Picked up Eovaldi today with Carrasco on the DL, hopefully i can get another stellar start out of him. Too many freaking yankee pitchers on my team though (tanaka, pineida)

KC destroying Weaver

Man, picking up Mazara before his MLB Debut has been a rather excellent pick. Same with making Maeda in the 15th RD. My best fantasy season so far, and Stanton and Pujols JUST started to hit for me.

Shelby Miller

Collin McHugh

Mike Fiers

Dallas Keuchel

 

 

My team is dying.

 

Was offered Hanley for Aaron Nola. I promptly declined. I'll have to watch Nola vs. good hitting teams, but I feel like his stuff is perfect for the NL this year.

Trevor Story or Ian Desmond???

 

I had Brandon Crawford as my SS, replaced him with Brock Holt for now. I was offered Story for David Robertson, but I think I would prefer Desmond if I make the trade. I have K-ROD, Casilla, and J. Gomez, so still not sure I should part with my best closer, and I don't trust Story either.

Is Desmond strictly an OF?

Is Desmond strictly an OF?

 

He only plays OF, but Yahoo has him eligible as SS and OF due to last season. That's why I was thinking about asking for him instead of Story

He only plays OF, but Yahoo has him eligible as SS and OF due to last season. That's why I was thinking about asking for him instead of Story

 

Yeah I love those players. Machado is so key for me being able to use him as SS/3b, and Daniel Murphy is listed as almost every position.

Yeah I love those players. Machado is so key for me being able to use him as SS/3b, and Daniel Murphy is listed as almost every position.

I always end up with some utility guy and they always perform better than I hoped for. This year I have Brock Holt, who is Yahoo eligible EVERYWHERE except catcher.

Price has been complete garbage this year for me most of the time in my most important league, but at least I have Sale, Q, and Kershaw too.

Currently in 1st place in my division at 54-43-11 (3rd overall in the league). I've made 2 trades this year in acquiring Neil Walker for a draft pick and Justin Upton for Corey Dickerson. My roster looks like this:

 

C: Brian McCann, Derek Norris

1B: Freddie Freeman, Mitch Moreland

2B: Dee Gordon, Neil Walker, Brett Lawrie

3B: Anthony Rendon, Yunel Escobar

SS: Trevor Story, Eduardo Escobar, JP Crawford, Jose Reyes

OF: Bryce Harper, Giancarlo Stanton, Starling Marte, Justin Upton, Nomar Mazara

 

SP: Stephen Strasburg, Aaron Sanchez, Carlos Rodon, Carlos Martinez, Lance McCullers, Eduardo Rodriguez, Michael Pineda, Luis Severino, Matt Wisler, Tyler Glasnow

RP: Craig Kimbrel, David Robertson

Currently in 1st place in my division at 54-43-11 (3rd overall in the league). I've made 2 trades this year in acquiring Neil Walker for a draft pick and Justin Upton for Corey Dickerson. My roster looks like this:

 

C: Brian McCann, Derek Norris

1B: Freddie Freeman, Mitch Moreland

2B: Dee Gordon, Neil Walker, Brett Lawrie

3B: Anthony Rendon, Yunel Escobar

SS: Trevor Story, Eduardo Escobar, JP Crawford, Jose Reyes

OF: Bryce Harper, Giancarlo Stanton, Starling Marte, Justin Upton, Nomar Mazara

 

SP: Stephen Strasburg, Aaron Sanchez, Carlos Rodon, Carlos Martinez, Lance McCullers, Eduardo Rodriguez, Michael Pineda, Luis Severino, Matt Wisler, Tyler Glasnow

RP: Craig Kimbrel, David Robertson

How in the world are you in first?

How in the world are you in first?

 

What's wrong with my team? I understand that my pitching is pretty blah.

Still in 1st in my division. Made a couple moves to strengthen my squad.

 

I traded Tyler Glasnow for David Price

I traded Aaron Sanchez and Lance McCullers for Zack Grienke and Yangervis Solarte

 

Traded Sanchez because he's going in the pen later this year and I can't afford it so I needed another starter.

