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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss everything going on in fantasy baseball this weekend, including the struggles of Vlad Guerrero and Fernando Tatis, all the injuries and another very active Sunday of bidding in FAAB. They also break down the slumping Steven Kwan and Jarren Duran, preview the week ahead and detail just how much people were spending on rookies AJ Ewing and Henry Bolte, and much, much more.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver-wire pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines
12:45 A.J. Ewing
15:55 Henry Bolte
20:05 Carson Benge
22:25 Spencer Steer
25:15 Mike Burrows
26:50 Grayson Rodriguez
29:25 J.T. Ginn
31:00 Jack Leiter
33:40 Caleb Kilian
36:10 Jack Wenninger
39:00 Troy Melton
40:25 Braxton Garrett
44:05 Zebby Matthews
46:00 Trevor McDonald
48:35 Garrett Cleavinger
52:10 Smart Money
53:45 Ha-Seong Kim
56:30 Austin Martin
58:30 Gage Workman
1:00:40 Vaughn Grissom
1:02:35 Andruw Monasterio

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0:00 Intro/the No. 1 fantasy baseball player to date in 2026? Oneil Cruz

• Steak League FAAB:
  • 5:36 A.J. Ewing $19
  • Ben Brown $15
  • J.T. Ginn $8
  • Lucas Giolito $5
  • 10:38 Trevor McDonald $5
  • Bryan King $5
  • Chris Bassitt $4
  • Pierce Johnson $3
  • Leo De Vries $2
  • Tyler O’Neil $0
  • Other names to consider: Cole Carrigg, Zebby Matthews, Braxton Garrett

22:35 Two-start pitchers:

• Zac Gallen 1 (Todd 2)
• Ryne Nelson 3
• J.T. Ginn 2 (Todd 3)
• Jacob Lopez 0 (Todd 2)
• JR Ritchie 2
• Trevor Rogers 3
• Sonny Gray 5
• Shota Imanaga 5
• Nick Lodolo 3
• Slade Cecconi 1
• Parker Messick 4 (Todd 5)
• Jose Quintana 0
• Chase Dollander 0
• Noah Schultz 2
• Framber Valdez 4
• Keider Montero 2 (Todd 0)
• Seth Lugo 3
• Walbert Urena 2 (Todd 1)
• Reid Detmers 2
• Max Meyer 2 (Todd 3)
• Braxton Garrett 1
• Simeon Woods Richardson 0
• 49:06 Christian Scott 3
• Nolan McLean 5
• Will Warren 3
• Andrew Painter 2 (Todd 0)
• Mitch Keller 2
• Michael King 5
• Bryan Woo 5
• Robbie Ray 4
• Matthew Liberatore 3
• Shane McClanahan 4
• MacKenzie Gore 2
• Patrick Corbin 1
• Dylan Cease 4 (Todd 5)
• Jake Irvin 0
• Foster Griffin 2

1:02:20 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Marty Tallman to discuss some of this year's most disappointing teams. Are they filled with buy-low targets, or are they filled with players who just aren't as good as we thought they were?

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00:00 Headlines

12:25 Tigers

26:30 Mets

36:45 Phillies

45:00 Mariners

50:15 Blue Jays

57:20 Red Sox

1:01:25 Astros

1:05:50 Orioles

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James Anderson and Jordan Rosenblum discuss tactics for making trades in dynasty leagues and also talk about top players to sell high on and top injured players to stash in dynasty baseball leagues!

09:00 Dynasty strategy

15:05 Proposing a dynasty trade

20:15 Evaluating past trades

33:45 Munetaka Murakami, Mickey Moniak

38:50 Jacob Misiorowski

42:35 Cam Schlittler

44:30 Chase Burns

47:40 Mike Trout, Yordan Alvarez

52:15 Dynasty prospect stashes

57:00 Injury stashes

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Luis Robert has been both terrible and injured to begin the season for the Mets, and now they are calling up a top prospect in A.J. Ewing to fill in for him. Should be dropping Robert in all of our leagues? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss a list of problem hitters and what to do about them.

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00:00 Hitters to Cut Podcast

00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

00:30 News

02:40 Mookie Betts is back…..

03:50 Christian Yelich activated

05:45 Jacob Wilson out long-term?

09:00 Addison Barger returned to the IL after just one game….

10:30 Jose Caballero will undergo an MRI on his finger while Anthony Volpe waits in Triple-A….

12:00 Nathan Eovaldi was scratched…..

14:00 Bryce Eldridge not playing.

16:00 Rafael Devers is turning things around and Willy Adames finally had a decent game. Harrison Bader returned and may have been forgotten in some leagues…..

19:30 Ryan Helsley is aiming to return in late May…..

21:10 Mets call up speedy center fielder A.J. Ewing….

23:30 Sean Murphy out again

25:30 RotoWire Smart Money: Colorado ML

27:30 Main topic: Hitters to consider dropping

27:45 Reminder of the rating system.

28:00 1. “I wouldn’t cut the player in XX size of league.”

28:15 2. “I would cut the player if there was someone I liked on waivers and this player was the necessary cut.”

28:30 3. “I would actively look to get them off my roster, for basically anyone.”

