(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY YESTERDAY ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $5/MONTH.)
During the summer of 2019, Yoenis Cespedes was so taken with the song Old Town Road that he wanted to film his own video remix with a wild boar and Sam Elliott. Not knowing where to begin, Yoenis called Sammy Sosa to advise on costumes because of Sammy’s flair for western wear and Yoenis found the music video director in an aisle at Sam’s Club and thought he had a Sam-only clause. Sammy Sosa was blunt with Yoenis, “You’re not a vaquero, are you? Then get off that tartan bandana and put on a fringe jacket!” Yoenis feared he looked like Dolly Parton in Rhinestone Cowboy and Sam Elliott was on the phone with his agent about this gig, when it all went wrong. Cespedes fractured his ankle, going from 100 legs to 103-ish, and his 2019 was over. Cut to 18 months later (it only feels like 18 years), and Yoenis is back, and healthy. During the break, I gave you a Yoenis Cespedes sleeper, and I’m doing what they call, in rodeo parlance, filling a barrel with two clowns. Every time Yoenis has been healthy, he has been worth owning. Will he stay healthy? Who cares! In 60 games, Yoenis has as much a chance at being the NL MVP as Pete Alonso. Yes, it hurt me to say that. Obviously, it didn’t hurt as much as trying to pull off an Old Town Road remix at Ranchero de Yoenis. Anyway, here’s some more players to Buy or Sell this week in fantasy baseball:
BUY
Sean Murphy – Between Triple-A and the majors last year, Murphy saw 51 games (sounds like a full season this year) and hit 14 homers. He does that this year and he’s gonna be a top three catcher, i.e., the cream of the crap.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa – Don’t get caught without a catcher, Falefa says that’s a PITA!
Eric Thames – One word of advice, pretty much everyone in last week’s Buy/Sell is still applicable. Just because I didn’t mention Evan White again, aside from this mention, doesn’t mean I suddenly don’t like him. Just didn’t feel like treading over the same landscape two weeks in a row. As for E.T., does he love the P-Funk, because Parliament is so nearby when Thames phones home? Hmm, that is a legit logic puzzle. Yo, we doing fantasy baseball or Sudoku? Thames is the type who could lead the majors in homers in a short season. Absolutely worth the flyer.
Chris Taylor – Went over him the other day in my Chris Taylor fantasy. It was written while fluffing a feather pillow. Also, Enrique Hernandez should be mentioned after his big Re-Opening Day, and, what do you, he’s been mentioned.
Cesar Hernandez – Fantasy Baseball for 9 months: Oscar Mercado’s gonna be so valuable, whee, yay, yumyum! Moments after Opening Day lineups: I should’ve let the computer autodraft Cesar Hernandez.
Jose Peraza – Not a flashy name, but what kind of league are you in that has Flashy Names as a category? Get that Romper Room shizz out of here!
Adam Frazier – Currently, penciled in as the Pirates’ three-hole hitter, and the Pirates are too cheap to buy an eraser.
Jake Lamb – Just think, if you own Lamb and Falefa, you can open your own kebab takeaway joint. I recognize the hype on Kevin Cron, and appreciate it, but if Lamb’s facing righties, he’s way more valuable. Obviously, this is more of a deep league flyer.
Dansby Swanson – How is a 26-year-old in a stacked lineup only owned in 23% of ESPN leagues? Are 77% of ESPN leagues abandoned? Prolly rhetorical since if they’re abandoned they’re not exactly about to answer me. Hey, league abandoners, eat a D! Haha, they’ll never know.
Austin Riley – A 60-game season is going to be less fantasy baseball and more 60 days of DFS. Teams will play it like two months of the playoffs and you should do the same. As the DFS’ers say, the Braves’s lineup is more stackable than squares in Tetris. I love Austin Riley. Wrote an Austin Riley sleeper during the shutdown. Is he gonna work out over 60 games? Doesn’t matter; he’s roster-able right now. If he loses playing time to Matt Adams, well, that will be dopey, and he’s droppable.
Kyle Lewis – Give me Austin & Lewis on every team like some kind of 50’s comedy duo that specializes in fantasy upside rather than drunk belligerence.
Austin Hays – If the next player suggested is a Kyle, then you’ll know Greybot5000 is overheating and needs a tuneup, and turn away from Austins and Kyles.
Shogo Akiyama – Whew! No problem with Greybot5000! Now, about Akyleyama–NOOOO! I kid, Shogo is a solid five cat contributor at the top of a decent lineup. Of course, that goes out the window if the Reds plan on starting Phillip Ervin at leadoff, like on Friday. My guess is it was due to a lefty being on the mound and Shogo will see most starts, because there’s more righties, which is why it’s hard to find good lefty scissors. Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.
Trent Grisham – What is wrong with you people not owning this guy carved from a tree previously hit by lighting and burned so hot he turned into a Taki Fuego?
