Paul Sporer: Good morning, y’all! Thanks for coming out

John: Paul great job pointless end of draft question. Backup 2B Segura or Wong? Thanks

Paul Sporer: Not necessarily pointless, those guys can always pop off a level beyond their normal. They’re close, but I go with Segura there!

Dusty: What are your thoughts on Wander Javier and what’s his upside ?

Paul Sporer: Unlimited!

Rick: its been a while since I’ve been on here, are there updated positional ranks?

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone!!

Ted: Trade Jazz Chisholm for Brandon Woodruff in a keep forever? My offense is loaded, but I need arms.

Paul Sporer: I’m good with that given your context especially

Craig: Looks like Rodolfo Castro will win the 2B job in PIT, with 3B eligibility. For NL only leagues, do you think he’s a viable option? See upside in him?

Paul Sporer: Oh I’m a Dolfo fan!! https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/3-breakout-second-basemen-for-2023/

Greg: Jeff Zimmerman recently tweeted some concerns about Jordan Walker’s swing and miss (

 

Jeff Zimmerman

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During yesterday’s pod, I mentioned Jordan Walkers’ propensity to swing and miss.

During ST so far, he has a 23% SwStr%. Here are the SwStr% and K% rates from Apr last year (min 30 PA).

Once he starts facing Major league pitching, a .200 AVG is absolutely in play.

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Join @RobSilver @jeffwzimmerman @deadpullhitter
as they continue on @TheNFBC ADP:
P: H.Brown, Sonny Gray, Cobb, Lange, E.Cabrera, Berrios, E.Phillips
B: Jordan Walker, Miguel Vargas, Laureano, J.Naylor, Josh Rojas, Segura, Arraez, Seth Brown, Stott
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9 Mar 2023

Do you have any concerns about that? I have him in a super cheap keep forever league, but that was the first time I’ve seen that concerned mentioned about Walker and I’m wondering if it would be better to sell high. What do you think?

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone!! Welcome to the chat!

Your Name: Which spring breakouts are you buying and not buying, and why?

Paul Sporer: Nothing yet, it’s all too small of samples, but I will review in mid & late March

Greg: Jazz Chisholm or George Kirby in a keep forever?

Paul Sporer: When it’s a close battle like this, I go for the hitter and that’s the case here for sure, gimme Jazz

Broken Bat: just like poltergeist, he’s back… what is latest on Painter? Crickets from Phillies.

Paul Sporer: Chat will start soon, finishing up a pod with Eric Longenhagen, feel free to keep posting your questions

Paul Sporer: Thank you for the patience, y’all. These minor league pods with Eric are gonna be bangers (1 NL, 1 AL — the first releasing later today). I’ll be answering Qs by 3pm CT!

Paul Sporer: I appreciate the patience so much, y’all, let’s get started!

RTJ: Ugh, what do we do with Glasnow on our rankings?

Paul Sporer: I’m doing a hard 180 and just not drafting him

Paul Sporer: I was willing to take the shot on the amazing talent and hoping to spike some health, but he’s already missing guaranteed time so I’m just out

Justin Mason: Need a few more questions…

Justin Mason: In the meantime, please follow me on all my social media’s (twitter, tiktok, facebook, youtube, 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!

Justin Mason: Happy TGFBI Day to all those who celebrate!

Justin Mason: Still time to get into TGFBI satellite leagues if you want to try and win your way into the big contest next year! http://tgfbi.com/satellite-leagues/

BB: What sort of prospect would you want in exchange for the rights to the top Japanese/KBO players (murakami, yamamoto, sasaki, etc), assuming a deep dynasty league w/ dedicated prospect slots

Justin Mason: To be quite honest, I do not know enough about NPB/KBO to give a good answer. Hit up Tim McLeod

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone!! Thanks for coming out!

Ryan: Who would you rather have as an SP1, Gausman or Gallen

Paul Sporer: I have them back-to-back with Gausman on top, but that close you can definitely just take your pick

Matt: The Dbacks did a lot of platooning at the end of last year. Is that still a concern or does Rojas leaving solve most of that? In a shallow league with weekly locks, would you stay away from Dbacks?

Paul Sporer: Where did Rojas go? I haven’t seen anything regarding a trade

Brontarius: Favorite upcoming WBC hat?

Justin Mason: Justin Mason: Will start at the top of the hour and if we have enough questions. In the meantime, please follow me on all my social media’s (twitter, tiktok, facebook, youtube, 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!

Justin Mason: I also have my Beat Justin Mason Online Championship today at 3pm EST and will be streaming it live on my youtube, twitch, and twitter as well as I will have a post for it on FanGraphs!

Just Wait: In a 5×5 roto, which position(s) would you feel comfortable filling a starter in the last few rounds, and with which player(s)? 1B seems to be very deep

Justin Mason: I think when we talk about positional scarcity it really depends on how deep of a league we are talking. For instance, SS is loaded, but in a deeper league, it falls off pretty quickly. 1B is is probably the easiest to get later on for sure. I have an article coming out on Fantasy Pros that I finished last night that breaks down my thoughts on each position for shallower and deeper formats.

BlueJayMatt: 3B is weak this year, outside of the top 6-8 guys – how do you strategize to account for this during the draft?

Justin Mason: I think it is definitely weaker in the middle than at the top or in the back of the draft, but honestly it is not as bad as second base. I am hoping to leave my draft with an elite guy but if I don’t I have found myself just waiting and taking one of the high upside young guys later like Josh Jung and Jordan Walker.