RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

0:00 News Review: Roman Anthony, Ryan Weather, Eury Perez, Nick Kurtz, Jo Adell, Justin Martinez, Pablo Lopez, Michael King, Shane McClanahan, Max Scherzer

:30 Pitchers with a high xERA and low ERA: Trevor Megill, Noah Cameron, Slade Cecconi, Seth Lugo, Yusei Kikuchi

:45 Pitchers with a low xERA and high ERA: Jordan Romero, Jeff Hoffman, Cole Ragans, Zebby Matthews, Mason Miller, Emmanuel Clase, Zac Gallen

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield of Baseball HQ, break down a huge week of rookies in FAAB, including heavy action on Jac Caglianone, Kyle Teel and Ronny Mauricio. In addition, they talk about pitchers in FAAB that can help you this week and also discuss the struggles so far in 2025 for Willy Adames and Michael Harris II. 

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines

13:20 Jac Caglianone

15:55 Kyle Teel

19:00 Ronny Mauricio

22:25 Ceddanne Rafaela

25:15 Thairo Estrada

27:30 Willi Castro

30:00 Ryne Nelson

31:55 David Festa

35:05 Mick Abel

38:45 Luis L. Ortiz

40:45 Deep-league pitchers

51:40 Deep-league hitters

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Clay Link and Todd Zola

0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrived

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Ryan Yarbrough $8
• Jake Mangum $5
• Dillon Dingler $5
• 3:12 Ronny Mauricio $5
• Kyle Teel $5
• Ernie Clement $4
• Fernando Cruz $4
• Coby Mayo $2
• Mick Abel $1
• 13:46 Randy Rodriguez $0

17:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)

• Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)
• Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)
• Chris Sale 5
• Cade Povich 2
• Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2)
• Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4)
• Collin Rea 2
• Andrew Abbott 4
• Luis L. Ortiz 3
• Chase Dollander 1
• Sean Burke 2 (Todd 4)
• Sawyer Gipson-Long 1
• Ryan Gusto 2 (Todd 1)
• Kris Bubic 4 (Todd 5)
• Yusei Kikuchi 2
• Clayton Kershaw 3
• 42:42 Eury Perez 3 (Todd 1)
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Quinn Priester 2
• 45:03 Zebby Matthews 3 (Todd 2)
• Griffin Canning 4
• Clarke Schmidt 2
• Mike Burrows 1
• Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)
• Nick Pivetta 4
• Logan Gilbert 3
• Robbie Ray 5
• Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)
• Miles Mikolas 2
• Shane Baz 3
• Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)
• Jose Berrios 3
• MacKenzie Gore 5

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Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Entrekin (a.k.a. KC Bubba) to discuss this season's early power-speed standouts. Who will join the 30/30 club this year?

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00:00 Headlines

13:10 40-40 Pace

18:45 30-30 Pace

28:40 25-25 Pace

40:50 20-20 Pace

58:00 Notable Misses

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James Anderson and Aram Leighton of Just Baseball discuss the toughest (and easiest) prospects to rank on their recent prospect rankings updates, including Bubba Chandler, Kevin McGonigle, Luis Pena and Jhostynxon Garcia!

00:00 Intro 

00:55 Walker Jenkins/Chase DeLauter/Emmanuel Rodriguez 

04:00 Quinn Mathews 

05:30 Max Clark 

07:15 Josue De Paula 

08:25 Luke Keaschall 

10:40 Bubba Chandler 

15:15 Andrew Painter vs. Chase Burns 

19:10 Kevin McGonigle 

26:20 Comparing hit-over-power prospects 

39:25 Jhostynxon Garcia 

44:00 Harry Ford 

49:40 Jaxon Wiggins

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0:00 Intro and Fred's LABR team

12:00 News: Jac Caglianone, Parker Meadows, JJ Bleday, Jerar Encarnacion, Luke Weaver/Devin WIlliams

35:00: Will They Rebound? Adley Rutschman, Juan Soto, Mike Trout, Andrew Vaughn, Marcus Semien

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, talk the Jac Caglianone call-up, answer a number of burning questions about Ryan Walker, Kristian Campbell and others and dive into all FAAB activity from the weekend. They discuss the bidding on Cole Young, Jake Mangum, Lance McCullers and many more and also chat about Luis Robert Jr's struggles, Chandler Simpson's demotion and Cal Raleigh's amazing first two months. 

