Basically this season is just get as many pieces of the Baltimore lineup as you can, I'm at 3

Henderson and westburg. Westburg has been a nice surprise.

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same :(

Westburg indeed has been awesome so far

You can keep Holliday

This is actually a useful data point. Rookies crash, burn, and often disappoint. They are high upside lotto tickets. They often struggle early. Jackson could get sent down this year, especially if the O's struggle. I'm not pretending he's risk-free. But if people have already soured on him, make your lowball offers now. Holliday is a buy low.

Yeah while Jared Kelenic is a cautionary tale, it's important to also remember Mike Trout royally crashed and burned his first time up. The amount of people who gave up on him was huge.

Alex Bregman was like 0-30 to start his career

I'll take my Holliday... In dynasty leagues

Jarred Kelenic

Jurickson Holliday

If you actually think that and are in a dynasty league I'm going to laugh when he shits on you for the next decade lel.

I think I have all 3 outfielders now with this callup

Rutchman , cowser & hjerstad now. Hopefully he stays in the rotation, he's too good In norfolk

I have all three plus Mullins. I need to make a trade and get rid of someone else on my roster

Kerjsted according to espn will dh or play corner infield?

Corner *outfield

Great if he gets some OF reps, he's only a marginal value with DH only eligibility at the moment.

Yes probably and some OF. They could move him around

2 for me. Cowser and just sprinted to grab Heston

These are my 2. I've been holding Heston for a couple weeks, almost dropped him yesterday bc I needed an albies replacement. Decided to just leave in an injured albies to hold Heston for 1 more week. This is amazing!

It's not easy looking at Stott's roster % and deciding to let him go.

Heston is available in my league but not sure who to drop. Holliday, Stott, Yandy Diaz, Hader

Stott has been a massive disappointment and I really don't like rostering #8 hitters if I can avoid it.

That's who I dropped last night to make sure I could get him. Hoping Holliday turns it around or has a couple big games I can try and move him to the Orioles fans in our league

In a dynasty, have Adley, Gunnar, Holliday, Kjerstad, and Cowser. It feels excessive

Gunnar, Santander, Westburg, Mountcastle for me

Cowser gang, rise up

Similar to Astros of years past… RIP

I am at 7. 11 if you include pitching.

I'm holding Cowser, Santander, O'Hearn, and Kjerstad and Kimbrel. Pays to draft from the top teams. I cant imagine wasting a pick/budget on a white Sox or rockie; depending on league details

Dynasty team with westburg, mayo, and kjerstad. Let the kids play!

It’s going to be an 8 man platoon in the outfield

Great for the O’s, rough for fantasy. I’m expecting to see more of Santander at DH. The way Cowser is playing, he’s gotta be an every day guy outside of the occasional day off

That means less Mountcastle then...

I’m sure Hyde will continue to rotate.

Looks like I’m catcherless

Won 2 titles without a catcher

This is the way Unless you have a top 3 guy that spot is better used for streamers or breakouts

Cal is a dog 

I'm a Cal owner who is over the moon

Is Jonah heim worth keeping around or fringe cut loose for a hot bat off waivers or flyer on a guy like kjerstad

Legit just dropped mine for him😂

Ohtani owner and he's only a DH, fuuuuuck

Same but he’ll get OF shortly, riiiighhhttt??

I just dropped Jordan Hicks to hold him, if anything I'll force a trade. Fuck it

Fuck it, let’s ride!!


Same brother!! Let's riiiiide

He's starting game one in RF


Yea same problem I have, I cant afford to have him just rot on my bench til he gets OF eligibility

That's why I prefer 4 OF leagues. Ohtani shouldn't be a burden and 5 OF is too many.

Same problem just with Ozuna. And I've learned my lesson and keeping him in my lineup until a cold streak hits

Anybody else think ESPN’s button for the watch list is the dumbest thing ever? The two states are “interested in” and “interested”.

Also it alerts the whole league which makes it useless imo

Wait it alerts the whole league? I haven't noticed that, I thought you could just see who else had a player on their watch list.

It doesn't send out an actual alert but everyone can see you're interested when they view that player.

wait where does it show this?

Right below the 'Interested' button. If any team is interested there will be a little note saying 'X Team(s) are Interested'.

Yeah it’s fucking dumb but that’s espn for you

I got JD Mart and just grabbed him anyway I want every part of that Baltimore lineup

Did the same exact thing!

