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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!

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over the latest headlines and share their top pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 17:36 Tyler Soderstrom 22:29 Spencer Horwitz 25:50 David Hamilton 28:19 Zach Neto 31:04 Noelvi Marte 33:01 Drew Thorpe 37:09 Shane Baz 40:26 Hurston Waldrep 44:18 Dean Kremer 45:45 Cade Povich 49:45 Budget Pitchers 1:00:33 Budget Hitters --- Build a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards. Play now! 
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FAAB Targets (Week of June 17, 2024)

Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more. 
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 0:00 Intro/Austin Riley is batting .220 with three home runs 
 Pickups
Shane Baz - $11
Simeon Woods Richardson - $9
Hurston Waldrep - $7
Miles Mikolas - $5
Tyler Kinley - $5
Drew Thorpe - $3
Spencer Horwitz - $3
14:00 Tyler Locklear - $2
Tyler Soderstrom - $0
Others to consider if available in your league: Heliot Ramos, Jake Irvin, Clayton Kershaw

 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 17, 2024)
17:00 Rickwood Field Game
Slade Cecconi 0
Nick Pivetta 3
Javier Assad 4
Carson Spiers 2
Triston McKenzie 3 (Todd 2)
Cal Quantrill 0
Reese Olson 1 (Todd 2)
30:45 Ronel Blanco 4
Alec Marsh 3
Braxton Garrett 3 (Todd 2)
Jakob Junis 1
Tobias Myers 2
40:00 Pablo Lopez 4
David Peterson 2
Nestor Cortes 4
Hogan Harris 2
Cristopher Sanchez 3 (Todd 2)
Bailey Falter 2
Randy Vazquez 1
48:30 Bryan Woo 3 (Todd 4)
Jordan Hicks 3
Sonny Gray 5
Aaron Civale 3
Jon Gray 4
Yusei Kikuchi 4 (Todd 3)
Jake Irvin 2
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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 17, 2024)

Kev Mahserejian talks ball with Jeff Erickson, as they cover the Dodgers, Braves, slumping veterans, the tricky free agent market this year and striking the balance between baseball and football coverage. --- 00:00 - RotoSurgeon Pod 01:00 - 1. Dodgers Talk 02:00 - Perception of struggle vs. reality of being +104 04:00 - Buehler progress 08:30 - Moves at deadline? / Improving bottom of the lineup (Hayward, Pages, trading for Biggio) 15:00 - 2. Braves end losing streak - blip or concern? 20:35 - 3. Fewer Impact FA’s so far - does that match your perception? 27:30 - 4. Slumping veterans: 27:45 - Goldy 30:45 - Arozarena 35:30 - J-Rod 40:30 - Machado 43:00 - 5. Balancing baseball vs. football --- Sorare Promotional Copy 
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Finding the Balance


Mason Miller
JP Sears
Luis Medina
Joey Estes
Zack Gelof
JJ Bleday
Brent Rooker
Esteury Ruiz
Tyler Soderstrom
Lawrence Butler
Jacob Wilson
Max Muncy
Darell Hernaiz
Brady Basso
Colby Thomas
Henry Bolte
LaMonte Wade
Jung Hoo Lee
Patrick Bailey
Heliot Ramos
Kyle Harrison
Luis Matos
Hayden Birdsong
Bryce Eldridge
Reggie Crawford

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Bay Area Futures w/ Melissa Lockard

Fred Zinkie look at the top draft bargains from the bottom 10 rounds in 15-team leagues and look to see if the players are sustainable and if there are some trends that we can learn from. --- 00:00 - FredPod 6-11 00:30 - JT Realmuto out 09:20 - Francisco Alvarez back 13:30 - Edwin Diaz returning Thursday 18:00 - Here are the best picks, by round. Using the Rotowire AAV calculator. I thought that we could work from the bottom to the top, looking at these names from a few angles…..what did we miss?......is this sustainable?.....are there common themes in the names in general? (the specific dollar values are from Sunday, when I had time to create the chart. I’m sure they’ve only moved a dollar since then) 18:45 - Ryan O’Hearn / Cole Irvin (Rd. 30) 21:00 - Luis Garcia (hitter version) / Ronel Blanco (29) 24:30 - Michael Conforto / Brady Singer (28) 27:00 - Brandon Marsh / Jeff Hoffman (27) 30:30 - Johan Rojas / No P (26) 32:45 - Jose Caballero / Hector Neris (25) 36:30 - Masyn Winn / Erick Fedde (24) 41:30 - Brice Turang & Brenton Doyle / No P (23) 46:00 - Alex Verdugo / Luis Gil, Garrett Crochet (22) 50:00 - Jordan Westburg, Brent Rooker / Tanner Houck, Jared Jones (21) 1:00:00 - Jake Cronenworth, Ranger Suarez (20) 
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