Yesterday, Thomas Harrington (4 IP, 6 ER, 11 baserunners) called up by the Pirates. Thomas Harrington has a legacy membership to Shadyside Country Club. Thomas Harrington does not go by Tom or Tommy because he is prim and proper. Thomas Harrington wears a napkin under his collar while he pitches and calls his grandmother’s”helper” mammy and mammy raised him, and he won’t pitch north of the Mason-Dixon line until there’s some big changes. So, he has impeccable command and I looked all around to see if he was up for good or just for this start and would shuttle back and forth between the minors, and, after his 1st start, maybe it doesn’t matter. He was the 36th overall pick in the 2022 draft and went 7-3 with a 2.61 ERA over 117 innings in the minors last year. But more importantly, it was with a 1.5 BB/9. There’s a chance he yo-yo’s back and forth until an injury arises, and he looked downright wonky yesterday. For a guy with impeccable command, he looked a mess. I’d add him in most leagues deeper than mixed 15-teamers and Streamonator for now in shallower just because I love his command like Thomas Harrington loves his wife Muffy and Great Dane, Pemberwell. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
David Bednar – Optioned to the minors. Sad to see him go. Was hoping for that classic matchup of him vs. Gavin Sheets to see who wins in Sheets vs. Shit-the-Bednar. For the past fifteen months, Pirates saves have been, “David Bednar really isn’t that bad,” manager Derek Shelton says as Shit-the-Bednar blows another save. Now, for Shelton to actually come out of that trance, I hope he is okay. Who knows how long he’s been asleep. Does he know he’s the Pirates manager? Is he still worried about Y2K? Does he have teenage fantasies about Laverne & Shirley? Am I describing myself now? I got questions, y’all! I grabbed Dennis Santana wherever I could, Colin Holderman is oddly-named for the closer job, but could get saves, I suppose, and Caleb Ferguson might get saves if it’s a lefty-heavy 9th. Wouldn’t be shocked to even see J. Lawrence. Whoa. Maybe Bednar will sneak into a game wearing every other Pirates’ reliever jersey to make Shelton think they’re as bad as him and he’ll return. Anything’s on the table, I suppose.
Jake Mangum – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 3rd steal, as he now bats cleanup. Rays be making up players. They put a Dirty Harry DVD on top of a radiator and out popped Jake Mangum. In Triple-A last year, he had 20 steals and he makes good contact, but he’s also 29 with three MLB games of experience. Then again, it’s the Rays, so maybe he was ready five years ago and the Rays dragged their heels so they wouldn’t have to pay him. He should be nothing, but maybe he surprises pitchers. At the worst: Hot schmotato.
Brandon Lowe – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer. There’s a thing, so. Dot dot dot. Here’s the thing: Lowe may need 70 games to rest his back at different times this year, but could be good when on the field.
Shane Baz – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 10 Ks. Watched the Pirates/Rays game for Harrington, stayed for Baz. What I was hoping to get from Harrington, I got from Baz. He looked excellent. Some people are asking if he should be rostered — 100,000%.
Devin Williams – Placed on paternity list. We only care if the baby is a torpedo bat.
Jasson Dominguez – 2-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st homer. Martian, no, no, no, not a torpedo! We come in peace!
Anthony Volpe – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer. Torpedo, right ahead! Talk about the torpedoes in length on this week’s podcast. My big take away is pitching is not that good, Yankee Stadium is a great place for hitting and, if guys believe the torpedoes work, then they’re gonna work, because hitting is so mental. A self-fulfilling thing. Last year the Cubs used torpedo bats, though, and — spoiler alert! — they didn’t do shizz.
Ben Rice – 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer. One thing we should’ve learned from Rice last year is he gets crazy hot, then hits .170 for a month. Right now, that Rice is roni’ing.
Will Warren – 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners (4 BBs), 4 Ks. His big drawback is a lack of command. Look again at how many walks he threw. Those BBs gonna shoot your eye out. Streamonator hates his next one, but I could see it if you need to risk it since it’s @PIT. Going one start at a time for now though.
Corbin Burnes – 4 1/3 IP, 2 ER. Am I bastard because I wanted him to get tagged for even more runs? P to the erhaps. Listen, I told you not to draft him, so don’t blame me. Or blame me, I don’t care.
