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Paul Swydan

9:26

But I will draft him - I got him 20-25 spots lower than his general ADP in a league the other night, and was pleased.

Commenter

9:26

Votto over/under .600 obp

Paul Swydan

9:26

Haha, under.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:26

under

9:27

You think the Mariners up their offer for Alex Wood now that Smyly is on DL and their lack of options behind him? With the potential fast risers and Julio waiting in the wings I feel like nows a perfect time to get something for him instead of wasting his value in the pen.

Paul Swydan

9:27

Upping the offer is not something Jerry Dipoto generally does. He generally just tries to pick off whomever he can for as little as possible.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:27

Pitchers will break, keep him for now.

PeterO

9:27

For all the uproar about the intentional walk rule, seeing it happen in a game, no one can possibly care about it now right>

Paul Swydan

9:28

No it still annoys me. I liked the possibility of the pitcher and catcher screwing it up.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:28

I've seen it at so many other levels, it is a non-factor

Nick

9:28

Pts league dynasty. Sold my Carrasco, Belt, and Robbie Ray for Miguel Cabrera and Matz. Did I do well?

Paul Swydan

9:29

As long as Matz is healthy, I think you came out of the deal well, yes. But if not....you'd have to hope Robbie Ray never gets to where we think he might.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:29

Segura swinging at a pitch that bounces in front of the plate.

McCullers is rolling

Remove Matz and I would have still done the move

Matt

9:29

Longo Hall of fame chances O/U 30%?

Jeff Zimmerman

9:30

Lower, I don't think he is there but as it stands, I might get a vote once he is elligible.

Paul Swydan

9:30

I'll say under 30%. The bar has historically been high for 3B. Beltre is at 80 WAR and there are some people who still don't think he's a slam dunk. Longoria should be at 50 WAR by the end of this season, but that last 20-30 WAR will be a lot tougher for him, and he's already in his age-31 campaign.

9:31

His best chance of getting there is to stay with Tampa for the rest of his career. If he is a one-team guy, for a team that has very few stars, he'll get a bump for that, the same way Helton will. But I don't think it will help Helton enough to get him in, and I don't think it will help Longoria enough either.

Andrew

9:32

Which player isn't in your portfolio at all this year who you can't believe you missed out on? 6 leagues and I didn't get any Benintendi. 2-hole in Boston, that one could sting

Paul Swydan

9:32

I wouldn't say that I missed on him, since he goes early/is expensive, but I've never had Machado before. I would like to have him on my team one of these years.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:33

Lots of players. Only 3 leagues, one AL-only and one is 20-team, 40 player bench. My Tout Wars team is my only redraft and it is full of 40-year-olds

Erik

9:34

I ended up super pitching heavy because the FanGraphs auction calculator thought a whole lot of pitchers were bargains, while most batters were overpriced. But that doesn't mesh with the advice you just gave. What am I missing?

Paul Swydan

9:34

Well, most hitters are overpriced because they are more bankable. So that makes sense. But like Jeff said, it's better to aim to be good in every category.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:35

Your hitting pitching mix was set incorrectly. Owners need to track it as it can change from auction to auction.

Paul Swydan

9:36

Oh, that's a good point. You do need to pay special attention to the calculator variables.

MANKEY!

9:36

Hey! Shout out the Greater O'Hare Baseball League! We're entering our 34th season of Roto with three original teams still participating! Go Dills!!

Paul Swydan

9:36

Wow, that's awesome. Congrats!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:36

Holy cow, good times.

Paul Swydan

9:37

I had a league go for 13-14 years before it dissolved.

Matt

9:37

Im watching the tampa game today and I thought of something. Is Matt holliday a "scary" hitter to you? as an opposing fan I really dont want him up at the plate. If he is, I think hes the "worst" scary hitter in the game. Im not counting the Carters and Trumbos here, just all around great hitters.

Paul Swydan

9:37

Yeah, Holliday still has some fight left in him, as long as he's healthy. He hasn't been healthy much the past two seasons.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:38

Holliday is not scary now.

Paul Swydan

9:38

Here's what I wrote about Holliday in Sept. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/matt-hollidays-absence-not-inconsequent...

Lord above

9:39

barry

BARRYYYY

Paul Swydan

9:39

I can't wait for this season's Barry episode. You know it's coming!

Weezy

9:39

Fantasy question: Jeff and Brad are motivating me to buy in on Graveman. I picked him up in one of my leagues. Where do you stand with him? Do you prefer him over Musgrove/Folty/Snell?

Paul Swydan

9:40

If he can keep the Ks up, sure, I'm in. I'd love to have him on my team if he's good, because then I could change my team name to From the Cradle to the Graveman.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:41

I like the other three more. I watched Graveman today and think he has issues. No dominating 2nd pitch. With the velo increase, his GB% is down.

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