Nick Kurtz entered Tuesday night's play with zero homers, 14 strikeouts and a .148 batting average. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss Kurtz and other early season slumping hitters and their respective worry levels.

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00:00 10 Players We Regret

00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

01:45 News:

02:00 Hunter Brown not throwing

05:30 Use Shohei as a SP?

09:20 Cade Horton’s first MRI didn’t look good…..

11:00 Juan Soto will miss 2-3 weeks…..

13:00 Jacob deGrom left after five innings with knee discomfort…..

14:40 Matthew Boyd landed on the IL……

21:00 Bryan Baker, Lucas Erceg, Jordan Romano and Jakob Junis were among those who got saves last night…..

24:15 Jose Soriano looks great

26:00 Smart Money Demo - Ozzie Albies Walk

27:45 Jansen Junk

33:30 Sling

34:30 Who are we worried about?

36:00 The following players required a significant draft investment and have an OPS below .500. Who are we worried about?

36:45 At your request, we can talk about Nick Kurtz too.

40:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong

44:00 Julio Rodriguez

48:00 Ronald Acuna

48:15 Josh Naylor

49:15 Byron Buxton

50:15 Trevor Story

52:20 Wyatt Langford

55:00 Austin Riley

57:30 Bo Bichette

59:06 BlueWire

59:10 The following players were later picks and have an OPS below .500. Who are we ready to drop?

59:45 Marcell Ozuna

1:02:00 Cedric Mullins

1:03:00 Jose Caballero

1:04:30 Carson Benge

1:06:00 Caleb Durbin

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