Fantasy Baseball Today - Injury Replacements, Jo Adell's Historic Night & More! (4/6 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: April 6, 2026

Jo Adell robbed three homers in one game (4:18)! ... Now onto the bad news, injuries (7:52). ... Mookie Betts and Alejandro Kirk both went on the IL (16:08). ... We had a bunch of outfield injuries, too (20:17). ... Let's talk through all of the waiver wire pitchers from the weekend (32:21). ... Miguel Vargas is off to a nice start (48:52). ... Were we too low on Andy Pages (54:18)? ... News (59:00): Zack Wheeler did not look good in his second rehab start. ... Start or sit these pitchers this week (1:06:46)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (1:15:49). Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sptfy.com/QiKv⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our FBT team on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@FBTPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CPTowers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CBSScottWhite⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Roto_Frank⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Facebook group at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your league. Well, fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Hey there, welcome into Fantasy Baseball today on Monday, April 6th. I am Frank Stanfield, joined by Scott White.

No Chris Towers here today. he is day to day with illness. So feel better, Chris. Today on the show, we have our weekend recap. So much to talk about. So many injuries. My gosh, Hunter Brown, Mookie Betts, lost some outfielders,

some decisions to make, like Juan Soto, what's going on with him. So we'll get to all that. It was also a big weekend for other reasons. Obviously, happy Easter, Passover, to those who celebrate. Scott, how many peeps did we get down this weekend? I did not any,

peeps myself. Yet, you're saving them for after the show. Yeah, yeah. I actually purchased peeps for my wife, who is an actual peeps fan. I am often credited as a peeps fan just because I find it ridiculous that people act like a sugared covered marshmallow is the most disgusting thing they've ever seen. And statistics show that, you know, it's a minority opinion, but they're very vocal in their minority and very self-assured that everybody agrees with them. So, I find those people, the peeps haters of the world, annoying. And that gives me, branded as a peeps lover, I think peeps are fine. I will enjoy some on occasion.

But my wife actually is a fan of peeps, and she's also a fan of Harry Potter. And I found butter beer flavored peeps. Wow. Got those for her. She was very happy about that. And hopefully I get to sample one because I am interested in what that tastes like. I actually went to Universal Studios a couple of years ago, I think, and they have that whole kind of Harry Potter section there.

And I tried the butter beer that they have. And it is basically, it is like cream soda with even more sugar somehow. They put like some butter scotch in it, you know? It's like whipped cream on top of cream soda with butter. It was the sweetest thing I ever had in my life. I enjoyed it. It was good. The one time I had.

It was very sweet. That was probably like 15 years ago or 12 years ago, something like that. All right, let's get in. Normally we get into the players of the weekend, but we're going to change it up. We're only going to talk about one player and then get into all the injuries because I think that is what we really need to talk about most. But Scott, there was a robbery. There were multiple robberies on Saturday night.

It's Joe Adele again near the foul pole. Creeping out. So it's a... The craziest thing I have ever seen on a baseball field, Scott. I've been watching baseball. My whole life, you have been watching. baseball even longer than I have. Three home run robberies

in one game by Joe Adel. Of course, this doesn't really matter for fantasy, but it's just one of the craziest feats that you will ever see in baseball. Cow Raleigh, Josh Naler, J.P. Crawford, all robbed of home runs by Joe Adele on Saturday night. The craziest part,

Scott, is that Joe Adele not really a good defender, or at least we didn't think he was. That was the reputation. That's what held him back for so long when he was the top prospect. I just needed to work on his defense. And, you know, there's a lot more that goes into defense than timing up a leap at the wall. So let me start with that.

Maybe that's not the most exciting place to start, but it is worth mentioning, given Adele's history with that. But I think what really stands out about this to me is just the improbability of it, that a guy would have a chance three times. and convert all of them. The third catch especially, amazing. Great video clip, great photo came out of it.

I like how he high-fived the guy before. Like, I was impressed with the high-five, to be perfectly honest, because it was a very forceful and direct high-five. You know, sometimes when you go in for the high-five,

you kind of get a glancing blow or width entirely. Maybe it's just me. But he, like, I think it was no look, too. And he, I tried to do it with myself and I hit the wrist more. I'm just like very, very, I've accuracy issues with the high five,

but Adele totally nailed it. We see the photo up there from the reverse angle there. Very cool. I actually had, was unsure myself that it counted as a catch since he fell into the stands. But, you know, apparently since he made the catch and his feet were still hanging over the wall, Like they were still in the field of play.

It did count as a catch. If he had gone over first and then caught it, it would still be a home run. Yeah, so for those watching on YouTube, got the photo up from the behind view of inside the stands, Joe Adele holding the ball up in his glove and just kind of celebrating there with the fans. One of the coolest things that you will ever see on a baseball field

came this weekend via Joe Adele. So just wanted to highlight that. Obviously, one is bad to get going for fantasy. but yeah, just one of the craziest things figured that we would start with that. Now, let's get... And he said he landed at someone's lap, so it wasn't as hard of a landing as he thought it was going to be. I mean, that's how it should go, right? Like, if you are a fan in that predicament, like, yeah, try to help the guy out,

try to catch him a little bit, right? That's the... All three of those guys, it would have been their first home run of the year. Yeah, that's true. Cow Raleigh, especially, man. He is off to a slow star. So is Josh Naler. And then J.P. Crawford just returned over to the weekend.

So, yeah, slow starts for lots of guys. Lots of players that were in the WBC, so I wonder if that will become even more of a talking point, I guess, as the season goes on or for the next WBC. But, yeah, both Cowrale and Josh Naylor did participate in the WBC and obviously are off to some slow starts here. Let's get into the bad news, Scott. Lots of injuries this weekend,

and we will start off with the pitchers first. And Hunter Brown, we got this news out of nowhere on Sunday, a right shoulder strain retroactive to April 7th. the first time that he has been on the IL in his major league career. So he threw over 100 pitches on opening day. That was more than any other pitcher on that day. Then he started on just four days rest after that. And I believe he was taken out after 78 or 79 pitches.

And he was pitching well. So in hindsight, like maybe he was feeling something in the moment there. But maybe it was just too much too early on here for Hunter Brown. We learned that Cody Bolton will start on Monday for the Astros. I think there's a chance that Ryan Weiss could kind of follow him as a bulk reliever. The Astros were also planning to go to a six-man rotation some point soon. Spencer Arrogati, I think, is a name that should be on your radar.

His first two starts in the minors, eight and a third shutout innings, 13 strikeouts to five walks. And this was a pitcher that we had interest in just last year. So Scott, I think first for me is Arrogati. I think maybe he could be up next weekend and eventually start when they go to a six-man rotation. but in deeper leagues I want to watch Ryan Weiss too because he's actually got off to an interesting start so far I would say yeah I think Weiss could potentially in a good scenario be useful

in a Michael Waka sort of way Ergeti is the is I think the more exciting pickup if you want to speculate on somebody because yeah he was a popular sleeper slash breakout pick heading into last year because of how well he finished his rookie season the second half that year had a 318 ERA, 1-17 whip 10.8 K per 9, nearly 11 K per 9 in the second half.

And you mentioned how well Eric Getty's doing. So already piling up strikeouts at AAA. There are control issues there. And that's what sank him early last season. And then there were other issues that caused him to be fighting for his rotation spot this spring and ultimately lose out. but I think there's still plenty of reason to be excited about Aragutti. He's more the boomer bust to pick among the two, him and Ryan Weiss.

And we'll keep an eye out for when the Astros plan to call him up if they do. I don't know what to think of Hunter Brown himself. I mean, obviously, based on what we know now, he's a stash everywhere. and like a shoulder strain, it could be a mild thing, it could be a major thing. I don't think we know yet. I think they're still looking into that

and it seems like Hunter Brown is in good spirits over the whole thing, but he also is not used to being hurt. So I think we just have to wait and see. Hopefully it's no big deal. Yeah, I haven't seen a timeline yet for Hunter Brown. I don't even think they know. I don't think anyone knows.

genuinely right now, what, like, how long Hunter Brown is going to be out. I saw this quote. It was tweeted out from Brian McTaggart. It's via Dana Brown, who is the team's president, quote, not too concerned right now because he felt it was not that big of a deal. But again, it's like players lie all the time. So we just kind of have to play it by ear and see what we learned here about Hunter Brown. But drafted as a top 10 starting pitcher in fantasy and obviously a massive loss. Another potentially huge loss here is Kate Horton, who was placing the aisle due to a right forearm strain. He left Friday. start with discomfort.

