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Top 500 for 2019 Fantasy Baseball

February 7, 2019 | Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 270 Comments

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Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?).  Girls, what’s my weakness? (Men who play baseball.)  Okay, then.  *insert GIF of Ariana Grande saying ‘Thank u, next’* Today, is the day in history known as, “Aw, sookie sookie, don’t need the nookie, Grey’s giving me a fantasy baseball cookie.”  Or, more succinctly, the top 500 for 2019 fantasy baseball.  A few years ago, the top 500 was only a top 300 for fantasy baseball.  Before that, it was 16 AD and I was drafting in one-person leagues because no one knew fantasy baseball or baseball.  In a few years from now, this is going to be a top 10,000 and I’m going to be ranking Mike Trout Jr. Jr. Jr. the 15th.  Today, in this year, nineteen after twenty, comes the top 500 for 2019 fantasy baseball.  Or as I like to call it, from Mike Trout A to chimpanzee.  Actually, I don’t call it that.  So, this post isn’t meant to send shockwaves through your system.  The pipe cleaner that the doctor uses to get the clogged wax from your ears is meant for that.  This is simply to give you an idea of where guys are ranked in relation to other positions.  I.e., you know I like Jonathan Villar better than Gleyber Torres, according to the top 20 shortstops, but do I like Villar better than Domingo Santana?  Okay, it’s not that simple.  You’ll notice after the top 200, positions start to get clumped together.  I might be the only fantasy baseball ‘pert to tell you this, but it doesn’t matter where, say, Tyler White is ranked vs. Blake Parker.  If you need a closer, White isn’t going to help you.  He can be ranked 50 spots in front of Parker and it doesn’t matter.  That’s why I have the 2019 fantasy baseball rankings broken down by positions.  If you need a 1st baseman, where Justin Smoak vs. Ryan Zimmerman matters, but where Smoak is ranked vs. Ketel Marte really doesn’t matter.  Also, there’s no comments about players, which you really should know prior to drafting.  In other words, Jose Altuve might be in the 20’s overall, but am I drafting him?  Well, you’d know if you read the top 20 2nd basemen.  There’s also a top 100 for 2019 fantasy baseball to help you.  Also, the Fantasy Baseball War Room and tomorrow will be a pitchers’ pairing tool, then on Monday will be our Razzball league signups.  Anyway, here’s the top 500 for 2019 fantasy baseball:

