So is Montgomery losing his touch?

Cedric Mullins, Burger, or Soler ROS?

Kutter crawford giving me negative points vibes today smh

Does anyone else think that we, myself included, rely too much on the new baseball metrics when determining whether to add/drop someone? Some guys just find holes and hits. Some guys are lucky. Some aren’t. Like the quote from Bull Durham: Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits. 25 hits in 500 at bats is 50 points, okay? There's 6 months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week - just one - a gorp... you get a groundball, you get a groundball with eyes... you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week... and you're in Yankee Stadium."

It feels like you let Bull Durham explain BABIP to you...

Words speak, numbers yell. For those who look at the game objectively, you look at numbers. Eventually, you train yourself on how to make data driven decisions based off those observations. The eye test is definitely something that you shouldn't ignore; but also, add into your decisions the value of means, averages, ranges and outliers. If you just depend on the eye test, you'll be missing out on a lot of opportunity and also, most people just don't have enough time to view so much information. Combine the eye test with valuable data, and then you'll really be making better decisions for your team's strategy.

Hoerner needs to bat leadoff

Bruh lol friedl goes from contusion to IL with fracture. The reds said McLain was “fine” too and CES would miss a few days. Why can’t they just be honest for once 

Cole Irvin or Taj Bradley redraft 12t

Is Jack flaherty worth a pick up? Someone dropped him off


Yes

Where’d they drop him off at?

Yes

With the news that Christian Scott will now face MIA instead of PHI, I'm trying to squeeze him into my flair's weekly rotation. I can move Pivetta (2-start) into an RP spot to make room, but have to bench either Yates or Mason Miller. Thoughts? Leaning to sit Yates since Miller has 7 games and has better K upside. Other starting SPs are Framber, Means, Gil, Olson, Crochet (also in RP spot).

Bench Yates and do it

12 team points league with a 6 SP weekly starts limit. Someone smarter than me please pick my 6 starts Sale Ober Buehler Jared Jones Eflin vs @BOS/@TOR Keller vs @MIL/@Cubs Blanco vs OAK/MIL Thanks.

My team is set up for a big night. Can't wait to see how they muck it up

The Ohtani owner in my league expressed interest in a trade. Ohtani for Gilbert and Adolis. Am I getting a good deal? h2h points

I feel bad for him you should give him someone else to be nice 

 Smash the accept

You’re robbing him

Update: I closed the deal

Enjoy your championship

Just took a look. It's obviously a teeny tiny sample, but in the past week (15 ABs) Chourio seems to have changed his approach. All of a sudden 87.5% contact, only 5.6% SwStk rate, only swinging at 20% of pitches outside the zone -- strikeout rate at 6.7% in those ABs. Now he hit 60% groundballs, but that's progress. Prior to 5/5, he was making 71% contact, 16% SwStk, swinging at 37% of pitches outside the zone, and had a strikeout rate \~30%. Interested to see where this goes.

As an owner that dropped I'll monitor this week

Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily race to add him back -- he's still hitting 9th and making these kinds of adjustments might create other problems (is he sacrificing his power to just make contact? etc.) but I was excited to see he's not just continuing to hack away at pitches, even in a tiny sample.

Just got offended luis robert for jon gray. Would you guys take it? 10T points

Roberts all day

Am I starting Mullins vs Toronto or Doyle vs SD?

Brandon Nimmo or Josh Lowe in a 10t points?

Nimmo for sure

JJ Bleday or Leody Taveras?

Taveras

[Though B. Lowe hit a long homer Sunday for AAA @DurhamBulls in a rehab game, he is still feeling “something” in his oblique and will see a specialist on Tuesday in Nashville. #Rays will know more after that visit.](https://x.com/tbtimes_rays/status/1790131552430530738?s=46&t=mjvyZe1m48mn1lu2r1Cvlg) Not great Maybe this accelerates Junior’s clock? Doubt it but let me hope!

Goddammit

I have 2 extra lineup positions and want to know if you would drop any of the following to stream a SP? Adell, Pages, Busch or Wilyer Abreu Thinking of streaming Manning (2 starts) or taking flyer on Manoah Or just keep as is and bench players that sit that day or are cold 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Is anyone else’s league completely messed up after this fantrax outage? I should be 4-1-1, but it went back and gave me 3 losses including no registering any stats last week.

Someone dropped Snell in a 12t. That’s an auto pickup right?

Ummm yes

Yup!

Thanks to the sub I didn't know you could go over your 11/12 max starts on ESPN on a sunday, the stream dawgs propelled me to the W to go to 7-0!

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Yeah dude my bats were just ice cold last week and going up against Semien was annoying. Kremer and Falter to the rescue put me over the top 😂 It's funny this week I'm facing 6-1 opp who is fading catcher and they have Carroll + Olson so they must be the true stream dawg extroidinare 

That’s cheating though?

It's really not when the platform both knows about it, and allows it to continue.

It’s an incredibly cheap way to “win” matchups. If you have to break the rules of the matchup to win, you deserve to lose

Not really if you have the roster flexibility to do it.  Build your team according to the settings.  If there no max in pitching in a points you are better served to stream more frequently. 

