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Mike

12:48

Do you agree with ZIPs ROS projection of 4.61 era for Caleb Smith? he definitely has the homeritis but that seems a bit steep

Paul Sporer

12:48

I do not. I see more mid-to-high 3.00s with a buncha Ks. HRs are the fly in the ointment

AF

12:49

Is Cal Quantrill ascending into a top 50 SP? 13.7% SwStr and he has a complete arsenal (94.5 mph & 12.4% SwStr on 4 seam, 19.8% SwStr on change and 19.4% SwStr on slider).

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Paul Sporer

12:51

Top 50 is SUUUUPER aggressive. There's some intrigue, but he's nowhere near top 50 right now. He's got a bit of a HR issue that I'm keeping an eye on. I like the spec, but let's chill out on Top 50 lol

Hyde

12:51

I've got Garver at C right now with Posey on IL. Safe to drop Posey?

Paul Sporer

12:51

Can't just keep him on IL?

Sporer4Life

12:51

why is Whit not running? I think we all needed them SB's

Paul Sporer

12:52

He was 3-for-6 in May. Not sure if there's a nagging injury getting to him or if pitchers & catchers have just caught up, but he has the most CS w/5 so far

12:53

His sprint speed has come down a bit, but nothing overwhelming to explain this fall off

Mike

12:54

Are you holding Chavis in a shallow H2H obp league? seems like pitchers have figured him out

Paul Sporer

12:56

I dunno, that seems like an overreaction. Obviously he was out of his mind to start and was never going to maintain that level. Can't a guy have a comedown period without being fully figured out? He had a 2-week run of .868 OPS from May 12th-27th before this recent ugly week. If anyone is cutting him, I'm picking him up

Aaron

12:56

If you were to do a 1-for-1 for Byron Buxton, which pitcher should I get in return?

Paul Sporer

12:56

Kenta Maeda?

Gizzard of Ozz

12:57

Is Ozzie Albies droppable in a 12-teamer? Niko Goodrum is sitting there on the waiver wire, doing all the things Ozzie is supposed to be doing.

Paul Sporer

12:57

Niko does nothing BETTER than Albies, though. Albies is ice cold of late, but Goodrum is poor man's Albies - https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0...

Guest

12:58

Should Eloy be dropped in all redrafts?

Paul Sporer

12:58

I think he'd be instantly picked up. There's a team in every league that can afford to stash him

Ivan Nova

12:58

Am I good?

Paul Sporer

12:58

At what?

BlueJayMatt

12:58

If you had to field a fantasy team made up from only one real life team which would you go with?

Paul Sporer

12:58

Dodgers

Burt Toast

12:58

Think Bumgarner improves pitching for a contender?

Paul Sporer

12:59

I kinda do, ya. We discussed him on yesterday's pod and I made this exact point. Yes he'll lose SF home park, but he hasn't been great there this year anyway so I like the idea of an improved team context

Yan

12:59

I've had bad pitching all year long. Here are the guys that are in my rotation : Buehler-Nola-Maeda-Gibson-Nelson-Musgrove-Skaggs. (Kluber, Weaver IL) + Gallen stashed. Any hope for optmism? Which one should I let go first? There's not much on the wire (Mahle, P.Lopez, Alcantara, Means, Gausman)

Paul Sporer

1:01

Damn that's not even bad. Obv Nola hasn't panned out and Buehler was bumpy to start, but Buehler, Maeda, and Gibson are all pitching well right now and Weaver was awesome before his injury. I still have love for Musgrove and Nelson JUST got back. I'd probably scoop Lopez over Skaggs, at least in the short term with Skaggs getting the Dodgers and Lopez getting the Pirates

Ted

1:01

So I don't know if anyone has done a deep dive yet, but what's the deal with Jo-Ram? He got off to a slow start last year too, but it wasn't nearly this bad. I'm riding him for the steals, but he's killing me everywhere else.

Paul Sporer

1:02

Is this sarcastic re: not sure if anyone's done a deep dive?

I'll defer to yesterday's pod re: Ramirez - https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/the-sleeper-and-the-bust-episode-701-hit...

Mark

1:03

Who to drop w Clevinger coming back: M Perez, M Tanaka, T Richards.

Paul Sporer

1:03

Perez

Greg

1:03

In a 20 team dynasty league and was offered a big deal

Paul Sporer

1:03

Congrats!

Matt

1:04

Am I crazy to wonder how it could take Kimbrell 3 weeks to be ready to pitch? I assume he's been throwing regularly - that combined with the fact that a RP only pitches an inning at a time should just leave him getting command/control ironed out at full strength, no? He shouldn't need to build up arm strength.

Paul Sporer

1:04

Probably kinda crazy. Unless you're a top flight athlete yourself, we have no idea what it takes so we often underrate things like this.

Kam

1:05

Everyone keeps ranking Gallen high on stash lists. As he's already at 81 IP how many innings could he realistically pitch in the Majors. In redraft leagues I don't see how he's worth it.

Paul Sporer

1:05

Innings aren't my concern. He threw 133 last year. There's no reason he can't log 175-180.

Porridge

1:05

Do we see better from Nelson this season?

Paul Sporer

1:06

LOL yes, can he get more than one start? :)

Yandy Dandy

1:06

AL Only: Would you trade Yandy and Thornton (both $1) for Hansel Robles? Need saves, but feels high. Thanks!

Paul Sporer

1:07

That does feel high. Kinda feel like one or the other for Robles should work

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