Corbin Carroll – 1-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Would love for him to shake the “not a 1st half player” narrative. [thinks for a moment if I have him in my leagues] Yeah, yeah, I do. Shake that narrative!
Eugenio Suarez – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 5th homer. I find it funny that everyone talks about Aaron Judge, and Eugenio has more homers since last All-Star Break.
A.J. Puk – 1 IP, 1 ER and his 1st save. Justin Martinez (1 IP, 0 ER, 3 Ks) worked the harder part of the order, so this is likely a 60/40 timeshare with Ju-Ma in the lead.
Jose Berrios – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 6.75. Okay, War Room, you get a one-day reprieve.
Nathan Eovaldi – 9 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.20. No one was telling you to draft Eovaldi? Are you sure? Because I was, and did. Like a dyslexic Rachel Ray abbreviating olive oil, I love EOV.
Wyatt Langford – 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer. We are Wyattnesses!!! Like witnesses. No? Hmm, okay.
Sean Manaea – Had a small setback with his oblique and shut down for two weeks or two years. Obliques be tricky.
Kodai Senga – 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 8 Ks. A small ticker shock too, as he allowed two more unearned runs. Line looks excellent. Hope he’s healthy. I’m not saying I hope he’s healthy. I’m saying, if you have him, you hope. Do you need me to say Simon Says hope?
Brandon Nimmo – 2-for-4 and his 2nd homer, 2nd homer in two games. Nimmo found one!
Kyle Stowers – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Keeping his Spring Training burst of power going (from 2024 Spring Training, while skipping last year).
Anthony Bender – 2/3 IP, 0 ER and his 1st save. Two-thirds of an inning saves always scream to me, “Not the closer, the manager just went to him,” but you never know this early in the season. Still prefer Faucher, who was likely resting.
Jordan Walker – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and a slam (1) and legs (1). Screaming like Dr. Frankenstein, “He’s alive!!”
Michael King – 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 3.52. Wait, are you saying his 1st start of the year wasn’t the only start he was having this year? So, he is good again like all of last year? Weird. Good to know, I guess.
Jackson Merrill – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 1st homer. More like Jacks’on him.
Kyle Tucker – 2-for-3, 3 runs and his 4th homer, and four straight games with a homer. You can’t be seriously bothering the Ghost of Dale Long this early in the year.
Seiya Suzuki – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Seiya ball!
Justin Steele – 6 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 6.89. He might be cooked, but I’m not saying he’s cooked based on — or basted on — the first few matchups he’s had. Last night was the closest he’s had to an easy matchup and it wasn’t easy. A’s are surprisingly good and I think SacTown might be a wind tunnel where the ball just goes SOARING INTO THE GREAT OUTDOORS. SacTown is known for two things, meth and bing bong go soar.
Luis Severino – 6 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.75. The ball goes big bong in SacTown! You cannot mess with that!
Brent Rooker – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. I hate everyone who tried to tell me SacTown wasn’t going to play like Bing Bong Theater Presents: Bing Bongs.
Shea Langeliers – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. It’s all bing bongs in that place!
Casey Mize – 5 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 3 BBs, 6 Ks. Going to Seattle is like the Anti-SacTown. It’s Sacs-Empty-Town. Also: I kinda love Mize this year. Tigers coach up their pitchers nicely (after three years; don’t ask me why it’s that long).
Riley Greene – 2-for-4, 2 runs and his 2nd homer. Tigers aren’t the pushover another team might be, like, say, the M’s.
Tommy Kahnle – 1 IP, 0 ER and his 1st save. First time the Tigers had an actual save chance, and they went to Kahnle. Could that mean Kahnle is the closer? Yes. Could it mean Holton worked the day before and he was resting but is the closer? Yes. Could it mean Will Vest stop riding up on me, it’s tickling! Sorry, wearing this cardigan. It’s not clear yet, but I’d go Kahnle or Holton, that order because sometimes it only takes one save to matter.
Shane Smith – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 3 Ks. White Sox pitchers being interesting is a new thing. I need some time to get used to it.
Nick Maton – 1-for-3 and his 2nd homer, as he hit leadoff. Okay, don’t push your luck here, White Sox players on my waivers.
