

RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast
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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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May 24, 2023 • 56min
Pop-Up Prospects w/ Dylan White
Hunter Goodman
Nathan Martorella
Ignacio Alvarez
Thayron Liranzo
Connor Phillips
Chase Hampton
Will Warren
Leonardo Bernal
Orion Kerkering
Luis Matos
Luisangel Acuna
Ronny Mauricio
Heston Kjerstad
Mark Vientos
Jonny DeLuca
Justin Dirden
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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May 24, 2023 • 1h 6min
Three Up, Three Down
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is on the rise, Bobby Witt Jr. is not. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss three risers and three fallers along with the news of the day.---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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May 22, 2023 • 1h 21min
More Rookie FAAB Fun / Morel On Fire
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend of baseball, hitting on the Astros, Padres, Christopher Morel and more, then delve into all the FAAB bidding from Sunday, including spirited bidding on Matt McLain and Matthew Liberatore. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @Scott Jenstad I @RotoWire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 21, 2023 • 1h 5min
Weekend Risers & Fallers
Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss a range of weekend headlines and break down several promising and not-so-encouraging performances from Saturday's slate.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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May 20, 2023 • 1h 16min
Prospects Stash or Wait
Chris Crawford (Crawford_MiLB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over some headlines and discuss prospects that should be rostered now or whether you can wait.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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May 19, 2023 • 1h 4min
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 22, 2023)
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!Baseball has always been America’s pastime but a close second is horse racing and we’ve got the best way to get in on the action. StableDuel brings a new way to play the races and this weekend they have over $20,000 in prizes for the Preakness Stakes. Get in on the action and start perfecting your strategy. Download the StableDuel app now and begin building your winning stable. Play. Race. Win! With StableDuel! Download at https://bit.ly/41EGEmMOpeningPickups
Matt McLain
Nick Lodolo
Brenton Doyle
Mark Vientos (9:00)
Brandon Williamson (11:15)
RIVAL (17:00):
Clay’s picks: Shane McClanahan OVER, Zack Greinke OVER
Todd’s picks: Blake Snell UNDER, Sandy Alcantara UNDER, Shane McClanahan OVER, Corey Seager OVER, Mookie Betts OVER
Two-Start Pitchers (32:00)Tommy Henry 0Spencer Strider 5Dylan Dodd 0 (Todd 1)Kyle Bradish 3Drew Smyly 3 (Todd 4)Brandon Williamson 1Graham Ashcraft 2 (Todd 1)Peyton Battenfield 0Chase Anderson 0Austin Gomber 0Mike Clevinger 2 (Todd 3)Dylan Cease 4 (Todd 5) (40:00)Michael Lorenzen 3 (Todd 4)Eduardo Rodriguez 5Cristian Javier 5Brady Singer 2 (Todd 4) (42:15)Gavin Stone 1Edward Cabrera 0Eury Perez 2 (Todd 1)Corbin Burnes 5Colin Rea 0Bailey Ober 4Kodai Senga 2Gerrit Cole 5Drew Rucinski 0Luis Medina 0Taijuan Walker 2 (Todd 1)Matt Strahm 0Yu Darvish 5Luis Castillo 5Marco Gonzales 1Alex Cobb 5Ryan Walker 0Jordan Montgomery 3 (Todd 4)Josh Fleming 0Taj Bradley 1Dane Dunning 4Chris Bassitt 4 (Todd 5)Jose Berrios 3McKenzie Gore 3 (Todd 4)Two-Start Pitcher Grades recap (59:15) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 18, 2023 • 55min
LABR Update with Steve Gardner
Steve Gardner joins Jeff Erickson to give us an update on the four LABR leagues and to remind us we're still only a quarter of the way into the season.---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!----Baseball has always been America’s pastime but a close second is horse racing and we’ve got the best way to get in on the action. StableDuel brings a new way to play the races and this weekend they have over $20,000 in prizes for the Preakness Stakes.Get in on the action and start perfecting your strategy. Download the StableDuel app now and begin building your winning stable. Play. Race. Win! With StableDuel! Download at https://bit.ly/41EGEmM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 17, 2023 • 1h 26min
Highlander Keeper Selections w/ Jesse Roche
The Highlander Dynasty InvitationalAkeem GlaspieFF1 Nolan ArenadoFF2 Jeremy PenaDrew SpurlingFF1 Nick CastellanosFF2 Tyler GlasnowKen BalderstonFF1 Logan GilbertFF2 Jarred KelenicEric CrossFF1 Shane McClanahanFF2 Joe RyanEddy AlmaguerFF1 Tommy EdmanFF2 Matt ChapmanJesse RocheFF1 Pablo LopezFF2 Bryan ReynoldsSmadaFF1 Gleyber TorresFF2 Christian YelichKevin HastingFF1 Ty FranceFF2 Taylor WallsMichael WaterlooFF1 Ke’Bryan HayesFF2 Masataka YoshidaThe ItchFF1 Edwin DiazFF2 Nathaniel LoweJordan RosenblumFF1 Joey GalloFF2 Josh HaderChris FargisFF1 George SpringerFF2 Will SmithAlex SanchezFF1 Max FriedFF2 James OutmanDJ ShortFF1 Alec BohmFF2 Nico HoernerChris CleggFF1 Joe MusgroveFF2 Cody BellingerDrew WheelerFF1 Zac GallenFF2 J.T. RealmutoChris MaherFF1 Luis GarciaFF2 Jorge PolancoBret SayreFF1 Andrew VaughnFF2 Nolan GormanGeoff PontesFF1 Kevin GausmanFF2 Jonathan IndiaJames AndersonFF1 Willy AdamesFF2 Miguel VargasBaseball has always been America’s pastime but a close second is horse racing and we’ve got the best way to get in on the action. StableDuel brings a new way to play the races and this weekend they have over $20,000 in prizes for the Preakness Stakes.Get in on the action and start perfecting your strategy. Download the StableDuel app now and begin building your winning stable. Play. Race. Win! With StableDuel! Download at https://bit.ly/41EGEmMA 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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May 17, 2023 • 1h 11min
Top Five Hitters on the Rise
Matt McLain gets the call, Michael Conforto is heating up and Christopher Morel just went for big bids last week. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson identify hitters whose profile is rising.---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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May 15, 2023 • 1h 14min
Eury Perez FAAB Week / Week 8 Preview
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball, talk about the surging Dodgers and recap all the weekend FAAB bidding, breaking down the action on Eury Perez, Christopher Morel and many more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire.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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