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Paul Sporer

4:27

If Lopez's 1H of last year wasn't a fluke, I think it's him with Duran best suited for the stopper role at the hottest pre-9th moments along with some saves

Harry

4:27

Is a .179 ISO good against same-handed pitching? Cus that is what Carroll had to those who say he can't his lefties.

Paul Sporer

4:30

It's pretty good, but I don't think it eliminates LvL risk at the big league level for Carroll. He's a top 70 pick so there's tons of love for him

Boo Radley

4:30

Somebody skunked me on Pasquantino. I ended up with Nathaniel Lowe. Its a dynasty league. How disappointed should I be?

Paul Sporer

4:30

I'd barely flinch on that. Looove both!

Vic

4:30

meant to say 'aren't' Tucker/Soto

Paul Sporer

4:30

Ohhhh that makes more sense!

4:31

I'm OK leaning Soto in that case, yes. I'm a huge Tucker guy, though, but yeah lack of SBs consideration pushes Soto just above him

coocco

4:32

how is d jansen a threat to lose PT when his barrelling bat and low ks makes him the best c defensively AND offensively?

Paul Sporer

4:34

Well I mean just the presence of Kirk, right? If Kirk eats up some DH pt, there will be more time for DanJan

Banksy

4:34

Are you buying-in on the alleged good pitching coming from the Cubs?

Paul Sporer

4:36

Yes, it's deep and solid. I like Wesneski and Steele. Stro and Taillon are solid. Smyly, Sampson, Thompson, Assad, Killian, and Brown give 'em depth. And that's all without even accounting for Hendricks will be back when healthy

thad

4:36

raleigh isnt zunino 2.0 in that hes under 30% k% and improving xwoba over time. can he be top 5

Paul Sporer

4:37

Zunino didn't have a 30%+ K rate right away, either. That said, talking with Eric on the aforementioned AL team breakdown pod got me off the Raleigh as Zunino comp, at least as a 1:1. I still have some concerns about his whiffing, but the switch hitting should mitigate the bottom out potential of his AVG

David

4:38

Over/Under on DeGrom's innings pitched in 2023?

Paul Sporer

4:38

Set it at 110 and go from there

Magglio

4:38

Any chance Ian Anderson rediscovers his magic from a few years back or is he destined to be a Toby at best?

Paul Sporer

4:43

He could yeah, but it's worth noting that the ERA indicators didn't love his breakout 2021 (4.38 SIERA, 4.12 FIP), 3.58 ERA) so there was always volatility with him. That said, I wouldn't rule out some improvement where he can take more advantage of his 12% SwStr

David

4:44

Kelenic hit his 3rd ST HR today. Are we ready to buy in?

Paul Sporer

4:44

Not off of 3 Spring Training HRs, no

Trader Bob

4:44

Are you really so much higher on Nootbar than on say De La Cruz? Finding his profile hard to figure w/ his reverse splits and bad September ... and there's so much competition in Saint Louis ...

Paul Sporer

4:47

StL loves him so I'm not worried about the competition, nor am I concerned about September as it seems entirely BABIP driven (.194). His plate approach is quite a bit better than DLC's, too. That said, I'm not hating on DLC, he's a good callout as an upside bat worth taking a look at in deeper leagues for sure

Points league

4:48

In a shallow league (10 teams) how much more willing are you to take a chance on upside? I know that’s not a quantifiable ask but is that one of your main concerns at the draft?

Paul Sporer

4:48

It can be a tiebreaker, but I'm not just taking every risky guy just bc the waiver wire has more fruit on it. That still requires work to replace those dudes if they flop. So sometimes that whole thing is overstated where you just take dart throws in shallow formats bc of the waiver wire.

Guest

4:49

Who do you keep, all things equal...Taylor Ward ($9) or Jeffrey Springs ($() - AL only.

Paul Sporer

4:49

Ward

4:50

OK y'all, sorry again for the late start, but I promise it'll be worth it when these Longenhagen pods drop (1 NL, 1 AL) and we still got almost 2 hrs of chatting in! Thanks so much for coming out! Follow me on Twitter (@sporer), Twitch (sporer), and Instagram (p_sporer). I’ll be streaming on Twitch later today and you can definitely come by and ask questions about fantasy there. Have a good one, y’all!

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