Yesterday, Hunter Brown (2/3 IP, 9 ER, ERA at 16.43) reinvented doomscrolling. Doomscrolling is now the act of frantically searching your fantasy teams to see if you have Hunter Brown anywhere. I literally dropped him the day before this start to pick up Brandon Marsh and now I am forever indebted to Brandon Marsh. I will be sending Brandon Marsh a ham for Christmas. I won’t even make a bad pun on the attached card wishing him a Happy Christmarsh. Hunter Brown vs. Bored of Education But I Ain’t Yawning If You Talk About Bobby Witt Jr. Yesterday, Witt went 4-for-5, 4 runs, 5 RBIs with a double slam (3, 4) and legs (3). He has 30+ homer power and 50+ steal speed, and might hit .280, i.e., if anyone’s going to supplant Acuña at the top of the fantasy baseball heap, it’s not crazy to think it could be Witt. I don’t say this neither willy or nilly. To Witt, his steal yesterday was as good an indication of what there is to love about him. He stole 2nd base in a 9-3 game in the 6th. I love that. That’s what I want from all my players. Just a reckless abandon of piling on of stats! Anyway, here’s what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Brady Singer – 5 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 0.98. Love to say how great he looked, but if he didn’t have a nine-run lead by the 2nd inning, I’m not sure this start would’ve been a positive. Meh, it’s fine, though. Not like you can sell him for anything. Ride the lightning.
Vinnie Pasquantino – 3-for-5, 1 run, 3 RBIs. Ay yo, it’s Vinnie Bagadonuts, and I’m back into it like liquored-up fruit in cannoli creme.
Yainer Diaz – 2-for-4 and his 3rd homer. Ya know what’s a little weird? Usually catchers who play another position (Yainer DHs) are driven way up in drafts, but Yainer stayed pretty affordable. I said “a little weird” not interesting or funny.
Seth Brown – 2-for-4 and his 1st homer. Go ahead and [google Seth Brown sleeper] I’m kidding! Clear your browser cache! Do not google that! Please! It was a mistake!
JP Sears – 6 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 1 hit, 3 walks, 5 Ks, ERA at 5.17. More like JP Gucci! Paying brand name for Sears because he’s going into Texas and laying them out like he’s Ippei with $16 millies on the game. The stars of the A’s game yesterday were Brown/Butler/Sears, which sounds like a product that was discontinued in the 1950s. Streamonator likes his next start, and I could see it.
Jon Gray – 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.38. I could’ve used that win. No, I haven’t hit my head thinking I’m Jon Gray. Grey could’ve used Gray’s win vs. the A’ss.
Jared Jones – 6 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 6hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.00. That’s Orenthal Jared Jones to you, because he’s a killer! True story alert! Once did some writing for The Naked Gun guys and in their office they had a photo of the white Bronco chase signed by OJ Simpson, and I said, “You got OJ to sign it?” And one of them was like, “No, fuck him. Jim (Abrahams) signed his name. Let him sue us for forgery.” Orenthal Jared Jones looked better than his line, for what it’s Cronenworth. Ya know who looked better than Jones though?
Ranger Suarez – 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.65. I have Suarez in a bunch of leagues, and I’m asking sincerely: Did you have to draft an ace when you could have Ranger Suarez around 250 overall?
Alec Bohm – 2-for-3 and his 1st homer. Good try, man! I’ve already dropped him for (insert corner infidel off waivers who you’re going to want to drop by Monday). He’s so much better too!
Bryson Stott – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 1st homer. If you’ve wanted to drop Stott because he had a bad eleven games, I am judging you. I’m sorry, I am.
Brandon Marsh – 1-for-3, 2 RBIs and his 4th homer, 2nd homer in four games, and so hot he made me drop Hunter Brown two days ago to pick him up, so he saved me there too! Happy Christmarsh to me! Marsh won’t be in this afternoon’s Buy column, but he could’ve been. He’s here now! Just grab him!
Colton Cowser – 3-for-5, 4 RBIs and his 1st and 2nd major league homer. He’s also hitting around .500 since February. I don’t know about his stupid platooning, but they’re not going to be able to take him out of the lineup soon.
Gunnar Henderson – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. After living through the dry years of Baltimore, they are awash in fun.
Anthony Santander – 1-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 3rd homer. Still think he should be traded for an arm and Kjerstad should be promoted or Mayo or any of their Triple-A hitters, but Santander is hitting third every game in a great lineup.
Grayson Rodriguez – 5 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 2.50. Hey, one love, but his opponent’s pitching (Whitlock) looked better yesterday. Grayson didn’t look bad though, and I still love my one true boychik.
Garrett Whitlock – 5 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.26. Sawx rotation is a sneaky top five rotation in baseball.
Jose Quintana – 5 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.45. Mets jumped out to a huge early lead and Quintana cruised out to the Ivictory Coast for a free night at the W. Streamonator likes his next one and I could see it.
DJ Stewart – 1-for-5, 2 RBIs and his 2nd homer, and 2nd homer this week, which I know without looking because I’m getting sonavabenched by him in one NL-Only league. Don’t cry for me, you empath, I started Olivares over him and he homered twice in my lineup. Will DJ Stewart be in this afternoon’s Buy column? C’mon.
Allan Winans – 5 IP, 6 ER. [sees picture of him] Ahem, that’s Allan Ivory Winans.
