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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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Apr 13, 2023 • 57min
The Panic Meter with Frank Stampfl (@Roto_Frank)
Frank Stampfl from CBS Fantasy joined Jeff Erickson and they discussed the Panic Meter on slow starters like Alec Manoah, Chris Sale, Grayson Rodriguez, and Anthony Volpe; they also discussed Jeffrey Springs, the Shortstop Apocalypse, and the nuances of Points Leagues.---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!Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. (https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948&wsVar=SITE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 12, 2023 • 60min
Noteworthy MiLB Assignments w/ Sam Dykstra
3:00 Kyle Manzardo5:20 Osleivis Basabe7:30 Aggressive Rays8:00 Edgar Quero10:00 Angels affiliates12:00 Bryce Miller/Ben Joyce14:30 Brett Baty17:40 Nick Yorke19:20 Ceddane Rafaela20:40 Gavin Williams/Tanner Bibee24:30 Kahlil Watson27:20 Jeferson Quero30:50 Dustin Harris32:50 Junior Caminero34:00 Nelson Rada41:20 Double-A Rangers44:40 High-A Rockies47:30 Triple-A Orioles50:45 Bubba Chandler/Anthony Solometo52:50 Single-A Nationals56:00 Single-A RedsA 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!Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. (https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948&wsVar=SITE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 12, 2023 • 1h 11min
Top Five Draft Regrets
Fred Zinkie's biggest regret is drafting Javier Baez. Fred and Jeff share their biggest draft regrets and break down all the latest injuries and closer changes.---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!Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. (https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948&wsVar=SITE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 10, 2023 • 1h 10min
Sunday FAAB Reactions with @RotoGut
Vlad Sedler (@RotoGut) from FTNFantasy, aka the FAAB Whisperer, joins Jeff Erickson to review this week's free agent run, preview the week ahead and react to the big news items 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!Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. (https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948&wsVar=SITE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 9, 2023 • 1h 2min
Weekend Review and FAAB Targets
Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) dive in on some of the happenings in fantasy baseball this weekend and also look at some possible FAAB targets.Please support our sponsor Vivid Seats.Baseball is back! Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 8, 2023 • 1h 3min
Early Draft Regrets and Rookie of the Year Odds
Chris Crawford and Drew Silva look at the Michael Harris injury and some potential replacements, some players they regret not drafting earlier and some potential Rookie of the Year bets in both the American and National League.Please support our sponsor Vivid Seats.Baseball is back! Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 7, 2023 • 59min
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 10, 2023)
Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) grade all of next week's projected two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale.Baseball is back! Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. (https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948&wsVar=SITE)Darik Hall injury (2:30)FAAB Pickups
Pierce Johnson
Joey Wiemer (7:40)
Drey Jameson (14:00)
Francisco Alvarez (17:30)
Two-Start Pitchers
Zac Gallen 5
Kyle Gibson 3
Grayson Rodriguez 2
Nick Pivetta 1 (Todd 3)
Garrett Whitlock 2 (Todd 3)
Drew Smyly 0
Connor Overton 0
Luis Cessa 0
Shane Bieber 5
German Marquez 0 (Todd 1)
Tyler O’Neill (31:00)
Dylan Cease 5
Matt Manning (33:15) 2 (Todd 0)
Framber Valdez 5
Zack Greinke 1 (Todd 0)
Julio Urias 5
Sandy Alcantara 5
Wade Miley 1 (Todd 2)
Corbin Burnes 5
Kenta Maeda 2
Pablo Lopez 3 (Todd 4)
Max Scherzer 5
Gerrit Cole 5
Jhony Brito 1 (Todd 2) 45:00
JP Sears 0
Matt Strahm 1 (Todd 2)
Aaron Nola 5
Roansy Contreras 0
Mitch Keller 0
Luis Castillo 5
Logan Webb 4 (Todd 5)
Steven Matz 1
Miles Mikolas 0
Shane McClanahan 5
Josh Fleming 0
Andrew Heaney 1
Alek Manoah 5
Patrick Corbin 0
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Apr 6, 2023 • 53min
Red Sox, Tout Wars & Week in Review with @SamskiNYC
Eric Samulski (@SamSkiNYC) from RotoBaller.com joins Jeff Erickson to react to the first week of games, dive into the Red Sox a little, and discuss his AL Tout Wars team.---Baseball is back! Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. (https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948&wsVar=SITE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 5, 2023 • 1h 13min
The General's Targets w/ Ian Kahn
A rare media appearance from Ian Kahn, who is retired from fantasy baseball content
Andres Gimenez
Cedric Mullins
Jorge Mateo
Josh Donaldson
Joey Gallo
DJ LeMahieu
Hunter Dozier
Jose Siri
Mike Trout
Shohei Ohtani
Clayton Kershaw
Kenta Maeda
Jameson Taillon
Yusei Kikuchi
Shintaro Fujinami
Lucas Giolito
Corbin Burnes
Shane Bieber
Adley Rutschman
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Apr 4, 2023 • 1h 1min
Fred Dominates One Last Draft
Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson participated in an the official Yahoo Experts "Friends and Family" draft, with four days of games in the books. The RotoWire Draft Software says that Fred won the draft - do you agree?Full Draft Results: https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/98783/draftresultsBaseball is back! Swing into the MLB season with Vivid Seats and score tickets to all of the hottest matchups and biggest games of the year. Every crack of the bat, every deep center fly, and every heart-pounding double-play of your favorite team, live and in person. Visit Vivid Seats today. (https://www.vividseats.com/?wsUser=948&wsVar=SITE) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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