RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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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601
FAAB Recap and a Week 9 Preview
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss an action packed weekend and break down all the FAAB action from Sunday night.
77 min
602
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 30, 2022)
Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) of RotoWire grade all of next week's two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale.
47 min
603
Redraft vs. Dynasty Strategy with Ian Kahn
Ian Kahn from The Athletic drops by to discuss trading, current progress in his expert leagues, and how he's become equally adept in redraft leagues as he's previously been in dynasty leagues.
44 min
604
Prospect Rankings Update (Mailbag)
James Anderson answers 50 listener questions about his updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings
67 min
605
Luck in Fantasy Baseball
Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the role that luck plays in fantasy baseball, focusing on the starts by Alex Cobb and Miles Mikolas on Monday night.
68 min
606
Weekend Recap / Big Gorman Bidding
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk all the FAAB bids, including all the large action on Nolan Gorman, and wrap up the weekend in baseball talking Red Sox, injuries, Mookie and Machado.
63 min
607
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 23, 2022)
Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) of RotoWire grade all of next week's two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale.
57 min
608
Crushing Overall Contests
Kevin Hasting has won the overall TGFBI contest and is doing great this year in the NFBC's Draft Champions contest. We'll get his tips on how do well in overall contests and discuss the On The Wire podcast he does with Adam Howe on Pitcher List's Network.
42 min
609
Highlander Fan Favorites w/ Jesse Roche
James Anderson and Jesse Roche discuss the 20 Fan Favorite keeper selections in the Highlander Dynasty Invitational with special guests: Ken Balderston, D.J. Short, Drew Wheeler, Eddy Almaguer, Alex Sanchez and Eric Cross.
91 min
610
Salvador, Saves, Steals and Waiver Wire Snubs
Salvador Perez's thumb injury and subsequent trip to the IL launched Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson into a discussion of catcher values, and whether it's wise to invest an early draft pick on a top catcher. We also discuss the Red Sox, Twins and Marlins bullpens, stolen bases and Fred missing out on George Kirby.
69 min
611
Kirby FAAB Madness / Weekend Recap
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and talk George Kirby and Alek Thomas FAAB bidding, Bo Bichette, injuries to some young pitchers and much more.
75 min
612
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 16, 2022)
Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) of RotoWire grade all of next week's two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale.
62 min
613
Pod's Projections Podcast
Mike Podhorzer from Fangraphs and ProjectingX.com is off to a great start in both AL Tout Wars and Mixed LABR. He joins Jeff Erickson to talk about his projections process and how it informs his draft strategy, and about his respective teams.
51 min
614
Pitching Prospects w/ Nate Handy
James Anderson is joined by Nate Handy of Pitcher List to discuss the most impressive pitching prospects of 2022.
69 min
615
Fred Zinkie's Pessimism
Fred Zinkie thinks that he's not cut out to play in leagues with daily roster moves and first-come, first-serve waivers. He and Jeff discuss that format, and why you might not want to spend a lot of your FAAB budget on George Kirby this upcoming Sunday if he's available in your league.
65 min
616
FAAB'ing Rookies / Weekend Recap
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down a fascinating week of FAAB with all the rookie call-ups from the week, hit all the baseball news from the weekend and discuss a couple of highly drafted middle infielders who have yet to homer.
68 min
617
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 9, 2022)
Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) of RotoWire grade all of next week's two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale.
50 min
618
Breakout Prospects w/ Dylan White
James Anderson is joined by Dylan White of Prospects Live to discuss some prospect breakouts that they are buying and a couple that give them pause.
60 min
619
Fred Zinkie's approach to offensive woes
Should we be compiling as many IP as possible while scoring is down? Fred Zinkie makes the case for that strategy among other topics in this week's podcast with Jeff Erickson.
65 min
620
Droppable Hitters / Week 4 FAAB Recap
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk about the action over the weekend in baseball, recap the big FAAB bids and discuss a number of struggling offensive players to decide if they should be drops in your league.
74 min
621
Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 2, 2022)
Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) grade all of next week's two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale.
56 min
622
Closer Encounters
Ryan Rufe, who runs RotoWire's Closer Grid and writes "Closer Encounters," joins Jeff Erickson. We cover Ronald Acuña's early return, Vlad Guerrero's absence, tons of closer news and Ryan's foray into the NFBC Main Event.
55 min
623
Prospect Mailbag (April 2022)
James Anderson answers over 65 questions about prospects and dynasty leagues.
83 min
624
Leggo My Gallegos!
Jeff Erickson turned down an offer from Fred Zinkie in the LABR 15-team Mixed League involving Giovanny Gallegos and immediately paid the price on Monday night. We discuss that and the changing fantasy baseball environment and what to do about it in this podcast.
58 min
625
FAAB Recap / Where is All the Offense??
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball, including news, injuries and FAAB, talk about the lack of offense and break down some fast starters and strugglers.
65 min