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News review

15 team Mixed Leagues

12 Team Mixed Leagues

AL/NL only Leagues

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0:00 Intro/Chandler Simpson sent down

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Robert Garcia $11
• Edward Cabrera $6
• Carlos Narvaez $5
• Wenceel Perez $5
• Ryne Nelson $4
• Richard Fitts $2
• Adrian Houser $2
• 11:20 Dane Myers $2
• Zach Agnos $1

16:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025)

• Luis Severino 2
• Jacob Lopez 0
• Chris Sale 5
• Tomoyuki Sugano 3
• Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1)
• 22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2)
• Brady Singer 2
• Logan Allen 1
• German Marquez 0
• Jonathan Cannon 1
• Shane Smith 2 (Todd 3)
• Jack Flaherty 3
• Jackson Jobe 2
• Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)
• Michael Lorenzen 2
• Tyler Anderson 1
• Dustin May 3 (Todd 2)
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Joe Ryan 5
• Pablo Lopez 5
• Tylor Megill 2
• Carlos Rodon 5
• Zack Wheeler 5
• Mike Burrows 0
• Stephen Kolek 1 (Todd 2)
• 41:54 George Kirby 4
• Logan Webb 5
• Justin Verlander 2
• Drew Rasmussen 4
• Nathan Eovaldi 5
• Bowden Francis 2
• Trevor Williams 0

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James Anderson's top 400 prospect rankings are fully updated and he answers dozens of listener questions about the top talents like Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries and Jesus Made!

00:00 Intro 

00:50 Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries, Jesus Made 

05:05 TIERS 

07:05 Samuel Basallo 

10:50 Ceiling vs. Proximity 

14:55 Luis Pena vs. Jesus Made 

18:10 Luis Pena vs. Josue De Paula 

19:50 Braden Montgomery's ETA 

22:05 Eduardo Quintero's upside 

23:00 Mike Sirota to the moon 

28:55 Jack Perkins' ceiling 

31:10 Gage Jump's upside 

32:30 A mulligan on Austin Overn 

34:10 Chase Burns vs. Bubba Chandler 

36:45 Chase Burns, Bryce Eldridge ETAs 

38:50 When to move on from a prospect 

41:30 The quality of this prospect crop 

42:35 Cam Collier and Sal Stewart 

43:35 George Lombard 

46:05 Arjun Nimmala vs. Cooper Pratt 

47:15 Brailer Guerrero the runner? 

48:25 Travis Sykora 

49:50 Grant Taylor 

51:10 Drop Colt Emerson? 

52:55 Felnin Celesten 

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review five overachieving pitching staffs, five underachieving pitching staffs, and discuss injuries to Bryce Harper and Nick Kurtz.

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00:00 Fred Pod 5-27

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Bryce Harper

03:30 Nick Kurtz to the IL

06:00 Overachieving Pitching Staffs

06:30 1. Mets

13:50 2. Royals

18:40 3. Tigers

24:50 4. Giants

29:35 5. Rangers

33:55 BlueWire

34:00 Underachieving Pitching Staffs

34:20 1. Orioles

40:20 2. Marlins

44:45 3. D-backs

47:45 4. Dodgers

51:00 5. Brewers

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball, talking Phillies A's and Rays, and then jump into a busy week in FAAB, highlighted by aggressive bidding for Red Sox rookie, Marcelo Mayer. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their favorite FAAB pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

15:00 Chase Meidroth

17:15 Matt Shaw

20:00 Matt Wallner

21:25 Miguel Vargas

25:00 Parker Meadows

26:15 Nick Kurtz

28:40 Daniel Palencia

32:10 Hayden Birdsong

35:20 Michael Lorenzen

36:50 Will Warren

41:10 Deep-league pitchers

52:30 Deep-league hitters

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0:00 Intro/Happy Ronald Acuna Day

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• 5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31
• Daniel Palencia $10
• Miguel Vargas $9
• Slade Cecconi $7
• Noah Cameron $4
• 15:49 Robert Hassell $4
• Denzel Clarke $3
• Kody Clemens $3
• Abner Uribe $1

22:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)

• J.P. Sears 0
• Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)
• Tomoyuki Sugano 3
• Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)
• Nick Martinez 2
• Gavin Williams 3
• Carson Palmquist 0
• Adrian Houser 1
• Keider Montero 0
• Hunter Brown 5
• Michael Lorenzen 3
• Jack Kochanowicz 1
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5
• 37:37 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 3)
• Joe Ryan 4 (Todd 5)
• Clay Holmes 4
• Ryan Yarbrough 1 (Todd 0)
• Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)
• Andrew Heaney 2
• Randy Vasquez 1
• Hayden Birdsong 4 (Todd 3)
• Erick Fedde 3
• Zack Littell 3
• Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 2)
• Jacob deGrom 5
• Kevin Gausman 4
• Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)
• Mitchell Parker 1

