Fantasy baseball is back! Vlad Sedler (@rotogut) and back-to-back high-stakes national auction champ Mike Mager (@bronxyankees23) kick off the 2026 season with a breakdown of offseason moves and fantasy impact of every American League team. Will the Yankees make some free agent splashes? How bad are the pitching staffs of the Astros and Orioles? Do we buy in on George Springer and Byron Buxton at their new prices? Everything AL is covered in this episode. Enjoy!

Episode outline:

• Hello and intro
• Draft-and-Hold strategies
• Real-life free agents as fantasy discounts
• FTN content preview and discount code
• Some quick thoughts on closers
• Blue Jays - Santander a steal? Buy back on Springer? Will Cody Ponce be good?
• Orioles - Basallo or Rutschman, and more!
• Yankees and Red Sox need to make moves
• Rays moving back to the Trop - how that affects their pitchers and hitters
• The sad state of the AL Central
• Breaking down the AL West - will the Angels be awful again? (answer: yes)

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