29:00 The Players

29:30 Michael Busch

32:45 Jose Altuve

35:45 Trevor Story

38:15 Luis Robert

39:40 Jac Caglianone

41:00 Ezequiel Tovar

44:00 Agustin Ramirez

47:50 Matt McLain

50:45 Luis Garcia

54:00 Adolis Garcia, Alec Bohm

56:30 Royce Lewis

58:00 Matt Chapman

1:01:30 Jordan Westburg, Caleb Durbin

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad cover the weekend in baseball, discussing, among other things, CJ Abrams, Davis Martin, the Rays, injuries and a big weekend of FAAB highlighted by Spencer Jones, Ryan Waldschmidt and Bryce Eldridge.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines
14:45 Robby Snelling
18:03 Ben Brown
22:18 Bryce Miller
26:54 Gregory Soto
30:02 Tony Santillan
33:33 Bryce Eldridge
36:52 Ryan Waldschmidt
38:49 Spencer Jones
42:38 Carlos Cortes
47:29 Joe Mack
49:45 Griffin Canning
51:11 Walbert Urena
53:51 Brock Stewart
55:30 Ryan Zeferjahn
57:42 Cole Sulser
1:00:30 Zack Gelof
1:02:49 Ezequiel Duran
1:04:19 JJ Bleday
1:07:13 Masataka Yoshida
1:10:31 Jesus Rodriguez
1:13:42 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/the Cincinnati Reds have now lost seven straight games…

• Steak League FAAB:
  • 9:40 Rico Garcia $16
  • Griffin Canning $12
  • 12:30 Spencer Jones $12
  • Griffin Jax $5
  • Gus Varland $5
  • Roki Sasaki $4
  • Ryan Zeferjahn $3
  • Jake McCarthy $3
  • Leody Taveras $2
  • 17:40 Kade Anderson $1
  • Other names to consider: Joe Mack, Graham Ashcraft, Ben Brown 

25:15 Two-start pitchers:

• Michael Soroka 2 (Todd 3)
• Jeffrey Springs 3
• JR Ritchie 2
• Trevor Rogers 2
• Sonny Gray 3
• Colin Rea 2
• Brady Singer 1 (Todd 2)
• Joey Cantillo 3
• Michael Lorenzen 0
• Erick Fedde 0
• 35:00 Jack Flaherty 3
• Tatsuya Imai 1 (Todd 2)
• Cole Ragans 4
• Caden Dana 0
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5
• 40:30 Eury Perez 3
• Brandon Sproat 1 (Todd 2)
• Bailey Ober 1
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Ryan Weathers 3 (Todd 4)
• Zack Wheeler 5
• Paul Skenes 5
• Michael King 4 (Todd 5)
• George Kirby 4
• 53:00 Logan Webb 3
• Adrian Houser 0
• Andre Pallante 0
• Shane McClanahan 4
• Nathan Eovaldi 5
• Kevin Gausman 5
• Miles Mikolas 0

57:40 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Chris Towers of CBS Sports to check in on how this year's top sleepers and most-hyped players are doing after six weeks of play.

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00:00 Pitcher injury news

7:20 Robby Snelling set for call-up

12:55 More headlines

18:30 Nolan McLean, Cam Schlittler, Jacob Misiorowski

22:10 Emmett Sheehan

26:25 Chase Burns

28:40 Bubba Chandler

33:25 Samuel Basallo

35:40 Carter Jensen

39:00 Konnor Griffin

43:00 Sal Stewart

47:25 Jac Caglianone

50:35 Kazuma Okamoto

54:45 JJ Wetherholt and Kevin McGonigle

58:40 Ryan Weathers

1:01:45 Braxton Ashcraft

1:02:55 Mike Burrows

1:05:10 Kyle Harrison and Brandon Sproat

1:08:30 Justin Crawford

1:11:30 Chase DeLauter

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With over a dozen high-profile prospect graduations, James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss what the new top 10 prospects will look like when prospect rankings get updated later this month!

01:30 Jesus Made vs. Leo De Vries

15:10 Colt Emerson, Walker Jenkins

19:20 Rainiel Rodriguez, Edward Florentino, Josue De Paula

27:50 Mike Sirota, Eduardo Quintero

31:40 Luis Pena vs. Eli Willits

37:10 Caleb Bonemer

43:10 Seth Hernandez, Kade Anderson

47:15 Up-Arrow Prospects

53:45 Bryce Rainer

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss tough hold-vs-cut-vs-trade decisions with early struggling pitchers.

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00:00 RW Pod 5-5-26

00:15 News:

00:30 Tarik Skubal is out for a few months. That’s two of the Big-3 starters on the IL…..

10:00 Joe Ryan doesn’t need to go on the IL.

11:00 Roman Anthony left with a wrist injury…..

14:20 Jhoan Duran and Raisel Iglesias return today. Closer normalcy!……

15:40 Emilio Pagan blows the save

17:40 Caleb Killian save

25:30 Jackson Chourio is back and got four hits…..

29:17 BlueWire

29:22 Main topic: Pitchers to consider dropping

29:45 For every pick up there’s a drop

32:00 Three different tiers for each of them.

32:15 “I wouldn’t cut the player in XX size of league.”

32:30 2. “I would cut the player if there was someone I liked on waivers and this player was the necessary cut.”

32:45 3. “I would actively look to get them off my roster, for basically anyone.”

35:00 Pitchers

35:10 Jack Flaherty

39:30 Luis Castillo

44:30 Trevor Megill

46:30 Aaron Nola

48:00 Ryan Walker

49:00 Zac Gallen

51:10 Andrew Abbott

52:45 Ryne Nelson, Merrill Kelly, Eduardo Rodriguez, Mike Soroka

56:00 Jack Leiter

57:20 Roki Sasaki

58:15 Andrew Painter

1:01:45 Chad Patrick

1:02:10 Noah Cameron

1:02:30 Rhett Lowder

1:03:20 Brady Singer

1:06:30 Brandon Sproat

1:07:10 Dustin May

1:08:30 Chris Bassitt

1:09:00 RotoWire Smart Money

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk some strong first months from Matt Olson, Mike Trout and a whole bunch of catchers, break down a slew of weekend injuries and discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB, including active bidding for Christian Scott and Travis Bazzana.

