Rockies are eligible for an extra draft pick if Zac Veen or Chase Dollander (more on him in a second) finish top three in the end-of-the-year awards, because they were called up within two weeks of Opening Day. So, the Rockies could manipulate their service time and still get rewarded with picks. Sounds dubious, as in “you do bilious shizz.” So, Zac Veen was the 9th overall pick in the 2020 draft. You remember that one, it was the one where everyone stood six feet from each other and talked over Zoom about Wuhan. Then Zac Veen spawned a spoonerism that had your uncle attacking your stepmom on Facebook. He was in Itch’s top 25 fantasy baseball prospects, and I wrote a whole post about my Zac Veen fantasy. He has 10/30/.240 potential. This year. If that goes to 15/40/.260, which it could, then you’re talking about, a top 50 player. Worth grabbing everywhere. The only thing stopping him is Bud Black and the universe’s conspiracy against the Rockies. For those finding us by googling “Conspiracy + stepmom on Facebook + Wuhan,” welcome! We don’t judge, but you don’t need to wear that aluminum-covered hat. The microwave can’t read your mind. Anyway, here’s what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:
Chase Dollander – 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks as he was called up by the Rockies. First names that are verbs always throw me. Noun first name? Cool. Adjective first names? Awesome! Verbs? It’s too much, man. It’s like, “You Chase that shizz, man, I’m not doing your work.” Dollander has been excellent in the minors. Here’s some Itch thoughts, “Dollander was on track to contend for top overall draft pick as a Tennessee sophomore with a 10-and-0 record alongside a 2.39 ERA and 0.79 WHIP across 79 innings. His junior season was a struggle (4.75 ERA, 1.20 WHIP across 89 innings), but he still went ninth overall to the Rockies in the 2023 draft. It’s proven to be a smart selection so far. Dollander closed out the 2024 season with 48 innings across nine Double-A starts, recording a 2.25 ERA and 1.10 WHIP with 58 strikeouts. Rockies pitchers are typically losing cards for our game, but the field has played more sporadically over the past few seasons, so I think there’s a chance for Dollander to find a way to navigate it thanks to plus command of a diverse, lab-compliant arsenal of fastball, curveball, changeup, slider, a leg sweeper to Grey’s face.” What? Chase seems like a fun one for NL-Only leagues, but I fear you might have big ol’ crackers in your cabeza if you get involved in mixed leagues.
Brenton Doyle – 3-for-5, 3 runs, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer. That’s nice, but we’re 1% into the season, already dropped him for Kyren Paris!
Lawrence Butler – 2-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. Meh, it’s almost a full week and a day of games, he’s already been dropped for Michael Conforto!
Tyler Soderstrom – 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer. Ahhh…Sparkling water!
Kris Bubic – 6 2/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 0.71. Pronounced Boob-itch. Michael Scott GIF trying to stop from laughing. [time travels back to adolescent Grey] “Hey, I’m your older self.” “Oh my God, are we a professional baseball player?!” “Uh, not exactly.” “A professional wrestler.” “No.” “A professional TV watcher?” “There’s no such job.” “Oh, then why are you here?” “In a few decades, you’re going to come across a name Bubic and it’s pronounced ‘boob-itch,’ and you’re gonna have to act professional for your job to be taken seriously.” “What’s my job?” “A fantasy baseball blogger.” “I wanna kick my own older’s self ass.” So, another gem by Kris Bubic, where he put up 16 whiffs with a near-73 Whiff%. He only touches 93 on the four-seamer but that’s a setup for the 85 MPH change and 83 MPH sweeper, which are the damaging pitches. It’s been years since he’s thrown any kind of innings, but the breakout looks possible if he can stay on the mound. Or two mounds if you have to scratch that Bubic. [giggles] Damn, wish someone warned me not to laugh; I’m undercutting brilliance!
Ketel Marte – Hit the IL with a hamstring strain. DBacks called up Tim Tawa, because they forgot and/or didn’t know they had Jordan Lawlar. Tawa’s got some great deals on cylindrical hamburgers–[intern whispers]–Being told that’s Wawa and that’s 7-11 with the rolly hamburgers. Will table my “going to Tawa for a Slurpee” for now until we get further information. Tawa went 31/14 last year in the minors and 3/2 in only six games to start this year, and can all minor league teams move out of the PCL? It’s an absurd place to try to develop players. For what it’s Cronenworth, Prospectonator, which has the projections for every rookie, if they were to get a full season, has Tawa down for 16/9/.234. For now, I’d try Tawa in NL-Only leagues, and maybe 15-teamers if you lost Ketel and sobriety scares you.
Eduardo Rodriguez – 5 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 12 Ks, ERA at 6.10. Legit no idea where those Ks came from but that’s attached a large, cartoon-like exclamation mark over his name and I’m monocle’ing hard, even grabbing in some deeper leagues.
Corbin Burnes – 5 IP, 4 ER, 11 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 5.79. [adjusts shorts] That Burnes.
Mitchell Parker – 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners (4 BBs), 2 Ks, ERA at 0.73. Four walks to two Ks makes me want to Parker on waivers in all but the deepest of leagues.
Aaron Nola – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 6.35. Nola is the Phils’ #4. That’s not even a controversial statement.
Nick Castellanos – 1-for-4, 4 RBIs and his 2nd homer.
Castellanos always homers in a game during a tragic event but not like this, please pic.twitter.com/9xURVuFo1S
— Razzball (@Razzball) April 6, 2025
Cristopher Sanchez – 5 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 7 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.09. Pitching’s so bad right now, I’m like, “5 2/3 IP and only 4 ER? Oh, heck’s yeah!”
Jose Alvarado – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 1.80 and his 2nd save. Jordan Romano (0 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 15.75) pitched the 7th. I haven’t been this let down by a Romano since the parmesan in the green bottle. Jordan Romano? Not the closer.
Blake Snell – Hit the IL with shoulder inflammation. Snell ya later! Sounds like they’re going with a bullpen game on Wednesday, then will reevaluate. A shoulder injury for a pitcher sounds like doomscrolling in the Oxford Medical Dictionary, but he was never throwing a full season anyway, so maybe we get a solid June thru September for Snell.
Teoscar Hernandez – 3-for-3, 5 RBIs and his 3rd and 4th homer. Don’t love Teoscar SZN when it’s against my Sanchez SZN.
Roki Sasaki – 4 IP, 1 ER, 3 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.15, and out in 56 pitches. Can Dave Roberts tie his shoes wearing those kid gloves? Roki threw 111 IP last year; it’s not like he can’t throw 5 or, dare to dream, six innings in a start. Of course, I watched him, and he looked better. Zero barrels allowed and a splitter that appears unhittable if he commands his fastball to set it up. It’s all good, but let’s see 5 IP next time, Rokie-doki? I mean, 56 pitches is like what pitchers throw to warm up between innings. Come on, man.
Tyler Glasnow – 2 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 6.43. Completely unraveled when it started raining like a wicked witch.
Sean Murphy – Activated from the IL. Kevin from ESPN’s “Get Him In Your Lineup” Department said, “I’m back, bitches!”
AJ Smith-Shawver -4 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 10 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 5.19, and out at 82 pitches. That’s almost two games worth of pitches for Roki. 82 pitches is like Roki if he thinks his team needs him to go into extra innings.
Chris Bassitt – 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 0.71 vs. Griffin Canning – 4 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 2.79. This matchup was billed as, “Bassitt/Canning should’ve been Alpo, but turned out to be a Fancy Feast.” Started both of these guys in one league, and Streamonator wouldn’t start either of them in their next matchup, and I might side with caution here.
Bowden Francis – 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.18. Not looking like a fluke from last year. Maybe he can talk to Ronel.
David Peterson – 4 2/3 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 2.53. Mets starters leading the league in 4 2/3 IP starts or is it me? (It’s not me.)
