The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 487 – It Looks Like a Blitzball!

8/13/17

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Leading Off: Question of the Day (4:20)

• How has Aaron Nola run off a 1.71 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, and 78 Ks in 68.3 IP over his L10 starts?

Notable Transactions/Rumors/Articles/Game Play

• Bryce Harper hurts his knee (9:55)
  • Possible replacements (<= 50% at Yahoo!/ESPN) (12:15) we don’t discuss every player, so I only timestamped the group as a whole
    • David Peralta
    • Dexter Fowler
    • Aaron Hicks
    • Gerardo Parra
    • Eddie Rosario 
    • Brian Goodwin 

All Formats Players?

• Odubel Herrera (20:11)
• Rhys Hoskins (22:00)
• Eugenio Suarez (24:11)
• Joey Gallo this year and as a keeper (25:30)

2-start Arms

Group 1 (29:00)

• Kevin Gausman at SEA, LAA
• Jon Gray ATL, MIL
• Trevor Bauer at BOS, at KC
• Marco Estrada TB, at CHC
• Collin McHugh at ARI, OAK

Group 2 (33:33)

• Dinelson Lamet PHI, WAS
• Jerad Eickhoff at SD, at SF
• Ivan Nova at MIL, STL
• Ty Blach at MIA, PHI

Events

• Baseball HQ’s First Pitch Forum at Arizona Fall League

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Approximately 39 minutes of joyous analysis.

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