Paul Sporer: Chat will start soon, finishing up a pod with Eric Longenhagen, feel free to keep posting your questions
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Paul Sporer: Thank you for the patience, y’all. These minor league pods with Eric are gonna be bangers (1 NL, 1 AL — the first releasing later today). I’ll be answering Qs by 3pm CT!
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Paul Sporer: I appreciate the patience so much, y’all, let’s get started!
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RTJ: Ugh, what do we do with Glasnow on our rankings?
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Paul Sporer: I’m doing a hard 180 and just not drafting him
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Paul Sporer: I was willing to take the shot on the amazing talent and hoping to spike some health, but he’s already missing guaranteed time so I’m just out
Prospects have become increasingly important to winning re-draft fantasy leagues. Of course, they have always been major in-season acquisitions, but now they’re making their presence felt at the draft table, too. With more fantasy managers aware of the prospects who are likely to have an impact in a given season, the battle for their services has become much more fevered, leading some managers to stash desirable prospects for a month or two rather than try to pluck them off the wire once they are called up and risk missing out.
These 25 guys (plus a few Honorable Mentions) aren’t draftable in every format, but I wanted to cast a wide net so that the list has utility across many formats and can be revisited when those who don’t break camp on a big league roster are called up. All of them should be in the majors for a substantial portion of the 2023 season. It is worth familiarizing yourself with them so you are ready to bid on the ones who aren’t draftable in your particular league.
Paul Sporer: Hello everyone!! Thanks for coming out!
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Ryan: Who would you rather have as an SP1, Gausman or Gallen
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Paul Sporer: I have them back-to-back with Gausman on top, but that close you can definitely just take your pick
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Matt: The Dbacks did a lot of platooning at the end of last year. Is that still a concern or does Rojas leaving solve most of that? In a shallow league with weekly locks, would you stay away from Dbacks?
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Paul Sporer: Where did Rojas go? I haven’t seen anything regarding a trade
This episode covers 28 SPs ranging SP45-75 with Frankie Montas and Aaron Ashby left off due to injury and Trevor Bauer left off as he’s currently without a team.