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# Name Team ESPN Y! $ AB R HR RBI SB AVG IP W SV ERA WHIP K
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL OF OF 40 219 44 15 36 15 0.287
Christian Yelich MIL OF OF 39 204 43 14 41 6 0.312
Cody Bellinger LAD 1B/OF 1B/OF 38 208 40 16 43 4 0.292
Trevor Story COL SS SS 36 216 39 14 38 6 0.293
Mookie Betts LAD OF OF 36 218 43 10 33 7 0.292
Francisco Lindor CLE SS SS 35 229 41 13 33 8 0.287
Trea Turner WSH SS SS 34 232 41 7 23 15 0.287
Juan Soto WSH OF OF 34 199 37 13 40 4 0.294
Mike Trout LAA OF OF 32 190 40 16 43 4 0.285
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD SS SS 31 220 39 12 25 11 0.259
Jose Ramirez 3B 3B 31 213 33 10 36 10 0.263
Nolan Arenado COL 3B 3B 31 219 39 15 42 1 0.306
Anthony Rendon LAA 3B 3B 31 194 39 12 41 1 0.312
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 1B 31 218 35 16 41 0 0.263
Alex Bregman HOU SS/3B SS/3B 30 204 38 11 40 3 0.284
Gerrit Cole NYY SP SP 29 77 6 0 2.61 0.93 109
Bryce Harper PHI OF OF 28 208 39 14 41 4 0.261
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 3B 28 219 40 12 42 3 0.303
Adalberto Mondesi KC SS SS 26 206 31 6 29 19 0.258
Matt Olson OAK 1B 1B 26 224 35 14 40 0 0.273
J.D. Martinez BOS OF OF 26 191 34 12 36 1 0.288
Javier Baez CHC SS SS 24 220 38 11 40 6 0.286
Xander Bogaerts BOS SS SS 24 221 39 13 41 2 0.307
Jacob deGrom NYM SP SP 24 77 6 0 2.58 0.96 98
Jack Flaherty STL SP SP 24 75 6 0 2.69 0.99 89
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B/SS 2B/SS 24 204 33 12 35 2 0.264
Shane Bieber CLE SP SP 24 76 6 0 2.81 1.01 92
Jose Altuve 2B 2B 24 216 30 8 34 3 0.303
George Springer HOU OF OF 24 204 40 11 31 2 0.281
Max Scherzer WSH SP SP 24 66 5 0 2.83 1.02 93
Walker Buehler LAD SP SP 23 73 6 0 2.91 1.03 87
Stephen Strasburg WSH SP SP 22 71 6 0 3.03 1.03 83
Starling Marte ARI OF OF 22 215 36 8 32 8 0.289
Jonathan Villar MIA 2B/SS 2B/SS 22 209 31 6 25 11 0.257
Ketel Marte ARI 2B/OF 2B/SS/ OF 22 221 35 10 29 3 0.308
Yordan Alvarez HOU DH OF 22 197 33 13 39 1 0.291
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 2B 22 232 38 9 29 6 0.291
Keston Hiura MIL 2B 2B 22 211 30 10 34 4 0.264
Anthony Rizzo CHC 1B 1B 22 209 34 11 39 1 0.295
Jose Abreu 1B 1B 22 225 33 13 40 1 0.280
Lucas Giolito CHW SP SP 21 73 6 0 3.27 1.05 90
Patrick Corbin WSH SP SP 21 75 6 0 3.36 1.09 90
Eloy Jimenez 21 216 32 13 38 0 0.284
Austin Meadows TB OF OF 21 215 34 10 33 4 0.277
Freddie Freeman ATL 1B 1B 21 223 39 11 40 3 0.303
Manny Machado SD SS/3B SS/3B 20 219 33 13 38 2 0.269
Eugenio Suarez 3B 3B 20 215 30 14 39 1 0.274
Luis Castillo CIN SP SP 20 73 6 0 3.32 1.09 88
Mike Clevinger CLE SP SP 20 71 6 0 3.07 1.06 83
Chris Paddack SD SP SP 19 64 4 0 3.03 0.96 73
Jorge Soler KC OF OF 19 216 31 13 38 1 0.271
Yoan Moncada 3B 3B 19 206 31 10 35 4 0.272
Matt Chapman OAK 3B 3B 19 214 35 14 39 0 0.256
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 3B 3B 19 211 29 11 34 0 0.291
Max Muncy LAD 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B 19 187 34 13 36 1 0.265
Marcus Semien OAK SS SS 18 229 40 9 30 4 0.282
Yu Darvish CHC SP SP 18 67 5 0 3.41 1.09 86
Tyler Glasnow TB SP SP 17 63 5 0 3.77 1.20 73
Charlie Morton TB SP SP 17 71 6 0 3.36 1.10 86
Ramon Laureano 17 213 30 10 29 6 0.272
Josh Donaldson MIN 3B 3B 17 189 35 12 36 1 0.254
Mike Moustakas CIN 2B/3B 2B/3B 17 211 29 13 33 1 0.252
Tim Anderson CHW SS SS 17 216 32 8 27 8 0.272
Bo Bichette TOR SS SS 17 218 36 7 27 7 0.284
Sonny Gray CIN SP SP 17 73 5 0 3.27 1.10 80
Eddie Rosario MIN OF OF 17 214 35 11 40 1 0.281
Nelson Cruz MIN DH DH 17 176 33 13 37 0 0.283
Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF OF 17 190 31 13 33 1 0.272
Aaron Nola PHI SP SP 17 78 6 0 3.51 1.07 87
Aaron Judge NYY OF OF 17 187 39 15 34 1 0.262
Charlie Blackmon COL OF OF 16 211 39 10 29 1 0.288
Blake Snell TB SP SP 16 57 4 0 3.12 1.09 70
Justin Verlander HOU SP SP 16 56 5 0 2.66 0.98 71
Zack Greinke HOU SP SP 16 76 6 0 3.44 1.09 68
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B 1B 16 217 34 11 36 1 0.264
Clayton Kershaw LAD SP SP 16 61 5 0 3.42 1.05 60
Josh Hader MIL RP RP 16 26 2 15 2.48 0.84 47
Kirby Yates SD RP RP 16 23 1 16 2.37 0.91 36
Aroldis Chapman NYY RP RP 16 22 1 14 2.41 1.10 34
Jose Berrios SP SP 16 75 6 0 3.54 1.11 76
Trevor Bauer CIN SP SP 16 80 5 0 3.61 1.16 96
Kris Bryant CHC 3B/OF 3B/OF 16 207 38 10 30 1 0.278
Joey Gallo TEX OF OF 16 184 28 12 33 2 0.247
Tommy Pham SD OF OF 15 214 29 6 26 9 0.271
Oscar Mercado CLE OF OF 15 209 29 6 23 11 0.261
Luis Robert CHW OF OF 15 190 29 8 22 9 0.248
Victor Robles WSH OF OF 15 210 31 5 23 12 0.261
Marcell Ozuna ATL OF OF 15 216 31 11 36 2 0.274
Michael Conforto NYM OF OF 15 216 34 12 38 2 0.254
Nicholas Castellanos OF OF 15 225 33 9 30 1 0.277
Lance Lynn TEX SP SP 14 76 6 0 3.58 1.20 88
Eduardo Rodriguez BOS SP SP 14 76 5 0 3.64 1.24 81
Josh Bell PIT 1B 1B 14 203 32 11 36 1 0.271
Yuli Gurriel HOU 1B/3B 1B/3B 14 206 26 9 30 2 0.294
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B 14 221 35 6 29 2 0.288
Eduardo Escobar ARI 2B/3B 2B/3B 14 211 29 10 35 1 0.264
Whit Merrifield KC 2B/OF 1B/2B/ OF 14 226 34 5 26 6 0.305
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B/3B/ OF 2B/3B/ OF 13 218 38 7 26 2 0.306
Brandon Woodruff MIL SP SP 13 68 6 0 3.43 1.12 77
Dinelson Lamet SD SP SP 13 62 4 0 3.86 1.22 81
Roberto Osuna HOU RP RP 13 23 1 14 2.78 0.98 26
Yasiel Puig FA OF OF 13 200 27 9 29 5 0.269
J.T. Realmuto PHI C C 13 195 34 9 30 1 0.278
Hyun-Jin Ryu TOR SP SP 13 62 5 0 3.32 1.09 57
Gary Sanchez C C 13 158 25 13 30 0 0.236
Kenley Jansen LAD RP RP 13 22 1 13 2.92 1.01 29
Yasmani Grandal CHW C/1B C/1B 13 187 27 9 29 1 0.241
Zac Gallen ARI SP SP 13 63 5 0 3.42 1.17 73
Michael Brantley HOU OF OF 13 210 31 7 30 1 0.293
Jake Odorizzi MIN SP SP 13 64 5 0 3.48 1.24 68
Taylor Rogers MIN RP RP 13 24 1 13 2.54 1.01 29
Andrew Benintendi BOS OF OF 13 211 34 7 31 3 0.284
Liam Hendriks OAK RP RP 12 25 1 13 2.46 1.01 36
Brad Hand CLE RP RP 12 23 2 13 3.09 1.17 32
Shohei Ohtani LAA DH DH 12 154 20 7 25 3 0.284
Franmil Reyes CLE OF OF 12 201 27 14 33 0 0.271
Craig Kimbrel CHC RP RP 12 20 1 11 3.17 1.12 29
Kyle Schwarber CHC OF OF 12 192 27 14 31 1 0.257
Brandon Workman BOS RP RP 12 23 1 12 3.02 1.10 28
Cavan Biggio TOR 2B 1B/2B/ OF 12 211 26 9 29 7 0.246
Shohei Ohtani LAA SP SP 12 38 3 0 3.48 1.23 45
Nick Anderson TB RP RP 12 25 2 11 2.91 1.03 38
Ken Giles TOR RP RP 12 21 1 10 2.38 1.02 31
Miguel Sano 3B 1B/3B 12 194 30 16 35 0 0.241
Zack Wheeler PHI SP SP 12 74 5 0 3.67 1.22 75
Hunter Dozier KC 3B/OF 1B/3B/ OF 11 202 29 11 33 3 0.255
Carlos Carrasco CLE SP SP 11 46 3 0 3.54 1.17 55
Christian Walker ARI 1B 1B 11 205 30 11 34 1 0.257
Corey Kluber TEX SP SP 11 59 4 0 3.81 1.17 61
Robbie Ray ARI SP SP 11 69 4 0 4.06 1.35 89
Scott Kingery PHI 3B/OF 2B/SS/ 3B/OF 11 216 30 8 26 9 0.271
Amed Rosario NYM SS SS 11 214 33 6 26 9 0.294
Carlos Correa HOU SS SS 11 191 30 10 33 1 0.271
Didi Gregorius PHI SS SS 11 202 24 9 30 2 0.268
Max Fried ATL SP SP 10 64 5 0 3.77 1.27 68
Danny Santana TEX 1B/OF 1B/2B/ SS/3B/ OF 10 195 29 8 31 5 0.262
Mike Soroka ATL SP SP 10 68 4 0 3.66 1.10 56
Max Kepler MIN OF OF 9 200 31 12 34 1 0.250
Madison Bumgarner ARI SP SP 9 70 5 0 3.72 1.12 68
Willie Calhoun TEX OF OF 9 190 25 10 29 2 0.282
Rhys Hoskins PHI 1B 1B 9 216 31 12 36 1 0.233
Kyle Hendricks CHC SP SP 9 68 5 0 3.41 1.12 57
Edwin Encarnacion 1B 1B 9 177 29 12 33 0 0.244
Carlos Santana CLE 1B 1B 9 210 31 10 33 1 0.247
Kenta Maeda MIN SP SP 9 56 4 0 3.67 1.10 60
Dansby Swanson ATL SS SS 9 210 30 8 27 4 0.274
Marcus Stroman NYM SP SP 9 67 5 0 3.47 1.27 64
J.D. Davis NYM 3B/OF 3B/OF 8 198 27 10 30 1 0.288
Willson Contreras CHC C C 8 157 24 9 26 0 0.258
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. TOR OF 2B/OF 8 211 29 10 31 3 0.252
Tommy Edman STL 2B/3B 2B/3B/ OF 8 210 32 5 21 10 0.284
David Dahl COL OF OF 8 200 33 10 24 2 0.281
Brandon Lowe TB 2B 1B/2B/ OF 8 167 22 9 25 3 0.257
Khris Davis OAK DH DH 8 214 27 13 30 0 0.238
Raisel Iglesias CIN RP RP 8 26 1 12 3.61 1.18 30
Edwin Diaz RP RP 8 23 1 13 3.12 1.15 38
Byron Buxton MIN OF OF 8 161 29 7 23 7 0.256
Kyle Tucker HOU OF OF 7 140 17 6 20 4 0.252
Mitch Garver MIN C C 7 151 21 10 27 0 0.261
Mallex Smith SEA OF OF 7 177 21 2 19 11 0.241
Julio Urias SP SP 7 53 4 0 3.13 1.10 61
Michael Chavis BOS 1B/2B 1B/2B/ 3B 7 190 29 10 31 2 0.249
Frankie Montas OAK SP SP 7 60 5 0 3.45 1.14 65
Joc Pederson LAD 1B/OF 1B/OF 7 149 26 11 23 1 0.251
James Paxton NYY SP SP 7 63 6 0 3.88 1.19 73
Luke Weaver ARI SP SP 7 51 3 0 3.55 1.12 55
Ryan McMahon COL 2B/3B 1B/2B/ 3B 7 190 27 10 32 1 0.248
Andrew Heaney LAA SP SP 7 58 3 0 3.88 1.22 68
Jesus Luzardo 7 39 3 0 3.18 1.11 50
Hector Neris RP RP 6 23 1 12 3.04 1.05 31
Alex Colome RP RP 6 23 1 13 3.56 1.15 21
Ian Happ CHC OF 1B/2B/ 3B/OF 6 169 23 9 26 2 0.266
Gavin Lux LAD 2B 2B 6 149 20 6 19 4 0.271
Ryan Braun MIL OF OF 6 173 27 7 28 3 0.262
Elvis Andrus TEX SS SS 6 221 31 3 26 10 0.281
Andrew McCutchen PHI OF OF 6 187 31 9 25 1 0.257
