Fantasy Baseball Podcast: AL East Preview, Plus Latest News

Fantasy Baseball Podcast: AL East Preview, Plus Latest News

This article is part of our Fantasy Baseball Podcast series.

Jeff and Fred review the fantasy options in the AL East.  And start with the latest news.  Enjoy the audio or video options.  Scroll down below for show notes.  Here's the audio podcast:

And here's the video from YouTube, which we divide into two clips.  First, here's the latest news:

And here is the AL East review:


Show notes:

Baltimore Orioles
- Name 5 Orioles pitchers - no peeking!
- Anthony Santander and the rest of BAL OF is interesting
- A case for Freddy Galvis 

Boston Red Sox
- Good hitting, J.D. Martinez's excuses
- Waiting on Bogaerts
- Questionable pitching, Fading Barnes

New York Yankees
- Super deep
- Jeff higher on Clint Frazier than Fred
- Don't want Gary Sanchez for the price
- Not at all interested in Kluber for the price

Tampa Bay Rays 
- Too many platoons:  20 guys in the top 500, but 11 of them are after 300
- Better in real life than in fantasy
- Arozarena interesting; Meadows is a bargain for the cost

Toronto Blue Jays 
- Dig in on Kirby Yates
- Don't want the pitchers after Ryu, maybe Yates
 

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Jeff Erickson
Jeff Erickson is a co-founder of RotoWire and the only two-time winner of Baseball Writer of the Year from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. He's also in the FSWA Hall of Fame. He roots for the Reds, Bengals, Red Wings, Pacers and Northwestern University (the real NU).
Fred Zinkie
Fred Zinkie arrived at RotoWire after several years as the Lead Fantasy Writer at MLB.com. A long-time participant in expert leagues, Fred tops the all-time leaderboard in the well-known Tout Wars contests and has multiple LABR titles. When not covering a variety of fantasy sports, he can be found sweating through games of his beloved Maple Leafs, Blue Jays and Browns.
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