Week 7 Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Waiver wire pickups, pitching streamers, buy-low targets, closer news, more

Matt Lutovsky

Week 7 Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Waiver wire pickups, pitching streamers, buy-low targets, closer news, more image

If you were making a song parody to intro our "Weekend Streamin'" segment, would you use Christopher Cross "Sailin'", The Mamas and The Papas "California Dreamin'", Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers "Islands in the Stream", or Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson "Scream"? The seventh episode of the Hot Corner Podcast (available on YouTubeSoundCloud and iTunes) debates this very important question and even features some impromptu singing performances. We also discuss possible waiver wire pickups, buy-low pitching targets, the latest closer news, and -- as if you didn't know -- potential streamers to target this weekend.

We start by patting ourselves on the back for last week's successful streaming picks, then quickly move on to some of this week's most interesting waiver pickups, including Franmil ReyesMartin Perez, Pablo Lopez, and rehabbing studs Miguel Sano and Jimmy Nelson. We then get into pitchers with better advanced stats than standard stats, including Eduardo RodriguezNoah Syndergaard, Carlos CarrascoZack WheelerJoey LucchesiLucas Giolito, and Brandon Woodruff. From there we try to keep up the "Weekend Streamin'" momentum with this weekend's picks, which controversially include Mike Fiers, before finishing up with the latest on a host of closer situations, including the RaysBraves, Angels, and Reds.

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Along the way, we also discuss winning big on DraftKings, the proper pronunciation of Nick Senzel's last name and Hansel Robles's first name, whether Corey Kluber is worth holding onto, how much you should worry about wins, Marwin Gonzalez's ability to always get playing time, the fallacy of being able to "buy low" on a star player, Pablo Sandoval's recent historic feat, position players pitching, Mike Gerber's unofficial and Anthony DeSclafani's official nicknames, not quitting while you're ahead in Vegas, Anthony Swarzak's shell-shocked reactions on the mound, "today's position-less MLB", duty-free airport prices on Usain Bolt t-shirts, and much more.

Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Hot Corner Ep. 7

Timestamps and quotes

SEGMENT 1: HOT WIRE (2:47)

Franmil Reyes: "He should be owned in more leagues. I'm not sure why he's not."

Derek Dietrich: "He's doing bits, too." "This guy's, like, a character now." "It kinda makes me not like him."

Brian Goodwin: "I feel like you may have missed the boat on him."

Martin Perez: "His velocity is way up, though. He discovered it...suddenly."

Pablo Lopez: "I got one number here -- might make you like him more, might make you like him less."

Miguel Sano: "I think it is good to have a guy like Nelson Cruz around for [Sano]."... "Is it good to have Mitch Garver around?" "Offensive catcher Mitch Garver."

Jimmy Nelson: "It's easy to forget how good he was the last time he pitched."

SEGMENT 2: STAT CORNER (27:31)

Negative ERA-FIP Differentials: "We haven't seen the last of Corbin Burnes." "That sounds like a threat."

SEGMENT 3: WEEKEND STREAMIN' (31:52)

Jake Odorizzi, Twins vs. Tigers: "I'm deathly afraid of this one... He's had two straight starts with zero earned runs, and the Jake Odorizzi I know, he doesn't make that three straight starts."

Pablo Lopez, Marlins @ Mets: "Don't let him see that lineup a third time; don't let Sergio Romo anywhere near this game."

Anthony DeSclafani, Reds @ Giants: "Do you know what his nickname is?" "Mike Gerber? The Big Baby?" "No, not Mike Gerber -- DeSclafani." "No." "Tony Disco." "I do like that."

Lucas Giolito, White Sox @ Blue Jays: "The Blue Jays...they suck."

Tyler Mahle, Reds @ Giants: "He's getting no run support. He got no-hit last night."

Griffin Canning, Angels @ Orioles: "He's on that West Coast time going East...it's like a 10 a.m. start for him." ... "Eatin' those crabcakes...Walkin' the Inner Harbor." ... "Wanting to see where they filmed scenes from 'The Wire' -- I don't know if he's into that."

Mike Fiers, A's vs. Indians: "You need to take this last one off. ... He threw a 131-pitch no-hitter last night. Just don't put him on our list."

SEGMENT 4: CLOSER CORNER (43:49)

Rays: "Every week [Jose] Alvarado loses ground."

Rangers: "If Chris Martin was the closer, would he come out Coldplay, or is that too much?"

Phillies: "[Hector] Neris pitched in the sixth inning [last Wednesday]...for some reason."

Angels: "[Hansel] Robles is not that good." "He's not that bad." "He's not terrible."

Red Sox: (After agreeing Matt Barnes is better than Ryan Brasier): "We don't know if 'better' means you come in in a tight situation in the eighth."

Orioles: "I think there have been multiple Miguel Castro's." "No, that's not a common name."

Braves: "I would not be shocked if [A.J.] Minter gets the next one and does well and gets the next five."

Royals: "Wily Peralta just keeps sucking."

Mariners: "The Mariners -- your personal hell."

Reds: "I don't have a good recommendation for if something happens to [Raisel] Iglesias." "What do we pay you for then?"

Matt Lutovsky

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Matt Lutovsky has been a writer and editor for The Sporting News since 2007, primarily writing about fantasy sports, betting, and gaming.