Erik Halterman and Jenny Butler discuss the best ways to get your fantasy baseball team off to a good start through the first three rounds.

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00:00 Headlines

13:40 Big-picture strategy

29:15 Specific starting trios

49:30 Setting your KDS

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00:00 Intro

00:35 Roki Sasaki

01:30 Travis Bazzana

02:45 Nick Kurtz

04:10 JJ Wetherholt

05:15 Charlie Condon

08:50 Jac Caglianone

09:50 Christian Moore

10:55 Chase Burns

13:30 Braden Montgomery

15:25 Konnor Griffin

18:20 Cam Smith

19:50 Hagen Smith

21:15 Bryce Rainer

22:25 Carson Benge

23:25 Griffin Burkholder

25:00 Slade Caldwell

26:45 Braylon Payne

29:45 Josuar Gonzalez

33:30 Ryan Waldschmidt

34:45 Seaver King

35:50 Theo Gillen

36:40 Kellon Lindsey

37:50 Ryan Sloan

40:10 PJ Morlando

41:10 Cam Caminiti

43:00 Trey Yesavage

45:20 Jurrangelo Cijnte

46:30 Vance Honeycutt

48:45 James Gibbs

49:55 Levi Sterling

50:40 Tyson Lewis

51:55 Elian Pena

53:45 Final Thoughts

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Athletics

Osvaldo Bido will be in the rotation, right? Roster Resource has him at AAA for some reason…

Arizona

Nowhere for Jordan Lawlar to play? 

Atlanta

Will they really go into the year with one of Ian Anderson, AJ Smith-Shawver or Bryce Elder in the rotation?

Baltimore

Probably nowhere for Heston Kjerstad or Coby Mayo to play as things stand, but they’re both seemingly a trade or an injury away. Any current interest?

Boston

More PA, Kristian Campbell or David Hamilton?

Chicago Cubs

Draft Ben Brown now and hope he wins the fifth starter’s spot? 

Chicago White Sox

Likelihood Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery, Bryan Ramos make Opening Day roster?

Cincinnati

Noelvi Marte, Rhett Lowder ticketed for Triple-A?

Cleveland

How much will Jhonkensy Noel play?

Colorado

What will Jordan Beck’s role be?

Detroit

Should we expect Jackson Jobe to make the Opening Day rotation?

Houston

Who intrigues us most as an OF flyer? Chas McCormick, Jake Meyers, Zach Dezenzo, Jacob Melton, Taylor Trammell…

Kansas City

Intrigued by any of Kris Bubic, Alec Marsh, Kyle Wright, Michael Loreznen?

Los Angeles Angels

Seems pretty straightforward. Are we tracking what Reid Detmers and/or Caden Dana do in spring training?

Los Angeles Dodgers

Who plays more, Hyesong Kim or Andy Pages?

Miami

Derek Hill is going to play more than people think – one of the rare Roster Resource mess-ups currently

Milwaukee

What will Caleb Durbin’s role be to start the year?

Minnesota

Who will be the fourth and fifth starters? Simeon Woods Richardson, Chris Paddack, David Festa, Zebby Matthews 

New York Mets

More playing time in 2025, Ronny Mauricio or Luisangel Acuna?

New York Yankees

How confident are we in Jasson Dominguez playing every day?

Philadelphia

Worried about Bryson Stott’s lineup placement and platoon when the team is at full strength?

Pittsburgh

What will Nick Yorke’s role be?

San Diego

Team Top-Heavy, everybody who can play will be playing

San Francisco

Will Hayden Birdsong make the Opening Day rotation?

Seattle

Top-heavy depth chart, presumably not done adding. Any interest in their cheap guys, Ryan Bliss, Dominic Canzone, Tyler Locklear, Austin Shenton?

St. Louis

Will Michael McGreevy open the year at Triple-A?

Tampa Bay

Will Richie Palacios or Jose Caballero play enough for us to use them?

Texas

Will Kumar Rocker be in the Opening Day rotation?

Toronto

Addison Barger, Ernie Clement, Orelvis Martinez or a player not currently on the roster as starting 3B?

Washington

Is Jacob Young really going to play every day in CF again?

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer take a closer look at a handful of pitchers who divide opinion in 2025 draft rooms based on their unusual 2024 seasons.

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Erik Halterman and guest Michael Govier share their fantasy baseball-related New Year's resolutions.

