 90’s and he seemed like he had more life on the ball than that. I think the most likely explanation is just the cold and maybe the post spring tired arm period.
@OaktownSteve: and the Man speaks. thanks again, OTS
@OaktownSteve: I hope so. I also heard he had a little trouble with his ankle which turned out to be not serious.
Thanks for the update- fingers crossed.
@OaktownSteve:
Gun did seem to be slow though didn’t watch it in person. Allen and Doolittle were getting it up there but only showed up to be 92-93. Though I think I saw Abad get it up to 95 once or twice.
Thanks Grey
@Shawn of the livid: No problem
Decided to wait one more round before drafting Brad Miller and selected RA Dickey instead. Miller was of course picked a couple spots later. Regret of the season.
@ashtray: Holy premature! It’s only been one start for Dickey and two games for Miller. Miller could go 0 for his next 20 and Dickey could pitch a complete game shutout his next game, way too early to make a judgment.
When I woke up and saw that Brad Miller has two dingers and Erasmo had a great start I immediately logged onto to Razzball and kissed your picture. Your mustache tickles! Thank god no one in any of my non-RCL leagues listened to me last September when I told them to read you….
@Ralph Lifshitz: Ha!
@Grey: Once again sorry no one listens but it could be because I told them to buy Chinese Democracy when it came out and then talked them into buying tickets to see fat Axl. after that I lost a lot of cred with my friends, but then again the amount of jewelry Axl wore was worth the price of admission…..or maybe not
Would you drop Villar for Bonifacio? I’m not usually one to pull the trigger so early, but when I see Villar batting 9th and Boni batting lead off it makes me want to make the flip before he’s snagged off the wire…
@Nate: Dee Gordon is available too surprisingly (14 team league)
@Nate: I’d hold for now
@ Grey: Nate should now be known as Nate Eovalocidi.
@Eric Riptide: Eovelocity? I like it!
21 man roster, no DL spots. My OF’s are Ellsbury,Cargo,J.Hamilton, Kemp,Crisp and could use Craig. Considering the fact Kemp appears to be headed back soon, should I drop Crisp for Smoak? Also thoughts on dropping B.Phillips for Daniel Murphy. Its only a 10 team league, so good players are all over the place. Finally do you prefer Byrd or Coco?
Thanks
@Harris: Hold
10 team yahoo 6×6 league with OBP and K per 9.
Just got offered the following :
His Cliff Lee for my Brad Miller and Justin Masterson
Yea or nay?
@2 Cups 1 Braun: Nae Nae
@Ron: I’d do that in an instant if I’m getting Lee and it’s not a keeper league.
@2 Cups 1 Braun: Take Lee
Would you drop Andrus for Miller this early?
@Hans: Drop Elvis Andrus for Miller? No… lol
But I believe in Miller, seems like you’re in a shallow league so maybe pick up Miller and try to move Andrus for an arm/upgrade elsewhere?
I tried to follow the Grey rankings as much as possible with this lineup.
12-team 7×7 points league where K’s for batters, Blown Saves and Earned Runs for pitchers are negative points.
R, RBI, HR, TB,SB,BB, K
W, QS, SV, BSV, HLD, ER
C: S. Perez
1B: Freeman
2B: Gyorko
3B: Longoria
SS: Everth
OF: Trout, J. Upton, Werth
UTIL: Pujols, A-Gon
BN: R. Zimmerman, B. Miller, B. Moss
NA: Baez
SP: Cobb, Liriano, Masterson, Shields, Gray, Porcello
RP: Balfour, Frieri, Veras, Valverde (yuck)
1) What grade might you give this squad?
2) Do you see any area on the team that I might need to improve?
Thanks.
@Ron: Forgot to include K’s as a pitching category as well….
@Ron: Solid Offence… but Ryan Zimmerman on your bench helps no one… I’d likely try to package him up with one of your 3 firstbasemen or Werth and get an upgrade… having bats on your bench ONLY makes sense with guys like Moss who you platoon in… otherwise it’s a waste and R. Zimm still carries alot of name recognition.
In a 12-team league where you have 3 good 3B (Longo, Zimm and Gyorko) someone is bound to pay a premium.
@Ron: Looks solid, might be a bit low on BB and Ks for hitters
Dropped Gordon for Owings in an 12 man h2h ops league…figured he won’t see the top of the batting order and will most likely get platooned vs lefties. Do I get the grey seal of approval?
@Ryan: Sounds fine
I need depth at MI and I am eyeing Owings.
Would you take him over either Calhoun or Moustakas or just hold for now
@Ploo Plaw: Hold for now
Hello and thank you,
I have two closers, plus Rex Brothers, and too many bench OF’s, being Sizemore, Khris Davis, Eaton, Span. I have plenty of power throughout, so if I need to grab RP in a weekly transaction league, we have Valverde, Lindstrom, K-Rod all available with waivers running next Sunday night. I can drop Davis for any of these relievers, but should Brothers go as well? Lindstrom, Valverde, K-Rod in that order?
Thanks again for any and all responses, you all are wonderful.
@Prez Business: Lindstrom, can hold Brothers
About Nate Eovaldi’s start. It was strange – he had a TON of 2-strike counts and was ahead of hitters most of the night. But for such a hard thrower he seemed to have a bit of trouble putting guys away. It’s nice he had 6Ks in 6IP. The way he was throwing though he shoudla/coulda had three or four more. Still – nice first outing. Just getting greedy when you see 99 on the gun but it isn’t getting by guys like you’d think it should.
@JDW: He had 8 additional times where he had two strikes on a batter – 2 resulted in groundouts, 1 a sac fly, four were singles and one was a double. If he had nastier off-speed stuff the kid could have had a HUGE night. Very encouraging.
@JDW: Yup, agreed
Miller Time! I got to see it thanks to Extra Innings channel teasing me with one week of free baseball viewing.
@MattH: Dammit, I forgot about the free week!
@Cram It:Ha! Hopefully it does indeed last for the remainder of the week.
