Lead prospect analyst James Anderson reacts and Senior MLB Editor Clay Link overreacts to the first week of action. They talk Yermin Mercedes, Jonathan India, Geraldo Perdomo, Ryan Weathers and more before discussing their preferred walk-up songs.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss Colton Cowser and all the other popular FAAB bids and chat about all the baseball action this weekend. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Talking FAAB & Recapping the Weekend in Baseball

Erik Halterman and guest Rick Graham of Pitcher List try to figure just who exactly counts as a closer right now and who's stuck in a committee.
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00:00 Headlines
15:20 Bullpens with obvious closers: ATL, BAL, BOS, CIN, CLE, HOU, NYM, NYY, SDP, SFG, STL, WSH
22:40 Bullpens whose obvious closer is currently injured: ARI, MIL, MIN, TOR
34:00 Bullpens with some question marks: CHC, CWS, COL, LAA, LAD, MIA, OAK, PIT, SEA, TBR
55:30 Bullpens with big question marks: DET, KCR, PHI, TEX
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Closers and Committees with Rick Graham

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss all the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.
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FAAB Targets (Week of April 15, 2024)

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk injuries, pickups, prospects and more before grading all of next week's two-start pitching options!

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0:00 Intro/Jackson Holliday arrives to the big leagues

Pickups

James McArthur - $37

6:00 Cody Bradford - $22 in Steak League FAAB

Gavin Sheets - $21

Jurickson Profar - $11

Yariel Rodriguez - $11

Spencer Arrighetti - $10

Josh H. Smith - $9

15:00 Christian Scott - $7

16:30 Ben Brown - $6

David Hamilton - $5

Bryce Elder - $2

20:40 James Wood


25:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 15, 2024)

Merrill Kelly 4 (Todd 5 in points)

Reynaldo Lopez 3

Cole Irvin 1 (Todd 0)

Kutter Crawford 4 (Todd 3)

Garrett Whitlock 4

Kyle Hendricks 0

31:45 Tanner Bibee 4

Cal Quantrill 0

Erick Fedde 0 (Todd 1)

Reese Olsen 1

Casey Mize 0

Spencer Arrighetti 0

Seth Lugo 4

Patrick Sandoval 0

Jose Soriano 0

AJ Puk 0

39:00 Edward Cabrera 1

Joe Ross 0 (Todd 1)

Louie Varland 2

Adrian Houser 0

Ross Stripling 0 (Todd 1)

46:50 Aaron Nola 5

Martin Perez 0 (Todd 1)

Joe Musgrove 3

George Kirby 4

Jordan Hicks 4 (Todd 3)

Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 2)

Sonny Gray 5

Zach Eflin 4

Aaron Civale 4

Jon Gray 1 (Todd 3)

Chris Bassitt 4

Patrick Corbin -1


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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 15, 2024)

Luis Castillo and George Kirby at least are healthy, but they are two aces on the struggle bus. Paul Sporer from Fangraphs joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the pitching climate right now and cautions us not to panic.
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00:30 - Breathe, relax!
03:30 - George Kirby
08:30 - Luis Castillo
12:30 - Tanner Bibee
17:30 - Hunter Brown (ouch *2!)
25:00 - Joe Musgrove
30:00 - Logan Webb
33:15 - Jordan Hicks sidebar
37:30 - Max Fried
40:40 - Holliday's debut and trade value
47:00 - Cody Bradford
49:30 - Spencer Turnbull
52:30 - Jesus Luzardo
1:00:00 - Your new pod with Nick Pollack
1:02:00 - Shohei affidavit
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