What is the Yankees’ 2020 Fantasy outlook?
Yahoo Sports' Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don discuss what the Yankees' 2020 Fantasy outlook is and if SP Gerrit Cole could win the MVP. Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
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SCOTT PIANOWSKI: I grew up in New England. So you know, I'm not a Yankees fan. They look so much like the Dodgers. They look just so overwhelmingly loaded. On paper, it's hard to pick against them. But then again, I look at their top eight players by ADP. How healthy is Judge going to be? How healthy is Stanton going to be? LeMahieu right now is on the injured list. Chapman won't be ready to start the season. James Paxton, even in a 60 game season, I have to assume he's going to get hurt at some point.
I really want to pick somebody else. Right now I'm still leaning on the Yankees to win the division. But I desperately want to pick Tampa. I feel like Boston's lost too many guys. Toronto, we don't even know where they're playing. We know Baltimore won't win the division.
But for a team that I consider prohibitive favorites, I have trouble drafting a lot of these Yankees.
DALTON DEL DON: I did pick Tampa to win the division. I love the pitching depth. Got them at 20 to 1 to win the World Series. I like them, man. I know it's so easy to say injury prone, and that's it. But I'm not drafting Giancarlo Stanton or Aaron Judge on my fantasy teams. I think that they need to prove it to me. Otherwise, they're great hitters. They could each win the MVP. It's awesome. I hope they do stay healthy. But at this stage I'm concerned.
Jordan Montgomery, an interesting sleeper. But I guess the guy I want to talk about most on the Yankees is Gerrit Cole, whom I think he's the number one pick in fantasy leagues, especially his overall contests with just, like-- you know, you compared him to running backs before these pitchers. I get it. He's changing parks, and he got paid. But man, they're so few and far in between.
And Gerrit Cole's 50 to 1 at MVP. Think of your fantasy draft right now without Trout. Isn't, like, the first four hitters National League? I know people are predisposed not to bet. You know, they get their own award, Cy Young and all that. But I mean, I don't know about that. Go on BetMGM right now. 50 to 1 Gerrit Cole to win MVP, what if he does have a monster year?
I mean, what hitter? What name? All the Astros will monopolize each other, right, their votes? What hitter stands out to you in the AL? I'm serious. 50 to 1 seems extremely, like, long for, by far, the game's best pitcher.
SCOTT PIANOWSKI: Plus, what if he just has some crazy thing where, you know, he makes 10 starts and he wins all 10 of them, yeah, he goes 10 and 0, 1.370 ERA. How are they not gonna give it to him?
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