Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Carter (@mdrc0508) of Fantrax/RotoBaller discuss the latest headlines and preview how the trade deadline will affect the closer landscape.---00:00 Intro/Happy Father's Day03:15 Headlines16:30 American League sellers26:30 National League sellers33:50 Contenders not looking for a closer38:15 Contenders who could add a closer47:50 American League bubble teams54:55 National League bubble teams---Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over the latest headlines and share their top pickups of the week.---00:00 Headlines17:36 Tyler Soderstrom22:29 Spencer Horwitz25:50 David Hamilton28:19 Zach Neto31:04 Noelvi Marte33:01 Drew Thorpe37:09 Shane Baz40:26 Hurston Waldrep44:18 Dean Kremer45:45 Cade Povich49:45 Budget Pitchers1:00:33 Budget Hitters---Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more.Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy!0:00 Intro/Austin Riley is batting .220 with three home runsPickups Shane Baz - $11 Simeon Woods Richardson - $9 Hurston Waldrep - $7 Miles Mikolas - $5 Tyler Kinley - $5 Drew Thorpe - $3 Spencer Horwitz - $3 14:00 Tyler Locklear - $2 Tyler Soderstrom - $0 Others to consider if available in your league: Heliot Ramos, Jake Irvin, Clayton Kershaw Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 17, 2024) 17:00 Rickwood Field Game Slade Cecconi 0 Nick Pivetta 3 Javier Assad 4 Carson Spiers 2 Triston McKenzie 3 (Todd 2) Cal Quantrill 0 Reese Olson 1 (Todd 2) 30:45 Ronel Blanco 4 Alec Marsh 3 Braxton Garrett 3 (Todd 2) Jakob Junis 1 Tobias Myers 2 40:00 Pablo Lopez 4 D

Kev Mahserejian talks ball with Jeff Erickson, as they cover the Dodgers, Braves, slumping veterans, the tricky free agent market this year and striking the balance between baseball and football coverage.---00:00 - RotoSurgeon Pod01:00 - 1. Dodgers Talk02:00 - Perception of struggle vs. reality of being +10404:00 - Buehler progress08:30 - Moves at deadline? / Improving bottom of the lineup (Hayward, Pages, trading for Biggio)15:00 - 2. Braves end losing streak - blip or concern?20:35 - 3. Fewer Impact FA’s so far - does that match your perception?27:30 - 4. Slumping veterans:27:45 - Goldy30:45 - Arozarena35:30 - J-Rod40:30 - Machado43:00 - 5. Balancing baseball vs. football---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! ---PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc

Mason Miller JP Sears Luis Medina Joey Estes Zack Gelof JJ Bleday Brent Rooker Esteury Ruiz Tyler Soderstrom Lawrence Butler Jacob Wilson Max Muncy Darell Hernaiz Brady Basso Colby Thomas Henry Bolte LaMonte Wade Jung Hoo Lee Patrick Bailey Heliot Ramos Kyle Harrison Luis Matos Hayden Birdsong Bryce Eldridge Reggie Crawford Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie look at the top draft bargains from the bottom 10 rounds in 15-team leagues and look to see if the players are sustainable and if there are some trends that we can learn from.---00:00 - FredPod 6-1100:30 - JT Realmuto out09:20 - Francisco Alvarez back13:30 - Edwin Diaz returning Thursday18:00 - Here are the best picks, by round. Using the Rotowire AAV calculator. I thought that we could work from the bottom to the top, looking at these names from a few angles…..what did we miss?......is this sustainable?.....are there common themes in the names in general?(the specific dollar values are from Sunday, when I had time to create the chart. I’m sure they’ve only moved a dollar since then)18:45 - Ryan O’Hearn / Cole Irvin (Rd. 30)21:00 - Luis Garcia (hitter version) / Ronel Blanco (29)24:30 - Michael Conforto / Brady Singer (28)27:00 - Brandon Marsh / Jeff Hoffman (27)30:30 - Johan Rojas / No P (26)32:45 - Jose Caballero / Hector Neris (25)36:30 - Masyn Winn / Erick Fedde (24)41:30 - Brice Turang &

