Season 3 Episode 22 - 2020 All-Stars
08/10/15 • -1 min
This week is pretty special. We’re going back in time to check out some of our predictions from our inaugural episode of Season 3. Below are the notes that we are referring to:
D: Miguel Cabrera will be a “bust” - Either .275 hitter or “is good but plays only 110 games”
D: Anthony Rizzo is the #1 overall 1B. 10 steal speed.
T: Robinson Cano is going to have another rough season. 15-18 hr season. “behind Rendon and possibly Jose Altuve”
D: “I like Kipnis. I would buy Kipnis.”
T: Top 5 2Bs some conglomeration of “Rendon, Altuve, Cano, Kinsler, Kipnis, and perhaps Dee Gordon sneaks in there.”
D: “Bryce Harper or Josh Donaldson as jumping into the top 25”
D: “I wouldn’t be surprised if Jorge Soler jumped into the top 25”
D: “Are you really taking Nelson Cruz over [Jorge Soler]?”
T: “Yasmany Tomas could jump into the top 25”
T: “We love Kyle Schwarber”
T: “What do you think about this Kang guy?”
T: “He might be the best middle infielder [on the all Asian team]”
T: “I’m not sure the 40 homers are going to translate directly to the MLB”
D: “I’d rather have a guy like Jed Gyorko or Andrelton Simmons”
T: “I was all over Xander Boegarts and I can’t quit him. He completes me. .280 25 homer bat.”
T: “Not a big fan of Pedroia, Panda, Hanley or Napoli”
T + D: “I think Pedroia will be droppable by the end of the year”
D: “Pedroia at 2B or Wright at 3B?”
T: “Can I take neither?”
T: “Brett Lawrie: 15-20 pop, 15-20 speed, .280” (38/10/45/5/.268 now)
D: “Switch hitting superstar, Chase Headley”
D: “They’re not going to give the reigns to ARod again, are they?”
T: “No, I don’t see that at all”
Dogebet: Lawrie vs Headley
T: “This is the year for Jed Gyroko. I’m all-in on him. .265, 30 hrs”
T: “SD has 4 players with more than 25 hrs”
D: “Khris Davis gets to 30 hrs”
T: “Does Khris Davis hit over .238?”
D: “No, no, probably not.” (he’s hitting .237 right now)
D: “20/20 season for Gardner”
T: “I think Charlie Blackmon is for real”
T: “Travis Snider hits 25+ hrs”
T: “[Schwarber] is going to have video game numbers in the minors”
D: “Impact rookie will be Kris Bryant”
T: “Yea, we were already all over him last year”
T: “Joc Pederson can have a big impact. He’s got 20/20 type talent. The 40/40 was a PCL mirage.”
T: “Aaron Sanchez is a guy that I like”
T: “I think Harvey is going to be a star. 3.30, 8.5K/9, 1.23 WHIP”
T: “Jose Fernandez comes back around July 15th”
***
As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes.
Season 3 Episode 22 (46:59)
This week is pretty special. We’re going back in time to check out some of our predictions from our inaugural episode of Season 3. Below are the notes that we are referring to:
D: Miguel Cabrera will be a “bust” - Either .275 hitter or “is good but plays only 110 games”
D: Anthony Rizzo is the #1 overall 1B. 10 steal speed.
T: Robinson Cano is going to have another rough season. 15-18 hr season. “behind Rendon and possibly Jose Altuve”
D: “I like Kipnis. I would buy Kipnis.”
T: Top 5 2Bs some conglomeration of “Rendon, Altuve, Cano, Kinsler, Kipnis, and perhaps Dee Gordon sneaks in there.”
D: “Bryce Harper or Josh Donaldson as jumping into the top 25”
D: “I wouldn’t be surprised if Jorge Soler jumped into the top 25”
D: “Are you really taking Nelson Cruz over [Jorge Soler]?”
T: “Yasmany Tomas could jump into the top 25”
T: “We love Kyle Schwarber”
T: “What do you think about this Kang guy?”
