3/24/25

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Mookie Betts injury update
• Shane McClanahan injury
• Vinnie Pasquantino injury
• Alexis Díaz injury
• Zack Gelof injury
• Nolan Jones–Tyler Freeman trade

SP PREVIEW PT. 6:

TEAM-BY-TEAM OVERVIEW OF THE REST OF THE POOL

• Eduardo Rodriguez ARI
• Ryne Nelson ARI
• Jordan Montgomery ARI
• Luis Severino ATH
• JP Sears ATH
• Osvaldo Bido ATH
• Joey Estes ATH
• AJ Smith-Shawver ATL
• Tomoyuki Sugano BAL
• Charlie Morton BAL
• Cade Povich BAL
• Dean Kremer BAL
• Lucas Giolito BOS
• Brayan Bello BOS
• Richard Fitts BOS

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3/21/25

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SP PREVIEW PT. 5:

Tier 11

• Nathan Eovaldi
• Nick Martinez
• Michael Wacha
• José Berríos
• Bowden Francis
• Ronel Blanco
• Max Scherzer
• Chris Bassitt
• Justin Verlander
• Yu Darvish
• Nestor Cortes

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3/20/25

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Jared Jones seeking 2nd opinions
• Ryan Weathers to IL with forearm issue
• Alex Verdugo to the Braves

SP PREVIEW PT. 4:

Tier 9

• Gavin Williams/Clay Holmes – revisit for Justin’s thoughts
• Grant Holmes
• Kevin Gausman
• Carlos Rodón
• Nick Pivetta
• Yusei Kikuchi

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3/18/25

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Jon Gray fractures wrist
  • Jack Leiter – Kumar Rocker discussion
• Royce Lewis leaves game w/leg issue

SP PREVIEW PT. 3:

Tier 6

• Logan Webb
• Freddy Peralta
• Max Fried
• Zac Gallen
• Sonny Gray

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3/11/25

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• This is coming out after 1389 as there was an error in posting this before the Podapallooza ep came out, but it is meant to be 1388! 

SP PREVIEW PT. 2:

Tier 4

• Framber Valdez
• Pablo López
• Bailey Ober
• Joe Ryan

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3/12/25

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Topics

• What is your general Starting Pitching Strategy? 
• Who is the most like top 10 starter to bust this season? 
• Who is your favorite starter going after pick 300? 
• Who is the starting pitcher you are targeting in every draft? 
• How are you treating the studs coming off of TJ/Injury
  • McClanahan, Strider, Alcantara, deGrom etc
• Would You Rathers
  • Paul Skenes vs Tarik Skubal vs Garret Crochet
  • Corbin Burnes vs Zack Wheeler vs Logan Gilbert
  • Chris Sale vs Cole Ragans vs Jacob deGrom vs Blake Snell vs Dylan Cease
  • Yoshinbu Yamamoto vs Michael King vs Framber Valdez vs Pablo Lopez
  • Shoto Imanaga vs Bryce Miller vs Bailey Ober vs Aaron Nola vs Luis Castillo vs Spencer Schwellenbach

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3/10/25

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Francisco Alvarez out 6-8 wks w/left hand surgery
• Gerrit Cole seeking 2nd opinions on bunk elbow
• George Kirby to miss OD w/shoulder inflammation

SP PREVIEW PT. 1:

Tier 1

• Shohei Ohtani (news on when he might pitch)
• Paul Skenes
• Tarik Skubal

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3/7/25

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Lawrence Butler signs an extension
• Grayson Rodriguez triceps injury

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Tier 7

• Tommy Edman (discussed at SS)
• Brandon Nimmo
• Victor Robles
• Ceddanne Rafaela (discussed at SS)
• Taylor Ward
• Jorge Soler
• Kerry Carpenter
• Parker Meadows
• Heliot Ramos
• Jung Hoo Lee 이정후

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3/6/25

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Luis Gil updated to being out 3 mos… going for Marcus Stroman or Will Warren?

OF PREVIEW PT. 3

Tier 5

• Christian Yelich
• Riley Greene
• Dylan Crews
• Jasson Domínguez
• Randy Arozarena
• Josh Lowe
• Pete Crow-Armstrong
• Ian Happ
• Steven Kwan

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3/4/25

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Jose Quintana to MIL
• Luis Gil out at least 6 wks (lat strain)
• Chase DeLauter out ~3 mos. (hernia)
• Sean Murphy out 4-6 wks (rib) [brought up after Michael Harris chat as I’d forgotten it in the news]

AL EAST DEEP-DIVE:

Tier 3

• Jazz Chisholm Jr. (discussed at 3B)
• Jackson Merrill
• Ronald Acuña Jr.
• Michael Harris II

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