Willy Adames TB SS SS 6 210 27 9 30 2 0.268
Shin-Soo Choo TEX OF OF 6 194 30 7 21 2 0.259
Paul DeJong STL SS SS 6 214 29 11 34 3 0.241
Jorge Polanco MIN SS SS 6 221 33 8 28 2 0.277
Miguel Andujar 6 181 26 10 30 0 0.284
Corey Seager LAD SS SS 6 194 31 9 34 0 0.275
Jose Leclerc RP RP 6 24 1 10 3.43 1.27 34
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo TB OF OF 5 167 23 10 27 0 0.248
Sean Manaea OAK SP SP 5 58 3 0 3.91 1.15 51
Shogo Akiyama CIN OF OF 5 164 30 6 23 4 0.284
David Peralta ARI OF OF 5 190 31 8 27 1 0.282
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF OF 5 219 33 6 26 1 0.281
Hansel Robles LAA RP RP 5 24 1 11 3.04 1.06 26
Gregory Polanco PIT OF OF 5 181 26 7 26 3 0.247
Alex Verdugo BOS OF OF 5 168 29 6 21 2 0.291
Archie Bradley ARI RP RP 5 25 1 11 3.77 1.35 28
Jo Adell LAA OF OF 5 143 17 5 19 3 0.257
Mike Minor TEX SP SP 4 57 4 0 4.04 1.27 53
Kolten Wong STL 2B 2B 4 191 29 3 24 6 0.282
German Marquez SP SP 4 67 4 0 4.07 1.18 70
Lance McCullers Jr. HOU SP SP 4 45 4 0 3.67 1.19 49
Matthew Boyd DET SP SP 4 67 4 0 4.27 1.21 77
Sean Doolittle WSH RP RP 4 21 1 10 3.56 1.18 21
Mike Foltynewicz ATL SP SP 4 54 3 0 4.21 1.27 50
Joe Musgrove PIT SP SP 4 66 4 0 3.87 1.19 62
Renato Nunez 1B 1B/3B 4 204 27 12 34 0 0.241
Carlos Martinez SP SP 4 47 3 0 3.51 1.25 50
Giovanny Gallegos STL RP RP 4 29 2 6 2.86 1.02 35
Kevin Newman PIT 2B/SS 2B/SS/ 3B 4 195 29 3 23 7 0.289
Will Smith LAD C C 4 176 23 9 27 1 0.262
Mark Melancon ATL RP RP 3 24 1 7 3.77 1.34 24
Adrian Houser MIL SP SP 3 59 4 0 3.81 1.22 60
Joe Jimenez RP RP 3 23 1 10 3.96 1.24 28
Jean Segura PHI SS SS 3 208 27 4 26 5 0.276
Joey Lucchesi SD SP SP 3 67 4 0 4.05 1.24 65
Ian Kennedy KC RP RP 3 23 1 11 3.61 1.24 24
Rougned Odor TEX 2B 2B 3 182 23 9 26 3 0.212
Caleb Smith MIA SP SP 3 66 3 0 4.32 1.26 72
Jonathan Schoop DET 2B 2B 3 192 23 9 26 0 0.241
Garrett Hampson COL 2B/OF 2B/SS/ OF 3 113 19 4 16 6 0.251
Brendan McKay TB SP SP 3 41 3 0 3.87 1.18 49
Will Smith LAD RP RP 3 23 3 6 3.07 1.11 31
Jon Gray COL SP SP 3 61 4 0 4.28 1.34 62
Andrelton Simmons LAA SS SS 3 205 25 5 26 3 0.271
Christian Vazquez C C/1B 3 173 21 7 25 2 0.272
Jurickson Profar SD 2B 2B/OF 3 164 20 7 22 3 0.231
Mychal Givens BAL RP RP 3 24 0 6 4.38 1.21 31
Anthony DeSclafani CIN SP SP 3 64 4 0 3.76 1.18 64
Ryan Yarbrough TB SP SP 3 57 5 0 3.42 1.03 48
Seth Lugo NYM RP RP 3 31 2 1 2.44 1.02 39
Yonny Chirinos TB SP SP 3 51 3 0 3.72 1.08 45
Aaron Civale CLE SP SP 3 47 3 0 3.66 1.07 39
Brian Anderson MIA 3B/OF 3B/OF 3 205 27 9 30 1 0.271
Garrett Richards SD SP SP 3 47 3 0 3.64 1.28 53
Dellin Betances NYM RP RP 3 21 2 2 2.34 1.02 35
Gio Urshela NYY 3B 3B 3 181 24 7 26 1 0.302
Johnny Cueto SF SP SP 2 62 3 0 3.77 1.22 50
Justin Turner LAD 3B 3B 2 182 26 8 27 1 0.278
Dallas Keuchel CHW SP SP 2 68 4 0 3.86 1.32 53
Matt Barnes BOS RP RP 2 25 2 2 3.21 1.22 39
Keone Kela PIT RP RP 2 21 1 6 3.51 1.18 24
Tommy La Stella LAA 2B/3B 2B/3B 2 173 23 6 25 0 0.291
Diego Castillo TB RP RP 2 26 2 3 3.02 1.14 30
Tony Watson SF RP RP 2 23 1 5 4.07 1.24 21
Brandon Kintzler MIA RP RP 2 23 1 5 4.21 1.36 19
Adam Eaton WSH OF OF 2 190 33 5 20 5 0.282
Starlin Castro WSH 2B/3B 2B/3B 2 211 20 9 25 1 0.266
Jorge Alfaro MIA C C 2 168 20 7 23 2 0.259
Wade Davis COL RP RP 2 18 1 7 4.87 1.48 19
Wilson Ramos NYM C C 2 168 20 5 25 0 0.291
Salvador Perez KC C C 2 174 20 8 27 0 0.238
Robinson Chirinos TEX C C 2 153 19 6 21 1 0.231
Carson Kelly ARI C C 2 153 19 6 19 0 0.257
Francisco Mejia C C 2 150 16 6 19 1 0.273
Omar Narvaez C C 2 127 21 7 24 0 0.281
Nick Madrigal CHW 2B 2B 2 120 19 1 8 8 0.293
Mitch Keller PIT SP SP 2 55 3 0 4.17 1.30 61
Kevin Gausman SF SP SP 2 49 3 0 4.09 1.30 47
Jose Urquidy HOU SP SP 1 48 3 0 4.07 1.14 47
Lorenzo Cain MIL OF OF 1 202 26 4 20 5 0.258
Pablo Lopez 1 56 3 0 4.11 1.19 49
Kevin Pillar BOS OF OF 1 180 23 7 24 4 0.264
Dustin May LAD SP SP 1 39 2 0 3.48 1.09 36
Zach Eflin PHI SP SP 1 66 4 0 4.04 1.29 58
Nick Solak TEX DH 2B/3B 1 180 26 8 22 3 0.268
Justin Upton LAA OF OF 1 182 25 9 29 1 0.223
Zach Plesac CLE SP SP 1 53 4 0 4.12 1.19 49
Mark Canha OAK OF 1B/OF 1 158 26 8 28 1 0.261
Daniel Hudson WSH RP RP 1 26 2 3 3.71 1.27 26
Steven Matz NYM SP SP 1 59 4 0 4.16 1.29 58
Matt Magill SEA RP RP 1 22 0 3 4.32 1.36 27
C.J. Cron DET 1B 1B 1 194 22 10 26 0 0.262
Yoshihisa Hirano SEA RP RP 1 21 0 3 4.34 1.32 23
Chris Bassitt OAK SP SP 1 60 4 0 3.96 1.23 57
Sandy Alcantara MIA SP SP 1 71 3 0 4.29 1.34 61
Josh James HOU SP SP 1 41 3 0 4.11 1.28 51
A.J. Puk OAK SP SP 1 57 4 0 3.87 1.34 64
Jordan Yamamoto MIA SP SP 1 51 3 0 4.14 1.21 53
Justus Sheffield SEA SP SP 1 51 3 0 4.23 1.41 53
Mauricio Dubon 1 190 26 4 20 5 0.276
Jose Iglesias SS SS 0 191 29 3 20 2 0.266
Freddy Peralta MIL SP SP 0 28 3 2 4.29 1.39 38
Ryan Pressly HOU RP RP 0 25 2 1 2.98 1.02 34
Colin Poche TB RP RP 0 20 1 2 3.21 1.05 28
Seth Brown OAK OF OF 0 149 19 8 21 2 0.277
Derek Fisher TOR OF OF 0 151 19 8 23 4 0.225
Scott Oberg COL RP RP 0 19 1 2 3.01 1.18 20
Ryne Stanek MIA RP RP 0 27 1 2 4.09 1.34 29
Kyle Crick PIT RP RP 0 24 1 3 4.24 1.36 31
Avisail Garcia OF OF 0 151 20 8 21 1 0.284
Ryan Helsley STL RP RP 0 27 3 1 3.92 1.31 27
Dylan Carlson STL OF OF 0 149 25 8 27 4 0.244
Austin Hays BAL OF OF 0 188 24 7 19 4 0.244
Andrew Miller STL RP RP 0 22 1 3 4.13 1.34 27
Eric Hosmer SD 1B 1B 0 218 25 7 27 1 0.261
Evan White SEA 1B 1B -1 171 21 6 24 1 0.263
Tyler O’Neill STL OF OF -1 168 23 9 26 1 0.243
Drew Pomeranz SD RP RP -1 30 2 1 3.37 1.07 39
Daniel Murphy COL 1B 1B -1 169 25 6 28 0 0.271
Trent Grisham SD OF OF -1 168 24 7 19 5 0.254
Sam Hilliard COL OF OF -1 116 13 7 19 2 0.242
Christin Stewart DET OF OF -1 167 19 8 21 0 0.238
Isan Diaz -1 189 22 8 25 2 0.235
Garrett Cooper MIA 1B/OF 1B/OF -1 167 21 6 24 0 0.271
Austin Riley ATL OF 1B/3B/ OF -1 151 21 7 24 1 0.241
Sean Murphy OAK C C -1 143 15 6 18 0 0.251
Masahiro Tanaka NYY SP SP -1 58 4 0 4.31 1.26 50
Sergio Romo MIN RP RP -1 21 1 1 3.23 1.14 22
Tom Murphy SEA C C -1 142 16 7 19 1 0.233
Joakim Soria OAK RP RP -1 23 1 1 3.67 1.09 25
Luis Urias -1 178 16 5 18 2 0.262
Carter Kieboom WSH SS SS -1 128 13 5 17 1 0.291
Robinson Cano 2B 2B -1 172 23 6 24 0 0.251
Hanser Alberto BAL 2B/3B 2B/3B -1 199 27 5 18 1 0.293
Luis Arraez MIN 2B/OF 2B/SS/ 3B/OF -1 157 19 1 13 1 0.319
Anthony Santander BAL OF OF -1 208 24 9 28 1 0.267
Shane Greene ATL RP RP -1 24 1 1 3.02 1.22 25
Nick Senzel CIN OF OF -1 135 17 4 16 4 0.267
Danny Jansen TOR C C -1 140 17 5 19 1 0.241
Aaron Hicks NYY OF OF -2 140 20 6 23 2 0.244
Jesse Winker CIN OF OF -2 172 26 6 19 0 0.284
Rafael Montero TEX RP RP -2 25 1 1 3.19 1.04 27
Nomar Mazara CHW OF OF -2 177 24 8 23 1 0.263
Travis D’Arnaud ATL C/1B C/1B -2 140 17 6 18 0 0.246
Mike Fiers OAK SP SP -2 62 4 0 4.09 1.19 45
Ty Buttrey LAA RP RP -2 27 1 1 3.30 1.21 30
Yadier Molina STL C C -2 156 18 4 20 2 0.264
Miguel Cabrera DET 1B 1B -2 177 23 6 25 0 0.277
Blake Treinen LAD RP RP -2 26 2 1 3.67 1.30 27
Mike Yastrzemski SF OF OF -2 200 26 9 27 1 0.254
Kurt Suzuki WSH C C -2 130 16 6 20 0 0.261
Dylan Bundy LAA SP SP -2 66 3 0 4.34 1.36 67
Jose Alvarado -2 23 1 2 3.67 1.34 29
Kevin Kiermaier TB OF OF -2 160 23 5 24 6 0.233
Yandy Diaz -3 157 22 6 20 1 0.272
Kyle Gibson TEX SP SP -3 68 4 0 4.16 1.32 66
John Gant STL RP RP -3 26 2 1 3.81 1.31 23
Zack Britton NYY RP RP -3 24 2 1 3.48 1.21 22
Roberto Perez C C -3 140 15 6 19 0 0.228
Hunter Renfroe TB OF OF -3 155 22 10 26 1 0.226
Alex Wood LAD SP SP -3 50 3 0 3.88 1.28 44
Kole Calhoun ARI OF OF -3 173 23 10 26 1 0.222
Ronald Guzman -3 173 20 8 23 1 0.237
Dexter Fowler STL OF OF -3 174 23 6 21 2 0.231
Buster Posey SF C C -3 153 18 3 19 1 0.254
Jeff Samardzija SF SP SP -3 64 3 0 3.87 1.18 51
Pedro Baez RP RP -3 26 2 1 2.94 1.06 27
Jon Lester CHC SP SP -3 61 4 0 4.29 1.34 56
Nick Wittgren CLE RP RP -3 23 2 1 3.71 1.21 24
Chance Sisco BAL C C -3 140 16 5 18 0 0.212
Anibal Sanchez SP SP -3 60 4 0 4.14 1.31 49
Yoan Lopez RP RP -3 22 1 1 3.10 1.08 23
Adam Ottavino NYY RP RP -4 27 2 1 2.77 1.27 32
Teoscar Hernandez OF OF -4 168 19 8 23 1 0.219
Emilio Pagan -4 24 2 1 2.71 0.97 32
Dakota Hudson STL SP SP -4 61 3 0 4.08 1.38 49
JaCoby Jones DET OF OF -4 190 29 4 20 4 0.229
Gio Gonzalez SP SP -4 62 3 0 4.22 1.38 55
Hunter Harvey BAL RP RP -4 24 1 2 4.51 1.38 32
Julio Teheran LAA SP SP -4 60 3 0 4.21 1.34 52
Brandon Belt SF 1B 1B/OF -4 189 26 6 25 1 0.248
Josh Lindblom MIL SP SP -4 47 3 0 4.21 1.37 50
Randal Grichuk TOR OF OF -4 181 24 10 26 1 0.238
Mitch Haniger SEA OF OF -4 149 20 7 23 1 0.245
Kwang-Hyun Kim STL P P -4 55 3 0 4.21 1.19 42
Domingo Santana CLE OF OF -4 152 17 7 20 2 0.247
Luke Voit NYY 1B 1B -4 145 20 7 22 0 0.246
Niko Goodrum DET 2B/SS/ OF 1B/2B/ SS/OF -4 173 23 6 20 4 0.244
Wil Myers SD OF 1B/OF -4 131 19 6 21 4 0.231
Nick Ahmed ARI SS SS -4 198 24 6 26 2 0.248
Michael Lorenzen CIN RP RP -4 20 1 1 3.51 1.23 21
Tucker Barnhart CIN C C -4 122 14 4 16 0 0.244
Steve Cishek CHW RP RP -4 25 2 1 3.47 1.24 23
Matt Carpenter STL 3B 3B -5 141 18 5 19 1 0.238
