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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1047 – Keep or Cut: Hitters

5/3/22

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Boxscore Bits: May 3rd, 2022

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from Monday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Monday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Jake Odorizzi HOU 6.2 4 0 0 0 1 3 22 0.00 0.75 1 92.3 7%
2 Steven Matz STL 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 23 0.00 0.67 1 94.6 12%
3 Dylan Cease CHW 7 1 0 0 0 0 11 23 0.00 0.14 1 96.9 11%
4 Zack Greinke KCR 6 3 1 1 1 0 1 20 1.50 0.50 0 88.5 3%
5 Chris Paddack MIN 5.1 4 1 1 0 1 3 21 1.69 0.94 1 93.2 10%
6 Tyler Wells BAL 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 18 1.80 0.80 0 94 11%
7 Drew Rasmussen TBR 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 17 1.80 0.40 1 95.4 6%
8 Zac Gallen ARI 6.1 5 2 2 0 0 5 25 2.84 0.79 1 94.4 94.6 8%
9 Max Fried ATL 6 4 2 2 1 0 6 23 3.00 0.67 1 94 93.7 17%
10 Jordan Montgomery NYY 5 6 2 2 0 0 5 20 3.60 1.20 0 92.6 92.5 20%
11 Chris Bassitt NYM 7 6 3 3 1 1 8 28 3.86 1.00 0 92.2 92.1 11%
12 Ross Stripling TOR 4 5 2 2 1 0 3 18 4.50 1.25 0 92.2 89.1 14%
13 Marco Gonzales SEA 6 8 3 3 2 2 2 28 4.50 1.67 0 88.1 4%
14 Patrick Sandoval LAA 6 6 3 3 0 3 2 26 4.50 1.50 0 93.3 93.3 8%
15 Pablo Lopez MIA 4.2 6 4 4 1 2 7 21 7.71 1.71 0 92.4 92.5 19%
16 Daulton Jefferies OAK 5 11 6 6 1 0 4 26 10.80 2.20 0 91.8 93.1 9%
Sorted by ERA

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Boxscore Bits: May 2nd, 2022

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from the weekend’s games:

