Leading Off: April 7th, 2025 (Ep. 968)
FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast
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4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 45 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!
In this edition, the guys break down the new deal for Toronto Blue Jays 1B/3B/DH Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and upcoming MLB prospects who could make an impact later this season! Plus, What players are trending up and down, and who will be featured in today's best bets and home runs calls?
The Pros give you the down-low!
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Introduction - 0:00:00
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B, 3B, DH - TOR) - 0:02:45
Logan O’Hoppe (C - LAA) - 0:05:57
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies - 0:06:17
Listener Questions #1- 0:08:18
Kyle Tucker (OF - CHC) - 0:08:28
Dylan Crews (OF - WSH) & Chase Dollander (SP - COL) - 0:09:02
Prospecting With The Welsh - 0:11:17
Fun Facts & Listener Questions #2 - 0:23:02
3 Up: Jackson Chourio (OF - MIL), Alex Bregman (3B - BOS) & Rafael Devers (3B, DH - BOS) - 0:25:54
My Playbook - 0:27:38
3 Down: Miles Mikolas (SP - STL), Bryan Woo (SP - SEA) & Corbin Burnes (SP - ARI) - 0:28:12
Listener Questions #3 - 0:31:18
Kyzatrex - 0:32:36
Injuries Update - 0:35:16
Best Bets of the Day - 0:37:55
FanDuel Sportsbook - 0:40:54
HR Board Update & Home Run Calls of the Day - 0:41:17
Juan Soto (OF - NYM) | +400 - 0:41:32
Fernando Tatis Jr. (OF - SD) | +375 - 0:41:44
Outro - 0:42:40
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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. |
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| 0:29.0 | Gambleaware.org. |
| 0:33.9 | Welcome in to Fantasy Bros MLB. |
| 0:38.3 | This is a leading off live with me. |
| 0:40.3 | It's me, Mario, and that is my brother. He's a Luigi. |
| 0:43.3 | And together the two of us, we make it a pairing. |
| 0:47.3 | Welsh, I'm gonna give you the opportunity to speak in a very stereotypical voice |
| 0:53.3 | just for the opening about an Italian plumber. |
| 0:56.4 | Go ahead. You can talk like me if you like. |
| 0:58.6 | Mario, thank you for giving me the pass and thank you to allow me to bring back the Luigi |
| 1:03.6 | name to the Mario brothers. Hey! My goodness, we are two handsome guys. That's all I know. |
| 1:10.3 | And we have got all kinds of baseball for you, for your face, for your ears, for your eyes, and for your cockles. We've got it all for you. So we're going to go through. We have a prospecting of winning the Welsh. We've got the injuries. We've got so many things. It's going to be amazing. And why are we dressed like this? |
| 1:31.9 | I'll tell you why, because we hit the 25,000 subscribers on the channel. |
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