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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – April 19th, 2023

Transcript is available!

1:07

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!

1:07

Oil Can Baggins: How are we feeling about Brendan Donovan 3 weeks into the season?  Underwhelmed, Medium Whelmed, Overwhelmed?

1:09

Paul Sporer: Feel as good as I did when I drafted him. 2 HR/2 SB.. nicked up right now so don’t love that, but performance-wise, totally fine!

1:12

Kyle Freeland: Apologize for believing in me!

1:12

Paul Sporer: LOLOLOLOL… my friend Gregg talked me out of even putting him in my list of bids. Justin didn’t really sell the reasons to go against, but he was right!

1:12

Chip: I’m an early buyer of Johan Oviedo. Would you start him at Colorado? Terrible team, but also a terrible stadium for pitchers.

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Starting Pitcher Chart – April 19th

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In past seasons I’ve done this Daily SP Chart down the stretch and invariably there are comments asking why I don’t do it all season. I’ve never really had a great answer for that so now I’m doing it!

Once the season gets going, the chart will include their performance over the last five starts (for the first few weeks, it’ll be their 2023 stats), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them.

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 formatting allows me to automate things a bit more with the data input. Does it still look OK?

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Starting Pitcher Chart – April 18th

Logan Gilbert has been excellent early on. Photo Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports

In past seasons I’ve done this Daily SP Chart down the stretch and invariably there are comments asking why I don’t do it all season. I’ve never really had a great answer for that so now I’m doing it!

Once the season gets going, the chart will include their performance over the last five starts (for the first few weeks, it’ll be their 2023 stats), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them.

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.

Game 1 of the PHI/CWS doubleheader wasn’t listed by accident, but Wheeler & Lynn are easy starts for me. 

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1164 – Stanton to the IL and Key Week 4 Pickups

4/17/23

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PATREON

INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

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Starting Pitcher Chart – April 17th

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

In past seasons I’ve done this Daily SP Chart down the stretch and invariably there are comments asking why I don’t do it all season. I’ve never really had a great answer for that so now I’m doing it!

Once the season gets going, the chart will include their performance over the last five starts (for the first few weeks, it’ll be their 2023 stats), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. The opponent wOBA will remain blank for a while until we get some data and because there is so much lineup turnover year-to-year, I’m not going to include last year’s mark. I’ll start including wOBA data on April 17th.

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.

NOTE: The LAA/BOS game is the Boston Marathon Game starting at 10:10 AM Central

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1163 – Springs Out with Injury, Julien Up, Wk 4 2-Starts

4/14/23

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PATREON

INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS (3:25)

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Starting Pitcher Chart – April 14th

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In past seasons I’ve done this Daily SP Chart down the stretch and invariably there are comments asking why I don’t do it all season. I’ve never really had a great answer for that so now I’m doing it!

Once the season gets going, the chart will include their performance over the last five starts (for the first few weeks, it’ll be their 2023 stats), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. The opponent wOBA will remain blank for a while until we get some data and because there is so much lineup turnover year-to-year, I’m not going to include last year’s mark. I’ll start including wOBA data on April 17th.

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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Starting Pitcher Chart – April 13th

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports

In past seasons I’ve done this Daily SP Chart down the stretch and invariably there are comments asking why I don’t do it all season. I’ve never really had a great answer for that so now I’m doing it!

Once the season gets going, the chart will include their performance over the last five starts (for the first few weeks, it’ll be their 2023 stats), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. The opponent wOBA will remain blank for a while until we get some data and because there is so much lineup turnover year-to-year, I’m not going to include last year’s mark. I’ll start including wOBA data on April 17th.

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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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – April 12th, 2023

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1:00

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!!

1:00

Greg: What’s your evaluation of Bubic? You buying the breakout?

1:02

Paul Sporer: I’m in for the pickup to see if it’s real. In today’s fantasy game, we can’t really wait for things to stabilize statistically so if someone spikes their velo with major K & BB improvements, I’ll take a shot. GB spike and former prospect status only adds to the intrigue

1:02

Petey: Which post hype OF do you like more Kelenic or Marsh?

1:03

Paul Sporer: Justin, don’t you have work to do? wink

1:04

Paul Sporer: I’m not much higher on one than the other, tbh, as they’re both showing similar gains early on. Might lean Kelenic ever so slightly

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Starting Pitcher Chart – April 12th

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In past seasons I’ve done this Daily SP Chart down the stretch and invariably there are comments asking why I don’t do it all season. I’ve never really had a great answer for that so now I’m doing it!

Once the season gets going, the chart will include their performance over the last five starts (for the first few weeks, it’ll be their 2023 stats), their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness, my start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them. The opponent wOBA will remain blank for a while until we get some data and because there is so much lineup turnover year-to-year, I’m not going to include last year’s mark. I’ll start including wOBA data on April 17th.

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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