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Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

Paul Sporer

1:03

Baseball has a start time, let's talk about it!!

Fleece Johnson

1:03

Any chance you can help get the new TheBATX in auction calculator?

Paul Sporer

1:03

I will mention it today!

Fleece Johnson

1:04

What strategy changes are you making in casual home leagues based on 60 games? Do any player types/positions move up your board compared to normal?

Paul Sporer

1:05

I haven't made any changes to that effect, but my overall strategy in-season is going to change as I'm going to be moving a lot quicker. Obviously, I'm not cutting my #1 pick if he goes 0-fer in the first 6 games, but the last few rounds of players are getting a week or 2, the couple rounds before that are getting 2-3 wks, and so on

1:07

seems like a lot of people are selling for next year even with the season planned because it won't feel as legitimate. thoughts?

Paul Sporer

1:08

In fantasy or real baseball? I'm not just going to give up this year because it's shorter. If I can win a title, I'm gonna go for it

As for real baseball, I'd imagine teams should be pushing harder because the small season volatility makes several fringe teams viable

Joe

1:13

Holy shit baseball

Paul Sporer

1:13

!!!!

This is going to be a wild ride, but let's do itttttt

Launch Angle

1:13

will we see a lot of short starts in first 30 games? taking 1st in wins pitching category might be super hard to project

Paul Sporer

1:14

It's always pretty hard, but yes I think this will make it even more difficult.

Joe

1:14

60 games is going to make us wonder why we ever played 162

Paul Sporer

1:14

I disagree. Players need the long season for insane volatility to smooth out

Matt W.

1:17

NFBC announced their plans going forward. Moshttps://nfbcforums.shgn.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22468

Paul Sporer

1:17

I was actually JUST reading that, so thank you for posting

Zack

1:17

Would do a one off season if ur in dynasty or just roll with the circumstances

Paul Sporer

1:18

Yes I've heard the single season league idea for dynasty leagues. Leave their current dynasty intact but then play a one off league for this wildness.

Matt W.

1:18

Do you think there will potential FA's just sit out the season to prevent injury. Like the NBA is seeing?

Paul Sporer

1:20

I think we could see some. There's still soooooooooooooo much to be settled before we even hit the field. I don't think we'll see a rash of them, but I could see a one off or two FA doing it

RMR

1:21

Keeper league that keeps ~120 players each year. I'm toying with the idea of going significantly more for youth / upside in the draft than I normally would (i.e. taking basically no vets unless they have upside and profile as a possible keeper). Thinking being that I'll end up with a couple of nice long-term keepers and I could end up competing anyway given the season is so short and weird things are bound to happen. Our league is also talking about decreasing (or even eliminating) the buy-in this year, which makes this strategy easier to stomach. Thoughts?

Paul Sporer

1:22

I'm honestly open to trying any type of strategy this year and considering that this one could also aid you the following year, I say go for itttt!!

Joe

1:22

If you're in a keeper league, what do you think about pausing the entire league for this year, doing a redraft, then going into 2021 with whatever team you started the "real" 2020 season with?

Paul Sporer

1:22

Totally get it. I was just mentioning that a bit earlier in chat and think it's definitely a reasonable idea

RMR

1:22

Assuming nothing goes way wrong in the next week or so, have they said when actual ST games would resume (vs. a date for just showing up and starting camp again)?

Paul Sporer

1:23

Let's not assume that because that will break out hearts. Shit will DEFINITELY go wrong, but that said, they're eyeing a start in a month (late July)

Jen

1:23

is baseball back?

Paul Sporer

1:23

kinda sorta yaaa!!!

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1:25

do you consider the new rangers stadium to be more like a grill or a barn?

Paul Sporer

1:25

pardon?

Jim

1:28

Clevinger for Cy?

Paul Sporer

1:28

He's VERY much a candidate, I love ClevDog

RMR

1:28

Right, I saw the July 24th start for regular season, I meant for spring (or summer) training games.

Paul Sporer

1:28

Oh I have no idea what spring II is supposed to look like

RMR

1:29

What are we to do with prospects in the upper minors (Pearson, Gore, Bohm, Howard, etc.) at the moment in terms of valuing them? Seems like no one knows if these guys will be up sooner or not at all now. Just wait and hope we get more info from the teams once ST resumes?

Paul Sporer

1:29

Yeah I think we have to give it some time to hear from the teams regarding taxi squads and all that. There won't be any minors so it's going to be a weird setup

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1:32

What player is going to get boosted up like crazy in 2021 based on 2020 small sample and why is it Buxton?

Paul Sporer

1:32

looooooooooooool Buxton is finally gonna go off and then be a 2nd round pick next year

J.D. Martin

1:34

For leagues drafting now, Trout has to fall from the preseason rankings right? His wife is pregnant and due in August and he'll surely miss some time

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