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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!
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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over some headlines and hit on their FAAB recommendations.
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Erik Halterman and Todd Zola talk fantasy baseball headlines, pickups and next week's two-start pitchers.
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00:00 Season Debuts: Robert Gasser, Taj Bradley, Bryan Woo
11:40 Willson Contreras' fractured forearm
18:00 More News
22:00 Steak League pickups
32:15 Two-Start Pitchers
Jordan Montgomery 4/4 (Erik/Todd)
Reynaldo Lopez 4/3
Corbin Burnes 5/5
Kutter Crawford 4/3
Nick Pivetta 3/3
Shota Imanaga 5/5
Graham Ashcraft 1/2
Hunter Greene 3/2
Tanner Bibee 3/2
Peter Lambert 0/1
Chris Flexen 0/1
Kenta Maeda 1/2
Hunter Brown 2/2
Ronel Blanco 4/4
Brady Singer 4/4
Jose Soriano 2/2
Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5/5
Sixto Sanchez 0/0
Colin Rea 1/1
Chris Paddack 2/2
Sean Manaea 1/1
Carlos Rodon 4/4
JP Sears 1/2
Osvaldo Bido 0/0
Cristopher Sanchez 4/4
Aaron Nola 5/5
Mitch Keller 3/3
George Kirby 5/4
Jordan Hicks 2/1
Matthew Liberatore 0/0
Zach Eflin 4/4
Aaron Civale 2/3
Michael Lorenzen 1/2
Jose Berrios 2/3
Trevor Williams 1/1
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The Pirates announced that pitcher Paul Skenes is going to make his Major League debut on Saturday. Travis Sawchik, the Senior Baseball Writer for The Score and author of Big Data Baseball and The MVP Machine joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Skenes and the Pirates, the limitations of MRI's, and his experience in the NFBC so far.
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00:00 - Welcome Travis Sawchik
00:30 - Paul Skenes getting the call
02:45 - Did the Pirates develop Skenes properly?
08:45 - How are the Pirates structuring their rebuild?
16:30 - Big Data Baseball
21:00 - Henry Davis
23:45 - Ke’Bryan Hayes
25:30 - Oneil Cruz
30:40 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand
31:30 - Limitations of MRI’s
39:15 - Reds slumping
40:30 - Wild prospect trades
41:45 - Travis’s experience in the NFBC Main Event
45:00 - The Difficulties of drafting live
54:00 - Managing FAAB
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What is RoboScout
Caleb Durbin
Jack Leiter
Emmanuel Rodriguez
Mason Adams
Yilber Diaz
Carter Jensen
Andry Lara
Zebby Matthews
Jaden Hamm
Brett Wichrowski
Rockies pitching prospects
Lazaro Montes
Jaison Chourio
Jeral Perez
Jonah Tong
George Klassen
Quinn Mathews
Matt Wilkinson
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Last week featured heavy bidding on Christian Scott, and justifiably so, but Fred Zinkie suggests that this week will be nearly as big, highlighted by Kyle Manzardo. He and Jeff Erickson will discuss that, Shohei Ohtani somehow outpacing his high expectations and more!
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00:00 - Dodgers Notes:
01:00 - Ohtani homered. You were there. I saw some people talking on Twitter about why we seem to draft him too low every year. It’s a good point……
07:20 - Walker Buehler’s return was underwhelming but not terrible….
10:45 - Alex Vesia gets a save. Does that matter?…..
14:25 - Reviewing debut of Kyle Manzardo
20:45 - Mason Black debuts
22:00 - I listened to you and Scott. It was definitely a big FAAB weekend. But we already know that next weekend will be big too.
24:30 - I can share some of my bids if you want.
26:45 - Christopher Sanchez / Spencer Turnbull
29:00 - Paul Sewald returns
30:15 - Cody Bellinger returns
32:30 - Justin Steele looked good in his return…..
34:00 - Simeon Woods-Richardson looks great but has had easy matchups…..
37:30 - Jack Leiter starting again this week
39:30 - Jonny DeLuca
41:30 - Wyatt Langford to IL.
45:30 - Parker Meadows is going to the Minors, which should help Wenceel Perez…
48:00 - A.J. Puk is coming back as a reliever. I wonder if he could become their closer
51:00 - Who else besides the Marlins get “Godfather Offers”? White Sox - Garrett Crochet
53:45 - Godfather Offer: Paste-eating Rockies - Ryan McMahon or nothing
59:30 - Godfather Offer: Los Angeles Angels - Taylor Ward, Reid Detmers
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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap another batch of big name injuries across the league, talk AL West and AL East and break down a big weekend in FAAB, led by Mets pitcher Christian Scott. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire
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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ (@RyanBHQ) to discuss the players improving in multiple ways at once this season.