Jacob deGrom – 5 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.38. Heard the announcer say deGrom looked tired by the 6th inning. He was at 82 pitches! I’m about to have an Okay, Boomer moment, but can’t anyone throw 100 pitches anymore?
Corey Seager – 1-for-4 and his 1st homer. If he’s only going to be healthy for 100 games, he better heat up.
Kumar Rocker – 5 IP, 1 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 1 K, ERA at 7.88. How can someone with his stuff have zero walks and only one K? That feels like a scoring error.
Drew Rasmussen – 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.90. Gonna be cool when the only great starters this year can only throw 70 IP.
Ivan Herrera – Headed to the IL because we can’t have anything nice. I blame one of youse. Not sure yet who, but you best hope I can’t pinpoint who it is. Y’all getting IP blocked!
Rafael Devers – 5-for-9, 5 runs, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer. Sell! I’m not kidding.
Alex Bregman – 4-for-9, 3 runs, 6 RBIs and his 2nd homer. The home run to deep center was pretty, but I love how he goes off the Monster. That’s exactly why I was excited about him for the first time in his career. Also, love the Sawx homer celebration of putting on their mascot’s head. It’s like Yellowjackets, but they ate the mascot.
Hunter Dobbins – 5 IP, 2 ER, 10 baserunners, 5 Ks. Looked solid for his first career start, but Dobbins was up for just a spot start. My precious.
Tanner Bibee – 4 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 6.52. But he threw 89 pitches. Lowercase yay!
Kyle Manzardo – 1-for-4 and his 3rd homer. Whatevs, he’s so the first five days of the season.
Logan O’Hoppe – 2-for-4 and his 5th homer, and 4th straight game with a homer. Thoughtfully, with much consideration, “Maybe I shouldn’t have dropped him for Goodman.”
Kyren Paris – 2-for-4, 2 runs and a slam (2) and legs (4). Paris giving Rengifo 2.0. Call him Rengoforthandprosperyoungman.
Jorge Soler – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. When you see his home runs, like I did yesterday, you’re like, “How does he not hit 40+ every year?”
Nestor Cortes – Hit the IL with elbow strain. Ya know how Scarface said Michelle Pfeiffer’s womb was polluted? Well, the Brewers’ entire rotation’s womb is polluted. Not to panic, but the Brewers have a one-starter rotation. I guess they get back Quintana soon, and Chad Chris KirkPatrick is NSYNC with their pitching needs, but then. Dot dot dot. I don’t know. I like Logan Henderson for NL-Only, but it’s pretty stank in the brew halls of Miller.
Chad Patrick – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.45. This start seemed more like the Reds are struggling than Chad Chris KirkPatrick looked good. As I said previously, “In Triple-A, Patrick went 2.90 ERA, 9.6 K/9, 2.6 BB/9 in 136 1/3 IP, and command is his number one attribute. Again, NL-Only, but I will monocle for you.” And that’s me quoting me! What’s odd (to me, at least), he’s had terrible command in the majors, but, when you compare him to, say, Corbin Burnes, he looks like an ace.
Jackson Chourio – 2-for-3, 5 RBIs and his 2nd and 3rd homer. Sans effort, just gorge.
Spencer Steer – 1-for-3 and his 1st homer. That’s a good sign for his shoulder, but like Hansel & Gretel don’t think he’s out of the woods.
Robbie Ray – 6 IP, 1 ER, 9 baserunners (5 BBs), 2 Ks, ERA at 3.18. Hmm, end result was fine, but those BBs worry me more than Ralphie’s mom.
Jordan Hicks – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.38. Streamonator has him going to Old Stein Stadium and I wouldn’t start him in any mixed league.
Victor Robles – Left the game after crashing into the wall. Kool Aid Man makes it look so easy.
Julio Rodriguez – 1-for-5 and his 3rd homer. Don’t want to get too far out in front of my skies, but JRod is hitting in April.
Cal Raleigh – 3-for-4 and his 2nd homer, and 95th of his career which ties the M’s catcher record with Mike Zunino. Finally, we found who was Zunino’ing who.
Bryan Woo – 6 IP, 4 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.75. Bryan Meh.
Tomoyuki Sugano – 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.89. Not a bad start to his MLB career for having way less hype than other recent Asian imports — wish there was more of a tariff on Roki, so I wouldn’t have drafted him — Streamonator hates Sugano’s next, but I don’t see a problem with it.
Cade Povich – 6 IP, 4 ER, 13 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 6.10. Povich should go on Povich and reveal the Royals are his daddy.
Clarke Schmidt – Struck out seven in 3 1/3 IP in Double-A during his penultimate tune-up before returning. Actually, I don’t know if that was his penultimate rehab start, but it sounded so cool.
Will Warren – 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 6.00. Clicked on the Yankees stats and sorted by Quality Starts, and the stats page asked me, “Are you being sarcastic?” Will Warren looks like yet another, “This guy’s gonna break out, didn’t you see his Spring Training?!” To become, “Hey, Grey handsome face, should I hold Will Warren or use Streamonator for his lineup spot?”
Andrew Heaney – 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 10 Ks, ERA at 1.50. Your NL All-Star Game Starter, let’s hear it for Andrew Heaney!
Dennis Santana – 1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 3.38, as he pitched the 8th, Ryan Borucki (2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 7.20.) got the 9th and was sucki. Derek Shelton, manager of the Pirates and my ulcer. Guess the Pirates’s Borucki couldn’t stop [checks notes] Trent Grisham. Okay, Grisham is a hot schmotato, but c’mon!
Martin Perez – 6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA 0.73. White Sox and Rockies starters have been better than the Yankees. El oh el.
Jackson Jobe – 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 5.00. Will be interested to see if this guy can unlock something extraordinary at some point, but you don’t usually see a rookie pitcher look so yawnstipating with his pedigree. Usually you get: 4 IP, 3 ER, 9 Ks, not bleh, bleh, bleh.
Nick Pivetta – 3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 2.70. From 7 innings of one-hit ball to this. Nick Pivetta, you are: Bipolar Starter.
Kyle Hart – 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 11.12. Put this guy six feet under the Hart Foundation.
Jackson Merrill – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (3) and legs (1). Silence! Ja-Me gumb’ing up the works!
Matthew Boyd – 6 IP, 0 ER, 6 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 0.00. Prolly wouldn’t expect more than 75 IP total, but you might get the prettiest 75 IP there is.
Kyle Tucker – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 5th homer. Member way back roughly two weeks ago when you didn’t want to draft Tucker in the 1st round? Oops.
Bailey Ober – 4 IP, 1 ER, ERA at 12.15. At least this time we saw Bailey Ober and not Bailey “take the over.”
Yordan Alvarez – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 1st homer. That’s nice, but we’re a week and a weekend into the season! I already dropped him for Carson Kelly.
Ronel Blanco – 1 2/3 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 9.45. It’s lovely when you don’t roster a guy when he’s unreasonably lucky for an entire year, then roster him the year the Regression Fairies talk about makeup foundation and stomp on your ratios.
Spencer Arrighetti – 3 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.59. His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, he started Spencer Arrighetti.
Which C to add?
Kelly, Kirk, Bart, Bailey, Bo Naylor, Endy Rodriguez, Haim, Pages, Baldwin
Conner Wong broken pinkie.
Please rank in 12team pts league:
Otto Lopez
Vic Scott
Soler
Jordan walker
CES
Gray, what do you think of Wilmer’s hot start? Is he for real? Would you trade Fried for him?
Hi Grey…how would you rank McCarthy,Soler and Bleday as 5th OF?
Arrighetti breaks thumb playing catch. Max Meyer maybe?
Thanks!
Moms Spaghetti is down. Broken right thumb in batting practice comebacker. Assuming a month or two.
Apparently playing catch in OF during batting practice and hit by a ball in a freak accident? Unclear exactly what happened. All I know is broken thumb.
Wow that’s the suck.
12 Team 5×5 Roto Keeper:
Screwed up my draft a little and ended up with way too many bats (CI and OF particularly) and not enough arms.
