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The Cycle: Streamer Strategies and VBR Surprises (Ep. 898)

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4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of The Cycle, Mike Maher and Kelly Kirby dive into the latest headlines, including the return of Fernando Tatis Jr. and injury concerns for stars like Alec Bohm, Kyle Tucker, and Corey Seager. They also discuss the impressive play of Jasson Dominguez and take guesses as to why Alex Verdugo remains in the lineup. Mike and Kelly evaluate the rest-of-season value of players who rank high in both recent performance and VBR projections, like Lawrence Butler and Pete Crow-Armstrong. Need help with your pitching staff? They also share their top pitcher streamers to target, including Cade Povich and Mackenzie Gore. Don’t miss this jam-packed episode filled with tips to help you dominate your fantasy baseball league down the stretch! Don’t forget to leave a positive review at fantasypros.com/mlbreview to show your support and encourage more content like this! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay up-to-date with the latest fantasy baseball insights from The Cycle. ✅ BettingPros® - BettingPros offers consensus sports betting advice from 150+ experts to make it easy for you to start making winning bets. We promote the best experts based on one simple question, “How good is your advice?!” At BettingPros, we help you find the best lines for the NFL, MLB, and NBA by showcasing how the individual sportsbooks compare with their Point Spreads, Moneylines, and Over/Unders vs. the Consensus of all top sportsbooks. Sign up today at www.bettingpros.com and start betting smarter... not harder

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of the cycle. I am your

0:06.4

host Mike Mayer I am joined once again by Kelly Kirby the Wonky Penguin and

0:10.2

thank you all for joining us. Kelly I'm going to jump right into it this week

0:15.0

because I saw something earlier today

0:17.0

that made me just laugh and fall out of my chair.

0:19.0

And it was Yankees manager, Aaron Boone, being asked about why Jason Dominguez not. It was that they felt like our Alex Verdugo gives them the best chance to win and to that I asked for the best chance to win and to that I ask what say you I say that I don't well the

0:37.4

Cubs are playing the Yankees right now so I'm fine with this plan for the

0:40.1

next three days but after that I think that he is that there has to be

0:44.8

something going on in that organization that they are trying to suppress him

0:48.1

for some reason because or else Alex Verdigo has something on Boone those are my two Those are my two, those are my two guesses. What do you have?

0:55.6

I don't really get it. You know, I am a Red Sox fan. I did a lot of years of Alex Vardugo.

1:01.1

I always liked him as a person, as a player. I felt him to be adequate, you know, average

1:07.6

chromulent, you might say. And there's my weekly, crimely refuge.

1:11.6

Kromulant, reference. But he's, you know, he's not having a great year for them.

1:17.0

Normally when he was with the Red Sox, you could count for like a good average and good defense.

1:20.0

Like he's not even hitting for average right now.

1:23.2

And whereas Jason Dominguez, now that he's healthy,

1:26.6

is doing very well.

1:27.9

And seems like he could be a nice addition

1:30.9

to that lineup that could use a nice addition and some energy of someone like

1:33.8

adjacent Dominguez. You know, he's hit at every level of the minor league is one of the best prospects of

1:39.2

baseball and it's not even like he's someone who's been struggling at AAA because in 41 games in

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