In our 57th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer open by discussing two opposite history-making baseball stories in Aaron Judge and Danny Jansen before analyzing the latest wave of prospect callups and injuries affecting our fantasy teams. Then we do a far too early mock first round (12 picks) draft for 2025.

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Links to things discussed in the pod:

• Possibility of Aaron Judge hitting 73 home runs one day (sub)
• Piece on Danny Jansen making history (sub)
• Dylan Crews called up in Washington
• Rhett Lowder set to debut Friday
• Ty Madden arrives in Detroit
• Rich Hill is back, back again
• Austin Riley likely done for year with broken hand
• Willson Contreras also likely done for year with fractured finger
• Ketel Marte placed on IL with ankle sprain
• Hunter Greene shelved with elbow issue
• Tyler Glasnow dealing with elbow tendinitis
• Pete Fairbanks hits IL with lat strain
• Xavier Edwards placed on injured list
• Joey Bart suffers hammy pull, placed on IL
• WADE MECKLER, links to some fave posts:
  • The Meckler creed
  • 2024 Topps Chrome box meme
  • Another Topps Chrome meme
  • The beauty of pulling a rare Meckler

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• 8/28: Panini Boys of Summer
• 8/30: Topps Pristine
• 8/30: Topps Complete Sets
• 9/6: Topps Pro Debut
• 9/11: Bowman Chrome
• 10/2: Panini Prizm

Categories Discussion (1:15:33)

2025 Mock First Round Draft
Too Early Meatball Draft results (link)
Our 2024 mock first round draft (link)

1. Shohei Ohtani
2. Bobby Witt Jr.
3. Aaron Judge
4. Jose Ramirez
5. Elly De La Cruz
6. Juan Soto
7. Gunnar Henderson
8. Mookie Betts
9. Kyle Tucker
10. Francisco Lindor
11. Ronald Acuna Jr.
12. Paul Skenes