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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Carter (@mdrc0508) discuss the good players going overlooked on the worst teams in baseball.

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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

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.

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Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking fantasy baseball news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!

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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

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Larry Schechter joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his new book, "The History of Fantasy Sports." (https://tinyurl.com/b63urwjx)

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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 

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• Walker Jenkins
• Xavier Isaac
• Dylan Crews
• Brady House
• Colson Montgomery
• Lazaro Montes
• Roman Anthony
• Aidan Miller

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson view some of the surprising results from the first quarter of the season and discuss whether they are sustainable, plus they review the paltry streaming options for the week.

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00:00 - We are roughly ¼ of the way through the season. 

02:15 - Do we buy MIL as a top-5 offense? 

15:30 - Alexis Diaz blows it

19:45 - CIN as a bottom-5 offense? 

27:30 - Reds Godfather Offer?

31:30 - Will SEA strike out this much all season?

36:00 - Streaming for strikeouts instead of wins

43:00 - Is the OAK offense actually decent?

49:00 - Is the STL offense this bad?

55:00 - Hitters called up really struggled

58:30 - Shaky Streamers

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the adds and drops across fantasy leagues this weekend and also talk Paul Goldschmidt, Teoscar Hernandez and of course, the Paul Skenes debut. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScotJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman (@Erik_Halterman) and guest Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD) discuss the latest headlines and some difficult drop decisions.

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00:00 Happy Mother's Day/Happy Paul Skenes Day

07:45 More Headlines

22:50 Overall Drops Strategy

39:15 12-team Pitcher Drops

51:15 12-team Hitter Drops

1:02:30 15-team Drops

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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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• Caleb Durbin
• Jack Leiter
• Emmanuel Rodriguez
• Mason Adams
• Yilber Diaz
• Carter Jensen
• Andry Lara
• Zebby Matthews
• Jaden Hamm
• Brett Wichrowski
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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

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• 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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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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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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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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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Kev Mahserejian (@RotoSurgeon) of RotoBaller to check in on the most widely-hyped sleepers of draft season to see who's started off hot and who's started off cold.

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19:30 Sleepers off to bad starts: Wyatt Langford, AJ Puk, Maikel Garcia, Victor Scott, Hunter Brown, Gavin Stone, Henry Davis

43:00 Sleepers off to hot starts: Jared Jones, Shota Imanaga, Bryce Miller, Kutter Crawford, Nelson Velasquez, Jackson Merrill

1:01:15 Bust off to a great start: Elly De La Cruz

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.

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Priority FAAB Hitters: 20:02

Priority FAAB Pitchers: 40:53

Budget Pitchers: 48:22

Budget Hitters: 1:01:14

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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk struggling players, pickups and more before grading all of next week's two-start pitching options.

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0:00 Intro/Players young and old are struggling/Jack Leiter

Pickups

• Jack Leiter wasn’t picked up in the RotoWire Steak League
• 6:50 Kirby Yates - $39
• 9:25 Jose Butto - $12
• 11:00 Andy Pages - $11
• Wilyer Abreu - $10
• 16:30 Jonatan Clase - $7
• Jake Irvin - $5
• Orion Kerkering - $4
• Joey Loperfido - $3

26:30 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 22, 2024)

• Brandon Pfaadt 3
• Reynaldo Lopez 3 (Todd 4)
• Grayson Rodriguez 5
• Tanner Houck 4 (Todd 5)
• Jordan Wicks 1 (Todd 0)
• Hunter Greene 3
• Andrew Abbott 2
• Ben Lively 0
• Austin Gomber 0
• Chris Flexen 0
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Brady Singer 3
• Michael Wacha 1 (Todd 2)
• Reid Detmers 4
• Ryan Weathers 1 (Todd 0)
• Joe Ross 0 (Todd 1)
• Wade Miley 0 (Todd 1)
• Chris Paddack 1 (Todd 0)
• Pablo Lopez 5
• Jose Quintana 2
• 46:30 Carlos Rodon 3
• Marcus Stroman 3
• JP Sears 1 (Todd 2)
• Paul Blackburn 2
• 49:00 Taijuan Walker 0
• 51:15 Jared Jones 5
• Bailey Falter 0
• Dylan Cease 4
• Michael King 4
• Logan Gilbert 5
• 54:00 Keaton Winn 3
• Lance Lynn 3
• Zack Littell 4
• Jon Gray 3 (Todd 4)
• Yusei Kikuchi 4
• Kevin Gausman 5
• Patrick Corbin 0

