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Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome

Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the bids from the three 15-team mixed Tout Wars leagues.

Jeff Zimmerman:

KCBBq: 12 team AL only H2H keeper using W+QS and S+1/2H. Replace Holton with Lively or Schreiber or stand pat? Gausman, Cole, Castillo and Festa are my SP. Have $2 of 100 FAAB left.

Jeff Zimmerman: Stand pat

Joe: India or B Lowe ros?

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!

To have and to hold: Better keeper in AL only league: deGrom ($6) or G-Cole ($15)?

Paul Sporer: Cole for sure. I just can’t trust deGrom’s health, even at the great price

Guest: 12 homers and 3 steals for Carroll since the Break… just like we all expected!

Paul Sporer: I’ve 9 HRs/3 SBs, but point taken… he’s swinging much better and I stand firm that his shoulder was bothering him early on but not enough that he couldn’t play through it and then he also suffered some bad luck compounding the issues

Spot Starter: Bowdin Francis, Matt Boyd or Bido? Or just follow the match-ups?

Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome

Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the winning bids in the three Tout Wars 15-Team mixed leagues.

Jeff Zimmerman:

Ewok: What do I do with these injured SPs in 15 team league, roto.

Jeff Zimmerman: I wish I knew

Roger: Austin Riley may have broken his hand. Max Muncy and Josh Jung are out there. Who would you grab? One caveat is that I already have Mookie and Teoscar. Is 3 Dodgers too many?

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!

Zebulon 5: Zebby is one of the most fun names in baseball right now, yeah?

Paul Sporer: Absolutely!! I love Zebulon! It’s not just a fun name, either, he did well in the minors and has a profile that can absolutely find success, especially with Joe Ryan’s injury clearing the playing time path. I’m on the Zebby Matthews train to see where this goes

Paul Sporer: New SP rankings are live, btw, in case you missed ’em in the Chat post: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/2024-in-season-starting-pitcher-rankings…

Paul!: Too early to forecast, but please do: Langford or Chourio ROS? Beyond? It seems like Langford will never be able to hit the fastball, while Jackson is making strides all around…

Paul Sporer: Love both but firm lean to Chourio between the 2. He just has the more robust fantasy profile right now and I think he will in the future, too, especially if we don’t see Langford’s power come together.

Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome

Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the winning bids in the three Tout Wars 15-team leagues.

Jeff Zimmerman:

Jon: Would you drop Crochet for Springs? Springs looked great today and Crochet is likely to get shut down

Jeff Zimmerman: Yes

Daprez: Thank you for doing these chats! I’m in a 6×6 roto with Betts, Casas and Edman returning. Could you rank these guys in order of droppability? Toglia, Mayo, C. Doval, Lux, J. Dominguez & India. Or do I release Edman?

Paul Sporer: Hello thank you for coming out!!

Darren: What’s your take on the closer situations in KC and Arizona? Do you think anyone runs away with the job or will they be committees for the rest of the year?

Paul Sporer: In fluid situations like that, someone can always grab hold of the job by catching fire. Just tough to know who it’ll be, of course. My bets are on Erceg and Puk.

Fant’sy Feast: Is Will Smith a huge upgrade over Ben Rice in a 1C, 12-team H2H with OBP and Slugging instead of Avg? Maybe I am so used to waiting to draft catchers and then using non-catching Cs that I just don’t recognize the big boost?

Paul Sporer: I know Will Smith has been sputtering pretty much since May with a .198/.292/.387 line, but it has still come with 12 HRs and 35 RBIs which are 29 and 86 full season paces. I see a .215 BABIP over this time  and have to think there is some bad luck in there. He is K’ing more than normal at 23% during this period (16% the last 2 yrs) and he is hitting more flyballs than normal which will also curb BABIP. Bottom line is that I’m staying the course w/Smith here. Rice is interesting, but not I can’t take him over Smith

DatDudeJG: Is something wrong with Luis Castillo?  He used to be a must start all the time but he’s been so up and down this year.  Reminds me of him in his early years.  Thanks for the chat!

Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome

Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the winning bids in the three 15-team, mixed Tout Wars leagues.

Jeff Zimmerman:

Turn Two: Looking towards next year in an NL Only keeper league.. better shot at being a future closer Kopech or Pearson (both or neither?)? Both seem to have +Stuff

Jeff Zimmerman: Neither IMO. Wait and some closer situations will clear up. Also, look for closers at the end of their contract where someone else will need to step in.

Vic: In a 15 Tm Mixed would you drop Tyler Phillips for Faucher, Littell or Thompson?