RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Last week featured heavy bidding on Christian Scott, and justifiably so, but Fred Zinkie suggests that this week will be nearly as big, highlighted by Kyle Manzardo. He and Jeff Erickson will discuss that, Shohei Ohtani somehow outpacing his high expectations and more!---00:00 - Dodgers Notes: 01:00 - Ohtani homered. You were there. I saw some people talking on Twitter about why we seem to draft him too low every year. It’s a good point……07:20 - Walker Buehler’s return was underwhelming but not terrible….10:45 - Alex Vesia gets a save. Does that matter?…..14:25 - Reviewing debut of Kyle Manzardo20:45 - Mason Black debuts22:00 - I listened to you and Scott. It was definitely a big FAAB weekend. But we already know that next weekend will be big too. 24:30 - I can share some of my bids if you want.26:45 - Christopher Sanchez / Spencer Turnbull29:00 - Paul Sewald returns30:15 - Cody Bellinger returns32:30 - Justin Steele looked good in his return…..34:00 - Simeon Woods-Richardson looks great but has had easy matchups…..37:30 - Jack Leiter starting again this week39:30 - Jonny DeLuca41:30 - Wyatt Langford to IL.45:30 - Parker Meadows is going to the Minors, which should help Wenceel Perez…48:00 - A.J. Puk is coming back as a reliever. I wonder if he could become their closer51:00 - Who else besides the Marlins get “Godfather Offers”? White Sox - Garrett Crochet53:45 - Godfather Offer: Paste-eating Rockies - Ryan McMahon or nothing59:30 - Godfather Offer: Los Angeles Angels - Taylor Ward, Reid Detmers---Home Run Forecast Promotional CopyHome 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.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. 

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap another batch of big name injuries across the league, talk AL West and AL East and break down a big weekend in FAAB, led by Mets pitcher Christian Scott. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireDownload 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!Home 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) is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ (@RyanBHQ) to discuss the players improving in multiple ways at once this season.---00:00 Headlines17:15 Vinnie Pasquantino24:00 Brice Turang, Brenton Doyle28:15 Tyler Stephenson, Willy Adames32:15 Alec Bohm, Christian Walker, Salvador Perez39:15 More top hitters showing improvements41:15 Sleeper hitters showing improvements53:45 Pitchers showing improvements---This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!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) discuss the latest headlines, including the Luis Arraez trade, and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week.---Headlines: 00:00Priority FAAB Pitchers: 20:53Priority FAAB Hitters: 35:09Budget Pitchers: 51:41Budget Hitters: 1:00:25---This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!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!This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!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/Christian Scott is on his way to join the MetsPickups Joey Loperfido Tyler Black 9:00 Garrett Cooper Kyle Gibson 10:30 Wenceel Perez $3 Jose Miranda $1 14:00 Jacob Young 22:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 6, 2024) Zac Gallen 5 Justin Steele 3 Frankie Montas 2 Corbin Carroll Triston McKenzie 3 33:30 Logan Allen 3 Dakota Hudson 0 Mike Soroka 0 Mike Clevinger 2 (Todd 0) Jack Flaherty 4 (Todd 3) Justin Verlander 5 (Todd 4) 39:30 Cole Ragans 5 Seth Lugo 4 Tyler Anderson 3 Patrick Sandoval 1 (Todd 2) Walker Buehler 4 Braxton Garrett 0 Bryse Wilson 1 Colin Rea 1 Simeon Woods Richardson 0 (Todd 1) 49:00 Bailey Ober 4 Luis Gil 3 Alex Wood 0 58:40 Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4) Yu Darvish 3 Luis Castillo 5 Mason Black 0 Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 0) Miles Mikolas 1 Sem Robberse 0 Tyler Alexander 1 1:03 Andrew Heaney 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. 

Paul Goldschmidt is off to an awful start to the season - what's our level of panic? Ryan Hallam (@fightingchance) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Goldy and a handful of other struggling first basemen, the Cardinals, and even Fantasy Survivor!---00:00 - I. Slumping First Basemen01:00 - Goldy04:00 - Matt Olson06:30 - Vladdy Jr.10:45 - Freddie Freeman* (sort of - a bit of a power drought)13:00 - Ryan’s work for Spotlight14:00 - Spencer Torkelson16:00 - Jordan Walker18:45 - Yandy Diaz21:00 - Andrew Vaughn23:30 - Jose Abreu26:00 - II. Cardinals Talk27:00 - 14-17, -30 run differential, 109 R scored29:30 - Sorting out the OF now and going forward33:30 - Rotation36:00 - Manager / Front Office38:35 - III. Check in on Tout, your other leagues42:30 - IV. Fantasy Survivor---Vivid Seats Promotional CopyThis MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!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. 

Lazaro Montes Roderick Arias Sebastian Walcott Brett Wichrowski Jeral Perez Ethan Salas Nelson Rada Colt Emerson Jaison Chourio Ralphy Velazquez Nazzan Zanetello Yophery Rodriguez Alfredo Duno Leodalis De Vries Felnin Celesten Joendry Vargas Rayner Arias Paulino Santana Walker Martin Welbyn Francisca Robert Calaz Jeter Martinez Yoelin Cespedes Starlyn Caba Jose Perdomo Enmanuel Bonilla Brailer Guerrero Dawel Joseph Fernando Cruz Vivid Seats Promotional CopyThis MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!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. 

If you could re-draft today, where would Corbin Carroll go? How about Ranger Suárez? Would Ronald Acuña Jr. still go first? We resolved to find these questions out in the Yahoo! Friends & Family draft on Monday night. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review the results and the shifting player values.---Full draft results: https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/84482/draftresults---00:00 - Recapping the Yahoo! F&F Draft. 04:25 - Mookie Betts 1.106:30 - Elly De La Cruz 1.509:00 - Fred takes Corbin Burnes 1.811:00 - Jeff takes Gunnar Henderson 1.1113:00 - First-round recap16:30 - Yordan Alvarez 2.1617:30 - Tarik Skubal 2.19, 3rd pitcher taken19:00 - Cooling off on early pitchers22:30 - Corbin Carroll 2.2530:15 - Adolis Garcia 2.2633:00 - Two more aces for Fred (Freddy Peralta, Aaron Nola)34:20 - When to take closers?36:20 - Mike Trout 3.3239:00 - Slumping Blue Jays hitters41:45 - Early positive outliers - Shota Imanaga, Marcell Ozuna, Ronel Blanco48:15 - Fred’s Full Team53:15 - Jeff’s Full Team---Vivid Seats Promotional CopyThis MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!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. 

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend baseball, cover all the adds / drops in FAAB and discuss some surprising early stars in fantasy baseball. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireDownload 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!This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! 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 Chris Towers of CBS Sports (@CTowersCBS) discuss which first-rounders were drafted too high and which April standouts should have gone much earlier.---00:00 Headlines13:00 Ronald Acuna21:45 Other First-Rounders: Julio Rodriguez, Corbin Carroll, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge42:45 Standout April hitters: Elly De La Cruz, CJ Abrams, Mike Trout57:45 Standout April pitchers: Jared Jones, Ranger Suarez, Shota Imanaga---Vivid Seats Promotional CopyThis MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!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.