It hasn’t been easy owning Matt Wieters this year. After a monster April (.279 / 6 HR / 15 RBI), he had an Arencibian May (.188 / 2 HR / 7 RBI). All the while, catchers on the waiver wire like A.J. Pierzynski and Ryan Doumit were hitting great. So it had to be sweet for Wieters’ owners to have their patience rewarded with a 4-for-5, 5 RBI game against the heretofore stingy Pirates. We don’t like investing a lot in a catcher, but this is one time we would have liked to have come onto your stats farm. Anyway, here’s what else we saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Shin-Soo Choo – He choo-choo-choosed to hit 2 solo HRs against the Reds while striking out three times with a combined 4 men on base. You’d think a South Korean player would M*A*S*H a little better with men on base. He now has 20 RBIs or the same amount as teammate Jose Lopez has in over 100 less plate appearances.
Aubrey Huff – Banged his knee on the dugout rail in his rush to celebrate Matt Cain’s perfect game. It’s likely the Giants are covering up the real reason which was that he accidentally kneed Bochy in the head. BTW, the new nickname for Matt Cain and Lincecum. Cain and UnAbel.
Brandon Belt – Yesterday, Brandon Belt hit his third homer in as many games. He’s not doing this in a friendly hitting environment either. *cough* Brandon Moss *cough* Sorry, I need a green and gold suppressant. Plus, Brandon Belt has a Jewish doppelganger.
Trevor Plouffe – He’s gone and done it again, and here’s frequent commenter, Awesomus Maximus’s two-year-old with the call. Like a 70-year-old man, I don’t think he keeps it up, but you should absolutely own him while he’s plouffing all over the place.
Steve Pearce – 2-for-4, 5 RBIs with a double, a HR, and a walk. You know what’s most impressive about that stat line? The HR. Anyway, Pearce never quite got a chance in Pittsburgh as big-time acquisitions like Garrett Jones and Xavier Nady stole his playing time. He was killing it in the Yanks’ AAA when they sold him to Baltimore for some crab legs and lake trout. He’s hitting over .300 so far with the Orioles but with little power. Not really worth considering outside deep leagues.
Mark Reynolds – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 5th homer. Both Adam Dunn (he now has 50 RBIs) and General K. Walk Homerton went yard yesterday, too. Won’t you take me to Donkeytown? I wanna go to Donkeytown! Reynolds won’t be in this afternoon’s Buy column because I think he’s owned in too many fantasy leagues, according to ESPN’s ownership “fantasy” numbers. As Razzball contributor, Feeding the Abscess, pointed out yesterday, “Mini Donkey has a career low swinging strike rate, career high line drive rate, and a career low HR/FB rate, all before yesterday’s performance.” The Cliff Notes version of that is, “Pick him up in all leagues.” I plan on starting him over Ryan Zimmerman. Next stop for Zimmerman, the waivers…You’re on notice!
Jarrod Parker – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks…[email protected]! The day after Tommy got kicked in the Milones (4 IP, 8 ER). I’d love to see ESPN have a ‘Sonavabench %’ to see how many people owned and sat him. Would be fine as long as the denominator was based on the 4% of non-latchkey ESPN leagues.
Brandon Moss – The #1-rated player in our TV giveaway standings went 3-for-5 with a HR (his 4th of the series), 2 doubles, and 3 RBIs. The last person to score that much in his first 3 days in Denver was Alex from The Real World (Jenn, Colie, probably Davis too).
Josh Reddick – 3-for-5, 2 runs and his 15th homer. After a ten homer month of May, this was his first homer in June. In reality, he’s probably a three to four homer per month guy, so you’re looking at close to 30 homers for this year. From a last round draft pick/waiver wire pick up, Reddick shouldn’t have you too sore.
Brian Fuentes – 2 ER in a Kazaam IP. You can’t blame him — AL pitchers aren’t used to pitching in Coors.
Colorado Humidor – Evidently, it’s on the fritz. Maybe they had it filled with cigars in case they signed Jorge Soler.
Troy Tulowitzki – Had an MRI done on his groin. As of this posting, they didn’t find anything. Chaz Bono can suggest a good doctor for that.
Daniel Hudson – 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 K @TEX. That’s now three out of our four good starts for Hudson (although the one bad one was really bad – 1 2/3, 6 ER against OAK). Worth starting in all leagues.
Brett Gardner – Out another month with an injury that was originally day-to-day. To use what I believe was our 2nd or third glossary term ever, Gardner’s pulling a Kotchman.