And this comes after a great rookie season, awesome second half, good spring training, solid first outing as well, and had a lot of people pretty excited here about Kate Horton for the year. Looks like one of Colin Ray or Javier Assad should step into

the Cubs rotation. Scott, I think instantly our mind is we're probably a little bit more concerned about a forearm versus a shoulder. I mean, both are serious, but I think the forearm maybe could lead to you know, elbow things and, you know, longer term absences, things like that. Yeah, I mean, a shoulder can be serious.

It could be more serious. But there's just a wider range of outcomes there when a lot of times forearm strains, it reveals, it reveals issues with the elbow. And doesn't seem like we're going to get that most severe case. But again, we don't know yet. And so I am more fearful of a long-term absence for Horton. Before getting him fully checked out, they put him on the IEL. So, like, he was obviously, like, it was pretty obvious as he was walking off the mound that he was in some pain there.

And, yeah, I find it concerning. For that situation, by the way, you mentioned the two most likely to replace him, Colin Ray and Javier Assad. I'd keep an eye on Ben Brown, who has been working as a multi-inning reliever. He had a very impressive spring. Hasn't set the world on fire in his handful of relief appearances so far, but he had added a new sinker this spring and was getting good results with that. So I wonder if just in an extended role, he'd be able to have a fuller arsenal.

and that there'd still be room for him to break out this year if he gets that opportunity. But it doesn't seem like Ben Brown's going to be the first up. Yeah. And if this is a longer term injury for Kate Horton, I would say a name to pay attention to as well for later on in the season is Jackson Wiggins, who's one of the top prospects in the Cubs organization and someone that they're really excited about there as well. But he's a little bit further away, maybe more like a midseason call up there for Jackson Wiggins. Scott, your week three sleeper pitchers for those who have lost Hunter Brown or Kate Horton or just

need help already this week. Michael Waka, Jose Soriano, Grant Holmes, Mike Burroughs, Ronaldo Lopez, Taj, Bradley, Max Scherz, or Will Warren, Eric Lauer, and Jameson Tion. I think the shallower league names that we've talked about most

over the past couple of weeks have been Jose Soriano, Parker Messick, you know, Burroughs is someone we like coming into the season, but the name that really stood out this weekend to me was Grant Holmes, who I think is out there in about 40 or 45% of CBS leagues, and I believe had a no hitter going into like the sixth inning.

He was awesome in that start. Yeah, he's walking a few too many guys. That's often the story with Grant Holmes. But he's an underrated bat misser, and he's going up against the most strikeout prone lineup in baseball for the second year going, the Angels. They may rob home runs, but they also strike out a lot, Joe Adele himself included.

So Grant Holmes, yeah, an exciting pickup. You mentioned Michael Walker at the top there. That is a change. from those who heard us on Saturday talking about the top sleeper pitchers for week three. He remember missed his last turn because of an illness, and now he's scheduled to go Monday. So his start got moved up since he was skipped that last time, which lines him up for two starts,

and those two starts are against Cleveland and the White Sox. So two really good matchups for a pitcher who's often worth streaming, even with just one good matchup. So I put an extra start. star, little asterisk beside Michael Waka's name for this week. And we are going to talk more about WaverWire pitchers later on. I have like 25 names to get through that pitch well this weekend. So we'll talk about some more replacements later on.

And let me just preface because I'm sure it'll be different names that are in my sleeper pitchers. If you're trying to replace a guy long term or you're just trying to pick up a pitcher for whatever reason, it doesn't have to be a guy we're denoting as a streamer option for this week. Like it may be a higher upside choice that maybe you don't want to start this upcoming week, but he could turn into something bigger than Michael Walker, for instance, is likely to. Yep, yep, and we'll get to some of those names later on. Next up, Mookie Betts was diagnosed with a right oblique strain. Dave Roberts said he is confident that bets will miss less than the usual four to six weeks.

I think the way he phrased it was like, I'll take the under on four to six weeks there. But again, players, coaches lie all the time. On Sunday. It's a little harsh. They're just not doctors. And maybe they're overly optimistic. Overly optimistic is a good way to put it.

They're not intentionally deceiving. Sometimes they might be Scott. Not all the time, but sometimes. Take it it sometimes. Not these times. On Sunday, Miguel Rojas started at shortstop, Alex Freeland at second base. Again, looking at the sleeper hitters. for this week.

You want to play it week by week. Otto Lopez is a name that was on your list. I think in shallower leagues, Zander Bogarts and Ezekiel Tovar are two names that have really good matchups this week.

Other names that could be out there. Andres Jimenez is off to a solid start. Josh Smith, someone I know you liked in slightly deeper leagues got coming into the year. And then in the deepest of leagues, shortstop doesn't really have a ton of depth so it's really not great.

But Chase Midroth, Jose Fernandez, who has done some interesting things since getting called up with the debacks. And if you specifically need speed, I think Nassine Nunez is the name. He's already up to five steals with the nationals. Anything else you want to add or anyone else that comes to mind as a potential Mookie Betts for placement here? Yeah, it's hard in those deeper leagues because in those deeper leagues, you really need to get your backup shortstop in the draft. There are enough that you can do that.

And they're not getting dropped in those deeper leagues because while there is a a surplus beyond, you know, the 12 or 15, however big or deep league is of shortstop spots that need to be filled. There's a surplus beyond that. The surplus is good enough that they're started in middle infield, there started a utility, or at least stashed on a bench, or not finding them all waiver wires in those deeper leagues. Shallower league, shortstop remains pretty robust. So I was just looking at our head-to-head auction league, which is on the shallower and 252 players rostered, not counting IL stashes. On my bench, I got J.J. Weatherholt and Kevin McGonnacle.

That's the one league where I have Mookie Betts, so I'm fine. It's a shallow league. But deeper leagues, it is a problem. You mentioned Jose Fernandez. I don't know how much he's going to play. He hasn't really done much since hitting those two home runs in his debut. But the playing time probably is about to increase because Carlos Santana left Sunday's game with a groin injury. Yep. And seems I.L. bound.

And we've seen Fernandez play first base for the diamond. the back's not the only one, but, you know, maybe that'll get him a little more playing time. So in those deeper leagues, he's one you could look at. All right, moving on. We have Alejandro Kirk was placed on the aisle with a left thumb fracture. He took a foul tip off of that left thumb on Friday. I have not seen a timetable yet on that one for Alejandro Kirk. I guess the good news, this is not a good situation.

But if you're playing a one catcher league, catcher is, loaded as we've talked about. So someone like Francisco Alvarez is 70% rostered on CBS. He had a two homer game on Friday. He's looked good early on here. Carter Jensen, someone I know you like a lot, Scott, 62% rostered as long as he does not oversleep during day games. I mean, I think he's still feeling the repercussions of that because he started one of four games. Yeah. And it was part of a double header, the one of the four that he started. So I think they're still, uh, blending him there in Kansas City. And I had to remove him from the sleeper hitters for this

week, Carter Jensen, because of that. Yeah, that's fair. Some names in two-catcher leagues, Liam Hicks, we know is off to a good star for the Marlins. I know that they have good matchups this week. Tyler Stevenson, Dylan Dingler, maybe in a, you know, 12-team two-catcher league. And in deeper two-catcher leagues, Carlos Nervaes, Danny Janssen, has been playing pretty regularly for the Rangers. And Tyler Heimann, who is going to fill in here for Alejandro Kirk. The outfielders, that dealt with injuries this weekend. Jordan Lawler placed in the aisle with a fractured right wrist

is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Brutal blow for a guy who was finally getting the opportunity to play. And we learned about this Thursday. I mentioned it. He was hit by pitch. X-rays came back negative, but then it was actually a CT scan that revealed the fracture here for Jordan Lawler. There was speculation, Scott.

I had people asking me right away, like, is Ryan Walshmidt going to get called up for the debacks? That does not seem imminent because, It sounds like Lordus Guerrille is pretty close to returning here for the debacks. And so I think they're just kind of trying to buy their time until he's back and let Ryan Walschman get some more seasoning before they actually call him up. So I don't think the Walshman thing is happening just yet. I don't think so either.

I'm curious to see how he's done at AAA so far. And he's done well. No home runs yet, but 290 batting average 436 on base. percentage coming into Sunday. But I agree. I think Gueriel is, I mean, is he that close to coming back? He's ramping up and where he's supposed to be back early in the season. But like it's still early April.

He might be a couple weeks away. I agree. It's unlikely Walsch Mick gets called up now. But I don't think it's unthinkable. Just for the debacks. On Saturday, they faced a righty. Jorge Barroso started in left field and announced Sunday against the left. It was Tim Tawa who started in left field, but don't think we have any interest in those.

