RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, the founder of Pitcher List, to discuss some of this year's breakout starting pitchers. --- 00:00 Intro 2:05 Noah Schultz debut 5:10 Pitcher injury news 11:20 Nolan McLean 13:40 Cam Schlittler 15:00 MacKenzie Gore 19:30 Jose Soriano 23:40 Shota Imanaga 26:20 Drew Rasmussen 30:20 Taj Bradley 32:55 Emerson Hancock 35:45 Parker Messick 36:50 Braxton Ashcraft 39:30 Michael Soroka 41:30 Bryce Elder 43:20 Randy Vasquez 45:35 Joey Cantillo 47:20 Will Warren 49:30 Jeffrey Springs 51:40 Landen Roupp 55:30 Mick Abel 1:00:15 Davis Martin 1:01:50 Carmen Mlodzinski --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Jason Collette take a couple of victory laps before getting into their biggest regrets of draft season!   01:35 Victor Laps 05:15 Sal Stewart 08:40 Massive SP Values 13:35 Chandler Simpson 17:25 Jordan Walker 22:30 Parker Messick 24:20 Jose Soriano 28:25 Key Injuries 31:30 Buy Lows 36:05 Cutting Bait 40:30 Big Disappointments 46:25 The Hunt For Saves 54:35 Stashing Season 57:50 Missing At Third Base 01:01:50 Our Best Teams 01:06:45 Our Worst Teams   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Inspired by Garrett Crochet's Monday blowup outing, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at eight starting pitching slow starters. --- 00:00 Eight Pitchers We Regret 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 02:30 FAAB Results - Jakob Junis Guy 10:15 Jordan Romano Blows Save 12:00 News 12:15 Christian Yelich out 4-to-6 weeks 14:00 Jackson Chourio out until May 15:00 Tatsuya Imai and Jeremy Pena to the IL 18:00 Jackson Holliday Setback 21:00 Noelvi Marte to the Minors 24:00 Noah Schultz Debuts 26:00 RotoWire Smart Money 27:30 Happy Fun Ball Night 30:00 Oneil Cruz 31:00 “What Can Go Right?” 33:00 Konnor Griffin 36:00 Sling 37:00 Underachieving Pitchers 37:30 Garrett Crochet 43:15 Emmet Sheehan 47:20 Mike Burrows 50:40 Tanner Bibee 53:50 Jesus Luzardo 55:10 Andrew Abbott 59:30 Eury Perez 1:02:00 Logan Webb --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield, discuss some early season surgers, go through a long list of injuries over the weekend and break down a busy week of adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about the quick starts (and if they are sustainable) for O'Neil Cruz, Jose Soriano and Chandler Simpson because getting into all the popular adds this week, including Jakob Junis, Edouard Julien and Angle Martinez, along with much, much more from all around fantasy baseball.   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 18:43 Rhett Lowder 20:56 Ryan Weathers 22:58 Grant Holmes 24:54 Bryan Baker 28:10 Max Muncy 30:31 Mark Vientos 34:11 Garrett Mitchell 36:30 Andres Gimenez 37:58 Colt Keith 40:34 Brandon Marsh 44:16 Sean Burke 45:44 Foster Griffin 48:41 Jakob Junis 53:48 Colin Rea 56:22 Caleb Kilian 58:48 Troy Johnston 1:01:47 Wenceel Perez 1:03:34 Juan Brito 1:06:43 Nick Yorke 1:08:00 Hyeseong Kim 1:13:23 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Madison, Wisc. native Drake Baldwin is the No. 1 fantasy hitter through two weeks! Steak League FAAB: 4:25 Jake Junis $11 Masyn Winn $9 Bryan Baker $8 Janson Junk $7 7:45 Sean Burke $7 Brandon Lockridge $4 David Hamilton $3 Kevin Kelly $2 Brandon Williamson $1 James Tibbs $1 Ryan Jeffers $0 14:25 Other roster trends from CBS 18:00 Two-start pitchers: Ryne Nelson 1 Luis Severino 1 Jeffrey Springs 3 Grant Holmes 3 Reynaldo Lopez 3 Trevor Rogers 4 (Todd 5) Kyle Bradish 4 Garrett Crochet 5 Gavin Williams 3 Joey Cantillo 2 (Todd 3) Michael Lorenzen 0 Sean Burke 2 Framber Valdez 5 35:00 Mike Burrows 4 Cole Ragans 5 Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 0) Reid Detmers 2 Eury Perez 4 Brandon Sproat 0 Bailey Ober 1 44:30 David Peterson 0 (Todd 1) Will Warren 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Cristopher Sanchez 5 Paul Skenes 5 Mitch Keller 3 (Todd 4) Michael King 4 George Kirby 5 Bryan Woo 5 Robbie Ray 3 Matthew Liberatore 3 Shane McClanahan 3 Nathan Eovaldi 4 MacKenzie Gore 4 Kevin Gausman 5 