Author Archive: Paul Sporer

More on First Basemen…

Earlier this week, I did a breakdown of 1B using the NFBC ADP data. I grouped them according to the draft slots and gave some thoughts on who I liked and disliked at their current costs. Since I was using the NFBC draft data, it was only listing those who are currently qualified by the standard 20-game threshold (the industry standard and also what most sites use, while Yahoo! is most lenient at just 5 games).

I was so zeroed in on the group of NFBC-eligible first basemen that I didn’t even think about a very worthwhile group of players: those certain or very likely to gain 1B eligibility early enough in the season that you can draft them with the intention of being your primary option at the position and those who fell below 20 games, but still had enough to qualify at sites using a 5- or 10-game qualifier.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 632 – Fireside Chat: Potential K Rate Risers

1/23/19

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 631 – “Call Your Shot” Ep. 9: Hall of Fame Edition

1/22/19

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First Base is Rough This Year

Last year was an ugly season at 1B. It’s usually a power-focused position, filled with homers and RBIs aplenty, both categories often coming from several players. The 30+ HR hitters at first base were sliced in half last year, dropping to just seven after 14 in 2017. The number of 100+ RBI guys at the position has been dwindling for a while now but sank to just three in 2018. There were a whopping 13 in 2009 followed by 9, 9, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, and 5 before only Jesus Aguilar, Edwin Encarnacion, and Anthony Rizzo reached the mark last season.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 630 – Post-300 ADP Breakout Hitters

1/18/19

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 628 – Drafting UT-Only Players w/Ian Kahn

1/15/19

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 629 – Fireside Chat: SPs Outside the Top 50

1/14/19

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SPs We Like Outside the Top 50:

  • NFBC ADP (set to 12/25/18 for the start date to follow along)

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Paul Sporer Baseball Chat January 11th, 2019

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Five Post-200 ADP Players I Love

Ryan O’Hearn – Royals | First Base, 329th

O’Hearn gives me a bit of a Matt Olson vibe after a tremendous 44-game sample in the majors last year during which he hit .262/.353/.597 with 12 HR in 170 PA. It’s not a perfect comp as Olson was off the charts in a 53-game run back in 2017 (.259/.352/.651, 24!! HR in 216 PA), but O’Hearn also won’t cost what Olson did after his second half debut. Olson went 124th on average and peaked as high as 71st while O’Hearn has peaked at 268th and probably won’t push into the top 200 even with a surge.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 627 – “The Process” with Jeff Zimmerman

1/10/19

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