How is everyone doing outside of baseball every day? I’m doing well! I went to Jersey Mike and I told them a story about Mike I knew in Jersey who owed me money, I told them that I will not pay my sub. They can take it out of the money Mike owes me. The police, who were called, had absolutely no sympathy for the lunch meat I owed! I want my cold wounds, I shouted! Then I cried for 45 minutes until the guy with the freshly cut roast beef fed me pieces from the back of a police boat to raise my blood sugar. One guy that has my blood boiling is Luis Castillo. Listen, Kevin Gausman is Kevin Gonesomewhereelseman. Think we all know that. We know Luis Castillo looks bad? His K’s? In the garbage. His speed? In the compactor. His order? Anyway, tee bee aitch. Something is wrong here. I purposely put him in the schmohawks group in the top 100 for the 2nd half. He is currently a two-pitch hitter, and one of those is his fastball. Speaking of falling, his sink is not. His changeup is ineffective because there is no separation between that and his fastball. Oh, and last year he was better in the first half of the season. Um, yeah. Either way, I don’t think he’s an ace yet. Do others think you are? Then you can move him. I wouldn’t trade Luis Castillo for a one-handed pitch to a stranger, but I would go to our Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore the options. Anyway, here are some players you can buy or sell this week in fantasy baseball:
CUT IT! This post was released on Wednesday to Patreon members. It will be released year round on Patreons, so if people are jumping on you, it’s because they paid $10. Anyway, Fantasy Baseball Buy/Sell:
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Logan O’Hoppe – As it may already be clear from this post, unlike the previous buy/sell, this is for trading, because there were no games between last week and this week. Do I still love Ben Rice? Indeed! Go back to last week’s Buy/Sell and see those words. In fact, I would also trade for Rice. Any hoo! Or rather, any O’hoo! Logan O’Hoppe could be a top three forward in the second half. Can I really trade for a hunter? No, prolly not, but if you throw in a guy, maybe you can get him thrown? I don’t know, I’m kidding!
Paul Goldschmidt – You are known to travel with a second heater. Do I really believe that will happen? Hmm…Not completely, but the price of finding him couldn’t be lower.
Michael Busch – His Ks aren’t amazing, but does anyone lose respect for a Three True Outcome player anymore? Have we left the donkey profile? No, we never did! Shame on you! Can you get Busch without being a nerd and chasing Pi Delta Pi? And I love that.
Brooks Baldwin – Summoned by White Sux. As mentioned many times, this post guys are registered in 50% or more leagues. If I wanted to say underrated hot bats I would say Lawrence Butler or Michael Toglia or Rece Hinds. Man, I could count Rece Hinds. I can count Rece Hinds a lot, you can call me Hindsie, a known Hinds fan. Us Hindsies be Hinds fans always. Any hoo! Baldwin was not included in any leagues, but was called up. The Itch said of him, “Brooks refuses to quit, slashing .406/.454/.566 with one home run and three steals. He reminds me a bit of Brewers hitter Mike Boeve in that he comes from a small school (UNC Wilmington) and may not offer much power or speed, but his hit tool still demands its level. The one difference here is that Baldwin plays for the White Sox and may not get the Boeve-ian level of intigue around the echo chamber. Not the torture chamber, that’s where I put Grey.” What else is it? I only have Baldwin in AL-Only leagues, but maybe this Sunday in FAAB in the 15-team mixed leagues, if the Sux play him this weekend. They recently signed Nick Senzel, which would indicate that there are more moves to come. We’ll see! Or not. Choose yourself.
Brent Rooker – Romantic Moments in Music, Rent, “In five hundred and twenty-five minutes, six hundred…How do you measure a year in the life of B. Rent?” You can start with his Statcast, which is excellent. I got it, you are 29 years old. Hey, you’re a late bloomer who blooms later than Catholic school girls, according to Billy Joel. He’s a 30-plus homer, .260+ hitter, even with K’s.
Ceddanne Rafaela – One thing I’ve noticed from answering several hundred comments a day – people don’t include very important details in their comments, like how many teams are in their league. The second thing I noticed is that no one respects what Cedanne has done this year. As of this writing he has been as important as Corey Seager. Um, Seager played the entire first half. Ceddanne had 14 more at-bats. Five boys and five girls, rules of speed and power of legend. Seager not getting a steal means he should get twice as many homers. He didn’t do that. Welp, this is bought from Ceddanne and sold to Seager.
