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Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Wednesday's MLB games
Everything you need to know to place your MLB bets and set fantasy baseball lineups for Wednesday, April 24.
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FANTASY BASEBALL NEWS
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HOME RUNS GALORE
TUESDAY'S BEST
Shohei Ohtani blasts homer 450 feet in Washington
Julio Rodriguez's first homer of the season travels 435 feet
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FANTASY GEM 💎
Max Fried finishes off a 'Maddux' in masterful outing
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WORTHY ROSTER ADDITIONS
Relievers to add and drop
Eric Karabell discusses the always-changing reliever landscape, offering his latest input on whose stock is up and whose is down.
Waiver wire: Quickly add Rosario and Ruiz for steals
Tristan H. Cockcroft outlines the players you should be claiming off the waiver wire.
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PREP YOUR LINEUP
Fantasy Baseball Forecaster for Week 5: April 22-28
Set your lineups for the week ahead in fantasy baseball with our forecaster preview, which features pitcher rankings, hitter ratings, schedule observations and more.
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DON'T GIVE UP ON THEM YET
Practice patience with struggling stars
Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses why fantasy managers need to be patient with slow starters like Ronald Acuna Jr. and Julio Rodriguez.
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PROSPECT WATCH
Is Paul Skenes' promotion imminent?
Eric Karabell touches on a few of the hot players whose debuts fantasy managers are anxiously awaiting, led by last year's No. 1 overall draft pick.
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FANTASY TOOLS
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BULLPEN WATCH 👀
10 early takeaways on 10 closing situations
Eric Karabell discusses the always-changing closer landscape, offering his early observations from the season's first couple weeks.
Top Headlines
- Trout slugs HR in first leadoff at-bat since 2020
- Cueto eyes 17th MLB season, signs with Rangers
- Rangers' Scherzer set to make rehab start Wed.
- Roberts working with Ohtani on plate discipline
- Casas out 'a while' for Red Sox with rib fracture
- Power move: O's call up Kjerstad amid HR flurry
- D-backs acquire INF Alcantara, claim LHP Jacques
- Fantasy Forecaster for April 22-28
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