Juan Soto suffered a minor calf strain on Friday. He did not play Saturday or Sunday. Apparently the Mets are optimistic that he'll avoid the IL. Scott, what do you think about Juan Soto right now? Start or sit this week. Cavs are really tricky. Yep. Jimmy Browlands famously 15 years or so ago called them tricky cats. Caves are tricky cats. And that quote's always stuck with me. I think because it compares to animals directly

that have nothing to do with each other. But he's not actually using them like animals. Anyway, calves are tricky cats. And I'm nervous about this. I really am. I have one soda in a couple leagues. I think I'm just going to start them and hope for the best. But it's going to hurt if you take a big zero there.

Yeah. On that outfield spot. Yeah. I mean, I really want to pay attention Monday to see, A, if he's in the lineup or what they're saying about this, but if we get any indication that he's going to sit out a couple games, then I might just play it safe and use somebody else. But if they sound like, oh, he could be back in the lineup on Tuesday or Wednesday,

something like that, or if he's in the lineup Monday, obviously, you're using him. But something we just have to pay attention to. We just don't have enough information yet there on Juan Soto. Mike Trout left Sunday after taking a fastball off of his left hand. X-rays came back negative. But as we learned with Lawler, I guess Trout not in the clemen. just yet. Start or sit Mike Trout, Scott,

who is actually off to a good start so far. So this kind of has me worried, like the Lawler situation, because the hand immediately swelled up. He couldn't take his batting glove off at first. And that's why they took him out of the game. And yet there's no fracture in there. I mean, sometimes my understanding is x-rays.

Like, if there's too much inflammation, the x-ray doesn't get a good read on it. I may be wrong about that. That just sounds like something I've heard before. And, you know, obviously they needed to do a CT scan on Luller to find his fracture. And I don't know. I don't, your investment in Trout is much lower. He's off to a pretty good start.

But I'd be more inclined to sit him, I think, certainly in three outfielder leagues. Continuing on with the outfield injury, South Freelick left Saturday's game after grimacing on a swing. The Brewers don't believe Freelick suffered an oblique strain. he was held out of the lineup Sunday as a precaution. So lower end name there, you know, I think in three outfielder leagues you can get away from using Freelick this week, but in those five outfielder leagues, again, just a name to pay attention to here on Monday.

I'd probably play it safe with Freelick just because the upside is only so high in a given week. If you have a bench outfielder who plays close to every day, even in a deep five outfielder league, I think I'd sit Freelick. Yeah. If you are looking for outfield replacements, This week, again, names that are on Scott's sleeper hitters list. We have Dail and Wile, Adoli-Skarsia, T.J. Friedel, Justin Crawford, Jordan Walker, Kyle Isbell, Jake McCarthy.

I want to take a second, Scott, just to talk about Jordan Walker because he had a huge game on Saturday. Three for four with a grand sock in his shoe. That is a grand slam and a steel in the same game. Five RBI. He is off to a good start. He's walking. He's keeping the strikeouts. in an okay range.

It could be a little bit better, but hitting the ball really hard. We know he has incredible bat speed. We've been waiting a while, Scott. I mean, there's a chance that it's happening. If you're thinking long-term, who can help me out the most this season, I am really interested in Jordan Walker right now.

It may be happening for Jordan Walker, finally. I mean, he's only 23. This is an age where a lot of times prospects are promoted for the first time. And it may be, he was rushed and it's just taken this long to put it all together. But his average exit

velocity is over 98 miles per hour so far. Average. Over 98. He's striking out less. He's elevating better. He could stand to pull the ball more, I will point out.

But he looks good. He looks really good. Cardinals have pretty good matchups this week. That's why he's among the sleeper hitters. But I think if I was speculating regardless of whether I needed an outfield or long term. I think Jordan Walker should be one of the biggest pickups right now for the upside and the signs of a breakout that he's showing. Yeah.

He's only 48% rostered in CBS Sports League, so highly available. And it's time to pick him up. Yeah, he was available in a few of my 12-team-5 outfielder roto leagues on Sunday, and I was putting in like 5 to 7% bids there on Jordan Walker. pretty excited about what he could become. Others who are off tonight starts here. Owen Casey, Ryan O'Hern, Cam Smith, some names in deeper leagues. Matt Walner, Garrett Mitchell, Jake Bowers, Jesus Sanchez.

Wanted to highlight Ryan O'Hern as well, Scott. He hit his third home run here on Sunday for RBI, hitting 367 early on, 11 RBI with the Pirates. He's 54% rostered. And Cam Smith, he's another one, man. He homered on Saturday. two for five with three RBI and a steal on Sunday. He has started all but one game for the Astro so far. The plate discipline looks good.

The exit velocities are not great here, but we know he swings the bat really hard. Cam Smith, 46% rostered, good matchups this week. I like Jordan Walker more than Cam Smith, Scott, but I'm intrigued in Cam Smith in a similar way. Like he is a young player who has upside and a clear opportunity right now. Yeah, I think he's, One of the better pickups among hitters.

I want to put him in the pickup, pick them up everywhere, all formats, even three outfield release. I wouldn't put him in that category like I'm putting Jordan Walker there. But, you know, despite the low exit velocities, he's got the improved bat speed. He's actually producing. I like especially the Cam Smith's already up to three stolen bases, which you and Chris pointed out last week. The sprint speed's really good on this guy.

he hasn't shown much of an inclination to run, but that appears to be changing. And so if that's going to be part of the profile for Cam Smith, puts a lot less pressure on the bat, but there's upside in the bat. Ryan O'Hern, by the way, his exit velocities are really low also. Despite how impressive his stat line is, his pull air rate is in the toilet.

It's like below 5%. So it's weird that O'Hern has been this productive. but it was productive last year. It was just a playing time issue for him. So he has a little bit more of a track record there that makes me interested in him too, even if there are some concerning signs beneath the impressive slash line. Do you have any interest, Scott,

in some deeper leagues in Garrett Mitchell, who game one of the Brewer's doubleheader on Saturday hit his first home run. He had five RBI in that game, and he has three steals already so far. He's striking out a lot, but also hitting the ball really hard. He's always been an interesting athlete, but has never really, like, put it together from a fantasy perspective.

Any deep league interest in Garrett Mitchell this weekend? I don't know about that. I mean, I see what you're saying. He is striking out close to 40% of the time. And I feel like if he can't get past that, because it's, you know, it's been going on his whole career. If you can't get past that, then the other stuff isn't going to matter that much. He's just not going to be making enough contact. And deep five outfielder leagues, sure, take a flyer on Garrett Mitchell.

But I would say of all the outfielders we've talked about, so far, I have the least hope for him. All right, let's take our first break. Wow, first break. Missed that one, almost 30 minutes in. But here we are. Over 800 people watching us live. Thank you for being here. Make sure to hit that like button.

Subscribe to the channel. If you haven't already, we are live here every Sunday through Thursday night, helping you win your fantasy baseball league. So subscribe if you haven't already. Let's take a break. We'll be back right after this. Welcome back in fantasy baseball today. I do have a bunch of other news items,

but I'll save those for a little bit later on. I feel like all we've talked about is injuries and news so far. Let's talk about some of those waiver wire pitchers. Got some more pitcher replacements, injury replacements for this weekend. First up, we'll just work our way in terms of how rostered they are. And the names in the shallowest of league, 65 to 75% rostered that could be out there in your 10-teamers or shallower 12th team leagues.

Parker Messick pitched well once again, five innings, one run, six strikeouts against the Cubs. Braxton Ashcraft, great outing here against the Orioles, six innings, one run, eight strikeouts to zero walks for him. Mike Soroka was okay against the Braves,

five innings, one run, three walks, three strikeouts. Didn't get many whiffs in that one. Seth Lugo, he's off to a nice start. Face the Brewers this weekend, five innings, two runs, seven strikeouts for him. And Emerson Hancock took a tough loss.

at the Angels. He was on the other side of Joe Adela, unfortunately. Six and two-thirds innings, one run, five strikeouts for him. But we just... Emerson Hancock, Scott, has been a tough one for me to, like, bid on and figure out because I'm intrigued by what he's doing.

I just don't know if he's going to remain in the rotation all season, right? I understand. Life finds a way. But it's just trying to calculate, like, how much do I want him now versus how long he'll be in the rotation. So I've had a tough one with him personally, but how would you rank these shallow names?

Hancock, Lugo, Soroka, Ashcraft, and Parker Messick. I would rank them. I would rank them this way. I would rank them Parker Messick 1, Braxton Ashcraft 2, Emerson Hancock 3. And they're to me kind of the must from this list. Like Hancock is now done at two starts in a row, had the six no-hit innings his first time out with a ton of whiffs, six and two-thirds this time, but still with a ton of wiffs.

Granted, the second start was against the Angels and the fastball, the qualities that made it unique and different in that first start from what we'd seen from Hancock in the past. He kind of gave some of that back against the Angels, but he still got a ton of whiffs. He still had the new sweeper that he threw about a quarter of the time. He still looks like he's doing enough different, that it's reasonable to have new hopes for Hancock.

