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Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

Paul Sporer

1:04

Good afternoon everyone!! Hope the day finds you well, let's talk some baseball!!

Tony

1:05

Pick 1 to drop: Cody Allen, Kenta Maeda, Jose Alvarado

Paul Sporer

1:05

Allen

Farmer

1:05

What team has most impressed you this year?

Paul Sporer

1:07

Oakland. I picked them to make a wildcard spot, but that included Jharel Cotton & AJ Puk being instrumental and obviously they were done before the season started. Also impressed w/ATL & PHI staying viable all year

Mrs. Wojadubakowski

1:08

Paul, thanks as always. Last week, you were kind enough to advise keeping S. Gennett ($9) in my 12tm mixed roto keeper league ($260 budget). That said, I forgot I could have Matt Chapman for $10 also. Would you prefer Gennett or Chapman in this situation?

Paul Sporer

1:08

I would prefer Chap at near-equal cost. I'm a huuuge Chapman fan

Me, me, pick ME!

1:08

Kyle Tucker's minor league numbers since being sent back down on 8/2: 463/532/940 in 16 games with 10 HR, 22 R, 24 RBI, 6 SB. I know he's going to struggle for playing time, but damn. . . .

Paul Sporer

1:10

Ya the PT will be tight, but I think he'll force his way in if he hits the ground running in Sept.

Shiny New Slider

1:10

Hi Paul, how much priority do you put on 2-start SPs in a H-2-H ESPN league where the playoff round last two weeks each? I have a couple of roster spots that I am using to stream mediocre 2 start guys (Ivan Nova and Jason Vargas this week, Mike Montgomery and Joey Lucchesi next week). Does that make sense, or should I focus on higher quality one-start guys?

Paul Sporer

1:11

I think it's matchup dependent. If the 1-start guy is better and facing a good matchup, I lean toward him over a mediocre to weak 2-start. I don't have hard & fast rules

Mark

1:11

What is going on with Carlos Correa? Do you think he will turn it around come September?

Paul Sporer

1:14

It's been kind of a lost season, but I'm not quitting the profile. If he's 100%, I can definitely see a Sept. surge

Dave

1:14

Competing for a title in 12-team, mixed, keep 5 players per year roto. Pick a 2b for my bench for the rest of the way: Urias or Zobrist?

Paul Sporer

1:14

Urias!

Jim Leyland Palmer

1:14

Paul, what's your take on the Candyman going forward over the next couple years? Do you think he'll be a key part of the future or more just a regular during these rebuilding years?

Paul Sporer

1:15

I think he'll be a solid piece of the team. Not a gamechanger, but a valuable mid-roster contributor

Tyrell the Real Deal

1:15

My baseball team sucks and fantasy football starts this weekend. That's all, folks...

Paul Sporer

1:15

lol

Dave

1:15

Who do you like best rest of season, Musgrove or Minor?

Paul Sporer

1:17

Leaning Minor based on upcoming schedule

GoMs

1:18

When you get into this final month how willing are to drop struggling starters for hot players on the WW? Say for example, Mitch Haniger was 0 for his last 12 and had a tough slate of pitchers coming. Willing to drop and ride hot streaks for the final month?

Paul Sporer

1:18

I'm open to it depending on who I'm picking up. We talk about playing schedules with pitchers all the time, but I don't think we mention it enough w/hitters

rays

1:19

Are you a Mallex Smith believer?

Paul Sporer

1:20

I buy the speed. I can see a .275 AVG baseline. I like that he can take walks to keep the OBP up, too

Jon

1:20

Do you think Shoemaker has any change of returning value once he comes back on Monday?

Paul Sporer

1:21

Nah, he's pretty mediocre. Could get hot in a small sample, but I'm racing to get him

1:21

Which SP do you like best as a streamer today: Framber, Gomber, Leake, or Brad Keller?

Paul Sporer

1:22

Valdez, Keller, Gomber, Leake

Farmer

1:22

The Rays were expected to lose 100 games, isn't it remarkable and impressive everything they've done to be 9 games over .500?

Paul Sporer

1:22

They were? By who?

1:23

I feel like they're always kinda mid pack and then their variance kinda decides if they're a handful of games under or over

Sleeper Star

1:23

Do we see Sean Doolittle return (and stay healthy, and get saves) in the next three weeks?

Paul Sporer

1:24

Timeline says a week or so

Hugh

1:24

Was looking at my waiver wire for targets in 12 team 5x5 OBP league, to my surprise Chris Davis was the #2 FA hitter over the past 2 months. If you look at his rolling hard hit% he's coming off one of his best stretches in years. Worth a flier over, say, Adam Duvall?

Paul Sporer

1:24

Over Duvall, sure

Dave

1:24

You were still a ROS Eddie Rosario believer last week... does his quad injury yesterday change things for you?

Paul Sporer

1:25

Injuries always muddy the waters and I could see a DL stint so I've lowered my outlook for sure

Adam

1:25

Are we at the point where matchups and short-term performance outweigh the stats someone's accumulated to this point? Asking for an Ozzie Albies owner.

Paul Sporer

1:26

Yes for sure, we need to be more short-term focused. I'm still not cutting Albies personally, but ya schedules & recent performance matter a lot more rn

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