Fantasy Baseball Thread IV

[Satan]

Thoughts on starting Hellickson today?

 

[rangerssharks414]

Thoughts on starting Hellickson today?

If it's a max innings league, I wouldn't. Cincy is a bandbox.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Syndergaard leaves game with blister

 

[Virtanen18]

Easy save for Treinen. Feels good, mannnn

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Wonder how long it will take the Phillies to turn the job over to Neris? Perfect inning today with a K, Gomez gives up a 2-run HR to Scooter Gennett but still squeaks through with the save.

I imagine for trade purposes, it's in their interest to see if Gomez can at least still have some success with regular appearances, but maybe if Gomez is rocky in the early going, they will quickly pull the trigger.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Wonder how long it will take the Phillies to turn the job over to Neris? Perfect inning today with a K, Gomez gives up a 2-run HR to Scooter Gennett but still squeaks through with the save.

I imagine for trade purposes, it's in their interest to see if Gomez can at least still have some success with regular appearances, but maybe if Gomez is rocky in the early going, they will quickly pull the trigger.

It was obvious last year that Neris was their best reliever. Heck, Gomez probably isn't even their second best option (Neshek). They should make the switch, but they won't because proven closers.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

I think I'm going to buy high on Carlos Gomez. It slipped my mind that he did so well down the stretch last year, and I think he could have a pretty high ceiling if things break right for him.

It's still a gamble, but I might just relinquish Keon Broxton back to waivers and keep an eye on how he does. He isn't as quite as valuable to me if he's only going to be batting sixth.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Thoughts on starting Hellickson today?

Did you end up starting him? 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB and only 1 K, but he won.

I think I'm going to buy high on Carlos Gomez. It slipped my mind that he did so well down the stretch last year, and I think he could have a pretty high ceiling if things break right for him.

It's still a gamble, but I might just relinquish Keon Broxton back to waivers and keep an eye on how he does. He isn't as quite as valuable to me if he's only going to be batting sixth.

It would be a gamble, as Broxton is a breakout candidate according to some people. I think Gomez would be a nice get, though. He has a homer already tonight, and of course, he could run. As long as he hits leadoff, he should be good for fantasy. A lot of people forgot about him during my drafts, it seemed.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Yeah, I really liked Broxton as a breakout candidate, but my league seems to be totally asleep on him. I was able to get him in the draft for a dollar, and I think if I just keep an eye on him, I could always get him back if I needed to.

Plus, my OF situation is relatively set. I am waiting for Marte to get CF eligibility, but I have Marte, Polanco, Braun, Buxton, and then Broxton (the latter two being my two U). I have Josh Bell right now to see if he breaks out with the power, in which case I might go down to 4 OFs anyways. But for now, Gomez seems to maybe have a higher immediate ceiling if he actually does get back to his old ways. And even if he doesn't, he might hit a ton of HRs in April and May or something. I'm going bull-ish but not crazy-- a $6 bid after just one HR should hopefully be enough to do it, but not waste money.

 

[Virtanen18]

On the topic of Jeanmar, Drew Silva was speculating on Twitter that maybe the Phillies will want to keep Neris flexible. Picked up Joaquin Benoit in case.

 

[rangerssharks414]

On the topic of Jeanmar, Drew Silva was speculating on Twitter that maybe the Phillies will want to keep Neris flexible. Picked up Joaquin Benoit in case.

Maybe. I don't think Neshek's L/R splits are good enough to be a closer, so maybe that is right.

And I guess. But I'd want my best reliever for the ninth unless I had a 1B (like the Indians do).

 

[Virtanen18]

Maybe. I don't think Neshek's L/R splits are good enough to be a closer, so maybe that is right.

And I guess. But I'd want my best reliever for the ninth unless I had a 1B (like the Indians do).

It's too hard to get in the minds of managers. Let alone one who uses Jeanmar Gomez in the 9th inning.

Santiago Casilla got the save for Oakland tonight interestingly. Picked him up in case, but Melvin did say he would try committee.

 

[Ben Grimm]

I picked up Adam Ottavino in 2 leagues and also picked up Brandon Kintzler and Jeanmar Gomez. I like my bullpens now.

 

[Satan]

Did you end up starting him? 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB and only 1 K, but he won.

Yeah, I threw him to the wolves. I'm likely going to let most of my pitchers roll this week but I'm competing against a guy with Kershaw, Lester, Bumgarner, Teheran, Duffy, Gausman, Greinke, Strasburg and Harvey.

He already has a huge lead in Ks but if I'm picky this week I could take K/9, K/BB and ERA.

