Fantasy Baseball Podcast: J.D. Martinez, Tyler Clippard & LABR Review

Fantasy Baseball Podcast: J.D. Martinez, Tyler Clippard & LABR Review

This article is part of our Fantasy Baseball Podcast series.

Jeff Erickson and defending LABR Mixed Draft League champ Fred Zinkie discuss all the latest MLB news. Will J.D. Martinez bounce back? Shin-Soo Choo leaves the Rangers for the KBO. Is Tyler Clippard the new closer for Arizona? The general Mariners' Morass. Tommy La Stella - does the leadoff spot make him more interesting, or nah? James Karinchak's role is uncertain.  Then Jeff and Fred review last weeks LABR draft.

Enjoy either the audio or video version. Here's the traditional audio podcast:

We divided the video into two parts.  Here's discussion of the latest news:

And here's their review of the LABR draft:

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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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