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their top waiver wire adds of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

13:00 Jared Jones

16:40 Janson Junk

19:00 Jack Perkins

23:00 Logan Henderson

25:15 Jacob Latz

28:45 Luis Severino

31:15 Travis Bazzana

35:15 Daniel Schneemann

38:00 Cole Young

40:00 Nathan Church

42:50 Jake Bennett

46:35 Christian Scott

49:40 Rico Garcia

53:20 Tyler Phillips

55:10 Kyle Finnegan

58:50 Other Relievers

1:02:45 Kody Clemens

1:04:20 Nathaniel Lowe

1:08:15 Austin Hays

1:10:10 Tyler Black

1:13:30 Ezequiel Duran

1:16:30 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/the Atlanta Braves might have an Austin Riley problem

• Steak League FAAB:
  • 6:55 Travis Bazzana $25
  • Jacob Latz $21
  • Matthew Liberatore $13
  • 11:10 Jack Perkins $11
  • Tyler Phillips $9
  • Elmer Rodriguez $8
  • Victor Vodnik $8
  • 14:40 Jared Jones $6
  • Christian Scott $4
  • Kyle Finnegan $3
  • 19:00 Other names to consider: Carlos Cortes, Lucas Giolito, Kade Anderson, Ben Joyce

21:40 Two-start pitchers:

• Eduardo Rodriguez 3
• Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2)
• JR Ritchie 2
• Shane Baz 3
• Chris Bassitt 1 (Todd 2)
• Brayan Bello 0
• Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 4)
• Jameson Taillon 2
• Andrew Abbott 2
• Tanner Bibee 3
• Gavin Williams 4 (Todd 5)
• Tomoyuki Sugano 1
• Davis Martin 3
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Michael Wacha 3
• Noah Cameron 2
• Jose Soriano 4 (Todd 5)
• 48:00 Janson Junk 2
• Sandy Alcantara 4
• Brandon Sproat 1 (Todd 0)
• Taj Bradley 4
• David Peterson 0
• Cam Schlittler 5
• Elmer Rodriguez 1
• 54:30 Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)
• Cristopher Sanchez 5
• Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2)
• Walker Buehler 0
• Logan Gilbert 5
• Kyle Leahy 0
• Andre Pallante 0
• Nick Martinez 2 (Todd 3)
• Drew Rasmussen 4
• Jacob deGrom 5
• Cade Cavalli 3

1:02:00 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to review every closer situation in baseball in search of potential pickups.

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00:00 Headlines

9:45 Padres

11:05 Dodgers

14:00 Guardians

14:55 Mariners

16:00 Phillies

17:35 Mets

19:25 Yankees

21:05 Red Sox, Orioles

21:50 Cubs

24:10 Braves

26:50 Blue Jays

29:50 Reds

31:40 Marlins

33:40 Royals

36:00 Astros

39:25 Tigers

42:10 Brewers

44:10 Giants

47:05 Pirates

49:00 Rays

51:10 White Sox

53:10 Rangers

56:25 Cardinals

57:55 Angels

1:01:25 Nationals

1:02:55 Diamondbacks

1:04:35 Twins

1:06:30 Rockies

1:08:15 Athletics

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James Anderson and Frank Stampfl discuss some fantasy baseball players who they are much higher on and lower on than before the season!

01:25 Sal Stewart vs. Nick Kurtz

06:30 Who’s The No. 1 Catcher?

13:40 Who’s The No. 1 2B?

22:40 Munetaka Murakami

27:55 Kazuma Okamoto

31:05 Miguel Vargas

34:15 Jose Caballero

37:00 Trevor Story/Ezequiel Tovar

40:15 Mike Trout

45:20 Brayan Rocchio

46:35 Ryan O’Hearn/Josh Jung

49:00 Cam Schlittler/Parker Messick

52:20 Jose Soriano/Michael Soroka

54:20 Regrettable SP picks

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Fred Zinkie is here to tell Jeff Erickson that it's not all bad yet, even though Fernando Tatis Jr. is his first-round pick. We'll also talk about the Top K-BB starting pitchers in baseball so far.

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00:00 RotoWire 4-28-26 MLB Pod

00:30 News:

00:40 Phillies fire Rob Thomson

08:30 Are we bananas for Bazzana?

14:30 Elmer Rodriguez debuts Wednesday.

16:00 Max Muncy (ATH) is out with a broken hand.

16:45 Pete Fairbanks leaves with thumb/nerve injury

20:00 Juan Soto limited to DH duty.

24:00 RotoWire Smart Money - James Wood

25:15 PCA stole a base, which made me notice how awful he has been…..

27:00 Moises Ballasteros had another good game…..

30:45 Manny Machado left with a leg injury.

33:00 George Springer won’t have a rehab assignment and will return any day…..

34:10 Spencer Strider returns against the Rockies

35:00 Max Scherzer to the IL, Trey Yesavage returns today…..

37:00 Jose Soriano vs. Davis Martin

40:00 Sling

41:00 Eight signs that your struggling fantasy team is going to be fine.

42:00 1. Your most disappointing players have been your best players.

43:35 2. You have closers.

47:20 3. You have enough starting pitchers.

51:30 4. Your team’s batting average in unsustainably low.

54:00 5. Most of your top players are healthy.

56:00 6. You’re competing in each category.

58:00 7. You have some players you like on your bench.

1:01:00 8. You have enough FAAB.

1:02:00 Jeff Asks Fred about Jeff Hoffman

1:07:10 Top 12 K-BB% leaders, since it’s a great stat to correlate to fantasy success.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a wild weekend in baseball, talk weekend injuries and break down all the adds and drops in another busy FAAB Sunday. They discuss the great starts for Kyle Harrison, Cam Schlittler and Kevin McGonigle as well as the poor starts by Logan Webb, Aaron Nola and Logan Gilbert, before getting into the heavy FAAB prices for Payton Tolle and JR Ritchie.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire adds of the week.

