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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!
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Jun 14, 2023 • 1h 11min
Todd and Fred review Tuesday's news and notes
Todd welcomes Fred for their yearly visit. They talk about Elly De La Cruz, Dairon Blanco and Michael Harris, along with the news and notes of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 5min
Elly FAAB Week / Previewing Week 12
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the massive Elly De La Cruz bids in FAAB, preview Week 12 and wrap up a busy weekend all across baseball. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireBat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 11, 2023 • 57min
Weekend Risers and Potential FAAB Targets
Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) look at the stars of the weekend as well as some players that didn't bring it up to their best abilities on Saturday. They also some potential FAAB targets for the week, including one of the best young hitters in the minor leagues.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 10, 2023 • 56min
Assessing Struggling Players
Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@drewsilv) comb through the biggest current storylines in baseball and then get into an assessment of definitely-drafted players who are now struggling into the summer months. Jose Abreu, Alek Manoah, Jeremy Pena, Patrick Sandoval ... cut bait or stay the course?Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 9, 2023 • 1h 5min
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 12, 2023)
Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) talk pickups and Rival Fantasy before grading all of next week's projected two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale!Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.comOpening/The Reds are fun again/Elly De La CruzPickups
Andrew Abbott
AJ Smith-Shawver (7:00)
Jo Adell (9:15)
Trevor May (15:30)
Julio Teheran
Rival Fantasy (26:00)Cristian Javier, Rich HillTwo-Start Pitchers
Tommy Henry 2 (Todd 1)
Zach Davies 2
Charlie Morton 4 (Todd 5)
Spencer Strider 5
Dean Kremer 2
James Paxton 3
Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)
Luke Weaver 0
Tanner Bibee 4
Connor Seabold 0
Chase Anderson 1 (Todd 0)
Lance Lynn 2
Reese Olson 0 (Todd 1)
Tyler Holten 0
Hunter Brown 4
Zack Greinke 2 (Todd 1)
Tyler Anderson 2 (Todd 1)
Tony Gonsolin 5 (Todd 4)
Pablo Lopez 4 (Todd 5)
Luis Severino 4
James Kaprielian 0
Hogan Harris 0
Dylan Covey 0
Zack Wheeler 5
Roansy Contreras 1 (Todd 2) 56:00
Joe Musgrove 4
Logan Gilbert 5
Logan Webb 4 (Todd 5)
Alex Cobb 3 (Todd 4)
Mathew Liberatore 3 (Todd 2)
Zach Eflin 5
Yonny Chirinos 3
Dane Dunning 4 (Todd 3)
Jon Gray 4
Chris Bassitt 4 (Todd 5)
Jake Irvin 0
Two-Start Pitcher Grades recap 1:02:20
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Jun 8, 2023 • 56min
Five Ways to Gain The Edge, with Mike Kurland
Mike Kurland from Gaining The Edge (https://www.patreon.com/GTEFantasy), The Athletic and Fantasy Pros joins Jeff Erickson to share the five ways he's climbed to third overall in the NFBC Main Event, talk about the latest from the Marlins and the news of the day.---Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 7, 2023 • 54min
Complex League Breakout Hitters w/ Chris Welsh
Ethan Salas
Josue De Paula
Lazaro Montes
Dyan Jorge
Austin Charles
Mairoshendrick Martinus
Roderick Arias
Cristhian Vaquero
Keiner Delgado
Yasser Mercedes
Jose Rodriguez
Sebastian Walcott
ArticleBat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 6, 2023 • 1h 11min
Foreseeable Disasters
Alek Manoah gets blown up by Houston on Monday, and sent down to Dunedin on Tuesday. Should we have seen it coming? Elly De La Cruz has gotten the call, and Jacob deGrom needs Tommy John surgery. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson have a lot to discuss!---Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 5, 2023 • 1h 16min
Talking FAAB with Brian Slack
Scott Jenstad and guest Brian Slack preview Week 11 in fantasy baseball and recap all the FAAB action, including the big bids on Royce Lewis and whether to drop previous FAAB darling, Matt Mervis. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @Jeff_Erickson I @RotoWire.Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 4, 2023 • 59min
Weekend Risers and Cheap FAAB Targets
Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) look at the latest news of the weekend, including the imminent arrival of Andrew Abbott from the Reds. They also look at the injuries to Jose Altuve and Wander Franco and the strong play of Jake Fraley along with the struggles of Francisco Lindor. In the final half of the show, they look at players you can acquire that could help your fantasy team without blowing your FAAB budget.A new MLB season means it’s time for a new kind of daily fantasy baseball. Rival Fantasy is the fantasy platform reinventing the way Daily and Weekly games are played, and they’ve brought new games to the ballpark this year that Fantasy players won’t find anywhere else. Go to play.rivalfantasy.com/signup and use code RotowireMLB at sign-up and deposit a minimum of $25 to get your first entry on Rival protected up to $50! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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