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After 18 games, Francisco Lindor is hitting .151 with one homer and no stolen bases. What's our level of panic, especially when comparing him to other shortstops in the same range like Gunnar Henderson and CJ Abrams? CJ Kaltenbach (aka The Seige) joins Jeff Erickson.

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00:00 - CJ Abrams

04:30 - Ronald Acuña

06:30 - Ozzie Albies

07:00 - Francisco Lindor

09:00 - Anthony Volpe

10:00 - Jackson Merrill

11:15 - Elly De La Cruz

12:30 - Jack Leiter's debut

19:00 - General FAAB approach?

22:00 - O’s talk, Gunnar Henderson (and other options we had at the turn)

24:15 - Rafael Devers

28:30 - Red Sox issues: Bello, Houck

32:20 - Jared Jones

36:00 - Drafting from 1.1

41:30 - INJ Notes: Darvish, Bryant, Albies, Verlander

44:00 - Mike Trout

46:00 - Q&A

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Jack Leiter is getting the call for Texas, and the Dodgers are calling up Andy Pages potentially to replace Chris Taylor. We're starting to see patience for slow starts running out. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson will discuss that topic and more.

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00:30 - Jack Leiter is coming up. Is he the saviour for teams who have had pitching injuries?

06:00 - Dodgers have turned to Andy Pages…..

10:50 - Jonatan Clase called up by Mariners

16:00 - Hitters get hurt too! 

16:30 - Ozzie Albies, 

21:30 - Christian Yelich, 

24:00 - Seiya Suzuki

27:00 - Red Sox Malaise: Rafael Devers leaves game, Garrett Whitlock leaves game, Tyler O’Neill in concussion protocol, Kelley blows save.

35:00 - Andres Muñoz pitching in the 7th

38:00 - Brewers bullpen

40:00 - Jordan Romano with a shaky save

42:00 - Carlos Rodon with a bad outing

44:30 - Marlins SP - Weathers, Cabrera, Meyer, Puk

51:20 - Jared Jones shoves, gets pulled after 59 pitches

55:30 - do we care that Seth Lugo doesn’t strike anyone out?

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss Colton Cowser and all the other popular FAAB bids and chat about all the baseball action this weekend. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and guest Rick Graham of Pitcher List try to figure just who exactly counts as a closer right now and who's stuck in a committee.

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00:00 Headlines

15:20 Bullpens with obvious closers: ATL, BAL, BOS, CIN, CLE, HOU, NYM, NYY, SDP, SFG, STL, WSH

22:40 Bullpens whose obvious closer is currently injured: ARI, MIL, MIN, TOR

34:00 Bullpens with some question marks: CHC, CWS, COL, LAA, LAD, MIA, OAK, PIT, SEA, TBR

55:30 Bullpens with big question marks: DET, KCR, PHI, TEX

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss all the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.

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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk injuries, pickups, prospects and more before grading all of next week's two-start pitching options!

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0:00 Intro/Jackson Holliday arrives to the big leagues

Pickups

• James McArthur - $37
• 6:00 Cody Bradford - $22 in Steak League FAAB
• Gavin Sheets - $21
• Jurickson Profar - $11
• Yariel Rodriguez - $11
• Spencer Arrighetti - $10
• Josh H. Smith - $9
• 15:00 Christian Scott - $7
• 16:30 Ben Brown - $6
• David Hamilton - $5
• Bryce Elder - $2
• 20:40 James Wood

25:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 15, 2024)

