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Colton

1:44

Should I move on from Darvish for the time being? Could probably get him a bit later if/when he does come back this year but there's just so much up in the air right now. I should add it's for good reason, this is not me saying he should be back, he absolutely should not and should take his time dealing with the personal issues he is.

Paul Sporer

1:45

Totally feel you and didn't take as you saying he was bad for being gone. I hope everything goes well for him with his personal stuff, but I did cut in a 15-teamer this weekend and maybe should've a week or 2 ago but I reallyyyy needed he spot this wk

Kave Dingman

1:45

One time prospect Xavier Edwards is still only 24 and playing well for the Marlins. Are you buying?

Paul Sporer

1:47

In the same league I just mentioned w/Darvish, I scooped Edwards a couple wks ago! Leading off & playing well... and while he is riding a big .459 BABIP, I do love the plate skills (14% BB, 17% K) so I don't think he totally falls apart even when the BABIP regresses

Kate

1:48

Does Miguel Vargas do enough to be usable in 15s going forward?

Paul Sporer

1:48

I think so, yes. I'm a long time fan so my bias is toward Vargas, but it'd be wild if CHW didn't play him damn near everyday

Concerned in Seattle?

1:48

Did the Mariners do enough?

Paul Sporer

1:53

They did well, the market just didn't have a ton of hitting available for them. But they added an impact bat with Arozarena, a nice supplemental piece w/Turner, and some bullpen help

Kevin

1:53

Is the Bryce Turang ride officially over?

Paul Sporer

1:54

Too early to say it's over. Disastrous month after 3 good ones, but if I've got him, he's likely delivered too many SBs to move on from unless the July struggles carry over

Reid Detmers

1:54

Maybe next year?

Paul Sporer

1:55

I'm pretty far from quitting him, tbh

Especiallyyyyy if he gets moved to a new team

Jordan

1:55

What'd you think of the Pirates moves yesterday for de la Cruz and IKF? Where would you rank them among NL wildcard hopefulls (and also, still within striking distance of the division)?

Paul Sporer

1:58

Solid if unspectacular. If Jones was healthy and they had Skenes/Jones/Keller as their top 3, I'd have wanted them to go harder but I totally understand why they played it like they did. Fringe WC contenders with a chance at more if Jones comes back and dominates again

KC PAIN

1:59

Detroit Flaherty deal seems like another Harris screw up. Thought everyone would overpay and when teams didnt had to scramble for a deal. Im aware of their rankings, but their performance is meh. Also, he aint ever playing C in the majors. Saw a stat of 80 SB allowed (idk how accurate)

Paul Sporer

2:00

I like Liranzo, but I do understand the pushback on how Harris did in this market. No idea if he overplayed his hand and had to scramble, but it does seem like it could've been a richer return given some of the other deals we saw

2:01

80 SBs this year, 96 last yr... dude gets run on like crazyyyy

Colton

2:01

I know you wouldn't take that Darvish take that way from interacting with you for years at this point (VersaceBreadstic from twitch lol) but some other people may and I always try to be very clear so it's not misconstrued for them lol, appreciate your insight on it!

Paul Sporer

2:01

Ya a lot of freaks treat athletes like property and freak out if they aren't delivering fantasy numbers to them lol

daro

2:02

would you trade Jose Miranda for Max Meyer in a keepers league?

Paul Sporer

2:02

Sure, no issues w/that on either side. I prefer Miranda a bit, but works both ways

Skenes

2:02

When do I get shut down for the year ?

Paul Sporer

2:03

They have said they don't wanna do hard shutdowns w/him or Jones (and Jones getting hurt kinda served as a shutdown for a bit)

Matt

2:03

Re Flaherty: Saw that Cashman had a deal done but pulled back after medical review. Then today I saw Cash say that they "didn't align on value". I guess those things aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.

Paul Sporer

2:04

Yeah I saw that, too. Just a bummer that the Tigers didn't cash in.... it seems like the deadline isn't Harris's strong suit so far

Phil

2:04

Sorry if this repeats, got cut off. H2H keeper, drop River Ryan or Birdsong for any of Pepiot, Merrill Kelly, Musgrove, Schmidt coming off IL?

Paul Sporer

2:05

Birdsong. Hang onto Ryan until we see how the LAD rotation shakes out. Ryan is super talented and should get some starts the rest of the way

2:08

OK y'all, I gotta head out. Thank you so much for coming out. Lucas and I are teaming up to analyze the pitching impact from the Deadline and Jeff already has a hitter piece up: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/hitter-fantasy-value-changes-from-trades

Richard

2:08

Looking for a bench piece in AL Only with daily lineup changes. Would you drop Ben Rice for Lane Thomas?

Paul Sporer

2:08

Yes, I would

2:09

ok bye for real!

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