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Ugly ERA's - Don't Panic! Apr 11, 2024

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Luis Castillo and George Kirby at least are healthy, but they are two aces on the struggle bus. Paul Sporer from Fangraphs joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the pitching climate right now and cautions us not to panic.

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00:30 - Breathe, relax!

03:30 - George Kirby

08:30 - Luis Castillo

12:30 - Tanner Bibee

17:30 - Hunter Brown (ouch *2!)

25:00 - Joe Musgrove

30:00 - Logan Webb

33:15 - Jordan Hicks sidebar

37:30 - Max Fried

40:40 - Holliday's debut and trade value

47:00 - Cody Bradford

49:30 - Spencer Turnbull

52:30 - Jesus Luzardo

1:00:00 - Your new pod with Nick Pollack

1:02:00 - Shohei affidavit

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Breakout Prospects w/ Zac Beck Apr 10, 2024

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Jackson Holliday
Coby Mayo
Heston Kjerstad
Connor Norby
Kyle Stowers
Cade Povich
Luis Matos
Miguel Vargas
Jordan Beck
Joey Loperfido
Max Muncy
Dustin Harris
Spencer Horwitz
Caleb Durbin
Zyhir Hope
Luis Baez
James Triantos
Agustin Ramirez
Aidan Smith
Paul Skenes
Christian Scott
George Klassen
Jack Leiter
Quin Priester vs. Bryce Elder
Landon Knack vs. Jhonathan Diaz
Kyle Hurt
Landen Maroudis
Chase Dollander
Adam Mazur
Alek Manoah
Luisangel Acuna
Kyle Manzardo

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Jackson Holliday Gets the Call Apr 10, 2024

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Jackson Holliday is getting the call, David Bednar blew another save, and the Royals keep winning! Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson cover it all and more!

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00:30 - Jackson Holliday promoted! Let’s start a pod with some pod-sitivity!!!

12:30 - Here we go again: Framber Valdez to the IL. A few thoughts on all these pitcher injuries…..

16:00 - Spencer Arrighetti to start for Astros. Is he ready to help fantasy teams?…

20:40 - Fred’s free agent additions

23:30 - Apparently Elly De La Cruz is good after all….

26:00 - In fantasy football, we see Zero RB. Could we see Zero SP in NFBC leagues next year, where managers draft 5-6 stud hitters and a couple closers before diving in and selecting 8-9 starters in the next 10-12 rounds? I know it’s too early to say that definitively, but we have some mid/late-round starters such as Tanner Houck, Sean Manaea, Shoto Imanaga, Garrett Whitlock etc. who are off to excellent starts.

33:30 - Chris Bassitt threw 115 pitches on April 9, but he will be fine since he throw 80 mph….

36:30 - Royals start

46:00 - Worried about David Bednar after he gave up 4 runs today?

48:30 - George Kirby with another poor start…

52:00 - Ronald Acuna stole three bases, so he’s probably still good…..

54:00 - Reynaldo López

58:00 - Tyler O’Neill

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Recap of a Brutal Weekend of Injuries and a FAAB Review Apr 08, 2024

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad dive into a slew of injuries across baseball that dramatically affect fantasy leagues, discuss how to deal with all of them and break down all the FAAB action from Sunday. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Surprise Teams with Marty Tallman Apr 07, 2024

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Erik Halterman and guest Marty Tallman of the Triple Play Fantasy Baseball podcast search for overlooked gems on some of this season's early surprise teams, including the Tigers and Pirates.

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Detroit Tigers

25:45 Pittsburgh Pirates

33:45 Cleveland Guardians

38:30 Boston Red Sox

43:45 Milwaukee Brewers

51:30 Which surprise team will sustain their start?

53:30 Angels/Royals/Cubs

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Week 2 FAAB Targets Apr 06, 2024

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss the latest injury news and provide their top waiver pickups of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

20:00 Top targets for shallower leagues

37:45 Deep-league pitchers

53:30 Deep-league hitters

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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 8, 2024) Apr 05, 2024

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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk injuries, pickups and more before grading all of next week's two-start options on a 0-5 scale.

