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Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

Paul Sporer

12:25

Good afternoon, everyone! Let's talk some baseball!!!

Big L > Jay Z

12:27

Say it’s ok for me to trade May and Eloy as keepers for a chance to win my league. Bless me please.

Paul Sporer

12:27

If you're getting the pieces to greatly aid your title chances, then yes, I'm down with it

12:29

Y'all remember when Matt Holliday went 28-for-30 in SBs?!?! https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1873&position=OF

Willa Ford

12:29

Will Smith or Mitch Garver ROS? It’s a weird format: Standard cats + OBP + Hits.

Paul Sporer

12:31

I'll take Garver by a hair

Rocco

12:31

Paul its hard bc I have a razor thin edge in WHIP, ERA etc., but I have to start Maeda vs. ATL, Ryu vs. ATL, and Clevinger vs. NYY right?

Paul Sporer

12:31

Yes, those are two of your superstar arms and another very solid mid-rotation guy

Blockbuster Lover

12:31

Keeper League: Gerrit Cole for Ronald Acuna
Who if anybody do I need to add to Cole to get Acuna

Paul Sporer

12:32

You probably need to add a viable hitter to get it done unless the Acuña manager just loooooves Cole

Don't Tauch me man

12:32

I grabbed Lugo and Melancon as my closers. How many closers do I have between them?

Paul Sporer

12:32

1.5 right now

Poor Choices

12:33

In a roto 5x5 dynasty league, in a rebuilding year and looking to deal my $10 Marcus Stroman ($400 budget). Friend offered me $6 Jesse Winker and $3 Aaron Bummer for him. Is that a fair rage of value you would target or would you aim higher?

Paul Sporer

12:34

I'm still a big Winker fan so I can get behind this. I'd prefer someone else besides Bummer, but I'd still do the deal even if you can't get someone different

DiscoStu

12:34

In an AL only H2H would you give Dillon Peters a shot with two starts next week, @rangers @ astros, over Junis?

Paul Sporer

12:36

No I can't do it. TEX & HOU decimate lefties

Rocco

12:36

Thanks Paul for all your advice. Darvish looked like an ace last night in Phila and he has re-gained his control. What do you expect from him ROS?

Paul Sporer

12:37

I expect him to continue pitching very well. This transformation has been absolutely insane with just 2 BB in his last 8 starts

caesarsolid

12:37

I traded Scherzer for Matt Chapman and Soroka in Ottoneu. Am I a dweeb?

Paul Sporer

12:37

No, I don't think so

Guest

12:37

Willie Calhoun, Stephen Piscotty, or Raisel Tapia (5x5 OBP)?

Paul Sporer

12:37

Calhoun

Rocco

12:37

What's wrong with Hoskins? Should I be benching him during this awful stretch?

Paul Sporer

12:39

His August has been awful and he's dealing with a hand issue now which could sideline him so I could see benching him in fantasy, too

Dodger Blues

12:39

I have Gavin Lux stashed, should I hold or cut bait?

Paul Sporer

12:40

Hold until you can't. I just scooped him in a 10-teamer as a stash but it looks like they aren't calling him up until September at the earliest (barring some sort of injury that would force their hand) and even then they might just let him come up in a ride-along situation where he simply travels with the team but doesn't make the roster. If you have the reserve spot, I like the stash, but the second you're backed into a corner with a roster crunch, he can be set free

Smokin Lowed

12:40

What do you expect from Cueto upon his return? Looked good last year before the injury but 2017 was rough. Thanks!

Paul Sporer

12:41

I'm keeping expectations low. I've always been a Cueto guy and I can see stashing him just in case, but I'm not *banking* on him for anything

Nate

12:41

McKay or Manaea RoS? (5x5)

Paul Sporer

12:42

Gimme McKay

Phyllis

12:43

Paul, thanks as always and being able to make it this week... I'm in 2nd in a three horse race (12-tm mixed roto, 6x6, $260 salary cap). I feel like I need to make a trade and really have only one potential partner, who is out of the running. What do you say to my Matt Chapman ($12 keeper) and Brendan McKay ($10) for his Anthony Rendon? Too much to give up? Alternatively, my Josh Bell ($6) and McKay for his Rendon and JD Martinez? In this one, is that not enough to give up? The other team needs keepers, so I feel like I have some leverage.

Paul Sporer

12:44

Can't do the first one. Chapman could feasibly match Rendon ROS so then you're just giving away McKay. I can get behind the second one a lot more. Bell/JD might cancel (but it's not hard to envision JD doing better) and then of course Rendon >> McKay

12:44

Any consideration for Canning as an HM on the top 30 list? The underlying numbers (swstr) are elite. Seems like he's a sequencing adjustment from breaking out.

Paul Sporer

12:45

He's in the next big glob, which I'll get into more in the offseason

Joe

12:45

12 team H2H Keeper 12 x 12 categories, who do you like better ROS, Castellanos or Brian Anderson? Thanks!

Paul Sporer

12:46

Gimme Casty. They could essentially match each other in individual categories, but team-based #s like R & RBI go to Casty in the much better lineup

CharlotteFan!

12:46

Any value in Corban Joseph in AL only?

Paul Sporer

12:49

It looks like OAK is gonna play him and he was destroying AAA (.371 AVG/13 HR in 425 PA) -- give him a go!

Firstbase Wasteland

12:49

First base is a wasteland and my mediocre Smoak just lost his job to Tellez. I picked up Aguilar and Renato, just HOW screwed am I? Also any other deep league pickups I should pursue?

Paul Sporer

12:50

That's rough, but you can keep grinding it out with matchup plays. Ideally Nunez in weeks with more lefties for BAL. Who else is available on the wire?

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