Hola, fellow español speakers! Today’s word is Triston Casas (1-for-4)! Let’s break it down into parts! Triston is pronounced Tris like a Tris Speaker. Not the old-timey baseball player, but like a speaker who is saying the word Tris. Next part is ton like, “I ate a ton of churros and now I am sneezing cinnamon sugar.” Say the last name with me now…Ca-thathss. The last part you say like a Spanish snake. Like a snake you find in the desert outside of Barth-a-lona. A snake with a lisp. Try the whole thing now, Triston Cathathss. Bueno! *maracas around room* Cathathss! Cathathss! Cathathss! So, yesterday or today or last week doesn’t really matter for when the Red Sox called up Triston Casas, but if you think he was called up on Sunday simply because now he’s earned his place, like he got the ring from Gollum and deposited in the mouth of some volcano or whatever that quest was of those hill trolls, you’re sadly mistaken. Triston Casas has been ready for a while, but baseball is still broken for when prospects are called up. Rather than change the world’s problems today, let’s look at Triston Casas. Hey, what do you know, I already gave you my Triston Casas fantasy! So ridiculous that I figured (correctly) he’d have 300+ ABs this year. Because he’s been ready! If you don’t care what I say, here’s what Itch said, “Triston Cases has learned late at-bat traits to help him hang against a variety of experienced pitchers, and perhaps he’s carried some of those hang-in-there strategies to early-count situations against pitchers he’s never seen before. Whatever it is, I like it. Unlike Grey, who I hate.” Really not cool! I’d grab Triston Casas in every league. He’s got elite approach and power. For what he will do the final month? No one knows, because it’s a small sample, but worth finding out. Finally, Casas is home. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Tanner Houck – Had season-ending back surgery. Expected to be ready for 2023, and might be stretched out as a starter again. Nothing says, “Our organization wants to ruin a young arm,” like moving him from pen to starter four times in four years.
Trevor Story – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 16th homer. Guy Who’s Been In A Coma Since April wakes, “Aw sookie! Trevor Story’s hitting bombs! That’s what I’m talking about! My fantasy team must be doing so good! Has Giolito been anchoring the staff? Guys? Why’s everyone tiptoeing out of my room?”
John Schreiber – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 2.11 and his 7th save, and his 2nd save in as many games. He should be the closer. “Put should be the closer in one hand” and poop in the other hand, and why are you carrying around poop? Are you an actual chimpanzee?
Tyler Mahle – 2 IP, 4 ER, as he was activated from the IL, and his velocity was 87 MPH on his fastball. “When you can’t win a Spongebob at a county fair with your fastball, you might need Tommy John surgery.” That’s Dr. James Andrews doing his best Jeff Foxworthy impression.
Dylan Bundy – 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.34. Twins’ beat writer said, “Over his last six starts, Dylan Bundy has a 2.17 ERA in 29 innings pitched.” Which is cool, and good, but I did guffaw at six starts and only 29 IP.
Carlos Correa – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer, hitting .270. I get why he garners attention in real baseball — the glove and arm — but he’s always one of the most overrated players in fantasy. On the Player Rater, Correa just passed Jazz Chisholm Jr., who’s been out the entire 2nd half.
Dylan Cease – 9 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 2 walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.13, in only 103 (!) pitches. I’d give the Cy Young award to Justin Verlander, then tell Justin, “Now give it to Cease,” just to get Kate mad.
Oneil Cruz – 1-for-4 and his 12th homer. The ease at which he homers makes it worth watching the Pirates (then turning them off for hitters 2-9, and their pitching).
Ross Stripling – 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.03. Streamonator saw this as a no-brainer — or rather a robot-brainer — but doesn’t like his next one. If I’m being honest, I’d start him.
Miles Mikolas – 8 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.32 vs. Marcus Stroman – 7 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.73. Miles Mikolas/Marcus matchup mainlining mmm’s, “Man, marvelous.” Muah!
Albert Pujols – 1-for-1, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer, and now 695 career homers. If we get to the final weekend and Albert Pujols is sitting on 699 homers, MLB is gonna move the fences in to Rock ‘n Jock distances to make sure he gets it.