Erasmus or Gee? Also Henderson got dropped worth the pick up? Current Pitching staff below
P-Bumgarner
P-Tanaka
P-Zimmerman
P-Annibal Sanchez
P-Clay Bucholz
RP-Robertson
RP-Soria
Bench-Yordano Ventura
Bench-Danny Salazar
Bench-Dillon Gee
DL-Josh Johnson
DL-Tijuan Walker
@Bob: Erasmo
I am in a 12 person, non keeper, standard head to head ,5×5 league. Subconsciously I ended up with 4 Ranger position players. Is this a problem? Should I try to move one and if so which one? Also, did I wait to long even by your standards to go after pitching? Thanks
A.J. Pierzynski Bos – C
Prince Fielder Tex – 1B
Jason Kipnis Cle – 2B
Adrián Béltre Tex – 3B
Elvis Andrus Tex – SS
Michael Brantley Cle – OF
Leonys Martín Tex – OF
Jay Bruce Cin – OF
Albert Pujols LAA – 1B /UTL
Austin Jackson Det – BN
Jhonny Peralta StL – BN
Manny Machado Bal – 3B /DL
Brett Anderson
Kyle Lohse
Jason Grilli
Jonathan Papelbon
Sonny Gray
Chris Tillman
Marco Estrada
Rick Porcello
Josh Johnson
Julio Teherán
Justin Masterson
@Rob Launer: It’s not a problem
Worth dropping a guy like Quintana/Hector Santiago for Erasmo?
@Kyle: Santiago
Wow the malocchio. I should have known you’d relate to old italian grandmas everywhere with that stache.
@ReleasetheMcCracken: Ha
Yo Grey, I got Pagn at Utility in a12 team,HH,6X6 – Is he dropable for any of the trendy FAs Smoak,Asche,Ozuna….I’m pretty balanced with power and speed now! Thanks Man.
@happyharry: Smoak
eligibility aside, least favorite of:
1. beltran, gyorko, seager
2. jones, farquhar, kintzler
@ivebeenupthreedaysstraight: Seager, Kintzler
Ahhhhh, Freddie Freeman. *Sighs with content* (In case the ahhhh didn’t depict that). Ahhhh
@Cram It: Ha
Well I feel like a horse’s patoot!
I dropped Erasmo for Martin Perez after Raul Ibanez took Ramirez deep in the 4th. He really didn’t look that dominant at that point. Perez on the other hand looked like an ace to me up until his last inning.
Point of the story…. Wait it out a little before dropping guys you liked in the pre-season.
@Game of Throws: Addendum to the story… I put on the HIMYM finale after I made the drop. I’m not sure what was worse… Seeing my favorite guilty pleasure come to a conclusion or seeing Erasmo’s beautiful line afterwards.
@Game of Throws: Both bittersweet (as I got erasmo’s stats)
@Game of Throws: Yeah learned that long ago, player A guy gives up 2 runs in first then dominates, Player B, guy goes 5 decent looks good 1 run, starts 6 inn gives up 4 runs. Now you have no idea whos better but fairly obvious Player A is better at the moment.
What I really hate is when someone else then picks up Erasmo for example and then you could be real pissed, ha. Good job pointing this out.
What are people thinking about Henderson Alvarez? I’m gonna try to hold until next week to watch all their starts, but I’m considering adding him over Skaggs, Erasmo, or Pineda
@Spyre: He’s kinda garbage
Hello Gray,
I pick Rex Borther with my last pick. Should I drop him in favor of Francisco Rodrgiuez?
I have other RP wih Rosenthal and Frieri.
Thanks
@Chris: Yes
That Alfonseca reference was pure gold…haha
Thanks for always making me laugh and providing the best fantasy content on the web…cheers!
@raw_fee: Thanks!
@raw_fee:
I second that.
@Jasen:
Or should I 6th that….hmmm
Loving my teams stout 9 for 46 (.195) AVG with 1HR / 4Rs / 1RBI after two days. Six of ten starters still with zero hits. Absolutely killing it this year.
@Moronymous Lohse: I have zero HRs on one team
12 team,H2H,6X6-which SP will make me happy? Ventura, Pineda, Erasmo, Hutchinson or Alvarez…to fill in for Fister. Thanks.
@happyharry: Erasmo
My Jose Fernández + Hanley for his Kershaw +McCutchen. Should I be worried with Kershaw’s injury. I guess Hanley is an injury risk as well. Thoughts.
@King Trout: I wouldn’t trade for Kershaw
Oh boy… Just pulled the trigger.. Now what.. If Kershaw is out a minimum of_______, I lose this trade.
Yeah, I wouldn’t have done it
Missed the boat on dropping Avisail for Hunter as Hunter was snagged by someone with a higher waiver priority than me. Drop Avisail for Hawkins, who is the only closer available? Again, I have Soriano, Rodney, Veras, Lindstrom and we can play up to 6 closers.
Also, do I dump Villar for Smoak? Villar seems to be the only real speed I have, but he doesn’t provide me with much else, and I’m liking this post-post-post-post-post hype stuff for Smoak. The other speed I have lies in Miller, Hanley, Jones, Marte, Brantley.
Stats: H, R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OB+SLUG, W, QS, SV, KS, KS/9, ERA, WHIP
@Wilsonian: Sure, go Smoak
@Grey: what about Avisail for Hawkins? Or is that what the “sure” was for?
Yup, that move
@Grey: sounds good. I have only two moves left for the week…let’s hope the Closepocalypse 2014 holds off until Monday for me.
Ha
Nate Jones or Jim Henderson?
B.J. Upton or Ozuna?
Bonafacio or Ackley?
@Schmohawks Bob: Henderson, Ozuna, Boni
Grey, you and your mooostache has been the source of me placing in the top 4 of every fantasy baseball league i’ve done since 2010. I’m beyond grateful for all the laughs and advice.
So I’m in a 15 team ESPN points league. C and SS have notoriously poor PPG and pitchers are heavily valued with QS being +8 and Saves +8, Holds +5.
Should I drop Wilson Ramos? Drop Kennedy for Erasamos Ramirez?
I do have 2 empty DL spots.
C- Ramos
1-E5
2-A. Hill
3-Semien
SS-Empty
OF-McCutchen
OF-Myers
OF-Trumbo
U-Pujols
U-Cuddyer
Bench-Yelich
P-Waino
P-Greinke
P-Moore
P-Robertson
P-Rodney
Bench-Porcello
Bench-Kennedy
DL-Walker
@Brendan: Yup on both
Are you as bullish on Mejia as the Stream-O-Nator?
@TysonFrozenChicken: Is it bullish?
@Grey: SON has him down for a $15.90 start on Friday. That’s a big lunch!
