First off, we have to acknowledge we heard the news:
The Pope does his first miracle https://t.co/oslOBeLTWQ
— Razzball (@Razzball) June 5, 2025
U2 was right, it is a Beautiful Day. Though, I think U2 was talking about the new iPod. I don’t know, U2 sucks. Everyone with taste knows. Sorry, I am a natural born hater. So, to add to the uplifting White Sox news, they’ve called up their top prospect, Kyle Teel. Wonder what his favorite color is. [audience member throws a tomato] Geez, tough crowd. Teel was the pie contest sash color for the winner, and the prize of the trade between Soxes. Soxii? Red sent Teel to White and White sent back yarn. That’s from ChatGPT, so not sure. Here’s what Itch said about Teel when he ranked him in his top 75 prospects, “A lefty who takes a controlled approach at the plate, he really knows himself as a hitter and will probably look like a major league option in spring training. In 112 games across two levels last year, he slashed .288/.386/.433 with 13 home runs and 12 stolen bases. I’d like to control Grey’s head with a left-left and uppercut.” What? In Triple-A, Teel went 8/7/.295 with a 25.4 K% and a .380 BABIP. Looking like a 10/8/.250 hitter for this year. It’s nuts how catchers are much deeper than 2nd basemen. In one catcher leagues, I could see trying Kyle Teel if you’re struggling at catcher, but he’s mostly gonna be for two-catcher leagues. [pulls straw from mouth] I Teel you something, I ain’ biddin’ but I could see some of y’all if ya needin’. Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Wenceel Perez – 2-for-4 and his 3rd homer, and 2nd homer this week. He’ll be in this afternoon’s Buy column, and I can’t imagine a more tantalizing teaser.
Casey Mize – 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 2.91. Not to freak out everyone, but Mize has a lot more regression on the road ahead. Not sure there’s a fork in the road he can take to avoid, please spoon me.
Noah Cameron – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 3 Ks, ERA at 0.85. Already gave you a Noah Cameron fantasy. There I declared 15-team mixed and now I’m saying everywhere, but his underlying numbers do look awful, so regression will come fast and hard — rawr!
Jonathan India – 3-for-9, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer. Royals have India leading off as a nod to Season 4 of The Crown.
Cole Ragans – 3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.18, as he was activated from the IL. I’m so super glad I decided to trust him this year. Two thumbs up. Very enjoyable time.
Maikel Garcia – 2-for-8, 4 runs, 2 RBIs and a slam (6) and double legs (12, 13). More like Maikel Gracias! High cinco me! Nada? Bien.
Ivan Herrera – 3-for-7, 2 RBIs and his 6th homer, hitting .337. Currently, the 9th best catcher on the Player Rater, and has roughly 100 less plate appearances than everyone else close to him. Has been around the top 20 in $/game and basically Elly De La Cruz, in that respect. This is me giving Ivan-Herr flowers.
Miles Mikolas – 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.96. It might be confirmation bias or some other psych 101 phrase, but it feels like there’s more starters this year with god-awful strikeout ratios than I remember from recent, past years. Mikolas is at 5.3 K/9, which is goofy bad. Any hoo! Streamonator hates his next, and likely won’t ever like him.
Matthew Liberatore – 4 IP, 7 ER, ERA at 3.82, and left with the trainer, as if his start alone wasn’t enough to have me dropping him everywhere. Begone, you louse!
Nolan Arenado – 2-for-8, 2 runs, 3 RBIs and his 7th homer, hitting .228. At auction, I bought the birthday card Eleanor Roosevelt gave to her mistress where she wrote, “I won’t F FDR.” Here, I’ll show you, I put it haphazardly by this open window–NOOOO!!! Torenado!
Robbie Ray – 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 9 Ks. This year’s numbers: 77 1/3 IP, 87 Ks, 1.07 WHIP, 2.44 ERA. Eight straight Quality Starts. He’s so beautiful! Not talking about his pants (this time)!
Dylan Cease – 5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.72. Every start I’m waiting for him to figure it out, and every start I’m left with a long, slow sigh.
Manny Machado – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, 2nd homer in a week, hitting .317. Machado hit his 350th homer. Not this year, that would be a record, I think, some of those steroids years were crazy.