 

My rotation looks a lot better now with Strasburg, Price, Grienke, Martinez, and Rodon/Rodriguez

Got offered Jacob DeGrom for Kenta Maeda and I accepted it. The difference in pts per game is 15.1 versus 14.7 or something, despite Maeda having 3 more wins. I am banking on DeGrom getting some run support and getting more wins, plus, Maeda is a rookie so maybe the 2nd or 3rd time a team sees him, the more he will get hit. Additionally, DeGrom has 9 of 12 starts being QS. It's 8 of 14 for Maeda.

 

Only thing that worried me was the health issues DeGrom had early in the year, but he has a longer history of success over Maeda, so I went with it.

Got offered Jacob DeGrom for Kenta Maeda and I accepted it. The difference in pts per game is 15.1 versus 14.7 or something, despite Maeda having 3 more wins. I am banking on DeGrom getting some run support and getting more wins, plus, Maeda is a rookie so maybe the 2nd or 3rd time a team sees him, the more he will get hit. Additionally, DeGrom has 9 of 12 starts being QS. It's 8 of 14 for Maeda.

 

Only thing that worried me was the health issues DeGrom had early in the year, but he has a longer history of success over Maeda, so I went with it.

 

Has DeGrom improved lately? I know he struggled with his velocity at the beginning of the year. Maeda has been pretty solid all year.

Has DeGrom improved lately? I know he struggled with his velocity at the beginning of the year. Maeda has been pretty solid all year.

 

Over his last 28 days....

 

32 IP, 25 H, 2.81 ERA, 7 BB, 41 K, 1.00 WHIP

 

Yeah, he's been solid. Just isn't getting wins. Plus, he gets deeper in to games than Maeda. Maeda has only reached the 7 inning mark ONCE this year, and not a single out more. Only 4 of his 14 starts has he thrown 100+ pitches. He's averaging probably 88-90 pitches per outing. 7 of DeGrom's last 8 starts he has pitched 100+, reaching 110 at one point.

 

Not saying it's a slam dunk, but I just feel a little better about the more established pitcher versus the rookie.

Over his last 28 days....

 

32 IP, 25 H, 2.81 ERA, 7 BB, 41 K, 1.00 WHIP

 

Yeah, he's been solid. Just isn't getting wins. Plus, he gets deeper in to games than Maeda. Maeda has only reached the 7 inning mark ONCE this year, and not a single out more. Only 4 of his 14 starts has he thrown 100+ pitches. He's averaging probably 88-90 pitches per outing. 7 of DeGrom's last 8 starts he has pitched 100+, reaching 110 at one point.

 

Not saying it's a slam dunk, but I just feel a little better about the more established pitcher versus the rookie.

 

Ok, I didn't know that. Thank you for providing that. Overall, seems like a win-win for both squads with you having a bit of an edge.

I'm 10-1 and 9-2 in my 2 most important leagues, so I can't complain.

Finished 4th overall in my league in the regular season. Playoffs start this week.

Lost out on 1st by .5 game a .02% pt. Can't even describe how pissed I am because the guy who beat me, the guy he faced last week didn't put Teheran in yesterday and may have gotten a pt in WHIP.

I'm in Terminator mode for the playoffs.

Finished my season 14-2. Am currently halfway through our champion round. I am up 551 to 454, and he just lost Keuchel for the rest of our matchup, as well as Steven Wright. I have up to 15 scheduled starts left through Sunday, he now has 6 until he replaces Kuechel. I think I am in damn good shape to win this whole thing.

I'm in a battle for the last playoff spot. Currently have it, but I need to win or the 5th place guy to lose. After losing Kershaw, my team went from being 9-2 in the first half to just 4-6 in the second half. He's back this Friday though, so I may get a nice boost going into the playoffs. I've won the past 4 championships, it'd be nice to get 5.

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I won a playoff spot, finally. For weeks it was a nail biter as I was tied with 3 teams in record but last in points among them, then now am in 4th having surpassed 1 in points and won 3 straight weeks.

 

would love to pull money out of this league and then quit. Can't stand the way it's run.