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Tracy

2:18

Would you Bradish at Tampa next week or Gausman at home vs the Pirates? Really encouraged by Bradish today. I have Framber, Ginn, and Cease on 2 steps and Schlittler. Pts League

Paul Sporer

2:18

Helps to post the Q you're responding to first, Paul!

Dos Muncys

2:19

Re: Charlotte -- #1 or #2?

Paul Sporer

2:19

The time probably answered that... but it was indeed 2, lol

Charlotte

2:19

mlb player comp for me? I'm thinking Bazzana, but maybe someone a little older?

Paul Sporer

2:20

"What da hell is dat supposed to mean? Trabis Banana? Ya wight. I'm basicawwy da Shohei of dogs and I don't even wike baseballs, jeeez!!" -Char, while serving some VICIOUS side-eye

Vic

2:20

Is Brenton Doyle toast in a 15?

Paul Sporer

2:23

Ya we're firmly in the cut zone. Only reason he's held on in my Main (15 tm mixed) is bc I didn't have anyone better to get last week and I had Correa to cut ahead of him. His number is up this wk - he's my top cut unfortunately. Root hard for the player IRL, but there is just NO production and no full-Coors weeks in the offing where you can dream on a resurgence. Maybe we revisit if/when he gets going later, but cut time now if you've got someone to pick up. And that's deep lgs, he's PAST DUE cut in medium/shallow

Paying Customer

2:23

Hey, Paul, love your analysis. Not trying to slam you here, but it seems like your colleagues answer 3x as many questions in their chats. And not just this one, but consistently. Are you multitasking during these? Any way you could just bang out some short answers, lighting-round style?

Paul Sporer

2:24

No worries on the call out, but I also try to do deeper answers. I don't know that lightning style the whole through really offers much value as discussing the processes and diving into the data a bit. Personal preference on which is the more enjoyable chat, but yes, I def take fewer Qs but hope to offer deeper answers

sav

2:24

Can Melton save the Tigers season?

Paul Sporer

2:28

Save it? No. Be instrumental on stemming the tide of destruction that has hit them lately between injuries, poor play, and Framber starting brawls. Hard to put a savior tag on a guy w/46 MLB IP coming off an elbow injury, but if they can get a consistent 4-5 IP from him immediately upon return, that'd be a huge win. Skubal's absence has such a cascading effect to how well they can pull of the pitching chaos thing once a week as his consistent 6-7 IP gives the pen a rest but now no one is there to consistently do that. That has to fall to Framber while Keider has done admirable job as a 2-3 in the absence of anything good from Flaherty but they can't just get sub-5 IP outta Flaherty and Melton spots every week when the 5th spot is an RP gm.

2:29

I'd spec on Melton in deeper leagues where I have a spot open and keep him watchlisted in shallower formats

Matt

2:29

SOmone just offered me their $25 Gallen for my $9 Turang. I gotta turn that down, right?

Paul Sporer

2:29

Yeah, easy pass there

Insert Your Name Here

2:29

AL-Only, Steven Kwan or Lawrence Butler for ROS? R, SB, AVG, TB+BB, and RBI. Thanks!

Paul Sporer

2:32

Both should surge as their BABIPs regress but I'll take LawDog as I think he has more fantasy juice even if Kwan's AVG soars past his eventually. Both are running 12% BB rates, I'll be curious to see if either can hold that as it's well above their normal rates. But ya, bottom line I'll take LawDog for your league

Guest

2:33

Is it safe to drop Manny Machado and ride with Dodger Max Muncy? I feel like I'm wasting a roster spot having two 3B when I need to max out my innings pitched.

Paul Sporer

2:36

Gotta hold both!! I presume it's a shallower league (not talking trash or anything, just not sure Machado is even getting a discussion for a cut in deeper setups) so it can be tough to just sit on struggling vets on the wire, but the beauty of having Muncy is that you're still getting top tier production at 3B while waiting for Machado to get going. Machado is another BABIP casualty, running at .212 v. a career .297 and there's just no way he stays down there all year. His power is like a click off of the normal production, too. Just gotta have someone else you can cut and hold Manny a bit longer

Salty

2:36

Is it still a bit early to grab Melton if he still has a few rehab starts left? Checking the boxscore of his last start, his results were great but he was averaging 94-95 on his FB, a bit lower than prior to the injury.

Paul Sporer

2:38

I'd let your league waiver tendencies sorta drive that. Are your mates picking up 2-step guys a whole week ahead of their 2-step or trying to spec on AAA call-ups right before they happen? If so, I can see getting Melton now. If it's more of a league focused on the here & now and won't worry about Melton until he's called up by the Tigers, then yes, you can stretch it a bit

Chucky

2:38

Just lost Alvarez, I know, no big loss. Who’s his replacement in a 12T Redraft 6x6 OBP, JT R or Moreno. Slim pickins’

Paul Sporer

2:41

At least C has some depth to it, espec. in 1-C lgs. Neither are doing a damn thing worth writing home about so I'll just take the guy a decade younger in Moreno. I wouldn't be against streaming a bit, too, though, and looking to play some hot hands

2:44

OK y'all, I gotta head out. I appreciate y'all coming and the feedback on answer frequency. I do still intend to be more thorough w/my answers while mixing in some quick hitters. There's a decent contingent who read these when they're done so obviously they aren't as worried about the frequency, but I realize that's a different experience for those who are here live. I'll try to be mindful of it and cut down some of the dead time, but it's not bc I'm twiddling my thumbs and more bc I'm digging into their FG, Savant, PitcherList, etc... profiles and really turning over all the the rocks to answer the Q. Take care!!

Lightning Bolte

2:44

What’s your expectation for this Bolte kid, sporer?

Paul Sporer

2:46

My patented answer after the goodbye, but I saw few Bolte inquiries -- their baby Coors-esque park gives most of their call-ups at least a tinge of interest of deeper formats and Bolte's quick start (12 HR/17 SB/.348 AVG) expands that interest a bit more so I think he's rosterable in 12s. A .402 BABIP and 44% HR/FB are doing A LOTTTTT of heavy lifting but some punch and tons of speed is enough to take a look and see if the hot hand holds in the majors

Ryan

2:46

First time commenter, and appreciate the deeper answers myself, and read these after the fact i am finding. Thanks for the thoughts, and go Tigers!

Thanks

2:46

Thanks, Paul! Don’t change a thing!

Paul Sporer

2:47

Y'all rule, thanks so much! OK, bye for real!

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