Shohei Ohtani – His translator pled guilty to stealing $16 million. [standing by ATM with my friend Ippei Mizuhara] “These casino ATMs have an exorbitant withdrawal fees so I usually go to the 7/11–Oh, I see, to avoid the withdrawal fees, you just took out $16 million, smart.” [later on phone with my friend Ippei Mizuhara] “You bet sixteen million on the White Sox to win the World Series? Wow, man, I don’t know.” For those that were worried about Ohtani being suspended for being robbed, I am once again asking, how would he ever get caught? In Vegas for the Main Event, there were people who passed on Ohtani in drafts for fear of suspension, which shows you how little people who seemingly know things know so little. In that department, this is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. This is a Harvard Law professor:
People have never heard of anyone stealing money before https://t.co/pDenrAjqM4
— Razzball (@Razzball) April 11, 2024
A Harvard Law professor has never heard of embezzlement. Incredible. Some would say, fitting. Hold up! Ippei turned off Ohtani’s email notifications from Bank of America? The horror! Oh my God! That is worse than stealing $16 million. This is a breach of trust between Ohtani, Ippei and Gmail.
THERE’S A NEW POST FOR FOLLOWUPS FOR ME
I day drink so need help. Ho ho Lee or stott rest of year.
Stott
Hi Mr. Grey,
I have a dilemma with my staring pitching. I have to drop one of the following to make room for Sonny Gray (the other Gray):
Gausman
Pablo Lopez
Jared Jones
Tanner Houck
Reynaldo Lopez
Reese Olson
Garrett Whitlock
Kyle Bradish
My thought is Bradish since he’s on the IL and the others aren’t, but I love his upside more than the ones below Jones. What do you think?
Thanks.
12 Team H2H 6×6 OPS
Please rank the following as my only bench bat:
Outman, Cowser, Langford, Marsh, Cronenworth
Thank you
I had high hopes for Hunter Brown but is he now an easy drop for Westburg in a 14 team roto. Thanks much Gray.
My SPs
Tarik Skubal
Chris Sale
Yusei Kikuchi
MacKenzie Gore
Carlos Rodon
Luis Gil
Trevor Rogers
Braxton Garrett
Max Scherzer
Total aside, but I recently found out “boychik” was a word used by the character Hesh in a Sopranos scene where I was trying to understand what he said. I wasn’t aware of the term until then. So your usage prompts frequency illusion for me.
Haha, it’s a good word!
Ranger suarez or kutter Crawford? Points league.
Grey,
Ranger or Ragans ros pts league?
Ragans
10T Roto 5 x 5
Drop Bryce Miller and Shota Imanaga for Mitch Keller and George Kirby?
Little early but….
Week 3 Points.
Ober v Det or Singer @ CHW?
Singer
Grey, in a dynasty, would you move Gore/Rengifo for Merrill Jackson? Would you do Gore/Meyer/Rengifo for Jackson/Grissom?
It looks like he probably wants Gore/Rengifo for Jackson Merrill. Fair? Which side do you prefer?
I’d take Jackson, it’s fair
I have a glut of OF
Langford or Cody?
Cody
Hey Grey, hoping for your advice on which 3 to SIT next week. Asking now because lineups lock early on Monday.
Bibee (OAK, @BOS)
Civale (LAA, @NYY)
Gausman (NYY) – I guess this depends how things go tonight
Lugo (BAL, @CWS)
Singer (@CWS)
Sanchez (COL)
Meyer (@CHC)
Morton (TEX)
Meyer, Morton, Civale
You’d sit Civale over Lugo, huh?
Who is the better streamer for today, Andrew Abbott @CWS or Blackburn vs Nats?
Also which of these 3B’s is a better pickup if Devers misses some time. Eugenio Suarez, Michael Busch, Westburg, Baty or Lipscomb?
Thanks
Blackburn
Westburg
Hi Grey,
I was thinking of offering a trade for Spencer Steer by sending Ryan McMahon and Kutter Crawford. Is this a crazy offer? Another option is to offer Garrett Crochet or hold? Another option is to offer both plus McMahon?
Thoughts?
Thank you!!
Try it
Thank you!
No problem
Potential devers fill in: busch, dunn, o cabrera. Obp format.
Busch
In a keep forever 12 teamer, who’s your first drop?
$14 McLain
$2 DeLauter
Thanks!
McLain
(1) Please rank these OFs: Chourios, Castellanos, Nolan Jones; Duran,
(2) Nico Hoerner or Gleybar?
Nothing’s changed since preseason with any of these, except maybe Jones has dropped
Happy Friday grey
Pick one
P – singer Whitlock kikuchi Lynn kremer
C – Raleigh Moreno Contreras (alt) campusano heim
Hitter – benson CES eloy yoshida
Thanks man!
Thanks! Singer — Cal R. — CES
Hey Grey 12 team 5×5 h2h obp league. I have Ruiz as a catcher, just wondering if maybe any of these are better options in your mind: Herrera, E.Diaz, O’Hoppe,or could get Sean Murphy and use no catcher until he is back. Thanks Pal!
Hold
12 team, 5×5 roto
1) Would you make any SP swaps?
SP: Peralta, Luzardo, Keller, Civale, Kikuchi
FA: Ranger, Braxton, Lugo, Wacha, Gil
2) Thairo was my worst hitter and my team needs speed. I stashed Grissom and replaced Thairo with Cabellero for now. You good with this or would you prefer Thairo?