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00:00 Headlines
17:15 Vinnie Pasquantino
24:00 Brice Turang, Brenton Doyle
28:15 Tyler Stephenson, Willy Adames
32:15 Alec Bohm, Christian Walker, Salvador Perez
39:15 More top hitters showing improvements
41:15 Sleeper hitters showing improvements
53:45 Pitchers showing improvements
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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest headlines, including the Luis Arraez trade, and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week.
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Headlines: 00:00
Priority FAAB Pitchers: 20:53
Priority FAAB Hitters: 35:09
Budget Pitchers: 51:41
Budget Hitters: 1:00:25
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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!
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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
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Paul Goldschmidt is off to an awful start to the season - what's our level of panic? Ryan Hallam (@fightingchance) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Goldy and a handful of other struggling first basemen, the Cardinals, and even Fantasy Survivor!
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00:00 - I. Slumping First Basemen
01:00 - Goldy
04:00 - Matt Olson
06:30 - Vladdy Jr.
10:45 - Freddie Freeman* (sort of - a bit of a power drought)
13:00 - Ryan’s work for Spotlight
14:00 - Spencer Torkelson
16:00 - Jordan Walker
18:45 - Yandy Diaz
21:00 - Andrew Vaughn
23:30 - Jose Abreu
26:00 - II. Cardinals Talk
27:00 - 14-17, -30 run differential, 109 R scored
29:30 - Sorting out the OF now and going forward
33:30 - Rotation
36:00 - Manager / Front Office
38:35 - III. Check in on Tout, your other leagues
42:30 - IV. Fantasy Survivor
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Lazaro Montes
Roderick Arias
Sebastian Walcott
Brett Wichrowski
Jeral Perez
Ethan Salas
Nelson Rada
Colt Emerson
Jaison Chourio
Ralphy Velazquez
Nazzan Zanetello
Yophery Rodriguez
Alfredo Duno
Leodalis De Vries
Felnin Celesten
Joendry Vargas
Rayner Arias
Paulino Santana
Walker Martin
Welbyn Francisca
Robert Calaz
Jeter Martinez
Yoelin Cespedes
Starlyn Caba
Jose Perdomo
Enmanuel Bonilla
Brailer Guerrero
Dawel Joseph
Fernando Cruz
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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.
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Full draft results: https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/84482/draftresults
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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
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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend baseball, cover all the adds / drops in FAAB and discuss some surprising early stars in fantasy baseball. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire
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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Chris Towers of CBS Sports (@CTowersCBS) discuss which first-rounders were drafted too high and which April standouts should have gone much earlier.
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00:00 Headlines
13:00 Ronald Acuna
21:45 Other First-Rounders: Julio Rodriguez, Corbin Carroll, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge
42:45 Standout April hitters: Elly De La Cruz, CJ Abrams, Mike Trout
57:45 Standout April pitchers: Jared Jones, Ranger Suarez, Shota Imanaga
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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week.
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Todd Zola welcomes ESPN's Tristan H. Cockcroft as co-host to discuss early season management, streaming pitchers in points leagues and rank next week's two-start pitchers.
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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.
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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
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IL Stashes
Biggest FAAB buys/regrets
Elly De La Cruz
Mike Trout
Wyatt Langford
Hunter Brown
Bo Naylor
Parker Meadows
Matt Wallner
Liover Peguero
Jonathan India
Thairo Estrada
Alejandro Kirk
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Heston Kjerstad just got the call - how interested are we in grabbing him? Keaton Winn wins again! Albert Suarez has had two great starts in a row. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss those players and more!
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00:00 - Heston Kjerstad is up! How interested are we?
12:15 - Monday results:
12:30 - Did WE find something useful in Albert Suarez?
16:25 - Keaton Winn
19:15 - The Rockies stink
26:30 - Ranger Suarez
32:15 - Bryce Elder
36:00 - We undervalued Yusei Kikuchi…..
41:00 - Is Chris Paddack good or are the White Sox THAT bad?
43:00 - Are the Cards starting to break out of their collective slump?
46:00 - Why is Corbin Carroll so bad?…..
52:15 - Triston Casas out “a while”
55:30 - Would you rather be off to a good start in hitting or pitching? Or does it matter?
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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the FAAB action from the weekend and also dive into some big names on offense who have struggled to start the 2024 season, including Paul Goldschmidt, Randy Arozarena and Gleyber Torres. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire
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Sporer sucks so bad
not a fan of this one.
decent episode for sure
yeah, so this one is....not good. 9 minutes of just babbling about nothing, and then just says wins are flukey, so there's no strategy involved. great, so why are we doing a pod about it?
Holy cow the audio is way off on this. Todd's answers are all coming in before clay asks and at times they are overlapping.
very interesting
great info
very good
no way
enjoyed this
very interesting
good ep
excited for the season
very good
sad the hip hop draft is winding down
this was good
liked this one
ok episode
this was a good episode
this was great