Should You Cut These Eight Pitchers

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss tough hold-vs-cut-vs-trade decisions with early struggling pitchers. --- 00:00 RW Pod 5-5-26 00:15 News: 00:30 Tarik Skubal is out for a few months. That’s two of the Big-3 starters on the IL….. 10:00 Joe Ryan doesn’t need to go on the IL. 11:00 Roman Anthony left with a wrist injury….. 14:20 Jhoan Duran and Raisel Iglesias return today. Closer normalcy!…… 15:40 Emilio Pagan blows the save 17:40 Caleb Killian save 25:30 Jackson Chourio is back and got four hits….. 29:17 BlueWire 29:22 Main topic: Pitchers to consider dropping 29:45 For every pick up there’s a drop 32:00 Three different tiers for each of them. 32:15 “I wouldn’t cut the player in XX size of league.” 32:30 2. “I would cut the player if there was someone I liked on waivers and this player was the necessary cut.” 32:45 3. “I would actively look to get them off my roster, for basically anyone.” 35:00 Pitchers 35:10 Jack Flaherty 39:30 Luis Castillo 44:30 Trevor Megill 46:30 Aaron Nola 48:00 Ryan Walker 49:00 Zac Gallen 51:10 Andrew Abbott 52:45 Ryne Nelson, Merrill Kelly, Eduardo Rodriguez, Mike Soroka 56:00 Jack Leiter 57:20 Roki Sasaki 58:15 Andrew Painter 1:01:45 Chad Patrick 1:02:10 Noah Cameron 1:02:30 Rhett Lowder 1:03:20 Brady Singer 1:06:30 Brandon Sproat 1:07:10 Dustin May 1:08:30 Chris Bassitt 1:09:00 RotoWire Smart Money Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.