Paul Sporer: Good afternoon everyone, it’s chat time!!!

MartinEllinger: Tommy La Stella WTF

Paul Sporer: It’s absolutely insane. I have no explanation, lol

cavebird: Does it look like Castellanos’s cold start is just noise, or is there something to worry about here?

Paul Sporer: Not particularly worried, I’d be open to buying

Lucas: Thoughts on tailon for pham trade in 12 team roto mixed obp league? current pitchers are cole, morton, marco g, rich hill, heaney, luke weaver, matt boyd, and tailon

Brad Johnson: Welcome folks, we’ll get started in a moment

Franmillionaire: Who is your preference in 12-team 5×5 H2H: Kepler or Franmil? Franmil’s impressive x-stats are intriguing but I’m not sure how to weigh them.

Brad Johnson: I’d bet on Franmil hitting the jackpot

Brad Johnson: because the prize is far tastier and you can always re-roll later

Vic: How many members of the Twins’  and Phillies’ bullpen will record 10+ saves

Brad Johnson: Three each feels reasonable

Griffey: Who’s better ROS:  F. Reyes or J.D. Davis

Jeff Zimmerman: Reyes

Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the two mixed league FAAB results from Tout Wars

Jeff Zimmerman: RElias: 89
CTucker: 67
APujols: 62
MPerez: 58
HBailey: 39
JMurphy: 36
DSantana: 33
TLaStella: 32
CAnderson: 26
SGaviglio: 24
ESwanson: 22
MTauchman: 20
DBote: 16
RTapia: 14
HKendrick: 12
CBuchholz: 11
JDDavis: 9
RStephenson: 9
MChavis: 7
JrgLopez: 6
MAdams: 6
ESogard: 6
DFowler: 4
NBurdi: 3
ZGallen: 2
CVazquez: 2
INova: 2
COwings: 2
PBaez: 1
GParra: 1
SRomo: 0

Jeff Zimmerman: CTucker: 185
DSmithJr: 177
JEickhoff: 123
RRuiz: 57
MCanha: 54
MSoroka: 52
MTauchman: 38
MWacha: 23
EThames: 23
ESwanson: 23
SKelley: 22
RQuinn: 20
TThornton: 18
JReddick: 17
TFrazier: 15
AlexReyes: 14
ZDavies: 13
CBuchholz: 10
HBailey: 8
MChavis: 8
COwings: 5
TDArnaud: 5
BMcCann: 3
ESogard: 2
DSantana: 2
TomMurphy: 0
HVelazquez: 0

Edgar: Cole Tucker wasn’t in your FAAB prediction. What are your thoughts?

Paul Sporer: Good afternoon, everyone! My new Starting Pitcher ranks are live so this would be a great chance to ask questions about them if you have any: https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/april-starting-pitcher-rankings/

Big Tuna : After the call up, in leagues are you looking at Chavis? 12 tm OPS?

Paul Sporer: Not sure there is going to be enough playing time for 12-teamers, though he did play some 2B in the minors

Anders: 14 team points league, would you drop any of Tim Beckham, Hunter Dozier, Vogelbach, or Mazara for Yandy Diaz/Avisail Garcia? I’d love to make room for them, good problem to have I suppose.

Paul Sporer: Ya it is a good problem to have as I’d probably just roll with what I’ve got in that situation

Freddy Mac: Would you still hold Laureano in a 12 teamer? The K/BB is atrocious

Brad Johnson: Alrighty, we’ll get started in a few moments

Brian the Bull: Brian Dozier: Slow April per usual, or is he still hurt?

Brad Johnson: I’m going to go with neither. His peripherals look dead and toasted

Brad Johnson: But I think he’s healthy

Dave in London: Thanks for your insight Brad. AL, 10-team 4 x 4 league. I’ve got Dylan Cease ($1), Sean Murphy($3) and Daz Cameron ($4) on my reserve. Can I reasonably expect to see them in the majors by the All-Star break, and which do you think might make the best bait?

Brad Johnson: Murphy is the likeliest to make the majors this season imo

Jeff Zimmerman: I’m back from a day of watching my son play soccer. The @rotographs FAAB and Waiver chat will begin in a few minutes. I need to scour some news feeds to see if I need to adjust some FAAB bids.

Jeff Zimmerman: I’m good for now, time to start

Max Johnson: Do you like Goodrum this year? SSS but xstats/peripherals look nice.

Jeff Zimmerman: He’s very boring but productive. I’d not be surprised if he was a top-50 player by season’s end

BigTuna: If I have a beat up offense plus Sale, Darvish, Mikolas, Musgrove, Glasnow, and Pineda, would you drop Y. Chirinos for O’Neill, A. Gordon, Dozier, Leonys, or C. Walker or hold and try to trade arm for bat? (12 tm OPS)

Jeff Zimmerman: Yes for Walker, Gordon, or Leonys and possibly Dozier depending on which one. Yes for Brian, no for Hunter

Paul Sporer: It’s time to talk some baseball! Thanks for coming out, everyone!!

ke’bryan mays hayes: Joe Musgrove owns. Thoughts?

Paul Sporer: Agreed, but I really don’t like “thoughts?” questions… it’s not really a question. You had the benefit of being first in the chat. I love Musgrove, though.

John: When do GB rates stabilize for the year?

Paul Sporer: About 70 batted balls

John: Paul help me with Desmond.  Is he droppable or should I ride this out?  GB rate is down 20 points but all statcast measures look terrible.

Paul Sporer: Hey everyone! We’ll begin in just a moment and run through the hour.

Greg: Thoughts on Darvish? Sliders looked pretty nasty early yesterday, but it has been a rough go.

Paul Sporer: I do wonder if that late-spring blister is still an issue at this point. He just doesn’t look like he did early in spring.

WeaverTruther: Was there anything in Weaver’s first start to get excited about, or get legitimately worried about?

Paul Sporer: Nothing I’m worry about. Bad start against a good team. He’s the kinda guy I’m giving 3 starts to assess. After that, he’s cuttable bc he wasn’t a high priced pick

BK: I have a $49 Arenado at 3B and a $15 Cruz at UTL in Ottoneu points league. How can I get Maikel Franco in my lineup or what should I be looking for in return for a $1 Franco?

Brad Johnson: We’ll kick off in a few minutes. Let’s talk some actual baseball.

Brad Johnson: PS I love the Socrates Brito acquisition for the Blue Jays. That’s probably who the Giants should have nabbed instead of paying for Kevin Pillar.

Brad Johnson: Ok, I’m back. Headphones on, 90s playlist selected, let’s roll.

Mmm Mmm Good: Peter Alonso is a Top-5 1B.  Fight me.

Brad Johnson: Goldy, Votto, Hoskins, Freeman, Rizzo in no particular order

Brad Johnson: I win

Jeff Zimmerman: I’m going to focus on answering WW and FAAB question and then go back through and answer general fantasy questions.

Cameron: In a 10 team h2h 6×6 with ops and k/9, what % should I be bidding on Kike Hernandez and Corbin Burnes?

Jeff Zimmerman: 3% to 5% each

Kyle Hendricks: top 3 waiver wire adds?

Jeff Zimmerman: Way too vague

tWins : Jay Bruce, Kole Calhoun or Scott Schebler going forward?