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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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Madison, WI

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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!

Language:

English


Episodes

A Real Man, Real Main Event Draft

3/28/2024
Chris Liss and Jeff Erickson were in the same NFBC Main Event draft this year. They discuss the draft, how Chris is hurt by the Paul Sewald injury, and who was the Real "Real Man" at the draft table - it was neither Chris nor Jeff, as it turns out. --- 00:00 - Liss and Erickson in the same draft, with Liss online 08:00 - Paul Sewald 10:00 - Liss Drafting 13th 14:00 - Shohei Ohtani 20:00 - Hitters Falling 24:00 - Zac Gallen 27:30 - Manny Machado 30:00 - Wyatt Langford 36:20 - Anthony Rendon 39:15 - Mike Trout 40:45 - Tracking Other Teams 43:45 - Picking On The Corner 49:00 - Final Rosters 60:00 - Sidebet --- Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball and DFS on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:05:01

Spring Prospect Mailbag!

3/27/2024
How to track a player's ranking history Chase DeLauter Ceddanne Rafaela, Gavin Stone, Jared Jones Franco Aleman Logan Evans Candidates for aggressive assignments Adam Mazur 2024 FYPD Class Complex schedule moved up Ryan Birchard Coby Mayo Max Clark Colt Emerson Samuel Basallo AJ Smith-Shawver Team context Colt Keith Walker Jenkins Xavier Isaac Best lefty pitching prospect? Wyatt Langford Dylan Crews Trey Lipscomb Wikelman Gonzalez Jacob Misiorowski Felnin Celesten, Dawel Joseph Nick Nastrini, Joe Boyle Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball and DFS on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:01:43

Adapting to the New Pitching Environment

3/26/2024
Which pitchers in the new wave of starters can we trust? With the greater-than-usual attrition that we've had this spring, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson have had to reach into a different pool of starters to fill their rosters, and will go over those players. Plus, we discuss the latest on Shohei Ohtani, Kevin Gausman, Paul Sewald and the Cardinals outfield. --- 00:00 - Shohei Ohtani. Doesn’t really matter if we believe him. Will there be a fallout that will impact his playing status? 08:15 - Kevin Gausman looked great on Monday. Back to being a 2nd round pick? 13:00 - Dylan Carlson is hurt and the Cards are running out of OFs. Lars Nootbaar took soft toss and is making progress. Victor Scott! 18:00 - Garrett Mitchell to IL. Joey Ortiz to 3B? Drop Mitchell? 21:00 - DLJM to IL. Is he worth waiting for? 25:30 - Paul Sewald to the IL. Kevin Ginkel time? 32:30 - Bryan Woo to IL. I don’t think that Emerson Hancock is a must-add, but he’s interesting. 36:15 - Justin Verlander to throw 2 innings of BP on Tuesday. 39:00 - All the new SPs. Because all the ones who were going in Rd. 24-30 in early March are now either being drafted earlier or are injured 41:15 - Max Meyer 45:00 - Ryan Weathers 48:45 - Jordan Hicks 50:50 - Casey Mize 52:20 - Jared Jones 54:30 - Ryne Nelson 58:15 - Bowden Francis 1:01:30 - Garrett Crochet, Tylor Megill, Luis Gil, Tyler Alexander. --- Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Vivid Seats Promotional Copy This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:11:03

NFBC Las Vegas Main Event Draft Recap / Week 1 FAAB

3/25/2024
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1, discuss early FAAB results and then break down their weekend in Las Vegas drafting their NFBC Main Event squads. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:28:20

First FAAB Weekend of the Year with Justin Mason

3/24/2024
Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss the players they're picking up in their leagues this weekend as well as the players shooting up the back half of NFBC Main Event draft boards. --- 00:00 - News and Notes 11:00 - Infielders 18:45 - Outfielders 31:30 - Starting Pitchers 56:45 - Relief Pitchers --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:09:59

Our Most Drafted Players

3/23/2024
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share which players they've drafted most often, from buzzy young stars like Elly De La Cruz to steady veterans like Xander Bogaerts. They also discuss the latest news, including Wyatt Langford making the Opening Day roster in Texas and Jackson Holliday failing to do so in Baltimore. --- Erik's team: C Sean Murphy 1B Bryce Harper 2B Brandon Lowe 3B Elly De La Cruz SS CJ Abrams OF Cedric Mullins OF Christopher Morel OF Jack Suwinski SP Braxton Garrett RP Ryan Pressly Ryan's team: C Mitch Garver 1B Triston Casas 2B Nolan Gorman 3B Manny Machado SS Xander Bogaerts OF Teoscar Hernandez OF Seiya Suzuki OF Brendan Donovan SP Cristian Javier RP Ryan Helsley --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:11:50

2024 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers!

