It’s hard to not sound like a prick when discussing starters who I clearly said to avoid who are now injured. I could say something kind like, “Hey, who could’ve seen this coming? Not me, man! Totally out of nowhere! Wow, Shane Bieber needs Tommy John surgery? Crazy! Was he even hurt last year? He was? I had no idea! A 60-day IL stint last year due to his elbow? That is crazy! I am learning that for the first time!” Or I could say, “Yes, I told you to avoid him because he was out last year with an elbow injury. I say repeatedly all preseason that there’s dozens of pitchers to draft and you only need six, why are you even messing with red flags or pitchers who are being drafted way too early like Spencer Strider.” Did I know Strider would be injured too and likely out this year after throwing 9 IP? No, I did not know, but that’s not the point. Pitchers are risky. I know from years of doing this that starters are impossible to predict from year to year so there’s no reason to pay a premium. Did I tell you to avoid Spencer Strider, Gerrit Cole and Shane Bieber? Yes, I did. Can I tell you that without sounding like a prick? Still unclear. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Max Fried – 4 1/3 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 18.00. Once again, I’m the prick for pointing out: He was hurt last year. This is not a surprise.
Bryce Elder – Not yet called up by the Braves for Strider’s rotation spot, but I imagine he will soon. For now, they called up Allan Winans, who will write, direct and star in the newest Scary Movie and be a long man out of the pen. Mean’s while, watch Elder become an ace, because every Braves’ 5th starter does, then flame out so hard the following year. It’s written in the sky, it’s the Patterns of Jurrjens.
Matt Olson – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer. Also, in this game, Austin Riley (1-for-4, 2 RBIs) hit his 2nd homer, and Michael Harris II (1-for-3) hit his II. So, the Braves’ hitting is fine.
Geraldo Perdomo – Hit the IL with a torn meniscus, and will miss a month. Time for the Diamondsparks as they Blaze Alexander!
Kenta Maeda – 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 3 Ks, ERA at 9.00. When you’re getting roughed up by the A’ss, that’s rough riding.
Riley Greene – 2-for-3 and his 3rd homer. [google Riley Greene sleeper]
Paul Blackburn – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.00. Blackburn chasing Orel Hershiser’s shutout innings record! Any hoo! Streamonator likes his next one, and I’d give him a spin.
Joe Boyle – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 8.22. Hammurabi’s Code of Fantasy Baseball Blogging says you can’t recommend two A’ss players in the same post, but if it wasn’t for that, I might’ve had nice things to say about Boyle.
Zack Gelof – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer, and a double short of the cycle. Sorry, see: Hammurabi’s Code of Fantasy Baseball Blogging.
Steven Matz – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 1.74. Matz trying to get in my conversation for when I talk about Wacha, Lugo and other boring, but reliable fantasy starters that you should care about that you absolutely don’t care about.
Nolan Gorman – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer. Hey, pitcher, NoGo there!
Jazz Chisholm Jr. – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer. He was priced right in drafts. Could he be great? Of course. Does he have injury risk? Yes, no dur.
Nick Gordon – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer. That a 97-pound Nick Gordon has as many homers as Jazz really puts into perspective how few games have been played.
Max Meyer – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 2.45. Impossible to say anything after two games, but his K/9 and BB/9 being 5.7 and 2.5 respectively is, well, disrespectful to pitching.
Tyler Wells – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.76. His BB/9 is 1.6 if that stays elite, I’m still interested.
Dean Kremer – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.19. His BB/9 is 0.7.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto – 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.09. Thinking about people who pay $1500 to play in the Main Event who were A) Scared by Yamamoto’s random innings in Korea that was essentially extended Spring Trining. B) Scared by Ohtani’s betting scandal thinking MLB would suspend him. C) There’s no C.
Gavin Stone – 3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 4.50. Well, at least he still stinks.
Shota Imanaga – 4 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 0.00. God hosed us with rain.
Ryan Pepiot – 6 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits, zero walks, 11 Ks, ERA at 4.63. Weird, maybe you shouldn’t have dropped him after one start.
Willam Contreras – 4-for-5, 3 runs, 5 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd homer. Double dongs in Milwaukee? This is like when Ralph Malph and Potsie took out the Polaski twins.
Oliver Dunn – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI and his 2nd steal, as he hit leadoff. Dan Pants gave you a Oliver Dunn fantasy on Saturday, and I just wanna reaffirm Pants. Dunn’s Livvy with pleasure.
Colin Rea – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 1.64. Streamonator loved this start, and I didn’t have the cojones to grab him. Barely one cojone over here.
Dominic Canzone – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. From my cojone to Canzone.
Ranger Suarez – 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners (zero walks), 4 Ks, ERA at 4.09. People chasing Ks and not “great command” haven’t been paying attention to the last year plus of MLB.
Trevor Story – Hit the IL with a dislocated shoulder. Again, not to sound like a prick, but Trevor Story’s injured and water is wet and taco diarrhea burns.
Tyler O’Neill – 1-for-3, 3 runs and his 5th homer. Yes, he can be a top 10 fantasy hitter on the season. Will he? I do not know the future.
David Hamilton – 2-for-4 and his 1st homer. He’s the Red Sox replacement (maybe platooning with Pablo Reyes, but you don’t want any of that). Hamilton is not going to waste his shot, and has 70-steal speed.
Reese McGuire – 2-for-4, 5 RBIs and a slam (2) and legs (1). Go off Reese McGuire! I said go off! Go! Not get!
Tanner Houck – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 0.00. This game was vs. the Angels. Their lineup is like when you were in college and you tried to use your one friend, who was a girl, to get eight of your guy friends into the party.
Mike Trout – 1-for-2 and his 4th homer. Hey, it’s your one friend who’s a girl!
Reid Detmers – 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 1.64. Wait, actually his line was 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 5 baserunners, 12 Ks–No, that’s not right. Sorry, that was a line from last May vs. the Twins, then he went on to end the year with a 4.48 ERA. Not to be a downer, maybe Detmers is breaking out, but to think two great starts are anything more than two starts is forgetting there’s six months in the season. This start was vs. Garrett Whitlock, who has a 0.96 ERA thru two starts. So, Detmers is breaking out but not Whitlock? Why not both? Maybe, but let’s see another month of starts. You can pick them up to see the breakouts on your teams, of course.
Sean Manaea – 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 0.82. [enjoying my Steven Matz, Dean Kremer, Sean Manaea, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha fantasy staff, clicking open the team in my league who drafted Gerrit Cole and Spencer Strider to revel in the schadenfreude]
Francisco Lindor – 2-for-5, 2 runs and his 1st homer. “Grab his ankles and we’ll toss him over Niagara Falls–Hold up! Lindor moved! He’s alive!”
Matt Waldron – 5 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.86. He has as many innings this year as some middle relievers (9 1/3) but it’s hard to make a soft landing in these parachute pants when I see his peripherals are 11.6 K/9 and 1.9 BB/9. His next start is vs. Dodgers, but I will be a cyclops with a monocle.
Logan Webb – 7 IP, 2 ER, 10 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.86. Wonder if you could buy low. Also wonder if pitchers would be helped if the pitch clock were worn by Flavor Flav.
Ronel Blanco – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 4 walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.00. [sitting in the front row of the Rangers/Astros game was Johnny Vander Meer’s family, sweating buckets] His grandson John-John Jr. Jr., as he’s known to the family whispers, “Is our pee-paw’s record about to be broken? I can Lee Harvey someone and break up his rhythm.” Yikes, John-John Jr. Jr.! One way to get around all the problems pitchers have been having with maximum velocity throwing? Just throw all changeups! Ronel’s an innovator. I watched him dance between the raindrops for the 2nd game in a row, and I don’t think there’s much here for 12 team mixed leagues and shallower, but hard to argue with the results.