Christian Yelich – 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (1) and legs (2). Sorry, I saw Chad Patrick (4 2/3 IP, 0 ER) pitched for them and now I have Without Me in my head. Chad Patrick, you can get your ass kicked worse than them little Limp Bizkit bastards. Chad Patrick should’ve likely had more of my attention than Harrington. In Triple-A, he went 2.90 ERA, 9.6 K/9, 2.6 BB/9 in 136 1/3 IP, and command is his number one attribute. Again, NL-Only, but I will monocle for you. You’re welcome.
Heliot Ramos – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer. ChatGPT, can you tell me about Heliot Ramos? “He was your preseason sleeper.” Oh, wow, forgot about that!
Logan Webb – 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.00. Webb gem!
Hayden Wesneski – 5 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks. FAAB’d up Wesneski in 15-team mixed leagues this weekend and attempted to in a 12-teamer (LABR), but I bid a $1 and Jeff Zimmerman of FanGraphs bid $1 and he won Wesneski because he was lower in the standings than me. Backhanded win! Wesneski looked solid in the spring and the Astros make aces of, well, Ronel, Framber, you name the pitcher, and they weren’t supposed to be as good as they ended up. In most shallower leagues, I’d still Streamonator for now.
Jose Altuve – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer. Let’s just say it’s good he homered when he was back in the outfield, because otherwise you might’ve got some goofy thing like he’s more comfortable at 2B and why he’s not going to the outfield again. Though, we want him to regain 2nd base eligibility for next year too.
Freddie Freeman – Negative x-rays, but likely won’t play until Friday. How many showers does this guy need?
Dustin May – 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners (1 hit), 6 Ks in his first start since 2023. The Giant Human Carrot looked like time hadn’t moved since his last start — still dominant, still looked like Carrot Top. Props to him.
Mookie Betts – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Mookie Best!
Reynaldo Lopez – Will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder. Braves might consider unplugging, blowing in and restarting their season.
Lance Lynn – Announced his retirement on his wife’s podcast, Dymin in the Rough. Here’s an excerpt of Dymin in the Rough, “Shay-Shay turned state witness and now she got to get got for dymin…Right after this brief word from today’s sponsor, Quip.”
Late to the party with the site being down. Glad it’s alive!
J Walker and C Mize – Is it real?
Drop options for either
Soderstrom, Casas, Goldy
Mullins, Cam Smith
One of these things is not like the other – and it starts with “Cedric”
Oh man I suck at starting lineups! My team went 3-29. I bet I left some someone big on the bench. Ahh, I went 3-28 on the bench. Maybe I just suck in general.
Cool cool, Snell just Snelling.
Ouch! Snell loves to Snell
We juicing the ball like Profar? Edman with 4 HR in 29 AB. If he gets 500 AB I dont see how he doesnt top his career high of 13.
As an owner I was gunning for 15/25 but 20/25 might be easily attainable?
Just weird how these low power guys are crushing it. Gimenez, Otto Lopez, Edman, etc., doing this. I think that was Edman’s 2nd 400+ HR.
Yeah, I get it long season. Im curious how it plays out but quite the statistical oddity this early. He could hit 2 every 100 AB and as long as he got 500 more he would best his career high. Right now hammering them at a Bonds like pace.
I think the ball is juiced, no joke, balls are jumping out everywhere
Everywhere but Witt Jr.
(Sad walks like Michael Cera in Arrested Development)
baz over steele?
Meh
Casas and Steer on the wire. Any swaps or let someone else deal with them?
CI – Vlad, Machado, Nate Lowe
OF – Tucker, Suzuki, Nimmo, V Scott, Cast
Util- Donovan or Otto
Thanks
Casas over Donovan
Are the Rockies bad enough to start Taijuan Walker against them at home tomorrow? He’s $1 on the SON at time of writing…
Yes
I like how the Rockies used their *redistribute skill point button* and allocated points from hitting to pitching.
Went a bit too far. Tied for 4th for given up as many runs as LAD and SFG (pretty much all the BP IIRC) and are tied for last in runs scored with the Braves. 9. Runs. Ouch.
Goodman!
Just added him – I could use the 2nd C for off-days, and he’s batting cleanup, playing some DH. Plus OF.
Dropped Raley. Am I a Knee-jerk jerk or good move?
