Fantasy Baseball Advice | MLB Prospects to Know, Risers & Fallers, Injury Updates (Ep. 1114)

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4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) and Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99) recorded this episode of "Leading Off" LIVE on Twitch!

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Intro - 0:00:00
Autographed Billy Wagner New York Mets Jersey Giveaway- 0:01:21
Shohei Ohtani (SP, DH - LAD) vs. Cal Raleigh (C, DH - SEA) - 0:02:32
Justin Verlander (SP - SF) - 0:07:39
James Wood (OF, DH - WSH) & MacKenzie Gore (SP - HOU) - 0:13:04
JoJo Romero (RP - STL) & Isaac Collins (OF - MIL) - 0:14:49
Listener Questions #1 - 0:15:26
FantasyPros Twitch - 0:17:50
Listener Questions #2 - 0:19:01
Rookie Lookie - 0:20:28
Prospecting With The Welsh - 0:23:47
Samuel Basallo (C, 1B - BAL) - 0:25:28
Quinn Mathews (SP - STL) - 0:28:32
Nolan McLean (SP, DH - NYM) - 0:29:42
Just Moved Up to AAA - 0:31:25
3 Up: Sonny Gray (SP - STL), Spencer Steer (1B, OF, DH - CIN) & Kyle Manzardo (1B, DH - CLE) - 0:34:15
3 Down: Jack Kochanowicz (SP - LAA), Quinn Priester (SP, RP - MIL) & Slade Cecconi (SP, RP - CLE) - 0:35:25
Injury Updates - 0:37:22
Welsh’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:38:44
Orrico’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:39:49
BettingPros App - 0:41:16
Board Updates & Home Run Calls - 0:42:33
Elly De La Cruz (SS - CIN) | +413 - 0:43:13
Kyle Schwarber (OF, DH - PHI) | +182 - 0:42:52
Listener Questions #3 - 0:43:44
Outro - 0:43:58

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:04.1	When your car is making a strange noise, no matter what it is, you can't just pretend it's not happening.
0:12.2	That's an interesting sound.
0:13.8	It's like your mental health. If you're struggling and feeling overwhelmed, it's important to do something about it.
0:19.1	It can be as simple as talking to someone, or just taking a deep, calming breath to ground yourself.
0:24.1	Because once you start to address the problem,
0:26.3	you can go so much further.
0:29.0	The Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the Ad Council
0:31.0	have resources available for you at loveyourmindtay.org.
0:39.8	What's up, friend?
0:40.6	Those are welcome into Fantasy Pros.
0:42.4	This is leading off.
0:43.2	I'm Chris Welsh.
0:43.8	That is Joe Rico.
0:45.1	We are back.
0:46.7	We are back for more baseball action.
0:48.9	And we are live on the Twitch.
0:51.5	Yes.
0:52.0	And after the fact, we'll be over on the YouTube.
0:53.6	Twitch.tv slash Fantasy Pros. If, we'll be over on the YouTube. Twitch.tv.
2:02.0	Slash Fantasy Pros, if you guys want to watch us live Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12 p.m. Eastern. Can come and hang out. Answer your questions. Talk a little bit of the beesball. And over on the YouTube, we got the episodes. We're everywhere. We're in all the places with all the things. and Joe Rico out of the host seat over the weekend with Bubba back in action. Hope everything was fantastic there. My friend, I watched a little bit of it. Got to catch you in Bubba in action, Joe. Yeah, it was fun. You know, I was shaking off the cobwebs. The last time I hosted a show as like the number one guy in the chair was in the preseason when it was one of those ADP battles. So it had been a while. I had some cobwebs but shook them off real quick. It's like riding a bike, right? When you've hosted a bunch of shows. But hopefully next Friday we're a little bit sharper, but it's going to be back with you, my friend. Speaking of Sharp, are you feeling good today? Glad to do it. glad to be back here. Glad to see everybody. Weird, actually not doing, we're not doing shows on like a Thursday, but definitely Friday. We're having the show go off and not be here, but I am glad to be back here with everybody else. Remember when I mentioned that YouTube action? Yes, you can watch us live and your gift is the experience of hanging with us and potentially having your question or we just go, hey, what's up, big dance? Big dance jumps on here.
2:07.0	Your gift for the YouTube, well, it could be an autographed jersey because if you are subscribed
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