Brad Johnson: What’s up folks? We’ll get started in a moment. I’m trying to decide who to cut for Clayton Richard in my dynasty league.

Clayton Richard: You don’t want me brah

Brad Johnson: I’ll provide a little background in a moment before I start answering questions

Brad Johnson: The cut is either Pat Corbin or James Shields fwiw

Brad Johnson: So, over the weekend Chad Young and I threw in the towel on 2017 in our 20-team, 45-player, keep-28 dynasty

Brad Johnson: We are in last place among the 12 or so “contending” rosters. We’ve had terrible luck – Miggy, Donaldson, JDM, Quintana, Aaron Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez, Story, Zobrist, Salazar, Morton, etc

Paul Sporer: Hey hey!! Let’s talk baseball!!!

hscer: are saves free

Paul Sporer: huh?

Steve: Rank ROS: Odubel, Mallex, Maybin, Pham

Paul Sporer: Not sure of Maybin’s health or I’d like him more. I’ll go Odubel, Pham, Maybin, Mallex

Bregman: Brian McCann just dropped in my league for Avila. 12 team obp roto 1c league. Drop contreras for McCann? Thanks.

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

JimyJam: Why can’t Belt hit LHP this year? Is it small sample noise or should we be concerned?

Paul Sporer: Could be sample size, but the real issue is that he didn’t necessarily own the positive work he showed vL the two years before so I’d lean more toward the negative

Jay: Have a glut of CI’s and need OF help and an upside SP. I traded Bour and Brad Miller for Sonny Gray and Andrew Benintendi. Thoughts?

Paul Sporer: I like it!

Chris: Thoughts on Dan Straily? Specifically for a 12 team mixer, 7 categories (QS and K/BB)

Brad Johnson: Hey folks, you have me until my tires are done rotating

Brad Johnson:

Brad Johnson: I bet throwing the helmet adds 5 games to whatever it would have been

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe: DJ LeMahieu or Jose Ramirez at second base?

Brad Johnson: Easily Ramirez

Brad: When do you think you will get invited into labr or tout wars?

Paul Sporer: Happy Friday!!!!

Paul Sporer: This song randomly jumped in my head yesterday, so now you can listen to it

Hannah Hochevar: Happy Friday!!

A: Hi Paul! In a Roto OBP, would you rather have Yelich or your boy Upton ROS?

Paul Sporer: Yelich, but they’re close

bl27: Rhys Hoskins is to be on fire in AAA. Chance to see him soon

Brad Johnson: Every time I open the chat early, it always amazes me how quickly I start getting questions.

Brad Johnson: Took 10 seconds

Brad Johnson: The new thing of the hour is Sam Travis. He’s joining the Red Sox.

Brad Johnson: I haven’t looked into why he’s joining the team – seemingly HanRam and Moreland are healthy enough to absorb all/most of the 1B/DH work

Brad Johnson: As for who he is as a player, I think he may have some initial contact issues before he figures things out. Some power, but less than you’d expect from a 1B. More speed than you’d expect, but still not much

Brad Johnson: Like I said, the history of high averages in the minors might not show up immediately.

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

GOAT: Realistically, Berrios hasn’t passed Kershaw yet as best pitcher alive, but easy second right?

Paul Sporer: Obvvvvv, because everyone knows if you beat the Rockies outside of Coors, you’re now an ace

Twinkie: I know we must temper our expectations, but it’s hard to have asked for anything more than what Berrios has given us in his first two starts…

Paul Sporer: OK, we’re gonna get a ton of Berrios questions. I’m a huge fan just as I was last year. I’m glad he’s looking good through 2, but let’s not get too overzealous

Dat Dude: HanRam or Bellinger ROS in 12 team 5×5 roto?

Brad Johnson: While I go get a snack, let’s kick things off with a poll

Brad Johnson: If you were forced to, which of these second basemen would you cut?

Brad Johnson:

Stuck in a Slump: do you have high hopes for Zimmer during his call up?

Brad Johnson: So this is going to be a popular question. Let’s start here.

Brad Johnson: I don’t expect him to do particularly well in his first taste of the majors. These big swing-and-miss profiles usually take awhile to adjust.

Paul Sporer: Good Friday, everyone!! Let’s talk some baseball!!!

Paul Sporer:

Asher: I’m still holding onto Hunter Pence, is that rational? The Giants are a trash fire even if he picks it up.

Paul Sporer: Depends on league size and who is available, but I don’t think it’s egregious to keep him in 12+

Craig : Now that your boy J.D. Martinez is back. Top 20 OF?

Paul Sporer: I think so as long as the foot doesn’t linger

Brad Johnson: Alright, let’s get this going. I’m watching A.J. Griffin to see if I can spot anything positive aside from this stat line.

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe: Ignoring the economics of feasible markets, how many expansion teams does the level of talent support before a noticeable drop-off in product? The White Sox and Reds, for instance, are showing us that a team does not have to be infinitely better than a Triple-A club since rebuilding is more acceptable and losing can be chic as well.

Brad Johnson: Personally, I think MLB is doing it all wrong. League should be a good 40 teams deep with a starker divide between AL and NL.

Brad Johnson: I don’t buy this market nonsense either

Brad Johnson: Sure, teams like the Yankees and Cubs will always be at a huge advantage over a Charlotte or Durham, but revenue sharing can solve that

Henry: Did Gausman figure it out or should we still be worried?