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Early Sleeper Hype Check-In With Kev Mahserejian Apr 21, 2024

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) of RotoBaller to check in on the most widely-hyped sleepers of draft season to see who's started off hot and who's started off cold.

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00:00 Headlines

19:30 Sleepers off to bad starts: Wyatt Langford, AJ Puk, Maikel Garcia, Victor Scott, Hunter Brown, Gavin Stone, Henry Davis

43:00 Sleepers off to hot starts: Jared Jones, Shota Imanaga, Bryce Miller, Kutter Crawford, Nelson Velasquez, Jackson Merrill

1:01:15 Bust off to a great start: Elly De La Cruz

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FAAB Targets (Week of April 22, 2024) Apr 20, 2024

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.

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Headlines: 00:00

Priority FAAB Hitters: 20:02

Priority FAAB Pitchers: 40:53

Budget Pitchers: 48:22

Budget Hitters: 1:01:14

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 22, 2024) Apr 19, 2024

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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk struggling players, pickups and more before grading all of next week's two-start pitching options.

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0:00 Intro/Players young and old are struggling/Jack Leiter

Pickups

Jack Leiter wasn’t picked up in the RotoWire Steak League
6:50 Kirby Yates - $39
9:25 Jose Butto - $12
11:00 Andy Pages - $11
Wilyer Abreu - $10
16:30 Jonatan Clase - $7
Jake Irvin - $5
Orion Kerkering - $4
Joey Loperfido - $3

26:30 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 22, 2024)

Brandon Pfaadt 3
Reynaldo Lopez 3 (Todd 4)
Grayson Rodriguez 5
Tanner Houck 4 (Todd 5)
Jordan Wicks 1 (Todd 0)
Hunter Greene 3
Andrew Abbott 2
Ben Lively 0
Austin Gomber 0
Chris Flexen 0
Tarik Skubal 5
Brady Singer 3
Michael Wacha 1 (Todd 2)
Reid Detmers 4
Ryan Weathers 1 (Todd 0)
Joe Ross 0 (Todd 1)
Wade Miley 0 (Todd 1)
Chris Paddack 1 (Todd 0)
Pablo Lopez 5
Jose Quintana 2
46:30 Carlos Rodon 3
Marcus Stroman 3
JP Sears 1 (Todd 2)
Paul Blackburn 2
49:00 Taijuan Walker 0
51:15 Jared Jones 5
Bailey Falter 0
Dylan Cease 4
Michael King 4
Logan Gilbert 5
54:00 Keaton Winn 3
Lance Lynn 3
Zack Littell 4
Jon Gray 3 (Todd 4)
Yusei Kikuchi 4
Kevin Gausman 5
Patrick Corbin 0

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Panic Meter - Francisco Lindor Apr 19, 2024

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After 18 games, Francisco Lindor is hitting .151 with one homer and no stolen bases. What's our level of panic, especially when comparing him to other shortstops in the same range like Gunnar Henderson and CJ Abrams? CJ Kaltenbach (aka The Seige) joins Jeff Erickson.

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00:00 - CJ Abrams

04:30 - Ronald Acuña

06:30 - Ozzie Albies

07:00 - Francisco Lindor

09:00 - Anthony Volpe

10:00 - Jackson Merrill

11:15 - Elly De La Cruz

12:30 - Jack Leiter's debut

19:00 - General FAAB approach?

22:00 - O’s talk, Gunnar Henderson (and other options we had at the turn)

24:15 - Rafael Devers

28:30 - Red Sox issues: Bello, Houck

32:20 - Jared Jones

36:00 - Drafting from 1.1

41:30 - INJ Notes: Darvish, Bryant, Albies, Verlander

44:00 - Mike Trout

46:00 - Q&A

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Minor-League Park Factors w/ Matt Eddy Apr 17, 2024

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Minor-League Park Factors
Pacific Coast League
International League
Eastern League
Southern League
Texas League
Midwest League
Sally League
Northwest League
Carolina League
Florida State League
Cal League
Rookie leagues
Automated Balls and Strikes
Jefferson Rojas
Tips for taking over an orphan dynasty roster

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Top Teams Making Changes Apr 17, 2024

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Jack Leiter is getting the call for Texas, and the Dodgers are calling up Andy Pages potentially to replace Chris Taylor. We're starting to see patience for slow starts running out. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson will discuss that topic and more.

