Baseball Elite Podcast, May 31, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show …
1. Ray’s Article on “Saving Fantasy Baseball”
2. Waiver Bids and Wins (SXM Host League) – Manoah ($352), A. Vaughn ($28), Schoop ($32), Kaprielian ($81), C-Mart ($39), Feyereisen ($8), Larnach ($20), L. Sims ($41)
3. MacKenzie Gore at AAA – 4 starts … 5.94 ERA, 1.80 WHIP, 10 BB in 16.2 innings, skipped start with a blister
4. Why Am I seeing CSW% Everywhere?
5. Player Profile – Yusei Kikuchi
6. MLB News/Notes – NYM set to activate Alonso (hand) today … Pillar (face) hoping to be back in the next couple of days/Gausman (hip tightness) leaves early/Maeda’s groin isn’t the issue … it’s suddenly his arm/Ozuna set to miss a lot of time
7. Weekly Planner Highlights – A breakdown of Vlad’s great season/BOS hitters out of Fenway, but they get 4 in HOU and 3 in NYY/Ohtani with 2 games in an NL park (0 starts in the field)/A deep dive into Nick Pivetta
8. ‘Random Reference’ – June 24, 1993, Athletics vs. Mariners
9. ‘Stamp of Approval’ – Robert Lundlum’s Bourne novels (The Bourne Identity, The Bourn Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) and James Bond offshoot’s.
