Paul Sporer: Hey y’all, thanks for coming out!!

Bums: Is Matt McLain now a boring accumulator? At least that’s what the ROS projections say. But yet 2B options are so weak. How much longer should I keep stepping on this rake in a 12 team roto. Apologies if this went thru a lot getting an error on the phone

12T H2H 6×6 OBP,SLG: Hi Paul! I finally gave up on McLain for Bazzana. Keaschall, Semien, Stott, and Angel Martinez are on the wire, would you move off of Bazzana for any of these guys?

Paul Sporer: Crazy coincidence that the very first two Qs both involve McLain!!!

Paul Sporer: Boring accumulation does appear to be on deck with him. I was among those who bought the spring power surge. But it has completely evaporated in season outside of his 2-HR game v. DET. He has 5 SBs so still viable in deeper formats. I think he’s starting to straddle the cut line in 12s and lower.

Bums: Depends who’s available, but if it’s some of the names shared by the next Q, then I think there’s merit to moving on as he’s just bludgeoning the AVG for only a bit of HR/SB juice

12T H2H: With those options, you can probably try to play some hot hand stuff. That can be a tricky game if you’re always catching the tail end of a hot streak and missing most of the juice, but I guess it’s just more that I wouldn’t wait toooo long on guys before moving on. Give Bazz another 7-10 days and if it’s not turning, you  can look elsewhere, but he doesn’t appear overmatched and a tiny BABIP is holding back a lot.

Charlotte: Shane-o-Mac looks so good after getting through his first 3 starts. Is he back-back??!!

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OW: Hi Paul, Bazzana is still a FA in my 12T H2H 6×6 OBP + SLG league, would you drop McLain for him or should I hold out after his power surge last week?

Paul Sporer: I’m holding McLain. With the 2 HR game last wknd, he’s got 2 HR/4 SB so we’re getting some juice. Plus the plate skills are markedly better with a 5 pt jump in BB to 14% and improved K and SwStr rates (-4 and -2 pts, respectively, to 25% and 9%). Still holds more upside than Bazzana for me

Paul Sporer: OK that was weird, I got a question in the queue but the post wasn’t live?! Hopefully it’s up now!

Arqane: 16 team 6×6 with K:BB ratio for hitters, IP for P. I’ve gathered quite the collection of positionally flexible guys: Rafaela (remember when we thought he was a 20-20 guy?), Lee, Fernandez (SS/CI now, 1B soon), Jackson. How would you rank that group, and would you deal one for Prielipp? Thanks.

Paul Sporer: Ya Rafaela has been remarkably empty AVG incl. 0-3 on the bases. His core skills aren’t off from what I was hoping for though and I think the juice will come with better base running and some HRs. This doesn’t kill 20-20, though. He went 16-20 last yr w/2 1-HR months and just 1 combined SB in those 2 months. He’s still the easy #1 of this group.

Fernandez’s flexibility is nice and lands him 2nd here espec. in a deeper league. He’s got some pop and plenty of speed if they let him run. I don’t think there’s a great hit tool so that AVG will crater when BABIP smooths out, but enough juice to be worth in a 16.

Lee is showing some surprising early pop w/5 HRs. He’s not clocking 5 per month, but another 13-15. Jeremiah Jackson’s line has come back to earth as expected with his free-swinging ways catching up to him. I’d be down to go for Prielipp. As for who, that would be more for your trade partner. I would do anyone but Ceddanne

Paul Sporer: Hey y’all thanks for coming out!!

The Batman: I just want to say, I cannot believe the first half of my Landen Roupp/Sean Burke two start weeks paid off. Miracle of miracles!

Paul Sporer: Especially how many of the best laid plans have melted on us so far this year!

Bill: activating Soto today…who to drop…Tovar or Doyle?

Paul Sporer: Think I just go OF-for-OF with Doyle

Matt: Didier Fuentes making a start tonight. You throwing him out there?