Leading Off March 28th, 2025 (Ep. 960)
FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) recorded this show LIVE on Twitch! Follow us on Twitch at twitch.tv/fantasypros and never miss a stream!
The fellas recap opening day, which included some big performances from the likes of Tyler O’Neill and Mackenzie Gore, aces Michael King and Tarik Skubal getting into some trouble, and a full blown closer meltdown around the league. Tune in as we break it all down and give you our best bets and HR calls of the day as well!
Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00:00
Tyler O’Neill - 0:01:40
Mackenzie Gore - 0:03:23
Garrett Crochet - 0:07:49
Tarik Skubal - 0:08:07
Michael King - 0:08:13
Blake Snell - 0:09:43
Juan Soto - 0:09:48
Fernando Tatis Jr. - 0:10:59
Kristian Campbell - 0:12:25
Paul Skenes and the Pirates - 0:12:33
Cam Smith - 0:13:07
Cole Ragans and Zac Gallen - 0:13:30
3 Up, 3 Down - 0:17:52
Logan Gilbert, Randy Arozarena, and Adley Rutschman - 0:17:57
Jose Berrios, Jackson Chourio, and Closers - 0:19:38
Microsoft Challenger Segment - 0:24:44
Injury Updates - 0:26:29
MLB Best Bets - 0:29:19
HR Board and HR Calls - 0:34:25
Outro - 0:39:05
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros MLB. |
| 0:07.5 | This is Leading Off Live. |
| 0:09.3 | It is me Joey P. |
| 0:10.2 | Joe PZapia. |
| 0:11.1 | With me, of course, is the Welsh, and it's all of you, the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks, |
| 0:15.3 | hanging out here on Twitch.tv slash Fantasy Pros. |
| 0:18.6 | That's where we are live every single day at noon Eastern. |
| 0:21.1 | And of course, you can watch us on demand on the YouTube channel as well. |
| 0:25.7 | Fantasy Rose MLB subscribe. |
| 0:27.5 | We're getting very close to our goal. |
| 0:29.9 | 25,000 subscribers. |
| 0:32.2 | We're getting right there at the precipice. |
| 0:34.4 | And speaking of technology, Welsh, it seems like MLB might want to maybe get, |
| 0:39.1 | I don't know, |
| 0:39.4 | two or three more people working on that. |
| 0:41.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:41.9 | It would be cool if maybe on the most important day |
| 0:46.7 | of a sport that needs to be promoted and babied and propped up |
| 0:52.2 | that you had the product actually work. |
| 0:56.0 | Not the on-field product, |
| 0:57.3 | which, by the way, |
| 0:58.3 | we can also point out the 35-minute delay in the Toronto Blue Jays game to do whatever. |
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