The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 375 – A Shortstop Renaissance

8/8/16

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Strategy Section

  • Interesting SS leader on Player Rater
  • Top 10 Look
    • Whoops, forgot to get to Eduardo Nunez
    • He was the #4 guy we referenced but never discussed
  • Blind Comps
  • J.J. Hardy & Brad Miller raking
  • Any off the radar SS you like rest of way outside of these?

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Approximately 84 minutes of joyous analysis.





Paul is the Editor of Rotographs and Content Director for OOTP Perfect Team. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer.

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AnonMember since 2025
9 years ago

Paul was barely audible though the whole thing. Had to go to headphones just to hear him.

AnonMember since 2025
9 years ago
Reply to  Paul Sporer

No worries – I still listened, just had to crank the volume 🙂

umichdt
9 years ago

I can’t figure out how to reply to the volumn thread here, but I cannot hear Paul2 at all. Even full volume. Paul1 is fine. In the first podcast with 2 Pauls, audio was fine. Now horrible. … Bummer!

Ryan BrockMember since 2025
9 years ago

I thought you guys were doing a bit for the first couple minutes when Kastava was totally inaudible… was disappointed when it wasn’t a bit, lol.

ccovilleMember since 2020
9 years ago

Came here to pike on about the volume. Crank it up, fuckers.

MustBunique
9 years ago

Volume in general is really low. Paul 2 for sure in this episode, but I understand that you are working out the bugs.

Hey, I enjoy this Podcast a whole heap. Can’t stress that enough. The dry sense of humor is right up my alley, back and forth banter is great. Whether it’s Sporer and Eno or PK or Collette, I get a kick out of the conversation and the meat of the talk is 1000x better than local sports radio or Sirius fantasy. Even when someone (could be anyone?) geeks out on the Tigers I still enjoy it. That said…

Play the end of one of your episodes wearing earbuds and have the next podcast be Planet Money or any NPR podcast. And get your eardrums blown into your brain when the next one comes on. I don’t know what it is, but I really have to turn up the V on Sleeper, and when that next podcast comes on look the f out. Anything you could do would be appreciated by my wife in 20-30 years.