Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Projected two-start options for the week of May 10, 2021 (0-5 scale): Luke Weaver 1 (Todd 0) Madison Bumgarner 4  Max Fried 3 (Todd 2) John Means 4 Jorge Lopez 0 Martin Perez 1 Nathan Eovaldi 3 (Todd 4) Adbert Alozlay 2 (Todd 3) Jeff Hoffman 1 (Todd 0) Sonny Gray 4 Shane Bieber 5 Antonio Senzatela 0 Jon Gray 0 Dylan Cease 3 Casey Mize 2 Lance McCullers 4 Luis Garcia 2 (Todd 3) Brady Singer 4 Trevor Bauer 5 Daniel Castano 0 Pablo Lopez 4 Freddy Peralta 4 J.A. Happ 4 Jordan Montgomery 3 Chase Anderson 0 Mitch Keller 1 JT Brubaker 3 (Todd 4) Ryan Weathers 1 (Todd 0) Aaron Sanchez 3 Kwang Hyun Kim 3 Ryan Yarbrough 3 Kyle Gibson 4 Robbie Ray 3 Erick Fedde 1 (Todd 2) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Means How often do you pay up for aces in DFS? How often do you go with two aces? Albert Pujols Injury Notes - George Springer, Anthony Rendon, the injury climate generally Dodger Therapy What games is Broc playing in DFS and why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Noteworthy Minor-League Assignments Votes Of Confidence Bobby Witt - Double-A CJ Abrams - Double-A Alek Manoah - Triple-A Max Meyer - Double-A Matt Allan - High-A Quinn Priester - High-A Travis Swaggerty - Triple-A Luisangel Acuna - Low-A Brayan Rocchio - High-A Masyn Winn - Low-A Francisco Morales - Double-A Keoni Cavaco - Low-A Benyamin Bailey - Low-A Aaron Bracho - High-A Matthew Liberatore - Triple-A Angel Martinez - Low-A Jake Vogel - Low-A Tucupita Marcano - Triple-A Bo Naylor - Double-A Hunter Greene - Double-A Alexander Mojica - Low-A Jordan Walker - Low-A Ji-wan Bae - Double-A Sergio Campana - Low-A Gabriel Arias - Triple-A Colin Barber - High-A Brayan Buelvas - Low-A Evan Carter - Low-A Yohendrick Pinango - Low-A Soft Landings Julio Rodriguez - High-A Spencer Torkelson - High-A Adley Rutschman - Double-A JJ Bleday - Double-A Heliot Ramos - Double-A George Kirby - High-A Simeon Woods Richardson - Double-A Grayson Rodriguez - High-A DL Hall - Double-A Jackson Rutledge - High-A Jordyn Adams - High-A He

LABR trade between Fred & Jeff When do you start trading? Blue Jays talk, with an emphasis on George Springer & Cavan Biggio What's wrong with Francisco Lindor? What's a good "buy-low" price for Lindor? Mets fire their hitting coaches Jacob de From scratched from Tuesday's start Tyler Anderson's excellent start Streamers for this week - Shane McClanahan, Daniel Lynch, Nick Pivetta, Martin Perez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap the weekend in baseball including another busy week of FAAB, a rash of injuries to big name players and players who are surging or struggling. Follow us on Twitter:  @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two-start pitcher grades for the week of May 3, 2021: Luke Weaver 3 Huascar Ynoa 3 Dean Kremer 0 Nick Pivetta 3 Kyle Hendricks 4 Aaron Civale 4 Cal Quantrill 2.5 German Marquez 3 (Todd 2) Casey Mize 1 Zack Greinke 5 Jakob Junis 2 (Todd 1) Mike Minor 3 Shohei Ohtani 3 (Todd 4) Walker Buehler 5 Nick Neidert 0 Eric Lauer 1 (Zola 2) Kenta Maeda 4 J.A. Happ 4 Jacob deGrom 5 Joey Lucchesi 0 (Todd 1) Domingo German 2 (Todd 3) Frankie Montas 2 Cole Irvin 2 Matt Moore 0 Aaron Nola 5 Tyler Anderson 0 Chris Paddack 3 Justin Dunn 3 Aaron Sanchez 2 Adam Wainwright 3 (Todd 4) Kwang Hyun Kim 3 Michael Wacha 3 Dane Dunning 2 (Todd 3) Kyle Gibson 3 (Todd 4) Steven Matz 3 Joe Ross 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We spend a lot of time discussing streaming on this episode, but we start off with news and notes: Bryce Harper Illness Issues Abound - Robert, Alvarez, Burnes Hyun-Jin Ryu Matt Olson SP Streamer Discussion What does Michael look for first when diving into a slate I've asserted that it's easier to stream this year, but Michael's experience draft has been the opposite and tells us why How to avoid getting Gombered What's wrong with Kenta Maeda? What's right with Jakob Junis? What's the likelihood of Patrick Corbin turning it around? Impressions from Shane McClanahan and Yusei Kikuchi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Should we have bid more on Pavin Smith in MAIN? Does it matter, since we got Kyle Higashioka? Smith has been leading off for over a week, looks pretty good Alex Kirilloff batting fifth against righties, ninth against his first lefty Wednesday — has started six straight. Clay’s boy, Shane McClanahan starting Thursday against the A’s. The buzz surrounding Pedro Leon is mounting... How much longer can Cleveland wait on Bobby Bradley, and to a lesser extent, Daniel Johnson? Arizona somehow has by far the best wRC+ (155) in the majors against LHP, so this is another big test for Ryan Weathers. Jazz Chisholm to the IL, probably would have graduated with two more games. Cale Loken wants to know what our prediction is for Jazz in startup dynasty drafts next offseason Joel Steen wants a breakdown of Marco Luciano, whom he just acquired in a trade Dan Corrado: Any catcher targets/strategies in dynasty? What are we doing with Plesac — when’s the next dynasty update? Michael Patrick: Is it time for a rebuilder to give up

