The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 353 – Cutting Higher Profile OFs
6/8/16
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Strategy Section:
- Jurickson Profar (5:40)
- Wil Myers (15:41)
- Martin Perez (28:36)
- Trayce Thompson & other OFs (37:10)
- Michael Pineda (57:00)
- Devon Travis (58:10)
- James Paxton (1:04:40)
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Paul — The file is from the 6/1/2016 podcast.
I copied the download link and changed the “01” to “08” and I’ve got the right audio.
Time markers are entirely inaccurate, forcing me to abandon my listening entirely.
It’s the wrong ep. Fixed now.
I posted the wrong ep for sure, it’s now fixed!
Fixed.
Hi guys. I’m in a 10 team mixed 6×6 league with .obp and hits instead of avg. Both Myers and Thompson are on the wire. My Of is Braun, Kemp, Jones and I’ve been platooning Grichuk and Fielder (sigh) at Utility. I was going to give both Grichuk and Fielder another month, but am getting impatient and am ready to make moves. I like Myers, but am not certain I want two Padres in my lineup. I’m leaning towards dropping Grichuk for Thompson and sticking to my plan of waiting on Fielder for another month. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. Thanks and I enjoy the podcasts.
Forgot to mention it’s a h2h league.
I wonder if Andre Ethier would impact Thompson’s playing time. Can’t find any recent updates on his return timeline. I didn’t hear his name mentioned in the podcast.
Paul / Eno – not sure if this is how I am supposed to submit questions to you. Never have before.
Looking at Hector Neris’… his whiffs per swing have been steadily declining according to brooks baseball. Looking at it closer, it looks like the release point on his fastball is separating from his splitter. Given that the improved release point was sited as a reason for his success – should we be concerned here? Is this something he is going to be able to correct to get back to the dominance he had earlier in the season?