Is there anything to be gleaned from the slow debuts of Jarred Kelenic, Jackson Kowar, Daniel Lynch and Alek Monoah?

Deciding how much to bid on surprise batters including Patrick Wisdom, Adolis Garcia and Akil Baddoo.

What to expect from Manny Machado, Anthony Rendon, Adalberto Mondesi and Luis Castillo the rest of the season.

The Red Sox starting rotation: Real or Memorex?

Any interest in Sam Long?

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

After 18 games, Francisco Lindor is hitting .151 with one homer and no stolen bases. What's our level of panic, especially when comparing him to other shortstops in the same range like Gunnar Henderson and CJ Abrams? CJ Kaltenbach (aka The Seige) joins Jeff Erickson.
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00:00 - CJ Abrams
04:30 - Ronald Acuña
06:30 - Ozzie Albies
07:00 - Francisco Lindor
09:00 - Anthony Volpe
10:00 - Jackson Merrill
11:15 - Elly De La Cruz
12:30 - Jack Leiter's debut
19:00 - General FAAB approach?
22:00 - O’s talk, Gunnar Henderson (and other options we had at the turn)
24:15 - Rafael Devers
28:30 - Red Sox issues: Bello, Houck
32:20 - Jared Jones
36:00 - Drafting from 1.1
41:30 - INJ Notes: Darvish, Bryant, Albies, Verlander
44:00 - Mike Trout
46:00 - Q&A
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