Kwang-Hyun Kim – Here’s what I said the other day, “(Kim) will open season as the Cardinals closer. Oh…*stacks jars of pickles to the moon*….kay. Damn, I’m glad I wasn’t invested at all in the Cardinals’ 9th inning. What an absolute clusterfudge of nonsense. Cards’ manager, Mike Shildthead, said Kim will likely close — a guy who threw 190 1/3 IP last year and has roughly 7.5 K/9 stuff? Are we sure Shildthead knows he has Kim and not Kimbrel or even Joakim Soria? So, I adjusted my top 500 with this news, but I now have no confidence in any reliever in St. Louis.” And that’s me quoting me!
Ryan Pressly – Astros’ fill-in closer while Osuna is temporarily unavailable. By the way, temporarily unavailable this year means a guy is out anywhere from three days to the entire season. 2020: The Year of the Oblique Timetables.
Tony Watson – Gonna throw Anthony Watsonian in here and mention Matthew Magillacuddy, but with major caveats saying that in this shortened season, an iffy closer on a terrible team prolly isn’t worth the ulcer.
Corbin Burnes – Just gave you my Corbin Burnes fantasy. It was written while calling my mom a Karen.
Spencer Howard – Could’ve listed Nate Pearson, Mackenzie Gore or others, and, would you look at that, I just did! Spencer “Not Ryan” Howard is lined up to possibly start game eight of the season.
Matt Shoemaker – This is your first Streamonator call of the year. Woohoo! Just like the call it made to Instacart to ask if its deliveryman could stay for dinner. Streamonator so lonely!
Vince Velasquez – This is also a Streamonator call. “He brought me my food, it’s only right that I cook it for him.”
SELL
Jacob deGrom – Haters are gonna hate. This is an axiom as old as the earth that Al Gore is trying to save-slash-eat through. I hate. Therefore, I am a hater. Simple as that boys, five girl readers, and one robot that is scheming our deaths. Can deGrom be good? I’d imagine so. In fact, he better be great, considering the price you paid for him. Last I heard, his back felt good. Well, that’s just great! Superb! Fake enthusiasm! Backs are tricky for pitchers. They can sideline guys for a few days, weeks to months. See: 2019 Max Scherzer. If deGrom goes out and has a bad start or two, and claims his back isn’t 100%, but will fight through it, you’re gonna have to fight through being in last place by August 15th. Not saying to trade deGrom for a Jude Law bobblehead that your wife ordered off Etsy, but I would check out our fantasy baseball trade analyzer, and explore options.
first?
Where’s Hung?
i dunno – when i sign via wordpress it defaults to this name… i can’t change it. Hung is not a subscriber tho! Lol
Also, almost had a heart attack from Y! as they have Trevor Story out of the lineup. Y! couldn’t even wait 1 day without shenanigans
Haha — there’s a way to change your username if you email rudy he’ll tell you how
Or maybe another subscriber seeing this comment
Hope this works – i went directly to the WP site
checking again..
Think you change it on your user page
i can’t access it through Razzball – i get permission denied
I’d email rudy @ razzball dot com
Drop Starlin Castro for Peraza?
Hmm…kinda depends on needs
Roman Quinn will be appearing in this article next week. Might as well scoop him now ;)
Haha
Starting Lance Lynn today at home against the Rockies?
thanks grey
Yup
Definitely
corbin burnes or aaron civale?
standard roto
The upside on Burnes is much higher, though he may get blown up at Wrigley tomorrow. I’d prefer to roster him over Civale, but would like to wait and see rather than start him against the Cubbies
Burnes
much love to you Grey, but Civale has sneaky Shane Bieber upside. Burnes throws fire, but I’m not sure he’ll ever be more than Robbie Ray. Civale, to me, seems to have that Indians sneaky growth potential.
All good, I don’t hate him
Grey, i know its one game but worth holding on to Hampson whos not starting? Hes a bench bat for now
Haha, and so it begins in Colorado
Wil Myers gets three games in Colorado at the end of week one. Stream it!
Edman batting second today. That’s worth getting excited about.
Nice, Swagger!
Grey,
Final rank of my team 10 team keeper OBP. Drafted this team back in March. Our league will have no draft next season, team remains the same of course I can add/drop players
Any drops?
Free agents: CJ Cron, Odor, LaStella, Wong, Andrus, Swanson, Peralta, Yoenis, Happ Ian and Catcher Murphy
C Smith W
1B Freeman
2b Moose
3b Arenado
ss Story
OF Bellinger
OF Stanton
OF Rosario E
U Chapman M
Bench
Nunez (Orioles)
Biggio
Rosario A
Lewis K
Mercado
Calhoun
IL Dozier
Covid IL Puig
Starters
Nola
Glasnow
Bieber
Urias
Maeda
RP Lecleac
RP Bradley
Bench
Canning
Gore M (for next year no draft holding him)
Heaney
IL Odorizzi
IL Kela
I don’t see any right now
Happ batting 9th for the Cubs agan today. Also on Grisham I’m concerned he will sit against lefties. No SD lineup out just yet.
Yeah, it’s a concern
Would you say the optimal lineup would be C, Olson, K Marte, Moncada, Baez, Springer, Bellinger, Laureano, Mondesi at UTL? Moistasskiss, Soler and Pete Alonso on the bench most days? 8 team keeper roto league.