Xander Bogaerts – Says he’s dealing with soreness in the same shoulder he fractured last year. This is bad news for people who don’t have him in any leagues, and good news for your opponents, who do have him, if they’re able to bench or even drop him.
Jesus Luzardo – 2 1/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 4.46. Wish I accidentally slipped, hit my head and had an apparition telling me to drop this schmohawk two starts ago. Stupid, useless, non-existent apparition! I dropped Luzardo before this game was over. Get off my team forever, you Loserdo! You gave up an effin’ homer to Bo Bichette! I hate you!
Chris Bassitt – 7 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.56. Bassitt is one of the few starters who actually should have positive regression (aggression?).
Bo Bichette – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 8th homer, 2nd homer in a week. Almost accidentally wrote his name as Bob Ichette, and now I want to call him that.
Gunnar Henderson – 1-for-4 and 8th homer. A home run? Wow, I didn’t think it possible from Grounder Henderson.
Zach Eflin – 6 IP, 3 ER, 8 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.47. Was expecting to not love what I saw in his stats, but a 1.2 BB/9 can play in deep enough leagues. Streamonator in most shallower ones, though, since he has a 6 K/9.
Adley Rutschman – 3-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 7th homer, and his 2nd homer in as many games. Guess there was no further the O’s could go down.
Bryan Woo – 6 IP, 4 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.07. Thought he was only capable of a Woo or Boo start, but this is somewhere in the middle. A Moo?
Cal Raleigh – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 24th homer. Narrator, “What they didn’t know was in March, Raleigh accidentally sat on Barry Bonds and he’s been controlling his arms ever since.”
David Festa – 3 2/3 IP, 8 ER, ERA at 5.40. You go into Bing Bong Stadium and you will be Bing’d or Bong’d.
Matt Wallner – 1-for-3, 2 runs and his 3rd homer, and his 2nd homer in four games. He won’t be in this afternoon’s Buy column, but he’s here now, so do what you will with a schmotato.
Tyler Soderstrom – 2-for-5, 6 RBIs and his 13th and 14th homer, hitting .257, and his 3rd homer this week. Thank you for your sparkling water and bat, Soderstrom!
Jacob Wilson – 3-for-5, 3 runs and his 8th homer, hitting .363. Could Wilson be a 20-homer, .350 hitter this year? That’s a top 30 bat. How does that fall much further than that in next year’s drafts? Not to answer but to ruminate.
Max Muncy – 2-for-5, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .195, as he was recalled two days ago by the A’s. Did he get new glasses too? He has solid power, some speed and seems incapable of making contact. If he can figure out that last part, he could be worthwhile in mixed leagues, but more of an AL-Only play for now.
Shane Bieber – Will not be making his next rehab start and will be going to see Dr. Keith Meister instead. If a guy goes and has the requisite Tommy John surgery, then has problems with his elbow, it’s as bad as you could imagine. Wonder if he said to the doctor one too many times, “Keith Meister…The doctornator…Keitharino…The Tendon Guy…”
Max Fried – 6 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 2 walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 1.78. He’s one of the best pitchers in baseball and I avoided him like the plague. Lisa Simpson grumble.
Cody Bellinger – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 9th homer, hitting .257. I find it amusing that Cody goes to one of the best parks for a lefty and continues almost exactly the same pace as he was doing last year. Amusing, not funny.
David Peterson – 7 IP, 3 ER, 9 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.80. Sonavabench! Didn’t have the pants grapes to start him in Dodger Stadium, but I did start Luzardo, so compliments to my brain.
Francisco Lindor – Has a broken pinky toe but doesn’t think he’ll need an IL stint. Who was the wise guy who put Mookie’s night table in Lindor’s hotel room?
Brandon Nimmo – 1-for-4 and a slam (10) and legs (3). Nimmo found and stole one!
Starling Marte – 3-for-4, 2 runs and his 4th homer, 2nd homer in a week. Yesterday was a Marte parte!
Pete Alonso – 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 15th homer, 3rd homer in two games. Albombso!