David Fletcher LAA 2B/SS/ 3B/OF 2B/SS/ 3B/OF -5 200 29 2 20 3 0.288
Brett Gardner NYY OF OF -5 171 24 7 26 4 0.242
Martin Maldonado C C -5 134 15 5 18 0 0.222
Nico Hoerner CHC SS SS -5 116 16 3 14 2 0.287
Joey Votto CIN 1B 1B -5 183 26 5 20 1 0.264
Reynaldo Lopez SP SP -5 69 4 0 4.43 1.39 64
Asdrubal Cabrera 2B/3B 2B/3B -5 174 24 6 26 1 0.258
Jason Heyward CHC OF OF -5 194 25 6 24 2 0.249
Nate Lowe TB 1B 1B -5 112 15 6 18 0 0.277
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B 1B -5 112 12 5 15 1 0.252
Cesar Hernandez 2B 2B -5 219 26 6 23 4 0.271
Rick Porcello NYM SP SP -5 63 4 0 4.31 1.33 56
Franklin Barreto OAK 2B 2B/SS -5 120 17 6 19 2 0.218
Marco Gonzales SEA SP SP -5 61 3 0 4.11 1.28 47
Jairo Diaz RP RP -5 21 1 1 4.21 1.24 23
Dee Gordon SEA 2B 2B -5 131 15 1 10 7 0.254
Tommy Kahnle NYY RP RP -5 25 1 0 2.89 1.09 33
Freddy Galvis CIN 2B/SS 2B/SS -5 201 21 6 23 2 0.250
Brandon Crawford SF SS SS -5 187 20 6 23 1 0.238
Nathan Eovaldi BOS SP SP -5 49 3 0 4.19 1.34 46
Austin Romine DET C C -6 138 14 4 16 1 0.247
Yan Gomes WSH C C -6 131 14 4 17 0 0.233
Aristides Aquino CIN OF OF -6 121 15 6 17 2 0.244
Brad Keller KC SP SP -6 67 3 0 4.21 1.31 49
Chris Taylor LAD 2B/SS/ OF 2B/SS/ 3B/OF -6 150 19 5 21 3 0.252
Michael Wacha NYM SP SP -6 52 3 0 4.36 1.38 49
Kyle Seager SEA 3B 3B -6 199 23 9 26 1 0.232
Adam Frazier PIT 2B 2B -6 191 22 4 21 2 0.277
Maikel Franco KC 3B 3B -6 186 19 8 24 0 0.241
Jose Martinez OF OF -6 112 16 5 17 1 0.282
A.J. Pollock LAD OF OF -6 117 17 5 15 2 0.259
Todd Frazier TEX 3B 3B -6 160 21 7 23 0 0.241
Jackie Bradley Jr. BOS OF OF -6 104 13 4 14 1 0.231
Tanner Roark TOR SP SP -6 54 3 0 4.33 1.35 52
Adam Haseley PHI OF OF -6 116 12 3 14 3 0.261
Travis Shaw TOR 3B 1B/3B -6 165 21 7 23 1 0.224
Ender Inciarte ATL OF OF -6 120 18 3 16 4 0.277
Jakob Junis KC SP SP -6 66 3 0 4.37 1.38 61
Manuel Margot TB OF OF -6 141 18 4 15 8 0.256
Danny Duffy KC SP SP -6 57 3 0 4.41 1.34 51
Cameron Maybin DET OF OF -6 118 16 3 14 5 0.254
Corey Dickerson MIA OF OF -6 172 20 5 19 1 0.288
Stephen Piscotty OAK OF OF -6 140 21 6 19 1 0.258
Cole Hamels ATL SP SP -6 44 2 0 4.24 1.34 39
Griffin Canning LAA SP SP -6 30 2 0 4.02 1.25 35
Evan Longoria SF 3B 3B -6 166 19 6 23 1 0.248
John Means BAL SP SP -6 62 3 0 4.42 1.31 50
Jake Arrieta PHI SP SP -6 59 3 0 4.40 1.39 47
Jose Urena SP SP -6 62 3 0 4.44 1.39 48
Raimel Tapia COL OF OF -6 149 19 4 17 4 0.281
Mike Tauchman NYY OF OF -6 116 15 6 18 1 0.255
Harrison Bader STL OF OF -6 139 16 6 18 4 0.226
Austin Hedges SD C C -7 107 10 5 14 1 0.212
Dylan Cease CHW SP SP -7 49 3 0 4.51 1.43 51
Junior Guerra ARI RP RP -7 33 2 1 4.19 1.26 32
Jordan Lyles TEX SP SP -7 57 4 0 4.31 1.31 58
Eric Thames WSH 1B 1B/OF -7 161 20 7 22 1 0.241
Howie Kendrick WSH 1B/2B 1B/2B/ 3B -7 139 16 6 17 1 0.304
Jose Peraza 2B/SS/ OF 2B/SS/ 3B/OF -7 117 14 2 11 6 0.272
Anthony Bass TOR RP RP -7 19 1 1 3.81 1.29 18
Zack Collins CHW DH C -7 100 8 4 13 0 0.226
Adam Wainwright STL SP SP -7 62 4 0 4.37 1.41 53
Brian Dozier SD 2B 2B -7 101 15 6 17 1 0.234
Miles Mikolas STL SP SP -7 54 3 0 3.96 1.21 43
Yusmeiro Petit OAK RP RP -7 33 3 0 3.18 1.00 27
Jake Bauers CLE 1B/OF 1B/OF -7 149 19 6 21 3 0.237
Ji-Man Choi TB 1B 1B -7 153 19 6 21 1 0.262
Spencer Turnbull DET SP SP -7 59 3 0 4.47 1.40 57
Mitch Moreland BOS 1B 1B -7 149 20 7 24 0 0.248
Jacob Stallings PIT C C -7 129 12 4 15 0 0.251
Zach Davies SD SP SP -7 66 3 0 4.36 1.35 44
Manny Pina C C -7 117 11 4 13 0 0.230
Trevor May MIN RP RP -7 27 2 1 3.27 1.11 30
Daniel Vogelbach SEA 1B 1B -7 137 18 9 22 0 0.217
Pedro Severino BAL C C -7 103 12 4 13 1 0.242
Ryan O’Hearn KC 1B 1B -7 139 16 6 18 0 0.245
Wade Miley CIN SP SP -7 61 3 0 4.23 1.32 52
Mike Zunino TB C C -7 113 12 4 13 1 0.242
J.A. Happ NYY SP SP -7 49 3 0 4.44 1.31 44
Victor Caratini CHC C/1B C/1B -7 99 13 3 14 0 0.269
Austin Nola SEA 1B C/1B/ 2B -8 127 13 3 15 1 0.254
James McCann CHW C C -8 90 9 3 13 0 0.242
Rowan Wick CHC RP RP -8 24 1 1 3.89 1.31 25
Eric Lauer MIL SP SP -8 59 3 0 4.37 1.33 55
Tyler Flowers ATL C C -8 86 9 3 12 0 0.242
Chase Anderson TOR SP SP -8 57 3 0 4.24 1.30 50
Ross Stripling LAD SP RP -8 38 3 0 3.67 1.18 38
Jordan Montgomery NYY SP SP -8 38 3 0 4.02 1.36 35
Sean Newcomb ATL SP SP -8 43 3 0 3.87 1.36 41
Shun Yamaguchi TOR P P -8 47 3 0 4.37 1.33 44
Scott Barlow KC RP RP -8 25 1 1 3.81 1.36 32
Kyle Wright ATL SP SP -8 30 2 0 3.47 1.29 30
Rogelio Armenteros HOU SP SP -8 28 2 0 4.23 1.36 27
Jose Osuna -8 106 13 4 16 0 0.269
Framber Valdez HOU RP RP -8 26 2 0 4.77 1.33 29
Shed Long -8 113 18 4 20 3 0.238
Rio Ruiz BAL 3B 1B/3B -8 135 14 6 16 1 0.251
Colin Moran PIT 3B 1B/2B/ 3B -8 166 18 5 25 0 0.277
Tyler Mahle CIN SP SP -8 39 2 0 4.25 1.29 39
Enrique Hernandez 2B/OF 2B/SS/ OF -8 124 14 4 15 0 0.246
Jason Kipnis CHC 2B 2B -8 103 10 5 13 2 0.237
Joey Wendle TB 2B/3B 2B/SS/ 3B -8 101 10 3 11 3 0.247
David Bote CHC 2B/3B 2B/SS/ 3B -8 121 18 5 19 1 0.252
Jon Berti MIA SS/3B/ OF SS/3B/ OF -8 114 13 2 11 7 0.257
Austin Allen OAK C C -8 86 9 4 12 0 0.254
Reese McGuire TOR C C -8 98 11 2 13 0 0.233
Matt Manning -8 33 2 0 3.86 1.27 36
Josh Rojas ARI OF OF -8 132 17 3 16 5 0.268
Casey Mize DET SP SP -8 25 1 0 3.44 1.16 26
Brent Suter MIL RP RP -8 26 2 1 3.48 1.03 24
Greg Allen CLE OF OF -8 121 15 2 16 6 0.234
Brandon Nimmo NYM OF OF -9 154 24 6 15 2 0.230
Steven Duggar SF OF OF -9 143 15 3 14 3 0.238
Brendan Rodgers COL 2B 2B/SS -9 90 13 3 11 1 0.268
Michael Kopech CHW SP SP -9 24 1 0 4.29 1.40 27
Edward Cabrera SP SP -9 27 1 0 4.18 1.31 31
Sixto Sanchez MIA SP SP -9 16 1 0 4.04 1.28 15
Amir Garrett CIN RP RP -9 26 1 1 4.26 1.38 36
Jason Castro LAA C C -9 141 14 4 16 0 0.228
Forrest Whitley HOU SP SP -9 10 1 0 4.78 1.45 13
MacKenzie Gore -9 11 0 0 4.12 1.35 13
Buck Farmer DET RP RP -9 26 2 1 4.27 1.32 28
Will Harris WSH RP RP -9 21 2 1 2.64 1.04 22
Andrew Knizner STL C C -9 86 9 3 9 0 0.251
Willians Astudillo MIN C C/1B/ 3B/OF -9 76 9 3 11 1 0.288
Jonathan Lucroy BOS C C/1B -9 77 11 3 13 0 0.256
Leury Garcia OF SS/OF -9 112 15 2 11 5 0.272
Ty France SD 2B/3B 2B/3B -9 77 11 4 16 0 0.240
Rich Hill MIN SP SP -9 16 1 0 3.31 1.16 20
Orlando Arcia MIL SS SS -9 119 17 4 17 1 0.232
Joe Kelly LAD RP RP -9 23 1 1 4.44 1.35 25
Randy Dobnak MIN RP RP -9 41 2 0 4.71 1.38 31
Matt Shoemaker TOR SP SP -9 23 2 0 4.34 1.29 21
Jay Bruce PHI OF 1B/OF -9 103 13 7 16 0 0.220
Yimi Garcia RP RP -9 20 1 1 4.29 1.13 21
Johan Camargo ATL SS SS/3B/ OF -9 112 14 4 15 0 0.277
Art Warren SEA RP RP -9 9 0 1 4.61 1.41 11
Jorge Mateo SD SS SS -9 66 9 2 11 3 0.205
Sheldon Neuse OAK 2B 2B/3B -9 62 13 3 11 1 0.242
Asher Wojciechowski BAL SP SP -9 57 3 0 4.41 1.34 54
Eric Sogard MIL 2B 2B/3B/ OF -9 134 20 4 16 2 0.274
Cole Tucker PIT SS SS -10 58 10 2 10 1 0.254
Jimmy Nelson LAD SP SP -10 27 2 0 4.38 1.44 29
Kyle Lewis SEA OF OF -10 114 15 4 14 1 0.234
Jarrod Dyson PIT OF OF -10 116 17 1 14 8 0.232
Vince Velasquez PHI SP SP -10 45 2 0 4.64 1.37 49
Brett Phillips KC OF OF -10 76 10 3 9 3 0.209
Miguel Rojas MIA SS 1B/SS -10 154 17 3 11 2 0.276
Martin Perez SP SP -10 63 4 0 4.54 1.44 49
Nick Markakis ATL OF OF -10 190 26 3 26 0 0.281
J.P. Crawford SEA SS SS -10 168 24 4 18 2 0.222
Jake Rogers DET C C -10 101 10 3 12 0 0.210
Delino DeShields CLE OF OF -10 127 14 1 12 7 0.240
Franchy Cordero SD OF OF -10 131 13 4 15 4 0.221
Richard Rodriguez -10 27 2 1 3.47 1.27 28
Brian Goodwin LAA OF OF -10 116 15 4 13 2 0.240
Jorge Guzman SP SP -10 6 0 1 2.56 1.22 9
Monte Harrison MIA OF OF -10 102 12 3 13 4 0.215
Merrill Kelly ARI SP SP -10 40 2 0 4.27 1.33 36
Richard Bleier BAL RP RP -10 23 1 1 4.04 1.26 15
Yoenis Cespedes OF OF -10 104 11 5 13 0 0.251
Victor Reyes DET OF OF -10 124 17 2 18 5 0.264
Josh Reddick HOU OF OF -10 135 16 6 18 1 0.246
Yusei Kikuchi SEA SP SP -10 62 3 0 4.77 1.39 47
Alex Dickerson SF OF OF -10 161 19 4 20 1 0.268
Jaylin Davis SF OF OF -10 103 12 5 14 1 0.237
Lewis Brinson MIA OF OF -10 110 13 2 10 2 0.208
Alex Gordon KC OF OF -10 156 19 4 21 1 0.248
Dom Nunez C C -10 72 10 4 12 0 0.207
Guillermo Heredia PIT OF OF -10 116 16 2 18 2 0.231
Tony Wolters COL C C -10 140 16 1 17 1 0.258
Dominic Smith NYM 1B/OF 1B/OF -10 101 11 6 16 0 0.000
Josh VanMeter CIN OF 1B/2B/ 3B/OF -10 94 11 3 14 2 0.253
Josh Naylor SD OF OF -10 107 14 6 17 1 0.254
Albert Pujols LAA 1B 1B -10 150 16 6 20 0 0.237
Jeimer Candelario DET 1B/3B 1B/3B -10 164 20 6 21 1 0.228
Jesus Aguilar 1B 1B -11 125 14 6 17 0 0.247
Justin Smoak MIL 1B 1B -11 115 10 6 13 0 0.231
Ryon Healy MIL 3B 1B/3B -11 113 15 5 16 0 0.234
Brad Boxberger MIA RP RP -11 18 0 1 4.64 1.47 19
Rowdy Tellez TOR 1B 1B -11 112 12 4 14 0 0.236
Marwin Gonzalez MIN 1B/3B/ OF 1B/3B/ OF -11 87 11 4 12 0 0.257
Josh Fuentes COL 3b 3b -11 75 11 4 14 0 0.241
Matt Thaiss LAA 3B 1B/3B -11 76 11 4 13 1 0.264
Jake Fraley SEA OF OF -11 113 14 3 11 3 0.241
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B 2B/SS -11 102 10 2 8 2 0.236
Nicky Lopez KC 2B/SS 2B/SS -11 149 17 1 19 3 0.266
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3b 3b -11 104 15 3 11 4 0.261
 

