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2026 STARTER PREVIEW Pt. 2

Not Quite Aces

• George Kirby 2:30
• Dylan Cease 8:20
• Kyle Bradish 15:33
• Eury Pérez 22:10
• Jesús Luzardo 26:20
• Framber Valdez 34:18
• Joe Ryan 39:45
• Nick Pivetta 44:38
• Kevin Gausman 54:42

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The 1st Rd Kings

• Do you have an overarching pitching plan that you follow in standard 5×5 waiver wire leagues? 6:55
• Are there formats where you won’t take one? 10:57
• Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes, Garrett Crochet: What’s your order? 13:20

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2026 OUTFIELD PREVIEW

More Power Bats 💪🏻

• Wilyer Abreu 1:44
• Jac Caglianone 7:57
• Trent Grisham 17:00
• Jorge Soler – no deep-dive so no timestamp
• Trevor Larnach – no deep-dive so no timestamp
• Owen Caissie 26:35
• Tyler O’Neill 32:47

Volume Plays 🔊

• Daulton Varsho – no deep-dive so no timestamp
• Heliot Ramos 40:13
• Jung Hoo Lee 이정후 44:40
• Jordan Walker 50:45
• Austin Hays – no deep-dive so no timestamp
• Dominic Canzone 57:05
• Mike Yastrzemski – no deep-dive so no timestamp
• Lars Nootbaar 1:00:50

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Bankable Boring Bats

• Jurickson Profar 2:30
• Bryan Reynolds 5:28
• Jeff McNeil (discussed at 2B, but Paul wasn’t on that ep) 10:14
• Brandon Marsh 15:27
• Nick Castellanos 19:03
• Andrew Benintendi 22:23
• Jake Meyers 26:30
• Tommy Edman (inj.) 30:45
• Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (inj., but ahead of schedule) 35:55

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Group 5

• Ceddanne Rafaela 5:44
• Jose Altuve 11:46
• Jakob Marsee 16:02
• Brandon Nimmo 20:15

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2026 OUTFIELD PREVIEW

Group 4

• Riley Greene 2:30
• Teoscar Hernández 9:00
• Jackson Merrill 16:50
• Steven Kwan 26:00

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors (sorted by Feb DC ADP)

• Edwin Uceta (226) pulled from WBC with slightly balky shoulder
• Zac Gallen (231) resigns with AZ 5:00
• Chris Bassitt (386) signs with Baltimore 7:25

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• Jesús Sánchez/Joey Loperfido trade 1:00

2026 OUTFIELD PREVIEW

Group 2

• Kyle Schwarber (8 gm elig.)
• Brent Rooker 10:40
• James Wood 17:05
• Wyatt Langford 22:50
• Yordan Alvarez (15 gm elig.) 29:30
• Byron Buxton 32:25

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• Nick Castellanos cut by PHI 3:40

2026 OUTFIELD PREVIEW

Tier 1

• Aaron Judge 8:27
• Juan Soto ~13:00
• Ronald Acuña Jr.18:50
• Julio Rodriguez 22:41
• Kyle Tucker 26:55
• Fernando Tatis Jr. 31:35
• Corbin Carroll 🙁 37:28

Start of Tier 2

• Pete Crow-Armstrong 43:55

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