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Rickey

1:46

Suwinski, Kerry Carpenter, LaMonte Wade and Tristan Casas… which two do you prefer?

Paul Sporer

1:50

Hitting on some of my faves there! I know I keep recommending, but I think it's the best way to go when things are really close so I'd check out the schedules and see what kind of potential lefty workload each of them has coming up bc a few of them don't even play vL but they are all markedly worse v. them in terms of production

1:52

I lean toward Suwinski and Carp slightly, but I was huge on Casas coming into the year and he's been on a heater lately, looking a lot better than he did early on. And who doesn't love Late Night LaMonte?

Medium Chungus

1:52

Where do you think Curtis Mead plays in TB? What is his long-term position? 1B or is his best position DH?

Paul Sporer

1:52

Probably 1B/DH

1:53

You know how the Rays love to move guys around day to day so he'll probably even dabble at 3B/2B randomly... although, without the shifts it's harder to hide glove liabilities

Guest

1:53

Among Gavin Williams, Skubal, and Woo, how do you rank them in term of being kept for next year. 10 team H2H cats. Already keeping Strider, Jordan Walker, CES, Westburg. We get 5 total

Paul Sporer

1:54

I lean Skubal/Woo/Williams off the top of my head. If Woo can shave his HR rate down like Skubal has done, they're really close

Jim

1:55

Really struggling to hold on to Javier in a shallow roto league but don’t want to look like an idiot if he turns it around. Would you drop him for Lynn, Ober, Detmers or Bradish? Thanks!

Paul Sporer

1:56

Down to cut Javier for pretty much any of those guys with my latest SP rankings showing exactly where they rank: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/paul-sporers-july-starting-pitcher-ranki...

Sabey Sabes

1:56

Skubal, Manoah, Hunter Brown and Taj. Now have a 3.18 ERA vs other guy's 7.38

Paul Sporer

1:56

I might have an 8.13 for the wk right now lol

equist

1:57

Would you rather pick up C Sanchez, next games Mil. and Balt., or Schmidt, next games K. City and Balt.?

Paul Sporer

1:59

Maaan they are really close for me and those matchups aren't great at splitting them bc Milwaukee is brutal vL and KC sucks vR while they both face a decent Baltimore team (mid pack vR and vL)... I have Schmidt higher so that's the lean, but I want underscore that I really like Sanchez for the 2H

Guest

1:59

Rodon vs LAA or Verlander vs CWS?

Paul Sporer

1:59

2:00

I'm still not wanting to face the Angels even w/out Trout

Guest

2:00

finally admitting defeat and going to cash in my end of contract guys. Have Mclanahan, Muncy, Clase, and Springer. I know leagues differ but this a basic 5x5 12 teamer that is competitive and close at the top. what kind of return would you aim for? doubt one team will take them all but I should be aiming for high end prospects. any range come to mind?

Paul Sporer

2:02

If you're king making someone w/a few of those guys, you need to get a Jackson of some sort - Chourio, Holliday, or Merrill

Warren

2:02

10 tm 7x7 (OPS, TB, BAA,QS)

I traded Sandy and Starling for Luzardo and Correa...what say you Mr Sporer?

Paul Sporer

2:03

Dig it! I probably have to stop expecting Sandy to turn a corner as it's just not happening. A big 3-R HR from Gorman today has him with 4 ER through just 2 IP

The Angels excluding Ohtani

2:03

What's wrong with me?

Paul Sporer

2:06

Injuries are ravaging them. Trout, O'Hoppe, Drury, Urshela, Rendon, Neto (just back). And yeah, every team gets injuries, but they don't have a ton of depth. They also absolutely MELTED in a tough schedule run to open July: 1-2 v ARI, 0-5 at SDP/LAD, 1-2 v. HOU

2:07

I do think a healthy iteration of the team would still be good, but we're not there and it's hard to see how they make major improvements at the deadline given their light system

Kleo

2:08

Betts has played the last three games at 2b... is he slowly becoming their starting 2B?

Paul Sporer

2:08

It's actually been the last 5 and 8 of 10, so yeah it seems like it

Joe Ryan

2:08

Who do you prefer rest of season: Me or Aaron Nola? QS instead of Wins.

Paul Sporer

2:09

Definitely Joe Ryan -- https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/paul-sporers-july-starting-pitcher-ranki...

Salty

2:09

Will Yu Darvish just switch dugouts when the Padres face the Rangers in a couple of weeks? If not, do you think he gets moved somewhere else?

Paul Sporer

2:09

That'd be really interesting. But I'm not so sure he's super movable with 5 yrs left on his deal

Jim

2:09

Our old friend Trent Grisham is showing some signs of life the last month (.983 OPS, 4 HRs, 4 SBs). You think this is just a hot streak or is it time to buy back in? If SD sells some pieces, maybe he moves up in the order?

Paul Sporer

2:11

Interestingly cooking vL, too. I'm a sucker for him so I see some viability in deeper formats and at least worth a watchlist in 12s

Paul Sporgrrr

2:12

Starting Hendricks today?

Paul Sporer

2:13

Yeah I'm fine with that. If we're not starting him at home v. WAS, then he's just a non-factor (and that may be the case for some of y'all, but I'll take the shot)

Dave

2:13

I like CES over Spencer Steer at the beginning of the year. What should I expect from Steer going forward, is he a half year wonder or really legit?

Paul Sporer

2:17

Big Steer fan coming into the season, but definitely didn't see a .192 ISO so I can totally see CES as the better power guy of the 2. I'm curious to see what kinda K rate CES puts up. But yeah, I think Steer is legit and can drop another 10 HR and 6 SB with a .260s AVG

Grey

2:17

Is Gimenez coming around a bit? Still have some keeper appeal in a deep mixed?

Paul Sporer

2:20

Yes and definitely. 20/30/.283 pace in his L40 gms

Verlander

2:20

Am I a top 15 SP ROS?

Paul Sporer

2:20

Very close: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/paul-sporers-july-starting-pitcher-ranki...