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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 15, 2026) with Tristan Cockcroft Jun 12, 2026

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0:00 Clay is off, Todd welcomes Tristan Cockcroft to the show

Discussion concerning how to evaluate players without "waiting for proof".

Examples of players showing changes: Randy Vasquez, JJ Bleday

9:56 Two Start Pitchers

Pitcher TZ/THC

Ryne Nelson 3/3
Jack Perkins 2/2
Aaron Civale 1/1
Grant Holmes 2/2
Brandon Young 2/1
Payton Tolle 4/4
Shota Imanaga 4/4
Chase Burns 5/5
Slade Cecconi 2/2
Michael Lorenzen 0/0
Davis Martin 4/3
Seth Lugo 3/3
Walbert Urena 2/2
Reid Detmers 4/4
Ryan Gusto 1/1
Tyler Phillips 1/1
Robert Gasser 2/3
Mike Paredes 1/1
Kodai Senga 1/1
Gerrit Cole 5/4
Zack Wheeler 5/5
Jared Jones 1/1
Lucas Giolito 1/2
Adrian Houser 2/2
Nick Martinez 3/3
MacKenzie Gore 4/4
Dylan Cease 5/5
Andrew Alvarez 2/3

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How to Climb the Standings with Jake Halusker Jun 11, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halsuker to look at some players who could help you climb the standings in specific categories.

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00:00 Headlines

12:30 Runs

24:45 Home Runs

32:45 RBI

36:45 Steals

45:45 Average

53:45 Strikeouts

57:35 Wins

1:03:20 Saves

1:08:50 ERA

1:12:10 WHIP

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Post-Hype Breakouts w/ Lucas Biery Jun 11, 2026

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James Anderson and Lucas Biery discuss this year's top post-hype breakouts, including Jordan Walker and Miguel Vargas, before highlighting some players who could follow their post-hype breakout path in the coming months!

04:35 Preseason planning

06:00 Buying saves

13:30 Reserve MVPs

14:50 Cut Colt Keith?

19:15 Post-Hype Breakouts

22:15 CJ Abrams

25:40 Miguel Vargas

28:50 Jordan Walker

31:10 Xavier Edwards

33:45 Curtis Mead

38:40 Zack Gelof

41:35 JJ Bleday

45:30 Finding future breakouts

50:50 Masyn Winn

52:35 Cole Young

56:10 Grayson Rodriguez

58:05 Christian Moore

01:00:50 Brady House

01:02:55 Brennen Davis

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Five AL Rookies to Fade or Trade Jun 10, 2026

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson check in on this year's rookies - who is surging, who is fading? Everybody loves Sal Stewart, but can he keep it going? Should you sell-high now?

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00:00 MLB Pod 6-9-26

00:15 News:

00:30 The Jays are getting Dylan Cease back today, Max Scherzer back tomorrow and Alejandro Kirk back on Friday…..

03:00 Ryan Helsley is facing hitters

06:30 The Brewers-Athletics game was wild….

12:30 Brandon Lowe back in the lineup

13:30 Roman Anthony isn’t ready to swing a bat….

16:30 Kirby Yates blew a save…..

19:40 Logan Webb is back on track…..

20:55 Andres Munoz (the west coast Jeff Hoffman) got a save….

29:00 Seat Geek

30:03 BlueWire

30:10 Main topic: AL Rookies (+ Sal Stewart!)

31:30 Sal Stewart

34:00 Munetaka Murakami

35:45 Kazuma Okamoto

36:55 Kevin McGonigle

40:30 Sam Antonacci

42:00 Samuel Basallo

45:00 Carter Jensen

47:30 Travis Bazzana

49:30 Chase DeLauter

50:45 Parker Messick

52:00 Connelly Early

53:10 Payton Tolle

54:35 Trey Yesavage

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All the Adds and Drops in FAAB Jun 08, 2026

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend in baseball, hit on all the injury news and notes and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They take a look at the breakout seasons of Kyle Harrison, Ben Brown and Miguel Vargas before getting into another weekend of FAAB, highlighted by big bids on Lars Nootbaar, Alex Lange and Jasson Dominguez.

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FAAB Targets (Week of June 7) Jun 05, 2026

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Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire pickups of the week.