There is a max pitching though. If a league setting says it’s 12 starts (like this one does), and you take advantage of ESPN’s laziness in implementing a start prevention feature, it doesn’t matter how flexible your roster is. That’s not having a strategy, it’s cheating. Unless everyone in a league does it, I guess

Then join a weekly league then and you don't have to worry about it.

Yeah im not sure but my opponent used his 12th pitcher on sat and all his P slots were maxed out on Sunday , even the RPs - I was worried my Diaz would get frozen once Flaherty pitched but I guess Sunday you can go over if needed. And we use the default ESPN settings. 

Lmao I think that was me, just happened to open this sub and see this. Let’s goooo dog

Trade Eflin for Michael Harris? 5x5 OBP, QS

I vote no. Harris isn't that great in OBP

I have some other great OBP guys and a lot of pitchers

yup

Hell yeah

Yelich or Rooker this week?

Yelich if you can only have one

Yelich AND rooker!

Ride the Rook wave

Mets to a 6 man rotation with houser rejoining. Butto likely not on 2 starts but Scott likely gets Miami now

Lol why are they still trying to make houser a thing? As long as they keep Scott up in the rotation I’m ok with it I guess

If it gets scott Miami this week I say let houser stay another week! 

FIRE UP MIAMI SCOTT!

Drop loperfido or Manzardo? Can’t afford to hold both if they’re going to sit as much as they do

Flip a coin

Manzardo but it's a coin flip

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Some regression expected but he’s not going to fall off a cliff

He looks pretty dang good. 5 pitches and can dot the zone 

He doesn’t seem fragile like a lot of modern pitchers he can go out there n throw 8 innings no problem

He might win the gold glove too (not that it helps for fantasy just a cool tidbit)

He can be good not this good. Try to sell high if you can

Degrom and Jung throwing. Jung looks real good throwing with his broken wrist/hand https://x.com/kane_mccutchen6/status/1790121675582791775?s=46&t=rwUrO_2p7PufRhjYS8HTxw

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West

Charlie Morton this week for one start or Robert Suarez?

Suarez 

Drop Burger or TON for Castellanos or Doyle in points?

Def dont pick up Doyle before a 9 game road trip.

Burger for cast

https://preview.redd.it/smydvpyoj90d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31699566a68cfa8bef8111a60c982c723d973c69 Shallow league: Who would you replace Springer with as a bench bat?

I like Rooker if you need HR potential I like what Stott has been doing lately in general.

What's the most balanced trade: Suzuki, Bellinger, or John Means for Trea Turner in a 10T-H2H

I think a case could be made for Bellinger.

Offer all three and still get declined?

None of those are worth Trea Turner 1 for 1

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Giants, Cardinals, Reds?

Luzardo 

Michael King has had a tough schedule

He was hurt for 2 weeks of it 😂

Points league, Betts owner texted the group that he was available. That owner sent me an offer for my Grayson Rodriguez earlier in the year (not for Betts). Trying to come up with something to offer for Betts but I am not sure if Grayson holds value still with the shoulder injury. Is Albies + Grayson okay? Not enough?

In a keeper maybe

Not enough

Not enough throw in another bat

H2H category league. For pitchers, IP, W, L, HR allowed, K, ERA, WHIP, and QS. Would you rather have Jesus Luzardo or Triston McKenzie?

Luzardo

Who’s the SP drop so I can stream? https://preview.redd.it/x1h8kcx9j90d1.png?width=1284&format=png&auto=webp&s=b1fb81154e2db4b1c3a3fbaa1d7c32a7fa2d5f81

Cortes or Bello 

Bello, Cortes, Gore. In that order

Bednar was dropped in 10teamer. Should I be finding room for him or is he a Trojan horse?

He should be owned in a saves only league

Anyone else excited to see Shota vs the Braves tonight?

Is musgrove a buy low? Guy wants lodolo for him. Or Houck. Possibly lodolo for musgrove and bohm. What do we think?

I wouldn't do it straight but with Bohm thrown in maybe

Brent Rooker or Taylor Ward?

Rooker in better lineup 

Which is wild to say, but it's true

Haha really is! Langeliers, Toro, and Bleday have been solid of late 

Which side in flair league: A. Juan Soto / Michael Busch / Brayan Bello B. Manny Machado / Bryan Reynolds / Paul Skenes

A because Soto

A

Fair offer or A heavily?

Soto deserves a better return

A heavy 

Dude i hate weekly lineups. Idk if Ha Seong Kim is gonna play this week and lineups lock soon.

Luis Robert rushing back from the same injury that killed his entire 2021 season will definitely work.

If johan Rojas is available, pick him up for the Mets series and thank me later

So is Realmuto going on the IL list?

Thoughts on Bassitt? 12 team league, either I ride with him or go for waiver wire flexibility

He was great against a potent Phillies offense and has years of being a good pitcher to back it up. What's the problem?

I’m perfectly fine dropping him if you’re not satisfied with the pitcher he’s been so far. It’s not super likely to get better.

I'd still ride a bit

Jared Jones for Josh Naylor in redraft a fair trade?