I have Naylor and Bregman at 1B and 3B and Ozuna at DH. That means my options for CI are Soderstrom, Mountcastle, Jung, and Toglia.
I have Carroll & Wood locked in to the outfield. That means I have 3 spots for Crews, J Lowe (IL), PCA, Nootbar, H Ramos, Toglia, and Veen.
I am generally good at fantasy baseball as a whole, but bad at trading. Please help me craft a trade!
I am thinking of offering any of Soderstrom, Mountcastle, Jung, Toglia, J Lowe, Nootbar or Veen for Luzardo, R Olson, R Pepiot, B Woo, B Pfaadt.
Can you give me some of these that are fairish but that you think would be good trades for me to make?
Thanks!
How many do you keep? I would not be giving up Soderstrom at his age. Not sure how thin WW is. Tog wont get you anything at the moment imo. Id be trying to move Mountcastle, Jung, Lowe, Nootbar, and Veen. Maybe you can get an arm packaging Veen+one of those guys? Likewise Jung+Lowe injury package? Might want to contemplate moving Ozuna as he restricts your lineup quite a bit.
Depends on how many you keep, how thin the wire, and other teams needs.
Grey, trying to trade for Volpe. Currently have X. Edwards in at SS. Is Volpe a season long upgrade? Or just hold?
Yes
So Volpe is an upgrade? Just clarifying. Thanks Grey!
Is giving up Edwards and Alvarado too much?
Et tu, Eovaldi?
oh no
NL-only roto
Pick 2 please
Andy Pages
Andrew Call
Lamonte Wade
Paul DeJong
Tommy Pham
Hill (mia of)
Wade, Pham
Scherzer or Manaee ROS once healthy
Manaea
Mlodzinski left out too long but managed to struggle through 5th.
5IP 5H 1ER 2BB 6K
Both walks and hit in 5th were he was labouring.
Kind of thought he had closer stuff (at least for PIT) and added with that SP/RP. Didnt look bad. Lots of groundouts.
Deeeeeeeep leagues might want to keep an eye on him.
V nice!
14 team 5×5 Roto:
Robbie Ray @ NYY
or
Jose Soriano @ TB
Thanks
Soriano
Grey – Maikel is available. Do you like him over Arraez or Eugenio?
Also assume you like him over Kyren too?
Thanks and have a good night!
Over Paris
12 Team H2H 6×6 OPS QS
Hello Grey,
1) Your thoughts on my squad
2) Lots of chatter about Veen today. Am I moving on from any of my current guys for him?
Thank you
C Raleigh
1B Alonso
2B Gimenez
SS Edwards
3B Suarez
OF Soto
OF Santander
OF Scott
UT Rooker
BE M. Garcia
SP Wheeler, Brown, Bibee, Ray, Eflin, Soriano, Roupp, Fitts, Mahle, Kelly, G. Holmes,
G. Williams
Team looks solid, very shallow league tho…Holmes for Veen
Streamanator changed from the weekend. Are you using Littell today at az in 12 team roto?
Sure
Just a heads up… Cam Smith is about to go off as I am picking up someone’s James Wood for him. I guess I should wait until I actually get the claim to warn you all! :D
Ha
Managers are stupid, part ??
Oneil Cruz batting cleanup.
Just… wtf
Haha
The real question is why is IKF and Frazier not batting 5 and 6? Hell I didnt even know Frazier was a starter and not still in KC.
Haha, woof
Gotta make room for (checks notes) Andrew McClutchdong to bat 3rd I guess
Elmo shrug gif
SON likes Taillon home v TEX a fair bit more than Lively at home v CWS. What say Grey?
Taillon
Ok confession time – when I first started hanging out here, for at least a year I thought SON was one of the Razzball staff writers.
One day someone typed it out and I was like “ooooooooh”.
Anyway, boy I felt dumb. lol
Oakland calling up Jason Alexander! Yankees have to trade for him!
Haha
Deluca or McCarthy ROS?
McCarthy
Hey Grey, better streaming option?
Keller vs Stl
Olson @ Min
Keller
12 team, 5×5 roto
How would you rank these SP?
Boyd, Singer, Bassitt, Pfaadt, Hicks?
Boyd, Pfaadt, Singer
Drop B. Brown in a 12 teamer and grab R. Sasaki?
Yes
Thank You.
No problem
drop woo for Megill?
No
haha, Meh or Mehgill :p
For an nl only can you please rank M. Mervis, G. Mitchell, and A. Call?
You did
Please rank for points league:
SS: Hoerner, McLain, Swanson, Volpe
3B: Arenado, Camenero, Chapman, Maikel
Volpe, McLain, Nico
Caminero, Maikel, Chap
@Grey: weekly roto. o’neill announced as sitting today. would you start any of these guys over him?
veen – 3 vs mil, 3 @ sd
bleday – 3 vs sd, 3 vs nym
cam smith – 3 @ sea, 3 vs laa
thanks!
Veen
Drop Jobe for Hicks or McGill?
Megill
Is it ok to cut ties with burleson to fill my catcher position? Or don’t fix what’s not broken lol?
Sure
Wish they would drop catcher from fantasy and add extra utility lol
Thanks for the help earlier. Forgot to ask about another league (6×6 – OPS):
Catcher question – Currently have Jeffers but the below are available. You swapping yet?
Carlos Correa – you holding in a 12-team league? He’s currently a bench bat/ fill in on off-days.
Saves – I have both Romano & Alvarado trying to read the tea leaves in Philly. Would you cut either for Anthony Bender or Seth Halvorsen?
Thanks again (again)!
Moreno
Yes
Romano for Halve
Appreciate it!
No problem
Holton. Not helping me but not hurting me…
Faucher not ready to give up yet on him but maybe soon?
Meh on Faucher
Two things. One, Rodon, WTF was that? Have you not seen the AVG of half that lineup, particularly those clowns you walked?
Two, why TF does Boone send him back out in the 7th? Almost 100 pitches and they’re 5-1 down! What are you hoping to achieve?
I know, ugh
And another run comes in. FFS.
ugh
Just like STL being down 16 runs in the second double header and deciding to work their pen then having some position guy throw some stuff across the plate.
OR
Mets manager saying Peterson was ready to throw up and his vision was blurry but he was “fine”. 5 pitch walk and hits next dude first pitch. Let the manager work a DUI checkpoint. “He says he is slurring his words because he has a speech impediment. He says he isnt slurring, I am slurring. Let him go.”
Some of these managers make zero sense in what they do. Paid big bucks to be big dumdums.
I mean, WTF do I know, I’m just some jamoke shouting on a fantasy baseball site – but these seem more like matters of common sense rather than deep in-game strategy.
Better stash? Clark Schmidt or Brayan Bello?
Clarke
12 team, mixed, standard roto. Which IL guy to drop: SP R. Lopez, SP J. Leiter, C I. Herrera? (Lopez likely out the longest; Leiter probably returning the soonest.)
Lopez
Which is crazier? Colt Keith BA is less than half of Javy Baez, or, Baez BA is .333?
I think Keith is toast. Cant hit for enough power and his BA wont carry him. Baez will play due to $ but Tork taking back 1B screws Keith back to the minors.
Ha, that is crazy
Top 2 of Cowser, Rengifo, Toglia, C. Smith, Soler, Manzardo, J. Walker – overall value
Soler, needs? I guess Walker
Pages or Carson Kelly to replace Herrera? Thanks!
Pages
Please rank Wilya ABreu; Brandon Doyle; and Kerry Carpenter (Note. I’m now leaning Abreu as #1).
Doyle
Please rank these pitchers:
Kumar Rocker
Matthew Boyd
Tylor McGill
Gavin Williams
Brandon Phadtt
Boyd, Megill, Pfaadt
Thank you!!!
No problem
Hey, Clay Holmes is also available. Would he make the top 3 above? Sorry, should have included him earlier.
No
Well, I guess it makes sense that Vlad Jr signed a career deal with TOR since he was born in Montreal when dad was an Expo.