Luke Scott – Placed on the DL with “Hasn’t been good in a month anyway.” Hopefully, 15 days can cure what ails him. Or a good long talk with Ted Nugent over some venison jerky.
Charlie Morton – Underwent Tommy John surgery. In exchange, Tommy John will receive a lifetime supply of salt.
Erik Bedard – 3 1/3 IP, 7 ER. Oofa, the dreaded Cleveland Streamer. Could easily take a week to clean up that mess.
J.D. Martinez – 1-for-4 with a grand slam. I literally just dropped him, so I got a 4-for-39 on my team from him, then he salamis. My fantasy womb is polluted!
Krispie Young – 0-for-5 as the Diamondbacks tried to knock loose some hits by moving him to the leadoff spot. Not sure what’s more depressing, thinking about what could’ve been if he didn’t get injured or just watching him now.
Joe Blanton – 9 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks vs. the Twins. From the files of Predictions No One Cares About: Blanton will be traded to or signed by the Twins within two years.  I don’t know why I think that, but Gladwell taught me to trust my first instincts. Blink, snitches!
Mike Leake – 4 1/3 IP, 3 ER and pulled from the start after 84 pitches with a 6-3 lead. What gives? In Dusty’s autobiography, he has a chapter titled, “84 Pitches is a Good Inning.”
Austin Jackson – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer to go along with his 6 steals. This is his third homer in the last week. Pretty cool, Austin, but how about keepin’ it less weird and steal some bases?
Ryan Ludwick – 3-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer as he hits .215. Ludwick’s figured out something that we’re going to reveal for the first time right here on Razzball: One homer every ten days = Staying in Dusty’s good graces while remaining irrelevant for fantasy even in a great lineup and ballpark.
Jay Bruce – Reds scored 12 runs; Bruce went 0-for-4… Ticker tease!
Zack Cozart – 3-for-5, 5 for his last ten with a homer. He won’t be in this afternoon’s Buy/Sell, but he could’ve been. I’ll tell you that much!
Brandon Phillips – BP is taking BP on the Indian pitchers, following yesterday’s 3-for-3, HR, 3 RBI game with another 3 hit game with a HR and 4 RBI. Maybe he’s still mad at the Indians for giving him to the Reds for a bowl of sweet-ass chili over spaghetti.
Tim Collins – 2nd win in two games yesterday. Hey, enough Tim Collins, I’m drunk on cheap wins!
Eric Hosmer – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer. At least I don’t have to waste my half birthday wish on him.
David Murphy – After he hit a homer on Tuesday, I said something like, Murphy’s not exciting, but when he gets hot, he hits homers. And that’s me paraphrasing me! Yesterday, he hit another homer.
John Axford – 2/3 IP, 2 ER and his 2nd blown save in two games. He’s now given up 7 runs in the last 2 innings, across 3 appearances, and allowed runs in four of his last five appearances. His ratios: 5.55/1.68. I think he’s injured. Or at least I think the Brewers will say he’s injured. Whatever, that’s neither here nor there. Or neyether hear Knorr their, if you got some screws loose. Pick up K-Rod if you need saves. I dropped Balfour for him in one league. Guest on Montel, “Oh no, you di’int!” I did, GoM.
Aramis Ramirez – 1-for-4 with a homer. Great, so now he’s going to get injured again?
Kirk Nieuwenhuis – 2 HR, 3 RBI. Hitting just under .300 (yay!) despite averaging nearly 3 Ks per 10 ABs (no!). He’s worth starting for now (especially in deeper leagues), but expect that average to make its way towards .250. For expected batting averages, see here. Or not. Tough choices!
Johan Santana – 5 IP, 4 ER, 10 baserunners, 6 Ks. Definitely didn’t go Jo-H.A.M., which reminds me of Oliver Perez. Whatever happened to that young brother who threw around pitches like John Rocker threw around racism? Why did that remind me of Oliver Perez? Because I was thinking if Johan was Jo-H.A.M., then Ollie Perez would’ve been Yo-Duck.
Jason Bay – 1-for-4 with a slam & legs. It’s almost poetic that Jason Bay gets the worst possible slam & legs. The “almost” part comes in because that didn’t rhyme or appear in a stanza.
Ike Davis – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his third straight multiple hit game in a row. He must be using David Wright’s bat.
Jeremy Hellickson – 3 2/3 IP, 8 ER, 10 baserunners as Met hitters continued their mauling of Ray pitchers. The Mets director of statistics was seen taunting Hellickson with a “BABIP regression, bitch! How you like my balls in play!”
