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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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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
39:00 - All the new SPs. Because all the ones who were going in Rd. 24-30 in early March are now either being drafted earlier or are injured
41:15 - Max Meyer
45:00 - Ryan Weathers
48:45 - Jordan Hicks
50:50 - Casey Mize
52:20 - Jared Jones
54:30 - Ryne Nelson
58:15 - Bowden Francis
1:01:30 - Garrett Crochet, Tylor Megill, Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander.
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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
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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.
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00:00 - News and Notes
11:00 - Infielders
18:45 - Outfielders
31:30 - Starting Pitchers
56:45 - Relief Pitchers
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 absent from the roster projection by Katie Woo of The Athletic.
Blake Snell is not expected to be ready for Opening Day.
Ricky Tiedemann is in the mix to break camp with the Blue Jays.
Michael Lorenzen will be part of TEX rotation.
Anthony Rizzo scratched from the lineup Friday with lat tightness.
New Roundtable coming later today
35:00 SLEEPERS
Amed Rosario, Jose Siri
Zack Gelof
Hector Neris
A.J. Puk
50:00 Jared Jones
Gavin Stone
James Wood
Brenton Doyle
Bowden Francis
47:45 Dominic Canzone
52:50 Luis Garcia (WAS)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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 (pectoral) shut down for at least two weeks
Kodai Senga (shoulder) shutdown continues
Danny Jansen wrist fracture, Opening Day seems unlikely
Kevin Gausman (shoulder) unlikely to make Opening Day
27:45 Eury Perez also appears unlikely for Opening Day
Ronald Acuna (knee) returns to game action
Corey Seager (groin) optimism building for Opening Day
34:33 Staff Keeper League results
42:05 FSGA Drafts this week
How did it go?
Late picks
Tout Wars
Our league specifics
Strategy?
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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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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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, Zack Littell, John Means, Charlie Morton
1:15:00 - RP: Craig Kimbrel, Alexis Diaz
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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
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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.
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Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) dig into some over/unders from the Central divisions.
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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
good ep