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2026 SECOND BASE PREVIEW

Tier 1

• Ketel Marte (3:45)
• Jazz Chisholm Jr.

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This is using 5-game eligibility to cast a very wide net, but we will sometimes skip guys who short-qual (meaning under 20 gms which is the industry standard) at one position to focus on them at their primary.

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2026 SHORTSTOP PREVIEW Pt. 3

Tier 6

• Jackson Holliday (8-gm elig.) 1:30
• Ezequiel Tovar 9:30
• Ha-Seong Kim 김하성 14:00
• Xander Bogaerts 16:48
• Ernie Clement 20:11
• Matt McLain (6-gm elig.) save for 2B
• Joey Ortiz 24:36

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2026 SHORTSTOP PREVIEW Pt. 2

Tier 4 forgot to mark the whole tier except Nico

• Mookie Betts 12:20
• Nico Hoerner (8-gm elig.) 17:27
• Geraldo Perdomo 5:16
• Jeremy Pena 9:04

Tier 5

• Trevor Story
• Corey Seager 25:20
• Willy Adames 29:20
• Dansby Swanson 32:33
• Jacob Wilson윌슨 34:21
• Bo Bichette 37:20
• Xavier Edwards 40:39
• Bryson Stott (13-gm elig.) 43:12
• Brendan Donovan saved for 2B

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Freddy Peralta traded to NYM
  • Brandon Sproat, Jett Williams to MIL
  • Tobias Myers also to NYM
• MacKenzie Gore traded to TEX
  • Bucket of prospects incl. 1st rd Gavin Fien

2026 SHORTSTOP PREVIEW

Tier 1

• Bobby Witt Jr.

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1/18/26

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2026 FIRST BASE PREVIEW Pt. 2

Tier 6

• Jake Burger 18:11
• Jac Caglianone (10-gm elig.) ~23:00
• Jonathan Aranda 33:04
• Sal Stewart 36:32
• Christian Walker 45:28
• BREAKING NEWS BO BICHETTE TO NYM! 49:35
• Alec Burleson didn’t get it

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2026 FIRST BASE PREVIEW

Tier 1

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1:40

Tier 2

• Pete Alonso 9:30
• Bryce Harper ~13:30
• Nick Kurtz ~17:00

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors

• Jake McCarthy traded to the Rockies (4:15)
• Michael Lorenzen to the Rockies
• Edward Cabrera traded to the Cubs (9:30)
  • Owen Caissie to the Marlins (14:45)
• Alex Bregman to the Cubs (20:15)

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CATCHER PREVIEW Pt. 2

Tier 4

• Alejandro Kirk
• Iván Herrera
• Gabriel Moreno

Tier 5

• Samuel Basallo
• Francisco Alvarez
• Austin Wells
• Ryan Jeffers

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