Leake wha still feeling the effects of a stomach bug.
How appropriate that he should crap all over my ratios.
Leake was still feeling the effects of a stomach bug.
How appropriate that he should crap all over my ratios.
@Steve, Gotcha
Malcom Gladwell and Dalton Trumbo name drops in the same week! Finally, my love of PBS pays off (beyond the canvas tote.) I look forward to next week’s mentions of Oliver Sacks, Michael Chabon and Radiolab.
I was offered Mark Reynolds for Justin Masterson in a deep mixed 14er. I have SPs up the wazoo (CC, Price, JoshJohn) but my “sluggers” suck nuts (Zimmerman, Morse, Kendrick, LaHair.) Take it, right?
@Chomp Samba, Ha! Scherzer needs to do something for Chabon… I’d take Reynolds…
Exact same for me with martinez..keep him for his garbage then he goes off on the waiver wire! Thats FBB.. One question..
How do you feel about Cahill @LAA?
@Prezii, make that three of us with JD. What a prick…
@Prezii, I’d start him…
I traded Chris Perez for Adam Dunn straight up today. Made the offer and the other guy took it immediately. I then went and grabbed Greg Holland. I need the HRs and think I can find saves the old fashioned way. Thoughts on the deal?
@Jackie, SAGNOF, great deal
@Jackie, well played, sir.
@Jackie, Nice!
@ Grey
Start which of the following..
Jennings v. Zambrano
Grandy v. Gio
Goldy v. Haren
Thanks!
@Melvin Emanuel, Jennings
Oh Krispie your leash is growing ever shorter. I miss the sick numbers you were putting up to start the season only to return have 3 RBI/5R and a sweet .260 OBP in the last 30+ days. There are some NL pitchers that have better stat lines than that!
@2 Cups 1 Braun, Ugh, I know…
The Ballad of Trevor Plouffe
when things in match plays really rough
trevor plouffe! trevor plouffe!
name seems soft but he is tough!
trevor plouffe! trevor plouffe!
his name may sound like he’s not buff
trevor plouffe!, trevor plouffe!
his name sounds like a powder puff
“trevor plouffe, trevor ploufe!
yet trevor has the rightest stuff!
trevor plouffe!, trevor plouffe!
in the field may make a muff
trevor plouffe, trevor plouffe!
but he hits homers, takes no guff
trevor plouffe! trevor plouffe!
wrecks opp pitchers ‘tator cuff
trevor plouffe! trevor plouffe!
opp fanta-squad will say “enough!”
trevor plouffe!, trevor plouffe!
thrown to gutter, soft as butter, plouffer nutter, makes grey mutter,
t
he amazing, awesome trevor plouffe!
(and yes, paulie will stick to his day job of writing humerous baseball articles for Razzball:)
@Paulie Allnuts,
write the next pod-cast song , paulie .
AND ,
keep your day job .
nicely done .
@Paulie Allnuts, awesome
@Paulie Allnuts, HA!
I looked at Plouffe several times. Could have had him easily if I wanted to, but one look at his career stats and it was like getting a dose of reality. Well, it’s not midnight yet and I shoulda picked him up. Now all I can do is watch him homer 3x in 3 gms for the team that did pick him up. It’s too late so for peeps that missed the P train like myself, it’s time to root for that hamandegger to come back down to earth.
Can celebrate a bit about Collins. Two games for me, two wins. And KROD even got two HLDs for me in those games. Perfect breaks.
Kinda makes me forget that the rest of the team sucks. That is, until I log into the league site and see the red numbers the size of roids… and not the good kind that makes ya hit homers.
@papasmurf, Yeah, I got the Collins wins too… Was nice surprise from the norm this year with my Smurf luck…
yahoo, 5×5, roto. 16 team keeper league, keep 5.
give- Ryan Zimmerman and Alcides Escobar
get- Elvis Andrus and Brandon Belt
MY TEAM
CA- Miguel Montero. 1B- Billy Butler. 2B- Dan Uggla. 3B- Ryan Zimmerman. SS- Alcides EScobar. IN- Chris Davis
OF- Adam Jones. OF- Carlos Quentin. OF- Torii Hunter. OF- Michael Brantley. UT- Alex Presley
BN- Ryan Theriot, Seth Smith, Elian Herrera, Anthony Gose, Jim Thome (for now)
DL- Andy Dirks
SP- David Price. SP- Brandon Beachy
RP- Kenley Jansen. RP- Santiago Casilla
P- Shawn Camp. P- Rex Brothers
P- AJ Burnett
BN- Clayton Richard, Brandon McCarthy, Alex Cobb, Christian Friedrich
DL-Ted Lilly. DL- Brett Anderson. DL- Joe Wieland
if I did this trade I could use Chris Davis at 3B and Brandon Belt at IN.
basically who gives me better numbers for the rest of the season..