1. Ranger over Keller 2. Meh
so far not trading away pretty damn good pitchers (yes kirby, gausman, framber, bibee not so good/great so far, but long term i’m worried about here) since my opponents thought i’d be worried about having j.burger at 3B in a 16’er near dynasty (keep max 19 + prospect list max 10) to get either r.lewis or devers looking pretty damn good. lewis made it what 2 at bats, devers a bit longer, which is worse since his hitting outputs all year. sure burger is worse (this is OPS) than devers likely but keeping say b.miller SEA over say one of those 4 SP seems worse (and they mostly wanted gausman/framber/kirby not bibee). burger hasn’t even gotten hot yet and has a high .700’s with pretty elite runs + RBI’s per at bat (22/50). if devers’ shoulder thing lasts he’ll simply be worth less this year than burger if he stays healthy. r.lewis has been healthy for what, like over 50 str at bats once over the last 4-5ish years or so?
Yeah
has anybody noticed that kelenic’s got an over .500 OBP and over 1. OPS with pretty elite runs + RBI’s per at bat so far (7/26). they’re really sheltering his at bats (can’t be just not against lefties with 26 at bats likely, vs many others in the mid 40’s if not higher). i just noticed it a 2nd time just now.
7/26 ain’t “elite” but it is when yr hitting where he is.
Nice
Hi Grey,
Would you be patient with Soler or waive him to pick up either Conforto, Blackmon,Sheets or Stanton?
Thanks!!
Patient
Another option is to waive Mullins or Duran to pick up one of Conforto, Blackmon, Sheets or Stantion.
I currently am playing Gurriel in LF Brandon Nimmo in CF and Soler in RF.
Thanks!!!!!!!
Hold
Thank you!!! I will be patient.
No problem
Looking to buy low on 1 of Castillo, Kirby, or Gausman. Prefer one over the others?
Would offering Rodon and Langford (person needs an OF) be a fair trade, or Rodon and Kutter/Paxton (person needs more SPs)?
Castillo
Sounds fair
Thank you, Grey! Also…big fan of your content/commentary!
Thanks!
Triolo or Merrifield?
Jared
hi Grey. which side for this trade : Rodon / David for Mountcastle/ Hader ?? thanks and have a good weekend
no idea what you’re asking
sorry. was supposed to read Rodon and David Robertson for Mountcastle and Hader ? which side you’d want ? also drop Hunter Brown for Sheets or wait Brown out ?
Hader
Made the mistake of drafting Aaron Nola with the 60th pick in a 12-teamer. Who do you think I could realistically target in a trade to get some value back? Chris Sale — trading a pitcher who looks injured in Nola for one who never stays healthy?
Try for a draft pick around 60
Would you offer Adolis and Kutter or Detmers for Kyle Tucker?
Sure
In a saves + holds format would you take a shot on bednar who was cut or go with adams (fairbanks down 2mph), hoffman (looks good may close occasionally, may also get deployed in 5th inning) or mcarthur (18% swstr, small sample). Bednar velocity is fine. He didn’t really have a spring. Thanks
if you got IR slots i’d grab bednar and get ready to nab mcarthur shortly. j.adam is TB, there now is another name a.adams OAK for saves/holds value.
Bednar is not on the IL
yes i’m using grey’s comments earlier on bednar. i.e. “looks injured”
oops, forgot saves/holds worth the same. don’t need to truck with injured RP’s at all, so not bednar. i’d want hoffman here but adam/hoffman a flip for me.
Adam
I think SON is drunk or a big Mets fan – in what world is Sevy a $22 pitcher against the Royals?
Ha
10 team league with OPS and K/9 … would you trade Lindor, JD, and Kutter for Bobby WItt? Can still add Westburg, Bradford, Orlando Cabrera, Julien, Kikuchi etc
Sure
The Ohtani sideshow sounds like a ChatGPT short story that had really crappy prompts.
Kirby
Luzardo
Kelly
Keller
Civale
Crawford
R. Suarez
Ober
I’ve gotta lose one when Braxton Garrett comes back, who gets the knife? Also – would you drop any of these esteemed gentlemen for Whitlock?
Haha…Keller for Braxton
Greyy…..
Im scared to say it but i may have stumbled onto a pretty decent team…
C Campusano
1B Walker
2B Albies
SS Witt
3B Steer
CI Casas
MI Abrams
OF Judge, Suzuki, Soler, O’Neill, Benson
UTIL Ozuna
Bench – India, Hayes, Jung (IL)
P – Wheeler, Lopez, Bibee, Jones, Singer, Javier, (Bradish Lodolo IL)
RP – Phillips, LeClerc, Yates, Miller, Foley
On wire – (Catchers) Raleigh, Contreras (STL), Heim
Hitters – Blackmon, Eloy, CES, Yoshida
Pitchers – Whitlock, Lynn, Kikuchi, Severino, Gore
Currently in first place – leading or close in all hitting categories, middle of the pack for pitching…
Any moves you think I should make?
Thanks G!!!
See you at the Jersey shore sometime!!
Yandy Diaz/TON or Lane Thomas/Santander ?
12 team roto
TON
Thank you for all you do Grey!
My team WAS in 1st place going into yesterday before Hunter Brown decided to Brown over all my ratios and drop me down 4 spots.
Why didn’t you warn us!
So piggybacking on your Marsh moves.
Would you drop Jordan Walker for Brandon Marsh?
Keep waiting for Walker to turn it around but big pile of UGH so far this year.
Ha, No problem! I’d want Walker still
my only 12’er h2h 5×5 (local, small money, not with regular fantasy baseball’ers mostly), somebody dropped b.miller (LAD). i have:
SP: pab lop, gilbert, gore, bassitt hound, bello, ober, mize
RP: kopech (leagues like this, wasn’t owned long either), helsley, scott, finnegan, mcarthur
IR: stephenson, buehler
guessing mize is the easy drop here for waivering miller
ober i also waivered, dropped even before his first start (very bad that one)
i was able to waiver eflin with an 8th waiver in a 14’er a few days ago, people are nuts.
an easy explanation is in that 12’er they’re regular fantasy football people, and hell 2 not great events (starts for pitchers) in football is 2/14th of the season. but it doesn’t explain why somebody wants to drop b.miller when he’s holding e.suarez as his 3rd 3B in a shallow 12’er (no CI, 1 util) while benching k.hayes as his 2nd every day.
