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Eno and DVR share a few show-related updates -- two live episodes on Mar. 27-28 at Barebottle Brewing Co. in San Francisco! -- and ask for feedback on a format option for the 2025 listener league before digging into a round of spring news and notes. Plus, they look at DVR's builds from last week's Tout Wars ('Solds and IP instead of Wins) and Mixed LABR draft where a conscious decision to lean into IL spots was made. The show wraps with a round of Monday Mailbag questions, including a question about zone contact rates and the belief in a Matt Wallner breakout.Rundown0:24 Eno Brews Beer for Our Live Shows in San Francisco!7:08 Sean Murphy's Injury & Opportunity for Drake Baldwin10:21 Minor Injuries for Corbin Carroll & Gunnar Henderson?15:42 Luis Gil: Awaiting MRI Results (Update: High-Grade Lat Strain)18:27 Parker Meadows: Slowed by Nerve Issue in Right Arm24:10 Jose Altuve's Move to Left Field30:57 DVR's Injury-Risk Heavy Approach in Tout Wars39:34 Another Pitching Risky Build in Mixed LABR51:47 Value of Spring Training MaxEV?54:34 Shohei Ohtani's Dollar Value in Daily Moves League59:44 Matt Wallner's Sleeper Status & Low Z-Contact% ProfilesFollow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.socialFollow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.sociale-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFeSubscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrelsHosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno SarrisProducer: Brian SmithExecutive Producer: Derek VanRiper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Eno and DVR share a few show-related updates -- two live episodes on Mar. 27-28 at Barebottle Brewing Co. in San Francisco! -- and ask for feedback on a format option for the 2025 listener league before digging into a round of spring news and notes. Plus, they look at DVR's builds from last week's Tout Wars ('Solds and IP instead of Wins) and Mixed LABR draft where a conscious decision to lean into IL spots was made. The show wraps with a round of Monday Mailbag questions, including a question about zone contact rates and the belief in a Matt Wallner breakout. Rundown 0:24 Eno Brews Beer for Our Live Shows in San Francisco! 7:08 Sean Murphy's Injury & Opportunity for Drake Baldwin 10:21 Minor Injuries for Corbin Carroll & Gunnar Henderson? 15:42 Luis Gil: Awaiting MRI Results (Update: High-Grade Lat Strain) 18:27 Parker Meadows: Slowed by Nerve Issue in Right Arm 24:10 Jose Altuve's Move to Left Field 30:57 DVR's Injury-Risk Heavy Approach in Tout Wars 39:34 Another Pitching Risky Build in Mixed LABR 51:47 Value of Spring Training MaxEV? 54:34 Shohei Ohtani's Dollar Value in Daily Moves League 59:44 Matt Wallner's Sleeper Status & Low Z-Contact% Profiles Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social e-mail: ratesandbarrels@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris Producer: Brian Smith Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie are drafting in the Mixed LABR Experts League, and share their thoughts while they draft. --- 00:00 LABR Mixed League Draft 00:30 Mets news - Manaea/Senga 04:00 Kyle Finnegan re-signs with Nats 07:00 Draft starts 14:30 Second Round 17:30 Third Round 21:30 Garrett Crochet 25:30 Fourth Round 32:00 Fifth Round - DH Tax 40:00 Sixth Round 41:45 Fantrax 43:00 Bo Bichette and Cal Raleigh 47:00 Seventh Round 53:00 Eighth Round 56:00 EDGE Boost 58:00 Ninth Round 1:03:00 10th Round 1:16:00 11th Round 1:25:00 BlueWire 1:25:10 12th Round --- EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Earn up to 0.5% on every deposit Deposit $25, get $25 Free to use, no minimum balances FDIC-insured accounts Unlimited withdraws back to card Lightning fast deposits and withdraws Sign up with promo code ROTOPOD today! Fantrax Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you'll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. Hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DVR is joined by Mike Gianella of Baseball Prospectus to discuss a busy weekend of news and notes including MRIs for Gerrit Cole and Aaron Judge (among others), an 80-game PED suspension for Noelvi Marte, and more. Plus, they discuss their strategies from the 15-team Mixed LABR draft in which Mike built a roster around a power-heavy base and DVR opted for a 'Pocket Aces' build. Rundown2:06 Gerrit Cole: Has MRI on Elbow; Likely to Miss Opening Day3:40 Aaron Judge: MRI on Abdomen; Timetable Unclear5:02 Noelvi Marte: Suspended 80 Games for Positive PED Test8:48 Edward Cabrera: MRI Reveals Shoulder Impingement; Targeting Late-Round Marlins Starting Pitchers?13:14 Sonny Gray: Progressing From Hamstring Injury15:10 Devin Williams: Visiting with Spine Specialist21:16 Jordan Lawlar: Optioned to Reno; Stashing Prospects in Redraft Leagues29:04 Mixed LABR Draft Apporaches (Full Draft Board: https://rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft) | Building From a Late-Round