Puk, Santana or Faucher?
Soler, Toglia, Ben Rice or Conforto?
Santana
Toglia
Which start do u prefer
Tylor Megill home vs Toronto or
Luzardo home vs Dodgers
Megill
How is Gurriel hitting a 2-run homer if he’s suspended?
I’m not following
Oh never mind. Brain fart. I got my Lourdises and my Juricksons confused.
Ha, gotcha
Please rank: Herera; Langeliers, Raleigh.
Thanks.
Raleigh, Shea
Mizner or Mangum to backfill Josh Lowe in 10 team AL 5×5?
Mangum
Sorry one last question, bout sick of Connor Wong just watched his last AB lol. Would you drop for any of Herrera, Jeffers, or Amaya? If so how much would you bid out of 1000$ waiver money. You can list top 2 if you’d add more then one because I’m sure Herrera will be a hot commodity after his performance today.
Yes, Ivan
$3 for Ivan then Jeffers
Is Jordan Walker for real this season? Drop Burleson for him or HOLD?
Hold for now
Grey, I give you credit for Eovaldi’s CG shutout on my team! I wasn’t excited to draft him, but I followed your trusty ranks, and it’s already paying dividends.
Also, wanted to point out the Best 100 Pitching Starts still has “2024” listed in the navigation pane, the page title, and the page header. Thanks for all you do!
Ah, ok, I will change it to 2025 once the site is stable enough to be poking around…thanks!
Need speed
Drop Masyn Wynn or Cam Smith for Caballero or hold?
Hold
Also forgot to ask, would you start Rodon vs the Dbacks tonight?
Yes
First we get another Max Muncy, today I see a Freddy Fermin – What in the glitch in the matrix is going on?!
Wait until we get Rougned Odor I, II and III
Good afternoon Grey, got a couple questions for you:
1. What 1 guy would you go with for saves/holds out of these Relief pitchers:
Uceta
Jojo Romero
Luke Jackson
Halvorsen
Robert Garcia
Dennis Santana
Cole Sands
Erik Miller
2. Would you drop Jo Adell for Byron Buxton? If so how much of my 1000$ waiver money should I spend, would just be a bench/utility bat.
Thanks as always for answering my questions, have a good rest of your night!
1. Jackson 2. Sure, $3
Matt McLain for E. Clase in a 10 team pts league, no holds? Thanks!
Clase, but might be closer than preseason values indicate
Thank you.
No problem
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I havent been able to get on Razzball today until just now. It was crashed earlier on my ISP. Is someone plotting against Razzball?
Did the Ivan Herrera breakout start today? Im glad I have a few shares. There aren’t many 3HR catcher days EVER.
Im glad I’ve gobbled up all the Nick Kurtz shares I have been able to acquire. Have you seen his AAA 4 game numbers? Sure its the PCL, but ATH is gonna have a hard time justifying Seth Brown over Nick if the current trajectory continues.
Meanwhile Jacob “Arraez” Wilson hitting .348 with 0 K’s and 0 BB’s through 23 AB’s…. And a HR already!!!!
I blame China
Herrera, wow, wish I had him somewhere, anywhere…Wilson, I believe has 100% Z-Contact, which means he hasn’t missed one strike yet, one of like 10 guys to have that a week in
Crazy stuff. Comps to Arraez seem right on but I a pretty confident he will have 15-17 HR power this year. I will be ecstatic with 70/15/65/.290/5.
I think he might get to 20 HRs, but I’d take 15
I O’Hoppe so. That’d be awesome!
Haha
I think Eovaldi will be on top of the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list when it gets updated. Very impressive. I of course don’t own him, because he wasn’t in a tier I was targeting. Oh, well. I’m sure it won’t be the major reason for lack of success.
And there he is! King and Mize also made the top 10 of the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list.
Thanks!
Yeah, very nice!
Deep league, and I will be picking up several SPs. Please rank.
Sugano (Bal); Hicks; AJSS; Megill; Meyer (Mia).
Note. Hicks gets additional credit since he also qualifies at RP.
Hicks, Megill, Meyer are all the same thing, depending on matchups, so go Hicks if that RP helps
More trouble getting on all day, just a heads up. I panicked again.
I know, we crashed…Sorry about that!
