Leading Off April 25th, 2025 (Ep. 989)
FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) 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!
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Intro - 0:00:00
Cole Ragans - 0:01:35
Jacob deGrom - 0:05:51
Corbin Burnes - 0:07:22
Tobias Myers - 0:08:44
Matt Gorski - 0:12:23
Rafael Devers - 0:13:21
Microsoft Challenger Segment - 0:13:33
3 Up, 3 Down - 0:15:48
Zach Neto, Mackenzie Gore, and Michael Lorenzen - 0:15:50
Drew Rasmussen, Chase Dollander, and Garrett Crochet - 0:17:49
Injury Updates - 0:21:46
MLB Best Bets - 0:24:45
HR Board and HR Calls - 0:28:33
Outro - 0:31:51
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in, everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. |
| 0:07.7 | This is leading off live. |
| 0:09.1 | It is me, Joey P. |
| 0:09.9 | Joe Pza P is still alive after the four and a half hour onslaught that was the NFL draft last night. |
| 0:16.7 | And with me, called up from the minor leagues yet again. |
| 0:19.7 | You know, sometimes we sent him back down for seasoning. |
| 0:22.1 | But I think he's ready to stick this time. |
| 0:23.8 | It's Joe O'Riko, everybody. |
| 0:25.0 | The Welsh is off today. |
| 0:26.5 | O'Riko, it's good to see you. |
| 0:27.7 | Two Joe's one show. |
| 0:28.7 | What could go wrong? |
| 0:30.2 | You know, the manager came into my office last night. |
| 0:32.5 | He said, we're going to need you for a spot start tomorrow. They got the hidden camera and everything. And it was a big, big scene on social |
| 0:37.9 | media. I'm very happy to be here, Joe. We were both kind of cheating on baseball last night, |
| 0:41.8 | you with football, me with me with hockey with my Toronto Maple Leafs, but let's get into the action, |
| 0:46.4 | my friend. I was more than cheating. I was in a whole other relationship. I mean, |
| 0:51.5 | that was Mormon style last night with me in the NFL draft. |
| 0:54.4 | But I rested all morning and I'm back at it again. |
| 0:58.1 | And we're here to talk baseball today. |
| 1:00.0 | And if you missed it, go back and watch our coverage on Fantasy Bros. |
| 1:03.0 | Because it was awesome. |
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