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Boxscore Bits: August 5th, 2022

August 5, 2022

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Thursday’s Starters

#	Name	Team	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	TBF	ERA	WHIP	W	vFA (pi)	vSI (pi)	SwStr%
1	Jeffrey Springs	TBR	6	4	2	0	0	0	6	23	0.00	0.67	1	91.9		12%
2	Justin Verlander	HOU	6	2	0	0	0	1	5	21	0.00	0.50	1	95		7%
3	Sonny Gray	MIN	5	1	0	0	0	5	5	20	0.00	1.20	0	92.7	92.8	7%
4	Cole Ragans	TEX	5	3	1	0	0	4	3	22	0.00	1.40	0	92.1		10%
5	José Quintana	STL	6	1	1	1	1	2	7	20	1.50	0.50	0	91.7	92	11%
6	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	4	3	2	1	1	1	4	15	2.25	1.00	0	90.1		9%
7	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	6.1	8	3	2	0	3	3	28	2.84	1.74	0	95.4	95.2	5%
8	Kris Bubic	KCR	6	4	2	2	0	1	6	22	3.00	0.83	0	92		11%
9	Alek Manoah	TOR	6	2	2	2	0	4	5	25	3.00	1.00	1	94.5	93.9	10%
10	Drew Hutchison	DET	6	8	4	2	1	3	3	28	3.00	1.83	0	93.4	93.4	6%
11	Kyle Freeland	COL	5.2	6	2	2	0	4	7	26	3.18	1.76	1	89.4	89.2	8%
12	Johnny Cueto	CHW	8	11	3	3	0	0	4	32	3.38	1.38	0	91	90.8	9%
13	Marcus Stroman	CHC	6.2	5	3	3	2	0	6	24	4.05	0.75	0		91.9	9%
14	Miles Mikolas	STL	6.1	8	3	3	1	1	6	28	4.26	1.42	0	94.8	93.5	10%
15	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	6	4	3	3	1	1	6	23	4.50	0.83	1	93.4	92.1	18%
16	Nick Pivetta	BOS	5	7	3	3	1	1	5	23	5.40	1.60	0	93.4		11%
17	Sean Newcomb	CHC	3	5	2	2	1	0	1	13	6.00	1.67	0	93.8		7%
18	Zach Thompson	PIT	4.1	4	3	3	2	1	5	18	6.23	1.15	0	92.7	92.7	12%
19	Paul Blackburn	OAK	5	6	4	4	4	1	3	22	7.20	1.40	1	92.1	91.9	9%
20	Noah Syndergaard	PHI	5	11	4	4	0	0	2	25	7.20	2.20	1	94.3	93.1	9%
21	Jakob Junis	SFG	3.2	5	3	3	0	2	5	18	7.36	1.91	0		91.9	6%
22	Zach Plesac	CLE	4.1	7	4	4	0	5	4	25	8.31	2.77	0	92.6		6%
23	Kyle Wright	ATL	6	7	6	6	4	2	4	26	9.00	1.50	0	95	94.2	7%
24	Paolo Espino	WSN	4	7	5	5	2	0	3	19	11.25	1.75	0	88.6		6%
25	Joe Musgrove	SDP	4.2	8	6	6	1	1	6	22	11.57	1.93	0	92.5	92.4	14%
26	Janson Junk	LAA	2.1	5	6	6	1	2	2	13	23.14	3.00	0	92.3		2%

Sorted by ERA

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Paul Sporer’s Weekly Chat – August 3rd, 2022

by Paul Sporer

August 3, 2022

Transcript is live!

1:01	Paul Sporer: Hello everyone! Are we recovering from the frenzy?

1:01	Walker Buehler: Level of concern about my injury for next season?

1:01	Paul Sporer: Too early to say.

1:01	Chuck: Is it time to give up on Castellanos?

