Monday featured a slew of fantastic pitcher outings, including starts from Casey Mize, Tyler Glasnow, Freddy Peralta, and a number of streamers as well. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss them all, plus they re-evaluate Ramon Laureano's value after his seven stolen bases to begin the season. Finally, is Madison Bumgarner a drop?

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Heston Kjerstad just got the call - how interested are we in grabbing him? Keaton Winn wins again! Albert Suarez has had two great starts in a row. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss those players and more!
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00:00 - Heston Kjerstad is up! How interested are we?
12:15 - Monday results:
12:30 - Did WE find something useful in Albert Suarez?
16:25 - Keaton Winn
19:15 - The Rockies stink
26:30 - Ranger Suarez
32:15 - Bryce Elder
36:00 - We undervalued Yusei Kikuchi…..
41:00 - Is Chris Paddack good or are the White Sox THAT bad?
43:00 - Are the Cards starting to break out of their collective slump?
46:00 - Why is Corbin Carroll so bad?…..
52:15 - Triston Casas out “a while”
55:30 - Would you rather be off to a good start in hitting or pitching? Or does it matter?
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Five Must-Start Pitchers for Week 4

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

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) of RotoBaller to check in on the most widely-hyped sleepers of draft season to see who's started off hot and who's started off cold.
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00:00 Headlines
19:30 Sleepers off to bad starts: Wyatt Langford, AJ Puk, Maikel Garcia, Victor Scott, Hunter Brown, Gavin Stone, Henry Davis
43:00 Sleepers off to hot starts: Jared Jones, Shota Imanaga, Bryce Miller, Kutter Crawford, Nelson Velasquez, Jackson Merrill
1:01:15 Bust off to a great start: Elly De La Cruz
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Early Sleeper Hype Check-In With Kev Mahserejian

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.

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Headlines: 00:00
Priority FAAB Hitters: 20:02
Priority FAAB Pitchers: 40:53
Budget Pitchers: 48:22
Budget Hitters: 1:01:14

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FAAB Targets (Week of April 22, 2024)

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk struggling players, pickups and more before grading all of next week's two-start pitching options.

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0:00 Intro/Players young and old are struggling/Jack Leiter

Pickups

Jack Leiter wasn’t picked up in the RotoWire Steak League

6:50 Kirby Yates - $39

9:25 Jose Butto - $12

11:00 Andy Pages - $11

Wilyer Abreu - $10

16:30 Jonatan Clase - $7

Jake Irvin - $5

Orion Kerkering - $4

Joey Loperfido - $3


26:30 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 22, 2024)

Brandon Pfaadt 3

Reynaldo Lopez 3 (Todd 4)

Grayson Rodriguez 5

Tanner Houck 4 (Todd 5)

Jordan Wicks 1 (Todd 0)

Hunter Greene 3

Andrew Abbott 2

Ben Lively 0

Austin Gomber 0

Chris Flexen 0

Tarik Skubal 5

Brady Singer 3

Michael Wacha 1 (Todd 2)

Reid Detmers 4

Ryan Weathers 1 (Todd 0)

Joe Ross 0 (Todd 1)

Wade Miley 0 (Todd 1)

Chris Paddack 1 (Todd 0)

Pablo Lopez 5

Jose Quintana 2

46:30 Carlos Rodon 3

Marcus Stroman 3

JP Sears 1 (Todd 2)

Paul Blackburn 2

49:00 Taijuan Walker 0

51:15 Jared Jones 5

Bailey Falter 0

Dylan Cease 4

Michael King 4

Logan Gilbert 5

54:00 Keaton Winn 3

Lance Lynn 3

Zack Littell 4

Jon Gray 3 (Todd 4)

Yusei Kikuchi 4

Kevin Gausman 5

Patrick Corbin 0


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