Just glad everything is good, I thought it was a cyber attack from North Korea.
I make one Kim Jung joke
Wilmer Flores with his 4th HR.
I really should have taken literally anyone but Witt in the 1st, much less 1.01
Sigh
HAHA, I wanted Wilmer in deeper leagues but sigh
You’re a witch.
Santana S1
Nice!
It wasn’t pretty. He didn’t miss a lot of bats, and he didn’t hit much of the strike zone.
But he didn’t blow it. Probably 1st save nerves. Hopefully he’s better next time out.
Agreed, with all of that. But pretty is a relative term.
True!
Oh, he’s not great
For sure.
12 team, 5×5 roto (saves only) (1250 Max IP)
1) Hoerner or Kristian Campbell?
2) You starting Gallen @NYY tonight?
3) Jose Alvarado or Edwin Uceta? (Currently roster Fairbanks).
3) Keibert Ruiz or Hunter Goodman?
1. Nico 2. Nah 3. Alva 4. Good
I wish I would have started Gallen. 13Ks. Ugh.
12 team 7×7 with OBP and TBs. In a vacuum, Noot, Soderstrom, or Burleson as bench bat
Soder
Closer question – Iglesias or Bautista? Not sure how long before Bautista gets back in a rhythm. Control has been a little wonky since he’s been back and he’s not going back-to-back games at least for now. Then again, the Braves can’t win a game so Iglesias may not get any saves.
Bautista
Flip Soderstrom for Trevor Megil? He’s a bench bat right now behind Naylor and I could always use another reliever…
Sounds fine
Roupp! There it is! Roupp! There it is!
HAHA
Hey Grey!
In a limited moves league (i have 39 left). I’m debating making some pitching moves. Here is my squad:
Skubal
Glasnow
Steele
Rasmussen
Robbie Ray
Clay Holmes
Bowden Francis
Would you drop any for:
Springs
Hicks
Singer
Shane Baz
Or just sit tight for now?
Thanks,
Save your moves
Grey, love your work. 12 team Roto League with QS and OBP. Should I drop Jared Jones? We have 8 bench spots but no designated IL slots. I am carrying Shane McClanahan, David Bednar, Ronald Acuna, Royce Lewis and Marcelo Mayer on my bench. My current active staff is Michael King, Logan Webb, Joe Ryan, Reese Olson, Tylor Megill, Jose Soriano, and Tanner Houck.
Yes, and Bednar
Glad the site is working now…need your advice. :)
In one small roto 6×6 – W & QS; AVG & OBP.
Considering a couple trade options. In what order do you like?
1. Gunnar or Tucker
2. Sale or Burns
3. Robbie Ray or Gore
1. Gunnar 2. Sale 3, Ray
No way I could bring myself to start Roupp in Houston but he’s travelling pretty well!
Scared money don’t make money!
I benched him too
Looks like he ran out of steam a little – Ks were nice tho.
Nice Ks, but sigh yeah
Hey Grey, would you trade wood and campbell/robles for freeman? Trying for it to be robles but may not work. Keeper league so feel like I should try to hold on to campbell. Pretty torn here
I’d want Wood
twss
twss
Settle down (Shoresy reference)
HAHA
Hi Grey,
Which of Torkelson or Soderstrom would you trade first for pitching?
Thank you,
Kevin
Tork
11 team 5×5 OBP.
Might be off on my Jeffery Springs call. That park is playing tough on pitchers and it’s not even warm yet.
Lose any of Springs, Lodolo, Francis for Mize, M. Meyer, D. May, Soriano?
Springs for Mize sounds fine
HI Grey
Luis Garcia, Otto Lopez or IKF at 2B?
Pagan or Bender for saves?
Thanks!
Luis
Pagan
Morning Grey,
Kahnle, Santana or Bender for possible saves moving forward?
Who do you like better moving forward for the season Ben Rice, Aranda, Mangum P.I ?
thanks!
Dennis
Rice, but Mangum for speed
Watching some of these HRs leave the yard in Sac Town, it feels like the walls are 30 feet closer to home plate than what they really are. It’s like a driving range. Wouldn’t be surprised if this is a better offensive environment than Coors. Or maybe the A’s are trying to fit in with the locals and shoot the balls up with silly juice. Either way…
Yeah, they’re juiced to the gills
12 team h/h points … innings..K’s ..W’s matter ….
