RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  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 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.  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 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.  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 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Todd Zola welcomes ESPN's Tristan H. Cockcroft as co-host to discuss early season management, streaming pitchers in points leagues and rank next week's two-start pitchers. 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.

Actress and Podcast Host Ellen Adair joins Jeff Erickson to talk Phillies, including whether there's reason for panic on Nick Castellanos and Aaron Nola, and why Ranger Suarez is pitching so well right now. Plus we talk about the intersection of her fandom and her career.---00:00 - I. Phillies talk00:30 - Zack Wheeler01:30 - Bullpen05:15 - Ranger Suarez09:30 - Spencer Turnbull / Taijuan Walker15:45 - Aaron Nola18:20 - Nick Castellanos24:45 - Alec Bohm's hot start27:00 - Slow starts for Stott, Realmuto29:30 - Anyone under the radar at the majors or minors we should look out for?30:35 - Johan Rojas33:00 - II. Career & Fandom33:15 - Take Me In To the Ballgame35:00 - Finding time w/ auditions/callbacks37:30 - Acting in an emerging AI universe45:00 - Congrats on your award - HERD48:00 - Favorite Projects51:00 - MLBN Off Base---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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

IL Stashes Biggest FAAB buys/regrets Elly De La Cruz Mike Trout Wyatt Langford Hunter Brown Bo Naylor Parker Meadows Matt Wallner Liover Peguero Jonathan India Thairo Estrada Alejandro Kirk 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.