TJ Friedl – 4-for-8, 3 runs and his 4th and 5th homer, and four homers in the last week, and one of the hottest schmotatoes. I am starting to wonder if Fraley and Friedl are the same guy. Give us Friedley and teach him how to make Fribbles!
Jonathan India – 1-for-6, 2 RBIs and his 9th homer. I wrote this before the completion of the 2nd game of the doubleheader, “Hitting near-.325 over the last month, and I regret to inform you for next year, it’s gonna be hard to ignore India.” Then he left the 2nd game with an injury and I just shook my head and laughed.
Spencer Steer – 0-for-7. Spencer Steer is the Anglicization of “Jesus take the wheel” and in this essay I will explain–Sorry! I thought I was getting a useless liberal arts degree. Any hoo! Laura just gave you her Spencer Steer fantasy, and she just beat me to waivers to pick him up in our keeper.
Nick Lodolo – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.95 vs. German Marquez – 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.86. As I watched this game, I was struck by how much both teams seemed checked out. At one point, Garrett Hampson stole third with two outs, seemed to get thrown out and everyone just shrugged, continuing on with the game.
Jose Iglesias – Left the 1st game with a hand injury, then didn’t start the 2nd game. Oh, that’s a shame–Bring up Tovar!
Ranger Suarez – 4 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 3.52. Damn, really thought he turned some kind of corner in the 2nd half, but this is now three straight emojis that are vomiting, and the vomit spells out “vomit.”
David Robertson – 1 2/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 2.35. It is truly incredinble that anyone, no matter who, that goes into the Phils’ pen immediately sucks.
Alex Wood – Hit the IL with a shoulder impingement. Gabe Kapler said he’s been pitching thru it for a while. *looks at Wood’s 5.10 ERA* You don’t say!
Carlos Rodon – 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 2.92. Don’t think people consider Rodon in that upper echelon of starters, but he absolutely could be my first starter off the board in a lot of leagues next year, as people go Gerrit Cole and I try to figure out why Cole is three rounds higher than Rodon.
Corbin Burnes – 5 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 3.02. Hmm, ya know, I might not be able to rank Burnes in the top five starters range where I say to ignore him next year, but I might be able to rank him around 50th overall and draft him. And absolutely will be drafting him, if that’s the case.
Hunter Renfroe – 2-for-4 and his 24th homer. As Scooby Doo would say, “Renfroe!”
Zac Gallen – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 2.42, and now has 41 1/3 IP of scoreless hoo-ha’ing, and his ERA has gone from 3.31 to 2.42 in that time, and leads the NL in WHIP with 0.92. Will be interesting if Zac can get ahead of Orel. *Groucho Marx eyebrow raise*
Jake McCarthy – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, 3rd homer this week, as McCarthy attempts the oft-attempted, but rarely successful gambit to bring his hot schmotato into a new week.
Daulton Varsho – 2-for-4 and his 20th homer. Thought about how he has more than twice as many homers as Eloy, and now you have to think about it too.
Miguel Cabrera – Hit the IL with a bicep strain. Repetitive stress injury from years of chugging beer.
Michael Pineda – Designated for assignment. Pineda’s assignment is to hit his stomach at a child’s party and let loose some candy.
Jose Altuve – 3-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 23rd homer, hitting .292. I give Altuve a lot of crap, but thinking back at Correa, and Altuve is consistently worth about three to four times as much as Correa. Correa is truly embarrassing.
Kyle Tucker – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 23rd homer. Nothing is more reliable than Mr. H2H getting his one homer per week. (Which I say after seeing Tucker hasn’t homered in about three weeks.)
Marcell Ozuna – 1-for-2, and his 21st homer. Also, was able to get around the bases without getting arrested once.
Max Fried – 5 IP, 0 ER, zero hits, 1 walk, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.48. Fried didn’t return after the nearly two-hour rain delay at Truist, so he lost the no-hitter opp. By the by, Truist sounds like an ad-lib from DJ Khaled. “We the Truist!”
Seth Brown – 3-for-4, 3 runs and his 18th and 19th homer. Two homers in a game goes a long way to a schmotato run, but I just looked at what Brown’s been up to, and I wanted to flush it down.
