Leading Off April 11th, 2025 (Ep. 973)
FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) recorded this episode of "Leading Off" LIVE on Twitch! Make sure you follow us on Twitch at twitch.tv/fantasypros and never miss a stream!
The boys break down all of the latest news around MLB, updating you on player performances, prospect call-ups, injuries, the best bets of the day, and much more!
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Intro - 0:00:00
Los Angeles Angels - 0:00:31
Nick Castellanos - 0:02:20
Spencer Schwellenbach and Jesus Luzardo - 0:03:43
Walker Buehler - 0:06:13
Gavin Williams - 0:06:39
Ronald Acuna Jr. - 0:07:00
David Festa/Pablo Lopez - 0:08:19
Omar Narvaez/Edgar Quero - 0:11:38
Chase Meidroth - 0:19:59
3 Up, 3 Down - 0:22:42
Steven Kwan, Marcell Ozuna, and Brenton Doyle - 0:23:39
Jonathan Cannon, Zack Littell, and Alec Bohm - 0:24:53
Microsoft Challenger Segment - 0:28:02
Injury Updates - 0:30:10
MLB Best Bets - 0:33:56
HR Board and HR Calls - 0:36:27
Outro - 0:38:58
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| 0:00.0 | Football. It has its ups and downs. There's the players who kiss the badge and kiss the club goodbye. |
| 0:05.3 | Right after you've splashed out 100 quid to get their name on your kit. And oh, the ailer striker who always sticks it in Rose Ed. |
| 0:12.2 | The good news is the Ladbrooks Acker gives you auto insurance, free bets back and big odds boosts. |
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| 0:21.9 | 18 plus online and mobile, minimum mods apply. |
| 0:24.0 | Maximum 1 to 3, 10 pound free bets per customer per day. |
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| 0:28.3 | Be gambleaware.org. |
| 0:29.2 | Take time to think. |
| 0:35.3 | Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is leading off live. It is me, Joey P. Joe Pzepia. And of course, that's my friend the Welsh. And it's all of you, the peanuts and the cracker jacks hanging out here talking baseball. We got a fun Friday program. We're going to get to some more of your questions today because Thursday not a lot of games but welsh certainly |
| 0:55.4 | a lot of home runs especially if you are the angels my goodness I had a lot of foam oh because |
| 1:02.0 | I told you yesterday my second choice was Mike Trout he was your choice to hit home runs and that |
| 1:06.8 | guy hit home runs yesterday uh sometimes you're first and sometimes you're last, Joe. |
| 1:11.7 | And you were last. |
| 1:12.6 | I was first. |
| 1:13.4 | We did get two homers with Mike Trout to push up on the board. |
| 1:16.9 | And the only thing that could have made that entire game better would have been another |
| 1:21.3 | two shots from Kyron Paris as the Kyron Paris story continues to move on. |
| 1:27.1 | It was a very, very good short slate day, 4-0, two homers on the board. |
| 1:32.1 | I'm ready to roll, baby. |
| 1:33.9 | Yes, well, two homers for Joe Adele, for Taylor Ward, for Mike Trout. |
| 1:38.4 | So I think the bigger story here, Kyron Paris had a bunch of home runs too. |
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