Yeah, it is! Wow
Hey @Grey
I know you’re giddy to say “I told you so” to all the schmohawks who drafted Kershaw in the first round, but some of us have had him in dynasty leagues for several seasons, so pour one out for us the next time you report on his injury. It cuts deep.
Also I have Chapman and Profar. Is my team cursed? Do you know a Shaman?
@Poopie Grande: I do know a shaman, we’ll talk
Who would you rather roll with at C this season… Castro or Montero?
@Malarkey: Castro
Love the site man! Just found it a few weeks ago and used it for my draft, so happy with the results. I recently benched Belt for Arenado before the season started(damn!) I was wondering if I should leave Arenado in put Belt back in? Thanks and keep up the good work!
@Nick: Thanks! I’d always play Arenado at home
Right now I’m stashing Marcus Stroman because it’s a keeper with a deep bench and I like the long-term potential, but I don’t have a minor league spot for him. Should I swap him out for Eovaldi?
@Jon: Probably depends on what your pitching already looks like.
@Jon: Yes
Does Carlos Torres become a factor in Meta bullpen shituation any time soon? Thanks in advance!
@Joebob: Not for a few
Someone just dropped Henderson. Do I use my #1 wavier claim to get him, or sit tight?? I would drop Wong to do it. 12 team H2H 6×5 (OPS is the 6th cat)
Here is my team
Gattis, Fielder, Altuve, Alvarez, Sequra, Harper, J Upton,Trumbo, Gordon.
B De Aza, Arenado, Wong, B. Miller
Moore, Kluber, T. Ross, Liriano, Masterson, Archer, Porcello, E. Ramirez
Rp Soriano, Soria, Nathan, Farquhar.
Thanks
BB
@Brian: Yes
I have plenty of steals (Everth, Rios, Pedroia, Jones, Goldschmidt), and I am already having buyers remorse regarding Aoki as my fifth outfielder. Too early to drop him for Ozuna?
@Brian Higgins: Yes
So I got (had) Parnell on my razzball team
Henderson, Nate Jones and Cody Allen are all available…
Thinking Henderson is the best pickup but what do you think?
@A real life optimistic Mets fan!: Henderson
“… he gets the malocchio from me.”
(coming from a monocle-wearing cyclops ?)
dang .
that’s harsh .
@costaricanchata: Ha
@Grey: 5 x 5 weekly roto where we start 3 OF. For some reason I’m carrying 6 OF and am short on SP depth. Worth dropping Avisail or BJ Upton for any of the following: Eovaldi, Mejia, B McCarthy, Odorizzi, Morrow or Paxton? Current SPs are Anibal, Teheran, Cole, Gio, Cingrani and Erasmo.
Thanks.
@Herschel: Upton, Eovaldi
The Tampa Bay DEVIL Rays just signed Chris Archer to a six year deal. That’s a long time for those guys. Seems the Rays are telling fantasy players to buy too if they are willing to give the kid that length of a deal.
@Moronymous Lohse: Yup
So I’ve been platooning C.Carter and Dunn (against RHP) in an OBP league and someone just dropped Lind. Which 2 guys out of those 3 do you think will make the best platoon going forward? I know everyone hates Dunn but he could hit 35+ HR w/ a 320 OBP. He had 28 HR’s against RHP in only 400 AB’s last year. What say you, wise Grey?
@King of the North: Carter, Lind
Lorenzo Cain or Ozuna?
@Schmohawks Bob: Cain
I was looking over the Maximizing stats post and have to admit it was a lot to take in! maybe i’m just not very smart? anyways in a 10 team league with 2 C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, 5 OF, U and 9 P and 6 Bench positions how many stud MR would you have? when does a season of great MR beat out an average to slightly above average stream SP?
Thanks! i understand it may not be an easy answer
@pager24: sorry should have added no max IP or GS
What’s your GS/IP cap?
@Rudy Gamble: no max IP or GS but need to have 900 innings by end of year
@Pager24: I would go with 4 pitchers and 2 hitters on the bench – with one of those hitters being a streaming spot for maxing ABs on off days. With the 13 rostered pitchers, you don’t need more than 6-7 SP spots so the rest should be filled w/ closers and solid middle relievers who you rotate in when SPs are off or have bad matchups.
12t 7×7 (OBP/XBH + IP/QS) H2H. Any of these schmoes a worthwhile add over my world beating combo of K. Johnson and Villar? McGehee, Asche, Mayberry, LaRoche, Dunn, Ackley, Hechavarria, Crawford, Uggla, Gennett, Weeks, Schoop..
I’d have to drop KJ, Villar, or Arcia. Thanks.
Asche over Johnson
@Grey:
I’m a Phils fan. Does ol’ wily Ryne and his crazy lineup hijinx concern you? Dude benched Asche after his monster opening day..
FYI our acquisition limit is only 45 for the season.
@FillyP:
P.S. I have Super Machado, too, so I’m just biding my time..
Yeah, it’s concerning
@Grey:
Gonna hold for the moment. Thanks for the feedback!
No problem
khris davis … benched for today’s one o’clock .
@costaricanchata:
Segura too
Grey,
Who do you like better ROS for a bench bat/util in a daily H2H league, Yahoo Standard +OPS,
Smoak or Frazier?
Thanks.
Frazier
Albright we’re looking good on our Mariners calls. In fact the whole site from writers to commenters have been solid.
We both had Smoak. You had Miller. I think Sky did the Ackley sleeper. I had the whole Mariners offense floating with hitting instructor McClendon in charge. You got them to win the whole enchilada. You didn’t drop Cano as low as some sites with the team change. Little Almonte love. I got Seager in two out of my three leagues…
Hey wait a dang minute…I’m an A’s fan for
Carry on
Yeah, liking the M’s through two games… Still early…
@Grey: I second OTS’ thoughts on the M’s. Good call on Miller. He looks like the real deal. Just need Taijuan to get healthy now.
Yup, still only two games
@OaktownSteve: Interested in bidding on Smoak? He might cost a few bucks if he keeps this up.
Do I stash Ramos for 2 month’s or make him waiver fodder ? Is he going to be power challenged coming back ? Picked him up late in 3 leagues and was happy to have him. Lose him the first day of the season. Like you say. I can’t have nothing nice !!!. Thinking Mesoraco for upside. Should be back this week. Could pick up Pierzynskii on a trade maybe or Montero. What do think ?
