RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at data from 2024 and identify bankable trends. Where are our category leaders coming from? Did we draft starting pitching too soon? --- 00:00 - Fred Pod 6-4 00:30 - Overall data from 2024 (as of the start of play this week) 01:30 - 4 of the top-20 pitchers in ERA were drafted in the top-100 07:00 - 12 of the 19 pitches with 75 SO were drafted in the top-100 09:00 - 6 top the top-15 pitchers in WHIP were drafted in the top-100 11:30 - There are so many starters who have are sitting on waivers in most leagues and have an ERA around 3.50 and a WHIP around 1.15 (Ryan Weathers, Jake Irvin, Trevor Williams, Kyle Gibson etc.). Bailey Falter was available on Sunday in most of my 15-team leagues. He has a WHIP under 1.00!  13:30 - Are big bids on pitchers like Christian Scott ill-considered? 16:45 - Trevor Williams on IL 21:00 - 10 of the top-13 hitters in homers were drafted in the top-100; 5 of the 11 hitters who are batting .300 were drafted in the top-100; 10 of the 12 hitters with 40 runs scored were drafted in the top-100; 9 of the 15 players with 40 RBIs were drafted in the top-100 28:00 - Were we drafting pitchers too early in this “everyone can pitch” landscape? 31:45 - One more observation, of the 22 qualified pitchers with an ERA under 3.00, 15 have fewer strikeouts than innings. In this season of low BABIP and low HR/FB rate, is getting whiffs less important in run prevention? 39:00 - Should owners in trading leagues try to correct this by dealing effective pitchers for effective hitters?  47:00 - Finally, am I correct in believing that the pitcher injury crises was overblown (once again) in April? 55:00 - Monday notes: Kyle Tucker is day-to-day but should be fine…..Blake Snell is on the IL again…..Noelvi Marte will soon start his rehab assignment…..Brandon Marsh to the IL…..Robert Gasser is dealing with an elbow injury…..Connor Norby debuted…..Tyler Anderson continues to defy the odds….Matt Waldron pitched well again…..The Reds scored 13 at Coors…..Nolan Gorman has hit 8 HR in 14 games…..Mark Vientos had another great game…..MacKenzie Gore burned owners in his two-start week…..Kevin Gausman continues to stink…..Austin Hays hit his first two homers of the season…. --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down a number of late Sunday roster moves, including Henry Davis up and Spencer Torkelson down and also discuss all the major adds and drops from FAAB. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire 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! Sorare Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Robert Orr (@NotTheBobbyOrr) to discuss Robert's new swing-decision metric SEAGER, MLB's new bat-speed data and the first-place Phillies. --- 00:00 Headlines 11:15 What is SEAGER? 17:40 Good SEAGER, good results 25:40 Bad SEAGER, bad results 32:45 Good SEAGER, bad results 38:30 Bad SEAGER, bad results 45:30 Great SEAGER, mediocre results 53:15 New bat-tracking stats 1:02:00 How good are the Phillies? --- Robert's SEAGER leaderboard: https://therealestmuto.shinyapps.io/Damage/ Robert's article on swing speed: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/90540/in-defense-of-isaac-paredes/ Alex Chamberlain's article on swing speed: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/daddy-hacks-or-the-lone-peril-of-swinging-too-hard/ --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest news and share their top pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 19:09 Reed Garrett 22:23 Yimi Garcia 24:17 Tylor Megill 26:21 Ben Brown 30:22 Ryan Weathers 32:53 Adam Duvall 35:54 Matt Vierling 38:40 Mark Vientos 41:20 Keibert Ruiz 43:23 DJ LeMahieu 46:33 Budget Pitchers 59:06 Budget Hitters --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more! Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now! 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/The No. 1 overall pick goes down Pickups 6:10 Adam Duvall $7 8:30 David Peterson $5 Albert Suarez $4 14:50 Spencer Schwellenbach $3 Spencer Arrighetti $2 Edmundo Sosa $2 17:30 Jeremiah Estrada $2 Others to consider if available in your league: David Fry, Ben Brown, Masyn Winn, Nick Gonzales 25:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 3, 2024) LONDON SERIES Ryne Nelson 0 Slade Cecconi 0 Max Fried 5 Grayson Rodriguez 5 Corbin Burnes 5 Kutter Crawford 3 30:30 Andrew Abbott 3 (Todd 2) Frankie Montas 1 Triston McKenzie 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Ty Blach 0 Jake Woodford 0 Tarik Skubal 5 Justin Verlander 4 Seth Lugo 4 Tyler Anderson 2 Bailey Ober 3 Luis Gil 4 Joey Estes 0 (Todd 2) Jared Jones 4 (Todd 3) Matt Waldron 2 (Todd 3) Yu Darvish 4 George Kirby 4 (Todd 5) Keaton Winn 0 Kyle Gibson 2 (Todd 1) Kevin Gausman 5 Bowden Francis 0 MacKenzie Gore 4 Trevor Williams 3 (Todd 2) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Orrico