Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Fred Zinkie asks "What's Wrong with the Mets?" He and Jeff Erickson discuss five struggling offenses since the All-Star Break.---00:00 Fred Pod 8-12-2500:20 Welcome01:00 Main Topic - What’s wrong with these teams?01:47 These five teams have all ranked among the bottom-10 in OPS, runs scored and wRC+. Should we bench some of their hitters, because we don’t have time to wait for them to turn things around? And should we stream pitchers against them?03:15 Mets08:30 Rays13:25 Cardinals19:15 Nationals23:30 Rangers26:45 Chalkboard27:45 News. Plenty of it today.28:00 Jose Hader is getting tests done on his shoulder. Uh oh.30:30 Cristian Javier earned a win in his return. Is he ready to join fantasy lineups?32:10 Shane McClanahan is done for the season, proving once again that injury optimism is not your friend. Grayson Rodriguez also underwent elbow surgery.33:10 Cole Ragans threw a bullpen session. He’s sitting on waivers in some leagues and could be back in early September. Worth a stash?35:45 Chase Burns is facin