RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, performance trends, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!

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0:00 Intro/We lost perhaps the greatest living player this week

Pickups

• 4:50 Ryne Stanek - $8
• DJ Herz - $5
• Justin Turner - $4
• Addison Barger - $3
• DL Hall - $2
• 11:50 Landon Knack - $2
• Jonathan Cannon - $2
• Chad Green - $1
• Others to consider if available in your league: Tobias Myers, Tyler Soderstrom, David Hamilton, Ben Rice

20:00 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 24, 2024)

• Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)
• Spencer Schwellenbach 3
• Reynaldo Lopez 4
• Cade Povich 2
• Tanner Houck 5
• Brayan Bello 3
• Justin Steele 4
• Nick Lodolo 5
• 29:56 Hunter Greene 4
• Tanner Bibee 3 (Todd 4)
• Logan Allen 2
• Garrett Crochet 5
• Chris Flexen 1
• Tarik Skubal 5
• Casey Mize 1
• Cole Ragans 5
• Seth Lugo 4
• Griffin Canning 2
• Tyler Anderson 3
• James Paxton 3
• Bobby Miller 3
• Roddery Munoz 0
• 44:00 Freddy Peralta 5
• Joe Ryan 5
• Gerrit Cole 5
• Luis Medina 0
• Aaron Nola 5
• Ranger Suarez 5
• Bailey Falter 0
• Matt Waldron 4
• 50:00 Bryan Woo 4
• Blake Snell 2
• Spencer Howard 0
• Lance Lynn 1
• Kyle Gibson 2 (Todd 1)
• Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 4)
• Jon Gray 3 (Todd 2)
• Chris Bassitt 3
• Kevin Gausman 4

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Ryan Boyer and Jorge Martin hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations for the week.

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Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at data from 2024 and identify bankable trends. Where are our category leaders coming from? Did we draft starting pitching too soon?

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00:00 - Fred Pod 6-4

00:30 - Overall data from 2024 (as of the start of play this week)

01:30 - 4 of the top-20 pitchers in ERA were drafted in the top-100

07:00 - 12 of the 19 pitches with 75 SO were drafted in the top-100

09:00 - 6 top the top-15 pitchers in WHIP were drafted in the top-100

11:30 - There are so many starters who have are sitting on waivers in most leagues and have an ERA around 3.50 and a WHIP around 1.15 (Ryan Weathers, Jake Irvin, Trevor Williams, Kyle Gibson etc.). Bailey Falter was available on Sunday in most of my 15-team leagues. He has a WHIP under 1.00!

13:30 - Are big bids on pitchers like Christian Scott ill-considered?

16:45 - Trevor Williams on IL

21:00 - 10 of the top-13 hitters in homers were drafted in the top-100; 5 of the 11 hitters who are batting .300 were drafted in the top-100; 10 of the 12 hitters with 40 runs scored were drafted in the top-100; 9 of the 15 players with 40 RBIs were drafted in the top-100

28:00 - Were we drafting pitchers too early in this “everyone can pitch” landscape?

31:45 - One more observation, of the 22 qualified pitchers with an ERA under 3.00, 15 have fewer strikeouts than innings. In this season of low BABIP and low HR/FB rate, is getting whiffs less important in run prevention?

39:00 - Should owners in trading leagues try to correct this by dealing effective pitchers for effective hitters?

47:00 - Finally, am I correct in believing that the pitcher injury crises was overblown (once again) in April?

55:00 - Monday notes: Kyle Tucker is day-to-day but should be fine.....Blake Snell is on the IL again.....Noelvi Marte will soon start his rehab assignment.....Brandon Marsh to the IL.....Robert Gasser is dealing with an elbow injury.....Connor Norby debuted.....Tyler Anderson continues to defy the odds....Matt Waldron pitched well again.....The Reds scored 13 at Coors.....Nolan Gorman has hit 8 HR in 14 games.....Mark Vientos had another great game.....MacKenzie Gore burned owners in his two-start week.....Kevin Gausman continues to stink.....Austin Hays hit his first two homers of the season....

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Sky Domboske of Fantistics joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his league-leading Tout Wars head-to-head team, the latest injury news with the Orioles and Yankees and a lot more!

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00:00 - Sky Dombroske podcast

00:30 - News & Notes:

01:00 - Gerrit Cole returns; Aaron Judge (hand) sits

06:30 - Kyle Bradish out for the season; Jordan Westburg (hip) sits

08:00 - Walker Buehler to IL

13:00 - CJ Abrams sits with wrist injury

14:30 - Nolan Arenado, Kyle Gibson latest STL woes

16:00 - Willie Mays passes; Rickwood Field game

19:00 - Head-to-Head Leagues

19:15 - Increase in market share

21:00 - Types

23:30 - Tout Wars format

26:00 - Sky’s Team

31:00 - Getting to know Sky & his work

31:05 - How did you get into “the industry”?

35:00 - Where/when can we find your work?

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Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including news, pickups, two-start pitchers and more!

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0:00 Intro/Waiting to hear about Juan Soto’s status

Pickups

• Yimi Garcia - $20
• Griffin Canning - $5
• Blake Perkins - $5
• Justyn-Henry Malloy - $4
• 11:00 Robbie Ray - $4
• 14:20 Max Meyer - $3
• Jack Suwinski - $2
• Rob Refsnyder - $1
• Clayton Kershaw
• Joey Estes
• 18:30 Others to consider if available in your league: Matt Waldron, Matt Vierling, Mark Vientos

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 10, 2024)

• Jordan Montgomery 3 (Todd 4)
• Spencer Schwellenbach 0
• Corbin Burnes 5
• Albert Suarez 3 (Todd 2)
• Kutter Crawford 2
• Hunter Greene 4
• Dakota Hudson 0
• Jake Woodford 0
• 31:00 Erick Fedde 3
• 33:00 Jack Flaherty 3
• Spencer Arrighetti 2
• Seth Lugo 3
• Brady Singer 2
• Jose Soriano 1 (Todd 2)
• Jesus Luzardo 3 (Todd 4)
• Colin Rea 2 (Todd 1)
• Pablo Lopez 4
• Chris Paddack 2
• Tylor Megill 2 (Todd 3)
• Carlos Rodon 4
• Marcus Stroman 3
• Joey Estes 2
• JP Sears 2
• Zack Wheeler 5
• 49:45 Paul Skenes 5
• Dylan Cease 5
• Logan Gilbert 5
• Bryan Woo 4
• Kyle Harrison 1 (Todd 2)
• Ryan Pepiot 3 (Todd 2)
• Zach Eflin 3 (Todd 2)
• Nathan Eovaldi 4
• Jose Berrios 4
• Patrick Corbin 0

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