In our 46th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer open with banter on the latest moves and news including injuries to Ronald Acuna Jr. and Xander Bogaerts along with the Angel Hernandez's retirement and the inclusion of Negro Leagues stats in the MLB record book. Then we discuss minor leaguers that we are burning a reserve roster spot on to stash in on our fantasy teams.

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Links to things discussed in the pod:

• Ronald Acuna tears left ACL, opening playing time for Jarred Kelenic and Adam Duvall
• Xander Bogaerts out for rest of season with shoulder fracture
• Evan Carter placed on IL, Wyatt Langford and Nathan Eovaldi return
• Cristian Javier shelved with forearm strain, Jose Abreu returns, Joey Loperfido sent to Triple-A
• Loperfido to work on 1B skills in Sugar Land
• Angel Hernandez retires
• Negro Leagues statistics officially enter the MLB records
  • Resources on Negro Leagues mentioned:
    • Shakeia Taylor's piece at BP
    • Bob Kendrick's Black Diamonds podcast
    • Vanessa Ivy Rose's Reclaimed: The Forgotten League podcast
    • Only the Ball Was White by Robert Peterson

Upcoming baseball card release schedule:

• 5/28: 2024 Bowman Sapphire
• 6/12: Topps Series 2
• 6/12: Donruss

Categories Discussion (37:00)

Players discussed:

STASH:

• Immediate Top 100 Bats (James Wood, Jackson Holliday, Junior Caminero, Coby Mayo)
  • Caminero's injury details
  • Wood's injury details
  • Mayo's injury details
• Cade Povich
• Tyler Black
• Hurston Waldrep (also discussed Spencer Schwellenbach's chances of sticking with Atlanta)
• Jordan Walker
• David Festa
• Jackson Jobe
• Drew Thorpe

AVOID:

• Shane Baz
• Jordan Lawlar
• Orelvis Martinez