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Paul Sporer

1:21

Could also take over for Taijuan Walker. They went from no room for Peterson to 2 spots in open in a day and a half

aab

1:21

does E. Cabrera keep his spot when T.Rogers comes back?

Paul Sporer

1:22

Could be ECab or Garrett. Garrett has had a heavy split based on team quality where he's dominating crap teams so while his stats are great, he isn't a lock to hold his spot IMO

1:22

How do you feel about Oneil Cruz? I am in a keeper league, so I am tempted to keep him BUT...he is not helping my playoff run as we speak.

Paul Sporer

1:23

Big fan long-term, but there is major swing and miss in the profile that will take some time to overcome. 9 HR and 6 SB soften the blow of his 74 wRC+

1:25

Do you think Vinnie P's power output might be a bit underrated? The exit velocities put him among some very good hitters. Not the elite guys, but plenty of guys with 25 - 30 homer power. I could see him turning into a .270+, 25+ homer guy. It seems like he's what people would hope triston casas turns into, but there's a huge gap in how their ranked.

Paul Sporer

1:27

He's probably a low-20s guy right now with his home park likely eat up some would-be HRs as the third-worst HR park in the league. Doesn't mean he can't push upper-20s/low-30s as he develops, but plan for strong AVG and low-20s HRs for now. The gap between he & Casas is the 2 yrs of age and draft pedigree (Casas 1st rd, Vinnie P 11th). Vinnie P is definitely showing that he's better than a standard 11th rounder, though! Buy!

person

1:27

is Waldichuk the Blackburn replacement or are they doing some A's thing

Paul Sporer

1:28

It's Sears

>this guy<

1:28

fwiw I have Rengifo in like every league despite his sliders. But I feel like I am riding out a hot streak, not in at the ground floor

Paul Sporer

1:28

Agreed

At this point in the season, I'm not worried anything long-term

Everything is Mr. Right Now

Kyle

1:28

You allude to Heaney's scaled back usage in your rankings, is he worth holding onto rest of the year or time to look elsewhere? Tough call because he is super effective when actually pitching

Paul Sporer

1:28

I definitely want to hold, but he is a tough start until we start seeing more IP unless you're just chasing ratios and can use even just 3 IP of quality work

Zach

1:29

Is it worth grabbing Esteury Ruiz once he is up with the Brewers? Speed is crazy and his hitting has been really good in the minors.

Paul Sporer

1:30

Just know that the bat is a major risk and he could be a "can't steal 1st base" type of guy. His OBP in the minors really buoyed his numbers which I don't say to shade since I love a base stealer who can get on base via the walk, but that bat is an open question right now

1:30

What just happened to Mahle?

Paul Sporer

1:30

Not sure, watching PHI-CIN

1:32

Tyler Mahle exits with a trainer midway through the third inning after struggling to top 90 mph with many of his fastballs.

Ugh

1:32

Why did Cleveland give up on Franmil? Are they in a redraft league or something? I feel like his past should have given him more than 1/2 a season to be bad

Paul Sporer

1:32

It's shocking for sure. Lot of speculation that there was a personality clash of some sort and it wasn't JUST the poor performance

Dave

1:32

Merrill Kelly has been pretty amazing of late. You've still got him in the "Team Streamer" category, and not too far removed from your June rank when he was struggling a bit more. Is your ranking more to do with context (team support, schedule) or that how he's succeeding isn't sustainable?

Paul Sporer

1:34

Still not starting at COL or v. LAD. He's on another heater, but still with just a 16% K-BB rate which is fine but hardly elite and not strong enough to feel confident in projecting him as as more than a mid-to-highs 3.00s rest of way.

Gabe

1:34

Joe Ryan and Kirby for Morton is too much right?

Paul Sporer

1:35

Not necessarily, especially with Kirby likely facing IP mgmt.

Armadillofury

1:37

Is it just me or it seems like good relievers are growing off trees? There are 73 relievers with 20 IP and a FIP under 3, 129 relievers with FIP under 3.5

Paul Sporer

1:37

That's the nature of the obscene strikeout and crazy stuff era we live in

KCbbq

1:37

Matt Carpenter renewed his game after spending off season time with Votto. Think he can repeat that "magic" next season and will Yankees bring him back?

Paul Sporer

1:37

Impossible to say given the injury unfortunately

Ben

1:37

I'm lagging in saves and have taken to hoarding some mid-level closers lately. Could you give me a rough ROS ranking of a few dudes: Soto, Doval, Bautista, Hernandez and (assuming he closes if/when they ever have another save situation) Jimenez.

Paul Sporer

1:38

Bautista is the clear #1. He's a legit top 10 closer. Hernandez is a favorite of mine and I think he's the A-guy for TEX, but of course they aren't winning a ton of games. Doval/Soto after that

1:38

Any idea why Mancini isn't an everyday player for Houston at the moment?

Paul Sporer

1:40

Not entirely sure, but we were discussing this on my morning Boxscore stream today and I surmised that it's maybe bc they're coasting a bit so they just rotate players as they see fit, but then come playoff time it'll be Yordan/Yuli/Yancini filling the DH/1B/LF combo in some fashion more often than not

person

1:40

I thought Sears was already in rotation? or has he been taking his place. I dumb

Paul Sporer

1:40

Sears was brought up when Blackburn hit the IL with the finger last week

Waldichuk should be in for Adam Oller, though

Ben

1:40

Oh also, didn't see Roansy in your SP ranks. You think he gets enough work down the stretch to be fantasy relevant? And assuming no major changes in the meantime, what's your early sense of where he'll be ranked among SPs heading into '23?

Paul Sporer

1:41

I didn't see that he was returning today! Last I'd seen, he was still in the minors so I didn't bother rankings. He's a Team Streamer for me. I'm not setting & forgetting, but I can't put him back on the wire for the starts I'm not using him

Alex

1:41

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