RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jackson Holliday or Coby Mayo? Kristian Campbell or Vaughn Grissom? Who wins the Yankees fifth starter job? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 critical AL Job Battles they'll be watching this spring.

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00:00 10 Interesting Spring Training Battles

00:30 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

00:50 Kenley Jansen signs

09:00 Impact to Red Sox

11:30 BOS 2B: David Hamilton vs. Vaughn Grissom vs. Kristian Campbell

16:45 BAL 2B/3B: Jackson Holliday vs. Coby Mayo

23:30 NYY SP5: Clarke Schmidt vs. Marcus Stroman

31:00 TB SP4/5: Zack Littell, Shane Baz, Drew Rasmussen

34:45 TB DH: Jonathan Aranda vs. Eloy Jimenez

40:10 Fantrax

41:10 HOU SP4/5: Hayden Wesneski vs. Luis Garcia vs. Spencer Arrighetti

47:30 TEX SP 5: Cody Bradford vs. Kumar Rocker

51:50 EDGE Boost

52:45 DET SP4/5: Alex Cobb vs. Casey Mize vs. Jackson Jobe

54:25 DET 1B/DH/OF Spencer Torkelson vs. Colt Keith vs. Wendell Perez

59:55 BlueWire

1:00:00 KC SP4/5: Michael Lorenzen vs. Kris Bubic vs. Alec Marsh

1:03:00 MIN SP4/5: Simeon Woods Richardson vs. Chris Paddack vs. David Festa vs. Zebby Matthews

1:05:45 Stuff+

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Ariel Cohen joins Jeff Erickson to share how he prepares for draft season, how he creates the ATC Projections and what you need to know about them, and we also break down the Mets.

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00:00 Draft Prep Tactics, ATC, Mets

00:30 Welcome to Ariel Cohen

01:15 How Do You Get Started?

04:20 The ATC Projections Process

06:45 Big Changes Altering our Data

12:45 Undervalued Players This Year

16:00 Drafting Bottom Up

17:45 Fantrax

18:45 Converting Projections into Rankings

20:10 Z-Score Method

24:00 Devising the “Gaming” Strategy

27:00 Chasing Scarcer Categories

27:15 Are Stolen Bases Truly Scarce?

28:15 Saves Are Indeed Scarcer

29:30 Tanner Scott

32:40 EDGE Boost

33:25 BlueWire

33:35 Mets Talk

34:45 Clay Holmes

36:40 Frankie Montas

37:45 Edwin Diaz

38:50 Juan Soto

40:15 Pete Alonso

42:30 Young Hitters - Vientos/Alvarez/Acuña

46:00 Old Hitters - Nimmo/Marte/McNeil/Winker

48:30 Potential Prospect Contributions

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss 20 players who keep winding up on their teams.

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00:00 Headlines

11:00 Jordan Westburg

14:50 Luis Garcia Jr.

20:20 Josh Lowe

23:05 Riley Greene

25:40 Brandon Nimmo

28:45 Garrett Mitchell

30:50 Jurickson Profar

34:00 Carlos Correa

37:40 Brandon Lowe

40:10 Jo Adell

47:45 Hunter Greene

51:20 Jack Flaherty

54:30 Cristopher Sanchez

57:30 Tanner Houck

59:40 Clarke Schmidt

1:01:35 Yusei Kikuchi

1:03:45 Nick Lodolo

1:06:15 Ranger Suarez

1:08:25 Merrill Kelly

1:10:15 Ryan Helsley

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Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking news, fantasy baseball rankings, recent drafts and more!

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0:00 Intro/Great to be back

Latest news from around MLB:

• Pete Alonso ends up back with NYM
• Mark Vientos sticking at third base
• 3:41 Christian Yelich likely limited at start of camp
• Calvin Faucher may be favorite for saves in MIA
• Tommy Pham to PIT on a one-year deal

RotoWire Roundtable Rankings:

• Latest iteration went up Feb. 1
• 12:33 A Big Three seems to have emerged in drafts… who are you taking at No. 4?
• Francisco Lindor - Todd (9), Clay (17)
• Jarren Duran - Todd (21), Clay (33)
• Brent Rooker - Todd (29), Clay (62)
• 34:48 Roki Sasaki - Todd (156), Clay (88)
• Jared Jones - Todd (188), Clay (128)
• Royce Lewis

First Pitch Arizona Speakers League Draft:

• 56:55 Little surprised with how much Alexis Diaz is falling (TZ - have him on 3 of 6 teams so far)
• TZ Acuna and deGrom too rich for my non-risk taking blood

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Erik Halterman and guest Jason Collette go over Jason's bold predictions for the upcoming season.

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00:00 Intro

02:45 Headlines

10:00 AL East

19:20 AL Central

32:10 AL West

41:25 NL East

51:45 NL Central

1:00:00 NL West

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James Anderson and seasoned NFBC Auction player Marc Winokur go through some recent high-stakes auctions and which players are more in-demand by auction players than by snake draft players!

00:00 Intro

01:20 Early Auctioning

13:10 Closers in Auctions

20:30 Buying Skubal

28:00 Old, boring SP2s

32:50 What A Cheap Offense Looks Like

38:00 Zero-Dollar Players

40:55 Stacking

46:00 Top Hitters Overpriced

50:00 AAV vs. ADP

54:20 Outfielders

01:02:30 Catchers

01:05:10 First Base

01:06:00 Second Base

01:13:30 Shortstop

01:17:35 Pitcher

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Everyone has a take on Juan Soto and Kyle Tucker, but Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson make sure that you don't ignore Austin Hays to the Reds, Max Kepler to the Phillies and more, as they break down the top 10 underrated transactions of the offseason.

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00:00 10 Underrated Transactions

00:30 Welcome Back Fred Zinkie

01:15 Blue Jays Offseason

05:20 Austin Hays to the Reds

09:45 Jonathan India to Royals

13:45 Jorge Soler to Angels

18:20 Colin Rea to Cubs (because all these veterans may block Ben Brown)

24:15 Max Kepler to Phillies

28:15 Josh Bell to Nationals

30:30 Hayden Wesneski to Astros

33:30 Andrew Kittredge to Orioles

35:45 Thairo Estrada to Rockies

39:30 Luis Ortiz to Guardians

44:15 FANTRAX

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46:15 BlueWire

46:20 Fernando Tatis Jr.

55:00 Julio Rodriguez

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Jeff Erickson and guest host Vlad Sedler discuss the big changes from the offseason, including Juan Soto to the Mets, the Kyle Tucker trade, Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers and more!

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00:00 Grading the Biggest Moves of the Fantasy Offseason

00:30 Welcome to Vlad Sedler

01:30 Moves

01:42 Juan Soto signs with the Mets

05:50 Kyle Tucker traded to the Cubs

09:15 Garrett Crochet traded to the Red Sox

13:40 Fantrax

14:40 Corbin Burnes signs with the Diamondbacks

19:00 Devin Williams traded to the Yankees

21:45 Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates sign with the Dodgers; (also Teoscar re-signs with the Dodgers)

30:30 Willy Adames and Justin Verlander sign with the Giants

32:45 Anthony Santander and Max Scherzer sign with the Blue Jays (also Andres Gimenez)

36:25 Christian Walker signs with the Astros

37:30 Josh Naylor traded to the Diamondbacks

41:00 EDGE Boost

41:50 Cody Bellinger traded to the Yankees (plus Max Fried and Goldy signing with the Yanks)

45:20 Jake Burger traded to the Rangers (Lowe, Pederson, Langford)

48:45 Carlos Estevez to the Royals, Ryan Pressly to the Cubs, Jeff Hoffman to the Jays

51:00 Yusei Kikuchi to the Angels

52:00 Jonathan India / Brady Singer swap

55:45 Jurickson Profar to the Braves

58:20 Moves (Mostly) Yet To Happen

58:25 BlueWire

58:30 Jack Flaherty signs with the Tigers

1:01:35 Pete Alonso

1:03:30 Dylan Cease trade?

1:06:00 Nolan Arenado trade?

1:07:00 Alex Bregman

1:07:40 Other Noteworthy Changes

1:07:50 A’s to the Sacramento

1:09:35 Rays playing in Steinbrenner Field

1:12:10 O’s moving fences back in for LF

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Todd Zola chats with Nick Pollack about PitchCon and the ALS charity component along with Justin Mason and the donations made to Fantasy Cares Org.

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James Anderson is joined by RotoWire's reliever expert Ryan Rufe to go through Ryan's brand new reliever rankings and discuss which closers to target and avoid in 2025 fantasy baseball leagues!

00:00 Intro

01:00 Josh Hader

02:25 Devin Williams

03:15 Emmanuel Clase

05:40 Raisel Iglesias

07:40 Edwin Diaz

09:50 Mason Miller

11:40 Ryan Helsley

13:15 Felix Bautista

14:50 Kirby Yates/Tanner Scott

19:40 Ryan Walker

21:30 David Bednar

23:20 Lucas Erceg

24:20 Jeff Hoffman

26:45 Robert Suarez

29:20 Andres Munoz

32:05 Jhoan Duran/Griffin Jax

33:35 Ryan Pressly/Porter Hodge

35:20 Pete Fairbanks

36:40 Ben Joyce

37:55 Jordan Romano/Orion Kerkering

39:45 Alexis Diaz

41:40 Trevor Megill

44:40 Justin Martinez/A.J. Puk

47:05 Liam Hendriks/Aroldis Chapman

49:15 Jason Foley/Tyler Holton

51:30 Chris Martin

52:30 Marlins Bullpen

54:35 Tyler Kinley/Seth Halvorsen

56:00 White Sox/Nationals Bullpens

58:10 Free Agent Closers

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The early rounds are for building out a reliable core, and the late rounds are for taking shots on high-upside sleepers. But what happens in between? Erik Halterman and Todd Zola attempt to answer that question in both general and specific terms, looking at overall strategies and particular players to target in rounds 8-12.

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00:00 Intro

3:45 Headlines

16:35 General Middle-Round Strategy

31:45 Mid-Round Catchers

37:00 Mid-Round First Basemen

41:25 Mid-Round Second Basemen

47:00 Mid-Round Third Basemen

50:25 Mid-Round Shortstops

56:40 Mid-Round Outfielders

1:05:15 Mid-Round Starting Pitchers

1:11:10 Mid-Round Closers

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James Anderson and legendary fantasy player Phil Dussault discuss players and strategy that will help you dominate your 2025 fantasy baseball leagues!

00:00 Intro

01:00 Riskiest 1st Round Pick

06:35 Jackson Merrill

11:25 James Wood

14:45 THE Dodgers SP To Target

18:25 6-man Rotations

31:30 Reliever Strategy

41:25 Shane McClanahan

47:00 Rays ballpark effects

52:35 Phil vs. Dusty

01:00:05 Chase Dollander

01:06:00 Phil’s favorite prospect

01:11:35 Live Auction Advice

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James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about the updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings!

00:00 Intro

02:00 Sebastian Walcott

03:45 Leodalis De Vries

06:15 Zyhir Hope

07:30 Walker Jenkins

08:55 Jesus Made

11:10 Jordan Lawlar

11:55 Cam Collier

14:10 Alejandro Rosario

15:45 Travis Sykora

16:16 Down Arrows

18:35 Lazaro Montes

20:15 Jett Williams

22:05 Jackson Holliday

24:30 Konnor Griffin

25:20 Caleb Durbin

28:00 Bubba Chandler

29:15 Shotaro Morii

30:55 Hayden Birdsong

32:45 Felnin Celesten

34:05 Injured Pitchers to Stashes

36:00 Roman Anthony/Kristian Campbell

37:40 Emmanuel Rodriguez

38:30 Marcelo Mayer

40:00 Brady House/Seaver King

41:50 Josue Briceno

43:50 Luis Pena/Eduardo Beltre

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Erik Halterman and Jenny Butler discuss the best ways to get your fantasy baseball team off to a good start through the first three rounds.

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00:00 Headlines

13:40 Big-picture strategy

29:15 Specific starting trios

49:30 Setting your KDS

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00:00 Intro

00:35 Roki Sasaki

01:30 Travis Bazzana

02:45 Nick Kurtz

04:10 JJ Wetherholt

05:15 Charlie Condon

08:50 Jac Caglianone

09:50 Christian Moore

10:55 Chase Burns

13:30 Braden Montgomery

15:25 Konnor Griffin

18:20 Cam Smith

19:50 Hagen Smith

21:15 Bryce Rainer

22:25 Carson Benge

23:25 Griffin Burkholder

25:00 Slade Caldwell

26:45 Braylon Payne

29:45 Josuar Gonzalez

33:30 Ryan Waldschmidt

34:45 Seaver King

35:50 Theo Gillen

36:40 Kellon Lindsey

37:50 Ryan Sloan

40:10 PJ Morlando

41:10 Cam Caminiti

43:00 Trey Yesavage

45:20 Jurrangelo Cijnte

46:30 Vance Honeycutt

48:45 James Gibbs

49:55 Levi Sterling

50:40 Tyson Lewis

51:55 Elian Pena

53:45 Final Thoughts

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Athletics

Osvaldo Bido will be in the rotation, right? Roster Resource has him at AAA for some reason…

Arizona

Nowhere for Jordan Lawlar to play? 

Atlanta

Will they really go into the year with one of Ian Anderson, AJ Smith-Shawver or Bryce Elder in the rotation?

Baltimore

Probably nowhere for Heston Kjerstad or Coby Mayo to play as things stand, but they’re both seemingly a trade or an injury away. Any current interest?

Boston

More PA, Kristian Campbell or David Hamilton?

Chicago Cubs

Draft Ben Brown now and hope he wins the fifth starter’s spot? 

Chicago White Sox

Likelihood Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery, Bryan Ramos make Opening Day roster?

Cincinnati

Noelvi Marte, Rhett Lowder ticketed for Triple-A?

Cleveland

How much will Jhonkensy Noel play?

Colorado

What will Jordan Beck’s role be?

Detroit

Should we expect Jackson Jobe to make the Opening Day rotation?

Houston

Who intrigues us most as an OF flyer? Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, Zach Dezenzo, Jacob Melton, Taylor Trammell…

Kansas City

Intrigued by any of Kris Bubic, Alec Marsh, Kyle Wright, Michael Loreznen?

Los Angeles Angels

Seems pretty straightforward. Are we tracking what Reid Detmers and/or Caden Dana do in spring training?

Los Angeles Dodgers

Who plays more, Hyesong Kim or Andy Pages?

Miami

Derek Hill is going to play more than people think – one of the rare Roster Resource mess-ups currently

Milwaukee

What will Caleb Durbin’s role be to start the year?

Minnesota

Who will be the fourth and fifth starters? Simeon Woods Richardson, Chris Paddack, David Festa, Zebby Matthews 

New York Mets

More playing time in 2025, Ronny Mauricio or Luisangel Acuna?

New York Yankees

How confident are we in Jasson Dominguez playing every day?

Philadelphia

Worried about Bryson Stott’s lineup placement and platoon when the team is at full strength?

Pittsburgh

What will Nick Yorke’s role be?

San Diego

Team Top-Heavy, everybody who can play will be playing

San Francisco

Will Hayden Birdsong make the Opening Day rotation?

Seattle

Top-heavy depth chart, presumably not done adding. Any interest in their cheap guys, Ryan Bliss, Dominic Canzone, Tyler Locklear, Austin Shenton?

St. Louis

Will Michael McGreevy open the year at Triple-A?

Tampa Bay

Will Richie Palacios or Jose Caballero play enough for us to use them?

Texas

Will Kumar Rocker be in the Opening Day rotation?

Toronto

Addison Barger, Ernie Clement, Orelvis Martinez or a player not currently on the roster as starting 3B?

Washington

Is Jacob Young really going to play every day in CF again?

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer take a closer look at a handful of pitchers who divide opinion in 2025 draft rooms based on their unusual 2024 seasons.

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Erik Halterman and guest Michael Govier share their fantasy baseball-related New Year's resolutions.

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00:00 Intro

3:00 Gleyber Torres to Tigers

8:10 Corbin Burnes to D-Backs

13:15 Charlie Morton to Orioles

14:05 Hye-Seong Kim to Dodgers

19:00 Less league variety

22:40 Don’t wait too long on closers

25:40 Don’t sign this year’s Snell 

29:50 Don’t chase the dragon

31:35: Drop players faster

34:15 More best ball

37:50 Enjoy more, worry less

39:30 Focus on WHIP

43:10 Let go of ties to players

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James Anderson answers dozens of questions about prospects, dynasty and redraft on a special Christmas Eve mailbag episode!

00:00 Intro

02:00 Matt Shaw

08:00 Coby Mayo

09:35 Shohei Ohtani

11:10 Buy-Low Targets

13:10 Gavin Williams

14:35 Valuing Oft-Injured Pitchers

16:15 Evan Carter

17:30 Sebastian Walcott

18:25 Emmanuel Rodriguez

19:40 Overhyped Prospects

23:35 Prospects Who Could Hit 40 HR

25:40 Sean Burke

28:20 Andrew Painter

30:35 Noah Schultz

31:45 Kevin McGonigle Trade Grade

35:20 FYPD Talk

49:20 Undervalued Pitching Prospects

52:40 Undervalued Pirates Prospects

54:40 Cole Carrigg

57:05 Jackson Holliday

58:25 Colson Montgomery

59:20 Second Base Trade Targets

01:00:30 Guardians Hitting Prospects

01:03:40 Carson Williams/Samuel Basallo/Jack Leiter

01:06:00 Red Sox Prospects

01:07:15 Johnathan Rodriguez

01:08:30 AJ Smith-Shawver

01:10:10 Rays Hitters

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James Anderson and Dave McDonald go through the first 15 rounds of recent fantasy baseball ADP and highlight which picks are potential land mines due to the injury/durability risk associated with the player.

00:00 Intro

02:02 Dr. Dave's Approach To Risk

16:50 Potential Round 1 Avoids

25:00 Potential Round 2 Avoids

36:00 Potential Round 3 Avoids

44:55 Fade Felix Bautista in Round 4?

47:50 Potential Round 6 Avoids

54:25 Fade Grayson Rodriguez in Round 7?

56:40 Potential Round 8 Avoids

01:05:20 Potential Round 9 Avoids

01:14:45 Potential Round 10 Avoids

01:19:20 Potential Round 14 Avoids

01:24:40 Fade Josh Jung in Round 15?

01:26:10 Guardians Talk

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Dispersal Draft strategy

37:35 Highlander Draft strategy

41:00 Highlander Draft results

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Blake Snell to Dodgers

05:45 Cardinals logjam

13:35 Relievers getting stretched out?

21:30 Yusei Kikuchi to Angels

25:40 Frankie Montas to Mets

28:30 The Brady Singer/Jonathan India trade

32:50 Tommy Edman extends with Dodgers

36:30 Roki Sasaki landing spots

41:15 Rays playing in Steinbrenner Field

45:15 Zach Neto

48:30 Rapid-fire wrap-up

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00:00 Intro

01:10 Chandler Simpson

05:15 Catcher

28:50 First Base

37:00 Second Base

54:55 Third Base

58:30 Shortstop

01:02:40 UT-Only

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00:00 Intro

02:15 Jasson Dominguez vs. Dylan Crews

08:50 Roman Anthony

12:05 Heston Kjerstad

15:45 Chase DeLauter

24:40 Colby Thomas

27:00 Chandler Simpson

32:15 Zach DeLoach

34:35 Gustavo Campero

36:45 Jackson Jobe/Bubba Chandler/Kumar Rocker

42:15 Andrew Painter

44:15 Rhett Lowder/Zebby Matthews

47:40 Sean Burke/Jacob Misiorowski/Joey Cantillo

52:50 Michael McGreevy

54:30 AJ Smith-Shawver

56:25 Quinn Mathews

59:00 Brant Hurter

01:00:50 Cade Horton/Ricky Tiedemann

01:01:20 Richard Fitts

01:02:40 Brandon Sproat

01:05:50 Endgame rookie arms

01:10:30 Porter Hodge vs. Ben Joyce

01:13:30 Rockies relief prospects

01:15:35 Endgame rookie relievers

01:19:30 Brady House

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00:00 Intro

02:43 Planning vs. Opportunity

04:10 Stars and Scrubs vs. Spread the Risk

07:10 Mike's dynamite closer duo

13:40 2025 Player Pool vs. 2024

22:25 Catchers

29:40 Shohei Ohtani

31:25 William Contreras

33:15 Xavier Edwards

39:35 Jazz Chisholm/Royce Lewis/Mark Vientos/Junior Caminero

46:35 Luis Robert/Randy Arozarena/Bo Bichette

52:00 Yankees Starting Pitchers

59:00 Garrett Crochet

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00:00 Updated dynasty rankings!

00:45 Young Nationals hitters

08:45 Valuing Ronald Acuna in dynasty

12:05 DL Hall

13:20 Zyhir Hope

15:35 Where are the prospect tiers?

21:30 Junior Caminero vs. Jackson Holliday

25:10 Risky young hitters

28:15 Tink Hence

30:30 Austin Riley

31:10 Roki Sasaki

35:00 Biggest risers/fallers from Too Early Top 300

40:15 Jesus Made

41:25 Prospects who could be big risers

44:10 First Pitch Arizona Recap

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00:00 Intro

04:20 Setting the ADP

13:15 Heavy exposure players

25:00 First Base

31:10 Shortstop

33:15 Third base & second base

38:30 Ronald Acuna

41:00 Jazz Chisholm

43:45 Logan Gilbert

45:55 Willy Adames/Zach Neto

50:15 Kyle Schwarber

53:00 Wyatt Langford

59:20 Zac Gallen

01:01:30 Most Outrageous ADP

01:10:15 Favorite injured pitchers

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00:00 Intro

04:30 Matt Shaw

06:20 Connor Phillips

09:05 More Matt Shaw

14:00 Andrew Painter

19:15 Kumar Rocker

26:30 Zyhir Hope

37:10 Charlie Condon

43:50 Jesus Made

55:00 Thomas Harrington

01:01:00 Michael McGreevy

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00:00 Intro

03:00 Catcher

06:45 First Base

10:00 Second Base

13:45 Shortstop

16:00 Third Base

20:05 Outfield

25:45 Starting Pitchers

27:00 Relievers

32:25 MacKenzie Gore

36:15 Chase Dollander

41:00 George Springer

42:10 Nolan Arenado

44:30 Paul Goldschmidt

45:55 Rhys Hoskins

49:50 Jorge Polanco

51:35 Starling Marte/Jacob Young

58:45 Josh Bell

1:01:00 Prospect vs. Injured Ace vs. Asian Free Agent

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Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss the end of the Oakland A's and look back on the season that was on the final Friday podcast of 2024.

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0:00 Intro/Major League Baseball in Oakland is no more

Pickups

• Michael McGreevy (@ SF)
• Hayden Birdsong (vs. STL)
• Mitch Spence (@ SEA)
• Jonathan Aranda
• Hunter Goodman

Earned Auction Values

• Among the top 10 earners, who are you least likely to invest in in 2025?

Offseason Prep

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Erik Siegrist has a 30-point lead in the final week of the season in the RotoWire Staff Keeper League, fueled in part by Tarik Skubal, who is also carrying the Tigers' run to an AL Wild Card spot. He joins Jeff Erickson to discuss both races.

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1:15 Spencer Schwellenbach

6:40 Bowden Francis

10:00 David Festa

14:30 Ben Brown

18:30 Zebby Matthews

22:10 Hayden Birdsong

27:00 Landon Knack

29:40 Ben Casparius

31:20 Sean Burke

36:45 Cade Povich

37:10 Joey Cantillo

42:40 Spencer Arrighetti

45:40 Cody Bradford

46:40 Kumar Rocker

50:30 RP to SP Candidates

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss players on NL playoff or playoff-adjacent teams that can still alter their 2025 fantasy value.

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview the final week of the MLB season, discuss the last weekend of FAAB and look ahead at what the 2025 first round will look like. Thanks for listening all season!! Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire.

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Erik Halterman and guest Paul Sporer discuss the themes and players which defined the 2024 fantasy baseball season.

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00:00 Headlines

21:10 Chaos in the first round

30:15 Tons of starting pitcher injuries...but tons of risky pitchers worked out

40:00 Rookies don't always hit the ground running

46:30 Paul Skenes

49:40 Shohei Ohtani

54:30 Honorable mentions: Elly De La Cruz, Brent Rooker, Jarren Duran, Jackson Merrill, Chris Sale, Shota Imanaga, Jack Flaherty

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer recap the waiver wire season and offer up their FAAB recommendations for the final week.

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Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss Shohei Ohtani's historic season before moving on to the final crop of two-start pitchers in 2024.

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0:00 Intro/Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player ever to 50-50

Pickups

• Jared Triolo - $9
• Carlos Correa - $3
• Evan Phillips - $1
• Pavin Smith - $1
• Luisangel Acuna - $1
• Reese Olson
• Jakob Junis
• Hunter Goodman
• Justin Wrobleski
• Landen Roupp
• Others to consider if available in your league: Tommy Edman, Jasson Dominguez, Jose Quintana, Nick Martinez, Luke Weaver

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 23, 2024)

• Eduardo Rodriguez 3
• Spencer Schwellenbach 3
• Dean Kremer 1
• Tanner Houck 3
• Ryan Feltner 0
• Jonathan Cannon 1
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Hunter Brown 4 (Todd 5)
• Cole Ragans 5
• Jack Kochanowicz 2 (Todd 1)
• Landon Knack 1
• Freddy Peralta 5
• Bailey Ober 4 (Todd 5)
• Luis Severino 3
• Nestor Cortes 4 (Todd 5)
• Brady Basso 1 (Todd 0)
• Aaron Nola 5
• Bailey Falter 1
• Michael King 3 (Todd 4)
• Bryce Miller 5
• Hayden Birdsong 1
• Ryan Pepiot 4
• Bowden Francis 4

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Mike Ferrin joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the NL Wild Card race, with an emphasis on the Diamondbacks.

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1:50 Andrew Painter

5:20 Bubba Chandler

8:30 Andrew Walters

11:35 Zach Maxwell

16:00 Dalton Rushing

21:00 Edgar Quero

23:30 Jordan Lawlar

26:35 Adael Amador

29:00 Nick Kurtz

34:45 Coby Mayo

39:05 Roman Anthony

41:00 Colby Thomas

44:05 Jacob Melton

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Because of his late start to the season and uneven results after returning from injury, it's difficult to put a 2025 value on Gerrit Cole, so his remaining starts in the regular season and playoffs will hopefully reveal more to us. Who else can we learn more from in the AL? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle that topic.

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00:00 - Needle-Moving AL Players for 2025

00:30 - Concept

02:30 - Yankees: 

02:45 - Gerrit Cole, 

06:15 - Jasson Dominguez, 

08:15 - Anthony Volpe, 

10:15 - Clay Holmes

12:20 - Orioles: 

13:15 - Seranthony Dominguez, 

14:45 - O’s Prospects - Heston Kjerstad, Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo

19:00 - Adley Rutschman, 

20:45 - Corbin Burnes

24:30 - Guardians: 

24:45 - Andres Gimenez, 

26:25 - Kyle Manzardo, 

29:15 - Gavin Williams

31:55 - Astros: 

32:05 - Ronel Blanco, Spencer Arrighetti, Hunter Brown

37:15 - Royals: 

37:30 - Lucas Erceg, 

39:15 - Seth Lugo, 

42:00 - Twins: 

42:30 - Royce Lewis

45:00 - Matt Wallner, Edouard Julien, 

46:15 - Tigers:

46:30 - Parker Meadows, Kerry Carpenter

50:00 - Mariners:

50:20 - Julio Rodriguez

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Scott Jenstad is joined by Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy to discuss the top tier of starting pitchers in 2025 drafts, the best FAAB pickups of 2024 and all the adds and drops from this week in fantasy leagues. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @RotoGut I @ RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and Jason Collette discuss Jason's preseason Bold Predictions series and attempt to find lessons for next season from both the hits and the misses.

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Hits

Spencer Strider is not a top-20 pitcher

Zac Gallen finishes outside the top-100 final rankings

Seiya Suzuki finishes ahead of Mike Trout

Michael King is a top-40 overall pitcher

Brenton Doyle is a top-75 outfielder

Jo Adell is a top-80 outfielder

Sean Manaea is a top-100 pitcher

Misses

Juan Soto outhomers Aaron Judge

Cole Ragans is not a top-50 starting pitcher

Andrew Vaughn finishes outside the top 300

Lucas Erceg leads the (Oakland) roster in saves

Tyler Black is a top-300 player

MJ Melendez is a top-40 outfielder

Coming Down to the Wire

Mark Vientos hits 25 homers

Michael Kopech is a top-150 pitcher

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer break down the latest baseball headlines and share their top pickups of the week. 

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00:00 Headlines

18:15 Kumar Rocker

22:20 Jacob deGrom

25:20 Dean Kremer

27:10 Griffin Canning

30:15 Jasson Dominguez

32:45 Brendan Rodgers/Rockies Hitters

35:05 Zack Gelof

36:15 Ty France

38:10 Mike Yastrzemski

38:55 Travis d'Arnaud

42:00 Pick6 Picks

48:30 Budget Pitchers

57:05 Budget Hitters

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Todd Zola and Clay Link are back for the penultimate two-start pitcher podcast of the season! They also discuss Jackson Chourio, potential FAAB pickups for the stretch run and more.

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0:00 Intro/Jackson Chourio is the youngest player ever to go 20-20

Pickups

• Max Scherzer - $4
• Trevor Story - $4
• Travis d’Arnaud - $2
• Jordan Beck - $1
• A slew of $0 adds:
• Ezequiel Duran
• Alec Marsh
• Jesus Tinoco
• Trey Sweeney
• Hunter Renfroe
• Ian Anderson
• Taylor Walls
• Yoan Moncada
• Kody Clemens
• Cade Smith
• Ryan Weathers
• Tyler Glasnow
• Trevor Williams
• Others to consider if available in your league: Kumar Rocker, Reid Detmers, Spencer Horwitz, Rhett Lowder, Seth Brown, Jasson Dominguez 

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 16, 2024)

• Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 1)
• Ryne Nelson 2
• Max Fried 5
• Ian Anderson 0 (Todd 1)
• Albert Suarez 4
• Nick Pivetta 3
• Shota Imanaga 5
• Jordan Wicks 2
• Matthew Boyd 4
• Gavin Williams 2
• Antonio Senzatela 0
• Sean Burke 0
• Casey Mize 2 (Todd 1)
• Spencer Arrighetti 3
• Seth Lugo 5
• Reid Detmers 2
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto 4
• Darren McCoughan 0
• Aaron Civale 3
• Colin Rea 3
• Pablo Lopez 5
• Zebby Matthews 0 (Todd 1)
• Sean Manaea 4
• Tylor Megill 2
• Joey Estes 1
• Ranger Suarez 5
• Zack Wheeler 5
• Paul Skenes 5
• Yu Darvish 4 (Todd 3)
• Bryan Woo 4 (Todd 5)
• Robbie Ray 2
• Andre Pallante 2 (Todd 3)
• Shane Baz 3
• Nathan Eovaldi 4
• Chris Bassitt 3
• Jake Irvin 3

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2:10 Christian Moore

12:45 Carson Williams

21:15 Chandler Simpson

31:25 Sebastian Walcott

40:10 Robby Snelling

47:00 Moises Ballesteros

54:15 Jonah Tong

59:10 Chase Petty

1:04:00 First Pitch Arizona

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Todd Zola and Fred Zinkie review some news, then debate the top 15 starting pitchers for 2025.

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (aka BatFlipCrazy), talk strategy for the final 3 weeks of the season, discuss the top end of the 2025 Closer Pool and break down all the adds and drop in FAAB, plus much more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and Todd Zola review the biggest rankings debates of draft season and try to avoid making the same mistakes next year.

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DH: Should we avoid Shohei Ohtani?

C: JT Realmuto or William Contreras?

1B: Pete Alonso or Vladimir Guerrero Jr.?

2B: Bryson Stott or Ketel Marte

3B: Spencer Steer or Nolan Arenado?

SS: Elly De La Cruz or Francisco Lindor?

OF: Jazz Chisholm, Nolan Jones, Mike Trout, Cody Bellinger, or skip the whole group?

OF: Jackson Chourio or Jordan Walker?

SP: Tarik Skubal, Kevin Gausman, Zac Gallen, or Yoshinobu Yamamoto?

SP: Blake Snell, Zach Eflin, or Cole Ragans?

RP: Edwin Diaz, Josh Hader, or Emmanuel Clase?

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Couillard (@mcouill7) go over the latest headlines from around baseball and offer up their recommended FAAB adds.

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00:00 Headlines

22:50 Brendan Rodgers

25:50 Kyle Manzardo

28:55 Anthony Rizzo

30:35 Trevor Story

33:30 Jacob Young

35:15 Aroldis Chapman

37:30 Ernie Clement

39:00 Reid Detmers

42:00 Rhett Lowder

43:30 Alex Cobb

46:10 Pick6

51:15 Budget Pitchers

1:00:55 Budget Hitters

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Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including the Yankees' closer situation, injuries, two-start pitchers and more.

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0:00 Intro/The Yankees are getting “creative” with the closer role

Pickups

• Luke Weaver
• Rhett Lowder - $2
• Anthony Rizzo - $1
• Casey Mize - $1
• Jordan Walker
• Kyle Manzardo
• Andrew McCutchen
• Jack Leiter
• Adam Oller
• Griffin Canning
• Tommy Pham
• Others to consider if available in your league: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Connor Norby, Porter Hodge, Aroldis Chapman, David Peterson, Caden Dana

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 9, 2024)

• Charlie Morton 3 (Todd 4)
• Cade Povich 1
• Kutter Crawford 2
• Tanner Houck 3
• Kyle Hendricks 0
• Nick Martinez 1
• Rhett Lowder 2 (Todd 1)
• Tanner Bibee 5
• Ben Lively 3
• Antonio Senzatela 0
• Nick Nastrini 0
• Keider Montero 0
• Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3)
• Vallente Bellozo 2
• Adam Oller 1
• Aaron Civale 3
• Paul Blackburn 1
• Carlos Rodon 4 (Todd 3)
• JP Sears 2
• Cristopher Sanchez 4
• Paul Skenes 5
• George Kirby 5
• Robbie Ray 2
• Jeffrey Springs 3
• Taj Bradley 2
• Nathan Eovaldi 4 (Todd 5)
• Chris Bassitt 2
• MacKenzie Gore 3

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