2020 All-Stars

We discuss a bunch of the trades that went down. Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman… They are both good. We lament what could have been if Chapman was a starter. Oh, the things he would have done. Would it just be one 100 mph fastball after another? One of the great what-ifs in baseball. But yea, he makes the Cubs look like the (dare I say) favorites. Todd professes his love for David Price once again. Speaking of big name pitchers that are struggling, Jake Arrieta has been not his usual dominant self.

Todd thinks Chris Archer would be a 300K guy in the NL. I wanted to say that we said the same thing about Doug Fister, but his name escaped me. Would Archer be a star on the Dodgers? We will probably never know. We also speculate on other trades, but since I’m releasing this a week late, I won’t pontificate about all of them here.

We end with a calm discussion about Alex Bregman’s slow start. Yes, he did not light the world on fire, but he’s no Byron Buxton.

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Season 4 Episode 16 (35:13)

Panic!!! RUN!!! AHHH!!! Ok, deep breathes. Stay calm… As you can see, we running through the gambit of emotions. After another bad start from David Price, we discuss what owners should do with him. Who could you get for him? And should you deal him? Also in the world of aces, we lament about Kershaw’s setback. We still like him but this definitely shows that he’s mortal.

But enough with the bad news, #FreeAlexBregman has finally happened. This Monday Bregman will be seeing his first action for the big league club. We discuss his prospects and Todd goes into whose got next.

Hope you enjoy the episode and we apologize for the delay between episodes.

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Season 4 Episode 15 (43:46)

So we learned something this week. I have turf toe. How did I learn this? Because Jose Bautista has turf toe. Baseball, what would we do without you?

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Season 4 Episode 14 (28:03)

We had a special live episode today. More of the usual. Prospects, fantasy zombies, closerpocalypse. Thanks for listening and apologies for the late post.

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Season 4 Episode 13 ()

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No description… running to the airport :-) Viel Spaß!

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Season 4 Episode 12 (29:58)

Bad puns kicks off our discussion. James Shields got traded to the White Sox. The only thing that it really tells us is that the White Sox are in it to win it. Perhaps they’ll bring up Tim Anderson to replace Jimmy Rollins at SS, but the prospects in the deal are lotto tickets. Perhaps in 2020 we’ll be talking about Fernando Tatis Jr, but he’s certainly not a sure thing.

A lot of the prospects that we have been chatting about the past couple of months. Trea Turner has been freed and he’s batting 1.000. How can they send this guy down? We love Trea, but could there be someone we like more? A blast from the past in Texas has made his way up to the bigs. Yes, I have been all over Turner, but even I admit this mystery man might have a better opportunity than my boy, Trea. But both guys have the potential to make an impact on fantasy teams this year. Prince Fielder owners might have something to worry about.

The stars of the last generation are falling one by one. The Dodgers DFA’d Carl Crawford, which opens up a spot for our boy, Trayce Thompson. Guys that we put in the Trayce Thompson ballpark are Wil Myers and Corey Dickerson. Byron Buxton is back in the bigs after absolutely annihilating the baseball. He’s still striking out too much, but the potential is on display. Meadering on through shortstops around the league leads us to the vanguard of the Alex Bregman era! Let’s make this happen. Get on the Twitter machine and let’s get #FreeAlexBregman going.

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Season 4 Episode 11 (48:23)

Kershaw or Strasburg? I try to make a case for Stephen, but it pretty much all hinges on wins. It’s not really a defensible position, but it’s something to chat about. But speaking of super prospects, JULIO!!!!! JULIO!!!! JULIO! Julio Urias made his debut and it was rough. He got rocked, but this looks like it presents a buying opportunity. The other super prospect we talk about is Giolito. We’re predicting a September Callup.

From the other side, I have completely given up on Yasiel Puig. Listen to see how much faith I’ve lost.

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Season 4 Episode 10 (43:32)

We had a relatively quick podcast this week because Todd had to get to a golf lesson to practice for his upcoming round at the famed Pebble Beach. We quickly go around the league and discuss some hot players, some not, and finally return to our bread and butter with rookies who could make an impact before the AS break. The young names that we talk about are Alex Bregman, Jameson Tailon, and Trayce Thompson.

Also shout out to the mom of podcast’s newest darling, Jackie Bregman, for liking one of our tweets about her son.

Finally, Todd mentioned The Best Team Money Can Buy by Molly Knight.

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Season 4 Episode 09 (38:37)

Well, I got hit by a car but no DL stint for me! We have a quick hitter here. We blow through the weeks news. The #FreeTreaTurner talk is heating up and so is #BuxtonWatch2016.

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Season 4 Episode 08 (38:58)

Mother’s Day podcast. Like the pod, I’ll make this summary quick hitting.

Garrett Richards goes down with a torn UCL. The super sleeper name that Todd likes is Nate Smith. Another guy in the minors that Todd likes is James Taillon. Of course, the rest of the internet is on the Tyler Glasnow train. Glasnow has a higher K-rate but also a much higher BB rate. I just worry that people fall in love with Glasnow’s physique and really discount the control issues.

We quickly discuss who could be the #1 overall fantasy pick next year. Arrenado, Stanton, Altuve are all in the mix on the hitting side and Kershaw or Arrieta on the pitching side.

Apologies to Heath Capps whose name escaped me during the podcast. He is ready to move on from Adam Jones. I asked him about Yelich and Todd and I surprisingly take Yelich over a few big names players out there.

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Season 4 Episode 7 (39:15)