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Players to Watch on Top Teams with Sara Sanchez Jun 12, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss the best teams in baseball, both their best players to date and some less heralded players who deserve more attention.

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00:00 Headlines

12:45 New York Mets

18:40 Detroit Tigers

25:20 New York Yankees

33:10 Chicago Cubs

46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers

53:00 San Francisco Giants

58:25 Philadelphia Phillies

1:07:50 Other Top Teams

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Assessing The Athletics w/ Melissa Lockard Jun 11, 2025

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James Anderson and Melissa Lockard of The Athletic discuss the breakout hitters on the Athletics including Jacob Wilson, Lawrence Butler, Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom before revisiting the Nationals' ridiculous haul in the Juan Soto trade and the top MiLB breakout of 2025!

00:00 Intro

02:25 Jacob Wilson

06:45 Nick Kurtz/Brent Rooker/Tyler Soderstrom

18:00 Denzel Clarke/Colby Thomas/Henry Bolte

24:15 Lawrence Butler

28:00 Max Muncy/Zack Gelof

31:20 Tommy White

32:10 2026 Opening Day Lineup

36:00 Trade Tyler Soderstrom?

39:05 Best SP in 2026?

39:50 Pitching Prospects

46:50 Top MLB Breakouts of 2025

49:15 Top MiLB Breakout of 2025

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Pitchers with a big delta between ERA and xERA Jun 10, 2025

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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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Breaking Down a Huge Rookie FAAB Week with Ryan Bloomfield Jun 09, 2025

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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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FAAB Targets (Week of June 9, 2025) Jun 07, 2025

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

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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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025) Jun 06, 2025

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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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Power-Speed Standouts with Brian Entrekin Jun 05, 2025

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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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Tough Prospects To Rank w/ Aram Leighton Jun 04, 2025

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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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Will They Rebound? Jun 03, 2025

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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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Talking Ball with Paul Sporer Jun 02, 2025

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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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