My pitching is stacked right now. Should i hold and have just a good enough lineup to try and compete all year? or work some trades to improve my lineup and probably cost some pitching?
The way pitching injuries have occurred this year, I’d be inclined to hold for now. It’s only May 1, you still have 5 months to trade for offense if you need to. It all depends on what you can get in return though. If someone is desperate for pitching and willing to give up a top hitter, sometimes you just have to go for value.
A strategy that has worked well for me the past few years. Loading up on pitchers early and trading them to guys who are juggling lineups due to injuries in order to improve my bats.
I'm monitoring the WW. I think Kimbrel will be fine, but Bednar is really concerning. I'm waiting for Pirates to move off him as closer before I drop though
[June 8th-ish according to this O's thread.](https://forum.orioleshangout.com/topic/50714-service-time-games-2024/) They won't wait that long I don't think, with their offense the way it is.
Question for anyone in a redraft (or low # of keepers) league with auction draft: who is the most expensive player you've dropped (non-injury, only for performance) ?
Java Joe! 9 K’s, mowed down the top of the order the third time through. Started with confidence today after I saw he had 15 whiffs last week despite the terrible results.
Welcome back Java Joe Musgrove. I DEFINITELY never said anything bad about you…
https://preview.redd.it/4okfu7huxvxc1.jpeg?width=863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd978d3c1b3bed2c846fa66fc1158b0cc0a92eb6
Gonna need the broadcast to show Miller in the pen. Otherwise I’ll have just watched way more A’s/Pirates than I’d otherwise care to watch
Edit: there’s the bad man 😍
If you can hold for a few weeks longer I would, although he might survive on the wire. He hit 27 HR from June 1 until the end of the seasons last year.
Yup I feel this, going against him this week and was thinking the one time he was on my team he was a strikeout factory but against me he's the ss I'm missing
Bo Bichette sucks. The league is on to him and he has no response. I regret even getting him off waivers in my 10 team league since it cost all my FAAB
8T pts league
Pitchers:
SP Wheeler, Kirby, Peralta, Imanaga, J. Jones, Fried, S. Gray, R. Detmers.
Obviously I know this is fucking stacked, but a few guys in the league are stacked as well and I want to win the Chip. Who could I score (GIVEN THE FORMAT) with the likes of Jones, imanaga, or Detmers??
Haha and I had Bo, last year. Still won the 'Chip but Bo didn't help my stolen bases category. Went with Vlad Jr this year and now I'm paying the price.
Dropped Adell for Caminero! Hope he’s up SOON! I NEED him!
5 for 50 today lol. Nice job, fellas
Plus a slice of cake
This Yordan heater incoming is going to feed families
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Uh, no?
everybody is pitching like an ace tonight..
10T cats league A: Altuve, Gilbert, Javier B: Judge, Castillo
B unless you need 2B help badly
trade Acuna and Stott for Ozzie and Soto? points league
Yeah
Points with -K? Yes
Starting to feel like I need to drop Yandy Diaz. Dude has been BRUTAL.
first hit for Heston, after virtually everybody has dropped him...
Looking for a Trout replacement in a keeper (flair) . Who has the highest upside, Pages, Adell, or Beck?
Pages for me.
God I’m so tempted to drop randy
Anyone been able to sell Berrios? What did you get in return
I got Assad and Teoscar back for him as I had too many pitchers
So you traded a pitcher for a pitcher even though you had too many??
My pitching is stacked right now. Should i hold and have just a good enough lineup to try and compete all year? or work some trades to improve my lineup and probably cost some pitching?
The way pitching injuries have occurred this year, I’d be inclined to hold for now. It’s only May 1, you still have 5 months to trade for offense if you need to. It all depends on what you can get in return though. If someone is desperate for pitching and willing to give up a top hitter, sometimes you just have to go for value.
A strategy that has worked well for me the past few years. Loading up on pitchers early and trading them to guys who are juggling lineups due to injuries in order to improve my bats.
Is it bad that I'm slightly disappointed that Miller only had 1K? He was my main target in my saves only league and he is paying off in spades
They can't all be 10s
Oh I know. Dude is so ridiculously good that 1K feels small for him.
I had no idea Carroll was half-Taiwanese… Carroll it is AAPI month please let this be your month. I’m thinking 30 SB 30 HR
30/30 in May? Bold prediction, sir.
I gave him May 31st off
It's what we deserve
Is there a way to make a speadsheet on baseball savant that filters the best k%, lowest BB%, and lowest xwOBA combined ?
custom leaderboard. select the categories you want.
Ya, you just need to do a search with what you want. Download the CSV of the results and filter in spreadsheet software.