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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss every bullpen around the league, trying to figure out where the next saves will come from on the waiver wire.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Tier 1: clear closer, no worries

27:20 Tier 2: clear closer, some questions

42:00 Tier 3: close enough to a closer

47:50 Tier 4: committee, clear #1

53:05 Tier 5: committee/co-closer

57:20 Tier 6: Don't know, don't care

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James Anderson and Alex Jensen go through the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues to find breakout hitters, such as Rainiel Rodriguez and Tyson Lewis, before looking at which Dominican Summer League prospects have star potential, such as Yorger Bautista!

00:00 Intro 

01:20 Tyson Lewis 

07:50 Jose Anderson 

11:35 Paulino Santana, Yolfran Castillo 

14:30 Kale Fountain 

17:10 Alex's Arizona Complex League Guys 

33:30 Rainiel Rodriguez 

38:20 Yairo Padilla 

40:50 Stiven Martinez, Jose Dickson 

42:40 Eduardo Beltre, Eduardo Florentino 

46:00 Alex's Florida Complex League Guys 

54:20 Dominican Summer League Watch List

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Sparked by the emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs lead the list of overachieving offenses a quarter of the way through the season. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson evaluate the sustainability of these overachievers, and review the recent Yahoo Friends & Family draft.

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00:00 Fred Pod 5-20

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Y! Friends & Family Draft

03:00 Fred’s Team

14:00 Geraldo Perdomo, Nate Eovaldi

15:45 Royce Lewis

18:30 Jeff’s Recency Bias Team

21:30 Timing the Closer Market

24:30 BlueWire

25:00 Overachieving Offenses

25:10 1. Cubs; 277 R, 117 wRC+

27:45 2. Tigers 257 R, 116 wRC+

33:30 3. Cardinals 235 R, 110 wRC+

40:20 4. Giants 223 R, 96 wRC+

45:30 5. Athletics 202 R, 106 wRC+

50:45 6. Mariners 221 R, 115 wRC+

57:00 Sandy Alcantara

1:00:00 Underachieving Offenses

1:00:10 1. Orioles

1:07:45 2. Rockies

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Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects?

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00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-25

00:30 Week 5 Preview

01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20!

03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central

04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost 6 in a row.

Reds sweep Guardians

10:50 Schedule Notes

11:00 7 Gamers: AL - Boston, Balt, Cleve, Det, A’s, Angels, Hou

11:10 NL: Phillies, Pirates, Brewers, Rockies

11:20 Balt, Bos and Hou facing 7 RHP.

Nice schedules:

11:30 Phillies monster, 4 @ Col, 3 @ A’s

12:00 Nick Kurtz

13:00 A’s: 7 home, 4 LAA, 3 Philly (Also get 7 home in 2 weeks)

15:00 Red Sox 7 home: 3 NYM, 4 Balt

15:45 Brewers: 3 Balt, 4 @ Pitt

16:00 Angels: 4 @ A’s, 3 Miami

17:50 Rockies – Home 7: 4 Philly, 3 NYY

18:13 BlueWire

18:20 News and notes

18:25 Jose Alvarado – 80 Game PED Suspension

19:30 Cole Ragans – 15 Day IL with left groin tightness; Seth Lugo – 15Day IL with middle finger inflammation.

19:45 Xavier Edwards - 10 Day Il with a mid-back strain.

20:15 Evan Carter – 10 Day Il with right quad strain; Tyler O’Neill – 10 Day IL with left shoulder impingement

20:50 Spencer Strider – Liked to return to rotation Tuesday

22:30 Hayden Wesneski – Having TJS

22:45 Chandler Simpson – Missed Sunday with sore hand

23:05 Brandon Woodruff – New rehab assignment starting Wednesday

23:15 George Kirby – Went 64 pitchers in rehab assignment Saturday.

23:30 Justin Martinez – On rehab and nearing return.