Yordan Alvarez – 1-for-3, 3 RBIs and his 3rd homer. 47 more to 50!
Michael King – 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.14. Nice bounce back from the awful last start, but Streamonator hates his next, and I wouldn’t go near it.
Luis Robert Jr. – Hit the IL with a hip flexor strain. This is the injury I was expecting from him last year. Oh well, my crystal ball doesn’t have a date; I only know it’s the future. White Sox brought up Lenyn, gotta share the wealth.
James McArthur – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 7.71 and his 2nd save with Will Smith (1 IP, 0 ER, 13.50 ERA) working the 8th. Seems like it’s McArthur’s job to close out Royals games and protect Hirohito. This was vs. the White Sox, a lot easier opponent than the emperor, and McArthur made the White Sux look decent. Guess my point is I wouldn’t count my chickens on McArthur’s saves.
Hunter Renfroe – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Or as Scooby Doo would say, “Renfroe!”
MJ Melendez – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer in as many games, and 3rd homer in four games. Hot schmotato alert!
Michael Wacha – 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.25. But you don’t want him because he’s boring so move along.
Giancarlo Stanton – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 3rd homer, hitting .219. It’s so wild how he became a “never healthy Adam Dunn.” Call him Life Alert Donkey.
Luis Gil – 4 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 8 Ks, ERA at 3.00. Last game he went 4 2/3 with nice Ks and a lead and a no decision, and yesterday 4 1/3 IP, solid Ks with a big lead. He’s 13 starts away from going 1/3 IP with 10 Ks.
Bowden Francis – 3 IP,, 5 ER, ERA at 12.96. Somehow, he’s still better than Manoah.
Kevin Gausman – 1 1/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 9.53. Aren’t the Canadians under the same rules of engagement as other United Nations countries? How are they allowed to let Gausman go out to the mound clearly injured and throw not-ideal-at-all velocity? Hey, quick question, what’s Canadian for “Oh no cmon no more pitcher injuries please?” Guys, we can’t have the pitch clock and max velocity. We have to choose one or the other. I’m sorry, don’t shot the messenger, but it’s not natural to throw the ball 101 MPH as a starter. We need to disincentivize velocity. If Kevin Gausman or Spencer Strider needs Tommy John surgery, MLB should immediately institute a rule that if you throw over 95 MPH, it’s an automatic ball. Sorry, I don’t make the rules, except in this case.
Hi Grey,
My 1B are Rhys Hoskins and Spencer Torkelson. Would you keep both or waive one to pick up Alex Kirilloff?
thanks!
Those are my 2 dudes. I’m holding, as it’s very early – but Kirloff is probably worth an add if you have someone lesser to drop.
Thanks for the input!!
Of course Ober is dominating the Dodgers. Sonofabench!
Yikes, Nolan Jones batting sixth *gritted teeth emoji*
10 team H2H points league
Which SP to keep for now:
Stone or Lugo?
lugo, maybe easily here.
Bring on the robo ump! UGH
Also… NBFJ … No Bench For Jesus!
Would prefer that this Keller start was a little less eventful…
Loving those Ks though!
Hey Grey
Awesome write up! Hope you’re doing well. Been really diggin’ yours and B-dons podcast on Spotify.
In a 10 team, h2h, standard 5×5 (OBP instead of avg)
Do you trade trout and Harper for Betts and one of Kerry carpenter OR Rafaela?
Heres my team:
C: O’Hoppe
1B: Casas
2B: Altuve
3B: Burger
SS: Merrill
CI: Harper
MI: Gimenez
OF: Schwarber, Trout, Chourio, Ozuna
UTIL: Ohtani, Maikel Garcia
BN: Morel
Thanks!
Thanks! I’d want Betts…Kerry 1st, but either
So McKenzie pitched well against the White Sox tonight. Would you still drop him for either Whitlock or Houck
I like Houck but who has he really pitched against. The A’s and Angels. What do you think
Thanks
He didn’t look very good, but you can hold him
Yea he only had 2 K’s.
I know you like Gore also. Would you drop for him. I like me some K’s.
But I am ok holding also
Also Do you like Whitlock over Houck
Yes
Sorry yes to dropping McKenzie for Gore
Or Whitlock over Houck
And now Framber has a sore elbow
Woof
Hi Grey I picked up smith-shawver in anticipation to be called up for strider. . Should I drop him and pick up Bryce Elder?
I forgot my second If I trade Gausman, should I trade him for Altuve or Langford? Or just hold Gausman ? Thank you
Sure
5×5 Roto, 12-team: Would you rather have Dane Dunning or Jared Jones?
Jones
Thanks, Grey!
No problem
Siri or Outman ?
Julien, E.Suarez or Siri?
Outman
Siri
7×7 with OBP and TBs. Looking to replace Jordan Walker as a bench bat. Melendez, Kirilloff, Oswaldo, Mountcastle, and Arcia seem to be best options.
Hold
Whoops. I already dropped Walker today to get Pepiot back after I cut him for Manaea. Waiting to see how Keller and Olson perform tonight, with the worse performer getting the boot for a bench bat. My bats are so bad. 10 HRs total through 2 matchups!
Gotcha
Which start do u prefer?
Wacha at Mets
Bradford home vs As
Ranger home vs Pitt
Ranger
I have just now picked up Michael Wacha off waivers due to the shame of reading his blurb. Its me you were talking to but people can change. I will start with Wacha and maybe work my way up to a Steven Matz with time. Thanks for the kick in the ass.
HA, No problem
McCormick,Siri or Nimmo?
Lugo or Hicks?
THANKS
Siri
Lugo
12 team, 5×5 roto. 1250 Max IP, 1176 Remaining (+0.1)
Would you start or sit?
(1) Luzardo @NYY (-$1.3)
(2) Keller v. Det ($12.7)
Start Keller, not Luzardo
Jose Siri or Cedanne Rafaela?
Siri
Thanks Grey!
No problem
And tomorrow Rodon v Miami or Logan Allen v white Sox
Rodon
McKenzie v white s or Olson at pitts
Triston
would you start CJ Abrams for (3@SF,3@OAK) who is injury risk or Pena (1@TEX,3@KC,3vTEX) in weekly points league?
I’d start CJ unless I heard something about him being out
Daily Pts league is Braxton worth a stash? Would need to drop Dansby or Jordan Walker, or hold.
Yes, stash Braxton, these bench bats? Lose Walker
Would you be buying Robert Jr low ? Or are you worried about his health even when he comes back ?
He’s out for 2 months
Start or sit Ober home vs Dodgers?
Sit
Points league, line up lock for the week. Tyler Oneil or Wyatt Langford? Langford play 7 games vs. 6 for Oneil.
Wyatt
Cronenworth rejuvenation or just a hot streak? Small sample size, but this is good. 2.5 mph ev increase, hh% up, barrel % up. Boring yes, but if he gets back to 2021 and 2022 levels, the numbers play at 2b or mi. He can be a decent accumulator hitting 3rd between Tatis and Machado.
Isn’t it like a 25 AB sample size?
Yes but it is better this way than the other way. And hitting 3rd is something
It’s not bad, worth watching in case, but too early to say it is something
it sure says the manager’s an idiot and/or the lineup is weak, i mean they keep trucking acozar out there pretty often so maybe… nope, merrill, campusano, hell even kim should be higher in lineup here.
i mean, they got profar, a guy nobody wanted till what 10 days prior to season (less if we’re going by non SD/LAD teams), hitting 5th
SV/HLDS
Would you add any of the following:
Ryan Pressley
Pete Fairbanks
Ottavino
Colin Poche
Over any of the following:
Alzolay
Jansen
Finnegan
Kittredge
Payamps
Braiser
Estevez
And/or would you drop any of the following bench bats:
Oliver Dunn
Thairo Estrada
Nelson Velazquez
David Hamilton
To add any of the following:
Ryan Pressley
Pete Fairbanks
Ottavino
Colin Poche
answered already
1st 3 over Kittredge, Finnegan, and Payamps
Is Ohtani really out of the woods? I want to trade for him, but don’t want to lose him to suspension.
