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The High-Stakes Lowdown: A RotoViz Podcast: Eric Balkman chats with high-stakes fantasy football players.

GUEST

Bill Van Ormer - @Wavo20

This month, Bill Van Ormer, who will be representing the Joes in the 2025 FFPC Pros Vs. Joe's Challenge as 42 FFPC Joe's will battle 42 industry pros for seven free 2026 FFPC Main Event entries to compete for the $1,000,000 Grand Prize, joins the program. He’s a former five-time FFPC league champ as well.

In this episode, the guys hash out how to handle George Pickens in FFPC Big Gorilla drafts, whether Derrick Henry is going to come through again for FFPC Main Event owners, how the Cam Ward/Calvin Ridley connection is going to perform, and so much more.

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HOST

Eric Balkman (@EricBalkman) – Host of the High-Stakes Fantasy Football Hour podcast, Insider Access on the Bettor Sports Network, talent and content producer for the Fantasy Football Players Championship, and host of The Show With Balky on 95.3 and 99.1 The Score in Appleton, Wisconsin.

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SHOW NOTES

Thanks to Eric and the FFPC for coordinating this show. Thanks to Grapes for providing the theme music.​

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Liam Kerr (The Welcome Party) joins host Thomas Emerick for some early-aughts Boston angst — and rebirth. It’s October 2004. The Red Sox are down 0-2 in the ALCS. Game 3 at Fenway turns into a historic beating—and somehow, the start of everything. We talk baseball, politics, and comebacks from the edge.

2004 ALCS Game 3 Final Score: New York Yankees 19, Boston Red Sox 8

• NYY takes 3-0 series lead in American League Championship Series
• BOS now needs to win four straight to reach the World Series
• Game stats via Pro Baseball Reference

Episode threads:

• How the weight of Red Sox history—from Ruth to Buckner to Boone—hung over every fan in 2004.
• The 2004 ALCS offseason shakeups: Nomar out, A-Rod almost in, and what that meant.
• The Varitek vs. A-Rod brawl and how it defined the season’s edge and rivalry tone.
• Boston’s midseason slump and rebound: 55% playoff odds at one point, 64% the rest of the way.
• Game 3 unravels fast—Yankees drop 19 runs behind A-Rod, Sheffield, Matsui, and Bernie Williams.
• Coping mechanisms as Sox fans watched one of the worst home losses in franchise history.
• Where Liam watched Game 3, and how that night felt personally and politically.
• Parallels between Red Sox down 3-0 and Democrats down three branches of government.
• What Boston’s "Idiots" mentality says about staying loose under pressure—"Don’t let us win tonight."
• Kevin Millar’s walk, Dave Roberts’ steal, Bill Mueller’s hit—the spark of the comeback.
• How Theo Epstein and Billy Beane saw value in overlooked talent like Millar.
• The Red Sox win two Ortiz walk-offs in one calendar day—belief starts to return.

RotoViz contributor Thomas Emerick

The Welcome Party co-founder Liam Kerr (@LiamKerr)

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Ben Gretch and Shawn Siegele break down the positional tactics and best player fits for the FFPC Superflex tournament as they attempt to draft a fantasy football juggernaut from the 1.02. Listen in and implement these tactics in your best ball and redraft leagues in 2025!

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Get essential dynasty fantasy football insights as Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly analyze if you should trade the 1.01 pick in dynasty rookie drafts. The guys reveal whether holding or trading your rookie picks is the best dynasty strategy for maximizing value while providing dynasty trade analysis based on the current RotoViz dynasty rankings. They also review listener-submitted rosters to give you actionable advice for managing your dynasty football squad whether you play in Superflex or 1QB leagues. 

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:00 What to do with the 1.01 in Dynasty? Buy/Sell and Rookie draft pick advice

9:00 Should you trade your picks now or wait till you are on the clock in your Dynasty rookie draft?

