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Paul Sporer Rotographs Chat

Paul Sporer

3:09

Welcome, everyone! Pardon the late start, but we're here and ready to chat!!

ScottTINSTAAPP

3:09

Baseball!

Paul Sporer

3:09

Woooo!!!!

ScottTINSTAAPP

3:09

Sight unseen on two of them, but do you have a preference between Javier, Ponce de Leon and Sandoval?

Paul Sporer

3:10

I prefer Sandoval, but I'm keeping an eye on Javier. I actually learned of him via MLB The Show interestingly enough. I realize video game success doesn't equal real life success, but it put him on my radar so I'm eager to see how he does tonight.

McP

3:12

Garrett Hampson barely seeing the field. How many times am I going to get the Rockies wrong before I learn my lesson?

Paul Sporer

3:12

LOL, fool me 4,713 times, shame on Colorado!!!!!

Cactus Bill

3:12

Start Dustin May tonight at the Astro?

Paul Sporer

3:12

Start/sit questions require context, y'all. I have no idea the league type so it's not really easy to answer.

Salty

3:13

Over/Under Whitley gets called up and starts within the next 10 days.

Paul Sporer

3:13

I'll take the over. I feel like if they really wanted him up, he'd have taken this spot Javier is in

ScottTINSTAAPP

3:13

Collateral damage from the pandemic...got addicted to OOTP and Perfect Team

Paul Sporer

3:13

Silver lining to the otherwise awful pandemic you mean, right?

Was Happenin

3:13

Thanks for doing this! Who would you rather take a flier on: Ian Happ or David Fletcher? Could Fletcher be this year's LeMachine?

Paul Sporer

3:15

You're welcome, thanks for coming out! I'm going Happ. I've been a big fan for a few years now and I think his power will give him the edge over Fletcher. I will say, Fletcher is intriguing especially with guaranteed playing time while Andrelton is on the IL, but it's basically AVG only

Jonah hill

3:15

When are we gonna see major prospect call ups (Madrigal, Carlson, Adell et al)? With Pearson starting tonight aren’t we already past the service time cutoff? With expanded playoffs what gives?

Paul Sporer

3:15

Yeah today is the cut off for the extra year of service time so we'll start seeing them as the players are needed

Guessing call ups in a normal season is damn near impossible so this weird ass season will be even tougher IMO so we just gotta wait and see

Kevin

3:16

Workman oddly dropped in my league. Drop Burdi or Daniel Hudson for him? Thanks!

Paul Sporer

3:16

I'm keeping Burdi for sure. I could see dropping Hudson as I haven't seen anything declaring him the locked in closer

Quarantino Martinez

3:16

How far is Morton slipping? People are saying tb starters aren't stretched out, but I'm scared.

Paul Sporer

3:18

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some concern. Nearly 3 mph off the fastball for a 36-year old w/extensive injury history is a bit worrisome. Need more than 1 start to act on anything but I'm keeping a close eye on him

Quarantino Martinez

3:22

Al only: Morton and shed long for semien and bassitt?

Paul Sporer

3:22

Pretty fair deal. If you're trying to get out from under Morton bc you're worried, this is def a legit deal to do it

Kevin

3:22

What do you see out of Teoscar? Statcast loves him and he seems to be getting a good opportunity for PT this season. Take him over Kyle Tucker?

Paul Sporer

3:24

Dude rakes and has a little speed to his game as well. I still think his plate profile is such that he'll be prone to slumps and a mediocre-at-best batting average, but if you want some big pop w/a touch of speed, he's good for that. If Tucker was a full-timer, I'd take him easily, but since he's not and Yordan Alvarez is working his way back, I'm inclined to lean Teoscar by a hair here

billyhaze

3:24

Hi everyone,

Paul Sporer

3:24

Billy Haze here for OxiClean!

Jacoby's Ladder

3:24

How much stock you putting in Jacoby Jones?

Paul Sporer

3:27

A little as he can hit some and has regular playing time, but I'm not getting him in 10- or 12-team mixers

Kevin

3:28

With Wood on the DL, May's spot in the rotation seems secure for the foreseeable future. Where does that development put him as far as SP rankings? Top 30 possible?

Paul Sporer

3:29

Top 30 would take a lot. Will the Dodgers do their normal innings management stuff or just let him go 5+ regularly? There's definitely upside and he's must-roster in all formats, but I can't see top 30 just yet

hashtagoh

3:29

How long until Shohei is back to normal? Do you think it was just rust for the two-way stud?

Paul Sporer

3:29

It's just one start and his first since '18. It was BRUTAL, no two ways around it, but let's see a few starts before we worry too much

Mike Hawk

3:29

You buying Merrill Kelly's performance yesterday?

Paul Sporer

3:30

In terms of what? Elevating him up the rankings? No. It was a solid outing and he can be a reasonable streamer in deeper leagues, but I don't see this outing as a springboard into all-formats viability

Slippin' Jimmy

3:30

Better play ROS: Niko Goodrum or Shed Long ROS? OBP league

Paul Sporer

3:33

(Sorry for delay, my pizza was ready in the oven)

3:34

I don't see the profiles as terribly different so gimme the guy with more eligibility - Goodrum

mokajige

3:34

Pearson up. Rumors that Spencer Howard was going to pitch on Friday. Hear anything about Gore or expectations as to when he might get called up?

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