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Must-Draft Closers for 2024 Fantasy Baseball Mar 01, 2024

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Greg Jewett of The Athletic joins RotoWire Senior MLB Editor Clay Link to discuss Tout Wars H2H and ALL THINGS CLOSERS!

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0:00 Intro/Welcome Greg Jewett of The Athletic

Tout Wars H2H

Congratulations on your championship victory in 2023!
Beat out a pretty star-studded field.
3:55 How did you get it done?
Did you pay for closers?
Draft coming up Sunday, March 17 at the Iroquois Hotel in NYC.

18:00 Closers

23:57 Anybody in the top 10 among closers that you’re avoiding?
Greg: Josh Hader
Clay: Emmanuel Clase
31:24 Comfort level: LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH for the mid-range closers
Adbert Alzolay
Craig Kimbrel
Andres Munoz
Raisel Iglesias
Tanner Scott
Evan Phillips
44:26 Favorite closers in waiting

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Draft Tiers and Moving Averages Feb 29, 2024

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FSWA Award-Winning Writer John Laghezza from The Athletic joins Jeff Erickson to discuss moving averages, his award-winning Best Baseball Ongoing Series, how he sets up his draft tiers, and his Tout Wars draft where he started off with Aaron Judge.

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00:00 - FSWA Award

01:45 - Player Sheets and Tiers

05:00 - Moving Averages

13:00 - Do you Mock Draft?

17:00 - Kodai Senga

21:00 - Grayson Rodriguez

29:00 - Compact Categories

32:00 - Tout Wars SOLDS League

38:00 - Brandon Pfaadt

40:00 - Pirates Pitchers

42:45 - Early Projections vs. Spring Training Results

48:00 - Teams Running

52:30 - Teoscar Hernandez

56:00 - Lane Thomas vs. Teoscar vs. George Springer vs. Evan Carter

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Spring Training Prospect Mailbag! Feb 28, 2024

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Ben Brown
Cade Horton
Will Warren
Victor Scott
Colson Montgomery
Dustin Harris
Jakob Marsee
Graham Pauley
Samuel Zavala
Dillon Head
Jackson Merrill
Brooks Lee
Kyle Hurt
Gavin Stone
Emmet Sheehan
River Ryan
James Wood
Elly De La Cruz
Oswald Peraza
Paulino Santana
Tai Peete
Yophery Rodriguez
Wyatt Langford
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Walker Jenkins
Paul Skenes
Jackson Holliday
Thayron Liranzo
Gavin Williams
Will Benson
Troy Johnston
Tyler Black
Jose Corniell
Aidan Curry
Brayan Rocchio
Jett Williams
Adael Amador
James Triantos
Sal Stewart
Darell Hernaiz
Max Clark
Brock Wilken
Roman Anthony
Austin Wells
Yoniel Curet
Reggie Crawford
Logan Henderson
Colt Emerson
Chase DeLauter
Lazaro Montes
Bubba Chandler
Noble Meyer
Michael Harris
Junior Caminero
Zac Veen
Marcelo Mayer

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Scaling the Draft Cliffs Feb 28, 2024

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Fred Zinkie just navigated the secondary closer run in the Tout Wars Draft & Hold league. Who do you like among Andres Muñoz, Jordan Romano, Craig Kimbrel, Paul Sewald, Ryan Helsley, Tanner Scott, Evan Phillips, Clay Holmes and Adbert Alzolay? He and Jeff Erickson discuss that tier of closers, and how to anticipate and/or react to cliffs in your snake draft.

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3:30 - Cody Bellinger to the Cubs

8:00 - Is it time to downgrade Snell, Montgomery, Chapman?

20:30 - Differing Closer Plans

36:00 - Worth paying attention to the Rockies closer?

42:00 - Category Targets - Will the SB 80% threshold will be 200 this year?

51:00 - Joe Musgrove has already made two spring starts. And he stunk in both. Worried?

54:30 - Walker Buehler will face hitters tomorrow. How many innings will he throw this year?

59:00 - Chris Sale

1:02:20 - Alek Manoah

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The 2024 Closer Market / SP's in the Top 150 Feb 26, 2024

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad give their thoughts on the 2024 closer market, break down a number of specific relievers and then move over to starting pitchers to discuss a number of intriguing SP in the Top 150. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Overrated/Underrated: NL East Feb 24, 2024

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Chris Crawford and Ryan Boyer look at the latest headlines from baseball, including Kodai Senga's shoulder injury that likely will see him miss significant time. They also take a look at Tim Anderson's potential fantasy impact with the Marlins, and offer some players they believe are overrated or underrated in the National League East to begin the 2024 season.

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Players to Target in 2024 Fantasy Baseball Feb 23, 2024

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Clay Link and Todd Zola discuss the latest news from around the league, Tarik Skubal already touching 100 mph in spring training and their top targets in drafts.

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News & notes:

Kodai Senga has been shut down indefinitely with a moderate posterior capsule strain.
Tim Anderson lands with Miami on a one-year deal.
(8:00) Vaughn Grissom is nursing a hamstring injury.
Wilyer Abreu is the favorite to start in right field… is he a target?
(10:50) Tarik Skubal is already touching 100 mph in live BP.
Ricky Tiedemann scratched from tomorrow’s Grapefruit League start with a hamstring issue.

Where are you picking in TGFBI?

(21:10) TARGETS

Clay:

Shohei Ohtani
Slated for Cactus League debut next week.
Luis Castillo
(31:00) Bryce Miller
Great control, introducing splitter to the mix in 2024
Will Smith (LAD)
(53:15) Brayan Bello

- (28:45) Logan Webb/Aaron Nola/Bailey Ober

- (34:30) Clay Holmes/Evan Phillips/Adbert Alzolay

- (45:10) Evan Carter/Vlad/JD Martinez

- Josh Bell

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LABR Recap with Jenny Butler Feb 23, 2024

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Jenny Butler joins Jeff Erickson to recap the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft. Jeff drafted from the third slot, Jenny from the 14th slot. Plus we'll discuss the latest Reds updates, including Elly De La Cruz's average draft position.

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Spring Helium Candidates w/ Chris Clegg Feb 21, 2024

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Ricky Tiedemann

Jackson Holliday

Jackson Chourio

Wyatt Langford

Noelvi Marte

Paul Skenes

Jared Jones

Emmet Sheehan

Gavin Stone

Jackson Jobe

AJ Smith-Shawver

Hurston Waldrep

Cade Horton

Dylan Crews

Jordan Lawlar

Jackson Merrill

Will Warren

Robby Snelling

Jarred Kelenic

Alek Manoah

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LABR Mixed League Live Draft Feb 21, 2024

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie share their thoughts over the first two hours of the 15-team LABR Mixed League draft, with Jeff drafting third (Bobby Witt) and Fred drafting fourth (Corbin Carroll).

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