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00:00 Intro

3:00 Gleyber Torres to Tigers

8:10 Corbin Burnes to D-Backs

13:15 Charlie Morton to Orioles

14:05 Hye-Seong Kim to Dodgers

19:00 Less league variety

22:40 Don’t wait too long on closers

25:40 Don’t sign this year’s Snell 

29:50 Don’t chase the dragon

31:35: Drop players faster

34:15 More best ball

37:50 Enjoy more, worry less

39:30 Focus on WHIP

43:10 Let go of ties to players

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James Anderson answers dozens of questions about prospects, dynasty and redraft on a special Christmas Eve mailbag episode!

00:00 Intro

02:00 Matt Shaw

08:00 Coby Mayo

09:35 Shohei Ohtani

11:10 Buy-Low Targets

13:10 Gavin Williams

14:35 Valuing Oft-Injured Pitchers

16:15 Evan Carter

17:30 Sebastian Walcott

18:25 Emmanuel Rodriguez

19:40 Overhyped Prospects

23:35 Prospects Who Could Hit 40 HR

25:40 Sean Burke

28:20 Andrew Painter

30:35 Noah Schultz

31:45 Kevin McGonigle Trade Grade

35:20 FYPD Talk

49:20 Undervalued Pitching Prospects

52:40 Undervalued Pirates Prospects

54:40 Cole Carrigg

57:05 Jackson Holliday

58:25 Colson Montgomery

59:20 Second Base Trade Targets

01:00:30 Guardians Hitting Prospects

01:03:40 Carson Williams/Samuel Basallo/Jack Leiter

01:06:00 Red Sox Prospects

01:07:15 Johnathan Rodriguez

01:08:30 AJ Smith-Shawver

01:10:10 Rays Hitters

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James Anderson and Dave McDonald go through the first 15 rounds of recent fantasy baseball ADP and highlight which picks are potential land mines due to the injury/durability risk associated with the player.

00:00 Intro

02:02 Dr. Dave's Approach To Risk

16:50 Potential Round 1 Avoids

25:00 Potential Round 2 Avoids

36:00 Potential Round 3 Avoids

44:55 Fade Felix Bautista in Round 4?

47:50 Potential Round 6 Avoids

54:25 Fade Grayson Rodriguez in Round 7?

56:40 Potential Round 8 Avoids

01:05:20 Potential Round 9 Avoids

01:14:45 Potential Round 10 Avoids

01:19:20 Potential Round 14 Avoids

01:24:40 Fade Josh Jung in Round 15?

01:26:10 Guardians Talk

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Dispersal Draft strategy

37:35 Highlander Draft strategy

41:00 Highlander Draft results

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00:00 Intro

01:15 Blake Snell to Dodgers

05:45 Cardinals logjam

13:35 Relievers getting stretched out?

21:30 Yusei Kikuchi to Angels

25:40 Frankie Montas to Mets

28:30 The Brady Singer/Jonathan India trade

32:50 Tommy Edman extends with Dodgers

36:30 Roki Sasaki landing spots

41:15 Rays playing in Steinbrenner Field

45:15 Zach Neto

48:30 Rapid-fire wrap-up

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00:00 Intro

01:10 Chandler Simpson

05:15 Catcher

28:50 First Base

37:00 Second Base

54:55 Third Base

58:30 Shortstop

01:02:40 UT-Only

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00:00 Intro

02:15 Jasson Dominguez vs. Dylan Crews

08:50 Roman Anthony

12:05 Heston Kjerstad

15:45 Chase DeLauter

24:40 Colby Thomas

27:00 Chandler Simpson

32:15 Zach DeLoach

34:35 Gustavo Campero

36:45 Jackson Jobe/Bubba Chandler/Kumar Rocker

42:15 Andrew Painter

44:15 Rhett Lowder/Zebby Matthews

47:40 Sean Burke/Jacob Misiorowski/Joey Cantillo

52:50 Michael McGreevy

54:30 AJ Smith-Shawver

56:25 Quinn Mathews

59:00 Brant Hurter

01:00:50 Cade Horton/Ricky Tiedemann

01:01:20 Richard Fitts

01:02:40 Brandon Sproat

01:05:50 Endgame rookie arms

01:10:30 Porter Hodge vs. Ben Joyce

01:13:30 Rockies relief prospects

01:15:35 Endgame rookie relievers

01:19:30 Brady House

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