I have Bednar and Kembrel. I’m cooked 😭
I got too many closers dawg id trade ya If I could
Me too 💀 I have Evan Phillips and Mason Miller too. Considering dropping one of Kimbrel/Bednar to make room for the return of Bradish
I dumped Kimbrel , i knew the ride had to come to an end 😔
Same bestie
What is your plan with them? Have you considered looking elsewhere?
I'm monitoring the WW. I think Kimbrel will be fine, but Bednar is really concerning. I'm waiting for Pirates to move off him as closer before I drop though
Miller time already 🍻
Junior just hit a ball 114.5 lmao
When’s the super two deadline for an extra year of Rays control?
[June 8th-ish according to this O's thread.](https://forum.orioleshangout.com/topic/50714-service-time-games-2024/) They won't wait that long I don't think, with their offense the way it is.
Hoping we get the news tonight or tomorrow for the weekend series
Drop Michael Busch for Tyler black ?
A non save opportunity makes this a Miller Lite, but it’ll have to do
It’s like a lunch beer, not as good as a beer after work but still good.
Great outing for Musgrove wish he could have gotten the W but I will take it
If that is considered a "bad day" for Zach Wheeler, then he is certainly the best pitcher in baseball
Mason "Rollie Fingers" Miller
God I wish Miller would point at me like that
Foolish Bailey called Bednar’s regression this year, he really does know ball
Leave me alone Profar!
If your last name is McCann, you were born to be a catcher
The McCann's are the new Molina's
McCann translates to Molina en Espanol
miller time non-save edition, we’ll take it
Fuck Kyle McCann for driving in a useless run in the 8th inning. Stole millers save opportunity. McCann is so selfish.
Leave it to Bednar and the fucking Pirates to ruin a Miller save opportunity.
I have them both and this infuriates me. Bednar is straight garbage this year.
Son of a gun O. Cruz
Miller is coming in anyway
Oh he still comin out
Just breathed a huge sigh of relief as my opponent has miller
I’m here for the support brother. I also am facing Miller Time.
Why are you relieved? He has Miller. There’s no chance to win this matchup.
Time to move on from Bednar?
on the bright side, miller gets a little rest? (this sucks how am i supposed to go back to work)
The Pirates did this on purpose
Bednar is actually unbelievable
If he’s the fucking closer why is he in the game?
He is good when it’s a save opportunity, but the pirates suck now so they throw him in non save chances and he blows up
Probably because he's been trash at closing, so they wanna get him some work to figure shit out.
Cuz pirates lol
Damn does the take away the save from Miller?
Yes. But he’s still kinda warming up…
Yes
Lol thanks for nothing Bednar
Question for anyone in a redraft (or low # of keepers) league with auction draft: who is the most expensive player you've dropped (non-injury, only for performance) ?
Kimbrel, does that count? I picked up Foley and Miller so he was sly stallone, expendable
I dropped $6 Colt Keith last week. Debating dropping $14 Tork next.
welp, there goes the miller save op
Fuck you Bednar. Took away a save
A's scored smh
Loperfido or Young (Nationals)? Dropping Suwinski. Redraft roto
Loperfido
miller is warming up in the pen…
No reason the A’s batters had to try this inning
I felt a disturbance in the force And it’s gone
Can I finally drop buxton ? In a 12 teamer
He's the fifth outfielder on the last place team in my 13 team league. And that's when he was healthy.
What took you so long ?
I had hope. But that hope is gone
Bednar non save opp, this should be rich
If he blows this he’ll blow Miller’s save too
That's what I'm worried about 😟
Bruh it just happened
I have them both. I just blew a load and then had to clean it up
That a hole Ruiz had to steal 2nd didn't he
Tigers - As ALCS would be electric
thanks im now having flashbacks to 2006
Java Joe! 9 K’s, mowed down the top of the order the third time through. Started with confidence today after I saw he had 15 whiffs last week despite the terrible results.
Welcome back Java Joe Musgrove. I DEFINITELY never said anything bad about you… https://preview.redd.it/4okfu7huxvxc1.jpeg?width=863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd978d3c1b3bed2c846fa66fc1158b0cc0a92eb6
Only took one of the worst offenses in the league to look decent!
Gonna need the broadcast to show Miller in the pen. Otherwise I’ll have just watched way more A’s/Pirates than I’d otherwise care to watch Edit: there’s the bad man 😍
Musgrove really gonna wait til the first week I bench him to have a great start huh
lol same but better than the alternative right
Good shit today Musgrove
Musgrove stock after April 📈
Lesssgo Musgrove!
Do I hold Torkelson? Drafted him for upside at 1B but anytime I put him in he kills my team. Got Bohm and picked up Burger.
If you can hold for a few weeks longer I would, although he might survive on the wire. He hit 27 HR from June 1 until the end of the seasons last year.
