10 Players Experts are Adding in Fantasy Baseball
Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson break down the weekend news and the FAAB results of the week.
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00:00 MLB Pod 4-27-25
00:30 Player Talk / Week 5 Preview
01:00 Aaron Judge is just ridiculous (.432 / .520 / .792 – 270 wRC+)
05:00 Taylor Ward (Worst OBP in baseball at .215)
09:30 Marcus Semien (.179 with 2 HR / 1 SB – Keep playing him?)
12:20 How good is Hunter Brown?
14:40 Best winning % in the AL? Seattle Mariners – 6 wins in a row.
17:20 NL West is wild, Dodgers 7 Wins in a row, Padres 5 wins in a row.
19:10 7 Gamers: AL: Royals, White Sox; NL: Dodgers, DBacks, Braves, Reds
19:40 Rockies: Home all week: 3 Det, 3 SD
20:20 Padres: 3 @ NYY, 3 @ Col; Braves: 4 v Cin, 3 @ Pitt; Dodgers: 3 @ Mia, 4 @ AZ
20:50 News and notes
21:00 Triston Casas – Likely out for the year with a ruptured patellar tendon
21:55 Shota Imanaga – Left early Sunday, left hamstring strain while covering first.
23:50 Corbin Burnes – Missing start Monday with right shoulder inflammation – Dbacks hope no IL.
24:25 Tommy Edman – 10 Day IL with an ankle injury.
25:20 Yordan Alvarez – Missed the weekend with inflammation in right hand, no imaging needed
25:40 Anthony Volpe – Sat Sunday after feeling pop in shoulder, but x-rays / MRI clean
26:15 - Isiah Kiner-Falefa – IL with a right hammy strain; Otto Lopez – 10 Day IL with right ankle sprain
26:30 Clarke Schmidt – Scratched Saturday with left side soreness, scheduled to now start Tuesday
27:10 Jackson Merrill – Trending towards return on Monday; Jake Cronenworth – Could return next weekend
31:50 Pitcher FAAB
32:00 Starters
32:15 Tony Gonsolin
35:20 Gunnar Hoglund
37:00 A.J. Smith-Shawver
39:30 Ben Casparius (70% ME)
41:50 Lance McCullers, Jr (Not available in most leagues)
43:00 Ryan Weathers
45:00 Michael Soroka
46:00 Hunter Dobbins
47:00 Logan Evans
47:30 Relievers
48:15 Evan Phillips
49:30 Shelby Miller / Kevin Ginkel
52:00 Hitter FAAB
52:15 Coby Mayo & Hyeseong Kim
53:35 Javier Baez (46% ME); Jeff McNeil (65% ME); Miguel Vargas (90% ME, 11% 12)
57:30 Brandon Marsh (44% ME)
1:00:00 Others - Daniel Schneeman; JP Crawford (58% ME); Chase Meidroth (51% ME); Zach Dezenzo (54% ME); Colt Ketih (42% ME); Javier Sanoja; Alexander Canario; Jorbit Vivas; Eli White; Addison Barger; Jhonkeny Noel; Zack Gelof; Jordan Lawlar Stash? (39% ME); Matt Shaw? (81% ME, 21% 12); Connor Wong (75% ME, 26% 12)
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Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson break down the weekend news and the FAAB results of the week.
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00:00 MLB Pod 4-27-25
00:30 Player Talk / Week 5 Preview
01:00 Aaron Judge is just ridiculous (.432 / .520 / .792 – 270 wRC+)
05:00 Taylor Ward (Worst OBP in baseball at .215)
09:30 Marcus Semien (.179 with 2 HR / 1 SB – Keep playing him?)
12:20 How good is Hunter Brown?
14:40 Best winning % in the AL? Seattle Mariners – 6 wins in a row.
17:20 NL West is wild, Dodgers 7 Wins in a row, Padres 5 wins in a row.
19:10 7 Gamers: AL: Royals, White Sox; NL: Dodgers, DBacks, Braves, Reds
19:40 Rockies: Home all week: 3 Det, 3 SD
20:20 Padres: 3 @ NYY, 3 @ Col; Braves: 4 v Cin, 3 @ Pitt; Dodgers: 3 @ Mia, 4 @ AZ
20:50 News and notes
21:00 Triston Casas – Likely out for the year with a ruptured patellar tendon
21:55 Shota Imanaga – Left early Sunday, left hamstring strain while covering first.
23:50 Corbin Burnes – Missing start Monday with right shoulder inflammation – Dbacks hope no IL.
24:25 Tommy Edman – 10 Day IL with an ankle injury.
25:20 Yordan Alvarez – Missed the weekend with inflammation in right hand, no imaging needed
25:40 Anthony Volpe – Sat Sunday after feeling pop in shoulder, but x-rays / MRI clean
26:15 - Isiah Kiner-Falefa – IL with a right hammy strain; Otto Lopez – 10 Day IL with right ankle sprain
26:30 Clarke Schmidt – Scratched Saturday with left side soreness, scheduled to now start Tuesday
27:10 Jackson Merrill – Trending towards return on Monday; Jake Cronenworth – Could return next weekend
31:50 Pitcher FAAB
32:00 Starters
32:15 Tony Gonsolin
35:20 Gunnar Hoglund
37:00 A.J. Smith-Shawver
39:30 Ben Casparius (70% ME)
41:50 Lance McCullers, Jr (Not available in most leagues)
43:00 Ryan Weathers
45:00 Michael Soroka
46:00 Hunter Dobbins
47:00 Logan Evans
47:30 Relievers
48:15 Evan Phillips
49:30 Shelby Miller / Kevin Ginkel
52:00 Hitter FAAB
52:15 Coby Mayo & Hyeseong Kim
53:35 Javier Baez (46% ME); Jeff McNeil (65% ME); Miguel Vargas (90% ME, 11% 12)
57:30 Brandon Marsh (44% ME)
1:00:00 Others - Daniel Schneeman; JP Crawford (58% ME); Chase Meidroth (51% ME); Zach Dezenzo (54% ME); Colt Ketih (42% ME); Javier Sanoja; Alexander Canario; Jorbit Vivas; Eli White; Addison Barger; Jhonkeny Noel; Zack Gelof; Jordan Lawlar Stash? (39% ME); Matt Shaw? (81% ME, 21% 12); Connor Wong (75% ME, 26% 12)
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