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In our 138th episode, Mike Couillard and Jeremy Brewer discuss the latest bout of injuries and callups impacting our fantasy teams before discussing cards to place in the pod PC for the April 2026 Players of the Month Award Winners. You can find us on bluesky at @cardscategories.bsky.social, @mcouill7.bsky.social, and @jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at [email protected]. Links to things discussed in […]

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I managed to add newly promoted Giants 1B Bryce Eldridge in the open-waivers Perts league where I need a first baseman. I might have to hold him for a while despite the league having three bench spots and a super high churn rate because he’s not 1B eligible in Fantrax, and the Giants played him at designated hitter both nights. In his ten MLB games last year, he played six at DH and four at first base. I think Fantrax needs to update their eligibility requirements because DH is not a position. If a guy plays four games at 1B and zero games anywhere else in the field. He should be 1B eligible. Anywho, I suspect the Giants would like to see Eldridge at first base because he’s an enormous target over there at 6’7” and he’s a good athlete who’s not a ball-butcher with the glove. Rafael Devers actually played okay at the cold corner last year, but at six-foot even and 29 years old, he’s unlikely to provide much defensive value in the long run. On the other hand, moving him to first base at all was quite the ordeal, so maybe the front office would rather not tinker too much. 

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76. Pirates RHP Seth Hernandez | 19 | NA | 2029

I might wind up low on Seth Hernandez despite loving the player. How could you not? He throws a hundred miles an hour with an adult change-up and solid command. Comes down to timeline stuff. Pittsburgh can develop pitching, but they won’t be in any kind of hurry with Hernandez. They have Oneil Cruz and Paul Skenes today. Jared Jones is on the way back and Bubba Chandler is on the way up. Why take a player who’s five years away? It’s certainly defensible because Hernandez is awesome, but it also feels like old thinking in that a front office shouldn’t draft for short-term impact. We have all seen the opposite over the last several years. Amateur baseball has come a long way. Then I think of Jackson Jobe and Andrew Painter, who’ve both been great in the minors at times but have battled injuries throughout their careers. Can’t predict that, of course, but it’s just hard to point to a high school right-hander who has returned a ton of dynasty value. There’s Hunter Greene, but he’s been hurt, too

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After we went over the top 10 for 2026 fantasy baseball and the top 20 for 2026 fantasy baseball in our (my) 2026 fantasy baseball rankings, it’s time for the meat and potatoes rankings. Something to stew about! Hop in the pressure cooker, crank it up to “Intense” and let’s rock with the top 20 catchers for 2026 fantasy baseball. […]

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1. LHP Thomas White | 21 | AAA | 2026

At 6’5” 210 lbs., White wields the kind of stuff that would work against anybody: a mid-90’s fastball, a picturesque curve and disappearing changeup. It’s especially perilous for left-handed hitters, and as Blake Snell has proven, if you can eliminate lefties, you’re way ahead before the game begins. He dominated High-A and Double-A, and while he’s lost the strike zone a bit through two Triple-A starts, he still has 17 strikeouts in 9.1 innings against much older players. Miami is back in a familiar spot for the franchise, looking forward to the development of an extremely promising pitching staff while fielding a lineup peppered with question marks. 

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Team Position Player | Age on 4/1/2026 | Level | ETA

Here’s a link to the Top 50 Update For Mid-September 2025 

51. Twins SS Kaelen Culpepper | 23 | AA | 2026

52. Red Sox LHP Connelly Early | 23 | MLB | 2025

Early looks great in the nascent stages of his Boston tenure, and Culpepper looks like the six of the near future in Minneapolis. Proximity matters a lot to me in dynasty leagues. 

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I’m rearranging the rankings this week, so I figured I’d highlight the players that are rising so fast it’s hard to place them.

10. Padres SS Leo De Vries

11. Brewers SS Jesus Made

12. Giants 1B Bryce Eldridge

It’s more than just attrition: these guys have locked in their place among the top ten prospects in baseball until proven otherwise.  

De Vries has a 132 wRC as an 18-year-old in High-A, which puts him on track to join the Double-A club this summer before he turns 19 in October? Sorry, that’s not a question. I just . . . it’s hard to put a period there. That means he’s 19 in Triple-A to open 2025 if everything just stays peachy keen? Short list. Wouldn’t find many failures on that one, I’d guess. 

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