RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) take a look at the early headlines from the weekend including Chris Sale being placed on the injured list. They also take a look at the standard 5x5 pitching categories and players and players they believe can continue to contribute in the category, and some players that are likely to see regression over the summer months.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 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 (@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!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!Opening/Jordan Walker returns/Elly De La CruzPickups Akil Baddoo (7:45) Tommy Henry Ben Joyce (13:00) Hayden Wesneski Rival FantasyTwo-Start Pitchers (29:40) Tommy Henry 2 Bryce Elder 4 Kyle Gibson 3 (Todd 4) James Paxton 3 (Todd 4) 32:20 Kyle Hendricks 1 Hayden Wesneski 1 Hunter Greene 4 36:00 Luke Weaver 0 Shane Bieber 3 Dinelson Lamet 0 Lucas Giolito 3 (Todd 4) Alex Faedo 1 Brandon Bielak 2 (Todd 1) Hunter Brown 4 Mike Mayers 1 (Todd 0) 47:00 Tony Gonsolin 4 Braxton Garrett 3 Julio Teheran 0 (Todd 1) Freddy Peralta 3 Louie Varland 2 (Todd 1) Carlos Carrasco 3 (Todd 1) Nestor Cortes 4 JP Sears 2 Aaron Nola 5 Johan Oviedo 2 (Todd 3) Blake Snell 2 Alex Wood 2 (Todd 1) Adam Wainwright 1 Shane McClanahan 5 Martin Perez 2 Alek Manoah 1 (1:08:30) Kevin Gausman 5 Jake Irvin 0 Two Start Grade Recap 1:10:45 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. 

Mike Gianella from Baseball Prospectus joins Jeff Erickson as they review some of the top post-200 pick breakouts like Josh Jung and Mitch Keller, and decide whether they're Diamonds in the Rough, or Cubic Zirconia.---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 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. 

Jackson Holliday Elly De La Cruz Royce Lewis Junior Caminero Emmet Sheehan AJ Smith-Shawver Bryan Woo Brandon Pfaadt Xavier Isaac Gabriel Gonzalez Lyon Richardson Luis Matos Aeverson Arteaga Gavin Stone Jackson Merrill Dalton Rushing Connor Norby Miguel Bleis Samuel Zavala Josue De Paula Jonatan Clase Blaze Jordan Dillon Dingler Jud Fabian Samuel Basallo Druw Jones Emmanuel Rodriguez Gunnar Henderson Jared Jones Yanquiel Fernandez Chase Meidroth Nick Yorke Vaughn Grissom Josh Jung Justin Dirden Mason Auer Aaron Schunk Gavin Williams Lawrence Butler Ignacio Alvarez Drew Gilbert Jacob Melton James Wood Kristian Robinson Sebastian Walcott Everson Pereira Christian Encarnacion-Strand Nick Frasso George Valera Landon Knack Colt Keith Justyn-Henry Malloy Top 400 ProspectsA 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 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. 

Ben Joyce threw an easy 102 mph in his debut, and Royce Lewis homered for the Twins. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review the top news of the day, including those smashing debuts.---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 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 a fun weekend of baseball, discuss some risers and fallers in May and break down another busy weekend of FAAB bidding. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireA 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 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. 

Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) comb through the biggest storylines from the weekend and then go Three Up, Three Down from Saturday. They also identify several waiver-wire targets for the upcoming week.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 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. 

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@drewsilv) run through a handful of headlines from Friday's slate and then examine the current fantasy leaders among hitters in each 5x5 standard fantasy scoring category. Who can keep it up, and who is due for summertime regression?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 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 (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) talk RIVAL fantasy and grade all of next week's projected two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale!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!Opening/Light FAAB weekPickups: Jake McCarthy (4:40) Owen Miller Johan Oviedo Kyle Hendricks Michael Soroka Griffin Canning (13:30) RIVAL: Clay’s Picks: George Kirby OVER 18.89 points, Randy Arozarena OVER 8.97 points Todd’s Picks: Hunter Brown OVER 16.97 points, Mitch Keller OVER 10.57 points Hitters: Acuna over 9.88, Nimmo over 7.93, Soler over 7.19 Two-Start Pitcher Grades (28:30): Ryne Nelson 1 Zac Gallen 5 Bryce Elder 5 (Todd 4) Tyler Wells 3 Brayan Bello 3 Marcus Stroman 3 Ben Lively 1 Logan Allen 2 Kyle Freeland 2 Michael Kopech 3 (42:40) Lucas Giolito 3 (Todd 4) Matthew Boyd 1 (Todd 2) J.P. France 2 (Todd 1) Brandon Bielak 2 Jamie Barria 1 Bobby Miller 3 Sandy Alcantara 4 Adrian Houser 2 Sonny Gray 5 Joe Ryan 5 Kodai Senga 2 Domingo German 2 Paul Blackburn 1 (Todd 0) Ranger Suarez 1 Rich Hill 3 (Todd 2) Ryan Weathers 1 Bryce Miller 4 (1:01:00) Anthony DeSclafani 3 Shane McClanahan 5 Zach Eflin 4 Nathan Eovaldi 4 (Todd 5) Yusei Kikuchi 2 Trevor Williams 0 Two-Start Pitcher Grade 1:06:00 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. 

Michael Govier from FTN and the Pallazo Podcast drops by to talk baseball with Jeff Erickson.Check out the Pallazzo Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@PallazzoPodcast---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 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.