The silver lining is that, barring a catastrophic trade at age 33, this is one long term albatross that Arte wont be able to hang on the fans and next owner of the Angels. I bet Arte was chomping at the bit to get VGJ at any cost. I’m sure Vlad will be great the next 4-5 years, but after that he will probably be more like Mo Vaughn Jr.
Hahaha
Would you drop any of the following to pick up Wilyer Abreu in 10 team H2H?
Jasson Dominguez
Zac Veen
Heliot Ramos
Nah
Sv spec and ratios
Harvey or Puk?
Puk
So I saw the Herrera injury highlight. The diagnosis of knee inflammation seems a little weird to me the way he was unable to put weight on his leg. I am sure something is inflamed based on the reaction.
Not sure
It seemed a lot more severe to me
I have no idea
Grey,
Would you add Jung Hoo Lee and drop one of the following:
Lourdes Gurriel Jr
Brenton Doyle
Steven Kwan
Byran Reynolds
Cedric Mullins
Thanks as always for your input
Nope
In the battle of slow,slow (did I say slow) starters, who do you like best between Toglia and Steer??
Think Grisham has it in him to do well this year??
Steer
No
Can’t believe I took the cheese with Wells.
Over and over they said he’d be hitting leadoff. Opening day he crushes a HR.
Never saw leadoff again. Today he’s hitting 7th. Against a righty.
Gah!
I coulda had O’Hoppe with my Mr irrelevant pick.
Never again. I will never draft a catcher before the 20th again.
Ha, I know, right?
Maybe needs rest. Maybe just needs to give my boy Rice some work at C please. 10ish games.
Is Alexis Diaz a drop in a 12-teamer – roto, saves only? I’d pick up a 2-start streamer like Roupp if so.
My closers are in shambles but SAGNOF, right? Currently have Fairbanks and Santana with all of the Reds, Tigers, CHW, Rockies and Marlins options available on the wire for context. It’s $2.50 per drop and add so $5 per transaction but they’re unlimited moves.
So hold A. Diaz? Or drop to stream?
Then, who strikes you as the next option for saves?
Any preference between Chris Martin, Pagan, Yates, Treinan, Hilton, kahnle, Faucher, Bender, Halvorsen, etc?
Or wait and see who emerges?
Thank you!
Diaz is the Reds closer
Steer or Doyle ROS?
Cam Smith or Veen ROS?
Thanks!
Doyle
Veen
Thoughts on alex call as a deep league play. Maybe even someone thats being over looked in general? Quad A player type, but he seems to be able to hit with good #’s
I just picked him up and put him in my NL Only lineup
Same here. crew/wood struggling. No real 3rd OF even if they don’t struggle. He has power, speed, and can hit lefties/righties well. I struggled to not see him in that lineup if he continues.
Gotcha
Good afternoon Grey
Already have Langeliers and Booker. Drop Paredes for Soderstrom? TB, R, RBI, BB, SB pts league. Thanks, I’ll shut up and read
Sure
Gotta give props to Robles for finishing that play after crashing into that wall. I was watching that game live, and i can’t believe he actually held on to the ball and had enough in him to throw it back into the infield to hold the runner at 3rd… it didn’t end up mattering cause of replay review ruling he was out of play and the runner had to go back to 2nd, but still a gutsy effort with a broken wrist
Is that what it is? A broken wrist? Damn
Dislocated shoulder, which is what Jon Miller said he thought was on the radio broadcast.
He was just placed on the DL.
That’s a tough one on a hitter – but it depends on whether he frayed his rotator cuff or tore his labrum.
If the latter it will need to be surgically corrected. I know because I’ve had the procedure myself.
My bet is he’s cooked for the year. Could easily come back & play, but once you dislocate the shoulder, future dislocations become easier & easier.
Yeah, sucks
Where do you see broken wrist. I’m seeing shoulder injury and there’s no conclusion on the severity of what it is yet
i haven’t looked at the injury report today – as of the game yesterday, they said it was a broken wrist and figured it was still that… whatever it was, it wasn’t pretty regardless.
Who has more upside between Luzardo and Heliot Ramos?
Luz
Thank You
No problem
Gimenez/Alvarado or Albies ?
Albies
Hey Grey, which one or two of these guys would you feel best about adding with hopes of providing value (and potential upside) ROS?
Michael Wacha
David Peterson
Jordan Hicks
Casey Mize
Eduardo Rodriguez
Max Meyer
Peterson, Mize
Thanks Grey! If you had to pick one reliever to drop to make room for one of them, which would it be?
Faucher
Holton
Pagan
Kahnle
Other option is to keep these guys for a few weeks to see if any emerge as a closer, and drop either Lux or Baty who aren’t doing much for me.
Faucher
There’s a team in my 10 team league who is really struggling, his bats have done nothing. He has Olson and Riley.
I’d like to craft a trade to acquire one of those guys, preferably Olson, but either.
This is my team. Thoughts on a fair package deal for each? Maybe package Walker and Campbell for Olson, or something like that..
Raleigh
C. Walker
Westburg
Elly
Junior C.
Yordan
JRod
Rooker
Schwarber
Adolis G.
K. Campbell
M. McLain
Acuna (IL)
Thank you
Caminero? Walker and Adolis?
Wilyer…this is amazing! Nice waiver grab.
Yowsers
G’damn
Grey,
Do you feel this is fair? Trade Analyzer likes A better, which I’d be trading away. ?W/o seeing the rest of his team, would you be inclined to do this deal if you were him and always down 3 – 5 starts per week?
NL-Only H2H (OBP) $280 Auction, Keep 5
A) Yelich, Winn ($8-10) , Ty. Megill ($1), AS-S, Canning
B) C. Sanchez ($12), Marsh, J. Ortiz, Doval, and Vesia
His current starters are Skenes, Sanchez, and Senga with Ohtani and Perez on IL. Most other teams have at least 7 SPs. Moves cost real $2 and there aren’t many great options available.
My current roster is:
CA Ruiz
1B Naylor
2B Garcia Jr.
SS Swanson
3B Vientos
INF Winn
OF Carroll, Chourio, Yelich, Ramos
Util Scott II
B Baty, Kim
SP King, Gallen, Pfaadt, Ty Megill, Roupp, Canning, Knack, AS-S
RP Edw. Diaz, Walker
IL Myers, Cabrera
I really appreciate your thoughts.
I’d want A side too…seems fair-ish
Thank you! Should I be worried that I’m giving away too much offense? Should I try it without Winn in the deal? I’m chasing the possible breakout of Sanchez, and maybe doing so out of regret I didn’t keep him over R. Lopez.
You’re giving away a lot for Sanchez
Yeah, you’re right. I’m putting too much value on Sanchez. I do have to make room for when Myers and Cabrera are available off the IL.
Yeah
How goes things Grey. Tough Week 1 loss in our Yahoo 10 Team H2H Points League when I was projected to win by like 75 Points during the week. F’n Romano and Blanco killed me yesterday. Just put up zeroes and I win. Argh!
So I am looking to do a little offensive housecleaning and I have 2 questions for you:
Romano and Blanco were already shown the door.
Thanks much Grey!
1. yes 2. springer
Thanks Grey. Just remembered that I added Carpenter this AM, so I don’t have him until next week (Damn Yahoo), so I am starting either Spring or McClain as Util? McClain doesn’t seem very reliable right now with his hammy, so I may just stick with old Springer for this week (Ugh!).
Yeah, I am probably confusing you, so my apologies.
And I grabbed Veen and dumped Springer, so I will have Carpenter and Veen next week.
McLain
Only about a dozen games in, but what order for these CI a league that uses both AVG and OBP?
Harper, Devers, A. Riley
Harper, Riley
Hey grey Heston or mountcastle for the week?
Mount
Pfaadt against Baltimore or Roupp against Cincinnati?
Roupp, home or away matters
Roupp is home
That’s why I went with him
Would you drop any of the following OFers for Veen?
T O’Neill
L Roberts
J Lowe
A Garcia
C Rafaela
In desperate need of steals so far. Keeping J Merill, B Doyle and H Ramos on my OF staff.
Thanks
Lowe
Thanks. Didn’t realize you had already been asked this question 275 times down below lol.
lol
dump steer for veen?
Sure
Update from earlier post….Allen moved back a day so only gets one start as opposed to original 2…
ESPN Points, this week only, deep league, bottom of Pitching staff…please rank top 3
Canning @
Rocker @ Sea
Boyd @ LAD
Logan Allen (Cle) @CWS
Mahle @ Chic
Thanks
Canning, Rocker, Allen
Streamonator likes Gore today, are you starting him? Also – new PremRock album is good – especially the song with Billy Woods! Thanks, Grey!
I am
Oh, man, I need more recommendations…I am dying for new music
Thanks! I’ll start him, still kicking myself for sitting him vs Phil on opening day…
I think you’d like the PremRock – I wasn’t that familiar but started checking his early stuff. Favorite songs for me are Angels Share, California Sober, Flight Risk (prod by Blockhead), Receipts featuring Woods, and Did you Enjoy your time here.
listening rn, I love Blockhead
Same, his instrumental albums are good but I love when he produces for rappers. His album AUX from 2 years ago is really good. I know you’re not an Aesop fan but he has a song called Mississippi that’s one of my favorites of the past few years.
I love that song
haha, same. Seems like Blockhead, Woods, Aesop, are the artists my age that I can count on for consistently good music.
That’s a great list!
Hey random thought I’ve wondered for decades at this point-
Who the hell is playing in the often mentioned AL-only and NL-Only leagues?
Most softwares I play on (yahoo cbs) don’t even seem to offer it, and… why? I often thought it was for boomers who didn’t want to have to learn teams outside of their favorite teams realm (Yankee fans only knowing AL teams) but should we even factor in mentioning such an insanely niche league format?
Is it people who love the depth? But if you love the depth, just make longer rosters or add more teams.
Are people just weirdly into it? Which again, is fine, but why do we even count that? It’s like saying “oh, yeah, this guy is a fine add in 20 team dynasties where you keep 10 plus players for 3 years!”…
Please help me. Maybe I’m just naive. Thanks.
I’m in two, there’s multiple comments about them in this post alone
Ok what is the incentive for the two that you are in? Why did the league feel inclined to do this league? Why is there no “AFC Only” football leagues?
I don’t know football
Because they used to be different leagues with no games between the two and different rules. AFC and NFC are conferences of the same league. Back in the day there could have been AFL only and NFL only leagues. haha
As someone who never played but my dad did, *I think* it was having to have a deeper knowledge set and challenging. Before a lot of keeper/dynasty/etc. options. Run an AL only and NL only and you would have two tough leagues vs two MLB ones.
However, listening to him rant when Carlos Beltran got traded from the AL to NL was….interesting.
i do it specifically because it helps me be aware of all players
Someone in my league dropped Brenton Doyle, who I like…
I don’t have my much I can drop to try and grab him- would you swap any of these gents for Doyle?
K. Campbell
M. Mclain
J. Burger
Thanks
Burger
ESPN points, ROS only
Receive Bryan Woo, Sea SP
Receive Luis Rengifo, LAA 3B
Send Jordan Westburg, Bal 3B
Which side?
Westburg
@Grey: weekly roto. need to start one of these guys:
nootbaar – 3 @ pit, 3 vs phi
o’neill – 3 @ ari, 3 vs tor
veen – 3 vs mil, 3 @ sd
also, one of these guys:
meyer @ nym
sasaki vs chc
roupp vs cin
thanks!
Noot
Roupp
15 team LABR style roto league… Partial auto draft has left me in a saves predicament. I do have Alvarado and Santana.
I bid the *exact same* FAAB as the winning bid for 4 in a row (!) would be/maybe closers but lost due to lower waiver order — Jackson, Santillan, Kahnle, Bender!
Is the universe trying to tell me —
A. Go up a buck in your bids dummy!
B. You’re better off because the next great SAGNOF is coming along any day.
C. There is no C.
D. Both A and B.
Haha….B
hey I was actually in a fantasy wonder… how do you handle early struggles when they face good matchups… for example on my team in weekly I can start
1) Casas or Torkelson, Casas has a better schedule with 7 games vs torks 6 but tork has been better.
2) I can start Jackson Holliday or Vientos (moving Westburg to 3rd)… Mets have the easier schedule but Holliday has been better
1. Casas 2. Vientos
thanks a lot!
No problem
Please rank Josh H Smith, Magnum or Alan Rodon in AL only.
Mangum, Smith
Thanks for all you do Grey…as a reward, I have a mild variant to a question you’ve answered 50 times already. Who of the following (if any) would you drop for Veen (position eligibility doesn’t matter:
Torkelson
Rice
Manzardo
Tork
I have a dumb question , for H2H category league, when using streamonator would I click roto or points?
Also streamonator doesnt like dick fitts vs tor today. Do you ?
https://razzball.com/streamers/
I wouldn’t mess with Fitts
It’s ranked when you click on it
Earlier question to holding onto Herrea vs dropping CES, Walker Jung or Noot?
10 team keeper league
Herrea
Burger
Gimenez
Caminero
Gunner
Carroll
Greene
Ramos
Abrams
Tork
CES
McCain
Jung IL
PCA
Anthony R
Walker
Noot
Who’s on your bench? Who do you start?
bench
Tork
CES
McCain
Jung IL
PCA
Anthony R
Walker
Noot
Lose Jung
Drop Lourdes for a Veen flier? My other OF’s are O. Cruz, Nootbar, R. Greene, and Doyle.
Sure
So snagged Doyle off the wire and was just offered Michael Harris for him. I am thinking hold unless you like Harris? 10 team pts league.
Hold
Will do, thank you.
No problem
Robbie Ray or Luzardo? Thanks!
Ray
What about Pivetta or Luzardo?
Luz
Soderstrom, Uceta and Wilyer
or
Vientos, Porter Hodge and Veen
Keeper SVHD league
Veen
man I had the worst luck Sunday I was winning 6-3 then Bregman exploded all over the shitwolves and I started Blanco cuz why not! HRhrhrerrer is hurt for 10 but in the weekly league I have no moves left to sub him… UGH I made too many early moves that didn’t matter! Anyway I don’t have IR room who should I sub hrrrrererra with next week. Goodman Ruiz or Murphy. Could murphy return to form? 5×5 obp instead of avg
I hope you and the others reading this had fun this weekend.
Damn
Weekly lineup – HR RBI STL OBP SLG
Start 2 of Manzardo, Doyle, Soler?
Rest of lineup for this week is:
Gabe Moreno
CWalk
B Lowe
JoRam
Oneil Cruz
Julio Rod
Teoscar
Rooker
Not Manzardo
Thoughts on dropping PCA in a keeper league?
for s’s and g’s?
my chicago buddy says he’s a douche
I have to replace Ivan the Great in a 2C league.
I have Baldwin, but his playing time will be slipping with Murphy back.
Stay with Baldwin for the interim or grab Kelly, Dingler, Trevino or Pages?
Pages
12 tm H2H 7X7 (W, QS, Ks, WHIP, ERA, K/9)
Would you trade Spencer Arrighetti for Seth Lugo?
Current SPs: Crochet, Flaherty, Luzardo, Sasaki, Pfaadt, Wacha, Arrighetti
Sure
I assume dropping yordan and butler were saecasms? Any concern for seager yordan Reynolds etc?
Hold
Wolfram DFAd as the Brewers trade for Quinn Priester. No easy funnies now :(
Soler floor .220 25 HR? This guy has me thinking .140 8HR OR .290 45 HR. Im ready to give him up for peanuts after I watched ugly hacks then see him smash it and 180.
Snell just goes into hiberation this time of year. Gotta rest for that second half.