Lastly, are you adding Sean Murphy over Will Smith this early or stashing if you have the roster spot? Thank you! Looking forward to another great season with the Razzball community
Smith over Murphy still but watch PT
That lineup looks fine for now
holy crap, i didn’t think hampson would be the one getting f’d, depth charts had him for months as the str up starter at 2B (mcmahon at first against righties). now he did get tapia in there, but by moving murphy to 1B and hampson out. hilliard is fine (against righties)
Colorado is the worst!
also yahoo is pulling their usual tricks in showing guys that are playing as not playing, tapia and happ are showing up as NOT playing, but the best lineup page shows they are.
https://www.baseballpress.com/Lineups
shows happ/tapia playing
also hiura yahoo is f’ing up on. story too. not small names here.
moral of the story: yahoo sucks. Go to fantrax.
Yup
Yes, they are showing as Bogaerts out of lineup and he’s in
baez too, it’s not worth listing them as they’re probably in the dozens. both of hilliard and tapia “aren’t” playing. arenado.
basically ALL COL players, blackmon, story too
Yup!
Points league this year… Two N/A slots, who’s the odd man out?
R. Mountcastle
M. Harrison
N. Madrigal
Harrison
Your comment about Frazier is spot on and I am not talking about him being an add. Did you see that lineup today? MLB should be embarrassed. The city of Pit and state of PA should have welcomed the Blue Jays with open arms so they could have some kind of semblance of a professional baseball team in the Burgh this year.
And yet Streamonator has Houser as a negative start against Pittsburgh. That bot must absolutely hate Houser.
It does
oh yeah it does, he was one of biggest names in the QS rater on hate vs grey’s love.
Yeah, it’s wild
Drop Hampson for A.Frazier or too early?
Nah
Is there anything more frustrating than guys getting the day off on the first day of the season??
Yeah, it sucks
What’s good Grey? Just got back on Wednesday after being up our families cabin in the mountains for the past five weeks. No Internet or cell phone service which was pretty awesome. Once we got satellite radio back (where the hell is yacht rock by the way, how many rappers have “baby” in their name, the NBA is playing in a gigantic bubble in Orlando?), my wife and I started to get caught up on what’s been going on in civilization. We were joking that it felt like we were Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph’s characters in Idiocracy when they woke up after begin frozen for 500 years.
Anythehoo, found out baseball was starting up this past Tuesday and got invited to a rotisserie league (R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, IP, K/9, ERA, WHIP, SVHD) for the shortened season. Didn’t have time to do any research so just used your rankings and ended up with this squad.
C – Kelly
1B – Olson
2B – Altuve
SS – Tatis Jr.
3B – Suarez
OF – Soto
OF – Soler
OF – Laureano
UTIL – Kingery/Santana
SP – Giolito
SP – Berrios
SP – Lamet
SP – Odorizzi*
SP – Stroman*
SP – Pearson
RP – Hand
RP – Workman
RP – Pressley
RP – Pagan
Injuries aside, I think it looks alright. Gotta do some work on the wire to address the pitching. Thoughts? Hope you and Cougs are doing well.
Poop! Good to see you man!
That’s hilarious, life is super weird, you did not miss anything!
Your team looks solid! I like the pitching actually, but injuries will be bad, so lose or stash those guys and work waivers…Your hitting looks great, but Soto’s out now so that’s not good either…Waivers, my man!
Yeah…after being back a couple days already am thinking about heading back till Labor Day:) Think the wife will need Internet for her work, so it might just be a solo mission with the dog.
The waiver wire is pretty deep, but I can get Khris Davis in a 1-for-1 trade for a closer. Thoughts on a bounce-back season from Davis?
I don’t mind Davis in a short season — you need internet, what are you, a survivorialist?
I’m curious. Where is this, Jude Law, bobblehead going? On the mantle next to the other cool bobbleheads and fantasy trophies? This seems like the tip of the iceberg to me, and might need to be talked about. Did you shave your mustache or something???
Wait, is my wife the only one with a Jude Law bobblehead…Wait, is it not really a bobblehead? Oh, gross!
Shogo or K Lewis? Or a push?
Thanks
Lewis
What about guys like McBroom, Shed Long?
Who is your early season prospect stash? Monte H.? Kelenic? Kirilloff?
Madrigal? Mountcastle? Monte is sexy too, I’m in on that!
McBroom does nothing for me unless he’s hot, which he might be…Long same kinda, but little more interesting
Do the Mets ever score a run when degree pitches?
Degrom
Nope!
Hey Grey,
Awesome write up! I’m noticing a ton of starters sitting today. Do you think it’s because it’s the first full day of games and people are still warming up? Kind of concerning in my roto league.
I’m in a 10 team, standard 5×5 league, 26 roster spots
C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, 4x OF, 2x UTIL
I was wondering how many bench bats you’d recommend? Currently I have one but I’m thinking I should add another and drop lucchesi (weakest guy on my squad).
Also, how do you rank Grisham, Renato and Urshela?
Thank you!
Realizing that yahoo is messing up but still interested in your thoughts.
Thanks! I think it’s something to monitor, but we don’t have much time for that, so maybe give it the weekend then flip out…At least I will
Grisham, Nunez
Puig a drop or hold?
