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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 519 – Puig-Friendly League

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January 30, 2018

1/29/18

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Paul Sporer Baseball Chat – January 26th, 2018

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January 26, 2018

Check out the chat below!

3:01

Paul Sporer: We out here! Let’s talk some baseball!!

3:01

Go Dills!: Cubs need to make a counter move?  What should it be?  Darvish enough?
3:02

Paul Sporer: Projections strongly disagree that they need a counter http://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Standings
3:02

Abomb: Paul! Does an Adam Jones/Taillon/Franklin Perez for Upton/Albies pass the eye test in a dynasty league?
3:02

Paul Sporer: Not for the Upton/Albies giver IMO
3:04

Connor: I would LOVE a Create a Team option in MLB 18 The Show, maybe like an expansion draft mode where you make your own team.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 518 – No Moves Are Happ… Oh Wait, Yelich Just Got Traded

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January 25, 2018

1/25/18

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Seven Prospect Arms for 2018

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January 24, 2018

I feel like the title is pretty straightforward about what you’re going to see in this piece so I’ll spare y’all a lengthy preamble. There are no doubt more than seven viable rookies for the upcoming season, but this is the group I’m currently focused on as potential contributors.

Brent Honeywell TBR (ADP 208) – I respect what the Rays do as far as pitching development goes, but how does Honeywell not even get a September look last year?! The 23-year old right-hander tore through Double- and Triple-A last year with a 3.49 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 30% K, and 6% BB in 137 innings. An absurd .396 BABIP through his first 14 Triple-A starts inflated the ERA (4.91 in that time), but when it smoothed out to .316 from July on, he put on a show: 1.79 ERA, 27% K-BB in 50 IP. He’s known for a true screwball that is nasty, but novelty of that can overshadow the fact that he has four other offerings in his repertoire and only the curve consistently grades below average among scouts.

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Tim Beckham’s Weird Second Half

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January 23, 2018

As #1 overall picks go, Tim Beckham has undoubtedly disappointed. He went #1 overall to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008, but didn’t log his first significant chunk of playing time until 2015 at age-25 and wasn’t exactly inspiring in those 83 games (91 wRC+, 0 WAR). He put up meager numbers throughout his minor league career (.712 OPS in 2889 PA), suffered a torn ACL in 2014, and appeared in just 64 games in 2016 despite spending most of the season on the MLB roster. The word “bust” was starting to be used more and more with Beckham. His early 2017 work did nothing to help that as he posted a 95 wRC+ in 87 games (including a 32% K rate) before the Rays finally decided to trade him to Baltimore in a move that was only really noticed because of his status as a former #1 overall.

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NFBC Hitting Sleepers

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January 19, 2018

We added the average draft positions for National Fantasy Baseball Championship leagues to our projections pages! Right now only Steamer is up and so you can click here and find the ADP in the last column on the right. Once I was told they were live I thought let’s take this info and use it with the Steamer 600 projection (their normal projection normalized to 600 PA for everyone) to find some potential gems. Essentially, it’s a playing time sleeper list. If these guys were to find 600 PA, Steamer is suggesting they’ve got the skills to shine. I’m looking at players currently being drafted outside the top 200 in NFBC leagues.

Here are 12 names that stood out to me:

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 517 – The Uncertain Closer Market

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January 18, 2018

1/18/18

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Winter Moves Update: Pirates Re-Tooling, Curtis Goes North

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January 16, 2018

We’re finally starting to see the market pick back up and as we reach mid-January, we should expect a steady stream of moves from here until camps starting opening up. Even with this bevy of moves, the big ones are still trades as opposed to big free agents finding new teams. The Pirates have firmly declared their future by dealing two stars and the Giants get another aging superstar.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 516 – Houston, We Have a Gerrit.

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January 14, 2018

1/14/18

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Paul Sporer Baseball Chat – January 12th, 2018

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January 12, 2018

Let’s talk some baseball!

2:38

Paul Sporer: Wooo, it’s baseball chat time!
2:39

Dan: Heya, Paul! Hope you’re enjoying the off-season. So next year I’m doing my first head-to-head fantasy leagues. What are the major differences, strategy-wise, from a roto? I figure punting a category is less advisable, but what else should I be aware of?
2:41

Paul Sporer: It depends if it’s points or categories h2h. In pts leagues, SPs are usually pushed up a bit. SBs mean less since you can get pts from any avenue and don’t specifically NEED SB.
2:41

Jumanji Laurasia: What are your expectations for Glasnow this season?
2:43

Paul Sporer: I’m not a huge fan so he’s gotta show me something. He made some mechanical changes that bore some fruit in the minors, but did nothing for him in his last MLB stint with 15 BB in 7.7 IP.
2:43

Luke: Please help the Giants outfield, please Paul

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