Chris Welsh is here to share his favorite waiver wire pickups heading into the second half of your fantasy baseball season.

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Waiver Wire Pickups for the Second Half of the Season | Must-Have Players to Add to Your Roster

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Fernando Tatis Jr is going to miss some time. Cole Ragans and Justin Steele dominate. Is third base getting better? Is Heston Kjerstad a must pick up? News, injuries, best bets of the day and more with Joey P and Welsh.

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Introduction - 0:00:00 
Bet365 - 0:00:07 
Headlines, Fernando Tatis Jr., Cole Ragans, Justin Steele, Bryce Harper - 0:01:30 
Just For Fun, Austin Riley, Bryan Reynolds - 0:08:22 
Rookie Lookie, Heston Kjerstad, Colton Cowser, Lazar Montes - 0:12:50 
3 Up, 3 Down - Tanner Bibee, Taj Bradley, Elly De La Cruz, Spencer Schwellenbach, Jo Adell, Nathaniel Lowe - 0:16:24 
Injuries, Bo Bichette, Eloy Jimenez, TJ Friedl, Bryan Woo, Starling Marte, Cole Winn, Clayton Kershaw, Yu Darvish - 0:20:10
Best Bets of The Day from Bet365- 0:26:12
Home Run Board & Home Run Calls of The Day - 0:31:03
Outro - 0:34:10

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Leading Off, June 25th 2024 (Ep. 848)

Pablo Lopez had a big bounce back this weekend, and the buy window is closing. Edwin Diaz gets slapped for the sticky. Welsh’s trade segment highlights a Ranger to buy and an Astros Pitcher we can’t avoid. News, injuries, best bets of the day and more from Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh).

Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00:00
Pablo Lopez - 0:02:02
Luis Severino - 0:03:58
Edwin Diaz - 0:06:41
Max Scherzer - 0:07:23
Orelvis Martinez - 0:10:25
Paul Skenes - 0:13:05
Blake Snell - 0:13:36
Rookie Lookie: Mark Vientos, Heston Kjerstad, James Wood - 0:13:44
Trade Segment: Wyatt Langford, Lane Thomas, and Hunter Brown - 0:14:09
3 Up: Josh Naylor, Colt Keith, Alex Bregman - 0:20:54
3 Down: Bryce Miller, Michael King, Logan Webb - 0:21:06
Injury Segment - 0:206:56
MLB Best Bets - 0:30:34
HR Board and HR Calls - 0:33:16

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Leading Off, June 24th 2024 (Ep. 847)

June's hottest hitters, RIP Willie Mays, and selling high on Royce Lewis with guest Scott Bogman

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The Cycle: June's Hottest Hitters and Selling High On Royce Lewis With Guest Scott Bogman (Ep. 846)

Luis Gil gets clobbered. Royce Lewis is on another planet. Prospects, News, Injuries, the best bets of the day and more on the Friday edition of Leading Off with Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh)

Intro - 0:00:00

Luis Gil got destroyed - 0:01:42

Dodger News - 0:08:43

Bregman, Yordan, and Hader - 0:09:42

Royce Lewis, yet again- 0:09:53

Jackson Merrill is on fire - 0:12:56

Zack Gelof - 0:13:12

Rookie Lookie: Joey Loperfido, Shane Baz, Carson Williams, Jhonkensy Noel, Dylan Crews, Brooks Lee, and Jasson Dominguez - 0:14:51

3 Up: Fernando Tatis, Heliot Ramos, and Aaron Judge - 0:21:08

3 Down: Keaton Winn, Ty Blach, and Luis Castillo - 0:22:43

Injury Segment - 0:23:45

MLB Best Bets - 0:25:10

HR Board and HR Calls - 0:28:41

Outro - 0:31:48

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Leading Off, June 21st 2024 (Ep. 845)

Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) breakdown the Gerrit Cole and Bobby Miller starts. Prospecting with the Welsh we look at Deyvison De Los Santos, Shane Baz and more. The latest news, injuries, best bets of the day and more.

Introduction 0:00:00
Headlines - Gerrit Cole, Bobby Miller, Royce Lewis, Tanner Bibee, Garrett Crochet and Hunter Greene - 0:01:16
Just for Fun - Zack Gelof, Sean Murphy, Randy Arozarena, Brandon Pfaadt - 0:09:30 
Rookie Lookie, Jackson Merrill & Tyler Black - 0:10:00 
Prospecting with Welsh, James Wood, Dylan Cruz, Deyvison De Los Santos,  Shane Baz, Brandon Ashcraft, Carson Williams, Caden Dana - 0:11:10
3 Up & 3 Down - Cole Raganbs, Freddy Peralta, Hunter Brown, Kevin Gausman, Bryan Woo, Tarik Skubal - 0:18:07 
Injuries - Clayton Kershaw, Kyle Bradish, Josiah Gray, Nolan Jones, Walker Buehler - 0:20:04 
MLB Best Bets of The Day with Bet365 - 0:23:27
Home Run Board & Home Run Calls of The Day - 0:28:09

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Waiver Wire Pickups for the Second Half of the Season | Must-Have Players to Add to Your Roster

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