Michael Kopech – Could return this weekend along with Kirby Yates. Mean’s while, Tanner Scott (1 IP, 0 ER, ERA at 4.40) secured his 11th save yesterday. Or securrred, if Chingy is reading. Could Kopech or Yates get saves? Yes. Will they simply because they’re back? No, that’s not how any of this works. They’re not gonna get thrust into the 9th repeatedly simply because they’re back. If I had to guess, I’d go Yates over Kopech for more saves, but first they have to stay healthy.
Kumar Rocker – Optioned to Triple-A Round Rock. No relation.
Marcus Semien – 3-for-4, and his 5th and 6th homer, 3rd homer this week. You won’t find him in this afternoon’s Buy column, or find me suggesting you pick him up, but Semien might be hot (like a hotel towel).
Jake Burger – 2-for-4 and his 8th homer, as he hits 8th because Bochy has to hit Alejandro Osuna 5th? A corgi pushing colored balls into a basket would be better than some of these managers.
Robert Garcia – 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 3.28. The closerpocalypse has no let up.
Jack Leiter – 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.48. Only one walk, and he recently said he realized he was tipping his pitches, and tried to curb that, so, I don’t know, it’s at least positive news. I do not trust him, yet, but monocle’ing.
Ryan Pepiot – 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.20. Like an electric car, petty lackluster under the hood — 7.6 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, 4.00 xFIP, and a 37.7% ground ball rate that could lead to him getting punished. Yes, I’m trying to figure out how I can be negative here while rocking Ragans with a 5+ ERA.
Junior Caminero – 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 15th homer, and 37th homer in the last week. Like a Sopranos fan club might say, we love Junior!
Pete Crow-Armstrong – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 16th homer. The haters are awaiting a regression. Let the haters keep awaitin’!
Ian Happ – 3-for-6, 4 RBIs and his 4th homer. Guy is so overdue. [other side of my brain screaming] Ya think?! He’s on pace for nine homers!
Isaac Paredes – 2-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 13th and 14th homer, and three homers in three games. How much for Paredes to fart in Christian Walker’s pillow and give him conjunctivitis of the slugger?
Framber Valdez – 7 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 3.07. I’m too lazy but I could go back and look at old comments from the first two weeks of the season, where people asked if they should drop Framber. His ERA since 4/20 is 2.43. Smoking!
Mitch Keller – 6 1/3 IP, 6 ER, ERA at 4.13. [opens a trench coat and reveals his true self, a terrible pitcher]
Brandon Pfaadt – 3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 5.51. Two starts ago, before his 1st blow-up, I told a few people in the comments to drop Pfaadt. I feel those people should name their firstborn after me. At least a middle name!
Ketel Marte – 2-for-4, 3 runs, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer, and his 3rd homer in three games. Raising a Ketel to toast him not being toast.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 1-for-4 and his 9th homer, hitting .253. Recently had to drop Lou-Gu-Ju in my RCL league and the entire team started falling apart at the exact same moment. Lou-Gu-Ju was my ancient artifact that triggers a trap door. I need him back or a same-sized sand bag!
Alek Thomas – 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, hitting .260. For a brief moment, I saw Thomas in the box score and thought it was Lane Thomas. Then I saw Alek’s stats and realized there’s no way. Lane Thomas wishes he were doing as well as two homers and .260.
Austin Riley – 2-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs and his 11th homer. Sell! The entire Braves team is polluted like Michelle Pfeiffer’s womb in Scarface.
Ronald Acuña Jr. – 1-for-4, 2 runs and his 4th homer. Tildaddy tells you it’s time for dessert!
Drake Baldwin – 1-for-5, 2 runs and his 7th homer, hitting .310, and his 2nd homer in three games. You know the Yin and Yang of Confucius? Well, imagine the Yin is the positive force of Baldwin doing well, and in direct opposition is the Yang of the Braves sucking.
Grant Holmes – 3 1/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 3.99. Streamonator hates his next one, and I see no reason why you have to hold in most mixed leagues.
