Flags Fly Forever Fantasy Baseball

No Zach Steinhorn this week, so Mike Gianella is joined by Rotowire co-founder Jeff Erickson(@Jeff_Erickson). They talk about managing multiple leagues at once, a new type of mid-season league introduced this year, and five players who emerged through the first two months of the season.

Flags Fly Forever is a Baseball Prospectus podcast.

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Zach Steinhorn @ZachSteinhorn

The producer of Flags Fly Forever is Samuel Hale @thesamuelhale

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Zach Steinhorn is joined by Baseball Prospectus fantasy writer Jon Hegglund and discuss Josh Bell (2:11), Alex Gordon (8:31), Paul DeJong (12:45), Dan Vogelbach (15:29), Matt Boyd (20:55), and Caleb Smith (24:53), along with recent call-ups to the majors including Corbin Martin (27:50), Oscar Mercado (32:39), Keston Hiura (36:57), Austin Riley (40:00), and Nicky Lopez (43:26).

Mike Gianella and Zach Steinhorn discuss Shohei Ohtani's return (4:10), playing time in Cincinnati (10:09), playing time in Tampa Bay (24:00), and surprisingly productive catchers (33:00).

Mike Gianella and Zach Steinhorn discuss Corey Kluber's injury and the slippage of the starting pitcher market (4:22), Carter Kieboom's call-up and other rookies on the stash list (18:02), Griffin Canning (34:48), the Angels and Rays bullpens (40:08), and Gio Gonzalez signing with the Milwaukee Brewers and deep league pitching strategies (52:37).

Zach Steinhorn is joined by Baseball Prospectus fantasy writer Jon Hegglund discuss who to buy, sell, or hold this week, including Jose Ramirez (2:06), Yasiel Puig (5:02), Jesus Aguilar (8:32), Aaron Nola (12:58), Noah Syndergaard (17:44), and Chris Sale (20:32), and buys in Tout Wars and LABR FAAB (27:50).

Mike Gianella and Zach Steinhorn discuss who to buy, sell, or hold in the early goings of the season, including Trey Mancini (2:57), Jay Bruce (7:13), Domingo Santana (12:42), Joe Musgrove (18:28), and Matt Shoemaker (22:51), and FAAB analysis (28:01).

Mike Gianella and Zach Steinhorn discuss LABR mixed FAAB prior to the regular season going into full swing, including Chris Paddack (7:23), Brandon Lowe, (13:31), Jung Ho Kang (18:54), Sergio Romo (24:09), and an assortment of starting pitchers (31:20).

Mike Gianella and Zach Steinhorn discuss the results of Zach's Tout Wars Mixed Auction (3:21) and Mike's Tout Wars AL Auction (25:01).

Mike Gianella is joined by Baseball Prospectus' Bret Sayre this week to discuss the results of the AL LABR Auction (2:32) and the NL LABR Auction (19:28).

Mike Gianella is joined by Baseball Prospectus fantasy writer Rob Silver this week to discuss the Clayton Kershaw injury (4:29), overall starting pitcher strategies (22:07), various other strategies (37:59), and Luis Castillo (55:58).