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Closers on Shaky Ground! Mar 21, 2025

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0:00 Intro/Big weekend of drafts

Closers on shaky ground:

1:39 Alexis Diaz
- Taylor Rogers
David Bednar
- Interesting alternatives?
ARI closers
Liam Hendriks
11:51 Felix Bautista uncertain for Opening Day
Is anyone touching DET closers?
16:50 Jhoan Duran
- https://x.com/NickNelsonMN/status/1902379970757882157
Robert Suarez
Pete Fairbanks

News and notes

30:19 Gunnar Henderson (intercostal) “running out of time” to be ready for Opening Day
Ryan Weathers sidelined with forearm strain
Jared Jones seeking a second opinion… sounds ominous.
Hunter Goodman is mashing this spring (catcher eligible)
Cade Povich projected to make the BAL rotation.
Thairo Estrada broken wrist

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NL Tout Wars Review With Tristan Cockcroft Mar 20, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Tristan Cockcroft of ESPN to review their NL-only Tout Wars draft, discussing their strategies and favorite value picks. Draft board: https://tinyurl.com/2025ToutWars.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Hitter/pitcher balance

17:45 Building a deep-league bullpen

21:00 $1 players

26:20 Building a deep-league rotation

32:30 Building a deep-league lineup

36:45 Infield vs. Outfield

40:35 Bidding tricks

44:40 Tristan vs. Erik playing time battles

49:30 Other interesting buys and builds

57:10 Best bullpen buys

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Spring Breakouts w/ Geoff Pontes Mar 19, 2025

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00:00 Intro

01:45 Aroon Escobar

05:30 Arjun Nimmala

09:45 Didier Fuentes

16:45 Juan Valera/David Sandlin

21:50 Bubba Chandler/Thomas Harrington

25:45 Konnor Griffin

28:20 Bryce Rainer

30:55 Jake Bloss

34:45 Roman Anthony

36:30 Cam Smith

41:05 Jac Caglianone

44:00 Tony Blanco Jr.

46:25 George Lombard Jr.

49:20 Will Warren/AJ Smith-Shawver

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The Five Players You Must Draft Mar 18, 2025

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share the players they've drafted the most so far this season, and the ones that got away.
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00:00 Fred Pod 3-17-25

00:30 Fred’s Guys – the players who Fred has drafted the most often this year.

02:15 Hitters:

02:30 Trea Turner

05:45 Bo Bichette

11:10 Jeff Hoffman interlude

15:00 Back to Hitters

15:30 Alec Bohm

19:45 Brandon Nimmo

22:15 Jake McCarthy

27:00 Nolan Schanuel

34:00 FanTrax

35:00 Pitchers:

35:30 Clarke Schmidt, Nestor Cortes,

41:20 Cole Ragans

46:25 Spencer Strider Helium

49:00 Quinn Mathews

52:20 NFBC

53:30 Jeff’s Main Event Preview

1:02:20 BlueWire

1:02:30 Jeff’s Tout Wars Recap

1:12:00 Kristian Campbell

1:17:15 Max Scherzer

1:18:45 Demoted: Zebby Matthews, David Festa

1:20:00 Rangers SPs - Rocker & Leiter

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Top 10 Players on the Rise! Mar 17, 2025

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0:00 Intro/Back from New York City

0:47 Top 10 Players on the Rise in Drafts

Cristopher Sanchez
Robbie Ray
7:15 Spencer Strider
13:00 Garrett Crochet
Cam Smith
Shane McClanahan
28:00 Gavin Williams
Ryan Weathers
Christian Encarnacion-Strand
Trevor Story

Others: Bo Bichette, Jordan Romano, Will Warren, Jason Adam, Justin Slaten, Spencer Torkelson, Kristian Campbell, Hayden Birdsong

Tout Wars recap

55:50 Dodgers on discount in H2H
Building around Wyatt Langford
Royce Lewis injured during Sunday’s drafts
Awards
- Steve Gardner - Zen and Now

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Live-Streaming the MTM Ultimate NFBC $5,000 Draft with BatFlipCrazy Mar 16, 2025

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Scott Jenstad and special guest Toby G (aka BatFlip Crazy), livestream and break down the first super high stakes draft of the season, the $5,000 entry MTM Ultimate Draft from New York. They streamed the first twenty rounds of the draft, talking players, draft strategy, team building and everything else imaginable to help you get ready for all your upcoming big drafts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @ScottJenstad I @batflipcrazy I @RotoWire

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ERA and WHIP Sleepers Mar 14, 2025

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) finish out their categories sleepers series with their favorite ERA and WHIP targets.

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Paul Sporer's Favorite Pitchers Mar 13, 2025

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Erik Halterman is joined by Paul Sporer of FanGraphs to discuss Paul's favorite pitchers at each point in the draft.

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00:00 Headlines

11:00 Top Fantasy Aces

15:45 High-Floor Aces

19:30 High-Ceiling SP2s

25:30 High-Ceiling SP3s and SP4s

33:45 Fantrax and NFBC

35:10 High-Floor SP3s and SP4s

39:20 SP3s and SP4s to fade

45:45 Staff Filler SP5s and SP6s

49:50 High-Ceiling SP5s and SP6s

54:20 Very late SP targets

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Price Is Going Up! w/ Dustin McComas Mar 12, 2025

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00:00 Intro

01:40 Auctioning For Beginners

08:50 Early Main Event prices

31:40 Pitchers Shooting Up

01:01:00 Players We’re Drafting

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5 Auction Draft Tips Mar 11, 2025

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Fred Zinkie (@FredZinkieMLB) and Jeff Erickson (@Jeff_Erickson) host their annual auction special, including Fred Zinkie's ways to improve auction formats. We'll also talk about Gerrit Cole's season-ending injury and what that means for the Yankees, and how our mid-to-late round pitching targets are getting more expensive.

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00:00 3-11 Zinkie Pod

00:45 It’s official. Gerrit Cole needs TJS.

08:00 Evaluating early spring training returns with Jared Jones & Clay Holmes

12:00 Dustin May will be the LAD SP5.

18:30 Gunnar Henderson is still unsure about Opening Day.

21:45 Rafael Devers delayed

28:15 Fantrax

29:15 Auctions

31:00 Auction Improvements

32:40 Use Ronald Acuna Jr. to illustrate

34:00 Jeff’s Home League as example

39:00 Nominations

43:00 Budgeting for the endgame

44:00 Avoiding Bidding Wars

46:00 Keeper Inflation in Auction Leagues

50:10 NFBC

50:50 BlueWire

51:00 Reserve Round SPs

52:45 Names to Consider: Max Meyer, Lucas Giolito, Dustin May, Luis Ortiz, Eduardo Rodriguez, Michael Soroka, Tony Gonsolin, Will Warren, Hayden Wesneski, Kyle Harrison, Ben Brown, Sean Burke, Tylor Megill, Andrew Painter, Osvaldo Bido, Tyler Mahle, Quinn Mathews, Trevor Williams.

1:09:00 Labor Gloom & Doom

1:13:20 Matt Shaw is going to Japan.

1:16:00 Cam Smith in RF

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