FOR STARTERS

The Weekend’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Marcus Stroman CHC 7 2 0 0 0 1 5 22 0.00 0.43 1 92.6 91.7 7%
2 Nathan Eovaldi BOS 7 3 0 0 0 0 8 25 0.00 0.43 0 97 16%
3 Merrill Kelly 켈리 ARI 7 2 0 0 0 0 4 25 0.00 0.29 1 92.2 92.3 12%
4 Triston McKenzie CLE 6.1 4 0 0 0 1 7 25 0.00 0.79 1 93.1 9%
5 Josh Winder MIN 6 2 0 0 0 1 7 20 0.00 0.50 1 95.6 11%
6 Gerrit Cole NYY 6 5 0 0 0 2 6 26 0.00 1.17 1 97 10%
7 Adrian Houser MIL 6 2 0 0 0 3 6 23 0.00 0.83 1 94.9 94.2 7%
8 Josiah Gray WSN 6 1 0 0 0 4 3 23 0.00 0.83 1 94 10%
9 Vince Velasquez CHW 5.2 4 0 0 0 0 6 20 0.00 0.71 1 94 91.6 15%
10 Tylor Megill NYM 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 18 0.00 0.60 1 95.6 14%
11 Taijuan Walker NYM 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 17 0.00 0.80 0 94.5 94.4 11%
12 Zach Davies ARI 5 3 2 0 0 1 2 20 0.00 0.80 0 89.3 8%
13 Walker Buehler LAD 5 6 0 0 0 1 5 22 0.00 1.40 1 95.8 96.1 14%
14 Kyle Gibson PHI 4.1 2 1 0 0 5 3 22 0.00 1.62 0 91 91.1 8%
15 Rich Hill BOS 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 13 0.00 0.25 0 88.7 8%
16 Dane Dunning TEX 7.2 3 1 1 0 0 7 27 1.17 0.39 1 90.9 14%
17 Joe Musgrove SDP 7 7 1 1 0 0 8 28 1.29 1.00 1 92.9 92.3 16%
18 Eric Lauer MIL 7 5 1 1 1 1 11 26 1.29 0.86 1 94 21%
19 Shane Bieber CLE 7 7 1 1 1 1 7 28 1.29 1.14 0 91.3 16%
20 Kyle Freeland COL 7 4 1 1 1 1 4 24 1.29 0.71 1 90.2 90.5 13%
21 Antonio Senzatela COL 6.1 7 1 1 0 2 1 26 1.42 1.42 1 93.1 6%
22 Clayton Kershaw LAD 6 4 1 1 0 2 7 24 1.50 1.00 0 90.5 9%
23 Jesús Luzardo MIA 6 2 1 1 1 2 5 21 1.50 0.67 1 96.8 95.5 6%
24 Corey Kluber TBR 6 1 1 1 0 0 6 19 1.50 0.17 1 89.8 16%
25 Mitch Keller PIT 6 5 1 1 0 0 5 23 1.50 0.83 0 97 7%
26 Jordan Lyles BAL 6 7 1 1 0 3 6 28 1.50 1.67 1 92.2 90.3 12%
27 Cole Irvin OAK 6 6 1 1 0 2 4 23 1.50 1.33 0 91 90.7 7%
28 José Berríos TOR 5.2 7 1 1 1 2 5 27 1.59 1.59 1 93.4 93.6 9%
29 Logan Gilbert SEA 5.2 3 1 1 1 4 5 24 1.59 1.24 1 95.7 6%
30 Connor Overton CIN 5.1 3 1 1 0 2 3 18 1.69 0.94 0 92.1 91.9 9%
31 Tyler Anderson LAD 5 5 1 1 0 1 3 20 1.80 1.20 1 90.1 90.1 13%
32 Madison Bumgarner ARI 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 19 1.80 0.80 1 90.9 6%
33 Nestor Cortes NYY 5 8 2 1 0 0 3 22 1.80 1.60 1 90 6%
34 Beau Brieske DET 5 3 1 1 1 2 3 20 1.80 1.00 0 94.4 2%
35 Spenser Watkins BAL 4.2 5 1 1 0 1 3 20 1.93 1.29 0 92.3 9%
36 Chris Archer MIN 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 17 2.25 1.25 0 94 10%
37 Miles Mikolas STL 7.1 4 2 2 2 0 7 26 2.45 0.55 0 93 92.8 8%
38 Corbin Burnes MIL 7 4 2 2 1 1 10 26 2.57 0.71 0 96.3 20%
39 Kevin Gausman TOR 7 6 2 2 0 0 10 27 2.57 0.86 1 95 21%
40 Luis Garcia HOU 6 5 2 2 2 1 5 24 3.00 1.00 0 93.5 11%
41 Kyle Bradish BAL 6 5 3 2 1 1 2 23 3.00 1.00 0 10%
42 Ian Anderson ATL 6 3 2 2 1 2 5 23 3.00 0.83 1 94.1 12%
43 Jimmy Herget LAA 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 10 3.00 0.33 0 91.3 91.5 9%
