Are we panicked about the Dodgers slide? We talk about a bunch of things that have very little to do with the fantasy baseball season. We jump all over the place in this episode. Probably best to just download it and then rate and review us. If you want one name for next year, Ronald Acuna. He could be the next big thing. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllStars , and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 18 (40:01)...
Sep 04, 2017
Angels in the outfield and the infield! We discuss the big moves by the Angels. They added Justin Upton and Brandon Philips to their offense and Houston added Justin Verlander. But we also waste a lot of time on smaller deals like Cameron Maybin and Mike Cameron’s son. Don’t worry, we keep it obscure. We also discuss the recent surge by Byron Buxton. I’ll ruin the suspense. Todd still believes. I still don’t believe. Fool me once… As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020...
Sep 04, 2017
Things went awry with both our team and our young pitchers. But we begin with a chat about Yu Darvish. Short story short, he’ll be who we thought he was. Talking of big stars, we discuss the Bryce Harper injury. Of course, I had a similar injury so we pretend to think we know what we are talking about because something similar happened to us. Todd loves the big name pitchers. The beginning of this pod is all over the place. We go back to our bread and butter with a chat about under 50% owned guy...
Aug 21, 2017
We discuss the two newest young third basemen that came up this week. Yoan Moncada and Rafael Devers were called up this week. We actually discussed these guys a few weeks ago. Todd thought Moncada was going to get more ABs, and I was higher on Devers… Now? You gotta listen to find out. The next subject is the injuries to big stars and their replacements. Carlos Correa went down with a torn thumb ligament. There are surprising a lot of guys out there to talk about as replacements on the wire and...
Jul 24, 2017
Sorry, this one is coming late. We chatted about change you can believe in coming out of Chicago and Washington putting out a wild dumpster fire. What? Baseball? Baseball… barely. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllStars , and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 14 (45:41)
Jul 17, 2017
The real all-star team has been announced and we discuss the surprises. Where there is Smoak, there is fire! We discuss Yonder Alonso vs Justin Smoak and who we think is more for real / more surprising. We also discuss the return of Freddie Freeman once again. In the NL, we discuss the middle infielders that were surprises. Later on in the pod, we continue with post-hype guys like Kevin Gausman. We then meander around the subject of a bunch of speed guys. Billy Hamilton, Elvis Andrus, Brent Gard...
Jul 03, 2017
We talk about the Julio Urias injury. He’s got a shoulder injury and he done. Pretty much a drop everywhere and we discuss possible replacements. Rick Porcello vs Alex Cobb, Trevor Bauer vs Mike Montgomery, Andrew Moore, Dutch Oven… does that sound exciting? Hey, it’s bleak out there. On the offensive side, we chat Judge vs Bellinger. We are squarely in the Bellinger but Todd throws out the first rounder talk. Where does Bellinger rank among the league’s elite first basemen? I’m not ready to cro...
Jun 26, 2017
Pretty quiet week, so we chat about pitchers young and old. Alex Wood vs Jose Berrios vs any random name we can think of. We also rehash a bunch of articles on Fangraphs this week. Like we said, it was slow. Another subject on the docket is how has the flyball era effected how pitchers pitch. Finally, we touch on the current Closerpocalypse. Good times. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllStars , and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 11 (46:20)...
Jun 19, 2017
We chat about the Astros lastest call up. Derek Fisher has had a monster season in the minors this year, but is this sustainable? Is he a legit 25/25 guy? Todd worries that the steals won’t translate to the bigs, but I’m more optimistic. We compare Fisher with our favorite rookie, Cody Bellinger. Which leads to the AGon injury. We are very worried about his prospects for the rest of the season, but that is good for the Dodgers prospects. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagr...
Jun 15, 2017
Off-topic is the name of the game this week. We get a little political, although don’t worry, it’s still our wacky takes on things. The environment, gender equality, basketball… there just isn’t a lot going on in baseball, so we stray. Hey, what can you do? We start off with our favorite subject, the Dodgers. The outfield started off hot and now looks a bit like a dumpster fire. Todd suggests that Ryan Braun could make his way to the City of Angels. Matt Adams has had two good games, so we visit...
