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Nicklaus Gaut
11:24
that breakout's coming any year now!
RAGBRAI
11:25
Black in MIL didn’t do much in his brief majors stint. Does he make it back this year? Where does he begin next year?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:26
I'm sure he'll make it back for a cuppa but wouldn't expect much
11:27
Triple-A. I always will have concerns about first basemen with light power profiles
RAGBRAI
11:28
What do you see most likely happening for Lux…traded this off season, starter next year, utility player next year?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:29
Probably the same story as every year - a couple good months will trick them into thinking he's a starter but then the mid-fairy will pop back by and turn him back into what he's always been
mid
I'm going to be in big trouble if Lux and Andrew Vaughn ever start being good
GBS42
11:31
I need help in ERA, WHIP, and wins. Would you sign Herz, Pallante, or L. Ortiz (PIT) and bump either K. Gibson or J. Irvin? With 3 weeks to go, I'm not sure I can do anything other than hope to catch lightning in a bottle.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:32
Think you have to ride out Gibson and Irvin. Though Irvin/Herz is pretty much a tossup for me
I wish you luck in your trials ; )
GBS42
11:32
Your weekly chats are very much appreciated!
Nicklaus Gaut
11:32
Thank you
And so are everyone's questions!
Yariel
11:33
In my $260 auction 5x5 keeper league, I could keep Yariel Rodriguez for a ridiculous $1 next year. But has his performance been worth even that? Will thne 27-year-old rookie get better, or has he met his match in MLB, and who ihe really is is a mediocrity?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:34
He might end up being a mediocre cut a month into the season but I think you have to keep that level of value.
Lawlar
11:35
Worth grabbing now that he's on a(nother...) rehab assignment? Or is he not going to get called up for another playoff push?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:35
I don't think so.
Troy Taylor
11:36
The M's Troy Taylor has been a stud rookie reliever. Will the M's give him holds and even saves next year, or is he a flash-in-the-pan?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:37
Not a flash but I'd bet more on high-leverage role than the actual closer
slider is di-irrty
dilemma
11:38
Rest-of-season stats can make or break my pitching staff in ERA and ratio. Both Chad Green and Zebby Matthews have had a terrible past 30 days. Who should I drop for the final three weeks?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:38
I'd drop zebby
Green has gotten blown up lately but it was also a rough stretch of opponents
11:39
and if you're riding the wire on ratios, you're basically spinning the chamber every time Zebby goes out considering how much a blowup would likely sink you
Coming up Short
11:40
Brooks Lee or Jacob Wilson, ROS in an OBP league.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:40
Wilson
riegs
11:41
Would you drop O’Hoppe for either Bart or Langeliers? (redraft league)
Nicklaus Gaut
11:41
No
MikeD
11:41
Any non-closers you’d recommend grabbing in the AL anticipating they might become closers in ‘25?
Nicklaus Gaut
11:41
Doing a quick peruse, not really
11:42
AL has a lot of "probably safe" closers already in-house and the ones who don't, don't have many spicy options
11:43
unless you feel like speculating on the White Sox and Tigers lol
and I don't!
Hedging
11:44
Worth keeping Alonso assuming he ends up taking a 1-year prove it deal with Colorado to boost his home runs stats and get some other team to overpay a winter later? He's not worth keeping if he's on another team.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:44
god I'd love to see him in COL
11:45
but I'd slow down on the hate. Even in a down year, he's still the #35 hitter in 12-team leagues according to the FG auction calculator
Dano
11:46
Is Stroman worth starting this week against KC and BOS?  Or am I better off with Morton against CIN and LAD?  I already have Festa and Detmers in my lineup.
Nicklaus Gaut
11:47
"I already have Festa and Detmers in my lineup."
Then you've already won, my friend
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