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RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Top Five Hitters on the Rise

RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

dj@rotowire.com

Baseball, Dynasty Baseball, Fantasy Mlb, Baseball Prospects, Mlb Waiver Wire, Mlb Bets, Fantasy Baseball Advice, Baseball Picks, Mlb Picks, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Fantasy Baseball, Baseball Bets, Mlb Prospects

4.6784 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Matt McLain gets the call, Michael Conforto is heating up and Christopher Morel just went for big bids last week. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson identify hitters whose profile is rising. --- A new MLB season means it’s time for a new kind of daily fantasy baseball. Rival Fantasy is the fantasy platform reinventing the way Daily and Weekly games are played, and they’ve brought new games to the ballpark this year that Fantasy players won’t find anywhere else. Go to play.rivalfantasy.com/signup and use code RotowireMLB at sign-up and deposit a minimum of $25 to get your first entry on Rival protected up to $50! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Nolan Aeronado is heating up, as is Michael Conforto.

0:05.6

Matt McLean has gotten the call as is Christopher Morel.

0:08.5

We'll talk about those hitters, plus we'll talk key injury out in Florida.

0:12.3

Come on up on the Rotowire Fantasy Baseball podcast.

0:29.0

Thank you. Greetings, everybody. Welcome to the Roto Wire Fancy Baseball podcast.

0:31.5

Jeff Erickson here with Fred Zinky.

0:34.4

Fred, been a busy weekend.

0:37.1

How busy were you on the Yuri Perez and Christopher

0:40.0

Morel bidding? Not that busy on Perez and didn't have a lot of shots at Morrell. I kind of regret

0:48.4

not paying up for morale in one of my leagues. I tried to get cheap and it didn't work.

0:55.5

Perez, I knew he was going to be really expensive.

0:57.9

I didn't get any shares.

0:59.9

I did put in, I would say I just put in keep you honest, bids in most leagues, like 200,

1:05.4

something like that.

1:06.6

I do have some concerns over how many innings he'll throw this year.

1:10.0

I think he'll be good, but I get some concerns over how many innings he'll throw this year. I think he'll be good, but I get some concerns over how many innings he'll throw.

1:13.6

And I would say in large parts so far, my teams are doing better in the pitching standings than the hitting standings.

1:20.3

So I wasn't totally sure if I wanted to spend what would have probably amounted to 40% of my remaining budget,

1:29.2

maybe even half of my remaining budget in some leagues on Perez.

1:32.9

I wasn't super aggressive on Perez in labor because I already bought Tanner Bybee and I was

1:38.4

already below $50.

1:39.6

Humble bread right there.

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