Happy baseball season!
Drop
16 team dynasty pts league daily moves
We cut our buy in to 1/5 normal dues. Would you hold Emannuel clase for next year even though I have to eat one of 13 pitchers spots
Nah lose him
Good lord FML I trusted Boyd as my #4 SP over Maeda like a momo in my 9×9 AL only roto league. Only the first inning but already feel like dropping him… bad start for my ratios.
Clevinger
Montas
Odorizzi
Boyd
Shoemaker
Civale
Its an 8-team league..Dare I ask…. Do I stream his spot? Was gonna stream Shoe/Civale
I don’t trust Boyd at all
Haven’t got off my backside and organised the H-tron yet. You like Mercado or Profar today? Profar batting cleanup, which I likely but he is facing The Bum…
Profar
surprising CUBS are playing hoerner over kipnis already. just had to go drop kipnis in deep dynasty for luplow (that’ll be a stream spot along with catcher), he ain’t worth shit even as a backup MI if he ain’t even playing vs righties.
Love it tho
also pretty telling that this “tapia has hilliard’s OF job” was str COL writers only b.s. if that was true why is tapia DH’ing and hilliard LF’ing? if anything the writers should’ve mentioned that hampson was getting squeezed (but they didn’t, since they were just posulating). unless tapia has some kind of minor injury, it’s pretty clear bud black’s idiot ass wants hilliard’s OF defense in there more than tapia’s (which admittedly, does seem odd on the def part)
Honestly Rockies beat writers are the worst…they never know what’s going on
yeah they had so little deal of what’s going on that since desmond quit this year it’s shown hampson as full on non platoon starter (depth charts) and rodgers either BN or lefty side for mcmahon’s spot, when really we were always living in what was shown back in march with hampson as lefty only side with mcmahon (now kemp for hilliard against lefties, who i’m trying to waiver tonight in a 30 teamer, already got that SEA prospect who might close (misiew something) and fatt adams) righty starter at 2B. this is both good and not good, as i already had hampson in a dynasty (but wasn’t relying on him to start) and i just nabbed him in money league (but have mcclutchin who could start every day at util 2 anyway). everybody who DID pay up on hampson ain’t looking good now though (above ADP, which he was going in many places in middle march and since)
i’m more connected to hilliard actually playing (and added tapia in those 2 spots lately anyway) than hampson for the most part.
Never believed the Hampson nonsense, Black doesn’t want to play him, he showed last year
Meanwhile, Fletcher leading off for Halos, Chavis starting over Moreland, Pillar starting over Verdugo, Profar hitting clean-up, Kyle Lewis hitting clean-up, and so it goes…
Nothing like throwing out 9 months of prep on OD
it’s a lefty, moreland wasn’t going to play against those, he just doesn’t, and hasn’t. depth charts had pillar over verdugo against lefties for months too
True
Sup Grey!
So good to have Baseball back even if it’s limited. Also, I was really missing the GetRoman.com commercials =)
Our 19-year NL-Only H2H Keeper league is on hold, but we held an impromptu NL-Only Yahoo! 6×6 Roto draft Online. It’s a one and done league, with No Trades, and only 40 roster moves.
I somehow got the #1 pick, which I wasn’t overly stoked about considering I’d get 21 and 22. I ended up going Acuña, Baez, and Strasburg, which seem to be about what you have around that spot. Pitchers went fast, so I ended up with a much better H2H staff. My biggest mistake was drafting Lamet when Sonny Gray was still there. I was looking around and time ran out before I noticed Gray. Hopefully Lamet will be my unicorn.
I’m used to auction style and being able to fill 75% of my roster with targeted guys, and I had about 2 hours to prep, so I had no idea what I was doing. Also, the xtra 2 categories are OPS and Holds. Not accustomed to these, so my OPS and Holds are pretty bad. However, my pitching could give me decent ratios, along with Ks, and I hope to be at the top in Saves.
10 Tm, NL-Only Roto 6×6 Traditional (w/OPS and Holds)
Re-Draft, No Trades, and 40 moves.
CA Alfaro
1B Muncy
2B Edman
SS Baez
3B Kingery
OF Acuña
OF Akiyama
OF Yastrzemsky
UTIL Thames
UTIL Al. Dickerson
B Camargo
B Ha. Ramirez
B ?? Pick up for
SP Strasburg
SP Lamet
RP Jansen
RP Doolittle
P Weaver
P Burnes
P May
P Betances
B P. Lopez
B Gausman
B DeSclafani
IR Kela
A. With Alfaro on the IL, should who do I pick up for pick up for him? Caratini, Heineman, Cerveli, or Wolters are the sad options.
B. It might be better for me to just pick up another Pitcher since I don’t have a spot on IL for Alfaro, and the remaining CA suck. I could get an RP that could help with Holds since I only have Betances. Any RPs you’d add or switch out for Betances.
Here are the remaining Hitters and Pitchers available. Any changes you’d make?