And I don't know, given the way Bryce Miller's 2025 went, and given that he had a sample of one good season prior to that. You know, it's not like he was the most established member of that rotation and he had a really rough season was obviously the weak spot in it last year. If Hancock's on a roll, I don't know for sure that they take him out. So I kind of just, I think we can worry about that later. If obviously there's a chance someone else gets hurt between now and then. So I'm kind of taking that out of my mind.

I do prefer Messick and Ashcraft to Emerson, Hancock, though, just because obviously they come into this season with some reason for optimism. They had a good run last year. Ashcraft great ground ball skills. Messick's got a very good fastball. And they've continued to impress so far into this year. So those are my top two, followed by Emerson Hancock. The rest of these, I know we had some excitement for Mike Soroka after his first start, where he had a bunch of strikeouts.

He threw his slurve 48% of the time in that one. It's a great swing and miss pitch, had like a 110 batting average against or something like it last year, went from 48% in that first start to 26% in the second start. So, and I don't know, maybe there's a good reason. Maybe it wasn't working as well. I don't know. But for him to not follow up that big strike out-out outing by doing the same thing,

it just kind of hints to me that it was a one-off, that it was not, a new approach for Soroka or anything that would sustain that same level of enthusiasm for him. So I think I'd put him behind Seth Lugo even. And that would be the order, right? Did I miss anybody?

Nope, those are the ones. You got it. Seth Lugo for my Soroka 5. And so the next group, 50 to 65% rostered. And I think I might take some of these names over some of the ones we just talked about. But Grant Holmes did not allow a hit

until the sixth inning of that start. We mentioned his name earlier. He was at the D-backs this weekend, six shutout innings, four strikeouts, 14 whiffs in that one. Will Warren has looked good so far. He faced the Marlins this weekend, five and two-thirds, two runs loud, six strikeouts to zero walks. Clay Holmes is off to a great start here.

He was at the Giants, seven shutout innings with four strikeouts for him. Kyle Harrison pitched well at the Royals, five and a third, two runs allowed, with six strikeouts to two walks. Each of his first two starts have looked pretty good here. with the Brewers. Scott, how would you rank this group? Kyle Harrison, Clay Holmes, Will Warren, and Grant Holmes?

I would rank them this way. I don't know why I have to preface it every time like that. I would go Grant Holmes one, Will Warren, two. And both of them are on my sleeper pictures list for this upcoming week.

That's part of the reason why I'm putting them one and two. I think I'll go Harrison over Holmes because I just don't see a lot of ups. side for Holmes. I think he's going to be a whip risk all season. And he doesn't have that RP eligibility for points leagues where you're not worried about whip.

So Clay Holmes, that is. Just Clay Holmes. We're talking about two homes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. Yeah, right. So Grant Holmes won, Clay Holmes for it in between.

You got Will Warren and Kyle Harrison. Do like the strikeouts, Kyle Harrison's been getting early. I don't see what's changed with his arsenal from his struggles previously with other organizations. but, you know, the brewers are great at pitching development. Maybe there's something I'm just not seeing yet. I think I'd gamble on that upside for Harrison over the assured mediocrity of Clay Holmes. Yeah.

And I think I would take Grant Holmes and Will Warren over Soroka and Lugo from the previous group, too. Agree? Probably Harrison, too. Okay. The next group includes Joey Cantillo, who pitched well against the Cubs, five and a third innings, one run, six strikeouts, really leaned on that change up in this one, and it was great. Reed Detmer's pitched well here against the Mariners,

six and two-thirds innings. Four strikeouts, four whiffs, but had four strikeouts, four walks, excuse me, had 14 whiffs on 104 pitches. Nick Martinez, another strong start this one at the twin. Six innings, one hit, one run, four strikeouts for him. Randy Vasquez, continuing to pitch with that increased velocity. He was at the Red Sox this weekend, six innings, one run, three strikeouts, And he gets the Rockies in San Diego this week,

their first series after playing in Corse Field. So if you just need kind of a deeper streamer, Randy Vasquez, I think, is in play to use this week. Nick Martinez, Detmer, and Cantillo. Scott, how would you rank those four? Cantillo, Detmer, Martinez, Vasquez. I think I would go Cantillo, Detmer, Vasquez, Nick Martinez, basically no interest in Nick Martinez.

outside of a SPARP situation and points leagues. And even then, I don't know that he's going to be rostered, worth rostering all season. I doubt it. But I do have, I do have genuine enthusiasm for Cantillo and Detmer's. I think they could be sort of like,

I think they could be sort of like Grant Holmes just throwing from the left side instead of the right in that. They're going to have big strike. games, they're going to struggle with walks at times and maybe their outings will be on the shorter side. But they might be worth having around for the strikeout. It's obviously not as proven as Holmes. Kentio, we saw some signs of him being that kind of pitcher last year over a short stretch.

The whip ended up being pretty high because the walks were so high. But the strikeout rate was very good. And so definitely have interest in both of those two, Cantillo and Detmer's. Vasquez, yeah, it's. It's interesting how many whiffs he's getting, particularly on the fastball. He hasn't necessarily been getting the strikeouts to back it up. And there's a long track record of mediocrity here, even more mediocre, even worse than Clay Holmes. So I'm still skeptical of Vasquez, but there are some interesting signs.

Yeah, the swinging strike rate for Vasquez, 15.5% through his first two starts last year, 6.7%. So that is a massive jump. Not sure if he could maintain it, but it's interesting. early on here for Randy Vasquez. Next group, Scott, includes Rhett Louder, who looked great at the Ranger, six shutout innings with four strikeouts. His first two starts have been good.

He's at the Marlins this week. So, look, I don't know if the Marlins are a good matchup anymore. They might be. I watched all three of the Yankees Marlins games this weekend, and the Marlins are so pesky, man. They put the ball in play a lot. They are a pesky lineup. So I can see them being kind of annoying

from a, if you're using your pitcher against them type of perspective. Bryce Elder took a tough loss at the D-backs. Seven innings, two unearned runs with eight strikeouts there. Eduardo Rodriguez, a strong second start in a row here facing the Braves. Seven shutout innings, only three strikeouts, but had the 11 whiffs on 90 pitches, using his change-up a lot more, and it's been really good so far. And Joe Boyle, Scott, I know you're interested in Joe Boyle at the Twins this weekend. Five and a third innings, three runs, two of those earned.

had nine strikeouts in this one. The problem is that he's facing the Cubs this week, and they're really good in terms of like plate discipline, so I worry about that with how many walks he has at times. How would you rank this group, Boyle, Erod, Elder, and Rhett Louder? I would go, I would say the one I'm actually excited about is Boyle. And I've long been excited about Boyle. I think this stuff is great.

He needs to throw enough strikes. He's been mixing in a sinker here, which is something a lot of wild pitchers with great velocity tend to do with great breaking balls, but they're not throwing enough strikes. They start mixing in the sinker and it helps. So maybe it's helping with Boyle 2 through his first two starts. In terms of rostership, I would probably put him in the same range as Joey Cantillo and Redembers more that I see the upside. but there's the downside there with the control too,

though we have to guard against. Plus, we don't know how long boy is going to be in the rotation. But he's the one I actually have enthusiasm for. In my deeper 15 team leagues, I put in some bids for Rhett Louder and even for Bryce Elder. And I don't have a lot of confidence in either. Elder does have a new cutter. He's throwing his slider more.

It's been a pretty good whiff pitch. but I still think in the long run he's going to be too hitable and do more harm than good. It's just tough to get enough arms in those 15 team leagues. And so that's why I was looking into Elder and Louder. I don't see a lot of upside for Louder either,

but he has been a guy who's outperformed his peripherals, even going back to the minors was a very high draft pick. So there could just be something there I'm not seen. And that's why that's why I was willing to throw a couple bucks on him in those deeper leagues. Yep. And I actually added Eduardo Rodriguez in a few deeper leagues as well. Not that I'm excited about it, but his first two starts have been good.

Tough matchups too. I mean, he faced the Dodgers in his first one, the Braves in his second. He's at the Mets this week, so that's obviously not a great matchup either. But like I mentioned, he's throwing his change up more so far this year, Erod, and that pitch has been really good for him. So I think kind of similar to Bryce Elder, it's like maybe a high floor, kind of like boring type, but not expecting too much there from Erod. But yeah, I lost Hunter Brown and Towers and, you know, still waiting on like Garrett Cole to come back and Merrill Kelly and Nicolodolo. So the injuries are.

