Paul Sporer: It’s time to talk some baseball!

DB: Ohtani 🙁

Paul Sporer: It sucks. Grade 2 UCL sprain puts him to the DL 🙁

Parts + Gleyber: (T for Teoscar, naturally)

Paul Sporer: Yesss

Parts + Gleyber: Is it ok to think of Teoscar Hernandez as “Push” thanks to my obsession with the Pusha T album?

Brad Johnson: Hey folks, we’ll get started in a few minutes. In the meantime, if you like DFS, we have a pretty hefty overlay in today’s TDG Invitational – https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/the-daily-grind-bird-lives/

Brad Johnson: Presently, a $2 entry is worth $3.10. You may enter twice. It’s on FantasyDraft.

Kiermaier’s Irritable Bowel: Hi Brad.

Brad Johnson: Hi KIB

HappyFunBall: I seem to be stuck in a league where no one trades becaues everyone simultaneously overvalues their high performers (because of course, it will continue) and yet at the same time refuses to devalue their disappointing stars (because of course, it will NOT continue)

Am I going to have to win this thing with WW pickups and then just taunt them all mercilessly?

Brad Johnson: Yes. This, unfortunately, is the most common equilibrium status for a redraft league

Jeff Zimmerman: OK, it’s time to get the chat started. First, here are the Tout Wars FAAB reports for the two mixed leagues

Jeff Zimmerman: 15-team auction

Jeff Zimmerman: NWilliams: 67
YMunoz: 63
DDescalso: 55
HBader: 55
BHardy: 41
FMontas: 37
TMahle: 32
JJones: 23
MMontgomery: 22
GoHernandez: 21
JField: 18
KCrick: 4
CBuchholz: 4
JJimenez: 0
CMcHugh: 0
JKelly: 0

Jeff Zimmerman: 15-team draft

Jeff Zimmerman: JJimenez: 173
RTepera: 98
ARosario: 32
MMuncy: 25
IKinerFalefa: 23
FMontas: 23
JUrena: 17
YMunoz: 17
MMontgomery: 16
DDietrich: 14
JMurphy: 13
SPiscotty: 12
NEovaldi: 12
BHolt: 7
WAdames: 6
BKeller: 5
CBuchholz: 5
JSoria: 2
BMcCarthy: 2

Neal : Nimmo is a top _____ OF rest of season?

Paul Sporer: Let’s take some baseball!!!

Ridge: Rendon+Devenski for Springer?

Paul Sporer: Seems fair!

Joe: I am in 8th place in my roto league. What can I do?

Paul Sporer: Do an honest assessment of what kinda points you can gain in each category without good but not off-the-charts production and then make moves accordingly. Attack where you can get the most points first and go from there

Smalls: Garrett Richards has a 3.67 ERA and 1.35 WHIP.  But if you remove his two disastrous starts against the Yankees, in his other 9 starts, he has a 2.52 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP (9.9 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9).  What do you expect from him going forward?

Brad Johnson: Hey folks, let’s get this show on the road

Guest: Thoughts on Brantley ROS?  Can he stay healthy?

Brad Johnson: I don’t see any reason to believe he’s a greater health risk than any other player

Brad Johnson: It’s a shame he lost his prime seasons during the peak of the HR surge

Oliver: Are you as down on Hoskins as Justin is? Think he can rebound or should we be looking to sell while we still can? Is someone like Luis Castillo enough, too much, not enough in a 12 team 10 keepers at no cost, QS h2h category league?

Brad Johnson: Go ahead and sell at this point. I don’t know exactly how down Justin is, but Hoskins does seem to have a major flaw

Paul Sporer: Hello everyone! Chatting on a Tuesday to fill in for Brad. Miiiight still do a second later this week, but stay tuned on that. Let’s talk some baseball!

THE Average Sports Fan: Is there any hope for Ian Desmond?

Paul Sporer: Maybe a little, but that batted ball profile is awful. I’ve lost a lot of the faith I had in Desmond

Greg: Thoughts on Jesus Augilar?

Paul Sporer: Interesting power bat who should probably be on a roster in all leagues at least why Braun is out

Andy: 12 team league.  You starting Caleb Smith at the Mets tonight?

Jeff Zimmerman: Sorry for the late notice. First, here are this week’s FAAB reports for the two 15-team Tout Wars leagues:

Jeff Zimmerman: Auction

Jeff Zimmerman: JSoto: 412
NJones: 222
FReyes: 213
JLyles: 159
DWinkler: 114
RStripling: 92
SDominguez: 87
JDyson: 47
JChacin: 46
VGuerreroJr: 43
DDescalso: 36
COwings: 36
WDifo: 26
GHeredia: 25
AMeadows: 20
JAnderson: 17
ACashner: 11
IKinerFalefa: 11
NGoodrum: 11
JDDavis: 8
SOh: 3
CRichard: 0

Jeff Zimmerman: Draft:

Jeff Zimmerman: JSoto: 235
LGohara: 208
GHeredia: 69
FPeralta: 67
SDominguez: 63
ERamos: 63
JLyles: 61
AMeadows: 59
RStripling: 45
DDavis: 44
JDDavis: 44
MJoyce: 38
DMengden: 38
NGoodrum: 38
FReyes: 32
DWinkler: 23
HPerez: 18
BParker: 18
JHellickson: 16
RYarbrough: 14
BRondon: 14
JMercer: 5
WFlores: 5
YSanchez: 3
BColon: 0

Jeff Zimmerman: I’m buying Lyles where possible. His pitch mix has changed (dumped sinker) for the better.

Paul Sporer: Let’s talk some baseball!!!

Paul Sporer: Seeing Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Schoolboy Q tonight!

David B.: Sup Paul!

Paul Sporer: Yo!

ryan: My pitchers are Nola, Paxton, Wood, Godley, Quintana, Heaney, Flaherty, Pivetta and Ross.

Drop any for Velasquez, Weaver, Maeda , Mahle or Cahill?

Paul Sporer: Nah, I think I’d stick with that crew. Here are my updated rankings btw – https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/mid-may-starting-pitcher-rankings-up…