10 Players the Experts Are Adding in Fantasy Baseball
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Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects?
00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-25
00:30 Week 5 Preview
01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20!
03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central
04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost 6 in a row.
Reds sweep Guardians
10:50 Schedule Notes
11:00 7 Gamers: AL - Boston, Balt, Cleve, Det, A’s, Angels, Hou
11:10 NL: Phillies, Pirates, Brewers, Rockies
11:20 Balt, Bos and Hou facing 7 RHP.
Nice schedules:
11:30 Phillies monster, 4 @ Col, 3 @ A’s
12:00 Nick Kurtz
13:00 A’s: 7 home, 4 LAA, 3 Philly (Also get 7 home in 2 weeks)
15:00 Red Sox 7 home: 3 NYM, 4 Balt
15:45 Brewers: 3 Balt, 4 @ Pitt
16:00 Angels: 4 @ A’s, 3 Miami
17:50 Rockies – Home 7: 4 Philly, 3 NYY
18:13 BlueWire
18:20 News and notes
18:25 Jose Alvarado – 80 Game PED Suspension
19:30 Cole Ragans – 15 Day IL with left groin tightness; Seth Lugo – 15Day IL with middle finger inflammation.
19:45 Xavier Edwards - 10 Day Il with a mid-back strain.
20:15 Evan Carter – 10 Day Il with right quad strain; Tyler O’Neill – 10 Day IL with left shoulder impingement
20:50 Spencer Strider – Liked to return to rotation Tuesday
22:30 Hayden Wesneski – Having TJS
22:45 Chandler Simpson – Missed Sunday with sore hand
23:05 Brandon Woodruff – New rehab assignment starting Wednesday
23:15 George Kirby – Went 64 pitchers in rehab assignment Saturday.
23:30 Justin Martinez – On rehab and nearing return.
24:15 Chris Martin – Removed Sunday with right shoulder discomfort
25:00 Pitcher FAAB
25:10 Starters
25:15 Ryan Weathers (37% ME, 57% 12)
28:25 Hayden Birdsong (84% ME, 47% 12)
32:00 Zebby Matthews (97% ME, but 13% 12 – pitched badly Sunday)
34:45 Clayton Kershaw
36:50 Logan Henderson (93% ME, 18% 12)
39:15 Mick Abel (Not available in NFBC – great game Sunday)
40:50 Noah Cameron; Slade Cecconi; Hunter Dobbins (77% ME); JT Ginn (30% - LAA, Phil)
42:40 Yu Darvish stash
44:30 Relievers
44:40 Jordan Romano (91% ME, 29% 12)
45:30 Luis Mey
46:40 Cubs
48:15 Hitter FAAB
49:00 Dalton Rushing (Playing Time Issues)
53:30 Jordan Lawlar (Playing Time Issues)
59:30 Moises Ballesteros (Big prospect, but PT issues)
1:00:30 Will Benson
1:05:40 Matthew Lugo
1:08:00 Otto Lopez
1:10:00 Player Talk
1:10:20 My god, Pete Crow-Armstrong! (.290, 12/14, 2 more extra base hits Sunday, 27 on the year)
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