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Brad Johnson Baseball Chat: 9-4-2018
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Brad Johnson
4:27
Ah, the present
HappyFunBall
4:27
Hmm.  Sorry, my question was worded poorly. What I'm asking for are rules ideas for ways around it. Allow for fantasy call-ups separate from real life call-ups? Expand benches in September just like real baseball? Things of that nature...
Brad Johnson
4:28
This is going back to a post I responded to at 4:20 (*snicker)
4:29
So I have a league I run where we get one NA player in Yahoo as a $1 keeper. Has to be a rookie eligible player to qualify. If they spend 10 days in the majors, they lose eligibility - except for September call ups.
It's easy enough for me to manage because it's just one guy per team
4:30
And you hold them on your yahoo roster (you do have to move them out of NA when called up). Sounds like you have aux rosters separate from your platform. In which case, you can just exempt Sept. call ups.
Finding Nimmo
4:30
12 team pts keeper with emphasis on Ks. Buehler in 24th or Clevinger in 17th?
Brad Johnson
4:30
Uh, I want to say Buehler. I really like 'em both. I'll say this, don't worry about the round (unless the inflation is like 5 per season).
4:31
Pick whichever you think is the better pitcher in 2019
Without doing a deep dive, I figure they're the same asset class.
Billy Bathhouse
4:31
Do you have newfound hope for Glasnow with the change of scenery to TB?
Brad Johnson
4:31
Yes, the strikeout performance has impressed me. I really thought he'd fall apart after 4+ innings and it hasn't been happening
4:32
I still think he's probably more a 5+ innings guy then somebody who regularly dominates opponents for 7 frames
i.e. an ace
More McCullers than Kluber in other words
Optimistic Met
4:32
trusting Junis nowadays? he's been on quite a decent roll and just dominated a good team
Brad Johnson
4:33
Refer back to 4:09 for my thoughts on trust. Especially never trust Junis. For one, it's hard to win with a historically bad supporting cast.
The whole point of streaming waiver wire pitchers is to pick up predictable wins. If you're trying to get ERA/WHIP/Ks, you're gonna kill yourself
4:34
You can get those stats on an individual level, but if you stream 40 starts, you will have below average ratios in them. You want to make up for that with the wins.
Upton Funk
4:34
Kris Bryant for 2019 . . . same-ish outlook to your preseason 2018 expectations?  .290, 30-35 HR, 5-10 SB?
Brad Johnson
4:35
Yea. I have no change in my expectations. In fact, before he hit the skids, I thought he looked like he'd improved despite the results not saying so
In theory, he's my favorite buy low
However, I think it's so obvious that we'll probably actually see him at 98% of full price
Bags
4:36
Is there value in eating a roster spot to keep a player (Starlin Castro) from being picked up by a potential playoff opponent when that player won't get playing time on your team or is it getting too nitpicky to worry about? He's 4th or 5th in my pecking order at 2B (start two).
Brad Johnson
4:36
Yes, IF you can't use that roster spot to improve your own roster.
Or more accurately, if it hurts your rival more than using that spot for yourself would help you
Bob Villar
4:37
Mejia or Meadows OBP Dynasty?
Brad Johnson
4:37
Meadows. EZ
Chuck
4:37
With Mejia up, do I need to move on from Austin Hedges? 12-team H2H playoffs.
Brad Johnson
4:37
Yes, but probably not to Mejia. Lot of good Cs kicking around in 12 team
Ramos or Cervelli would be the first place I'd look
Wildtsunami
4:37
Andujar... Where and what position will my Yankee play next year.
Brad Johnson
4:38
Oh boy, I'm the wrong person to ask about Andujar
I was informed yesterday that I hate him
I project him to be Ryon Healy with a couple extra points of AVG
The lack of defensive ability means he moves off 3B over the winter
4:39
Almost guaranteed
So that means he's in a 1B mix with Bird and whatever vets they sign. Hell, at this rate Voit might be the top 1B on the roster.
DH too, but that probably falls to an OFer
4:40
Ultimately, I figure he's traded as part of a package for deGrom or similar
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