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The following players are discussed:1. James Wood (Was)2. Jackson Holliday (Bal)3. Zac Veen (Col)4. Tyler Callihan (Cin)5. Brock Wilken (Mil)6. Deyvison De Los Santos (AZ)7. Xavier Isaac (TB)8. Mac Horvath (Bal)9. Yohendrick Pinango (CHC)10. Aidan Miller (Phi)11. Jeffry Rosa (NYM)12. Colt Emerson (Sea)13. Sammy Stafura (Cin)14. Esteban Mejia (Tex)15. Brailer Guerrero (TB)16. David Festa (Min)17. Julian Aguiar (Cin)18. Zebby Matthews (Min)19. Yilber Diaz (AZ)20. Jaden Hamm (Det)21. Andrew Sears (Det)

Rich and Tim reviewed this weeks waiver wire

Take 10 with Tim – May 11, 20241.Paul Skenes will make his Major League debut today (Saturday). He’s being hyped relentlessly. MLB.COM has an article entitled: The making of Paul Skenes a ‘one’ in a decade kind of pitcher. a.Are you starting him?2.Let’s take a look at the standing since we are getting close to the quarter point in the season.3.Well, that didn’t last long, as Tyler Black was optioned back to Triple-A. When do you think we'll see him back up?4.Willson Contreras got hit in the arm by a swing from JD Martinez. I read that the Cardinals had him move closer and given how deep Martinez is in the box, well, it didn’t go well. It’s interesting you don’t see more of this.a.Who gets the playing time in St. Louis? Are you interested?5.Kyle Harrison has been great this season, posting a 3.20 ERA. Who are your top two ROY contributors in each league at this point?6.While we are waiting for the Rays to promote Junior Caminero, the Rays promoted Jonny DeLuca instead, and he’s been great so far. Any thoughts?

The following players are discussed:1. Pedro Leon (Hou)2. Moises Ballesteros (CHC)3. Mitch Jebb (Pit)4. Lazaro Montes (Sea)5. Chayce McDermott (Bal)6. Zebby Matthews (Min)

Fantasy Baseball Live – May 5, 2024 @ 3pmSegment 1 – Review the games of the weekendAdditional Notes:1.We had a trade. Luis Arraez goes to the Padres for a package of prospects (Dillon Head, Jakob Marsee, Woo-Suk Go, and Nathan Martorellaa.Do you like this trade for the Padres? What about the Marlins returnb.Any change in the fantasy outlook of Arraez?c.c. You’re a big fan of Jakob Marsee and drafted him in numerous leagues this season. Now that he is in Miami, you might get a payoff. What do you think? When do we see him?d.Woo-Suk Go. What do you think we should see from him this season?2.John Means looked good on his return to Baltimore. Is he a no-doubt start every week?3.Christian Scott looked great in his debut. 6.2 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 6K/1BB4.Steven Kwan was pulled from last night’s game with a hamstring injury. Any thoughts if he misses time?5.Trea Turner hit the IL and Edmundo Sosa is the likely fill-in. Any interest?Segment 2 – Waiver WireSegment 3 – Closer ReportClose

Take 10 with Tim – May 3, 2024—There will be only eight questions because one of them is quite long. I will limit it to an hour.1.How are your teams doing?2.The all-bad start to the season team. Any hope of a recoveryC: Gabriel Moreno (ARI, 11th catcher off the board): .238, 9 Runs, 13 RBI, 0 HR, 0 SB, 1B: Vlad Guerrreo (Tor, 5th) - .231, 11 runs, 11 RBI, 3 HR, 0 SB2B: Gleyber Torres (NYY, 6th) - .215, 14 runs, 6 RBI, 0 HR, 3 SB3B: Austin Riley (ATL, 2nd) - .235, 17 runs, 16 RBI, 2 HR, 0 SBSS: Bo Bichette (Tor, 8th) - .205, 9 runs, 11 RBI, 1 HR, 3 SBOF: Corbin Carroll (AZ, 4th) - .197, 13 runs, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 8 SBOF: Randy Arozarena (TB, 13th) - .139, 12 runs, 9 RBI, 3 HR, 4 SBOF: Wyatt Langford (Tex, 30th) - .239, 13 runs, 11 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SBSP: Joe Musgrove (SD, 30th) – 41 IP, 6.37 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 36K, 3 winsRP: Josh Hader (Hou, #2) – 12.2 IP, 6.39 ERA, 2 savesAny other player or players you would like to throw into the fold.3.We had three of the more prominent prospects get the call this weekend. How much

The following players are discussed:1. Kyle Manzardo (Cle)2. Deyvison De Los Santos (AZ)3. Dylan Beavers (Bal)4. Gavin Conticello (AZ)5. Jeral Perez (LAD)6. Cade Povich (Bal)7. Matt Wilkinson (Cle)8. Jonah Tong (NYM)

Rich discusses this week's Waiver Wire Pickups.He also does a breakdown of Parker Meadows and Andrew Vaughn.

