RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Mike Carter and Chris Torres from The Fantasy Baseball Beat join Jeff Erickson, as they discuss what they can learn from writers on the beat, extol the virtues of Luis Matos, and discuss some of the new metrics they're incorporating into their analysis.---00:00 - The Fantasy Baseball Beat Podcast05:30 - Booking Guests07:30 - Time Limitation08:45 - Best Tip? Joey Ortiz, Wilyer Abreu12:30 - Luis Matos17:20 - Real Life - What Do You Do?17:30 - Mike - Coaching/Teaching Special Ed20:45 - Chris - Nurse/Mental Health Counselor 24:30 - Recent Rockies Version25:00 - Beeks vs. Lawrence29:00 - Effect of the New Rules31:30 - Are there more pitcher injuries?33:30 - Are we changing which pitchers to target due to injuries?39:00 - Shohei Ohtani42:30 - Hitters CSW% vs. O-Swing46:00 - Bat Speed?49:40 - What’s Next?---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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Josh Naylor Anthony Volpe William Contreras Bryson Stott Jung Hoo Lee Leody Taveras More Highlander talk Using bat speed as a tool Corbin Carroll Matt Wallner Nick Gonzales Brent Rooker Nolan Schanuel Esteury Ruiz Ryan Jeffers Jake Cronenworth Jurickson Profar Gleyber Torres Andrew Vaughn Jeimer Candelario Jordan's pre-breakout SP crush A live trade offer! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

00:00 - What did we miss? Here are the early round picks who have really screwed their teams; we left out players with massive injuries, such as Spencer Strider and Luis Robert. Beside each player, is their NFBC Main Event ADP and their Earned Auction Calculator value at the start of play this week. 03:30 - Julio Rodriguez, 4, 909:15 - Corbin Carroll, 7, -117:00 - Yordan Alvarez, 14, 1221:30 - Matt Olson, 18, 2; Austin Riley, 21, 1; Ozzie Albies, 27, 8; Michael Harris, 28, 630:00 - Difficult in actually to “buy low”35:10 - Francisco Lindor, 29, 1238:30 - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 32, 7, Bo Bichette, 40, -546:00 - Corey Seager, 37, 351:00 - Kevin Gausman, 33, -1356:30 - Edwin Diaz, 34, -6; Josh Hader, 44, 0---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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk about the Yankees recent hot streak, Corbin Carroll, Edwin Diaz, Luis Gil and then break down all the adds and drops from the weekend of FAAB. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireSorareBuild 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Carter (@mdrc0508) discuss the good players going overlooked on the worst teams in baseball.---00:00 Headlines18:30 Chicago White Sox35:30 Miami Marlins44:45 Colorado Rockies49:45 Los Angeles Angels56:15 Oakland Athletics---Sorare 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! ---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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations. 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking fantasy baseball 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.Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now!0:00 Intro/National Baseball Hall of Fame and MuseumPickups 5:30 Jalen Beeks - $9 Nick Gonzales - $4 Alec Burleson - User comment 10:40 Tylor Megill - $4 Charlie Blackmon - $3 Luke Raley - $3 Carlos Santana - $3 Eddie Rosario - $2 Griffin Jax - $0 13:35 Clay is still waiting on James Wood Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 20, 2024) Slade Cecconi 1 Chris Sale 5 Charlie Morton 3 Kyle Bradish 4 Tanner Houck 3 (Todd 4) Javier Assad 3 Andrew Abbott 2 (Todd 1) 29:15 Ben Lively 1 (Todd 2) Cal Quantrill 0 Erick Fedde 2 Garrett Crochet 3 (Todd 4) Reese Olson 3 (Todd 4) Casey Mize 2 Michael Wacha 1 Reid Detmers 1 (Todd 2) Gavin Stone 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Joe Ross 1 42:00 Pablo Lopez 5 Tylor Megill 3 (Todd 2) Marcus Stroman 2 Clarke Schmidt 3 (Todd 4) Aaron Brooks 0 45:30 Ranger Suarez 4 Martin Perez 0 Michael King 4 (Todd 3) Dylan Cease 5 (Todd 4) Logan Gilbert 5 Bryan Woo 3 Logan Webb 5 Sonny Gray 4 Taj Bradley 3 Jon Gray 3 (Todd 2) Jose Berrios 4 Yusei Kikuchi 4 Mitchell Parker 1 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Larry Schechter joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his new book, "The History of Fantasy Sports." (https://tinyurl.com/b63urwjx)---00:00 - The History of Fantasy Sports03:00 - 18 Months of Research04:20 - First Tabletop Games in 1800’s05:20 - Difference between fantasy & Strat-O-Matic / APBA08:00 - Paring Down to Make the Book09:30 - FSTA / FSGA13:00 - Founders of Rotisserie19:00 - Early Reviews22:30 - Early different formats25:00 - Variations of the game30:00 - Larry’s personal background - CDM31:45 - Transitioning to LABR/Tout34:30 - Mixed Leagues35:40 - Football dwarfs baseball37:30 - Role of the leagues / players’ associations39:00 - AL ToutWars this year42:30 - NFBC Main Events43:20 - Corbin Carroll ---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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Wood Coby Mayo Walker Jenkins Xavier Isaac Dylan Crews Brady House Colson Montgomery Lazaro Montes Roman Anthony Aidan Miller 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson view some of the surprising results from the first quarter of the season and discuss whether they are sustainable, plus they review the paltry streaming options for the week.---00:00 - We are roughly ¼ of the way through the season. 02:15 - Do we buy MIL as a top-5 offense? 15:30 - Alexis Diaz blows it19:45 - CIN as a bottom-5 offense? 27:30 - Reds Godfather Offer?31:30 - Will SEA strike out this much all season?36:00 - Streaming for strikeouts instead of wins43:00 - Is the OAK offense actually decent?49:00 - Is the STL offense this bad?55:00 - Hitters called up really struggled58:30 - Shaky Streamers---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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.