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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK11 (June 8th)

• AUTO-START: Paul Skenes, Cristopher Sánchez, Kyle Harrison, Gavin Williams, George Kirby, Logan Gilbert, Nathan Eovaldi, Logan Webb, Payton Tolle, Gerrit Cole
• Aaron Judge shutdown 4-6 wks meaning he’s likely out at least 8, maybe 10 wks when you consider that he’ll have to ramp back up 6:00
• Shota Imanaga CHC – @ COL (26 wOBA rank), @ SF (21) 10:23
• Davis Martin CWS – vs ATL (3), vs LAD (1) 14:13
• Taj Bradley MIN – @ DET (23), vs STL (21) 19:00
• Steven Matz TB – vs BOS (7), @ LAA (13) 22:45
• Jeffrey Springs ATH – vs MIL (25), vs COL (26) 24:33
• Stephen Kolek KC – vs TEX (15), vs HOU (14) 27:25
• Dustin May STL – @ NYM (30), @ MIN (18) 29:55
• Trevor Rogers BAL – vs SEA (30), vs SD (29) 34:15

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5/29/26

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK10 (June 1st)

• AUTO-START: Cam Schlittler NYY, Jacob deGrom TEX, Chase Burns CIN, Kyle Harrison MIL, Joe Ryan MIN, Kevin Gausman TOR, José Soriano LAA, Emmet Sheehan LAD, Michael Soroka ARI, Landen Roupp SF, Emerson Hancock SEA
• Sandy Alcantara MIA – @ WSH (11), vs TB (7) – 3:51
• Connelly Early BOS – vs BAL (23), @ NYY (1) – 13:35
• Joey Cantillo CLE – @ NYY (1), @ TEX (28) – 17:02
• Casey Mize DET – @ TB (7), vs SEA (5) – 19:30
• Randy Vasquez SD – @ PHI (26), vs NYM (30) – 21:47
• Cade Cavalli WSH – vs MIA (18), @ ARI (25) – 24:24
• Bryce Elder ATL – vs TOR (17), vs PIT (4) – 26:15
• Eduardo Rodriguez ARI – vs LAD (2), vs WSH (4) – 30:10

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5/22/26

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK9 (May 25th)

• 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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