1:03

Paul Sporer: Definitely depends who you’re picking up for him, but my goodness has he been bad! Given the substantial fall off and just utter lack of power, it’s hard not to think he’s playing through something, right? His skills didn’t just melt, right?! At any rate, I understand moving on in shallower formats

1:03	Chuck: Do you believe in Detmers’ recent surge? Apparently he tweaked his slider during his recent sojourn in Salt Lake.

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Deadline Deals: Hader, Montas, and Mancini

by Paul Sporer

August 1, 2022

Jeff and I will be covering the fantasy impact of the deadline deals over the next couple days!

To SD: P Josh Hader
To MIL: P Taylor Rogers, OF Esteury Ruiz, P Dinelson Lamet, P Robert Gasser

WOW!!! Who had Hader getting dealt?? Put your hand down, no you didn’t. Nobody did!! This stunner feels particularly crazy because Milwaukee sits with a 3-game lead in the Central right now, but when we dig in deeper, you that both lefty relievers are coming off horrendous Julys and while Hader is the much more dominant arm (42% to 28% K rate), they haven’t been that different on the whole this year.

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Boxscore Bits: July 25th, 2022

by Paul Sporer

July 25, 2022

I’m curious if there are specific things you’d like to see me do beyond the pitcher review. I still haven’t figured out a good Monday one. Maybe the pitcher review is enough, but I’m open to ideas if y’all would like more stuff besides the weekend streamers and FAAB picks which are the two that have really stuck around the most consistently on Thursday & Friday, respectively.

A few thoughts on the pitchers from the weekend’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Weekend’s SPs

