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Paul Sporer

1:13

Thanks for coming out, y'all!!

No Kings

1:13

Ragans

Paul Sporer

1:13

I knoooowwww, I'm so bummed. Blasted by a J-Ram liner and out in less than an inning 😭

River Ryan

1:13

Am I stuck in AAA? Too many options in the LAD rotation

Paul Sporer

1:14

Give it time, he'll get his opportunity!

The Batman

1:14

I just want to note how weird it is that Bobby Witt has a .354 OBP and leads the league in steals and has somehow scored ONCE. April baseball! So bewildering!

Paul Sporer

1:14

The quirky weird statlines are definitely an April feature!

Too Early to Panic?

1:14

Would you drop either Sheehan or Early for Robbie Ray?

Paul Sporer

1:15

Probably not, but I'm surprised Ray is available! I wanna keep those 2 young arms, anyone else you could cut?

Suggestions

1:15

Hi Paul, thanks for doing these chats. What podcasts would you recommend listening to throughout the season/which ones do you listen to? I already listen to Sleeper and the Bust, Bubba and the Bloom, Rotowire, On the Corner, and Rates and Barrels.

Paul Sporer

1:16

Honestly, that's a great group!! The CBS pod runs daily and is a great way to stay up on all the goings-on of the day-to-day so I would add that to the mix. Tons of other great ones, too, I don't wanna not include someone as any sort of slight, but there's also only so many hours in the day.

Fant’sy Feast

1:16

Hey Paul, thanks as always for doing these! It’s a big help to get a 2nd opinion sometimes (one that’s not from Dr ElAttrache). Which side do you want in a H2H league? (12tm w/ QS and K/9 instead of W and Ks): Bibee and Sheehan or deGrom and Bubba

Paul Sporer

1:19

Ooh, interesting pairings here. Definitely feels like 1st/4th (deGrom/Bubba) for 2nd/3rd combo. QS hurts Sheehan/Bubba, but then K/9 brings 'em back. I think in a H2H lg, I want a more stable week-to-week floor so I lean toward the Bibee/Sheehan combo. I worry about Bubba's consistency and I'm not sure deGrom can carry the load on his own against the other 2

The Batman

1:19

In a 12 team OC team that has Seiya coming back this week, I want to cut an extra offensive player for a pitcher to stream. Who is the cut: Cole Young or Kyle Isbel? I have good balance offensively and depth at both positions.

Paul Sporer

1:24

Gotta be Isbel. Just do OF-for-OF

Look At This Sotograph

1:24

Feeling good about Taj and Cantillo so far. What's their outlook this year? Also trying out Joe Boyle.

Paul Sporer

1:26

I put Taj in my Bold Predictions so the upside is extreme IMO - https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/paul-sporers-2026-bold-predictions/ Cantillo has a high ceiling, too, but he can't fully reach it until he figures out more consistent control. So I think he'll be a solid, but inconsistent mid-rotation type of guy this year

2-out walk

1:26

Early thoughts on Randy Vazquez?

Paul Sporer

1:30

It at least has my attention because there are some real skills behind it so far - 24% K, 16% SwStr, 15% K-BB. Last year's sub-4.00 ERA always felt super fraudulent bc it came w/a 5% K-BB, but this definitely has more juice. He's done enough to run his next 2 v. COL & SEA and then possibly even the 2-step after that despite it being at COL/at ARI

Kel

1:30

Thoughts on Heliot Ramos? Think he will come around or cut bait for someone like Paredes, House or Adolis?

Paul Sporer

1:30

Need lg context on questions, y'all, that drives so much of the answer

Pete

1:30

If you could trade one and keep one between R. Ray and T. Bradley, would would it be?

Paul Sporer

1:30

Ray's almost certainly get more in the market bc it's only 3 starts for Taj right now

Guest

1:31

Friedl or Wallner in a 5 cat, 12-team OBP league?

Paul Sporer

1:32

Do you need the SB or HR more? If so, that can be the easy decider, but in a vacuum, I lean Wallner

1:32

when will managers learn to just let a starter finish a game? Arrrgghhhh

Paul Sporer

1:33

What really gets me is that he called the pen before he even reached the damn foul line. How does an ace like Sandy not even get a convo???? Brutal move by Clayton and I'm glad karma cooked 'em and they lost. I know it's petty, but I was SO annoyed by that

Guest

1:33

whither Manzardo

Paul Sporer

1:35

Nah, this is who he is and players like him - you can burn & churn if you want bc he was cheap, but this isn't uncharacteristic of his player type.

Jimmy

1:36

Who is the Marlins closer by the end of the year?

Paul Sporer

1:36

Why wouldn't it be Fairbanks?

1:36

Brenton Doyle droppable? 14 team dynasty league. Kept him for cheap in league, 57% owned in yahoo. Too early to give up on the awful ABs?

Paul Sporer

1:38

Too early for me. It's been rough, but also a .211 BABIP. I'm inclined to run another home stand or two before moving off him

Straw

1:38

Conner Griffin, Jordan Walker, or Jac Caglianone. Who put up the best fantasy season at year’s end?

Paul Sporer

1:39

Probably Griffin. His game changing speed really helps on that front. I really want to believe in Walker's changes. Too early to take any sort of win on him, but definitely looking better so far! He'd be second for me

Look At This Sotograph

1:39

Muncy The Younger's Savant sliders have a lot of red...until you get down to the K & whiff stuff. Is can he be productive this year, or is a 35% K rate a bridge too far?

Paul Sporer

1:40

Yes it is. Anything north of 30% and even 30% itself is just so brutal. The best of best power guys can live w/a 30% if they're pilin up the HRs, but it's unlikely that Muncy will do enough to make a 30%+ K rate not crush his line

Dave

1:40

Hey Paul! Thanks for the chat- it’s super early, but how close are you to buying a Jordan Walker breakout? His BABIP is a little high…

Paul Sporer

1:42

BABIP is up, but not crazy at .333. You can maintain something like that when you're beating the absolute piss outta the ball like he is right now. The 31% HR/FB is the real outlier as only a 1-2 guys are up there in a given year

Deep League SBs

1:42

Who would you pick up in a deep 5x5 roto league where I really need some more steals: Jacob Young or Brandon Lockridge?

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