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Weird1@Portland

1:41

Will Kahnle be the primary Tigers closer?

Paul Sporer

1:46

I think he certainly can be, but primary for Detroit is like being 3-4% ahead of the next guy. Kahnle/Brieske/Vest/Holton are like a 28/25/25/22 breakdown and the only reason Holton is lowest is bc AJ seems to love deploying him at ANY time he needs to so I don't think he will hold him for 9th as often

Guest

1:46

I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the Sleeper and the Bust podcast with Gregg. I enjoyed his insights and the debate between him and Jason about their contrasting approaches was some of the best material I have heard on a fantasy baseball podcast in a long time. I'm hoping that's not the last we time see Gregg on the pod.

Paul Sporer

1:46

Thanks so much, def won't be Gregg's last time on the show. Really love talking baseball with him!

Paul Bearer

1:47

Have a daily lineup decision between Buxton and Larry Butler in my 12-team H2H league while they're both healthy. Who do you prefer?

Paul Sporer

1:48

I was in on the Butler hype train so I def lean him slightly. Can't hurt to have some depth there, though, with B-Bux

Guest

1:48

Brenton Doyle has shown he can get it done, but Jasson Dominguez showing some production early in a much better lineup. Who do you like more in a H2H points league this year?! (Thanks for all your work!!!)

Paul Sporer

1:48

A good bit higher on Doyle. Dominguez is appealing for sure, but gimme the guy who's done it and plays in Coors!

Adeline

1:48

Vinnie Pasquantino or Nolan Schanuel?

Paul Sporer

1:49

Vinnie P for me

South Sider

1:49

At what point do we start panicking about Willson Contreras, who is 0 for 21 on the year as I type this?

Paul Sporer

1:50

Mid-May at the earliest. I'm leaning on the 9 yr track record for quite a while before panicking, even in shallow leagues

1:50

Do you see a bounceback from Arenado? 335 OBP and 25 homers?

Paul Sporer

1:50

I do and those #s work for me. Bat speed is up and as an older player, a couple ticks on the bat speed can be massive

Jon

1:51

Hi Paul, please pick two of these four in a 10T mixed roto league: Fitts, Hicks, Bubic, Tylor Megill. Thanks!

Paul Sporer

1:51

Bubic/Megill

Stan Musing

1:51

You buying a ticket on the Jordan Walker hype train???

Paul Sporer

1:51

I'm the conductor! Still heavily rooting for him!!

Baseball Cocktails

1:51

Hello again, Paul! Do we still dig Soroka? He’s on again for Sunday. Thank you.

Paul Sporer

1:52

Yes giving him a few starts for the deeper leagues where I drafted him. ARI isn't easy this weekend so if you want to sit, I get it, but don't cut bc we get at MIA next wk. If he flops at MIA, we cut and move on

Soroka is the kind of late round pick we can make a relatively quick decision on, so 3 starts should be enough, espec. w/1 against a premium matchup like at MIA

K-Collector

1:52

Are you targeting Devers for a discount?

Paul Sporer

1:53

I would absolutely take a discount, yes. It's rough right now, but that's when you can get a real discount on someone

Peter

1:53

Thoughts on Jackson Jobe and Grant Holmes rest of season.....streamers or solid back end starters?

Paul Sporer

1:54

Team streamers right now hoping to play into full-time starters. Team streamer is just a streamer you don't cut when you're not using bc they're too good to put on the wire. So I wasn't starting Holmes at LAD, but obv not letting him on my wire, either

You're My Huckleberry

1:54

Do you see J.D. Martinez or Anthony Rizzo signing with anyone later this season?

Paul Sporer

1:55

Maaaybe. We're just seeing fewer and fewer oldheads on rosters these days. Players coming up younger and younger and taking the jobs of this player class (they're takin our jorbz!!). It's hard to carry a full on DH, too, in the case of JD with shorter benches these days. Rizz can at least play 1B

Dos Muncys

1:55

Are we on the precipice of a Gabriel Arias breakout?

Paul Sporer

1:57

We're a looong way from declaring that, but I don't mind him in deep lgs. I'm a sucker for Rocchio and Arias and I will admit part of that is that they popped off for me in OOTP, lol. I develop a lot of player fandoms from OOTP. Obv doesn't mean they'll be good IRL, but it does put 'em on my radar so I end up following them more closely. Both Rocchio and Arias have some deep lg juice as full-time players in CLE

Prospector

1:58

Who finishes the year with more saves? Luke Jackson or Tommy Kahnle?

Paul Sporer

1:58

Between the 2, probably Jackson, though please don't take that to mean I think he's the unquestioned all year guy in Texas

Guest

1:58

Thoughts on dropping Cam Smith for Jordan Walker or a hot pitcher in a 12 team cats league?

Paul Sporer

1:59

I don't hate that. Cam Smith was a late enough pick in a 12-teamer that you can stick and move w/him. I'm certainly not out on him, but chasing a hot hand or more established player is fair

Jeff

1:59

Mizner or Mangum in TB?

Paul Sporer

2:00

Mangum probably the more dynamic fantasy player. Misner is pure power whereas Mangum seems to be a bit of everything incl. 3 SBs already!!

Justin Mason

2:00

Would you hire me to be a ticket collector on the J Walker hype train? I have no prior experience on trains but I am deathly afraid of pitchers who are coming off an injury last year if that helps.

Paul Sporer

2:00

lolol yes I would

Guest

2:00

Would you describe your love for baseball as a crescendo that is still rising to this day or has it peaked in a previous year and it's a little lowered than it's been?

Paul Sporer

2:02

It never seems to wane. I'm truly obsessed with all things baseball. I've gotten more into the minor leagues with each passing year and dove deeper and deeper into history due in part to my job with the video game Out of the Park Baseball.

Wow back-to-back 1-0 wins in Cincy for Texas, very impressive!

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