#	Name	Team	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	TBF	ERA	WHIP	W	vFA (pi)	vSI (pi)	SwStr%
1	Zac Gallen	ARI	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	24	0.00	0.29	1	93.5		11%
2	José Quintana	PIT	7	4	0	0	0	0	4	24	0.00	0.57	1	91.5	91.2	9%
3	Charlie Morton	ATL	6	2	0	0	0	3	7	24	0.00	0.83	0	94	92.7	17%
4	Nestor Cortes	NYY	6	6	0	0	0	0	7	24	0.00	1.00	1	92		17%
5	Lance Lynn	CHW	6	3	0	0	0	1	6	22	0.00	0.67	0	92.8	92.2	13%
6	Tyler Anderson	LAD	6	4	1	0	0	2	6	24	0.00	1.00	0	90.8	88.8	12%
7	Julio Urías	LAD	6	2	0	0	0	2	5	22	0.00	0.67	1	94.3		7%
8	Dylan Cease	CHW	6	7	0	0	0	1	4	25	0.00	1.33	1	96.5		8%
9	Reid Detmers	LAA	5	3	0	0	0	2	6	20	0.00	1.00	1	93.6		11%
10	Blake Snell	SDP	5	4	0	0	0	2	5	20	0.00	1.20	1	95.6		5%
11	James Kaprielian	OAK	5	2	0	0	0	2	4	19	0.00	0.80	0	93.6	94.1	14%
12	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	5	6	0	0	0	2	1	20	0.00	1.60	0	92.5	91.1	10%
13	Justin Verlander	HOU	7	4	1	1	1	2	9	27	1.29	0.86	1	95.9		13%
14	Yu Darvish	SDP	7	4	1	1	0	1	9	26	1.29	0.71	1	94.5	94.4	12%
15	Cole Irvin	OAK	7	3	2	1	0	1	8	24	1.29	0.57	1	90.8	90.3	13%
16	Zack Wheeler	PHI	7	3	1	1	1	0	6	23	1.29	0.43	0	95.5	95.1	11%
17	Martín Pérez	TEX	7	4	1	1	0	3	6	28	1.29	1.00	1	92.4	92.6	9%
18	Brady Singer	KCR	6	3	2	1	0	2	12	23	1.50	0.83	0		94.2	17%
19	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	6	4	1	1	0	1	8	23	1.50	0.83	1	95.5	95.1	17%
20	Alek Manoah	TOR	6	7	1	1	1	0	7	24	1.50	1.17	1	93.5	93	16%
21	Braxton Garrett	MIA	6	2	1	1	1	1	7	21	1.50	0.50	1	90.8	90.7	13%
22	Sonny Gray	MIN	6	2	1	1	0	1	7	22	1.50	0.50	1	92.7	92.9	11%
23	Marcus Stroman	CHC	6	5	1	1	0	2	5	23	1.50	1.17	0	92.5	92.3	12%
24	Drew Smyly	CHC	6	4	2	1	0	0	4	22	1.50	0.67	1		92.8	15%
25	José Urquidy	HOU	6	4	1	1	1	2	3	23	1.50	1.00	1	93.7		9%
26	Logan Webb	SFG	6	5	1	1	0	4	2	25	1.50	1.50	0		91.3	6%
27	Joe Ryan	MIN	5.2	4	1	1	0	1	7	22	1.59	0.88	1	91.7		9%
28	Triston McKenzie	CLE	5.2	4	1	1	0	2	4	23	1.59	1.06	0	92.1		7%
29	Drew Rasmussen	TBR	5	7	1	1	0	1	4	22	1.80	1.60	1	95	94	7%
30	Justin Steele	CHC	5	4	1	1	1	4	2	23	1.80	1.60	1	91.2	87.7	5%
31	Jeffrey Springs	TBR	4.1	8	2	1	0	0	2	21	2.08	1.85	0	91.6		10%
32	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	8	4	2	2	1	0	9	29	2.25	0.50	1	91.2		11%
33	Corbin Martin	ARI	4	4	1	1	0	5	1	19	2.25	2.25	0	93.6		6%
34	Chris Bassitt	NYM	7	4	2	2	1	0	11	27	2.57	0.57	0	93.5	93.2	11%
35	Kris Bubic	KCR	7	4	2	2	1	3	4	26	2.57	1.00	1	91.1		6%
36	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	6	2	2	2	1	3	10	24	3.00	0.83	0	98.6	98.6	10%
37	Logan Gilbert	SEA	6	5	2	2	0	1	8	23	3.00	1.00	0	95.2		19%
38	Kyle Wright	ATL	6	7	2	2	1	0	8	25	3.00	1.17	1	95	94.4	16%
39	Max Scherzer	NYM	6	5	2	2	1	1	8	25	3.00	1.00	0	94		13%
40	Steven Matz	STL	5.1	3	2	2	0	1	7	22	3.38	0.75	1		95.2	19%
41	Corbin Burnes	MIL	5	6	2	2	1	2	5	22	3.60	1.60	0	96.5	96.4	15%
42	Cal Quantrill	CLE	5	6	2	2	0	1	4	23	3.60	1.40	1	95.2	94.9	5%
