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May 19, 2025 10 Players the Experts Are Adding in Fantasy Baseball

Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects?

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00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-25

00:30 Week 5 Preview

01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20!

03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central

04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost 6 in a row.

Reds sweep Guardians

10:50 Schedule Notes

11:00 7 Gamers: AL - Boston, Balt, Cleve, Det, A’s, Angels, Hou

11:10 NL: Phillies, Pirates, Brewers, Rockies

11:20 Balt, Bos and Hou facing 7 RHP.

Nice schedules:

11:30 Phillies monster, 4 @ Col, 3 @ A’s

12:00 Nick Kurtz

13:00 A’s: 7 home, 4 LAA, 3 Philly (Also get 7 home in 2 weeks)

15:00 Red Sox 7 home: 3 NYM, 4 Balt

15:45 Brewers: 3 Balt, 4 @ Pitt

16:00 Angels: 4 @ A’s, 3 Miami

17:50 Rockies – Home 7: 4 Philly, 3 NYY

18:13 BlueWire

18:20 News and notes

18:25 Jose Alvarado – 80 Game PED Suspension

19:30 Cole Ragans – 15 Day IL with left groin tightness; Seth Lugo – 15Day IL with middle finger inflammation.

19:45 Xavier Edwards - 10 Day Il with a mid-back strain.

20:15 Evan Carter – 10 Day Il with right quad strain; Tyler O’Neill – 10 Day IL with left shoulder impingement

20:50 Spencer Strider – Liked to return to rotation Tuesday

22:30 Hayden Wesneski – Having TJS

22:45 Chandler Simpson – Missed Sunday with sore hand

23:05 Brandon Woodruff – New rehab assignment starting Wednesday

23:15 George Kirby – Went 64 pitchers in rehab assignment Saturday.

23:30 Justin Martinez – On rehab and nearing return.

24:15 Chris Martin – Removed Sunday with right shoulder discomfort

25:00 Pitcher FAAB

25:10 Starters

25:15 Ryan Weathers (37% ME, 57% 12)

28:25 Hayden Birdsong (84% ME, 47% 12)

32:00 Zebby Matthews (97% ME, but 13% 12 – pitched badly Sunday)

34:45 Clayton Kershaw

36:50 Logan Henderson (93% ME, 18% 12)

39:15 Mick Abel (Not available in NFBC – great game Sunday)

40:50 Noah Cameron; Slade Cecconi; Hunter Dobbins (77% ME); JT Ginn (30% - LAA, Phil)

42:40 Yu Darvish stash

44:30 Relievers

44:40 Jordan Romano (91% ME, 29% 12)

45:30 Luis Mey

46:40 Cubs

48:15 Hitter FAAB

49:00 Dalton Rushing (Playing Time Issues)

53:30 Jordan Lawlar (Playing Time Issues)

59:30 Moises Ballesteros (Big prospect, but PT issues)

1:00:30 Will Benson

1:05:40 Matthew Lugo

1:08:00 Otto Lopez

1:10:00 Player Talk

1:10:20 My god, Pete Crow-Armstrong! (.290, 12/14, 2 more extra base hits Sunday, 27 on the year)

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