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

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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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1078 – 2nd Half Top 10s at Each Position

by Paul Sporer

July 19, 2022

7/19/22

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TOP 10s FOR THE 2ND HALF

Catcher

Paul: Keibert Ruiz 20th
Justin: Adley Rutschman 23rd

First Base

Paul: Nathaniel Lowe 17th
Justin: Trey Mancini 21st

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1077 – 2H Outlook for 1H Bust Hitters

by Paul Sporer

July 15, 2022

7/15/22

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HITTING BUSTS FROM THE 1ST HALF

Bryson Stott (2:26)
Jonathan Schoop (12:09)
Nicky Lopez (17:26)
Spencer Torkelson (25:08)
Javier Báez (28:40)
Robbie Grossman (31:53)

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Paul Sporer’s Baseball Chat – July 12th, 2022

by Paul Sporer

July 13, 2022

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1076 – Reviewing Spring Fades

by Paul Sporer

July 12, 2022

7/12/22

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

Michael Brantley has no timetable (1:37)
Freddy Peralta could return in Aug. (7:58)
Yasmani Grandal on rehab in AAA (14:10)
Jesús Luzardo facing live hitters (16:39)

KEY FAAB PITCHERS FROM THE MAIN EVENT

Catcher (20:56)

Paul: Salvador Perez, Mike Zunino
Justin: Perez, Christian Vázquez

First Base (23:00)

Paul: José Abreu
Justin: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Matt Olson

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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1074 – NFBC Key FAAB Pitchers Review

by Paul Sporer

July 8, 2022

7/7/22

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KEY FAAB PITCHERS FROM THE MAIN EVENT

Kyle Wright – [Apr. 3rd-10] (1:22)
Jhoan Duran – [Apr. 10th-39]/Tyler Duffey – [Apr. 10th-37] (6:21)
Paul Blackburn – [Apr. 17th-46] (11:36)
Dany Jiménez – [Apr. 24th-38] (16:48)
Michael King – [Apr. 24th-34] (22:35)
Ryan Helsley – [May 1st-27] (25:25)

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Boxscore Bits: July 7th, 2022

by Paul Sporer

July 7, 2022

Sorry for the lack of BB this week, some time constraints were the primary culprit, but I’m back with a few thoughts on the pitchers from Wednesday’s games:

FOR STARTERS

Wednesday’s Starters

#	Name	Team	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	TBF	ERA	WHIP	W	vFA (pi)	vSI (pi)	SwStr%
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	7	3	0	0	0	1	10	24	0.00	0.57	0		96.8	25%
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	7	2	1	0	0	3	10	27	0.00	0.71	1	97.8	99.5	20%
3	Corey Kluber	TBR	6	3	0	0	0	0	5	22	0.00	0.50	1		88.7	13%
4	Max Fried	ATL	6	5	0	0	0	1	4	23	0.00	1.00	1	94.4	94	10%
5	Luis Severino	NYY	6	4	0	0	0	0	3	22	0.00	0.67	1	95.6	95.9	6%
6	Mitch White	LAD	5.2	1	1	0	0	4	6	22	0.00	0.88	0	94.3	94.6	9%
7	Spenser Watkins	BAL	6.2	4	1	1	0	1	3	25	1.35	0.75	1	90.7		11%
8	José Ureña	COL	6.2	5	1	1	0	3	2	26	1.35	1.20	0	97.1	96.3	5%
9	José Berríos	TOR	6	4	1	1	1	1	6	23	1.50	0.83	0	93.6	93.1	9%
10	James Kaprielian	OAK	6	5	1	1	1	4	1	25	1.50	1.50	0	93.7		5%
11	Adrian Sampson 샘슨	CHC	5.2	4	1	1	1	0	5	20	1.59	0.71	0	92.6	92.3	7%
12	Glenn Otto	TEX	5	3	2	1	0	3	5	20	1.80	1.20	0	93.1	93.5	10%
13	Merrill Kelly 켈리	ARI	6.1	2	2	2	0	3	6	24	2.84	0.79	0	91.9	92.1	16%
14	Josiah Gray	WSN	6	4	2	2	2	1	11	23	3.00	0.83	1	95.1		21%
15	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	6	10	2	2	0	0	1	28	3.00	1.67	0	97.8	95.8	5%
16	Aaron Nola	PHI	7.2	7	3	3	0	1	3	29	3.52	1.04	0	92.8	92.3	8%
17	Michael Pineda	DET	5	5	2	2	1	2	2	20	3.60	1.40	1	90		5%
18	Miles Mikolas	STL	6	5	3	3	2	1	4	24	4.50	1.00	0	93.3	93.3	11%
19	Joe Ryan	MIN	4	5	3	2	1	2	3	19	4.50	1.75	0	90.8		7%
20	Trevor Rogers	MIA	4.2	4	3	3	0	2	5	21	5.79	1.29	0	95.4		12%
21	Mitch Keller	PIT	6	10	4	4	2	1	7	26	6.00	1.83	0	96	94.8	14%
22	Alex Cobb	SFG	6	7	4	4	0	1	3	26	6.00	1.33	0		94.7	8%
23	Brad Keller	KCR	5.2	5	4	4	1	3	3	24	6.35	1.41	1	94.9	93.3	11%
24	David Peterson	NYM	3.2	4	3	3	1	5	7	19	7.36	2.45	0	93.4	92.6	13%
25	Shane Bieber	CLE	5.2	7	5	5	0	3	6	27	7.94	1.76	0	91.4		15%
26	Cristian Javier	HOU	5	4	5	5	3	3	7	22	9.00	1.40	0	94.2		13%
27	Lance Lynn	CHW	5	6	5	5	1	2	4	23	9.00	1.60	0	92.5	91.1	12%
28	Brayan Bello	BOS	4	6	4	4	0	3	2	21	9.00	2.25	0	97.2	96.8	8%

Sorted by ERA

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Paul Sporer’s Weekly Chat – July 6th, 2022

by Paul Sporer

July 6, 2022

Transcript is available below!

1:02	Paul Sporer: Hello everyone! Thanks for coming to my chat!!

1:03	gerg: weekly skubal check in??

1:04

Paul Sporer: It’s not good. I was not concerned after the first 3 with only Texas really standing out as problematic, but the other 2 v. BOS & TOR. Felt like standard regression. Now we’re at 5 starts w/a 2.0 HR9, soaring walk rate, and big velo dip last time out v. KC. I’m not yet cutting him in most lgs (maybe a 10) but I’m benching him

1:04	Dylan: Who is to blame for the white sox

1:06

Paul Sporer: Everyone wants it to all be TLR, but that’s not really the case. Mgrs. rarely have THAT much overall impact. I do think he is a net negative for sure and the hiring NEVER made sense (unless you know the personal friendships of TLR & Reinsdorf, but certainly no baseball sense). They’ve also been ravaged by injuries which isn’t an excuse as all teams get hit, but it can be a reason for a team’s shortcomings in a given season. Kopech looks off completely right now, too. I still can’t rule them out of the Central bc of their core of talent, but they are far from the favorites