Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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

Mike Alexander (@Roto_Wan) from RazzBall.com joins Jeff Erickson to share their annual Best Ball Special. We break down the top winning concepts in Best Ball and how Underdog, Fantrax, RT and the NFBC differ from each other. We also discuss the latest on Devin Williams, Gerrit Cole and Eury Perez. --- 00:00 - Breaking News 00:30 - Devin Williams 02:30 - Gerrit Cole 05:45 - Adam Duvall 07:00 - Eury Perez 08:30 - Ronald Acuña 11:15 - Intro to Best Ball Leagues 13:30 - Underdog 22:00 - Draft Kings 23:00 - The Importance of Stacking 31:00 - Fantrax 37:30 - RT Sports 41:15 - RazzSlam / NFBC 46:20 - When do you start? --- 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 depos

Marc's history with NFBC auctions February valuations vs. late-March valuations Building with a strong infield Figuring out the closer market Nomination strategy Using the NFBC's max bid tool Scouting the competition Playing the endgame Reserve round strategy Where James went wrong in his recent high-stakes auction Wyatt Langford's price heading into the Main Event 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 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

Jose Altuve keeps showing up on a lot of Fred Zinkie's (@FredZinkieMLB) rosters, as does Chas McCormick and Craig Kimbrel. Hear who else he and Jeff Erickson keep rostering, and who they sometimes would prefer to have instead. --- 0:00 - News & Notes 1:00 - Gerrit Cole underwent and MRI and won’t be ready for Opening Day. Uh oh. Where should he be drafted now? 10:30 - Adjusting draft strategy as a result? 13:20 - Aaron Judge 18:00 - Taj Bradley to undergo MRI for pectoral tightness. One of my sleepers! 25:30 - Jackson Merrill makes the team 31:05 - Players Fred Can’t Stop Drafting 31:15 - Players you often find yourself drafting the most often. There were players such as Bailey Ober, who I thought would be my most rostered. But the reality doesn’t always match the expectation.  33:20 - C: None 35:30 - 1B: Pete Alonso, Andrew Vaughn 43:15 - 2B: Jose Altuve, Ketel Marte 46:00 - 3B: None 48:30 - SS: Zach Neto 51:45 - OF: Chas McCormick, Alex Verdugo, Brendan Donovan, Johan Rojas  1:01:00 - SP: Grayson Rodriguez,

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad dig deep into the 2024 player pool and detail their targets and fades at every position. Players discussed include Cody Bellinger, Anthony Volpe, Logan Webb, Zac Gallen and many, many more. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Crawford is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic, and they begin the show by discussing the proper etiquette of slow drafts. They then talk about some hitters and pitchers that have surprising ADPs, including Elly De La Cruz, George Kirby, Nolan Jones and Evan Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) dig into some over/unders from the Central divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clay Link and Todd Zola discuss all the latest news from around spring training and updates to their Top 300 fantasy baseball rankings. 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. 0:00 Intro/Joey Votto finds a home Vladdy Jr. has been battling a jammed thumb. News Nathaniel Lowe has an oblique strain, not expected for Opening Day. Jared Walsh appears likely to step in at first base for TEX. 4:00 Does this affect Wyatt Langford’s chances of making the roster? Lars Nootbaar injured, diagnosed with two non-displaced fractures in his left ribcage. Tommy Edman (wrist) is doubtful for Opening Day. 8:15 Dylan Carlson? Eddie Rosario to the Nats. Hurts Jesse Winker’s chances, but James Wood is making an interesting case. 14:00 Kevin Gausman (shoulder fatigue) says he’ll be ready for Opening Day. Brayan Bello gets his contract extension (six years, $55 million). TGFBI teams 23:00 Changes to

A popular draft strategy in snake draft leagues is to go with "Pocket Aces," i.e. drafting elite starting pitchers with your first two picks. Derek VanRiper did so in the LABR Mixed Draft League, beginning his draft with Spencer Strider and Corbin Burnes. He and Jeff Erickson talk about the nuances, strengths and weaknesses of the strategy. --- 00:00 - News & Notes 01:00 - Bello extension, Red Sox rotation 08:00 - Rodon velocity down, gets hit hard 12:00 - Michael King, Johnny Brito, Will Warren 17:00 - TB/CLE/LAD pitching development 20:00 - DL Hall 25:00 - Pocket Aces - Defined, Reason for Going that route 26:00 - Who qualifies as an "ace" for such purposes? 34:45 - How to follow it up 43:00 - When do you next go into the SP pool? 45:00 - Applied - DVR’s LABR draft, Jeff’s TGFBI draft 1:01:00 - Draft position matter? --- 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.  Hyp

Jason Collette on defending his AL LABR crown Identifying pockets of players Adapting on the fly to another team's punt-pitching strategy When to price enforce and when not to Nomination strategy The Rays depth chart 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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's fantasy baseball auction season, and Fred Zinkie has the keys for you to dominate your league. Fred and Jeff Erickson will discuss auction strategy tips and the biggest news of the day, including the latest Ronald Acuña update. --- 00:00 - Lucas Giolito’s season appears to be over before it started. 05:00 - Ronald Acuna seems to be fine. 07:30 - Sonny Gray could open the season on the IL. Maybe Kevin Gausman too. And Braxton Garrett.  12:30 - Paul Skenes will open the season in the Minors. Draftable? 15:40 - Jordan Montgomery and Blake Snell 20:00 - Ken Rosenthal wrote that Jackson Holliday has a 50% chance of making the OD roster. Is that enough to draft him in the middle rounds? 23:30 - A.J. Puk is becoming a spring training story. He was drafted in my tout league tonight. 29:00 - Auctions 29:15 - Are auctions better than drafts? Why or why not? 31:45 - What do you do to prepare for your auction? 35:45 - Pen & Paper vs. Software 40:00 - Do you have any strategy for nominations? 46:40 - Are you flexible

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad run through the baseball news from over the weekend and then discuss a bunch of interesting names going after pick 200 in 2024 drafts, including Byron Buxton, Taj Bradley and Kyle Harrison, plus many, many more. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) hit on some over/under props from the AL East and NL East divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices