The Wire Troll: The Early Bird Gets the Prospect

In this installment of The Wire Troll, we’re going to take a look at some of the elite prospects that are knocking on the door. Their time is not that far off and a pre-emptive strike can make a big difference and end up being money in the bank. You can jump in early for a reasonable price or pay the piper when that promotion eventually does occur. We’ll always strive for Option “A.”

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Podcast: Norichika Aoki Flashes Surprising Pop

With RotoRob’s playoff beard getting too thick for him to use the phone, it was Ivar Anderson — shut out last week due to a technical SNAFU — who joined Buck and Tim for this week’s episode of RotoRob’s Fantasy Baseball Weekly, heard every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on Blogtalkradio.

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The Wire Troll: The Lonnie Chisenhall Era Begins Anew

Although his strike zone judgment actually regressed this season, Chisenhall was enjoying a breakthrough season at Triple-A with a whopping 60 total bases in just 28 games. He has no speed, and is yet another left-handed stick for Cleveland’s predominantly lefty lineup (which tends to struggle against southpaws), but Chisenhall has done extremely well in his first few games since the recall, so don’t overlook the fact that Hannahan may very easily be Pipped here.

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Podcast: Matt Kemp’s Faulty Hamstrings

This week’s episode of RotoRob’s Fantasy Baseball Weekly Podcast (heard every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on Blogtalkradio) got off to a rocky start as Blogtalkradio was clearly having some issues and none of the guests could join host Buck, who valiantly flew solo for the first 25 minutes or so of the show. Finally, Tim and I were able to be patched in (thanks to Chris Wassel!), but scheduled guest Ivar Anderson was shut out. Thanks so much to Ivar for agreeing to join us; we’ll be sure to get you on again real soon.

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