The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 465 – Tons of Two-Starts!
6/4/17
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Strategy Section:
OWNED BUT DO YOU START? (7:20)
- Gio Gonzalez at LAD, TEX
- Jose Quintana at TB, at CLE
- Masahiro Tanaka BOS, BAL
- Robbie Ray SD, MIL
SHALLOW (14:25)
- Adam Wainwright at CIN, PHI (15:02)
- Sean Manaea TOR, at TB (17:05)
- Antonio Senzatela CLE, at CHC (18:40)
- Drew Pomeranz at NYY, DET (18:34)
- JA Happ at OAK, at SEA (18:14)
DEEP (18:50)
- Dan Straily at CHC, at PIT (19:44, 20:50)
- Kevin Gausman PIT, at NYY (20:18)
- Junior Guerra SF, at ARI (22:11)
- Chase Anderson SF, at ARI (22:36)
- Dinelson Lamet at ARI, KC (22:44)
- Ty Blach talk – he’s not a 2-start guy, but he was discussed (22:55)
- Aaron Nola at ATL, at STL (23:10)
SUPER DEEP (27:15)
- Jaime Garcia PHI, NYM (27:54)
- Mike Foltynewicz PHI, NYM (27:54)
- Ian Kennedy HOU, at SD (28:36)
- Daniel Norris LAA, at BOS
- Joe Musgrove at KC, LAA (29:10)
- Hector Santiago at SEA, at SF
- Jharel Cotton TOR, at TB (30:42)
- Hyun-Jin Ryu WAS, CIN
HAIL MARY (32:10)
- Jesse Chavez at DET, at HOU
- Mike Fiers at KC, LAA (32:57)
- Bartolo Colon PHI, NYM (34:15)
- Jeff Locke at CHC, at PIT (34:45)
- Matt Cain at MIL, MIN
- Eddie Butler MIA, COL
CATCHERS (35:50) – on the smaller groups, I just list where they start
- Russell Martin
- Alex Avila
- Travis d’Arnaud
- Wilson Ramos
MIDDLE INFIELD (40:55)
- Andrelton Simmons (42:27)
- Whit Merrifield (43:16)
- Josh Harrison (45:00)
- Chad Pinder (45:30, 46:37)
- Jed Lowrie (45:35)
- Chris Taylor (46:00, 47:11)
CORNER INFIELD (49:17)
Austin Hedges = someone else (52:00) — just a tangent when discussed hitter changes
OUTFIELD (52:28)
Speed group
- Cameron Maybin (55:00, 55:55)
- Aaron Hicks (56:34)
- Kevin Kiermaier
- Domingo Santana
Power-focused
- Max Kepler (57:55)
- Hunter Renfroe
- Steven Souza (57:30)
- Matt Holliday (59:44)
Solid bats
- Melky Cabrera (1:00:28)
- Gerardo Parra (1:01:08)
- Jorge Bonifacio (1:01:36)
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Thanks for this, Paul, it’s one of my favorites every week.