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Welcome back to the whiff show. We're talking plate discipline again but this time we'll head over to the positive side of things after covering all those who've gotten down in dumps in last week's edition. So, strap on your power of positvity and let's talk some players who are currently driving their managers (both in real life and fantasy) far less nuts. Jeffers, Adells, and Frys - oh my!

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Fantasy baseball expert Nicklaus Gaut will be holding a live chat today at 11am central time, exclusively with Trade Rumors Front Office subscribers.  Use the link below to ask a question in advance, participate in the live event, and read the transcript afterward.

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Hello friends.

With May halfway behind us and over a quarter of the games in the books, we finally have a decent enough chunk of data to start shaking out some of the wheat from the chaff, with sample sizes officially getting large enough that we can start drawing some conclusions about performance without having some "well-actually guy" on Twitter immediately start haranguing us about "too much noise, not enough signal, don't pay attention to anything...bah-hhhhhhh." We'll start our 2024 Statsapalooza on plate discipline, as many of the related numbers are ones that begin to stabilize quickly. But first, a quick word on that dirty word, stabilize.

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Every week, Nicklaus Gaut writes a fantasy baseball article for Trade Rumors Front Office.  Here's his latest...

Hello friends.

Well, we covered the American league bullpen situations last week so proper order dictates we slide on over to the National League for this week's musing. So let's run it back, checking on each team's closing situations as well as looking for notable backups, dark horses, and best options for those fishing for Holds.

But before we head over to the senior circuit, let's update a couple of situations that have seen movement since last we spoke.

Minnesota Twins Update

What we said then: "Duran should slide back into his closer role."

What actually happened: Duran immediately racked two Saves in his first two appearances but two Holds in his last two, with Cole Sands getting the Save in one, and Caleb Thielbar in the other.

Duran was brought in to face Tyler O'Neill, Wilyer Abreu, and Connor Wong with a two-run lead in the eighth on Saturday, and Sands cleaned up in the ninth. On Monday night, Griffin Jax pitched the seventh and allowed the tying run, with Duran out for the eighth to face Dylan Moore, Josh Rojas, and Julio Rodriguez after the Twins gave him a two-run lead in the top. Lefty Caleb Thielbar then came in to finish out the ninth.

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Fantasy baseball expert Nicklaus Gaut held a live chat today, dishing out advice on Paul Skenes, Wyatt Langford, Corbin Carroll, and many more.

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