H: Panda or W. Flores (yikes, 3 Giants!), M. Adams, Fowler, M. Rojas, Osuna
RP: Chaffin, Stephenson, Gant, Jeffress, Guerra, Rondon, Kolarek, Estevez, Reyes
Trying to stay optimistic about the season. Good Luck!
Good to see you! These are not great choices at all…I guess Heinenman and Harold Ramirez for Chafin I guess…kinda woofy
Yeah. Too many bench spots depleted the amount of available players. Thanks!!
No problem
I MISSED THE SMELL OF MUSTACHE WAX IN THE MORNING!
12 team, 5×5 yahoo
Drop Teoscar for Yoenis?
Thanks!
Haha…I’d try Yo
Mondesi caught stealing. I like the idea just not the outcome. It was close though. Very close.
I appreciate the attempt
I am so happy we have baseball back. my pitching is stacked. Is my offense enough in a 14 team league? obp and slg added cats. c christian vazquez 1b mat olson 2b kingery 3b B Anderson ss Bogerts ci Brian Anderson mi D Swanson of Yellich Laureano Cespedes dh N Cruz bn L Gurriel, Verdugo
Doesn’t look bad, maybe light on speed but YOENIS and looks good for SLG and OBP
thx for the reply. Flaherty, Giolito, Corbin,S Gray,Gallen lead my staff
No problem
@Grey: enjoying any good LA quarantine take out spots?
I haven’t had takeout in 5 months…been cooking
Giolito is a bust ha
I doubt it
Lewis with a hr
AL! I saw, amazing
Ha
Yoshi!
Yup!
Think we made wager yoshi vs shogo during our nfbc draft no? Haha
Did we? I will honor, what was it?
I don’t remember. It was too long ago.
Haha, was it…2020?
Oh my Great goodness Grey!! Kyle Lewis!!! That was a bomber!!
lmao, I just commented the same thing. In my starting lineup too.
Cheers, compadre!
Cheers indeed!! Have a great season!
You too!
KYLE LEWIS SZN
Kyle Lewis dong!!!!
KYLE LEWIS SZN
KYLE LEWIS SNZ’S PLURAL!
Might have to change my name to LewRockakis!
Also added the Yoenis brother today, since Soto hit the CL (that’s Covid List). Spicy, spicy peppers!
Nice!
WOW
Drop mercado or Y Gurriel for Kyle Lewis in a redraft?
Mercado
Sick Alfaro, therefore, catcher question! Falafel or Mejia? Does it matter that Mejia’s 3rd series of the year is in COL or that Falafel gets a little extra playing time at 3B?
Thanks! Happy Opening Day!
Falafel is getting all the hype right now. I picked him up as my Alfaro replacement.
Falafel
Rich Hill didn’t even make one start before he got hurt this season. He needs to hang it up for good.
Haha, I know
Tommy Pham with a 2 steal game. Great to see him being so aggressive.
Nice!
Thames over Tapia or Akyama? (12-team 5×5 OBP roto)
Different things, but could see over Akiyama if power vs. runs/avg
10 team head to head with doubles and triples
C- Will Smith
1b-Pete Alonso
2b-Ketel Marte
3b-Jose Ramirez
SS-Adalberto Mondesi
OF-Christian Yelich
OF-Giancarlo Stanton
Of-Ramon Laureano
Util-Yuli Gurriel
Util-J.D. Davis
Util-Lourdes Gurriel Jr
Bn-Nick Senzel
Bn-Christian Walker
Bn-Willie Calhoun
Bn-Just dropped Pressley and added Kyle Lewis
iL-Hunter Dozier
Sp-Patrick Corbin
Sp-Luis Castillo
Sp-Lance Lynn
Sp-Sonny Gray
Sp-D.Lamet
Sp-James Paxton
Sp-Joe Musgrove
Rp-Liam Hendrix
Rp-Jose Leclrec
Rp-zach Britton
IL-Keone Kela
FA PItchers
Ross Stripling
Jose Urquidy
Seth Lugo
Ryan Pressley
Kintzler
Pagan
ottavino
Mitch Keller
Steven Matz
Fa Hitters
Di Di
Hosmer
Shogo
Ceaser Hernendez
Cj Cron
Yastrzemski
M Chavis
Teoscar
JBJ
Pereza
How does my team look? Should i be looking to make any Moves?
Team looks solid, love that pitching…Not bad waiver arms, but I’d hold for now… Your hitting looks weak on power, play Lewis, and Teoscar over Senzel
Thanks for the feedback who would you start Lewis over?
I’d go day by day
Hey Grey – thanks to Desclafani and Odorrizi, I have 2 roster spots to play with this FAAB.
1. As a bat stash, do you prefer Solak, O’Neill, or Hilliard (who had a golden sombrero opening day)? This is a weekly lineups keeper league, so most focused on someone who could be a potential keeper if they get full playing time. Solak seems to have the highest upside…
2. As a pitcher replacement, would go for a guy in the group of Burnes, Bassit, ReyLo, Miley… or go the other direction and grab Lugo as a sneaky bet for a W a week and good ratios over 4-5 weekly IP?
Sorry, forgot my #3. Currently rocking a pair of $1 Cs, Jansen + Stallings. Are falafel or Nola (when he gets elig) worthwhile “upgrades” on Stallings to spend $1 FAAB on?
