Eno and DVR take a quick break from their Position Preview series to catch up on baseball news from the past week including Framber Valdez’s deal with the Tigers, Tarik Skubal’s win in arbitration, the Brendan Donovan trade, Eugenio Suárez’s return to the Reds, and Luis Arraez’s fit with the Giants. Plus, OOPSY projection system creator Jordan Rosenblum joins the show, and Jeff Zimmerman drops by to discuss pitcher injury grades and fantasy baseball draft prep.

Rundown

2:05 Framber Valdez Signs with Tigers (3/$115M)

8:52 Tarik Skubal’s Arbitration Win

16:42 Brendan Donovan Traded to the Mariners

20:53 Eugenio Suárez Returns to the Reds

24:08 Luis Arraez Signs with the Giants

26:32 Jordan Rosenblum Joins the Show

36:50 The Stickiness of Defensive Metrics

50:10 Jeff Zimmerman Joins the Show

59:16 Managing Risk within Roster Builds

1:11:02 Miguel Andujar Signs with the Padres

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Eno and DVR continue their 2026 position preview series with the second installment of their Starting Pitcher preview. This episode focuses on pitchers often selected between Pick 175 and 250 overall of recent NFBC drafts.

Check out Eno's 2026 Starting Pitcher Rankings ($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010771

Rundown

0:59 ADP Tier 4b -- Tanner Bibee, Trevor Rogers, Edward Cabrera & Shota Imanaga

19:43 ADP Tier 4b continued — Shane Baz, Shane Bieber & Aaron Nola

31:15 ADP Tier 5a -- Carlos Rodón, Zac Gallen & Cade Horton

42:04 ADP Tier 5a continued -- Andrew Abbott, Kris Bubic, Jack Flaherty & Merrill Kelly

1:00:34 ADP Tier 5b -- Matthew Boyd, Joe Musgrove, Shane McClanahan, Jack Leiter & Roki Sasaki

1:18:04 ADP Tier 5b continued -- Hurston Waldrep, Bryce Miller, Connelly Early & Shane Smith

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Eno and DVR continue their 2026 position preview series with the second installment of their Starting Pitcher preview. This episode focuses on pitchers often selected between Pick 100 and 200 overall of recent NFBC drafts.

Check out Eno's 2026 Starting Pitcher Rankings ($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010771

Rundown

0:58 ADP Tier 3a -- Spencer Strider, Chase Burns, Tyler Glasnow, Brandon Woodruff

16:53 ADP Tier 3a continued -- Sonny Gray, Kevin Gausman & Emmet Sheehan

28:37 ADP Tier 3b -- Nick Lodolo, Zack Wheeler, Michael King, Pablo López & Ryan Pepiot

47:30 ADP Tier 3b continued -- Gavin Williams, Cam Schlittler, Drew Rasmussen, Jacob Misiorowski & Robbie Ray

1:05:57 ADP Tier 4a -- Nathan Eovaldi, Bubba Chandler, Trey Yesavage & Tatsuya Imai

1:20:08 ADP Tier 4a continued -- Sandy Alcantara, MacKenzie Gore, Luis Castillo & Ranger Suárez

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