RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 1/29/2015

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January 29, 2015

Episode 188

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live! It’s tough to let go, so this one runs a little long.

In this episode, Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix talk about, among other players in the news, Glen Perkins, Devin Mesoraco, Michael Bourn, Mike Napoli, Travis Snider, and Anthony Ranaudo.

Requested topics discussed: Marcus Semien, Brock Holt, and Mike Fiers; keeper question about Cueto/Harvey/Betts/Dickerson, Wright/Alcantara/Pederson/Benoit, and Altuve/Braun/Han-Ram/Scherzer; and general questions about depth by position for a 15-team league, replacement level with bench players included, and the portions of your budget to allocate to hitting and pitching.

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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Chaz
10 years ago

Oh, more nerds who think Cueto is going to regress even though he’s out pitched his sabermetrics for the last 5 years.

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Eno SarrisMember since 2020
10 years ago
Reply to  Chaz

I just wanted the seven dollars and the ability to keep Harvey into the future, but okay you can call us names.

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oh Hal
10 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

I think nerd may have evolved from insult to compliment.

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Grant
10 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

By nerd, are you referring to the daily baseball metric created by the one and only Cistuli?

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OT
10 years ago
Reply to  Chaz

haven’t listened yet but the roof came down on Matt Cain eventually…

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CM52
10 years ago
Reply to  Chaz

You sound like the type of person who thinks if red comes up on the wheel 5 times in a row that black is a lock on the next spin.

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Grant
10 years ago
Reply to  CM52

Law of averages bro! Eben is small samples!!! But seriously, I doubt many people who are regular readers of fangraphs, don’t have at least a basic understanding of probability and statistics.

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gambling phallicy
10 years ago
Reply to  CM52

That’s a bet that I’d take.

Besides, pitching performances aren’t random variables and seasons are arbitrary endpoints.

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