Carlos Carrasco – 2 2/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 3.91, and four unearned runs. If you started Carrasco against my wishes, then you deserve those unearned runs tacked onto your fantasy team statline. I will be contacting Yahoo, ESPN and other fantasy platforms to tell them to make the adjustment.
Cesar Hernandez – 1-for-2, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Back in December, Cesar Hernandez opened up his Christmas present from his wife — an all-expenses-paid trip to Christian Yelich’s Home Run Clinic. Boy, Cesar was excited at the time.
Andrew Benintendi – Needs surgery for his hamate bone. No worries, Yanks fans, that means more at-bats for Aaron Hicks!
Frankie Montas – 5 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.79. Solid start, so not going to go too far down the Negativity Alley of Darkness, but you might need to be more economical with your pitches, if you can only get thru five with seven strikeouts.
Aaron Judge – 3-for-5, 2 runs and his 53rd homer, as he now bats leadoff. It makes sense, but, if I were Boone, I’d also hit him second thru ninth.
Clay Holmes – 1 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 2.42 with the save. I miss 1st half of the season Clay Holmes.
Corey Kluber – 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.00. Guess who used the Streamonator and streamed Kluber and dropped him immediately after? This guy with two thumbs pointed so close to his eyes he can’t see anything else.
Julio Rodriguez – 4-for-6, 2 runs and a slam (24) and legs (23), and is going to have a 25/25 season as a 21-year-old, and, oh em gee, I’m gonna end up drafting him in the top three in 2023, aren’t I? Will he be the top guy off the board? Gotta go Treat, right? No? I can go Jul-Rod? Thank you, father, may I have another?
Zach Plesac – Out after breaking his finger by punching the pitching mound after a Jake Lamb homer. When he heard someone said Jake Lamb, Plesac got on his knees, screaming to the heavens, “Noooo!!! All this time I’ve been calling him Jay Clam!” And he punched the dirt. Or maybe he recalled his father telling him, “If you get mad, you have no one to blame but yourself, so go pound sand.” Not sure, to be honest. Plesac’s last two years: He missed significant time last year after aggressively removing his shirt, and he was sent home in 2020 for violating Covid protocols. You have to remember, his last name isn’t pronounced “please others.”
By the way, another new guy to look at closer — at least as a hot schamato — is Stone Garrett. Dude is hitting .424 through 33 at-bats and hit his 3rd HR tonight. Drop Noot and pick up Stone!!!!!
Hi, Grey.
I know you know, but your pitching acumen is second to none.
Thanks!
I think Nootbaar has gone cold. The hot streak is over. He’s 4/31 over the last nine games. Time to Sell!!!!!!!!!
Daamn
It was fun while it lasted. Another couple weeks of this and I’ll move on. Figured this was coming at some point. I’m sad. Poor Noot.
What a shaame
Happy Labor Day, Grey!
I have a 1st round bye in my playoffs this week, so have some roster flexibility.
Corbin Carroll vs. Triston Casas – who’s better for the fantasy playoff run?
Full team below:
12-team, 6×6 (OPS/QS), H2H, Redraft league
C: W. Smith
1B: J. Bell
2B: Ketel Marte
3B: Chapman
SS: Bichette
IF: Hoerner
OF: Acuna, Judge, JRod
UTL: Tellez
BN: C. Walker, Carroll
SP: Gausman, Musgrove, Ohtani, Pablo Lopez, Joe. Ryan, Kirby, Sonny Gray, Rasmussen, Heaney,
RP: Hendriks, Bautista, D. Jimenez
IL: A. Wood, Barlow, H. Greene
NA: Soroka
Thanks as always for all your hard work on the daily write-ups & answering all questions!
No problem! Happy Labor Day! I’d go Casas
Please pick one or none
German vs Minny
McCullers vs Angels
Springs vs Boston
All at home
McCullers
This whole year I kept saying adames will get his average up. Well I guess I was foolishly optimistic. I like the other stats, but that .228 is a drain. I thought a trip to Coors would help. I saw 6 runs so far, checked the box score…my excitement was short-lived.
