Closer Carousel; Early Season Trade Targets (07/31 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
It's Shane Bieber's world, we're just living in it. Bieber is off to a ridiculous start to the season. For our OMGG players of the night, we have Starlin Castro, Trevor Rosenthal, and Max Fried (2:46). Why is Castro rostered in so many leagues? Is Rosenthal the guy for the Royals? ... Jose Leclerc is on the IL with a shoulder strain (11:57). Who is next up for the Rangers? What is going on with the Cleveland and Washington bullpens? The rest of the news and notes includes seven-inning doubleheaders (21:26), and more prospects! What's the excitement level for Joey Bart, Daulton Varsho, and Kris Bubic? ... In our email of the day, what do we do with Garrett Richards and his tough upcoming schedule (27:11)? ... Which one of these buy-low pitchers are you most likely to pursue (30:18)? Is there any love for Matthew Boyd? ... Which buy-low hitters are we most confident will bounce-back (35:20)? Who are we genuinely concerned about early on? ... Are any of Christian Vazquez, Joey Votto, Dansby Swanson, Giancarlo Stanton, Sonny Gray and Lance Lynn worth selling high (44:09)? Chris won't like Adam's answer! ... Who are Scott's favorite sleeper pitchers and hitters heading into next week (50:15)? ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | ♥ |
| 0:28.5 | This is Shane Bieber's World and we're just living in it. |
| 0:31.3 | Welcome to Fantasy Baseball today on a Kokomo Friday, July 31st. |
| 0:35.2 | Frank Stample here alongside Pocket Asus. |
| 0:37.7 | Adam Azer, welcome back to the show and Scotty Dubs. |
| 0:40.4 | Scott White. |
| 0:41.4 | Guys, Shane Bieber is the best pitcher in baseball right now. |
| 0:44.0 | Where is Chris when we need him on the show? |
| 0:46.4 | Can someone fire up Chris? |
| 0:49.4 | What do you think he would say? |
| 0:51.1 | He'd be like, well guys, it's only a two game sample. |
| 0:54.7 | It's a very small sample size. |
| 0:56.8 | So, look, would you still choose Fran Mo Reyes to lead baseball and home runs, Frank? |
| 1:02.9 | And then I would say yes and you'd say, well, yeah, then I'm going to stick with my |
| 1:05.4 | bold prediction as well. |
| 1:06.4 | Okay. |
| 1:07.4 | Not bad. |
| 1:08.4 | I think he would make a joke and he'd go, look, I've always loved Shane Bieber. |
| 1:15.6 | I always drafted him. |
| 1:18.0 | It is only two games, but man, he's pretty good. |
| 1:21.2 | He is pretty good. |
| 1:22.2 | These are two of the most convincing games you'll ever see. |
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