24:15 Chris Martin – Removed Sunday with right shoulder discomfort

25:00 Pitcher FAAB

25:10 Starters

25:15 Ryan Weathers (37% ME, 57% 12)

28:25 Hayden Birdsong (84% ME, 47% 12)

32:00 Zebby Matthews (97% ME, but 13% 12 – pitched badly Sunday)

34:45 Clayton Kershaw

36:50 Logan Henderson (93% ME, 18% 12)

39:15 Mick Abel (Not available in NFBC – great game Sunday)

40:50 Noah Cameron; Slade Cecconi; Hunter Dobbins (77% ME); JT Ginn (30% - LAA, Phil)

42:40 Yu Darvish stash

44:30 Relievers

44:40 Jordan Romano (91% ME, 29% 12)

45:30 Luis Mey

46:40 Cubs

48:15 Hitter FAAB

49:00 Dalton Rushing (Playing Time Issues)

53:30 Jordan Lawlar (Playing Time Issues)

59:30 Moises Ballesteros (Big prospect, but PT issues)

1:00:30 Will Benson

1:05:40 Matthew Lugo

1:08:00 Otto Lopez

1:10:00 Player Talk

1:10:20 My god, Pete Crow-Armstrong! (.290, 12/14, 2 more extra base hits Sunday, 27 on the year)

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Erik Halterman goes over his top waiver wire recommendations of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

10:45 Ryan Weathers

13:20 Zebby Matthews

16:00 Clayton Kershaw

18:20 Jordan Romano

20:15 Spencer Horwitz

22:05 Jordan Lawlar

24:35 Dalton Rushing

26:30 Trevor Larnach

29:00 Gavin Sheets

31:25 Deep-League Pitchers

45:20 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Dalton Rushing has his first big-league hits

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Dalton Rushing $12
• 5:25 Brett Baty $11
• Stephen Kolek $11
• Dennis Santana $9
• Drake Baldwin $6
• Addison Barger $5
• Daysbel Hernandez $5
• Lenyn Sosa $3
• Yimi Garcia $3
• Pierce Johnson $1

20:27 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 19, 2025)

• Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)
• J.T. Ginn 0
• Oswaldo Bido 1
• Strider Strider 4
• Dean Kremer 0
• Tomoyuki Sugano 2
• 28:27 Hunter Dobbins 3 (Todd 2)
• Walker Buehler 2
• Ben Brown 1 (Todd 2)
• Nick Lodolo 3
• Logan Allen 1
• Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 2)
• Kyle Freeland 0
• Antonio Senzatela 0
• Davis Martin 0
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Framber Valdez 5
• Kris Bubic 4
• Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• Edward Cabrera 0
• Quinn Priester 0
• Bailey Ober 5
• Kodai Senga 5 (Todd 4)
• Will Warren 3 (Todd 2)
• Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)
• 49:00 Aaron Nola 1 (Todd 2)
• Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)
• Bailey Falter 1
• Dylan Cease 4
• Luis Castillo 5
• Robbie Ray 4 (Todd 5)
• Erik Fedde 2
• Ryan Pepiot 4 (Todd 3)
• Patrick Corbin 0
• Chris Bassitt 3
• Mitchell Parker 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss a group of players who aren't playing the same way they were in the first week or two of the year.

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00:00 Intro/Headlines

17:00 Kyren Paris

23:30 Tyler Soderstrom

28:30 Other hitters

31:00 Spencer Schwellenbach

33:20 Jack Flaherty

36:25 Max Meyer

38:25 Drew Rasmussen

41:20 Shane Baz

43:30 Willson Contreras

46:30 Mark Vientos

50:15 Alec Bohm

52:10 Jackson Holliday

54:35 Dylan Cease

56:45 Bailey Ober

59:05 Chris Sale

1:01:00 Reese Olson

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James Anderson and Dylan White discuss the top hitter and pitcher breakouts at Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Single-A, including discussions about Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries plus they react live to Dalton Rushing's call-up!

00:00 Intro 

01:00 Triple-A Hitters Who Will Be Up Soon 

13:15 BREAKING Dalton Rushing News 

15:50 Who is Nathan Wiles? 

18:50 Joe Boyle vs. Ian Seymour 

21:40 95 Percenters 

25:30 Buy or Sell Jac Caglianone? 

30:00 Chase Burns vs. Recent Elite SP Prospects 

37:00 Jonah Tong's Outlier Fastball 

42:25 Sebastian Walcott vs. Leo De Vries 

46:45 Best non-De Vries hitters at High-A 

51:55 Carlos Lagrange vs. Brandon Clarke 

01:00:00 Love For Andrew Salas 

01:05:00 Fun Single-A Shortstops

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at seven struggling starting pitchers and whether it's time send them away. 
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00:00 Fred Pod 5-13

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Jeff Hoffman

03:20 Sayonara Pitchers. Who would be cut from this list?

