5/22/26

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK7 (May 11th)

• AUTO-START: Cam Schlittler, Jacob Misiorowski, Chris Sale, Nolan McLean, Joe Ryan, Jesús Luzardo, Landen Roupp
• Kyle Bradish BAL – vs TB, vs TOR 3:33
• Trey Yesavage TOR – vs MIA, at BAL 7:00
• Nick Lodolo CIN – at NYM, vs ATL 11:43
• Tanner Bibee CLE – vs WSH, vs BOS 14:08
• Ranger Suarez BOS – vs ATL, at CLE 15:56
• Ben Brown CHC – at PIT, at STL 17:55
• Edward Cabrera CHC – at PIT, at STL 20:48
• Sean Burke CWS – vs MIN, vs DET 23:20
• Keider Montero DET – vs LAA, at CWS 28:10~
• Jack Leiter TEX – vs HOU, vs KC 34:11
• Steven Matz TB – at BAL, vs LAA 38:21

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5/21/26

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Luis Castillo convo 3:40

PLAYER RATER SLEEPER V. BUSTS

• Catcher: Liam Hicks v. Gabriel Moreno 14:50
• First Base: Sal Stewart v. Josh Naylor.  20:30
• Third Base: Miguel Vargas v. Manny Machado 26:10

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5/15/26

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5/14/26

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QUESTIONING EARLY PITCHING PERFORMANCES

• The GOAT’s Role: Shohei Ohtani should be deployed as an SP for most teams 1:32
• New Ace: Cam Schlittler or José Soriano more legit at Top 20 4:04
• Finesse Studs Rising: Bryce Elder or Michael McGreevy the rest of the way 10:04
• Lefty Breakout: Kyle Harrison or Ryan Weathers 13:14

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5/8/26

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK7 (May 11th)

• AUTO-START: Paul Skenes, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, George Kirby, Kevin Gausman, Logan Webb, Nathan Eovaldi, Zack Wheeler, Freddy Peralta, Shane McClanahan, Michael King, Ryan Weathers, Eury Pérez (?), Cole Ragans (?)
• Michael Soroka at TEX, at COL
• Trevor Rogers NYY, at WAS
• JR Ritchie CHC, BOS
• Joey Cantillo LAA, CIN 18:40
• Jeffrey Springs STL, SFG 22:10

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5/7/26

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Skubal revisit with new news 0:00

SLOW STARTS JUDGED TOO SOON

• Nolan Arenado .177 wOBA in 1st 2 wks; .453, 5 HR since – 5:47
• Byron Buxton .244; .431, 11 HR/2 SB – 12:02
• Michael Harris II .282, .430, 5 HR – 22:11
• Kazuma Okamoto .281, .415, 8 HR – 27:02

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5/5/26

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Hold Tarik Skubal in non-IL formats? 1:20

FAST START FADES – WHERE ARE WE NOW

• Andy Pages 245 wRC+ in 1st 2 wks; 64 since – 14:29
• Francisco Alvarez 185; 37 – 19:48
• Josh Bell 158; 20 – 24:27
• Cam Smith 162; 42 – 26:50
• Willy Adames 128; 8 – 32:40

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5/1/26

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK6 (May 5th)

• AUTO-START: Tarik Skubal, Cam Schlittler, Cristopher Sánchez, Logan Gilbert, Drew Rasmussen, Jacob deGrom, José Soriano, Sandy Alcantara, Gavin Williams
• Eduardo Rodriguez PIT, NYM 2:51
• Luis Severino at PHI, at BAL
• JR Ritchie at SEA, at LAD 10:12
• Shane Baz at NYY, ATH 13:40
• Chris Bassitt at MIA, ATH 14:50
• Payton Tolle at DET, TBR 15:25

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4/26/26

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4/24/26

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK5 (Apr 27th)

• AUTO-START: Max Fried at TEX, vs BAL, Joe Ryan vs SEA, vs TOR
• Shane Baz vs HOU, at NYY 1:30
• Ranger Suarez at TOR, vs HOU 5:08
• Steven Matz at CLE, vs SF 9:32
• Eric Lauer 라우어 vs BOS, at MIN
• Anthony Kay vs LAA, at SD 17:36
• Parker Messick vs TB, at ATH 19:50
• Casey Mize at ATL, vs TEX 23:15
• Kris Bubic at ATH, at SEA 29:07
• Jacob Lopez vs KC, vs CLE 34:08
• Peter Lambert at BAL, at BOS 35:06

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