  1. Al KOHOLIC says:
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    Great job to all of razzball that helped Another fantastic top 500

  2. The Eye of Horus says:
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    Echo Al’s comment. Fantastic. You are the shot of tequila to my morning.

    Grey/Ralph-
    Who do you think offers the most potential for turning things beautiful in a H2H dynasty league: Dylan Bundy or Reynaldo Lopez?
    Many thanks.

  3. Alex says:
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    When did Nola get traded to the Angels?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Alex: Is he listed as that? I’ll ping Rudy

  4. Fanciful Basesball says:
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    OMG, it’s finally here! My guide on how to live the next 2 months of my life!!!!

    • Al KOHOLIC says:
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      @Fanciful Basesball: ha. For real. I still stray and go with 1 or 2 of my own gut instinct picks every year and have hit the jackpot a few times but have also been to ashamed to even tell him I went against his bust guys a few more times than not

  5. Albert says:
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    Grey, sir. Keeper question for you. 12 team, 5×5 league. Can keep 4. Who do you go with?

    – Albes 20th rd (5 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – Flaherty 25th rd (5 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – Dahl 16th rd (4 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – Villar 17th rd (4 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – story 6th rd (2 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – senzel 21st rd (5 round penalty each year kept after this year)

    Mazel!

  6. Ray says:
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    In the words of the kids these days, “YAAAAASSSSS QUEEEEEEN”

    Will there be a War Room Excel download available again this year? This has helped us a ton in our live drafts the past several years.

    • knucks says:
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      @Ray: Grey doesn’t do that, usually a commentator or other write steps up. Past few years it was HotRod, I’ve sent him an email a week or so back to see if he was doing it.

      • Grey

        Grey says:
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        @knucks: Hope HotRod is not competing with SimplyFred in the big league in the sky

      • Grey

        Grey says:
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        @knucks: Wait, did you hear back?

        • knucks says:
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          @Grey: I did not hear back… we lost Fred?

          If I don’t hear anything in the next week or so, maybe I’ll try to get to work on this.

          • Grey

            Grey says:
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            Yeah, Fred passed away around Xmas — I didn’t hear back from HotRod either — Maybe HotRod was Fred? I don’t know…

            • knucks says:
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              @Grey: Damn. RIP.

              I’ll pull up last years version and start inputting stats this weekend if I can.

              • Grey

                Grey says:
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                Thanks, knucks!

            • Mike

              Mike says:
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              Simply Fred? Man, that sucks. He was one of the good ones.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Ray: Haha, have to ask HotRod

  7. Albert says:
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    Grey, sir. Keeper question for you. 12 team, 5×5 league. Can keep 4. Who do you go with??

    – Albes 20th rd (5 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – Flaherty 25th rd (5 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – Dahl 16th rd (4 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – Villar 17th rd (4 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – story 6th rd (2 round penalty each year kept after this year)
    – senzel 21st rd (5 round penalty each year kept after this year)

    Mazel!

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Albert: Answered above, only question is Story or Villar

  8. Wally Pipp says:
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    Under espn column you have davis listed as OF hes dh there

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Wally Pipp: That’s a Rudy thing, will ping him

  9. Earl says:
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    Do you still see the rule of going hitter heavy for the 1st 3-4 rounds as applicable this year?

    Would likely wind up with Aaron Nola or Gerrit Cole (if lucky) as your SP1.

    Starting to learn that pitching always seems to never work out the way your expect. Hitting seems to be a little more predictable to some extent.

    Thanks

    • Cram It says:
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      @Earl: That’s always the rule. Yes, always.

  10. Cram It says:
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    “Shawn Armstrong ahead of Gregory Polanco?!!! You’ve lost all credibility” – Mr. Pipp

    • Wally Pipp says:
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      @Cram It: hey i was going to say that!

      I dont mind an armstrong flier with your last pick. Strickland had a 7.3 k rate and a 4.14 bb rate last season over 45 innings, hes done. Swarzak looked so bad last year and was hurt so dont expect much there. They prolly sign someone else tho

      • Cram It says:
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        @Wally Pipp: I’m just playing around. I don’t care for drafting non-closer RP’s (save the elite ones). They’re a dime a dozen.

    • Dave D says:
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      @Cram It: I think what he meant to say was that my pick of Shawn Armstrong at 699 was a decent value afterall.

      • Cram It says:
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        @Dave D: Steal of the draft!

  11. Ante Galic says:
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    Grey!!!!!

    So wonderful!

    a. What do the Holy Grail, the Magna Carta, James Joyce’s Ulysses or Dubliners (take your pick), Edgar Allan Poe (The Raven) and this top 500 have in common? They are all master works, man! Thanks for continuing to give.

    b. Fantastic video, mind blowing!

    c. I know it’s against your religion to draft a team early but I get the sense that a lot of that value (like Voit at 160) will vanish by OD. And then what’s so good about drafting Luke Voit 100th overall? He’ll probably end up 100th overall on the player rater. I think I will draft one early team and one late team having more data to mull over by the end of ST for the latter. Thoughts?

    d. Subdued Norm MacDonald quote for February 7

    1. This was Colin Ferguson’s first week in prison. Ferguson has reportedly dismissed his cell mate and from now on he’ll be acting as his own bitch.

    2. New medical research shows that men and women have different food cravings, men preferring meat and women preferring sweets. Scientists trace this back to cave man days when men had to go out and hunt for food while women sat on their fat asses eating chocolates!

    3. Washington power two-some Mary Matalin and James Carville are expecting their first baby in July. No one knows if the baby will be a Democrat or a Republican but doctor’s are sure of one thing…it will be weird looking.

    4. The richest girl in the world, billionaire Athena Onasis, celebrated her 10th birthday this week. What’s it like to be the richest girl in the world? Well, to give you some idea at the party they had 2 cakes!

    5. The mafia announced that they will drop their time-honored greeting of gently kissing each other on the cheek this week. But as for shooting people and then stuffing them into the trunks of their cars – FULL STEAM AHEAD!

    6. An intoxicated man was decapitated by a moving subway train this week after he fell off the platform while trying to show off for a woman he didn’t know. The stunt worked – the two will be married in June.

    7. Due to a change in policy, Amtrak employees will no longer be able to kick homeless people out of Penn Station, based on the way they look. From now on, they will have to go solely on urine stench.

    Cheers,
    Ante

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Ante Galic: Thanks! A. Indeed B. Haha, thanks! C. I’m fine with that, be interesting to see if you like one team much better by Sept. D. 5. Ha

      • Ante Galic says:
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        @Grey: Grey!!

        Thanks, man. I liked #5 for you too.

        Btw, am I right that the season starts this year on March 20??!! How is it possible?

        Cheers,
        Ante

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          It kinda starts then… There’s 2 semi-exhibition games

          • Ante Galic says:
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            @Grey: Grey!!

            That’s crazy! Do the games count for stats? OMG, my panties are all wound up now.

            Cheers,
            Ante

            • Grey

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              Ha, they do count

  12. Wally Pipp says:
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    So i really like jose leclerc, but hes got an adp of like 115 (12th closer off the board) and you have him ranked 143. I feel like its gona be a struggle to get decent rp pitchers this year.

    • bigbear says:
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      @Wally Pipp: I agree. Seems like a few teams are stockpiling the high quality arms. Basically, there’s top shelf closers but the upper-middle class has been hollowed out to some degree in the fantasy chase for saves. But I’m all in on the SAGNOF theory. And think a 140-150 is about where I’d start drafting CLs. Almost all hitters (no C) and 3-4 SPs. So I’ll be fine with any slotted in the CL spot from Giles down to Bradley (I’m hoping for 2 of them). And then throw darts in FA as meltdowns start happening.

  13. Jarrett says:
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    I have Adamses, Altuve , Trevor Story at middle iinf—Acuan Soto, Ozuna in the outfield.

    I saw the Palka sleeper post last spot on a 14 team dynasty Palka or Schoop?

    • Grey

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      @Jarrett: Coin flip, they’re close… You can keep Schoop and get back Palka easier prolly

  14. JAscher says:
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    In Grey we trust…

    Why is Brantley ranked so low? He was great last year…I know new setting, new team, just wondering though.

    Thoughts on not keeping him in the 15th round of a 27 round draft,. Even though I just traded him for a 15th round after trading mine away in a mega deal for Marquez and Baez.

    And I’ve been hungry waiting for my $12 salads, despite them just being salads. Please be the donkey corn and deliver…my absolute favorite post to read

    • knucks says:
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      @JAscher: Grey is never down with Brantley, he’s been consistent with that through the years. But I agreed, I had added him off the wire in April in an OBP league last year and he was great.

    • Cram It says:
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      @JAscher: Lack of projected ABs, I reckon.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @JAscher: He was solid last year, I’m not drafting him this year — A 15th round keeper sounds fine for him, not sure of your options tho

  15. The Two Towers says:
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    14-Team H2H OBP Keep 6 Forever League;

    Stanton/Rizzo for Correa/Rendon

    Considering this trade before our draft. I’m in good position to compete this year with extra draft picks and the other guy is looking long term. My other keepers are Trea, Judge, Mondesi, and Strasburg.

    Which side do you like and how close is it? Would be fun having Judge and Stanton on the same team.

  16. Wally Pipp says:
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    My point about leclerc is if i wait til pick 115 ish to take a rp which i normally do, if leclerc adp is 115, and hes going as the 12th closer off the board, the next best options look weak. So if i start there and miss leclerc, the next rp you have ranked after leclerc are:
    Alvarado-rays about to resign romo
    Givens- 4+ era and no lock
    Knebel- 16 sv in 57 gms with hader there 2018
    Archie bradley- is he even the closer (or even a RP this year)?
    Cody allen- 4.7 era last year
    Vizcaino- seems like a committee with Minter
    Shane green- lol
    Andrew miller -setup / high leverage role likely
    Yada yada

  17. Ben says:
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    Trying to figure out my keepers in a 10-team 5×5 obp league, 4 OFs, 1 IF, 10 Ps.

    My options are:
    Albies – $2
    Soto – $4
    Haniger – $2
    Chapman – $1
    Profar – $1
    Hader – $3
    Severino – $1
    Flaherty – $4
    Taillon – $8

    I’m pretty set on Severino, Flaherty, Albies, Soto, and Haniger. I’ve been thinking Chapman and either Hader or Taillon as my last two. Wondering how you would approach.

    • Cram It says:
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      @Ben: I’d keep all of them. They’re all cheap as hell.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Ben: Taillon, tho no idea how many you keep in total

      • Ben says:
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        @Grey:

        Whoops, forgot to say it’s a 7 keeper max.

  18. The Great Knoche says:
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    Kingery and Nicky Delmonico not in the top500? Blasphemy!

      • The Great Knoche says:
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        @Grey: I know. 506 and 517. Had to pick on something.

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Ha, you Pipp you!

          • The Great Knoche says:
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            @Grey: A-A-ron Judge is my hero!

