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Desperate, confused Marlins fan

4:47

Re: Money, budget, i guess im using the wrong word lol

Paul Sporer

4:48

Oh the labor question? You meant auction. OK, my bad. I was just a little tripped up

4:49

Every auction is different and really depends on your league mates, but most start off with super aggressive spending and then see bargains in the middle and then another spike late as ppl realize they have too many dollars for not enough talent and the last few gems get overbid and then it ends with dollar days. How many teams? If it's 10-12, I'm looking to get in on the studs and go stars/scrubs. If it's 14+, I'm more inclined to work that middle portion with all the bargains

Tim

4:50

Whoa, can't believe you're still going. Anyway was in a meeting - thanks for answering a while back!

Paul Sporer

4:50

Happy to help!!

Jeremy

4:50

Did A. Rosario immediately lose all his prospect appeal after just 170 PA on a crappy 2017 Mets roster? Am I crazy for thinking he could totally outperform his ADP (if he even HAS an ADP)

Paul Sporer

4:51

I think fantasy baseball is horrible about this. They get a serious case of ShiNTS (Shiny New Toy Syndrome) for every top prospect before they do anything and then if they're not studs immediately, they are completely cast off. It's comically ridiculous. I'm not some uber-fan of Rosario, but I'm definitely down to take a shot on him in the 200s

Jack

4:51

Also, thanks for the chat and for all the work you do with the site and pod - I've spent MANY commuter hours listening

Paul Sporer

4:52

Thanks so much, Jack!

Dennis

4:52

Who are some unheralded middle relievers you're targeting for their strikeouts and ratios?

Paul Sporer

4:52

Haven't done my research there yet, but I will have some in my RP rankings and then a separate article highlighting some of my favorites

Jack

4:52

lol, just catching up with this chat - and I know this wont make it bast mod, but I've been called much worse than both "Jerk" and "junk". Also, an earlier question auto corrected "Whit" to "White" which is the kind of dopey shit that makes me laugh

Paul Sporer

4:53

lololol no sweat. I wasn't angrily saying the Jerk/Junk thing, btw! Just trying to be funny

Getting back in the mix

4:53

Hell yeah, Jarrod Carmichael is hilarious! So dark, I love his stuff

Paul Sporer

4:53

He's so sharp! Don't pussyfoot around tough topics, either

Jameson

4:53

Who's your long-term keeper pick between Jose Martinez and Ian Desmond?

Paul Sporer

4:53

I have a hard time quitting Ian Desmond. I'm giving him another go this year. I wouldn't get too focused beyond '18 for either, tbh

Getting back in the mix

4:54

I'm thinking of keeping Merrifield for $3 as my final keeper, but he'd basically just be backing up Murphy ($13)...do you think the SB are worth it since Whit's lost OF eligibility in my league (10 tm h2h obp,tb,sb, r, rbi, k $260 budget)

Paul Sporer

4:54

Yes, he's a slamdunk at $3. I have some trepidation as a top 70 pick in redraft lgs, but keepers almost certainly have him super cheap making him an easy keep

You're the Best Paul

4:55

With the amount of HR's last season and the look of the trend continuing is it wrong to think SP is actually something people should be focusing more on? I mean, if you were able to get three/four of your top 30 SP guys to pair along with some mid/late high upside bats that could be steady if nothing else? Just seems like SP has always been volatile, why not zig when everyone else zags?

Paul Sporer

4:55

Looks like someone found the right handle to get ANY question answered :)

4:56

I don't think you're out of bounds to suggest favoring SP early, but as I mentioned earlier, the abundance of HR doesn't mean you can just punt it to the middle of the draft bc HRs are so plentiful that you now need more per roster spot than ever before. I could see a strategy of 2 bats/3 arms in the first five picks working out

Mr. Freeze

4:57

Thanks for answering on Alex Wood! Do you ever think it's strategic to give up potential value on a guy like that and throw him back to eat up a lot of someone else's auction budget?

Paul Sporer

4:58

That's not a terrible idea, espec. if you have guys you like more at similar costs. Wood would probably go $17-20 in an NL only, right? So ya, it'd be a chunk out of someone's cash

Rob

4:58

hilo Paul. Standard 5x5 keeper league with draft pick compensation. Would you keep Judge (cost is an 8th round pick) or Albies (cost is a 26th round pick)? Other keepers will be K. Bryant (7th rounder) and Bellinger (27th rounder).

Paul Sporer

4:59

That's so tough. Since you're power-loaded with the other 2, I'm actually going to go Albies here, but let's be real, you can't go wrong.

Daniel Castro Fan Club

4:59

My boy gonna smash up spring training. :) Vamos, Daniel!

Paul Sporer

5:00

He'll finally get some playing time!

Rickard

5:00

Do you have any rules/advice for signing dynasty players to multi year contracts?

Paul Sporer

5:00

Ya, don't!

5:02

Jokes aside, I think you mean keeper? I know it's sound pedantic, but I always thought dynasty was just keeping essentially your whole roster year to year without dollar values associated and then keeper was selecting X number of players to keep year over year. If it is the latter, I would be very leery of long term deals and almost never give them out to pitchers. Maybe an extra year for the super cheap ones, but it'd have to be a really special arm and even then there are no guarantees. Think about ppl who contracted Matt Harvey. And he's not an isolated incident.

Tom

5:02

Really loved the show last week with Nick Pollack. Thought the three of you had a great rapport. Thanks for all of the quality content the last couple of weeks (and all winter for that matter)!

Paul Sporer

5:02

Thanks so much! Nick will def be on again in the future!

frankzapato

5:02

Hi Paul - Has the bloom come off Lewis Brinson's Rose?

Paul Sporer

5:04

It shouldn't. He had a meaningless 55 PA sample last yr and while he is in Miami now, he also has all the playing time he can handle. I'm not really taking any Miami guys this year, but it's not a hard & fast rule and I could definitely see myself scooping a Brinson share

5:04

You would not sign a $1 Knebel to an extension in a keeper league, where you would have him for $6 for 2 years?

Paul Sporer

5:05

It's viable, but not automatic. Even if he flopped this yr and lost the job $6 won't kill you, but RPs are even sketchier than SPs.

Lavar Ball

5:05

Should I be worried about Corey Seager’s back as an owner of him in dynasty?

Paul Sporer

5:05

Yes, you're well within reason to be concerned. Doesn't mean I'd dump him on the cheap or anything, but if you got the right off for someone comparable without back issues, I'd take it!

Sporer-ific!!!

5:05

Conforto? What say you?

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