JotCast | Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

Paul Sporer

12:29

Good afternoon, everyone! It's time to chat!

Peter

12:29

I need HRs/RBIs, what bat should I be targeting in a trade for Lucas Giolito? Should I wait a start before trading him to get more value?

Paul Sporer

12:30

"Who do I target" qs are really hard bc it's all about what your market will bear, so I don't really know, but you should be able to request a strong power bat

Manny

12:32

OBP League Keeper, would you move Vogelbach straight up for Mallex Smith, given the state of speed?

Paul Sporer

12:32

Ya that definitely works

Ralph

12:33

How good is Caleb Smith as a keeper? Better than Musgrove? Can he reach Nola/Buehler/Flaherty levels?

Paul Sporer

12:33

Yes and yes, with his swing and miss stuff, he can really be a continued top 30

Donjuan

12:33

K Gibson, S Gray and W Miley all have similar availability on the wire. Do you have a strong preference between them?

Paul Sporer

12:33

Not a strong preference, no. I'd lean Gray

Trevor

12:34

Do you expect anything out of Francisco Mejia ROS? Next year?

Paul Sporer

12:34

I've never been a huge fan

Nats

12:34

Does ownership let us sell this time around?

Paul Sporer

12:35

I think they continue to give it a shot and hope for a hot streak

marichal

12:35

What are your expectations for Jimmy Nelson ROY?

Paul Sporer

12:36

Once up and locked in, I think he can be a 3.75ish ERA arm with good Ks

Donjuan

12:37

How great is Giolito? I saw his last game and he seems pretty legit to me.

Paul Sporer

12:37

I'm a fan. Nick & I just discussed him on the pod (out later this afternoon) and I wrote him up early in May: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/lucas-giolito-is-on-the-radar/

Kyle

12:38

Hi Paul, thanks as always for taking the time to chat with us. I think we all take for granted how much work you guys and gals do for the fantasy baseball community to get us the best content possible. We should be much more appreciative than we are.

Paul Sporer

12:38

Thanks for that! That's a really nice msg.

Siri

12:38

Please explain Jesse Winker. Career low BB rate, career low babip. Yet, we're a third of the season into the books. What gives?

Paul Sporer

12:40

I'm not tooo worried about it. He's not necessarily selling out for power, but does have a 26% HR/FB. A quarter of his hits (10 of 42) going for HRs is impacting the BABIP since homers don't go into BABIP. I'm inclined to still buy here

Desmond

12:40

Hey Paul! Any worries about Domingo German’s workload? Was around 93 total IP last season and 120 in ‘17. Already at 60 this year.

Paul Sporer

12:42

I think he'll be OK for about 170. There will probably be some skips and maybe even an IL stint, but I think he's fine

Donjuan

12:42

Have you thought about having a ROS pitching ranking post, where you update the ranks daily? I think it would be extremely well viewed.

Paul Sporer

12:42

I'd die.

Evan

12:42

Will Joey Votto turn it around?

Paul Sporer

12:42

Not to Vottoian levels, IMO

AllHeaters

12:42

Do you think if the astros number 5 starter continues to be a problem we see josh james in the rotation at some point this year? Or do they need him too much as a swing man

Paul Sporer

12:42

Oh I absolutely think he gets some starts this year

Phil Plantier

12:43

In a 20 team dynasty league, is Montas, Taylor Trammel, Marco Luciano and the 15th pick in the first year player draft a fair offer for Gerritt Cole?

Paul Sporer

12:43

I'm not a huge dynasty leaguer, but it feels a bit light

Siri

12:43

Franmil Reyes or Jorge Soler in H2H categories obp league?

Paul Sporer

12:45

Not sure there's a difference in skills so I'd move to soft factors like division context, which pushes me closer to Soler

Brandon

12:47

Hey Paul, free agency is pretty scarce in my league (we do monthly auctions so moves are limited). Do you like Bassitt or Mahle more for the next month?

Paul Sporer

12:47

Eyeballing it, Cincy has a better setup so Mahle by a hair

bleepbloop

12:47

10 tm keep forever 5x5+ OPSxQS. Which side do you prefer: Acuna + Castillo vs. Arenado + Conforto?

Paul Sporer

12:47

That's a fair deal, but I'm leaning Arenado/Conforto

Tee

12:48

Thanks for the chat! Obp al league, could you rank Forsythe, Lourdes Gurriel, Derek Fisher?