Drop him… Grab AJ for now, Mesoraco when he returns
I’m debating between Kinsler, Miller, or Andrus. Byrd, Gordon or Bruce today only. Need to pick 3. ….????? Which one’s? I like the match up for Bryd and Gordon.
I’d look at the Hitter Tron
Any recommendations for pickups now that Ramos is out?
I’m thinking about dropping him. 14-team H2H playoff format league, 1C,1b,2b,3b,ss,mi,ci,4OF,DH, 9 P, 2DL, 8 bench spots. I’ve got 2 of Garcia, Holland, Fister!, Griffin already occupying my DL slots.
Available FAs are crap, crap, and more crap.
Navarro, Dioner C TOR
Ellis, A.J. C LAD
Avila, Alex C DET
Jaso, John C OAK
Ruiz, Carlos C PHI
Montero, Jesus C SEA
Pinto, Josmil C MIN
Arencibia, J.P. C TEX
Doumit, Ryan
Was thinking about trying to trade with a guy who has Y Gomes and Gattis and just lost Reyes. I’ve got Rollins and Miller(hands off, he’s mine!) at SS/MI.
Try to make that trade…. Avila
Have three of my pitcher on DL and wondering if I should trade Beltran. What kind of value should I expect. One guy interested in some offense has wacha and another guy has sonny grey who I also like. Thoughts? My reamaing outfield is Adam jones, Bautista. I would be platooning aoki or venable if I get rid of beltran
@Bbnr: btw my pitchers are Cobb, Teheran, porcello, peavy, Paxton. On the DL I have fister, tajuan walker, and Harvey (keeper got for great value next year). I guess this Gives some context as to whether I should be making a move for a pitcher this early.
I’d take Gray, it’s fair… Look at where I have Beltran in my rankings and find SPs near him
I’m generally the quickest to the wire in my 14 team h2h so now I have the following:
SP- Lee
SP- Cashner
RP- David Robertson
RP- Street
RP- Smyly
RP- Axford
P- Gray
P- Kluber
P- Erasmo
BN- Nate Jones
BN- Ervin Santana
BN- Pineda
BN- Lindstrom
BN- Valverde
DL- Johnson
DL- Holland
I’m going to try to move a RP, but people in this league seem loathe to trade with me due to previous trades not working out for them or something…if I can’t make a trade, would you drop one of the lesser closers like Valverde for Eovaldi or Delgado?
Sure, Eovaldi
Looks like Asche is platooning. Cut him for Freese? I am just using them as a filler until Machado is back.
Okay
I’m rolling in closers (Kenley/Rosenthal/Santos/Lindstrom/Valverde w/Henderson/Crain in the wings) – looking to package DomBrown/Werth/Rosenthal for Freeman/Miller or Votto/Archie Bradley; both seem fair? And which do you like better?
Votto
@Grey: Wasn’t able to swing that one, but did get Votto/Salazar for Kershaw…thx!
Erasmo or Porcello?
Porcello
Would love to see Alfonseca play the guess how many fingers I have game with Glen from “The Ringer”.
Ha!
Trade Erasmo Ramirez and Scott Kazmir to get Yordano Ventura?
Pitching Stats: QS K SV ERA WHIP K/9
Eh
BJ is hitting 2nd, while Simmons hits 8th. Wouldn’t you want to take some pressure off of your struggling “star” by hitting him lower in the order? Simmons seems like a better fit between Heyward and Freeman. At least he can actually make contact.
@Big Magoo: tradition precedes common sense for the most part in baseball…
@Big Magoo:
Oh and Johnson hits clean up. Braves should go with Shafer in CF over BJ. Johnson should hit 2nd and Upton should hit 4th.
@OaktownSteve: Yup! Shafer must want badly to play Tonya Harding to BJ’s Kerrigan.
@OaktownSteve: Yeah, that would make sense. Though I think that Simmons fits in the 2nd spot, J. Upton 4th, then Johnson 5th. CJ is a good RBI guy. Gattis in the 6th spot as the power/high K guy. Schafer and BJ can platoon in CF. Doubt any of that will happen though.
No argument from Garza
@Grey: ssssshh.
My bad
Seems like tonight would be a night to stack Yankees.
I actually have the options below in one league of mine.
What is the order you would add these RPs?
Jose Valverde
Sergio Santos
Matt Lindstrom
Francisco Rodriguez
J.J. Hoover
LaTroy Hawkins
The order above is my best guess – and in a vacuum – I like Santos the best of the group.
Thanks…
Mike.
Hawkins, Lindstrom
Actually, Lindstrom, Hawkins
@Grey: Thanks Grey!
No problem
I wish I owned Desmond Jennings tomorrow, he’s 7 for 13 with 4 HR’s vs. Morrow.
@J-FOH: at this point, 50% of the league is 7-13 against morrow!
Was just watching Bossman Junior strike out for the second time today. That’s six Ks in 10 ABs while going 0-10. I’ve never seen such a handsome young dude also manage to simultaneously resemble a six foot pile of warm kah-kah.
At this point he might be up to 37 Courics and growing.
Haha
Ramos is my catcher. Ramos is undergoing surgery on his hamate, which is to say his currently value is less than a piece of cut up ham. My DL spot is unavailable; it’s currently being Fistered.
Do I drop Ramos flat out? And, if so, for whom? Options available include Gomes, M.Montero, Arencibia, Buck, and Avila. Leaning Gomes or Arencibia I think…
Drop Ramos…. Montero
Conversely a very poor day to stack Braves and Brewers
Yeah, seriously
@Grey:
Dimes to dollars Johnson breaks this up. Spider sense
@OaktownSteve:
That is how you call em
@OaktownSteve: GO BUY LOTTO!
@MattTruss223:
I’ve always been a little psychic. But never about anything that matters. I got a strong read on that one
@OaktownSteve: Clearly I was lacking some foresight there. Dropped CJ to grab Morneau off waivers this AM. This upcoming COL homestretch better feature lots of RHP for Morneau to crush, haha.
@OaktownSteve: Hey, so how’d your NFBC draft go anyway? You post your roster anywhere? I mighta missed it.
@MattTruss223:
It was a blast. Go to greys Saturday thread and do a find on nfbc or Oaktown. Team is posted with some details about the event as well.