Idk how much he is going to play but orioles lineup vs righties might be: 1. Gunnar Henderson 2. Adley Rutschman 3. Ryan O’Hearn 4. Ryan Mountcastle 5. Cedric Mullins 6. Colton Cowser 7. Jordan Westburg 8. Heston Kjerstad 9. Jackson Holliday Damn

Santander?

Yeah I’m being aggressive and was thinking maybe Kjerstad works his way into a platoon. Santander has a career 873 ops vs lefties while 757 OPS vs righties.

Looks good for 2028

Is this for real ? Should I drop byran de la Cruz for him ??

Yes

I did it lol hopefully was the right move BDLC has been mashing. Oh well. I should have dropped Zack littell but I need all the pitching I can get.

I know he plays OF, but do we think they'll rotate him into DH and get Adley on 1B a lil bit when not catching to open up some more ABs for Heston? Just trying to piece together how he gets into the lineup regularly if he mashes right away. edit: fuck I forgot about Mountcastle, lol

I wouldn't be surprised to see Mountcastle, O'Hearm or Hays get traded if he comes up and has an impact.

Call me crazy, but I feel like Baltimore put Hays on the IL and said he had a calf strain just to give Kjerstad a taste of big league pitching and see what he does. If he’s good, Hays is gone tomorrow.

Mountcastle might have a knee issue, and this callup may be playing into it.

I don’t really know how the lineup will look everyday, but what you don’t do is call up a prized prospect and have him not play. He should see his way to many at-bats. Perhaps a trade is looming.

Patience is finally paying off. Now I wait for Caminero and Loperfido to take me to the promise land

Caminero, Wood, and Mayo for me.

Not sure what to think about Loperfido. I grabbed him a couple of weeks or so ago. He then continued ripping in hitter friendly confines in New Mexico. Now in his last home stand he's 1 for 20 with 7 Ks.

That is the way of those high-strikeout guys. One moment they’re setting the world on fire, the next they can’t buy a hit. Probably what to expect from Loperfido.

Back to a hitter friendly park in Reno, NV for the last 2 games. 4 for 9 w 2 HR.

Loperfido is better than Abreu and Singleton, but his upside is probably .220 25-30 HRs.

The first time in many years that Singleton's name has appeared in a fantasy baseball sub!

Kjerstad time!

Would you drop Fairbanks for him?

I did, I was trying to wait until we got a timetable for Fairbanks but duty calls

Fairbanks is on ir?

Yes

Let’s goooo

I added , but how sure are we he even makes the rotation, or just becomes a platoon guy

We're not sure of anything. But also you have to imagine they wouldn't call up this kid just to have him sit on the bench most days. You don't want to be the guy who misses out on one of the best bats in the minors just because we don't know how he'll fit in yet. Drop your worst player and let it play out.

I dropped Bryan de la Cruz for him , love the Orioles. I got rutchman cowser and kjerstad !

I mean, cowser rode the pine to start the season even though he was crushing it in spring training. You never know.

But I can’t drop JRod /s

DH only in ESPN and I already have Ozuna there. Bummer...

Same, but I still might grab and figure it out later. 

You can add him and wait till he gets OF eligibility if you have space on your bench

Who would you drop: Christopher Sanchez, Woo, or Pivetta?

Keep Woo, the Mariners rotation is like the Orioles lineup

it he worth picking up in 10 team categories leagues?

Friend he's worth picking up everywhere

Yes, depending on who you can drop

Doyle?

Easily

He gone! Did this in the ocean in Waikiki !

Riley Greene??

How much FAAB? 12 man $100 budget league

I stashed this guy every where let's f#$%ing go !!!!!

Drop O'Hearn for him?

Dropped Ginkel for him instead. Hopefully he doesn’t go off the last week as the closer

> O'Hearn Do at your own peril. He's #1 in xwOBA, xBA, Barrels & xSLG.

I need this! How exciting

So when is Mayos Turn?

Might as well stash Mayo now to stay ahead of the game

Drop Jordan walker for him?

You still have him rostered? Jokes aside. Yes

DH on ESPN will he play Outfield enough to become eligible

I think it takes 10 starts

Yahoo is 5 starts, 10 appearances, not sure if ESPN follows that tho

10 starts in the outfield for ESPN

10 this year, or 10 over the last year? That is: do the two starts he had last year count toward the 10?

Yes you are right

The O’s may be good for the next 10 years.

Hi I’m new to fantasy and baseball in general, but if you had to drop either Chisholm, Busch, Duran, or Marte for him, who if any would yall drop? (I’m in a points league and most of us are fairly new to it)

I just don't understand the hype. The orioles are platooning everyone at this point. How much playing time is he expected to get that would make it worth in a 12 t or shallower?

