RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 12/16/2014

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December 16, 2014

Episode 183

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live!

Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix talk about, among other players in the news, Matt Kemp, Melky Cabrera, Dee Gordon, Yoenis Cespedes, Rick Porcello, Mat Latos, Andrew Heaney, Jed Lowrie, and Ervin Santana. Eno also segues us into an answer to a listener’s question about the potentially exciting future of Brandon Finnegan.

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

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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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Matthew TobinMember since 2025
10 years ago

You didn’t mention him. But if Rubby De La Rosa can have a bit better control, he could be a Nathan Eovaldi type. Their fastball are both hard with similar movement and not a ton of swing and miss. But Rubby has a changeup and Eovaldi has a nice slider. If Rubby threw the slider a bit harder, it has VERY similar movements to Eovaldi’s as well.

It is a fun comparison IMO

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