Ha, yeah, he’s been unlucky, but that doesn’t help
Yeah I know. Why do I always get excited when my guys go to Coors? I end up setting myself up for disappointment. I saw the hittertron value today too.
Usually guys are good in Coors so makes sense to be excited for it
Need a 3rd baseman?
Peterson(in Col)
Illedermas Vargas
Renfego
Rengifo
Hey Grey,
Thinking of dropping Hayes and need a third baseman: Casas, Rengifo, B Donovan, G Urshela, R Urias, Candelario
Marv
I’d try Casas
Hold Nootbar or drop for Friedl?
Hold
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto. would you recommend streaming any of these guys this week?
ed cabrera vs nym
t rogers @ phi
cobb @ lad
sears vs cws
thanks!
Sears and EdCab
Hello Grey and Happy Labor Day!
So I somehow eked out a Bye on our Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League, and I now have a week to clean up my roster and get ready for next week.
I dropped Heim and added Raleigh, but I can reverse if you think it was not a smart move. Seemed ok to me.
I want to add Meneses as Bench Bat or maybe even a fill in for the Rizzo, so the candidates would be:
Eloy Jimenez (currently on my Bench – man he sucks)
Corbin Carroll (recently added but have not played him yet)
Christian Javier (this one would hurt, but I would understand)
Jesus Luzardo
Trevor Rogers
I know it’s an odd collection of players, and I usually like to horde pitchers for the 2 Starts and the tasty matchups, and SP/RPs are even better because they can slot in the RP spot (duh), but these guys may not be any good for that anyway.
Thanks Grey and enjoy the rest of your day.
Oh, and the Cesar Hernandez and Christian Yelich HR Camp made me laugh. Very funny visual there.
And of course it figures Lard Ass Gurriel goes 3-4 with a Run scored today when everyone has justifiably benched him, including my wife!
What a tool!
Hahaha
Thanks!
Raleigh move sounds fine…if you’re not playing Corbin you can lose him
Thanks very much Grey.
No problem
Vlad with another steal! I love it.
Love it!
WHY IS GIANCARLO STANTON SO BAD?
Haha
He should be made to change his name back to Mike.
Ha, yea
Fribbles!
Hell yeah!
Hi Grey,
2.Would you start Jeffery Springs of TB at home against the Red Sox?
3.I have a strategy question. I only have Will Smith of the Dodgers as my only catcher. I have done well. However, there are games that he does not play. Therefore I thought should get a second catcher for the last month. There is no playoff in my league. The season ends on October 2. I could pick up Cal Raleigh. Of course, when he and Smith play, then there is no advantage. The other option is to pick up the Dodgers other catcher (Aaron Barnes). What are your thoughts? To pick up Raleigh or Barnes, I was going to catch Mike Clevenger?
Thanks!!! Your help is always appreciated!
martin
1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Raleigh seems fine if you’re not starting Clevinger
Thanks!
No problem
The Razz FF Pod league needs players drafting tonight!
https://www.fantrax.com/newui/fantasy/joinLeague.go?leagueId=kdnmvfprl7kks1m3
How many people do you need
It was only half full this morning. Spread the word!
Hmm kinda late in the game to be trying to fill now but will try
Yes thanks.
finished S3 for all mankind and man did it go downhill!
I never watched one season, sounds like I don’t need to
First two seasons were good.
gimme a new show to watch now?
The Rehearsal? Station Eleven? We Own This City?
Did you like the rehearsal? I got bored fast.
Ha, yeah, I did
Clicked on the link, then realized it was a $50 buy in……could explain why its half full.
If you need people and want to comp and entry, sign me up.
No money no honey
it’s the fourth year running
just late start this year
Haha
1. Next week’s favorite?
Stripling home vs Rays
Kremer at Wash
German at RedSox
2. To get bodies for next week’s playoff start, If you had to drop one bat who would it be: Stanton (done nothing in months but could get hot?), Lars (thrill is gone or hope?) or Polanco (even if he is activated Saturday-trust him?).
