Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Inspired by Daulton Varsho, Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie review which players are better in real life than fantasy, and which players are better in fantasy in real life, and try to find some underlying trends. --- 00:00 - Fred Pod 9-2 01:00 - Daulton Varsho comment from Sunday night.  02:15 - Varsho isn’t a good real-life hitter, but he’s been decent for fantasy this year ($8) and hit .281 with 18 runs and four homers in August. 04:50 - Players who were better in real life than fantasy this year. 05:00 - Bryce Harper. 11th in OPS but just a $22 player. He will hit 30 homers, but without many steals and his batting average is more good than great. 10:00 - Freddie Freeman. 14th in OPS but a $20 player. He may not reach 25 homers or 10 steals. Hitting .285, which is fine but not special. 17:00 - Riley Greene. 20th in OPS. But hitting .259 with 20 homers and 4 steals. Missed a bit of time, but his R/RBI aren’t great either. An $11 player. 22:15 - Popular opinion is that J.D. Martinez has been very good for the M

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB this weekend, a rough Royals weekend, a fun Dodgers / Diamondbacks series, Jose Ramirez and much, much more. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ryan Boyer goes over all the latest headlines and tells you were your FAAB dollars should go this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including call-ups, hitters to potentially add and two-start pitchers for next week. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Would you like an extra $500? Go to bluewirepods.com/survey and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. 0:00 Intro/Rhett Lowder is making his debut in the second game of today’s doubleheader. Pickups Light week for pickups Luken Baker - $1 Jorge Lopez - $1 Tylor Megill - $1 Kumar Rocker Manuel Rodriguez Jordan Wicks Others to consider if available in your league: Jhonkensy Noel, Osvaldo Bido, Dylan Crews, Connor Norby, Jacob Wilson, Zack Littell Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Sept. 2, 2024) Eduardo Rodriguez 2 Ryne Nelson 3 Chris Sale 5 Corbin Burnes 5 Brayan Bello 3 Tanner Bibee 5 Kyle Freeland 1 (Todd 0) Chris Flexen 0 Brant Hurt

Rob DiPietro (@DeadPullHitter) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the results from his "Too Early Meatball Draft." Where should Julio Rodriguez, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Ronald Acuña slot for 2025? Who is your #1 overall pick? --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Blue Wire Survey Would you like an extra $500? Go to bluewirepods.com/survey and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:30 NFBC Talk 6:00 Live Auctions 12:00 Where To Pick 17:30 Best/Worst Picks Of Too Early Draft 27:35 Jarren Duran 33:00 Red Sox Outfield 38:10 Red Sox Middle Infield 44:20 Yankees 47:00 Orioles 48:20 Rays 49:40 Jays Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Blue Wire Survey Would you like an extra $500? Go to bluewirepods.com/survey and complete the Blue Wire Audience survey about you and your podcast listening habits for a chance to win a $500 gift card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julio Rodriguez was a top-5 picks in most drafts, but he's currently a bad hitter on a bad offense playing on a bad ankle, meaning that he won't give you stolen bases. Is he perhaps a drop for 2024? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson explore that question and hone in on some second-half trends. --- 00:00 - Fred Pod 08-27 00:45 - Fred: I heard you and Scott talking about Julio Rodriguez. Can Julio be a 1st round 2025 pick and someone who you should drop right now? Lousy hitter, lousy offense, no base stealing with his ankle. 06:00 - Could J-Rod get shut down? 09:00 - Walker Buehler drop? 09:30 - Map out ahead of time 12:00 - Any injury cut, like Robbie Ray 13:30 - Kyle Tucker sprinting! 14:30 - Pick up more hot hands? Maybe just better matchups. 16:50 - Don’t cut Luis Robert 23:45 - Sometimes using season-long stats is better. Bigger sample size. But sometimes it isn’t, because teams change during the season. Here are some second half team stats that listeners may find interesting. After all, if we are going to str

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the elite seasons of Juan Soto and Aaron Judge, figure out 2025 prices for a couple of 2024 disappointments and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB this week. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Brian Entrekin (@bdentrek) discuss where the breakout players of 2024 will go in 2025 drafts, using the Too Early Meatball draft which Brian took part in this week as one example. --- Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over the latest headlines from around baseball and offer up their recommended FAAB adds. 00:00 Headlines 14:15 Spencer Arrighetti 16:50 Ryne Nelson 19:30 Edwin Uceta 22:10 Jorge Lopez 24:15 Porter Hodge 28:25 Spencer Torkelson 31:10 Adrian Del Castillo 33:25 Dylan Crews 37:40 Ernie Clement 40:00 Connor Norby 42:25 Pick6 Picks 48:40 Budget Pitchers 57:45 Budget Hitters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss hitters to potentially add off the waiver wire, two-start pitchers for next week and a whole lot more. 0:00 Intro/Heading into the final week of August, Dylan Crews getting the call Pickups Spencer Torkelson - $6 Gio Urshela - $4 Max Scherzer - $3 Jon Gray - $2 Edouard Julien - $2 Edwin Uceta - $1 Porter Hodge - $1 Jonathan Cannon - $0 Others to consider if available in your league: Seranthony Dominguez, Bowden Francis, Osvaldo Bido, Frankie Montas Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Aug. 26, 2024) Max Fried 5 Spencer Schwellenbach 4 Nick Pivetta 3 Cooper Criswell 2 Nick Martinez 2 Cal Quantrill 0 Davis Martin 1 Garrett Crochet 2 (Todd 1) Brant Hurter 1 Kenta Maeda 0 Ronel Blanco 4 Cole Ragans 4 (Todd 5) Michael Lorenzen 2 Walker Buehler 2 Edward Cabrera 0 Roddery Munoz 0 Tobias Myers 3 Bailey Ober 4 Sean Manaea 4 Nestor Cortes 3 Mitch Spence 1 Aaron Nola 5 Cristopher Sanchez 3 Randy Vasquez 2 Dylan Cease 5 Bryce Miller 5 Kyle Harrison 3 Kyle Gi