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, break down all the rookies available in FAAB this week and also talk Tarik Skubal, Michael Harris II, Freddy Peralta and how to deal with the underachieving mid-rounders. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire I @SporerSorareBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Brendan Tuma (@toomuchtuma) of Underdog Fantasy use Underdog's in-season drafts to determine the potential trade market for this season's biggest breakouts.---00:00 Intro02:45 Call-ups: Hurston Waldrep, Adael Amador, Drew Thorpe10:40 Other Headlines16:30 Paul Skenes21:15 Shota Imanaga24:40 Ranger Suarez27:10 Luis Gil30:20 Jared Jones/Seth Lugo34:00 Joe Ryan/Jack Flaherty36:15 Tanner Houck/Garrett Crochet38:30 Cristopher Sanchez/Reese Olson42:30 Gunnar Henderson44:45 Shohei Ohtani46:25 Elly De La Cruz49:45 William Contreras52:00 David Fry53:40 Jordan Westburg55:50 Colton Cowser57:50 Jo Adell59:40 Jurickson Profar/Taylor Ward1:01:00 Mike Trout1:05:00 NL-Only Tout Wars---Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week. 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy!0:00 Intro/Waiting to hear about Juan Soto’s statusPickups Yimi Garcia - $20 Griffin Canning - $5 Blake Perkins - $5 Justyn-Henry Malloy - $4 11:00 Robbie Ray - $4 14:20 Max Meyer - $3 Jack Suwinski - $2 Rob Refsnyder - $1 Clayton Kershaw Joey Estes 18:30 Others to consider if available in your league: Matt Waldron, Matt Vierling, Mark Vientos Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 10, 2024) Jordan Montgomery 3 (Todd 4) Spencer Schwellenbach 0 Corbin Burnes 5 Albert Suarez 3 (Todd 2) Kutter Crawford 2 Hunter Greene 4 Dakota Hudson 0 Jake Woodford 0 31:00 Erick Fedde 3 33:00 Jack Flaherty 3 Spencer Arrighetti 2 Seth Lugo 3 Brady Singer 2 Jose

Kevin McGonigle Tre’ Morgan Sal Stewart Starlyn Caba Jeral Perez C.J. Kayfus Dameury Pena Marcelo Mayer Dylan Crews Colson Montgomery Spencer Jones Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at data from 2024 and identify bankable trends. Where are our category leaders coming from? Did we draft starting pitching too soon?---00:00 - Fred Pod 6-400:30 - Overall data from 2024 (as of the start of play this week)01:30 - 4 of the top-20 pitchers in ERA were drafted in the top-10007:00 - 12 of the 19 pitches with 75 SO were drafted in the top-10009:00 - 6 top the top-15 pitchers in WHIP were drafted in the top-10011:30 - There are so many starters who have are sitting on waivers in most leagues and have an ERA around 3.50 and a WHIP around 1.15 (Ryan Weathers, Jake Irvin, Trevor Williams, Kyle Gibson etc.). Bailey Falter was available on Sunday in most of my 15-team leagues. He has a WHIP under 1.00! 13:30 - Are big bids on pitchers like Christian Scott ill-considered?16:45 - Trevor Williams on IL21:00 - 10 of the top-13 hitters in homers were drafted in the top-100; 5 of the 11 hitters who are batting .300 were drafted in the top-100; 10 of the 12 hitters with 40 run

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down a number of late Sunday roster moves, including Henry Davis up and Spencer Torkelson down and also discuss all the major adds and drops from FAAB. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWirePrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy!SorareBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!  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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Robert Orr (@NotTheBobbyOrr) to discuss Robert's new swing-decision metric SEAGER, MLB's new bat-speed data and the first-place Phillies.---00:00 Headlines11:15 What is SEAGER?17:40 Good SEAGER, good results25:40 Bad SEAGER, bad results32:45 Good SEAGER, bad results38:30 Bad SEAGER, bad results45:30 Great SEAGER, mediocre results53:15 New bat-tracking stats1:02:00 How good are the Phillies?---Robert's SEAGER leaderboard: https://therealestmuto.shinyapps.io/Damage/ Robert's article on swing speed: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/90540/in-defense-of-isaac-paredes/Alex Chamberlain's article on swing speed: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/daddy-hacks-or-the-lone-peril-of-swinging-too-hard/---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest news and share their top pickups of the week.---00:00 Headlines19:09 Reed Garrett22:23 Yimi Garcia24:17 Tylor Megill26:21 Ben Brown30:22 Ryan Weathers32:53 Adam Duvall35:54 Matt Vierling38:40 Mark Vientos41:20 Keibert Ruiz43:23 DJ LeMahieu46:33 Budget Pitchers59:06 Budget Hitters---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advert

Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy!0:00 Intro/The No. 1 overall pick goes downPickups 6:10 Adam Duvall $7 8:30 David Peterson $5 Albert Suarez $4 14:50 Spencer Schwellenbach $3 Spencer Arrighetti $2 Edmundo Sosa $2 17:30 Jeremiah Estrada $2 Others to consider if available in your league: David Fry, Ben Brown, Masyn Winn, Nick Gonzales 25:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 3, 2024) LONDON SERIES Ryne Nelson 0 Slade Cecconi 0 Max Fried 5 Grayson Rodriguez 5 Corbin Burnes 5 Kutter Crawford 3 30:30 Andrew Abbott 3 (Todd 2) Frankie Montas 1 Triston McKenzie 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Ty Blach 0 Jake Woodford 0 Tarik Skubal 5 Justin Verlander 4 Seth Lugo 4 Tyler Anderson 2 Bailey Ober

Joe Orrico from the "90 Feet From Home" podcast and FantasyPros.com joins Jeff Erickson to discuss 12 overachieving hitters two months into the season. Are we buying Marcell Ozuna as a top-15 hitter? What sort of long-term value do you have for Jeremy Peña?---00:00 - 12 Surprising Hitters for today:01:45 - Marcell Ozuna07:00 - Jurickson Profar12:00 - Maikel Garcia14:00 - Alec Bohm16:45 - Jordan Westburg23:15 - Luis Rengifo25:00 - Taylor Ward27:15 - Brice Turang29:45 - Brent Rooker32:00 - Jeremy Peña35:45 - David Fry39:45 - Matt Vierling43:00 - Q&A---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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

Where are the tiers? Brady House vs. Dylan Crews Parker Meadows Graduated prospects Kyle Teel Dalton Rushing Miguel Bleis Termarr Johnson Chase DeLauter Ronny Mauricio Yilber Diaz Filippo Di Turi Adael Amador Jordan Beck Yanquiel Fernandez Pedro Leon Jace Avina Felnin Celesten Ralphy Velazquez Xavier Isaac Angel Genao C.J. Kayfus Juan Brito Brennen Davis Christian Scott Blade Tidwell Brandon Sproat Nolan McLean Jonah Tong Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor

Fred Zinkie has a well-earned reputation as a master trader in fantasy baseball leagues. He shares some of his favorite tips on how to "sell high," and who might be some of the players that you should be peddling, including Elly De La Cruz.---00:00 - Fred Zinkie Pod 5-2801:00 - Jays/Mets angst11:00 - Fred’s Trading Tips11:30 - Sending offers out!13:00 - Offer options19:00 - Selling High Easier / Elly De La Cruz21:00 - Dodgers Slumping24:00 - Some May facts24:45 - 1. The Royals have been the second-best offense by OPS. Is this sustainable? Should we avoid using SPs against them?31:30 - 2. The A’s, Angels and Giants have all been top-8 in OPS. The Dodgers are behind all of them. And even though Blue Jays fans want to trade all the hitters, they are above average in May OPS.39:00 - 3. Short baseball games in Chicago right now, as the Cubs and White Sox are the bottom-2 teams in May OPS.46:00 - 4. Only one team has been bottom-5 in OPS and ERA in May. I bet you wouldn’t guess that it’s Arizona.53:00 - 5. The Mari

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the brutal news about Ronald Acuna's ACL tear , recap all the adds and drops in FAAB and take a look at the first round of drafts after two months of the season. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireSorare Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! 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.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.