Take 10 with TimLet’s redraft the first round as if the season started today, but we have all the knowledge from the first three weeks.1.Let’s do a similar exercise for closers and draft the Top 10 closers.2.Connor Wong hit his fifth home run on Wednesday to add to his .370 batting average. I have him in a couple of leagues just because my catcher went down. I surely didn’t expect this. Is this sustainable?3.The Cardinals demote a struggling Jordan Walker. I wrote about this for our Patreon members, and the analytics show some encouraging things. What say you?4.Heston Kjerstad gets the call. Will you be going after him aggressively this weekend?5.More movesa.Cody Bellinger hits the IL with a fractured rib, and your guy, Pete Crow Armstrong, gets the call. Will he get enough at-bats to matter? Is he worth rostering?i.What about Mike Tauchman to get increased playing time?b.Kevin Keirmair hits the IL and Addison Barger gets the call.i.Any interest?c.Blake Snell hits the IL…insert joke here. 6.Give me th

The following players are discussed:1. Tyler Black (Mil)2. Kyle Manzardo (Cle)3. Frederick Bencosme (Bal)4. Cole Carrigg (Col)5. Ralphy Valazquez (Cle)6. AJ Blubaugh (Hou)7. Jaden Hamm (Det)

Fantasy Baseball Live – April 21, 2024Segment 1 – Review of the weekend gamesAdditional Questions:1.Blake Snell – Yikes!2.Yariel Rodriguez – Another nice outing. What’d think?3.As you know, I liked Maysn Winn better than Jordan Walker, but I didn’t expect Walker to be this bad. What happened? His strikeout is up; he’s showing zero power (.283 SLG). WOW!4.Will Shota Imanaga be a better fantasy option than Yamamoto?5.Max Scherzer will start a rehab this week. Maybe 3 weeks or so?Segment 2 – Waiver WireSegment 3 – Closer ReportClose

Take 10 with Tim – April 19, 2024 – 8 am ET1.    We had two big prospects get the call and make their MLB Debut.  Are you interested in either player?a.    Andy Pagesi.    Does he get full-time at-bats?  If so, what does the outfield in LAD look like?b.    Jack Leiteri.    He was a little shaky on his first start against a Quad-4 lineup.2.    The Red Sox pitching duo of Kutter Crawford (21.1 IP, 0.42 ERA, 10 K/9, 3.4 BB/9, 0 wins) and Tanner Houck (26.2 IP, 1.35 ERA, 9.5 K/9, 0.68 BB/9 3 wins), have been terrific.  Are you buying their starts?3.    What one or two players that you drafted that you wish you would have left for someone else?4.    Who is your early personal MVP on your teams.  A guy you believed in and took earlier than others?5.    We have passed the 10% mark on the season.  What advice do you have for fantasy managersa.    Managers who are doing well.b.    Managers who are struggling.6.    Over-Under gamea.    Mike Trout – 35 home runs (currently has 8)b.    Mike Trout – 15 stolen bases (5)c.

The following players are discussed:1. Joey Loperfido (Hou)2. Andy Pages (LAD)3. Abimelec Ortiz (Tex)4. Luke Keaschell (Min)5. Lazaro Montes (Sea)6. Santiago Suarez (TB)

Fantasy Baseball Live – April 14, 2024Segment 1 – Review Weekend GamesAdditional Questions and Observations1.Holliday has been struggling and over his first three games he’s 0 for 11 with seven strikeouts. Please ease the nerves of Holliday’s fantasy managers.2.Talk about struggling, Maikel Garcia has been struggling. Do you think he’ll be dropped from the top of the lineup? Demoted??3.Yariel Rodriguez started Saturday’s game and looked great. 3.2 IP 1 ER, 6K.a.Kevin Gausman continues to struggle. At least his velo was back. He’s got NY this week. Do you sit him?4.Bobby Miller hits the IL with shoulder inflammation. Of course, he did.5.Ronel Blanco gave up a run. I didn’t think this was allowed…6.Your call on MacKenzie Gore continues to look really good. He was great on Saturday. Granted it was against the A’s, but the stuff looks great. Is he starting to put it together?7.Talk about great. How about Nick Lodolo’s first outing of the season? In 5.2 IP, he gave up one hit and struck out 10! Holy