2:30 Dalton Rushing 7:20 Edgar Quero 11:55 Quinn Mathews 17:10 Jesus Made 21:05 Jarlin Susana 24:30 Eduardo Tait 28:05 Luke Adams 33:40 Cole Young 37:45 Blake Mitchell 42:20 Jefferson Rojas 47:00 Brady House 55:00 Ethan Salas 1:02:40 Kristian Campbell 1:08:50 Nick Kurtz 1:11:50 Christian Moore Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can you optimize the closer turnover around the trade deadline by de-emphasizing saves at the draft table and in early FAAB bidding? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson explore the potential and the details of such a strategy, while identifying bullpen situations currently in flux. --- 00:00 - Fred Pod 8-20 00:40 - New Closer Opportunities Opening Up 02:15 - Have to hold FAAB back 03:20 - Not many early options 05:10 - More single league category, less overall 07:40 - Orioles bullpen 09:45 - Giants bullpen 11:25 - Cubs bullpen 13:50 - Rays bullpen 16:30 - Diamondbacks bullpen 19:00 - Dodgers bullpen 21:30 - Angels bullpen 23:00 - Ignore bad teams? 25:00 - Ignore true committees? 27:00 - Royals bullpen 28:30 - Tigers bullpen 32:00 - Max Muncy back, Dodgers lineup lengthened 36:00 - Brewers running away 37:10 - Grant Holmes 37:30 - Will there be a .600 team this year? 38:15 - Austin Riley out 41:30 - Disappointing Cardinals --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down all the adds and drops in FAAB this weekend, talk Astros, Brewers and The AL Central and discuss who is going to the be the top pick in 2025 drafts, and well as much, much more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) is joined by Sara Sanchez (@BCB_Sara) to discuss which players who took off in the third quarter of the season will be able to sustain it in the fourth. --- Catchers: Shea Langeliers, Cal Raleigh, Gabriel Moreno, Keibert Ruiz Corner Infielders: Alex Bregman, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Jake Burger, Eugenio Suarez, Nolan Schanuel, Josh Bell Middle Infielders: Bobby Witt Jr., Luis Garcia Jr., Ketel Marte, Oneil Cruz, Zach Neto, Gavin Lux, Jeff McNeil, Cedanne Rafaela Outfielders: Byron Buxton, Jake McCarthy, Brent Rooker, Brenton Doyle, Jorge Soler, Jackson Chourio, Teoscar Hernandez, Joc Pederson, MJ Melendez, Andrew Benintendi, Mickey Moniak, Corbin Carroll --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top FAAB recommendations of the week, featuring a handful of interesting rookies. --- 00:00 Headlines 17:27 Jhonkensy Noel 20:27 Junior Caminero 24:12 Pete Crow-Armstrong 27:09 Jace Jung 29:44 Jacob Wilson 32:23 Bobby Miller 36:16 Seranthony Dominguez 40:18 Zebby Matthews 43:56 Cody Bradford 45:40 Nick Martinez 48:01 Pick6 53:39 Budget Pitchers 1:02:08 Budget Hitters --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more! Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Jace Jung called up by Tigers Pickups Ryan Walker - $8 9:25 Seranthony Dominguez - $7 Matthew Boyd - $3 Will Wagner - $3 Valente Bellozo - $2 Bowden Francis - $2 Andres Chaparro - $2 13:30 Jordan Walker - $1 Oswaldo Cabrera - $0 Jace Jung - $0 Others to consider if available in your league: Zebby Matthews, Kerry Carpenter, Tyler Mahle, Junior Caminero, Lucas Erceg Two-Start Pitchers (Week of Aug. 19, 2024) Brandon Pfaadt 3 Reynaldo Lopez 3 Dean Kremer 2 Zach Eflin 4 Tanner Houck 3 Hunter Greene 5 Carson Spiers 0 Matthew Boyd 2 Austin Gomber 1 Jonathan Cannon 2 (Todd 3) Bryan Sammons 1 (Todd 2) Yusei Kikuchi 3 Seth Lugo 3 Carson Fulmer 0 (Todd 1) Tyler Anderson 2 (Todd 3) Gavin Stone 3 Edward Cabrera 1 (Todd 2) Frankie Montas 2 Zebby Matthews 2 David Pet

The Guardians have the best record in baseball and Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD) is winning his NFBC Main Event League and entered today 18th place overall. He joins Jeff Erickson to discuss both. --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dustin's history with scouting prep players and playing fantasy baseball Playing it safe in CLQ drafts Top late-round SP hits A new roster construction strategy pays off in 2024 The Summer of Ceddanne Chris Sale Marcell Ozuna Bryce Miller Wilyer Abreu Brenton Doyle Luis Gil Jared Jones Jake Meyers Gleyber Torres Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6 players that can push you over the top for the stretch run, including how the revamped Jays look following their trade deadline deals. --- 00:00 - Fred Pod 8-13 01:30 - Players to mention  02:00 - Junior Caminero,  05:30 - Christopher Morel 06:45 - Jordan Walker,  09:40 - Zebby Matthews,  12:00 - Seth Lugo 14:45 - Kerry Carpenter, George Kirby 19:40 - Lane Thomas 22:30 - MLB has played exactly one month of games since the start of second-half play. Here are some stats that are relevant for fantasy discussion. 23:50 - Luis Robert leads the Majors by a wide margin with 40 SO. Given his second half slash line (.123/.155/.210) and lackluster offense, is it reasonable to bench him? Maybe he has mailed it in? 27:20 - Aaron Judge ranks first in walks by a wide margin (27). He also ranks second in OPS. I still go back to all the projection systems, who told us to draft him in the top-5. Do we need to learn a lesson about overrating injury history, especially with hitters? 35:15 - Jake Burger has already hit more ho