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00:00 Headlines
13:09 Payton Tolle
17:09 JR Ritchie
21:37 Louis Varland
26:34 Brad Keller
29:27 Tanner Scott
31:58 Alex Vesia
37:53 Josh Jung
40:32 Xander Bogaerts
42:48 Miguel Vargas
45:12 Jasson Dominguez
48:50 Lucas Giolito
50:56 Peter Lambert
54:19 Hunter Dobbins
56:37 Connor Prielipp
1:00:04 Phil Maton
1:03:16 Brayan Rocchio
1:05:45 Ronny Mauricio
1:08:59 Leody Taveras
1:11:49 Felix Reyes
1:15:02 Luis Campusano
1:17:24 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/The second-worst hitter by fWAR this season: Rafael Devers

• Steak League FAAB:
  • Chase Dollander $22
  • Tanner Scott $21
  • Kumar Rocker $13
  • Alex Vesia $9
  • Brad Keller $8
  • 9:22 JR Ritchie $7
  • Andrew Benintendi $4
  • Caleb Kilian $4
  • Connor Prielipp $4
  • Daniel Schneeman $4
  • Tony Santillan $2
  • Dalton Rushing $2
  • Max Clark $0
  • Other names to consider: Payton Tolle, Louie Varland, Christian Scott

20:30 Two-start pitchers:

• Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 0)
• Jacob Lopez 1 (Todd 2)
• Reynaldo Lopez 2
• Shane Baz 1
• 27:10 Ranger Suarez 2
• Matthew Boyd 4
• 29:30 Chase Burns 5
• Parker Messick 4
• Tomoyuki Sugano 0
• Anthony Kay 0
• Casey Mize 3
• Peter Lambert 2
• Kris Bubic 2 (Todd 3)
• Jack Kochanowicz 0 (Todd 1)
• Chris Paddack 0
• Chad Patrick 3
• Connor Prielipp 2
• Joe Ryan 5
• David Peterson 0 (Todd 1)
• Max Fried 5
• 47:20 Jesus Luzardo 3 (Todd 4)
• Braxton Ashcraft 3 (Todd 4)
• Bubba Chandler 2
• Randy Vasquez 4
• Luis Castillo 2 (Todd 3)
• Tyler Mahle 1 (Todd 0)
• Dustin May 1
• Steven Matz 3 (Todd 2)
• Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)
• Eric Lauer 0 (Todd 1)
• Zack Littell 0

59:00 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to discuss some struggling hitters. Is it time to cut, hold, or buy low?

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00:00 Headlines

14:45 Catchers

26:45 First Base

36:40 Second Base

47:20 Third Base

57:55 Shortstop

1:02:30 Outfield

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James Anderson and Lucas Morel discuss Noah Schultz's forecast before analyzing all the top hitter breakouts in the minors!

01:30 Noah Schultz

07:30 Franklin Arias

14:20 Jhonny Level

17:50 Devin Fitz-Gerlad

21:15 Theo Gillen

25:25 Juneiker Caceres

29:30 Nathan Flewelling

34:35 Pedro Ramirez

39:35 Luis Lara

44:50 Blaze Jordan

47:10 Ronny Cruz

52:20 Taitn Gray

56:15 Josiah Hartshorn

59:40 Cam Maldonado

01:02:55 Rainiel Rodriguez, George Lombard, Braden Montgomery

01:10:30 Blake Burke

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Cal Raleigh was a league-winner last year, but is it worth it generally to pay the price for a top catcher? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson explore that, and talk about Edwin Diaz's injury and the Dodgers' replacement(s).

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00:00 4-21-26

00:30 News

00:45 Edwin Diaz out until ASB (who closes? Drop Diaz?)…..

07:20 Raisel Iglesias to the IL (shoulder)

10:30 Zack Wheeler returns Saturday

13:15 The worst feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on your FOMO players, like I was on Sal Stewart and Parker Messick. Can these guys slow down?!

18:10 The best feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on a player, like you were on Dillon Dingler. Look at those advanced stats!

22:00 Sonny Gray to the IL (Tolle time?)…..

24:20 RotoWire Smart Money - Jake Bauers

26:00 Review of the catcher position

27:00 Fred’s Preferences

29:15 What to do with Cal Raleigh?

32:20 Would we rather own Ben Rice, Shea Langeliers, William Contreras, Hunter Goodman or Drake Baldwin?

37:00 Who do we prefer out of slumping catchers, Sal Perez, Ivan Herrera and Yainer Diaz?

41:00 Yainer Diaz

43:00 Is Liam Hicks the real deal? Could he be more valuable than Agustin Ramirez?

45:00 Sling

45:58 BlueWire

46:02 What do we think of the rookies, Carter Jensen and Samiel Basallo?

48:30 Are Adley Rutschman and Alejandro Kirk worth stashing?

53:00 ME Catchers Last Year
54:30 1. Todd Hoppe - Willson Contreras 5.8 (83), Alejandro Kirk 15.8 (218)
56:00 2. Scott Slezak - Shea Langeliers 8.3 (108), Keibert Ruiz 14.3 (198) - pu Moreno

56:40 3. Gregg Martin - Gabriel Moreno 13.14 (194), Mitch Garver 30.2 (437)

58:00 4. Andrew Geller - Austin Wells 12.10 (175), Joey Bart 20.10 (295) - picked up Agustin Ramirez

59:30 5. Dave Petroziello - Cal Raleigh 8.8 (98), Patrick Bailey 21.8 (308) - also picked up Ramirez

1:01:20 6. Ryan Rufe - Willson Contreras 5.10 (70), Tyler Stephenson 17.10 (250) - Ballesteros

1:02:00 7. Christopher Cosley - Cal Raleigh 7.4 (94), Tyler Stephenson 18.12 (267) - Narvaez

1:02:25 8. Greg Smith - William Contreras 3.2 (32), Will Smith 8.14 (119)

1:03:00 9. Toby Guevin - Cal Raleigh 7.1 (91), Keibert Ruiz 14.15 (210) - pu Langeliers

1:04:10 10. Matt Leahy - Willson Contreras 5.15 (75), Alejandro Kirk 18.1 (256)

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap a busy weekend in FAAB, break down all the madness at the closer position across baseball and discuss some struggling offenses. They talk about the slow starts on the Red Sox and Royals and all the newly open closer situations, before digging into a wild weekend in FAAB, including large bids on Noah Schultz, Sam Antonacci and Spencer Arrighetti.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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10:10 Justin Wrobleski
13:05 Noah Schultz
17:30 Mick Abel
20:00 Landen Roupp
22:25 Caleb Thielbar
24:50 Ben Brown
30:00 Sam Antonacci
35:30 Daulton Varsho
38:35 Angel Martinez
41:35 Gary Sanchez
43:20 Moises Ballesteros
47:45 Enyel De Los Santos
52:30 Chase Silseth
55:50 Joel Kuhnel
58:45 Quinn Priester
1:00:40 Davis Martin
1:02:05 Jeremiah Jackson
1:05:00 Tyler Freeman
1:07:00 Rece Hinds
1:10:10 Ildemaro Vargas
1:12:25 Jacob Young
1:16:05 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/Closer madness!