He’s not getting suspended
Hey Grey,
Please pick one… points league
Frelick, Nelson Velasquez, Kirilloff
Thanks
Kirilloff
Vinnie P 57%+ gb % doing his best Hosmer imitation. 7.3 launch angle, no barrels yet. His EV is pretty close to what it once was. Small sample size. Not giving up on him yet but it’s been rough.
Yikes
Have Gore or Singer done anything to sway you in a different direction?
Singer didn’t overly impress me early on against Chicago, but did retire something like 12 in a row. I know he wanted to add a pitch, but I’m not sure if he’s doing much of that.
Gore surprisingly dared well against the Phillies and he’s added some velocity. Any chance he’s a new man or reaching that potential many though he could have?
I wrote a Gore sleeper
With all the pitching injuries do you think someone signs Bauers or is he toxic forever?
Even if someone signs him, he hasn’t been good in years
I was recently looking back at the Cubs 2016 championship series vs. Cleveland. I came away with a smile seeing that Bauer played a large part in the Cubs victory as he took the losses in games 2 and 5.
Haha
Chourio or Jarren Duran?
Chourio
Hey Grey,
Sorry for the repeat – if I start Gausman out this week against COL (against your advice), which of these guys would you sit?
Singer (HOU)
Sanchez (PIT)
Singer
12tm daily H2H pts (AB, Hits, extra base hits, HRs, SB) Could you rank the following for bats for today
N. Jones vs. Ari Gallen
J. Naylor vs. White sox Banks
Stott @ Stl Mikolas
Jordan Walker vs. Phi Turnbull
Paredes @ LAA Anderson
You did
Grey, I have Kenley, E Phillips and Foley in my deep-for-a-10 teamer H2H points league to cover 2 x RP slots (daily lineup changes).
I prefer to have only 2 RP’s and set-it-and-forget-it but having 3 isn’t a terrible idea. 4 is just too much.
Our league’s village idiot drafted 6 closers and dropped Doval this weekend. I realize Kenley is still in spring training mode (i hope) but would you drop Kenley or Foley for Doval?
Kenley for Doval
Please rank top 4 HLDS guys:
Payamps
Gaddis
Presley
McGough
Kopech
Braiser
Ottavino
Bender
Pressly, Brasier, Ottavino, Payamps
12 team mixed. standard cats.
Would you drop Greene/Lane Thomas for Tyler ONeill or hold?
Greene
Would you take David Hamilton over J.O’Neil as an MI in a 12 teamer?
*McNeil
Oh, sure, if you wanna try Hamilton…not like McNeil is good or should be rostered in a 12 teamer
no idea who you’re talking about
Nootbar may be activated today. Would you cut any of these hitters or keller if he looks bad today? I really don’t like cutting guys after a week but here I am.
Varsho, Henry davis (c,OF). Obp league. Daily lineups.
Fyi, I also own the unsexy trio of morton, lugo, wacha who look better than keller at the moment. Thanks
Davis, No problem
Pepiot vs SF or Keller 2-start against DET/@PHI for more points in H2H weekly points league?
Keller
Have Stone on my bench. Could drop him for someone like Bradford or Schmidt. Then maybe start them instead of Luzardo, Lugo, Wacha, Hicks, Civale, Bibee…
So, I guess could you rank the following SPs for this week (11-team, 5×5 redraft league)?
2-start Bibee (vWSOX and @ BOS)
2-start Civale (@LAA and vLAA)
2-start Lugo (vHOU and @WSOX)
2-start Bradford (vOAK and @DET)
Wacha (@NYM)
Hicks (vWAS)
Schmidt (@CLE)
Luzardo (vATL)
Bibee, Civale, Lugo, Hicks, Wacha
Thanks. Start either of
2-start Bradford (vOAK and @DET) or Schmidt (@CLE) over Luzardo (vATL)?
Happy eclipse day!
Bradford
@Grey: 12 team weekly roto. need to start one of the following. who do you like?
keller – vs det, @ phi
varland – vs lad, @ det
singer vs hou
lugo vs hou
or just start an extra closer (ginkel).
Thanks!
Singer
Hi Grey
I should be patient with Crocket and Cristopher Sanchez. Do you agree?Thanks for your reminding me to be patient-my wife has trying for years.
Should I offer Soler for Lindor? That would leave me Mullins, Nimmo, Gurriel and Jurran Durran (and Merrill who I have playing SS) as my OF. Should I also offer Estrada plus an outfielder to get Lindor?. Of course, I can just wait for now.
Thanks so much!!
Agree
I’d take Lindor
who would you offer for Lindor?
thanks
I told you yesterday to ask the team with Lindor who they want
I am so sorry- i forgot.
Lots of Ronel Blanco/Johnny Vander Meer stories on the net. Vander Meer’s no-no #2 was against the Brooklyn Dodgers, first night game ever at Ebbets field.
Just sayin…..
Haha, yeah
Holds league, Pick 2…please!
AJ Minter, Ian Hamilton, Ryan Pressly, Bryan Abreu or Trevor Megill
Ian, Pressly
Would like to get your thoughts about SP to lock in for the week (10TM H2H 6×6 with OPS and L as added cats).
1 Which two to start of Ober (LAD, @Det), Hunter Brown (@KC), and Civale (@LAA)?
2 Or drop Yoshida (bench bat) for Reynaldo Lopez (NYM, @MIA) and start above any of those listed above?
Thanks as always!
1. Not Ober 2. sure, over Civale
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Good day
Ruiz and Campusano a toss up for one catcher roster?
Ruiz
Hey Grey, if I start Gausman out this week against COL (against your advice), which of these guys would you sit?
Singer (HOU)
Sanchez (PIT)
Which side – Tyler O’Neil / Bregman or Yelich / Doval?
Yelich
Hi Grey,
Please rank these pitchers ROS: Singer, Montas, Wacha, C. Sanchez
Are they hold or stream in a 12 team mixed league?
Thanks!
Singer, Wacha — meh can hold for now
Thanks!
No problem
Where would you rank Manaea in the list above? Behind Montas and before Sanchez? Thanks again.
after Wacha
Pick up Miguel Sano as RP? Closed out the 9th yesterday and threw strikes!!!
HAHA, better than a lot of RPs!
Thats better than my Payamps handcuff for Williams in my DC is working out. At least I have Kopech there??? Oh well…
Haha
Hi Grey! Better Bench bat ROS Westberg or Dunn.
Westburg
Hey Grey!
What are you thoughts on JD Martinez. He seemed like a good free agent stash at the beginning of the year but he’s old and the Mets look… well, somehow worse than they normally look.
10-team league… so plenty of waiver options out there to replace.
Thanks!
seems fine to stash
Would you trade pepiot and montas for Hunter brown in a QS league?
No
Pick up Houck or stand with Whitlock?
hold
Get both
Looking to pick up Houck and Ronel Blanco. Who would you drop?
Ryne Nelson
Gavin Stone
Max Meyer
Jack Flaherty
Meyer
And Nelson
I just flat dropped Stone. Among other things Stone seems like odd man out when Feris Walker comes back. He also is bad.
Hi Grey! So, I sonavabenched Bryce Miller @Miller Park and Ryan Pepiot @Coors Field. Both had come off shaky first starts and were headed to famously hitter friendly ballparks …
Not sure what the lesson here is. Is it that I should trust the SPs I draft to be solid contributors even in challenging circumstances … or is it something more specific to beer branded ballparks …
And, I know Spring is (finally) here: the total comments on your daily news posts are in the hundreds (as they ought to be)! Thanks for all you (and your team) do for the fantasy baseball community.
