Jarred Kelenic Time! The State of Fantasy Baseball & Statcast Fun (5/11 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Fantasy Baseball Today

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4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Woo it sounds like Jarred Kelenic will be called up this Thursday (0:54)! How far is he moving up the rankings and should you sell-high? Jared Walsh leads our Monday standouts with four hits (10:42). Who should you trust more between Kyle Gibson and Alex Wood? ... News and notes (19:47)! Jacob deGrom will go on the IL Tuesday, Cody Bellinger is running, plus we have prospect updates. ... Tyler Naquin or Nick Senzel (25:30)? Should you re-add Ryan Mountcastle? Let's take a closer look at the state of Fantasy Baseball (31:07). Is 2021 the year of the pitcher? ... What updates do we have on the new baseball and how it's affecting the game (41:22)? ... Who are the biggest over or underachievers based on Statcast (45:21)? ... We wrap up with some bullpen updates, pitchers to stream, and Team Name Tuesday (53:05)! ... Email us at [email protected]. 'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank, @AdamAizer 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/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday 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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0:57.0	It's Jared Kelennick-Time.
0:59.0	Welcome in to Fantasy Baseball today on Tuesday, May 11th.
1:03.0	Frank Sample joined by Scott White and Chris Towers, only five games on the schedule Monday.
1:09.0	So we'll get a little creative with it on today's podcast.
1:12.0	We'll take a look at the state of Fantasy Baseball.
1:15.0	Chris wrote a fantastic article which is on the site right now.
1:18.0	We'll have some fun with Statcast.
1:20.0	Some Monday stand out, some team name Tuesday.
1:22.0	But of course, let's start with Jared Kelennick.
1:26.0	One of the top prospects in baseball.
1:31.0	He is a top five prospect, I would say, confidently.
1:35.0	And arguably the number two hitting prospect behind Wander Franco.
1:39.0	He is 81% rostered.
1:41.0	According to Jeff Passon of ESPN, Kelennick is expected to be called up by the Mariners on Thursday.
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