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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1329 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 20

by Paul Sporer

August 9, 2024

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2-START FOR WEEK 20

Charlie Morton at SFG, at LAA
Trevor Rogers WSN, BOS
Brayan Bello TEX, at BAL
Kutter Crawford TEX, at BAL
Kyle Hendricks at CLE, TOR
Andrew Abbott STL, KCR
Ben Lively CHC, at MIL

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 9th, 2024

by Paul Sporer

August 9, 2024

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New rankings out next week!
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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 8th, 2024

by Paul Sporer

August 8, 2024

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Holy crap, what a brutal board. There are some intriguing arms outside of the 3 x-ers but they almost all have a rough matchup. I know the opponents Ortiz and Morton are facing haven’t been strong of late, but they still scare me enough to be leery with either of them. I was impressed that Ortiz stemmed the tide after a 5 ER first inning to still go 5.3 IP with 6 ER. Still a bad outing, but those extra innings are so key in blowups. Outside of Ortiz, that group of 1 x-ers are straight up WHIP killers and you have to start being very mindful of your ratios as we enter the home stretch.

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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – August 7th, 2024

by Paul Sporer

August 7, 2024

Thanks for coming out!

1:06	Paul Sporer: Hello thank you for coming out!!

1:06	Darren: What’s your take on the closer situations in KC and Arizona? Do you think anyone runs away with the job or will they be committees for the rest of the year?

1:08	Paul Sporer: In fluid situations like that, someone can always grab hold of the job by catching fire. Just tough to know who it’ll be, of course. My bets are on Erceg and Puk.

1:08	Fant’sy Feast: Is Will Smith a huge upgrade over Ben Rice in a 1C, 12-team H2H with OBP and Slugging instead of Avg? Maybe I am so used to waiting to draft catchers and then using non-catching Cs that I just don’t recognize the big boost?

1:14

Paul Sporer: I know Will Smith has been sputtering pretty much since May with a .198/.292/.387 line, but it has still come with 12 HRs and 35 RBIs which are 29 and 86 full season paces. I see a .215 BABIP over this time and have to think there is some bad luck in there. He is K’ing more than normal at 23% during this period (16% the last 2 yrs) and he is hitting more flyballs than normal which will also curb BABIP. Bottom line is that I’m staying the course w/Smith here. Rice is interesting, but not I can’t take him over Smith

1:14	DatDudeJG: Is something wrong with Luis Castillo? He used to be a must start all the time but he’s been so up and down this year. Reminds me of him in his early years. Thanks for the chat!

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 7th, 2024

by Paul Sporer

August 6, 2024

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I have my chat at 2pm ET on Wednesday if you have any questions. Pretty deep board today and as such, I’m probably staying away from the 1-x’s in most cases, but I realize options are tight in many leagues and all three have had runs of success this year.

Wednesday morning updates:

One of the downsides of posting is early is missing changes or in this case, some updated doubleheader information.

Cortes is moved to Wednesday while Luis Gil & Will Warren will start the DH v. LAA. Gil is an automatic and I miiiight give Warren a shot in deeper leagues if I’m chasing Wins.
Ben Lively and Eduardo Rodriguez were also rained out so they’ll be on the Wednesday slate joining Pfaadt & Carrasco. Lively was a 2-x reco while I want to wait and see on E-Rod.

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 6th, 2024

by Paul Sporer

August 5, 2024

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I completely forgot the 2-start chart this morning. I’m sorry about that! As for the remaining 2-steppers who are going today, their ranking on the board is indicative of how I feel for the whole week.

David Festa with a third straight solid start since returning. He should be rostered everywhere right now.

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