AJ Smith-Shawver's Strong Start & Buy or Sell! (5/6 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Fantasy Baseball Today

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4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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AJ Smith-Shawver just had the best start of his young career (2:15). ... Drop Sandy Alcantara (8:10)? ... JP Crawford is doing some nice things (12:46). ... News (16:43): Yordan Alvarez went on the IL with hand inflammation. ... MLB is using a smaller strike zone this season (25:04). How is that affecting early-season trends? ... Who is Ben Casparius (32:28)? ... Is Trent Grisham a thing (37:46)? ... BUY OR SELL (45:57): should we sell-low on Bryce Miller? ... Why is Yelich's batting average so low (58:23)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpens, streamers and Team Name Tuesday (1:00:45). Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sptfy.com/QiKv⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get awesome Fantasy Baseball Today merch here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/3y8dUqi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow FBT on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@fbtpod?_t=8WyMkPdKOJ1&_r=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our FBT team on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@FBTPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CPTowers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CBSScottWhite⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Roto_Frank⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Facebook group at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports.
0:04.5	And first pitch, watching deep left field.
0:08.9	This is why I want to walk.
0:11.3	Got a fantasy question?
0:12.7	Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com.
0:16.2	Get ready to win your league.
0:18.5	Where fantasy becomes reality.
0:21.5	Now here's Frank Scott and Chris.
0:23.7	What's up and welcome in.
0:24.9	It's up fantasy baseball today on Tuesday, May 6th.
0:27.9	I am Frank Sample, joined by Scott White and Chris Powers.
0:30.9	Today on the show, we've got some buyer-sell questions, early season trends, and hopefully team name Tuesday.
0:40.7	Let's jump in. Oh my goodness gracious.
0:48.0	Oh my goodness gracious. I will begin us off with AJ Smith-Shawber who had an outstanding start against the Reds. Or did he? Eight shutout innings, one hit, four walks, five strikeouts,
0:53.2	had 10 whiffs on 99 pitches.
0:56.0	Did give up some hard contact in this one, leaned on his fastball through it 58% of the time.
1:01.1	It was solid, got five whiffs for him, did allow some hard contact on that pitch as well.
1:06.5	His velocity was up in this start.
1:09.4	He's throwing his splitter more this season.
1:10.9	That splitter has looked nasty.
1:12.9	He also has a curveball that he uses.
1:15.5	And after everything thus far, he's got a 3-ERA, a 137 whip,
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