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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat: 10-2-2018
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M's Fan
5:00
Need to cut 4. Deep Points league, pretty standard.. Pablo Lopez, buchholz, Canning, Leblanc, Yarbrough (2 start RP), stripling, Josh James, brinson, borucki. So hard to decide :(
Brad Johnson
5:00
I mean, I could pick out 4 names right now, but I see no reason to do so unless your keeper deadline is weirdly early
5:01
Assuming it's January to March like every other league, just sleep on this for a few months
Well this is weird. I answered everything except...
hscer
5:01
What do we do with our hands now?
Brad Johnson
5:01
uh...
and
RMR
5:01
Given Albies age, is it fair to expect additional growth?  Or has his approach change kind of made him what he is?  Seems fair to at least expect the SBs to tick up.
5:02
Dahl finally get a FT roll next year?  Or do the Rox bring back CarGo and play Desmond in the OF again?
Does Hoskins regain 1B eligibility next year?  Sounds like they want to get him there more (if not FT).
Do you foresee any further growth from Benintendi?  Or is this basically what he is?
re: Benintendi, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Is Aaron Hicks a keeper in an OBP league that keeps 120?  I see him pretty far down on most rankings, but he seems pretty similar to guys that are much higher on these lists.
Is there anymore growth left in Profar?  Or is the season he just had near the top of his outcome spectrum?
Brad Johnson
5:02
Das spam (I also answered like 5 others from him)
I guess I'll finish up with these.
Growth is a reasonable expectation for Albies, although it should not be treated as a certainty
5:03
Decline is a possible outcome. And his second half swoon was ultra predictable (I know for I predicted it)
I hope the Rox finally quit on Desmond as more than an overpaid super utility guy
He's fine for that role
aside from the money fire
5:04
Dahl should play regularly after dragging the club to that division tie
Hoskins will certainly play 5 games, probably 10, and at least 50% chance for 20 at 1B
5:05
Defense was such a huge issue for the Phillies. I think they'll explore some extreme ways to fix it.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Santana is a pseudo-bench role, assuming they can't find a buyer
5:06
Benintendi is not maxed out.
Many players never max out so that's not the same as saying he'll continue to improve
But there are relatively easy paths for him to take a step forward
5:07
Hicks is a tricky one. It's unusual for a Yankee to not be overhyped relative to his production. But Hicks is consistently underappreciated. I don't think you're wrong to look at him as a top 120 asset in OBP, yet you can probably pick him closer to 150.
5:09
Profar is not maxed out. He achieve his breakout with a pretty unimpressive GB/FB ratio. All he did was finally get back to where he was a billion years ago when he was a prospect
Now he's entering his age 26 season with all the tools necessary to improve his launch angles
Like Benintendi, he's not maxed out, but that doesn't mean he won't backslide
M's Fan
5:09
What do you think of Matt Strahm ? Next year
Brad Johnson
5:10
I feel like if they were going to use him as a starter or a high leverage reliever, they would have done so.
5:11
He Opened a few times in June. He picked up 7 holds over the entire season. Frequently used for multiple innings but only accrued 61.1
I mean, he's interesting as a flier
There shouldn't be much of an associated cost to rostering him beyond the spot.
5:12
And with that, I've answered everything for the first time in memory
Matt
5:12
Closer speculatin', who gets the lion's share of saves for the Mets? Gsellman?
Brad Johnson
5:12
dammit
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