Falafel over Stallings
O’Neill
2. Burnes
Thanks!
No problem
Laureano or Robert for this year only.? A 2-hole or 7-hole hitter. I don’t know why the white Sox have Encarnacion hitting higher than Eloy and Robert.
Laureano
Think they will move up Robert in the lineup soon? It’s a waste for them not too.
I’m looking for a good OF replacement for Soto
Hopefully
@Grey @Rudy – SON doesn’t like Fried today v. the Mets? -6.6 value seems a little off
Fried has weird peripherals and that Mets lineup doesn’t look bad
Damn in a 12 teamer can’t play matchups – YOLO
Why not YOLO
On another note – I always get burned by drafting a Rays reliever – last year it was Alvarado and his mysterious issues that sent his season off the tracks and now this year I go Diego Castillo for holds and he’s MIA and with COVID protocols might not be back within 3 days
Yeah, they’re always a headache
no news he has corona, he’s off with pregnancy 3 day break 9 months after the fact. and this is day 2, so should be back monday unless maybe the baby gives him corona or the mother or somebody in the hospital. i will have far more to whine about if he’s out a longer time (i have d.castillo in maybe 8ish spots)
Thanks for the buys grey! Curious where you stand on Mejia vs Murphy vs falefa??
I’d try Falafel
Done. Any preference between Martin Perez vs bal or Alex wood vs sfg as a streamer today? 11 move limit for this matchup, would have to burn a move to get wood
wood, messing with m.perez, no matter HOW good the matchup is (like here), trust me, in the last 3-4 years of weak pitchers i’ve used in deep leagues, m.perez might be one of the worst ones (clearly he was only ever used in good matchups like this one). plus, a LAD pitcher in LAD vs SF i don’t even care who that is, compared to m.perez, go that guy instead.
1. Start Ohtani in Oakland tomorrow? Been very wild to this point.
2. Ohtani for McNeil?
3. Ohtani and Morton for Giolito and Polanco?
4. For holds, please pick 2 from Gallegos, Treinen, Betances
Thanks!
1. Yes
2. Okay
3. Polanco who? I guess
4. Not Treinen
if you get both otani’s i’d not do the trade in 3 if you have him. pretty sure he means j.polanco not brocktune. if it’s SP only otani get giolito/polanco if not dynasty. probably DH only otani in no dynasty too IF you have to start this slot everyday since otani will miss 2-3 days a week off of hitting.
Hey Grey, can you pick 2 pls.
Kingery, Cespedes, K.Lewis, Y. Gurriel, Peraza, Mercado?
Hey Grey!
Loved that extra innings Halo game to end the night. I didn’t like the result, but if you’re going to lose you might as well do it in spectacular fashion.
10 team H2H Any moves here?
My worst bats: Mercado, Yuli, Braun, Riley.
Waiver: W. Calhoun, Cespeses, K. Lewis, Yoshi
Also – I have Ohtani (hitter) on this team. Sounds like he’ll sit Saturday’s and Monday’s all year, making him max 5 games a week.
I love his game, but is he worth rostering in a 10 team?
Start him tomorrow, see how it goes
10 team H2H Any moves here?
My worst bats: Mercado, Yuli, Braun, Riley.
Waiver: W. Calhoun, Cespeses, K. Lewis, Yoshi
LEWIS!
Try him over Riley
Good Morning! Going to replace Buxton (still shaky) and sit W. Calhoun (5 game week) Which 2 of these studs do you like this coming week? All have 7 game schedules (SD 3 @ Col)
Cespedes
A. Hicks
K. Lewis
Grisham
Tsutasugo
C. Walker
R. Nunez
Thx Grey gonna be a great short season!
Yoenis, Lewis
Thanks, Smitty!
Yoenis or Happ?
Happ
can’t believe i got happ in the 2nd to last round of a 14 teamer (with 4th OF and CI/MI slots, 28 total rounds). didn’t even need his CF only (espn) but that was too good to draft somebody else. wish he had that nice sweet 2B and/or 3B like in yahoo though.
Nice!
it sure appears tucker is working with a voodoo doctor in his spare time, probably got into that when dusty was hired.
Haha
Grey, Aquino getting called up
Drop Teoscar for Aquino or hold?
Teoscar
Good call on Shoemaker, although he looked awful on Streamonator, at least as of today. Did the value change?
Not sure, tbh
if you bet on leury having at least 2 HR’s today on that 1 dollar bet come to the window and get your 4,000 or so. and oh baby didi looking like a super nice value get so far, esp if for your MI slot in deep spots.
HAHA
if that 4,000 to one is right, what’s gosselin’s payoff rate here, like 15,000 to 1 or so.
Totally
Grey, better stream option?
Houser at Pitt or
V.V. at home vs Mia
Houser
I got an offer of Soler for my Luis Robert. Do I take Soler?
Kyle Lewis hit another. Going back to last year his been a beast. I’m kind of liking him over Robert based on his production and place in order.
LEWIS!
Want to be clear – you like Lewis over Robert this year?
