Acuña Replacements, Gerrit Cole's Bounce Back, & Waiver Adds! (7/12 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports, Fantasy Baseball, MLB, Baseball, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy Rankings, Waiver Wire
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Well, this sucks. Ronald Acuña is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL (3:27). How might this affect his draft stock next year? Who are some possible replacements via waivers or trade? ... Pablo Lopez made history on Sunday (13:55). Should you add Triston McKenzie? ... Gerrit Cole bounced back in a major way in Houston (19:18)! ... News and notes (26:23)! Yu Darvish and Ian Anderson went to the IL. ... Prospect updates (32:01)! We had two catchers called up, the MLB Futures game and the first round of the MLB Draft on Sunday. ... Let's rank a bunch of waiver wire starting pitchers (40:30). ... Which hitters stood out this weekend (47:25)? ... What's our Worryometer level for Joe Musgrove, Wander Franco, and Framber Valdez (51:12)? ... We wrap up with some bullpen recaps from the weekend (59:30). ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.
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| 0:38.0 | I'm Dr. Alexander Fier, with the role of Ed Sanger. |
| 0:43.0 | This is Magnificent. |
| 0:45.0 | Got a fantasy question? Email fantasy baseball at cbsi.com. |
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| 0:55.0 | Now here's Frank Scott, Chris and Adel. |
| 0:58.0 | And just like that, the first half of the 2021 season is in the books. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome in to Fantasy Baseball Today on Monday, July 12, Frank's Temple. |
| 1:07.0 | Join by Chris Towers, here to recap another wild weekend of baseball. |
| 1:12.0 | Unfortunately, unfortunately, Ronald Ducunia has torn his ACL. |
| 1:16.0 | We will try our best to find you some replacements, but there is no replacing Ronald Ducunia. |
| 1:21.0 | And Garry Cole bounced back in a major way. |
| 1:23.0 | We'll talk some prospects with the futures game and the MLB draft on Sunday. |
| 1:28.0 | And all the waiver wire options and much more. |
| 1:32.0 | What's going on, Chris? How's the weekend? |
| 1:34.0 | Pretty good. I watched a lot of soccer, or football. |
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