Yes, Miller over Mize
Feeling the double Royal whammy of owning both Ober and Brown in a deep league…oof! LOL
Ouch
What do you expect from David Hamilton the rest of the season? Is he a hold and see or just taking up space? I need R and K/BB but want to also pick up the best value. I could drop for Connor Joe, Ivan Herrera, Turnbull, Chris Martin(I have Jansen), Austin Adams, Ottavino, Keegan Akin, Chad Green, Seranthony(I have Hoffman), or Fernando Cruz.
Thoughts?
itch loved him last year but BOS barely let him play then. no such issue appears to be the case now. elite speed, and not a bum elsewhere either.
Another week of games? Grissom is returning soon
So you would go ahead and move on from him? If so Connor Joe, Herrera, Turnbull or RP?
Why do you have to move on from him?
from news blurbs i’m seeing grissom they don’t want at SS from defensive reasons, he’ll play mostly 2B over valdez
i already owned a lot of grissom and now a lot more of hamilton, so i hope that’s true. and these guys aren’t blocks for anybody: valdez, “romy gonzalez”, pablo reyes, just as w.abreu wasn’t a block for rafaela (at least not yet)
from the 2nd most recent grissom fantrax news blurb (the most recent reiterates it)
“Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Tuesday that Grissom (groin/hamstring) will primarily play second base on his rehab assignment but will also see some action at shortstop, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
Analysis:Shortstop is Grissom’s natural position, although the reviews of his defense there are not good. It doesn’t sound like the Red Sox plan to use him as a regular at shortstop, but with Trevor Story (shoulder) out indefinitely, they want him prepared to handle the position on occasion. “
Ah, okay, that’s good for Hamilton
grissom too. it’s only not good for those 3 names that nobody would even want to own in a 30’er but would if they needed at bats (i’m in a 30’er and all of romy, valdez, abreu, pab re owned, anybody with at bats is owned)
had i not seen that blurb back on tues or so i’d not have obtained hamilton in every league immediately at all. it’d look likely last year played out again quite possibly, but with slightly more at bats.
I learned yesterday that the Royals’ nickname for Pasquatino is “The Pasquatch.” Some solid work there.
Ha, yeah
I watched the Lugo start on Wednesday and noticed that Pasquantino was wearing a necklace with what appeared to be a yeti medallion. Your comment puts it all together for me.
Awesome. I’ll have to look for that the next time I watch him play.
What are your thoughts on Jared Jones? He has a low 2’s SIERRA, doesn’t walk people with a 31% K-BB% and high K/9. I read somewhere a fantasy ‘pert compared him to Strider’s rookie year.
Him and Crochet look like the best breakouts so far
Breakout SP are fun.
Switching gears to OF – Castellanos or Cowser ROS?
Cast
Would you trade J.Jones for Ranger Suarez?
Sure
yeah that 31% K-BB is stupid elite stuff, like strider.
If Jones stays healthy, he could be Strider very soon. Maybe fewer Ks but otherwise all there.
League Context: Weekly ESPN, Head to Head, 5X5, 6 player keeper (no limits)
Lost McClain, trying to fill SS position. Moved Betts to SS and picked up Westburg (2b).
Questions:
1) Do you like any of the following over Westburg; Blaze, Hamilton, Rosario, Luis Garcia
2) Or do you support making a deal … Tucker for one of O’Neil Cruz, CJ Abrams or Anthony Volpe? Re-draft obviously would not consider, but more tempting in a keep forever.
3) Anything to see with Luis Garcia, still very young and his stat cast numbers look terrific. Potential low-key breakout or just hot start?
Thanks!!
1. Nah 2. No 3. I like him, but not over Westburg yet
Thanks, confirmed my thinking
Westburg’s stat cast page looks terrific as well (was surpised by his sprint speed!!). Just a little worried about at bats with all Baltimore’s ‘young kids’ coming!
Yup
12-team 5×5 redraft league:
1. JHicks and CodyB are carrying my SP. Are they both streamers? Which has more value ROS?
2. Outman over Stott for Utility spot?
3. Giving up on Jeimer? He’s still batting 4th in that lineup, but he does not look good. Replace with any of Busch, Kiriloff, Schanuel, Westburg, Baty, Sheets, Bell… Top 3 replacements?
Gracias.
1. Hold 2. No 3. Kirilloff, Sheets, Jeimer
Thank you.
A quick follow-up on number 3 above. Where do Outman, Marsh and Olivares fit in (amongst Kiriloff, Sheets and Jeimer)?
Outman, Kirilloff, Olivares
Swap out any of Ober,Jones or Keller for
Kikuchi, Bibee,Bradford or Ranger?
Bibee over Keller, Kikuchi over Jones
2 team Yahoo 6 X5 Dynasty league with QS & OPS. RF has been a black hole for me with Kepler & now Blackmon after Kepler sucked then got hurt
I have 2 trade offers sent to me
I turned down #2 & haven’t sent my counter as of yet.
1. Works for me 2. Meh 3. Sounds better for you
Thanks!!
No problem
Dunning @HOU in a deep 12 team? Easy fade?
Fade
Grey
Happy Friday and happy Norm McDonald joke day.
14 team mixed auction keeper league roto standard 5X5 cats.
