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Paul Sporer

1:57

Gimme Kepdog. His breakout came while still struggling against righties a bit so if he improves there, he actually has some upside

Tim

1:57

Appreciate all the great material and advice!

Paul Sporer

1:57

Thanks so much, Tim! Gonna be churning it out left & right down the stretch here in draft season, too!

pigpen

1:57

Arraez as a $1 keeper. Great value, right?

Paul Sporer

1:57

Yes, I'm a big Arraez guy.

Corey

1:57

Chances Deivi Garcia makes the rotation out of spring and if is he worthy of being drafts in 12 team mixed leagues?

Paul Sporer

1:58

1.2%

1:59

I think they can afford to put him in Triple-A to start the season and get the extra service time and then call him up late April if they really love him. Montgomery/Loaisiga can handle it

1:59

Which 2B do you prefer in a keeper...Hiura or Lux?

Paul Sporer

2:00

Hiura by a lot. I'm cooling on Lux for '20 specifically (at least right now with everyone healthy) - https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/2020-second-base-rankings/

Matt

2:00

Got Justin Dunn at the end of my auction. Am I right to be intrigued by his upside for $1 in a dynasty league?

Paul Sporer

2:00

Ya he's a worthy $1 guy

BASEBALL SZN

2:00

Is Jurickson Profar ever going to finally "get there"?

Paul Sporer

2:00

Ehhh, I doubt it at this point

Injured Yankees

2:00

Hi Paul. I've got $10 Aaron Hicks on guaranteed contract in an AL Only. Should I keep/cut (with penalty)/trade (possibly with sweetener)? Thanks!

Paul Sporer

2:01

I'd try to trade it, but if not, I'd consider taking the hit. He's out half the season off the rip and that's with everything going well. Imagine if there are any setbacks

DBauer

2:01

Lux gonna be on OD roster? I'm also hearing potential platoon?

Paul Sporer

2:01

Ya that's what I was alluding to with regards to not loving him for '20. Potential platoon or maybe just a trip back to AAA to start the season so he plays daily

TB(D)

2:01

Is Margot going to play?

Paul Sporer

2:01

Some, yes. At least vL and then if/when Kiermaier gets hurt again

River Ave

2:02

Paul, It looks Tucker is the 4th OF in Hou. What are your thoughts on when he gets gets the FT job?

Paul Sporer

2:02

Huuuuge fan when he finally usurps Reddick. Major power-speed upside in a strong lineup

Kingpin

2:02

I keep hearing shade thrown at Omar Narvaez. I realize his statcast numbers aren't great, but won't the move to Milwaukee mitigate that to an extent?

Paul Sporer

2:02

Interesting, I thought the shade was defense-related. I think he's a solid hitter

Upton Funk

2:02

Josh James is basically guaranteed to start in Houston now, thanks to the Verlander news, right? How much does that bump him in your rankings?

Paul Sporer

2:04

He's into the 59-78 tier now, but I don't want to overrate him as I still think he's a potential WHIP hindrance with his walk rate. Love the K upside and think he can sustain a solid ERA. So something like a 3.75/1.30 with 10+ Ks per 9

Edwin

2:04

re: Moncada vs. Snell. You still taking Moncada with NO round discount? (5x5 standard 12-teamer)

Paul Sporer

2:04

Yes the round discount just made it easier. But again, when it's basically tied between hitter/pitcher keepers, I take the hitter

BondsWasFramed

2:05

Has Goldy's ADP dropped to the point where you're looking to buy back in, or is he on the edge of the Votto cliff?

Paul Sporer

2:05

I'm open to buying back in for sure. I don't think it's a Vottoian drop yet

darren

2:05

Hunter Closing for Balt?

Paul Sporer

2:05

He's in the mix. Not a bad deep league gamble (ideally AL-only, but deeper mixers, too)

Matt

2:05

Calhoun replacement - Nimmo or Tsutsugo?

Paul Sporer

2:05

Gimme Nimmo

ncb

2:06

Hey Paul thanks for all your work. Do y'all have any eta for when there may be relief pitcher rankings/tiers available? The current link in rotographs goes to 2019 and I haven't seen any.

Paul Sporer

2:06

By Friday. Waited as long as I could since it's such a mess, but definitely before the weekend

Willie

2:08

Have 2 drafts this weekend. Is there a spot in the draft where you think you must have a SP rostered by? Particular group of SP's that you feel you need to have at least 1 SP before they are gone? Thanks

Paul Sporer

2:09

I'd like to have my first one within the top 20

You can go a little deeper in 10 teams if you wanna stack offense and then pound mid-round pitching

Squeaker

2:09

Chances of Paul Sporer going outside at all during the Coronavirus outbreak

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