Zimmerman, Escobar, Davis
Andrus, Belt, Davis
@SpecialFNK, Belt side
Drop a cold Salty for K-Rod? I have wieters already at C.
@TheNewGuy, Sure
Grey, BTW, pleased with the Met Love. Hey, the ’69 Mets won with Ron Swoboda, Al Weis, and “The Glider”, Ed Charles, all in starting positions. The 2012 version can do it with Dan Murphy, Andres Torres, and Snookies new boy toy, Vinnie Rottino. If Santana and Dickey can pitch like Seaver and Koosman….Ya Gotta Believe!
@Paulie Allnuts, Yeah, anything’s possible… What, I’m not a Met hater anymore as I’ve been called… When they had something to promote, I promoted it…
Hudson @ Tex and Parker @ Col?…….Ummmmm, yeah I was doubly sonofabenched yesterday! FMFBBL!
@AP, Damn… Hard to start those guys there though…
In a 10 team league, would you pick up Cahill as a streaming option at LAA?
@Blue, Depends on the situation…It’s not an ideal matchup…
Hey Grey, just got offered D. Haren for my M. Trumbo. Should I take it? 10 team obp league and I have a good amount of power (Votto, Hamilton, Cruz, Bruce) and I’m doing well in those cats. Meanwhile, my pitching has been average (Yovani, Gio, MadBum, Beachy, Garza and Fister – DL for now). I’m leaning towards pulling the trigger. Thoughts?
@JJ, Your pitching looks fine… But sure that deal’s fine if you need Haren…
Grey
You’ve been on an absolute roll this past week – hilarious
Please Rank ROS?
Mini Donkey, Fatt Adams, Ryan Roberts, Ike Davis, Hosmer, A Avila, W Betemit
@yeah!,
it also probably matters – OBP league
@yeah!, Thanks, Rudy co-wrote this one too… Hosmer, Donkey, Ike…
Grey,
Josh Reddick available, give up on and drop Chris young for him?
@NyJacobs, Not crazy about it
I’d give up Dickie and Jed Lowrie for Tulo. 6×6 OPS H2H. Are Dickie and Jed over their head? Love the site thanks for everything!
@Rounded korner’s, Thanks! I’d take Tulo, but I’d wait to hear what’s going on with his injury first…
yay !
i made the top 600 in the tv weep-stakes game .
also ,
fuentes is a coors pitcher who’s not used to pitching in the AL .
cust kayin’ .
i even made it into the top 20 posts for this thread ,
though that kiwi fella sometimes makes things difficult .
@chata, Being facetious with the Fuentes line…
Speaking of ticker tease, Krispie Young’s oh fer five came when the Dbacks plated 11 runs. Eek!
@Pefacommish, Yeah
I’ve gone all Brokeback Mountain on Krispie…why can’t I quit you?!?! Even after my rant last night I wasn’t able to pull the trigger. I want to pick up Mini-Donkey but here are my drop options:
C.Davis (who’s done nothing to warrant a drop)
Krispie (who’s done everything to warrant a drop)
Belt (who looks like he’s getting hot)
Goldy (who has cooled off a bit, but still looks solid)
I’m just figuring that as soon as I lose Krispie, he’ll get picked up by someone and will catch fire.
@Wilsonian, All those corner men seem redundant… Goldy….
@Grey, in my redundant defense, Davis is covering for Longoria, Belt and Goldy are currently in my two UTIL positions.
Someone offered me the adverb for Alex Rios and Jason Motte. I have a surplus of closers and need another SP. Do I pull the trigger? I also have Nelson Cruz, Josh Reddick, Adam jones, Josh willingham, Rajai Davis and drew Stubbs at OF. Sadly he won’t take Stubbs from me :(
@Hapless Chipper, I’d take Lee
Pls rank Belt, Goldschmidt, Morales.
I’m having trouble settling on a 1B this year.
@fd, Guess you can lump Mark Reynolds in there too. Guess I should just pick a 1B and sit on him.
@fd, I’d grab Reynolds
reynolds and belt are FAs..should i make a move?