04:30 Roki Sasaki

08:20 Jose Berrios

12:00 Aaron Nola

16:23 BlueWire

16:45 Mitch Keller

19:40 Jose Soriano

25:15 Nick Martinez

27:50 Jordan Hicks

31:30 Justin Verlander

33:15 Yusei Kikuchi

35:50 Tanner Houck

38:30 Bryce Miller

43:00 Ryan Pressly

46:45 Ben Brown

49:00 Kenley Jansen

51:30 Ronel Blanco

53:00 News & Notes:

53:15 Moises Ballesteros is coming up while Ian Happ goes to the IL…..

57:50 Shelby Miller got a save, but Justin Martinez should be back soon……

1:00:00 Tyler Mahle with another great start, this time against the paste-eaters

1:02:20 Corbin Carroll and Trent Grisham each homered twice. They are both top-5 in baseball in HR.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap another busy week in FAAB, headlined by Cubs rookie pitcher, Cade Horton. They also talk AL Central, the surging Cardinals and some struggling players in Sandy Alcantara, Adley Rutschman and Dylan Crews. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Ryan Boyer and guest Jason Collette go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines

15:32 Cade Horton

18:10 Zack Littell

20:32 Jameson Taillon

22:49 Tomoyuki Sugano

24:14 Ryan Weathers

25:49 Brooks Lee

26:49 Evan Carter

28:38 Jo Adell

30:08 Alec Burleson

31:30 Hunter Goodman

32:57 Deep-League Pitchers

41:47 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Cade Horton is on his way to the big leagues

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• 0:43 Hyeseong Kim $16
• Cade Horton $14
• Daniel Schneemann $13
• Dane Myers $8
• Zach Agnos $7
• Zach Dezenzo $6
• Clayton Kershaw $3
• Luis Urias $3
• 12:11 Michael Soroka $3

18:56 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 12, 2025)

• Merrill Kelly 3
• Jeffrey Springs 1 (Todd 2)
• Grant Holmes 2
• Spencer Schwellenbach 4
• Cade Povich 1
• Tanner Houck 2
• Colin Rea 3
• Ben Lively 1
• Chase Dollander 2 (Todd 1)
• Jonathan Cannon 0
• 34:06 Jackson Jobe 2 (Todd 1)
• Hayden Wesneski 3
• Michael Wacha 3
• Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 2)
• Cal Quantrill 0
• Simeon Woods Richardson 1
• David Peterson 3
• Max Fried 5
• Cristopher Sanchez 4 (Todd 5)
• Paul Skenes 5
• Michael King 5
• Emerson Hancock 2
• Justin Verlander 2
• Matthew Liberatore 3
• Shane Baz 3
• 42:27 Tyler Mahle 4 (Todd 3)
• Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)
• Jose Berrios 3
• Jake Irvin 2
• Michael Soroka 2

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Erik Halterman and guest Chris Towers of CBS Sports go over some draft-day debates and discuss which ones they'd answer differently six weeks into the season.

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00:00 Headlines

18:00 Ohtani vs. Witt vs. Judge

25:50 Which aces are safe?

36:45 Which closers are safe?

45:00 Langford vs. Wood vs. Butler

52:45 Ozuna vs. Rooker vs. Schwarber

56:50 Dominguez vs. Crews vs. PCA

1:00:55 Pitchers returning from elbow surgery

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James Anderson and Ross Jensen discuss the top 10 dynasty prospects who have yet to reach the majors, including Roman Anthony, Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries!

• Roman Anthony
• Sebastian Walcott
• Leo De Vries
• Jesus Made
• Walker Jenkins
• Jac Caglianone
• Samuel Basallo
• Bubba Chandler
• Luis Pena
• Bryce Eldridge
• Braylon Payne
• Arjun Nimmala
• Honorable Mentions

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It's time to cut slumping hitters. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at 10 hitters with negative values and discuss whether to cut them. 

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00:00 Fred Pod 5-6

00:30 Welcome

01:00 News:

01:15 Teoscar Hernandez to IL

05:20 Yordan Alvarez

10:15 Shota Imanaga to miss at least two weeks

12:15 AJ Smith-Shawver with his best start after being a trendy waiver wire add on Sunday

15:00 Evan Carter recalled to help a depressing TEX offense

18:25 BlueWire

18:30 Sayonara Sluggers

19:30 Marcus Semien

23:00 Jake Burger

26:00 Anthony Santander

28:50 Alec Bohm

31:10 Christian Walker

32:50 Ryan McMahon

36:00 Taylor Ward

39:30 Nolan Schanuel, Kyren Paris

43:00 Carlos Correa

45:55 Andrew Vaughn

50:00 Brandon Lowe

51:45 Jonathan India

53:30 Joey Ortiz

55:10 Jordan Walker

56:00 Alec Burleson

58:15 Jordan Westburg

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

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00:00 Headlines
12:00 Shelby Miller
16:50 Lucas Giolito
19:40 Zach Agnos
22:00 Lance McCullers
24:30 Griffin Canning
27:00 Luisangel Acuna
29:00 Daulton Varsho
30:30 Coby Mayo
33:30 Sal Frelick
36:55 Kyle Stowers
40:00 Deep-league pitchers
51:30 Deep-league hitters