Meh, it’s okay…slow rolling into the season! Ha, No problem
R.Olson or Flaherty?
Olson
Hey Grey need a holds guy who should I target off the list:
Kittredge
Jojo Romero
Ian Hamilton
Willy Peralta
Burdi
Jimenez
Beede
Brasier
Ian H.
hamilton’s the only clear 8th inning guy, jojo and kittredge both looking better (later) than gallegos now, but vs each other, it’s not clear.
Drop Polanco for Dunn?
Sure
Weekly set lineup, points league. Play Ober- 2 starts – LAD and @ Det or Gore – 1 start @ Oak? The key here is points league.
Ober
Grey, in a weekly lineup lock, points league, would you take two from Ober (LAD, DET) or one from Houck (ANA)?
Houck
Grey,
top two for next week?
Bassitt NYY; @SD
Bibee @Bos; OAK
Civale LAA; @NYY
Greene @Sea; LAA
Nola COL; CHW
Nola, Bibee
Happy Monday Razzballers! Rostering the Yankees cleanup hitter cannot possibly have so little value, can it?! Might Rizzo have a resurgence soon? Or maybe just one of those runs where he appears capable? Should I bail and use up my precious 1 waiver priority this early for a dropped Vinnie P? Vinchenzo has had an almost identical start to the season as Rizzo. I could also try to carry both 1Bs for another week or so, to see who might eventually suck less. Thanks for any assistance.
Hold
Best bench bat: N Velazquez, Nimmo, Varsho?
Velasquez
Grey, which staff do u like more?
Staff A
Gausman
Peralta
Keller
Jones
Hicks
Ober
Staff B
G.Rodriguez
Gilbert
Crochet
Pepiot
Littell
Blanco
A
Yo G!
Excellent write-up! I’m looking for a solid bench bat in my 12 team 5×5. Please rank the available options – no specific needs:
Thank you as always!
-IANASM
Kirilloff, Dunn
One more please… N Velazquez vs Kirilloff.
All of my pitchers are injured. Existence is pain!
Thanks again!
Disregard. I see you answered below now.
Existence is still pain.
Haha
Not impressed with Max Meyer, eh? Do you have strong hopes he’ll continue to develop into a #2/3 type, or is his stuff just not very impressive? I thought he was gonna be a high-K pitcher with that wicked three pitch mix.
Also, I have so many lackluster players in my deep dynasty. Most of all, Jesus Sanchez is killing me. What a crappy first two weeks. Not one XBH. Couldn’t be worse. Well, I guess he could have zero SB, so it could be worse. But I’m ready to dump him. Is this advised? I’m looking at Tellez, David Hamilton, or Josh Smith. So, there’s that.
Thanks, Grey!
His numbers are awful
Hamilton for steals, otherwise hold
i’d grab any of those over jebus san, but watch out for tellez vs lefties, he ain’t playing those. same for smith vs lefties (still surprised they went him over e.duran)
hamilton i literally added to every league last night, and was surprised i wasn’t beat in any of them to him, he was supposed to be a big deal last year but they barely let him play. he’s not JUST speed either.
HI Gray,
I hope the winter month months were good to you my friend.
If you could hold only 1 of the following two on your IR list who would you choose? Jacob De From or Clayton Kershaw? Thanks, Ive got both but need tome roof you could hold only 1 of the following two on your IR list who would you choose? Jacob De From or Clayton Kershaw? Thanks, Ive got both but need to make room
Thanks, you too! Kershaw
Hey Grey!
I thought I had a closer handcuff in KC by owning Will Smith and McArthur… but not sure holding Smith is buying me much. Would you consider him droppable at this point in standard 12 team leagues even if you are in need of saves? Maybe even for Schreiber?
Thanks!
Lose Smith
i just had same thing, but in my case kopech (and stephenson as an IR stash) were available, dropped w.smith. if kopech wasn’t out there schreiber would be an option, but i might go any of these first:
kinley (for sure it’d be him), c.green (he’s probably around in same 12’ers that kopech was like this one) some others.
h/h points …12 team
1 from each group ROS
1b….
Casas
Bohm
Cronenworth
Rizzo
Mouncastle
2b….
Donovan
Stott
Polanco
Julien
Gorman
C..
O’Hoppe
Moreno
Stephenson
Heim
Casas…Stott…Logan
Happy Mooning of the Sun day –
With Verlander and B. Garrett coming back by next week, I have to drop two or come up with a trade. Play in a points H2H 12 team mixed league. A rule is that the 3 bench spots have to be 2 hitters and 1 pitcher.
A) Who are my drops if no trade?
B) Which players should I package for an upgrade at a roster spot?
Catcher (1), 1B (1), 2B (1), 3B (1), SS (1), OF (3), Utility (2), Bench (2)
SP (4), RP (3), P (1), Bench P (1)
IL (4) Any position
C- Ruiz
1B- J. Naylor
2B – Altuve
3B – Devers
SS – Bichette
OF – Soto, A. Garcia, M. Ozuna,
Utl – S. Suzuki, Greene
Bench – Donovan, Casas
SP – Gilbert, Luzardo, Ober, Eovaldi
RP – Foley, A. Uribe, Ginkle
Bench – Payamps, Ragans
IL – Garrett, Verlander, J. Duran, deGrom
Hitting: R(1), H(.5), HR(.5), RBI(1), TB(1), BB(1), IBB(1), SH(.5), SF(.5), SB(1), CS(-1), K(-.5), GIDP(-1)
Pitching: IP(3), K(1), W(4), QS(4), S(7), HLD(6), RAPP(1), L(-4), BSV(-3), ER(-2), H(-1), BB(-1)
Donovan, Payamps B. Donovan and Casas for a better SP
The two drops without a trade would have to be pitchers because of the “only 1 of 3 bench spots can be a pitcher rule”. Payamps and …….thinking either Ginkle or Uribe as I can just slide Ragans into an RP spot
I know it’s early, I’m ready to duck, but would you drop Mitch Keller for Singer?
Nah
Ducks….ok thanks
No problem
you sound no less than a prick than say a mother who’s had to tell her kid how to tie his damn shoes literally dozens of times, and now are having to tie the shoes FOR the kid yet again, saying “how many times have i told you it’s like this….”
sorry, no MORE a prick than that mother.
elder already got that ATL 5th starter luck bump, it happened last year, he made a damn all star game on the team that later won the WS kinda deal. i’m serious about why don’t MIA and ATL (who’s orgs are very close in proximity) just trade hitting coaches (from ATL) and pitching coaches (from MIA), one of these orgs can’t matriculate hitters at all (since stanton/yelich/ozuna, who from the MIA system is above average or barely average MLB hitter, name one), the other can’t matriculate pitchers nearly at all (yes fried, and spencer is one of those guys it doesn’t matter what team he came up on; but i can name like 8-12 guys from the last 6-10 years, pitchers ranked pretty highly as prospects and usually obtained pretty expensively by ATL that aren’t close to even league average pitchers)
wouldn’t even have to be a trade, just some hours per week kinda deal, coach flips
That’s true!
Haha
i was that kid with the shoes. no matter how often they were tied (this is preschool age, not like grade 3) they came untied, after watching my preschool teacher’s face every damn time i had to ask her to retie they i quit that, just tied them in major knots on purpose, those left for my mother to deal with every day after school hehe. i’m not that kid now though (did own 1 bieber share, in a 16’er, he fell a lot and i trust the raters for QS’s/holds spots generally) i have no strider shares (would in a dynasty of course).
and as far as i can tell the best MIA prospect hitter by now is BDLC, who might count as at best league average hitter for his position.