• Steak League FAAB:
  • 5:50 Noah Schultz $17
  • Sam Antonacci $16
  • Charlie Condon $9
  • Jeremiah Jackson $8
  • Enyel De Los Santos $4
  • Gary Sanchez $3
  • Colin Rea $2
  • Louie Varland $1
  • Keider Montero $0
  • 20:15 Other names to consider: Spencer Arrighetti, Erik Miller, Didier Fuentes
  • More roster trends from CBS

25:00 Two-start pitchers:

• J.T. Ginn 1 (Todd 2)
• Reynaldo Lopez 3
• Bryce Elder 3
• 30:45 Kyle Bradish 4
• Sonny Gray 4
• Connelly Early 3
• Colin Rea 2
• Matthew Boyd 2
• 37:00 Rhett Lowder 3
• Slade Cecconi 2
• Jose Quintana 0
• Chase Dollander 1 (Todd 2)
• Sean Burke 2
• Jack Flaherty 4
• Colton Gordon 0
• Seth Lugo 3 (Todd 4)
• Jack Kochanowicz 0
• Justin Wrobleski 1 (Todd 0)
• Max Meyer 1 (Todd 2)
• Kyle Harrison 3 (Todd 2)
• Mick Abel 3
• 54:45 Nolan McLean 5
• Luis Gil 1
• Aaron Nola 3
• Carmen Mlodzinski 3
• Emerson Hancock 4
• Tyler Mahle 0
• Michael McGreevy 3
• Jesse Scholtens 2
• Kumar Rocker 1
• Dylan Cease 5
• Jake Irvin 0
• Foster Griffin 1 (Todd 2)

1:06 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, the founder of Pitcher List, to discuss some of this year's breakout starting pitchers.

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00:00 Intro

2:05 Noah Schultz debut

5:10 Pitcher injury news

11:20 Nolan McLean

13:40 Cam Schlittler

15:00 MacKenzie Gore

19:30 Jose Soriano

23:40 Shota Imanaga

26:20 Drew Rasmussen

30:20 Taj Bradley

32:55 Emerson Hancock

35:45 Parker Messick

36:50 Braxton Ashcraft

39:30 Michael Soroka

41:30 Bryce Elder

43:20 Randy Vasquez

45:35 Joey Cantillo

47:20 Will Warren

49:30 Jeffrey Springs

51:40 Landen Roupp

55:30 Mick Abel

1:00:15 Davis Martin

1:01:50 Carmen Mlodzinski

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James Anderson and Jason Collette take a couple of victory laps before getting into their biggest regrets of draft season!

01:35 Victor Laps

05:15 Sal Stewart

08:40 Massive SP Values

13:35 Chandler Simpson

17:25 Jordan Walker

22:30 Parker Messick

24:20 Jose Soriano

28:25 Key Injuries

31:30 Buy Lows

36:05 Cutting Bait

40:30 Big Disappointments

46:25 The Hunt For Saves

54:35 Stashing Season

57:50 Missing At Third Base

01:01:50 Our Best Teams

01:06:45 Our Worst Teams

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Inspired by Garrett Crochet's Monday blowup outing, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at eight starting pitching slow starters.

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00:00 Eight Pitchers We Regret

00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

02:30 FAAB Results - Jakob Junis Guy

10:15 Jordan Romano Blows Save

12:00 News

12:15 Christian Yelich out 4-to-6 weeks

14:00 Jackson Chourio out until May

15:00 Tatsuya Imai and Jeremy Pena to the IL

18:00 Jackson Holliday Setback

21:00 Noelvi Marte to the Minors

24:00 Noah Schultz Debuts

26:00 RotoWire Smart Money

27:30 Happy Fun Ball Night

30:00 Oneil Cruz

31:00 “What Can Go Right?”

33:00 Konnor Griffin

36:00 Sling

37:00 Underachieving Pitchers

37:30 Garrett Crochet

43:15 Emmet Sheehan

47:20 Mike Burrows

50:40 Tanner Bibee

53:50 Jesus Luzardo

55:10 Andrew Abbott

59:30 Eury Perez

1:02:00 Logan Webb

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield, discuss some early season surgers, go through a long list of injuries over the weekend and break down a busy week of adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about the quick starts (and if they are sustainable) for O'Neil Cruz, Jose Soriano and Chandler Simpson because getting into all the popular adds this week, including Jakob Junis, Edouard Julien and Angle Martinez, along with much, much more from all around fantasy baseball.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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18:43 Rhett Lowder
20:56 Ryan Weathers
22:58 Grant Holmes
24:54 Bryan Baker
28:10 Max Muncy
30:31 Mark Vientos
34:11 Garrett Mitchell
36:30 Andres Gimenez
37:58 Colt Keith
40:34 Brandon Marsh
44:16 Sean Burke
45:44 Foster Griffin
48:41 Jakob Junis
53:48 Colin Rea
56:22 Caleb Kilian
58:48 Troy Johnston
1:01:47 Wenceel Perez
1:03:34 Juan Brito
1:06:43 Nick Yorke
1:08:00 Hyeseong Kim
1:13:23 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/Madison, Wisc. native Drake Baldwin is the No. 1 fantasy hitter through two weeks!