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0:00 Intro/Rockies have won back-to-back games, don’t let them get hot

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Andy Pages $20
• Shelby Miller $18
• Jordan Beck $15
• Steven Matz $5
• 9:38 Gunnar Hogland $4
• Javier Baez $3
• Lance McCullers $3
• Marcelo Mayer $1
• 14:05 Chris Martin $1
• Kevin Ginkel $0
• Zach Agnos (not added)

19:03 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 5, 2025)

• Corbin Burnes 4 (Todd 3)
• Zac Gallen 4
• Luis Severino 3 (Todd 2)
• AJ Smith-Shawver 2
• Chris Sale 5
• Cade Povich 1
• Lucas Giolito 3
• Matthew Boyd 3
• Brady Singer 3
• Andrew Abbott 3
• Luis L. Ortiz 3
• Chase Dollander 1 (Todd 0)
• Shane Smith 3
• Sean Burke 2 (Todd 3)
• Jackson Jobe 2
• Ronel Blanco 2 (Todd 1)
• Cole Ragans 5
• Seth Lugo 4
• Tyler Anderson 1
• 38:57 Sandy Alcantara 1
• Tobias Myers 0
• Pablo Lopez 5
• 42:13 Griffin Canning 3
• Carlos Rodon 4
• Zack Wheeler 5
• Carmen Mlodzinski 0
• Michael King 4
• Bryce Miller 4
• Landen Roupp 1
• Drew Rasmussen 3
• Nathan Eovaldi 4
• Jose Berrios 3

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Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss a group of hitters who have improved in multiple different underlying metrics at once.

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02:00 Starting pitcher news

08:20 Injury news

16:05 Skillset 1, early hitters

35:00 Skillset 1, late hitters

53:10 Skillset 2, early hitters

58:35 Skillset 2, late hitters

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James Anderson and Chris Welsh preview the rookie-level complex leagues that are about to get underway in Arizona, Florida and the Dominican Republic!

Players discussed:

Yolfran Castillo

JD Dix

Emil Morlaes

Kale Fountain

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down 10 polarizing closing situations, highlighted by Devin Williams losing the closer's job in New York.

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00:00 Fred Pod 4-29

00:30 Welcome

01:00 10 Polarizing Closers

01:30 Early Closers Draft Mistakes?

03:45 Devin Williams

10:15 Emmanuel Clase

15:10 Raisel Iglesias

17:30 Vivid Seats

18:30 Edwin Diaz

21:30 Ryan Helsley

25:00 Carlos Estevez

27:40 Ryan Walker / Camilo Doval

31:38 BlueWire

31:55 David Bednar / Dennis Santana

34:20 Will Vest / Tommy Kahnle

37:30 Luke Jackson

43:30 Remaining Team-by-Team Rapid Fire

43:45 NL East - Phillies, Nationals, Marlins

45:45 AL East - Blue Jays, Red Sox, Orioles, Rays

50:45 NL Central - Cubs, Reds, Brewers

56:00 AL Central - Twins, White Sox

59:20 NL West - Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks, Rockies

1:03:10 AL West - Mariners, Athletics, Astros, Angels

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the weekend in baseball and then jump into all the adds and drops in a busy week in FAAB, including massive bidding on Nick Kurtz and Agustin Ramirez. They also discuss all the shifting closing situations across the league and try and figure who to add in each one and also talk Orioles, Astros, Nick Lodolo, Tyler Glasnow and a whole lot more. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and guest Marty Tallman go over their top waiver pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

16:30 Nick Kurtz

22:15 Agustin Ramirez

25:25 Rhys Hoskins

28:50 Ranger Suarez

31:30 Noelvi Marte

35:30 Tony Gonsolin

37:35 Andrew Vaughn

39:20 Porter Hodge

41:45 Connor Norby

43:20 Cade Smith

47:00 Josh Smith

50:00 Deep-league pitchers

1:02:30 Deep-league hitters

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0:00 Intro/Night of returns

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• 3:02 Chandler Simpson $34
• Hunter Goodman $14
• David Bednar $12
• Ryan Gusto $12
• Jake Irvin $12
• Nolan Gorman $7
• J.T. Ginn $6
• Agustin Ramirez $5
• Jeff McNeil $4
• Will Vest $4
• Emerson Hancock $2
• 12:29 Joe Boyle $1

