TWF 140 - The First Injury Report of 2026

This Week In Fantasy Baseball - John Ke (@thejohnke) and Patrick Fitzgerald (@PFitzgerald_99) catch you up on everything in "This Week in Fantasy Baseball"!

 

John and Patrick kick off the 2026 baseball season with the first injury report of the year, looking at who's hurt and if their replacements are viable fantasy candidates. They answer a few mailbag questions and then take a look at who's rising and who's falling in terms of ADP over the past month.

 

Timestamps:

2:56 - Injury Report

• Pablo Lopez -> Taj Bradley and Zebby Matthews
• Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep -> Bryce Elder
• Reese Olson -> Justin Verlander
• Blake Snell -> Roki Sasaki and Emmett Sheehan
• Tommy Edman -> Hyeseong Kim
• Jackson Holliday, Corbin Carroll, and Francisco Lindor

26:31 - Mailbag Questions

• Should we expect a breakout from Zebby Matthews or Braxton Ashcraft
• How do you value positions in a draft?
• How do you draft pitching in a H2H league where innings pitched is a category?
• Who is most likely to become an ace between Max Fried, Logan Webb, Hunter Greene, and Joe Ryan?

41:42 - ADP Movers

• Fallers
  • Troy Melton
  • Ivan Herrera
  • Ryne Nelson
  • Abner Uribe
  • Jarren Duran
• Risers
  • JJ Wetherholt
  • Jacob Wilson
  • Willi Castro
  • Matt Chapman
  • Geraldo Perdomo

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