from the "90 Feet From Home" podcast and FantasyPros.com joins Jeff Erickson to discuss 12 overachieving hitters two months into the season. Are we buying Marcell Ozuna as a top-15 hitter? What sort of long-term value do you have for Jeremy Peña? --- 00:00 - 12 Surprising Hitters for today: 01:45 - Marcell Ozuna 07:00 - Jurickson Profar 12:00 - Maikel Garcia 14:00 - Alec Bohm 16:45 - Jordan Westburg 23:15 - Luis Rengifo 25:00 - Taylor Ward 27:15 - Brice Turang 29:45 - Brent Rooker 32:00 - Jeremy Peña 35:45 - David Fry 39:45 - Matt Vierling 43:00 - Q&A --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Where are the tiers? Brady House vs. Dylan Crews Parker Meadows Graduated prospects Kyle Teel Dalton Rushing Miguel Bleis Termarr Johnson Chase DeLauter Ronny Mauricio Yilber Diaz Filippo Di Turi Adael Amador Jordan Beck Yanquiel Fernandez Pedro Leon Jace Avina Felnin Celesten Ralphy Velazquez Xavier Isaac Angel Genao C.J. Kayfus Juan Brito Brennen Davis Christian Scott Blade Tidwell Brandon Sproat Nolan McLean Jonah Tong Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Fred Zinkie has a well-earned reputation as a master trader in fantasy baseball leagues. He shares some of his favorite tips on how to "sell high," and who might be some of the players that you should be peddling, including Elly De La Cruz. --- 00:00 - Fred Zinkie Pod 5-28 01:00 - Jays/Mets angst 11:00 - Fred’s Trading Tips 11:30 - Sending offers out! 13:00 - Offer options 19:00 - Selling High Easier / Elly De La Cruz 21:00 - Dodgers Slumping 24:00 - Some May facts 24:45 - 1. The Royals have been the second-best offense by OPS. Is this sustainable? Should we avoid using SPs against them? 31:30 - 2. The A’s, Angels and Giants have all been top-8 in OPS. The Dodgers are behind all of them. And even though Blue Jays fans want to trade all the hitters, they are above average in May OPS. 39:00 - 3. Short baseball games in Chicago right now, as the Cubs and White Sox are the bottom-2 teams in May OPS. 46:00 - 4. Only one team has been bottom-5 in OPS and ERA in May. I bet you wouldn’t guess that it’s Arizona. 53:00 - 5. The Mariners have a bottom-5 ERA. How is that possible with their starters? --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the brutal news about Ronald Acuna's ACL tear , recap all the adds and drops in FAAB and take a look at the first round of drafts after two months of the season. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Sorare Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Todd Zola welcomes first-year Touts Joe Orrico and Corbin Young to the show. They discuss their early Tout Wars experiences, how to make roster decisions, trading, and Would You Rather, hitting style. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan Boyer and Jorge Martin hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all things fantasy baseball heading into Memorial Day weekend, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more! Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now! 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/Happy Memorial Day Weekend Pickups Jake Meyers - $6 Jake Bauers - $5 Mark Vientos - $3 Matt Waldron - $2 Ben Brown Jonathan Aranda? Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 27, 2024) Ryne Nelson 0 Charlie Morton 4 Max Fried 5 Cole Irvin 2 Cooper Criswell 2 Brayan Bello 3 Justin Steele 3 (Todd 4) Nick Lodolo 3 Xzavion Curry 0 Austin Gomber 0 Nick Nastrini 0 Casey Mize 2 Framber Valdez 4 Alec Marsh 2 (Todd 3) Cole Ragans 5 Griffin Canning 2 (Todd 1) Gavin Stone 3 Trevor Rogers 1 Freddy Peralta 5 Tobias Myers 0 Joe Ryan 5 Simeon Woods Richardson 1 Tylor Megill 2 Jose Quintana 1 (Todd 0) Nestor Cortes 4 Mitch Spence 0 Taijuan Walker 2 Michael King 4 (Todd 3) Luis Castillo 5 Bryce Miller 4 Blake Snell 2 Lance Lynn 1 Zack Littell 3 Chris Bassitt 4 Mitchell Parker 1 (Todd 0) Jake Irvin 1 (Todd 2) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Carter and Chris Torres from The Fantasy Baseball Beat join Jeff Erickson, as they discuss what they can learn from writers on the beat, extol the virtues of Luis Matos, and discuss some of the new metrics they're incorporating into their analysis. --- 00:00 - The Fantasy Baseball Beat Podcast 05:30 - Booking Guests 07:30 - Time Limitation 08:45 - Best Tip? Joey Ortiz, Wilyer Abreu 12:30 - Luis Matos 17:20 - Real Life - What Do You Do? 17:30 - Mike - Coaching/Teaching Special Ed 20:45 - Chris - Nurse/Mental Health Counselor  24:30 - Recent Rockies Version 25:00 - Beeks vs. Lawrence 29:00 - Effect of the New Rules 31:30 - Are there more pitcher injuries? 33:30 - Are we changing which pitchers to target due to injuries? 39:00 - Shohei Ohtani 42:30 - Hitters CSW% vs. O-Swing 46:00 - Bat Speed? 49:40 - What’s Next? --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  --- 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