3. If I have to drop a pitcher, N Martinez or gulp Shane who is in my IL slot?
1. Stripling 2. Polanco 3. Shane
Gave me the courage to move forward. Thank you. My team is floundering so it feels good to do something to gear up for next week’s playoffs.
I also grabbed Trevor Rogers for his home start on Monday vs Texas. Bot loves it but we shall see how he fares vs Philly on Wednesday. Yanks only have five games next week so it is possible that I dump Stanton for an arm. Traded Montas for him lol. Ugh
Ha, gotcha…No problem
Would you start Corbin Carroll over Andrew Vaughn or Jose Abreu? Corbin has been a little underwhelming so far but he has three games in Colorado plus I could use a little boost in stolen bases.
Nope
I own Corbin Carroll. Replace with Randall Grichuk, Jake McCarthy, or Keston Hiura?
Grichuk going to Coors
Hi Grey,
1. i think that it’s time to waive Christian Arroyo. He seems to sit a significant number of games. The following are available:
Ilifemaro Vargas
Isaac Paredas
Emmanuel Rivera
I was leaning to Rivera since he has three games at Colorado.
What would you do?
Thanks for working Labor Day!
martin
1. Rivera
No problem
Who’s my sixth starter for the week? Morton v sea, May v Sdp, Urquidy v LAA? Leaning Morton
Morton
What’s good Grey? Don’t know where you’ll have Kirby ranked next season, but read some interesting statistics after he won AL Rookie of the Month.
“In five starts, Kirby posted a 4-0 record with a 2.15 earned-run average, allowing seven earned runs in 29 1/3 innings. He struck out 34 batters and walked just three in that span. Of his 421 pitches thrown during those five starts, 71% were strikes and he threw first-pitch strikes to 70% of the batters he faced. While he did allow 30 hits, a product of throwing so many strikes, he also didn’t allow a homer.”
For the year…
“In 19 starts this season, Kirby has posted a 6-3 record with a 3.16 ERA. In 102 2/3 innings pitched — a career high at any level — he’s struck out 107 batters and walked only 14. He leads American League starters with a 7.64 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He’s issued one walk or fewer in his past 19 starts.”
Enjoy Labor Day, my dude. Hi to Ted!
Ted says hi! You know what’s kinda crazy, Kirby is all the way down by 200th overall on the Player Rater…He must not have that many wins on the year, or something…Bc I thought he was doing better overall…I like him a lot, not willing to commit yet to next year’s ranking
Please pick top 2 streamers
Javier vs Tex
Waino vs Wash
Springs vs Boston
German vs Minny
Kremer vs Toronto
All at home
Javier, Waino
Who is the drop to activate flaherty?
Javier
Freddy Peralta
Trevor Rogers
Javier
Please rank the following SPs in a QS league
D.May
P.Lopez
R. Stripling
J.Quintana
May, Stripling, Quintana
We have a Cody Morris sighting, going vs KC on Weds I think. Like him even with expected pitch count?
Nah, I wouldn’t mess with him
Right on and happy Labor Day!
You too!
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto. Start Ryan @ nyy and vs cle? No other decent starter options but could start alexi Diaz or AJ puk as an extra reliever.
I’d go Diaz
Great roundup Grey!
In a H2H weekly league would start:
Christian Walker 6 games @SD/@COL
Or
Luis Robert 7 games @SEA/@OAK
Thanks!
LG
Walker, though might be easier call to make if I knew if Robert was playing today…though, Robert will prolly play today then not for 4 days
Thanks Grey – tough to say if Robert plays baseball anymore. Guy has missed so much time
Ha, I know, it sucks
Start one, neither or both in a 12-team roto QS league:
Brown (vs TEX)
Suarez (vs DET)
Start Suarez
Playoff lineup: Need two of Yandy, Carrol, Swanson, Story and Bohm. Sour on Swanson with a five game week, but 4 LHP in his wheelhouse .Carrol goes to Coors for three yet faces Musgrove and Darvish @ SD not to mention Snell (LHP). Thanks in advance.
Swanson, Story
Hi Grey, will roll the dice with Flaherty today?
I will not
ESPN Points
Grissom or Andres Gimenez?
