Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@drewsilv) discuss the latest headlines from around the baseball world -- Aaron Nola re-signs with the Phillies, Lance Lynn returning to the Cardinals, etc. -- before digging into 10 breakout hitters from the 2023 season. Can they build on those breakouts in 2024? Bryson Stott, Nolan Jones James Outman, Zack Gelof and more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breakout Hitters of 2023

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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Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, performance trends, 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. 
 Home Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%.  
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 0:00 Intro/We lost perhaps the greatest living player this week 
 Pickups
4:50 Ryne Stanek - $8
DJ Herz - $5
Justin Turner - $4
Addison Barger - $3
DL Hall - $2
11:50 Landon Knack - $2
Jonathan Cannon - $2
Chad Green - $1
Others to consider if available in your league: Tobias Myers, Tyler Soderstrom, David Hamilton, Ben Rice

 20:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 24, 2024)
Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)
Spencer Schwellenbach 3
Reynaldo Lopez 4
Cade Povich 2
Tanner Houck 5
Brayan Bello 3
Justin Steele 4
Nick Lodolo 5
29:56 Hunter Greene 4
Tanner Bibee 3 (Todd 4)
Logan Allen 2
Garrett Crochet 5
Chris Flexen 1
Tarik Skubal 5
Casey Mize 1
Cole Ragans 5
Seth Lugo 4
Griffin Canning 2
Tyler Anderson 3
James Paxton 3
Bobby Miller 3
Roddery Munoz 0
44:00 Freddy Peralta 5
Joe Ryan 5
Gerrit Cole 5
Luis Medina 0
Aaron Nola 5
Ranger Suarez 5
Bailey Falter 0
Matt Waldron 4
50:00 Bryan Woo 4
Blake Snell 2
Spencer Howard 0
Lance Lynn 1
Kyle Gibson 2 (Todd 1)
Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 4)
Jon Gray 3 (Todd 2)
Chris Bassitt 3
Kevin Gausman 4
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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 24, 2024)

Sky Domboske of Fantistics joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his league-leading Tout Wars head-to-head team, the latest injury news with the Orioles and Yankees and a lot more! --- 00:00 - Sky Dombroske podcast 00:30 - News & Notes: 01:00 - Gerrit Cole returns; Aaron Judge (hand) sits 06:30 - Kyle Bradish out for the season; Jordan Westburg (hip) sits 08:00 - Walker Buehler to IL 13:00 - CJ Abrams sits with wrist injury 14:30 - Nolan Arenado, Kyle Gibson latest STL woes 16:00 - Willie Mays passes; Rickwood Field game 19:00 - Head-to-Head Leagues 19:15 - Increase in market share 21:00 - Types 23:30 - Tout Wars format 26:00 - Sky’s Team 31:00 - Getting to know Sky & his work 31:05 - How did you get into “the industry”? 35:00 - Where/when can we find your work? --- Home Run Forecast Home Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%.  Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up --- 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

Five Tips to Dominate Your Head-to-Head Leagues


Draft Champions MVP
Most Valuable Fade
Player We Added Off Waivers We Already Know We'll Be In On Next Year
Best Early-Season Cut
Player We Already Dropped But Might Be Back In On In 2025
Best Specific (league, price, context) F.A. Add Of The Year:
Non-Injured Player We Were Really In On In Drafts We Most Regret
Player We Liked But Didn’t Get Enough Shares Of
Player We Were A Year Early On
Player Who Is Having A Great Year That We Probably Won’t Draft Next Year
Which Players We Might Still Make Triple-Digit FAAB Bids On
Approaching Catcher In 2025

 Home Run Forecast Home Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%.  Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up 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

12 Questions for Rob DiPietro

Seth Lugo just beat the Dodgers on Saturday, cementing his status as the most profitable mid-round starting pitcher this season so far. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson analyze Lugo's season so far and other mid-round profit sources. --- 00:00 - Welcome 00:45 - Significant Notes 00:50 - Yimi Garcia got good MRI news but wound up on the IL anyways 04:45 - Bo Bichette to the IL 12:30 - Yariel Rodriguez to join Blue Jays rotation this weekend 13:45 - Justin Verlander to the IL 20:15 - Johan Rojas sent down, so David Dahl is a lineup regular…..Trea Turner is back….. 22:40 - Gerrit Cole officially returning tomorrow….. Anthony Rizzo out 4-6 weeks 27:20 - Corbin Carroll may return today 31:00 - Continuation from last week…. 31:30 - R19: No hitters / Paul Skenes & Jordan Hicks 36:40 - R18: Luis Rengifo & Giancarlo Stanton; Seth Lugo & Jack Flaherty 46:00 - R17: Ryan Mountcastle, Ryan McMahon, Ryan Jeffers; no pitcher 48:30 - R16: Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Nick Lodolo 52:00 - R15: Jeremy Peña, Starling Marte, Taylor Ward; Gavin Stone 57:00 - R14: Isaac Paredes; Kyle Finnegan 59:30 - R13: Nolan Gorman, Daulton Varsho, Vinnie Pasquantino; Bryan Woo 1:03:30 - R12: Marcell Ozuna, Maikel Garcia; Mason Miller 1:08:45 - R11: Christopher Morel, Anthony Santander, Riley Greene; Mitch Keller 1:11:00 - R10: Sal Perez; Jose Berrios, Bryce Miller 
 --- Home Run Forecast Home Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%.  Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up. ---- 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

10 Mid-Round Steals

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the major injuries to Mookie Betts and Yoshi Yamamoto, preview the upcoming weekend and break down all the adds and drops this week in FAAB, plus 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. 
 Home Run Forecast Home Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%.  Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breakout Hitters of 2023

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