Baseball Elite Podcast, October 4, 2021
Here’s ‘The Starting 9’ for today’s show …
Pregame: How did LABR and Tout end up?
Here is Ray’s LABR report…
1. Top 10 Fantasy Hitters for 2021 (earnings) – Vlad ($42.4), Bichette (41.8), T. Turner (41.4), Ohtani (39.4), Jo. Ramirez (39.3), Tatis (38.9), Semien (37.2), S. Perez (37.0), T. Hernandez (32.7), Harper (31.3)
2. Hitting Category Hitters – BA – T. Turner (.328), Y. Gurriel (.319), Soto (.313)/HR – Vlad (48), S. Perez (48), Ohtani (46)/RBI – S. Perez (121), Abreu (117), T. Hernandez (116)/R – Vlad (123), Bichette (121), Freeman (120)/SB – St. Marte (47), Merrifield (40), T. Turner (32)
3. Top 10 Fantasy Pitchers for 2021 – Scherzer ($30.9), Buehler (28.5), L. Hendriks (26.9), Urias (26.9), Wheeler (26.5), Burnes (24.4), G. Cole (24.1), R. Ray (23.8), Gausman (23.4), Wainwright (21.3)
4. Pitching Category Leaders – W – Urias (20), Wainwright (17), Buehler, G. Cole (16)/K – R. Ray (248), Wheeler (247), G. Cole (243)/ERA – Burnes (2.43), Scherzer (2.46), Buehler (2.47)/WHIP – Scherzer (0.86), Burnes (0.94), Woodruff (0.96)/SV – Melancon (39), L. Hendriks (38), K. Jansen (38)
5. Biggest Misses on Draft Day (top-50 ADP, mostly, non-injured) – Yelich ($0.30), Bellinger (-$17.00), Darvish (8.0), Lindor (5.8), Nola (7.9), LeMahieu (4.0), L. Castillo (1.0), Snell (1.0)
6. Lessons Learned
7. Predicting Round 1 in 2022
8. ‘Random Reference’ – September 11th, 2003 – Braves vs. Phillies
9. ‘Stamp of Approval’ – Puppy Parties & the Baseball Elite Podcast