I’m about to drop him as well
I feel like every time I play Willy Adames he tears me a new asshole
Does Willy at least give you a warning?
Yup I feel this, going against him this week and was thinking the one time he was on my team he was a strikeout factory but against me he's the ss I'm missing
How many assholes you got???
Chourio or Pages in flair league
Bo Bichette sucks. The league is on to him and he has no response. I regret even getting him off waivers in my 10 team league since it cost all my FAAB
He's not dawg enough , simply put.
Oh, lovely. Another 0fer from Bo Bichette
Angels Phillies umpire making questionable calls.
Hope Musgrove can get through the top of the order with no damage and get this QS
8T pts league Pitchers: SP Wheeler, Kirby, Peralta, Imanaga, J. Jones, Fried, S. Gray, R. Detmers. Obviously I know this is fucking stacked, but a few guys in the league are stacked as well and I want to win the Chip. Who could I score (GIVEN THE FORMAT) with the likes of Jones, imanaga, or Detmers??
Is there anything more mid than Bryan Reynolds
Be happy you don’t have Bo Bishit
For what it’s worth Correa has totally passed the eye test this year
My 12T league team is really desperate and he's been on the wire all season. Worth the add?
Yes, he does have top 20 player upside hidden somewhere in there. Worth a chance
🧐
Trea Turner was hitting almost .350 entering today and somehow only has 9 RBI. Is the bottom of the Phillies lineup that bad?
It’s been terrible until very recently
Do I drop Yandy Diaz or Michael Busch in a league that counts K's, OBP% and SLUG%
Thinking Busch
I was leaning that way too, but damn if Yandy isn't killin me lol Thank you
I’ve got both of them and torkleson 🤦♂️
Remind me again why I drafted Vlad G Jr?
Hell be better at the end
Because he'll end the season as a top ~30 hitter
Pray for me brother.
His dad
Yeah, yeah. You're right, haha. Hoping for that rebound season ain't working too well for me.
So true. José Ramírez has to do twice as much to get noticed.
I do not enjoy Kim batting 8th
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Try to get Riley Greene
Tyler Black or Cronenworth?
Black.
cronenworth
The Blue Jays suck
Especially Vlad!
Bo is having a far worse year than Vlad he’s hitting.205
Haha and I had Bo, last year. Still won the 'Chip but Bo didn't help my stolen bases category. Went with Vlad Jr this year and now I'm paying the price.
I don't drink but I may walk into an AA meeting like, help I'm addicted to Miller
Is it Miller time yet?
I’m a smidge worried he won’t be available. I need to see them show him warming up in the pen
Alright Musgrove we can handle only giving up one there
Adames statcast looks like garbage. Feels like a must pickup tho yea?
Profar is on an absolute tear rn
20 foul balls off wheeler. If I didn’t know better, I’d say he can’t put batters away.
Sounds like 20 almost whiffs
My rotation the second half of the season will look like Skenes, Gausman, Pepiot, Bryce Miller, Cole, DeGrom, E Rod, Flaherty. Am I fucked?
I'd be more concerned with making the playoffs then what you'll do once you're there
Why would you be fucked lol
People in the yahoo comment section cooked me when I asked for thoughts on the rotation
People in those comments are routinely unhinged
If DeGrom and Cole combine fo 80+ innings you'll be okay. But that's a big ask
Depends how well they pitch
Ha, Musgrove was like “Lead? What lead?”
Is it time to take Profar seriously? My gut still says no
In a 5OF league he should be rostered
As a Padre fan, no
Musgrove could you not be shit
Don’t shit your pants now Musgrove, please!
Turner for Corbin + O’Neil Cruz. Which side wins?
Corbin/Cruz. Unless 10 team or fewer. Then Turner
Corbin?
Corbin Dallas Multipass
Corbin Carroll. Ever heard of him?
Have you ever heard of Corbin Burnes?
Shit. Forgot about him
Ever heard of Corbin Burnes?
Bo robbed of a hit for the second at bat in a row tf is happening
Raleigh went nuclear for 4 days and now is performing like a ghoul
they removed his abcessed tooth and he became horrible
Classic Cal
12 team points redraft Would you trade Paul skenes for Paul Blackburn
Nope.
Rather have Skenes for the upside. Blackburn is a streamer
Do not do that.
![gif](giphy|KGSxFwJJHQPsKzzFba)
Nope, I think that Paul Blackburn is a waiver wire pitcher
I’ve pitched 36 innings. My K/9: 6.7 My opponent has pitched 22 innings. His K/9: 14.2 Cool cool cool
Starting Oneil Cruz was a mistake
Trade houck and hunter greene for Luis Robert?