Raisel Iglesias – 2/3 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 6.75. Braves pen is so bad they have a dedicated guy to blow wins and a Bummer. “Bummer, Blewett?” Yeah, no kidding! After the game, Braves manager Brian Snitker said, “I didn’t see the game from the 8th inning on, I was watching the 2nd season of Nine Perfect Strangers. It’s crazy how they’re still strangers.” Wait, it gets better, to stop the pen from blowing wins, the Braves called up Craig Kimbrel. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA–breathe, Grey, God damn it, breathe!–HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So, to back up Raisel, I guess you can try Pierce Johnson, how painful could that be? [slowly crosses legs]
THERE’S A NEW POST FOR FOLLOWUPS FOR ME
How about positive regression = progression
how about perfection!
14 team h2h league
Can only start one today.
Schwellenbench @ SF
or
Ober vs TOR
Thankyou!
Looking for good pitchers on winning teams (what a concept) and tired of good pitchers that can’t get wins. Who would you bet on to deliver?
Yarbrough (NYY), Nelson (ARI), or Canning (NYM)?
Canning
hey Grey, growing tired of Wells. Would you drop him for any of Stevenson, Teel or Baldwin? I guess my question is will Wells get hot lol.
Baldwin
Grey, any from below to replace Luzardo?
McCullers
T Bradley
S Lugo
Birdsong
C Holmes
……all of the above?
Thanks
Lugo
Start Warren vs Boston today?
I don’t trust him anymore
Hey Grey, RCL style. Cags/doyle/or Hader/Swanson/Rice
Hader
Ok, now a question Grey.
Roupp or McColors over Bryce Miller in a Yahoo 12 Team H2H League with OPS and Holds?
Thanks.
Roupp
Excellent recap Grey! Kinda glad I hung onto Leiter, but we shall see.
Funny story, I was watching one of the 8,000 Baseball shows they have on MLB and they had an interview with Robbie Ray. The guy said he was not going to ask him about his tight pants. I figured that was a Razzball thing only (I know he does have them), but it was good to see Robbie chuckle. And he said that Skubal (who they were kinda comparing him too) also wears tight pants. Very funny exchange.
Have a great weekend.
Haha, nice (pants)
WTF on the Edwards BS call. So they’re just gonna manipulate the games and say fuck the fans? Viva Las Vegas.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who saw that and commented. My opponent has littel and I’m in a close h2h match. That infuriated me. Idk how many people are watching this game
I hate MLB umpires. Their egos are too much. Just get the calls right
Manfred is the Vegas bag man, the umps are just following his orders.
Haha
Scraping the bottom of the barrel here…
Luis Ortiz v CIN, @ SEA or Sawyer Gipson-Long @ BAL, v CIN in a 12-teamer?
Or neither?
Ortiz
Dang what kind of favor do these umpires owe Zack littel. They just made an absolutely horrible baserunning call in his favor
Sorry I realize probably no one cares unless you’re crashing out like me because your opponent started Littell
i streamed him so, to quote luke skywalker (obscurely), “I care.”
Haha
Would you do a Heliot for Seager swap?
Sure
Thank you
No problem
Would you drop Will Warren depending on how he does tonight at Bo Sox for
Please pick top 2 thanks (assuming there are 2)
Dustin May
Zebby Mathews
Zack Littell
Lance McCullers
Landen Roupp
Sure, Roupp, McCullers
Hey Grey! Happy almost-weekend!
I am playing a game of chicken- Eury still on the wire and I have one move left this week, but the guys I would drop for him are both starting today – Bryce Miller and Will Warren. I doubt it would cost me my h2h matchup to make the move and miss the start. Would you pull the trigger on one of those now, or risk it and make the move tomorrow after I bank the starts?
B Miller @ LAA, Warren v. BOS. This is 10 team 5×5 h2h
Warren for Eury
He wants sody and Riley but he’s got Hunter brown, semien, cease, Jose Ramirez see any
Trade worth making? My teams pretty balanced
Sure, for Jo-Ram
need to drop one. who goes?
Ben Brown or Luis Ortiz
Ortiz
H2H weekly pts if you had to start 1 which:
Bryce Miller @ LAA or Fedde vs Dodgers
Scores +7 IP +2 K – 3 hit -3 BB -12 HR against
Miller
If Naylor -> IL, who’s the prefered replacement — Soderstrom or Jac Cagliarone?
Soder
Luzardo has a 3.4 SIERA and a 2.90 FIP… Would you try to buy him low or you worried he’s hurt ?
