Chat starts at 1:45 PM ET, but you can get your questions in now!

Agenda

1. RotoGraphs Chat
2. Daily DFS – Wacha, Quintana, Lester, Bassitt, Bettis
3. SaberSim Observations
4. Tomorrow’s Targets – Nicasio, Norris, Lamb, Brito
5. Factor Grid

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Episode 128 – Make Baseball Fun Again

The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live!

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Bryce Harper’s heroics on and off the field, Rich Hill taking a stance against Drake LaRoche and Adam Eaton, Matt using our new sponsor to go see his “friend and life coach” Chase Anderson, the unconvincing case for Michael Wacha, Dae-Ho Lee’s viability, Aaron Sanchez’s vulnerability, and Jon Niese’s potential.

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Every season, in addition to posting my standard bold predictions, I up the ante with my bold league leaders. If you thought nailing a bold prediction was tough, the bold league leaders is even more difficult! Just getting one right is worthy of celebration. Because these are bold, I automatically disqualify players I don’t personally believe should be considered bold. So I challenge myself and it typically causes me to bat .000.

We’ll start with the hitting league leaders in each of the five categories, split up by league.

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Three games a day prior and two postponements couldn’t stand to slow the more holistic Opening Day on Monday. For all but four teams, baseball is officially back, and 2016 is officially here.

Life is as beautiful as Kevin Kiermaier once again.

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• It seemed like a safe guess that Ken Giles would be closing games in Houston after the Astros gave up some real talent (Mark Appel, Vincent Velasquez and others) for him this offseason but A.J. Hinch announced that Luke Gregerson will be the closer to start the year. Baseball wise this might be a solid decision, especially if Giles can be used more freely in the seventh or eighth innings in higher leverage situations.  Gregerson is no slouch though, having saved 31 games in 36 tries last year with a 3.10/2.86/2.71 ERA/FIP/xFIP line. For what it’s worth, Hinch said that Gregerson will be the “primary closer”, which doesn’t suggest a committee but Giles could see save opportunities as well.

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4/4/16

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

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Notable Transactions/Rumors/Articles/Game Play

• Luke Gregerson named closer in HOU (7:45)
  • What to do w/Ken Giles? (8:28)
  • What % of FAAB? (13:00)
• Felix Doubront to DL already (14:37)
• Madison Bumgarner walks five (20:30)
• Quick Takeaways from Yesterday’s Trio of Openers
  • STL-PIT (29:11)
  • TOR-TB (35:50)
  • NYM-KC (41:45)

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• I am still trying to fill in as much information into the disabled list spreadsheet at the end of ht article. I have checked twice and I have all the players added. Right now I am trying to find the information on some lesser known players. Also, I need to do some updates on players who haven’t really seen their status change. I am going to keep updating the sheet and it will hopefully be done in the next day or so.

• Go ahead and bookmark this spreadsheet for April. It will have all the pitcher velocity speed changes from 2015:

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When it comes to fantasy baseball, not all prospects are created equally. In keeper leagues and dynasty leagues it’s important to have strategies around your prospects; you don’t want to just randomly grab a Top 10 or 20 prospect and hope for the best.

Along with skill, knowing a player’s ETA is key. Is the player advanced enough to help in 2016… or is he headed for a 2019 debut? Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is a talented dude but he’s not likely to visit the Great White North until 2020. Chicago (AL) drafted Carson Fulmer in 2015 with the eighth overall pick but he’s considered advanced enough to perhaps help the club in ’17. And then there’s Colorado’s Trevor Story, who is likely to turn the Jose Reyes soap opera and a strong spring into a ’16 starting gig.

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Agenda

1. Annual State of the Grind Address
2. Daily DFS
3. SaberSim Observations
4. Tomorrow’s Targets – Happ, Hill, Valencia, Span
5. Factor Grid

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