Hahaha
Morning Grey,
1) Weekly lineups, QS league:
Gil @ CLE ($7) or
Houck v. LAA ($5.2)
2)Gotta cut one RP for SV+HD league, who is the drop:
Minter, Kimbrel, Jax, Harvey?
Thank you!
Houck 2. Minter
How would you rank these? I can keep two — Kutter Crawford, Hunter Brown, Pepiot, Jordan Hicks. Thanks!
Kutter, Pepiot
So about Blanco… that home plate umpire was awfully generous, & seemed eager to get him a 2nd no-no.
Even the guys in the booth were painfully diplomatic about it, “we’ve see that called a ball tonight” or “we’ve seen that pitch called both ways”
2 of those K’s were looking, because the batters aren’t insane & can see when a pitch is obviously not a strike. Talking about balls 3” off the plate, or 2” below the zone.
Incidentally, 2” below the zone was my ex’s nickname for me, but enough about me.
I’m just sayin – with another umpire, Blanco has a couple less K’s, a 6-walk day, a much higher pitch count, and likely some damage to his ERA.
Much of the hitters ineffectiveness stemmed from hitters not knowing wtf a strike was. I sense the regression fairies monocling Blanco. Dude gone get knocked around for 6 ER in 3 IP his next start.
Yeah, I wouldn’t mess with him
Please note that it makes me no less bitter about dropping him before this start. lol
Haha
I drafted him in round 50 last year in a DC after rotation talk then. I totally passed this year.
Damn
I have room for a SP. Who would you add? Singer, Blanco, Turnbull, Littell, Lugo, Ranger or Abbott?
Singer
Adding on. I also have Estrada as my back up IF. I’m thinking I drop him as he’s batting 6th in that park and is blocked on my roster. It’s a 10 team H2H so another SP feels more valuable to me. Thoughts?
Sure
Which SP do you like of that list?
Lugo
me I’d Littel
Thanks Oaktown
you bet
Are you starting Keller today in a roto league? If he is terrible, what are you doing with him in 12’s?
Ober gets LAD today because of a rain out. I think I am sitting this one out because I think he could have been tipping last time. Maybe I am wrong and he just had a bad day, but KC seemed to know what was coming.
Who’s he facing
He is facing detroit in Pit, but he faced two juggernauts already (mia and wash) and looked like hell.
Yeah
Olson vs. Keller today. It should be a good game to watch. I own both widely so hopefully a 1-0 win for someone.
Same!
Keller is the one that’s bugging me the most this week. Hoping the first two starts were blips, but they were bad. Sometimes guys have a little stuff drop coming out of spring. If you’re not starting at home against the Mets, why own him?
Fyi, keller is vs DET today. He hasn’t been good against two weak opponents (mia, wash).
Isnt Keller home against Tigers today? Then at Phils?
Steve—mckenzie vs White Sox and Yanks
Or Keller vs Tigers and at Phils?
Thanks for the great work Grey!
16-team h2h weekly points league…
who should I start this week?
OF (I need two)
Jordan Walker 3x Vs PHI & 3x @ ARI;
Kirilloff 3x Vs LAD & 4x @ DET;
Yoshida 3x Vs BAL & 3x Vs LAA.
SP
Christopher Sanchez Vs PIT or
Kyle Harrison Vs WAS.
Thanks again.
Not Walker…Sanchez
drop Wells, Kikuchi or Lodolo for Leclerc?
Wells
Three terrifying 2 start weeks in NFBC:
Keller NYM, @Phi
Ober LAD, @Det
Luzardo @NYY, Atl
*puts on blindfold, dangles cigarette from bottom lip*
Just moved Luzardo out of my lineup…L(not)FG!
Probably the prudent thing to do.
Yuck! Even though he has not looked good, I’d start Keller and hope for the best. LAD and ATL pretty scary.
I just moved him back in…HAHAHAHA
Giddy up!
I already regret it
YOLO!
BTW, it looks like Mitch Keller is facing DET (Olson) today, so you probably only need to worry about the @PHI (at least I hope for my own sake since I’m starting him in my weekly).
Haha! Preaching the Razzball gospel until the end of the world (today?). I actually missed the beginning of an NFBC slow draft and it auto picked Cole. In a Gladiator I took a share of Spencer. My other 10 are faithful to our fantasy doctrine. My proudest acheivement this draft season was waiting until round 12 to take Mitch Keller as my number one. I followed that with Pepiot, Detmers, Gore, Olson, E. Cabrera and a whole lot of streaming. I’ll let you know how that goes. It was looking pretty good this weekend.
100%! Yup! I still can’t believe I drafted Cole in that one league by accident…but at least I didn’t want to do it, I can tell myself that
Actually, my best staff might be this one. I tried the “draft all your starters in picks 150-250”ish approach you quipped about. This is that one (15 teamer).
Keller
Pepiot
Detmers
Harrison
Gore
Olson
I can stream the 7th slot. I just grabbed Maeda off wavers in the league but am opting for three RP for now.
In a 12 teamer, this philosophy is even better.
In my only OC, I took the Yamamoto Korea discount at #87.
Yamamoto
M. Kelly
Pepiot
Gore
Olson
Wacha
Severino (?)
Me likes.
Full Razzball M.O, taken to the extreme.
Ha, yeah, that’s solid! Crazy how there’s really no aces there and those look the best
I think autopicking Cole may qualify as a traumatic event. Maybe you can check with Razzballs EAP for some trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy to assist with that. I did that after autopicking Cole and concluded in my final therapy session that I would not draft another top 80 starter for the rest of the draft season. It was cathartic.
Then I took George Kirby and we know how well he did last start
Yeah, its early. Funny thing is that if 2001 Randy Johnson returned tomorrow I wouldnt hesitate to draft him tomorrow in round 1. The days of Pedro, Clemens and even Maddux are long gone. I drafted all those guys early back in the day and was successful. Things really have changed, and not for the better!
Haha, same!
21-6, 372K, 2.46 ERA, 1.01 WHIP 249IP across 35GS, at age 37 no less. Seems unbelievable today.
Insane
yikes, i know the last 5-8 days before MLB at least fantrax and espn’s AI for auto’ing did not f people with cole, it DID mess them up for mclain though, they didn’t adjust him down at all.
Yeah, I drafted a few shares of McClain and Devin Williams in my very early drafts. I have them both in a Gladiator (draft and hold just one lineup) that run in December and I’m screwed there. Maybe not as much as some others, but thats the price of admission!
Sorry for the double post! I forgot to ask.
I know you are a huge believer in pitchers with control, but how do you feel about Hunter Brown? That mofo got pistol whipped so many times last season and again his last outing. Granted it was against Texas but still. The player rater has him at $8.9 ros and I need someone to slide into Strider’s roster spot. I have a bunch of safe, good ratio starting pitchers so I think I should be able to handle the occasional blow up? Maybe. My staff is Kirby, Bassitt, Berrios, Jordan Montgomery, Gore, Hicks, Verlander, Kutter.
Or I could add Wacha. But that seems redundant on what I already have on my roster.
Thoughts? Which sp should I add, Hunter Brown or Wacha?
Thanks!
I’d try Brown
Thanks!
No problem
hi grey!
got offered Adolis for my Pepiot + A Munoz
no brainer but my OF is already a strength and my middle IF is kinda upside-y/meh with Gorman, Hoerner, Gelof, Grissom
he’s also got CJ Abrams, Gimenez, and H.S. Kim on his roster
would you counter with like Pepiot + lesser closer (T Scott) for one of those IFs or am i overthinking this?
