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Rundown
1:16 Assessing the Pending Mookie Betts Deal
14:09 Adjusting Expectations for David Price in LA?
27:07 Back Surgery for James Paxton
37:54 'Sleeper' Starters
47:23 Choosing the Astros' No. 5 Starter
55:52 Will MacKenzie Gore Make the Opening Day Roster?
60:59 Digging Deep
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Rundown
3:51 Eno's Methodology
10:42 Cole vs. deGrom Up Top
14:37 Concerns About Lucas Giolito
25:04 Command vs. Control
34:25 Buying a Kluber Rebound?
44:45 What Can Prevent a Dinelson Lamet Breakout?
55:31 A Limitation of Rankings
62:56 A Pod Divided: Matthew Boyd & Lance Lynn
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2:35 Playing Time & Challenges with Projecting It
18:42 Finding Overvalued and Undervalued Players Based on PT Projections
29:39 How One Type of Sausage is Made (Spoiler Alert: It's Tough)
42:27 Aligning Opportunity & Skills Growth
53:46 Beer of the Month
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Rundown
1:14 More Marte Par-tays in Arizona
10:28 Assessing Pittsburgh's Return
25:58 Castellanos Goes to Cincinnati
34:58 Searching for Post-Hype Breakouts: Hitters
43:45 Searching for Post-Hype Breakouts: Pitchers
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Rundown
0:55 Marcell Ozuna in Atlanta
5:16 Fernando Tatis Jr. is a Late First-Rounder Now
20:44 Couldn't You Be Aggressive in Other Early Rounds?
26:37 Is the Need for Speed Excessive?
32:11 How to Handle Half-Season Stretches of Dominance
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Rundown
1:23 Josh Donaldson Lands in Minnesota
9:40 What Will Atlanta Do at Third Base?
22:00 Unexpected Cards-Rays Trade
31:50 The Most Improved Team in 2020
40:42 Prospect of the Week
55:20 Utopian Fantasy Baseball League
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Rundown
6:30 Looking Forward: Adjust Houston Hitters?
15:21 Using Projections to Find Bounce-Back Candidates
22:09 Vlad Jr. vs. Similarly Priced Third Basemen
29:24 Adjusting Appropriately for Injuries
37:12 Does Pedigree Matter When Throwing Late Darts?
46:53 Hitter/Pitcher Split in Draft & Hold vs. Other Formats
58:26 On Big Contracts
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Rundown
1:42 Luis Robert's Rising ADP
11:08 How Does Shogo Akiyama Fit in Cincinnati?
20:33 The Nats Fill Several Roster Holes
32:47 One Draft-and-Hold in the Books
43:22 PT Concerns for Nate Lowe?
49:00 Atlanta's Most Interesting Young Starters
57:50 Adjusting For Different League Formats
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Rundown
3:14 Hyun-Jin Ryu Goes to Toronto
13:36 Travis Shaw: Rebound Candidate?
18:03 Dallas Keuchel Chooses the White Sox
24:03 Setting 2020 Expectations for Shohei Ohtani
33:01 Is There Anything to Like About Julio Teheran?
38:07 Tigers of Interest?
45:22 Relationship Between WAR Projections & Fantasy Busts
56:07 Beer of the Year!
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Rundown
5:32 Anthony Rendon Chooses the Halos
9:51 An Optimistic Projection for Andrew Heaney
14:04 Corey Kluber: Texas Ranger
21:15 The D-backs Add Madison Bumgarner
26:22 Avisaíl Garcia to the Brewers
31:33 Competition for Free Agents is Fun
39:03 Projecting Josh Lindblom's 2020
44:39 How Does Yoshi Tsutsugo Fit in Tampa Bay?
52:03 Miley, Porcello and Wacha on the Move
60:30 Cheap Speed in Boston
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