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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat: 5-28-2019
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Michael
4:35
What are the chances of Will Smith (LAD) staying in the majors for more than two weeks? I have a lot of injuries in my NL-only roster and could fit him into the lineup easily. Is it worth spending ~20% FAAB on him?
Brad Johnson
4:36
I think the odds are pretty low, but that's entirely based on uncertainty about the Dodgers plans
Long term, they obviously have to decide what they have in Smith and Keibert
So they have incentive to give Smith a long look while the division is relatively under control
4:37
And they could have also decided to press eject on Barnes
fwiw, Ruiz is merely treading water in Double-A
And Smith is the better-regarded receiver
abelwingnut
4:37
is there really anything different with scherzer this season? all the underlying stats i see look roughly the same. it's just that damn babip is completely insane.
Brad Johnson
4:38
Something is probably different. This happened a few years back for an extended stint
He was very homer prone then
I agree it's something not easily found on a FG page
And I haven't dug deeper as I personally own only 1 share
darren
4:38
whats touki's role next season ?
Brad Johnson
4:39
Well, long term, I'm confident he's a reliever
Whether that's next year remains to be seen
And is he a good reliever or just a guy? That's also unclear.
Kristen Stewart
4:39
Is Christin Stewart.... Going to hit again?
Brad Johnson
4:40
The Tigers jumped started Jeimer with a quick demotion
He's expected to be recalled any day now
I think Stewart could also use a restorative demotion
He sort of had one while rehabbing, but that was in High-A
4:41
Triple-A would be a better place for him to work on making more consistent contact
The good news is his combo of pulled fly balls can turn hot very fast
I mostly advise patience, subject to your league depth
Bring Back DeSpaniel Hair
4:42
Regarding pitcher hell, I have Luis Castillo, Degrom, G. Cole, and I am afraid to watch every start... I practically expect one of them to implode every week. I hate this juiced ball.
Brad Johnson
4:43
I'm afraid of Lyles, Turnbull, and Thornton on my rosters. Can I trade them to you?
Tommy La Sort of
4:44
Let me ask another way...I guess what I'm more interested in...what do you expect from Didi in his return?
Brad Johnson
4:44
Well, injured guys sometimes are rusty, or not rusty, or still kinda injured, or playing very carefully and thus less-well.
4:45
Mean/median expectation should be 2018 Didi. And honestly, I'd throw out his April data.
Matt
4:46
Re Pivetta: Are you more so hoping some time down will have helped him reach what potential he always had, or is there something different that might indicate that as an outcome?
Brad Johnson
4:46
I regret to report I have no new information related to a reason why now Pivetta might be better than April Pivetta
His command seems to be back in 2017 mode which is to say in the area of a 40 to 45 grade on the 20/80 scale
Last year he was more 55/60 which was a huge surprise
4:47
Somebody, maybe Alex Chamberlain, wrote about how very frequently command gainers immediately relinquish it in the next season
4:49
Which frankly surprised me. I personally went from 25 to 30 grade command in college, took 5 years off, and magically came back with legit 65-grade spot-sniping. It's stuck for five years. I figured pitchers just aged into command and held it.
Mike
4:49
Musgrove an easy sell at this point?
Brad Johnson
4:49
Ha, good luck selling him to anybody
Kitch Meller
4:49
Top 5 fantasy pitchers right now?
Brad Johnson
4:49
Do relievers count?
I'd probably draft it as Verlander, Cole, Scherzer, deGrom, and Berrios
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