RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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

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Clay Link and Todd Zola discuss news and potential pickups before grading all of next week's two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale!

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0:00 Opening Day/Jackson Chourio already has his first SB

Pickups

• 2:00 Jason Foley gets the save for Detroit
• 6:30 Griffin Jax
• Blaze Alexander
• Trevor Megill
• 13:45 Tyler O’Neill
• David Fry
• Bowden Francis
• 21:00 Luis Gil
• Garrett Crochet
• Emerson Hancock

28:15 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 1, 2024)

Ryne Nelson 0

Charlie Morton 3 (Todd 4)

Dean Kremer 3 (Todd 4)

Tanner Houck 4

33:45 Shota Imanaga 2

Andrew Abbott 1

Triston McKenzie 4

Dakota Hudson 0

Chris Flexen 0

Nick Nastrini 0

39:20 Reese Olson 3

Ronel Blanco 0

Michael Wacha 1 (Todd 0)

Alec Marsh 0

Reid Detmers 0 (Todd 1)

James Paxton 1 (Todd 3)

Max Meyer 3

Jakob Junis 0

Sean Manaea 2

Luis Gil 3 (Todd 2)

Joe Boyle 0

50:00 Cristopher Sanchez 4

Marco Gonzalez 0

Matt Waldron 0

Emerson Hancock 1 (Todd 0)

Keaton Winn 0

Kyle Gibson 1

55:40 Ryan Pepiot 3

Dane Dunning 0

Kevin Gausman 4

MacKenzie Gore 1

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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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Clay Link and Todd Zola discuss all the latest news from around spring training and updates to their Top 300 fantasy baseball rankings.

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0:00 Intro/Joey Votto finds a home

• Vladdy Jr. has been battling a jammed thumb.

News

• Nathaniel Lowe has an oblique strain, not expected for Opening Day.
• Jared Walsh appears likely to step in at first base for TEX.
• 4:00 Does this affect Wyatt Langford’s chances of making the roster?
• Lars Nootbaar injured, diagnosed with two non-displaced fractures in his left ribcage.
• Tommy Edman (wrist) is doubtful for Opening Day.
• 8:15 Dylan Carlson?
• Eddie Rosario to the Nats.
• Hurts Jesse Winker’s chances, but James Wood is making an interesting case.
• 14:00 Kevin Gausman (shoulder fatigue) says he’ll be ready for Opening Day.
• Brayan Bello gets his contract extension (six years, $55 million).

TGFBI teams

23:00 Changes to the Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

• Blake Snell
• Sonny Gray
• 28:00 Will Benson
• 35:00 Taj Bradley
• 39:45 A.J. Puk
• 50:00 Jung Hoo Lee

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A popular draft strategy in snake draft leagues is to go with "Pocket Aces," i.e. drafting elite starting pitchers with your first two picks. Derek VanRiper did so in the LABR Mixed Draft League, beginning his draft with Spencer Strider and Corbin Burnes. He and Jeff Erickson talk about the nuances, strengths and weaknesses of the strategy.

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00:00 - News & Notes

01:00 - Bello extension, Red Sox rotation

08:00 - Rodon velocity down, gets hit hard

12:00 - Michael King, Johnny Brito, Will Warren

17:00 - TB/CLE/LAD pitching development

20:00 - DL Hall

25:00 - Pocket Aces - Defined, Reason for Going that route

26:00 - Who qualifies as an "ace" for such purposes?

34:45 - How to follow it up

43:00 - When do you next go into the SP pool?

45:00 - Applied - DVR’s LABR draft, Jeff’s TGFBI draft

1:01:00 - Draft position matter?

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• Jason Collette on defending his AL LABR crown
• Identifying pockets of players
• Adapting on the fly to another team's punt-pitching strategy
• When to price enforce and when not to
• Nomination strategy
• The Rays depth chart

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It's fantasy baseball auction season, and Fred Zinkie has the keys for you to dominate your league. Fred and Jeff Erickson will discuss auction strategy tips and the biggest news of the day, including the latest Ronald Acuña update.

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00:00 - Lucas Giolito’s season appears to be over before it started.

05:00 - Ronald Acuna seems to be fine.

07:30 - Sonny Gray could open the season on the IL. Maybe Kevin Gausman too. And Braxton Garrett. 