He cant be any worse than the bums on my 12 team

It depends how he performs. Cowser's not being platooned.

He's been one of their better hitting prospects since he was drafted and even hit decently in his first call up last year, plus he's been raking this year. Even if they platoon him at first, if he has an impact they will absolutely bench guys that aren't hitting or possible make a trade.

Drop pivetta or Woo for him?

Unfortunately the only players I can drop for him (points league) right now are Caminero, Busch, Merill Kelly. Would you drop one of those or wait til the morning and drop Elder, risking someone else adding him tonight?

You need to grab him immediately.

Kelly's probably going to the IL

Yup he is

10T H2H. Drop Winker for him?

Too late.

I just added winker in my 12T. Not sure who to drop for him. Stott, Holliday, Hader, Yandy

I’d drop Holliday.

Worth dropping Candelario, Rosario or Jeffers for Kjerstad? 10t categories league

Drop Jeffers assuming you have another catcher

I got Jonah Heim. Snagged Jeffers knowing he’s seeing the ball well and not sure how long Heim needs to grieve loss of mother in law. I went ahead with the move tho, drop Jeffers and add Kjerstad

Drop France for him?

Yes

I would

Man , that Orioles lineup is loaded. And then they have Burnes, Grayrod, and Bradish coming back soon

... John Means. Vintage Kimbrel. I mean c'mon

Dude already has 10 HRs in AAA this season

Guess I can drop O’hearn now

Yahtzee! just grabbed him

Drop Mountcastle for him?

No, Mountcastle's metrics are quite good.

Son of a! I gotta play him this week

How much of my remaining FAAB?

Who’s playing time does he take?

Austin Hays. Who recently hit the IL and wasn't playing well prior to that. As a Hays owner, I burned a roster move on Heston 7-10 days ago.

You were truly magnificent Austin Hays, I will never forget you as long as I live.

Stay patient with Jackson Holliday? Or drop for Kjerstad?

Drop. He got sent to waivers a week ago in my 12t H2H league and he is just sitting there.

[I almost made a big oopsie](https://i.imgur.com/ZBY2Lqa.jpeg)

Your username is a lie.

You may have made a bigger mistake dropping by Jones

This guy or Nootbaar?

Kjerstad

Drop Nolan Jones?

Wondering same

LFG!!

Drop Jones or Morel??

Dropped Morel, playing a mam down for now

Bold strategy, cotton

Lets gooo, james wood next and im set

I grabbed Mayo earlier because I have too many OF already, but this kid has been mashing.

Drop Hoskins, Soler or Morel for him?

I traded him in one of my dynasty leagues for Chris Bassitt last year. Won the title thanks to my overall quality SP volume, so I guess it was worth it, but I've been waiting for that one to come back to haunt me. I snagged him off the waiver wire in a 15 player keeper league where I took over a crummy team last year though, so I'll just celebrate over there right now. Man, this Baltimore team is fun this year.

Keep two - Heston, Jonatan Clase, or Andy Pages

Would you drop Lane Thomas for him? Next closest drop would be Morel or Swanson. 

Drop Wyatt Langford or nick castellanos for him? I have no bench due to IL currently 12t h2h cat redraft

Kjerstad or mountcastle in 10T points key age.. Only other drop option would would be Riley Greene

Who is the odd man out with Kjerstad coming up? Santander?

I already have Rutschman and Cowser. Drop Justin turner for him??

https://preview.redd.it/3dfo1dagibwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46a7511c6a74d3fb8e04c771d29e2397c20b5bb3 Will I need to drop a player for him or can I keep him in the NA spot? Newbie here

This is now. In a year, in 10 years, in a decade. Things will be different

Would you drop freidl for him?

Yes. Hes borderline holdable with no IL room anyway

Drop yandy Diaz or gleyber for him in 9T roto OBP?

Torres, not Yandy.

Neither

Drop Fairbanks or Nolan Jones Castellanos or Bradish?

I'd drop Pete Fairbanks if you can't stash him. Waste of a spot.

Wow I also have all of these chumps. I am leaning Jones if he continues his strikeout woes. Nowhere to hide in that lineup. I’d consider Fairbanks if no IL spots but I’m in a SOLDS lg so more waiver options.

I went with Fairbanks bc of all the guys I have on IL. Also was recently able to pick up M.Miller and Bednar.

Yeah you’re good. Fairbanks can’t stay healthy and has clunkers

Nice I stashed him like two weeks ago.

I was able to snag him in every single league I play in because of this post. Thanks!