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Uncle Mike

1:29

Would you prefer Michael Brantley over Tommy Pham or Kerry Carpenter? The Pham SB's help, but aren't desperately needed.

Paul Sporer

1:30

Onlyyy if I was chasing AVG and had several points available to me. Otherwise I really prefer both Carp & Pham over him

sim

1:31

How aggressive would you be in churning for counting stats at this point? In a 12 team, 40 manroster roto league with both save and hold and considering dropping Jordan Hicks tomorrow to stream Kirby Yates or Ian Hamilton or someone of that level. We're all bunched up within 3 or 4 in saves and holds

Paul Sporer

1:31

If the potential numbers are out there, it's a very worthy strategy. Lots of different managing down the stretch that we wouldn't normally do Apr-Aug

H2H Playoffs

1:31

Jeff Zimmerman's comps on H. Goodman were shockingly positive. Justin Mason was a hard pass. What do you think? Trying to sort out this group for playoffs: Goodman, R. Greene, M. Haniger, M. Wallner, T. Story... Thanks for all the great work this year!

Paul Sporer

1:34

Playing daily for COL, not sure it's a hard pass, particularly in deeper formats which is usually Justin's focus. Greene, Wallner, Haniger re my favorites from that group unless you really need Story's SBs. Goodman is lower on this list bc it's always hard to bet on AVG which seems to be the best asset we'll get from him, but he has enough scenarios of interest that it's not a hard pass for me

Oh, Brrr

1:34

Ober Follow-Up: Cut for Bello or Littel, or is that too shortermist?

Paul Sporer

1:35

No, no those are viable arms and make an Ober cut muuuch easier. I'd play matchups on those 2, they're not far enough apart to wholly prefer one over the other

Baseball Girl

1:35

5x5 keep forever...Can you rank in order of keeper value: Rutschman, Chisolm Jr., Abrams, Jung.

Paul Sporer

1:35

Just as you've listed them here. I love Jung, but the SBs of Jazz & Abrams keep them above him. And Adley is switch-hitting Posey, IMO. Just gonna be the dude behind the dish for a decade

Yeah Well Hiura Towel

1:36

Rank these middle infielders ROS: Correa, Gelof, B.Lowe, Schneider?

Paul Sporer

1:37

Gelof/Lowe are very close, Schneider, then Correa. Brutal AVG and no SBs hurt Correa a lot here

Matt

1:37

Is Kerry Carpenter a legit 30-HR bat next year if he stays healthy the whole year?

Paul Sporer

1:38

These are NOTTT plant questions put in for me to gas myself up but I also like Carp quite a bit coming into the year and I do believe he has 30 HR upside as a full-timer

Taylor

1:39

In a 12 team roto SV+HLD league keep 20, would you trade any of Jhoan Duran, Clase, Andres Munoz, or Devin Williams for Cole Ragans?

Paul Sporer

1:41

Literally any of 'em, tbh, especially in SV/HD. I'm not even sure I'd have a preference and I might let the trade partner pick

Paying the Big Bux

1:41

Buxton may finally be coming back. Is he worth dealing for in a OBP keeper league? Would replace Nelson Velazquez.

Paul Sporer

1:41

Yeah when healthy he can be an absolute game changer in a short term run

Severing from Sevvy

1:41

We're not buying the smoke/mirrors from Severino vs. WAS and DET, right? After HOU he gets MIL.

Paul Sporer

1:43

Not entirelyyyyy... it is enough to make me focus on the HOU start and if he stands up there, I'll start to look at him as a real option down the stretch

Michael

1:43

follow up to the Merrifield q...I currently have him but don't need the steals....HR and RBI more beneficial. But now don't I have to wait until after the weekend trip to Coors to make a change?

Paul Sporer

1:44

yeah, just keep the Coors run for sure

OMG... I almost typed "KC isn't at COL, though"

Still don't associate Whit w/TOR

Alex

1:44

What's your outlook on Brayan Bello next season?

Paul Sporer

1:45

Easy breakout candidate, will be on lots of lists as such, too. Candidate to be what I call a Wide Awake Sleeper (just on every list so he's no longer a sleeper)

ha-seong him

1:45

hey paul, is yoshida droppable in shallow roto leagues? Have a roster crunch and either have to drop him or one of eury, bradish or ragans. thanks!

Paul Sporer

1:46

Good Q to spark a bigger convo about standings management down the stretch and guys like Yoshida, Arraez, Verdugo... these high-AVG guys w/light or volume-based fantasy juice can be cut in spots where chasing the HR or SB of someone else makes more sense, especially if you aren't in a tight AVG battle

1:47

So yes, Yoshida is cuttable. Arraez is VERY cuttable unless you have multiple fantasy points to gain. There is also benchbable v. cuttable. If a chief rival can gain 3-4 AVG pts, don't let them get a shot at your Yoshida/Arraez, but maybe bench them if you can use a power- or speed-focused guy more. Bottom line: manage heavily to your standings at this juncture

buffy

1:51

how much should you ignore a single blowup for a pitcher. Looking only at ERA Schmidt is 3.15 since the All Star break and France is 2.39 excluding that one outing. They both just had mega disasters however. I have both and feel I should just carry on with their skills shown aside from that outing. Thoughts?

Paul Sporer

1:56

I'm always digging in gamelogs to see stuff like this. I went right back to the well w/France and Schmidt after their duds especially w/both being against good tms (BOS and ATL, respectively). Sometimes ppl make too much of one dud from a France-type who they maybe didn't fully trust when he posted 12-15 good starts

Kevin

1:56

I grabbed Cobb for a two start week and was rewarded so far. Should I be worried about him getting pushed back or ineffectiveness after all those pitches last night? May need to drop him or Javier for streaming.

Paul Sporer

1:58

I had ZERO issue w/the 131 as he wasn't laboring at all throughout the game, but it'd make some sense to give him a longer rest and cost him the 2-step. Stay tuned to see if they announce something here in the next day or 2 so you can pivot

Stinky McStinkerson

1:58

Glad I didn't start Christopher Sanchez today. That start was poop.

Paul Sporer

1:58

Wasn't great, but not a killer. LAA can still be tough, but I started Sanchez

The Woo

1:59

Does Woo have another level this year? Can he pump out 6 inning starts consistently?

Paul Sporer

1:59

I'd be surprised if we saw another level this year, but I love his long term outlook

Nate

2:00

Who would you most like to have for H2H Playoffs. Sal Perez, William Contreras, or Cal Raliegh

Paul Sporer

2:00

Contreras for me unless you can find any sort of scheduling edge

2:00

trying to get SP for H2H playoffs... I like the LAD schedule in weeks 23 & 24, for guys like Kershaw & Urias, but would you look elsewhere given the that they will be protected?

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