Tim was quite impressed with Matt Harvey.
There was plenty to talk about in this week’s episode of RotoRob’s Fantasy Baseball Weekly Podcast (heard every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on Blogtalkradio) as the day before we aired, baseball witnessed something magical and something downright stinky. Buck, Tim and I broke it all down, covering, among other topics, the following:
- RotoRob’s new bike and how it’s beating him up.
- Another round of pimping of RotoMan’s superb pubs, Fantasy Football Guide and Fantasy Baseball Guide.
- Felix Hernandez becoming the third pitcher to throw a perfect game this season and how he is in the early part of his process of becoming one of the all-time greats.
- Analyzing what’s behind this recent wave of pitching domination.
- Performance enhancing drugs have reared their ugly head again with the suspension of Melky Cabrera.
- Buck’s Red Sox Nation bias comes through again.
- Neil Walker’s quietly great season and how his current finger woe might affect that.
- Tim questions whether anything has changed given that David Ortiz is not allowed to do any running currently.
- The prognosis for the rest of the season for slumping and dentally-challenged Josh Reddick.
- The fact that the returning Jaime Garcia is still widely available in Fantasy leagues.
- Buck’s admiration for Paul Konerko and how he just keeps getting it done.
- Whether Tampa Bay’s pitching will allow it to make a serious push at the Yankees.
- Brandon Inge’s injury and how that may actually hurt the A’s as he’s turned out to be a surprisingly vital cog in Oakland’s recovery.
- Can Derek Lowe actually prove to be a useful commodity for the Yanks?
- If Scott Baker spent a year in Japan, would he make Tim’s sleeper list?
- RotoRob defends Theo Epstein’s moves that led to Boston winning the 2004 World Series.
To hear the Podcast in full, simply press the play button below. It’s easy… and fun!
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