@OaktownSteve: Sweet, will do
@OaktownSteve: Powerful team there, seems like it’d be hard for you to not finish strong in HR/RBIs. E5, Bats, Trubmo, Abreu, solid. Nice first 4 rounds with Cano, E5, Bats and Felix. Lot easier to take the Reyes DL stint getting him in the 8th too. Hope that isn’t a lingering season long thing. I’ve got a H2H team where I paired E5 and Joey Bats. Love that. Nice work man, good luck!
@MattTruss223:
Thanks man. Pitching is patchwork but I think there might be enough. Only real issue might be trying to find about 30 to 40 steals on the wire.
Ha
Seriously, crazy shizz goin on in MIL right now…
Vegas had this at 8.5, can’t say I was thinking any different…
HI Grey. OK to drop Fister for Gausman? Or just hold?
Thanks!
Hold
Adam Dunn looks so terrible at the plate. You’ve gotta figure it’s only a matter of time before Robin Ventura takes him out of the lineup and makes him the closer.
@Carnac: my Creeper has gone the route of pooper. Time to hang em up and work on his acting
I would a fair amount of money to watch a ballgame being called by Adam Dunn and Charlie Manuel. [closed captioned]
HA!
He looked bad last year too
wow on Vargas, I really hope the ALCS is the Royals vs. the Mariners
@J-FOH:
NLCS – Padres vs. Brewers…
Jeez….Sal Perez just took a Scherzer slider that was a foot outside and 6 inches off the dirt and jerked it into the left center alley. Strong.
@OaktownSteve: that 2013 player we all hoped to draft has showed up in 2014. Time Machine projections are so crazy
11 team, 10×10 roto, keeper, daily auction league
Hit categories Std 5 + OPS, D+T, K’s, Hits, Stolen Bases Allowed
2C league
Montero and Ramos are my two. Unfortunately several owners have 3 and 4 catchers rostered
Waiver wire replacements:
Arencibia
Iannetta
Grandal
I’m guessing JP’s the one?
JP
For speed, Rajai Davis or E Young?
@Ghost Face Miller: davis
Rajai
Hey Grey,
I am light on speed and have no bench bat. I plan to trade away Moore for marte (assuming the other guy accepts it). Do you see a problem with that?
@Moscowitz: I don’t see why the other guy would take it, but it’s worth a shot
@J-FOH: @J-FOH: he might really be interested as he didnt draft well. The guys pitching is a mess while he has 4 solid bench bats.
Nope
I see Cocksoft moved Hosmer up to #37 in his ranks, he must of caught my writers league draft and liked my avi.
Was he happy with your name, as well?
@Grey: who wouldn’t love the name ” Spanking Marv Albert”
True
Looking to maybe add Smoak in 2 lgs. Drop any of these players for him?
Lg 1. Brantley, Calhoun, Eaton.
Lg 2. Bonifacio, Wong
Thanks!
Eaton and Bonifacio, but they’re different things
drop Napoli for Smoak?
drop Strailey or Porcell for Nate Eovoldi?
bonifico or Ackley to pick up? do I drop A Garcia or Yelich for either?
Hold…Straily…Hold…
Hey thanks Joe Nathan.. Thank you very very little. I can only hope the Tigers score in the bottom and give you a well deserved W for your outstanding work.
Nathan is looking really shaky. Velocity is down, can’t hit his spots, and is getting hit hard. Just had a bizarre looking balk too where he started his delivery but never released the ball. The closepocalypse is strong this year.
@Big Magoo:
utterly craptacular
@OaktownSteve: Don’t feel bad. On opening day, Verlander, Samardzija, and Weaver gave up 5 runs over 19.1 innings in my FCL lineup. Not a win among them. I’m seriously thinking about joining some QS leagues next season.
@Big Magoo: I could never go absent of the win category but adding QS and going 6×6 isn’t a bad idea. On the flip side, QS itself is a BS stat, 6 innings of three run ball is the same as 8 innings of 1 run ball for a category point. Like Sky said a while back if it was a sliding scale then I could get more on board. Like 6 innings of 2 run ball or 7 innings of 3 run ball feels right. I have played QS start leagues before and it starts to turn into a joke when pitchers with mid 4 ERA’s are regularly owned for their QS’s.
Joe Nathan looks pretty awesome: single, SB, BB, BB, Sac Fly, Balk all in route to ruining Scherzer’s win.
Who would be next in line anyway? Joba? Al A?
AlAl would be my guess…
@Boomer19: i’ d say jaba.. But i doubt they yank him this quick..
Miggy had awful ABs today. Some of the worst I’ve seen him.
As bad as Aoki?
@Grey:
Lot of rusty gate swings in this game.
Hahaha. Did you guys see the old guy fly over the railing and faceplant on concrete trying to catch a foul ball at the A’s Indians game?
@gareth: No. But I want to.
What would be your your best advice for a 10 man rotisserie league?
Read the site
@Grey: I did kinda laugh when I read the question.
“Hey Grey, first time caller. So, can you tell me about fantasy baseball? I’ll hang up and listen. Thanks man…love the show.”
Yeah, seriously
Look no further than today’s action between Detroit and KC to see why WINS is the dumbest category in all of fantasy baseball. At this point I’d rather be in a league that counted all that kind of stupid shite like Inside-The-Park homeruns and No-hitters as a counting fantasy category.
Kluber getting klobbered right now.
@gareth: WTH I’m getting WHIP’d right now
As a Parnell owner, I actually drafted Valverde with my last pick… Then Chapman got hit, so I dropped Poopie for Lecure, thinking I was being sneaky. It’s a holds league, so I’ll prob be better off in the long run – it just always stings to drop a closer before the season even starts. I may have out-sneakied myself!
And now I have Chapman, Parnell, and Ramos for two DL spots… Drop Parnell, no?
Lose Parnell
Why is Collins batting in left instead of Rajai today? I thought davis was good against lefties?
That didn’t take long. Already got my first trade offer of the season. My (not Bobby) Abreu for Anibal Sanchez.
It’s fair, depends on needs
@Grey:
No doubt. And while my team is weak on pitching, I’m thinking I’ll to sink or swim with Abreu.
Gotcha
There goes my garza start because im still holding on to nasty nate..
Kinsler!
Kinsler!
Replay sucks and I will always hate it.
Yup, just lost an infield single from Aoki
@OaktownSteve: That Melvin challenge clocked in at 5 minutes. Gross.
@Kid A:
And to top it all off I’m still not sure they got the call right
5 minutes is way too long. The Indians tv announcers were saying that if you look at the rulebook, Melvin wasn’t technically allowed to appeal as he had taken too long. Kluber was set and the batter was in the box when Melvin emerged from the dugout.
