Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Closer Update, 2x Starters, FAAB

Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Closer Update, 2x Starters, FAAB

This article is part of our Fantasy Baseball Podcast series.

Clay and Lord Zola discuss Opening Day and the odd closer events, plus FAAB moves and the upcoming two-start pitchers for Week 2.  Scroll down for Clay and Todd's Two-Start Pitcher grades for Week of April 5th.

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Two-Start Pitcher Grades:
Luke Weaver 0
Drew Smyly 2
Jorge Lopez 0
Nick Pivetta 2 (Todd 4)
Trevor Williams 1 (Todd 2)
Jose De Leon 3 (Todd 2)
Logan Allen 4
German Marquez 3 (Todd 4)
Carlos Rodon 4 (Todd 5)
Jose Urena 1 (Todd 2)
Danny Duffy 0
Dustin May 5
Trevor Rogers 4
Sandy Alcantara 5
Brett Anderson 0 (Todd 1)
Matt Shoemaker 4 (Todd 3)
David Peterson 2 (Todd 3)
Jordan Montgomery 3
Frankie Montas
Matt Moore 1
JT Brubaker 2 (Todd 3)
Adrian Morejon 4
Anthony DeSclafani 2
Daniel Ponce de Leon 3 (4)
Mike Foltynewicz 1 (courtesy 2)
Tanner Roark 0
Steven Matz 0
Patrick Corbin 3

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Clay Link
Clay Link is the MLB Editor at RotoWire. Clay won the overall championship in The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational and finished top 10 in the NFBC Online Championship in 2018. He can be heard on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio, MLB Network Radio and twice a week on the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast during baseball season.
Todd Zola
Todd has been writing about fantasy baseball since 1997. He won NL Tout Wars and Mixed LABR in 2016 as well as a multi-time league winner in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship. Todd is now setting his sights even higher: The Rotowire Staff League. Lord Zola, as he's known in the industry, won the 2013 FSWA Fantasy Baseball Article of the Year award and was named the 2017 FSWA Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year. Todd is a five-time FSWA awards finalist.
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