Opening Day Has Finally Arrived
Opening Day is here, and we couldn't be more excited to watch some baseball. On this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Derek VanRiper and Michael Beller talk about the news this season has already given us—Clayton Kershaw's back, for example—and all that is to come this weekend.
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Show Notes
Rundown
0:21 Hooray for Opening Day!
2:19 How Long Do You Hold Clayton Kershaw?
7:16 Ken Rosenthal's Piece on Changing Approach to Return from Positive COVID-19 Tests
11:01 Late Draft Bargains on Yordan Álvarez
15:12 Finding Pitchers Who Can Make an Immediate Impact
18:24 Why Beller Loves the Matt Barneses of the World
20:46 Streaming Against Bad Offenses
22:44 Watching Brady Singer This Weekend
26:18 Interesting Pitchers in Miami
32:17 Two-Start Week Coming for Kyle Gibson
34:50 Washington Pitchers to Target
37:28 A Difference of Opinion on Homer Bailey
39:56 Scraping the Barrel with Josh Lindblom, Tyler Chatwood and Alex Cobb
45:23 Where's the Love for Brandon Kintzler?
48:27 What We're Excited to Watch this Weekend
51:59 Brewers vs. Cubs Beer Sidebet
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