Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome everyone. Tonight I’m sipping on some Early Times Bottled in Bond.

Jeff Zimmerman: Tout Wars changed hosts and we are still having issues getting all the league public, so I just have the results from the 15-team auction that I’m in.

Jeff Zimmerman:

see gee: I’m looking for some high-risk, high-upside starting pitchers to gamble on early in the season. Who comes to mind?

Jeff Zimmerman: Brown, Roupp, Severino, Smith-Shawver

Alex Cora: Did I mess Devers up with my whole you’re my 3B now you’re my DH switcheroo

Paul Sporer: Welcome to the chat!! Thanks for coming out!

Guest: Hi Paul. Pick one or two to keep in a 12 team roto league. No CI or MI and 3 OF: sale 5th, Naylor 9th or Flaherty 16th. If I keep one I get a first round pick. Other keepers are: Betts, Soto, j. Ramirez, J. Rodriguez and Crochet. Thanks!

Paul Sporer: Let’s pair the guys traded for each other and lock in Sale for the 5th rounder!

Chris: Grant Holmes worth it around pick 240?

Paul Sporer: Ya that’s in line with his Main Event ADP. I’m a big Grant Holmes fan, I’ll pay that price

Matt: Need and CI and OF to cover injuries for the first few weeks. Do you go high floor or high ceiling?  Going with A CES/Jordan Walker, or a safer Nate Lowe/Larnach or Abreu?

Paul Sporer: Welcome, thanks for coming out! I’ve got an SP rankings update coming out later today so we’ll probably be on a tight hour, let’s dive right in!

Flippy: Josh Lowe – Top 25 OF or Top 15 OF by end of the year?

Paul Sporer: Very comfortable w/the top 25 but can def see a Top 15 if he really thrives in that new home park as many of us believe he can. I’m in on the buyback!

hurt people hurt people: Favorite IL stash dart throw (in an AL league with unlimited IL)?
Bradish? Bieber? Christian Javier? Ha-Seong Kim 김하성? Pablo Sandoval? David Fry? Or something else?
(Kutter/Neto/Meadows/Grayson back too soon to expect a discount)

Paul Sporer: Probably going for Kim there. Those pitchers are too far out with 2nd half returns. And I know you meant Patrick Sandoval, but Pablo is a funny typo!

Ted: Does Verlander have 1 more good season left? He blew Lawrence Butler away a couple times yesterday at 96

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!

Frank: In a keep forever, would you rather have Jared Jones or Bryan Woo?

Paul Sporer: I lean Jones there in part due to Woo’s injury history, though I freely admit that any pitcher is super susceptible to injury and it’s not like Jones didn’t have a big injury of his own last yr

Mochi: Even if Luis Robert doesn’t return to the dizzying heights of yesteryear, he’s still a top 10 CF for how many years providing reasonable health?

Paul Sporer: Still just 27 yrs old, so at least the next 3-4 yrs I’d think

ObliqueSoChic: 12T 5×5 12 spot keep forever – can I trust Christian Walker as a keeper with his age and oblique history? I guess I have to?

Justin Mason: Starting a little late today because it is TGFBI Day! I will begin as soon as I have enough questions so get those in. In the meantime, please follow me on all my social media’s (twitter, tiktok, facebook, youtube, bluesky, and instagram) at JustinMasonFWFB! I am doing regular podcasts on the FWFB podcast as well as three episodes a week for the Sleeper and the Bust so definitely make sure you are subscribed there as well!

Todd Gak: Cristopher Sanchez is a top ___ pitcher in 2025.

Justin Mason: 30-35 SP on my ranks right now

Adenolith: Do you build your projections from scratch or do you start with a projection system and then manually adjust for playing time/injury context etc…?

Justin Mason: I do my projections from scratch. I look at the historical data and then adjust from there. I think this leads to less bias for me.

Greg: How would you rank Bryan Woo, Jared Jones, Bubba Chandler in a 12-team keep forever points league that more heavily weighs IP and Ks?