Jun 05, 2017
Trout. Thumb. Us. Tears. That’s pretty much the first 10 minutes of the podcast. We discuss waiver wire guys that are out there, but none of these guys are Trout. Not even close. So yea, probably best to just replace Trout with tears. The big question is: Is Mike Trout gettable now? If someone is in a win now mode, Todd thinks that Trout is gettable. We discuss pitchers next. David Price is back and we give our thoughts on him. Todd seems more optimistic than I am. Todd ambushes me with some rec...
Jun 01, 2017
Was this our best effort? … ýou can be the judge. We chat about Julio Urias. He had another bad outing and was sent back to the minors. Todd still has the faith and believes this guy will still a be a star. But for a keeper league, we discuss whether you should hold onto him. But it’s not all bad news, we discuss some guys that have been pretty good lately and what we expect from them in the future. What’s going on this week in the nation’s capitol? We discuss the closer situation and we’re defi...
May 22, 2017
The big news of the week is the Aroldis Chapman injury. Although it’s big news, there is really no corresponding move because Betances should have already been owned. KRod lost the gig and Josh Wilson steps into the role. The next KRod looks to be Fernando Rodney, but who will be the next guy? JJ Hoover? Not exciting. The Washington situation is completely off the wall. How long can they keep letting these guys blow wins? Santiago Casilla and Brad Brach are guys that had bad weeks that we aren’t...
May 15, 2017
Another week, another set of big names going down. Not sure how we got there, but we begin with Closerpocalypse. We go through a bunch of the guys that have recently gotten saves, but may not stick around in the gig. Crappy closers are basically our bread and butter, so listen for big names like Brad Brach, Bud Norris, and Enny Romero. My German style “ch” with these German names is strong this week. I obsess over Chris Carter for no obvious reason. The guy has done absolutely nothing this year,...
May 08, 2017
You came for baseball, but you’re staying for the basketball talk! This episode when way off the rails, but moved along quite nicely. On this May 4th, Star-Wars day, we begin our discussion with the Noah Syndergaard injury, how the 10-day DL is being used, and replacements for your squad. Lots of ghosts Christmas past in our list. Charlie Morton, Derrick Holland, Ervin Santana, Trevor Cahill… Welcome to the 2012 All-Stars! Todd goes on a rant about Julio Urias. We get into Dodger prospect talk. ...
May 04, 2017
The big news in the past couple days is the Madison Bumgarner’s dirt bike injury. Blessing in disguise? Cheap young talent on the wire to replace him? We discuss these topics. Once again, we chat about closers. Same song, different verse, only this time just a little bit worse. In case you weren’t tuning out early, we stepped up the non-sense with catcher talk. Robery Chirinos, Jett Bandy, … need I say more? In small sample size theater, we discuss Eric Thames. Who is Eric Thames? We think we kn...
Apr 24, 2017
The big news of the week was Starling Marte getting slammed with an 80-day PED suspension. We discuss what to do with him, what are the long-term ramifications of this? In what types of leagues do you keep Marte and where can you let him loose? Also we do some replacement talk, although with a guy of Marte’s caliber, you’re not gonna find someone on the wire to solve all your problems. Travis Jankowski and Jarrod Dyson are the speed guys that we mention. If you’re fishing for upside, Austin Mead...
Apr 19, 2017
We kick off a bit of rust with the first episode of the season. Mostly chatting about old flames such as Wil Myers and George Springer. Was it our best effort? Best of 2017 so far is how I’d describe it… We get into a discussion about the Padres for way longer than we should. We talk about a bunch of young pitchers such as James Paxton and Dylan Bundy. Ending things with the Closerpocalypse, which is starting early this year. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllSt...
Apr 11, 2017
Turner vs Bregman. Todd likes Turner’s steals potential and the general lack of steals in the league. Turner is definitely the burner of the two, but I’m worried about his OBP. Bregman is finally turning it on and Bregman has shown his potential to be a high average guy. The lineups of both guys look like they’ll be solid and we’re split on this so take your choice. We ponder if Billy Hamilton could get 100 steals next year. We both agree that the second coming of Vince Coleman would be awesome....
