Archive for Podcast – The Sleeper and the Bust

The Sleeper and the Bust 01/18/2016 – Outfielder Rankings

Episode 298

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The Sleeper and the Bust 01/13/2015 – Chen to MIA

Episode 297

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  • Notable Transactions
  • Strategy Section
    • How much – if at all – does ADP affect your rankings?
    • Follow-up: can you give us 2 SPs who you’ll be way different than ADP on?
  • Twitter/Email Questions

We have a new email address for questions: sleeperpod@gmail.com. Send your fantasy-relevant questions. You can send keeper questions, but those are much better for Twitter. Questions most likely to get selected are those that apply more broadly, as opposed to specific trade or keeper queries. However, if you do ask a league-specific question, please include the league size and categories.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 01/10/2015 – Storen to TOR

Episode 296

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The Sleeper and the Bust 01/07/2015 – Happy New Year!

Episode 295

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris are back for 2016! It’s the first episode of the year and the guys have a few signings to discuss including Kenta Maeda, Scott Kazmir, and Alex Gordon. They also talk about two recent pieces from Eno:

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The Sleeper and the Bust 12/30/2015 – Final Episode of 2015!

Episode 294

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette are back for one more 2015 episode! Yeah, I thought the last episode would be their last of 2015, but y’all got lucky! Today they’re talking the Chapman trade, some mid-tier signings (Murphy, Leake, etc…) and their early thoughts on the NFBC ADP data released over the weekend.

Who stands out to you based on their early draft position?

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The Sleeper and the Bust 12/15/2015 – Cueto to SF

Episode 293

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette have returned for their last episode of the year (Paul & Eno will almost certainly have at least one more) with some big signings to cover with Johnny Cueto going to San Francisco and Jason Heyward to the Cubs. Other notable moves on the docket for them today include Steve Cishek, Mark Reynolds, and an amendment to the Ken Giles trade.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 12/10/2015 – Transaction Extravaganza!

Episode 292

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris have a huge episode full of transaction analysis. The guys are talking about 15+ moves including Zack Greinke, Jeff Samardzija, Shelby Miller, Mark Trumbo, Starlin Castro, Ken Giles, and Brett Lawrie. It’s pretty great.

*air horn sound*

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The Sleeper and the Bust 12/1/2015 – David Price to Boston

Episode 291.5

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris get together for an impromptu semi-episode to discuss the just-completed David Price deal. Then, Paul gets Jason Collette on the horn to get his thoughts on the Price deal.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 11/29/2015 – Jordan Zimmermann Heads to Motown

Episode 291

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette are back talking Hot Stove! The big Jordan Zimmermann signing is first on the docket along with J.A. Happ in Toronto plus some rumored teams for key free agents. They start the series of Collette’s Calls the audio edition (same name as his Rotowire Column) where he’ll try to guess some free agents signings. We’ll do 3-5 each week starting with Justin Upton, Chris Davis, and Howie Kendrick.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 11/24/2015 – Trader Vic Goes to Trader Joe’s: The Trade Episode

Episode 290

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris are talking trades! This mega-trade episode covers all the big moves we’ve seen so far from Craig Kimbrel to Cameron Maybin and everything in between. We also discuss the early signings and qualifying offers that were accepted.  Read the rest of this entry »