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FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Leading Off: April 16th, 2025 (Ep. 977)

FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Chris Welsh (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@IsItTheWelsh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Joe Orrico (⁠@JoeOrrico99⁠) 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!

In this edition, the guys share praise for Oakland Athletics 1B Tyler Soderstrom and possible concern for Atlanta Braves SP Spencer Schwellenbach. Plus, is San Diego Padres 3B/DH Manny Machado back to prime form following a wild home run yesterday? Plus, is Philadelphia Phillies RP Matt Strahm now the reliever to roster from the City of Brotherly Love?

From "3 Up & 3 Down" to their best MLB bets of the day, The Pros point you in the right direction at the ballpark!

Timestamps: (May be off due to ads):

Introduction - 0:00:00

Tyler Soderstrom (1B - ATH) - 0:01:56

Spencer Schwellenbach (SP - ATL) - 0:07:04

Alex Bregman (3B - BOS) - 0:10:33

Manny Machado (3B, DH - SD) - 0:10:46

Jesus Luzardo (SP - PHI) - 0:13:08

Matt Strahm (RP - PHI) - 0:13:15

Max Fried (SP - NYY) - 0:14:54

Bailey Ober (SP - MIN) - 0:15:02

Listener Questions #1 - 0:16:06

Rookie Lookie - 0:19:32

Microsoft Chasing Challenges - 0:23:17

3 Up: Dylan Moore (UTL - SEA), Alan Roden (OF - TOR) & Tyler Mahle (SP - TEX) - 0:25:10

3 Down: Luis Castillo (SP - SEA), Sean Burke (SP - CWS) & Alexis Diaz (RP - CIN) - 0:27:55

Autographed Nico Hoerner Chicago Cubs Jersey Giveaway - 0:30:20

Listener Questions #2 - 0:31:13

Injury Updates - 0:34:51

Joe’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:37:03

Welsh’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:38:34

Board Updates & Home Run Calls of the Day - 0:39:35

Jorge Soler (OF, DH - LAA) | +270 - 0:40:15

Mike Trout (OF - LAA) | +240 - 0:40:58

Outro - 0:41:39

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to another spectacular match day, but what's this?

0:03.5

Looks like the fans are playing Coral's free reward shaker.

0:06.9

The half and half scarfers shaking decisively for once.

0:10.0

They backed a super boost.

0:12.3

Next to them, the prawn sandwich brigade.

0:14.6

Oh, they've shaken up a free bet after that free lunch.

0:17.6

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0:22.3

Coral, we're here for it.

0:24.0

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0:26.8

Reward restrictions, requirements and teas and C's apply.

0:29.0

Gambleaware.org.

0:35.3

What's up, friend, those, and welcome in to Fantasy Pros MLB, right here for leading off.

0:40.2

I am Chris Welsh.

0:41.1

That is the Joe Rico, and we are back for another big baseball day.

0:46.8

Happy, happy Spencer Strider day.

0:49.5

If you celebrate as you should, our boy Spencer Strider is back in the early onset.

0:54.2

Actually, probably right.

0:55.5

A couple minutes after we get off here from leading off, we are going to see Spencer

0:58.6

Strider's debut against Joe Rico's Toronto Blue Jays.

1:02.3

We got a lot to cover, disappointing performances, a lot of injury news out there.

1:07.6

And one of the weirdest home runs, I think I have seen in quite some time. Joe Rico,

1:12.3

how excited or not excited are you for Spencer Strider to slice and dice? Because they did get to

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