Baseball Elite Podcast, April 26, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show …
1. Another fantastic SD-LAD series – Tatis doing his wall-clearing best and coming off his best game of the year (2 H, HR, 2 BB, 2 SB, 4 R)
2. MLB News/Notes – Trout (elbow) has missed three games/T. Turner (forearm) leaves early in Sunday’s game/Yastrzemski (oblique) leaves early/Ryu (glute) heads to the showers early/Verdugo (hammy) could be out until mid-week/Pham (calf) comes up lame/TOR plans to activate Springer (quad) for Tuesday/Deivi Garcia called up for NYY to start against BAL
3. Another (not really) No-Hitter … Does it mean anything for Madison Bumgarner to get a 7-inning No-No
4. Hot Adds (SXM $ bids) – J. Gant ($12), Luplow ($55), Duffy ($91), D. Peralta ($78), Diekman ($39), R. Weathers ($55), Gomber ($13), K. Gibson ($16), Ad. Garcia ($121), D. German ($91)
5. Weekly Planner Highlights – G. Cole/5 games for PIT, SD, TOR, NYM, WAS/LAD gets to face 7 RHPs (Ed. Rios and L. Raley)/Early park factors for Dunedin 1.031 run, 1.317 HR
6. Player Profile – Franmil Reyes
7. Cheap Draft Day Saves – Melancon (8, pick 300), McGee (7, pick 403), A. Reyes (5, pick 429), M. Barnes (4, pick 236), D. Castillo (4, pick 326), Clase (4, pick 425) … and their ROTW reliability
8. ‘Random Reference’ – Active Leaders for Catcher Errors. Here is the all-time list.
9. ‘Stamp of Approval’ – Lazy Sunday’s and Dogwood trees.
