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Eno and DVR discuss the barrage of runs from Tuesday night and wonder if an extremely hot summer will continue to propel offense around the league. Plus, they discuss a few tips for making trades, long-term concerns about Corbin Carroll's shoulder, aging catchers, and a pitch that might be the most unusual offering in baseball.
Rundown
1:52 DVR Loses Delivery Crown
3:14 Climate Change and Baseball
9:50 Future Adjustments to Stadium Dimensions & Amenities?
14:45 A San Francisco Stumper
19:13 Trade Tips: What Actually Gets Deals Done?
27:43 Cody Bellinger's Long-Term Outlook
34:11 Corbin Carroll's Shoulder
40:38 Dynasty Value of Veteran Catchers (J.T. Realmuto & Salvador Pérez)
50:23 Trust Location+ More In-Season?
52:04 The Most Unusual Pitch in Baseball?
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DVR is back with Eno and Welsh for a new Project Prospect! Jacob Misiorowski to double-A, and maybe the majors in the near future. Jasson Dominguez to trade or hold, interesting pitching prospects and more.
Rundown
Jacob Misiorowski - 1:29
Jackson Merrill - 7:19
Age to level Jasson Dominguez - 11:42
James Wood vs Junior Caminero - 20:09
Top of the list prospects - 25:55
Future prospect traps - 29:55
Jack Leiter - 33:20
Ben Brown - 40:24
Bryce Jarvis - 42:10
Chase Dollander and Rockies - 48:20
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Eno Sarris and Chris Welsh are breaking down Christian Encarnacion-Strand's debut, where he can play and who else it hurts. Grayson Rodriguez vs Andrew Abbott vs Bryan Woo, waivers and more
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Eno and Al discuss the latest prospects on the cusp of their major league debuts — namely, Tyler Soderstrom, Zack Gelof and Johan Rojas. Eno talks about the good and the bad of Elly De La Cruz’s attack angle and the significance of the changing park factors at PETCO Park, and he and Al dissect the waiver wire options coming out of the All-Star Break.
Rundown
1:15 The Athletics and Phillies call up top prospects
7:17 The other notable news items
15:39 Elly De La Cruz’s attack angle and other hitter developments
32:43 What we can learn from one-year park factors
39:29 Streamers/two-start pitchers
56:15 Closer corner
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. may have won this year’s Home Run Derby, but Eno and Al are wondering why he has been hitting fewer homers so far in 2023. They also look at some takeaways from this week’s All-Star Game, including lower velocity for several pitchers and Jordan Romano’s back issues. Eno and Al also do a midseason recap of the top-15 starting pitchers in Roto value and try to better understand some enigmatic players, like Bryce Elder, Ha-Seong Kim and Joc Pederson.
Rundown
1:05 What’s going on with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s home run power?
4:34 All-Star Game takeaways
18:46 Reviewing the top 15 Roto starting pitchers
27:46 A few All-Star break news items
42:04 First-half enigmas
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Eno Sarris and Chris Welsh are breaking down Paul Skenes big numbers, Dylan Crews comps, Jacob Misiorowski's insane Stuff+ numbers and much more.
Rundown
Jackson Holliday to AA - 9:33
Blaze Jordan to AA - 12:12
Pauk Skenes - 17:01
Driveline Stuff+ vs Eno's Stuff+ - 18:56
Where does velo pass shape? - 23:10
Dylan Crews comps - 30:27
Max Clark - 37:21
Wyatt Langford vs Max Clark - 38:15
Tommy Troy - 42:15
Mini FYPD Rank - 45:17
Jacob Misiorowski's fastball - 47:17
Mick Abel - 51:47
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DVR and Al prepare for the final weekend before the All-Star break, recapping the week’s biggest news, including the fantasy implications of Mike Trout’s hamate surgery. They also discuss their expectations for Colton Cowser and several more widely available hitters, and they look at a few pitchers to target, including Kutter Crawford and Graham Ashcraft. DVR and Al wind up by naming the players they will target in trades as we head into the break.
Rundown
0:26 It’s not your normal fantasy baseball weekend
1:36 Mike Trout injury fallout for the Angels' roster
10:06 The week’s other news stories
21:51 Available hitters of note
33:52 Pitchers to target on waivers
43:33 Second-half trade targets
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DVR and Welsh discuss the recent callups of Colton Cowser and Oscar Colás, plus a preview of the Futures Game rosters, and who we could see in the majors soon.
Rundown
Colton Cowser - 1:47
Where to own Coswer - 6:24
Oscar Colas - 9:24
AL Futures Game Pitchers - 19:15
NL Futures Game Pitchers - 25:53
Which FG AL positions players debut soon - 33:19
Which FG NL positions players debut soon -37:05
Who could be the surprise FG debut in the future - 45:01
Why everyone was wrong on Chris Morel - 49:33
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In an episode cut in half by technical difficulties, Eno and DVR discuss a few of the most surprising starting pitchers from the first half of the season including Nathan Eovaldi, Marcus Stroman and Mitch Keller. Plus, they consider a few pitchers who might benefit from adding a cutter to their arsenal.
Rundown
1:52 Nathan Eovaldi: Current Roto Value Leader Among Pitchers
7:57 Marcus Stroman's Excellent First Half
13:55 Mitch Keller: Buying a First-Half Repeat?
20:39 Giving Other Pitchers a New Cutter
25:22 Is This a Potential Fix for Alek Manoah?
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DVR and Al discuss the Diamondbacks’ big news, as Corbin Carroll deals with shoulder soreness and Brandon Pfaadt struggles in his return to the majors, They also discuss the arrival of Orioles prospect Jordan Westburg, other hitters to target, including red-hot Tommy Pham, pitchers to consider adding and the White Sox’s bullpen situation.
Rundown
1:12 The Diamondbacks lead off this week’s news items
6:57 The other news items of the week
23:06 Jordan Westburg and some other notable callups
31:34 A few hitters of note
40:03 Streamers and two-start pitchers
50:11 Closer corner
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