Paul Sporer: Hello everyone! Hope your Wednesday is going well, let’s talk some baseball!!!

Definitely Not Nick: Is this the year you draft Kyle Gibson with his new slider

Paul Sporer: I drafted him last year!! I held on too long and his nightmare September likely cost me 2nd in my Main Event lol

Paul: Betts at 2b moved him into the top 6 right?

Paul Sporer: I’m definitely OK taking him that high even as OF only, so yes adding the 2B definitely helps

Kyle: Birchwood Brothers articles are always so great – glad they are back again this year!

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone! Thanks for coming!

Sabey Sabes: What’s a realistic expectation from Judge this year? Have him as a keeper at #10 overall, but oh the trade options, too.

Paul Sporer: Something like .285/40/100/100

Paul Sporer: And that’s conservative, tbh

Nate: If you can keep either Nate Lowe or Tristan Casas in a 16 teamer…think they’ll be roughly similar this year? And moving forward? Or am I over/underestimating Casas?

Paul Sporer: Probably overestimating Casas right now. I’m a big Lowe fan so it’s easily him for me

Chad Young: Hi all – going to get this started in just a moment. This chat, for those who missed my update last week, is part of our expanded Ottoneu coverage. I don’t know yet how regular they will be, but there has been demand for chats, so we’ll keep doing them semi-regularly.

Chad Young: Happy to answer any Ottoneu questions, but I also cover keeper leagues in general on the Keep or Kut podcast, so I am open to any questions. Just know that whatever you are doing in your other keeper leagues, Ottoneu is better!

Chad Young: For any questions, when possible let me know the basics of league format. For Ottoneu, that just means scoring type, but any info you give me can help me give you a better answer.

Chad Young: Also, I am new to this chat thing, so if I mess things up…uh…sorry. I’ll do my best. Let’s go!

Jeff: Which do you like less: $10 Nimmo, $8 Renfroe, $9 Happ, $3 Kwan?

Chad Young: I have Nimmo a good deal above the rest of those guys and given the price, I like Kwan a good deal more than the other two. Renfroe vs. Happ is pretty close to a tossup for me, so I’ll take the extra dollar saved and say Happ is my least favorite. But I like them all and wouldn’t be looking to cut any of them.

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone, thanks for coming out!

Nate: Hey Paul, quick breakdown of the Mondesi deal? Thanks!

Paul Sporer: He is still SUUUUCH an injury risk that it’s hard to get too excited, but just him being in the news will probably raise his price. I’m OK taking the shot anything past pick-200 as he can make an impact in as few as 75 games, but don’t put all your SB eggs in his basket!

ScottTINSTAAPP: Vegas Main Event Saturday is officially 2 months away, can’t wait!

Paul Sporer: I am so excited already!!!

Oil Can Baggins: Hey Paul, if you had any hints for market manipulation on OOTP in advance of your new set dropping on Thursday – could you very cryptically hint at it? If I should load up on historical Tigers, blink twice.

Paul Sporer: I inexplicably forgot yesterday was Wednesday… no joke. I’m an old idiot. Anyway, didn’t want miss this week so let’s rock!

Guest: hey, paul!

in an obp league with slg added. trying to choose between keeping nootbaar at $5 and jorge polanco at $5. thoughts?

Paul Sporer: I lean toward Noot as I have the pair pretty close, but Noot having more upside. My HR/SB/AVG for them are close while Noot gets a healthy OBP boost and then close again on SLG. We have Noot batting 6th rn, but if he moves back up, then his R/RBI can exceed Polanco for sure

Larry: What’s your confidence level in Acuna returning to the stud he was before the knee injury?

Paul Sporer: Pretty high. He’s my #1 overall by projection, barely over Judge and J-Ram (all of whom I can take at 1.1) and I think a year removed from the injury should help Acuña get back some pop while hopefully continuing to run. 40/40 is very much in play, though obviously that’s the upside, not the projection/expectation

Guest: Jordan Walker for Marcelo Mayer and Henry Davis. Who says no?