H2H 5×5 OBP LF/CF/RF, 1 UTL, keep 5
C poop
1B Olson
2B Gorman
SS Hoerner
3B Devers
LF Schwarber
CF J Rod
RF Carroll
UTL J Walker
BN Conforto, Gelof
IL Grissom
SP Castillo, Gilbert, Bibee, Crochet, Pivetta, Pepiot, Civale, Wells, Kikuchi
RP Munoz, Alzolay, Scott
IL Lodolo, Woo, Senga, Garrett
thanks!
overthinking…take Adolis side
Smash accept so hard it breaks your phone.
1) (The other day you mentioned that you were waiting for Morel to gain corner eligibility.) Yeah, thought Morel would be playing more 3B this year. So far mostly DHing, while Madrigal playing 3rd a lot. Last year the Cubs talked a lot about Morel being too young and athletic to be relegated to primarily a DH. But new manager this year (Counsel) filling out the lineup card.
2) Anyhow, Morel and a lot of other Cub hitters doing well so far; Cubs have scored a lot of runs despite crappy hitting weather. Besides the veterans, rookie 1B/3B Michael Busch is also hitting well so far.
3) Recent novel The Fireballer (by Mark Stevens) had MLB outlawing pitches above a certain speed (calling them a ball). But it wasn’t to prevent injuries, it was because a hurler throwing 110 mph+ dominated the league his rookie year.
1. I know, I’m not thrilled about it 3. Haha, see!
Time to trade Strider in a keeper league? 12 teamer. H2H. We keep10. I have 10 keepers as is.
Was offered Wheeler, Ozuna, Paredes, Kershaw for Strider and my #1 pick in 2025.
I would drop need to drop Turang, Valazquez,Turner (boston).
I’d take Wheeler
Happy eclipse day! Don’t look into the sun unless you want to blind yourself and never have to worry about seeing one of your pitchers injure himself :( I listen to your advice like gospel but I did have Strider on my team. Not bc I drafted him, but bc I acquired him last year and had him as a keeper. But alas, I’ve now lost my mustached knight. Sigh.
10 team, 6×5 including ops. Who do you like more ros, Tyler O’Neil or Nolan Jones? The ros player rater has Tyler at $3.9 and Nolan at $17.7and I about spit out my breakfast. That is such wide gap in ros value! Curious to hear your thoughts.
Thanks!
HAHA…Jones, but prolly a coin flip now
Thanks! That’s what I was thinking and then saw the drastic $ value difference. Keep in mind I was looking at 6×6 ops ros rankings but still. It’s not like I was suddenly comparing Bonds to Luis Arraez and suddenly values shifted.
I know how much you love Nolan and the player rater has him worth ~4x as much so I’m inclined to go with him, but man I just don’t understand why the value difference is so drastic?
Yeah, not sure
Hey Grey,
Got to fill in the back end of my lineup. Which 3 of these guys would you run out there this week?
Frelick (7, @CIN, @BAL)
Kepler (7, LAD, @DET)
Velazquez (6, HOU, @NYM)
O. Cabrera (6, MIA, @CLE)
L. Taveras (7, HOU, OAK, @HOU)
Leody, Sal, Kepler
Good morning Grey! Which two of these guys would you start this week?
Civale (@LAA)
Gausman (COL) – only including because not sure if he’s hurt
Lugo (HOU)
Sanchez (PIT)
Singer (HOU)
Sanchez, Singer
So you’re sitting Gausman out of this group? I didn’t watch the Jays game, but I know the line was awful.
I’d wait to see one good start from Gausman
He reportedly was sitting between 86-88 mph with his fastball.
That’s often a bad omen. Especially since his changeup is 84-85.
Some similarities from Yelich Statcast to 2019…LA up GB% down (still 50) and FB% up, etc.
1. You projected a really low RBI total for him. Was that before you knew he was going to hit 3rd? Would you adjust his R and RBI projections?
2. Harris GB% is 57%! It’s still early, but he does hit a lot of balls into the ground. Harris or Yelich in a 6×6 (OBP)?
It was before I knew he’d hit third 2. Yelich
What would you project Yelich R/RBI now?
Also, I have an offer of Yelich for my Bregman which is why I ask? Take Yelich or hold? I have Riley, Bregman and soon Morel who can play 3B with Belli @ CI.
hitting third? 89/95
I’d go Yelich
Hey Grey, unhappy Gasman and Eury (since dropped) owner, so it’s a foul eclipse morning here!
Another stinker of a question – who do you start this week out of:
Gavin Stone (SD)
Max Meyer (ATL)
Thanks in advance!
Damn…Stone
When do you think Skenes might be called up? Trying to decide if I should pick up someone like Michael King, or grab and stash Skenes now?
thx
or Kremer
Maybe May/June, no idea…he should be up already
I didnt drop Pepoit, but I surely didnt have the COJONES to start him in Coors after a rough start. If you did, you got some huge ba##s. Follow-up question: How do you walk?
HA!
In a keeper league with no contracts, would you drop any of the aforementioned for Max Meyer?
Mize, Flaherty, Taj, Tiederman, Stone or AJ Vomit?
Nah
A Jair Jurrjens comment, there’s a blast from the past.
Any thoughts on J Taillon after he got shelled in his first minor league start? Would you drop him for B Elder or B Garrett? Thanks
Drop for Braxton
Good Morning Grey!
With Garrett, Steele, and Taillon all on the IL, I have the following starts this week vs. a team with 9 starts. (NL-Only H2H).
King – @LAD
Lopez – vs. NYM, @MIA
Sanchez – vs.PIT
Turnbull – @STL, vs. PIT
I’m not sure how you feel about Winans, but Prospectonater seems neutral on him with a 3.79 ERA and K%/BB% of 21.6 / 5.8.
Which one would you go for.
A) Pass on Winans, keep Turnbull and Taillon.
B) Stick with Turnbull for both starts and drop Taillon
C) Secure Winans right away as a better option for the time being and drop one of Taillon/Turnbull. Winans might get snagged before you read this.
D) See how Turnbull’s outing goes today and drop for Winans if he implodes. SON likes his start vs. PIT
Thank you!!
D
Thanks Grey!
No problem
Nelson Velazquez or Alex Kiriloff?
Velazquez
hey grey
not surprisingly just lost beiber and luis robert picked up houck and turbull ….would drop anyone to take a chance on byrce elder? mauybe leclerc or walker?
Logan O’Hoppe Justin Turner Jose Altuve Nolan Arenado Trea Turner Dansby Swanson(R)
Byron Buxton Ronald Acuna Anthony Santander Riley Greene(R) Jordan Walker(R) Joshua Lowe(I) Luis Robert(I) Nick Castellanos
Joe Musgrove Chris Bassitt Spencer Turnbull Triston McKenzie
Logan Gilbert Tanner Houck(R) Jose Alvarado Ryan Pepiot
Jose Leclerk
Hold for now, maybe if Turnbull looks bad today
thanks grey ……injuries are the great equilizer
They really are!
Drop Bo for Melendez who has C eligibility? H2H 6×6 OBP.
No
Thanks, Grey! I hate to see Gausman. This is the first time in the last three years where I don’t have him since his price was so high but these pitchers are fun to watch and losing them for over a year is brutal. I heard on a local radio show that Hopkins ran a study and they couldn’t find a correlation between the pitch clock and additional arm injuries. I’m not sure how they could possibly come up with that conclusion with just a year sample size so we’ll see what happens. I think it was Glasnow that said his arm felt different once they limited the substances so maybe it’s a combination of all factors changing at once. I tend to agree with you, if all pitchers were built like Nolan Ryan than 100+ would be a thing but watching these some of these smaller guys throw 100+ is painful. Either way I haven’t drafted an SP before round 6 since following your site 10+ years ago and never will!
Question – Are you starting Luzardo today – Streamonator is kind of meh on him. Thanks!
Yeah, might be! I am not starting him
12 team roto mixer, need SVs, drop J.McNeil for McArthur??