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0:00 Intro/Tough opening week for injuries/Eury Perez done for the season

Pickups

Jason Foley - $43
Oswaldo Cabrera - $17
Trey Lipscomb - $16
6:00 JJ Bleday - $16
Jared Walsh - $10
10:05 Heston Kjerstad - $4
Alec Marsh - $2
Oliver Dunn - $2
15:15 Justin Foscue - $1
Nick Martini
19:45 Connor Joe

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of April 8, 2024)

Zac Gallen 5
Charlie Morton 4
Reynaldo Lopez 3 (Todd 4)
Cole Irvin 1 (Todd 0)
Brayan Bello 3
Javier Assad 3
Graham Ashcraft 2
Frankie Montas 3
Shane Bieber 5
Kyle Freeland -1
Mike Soroka 0
Reese Olson 2 (Todd 3)
Framber Valdez 4
38:00 Cristian Javier 3 (Todd 4)
Cole Ragans 5
Tyler Anderson 0
James Paxton 1 (Todd 2)
41:45 Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 3)
Jakob Junis 0
Louie Varland 1 (Todd 3)
Chris Paddack 0 (Todd 1)
Julio Teheran 0
Adrian Houser 0
Nestor Cortes 3 (Todd 4)
Alex Wood 0
Spencer Turnbull 0 (Todd 1)
Zack Wheeler 5
Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 5)
Yu Darvish 5 (Todd 3)
Luis Castillo 5
Blake Snell 5
Zach Eflin 5
Andrew Heaney 1 (Todd 0)
Nathan Eovaldi 3 (Todd 5)
Jose Berrios 4
Trevor Williams 0

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Early Tout Wars Reactions Apr 04, 2024

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Eric Samulski on NBC RotoWorld joins Jeff Erickson to review the AL Tout Wars league and some of the early-season storylines, including Maikel Garcia's newfound power, Shane Bieber's velocity and AJ Puk's rough start to the season.

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00:00 - Eury Perez

08:00 - A.J. Puk

13:45 - Ohtani's start

17:30 - Dodgers pitchers

20:40 - Maikel Garcia

24:40 - Shane Bieber

28:30 - Tanner Bibee

32:00 - BOS rotation - is Andrew Bailey making that big of a difference?

38:30 - Tout Wars start

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Notable MiLB Assignments w/ Sam Dykstra Apr 03, 2024

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Yophery Rodriguez

Sebastian Walcott

Ryan Clifford

Jordan Beck

Colson Montgomery

Carson Whisenhunt

Brady House/Yohandy Morales

Cade Horton/Matt Shaw

Nelson Rada

Chase DeLauter

Ethan Salas

Josue De Paula

Kyle Carr

Rhett Lowder

Blake Wolters

Alfredo Duno

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Mike Trout Regrets and Other Early Season Reactions Apr 03, 2024

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Ronel Blanco throws a no-hitter, Mike Trout is hitting bombs, and Fred Zinkie's LABR team had an 8.00+ ERA as of Sunday. He and Jeff Erickson review the early action so far.

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00:00 - Ronel Blanco……Fred can tell you a good story about not drafting him.

08:45 - Josh Jung can’t catch a break. Fractured wrist this time. Drop him? Pick up Justin Foscue?

17:00 - Any Mike Trout regrets?!

21:00 - Tyler Anderson wins - any interest

22:30 - Esteury Ruiz to AAA. ME ADP of 156. Drop him?

28:40 - Alek Thomas to IL. Is Jake McCarthy the replacement that Esteury Ruiz owners are looking for?

33:00 - Javier Assad shows that anyone can shut down COL…..

40:00 - Abner Uribe is clearly the MIL closer. Brice Turang ups his steals total to 6…..

45:30 - Crochet continues to look great and Michael Kopech gets a save….

49:30 - Spencer Turnbull puts himself on the mixed league radar

51:30 - Elly De La Cruz continues to struggle

1:00:00 - Josh Hader blows save

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