I wouldn’t mess with him
Need saves – AL only. Rest of season who do you like more : Cade Smith or Chris Martin?
Smith
Really? Clase baby…he’s been lights out since regaining the role. Teodo is the guy you want when he comes up on Texas for saves. Once he learns to stop walking peopleszzzz
10 team 6 Keeper forever, H2H w/ OBP. How would you rank the following for both the short- and long-term:
– PCA
– Soto
– Wood
– Carroll
– Gunnar
– Elly
Thanks!
Elly, Corbin, Wood
Any bonafide preference to Soto vs. PCA? I have been offered the kitchen sink for PCA, but can’t pull the trigger. Currently Soto + Duran
Soto and Duran is solid
Add J. Duran to the mix.
Thanks!
I have Westburg (2B, 3B) in almost every league. Lots of decisions, including how he will fit in. Hopefully these will help me.
(1) Westburg or Jung?
(2) Top-2. Westburg; Albies; Gleybar; Edmann
(3) Westburg or Albies?
(4) Please rank: Maikel Garcia; Westburg; Stott
(5) Please rank: Brandon Lowe; Nico; Westburg
1. West 2. Albies, Edman 3. Albies 4. Maikel, Stott 5. You did
What’s got you so low on Westburg? Injury + bad O’s vibes?
not low on him
5×5 H2H
Tylor Megill
Matthew Libertore
Hayden Birdsong
Will Warren
Which 2 on the list would you keep?
Megill, Birdsong
alright who broke luzardo? undo whatever you did!
grey drop Liberatore for G.Canning? Liberatores velo and spin was WAY down. they say it’s fatigue not sure I’m buying that.
Haha, I wish they would!
Yes, grab Canning
Max Muncy stole his magical seeing glasses
Need to drop one Parker or J. Lowe? Who’s your drop?
Thanks
Lowe
I did a great job drafting SPs this year:
Cole Ragans
Roki Sasaki
Blake Snell
Taj Bradley
Chris Sanchez
Tanner Houck
And then I traded for Eovaldi 2 starts before he got hurt lol…
I did have Crochet as a keeper, but needless to say I am beyond last place in ratios. Not even mad its just kind of amusing how wrong we can all be in preseason
Haha
Guten Tag Grey!
12tm H2H cats. Keeper league. Trying to make a run, YOLO.
Send: Bubba Chandler + Birdsong
Receive: Westburg + Weathers
Thoughts?
Sounds fair
Morning & Happy National Donut Day! mmmm…. donuts!!
ok, back to baseball.
JP Sears – SON likes him todayvs. BAL but he’s been less sprinkles & sunshine and more fluffy pillow of dough on the mount.
You trust him to get the Bear Claw out and mow down some birds or will he serve up some long johns and give me food guilt?
thanks as always!
I do not trust Sears
Who do you like little corgi? Which ball will you choose?
Yordan & Jac or Wood & Kurtz
Haha, Wood
Rasmussen or Cease. Ras only pitches every 6th day, but those ratios are great. Lacks QS though, but so Cease lacks QS and W…1 win all season!
Cease
would a trade of william contreres for de grom make sense ? if so who to replace contreres out of jeffers, narvaez,dingler as available options ? baldwin is there,but i dont want a platoon. thanks. sorry about the catcher question lol
Sure — Jeffers
For closers how do you rank
Megill
Fairbanks
Scott
Martinez
Pagan
Megill, Pagan, Fair
Thank you kindly
No problem
would you target Paul Goldschmit for ROS? do you think he is good hitter to have.
one trade i can accept is to send senga for him.
No, that’s too much
Also, start or sit Sonny Gray tonight at home vs Dodgers?
Seems fine
Are Doyle or Mayer drops for any of these guys? (Redraft league):
Pavin Smith (Naylor potentially headed to IL)
Miguel Vargas
Can Smith
Mayer for P. Smith
Hi,
12 teams dynasty league.
Can you rank these pitchers
B.Miller
Liberatore
Roup
Bassitt
Cabrera
Matthews
Baz
Roupp, EdCab, Zebby
Are we holding M. King? Sounds like he’ll be out awhile. Could use his spot for streamers in a 12er.
No, lose him
Which one of these future Hall of Famers would you pick up to replace McLain?