Off to a slow start, which is ok because we don’t use FAAB but reverse order of standings for waiver wire pick ups.
A couple of questions
My starters are Gausman, Ryan, Ober, Lugo, Gore, Kremer, Houck, Schmidt.
On waivers are Ranger Suarez, Braxton Garrett, Ben Brown and Lance Lynn.
Any of these guys worth putting in for to drop what I already have?
Second question
My offense ( or lack of offense so far ) is
T. Stevenson – C
Paredes – 1B
Albies – 2b
Lindor – SS
Devers – 3B
Chisholm, Blackmon, Stanton, Leody T, Rafaela – OF
Gleybor – MI
Rizzo -CI
Frelick – DH
bench is JD Mart, Arcia, and Oswaldo C.
Available on the wire are:
D Hamilton, Blaze A, Neto, Winn, Dunn, Lipscomb, E Oliveres, Profar, J Walsh, Ty France and Josh Smith.
Same question as above with drop who for whom.
Lastly, I have Phillips, Helsley and Ginkel for saves.
McArthur is available. Make a play for him or hold Ginkel?
As always thanks in advance and have a great and injury free weekend and if your ever in trouble, may your glove never fit.
Haha, yes! Ranger over Clarke…Arcia for Olivares — hold Ginkel — thanks, you too!
Marsh is still in a platoon on the strong side I believe. He’s got lefties in 3 of his next 5. Plan accordingly.
Good to know!
Which side of the trade would you rather have.
Xander and Trout or Freeman and Camilo Doval?
Freeman
Awesome write up Grey!
In a 10 team 5×5 roto with OBP with limited moves (40) for the season would you pick up Cowser for any of the following:
Yoshida
Donovan
thanks!
Yoshida
Thanks!
No problem
G,
That is very cool you wrote for the The Naked Gun guys! Also, I completely agree about the insane number of people who can’t believe someone who literally never has to worry about money for the rest of his life not knowing how much money he has in the bank. That is arguably one of the best perks of being rich!
Anyhoo… curious about your strategy on streaming hot bats vs holding a mid-tier guy long-term in a 12 team 5×5 league. For example…
Vinnie P
Olivares
Sheets
Nelson
Velazquez
Outman
Kirilloff
are all available…
1 – Are you more likely to hold one guy through ups and downs vs playing the hot hand (like Sheets) and dropping for the next who comes along?
2 – Who is your preference out of those (regardless of your schmotato expectation)?
Thank you!
-IANASM
Was just thinking this! It is maybe the biggest perk of being rich!
1. Depends who it is…I’d hold Outman for instance, but not Sheets 2. Outman, Vinnie, Kirilloff
As someone who will surely acquire generational wealth any day now, I am really not looking forward to having this kind of unfair scrutiny on my lack of financial awareness.
Perfect! Thank you!
HA! No problem
Sorry to double dip, but I forgot one…
Happ vs Outman?
Outman
the only part that’s different from regular people is many regular people don’t have persons in their lives that have access to their bank accounts (actually many do with their wives), along with the amount of money in said account. but just like a wife, ohtani trusted that dude for a very long time, till lately had no reason to worry about it. and he’s got soooo much money, unlike regular people who live check to check, he doesn’t probably almost ever even have to look at it.
One last question, do you like Bryan Feltner for either of his next two starts @TOR, @ PHI
Nope
ROTO – 6×6 (QS instead of Wins), Keeper league
Grey, Happy Friday!
Thanks and have a great weekend!
BWWIII
One more thing…reading that Cabrera is about ready to join the Marlin’s rotation. Would you add him over Ranger Suarez or Nestor Cortes?
No
1. I wouldn’t 2. Ricky
NL-only keep 10, what’s your bid on JoMo ($91/100 left)? Would make him a must-keep next yr.
$13
Campusano or Diaz?
Yainer
Need to drop Victor Scott better replacement for ROS Connor Joe or Cowser?
Cowser
I know it’s one game with Hunter Brown but this looks like the price of the roller coaster. Nuking multiple categories if he’s off. Might be ready to get off this ride for something safer.
QS league, 10 team: Can you give me your top 3: Hunter Brown, Ranger Suarez, Lugo, Braxton Garrett, Kikuchi?
Kikuchi, Ranger, Lugo
Which side ROS. 5×5 keep forever Dynasty.
A. B. Stott, G. Crotchet
B. Jordan Walker, E. Julien
Stott
Would you deal Walker straight-up for Stott?
Thanks!
Yes
Belli or Seiya?
Belli or Abrams?
Would be for a UTIL slot. OF set and I have Gunnar at SS.
It’s a small and shallow 8-team 6×6 roto redraft – AVG and OBP.
Cody
CJ
Drop J.Merrill for Langford?
Yes
Do you think Logan Gilbert is a top 10 pitcher ROS? Deciding whether to make a move for him. Thanks!
Yes
Thank you – who is the drop or Montas, Wacha, or Bassitt?
And are you risking a Fried start today (at Miami)?
I’d start Fried
Correction, who is the drop *of Montas, Wacha, or Bassitt
Montas
Thanks again!
No problem
Hey Grey, two questions
nico and suwinski were dropped. I got some puk in my mouth to wash out, which one of these guys would grab?
also have L. Taveras as my CF, would you just grab both then?
Both
Marsh or Nootbaar?
Marsh
The Noot is back. Get on board. Noot Noot!
Noot noot!
Hello Mi amigo Mr Grey !
I’m in a 12 team H2H 5×5 yahoo. I feel like Whitlock and abbott are streamers or should I stash em. I was gonna drop him for MacKenzie Gore who you might like more and has a great matchup tomorrow.
