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Paul Sporer

3:14

that was what this - Ya for sure. I had Miggy ahead and obviously that flopped, but ya he's the clear 3 - was referencing

Adam

3:14

Start or sit Roark @ Mil tonight?

Paul Sporer

3:14

Again, context is everything, but leaning start in many cases

Mike

3:14

other than that his career path was very improbable, what's so different between Blackmon's career so far and Tommy Pham? Is that a reasonable way to look at Pham?

Paul Sporer

3:15

Health and not having Coors. I love Pham, but I'm gonna be careful w/a 30-year old breakout in drafts next year

The Other Kyle

3:15

Going to have some very tough keeper decisions at pitching next year. NL-only, $26 cap, 4x4 (no R or K)...only no-brainers are Kershaw (i'd typically never keep pitcher at 3.90, but he'd go for more in auction) and Iglesias...who would you keep from: Godley $1, Gray .50, Kuhl .10, Montgomery .20, Weaver $1, Flaherty $1, Ziegler .10, Velasquez .50

Paul Sporer

3:16

Gray, Godley, Weaver, Kuhl are my faves

ChicagoCardinal

3:16

Hey Paul - looking to round out my pitching staff for next year in Ottoneu fgpts. Some options include $1 Heaney, $7 Tehrean and $14 Cuto for auction. Like any of them?

Paul Sporer

3:17

I like Heaney at a buck. I don't think any of em are too unfairly priced, but def prefer the cheapest of the bunch

Whit AF

3:21

Whit Merrifield - what is going on. How much of this is believable? 10% HR / FB rate...300 on the nose BABIP...14% K rate...how legit is Whit? Where does he go in March 2018

Paul Sporer

3:22

He's pretty legit. There is a lot backing up his success and even if the power wanes, I think the speed will be there and make him a worthy late-single digit round pick

Jim

3:22

cant believe astros gave up 3 top 10 propsects to get verlander....i've never heard of that. Have you? He's 34. Red Sox on chris sale only had to give up 2 top 10s and hes 27 year old. Thoughts?

Paul Sporer

3:24

Under your premise, all top 10s are created equally which of course isn't the case at all. Pitching regularly fetches big returns via trade. Look at what Quintana netted. Yes, Verlander is older, but he was elite last year and has been fantastic throughout the second half of this year after inconsistency early on. His velo have actually gotten better and he's been healthy for the last 2 seasons.

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

3:24

Hey Paul. When is the last time you thought about Corey Koskie?

Paul Sporer

3:25

Before just now, it was several weeks ago when there was some talk about concussions in baseball among my friends

3:25

Paul, do you recommend Mark Leiter, Jr. for his start against the Mets next week?

Paul Sporer

3:26

Situation dependent, of course, but he deserves consideration, yes --- http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/pitcher-spotlight-august-gems-in-sept...

Larry Biggersby

3:26

Sorry for your loss re:Verlander, though I'm happy he'll get a (deserved) postseason chance with the stros.

Paul Sporer

3:27

I'm pretty pleased with it all around. It's always tough to see a legend leave, but now I could bounce over to Houston and watch him in the playoffs and it greatly accelerates the much-needed rebuild in Detroit

dustyfingers

3:27

I dropped Myers for Bird and don't feel bad about it.

Paul Sporer

3:28

Ya I totally get that. The couple SBs Myers might get is the only real difference and Bird could reasonably beat him in all three triple slash numbers

dustyfingers

3:28

Could Villar have a great September?

Paul Sporer

3:29

For sure. Of course, the truth is anyone can have a great month. But for Villar specifically, he got on track in August and could definitely carry it through the rest of the year

Jim

3:29

when is fangraphs going to catch up to mlb teams and include framing into war calculations for catchers....is that in near future?

Paul Sporer

3:30

Not sure, tbh

Larry Biggersby

3:30

Fiers has come back to garbage fire level. Still worth starting vs nym, right? Or is he toast?

Paul Sporer

3:31

the HRs are back, allowed 2 in 4 of his Aug. starts. if you were ever gonna give him another run, it'd be v. NYM. they don't have much punch after their trades

Moltar

3:31

McCullers has looked, uh, not good in rehab. No way I can rely on him in the playoffs, right?

Paul Sporer

3:33

Well, I wouldn't correlate the two. I don't think you can put too much into rehab starts bc they can have a spring training feel to them where the guy is working on something and valuing that over results. That said, McCullers definitely carries risk for this final month.

Mets Fan

3:33

If there's one caveat from this soul-crushing Mets season, it's that targeting pitchers streaming against my team could win me a fantasy championship.

Paul Sporer

3:33

See, there ya go, Larry Biggersby!

3:33

Starting Cueto tonight? His rehab outing was rough (sorry if you've answered this already, I'm just starting to read through the chat)

Paul Sporer

3:34

Really depends on your setup. How tight are categories? How much would a dud hurt? Things like that. I'd be leaning toward starting him as a default, but then let your specific conditions drive the final decision

ChicagoCardinal

3:34

2 of 3 for tonight: Castillo, Cole or Clevinger?

Paul Sporer

3:40

Well if you need wins, then it's hard to start both Castillo and Cole, but that'd be my preference. Castillo for sure, then choosing between Cole & Clevy. Cole has been good v. CIN for the first time ever this year or else he might be an auto sit. I'd lean toward him

toki

3:40

Where does Nunez play when Pedrioa comes back?

Paul Sporer

3:40

All around

Daniel

3:40

did i drop villar too early?

Paul Sporer

3:41

No, he had a .609 OPS as of August 9th. Can't beat yourself up just bc he got going in latter half of Aug.