The Cycle: Fantasy Baseball Trade Deadline Takeaways & A Worm Farewell (Ep. 880)

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🗓️ 3 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of The Cycle, FantasyPros’ weekly fantasy baseball show — Worm’s final episode of the season — Ryan Wormeli and Mike Maher break down the latest and most impactful news from around the league. Leading off, they discuss the devastating news of Mike Trout being out for the season and what this means for fantasy managers and his legacy going forward. Next, they celebrate Jackson Holliday’s triumphant return and his grand slam, while also covering Jordan Westburg’s unfortunate trip to the IL and Coby Mayo’s long-awaited call-up. As we round the bases, the hosts delve into Clayton Kershaw’s rough outing and analyze the implications for his fantasy value. The episode heats up with an in-depth Trade Deadline Roundup, highlighting major moves like Zack Eflin and Trevor Rogers heading to Baltimore, Jack Flaherty joining the Dodgers, and Randy Arozarena moving to Seattle. They also discuss notable players who stayed put, including Blake Snell and Luis Robert. Tune in for expert insights and how these moves will impact your fantasy baseball strategy moving forward. Don’t forget, there will be no episode next week due to scheduling conflicts, so make sure to catch all the crucial updates now! Tune in for all this and more as we help you navigate your fantasy baseball season. Don’t forget to leave a positive review at fantasypros.com/mlbreview to show your support and encourage more content like this! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay up-to-date with the latest fantasy baseball insights from The Cycle. ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

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0:00.0	Hello everybody welcome into the cycle I am Ryan warmly joined today as always but for the last time this season
0:07.1	my Mike Mayer and of course it's not because he will be gone but it's because I will be gone
0:11.6	This is the beginning of August. I quite simply have too much going on and too many responsibilities on the football side too.
0:18.0	I could continue to host but I wouldn't be doing a good job of it and I don't want to you know be sitting here giving
0:24.0	kind of half-hearted advice, barely researched advice. I want to make sure that the people on the
0:29.2	show are really able to help folks when they you know are trying to get the most actionable information and kind of
0:34.7	clinch those fantasy titles. So I'll be stepping away through the end of the season. Do not worry, I will be back, you know,
0:40.8	later in, you know, the off season and then obviously next year you
0:45.6	maybe make an appearance here there mayor will still be keeping the show going we
0:49.3	will not have a show next week that is due to scheduling we will be at the
0:52.4	fantasy football expo so no show next week. That is due to scheduling. We will be at the Fantasy Football
0:53.2	Expo. So no show next week. That does not mean the show is done. Please stay
0:57.5	subscribed. We will be back the week after that. It'll be Mayor and a lot of
1:01.3	Kelly Kirby, maybe some other folks mixed in there as well, so we will still be with you
1:05.2	through the end of the baseball season. But I did want to get that housekeeping out of the way at the top.
1:10.1	Mayor, how excited are you to have the show continue without me.
1:15.0	Very excited not as excited as I am to hear all the feedback of all of the
1:19.8	listeners who are just going to be outraged that you just implied that fantasy baseball is not important,
1:24.6	that fantasy football is something more important. You inferred that I did not imply it.
1:30.9	I heard it loud and clear and our listeners will too and I look forward to
1:34.4	I'm not the one who sets my schedule and my schedule determines that I had to
1:41.2	put my time and energy elsewhere.
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