Episode 43 – All Press Is Good Press

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss an experiment in recording procedure, everybody loving Mark Beuhrle, Howie Kendrick’s name changes, Matt believing in Todd Frazier, Dylan believing in Hector Santiago, the overall disappointment of the shortstop position in 2015, Dylan putting his foot in his mouth regarding his rooting interests, Dylan being completely out of the loop on Joc Pederson’s recent hot streak, not trusting Masahiro Tanaka, James Shields’ impressive strikeout rate, Matt mocking Dylan’s picks, and Dylan attempting to play catchup in the contest.

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Agenda

1. Windows 10
2. Reconstructing
3. Daily DFS – Liriano, May
4. Tomorrow’s Targets – DeSclafani, Greene, Forsythe, Marisnick
5. Factor Grid

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It’s not often I have a streak of deep league waiver wire recommendations that have been so ridiculously poor. Let’s recap, shall we?

Last week, I recommended Marc Krauss. The very next day, he was DFA’d.

Two weeks ago, I recommended Drew Stubbs. He was option to Triple-A that night. But that wasn’t all. In that post, I also recommended Tommy Field. He was DFA’d last Saturday. Though I did end my blurb on him by saying, “This is not a long-term recommendation and his opportunity might be shorter than Stubbs’.”

Three weeks ago, I recommended Jackie Bradley Jr. He was sent back to Triple-A nine days later.

Oof, that’s pathetic. It either goes to show you how difficult it is to recommend these types of players or I have just done a terrible job sorting through the trash to uncover a gem. Probably a little of both. Here’s to hoping my streak has ended and better recommendations are in my future!

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Yesterday Kevin Pillar hit two home runs in the second game of the Jays double-header against the Nationals. Beyond power outburst itself, the home run is notable due to my friend Mike ending up with the ball — though it should be said he failed to cleanly catch the ball, despite playing baseball all four years of high school. Upon request he was gracious enough to send me a picture as proof:

On today’s agenda:
1. Quick thoughts on Ender Inciarte
2. Consider Logan Forsythe
3. Bonus blurb
4. Streaming Pitching Options
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• Steve Cishek has been demoted to the minors to work on his mechanics. Specifically, he’ll be moving to Double-A Jacksonville where the Marlins are “hoping pitching coordinator Charlie Corbell (Cishek’s minor-league pitching coach) can help him find his groove.” The Marlins are trying to get Cishek back on track but considering the way A.J. Ramos is pitching, I wouldn’t bet on Cishek returning to the ninth inning quite yet. Ramos allowed three base runners in today’s outing but struck out two en route to a scoreless inning for his fifth save of the year.
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Episode 236

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live!

In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris were a little more free-form. They hit on Adrian Beltre, Joey Gallo, Carlos Correa, Jose Fernandez, Mike Fiers, Jonathan Lucroy, Nick Martinez, Sonny Gray, and Miguel Gonzalez.

Eno’s Latest Piece on Standout Pitches

Paul’s Latest Piece on Jason Hammel

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Jason Hammel was never an elite prospect with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but there was a level of expectation for production that he seemed to fall short of which eventually led to his being traded to Colorado. Predictably, he didn’t flourish there (though he also wasn’t a nightmare, either) and was again traded, this time to Baltimore in 2012. To this point in his career, Hammel was a slightly below league average arm who lacked that reliable offering to thwart lefties consistently and he wasn’t anywhere near dominating righties as a way to make up for it. The move to Baltimore started to turn that tide.

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Most of you know that I love tracking pitches as if they were players. Jeurys Familia‘s slider just got overtaken by the one by thrown by Sergio Santos in whiff rate! David Robertson‘s knuckle curve is now number one in the game by whiffs, not Craig Kimbrel’s! With at least 20 balls in play, no pitch has a bigger grounder rate than the sinkers by Javier Lopez, with Chad Qualls, Charlie Morton, Brad Ziegler and Brad Hand rounding out the top five.

Anyway, I fired up my favorite query for you, and thought I’d point out some notable pitches.

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Episode 42 – A Bit Spoiled

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss weird doubleheaders, notes on doubleheaders in general, looking closer at Wilmer Flores and Jace Peterson, Joey Votto’s beneficial reputation, what Bryce Harper has to do to live up to his price, keeping bullpens in mind when it comes to DFS matchups, Nick Markakis’ weird season, Rickie Weeks’ weirder splits, question marks surrounding Johnny Cueto, and a cameo from Brad’s dog.

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Agenda

1. Fading
2. Daily DFS – Pitchers Aplenty
3. GB / FB Splits
4. Tomorrow’s Targets – E-Rod, Porcello, Joyce, Taylor
5. Factor Grid

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