44 Michael Lorenzen LAA 8.1 9 3 3 0 2 2 34 3.24 1.32 1 94.3 93.7 8%
45 Taylor Hearn TEX 5 4 2 2 0 3 6 21 3.60 1.40 1 94.3 93.1 10%
46 Chad Kuhl COL 7.1 5 3 3 2 0 4 26 3.68 0.68 1 94.1 93.6 7%
47 Sean Manaea SDP 6.2 5 3 3 0 3 6 27 4.05 1.20 0 91.2 9%
48 Framber Valdez HOU 6.1 2 3 3 1 2 2 24 4.26 0.63 0 93.1 93.5 6%
49 Lucas Giolito CHW 6 7 3 3 2 1 7 24 4.50 1.33 0 93.9 15%
50 Aaron Nola PHI 6 7 3 3 1 0 9 23 4.50 1.17 0 92.2 89.7 11%
51 Adam Wainwright STL 6 4 3 3 0 5 4 25 4.50 1.50 0 88.1 88.1 5%
52 Yu Darvish SDP 6 8 3 3 0 1 5 27 4.50 1.50 1 95 94.7 11%
53 Logan Webb SFG 6 11 3 3 0 1 3 27 4.50 2.00 1 92 91 12%
54 Carlos Hernandez KCR 4 4 3 2 0 5 3 19 4.50 2.25 0 95.1 92.3 9%
55 Aaron Sanchez WSN 5 6 3 3 1 0 4 20 5.40 1.20 1 93.9 92.5 7%
56 Shane McClanahan TBR 5 4 3 3 2 2 11 21 5.40 1.20 0 97.3 17%
57 JT Brubaker PIT 5 5 3 3 1 1 4 21 5.40 1.20 0 92.8 93.3 9%
58 Robbie Ray SEA 5 4 3 3 0 4 8 23 5.40 1.60 0 93.8 13%
59 Kris Bubic KCR 5 4 3 3 2 0 3 19 5.40 0.80 0 92 6%
60 Elieser Hernandez MIA 5 5 3 3 0 1 5 21 5.40 1.20 1 91.5 9%
61 Daniel Lynch KCR 5 4 3 3 1 1 4 20 5.40 1.00 0 93.7 93.8 11%
62 Luis Severino NYY 5 7 4 3 1 1 4 24 5.40 1.60 0 96.3 11%
63 Jordan Hicks STL 3.1 2 2 2 2 2 4 14 5.40 1.20 0 98 98.5 8%
64 Max Scherzer NYM 6 5 4 4 3 1 9 23 6.00 1.00 1 94.2 20%
65 Justin Steele CHC 3 7 4 2 0 1 4 18 6.00 2.67 0 92.5 91.9 12%
66 Nick Pivetta BOS 4.1 6 3 3 0 0 5 18 6.23 1.38 0 92.7 6%
67 Bryce Elder ATL 4.1 4 3 3 1 3 1 18 6.23 1.62 0 92.4 7%
68 Eduardo Rodriguez DET 5.2 8 6 4 0 0 5 27 6.35 1.41 0 92.3 91.8 4%
69 José Urquidy HOU 5 7 4 4 1 1 6 24 7.20 1.60 1 93.9 16%
70 Dallas Keuchel CHW 5 6 4 4 1 5 1 24 7.20 2.20 0 87.2 5%
71 Sandy Alcantara MIA 5.2 6 5 5 2 4 6 25 7.94 1.76 0 96.9 96.1 13%
72 Zach Thompson PIT 4.1 3 4 4 1 2 3 18 8.31 1.15 0 92.9 92.5 9%
73 Hunter Greene CIN 4.1 6 4 4 2 4 6 24 8.31 2.31 0 97.2 13%
74 Dylan Bundy MIN 6 7 6 6 2 2 7 26 9.00 1.50 0 89.8 90 15%
75 Frankie Montas OAK 5 5 5 5 2 4 6 23 9.00 1.80 0 96.1 95.5 8%
76 Alex Wood SFG 5 8 5 5 1 1 3 24 9.00 1.80 0 92.8 9%
77 Joan Adon WSN 4 4 4 4 0 3 5 21 9.00 1.75 0 95 12%
78 Jose Suarez LAA 4 8 4 4 2 2 4 22 9.00 2.50 0 93.5 92 12%
79 Zach Eflin PHI 4.1 8 6 5 0 1 3 22 10.38 2.08 0 92.9 92.5 6%
80 Josh Fleming TBR 3.2 5 6 5 1 3 1 19 12.27 2.18 0 93.3 92.8 7%
81 Kyle Hendricks CHC 4.1 7 6 6 3 2 2 22 12.46 2.08 0 87.2 86.6 8%
82 Aaron Civale CLE 4 7 6 6 1 1 3 21 13.50 2.00 0 90.7 90.8 7%
83 Yusei Kikuchi TOR 2.2 4 4 4 1 3 4 15 13.50 2.63 0 95 17%
84 Alex Cobb SFG 0.2 4 5 1 0 3 0 10 13.50 10.50 0 95 8%
85 Tyler Alexander DET 2.1 3 4 4 2 2 1 12 15.43 2.14 0 90.2 89.9 6%
86 James Kaprielian OAK 2 3 4 4 0 4 2 14 18.00 3.50 0 93.6 93.8 5%
87 Garrett Richards TEX 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 6 18.00 3.00 0 94 18%
88 Kyle Muller ATL 2.2 4 7 7 0 6 3 19 23.63 3.75 0 95 11%
89 Matt Brash SEA 2 7 6 6 1 2 3 13 27.00 4.50 0 96.4 18%
90 Reiver Sanmartin CIN 0.2 6 6 6 1 2 0 10 81.00 12.00 0 90.5 90 7%
Sorted by ERA

