Rotoworld Baseball Show – Fantasy Baseball

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Looking at early-season MLB trends with guest Mike Petriello Apr 15, 2022

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D.J. (@djshort) and Drew (@drewsilv) are joined by Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) of MLB.com to break down some early-season trends. They discuss Tylor Megill's velocity spike, concern for Shane Bieber, and amazing starts for Seiya Suzuki and Steven Kwan. They also marvel at Jhoan Duran and look for signs of progress for Jarred Kelenic, among other things.

(6:18) In-depth look at Seiya Suzuki's hot start

(8:47) Steven Kwan's noteworthy beginning of the season

(12:58) Jhoan Duran showing progression

(16:40) Hold or cut Trent Grisham?

(18:10) Marlins' pitching staff

(23:20) Insight on Jared Kelenic

(26:24) Pitchers losing velocity

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Prospect and MLB Draft Talk with Keith Law Apr 14, 2022

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Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) welcomes The Athletic's Keith Law onto the show. They discuss the decision to pull Clayton Kershaw in the middle of a perfect game, just how good Wander Franco has a chance to be, and the 2022 MLB Draft class plus a whole lot more.

(2:38) Clayton Kershaw

(12:03) Early season starts for prospects

(17:29) Favorite numbers to evaluate prospects with

(20:49) Evaluating catchers

(29:26) MLB Draft

(34:35) 2022 College pitchers

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Overreaction or Real? Apr 13, 2022

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Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) and Colin Henderson (@coldontlie) look at the start of the season and discuss what fantasy managers should look at as an overreaction or real deal. They discuss Giancarlo Stanton, Hunter Greene, Steven Kwan and more.

(06:04) Byron Buxton can win the MVP?

(15:12) Eloy Jimenez will have more RBIs than Jose Abreu?

(20:23) Hunter Greene impressive debut

(37:02) Aaron Judge contractual situation

(44:06) Wander Franco will have a top 10 average?

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MLB Power Rankings: Week 1 Apr 12, 2022

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Summary/Description: Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Janice Scurio (@scuriiosa) do a deep-dive on the top five teams in Drew's weekly MLB Power Rankings column at NBC Sports EDGE and also examine the biggest risers and fallers. Look for this show every Tuesday morning throughout the 2022 regular season.

(03:32) Top Five Teams

(15:38) Top Risers

(23:56) Top Fallers

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Updating the Top 10 and Answering Prospect Questions Apr 11, 2022

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Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) answers your prospect questions and updates his top 10 prospects for the remainder of the year in the latest episode of Circling the Bases.

(1:41) Julio Rodríguez has a slow start

(3:52) Nick Prado: Fantasy Helper?

(9:19) Prospect situation with the Athletics

(14:27) Hunter Greene's debut

(17:42) Best Prospects for the remainder of the year (10-6)

(26:15) Best Prospects for the remainder of the year (5-1)

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Opening Day reaction; Padres/Twins trade; Hayes' contract, injury scare Apr 08, 2022

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D.J. (@djshort) and Drew (@drewsilv) give their reactions from a busy Opening Day around MLB. They break down Albert Pujols' return to St. Louis and a big day for the Cardinals, Shane Bieber's velocity, heroics from Bobby Witt Jr., Seiya Suzuki's debut, and much more. They also discuss the Twins/Padres trade as well as Ke'Bryan Hayes' new contract and injury scare. To close out the show, they give their thoughts on some players they wish they had drafted this spring.

(5:49) Albert Pujols return

(10:59) Pirates Extend Hayes

(21:28) Twins//Padres trade

(29:54) Players we wished that we had drafted

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Previewing the National League Apr 07, 2022

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Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) and Colin Hendersion (@ColDontLie) preview the National League. They look at players they're targeting and avoiding in the East, Central and West and predict division and award winners.

(05:06) NL East Preview

(18:17) NL Central Preview

(33:23) NL West Preview

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Previewing the American League Apr 06, 2022

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Colin Henderson and Chris Crawford preview the American League. They predict division and award winners, and also look at players they're targeting and avoiding in each division..

(04:02) AL Central Preview

(28:14) AL West Preview

(54:12) AL East Preview

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MLB Power Rankings: Opening Day Apr 05, 2022

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In the lead-up to the opening of the 2022 regular season, Drew Silva (@drewsilv) and Janice Scurio (@scuriiosa) run through all 30 teams in Drew's first MLB Power Rankings of the year at NBC Sports EDGE. Look for those rankings and this show every Tuesday morning throughout the 2022 regular season.

(2:14) Team Power Rankings 30-25

(10:44) Team Power Rankings 24-20

(16:12) Team Power Rankings 19-15

(22:38) Team Power Rankings 14-10

(30:13) Team Power Rankings 9-5

(37:58) Team Power Rankings 4-1

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Prospect talk/revealing the Top 10 for 2022 Apr 04, 2022

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Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) answers your questions about prospects like Triston Casas, Matt Brash and Cristian Pache, and also reveals his top 10 prospects for the 2022 season.

(02:54) Chris' opinion on Jose Miranda

(21:37) Top 10 prospects for 2022

(36:55) Chris' #1 prospect

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