Position42:46 When Do You Disagree with Projections?55:42 Experiences with Pocket AcesFollow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiperFollow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.socialFollow Mike on Bluesky: @mikegianella.bsky.socialFollow Eno on Twitter: @enosarrise-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFeJoin us on Fridays at 1p ET/10a PT for our new livestream episodes w/Trevor May!https://www.youtube.com/c/ratesbarrelsSubscribe to The Athletic for just $2/month for the first year: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrelsPlease fill out a quick survey to share your podcast habits with us by going to theathletic.com/survey24. Three lucky entries will win $100 worth of Amazon vouchers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
DVR is joined by Mike Gianella of Baseball Prospectus to discuss a busy weekend of news and notes including MRIs for Gerrit Cole and Aaron Judge (among others), an 80-game PED suspension for Noelvi Marte, and more. Plus, they discuss their strategies from the 15-team Mixed LABR draft in which Mike built a roster around a power-heavy base and DVR opted for a 'Pocket Aces' build. Rundown 2:06 Gerrit Cole: Has MRI on Elbow; Likely to Miss Opening Day 3:40 Aaron Judge: MRI on Abdomen; Timetable Unclear 5:02 Noelvi Marte: Suspended 80 Games for Positive PED Test 8:48 Edward Cabrera: MRI Reveals Shoulder Impingement; Targeting Late-Round Marlins Starting Pitchers? 13:14 Sonny Gray: Progressing From Hamstring Injury 15:10 Devin Williams: Visiting with Spine Specialist 21:16 Jordan Lawlar: Optioned to Reno; Stashing Prospects in Redraft Leagues 29:04 Mixed LABR Draft Apporaches (Full Draft Board: https://rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft) | Building From a Late-Round Position 42:46 When Do You Disagree with Projections? 55:42 Experiences with Pocket Aces Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social Follow Mike on Bluesky: @mikegianella.bsky.social Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris e-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Join us on Fridays at 1p ET/10a PT for our new livestream episodes w/Trevor May! https://www.youtube.com/c/ratesbarrels Subscribe to The Athletic for just $2/month for the first year: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Please fill out a quick survey to share your podcast habits with us by going to theathletic.com/survey24. Three lucky entries will win $100 worth of Amazon vouchers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zack breaks down specific teams from 2 of the most prominent expert leagues in the industry with lesson learned.
Dr. Roto swings by to talk about our Mixed LABR league, early drafts, the Rays, the Phillies and young, hard-throwing pitchers in addition to his career in the fantasy industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mike Podhorzer from Fangraphs and ProjectingX.com is off to a great start in both AL Tout Wars and Mixed LABR. He joins Jeff Erickson to talk about his projections process and how it informs his draft strategy, and about his respective teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Andrea Lamont (@RotoLady) and Lenny Melnick (@LennyMelnick) join Jeff Erickson to talk about: - Their show together. How do they work together and separate it from their normal day-to-day life. - Andrea's Mixed LABR draft and Lenny's NL LABR auction. - Lenny's team in TGFBI - Each of their respective upcoming Tout drafts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss the remaining pitchers on the free agent market, speculating a little about where they'll go and their underlying skills, with a specific emphasis on Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen. They also lead off with a discussion on draft order preference and their Mixed LABR slots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
USA Today's Steve Gardner joins Derek VanRiper and Michael Beller on this episode of The Athletic Fantasy Baseball Podcast to break down the Mixed LABR draft, which took place on February 16. The guys look at the draft through the lens of Steve's team. which he selected from the 12 spot in a 15-team league. The guys get into why it makes sense to believe in a Christian Yelich bounceback season, Yu Darvish's move to San Diego, Stephen Strasburg's discount window, Giancarlo Stanton's range of realistic outcomes, the pocket aces strategy, and a whole lot more. Draft Board: https://www.rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft Listener Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/athleticaudiosurvey Follow Derek on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper Follow Beller on Twitter: @MBeller Follow Steve on Twitter: @SteveAGardner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Justin Mason and Paul Sporer team up with Joe Pisapia of Fantasy Pros and the Fantasy Black Book to draft their team in the Mixed LABR draft.