• Steak League FAAB:
  • 4:25 Jake Junis $11
  • Masyn Winn $9
  • Bryan Baker $8
  • Janson Junk $7
  • 7:45 Sean Burke $7
  • Brandon Lockridge $4
  • David Hamilton $3
  • Kevin Kelly $2
  • Brandon Williamson $1
  • James Tibbs $1
  • Ryan Jeffers $0
  • 14:25 Other roster trends from CBS

18:00 Two-start pitchers:

• Ryne Nelson 1
• Luis Severino 1
• Jeffrey Springs 3
• Grant Holmes 3
• Reynaldo Lopez 3
• Trevor Rogers 4 (Todd 5)
• Kyle Bradish 4
• Garrett Crochet 5
• Gavin Williams 3
• Joey Cantillo 2 (Todd 3)
• Michael Lorenzen 0
• Sean Burke 2
• Framber Valdez 5
• 35:00 Mike Burrows 4
• Cole Ragans 5
• Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 0)
• Reid Detmers 2
• Eury Perez 4
• Brandon Sproat 0
• Bailey Ober 1
• 44:30 David Peterson 0 (Todd 1)
• Will Warren 3
• Ryan Weathers 3
• Cristopher Sanchez 5
• Paul Skenes 5
• Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4)
• Michael King 4
• George Kirby 5
• Bryan Woo 5
• Robbie Ray 3
• Matthew Liberatore 3
• Shane McClanahan 3
• Nathan Eovaldi 4
• MacKenzie Gore 4
• Kevin Gausman 5
• Cade Cavalli 3
• Miles Mikolas 0

58:00 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright of Razzball to discuss some surprisingly hot starts. Should you sell high or hold?

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Drake Baldwin

19:15 CJ Abrams

21:45 Jordan Walker

26:10 Andy Pages

28:45 Christian Yelich

31:05 Oneil Cruz

35:35 Yordan Alvarez

38:10 Ben Rice

40:45 Chase DeLauter

43:45 Liam Hicks

46:05 Garrett Mitchell

47:30 Cam Smith

49:50 Sandy Alcantara

53:15 Jose Soriano

55:55 Cam Schlittler

59:25 Taj Bradley

1:01:30 MacKenzie Gore

1:03:45 Emerson Hancock and Bryce Elder

1:07:00 Gavin Williams and Edward Cabrera

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James Anderson and Sam Dykstra discuss all the most notable minor-league assignments and which players are set up to climb prospect rankings this season!

01:20 Ryan Sloan and Kade Anderson

06:25 Jamie Arnold/Liam Doyle/Tyler Bremner

10:55 Devin Fitz-Gerald

15:05 Jesus Made, Blake Burke

17:55 Prospects skipping complex ball

23:35 Luis Hernandez

26:05 Cardinals catchers

28:55 Leo De Vries, Ralphy Velazquez

31:45 Steele Hall

35:00 Greenville’s loaded rotation

38:10 Johnny King, Arjun Nimmala

42:00 Soft Dodgers assignments

43:55 Binghamton’s loaded roster

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Nick Kurtz entered Tuesday night's play with zero homers, 14 strikeouts and a .148 batting average. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss Kurtz and other early season slumping hitters and their respective worry levels.

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00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

01:45 News:

02:00 Hunter Brown not throwing

05:30 Use Shohei as a SP?

09:20 Cade Horton’s first MRI didn’t look good…..

11:00 Juan Soto will miss 2-3 weeks…..

13:00 Jacob deGrom left after five innings with knee discomfort…..

14:40 Matthew Boyd landed on the IL……

21:00 Bryan Baker, Lucas Erceg, Jordan Romano and Jakob Junis were among those who got saves last night…..

24:15 Jose Soriano looks great

26:00 Smart Money Demo - Ozzie Albies Walk

27:45 Jansen Junk

33:30 Sling

34:30 Who are we worried about?

36:00 The following players required a significant draft investment and have an OPS below .500. Who are we worried about?

36:45 At your request, we can talk about Nick Kurtz too.

40:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong

44:00 Julio Rodriguez

48:00 Ronald Acuna

48:15 Josh Naylor

49:15 Byron Buxton

50:15 Trevor Story

52:20 Wyatt Langford

55:00 Austin Riley

57:30 Bo Bichette

59:06 BlueWire

59:10 The following players were later picks and have an OPS below .500. Who are we ready to drop?

59:45 Marcell Ozuna

1:02:00 Cedric Mullins

1:03:00 Jose Caballero

1:04:30 Carson Benge

1:06:00 Caleb Durbin

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Jeff Erickson and Justin Mason discuss Konnor Griffin's debut, injuries to Hunter Brown and Mookie Betts, and the top pickups of the week.

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00:15 Welcome to Justin Mason

02:45 Mason’s Musings

03:40 Top News

03:50 Konnor Griffin Debuts

08:15 Red Sox / Giants Struggling

15:00 Injuries

15:10 Hunter Brown

18:10 Mookie Betts

19:55 Juan Soto

21:00 Jordan Lawlar & Cade Horton

23:00 Alejandro Kirk

27:30 Schedule Notes

27:40 7 Games: CIN, COL, CWS, DET, KC, MIA, MIN, SD

30:00 Sling AD

31:00 Free Agent Results

31:15 Starting Pitchers

32:30 Bryce Elder

33:30 Lance McCullers

37:00 Colin Rea

38:30 Why is Lucas Giolito unsigned?

40:30 Spencer Arrighetti

42:30 Janson Junk, Foster Griffin, Sean Burke, Cade Povich, Anyone Else?

44:00 Brandon Sproat

46:21 BlueWire

46:30 Relievers

46:50 Gregory Soto

49:00 Rays - Bryan Baker, Kevin Kelly?

50:15 Giants - Winn, Kilian?

51:55 A’s?