Josh Naylor Anthony Volpe William Contreras Bryson Stott Jung Hoo Lee Leody Taveras More Highlander talk Using bat speed as a tool Corbin Carroll Matt Wallner Nick Gonzales Brent Rooker Nolan Schanuel Esteury Ruiz Ryan Jeffers Jake Cronenworth Jurickson Profar Gleyber Torres Andrew Vaughn Jeimer Candelario Jordan's pre-breakout SP crush A live trade offer! Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

00:00 - What did we miss?  Here are the early round picks who have really screwed their teams; we left out players with massive injuries, such as Spencer Strider and Luis Robert. Beside each player, is their NFBC Main Event ADP and their Earned Auction Calculator value at the start of play this week.  03:30 - Julio Rodriguez, 4, 9 09:15 - Corbin Carroll, 7, -1 17:00 - Yordan Alvarez, 14, 12 21:30 - Matt Olson, 18, 2; Austin Riley, 21, 1; Ozzie Albies, 27, 8; Michael Harris, 28, 6 30:00 - Difficult in actually to “buy low” 35:10 - Francisco Lindor, 29, 12 38:30 - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 32, 7, Bo Bichette, 40, -5 46:00 - Corey Seager, 37, 3 51:00 - Kevin Gausman, 33, -13 56:30 - Edwin Diaz, 34, -6; Josh Hader, 44, 0 --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  --- 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

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk about the Yankees recent hot streak, Corbin Carroll, Edwin Diaz, Luis Gil and then break down all the adds and drops from the weekend of FAAB. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Sorare Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  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

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Carter (@mdrc0508) discuss the good players going overlooked on the worst teams in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines 18:30 Chicago White Sox 35:30 Miami Marlins 44:45 Colorado Rockies 49:45 Los Angeles Angels 56:15 Oakland Athletics --- Sorare Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  --- 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

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer 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 are back talking fantasy baseball news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more! Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Pickups 5:30 Jalen Beeks - $9 Nick Gonzales - $4 Alec Burleson - User comment 10:40 Tylor Megill - $4 Charlie Blackmon - $3 Luke Raley - $3 Carlos Santana - $3 Eddie Rosario - $2 Griffin Jax - $0 13:35 Clay is still waiting on James Wood Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 20, 2024) Slade Cecconi 1 Chris Sale 5 Charlie Morton 3 Kyle Bradish 4 Tanner Houck 3 (Todd 4) Javier Assad 3 Andrew Abbott 2 (Todd 1) 29:15 Ben Lively 1 (Todd 2) Cal Quantrill 0 Erick Fedde 2 Garrett Crochet 3 (Todd 4) Reese Olson 3 (Todd 4) Casey Mize 2 Michael Wacha 1 Reid Detmers 1 (Todd 2) Gavin Stone 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Joe Ross 1 42:00 Pablo Lopez 5 Tylor Megill 3 (Todd 2) Marcus Stroman 2 Clarke Schmidt 3 (Todd 4) Aaron Brooks 0 45:30 Ranger Suarez 4 Martin Perez 0 Michael King 4 (Todd 3) Dylan Cease 5 (Todd 4) Logan Gilbert 5 Bryan Woo 3 Logan Webb 5 Sonny Gray 4 Taj Bradley 3 Jon Gray 3 (Todd 2) Jose Berrios 4 Yusei Kikuchi 4 Mitchell Parker 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Larry Schechter joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his new book, "The History of Fantasy Sports." (https://tinyurl.com/b63urwjx) --- 00:00 - The History of Fantasy Sports 03:00 - 18 Months of Research 04:20 - First Tabletop Games in 1800’s 05:20 - Difference between fantasy & Strat-O-Matic / APBA 08:00 - Paring Down to Make the Book 09:30 - FSTA / FSGA 13:00 - Founders of Rotisserie 19:00 - Early Reviews 22:30 - Early different formats 25:00 - Variations of the game 30:00 - Larry’s personal background - CDM 31:45 - Transitioning to LABR/Tout 34:30 - Mixed Leagues 35:40 - Football dwarfs baseball 37:30 - Role of the leagues / players’ associations 39:00 - AL ToutWars this year 42:30 - NFBC Main Events 43:20 - Corbin Carroll  --- Sorare Promotional Copy Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now!  --- 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