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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat: 3-13-2018
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Brad Johnson
4:51
I wrote an entire article about this yesterday :(
Sonny
4:51
How are you feeling about Xander in 2018, regardless of ADP?
Brad Johnson
4:51
Pretty damned good.
Great early-round buy low
Adolfo
4:52
Would you rather have a $21 Robbie Ray, or a $31 JD Martinez?
Brad Johnson
4:52
JDM me
Derek
4:52
What pick # would you target the follow players that are starting on the DL:  Reyes, Conforto, Salazar.
Brad Johnson
4:52
That's not how I think about picking these guys. It's a matter of them being the best player on the board for my roster.
4:53
That could be pretty early or never depending on the format and how the draft is progressing
Moltar
4:53
Plawecki is the $1 catcher with the highest upside. If he maintains his gains from last season and stays healthy, he'll get the starting job in Queens and be a pretty decent value. Just don't ask about the downside!
Brad Johnson
4:53
If we're ignoring downside, I have a long list of guys better than Plawecki
Another Jon
4:54
Taking a flyer on Harvey this year?
Brad Johnson
4:54
Sure. Very late. Like around Daniel Mengden but after Brandon McCarthy
Matt
4:54
What are your thoughts on being able to trade for the futures on current player's first born in dynasty leagues? Thinking I can get a good deal if I buy into Trout's first born. Preferably before birth, value is probably better.
Brad Johnson
4:55
My deepest league digs pretty deeply into the amateur well. I... do not have the patience to develop those players.
LAD
4:55
Is snark a prerequisite for baseball bloggers or do most guys despise chatting with readers?
Brad Johnson
4:56
You don't have your BA in Snark? Why are you allowed on the internet? I was always told we had to graduate or no internet for us
I actually don't recall being snarky today :)
Brian
4:56
ARI closer, how many saves you see for box, archie, and hirano?
Brad Johnson
4:57
Let's say 40 for the team, 18, 11, 11 is my current estimate.
respectively
that's bad math
fixed
Brian
4:57
Last keeper:  Inciarte or JP Crawford in an OBP?
Brad Johnson
4:57
Inciarte
Matt
4:58
Due to your profession, its likely that you have immersed yourself in the sport enough to dilute your team-fandom a bit. For the rest of us bubble-livers, how do you balance rival hatred?
Brad Johnson
4:58
Story time!
I grew up a Phillies fan
when they won the World Series in 2008, I was attending a liberal arts college in Minnesota. Few of my friends cared about baseball so I mostly watched the games by myself.
4:59
When they won that split-game 5, I was getting ready to go to work. Didn't so much as pump my fist. It was then I realized I had lost my team allegiance.
5:00
Was a really weird moment in my life.
Surreal
5:01
Anyway, hating your rivals probably supplies at least half of your joie de vivre. So just lean into it.
Brian
5:01
Goldie worth Acuna and Bregman in a keeper, or too much
Brad Johnson
5:01
Seems fine to me without knowing more
Mr Brickma
5:01
Will you be owning any Phillies SP shares after Nola/Arrieta?
Brad Johnson
5:02
Probably not. Just because I tend to shore up my hitters around that portion of the draft.
Piraates
5:03
Which non-taillon pirates starter would you roster in nl only?
Brad Johnson
5:03
All of them
I like Williams. Kuhl has some potential as a cheapy. Glasnow could breakout. Might already have done.
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