Author Archive: Paul Sporer

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7/6/21

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Eddie Rosario to IL (2:00)
  • Oscar Mercado as a replacement
• Yasmani Grandal exits w/calf strain (9:00)
• Sixto Sánchez’s season is over (15:18)

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Most platforms have a feature where you can click something by the player’s name to put them on a virtual watchlist. It is smart to use this feature before the season starts because once it starts you be sorting by stats and you could miss out on someone you really want about to get a new role because you sorted by PA and he just didn’t show very high.

• Previous Watchlists

Willy Adames stayed hot with another big week, hitting .308/.455/.692 including 3 HR and 10 RBIs since his inclusion in last week’s Watchlist.

SHALLOW LEAGUES (mixed leagues – 10 or fewer teams)

Austin Hays | OF, BAL

Hays has had a huge platoon split this year with a 1.013 OPS vL and just a .604 vR but it hasn’t always been like this as his career marks are .793/.721, respectively. He is surging of late with an .892 OPS and 3 HR in his last 50 PA. I always love having Baltimore bats in the summer, especially when they are at home and the ball is flying at Camden Yards. If you are bought in on the lefty/righty thing (though you really shouldn’t give it too much credence) he does have 3 southpaws in the first 4 games next week.

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7/1/21

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• José Urquidy to IL (5:20)
• Harrison Bader returning for Coors series (8:54)
• Chris Sale nearing rehab (14:25)
• Tony Santillan sent to AAA (21:50)
• Michael Kopech returns, back to bullpen (24:17)
• Best day ever for Trea Turner (27:06)

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6/29/21

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• Corey Dickerson traded to TOR (3:07)
• Dodgers plan to slowplay Corey Seager’s return (10:30)
• Ketel Marte to IL/Kole Calhoun starting a rehab (12:44)
  • Playing time crunch – Pavin Smith v. Christian Walker
  • Eduardo Escobar trade?
• Brandon Nimmo on rehab (18:53)

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Over the course of the season, I have a lot of topics that pop into my head to either write about or discuss on the podcast and as such, they are incorporated into those mediums. Sometimes I think of things that just aren’t deep enough for their own article and maybe don’t even fit well on a particular pod.

This article, which I plan to run the rest of the year if it is met well, plans to address those topics. It’ll be a handful of smaller topics that I couldn’t fit into any other article or podcast during the week. Sometimes it might be 2-3 sentences, other times it will be 2-3 paragraphs and it can range from a particular player to an interesting stat that I think is worthy of at least some attention.

An Ascending Angel

Taylor Ward first got my attention way back in 2018 when he came up in mid-August as a non-catching catcher meaning he had catcher eligibility but wasn’t slated to play there in the majors. It was carryover from his 2017 minor league eligibility and some outlets left him there despite only playing 3B in 2018, even in the minors. I scooped him in a couple leagues and thought I struck gold when he had hits in four of his first five games.

Sick confirmation bias, Paul.

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Most platforms have a feature where you can click something by the player’s name to put them on a virtual watchlist. It is smart to use this feature before the season starts because once it starts you be sorting by stats and you could miss out on someone you really want about to get a new role because you sorted by PA and he just didn’t show very high.

• Previous Watchlists

Ross Stripling has played himself into an all formats arm with a 2.29 ERA and 0.85 WHIP in his last 35.3 innings with 36 strikeouts.

SHALLOW LEAGUES (mixed leagues – 10 or fewer teams)

Willy Adames | SS, MIL

By now you have probably heard about Adames’ massive home/road split with Tampa Bay and how badly he needed to get out of that situation. He hit .217/.275/.341 in 622 PA at the Trop while hitting .296/.366/.501 on the road in 694 PA. In his short sample with the Brewers, he has already cut his strikeout rate by 11 points to 25% while pushing his wRC+ from 75 to 119. If he continues to rake, he could move up the lineup as well.

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6/24/21

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FIRESIDE CHAT

• Patrick Sandoval – joint pick (1:40)
• Honorable Mentions: Sam Long (8:08), Kyle Muller (11:45), Luis Patiño (13:34), Taylor Widener (16:30), Caleb Smith (17:11),
• Kwang Hyun Kim 김광현 – Paul (20:40)
• Alex Cobb – Nick (24:40)
• Cal Quantrill – Paul (27:58) Sam Hentges mentioned, too
• Joe Ross – Nick (34:49)

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Approximately 46 minutes of joyous analysis.

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