
Brad Johnson discusses a few random baseball thoughts including trade rumors and the Nationals picking up Royals closer Kelvin Herrera.

Erik Siegrist comes up with 20 predictions for 2018 with Opening Day underway, like Mariners ace James Paxton taking home the American League Cy Young Award.

Mound Musings returns for 2018, and this week, Brad Johnson focuses on Opening Day pitching staffs to help strategize for draft day. High on his list are Thor and the Mets.
Juan Carlos Blanco looks over Tuesday's slate and recommends a Royals mini-stack headlined by new franchise single-season home run king Mike Moustakas.
Todd Zola files one last pitcher ranking as the 2017 season enters its final week. Rotations are in flux, making it a difficult week to rank the starters.
Chris Bennett checks in with his suggestions for Wednesday's FanDuel slate, kicking things off with Cubs hurler Jon Lester in a road interleague matchup with the Rays.
Christopher Olson looks over Wednesday's slate and finds a surprising number of apparent bargains, including Javier Baez in a matchup with Rays left-hander Blake Snell.
The Padres have been solid in the past two games, but Greg Vara is expecting them to get shut down Wednesday by the Diamondbacks' Robbie Ray.
Todd Zola ranks this week's starting pitchers as the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw is one of the few aces who will have two starts.
Neil Parker breaks down the Thursday DraftKings slate as Aaron Judge is due for some positive regression.
Greg Vara reviews Thursday's slate and thinks George Springers's recent slump has made him a bargain in a plus matchup against the erratic Ricky Nolasco.
Todd Zola ranks this week's starting pitchers as the Indians' aces both get a pair of starts against AL Central foes.
The Cubs are one of the better stacking options on Sunday's slate, and Kris Bryant makes for a solid part of it with a lefty on the mound.