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Justin Mason

10:26

I think it is

larry

10:26

is luis robert a decent buy low candidate heading into the fantasy playoffs?

Justin Mason

10:28

Underlying contact skills are pretty brutal in the second half, but he still crushes the ball. Depends on how low you are buying.

Vince

10:29

Is Tyler Fitzgerald legit? Hitting the ball harder with more line drives but a near .400 BABIP.

Justin Mason

10:29

Underlying skills say this is mostly a hot streak that will fade

Ken

10:29

What are your mid-term outlooks on Burleson and Doyle? In other words, are you trusting what they're doing/view them as big-value keepers, or still maintaining any skepticism about the next few years?

Justin Mason

10:30

I think Doyle is definitely someone I want as a keeper. Nothing in Burleson's skills say this should fade, but I remain a little skeptical as the Cardinals haven't wanted to commit to him previously, but I think they should.

Qane

10:30

For my last weekly rotation spot, 5x5, who would go with this week: Chris Sanchez (@LAD; @ARI), Tobias Myers (@CHW), Luis Ortiz (SD), Carson Spiers (@MIL)

Justin Mason

10:31

Sanchez

Guest

10:31

Should baseball be in the Olympics?

Justin Mason

10:31

Only if MLB will let their best players play.

So yes

larry

10:31

in your opinion whos getting called up first? dominguez or caminero? are either worth a roster spot in a redraft league atm?

Justin Mason

10:31

I think Dominguez is first up, but Caminero is the one I would stash.

Insert Witty Name Here

10:32

Offseason podcast idea: take a random year in the past, say 1969 (nice) and do a mock draft with only printouts of team rosters. Then run the numbers. Obvi no technology since you can look up their stats.

Justin Mason

10:33

During the lock out and pandemic shut down, Tout ran some historical drafts which were very fun. I would be totally down to do this again if there was interest

Biscuit

10:33

Choose 3 starters from this group for this week: Bello(@KC), Houck(HOU), Pivetta(HOU), Fried(@COL), Singer(BOS), Spiers(@MIL)

Justin Mason

10:34

Houck, Singer, Pivetta

Biscuit

10:34

Ian Happ has been brutal 2H, now nursing a sore shoulder and has a short week. Would you replace with Polanco or Ward for the week?

Justin Mason

10:34

No problem going with Ward

Toonces

10:34

ROS, Herz, Arrighetti, Festa, Cobb. I can roster 2. Thank you Justin

Justin Mason

10:34

Festa and Cobb

Guest

10:34

At this point in the season, are you looking at season numbers, last 30 days, last 14 days, last 7 days when making marginal decisions?

Justin Mason

10:35

I usually go with 14 days

JSweetchuck

10:35

Time to cut Crawford in 10-team Dynasty?

Justin Mason

10:35

I think it is ok to drop

Tim

10:35

14t H2H dynasty; figured I’d make a play for Carroll from the 10th place team. Is Josh Jung-Josh Lowe-Ryan Pepiot super far off?

Justin Mason

10:36

I don't think it is

Terry loves tech

10:36

I'm hoping you win all your leagues so you can take your winnings and buy a new microphone. You're so quiet on the pods compared to Paul it's hard to calibrate the volume level. Would love to hear you better. Anyway, I appreciate your work on the site & pods.

Justin Mason

10:37

Is this on the youtube? for the pods on the site and iTunes, I normalize the volume.

I will troubleshoot it today and see if I can fix it. Thank you for letting me know.

Brayan Rocchio

10:37

Lost Cause?

Justin Mason

10:38

I don't think he is a lost cause, but there just isn't a lot of upside in his bat. He is mostly an accumulator.

Denny

10:38

Philosophical Q: Does it ever make sense (and is it fair) to "gift" value to teams for strategic purposes? I'm currently in first and was debating the merits of giving one of the mid-level teams a sweetheart deal so they can better compete against the two guys hot on my tail (ie. the guy in 6th can catch the guy in 2nd in one or two categories with some help). This of course assumes I can pull it off without cutting my own legs out.

Justin Mason

10:39

I absolutely love this type of approach. You don't want to hurt yourself, but making deals that hurt your competition is well within the bounds of fairness and a very good strategy

McBoatface

10:39

Sticking with Gavin Stone? Could move on to Birdsong ...

Justin Mason

10:39

I am ok moving on to Birdsong

Jason

10:39

KC closer situation. How do you rank them? Anyone likely to get more saves than others? (Harvey, Erceg, McArthur)

Justin Mason

10:40

If I had to bet, it is Erceg, but I think it is a fluid situation.