12team mixed h2h categories
C- Montero
1B – LaRoche
2B – Uggla
3B – Plouffe
SS – Reyes
OF – Hamilton
OF – BJ Upton
OF – Cruz
Utl – Phillips
Bench: Morneau/Rasmus
DL: Longoria
@JP, I’d take Reynolds over Plouffe. Hot streak should end soon.
@WhineSpritzer, I’d hang on to Plouffe and lose Morneau or Rasmus.
@JP, Lose your Morneau
And as of this posting, Mini Donkey is only owned in 38% of Yahoo! leagues, making him eligible as a Buy.
@Wilsonian, I don’t look at Yahoo
@Grey, Well I don’t play ESPN, so there!
I play Yahoo… Just don’t know where percentage numbers are found…
Reynolds and Ike are both available. Would you pick up both and drop Goldschmidt and Ibanez?
@Buddo Chezuski, I’d go Reynolds and Goldy
Plz rank ROY: Mini Donkey, Mike Goldschmidt & Belt
@Purewater, Mini, Belt
Which 2 players should I be starting in my 1B and Utility spots (OPS instead of AVG):
Craig
Butler
C Davis
Reynolds
Soriano
Laroche
I’ve been playing Butler all year but C Davis has actually out-produced him so far. Soriano has been on a tear. Mini-donkey has potential. And I’ve read here that Laroche is a second half hitter.
@Whip me, Reynolds, Davis
@Grey, I’m playing Craig for sure, so you’re saying Reynolds is a better option than Moobs?
Yup
Sorry, what? Butler’s over Reynolds…
Grey,
12 team H2H. Which 3 of the following do you like ROS and as potential cheap keepers next year:
Rizzo, Belt, Ike Davis, Goldschmidt, Mini Donkey
Thanks!
@chuckster, Rizzo, Goldy
Pick 2
Scutaro, Aviles, A Escobar, S Drew, R Theriot, A Simmons
@SS Conundrum, Alcides, Drew
Trade Lance Lynn for BJ Upton?
@HotRod, I would
I have a feeling there’s going to be a lot of mini donkey in this comments section. Never the one to fight the tide too much, is there anyone on the below roster you’re dropping for Reynolds? (keeping in mind that I have a ton of positional flexibility, meaning no one is restricted)
C – Ruiz
1B – Youk
2B -Jemile Weeks
3B – Joey Bats
SS – Jimmy Rollins
MI – Kipnis
CI – Jed Lowrie
OF – McCutchen
OF – Bruuuuuce
OF – Howie Kendrick
OF – Desmond Jennings
OF – Brandon Belt
Util – Moustakas
Util – Espinosa
Bench – Rizzo
SPs – Greinke, Hanson, Anibal, Lynn, Samard, McCarthy, Cahill
RPs – Perez, Casilla, Wilhelmsen, (Santos on DL)
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I was thinking Jemile or McCarthy, but I’m finding it hard to quit Jemile, so maybe holding would make sense. If McCarthy would just go on the DL all of this would be moot. I don’t want to drop Youk because he still has name value and that could mean a decent trade in my league. I’m stuck and need some guidance (aka ‘Greydance’, which incidentally has nothing to do with Michael Flatley). Thank you!
@Chillmodious, I’d lose Weeks and not think twice about it. Move Kipnis to 2nd, Lowrie to MI, and Reynolds at CI. That’s a much better team than you currently have.
@Chillmodious, Agree^
@Chillmodious,
youk is looking at reduced playing time .
there’s no name value in the real world of baseball (don’t know about
your league) , but even the white sox declined on youk , and who are they starting @ 3rd base ? the o-dawg !!?
i laugh .
I hear Brandon Belt has a mannequin named Morty, too.
@Far Beyond Driven, Best single season TV series ever.
@Far Beyond Driven, I don’t get it but I feel like I wish I did…
Would you take gallardo over beachy ROS? How about in a keeper league?
Thanks!
@Booya, Not in a keeper
Rank for the rest of the year:
Posey
Mauer
Pierzynski
Ruiz
J. Montero
@nycs10011, Posey, Jesus, Mauer
Would you drop either Downs or Camp for K-Rod?
Would you drop Goldschmidt for Reynolds?
@Charles, Camp…. Yeah, I’d grab Donkey
@Grey,
lucky for you that a commenter named richard didn’t ask that question .
Ha!
It’s sad the way Krispie’s season has gone… How long should I hold out before dropping him? I could pick up Mini Donkey or put in a waiver claim for John Axford? What do you think?
@Dominic, Eh, I’d hold a bit longer….
J.D. Martinez…I love that line from Scarface.
