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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat: 8-27-2019
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Brian
4:16
Any suggestions for how to fill vacancies in a long-running dynasty league?
Brad Johnson
4:17
There are various communities you could join including my Discord channel (via my Patreon)
Here's the shameless plug: https://www.patreon.com/BaseballATeam
The Discord community has a League Openings channel. Most spots are filled.
Seeds
4:18
Julio Rodriguez is 3 months older than Wander Franco and also tearing up A ball. Granted it's more of a power profile but does he also have fantasy star upside? As soon as late 2020 or is 2021 more realistic?
Brad Johnson
4:18
2020 is very much a stretch
Even 2021 is ambitious
But yes, Rodriguez is very much a top prospect
Feller
4:18
We're debating league set-up for next season. Do you have a preference for keeper vs. redraft, number of keepers, snake vs., auction, etc.? What does your perfect league look like?
Brad Johnson
4:18
The answer has more to do with the mix of owners than any platonic ideal
4:19
The lower the skill, the better it is to stick to redraft
Similarly, if there's a wide distribution of skill, stick to redraft
4:20
Owner skill is already an advantage in a 1-year format. When you add a keeper or dynasty element, it compounds that advantage.
Snake drafts are more balanced than auctions.
4:21
That said, if you have a great group of active, capable owners, I love me a deep keeper and auction format.
angels
4:21
Hey Brad, had a trade in my league yesterday that was initially vetoed. It is a 12 team weekly H2H category scoring  keep forever league with 28 keeper slots. Team Deep Rebuild sent Soroka, B Reynolds, and Biggio to Team Compete this Year for Jon Gray, F Whitley, B. Lowe, and Domingo Santana. From my perspective, Team Compete gave up supreme value down the road but lost nothing in production this year (all players traded are injured) as it goes for the title. Team Rebuild splits the risk of Soroka being a pitcher into two pitchers of similar or greater potential value and gets solid upside back in Lowe/Santana. Does this look like it needed a veto to you/seem fair? See a winner here?
Brad Johnson
4:22
This doesn't look like a veto, but I think it's heavily lopsided in favor of the Soroka package.
imo, Soroka, Biggio, and Reynolds are the 3 best players in the trade
Guest
4:22
Where are you on Chris Paddack in 2020? People seem really high on him....I don’t get it
Brad Johnson
4:23
He's good.
He's not an ace
He's not stuck to the GLOB
So that puts him around SP 15 to 20
Percy Miracles
4:23
Is it time to cut guys like E-Rod and Lynn? H2H playoffs start next week and E-Rod vs MIN and Lynn at NYY don't look very favourable
Brad Johnson
4:24
I'd probably roll the dice with Lynn personally
And I've been pretty skeptical of him all year
In general, if you can find anything you think is an upgrade on the wire, take it.
baseballdude
4:24
how much do september call-ups affect pitching schedules?  do most teams go with 6 man rotations or throw in extra off days for their starters?  trying to line up starts for the next round of the fantasy playoffs.
Brad Johnson
4:25
It's highly individualized. At least some teams will spell out exactly what they're doing so their fans don't throw a fit
It's "safer" to have players on contending teams. Too bad more than half of teams aren't contending.
Nolan
4:25
Are you taking Aquino or Senzel higher in a 2020 redraft?
Brad Johnson
4:26
If I had to pick today, I might go Aquino
It's not the "correct" answer, but it is the one that makes me happiest :)
By projection, there are too many scenarios where Aquino takes a bow and vanishes from the viewfinder
Jeremy
4:27
Re: Bauer, if you look at his last few starts he does well in matchups you wouldn't start him and dominates tough matchups so "playing the matchups" is *shrug*
I know because I never pick the right day to start him or Matt Boyd.
Brad Johnson
4:27
This has been a bad year for playing matchups
Not just these 2 guys
Cousin Greg
4:27
What's Will Smith's outlook in a dynasty league? Curious where you would rank him as a catcher in a keeper league
Brad Johnson
4:27
He's Top 3 as of today
The only concern is that Keibert Ruiz is also a very legit catching prospect
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