The Fantasy Six Pack Hour

Fantasy Baseball Week 2: Hot Starts, Cold Starts & Who to Add Now

Published: April 3, 2026

Duration: 1:17:44

The Fantasy Six Pack Hour, presented by FanDuel is here for Week 2 of the 2026 MLB season, bringing you early breakouts and busts. AJ Applegarth and Corey Pieper separate real signals from noise, revealing which hot starts to trust (Yordan Alvarez, Shea Langeliers, Kevin Gausman), which cold starts to buy low on (Bo Bichette, Julio Rodriguez), and the waiver wire adds winning leagues right now.

The guys break down players into three tiers: genuinely great starts with sustainable metrics, fine starts quietly building toward breakouts, and bad starts where the underlying stats reveal panic or opportunity. From Yordan's...