@CT Old School, Me too
Would you trade Yadier Molina and Ricky Romero for Matt Wieters and Tommy Hanson (6×6 h2h yahoo league).
@Jack, Nah
Reynolds or Hunter at util?
@Grey,
Or Belt?
@Booya, Reynolds
@Grey: Latos or Marcum?
@ThE sHiT, Marcum
Who would you be starting at Utility today?
Jay Bruce (Dillon Gee)
Billy Bulter (Kyle Loshe)
Brandon Belt (Jason Vargas)
I’m thinking about riding Belt’s hot streak. Am I crazy?
@The Vaporizers, Bruce
Would you take Thome, Frenchy or Seth Smith over Rasmus or Laroche?
@Blue, and Espinoza or Infante at 2B?
@Blue, I’d hold… Espinosa
Grey, I’ve noticed you quote yourself a lot, and it’s always hilarious. Usually someone would sound like a dick doing that so well played!
Thoughts on Lee/Victorino for Weaver/Brucey? I really like Lee course but my OF would then be Stanton/Bruce/Beltran
@Jared, Thanks! I’d take Weaver…
Belt or Goldschmidt the rest of the way?
@Eric C., Goldy
I am in a 20 team h2h Dynasty league. I just got offered morse and goldschmidt for my longoria. I am definitely getting ripped off here. Anyway please help make a solid counteroffer. The other manager has some solid pieces. What kind of trade do i make? Both our teams are below.
my team
c jp arencibia
1b prince fielder
2b neil walker
ss yunel escobar
3b miguel cabrera
inf chris johnson
lf peter bourjos
cf jarrod dyson
rf justin upton
of Norichika aoki
util andrelton simmons
bn travis snider
bn carlos lee
bn ryan lavernway
Bn miguel Sano
dl carl crawford
dl evan longoria
sp clayton kershaw
sp yu darvish
sp cliff lee
sp jon lester
rp bryan shaw
rp matt thorton
rp matt capps
p jason hammel
p scott downs
p aaron harang
bn brad peacock
bn barry zito
bn brian matusz
his team
C Russell martin
1b Michael morse
2b Michael young
3b placido polanco
Ss josh Harrison
If paul Goldschmidt
Lf brennan boesch
Cf Cameron maybin
Of coco crisp
Util ryan theriot
Bn Anthony rizzo
Bn many machado
Bn billy Hamilton
Dl troy tulowitzki
Sp ricky nolasco
Sp max scherzer
Sp gavin Floyd
Ro jake mcgee
Rp jj putz
Rp Daniel bard
P Jerome Williams
P Kevin millwood
@Ryan, You should trade for outfield… This guy’s outfield is terrible…
@Grey, So there is nobody worth trading for on his team?
@Ryan, No. This guys whole team is terrible. Weren’t you trying to trade Cliff Lee yesterday? Trade him to a team with an OF bopper.
You buying Des Jennings, or worried about his knee/steals? Ta very much!
@Eng, I’m buying… Listen to the podcast…
Trade Aviles for Youk?
@K!cks, Eh… It’s okay….
I was offered his Ian Kennedy for my Hellickson, Cespedes and Capuano, fair deal for a 7 year keeper league?
I know Capuano can’t remotely keep up his pace much longer and I grabbed him off waivers so letting him go is no biggy. I also have young guys like Trout, Jennings in the OF. However, since this is a keepers league and I want to get a little younger, while Kennedey is still young I am not sure Hellickson has even reached his full potential yet. Is giving up those 3 guys a little too much for Kennedy?
@Brian, Hold
12 team mixed league, I was offered D Jennings and Henderson Alvarez for Bryce Harper. I do need steals. I do have an easy drop in Brian Fuentes. I don’t love Alvarez, but Jennings seems ideal..worried that Harper might keep this up, and Jennings hasn’t run yet since he’s been back. Any thoughts? I think I’m weighing Harper’s overall production vs Jenning’s speed. Longoria coming back soon probably helps here too for Jennings.
Redraft league? Hold…
@Grey, What if I could get Price out of it? I know he won’t trade Cain.
@DiRo, I’d take Jennings and Price, for sure…
Yo Grey and Rudy, how do you like dealing my Ichiro and Anibal for Adam Jones? Would you trade any of these pitchers + ichiro for Jones: j-zimm, gio, bumgarner?
Thanks
@Alcesto, Yeah I’d make that trade. I wouldn’t trade any of those other 3 pitchers though.
