RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, James Anderson, Scott Jenstad, Todd Zola, Fred Zinkie, Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more! read less
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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 6, 2024)
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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 6, 2024)
Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more! This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket.  Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now!  Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 0:00 Intro/Christian Scott is on his way to join the Mets Pickups Joey Loperfido Tyler Black 9:00 Garrett Cooper Kyle Gibson 10:30 Wenceel Perez $3 Jose Miranda $1 14:00 Jacob Young 22:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 6, 2024) Zac Gallen 5 Justin Steele 3 Frankie Montas 2 Corbin Carroll Triston McKenzie 3 33:30 Logan Allen 3 Dakota Hudson 0 Mike Soroka 0 Mike Clevinger 2 (Todd 0) Jack Flaherty 4 (Todd 3) Justin Verlander 5 (Todd 4) 39:30 Cole Ragans 5 Seth Lugo 4 Tyler Anderson 3 Patrick Sandoval 1 (Todd 2) Walker Buehler 4 Braxton Garrett 0 Bryse Wilson 1 Colin Rea 1 Simeon Woods Richardson 0 (Todd 1) 49:00 Bailey Ober 4 Luis Gil 3 Alex Wood 0 58:40 Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4) Yu Darvish 3 Luis Castillo 5 Mason Black 0 Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 0) Miles Mikolas 1 Sem Robberse 0 Tyler Alexander 1 1:03 Andrew Heaney 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Second Chance Draft
4d ago
Second Chance Draft
If you could re-draft today, where would Corbin Carroll go? How about Ranger Suárez? Would Ronald Acuña Jr. still go first? We resolved to find these questions out in the Yahoo! Friends & Family draft on Monday night. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review the results and the shifting player values. --- Full draft results: https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/84482/draftresults --- 00:00 - Recapping the Yahoo! F&F Draft.  04:25 - Mookie Betts 1.1 06:30 - Elly De La Cruz 1.5 09:00 - Fred takes Corbin Burnes 1.8 11:00 - Jeff takes Gunnar Henderson 1.11 13:00 - First-round recap 16:30 - Yordan Alvarez 2.16 17:30 - Tarik Skubal 2.19, 3rd pitcher taken 19:00 - Cooling off on early pitchers 22:30 - Corbin Carroll 2.25 30:15 - Adolis Garcia 2.26 33:00 - Two more aces for Fred (Freddy Peralta, Aaron Nola) 34:20 - When to take closers? 36:20 - Mike Trout 3.32 39:00 - Slumping Blue Jays hitters 41:45 - Early positive outliers - Shota Imanaga, Marcell Ozuna, Ronel Blanco 48:15 - Fred’s Full Team 53:15 - Jeff’s Full Team --- Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket.  Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! PrizePicks Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now!  Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Panic Meter - Nick Castellanos
25-04-2024
Panic Meter - Nick Castellanos
Actress and Podcast Host Ellen Adair joins Jeff Erickson to talk Phillies, including whether there's reason for panic on Nick Castellanos and Aaron Nola, and why Ranger Suarez is pitching so well right now. Plus we talk about the intersection of her fandom and her career. --- 00:00 - I. Phillies talk 00:30 - Zack Wheeler 01:30 - Bullpen 05:15 - Ranger Suarez 09:30 - Spencer Turnbull / Taijuan Walker 15:45 - Aaron Nola 18:20 - Nick Castellanos 24:45 - Alec Bohm's hot start 27:00 - Slow starts for Stott, Realmuto 29:30 - Anyone under the radar at the majors or minors we should look out for? 30:35 - Johan Rojas 33:00 - II. Career & Fandom 33:15 - Take Me In To the Ballgame 35:00 - Finding time w/ auditions/callbacks 37:30 - Acting in an emerging AI universe 45:00 - Congrats on your award - HERD 48:00 - Favorite Projects 51:00 - MLBN Off Base --- Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket.  Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! PrizePicks Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now!  Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 22, 2024)
19-04-2024
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 22, 2024)
