It must be May because the call-ups are really picking up this week.

We've got a whole bunch of those to talk about on this week's waivers episode of the

Rotowire Fantasy Baseball podcast brought to you by prize picks.

Eric Halterman here with Ryan Boyer here with our usual Saturday episode full of our favorite waiver pickups

of the week.

There's a whole bunch of call-ups we're going to get to today.

It must be that time of year.

But also a trade?

Is it July?

My calendar still says April, but I think that's not accurate either.

But I'm not sure that May

4th is trade season. What's going on here? Yeah, as usual, I have no idea what the Padres and

AJ Preller are up to. We saw that news come across the the wire and it's not a surprise that Luis

Arise was traded, but anytime some major player is two-time batting champ is traded in May,

it's just kind of a bizarre feeling. But, you know, given where the Marlins are, not

surprised that they're decided to sell sooner rather than later.

An odd fit with the Padres.

I mean, I guess he's going to DH most of the time.

Kind of give an opportunity to give other guys days off.

He can play some second base or first base.

He's played a little bit in the outfield as well.

Once Jerks and Profar turns into a pumpkin, which seems inevitable,

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