RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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0:00 Intro/The second-worst hitter by fWAR this season: Rafael Devers

Steak League FAAB:

Chase Dollander $22

Tanner Scott $21

Kumar Rocker $13

Alex Vesia $9

Brad Keller $8

9:22 JR Ritchie $7

Andrew Benintendi $4

Caleb Kilian $4

Connor Prielipp $4

Daniel Schneeman $4

Tony Santillan $2

Dalton Rushing $2

Max Clark $0

Other names to consider: Payton Tolle, Louie Varland, Christian Scott



20:30 Two-start pitchers:

Merrill Kelly 1 (Todd 0)

Jacob Lopez 1 (Todd 2)

Reynaldo Lopez 2

Shane Baz 1

27:10 Ranger Suarez 2

Matthew Boyd 4

29:30 Chase Burns 5

Parker Messick 4

Tomoyuki Sugano 0

Anthony Kay 0

Casey Mize 3

Peter Lambert 2

Kris Bubic 2 (Todd 3)

Jack Kochanowicz 0 (Todd 1)

Chris Paddack 0

Chad Patrick 3

Connor Prielipp 2

Joe Ryan 5

David Peterson 0 (Todd 1)

Max Fried 5

47:20 Jesus Luzardo 3 (Todd 4)

Braxton Ashcraft 3 (Todd 4)

Bubba Chandler 2

Randy Vasquez 4

Luis Castillo 2 (Todd 3)

Tyler Mahle 1 (Todd 0)

Dustin May 1

Steven Matz 3 (Todd 2)

Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)

Eric Lauer 0 (Todd 1)

Zack Littell 0

59:00 Recap

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Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to discuss some struggling hitters. Is it time to cut, hold, or buy low?

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00:00 Headlines

14:45 Catchers

26:45 First Base

36:40 Second Base

47:20 Third Base

57:55 Shortstop

1:02:30 Outfield

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James Anderson and Lucas Morel discuss Noah Schultz's forecast before analyzing all the top hitter breakouts in the minors!

 

01:30 Noah Schultz

07:30 Franklin Arias

14:20 Jhonny Level

17:50 Devin Fitz-Gerlad

21:15 Theo Gillen

25:25 Juneiker Caceres

29:30 Nathan Flewelling

34:35 Pedro Ramirez

39:35 Luis Lara

44:50 Blaze Jordan

47:10 Ronny Cruz

52:20 Taitn Gray

56:15 Josiah Hartshorn

59:40 Cam Maldonado

01:02:55 Rainiel Rodriguez, George Lombard, Braden Montgomery

01:10:30 Blake Burke

 

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Cal Raleigh was a league-winner last year, but is it worth it generally to pay the price for a top catcher? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson explore that, and talk about Edwin Diaz's injury and the Dodgers' replacement(s).

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00:00 4-21-26

00:30 News

00:45 Edwin Diaz out until ASB (who closes? Drop Diaz?)…..

07:20 Raisel Iglesias to the IL (shoulder)

10:30 Zack Wheeler returns Saturday

13:15 The worst feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on your FOMO players, like I was on Sal Stewart and Parker Messick. Can these guys slow down?!

18:10 The best feeling in fantasy baseball: being right on a player, like you were on Dillon Dingler. Look at those advanced stats!

22:00 Sonny Gray to the IL (Tolle time?)…..

24:20 RotoWire Smart Money - Jake Bauers

26:00 Review of the catcher position

27:00 Fred’s Preferences

29:15 What to do with Cal Raleigh?

32:20 Would we rather own Ben Rice, Shea Langeliers, William Contreras, Hunter Goodman or Drake Baldwin?

37:00 Who do we prefer out of slumping catchers, Sal Perez, Ivan Herrera and Yainer Diaz?

41:00 Yainer Diaz

43:00 Is Liam Hicks the real deal? Could he be more valuable than Agustin Ramirez?

45:00 Sling

45:58 BlueWire

46:02 What do we think of the rookies, Carter Jensen and Samiel Basallo?

48:30 Are Adley Rutschman and Alejandro Kirk worth stashing?

53:00 ME Catchers Last Year

54:30 1. Todd Hoppe - Willson Contreras 5.8 (83), Alejandro Kirk 15.8 (218)

56:00 2. Scott Slezak - Shea Langeliers 8.3 (108), Keibert Ruiz 14.3 (198) - pu Moreno

56:40 3. Gregg Martin - Gabriel Moreno 13.14 (194), Mitch Garver 30.2 (437)

58:00 4. Andrew Geller - Austin Wells 12.10 (175), Joey Bart 20.10 (295) - picked up Agustin Ramirez

59:30 5. Dave Petroziello - Cal Raleigh 8.8 (98), Patrick Bailey 21.8 (308) - also picked up Ramirez

1:01:20 6. Ryan Rufe - Willson Contreras 5.10 (70), Tyler Stephenson 17.10 (250) - Ballesteros

1:02:00 7. Christopher Cosley - Cal Raleigh 7.4 (94), Tyler Stephenson 18.12 (267) - Narvaez

1:02:25 8. Greg Smith - William Contreras 3.2 (32), Will Smith 8.14 (119)

1:03:00 9. Toby Guevin - Cal Raleigh 7.1 (91), Keibert Ruiz 14.15 (210) - pu Langeliers

1:04:10 10. Matt Leahy - Willson Contreras 5.15 (75), Alejandro Kirk 18.1 (256)

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap a busy weekend in FAAB, break down all the madness at the closer position across baseball and discuss some struggling offenses. They talk about the slow starts on the Red Sox and Royals and all the newly open closer situations, before digging into a wild weekend in FAAB, including large bids on Noah Schultz, Sam Antonacci and Spencer Arrighetti.

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