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Biggest Hits/Misses From Draft Season w/ Jason Collette Apr 16, 2026

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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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Eight Pitchers We Regret Drafting Apr 14, 2026

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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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Fast Starters & FAAB Recap Apr 13, 2026

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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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FAAB Targets (Week of April 13) Apr 11, 2026

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

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00:00 Headlines
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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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 13, 2026) Apr 10, 2026

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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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Hot Starts: Sell High or Hold with Grey Albright Apr 09, 2026

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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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Notable MiLB Assignments w/ Sam Dykstra Apr 08, 2026

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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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10 Hitters to Worry About Apr 08, 2026

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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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00:00 10 Players We Regret

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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10 Players Experts Are Adding on the Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Apr 06, 2026

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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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00:00 Easter Sunday Podcast

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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FAAB Targets (Week of April 6) Apr 04, 2026

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

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00:00 Headlines
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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