JotCast | Brad Johnson Baseball Chat 12-12-2017

Brad Johnson Baseball Chat 12-12-2017

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Brad Johnson

3:13

Smells fine. However, I would wait until the start of the season to make that move. Prospects are basically bonds. At some point in the future, they mature or default. When trading bonds for pitchers, I prefer to dodge Spring Training injuries.

weezy

3:13

Curious why the queue opens an hour early if those questions are planning on getting ignored :)

Brad Johnson

3:14

I've actually already answered a third of them. In the winter, the chat queue sometimes hits a lull so I'll go back and answer a few early ones

3:15

During the season, I don't open the queue early because I get way too many questions to answer

3:15

Are the Blue Jays going to become sellers at anytime this offseason?

Chances of Donaldson getting traded?

Brad Johnson

3:15

So, feels like it's 100% that he'll get traded

3:16

hard to imagine the Jays actually contending

that said, an offseason trade doesn't sound very likely. They may jump on one of the Machado losers though

Dan

3:16

Who are some under the radar MLB SP to buy for 2018 (dynasty format, 400 MLBers kept)? Thanks!

George Brett's Pine Tar

3:16

What is the deal with Trevor Williams? Does he have the chance to put it together this season?

Brad Johnson

3:16

Trevor Williams is one of the under the radar guys I like. Let's start with him

3:17

For one, he's already put it together

This is what he is, a back end starter with a low-4s ERA

Doesn't have any of the weapons to exceed that. Small chance he'll buff his ground ball rate, but that's the only path to more value

3:18

Great back end flier or streamer, not a ton of breakout potential

Better fit for dynasty where pure volume is useful

I like a Jerad Eickhoff rebound - if he's healthy

he wasn't last season

3:21

Kevin Gausman's always worthy of a dice roll. Could solve for X at any time. Like Perdomo, Beede, both Montys, Tyler Anderson, German Marquez, McCarthy, Josh Tomlin, and Eduardo Rodriguez

Those are obviously of varying quality. If you believe Steamer, Anderson will be the best value in baseball

3:23

Chad Kuhl, Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman, Kyle Gibson, Kendall Graveman, Tyler Chatwood, Jake Junis, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Jose Urena, and Adam Conley are probably worth a look too.

I'm going to assume trendy pitchers like Luiz Gohara and Luis Castillo are not any kind of available

3:24

Those are all lotto tickets of some sort

Guest

3:24

Morton?

Brad Johnson

3:24

Morton is a stud. If anybody is sleeping on him, they're a fool

Anthony

3:24

Who's your favorite rookie on the season? Torres, Acuña? Want some names...

Brad Johnson

3:25

Definitely Acuna followed by Calhoun and Torres. I haven't hunted much for upcoming rookies yet - I only do one redraft league so all these guys have been owned for years in my formats

Carl

3:25

Is there anything wrong with the Sox that a better year from Hanley, a full year from Devers and a better bench can't solve? It seems to me that people think they need JD Martinez, but that they really don't have a place for him.

Brad Johnson

3:26

What's wrong with 1B/DH?

I wouldn't count on anything from Hanley, he's rarely healthy.

3:27

Let yourself be pleasantly surprised by him rather than counting on him to be a mid-lineup presence

SparkyMcguffy

3:27

Could the Sox move Haney for "something" to open up DH/1B? Seems like they are "counting" on him to rebound.. not sure I feel that confident in him for anything, maybe DD doesn't either.

Brad Johnson

3:27

Oh hey.

No, I think you keep Hanley on the roster and just juggle it all.

Injuries will very quickly "solve" any redundancies

Skipper

3:28

Who do you prefer for 2018: Matt Olson or Greg Bird?

Brad Johnson

3:28

Oh. That's the tough one.

In both cases, I'm looking at them as sell-high candidates. You want to wait for irrational love to kick in then sell high