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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4/20/26

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INJURIES/TRANSACTION NEWS

• Mick Abel to the IL with elbow death (1:45)

STUDS LOOKING LIKE DUDS

• Cole Ragans (10:28)
• Garrett Crochet (16:56)
• Kodai Senga (23:06)
• Logan Webb (28:00)
• Edwin Díaz (37:26) [recorded as he went on the IL]
• Andrés Muñoz (41:29)

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