The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 440 – Starting Pitcher Extravaganza

3/22/17

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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)

• 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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