Here’s the seventh episode of the Roundtable Podcast with me, Jon from McEffect, Jim from North Side Notch, and Cory from Three Rivers Burgh Blog.
This week we discussed:
March Madness brackets
Thoughts on the last two bench spots
Evan Meek‘s struggles
Stat of the week: FIP
Predictions and projections for the position players
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