The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1030 – Starting Pitcher Preview
3/22/22
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STARTING PITCHER PREVIEW
QUESTIONS FOR TOP TIER GUYS:
- Was Gerrit Cole/sticky stuff overblown? (7:15)
- Is Shohei Ohtani (SP30 last yr) underutilized as a pitcher? (8:00)
- Any workload concerns re: Corbin Burnes? (9:29)
- Which Met are you trusting: Max Scherzer or Jacob deGrom? (11:03)
- Is there any real difference between Burnes and Brandon Woodruff? (12:48)
- Does Walker Buehler’s ERA/ERA indicators split bother you? (13:55)
- Are you buying Shane Bieber to stay healthy? (15:28)
- Is Julio Urías underrated? (17:15)
- Are you moving Zack Wheeler down off the shoulder news? (18:35)
- Who do you prefer: Aaron Nola or Lucas Giolito? (20:42)
- Is Sandy Alcantara the next big thing? (24:25)
- What does Robbie Ray do for a follow-up? (26:24)
- Do you trust Freddy Peralta as a fantasy ace? (27:55)
- What does Kevin Gausman look like back in the AL East? (31:25)
- Do Max Fried and Logan Webb take the next step toward ace-hood in ‘22? (33:12)
- Is there more injury risk to Lance Lynn than we think? (36:32)
- Are you buying the Dylan Cease hype train? (38:20)
- Crusty stud you trust more: Justin Verlander or Charlie Morton? (40:40)
- Is there another level to José Berríos? (43:35)
- Buy a Florida-based breakout: Trevor Rogers or Shane McClanahan? (46:00)
- Will Frankie Montas be dealt before the season? (48:18)
- Which Padre do you prefer: Blake Snell or Yu Darvish? (50:00)
- Are Alek Manoah’s risks being glossed over? (51:21)
MID/LATE TIERS GROUPINGS:
Mid-Tier Gems (53:00)
- Luis Castillo, Tyler Mahle, Nathan Eovaldi, Sean Manaea, Luis Garcia, Framber Valdez, Jordan Montgomery, John Means
New Faces in New Places (58:05)
Injury Scares (1:04:30)
- Noah Syndergaard, Pablo López, Chris Sale, Shane Baz, Jack Flaherty, Mike Clevinger, Zac Gallen, Luis Severino
Young Arms Looking to Make the Leap (1:09:44)
- Michael Kopech, Logan Gilbert, Ian Anderson, Tarik Skubal, Patrick Sandoval, Ranger Suárez, Tanner Houck, Triston McKenzie
Ol’ Reliables? (1:17:00)
- Clayton Kershaw, Adam Wainwright, Marcus Stroman, Alex Wood, Alex Cobb, Hyun Jin Ryu 류현진, Steven Matz
WHIP Studs (1:22:09)
Young Gambles (1:25:05)
- Huascar Ynoa, Garrett Whitlock, Luis Patiño, Drew Rasmussen, Josiah Gray, Tylor Megill, Jesús Luzardo, Carlos Hernández
Pick 3 – Anyone past SP100 not listed that you want to discuss (1:30:03)
- Justin: Kyle Gibson, Zack Greinke, Wade Miley
- Paul: Reid Detmers, Nestor Cortes, Tony Gonsolin
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Don’t sleep on Waino fellas. He pitches deep in to games which allows him to rack up Ws, unlike many of the younger SPs who go 4-5 IPs and still skip starts. With the NL DH he gets to focus strictly on pitching for the first time in his career. The NL Central offenses aren’t very scary either.