Need one .. to replace Rey Lopez
Lorenzen
Wesneski
Mize
J Soriano
T Megill
D Rasmussen
J Leiter
M Perez
J Hicks
Mize
Is Bryce Elder even worth a look
Not in most leagues
Grey! Props to you for the Eovaldi love preseason, he was my last round pick thanks to RB being that little voice in my head. I mean, by the 26th round the little voice was mostly spitting old school lyrics and asking when is dinner, but it did pause to scream “EOVALDI” just at the right moment.
Nice!
Shadyside Country Club? Hmmm…. The highfalutin types head to Oakmont Country Club or maybe Nevillewood. As a lowly grad student I used to play the Schenley Park course. Packed the golf bag full of 16oz cans of Old Milwaukee. That was living’. Anyway, Nutting Inc. has no business owning an Established Closer. None at all. If they had any smarts or foresight they’d have peddled the Established Closer the way Milwaukee does so well. But I suppose it was a heartwarming storyline while it lasted.
You still all in on PCA?
Haha, I’ve never been to Pittsburgh, tbh
I like PCA, yes
Baz is available in my league. Should I drop Pfaadt for him?
Sure
Vesta or Holderman sv/holds 10 team h2h..
Vesia
Vesia
Jordan Romano has been dropped, would you drop anyone on this roster for him?
austin wells
josh naylor
altuve
seager
machado
adolis garcia
seiya
heliot ramos
scwarber
gimenez
pitchers
greene
glasnow
scwellenbach
Suarez
fairbanks
blanco
olson
arrighetti
Olson
You the man Grey
Tampa Bay Sophie’s choice –
Who would you rather roster – Taj Bradley or Shane Baz?
many thx
Baz
Grey,
Awesome report!!!
a) Start these guys in RCLs tonight?
Snell @ home Braves (Elder)
Eflin @ home Boston (Crochet)
Leiter @ Cincinnati (Greene)
b) Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for April 2, 2025
You kidding I know I’m ugly. My dog found out we look alike, so he killed himself.
Cheers,
Ante
Sorry, site was down…Hope you went Leiter!
“Props to him”
Indeed
I chose to bench steele. He was not locating well in his last start. I looked up the wind conditions and saw it was blowing out steadily yesterday around 10 mph. That was enough for me to bench him in roto. That park doesn’t need extra fly ball carry.
He did settle down after a shaky start (retired 13 of his last 15). Maybe he will be ready after his 3 game warm-up.
Smart move!
I’ve been waiting for Baz for years. The Pirates look like garbage, but Baz looked good. He had his velocity back.. He hit 100.7. Nothing like being amped up for the team who traded you as the “player to be named later” in the glasnow and Meadows trade for archer.
He didn’t quite have the K stuff last year, but pitched to a 2.34 era and 0.82 whip over his last 50 innings last year (8 starts). Please stay healthy.
He looked fantastic
1. Would you drop Brenton Doyle for any of these guys: Andres Gimenez, Nico Hoerner, Wilyer Abreu, Kyle Manzardo, Dansby Swanson, Brice Turang, Otto Lopez , Jake Mangum, Jordan Walker, Anthony Volpe
2. I have 7 starters (Degrom, Fried, Framber, Luzardo, Woo, Gausman, Baz) and 3 relievers. (Yennier Cano, Trevor Megill, Pete Fairbanks) given that info I have two questions let me know if you’d reccomend anything:
should I add any of these relievers over Cano? Ryan Pressly, Dennis Santana, Colin Holderman, Aroldis Chapman, Kirby Yates, Chris Martin, Ben Joyce, Porter Hodge, Hunter Gaddis, Camilo Doval
Or I could sacrifice the holds category by dropping Cano, or drop a starter for one of these starters: Nathan Eovaldi, Drew Rasmussen, Taj Bradley, Jordan Hicks, Brady Singer, Jack Leiter, Dustin May, Jackson Jobe, Max Meyer, Martin Perez, Gavin Williams
1. No 2. Why?
Drop O’Hoppe for Hunter Goodman, Willson Contreras, or Keibert Ruiz?
Hope you didn’t!
I would never!
Haha