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2026 STARTER PREVIEW Pt. 3

GOOD LAST YEAR 2:22

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• Ryne Nelson
• Braxton Ashcraft
• Mike Burrows
• Chad Patrick
• Noah Cameron
• Casey Mize
• Will Warren
• Jacob Latz
• Shane Smith
• Simeon Woods Richardson
• Justin Wrobleski/River Ryan

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2026 STARTER PREVIEW Pt. 5

LEFTIES

• Ranger Suarez 4:14
• Kris Bubic 8:11
• Shane McClanahan 11:23
• Carlos Rodón 19:14
• Ryan Weathers 21:55
• Matthew Boyd 25:14
• Andrew Abbott 28:42

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2026 STARTER PREVIEW Pt. 4

• Nathan Eovaldi – 9:18
• Sandy Alcantara – 14:21
• Blake Snell – 18:18
• MacKenzie Gore – 23:30
• Trey Yesavage – 29:08
• Shota Imanaga – 37:20
• Robbie Ray – 41:33
• Bubba Chandler – 49:10
• Tatsuya Imai – 57:40
• Cade Horton & Edward Cabrera – 1:03:00

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3/9/26

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2026 STARTER PREVIEW Pt. 3

Juice Worth the Squeeze? Pt. 2

• Ryan Pepiot 4:12
• Spencer Strider 8:33
• Michael King 14:20
• Zack Wheeler 18:24
• Tyler Glasnow 24:15

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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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3/3/26

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2026 STARTER PREVIEW

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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2/27/26

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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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2026 OUTFIELD PREVIEW

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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