            • Grey

              Grey says:
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              Haha

  19. Chinzy says:
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    Hey Grey.

    I am debating on my last keeper between Springer, Albies and Merrifield.

    This is a keep forever so usually i lean towards the younger age guy (Albies) but I am also a big Springer fan…

  20. Brian says:
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    Thanks Grey As always appreciate it

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Brian: No problem

  21. big league choo says:
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    10 team dynasty h2h 5×5 obp

    My marte/freddy peralta for his khris davis/forrest whitley

  22. big league choo says:
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    10 team dynasty h2h 5×5 obp

    My marte/freddy peralta for his khris davis/forrest whitley

  23. Roger Dorn says:
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    Good ish ! Which three out of this crew would you keep? 12-team roto (Round Draft Pick forfeited)

    Mookie (2nd Round)
    Story (7th)
    Bellinger (16th)
    Vlad Jr (19th)
    Dahl (23rd)

    • bigbear says:
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      @Roger Dorn: Depends on how long you can keep them. But Mookie, Story, Vlad. Can see an argument for either of the others depending if there are keeper restrictions though.

      • Roger Dorn says:
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        Keep forever, round forfeited moves up 1 each year

  24. Five-on-One says:
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    Hey Grey – Thanks for all the work you do and free content you provide. Rarely a morning goes by where you fail to get a laugh or smile out of me. But there’s something I don’t understand. You say about The Foaming Lips tier (SP) that if they make it to around 50 overall, or under $30, then you’d happily draft one. However, the Grey dollar values for these guys start at $20 and go down from there. What am I missing?

    I do use your values as a guide at my auction, and I think this issue reared its head last year for me. As a result, all the best pitchers went for significantly more than the Grey Values. The prices did not catch up until I ended up with Sonny Gray for $13. Now, due to some excellent advice, I also ended up with Corbin, Snell, Bauer and Wacha, and won my league going away. But I’m not sure that is repeatable.

    I don’t like to spend too much more than the expected return on a player at auction. How do I (we) reconcile the Grey Values with the need to get a decent starter with the statement that you would spend significantly more than the Grey Value on certain players?

    Sorry for the long, rambling message.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Five-on-One: No problem! Can go above $20 on them to get one… Merely ballpark figures — You’re better off thinking of pitching as around $80 total to spend… One SP for $20-ish, one for $15-ish, 3 for around $10, one flyer, but need RPs too

      • Frank the tank says:
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        @Grey: so basically what you recommend is spending approx 30% of your budget on pitching ($80 of a $260 budget) even though pitching makes up approx 40% of the roster (6 SP and 3 RP on a 23 man roster). Does that make sense? Great question by fiveonone, and somethkng ive wondered about as well. And again, thanks Grey. Love the material you put out.

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          180/80 is pretty standard… Sometimes I go as low as $70

          • Frank the tank says:
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            @Grey: cool, thanks grey

            • Grey

              Grey says:
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              No problem

  25. branta says:
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    Great work as always, Grey. Are the RCLs going to be on Fantrax again this year?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @branta: They will, Goose Plus

  26. Tom says:
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    At first glance the most out of whack ranking to me is Maikel Franco at 515, not sure what’s built into that. Perhaps the idea that the Phillies will acquire Machado, and Machado plays third. Otherwise, seems criminally low for a 26 yr. old that has hit 20 or more homers 3 straight years, and struck out in less than 15% of his abs last year.

    • Cram It says:
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      @Tom: The 287 AB’s are built into that. He’s not projected for those numbers over a full season.

  27. OaktownSteve says:
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    You must be super bummed you didn’t win any fantasy baseball writing awards.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @OaktownSteve: Yeah, I don’t pay $400/year to vote for myself

      • BJFOHOHL says:
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        @Grey: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

        Mediocre content pays for accolades!

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Yeah, precisely… Really a bunch of shysters

          • BJFOHOHL says:
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            @Grey: since this started with an Oaktown comment. Remember that one time Oaktown went into a room full of “perts” and told each and every one what was wrong with their game.

            • Grey

              Grey says:
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              HA, I do!

              • BJFOHOHL says:
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                @Grey: damn, this is just kicking off memories of all the tools of twitter who talk about the awards and have their membership a part of their profile.

                • Grey

                  Grey says:
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                  Ha, yeah, what a jizzoke

                  • Grey

                    Grey says:
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                    As the old Groucho Marx joke goes, I don’t want to be a member of a club that would have me

                    • BJFOHOHL says:
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                      @Grey: I did a slow mock one year with Sky and other writers and the logic around their picks was either archaic or based in very bad logic. Then I would look at where they wrote and my jaw would drop

                    • Grey

                      Grey says:
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                      Yeah, lots of people with really bad takes

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @OaktownSteve: BTW, someone commented on the top 100 starters they were also at the grocery convention

    • FrankGrimes says:
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      @OaktownSteve:

      Where are these posted?

      • Grey

        Grey says:
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        Razzball’s never been nominated for anything ever bc we don’t pay $400/year to be

        • FrankGrimes says:
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          @Grey:

          So it’s like buying your own star on the walk of “fame”?

          • Grey

            Grey says:
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            Totally, but more disingenuous

            • Mike

              Mike says:
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              I’d like to thank God and myself for this award.

  28. Skip Mcgillicuddy says:
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    Grey, trade question. Was offered Moustakis for Upton
    Points league:
    H 1
    1B 1
    2B 2
    3B 3
    HR 4
    SB 2
    RBI 2
    R 1
    BB 2
    TB 1

    12 team, 12 keeper. So far I’m keeping (Freeman, Correa, Segura, Encarnacion, Judge, Hoskins, Upton, Pham, Severino, Syndergaard, Flaherty, Buehler)

    Don’t want to trade for Moose and he signs in SD. That’s a nightmare. Thanks man

  29. Matty says:
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    Love the draft this, not that video.
    Another interesting tool idea that I probably won’t be getting around to making but I’ll think about making is something that allows you to input a player and see all of those players who are projected for give-or-take the same stat lines.
    Non sequitur- does the Razz community have any comedy show suggestions that have been flying under the radar? We just finished Sex Education and enjoyed it but now need a new show to not talk during dinner.
    Thanks.

    • Mike

      Mike says:
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      Derry Girls is really funny IMHO.

      • Grey

        Grey says:
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        @Mike: Oh yeah? Never heard of it, will have to check it out

        • Mike

          Mike says:
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          It takes a minute to get used to the thick Irish accents, but yeah I loved it.

          • Grey

            Grey says:
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            Sounds like I’ll need subtitles for it

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @Matty: Thanks! I love Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Interesting idea for a tool, closest I think is our trade evaluator

    • FrankGrimes says:
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      @Matty:

      Peep Show is definitely under the radar.

      • Matty says:
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        @FrankGrimes:
        Thanks guys. Loved Peep Show and just finished up the last of Kimmy. I’ll check out Derry Girls.
        If you haven’t watched Sex Education, add that to the queue.

  30. bigbear says:
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    I like Trea and Story a bunch this year. My league does have 2 Util spots. So in theory they could fit. What do you guys think of going SS in the 1st and 2nd? Assuming guys like Stanton, Judge and Goldy are gone. Think I’ll go Judge if all of them are available…

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @bigbear: I don’t love it, tbh, but I could see it this year

      • bigbear says:
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        @Grey: Yeah… That’s where I’m at too. I’m definitely taking Story over Freeman. So that’s the dividing line imo. Trea/Story would provide a higher floor for everything the rest of the draft. I wouldn’t have to chase HR or SB much either. And maybe a nice trade chip if the right deal comes along. I may have talked myself into Story even if Judge/Stanton are available!

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Especially since Trea and Story do opposite things, if you said Trea and Mondesi, I’d say meh

  31. InferiorHippo says:
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    Hey Grey!

    I’m struggling with my last couple of keepers. In a H2H 10 player Dynasty keep 15 players per year for max of 5 years at a time (if a player is dropped they start 5 years again.) Number next to a player is how many years I have them left. What do you think?

    Top 11 keepers
    Trout (2), Acuna (4), JD Martinez(2), Lindor (2), Mondesi(4) Verlander (2) Trevor Bauer (4) Buehler (4) Eugenio Suarez (4) Matt Olson (3) Tim Anderson (4)

    Who would be your last 4?
    Kimbrel (2) Roberto Osuna (2) Piscotty (4) Peralta (4) Sal Perez (3) Eduardo Escobar (4)

    Thank you!

  32. FrankGrimes says:
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    Patricia Arquette was such an idiot!

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      @FrankGrimes: Yeah, but she was incredible in that role

      • FrankGrimes says:
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        @Grey:

        For sure. But I want an alternate ending
        where she picks them up so they can kill her. Haha.

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Haha, it’s a true story

  33. Crime Dog says:
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    Fantastic stuff, thanks Grey!

    General question for you. You always have certain guys you’re way higher on than ADP for good reason. What’s your strategy during the draft for these guys? For example momdesi you have 20, let’s say his ADP is 80 (just making that up). Are you drafting him at 20 every single time or maybe waiting until 50 because you think you can wait and still get him. Same for luchessi, you have him 100 ADP is let’s say 200. You grabbing him at 100 every time or maybe splitting the difference and trying to wait until 150 to get a better value?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Thanks! I think you have to be somewhat familiar with ADP, if a guy is being drafted around 80 overall, you don’t really have to jump on him until around 50-60 overall

  34. Cohen says:
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    Grey, draft strategy question
    I got 6 th pick in 12 teamer
    Thinkin i can get Yelich/Acuna/Rizzo first 3 picks
    At #43 i was going to go Segura but if Hoskins is there i thought about using him at 1B/3B once he is shortly eligible.
    So Hoskins or Segura at #43?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Hoskins

      • Cohen says:
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        @Grey:
        Thank you

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          No problem

  35. Charlie says:
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    Grey, you are amazing!!

    My league is a 6×5 (including ops) 10 team, h2h, Yahoo league. I’m trying to use your rankings and take the pitchers out and add them to @Rudy Gamble 6×6 OPS Yahoo rankings. But I’m not sure what size league your rankings are geared towards, 10 team or 12 team? Also, what salary cap are you using? 260? And what split are you giving the hitters to pitchers, 67/33?

    I’m trying to figure out what math formula I need to use to deflate/inflate @Rudy Gamble hitters so that the $ value between his hitters and your pitchers is comparing apples to apples. Your pitchers and his 6×6 Yahoo 10 team ops hitters would be a perfect set of rankings for me.

    Thanks!

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Thanks! I use my rankings up until about 15 team deep… $260 — 180/80-ish

      • Charlie says:
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        @Grey:

        Thank you Grey!!!

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          No problem

    • grey’s $ are based on 12-team and are around 67/33. to convert his SP $ to 10-team, multiply the $ by 0.95 and subtract 1.33.

      • Charlie says:
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        @Rudy Gamble:

        Thank you, Rudy!

        Which option would be best for me?

        1. Take Grey’s SP’s $ amount and multiply it by 0.95 and subtract 1.33, and then combine them with Yahoo 10 team 6×6 OPS

        or

        2. Take the hitters in Yahoo 10 team 6×6 OPS and multiply their $ amount by 0.94 and then subtract 1.4, and then combine them with Grey’s pitchers

        Both options seem to be deflating the $ amount. In option 1 you’re deflating Grey’s pitchers, but in option 2 you’re deflating the hitters in Yahoo 10 team 6×6 OPS. Earlier in the week you suggested I deflate the hitters but then today I thought I’d ask once Grey’s 500 came out. I’d like to combine Grey’s pitchers with your Yahoo 6×6 OPS for 10 teamers, but not sure which $ numbers to deflate, Grey’s pitchers or your hitters? Can you please let me know which of the two options above would be best to achieve this?

