2020 All-stars

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 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 17 (49:00)

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)

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 guys. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 16 (48:39)

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 even on the Astros themselves. Final subject… oldie but goodie, Closerpocalypse. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 15 (45:50)

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)

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 Gardner, Dee Gordon, Trea Turner. The kids are coming up. We discuss the two big outfielders that got the call, Nick Williams and Clint Frazier. Lastly, Closerpocalyse. Same ole, same ole. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 13 (48:15)

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 crown him, but Todd’s take is coming in hot. On the Judge side, we both agree on selling the hype. Are any of these guys as good as Matt Adams? ha, jk. We end the pod with Closerpocalypse. Alright, enjoy! As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 12 (47:46)

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)

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, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 10 (47:47)

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 the short sample size theater. Speaking of the short sample size theater… David Price had a good second game. Todd is ready to crown him. I’m actually ready to sell. We throw out a bunch of names but can’t really put a good value on Price. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 9 (46:49)

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 recent call ups. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 8 (53:44)

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 definitely not in agreement on this. Koda Glover looks to be the guy right now, but we suspect that’s going to change. Todd is worried about Joc Pederson. Note this was before his collision with Puig. Speaking of worried, we discuss some stalwarts that are off to a slow start. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 7 (43:04)

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 panicked about. We move from the guys that end games to guys that start them. Todd picked up Jose Berios and we talk about Berios vs Urias. Todd + Kool Aid = Urias Apologist. What do y’all think? ALERT: We announce the official Prospect of the Podcast for 2017. * dramatic pause * Kyle Tucker! This 3B in the Astros systems, but this guy is absolutely mashing. He’s got speed, power, average, and youth. This guy looks like the real deal. Will he be up this year? It’s doubtful, but we want to believe.

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, but that doesn’t stop me from pushing him like your local used car salesman. Not to be outdone, Todd once again pushes Kennys Vargas. Where else are you going to get a Chris Carter vs. Kennys Vargas discussion? Speaking of Minnesota Twins, Todd gives us his opinion on former Yankees, Jose Berios. We somehow jump from Berios to young guys who have been disappointing so far. Todd tweeted about Ozzie Albies, so we discuss whether he should get in there for Dansby Swanson. But not all the rooks are struggling,

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. Alex Wood is one of our replacement guys of interest. Cody Bellinger looks like he’s here to stay. Todd predicts a .275 average with some pop and speed. But with all the injuries on the Dodgers, we think he’ll stick around. I want to pronounce Cody Bellinger as the 2017 prospect of the podcast, but Todd thinks it’s a little late. Aaron Judge, who is this guy? Are we ready to crown this guy? His popcorn numbers are eye-popping but beneath the surface lies some things to worry about. We comp him to Joc Pe

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 know who he is. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 3 (44:00)

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 Meadows is an interesting name. His profile is what has the scouts drooling, but his numbers aren’t bananas. The news that affects us is Marcus Semien’s broken wrist. Todd threw out a couple of nice sleeper names that you’ll want to listen for. I have my doubts about Jose Peraza, so we chat about the Reds situation for a bit. Our favorite topic, Closerpocalypse, rears it’s ugly head. Matt Bush looks to be the guy in Texas. Zach Britton got hurt and Brad Brach looks to be the guy. The National’s situation is di

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 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 5 Episode 1 (35:54)

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. Our earlier discussion winds it way into something about steals and the middle infield in general. But there are just a ton of options out there. Todd is ready to crown Corey Seager as the next big thing. Number 1 Shortstop 2017. I don’t believe it but I do like Seager. We discuss all the other SS’s as well. Speaking of #1, we discuss if Mookie Betts should be the #1 overall pick. As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes. Season 4 Episode 18 (48:44)

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 current pace feels completely unsustainable. We give a little more love to Max Kepler. Is he the ROY or could it be someone else? We jump on the Joe Musgrove train. I’m not sure who he is, but he’s been pitching well recently. We discuss the end game strategy of riding the hot hand and how you should treat the of the season. The Closerpocalypse has hit our first love, Wil Harris. He lost the gig to Ken Giles after blowing a few saves and Giles looking solid. We also love Edwin Diaz. Is he the next Aroldi