Did you stream Austin Gomber? Joe Ross last week? How tough is it to stream right now? Cubs & Brewers injuries decimating their respective lineups. Yadi Molina to the IL. What to do with the following strugglers?- Ian Happ- Clint Frazier- Andrew Vaughn- Amir Garrett- Alex Colome Fun outing from Shohei Ohtani Jazz Chisholm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Week 5 Schedule Notes FAAB Pickups - Weathers, Staumont, Kirilloff, Gomber, Tyler O'Neill, Deivi Garcia, Alex Wood Injury News & Notes Bumgarner's No-Hitter Struggling Braves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 2) Charlie Morton 4 Ian Anderson 4 Bruce Zimmerman 1 Dean Kremer 0 Garrett Richards 2 (Todd 3) Zach Davies 3 (Todd 1) Trevor Williams 1 (Todd 0) Tyler Mahle 4 Zach Plesac 3 Austin Gomber 3.5 (Todd 3) Chi Chi Gonzalez 0 (-.5) Carlos Rodon 5 Spencer Turnbull 2 Jose Urena 0 Jose Urquidy 3 Cristian Javier 3 (Todd 4) Brad Keller 2 (Todd 3) Julio Urias 5 Walker Buehler 5 Trevor Rogers 5 Daniel Castano 0 Corbin Burnes 5 Adrian Houser 2 Corey Kluber 2 (Todd 3) Domingo German 2 Sean Manaea 3 (Todd 4) Frankie Montas 2 (Todd 3) Zack Wheeler 4 Zach Eflin 4 Justus Sheffield 2 Anthony DeSclafani 3 (Todd 4) Adam Wainwright 2 Rich Hill 1 (Todd 3) Michael Wacha 3 Jordan Lyles 1 (Todd 0) Mike Foltynewicz 1 (Todd 2) Ross Stripling 0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

News: A's winning streak, Dinelson Lamet, Adolis Garcia, Ronald Acuña, Ke'Bryan Hayes Cleveland talk: Who's the next Aaron Civale? Which hitter prospects are going to get a look this year? Closer Situations: Reds, Blue Jays, Twins, Diamondbacks, Tigers, Mariners NFBC Talk: Winning a spot in next year's Main Event Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jazz Chisholm update — 193 wRC+, 16.1 BB%, 26.8 K% Alex Kirilloff was not an option to replace Kepler with Twins in Oakland — could get the call Friday.  Luis Garcia does as well as could have been expected in Coors — 6 K’s and 2 ER in 5.2 IP. Ryan Weathers sticking in rotation for now. TONY LA RUSSA says there will be some tough decisions to make when Billy Hamilton finishes his rehab — could Vaughn get sent down? Vaughn has a .393 OBP and three doubles in his last eight games. James dropped Clarke Schmidt in TDGX. Pavin Smith, Josh Fleming and Adolis Garcia were nice low-key adds in 15-teamers. George Kirby hype train ramping up. Kyle Harrison is looking like the next great Giants pitching prospect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1. Injuries Mookie Betts Ronald Acuña Starling Marte Christian Yelich Austin Hays Byron Buxton 2. What do you do with Fernando Tatis Jr.? 3. Streamers Michael Fulmer Joe Ross Josh Fleming Jeff Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zac Gallen 5 Nate Eovaldi 4 Eduardo Rodriguez 3 (Todd 4) Kyle Hendriks 5 Luis Castillo 5 Zach Plesac 3 Jon Gray 0 Carlos Rodon 5 Lance McCullers 4 (Todd 3) Brad Keller 3  Dylan Bundy 5 Dustin May 5 Nick Neidert 2 Brandon Woodruff 5 Jose Berrios 5 Taijuan Walker 3 Jameson Taillon 2 Jesus Luzardo 3 (Todd 4) Chase Anderson 0 (Todd 1) Tyler Anderson 0 (Todd 1) Joe Musgrove 5 Chris Paddack 3 Kevin Gausman 5 Logan Webb 1 Jack Flaherty 5 Josh Fleming 3 (Todd 2) Kohei Arihara 1 Joe Ross 1 (Todd 2) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Gianella from Baseball Prospectus joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Carlos Rodon's no-hitter, the Astros' COVID issues and their recent series with the Tigers, and the Atlantic League's two rules experiments. They also track their respective progress in four industry leagues - RazzSlam, TGFBI, LABR and Tout Wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices