Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Colt Emerson Matt Shaw George Lombard Leodalis De Vries Cooper Pratt A.J. Ewing Zander Meuth Blake Wolters Josh Knoth Hurston Waldrep Zyhir Hope TJ Walton Jake Bloss Garrett Forrester Dylan Quested Josh Bostick Dillon Head Kendall George Jacob Wilson Colin Houck Sammy Stafura Nazzan Zanetello Brandon Winokur George Wolkow Charlee Soto 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 and Jeff Erickson continue their discussion about drafting early closers, spurred by a study from @SleehratNation, talk about the fallout from Hillary, and the wild AL West. 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.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Brian Slack, recap all the FAAB action from the weekend, preview Week 22 and discuss strategy for winning the last six weeks of the season. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over some of the notable performances from the weekend and also dive in on some waiver wire recommendations. 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@drewsilv) run through the latest headlines from around the baseball world before doing a deep dive on 10 pitchers who can deliver down the stretch in the standard 5x5 fantasy scoring categories. Wins, ERA, WHIP, strikeouts and saves. Get 'em while you can. 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 (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) talk pickups and Rival Fantasy before grading all of next week's two-start options on a 0-5 scale.Opening/Nolan Schanuel promotedPickups Masyn Winn Pablo Reyes Liover Peguro Jonathan Aranda Wade Meckler Nicky Lopez Vaughn Grissom Charlie Blackmon Stone Garrett Rival Fantasy picks for Friday, Aug. 18, 2023Two-Start Pitchers Zac Gallen 5 Bryce Elder 3 Tanner Houck 1 (Todd 0) James Paxton 3 Javier Assad 2 (Todd 3) Drew Smyly 0 (Todd 1) Graham Ashcraft 3 Ty Blach 0 Touki Toussaint 1 Mike Clevinger 2 (Todd 3) Alex Faedo 0 Jose Urquidy 3 Alec Marsh 1 Clayton Kershaw 5 Johnny Cueto 0 (Todd 1) Bailey Ober 3 David Peterson 0 Carlos Rodon 1 (Todd 2) Kyle Muller 0 Paul Blackburn 2 Zack Wheeler 5 Bailey Falter 1 (Todd 0) Johan Oviedo 2 Blake Snell 5 Ross Stripling 1 Matthew Liberatore 2 (Todd 1) Zach Littell 3 Jordan Montgomery 4 Yusei Kikuchi 4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, an

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) is joined by Alex Coffey (@byalexcoffey) to talk about the 2023 Philadelphia Phillies. They discuss the struggles of Trea Turner for most of the campaign, the improvement of Bryson Stott, and why Andrew Painter is considered such an important part of the organization going forward. 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.

Aram's new top 100 prospects rankings Jackson Holliday Adael Amador Brayan Rocchio Owen Caissie Everson Pereira Noah Schultz Robby Snelling Luis Lara Sebastian Walcott Bryan Ramos Osleivis Basabe Noelvi Marte 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.

Ozzie Albies goes to the IL, Wander Franco to the Restricted List, and Clarke Schmidt gets lit up. Fred & Jeff discuss those topics and more, along with a quick review of their Flex Experts Superflex draft from Tuesday morning.---00:00 - Draft Software01:10 - Wander Franco03:45 - Ozzie Albies & the Braves14:00 - Paul Goldschmidt21:00 - 3B Review26:00 - Clarke Schmidt30:00 - Patrick Sandoval32:30 - Brady Singer34:30 - Logan Gilbert41:00 - Grayson Rodriguez56:00 - FLEX Draft 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 Scott Jenstad talk Dodgers, Zack Gelof and the Orioles / Mariners series, then preview Week 21 in MLB and recap all the weekend FAAB action. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireTry AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase. Go to drinkAG1.com/ROTO. 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) take a look at the latest news of the weekend, including Shohei Ohtani's next start being skipped and Michael Wacha returning to the mound in the next few days. They also look at the strong performance from Gavin Williams, the struggles of Taijuan Walker, and offer some potential FAAB targets for the final stretch of the 2023 campaign. 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@DrewSilv) look at the latest headline from the weekend including Mike Trout getting closer to returning to the diamond. They also look at some unheralded hitters who have a chance to help in all five standard hitting categories for the final six-plus weeks of the 2023 campaign. 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.

Todd and Erik review the news and Steak League pickups, then discuss their picks on Friday's Rival Fantasybook slate. Of course, they wrap up by going through all of next week's two-start pitchers. 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.

Joe Orrico from Sports Ethos joins Jeff Erickson as they size up the AL East race, with an emphasis on the Blue Jays. 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.

Marc's history playing in The NFBC Winning Midnight Madness four years in a row Auctions vs. snake drafts Improving for next year Live music superlatives 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.

Shane McClanahan is unlikely to pitch again this year, Josh Jung is out indefinitely with a thumb injury, and we're going to lose Tim Anderson and Jose Ramirez to suspensions in the near future. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss those among their many topics.---00:00 - Shane McClanahan11:15 - Josh Jung16:45 - Tim Anderson, Jose Ramirez25:45 - Orioles announcers37:00 - NFBC tricky situation46:30 - Tony Gonsolin48:45 - Carlos Estevez58:00 - James Outman1:00:00 - Davis Schneider1:02:15 - Cole Ragans 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 Scott Jenstad discuss many of the struggling teams right now in MLB, get into some fantasy strategies for the final two months and recap all the action in FAAB this weekend. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@DrewSilv) look at the highlights of the weekend like the fight between the Guardians and White Sox as well as Eury Perez's imminent return. They also profile the highs and lows from Saturday's action, and offer some players they'd target with their remaining FAAB like Davis Schneider and Masyn Winn. 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@drewsilv) run through the latest headlines from around the baseball world before digging in on a range of players -- starters, relievers and hitters -- who are currently sitting on the IL but are poised to return and, more importantly, produce. Mike Trout, Logan O'Hoppe, Hunter Greene, Nick Lodolo, Ryan Helsley, Jarred Kelenic, Walker Buehler and more. 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 (@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.Opening/Trade deadline reactionPickups Giovanny Gallegos Gregory Santos Brooks Raley Rich Hill Jake Alu Dominic Canzone Rival Fantasy picks for Friday, Aug. 4, 2023Two-Start Pitchers Brandon Pfaadt 2 Spencer Strider 5 Yonny Chirinos 2 Grayson Rodriguez 1 Kutter Crawford 4 Drew Smyly 0 (Todd 1) Jameson Taillon 3 Brandon Williamson 1 Tanner Bibee 4 Xzavion Curry 0 Peter Lambert 0 Kyle Freeland 0 Dylan Cease 4 (Todd 3) Eduardo Rodriguez 4 Matt Manning 2 Cole Ragans 1 Tony Gonsolin 4 Julio Urias 5 Braxton Garrett 3 (Todd 4) Freddy Peralta 5 Dallas Keuchel 0 Sonny Gray 5 Carlos Carrasco 0 Kodai Senga 4 Gerrit Cole 5 Ken Waldichuk 0 Ranger Suarez 3 Osvaldo Bido 0 Mitch Keller 2 Seth Lugo 3 Alex Cobb 4 Zach Eflin 5 Dane Dunning 4 Hyun-Jin Ryu 1 Josiah Gray 3 MacKenzie Gore 3 (Todd 4) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the