Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offers up their waiver wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
10:25 Closer chaos
17:30 Spencer Strider's rehab
20:45 Tyler Soderstrom
24:55 Spencer Torkelson
27:45 Victor Scott
30:50 Brandon Marsh
33:15 Kyle Manzardo
36:10 Jack Leiter
38:35 Sean Burke
40:30 Kris Bubic
42:55 Tony Santillan
47:00 AJ Smith-Shawver
50:00 Deep-league pitchers
1:01:20 Deep-league hitters

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0:00 Intro/The regular season is here!

News/takeaways from Opening Day

• Wilyer Abreu, Tyler Soderstrom both hit multiple homers
• Luke Jackson gives it up for TEX
• Ian Gibaut gets the Opening Day save chance for Cincinnati, squanders it
• Cam Smith notched a hit in his first big-league plate appearance.

Pickups from the Steak League (beyond Luke Jackson types):

• Alan Roden $11
• A.J. Smith-Shawver $9
• Tyler Mahle $5
• Ryan Bliss $1
• Clay’s pickups: Tony Santillan, Scott Barlow, Gavin Sheets all for $0

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of March 31, 2025)

• Corbin Burnes 5
• Joey Estes 0
• Grant Holmes 3 (Todd 2)
• Cade Povich 3 (Todd 2)
• Sean Newcomb 0
• Ben Brown 1
• Brady Singer 1 (Todd 3)
• Carson Spiers 0
• Luis L. Ortiz 0 (Todd 1)
• German Marquez 0
• Martin Perez 0
• Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3)
• Ronel Blanco 3
• Kris Bubic 2
• Tyler Anderson 0
• Tyler Glasnow 5
• Cal Quantrill 0
• Tyler Alexander 1
• Chad Patrick 0
• Chris Paddack 2
• David Peterson 2 (Todd 3)
• Will Warren 3
• Cristopher Sanchez 5
• Carmen Mlodzinski 0
• Kyle Hart 1(Todd 2)
• Emerson Hancock 1 (Todd 2)
• Jordan Hicks 0
• Miles Mikolas 1
• Drew Rasmussen 1 (Todd 2)
• Kumar Rocker 1
• Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)
• Trevor Williams 0

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Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of Scout the Statline to break down every rookie who earned an Opening Day roster spot.

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00:00 Headlines

10:45 AL East Rookies

24:45 AL Central Rookies

34:35 AL West Rookies

48:45 NL East Rookies

58:30 NL Central Rookies

1:00:45 NL West Rookies

1:06:10 Minor-leaguers to stash

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James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about his updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings

00:00 Intro

01:20 Grant Taylor

03:15 Angel Genao

04:20 Alan Roden

06:15 Chase Petty

07:45 Emil Morales

10:20 Jett Williams

13:05 Spencer Nivens/Gavin Cross

16:20 Jacob Wilson/Max Muncy

17:20 Agustin Ramirez

19:15 Potential Risers

21:10 Sal Frelick

22:45 Zyhir Hope

23:55 Kristian Campbell

25:30 Zach Fruit

27:40 Roman Anthony/Junior Caminero

28:55 Brady House

29:55 2024 Draft Class

31:35 Cam Smith vs. Kristian Campbell

32:45 Cam Smith vs. Jasson Dominguez

33:40 Jan Caglianone vs. Nick Kurtz

35:35 AL FYPD Prospects

37:00 Coby Mayo

38:50 Matt Wilkinson

40:00 Chase DeLauter

41:20 Felnin Celesten

42:20 Tracking Categories

44:00 Robby Snelling

45:25 Sal Stewart

46:20 Rhett Lowder

46:50 Chandler Simpson

47:40 Sabin Ceballos

48:40 Wyatt Langford

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Mookie Betts is the incredible shrinking man, Shane McClanahan got hurt in his last spring training start, Cam Smith made the Astros Opening Day roster, Braves pitchers keep rising on the draft boards and the closer market got tighter with Alexis Diaz hitting the IL. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson hit how these stories are changing late fantasy drafts and early free agent periods and more!

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00:00 Fred Pod 3-24

00:30 Welcome

01:00 First FAAB Run

03:30 LABR FAAB Results - Cam Smith

09:30 Mookie Betts

16:30 Quick ME recap

16:45 Zac Gallen

24:20 Roupp over Birdsong

27:45 Does anyone ever punt saves in the ME, and take advantage of the inflation?

31:20 Xavier Edwards in a big contest, because he could steal 75.

