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Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, James Anderson, Scott Jenstad, Todd Zola, Fred Zinkie, Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more!
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A FAAB Weekend with a Slew of Rookie Call-ups
Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, break down all the rookies available in FAAB this week and also talk Tarik Skubal, Michael Harris II, Freddy Peralta and how to deal with the underachieving mid-rounders. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire I @Sporer
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Valuing Breakouts Using In-Season Drafts With Brendan Tuma
Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Brendan Tuma (@toomuchtuma) of Underdog Fantasy use Underdog's in-season drafts to determine the potential trade market for this season's biggest breakouts.
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00:00 Intro
02:45 Call-ups: Hurston Waldrep, Adael Amador, Drew Thorpe
10:40 Other Headlines
16:30 Paul Skenes
21:15 Shota Imanaga
24:40 Ranger Suarez
27:10 Luis Gil
30:20 Jared Jones/Seth Lugo
34:00 Joe Ryan/Jack Flaherty
36:15 Tanner Houck/Garrett Crochet
38:30 Cristopher Sanchez/Reese Olson
42:30 Gunnar Henderson
44:45 Shohei Ohtani
46:25 Elly De La Cruz
49:45 William Contreras
52:00 David Fry
53:40 Jordan Westburg
55:50 Colton Cowser
57:50 Jo Adell
59:40 Jurickson Profar/Taylor Ward
1:01:00 Mike Trout
1:05:00 NL-Only Tout Wars
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FAAB Targets (Week of June 10, 2024)
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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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 10, 2024)
Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!
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0:00 Intro/Waiting to hear about Juan Soto’s status
Pickups
Yimi Garcia - $20
Griffin Canning - $5
Blake Perkins - $5
Justyn-Henry Malloy - $4
11:00 Robbie Ray - $4
14:20 Max Meyer - $3
Jack Suwinski - $2
Rob Refsnyder - $1
Clayton Kershaw
Joey Estes
18:30 Others to consider if available in your league: Matt Waldron, Matt Vierling, Mark Vientos
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 10, 2024)
Jordan Montgomery 3 (Todd 4)
Spencer Schwellenbach 0
Corbin Burnes 5
Albert Suarez 3 (Todd 2)
Kutter Crawford 2
Hunter Greene 4
Dakota Hudson 0
Jake Woodford 0
31:00 Erick Fedde 3
33:00 Jack Flaherty 3
Spencer Arrighetti 2
Seth Lugo 3
Brady Singer 2
Jose Soriano 1 (Todd 2)
Jesus Luzardo 3 (Todd 4)
Colin Rea 2 (Todd 1)
Pablo Lopez 4
Chris Paddack 2
Tylor Megill 2 (Todd 3)
Carlos Rodon 4
Marcus Stroman 3
Joey Estes 2
JP Sears 2
Zack Wheeler 5
49:45 Paul Skenes 5
Dylan Cease 5
Logan Gilbert 5
Bryan Woo 4
Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 2)
Ryan Pepiot 3 (Todd 2)
Zach Eflin 3 (Todd 2)
Nathan Eovaldi 4
Jose Berrios 4
Patrick Corbin 0
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Underrated/Overrated Prospects w/ Ross Jensen
Kevin McGonigle
Tre’ Morgan
Sal Stewart
Starlyn Caba
Jeral Perez
C.J. Kayfus
Dameury Pena
Marcelo Mayer
Dylan Crews
Colson Montgomery
Spencer Jones
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Did We Draft Starting Pitching Too Early?
Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at data from 2024 and identify bankable trends. Where are our category leaders coming from? Did we draft starting pitching too soon?
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00:00 - Fred Pod 6-4
00:30 - Overall data from 2024 (as of the start of play this week)
01:30 - 4 of the top-20 pitchers in ERA were drafted in the top-100
07:00 - 12 of the 19 pitches with 75 SO were drafted in the top-100
09:00 - 6 top the top-15 pitchers in WHIP were drafted in the top-100
11:30 - There are so many starters who have are sitting on waivers in most leagues and have an ERA around 3.50 and a WHIP around 1.15 (Ryan Weathers, Jake Irvin, Trevor Williams, Kyle Gibson etc.). Bailey Falter was available on Sunday in most of my 15-team leagues. He has a WHIP under 1.00!
13:30 - Are big bids on pitchers like Christian Scott ill-considered?
16:45 - Trevor Williams on IL
21:00 - 10 of the top-13 hitters in homers were drafted in the top-100; 5 of the 11 hitters who are batting .300 were drafted in the top-100; 10 of the 12 hitters with 40 runs scored were drafted in the top-100; 9 of the 15 players with 40 RBIs were drafted in the top-100
28:00 - Were we drafting pitchers too early in this “everyone can pitch” landscape?
31:45 - One more observation, of the 22 qualified pitchers with an ERA under 3.00, 15 have fewer strikeouts than innings. In this season of low BABIP and low HR/FB rate, is getting whiffs less important in run prevention?
39:00 - Should owners in trading leagues try to correct this by dealing effective pitchers for effective hitters?
47:00 - Finally, am I correct in believing that the pitcher injury crises was overblown (once again) in April?
55:00 - Monday notes: Kyle Tucker is day-to-day but should be fine…..Blake Snell is on the IL again…..Noelvi Marte will soon start his rehab assignment…..Brandon Marsh to the IL…..Robert Gasser is dealing with an elbow injury…..Connor Norby debuted…..Tyler Anderson continues to defy the odds….Matt Waldron pitched well again…..The Reds scored 13 at Coors…..Nolan Gorman has hit 8 HR in 14 games…..Mark Vientos had another great game…..MacKenzie Gore burned owners in his two-start week…..Kevin Gausman continues to stink…..Austin Hays hit his first two homers of the season….
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Customer Reviews
Love For the Prospect Pod
Listen to all Rotowire baseball shows fairly regularly, but I never miss a Wednesday Prospect Pod with James & Clay. Super-helpful for my keeper/dynasty teams and just a lot of fun to listen to. James is one of (if not) the hardest working men in fantasy sports and I need to spend specific love to Clay who has an awesome voice for it and a great, subtle sense of humour. I truly enjoy the pairing, Clay is the king of non sequitors that often have be busting out laughing and James is just full of that knowledge. This pod made me a Rotowire subscriber. Congrats on another great season. Looking forward to hearing what James has in store over the summer and hoping the dynamic duo will return in the spring! Cheers guys
Terrible audio
Usually only listen to Zola and Clay on fridays cuz every other episode one of the hosts audio is so bad it’s unlistenable. And other than the Friday show it’s more of a baseball conversation than a fantasy focused show.
EXCELLENT podcast!!
Loved Feb 14th episode, you guys discussed exactly all the players i’m scratching my head with from last year’s weird season. Keep up your good work on this very good podcast!
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