Not yet
Sure
who will make a bigger impact this year WHATS YOUR TOP 3 please?
S Howard , L Patino, K Hayes A Aquino, D Carlson , B Rogers, Alex Reyes
Aquino….Tossup, Howard, Carlson
Drop Yoenis, A Rosario Mercado Or w Calhoun for Aquino?
Nah
Hey Grey! Another homer for Kyle Lewis today. I need a power bat after losing Soto. Would you rather roster Lewis or Will Calhoun?
Willie*
LEWIS!
LEWIS!
Another Kyle Lewis dongerino!
HE’S THE BEST EVER
DONGERINO!
Drop Hampson, Teoscar or Akiyama for Hays or hold?
probably teoSCAR
Shogo
Holy sh*t! I just Gott a save from Trevor in my 1st DC. I feel like a thief! SAGNOF, baby….
Haha, nice
Btw, whats with you starting Dozier at 3B in our league while Fletcher rides pine? Youre not gonna catch Hernan if you keep it up…
Haha, I missed it, oops
Are we adding holland yet? I’m a Kennedy owner and he was brought out in the 6th :/
Go for it
this might be a maddening bullpen – Holland pitched the 6th on opening day
I found this which Matheny seems to be implementing;
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article244024547.html
Thanks!
Grey would you rather have Michael Fullmer or Wainwright?
Wainwright
someone picked him up, but even though he is out for the season would you pick German from the NYY or would you rather have Fulmer?
both fulmer’s on DET now. guessing this has to be a dynasty if you are even mentioning german here. likely depends on
1. whether he can be stashed in a non active roster spot
2. who you’d have to drop to add him
Fulmer
Thoughts on Singer’s debut today? Worth a flyer over Jon Gray? Thanks.
gray’s schedule is str up horrible for most of the next 5 matchups, so yeppers.
Look good, yes, over Gray
10 team redraft, Hold Mercado or drop for K Lewis?
Try Lewis
Biggio or Lourdes?
Biggio
Pham with back to back double steal games to start the year. Dude single handily has me atop the standings in steals. Looks like he wants the short season steals title.
Ha, nice!
Would you trade
1. Ohtani and Newman for Moose?
2. Ohtani for Giolito?
3. Ohtani, Newman, and Morton for Moose, Yarborough and Giolito?
1. Sure 2. Yes 3. Yes
Evening Gray,
12-team, 6×6 Roto
with Aquino getting called (back) up, would you drop Hilliard for him?
Also, would you drop either Civale or Cease to stream Velasquez tomorrow?
Thanks in advance
*Grey (sorry bout that)
I’d hold Hilliard for now
Cease
12 team 5×5 roto
Any thoughts of benching Corbin v. NYY? (-$13.5)
Start him
What do you make of Votto? Resurgence? Buying in?
Yeah, buy in
I have Belli @ 1B and Roberts filling in at OF for Soto.
Do you think Votto will put up better stats than Roberts so I can move Belli to OF? Roberts would be the drop. I have JD-Mart, Acuna as my other OF.
I’m in a shallow 6-team friends league so all teams are stacked. Looking for any advantage.
No — why do you want to get rid of Luis Robert?
Don’t want to, but concerned about Roberts place in lineup. By the time they get to him the other have cleaned up the bases taking away RBI opportunities from Robert and no one below him to drive him in. I hate they have him hitting 7th. If Votto is having a resurgence and hitting for both power and average in the 2-hole of a really good offense I could move Belli to OF and slot Votto at 1B. – only if you think I come out ahead.
My team…your call. :-)
Ha
I did get an offer of Eloy for Robert though. I haven’t responded to it yet waiting to see if they move him up in the lineup and Robert has the SB potential. I think that’s why he wants Robert – no Power speed potential in his lineup. But, Eloy looks like he’s on the verge of a big year. Should I take Eloy and accept that offer?
I’d take Eloy
Loss Moose. Have Biggio. Looking on waivers.
Odor
Lastella
Wong
Galvis
Your boy from last year José Peraza
Happ
Aquino
Happ
16 teamer with OPS dynasty. mostsuckass replacement
C w.smith
1B hoskins
2B c.taylor (2B/SS/LF/CF)
3B suarez
SS story
IF kingery (2B/3B/SS/LF/CF)
LF mcneil (2B/3B/LF/RF)
CF laureano (CF/RF)
RF harper
OF k.marte (2B/SS/CF)
util otani (hitter only)
BN k.cron (1B)
DL: mostsuckass
prospects: lux (many others but not relevant this year in almost all cases except him)
from all my multi positional guys i don’t need 2B specifically, so just bet out of:
schoop, kike, asscab, teoscar, tapia, cactus jesus,bruce, moreland
i have schoop/kike ranked top 2 in the waiver claims, what youse think?
throw jacoby jones (not the football one, but how many of these can there be anyway) and fatt adams in there.
snap, gone varnish out here too, he’s gotta be top 3 in this list (peraza). pick best 3.
Peraza
eating TREATS! harper too.
LFG!
Any idea if plan for Snell was short outing or if something happened?
Nah, he just looked like a mess
K. Jake Cave batty call winner!
Nice!
