RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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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!... more

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February 14, 20252025 Fantasy Baseball Closer Rankings
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:
Brayan Bello managing a sore shoulder.
6:35 Ronald Acuna said Friday that he’s planning to “take it easy” on the basepaths.
No limitations for Shane McClanahan this spring.
Mets going with six-man rotation, Tylor Megill stretching out this spring.
Spencer Steer is battling lingering shoulder soreness, could be limited to DH early in the Cactus League schedule.
19:13 Closer Rankings
Top 10
Clay:
Emmanuel Clase
Josh Hader
Devin Williams
24:34 Raisel Iglesias
Mason Miller
Ryan Helsley
Edwin Diaz
36:01 Felix Bautista
Alexis Diaz
Robert Suarez
48:52 Just missed the cut: Andres Munoz, Tanner Scott, Jhoan Duran
Ryan Walker named the 2025 closer already by manager Bob Melvin.
Ben Joyce plummets in light of Kenley Jansen signing with LAA.
Who closes in TEX, BOS?
First Pitch Arizona Speakers League Draft:
Latest picks

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1h 8min
February 14, 2025Spring Training Storylines with Sara Sanchez
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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1h 6min
February 13, 2025 Dynasty Startup Auction w/ Nate Handy
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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1h 16min
February 12, 2025Ten Critical AL Spring Training Battles
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
51:50 EDGE Boost
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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1h 13min
February 10, 2025Five Expert Baseball Draft Prep Tips
Ariel Cohen joins Jeff Erickson to share how he prepares for draft season, how he creates the ATC Projections and what you need to know about them, and we also break down the Mets.
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00:00 Draft Prep Tactics, ATC, Mets
00:30 Welcome to Ariel Cohen
01:15 How Do You Get Started?
04:20 The ATC Projections Process
06:45 Big Changes Altering our Data
12:45 Undervalued Players This Year
16:00 Drafting Bottom Up
17:45 Fantrax
18:45 Converting Projections into Rankings
20:10 Z-Score Method
24:00 Devising the “Gaming” Strategy
27:00 Chasing Scarcer Categories
27:15 Are Stolen Bases Truly Scarce?
28:15 Saves Are Indeed Scarcer
29:30 Tanner Scott
32:40 EDGE Boost
33:25 BlueWire
33:35 Mets Talk
34:45 Clay Holmes
36:40 Frankie Montas
37:45 Edwin Diaz
38:50 Juan Soto
40:15 Pete Alonso
42:30 Young Hitters - Vientos/Alvarez/Acuña
46:00 Old Hitters - Nimmo/Marte/McNeil/Winker
48:30 Potential Prospect Contributions

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53min
February 08, 2025The Players We Can't Stop Drafting
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss 20 players who keep winding up on their teams.
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00:00 Headlines
11:00 Jordan Westburg
14:50 Luis Garcia Jr.
20:20 Josh Lowe
23:05 Riley Greene
25:40 Brandon Nimmo
28:45 Garrett Mitchell
30:50 Jurickson Profar
34:00 Carlos Correa
37:40 Brandon Lowe
40:10 Jo Adell
47:45 Hunter Greene
51:20 Jack Flaherty
54:30 Cristopher Sanchez
57:30 Tanner Houck
59:40 Clarke Schmidt
1:01:35 Yusei Kikuchi
1:03:45 Nick Lodolo
1:06:15 Ranger Suarez
1:08:25 Merrill Kelly
1:10:15 Ryan Helsley
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1h 13min
February 07, 2025Roundtable Rankings Discussion!
Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking news, fantasy baseball rankings, recent drafts and more!

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0:00 Intro/Great to be back

Latest news from around MLB:
Pete Alonso ends up back with NYM
Mark Vientos sticking at third base
3:41 Christian Yelich likely limited at start of camp
Calvin Faucher may be favorite for saves in MIA
Tommy Pham to PIT on a one-year deal
RotoWire Roundtable Rankings:
Latest iteration went up Feb. 1
12:33 A Big Three seems to have emerged in drafts… who are you taking at No. 4?
Francisco Lindor - Todd (9), Clay (17)
Jarren Duran - Todd (21), Clay (33)
Brent Rooker - Todd (29), Clay (62)
34:48 Roki Sasaki - Todd (156), Clay (88)
Jared Jones - Todd (188), Clay (128)
Royce Lewis
First Pitch Arizona Speakers League Draft:
56:55 Little surprised with how much Alexis Diaz is falling (TZ - have him on 3 of 6 teams so far)
TZ Acuna and deGrom too rich for my non-risk taking blood

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1h 10min
February 07, 2025Bold Predictions with Jason Collette
Erik Halterman and guest Jason Collette go over Jason's bold predictions for the upcoming season.
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00:00 Intro
02:45 Headlines
10:00 AL East
19:20 AL Central
32:10 AL West
41:25 NL East
51:45 NL Central
1:00:00 NL West
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1h 16min
February 06, 2025 Early Auctioning w/ Marc Winokur
James Anderson and seasoned NFBC Auction player Marc Winokur go through some recent high-stakes auctions and which players are more in-demand by auction players than by snake draft players!
00:00 Intro
01:20 Early Auctioning
13:10 Closers in Auctions
20:30 Buying Skubal
28:00 Old, boring SP2s
32:50 What A Cheap Offense Looks Like
38:00 Zero-Dollar Players
40:55 Stacking
46:00 Top Hitters Overpriced
50:00 AAV vs. ADP
54:20 Outfielders
01:02:30 Catchers
01:05:10 First Base
01:06:00 Second Base
01:13:30 Shortstop
01:17:35 Pitcher

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1h 28min
February 05, 202510 Underrated Offseason Transactions
Everyone has a take on Juan Soto and Kyle Tucker, but Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson make sure that you don't ignore Austin Hays to the Reds, Max Kepler to the Phillies and more, as they break down the top 10 underrated transactions of the offseason.
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00:00 10 Underrated Transactions
00:30 Welcome Back Fred Zinkie
01:15 Blue Jays Offseason
05:20 Austin Hays to the Reds
09:45 Jonathan India to Royals
13:45 Jorge Soler to Angels
18:20 Colin Rea to Cubs (because all these veterans may block Ben Brown)
24:15 Max Kepler to Phillies
28:15 Josh Bell to Nationals
30:30 Hayden Wesneski to Astros
33:30 Andrew Kittredge to Orioles
35:45 Thairo Estrada to Rockies
39:30 Luis Ortiz to Guardians
44:15 FANTRAX
45:15 EDGE Boost
46:15 BlueWire
46:20 Fernando Tatis Jr.
55:00 Julio Rodriguez

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