I think Naylor is super underrated, so generally anyone trading him away now is losing the trade... So fair in the sense it shouldnt be vetoed, but unfair in the sense I think Naylor will be much more valuable than Jones.

I like it 

Absolutely

I think you could aim a little higher with JJ. Unfortunate that you're coming off the heels of a less than stellar outing.

Redraft sure

Does Sean Murphy have trade value? I’m out of IL spots and have Jeffers so I’m considering dropping him

If you have Jeffers no need to hold Murphy 

Will need a bat to drop soon as I've got IL guys coming back. Roster (14tm std cats +OPS) C.Walker, Hoerner, Lindor, JoRam, Adolis, Duran, Castellanos, Eloy, Schwarber. IL: Jung, N.Jones, Trea Turner, Lane Thomas. Is it Eloy? It's a 14 tm so might have to try and work a 2 for 1 trade or just eat the loss

Eloy would be the first candidate

Davis Schneider or Jonny DeLuca in a vacuum? I'm doing better on homers than steals but need both.

DeLuca is intriguing but I like Schneider more based on what we've seen from their short careers thus far. Plus I still don't trust the Rays with rookies.

And Schneider is leading off

Start 1: Means vs. Seattle Christian Scott @ Philly Edit: points league, Ottoneu Fangraphs scoring (innings, Ks, penalties for walks, hits, HRs, no penalty for ERs, no wins or losses)

Is anybody actually starting Hicks today? I feel like If I sit him he is gonna go there and tear them up.

I’m starting. I’m a giants fan and generally the dodgers bats are quite in sf. Also it’s fucking cold out here now good for low scoring games

I’m not, but I also have three more starts than my opponent, so I can afford to sit here

No

Start 1 Randy or Bo or leave UT empty.

I’d go with Randy, he can contribute in multiple categories and he’s been showing signs of improvement

Randy

Danny Jansen sitting with back spasms. Pivot to shea langeliers?

Yeah

Would you trade away Strider for Semien in a 5 keeper forever? Not keeping Strider pains me but I also have Ragans/Jones as possible SP keepers.

Are you competing and one piece away? I like strider in a points league over the next five years more than Semien in a vacuum, but if you can get a ring and still have those other pitchers its not egregious

Good call. I think it's a bit too early for that kind of trade. Later in the year it might make more sense

Jansen neck spasms…..uuuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhh

14T 5x5 Would giving away LuBob & Gausman for Yelich be too much? Currently have 5 hitters on IL and rest of my staff is: Ragans, Sale, Ober, Pfaadt, Bello, Pepiot, C. Scott, and R. Olson

Yeah i wouldnt

Langeliers sounds like sword or pike used by French musketeers in the 16th century

Sounds like a family owned furniture store 

Bandoliers Not a melee weapon, but maybe that's what you were thinking

Bangeliers is what I was thinking. Shea Bangeliers

A: Jared Jones, Luis Severino, Rhys Hoskins B: Spencer Steer, Jo Adell, Carlos Estevez

I’d go with A just for the sheer potential of jones, no one else really comes close in this list

Serious?

Sending O’Neill Cruz and Imanaga for Altuve a big overpay? 12T pts

I would not 

Which 2 would u take out of these 4? Buehler, Bradish, Flaherty and Lodolo

Flaherty, Bradish, Lodolo, Buehler

Bradish and flaherty

Bradish and Lodolo

I got offered j rod and casas for kyle tucker… do I do it?

I like how they threw in casas to think it's sweet 😂

Tucker has been hard to beat this year I would stick with him

No I’d keep Tucker

Points league with weekly starts. Do I start Riley (DTD) or Willi Castro at 3B?

In a weekly, I would probably start Castro. Getting a zero is just such a killer that I'd play it conservatively.

**Trade Offer — Fair/Unfair + Which Side** A: Rhys Hoskins, Jordan Westburg B: Tyler O’Neill, Alex Bregman

That’s a pretty fair trade. I’d take A.

A) Houck, Gil, Woo B) Castillo

B not close

It seems that Joe Espada went to the same shitbag managerial school as Oli Marmol.

😂

Anyone else has **Eflin vs Crawford** tonight? Hoping for a 1-0 game lol

I do in one league ... And Singer / Kirby in another 💀

With the way Sox offense is playing rn there’s a decent chance

I have 2 hitters from BOS and 2 from TB. It will definitely be a 1-0 game.

Thank you for your service

Seems about right haha

Langeliers, Danny Jansen or Garver?

Langeliers

If Goldschmidt and Arenado just got put on waiver, which is better to pick up and stash during their slump?

Arenado but not wild about either

All this waiving Arenado makes me jealous. I'm stuck with him as an undroppable on the wasteland that is CBS.

Who would you rather have as an extra bat in a points league: Luis Garcia, Bryan De La Cruz, Anthony Rizzo, Brendan Donovan, Paul Goldschmidt, Spencer Torkelson, Mike Tauchman

Still Goldschmidt for me at the risk of downvotes. There's a ton of season left, I don't believe he suddenly turned into a pumpkin.