Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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Ronel Blanco throws a no-hitter, Mike Trout is hitting bombs, and Fred Zinkie's LABR team had an 8.00+ ERA as of Sunday. He and Jeff Erickson review the early action so far. --- 00:00 - Ronel Blanco……Fred can tell you a good story about not drafting him. 08:45 - Josh Jung can’t catch a break. Fractured wrist this time. Drop him? Pick up Justin Foscue? 17:00 - Any Mike Trout regrets?! 21:00 - Tyler Anderson wins - any interest 22:30 - Esteury Ruiz to AAA. ME ADP of 156. Drop him? 28:40 - Alek Thomas to IL. Is Jake McCarthy the replacement that Esteury Ruiz owners are looking for? 33:00 - Javier Assad shows that anyone can shut down COL….. 40:00 - Abner Uribe is clearly the MIL closer. Brice Turang ups his steals total to 6….. 45:30 - Crochet continues to look great and Michael Kopech gets a save…. 49:30 - Spencer Turnbull puts himself on the mixed league radar 51:30 - Elly De La Cruz continues to struggle 1:00:00 - Josh Hader blows save --- Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy first weekend of the MLB season and discuss an already hot FAAB market for closers, including Kevin Ginkel, Abner Uribe and Jason Foley. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball and DFS on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 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! Home Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of n

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to figure out just how strongly we should react to the most exciting and disappointing starts around the league. --- 00:00 -- Headlines 13:30 -- Garrett Crochet 17:45 -- Jordan Hicks/A.J. Puk 23:15 -- Max Fried 27:00 -- Nick Pivetta 29:15 -- Shane Bieber/Bobby Miller/Tarik Skubal 33:15 -- Adbert Alzolay 38:45 -- Abner Uribe 44:15 -- Wyatt Langford 49:15 -- Will Benson 52:30 -- Victor Scott II 1:00:00 -- Juan Soto --- Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball and DFS on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 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. P

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clay Link and Todd Zola discuss news and potential pickups before grading all of next week's two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale! Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball and DFS on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 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! 0:00 Opening Day/Jackson Chourio already has his first SB Pickups 2:00 Jason Foley gets the save for Detroit 6:30 Griffin Jax Bl

Chris Liss and Jeff Erickson were in the same NFBC Main Event draft this year. They discuss the draft, how Chris is hurt by the Paul Sewald injury, and who was the Real "Real Man" at the draft table - it was neither Chris nor Jeff, as it turns out. --- 00:00 - Liss and Erickson in the same draft, with Liss online 08:00 - Paul Sewald 10:00 - Liss Drafting 13th 14:00 - Shohei Ohtani 20:00 - Hitters Falling 24:00 - Zac Gallen 27:30 - Manny Machado 30:00 - Wyatt Langford 36:20 - Anthony Rendon 39:15 - Mike Trout 40:45 - Tracking Other Teams 43:45 - Picking On The Corner 49:00 - Final Rosters 60:00 - Sidebet --- Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball and DFS on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 de

How to track a player's ranking history Chase DeLauter Ceddanne Rafaela, Gavin Stone, Jared Jones Franco Aleman Logan Evans Candidates for aggressive assignments Adam Mazur 2024 FYPD Class Complex schedule moved up Ryan Birchard Coby Mayo Max Clark Colt Emerson Samuel Basallo AJ Smith-Shawver Team context Colt Keith Walker Jenkins Xavier Isaac Best lefty pitching prospect? Wyatt Langford Dylan Crews Trey Lipscomb Wikelman Gonzalez Jacob Misiorowski Felnin Celesten, Dawel Joseph Nick Nastrini, Joe Boyle Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball and DFS on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Sea

Which pitchers in the new wave of starters can we trust? With the greater-than-usual attrition that we've had this spring, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson have had to reach into a different pool of starters to fill their rosters, and will go over those players. Plus, we discuss the latest on Shohei Ohtani, Kevin Gausman, Paul Sewald and the Cardinals outfield. --- 00:00 - Shohei Ohtani. Doesn’t really matter if we believe him. Will there be a fallout that will impact his playing status? 08:15 - Kevin Gausman looked great on Monday. Back to being a 2nd round pick? 13:00 - Dylan Carlson is hurt and the Cards are running out of OFs. Lars Nootbaar took soft toss and is making progress. Victor Scott! 18:00 - Garrett Mitchell to IL. Joey Ortiz to 3B? Drop Mitchell? 21:00 - DLJM to IL. Is he worth waiting for? 25:30 - Paul Sewald to the IL. Kevin Ginkel time? 32:30 - Bryan Woo to IL. I don’t think that Emerson Hancock is a must-add, but he’s interesting. 36:15 - Justin Verlander to throw 2 innings of BP on Tuesday.  3

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1, discuss early FAAB results and then break down their weekend in Las Vegas drafting their NFBC Main Event squads. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss the players they're picking up in their leagues this weekend as well as the players shooting up the back half of NFBC Main Event draft boards. --- 00:00 - News and Notes 11:00 - Infielders 18:45 - Outfielders 31:30 - Starting Pitchers 56:45 - Relief Pitchers --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share which players they've drafted most often, from buzzy young stars like Elly De La Cruz to steady veterans like Xander Bogaerts. They also discuss the latest news, including Wyatt Langford making the Opening Day roster in Texas and Jackson Holliday failing to do so in Baltimore. --- Erik's team: C Sean Murphy 1B Bryce Harper 2B Brandon Lowe 3B Elly De La Cruz SS CJ Abrams OF Cedric Mullins OF Christopher Morel OF Jack Suwinski SP Braxton Garrett RP Ryan Pressly Ryan's team: C Mitch Garver 1B Triston Casas 2B Nolan Gorman 3B Manny Machado SS Xander Bogaerts OF Teoscar Hernandez  OF Seiya Suzuki OF Brendan Donovan SP Cristian Javier RP Ryan Helsley --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all the latest news from around Major League Baseball and offer up their latest and greatest fantasy baseball sleepers for 2024. Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 0:00 Intro/I think we have to talk briefly about the Shohei Ohtani situation. News Wyatt Langford has made the Rangers’ Opening Day roster. Jackson Holliday reassigned to minor-league camp. Reds hit by multiple injuries Who benefits the most from Matt McLain and TJ Friedl missing time? More inclined to draft some of these Reds? 16:00 J.D. Martinez signs a one-year deal with the Mets. Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggles in his first big-league start. Robert Suarez picks up a save in Thursday’s win. 23:00 Victor Scott absen

Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright to discuss Grey's unusual Tout Wars NL squad, which featured zero starting pitchers. The duo discuss draft strategy as well as the latest news, including worrying developments for Shohei Ohtani. --- 00:00 - News & Notes 03:30 - Shohei Ohtani potential legal issues 10:30 - Yoshinobu Yamamoto's bad debut 14:00 - Robert Suarez closing in San Diego? 18:00 - Matt McLain possible shoulder surgery 22:45 - Grey's zero-SP Tout Wars NL team 44:00 - How to adjust to unusual drafters in your league --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blake Snell finally signed, closers are dropping like flies, and Tout Wars Weekend just wrapped up. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down a news-heavy set of days and review Jeff's AL Tout Wars team. --- 00:00 - News & Notes 01:00 - Jhoan Duran, oblique strain! When we pitcher injuries end?! Griffin Jax time? 05:30 - Jordan Romano & Erik Swanson - who’s next for the Jays? 14:00 - Blake Snell to the Giants. Good fit. Too late? 23:15 - Eury Perez. Where to draft him now? Same question with Josh Lowe. 33:10 - Drop TJ Friedl? Could be out for half of the season. And, value up for Jake Fraley and Will Benson? 41:00 - DJLM, bone bruise. Unlikely for opening day. 43:20 - Garrett Crochet to start Opening Day. Sleeper? 45:15 - Jackson Merrill officially made the team. 49:45 - Jordan Westburg hit on the elbow. 54:00 - Jeff’s Tout Wars team! 1:11:00 - Main Event draft slot! --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit th

Wyatt Langford Jackson Holliday Coby Mayo Colton Cowser Paul Skenes Jared Jones Bubba Chandler Ceddanne Rafaela Victor Scott Chase DeLauter James Wood Gavin Stone Thomas Saggese Joey Loperfido David Matoma Roderick Arias Arjun Nimmala Kyle Carr Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Crawford is joined by Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times to preview the Mariners in 2024. They look at the superstar potential of Julio Rodriguez, how good this rotation can be, how concerned fantasy managers should be about this defense, and some prospects that could help the M's in 2024. Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (BatFlip Crazy), break down a $5000 entry NFBC draft as it happens, talking a ton of draft strategy and many player evaluations as we head into a major fantasy draft week. They talk steals, saves, using ADP, mid-rounds, late rounds and many, many individual players. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @batflipcrazy I @RotoWire Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today.  It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Crawford looks at the AL West and NL West to finish off the over/under preview. He looks at the win totals for all ten clubs, and he also looks at some potential over/under numbers for players like Corbin Carroll, Julio Rodriguez, Nolan Jones and more. Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clay Link is joined by special guest co-host Erik Halterman to talk about all things fantasy baseball, including news, sleepers, risers, fallers and more! Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 0:00 Intro/Devin Williams down for the Brewers Is Joel Payamps the new closer for Milwaukee? Other candidates News 4:15 Dylan Cease traded to the Padres On the topic of the Padres, Jackson Merrill will be with the team in South Korea. All indications are that he will be the starting center fielder Gerrit Cole sidelined at least 1-2 months Tommy Edman (wrist) will open the season on the IL, Victor Scott rising 12:50 Wyatt Langford appears headed for the Opening Day roster Adam Duvall back to Atlanta 16:22 Taj Bradley