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Buff
11:20
NL only 5x5 Roto keeper. Jose Fermin is tearing it up again at AAA Memphis, after the Cardinals sent him down. Is he worth a stash? Will the Cardinals find a role for him?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:21
Might be worth a stash because it's NL-only but I don't have a lot of confidence in him getting a (somewhat) regular role any time soon
Southern Lion
11:22
I'm in a 10 team, 5x5 roto AL only league, with 2 catcher positions.  IYO, who's the better pickup, Kyle McCann or Tyler Soderstrom?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:23
When your whiffing even makes Tyler Soderstrom look good, you know you're in trouble. So give me Tyler
Buff
11:24
NL only keeper, any interest in stashing stuff+ darlings Kyle Nicolas, Calvin Faucher, Randy Rodriguez, or Chris Roycroft?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:24
Nicolas is very interesting...Lots of whiffery there
Egregious
11:25
Is David Fry for real? I’m desperate for power thanks to slow starters JRod, Seager & Torres… the obvious spot is held by Aranda, but are Fry’s stats an illusion? This is a standard 5-cat AL-only league.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:25
Real enough to pick up in AL only
I keep waiting for him to cool down and then he gets another three hits
riegs
11:25
What do you think of Joey Ortiz?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:26
ooh I like him quite a bit
picked him up a while back in a couple of deeper leagues
Pirate Scott
11:28
If you’re Ben Cherington, how much longer do you continue to hope Tellez justifies his roster spot? And how do you replace him?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:29
Well, it's the Pirates and they gave him $3 million so they'll probably justify it for the whole year?
But god he's been a disaster
11:30
Replacements aren't obvious - Joe can play first and rotate their bench guys in the OF/call up Ji Hwan Bae
11:31
Bae has been absolutely raking at triple-A
Dynasty Guy
11:31
What are your thoughts about Walter Buehler?  Can he regain the dominance he once had?    In one of my dynasty leagues, there is a trade on the table - Buehler for Joey Ortiz and either Painter or Tiedemann.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:32
Not a big Buehler guy, even before TJ. I'd do that trade (probably prefer Painter but don't dislike Tiedemann either
riegs
11:32
How much weight do you put on bat speed when evaluating players? For instance is Matt Chapman's elite bat speed cause for optimism or more so just noise?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:34
Depends on the player - Chapman has always been a Statcast darling and his bat speed is just another metric that backs that up. I do think there is optimism for ROS but he also kind of is what he is at this point
riegs
11:35
How would you rank J Soler, G Torres, M Kepler, K Carpenter and D Schneider?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:35
Torres > Kepler > Carpenter > Soler > Schneider
riegs
11:36
How concerned are you about Skubal's workload this year?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:37
I'm not overly worried for this year, he does at least have one "full" season under his belt.
But it's usually the year after the big jump year that worries me
11:39
I like the stuff but I tend to always preach managing expectations on rookie pitchers in their debut seasons... .235 BABIPS and 90% strand rates won't last forever
11:40
But overall you can't be unhappy with his first two starts
Whoops, forgot the question
riegs
11:40
What do you think of R Gasser?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:40
I like the stuff but I tend to always preach managing expectations on rookie pitchers in their debut seasons... .235 BABIPS and 90% strand rates won't last forever
But overall you can't be unhappy with his first two starts
Lazaro Montes Alvarez
11:41
I am the next Yordan Alvarez - how fast do I move through the Mariners' system? It's time for a promotion.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:42
Yeah, he needs to be promoted like yesterday
I expect he'll move relatively fast but will likely top out at Double-A this year
which is pretty damn good for a 19-year old
Evan Carter's Way
11:43
How much longer before we see the playoff version of Evan Carter with the Rangers?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:44
2025?
11:45
I like him but the adjustment to the adjustment is always tough and Carter has been fed a lot fewer fastballs and that'll continue until he forces a change
Guest
11:45
Nestor/Schmidt/Gil. Pick 1 ROS.
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