The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 900 – No NL DH, ST News, and AL West Closers
3/4/21
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- @sporer – Host
- @justinmasonfwfb – Co-Host/Producer
NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS
- TGFBI update (0:00)
- DH/expanded playoffs considered dead (15:55)
- Framber Valdez finger issue – season-ending surgery? (18:10)
- AAA season delayed a month
- Nate Pearson groin strain (27:55)
- Jackie Bradley Jr. to MIL (30:50)
- Avisaíl García role/Myles Straw in HOU
- Gavin Lux expected to play vR/vL per Roberts (39:44)
RELIEF PITCHERS PT. 3
AL West:
- Ryan Pressly (43:25)
- Raisel Iglesias | Mike Mayers (45:17)
- Trevor Rosenthal | Jake Diekman (46:56)
- Rafael Montero | Ken Giles in 2022 (49:40)
- José Leclerc | Jonathan Hernández (52:11)
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Approximately 57 minutes of joyous analysis.
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So happy the DH is dead in the NL this year. One more year of “normal” baseball. Hopefully it ends up being mostly normal.
How dare you want to hold on to tradition! Progress or censor is the way
looooool, ok
lol why would anyone want to watch pitchers bat? it’s so completely worthless.
I prefer small ball baseball to the swing and miss mentality of most of todays hitters. Pitchers should be able to handle a bat well enough to not look like a fool out there. Bunts, productive ground outs, fly balls that advance a runner, these are all good things to see in a game. Also, a pitcher batting instead of a player whose only job is to hit well can help keep pitching stats lower and I like that.
In addition I like having bench players who you can expect to get into the game, even if for one at bat in the later innings. I’ve never enjoyed watching AL games.
you must be fun at parties
Because I prefer quality pitching to home runs and strike out offense? Or because I like all of the different strategic aspects of the game of baseball?
enjoy pitchers hitting .100 and bunting almost every at bat, you fucking loser
That was very polite of you.
Hey, we can disagree w/out all that.