2252 - Fantasy Questions of the NL Central - Pirates and Cardinals
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🗓️ 26 October 2025
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Segment 1: World Series discussion
1.Let’s discuss the first two games
a.How does this end?
2.Some prompting questions
a.One of the breakout players in the playoffs has been Trey Yesavage. After another solid performance in the playoffs, he’s posted a 3.21 ERA in three starts (one win). This after an impressive MLB debut and an even more impressive quick rise through the minor leagues.
i.Where do you think he’ll be drafted in leagues this season? Will it be too high for you?
ii.Give me a stat line – IP, wins, ERA, Ks
b.Emmet Sheehan took it on the chin on Friday night. Thoughts about his value going into drafts.
i.Does he get enough innings to be viable pitcher in deeper mixed leagues?
c.Bo Bichette is clearly not 100% but had a bounce back season in his walk year, hitting .311 with 18 home runs. Is he back or was this just your great walk year season and he gets overdrafted in 2026?
d.Andy Pages has struggled in the playoffs and was ok, but not as good as he was in the first half. He also has some weird home and away splits - .325/.369/.594 vs. .221/.257/.336 (19 HR vs. 8 HR).
i.How should I think of him at the draft table?
e.We are seeing the slowdown of Freddie Freeman, after all he’s 36. There’s still good pop (70% exit velo – 90.9 MPH), similar launch but the speed has completely gone – 10% sprint speed. Even his contact skill have diminished. In 2025, he struck out 20.5% of the time.
i.Give me his stat line for 2026 – HR, SB, and BA
ii.He was the third first baseman off the board in 2025. Where does he go in 2026?
iii.Will you be investing?
Segment 2: Fantasy Questions of the NL Central
Pittsburgh Pirates
1.When I take a look at the Pirates lineup, it’s not very intimidating. Give me two moves the Pirates need to make offensively to better compete.
2.Konnor Griffin timeline for the callup?
a.When I look at the Pirates
b.If before September, is he somebody you would try to draft. In what round would it be too expensive
3.Bubba Chandler
a.Stat line for 2026 – IP, wins, ERA, Ks –
i.Tim Says: 135 IP, 6 wins, 3.75, 145Ks
4.Dennis Santana was pretty good last season with 16 saves and a 2.18 ERA.
a.How do you few him – as a top _____________ closer.
i.Tim says: Top 20 to 23
5.Give me a sleeper in the organization (minor or majors)
a.Termarr Johnson
b.Jared Jones
c.Isaac Mattson
St. Louis Cardinals
1.When do the Cardinals call up JJ Wetherholt and where does he play (2B, 3B, SS, etc.)
a.Stat line for 2026 – AB, HR, SB, BA
i.Tim says: 250 AB
2.Alec Burleson followed up a 21 home run season, with 19 in a few less games. He made excellent contact as well.
a.Is this who he is a 20 home run, .270ish type of player with a handful of stolen bases are is there more in the tank?
3.Not that RosterResource knows everything, but Jordan Walker is listed as a bench bat. Do you think this is true? If so, should fantasy managers avoid. What about Dynasty League owners that are still holding out hope?
4.Who is the closer in St. Louis?
a.Riley O’Brien
5.Give me a sleeper in the organization (minor or majors)
a.Joshua Baez
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you, everyone,ations, everyone. |
| 0:22.4 | It's Rich Wilson, I'm welcome to fantasy baseball live. |
| 0:24.5 | Today is October 26, about 315 in the afternoon. |
| 0:29.1 | As always, I'm here with my good buddy, Mr. Tim McLeod. |
| 0:31.9 | And Tim, I'm here in beautiful North Carolina. |
| 0:34.5 | The weather has been spectacular since we arrived. |
| 0:39.0 | Mid-70s, low to mid-70s, just perfect weather, though I think it's going to rain here for the next |
| 0:45.1 | few days. But man, all week long, just beautiful weather. So in other words, you're not missing the |
| 0:51.5 | New Jersey weather. Not missing the New Jersey weather. |
| 0:55.3 | So we'll be here for another five or six weeks and they head back for the holidays. |
| 0:59.6 | And it's nice to be retired. |
| 1:01.2 | You just kind of come and go as you please. |
| 1:04.3 | So the only thing that was weird. |
| 1:07.1 | I mean, so the weather conditions down here, having said how beautiful it's been, |
| 1:11.9 | are incredibly harsh and mold grows on everything. So the humidity. The humidity and the temperature, |
| 1:21.1 | I mean, it's, if you have anything that's white, so like the post and a lot of the trim work is |
| 1:26.8 | all white, it has not really had a lot of the trim work is all white. |
| 1:30.9 | It has not really had a lot of mold on it. When it came back, |
| 1:32.2 | it was all of the stuff was covered with mold. |
| 1:35.2 | And so I had to get out the power washer and use some kind of heavy-duty solvent |
| 1:39.6 | to kind of get rid of the stuff. |
| 1:41.1 | It's just you realize how gross it is here. You know, when you think of it that of the stuff. It's just, you realize how, how gross it is here. |
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