Aug 19, 2016
Welcome to the 2005 All-Stars podcast! We discuss a lot of the old guys that are in the news this week. Ichiro got his 3,000th hit. Ichiro has had a sneaky good average but he’s not really putting up the counting stats to be fantasy relevant. Next we discuss the fantasy implications of the Prince Fielder news. Mitch Moreland? Jurkson Profar? Joey Gallo? We discuss a couple hot guys in the news. I go on a diatribe about how I don’t think David Dahl is for real. Not that he’ll be bad, but his curr...
Aug 10, 2016
We discuss a bunch of the trades that went down. Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman… They are both good. We lament what could have been if Chapman was a starter. Oh, the things he would have done. Would it just be one 100 mph fastball after another? One of the great what-ifs in baseball. But yea, he makes the Cubs look like the (dare I say) favorites. Todd professes his love for David Price once again. Speaking of big name pitchers that are struggling, Jake Arrieta has been not his usual dominant...
Jul 31, 2016
Panic!!! RUN!!! AHHH!!! Ok, deep breathes. Stay calm… As you can see, we running through the gambit of emotions. After another bad start from David Price, we discuss what owners should do with him. Who could you get for him? And should you deal him? Also in the world of aces, we lament about Kershaw’s setback. We still like him but this definitely shows that he’s mortal. But enough with the bad news, #FreeAlexBregman has finally happened. This Monday Bregman will be seeing his first action for t...
Jul 24, 2016
So we learned something this week. I have turf toe. How did I learn this? Because Jose Bautista has turf toe. Baseball, what would we do without you? As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllStars , and iTunes. Season 4 Episode 14 (28:03)
Jun 19, 2016
We had a special live episode today. More of the usual. Prospects, fantasy zombies, closerpocalypse. Thanks for listening and apologies for the late post. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllStars , and iTunes. Season 4 Episode 13 () local({r <- getOption(“repos”); r[“CRAN”] <- “http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/”; options(repos = r)})
Jun 19, 2016
No description… running to the airport :-) Viel Spaß! As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllStars , and iTunes. Season 4 Episode 12 (29:58)
Jun 14, 2016
Bad puns kicks off our discussion. James Shields got traded to the White Sox. The only thing that it really tells us is that the White Sox are in it to win it. Perhaps they’ll bring up Tim Anderson to replace Jimmy Rollins at SS, but the prospects in the deal are lotto tickets. Perhaps in 2020 we’ll be talking about Fernando Tatis Jr, but he’s certainly not a sure thing. A lot of the prospects that we have been chatting about the past couple of months. Trea Turner has been freed and he’s batting...
Jun 05, 2016
Kershaw or Strasburg? I try to make a case for Stephen, but it pretty much all hinges on wins. It’s not really a defensible position, but it’s something to chat about. But speaking of super prospects, JULIO!!!!! JULIO!!!! JULIO! Julio Urias made his debut and it was rough. He got rocked, but this looks like it presents a buying opportunity. The other super prospect we talk about is Giolito. We’re predicting a September Callup. From the other side, I have completely given up on Yasiel Puig. Liste...
May 30, 2016
We had a relatively quick podcast this week because Todd had to get to a golf lesson to practice for his upcoming round at the famed Pebble Beach. We quickly go around the league and discuss some hot players, some not, and finally return to our bread and butter with rookies who could make an impact before the AS break. The young names that we talk about are Alex Bregman, Jameson Tailon, and Trayce Thompson. Also shout out to the mom of podcast’s newest darling, Jackie Bregman , for liking one of...
May 15, 2016
Well, I got hit by a car but no DL stint for me! We have a quick hitter here. We blow through the weeks news. The #FreeTreaTurner talk is heating up and so is #BuxtonWatch2016. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars , Instagram 2020AllStars , and iTunes. Season 4 Episode 08 (38:58)
May 15, 2016
Mother’s Day podcast. Like the pod, I’ll make this summary quick hitting. Garrett Richards goes down with a torn UCL. The super sleeper name that Todd likes is Nate Smith. Another guy in the minors that Todd likes is James Taillon. Of course, the rest of the internet is on the Tyler Glasnow train. Glasnow has a higher K-rate but also a much higher BB rate. I just worry that people fall in love with Glasnow’s physique and really discount the control issues. We quickly discuss who could be the #1 ...
May 08, 2016