Andres
Ok Grey, need you to step into my points league huddle for a moment. Can only start four of these guys. Here’s what Streamonator projects for points, but I don’t think this choice is a simple as who projects to score the most points. Or is it?
Gausman (@BAL, @TEX) – 37.2 points (starting)
Now pick three:
Rodon (@CHC) – 17.7 points
Bieber (@KC) – 20.5 points
Cease (@OAK) – 20.7 points
Ray (ATL) – 19.4 points
Luzardo (@PHI, NYM) – 26.7 points
Taillon (MIN, TB) – 29.4 points
With the Guardians having an off day on Wednesday (9/8), any chance Bieber pitches on Sunday? Plesac and Civale both on IL.
Does Cease have a meltdown after coming one out from a no hitter? Or does he steamroll one of the worst teams in the AL?
First round of the playoffs. Weekly lineups. This is a two week matchup. I can set a new lineup next Monday.
WWGD? Hit me with some Grey wisdom.
Forgot to add Heaney to the list.
Heaney (SF, @SD) – 29 points
Oh, I’d go Heaney over Taillon
So, Gausman, Cease, Bieber, Heaney…But Heaney, Taillon or others are a toss up
Gausman, Cease, Bieber…Then I don’t know, tough call…I guess Taillon, but could see any of them
It seems you are suggesting sitting Rodon.
One game in Wrigley doesn’t seem great
Start or Sit
Singer v CLE (McKenzie)
Thanks as always for your expertise.
I’d start Singer
Whats wrong with Manaea?
Would you trust him for next year as a bounce back? I have him in a Auction/dynasty at $13 in a 15 man and dont know what to do with him.
I wouldn’t trust him to bounce back and that is not cheap
I don’t mean my talk, I mean Manaea’s price
So you’re saying your talk isn’t cheap?
How about Ketel marte as a bounce back? he will be $38 for next year in my dynasty/auction?
Also, Loudes Gurriel at $22. loudes is a shock to me. tbh.
All bounce back candidates.
ty
I don’t know your budget, but $38 for Ketel Marte sounds insane, and Lourdes at $22 equally nuts
I can’t even believe how bad Gurriel is. 5hr? This can’t be all he has.
Haha, it’s so crazy
Drop Whitlock for Schreiber?
Prolly a coin flip, but sure
After 4 games (@ 3B), Baltimore is now playing Gunnar at 2B (and moved Urias to 3B). This is important to me since I need a 3B (and Yahoo requires 5 games to make Gunnar 3B eligible),
Any idea if this change is because of Gunnar or Urias?
Urias
Batty call
Abrams at Flaherty or
Michael Taylor home vs McKenzie
Taylor
Are you starting Bradish at home against the blue jays on Tuesday in a 12-team mixed points league?
Also, who do you like better this week in a standard points league: K Wong or K Hiura?
Wong
Sounds fine if you need it, it’s not safe tho
Hey Grey,
A few sit or starts, Happy Labor Day!
Marco G. vs White Sox
Heaney vs San Fran
Joe Ryan @ Yankees
Cole Irvin vs Atl
Same to you!
Start Irvin, Heaney, Marco
Grey !
I have been holding David Robertson but the way the Phillies have been using him lately is infuriating.
Tanner Scott is on my wire, do I grab him for D-Rob ?
I’d go Scott
ESPN points
Start Gunnar over Muncy this week?
Gunnar Tor (4), Bos (3) all RHP!
Muncy SF (3), SD (3) 4 RHP, 2 LHP (platoon?)
Thanks
Yes
Drop Kwan for Friedl?
Yes
ESPN points, this week only, please rank top 4
1-Garcia (Hou SP) Vs LAA
2-Giolito @ Oak
3-Stripling @ Tex
4-Stroman vs SF
——————-
5-Sewald vs ChiW (3), vs Atl (3)
6-Syndergaard vs Wash
7-Whitlock @TB (3) @ Balt (3) gave up 3 ER in both of last 2 outings
As always, thanks so much!
