Drew Silva (@drewsilv) runs through the latest headlines from around the baseball world -- Shohei Ohtani's shutdown, Kyle Harrison's demotion, etc. -- before breaking down individual highlights and lowlights from Friday's slate. Among the highlights: Royce Lewis, Heston Kjerstad, Bobby Witt. Among the lowlights: Justin Steele, Jack Flaherty, Elly De La Cruz.
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4 Up, 4 Down From Friday

Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, James Anderson, Scott Jenstad, Todd Zola, Fred Zinkie, Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more!

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Underrated/Overrated Prospects w/ Ross Jensen

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at data from 2024 and identify bankable trends. Where are our category leaders coming from? Did we draft starting pitching too soon?
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00:00 - Fred Pod 6-4
00:30 - Overall data from 2024 (as of the start of play this week)
01:30 - 4 of the top-20 pitchers in ERA were drafted in the top-100
07:00 - 12 of the 19 pitches with 75 SO were drafted in the top-100
09:00 - 6 top the top-15 pitchers in WHIP were drafted in the top-100
11:30 - There are so many starters who have are sitting on waivers in most leagues and have an ERA around 3.50 and a WHIP around 1.15 (Ryan Weathers, Jake Irvin, Trevor Williams, Kyle Gibson etc.). Bailey Falter was available on Sunday in most of my 15-team leagues. He has a WHIP under 1.00! 
13:30 - Are big bids on pitchers like Christian Scott ill-considered?
16:45 - Trevor Williams on IL
21:00 - 10 of the top-13 hitters in homers were drafted in the top-100; 5 of the 11 hitters who are batting .300 were drafted in the top-100; 10 of the 12 hitters with 40 runs scored were drafted in the top-100; 9 of the 15 players with 40 RBIs were drafted in the top-100
28:00 - Were we drafting pitchers too early in this “everyone can pitch” landscape?
31:45 - One more observation, of the 22 qualified pitchers with an ERA under 3.00, 15 have fewer strikeouts than innings. In this season of low BABIP and low HR/FB rate, is getting whiffs less important in run prevention?
39:00 - Should owners in trading leagues try to correct this by dealing effective pitchers for effective hitters? 
47:00 - Finally, am I correct in believing that the pitcher injury crises was overblown (once again) in April?
55:00 - Monday notes: Kyle Tucker is day-to-day but should be fine…..Blake Snell is on the IL again…..Noelvi Marte will soon start his rehab assignment…..Brandon Marsh to the IL…..Robert Gasser is dealing with an elbow injury…..Connor Norby debuted…..Tyler Anderson continues to defy the odds….Matt Waldron pitched well again…..The Reds scored 13 at Coors…..Nolan Gorman has hit 8 HR in 14 games…..Mark Vientos had another great game…..MacKenzie Gore burned owners in his two-start week…..Kevin Gausman continues to stink…..Austin Hays hit his first two homers of the season….
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Did We Draft Starting Pitching Too Early?

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down a number of late Sunday roster moves, including Henry Davis up and Spencer Torkelson down and also discuss all the major adds and drops from FAAB. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Brewers Rolling & A Flurry of Sunday Roster Moves

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Robert Orr (@NotTheBobbyOrr) to discuss Robert's new swing-decision metric SEAGER, MLB's new bat-speed data and the first-place Phillies.
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00:00 Headlines
11:15 What is SEAGER?
17:40 Good SEAGER, good results
25:40 Bad SEAGER, bad results
32:45 Good SEAGER, bad results
38:30 Bad SEAGER, bad results
45:30 Great SEAGER, mediocre results
53:15 New bat-tracking stats
1:02:00 How good are the Phillies?
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Robert's SEAGER leaderboard: https://therealestmuto.shinyapps.io/Damage/ 
Robert's article on swing speed: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/90540/in-defense-of-isaac-paredes/
Alex Chamberlain's article on swing speed: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/daddy-hacks-or-the-lone-peril-of-swinging-too-hard/
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Phillies and Phancy Stats with Robert Orr

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest news and share their top pickups of the week.
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00:00 Headlines
19:09 Reed Garrett
22:23 Yimi Garcia
24:17 Tylor Megill
26:21 Ben Brown
30:22 Ryan Weathers
32:53 Adam Duvall
35:54 Matt Vierling
38:40 Mark Vientos
41:20 Keibert Ruiz
43:23 DJ LeMahieu
46:33 Budget Pitchers
59:06 Budget Hitters
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4 Up, 4 Down From Friday

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