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Previewing Week 4 and Recapping FAAB Apr 14, 2025

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend across baseball and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk the scoreless Rockies, Jung Hoo Lee, Chris Sale and more before getting into all the popular names in FAAB this week, including Chase Dollander, Davis Festa, Zac Veen and Chase Meidroth. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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FAAB Targets (Week of April 14, 2025) Apr 12, 2025

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines
17:45 David Festa
20:30 Zebby Matthews
23:45 Landen Roupp
26:40 Justin Verlander
29:00 Nick Kurtz
30:25 Sean Murphy
33:35 Zac Veen
36:40 Matt Wallner
39:10 Dylan Moore
42:30 Geraldo Perdomo
45:25 Jesus Sanchez
48:30 Deep-league pitchers
1:00:15 Deep-league hitters

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 14, 2025) Apr 11, 2025

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0:00 Intro/Zac Veen arrives, will command some lofty bids this weekend

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

Zac Veen $23
Hayden Wesneski $19
Alex Call $11
Chad Patrick $8
Zach McKinstry $7
Trent Grisham $6
Bryan De La Cruz $6
Easton Lucas $5
11:10 Chase Meidroth $4
Landon Knack $4
Sean Murphy $3
My other pickup: Justyn-Henry Malloy $1

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 14, 2025)

Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 3)
Jeffrey Springs 2 (Todd 3)
Grant Holmes 1 (Todd 2)
Dean Kremer 1
Tanner Houck 3 (Todd 4)
Jameson Taillon 0
Nick Lodolo 4
Logan Allen 1
Antonio Senzatela 0
Sean Burke 0
Tarik Skubal 5
Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 5)
Framber Valdez 5
Seth Lugo 3
Michael Wacha 1
Yusei Kikuchi 2 (Todd 3)
38:04 Max Meyer 2
Tyler Alexander 1 (Todd 0)
Joe Ryan 3 (Todd 5)
Clay Holmes 3 (Todd 2)
Tylor Megill 3
Max Fried 5
44:28 Clarke Schmidt 2
Taijuan Walker 1
Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)
Paul Skenes 5
Dylan Cease 4 (Todd 5)
Luis Castillo 4
Landen Roupp 1 (Todd 2)
Justin Verlander 2
Sonny Gray 4 (Todd 5)
Ryan Pepiot 1
Zack Littell 0
Easton Lucas 2
Brad Lord 0
Jake Irvin 0

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Early Surprise Teams with Lauren Auerbach Apr 10, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach of Fantrax to discuss a handful of teams which have started out unexpectedly hot or cold in an attempt to figure out if fantasy players misevaluated anyone during draft season.

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00:00 Intro
02:20 Kyren Paris does it again
08:45 Pitcher Injuries
14:45 Angels
21:20 Rangers
28:30 Padres
34:45 Giants
40:00 Blue Jays
48:00 Cubs
53:20 Braves
1:01:45 Orioles
1:06:45 Twins

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Early Overreactions w/ The Gildz Apr 09, 2025

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James Anderson welcomes on Andrew Geller (aka The Gildz) to talk about some early hits and misses and early-season roster management!

00:00 Intro

02:20 Evaluating potential drops

03:50 Potential drops

06:50 Pete Alonso

11:20 Kyren Paris

18:15 Zach Neto

24:00 Early Hits

35:35 Early Misses

44:15 Early FOMO

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Seven Super Trading Tips Apr 08, 2025

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Fred Zinkie shares his top trading tips and reviews the big Vlad Guerrero Jr. contract with Jeff Erickson.

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00:00 Fred-Vision 4/8

00:30 Welcome - Vlad’s contract

12:00 Fred’s Annual trade tips

12:50 A) Make the offer

14:45 B) Concise explanation

16:45 C) Provide Options

20:00 D) Focus on Opponent

22:00 E) Unbalance

25:30 F) Streamline

28:15 G) Multiple Offers

30:40 H) You Don’t Know Everything

33:30 I) Don’t Fear

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36:55 News & Notes

37:00 Victor Robles out 12 Weeks

39:20 Spencer Arrighetti

47:20 BlueWire

47:30 Spencer Strider 90 pitches; Reynaldo Lopez won’t throw for 12 weeks

57:00 FAAB moves

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Talking Week 2 and FAAB with Paul Sporer Apr 07, 2025

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Scott Jenstad is joined by special guest, Paul Sporer, and they discuss a busy weekend in baseball, run through all the injury news and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about injuries to Victor Robles, Blake Snell and Ivan Herrera and then get into the FAAB bidding on Zac Veen, Kyren Paris, Dennis Santana and many more, all getting you ready for Week 3 in the MLB season.

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FAAB Targets (Week of April 6, 2025) Apr 05, 2025

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

15:39 Jordan Hicks

19:01 Max Meyer

21:37 Tommy Kahnle

23:49 Jose Soriano

27:08 Dennis Santana

30:01 Jordan Walker

34:05 Hunter Goodman

37:06 Ivan Herrera

39:38 Heston Kjerstad

41:53 Jacob Wilson

45:49 Deep League Pitchers

55:54 Deep League Hitters

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 7, 2025) Apr 04, 2025

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0:00 Intro/Day baseball!

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

5:21 Dennis Santana $18
Jordan Hicks $16
Jack Kochanowicz $11
Anthony Bender $8
Wilmer Flores $8
Tommy Kahnle $7
Kyle Stowers $7
Mason Montgomery $6
Andre Pallante $4
Emilio Pagan $4

17:44 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 7, 2025)

Zac Gallen 5
Luis Severino 1
Chris Sale 5
Zach Eflin 3
Garrett Crochet 5
Tanner Houck 2 (Todd 3)
Justin Steele 2 (Todd 3)
Hunter Greene 5
Logan Allen 1
Kyle Freeland 0
Shane Smith 1 (Todd 2)
Casey Mize 3
37:05 Hayden Wesneski 3 (Todd 1)
Michael Lorenzen 2
Cole Ragans 5
Kyle Hendricks 0
Dustin May 3
Connor Gillispie 0
Freddy Peralta 4
Simeon Woods Richardson 1
Pablo Lopez 5
Kodai Senga 4 (Todd 5)
Zack Wheeler 5
Carmen Mlodzinski 0
Michael King 5
Logan Gilbert 5
Logan Webb 5
51:05 Matthew Liberatore 2 (Todd 1)
Shane Baz 4
Nathan Eovaldi 5
Jose Berrios 3
Easton Lucas 1
Trevor Williams 0

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Week 1 Hype Check with Grey Albright Apr 03, 2025

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Erik Halterman and guest Grey Albright of Razzball check in on some of the most-talked about players during draft season to see who already looks overhyped and who looks like they deserved the attention.

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00:00 Torpedo Bats
06:05 Headlines
17:30 Roki Sasaki
24:50 Lawrence Butler
26:30 Willson Contreras
30:00 Dylan Crews
33:25 Michael Toglia
38:45 Ivan Herrera
41:15 Victor Scott
45:00 Jordan Westburg
47:50 Hunter Goodman
51:45 Cristopher Sanchez
54:25 Kris Bubic
55:50 Jack Leiter
59:15 Popular Fades

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