About this episode
Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson break down the weekend news and the FAAB results of the week. --- 00:00 MLB Pod 4-27-25 00:30 Player Talk / Week 5 Preview 01:00 Aaron Judge is just ridiculous (.432 / .520 / .792 – 270 wRC+) 05:00 Taylor Ward (Worst OBP in baseball at .215) 09:30 Marcus Semien (.179 with 2 HR / 1 SB – Keep playing him?) 12:20 How good is Hunter Brown? 14:40 Best winning % in the AL? Seattle Mariners – 6 wins in a row. 17:20 NL West is wild, Dodgers 7 Wins in a row, Padres 5 wins in a row. 19:10 7 Gamers: AL: Royals, White Sox; NL: Dodgers, DBacks, Braves, Reds 19:40 Rockies: Home all week: 3 Det, 3 SD 20:20 Padres: 3 @ NYY, 3 @ Col; Braves: 4 v Cin, 3 @ Pitt; Dodgers: 3 @ Mia, 4 @ AZ 20:50 News and notes 21:00 Triston Casas – Likely out for the year with a ruptured patellar tendon 21:55 Shota Imanaga – Left early Sunday, left hamstring strain while covering first. 23:50 Corbin Burnes – Missing start Monday with right shoulder inflammation – Dbacks hope no IL. 24:25 Tommy Edman – 10 Day IL with an ankle injury. 25:20 Yordan Alvarez – Missed the weekend with inflammation in right hand, no imaging needed 25:40 Anthony Volpe – Sat Sunday after feeling pop in shoulder, but x-rays / MRI clean 26:15 - Isiah Kiner-Falefa – IL with a right hammy strain; Otto Lopez – 10 Day IL with right ankle sprain 26:30 Clarke Schmidt – Scratched Saturday with left side soreness, scheduled to now start Tuesday 27:10 Jackson Merrill – Trending towards return on Monday; Jake Cronenworth – Could return next weekend 31:50 Pitcher FAAB 32:00 Starters 32:15 Tony Gonsolin 35:20 Gunnar Hoglund 37:00 A.J. Smith-Shawver 39:30 Ben Casparius (70% ME) 41:50 Lance McCullers, Jr (Not available in most leagues) 43:00 Ryan Weathers 45:00 Michael Soroka 46:00 Hunter Dobbins 47:00 Logan Evans 47:30 Relievers 48:15 Evan Phillips 49:30 Shelby Miller / Kevin Ginkel 52:00 Hitter FAAB 52:15 Coby Mayo & Hyeseong Kim 53:35 Javier Baez (46% ME); Jeff McNeil (65% ME); Miguel Vargas (90% ME, 11% 12) 57:30 Brandon Marsh (44% ME) 1:00:00 Others - Daniel Schneeman; JP Crawford (58% ME); Chase Meidroth (51% ME); Zach Dezenzo (54% ME); Colt Ketih (42% ME); Javier Sanoja; Alexander Canario; Jorbit Vivas; Eli White; Addison Barger; Jhonkeny Noel; Zack Gelof; Jordan Lawlar Stash? (39% ME); Matt Shaw? (81% ME, 21% 12); Connor Wong (75% ME, 26% 12) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.