Emmanuel Clase Hype! Relief Pitcher Recap & Early 2022 Rankings w/ Greg Jewett (11/18 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
We're talking closers, which means Greg Jewett is joining us on the podcast (1:00)! ... Before we get to relief pitchers, Justin Verlander re-signed with the Astros and Noah Syndergaard signed with the Angels (3:45). ... What is the current state of closers in Fantasy Baseball (12:55)? ... Let's take a look at the top-5 relief pitchers in 2021, starting with Liam Hendriks (17:30). ... On to the top-10 relief pitchers (27:34). Will the Blue Jays go back to Jordan Romano? ... How do we handle teams who go closer by committee (30:20)? ... Where might Craig Kimbrel wind up (38:16)? ... Should we start to worry about Mark Melancon (41:38)? ... What do we do with Aroldis Chapman (46:26)? ... Let's wrap up with Scott's early 2022 relief pitcher rankings (50:02)!
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| 1:25.6 | In Pointe's Leagues, those are starting pictures who have relief picture eligibility. |
| 1:29.5 | A little bit of a cheat code there. |
| 1:30.9 | We do have a few big pitching signings to talk about as well, Justin Verlander. |
| 1:34.4 | And Noah Sindergardt. |
| 1:35.7 | And joining us on today's podcast, we have a special guest, a man who knows a thing or two about |
| 1:41.0 | closers. He is a closer expert for the athletic and has all these amazing closer charts, |
| 1:46.8 | articles, podcasts that you can find over on his Patreon page. |
| 1:51.1 | That's Reliever Recon. And it is Greg joining us now. What's going on, Greg? |
| 1:57.0 | Not too much. I'm honored to join you guys on this podcast and I look |
| 2:01.2 | forward to a great show. Closers are frustrating, but it's a labor of love. |
| 2:05.7 | Yeah, especially talking about closers in the middle of November. |
| 2:08.9 | We were talking before, what we're trying to attempt to do today is nearly impossible. |
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