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Paul Swydan

9:36

Batted ball tab of the pitching leaderboards

Jeff Zimmerman

9:36

view, it is the only way to see it on the a player's page

Paul Swydan

9:36

Also do what Jeff says.

Red Triangle

9:37

I wish I could answer both As because to use it on one and not the other would suggest one of them isn't an A, and the logo doesn't really resemble one of the other letters so it makes it too confusing to deduce from an outsider's perspective what it spells.

Paul Swydan

9:37

Damnit Red Triangle, now I have a whole other viewpoint to consider.

Big Tuna

9:38

If Wieters ownable in a 12 tm OPS? I was gonna pair him w Contreras bc he's sitting a lot of games right now

Jeff Zimmerman

9:39

Maybe. I remember him being near replacement level in 12-team leagues. Why not just go with Contreras

Paul Swydan

9:39

He's hit well so far, but I'm still wary. I guess if you need a fill-in when Contreras sits he's fine, but nothing more than that.

Big Tuna

9:40

I believed in Gausman and got burned. Then I traded him two days before he had that start against the Nationals. Why does fantasy baseball do this to me?

Paul Swydan

9:40

If it makes you feel any better, I dropped Sandy Leon on Saturday morning, right before he hit 3 homers in 2 games. It happens.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:41

I won't even say the choice I made last week.

Minty

9:41

Think Devers or Gleybarr get more than 10 PA in the bigs this year?

Paul Swydan

9:41

I think there's a pretty decent chance that both players clear that bar.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:42

Yep, over on each.

Paul Swydan

9:42

If they keep raking at Double-A ... I mean, there's no one at the major league level who should stand in their way, I don't care how hot Starlin is to start the season.

Todd Van Poppel

9:42

JBJ dropped in my 12 team dynasty. Do I drop Hicks for him? Me from 2 weeks ago would have been horrified by this question

Paul Swydan

9:42

Roll with Hicks for now.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:43

Really depends on if JBJ would be a keeper. Hicks is not a keeper.

Paul Swydan

9:43

Oh, true.

Ceej

9:43

Is Amed Rosario overrated for fantasy in an OBP keeper? Seems like a potentially very good real life player, but...

Jeff Zimmerman

9:44

Might. The defense first players can be fantasy irrelevant like Didi

Paul Swydan

9:44

Rosario's OBP at Double- and Triple-A has been inflated by high BABIPs that he's not going to maintain in the majors. Having said that, I still like him quite a bit.

Chuck N Chino

9:45

do you use Steamer (or your own home brew #'s) for ranking players -- what about during season (ROS)?

Paul Swydan

9:45

I use our depth charts, which combine Steamer and ZiPS. I'm not smart enough to make my own. Or perhaps I'm too smart to make my own. One of the two. I think sometimes people who make their own projection systems get a little too defensive of them.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:46

I use a three projection average before the season. Right now, I am mainly looking at playing time because of the depth of the leagues.

asabin

9:46

How worried are we about Clayton Kershaw? Not only has his best pitch become his worst pitch, but he walked four Padres. Batters are whiffing a lot less too.

Paul Swydan

9:47

Yeah, I'm starting to get concerned. He's earned enough leeway to have a "bad" month and a half, but if he hasn't hit his stride by Memorial Day, I'll be worried.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:47

Off night? Could have a bug. 0 worries

Chuck N Chino

9:48

Shocked that STL is in first place?

Paul Swydan

9:48

No. Mainly because I didn't even know until I read it this morning. It's too early to care about who's in first place. I'm only worried about who's in last place.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:49

No.

Scruffy-Looking Nerf Hurler

9:49

How hard is it to just sit tight and watch your fantasy team if you're rolling? Obvs it's fun to win but...

Paul Swydan

9:49

First - A+ name. Seamless combination of Star Wars and baseball.

9:50

Second - it's hard. What's harder is when you're in like 4th place and you know you shouldn't do anything because your team is doing fine but you're still like "I should tinker, it's not like I'm in first place!"

Jeff Zimmerman

9:50

Just don't expect it to continue.

Sterling Mallory Chris Archer

9:50

Your polls show how crappy a pitching Night it is.

Paul Swydan

9:50

Pitching isn't everything!

Jeff Zimmerman

9:51

Morton was on a roll

Murdoc

9:52

Is Cargo a decent buy low candidate?

Paul Swydan

9:52

For sure.

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