Just traded Viciedo and Kendrick (both riding my bench) to a frustrated Josh Johnson owner. I’m pretty psyched about it. But maybe that’s because it’s Friday. Am I nuts?
@WhineSpritzer, Nice trade!
Kinsler for Uggla and axford? My only other closers and Janssen, Wilhelmson and Balfour (also have league and K-Rob)
@Grey’s da man!, It’s fair…
I’ve got Omar Infante at 2B (waiting for Utley to come of the DL . . . ) and I’m feeling like I need to make a change. The following 2B are available in my league. Who would you grab:
Danny Espinosa
Gordon Beckham
Neil Walker
Marco Scutaro
Aaron Hill
Rickie Weeks
Brandon Inge
Not a very exciting list, I know. I’m leaning towards Espinosa. What do you think?
On a separate note, do you think Ike Davis has turned a corner yet? Is he worth grabbing?
@xonkk, I’d make a change somewhere else.
@xonkk, I’d grab Ike in some leagues… Espinosa over Infante…
between today’s malcolm gladwell reference and yesterday’s ‘dr. strangelove’ reference, you have cinched for me the designation of best FBB blog on the planet. that would also be the universe and all the galaxies, too. my martian friends tell me they don’t play fantasy sports. maybe because they’re just a fantasy anyway.
@robert raymond, Ha!
What’s the deal with Freeman? Is he droppable for Reynolds at this point? Or try and hold him on the bench?
@Grey’s da man!, I’d go with Reynolds…
I hear Mark Trumbo is related to Dalton Trumbo. I’m told by another Trumbo that all Trumbos trace their lineage back to a single Trumbo.
Do they still run that ad in LA for Attorney Larry Parker? “Larry Parker got me 2.1 million dollars.” For some reason it always pops into my mind when Jarrod Parker is pitching. “Jarrod Parker got me 2.1 scoreless.”
Looking at the pitching match up of Francis v Crosby, there could be LITERALLY a million runs scored in that Colorado game. I once heard an announcer say a player was “literally flying around the bases.”
@OaktownSteve, I don’t remember that ad, but that’s hilarious… Seriously about Trumbo?
@Grey, That is absolutely true about Trumbo. And by absolutely true I mean a guy named Trumbo told me.
The Larry Parker ad was a staple of late night LA TV in the 80’s and 90’s.
Ah… Yeah, before my LA time… Crazy about Trumbo…
@Grey, It was actually Larry “H.” Parker and the best part was at the end when he’d point at the camera and say “I’ll fight for you” in a nasal monotone that ranks among the best and most indelible of any nasal monotone I’ve ever heard.
Jarrod Parker reminds me of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. I own him and Colby Lewis in one league and changed my team name to “Synchronize Your Watches.”
That’s awesome!
@OaktownSteve, I love the “literally” people. I make a point of calling them out. “Oh yeah? It was so funny you literally peed your pants? Did you sit in a puddle of urine for the rest of the film?”
I also enjoy tossing around “figuratively” to annoy those people. “I was so pissed off, there was smoke figuratively coming out of my ears.”
Can’t figure out why my wife avoids being around me out in public.
@Awesomus Maximus, I think we’d hit it off.
Hey Grey, i am behind in almost all pitching categories (to be accurate in W, L, ERA, whip), so i tend to even start Samardzija vs. Boston. Agree? I cant lose more than i am already doing, but if he pitches well, he could help winning some ground against my opponent.
Agree
Pick two to stream today.
Cahill vs LAA
Masterson vs PIT
Vargas vs SF
Hughes vs WAS
Cahill… Vargas…
@Grey:
How do you feel about using Justin Grimm in a pinch tomorrow at home vs Houston (Harrell).
His minor league #’s are pretty excellent.
Eh, I guess if you really have to…
@Grey,
Lmao its him or Joe Kelly…
I like Texas’ chance of a W better so I think I am going to trot him out there.
Wow, yeah… Yikes…
@joe from pt pleasant, that is pretty slim… But he looks decent, did a little research myself.. not a lot of HRs given up, decent velocity and hes playin for texas against “perfected”.. im not streamin him but hes not a terrible option.. or Turrible if charles barkley is reading..
pS who the bleep is joe kelly? Hahahahah
Asdrubal or Elvis?
Elvis… Bit of a tossup on needs…
Looking to buy low on Tulow or Longoria.
Using the following pieces, what package would be a fair deal for either player?
A Gonzalez, N Cruz, J Reddick, De Aza, C Quentin, M Young, L Lynn, J Johnson, S Casilla, A Reed.