Grey,
Start or sit Ohtani vs OAK
Start
ohtani looks awful
He walked five guys in his last intra squad game in five innings and they said it was his best performance yet. I started him instead of listening to myself.
im glad i sat him down
He looked awful all camp. Threw more balls than strikes. Theres no reason to believe in him post-TJS until he proves otherwise.
Yup
Fletcher looking good on your bench.
As I expected, Maddon is using him much more aggressively on the base paths. He ran on three pitches in the 5th. Im glad to see Scosciapath and Ausmunch gone and a real manager in. The Angels havent been this fun to watch in 15 years. Fletcher will hit .300+ with 35 runs and 10 SB if Maddon keeps him at leadoff, and I think he will.
Ha
if short innings cap bench till we see him look good. if deep innings or h2h and you don’t need the K’s/innings can bench, i’m not in any deep league though (often with large innings caps).
and there was the downside showing up, albeit 3 of those balls called during the 3 BB’s were strikes, including one of the them being the final pitch of the at bat. why i mentioned for shallows or short innings wait and see. i still started him in any 14 and up though or deep innings roto.
My regular keeper league (12 team mixed roto, keep 10) is skipping this year, but I need to reserve 11 players on my team now from last year that I will have the option to keep as my 10 for next season (the rest get thrown back, we can’t see this year and then pick from our current full roster). Debating on my last one. Who is your last man in (and second choice) that you think will be the best fantasy options in 2021 of:
Eduardo Escobar, Carlos Santana, Aquino, Schwarber, Encarnacion, R. Iglesias, Kingery.
For reference, my bottom definite keepers (in no order) are Tim Anderson, Semien, Muncy, Goldschmidt. So there’s a gap before the last one.
I’m tempted to go with Aquino for upside and worst case just keep the other 10 I hold, but his team doesn’t seem to believe in him and I’m concerned it would just be a wasted pick.
Thanks!
Aquino would be close to last — prolly Kingery
Apologies if this is a double post – thanks, if there are trades or I otherwise opt away from Kingery, who would be second? Escobar?
Thanks.
Yup
@Grey: weekly roto. Need to start two of the following. Who do you like?
Dahl – 2 @ oak, 3 vs sd
Mercado – 3 vs cws, 4 @ min
Riley – 2 @ tb, 2 vs tb, 3 vs nym
Hosmer – 1 vs ari, 3 @ sf, 3 @ col
Thanks!
Riley, Mercado
Giles pulled apparent injury
Bass or Yamaguchi ?
bass. here’s reasons
1. all offseason and now bass listed as 8th inning
2. he’s done 2 successful holds already with pretty sure one of them in the 8th inning
3. yamaguchi not good inning today
4. closer monkey says so
Bass
OF:
Acuna
Ozuna
Laureano
Bench:
Beni
Cain
5×5 daily redraft drop any for K Lewis?
Thanks
10T
Cain
12 Team Roto with OPS
Drop Shogo for Happ?
Yes
Hey Grey,
Hope you’re having a good weekend.
I have the following guys at in a 10 team standard 5×5 roto league
-willie Calhoun
-Gio Urshela
-Christian Walker
-Austin Riley
The following guys are on waivers:
-Trent Grisham
-Eric Hosmer
-Akiyama
-Luis arraez
-Renato Nunez
-Brian Anderson
Making any moves ?
Also is Joey Lucchesi in the rotation?
Thank you!
yes to the lucchesi question. we’re on day 3 for SD.
Grisham over Gio…I think so on Lucchesi, why not?
Verlander done for season
Ouch
it appears the more true answer was leaked first, then it backtracked to:
“a right forearm strain and will be shut down for “a couple of weeks.”
hahahaha. their PR team needs to communicate better, the first guy to leak it said what’s probably exact true, rather than b.s. it up like the second answer.
Drop Hampson for Hoerner or hold?
Hold
Soto tested negative for COVID. Sounds like we may have avoided a disaster with him. One more negative test and he can return.
Fingers crossed!
Best for spec saves
Drake or Bass?
bass, TB just moves guys around (TOR might too of course, but we don’t know that yet and they didn’t with giles)
Bass
@Grey: weekly roto. Who do you like better for next week?
Eflin – vs nyy, @ tor (whatever that means)
MadBum – @ tex
bum, TOR means the BUF minor league park with terrible dimensions for pitchers.
Bum
@Grey: sagnof, pick 2. Bass, Burdi, Hudson (nats), Pressly. Thanks!
Bass, Burdi
Marlins had like 4 guys test positive for the Rona & in Cincy, Moose wakes up “not feeling well” and is immediately placed on the IL after Matt Davidson tests positive yesterday… and we aren’t even done with the first 3 days of the season
I know, notta so good
Swanson over a Rosario I guess?
Meh
Would you be taking Austin Riley for a spin ahead of Mercado, Verdugo or Renfroe?
Yuli Gurriel or Votto?
Was leaning Votto until the Reds lost Moose because he wasn’t feeling good – possibly COVID. That leaves a big hole in their lineup.
Hey Grey,
Grisham or Bryan Reynolds? Thank you!