You're listening to This Week in Fantasy Baseball.

Hello everyone and welcome to this week in fantasy baseball.

I'm your host, John Cah.

Unfortunately, Lee could not be here today, so it's just a solo pod for me, but we've got a lot to talk about.

In this episode, we'll recap the hitter and pitcher performances from this week,

talk about the latest news around baseball, give you all some streamer recommendations for next week, and then

pitcherless writer Randy Holt will join the show to talk about the Milwaukee Brewers.

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to the show. Now, right into the news, we're going to start with Blake Snell of the Padres,

who is placed on the 15-day IL on Wednesday with a grade to a ductor strain.

Manager Bob Melvin said that Snell could spend more than the minimum 15 days on the injured list due to this injury.

Snell was struggling to start the year,

and you have to think that maybe he wasn't performing

well and got injured because he was signed late and built up quickly.

Obviously a tough blow for the Giants and fantasy managers alike.

Brian Beow of the Red Sox was placed on the 15 day IL on Wednesday as well, with right,

lat, tightness.

He felt discomfort following his most recent start on Friday, but the team is optimistic that he'll be able to return after the minimum

15 days. Tristan Kossis of the Red Sox was placed on the 10-day IL on Sunday, April 21st,

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