-Jon from India
-Andres “I now bat 9th” Gimenez
-Caballero
-Schneemanen
this is probably stupid, but i am ride or die with mcclain. takes a little time for the shoulder to heal. but if he has two hot months in that park, works his way back to the top of the order, the end of season numbers will look good. in 2023 he went 16/14 with 115 RuBis in 89 games and they have 100 games left. that being said there hasn’t been much to suggest he’s coming out of it. still none of the pick up guys on your list have that upside. scouting has consistently loved this guy so the talent is there.
With these terrible options, I don’t mind holding McLain fwiw
Wasn’t clear, I’m not dropping McLain, just want a temporary reprieve from the daily sucking
Haha, Caballero
Sonny or Cease for the long haul. Roto redraft with Wins and Quality Starts.
Sonny
Wheeler not pitching this week. I have an opening roster spot but have the maximum number of starts for the week and looking for a reliever. I picked up Randy Rodriguez and got a save. He’s pitched two days in a row so unlikely to pitch today.
Who is the best phillies reliever for today’s game outside of Ross? Or is there another suggestion for bulk relief today?
Thanks!
There were people on the local talk radio calling saying Wheeler should have planned the baby better so he didn’t miss time…..lol only in Philly
haha
Walker
Walker pitched yesterday. Do you still feel like he will be available? Thanks
AVG & OBP league – Caminero or A. Riley for 3B
Junior
Need saves -Would you drop Iglesias for either Yates or Miller
Miller
Sv/Holds – Pierce Johnson or Brad Keller?
Johnson
What order between Ray, Cease and Bubic for ROS? Bubic SIERA is 3.35
Ray, Bubic
Any truth to the rumor that the Orioles are waiting for Westburg to walk on water first before clearing him from rehab?
Ha
Getting a little worried about Kirby, should I get out of a potential bust and trade him for Happ ?
Sure
Dead last in steals, would you move Swanson for Stott ? Have Pena at SS atm
Sure
drop luzardo or f peralta for bassitt ROS?
herrera or goodman ROS?
Luzardo
Goodman
Please rank the following 2-start SPs for next week:
Zebby vTEX, @HOU
Sawyer Gibson Long @BAL, vCIN
Sean Burke @HOU, @TEX
Cade Povich vDET, vLAA
TY!
Povich, Zebby
Kitt Yerg, Fantasy Attorney-at-Large, responds:
Your Honor, esteemed members of the roto-court, and to Grey—my dear friend who once called Brett Cecil a sleeper and lived to regret it—I rise today not to object, but to defend.
Sean Burke.
Yes, that Sean Burke. The 6’6” hurler from Maryland, now residing on the South Side, whose ESPN roster rate sits lower than the budget for a Waukegan motel. But if you’re dismissing this man because you don’t see fireworks, then I must ask:
When did we stop appreciating a good damn lighthouse?
Look at the game log:
But peel back the curtain and what do we find?
Sure, the xERA looks uglier than a gas station egg salad, but context matters. The command is settling, the arsenal is working, and most importantly, the dude’s dealing—quietly, efficiently, like a hitman with a two-seamer.
So let me ask the fantasy community this:
If Sean Burke wore pinstripes or had a funky mustache, would he already be rostered in 80% of leagues?
Instead, he wears black and white and works in a city whose offense treats run support like it’s a precious metal.
But he’s out there, unclaimed in 97% of ESPN leagues, just waiting to anchor your staff while the rest of your league drafts hype and hemorrhages ERA.
You don’t need an ace. You need a lawyer.
And I just gave you both.
Sean Burke — Case Closed.
Good to know, Yerg!
nice work
Morning Grey.
Need to replace Pablo in a dynasty league. Who do you like best out of Luis Ortiz, Zebby Matthews, Edward Cabrera and David Festa?
Thanks!
EdCab
Good Morning Grey,
1. I might have overreacted. After seeing that Lindor is DTD, and Liberatore’s poor performance and the report of his fatigue, I cut Liberatore and picked up Jeremy Pena. Thoughts?
My streamers for Friday and Saturday are intriguing. I have to admit that Liberatore’s poor performance of -21 points has probably made me too conservative and need your excellent perspective!
I was going to start the following:
Seth Lugo at CWS
Wacha at CWS
Gavin Williams at Houston
The razz dollars for these three are all over 9.9$.
1. Would you start all three?
2. I also have Cabrera at TB.. TBR has won 3 straight and 7 out of their last 10. Would you start or sit Cabrera?
3. Would you start or sit Warren of the Yankees at home vs the Red Sox?
4. Are any of these 5 starters (Lugo, Wacha, Williams, Cabrera and Warren) a little risky?
5. Which ones of the five are you most confident?
Your help is always appreciated!!
Thanks so much!!
No problem
Hello! I’m in a 12-team H2H weekly league. Hitting side is pretty solid, but need some pitching help. Currently have an offer from someone of Lugo for Nimmo…thoughts? Current OF is Nimmo, Tucker, Soto, Buxton
Sounds fine
Pierce Johnson, Luke Jackson, king, Leiter jr, Kimbrel which one?
Add Chris Martin
Pierce
Cory Seager was just dropped. Would you drop McLain or Albies for him? 5×5 roto obp
McLain
Drop mize or lib for sugano, Edward Cabrera, Ben Brown , Ortiz
both, EdCab, Ortiz
11 team 5×5 OBP.
Is Mize a streamer now?
Lodolo -2 today home vs Arizona start?
Birdsong -16 home vs ATL start?
Sure
Start both
Yanier diaz or gabby Moreno
Yainer
Looking for a SP.
Gore or Sale ROS in 6×6 with QS and W
Ratios important
Sale
The Top 25 on the RAZZBALL PLAYER RATER with their RCL ADP March17-26 (24 drafts):
1 Aaron Judge 3.5
2 Shohei Ohtani 1.5
3 Pete Crow-Armstrong 122
4 Cal Raleigh 111
5 Elly De La Cruz 4
6 Hunter Brown 109
7 Corbin Carroll 10
8 Carlos Rodon 144
9 Max Fried 103
10 Kyle Tucker 8
11 Kyle Schwarber 43
12 James Wood 39
13 Jose Ramirez 25
14 Tarik Skubal 21
15 Pete Alonso 33.5
16 Francisco Lindor 11
17 Robbie Ray 157
18 Rafael Devers 35.5
19 Bobby Witt Jr. 2
20 Garrett Crochet 41
21 Zack Wheeler 28
22 Kris Bubic ND
23 Paul Skenes 19
24 Nathan Eovaldi 206(23)
25 Trea Turner 25
Lindor and Witt return after a week on the outside.
The 6 newcomers (BOLD) pushed out:
27 Seiya Suzuki
28 Fernando Tatis Jr.
33 Joe Ryan
34 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
46 Andres Munoz
48 Teoscar Hernandez
Love this, thanks, Vin!
It’s so satisfying to see a player playing in line with their ADP
Was Jose Ramirez ADP really 25? Could it have been 5?
Fried now has 3 entries on the 100 Best Fantasy Starts list:
28 Apr 9 @DET
49 May 2 vs TB
72 Jun 5 vs CLE
Luzardo now has 2 of the bottom 20 starts this season.
Surprised none higher
(or lower for Luz)
Kodai at Coors today. Get out your easel.
HA
A. I have another owner interested in Xander. Thinking of offering Xander and Zebby for Jasson Dominguez. Otteneu dynasty points league, all players involved are $1×2 after this year.
If that fails, drop Xander? IL him in case he gets another injection like last year?
B. How long would you roster Hyeseong Kim before dropping him for lack of playing time?
Dominguez side B. depends on options and size of the league…would i drop him for daniel schneemann no? would i drop him for brandon lowe? yes
I added him off the WW literally for name value and the hope that he’d have another 2nd half like 2024. But my 2B/SS eligibility is fine without him: B. Lowe, Aranda, Xavier Edwards, Hoerner, O. Cruz, both Kim’s.
Then lose him
Xander and Zebby sounds like a kids show with hand puppets.
Grey, what are your thoughts on Luzardo? Rotoworld doesn’t seem too concerned given his velo was fine and there wasn’t a lot of hard contact…seems like, at least in the start last night, he was just kind of BABIPed to death.
pretty sure he rended his garment at luzardo up above
I interpreted the suggestion of dropping him as sarcasm, but if it isn’t, I’m definitely not there yet.
