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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 24, 2024) Jun 21, 2024

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Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, performance trends, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!

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0:00 Intro/We lost perhaps the greatest living player this week

Pickups

4:50 Ryne Stanek - $8
DJ Herz - $5
Justin Turner - $4
Addison Barger - $3
DL Hall - $2
11:50 Landon Knack - $2
Jonathan Cannon - $2
Chad Green - $1
Others to consider if available in your league: Tobias Myers, Tyler Soderstrom, David Hamilton, Ben Rice

20:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 24, 2024)

Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)
Spencer Schwellenbach 3
Reynaldo Lopez 4
Cade Povich 2
Tanner Houck 5
Brayan Bello 3
Justin Steele 4
Nick Lodolo 5
29:56 Hunter Greene 4
Tanner Bibee 3 (Todd 4)
Logan Allen 2
Garrett Crochet 5
Chris Flexen 1
Tarik Skubal 5
Casey Mize 1
Cole Ragans 5
Seth Lugo 4
Griffin Canning 2
Tyler Anderson 3
James Paxton 3
Bobby Miller 3
Roddery Munoz 0
44:00 Freddy Peralta 5
Joe Ryan 5
Gerrit Cole 5
Luis Medina 0
Aaron Nola 5
Ranger Suarez 5
Bailey Falter 0
Matt Waldron 4
50:00 Bryan Woo 4
Blake Snell 2
Spencer Howard 0
Lance Lynn 1
Kyle Gibson 2 (Todd 1)
Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 4)
Jon Gray 3 (Todd 2)
Chris Bassitt 3
Kevin Gausman 4

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Five Tips to Dominate Your Head-to-Head Leagues Jun 20, 2024

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Sky Domboske of Fantistics joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his league-leading Tout Wars head-to-head team, the latest injury news with the Orioles and Yankees and a lot more!

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00:00 - Sky Dombroske podcast

00:30 - News & Notes:

01:00 - Gerrit Cole returns; Aaron Judge (hand) sits

06:30 - Kyle Bradish out for the season; Jordan Westburg (hip) sits

08:00 - Walker Buehler to IL

13:00 - CJ Abrams sits with wrist injury

14:30 - Nolan Arenado, Kyle Gibson latest STL woes

16:00 - Willie Mays passes; Rickwood Field game

19:00 - Head-to-Head Leagues

19:15 - Increase in market share

21:00 - Types

23:30 - Tout Wars format

26:00 - Sky’s Team

31:00 - Getting to know Sky & his work

31:05 - How did you get into “the industry”?

35:00 - Where/when can we find your work?

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12 Questions for Rob DiPietro Jun 19, 2024

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Draft Champions MVP
Most Valuable Fade
Player We Added Off Waivers We Already Know We'll Be In On Next Year
Best Early-Season Cut
Player We Already Dropped But Might Be Back In On In 2025
Best Specific (league, price, context) F.A. Add Of The Year:
Non-Injured Player We Were Really In On In Drafts We Most Regret
Player We Liked But Didn’t Get Enough Shares Of
Player We Were A Year Early On
Player Who Is Having A Great Year That We Probably Won’t Draft Next Year
Which Players We Might Still Make Triple-Digit FAAB Bids On
Approaching Catcher In 2025

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10 Mid-Round Steals Jun 18, 2024

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Seth Lugo just beat the Dodgers on Saturday, cementing his status as the most profitable mid-round starting pitcher this season so far. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson analyze Lugo's season so far and other mid-round profit sources.

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00:00 - Welcome

00:45 - Significant Notes

00:50 - Yimi Garcia got good MRI news but wound up on the IL anyways

04:45 - Bo Bichette to the IL

12:30 - Yariel Rodriguez to join Blue Jays rotation this weekend

13:45 - Justin Verlander to the IL

20:15 - Johan Rojas sent down, so David Dahl is a lineup regular…..Trea Turner is back…..

22:40 - Gerrit Cole officially returning tomorrow….. Anthony Rizzo out 4-6 weeks

27:20 - Corbin Carroll may return today

31:00 - Continuation from last week….

31:30 - R19: No hitters / Paul Skenes & Jordan Hicks

36:40 - R18: Luis Rengifo & Giancarlo Stanton; Seth Lugo & Jack Flaherty

46:00 - R17: Ryan Mountcastle, Ryan McMahon, Ryan Jeffers; no pitcher

48:30 - R16: Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Nick Lodolo

52:00 - R15: Jeremy Peña, Starling Marte, Taylor Ward; Gavin Stone

57:00 - R14: Isaac Paredes; Kyle Finnegan

59:30 - R13: Nolan Gorman, Daulton Varsho, Vinnie Pasquantino; Bryan Woo

1:03:30 - R12: Marcell Ozuna, Maikel Garcia; Mason Miller

1:08:45 - R11: Christopher Morel, Anthony Santander, Riley Greene; Mitch Keller

1:11:00 - R10: Sal Perez; Jose Berrios, Bryce Miller

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Major Dodger Injuries / FAAB Review Jun 17, 2024

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the major injuries to Mookie Betts and Yoshi Yamamoto, preview the upcoming weekend and break down all the adds and drops this week in FAAB, plus much more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

Pick6

Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits.

Home Run Forecast

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Previewing the Closer Trade Market With Mike Carter Jun 16, 2024

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Carter (@mdrc0508) of Fantrax/RotoBaller discuss the latest headlines and preview how the trade deadline will affect the closer landscape.

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00:00 Intro/Happy Father's Day

03:15 Headlines

16:30 American League sellers

26:30 National League sellers

33:50 Contenders not looking for a closer

38:15 Contenders who could add a closer

47:50 American League bubble teams

54:55 National League bubble teams

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FAAB Targets (Week of June 17, 2024) Jun 15, 2024

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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.

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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

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 17, 2024) Jun 14, 2024

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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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Finding the Balance Jun 14, 2024

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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.

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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

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Bay Area Futures w/ Melissa Lockard Jun 12, 2024

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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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