20:25 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 28, 2025)

• Eduardo Rodriguez 3
• J.P. Sears 2
• J.T. Ginn 1
• AJ Smith-Shawver 0
• Tomoyuki Sugano 2
• Garrett Crochet 5
• Shota Imanaga 5
• Nick Martinez 1
• Brady Singer 3
• Tanner Bibee 3
• 30:13 Luis L. Ortiz 2
• German Marquez 0
• Bryse Wilson 0
• Jack Flaherty 4
• Reese Olson 3
• Cole Ragans 5
• Jack Kochanowicz 1
• Edward Cabrera 0
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Bailey Ober 3
• Chris Paddack 0
• 43:38 Griffin Canning 3
• David Peterson 2
• Will Warren 2 (Todd 1)
• Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)
• Nick Pivetta 5
• Logan Webb 5
• Andre Pallante 1
• Taj Bradley 3
• Patrick Corbin 0
• Jacob deGrom 5 (Todd 4)
• Bowden Francis 3
• Trevor Williams 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Scott Chu of Pitcher List to discuss a handful of struggling hitters, trying to figure out which cold starts are genuinely worrying and which have presented buy-low opportunities.

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02:15 Injured Closers
05:45 Other Headlines
20:00 Juan Soto
23:45 Gunnar Henderson
27:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
32:35 Julio Rodriguez
36:35 Yordan Alvarez
40:45 Trea Turner
43:00 Rafael Devers
46:40 Mid-round Cs
50:35 Mid-round 1Bs
56:15 Mid-round 2Bs
59:40 Mid-round 3Bs
1:02:40 Mid-round SSs
1:06:10 Mid-round OFs

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James Anderson and Zac Beck talk realist breakout, buy-low targets, breakouts we're not buying, FYPD prospects on the rise, relief prospect with the most upside and much more!

01:40 Aroon Escobar 

04:55 Cristian Hernandez 

06:45 Spencer Jones 

09:45 C.J. Kayfus 

11:35 Dylan Crews 

13:25 Brandon Winokur 

15:15 Carson Williams 

17:00 Matt Shaw 

19:20 Brandon Clarke 

22:40 Michael Forret/Ben Hess 

25:10 Nick Kurtz/Ryan Sloan 

29:50 Caleb Bonemer/Bryce Cunningham 

32:25 Best Relief Pitching Prospects 

38:40 Zyhir Hope 

40:20 Ernesto Martinez Jr. 

43:10 Otto Kemp 

44:30 Ian Seymour 

46:45 Noah Cameron/Jack Perkins 

48:15 Gabriel Rincones 

50:05 Luis Pena

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Will the real Zac Gallen please stand up? Is this version of Chris Bassitt for real? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the news of the day and at least 10 polarizing starting pitchers.

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00:30 Welcome

01:30 Nick Kurtz Getting the Call

14:30 How Much FAAB do you need for five months?

24:15 Chandler Simpson

27:50 Spencer Strider to IL

31:10 Vivid Seats

32:01 BlueWire

32:15 Polarizing Pitchers

33:15 Bowden Francis

38:00 Chris Bassitt

42:30 Zac Gallen

44:10 Corbin Burnes

49:00 Brandon Pfaadt

51:15 Aaron Nola

55:30 Shota Imanaga

58:00 David Festa

1:02:00 Ben Brown

1:05:35 Casey Mize

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Jeff Erickson and Scott discuss the weekend in baseball and then jump into all the adds and drops in FAAB, including heavy action on Chandler Simpson and Caleb Durbin. They also preview Week 5, talk Cubs and Royals offenses and try and find possible pitching adds in a really scarce week in pitcher FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. 

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups for a week that was full of prospect callups.

