The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 440 – Starting Pitcher Extravaganza
by Paul Sporer
March 22, 2017
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Strategy Section: Team-by-Team Breakdowns – Oakland A’s
- Lockdown Studs: The True Aces (2:30)
- Clayton Kershaw (3:04)
- Max Scherzer (5:08)
- Madison Bumgarner (5:54)
- Noah Syndergaard
- Chris Sale (9:05)
- Corey Kluber
- Fantasy Aces: Are all these aces to you? Any belong in group above? (11:10)
- Jake Arrieta
- Justin Verlander
- Johnny Cueto (11:40)
- Stephen Strasburg (12:30)
- Yu Darvish (14:30)
- Jacob deGrom (16:40)
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- The Twos: Pick 2 Favorites (18:10)
- Carlos Carrasco (21:15)
- Carlos Martinez (55:43)
- Cole Hamels
- Masahiro Tanaka (22:18)
- Kenta Maeda
- Zack Greinke (20:57)
- Aaron Sanchez (19:10)
- Jose Quintana
- Julio Teheran
- Rick Porcello (19:10, in tandem w/Sanchez talk)
- The Next Aces: 2 guys outside top 30 you think can be top 15 (27:30)
- E:Lance McCullers (28:22)
- E:Carlos Rodon (30:50)
- P:Kevin Gausman (33:33)
- P:James Paxton (31:50)
- Injury Risk Upside
- David Price (41:35)
- Gerrit Cole (39:12)
- Danny Salazar (38:48)
- Rich Hill
- Matt Harvey (24:20)
- Vince Velasquez (30:25) or Aaron Nola
- Last Year’s Hype: How do these guys follow up? (46:40)
- Danny Duffy (48:51)
- Aaron Sanchez (47:57, comparison to Taillon)
- Kyle Hendricks (52:38)
- Jameson Taillon (47:08)
- The Missing Piece: These guys are a factor (or two) away from a huge jump (59:10)
- Kevin Gausman
- James Paxton
- Steven Matz (34:42)
- Carlos Rodon
- Michael Pineda (1:03:18)
- Robbie Ray (1:01:12)
- Taijuan Walker (1:00:03, 1:07:00)
- Joe Ross (37:17)
- Late Risk: Skilled health concerns or young, unproven studs (1:07:50)
- Drew Smyly (1:08:30)
- Drew Pomeranz (1:09:50)
- Dylan Bundy (1:13:03)
- Daniel Norris (1:14:53)
- Julio Urias (1:11:20)
- Blake Snell
- Garrett Richards
- Eduardo Rodriguez
- Late Safety: Boring Vets (1:15:15)
- J.A. Happ (1:17:00)
- Marco Estrada (1:17:00)
- Francisco Liriano (1:18:54)
- Matt Shoemaker (1:16:16)
- Jeff Samardzija
- Ian Kennedy
- Lance Lynn (1:18:08)
- Gio Gonzalez
- Ervin Santana
- Ivan Nova
- Hisashi Iwakuma
- Wei-Yin Chen
- Collin McHugh/Mike Fiers
- Lottery Tickets (1:20:00)
- Michael Wacha (1:24:12)
- Jose Berrios (1:22:05)
- Mike Foltynewicz
- Brandon Finnegan
- Matt Boyd (1:23:04)
- Adam Conley (1:23:04)
- Tyler Skaggs (1:21:00)
- Charlie Morton (1:26:04)/Joe Musgrove (1:27:17)
- Lucas Giolito/Reynaldo Lopez (1:21:16)
- Luis Severino/Chad Green (1:21:20)
- Alex Wood (1:24:40)/Brock Stewart (1:21:35)
- Nate Karns/Matt Strahm (1:27:35)
- Tyler Glasnow/Chad Kuhl/Drew Hutchison
- Shelby Miller/Archie Bradley/Patrick Corbin (1:30:02)
- Anyone else?
- Trevor Bauer (1:33:30)
- Robert Gsellman (1:36:05)
- Andrew Triggs (1:36:40)
- Luke Weaver (1:38:32)
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Lester?
Archer?
Couldn’t talk about everybody
Where do you have them tiered though?
I’m finding this list really helpful for clarifying my thoughts. You get into those middle rounds in the heat of the draft and everyone starts to blend together. Next thing you’ve taken some random guy that leaves you with roster construction problems down the line.