Matt Mervis Promotion, Week 7 Sleepers & Two-Start Pitchers (5/5 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Fantasy Baseball Today
CBS Sports
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Matt Mervis will be promoted by the Cubs on Friday (1:13)! Mervis or Christian Encarnacion-Strand? ... Is Jack Flaherty droppable (13:05)? ... Eduardo Rodriguez is off to a great start (18:45). ... The Red Sox offense is on fire (23:18). ... What's going on with Gunnar Henderson and Grayson Rodriguez (26:49)? ... News (32:14): Ronald Acuńa left after fouling a ball off his knee. ... Are we looking to add Wade Miley or Jorge Soler (37:23)? ... What's the Week 7 schedule and who are the sleepers to target (43:07)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (50:22).
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| 0:57.3 | Happy Cuckoo Mope Friday and Happy Cinco de Mayo. Welcome into Fantasy Baseball. Today, |
| 1:10.8 | I am Frank Sanfell joined by Scotty Dub, Scott White. Today on the show another big prospect |
| 1:17.1 | promotion, they just won't stop. We're going to recap all Thursdays action, week seven |
| 1:22.8 | sleepers, two star pictures and all that fun stuff. Before we get started, please like this |
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| 1:37.5 | Let's get things started. It's got even before Omega Niscreasus. Let's start off with this |
| 1:42.6 | prospect promotion. Matt Mervis is getting the call by the Chicago Cubs. This year down in the |
| 1:47.8 | miners was hitting 286 with a 402 on base percentage. Six homers, seven doubles, 962 OPS, just a |
| 1:56.4 | 17% strikeout rate. It's got pretty much everything you could ask for from a hitting prospect, |
| 2:03.2 | outside of speed, I suppose. But lots of hype around Matt Mervis. I saw him out in the Arizona |
| 2:08.5 | fall league last year in November. The two games that I saw him play in, he homered in both of them. |
| 2:14.4 | So I think he's going to be really good. What are your thoughts? He's 45% rostered. Is he a must-add |
| 2:19.9 | and fantasy baseball? You know how you say the prospect Cullubs just won't stop. I would kind |
| 2:29.6 | of like for them to stop. I would kind of like to put a pause on them because it's starting to feel |
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