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

Senta: Patrick Corbin a 10-team hold (as opposed to stream) now?   If so, any of these players you’d drop to add him?:  Yonder, Brach, Kingery.  Thanks!

Paul Sporer: Ya I think we gotta hold him in all formats. Corbin is throwing his slider a TON and getting big results (42% K, 18% SwStr). It won’t stay this great, but he’s also not a fluke

Big Tuna: Is Chase Anderson’s velo drop concerning?

Paul Sporer: A little in that I was going to be watching his velo early on anyway just to see if he held the ’17 gains

SiscoKid: What kind of upside to Newcomb and Gohara have?

Brad Johnson: Hi folks, let’s get started in a few moments.

Brad Johnson: I probably need to stop right at 5:00 today as I have some other work to finish before social sports time.

Sam: Would you be trying to trade Francisco Mejia in a dynasty in fear that he won’t be catcher-eligible?

Brad Johnson: At least in my dynasty leagues (20 team, 1 C slot), losing the C eligibility isn’t a bad thing.

Brad Johnson: Every day players with OF eligibility are more valuable than 450 PA from a C. Usually

Wes: Thanks for chatting Brad. I lost Salvy to injury. In the meantime should I roll with Tucker Barnhart or Francisco Cervelli? Thanks!

Paul Sporer: Hello!! We finally have baseball!!!!!!!

Paul Sporer: OK, now onto the questions…

Paul Sporer: BTW, include context with your questions or they might be useless (how many teams, format)

Hannah Hochevar: So why is it that Cleveland doesn’t make the playoffs?

Paul Sporer: The bad fastballs of virtually their entire staff, a lame OF, and lack of depth

Tiger: Watching Zimmerman today. 8 Ks, 1 BB. Only two extra-base hits. The 4 ER aren’t pretty, but a new pitch (2 seamer). Any thoughts? Have any looks at him?

Brad Johnson: And we roll.

PaulSporer: Why do I hate Rhys Hoskins so much?

Brad Johnson: WHAT!

Brad Johnson: As with any Phillies fan, closeted or otherwise, I have a massive man-crush on Rhys Hoskins

Clif Bar: Gallo in the 2-hole a net positive for his fant value?

Brad Johnson: Better than sixth. Changes the distribution of his runs/RBI a small amount. Increases that total slightly too.

Paul Sporer: Good afternoon, everyone!! It’s MLB The Show release weekend and we’re less than a week from Opening Day, let’s goooo!!!!

Dylan: Drop David Dahl to grab Lew Brinson in 10-team mixed?  Sounding like Dahl is destined to being the year at AAA.

Paul Sporer: Ya, I think you have to be super active in 10-team and not sit on guys

STT Fan: Kyle Hendricks or Danny Duffy?

Paul Sporer: Hendricks – https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/march-composite-rankings-starting-pi…

Joba: Bump up Arrieta based on yesterday’s velocity readings?

Brad Johnson: Hey folks, let’s getting rolling

Brad Johnson: I promise to be at my grumpiest, grouchiest self today

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Corky: I just read your “Am I crazy” post.  Interesting.  I’m more intrigued by a comment you left – do you still suggest going heavy on pitching in a 5×5 H2H weekly league, where your record at the end of the week is based on categories won (i.e. 7-3)?  How much would you spend on pitching in that type of league?

Brad Johnson: That was Justin’s post. But I did comment.

Brad Johnson: There’s no one size fits all approach, but it can be very profitable to dominate the pitching categories if the rest of your league is using a 70/30 pitching split.

Brad Johnson: Ahoy there. Let’s get rolling.

jd: Are Corey Seagers injury concerns creating a huge value opportunity with his ADP around 40? He seems to be healthy and was raking before his injuries surfaced in 2017. Is there much a of a difference between seager and correa (ADP around 14) to justify this gap?

Brad Johnson: Valuing “injuries” is one of the highest risk/reward propositions in fantasy sports. I’m often eager to bet on players with perceived health issues.

Brad Johnson: Typically, the ADP penalty exceeds the actual risk of the injury. In the case of Seager, I’m not sure that’s true.

Brad Johnson: It’s not a good sign that the elbow is STILL an issue after an entire offseason.

Brad Johnson: I’m not comfortable expecting more than a repeat of his 2017 numbers, and those firmly belong around pick 35. I usually see him go pick 30 or earlier.