It's kind of hiling against hope. I feel like those pickups, Elder and Rodriguez, you mentioned thrown his change up. It has a little more drop too, which may be helping. but, you know, he comes in with an career ERA over five with the diamond backs. So I just, and him and elder, bro, the elders ERA the past couple of years has been terrible too. Yep. Some deeper league names here, Scott, did any of these stand out to you at all? Stephen Matt, Slade Cicone, Jeffrey Springs, Simian Woods Richardson, Foster Griffin,

Sean Burke, and Davis Martin. They all had good starts this weekend. Did any of those names stand out? Matt, Saccone, Springs, Simeon Woods, Richardson, Foster Griffin, Sean Burke, David Smith Martin. I mean, they did things that stood out. They all had good starts. Foster Griffin, we know the least about him.

He appears to have, he appears to be one of those pitchers with a kitchen sink kind of arsenal where he throws seven different pitches. You got at least one whiff on six of those seven different pitches. And it was against the Dodgers. And, you know, sometimes when your arsenal's that deep, even if the same. stuff isn't that good, you can look like a good pitcher. And obviously he had success overseas. That's what got him signed by the Nationals. So just from a mystery box context, I think I have the most interest in Foster Griffin of this group. Yeah, one thing with Slade Cicone, I notice here that he

changed up his pitch mix from his first start. He used his cutter and sweeper more. And his velocity was up. His fastball is up 1.2 miles per hour. His sweeper up 1.9. And he had 14 whiffs against a good Cubs lineup. So just, I think these are just really names to watch. And let's see where it goes here. But Slate Cicconi did some interesting things. So did the White Sox guys, but like, they are like the deepest of leagues. Sean Burke and Davis Martin, they both did some different things.

And they pitched well against a good Blue Jays lineup. But I'm not ready to really act on it yet. Again, that's Sean Burke and Davis Martin. Two names I wanted to ask you about is drop, Scott. Rokey Sasaki, Brutels. start here on Sunday and Jacob Lopez. I know we liked him as a sleeper coming into the

year but like 10 walks in his first two starts. Are you right dropping Sasaki and Lopez? I mean it depends on the league context. Majority of leagues yes. Like 12 teamers, 10 teamers. I know some people listening to us playing

leagues as shallow as 10 teams and yeah absolutely drop him in the league like that nobody's going to pick them up. If you're in the sort of league where you're thinking about picking up Bryce elder or Rhett louder? I'd hesitate, especially for Lopez. Sasaki's issues are longstanding and there seems to be no end in sight. And even the small signs of encouragement from that first start, he kind of gave

back in the second start. So I think even in 15 teamers, I'd be open to letting him go. Lopez, on the other hand, there's still a lot of strikeout upside here. Everything was up like one and a half miles per. hour in this start from his first one. The walks were really the only issue. It was a big issue, but it still seems out of place for him, not what we were seeing from him last year. And remember, he had an abbreviated

spring training, so he may just be a little behind in terms of building up for the season. So back-to-back starts with five walks. Look, I don't want to start Lopez after that, but if it's the sort of deep league where you're considering picking up Elder, or Eduardo Rodriguez, then I don't think Lopez is the one you're dropping for them. I had three waiver wire hitters that I wanted to quickly ask you about. Scott, Miguel Vargas is off to a nice start here. Two for two with his third stolen base on Saturday.

He's running early on here. Three steals. He's got a homer. Plate discipline looks good early on. He is not hitting the ball hard at all, but this is a former prospect of note, Miguel Vargas, 64% rostered. He's first and third base eligible. He's probably only available in some of those truly shallow 12-team points leagues.

Do you think Vargas needs to be just a must-raster player based on what he's done so far? Did I keep saying Bryce Eldridge, or was I saying Bryce Elder? I thought you were seeing Elder, but I could be mistaken. I keep calling Elder Eldridge, like when I'm typing it into when I'm searching for him on a website. They are eerily similar names. And Eldridge has been more top of them. mind. Okay, there is no reason I should have referenced Bryce Eldridge on this program.

Every reference to Bryce Eldridge was referring to Bryce Elder, just to clear that up. You were asking me about Miguel Vargas, though, and must roster? No, he's off to a pretty good start. The exit velocities are still bad. And I imagine leagues without a corner infield spot, you're better off with what you drafted at first base. or third base where he's eligible. So if it is a corner infield league, even then I don't know that I call him a must.

Like you're not dropping Spencer Torkelson for him, or at least I'm not. You're not dropping, I don't know, T.J. Rumfield for him. Who are you dropping for him? You not dropping Alec Bohm for him? No. I think you're probably, if you feel like you're weak at corner infield

and you have a bench spot to play with. You could toss Miguel Vargas in there, sure. Okay. Two other deeper corner infield names here, Scott. Max Muncie of the athletics, nice weekend for him. Three for four with his second home run, three RBI on Friday. He had multiple hits in each game this weekend.

He is hitting over 300 early on. He's got two homers, a steel. Striking out way too much, but also hitting the ball extremely hard is Max Muncie. And then Mark Vientos, three multi-hit games this weekend. And over his last four, he has eight hits, one homer, five runs scored. He has started six straight games, and he has benefited from this Juan Soto injury here.

Again, that's Mark Viento, Scott. Any interest in those two as like deeper corner guys, Max Muncie and Vientos? I like what Max Muncie, the athletics, Max Muncie did in spring training. The plate discipline here at the start of the season has still been terrible. A lot of what I liked about him in spring training was, hey, look, he's walking a fair amount, not striking out as much. Well, regular season started and looks like the same terrible plate discipline we saw from him as a rookie. I'm not saying you got to drop them if you added them or, you know, if you need to fill in a third base or second base, you can't look to him. I'm just saying I would bet against a breakout for Max Muncie of the athletics this season.

Vientos, you know, if Soto really is just a day-to-day injury, I don't think. think he's long for the starting lineup. Of course, there's always a chance. Somebody gets hurt and he becomes an everyday player and we know what kind of power he has because we saw it two years ago. But I don't think in most cases he's anybody you need to worry about rostering right now. All right. Let's take our final break. When we return, we will get to the news and notes, some other news items and I've got some starter sit questions later on. We'll do that right after this. Welcome back in fantasy baseball. Today we'll get to the news and notes in just a The second Scott.

I had one other player I wanted to talk about. I didn't want to save him for the very end because he has been a big talking point so far this season. He's off to an awesome start. That is Andy Paez. And wondering if maybe we undervalued Andy Paez coming into the season, three for four with a home run on Friday, three for five with a sock and a shoe on Saturday.

So far he is batting 471, three homers, 10 RBI, one steel, and OPS approaching 1,300. the strikeout rate is under 20%. His expected stats look amazing. It's an extremely small sample size, Scott, but this is a player who had a ton of prospect pedigree. We know he's a really good defender, so that should keep him on the field.

And looks like he might be taking another step forward with the bat so far this season. Your thoughts on Andy Paz. Yeah, he may be. Obviously, if you drafted him, you keep starting him and you hope for the best. It is a small sample. If he's able to maintain a 13% strikeout rate and a 31% pull air rate all year,

then he's going to have a great year. I don't know that he can. Few players can. I mean, that pole air rate is like what Cal Raleigh did last year. Paa has already had a good one last year, but this is like another level of how good it is. And that strikeout rate is microscopic.

So I would bet on those normalizing. given the smallness of the sample and given what Paas did last year. But, you know, he was a startable player last year. It was front-loaded, a rough second half, obviously terrible in the postseason, ended up getting benched. And so, you know, we've seen hot starts from Paa-has before, and it didn't mean he was that player all season long.

Yeah, I think... So just, it's important to keep perspective. But, yeah, there's upside. He's doing well now. Don't overthink it. Just play him and don't. I guess it's just a trading perspective, right? Like, that's the only actionable advice here is would you consider shopping,

because you don't actually believe in it? And I would be careful about that. I think if you could trade him as if he's a top 20 outfielder, you do it. Because unlikely he's going to be. But he's probably a top 36 outfielder. So, yeah, you got to walk that fine line if you're going to consider trading him. And I think that pulled air rate you mentioned is key for Pahas because he's not somebody who dominates with like massive exit velocities or anything. Even the start that he's off to now, his average EV is 89.3 miles per hour.

Last year it was 88.6. So I don't think he's ever going to be someone who consistently hits the ball incredibly hard. He really has to, you know, pull the ball in the air to get to and maximize the. that power potential for him. The one good thing I guess about if you have Paiz with this Moogie Betts injury is that he is going to move up the lineup. So, you know, if he's batting fifth behind,

right behind Tucker and and Freeman and Will Smith and those guys, like there's going to be a ton of RBI opportunity here for Andy Potts. So, yeah, he's off to a great start. Although, who are they going to, they're not going to go lefty, lefty, lefty at the top of the line at Botany, Tucker and Freeman.

are they? Is that what they did today? Well, they gave Tucker a day off. They said it was always a scheduled day there. That wouldn't make much sense. I mean, I guess they could go with like Will Smith somewhere there to kind of break things up. Be interesting.