Cade Cavalli 3 Miles Mikolas 0 58:00 Recap Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright of Razzball to discuss some surprisingly hot starts. Should you sell high or hold? --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Drake Baldwin 19:15 CJ Abrams 21:45 Jordan Walker 26:10 Andy Pages 28:45 Christian Yelich 31:05 Oneil Cruz 35:35 Yordan Alvarez 38:10 Ben Rice 40:45 Chase DeLauter 43:45 Liam Hicks 46:05 Garrett Mitchell 47:30 Cam Smith 49:50 Sandy Alcantara 53:15 Jose Soriano 55:55 Cam Schlittler 59:25 Taj Bradley 1:01:30 MacKenzie Gore 1:03:45 Emerson Hancock and Bryce Elder 1:07:00 Gavin Williams and Edward Cabrera --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Sam Dykstra discuss all the most notable minor-league assignments and which players are set up to climb prospect rankings this season!   01:20 Ryan Sloan and Kade Anderson 06:25 Jamie Arnold/Liam Doyle/Tyler Bremner 10:55 Devin Fitz-Gerald 15:05 Jesus Made, Blake Burke 17:55 Prospects skipping complex ball 23:35 Luis Hernandez 26:05 Cardinals catchers 28:55 Leo De Vries, Ralphy Velazquez 31:45 Steele Hall 35:00 Greenville’s loaded rotation 38:10 Johnny King, Arjun Nimmala 42:00 Soft Dodgers assignments 43:55 Binghamton’s loaded roster   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nick Kurtz entered Tuesday night's play with zero homers, 14 strikeouts and a .148 batting average. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss Kurtz and other early season slumping hitters and their respective worry levels. --- 00:00 10 Players We Regret 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 01:45 News: 02:00 Hunter Brown not throwing 05:30 Use Shohei as a SP? 09:20 Cade Horton’s first MRI didn’t look good….. 11:00 Juan Soto will miss 2-3 weeks….. 13:00 Jacob deGrom left after five innings with knee discomfort….. 14:40 Matthew Boyd landed on the IL…… 21:00 Bryan Baker, Lucas Erceg, Jordan Romano and Jakob Junis were among those who got saves last night….. 24:15 Jose Soriano looks great 26:00 Smart Money Demo - Ozzie Albies Walk 27:45 Jansen Junk 33:30 Sling 34:30 Who are we worried about? 36:00 The following players required a significant draft investment and have an OPS below .500. Who are we worried about? 36:45 At your request, we can talk about Nick Kurtz too. 40:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong 44:00 Julio Rodriguez 48:00 Ronald Acuna 48:15 Josh Naylor 49:15 Byron Buxton 50:15 Trevor Story 52:20 Wyatt Langford 55:00 Austin Riley 57:30 Bo Bichette 59:06 BlueWire 59:10 The following players were later picks and have an OPS below .500. Who are we ready to drop? 59:45 Marcell Ozuna 1:02:00 Cedric Mullins 1:03:00 Jose Caballero 1:04:30 Carson Benge 1:06:00 Caleb Durbin --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Justin Mason discuss Konnor Griffin's debut, injuries to Hunter Brown and Mookie Betts, and the top pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Easter Sunday Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Justin Mason 02:45 Mason’s Musings 03:40 Top News 03:50 Konnor Griffin Debuts 08:15 Red Sox / Giants Struggling 15:00 Injuries 15:10 Hunter Brown 18:10 Mookie Betts 19:55 Juan Soto 21:00 Jordan Lawlar & Cade Horton 23:00 Alejandro Kirk 27:30 Schedule Notes 27:40 7 Games: CIN, COL, CWS, DET, KC, MIA, MIN, SD 30:00 Sling AD 31:00 Free Agent Results 31:15 Starting Pitchers 32:30 Bryce Elder 33:30 Lance McCullers 37:00 Colin Rea 38:30 Why is Lucas Giolito unsigned? 40:30 Spencer Arrighetti 42:30 Janson Junk, Foster Griffin, Sean Burke, Cade Povich, Anyone Else? 44:00 Brandon Sproat 46:21 BlueWire 46:30 Relievers 46:50 Gregory Soto 49:00 Rays - Bryan Baker, Kevin Kelly? 50:15 Giants - Winn, Kilian? 51:55 A’s? 54:00 Rangers? 