Clay Link and Todd Zola are back discussing all the news out of spring training as well as their starting pitcher ranks for the 2025 season.

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0:00 Intro/Spring has sprung

Latest news from around MLB:

19:42 Starting pitcher ranks

• Just missed: Roki Sasaki, Tanner Bibee, Hunter Brown, Zac Gallen, Tyler Glasnow

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Erik Halterman is joined by Chris Torres to make the case for some high-ceiling, low-floor players going in the early rounds of drafts.

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00:00 Headlines

11:30 When to Take Risks

15:20 Fernando Tatis Jr.

20:10 Jazz Chisholm Jr.

28:00 Ronald Acuna Jr.

32:00 Oneil Cruz and James Wood

41:00 Cody Bellinger

44:40 Garrett Crochet

47:15 Chris Sale

50:45 Jacob deGrom

55:50 Gerrit Cole

58:35 Felix Bautista

1:02:20 Michael King

1:04:20 Roki Sasaki

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Jeff Zimmerman joins James Anderson to discuss some recent fantasy baseball research featured in Jeff's book, The Process, plus they look at which pitchers could win rotation spots this spring and much more!

00:00 Intro

01:50 Pitcher Injury Grades

21:40 Are Rookies A Good Buy?

26:00 Rookies Trending Up

32:45 Wait On Pitching

38:45 The $750 OC

42:05 Pitchers Competing For Rotation Spots

01:05:30 Unsettled Bullpens

01:12:20 Dalton Rushing

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson preview some of the key job battles in the NL during spring training.

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00:00 NL Spring Training Job Battles

00:45 Vlad Guerrero News

08:50 Rafael Devers News

11:55 NL Job Battles

12:00 Fantrax

13:20 NYM SP: David Peterson vs. Paul Blackburn

17:50 NYM OF: Is Starling Marte stuck on the bench?

19:50 ATL SP4/5: Grant Holmes, Ian Anderson, AJ Smith-Shawver, Bryce Elder, Spencer Strider

26:30 MIA 1B: Jonah Bride vs. Deyvison De Los Santos

28:40 WSH SP4/5: Trevor Williams vs. DJ Herz vs. Michael Soroka

33:00 BlueWire

33:05 MIL 2B/3B/SS: Joey Ortiz and Brice Turang are in. Caleb Durbin vs. Oliver Dunn vs. Tyler Black

36:30 STL CF: Victor Scott II vs. Michael Siani

39:45 STL SP5: Steven Matz vs. Quinn Mathews

41:45 CHC SP5: Javier Assad vs. Colin Rea vs. Ben Brown

48:00 CIN SP5: Andrew Abbott vs. Rhett Lowder

50:30 PIT SP 4/5: Johan Oviedo vs. Bailey Falter vs. Bubba Chandler

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55:20 LAD SP5/6: Tony Gonsolin vs. Dustin May vs. Landon Knack vs. Bobby Miller

59:05 ARI SS: Geraldo Perdomo vs. Jordan Lawlar

1:01:15 ARI SP: Can Jordan Montgomery get a spot?

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad catch up on the weekend in baseball news and then dive into a number of intriguing hitter names post pick 200, including Zack Gelof, Jo Adell, George Springer and many more. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer provide some sleepers/compilers in the Runs and RBI categories.

00:00 Headlines

16:22 Masyn Winn

20:31 Luis Arraez

22:10 Parker Meadows

23:30 Taylor Ward

25:05 Victor Robles

27:21 Jurickson Profar

29:25 Jung Hoo Lee

31:24 Gleyber Torres

32:44 Jonathan India

34:45 Yandy Diaz

37:51 Eugenio Suarez

39:32 Alec Bohm

41:06 Nick Castellanos

43:05 Andrew Vaughn

44:27 Michael Toglia

45:47 Rhys Hoskins

47:19 Nolan Arenado

48:43 Isaac Paredes

50:33 Nathaniel Lowe

52:18 Ryan McMahon

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Clay Link and Todd Zola discuss the latest news out of spring training before diving into their closer rankings for the 2025 season!

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0:00 Intro/Alex Bregman is a Red Sock

Latest news from around MLB:

19:13 Closer Rankings

First Pitch Arizona Speakers League Draft:

• Latest picks

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Erik Halterman and guest Sara Sanchez discuss the storylines they'll be paying close attention to this spring, including job battles, young players ready to break out, and more.

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00:00 Intro

02:00 Alex Bregman to Boston

05:45 Nick Pivetta to San Diego

07:55 Closer updates

15:45 Chicago Cubs

26:00 Tampa Bay Rays

36:00 St. Louis Cardinals

45:10 Boston Red Sox

52:00 Atlanta Braves

57:00 Washington Nationals

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James Anderson and Nate Handy discuss a dynasty startup auction they each participated in! Nate went big with Aaron Judge and four aces, while James spread the wealth and built around a handful of top-50 hitters.

00:00 Intro

01:15 Prepping for the startup

08:45 Nate’s auction

27:15 James’ auction

36:10 Buying prospects

39:10 Nate vs. Geoff

40:50 Dynasty targets and sleepers

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Jackson Holliday or Coby Mayo? Kristian Campbell or Vaughn Grissom? Who wins the Yankees fifth starter job? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 critical AL Job Battles they'll be watching this spring.

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00:00 10 Interesting Spring Training Battles

00:30 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

00:50 Kenley Jansen signs

09:00 Impact to Red Sox

11:30 BOS 2B: David Hamilton vs. Vaughn Grissom vs. Kristian Campbell

16:45 BAL 2B/3B: Jackson Holliday vs. Coby Mayo

23:30 NYY SP5: Clarke Schmidt vs. Marcus Stroman

31:00 TB SP4/5: Zack Littell, Shane Baz, Drew Rasmussen

34:45 TB DH: Jonathan Aranda vs. Eloy Jimenez

40:10 Fantrax

41:10 HOU SP4/5: Hayden Wesneski vs. Luis Garcia vs. Spencer Arrighetti

47:30 TEX SP 5: Cody Bradford vs. Kumar Rocker

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52:45 DET SP4/5: Alex Cobb vs. Casey Mize vs. Jackson Jobe

54:25 DET 1B/DH/OF Spencer Torkelson vs. Colt Keith vs. Wendell Perez

59:55 BlueWire

1:00:00 KC SP4/5: Michael Lorenzen vs. Kris Bubic vs. Alec Marsh

1:03:00 MIN SP4/5: Simeon Woods Richardson vs. Chris Paddack vs. David Festa vs. Zebby Matthews

1:05:45 Stuff+

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