2/28/16

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

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Moves

• Dexter Fowler to the Cubs, actually (2:10)
• Ian Desmond to Texas (9:26)

Emails

• Post-Break Players (20:02)
• NFBC First-Timer (33:20)
• Keeper Depth (40:04)
• OBP/SLG Leagues (46:26)

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2/24/16

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

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Moves & News

• Dexter Fowler/Yovani Gallardo (4:30)
• Jay Bruce trade talks (10:04)
• Carlos Santana leading off? (13:38)
• Pablo Sandoval has a belly (16:55)
• Josh Hamilton hurt. Weird. (22:53)

Strategy Section

• Getting the Most Out of Spring Training (27:12)

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2/19/16

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

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Interview w/Greg:

• Intro (0:00)
• Interview w/Greg starts at 7:55
• Using NFBC’s ADP data (8:55)
• ADP Costs Greg Doesn’t Like (11:50)
• ADP Costs Greg Does Like (16:05)
• What is Min/Max Pick Good For? (18:35)
• New Game Types at NFBC (22:03)
• Kentucky Derby Style Draft Slotting (27:00)
• Beat Paul Sporer league (31:45)

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You smell that? That’s the smell of spring in the air. Baseball is around the corner and draft season will be in high gear before we know it. We already ran our first set of rankings that you hopefully got a chance to check out as they were rolled out. You can either bookmark the Rankings filter which will show you all posts dealing with rankings or you can access them by position in the sidebar:

In a post later today, I’ll be covering all of our draft tools in more depth, but let’s get to what you came here for, the spreadsheet!

Not only does it contain all of the rankings from the seven of us, but we’ve also added Steamer Projections and a cross-off capability that allows you to assign each player to the team that drafted him while putting a line through his name and numbers. Thanks to Jeff Zimmermann, Tanner Bell, and Danielle Mason (Justin’s wife) for their work on this. As with our rankings, this is our first run, so we will be making enhancements where necessary. In fact, if there is anything you’d really like to see on future updates, please let us know. If it’s feasible, we’ll try to get it on there. The next update of this spreadsheet won’t come until March when we update the rankings.

Without further ado:

ROTOGRAPHS FIRST RUN RANKINGS SPREADSHEET

There was a misalignment in OF and RP in the first upload here which skewed some Steamer Projections. It has been fixed. If you downloaded before 12:58 PM Central on 2/19, please re-download. 

2/17/16

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

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DRAFT BOARD

This is our raw feed for about 1.5 hours discussing our picks back and forth. It’s not like the normal podcast, but I think it’s still an interesting listen. Definitely let me know what you think in the comments or Twitter as I may consider something similar for other drafts I have coming up next month.

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2/17/16

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

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Strategy Section

• LABR Talk – it’s all about the draft and not particularly segmented so no timestamps, sorry!
• DRAFT BOARD

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2/14/16

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

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Strategy Section

• Pick a Hitter
  • J.T. Realmuto (172 ov, 10th C) v. Yan Gomes (176, 11th) (3:30)
  • Carlos Santana (187, 16th 1B) v. Byung-ho Park (188, 17th) (6:49)
  • Starlin Castro (196, 14th 2B) v. Ben Zobrist (200, 15th) (11:45)
  • Adrian Beltre (99, 9th 3B) v. Maikel Franco (106, 10th) (14:05)
  • Xander Bogaerts (60, 4th SS) v. Francisco Lindor (64, 5th) (17:25)
  • Starling Marte (24th, 7th OF) v. George Springer (25, 8th) (20:45)
  • Billy Burns (153, 39th) v. Kevin Pillar (156, 40th) (26:28)
• LABR Talk (35:28)
• Email
  • Shea – Keepers (46:30)

We have a new email address for questions: sleeperpod@gmail.com. Send your fantasy-relevant questions. You can send keeper questions, but those are much better for Twitter. Questions most likely to get selected are those that apply more broadly, as opposed to specific trade or keeper queries. However, if you do ask a league-specific question, please include the league size and categories.

