Leading Off May 6th, 2025 (Ep. 1003)

FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Joe Pisapia (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JoePisapia17⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Chris Welsh (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@IsItTheWelsh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) recorded this episode of "Leading Off" LIVE on Twitch!

Join Joe Pisapia, Chris Welsh and the Peanuts &Cracker Jacks at 12 p.m. ET at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitch.tv/fantasypros⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ every weekday for industry-leading fantasy baseball advice and to have your questions answered on the stream

Timestamps:

Introduction - 0:00:00
Clayton Kershaw (SP - LAD) & Rhett Lowder (SP - CIN) - 0:00:23
San Diego Padres vs. New York Yankees - 0:01:52
Ryan Walker (RP - SF) & Ryan Pressly (RP - CHC) - 0:03:17
Chris Sale (SP - ATL), Pablo Lopez (SP - MIN) & Zack Wheeler (SP - PHI) - 0:05:43
Paul Skenes (SP - PIT) - 0:08:15
Jordan Walker (OF - STL) - 0:08:39
Listener Questions #1 - 0:10:02
Trevor Story (SS - BOS) - 0:11:40
Joc Pederson (OF, DH - TEX) - 0:12:16
Transactions - 0:13:25
Microsoft Challenges - 014:25
Rookie Lookie - 0:18:28
3 Up: Zac Gallen (SP - ARI), Matthew Liberatore (SP, RP - STL) & Tony Gonsolin (SP - LAD) - 0:19:41
3 Down: Hayden Wesneski (SP, RP - HOU), Cade Povich (SP - BAL) & Lucas Giolito (SP - BOS) - 0:21:04
FantasyPros My Playbook - 0:21:19
Injury Updates - 0:21:45
Joe’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:23:59
Welsh’s Best Bets of the Day - 0:24:56
Fanduel Sportsbook - 0:26:33
Board Update & Home Run Calls - 0:27:01
Pete Alonso (1B - NYM) | +400 - 0:27:21
Kerry Carpenter (OF, DH - DET) | +350 - 0:27:31
Listener Questions #2 - 0:28:18
Outro - 0:30:27

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another spectacular match day, but what's this?
0:03.4	Looks like the fans are playing Coral's free reward shaker.
0:06.8	The half and half scarfers shaking decisively for once.
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0:17.6	Play Coral's free reward shaker to win guaranteed daily rewards and offers this season.
0:22.3	Coral, we're here for it.
0:24.0	18 plus UK max one reward or offer per player per day.
0:26.8	Reward restrictions, requirements and teas and C's apply.
0:29.0	Gambleaware.org.
0:35.5	Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB.
0:38.1	This is leading off live.
0:39.6	It is me, Joey P.
0:40.4	Joe Peas appear with me, of course, is the Welsh.
0:43.1	It's all of you, the beautiful Peanuts and Cracker Jacks here on our Twitch, twitch.
0:46.3	Twitch.tvs slash Fantasy Pros.
0:48.4	Or if you're watching us on demand on Fantasy Bros MLB, subscribe to the YouTube channel.
0:53.0	Welsh, we got a lot to talk about today.
0:55.1	Tons of runs, blown saves, big news, and of course, more star-studded friendship circles with
1:03.2	the Welsh. I guess you were out hanging out with Rhett Louder and Clinton Kershaw yesterday,
1:08.4	just hanging out with the boys. Yeah? No big deal.
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