Archive for Podcast – The Sleeper and the Bust

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

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live.

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• Joe Orrico | Twitter | Bluesky – Co-Host
• Jason Collette | Bluesky | Linktree – Co-Host
• Eno Sarris | Twitter | Bluesky – Guest

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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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4/19/26

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Notable Transactions/News/Rumors 

• Offensive environment (4:05)

FAAB

• Gary Sanchez (10:14)
• Dalton Rushing (14:00)
• Jeremiah Jackson (17:23)
• Oswald Peraza (20:45)
• Sam Antonacci (23:58)
• Daniel Schneemann (26:43)
• Kyle Stowers (30:27)

• Spencer Arrighetti (33:30)
• Keider Montero (37:56)

• Robert Suarez (39:55)
• Brad Keller (41:10)
• Abner Uribe (43:40)
• Joel Kuhnel (45:30)
• Enyel De Los Santos (48:07)
• Louis Varland/Tyler Rogers (51:29)

Listener Questions

• Comparing 2026 AAA to 2025 AAA It looks like the Giants/Bryce Eldridge are working on his chase and pull air%, but I don’t think anyone, especially @Justin Mason would be happy with his plummeting zone contact%. Do you think he can recapture his zone contact% or is it going to be one or the other? (56:39)
• With the annual repeated success (lately) of mid tier pitchers (Schlittler/Imanaga/Roupp/CSanchez25/Hunter Brown 25/etc.) I feel like I am buying more into the no SPs in top 6/7 rounds of my DCs … hitters and closers early – SPs in the middle. What do you think? (1:00:30)

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Approximately 77 minutes of joyous analysis.

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4/17/26

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live.

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK4 (APR 20th)

• AUTO-START: Sonny Gray, Nolan McLean, Dylan Cease
• J.T. Ginn at SEA, at TEX 1:30
• Reynaldo López at WAS, PHI 3:30
• Bryce Elder at WAS, PHI 
• Kyle Bradish at KCR, BOS 7:38 

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4/16/26

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live.

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MID-ROUND SP CHECK-INS

• Sonny Gray (1:22)
• Edward Cabrera (4:21)
• Jesús Luzardo (8:57)
• Emmet Sheehan (19:21)

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4/13/26

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MaxEV RISERS

MaxEV Risers piece by Podhorzer

• Austin Hays +2.7 4:37
• Angel Martínez +2.7 14:45
• Andrés Giménez +2.3 19:15
• Jac Caglianone +2.0 26:35
• David Hamilton +1.8 28:43
• Brandon Lockridge +1.6 32:30
• Wilyer Abreu +1.4 35:35
• Rhys Hoskins +1.2 38:52

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Approximately 47 minutes of joyous analysis.

4/12/26

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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4/10/26

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK2 (Apr 6th)

• AUTO-START: Paul Skenes, Garrett Crochet, Cristopher Sánchez, Bryan Woo, George Kirby, Trevor Rogers, Eury Pérez, Framber Valdez, Cole Ragans (if thumb is OK), Michael King, Nathan Eovaldi, Kevin Gausman
• Ryne Nelson at BAL, TOR 4:40
• Jeffrey Springs/Luis Severino TEX, CHW 10:55

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4/6/26

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POWER RISERS

Velo Risers (Podhorzer’s piece)

• Kodai Senga +2.7 mph 5:28
• Ryan Feltner +2 9:32
• Janson Junk +1.8 11:20
• Ranger Suarez +1.5 14:22
• Roki Sasaki +1.5 17:19
• Shota Imanaga +1.3 20:20

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4/3/26

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live. Support the show by subscribing to our Patreon!!

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK2 (Apr 6th)

• AUTO-START: Chris Sale, Andrew Abbott (?), Tarik Skubal, Hunter Brown, Cole Ragans, Sandy Alcantara, Joe Ryan, Freddy Peralta, Cam Schlittler, Logan Gilbert, Jacob deGrom, Kevin Gausman
• Zac Gallen at NYM/at PHI 4:30
• Aaron Civale at NYY/at NYM 7:00
• Dean Kremer at CHW/SFG 8:01
• Brayan Bello MIL/at STL 11:05
• Jameson Taillon at TBR/PIT 12:00
• Brandon Williamson at MIA/LAA 12:30
• Tanner Bibee KCR/at ATL 16:44
• Ryan Feltner/Kyle Freeland HOU/at SDP 18:22
• Shane Smith/Erick Fedde 페디 BAL/at KCR 18:40

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