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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – August 30th, 2023

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Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!

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Andrew: with shallow league h2h playoffs starting next week, what to do with trevor story? if steals arent needed, would you drop for noot or brandon drury?

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Paul Sporer: Yeah would definitely prefer either of those 2 to Story, especially w/the SBs not mattering as much. I lean Noot with him returning Friday

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I Used to be Mel Clark: Are you fine with cutting Will Smith in a 16 teamer at this point? Seems like the job is Chapman’s going forward. Similarly, any reason to keep holding Jose Alvarado? I have more than enough interesting SP arms to hold in their place ie. Verlander/Peralta/Glasnow/Ragans/Keller/Bibee/Rodon/Detmers/H. Brown/Kutter/Greene.

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Paul Sporer: Yeah I have no issues cutting either tbh

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Andrew: is kyle harrison a via steaming option in shallow leagues or is this fools gold and going to blow up in our faces?

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 30th

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The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

New SP rankings coming out today!

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 29th

Dave Nelson-USA TODAY Sports

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The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

More than half the slate is recommended across the board but there are still some streaming spot. Actually, there are some pretty tough decisions, though your situation may make them easier (if you’re chasing or protecting).

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1211 – Should We Cease Rostering Dylan?

8/28/23

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 28th

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The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1210 – A List of Pitchers ft. PitcherList’s Nick Pollack

8/25/23

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 25th

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The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

From Miller to Keller is an 11-pitcher group that presents a ton of fun options to stream across many formats. There are some tricky spots, but plenty of upside!

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 24th

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The chart includes their season performance, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness over the last 30 days, my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a risky stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

Selective notes today… and probably for the rest of the year. Mostly because the obvious guys on the high and low ends really don’t need a ton of analysis and then I can spend more time researching the real heart of the slate.

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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – August 23rd, 2023

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Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!

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Air Horn: BWAOW WOW WOW OWWWWWWWW

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Paul Sporer: That’s a pretty good imitation!

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Guest: rank for ROS homers: Santana Moore Suwinski Aranda

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Paul Sporer: Is that Dylan Moore?

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Paul Sporer: Santana/Suwinski are pretty close for #1, I’d look and try to estimate what kinda lefty SP load PIT might have that would hurt Suwinski. Moore is surging but still comes 3rd and Aranda just doesn’t play enough, so while he carries some intrigue, I’m not really buying into we see him carve out a real role

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Starting Pitcher Chart – August 23rd

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There are some tough spots to navigate on Wednesday with several team streamer or better types either battling some major volatility, facing a tough matchup, or both! Your situation will always be the driving factor in your decisions as the risk/reward calculus is different for everyone.

If I’m really trying to catch lightning in a bottle, I think I’d take the big swing with Quintana. Sale is ahead of him, but unlikely to be as widely available and I just don’t think Sale’s a good bet for 5 IP. I want to be clear, this is for a chase situation where you need some flat out good luck to really get going.

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