2020 All-Stars (s5e03) - Mad Bummed-out

04/24/17 • -1 min

2020 All-Stars

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 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)

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2020 All-Stars (s5e02) - what glitters is not always gold

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 dicey; Todd thinks it’s Kelley and I’m in the Koda Glover camp. Which crappy closer would you want?

As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes.

Season 5 Episode 2 (51:35)

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2020 All-Stars (s5e04) - Everybody Hurts. Some Times.

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 Pederson’s rookie year. Joc was on super fire for a bit and then he got figured out and had a historically terrible second half. The walk rate seems too high, the strike out rate a bit high. We compare him to everyone’s darling, Eric Thames, and the answer may surprise you. We discuss guys that you might want to target if you want to sell high on the Judge.

Kennys Vargas isn’t on the radar anywhere except here. Todd loves Kennys! He goes as far to say that Kennys Vargas will outperform Ryan Zimmermann. Todd worries about RZ’s glass chin.

As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes.

Season 5 Episode 4 (1:00:30)