Add Doval to above
@ LAD (4), @ Milw (2) @ ChiC (3) 9 game week
Correction for Doval, 8 games LAD (3), not 4
Can slot Doval in above Sewald, but below the SPs
You did
Hi Grey,
10 tm h2h pts
My playoffs start on 9/19
Drop any of these SP – Gonsolin, May, Nola for Sandovar?
Always big THANKS!!
Gonsolin
Eovaldi, insert fork, done?
Oswald Peraza worth a hold or add Hunter Brown for some lightning in a bottle?
ROTO redraft
Forget Eovaldi…I’d hold Oswald
Can’t say I expected Adley(3) to have more SBs than CJ(2) this season. 80 grade speed my arse.
Ha
I have a dirty little secret and now need help getting out. All season I’ve been holding 2 catchers. Yup. 2 catchers in a 1 C slot league. I drafted varsho and after some OF injuries early in the season I snuck him out there and picked up Kirk. I’ve been flip flopping them successfully all season but now hunting the chip and need to make room in the P department. Who am I letting go? Please help me decide lol
Gross! Lose Kirk
Ozuna or ward ros in obp leagues?
Ward
Please pick 3 OFs for upcoming week among Happ, Canha, O’ Neil, C. Carroll and J. McCarthy.
Thank you and good luck in your fantasy playoffs!
Thanks! Happ, O’Neill, McCarthy
Who would you drop first between Carroll and Canha?
Canha
My weekend was full of mishaps with pitching. Woodruff, Alcantara and Suarez let me down. I had Stroman on the bench. With regard to him, am I missing something? Throughout August and now, he’s gone off when I benched him and done poorly when I started him. I think I’m doing it for the right reasons….yesterday for instance, the Cards had torched him all year and were 2nd wOBA against RHP, yet Stroman blanks them.
A) My question after my rant is….what do you look for when deciding if a matchup is stream-worthy or not. I feel like I’ve been unlucky with Stroman, but I want your take.
B) what is wrong with Sean Manaea, and is he the ultimate buy low for 2023?
A. I’d follow SON, and I don’t trust him B. He’s giving up a ton of homers which is fixable, and might be a buy low
Manaea counted on his command, and it’s left him, so he leaves balls over plate
Left my balls over the plate once. Consequences were far more serious than being dumped from someone’s fantasy team.
Grey!!!
Awesome!!!
a. Wanted to add Eaton but then thought better of it and signed up Aranda!
b. George Carlin quote of the day for September 5, 2022
‘There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason it will never ever ever be fixed. It’s never going to get any better. Don’t look for it. Be happy with what you’ve got… because the owners of this country don’t want that. I’m talking about the real owners now… the real owners. The big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls. They got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying. Lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else, but I’ll tell you what they don’t want. They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interests. That’s right.’
From Life Is Worth Losing (2005)
Cheers,
Ante
Aint that the truth! Carlin had a great wit and, yeah, pretty amazing way of succinctly spelling it all out. Isn’t that what we would call “brilliance”?
A. Nice B. Quality stuff there
Thanks Ante! George was and is my alltime favorite!
Gleyber Torres has been abysmal in the 2nd half. Have you seen his numbers?
Last 37 games:
.187 avg
.218 obp
.511 ops
He has no business being on a fantasy roster at this stage of the season.
Awful, terrible, I’ve seen, I have him on teams
I had him on a team up until this week. I was hoping he would rebound this year. It looked like it was happening earlier this year.
I had too many guys on one team who seemed to forget that the baseball season isn’t over in August. I feel like 80% of my hitters have mailed it in.
Haha, then there’s the guys who don’t start until May…There’s some guys who only play May thru the All-Star Break
Yeah. I could have used this version of bregman about 3 months ago. in a h2h league. I missed the playoffs by 0.5 games. Tatis, Lynn is another one. The list goes on with injuries. It was a year straight out of hell.
Damn
Seen it? I’ve lived it!
So after I added india back to my team it only took a matter of days for him to hurt himself. He apparently fouled a pitch off near the knee. They say he is fine. Have we heard something like that before? I can’t remember because there is an echo in my head repeating something that sounds like day to day. I’ve had this problem since opening day. It went away a few weeks ago and now it’s back again.
Haha, yeah, India is hurt and this water here is wet, crazy stuff!