55:30 Hitters 55:50 Jordan Walker - Spiked him in OC 57:50 Garrett Mitchell 59:30 Mark Vientos 1:01:10 Cole Young 1:03:20 Troy Johnston 1:04:20 Parker Meadows, Kyle Isbel, Joey Wiemer --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on all their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Jordan Walker 17:45 Cam Smith 20:25 Liam Hicks 24:00 Mickey Moniak 27:30 Colt Emerson 31:20 Taj Bradley 33:45 Randy Vasquez 36:00 Eric Lauer 38:15 Michael Soroka 40:50 Riley O'Brien 45:15 Dean Kremer 47:20 Janson Junk 49:50 Lance McCullers 53:40 Tyler Alexander 55:30 Mark Leiter 57:40 Kyle Isbel 59:25 Brice Matthews 1:01:35 Daniel Schneeman 1:04:00 Oswald Peraza 1:07:05 Dominic Smith 1:09:20 Smart Money --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! 0:00 Intro/Konnor Griffin has arrived! Steak League FAAB: 4:10 Emerson Hancock $23 Michael McGreevy $13 Lance McCullers $12 Colt Emerson $9 Joe Boyle $7 Joey Wiemer $4 Keaton Winn $1 Two-start pitchers: 12:50 Zac Gallen 3 Aaron Civale 0 20:00 Chris Sale 5 Dean Kremer 0 Brayan Bello 1 Jameson Taillon 2 Brandon Williamson 0 (Todd 1) 25:20 Andrew Abbott 4 Tanner Bibee 3 Ryan Feltner 0 Kyle Freeland 0 Erick Fedde 0 Shane Smith 1 (Todd 2) Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3) Tarik Skubal 5 Hunter Brown 5 Noah Cameron 3 Cole Ragans 5 36:30 Jose Soriano 3 Janson Junk 1 Sandy Alcantara 4 (Todd 5) Brandon Woodruff 5 Joe Ryan 4 Taj Bradley 1 (Todd 2) Freddy Peralta 5 Cam Schlittler 5 44:30 Andrew Painter 4 (Todd 3) Bubba Chandler 3 (Todd 2) German Marquez 0 (Todd 1) Nick Pivetta 4 Logan Gilbert 5 Adrian Houser 1 Andre Pallante 0 Ryan Pepiot 2 (Todd 0) Jacob deGrom 4 Max Scherzer 3 Kevin Gausman 5 Zack Littell 0 (Todd 1) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by RotoWire president Peter Schoenke to discuss the most confusing bullpens in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines: Konnor Griffin, Cody Ponce and more 12:45 Closer Chaos: Athletics 15:40 Rockies 20:25 Astros 25:05 Royals 31:05 Angels 34:35 Twins 38:00 Giants 40:30 Cardinals 43:15 Rays 49:40 Rangers 53:20 Nationals 55:30 Move quickly on closers, move slowly on hitters --- Check out Erik's new Closer Carousel Column: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/column/closer-carousel-695 Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99.  Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects!   03:40 Konnor Griffin 10:40 Bryce Miller 12:25 Colt Emerson 14:50 Robby Snelling 17:55 Lourdes Gurriel 19:10 Edwin Uceta 21:30 Bryce Eldridge 24:20 Hagen Smith 27:55 Shane Bieber 29:35 Noah Schultz 30:35 Tommy Edman 31:40 Payton Tolle 33:00 Jasson Dominguez 37:15 Jonah Tong 38:20 Dylan Crews 39:35 River Ryan 40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt 41:20 Charlie Condon 43.55 Didier Fuentes 45:00 Justin Steele 45:35 Honorable Mentions 53:05 Thanks, Pete   Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie bid aggressively against each other in the Mixed LABR league on both Carmen Mlodzinski and Randy Suarez, plus they have observations about the new ABS system in major league baseball. --- 00:00 3-31-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Avoiding Early Damage 11:30 Cody Ponce ACL Sprain 15:00 Colt Emerson (and Cooper Pratt) new contracts 19:30 Sling 20:30 Monday’s Pitchers 20:45 Starters 21:00 Parker Messick 22:45 Jacob Lopez 23:45 Chris Bassitt 29:45 Kyle Harrison 30:30 Foster Griffin 33:00 Bryce Elder, Lance McCullers 35:30 Justin Verlander 38:15 BlueWire 38:20 Relievers 38:30 Paul Sewald got a save. 46:30 Lucas Erceg 49:45 Tyler Alexander has two saves. 54:30 Is it too early to make trades? 57:30 Let’s take a look at these deals, courtesy of the Yahoo Trade Market. 58:30 Chase DeLauter for Sonny Gray 59:15 JJ Wetherholt has been traded in 1-for-1’s for Freddy Peralta, James Wood, Steven Kwan and Chase Burns. 1:00:00 Carson Benge for Jacob Wilson 1:00:30 Jackson Chourio for Brice Turang 1:01:30 RotoWire Smart Money 1:04:30 Sitting McClanahan 1:06:00 Knowing the LABR Rules --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! (Hyperlink: https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap-up a busy first weekend of the baseball season and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They discuss the big start for a number of highly touted rookies, take a look ahead at Week 2 and then talk an active weekend in FAAB with closers such as Jordan Romano and Cole Sands garnering the most interest in fantasy leagues. