The Sleeper and the Bust 7/28/2015 – Tulo to Toronto

Episode 257

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

In this episode, Paul Sporer and Eno Sarris talk about the two big trades of the past 24 hours involving Troy Tulowitzki and Ben Zobrist. They touch on Rusney Castillo getting a chance at a full-time plate appearances after the Shane Victorino deal and briefly hit the Jonathan Papelbon-to-Washington rumors. Their central topics focuses on five hitters on the rise after awful starts: Carlos Gonzalez, Rougned Odor, David Ortiz, Melky Cabrera, and Matt Kemp.

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Exactly 47 minutes of joyous analysis.





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JenjuMember since 2025
9 years ago

Paul, Eno,
Sorry, long question…

Need to make to drops (or trade two for one x2 )Was thinking drop Moss and Segura.
Around 130 SP are owned at any given time in the league.
Head 2 Head league – 20 cats used
Batting- Runs, singles, doubles, triples, HR, RBI, SB, BB, TB, AVG.
Pitching- Appearances, W, L, CG, SV, BB, K, ERA, WHIP, QS

Team
C- Carlos Santana
1B- Anthony Rizzo
2B- Neil Walker
3B- Manny Machado
SS- Miguel Sano
IF- Joey Votto
LF- Brandon Moss
CF- AJ Pollock
RF- Gregory Polanco
OF- Joc Pederson
Util- Lucas Duda
Bench- Steven Souza
Bench- Jean Segura
DL- Anthony Rendon

SP- Clayton Kershaw
SP- Chris Sale
RP- AJ Ramos
RP- Shawn Tolleson
P- Ken Giles
P- Carter Capps
P- Wade Davis
P- Roberto Osuna
P- Carlos Carrasco
Bench- Jordan Zimmermann
Bench- Ian Kennedy
Bench- Taijaun Walker
Bench- Collin McHugh
Bench- Eduardo Rodriguez
DL- Jaime Garcia
DL- Drew Smyly
NA- Robert Stephenson
NA- Jose Berrios

record sits at 144-127-29
Offense has been awful of late. Was considering trading Machado and/or Carrasco to upgrade LF or SP. Thoughts?

THanks

JenjuMember since 2025
9 years ago
Reply to  Jenju

Also have a proposed deal to me

Send :
Sale, Carrasco and Segura
get
Tulo, Nova, Casilla.

Feel like I would need more given the lack of depth in SP on the wire. Don’t feel like my team gets better plus the Injury risk of Tulo feels like that of a pitcher.

THanks

Matt
9 years ago
Reply to  Jenju

No. No, no, no.