C’mon Moss, destroy this doofus kluber!
@Kid A: Go to hell Moss.
I’m rolling with Arcia in one of my Util spots due to the alleged power I hear he has but I’m not married to the dude. Not that there would be anything wrong with that.
With an emphasis on plate discipline and power, would you replace Arcia with any of these guys or hold:
Smoak
Seth Smith
Asche
Ozuna
Byrd
LaRoche
Smoak
Pretty sure my team has a grand total of 3 hits so far. Early season freak outs are running rampant.
Kffl has a twitter link to a quote from Price saying Broxton will close when he comes back…likely next week.
In the NFBC and other weekly FAAB leagues there might be 4 closers up for grabs this week. Fun week.
I just added him, hope Price ain’t lying…
Who would you offer for Rosenthal? I have OF, 3B and SP I could deal: Kemp, Jennings, Aoki, Venable, Victorino, Arcia, Zimmerman, Lawrie, Arenado, Kuroda, Peavy, Delgado, Eovaldi, Peralta
Guys after him in my rankings
My god kluber is terrible today. First scheppers and now him god dammit
Still early!
I didn’t listen to SON and now Kluber is a giant ERA/WHIP hemorrhage!
Yup
@Ralph Lifshitz: it also had the haragatang at -$7 (it’s still early)
@mauledbypandas: i draft kings stacked the shit out of against Harangatang MIL.
Hey Grey, I’m thinking about offering Zimmerman and Lee for Encarnacion. Is that too much for E5? My pitching is Lee, bumgarner, wainwright gray Masterson archer porcello Kazmir lincecum and buchholz.
It’s a bit much
Hey guys,
I’m on my way to the winking lizard in downtown Cleveland to this razzball shindig tonight. Should be fun.
Awesome, have fun!
“Nate Jones is nasty”
“Nate Jones’ stuff is FILTHY”
It sure is. I’m so glad I held on to him and had him in my RP slot today.
@Snake Hips: him and kluber just sent me from top 2 era/whip to dead last…
Still early…
Ouch
Just a heads up in hold leagues as well as prospect for future whitesox closer, Daniel Webb looked pretty sweet today sitting at 95-97 movement and changeup. I would think after Jones recent blunder although still too early to tell but pick him up or watch close D WEBB
Yeah, I picked him up
i have 3 first basemen, (fielder, hosmer, rizzo) what do you think about trying to flip prince for kershaw now that he’s stuck on the DL for the rest of the month?
I wouldn’t trade for Kershaw with Prince
Grey — in a 14-team roto league I’ve got a dregs bullpen (Axford, Lindstom, Hoover, Santos) and Broxton is a FA. With this latest news, would you drop any of the above to grab Broxton?
Thanks!
@Enrique: what is the latest news?
@Hoog: Supposedly, Broxton will step into the closer role once he’s off the DL.
Hoover
Now Perkins. Can anybody close? Great googily moogily
@OaktownSteve: wasnt totally his fault. Pauly k led off with a grounder that kicked off the 3rd base bag. He did throw a wild pitch, but they had the second out at home by a mile until plouffe threw it in the dirt from like 10 feet out… That tied it up.
Ha
Drop Delgado for Kazmir ? It’s a FAAB league, so might cost me a bit after the start today.
It’s fair
Mr Asche or Mr Ackley? could use the dual position if its close
Asche
So many add/drops in some of my leagues I didn’t even notice Broxton was available.
@J-FOH: haha same here.. Thought he had been gone in my rcl..
Yup
Hey, your Creeper showed up!
@Grey: *wipes brow* that’s right!
Drop Raja or Moose for Joyce? Or hold?
Rajai if you don’t need steals
@Grey:
C Gomes (lost Ramos)
1B Encarnacion
2B Hill
3B Beltre
SS Segura
MI Rollins
CI Abreu
OF Rios
OF Gordon
OF Aoki
OF Calhoun
OF Brantley
UTL Moose
BN Raja
What do you think?
I don’t think you need Rajai
Hey,
I have a draft question.
I am in a 12 team, h2h keeper league that is pretty hard core. We draft this coming Saturday in Denver. The deal is, every year we go to a different MLB city and hold our draft on the first full weekend of the season so we can see a game. We miss the first week for fantasy purposes, but we will eventually see all of the stadiums (we are a third of the way there).
Anyway, there is not cost for keepers. We keep 6, at least two need to be pitchers. We have a 6×6 format. We replace AVG with OBP, and use SLG as well.
I have first pick, and my hitting keepers are C Davis, Encarnacion, Bruce, and N Cruz. Encarnacion is 3B elig, and Cruz will be LF elig soon (rather than OF spots we have one each for LF, CF, and RF, along with two UTIL slots. No extra CI or MI and only one C.
The top hitters available, according to your war room, seem to be:
Rios, Pedroia, Zimmerman, Andrus, Kinsler, Gordon Donaldson, Pence, Trumbo, Abreu, and Beltran.
I have been leaning towards Pedroia because he will provide me with a top guy at 2B, along with Runs, some SB’s, OBP, and decent SLG.
But I have been starting to think perhaps I should draft another HR hitter for a UTIL slot and worry about SBs later. Top HR guys are scarce these days and I already have 4 of them. Maybe I should solidify that even more. What do you think? Which direction would you go? Who would you consider?
P.S. I am also in Rudy’s NFBC league.
Why don’t you ask your BFF Rudy?! Kidding… You don’t draft Pedroia for steals…. I’d go Rios then Pedroia…
@Grey: What if I have a, ahem, history with Rios? Or I am not that worried about steals yet? Still think I should go with him regardless?
You don’t want to go with him because you have a history with him?
@Grey: Yes, a bad history. I had him in 2009 and 2011 and it left a bad taste in my mouth both times. I swore him off. Should I let bygones be bygones?
I would
Of course It’ll be typical indians luck for both kazmir and harang to pitch Shut out baseball today (Aaron harang lost the 5th starter battle to carrasco and tomlin and was let go at the end of spring training).
Ubaldo Jimenez no hitter tonight. You’ll see.
@gareth: not if big papi has something to do with it…
@Preziiiiiiiiiiii: I’m sure glad I drafted Curtis granderson over Nelson Cruz tonight “shakes fist at prezi!!!”
