Jorge Alfaro joins the one and only Fantasy Sausage Pod this week. Not literally, for some reason he wouldn’t answer our calls. B_Don and Donkey Teeth are instead forced to talk about Jorge behind his back. Your hosts tell you everything you want to know, and more, about the up and coming Phillies catcher, who slots in at #12 and #7 respectively in their 2019 fantasy catcher rankings. You can find their entire catcher rankings below.
The Sausage Bros also dig in on a few other young dudes who handle balls for a living on this episode: Gary Sanchez, Willians Astudillo, and Danny Jansen. Find out what’s to like, or not like, about each of these youthful pitch receivers. Plus, Donkey Teeth shares a couple really deep catcher names to keep an eye on for the 2019 fantasy season. There’s nothing quite like greasy January baseball sausage!
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So, like, the first six minutes in and I can hear one guy talking and I can’t hear a word from the other guy. Kinda makes for an awkward listen. Nothing changing either. Guess I’m out. Terrible.
@Harley Earl: I can hear both of us when I listen back, but it is coming independently through the right and left audio. We’re working to get this adjusted so that audio will be in the proper stereo mix.
@B_Don: I actually kinda like it in the separate channels – it comes through as a conversation between two people, even playing through my computer.
@LenFuego:
I tried again and I can barely here some mumbling from the second guy talking. Never had this problem listening to any other podcast on here, so not sure what the problem is but it’s not on my end. Anyway, sorry I didn’t get to hear it. I was interested in your thoughts on both Alfaro and Astudillo.
@Harley Earl:
LenFuego: It’s a different way to take in the podcast as a dual channel conversation. I don’t mind it either, but will usually put it in the typical stereo version. If there’s interest in both ways, I may be able to publish both through the podcast subscriptions.
Harley Earl: If you can’t get this one working, I’ve uploaded a stereo version of the podcast that will come through any subscription feed. Or you can go to the link below and listen online.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/10641225/fantasy-baseball-podcast-jorge-hits-the-_1
lol guys, excellent as always…, but i totally disagree on Alfaro, swinging and missing at over 20% of his cuts.., it’s not gonna “cut” it…, specially in a division where you get a healthy dose of Mets, Nats and Braves….., plus the lineup spot…we’ll see, rather have some boring Boewulf or Barhard type.., better contact rates….I think the Twins signing Cruz totally killed QuesAdillo’s value, with more and more managers wanting top defensive catchers handling pitching staff…, we’ll see…., from the way back end , I think Kevin Plawecki is gonna get 400 PAs as Perez is dreadful and even his defense is regressing…., only 27, I answered your question, DT…., Cheers and always looking forward to your shows!!!, except for your troubling /unconditional/disturbing love for sausage….
@HERNAN: Thanks, Hernan. I agree that Jorge really needs to get that K rate down below 30%, but he was on the right track in the 2nd half and catcher is a wasteland. Gimme that upside!
@Donkey Teeth: mmmmm sausage
@HERNAN: OBP wulf (grandal) and barnhart are completely different entities as far as drafting ADP/prices go. also both of these guys ranked grandal higher than alfaro anyway, so that’s an odd comp to make, as they also would both rather have grandal too.