12:30 - Paul Skenes will open the season in the Minors. Draftable?

15:40 - Jordan Montgomery and Blake Snell

20:00 - Ken Rosenthal wrote that Jackson Holliday has a 50% chance of making the OD roster. Is that enough to draft him in the middle rounds?

23:30 - A.J. Puk is becoming a spring training story. He was drafted in my tout league tonight.

29:00 - Auctions

29:15 - Are auctions better than drafts? Why or why not?

31:45 - What do you do to prepare for your auction?

35:45 - Pen & Paper vs. Software

40:00 - Do you have any strategy for nominations?

46:40 - Are you flexible on changing prices during the auction? Do the bids on other players matter?

53:00 - Are you more of a stars-and-scrubs or spread-the-risk guy?

58:30 - Are there ever players who you “have to” win in the auction?

1:03:00 - What is your plan for dollar days?

1:11:00 - Size of league dictating strategy?

1:15:00 - Would you stash prospects?

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad run through the baseball news from over the weekend and then discuss a bunch of interesting names going after pick 200 in 2024 drafts, including Byron Buxton, Taj Bradley and Kyle Harrison, plus many, many more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) hit on some over/under props from the AL East and NL East divisions.

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Greg Jewett of The Athletic joins RotoWire Senior MLB Editor Clay Link to discuss Tout Wars H2H and ALL THINGS CLOSERS!

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0:00 Intro/Welcome Greg Jewett of The Athletic

Tout Wars H2H

• Congratulations on your championship victory in 2023!
• Beat out a pretty star-studded field.
• 3:55 How did you get it done?
• Did you pay for closers?
• Draft coming up Sunday, March 17 at the Iroquois Hotel in NYC.

18:00 Closers

• 23:57 Anybody in the top 10 among closers that you’re avoiding?
• Greg: Josh Hader
• Clay: Emmanuel Clase
• 31:24 Comfort level: LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH for the mid-range closers
• Adbert Alzolay
• Craig Kimbrel
• Andres Munoz
• Raisel Iglesias
• Tanner Scott
• Evan Phillips
• 44:26 Favorite closers in waiting

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FSWA Award-Winning Writer John Laghezza from The Athletic joins Jeff Erickson to discuss moving averages, his award-winning Best Baseball Ongoing Series, how he sets up his draft tiers, and his Tout Wars draft where he started off with Aaron Judge.

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00:00 - FSWA Award

01:45 - Player Sheets and Tiers

05:00 - Moving Averages

13:00 - Do you Mock Draft?

17:00 - Kodai Senga

21:00 - Grayson Rodriguez

29:00 - Compact Categories

32:00 - Tout Wars SOLDS League

38:00 - Brandon Pfaadt

40:00 - Pirates Pitchers

42:45 - Early Projections vs. Spring Training Results

48:00 - Teams Running

52:30 - Teoscar Hernandez

56:00 - Lane Thomas vs. Teoscar vs. George Springer vs. Evan Carter

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• Ben Brown
• Cade Horton
• Will Warren
• Victor Scott
• Colson Montgomery
• Dustin Harris
• Jakob Marsee
• Graham Pauley
• Samuel Zavala
• Dillon Head
• Jackson Merrill
• Brooks Lee
• Kyle Hurt
• Gavin Stone
• Emmet Sheehan
• River Ryan
• James Wood
• Elly De La Cruz
• Oswald Peraza
• Paulino Santana
• Tai Peete
• Yophery Rodriguez
• Wyatt Langford
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto
• Walker Jenkins
• Paul Skenes
• Jackson Holliday
• Thayron Liranzo
• Gavin Williams
• Will Benson
• Troy Johnston
• Tyler Black
• Jose Corniell
• Aidan Curry
• Brayan Rocchio
• Jett Williams
• Adael Amador
• James Triantos
• Sal Stewart
• Darell Hernaiz
• Max Clark
• Brock Wilken
• Roman Anthony
• Austin Wells
• Yoniel Curet
• Reggie Crawford
• Logan Henderson
• Colt Emerson
• Chase DeLauter
• Lazaro Montes
• Bubba Chandler
• Noble Meyer
• Michael Harris
• Junior Caminero
• Zac Veen
• Marcelo Mayer

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Fred Zinkie just navigated the secondary closer run in the Tout Wars Draft & Hold league. Who do you like among Andres Muñoz, Jordan Romano, Craig Kimbrel, Paul Sewald, Ryan Helsley, Tanner Scott, Evan Phillips, Clay Holmes and Adbert Alzolay? He and Jeff Erickson discuss that tier of closers, and how to anticipate and/or react to cliffs in your snake draft.

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3:30 - Cody Bellinger to the Cubs

8:00 - Is it time to downgrade Snell, Montgomery, Chapman?

20:30 - Differing Closer Plans

36:00 - Worth paying attention to the Rockies closer?

42:00 - Category Targets - Will the SB 80% threshold will be 200 this year?

51:00 - Joe Musgrove has already made two spring starts. And he stunk in both. Worried?

54:30 - Walker Buehler will face hitters tomorrow. How many innings will he throw this year?

59:00 - Chris Sale

1:02:20 - Alek Manoah

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad give their thoughts on the 2024 closer market, break down a number of specific relievers and then move over to starting pitchers to discuss a number of intriguing SP in the Top 150. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Chris Crawford and Ryan Boyer look at the latest headlines from baseball, including Kodai Senga's shoulder injury that likely will see him miss significant time. They also take a look at Tim Anderson's potential fantasy impact with the Marlins, and offer some players they believe are overrated or underrated in the National League East to begin the 2024 season.

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Clay Link and Todd Zola discuss the latest news from around the league, Tarik Skubal already touching 100 mph in spring training and their top targets in drafts.

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News & notes:

• Kodai Senga has been shut down indefinitely with a moderate posterior capsule strain.
• Tim Anderson lands with Miami on a one-year deal.
• (8:00) Vaughn Grissom is nursing a hamstring injury.
• Wilyer Abreu is the favorite to start in right field… is he a target?
• (10:50) Tarik Skubal is already touching 100 mph in live BP.
• Ricky Tiedemann scratched from tomorrow’s Grapefruit League start with a hamstring issue.

Where are you picking in TGFBI?

(21:10) TARGETS

Clay:

• Shohei Ohtani
• Slated for Cactus League debut next week.
• Luis Castillo
• (31:00) Bryce Miller
• Great control, introducing splitter to the mix in 2024
• Will Smith (LAD)
• (53:15) Brayan Bello

TZ

 - (28:45) Logan Webb/Aaron Nola/Bailey Ober

- (34:30) Clay Holmes/Evan Phillips/Adbert Alzolay

- (45:10) Evan Carter/Vlad/JD Martinez

- Josh Bell

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Jenny Butler joins Jeff Erickson to recap the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft. Jeff drafted from the third slot, Jenny from the 14th slot. Plus we'll discuss the latest Reds updates, including Elly De La Cruz's average draft position.

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Ricky Tiedemann

Jackson Holliday

Jackson Chourio

Wyatt Langford

Noelvi Marte

Paul Skenes

Jared Jones

Emmet Sheehan

Gavin Stone

Jackson Jobe

AJ Smith-Shawver

Hurston Waldrep

Cade Horton

Dylan Crews

Jordan Lawlar

Jackson Merrill

Will Warren

Robby Snelling

Jarred Kelenic

Alek Manoah

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie share their thoughts over the first two hours of the 15-team LABR Mixed League draft, with Jeff drafting third (Bobby Witt) and Fred drafting fourth (Corbin Carroll).

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the news from the weekend and then break down a number of interesting middle infielders currently being drafted in The Top 200. Among others, they discuss Elly De la Cruz, Oneil Cruz, Anthony Volpe and whether to take Bobby Witt, Jr at the top of the draft. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over the latest headlines and discuss their overrated and underrated picks from the NL Central.

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Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) discuss Kyle Bradish's injury, whether Gerrit Cole is overrated for 2024 and much more!

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Intro/Tough news for Kyle Bradish

John Means is also expected to begin the season on the IL after his left elbow flared up, leaving the Orioles thin in the rotation right away.

(7:30) Justin Verlander is “a couple weeks behind” due to a right shoulder issue, but he reportedly bounced back well from yesterday’s throwing session.

(14:00) Is Gerrit Cole overvalued for 2024?

• THE BAT only has him as the fifth-best SP
• While he won the AL Cy Young, he fell far closer to the pack in terms of strikeout rate at 27%
• Slight dip in fastball velocity
• Now 33 years old
• NFBC ADP: 13.91

While on the topic of the Yankees: Nestor Cortes (shoulder) said Friday that he expects to be ready for Opening Day, according to the New York Daily News. Also Carlos Rodon is already touching 97 mph in live BP.

(20:30) Eury Perez will be on an innings restriction, per Jon Morosi of MLB Network. Where do we think he’ll land innings wise?

(24:00) Kenley Jansen is battling lat soreness to begin the spring. Garrett Whitlock is said to be battling for a rotation spot.

On the hitting side, Justin Foscue is tentatively projected as the Rangers’ DH, according to Kennedi Landry of MLB.com.

Xander Bogaerts is moving to second base.

Evan Phillips will see the “the brunt” of the saves in Los Angeles.

(37:30) Jarred Kelenic could be an everyday player.

(41:00) What will Jonathan India’s playing time look like?

Josh Jung

Alek Manoah

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Todd pinch hits for Jeff and welcomes special guest Ron Shandler. Todd and Ron talk about Ron's new book, "Fantasy Expert", BABS and the role of Tout Wars.

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• Maikel Garcia
• Bo Naylor
• Chas McCormick
• Noelvi Marte
• Nelson Velazquez
• Christian Encarnacion-Strand
• Willi Castro
• Louie Varland
• Matt Vierling
• Aaron Hicks
• POST-300 ADP SLEEPER SERIES: Starting Pitcher

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Erik Halterman and Fred Zinkie identify the seven key job battles heading into the 2024 fantasy baseball season.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad detail just how they prep for drafts and then discuss a number of intriguing corner infielders in 2024 drafts, including Spencer Steer, Josh Jung and Triston Casas, among many others. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) dishes on the latest headlines and goes over his overrated and underrated fantasy options from the NL West.

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Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) return with a discussion on the latest RotoWire Roundtable and talk about subsequent steps in the draft evaluation process.

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Intro/Klubot has ridden off into the sunset

3:40 - Will Kenley Jansen be traded?

Roundtable Discussion

• 11:20 - J.T. Realmuto

• 19:30 - Edouard Julien

• 22:30 - James Outman

• 24:40 - Vaughn Grissom

• 33:00 - Evan Carter

What are the next steps after player evaluation?

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Our latest set of RotoWire Roundtable Rankings are up, and Baseball Editor Erik Halterman joined Jeff Erickson to discuss some of the key differences and movers in the ranks, plus the top free agents still out on the market.

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01:00 - So many FA's

02:00 - Blake Snell

06:30 - Cody Bellinger

11:30 - Jordan Montgomery

14:30 - Matt Chapman

17:30 - JD Martinez, Jorge Soler, Tim Anderson

22:00 - CJ Abrams

31:00 - Evan Carter

36:00 - Nolan Jones

40:00 - Cristian Javier

43:30 - Tarik Skubal

48:15 - George Kirby

53:00 - Dylan Cease

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• Matt Olson
• Elly De La Cruz
• Francisco Lindor
• Pete Alonso
• Marcus Semien
• Vladimir Guerrero
• Bo Bichette
• Teoscar Hernandez
• Alejandro Kirk
• Jarren Duran
• Bailey Ober
• Tyler Glasnow
• Chris Sale
• Justin Verlander
• Joe Musgrove
• Jazz Chisholm vs. Oneil Cruz
• Alek Manoah
• POST-300 ADP SLEEPER SERIES: Third Base

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Elly De La Cruz is going in the second round on average in the NFBC in early drafts - will you pay that price? How much do we discount Mike Trout beyond his normal injury risk, due to the team context on the Angels? Fred secretly betting on the Marlins? He and Jeff Erickson discuss those issues and plenty more!

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00:00 - Intro

01:30 - Get More Power

06:30 - Get More Starting Pitching

19:30 - Selecting Draft Order

30:00 - Closers Approach

37:15 - Elly De La Cruz

46:00 - Other Reds Infielders

53:30 - Mike Trout

57:45 - Marlins Optimism

1:03:30 - Royals Pessimism

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