Interesting to see what Dave Roberts does. Yeah. Looking forward to it. To see in it. To Oscar Hernandez, but I feel like Will Smith is probably more deserving, right, of batting second. Yeah, he's a good on-base guy. Yeah.

I don't know if you worry about him, clogging the bases because he's slow. I don't even know that he's slow. I just assume he is because he's a catcher. Yeah. I don't think he's fast by any means. No. Yeah, but Pahas could bat out like fifth or sixth regularly in this lineup. I was watching that game earlier and the broadcaster said like Dave Roberts is hesitant to move Pahas up too far.

But obviously he'll just move him up to an appropriate range, you know, like fifth or six in the lineup. I don't think like Pahez is going to bat second, but I guess it could happen, right? like if it just continues to mash. Yeah, I mean, he's his, he doesn't walk much. So that would be hard to justify. Will Smith is low. He's not any slower than Freddie Freeman. Yeah. All right.

So we'll see you there. Other news items from the weekend, Zach Wheeler made another rehab start at AAA on Friday. Three innings, five runs allowed. Two walks, two hit by pitches, only one strikeout. Velocity remains down between 2.3 and 3.4 miles per hour on all of his pitches. Scott. first start he succeeded with the lower velocity this one's got much more wild much more

hitable for zach wheeler so uh it's the jury is still out man i think we just we need to see more yeah i bet against any pitcher who loses that much velocity uh i would say um i don't because there was also a report this weekend two rehab starts left for wheeler right i don't know like i'd it's the sort of thing where I want to just say try trading him now because try to recoup the value that you invested in him

because he was still a pretty high draft pick but it just kind of depends how tuned in your league is are they like oh Zach Wheeler he's an ace click accept or are they going to be like look at his velocity on his rehab Simon I don't know

you can answer that better than I could just how in tune your league is with all the goings on or if they're just going to jump at Zach Wheeler because he's Zach Wheeler. Trey of Savage made a rehab start at single A on Friday. Two in a third innings, one hit, one run, three strikeouts. His velocity was down just a little bit. 0.6 miles per hour on his fastball, 0.8 on the slider.

1.3 on his splitter, but that's all within a reasonable range of outcomes and still has some time to build up here. That's Tritya Savage. Chris was right about this, it turns out. and I don't know why we're just learning about it now. But James Wood admitted that he dealt with knee and quad soreness last season, which definitely could have affected his second half. And I know Chris speculated a few times this offseason.

Just like, why did things crater so hard for James Wood? And maybe there was an injury that we just didn't know about. And now we know. So why is he striking out even more now? That I can't answer. I don't know either. Yeah. Sayas Suzuki expected to rejoin the Cubs on Friday in Chicago. Byron Buxton left Friday after getting hit by a pitch on his forearm.

He was out of the lineup on Saturday and then back in on Sunday. So I think everything is all good there for Buxton. Ryan Pepeyote threw a bullpen on Friday as he works his way back from right hip inflammation. Brendan Donovan landed awkwardly at first base while attempting to leg out a single on Friday. He left the game with some sort of groin injury. imaging came back clean. He did not play Saturday or Sunday. Scott, would you be looking for a Brendan Donovan replacement this week?

That seems like a smart idea. He's in that same South Freelich range of, well, how high is the upside in any given week? If there's a chance of a missing time at all you, you look elsewhere. Addison Barger left Sunday with ankle discomfort. John Schneider said he hopes Barger is out for just a day or two. I would say it's very similar for Barger as well. Probably someone you just want to maybe bench and play it safe there. Also, he's off to a pretty slow start.

Ryan Johnson of the Angels was scratched from his start Sunday with an illness. Prospect George Claussen was promoted and started in his place. And he did not do very well, Scott. Two and two thirds innings, two runs, five walks to four strikeouts. There is a lot of swing and miss potential here, but also big control issues. So I assume you did not try and add Claussen after this one. I did not. It sounds like it was more of a spot-start situation anyway.

But yeah, he's, you know, everything I was saying about Joe Boyle goes double for Glosson. Looked like he may have been overcoming that control issue when he was still with the Phillies. But then after joining the Angels in the middle of last year, what was that trade? Who did they get? I don't remember.

But that was, no, that wasn't. No, no, no. I don't remember who was. Yeah, I thought it was like Duran for a second, but he came from the Swins. Yeah. Yeah, I don't remember who it was. But anyway, had big control problems again after joining the Angels, and I don't think he's, I don't think he's ready to claim a rotation spot long term. Esoc Paratus was placed on the bereavement list on Friday.

He missed the three-game series this weekend. Pete Fairbanks was used as an opener on Sunday because he is, going on the paternity list on Monday. The Marlins wanted to get him some work early on so that he can get out and get to be with his wife. Anthony Bender wound up... I say oops because it was a terrible inning. Yeah, it was pretty bad there.

So, I mean, it's kind of a weird situation, him starting a game, something he never does. Yeah, it's not... Probably would have been better just letting him go. Yeah, I think so. Anthony Bender wound up picking up the save in that game for the Marlins. Carlos Rodon experienced some soreness

following his workout Saturday, but Aaron Boone said that Sorness is quote to be expected he's working his way back from off-season elbow surgery and recent hamstring soreness I didn't see anyone say like where the soreness was

I assume it's like an arm thing if they even brought it up I was like I don't know maybe it's his hamstring because that was bothering him before but it's not what you want to see with Carlos Sordaun hopefully I think he's supposed to

throw another bullpen later this week and if that goes okay I should go out on a a rehab assignment pretty soon. Yeah, by the way, just wrapping up the mystery, commenter points out, it was, Closin wound up with the Angels in the Carlos Estevez trade two years ago.

Two years. So it was another trade for a closer, but the one that came two years ago. Jorge Polanco suffered a setback in his recovery from left Achilles tendonitis on Thursday. He sat out twice so far since the season started. He's still playing on both Saturday and Sunday. Mason Wynn left Friday with left hip tightness.

He did not play on Saturday or Sunday. Merrill Kelly will make one more rehab start this week before rejoining the debacks rotation. Zach Eflin is seeking a second opinion on his right elbow, which always seems ominous. The Blue Jays had a busy weekend. They acquired Tyler Fitzgerald in exchange for cash, and they signed Patrick Corbyn to a one-year deal,

some added starting pitcher depth for them. Other names who went on the I.L. Jared Triolo, a pateller tendon injury in his right knee. Everson Pereira with an ankle sprain, Justin Verlander with left hip inflammation. Some quick prospect news items here. Colt Emerson of the Mariners left after fouling a ball

off of his foot on Saturday and X-rays came back negative. So let's hope Colt Emerson's all right. Charlie Condon has been out of the lineup at AAA the past three games after having a cyst removed. He is expected to return later this week. and Didier Fuentes through three and two-thirds shutout innings with seven strikeouts at AAA on Friday. He got up to 72 pitches.

You know, Scott, we might be one more Martine Perez or Jose Suarez bad start away from Fuentes joining this rotation. That would be fun. It would be fun. Or maybe Strider is back by then, but I haven't really heard much about Strider. And the leagues where I have Fuentes,

which is pretty much just those deeps deeper ones. I was not willing to drop him for Bryce Elder. Yeah, fair enough. He's above the elder line. The Elder line. Starters sit these starting pitchers this upcoming week, Scott. I think for some of these names, if you don't have much to say, we can just keep things moving here. But Emmett Sheehan, still working through these velocity issues. He was at the Nationals, five and two-thirds innings, four runs, only two strikeouts. And his fastball velocity averaged 93.8. Last year was 95.6 and it's really been like fluctuating inning by inning like way up and way down so

just kind of a weird go right now for for emmitchie and are you starting them this week against the texas rangers probably not not if i can help it yeah uh anything else on shean before we move on from in you said you wanted to keep it moving you mentioned the velocity that was the big thing. All right. Uri Perez struggled with control at the Yankees four innings,

four runs, six walks to four strikeouts. He gets the reds this week. What do you think about Yuri Perez? I'd start him. Obviously was good in his first start.

And it was pretty much just he didn't throw strikes in this one. Average exit velocity was below 80 miles per hour so a lot of weak contact, Ms. Bath's at a nice rate. He said he struggled

with it being 58 degrees. There were some cold weather, or at least as far as baseball goes, cold weather games that often do affect pitching. And that was part of the reason why Yuri Perez struggled to throw strikes. But I'd say he'd have to have a month's worth of bad starts for me to really consider sitting Yuri Perez. Dylan sees not nearly as good in his second Blue Jays start only through 55% of his pitches for strikes. I'm pretty sure he's just a must-star pitcher, Scott. But just wanted to ask because he's facing the Dodgers this week. Yeah, I'd still start him.