54:00 Rangers?

55:30 Hitters

55:50 Jordan Walker - Spiked him in OC

57:50 Garrett Mitchell

59:30 Mark Vientos

1:01:10 Cole Young

1:03:20 Troy Johnston

1:04:20 Parker Meadows, Kyle Isbel, Joey Wiemer

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on all their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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14:45 Jordan Walker
17:45 Cam Smith
20:25 Liam Hicks
24:00 Mickey Moniak
27:30 Colt Emerson
31:20 Taj Bradley
33:45 Randy Vasquez
36:00 Eric Lauer
38:15 Michael Soroka
40:50 Riley O'Brien
45:15 Dean Kremer
47:20 Janson Junk
49:50 Lance McCullers
53:40 Tyler Alexander
55:30 Mark Leiter
57:40 Kyle Isbel
59:25 Brice Matthews
1:01:35 Daniel Schneeman
1:04:00 Oswald Peraza
1:07:05 Dominic Smith
1:09:20 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/Konnor Griffin has arrived!

• Steak League FAAB:
  • 4:10 Emerson Hancock $23
  • Michael McGreevy $13
  • Lance McCullers $12
  • Colt Emerson $9
  • Joe Boyle $7
  • Joey Wiemer $4
  • Keaton Winn $1

Two-start pitchers:

• 12:50 Zac Gallen 3
• Aaron Civale 0
• 20:00 Chris Sale 5
• Dean Kremer 0
• Brayan Bello 1
• Jameson Taillon 2
• Brandon Williamson 0 (Todd 1)
• 25:20 Andrew Abbott 4
• Tanner Bibee 3
• Ryan Feltner 0
• Kyle Freeland 0
• Erick Fedde 0
• Shane Smith 1 (Todd 2)
• Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3)
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Hunter Brown 5
• Noah Cameron 3
• Cole Ragans 5
• 36:30 Jose Soriano 3
• Janson Junk 1
• Sandy Alcantara 4 (Todd 5)
• Brandon Woodruff 5
• Joe Ryan 4
• Taj Bradley 1 (Todd 2)
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Cam Schlittler 5
• 44:30 Andrew Painter 4 (Todd 3)
• Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2)
• German Marquez 0 (Todd 1)
• Nick Pivetta 4
• Logan Gilbert 5
• Adrian Houser 1
• Andre Pallante 0
• Ryan Pepiot 2 (Todd 0)
• Jacob deGrom 4
• Max Scherzer 3
• Kevin Gausman 5
• Zack Littell 0 (Todd 1)

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Erik Halterman is joined by RotoWire president Peter Schoenke to discuss the most confusing bullpens in baseball.

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00:00 Headlines: Konnor Griffin, Cody Ponce and more

12:45 Closer Chaos: Athletics

15:40 Rockies

20:25 Astros

25:05 Royals

31:05 Angels

34:35 Twins

38:00 Giants

40:30 Cardinals

43:15 Rays

49:40 Rangers

53:20 Nationals

55:30 Move quickly on closers, move slowly on hitters

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James Anderson and Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects!

03:40 Konnor Griffin

10:40 Bryce Miller

12:25 Colt Emerson

14:50 Robby Snelling

17:55 Lourdes Gurriel

19:10 Edwin Uceta

21:30 Bryce Eldridge

24:20 Hagen Smith

27:55 Shane Bieber

29:35 Noah Schultz

30:35 Tommy Edman

31:40 Payton Tolle

33:00 Jasson Dominguez

37:15 Jonah Tong

38:20 Dylan Crews

39:35 River Ryan

40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt

41:20 Charlie Condon

43.55 Didier Fuentes

45:00 Justin Steele

45:35 Honorable Mentions

53:05 Thanks, Pete

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie bid aggressively against each other in the Mixed LABR league on both Carmen Mlodzinski and Randy Suarez, plus they have observations about the new ABS system in major league baseball.

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00:00 3-31-26 MLB Podcast

00:15 Avoiding Early Damage

11:30 Cody Ponce ACL Sprain

15:00 Colt Emerson (and Cooper Pratt) new contracts

19:30 Sling

20:30 Monday’s Pitchers

20:45 Starters

21:00 Parker Messick

22:45 Jacob Lopez

23:45 Chris Bassitt

29:45 Kyle Harrison

30:30 Foster Griffin

33:00 Bryce Elder, Lance McCullers

35:30 Justin Verlander

38:15 BlueWire

38:20 Relievers

38:30 Paul Sewald got a save.

46:30 Lucas Erceg

49:45 Tyler Alexander has two saves.

54:30 Is it too early to make trades?

57:30 Let’s take a look at these deals, courtesy of the Yahoo Trade Market.

58:30 Chase DeLauter for Sonny Gray

59:15 JJ Wetherholt has been traded in 1-for-1’s for Freddy Peralta, James Wood, Steven Kwan and Chase Burns.

1:00:00 Carson Benge for Jacob Wilson

1:00:30 Jackson Chourio for Brice Turang

1:01:30 RotoWire Smart Money

1:04:30 Sitting McClanahan

1:06:00 Knowing the LABR Rules

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap-up a busy first weekend of the baseball season and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They discuss the big start for a number of highly touted rookies, take a look ahead at Week 2 and then talk an active weekend in FAAB with closers such as Jordan Romano and Cole Sands garnering the most interest in fantasy leagues.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
14:38 Carson Benge
17:13 Justin Crawford
20:39 Jordan Lawlar
23:01 Jake McCarthy
25:41 Nasim Nunez
30:22 Max Meyer
32:26 Matthew Liberatore
35:48 Kyle Harrison
37:46 Paul Sewald
40:21 Jordan Romano
44:50 Ryan Johnson
47:05 Carmen Mlodzinski
49:36 Steven Matz
51:27 Ryne Stanek
54:29 Gregory Soto
57:22 Casey Schmitt
59:37 Joey Loperfido
1:01:43 T.J. Rumfield
1:03:47 Jake Bauers
1:07:12 Edouard Julien
1:09:15 Smart Money

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Intro/First two-start pitcher podcast of the season!

