Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@drewsilv) comb through the biggest storylines from the weekend and then discuss notable individual performances from Saturday's slate. They also offer up a handful of FAAB and waiver-wire targets for the week ahead. 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 highlights of the early part of the weekend, including the sensational first MLB start from Emmet Sheehan and Triston McKenzie being scratched due to an elbow injury. In the second half of the show, they look at some performers who have excelled like Josh Lowe, Spencer Steer, Mitch Keller and Lane Thomas; and they discuss whether they believe in them for the second half of the season or whether they'd look to sell high. 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/Emmet Sheehan called upPickups Michael A. Taylor Edouard Julien (11:00) Oswaldo Cabrera Aaron Hicks A.J. Minter (15:00) Ryan O’Hearn  Dairon Blanco (19:00) Rival Fantasy 23:30Emmet Sheehan OVER, Tanner Houck UNDER, Joe Ryan OVERTwo-Start Pitchers 35:00 Merrill Kelly 4 Ryne Nelson 0 Spencer Strider 5 (37:00) Kutter Crawford 1 Garrett Whitlock 3 Brandon Williamson 1 (Todd 0) Aaron Civale 3 Austin Gomber 0 Jesse Scholtens 0 Michael Lorenzen 2 (Todd 3) Hunter Brown 4 Jordan Lyles 0 Daniel Lynch 0 Clayton Kershaw 4 (Todd 5) Eury Perez 4 Edward Cabrera 1 (Todd 3) Corbin Burnes 5 Pablo Lopez 4 Bailey Ober 4 Max Scherzer 4 (52:00) Gerrit Cole 5 Luis Medina 1 (Todd 0) Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4) Osvaldo Bido 0 Johan Oviedo 2 Michael Wacha 4 George Kirby 4 Alex Cobb 4 Anthony DeSclafani 3 Tyler Glasnow 5 Andrew Heaney 3 (Todd 4) Jose Berrios 4 Yusei Kikuchi 3

Todd and Tristan discuss the current state of the game and how it may change as the season progresses. They also focus on the new scoring and format for ESPN's standard points game, and the league in which they compete to get a better feel for the strategy and game play. 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.

Andrew's background Managing 15-team vs. 12-team leagues How to approach FAAB spending Closers Catchers Where to find upside Elly De La Cruz vs. Oneil Cruz Previewing the top of 2024 ADP Shohei Ohtani Francisco Alvarez 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 welcomes Fred for their yearly visit. They talk about Elly De La Cruz, Dairon Blanco and Michael Harris, along with the news and notes of the day. 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 the massive Elly De La Cruz bids in FAAB, preview Week 12 and wrap up a busy weekend all across baseball. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWireBat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com 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) look at the stars of the weekend as well as some players that didn't bring it up to their best abilities on Saturday. They also some potential FAAB targets for the week, including one of the best young hitters in the minor leagues.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com 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) comb through the biggest current storylines in baseball and then get into an assessment of definitely-drafted players who are now struggling into the summer months. Jose Abreu, Alek Manoah, Jeremy Pena, Patrick Sandoval ... cut bait or stay the course?Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com 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 o

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!Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.comOpening/The Reds are fun again/Elly De La CruzPickups Andrew Abbott AJ Smith-Shawver (7:00) Jo Adell (9:15) Trevor May (15:30) Julio Teheran Rival Fantasy (26:00)Cristian Javier, Rich HillTwo-Start Pitchers  Tommy Henry 2 (Todd 1) Zach Davies 2 Charlie Morton 4 (Todd 5) Spencer Strider 5 Dean Kremer 2 James Paxton 3 Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3) Luke Weaver 0 Tanner Bibee 4 Connor Seabold 0 Chase Anderson 1 (Todd 0) Lance Lynn 2 Reese Olson 0 (Todd 1) Tyler Holten 0 Hunt

Mike Kurland from Gaining The Edge (https://www.patreon.com/GTEFantasy), The Athletic and Fantasy Pros joins Jeff Erickson to share the five ways he's climbed to third overall in the NFBC Main Event, talk about the latest from the Marlins and the news of the day.---Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com 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 a

Ethan Salas Josue De Paula Lazaro Montes Dyan Jorge Austin Charles Mairoshendrick Martinus Roderick Arias Cristhian Vaquero Keiner Delgado Yasser Mercedes Jose Rodriguez Sebastian Walcott ArticleBat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com 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.