 

[Satan]

Thoughts on Adam Wainwright today? (Pitching categories are W, K, SV, ERA, K/9, K/BB, WHIP)

 

[DJ Spinoza]

Wainwright is hard to place for me -- I think he's still very capable of good starts, but if he's not on his game, he's become extremely hittable. I think I'd avoid him against stacked lineups, but he's also good enough that he's capable of tossing these concerns out the window.

I ended up winning Carlos Gomez at $6. Possibly an overinvestment, but here's hoping he goes on a tear. My real decision will come whenever Matz returns: I'll have to let go of one player, and decide first if I want to roll with 5 pitchers as my bench, or keep 1 extra batter, which is how I have it now.

My decision will almost definitely come down to cutting one of Daniel Norris, Morton, Bell, or Gomez. I can only cut Gomez if Marte gets CF eligibility, which he should. My thought right now is that I will cut Morton if he isn't lighting things up for Houston, and then Bell if everything else holds, unless Gomez just doesn't hit at all. My preference is to have 5 pitchers on the bench, but in April it can be useful to have the extra batter for all the off days, and Morton is clearly the most objectively weak player in the mix.

Norris I want to be careful with. He'll probably burn me sometimes, but even last year when he was so-so and giving up too many HRs, he still struck out so many people that I think he could be in for a huge fantasy breakout, so I'd rather let him stay on the bench until I'm proven wrong about that than cut him loose so early in the season and regret it. Bell could also be in for a pretty big breakout if he hits consistently again and adds some more power, but 1B is pretty deep and I have Goldschmidt there already.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Thoughts on Adam Wainwright today? (Pitching categories are W, K, SV, ERA, K/9, K/BB, WHIP)

Wainwright was on my do not draft list. But considering the pitchers that you said your opponent has, I think you need to take the chance.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Thoughts on trading away Corey Seager and Austin Meadows in a dynasty for Clayton Kershaw? We (I help someone run the team) also have Lindor and Trea Turner (once he gets SS eligibility) to play at short.

 

[bluesfan94]

What's your pitching like? And OF depth? I think I would do it cause you have young depth at SS

 

[rangerssharks414]

What's your pitching like? And OF depth? I think I would do it cause you have young depth at SS

Our starting pitching is horrible, but we're tanking wins and Ks and trying to win ERA, WHIP and saves every week. There are no noteworthy starting pitchers on our team.

Outfield eligible players on our roster are Schwarber, Bryant, Betts, Polanco, Contreras, Herrera, Ozuna and Turner.

 

[bluesfan94]

Grabbing Kershaw probably doesn't hurt ERA and WHIP plus you'd have something to build on going forward. Or you'd have a really valuable trading chip down the road. I think I would do it.

 

[DJ Spinoza]

I think I'd do it too. Kershaw is the best player to own in fantasy, IMO.

Meadows will be very good, but won't break in until the trade deadline at the very earliest. He and Seager together might eventually outproduce Kershaw, but not for a little while at least.

 

[rangerssharks414]

It got declined, and he countered with Scherzer for the same package. No thanks.

 

[YNWA14]

Not really sure what to do with this team.

C - Wilson Contreras
1B - Greg Bird
2B - Daniel Murphy
3B - Nick Castellanos
SS - Francisco Lindor
OF - Ryan Braun
OF - Charlie Blackmon
OF - Kevin Kiermaier
Util - Hunter Pence
Util - Hanley Ramirez
BN - Adrian Beltre
BN - Dansby Swanson

DL - JD Martinez

SP - Clayton Kershaw
SP - Alex Cobb
RP - Wade Davis
RP - David Robertson
P - Aaron Nola
P - Hyun-Jin Ryu
P - Jameson Taillon
P - Jordan Zimmerman
BN - Julio Urias
BN - Steven Wright
BN - Michael Wacha

So it's standard categories mostly except it has QS and OBP (instead of avg). Unfortunately I had something to take care of on draft day and it was auto-drafted (I've made about 8 moves already lol).

A few guys on the wire I'm monitoring: Carlos Gomez, Nomar Mazara, Domingo Santana, Ryan Schimpf, Tyson Ross, Matt Bush, Patrick Corbin and Jose Berrios

I'm trying to swing a trade for Yu Darvish using Braun or Lindor as the main piece going the other way (he also wants a pitcher and not sure who I would be willing to move). Any thoughts? Only having 1 DL spot is annoying for me atm.

 

[bluesfan94]

Is it dynasty or is it one season?

Also start Beltre over Castellanos.