RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 06/10/2014

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June 10, 2014

Episode 127

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is now live! Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix discuss Grant Balfour and the Rays’ bullpen, the Orioles’ bullpen, Joe Nathan, Tyler Skaggs and Hector Santiago, Eddie Butler and Tyler Matzek, Kevin Gausman, the much anticipated call-up of Gregory Polanco, a touch on Kendrys Morales, Manny Machado, and requested topics Carlos Gonzalez and Brett Lawrie, with more requested subjects coming in the next episode.

As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us any fantasy questions you have so that we may answer them on our next episode.

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Thanks to Ian Miller, aka Teen Archer, for the intro music. Approximately 69 minutes of joyous analysis.

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Nicholas Minnix oversaw baseball content for six years at KFFL, where he held the loose title of Managing Editor for seven and a half before he joined FanGraphs. He played in both Tout Wars and LABR from 2010 through 2014. Follow him on Twitter @NicholasMinnix.

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Himonky
12 years ago

Greatly appreciated you guys answering our questions! Keep up the good work.

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TonyTuTone
12 years ago

Q: Is Gyorko on a “phantom” DL stint right now?

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Nicholas Minnix
12 years ago
Reply to  TonyTuTone

All indications besides Gyorko’s performance, which may be affected by his injury to some degree, are that it is not.

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JoBuVaughnHollandSheen
12 years ago

Pittsburgh Pirates’s

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Jeff G
12 years ago

Thanks for addressing the Lawrie question. I called him the “new” Lawrie because he’s now hitting kind of like what many hoped you’d get from Gyorko, with a 25 hr pace and no steals. As Eno said, he’s been like four different guys, and I know Eno’s liked him in the past. As someone with many shares, I wanted a take on the current guise.

I loved the back and forth on Machado. Both sides made interesting points here and throughout.

Thanks for your work.

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Miketron
12 years ago

Can you guys discuss Marco Estrada and his crazy homer rate? Does he have a chance to reduce this number because other than that his numbers are OK.

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ace_hunter1982Member since 2016
12 years ago

Any chance you can talk Wilin Rosario? Is he just the short half of a platoon these days or still the high upside potential breakout player he was a few years back? How does he compare to, say, Derek Norris?

Thanks!!

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Joe DouglasMember
12 years ago

So apparently a “foreign body with tentacles” was growing in CarGo’s finger? Thoughts?

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