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:38 Carson Benge 17:13 Justin Crawford 20:39 Jordan Lawlar 23:01 Jake McCarthy 25:41 Nasim Nunez 30:22 Max Meyer 32:26 Matthew Liberatore 35:48 Kyle Harrison 37:46 Paul Sewald 40:21 Jordan Romano 44:50 Ryan Johnson 47:05 Carmen Mlodzinski 49:36 Steven Matz 51:27 Ryne Stanek 54:29 Gregory Soto 57:22 Casey Schmitt 59:37 Joey Loperfido 1:01:43 T.J. Rumfield 1:03:47 Jake Bauers 1:07:12 Edouard Julien 1:09:15 Smart Money --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/First two-start pitcher podcast of the season! Opening Day takeaways/box score nuggets: Clay was sure Sal Stewart broke his wrist Kevin McGonigle goes 4-for-5 with two doubles (btw a four-hit debut is rarer than a perfect game) Chase DeLauter pops two long balls JJ Wetherholt homers in debut Jacob Misiorowski sets Brewers Opening Day record with 11 strikeouts Paul Skenes fails to make it out of the first inning Griffin Jax in the sixth inning Trevor Rogers picks up where he left off last season Jordan Romano nails down the save for LAA Ryne Stanek closes things out for STL Nasim Nunez swipes a bag Nathan Church goes 3-for-4 Two-start pitchers: Michael Soroka 0 Brandon Pfaadt 1 Aaron Civale 0 Bryce Elder 0 Jose Suarez 0 Chris Bassitt 3 Ranger Suarez 4 Edward Cabrera 4 Chase Burns 3 Parker Messick 1 (Todd 0) Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Davis Martin 0 Justin Verlander 2 Kris Bubic 3 Ryan Johnson 0 Roki Sasaki 0 Chris Paddack 0 Kyle Harrison 3 Mick Abel 2 (Todd 1) Clay Holmes 3 Kodai Senga 3 Ryan Weathers 3 Max Fried 5 Taijuan Walker 0 Braxton Ashcraft 1 German Marquez 1 Luis Castillo 4 Adrian Houser 1 (Todd 2) Landen Roupp 1 Kyle Leahy 0 Nick Martinez 1 (Todd 2) Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2) Cody Ponce 4 Foster Griffin 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of the Dynasty Dingers podcast to discuss every rookie on every Opening Day roster. Which ones should be added everywhere they're available, which ones belong on your watch list, and which ones can you safely ignore? --- 00:00 Headlines 11:25 AL Central rookies 26:15 AL East rookies 40:55 AL West rookies 52:10 NL Central rookies 1:03:30 NL East rookies 1:12:05 NL West rookies --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson answers listener questions about the fully-updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!   01:05 Tiers 03:00 McGonigle vs Wetherholt 04:50 Roch Cholowsky 05:50 Basallo vs. Rainiel 07:40 Joshua Baez 10:30 Carson Benge 11:10 Ralphy Velazquez 13:05 This Year’s Nolan McLean 15:00 Mike Sirota 16:15 Ranking the young shortstops 18:25 Josuar Gonzalez vs. Jesus Made 19:45 A.J. Ewing 20:45 Henry Bolte 25:40 Didier Fuentes 26:50 Carlos Lagrange 28:25 Sam Antonacci 31:00 Juan Valera 32:10 Jefferson Rojas 33:35 John Gil 34:20 Trevor McDonald 36:00 Jordan Yost 37:35 Jonny Farmelo 38:35 Devin Fitz-Gerald 39:30 Breyson Guedez 41:00 Jose Fernandez 42:10 Christian Scott   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  --- 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! --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1 of the MLB Season, talk all the news and notes from the weekend and then break down their NFBC Main Event Drafts from Las Vegas on Saturday.  In addition, they also discuss the first week of FAAB and the demotion of Dylan Crews before getting into all the picks, misses and snipes from a busy weekend of drafts in Vegas. Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Rick Graham of PitcherList as they try to figure out how many true, trustworthy closers there will be in 2026. