About this episode
The concept of "FOMO" (Fear of Missing Out) is real and powerful in fantasy baseball. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they missed out on, including Sal Stewart and Daniel Palencia.
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00:00 FOMO-cast 2026
00:15 News
00:35 JJ Wetherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge made the team. Konnor Griffin didn’t.
07:30 Connelly Early made the team. In the rotation too.
15:00 Ryan Pepiot to the IL.
16:00 RotoWire My Leagues Demo
19:20 Dennis Santana may not get all the save chances.
23:00 Spencer Strider’s poor spring ends with a trip to the IL. Should they sign Lucas Giolito?
29:00 Kyle Stowers will miss 3-4 weeks. And the Marlins were comfortably the lowest scoring team this spring.
32:00 Zack Wheeler will start a rehab assignment on Saturday.
34:20 The Yankees won’t need Luis Gil to start until April 11.
35:20 RotoWire Smart Money Demo
36:40 Fantrax
37:40 FOMO Players!
38:30 Fred: SP: Parker Messick, George Kirby, Kodai Senga
42:30 Jeff SP: Jacob Misiorowski
46:00 Fred: RP: Danny Palencia
48:00 Jeff RP: Edwin Diaz
48:30 Fred: C: Samuel Basallo
49:30 Jeff C: Drake Baldwin
50:00 Fred: 1B: Sal Stewart
53:00 Jeff 1B: Vinnie Pasquantino
55:00 Fred & Jeff: 2B: None, what a garbage position
55:30 Fred: 3B: None, what a garbage position
55:45 Jeff 3B: J-Ram & Jordan Lawlar
58:30 Fred: SS: Elly De La Cruz, Jacob Wilson, Colston Montgomery
1:01:50 Jeff SS: Bo Bichette
1:04:03 BlueWire
1:04:05 Fred: OF: Chase DeLauter, Wilyer Abreu
1:07:00 Jeff OF: Wyatt Langford, Wilyer Abreu too!
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