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Paul Sporer

1:38

If he's healthy, yes, but that's a variable that will be an unknown until he's back. Barring a setback or anything, I'll almost certainly put him back into the lineup immediately

Micah

1:41

Are you cutting C Javier for Gavin W or Matz in a 12-team QS league? Any suggested trade targets for selling low on C Javier?

Paul Sporer

1:45

Javier has been so frustrating. Maybe make tonight a test of sorts... bad start and cut for Gavin Williams. As for trade targets, I wonder if a challenge trade for talk of the town Cole Ragans might turn out!

Missing Shane

1:45

H2H points league. Pick 3 to replace Sugar Shane…..L Allen, Ashcraft, Jon Gray, Manoah, Wells, Mikolas, taillon

Paul Sporer

1:49

Wells, Ashcraft, Allen and I'll say Mikolas is close, too. Wells is starting at AA this wknd so hopefully will be back after that

For Love of the Dame

1:50

Miguel Vargas (2b-LAD) has hit well since well (just over .300) since his recent demotion. With the Dodgers recent MI acquisitions via trade, do you think that Vargas will be called up later this season?

Paul Sporer

1:52

Yeah I'd imagine he'll be back up at some point, especially if an injury crops up. At the very least, he can be a September call up

Scrapper

1:52

Any explanation as to how Framber Valdez can sandwich a no-hitter with two dog starts?

Paul Sporer

1:55

Baseball at her best! But also, opponents play a role there for sure. And I know 6 ER is always bad for the ERA, but I'm encouraged that he was sharp for 5 IP after the 2 ugly ones to start

Phil

1:56

12 team H2H. I traded for Cease, Detmers, and Gavin Williams. Williams is looking the best now. I dropped Detmers for Ragans. Was this a good move and should I try to be patient with Cease?

Paul Sporer

1:59

Dang, you dropped one of my favorites for another, but I totally get it w/Detmers last 5 starts. Cease has been so frustrating this year. I'm still not sure I can cut him, buuuttt if you were ever going to do it, now might be the time w/a trip to Coors on tap next wk so maybe he'd stay on the wire a bit longer?

Game Night

1:59

Frank Pallone- MLB RP or USA House of Representatives?

Paul Sporer

1:59

Oh that's a good one. I have no idea... Rep!

ie: Pfaadt

2:00

xWOBA isn't a great stat for forward looking pitcher performance. xFIP and SIERA paint a much more accurate picture...as much as can be painted at least.

Paul Sporer

2:00

Yes this is regarding an earlier comment about Pfaadt and that's a great call. I should've added that, but yeah, his excellence in xwOBA doesn't make him a must start or anything

Guestino

2:01

Yandy D. too much to give for E.Ruiz or CJ?

Paul Sporer

2:01

Depends how much impact the SBs have for you

Tim

2:01

Thank you as always for doing these! What are your general feelings on Lucas Sims? I love the holds and big K innings he'll give, but when he blows up, it can really hurt

Paul Sporer

2:08

Yeah his persistent control issues definitely fuel those meltdowns and his home park gives him some HR troubles. Although, meltdowns are the risk w/a lot of these non-closing relievers bc that's usually why they aren't RPs

Cedric Mullins

2:08

I'm coming off the IL soon for you, Big J!

Wait, this is Paul's chat. Carry on!

Paul Sporer

2:08

He probably tweeted, but Justin is sick which is why he didn't chat Monday and there was no pod

Ohtani to the Mets

2:09

Where do you think Elly goes in drafts next year?

Paul Sporer

2:09

It really does depend on how these final 2 months go, tbh

We discussed him as a potential 1st rounder last week on the podcast - https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-1203-is...

Ashcraft

2:09

Is he lucky or good? And is it better to be lucky or good?

Paul Sporer

2:11

His core skills were really underwhelming at the frontend of this run, but now they're coming up and looking a lot better including 7 Ks and 1 BB today. I'm buying back in despite getting burned by him at the draft table

KCbbq

2:11

Silseth supposedly changed his pitching mix and added a new pitch while in AAA and unveiled it when he was recalled. Small sample size or is this something that he can maintain?

Paul Sporer

2:13

He has amped up his slider usage big time. It's different, too, from 85 mph to 81 mph. I think he can maintain this, but there is some question about whether or not he'll hold his SP spot since Griffin Canning is supposed to be a minimum IL stay

2:15

OK y'all, I gotta get going! Thanks so much for coming out! Follow me on Twitter (@sporer), Twitch (sporer), and Instagram (p_sporer). Have a good one, y’all!

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