Just awful starts for high end SP this year. Snell, Skubal, Burnes, Sasaki, Steele, Nola, Sale, Ober, etc.
Is it weird to mix up Sharon Stone and Michelle Pfieffer as far as roles if they were before your time? I know who is who when I see them, but mentally their lesser movies sort of blur together.
Stone was Casino, but basically same role
(1) Please rank (Top 3). Veen; Larnash; Kepler; Alec Thomas; Delucca
(2) Who should I drop: Toglia; Steer
Thanks.
Veen, Kepler, Larnach 2. Toglia
OPS weekly H2H (daily moves).
Jung Hoo Lee or Kwan ROS?
Kwan
Are we IR’ing Herrea or dropping him?
I would have to drop Jung, Noot CES or Walker
Hard to say without knowing your team, I guess lose CES
10 team keeper league
Herrea
Burger
Gimenez
Caminero
Gunner
Carroll
Greene
Ramos
Abrams
Tork
CES
McCain
Jung IL
PCA
Anthony R
Walker
Noot
So luke jackson has 5 saves and has been effective after rough first appearance. Do you like him in a saves+holds format over kerkerring who is a good pitcher but is in a set up role? Thanks
Hold
Hi Grey! Your spidey senses have won me championships, or have given me prospects that have turned into gold, so your Veen assessment is certainly intriguing.
Question: Drop Friedl and grab Veen?
Thanks!
BWWIII
Yes
Putting in a claim now. What would you give his $$$ price?
Thanks!
Out of what?
$200 is the cap in my auction league.
ok, i know nothing of your league…maybe $7
Yeah, I have read your commenting this enough times on other comments that I should have provided more context to my communication. I guess since I read your articles so much that you’re like family. I’ll be better at providing more details next time.
I really appreciate you Grey and your Razzball team! Thanks again!
No problem, just need how many teams
12 teams
$7
Please rank
Bubic,Luzardo,Ober
Luzardo, Ober
did I F up by holding D.Peterson in my streaming spot and leaving T.Megill(sp) on the wire? I thought megill would get back to me this morning but I was out of weekly moves…fwiw my sp had a 2.98era/98whip 129k in 100ip last week. cease, gallen, bibee, cris sanchez luzardo, eovaldi alcantara.
also cedanne Rafaela was dropped. been a brutal start but should he be rostered in a 12tm?
Appreciated as always
No, it sounds fine, D. Peterson has been solid
Ceddanne is a waivers guy for now
11 team 5×5 OBP/SOLDS.
Anything there with Martin Perez? Add over Arrighetti?
T. Grisham or Veen?
Starting Mize today home vs. NYY?
No
Veen
Sure
I heard Veen was working out with Profar this offseason…..
ha
Pick 3 OF out of Veen, Hoo Lee, Soler, Grisham, Frelick or Bleday?
Veen, Lee, Soler
Thanks!
No problem
Please rank in 10-TM, NL-Only H2H assuming Cabrera is activated next week, and Knack fills Snells spot.
Knack, Roupp, AS-S, Canning, Walker, Cabrera.
Roupp, Canning, Cabrera
Thank you!
No problem
Yo Grey, great write-up. Is your love for Mize deep enough for a home start against the mighty Yanks?
Thanks!
Yes
Morning Grey,
The league is a 12 Team 6×6 OPS. Who are your top 3 from this group.
Bleday
Happ
V. Scott
G. Mitchell
J. Walker
Kjerstad
Thanks!!
Scott, Happ, Walker
Good morning,
Lost my Ivan Herrera :(
Keibert Ruiz or Hunter Goodman
Thanks!
Goodman
12 team 5×5 h2h drop curtis mead for one of jose caballero, miguel vargas, kebryan hayes, candelario, kiner-falafa, edmundo sosa, kyle farmer?
IKF
Grey LAD Anthony Banda is on pace for like 30 wins, must add blow FAB right? HAHA
Hey give me an under the radar RP that you think will be closing sooner rather than later I can trade for in my 5×5
Romano dropped. I know he is getting hit hard, I am thinking like $4-5 (100) Fab? One year contract, they did not sign him to smoke reds on the bench…..
Ha, Kerkering…no idea of the size of this league but Romano is being dropped in all my leagues and I’m not picking him up
Trying to clean up after an awful autodraft.
Pick two: WAbreu Burleson Soderstrom Torkelson Nootbaar BRice Steer Veen CSmith
Pick one: MWinn, TFitzgerald, Otto Lopez
Abreu, Soder
Lopez
Which side would you prefer?
Judge
Yordan
Tatis
Volpe
or
Elly
Chourio
Rooker
Betts
Is it fair?
Judge
Grey! Happy Monday my friend. I had Robles go down. Would you rather have Veen, Jordan Walker, Paris, Perdomo or Rice? 10 team roto, 280 players rostered league
Veen
Uda best brother. Love the pod and the site.
Thanks!
You starting Gore against the LADs? Marlins back half of the double dog dare ya…
I am, pray for me
stand by your man and show the world you love him, tammy winette.
*crosses self mumbles latin for your soul*
Ha
webb in a rainy home start today vs reds gets yankees in the house that judge built later this week…
more praying
Oh I’m there too
There is no rain forecast in SF today.
it rained all morning in oaktown. still dripping
“Rokie Doki” dude you are the best and the brightest part of fantasy baseball! Not counting my nightly stiffy watching Ohtani play ball
Hey in a redraft ROTO on Y, with IP limit of 1400, seems SP streaming is VERY easy and owning no more than 4-5 SP can work
I need to deal an SP for a closer, I only have one, which one to deal and what caliber can I get?
My Sp – Webb, King, Sasaki, Luzardo, Brown, Pfaadt
Thanks! Pfaadt for Suarez? Megill? Brown for one of them?
Tough to trade for closers in RCLs. Especially starters because like you said they are plentiful. It needs to be a top starter or a good hitter. Beware you may get fleeced
Soler or Burleson?
Also, hold Vientos? Or is he movable for a hot FA?!
Soler
Yes
Jeremy Pena or Veen for a bench bat in 10 team H2H?
Veen
Hey Grey, what is your level of faith in Jake McCarthy Brett Baty and Gavin Lux? They all have been pretty terrible (especially McCarthy – no hits!).
Asking because I think I’ll take a shot on Veen. the easy drop is McCarthy (OF for OF). If I drop Lux or Baty, I still have the other as a backup 2B when Baty qualifies (though he has been awful too).
So who would you drop for Veen?
Lose McCarthy
Please rank Gurriel jr Taylor Ward Soderstrom
soderstom is going to hit 50 jacks
Soder, Ward
Hey Grey, long time reader second time commenter. Sean Murphy or Hunter Goodman? This is for a friend…
Goodman
Got offered torkelson for either rengifo or pivetta. Currently have rengifo and Burleson at ci/util so I think it would be an upgrade at least for now. Pitching im at innings projection but with Kirby ranger and shohei on il so slowing down wouldn’t hurt.
Thoughts?
Sure, Rengifo if you don’t need SBs, otherwise Pivetta
Need to replace herrera in obp format. Ruiz, bart, jeffers, murphy. Thanks
Murphy
And I drafted stephenson before he was injured. Do you like stephenson over Murphy ros in obp format
No
Who would you rather have on a rookie roster (free last round pick for next year)? Veen or Cam Smith? I already have Bubba Chandler and Nick Kurtz. Cam Smith starting 2 for 18 has me nervous.
Veen
Rice or Veen? Or Kurtz/Anthony to hold?
Veen
16team league, H2H each cat, would you trade Taj Bradley for Brenton Doyle?
Sure
he asked that I throw in my draft pick this year? I have decent amount of pitching but hitters are definitely harder to acquire than pitchers, Thank you!
Morning & Happy National Beer Day… been waiting for this day for what feels like a year!
looking for some (better) SP depth in a league that usually hoards SP’s. However, both the below are available (12-team, 6×6 OPS/ QS league):
Would you cut anyone from my current roster (below) to add either/ both?