Sure
Read your Tout Wars Recap and due to the Strider injury have decided to pivot to the Doug Dennis RP-Only model in my 12 team roto mixer. I already have 4 closers and 4 RPs. Who would be your top RP targets? We have a 6 man bench so I can stock up.
Going only closers in a 12 team league means you have to fit with everyone, margins are really thin
*hit with everyone
I wouldn’t do it in a 12 team mixed league
I can’t say I’ll go full-on RP only, I drafted 5 SPs, and still have 4 left. I had Strider as a 20th round keeper, so at least I didn’t over spend. Still in mourning…
Ouch
Dunn or Winn?
Dunn
More confidence rolling out Brandon Pfaadt or Jared Jones?
Jones until his arm falls off. 2nd on the stuff + leaderboard. Pretty much the highest fastball grade you’ll ever see.
Agree with OTS
Do we like Oliver Dunn or Turang more? Seems like Turang is a steals category only.
Turang
“ Hey, quick question, what’s Canadian for “Oh no cmon no more pitcher injuries please?”
As the resident (literally) speaker of the Canadian embassy at Razzball HQ, I can speak to this.
It’s certainly (in a heavy, sometimes a bit nasally spoken, ‘Canadian accent’) – “No waaaaay. Ah, for f$@k sakes….”
Also permissible- “Are you fn kidding me?” , “Seriously?” , “Well, that’s worse than finding a beaver in your vat of maple syrup”.
Ok, I’ll admit. One of those may not be real.
Thank you for attending my TED Talk.
I think you forgot a “sorry” or “eh” in there somewhere
Sorreys maybe. The ‘Eh’s are mythical. Haha!
HAHAHA
You mean the T-Eh-D Talk … I’ll show myself out …
Start Luzardo at NYY today or pass?
I am not
Grey
Would you drop McKenzie or Stone for
Houck, Whitlock, Elder or Pepiot
Both for Pepiot and Whit
hmm interesting
Thanks
I am curious to see how Mckenzie pitches today
Me too!
Standard ROS, can you rank: O’Neill, McCormick, Springer, Castellanos? Thx!
Tyler, Cast, Springer
btw I was at Buehler’s rehab start, looked pretty good (against AAAers) and had good movement on pitches, didn’t see velo. The new Dodger minor uniforms are booty too lol, not a fan.
Check you out, big time Dodgers fan now!
LOL… umm, i like baseball? yes, lets go with that.
HAHA
Trout (zero shares) not getting many RBI opps with the guys ahead of him hitting .094/.074 respectively . Did you see Schanuel K’d three times yesterday? Nearly doubled his total, missed getting on base. I love him long term but dude needs to do more than walk. As far as Washington goes, batting Rendon leadoff has been old for awhile. Might as well put Trout leadoff at this point since Ward is the only other reliable hitter playing daily.
Yes, I also saw Wash sub in Rengifo late, and he immediately got a knock and stole a base game before that. Just unreal. He clearly deserves a near-everyday role.
It’s dumbfounding that he has buried Rengifo. I’d like to give Adell a sink or swim opportunity rather than use him as a 5th outfielder. That helps nobody, especially him. BTW, did you see Sano closed out the 9th? Threw strikes!
Yeah it was hilarious, a real renaissance man. He threw a change and what looked like a curveball. epic.
Arte’s Ohtani two-way replacement.
Gausman and the Jays acting like nothings wrong, he gets the Rockies at home, my team is already taking on water. Do I start this guy?
Home game against the Rockies…doesn’t get too much better as a matchup. Probably start him, see what happens.
I wouldn’t
I’ma drown in the rain, the soundtrack to my pain
“New” Juice Wrld that sums up my week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEqih6dTUA&ab_channel=sevenyBeats
There’s new Juice Wrld?!
It’s kinda like Tupac lol, “new” unreleased stuff gets leaked little by little. Some of it real, some of it unfinished and then someone produces it together with some musical footnotes. fwiw, this song is dope, also, akin to how i feel right now LMAO
Nice! Downloading now
what you think???
I like it, I’m bummed it’s not on apple music so i can’t dl
I can only listen to something on YT so many times
10 team, Roto, daily lineup changes, 2 SP, 2RP, 3 P spots available each day.
Thoughts on my pitching staff?
How would you rank these SPs rest of season….
Flaherty, Stone, Singer, Lugo, Bryce Miller?
Any of them worth holding long term?
Options on FA or Waivers include: Keller, McKenzie, Wacha, Montas, Abbot, Severino, Gore, Meyer, Littel, Paxton, etc…..
Any of these longer term holds, and better options what the first list?
Have Burnes, Imanaga and Skubal as my 3 top starters, wtih Buehler, Lodolo, Garrett and deGrom on the IL, Skenes in an NA spot.
Thanks!
Miller, Singer, Lugo — Stone for Wacha…these are streamers in a 10 team league
Snell makes his awaited debut today, he worth benching his first time round ?
If I recall correctly he is a 2 start this week, not so great today, better this week….but the reigning Cy Young on his season debut? You probably roll him out there and hope he is ready for the season.
Against the Nats? No
Which side? Blanco, oneill and casas or vlad?
Casas
Which is the less bad idea…Kremer v MIL or Singer v HOU?
Singer
Who is better RoS — Pasquantino or Melendez?
Vinnie P!
Hopefully VP but MJ seems close
In a 6X6 H2H league with Saves+Hold, who would you cut out of Tanner Scott, Kevin Ginkel, Ryan Pressley, or Kyle Finnegan
Scott
Are Boston outfielders, O’neil and Duran worth a stash over Lane Thomas or Evan Carter?
Tyler, Duran, Lane
Thank you very much
No problem
Rather have tanner Scott or foley?
Well of these four would you cut Scott, foley, Jax or ginkel?
Cutting for what?
Scott
What I mean is should I replace one of them with Foley
Foley
The Ober Canundrum is a lesser known Fredrick Forsythe title.
I’m running him out there in both NFBC leagues. Fantasy baseball is fun.
I’m also weirld hopeful that Bo Francis can put it together. He K’d Tores, Soto and Judge in the first and had Soto shakjng his head. He k’d those two teams at almost 13/9 rate so there’s something there. The stuff is lively, the comnand a little shakey. Showed slightly better command i. the minors. drawing road starts @Hou and @NYY is pretty rough way to start tge season. Gets Colorado in canada this week if they let him make the start. bet it’s a good one.
Yeah, I watched Frank Black Bowden and he looked solid, but lost the strike zone rapidly
HAHAHA — good luck!
ESPN Points, this week only, please rank top 5
Thanks
Rodon vs Mia
Ranger Suarez vs Pitt
Triston McKenzie vs ChiWS, vs NYY (2 starts)
Montas vs Mil, @ChiWS (2 starts)
Hicks vs Wash
Pepiot vs SF
Sanchez vs Pitt
Montas, Rodon, Ranger, Hicks, Sanchez
Drop O’Hopp for Melendez? Yay for shallow Yahoo leagues where MJ is still a catcher!
I wouldn’t give up on O’Hoppe yet.
Nah
Hitting is solid other than SS (lost McClain). Have been playing matchups (and/or hot streaks) through 2 weeks. My options for week 3 include;
Arcia – 4 vs NYM, 3 @ Miami
Neto – 3 vs TB, 3 @ Bos
Tim Anderson – 3 @ NYY, 3 vs Atl
Blaze Alexander – 3 @ Col, 3 vs SL
David Hamilton – 3 vs Bal, 3 vs LAA
I know, not the best options. I’m not looking to cover any particular categories, just best overall production for the week. I have Arcia in at the moment; 7 games and every day at bats.
Who do you recommend?
Thanks
If given the option, usually take any games at Coors….so Blaze on!
Agree with Burnes
Thanks!!
