OTW 47 - Hitting Upstream w/ David Mendelson

02/20/22 • 81 min

On The Wire - Adam Howe is joined by special guest David Mendelson to talk abut the art of streaming hitters during the season, how it changes the way you draft, and what you're looking for in a potential streamer. In addition, we play a new game - ASK - where we take a threesome of similar hitter and choose to avoid, stream, or keep active each of them throughout the season. Players discussed: Yan Gomes, Tucker Barnhart, MJ Melendez, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Jose Miranda, Cesar Hernandez, Nick Solak, Jose Barrero, Joc Pederson, Victor Robles, Josh Lowe, Ha-Seong Kim, Josh Harrison, Rougned Odor Hosts: Adam Howe | Kevin Hasting Guest: David Mendelson | Triple Play Fantasy | Fantrax | FantasyPros Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSS Connect: Twitter | [email protected]| Join PL+ Get PL+ and join our Discord: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

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