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Paul Sporer

11:43

It really depends on league type. I think your general inclination to be afraid of their lineup is the right way to go

yojiveself

11:43

hey paul, someone dropped J Upton. pick him up and drop duvall?

Paul Sporer

11:44

You can. Duvall has been hella chilly since June

Dave Aunepetitegraine

11:44

Aaron Judge, Delin Betances, Clint Frazier, Gary Sanchez for Mike Trout. Not-even-close, Start-of-something or Fair-Offer?

Paul Sporer

11:45

Start of something I'd think

Dave Aunepetitegraine

11:45

Would you rather: Be an Ace pitcher, a Shut-Down Closer or a #3 hitting slugger? Why?

Paul Sporer

11:45

Ace pitcher. I love pitching. It'd just be awesome

Bork

11:45

Hello, friend!

Paul Sporer

11:45

Hiiiii

Toki

11:45

Is it common for GMs to place their whole team on revocable waivers?

Paul Sporer

11:45

Their whole teams? I don't think so, tbh

Ol Sea Cap'n

11:45

What's your thoughts on Joc P? Is his new walk and obp rate for real or a temporary adjustment that will get checked? Please and thank you.

Paul Sporer

11:48

I like the lowered K rate. He's been a straight up righty killer. I think his adjustments are real and I think he will continue to evolve

Grasmani Yandall

11:48

Thanks to you all for all the great work. You've got quite a few regular readers in Israel.

Paul Sporer

11:48

Sweet! You're welcome

yonose

11:49

any thoughts on jurickson profar? he's now had the equivalent of a full season under his belt and is still just 24. is he more like the player that we saw at the beginning of the season, or is he what he is?

Paul Sporer

11:51

I'm reluctant to eye his MLB work as a full season with half of it coming in 2013. I really think he's still evolving, but I'm not surprised we have seen some struggles. I think he's like a 110 wRC+ on the high end right now

11:52

He is still just 23 years old and has plenty of growth

Hannah Hochevar

11:52

Paul Sporer: changing lanes, taking names.

Paul Sporer

11:52

lol

Dave Aunepetitegraine

11:52

Remember when people were comparing the 2016 Cubs to the 1998 yankees? Lets just take a second to appreciate how good they were. The Cubs would need to go 39-4 to surpass them. The yanks were 89-29 at this point in the season. 89-29!!!

Paul Sporer

11:52

Ya, that was of course silly. But that's just kinda what we do in sports, lol

Mark

11:53

Is there anywhere to find splits for minor leagues (e.g. is my favourite prospect incapable of hitting lefties)?

Paul Sporer

11:54

Baseball Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=profar001jur See on this page where it says Gamelogs & Splits. If you can't find it, do Ctrl-F and type gamelog

Hannah Hochevar

11:54

Hi Paul. How you feeling about Hi Ho the Berrios these days? Better pitcher or cereal name?

Paul Sporer

11:54

Better cereal name for sure

He has looked horrible in the majors

ee cummings

11:56

I have to drop one of benitendi, lo-cain, or dahl. thoughts? (5x5, 3of+flex, 12 team league).

Paul Sporer

11:57

I was gonna say Beni, but LoCain has been ICE cold.

Steve

11:57

The entire Cubs starting pitching staff has low BABIPs and is outperforming their FIP. How much of this is just plain good luck, and what type of regression should we see next year?

Paul Sporer

11:59

There's definitely *some* good luck any time you're running a sub-3.00 ERA. All but Lester are allowing sub-7.0 H/9. I think you just do the normal thing of using FIP and their previous work to get an idea of where regression may go

JEFF W

12:00

How much does a teams bullpen effect the ERA of a SP? Specifically ,when a reliever comes in with runners on.

Paul Sporer

12:00

That varies, right? Because it depends how often the SP leaves with base runners on and burdens the RP to get outs without him scoring. I don't know where to find an inherited runners scored chart, though

Big Joe Montferrant

12:01

Hey Paul, your last name sounds like a Pokemon.. What are your early thoughts on the "Baby Bombers"?

Paul Sporer

12:04

LOL, it does? I wish my name was Paul Charizard (that's about 64% of my Pokemon knowledge right there). Judge & Austin? That debut was something else!

Hannah Hochevar

12:04

Hi Paul. I love the pods. Wondering, when you rank for next year if you could occasionally translate snake positions into rough dollar amounts. I know it's trickier speculation, but it would be bananas useful. Thanks!

Paul Sporer

12:04

I can bring it up to Eno & Co.

Steve

12:05

The Pirates are in the thick of the wild card race, and are starting John Jaso and his .706 OPS at 1B while Josh Bell is stuck in AAA. I just don't get it.

Paul Sporer

12:12

Sorry had to take Charlotte, wasn't just contemplating Josh Bell v. John Jaso lol

12:14

I agree that Bell should at least be up, if not starting daily

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