Fantasy Baseball Today

So much to cover today including a breakdown of deceiving starts by Jake Arrieta and Zack Greinke (2:51), struggling SPs (9:15) Sonny Gray, Jameson Taillon and even Clayton Kershaw, bullpen updates (15:26) and much more ... "Hey, Real Quick (21:10)" with Moncada vs. Merrifield, Gregorius vs. Bellinger, Bauer vs. Lester and more. Plus we've got underowned players (28:22) including some deep league options and some steals talk (36:55) ... Buy or Sell (42:31) for Mac Williamson, Cesar Hernandez, Mike Minor, Keynan Middleton and more. Plus more from yesterday's action and a look ahead to today's matchups (57:40) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Worryometer Wednesday but it's also Ronald Acuna Day! Where does Scott have Acuna ranked (1:10)? And there is a lot of big news (4:00) as we could have reason to pick up Domingo Santana, Willie Calhoun and Jack Flaherty ... We're impressed by a couple of AL East SPs (9:15), and the double dong list for last night (16:00) includes Scooter Gennett and a very interesting Kyle Schwarber ... DL stashes (25:50), Jose Altuve thoughts (34:10), Worryometer SPs (36:50) like Robbie Ray and Shohei Ohtani, Worryometer hitters (42:13) such as Matt Olson and Andrew McCutchen, fringey SPs (49:50) and a look at today's matchups (57:10). Plus Grade the Trade! ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com This episode is sponsored by www.ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today is Walker Buehler's day off, do you need to add him now or let someone else deal with the uncertainty (1:50)? And we're putting two middle infielders on breakout alert (4:15)! ... Recapping yesterday's action including Carlos Carrasco's great start (14:55), Tyler Skaggs and Kevin Gausman and the rest of the fringe SPs (17:51), plus deep league options (23:25) like Franchy Cordero and Trevor Cahill ... Time for a new segment: It's April 24th and Wouldn't Ya Know (26:40)! We touch on Dylan Bundy's dominance, Billy Hamilton's steals, Mitch Haniger's power, Joey Votto's lack thereof, Paul Goldschmidt's interesting start and more. We've also got early-season surprises (42:24), Team Name Tuesday (48:20) and we become Fantasy Regulators (49:30) as we solve league problems for our listeners ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In case you missed it, Sean Manaea threw a no-hitter! Is he a Fantasy stud (2:00)? And of course we talk about the prospects who have been called up or will likely be called up soon (5:30) like Gleyber Torres, Walker Buehler, Jack Flaherty and David Dahl ... Who we added and dropped (17:55) plus underowned SPs. We also look at what's going on in bullpens around the league (28:50) and the Most Added list (31:31) ... Yu Darvish vs. Johnny Cueto (40:51), Miguel Sano vs. Mitch Haniger (43:23) and a whole bunch of SPs for you to add to your roster (50:52) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com This episode is sponsored by www.ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There were plenty of interesting starting pitchers to take the mound Thursday, so we decided to do what we do best: Rank 'em! Arrieta or Lester? Is Charlie Morton better than any of them? Does Matt Harvey deserve to be owned anymore? Plus, we preview Week 5 and answer your emails at FantasyBaseball@CBSi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We start with Buy or Sell (1:50) with Rick Porcello, J.A. Happ and his strikeouts, the MIL bullpen and Jose Berrios! Is Berrios an ace (8:51)? We've also got Freddie Freeman replacements for you (11:46) in case he goes on the DL ... Discussing yesterday's standouts including Ryan Zimmerman (21:10) and Yoan Moncada (23:21) before getting into some of the standout infielders and who we're buying (27:50) such as Dansby Swanson, Yangervis Solarte and Jed Lowrie ... Trade talk! Buy low (35:31), sell high (37:20), buy high (41:16) and players we are actually worried about (44:40). We also talk about yesterday's noteworthy SP performances (50:00) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken Giles and Kenley Jansen are big time busts thus far, and you can add Greg Holland to that list. We look at a number of bullpens that are seemingly in flux (1:40) and discuss what the future holds ... Are we concerned about Shohei Ohtani's blisters (10:00)? Giancarlo Stanton's strikeouts (11:15)? And how about Mookie Betts (17:15)! Also we rank Patrick Corbin, Johnny Cueto and Masahiro Tanaka (18:23) rest of season ... Much more from yesterday including some noteworthy firsts from several hitters (29:14) such as Yoan Moncada and Robinson Cano, underowned SPs (38:50) and hitters (42:00), the Dropometer (47:10) for Andrew McCutchen, Nomar Mazara and others, rotation (52:00) and a look at today's matchups (56:03) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Has Reynaldo Lopez become a must-start (1:40)? Are we buying Hyun-Jin Ryu (8:33)? Is Christian Villanueva legit (9:50)? And what about Asdrubal Cabrera (11:20)? ... Our thoughts on Trea Turner's slow start (14:30) and some prospects to stash before we get into the trends we've noticed thus far including fly ball rates (20:00), the value of closers (22:40), players who are hitting the ball very hard (24:20) and if the Super Aces have gained value since draft day ... "Hey, Real Quick" debates Aaron Judge vs. Joey Votto (36:42), Didi Gregorius vs. Alex Bregman (38:10) and Bryce Harper vs. The World (40:22). We've also got Grade the Trade (53:45) and a preview of today's games (58:10) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joey Lucchesi is the headliner (2:24) but there is so much to get to including new saves sources (6:51) and players we added (11:30) such as Tyson Ross, Francisco Cervelli, Ben Zobrist, Bartolo Colon, Franchy Cordero and more before we take a look at the Most Added list (22:00) ... Is it time to buy low on some struggling SPs (33:33) like Chris Archer, Marcus Stroman and Yu Darvish? And are we buying the hitters who are off to great starts (39:15) such as Yadier Molina, Mitch Haniger, Jed Lowrie and more? We also tell you which SPs you should be picking up (50:00) before looking at today's matchups (56:10) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Reviewing yesterday's major stories via a round of "Hey, Real Quick!" Ohtani vs. Polanco (5:30), LeMahieu vs. Merrifield (6:53), Gray vs Porcello (7:55) and Jose Martinez vs. Gallo (10:00) ... Quick thoughts on Rafael Devers, Nick Castellanos and Paul DeJong (12:30), then we get into the surprisingly great SPs from Thursday's games (19:35) ... Should you be worried about some Top 30 SPs (29:05) such as Lance McCullers, Robbie Ray, Carlos Carrasco and Jon Lester? Should you add Ian Kennedy (43:10)? Be patient with Lucas Giolito? Also we've got the Dropometer (45:25) and a look at next week's two-start pitchers (54:45) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices