I have Aranda and he has been awesome. High BA and on base, five homers.
I'd rather have strong side platoon guys than everyday players that suck.
Diaz is a good one. Floor is probably .280ish with a lot of walks.
I can't believe some of the names you have listed that are still available. I thought we had a deep tale t pool, but guys like you've mentioned have all been scooped up since week one. When someone goes on the DL the replacement candidates are mostly 4a types.
Thanks and I agree. Plus Aranda could get more looks and improve against LHP.
Regarding the players still available, we have a 10 team league and someone had Aranda but then dropped him when he cooled off. We also have shallow benches and 2 IL spots.
I just watched Aranda take a walk against a lefty.
We had some good free agents available for a few weeks. It's slim pickings now with all of the injuries. We have 3 reserve and 4 IL spots. 23 active players.
Yeah that's a bad one. I grabbed Yimi Garcia a couple of weeks ago. I think he's given me one clean inning in a non-save situation and he's had two blown saves where he gave up 3-5 runs in under an inning.
so here is another idea… this guy has flown under the radar, not sure how i missed this but here it is:
Tomoyuki Sugano is a 35-year-old right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In December 2024, he signed a one-year, $13 million contract with the Orioles. Sugano is a 12-year veteran of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), where he played for the Yomiuri Giants. He has two Sawamura Awards, the NPB equivalent of the Cy Young Award, and four league ERA titles. In 12 NPB seasons, he had a 2.45 ERA with a super low WHIP.
He decided to come to the US to get a payday [even great players dont make much in Japan] and probably to see how he would do against big time players ~ pretty fucking good apparently ~ so far, no one can seem to hit him.
For the Orioles, he has been just like he was in japan ~ wins games, doesnt have a high strike out rate [1/3 lower than innings pitched] but is going 6 and 7 innings with a low ERA and low WHIP and amazingly is owned by around 30% in yahoo leagues.
So yah, this might sound like a mythical Stump Von Nostrum type story, but pick this dood up if he is still available ~ you might owe me one for this one.
Last I saw nobody in our league has picked up Sugano. I've had my eyes on him a bit as an injury backfill if things good really bad, but he has been good enough to warrant a roster spot.
I rostered 7 starters, with two on the bench, who all have #2 or #1 type ceilings. It hasnt gone that well though. I seem to get three good starts per week and 3-4 bad ones. Every time I rotate who is active, the guys I bench pitch well and at least two of the actives have a blowup.
I just traded one of them away to free up a bench spot for a bat.
He's already gone in my league. His BABIP is .229 and his FIP is 4.59 so there could be some regression.
I need positive regression (or progression?) from fellow Oriole Adley Rutschman and also from OF Bryan Reynolds. Both are tanking my team BA without providing much other counting stats.
I have Josh Lowe coming off the IL and may have to drop Reynolds (or Jordan Beck but Beck has some speed and hits in Coors Field).
Welp my team was 6-1 and in first place. But it looks like I will lose this week barring a miracle. Still in first place, but the taste of defeat is a bitter pill my friends.
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I have Aranda and he has been awesome. High BA and on base, five homers.
I'd rather have strong side platoon guys than everyday players that suck.
Diaz is a good one. Floor is probably .280ish with a lot of walks.
I can't believe some of the names you have listed that are still available. I thought we had a deep tale t pool, but guys like you've mentioned have all been scooped up since week one. When someone goes on the DL the replacement candidates are mostly 4a types.
Thanks and I agree. Plus Aranda could get more looks and improve against LHP.
Regarding the players still available, we have a 10 team league and someone had Aranda but then dropped him when he cooled off. We also have shallow benches and 2 IL spots.
I just watched Aranda take a walk against a lefty.
We had some good free agents available for a few weeks. It's slim pickings now with all of the injuries. We have 3 reserve and 4 IL spots. 23 active players.
I have Ryan Pressly and he got blown up last night about as badly as I've ever seen (0.0 IP, 8 ERs).
Yeah that's a bad one. I grabbed Yimi Garcia a couple of weeks ago. I think he's given me one clean inning in a non-save situation and he's had two blown saves where he gave up 3-5 runs in under an inning.
so here is another idea… this guy has flown under the radar, not sure how i missed this but here it is:
Tomoyuki Sugano is a 35-year-old right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. In December 2024, he signed a one-year, $13 million contract with the Orioles. Sugano is a 12-year veteran of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), where he played for the Yomiuri Giants. He has two Sawamura Awards, the NPB equivalent of the Cy Young Award, and four league ERA titles. In 12 NPB seasons, he had a 2.45 ERA with a super low WHIP.
He decided to come to the US to get a payday [even great players dont make much in Japan] and probably to see how he would do against big time players ~ pretty fucking good apparently ~ so far, no one can seem to hit him.
For the Orioles, he has been just like he was in japan ~ wins games, doesnt have a high strike out rate [1/3 lower than innings pitched] but is going 6 and 7 innings with a low ERA and low WHIP and amazingly is owned by around 30% in yahoo leagues.
So yah, this might sound like a mythical Stump Von Nostrum type story, but pick this dood up if he is still available ~ you might owe me one for this one.
Last I saw nobody in our league has picked up Sugano. I've had my eyes on him a bit as an injury backfill if things good really bad, but he has been good enough to warrant a roster spot.
I rostered 7 starters, with two on the bench, who all have #2 or #1 type ceilings. It hasnt gone that well though. I seem to get three good starts per week and 3-4 bad ones. Every time I rotate who is active, the guys I bench pitch well and at least two of the actives have a blowup.
I just traded one of them away to free up a bench spot for a bat.
He's already gone in my league. His BABIP is .229 and his FIP is 4.59 so there could be some regression.
I need positive regression (or progression?) from fellow Oriole Adley Rutschman and also from OF Bryan Reynolds. Both are tanking my team BA without providing much other counting stats.
I have Josh Lowe coming off the IL and may have to drop Reynolds (or Jordan Beck but Beck has some speed and hits in Coors Field).
The Big Dumpers picked up Sugano a couple weeks ago
Welp my team was 6-1 and in first place. But it looks like I will lose this week barring a miracle. Still in first place, but the taste of defeat is a bitter pill my friends.
The Gougers seem fully awake finally. Coming for you Stalin.
I can feel the heat