Fantasy Baseball from Prospect361.com Rich Wilson

The following players are discussed:
1. Pedro Leon (Hou)
2. Moises Ballesteros (CHC)
3. Mitch Jebb (Pit)
4. Lazaro Montes (Sea)
5. Chayce McDermott (Bal)
6. Zebby Matthews (Min)

Fantasy Baseball Live – May 5, 2024 @ 3pm

Segment 1 – Review the games of the weekend

Additional Notes:
1.We had a trade. Luis Arraez goes to the Padres for a package of prospects (Dillon Head, Jakob Marsee, Woo-Suk Go, and Nathan Martorella
a.Do you like this trade for the Padres? What about the Marlins return
b.Any change in the fantasy outlook of Arraez?
c.c. You’re a big fan of Jakob Marsee and drafted him in numerous leagues this season. Now that he is in Miami, you might get a payoff. What do you think? When do we see him?
d.Woo-Suk Go. What do you think we should see from him this season?
2.John Means looked good on his return to Baltimore. Is he a no-doubt start every week?
3.Christian Scott looked great in his debut. 6.2 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 6K/1BB
4.Steven Kwan was pulled from last night’s game with a hamstring injury. Any thoughts if he misses time?
5.Trea Turner hit the IL and Edmundo Sosa is the likely fill-in. Any interest?


Segment 2 – Waiver Wire

Segment 3 – Closer Report

Close

Take 10 with Tim – May 3, 2024—There will be only eight questions because one of them is quite long. I will limit it to an hour.

1.How are your teams doing?

2.The all-bad start to the season team. Any hope of a recovery

C: Gabriel Moreno (ARI, 11th catcher off the board): .238, 9 Runs, 13 RBI, 0 HR, 0 SB,
1B: Vlad Guerrreo (Tor, 5th) - .231, 11 runs, 11 RBI, 3 HR, 0 SB
2B: Gleyber Torres (NYY, 6th) - .215, 14 runs, 6 RBI, 0 HR, 3 SB
3B: Austin Riley (ATL, 2nd) - .235, 17 runs, 16 RBI, 2 HR, 0 SB
SS: Bo Bichette (Tor, 8th) - .205, 9 runs, 11 RBI, 1 HR, 3 SB
OF: Corbin Carroll (AZ, 4th) - .197, 13 runs, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 8 SB
OF: Randy Arozarena (TB, 13th) - .139, 12 runs, 9 RBI, 3 HR, 4 SB
OF: Wyatt Langford (Tex, 30th) - .239, 13 runs, 11 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SB
SP: Joe Musgrove (SD, 30th) – 41 IP, 6.37 ERA, 1.51 WHIP, 36K, 3 wins
RP: Josh Hader (Hou, #2) – 12.2 IP, 6.39 ERA, 2 saves
Any other player or players you would like to throw into the fold.

3.We had three of the more prominent prospects get the call this weekend. How much are you spending on each:
a.Joey Loperfido (Hou, OF/1B)
b.Tyler Black (Mil, 2B/3B/1B)
c.Jordan Beck (Col, OF)

4.Three more prominent prospects have to be up soon, don’t they? When do they arrive?
a.Kyle Manzardo (Cle, 1B)
b.Junior Caminero (TB, 3B)
c.Paul Skenes (Pit, RHP)

5.Kyle Bradish made his long-awaited season debut yesterday and looked good. Are you starting him with confidence?

6.I’m really bummed about Mike Trout. He looked great, and out of nowhere, he tears his meniscus and is gone for 2 to 3 months. Given how slow he’s been to heal of late, I would not be surprised if he is out the rest of the season?
a.Give me some names you would grab if you roster Trout.
b.He’s limping to the finish line. Does he make it to the Hall of Fame? First ballot?
c.I’ll provide you my comp for him…I think you’ll like it.

7.What hitter are you targeting for this weekend’s FAAB?

8.What pitcher are you targeting for this weekend’s FAAB?

The following players are discussed:
1. Kyle Manzardo (Cle)
2. Deyvison De Los Santos (AZ)
3. Dylan Beavers (Bal)
4. Gavin Conticello (AZ)
5. Jeral Perez (LAD)
6. Cade Povich (Bal)
7. Matt Wilkinson (Cle)
8. Jonah Tong (NYM)

Rich discusses this week's Waiver Wire Pickups.

He also does a breakdown of Parker Meadows and Andrew Vaughn.

Take 10 with Tim

Let’s redraft the first round as if the season started today, but we have all the knowledge from the first three weeks.

1.Let’s do a similar exercise for closers and draft the Top 10 closers.

2.Connor Wong hit his fifth home run on Wednesday to add to his .370 batting average. I have him in a couple of leagues just because my catcher went down. I surely didn’t expect this. Is this sustainable?

3.The Cardinals demote a struggling Jordan Walker. I wrote about this for our Patreon members, and the analytics show some encouraging things. What say you?

4.Heston Kjerstad gets the call. Will you be going after him aggressively this weekend?

5.More moves

a.Cody Bellinger hits the IL with a fractured rib, and your guy, Pete Crow Armstrong, gets the call. Will he get enough at-bats to matter? Is he worth rostering?
i.What about Mike Tauchman to get increased playing time?
b.Kevin Keirmair hits the IL and Addison Barger gets the call.
i.Any interest?
c.Blake Snell hits the IL…insert joke here.

6.Give me the one hitter you are targeting for this weekend’s FAAB? PCA and Hunter Goodman

7.Give me the one pitcher that you are targeting for this weekend’s FAAB? Landon Knack