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Jeff Zimmerman

9:46

He's got it rolling. The Twins are starting to get nice things.

Rasta

9:46

H2H 5x5, what are your thoughts on starting Kershaw and 7 relievers to try to win saves & ratios? Getting too cute or legit strategy if you only need 18 IP each week?

Paul Swydan

9:46

It's definitely cute. I would be a little worried that I wouldn't hit the 18 IP in the weeks that Kershaw only starts once.

9:47

In weeks where he starts twice, I think it's probably a good strategy, you just don't leave yourself much margin for error.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:47

You may want a second pitcher or two.

ChocChipMookie

9:47

Could the Yankees trade Refsnyder to Royals for a few lottery tix? His spot on the 25/40 man looks less good w/austin and bird coming back

Paul Swydan

9:47

I doubt Refsnyder would bring back more than one lottery ticket, if he brought back that at all.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:48

The Royals have a bunch of 0-1 WAR players anyway. No reason to add another.

munenori kawasaki

9:49

trout, freeman, cespedes, turner, thor all on my dl, now im losing harper for a while, i quit. I guess the bright side is I just got price back.

Paul Swydan

9:49

Oof. That stings. I also have a friend who has Harper and Trout in on the same team.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:50

It is a horrible year .... and what Paul asked on Trout and Harper?

Steve

9:50

Who is your favorite pitcher to watch?

Paul Swydan

9:50

All-time: Pedro

Currently: Anyone not named Matt Barnes

9:51

Kershaw, Jon Gray, come to mind.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:51

My daughter but she can be pretty wild

Paul Swydan

9:51

:-) :-) :-)

Steve

9:51

What should we expect out of Marte once he returns?

Paul Swydan

9:51

I would expect him to be rusty for a week or two.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:52

More of the same

Smiley

9:52

Any one play in a league where each person picks two players week (can't pick the same player twice in a season)? Person with the most H, RBI, R, and BB wins. Looking for a good tracking and projection website.

Paul Swydan

9:53

No, but that sounds like fun.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:53

No ... Derek Carty's system may work (and may not).

Paul Swydan

9:54

Don't know about the tracking, but here at FanGraphs we have excellent projections, and you can build your own custom teams to track projections of specific players. http://www.fangraphs.com/myteam.aspx

Murdoc

9:54

Would you rather have Matt Barnes or Joe Kelly?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:55

Do you hate us?

Paul Swydan

9:55

Kelly. The tired meme of Kelly having good stuff is still true.

But, seriously, that's like choosing between getting your eyes poked or getting slapped in the face. They both hurt.

Ryan

9:55

Robbie Ray!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:56

If he throws strikes, he can be good. I'm all in

Paul Swydan

9:56

Complete game 4-hitters with no walks and 10 Ks are definitely exciting.

Guest

9:57

12 team standard 5 x 5 roto. I'm in first, but have Trout, Pollock, and Haniger on the DL. My healthy OF is Ozuna, Duvall, Altherr, D. Santana, and Souza. Would you trade Trout? What would you target? Is asking for Trea Turner too much?

Paul Swydan

9:58

Assuming that D Santana is Domingo, you might be fine. A little light on the batting average, but otherwise, I've seen worse outfields. If it's redraft, I think Turner is a decent target.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:58

I think Turner is fine.

Go for it

Smiley

9:58

Why are baseball play by play commentators still obsessed with basic out dated stats like RBIs?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:59

They need to talk to the people watching which are males over the age of 50

Paul Swydan

10:00

Broadcasters play to the crowd. Or, more apt, they play to what their producers think the crowd will want to hear. There's a very Lowest Common Denominator strategy to sports broadcasting, which makes learning about new things very difficult.

10:01

Speaking of being difficult, we're going to be difficult and call it a night right at 10 tonight. Sorry! Thanks for hanging out, as always.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:01

Bye

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