Daily Fantasy Baseball News and Notes I First Pitch Podcast 5/21/26
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What's up fantasy managers? Welcome back to another episode of the first pitch podcast brought to you by Pitcherlist.com. My name is Jake Crumpler, and I'll be your host for this edition of the pod. You can follow me on socials at Jake Crumpler and can find all of my work at Crumplerbaseball.com. Let's dive into everything baseball related from Wednesday, May 20th. We'll start it off, as always, with the transactions injuries, news and notes from around |
| 0:24.2 | the league kicking things off with the bad news as second baseman Ben Williamson was placed |
| 0:29.1 | on the 10-day aisle with a low back strain. |
| 0:32.0 | It's unclear when Williamson will be able to return from this injury to the raise. |
| 0:38.0 | But in a corresponding move, Oliver Dunn was selected from the minor. |
| 0:41.4 | He was acquired via trade from the White Sox yesterday in exchange for Joe Rock |
| 0:46.2 | and will likely fill in the same role that Williamson did as a defensive replacement in the infield. |
| 0:53.7 | We only had one other IL placement as Victor Vodnick landed on the 15-day |
| 0:57.9 | IL with ulnar nerve inflammation. |
| 1:00.7 | Vodnick was sort of the closer up until his last appearance where he did not pitch in the |
| 1:05.4 | ninth inning. |
| 1:06.3 | And we saw Juan Mejia get a save. |
| 1:07.9 | I think Mejia is likely to split closing opportunities with Antonio Senzatella, who's been exceptional this year. Mejia get a save. I think Mejia is likely to split closing opportunities with |
| 1:11.7 | Antonio Senzatella, who's been exceptional this year. Mejia feels more like a closer of the |
| 1:16.2 | future type guy in Colorado. So we'll see Mejia and Senzatella split save opportunities for the |
| 1:21.9 | Rockies with Vodnik on the 15-day IL with ulnar nerve inflammation. Kegan Thompson was selected from the minors in a corresponding move. |
| 1:29.8 | In terms of transactions, starting pitcher Stephen Mats was activated from the 15th day |
| 1:34.3 | IL after missing a couple of weeks with elbow inflammation. |
| 1:37.8 | He started versus the Orioles pitching four innings, |
| 1:40.4 | allowing three hits and one or run, walking two while striking out five. |
| 1:43.5 | He induced eight whiffs with 36% CSW across 67 pitches. |
| 1:47.7 | Everything looked the same for Mats. |
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