So I did notice that he went a little more fastball slider. His previous limited arsenal, remember we were talked about him broadening it in that first Blue J start. Those two were combined 71% this time versus 64% last time. So we'll just continue to keep an eye on that. All right. Next up we have Mackenzie Gore,

who turned in equality starting against the red, six innings, three runs, nine strikeouts to zero walks. I'm right using him, but, you know, he's only 66% started on CBS, Scott. What do you think about Gore versus the Mariners this week? Yeah, I'd lean yes. I don't think he's must start yet, at least not in a 12-team context. But coming off the start he just had, sure.

Next up, we have Aranola who looked good in Corys Field, six and a third innings. One run, nine strikeouts for him. And only 59% started on CBS. He's at the Giants this week. What do you think about Arindola? I think I'd be fine using him in that matchup. Yeah. Yeah, me too.

I was just surprised the start percentage was that low here for Aranola, but I guess it was because he was in Coorsfield this past week. You know, but him and Hayses-Lazardo both were awesome at Coors Field this weekend. So if... Yeah. I just think the Rockies lineup is so bad. I'm not saying you're never going to get burned starting a pitcher there. It is still Coorsfield, but you're going to miss out on a lot of good starts

if you're automatically reflexively saying no to a guy at Corsefield. Kyle Braddish had a rough outing at the Pirates, four innings, four runs, three walks, six strikeouts in this one. And his velocity faded really quickly here. His sinker started off 96.6 in the first inning. It was down to like 93.1 at some points at different parts of that game. And he is at the White Sox this week. What have you seen with Kyle Bradd is?

here, Scott. Well, I didn't notice that before you pointed it out to me, the velocity fluctuating from inning to inning because overall the velocity was fine. But those ups and downs are curious, particularly from the pitcher who very recently had a major injury. Still getting a ton of whiffs on the slider especially, threw it a lot.

So it was thrown his best pitch a lot. But, you know, he didn't come through. against a bad offense. And that's frustrating. I'm not to the point where I'm sitting Kyle Braddish, but I would have liked to see more through his first two starts.

Tatsuya Imi was much better in his second start here against the athletics, five and two-thirds shutout with nine strikeouts here. That slider, for those not watching, slider in quotation marks,

like, that thing is wicked. It is a screwball. I have no idea why it's called a slider, but man, it is a wicked pitch. He is only, reverse breaking slider.

Yeah, 47% started at the Mariners this week. What do you think about him? I mean, he still walked a bunch of guys like he did in his first start, three and five and two-thirds ennings. Obviously, overall was much better. I'm not to the point where I'm automatically starting him, and did you say Mets was his matchup? He is at the Mariners.

At the Mariners. That's a tough one. They haven't been hitting great so far. but we think there's more in there for sure. Am I even right about that? Yeah, they've been in the bottom third and run scored. But a lot of guys are underachieving. I think you just have to weigh what you have.

I could see scenarios where I'm sitting in my, but I wouldn't be afraid to start him. Yeah. Shane Baas looked better in his second start here with the Orioles. He was at the Pirates, five and two-thirds innings, one unearned run with five strikeouts here. He is 45% started and gets the Giants this week. What do you think about Shane Baas?

I think the Orioles have him doing something different, which I like to see, especially as an explainer of success. He's leading with his curveball this year. It seems like after throwing at about a quarter of the time last year, and so far so good, not to the point where I'd call him a must start, but against the Giants, I'd say that's an advisable play. Next up we have Connolly Early, who struggled with his control against the Padres,

four innings, two runs, four walks, four strikeouts, velocity down around one mile per hour across the board. But again, it's like some weather stuff early on in the year. 43 degrees in that game for Connolly Early. 48% started. He's at the Cardinals. What do you think about Connolly early? Yeah, I'd start them.

Cardinals, I think, are one of the better matchups. And the walks were completely foreign. Six walks in his first five career starts, six walks total. And then he had four in this one. So I think we can just chalk it up as a fluke. Next up we have Jack Leiter, who has looked like a different pitcher in his first two starts here. This one was against the Reds, five innings, one run, nine strikeouts to one walk, 18 whiffs on 85 pitches.

And he is up to 91% rostered, 59% started at the Dodgers this week, Scott. What do you think about Jack lighter? The Dodgers mine is Moogie Betts. That's true. That is true. He's looked great. He's looked great. I'm not going to say you have to start him against the Dodgers,

but I'd have a hard time sitting him as good as he looks. The fastball had 19 inches of induced vertical break, which is very high. The change up, he's throwing it more. It seems to pair well with that fastball. And I think I feel pretty. good about this being a breakout season for Leiter. It's only two starts. I'm sure he's had back-to-back

good starts before, but I'm feeling good about him. Yeah, his final seven starts last year, Jack Leiter, 335, ERA 102 whip, 9.8K per 9, 2.1 walks per 9. So we started to see the improved control down the stretch of last season as well there for

Jack Leiter. Last name on this list is Kodi Senga, who had another solid outing scot. This one at the Giants. Five and two-thirds innings, two runs. seven strikeouts. His velocity was down a little bit in this one. 60% started. It gets the athletics at home in city field.

What do you think about Kodi Senga? It wasn't down just a little, the velocity. It was down one and a half miles per hour. Yeah. At least the fastball was closer to where it was in his rookie 2023 season, which was a good season. So I don't want to overreact through it. He had a good start.

But, you know, a lot of our enthusiasm was because, hey, look at all this new velocity for Kodi Senga. And it was pretty much gone in this start. Can't blame it on the weather. It was over 70 degrees where he was pitching. I'd start him against the athletics. They'd been very strikeout prone. And Seng has put together two starts.

But I think the jury's still out on what kind of season he's in line for. Pitching standouts, part one from the weekend. Jesus Lazzardo, you mentioned what he did, Scott. In Cores Field, six and two-thirds innings, one run, 11 strike. to zero walks. He was amazing. Chase Burns, six innings, one run, nine strikeouts to one walk at the Rangers. He is off to a great start after a questionable spring training, I would call it. Framber Valdez, a nice start here with the Tigers as well, six shutout innings, five strikeouts to two walks, two for two in quality starts there for Valdez. Anything that you

noticed for Valdez, Chase Burns, Jesus Lazardo here. I mean, Burr. if we had done players of the weekend, he probably would have been mine. He looks outstanding. He's 21 whiffs on 87 pitches. He had everything working in this one. Yeah, yeah, he had, he even got three whiffs on like six changeups

or something like that. Everything, 85 mile per hour exit velocity again. So they were making weak contact even when they made contact, and they weren't making contact very much. He threw 68% of his pitches for strikes for those who are worried about the control. I don't think there's a longstanding history of control problems there that you should be worried. But, you know, it came up in spring training and in his first start, 68% strikes in this one. I think if you draft, if you had your draft late, which most people did, and you were able to get burns for a couple rounds cheaper because of that, you should be feeling very good about your timing with that. Three other pitching standouts here.

Brian, he was dominant at the Angels. Seven shutout innings with six strikeouts for him. Tyler Glassdown looked great at the Nationals, six innings, two runs, nine strikeouts. And Logan Webb turned in a quality start against the Mets. Seven innings, one run. Only three strikeouts there.

Scott, anything that stood out on Webb, Glassnow, Brian, who. Notice Glassnow's throwing his curveball a ton this year. two starts in a row of doing that. Only threw it like 22% of the time last year, but it was his best with pitch. So he's throwing it more like 35% of the time this year, and it's going great.

So let's hope that continues for Tyler Glass now. All right, some hitting leftover, Scott. If there's anything here, just jump in, interrupt, and go for it. C.J. Abrams is off to a nice start. Homered in three straight games from Wednesday through Saturday. He has three homers, 12 RBI, two steals early on in the season. Aaron Judge is waking up here, two for three with a sock in a shoe on Friday. He had multiple hits in each game this weekend.

Chase DeLauder did it again. He was back in the lineup on Friday where he hit his fifth home run, five home runs in his first seven games of the season there. Four, Chase the Lutter. Ben Rice heating up homer twice this weekend over his last five games, seven hits, three homers, eight runs, nine RBI. His average EV entering Sunday was 96.9 miles per hour there for Ben Rice. O'Neill Cruz is heating up two for four with his fourth home run on Sunday.

Last five games for him, nine hits, four homers, seven runs, 10 RBI for O'Neill Cruz. Shohei Otani, the slow start, be gone. Multiple hits each game this weekend. He homered on both Friday and Sunday. Welcome back to Mickey Moniac, two home runs here on Sunday. 81% rostered. That surprised me with Mickey Moniag. That is a high number, man.

He has seven games. Half-time outfielder had been injured, yeah. Seven games this week, three at home and court. So if you have Mickey Moniac, I think this is probably a good week to use him. Oh, you know, and I think, I don't think there are any lefties on the schedule either. Yeah.