Take 10 with Tim – April 12, 2024 at 8 am ET1.    Jackson Holliday gets the call.  Kind of makes you wonder why he didn’t just go North with the team?a.    Stat line for 2024 – HR, SB, BA2.    Four hitters off to hot starts – Should we be buying into this?a.    Tyler O’Neill (ADP=221) - .343/.489/.857, 6 HR, 10K/8BBb.    Ryan McMahon (223) – .383/.464/.553, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 12K/8BBc.    Alex Kiriloff (356) – .324/.385/.647, 1 HR, 5K/3BBd.    Dominic Canzone (486) – .233/.303/.567, 3 HR3.    Four pitchers off to hot starts – Should we be buying into this?a.    Tanner Houck (393) – 12 IP, 2 wins, 0.00 ERA, 17K/2BBb.    Brady Singer (428) – 13.1 IP, 1 win, 0.68 ERA, 14K/2BBc.    Cody Bradford (483) – 19.1 IP, 3 wins, 1.40 ERA, 17K/2BBd.    Paul Blackburn (486) – 13 IP, 1 win, 0.00 ERA, only a 4.85 K/94.    Five hitters off to slow starts – Should we be worried?a.    Ronald Acuna (1) - .256/.383/.308, 0 HR, 4 SB, 13K/7BBb.    Julio Rodriguez (3) - .196/.255/.216, 0 HR, 2 SB, 18K/3BBc.    Nolan Jones (49) - .157/.246/

The following players were discussed:1. Heston Kjerstad (Bal)2. Agustin Ramirez (NYY)3. Cam Collier (Cin)4. Rayne Doncon (Min)5. Yariel Rodriguez (Tor)6. Chase Dollander (Col)

Rich and Tim discuss Major League Baseball's pitching crisis

Segment 2 – Review of this weekend’s games Segment 3 – Waiver Wire Segment 4 – Closer Report

Take 10 with Tim – April 5, 20241.Five hitters with hot starts – Which ones are you buying?a.Maikel Garcia - .280, 3 HR, 7 RBI,1 SB, 7K/1BB.b.Michael Conforto - .391, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 7K/2BB.c.Jarren Duran - .393, 0 HR, 6 SB, 6K/2BBd.Brice Turang - .438, 0 HR, 6 SB, 5K/1BBe.Luis Campusano - .400, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1K/0BBf.Jeremy Pena - .400, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3K/1BB2.Five pitchers with hot starts – Which ones are you buying?a.Shane Bieber – 12 IP, 10 hits, 0 ER, 20K/1BBb.Garrett Crochet – 13 IP, 8 hits, 2 ER, 16K/1BBc.Nick Pivetta – 11 IP, 8 hits, 1 ER, 13K/1BBd.Aarron Civale – 12 IP, 8 hits, 2 ER, 14K/2BBe.Clay Holmes – 4.1 IP, 3 runs, 0 ER, 2 HB, 1K/0BB, 3 saves (leads the league)3.Four disappointing starts from hitters – Which ones concern you?a.Evan Carter – 0 for 15, 1 SB, 2K/6BBb.Anthony Rendon – 0 for 19, 5K/1BBc.Ramon Urias – 0 for 13, 1K/1BB – Jackson Holliday is hitting .400 with 2 HRsd.Kris Bryant – 1 for 19, 10K/2BB4.Three disappointing starts from pitchers – Which ones concern you?a.Mitch Keller – 2 starts, 6.

The following players are discussed:1. Shota Imanaga (CHC)2. Jackson Chourio (Mil)3. Braden Shewmake (CHW)4. Kyle Harrison (SF)5. Jared Jones (Pit)6. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LAD)7. Paul Skenes (Pit)8. Owen Caissie (CHC)9. Junior Caminero (TB)10. Jackson Holliday (Bal)11. Connor Norby (Bal)12. Jack Leiter (Tex)13. Carson Whisenhunt (SF)14. Quinn Priester (Pit)15. Joey Loperfido (Hou)