

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 14, 2023 • 1h 1min
Weekend Risers & Fallers
Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Chris Crawford (Crawford_MiLB) comb through weekend headlines and then identify three players who shined on Saturday and three players who showed reason for concern. They also discuss several waiver wire targets to close out the show.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 13, 2023 • 59min
Draft Day Misses
Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over some draft day targets that have not worked out so far.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 12, 2023 • 1h 8min
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 15, 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!Opening - Eury Perez DayFAAB Pickups:
Eury Perez
Brayan Bello (9:00)
JJ Bleday (13:30)
RIVAL (24:00)
Todd’s picks: Trea Turner OVER, JT Realmuto OVER, Byron Buxton OVER
Clay’s picks: Taijuan Walker UNDER, Dustin May OVER
Two-Start Pitcher Grades (33:00)Merrill Kelly 4Charlie Morton 4Grayson Rodriguez 3 (Todd 2)Dean Kremer 2 (Todd 1)Jameson Taillon 1Hunter Greene 2 (Todd 1) 38:30Shane Bieber 5Connor Seabold 0Lance Lynn 3 41:40 Framber Valdez 5Brad Keller 1Shohei Ohtani 5Noah Syndergaard 1Clayton Kershaw 5Jesus Luzardo 4Eric Lauer 2Pablo Lopez 4Justin Verlander 5Jhony Brito 0Domingo German 1 (Todd 2)Kyle Muller 0Bailey Falter 1Seth Lugo 2George Kirby 5Sean Manaea 1Jack Flaherty 2 (Todd 1)Jordan Montgomery 3 (Todd 4)Yonny Chirinos 3 (Todd 2)Dane Dunning 3 1:02:15 Alek Manoah 3Kevin Gausman 5Patrick Corbin 0Josiah Gray 4Two-Start Pitcher Grades Recap 1:05:50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 12, 2023 • 59min
New Braves World with @RotoClegg
Chris Clegg joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire podcast to break down the Braves' pitching and shortstop options, reacts to Eury Perez and other top pitching prospects getting the call, and to the latest slew of pitcher injuries.---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 10, 2023 • 1h 18min
Breakout Prospects w/ Ross Jensen
Junior Caminero
Emmet Sheehan
Ryan Clifford
Cole Young
Ben Brown
Carlos Jorge
Chase Meidroth
Nick Yorke
Noah Cameron
Edgar Quero
Dalton Rushing
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 9, 2023 • 1h 8min
Fred Zinkie's Top Tough Cuts
We just had another big FAAB weekend, but for every add, there has to be a cut. @FredZinkieMLB just cut bait on two veterans in a 15-team format, which we discussed along with big news in the NL East.---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 8, 2023 • 1h 18min
Recapping a Busy FAAB Weekend
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball, preview Week 7 and discuss all the FAAB bidding from the weekend, including all the high dollar bids on Bryce Miller and Matt Mervis. 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
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May 6, 2023 • 58min
4 Up, 4 Down From Friday
Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) comb through early-weekend headlines, discussing the debut of Matt Mervis and several injury notes, before examining a range of players who either flourished or faltered on Friday.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 5, 2023 • 1h 1min
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 8, 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!Opening - Matt MervisFAAB Pickups:
Bryce Miller
Michael King 5:00
Louie Varland 6:40
Yennier Cano
JP Sears
Maikel Garcia
RIVAL Fantasy (16:30):
Todd’s picks for tonight: Kyle Muller UNDER, Rich Hill UNDER, Yu Darvish OVER
Clay's picks for tonight: Hunter Greene UNDER, Cristian Javier OVER
Two-Start Pitchers (26:00):Zac Gallen 5Brandon Pfaadt 3Charlie Morton 3 (Todd 4)Kyle Gibson 2Marcus Stroman 3Graham Ashcraft 3Tanner Bibee 4 34:45Kyle Freeland 1 (Todd 0)Dylan Cease 4Lucas Giolito 3Michael Lorenzen 0 (Todd 1)Framber Valdez 5Zack Greinke 0Jordan Lyles 0Braxton Garrett 41:30 1 Louie Varland 2 (Todd 1)Max Scherzer 5Nestor Cortes 3Clarke Schmidt 1JP Sears 2Drew Rucinski 0Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4)Michael Wacha 1Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 5)Anthony DeSclafani 3 (Todd 4)Logan Webb 5Miles Mikolas 2Shane McClanahan 5Zach Eflin 5 (Todd 4) 52:00Jon Gray 3Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)Jake Irvin 0Two-Start Recap 56:10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 4, 2023 • 1h 8min
FAAB-a-palooza 2023?
With the news that Matt Mervis is getting the call from the Cubs, this weekend is shaping up to be a huge FAAB weekend. Paul Sporer joins Jeff Erickson to help you prepare your bids.---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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