Starters : Luzardo, Snell, Keller, Berrios, pepiot , Montgomery , Abbott, whitlock
Relievers: alexis Diaz, holmes , ginkel
I have Ryan Mcmahon who’s been hot who I might also be able to drop? (Stott is my 2b)
Aroldis Chapman and MacKenzie Gore are my targets right now that are available.
What would you do ?
I don’t know his matchup, but if you say it’s good…go for it…i’d lose McMahon
He’s going up against the As. I’m gonna drop mcmahon for gore. Would you drop whitlock or abbott for Chapman or hold for now with my 3 closers
Hold on closers
10 team 5×5 OBP.
Benson, Cowser, Outman. Please rank.
Outman, Cowser
Am I being dumb holding out hope on Buxton in a 12 team 3 OF league? 2022 feels far away. I could pick up Nimmo, Cowser, Merrill…
Go with Cowser
Grey, or anyone else interested!
10 team, roto, daily lineups, standard 5×5
Currently rolling with
Y. Diaz
Nolan Jones (ugh)
Albies
Burger
Bogaerts
IF – KeBryan Hayes
4 OF – JuRod, Arozarena, Steer, Chourio
UTIL – Nimmo
BN – B. Donovan
NA – Jr. Caminero
Top guys on the FA list, offensively, currently are Marsh, Cronenworth, Olivares, and E. Suarez. Swapping anyone out?
Bench Nolan Jones until he comes out of this?
Pitching looks like:
2 SPs – Skubal and Bryce Miller (both starting today, daily lineups)
2 RPs – Hader, Phillips
3 Ps – Fairbanks, A. Uribe, Robert Suarez
BN – Aroldis, Singer, Burnes, Lugo, Reynaldo Lopez, Imanaga, Keller
IL – deGrom, Buehler, Lodolo, B. Garrett
NA – Skenes
Who is the drop to activate Lodolo for his start tomorrow, or is Lodolo the drop?
Anyone else worth dropping for Montas, Falherty, Kikuchi, Meyer, R. Suarez?
Thanks for your help!
Bench Jones, drop Donovan, play Marsh while hot
Lose Keller or Lodolo, dealer’s choice…they’re both risky upside bets
I like it. Thanks!
No problem
Would you consider sitting JROD until he starts performing? I can play Yelich, Adolis, Jarren Duran and Tyler O’Neill in my 4 OF spots if I sit him.
Sure
ROS standard roto Bradish or Skenes? Filling one more spec spot. Thx!
Skenes is the upside, but no definite timeline.
If you need the innings its probably Bradish, but if you can potentially wait it out, Skenes.
Skenes
10 team h2h categories 6×6 with TB. How would you rank Gellof, Bohm, Cronenworth, and Cowser?
Bohm, Gelof
Good morning!
AL Only League
(1) I was hoping Ezequiel Duran would be my 1B, but now looking at other options…Could you please rank… Jared Walsh, Gavin Sheets, Ezequiel Duran?
(2) Is Gavin Sheets turning into something, or just a hot schmotato?
(3) Better pickup long term…Jose Soriano or David Hamilton?
Thank you!
1, Sheets, Walsh 2. Pick him up, let’s see 3. Hamilton
Hi Grey,
I have good SPs with Burnes, Wheeler, Nola, Stubal, Ragans and GrayRod plus Crochet, Manaea, Sanchez, Mize and Kutter Crawford
As you expect, I can beginning to build up innings in a Yahoo league that has a season restriction on innings. At this point, I am plus 35 innings.
1. Is it too early to worry about innings?
2. Would you start or sit Cristopher Sanchez at home vs Pitt?
Thank you.
Thank you!!
No problem
It is too early to worry about innings, unless you get crazy over the top….there will be injuries, bad matchups that you sit a guy, etc.
Obviously, make smart start decisions, but dont stress too much about the number of innings yet.
so needed this common sense! thanks for taking your time to respond.
Two questions for you Grey:
1. Langford or Nolan Jones?
2. Drop Kutter Crawford for Cowser?
Langford 2. no
Perfect thanks
No problem
1B ROS: kirilloff, Busch, & CES?
CES
Great write up as usual! 18 team dynasty 6×6 keep 1 David Hamilton or Blake Perkins…? Starting Matz today at Arizona? Thank you!
Hamilton — Sure
Drop J.Merrill for Busch?
Meh
Hey Grey, would you trade Alonso straight up for Lindor or Seager? I have Bellinger ready to step in at 1b and Abrams who can shift over to middle infidel.
Whenever you want to trade one type of player (Alonso bombs), for another type (Lindor speed power, seager balance/avg) isn’t the whole thing driven by the needs of your team? Those guys all project to similar $ value, just come by it differently.
Needs based trade…power or speed or average.
Agree with Steve
Good morning Grey
20 team standard roto
would you trade Ceddane for Mason Miller?
thanks
Sure
What does your team need?
If that trade benefits your team overall, then sure.
If you can afford to not have Ceddane on your offense, they sure.
If he is a relied upon started, then maybe not.
Those Naked Gun movies are so great despite OJ. At least OJ was being injured or runover in those movies, I guess they knew something we didn’t.
I saw a post of the Ford Bronco yesterday and all it said was “I am 76 and never learned a lesson in my life.”
Haha
Good Morning Grey!
Ugh on the Hunter Brown debacle.
I am trying to forget it… just like I am forgetting to respond to my Turbo Tax alerts until 11:59pm Monday. Denial is bliss.
So is he a drop?
This has to be an injury or some sort of issue, right?