C: Jeffers
1B: C. Walker
2B: Arraez
3B: Rengifo
SS: CJ Abrams
OF: Judge, Jazz, V. Scott II
UTL: Swanson, Hoerner
BN: X. Edwards, Cam Smith
SP: Cease, Bryce Miller, Lugo, Clay Holmes, Mize, Hicks, Sugano, Littell
RP: Helsley, Robert Suarez (can start 3 max)
IL: Acuna, Kirby, Cowser
NA (minor league stash spot): Veen (about to be called up)
Thanks in advance kind sir!
HA…Bubic..>Cam
Thank you!
Once Veen is officially activated, would you cut Littell, Sugano, Mize, or Hicks?
Or if Rengifo (flexibility with 2B/3B eligibility) the odd man out?
Thanks again!!
Rengifo
Rengifo be Rengone!
Thanks again for all the help!
No problem
Hello, Grey. Splendid recap as always.
So, I currently have Sheets filing the Profar-sized hole in my OF, which hasn’t been too bad so far. Would you drop Sheets for Veen? (16 team h2h league)
Thanks. (hope this hasn’t been posted multiple times)
Yes
S*H league – Bautista or Robert Suarez?
O’s aren’t even getting Bautista in to get some reps in non-save situations. Not sure he gets the reps/saves tally Suarez will coming back from TJ.
Your thoughts?
Bautista
Veen, Jacob Wilson, or Paris?
Veen
1) Would you add Veen and drop any of these players?
If so how much would you bid out of 1000$ salary I can spend?
Luis Garcia Jr
Otto Lopez
Burleson
McMahon
Toglia
2) Can you rank the top 2 you’d add out of these catchers?
Sean Murphy
Jeffers
Heim
Connor Wong
Bo Naylor
How much would you bid for Veen? I have a 980$ available out of 1000$
$57
Thanks!
No problem
The ol’ Heinz waiver wire bid. Good choice!
Ha
Catcher is such a cesspool this year. Going to be adding and dropping as the season goes on unless I can buy low on a Contreras or Cal from SEA.
Thoughts on Cam Smith? You think he is worth holding in a league were an NA is avail?
Long term outlook on him is solid, but for this year? Maybe he turns it around after a demotion?
Are we still just eyeing Paris? Seems like he is another 3-4 games away from being a must add no?
Can lose Cam for this year…I like Paris for speed
Need saves: drop Holton for Bender?
Yes
Jung hoo lee, jacob wilson, otto lopez, zac veen, and sal frelick in what order would you rank them ROS?
pretty interesting list
Lopez, Veen, Lee, Wilson
left off red hot salvatore frelick
Haha
Weekly question… Berrios two start (@BOS, @BAL) or Bibee one start (vs KC)?
Berrios
Hi Grey – great weekend roundup! I took a flier in Kyren so let’s see!
I’m in a 10 H2H weekly league. Looking to start 1 of the of the following at 1B. Who you starting?
Vinnie P – 7 games MIN/@CLE
Soderstrom – 6 games SD/NYM
CES – 6 games @SF / PIT
Thanks!
LG
FYI. That ballpark in Sacramento looks like it might play like Coors- Lite ( no pun intended).
Vinnie
In a 12-teamer 5 OF league, drop Toglia for Frelick??
Sure
Not exactly a ringing endorsement ;)
You probably can blame me for herrera. I also am probably responsible for the poor starts for some of the pitchers you liked. Guys like Ober, Steele, Gray, Miller, Pfaadt were in the sweet spot of my range during the draft.
Haha, damn you
Hey Grey, do you trade Albies Woo and Wood for Langford and Degrom?
No
Hey Grey, long time reader first time commenter. What if it was Langford, Degrom, and TO’Neill?
No
OK Grey, bust out your Oracle! Which one of these guys would you start this week if you’re hoping for a save or two (greedy, I know)?
Kahnle (6, NYY, @MIN)
Faucher (6, WAS, @NYM)
Holton (6, NYY, @MIN)
Pagan (6, PIT, @SF)
Kahnle
12 team points league
Scott II or Veen ROS?
Scott
Great stuff Grey. Sasaki looked better on the weekend as you noted. Would you go with him this week (CHC), or the mystery box that is Richard Fitts for hopefully two starts (TOR, @CHW)?
Sasaki
Morning Grey! I’ve got what I think are good pitchers who have been shaky against weak matchups, and a few who have been great but with more difficult matchups. Hoping you can help me decide which 2 to sit this week?
Glasnow (CHC)
Bibee (KC)
Sanchez (@STL)
Schwellenbach (PHI)
G. Williams (CHW)
Flaherty (NYY)
Lugo (MIN)
Flaherty, Lugo
Good morning Razzballers! Someone in my 10 team pts league dropped B.Doyle. Would you drop Nootbar or H.Ramos for him? Thanks.
Noot
Thank you FML!!
No problem
Holton or Doval for saves?
Thanks!
Or Dennis Santana
Dennis
ESPN Points, this week only, deep league, bottom of Pitching staff…please rank top 3
Canning @ Oakland
Rocker @ Sea
Boyd @ LAD
Logan Allen (Cle) @CWS vs KC (2 starts)
Mahle @ Chic
Thanks
Canning, Allen, Boyd
Thanks!…looks like Logan Allen got moved back a day, so hes got just one start now – @CWS
Does this change your recommendation?
Hey Grey,
Pick one from each group:
CI
Toglia 3v MIL, 3@SD,
Aranda 3v LAA, 3v ATL,
W Castro 4@KC 3v DET
MI
W Castro 4@KC 3v DET or
Tawa 3v BAL, 3v MIL
Swanson 3v TX, 3@LAD,
Thanks
Castro, Swanson
Hi Grey,
1. is it time to move off Will Warren?
2. Thoughts on Kunar. Pick up? Does have significant upside?
3. Though on Boyd? Pick up? just a streamer?
2. Thoughts on picking up Max Scherzer or Tobias Myers.
Thanks for your ongoing help!
Thank you!
No problem
Zac Veen or Cam Smith in 5×5 12 team?
Veen
drop cam smith for veen? 10 tm roto
Veen
10-Tm NL-Only H2H
Good Morning Grey,
A) So glad I wasn’t in need of Hart’s start in CHC. Immediately dropped him for Knack who last pitch Thursday and hopefully puts him in line to start @WSH.
B) Stash Gonsolin or Miller over Cabrera yet? Cabrera due back sooner than Gonsolin for sure, but wonder if LAD will try to get Miller up for a 6-man.
D) Still waiting for Carroll and Chourio to get me some SBs. Luckily Naylor (3 SBs) saved me, including his clutch one late in yesterday’s game to break the tie in my matchup.
E) Baty has 2B eligibility now allowing me to fill in on days where Garcia sits. How much longer would you give him to start hitting until cutting bait to stash Thairo? If Baty’s not helping, I need to start thinking long-term.
B. no C. Another a week or two
Sounds good. Thank you!
BTW, I can’t remember a time when the site loaded so fast. Pass along my sincere appreciation to Rudy for upgrading the hamster wheel and getting some thoroughbreds to drive it.
Ha, yup
I cannot look at a piece of Manischewitz gefilte fish and not see Raffy Devers.
HA
Please pick 2/3 to start this week in H2H league. Heliot Reds@ Yanks, K.Campbell Tor(4) @ CHW. RileyGreene NYY @ Minn. Thank you in advance.
Kristian, Riley
Drop Cam Smith for Veen?
Yes
Dollander also earned the illustrious honor of being the first pitcher to strike out Jacob Wilson (swinging) this season. It was also his first MLB strikeout. It was a nice pitch. Its worth watching the replay of it. Mighty impressive.
i’m very in on zoolander. really good mix. very easy delivery to poo 98. can’t wait to see what the curve is going to look like away from coors. gonna be spectacular. he gave up a tank to soderstream on a pretty good fastball before he even had a chance to get his feet wet. took it in stride. has a chance to succeed in coors with his stuff and be a must start away.