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15:26 Chandler Simpson
21:08 Nick Kurtz
25:29 Caleb Durbin
29:04 Edgar Quero
32:14 Austin Hays
33:47 Pavin Smith
38:19 Hayden Wesneski
39:50 Tyler Mahle
42:04 Luis L. Ortiz
45:04 David Bednar
48:55 Deep-league Pitchers
59:59 Deep-league Hitters

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0:00 Intro/23 mph winds blowing out at Wrigley today

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

•  2:00 Jordan Leasure $11
• Randy Vasquez $9
• Matt Strahm $9
• Adael Amador $9
• Matthew Liberatore $8
• Luisangel Acuna $8
• Alek Thomas $8
• Chase Dollander $6
• Andrew Abbott $5
• Edouard Julien $4
• 10:47 Jac Caglianone $3
• Angel Martinez $2

17:48 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 21, 2025)

• Brandon Pfaadt 3 (Todd 4)
• Oswaldo Bido 2
• Spencer Schwellenbach 4
• Dean Kremer 1
• Walker Buehler 3
• Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 1)
• Nick Lodolo 3 (Todd 2)
• 26:49 Gavin Williams 3
• Ryan Feltner 0
• Jonathan Cannon 0
• Davis Martin 0
• 30:56 Kris Bubic 3
• Jose Soriano 3
• Max Meyer 3
• Quinn Priester 2
• Jose Quintana 2
• Tylor Megill 2 (Todd 3)
• Clarke Schmidt 3
• Aaron Nola 4
• Bailey Falter 0
• Randy Vasquez 1
• Bryce Miller 4
• Robbie Ray 4 (Todd 3)
• Jordan Hicks 1
• Zack Littell 0
• Kevin Gausman 4
• Mitchell Parker 2

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Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, founder of Pitcher List, to figure out which pitchers off to hot starts are genuinely breaking out and which are merely in a groove.

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00:00 Intro
02:45 Spencer Strider
07:25 Bobby Miller
12:00 How Nick analyzes pitchers

Hot starts:
21:00 Cole Ragans
26:00 Hunter Greene
28:50 Joe Ryan
32:30 Logan Webb
36:20 Shane Baz
39:55 MacKenzie Gore
42:55 Chris Bassitt
45:30 Hayden Wesneski
48:30 Jesus Luzardo

Cold starts:
52:40 Jacob deGrom
57:00 Roki Sasaki

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James Anderson welcomes on Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag of Prospects Live to talk about the best prospects to add in your shallow, mid and deep-sized dynasty leagues!
 

00:00 Intro 

01:45 Yophery Rodriguez 

05:40 Tommy Troy 

07:05 Dasan Hill 

10:10 Nolan McLean 

13:45 Gabriel Rincones 

16:35 Ernesto Martinez Jr. 

19:55 Jonathan Santucci 

21:35 Brandon Young 

22:50 Austin Overn 

25:30 Henry Bolte 

27:30 Miguel Ullola 

29:10 Khal Stephen 

32:05 Kyle Karros 

33:40 Anderson Brito 

35:15 Ben Hess 

35:45 Brandon Clarke 

39:10 Bishop Letson 

40:05 Matt Allan 

43:20 Carlos Lagrange 

45:20 Manuel Rodriguez 

47:45 Asbel Gonzalez 

49:00 Paul Bonzagni 

50:00 A.J. Ewing 

52:45 Romeo Sanabria 

53:45 Yerlin Confidan 

54:25 Alfonsin Rosario

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 hitters that are off to interesting early hitter stat lines, including Jazz Chisholm and Jacob Wilson.

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00:00 Fred Pod 4-15

00:30 Welcome

01:45 Jacob Wilson

10:00 Gabriel Arias

12:11 BlueWire

12:15 News and Injuries:

12:30 Marcell Ozuna will miss the Jays series (hip)…..

15:15 Jays notes - Easton Lucas, George Springer seems to have avoided a major injury….Max Scherzer has a setback

18:40 Reds Moves… McLain, Hays, Diaz active Alexis Diaz won’t be the closer right away

22:15 Rooker/Kurtz

25:15 VIVID Seats

26:15 Polarizing Hitters

28:00 Jose Altuve

31:15 Jazz Chisholm Jr.

33:30 Xavier Edwards

34:45 Triston Casas

36:50 Christian Yelich

39:30 Dylan Crews

43:00 Salvador Perez

45:45 Jo Adell

48:45 Christian Walker

52:45 Marcus Semien

54:15 Nolan Arenado

57:30 Michael Toglia

1:01:15 Alec Bohm

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend across baseball and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk the scoreless Rockies, Jung Hoo Lee, Chris Sale and more before getting into all the popular names in FAAB this week, including Chase Dollander, Davis Festa, Zac Veen and Chase Meidroth. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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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
17:45 David Festa
20:30 Zebby Matthews
23:45 Landen Roupp
26:40 Justin Verlander
29:00 Nick Kurtz
30:25 Sean Murphy
33:35 Zac Veen
36:40 Matt Wallner
39:10 Dylan Moore
42:30 Geraldo Perdomo
45:25 Jesus Sanchez
48:30 Deep-league pitchers
1:00:15 Deep-league hitters

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