RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the major injuries to Mookie Betts and Yoshi Yamamoto, preview the upcoming weekend and break down all the adds and drops this week in FAAB, plus much more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWirePick6Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits.Home Run ForecastHome Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%. Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Carter (@mdrc0508) of Fantrax/RotoBaller discuss the latest headlines and preview how the trade deadline will affect the closer landscape.---00:00 Intro/Happy Father's Day03:15 Headlines16:30 American League sellers26:30 National League sellers33:50 Contenders not looking for a closer38:15 Contenders who could add a closer47:50 American League bubble teams54:55 National League bubble teams---Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over the latest headlines and share their top pickups of the week.---00:00 Headlines17:36 Tyler Soderstrom22:29 Spencer Horwitz25:50 David Hamilton28:19 Zach Neto31:04 Noelvi Marte33:01 Drew Thorpe37:09 Shane Baz40:26 Hurston Waldrep44:18 Dean Kremer45:45 Cade Povich49:45 Budget Pitchers1:00:33 Budget Hitters---Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more.Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy!0:00 Intro/Austin Riley is batting .220 with three home runsPickups Shane Baz - $11 Simeon Woods Richardson - $9 Hurston Waldrep - $7 Miles Mikolas - $5 Tyler Kinley - $5 Drew Thorpe - $3 Spencer Horwitz - $3 14:00 Tyler Locklear - $2 Tyler Soderstrom - $0 Others to consider if available in your league: Heliot Ramos, Jake Irvin, Clayton Kershaw Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 17, 2024) 17:00 Rickwood Field Game Slade Cecconi 0 Nick Pivetta 3 Javier Assad 4 Carson Spiers 2 Triston McKenzie 3 (Todd 2) Cal Quantrill 0 Reese Olson 1 (Todd 2) 30:45 Ronel Blanco 4 Alec Marsh 3 Braxton Garrett 3 (Todd 2) Jakob Junis 1 Tobias Myers 2 40:00 Pablo Lopez 4 David Peterson 2 Nestor Cortes 4 Hogan Harris 2 Cristopher Sanchez 3 (Todd 2) Bailey Falter 2 Randy Vazquez 1 48:30 Bryan Woo 3 (Todd 4) Jordan Hicks 3 Sonny Gray 5 Aaron Civale 3 Jon Gray 4 Yusei Kikuchi 4 (Todd 3) Jake Irvin 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Kev Mahserejian talks ball with Jeff Erickson, as they cover the Dodgers, Braves, slumping veterans, the tricky free agent market this year and striking the balance between baseball and football coverage.---00:00 - RotoSurgeon Pod01:00 - 1. Dodgers Talk02:00 - Perception of struggle vs. reality of being +10404:00 - Buehler progress08:30 - Moves at deadline? / Improving bottom of the lineup (Hayward, Pages, trading for Biggio)15:00 - 2. Braves end losing streak - blip or concern?20:35 - 3. Fewer Impact FA’s so far - does that match your perception?27:30 - 4. Slumping veterans:27:45 - Goldy30:45 - Arozarena35:30 - J-Rod40:30 - Machado43:00 - 5. Balancing baseball vs. football---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! ---PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Mason Miller JP Sears Luis Medina Joey Estes Zack Gelof JJ Bleday Brent Rooker Esteury Ruiz Tyler Soderstrom Lawrence Butler Jacob Wilson Max Muncy Darell Hernaiz Brady Basso Colby Thomas Henry Bolte LaMonte Wade Jung Hoo Lee Patrick Bailey Heliot Ramos Kyle Harrison Luis Matos Hayden Birdsong Bryce Eldridge Reggie Crawford Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Fred Zinkie look at the top draft bargains from the bottom 10 rounds in 15-team leagues and look to see if the players are sustainable and if there are some trends that we can learn from.---00:00 - FredPod 6-1100:30 - JT Realmuto out09:20 - Francisco Alvarez back13:30 - Edwin Diaz returning Thursday18:00 - Here are the best picks, by round. Using the Rotowire AAV calculator. I thought that we could work from the bottom to the top, looking at these names from a few angles…..what did we miss?......is this sustainable?.....are there common themes in the names in general?(the specific dollar values are from Sunday, when I had time to create the chart. I’m sure they’ve only moved a dollar since then)18:45 - Ryan O’Hearn / Cole Irvin (Rd. 30)21:00 - Luis Garcia (hitter version) / Ronel Blanco (29)24:30 - Michael Conforto / Brady Singer (28)27:00 - Brandon Marsh / Jeff Hoffman (27)30:30 - Johan Rojas / No P (26)32:45 - Jose Caballero / Hector Neris (25)36:30 - Masyn Winn / Erick Fedde (24)41:30 - Brice Turang & Brenton Doyle / No P (23)46:00 - Alex Verdugo / Luis Gil, Garrett Crochet (22)50:00 - Jordan Westburg, Brent Rooker / Tanner Houck, Jared Jones (21)1:00:00 - Jake Cronenworth, Ranger Suarez (20)---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! ---PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

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 @SporerSorareBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

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.---00:00 Intro02:45 Call-ups: Hurston Waldrep, Adael Amador, Drew Thorpe10:40 Other Headlines16:30 Paul Skenes21:15 Shota Imanaga24:40 Ranger Suarez27:10 Luis Gil30:20 Jared Jones/Seth Lugo34:00 Joe Ryan/Jack Flaherty36:15 Tanner Houck/Garrett Crochet38:30 Cristopher Sanchez/Reese Olson42:30 Gunnar Henderson44:45 Shohei Ohtani46:25 Elly De La Cruz49:45 William Contreras52:00 David Fry53:40 Jordan Westburg55:50 Colton Cowser57:50 Jo Adell59:40 Jurickson Profar/Taylor Ward1:01:00 Mike Trout1:05:00 NL-Only Tout Wars---Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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. 

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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.