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Below you’ll find a roundup of notable moves and roster notes from the past two days, as well as future expected moves and a Minor League Report, which includes a list of recent major league debuts and top prospect promotions. For this column, any lineup regulars, starting pitchers, or late-inning relievers are considered “notable,” meaning that middle relievers, long relievers, and bench players are excluded. You can always find a full list of updated transactions here.

RosterResource News: Earlier this week, we moved our RosterResource pages into regular season mode and introduced a new feature that allows you to view all 30 projected lineups (vs RHP and vs LHP) on one page.

Bullpen Report update: As you might have noticed, the late-inning reliever content here is similar to what we’ve had as part of the Bullpen Report from the past few seasons. It’s not as detailed, but it quickly summarizes the most relevant closer-related news. We will still have a Bullpen Report, but it will be a once-per-week recap beginning next Sunday evening.

Lineup Regulars

Atlanta Braves
•C Sean Murphy (strained oblique) placed on 10-Day IL.

Murphy was officially placed on the Injured List for the first time in his major league career prior to Saturday’s game. It’s a grade-1 oblique strain, which is considered the best-possible scenario. He’ll still miss at least a few weeks, though. Travis d’Arnaud started on Saturday and contributed to a 12-4 victory over the Phillies with a two-run double. Chadwick Tromp made his first big league start since last May on Sunday.

Roster/Depth Chart | Playing Time Projections

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Starting Pitcher Chart – April 1st, 2024

by Paul Sporer

March 31, 2024

Daily SP Chart archive

The chart includes their last season performance until we get some actual data for this year, their opponent’s wOBA versus the pitcher’s handedness from last year (and then I’ll add the last 30 days outlook next month), my general start/sit recommendation for 10-team, 12-team, and 15-team (or more) leagues, and then a note about them (notes will be more statistical-based once we get some sample to work with). Obviously, there are league sizes beyond those three so it’s essentially a shallow, medium, deep. If a pitcher only has an “x” in 15-team, it doesn’t mean there’s no potential use in 10s and 12s, but it’s basically a riskier stream for those spots.

These are general recommendations, and your league situation will carry more weight whether you are protecting ratios or chasing counting numbers. This is for standard 5×5 roto leagues. The thresholds for H2H starts are generally lower, especially in points leagues so I thought there would be more value focusing on roto.

I was going to recommend some really bad starters for an April Fool’s gag, but I was worried some people might take them seriously and then get pissed at me for starting Chris Flexen 플렉센 v. ATL! 😂

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Sunday Night Waiver Wire & FAAB Chat

by Jeff Zimmerman

March 31, 2024

7:32	Jeff Zimmerman: Welcome

7:33	Jeff Zimmerman: Here are the winning bids from the two 15-team Tout Wars Mixed leagues.

7:34	Jeff Zimmerman:

7:34	John: Alexis Diaz has been shaky (at best) since midway through last season. If we’re speculating for Reds’ saves, is it Cruz, Pagan, or Sims?

7:35	Jeff Zimmerman: I’d stay away even if he does struggle. I’d hope they would trade for some bullpen help.

7:35	nfbc12s: % FAAB for Turang?

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FAAB & Waiver Wire Report: Week 1

by Jeff Zimmerman

March 31, 2024

Holy cow, a ton of starters seem to be in demand. I’ll try to sort the decent ones from the useless glob.

In the article, I cover the players using CBS’s (about 40% or less initial roster rate) and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both hosting sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. The players are ordered for redraft leagues by my rest-of-season preference grouped by starters, relievers, and hitters. Read the rest of this entry »

RosterResource Roundup: March 29

by Jason Martinez

March 30, 2024

Below you’ll find a roundup of notable moves and roster notes from the past day, as well as future expected moves and a Minor League Report, which includes a list of recent major league debuts and top prospect promotions. For this column, any lineup regulars, starting pitchers, or late-inning relievers are considered “notable,” meaning that middle relievers, long relievers, and bench players are excluded. You can always find a full list of updated transactions here.

Lineup Regulars

Atlanta Braves
•C Sean Murphy (strained oblique) will be placed on 10-Day IL.

Murphy injured himself on a swing in the 7th inning of Friday’s game against the Phillies. He’s never been on the Injured List in his 4+ seasons in the majors. Chadwick Tromp will be promoted to take his spot on the roster. Travis d’Arnaud will be the primary catcher until Murphy returns.

Roster/Depth Chart | Playing Time Projections

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Mining Some Opening Day … Stuff

by Jeff Zimmerman

March 29, 2024

American League

Angels

• I watched this game because Patrick Sandoval was one of the few Opening Day starters who might end up on the waiver wire this season. Most teams were throwing early-round aces. It was a mixed bag for him. On the good side, his fastball velocity was up a tick from 93.1 mph to 94.2 mph. Also, his change-up was on producing a 24% SwStr%.

There was plenty of bad with him allowing 5 R (three earned) in 1.2 IP. The defense behind him, especially Anthony Rendon, was atrocious. The main problem was that he could not throw strikes (40% Zone%, 40% Ball%, 11% equiv BB%).

I’d monitor him to see if the start was a one-off and he finds the strike zone or he’ll struggle to find it again this season. Read the rest of this entry »