Baseball Elite Podcast: August 30, 2021

Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show … 

1. NYM players ‘booing fans’ … Which (healthy) fantasy players deserve the loudest boos in ‘21? – LeMahieu, Suarez, C. Vazquez, DeJong, Andrus, JBJ, Keuchel, Corbin, Snell

2. Old, Boring, Overlooked … and, Really Good! (Hitters’ Category) – Salvador Perez having an MVP-contending season

3. Old, Boring, Overlooked … and, Really Good! (Pitchers’ Category) – Adam Wainwright’s Cy Young contending season

4. Player Profile – Revisiting Wander Franco

5. Waiver Wire Wins (SXM Host League) – JP Crawford ($1), Emmanuel Rivera ($1), Lucas Sims ($2), Andrew Kittredge ($1)

6. MLB News/Notes – Kluber (shoulder) returns tonight/Syndergaard’s returned another two weeks because of COVID/WAS to call up K. Ruiz/Could see T. Anderson (leg) handled with care down the stretch

7. Rob Povia’s Weekly Planner Highlights – Just 5 games for CWS … do you sit any of these guys?/Tough 2-start decisions … Morton @ LAD, @ COL, A. Wood vs. MIL, vs. LAD, Jo. Gray vs. PHI, vs. NYM

8. ‘Random Reference’ – Giants vs Dodgers, September 25^th, 1982.

9. ‘Stamp of Approval’ – Doggy birthday parties and lazy Saturday’s and boom boxes.