I am probably benching him for his next outing agains the Cubs, though…I don’t mean to imply that was all BABIP luck…it wasn’t. He was missing his spots..command was awful, but he also didn’t catch any breaks, either.
i dropped him before the start ended
How deep of a league?
You pulling a Grey on Grey?
LOL It was an honesty inquiry….I’m not passing judgement, but the context helps to gain an understanding of just how little you value him…which was the intent of my intial inquiry. I am holding in a 14 team league….
12 teamer
I figured. Appreciate your advice, as always.
Thank you.
No problem
I have him too and now wondering what to do myself. Just read that his last two outings are the worst stat line for a starting pitcher in MLB history for back to back starts.
so he gave pffffffffffffaadt the old hold my beer. is it possible that pfffffadt has the second worst two start run? that would be pretty wild.
“I dropped Luzardo before this game was over.”
“I dropped Luzardo before this game was over. “
Oooh. I see what you’re saying. “Pick up Kimbrel”. Roger Roger.
Haha
Bryce Miller was dropped in my standard 14 team 5×5 roto league. Should I drop either of these losers for him despite the elbow issues? Grant Holmes or Casey Mize. Both not great so it probably doesn’t matter but appreciate the advice!
Thanks!
Holmes
5X5 OBP H2H. I’ve been looking for a 2B w/ a pulse all season lol. It’s been my only weak position all season
Would you trade Noah Cameron + Jackson Holliday for Gleyber Torres? or ride it out with Holliday?
Thanks Grey!
Meh
I feel your pain on cease and ragans. Kept those two and then drafted gallen. Pitching was suppose to be the backbone of my team ?. Was atleast able to swap gallen for ward
I know, brutal
Everybody getting called up with Roman Anthony. Dude must have pictures of the owner wife or something.
I have a feeling they may be waiting until near the deadline when they deal an OF.
Ha
Everything after “Achtung Baby” is kinda tired and lame. But up ‘til then they were terrific. At a certain point some people are no longer burdened with self-awareness. Or maybe I have it all backwards and they think it’s only about themselves and that’s why they become kinda tired and lame. Anyhow, “Achtung Baby” on heavy vinyl is one of my Desert Island Discs and The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and especially Daniel Lanois are in my own Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame. Sadly, Bono lapsed into self parody many years ago. But that’s gonna happen to those who surround themselves with sycophants and wallow in self-adulation.
south park destroyed bono
Hello hellooooo!
Honestly, I only know the hits, they could be great, I was just doing a bit of trolling
Was offer Jesus Luzardo, Andres Munoz, Jameson Taillon, and Raisel Iglesias for Freddy Peralta and eury Perez.
12 team 6×5 category league
Ks, wins, sv, era, whip
Current staff
Garcia (Tex) Rp
Kahnle
Hader
Palencia
Sonny gray
Drew Rasmussen
Joe Ryan
Robbie Ray
Tanner bibee
Will Warren
Glasnow IL
Would you do this trade?
Freddy side
Hey Grey! Closerpocalypse, indeed… Garcia was doing great til I picked him up, them bam! Could be worse, though – my buddy had Luzardo and Liberatore going – a week after Luzardo and Pfaadt… Great thing about awful RP performances is they come in small portions. Hey, I’m giving Doyle one more homestand to get his shizz together, sound fair?
Haha, ouch…sounds fair
Good stuff, as usual!
Rank these MIs, ROS only 5×5 Roto League with OBP instead of AVG. Thanks!
Andrés Gimenez
Jordan Westburg
Brandon Lowe
Matt McClain
Kristian Campbell
Lowe, West
Drop Burleson or S. Steer.
Both.
I agree but I need a back up really. Deep league so….
Burle
Grey!!!!
Awesome!
Have a good weekend.
Rodney Dangerfield quote of the day for June 6, 2025
No respect in my neighborhood. I went to buy rat poison. The clerk asked me if I wanted to eat here or if she should wrap it up to take home.
Cheers,
Ante
Thanks!
Shea likely hurt. If so, Baldwin or Teel as replacement?
Baldwin