Someone doesn’t toss 11 Hits, 9ER in 2/3 innings and say “oops, my bad”.
Tell me his wife is leaving him or something…SOMETHING…S-O-M-E-T-H-I-N-G!
lol
Ha, yeah, drop him
Thanks!
Replacement: Do you like:
1) Severino,
2) Whitlock,
3) Kikuchi
Currently have Ryan, Keller, Skubal, Webb, Pepoit
10tm Roto
Kikuchi over Keller
Wait. I currently have Ryan, Keller, Skubal, Webb, Pepoit and Brown.
I was dropping Brown, and wanted to pick up Severino, Whitlock, or Kikuchi.
Should I also replace Keller?
Sorry for the confusion..
So replace Brown with?
Replace Keller with? (or keep)
Kikuchi over Brown…hold Keller if you don’t need to lose him
thanks!
No problem
Finnegan or *The General* (McArthur)?
Finnegan
Hey Grey, is it too early to stash Bradish in a 12 team 5×5? My IL already has Royce Lewis parked in it so I’ll have to have him on one of my 4 bench spots.
Seems fine if you have room
I definitely need Bryson Stott to keep this up. He is #2 on my most owned player shares in NFBC: 9/12. That’s a lot of investment!!!
I have him everywhere too…LFG, Stott!
The only time I will be rooting against him is when he is facing Reese Olson, and even then I will be wishing him to reach on an error, steal 2nd and 3rd and score an an unearned run on a sac fly.
Ha, yup
Called Cowser yesterday now it’s bo Baylors turn to be a top catcher
Haha, nice
Springer or Santander ROS ?
Santander
Springer
Grey – need a 1B and have an offer for Parades for my Civale. Do we think Parades keeps it going? I like him but wanted your thoughts. 6×6 OBP and QS. Thanks!
Sounds fair
Thanks Grey
No problem
Grey! So is this the forum to complain about horrible, horrible pitching? The good news is I’ve still got 94% of innings left. The bad news is the 6% that now has 5.65 ERA and 1.65 WHIP built in. The happy news that has nothing to do with pitching, is I’ve picked up Nelson Velazquez off the wire. Don’t sleep on the Royals this year!
We do love Nelson…It’s still early on pitching
Probably not the best forum for this but wanted to get your opinion on the expanded interleague play. Keith Hernandez had a pretty good take on it, not mincing any words. Thanks!
I never liked it, the ship, as they say, sailed years ago…
Olivares or Frelick?
Olivares
I’d like the Pirates to be a little more careful with Jones. He’s still a baby. Take the solid six innings from him yesterday and don’t run him out there for the 7th even though the pitch count was pretty good. I have definitely noticed declining velo by around the 5th inning with him and he starts leaning on the off speed stuff a little more heavily.
out of all the guys coming out of spring that had hype, he looks the best…I was a late adapter, but I’m in…I watched yesterday’s game and saw similar things
Long time reader, first time commenter; enjoy the daily column. Bit on the UNH law professor Mike McCann was a whiff—his is a quite reasonable take
Thanks! That’s fair…I don’t see how someone could think it doesn’t sound believable that someone would be missing millions…You can google celebrity robbed millions and find dozens of results..that’s what embezzlement is…The whole point is so the victim does not know the money is gone. That’s why it’s stealing.
The interpreter stuff is nuts. So much cash floated to him by the bookie it seems!
I was just reading some of that, what a dumbass
https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1778498360565014574
https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1778493343003009043
Yeah, wild
It’s incredible! Truly nutty stuff
How’s my ranking of these corner/of guys? Weekly lineups standard roto format. Keeper league
Cowser
Marsh
Kiriloff
Sheets
Thanks!
I like the ranking
Good day sir,
Keep 2
Marsh
Velazquez
Olivares
Benson
Much appreciated
Marsh, Nelson
My follow up, after seeing the Sheets comment above, is I have Estrada and I just doesn’t appear that this is his year. I have Albies and Paredes as 2nd base eligible and am thinking Sheets is better option than Estrada. My second year at this crazy hobby – I think I am getting in the groove. Your writings and quick replies are top shelf!
Thanks!
so drop Estrada for Sheets?
No
Is Turnbull legit? I speculatively added Elder. Flaherty is also available. If Elder is called up, can you please rank the 3 for ROS?
Bryan Abreu was dropped after giving up 3 runs last night. Is he a priority add in SVHD league. I already have Pressly.
Connor Joe was also dropped and I am very intrigued with Ivan Herrera also.
Of the players mentioned above would you drop any of Elder, Siri, Jansen, Pressly, Estrada, Bo Naylor, Hicks, Singer to grab any of them?
Thank you in advance!
Turnbull, Flaherty — I wouldn’t add Abreu — These players to drop depend on needs…Naylor is a bench bat? Lose him
Naylor is my current catcher and you like him better Herrera, correct?
Bench is Estrada and Siri(Marsh is my only other CF and Gleyber is my only other 2B)
I could loose either Jansen or Estevez or Elder for Turnbull or Flaherty.
Or i could lose Estrada or Siri for Turnbull or Flaherty or Herrera or Connor Joe
Yes, Naylor is better
Elder for Turnbull
is castellanos worth a #1 waiver claim for?
Yup
*snicker*
My strider, Steele, Garrett, JV, woo, hunter brown, Bryce Miller (Seattle), pitching rotation is going just as planned.
I’d do it again too I fear.
HAHA
As a current Stott owner who took drafted him based on his glowing razzball preseason ranking, I’m judging you too.
Is maikel Garcia going to end up better at the end of the year than stott is? Stott batting 8th is going to get old pretty soon.