Cruz, Young, closer?
Aw snap! RW Denver Alex got served! Or was that a slam on Davis? Jenn and Colie? All of them? Yeah, I’m going with “all of them.”
Sadder than the two options you provided is me keeping Krispie in a BE slot through his DL stint… positive he wouldn’t take long to return to form. We’re not engaged, but I basically gave him a promise ring. I can’t break up with him until the end of the season now.
One last thing: based on something I think I remember looking up 3 or 4 years ago, Aramis is way better in the second half than the first. If I didn’t already own him, I’d be looking to buy low… well, first I’d strengthen that research, and if it still jived, I’d be looking to buy low.
Re: Aramis — God, I hope so…
@Grey, C’mon slacker… that was your cue to do the Aramis research for me. Fine, I’ll do it myself…
Okay, over the past three seasons (2009-2011) here are his PreASB/PostASB splits:
R – 82/105
HR – 29/37
RBI – 100/141
AVG – .270/.301
OPS – .777/.892
Over his career, he has 112 HR from March-June, compared to 163 from July-October.
Not as glaring as I’d like, but he still looks like a tasty buy low option to me.
@Awesomus Maximus, I’ll take anything that can be construed as promising… Thank you!
@rudy: hard to say what my favorite is. germanophile that i am, i am partial to german-english translations.
george c scott: ‘strangelove? what kind of name is that, anyway? that ain’t no kraut name.’
[war council member]: he changed it when he became a citizen. it used to be verrückte liebe.
verrückt = crazy or nutso. kubrick’s interpretation is zuper klever. that would be in german ‘super clever.’
@robert raymond, DSO:HILTSWALTB is such an overlooked classic… and so is Sellers.
Being of German-Swiss decent and having studied German language for 5 years, I’m partial to them, as well. I’m looking to push “Tweet” as a new nickname for Vogelsong, but I don’t think it’s going to catch on.
Is Mike Aviles going to streak again (worth holding onto) or is he done for the year (pick up E-cab/Drew combo)
I’d go with EverCab for steals, nothing else…
I just got offered Jon Lester for Prado in a 5×5 league. I’ve got Longoria and Reynolds, so I don’t need the 3B eligibility. I’ve got to take that, right?
Take it
Please rank ROS. Ike, Belt, Frazier
Thanks again.
Belt, Ike
trade goldschmidt for josh johnson?
@jaw, Oh hell yes.
I would
Alex Avila is on waivers. Should I pick him up and try to trade Molina for SP/RP help? Who should I drop and what type of SP/RP should I target with Molina?
Yahoo 12 Team Standard 6X6 H2H
C: Yadier Molina
1B: Joey Votto
2B: Dan Uggla
SS: Hanley Ramirez
3B: Vacant
OF: Andrew McCutchen, Mike Trout, Adam Jones
UTL: Bryan LaHair, Desmond Jennings
Bench: Eric Hosmer, Evan Longoria
2SP: Jon Lester, Yovani Gallardo
2RP: Addison Reed, Jim Johnson
4P: Ricky Romero, Max Scherzer, Matt Moore, Kris Medlen, Roy Oswalt, Danny Hultzen, Ubaldo Jimenez, Tom Wilhelmsen
DL: Sergio Santos, Derek Holland
@Jack, You’re not going to get anything with Molina… Maybe McDonald?
16 team league
Sale/Frazier for Price/Reynolds?
@Chunk, Price
Trade my Stanton for his J Upton? I’d like to add a little speed, but is it too much to assume that Upton will start hitting better?
@Nico, Not good
@Grey: how are you feeling about Milone next week in weekly leagues, two home starts against the dodgers and giants (harang and cain)?
thanks.
Sounds solid…
@herschel, You should feel good about those starts. With an 0.98 ERA at home, he’s a Home Schooler!
would you trade garza for De Aza if you had ample pitching and needed runs/sb’s/avg?
Nope
guess its pathetic that im waiting for the buy/sell column to come out today? god my life would be miserable without this site..
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Grey/Rudy,
Awesome job on the daily notes…I read them to my newborn son pretty often…he smiles when I read ‘Sonuvabench’ from the glossary…lol. As for the fantasy advice, thank you tons! I’m in a 10 team H2H ESPN league and killin it (8-1…soon to be 9-1)…not bad for my first time in FBB. My twin bro, (frequent commenter) ThE sHIT, said I should join an RCL league next year…
And btw, love the Gladwell reference….one of my fav authors! Keep up the good work fellas!
Thanks!