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Slamboni

3:55

Re: Sanchez Trade. So if I offer 5 years of Sanchez for 5 years of Contreras, and the owner of Contreras asks for more, should I walk away?

Paul Sporer

3:56

Depends if they're in contention bc I could understand them not wanting to take that hit in-season without something to cover, but if they're rebuilding, yes I'm holding firm on a 1:!

1:1

Kevin

3:56

How desperate would you have to be to start Manaea in Coors? I'm leaning no, but only one hitter in that line-up scares me right now.

Paul Sporer

3:56

Eek, no thank youuu

3:57

Manaea is living off BABIP, which is a mix of skill and luck. The latter is riding high for him right now and Coors is exactly the kind of place to shatter that luck in no time. Plus, he doesn't get many Ks so there will be many opportunities for that contact to turn into hits

hscer

3:58

does Teo have too much to work on? defense discipline and base stealing are all ?'s for PT and value long-term, that seems like too many issues

Paul Sporer

3:59

He's cut 10 pts off his K% from last year and I don't think he's going to turn into some 10% BB guy so I'm not sure there's a lot of work being spent on that. Listing it out makes it look like a lot, but it's essentially the maturation process that needs to kick in. As you get reps, you start to pick up things that will help w/all those.

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

4:00

First place by a margin in Wins/Loss/QS keeper but a few of my pitching categories are lagging. Is this rotation enough to hold for the title?

DeGrom, Greinke, Morton, Buehler, Quintana, Castillo, Velasquez

Paul Sporer

4:01

Obviously your W are hurt by your ace playing for the lame ass Mets and Buehler will likely have his innings managed. Castillo and VV are super volatile. It's a good foundation, but you have to stay diligent

Finding Nimmo

4:02

Carlos Rodon has turned in two pretty good starts in a row. Is he starting to show that pedigree again?

Paul Sporer

4:04

We've seen him put together a couple good ones before, I need more. I'm always intrigued by the talent, but it will take a decent stretch to really feel like there's development

Ken Giles Right Hook

4:04

Down to my final and 20th keeper selection. I have to choose between Montas, Grandal, Chacin and Kingham. In a vacuum, who should be my final keeper?

Paul Sporer

4:04

Grandal

Jeff

4:04

What % chance would you put on alonso turning into something like Hoskins?

Paul Sporer

4:07

38%\

cool type

typo

gotta love typo'ing the word typo

Names Namerson

4:07

Who doesn't want to watch a ASG side game where recently retired hitters pitch to recently retired pitchers? 1000x more interesting than the celeb softball game. I want to see if Ortiz can strike out Pedro...

Paul Sporer

4:07

Looove it

Ken Giles Right Hook

4:07

Hot take: Matt Chapman will be the more valuable fantasy baseball player when Nolan Arenado leaves Colorado

Paul Sporer

4:08

Very hot. You'd get me more if it was more valuable real life bc of his defense. I think Arenado is going to be a fine hitter if and when he leaves Colorado

Abomb

4:08

Unkeepable Scherzer for $7 Corbin smell fair if the Scherzer team is out of the running?

Paul Sporer

4:08

Yeah, turning his rental into something

HappyFunBall

4:08

Would you give up Betts to get deGrom (and Wil Myers as a replacement bat) in a keeper?

Paul Sporer

4:09

Only if my offense is incredible and I desperately need Ks and ratios

Dallas

4:09

Auction calculator puts Joey Gallo in the top 30 among hitters ROS. He's been top 50 based on Season to date. Doesn't feel like it haha

Paul Sporer

4:11

Still has 25 HR and 3 SB despite that horrific .190 AVG

Turgid

4:12

I'm in a keeper league where every year some team at the bottom makes a ridiculous dump trade to a team at the top. I'm not completely opposed to this type of trade. I've been on ends of them (usually the beneficiary, thanks FanGraphs). But every year they spark a controversy over "the integrity of the league." I'm thinking there should be some minor penalty for finishing last. Not enough that someone would want to quit the league, but enough to give someone a reason to better negotiate their dump trade. Thinking something like loss of $10 auction budget. Or pay the first team not in the money. Sorry for the very long question, but do you have any ideas?

Paul Sporer

4:14

Can take auction budget or some FAAB for the next year which is what Tout Wars does. you're right that you gotta strike the balance between encouraging trying all year and so punitive that last place just quits every year. Or if you have a minor league draft, you can 1st pick to the first spot out of the money.

Quinton McCracken

4:14

Whats the best way to predict what relievers are going to pitch on a certain day? I know we can't be 100% sure but do you have any tricks?

Paul Sporer

4:15

Just see how recently they've been used and how many off days they usually get. Hard to see a guy going 3 in a row. It does happen, but I wouldn't predict it. Meanwhile, a good RP isn't going to get more than 2 days off in a row in most cases

Turgid

4:15

Worried about Kluber?

Paul Sporer

4:15

Long term more so just because he has a trash fastball

Scott Kingery

4:15

Are you holding me in a keeper league despite the poor current production?

Paul Sporer

4:16

Depends how many keepers, but yes I'm looking to hang on

Billy Bathhouse

4:16

Thoughts on Nimmo ROS?

Paul Sporer

4:17

Think he'll produce an ..820-.850ish OPS w/some pop and speed

FinkleIsEinhorn

4:17

How would you rank these SP pickups in a VERY deep h2h points league? Ryan Borucki
Pablo Lopez
Yefry Ramirez
Sean Reid-Foley (speculating that he comes up)

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