Be patient. Shelby Miller is the #3 guy on the player rater. Julio Rodriguez is a -10 dollar player. It’s the second week of April. You drafted the guy a few weeks ago. If you liked him, believe in him. But if think you blew it and shouldn’t have drafted him, move on to Garcia, who does look good.
My razzball league mates and I were talking about this the other day. This part of the season is so tough because some of the early pick ups that are going to win leagues are on the wire right now and the window may be closing. But it will definitely sting if you drop a guy you invested in pretty heavily for someone who turns out to be a flash in the pants (my favorite bungled metaphor).
Go look at Stott’s statcast page, watch his games, there’s a good article on him in the athletic today if you get that. take all the information and then you decide what’s right for your team.
agree with steve
I haven’t gotten a chance watch Jordan Walker this season. Has he looked bad as his stats so far?
He has not looked good
A Harvard degree doesn’t mean what it once did… speaking of robbery,
O’s announcers were calling Cowser “the Milkman.”. Zac Gallen is filing for infringement.
HA!
Patrick Wisdom is rehabbing. Do you like him as a stash this year,,,?
Sure, in NL Only
In a 12 man head to head category league and you can play 3 of’s along with a utility. I currently have 4 with Bryan Reynolds, arozarena, Conforto, and O’Neil. I would love to try to add Cowser but don’t need 5 of’s. Any of these you would drop or trade 2 of these for someone else? Suggestions of trading for?
Cowser over Conforto
Sheets or Cowser?
Cowser
(1) Jax or Ginkel?
(2) Please rank: Hunter Greene; Sonny Gray; Cole Ragans
Ginkel
Ragans, Greene, Gray
Jax 2. Gray, Ragans
Grey!!!
Awesome report, short night AND two games postponed!!! Incredible!
a. Someone dropped Hunter Brown in my RCL. Drop Spencer Turnbull for him or pass?
b. Next year quote seriously wanted to ask last night (true story!!), The Naked Gun Triolgy quote of the day. What do you think?
c. Have a great weekend.
d. Chris Rock quote of the day for April 12, 2024
[on the Saturday Night Live (1990, s16e4) sketch that got Chris Farley noticed] ‘Chippendales’ was a weird sketch. I always hated it. The joke of it is, basically, ‘We can’t hire you because you’re fat.’ There’s no turn there. There’s no comic twist to it. It’s just fucking mean. A more mentally together Chris Farley wouldn’t have done it, but Chris wanted so much to be liked. As funny as that sketch was and as many accolades as he got for it, it’s one of the things that killed him. It really is. Something happened right then.
Cheers,
Ante
A. Pass B. I like it! C. You too!
Happy Friday, Grey,
How would you rank the following: Sanchez, Ranger, Allen, Harrison
Thanks!
Ranger, Harrison, Sanchez
12 team H2H:
guys on my (struggling) team:
2b: Gelof
OF: Tucker
OF: Langford
OF: Chourio
OF: Ward
Ut: Buxton/McCormick/Nootbaar
would you drop any for India or rehabbing Vaughn Grissom?
thanks!
Nah
Turang or Outman? H2H with OBP & SLG (no AVG). Position doesn’t matter.
Outman
You lucked out with Marsh in more ways than one. Did you see the HR? A little flick of the wrist that got into a jet stream and just cleared the fence.
-Signed, Bitter Jared Jones Owner
And the 1st homer was almost caught. Bitter Jared Jones owner also.
I watched the Phils game…Homer was to dead center, wasn’t it?
Yes, dead center. It was hit solid. Taylor almost made a great catch.
Yeah, I saw
I guarantee that MLB/Ohtani will let time slide by until it is totally out of the public eye and Shohei will refuse to press charges against Ippei. MLB and Ohtani will be SO HAPPY!! (And Biden never took any money from China LOL)
Yeah
Oh. This one is funny Grey.
I get offered Jeremy Pena for Marcus Semien. In the below text I said Oh Boy.
He offers me the same trade and says:
“ ou could play Paredes at 2nd and Peña greatly improves your shortstop”
I have Bichette at SS. I said “do I look stupid to you”.?
This is the shit I always get offered,
Then when I see some of the trades that people make I’m like “am I miscalculating players values?”
Lol.
Also. I am atrocious at streaming bats. Always have been for 12+ years.
I streamed Julien today. Game rained out. Surreal.
Have a great day ! !
Haha, amazing — you too!
Mason Miller yowza!
Hope he stays healthy. Not because I own him anywhere, just because I’m so sick of the velo=injury (“no it’s the pitch clock!”) conversation.
He hit 104 I thought
Rounding. For the first time in my life I will like something Paris Hilton said….That’s hot!
Ha
Was it stupid to drop Stott in a league for Tanner Scott where it was an Auction draft and I simply drafted too many 2B? Standard Yahoo 12 Team 5X5, standard Cats. This is my team. Tell me if I did the right thing. It isn’t a bad problem to have but I needed another closer and I’m not dropping Altuve and Gimenez. I bet on Stott to drive up the price and nobody bit at like $5.
C – MJ Melendez
1B – Walker
2B – Altuve
3B – Bregman
SS – Swanson
OF – Adolis
OF – Nolan Jones
OF – Teoscar
UTIL – Ohtani
UTIL – Burger
B – Gimenez
My closer situation didn’t necessarily warrant adding Scott but he was dropped and couldn’t resist.
Scott, Phillips, Fairbanks, Foley
Thanks Grey.
Seems fine for your team
If it’s Brown… flush it down. What a turd!
Haha, when the Hunter becomes the Hunted. Brutal start.
Haha