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Paul Sporer

9:35

Yeah, it wasn't great especially w/the 16 K/1 BB ratio but he should still be in the mix for plenty of PT in Pittsburgh. I like him deep mixers and NL Only formats. No need to draft in 12 teamers and lower right now, just keep him watchlisted

Guest

9:36

Thoughts on Profar? How relevant is he in mixed leagues?

Paul Sporer

9:37

Worthy reserve in 12s because of Coors, but just watchlisting in 10-teamers

Will

9:37

who starts in center for Astros?

Paul Sporer

9:37

McCormick and Meyers probably sharing

MyNameIsBonus

9:37

Oswaldo Cabrera: Great sleeper, or the greatest sleeper?

Paul Sporer

9:38

Biiiig fan! My breakout OF piece is out later today and he's included! Will start in the everyday OF with Bader down and should be no worse than a super utility if Bader returns healthy and Hicks stays upright all year (which is a big of a longshot)

Siri

9:38

Bargain shopping at 3B. Jung, Walker or rendon in OBP league?

Paul Sporer

9:39

I'm a big Josh Jung fan!! https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy-tools/rankings/expert?eligibility=3B...

Joe

9:40

Yoshida's projections, ZIPS especially, seem ridiculously optimistic to me. You buying him essentially being peak Matsui?

Paul Sporer

9:41

Only 1 projection reached 20 HR for Yoshida so it's not really peak Matsui projections, but I do like him and think he could transition to the league smoothly. I'm tabbing for a big AVG off the top and we'll see how the power develops

9:42

(13 HR and .282 AVG are my projections, btw)

Clarence's Parents

9:42

Better prospect to stash in my NA slot this year: Baty or Endy Rodriguez? If called up, neither would start for my team this year, so need to balance 2024 upside against risk of having to cut them if called up too early

Paul Sporer

9:43

Baty for me. I don't get too hung up on rookie Cs, even though I recognize that Endy is quite good

Let’s not start a Holy War

9:43

Justin Mason mentioned Brendan Donovan a couple times yesterday. Digging into him a bit, is it crazy to see a 2016 Jose Ramirez season out of him (minus steals), especially if the spring power gains are real?

Paul Sporer

9:50

The power gains this spring are definitely notable for Donovan. For those who don't remember, Ramirez went 11 HR/22 SB in 2016 so it wouldn't be insane to see Donovan get near there. I'm not sure he'll run enough for 22 SB, but something like 10-13 HR with 7-10 SB is in play with a good AVG, which would be a great piece with triple elig. (2B/3B/OF). The power gains have put him on my radar as he was originally an afterthought for me

Your Mom

9:50

Need rotation help from the waiver wire. You like any of: Ober, Eduardo Rodriguez, Boyd, or Keller?

Paul Sporer

9:51

I'm intrigued by E-Rod's 2nd season with my Tigers! That's a tight group so you can flip a coin, but since you're looking to me for the tiebreak, I go E-Rod.

Jer

9:51

Is Brendan Donovan going to breakout this year? Need some bats and was considering shipping Trevor Rogers for him

Paul Sporer

9:51

Threw this one in here since I just answered the B-Don question above!

mario

9:51

Austin Meadows ST stats don't look great. Can he get back to old TB self?

Paul Sporer

9:54

He's had good plate skills but no pop. I don't see a 2019 return and he'll really only go as far as his body takes him. I put him down for 17 HR/.260 AVG, good for my 66th OF

9:54

Who do you like more for this year Kris Bryant or Max Muncy in standard roto?

Paul Sporer

9:56

I've got Muncy by a buck ($1.08 to be precise). I'd be OK letting my team build dictate the pick a bit, too - if I need AVG, I'll go Bryant, if I just need the most raw power, it's Muncy for sure

Matt

9:56

What are your thoughts on yoked Yandy Diaz? I mean if you look at some of the underlying numbers, it is kind of similar to Vlad Jr. in a ton of ways. It just seems like if he pulled the ball a bit more to sell out for power, we'd be looking at a stud.

Paul Sporer

9:58

The thing is, this has been the case for years. It could be magic if it ever came together, but at this point, I'm done projecting Yandy to get some lift. That said, his 266 ADP is perfectly fair so you can take him there and just pray that the mystical lift comes to fruition!

RTJ

9:59

based on spring and the mess in Atlanta, are you stashing Shewmake in deepish NL onlys?

Paul Sporer

10:00

Ya caaaannnnn, but he hasn't exactly torn up the minors so there's probably someone more interesting in most cases

Kevin

10:00

Are you going for closers earlier, given the ever decreasing amount of clear number 1 guys now?

Paul Sporer

10:00

Yes, I'm not afraid to commit to a premium closer early in drafts.

Oh Hello

10:00

What is the level of concern for Kyle Wright after yesterday's debut?

Paul Sporer

10:01

It's much more about the shoulder in general than the ugly ST outing, but he's dropping a good bit in the rankings update I'm putting out after this chat

mario

10:02

Rotographs request: when you click the Blogs menu at top, there is an Ottographs link but it only goes to very old articles. Can we please have direct link to Otto content?

Paul Sporer

10:03

Yes, it needs to be updated to this link: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/category/ottoneu/ --- I'll see if I can get the team to change that

Everlasting Gobstopper

10:03

Dustin May or Hunter Brown

Paul Sporer

10:03

Brown, even with the balky back that just cropped up

Damian

10:03

Have you moved reid detmers up at all in your sp rankings after the higher velo reports? What do you think is a realistic ceiling this year?

Paul Sporer

10:05

I was already quite high on him this season as he's in my Top 50! I'm not sure I'll raise him even more, but I'm a huge fan

10:05

Seems like Turang might get a starting job. You taking him or Luis García (wsn)?

Paul Sporer

10:06

Garcia for me. I don't see much fantasy juice from Turang. He's a great glove at short, but that's about it

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