Larry Schechter joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his new book, "The History of Fantasy Sports." (https://tinyurl.com/b63urwjx)
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00:00 - The History of Fantasy Sports
03:00 - 18 Months of Research
04:20 - First Tabletop Games in 1800’s
05:20 - Difference between fantasy & Strat-O-Matic / APBA
08:00 - Paring Down to Make the Book
09:30 - FSTA / FSGA
13:00 - Founders of Rotisserie
19:00 - Early Reviews
22:30 - Early different formats
25:00 - Variations of the game
30:00 - Larry’s personal background - CDM
31:45 - Transitioning to LABR/Tout
34:30 - Mixed Leagues
35:40 - Football dwarfs baseball
37:30 - Role of the leagues / players’ associations
39:00 - AL ToutWars this year
42:30 - NFBC Main Events
43:20 - Corbin Carroll 
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The History of Fantasy Sports

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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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) discuss the latest news and share their top pickups of the week.
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00:00 Headlines
19:09 Reed Garrett
22:23 Yimi Garcia
24:17 Tylor Megill
26:21 Ben Brown
30:22 Ryan Weathers
32:53 Adam Duvall
35:54 Matt Vierling
38:40 Mark Vientos
41:20 Keibert Ruiz
43:23 DJ LeMahieu
46:33 Budget Pitchers
59:06 Budget Hitters
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FAAB Targets (Week of June 3, 2024)

Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!

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0:00 Intro/The No. 1 overall pick goes down

Pickups

6:10 Adam Duvall $7

8:30 David Peterson $5

Albert Suarez $4

14:50 Spencer Schwellenbach $3

Spencer Arrighetti $2

Edmundo Sosa $2

17:30 Jeremiah Estrada $2

Others to consider if available in your league: David Fry, Ben Brown, Masyn Winn, Nick Gonzales


25:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 3, 2024)

LONDON SERIES

Ryne Nelson 0

Slade Cecconi 0

Max Fried 5

Grayson Rodriguez 5

Corbin Burnes 5

Kutter Crawford 3

30:30 Andrew Abbott 3 (Todd 2)

Frankie Montas 1

Triston McKenzie 3

Ryan Feltner 0

Ty Blach 0

Jake Woodford 0

Tarik Skubal 5

Justin Verlander 4

Seth Lugo 4

Tyler Anderson 2

Bailey Ober 3

Luis Gil 4

Joey Estes 0 (Todd 2)

Jared Jones 4 (Todd 3)

Matt Waldron 2 (Todd 3)

Yu Darvish 4

George Kirby 4 (Todd 5)

Keaton Winn 0

Kyle Gibson 2 (Todd 1)

Kevin Gausman 5

Bowden Francis 0

MacKenzie Gore 4

Trevor Williams 3 (Todd 2)


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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 3, 2024)

Joe Orrico from the "90 Feet From Home" podcast and FantasyPros.com joins Jeff Erickson to discuss 12 overachieving hitters two months into the season. Are we buying Marcell Ozuna as a top-15 hitter? What sort of long-term value do you have for Jeremy Peña?
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00:00 - 12 Surprising Hitters for today:
01:45 - Marcell Ozuna
07:00 - Jurickson Profar
12:00 - Maikel Garcia
14:00 - Alec Bohm
16:45 - Jordan Westburg
23:15 - Luis Rengifo
25:00 - Taylor Ward
27:15 - Brice Turang
29:45 - Brent Rooker
32:00 - Jeremy Peña
35:45 - David Fry
39:45 - Matt Vierling
43:00 - Q&A
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Twelve Surprising Hitters

Where are the tiers?

Brady House vs. Dylan Crews

Parker Meadows

Graduated prospects

Kyle Teel

Dalton Rushing

Miguel Bleis

Termarr Johnson

Chase DeLauter

Ronny Mauricio

Yilber Diaz

Filippo Di Turi

Adael Amador

Jordan Beck

Yanquiel Fernandez

Pedro Leon

Jace Avina

Felnin Celesten

Ralphy Velazquez

Xavier Isaac

Angel Genao

C.J. Kayfus

Juan Brito

Brennen Davis

Christian Scott

Blade Tidwell

Brandon Sproat

Nolan McLean

Jonah Tong


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Massive Prospect Mailbag!

Fred Zinkie has a well-earned reputation as a master trader in fantasy baseball leagues. He shares some of his favorite tips on how to "sell high," and who might be some of the players that you should be peddling, including Elly De La Cruz.
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00:00 - Fred Zinkie Pod 5-28
01:00 - Jays/Mets angst
11:00 - Fred’s Trading Tips
11:30 - Sending offers out!
13:00 - Offer options
19:00 - Selling High Easier / Elly De La Cruz
21:00 - Dodgers Slumping
24:00 - Some May facts
24:45 - 1. The Royals have been the second-best offense by OPS. Is this sustainable? Should we avoid using SPs against them?
31:30 - 2. The A’s, Angels and Giants have all been top-8 in OPS. The Dodgers are behind all of them. And even though Blue Jays fans want to trade all the hitters, they are above average in May OPS.
39:00 - 3. Short baseball games in Chicago right now, as the Cubs and White Sox are the bottom-2 teams in May OPS.
46:00 - 4. Only one team has been bottom-5 in OPS and ERA in May. I bet you wouldn’t guess that it’s Arizona.
53:00 - 5. The Mariners have a bottom-5 ERA. How is that possible with their starters?
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The History of Fantasy Sports

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