Roto Riteup: July 15, 2020
by Justin Mason
July 15, 2020
Moves Bo Bichette up 20 picks:
Bo Flows Bo Flips
— Cut4 (@Cut4) July 15, 2020
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The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 829 – Early Main Event Analysis
by Paul Sporer
July 14, 2020
07/14/20
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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS
- Byron Buxton hurt
- 11 umps opted out
- Willie Calhoun (hip)
- Jordan Hicks opts out
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Jeff Zimmerman Fantasy Baseball Chat
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: Sorry for the delay, I was catching up on the Puig news
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: Welcome everyone. About one week to the season’s start.
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: Where can we see updated 60 man rosters? Players from the 2020 draft are only eligible in my league if they make the 60 man.
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: https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/blue-jays All the players in the projected 30-man plus those listed in the “Player Pool”
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: Concerns about Juan Soto? Info on his self-isolation has been pretty light.
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: Some. I just have to get him at some discount
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Picking Pitching League Leaders Going 200th or Later
by Paul Sporer
July 13, 2020
On recent episodes of The Sleeper & The Bust, Justin and I picked pitching and hitting league leaders for the upcoming season, highlighting a main pick and then someone to keep an eye on. I wanted to take it a step further and pick some guys who could lead the league in the 5×5 categories going pick-200 or later. We will start with pitchers.
WINS
Luke Weaver, ARI | Pick 201
Just under the wire with this pick which of course means that sometimes Weaver goes before 200, but I still wanted to highlight him as someone to target in this area of the draft. I’ve been on the Diamondbacks all offseason as a contender with a strong lineup, good rotation, and capable bullpen arms (with some upside candidates who could make it even better). Wins are going to be flukier than ever so with something like this I’m really looking for a pitcher I like on a quality team.
Also consider: Anthony DeSclafani (245), either Ryan Yarbrough (223) or Yonny Chirinos (276) if they got an opener with regularity
Mining the News (7/13/20)
American League
Astros
• In an interview, Justin Verlander points to why he changed his delivery and what can be expected going forward. First from The Athletic’s take.
If he planned on playing only a couple more years, Verlander thinks he could’ve stuck with his 2019 mechanics and withstood the strain they put on his body. But that, of course, has never been his plan. He set out to fix the issue. “It was almost like plugging holes in a roof when it’s raining,” he said. “I would fix one thing and another thing would pop up.” On Thursday, he pitched three no-hit innings on 43 pitches in an intrasquad game at Minute Maid Park. As he spoke to reporters on a Zoom call shortly afterward, he described the outing as a culmination of a two-to-three month process. He also noted that his mechanics aren’t exactly where he wants them yet, but they are close.
“I changed a lot of stuff that some people would think was unnecessary,” he said. “But I thought it was necessary, especially if I want to play eight, 10 more years.”
Roto Riteup: July 13, 2020
by Justin Mason
July 13, 2020
Please make this happen!
Retweet if Catcher Cam should be a thing. pic.twitter.com/hsfqcOjgV0
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) July 11, 2020
The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 828 – Bounce Back Players with Shelly Verougstraete
by Justin Mason
July 12, 2020
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Roto Riteup: July 10, 2020
by Justin Mason
July 10, 2020
Who wore it better?
Sean Manaea's Mike Fiers mask is hilarious 😂 pic.twitter.com/Ui4cTbOBK8
— Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) July 9, 2020
The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 827 – 2020 Pitching Leaders
by Paul Sporer
July 9, 2020
07/09/20
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2020 PITCHING LEAGUE LEADERS
- W AL/NL – J: Lynn/Bailey; Buehler/Fried P: ClevDog/Castillo; Castillo/Stripling
- K AL/NL – J: Darvish/Ray; Verlander/Eovaldi; P: Strasburg/Woodruff; ClevDog/Montas
- SV AL/NL – J: Giles/Colome; Bradley/Lorenzen P: Rogers/Hand; Neris/Hudson
- ERA AL/NL – J: Hendricks/Weaver; Morton/Ohtani P: SGray/Urias; Giolito/Maeda
- WHIP AL/NL – J: Bieber/Heaney; Flaherty/Stripling P: Kluber/Civale; Soroka/Disco
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Mining the News (7/9/20)
General Notes
• I’m not going to publish any COVID reports or speculation. It’s not that they aren’t important, it’s just that I’m trying to dig a little deeper for information. And the news seems to change every hour.
• I’m continuing to collect Summer Training fastball velocity reports and hopefully, I can clean up the information later today.
• To maintain the COVID protocols, teams will have limited access to video rooms.
With the Brewers and other clubs adopting what manager Craig Counsell called an “outside is better than inside” approach to avoid the spread of COVID-19, players’ access to the tight quarters of the video room will be closely controlled or outright prohibited this season, Haines expects. That will require an adjustment for those who jog the 30 yards or so from the dugout to the video room to watch an at-bat that may have just concluded moments ago.
“We’ve talked a lot about how that will challenge them in a good way — more discussion with teammates, more time watching from the dugout, just being more engaged,” Haines said. “I don’t know if they’re going to be in the dugout. They may be in the stands. I don’t know. … We’re just going to have to do it differently.
Putting aside all the Astros jokes, I wonder if certain players will be affected more than others by not being able to immediately review their swings.
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