Archive for Podcast – The Sleeper and the Bust

The Sleeper and the Bust 11/22/2015 – Designated for Assignment

Episode 289

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette are back and talking baseball. The offseason is already filled with player movement and today we’re discussing some intriguing DFA players, the trade block, and some rumored teams for Darren O’Day and Jordan Zimmermann. They also talk way too much* about their DFS football teams.

*like two minutes, so relax already… feel better, Charmander!! 

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The Sleeper and the Bust 11/10/2015 – Live from AFL…

Episode 288

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In this episode, Paul Sporer, Eno Sarris, and Jason Collette are together in Phoenix for Baseball HQ’s First Pitch Forums and Arizona Fall League action! The trio discusses some of the goings-on from the conference including whether or not Justin Verlander and Kyle Hendricks are legit from their ’15 performance. They also discuss some of the players they’ve seen and talked to at AFL including Clint Frazier, Austin Meadows, and Alex Blandino.

Oh, and Paul totally embarrassed himself in his first draft of 2016… and it wasn’t with his picks for once. By the way, here are the first 23 rounds of that NFBC 50 round draft & hold. It’s Kentucky Derby Style slot picking so once your name is drawn from the hat, you can pick your spot. I picked 15 once 1-2-3 were gone (a couple others were, too, I was 6th or 7th out of the hat). I’ll be writing more about this draft in the coming week or so, but here are the pics if you wanna see where someone was (or wasn’t) drafted:

I’m team 15 (click to see clearer)

 

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The Sleeper and the Bust 11/3/2015 – Managerial News, FA Preview Pt. 1

Episode 287

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette are back for the first offseason edition of the show and they’re talking Dusty Baker & Don Mattingly with their new teams, Thor’s innings increase, some intriguing options that were picked up, and the first part of their Free Agent preview including Matt Wieters, Jason Heyward, and Alex Gordon.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 10/27/2015 – World Series & AFL Previews

Episode 286

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris breakdown the World Series and get Eno’s prediction. Who are the key players on each side? How does KC’s contact-heavy game play vs. NYM’s power pitching-poor defense mix? Would you rather have the KC SPs or NYM RPs? And more. Then they discuss the AFL, going on now in Arizona, and highlight some guys they’re looking forward to seeing in two weeks including: Gary Sanchez, Alex Blandino, Dylan Bundy, A.J. Reed, and more.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 10/16/2015 – Scouting the Game 1 SPs

Episode 285

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris are back to discuss more playoff standouts including Daniel Murphy, Stephen Piscotty, Kevin Pillar, and Jorge Soler. They finish with scouting reports on the game 1 starts of each LCS and how the teams facing them might find success.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 10/12/2015 – Postseason Standouts

Episode 284

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette are back to discuss Utley slide, some playoff standouts who are improving their 2016 stock, including Rougned Odor, Colby Rasmus, and Marco Estrada among others, and the playoffs at large (outside of the fantasy realm). And they finish the podcast discussing Jason’s bold picks from RW (AL, NL).

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Field of Streams: Episode 126 – If He Gets Into The Lineup

Episode 126 – If He Gets Into The Lineup

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In the final episode of the year, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss DFS philosophy for the final weekend, the Blue Jays’ “hangover lineup,” Matt’s playoff fever in Chicago, Francisco Lindor being the new Jhonny Peralta, Matt making a pirate joke, the rash lineup decisions sometimes made in the playoffs, Mike Mahtook’s excellence against lefties, the recent hype surrounding Matt den Dekker, Wei-Yin Chen’s opportune matchup, Chris Sale seeking the White Sox record for strikeouts in a season, mispronouncing all of the Twitter handles of our favorite followers, some managers possibly on their way out, and a final thanks to everyone involved in the podcast this year.

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Field of Streams: Episode 125 – A Bit Bittersweet

Episode 125 – A Bit Bittersweet

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Brad Johnson discuss their final episode together in 2015, how to handle the small early slate, not being able to take advantage of Toronto’s “hangover lineup,” trying to make sense of the DFS pricing algorithms, setting the bar low with Yangervis Solarte, the question mark that is Rich Hill, what to do with Derek Holland vs. Andrew Heaney, and a big thanks for Brad’s work this season.

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The Sleeper and the Bust 9/30/2015 – What Went Wrong? Pitcher Edition

Episode 283

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In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris have got six pitchers who failed to live up to their lofty draft status. The two discuss what went wrong for these pitchers and decide whether or not they will re-invest in 2016.

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Field of Streams: Episode 124 – This Is Crazy Baseball Right Now

Episode 124 – This Is Crazy Baseball Right Now

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In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss end-of-season exhaustion, Brett Wallace vs. Clint Robinson as sleepers, sizing up Zach Davies, Dylan supposedly predicting great things from Lucas Duda, Brandon Phillips running on the basepaths more in 2015, Tyler Lyons’ potential as a starter, Mike Trout’s advantage over Bryce Harper, some questions of gamesmanship, and updating the Field of Streams stats.

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