RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and the Bust 3/9/2015 – LABR Reax

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March 10, 2015

Episode 202

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

In this episode, Paul Sporer and Jason Collette discuss some Spring Training injuries and then deep-dive into the AL and NL LABR auctions that took place this weekend in Phoenix:

They discuss where the extra money went in the AL. Extra money, you ask? The dilution of the upper tier of AL pitching with Scherzer, Shields, and Lester leaving and Darvish and Tanaka facing injury issues that will leave them well below cost had big effects on the rest of the pool.

The NL was fascinating because it seemed that almost every team had specific, detailed strategies that they were able to enact which created an interesting balance of teams across the league.

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Jason Collette
11 years ago

Apologies for a bit of background noise on this one. Was on the exercise bike for a little bit & didn’t notice how squeaky it was there as we started discussing the AL LABR draft.

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mj10catchitMember since 2020
11 years ago

As a deep AL only owner, I loved hearing about LABR. Since top end pitching AND hitting are both going for a premium this year, which one would you feel more comfortable spending on at your auction? I can flip a couple of my keeper bats for arms, or a couple of my arms for bats, and then focus on spending big on just arms or bats at my auction. Hope that makes sense, and keep up the good work!

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Andy
11 years ago
Reply to  mj10catchit

Hey guys! I love the podcast!

Quick question. I have Bautista, Beltre, and Max Scherzer in a 6×6 league with ops and QS as the extra categories and we keep 3 every year. Who would you take next? What position would you focus on? At pick 44 I believe Freeman, Dickerson, Cespedes, Cueto, Zimmerman, and Kluber.
Thanks for the help!

Andy

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