Blake Snell – In general, I think that the division into part 2 is nonsense. Just bunk. It doesn’t matter. So, here’s where I say they’re important, Snell can’t be too bad and his peripherals aren’t that bad. You know I just don’t like Snell. Snell you later! But his price is very cheap to get, I can take him for trade. Snell now!
Jose Soriano – Unlike some of these posts, these guys are less than 50% registered. Soriano calls Streamonator, like the call he made to Ace Hardware.
Chris Paddack – This is also a Streamonator call. “Can you put me in the cash register in the third aisle? No, not the cashier. A real register. “
Tanner Scott – So, everyone says to sell Scott. And maybe that’s the right move! All I know is that his price will not go down. Will he be traded to the Marlins? Right now, the Marlins will trade Billy Marlin if they can get something for that big plushie. Scott is completely tradeable, but if it’s cheap to get him, why not if he goes somewhere favorable? Currently, Scott is the 5th best RP on Player Rater. If he goes to the Yanks, he will probably replace Holmes. If he goes to the O’s, he’ll probably replace Kimbrel. If he goes to the Dodgers, he will probably replace Phillips. Tanner Scott is switching teams, but maybe not roles.
Sell it
Taylor Ward – Have you been good without April? The short answer is no. The long answer is nooooooooooooo.
Kyle Finnegan – If he is not traded, the Nats should be ashamed of themselves. Aren’t they already ashamed of themselves for letting Bryce Harper, Juan Soto and Trea Turner go? Yes, and Scherzer. But even so, Finnegan has to be traded, and he probably won’t continue to get savings.
Marcus Semien – I just told you to Sell Semien in last week’s Buy/Sell. Not to be a sperm bank by saying I sold Semien every week, but I found this after, and thought I’d share. Here’s what I said last year, “You might have heard the shock in my voice when I made my top 100 in the second half, and I met Semien, sorry for the words. His stats hide the fact that his season isn’t going well. 120+ runs and a 100 RBI pace will do that, but the speed is bleh and the power is meh. It looks like Semien was shot, just an empty barrel. And, Corbin Carroll – With great regret I tell you that I am worried about my shoulder. I have told myself that if he does well in the 2nd half, I will be joining next year. I can’t help but think of that grimace when he swung and missed. I’m not talking about the big purple McDonald’s character, I’m talking about his facial expression. It looks bad. I hope you are well! Seriously, I want him, but I don’t buy it. I wouldn’t trade Corbin Carroll until a year later and go to EquiKnox, a gym where a man is convicted of murder in Italy and works out of the country, but I would go to our Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore the options.” And I’m the one you’re quoting! I wish Machi Gray could listen to last July Gray. Also, I should be selling advice to the Mets with my latest Grimace experience.
Gerrit Cole – I would have looked at the top 100 in the second half of fantasy baseball for 2024 and I would have listed Max Scherzer and Tyler Glasnow as well, and you can look at that! I just did!
Shohei Ohtani – Let me explain. Yes, I think Ohtani is the best player in baseball, and you can look at the top 100 for the 2nd half of 2024 fantasy baseball and see that. I don’t think an undercover officer is going to make an irresistible parlay on Ohtani and catch him gambling. If I were Tucupita Marcano anyway? I will be trying to do that 100%. His best chance to play baseball again is that Ohtani is caught and MLB changes their rules for him. Tucupita wearing a phone and a bad mustache, “Um, Mr. Oh what, do you think Wyatt Langford will win the AL ROY? Yes? So why not put the yen where your money is?” That doesn’t happen. Why did I sell Ohtani? If you do, you may be able to adjust more categories in your group. The same goes for Aaron Judge or any other top hitter. Look B on BDon you must be batshizz crazy, but he traded me Judge for Hader and Robert Suarez last week? Yes, it’s nuts, but he needed saves and he had no other way to get them. I’m not saying trade Ohtani for Josh Hader, but I’m going to go to the Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer and explore the options.
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