This Week in Fantasy Baseball · Lee Keller, John Ke

TWF 124 - Marsee to Shining Sea

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John and Patrick start with the usual on-air check-in. They trade a bit of real-world baseball banter first, including Patrick’s Orioles game and John’s Twins frustration, which keeps things casual without bogging the episode down. From there, it settles into the weekly fantasy baseball routine. They recap hitter and pitcher performances from the past week and keep tying each name back to what it means for fantasy players and streamer calls. One hitter gets a fresh read. His homer total reaches 20, and they say 30 homers now feels very doable if the current run keeps going, even though the average and OBP story still do not line up. They treat that split like a real fantasy issue, not just a trivia note. The conversation stays centered on what the numbers mean rather than on big-picture baseball talk. Then the show turns to pitching. Joey Cantillo is the arm they focus on, and they frame him as a streamer with a wide range of outcomes, ugly ratios, and enough strikeout ability to matter when the matchup fits. His outing against the White Sox gives them a practical example. He goes 5.2 innings with one earned run, four hits, two walks, and three strikeouts, which is useful mostly because it shows both the floor and the appeal. They also note the nine whiffs. That keeps the pitch-data side of the discussion alive even while they remind listeners that the rest of his numbers are rough. The bigger point is context. Against a weak opponent, a volatile starter can still be worth the gamble. They extend that thinking to the schedule ahead, pointing out Atlanta and Arizona as the next two stops. That keeps him on the board rather than turning him into a set-and-forget play. The show finishes with the usual housekeeping about comments, email, subscriptions, and Pitcherless Pro. The whole episode is brisk, familiar, and aimed at fantasy players who want weekly noise turned into usable decisions.

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A steady fantasy baseball update that turns weekly noise into roster calls.

This weekly fantasy baseball update stays useful by turning the latest news into roster calls. John Kuh and Patrick Fitzgerald move with purpose through the week, and the discussion is sharpest when it stays on hitter and pitcher outcomes instead of drifting into broader…

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