Streaming my 5th SP for this week. Locked in Skubal (vs Minn), Gilbert (@tor), Bibee (vs ChW), Eovaldi (vs Oak/@Hou). Choose one from the following;
Paxton (@minn/vs SD), Ober (vs LAD/@Det), Olson (@pitt/vs minn), Jared Jones (@ Phil), Lugo (vs Hou), Ranger Suarez (vs Pitt)
Thanks
Olson
“Guys, we can’t have the pitch clock and max velocity.” TRUTH
yup
I don’t know what you do to preserve elbows. Velocity works. If you take that weapon away from a pitcher, what do you replace it? Raise the mound?
I think we’re going to see expanded rosters, fewer innings pitched, or longer breaks in the rotation. A team with a ton of pitchers that go 3 innings then rest 4,5, or 6 days.
Teams are going to have to pay pitchers more to compensate for a shorter career, or just churn through arms and try to develop the next generation faster.
“If you take that weapon away from a pitcher, what do you replace it?”
Hmm.. how did guys succeed and have long productive careers like Tom Seaver, Jim Palmer, Steve Carlton, Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Catfish Hunter, Mike Mussina, etc…etc.. etc..
These guys are being taught the wrong things. Exciting and effective in the short term, but they’re not learning how to PITCH for the long haul.
“What’s with these guys and this obsession today with velocity? How about just pitch? Learn how to pitch. Because eventually that velocity will be harder and harder to maintain on a consistent basis.”
“Velocity or no velocity, you know what’s the most important pitch for a pitcher?
“Strike one.”
-Tom Seaver
Yeah, you’re prolly right…raising the mound might not be bad, but would never happen…they want more offense…crazy thing is they want quick games and more hitting, which makes no sense
I always bring up Marichal in these discussions. It appeared like he didn’t try until he had men in scoring position. So he’d go 120 pitches but only 50 serious ones. i.e., the Mets (then the worst team in league) often had 9 hit 0 runs in his starts.
Today everyone bears down on every batter. So after 85 serious pitches, they’re done.
Yeah, good call
“revel in the schadenfreude” ?
did I typo?
Drop Stone, Skenes,, Houck or J. Jones for ReyLo?
Maybe Stone, but none of the others at this point.
Stone
For my C slot – Willson Contreras or MJ Melendez?
MJ
Team needs out of it, what is your add order based on potential value and fantasy production this year?
Bryce Elder
David Hamilton
Oliver Dunn
Apples and oranges…I guess Dunn
You could add Eury to that caution/I told you so list.
Yeah, but not until it was already mid-draft season
I was adding in your concerns about Perez’s over use during the second of last year.
Yeah, totally
Hey Grey! So, I’ve replaced Strider with Gore, Reese Olson, and Tanner Houck. When in doubt, buy in bulk… Bailey Ober rained out yesterday vs CLE so now faces Los Doyers. Do I have the jingle jangles to roll with him against Mookie Best and crew? Find out tonight, in this very special episode of Blossom!
Would avoid the rescheduled Ober start against Mookie Best and crew if I could!
HAHA
After 6 years, Steven Matz might finally be having his breakout…sigh…
Your post on Gausman is what I was thinking yesterday thinking about Strider. Throwing harder is leading to these injuries. It does feel like everyone gets injured.
Haha…it does, sigh
I am hoping David Hamilton runs(Pun intended) with the job….you think if given the chance, there is long term value here?
They brought Grissom in for a reason in that trade….not sure Hamilton can hold the job, but he is doing a good job so far…
Haha, nah, he’s out in another week or two when Grissom returns
Amed Rosario early season statcast is interesting…
The Rays, man. There was a really good article on fangraphs this off season called how do the Rays it? or something like that. it was filled with all kinds of different smart things they do to put guys in a position to succeed. Rosario feels like such a classic Rays guys. always had some talent and on the cusp of something and then the Rays unlock it.
Brief sample but I am curious…about Ahmed.
I have to look for the article and read it. Really curious how they do it. I don’t think they are doing platoons with Ahmed either….wonder what Grey thinks…
Crazy! Wow
How would you rank Hunter Brown, Pepiot, and Jack Flaherty? Can only keep two of the three. Thanks!
Not Flaherty
Rank for me;
Pitchers-Manaea, Elder, Kremer, Lugo, L Allen, Suarez
Hitters- Ward, Melendez, Doyle
Thanks!
Lugo, Allen, Suarez, Elder,
Melendez, Ward
Agree with Burnes
Grey drop NoGo for Detmers?
10 team OBP below.
Hitters
Logan O’Hoppe C | LAA
Freddie Freeman 1B | LAD
Spencer Steer 1B,2B,3B,OF | CIN
Gunnar Henderson 3B,SS | BAL
Oneil Cruz SS | PIT
Corbin Carroll OF | ARI
Nick Castellanos OF | PHI
Jordan Walker OF | STL
Anthony Volpe SS | NYY
Bench
Mike Conforto OF | SF
Nolan Gorman 2B,3B | STL
Matt McLain 2B,SS | CIN IL
Tyler O’Neill OF | BOS
Junior Caminero 3B | TB
Starters
Hunter Brown SP | HOU
MacKenzie Gore SP | WAS
George Kirby SP | SEA
Jesus Luzardo SP | MIA
Joe Ryan SP | MIN
Edwin Diaz RP | NYM
Andres Munoz RP | SEA
Bench
Kutter Crawford SP | BOS
Kyle Harrison SP | SF
Nick Lodolo SP | CIN IL
Eury Perez SP | MIA
Jack Flaherty | DET
Max Myers | MIA
If this is NOT a keeper or dynasty, why not drop Eury?
Would probably hold off dropping Gorman given the McLain injury and somewhat lacking position flexibility on your bench.
Agree with Burnes
Its a Keeper League.
Drop Conforto
Hey Grey, McArthur started off slow last year and was shipped to KC. He finished the year with 16 2/3 scoreless and 4 saves. How could he not be the closer? He was my sleeper for saves this year hoping he has another scoreless streak in him and runs with that job.
I’ve got him in two leagues so I hope you’re right. It’s possible they keep trying to go back to Smith in certain situations. Stratton had a clean save sandwiched in between the Mac saves. Cautiously hopeful, but it would be nice to see Mac clean it up a little. good to see the two punch outs tho.
I play an AL only dynasty and he was a must get but my partner didn’t want him. Only closer we have is the hurt Duran. Could have had him cheap for 5 years. I am upset about it. Also wanted Kopech had to settle for Leasure as a minors guy. Hoping he takes the job eventually
Maybe if 3 lefties are coming to the plate but smith seems done. Lost the job last year and on the way to this year.
I hope he is
10T (Standard 5×5 Roto)
Streamonator still loves Maeda’s next start despite his results so far. How long would you trust him? How would you rate his next start vs that of Steven Matz or Bowden Frances (another one the machine likes)?
I’d lose Maeda
Yeahhh Boiiiii! Can’t believe that Pepiot start… on my BENCH… doubt I will see 11K from him again this season.
Yeah, I felt violated by that Pepiot sonofabench. Also first day I benched Lindor. I’d still prefer these results over them being awful.
Yeah, brutal
I’m not saying Gausman is fine, but he had the same velocity drop on a cold early April day last year. Though in that game vs KC he was still able to put up some decent numbers.
Hope so!
Gil threw 90 pitches through 4 innings, with 1 run allowed. I was hoping he was done. But, another third of an inning and another run allowed.
Understand them wanting him to get through another inning, maybe, but at 90 pitches this early, should have pulled him.
Yeah, it made no sense to send him back out there
I thought that sounded too good to be true. You mixed up Willson and William Contreras.
I’m pretty sure it’s the same guy…like Taylor Rogers and Tyler Rogers… you never seem them at the same time on the field.
OK, that makes sense.
Oops!