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Brad Johnson and Paul Sporer Baseball Chat 1-9-2018
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Brad Johnson
2:56
I don't think we have to worry about the fly ball guys as much. Chase Field has the fastest moving infield, I think we'll see slappy guys like Chris Owings suffer far  more
2:57
Yea, I don't know how to evaluate Lamb. I'm just going to pop him in the streaky category and ignore the actual timing of the streaks
Paul Sporer
2:57
Humidors help, but I'm dubious on some of the stuff saying it'd cut like 35% of the HRs or something. Someone like Lamb has his power player anyway. I think it'll help guys like Godley and Taijuan a good bit, espec. the latter
Brad Johnson
2:57
Every time a guy gets labelled as a first half or second half guy, it usually turns out that he just happened to streak that way for a couple years
2:58
re: Godley, 55% GB rate and the humidor's biggest effect may be on infield speed
2:59
I'm also liking Pat Corbin more, but I've noticed he's not as sleepy as I expected
Paul Sporer
2:59
Ooh ya Corbs too
Do you ever worry when it's always the 2H fade, though?
Not that it has been THAT long for Lamb, yet and like I said '16 had the reasoning of injury
3:00
but if it's someone always cold streaking in Aug/Sept, I'd worry about their durability
Brad Johnson
3:00
It's less worry than confusion
I like to think I understand what's happening
and tend to shy away when I don't
I'm definitely a bit confused about Lamb. That said, his roto stats were bankable both years
3:01
It worries me more with pitchers, like how Kevin Gausman needs 15 starts to remember how to pitch
Paul Sporer
3:01
Exactly, those fades are less worrisome in roto for sure
LOL "oooohh, I have this splitter, cool! I'll use it now!" -Gausman in June
Brad Johnson
3:01
ha
3:02
there are a few pitchers around the league I want to slap
did you know Mike Leake has a boss slider?
If he threw that thing 30%, I bet he'd be a 3.20 ERA pitcher. Instead, he hovers around 10% with it
Paul Sporer
3:03
It's so weird
Brad Johnson
3:03
He just wants to use 6 pitches - it seems to me
Trying to be unpredictable instead of using his weapons
Paul Sporer
3:03
Ya, look at this deeeep arsenal I have! Orrr you could just use your best pitches and actually succeed
Brad Johnson
3:04
I think Trevor Bauer suffers a similar disease - with less command
"I worked on this shit all offseason, I'm using it for four months now"
Paul Sporer
3:04
Oh he's definitely the posterboy
Brad Johnson
3:04
I co-manage a team with Chad Young, his take on Bauer is that he's addicted to tinkering
Paul Sporer
3:04
I have 24 offerings! .... OK Trev, relax
3:05
10000000000%
Brad Johnson
3:05
he's actually "figured it out" a few times and tinkered his way right past it
We'll see where he picks up this year
definitely a guy I'll be watching closely after that great second half
3:06
Want to speculate about Yu Darvish?
JD15
3:06
For my fantasy team, where is the best realistic destination for Yu Darvish to sign?
Paul Sporer
3:06
Dodgers
Brad Johnson
3:06
Dodgers can't sign Darvish and actually get under the lux cap
I mean, they probably can't actually do it either way
seems like a pipe dream to me
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