RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 07/17/2014

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July 17, 2014

Episode 143

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is now live! RotoGraphs writer Brett Talley steps into the lineup with Nicholas Minnix to discuss the Seattle Mariners’ apparent interest in David Price and Ben Zobrist; a breakdown in talks for Ian Kennedy; and a trade rumor about Jonathan Papelbon. We then talk about players returning from absences: Jean Segura, Starling Marte, Evan Gattis, Emilio Bonifacio, Shane Victorino, Carlos Ruiz, and Geovany Soto. We discuss the health situations of Joey Votto, Miguel Cabrera, and Jordan Zimmermann. We then briefly get into some news about Kevin Gausman and Taijuan Walker before closing with a couple of previously requested pitchers, Yordano Ventura and Marcus Stroman.

As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions so that we may answer them on our next episode.

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Thanks to Ian Miller, aka Teen Archer, for the intro/outro music. Approximately 56 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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Pale Hose
12 years ago

Hey Nicholas. I have a strategy request that could be an interesting topic of discussion. I play in a deep dynasty league (24 teams with 25 keepers). My team has been bad for several years through a rebuilding effort. Right now I’m in a situation similar to the Pirates. The team is young (average age 25) and is on the cusp of competing, but not quite there. How do you balance staying the course on the rebuild versus making some costly trades to get over the hump? Thanks, and great work on the podcast!

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Grant
12 years ago
Reply to  Pale Hose

If you’re confident in your ability to find anything on the WW, go ahead and deal 3-4 good players for an elite guy. You can always pick up more prospects.

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Nicholas Minnix
12 years ago
Reply to  Pale Hose

Appreciate the kind words. We tend to put general strategy stuff on the back burner, at least at this time, because it’s a heavy news period, but I’m going to try work things like this in soon thereafter.

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Mike W
12 years ago

Obviously way early to be thinking of next season, but wanted your guys thoughts on this. Am I crazy to think that a strong argument can be made for next year’s draft to go heavy on offense, maybe as deep as 10 or 12 rounds before starting to pick up pitching? I know elite level guys like Felix and Kershaw and others have been awesome, but considering how deep starting pitching has been so far and how massive the turnover at Closer has been yet again, isn’t it now best to just load up on hitters and trust your waiver wire skills to get it done in regards to pitching?

I have traditionally waited on pitching, but have usually grabbed one or two in rounds 7 or 8. Now that seems way to early, am I off-base with this thought process or should this be the new norm with how deep pitching seems to be now and how shallow a number of offensive positions seem to be.

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Matt P
12 years ago

Looking at Keuchel’s last four crappy starts, his changeup usage has dropped significantly… Can that be attributed to his wrist injury? Will he be able to heal up this season or can we drop him at this point?

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Mike W
12 years ago

I was also wondering if you guys could take a quick look at Chris Coghlan. Over the last month he is a top 20 player in Yahoo leagues. Obviously that won’t continue, but can he maintain fantasy relevance the rest of the season? He has reported to have been saying his knees were the problem the past couple of lost seasons in Miami and that they are now healthy and that has led to his rejuvenation.

Love the podcast, even through the occasional audio issues.

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