Michael Salfino from The Athletic joined Jeff Erickson to discuss how he uses Statcast metrics in his fantasy research. We also reviewed the Yahoo Friends & Family draft that both of us were in, RazzSlam, and injury news on Carlos Carrasco, Framber Valdez and Mike Soroka.
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Michael Salfino from The Athletic on using Statcast Metrics

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The Pirates announced that pitcher Paul Skenes is going to make his Major League debut on Saturday. Travis Sawchik, the Senior Baseball Writer for The Score and author of Big Data Baseball and The MVP Machine joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Skenes and the Pirates, the limitations of MRI's, and his experience in the NFBC so far.
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00:00 - Welcome Travis Sawchik
00:30 - Paul Skenes getting the call
02:45 - Did the Pirates develop Skenes properly?
08:45 - How are the Pirates structuring their rebuild?
16:30 - Big Data Baseball
21:00 - Henry Davis
23:45 - Ke’Bryan Hayes
25:30 - Oneil Cruz
30:40 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand
31:30 - Limitations of MRI’s
39:15 - Reds slumping
40:30 - Wild prospect trades
41:45 - Travis’s experience in the NFBC Main Event
45:00 - The Difficulties of drafting live
54:00 - Managing FAAB
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Excitement Meter - Paul Skenes Getting the Call

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Robo Scouting w/ Dylan White

Last week featured heavy bidding on Christian Scott, and justifiably so, but Fred Zinkie suggests that this week will be nearly as big, highlighted by Kyle Manzardo. He and Jeff Erickson will discuss that, Shohei Ohtani somehow outpacing his high expectations and more!
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00:00 - Dodgers Notes: 
01:00 - Ohtani homered. You were there. I saw some people talking on Twitter about why we seem to draft him too low every year. It’s a good point……
07:20 - Walker Buehler’s return was underwhelming but not terrible….
10:45 - Alex Vesia gets a save. Does that matter?…..
14:25 - Reviewing debut of Kyle Manzardo
20:45 - Mason Black debuts
22:00 - I listened to you and Scott. It was definitely a big FAAB weekend. But we already know that next weekend will be big too. 
24:30 - I can share some of my bids if you want.
26:45 - Christopher Sanchez / Spencer Turnbull
29:00 - Paul Sewald returns
30:15 - Cody Bellinger returns
32:30 - Justin Steele looked good in his return…..
34:00 - Simeon Woods-Richardson looks great but has had easy matchups…..
37:30 - Jack Leiter starting again this week
39:30 - Jonny DeLuca
41:30 - Wyatt Langford to IL.
45:30 - Parker Meadows is going to the Minors, which should help Wenceel Perez…
48:00 - A.J. Puk is coming back as a reliever. I wonder if he could become their closer
51:00 - Who else besides the Marlins get “Godfather Offers”? White Sox - Garrett Crochet
53:45 - Godfather Offer: Paste-eating Rockies - Ryan McMahon or nothing
59:30 - Godfather Offer: Los Angeles Angels - Taylor Ward, Reid Detmers
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Another Big FAAB Week Coming

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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Michael Salfino from The Athletic on using Statcast Metrics

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