43	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	5	4	2	2	0	3	3	21	3.60	1.40	0	91.3		14%
44	Johnny Cueto	CHW	7	8	4	3	0	1	0	29	3.86	1.29	0	91.7	90.9	1%
45	Framber Valdez	HOU	6.2	8	3	3	0	1	8	28	4.05	1.35	1	93.1	93.8	15%
46	Mitch Keller	PIT	6	5	3	3	1	0	7	22	4.50	0.83	0	95.1	93.8	12%
47	Gerrit Cole	NYY	6	9	4	3	0	2	6	27	4.50	1.83	0	97.8		11%
48	Tyler Mahle	CIN	6	2	3	3	2	3	5	23	4.50	0.83	1	92.7		6%
49	Kutter Crawford	BOS	6	5	3	3	0	1	4	22	4.50	1.00	0	93.8		9%
50	Alex Wood	SFG	4	4	2	2	2	2	6	18	4.50	1.50	0		92.2	10%
51	Ross Stripling	TOR	4	5	2	2	0	1	1	17	4.50	1.50	0	90.8	88.1	3%
52	Kevin Gausman	TOR	5	7	3	3	2	0	10	22	5.40	1.40	1	96		17%
53	Aníbal Sánchez	WSN	5	6	3	3	1	2	4	22	5.40	1.60	0	90.6	89.4	8%
54	Antonio Senzatela	COL	5	7	3	3	2	1	4	23	5.40	1.60	0	94.4	92.7	4%
55	Jordan Lyles	BAL	5	8	3	3	1	2	2	25	5.40	2.00	0	92.3	90.6	2%
56	Erick Fedde	WSN	4.2	7	3	3	0	4	3	24	5.79	2.36	0		92.5	7%
57	Michael Pineda	DET	3	4	2	2	1	0	3	13	6.00	1.33	0	89.4		11%
58	Alex Cobb	SFG	5.2	8	4	4	0	2	6	27	6.35	1.76	0	95.7	94.6	11%
59	Dean Kremer	BAL	5.1	5	4	4	1	1	6	22	6.75	1.13	0	92.7		15%
60	Joe Musgrove	SDP	5.1	5	4	4	1	2	4	24	6.75	1.31	0	93.5	93.2	9%
61	Luis Patiño	TBR	4	7	3	3	0	3	3	20	6.75	2.50	0	95	94.3	4%
62	Bailey Falter	PHI	5	5	4	4	3	2	5	22	7.20	1.40	0	90.8	90.9	13%
63	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	4.2	7	4	4	1	3	8	24	7.71	2.14	0	98.2	98.4	10%
64	Spencer Howard	TEX	4.2	6	4	4	2	3	3	23	7.71	1.93	0	94.2		9%
65	Marco Gonzales	SEA	5.2	9	5	5	3	1	2	26	7.94	1.76	0	87.8	87.2	6%
66	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	4.1	5	4	4	1	2	6	21	8.31	1.62	0	90.1		12%
67	Eric Lauer	MIL	4.1	6	4	4	1	3	3	21	8.31	2.08	0	92.7		4%
68	José Ureña	COL	5.1	6	6	5	1	2	5	23	8.44	1.50	0	96.5	96.2	9%
69	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	6.1	6	6	6	2	1	11	26	8.53	1.11	0	98.1		17%
70	Shane Bieber	CLE	6	8	6	6	3	1	4	27	9.00	1.50	0	91.6		20%
71	Patrick Corbin	WSN	5	8	5	5	1	1	7	24	9.00	1.80	0	92.9	93.3	11%
72	Tyler Wells	BAL	5	5	5	5	2	2	4	21	9.00	1.40	0	93.5		10%
73	Brad Keller	KCR	4	4	5	4	0	5	1	21	9.00	2.25	0	94.8	94.3	6%
74	Rony García	DET	2.2	2	3	3	0	0	0	14	10.13	0.75	0	90.7	90	5%
75	Miles Mikolas	STL	5	7	6	6	1	2	4	23	10.80	1.80	0	94	94.3	8%
76	Mike Minor	CIN	4	8	5	5	2	4	3	25	11.25	3.00	0	90.2		11%
77	Brayan Bello	BOS	4	9	5	5	0	2	2	22	11.25	2.75	0	96.6	96.1	6%
78	Adam Wainwright	STL	5.1	5	7	7	2	3	2	24	11.81	1.50	0	88.5	88.5	6%
79	Zach Thompson	PIT	5.1	9	7	7	0	2	2	27	11.81	2.06	0	91.6	92.1	6%
80	Kyle Gibson	PHI	4.1	6	6	6	1	3	0	22	12.46	2.08	0	91.8	90.8	6%
81	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	3	8	5	5	0	2	4	18	15.00	3.33	0	92	92.3	10%
82	Robbie Ray	SEA	3	10	6	6	2	0	1	17	18.00	3.33	0	92.8	92.6	7%
83	Paul Blackburn	OAK	4.1	10	10	10	2	2	5	26	20.77	2.77	0	91.8	92.1	15%
84	Ian Anderson	ATL	3	8	7	7	1	3	2	20	21.00	3.67	0	93.8		7%