Fernando Tatis Jr. owner Fred Zinkie is running away with the Mixed LABR league right now, but it's not just because of Tatis. He and Jeff Erickson also talk Lance Lynn, Dylan Bundy, Merrill Kelly and Zac Gallen, and discuss Monday's happenings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) and Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) discuss their Mixed LABR team and Nick's Top 100 Starting Pitcher rankings, including Jordon Montgomery, Alex Wood, and John Means.Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSSJoin Pitcher List Plus and get the Podcast Notes, an Ad-Free Website, and access to our Discord community!Timestamps:News n stuff (0:20)Razzslam Review (4:45)Chris Sale/Blake Snell (9:30)Carlos Carrasco (11:15)Garrett Richards (12:10)First Pitch Florida and LABR Review (13:06)Jordan Montgomery (28:56)Alex Wood (32:40)John Means (34:05)Austin Voth (38:58)Spencer Turnbull (43:05)Wade Miley (47:55)Justus Sheffield (50:57)Nathan Eovaldi (53:17)Josh Lindblom (55:36)Kevin Gausman (57:49)Chris Archer (1:00:52)Asher Wojciechowski (1:03:07)Jon Gray (1:07:03)Dakota Hudson (1:08:58)Johnny Cueto (1:11:06)Homer Bailey (1:13:23)J.A. Happ (1:16:38)Patrick Sandoval (1:19:30)Jordan Lyles (1:22:38)Chad Kuhl (1:23:58)
Nick Pollack (@PitcherList) and Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) discuss their Mixed LABR team and Nick's Top 100 Starting Pitcher rankings, including Jordon Montgomery, Alex Wood, and John Means. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play | RSS Join Pitcher List Plus and get the Podcast Notes, an Ad-Free Website, and access to our Discord community! Timestamps: News n stuff (0:20) Razzslam Review (4:45) Chris Sale/Blake Snell (9:30) Carlos Carrasco (11:15) Garrett Richards (12:10) First Pitch Florida and LABR Review (13:06) Jordan Montgomery (28:56) Alex Wood (32:40) John Means (34:05) Austin Voth (38:58) Spencer Turnbull (43:05) Wade Miley (47:55) Justus Sheffield (50:57) Nathan Eovaldi (53:17) Josh Lindblom (55:36) Kevin Gausman (57:49) Chris Archer (1:00:52) Asher Wojciechowski (1:03:07) Jon Gray (1:07:03) Dakota Hudson (1:08:58) Johnny Cueto (1:11:06) Homer Bailey (1:13:23) J.A. Happ (1:16:38) Patrick Sandoval (1:19:30) Jordan Lyles (1:22:38) Chad Kuhl (1:23:58)
On episode 31, Alan Harrison (@TheFantasyFix) is joined by guest co-host Todd Clark (@lunchmade) to briefly discuss our recent Mixed LABR draft. Give a listen below or download the podcast in iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play. Please leave a positive rating/review – we greatly appreciate your support. To get your fantasy baseball questions answered on the podcast in the future, please send us a note on Twitter New podcast music courtesy of Beats by Yams. Many thanks to him – check out his SoundCloud.