        Thanks!!

        • the 6×6 are 12-team too so combine them all and then apply that $ adjustment to all of it. if it’s just a snake draft, you can ignore the last part.

          then there’s one other catch. if it is 6×5, hitters are worth a little more. it’s a judgment call though if you want to move off 67/33 hit/pitch split.

          • Charlie says:
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            @Rudy Gamble:

            What do you mean combine and apply that $ adjustment? Do you mean use both of my options above and deflate both the hitters and pitchers?

            You then say ignore the last part. Do you mean since it’s a snake draft ignore deflating the hitters and just deflate Grey’s pitchers?

            Yes, my league is a 6×5, including ops, Yahoo, 10 team, snake draft.

            Since it’s a snake draft you’re saying just deflate Grey’s pitchers and keep the 6×6 OPS hitters $ value the same?

            If that’s the case the number one hitter in 6×6 Yahoo 10 OPS is Trout. His value is 64.5. Grey’s number one pitcher is Scherzer at $28. If you then deflate Scherzer’s $ number (28 * 0.95) – 1.33 = 25.27.

            Is that correct? The number one hitter is rated 64.5 and the number one pitcher is rated 25.27? That’s a crazy disparity. That’s almost 3x value or $40 between the two.

          • Charlie says:
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            @Rudy Gamble:

            Rudy, my apologies but I think I misread your reaponse.

            You are saying BOTH Grey’s pitching rankings and the Yahoo 6×6 OPS rankings are based on a 12 team league. Bc BOTH are based on a 12 team league there is no need to inflate or deflate either $ amounts on either rankings.

            I should combine Grey’s pitching with the Yahoo 6×6 OPS and sort by $ to give me my desired rankings of Yahoo 6×5, 10 team, h2h rankings.

            Am I correct? Sorry for the confusion. Thanks!

            • yes. just download them both, sort by $, and you should be all set.

              • Charlie says:
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                @Rudy Gamble:

                Perfect. Thank you so much!

                It’s crazy though how much of a disparity there is between Trout and Scherzer. Trout is $65 and Scherzer is $28. We’ll see where Scherzer falls in on overall rankings once I merge the two rankings. I only used Trout and Scherzer in my example bc they’re both the number one ranked player for hitters and pitchers.

                • yahoo is weird b/c it’s only 10 hitters. i’m conditioned for 13 or 14 hitters (1 or 2 C). it’s 8 vs 9 pitchers but you can always swap pitchers in/out. so putting 67% of $ into hitters and then only starting 10 really drives up the values of premium hitters.

                  • Charlie says:
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                    @Rudy Gamble:

                    That makes sense. Not only is it 10 starting hitters and 8 starting pitchers (both sp and rp), but my league is 6×5 (including ops) so you’re right. Hitters are extremely more valuable, thus justifying the large gap in $ value between hitters and pitchers. Makes total sense now. Thanks for helping my light bulb go off!

                    • cool. also worth noting that grey always undervalues the top 5 pitchers or based on his preference of never taking SPs in first two rounds (i’m said to undervalue catchers in my model though my values tend to mirror ADP more than most $ calculators). grey’s values tend to mirror the market investment in SPs after the first 5 or so.

  36. TC says:
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    Whoever is #573 must be pissed…

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      It’s about to be Jorge Alfaro if Realmuto is traded to the Phils

  37. primetime says:
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    Grey,

    10 team keeper league (total of 70 players kept)

    Would you accept a 2nd rd and 4th rd pick for Luis Severino?

    If I were to move Luis my team would be below.

    My current staff
    Scherzer
    Verlander
    Bauer

    Rizzo
    Lindor
    Rendon
    Bellinger

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      I don’t love Severino this year

  38. BJFOHOHL says:
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    I’m halfway through season 2 of Vikings. I would like to give you some words to chew on… Lots of blood, orgies, human sacrifices, hallucinogens, wife sharing, crucifixion.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      I think I need to get in on this… Last night I watched a doc that’s nominated for an Oscar, Minding the Gap, it was really good… On Hulu, if you have

      • BJFOHOHL says:
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        @Grey: I haven’t heard mind the gap in a long time. You should know what I’m talking about

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Yeah, I might hear it next October, thinking about a tripski

          • BJFOHOHL says:
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            @Grey: I’m jelly. But at the same time its a totally different world over there

            • Grey

              Grey says:
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              I know, I wonder if Benny Hill’s birthplace is still a national landmark

              • BJFOHOHL says:
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                @Grey: I just bowed my head in a moment of silence.

                • Grey

                  Grey says:
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                  Then ran around in fast motion in ladies undergarments

                  • BJFOHOHL says:
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                    @Grey: that’s my morning cardio routine

                    • Grey

                      Grey says:
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                      HA!

      • LenFuego says:
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        @Grey: Holy moly, Grey, I watched the same documentary last night at our weekly movie night with about seven other people. Heyyyyy, wait a minute, one of them brought a guest … your real name isn’t Jacqueline, is it?

    • bigbear says:
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      @BJFOHOHL: The first 3 (or so) seasons were really good. Then I lost interest after that. I heard that season 6 (this year) is the final season. Maybe I’ll finish it up when the last episode is done.

    • LenFuego says:
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      @BJFOHOHL: I have watched the whole Vikings series. I am mixed about it …. about 60% is really good, but about 40% is kind of boring. For one thing, there is a magical surrealism element (e.g., with an oracle/seer) that kind of makes my eyes roll.

  39. Worm Turner says:
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    Which do you prefer over the next few years in a H2H linear points keeper?
    Renfroe, Laureano, Piscotty- all can be kept for a dollar.
    Leaning Renfroe due to power and multi position eligibility (LF/RF), have Belly at CF.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Piscotty… If you’re feeling Renfroe, I wouldn’t stand in your way

      • Worm Turner says:
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        @Grey: Thanks, saw you had him ahead for this year, but was curious about the future.
        Always look forward to January Gray’s daily nuggets, it’s like an advent calendar for us atheists that are fantasy obsessed, so glad baseball is almost here- really appreciate the immense amount of work that must go into this.

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Ha, nice!

  40. Buzz says:
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    What are your thoughts about Brad Keller? He had a good secpnd half.

    • Joey Jo Jo Jr Shabadoo says:
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      @Buzz: AL only streamer (or owned if say a 12 team AL only). really weak streamer in 16 team leagues if say 6-7 SP are owned. at least this was true last year in my leagues of that description.

  41. Duda Want to Build a Snowman? says:
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    Alfaro to MIA make things interesting for him? Hard to imagine him competing for ABs or having any difficulty getting in the middle of the lineup-ish . . .

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      If he’s traded too, it’s great… If not, he’s done

      • Duda Want to Build a Snowman? says:
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        @Grey: He’s the second piece (of 3) in the deal, seem pretty locked now.

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Love it!

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Oh nice! I see Alfaro is included potentially

      • Duda Want to Build a Snowman? says:
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        @Grey: Yeah, something like that. Sounds like they’re arguing about the 3rd piece but are otherwise good to go (meaning Alfaro to MIA, 95%). Would love a little Jansen / Alfaro type combo in 2C leagues!

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          I like it!

  42. Dr Sauce says:
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    Good day sir,
    Seeking some keeper league assistance …
    ESPN, 6 man keep forever, 5X5, 12 team, head to head, starting lineup = 1b, 2b, SS, 3b, C, 5 OF, 1 utility (any position), 5 SP’s and 4 RP’s. We don’t use corner infielder or middle infielder
    Options: Betts, Acuna, Bryant, Bellinger, Benintendi, Rizzo, and Bauer
    I had planned to keep the 6 bats, however I have warmed to the idea of keeping Bauer.
    Who are your 6?
    All opinions are greatly appreciated.
    Thanks Grey and razzball community!

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Not Rizzo

      • Dr Sauce says:
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        @Grey:
        Thanks for confirmation, that’s the way I was leaning as well.
        Cheers

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          No problem

  43. Dave D says:
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    For the first time in awhile I found no humor in a Grey post.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Damn, tough crowd

      • Dave D says:
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        @Grey:

        Actually it was a backhanded complement. Not everyone feels like fantasy baseball-ing is your greatest talent. Get it yet? You could probably write about gymnastics and be entertaining. Hopefully we will never find out though.

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Ha, thanks, man!

  44. Gator says:
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    Does Realmuto playing in Philly change his numbers much? Where would he drop down to in the rankings?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Drop down? The lineup is better, I will go over him in the catchers’ rankings when the trade is finalized

      • primetime says:
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        @Grey: Exactly. Love to know where Realmuto is going to bat. I am from Philly and this is a great trade. A catcher that can catch. Harper by next week, playing right field. STUPID Money

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Stupid money!

  45. Jeff says:
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    Did I miss something along the way, you have Nick Senzel (42 3b) listed at #219 ahead of your 3b from ranking #26 thru 31

    • Jeff says:
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      @Jeff: thru #41

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      I’ll look at it, might’ve been a typo by me

      • Grey

        Grey says:
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        Oh, I know, bc he was announced as having lead for CF job in Cincy… I think I just forgot to switch him in 3B… Will correct

  46. the tone ranger says:
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    Good stuff man.
    Which SIX out of this crew would you keep?
    12-team H2H, keep forever (Round Draft Pick forfeited)

    Mookie (1st)
    Arenado (2nd)
    Altuve (3rd)
    G. Cole (4th)
    Bauer (7th)
    Shaw (24th)
    Shaw (24th)
    Conforto (27th)
    Muncy (27th)
    Tim Anderson (27th)
    Darvish (27th)

    Thanks!

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Mookie (1st)
      Arenado (2nd)
      Altuve (3rd)
      G. Cole (4th)
      Bauer (7th)
      Conforto

      • the tone ranger says:
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        @Grey: sorry I goofed. machado was supposed to be in there as an 8th. I imagine that he would be in over someone else. Who would you bump? and youd take altuve at 3 over shaw or muncy late?
        thanks again

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Yeah, lose Conforto I guess

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          And take Altuve bc you want to win this year

          • the tone ranger says:
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            @Grey: ok got it, thanks

            • Grey

              Grey says:
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              No problem

  47. Dave D says:
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    I’m going to suggest two modifications:

    Yoenis Cespedes AB: 0 R: 0 HR: 0 RBI:0 BA: .000

    Nate Karns: IP: 0 K: 0 W: 0 ERA: 0.00 WHIP: 0.00

    Thanks. I feel better now.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Ha

  48. RoarOf84 says:
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    In a 10-team, h2h categories league where each team can keep up to 6 players without penalty.

    I was thinking about selling Sale to acquire Buehler. I figure that we’d probably do some swap of draft picks as well. My thinking is that I’d like to acquire Buehler before he makes the leap into the very top tier of SPs.

    If the other guy is willing to go for it, is this a good move? Am I selling Sale too early or getting Buehler too soon?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      I wouldn’t

  49. Nick Markakis says:
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    I took a script writing course in Hollywood with the chick at 1:06 in the video at the top.

    Greyt stuff, as always.

    This site is so good that I keep it a secret from my friends.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Haha, that’s hilarious!

