RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Chris Crawford (@crawford_milb) is joined by R.J. Anderson (@R_J_Anderson) of CBS Sports. They look at prospects who haven't reached the majors yet like Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Ronny Mauricio and whether they have a chance to make a strong impression at the highest level. In the second half of the show, they break down the MLB Draft class, and the players who have a chance to make a significant fantasy impact in the coming seasons. 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.

Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) talk pickups and Rival Fantasy before grading all of next week's projected two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale!Opening/Reds have won 11 in a rowPickups (3:15) Gavin Williams Jordan Hicks Henry Davis Bo Naylor Samad Taylor Joey Votto Rival Fantasy (16:00)Kenta Maeda UNDER, Clarke Schmidt OVERTwo-Start Pitchers 25:00 Zac Gallen 5 Spencer Strider 5 Tyler Wells 4 Garrett Whitlock 3 Jameson Taillon 2 Brandon Williamson 1 Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 2) Connor Seabold 0 Michael Kopech 4 Touki Toussaint 0 (Todd 1) Matt Boyd 1 Framber Valdez 5 Brady Singer 1 Jaime Barria 0 (Todd 1) 34:40 Clayton Kershaw 4 Sandy Alcantara 4 (Todd 2) Colin Rea 1 Julio Teheran 2 Sonny Gray 5 Justin Verlander 4 Jose Butto 0 Jhony Brito 1 Paul Blackburn 2 46:20 Ranger Suarez 4 Rich Hill 2 Yu Darvish 5 (Todd 4) Luis Castillo 5 Alex Wood 2 (Todd 1) Matthew Liberatore 51:30 1 Taj Bradley 4 (Todd 5) Shane McClanahan 53:00 Nathan Eovaldi 5 Martin Perez 3 (Todd 2) Kevin Gausman 5 Trevor Williams 0 Two-Start Pitchers 1:00:30 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.

Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss Gavin Williams's debut, young pitching prospects generally, what's wrong with Cristian Javier and Sandy Alcantera & more. 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.

Gavin Williams Emmet Sheehan Henry Davis Bo Naylor Dylan Crews Wyatt Langford Paul Skenes Walker Martin 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 Astros & Dodgers are both in third place, the Marlins are 11 games over .500, the Giants have won eight in a row, and Maui's Team, the Reds, have won nine in a row and are in first place. Fred Zinkie helps Jeff understand what happened and what we can learn from it! 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.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby G, @batflipcrazy, preview Week 13, break down all the Sunday FAAB bidding and discuss a slew of players including Sandy Alcantara and Corbin Carroll. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @Jeff_Erickson I @RotoWire 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_MiLB) and Drew Silva (@drewsilv) comb through the biggest storylines from the weekend and then discuss notable individual performances from Saturday's slate. They also offer up a handful of FAAB and waiver-wire targets for the week ahead. 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.

Chris Crawford (@Crawford_milb) and Ryan Boyer (@ryanPBoyer) take a look at the highlights of the early part of the weekend, including the sensational first MLB start from Emmet Sheehan and Triston McKenzie being scratched due to an elbow injury. In the second half of the show, they look at some performers who have excelled like Josh Lowe, Spencer Steer, Mitch Keller and Lane Thomas; and they discuss whether they believe in them for the second half of the season or whether they'd look to sell high. 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.

Clay Link (@claywlink) and Todd Zola (@ToddZola) talk pickups and Rival Fantasy before grading all of next week's projected two-start pitchers on a 0-5 scale!Opening/Emmet Sheehan called upPickups Michael A. Taylor Edouard Julien (11:00) Oswaldo Cabrera Aaron Hicks A.J. Minter (15:00) Ryan O’Hearn  Dairon Blanco (19:00) Rival Fantasy 23:30Emmet Sheehan OVER, Tanner Houck UNDER, Joe Ryan OVERTwo-Start Pitchers 35:00 Merrill Kelly 4 Ryne Nelson 0 Spencer Strider 5 (37:00) Kutter Crawford 1 Garrett Whitlock 3 Brandon Williamson 1 (Todd 0) Aaron Civale 3 Austin Gomber 0 Jesse Scholtens 0 Michael Lorenzen 2 (Todd 3) Hunter Brown 4 Jordan Lyles 0 Daniel Lynch 0 Clayton Kershaw 4 (Todd 5) Eury Perez 4 Edward Cabrera 1 (Todd 3) Corbin Burnes 5 Pablo Lopez 4 Bailey Ober 4 Max Scherzer 4 (52:00) Gerrit Cole 5 Luis Medina 1 (Todd 0) Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4) Osvaldo Bido 0 Johan Oviedo 2 Michael Wacha 4 George Kirby 4 Alex Cobb 4 Anthony DeSclafani 3 Tyler Glasnow 5 Andrew Heaney 3 (Todd 4) Jose Berrios 4 Yusei Kikuchi 3 Josiah Gray 3 MacKenzie Gore 3 Two-Start Pitcher Grades recap 1:05:30 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.

Todd and Tristan discuss the current state of the game and how it may change as the season progresses. They also focus on the new scoring and format for ESPN's standard points game, and the league in which they compete to get a better feel for the strategy and game play. 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.