Opening the Mailbag, Volume I
Welcome to the first episode of the written mailbag! I’m feeling it out, seeing what works and what doesn’t. Ideally I’m going for questions that have broad-use strategies or ask about specific players so my answers are applicable for many instead of just one. The email to reach us is sleeperpod@gmail.com. Some will be better suited for the pod episodes (I’ve done one so far, but more are coming), others for here, and others still are best just answered by me directly to you.
Let me know what you think about this format and keep in mind, it’s not set in stone to be like this. I’m always answering as many questions as I can on Twitter, and in-season I think I’ll have some set time(s) each week where I’ll rapid-fire answer questions.
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I’m curios about your thoughts on Buxton, Soler and Alex Wood. If you, ya know, have time one day.
speaking of Doolittle,he seems to be missing from the a’s depth chart page here on fangraphs.
Thank you for the article. Is Ryon Healy signed for next year? And is he pencilled in at third or first? How do you think the Plouffe signing will affect him (assuming he is under contract with the A’s)……thank you!
Ya, he was a rookie, so he’s under team control for another 5 or so
Thank you Paul…..
why such little love for Devensky per projections for ’17?
I’m glad to see more leagues adopting categories that allow for using the best relievers (e.g. Holds+Saves). I can attest it brought more strategy to my 12 team mixer (we start 9 pitchers). A split between high K and inning compiling middle relievers with a couple of lower inning high save(plus hold) relievers makes for interesting strategy in roto.
There’s been a lot of Healy love this offseason, but I’m still not sold. I like the playing time and lineup slots available to him for the counting stats, and his adjustments have been well documented (especially in your podcasts), but it feels like the limited upside one of the worst lineups in baseball has to offer is already baked into the Healy cost, thoughts?