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Nicklaus Gaut

11:17

last week, was an update on which team to attack with RHPs. Tomorrows will be on LHPs

again, a lot of hay to be made this time of year with sneaky streams against suspect teams

Jack T

11:18

Is Caissie worth an add in a deep cat league?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:18

Not until we see how much he's actually going to play -- I'm fairly dubious, right now

Go Dills!

11:18

WTF are the Cubs doing? Who sits while Caissie plays? Does he play once a week? What's the point of that? If he plays well, who stays sitting? If he doesn't play well, then what?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:19

These are all good questions

Trap or Keeper

11:19

Is Gavin Williams ($16) a keeper in AL only? Him or Schanuel ($4) in obp league?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:19

Rather have Schanuel at those prices

RAGBRAI

11:19

Currently in 4th, just our of third and 15 points out of 1st, pays top three. There is ground to be gained. For this season only is it worth it to drop either J Ortiz, T Freeman, N Marte, or Crews and spend big on Cassie?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:20

Welcome to the Caissie section of the chat!

No, I'm not spending big on him - I'd keep what you have and play for the money

The Ditto

11:21

Kyle Tucker - it looks like he's only had 2 extra base hits in the past three weeks coming after his finger injury. Do we feel like the injury is more significant than they are letting on? Could an IL stint be an option?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:22

The Caissie call-up certainly doesn't make me think he's less hurt

Ess Pee

11:22

Could you rank Gilbert, Ryan, Framber, Giolito?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:23

Gilbert >> Framber > Ryan >>>>>>>>Giolito

man, I love hatin' on that guy

Troy

11:24

How would you rank Sheehan, Arrighetti, Schlittler, Ober, Baz and Cantillo in category leagues ros?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:25

Ober > Baz >>> Sheehan > Arrighetti > Schlittler >>> Cantillo

Rae

11:25

Who would you rather have at C ros, Perez or Baldwin?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:25

Perez

Kyle

11:25

What are your expectations for Caglianone once he returns? Would you drop someone like Tork for him?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:25

I'd hold them in check -- wouldn't drop Tork for him

Rae

11:26

Our sweet Ranger has been quite sour recently :(

Nicklaus Gaut

11:26

How dare you

to be fair, recent results haven't been great

11:27

but also, not a lot sticking out in the underlying metrics, so I'm still chaulking it up to a tough run against a few good teams

also, I'm a sychophant, so-ooo...

May Day?

11:27

Are you picking up May after his strong start? Him or my Guards: Slade and Joey C.?

Nicklaus Gaut

11:27

long-time May apologist

11:28

I'd rather him over Cantillo

hold on, kid is crying

11:29

okay, we're back

The Ditto

11:30

Happy Thursday...almost there. I'm trying to figure out the enigma that is O'Neil Cruz, and if his recent struggles are related to his free-swinging ways or if he's a problem/PIT is just not a good environment.

Sorry, send my question too early. I was trying to find a comp for O Cruz and came up with Elly De La Cruz, but then realized that EDLC is 3 years younger than OC (23 vs. 26). Why did it take OC longer to get to MLB? Is the comp a potentially fair one given the skill sets even with the age difference? Could OC take the leap that EDLC did? Thanks!

Nicklaus Gaut

11:30

*chuckling ruefully*

long-time Cruz-hater here...

he's a whiffer

he's always been a whiffer

he's always going to be a whiffer

11:32

Until he figures out how to consistently handle breaking stuff, he'll remain Pedro Cerrano

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