• Merrill Kelly 4 (Todd 5 in points)
• Reynaldo Lopez 3
• Cole Irvin 1 (Todd 0)
• Kutter Crawford 4 (Todd 3)
• Garrett Whitlock 4
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• 31:45 Tanner Bibee 4
• Cal Quantrill 0
• Erick Fedde 0 (Todd 1)
• Reese Olsen 1
• Casey Mize 0
• Spencer Arrighetti 0
• Seth Lugo 4
• Patrick Sandoval 0
• Jose Soriano 0
• AJ Puk 0
• 39:00 Edward Cabrera 1
• Joe Ross 0 (Todd 1)
• Louie Varland 2
• Adrian Houser 0
• Ross Stripling 0 (Todd 1)
• 46:50 Aaron Nola 5
• Martin Perez 0 (Todd 1)
• Joe Musgrove 3
• George Kirby 4
• Jordan Hicks 4 (Todd 3)
• Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 2)
• Sonny Gray 5
• Zach Eflin 4
• Aaron Civale 4
• Jon Gray 1 (Todd 3)
• Chris Bassitt 4
• Patrick Corbin -1

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Luis Castillo and George Kirby at least are healthy, but they are two aces on the struggle bus. Paul Sporer from Fangraphs joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the pitching climate right now and cautions us not to panic.

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00:30 - Breathe, relax!

03:30 - George Kirby

08:30 - Luis Castillo

12:30 - Tanner Bibee

17:30 - Hunter Brown (ouch *2!)

25:00 - Joe Musgrove

30:00 - Logan Webb

33:15 - Jordan Hicks sidebar

37:30 - Max Fried

40:40 - Holliday's debut and trade value

47:00 - Cody Bradford

49:30 - Spencer Turnbull

52:30 - Jesus Luzardo

1:00:00 - Your new pod with Nick Pollack

1:02:00 - Shohei affidavit

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Jackson Holliday is getting the call, David Bednar blew another save, and the Royals keep winning! Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson cover it all and more!

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00:30 - Jackson Holliday promoted! Let’s start a pod with some pod-sitivity!!!

12:30 - Here we go again: Framber Valdez to the IL. A few thoughts on all these pitcher injuries…..

16:00 - Spencer Arrighetti to start for Astros. Is he ready to help fantasy teams?…

20:40 - Fred’s free agent additions

23:30 - Apparently Elly De La Cruz is good after all….

26:00 - In fantasy football, we see Zero RB. Could we see Zero SP in NFBC leagues next year, where managers draft 5-6 stud hitters and a couple closers before diving in and selecting 8-9 starters in the next 10-12 rounds? I know it’s too early to say that definitively, but we have some mid/late-round starters such as Tanner Houck, Sean Manaea, Shoto Imanaga, Garrett Whitlock etc. who are off to excellent starts. 

33:30 - Chris Bassitt threw 115 pitches on April 9, but he will be fine since he throw 80 mph….

36:30 - Royals start

46:00 - Worried about David Bednar after he gave up 4 runs today?

48:30 - George Kirby with another poor start…

52:00 - Ronald Acuna stole three bases, so he’s probably still good…..

54:00 - Reynaldo López

58:00 - Tyler O’Neill

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad dive into a slew of injuries across baseball that dramatically affect fantasy leagues, discuss how to deal with all of them and break down all the FAAB action from Sunday. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and guest Marty Tallman of the Triple Play Fantasy Baseball podcast search for overlooked gems on some of this season's early surprise teams, including the Tigers and Pirates.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Detroit Tigers

25:45 Pittsburgh Pirates

33:45 Cleveland Guardians

38:30 Boston Red Sox

43:45 Milwaukee Brewers

51:30 Which surprise team will sustain their start?

53:30 Angels/Royals/Cubs

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss the latest injury news and provide their top waiver pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

20:00 Top targets for shallower leagues

37:45 Deep-league pitchers

53:30 Deep-league hitters

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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk injuries, pickups and more before grading all of next week's two-start options on a 0-5 scale.