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0:28 Intro
2:48 Jackson Holliday
4:42 Noelvi Marte
8:27 Jung Hoo Lee
10:40 Edwin Arroyo
14:20 Troy Johnston
17:31 Bryce Eldridge
22:17 Noah Cameron
24:49 Dustin May
28:18 Reid Detmers
31:27 Christian Scott
33:40 SeatGeek
36:11 Sean Manaea
38:44 Andrew Alvarez
42:29 Martin Perez
44:46 Alex Lange
48:05 Tyler Phillips
56:15 Jacob Gonzalez
59:32 Ty France
1:01:46 Wade Meckler
1:04:54 Jimmy Crooks
1:07:17 Jorge Mateo
1:09:03 Smart Money
1:10:49 Outro

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 8, 2026) Jun 05, 2026

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0:00 Intro/Aaron Judge will be re-evaluated in 4-to-6 weeks

Steak League FAAB:
- 8:30 Will Vest $6
- Yoendrys Gomez $4
- Daniel Lynch $4
- Nathan Lukes $3
- Jacob Gonzalez $3
- Sean Manaea $3
- Shane Drohan $2
- Heriberto Hernandez $0
- 15:20 Other names to consider: Noelvi Marte, Jonah Cox, Joshua Baez, Alex Lange

Two-start pitchers:

Zac Gallen 2
Jeffrey Springs 2 (Todd 1)
Grant Holmes 3 (Todd 2)
Chris Bassitt 1
Trevor Rogers 2
Payton Tolle 4
Shota Imanaga 3
Andrew Abbott 3
33:20 Gavin Williams 4
Tomoyuki Sugano 0
Davis Martin 2
Stephen Kolek 2 (Todd 3)
39:15 Grayson Rodriguez 1
Braxton Garrett 0
Kyle Harrison 5
44:50 Taj Bradley 3
Kodai Senga 1
Gerrit Cole 3 (Todd 4)
Cristopher Sanchez 5
Paul Skenes 5
Walker Buehler 2
Logan Gilbert 4
George Kirby 4
Logan Webb 4
Dustin May 2 (Todd 4)
Nathan Eovaldi 4
Patrick Corbin 0
Miles Mikolas 0

57:20 Recap

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Confusing Starting Pitchers with Jake Crumpler Jun 04, 2026

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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Crumpler to discuss a handful of confusing starting pitchers.

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00:00 Headlines

13:45 Kyle Bradish

16:20 Bubba Chandler

19:40 Foster Griffin

23:10 Cade Cavalli

26:35 Taj Bradley

29:05 Nolan McLean

32:00 Landen Roupp

36:35 Spencer Arrighetti

39:30 Justin Wrobleski

42:20 Walbert Urena

46:15 Connelly Early

47:55 Randy Vasquez

50:10 J.T. Ginn

53:00 Dustin May

55:30 Aaron Nola

58:10 Jesus Luzardo

1:01:15 Reid Detmers

1:03:40 Emmet Sheehan

1:06:10 Logan Webb

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Minor-League Baseball Talk w/ Rhys White Jun 03, 2026

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James Anderson and Rhys White talk about a handful of their favorite minor leaguers to buy low on as well as a few to sell high!

01:50 Liam Doyle

03:30 Jarlin Susana

07:15 Caden Bodine

10:30 Cooper Ingle

13:55 Cooper Pratt

15:25 Steele Hall

17:30 Lazaro Montes

19:35 Charles Davalan

20:35 Ronny Cruz

22:15 Creed Willems

25:10 Brody Hopkins

26:35 Reinold Navarro

28:50 Tyler Bremner

30:35 Felnin Celesten

33:10 Caleb Bonemer

34:30 Tony Blanco Jr.

36:55 Daniel Eagen

39:25 Jurrangelo Cijntje

40:15 Jake Munroe/Parks Harber

41:50 Ryan Wideman

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Eight May Stats Fantasy Baseball Managers Need to Know Jun 02, 2026

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had just three extra-base hits for the entire month of May. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie will break down eight other interesting stats for the month of May that fantasy managers need to know!

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00:00 MLB Podcast 6-2-26

00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

01:00 Aaron Judge scratched with a shoulder issue

03:00 Start Joey Cantillo? Or Gage Jump?

06:20 Josh Hader activated from 60-day IL

08:30 Elly De La Cruz out 2-4 weeks, Edwin Arroyo up

14:45 Tigers finally broke out

16:30 RotoWire Earned Auction Values - Catchers

18:15 Skubal Back Soon

20:00 Colt Emerson Has 3 Homers

21:47 Sean Manaea

24:00 Jose Soriano Regression

26:00 XFL Trade

28:40 Marcus Semien

29:40 Seat Geek

30:40 8 May Stats Managers Need To Know

31:00 Julio Rodriguez

35:00 Jarren Duran

36:45 JJ Bleday

39:40 Casey Schmidt

43:00 BlueWire Network

43:05 Vlad Guerrero Jr.

45:40 Michael Busch

46:45 Reid Detmers

49:00 Cade Smith

50:30 Andrew Abbott - Back From the Dead?

52:10 Michael Soroka

54:00 RotoWire Smart Money

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