Archive for Podcast – The Sleeper and the Bust

Episode 172

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix, in the first offseason edition, with an emphasis on keeper decisions, discuss:

Alex Rodriguez, Tanner Roark, Jon Lester, James Shields, Sonny Gray, Derek Norris, Eric Hosmer, Billy Butler, Brandon Moss, Madison Bumgarner, Edinson Volquez, Gerrit Cole, Starling Marte, Pablo Sandoval, Brandon Belt, and a listener’s keeper dilemma that involves Max Scherzer, Dee Gordon, Cole, Mookie Betts, Carlos Carrasco, and Travis d’Arnaud.

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Episode 171

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Jason Collette and Nicholas Minnix wrap up the regular season by talking:

Jordan Zimmermann’s no-hitter; Ryan Braun’s upcoming thumb procedure and 2015 value; and AL and NL fantasy MVPs by position.

As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions so that we may answer them in our next episode.

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Episode 170

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics:

Mark Buehrle’s impressive run of 14 straight 200-inning seasons; Justin Verlander; the Tampa Bay Rays’ bullpen for 2015; a request about certain keep-10 keepers for a listener’s squad in his 12-team mixed league; and, in efforts to squeeze value from the season’s final few days, streamers who interest us, beginning on Friday.

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Episode 169

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics:

Sandy Alderson and the direction of the New York Mets; Frank Wren and the direction of the Atlanta Braves; Edinson Volquez; Dan Haren; all the pitchers who’ve just been shut down; Hisashi Iwakuma; David Price; and, with those points as segues, the streamers from the next few days who interest us most, beginning on Tuesday.

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Episode 168

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Jason Collette and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics:

How to approach the unpredictability of the final week of the regular season; Billy Butler; Masahiro Tanaka; Robbie Erlin and Vance Worley as possible streamers; Jeremy Hellickson; Glen Perkins; starting pitchers and position players who probably won’t help you this week; and, of course, the two-turn pitchers of interest.

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Episode 167

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics:

Derek Holland; the New York Mets’ 2015 rotation; Alex Colome; sources of saves for the rest of the season, including with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies; Nick Franklin; the Toronto Blue Jays’ 2015 if they sign Melky Cabrera to a qualifying offer; and, by request, Starling Marte’s 2015 outlook and value.

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Episode 166

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics: Yasmany Tomas; Giancarlo Stanton; Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant (by request); Buster Posey (by request); Hisashi Iwakuma; Michael Wacha (by request); the closer situations in Boston, Toronto, and San Diego (by request); Dustin Pedroia; David Wright; Carlos Beltran; and streamers for the beginning of next week (by requests).

As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions so that we may answer them in our next episode.

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Episode 165

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix on, among other topics: Brad Miller; Sonny Gray; Matt Barnes; Drew Storen and Washington Nationals saves; Joe Nathan and Detroit Tigers saves; LaTroy Hawkins and Adam Ottavino; and, by request, Danny Duffy.

As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions so that we may answer them in our next episode.

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Episode 164

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Jason Collette and Nicholas Minnix talk, among other topics, Aaron Hicks; Domonic Brown; Rafael Montero; Nick Tropeano; the Washington Nationals’ new source(s) of saves; Edward Mujica and Koji Uehara; by request, Derek Holland, Joey Gallo and Joc Pederson; and, of course, a couple of picks for two-turn pitchers.

As usual, don’t hesitate to tweet us or comment with fantasy questions so that we may answer them on our next episode.

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Episode 163

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Eno Sarris and Nicholas Minnix talk, among other topics that include a very interesting tangent or two, Homer Bailey, in light of just announced surgery news; the benching of Colby Rasmus; Joc Pederson’s consecutive starts; Juan Lagares and the directive to run more often; Miguel Gonzalez and the pop-up skill; and Casey Janssen’s possible phase-out at closer.

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