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Approximately 57 minutes of joyous analysis.

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2/10/16

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

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Notable Transactions/Rumors

• Yovani Gallardo to Baltimore (6:55)

Strategy Section

• Eno’s Starting Pitcher Ranks (<–click that to see all the rankings) (15:13)
  • Eno is Higher on (top 100 edition):
    • Zack Greinke 7 v. 12 for RG (18:14)
    • Jerad Eickhoff 79 v. 105 (28:10)
  • Outside top 100:
    • Brandon Finnegan 104 v. 155 (39:15)
    • Drew Pomeranz 129 v. 184 (43:07)
  • Eno is Lower on (top 100):
    • Corey Kluber 12 v. 7 (47:10)
    • Jake Odorizzi 50 v. 34 (51:34)
  • Outside top 100 (well, outside Eno’s top 100 at least):
    • J.A. Happ 124 v. 82 (56:47)
    • Josh Tomlin 140 v. 104 (1:01:30)
  • Emails
    • Michael – Team Stacking (1:05:47)
    • Jim – Mat Latos (1:08:47)

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2/8/16

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

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Strategy Section

• Revisiting SP Ranks – Discussing Outside the Top-25
  • Carlos Martinez ended the season ailing w/a shoulder (3:08)
  • James Shields spiked his Ks, but doubled his 2014 BB%, what happened?! (9:56)
  • Andrew Cashner also spiked his Ks, but everything else regressed, why? (14:20)
  • Steven Matz is 30th in ADP, but 56th in our ranks (27:50)
  • Is there more to Jimmy Nelson or is this (3.75-4.25 ERA kind of SP) it? (32:00)
  • Will Mike Leake get a sprinkling of Cards Devil Magic or be his solid-but-boring self? (36:55)
  • Battle of Young-ish Lefties: Robbie Ray (24 y/o) or Alex Wood (25 y/o)? (40:10)
  • John Lamb had a 5.80 ERA last year, yet is drawing some deep-league interest? (45:04)
  • The Backend of SF’s rotation: Jake Peavy, Matt Cain at 4, 5 and Chris Heston on-deck (54:46)
  • Are you drafting Lucas Giolito and/or Tyler Glasnow in mixed leagues? (59:59)

Emails

• Joe – New Auction League (1:06:17)
• TJ – International Players (1:12:27)

Off-Topic

• Super Bowl ads and beer (1:16:00)

We have a new email address for questions: sleeperpod@gmail.com. Send your fantasy-relevant questions. You can send keeper questions, but those are much better for Twitter. Questions most likely to get selected are those that apply more broadly, as opposed to specific trade or keeper queries. However, if you do ask a league-specific question, please include the league size and categories.

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Approximately 81 minutes of joyous analysis.

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2/5/16

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

THE INITIAL POSTING HAD THE WRONG FILE ATTACHED. IT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. AND THEN THE CORRECTION WAS WRONG AND THAT IS NOW FIXED. IT SHOULD ALL WORK PROPERLY AS OF 2/6 1:45 CENTRAL.

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Strategy Section

• Revisiting SP Ranks – Discussing Outside the Top-25
  • Adam Wainwright is only lagging in Ks; what do you see in ‘16? (3:00)
  • Michael Pineda had a flashy K-BB% (20%), but ugly ERA; better in ‘16? (10:10)
  • The AL Pitching Market (16:40)
  • Yu Darvish’s TJ return (20:10)
  • Collin McHugh or Mike Fiers in 2016? (29:07)
  • Jesse Hahn has two nice half-seasons, but inj.-shortened ‘15 leaves questions (40:09)
  • Is there another level for Andrew Heaney? (44:22)
  • Post-hype sleepers: Matt Moore & Trevor Bauer (48:26)
  • Martin Perez was a legit big-time prospect, but just 15% K as MLBer (1:01:20)
  • I say “cat pajamas”… on purpose (1:01:29)
  • Matt Shoemaker’s ERA jumped almost a run and a half despite v similar skills; what gives? (1:06:42)

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