Alek Manoah gets blown up by Houston on Monday, and sent down to Dunedin on Tuesday. Should we have seen it coming? Elly De La Cruz has gotten the call, and Jacob deGrom needs Tommy John surgery. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson have a lot to discuss!---Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball. Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com 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 guest Brian Slack preview Week 11 in fantasy baseball and recap all the FAAB action, including the big bids on Royce Lewis and whether to drop previous FAAB darling, Matt Mervis.  Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @Jeff_Erickson I @RotoWire.Bat Flip: The Team-Shuffling Baseball Card Game is a gamer’s love-letter to baseball.Step into the role of manager. Build your team, shuffle it up, and then deploy it in an action-packed 3-inning game. Every player card is unique with its own special stats and abilities! Bat Flip features fast-paced strategic card play and endless replay-ability! Bat Flip is now available at batflipgame.com 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 adver

Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) look at the latest news of the weekend, including the imminent arrival of Andrew Abbott from the Reds. They also look at the injuries to Jose Altuve and Wander Franco and the strong play of Jake Fraley along with the struggles of Francisco Lindor. In the final half of the show, they look at players you can acquire that could help your fantasy team without blowing your FAAB budget.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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire

Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) take a look at the early headlines from the weekend including Chris Sale being placed on the injured list. They also take a look at the standard 5x5 pitching categories and players and players they believe can continue to contribute in the category, and some players that are likely to see regression over the summer months.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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off a

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!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/Jordan Walker returns/Elly De La CruzPickups Akil Baddoo (7:45) Tommy Henry Ben Joyce (13:00) Hayden Wesneski Rival FantasyTwo-Start Pitchers (29:40) Tommy Henry 2 Bryce Elder 4 Kyle Gibson 3 (Todd 4) James Paxton 3 (Todd 4) 32:20 Kyle Hendricks 1 Hayden Wesneski 1 Hunter Greene 4 36:00 Luke Weaver 0 Shane Bieber 3 Dinelson Lamet 0 Lucas Giolito 3 (Todd 4) Alex Faedo 1 Brandon Bielak 2 (Todd 1) Hunter Brown 4 Mike Mayers 1 (Todd 0

Mike Gianella from Baseball Prospectus joins Jeff Erickson as they review some of the top post-200 pick breakouts like Josh Jung and Mitch Keller, and decide whether they're Diamonds in the Rough, or Cubic Zirconia.---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 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.

Jackson Holliday Elly De La Cruz Royce Lewis Junior Caminero Emmet Sheehan AJ Smith-Shawver Bryan Woo Brandon Pfaadt Xavier Isaac Gabriel Gonzalez Lyon Richardson Luis Matos Aeverson Arteaga Gavin Stone Jackson Merrill Dalton Rushing Connor Norby Miguel Bleis Samuel Zavala Josue De Paula Jonatan Clase Blaze Jordan Dillon Dingler Jud Fabian Samuel Basallo Druw Jones Emmanuel Rodriguez Gunnar Henderson Jared Jones Yanquiel Fernandez Chase Meidroth Nick Yorke Vaughn Grissom Josh Jung Justin Dirden Mason Auer Aaron Schunk Gavin Williams Lawrence Butler Ignacio Alvarez Drew Gilbert Jacob Melton James Wood Kristian Robinson Sebastian Walcott Everson Pereira Christian Encarnacion-Strand Nick Frasso George Valera Landon Knack Colt Keith Justyn-Henry Malloy Top 400 ProspectsA 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 wo

Ben Joyce threw an easy 102 mph in his debut, and Royce Lewis homered for the Twins. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review the top news of the day, including those smashing debuts.---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 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.