Clay Link and Todd Zola talk struggling players, pickups and more before grading all of next week's two-start pitching options. This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket.  Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! Download the On Demand DFS app now and get started with a 30-day free trial. Dive into a fantasy football experience that's rich in history, strategy, and, most importantly, fun. It's time to create your legacy with the ultimate lineup of legends and live out your fantasy football dreams like never before. Download On Demand DFS Today!  0:00 Intro/Players young and old are struggling/Jack Leiter Pickups Jack Leiter wasn’t picked up in the RotoWire Steak League 6:50 Kirby Yates - $39 9:25 Jose Butto - $12 11:00 Andy Pages - $11 Wilyer Abreu - $10 16:30 Jonatan Clase - $7 Jake Irvin - $5 Orion Kerkering - $4 Joey Loperfido - $3 26:30 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 22, 2024) Brandon Pfaadt 3 Reynaldo Lopez 3 (Todd 4) Grayson Rodriguez 5 Tanner Houck 4 (Todd 5) Jordan Wicks 1 (Todd 0) Hunter Greene 3 Andrew Abbott 2 Ben Lively 0 Austin Gomber 0 Chris Flexen 0 Tarik Skubal 5 Brady Singer 3 Michael Wacha 1 (Todd 2) Reid Detmers 4 Ryan Weathers 1 (Todd 0) Joe Ross 0 (Todd 1) Wade Miley 0 (Todd 1) Chris Paddack 1 (Todd 0) Pablo Lopez 5 Jose Quintana 2 46:30 Carlos Rodon 3 Marcus Stroman 3 JP Sears 1 (Todd 2) Paul Blackburn 2 49:00 Taijuan Walker 0 51:15 Jared Jones 5 Bailey Falter 0 Dylan Cease 4 Michael King 4 Logan Gilbert 5 54:00 Keaton Winn 3 Lance Lynn 3 Zack Littell 4 Jon Gray 3 (Todd 4) Yusei Kikuchi 4 Kevin Gausman 5 Patrick Corbin 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Panic Meter - Francisco Lindor
19-04-2024
Panic Meter - Francisco Lindor
After 18 games, Francisco Lindor is hitting .151 with one homer and no stolen bases. What's our level of panic, especially when comparing him to other shortstops in the same range like Gunnar Henderson and CJ Abrams? CJ Kaltenbach (aka The Seige) joins Jeff Erickson. --- 00:00 - CJ Abrams 04:30 - Ronald Acuña 06:30 - Ozzie Albies 07:00 - Francisco Lindor 09:00 - Anthony Volpe 10:00 - Jackson Merrill 11:15 - Elly De La Cruz 12:30 - Jack Leiter's debut 19:00 - General FAAB approach? 22:00 - O’s talk, Gunnar Henderson (and other options we had at the turn) 24:15 - Rafael Devers 28:30 - Red Sox issues: Bello, Houck 32:20 - Jared Jones 36:00 - Drafting from 1.1 41:30 - INJ Notes: Darvish, Bryant, Albies, Verlander 44:00 - Mike Trout 46:00 - Q&A --- Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket.  Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! On Demand DFS Download the On Demand DFS app now and get started with a 30-day free trial. Dive into a fantasy football experience that's rich in history, strategy, and, most importantly, fun. It's time to create your legacy with the ultimate lineup of legends and live out your fantasy football dreams like never before. Download On Demand DFS Today!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Top Teams Making Changes
17-04-2024
Top Teams Making Changes
Jack Leiter is getting the call for Texas, and the Dodgers are calling up Andy Pages potentially to replace Chris Taylor. We're starting to see patience for slow starts running out. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson will discuss that topic and more. --- 00:30 - Jack Leiter is coming up. Is he the saviour for teams who have had pitching injuries? 06:00 - Dodgers have turned to Andy Pages….. 10:50 - Jonatan Clase called up by Mariners 16:00 - Hitters get hurt too!  16:30 - Ozzie Albies,  21:30 - Christian Yelich,  24:00 - Seiya Suzuki 27:00 - Red Sox Malaise: Rafael Devers leaves game, Garrett Whitlock leaves game, Tyler O’Neill in concussion protocol, Kelley blows save. 35:00 - Andres Muñoz pitching in the 7th 38:00 - Brewers bullpen 40:00 - Jordan Romano with a shaky save 42:00 - Carlos Rodon with a bad outing 44:30 - Marlins SP - Weathers, Cabrera, Meyer, Puk 51:20 - Jared Jones shoves, gets pulled after 59 pitches 55:30 - do we care that Seth Lugo doesn’t strike anyone out? --- Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket.  Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! On Demand DFS Download the On Demand DFS app now and get started with a 30-day free trial. Dive into a fantasy football experience that's rich in history, strategy, and, most importantly, fun. It's time to create your legacy with the ultimate lineup of legends and live out your fantasy football dreams like never before. Download On Demand DFS Today!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices