Cafe Pod Week 13: Most Impressive Rookie




Fantasy Baseball Cafe show

Summary: We#8217;re back after a week off and deciding which rookie has been the most impressive this season. Is Yasiel Puig the no-doubt answer, or have one of the young pitchers been even more impressive? CAFE LINEUP - Nine fantasy baseball questions from the Cafe forums are answered, from the following users: medium_robin #8211; Martin Prado or Nick Franklin LoganLiCool #8211; Trading for Bryce Harper SeanyFever #8211; Drop Brett Anderson? RasmusFlow #8211; Potential overpay for Billy Butler CubsFan4Life23 #8211; Jay Bruce or Wil Myers/Chris Perez bigtymer29 #8211; Yoenis Cespedes or Craig Kimbrel redskincow #8211; Ranking four FA-type pitchers HIMYMlegend #8211; Sell Elvis Andrus and Brett Lawrie? DLRBusiness #8211; Better keeper: Shelby Miller or Madison Bumgarner NAME THAT WAIVER CLAIM - We quiz each other on waiver claims on their respective radars, one from the AL and one from the NL. One has been riding a monstrous BABIP, the other was just traded to a much better playing-time situation. Can you name the claims? FUTURE ROOKIES - We discuss the value of Martin Perez, the mask of Zolio Almonte, Jurickson Profar as a left fielder, Tony Cingrani as a bullpen arm and Gerrit Cole#8217;s ridiculous heat. YOUR 7-DAY FORECAST - Those inclined to stream have at least one option every day in Your 7-Day Forecast, including Rick Porcello, Miguel Gonzalez and a lot of Padres. INJURY REPORT - Aaron Hill#8217;s returning from a fractured hand, but is he a starting fantasy 2B? Matt Kemp is on rehab assignment, Carl Crawford is not; do their recoveries affect Yasiel Puig at all? Jeanmar Gomez is returning this week to impressive ratios, but is he worth owning in fantasy leagues? Pablo Sandoval#8217;s coming back from a foot injury, but is there any cause for concern? BOTTOM OF THE 9TH - Closer situations in Boston, Detroit, Seattle, Arizona and Milwaukee are on tap in the Bottom of the 9th. WRAP IT UP - A strong push by the Blue Jays has all five AL East teams above .500. Who makes the playoffs? Check it out on iTunes or below. #160;R.J. White is the head editor at the Cafe and contributes to CBSSports.com's MLB Rumors blog. He has previously written for FanHouse, Razzball and FanDuel. Catch up with him in the forums under the name daullaz. Follow him on Twitter; don't follow him in real life.#160;Rate this article: (No Ratings Yet) #160;Loading ... Want to write for the Cafe? Check out the Cafe's Pencil Paper section!