Alan Harrison (@TheFantasyFix) is joined by Todd Clark (@lunchmade) on episode 14 to discuss some of the more important Spring Training news along with the recent published fantasy baseball rankings on the site. Be sure to follow TheFantasyFix.com and host Alan Harrison on Twitter @TheFantasyFix. You can follow this episode’s guest, Todd Clark, on Twitter @lunchmade. Give a listen below or download the podcast in iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play. References: 2019 Mixed LABR draft results. FanGraphs: Oblique Injuries To get your fantasy baseball questions answered on the podcast in the future, please send us a note on Twitter Please subscribe, rate and review on iTunes.
Joe Pisapia and Jeff Erickson discuss the Mixed LABR draft, the explosion of points leagues, his Black Book success and a few closer strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alan Harrison (@TheFantasyFix) is joined by Todd Clark (@lunchmade) on episode 13 to discuss both the 2019 Mixed LABR draft strategy/results along with some prospects to keep tabs on in the San Diego Padres system. Be sure to follow TheFantasyFix.com and host Alan Harrison on Twitter @TheFantasyFix. You can follow this episode’s guest, Todd Clark, on Twitter @lunchmade. References: Mixed LABR history & 2019 Mixed LABR draft results. K%+IFFB%-BB% worksheet To get your fantasy baseball questions answered on the podcast in the future, please send us a note on Twitter Please subscribe, rate and review on iTunes.
Lead prospect writer James Anderson joins MLB Editor Clay Link to recap the 2019 Mixed LABR draft and discuss the top prospects in the NL East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lead prospect writer James Anderson joins MLB Editor Clay Link to recap the 2019 Mixed LABR draft and discuss the top prospects in the NL East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss some results from the AL LABR auction and the Mixed LABR draft and then break down some players that Scott is having a tough time slotting into draft lists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rudy Gamble of Razzball joins Alan Harrison on episode 12 to discuss both the Mixed LABR and ToutWars draft results along with some strategy for those formats. Rudy shares some thoughts on the positional scarcity research that he recently published over at Razzball. Alan and Rudy also discuss some outfielders that are a decent bet to outperform their average draft position, strategies with platoon bats in a variety of formats and how to approach prospects in your upcoming drafts. That and more in episode 12 of TheFantasyFix.com’s 2016 Fantasy Baseball Podcast. Be sure to follow TheFantasyFix.com and host Alan Harrison on Twitter @TheFantasyFix. You can follow this episode’s guest, Rudy Gamble, on Twitter @RudyGamble. To get your fantasy baseball questions answered in the future, please send us a note on Twitter or visit our forums. Please subscribe, rate and review on iTunes.
Mike Gianella of Baseball Prospectus joins Alan on episode nine to discuss his incredible 2015 run that resulted in both NL-Only Tout Wars and Mixed LABR (along with Brett Sayre) Championships. Mike sheds some light on his draft preparation, in-season management and the players that lead him to victory in each of the expert leagues. Alan and Mike continue to discuss Mike's latest contribution at Baseball Prospects -- "The -Only League Landscape" -- reviewing starting pitching values from 2015's preseason and comparing them to the season end results. The guys also discuss overvalued and undervalued players based on average draft position, players that could make the biggest gains in '16 and answer a few keeper questions from Twitter and the forums. Players discussed include, but are not limited to Jeff Samardzija, Felix Hernandez, Marcus Stroman, Dallas Keuchel, Marco Estrada, Wei-Yen Chen and Chris Archer. That and more in episode nine of TheFantasyFix.com’s 2016 Fantasy Baseball Podcast. Be sure to follow TheFantasyFix.com and host Alan Harrison on Twitter @TheFantasyFix. You can follow this episode’s guest, Mike Gianella, on Twitter @MikeGianella. To get your fantasy baseball questions answered in the future, please send us a note on Twitter or visit our forums. Please subscribe, rate and review on iTunes.
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad conduct an in-depth breakdown of Jeff's Mixed LABR Draft and also catch on some of the early news coming out of the start of spring training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DVR and Todd review Tuesday night's LABR mixed draft, discuss some of Todd's greatest fears, and ponder the 2016 potential of Jurickson Profar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices