RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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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!

  1. 15H AGO

    Eight Park Factors You Need to Know

    Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss eight important park factors that you might not know about that could influence the players you draft. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 4m

  2. 1D AGO

    10 Early Observations to Help You Win Your League

    Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Vlad Sedler from FTNFantasy.com and they discuss early observations from the draft pool, including which positions are the weakest. --- 00:00 Early Player Pool Observations 00:15 Welcome to Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy 03:25 Recent News 03:40 Yordan Alvarez reports without ankle pain 06:20 Zac Gallen signs with Diamondbacks 10:45 Orioles sign Chris Bassitt 14:45 Fantrax 15:45 Hitter Tiers By Position 16:00 2B 16:30 Thin Top, Thick Middle 17:30 How have you attacked the position? 17:45 Punt, Punt, Punt!!! 21:30 Target(s): Players after 200-250; Matt McLain, Brendan Donovan 23:00 Fade(s): Jazz Chisholm 24:50 Breakout: Maybe Luisangel Acuña, Chase Meidroth 27:00 3B 27:20 Minefields all over 30:30 Are you among the legion that gets one early and calls it a day? 31:00 Target(s): Both Japanese players (Okamoto, Murakami), Royce Lewis 33:00 Fade(s): Noelvi Marte, Matt Chapman 35:00 Breakout: Jordan Lawlar 36:15 Catcher 36:30 Many are saying it’s a great era 37:30 Cal Raleigh or not? 39:00 Ben Rice 40:45 Where is Vlad shopping for catchers? 42:00 Target(s): Francisco Alvarez 43:00 Fade(s): Raleigh, Hunter Goodman at cost 43:25 Breakout: Harry Ford 44:09 BlueWire 44:20 1B 44:35 On average none in the first round 47:15 But very deep, with options at many tiers 48:30 Target(s): Pete Alonso 49:50 Fade(s): None for real, but haven’t drafted Josh Naylor 52:00 Breakout: Manifesting Willson Contreras, Andrew Vaughn 55:00 SS 55:15 Ranked a little stronger at the top 55:30 So hard to not to draft three of them! 57:45 Bo Bichette with the Mets 59:15 Target(s): Gunnar Henderson, Zach Neto, Masyn Winn 1:00:30 Fade(s): CJ Abrams 1:01:10 Breakout: Konnor Griffin 1:02:30 OF 1:02:45 4-5 on average go in first round 1:03:15 Deep, but remember you need at least five OF 1:07:45 Target(s): Roman Anthony, Byron Buxton, Luis Robert 1:09:00 Fade(s): Questionable BA guys early like PCA, James Wood 1:11:45 Breakout(s): Jordan Walker (Driveline), Chase DeLauter 1:16:00 UnderDog Strategy - Load Up on Early OF’s 1:17:30 Infield Glut --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 20m

  3. 2D AGO

    10 Home Runs and Batting Average Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

    Jeff Erickson and Ryan Boyer hit on some of their favorite sleepers in the batting average and home runs categories. --- 00:00 RotoWire Saturday Podcast 02:00 Headlines 02:30 Castellanos to Padres 05:45 Gallen back to Diamondbacks 11:00 Luis Rengifo to Brewers 12:45 Fantrax 13:45 Batting Average 14:15 Q: What do you look for to find BA sleepers? 15:00 One stat: Playing around with xBA-BA to find hidden value 16:50 Ryan’s BA Sleepers 17:00 Sal Frelick (ADP 200.6) 18:50 Ramon Laureano (ADP 214.8) 21:30 Kevin McGonigle (ADP 316.5) 24:40 Moises Ballesteros (ADP 428.3) 27:25 Miguel Andujar (ADP 542.5) 29:20 Jeff’s BA Sleepers 29:30 Dillon Dingler (ADP 213.9) 31:00 Luis Garcia (ADP 227.2) 32:30 Andrew Vaughn (ADP 310.7) 34:30 Tommy Edman (ADP 314.5) 36:30 Jeff McNeil (ADP 486.7) 37:56 BlueWire 38:00 Home Runs 38:10 Q: What do you look for to find HR sleepers? 39:30 Ryan’s HR Sleepers 39:35 Wilyer Abreu (ADP 221.6) 41:15 Mickey Moniak (ADP 245.2) 44:00 Miguel Vargas (ADP 286.4) 45:45 Marcell Ozuna (ADP 388.1) 47:30 Josh Bell (ADP 405.9) 49:00 Jeff’s HR Sleepers 49:10 Jac Caglianone (219.22) 50:15 Andrew Vaughn (again!) (ADP 310.7) 50:30 Matt Wallner (ADP 347.89) 52:15 Dominic Canzone (ADP 417.27) 54:40 Gavin Sheets (ADP 460.2) --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    58 min

  4. 3D AGO

    Pitchers and Catchers!

    Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Pitchers and catchers report to spring training Spencer Schwellenbach placed on the 60-day IL with right elbow inflammationWho slots in as Atlanta’s No. 5 starter?Josh Hader dealing with left biceps inflammationHamate madnessCorbin Carroll suffered a broken hamate bone in his right hand during a live batting practice session Tuesday, undergoes surgeryFrancisco Lindor undergoes surgery, Mets still optimistic for Opening Day.Bo Bichette will remain at third base for nowJackson Holliday will begin the season on the IL after undergoing surgery ThursdayJordan Westburg dealing with an injury of his own (oblique strain), could miss the first several weeks of Grapefruit League playCam Schlittler won’t throw off a mound for a few days due to mid-back inflammationChris Bassitt lands in BaltimoreCloser confirmation: Mason Miller in SD, Daniel Palencia for CHCBen Rice will still get reps vs. LHP after the return of Paul GoldschmidtJesus Sanchez traded to the Blue Jays today in exchange for Joey LoperfidoLate-round selections in the First Pitch Arizona DC: As Jason Collette would say, “finding value in the scrap heap,” or trying to…ClayJett WilliamsBlaine CrimAaron CivaleMasataka Yoshida (round 38)Jhostynxon GarciaMichael Kopech Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    53 min

  5. 4D AGO

    10 Fantasy Baseball Best Ball Tips

    Todd Zola and Jeff Erickson discuss the differences between the major best ball contests and share strategy tips for each. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    48 min

  6. 6D AGO

    How To Build Your Fantasy Roster w/ Steve Weimer

    James Anderson and elite high-stakes player Steve Weimer discuss fantasy baseball roster construction strategies and much more!   03:30 Extreme hitters 10:30 Risky old hitters 15:20 This year’s George Springer 22:40 Projecting catcher playing time 27:15 How to attack 2B and 3B 32:00 This year’s Drew Rasmussen 37:10 Late-round outfielders to target 43:00 Late-round pitchers to target   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    49 min

  7. 6D AGO

    The 300 Club

    Jeff Erickson from RotoWire and Fred Zinkie from Yahoo Fantasy Sports build a full roster comprised of players with 300+ ADP's. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1h 11m

  8. FEB 9

    10 Ways to Use Fantasy Baseball Projections to Win!

    Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Ariel Cohen of ATC Projections to discuss how you can use projections to win your league. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 2-8 00:20 Welcome to Ariel Cohen 01:10 Top News 01:20 Framber Valdez to the Tigers 05:30 Kenley Jansen to close 12:30 Blake Snell Could Begin on IL 15:30 Fantrax 16:30 How to Use Projections to Win 16:45 What is ATC? 19:00 Projections Inputs / Components 19:30 Finding Power 22:30 Finding Stolen Bases 27:20 Finding Batting Average 28:18 BlueWire 28:23 Pitching - Strikeouts 32:50 HOW - Market Values 33:00 Auction Calculators 33:30 Start With Actual Value of Each Player 34:30 Get Market Data 39:30 What Constitutes Good Data? 41:25 What is the Biggest Mistake Drafters Make with Projections? 44:20 Humans vs. Projections 46:00 Knowing Context on Players (Nico Hoerner) 48:00 Difficult Players to Project - Prospects 50:00 Injured Players 51:30 Players from Foreign Leagues --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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