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2024 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers! Mar 22, 2024

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Clay Link and Todd Zola talk all the latest news from around Major League Baseball and offer up their latest and greatest fantasy baseball sleepers for 2024.

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0:00 Intro/I think we have to talk briefly about the Shohei Ohtani situation.

News

Wyatt Langford has made the Rangers’ Opening Day roster.
Jackson Holliday reassigned to minor-league camp.
Reds hit by multiple injuries
Who benefits the most from Matt McLain and TJ Friedl missing time?
More inclined to draft some of these Reds?
16:00 J.D. Martinez signs a one-year deal with the Mets.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggles in his first big-league start.
Robert Suarez picks up a save in Thursday’s win.
23:00 Victor Scott absent from the roster projection by Katie Woo of The Athletic.
Blake Snell is not expected to be ready for Opening Day.
Ricky Tiedemann is in the mix to break camp with the Blue Jays.
Michael Lorenzen will be part of TEX rotation.
Anthony Rizzo scratched from the lineup Friday with lat tightness.

New Roundtable coming later today

35:00 SLEEPERS

Amed Rosario, Jose Siri
Zack Gelof
Hector Neris
A.J. Puk
50:00 Jared Jones
Gavin Stone
James Wood

Brenton Doyle

Bowden Francis

47:45 Dominic Canzone

52:50 Luis Garcia (WAS)

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No Starting Pitchers? Tout Wars Draft Review with Grey Albright of Razzball Mar 21, 2024

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Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright to discuss Grey's unusual Tout Wars NL squad, which featured zero starting pitchers. The duo discuss draft strategy as well as the latest news, including worrying developments for Shohei Ohtani.

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00:00 - News & Notes

03:30 - Shohei Ohtani potential legal issues

10:30 - Yoshinobu Yamamoto's bad debut

14:00 - Robert Suarez closing in San Diego?

18:00 - Matt McLain possible shoulder surgery

22:45 - Grey's zero-SP Tout Wars NL team

44:00 - How to adjust to unusual drafters in your league

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Blake Snell Signs, Tout Wars Review Mar 20, 2024

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Blake Snell finally signed, closers are dropping like flies, and Tout Wars Weekend just wrapped up. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down a news-heavy set of days and review Jeff's AL Tout Wars team.

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00:00 - News & Notes

01:00 - Jhoan Duran, oblique strain! When we pitcher injuries end?! Griffin Jax time?

05:30 - Jordan Romano & Erik Swanson - who’s next for the Jays?

14:00 - Blake Snell to the Giants. Good fit. Too late?

23:15 - Eury Perez. Where to draft him now? Same question with Josh Lowe.

33:10 - Drop TJ Friedl? Could be out for half of the season. And, value up for Jake Fraley and Will Benson?

41:00 - DJLM, bone bruise. Unlikely for opening day.

43:20 - Garrett Crochet to start Opening Day. Sleeper?

45:15 - Jackson Merrill officially made the team.

49:45 - Jordan Westburg hit on the elbow.

54:00 - Jeff’s Tout Wars team!

1:11:00 - Main Event draft slot!

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Spring Prospect Standouts w/ Geoff Pontes Mar 20, 2024

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Wyatt Langford
Jackson Holliday
Coby Mayo
Colton Cowser
Paul Skenes
Jared Jones
Bubba Chandler
Ceddanne Rafaela
Victor Scott
Chase DeLauter
James Wood
Gavin Stone
Thomas Saggese
Joey Loperfido
David Matoma
Roderick Arias
Arjun Nimmala
Kyle Carr

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Previewing the Mariners with Ryan Divish Mar 18, 2024

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Chris Crawford is joined by Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times to preview the Mariners in 2024. They look at the superstar potential of Julio Rodriguez, how good this rotation can be, how concerned fantasy managers should be about this defense, and some prospects that could help the M's in 2024.

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LiveStreaming and Breaking down a 5K Entry NFBC Ultimate Draft with BatFlip Crazy Mar 17, 2024

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (BatFlip Crazy), break down a $5000 entry NFBC draft as it happens, talking a ton of draft strategy and many player evaluations as we head into a major fantasy draft week. They talk steals, saves, using ADP, mid-rounds, late rounds and many, many individual players. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @batflipcrazy I @RotoWire

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Over/Under: AL West/NL West Mar 16, 2024

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Chris Crawford looks at the AL West and NL West to finish off the over/under preview. He looks at the win totals for all ten clubs, and he also looks at some potential over/under numbers for players like Corbin Carroll, Julio Rodriguez, Nolan Jones and more.

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Huge Fantasy Baseball Draft Weekend Mar 15, 2024

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Clay Link is joined by special guest co-host Erik Halterman to talk about all things fantasy baseball, including news, sleepers, risers, fallers and more!

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0:00 Intro/Devin Williams down for the Brewers

Is Joel Payamps the new closer for Milwaukee?
Other candidates

News

4:15 Dylan Cease traded to the Padres
On the topic of the Padres, Jackson Merrill will be with the team in South Korea. All indications are that he will be the starting center fielder
Gerrit Cole sidelined at least 1-2 months
Tommy Edman (wrist) will open the season on the IL, Victor Scott rising
12:50 Wyatt Langford appears headed for the Opening Day roster
Adam Duvall back to Atlanta
16:22 Taj Bradley (pectoral) shut down for at least two weeks
Kodai Senga (shoulder) shutdown continues
Danny Jansen wrist fracture, Opening Day seems unlikely
Kevin Gausman (shoulder) unlikely to make Opening Day
27:45 Eury Perez also appears unlikely for Opening Day
Ronald Acuna (knee) returns to game action
Corey Seager (groin) optimism building for Opening Day

34:33 Staff Keeper League results

42:05 FSGA Drafts this week

How did it go?
Late picks

Tout Wars

Our league specifics
Strategy?

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10 Essential Best Ball Tips Mar 14, 2024

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Mike Alexander (@Roto_Wan) from RazzBall.com joins Jeff Erickson to share their annual Best Ball Special. We break down the top winning concepts in Best Ball and how Underdog, Fantrax, RT and the NFBC differ from each other. We also discuss the latest on Devin Williams, Gerrit Cole and Eury Perez.

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00:00 - Breaking News

00:30 - Devin Williams

02:30 - Gerrit Cole

05:45 - Adam Duvall

07:00 - Eury Perez

08:30 - Ronald Acuña

11:15 - Intro to Best Ball Leagues

13:30 - Underdog

22:00 - Draft Kings

23:00 - The Importance of Stacking

31:00 - Fantrax

37:30 - RT Sports

41:15 - RazzSlam / NFBC

46:20 - When do you start?

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High-Stakes Auction Strategy w/ Marc Winokur Mar 13, 2024

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Marc's history with NFBC auctions
February valuations vs. late-March valuations
Building with a strong infield
Figuring out the closer market
Nomination strategy
Using the NFBC's max bid tool
Scouting the competition
Playing the endgame
Reserve round strategy
Where James went wrong in his recent high-stakes auction
Wyatt Langford's price heading into the Main Event

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