The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 305 – Arsenal Scores, Revisiting OF Ranks
2/3/16
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Notable Transactions/Rumors/Our Columns
- Arsenal Scores by Eno (2:45)
- Chad Bettis (7:35)
- Henry Owens (13:01)
- Rich Hill (16:35)
- Zachary Davies (23:04)
Strategy Section
- Revisiting OF Ranks – Discussing Outside the Top-30
- David Peralta has demolished RHP since ‘14, is he for real? (29:48)
- Khris Davis ended ‘15 w/two 10-HR months, 30 HR in ‘16? (38:43)
- What does a full season from Billy Burns look like? (45:10)
- How much upside does a 28-year old Rusney Castillo have? (53:20)
- Eddie Rosario is one of those better-in-fantasy players; can he improve IRL? (56:44)
- Any hope for Leonys Martin? (1:05:40)
- If CLE doesn’t get a CF, how do you like Abraham Almonte in ‘16? (1:10:18)
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Just to let you know Paul. I listen to this podcast in the morning and I was in fact drinking milk when the topic of Socrates Brito and Peter O’Brien came up. So you do in fact have listeners drinking in milk and Sleeper and the Bust at the same time.
Where can I find the Arsenal scores? FWIW I was grocery shopping and drinking coffee. I was near the croutons and had I had some java in my mouth, I would have spit it out.
The part that says Arsenal Scores by Eno in the rundown is a link to the piece
Thanks Paul. You’re a real American Hero.
Great episode. One thing stuck out for me though. I’m a little confused by your collective bullishness on Henry Owens. You expect more innings from him than Rich Hill, for example.
Injury concerns aside, this seems wrong since Owens isn’t even guaranteed a rotation slot. He might not even be 6th on the depth chart.
Furthermore, you refer to him as 20, but he’s 23 (24 in July). On top of all this, he’s not much of a K guy and he’s in a division full of lefty killers. Hill is in a better park, too.
Hmm, are you sure? I re-listened and I called him 23 twice.
Oh nvm, I know what you’re referring to. Eno was being loose by tabbing Hill as 40 and Owens as 20; they’re actually 36 and 23, but he was generalizing.
ok cool thanks for the clarification. But that’s not really the point, is it? The concern is about his playing time, the age was just a side note.
Why do you think he’ll get a lot of innings this year? (or more than Rich Hill).
I feel like we explained that in the discussion of the two. I guess I’m wondering what was missed. Hill is old and has essentially been out of baseball. Why should we think he’s going to log big IP?
Hey, thanks for the reply, I must’ve missed it.
It’s not that I think Hill will get a lot of IP, it’s that 65-75 might be all it takes to top Owens (and Hill could easily top 100 IP or more). Owens didn’t have a guaranteed rotation slot before David Price was signed so now he’s even lower. Arguably he’s 7th on the depth chart. I think he’ll move up, but when and will he stick if he does?
It’s deeper than this, but in general my point is that it’s a tough sell to say the guy with the guaranteed rotation spot is going to get fewer innings than the guy without.
the best podcast baseball show out there..nice going.
It keeps crapping out 10 minutes in, so give me the short answer:
Do you guys like Khris Davis for 30 hrs next season?
Many Thanks. Love the work.