Fantasy Baseball Advice | MLB Risers & Fallers, Rookie Rundown, Injury Updates (Ep. 1122)

FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) and KC Bubba (@bdentrek) recorded this episode of "Leading Off" LIVE on Twitch! Join Chris Welsh, KC Bubba and the Peanuts & Cracker Jacks at 12 p.m. ET at ⁠⁠⁠⁠twitch.tv/fantasypros⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for industry-leading fantasy baseball advice and to have your questions answered on the stream! Timestamps: (May be off due to ads) Intro - 0:00:00 Autographed Billy Wagner New York Mets Jersey Giveaway - 0:01:17 Bubba Chandler (SP - PIT) - 0:01:51 Cal Raleigh (C, DH - SEA) - 0:03:30 Logan Gilbert (SP - SEA) - 0:06:55 Junior Caminero (3B, DH - TB) - 0:10:18 Shohei Ohtani (SP, DH - LAD) - 0:14:41 Kyle Tucker (OF, DH - CHC) - 0:15:27 Paul Skenes (SP - PIT) - 0:17:22 Zac Gallen (SP - ARI) - 0:18:15 Vinnie Pasquantino (1B, DH - KC) - 0:20:06 Listener Questions #1 - 0:20:41 Rookie Lookie - 0:28:26 3 Up: Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2B, 3B, OF - NYY), Gunnar Henderson (SS, DH - BAL), Ranger Suarez (SP - PHI) - 0:32:08 3 Down: Jacob Lopez (SP, RP - ATH), Jack Flaherty (SP - DET) & Taj Bradley (SP - MIN) - 0:32:25 Injury Updates - 0:33:41 Bubba’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:36:59 Welsh’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:37:59 BettingPros App - 0:39:00 Board Updates & Home Run Calls - 0:39:49 Vinnie Pasquantino (1B, DH - KC) | +360 - 0:40:38 Aaron Judge (OF, DH - NYY) | +210 - 0:40:51 FantasyPros Discord - 0:41:16 Outro - 0:41:48 Helpful Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Playbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Manage your fantasy baseball lineups and dominate your leagues with My Playbook from FantasyPros. My Playbook is a suite of powerful tools to help you make better decisions, manage your lineups, and win your leagues! Import your team to get custom fantasy baseball news, rankings, and analysis. Sync your leagues today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fantasypros.com/mlbmyplaybook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or download the Fantasy Baseball My Playbook App. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - FantasyPros is now LIVE on Twitch! When the MLB season begins, join us every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 12 PM Eastern for Leading Off -- your daily dose of fantasy baseball news, insights, and strategy. Ask questions, get insight, and interact live! Follow us now at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitch.tv/fantasypros⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and never miss a stream! A bigger lineup of exclusive, interactive live content is on the way!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the BettingPros App⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Download the free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BettingPros app for iOS and Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ahead of the baseball season. With Sportsbook Sync, automatically track your bets across all major sportsbooks in one spot. Easily monitor your bet performance by sport and bet type, including game picks, props, and parlays. Create custom Betting Systems to find winning trends and profitable opportunities. Get a free trial of BettingPros Premium by downloading the app at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bettingpros.com/apps⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and activating your trial on the upgrade screen. ⁠⁠⁠FanDuel⁠⁠⁠ - Want to boost your bets? New FanDuel customers can bet $5 and win $200 in bonus bets if that first bet hits! Just head to ⁠⁠⁠fantasypros.com/leadingoff⁠⁠⁠ to get started. That’s ⁠⁠⁠fantasypros.com/leadingoff⁠⁠⁠, and make your plays on FanDuel today!

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:05.0	Hey, this is Matt Jones.
0:06.5	I'm Drew Franklin.
0:07.4	And this is NFL cover zero.
0:10.0	We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different.
0:14.9	Did you see the Colts pretzel?
0:16.4	That was my other big takeaway from that game.
0:17.7	What was that?
0:18.7	Oh my.
0:20.0	We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining.
0:23.7	And twice a week, that is exactly what you're going to get.
0:26.9	So listen to NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin,
0:30.0	starting on August 28th on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
0:33.4	or wherever you get your podcast.
0:42.9	Thank you. or wherever you get your podcast. What's up, friends, and welcome into Fantasy Pros, the MLB podcast.
0:46.5	I am Chris Welsh.
0:47.7	That is KC. Bubba, and this is leading off live on our Fantasy Pros.
0:52.4	Twitch.
0:52.9	Yes, we are on Twitch.tv.TV slash Fantasy Pros MLB. Live action for you.
0:57.9	I was about to say like every single day. It's not every single day this month. August and September
1:02.5	changes a little bit, but usually it is Monday through Friday. 12 p.m. Eastern, you can catch us live,
1:08.3	breaking it all down. This is our first iteration of the Welsh and Bubba show. What's up, Bubbs? Not much, my friend. It's a pleasure getting to join you, so your pretty face talk. A little baseball. It's been a while. Been a little bit. You're an ITL, but us being on leading off, it's been some time. Everybody in the chat, get your fantasy questions in. We're going to be going
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