• Opening Day takeaways/box score nuggets:
  • Clay was sure Sal Stewart broke his wrist
  • Kevin McGonigle goes 4-for-5 with two doubles (btw a four-hit debut is rarer than a perfect game)
  • Chase DeLauter pops two long balls
  • JJ Wetherholt homers in debut
  • Jacob Misiorowski sets Brewers Opening Day record with 11 strikeouts
  • Paul Skenes fails to make it out of the first inning
  • Griffin Jax in the sixth inning
  • Trevor Rogers picks up where he left off last season
  • Jordan Romano nails down the save for LAA
  • Ryne Stanek closes things out for STL
  • Nasim Nunez swipes a bag
  • Nathan Church goes 3-for-4

Two-start pitchers:

• Michael Soroka 0
• Brandon Pfaadt 1
• Aaron Civale 0
• Bryce Elder 0
• Jose Suarez 0
• Chris Bassitt 3
• Ranger Suarez 4
• Edward Cabrera 4
• Chase Burns 3
• Parker Messick 1 (Todd 0)
• Tomoyuki Sugano 0
• Davis Martin 0
• Justin Verlander 2
• Kris Bubic 3
• Ryan Johnson 0
• Roki Sasaki 0
• Chris Paddack 0
• Kyle Harrison 3
• Mick Abel 2 (Todd 1)
• Clay Holmes 3
• Kodai Senga 3
• Ryan Weathers 3
• Max Fried 5
• Taijuan Walker 0
• Braxton Ashcraft 1
• German Marquez 1
• Luis Castillo 4
• Adrian Houser 1 (Todd 2)
• Landen Roupp 1
• Kyle Leahy 0
• Nick Martinez 1 (Todd 2)
• Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)
• Cody Ponce 4
• Foster Griffin 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of the Dynasty Dingers podcast to discuss every rookie on every Opening Day roster. Which ones should be added everywhere they're available, which ones belong on your watch list, and which ones can you safely ignore?
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00:00 Headlines

11:25 AL Central rookies

26:15 AL East rookies

40:55 AL West rookies

52:10 NL Central rookies

1:03:30 NL East rookies

1:12:05 NL West rookies

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James Anderson answers listener questions about the fully-updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!

01:05 Tiers

03:00 McGonigle vs Wetherholt

04:50 Roch Cholowsky

05:50 Basallo vs. Rainiel

07:40 Joshua Baez

10:30 Carson Benge

11:10 Ralphy Velazquez

13:05 This Year’s Nolan McLean

15:00 Mike Sirota

16:15 Ranking the young shortstops

18:25 Josuar Gonzalez vs. Jesus Made

19:45 A.J. Ewing

20:45 Henry Bolte

25:40 Didier Fuentes

26:50 Carlos Lagrange

28:25 Sam Antonacci

31:00 Juan Valera

32:10 Jefferson Rojas

33:35 John Gil

34:20 Trevor McDonald

36:00 Jordan Yost

37:35 Jonny Farmelo

38:35 Devin Fitz-Gerald

39:30 Breyson Guedez

41:00 Jose Fernandez

42:10 Christian Scott
 

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The concept of "FOMO" (Fear of Missing Out) is real and powerful in fantasy baseball. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they missed out on, including Sal Stewart and Daniel Palencia. 

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00:00 FOMO-cast 2026

00:15 News

00:35 JJ Wetherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge made the team. Konnor Griffin didn’t.

07:30 Connelly Early made the team. In the rotation too.

15:00 Ryan Pepiot to the IL.

16:00 RotoWire My Leagues Demo

19:20 Dennis Santana may not get all the save chances.

23:00 Spencer Strider’s poor spring ends with a trip to the IL. Should they sign Lucas Giolito?

29:00 Kyle Stowers will miss 3-4 weeks. And the Marlins were comfortably the lowest scoring team this spring.

32:00 Zack Wheeler will start a rehab assignment on Saturday.

34:20 The Yankees won’t need Luis Gil to start until April 11.

35:20 RotoWire Smart Money Demo

36:40 Fantrax

37:40 FOMO Players!

38:30 Fred: SP: Parker Messick, George Kirby, Kodai Senga

42:30 Jeff SP: Jacob Misiorowski

46:00 Fred: RP: Danny Palencia

48:00 Jeff RP: Edwin Diaz

48:30 Fred: C: Samuel Basallo

49:30 Jeff C: Drake Baldwin

50:00 Fred: 1B: Sal Stewart

53:00 Jeff 1B: Vinnie Pasquantino

55:00 Fred & Jeff: 2B: None, what a garbage position

55:30 Fred: 3B: None, what a garbage position

55:45 Jeff 3B: J-Ram & Jordan Lawlar

58:30 Fred: SS: Elly De La Cruz, Jacob Wilson, Colston Montgomery

1:01:50 Jeff SS: Bo Bichette

1:04:03 BlueWire

1:04:05 Fred: OF: Chase DeLauter, Wilyer Abreu

1:07:00 Jeff OF: Wyatt Langford, Wilyer Abreu too!

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1 of the MLB Season, talk all the news and notes from the weekend and then break down their NFBC Main Event Drafts from Las Vegas on Saturday.  In addition, they also discuss the first week of FAAB and the demotion of Dylan Crews before getting into all the picks, misses and snipes from a busy weekend of drafts in Vegas.

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Erik Halterman is joined by Rick Graham of PitcherList as they try to figure out how many true, trustworthy closers there will be in 2026.

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00:00 Intro

02:00 Outfielders on/off Opening Day rosters

06:00 Opening Day rotation news

13:45 NL Tout Wars review

30:00 Safe, trustworthy closers

33:00 Safe for now

47:00 Unconfirmed but probable closers

52:00 Currently injured closers

54:30 Committees and unclear situations

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