3/22/2024
Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all the latest news from around Major League Baseball and offer up their latest and greatest fantasy baseball sleepers for 2024. Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 0:00 Intro/I think we have to talk briefly about the Shohei Ohtani situation. News Wyatt Langford has made the Rangers’ Opening Day roster. Jackson Holliday reassigned to minor-league camp. Reds hit by multiple injuries Who benefits the most from Matt McLain and TJ Friedl missing time? More inclined to draft some of these Reds? 16:00 J.D. Martinez signs a one-year deal with the Mets. Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggles in his first big-league start. Robert Suarez picks up a save in Thursday’s win. 23:00 Victor Scott absent from the roster projection by Katie Woo of The Athletic. Blake Snell is not expected to be ready for Opening Day. Ricky Tiedemann is in the mix to break camp with the Blue Jays. Michael Lorenzen will be part of TEX rotation. Anthony Rizzo scratched from the lineup Friday with lat tightness. New Roundtable coming later today 35:00 SLEEPERS Amed Rosario, Jose Siri Zack Gelof Hector Neris A.J. Puk 50:00 Jared Jones Gavin Stone James Wood Brenton Doyle Bowden Francis 47:45 Dominic Canzone 52:50 Luis Garcia (WAS) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:06:48

No Starting Pitchers? Tout Wars Draft Review with Grey Albright of Razzball

3/21/2024
Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright to discuss Grey's unusual Tout Wars NL squad, which featured zero starting pitchers. The duo discuss draft strategy as well as the latest news, including worrying developments for Shohei Ohtani. --- 00:00 - News & Notes 03:30 - Shohei Ohtani potential legal issues 10:30 - Yoshinobu Yamamoto's bad debut 14:00 - Robert Suarez closing in San Diego? 18:00 - Matt McLain possible shoulder surgery 22:45 - Grey's zero-SP Tout Wars NL team 44:00 - How to adjust to unusual drafters in your league --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:01:51

Blake Snell Signs, Tout Wars Review

3/20/2024
Blake Snell finally signed, closers are dropping like flies, and Tout Wars Weekend just wrapped up. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down a news-heavy set of days and review Jeff's AL Tout Wars team. --- 00:00 - News & Notes 01:00 - Jhoan Duran, oblique strain! When we pitcher injuries end?! Griffin Jax time? 05:30 - Jordan Romano & Erik Swanson - who’s next for the Jays? 14:00 - Blake Snell to the Giants. Good fit. Too late? 23:15 - Eury Perez. Where to draft him now? Same question with Josh Lowe. 33:10 - Drop TJ Friedl? Could be out for half of the season. And, value up for Jake Fraley and Will Benson? 41:00 - DJLM, bone bruise. Unlikely for opening day. 43:20 - Garrett Crochet to start Opening Day. Sleeper? 45:15 - Jackson Merrill officially made the team. 49:45 - Jordan Westburg hit on the elbow. 54:00 - Jeff’s Tout Wars team! 1:11:00 - Main Event draft slot! --- Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:22:21

Spring Prospect Standouts w/ Geoff Pontes

3/19/2024
Wyatt Langford Jackson Holliday Coby Mayo Colton Cowser Paul Skenes Jared Jones Bubba Chandler Ceddanne Rafaela Victor Scott Chase DeLauter James Wood Gavin Stone Thomas Saggese Joey Loperfido David Matoma Roderick Arias Arjun Nimmala Kyle Carr Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:32:16

Previewing the Mariners with Ryan Divish

3/17/2024
Chris Crawford is joined by Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times to preview the Mariners in 2024. They look at the superstar potential of Julio Rodriguez, how good this rotation can be, how concerned fantasy managers should be about this defense, and some prospects that could help the M's in 2024. Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:46:55

LiveStreaming and Breaking down a 5K Entry NFBC Ultimate Draft with BatFlip Crazy

3/16/2024
Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (BatFlip Crazy), break down a $5000 entry NFBC draft as it happens, talking a ton of draft strategy and many player evaluations as we head into a major fantasy draft week. They talk steals, saves, using ADP, mid-rounds, late rounds and many, many individual players. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @batflipcrazy I @RotoWire Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:02:38:18

Over/Under: AL West/NL West

3/16/2024
Chris Crawford looks at the AL West and NL West to finish off the over/under preview. He looks at the win totals for all ten clubs, and he also looks at some potential over/under numbers for players like Corbin Carroll, Julio Rodriguez, Nolan Jones and more. Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:42:32

