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Brendan

4:38

Will Sano figure out his contact rate one of these seasons?

Paul Sporer

4:38

Probably not. His game is working counts and mashing the ball. That comes with swing and miss more often than not

Diego

4:38

Thank Paul, should have clarified its J. Dyson not S. Dyson

Paul Sporer

4:39

Ohhhh. I don't think that greatly changes things, but I can't remember every part of that Q now so if you wanna repost, that'd be cool, too

Matt

4:39

Explain why you are so high on Schoop. I'm not seeing it one bit. I have him as a strict avoid.

Paul Sporer

4:41

Pretty strong season at age-24. Has shown better plate skills in the minors, espec. w/K% so there could be some AVG upside. Doesn't cost too much for .260-20-75-75 (that factors in some regression from '16) with real upside

Dude crushes the ball when he's on

Sandy

4:41

15 team roto OBP league. $3, 4, 5 year inflation. Who you got Kepler at $3 or Alex Reyes at $2. Torn here.

Paul Sporer

4:42

Think I'd go Reyes here, even if it's only to trade him to someone super hyped on him. Reyes' upside is def higher

Manny

4:42

Players like Votto and Miggie have high floors while Trea Turner has high ceiling.. what would you consider Pollock? High floor or high ceiling?

Paul Sporer

4:43

Some are more middling and Pollock is one such player. I think we've seen his peak, but he could repeat it. The floor isn't great, though, bc of his health

Brendan

4:43

Kang or Sano for last keeper in 12 team mixed?

Paul Sporer

4:43

Sano. Kang could face a suspension for his terrible decision making off the field

LudeBurger

4:43

Listen everyone, your teams are going to suck somewhere. Just accept it. - 2x League Champ

Paul Sporer

4:43

You do realize they're here to ask questions, right? :)

Ted

4:43

Loved the Verlander renaissance last year. Is he a Top 10 SP this year?

Paul Sporer

4:45

Me too! Feel like I heard someone say he was ready to emerge again. ;) --- He's going 10th off the board among SPs and I get it. I'm not in that early pool of SPs most drafts, instead waiting until the 5th or later, but if I were to dip in early, I'd be OK w/JV in the 3rd

Hector

4:45

Year after year I've won my league by drafting some great value in the middle rounds (Betts last year, Votto year before) - who do you see making a big Betts-like jump or something close?

Paul Sporer

4:45

Gregory Polanco

Ben

4:45

10 tm Keeper in h2h with K/9 and OPS as 6th categories - which 2 you like? Verlander (rd 9), Sano (rd 22), hendricks (23) taillon (23)?

Paul Sporer

4:45

Just got done gushing over JV, but cost eliminates him. Gotta go Sano-Hendricks

Adam

4:46

(sending this again in case it got missed the first time) Wanted to get your thoughts on drafting 4 relievers in a H2H league: 2 closers and 2 Miller/Betances types? Make sense? Am I crazy?

Paul Sporer

4:46

I'm OK with it. I love the stud middle relievers at the right price and Betances' finish has depressed his price in the market.

sam son

4:46

do you see James Paxton as fantasy stub, worth keeping in $260 draft at $12 with limited available pitching

Paul Sporer

4:47

yep, $12 works. I'm a Paxton fan - http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-leap-year-al-edition/

Rich

4:48

With hitting up across the board, does the old adage about ignoring pitching early still carry water? Seems like it might be getting more important to get a stud SP earlyish.

Paul Sporer

4:49

I can see the desire to lock down an early ace. I love the middle tiers this year, so I'm not bending over backwards for the superstars, but I don't think you're off base

jimmyrad

4:49

Your top 3 hitters parks after Coors?

Paul Sporer

4:50

Chase, NYY, Cincy, Camden? wanted to give 2 AL/2 NL.

4:51

that's admittedly HR focused

Hmmm....

4:51

In my 11-team $260 AL-only, can I get away with bypassing a closer and starting the year with May, Bush, N. Jones and Thornburg?

Paul Sporer

4:51

You could, punting saves has some viability in an Only lg. It takes work, though, so be ready to be diligent in case your gambles all flop for SVs

Cory

4:51

Seems like everyone is writing off Felix for dead like they did Verlander a few years ago? Could he counceback like JV did and put up old King Felix numbers?

Paul Sporer

4:53

He's lost a lot more velo than JV, but I get the general principle and agree that Felix is being ignored too much. He has enough secondary stuff to rebound and maybe he'd be best served to switch from fastball to cutter.

4:53

Does Aledmys Diaz settle in as a .280ish, 15 HR type?

Paul Sporer

4:53

ya I can dig that

Ben

4:53

How bout Machado - what would you consider a reasonable SB projection for him this year? Hopefully last year isn't permanent?

Paul Sporer

4:54

the tough part is that SBs are choice-based - by both the player and team. So if he doesn't want to or they don't want him to, we could see another goose egg. I'd project him for 8 though

LudeBurger

4:54

who in their right mind would pay $22 for Jarrod Dyson?

Paul Sporer

4:55

There's some Jarrod hype out there based on the idea that SBs are hella scarce and he's going to get more PT. I'm not really a fan

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