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1046 – Guestisode ft. Michael Govier

4/30/22

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1045 – Fireside Chat – 4 Arms to Watch (+ a bonus 5th!)

4/29/22

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Boxscore Bits: April 29th, 2022

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Thursday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Zack Wheeler PHI 6 1 0 0 0 4 7 22 0.00 0.83 1 95.6 95 11%
2 Freddy Peralta MIL 6 3 0 0 0 0 7 21 0.00 0.50 0 93.8 13%
3 Dakota Hudson STL 6 1 0 0 0 3 4 22 0.00 0.67 1 91.7 92.5 8%
4 Garrett Whitlock BOS 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 16 0.00 2.00 0 95.4 13%
5 Bruce Zimmermann BAL 4.1 5 4 0 0 1 5 21 0.00 1.38 0 90.8 90.6 11%
6 Alek Manoah TOR 7 3 0 0 0 1 7 25 0.00 0.57 1 94.3 93.2 13%
7 Martin Perez TEX 7 2 1 1 0 0 4 23 1.29 0.29 0 93.5 93 7%
8 Justin Verlander HOU 7 4 1 1 0 0 8 25 1.29 0.57 1 95.6 12%
9 Brad Keller KCR 7 3 1 1 1 0 3 22 1.29 0.43 0 93.4 93.4 7%
10 Kyle Wright ATL 7 3 1 1 0 4 8 26 1.29 1.00 1 95.3 94 10%
11 Cal Quantrill CLE 6 4 3 1 0 3 4 25 1.50 1.17 0 92 92.2 3%
12 Trevor Rogers MIA 6 2 1 1 0 2 4 21 1.50 0.67 1 93.8 8%
13 José Quintana PIT 5 4 1 1 1 0 9 19 1.80 0.80 0 91 90.6 18%
14 Reid Detmers LAA 5 2 1 1 1 1 4 18 1.80 0.60 1 94.2 9%
15 Bailey Ober MIN 3.2 6 1 1 0 2 3 19 2.45 2.18 0 91.9 15%
16 Chris Flexen 플렉센 SEA 6.2 6 2 2 0 2 4 26 2.70 1.20 0 92.2 15%
17 Patrick Corbin WSN 6 4 3 2 0 2 8 25 3.00 1.00 0 90.4 91.6 14%
18 Austin Gomber COL 6 3 3 2 1 1 6 22 3.00 0.67 0 90.6 8%
19 Jeffrey Springs TBR 2.2 3 1 1 0 0 3 11 3.38 1.13 0 92.8 12%
20 Nick Martinez SDP 5 5 2 2 0 2 5 20 3.60 1.40 1 92.5 92.3 12%
21 Michael Kopech CHW 5 3 2 2 0 4 3 22 3.60 1.40 0 95.2 7%
22 Jameson Taillon NYY 4.2 7 2 2 0 1 4 22 3.86 1.71 0 94.2 93.9 10%
23 Drew Smyly CHC 4.2 5 2 2 2 1 4 20 3.86 1.29 0 92.4 20%
24 Tyler Mahle CIN 5.1 6 3 3 0 2 5 23 5.06 1.50 0 93.1 11%
25 Tarik Skubal DET 5 6 6 3 0 2 4 24 5.40 1.60 0 93.8 94.1 11%
26 Humberto Castellanos ARI 2 5 5 5 0 1 0 13 22.50 3.00 0 88 89.7 5%
Sorted by ERA

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Boxscore Bits: April 28th, 2022

