RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Larry Schechter joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his new book, "The History of Fantasy Sports." (https://tinyurl.com/b63urwjx)---00:00 - The History of Fantasy Sports03:00 - 18 Months of Research04:20 - First Tabletop Games in 1800’s05:20 - Difference between fantasy & Strat-O-Matic / APBA08:00 - Paring Down to Make the Book09:30 - FSTA / FSGA13:00 - Founders of Rotisserie19:00 - Early Reviews22:30 - Early different formats25:00 - Variations of the game30:00 - Larry’s personal background - CDM31:45 - Transitioning to LABR/Tout34:30 - Mixed Leagues35:40 - Football dwarfs baseball37:30 - Role of the leagues / players’ associations39:00 - AL ToutWars this year42:30 - NFBC Main Events43:20 - Corbin Carroll ---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! ---PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson view some of the surprising results from the first quarter of the season and discuss whether they are sustainable, plus they review the paltry streaming options for the week.---00:00 - We are roughly ¼ of the way through the season. 02:15 - Do we buy MIL as a top-5 offense? 15:30 - Alexis Diaz blows it19:45 - CIN as a bottom-5 offense? 27:30 - Reds Godfather Offer?31:30 - Will SEA strike out this much all season?36:00 - Streaming for strikeouts instead of wins43:00 - Is the OAK offense actually decent?49:00 - Is the STL offense this bad?55:00 - Hitters called up really struggled58:30 - Shaky Streamers---Sorare Promotional CopyBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now! ---PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss all the adds and drops across fantasy leagues this weekend and also talk Paul Goldschmidt, Teoscar Hernandez and of course, the Paul Skenes debut. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScotJenstad I @RotoWirePrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy!SorareBuild a Collection. Chase Glory. Sign up for Sorare: MLB today and get 50% off up to $50 on your first Pro Cards.Play now!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman (@Erik_Halterman) and guest Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD) discuss the latest headlines and some difficult drop decisions.---00:00 Happy Mother's Day/Happy Paul Skenes Day07:45 More Headlines22:50 Overall Drops Strategy39:15 12-team Pitcher Drops51:15 12-team Hitter Drops1:02:30 15-team Drops---Home Run Forecast Home Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%. Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up.PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over some headlines and hit on their FAAB recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Todd Zola talk fantasy baseball headlines, pickups and next week's two-start pitchers.---00:00 Season Debuts: Robert Gasser, Taj Bradley, Bryan Woo11:40 Willson Contreras' fractured forearm18:00 More News22:00 Steak League pickups32:15 Two-Start PitchersJordan Montgomery 4/4 (Erik/Todd)Reynaldo Lopez 4/3Corbin Burnes 5/5Kutter Crawford 4/3Nick Pivetta 3/3Shota Imanaga 5/5Graham Ashcraft 1/2Hunter Greene 3/2Tanner Bibee 3/2Peter Lambert 0/1Chris Flexen 0/1Kenta Maeda 1/2Hunter Brown 2/2Ronel Blanco 4/4Brady Singer 4/4Jose Soriano 2/2Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5/5Sixto Sanchez 0/0Colin Rea 1/1Chris Paddack 2/2Sean Manaea 1/1Carlos Rodon 4/4JP Sears 1/2Osvaldo Bido 0/0Cristopher Sanchez 4/4Aaron Nola 5/5Mitch Keller 3/3George Kirby 5/4Jordan Hicks 2/1Matthew Liberatore 0/0Zach Eflin 4/4Aaron Civale 2/3Michael Lorenzen 1/2Jose Berrios 2/3Trevor Williams 1/1---This MLB season, knock it out of the park with Vivid Seats and score great tickets to the biggest games of the year. Every fast ball, every home run, and every eye-popping play of your favorite team, live and in person. Plus, with Vivid Seats Rewards, you earn rewards with every single purchase. Just buy ten tickets, then cash in your credit toward your FREE eleventh ticket. Sign up for Vivid Seats Rewards today!Download PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Pirates announced that pitcher Paul Skenes is going to make his Major League debut on Saturday. Travis Sawchik, the Senior Baseball Writer for The Score and author of Big Data Baseball and The MVP Machine joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Skenes and the Pirates, the limitations of MRI's, and his experience in the NFBC so far.---00:00 - Welcome Travis Sawchik00:30 - Paul Skenes getting the call02:45 - Did the Pirates develop Skenes properly?08:45 - How are the Pirates structuring their rebuild?16:30 - Big Data Baseball21:00 - Henry Davis23:45 - Ke’Bryan Hayes25:30 - Oneil Cruz30:40 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand31:30 - Limitations of MRI’s39:15 - Reds slumping40:30 - Wild prospect trades41:45 - Travis’s experience in the NFBC Main Event45:00 - The Difficulties of drafting live54:00 - Managing FAAB---Home Run Forecast Promotional CopyHome Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%. Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up.PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What is RoboScout Caleb Durbin Jack Leiter Emmanuel Rodriguez Mason Adams Yilber Diaz Carter Jensen Andry Lara Zebby Matthews Jaden Hamm Brett Wichrowski Rockies pitching prospects Lazaro Montes Jaison Chourio Jeral Perez Jonah Tong George Klassen Quinn Mathews Matt Wilkinson Home Run Forecast Promotional CopyHome Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%. Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up.PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Last week featured heavy bidding on Christian Scott, and justifiably so, but Fred Zinkie suggests that this week will be nearly as big, highlighted by Kyle Manzardo. He and Jeff Erickson will discuss that, Shohei Ohtani somehow outpacing his high expectations and more!---00:00 - Dodgers Notes: 01:00 - Ohtani homered. You were there. I saw some people talking on Twitter about why we seem to draft him too low every year. It’s a good point……07:20 - Walker Buehler’s return was underwhelming but not terrible….10:45 - Alex Vesia gets a save. Does that matter?…..14:25 - Reviewing debut of Kyle Manzardo20:45 - Mason Black debuts22:00 - I listened to you and Scott. It was definitely a big FAAB weekend. But we already know that next weekend will be big too. 24:30 - I can share some of my bids if you want.26:45 - Christopher Sanchez / Spencer Turnbull29:00 - Paul Sewald returns30:15 - Cody Bellinger returns32:30 - Justin Steele looked good in his return…..34:00 - Simeon Woods-Richardson looks great but has had easy matchups…..37:30 - Jack Leiter starting again this week39:30 - Jonny DeLuca41:30 - Wyatt Langford to IL.45:30 - Parker Meadows is going to the Minors, which should help Wenceel Perez…48:00 - A.J. Puk is coming back as a reliever. I wonder if he could become their closer51:00 - Who else besides the Marlins get “Godfather Offers”? White Sox - Garrett Crochet53:45 - Godfather Offer: Paste-eating Rockies - Ryan McMahon or nothing59:30 - Godfather Offer: Los Angeles Angels - Taylor Ward, Reid Detmers---Home Run Forecast Promotional CopyHome Run Forecast is offering a special for the start of the baseball season. You can receive access to the premium site for the entire season for only $28, a savings of nearly 30%. Go to https://www.homerunforecast.com/rotowire now to sign up.PrizePicksDownload PrizePicks today and use code ROTOPOD for a first deposit match up to $100! Sign up now! Pick more. Pick less. It’s that easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.