  50. And Now the Jon Lovitz Dancers! says:
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    this might’ve been asked by somebody else lately after the 1st base post (or before it) but bour/pujols projections don’t really include the idea that otani will be stealing at bats from them or am i wrong?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Ohtani’s a DH only, can’t throw

      • And Now the Jon Lovitz Dancers! says:
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        @Grey: i know that part, what i’m saying is when otani is playing one of bour/otani/pujols will sit everyday and likely get at most 1 at bat that game. not sure if that’s reflected in the at bats for pujols/bour. clearly bour is benched vs most lefties most of the time (till pujols gets hurt anyway)

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Oh, yeah… Let’s see I have Bour for 461 ABs, Rudy’s got him for 375ish — so I might be high there — Pujols I have for 509, Rudy’s got 375ish — So, yeah, you’re likely right, I’ve doled too many ABs out to them — can’t see knocking them any lower in the standings tho

          • And Now the Jon Lovitz Dancers! says:
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            @Grey: that pujols 375 is probably low enough to make up for this. i just won bour in a 30 man league and nearly forgot about otani at the time. he was still cheap enough, esp if pujols gets hurt at any time (which he just will or prove crappy)

            • Grey

              Grey says:
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              Not sure if it’s clear how any of it will shake out… Pujols might only get 175 ABs and Bour gets 500

  51. Bitter Beerface says:
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    Grey,

    Easy to nitpick a few things here. First of all, it’s incredibly misleading to make people count higher than is indicated in your title. Yesterday, you said top 100, and I learned how to count to 100, then I didn’t understand what Yasiel Puig was doing there, sneak preview? I dunno. Today, Top 500, I’m like “Ok, baby steps”, and then what do you have, like 689 or something? I CAN’T BE LEARNING ALL THESE NEW NUMBERS!!!

    And then I’m used to my baby’s nanna reading your fabulous blurbs to me every morning. But today, she’s just reading statistics to me. And I had heard like the whole top 250 already (I CAN ONLY COUNT), so the blurbs weren’t funny today. But I fell asleep in her giant bosom so all’s right in the world.

    Anyway, you busted your behind, we should all buy you a daiquiri or boba tea or whatever you’re into these days, and CHEERS! Great work, great rankings. You know I’m on the same wavelength with Acuña top 5, AL Central pitching bias, etc. Tut tut and with haste, send Grey a beverage!

    CONGRATU-SNOOOOOOOORE (as dictated by Bitter Beerface)

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Haha, thanks, BB!

      • Bitter Beerface says:
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        @Grey: Alright, bought Cougs a Boba tea as well. Here’s hoping Velasquez doesn’t kill your marriage! Best of luck this year!

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Haha, you too! Thanks!

  52. FrankGrimes says:
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    MLB changing the “disabled” list name…
    Three batter minimum for pitchers…
    NL with the DH…

    thoughts?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Wait, WUT? DH in NL hasn’t been finalized has it?

      • FrankGrimes says:
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        @Grey:
        Not yet…

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Ah, ok

    • Fundle Bundle Life says:
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      @FrankGrimes: 3 batter minimum is completely garbage. it’s like disallowing check raising in poker, just completely monkeying around with strategy. i can see literally nobody in baseball wanting this idea at all (certainly not pitchers, and REALLY not managers)
      – DH isn’t any better or worse than it’s ever been. clearly players union would want it, it gives more money to more people in their union.

      • Grey

        Grey says:
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        Did these go through or proposed?

        • Fundle Bundle Life says:
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          @Grey: not that i heard about, just the yearly “discussions” and i’d make a LARGE bet that 3 batter b.s. won’t go through. they ALREADY have a pitch clock in the rule books that they’ve never enforced if they are actually worried about game length (yes we’re looking at you BOS vs NYY on TV games that take probably an average of 4.5 hours, completely ridiculous pitchers just staring down batters b.s.). nobody needs to screw with the game and make up b.s. rules, just enforce the good rules you already have.

          • Grey

            Grey says:
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            Yeah, nothing to like about any of those new rules

            • Fundle Bundle Life says:
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              @Grey: i do get why they worry about fans, as i’ve yet to meet one person who actually enjoys when the (mostly AL honestly, this is actually true if you check the length of games in AL vs NL) pitchers just stare at the batter for like a full minute or more before making a pitch. it’s complete garbage and they never should’ve had to wait until they are losing TV viewers to figure out how stupid that is. they’ve for decades or more had rule for that stuff.

              – i CAN think of exactly one type of person who does like that, the announcers IF they are being paid by the hour.

              • Grey

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                Agreed, but it’s crazy to change the rule now, after teams have more or less set their lineups for next year… This is kinda thing you need a full year to prepare for, not that the Marlins are going to add someone to DH

  53. A2K says:
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    It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

    Where do I send Boba funding?

    [email protected]?

  54. Scott Kimmel says:
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    Grey,

    I just got a trade offer.

    I give up Lorenzo Cain ($5), and Francisco Mejia ($5)
    And I get Corey Kluber ($29)

    Thoughts?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Works for me

  55. Scott Kimmel says:
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    Before I agree. This is what my OF looks like: Cain, Enciarte, , Hamilton, Adam Jones, Markakis, Piscotty, and Reddick. Would you still make the deal?

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Looks ok for a 15 team league

  56. Scott Kimmel says:
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    its a 10 team league.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Then not so good

      • Scott Kimmel says:
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        Why not so good?

        • Fundle Bundle Life says:
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          @Scott Kimmel:
          1. why would you need 7 OF (maybe you do, do you start 6 of them, but even then you should drop one of these).
          2. markakis, jones and probably red dick don’t need to be owned in a 10 teamer, and it’s not good for cain to be your OF 1 in a 10 team either (this answers the actual question here).

          • Scott Kimmel says:
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            the draw back is I need SP . I have 8 UT spots

            • Fundle Bundle Life says:
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              @Scott Kimmel: UT meaning hitters? if you don’t start all of those OF drop for SP. if it’s a h2h league even more true. might as well just say how many hitters you are starting rather than just saying it’s a “10 teamer”. it’s possible you start so many hitters that you are really in the effective depth of like a 14-16 teamer. if that’s true then those OF are ownable.

              saying “10 teamer” sets up assumptions about starting hitter amounts.

              • Scott Kimmel says:
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                Grey,

                I said no to the deal.

                • Grey

                  Grey says:
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                  Prolly for the best

                  • Scott Kimmel says:
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                    i kept getting outbid on big name outfielders and i lost all the good ones there is no one else. Can u suggest someone that i can get that would be worth it

                    • Fundle Bundle Life says:
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                      @Scott Kimmel: do you think he can read your league’s players tab here? name the options.

  57. Peacecoast says:
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    Keep Erod in round 27 or Luke Voit in 20?

    • Peacecoast says:
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      @Peacecoast: I just like Voit ok? and with inflation due to keepers there is probably decent value in round 20.

      • Grey

        Grey says:
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        Works for me to keep Voit, kinda same diff at those prices

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Ed-Rod, close tho

  58. i don't want to brag but i got irritable bowel syndrome says:
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    NL only with OBP over AVG, total bases added, net steals over steals, QS over wins, holds added h2h. we keep 3 at previous season’s ADP’s so it’s quite valuable to find value guys if possible that even in the next year get quite expensive that you often just throw back (damn shame i didn’t keep wheeler last year, needed the roster spot at time in finals). start 4 OF, a CI/MI, 1 util. best 3 of these:
    1. IF harper signs NL. choice
    harper (1)
    freeman (2, but becomes a 1st if harper or machado goes to AL)
    hoskins (3, but becomes a 2nd if harper/machado goes to AL)
    marte party (3)
    ryu (20)
    gone varnish (14)
    woodruff (23)
    legs mcneil (25)
    nimmo (25)
    a.frazier (25)
    sera anthony (25)
    wacha (12)

    2. which 3 if harper or machado go to AL, which would move freeman to 1 and hoskins to 2

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      1. I’d go top 3 2. Prolly Marte

  59. i don't want to brag but i got irritable bowel syndrome says:
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    i’m telling you, at least one set of people believe whatever magic they pulled out of their asses on all their shitty SP last year (excepting davies) will repeat, MIL just signed tomlin.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Haha, yup

  60. dubjay says:
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    Hey Grey,
    My keepers are ALBIES, ARENADO, BREGMAN, SEAGER, TROUT, ACUNA, SOTO, SNELL. Probably keep Ozuna and Paxton with the other two. Would you deal Soto straight up for Freeman? Id love to have a stud first baseman but dont want to move soto. Do you think its worth it?

  61. MR BASEBALL says:
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    M. Andújar NYY – 3B For Gallo – keeper league would you make trade

    • MR BASEBALL says:
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      if I make the trade does it mean I lose average ever week

  62. Brian says:
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    yo grey!

    16 team h2h 6×6 dynasty.

    C – Salvador Perez, KC
    1B – Edwin Encarnacion, SEA
    2B – Eduardo Escobar, ARI
    SS – Xander Bogaerts, BOS
    3B – Manny Machado,
    OF – George Springer, HOU
    OF – Randal Grichuk, TOR
    OF – Lewis Brinson, MIA
    UT – Jesus Aguilar, MIL
    UT – Jose Abreu, CHW
    BN – Luke Voit, NYY
    BN – Jorge Polanco, MIN
    BN – Tyler White, HOU
    BN – Niko Goodrum, DET
    DL – Gregory Polanco, PIT

    SP – Chris Sale, BOS
    SP – Justin Verlander, HOU
    SP – Charlie Morton, TB
    RP – Jose Leclerc, TEX
    RP – Shane Greene, DET
    P – Walker Buehler, LAD
    P – Nick Pivetta, PHI
    P – Ross Stripling, LAD
    BN – Sandy Alcantara, MIA
    BN – Gerrit Cole, HOU
    BN – Mychal Givens, BAL
    BN – Chad Green, NYY
    BN – Brad Peacock, HOU
    BN – Will Smith, SF
    BN – Drew Steckenrider, MIA

    Harper is on the block. Would you do either xander + buehler OR tatis+buehler+brinson OR neither?

    Thanks Grey!

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      I’d do Tatis deal for Harper, it’s just fair tho and could see it backfiring…

  63. jc says:
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    I can keep 2 keepers, my first will be Story as a 15th round pick. My choices for my 2nd are Bauer as my 14th round pick or Hoskins as my 6th. Which is the better value? Head to Head league, 8×8, R, H, HR, RBI, SB, BB, AVG, OPS and W, L, SV, ER, K, ERA, WHIP, QS. 10 teams

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Bauer

  64. Pickles27 says:
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    Been waiting on this! Awesome stuff. Struggling on keeper choices. 12 Team league – R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, K, QS, SV, ERA,WHIP.

    @Gray

    We get 2 keepers. My options are the following:

    Baez in the 11th Round
    Villar in the 19th Round
    G. Cole in the 7th Round
    Benintendi in the 4th Round
    Khris Davis in the 5th Round
    Chris Sale in the 2nd

    Which 2 would you choose?

  65. Pickles27 says:
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    Been waiting on this! Awesome stuff. Having trouble choosing keepers this year. 12 Team R, HR, RBI, OBP, SB, K, QS, SV, WHIP, ERA

    We can choose 2 Keepers. The following are my options:

    Baez in the 11th Round
    Villar in the 19th Round
    G. Cole in the 7th Round
    Benintendi in the 4th Round
    Khris Davis in the 5th Round
    Chris Sale in the 2nd Round

    Who would you keep?

    Thanks!

  66. Ryan M says:
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    Love your top 500 list! I am in a keeper league where we only keep 4. My top 7 are JD, Acuna, Sale, Bryant, Correa, Cole, Bueller. What are your thoughts on who I should keep? I am really torn with the last two spots especially.

    • Grey

      Grey says:
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      Thanks! JD, Acuna, Sale, coin flip… Bryant

      • Ryan M says:
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        @Grey:
        thanks! I was thinking I could probably draft Segura first rd 59th pick. He would be the top SS available by the end of the first. Or would you recommend someone later in the draft?

        • Grey

          Grey says:
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          Take followups to my newest post, I don’t know what this is referring to

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