Huge Fantasy Baseball Draft Weekend

3/15/2024
Clay Link is joined by special guest co-host Erik Halterman to talk about all things fantasy baseball, including news, sleepers, risers, fallers and more! Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. 0:00 Intro/Devin Williams down for the Brewers Is Joel Payamps the new closer for Milwaukee? Other candidates News 4:15 Dylan Cease traded to the Padres On the topic of the Padres, Jackson Merrill will be with the team in South Korea. All indications are that he will be the starting center fielder Gerrit Cole sidelined at least 1-2 months Tommy Edman (wrist) will open the season on the IL, Victor Scott rising 12:50 Wyatt Langford appears headed for the Opening Day roster Adam Duvall back to Atlanta 16:22 Taj Bradley (pectoral) shut down for at least two weeks Kodai Senga (shoulder) shutdown continues Danny Jansen wrist fracture, Opening Day seems unlikely Kevin Gausman (shoulder) unlikely to make Opening Day 27:45 Eury Perez also appears unlikely for Opening Day Ronald Acuna (knee) returns to game action Corey Seager (groin) optimism building for Opening Day 34:33 Staff Keeper League results 42:05 FSGA Drafts this week How did it go? Late picks Tout Wars Our league specifics Strategy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:04:56

10 Essential Best Ball Tips

3/14/2024
Mike Alexander (@Roto_Wan) from RazzBall.com joins Jeff Erickson to share their annual Best Ball Special. We break down the top winning concepts in Best Ball and how Underdog, Fantrax, RT and the NFBC differ from each other. We also discuss the latest on Devin Williams, Gerrit Cole and Eury Perez. --- 00:00 - Breaking News 00:30 - Devin Williams 02:30 - Gerrit Cole 05:45 - Adam Duvall 07:00 - Eury Perez 08:30 - Ronald Acuña 11:15 - Intro to Best Ball Leagues 13:30 - Underdog 22:00 - Draft Kings 23:00 - The Importance of Stacking 31:00 - Fantrax 37:30 - RT Sports 41:15 - RazzSlam / NFBC 46:20 - When do you start? --- Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:56:27

High-Stakes Auction Strategy w/ Marc Winokur

3/13/2024
Marc's history with NFBC auctions February valuations vs. late-March valuations Building with a strong infield Figuring out the closer market Nomination strategy Using the NFBC's max bid tool Scouting the competition Playing the endgame Reserve round strategy Where James went wrong in his recent high-stakes auction Wyatt Langford's price heading into the Main Event Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:27:33

Five Players Fred Zinkie Can't Stop Drafting

3/13/2024
Jose Altuve keeps showing up on a lot of Fred Zinkie's (@FredZinkieMLB) rosters, as does Chas McCormick and Craig Kimbrel. Hear who else he and Jeff Erickson keep rostering, and who they sometimes would prefer to have instead. --- 0:00 - News & Notes 1:00 - Gerrit Cole underwent and MRI and won’t be ready for Opening Day. Uh oh. Where should he be drafted now? 10:30 - Adjusting draft strategy as a result? 13:20 - Aaron Judge 18:00 - Taj Bradley to undergo MRI for pectoral tightness. One of my sleepers! 25:30 - Jackson Merrill makes the team 31:05 - Players Fred Can’t Stop Drafting 31:15 - Players you often find yourself drafting the most often. There were players such as Bailey Ober, who I thought would be my most rostered. But the reality doesn’t always match the expectation. 33:20 - C: None 35:30 - 1B: Pete Alonso, Andrew Vaughn 43:15 - 2B: Jose Altuve, Ketel Marte 46:00 - 3B: None 48:30 - SS: Zach Neto 51:45 - OF: Chas McCormick, Alex Verdugo, Brendan Donovan, Johan Rojas 1:01:00 - SP: Grayson Rodriguez, Zack Littell, John Means, Charlie Morton 1:15:00 - RP: Craig Kimbrel, Alexis Diaz --- Fantrax Promotional Copy Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Rival Fantasy Promotional Copy It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:32:03

2024 Targets and Fades

3/11/2024
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad dig deep into the 2024 player pool and detail their targets and fades at every position. Players discussed include Cody Bellinger, Anthony Volpe, Logan Webb, Zac Gallen and many, many more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. It’s officially fantasy baseball season, and it’s time for MLB Best Ball on Rival Fantasy. Sign up at joinrival.com/rotowire for a $200 deposit match and $25 in free entries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:39:56

Too High or Too Low with DVR

3/10/2024
Chris Crawford is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic, and they begin the show by discussing the proper etiquette of slow drafts. They then talk about some hitters and pitchers that have surprising ADPs, including Elly De La Cruz, George Kirby, Nolan Jones and Evan Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:00:54:48

Over/Under: AL Central/NL Central

3/9/2024
Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) dig into some over/unders from the Central divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duration:01:07:33