Fantasy Baseball Advice | MLB Risers & Fallers, Rookie Rundown & Prospects to Know (Ep. 1118)
FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) and Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99) recorded this episode of "Leading Off" LIVE on Twitch!
Join Chris Welsh, Joe Orrico and the Peanuts & Cracker Jacks at 12 p.m. ET at twitch.tv/fantasypros every weekday for industry-leading fantasy baseball advice and to have your questions answered on the stream!
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Intro - 0:00:00
Autographed Billy Wagner New York Mets Jersey Giveaway - 0:01:22
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds - 0:01:59
Zack Wheeler (SP - PHI) - 0:04:22
Cal Raleigh (C, DH - SEA) - 0:08:14
Nick Kurtz (1B - ATH) & 2026 1B Rankings - 0:09:22
Nathaniel Lowe (1B - BOS) - 0:12:53
Listener Questions #1 - 0:14:02
Rumors - 0:18:22
Rookie Lookie - 0:24:32
3 Up: Dean Kremer (SP - BAL), Jo Adell (OF - LAA) & Jordan Westburg (2B, 3B, DH - BAL) - 0:35:28
3 Down: Junior Caminero (3B, DH - TB), Jose Berrios (SP - TOR) & George Kirby (SP - SEA) - 0:35:44
Injury Updates - 0:36:10
Orrico’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:38:57
Welsh’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:40:12
BettingPros App - 0:41:56
FanDuel Sportsbook - 0:42:14
Board Updates & Home Run Calls - 0:42:33
Kerry Carpenter (OF, DH - DET) | +420 - 0:43:01
Ronald Acuna Jr. (OF - ATL) | +350 - 0:43:30
Outro - 0:43:37
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| 0:40.2 | What's up, F those and welcome into Fantasy Pros. |
| 0:42.9 | This is the Fantasy Baseball podcast here on Fantasy Pros. |
| 0:46.1 | It's leading off. |
| 0:47.4 | I'm Chris Welsh. |
| 0:48.2 | That is Joe Rico. |
| 0:50.0 | We're ready to launch you in to another great week crunch time. |
| 0:54.6 | Baby, actually, I believe our finals and fantasy pros are, we have this crazy long playoff run. |
| 0:59.6 | Just ended. |
| 1:00.6 | Some people are rocking playoffs now. |
| 1:02.4 | Some people are getting there. |
| 1:03.8 | And we are going to be your guiding light through the rest of the MLB season and into your fantasy playoffs. |
| 1:09.1 | Mr. Joe, Rico, you and Bubba holding it down on |
| 1:12.7 | the weekend. I always feel a little bit displaced when I'm like five days off of the show, but it's good to see your face, my friend. Thank you, my friend. It's good to see you too. It's fun getting to catch with Bubba. We used to do a lot more shows together than we have over the last year or so, so it's really nice getting to catch up with them. |
| 1:08.3 | And the two of you are going to get to do a show together in a couple weeks, which is good. |
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