Yeah. He looked mighty impressive overall yesterday. Once he finds consistency, looks like potential ace material.
That is impressive
Speaking of impressive, Kurtz had one meager hit yesterday, only his second non-multi-hit game this year. It was, however, a homer. I guess he must be pretty bad in OF if they aren’t giving him reps there in AAA. Brown and Bleday aren’t hitting though. Rooker hasn’t put on a glove yet in the regular season. It’ll be interesting to see what they eventually do to fit him in.
Losing hope Kurtz is in their immediate plans…Maybe June? I don’t know
Maybe they can give him reps at 3rd, Urshela has been hideous and has the upside of dementia.
If it were me, he’d be up two weeks ago, but I don’t know
Forget that, he throws left. I’ve only watched him hit.
He started one game in RF at Wake Forest his freshman year and never again. Then he started on game in AZFL and same. Each start he had one PO and no E. Maybe he was just so bad at getting to balls he couldn’t commit an error. Maybe he can’t throw. He bats and throws left handed so no 3B.
Yeah, I hear ya
Dollander or Heaney?
Chase
Drop Pfaadt for Heaney?
No
Grey,
Since he pitched on Friday I didn’t get to see your take – what’s your opinion on Luzardo and how real you consider his start to this year to be? Seems like he has made some minor tweaks.
Think he looks great, could be a #2
1) did you really drop butler?
2) i have butler, Tovar, and Vientos. Are you worried about them. (Butler Tovar look to be turning it around)
No 2. No
Veen or Cam Smith?
Veen
snap judgement unsupported by data for the moment, purely annecdotal, but walks seem to be up. i feel like in the games i’ve watched i’ve noticed a tendency towards a tight strike zone. lots of squeezing around the edges. guys either giving up bb’s or being forced into the middle of the zone. perhaps a reaction to the looming robo umps somehow?
Hmm, I haven’t noticed, easy thing to check tho
Hey Grey,
Who would you take ROS in points league between Mountcastle or Paredes for 1B? Mountcastle is posting career best exit velocity readings but Paredes is in great park and good spot in batting order. Thank you for any thoughts.
Paredes
Hey Grey happy stock market crash day!
12 TM 5×5, give me a couple boy low guys you would target for Luzardo. Or just keep Luzardo?
I was thinking Bryce, Bibee?
Keep Luzardo
Whats up Grey?
Gavin Williams vs White Sox or
Luzardo vs Braves?
Gavin
I’m from Philly and a Phillies fan and you are given Nola credit. He’s a 5th starter. Toss up between him and Walker. Went to opening day and Walker was boo’d but Nola gives up home runs. Its a matter of time before Philly turns on Nola with these poor outings. Even though both Nola and Wheeler don’t get the run support they should.
But hey, we took 2 out of 3 vs TOscar, i mean the Dodgers and that Billion dollar pay roll. Ohtani better watch video because he looked like a normal baseball player vs phillies.
walker looks mighty decent.
Haha, yeah, might be
12 Team, H2H, 10×10 Please rank for 2b, A.Gimenez, K.Paris, M. Garcia, B. Lowe and Donovan.
Also to replace Herrera at catcher: Goodman, Kelly, Ruiz or S. Murphy?
Thank you and have a great day.
Andres, Maikel
Goodman
ESPN Points, ROS only, deep league, bottom of pitching staff
Available on Waivers:
Jordan Hicks
Estevez
Dollander
Will Warren
Available to drop:
Mahle
Irvin
Logan Allen (Cle)
Rocker
Claim any off waivers and if so, who to drop?
Thanks!
Hicks ober Irvin
“Are you being sarcastic?” Literally, LOLed.
Haha
I have Nimmo because of where he bats (4) in Mets lineup. Should I drop him for Zac veen. Also have Suzuki could be drop. Or do I just hold for now. Thanks in advance.
Sure, Nimmo
Hey Grey! And a big welcome to the season, Spencer Steer and Brenton Doyle! Now that Vlad has signed his extension, hope he can start hitting the ball over the fence.
Also – for RB readers who are jonesing for Kurtz – he was just picked up in my league, basically for free. I went for short-term play instead and added G Mitchell for this week in Coors. Not going after Kurtz could look silly in a couple months, or sooner, but I don’t have that kind of patience to hold AAA guys in bench spots…
LFG!
Haha
Haha, I’m so done with mom’s spaghetti
HA
Great stuff as always!
Drop James Wood for Soderstrom, Paris, Perdomo, or Wilyer Abreu?
Huh?
Nah
You are correct. There have been 13 starts of 4 2/3 innings, and the Mets own 3 of them. Other NY has 2.
ATL AJ Smith-Shawver vs MIA
BOS Sean Newcomb vs STL
CIN Nick Martinez @MIL
CLE Luis Ortiz @SD
DET Reese Olson @LAD
MIA Sandy Alcantara vs PIT
MIL Chad Patrick vs KC
NYM Clay Holmes @MIA
NYM David Peterson vs TOR
NYM Clay Holmes @HOU
NYY Marcus Stroman vs MIL
NYY Max Fried vs MIL
SD Randy Vasquez @CHC
There have been 9 starts (3.1%) of 100 pitches or more.
210 Luis Severino 2025-04-01 vs CHC 107
71 Chris Bassitt 2025-03-30 vs BAL 106
6 Zack Wheeler 2025-04-02 vs COL 105
174 Yusei Kikuchi 2025-04-02 @STL 104
5 Garrett Crochet 2025-04-02 @BAL 102
11 Paul Skenes 2025-04-02 @TB 102
2 Zac Gallen 2025-04-02 @NYY 101
25 Logan Webb 2025-04-01 @HOU 100
69 Andrew Heaney 2025-04-06 vs NYY 100
Yesterday saw 4 of the 10 worst starts this season:
277 Roki Sasaki 2025-03-29 vs DET
278 Tyler Glasnow 2025-04-06 @PHI
279 Chris Paddack 2025-03-31 @CHW
280 Merrill Kelly 2025-04-03 @NYY
281 Ronel Blanco 2025-04-06 @MIN
282 Bailey Ober 2025-03-30 @STL
283 Miles Mikolas 2025-04-06 @BOS
284 Nestor Cortes Jr. 2025-03-29 @NYY
285 Kyle Hart 2025-04-06 @CHC
286 Emerson Hancock 2025-03-31 vs DET
Nailed it! This is awesome, Vin! Thanks!
Grey!!!!!
Amazing report! Saw Warren available just before Reynolds’ double and I added him everywhere. Then the roof collapsed and I dropped him everywhere!
a. Just for tonight, start one
Bader @KC Lorenzen
Grisham @Detroit Mize
b. Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for April 7, 2025
No, I tell you, my wife and I we never hit it off, you know? My wife’s a water sign, I’m an earth sign. Together we make mud.
Cheers,
Ante
Grisham
Grey!!
Thanks man. Signed them both up where I could. Where I couldn’t I signed up Malloy and Bader. Lots of flux happening, one’s gotta be ahead of the curve or one’s the shortest stack at the poker table.
Found these two gems I think you might like:
Dope Girls
Out there
Both British, crime, drama etc.
Cheers,
Ante
I’m about to watch Dope Girls, will check out Out There
12 team, 5×5 roto.
I’m being offered Bryce Harper for my Oneil Cruz and Jose Alvarado. Would you accept? My team is listed below. I would start Harper at 1B and move Belli to OF.
C- Ruiz
1B- Bellinger
2B- Hoerner
3B- Vientos
SS- Gunnar
OF- Carroll
OF- Rooker
OF- Cruz
UTIL- Doyle
BN- Heliot
SP- King, Gallen, Woo, Eovaldi, Bassitt
RP- Hoffman, Fairbanks, Justin Martinez, Luke Jackson, Alvarado
Hold
Paris or Gimenez?
Andres
Grant Holmes, Megill or springs?
Megill