@gareth: hey Gareth, what did the CLE announcer call Cespedes a couple of days ago. You said it here, i forget it now, something like “Cesspit Dust”
Cole Tillman Ross Moore Gee Estrada
Should I speculate on eovaldi?
Over Estrada
Man Broxton is pretty horrible. K rate under 8 last year, peripherals all in decline. And he’s coming off a forearm injury. I wouldn’t even think about him, but I’m a Nate Jones owner with an itchy trigger finger. Paid a lot of Nate! Damn
You can lose Jones
Went to the Padres game yesterday and noticed that Grandal has a tattoo on his forearm that looked like it could be Taz…texting a buddy about this, I discovered that “Yasmani” autocorrects to “Tazmania” on my phone. I was in a bit of a funk at the game because holy jesus the Padres are the most boring team in baseball, so it cheered me up a bit. A bit…
He got a tattoo because of what his name auto corrects to?
@Grey: Yep, that’s my hope!
“7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks. So far how does the pitching staff of Alex Wood, Erasmo and Teheran look compared to, say, Kershaw, Darvish and Cliff Lee? Asking for a friend.”
HAHAHA. I’d say it looks pretty damn good…
Keep kicking ass, Grey.
Haha
Should I pick up Charlie Morton he’s dealing right now ?
@Los locos:
I like Chuck. He’s ownable in deep formats, streamable in shallow. Nice at home.
No
Feel sorry for all the schmucks who drafted Harper early. He hits 6th! *slaps forehead*
Crazy that even without Ramos, Williams is doing this
Drop straily for Morton?
Eh
@Grey: Charlie Morton looks really good through 5ip, 6ks
Razzball slept on my boy cruz!
He’s been an afterthought in a lot of drafts this year. Have him in half my leagues. I don’t get it either.
@Sky: drop straily for Morton?
@Los locos: nope
@Sky: i got him in the teens in all drafts. People say injuries but then tulo still goes in the first.. I guess peds? But thats not enough to drop him to rounds where michael saunders is going.. I could see if he went to a shitty team, the risk would feel greater.. But hes in camden yards on a heavy lineup. 14-15th round, thats a risk im willing to take 10/10 times.
Yeah, I’m with you. Power is power. He’ll have a DL stint but probably bomb about 25 HRs. Hard to turn down given where he’s going.
And he was lumpy
You, Nelson Cruz and Sky make a cute couple
@Grey: haha were like a roast beef sandwich!
Haha…. I wish I had some roast beef… My teams have started so poorly…
@Grey: its obviously still early though…
I know, I feel like Steve, but I need some hitting….
Only if we were Mormon would three people be called a couple.
Gray
How much faab do you bid on smoak? 12 team 100 budget 1 min bid
Thanks
Depends if you need him… $5
Matt Moore has no idea where it’s going when he lets it go
Nope, none at all
Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t Miller have multiple games last season where he hit 2 homeruns? I swear he’s done this at least two other times in his short MLB career. Miller Time likes to double fist!
@SwaggerJackers:
Yep
@OaktownSteve: he had 2 days like that last year. i owned him everywhere the day of the first. it was weird too since he didn’t have a lot of total homers last year.
@SwaggerJackers: he has more multiple-HR games (4) than solo HR games (2). First ever in MLB so far.
did i read you told somebody (wasn’t in keeper context) to drop asche for flores? i had to have read that wrong
Watching the broadcast of the Astros/Yanks game and Minute Maid park sounds like it has the acoustics of a mostly empty Holiday Inn indoor pool.
HA!
now that i’ve got melancon almost everywhere he’d getting dink and dunked.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: melancon just got the kind of luck nobody deserves, a double play that didn’t happen.
drop yelich for bonafacio? or hold. it is a keeper but my team looks potentially light on avg/sb….thoughts? Asche and ozuna are there too. thanks grey
c – aj pierzysnski
1b – goldy
2b – hill
3b – gyorko
ss – segura
of – mccutchen
of – joey bats
of – j up
util – rizzo
util – vmart
bench – miller, yelich, buxton
I’d hold, he’s not playing anyway…
I meant, he’s not going to play on your team
this year really seems to be the worst (and fastest) closepocalypse ever. this is the list of guys who have already bad bad innings/blown saves/lost jobs/injuries
jones (bad inning and lost job before that)
parnell (bad/injured/job loss)
henderson (unexplained job loss, probably short term)
nathan (terrible)
perkins (terrible)
johnson (terrible)
reed (terrible half the time)
holland (not good)
santos (got hit hard)
chapman (injured)
so 1/3rd of entire closer set (9 of them since saturday night) have had bad things happen to them (at best only 1 bad inning).
Every April it’s like this
@Grey: even 2 years ago it wasn’t that many in 4 days. really 3.
Buehrle absolutely mistily ing rays hitters with 81 MPH FB. 11K’s
@BKK: mystifying, rather
How Many Altuves does it take to reach the moon?
@Grey: Ha, that’s in honor of my 2nd RCL team Jose’s Jeros. Answer: 233,930,219 Jose Altuves
HA!
@Grey: How many Altuve’s does it take to bat clean-up?
17,000?
Would you pick up Smoak if you have Lind, Matt Adams, and Billy Butler on your squad?
Maybe
Jays don’t trust Santos too much…3 run lead, 2 out in the 9th, Santos gave up a walk and they pulled him for Cecil to face Joyce. As a Santos owner, I declare this decidedly not cool.
Yeah, watching it
He wasn’t hurt was he?
@Grey: no, Joyce was PH and Gibbons wanted a L,L matchup so he brought in Cecil to face his first batter of the season!
Yeah, thought so
@Grey: What BKK said
Any one starting Paxton tonight or am I going to be walking this road alone?
Don’t see why you wouldn’t start him
Razzball in Cleveland was a blast!
Are we gonna see video?
@Grey: Me and Mike did get on camera with the mighy Canadian. If the footage is useable then yes.
Nice!
@gareth: will you say everything 3 times ?
Cingrani! Sonofabench. Damn weekly leagues…
Why would you bench him?
@Grey: stupid weekly league. went with two starts from erasmo over him (as well as teheran, gio, cole and anibal).
Ah
Latroy Hawkins implosion in 3…2…1…
HA
@Grey: That coulda been a WHOLE lot worse
@Game of Throws: Yeah Gincarlo yanked that ball just foul, but damn it was crushed. For what it is worth however Hawkins was getting killed by the ump with that K-zone.
