Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the FAAB action from the weekend and also dive into some big names on offense who have struggled to start the 2024 season, including Paul Goldschmidt, Randy Arozarena and Gleyber Torres. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Early Strugglers on Offense and a FAAB Recap

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap another batch of big name injuries across the league, talk AL West and AL East and break down a big weekend in FAAB, led by Mets pitcher Christian Scott. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Big Weekend of Rookies in FAAB

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ (@RyanBHQ) to discuss the players improving in multiple ways at once this season.
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00:00 Headlines
17:15 Vinnie Pasquantino
24:00 Brice Turang, Brenton Doyle
28:15 Tyler Stephenson, Willy Adames
32:15 Alec Bohm, Christian Walker, Salvador Perez
39:15 More top hitters showing improvements
41:15 Sleeper hitters showing improvements
53:45 Pitchers showing improvements
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Improving Across the Board With Ryan Bloomfield

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest headlines, including the Luis Arraez trade, and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week.
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Headlines: 00:00
Priority FAAB Pitchers: 20:53
Priority FAAB Hitters: 35:09
Budget Pitchers: 51:41
Budget Hitters: 1:00:25
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FAAB Targets (Week of May 6, 2024)

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!

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0:00 Intro/Christian Scott is on his way to join the Mets

Pickups

Joey Loperfido

Tyler Black

9:00 Garrett Cooper

Kyle Gibson

10:30 Wenceel Perez $3

Jose Miranda $1

14:00 Jacob Young


22:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 6, 2024)

Zac Gallen 5

Justin Steele 3

Frankie Montas 2

Corbin Carroll

Triston McKenzie 3

33:30 Logan Allen 3

Dakota Hudson 0

Mike Soroka 0

Mike Clevinger 2 (Todd 0)

Jack Flaherty 4 (Todd 3)

Justin Verlander 5 (Todd 4)

39:30 Cole Ragans 5

Seth Lugo 4

Tyler Anderson 3

Patrick Sandoval 1 (Todd 2)

Walker Buehler 4

Braxton Garrett 0

Bryse Wilson 1

Colin Rea 1

Simeon Woods Richardson 0 (Todd 1)

49:00 Bailey Ober 4

Luis Gil 3

Alex Wood 0

58:40 Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4)

Yu Darvish 3

Luis Castillo 5

Mason Black 0

Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 0)

Miles Mikolas 1

Sem Robberse 0

Tyler Alexander 1

1:03 Andrew Heaney 2


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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 6, 2024)

Paul Goldschmidt is off to an awful start to the season - what's our level of panic? Ryan Hallam (@fightingchance) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Goldy and a handful of other struggling first basemen, the Cardinals, and even Fantasy Survivor!
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00:00 - I. Slumping First Basemen
01:00 - Goldy
04:00 - Matt Olson
06:30 - Vladdy Jr.
10:45 - Freddie Freeman* (sort of - a bit of a power drought)
13:00 - Ryan’s work for Spotlight
14:00 - Spencer Torkelson
16:00 - Jordan Walker
18:45 - Yandy Diaz
21:00 - Andrew Vaughn
23:30 - Jose Abreu
26:00 - II. Cardinals Talk
27:00 - 14-17, -30 run differential, 109 R scored
29:30 - Sorting out the OF now and going forward
33:30 - Rotation
36:00 - Manager / Front Office
38:35 - III. Check in on Tout, your other leagues
42:30 - IV. Fantasy Survivor
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Early Strugglers on Offense and a FAAB Recap

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