Paul Sporer: Welcome everyone, thanks for coming out! Tomorrow is February… we are so close to pitchers & catchers reporting, y’all!!!!

Too Many Mooks: How has Acuna not been on the cover of The Show?

Paul Sporer: Not sure, but a lotttt goes into that stuff, so maybe they’ve tried? Thankfully for someone like him, he’s got time. I imagine he’ll have many more great seasons that merit a cover

Matt W.: Does Sam Huff get a majority of the DH ab’s for at least the first half of the season?

Paul Sporer: I think he’ll have a chance. He’s C-eligible again and while I don’t think he’s a great catcher, I love a non-catching catcher for fantasy. Huff has some big time power that he can tap into, especially if he can improve his plate skills a little and cut down the whiffs. I’ve speculated on him in a couple 50-round leagues over the winter bc of that catcher eligibility and the departure of Garver

Pedro: Hi Paul.  Thoughts on Eflin?  I can keep at $15 in an AL only 5×5 league, but odds for a repeat seem long, Rays wont have Franco etc.  Thanks

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thank you for coming out!!

Richard: Paul it’s 2024 not 2023!!!!

Paul Sporer: And I put the podcast pic on the tweet. Y’all, I’m losing my mind!! https://twitter.com/rotographs/status/1750231733855740220

Kyle: Was surprised to hear you used to smoke cigs- how’d you quit? Was it rough?

Paul Sporer: Some chest pain during softball was the turning point and did a pretty solid cold turkey run after that. Maybe 2-3 more in the following week, but otherwise done. Kinda crazy that I even started bc both my parents did/do and I never liked it. Just got caught up w/it as a freshman in college bc I liked the people who hung out in the smoking area, lol. The dumbest reason to start something like that, but thankfully got out before it had too much of a grip on me bc I know quitting is NOT easy

Loop: Hi Paul, Thoughts on Hoskins landing in Milwaukee?

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone! Happy New Year (cutting it close on the 10th day of the year, but I didn’t do the chat last week so I’m going with it)!!

Paul Sporer: I’m close to finishing the SP ranks with commentary. I did the Catchers and Shortstops as well so it’s taking a bit of time, but we didn’t want to just throw a standard list-only post up before these came out. I know I’ve been promising SP rankings for a while, but they’re v close.

Scott TINSTAAPP: Just started my first draft of the year, a slow DC…LFG

Paul Sporer: It’s that time of the year!!!

Scott TINSTAAPP: Do you like Woo and do you have concerns about how he’s virtually FB only?

Paul Sporer: I understand where that characterization comes from, but it is 3 distinct fastballs w/the 4-seamer, sinker, and cutter. And he has a slider and changeup that could improve. He’s in the 50s for me part of a group called The Next Wave. I like him.

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!!

PJ: Is Glasnow 110 million dollars better than pepiot? Is Margot any different than Doluca beyond salary? The Dodgers are making really questionable decisions imo

Paul Sporer: I love Pepiot, but Glasnow is definitely better and by quite a bit (Pep can get to a pretty high level, IMO, but Glasnow is ace quality right now). The problem is of course his health. That’s an unknowable X-factor and if he continues to deal w/health issues, it’s very possible Pepiot outearns him. Agree on Margot/Deluca.

copecru81: Pfaadt or Abbott keeper league?

Paul Sporer: Pfaadt for me. They’re close in a neutral situation, but of course there are in very different parks so I lean toward the guy who isn’t stuck in Cincy’s tough park

Globbery Robbery: Really enjoyed you and Justin on the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast with Scott and Frank. Please invite Scott on to the S&TB podcast sometime this season! I think you guys could really have good debates.