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Matt W.

2:50

Paul your cardboard cutout only goes to Kyle Gibson starts.

Paul Sporer

2:50

lolololol, I could see Justin doing that to me

Vegan Man!

2:51

Will Myers or Ryan Braun? Thanks!

Paul Sporer

2:51

Gimme Brauny

Jack off all grades

2:51

Devil's advocate opinionto your take on the Stros. I think too many people have fallen into this fallacy of "because other teams did bad things too, look over there and leave the Astros alone." The 17 Astros were caught red-handed breaking rules that may have directly contributed to them winning a WS title. The MLB did absolutely nothing to punish the players involved, and honestly nobody cares if Crane, a billionaire, has to cough up 5 million dollars and hire a couple new execs. If MLB doesn't step up to discourage the players from these types of things, then at that point it becomes the job of the other players to police each other. You can't have it both ways. If you don't want beanball wars in your sport, you have a duty to punish the guilty parties, not just the billionaire owner.

Paul Sporer

2:52

If you think throwing baseballs at players is the solution, you're completely wrong. There's no devil's advocate to it. Beanball wars are dumbest f'n thing in the game and they solve absolutely nothing. I'm not moving on this stance, sorry

2:53

Just bc you didn't like the punishment for the Astros doesn't mean nothing happened. They lost their manager, GM, and four major draft picks. Classifying that as nothing is just plain wrong.

Salty

2:53

Paul - missed the game the other night - did you see the new Texas park? And do you think it'll play to pitchers as much as the consensus seems to think?

Paul Sporer

2:53

I didn't. I've only seen it on MLB the Show lol

Richard

2:53

Jays should just play all games at their opponents' stadiums. Easiest solution but not being publicly discussed.

Paul Sporer

2:53

That's not very fair

Robert

2:53

Thanks for answering all my questions Paul! I've been impressed listening to your podcast.

Paul Sporer

2:53

Thanks for listening and coming to the chat!

Adam Dawson

2:54

What's up Paul, this is Baseballfan15000 from your stream. I added Chris Taylor and dropped La Stella. Good move or nah?

Paul Sporer

2:54

What up! I'd have preferred to stick w/La Stella as he's more of a full time and the Dodgers will definitely mix & match, but it's hardly a *bad* move

Adam Dawson

2:54

Also what do you think of Ryu this season? I'm afraid a major regression is coming

Paul Sporer

2:55

Why? He's never not been good. Health is the only hurdle.

Vegan Man!

2:55

25 team dynasty and I'm trying to win now. Would you trade Brad Keller, Mickey Moniak, and Danny Santana for Greinke? I think it's an obvious yes, but losing Santana's speed/versatility is rough for this year... Thanks!

Paul Sporer

2:56

I'd do it, yes. Santana's speed is nice, but he could definitely flop this year. He's faaarrr from a guarantee so gimme the premium arm

Gray

2:56

How are they doing service time this season?

Paul Sporer

2:56

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2020/6/28/21304734/final-clarification-on... scroll down in this article

Happy for Betts

2:56

Buehler for Lindor is a no brainer right? I have 3 studs (Buehler, Castillo, Clevinger) so thinking the bat is a better play here. Thanks!

Paul Sporer

2:57

Oh 100% slam dunk for me to get Lindor

Jack off all trades

2:58

Paul, I'm not trying to move you off of your opinion, of which I fully respect. I'm just saying that a lot of people felt irked that the players (who are the ones who carried out the cheating) received zero punishment. The players couldn't care less about the team losing draft picks or a manager. All me and a lot of others are saying, is that it was total BS that none of the players even received a slap on the wrist. I mean, the league could have at least handed down ten game suspensions or something. Not trying to pick a fight, just presenting the other side of the argument.

Paul Sporer

2:59

Just don't think you can accurately dole out player suspensions in this case. How do you prove who was part of it and who wasn't? If I'm batting and say don't do it, but they do it anyway so you hear trash cans while I'm batting even though I said 100% I don't want it, now I'm suspended? No way. They went to the head of it and played the institutional control card which I agree with. Waaaaayyyyy too messy trying to hand out individual suspensions. The org needs to be punished more than individual players anyway

Scouts Take

2:59

Hello Paul, what do you think about Jon Berti this year? Lots of SB potential and I have to think the DH in the NL helps him right?

Paul Sporer

3:00

Pleased to hear he's playing 5-6 days a week this year so I'm really in on him. Missed out last night on a team where he'd have fit perfectly!

Rick

3:00

Hi Paul - bit of a weird question, but I'm in a HR-only pool. Pick any 10 players in 1st half, then 10 different players in 2nd half. Is it worth it to look for a bit of a flier to differentiate me from other teams (sort of DFS style) - somebody like Castellanos? Or should I just stick to the big dogs?

Paul Sporer

3:00

I like looking for some different types and def agree w/Casty as one such guy. He's gonna smash this year

Grandyman

3:01

Have a guess on mike trout game total this year?

Paul Sporer

3:02

Not really, no. It's just impossible to guess if he's going to leave after his baby is born. If he doesn't leave, it'll be 3-5 games missed.

Richard

3:02

AL only with SV+HD. Any waiver wire relievers to target to pick holds or help ratios?

Paul Sporer

3:03

Trevor Rosenthal, James Karinchak, Aaron Bummer, Adam Ottavino, Diego Castillo

Dan

3:03

Zack Greinke's projections on FG show his ERA ballooning up over a full run. You buy that?

Paul Sporer

3:03

No, the HR projection makes no sense to me

Greg

3:04

Renato Nunez or Khris Davis?

Paul Sporer

3:04

Khris Davis for sure

Guru Mayhem

3:05

Who's the best sleeper? Jay Bruce, Matt Carpenter or Ryan Braun?

Paul Sporer

3:05

I like Braun best of that trio, espec. w/the DH

Mayor McCheese

3:05

Julio Urias for Franmil Reyes? I need pop, should I ask for more?

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