T: “He might be the best middle infielder [on the all Asian team]”
T: “I’m not sure the 40 homers are going to translate directly to the MLB”
D: “I’d rather have a guy like Jed Gyorko or Andrelton Simmons”
T: “I was all over Xander Boegarts and I can’t quit him. He completes me. .280 25 homer bat.”
T: “Not a big fan of Pedroia, Panda, Hanley or Napoli”
T + D: “I think Pedroia will be droppable by the end of the year”
D: “Pedroia at 2B or Wright at 3B?”
T: “Can I take neither?”
T: “Brett Lawrie: 15-20 pop, 15-20 speed, .280” (38/10/45/5/.268 now)
D: “Switch hitting superstar, Chase Headley”
D: “They’re not going to give the reigns to ARod again, are they?”
T: “No, I don’t see that at all”
Dogebet: Lawrie vs Headley
T: “This is the year for Jed Gyroko. I’m all-in on him. .265, 30 hrs”
T: “SD has 4 players with more than 25 hrs”
D: “Khris Davis gets to 30 hrs”
T: “Does Khris Davis hit over .238?”
D: “No, no, probably not.” (he’s hitting .237 right now)
D: “20/20 season for Gardner”
T: “I think Charlie Blackmon is for real”
T: “Travis Snider hits 25+ hrs”
T: “[Schwarber] is going to have video game numbers in the minors”
D: “Impact rookie will be Kris Bryant”
T: “Yea, we were already all over him last year”
T: “Joc Pederson can have a big impact. He’s got 20/20 type talent. The 40/40 was a PCL mirage.”
T: “Aaron Sanchez is a guy that I like”
T: “I think Harvey is going to be a star. 3.30, 8.5K/9, 1.23 WHIP”
T: “Jose Fernandez comes back around July 15th”
***
As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes.
Season 3 Episode 22 (46:59)
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Season 3 Episode 21 - 2020 All-Stars
There are times you know you are witnessing magic, like when a pitcher is in the middle of throwing a perfect game. The ball is dancing around, every pitch hits it’s spot, the ball is coming out seemingly a few mph faster with every pitch. You watch this feat and you can just tell something special is happening. You’re giddy with excitement that you can be a part of it.
And sometimes you’re the hitter on the other end of that magic. Baffled, off-balance, defeated.
Well folks, this week Todd and I were on the wrong side of a preverbial perfect game. This was not our best effort. An extra long chat about food forbodes the lack of intelligible baseball chatter to come. We botch names, carry on dialogues that are seemingly unrelated, and throw in the occassional awkward pause for good measure. It’s not pretty, but every prospect takes their lumps.
We start off talking about all the big trades that went down. What does the David Price trade mean for his value? We discuss. Price vs Hamels. Price vs Cueto. Somehow we wander into alternative stat leagues, Dexter Fowler, then back to the trade world with Mat Latos. I could continue to give you the play by play, but then this blog post would be like a Fellini film. Some of the highlights include:
“I really love guys named ‘Paco’.”
“That’s Joc Pederson not Jace Pederson. awkward silence” (I confused Jose Peraza and Jace Pederson)
“Who is the guy who hurt himself playing Guitar Hero?”
“The love child of Fernando Rodney and KRod.”
“Kang-am Style”, “Going, going, Kang!”
“Do you think he moved his van?”, “I’d be terrified to live in a van in Detroit.”
“I think that’s a lot of petina.”
As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars and iTunes.
Season 3 Episode 21 (45:11)
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Season 3 Episode 23 - 2020 All-Stars
We are off and running with classic 2020 All-Star material in discussing Randal Grichuk’s elbow injury. Names like Aaron Hicks and Chris Coghlan are bandied about. We move on to King Felix’s troubles. I’m a little more worried than Todd, but the more interesting discussion is should you try to move Felix if you’re looking to rebuild? Next we delve into a weird discussion about borderline playable OFs. The name on the bottom of my list might surprise you. Finally, Todd goes on a rant about how Billy Hamilton is actually Willy Mayes Hayes and the manager should implement a 10 pushups for every flyball rule. It would kind of be great to watch a guy drop down and do 10 pushups during a game ala Major League, right?!?
As always, check us out on Twitter @2020AllStars, Instagram 2020AllStars, and iTunes.
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