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Southpaw the fuzzy alligator

4:25

Because you like Arenado so much do you believe in the higher walk rate?

Paul Sporer

4:26

I do and I just love the power and K% combo. Rarely see that. He's going to have a .330 BABIP season, too, and hit >.300

Ryan

4:26

Think Benintendi is gonna ever hit 30 bombs?

Paul Sporer

4:27

He's only 22 so I guess it's possible, but I don't think that's his game. I see more of that Bogy skillset I mentioned earlier: low-20s, big AVG

Diego

4:27

AL only roto keeper, which side you got: $16 Semien or $22 Dyson and $8 Moncada? $5 per year inflation.

Paul Sporer

4:27

Semien. Think Dyson could lose his job to Bush

Terry

4:27

One year keeper, please rank: Neftali $1, Shawn Kelley $1, F. Rodney $12, Raisel Iglesias, $13?

Paul Sporer

4:27

Raisel, Kelley, Neftali, Rodney

Trainman

4:28

Chris Carter, how much would you bid for him ? I have miggy at 1B would love to get cheap power.. AL Only. I see a scenario where he gets 500 PAs, but Holliday would have to play RF everyday.

Paul Sporer

4:28

$5? Don't think you'll have to pay much - http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-425-house-of-cards/

Iguana

4:28

Should I trade Soler for Maeda? Vacuum

Paul Sporer

4:28

I'm down for that

Iguana

4:28

Emergency: 7th keeper already keeping six hitters......Lester, Dahl, or Odor?

Paul Sporer

4:29

It's Lester or Dahl for sure. I'd be OK keeping 7 hitters and just going HAM on pitching in the draft.

Jon KK

4:29

Scoresheet NL where prospects don't count against crossover limits. Have to cut one of Giolito, Alfaro or Happ. Not proteting a C. I think it needs to be Happ?

Paul Sporer

4:29

Ya, probably so. I downed Alfaro earlier, but it's different in Scoresheet so I get it

Tom

4:29

Seems like a lot of baseball smart guys look at BABIP like it's something players cannot maintain... but if a player's skill is hitting it hard like greater than 40%, why can't BABIP remain high?

Paul Sporer

4:30

Well we just don't see ANYONE maintain .400 BABIPs year to year so that's probably why on that end, but I do find that fantasy managers way too often use BABIP as a luck-o-meter instead of actually looking at accompanying skills.

High line drive and groundball rates, espec. with speed, can maintain higher BABIPs for sure

Ryan

4:31

Back to the discussion of an empty C slot for a full season. Does it really hurt counting stats that much? Seems like having an extra player with multiple eligibility to rotate in and out when guys get the day off / have nagging injuries is a pretty good thing and makes up for the lost mediocre C at-bats.

Paul Sporer

4:32

Ya it does. Even if it's only 40 R and RBI in the end, go look at your standings and see what that does. It most leagues, it's several points

Iguana

4:32

Help! Another emergency! Last keeper.....Soler, Almora, Maeda? Ack!

Paul Sporer

4:32

maeda

Longball Jesus

4:32

Danny Duffy as good this year or better? (Don't you dare say worse)

Paul Sporer

4:33

I love Duffy. Major control gains, development of a great pitch in the changeup. Needs to refine the command now - too many HRs - but this guy had star pedigree coming in and he's showing why now

old spartan

4:33

Dynasty Point Keeper forever....Arenado (rd16) or Harper (rd17)?

Paul Sporer

4:33

Flip a coin, tbh

You have both? That'd be amazing.

Pick a Side

4:33

Keeper league with standard cats plus OBP/SLG and K/BB and K/9: Cruz and Hamels or Verlander and Pederson?

Paul Sporer

4:34

Love JV and Pederson, but I don't think JV is so much better than Hamels to offset the Cruz/Joc difference.

Nasty N8

4:34

12-team, 6x6 (AVG , OPS, K/9, QS). Keep three: Trout (duh), Story, MadBum, Villar.

Paul Sporer

4:34

Cut Trout for sure, obv. How is this a question. NEXT!

(cut Madbum, tbh. Gimme the 3 hitters)

4:35

Helluva quartet btw, that's a tough cut. But I buy Story as a 30-15 and while you're not finding a MadBum in the mid-rounds, you can piece a nice rotation together in the middle tiers

Tom

4:35

If Mike Trout decides to stop running as much and only steals 10 bases, is he still the top player in fantasy?

Paul Sporer

4:37

Keep in mind that he's the #1 pick in large part because of his relative certainty of excellence as opposed to being the top fantasy stat line every year. He wasn't tops last year, Betts was. But if he falls back on the SB like '15 and goes 41/11, that's still super elite.

Tony

4:37

Who ends the season as the rangers' closer??

Paul Sporer

4:37

Bush

Connor

4:37

Robbie Ray's nickname should be Robbie Rotten

Paul Sporer

4:37

He marries Bonnie and takes her name?