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00:30 - Jack Leiter is coming up. Is he the saviour for teams who have had pitching injuries?

06:00 - Dodgers have turned to Andy Pages…..

10:50 - Jonatan Clase called up by Mariners

16:00 - Hitters get hurt too!

16:30 - Ozzie Albies,

21:30 - Christian Yelich,

24:00 - Seiya Suzuki

27:00 - Red Sox Malaise: Rafael Devers leaves game, Garrett Whitlock leaves game, Tyler O’Neill in concussion protocol, Kelley blows save.

35:00 - Andres Muñoz pitching in the 7th

38:00 - Brewers bullpen

40:00 - Jordan Romano with a shaky save

42:00 - Carlos Rodon with a bad outing

44:30 - Marlins SP - Weathers, Cabrera, Meyer, Puk

51:20 - Jared Jones shoves, gets pulled after 59 pitches

55:30 - do we care that Seth Lugo doesn’t strike anyone out?

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Talking FAAB & Recapping the Weekend in Baseball Apr 15, 2024

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss Colton Cowser and all the other popular FAAB bids and chat about all the baseball action this weekend. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Closers and Committees with Rick Graham Apr 14, 2024

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Erik Halterman and guest Rick Graham of Pitcher List try to figure just who exactly counts as a closer right now and who's stuck in a committee.

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00:00 Headlines

15:20 Bullpens with obvious closers: ATL, BAL, BOS, CIN, CLE, HOU, NYM, NYY, SDP, SFG, STL, WSH

22:40 Bullpens whose obvious closer is currently injured: ARI, MIL, MIN, TOR

34:00 Bullpens with some question marks: CHC, CWS, COL, LAA, LAD, MIA, OAK, PIT, SEA, TBR

55:30 Bullpens with big question marks: DET, KCR, PHI, TEX

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FAAB Targets (Week of April 15, 2024) Apr 13, 2024

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss all the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 15, 2024) Apr 12, 2024

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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk injuries, pickups, prospects and more before grading all of next week's two-start pitching options!

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0:00 Intro/Jackson Holliday arrives to the big leagues

Pickups

James McArthur - $37
6:00 Cody Bradford - $22 in Steak League FAAB
Gavin Sheets - $21
Jurickson Profar - $11
Yariel Rodriguez - $11
Spencer Arrighetti - $10
Josh H. Smith - $9
15:00 Christian Scott - $7
16:30 Ben Brown - $6
David Hamilton - $5
Bryce Elder - $2
20:40 James Wood

25:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 15, 2024)

Merrill Kelly 4 (Todd 5 in points)
Reynaldo Lopez 3
Cole Irvin 1 (Todd 0)
Kutter Crawford 4 (Todd 3)
Garrett Whitlock 4
Kyle Hendricks 0
31:45 Tanner Bibee 4
Cal Quantrill 0
Erick Fedde 0 (Todd 1)
Reese Olsen 1
Casey Mize 0
Spencer Arrighetti 0
Seth Lugo 4
Patrick Sandoval 0
Jose Soriano 0
AJ Puk 0
39:00 Edward Cabrera 1
Joe Ross 0 (Todd 1)
Louie Varland 2
Adrian Houser 0
Ross Stripling 0 (Todd 1)
46:50 Aaron Nola 5
Martin Perez 0 (Todd 1)
Joe Musgrove 3
George Kirby 4
Jordan Hicks 4 (Todd 3)
Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 2)
Sonny Gray 5
Zach Eflin 4
Aaron Civale 4
Jon Gray 1 (Todd 3)
Chris Bassitt 4
Patrick Corbin -1

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