10 Polarizing Hitters

10 Polarizing Hitters

Author: RotoWire.com April 16, 2025 Duration: 1:06:10

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 hitters that are off to interesting early hitter stat lines, including Jazz Chisholm and Jacob Wilson.

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00:00 Fred Pod 4-15

00:30 Welcome

01:45 Jacob Wilson

10:00 Gabriel Arias

12:11 BlueWire

12:15 News and Injuries:

12:30 Marcell Ozuna will miss the Jays series (hip)…..

15:15 Jays notes - Easton Lucas, George Springer seems to have avoided a major injury….Max Scherzer has a setback

18:40 Reds Moves… McLain, Hays, Diaz active Alexis Diaz won’t be the closer right away

22:15 Rooker/Kurtz

25:15 VIVID Seats

26:15 Polarizing Hitters

28:00 Jose Altuve

31:15 Jazz Chisholm Jr.

33:30 Xavier Edwards

34:45 Triston Casas

36:50 Christian Yelich

39:30 Dylan Crews

43:00 Salvador Perez

45:45 Jo Adell

48:45 Christian Walker

52:45 Marcus Semien

54:15 Nolan Arenado

57:30 Michael Toglia

1:01:15 Alec Bohm

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