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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the adds and drops across fantasy leagues this weekend and also talk Paul Goldschmidt, Teoscar Hernandez and of course, the Paul Skenes debut. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScotJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman (@Erik_Halterman) and guest Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD) discuss the latest headlines and some difficult drop decisions.
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00:00 Happy Mother's Day/Happy Paul Skenes Day
07:45 More Headlines
22:50 Overall Drops Strategy
39:15 12-team Pitcher Drops
51:15 12-team Hitter Drops
1:02:30 15-team Drops
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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over some headlines and hit on their FAAB recommendations.
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Erik Halterman and Todd Zola talk fantasy baseball headlines, pickups and next week's two-start pitchers.
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00:00 Season Debuts: Robert Gasser, Taj Bradley, Bryan Woo
11:40 Willson Contreras' fractured forearm
18:00 More News
22:00 Steak League pickups
32:15 Two-Start Pitchers
Jordan Montgomery 4/4 (Erik/Todd)
Reynaldo Lopez 4/3
Corbin Burnes 5/5
Kutter Crawford 4/3
Nick Pivetta 3/3
Shota Imanaga 5/5
Graham Ashcraft 1/2
Hunter Greene 3/2
Tanner Bibee 3/2
Peter Lambert 0/1
Chris Flexen 0/1
Kenta Maeda 1/2
Hunter Brown 2/2
Ronel Blanco 4/4
Brady Singer 4/4
Jose Soriano 2/2
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5/5
Sixto Sanchez 0/0
Colin Rea 1/1
Chris Paddack 2/2
Sean Manaea 1/1
Carlos Rodon 4/4
JP Sears 1/2
Osvaldo Bido 0/0
Cristopher Sanchez 4/4
Aaron Nola 5/5
Mitch Keller 3/3
George Kirby 5/4
Jordan Hicks 2/1
Matthew Liberatore 0/0
Zach Eflin 4/4
Aaron Civale 2/3
Michael Lorenzen 1/2
Jose Berrios 2/3
Trevor Williams 1/1
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The Pirates announced that pitcher Paul Skenes is going to make his Major League debut on Saturday. Travis Sawchik, the Senior Baseball Writer for The Score and author of Big Data Baseball and The MVP Machine joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Skenes and the Pirates, the limitations of MRI's, and his experience in the NFBC so far.
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00:00 - Welcome Travis Sawchik
00:30 - Paul Skenes getting the call
02:45 - Did the Pirates develop Skenes properly?
08:45 - How are the Pirates structuring their rebuild?
16:30 - Big Data Baseball
21:00 - Henry Davis
23:45 - Ke’Bryan Hayes
25:30 - Oneil Cruz
30:40 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand
31:30 - Limitations of MRI’s
39:15 - Reds slumping
40:30 - Wild prospect trades
41:45 - Travis’s experience in the NFBC Main Event
45:00 - The Difficulties of drafting live
54:00 - Managing FAAB
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