JotCast | Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat | 8/17/2022

Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

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Paul Sporer

1:01

Good afternoon everyone!! Thank you for coming out!!

kevinthecomic

1:02

Thanks for chatting, Paul! What do you make of the Rangers firing Woodward and Daniels? Was ownership expecting to compete this year? Is it about the disappointing performances of Semien and Seager? Something else?

Paul Sporer

1:03

I am definitely surprised they cleaned house!!

I don't think it's based on Seager & Semien, maybe just time to start over

definitely shocked though

Guest

1:04

Luis Rengifo turning into a real thing for 2023?

Paul Sporer

1:04

I'm on the Rengifo train! He's a solid player and he's batting everyday in the middle of the lineup. It's a bad lineup, but between Ohtani & Ward is the one good spot

Guest

1:04

Have to drop 2 (Trout and Franco coming back): Pena, Grissom, Rowdy

Paul Sporer

1:05

Are you sure Franco is coming back? Got hurt yesterday

Rowdy for sure

not sure on the 2nd

Hot Gabbagool

1:05

Nasty Nick Lodolo decided to show up today. That is all.

Paul Sporer

1:05

Love him! His volatility will be maddening as he figures it out, but the upside keeps him on a roster in every league

Gabe

1:07

Trent Grisham Paul dejong or vinnie pasquantino 10-team points league

Paul Sporer

1:07

Vinnie P!

Gabe

1:07

Who would you rather roster lance Lynn or nick Lodolo

Paul Sporer

1:07

Lynn - https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/paul-sporers-updated-starting-pitcher-ra...

Guest

1:08

Did not see that Franco note. That's a bummer...

Paul Sporer

1:08

For those unaware, he got hurt last night: https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/baseball/mlb/player/15192/wander-franco

kevinthecomic

1:08

Do you think Vaughn Grissom's emergence reduces the Braves' desire to try and bring back Swanson? Or is it too early to tell what they have in Grissom yet?

Paul Sporer

1:08

Probably too early

1:09

They have no issue locking guys who can help them be great. I still think there's a world where Grissom moves to the OF. This is pure spec as he hasn't played OF as a pro, but if you can handle upper minors SS/2B, you can likely play OF just fine

Armadillofury

1:09

Is Vinnie P the second coming of Rizzo, Freeman, Votto or Jesus?

trophy

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Paul Sporer

1:09

LOL, he definitely cuts an early career Freeman image

Ken

1:09

Any interest in saying Castellanos is underperforming so we can get him to break this tie real quick?

Paul Sporer

1:11

Yo, he's been on fire since we brought in that HR 2 weeks ago!! .298/.365/.553, 3 HR since Aug. 3rd!

Paul (not you)

1:11

You sounded relatively optimistic on Gio in your SP ranks. Is there anything in particular, stats-wise, that you're keeping an eye on with him? For instance, K%, BB%, plate discipline #s, etc? Just curious what you think the issue is and what, if any, metrics may offer valuable insight

Paul Sporer

1:13

The tough part with Giolito is that it seems to be his command on different pitches start-to-start, inning-to-inning as opposed to one particular issue. I'm mostly leaning on his track record with my ranking and yet he's still a good bit lower than last ranking (58th)

Dave

1:13

Expectations for Baty? I have J. Turner and McMahon at 3B right now; think he'll out-perform either down the stretch?

Paul Sporer

1:15

It's always a huge range from rookies. I think Baty is an all formats pick up because of his major upside, but make sure you go in eyes wide open that he just might not be ready day 1. I'm open to taking a shot on him over McMahon just for the upside

Dave

1:15

FREE JOSH JUNG

Paul Sporer

1:16

Raking in the minors! Maybe the new mgmt. will bring him up!! Big Jung fan!

Travis

1:16

I don’t really get the logic of giving Harris this deal now. Would waiting one more year to make sure he can keep it up really raise his asking price that much?

Paul Sporer

1:18

This is a win-win, IMO. Anytime you can get more millions ($72) than games played (71), you do it. And there's virtually no way this can hurt ATL. If he popped off into next year, the price would definitely rise a decent bit, though not a cost prohibitive level. I think it makes sense for them to lock him in now and for him to get that security

>this guy<

1:18

Rengifo savant sliders are like Miles Davis- kind of blue

Paul Sporer

1:18

The most overrated aspect in fantasy baseball today

We overly rely on StatCast profiles to the detriment of fantasy success

1:21

It is a modest StatCast profile, but that's because Rengifo isn't necessarily a monster hitter. He makes a ton of contact with a bit of pop and some speed. That kind of profile is unlikely to net a bloody SC profile so it checks out that his mostly blueish with a few pink/light-red bubbles thrown in

Guest

1:21

Where does David Peterson fit on your SP rankings, presuming he's taking Carrasco's spot?

Paul Sporer

1:21

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