Sorted by ERA

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Boxscore Bits: July 22nd, 2022

by Paul Sporer

July 22, 2022

We’re back!

Took a little time and then the All-Star break, but it’s good to get back to the grind. There is still so much time left in the season. About 3 weeks ago, I was lamenting to Justin about a dip in our Main Event standings. I had fallen to 14th after sitting in the 4th-7th range for a bit and thought I was making a move. He – sitting in 1st at the time – gave me the pep talk about how much the standings move day-to-day and that I could be back up just as quickly as I fell with a couple good days. I entered the break in 8th, 2 points ahead of Justin in 9th.

I don’t bring this up to roast Justin in any way, but to underscore just how much many league’s standings are still shifting day-to-day. Every league is different and sometimes there just aren’t enough gettable points in the roto standings. But oftentimes, we let go of 8th-12th place teams that are still very much in contention with some quality play and diligent management. I like to go through the standings and count the realistic points I could acquire if my team plays well.

That exercise also helps me assess categories I might consider attacking via FAAB (or trades if your league allows – the Main Event does not). There are definitely some teams that are buried at this juncture often due to a rash of star player injuries, but don’t count yourself out just because you might be in the bottom half of the standings right now. With 70-some games to go, there is still so much to be decided!

A few thoughts on the pitchers from Thursday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Thursday Starters

#	Name	Team	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	TBF	ERA	WHIP	W	vFA (pi)	vSI (pi)	SwStr%
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	6	2	1	0	0	2	9	22	0.00	0.67	1	95.5	95.7	13%
2	Jon Gray	TEX	6	4	0	0	0	2	5	23	0.00	1.00	1	96.7		13%
3	Mitch White	LAD	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	18	0.00	0.60	0	94	94.1	4%
4	Frankie Montas	OAK	3	2	0	0	0	1	5	12	0.00	1.00	0	96.8	96.7	13%
5	Cristian Javier	HOU	5	2	1	1	1	4	3	21	1.80	1.20	0	93.7		9%
6	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	6.1	7	2	2	0	1	8	26	2.84	1.26	0	93	93.3	19%
7	Zach Logue	OAK	6	5	3	2	0	1	4	25	3.00	1.00	0	90.2		7%
8	Luis Garcia	HOU	5	3	2	2	1	2	6	20	3.60	1.00	1	93.8		11%
9	Garrett Hill	DET	5	5	3	3	1	2	4	21	5.40	1.40	0	91.9	91.3	4%
10	Carlos Rodón	SFG	5	6	5	5	1	2	7	23	9.00	1.60	0	94.9		18%
11	Pablo López	MIA	5	5	5	5	1	3	6	24	9.00	1.60	0	92.9	93.2	16%
12	Domingo Germán	NYY	3	6	5	5	2	1	2	18	15.00	2.33	0	93.4	93.6	9%

Sorted by ERA

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1079 – Searching for 2H Studs on the Mound

by Paul Sporer

July 22, 2022

7/22/22

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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – July 20th, 2022

by Paul Sporer

July 20, 2022

All-Star break chat!

1:10	Paul Sporer: Good afternoon, y’all! Worst day in baseball today with no games or MLB-based events!

1:11	Paul Sporer: But we’ll make it better with some chatting!!

1:11	Leo: What are your thoughts on Braxton Garrett? Are his improvements for real?

1:12	Paul Sporer: I’m certainly intrigued by him. He showed major BB gains in AAA and has brought them to the majors so far. If he can continue this newfound control, there is some real 2H upside

1:12	Jim Leyland Palmer: For next season onwards, is Strider a top tier starting pitcher keeper asset? Or is there some concerns / variability with his future?

1:12	Paul Sporer: I wouldn’t quite go top tier but he’s up there. It’s always hard to predict the future with SPs, but his stuff is excellent and he doesn’t seem daunted by the shift to starting

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