RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 3/17/2015 – SS Preview

Episode 205

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

In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris discuss some Spring Training injury news surrounding the AL East (which was purely coincidental that all four items were ALE-related).

*NOTE THERE IS SOME WEIRD ECHOING LATE IN THE EP, NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED THERE*

Then they deep-dive into the shortstop position:

• Cobb leaves w/forearm tightness
  • He doesn’t think it’s serious.
• Kelly has bicep soreness
• Wieters catches for first time in ST
• Vazquez has elbow soreness – how do you feel about him w/the role? Is Hanigan a viable C2 in AL-only/hella deep mixers?

POSITIONAL PREVIEWS: Shortstop

• Strategy
  • Drown the pool?
  • Dive in early?
  • Wait?
  • Speed or power focus? Or prefer a mix of both?
  • High ceiling or high floor?
• Player Talk
  • Tulo automatically your #1?
  • How risky is Reyes?
  • Is Castro’s rebound being overlooked?
  • Can Alexei be trusted?
  • How far off are Hanley and Desmond?
  • Empty speed mavens: Andrus, Alcides, Segura
  • How much of Peralta’s 2014 was legit?
  • Going back to the B.Miller well?
  • Santana’s production after BABIP regression?
  • Hardy or Lowrie?
  • Depth at the position
  • Any of the uber-prospects make a fantasy impact in ’15?

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Approximately 61 minutes of joyous analysis.

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