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Man of Steele?

12:31

Lost Steele and looking to replace. Do you buy Luzardo's strong start? Have some MI depth in a 12 teamer. Would you trade a borderline top 100 preseason player like Westburg or Willy Adames for him?

Justin Mason

12:32

I definitely buy Luzardo's start, but health and command have always been a recurring issue for him. I think I would want more back than Luzardo for one of them

Ben Brown Bagholder

12:32

Try to sell Ben Brown coming off the Dodgers success or can he really survive with two pitches?

Justin Mason

12:32

I don't think he will be able to. A great sell high oppurtunity right now

12:32

Any actual concern about Casas? Just a cold streak?

Justin Mason

12:33

Both are true. He will be streaky so you want him when he is hot, but at the same time, I have not been sold on his hit tool. Dude just doesn't make consistent in-zone contact.

SP Needer

12:33

Roupp or G Holmes this week? ROS?

Justin Mason

12:34

Holmes for the 2-start

Closing time

12:34

I get Uribe as the next guy up, but what about G. Ashcraft in Cinci? He looks great out of the pen...does Tito push him to the back end, or is it still Diaz's show?

Justin Mason

12:35

I honeslty have a hard time reading the Cincy pen right now. I think that if Ashcraft was going to be the dude, it would have already happened . He looks great, but no save chances at this point tells me they aren't going to him yet. I think this is a straight committee

Ben

12:36

Ben Rice for real? Where are you ranking him among 1Bs rest of season (in particular, in an OBPG league)?

Justin Mason

12:36

I think it is. He is a top 10 guy for me right now

Colton

12:37

Pretty strapped for pitching due to a few unfortunate injuries and Bubba and Painter being held down. Looking to scoop Tobias Myers off the wire when he returns, would you drop Reese Olson or Verlander for him? Normal categories with K/9 added as well

Justin Mason

12:37

I think those are pretty lateral moves. I am not really a fan of Myers from a stuff prospective

Winker, Taylor, Soler, Spy

12:37

12T 5x5 OBP redraft. Who to drop to activate McClain from IL? Polanco, Manzardo, Jobe, Soriano, G. Williams options. Also have Neto and Winn on IL.

Justin Mason

12:37

Polanco

12:37

redraft, rank ROS @ 2B, L. Garcia, J. Holliday or B. Lowe ? and how apart are they

Justin Mason

12:38

Garcia -small gap- Lowe -bigger gap- Holliday

Love Is A Battenfield

12:38

In a vacuum, would you rather have Jose Caballero's steals upside or Jorge Polanco's power upside in a 12T 5x5 OBP league.

Justin Mason

12:38

Caballero

Raleigh

12:39

Hey Justin, what are you thinking about Jacob deGrom? Slow start, underlying metrics aren’t wowing anybody, but I have a feeling he’s just learning how to pitch regularly again after being on the shelf for so long. Agree, or not? Thanks.

Justin Mason

12:39

I agree. I think he will be fine and just figuring things out while not trying to go full bore to stay healthy

Guest

12:39

Is a Nick Kurtz call-up a realistic possibility, or just fantasy baseball dreaming?

Justin Mason

12:40

I thought it was a pipe dream, but he is so good in the minors, I don't know how long they can realistically hold him down.

OF help

12:40

Hi Justin, could you rank these OF in a 10 team OBP league? Matt Wallner, Zach McKinstry, Zac Veen, Alex Call, Kameron Misner - thanks!

Justin Mason

12:41

Wallner, Misner, McKinstry, Veen, Call

Jordan Walker

12:41

My statcast data looks horrible outside of bat speed. Thoughts on ROS or in a keeper league? Should teams be buying, selling, or holding? (10 teams, 4 OF, 2 UT)

Justin Mason

12:42

I think I would be holding for right now. Lean a little towards sell but I want to see how it plays out

12:42

What’s the David Festa outlook? Only get a limited amount of free agent pick ups the whole year so have to be strategic about who to grab. Does he stick in the rotation?

Justin Mason

12:43

I think that is a tough question because Paddack clearly is in this rotation because the Twins don't understand the concept of dead money. I want to believe that Festa will be there because I love his stuff, but there is a chance he loses this job and is back in the minors once Lopez is healthy or if he struggles. They have Zebby too so he could come up if Festa gets knocked around at all

Rube

12:43

What gives you more of a high? The competition of fantasy baseball or the community/social element?

Justin Mason

12:44

It's the competition for me. I am a competitive person. I do love the community though. It has completely changed my life for the better.

Jason

12:44

Also, Sale and Cease have been terrible so far. How much leash do you give them before benching? I have Sandy/Luzardo/Gallen/Senga as options to swap out

Justin Mason

12:45

I wrote Cease up last week as a buy low so I would not be worried about him at all. If you want to bench Sale, I get it, but he gets a struggling Twins team this week, so I wouldn't

Lil Abner Uribe

12:45

Need saves (my two closers are Tanner Scott and AJ Puk) and I'd love to spec add either Porter Hodge or Abner Uribe but I'm not sure who to drop - would you cut McKinstry for either/which one seems like the better bet right now?

Justin Mason

12:45

I would cut him for Uribe

OlneyFans

12:45

Rank these pitchers in a 12T 5x5 redraft: Gavin Williams, Jose Soriano, Jackson Jobe.

Justin Mason

12:45

Soriano, Williams, Jobe

12:45

Best 1B to speculate on in a 12 teamer? Mervis, Manzardo, Schnauel, Pavin Smith, or stick with Mountcastle?

Justin Mason