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Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

Paul Sporer

1:34

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

The Champ

1:34

Any update on the Beat Paul Sporer league? You’re killing me

Paul Sporer

1:35

I'm picking a date soon. Any days you CANNOT do?

Jake deGrom

1:35

Heard you said Kershaw was in the grandpa tier on the pod. Since I'm only a few months younger, am I hitting grandpa tier this year too?

Paul Sporer

1:37

Mostly tongue in cheek re: grandpa, but it's more related to IP counts where Kershaw dwarfs deGrom by essentially double

Michael

1:37

How concerned are you about how the change from Grandal to Narvaez will affect Woodruff? How are you baking that into your rankings?

Paul Sporer

1:37

I definitely have some trepidation about that. I'm wondering (hoping?) they have some framing tips & tricks to help Narvaez, but I do have to put a little ding on Woodruff for that change

Isotopes

1:38

$2 Gallegos or $2 Kela in an NL only league that has holds as a category?

Paul Sporer

1:40

I'd lean Gallegos with the holds protection

HeyNowYoureanAllStar

1:41

what's your standard strategy for drafting catchers? And how willing are you to deviate from it?

Paul Sporer

1:44

I'm not averse to buying one of those well-regarded top 5: Realmuto, Grandal, Sanchez, Contreras, Garver in some order if it fits my construction.

If none of them make it on the squad, I'm working in that thick middle tier that has tons of guys who are quite similar. I'm not going to FULLY punt and just take 2 late, but it will become less of a priority once the top 5 go.,

Cleveland Fan

1:44

Thanks for the chats. Who has the better chance to start: Urquidy, Montgomery or James?

Paul Sporer

1:46

I feel like Urquidy and Montgomery are damn-near locks for rotation spots as their teams just don't have many ways they can go otherwise while James is fighting for that fifth spot (and has a good chance at it, so I wouldn't even put him tooo far below the other 2)

Bronx Bombers

1:46

keeper question...standard 5x5...my pitching is week overall...can keep 2...Darvish in 9th..devers in the 7th...Urias in 23rd

Paul Sporer

1:48

I'd go with Devers and Urias. I'm pretty big on Darvish, but the price on Urias is just too good to pass

The Champ

1:50

No bad dates really. Early March for BPS would be great!

Paul Sporer

1:50

OK excellent, it's going to be early March so that's perfect

John

1:52

Who do you like most in a points league: Soroka, Sonny Gray, Wheeler, or Hendricks?

Paul Sporer

1:54

Hmm, I'll lean Gray with his K upside over the others (well, Wheeler gets Ks, too, but I still prefer Gray)

Walt

1:56

I'm expecting Severino will be immediately cut in an Ottoneu 5x5 after our auction later this week. At what price would you make a FA bid at him for, assuming he clears waivers?

Paul Sporer

1:57

$2 maybe. By the time he returns, we're looking at two full seasons on the shelf. I understand the talent upside, but I'm not pouring many resources into rostering him and waiting

Cito's Mustache

1:58

I was just offered Scherzer for Hiura & Pearson in a 14-team dynasty points league. I'm probably a top 3 team this year, but just lost Sevy. Villar would be my 2B. Do I take it?

Paul Sporer

1:58

I think that really works. I'd go for that deal!

Brood550

1:59

In a SV/Hlds league would you punt RPs completely and stack starters with the new 3 batter rule?

Paul Sporer

2:00

I'm not averse to a SV/HD punt in a standalone league in general, even without the new 3-batter rule. Don't forget, it's only 3 batters if they don't finish the inning so I think the effect could be overblown a bit, too

Freddy Paid-ralta

2:02

After locking down a nice extension from the Brew Crew, do you think that signals Peralta will start the season in the rotation?

Paul Sporer

2:03

I think they're definitely interested in him starting and if he gets this new slider on lock, he could be pretty good. He's an interesting late-round gamble for me.

Dave

2:03

Do you have any low-price AL only closer gambles you are targeting? Thanks.

Paul Sporer

2:05

Joe Jimenez in DET, Diego Castillo in TB, James Karinchak in CLE, and Ryan Pressly in HOU

Jimenez is the only one of those with the job right now but the others are nice gambles

ProjectionSnob

2:07

I love that we can download projections in nice .csv files from the site, but any way you could tell the powers that be in FG to include players' age and position in those files? It would ease the work load of fantasy baseball geeks like me who build their own spreadsheets every year.

Paul Sporer

2:07

That's a good call out and I'll pass the message along for sure

Mike

2:07

10-Team NL only with $240 budget, keep 3 of the following guys: Will Smith $1, Kingery $1, Robles $19, Grisham $1, Suzuki $1, Weaver $1, May $1, Musgrove $5, Gallegos $1

Paul Sporer

2:08

Is that Will Smith the C? Kingery, Robles, Weaver or replace Weaver with Smith if it's the C and then hammer pitching at auction

Max max IP?

2:11

Bold prediction (or maybe not so bold prediction?) - Scherzer dunks on all of us and coasts back to over 200 IP, while the Sevs and Clevs of the world deal with the IL bug.

Paul Sporer

2:13

Not crazy bold but I think most are operating with a projection that has him below 200 IP

Mike

2:13

Haven't heard much about Pablo Lopez this offseason but he showed some flashes last season. Good sleeper pick again for this year?

Paul Sporer

2:16

I'm definitely in on Lopez this year: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/good-pitches-from-bad-pitchers-pt-2/ and https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/assessing-my-big-differences-with-adp-pt...

Fred

2:19

Expectations for a finally healthy Gregory Polanco?

Paul Sporer

2:24

Man, I've bought in on this hype train many a time. At least he's priced to buy with a pick outside the Top 300. If we get 500+ PA, I'd tab him for 20 HR/12-15 SB

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