So it would be a good week. Maybe he should be 81% rostered for this week. Yeah. Yoron Alvarez remains red hot to start the year. for four with his fourth homer on Sunday. He raged base five times on Saturday, one for one, with four walks in that game. Christian Walker, he is off to a tremendous start. Homer on both Saturday and Sunday.

He has a 324 batting average early on. If you have Christian Walker, use them this week. They have good matchups, three of those games in Corpus Field. So prime time here for Christian Walker. Brent Rooker is on the board. Very slow start, but huge game Sunday. Two for four with a double dong, six, RBI, including a walk-off three-run homer in the 10th.

Drake Baldwin off to a great start as well, three-for-five with his fourth homer for RBI here on Sunday. He is hitting the ball very hard and striking out 7% of the time for Drake Baldwin. And Connor Griffin, how did the debut weekend go? His first at-bat, an RBI double. He came around to score. He has gone hitless since then. Two walks to two strikeouts.

16% swinging strike rate. entering Sunday. So I got to look this up for Drake Baldwin. What do you got? Okay, here it is. You know how many head to head points? If you did the long week, if your week one is just now ending, because you combine that first half week with the first full week for the long week one, how many head to head points, CBS head to head points, do you think Baldwin scored for that long week? 45. 50 and a half. That's, I wasn't far off, but man. I wasn't far off, but man. Man, that is a monster first week and a half, man. For a catcher especially, my God.

And he had another home run that was robbed by Denzel Clark, which is crazy. That's true. The call to the bullpen here for the Blue Jays on Friday. Jeff Hoffman came in in the 10th inning with a one-run lead. The Manfred man on second base. He allowed two runs in here, and it's his second blown safe. There was like a bad error behind him. But, you know, he's already a second-blown safe.

I just name to watch, situation to watch there with the Toronto Blue Jays. I think Tyler Rogers and Louis Varland are probably the names that we should look at there. For the Reds on Friday, Emilio Paghan picked up his second save on Saturday. He picked up his third save. He was unavailable on Sunday. So was Tony Santian. It was Brock Burke who picked up the save. But Pagon had some rocky appearances early on, so nice to see him convert a few saves this weekend.

For the Rangers on Friday, Chris. Martin got the ninth inning with the game tied. He allowed a two-run Homer took the loss. Then on Sunday, Robert Garcia started the eighth inning with the game tied, gave up, you know, a couple hits and walks and was relieved by Chris Martin, who did not look very good. Honestly, he's got the Rangers bullpen. It might just be bad.

It might. Yeah, I think that goes, I don't think we needed to wait until the season started to determine that. someone you could maybe keep an eye on there if things go a certain way is Cole Wynn who had a 151 ERA out of the bullpen last year and unless he did Sunday

I don't think he's given up a run yet not a big strikeout guy but you know desperate times he might find his way into that role for win for the pirates on Friday Dennis Santana entered in the eighth inning with a two-run lead, facing six, seven, and eight in the Orioles lineup.

A clean inning there. Gregory Soto got the ninth. He allowed a solo home run, but picked up his first save. Then on Saturday, Dennis Santana, pitching the ninth inning with the game tied, a clean inning. The pirates wound up walking it off. It has been pretty annoying to own tennis Santana so far, Scott.

Gregory Soto, I think a 12-team Roto Leagues are deeper, has to be added. He and the 15-10. team high profile industry leagues. He was getting a lot of fab dollars. I'll tell you that. And he was my player I was bidding the most on. People were bidding much more confidently on him than I was.

So I had no chance of getting him. But in their defense, his last three appearances, Gregory Sotos, have all been to finish out a win for the Pirates. Ninth inning, finishing out a win, once for the save. The other two, they had a five-run lead, so he didn't get a save. But I haven't seen much of Santana in the 9th, and we're seeing a lot of Soto in the 9th. Yeah, I had a 12-team Roto League on the NFBC.

He went for $90 out of a $1,000 budget. And then in the Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational, that is a 15-team Roto League. I actually won him for 84. So 8 to 9% is what I saw in those two leagues, but I'm pretty sure there were more aggressive bids out there than that on Gregory Soto. So for the D-backs on Friday, Paul Sewell,

entered the ninth inning with the game tied. He allowed back-to-back home runs, took his first loss. Then on Saturday, he picked up his third save. On Sunday, he was unavailable. Jonathan Loisiga. Johnny LaZanya came in with a one-run lead.

He took his first blown save of the year. For the White Sox on Saturday, Sir Anthony Dominguez got the ninth inning with a three-run lead. He picked up his first save. Then on Sunday, Dominguez was unavailable. It was lefty Chris Murphy, who pitched the ninth inning

and picked up his first save. of the year. For the Brewers, Saturday, game one of their double header, Abner Arebe, recorded four outs across the seventh and eighth. Tyler McGill got the ninth inning with a three-run lead. He walked two but picked up his second save. Then on Sunday, Arribay entered with two outs in the seventh, four-run lead, back-to-back singles.

He was relieved by Anhele Serpa, and McGill eventually got the ninth, and he picked up his save. So his third save. McGill just looks like the guy right now. Scott, how long do you hold? on to Abner Arebe because he's he's really talented and McGill has you know an extensive injury history so how long do you hold on to Abner Rebbe? It depends on the league depth and format. If it's a holds league probably forever. Yeah. If it's a 15 team road a league where people are spending

10% of their fab dollars on Gregory Soto close to forever you're holding on to Abner and Rebae. otherwise you could consider dropping them now 12 team roto league i might i might stop short of that it just depends on how you know who i'm pursuing on the waiver wire if i think it's somebody i have to have um and then anything shallower than 12 team roto i probably would have dropped abner uribe yesterday yeah for the raise on sunday griffin jacks came on in the seventh inning with the game

tied he pitched two innings he gave up a walk and two hits but kept the game tied. Brian Baker pitched the ninth inning with the game tied. He struck out two and earned the win. Then the race took a three-run lead in the 10th.

Kevin Kelly came on for the bottom of the 10th, struck out one for his second save. Kevin Kelly is zero percent rostered. Any deep league saves interest in Kevin Kelly, Scott? Not yet. I mean, outside of AL only, not yet. Yeah. All right, for the Nationals on Sunday,

Conell Perez got the eighth inning with a three-run lead. He was charged with four runs on two walks and three hits. He did not record an out. He took the loss. Clayton Beater relieved him and got the final five outs of the game. He did allow a solo home run in the ninth inning. Nationals' bullpen kind of looks a little bit messy right now.

If they held on for the save, it probably would have been Beater in the ninth inning, but they couldn't get to him. For the Rockies on Sunday, Victor Vodnick picked up his first save. For the Astros on Sunday, Brian Abraeu. He got the 10th inning with a one-run lead. he allowed a walk-off home run to Brent Rooker.

And the velocity was up for Abreu here. But Scott, he has looked terrible so far. Yeah, since there aren't the continuing velocity concerns, he's probably fine. This obviously helps ensure that he's not just going to keep the job when Josh Hader's back. But it's three weeks till Josh Hader's back. Ryan Abreu may be untouched between,

now and then, and these worries are gone. But even so, I think, I think the only thing that's going to keep them in this role is if Hater just suffers setback after setback and doesn't make it back or doesn't look right when he gets back. Yeah. And then for the Cardinals on Sunday, Riley O'Brien got the ninth inning with a two-run lead. He struck out one for his second save and seems to be settling into that. I won't call it close a role, but highest leverage role.

and, you know, feels like the guy. He's the only one from the Cardinals bullpen I want at this point. Chief Riley O'Brien. Yeah. And then to stream or not to stream, Scott. On Monday, we have James and Tyone at the raise, Michael Waka at the Guardians,

Jansen Junk against the Reds, Brian Beow against the Brewers, Justin Robleski at the Blue Jays, Max Scherzer against the Dodgers, Adrian Houser, home against the Phillies. That was a Star Trek joke, by the way, Chief Riley O'Brien. I would go,

I would go with, man, I don't like any of them. Michael Walker at Cleveland. I do like him. Yeah. That's about it. That's it.

That's it. Yeah. I know. That's it. If I had to choose another one or two, I would, I think I would say Houser against the Phillies and,

oh, I don't know. Jansen junk against the Reds. Don't use anybody outside of Walk on Monday. On Tuesday, Liberator at the Nationals, Cade Cavali against the Cardinals, Taj Bradley against the Tigers, Ronaldo Lopez at the Angels.

I think I'd go, Rinaldo Lopez one there, then Taj Bradley, two, and Cade Cavali, three, maybe Libertor. Distant third for either one of them. Yeah, I would agree with that. We are going to wrap there for Scott.

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