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1:24

Hey Paul, love the content. 10- team OBP Lg, when Nootbaar comes back, do I cut Francisco Alvcarez or Brian Anderson? Have Sean Murphy at catcher.

Paul Sporer

1:24

Alvarez. I rarely trust rookie Cs all that much. O'Hoppe is more exception than rule (and it's been 10 days so it's not like he's even a certainty). I just don't like relying on young Cs to hit, espec. in 1-C lgs

Chip

1:25

Time to start worrying about Lance Lynn? I know his last start was better, but yeesh.

Paul Sporer

1:25

Off a 10 K, 0 BB gm? No.

infieldMess

1:25

Rest of the way: B. Donovan, Paredes or Julien? It is 6 cat with OBP.

Paul Sporer

1:26

Donovan. That's my order for them. Julien's best format is OBP, but those 2 are still better IMO

Kate

1:27

Does it seem like more SPs than normal are struggling out of the gate? Many seeing velo drops, but many also just struggling in general. Is there something league wide going on here?

Paul Sporer

1:27

I think it's just normal early season stuff

Jon

1:29

Are you buying into Josh Lowe's improving plate discipline? He has 25/25 type upside if it's real. I would drop Turang for him

Paul Sporer

1:29

Yes I'd take him over Turang. Don't just blindly trust him, stay monitoring the K/BB, but let's ride it while he's hot bc the upside is indeed massive

Jack

1:30

Kolton Wong's BABIP is is the whole explanation for his struggles, right? How concerned are you this early?

Paul Sporer

1:31

Yeah pretty much entirely the BABIP. While I wasn't really drafting him, I'm not cutting if you have him nor am I taking any kind of victory lap on this. The hits will start falling

Oh you got Julks?

1:31

Re: your discussion of Chas on the pcast - Julks is Rule 5, so might stay up when Bradley comes back. But still feels like Chas is the starter regardless.

Paul Sporer

1:31

Wait how is he Rule 5 for them? He's only ever been with HOU

Chris

1:32

Where do you stand on giolito? Is he going to figure it out or just be who he's been for over a year?

Paul Sporer

1:32

I liked him to bounce back this year so I'm sticking with him for now

Looks like someone discovered the reactions in the chat... yeesh

I’m screwed

1:32

Seems kinda weird for Happ to sign a 3-year extension right?

Paul Sporer

1:33

Why's that?

Former #1 pick

1:33

Josh Lowe?? Take a shot? Never mind the drop, i got plenty of Holds guys (S/H) I can mix and match

Paul Sporer

1:33

This one came in before I answered the other one, so just doubling down to say yes on picking him up and riding the hot bat

Chris

1:33

Just saw your tweet - Gavin Sheets absolutely merked himself!! Why can't CWS field an actual defensive team??

Paul Sporer

1:34

That's how I'd (and most of the Twitter dweebs who think they'd get a hit in 100 tries off an MLBer) look out there, lol

Pablo the Bruce

1:34

Some clown in our normally competitive league dropped Teoscar. How much of my $100 budget should I bid? I'm pretty desperate for OF help. 10 teamer, H2H, 7X6 cats.

Paul Sporer

1:35

While I was not in on Teoscar this yr, cutting him is kinda silly. I wouldn't go crazy bc there'll be plenty of talent cycling through a 10-teamer, but $25-30 bucks, espec. if you can do $0 bids

1:36

FYI, you can click the little person icon above the chat box & turn off reactions if you're kinda over the child who is putting one to every comment.

1:37

Cannery Row

1:38

Griffin Canning coming back. Is he taking Jose Suarez's job?

Paul Sporer

1:38

Aren't they running a 6?

Hunter Greene

1:38

How worried are you about my start? Or is it par for the course with my shaky command.

Paul Sporer

1:38

The latter. This is the downside in drafting guys with 35-40 command. I'm not cutting him or anything

Chip

1:38

Re: Lance Lynn - yes, 10k, 0BB. BUT - 2 HR and 7H. He's also giving up 2HR a game.

Paul Sporer

1:39

:shrug: Yeah, I mean, whattya gonna do, cut him? I just can't overreact to a few starts like that for guys I invested a pretty big draft pick in. Not trying to be flippant or anything, just think we starting looking too deeply for things on established guys early in the season

Craig

1:39

What's your concern level on Manoah on a scale of 1-10? Yes, its still early but the velo drop in conjunction with the lack of control seems scary

Paul Sporer

1:41

It'd be kinda funny if I said 10 after that Lynn diatribe. But no, it's a 3-4 area. Some concern, but I'm nowhere near sitting him. Absent something coming out re: his health, it seems mechanical and thus fixable. Gotta ride it out

Sean

1:41

What is Eovaldi's upside? Top 30? Will homers just always plague him? Eovaldi's 33 and I feel like he's more team streamer in 12s. Want to drop for more upside like Taj

Paul Sporer

1:42

Definitely a team streamer in 10s and 12s, but no shot I'd drop for Taj right now. We just don't know what kind of leash Bradley is going to have with TB. He threw 51 and 55 pitches in his 2 MiLB starts. He might not reach 5 IP for a bit in the majors

Kate

1:42

How many games before we start to buy into notable changes in plate discipline metrics?

Paul Sporer

1:44

Stabilization for K rate is around 60 PA and BB is at 120 which means they have some viability that you can fold into the sample more confidently

Salty

1:44

Ashcraft pitched well again, but had a low CSW relative to his stuff. Think it's time to sell high or ride out his high GB% and hope there is true K growth?

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