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Paul Sporer

1:05

Good afternoon, everyone, thanks for coming out!

1:05

Are we trusting the next two Rangers SPs against the Jays? Bradford and then Kumar Rocker?

Paul Sporer

1:06

Definitely depends on league size. The Jays are looking more like the offense we assumed they'd be coming into the season, so I'm being cautious going against them

Dinger Hunter

1:06

H2H playoffs need to add a hitter. Pick one for the rest of this week and glory: 1. Tyler Fitzgerald 2. Otto Lopez 3. M. Rojas 4. Pavin 5. Meadows

Paul Sporer

1:09

Fitz/Meadows are my 2 faves and I lean Meadows. Only 2 lefties on the docket for them the rest of the way and a final weekend series v. CHW

1:09

need to set up 1 last start this week and hopefully celebrate a championship, 10tm, h2h, redraft, which of these 3 do i take; Arrighetti @ LAA, B. Lively @ STL, M. Boyd @ STL or Y. Darvish CWS ?

Paul Sporer

1:10

Arrighetti & Darvish are my 2 faves there. We gotta pick on the Sox and lean Darvish.

Patrick

1:10

From a ratios perspective, do you have any concerns with starting Steele today?

Paul Sporer

1:10

Maybe a liiittle, but that's mitigated by him returning from IL and they'll likely pull him before things get out of hand

1:11

Thanks Paul. One more - I Picked up Joc Pederson for the Coors games and he did nothing. Is he worth holding on to for the MIL RHPs? Minimum adds left so gotta be careful.

Paul Sporer

1:12

I like holding Joc heading to MIL. Still a homer park and only 1 potential lefty SP (if DL Hall starts Friday)

Dinger Hunter

1:12

For my last question we're currently in the championship week. Do I go with Fitz still?

Paul Sporer

1:13

Ohh this is the final week... Interestingly, SF and DET have the same schedule this week, just inverted, w/BAL & KC for both. Meadows gets the Orioles guys in BAL and Fitz gets the KC guys in KC. I will actually lean a little more toward Fitz based on next week not mattering

Greg

1:13

I'm up against the #1 seed in my league who is arguably creating his own dynasty team with Championship wins in 2022, last year, and was by far the best team this year in my league. So what do I do to try to get an edge...pick up Deitmers against Chicago....Welp at least I'll have awesome keepers for next year and will finish no lower than 4th. I'll call it a win compared to last year last place finish. Appreciate all your work in the fantasy industry.

Paul Sporer

1:14

Detmers really pissed me off, lol. I know it's baseball and I would never be some freak who like tweets him or some shit, but man I was SO hyped on a strong Detmers finish and OF ALL TEAMS TO MERK HIM!!! Maybe you can hit a mid-late week rally and overcome the Detmers Dud (is it weekly move lgs and you're stuck w/hi HOU start this wknd, too?)

1:14

We feeling good about a Lugo bounce back vs SF over the weekend?

Paul Sporer

1:14

Yes, definitely leaving him in the lineup for that one

1:14

Last 4 days of season, which hitter do i go with, M. Harris II (4 games A CIN & MIA) Toglia (3 games @ LAD) J. Pederson (4 games @ MIL) or T. Casas ( 4 games, 1 @ TB, 3 vs MIN)

Paul Sporer

1:16

Casas, Joc, Harris, Toglia is my order. Toglia is auto-out w/no home gms and 1 fewer than the other 3. The other 3 are all lefties who have a rush of righties coming. As mentioned earlier, Joc might have 1 if DL Hall goes for MIL. Casas and Harris are looking at 4 RH apiece. I still like Joc a little more than Harris even if Hall goes, but Casas is my top pick

Guest

1:16

H2h semi finals this week. Someone dropped schwlenbach the other week and he's still available. The original plan was to pick him up for today but Steele got activated today. Would you take the free move of Steele or use one up to drop him for Scwlenbach. I have 10min to decide lol

Paul Sporer

1:17

I'd use the move on Schwelly, what if Steele is limited? OAK isn't a complete walkover, either

1:17

Beyond CWS, do you see any other teams we should be picking on for streaming purposes?

Paul Sporer

1:18

CHW, MIA, SEA, WSH, COL (on road), LAA, TBR, PIT, STL, TEX (vL), CLE (vR)

Greg

1:19

Luckily it's a daily move league. I already dropped him for Stroman who picked me up some decent ratios last night along with a save along with Snell to give me a chance at a weekend turnaround.

Paul Sporer

1:19

OK phew! (that in reference to Detmers)

Guest

1:19

H2H 6x6 need to bench one of butler, meadows, carpenter, suzuki, buxton, reynolds for championship week next week

Paul Sporer

1:22

man oh man that's tough... Reynolds, I guess. Strong group to work from!

picking on CWS

1:22

WHY IS THIS NOT WORKING

Paul Sporer

1:23

LOL, they have annoying popped a decent handful of streamers recently, but I promise it's still the right move!

Guest

1:23

Were there any times this season where you had to take a few days off from baseball? I fell out of the baseball world for a solid month since my team was doing so poorly. It's tough for me to not get discouraged sometimes over the long season.

Paul Sporer

1:27

Oh for sure. I'm obsessed with baseball and have no problems w/it being year-round for me, but I still have to take some nights off during the season where I just dive into something else that isn't baseball. Movies, TV, board games, etc... but sometimes it's just sleep!

The Tigers clawing back into this race has given me an extra kick of energy to get to the finish line and I'm excited for the playoffs even if the Tigers don't make it. That said, I'm also looking forward to the October decompress without the daily crush of games before dialing it back up in November for offseason analysis.

1:27

Looking ahead to 2025 which first baseman has a better chance to produce a bounce back season, Spencer Torkelson or Christian Encarnacion-Strand?

Paul Sporer

1:31

Not trying to be a super Tigers homer bc I def loved CES coming into the year, but he essentially lost an entire year. And I know Tork greatly underwhelmed on the hype he built last yr, but he still played. I will lean his way

Bobby

1:31

How crazy is it to try and pick on baltimore for streamers in the final week? Their offense has been dreadful for a while

Paul Sporer

1:31

And I'm still not totally used to wanting to face them IN CAMDEN

1:32

Just 100000% the opposite of how it was before the wall move. Camden in the summer was like Coors Lite... pick up any ol' AL Easter going to BAL for a few sets to scoop some cheap HRs

Guest

1:32

I almost picked up Feltner for last night as a joke

Paul Sporer

1:36

I *really* like Feltner and even recommend him a decent # of times on the road in the Daily SP Chart, but I did balk v. ARI bc they've been SO good. But Feltner has been super bankable on the road for the last several months. After 4 of his 7 roadies going sideways, he has a 2.26 ERA in 9 starts on the road!

1:36

looking for saves; A. Munoz, J. Duran, T. Scott or A. Diaz ?

Paul Sporer

1:37

I think I'd just lay out the schedules of that group and see who has the best shot at save-able games.

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