Alain de Leonardis

Writer @BaseballHQ + Baseball Forecaster | 1x @FSWA winner, 2x finalist | screenwriter, artist, gaming, D&D nerd | writer/producer:

[Alain de Leonardis @acdeleon]

@CPTowers Glad to hear you’re on the mend, looks like you’re well-cared-for.

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Third time through was too much today. Still, 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 21.6% whiff rate (8 on 37 swings) against this lineup is noteworthy.

Averaged 94.4 mph on FB, down 1.7 from 2025 but was RP then. Touched 96, threw his second-fastest (95.9) on his 73rd pitch. 🧐

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It’s cold at Citi, only 3 IP so far, and we gotta see if he can hold his velo/effectiveness all the way through the lineup a second time (to say nothing of longer), but Mlodzinski looks pretty dang good against a tough Mets lineup.

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@DolphHauldhagen

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@IAmRickGraham F is only, like, the 6th letter from the top. That’s like 81st percentile. It would be a red bar on Savant!

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@IAmRickGraham Counterpoint: most projections had him just over 130 IP. Some level of uncertainty/six-man-rotation babying was baked in to those. Unless you were counting on 160+ IP, he could still easily make good on the projected volume, assuming Dodgers start him regularly after a few weeks.

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@BaseballATeam My god—not sure where this top-10 is from (https://t.co/cMc4GH9wZu?), but this truly is a tragic list.

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Even his face looks compressed in the TB pic

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THAT IS SOME SERIOUS SHRINKAGE

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@mdrc0508 Same, sorry it wasn’t a longer visit. Great weekend, though.

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I’m going to take this with a moon-sized grain of salt, but it’s interesting nonetheless. My #TGFBI draft grade (roster to follow):

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@mdrc0508 Ha, a variation on the classic Groucho Marx quote: "I don't want to belong to any club that would accept me as a member.”

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@BaseballATeam @KO_Reporter They often are! Even if you take the grade semi-seriously, the season happens. Injuries, busts, PED suspensions, FAAB, etc.

[Alain de Leonardis @acdeleon]

I’m going to take this with a moon-sized grain of salt, but it’s interesting nonetheless. My #TGFBI draft grade (roster to follow):

[Alain de Leonardis @acdeleon]

My #TGFBI draft board.

I was able to get a lot of guys I was targeting and appreciated being at the turn more than usual.

Feeling good about pitching ceiling and floor. Took Abreu before the Hader news.

Spread SB out among several guys rather than relying on one big speedster.

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My first year participating in Tout. Auction yesterday was a lot of fun, and I appreciated the opportunity to commune with my fellow writers, analysts, and podcasters over the weekend. Team commentary to follow.

[Tout Wars @ToutWars]

NL Tout Wars

Sunday
3/15
9 AM ET

1 @SultanofStat
2 @razzball
3 @iamrickgraham
4 Peter Kreutzer
5 @derekcarty
6 @erik_halterman
7 @SteveAGarder
8 Phil Hertz
9 @B_Walton
10 Scott Wilderman
11 @TaylorTarter
12 @acdeleon

Board https://t.co/ajFS8N5CHs
Stream https://t.co/XxC7to0aRv

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@RotoGut Helps to have Yordan and Schwarbz qualifying at OF

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@sciencegirl Lords of Magic, because I was on the production team at Impressions Games.

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@corbin_young21 The *main* main question is whether his partial UCL/flexor tear holds up all season.

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@RotoGut I despise having to find saves in season. We all end up having to do it at some point, but definitely my least favorite fantasy chore.

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@RotoGut Yeah, I meant chase them in-season through FAAB.