18:00 Dynasty Roster management advice

28:00 Would you rather have Jaylen Waddle or George Pickens?

30:00 How many rookie picks for Bo Nix?

32:00 Outro

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HOSTS

Nathan Powell (@NPowellFF)

Dan Sainio (@FFDynastyDan)

Rookie ADP Overrated/Underrated 

QB

Overrated: (Dan) Hendon Hooker Qb5 22 overall

Underrated: (Nathan) Dorian Thompson-Robinson QB12 69 overall

RB: 

Overrated: (Nathan) Roschon Johnson RB6 17 overall 

Underrated: (Dan) Deuce Vaughn RB12 37 overall

WR: 

Overrated: (Dan) Zay Flowers WR4 9 Overall

Underrated: (Nathan) Tank Dell WR12 30 overall 

TE:  

Overrated: (Nathan) Luke Schoonmaker TE5 31 overall  

Underrated: (Dan) Brenton Strange TE8 46 Overall

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We talk about perpetual reloading and opening your championship window all the time. How do you reboot your team if you skipped the reload phase and your squad is in danger of aging out? It may require some uncomfortable choices if you want to build a Fantasy Football dynasty, but Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly analyze various listener dynasty rosters while addressing how they can position themselves for success in 2023 and years beyond. Stefon Diggs, Davante Adams, Lamar Jackson, and other players are also featured.

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RotoViz Radio Executive Producer Colm Kelly (@OvertimeIreland)

RotoViz co-owner Shawn Siegele (@FF_Contrarian)

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Dave Caban and Curtis Patrick determine whether or not Kyler Murray is still an elite dynasty QB...

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HOSTS

Dave Caban (@davecabanff) – RotoViz Co-Owner 

Curtis Patrick (@CPatricknfl) – RotoViz Co-Owner 

The RotoViz Fantasy Football Show

A RotoViz podcast covering all things fantasy football, hosted by Dave Caban and Curtis Patrick

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Fantasy Football rankings are a valuable resource while drafting your rosters, but how are they created? Shawn Siegele shares his ranking process and how to use them successfully. Jaylen Waddle, Tyreek Hill, Chris Olave, and other players are also featured.

Article: Underdog ADPs Set To Rise And Fall And The Most Dynamic Ways To Play The 2023 NFL Schedule

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The College to Canton Podcast is part of the Rotoviz Radio & Blue Wire Podcast families.

Host: Travis May (@FF_TravisM) - Rotoviz & Solid Verbal

Host: Stefan Lako (@stayfunlako) - Rotoviz

Travis and Stefan start out the Next Big Thing series with a discussion of the QB position. Travis explains what to look for in predicting when predicting a breakout. We tell you which players should you target in Devy and C2C drafts. All that and more!

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Originally published May 24th, 2021.

Tools For Success

In this edition, Colm and Zach dive into the various best ball tools that RotoViz offers its subscribers. They cover the RotoViz Roster Construction Explorer, FFPC Exposures, and ADP tool, along with all of the features inside the powerful Best Ball Win Rate Explorer.

This is episode number 2 in the series as the guys bring you two shows per week throughout the series looking at the keys of the format, the best roster strategies, and tools to use to win your league, Zero RB, and much more!

The BEST Best Ball Show is powered by RotoViz Radio.

HOSTS

Colm Kelly (@OvertimeIreland) – Executive Producer of RotoViz Radio

Zachary Krueger (@ZK_FFB) – Writer/Contributor at RotoViz.com

Tools For Success

In this edition, Colm and Zach dive into the various best ball tools that RotoViz offers its subscribers. They cover the RotoViz Roster Construction Explorer, FFPC Exposures, and ADP tool, along with all of the features inside the powerful Best Ball Win Rate Explorer.

This is episode number 2 in the series as the guys bring you two shows per week throughout the series looking at the keys of the format, the best roster strategies, and tools to use to win your league, Zero RB, and much more!

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