Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on the latest headlines and go over their FAAB recommendations.

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

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0:00 Intro/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Pickups

• 5:30 Jalen Beeks - $9
• Nick Gonzales - $4
• Alec Burleson - User comment
• 10:40 Tylor Megill - $4
• Charlie Blackmon - $3
• Luke Raley - $3
• Carlos Santana - $3
• Eddie Rosario - $2
• Griffin Jax - $0
• 13:35 Clay is still waiting on James Wood

Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 20, 2024)

• Slade Cecconi 1
• Chris Sale 5
• Charlie Morton 3
• Kyle Bradish 4
• Tanner Houck 3 (Todd 4)
• Javier Assad 3
• Andrew Abbott 2 (Todd 1)
• 29:15 Ben Lively 1 (Todd 2)
• Cal Quantrill 0
• Erick Fedde 2
• Garrett Crochet 3 (Todd 4)
• Reese Olson 3 (Todd 4)
• Casey Mize 2
• Michael Wacha 1
• Reid Detmers 1 (Todd 2)
• Gavin Stone 3
• Ryan Weathers 3
• Joe Ross 1
• 42:00 Pablo Lopez 5
• Tylor Megill 3 (Todd 2)
• Marcus Stroman 2
• Clarke Schmidt 3 (Todd 4)
• Aaron Brooks 0
• 45:30 Ranger Suarez 4
• Martin Perez 0
• Michael King 4 (Todd 3)
• Dylan Cease 5 (Todd 4)
• Logan Gilbert 5
• Bryan Woo 3
• Logan Webb 5
• Sonny Gray 4
• Taj Bradley 3
• Jon Gray 3 (Todd 2)
• Jose Berrios 4
• Yusei Kikuchi 4
• Mitchell Parker 1

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Larry Schechter joins Jeff Erickson to discuss his new book, "The History of Fantasy Sports." (https://tinyurl.com/b63urwjx)

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00:00 - The History of Fantasy Sports

03:00 - 18 Months of Research

04:20 - First Tabletop Games in 1800’s

05:20 - Difference between fantasy & Strat-O-Matic / APBA

08:00 - Paring Down to Make the Book

09:30 - FSTA / FSGA

13:00 - Founders of Rotisserie

19:00 - Early Reviews

22:30 - Early different formats

25:00 - Variations of the game

30:00 - Larry’s personal background - CDM

31:45 - Transitioning to LABR/Tout

34:30 - Mixed Leagues

35:40 - Football dwarfs baseball

37:30 - Role of the leagues / players’ associations

39:00 - AL ToutWars this year

42:30 - NFBC Main Events

43:20 - Corbin Carroll 

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• Coby Mayo
• Walker Jenkins
• Xavier Isaac
• Dylan Crews
• Brady House
• Colson Montgomery
• Lazaro Montes
• Roman Anthony
• Aidan Miller

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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.

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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 it

19:45 - 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 wins

43:00 - Is the OAK offense actually decent?

49:00 - Is the STL offense this bad?

55:00 - Hitters called up really struggled

58:30 - Shaky Streamers

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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 @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman (@Erik_Halterman) and guest Dave McDonald (@RunDMcD) discuss the latest headlines and some difficult drop decisions.

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00:00 Happy Mother's Day/Happy Paul Skenes Day

07:45 More Headlines

22:50 Overall Drops Strategy

39:15 12-team Pitcher Drops

51:15 12-team Hitter Drops

1:02:30 15-team Drops

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Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and Ryan Boyer (@RyanPBoyer) go over some headlines and hit on their FAAB recommendations.

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Erik Halterman and Todd Zola talk fantasy baseball headlines, pickups and next week's two-start pitchers.

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00:00 Season Debuts: Robert Gasser, Taj Bradley, Bryan Woo

11:40 Willson Contreras' fractured forearm

18:00 More News

22:00 Steak League pickups

32:15 Two-Start Pitchers

Jordan Montgomery 4/4 (Erik/Todd)

Reynaldo Lopez 4/3

Corbin Burnes 5/5

Kutter Crawford 4/3

Nick Pivetta 3/3

Shota Imanaga 5/5

Graham Ashcraft 1/2

Hunter Greene 3/2

Tanner Bibee 3/2

Peter Lambert 0/1

Chris Flexen 0/1

Kenta Maeda 1/2

Hunter Brown 2/2

Ronel Blanco 4/4

Brady Singer 4/4

Jose Soriano 2/2

Yoshinobu Yamamoto 5/5

Sixto Sanchez 0/0

Colin Rea 1/1

Chris Paddack 2/2

Sean Manaea 1/1

Carlos Rodon 4/4

JP Sears 1/2

Osvaldo Bido 0/0

Cristopher Sanchez 4/4

Aaron Nola 5/5

Mitch Keller 3/3

George Kirby 5/4

Jordan Hicks 2/1

Matthew Liberatore 0/0

Zach Eflin 4/4

Aaron Civale 2/3

Michael Lorenzen 1/2

Jose Berrios 2/3

Trevor Williams 1/1

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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.

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00:00 - Welcome Travis Sawchik

00:30 - Paul Skenes getting the call

02:45 - Did the Pirates develop Skenes properly?

08:45 - How are the Pirates structuring their rebuild?

16:30 - Big Data Baseball

21:00 - Henry Davis

23:45 - Ke’Bryan Hayes

25:30 - Oneil Cruz

30:40 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand

31:30 - Limitations of MRI’s

39:15 - Reds slumping

40:30 - Wild prospect trades

41:45 - Travis’s experience in the NFBC Main Event

45:00 - The Difficulties of drafting live

54:00 - Managing FAAB

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• Jack Leiter
• Emmanuel Rodriguez
• Mason Adams
• Yilber Diaz
• Carter Jensen
• Andry Lara
• Zebby Matthews
• Jaden Hamm
• Brett Wichrowski
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• Lazaro Montes
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