34:00 Fantrax

35:00 Did the hype go too far on some SPs during draft season?

35:30 Robbie Ray and Christopher Sanchez inside the top 100?

39:00 Gavin Williams and Clay Holmes inside the top 150? Did we wind up disrespecting guys like Luis Castillo and Freddy Peralta, who are consistently good?

45:40 NFBC RotoWire Online Championship

46:45 Job Battle Resolution

47:00 Alan Roden.

54:30 BlueWire

54:35 How much is a win worth (Landon Knack)?

57:50 Streaming early in April. For example, Chris Paddack and Simeon Woods-Richardson can be streamed vs. CWS next week.

1:00:55 Landen Roupp and Hayden Birdsong.

1:03:15 Kristian Campbell or Jackson Holliday?

1:06:00 Nolan Jones - Will Brennan may not make the team. It seems like this trade is a loss for everyone except Jordan Beck. I don’t like it for Nolan Jones, Noel, all the other Rockies.

1:08:45 What are we expecting from Victor Scott? Does his addition ruin a Nolan Gorman bounceback season?

1:11:30 Is it concerning that Corbin Burnes is starting the fifth game of the season?

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1, discuss all the injuries across the league and discuss their NFBC Main Event drafts from Las Vegas this weekend. They break down how to deal with the half-week of games during Opening Weekend and get into the news from the past few days on Shane McClanahan, Zack Gelof, Gunnar Henderson and more. Then, they take an in-depth look through their big Main Events drafts this weekend, talking about the strategy they employed and the thinking behind most of their picks.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer review the winners and losers from the most important job battles around the league, highlighting players who have emerged as sleepers or early-season waiver pickups.

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00:00 Headlines
18:48 Red Sox Closer
22:31 Atlanta Fifth Starter
25:26 Red Sox Second Base/Third Base/DH
29:01 Mets Second Base
31:26 Royals Fifth Starter
32:52 Nationals Fifth Starter
35:52 Tigers Right Field/DH
36:59 Cubs Third Base
39:27 Tigers Fourth Starter/Fifth Starter
42:03 Cubs Fifth Starter
45:19 Astros Right Field
48:40 Giants Fifth Starter
52:00 Mariners Second Base
53:47 Cardinals Center Field
57:10 Rangers Center Field
58:54 Reds Closer
1:03:15 Rangers Fourth Starter/Fifth Starter
1:06:08 Diamondbacks Closer
1:09:47 Yankees Fourth Starter/Fifth Starter
1:11:37 Dodgers Fifth Starter

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0:00 Intro/Big weekend of drafts

Closers on shaky ground:

• 1:39 Alexis Diaz
  • Taylor Rogers
• David Bednar
  • Interesting alternatives?
• ARI closers
• Liam Hendriks
• 11:51 Felix Bautista uncertain for Opening Day
• Is anyone touching DET closers?
• 16:50 Jhoan Duran
  • https://x.com/NickNelsonMN/status/1902379970757882157
• Robert Suarez
• Pete Fairbanks

News and notes

• 30:19 Gunnar Henderson (intercostal) “running out of time” to be ready for Opening Day
• Ryan Weathers sidelined with forearm strain
• Jared Jones seeking a second opinion… sounds ominous.
• Hunter Goodman is mashing this spring (catcher eligible)
• Cade Povich projected to make the BAL rotation.
• Thairo Estrada broken wrist

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Erik Halterman is joined by Tristan Cockcroft of ESPN to review their NL-only Tout Wars draft, discussing their strategies and favorite value picks. Draft board: https://tinyurl.com/2025ToutWars.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Hitter/pitcher balance

17:45 Building a deep-league bullpen

21:00 $1 players

26:20 Building a deep-league rotation

32:30 Building a deep-league lineup

36:45 Infield vs. Outfield

40:35 Bidding tricks

44:40 Tristan vs. Erik playing time battles

49:30 Other interesting buys and builds

57:10 Best bullpen buys

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00:00 Intro

01:45 Aroon Escobar

05:30 Arjun Nimmala

09:45 Didier Fuentes

16:45 Juan Valera/David Sandlin

21:50 Bubba Chandler/Thomas Harrington

25:45 Konnor Griffin

28:20 Bryce Rainer

30:55 Jake Bloss

34:45 Roman Anthony

36:30 Cam Smith

41:05 Jac Caglianone

44:00 Tony Blanco Jr.

46:25 George Lombard Jr.

49:20 Will Warren/AJ Smith-Shawver

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