I have Hawkins. Stephen would’ve pitch better tonight.
Haha
Erasmo or Eo-valocity?
Erasmo
My favorite “it’s early” stat?
Emilio Bonifacio is hitting .800.
@gareth: hey gareth what did that CLE announcer call Cespedes a few days ago, i’m gonna call my NL only team drafting tomorrow that name.
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: you were correct. It was cesspit dust.
That[‘s not odd, I projected him to hit .800 this year
Grimm. Strop. Schlitter.
Please keep acquiring amusingly named pitchers Theo. It makes the world a better place.
Ha
Watching the Papelbon implosion…
he’s throwing bp…
@Wake Up: Time to pick up Bastardo? Closerpocolypse continues!!
@Red Barons: Walk off walk…I would if you have room…
@Red Barons: there’s the 11th out of 30.
@goodfold2: he was sitting at 90 all night…a very hittable 90…
Yeah, real ugly
which of these over Jones (or none), i already have 3 other closers for 4 RP slots. 10 team league so i can stash 1 of these spots for whoever is longest term closer. until today i was gonna just for sure stash jones.
fields/farquar/parnell/qualls/delabar/hoover.
now i see why papelbon was around in as many leagues as i wanted to have him.
The Dickman sucks. The Papsmear sucks. The only one who appears to not suck is the Bastard. And forgive or indulge, or both, my use of the English language.
Haha
cingrani throwing ched tonight
S. Santos or F. Rodriguez? Can only keep one – who would you guys go with?
K-Rod
Hey Grey, if you had Belt AND Ortiz (1B elig) in 5 keeper league. One of my keepers is Freeman but I need some speed and to free up util. You cool with a trade of Freeman for Choo?
C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, 3OF, 2UT
7×7 with OBP and SLG too
Thanks as always.
Take care
Matt
Sure
yo G,
10 team h2h 6×6 with batter k’s and losses
trade my werth/simmons/d-rob for his heyward and middlebrooks? Have 4 other closers (koji, balfour, cishek, poopie g) would try to counter with a lesser closer first (balfour or poopie) but worst case scenario d-rob. Good deal either way? Would open a spot for streaming or save hunting.
Sure
Gyorko up to 6 K’s through 9 ABs now?
@The Thumb: he heard about the opening for brett wallace tryouts.
Fields on the other hand looked very sharp…
SAGNOF!
@Wake Up: meanwhile veras is number 12.
now that fields actually got save this look right
fields>hoover>jones>qualls
Today is national blown saves day. Can’t wait for Grey’s writeup tomorrow.
Scraping the bottom of the closer barrel and drafting Hawkins and veras seemed like a good idea at the time……..
Stream wandy tomorrow. Thank me later.
Can I thank the Stream-O-Nator instead?
@Sky: havent even seen the SON yet this year! If SON had him high before this long ass game then i double down on my previous advice.
No hitter!
@Preziiiiiiiiiiii: I believe that it will be impossible to defeat the GreWakPrez triangle of BraMilla this year!!!
@Wake Up: haha we will conquer all with our shaped prayers!
Haha, good call!
@Preziiiiiiiiiiii: Wanda Sykes?
@gareth: hey big ass!
Ha! B hamilton trying to bunt his way on… Poor guy..
@Preziiiiiiiiiiii: HA!
Bah but wah what about all those sah steals Prez?
@Wake Up: cant st st st st steal with a .180 OBP!
JOOOOOHHHNNNSON! *shakes fist at sky
Do you like Farquar or Ogando more for holds? I can keep Ogando in my SP spot to allow me to have 5 in my RP slot
Farquhar
I hate fucking closers!
@frankgrimes: start fucking catchers then…
I feel better about Hawkins and veras now.
Thanks jim Johnson!
Haha
smoaked it!
Nice!
Sonovabench! Rizzo and Hart twiddling their thumbs on my bench… at least I got Kinsler’s HR.
Damn
Wow… I sat votto for hart today!!
Im not a genius, just heard they wouldnt play in cinci… Whew!
Im the smartest dumbass youll ever meet!
Serious man crush on Michael Brantley right now.
Also – axford bucked the trend tonight.
@gareth: pretty sure only guy not named kimbrel (and technically hawkins) to that today. good god Papelnuts was terrible. and johnson’s now been terrible twice out of 2.
In all fairness Grey has touted Brantley for months.
It Makes me happy to have some Indians players relevant in fantasy. The last few years have been rather sparse…….
@gareth: i think years in brantley’s case.
G3!
Do you like Choo/Belt or Crisp/Freeman in OPS/AVG league this season?
Gracias
Do you think Cecil has any part of the closer position at this point after tonight’s save?
@Schmohawks Bob: mentioned above that it was about lefty matchup. but still, that does happen so maybe it’s committee. plus he hasn’t looked great for 2 days now. lots of walks and doubles (santos i mean)
@Aubrey Plaza’s Pillow: Thanks. I couldn’t find the comment above.
What do you think about my team?
8 Man league – Rotisserie (5 pitching,5 batting categories)
C – Rosario
1 – Freeman
2 – Cano
SS – Segura
3 – Wright
Of – Jones
Of – Bautista
Of – Gordon
Util – Rios
Bench – Marte
P – A. Sanchez
P – Zimmerman
P – Bailey
P – Cobb
Rp – Grilli
Bench – Teheran
Bench – Liriano
I assume trading J Fer for Cano would be a thumbs up ? Even if I add to add RP Fields to make it more even?
The Cano owner is on the outs with the league for trying to trade Cano & Colon for OF E Young & RP Soriano ( which was of course overturned). So now he seems to want to trade Cano just out of spite.
No worries about Cano & his relative mediocrity @ Safeco? Make the offer?
I’d want Cano
Sorry guess I should add my current staff would then be Sale, Cobb, Gio, Kluber, Erasmo, W Peralta, & Hughes.
I would drop Hughes & try to put a bid in for Eovaldi either way. Any guess as to what type of bid on $1000 bid pool I might put out there? This kid looks impressive thus far ….worth a bit of a gamble? Although there are NO free agent pickups ….just the BB pool $$.
You should not own Hughes
@Grey: as always …thanks!!
10 Team Al 5×5, 1 catcher only
Who is better at Utility?
Pierzynski, Roberts or Joyce?
Joyce