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Paul Sporer

1:25

Man, between Wheeler & Thor, are there any two more maddening quality starters?! 50 H and 11 HR in his last 45 IP are worrisome for sure. We need to see some changes to expect better results bc as you mention, it's not just a huge BABIP or anything, and while the HR/FB rate is high, it's not overly egregious. I'm cooling a bit on my Wheeler love. I'm holding my shares in 12- and 15-teamers, but not trying to acquiring a bunch more

1:26

Donaldson got hot in a hurry. Rest of season, can we expect something closer to his slow start or the recent on-fire production?

Paul Sporer

1:28

With health, I'm expecting good Donaldson. I'd look for something like a 125-130 wRC+ with good power and strong counting categories as part of a quality offense

Franmil

1:28

With all of this power, I have to start drawing some walks at some point, right?

Paul Sporer

1:28

Not necessarily. This profile of great pop, poor OBP isn't terribly uncommon

Tom

1:28

Who are the next potential difference maker pitchers to be called up?

Paul Sporer

1:30

Jesus Luzardo, Brendan McKay, and Dylan Cease

Henry Rowengartner

1:30

Hey Paul! Paddack and Abreu for Snell? 12tm H2H points league.

Paul Sporer

1:30

Ya I'm good with that

1:31

NL only, if I need wins and he needs saves, is Will Smith for Fried a good trade?

Paul Sporer

1:32

Yes that matches needs quite well. Always nerve-racking to chase Ws, but Fried is a quality pitcher on a good team and I think they'll improve their bullpen in the summer, either via trade or with propsects from their system

baseballdude

1:32

what to make of Giolito? was he just 'due' for a bad outing vs a tough cubs lineup in non-ideal weather? is he top 12 ROS?

Paul Sporer

1:33

Ya I'm unmoved by a bad start. I think we overreact too much when a breakout has a bad start like "is this the beginning of the end?!!?". Everyone has a dud from time to time. I'm a big Giolito fan. He's not top 12, but he's a must start until further notice and in my top 25

AL bEAST

1:33

With the Yankee big bats getting healthy, is now a good time to sell AL East guys like Price, Snell, Morton, etc.?

Paul Sporer

1:33

Because of one team?

1:36

The thing is, their offense has already been great against righties so I'm not worried about Morton. Snell's already been torched by them despite the fact that they've been rather bad vL this year. I'm not really trading them just bc of the Yankees getting healthy

Tom

1:37

Hi Paul,

Paul Sporer

1:37

Hey Tom!

kyle

1:37

tonight will be the first time pujols has played in st. louis since playing for the angels if you can believe that

Paul Sporer

1:38

I can believe that and I've wondered if maybe they were waiting to get for this series before trying to work something out to get him to retire, but he's actually been non-awful this year (97 wRC+ qualifies as non-awful given the expectations we had for him), maybe they just ride it out

Tom

1:39

I have both Ozzie and Hiura in a 20 team keep 6 forever league. Points, so I don't necessarily care about steals. Which one should be my long-term second baseman?

Paul Sporer

1:40

Tough to really split them, tbh. I still love Albies and lean toward him, but I'd gladly keep both and slot the other at MI or UT.

Rocco

1:40

Who fills Hill’s spot- Urias or Stripling? Also do you have a preference for Rodgers or McMahon?

Paul Sporer

1:40

It's looking like Urias (we discuss on the pod, though) and I prefer McMahon by a little

John

1:41

Victor Robles is going to, like, hit for average right? Kind of a weird season from him so far

Paul Sporer

1:41

Long term, I think he will be an AVG guy, but he needs to cut that 25% K rate

Cito's Mustache

1:41

Hey Paul, just wanted to say I loved your "Planning Ahead" piece and hope it becomes a regular contribution. So helpful!

Paul Sporer

1:41

Thanks so much, I will make it a regular piece as the response has been nice

Boris

1:42

Am I being too patient with Danny Jansen? Kelly and Perez on WW. 12-team mixed keeper

Paul Sporer

1:42

Ya, I was quite high on him coming into the season put decided to move on, especially in 1-C leagues

Telemachus

1:42

You in for the Plutko 2-step next week?

Paul Sporer

1:44

v KC and at BAL.... maybe in AL-only, but I'm not a fan of the Josh Tomlin-esque profile

OK y'all, I gotta get going and work on posting the pod (special guest Ariel Cohen is on it!) and then recording the Fireside w/Nick. Thanks so much for coming out! Follow me on Twitter (@sporer), Twitch (sporer), and Snapchat (psporer). I’ll be streaming on Twitch later today and you can definitely come by and ask questions about fantasy there. Have a great weekend!

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