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Paul Sporer

12:39

Helloooo!!! We'll get started soon.

12:39

Who do you like as a better minors stash in redrafts...Alex Reyes or Michael Kopech?

Paul Sporer

12:39

Kopech. Love Reyes talent, but too much of a wildcard off of TJ

Cubies Cub

12:39

Buy or Sell Nick Kingham ROY

Paul Sporer

12:40

I mean I'll sell ROY, but I'll buy legitimacy

paolo

12:40

no real reason to worry about rizzo, right?

Paul Sporer

12:41

Not much reason, no. A little curious about the tiny walk rate, though

o'HOOLIGAN'S

12:41

When will your May SP Rankings be released or did I miss them somehow?

Paul Sporer

12:42

You didn't miss them, just taking me a while. No later than Monday

Fred Pants

12:42

I'm considering trading David Price at a discount. He can't seem to finish off batters, and will face tough lineups quite frequently. Is my panic at all justified?

Paul Sporer

12:45

Yes, there is some justification. Someone tweeted me a pic of how his start unraveled from a bad call v. TEX, but here has been a consistent issue of not finishing innings where old Price would get the guy out. He's better than 5.11, but this iteration is more of a 4.20 pitcher w/those BB and H rates.

12:45

Can Albies sustain his 339 wRC+ from the left side this season?

Paul Sporer

12:45

Nah, it'll go higher

Rickon

12:45

The Lesson I learned this year: Having too many possible keeper options limits your ability to maneuver

Paul Sporer

12:46

You mean now or in the winter/spring? In-season you shouldn't be sweating keeper/non-keeper unless you're tanking a year

Dave

12:46

Ok! In an NL-only H2H league. Need a Corey Seager replacement. Orlando Arcia or Nick Ahmed for rest of season?

Paul Sporer

12:48

I'm digging Ahmed. He made real changes to his approach and he's actually beasting on righties, his previous kryptonite. If he gets going on vL again like last year, we could be seeing an all-formats breakout from Ahmed

Dave

12:48

Matt Carpenter was just dropped in my NL-only H2H. Worth picking up? Would likely have to drop Howie Kendrick or Michael Conforto to make room. Waiting for Murphy to come back from DL.

Paul Sporer

12:53

Let me state from the top, even though I wasn't really digging Conforto this year bc of the shoulder, I can't see cutting him in NL only so this becomes Carp v. Kendrick. I see why Carp is being touted as a buy-low, but I've been scared off by Collette outlining the severity of his shoulder issue. Carp's soft contact is basically non-existent (6%), but I'm still suspect... soooo all that blathering to say I think I'm sitting tight

12:53

NL only 11 teamer, how much should I bid on Soroka this Sunday? What about Bautista?

Paul Sporer

12:54

~17-20%... who is Bautista?

Polo

12:55

Do you buy into April Thames? I want to possibly stash him on DL for late season power but the general consensus is that he's useless after April.

Paul Sporer

12:56

With the thumb injury keeping him out 6-8 weeks, I'm pretty out on Thames right now. I was willing to buy back in before the injury, though

Fred Pants

12:56

Conforto or Schwarber ROS?

Paul Sporer

12:56

Schwarber

Peter

12:57

Thoughts on Franchy Cordero and David Dahl?

Paul Sporer

12:59

Franchy has insane skills and major upside, but he could also go Keon Broxton. I really like Dahl if he finds consistent playing time

David

1:00

What is the path of recovery for Darvish? Is this a permanent reassessment of who he is and will be, or an extended blip in a good/great career?

Paul Sporer

1:02

Hmm, maybe Nick and I will discuss him in our fireside chat this weekend. I haven't done a deep-dive otherwise and if we don't discuss him this weekend, I'll write him up

o'HOOLIGAN'S

1:02

Should I stash Greg Bird and drop Roughned Odor in a 5x5 Roto? Sounds like Bird could be playing rehab games "within the week".

Paul Sporer

1:04

The idea of dropping Odor is OK (though he will catch fire eventually), but I'm so "meh" on Bird with all the injuries so I might just ride it out w/Roogie

Natitutde

1:04

10-team, Roto, W, HR K, ERA, WHIP, Saves. Are Darvish or Quintana droppable? My other SPs are Stras, Snell, Godley, Pivetta and Tanaka.

Paul Sporer

1:05

No, both are obviously frustrating, but I can't cut either right now

Rhys

1:08

Rhys must be due for a HR barrage, no? His HR/FB is down 20% from last year

Paul Sporer

1:08

Well the 32% from last year was never going to last, but I do think he's better than this year 13%

Jackson

1:12

Has Soler arrived? Pls say yes so I can rename my team to Solar Power

Paul Sporer

1:14

I mean you can rename either way, but I am very encouraged here! Improved BB & K helping deliver big results

Rocco

1:14

Is Snell becoming an Ace?

Paul Sporer

1:15

Let's not get too carried away. He has major upside and I'm certainly intrigued by him, but even adding in his run late last year plus these seven starts isn't enough to say he's an ace

paolo

1:15

Is Teoscar being figured out? 4 for his last 26.

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