Kevin Gosman rode a splitter back to dominance, delivering a complete-game, two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts as a late-season spike for fantasy gains. The splitter’s vertical drop returned to form, anchoring a run where his ERA/WHIP improve markedly in the last 10 starts. Bryce Miller’s 11-K outburst adds another streamer-friendly option for Week 26, while the episode weighs Aaron Judge’s MVP odds and a trove of late-season injury notes and two-start schedules to help rosters navigate the fantasy playoff push.

Beyond Gosman and Judge, the show dives into Week 26 two-start plans with Cubs, Padres, and Mariners notes, highlighting Gavin Williams, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Mackenzie Gore’s and Ryan Weathers’ returns as potential adds. It also flags NL wild-card drama and late-season bullpen churn as factors that can tilt streaming and rostering choices in the home stretch.

Brandon Spro’s Mets debut looks promising as a potential late-season add; he went six innings with seven strikeouts and a respectable ERA, signaling a viable streamer in favorable matchups as Cincinnati’s schedule loosens up. Zebby Matthews and Kyle Bradish are the two hot-start pitchers worth monitoring next week, with Matthews drawing Angels and Bradish facing Pittsburgh for a juicy Tuesday slate.

Kyle Teal, Francisco Alvarez, Otto Lopez, Ryan O’Hearn, Jordan Leasure, and Sean Armstrong provide a mix of catcher depth, power, and saves–all in the sprint to the fantasy playoffs. Teal’s two-catcher viability and Alvarez’s power-return with Mets’ lineup depth stand out, while Lopez and O’Hearn bring hot bat potential in stacked lineups. Armstrong and Leasure offer closing upside in tight races.

Mets playoff odds hover around 95% as a late-season surge hinges on three fresh arms delivering upside in a six-man frame, while Francisco Alvarez and Brett Batty provide breakout spark in the lineup. Edwin Diaz remains the focal point of the bullpen, even after a quirky on-mound shoes issue that briefly rattled the late innings. A pivotal series with Philadelphia looms, with Padres and other wild-card rivals in the wings, and the Mets’ path to the postseason remains metric-driven and opportunity-led for fantasy managers.

Up top, Kodai Senga’s status looms large as he cycles between Syracuse and New York, and the organization continues to push the developmental timeline for its pitching prospects. On offense, Batty’s power and Alvarez’s recent adjustments inject creative upside into a lineup that has shown spurts of scoring in small windows. The narrative for fantasy players centers on hot hands, bullpen stability, and the thin margins between clinching and a sprint-start playoff path.

NL West remains a tight duel as Dodgers and Padres stumble through late-season drift. LA’s weekend in Baltimore ended with a gut-punch walk-off, while San Diego weathered rotational injuries and rough offensive stretches. Yoshinobu Yamamoto showed a flash of stuff that fantasy players crave, and Bogaerts’ absence looms as a real drag for SD. In New York, Aaron Judge’s elbow issues sparked a public debate about lineup construction and defensive placement.

Across the league, Holliday’s late homer and Kremer’s early exit underscored how a few pivotal moments shape the wild-card hunt. The show threads health, depth, and strategic tinkering—creative cuts included—into the fantasy equation, highlighting how rosters must balance upside with durability as we sprint toward October.