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0:00 Intro/Tough opening week for injuries/Eury Perez done for the season

Pickups

• Jason Foley - $43
• Oswaldo Cabrera - $17
• Trey Lipscomb - $16
• 6:00 JJ Bleday - $16
• Jared Walsh - $10
• 10:05 Heston Kjerstad - $4
• Alec Marsh - $2
• Oliver Dunn - $2
• 15:15 Justin Foscue - $1
• Nick Martini
• 19:45 Connor Joe

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• Zac Gallen 5
• Charlie Morton 4
• Reynaldo Lopez 3 (Todd 4)
• Cole Irvin 1 (Todd 0)
• Brayan Bello 3
• Javier Assad 3
• Graham Ashcraft 2
• Frankie Montas 3
• Shane Bieber 5
• Kyle Freeland -1
• Mike Soroka 0
• Reese Olson 2 (Todd 3)
• Framber Valdez 4
• 38:00 Cristian Javier 3 (Todd 4)
• Cole Ragans 5
• Tyler Anderson 0
• James Paxton 1 (Todd 2)
• 41:45 Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 3)
• Jakob Junis 0
• Louie Varland 1 (Todd 3)
• Chris Paddack 0 (Todd 1)
• Julio Teheran 0
• Adrian Houser 0
• Nestor Cortes 3 (Todd 4)
• Alex Wood 0
• Spencer Turnbull 0 (Todd 1)
• Zack Wheeler 5
• Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 5)
• Yu Darvish 5 (Todd 3)
• Luis Castillo 5
• Blake Snell 5
• Zach Eflin 5
• Andrew Heaney 1 (Todd 0)
• Nathan Eovaldi 3 (Todd 5)
• Jose Berrios 4
• Trevor Williams 0

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Eric Samulski on NBC RotoWorld joins Jeff Erickson to review the AL Tout Wars league and some of the early-season storylines, including Maikel Garcia's newfound power, Shane Bieber's velocity and AJ Puk's rough start to the season.

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00:00 - Eury Perez

08:00 - A.J. Puk

13:45 - Ohtani's start

17:30 - Dodgers pitchers

20:40 - Maikel Garcia

24:40 - Shane Bieber

28:30 - Tanner Bibee

32:00 - BOS rotation - is Andrew Bailey making that big of a difference?

38:30 - Tout Wars start

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Sebastian Walcott

Ryan Clifford

Jordan Beck

Colson Montgomery

Carson Whisenhunt

Brady House/Yohandy Morales

Cade Horton/Matt Shaw

Nelson Rada

Chase DeLauter

Ethan Salas

Josue De Paula

Kyle Carr

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Blake Wolters

Alfredo Duno

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Ronel Blanco throws a no-hitter, Mike Trout is hitting bombs, and Fred Zinkie's LABR team had an 8.00+ ERA as of Sunday. He and Jeff Erickson review the early action so far.

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00:00 - Ronel Blanco……Fred can tell you a good story about not drafting him.

08:45 - Josh Jung can’t catch a break. Fractured wrist this time. Drop him? Pick up Justin Foscue?

17:00 - Any Mike Trout regrets?!

21:00 - Tyler Anderson wins - any interest

22:30 - Esteury Ruiz to AAA. ME ADP of 156. Drop him?

28:40 - Alek Thomas to IL. Is Jake McCarthy the replacement that Esteury Ruiz owners are looking for?

33:00 - Javier Assad shows that anyone can shut down COL…..

40:00 - Abner Uribe is clearly the MIL closer. Brice Turang ups his steals total to 6…..

45:30 - Crochet continues to look great and Michael Kopech gets a save….

49:30 - Spencer Turnbull puts himself on the mixed league radar

51:30 - Elly De La Cruz continues to struggle

1:00:00 - Josh Hader blows save

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy first weekend of the MLB season and discuss an already hot FAAB market for closers, including Kevin Ginkel, Abner Uribe and Jason Foley. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to figure out just how strongly we should react to the most exciting and disappointing starts around the league.

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00:00 -- Headlines

13:30 -- Garrett Crochet

17:45 -- Jordan Hicks/A.J. Puk

23:15 -- Max Fried

27:00 -- Nick Pivetta

29:15 -- Shane Bieber/Bobby Miller/Tarik Skubal

33:15 -- Adbert Alzolay

38:45 -- Abner Uribe

44:15 -- Wyatt Langford

49:15 -- Will Benson

52:30 -- Victor Scott II

1:00:00 -- Juan Soto

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