Jordan Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from Wednesday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Wednesday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Paul Blackburn OAK 5 3 0 0 0 1 4 18 0.00 0.80 1 92.7 91.8 13%
2 Jakob Junis – as RP SFG 5 4 0 0 0 1 6 19 0.00 1.00 0 90.6 16%
3 Mark Leiter CHC 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 1.50 0 92.2 91.9 0%
4 Pablo López MIA 6 3 0 0 0 1 6 21 0.00 0.67 1 91.6 92.2 11%
5 Dillon Peters PIT 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00 0.50 0 93.3 92.6 0%
6 Zac Gallen ARI 6 2 0 0 0 2 5 23 0.00 0.67 0 94.7 10%
7 Joe Ryan MIN 7 1 0 0 0 1 9 23 0.00 0.29 1 93 13%
8 Drew Rasmussen TBR 6 2 0 0 0 1 9 21 0.00 0.50 1 96.9 23%
9 Michael Wacha BOS 6 4 1 1 0 2 5 24 1.50 1.00 1 93.7 92.7 12%
10 Julio Urías LAD 6 1 1 1 1 2 4 21 1.50 0.50 0 92.5 9%
11 Aaron Ashby MIL 5.2 1 1 1 0 5 6 22 1.59 1.06 0 96.2 95.2 11%
12 Ross Stripling TOR 5 5 1 1 0 0 7 20 1.80 1.00 0 92.4 89.9 17%
13 MacKenzie Gore SDP 5 5 1 1 0 2 10 22 1.80 1.40 1 95.4 15%
14 Dylan Cease CHW 6 3 2 2 0 3 9 24 3.00 1.00 0 96.9 18%
15 Jordan Montgomery NYY 5.2 4 2 2 1 0 4 22 3.18 0.71 0 92.7 92.2 13%
16 Cristian Javier HOU 5 4 2 2 1 2 4 20 3.60 1.20 1 94.6 12%
17 Shohei Ohtani LAA 5 5 2 2 1 1 4 21 3.60 1.20 1 96.9 8%
18 Tyler Wells BAL 5 3 2 2 1 0 4 18 3.60 0.60 0 93.4 8%
19 Erick Fedde WSN 4.2 3 2 2 1 3 5 19 3.86 1.29 0 92.4 8%
20 Glenn Otto TEX 4.1 4 2 2 1 2 5 19 4.15 1.38 0 92.5 92.9 13%
21 Zack Greinke KCR 6 5 3 3 1 0 4 24 4.50 0.83 0 88.8 10%
22 Ranger Suárez PHI 6 7 3 3 1 1 3 24 4.50 1.33 1 93.6 92.5 9%
23 Michael Pineda DET 5 7 4 4 3 0 2 21 7.20 1.40 0 90.3 14%
24 Ryan Feltner COL 5 7 4 4 1 2 7 23 7.20 1.80 0 94.2 91.7 11%
25 Steven Matz STL 4 6 4 4 0 2 6 20 9.00 2.00 0 93.7 13%
26 Sam Long SFG 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 9.00 1.00 0 94.4 24%
27 Charlie Morton ATL 2.1 4 3 3 0 4 1 14 11.57 3.43 0 94.8 94.2 4%
28 Vladimir Gutierrez CIN 4 5 6 6 1 6 2 22 13.50 2.75 0 91.7 7%
29 Zach Plesac CLE 3.2 7 7 6 1 2 2 21 14.73 2.45 0 92.4 3%
30 Carlos Carrasco NYM 3.2 8 8 7 0 2 3 23 17.18 2.73 0 93.1 93.4 13%
31 Marco Gonzales SEA 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 27.00 6.00 0 89.4 18%
Sorted by ERA

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Paul Sporer Baseball Chat – April 27th, 2022

Transcript is below!

1:03

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, welcome to this week’s chat!

1:09

Nate: It’s still April for Kelenic and Brendan Rodgers, right? Lol

1:09

Paul Sporer: It is, but I understand moving on in shallower formats

1:09

Jason: Hi Paul, thanks for doing this! Couple questions.

1:09

Jason: Has Nick Pratto been surpassed by Vinnie P as KC next 1B?

1:10

Paul Sporer: For the short-term, I think so. Was just discussing it on my stream this morning bc we were looking at Santana’s struggles. Vinnie Pasquantino is raking while Pratto hasn’t been so I think he’d get the first call

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1044 – Young Guns on the Rise

4/26/22

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Boxscore Bits: April 26th, 2022

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

A few thoughts on the games from Monday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Monday’s Starters
# Name Team IP H R ER HR BB SO TBF ERA WHIP W vFA (pi) vSI (pi) SwStr%
1 Max Scherzer NYM 7 2 0 0 0 1 10 25 0.00 0.43 0 94.1 18%
2 Miles Mikolas STL 7 4 0 0 0 1 5 27 0.00 0.71 0 93.9 92.7 10%
3 Michael Lorenzen LAA 6 3 0 0 0 4 3 23 0.00 1.17 1 95.6 94.7 11%
4 Framber Valdez HOU 6 4 1 0 0 2 5 25 0.00 1.00 0 94.1 93.6 10%
5 Corbin Burnes MIL 6.2 2 0 0 0 2 11 24 0.00 0.60 0 96.4 25%
6 Walker Buehler LAD 9 3 0 0 0 0 10 31 0.00 0.33 1 95.2 94.9 12%
7 Sam Long SFG 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.00 1.00 0 95.5 17%
8 Kyle Freeland COL 5 6 4 1 1 1 7 24 1.80 1.40 0 90.6 90.6 11%
9 Nathan Eovaldi BOS 7 5 2 2 2 0 5 24 2.57 0.71 0 97.3 14%
10 José Berríos TOR 7 5 2 2 0 1 4 26 2.57 0.86 0 94.3 94.3 12%
11 Kyle Gibson PHI 5.2 3 2 2 2 2 4 21 3.18 0.88 1 91.7 91.5 15%
12 Dane Dunning TEX 5.2 5 2 2 1 1 5 23 3.18 1.06 0 88.5 10%
13 Shane Bieber CLE 6.1 7 3 3 2 2 6 28 4.26 1.42 0 91.8 10%
14 Merrill Kelly 켈리 ARI 6 7 3 3 0 2 4 26 4.50 1.50 0 92.2 92.1 7%
Sorted by ERA

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