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Welcome to The Can of Corn, hosted by Michael Stephens and Nate Davis! After a number of calls to the fantasy podcast bullpen, our pitching coach-like listeners were left to believe that the phone must have been broken and that they had to fend for themselves until communication could be restored – never fear, the communication was/is as good as it’s ever been, we just needed some additional “rest” for our “tired” voices! This week’s show is really an eventful one as a result of our two-week absence, filled with news on June callups like Pedro Alvarez, Jose Tabata, Jeremy Hellickson, and yes, even Stephen Strasburg! On top of a plethora of rookie news and statistical analysis, Episode 8 is also jam-packed with up-to-date injury information, hot/cold hitters and much-anticipated results and future props in all of our popular side games like The Hot Corner, Battle of the Wits and Tools of the Week. It’s been a long road back, but we hope we’re back to stay – now’s the time to stop messing around, grab your glove and head for the outfield, because here comes The Can of Corn!
INTRODUCTION
• Introduction of show and hosts (Michael and Nate)
• Published on Fantasy Baseball Cafe Radio and brought to you by the Fantasy Baseball Cafe
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• Have fantasy/reality questions or want an 8-track recording of the show? E-mail us at CanOfCorn@fantasycaferadio.com
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FROZEN ROPES (0:56)
• E-mails/Tweets/PMs: it’d been a pretty good couple of weeks, then we go to record and it’s another shutout!
• Rookie Watch: The biggest list we’ve had to date, and most of these guys aren’t going anywhere (1:55)
• New injury: There’s only one, but it’s a BIG one (5:38)
• Injury updates: Good news for some returning aces, bad news for others and no news for the same two guys…
• Returning to the Field: Two unlikely hurlers on the mend and on the way back to your lineup, and sooner than you would’ve expected too! (7:30)
• Vulture saves – They aren’t circling in Denver anymore, but they are in Milwaukee (you better believe it!)
• Hot hitters and hurlers (8:33)
• And their frigid counterparts
• Cafe Talk – 4 topics of interest (and our shameless pimping in their posts) (11:08)
• Cafe Games – well, what are you waiting for? Get your butts over there and play already!
HOT CORNER (15:44)
• Updates on previous weeks’ props
• How do you say “Twins” en Espanol? Oh well, it doesn’t matter anyway, because Nate likes los Tigres!
• Let’s see how many consecutive times we can guess the NL RBI-leader wrong!
• How many senior-circuit hurlers can stay under this unbelievable threshold until at least next week?
• A cool HR prop you won’t see every day – it’s bound to automatically go the opposite way of Michael’s pick though!
• Three words (well, they’re letters really) – “U.S.A.!, U.S.A.!”
BATTLE OF THE WITS (18:55)
• Rundown of action from three weeks ago, and up-to-date season standings (getting better for Nate, but more of the same for Michael)
• Michael loves those home teams hosting terrible road teams! Now if only they could actually match their records and win a few easy ones…
• Nate takes the first gamble of the season, but why not take some risks with an early 5-game lead and many crappy teams left?
TOOLS OF THE WEEK (19:57)
• Five-tool Player of the Week – This guy doing his part to help re-name this award after his team (hint: think NL Central)
• Honorable mention – This isn’t a homer pick this week, he’s been flat out DOMINANT!
• Tool of the Week – Sometimes the “sophomore slump” is too bad for you to patiently wait it out – this is one of those times…
• Honorable mention – Weather, bad location and some terrible bullpen/offensive help will land you on this list with a terrible stat line to match…
CONCLUSION
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• Look forward to our next show, which will air Friday July 2nd!
Michael Stephens is an avid sports enthusiast with over 7 years of fantasy experience who writes for the Cafe. He is an aspiring sports journalist who hopes to continue fantasy writing as a career in the future. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, he is naturally a die-hard Mariner fan! You can find Michael in the Cafe's forums where he actively posts under the name WaCougMBS. Nate Davis is a lover of all things Seattle sports (except, of course, for the Sounders). You can find him posting in the Cafe's forums under the alias thracken.
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Hellickson was not called up.
True, the outline would lead you to believe he was, but in the show, we just say that he is on the cusp given Davis’ struggles.