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Wes

3:24

Would Forrest Whitley need to dominate at AA/AAA to get a cup of coffee this year? Or is 2019 more of his ETA?

Paul Sporer

3:24

Ya I think he'd have to force their hand being a 20-year old in a great org. A team more in the middle or lower could reasonably skip AAA if he was just AMAZING at AA to see if he gives them a boost, but I'm not sure the Stros will even have a spot for him regardless of how well he does at AA

Walter Alston

3:24

Having pitchers hit introduces one of the most strategic decisions a manager can make: when to pull the starter for a pinch hitter and whether to double-switch when the reliever comes in. Go to the DH and the manager sits on his butt until it's obvious the pitcher has lost it. Long live the NL.

Paul Sporer

3:26

No it doesn't. This is the most overrated argument in the universe for pitchers hitting. In fact, it does the opposite. It makes pretty obvious when you have to lift a pitcher in the large majority of cases because they're coming up with runners on and you need to score so you lift him. In the AL, you don't have the easy out of them batting as a reason to lift them. It adds no strategy, it adds no offense of course, and it's a completely unnecessary risk when these guys are running $18-20 mil per yr. Sorry, but I couldn't disagree more vehemently.

NL managers aren't out here playing 9D chesss while AL managers are playing checkers. That's just not true.

Steve

3:27

Saw you took Bradley before some established closers in your draft. Including melancon, if I recall correctly. How certain are you that Bradley gets the job? And any hope in melancon rebound? Underlying numbers didn't look that much worse...

Paul Sporer

3:28

Love Melancon at his price. Took him in a mock on Wednesday. I didn't realize Bradley was lobbying to start again so I probably would've waited a little longer had I seen that news. That said, I think the org realizes he's a reliever and gives him the 9th from jump street

Floyd

3:28

Hi Paul - which two would you choose as NL OBP league keepers? $14 Story, $13 Shaw, $13 Baez, $3 Altherr, $3 Alex Wood and $3 Felipe Rivero - thanks!

Paul Sporer

3:29

That's tough. Not sure there's a lot of separation among the hitters. I'll sacrifice the OBP for SB and Coors and go with Story and then pair him with Rivero or Wood (not sure your other keepers so I don't know what kinda pitching you've got already)

Coach K

3:29

IMO the Cubs packaging Heyward and someone among Russell, Baez, Happ or Russell is the key to their winter trade success. They simply need to move the Heyward contract before they can prioritize their plan. I don’t believe SP in the #1 goal. Getting out of Heyward is. So... Heyward and his albatross and Russell for Stanton while Miami eats only $25M of Stanton. If this were to happen, it opens Cubs up to maybe getting Otani. I see them signing Minor and Cozart by the way. Your crystal ball?

Paul Sporer

3:30

Why would the Marlins want an albatross in Heyward just to move Stanton, though? Stanton is super expensive, but not an albatross

Twinkie

3:30

What percent likelihood we could pull otani to MN?

Paul Sporer

3:30

Bennybadatroto

3:30

How's this for a doozy:

Paul Sporer

3:30

*crickets*

Twinkie

3:30

Over/under .250 avg for Wil Myers this yr?

Paul Sporer

3:31

that's the number for sure, but I'll say slightly over... .252 lol

Jay

3:31

How excited are you from a fantasy prospective about Ohtani /Otani? Are you bidding differently on him depending on if an AL or NL team gets him?

Paul Sporer

3:31

I'm pretty geeked bc he's supposed to be an amazing arm and I geek out on pitchers. His landing spot definitely influences things, but once he's settled, he's looking like a 5th-7th round kind of arm

Dungeon Master

3:31

DUNGEON. MASTER.

Paul Sporer

3:31

PAUL. SPORER.

velo

3:31

10 team mixed roto w/ OPS, keep Up To 5 - holding Bellinger and JD, after that who's worth it? Daniel Murphy, Justin Turner, Elvis Andrus, Jean Segura, Willy Contreras, E5, Billy Hamilton, Darvish, Grenkie, Robbie Ray, Alex Wood? thanks!

Paul Sporer

3:33

Keep one of Murph/Turner - your choice. Keep Hamilton bc your first 3 offensive guys cover his OPS deficiency. And then I'd keep Darvish (the 2 DBacks are close so if you really had an affinity for one, you could go that way, but me personally it'd be Yu)

Pickle Rick!!!

3:33

You just saw Acuna ... would you trade him for Benintendi? (Dynasty with OBP and AVG)

Paul Sporer

3:34

Ooh that's an intriguing one. I think I would, espec. if I'm built to contend in '18. Both are high ceiling uber-prospects so I'm just taking the one a bit more developed

Magic 8 Ball

3:34

Ohtani to Anaheim. My sources say yes.

Paul Sporer

3:35

If they can make it happen, they should. They should be spending their dongs off while they still have Trout as that window is fast closing

Dungeon Master

3:35

What's up with Zimmerman's auction calculator? Had some weird results. Jose Quintana #8 SP, Tyler Lyons in the 30s, Arrieta #47 all come to mind

Paul Sporer

3:36

I'd probably ask him directly for detailed answers, but it is just one set of inputs so it's not gospel. I'm fading Arrieta again this year anyway, so I'm not too surprised by that

Minor league Slow Draft

3:36

who do you prefer next 3 years? Acura,

Paul Sporer

3:37

Lexus or Nissan?

Twinkie

3:37

How many hr and sb for starling marte this yr?

Paul Sporer

3:37

13/35

cheap-o

3:37

my 3 year old is talking about a diver taking the monster to the sky. i think he wants to know what 2018 60 to 80 adp will be a top 20 pick in 2019??

Paul Sporer

3:38

from this list - https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/october-2018-starting-pitcher-rankin... --- Reyes, Rodon, Cobb, Snell are my candidates

Zwibi

3:38

Jorge Mateo has looked great in the DWL. You think there is a chance we see him in Oak next year? his tools are still ridiculous for fantasy and a change of scenery seemed to help him out.

Paul Sporer

3:38

Certainly possible. They aren't afraid to bring their guys up so even if they're not contending, I could see him up in summer if he does well in AAA

Zwibi

3:39

Word on the street is Nick Senzel could play multiple positions next year including MI. How much better of a prospect does that make him considering his year last year and the live ball in the MLB while playing in Cincy

Paul Sporer

3:40

I greatly value flexibility these days, espec. with the rise in DL stints because I never want to be in a place where I can't get the hot ticket off the wire bc I don't have a spot. He's quietly an elite prospect whose stock is only going to rise. This winter could be the last chance to get him anything close to on the cheap before ppl realize what's going on and that he could be contributing this summer

John

3:40

Which free website would you suggest for a dynasty start up league?

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