On this Fantasy Friday, Eno and DVR discuss the latest early-season injuries and what they mean for your roster decisions heading into the weekend. Then, the guys welcome Ottoneu’s Niv Shah for a conversation about the bullpen market, followed by the season's first installment of 'Taste of the Majors.'

Rundown

1:20 Corbin Carroll Slowed by Hip Injury

2:49 Brent Rooker Leaves Game with Core Injury

5:46 Parker Meadows Suffers Concussion & Fractured Arm

8:32 Hunter Goodman’s Early Exit After HBP

10:45 Jorge Polanco Slowed by Achilles Soreness

20:32 Weekend Waiver Preview

23:07 Bryce Elder Is Rolling but Eno Is Skeptical

26:14 Kyle Harrison Has Made Changes

32:47 Interest in Luis Gil & Jeffrey Springs?

35:39 Mick Abel’s Turnaround

37:33 Widely Available Starting Pitchers

43:09 Niv Shah Joins the Show to Discuss Messy Bullpens

55:55 Taste of the Majors Is Back! (L.A. & St. Louis Dog Reviews)

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With: Niv Shah

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Eno, Trevor, and DVR discuss a new tool — the Pitching Pairing tool from FanGraphs Lab — as a great visualization for tunneling and a way to better understand how pitchers are attacking opposing hitters. Plus, they explore adjustments that can be made by position on the pitching rubber, which gives pitchers a way to manipulate their horizontal approach angle. Finally, they discuss a recent piece from Ben Lindbergh at The Ringer, wondering if increased on-field information for players and tactics like calling pitches from the dugout have gone too far.

0:42 Cole Ragans Avoids Major Injury

5:15 FanGraphs Labs’ New Pitching Pairing Tool

11:45 Establishing the Fastball

18:16 How Sandy Alcantara is So Effective

25:58 Horizontal Approach Angle

43:20 On-Field Information: How Much is Too Much?

Related Links

The Pitching Pairing Tool at FanGraphs Labs: https://www.fangraphs.com/lab/paired-pitches

“A Visual Primer on Horizontal Approach Angle (HAA” by Alex Chamberlain: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-visual-primer-on-horizontal-approach-angle-haa/

“Keep MLB Front Offices Away From the Field” by Ben Lindbergh: https://www.theringer.com/2026/03/23/mlb/keep-mlb-front-offices-off-the-field-pitch-calling-scouting-cards

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With: Trevor May

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Eno, DVR, and Jed break down how the Cubs plan to fill Cade Horton’s spot in the rotation after news of his season-ending torn UCL. They also discuss Astros ace Hunter Brown’s status following a Grade 2 shoulder strain, and later welcome baseball card enthusiast Sean Campbell to explore the ins and outs of the card collecting world.

Rundown

2:43 Cade Horton Out For The Year

8:48 Hunter Brown’s Shoulder Strain

17:25 Other News & Notes From Around MLB

26:08 Sean Campbell’s Start In Card Collecting

28:55 Sean’s Favorite Cards

30:24 Card Grading

31:42 Goals As A Collector

35:22 Considerations For Grading

37:11 Finding Sellers You Trust

39:51 What To Expect In Cheaper Boxes

42:17 Understanding Value

48:16 Advice From An Expert

53:34 Older Cards

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With: Jed Lowrie & Sean Campbell

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