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Outfielders on/off Opening Day rosters 06:00 Opening Day rotation news 13:45 NL Tout Wars review 30:00 Safe, trustworthy closers 33:00 Safe for now 47:00 Unconfirmed but probable closers 52:00 Currently injured closers 54:30 Committees and unclear situations --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Back from New York City, getting you set for the final weekend before Opening Day Latest news Zebby Matthews optioned, Mick Abel seemingly wins rotation spot. Samuel Basallo homers twice Thursday. Clay experiencing severe FOMO. Dylan Crews optioned to Triple-A Rochester. Cody Ponce allows one hit over 5.2 scoreless innings, striking out five against the Yankees on Thursday. Logan Henderson optioned by MIL. Is Kevin McGonigle going to be the Tigers' everyday shortstop and leadoff man? Caleb Durbin named Boston’s starting third baseman… is he being overlooked? Carson Benge has made the Mets’ roster, looks like a starter. Didier Fuentes is making noise in camp for Atlanta. Grayson Rodriguez is dealing with a dead arm. Tout Wars Todd’s draft A record price on Aaron Judge Full draft board: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FUC4bQIEBWB_Uls78le749zlaFIUcRo8HreKAlcdQUo/edit?gid=1184240362#gid=1184240362 Clay’s draft FREE draft review article at RotoWire: https://x.com/claywlink/status/2035050310742266006 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss a large number of spring news updates as well as the top performers from the World Baseball Classic, which Sara just returned from covering. --- 00:00 Intro 02:40 Positive Pitcher Updates 13:00 Hitter Injury News 29:45 Negative Pitcher News 37:00 WBC Standouts: Venezuela 49:20 USA 57:00 Dominican Republic 1:04:00 Italy 1:09:20 Other Countries --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Dustin McComas give an update on the Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle situations and discuss Leo De Vries' impressive spring before going team by team and evaluating rotation battles and whether to pay the increased price tags on our favorite starting pitcher sleepers!   01:35 Konnor Griffin/Kevin McGonigle 07:55 Leo De Vries 11:30 Rotation Battles 12:05 Diamondbacks rotation 14:50 Didier Fuentes’ upside 19:40 Red Sox rotation 24:25 Cubs rotation 27:10 Reds rotation 31:30 Tatsuya Imai’s upside 36:00 Stash George Klassen? 38:05 Dodgers rotation 41:50 Robby Snelling Watch 46:00 Brewers rotation 51:00 Buying Mick Abel? 54:50 Mets rotation 58:40 Riding Ryan Weathers 01:01:40 Phillies rotation 01:04:35 Pirates rotation 01:07:50 Padres rotation 01:11:05 Buying Emerson Hancock? 01:13:25 Giants rotation 01:14:50 Cardinals rotation 01:17:55 Rays rotation 01:20:45 Rangers rotation 01:22:15 Pay for Cade Cavalli?   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their top reactions from the Tout Wars Experts Leagues, including two record-setting buys of Aaron Judge in successive drafts. --- 00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 3-17-26 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 00:30 RotoWire Smart Money - https://t.co/qcmg4BiQus 01:45 News 02:00 Gerrit Cole will start tomorrow. 03:10 MacKenzie Gore has a 6:6 K:BB ratio in ST. Globe Life Field better work its magic. 06:30 NFBC Main Event draft slot 10:00 Thoughts on the Closer Market 16:00 Why can’t the Reds just say that Chase Burns is going to make the team? 22:00 Fantrax 23:00 ToutWars Results 24:00 Aaron Judge 32:30 Kyle Bradish seems like your best purchase, when compared to the other SP prices. 34:15 Fred likes the Kirby Yates pick. He is starting to look like their closer. 37:00 You haven’t mentioned Samuel Basallo as a target….was that just a value purchase? 39:20 Dominic Canzone 40:00 How to do Stars and Scrubs Right 43:20 Are you becoming the Chase DeLauter guy? There isn’t much buzz on him, even though he seems certain to make the team. 45:01 BlueWire 45:10 I’d also like to comment on the Mixed Auction, since it is relevant to many of our listeners. We saw a $63 Judge and four players go for $50 or more. The high NFBC auction average is $48. Did these drafters get carried away? 46:30 The second and third tier of closers were so cheap. For $20, you could get two closers from the Jansen, Santana, Hader, Walker tier, and a couple speculative closers, like O’Brien or Beeter. Is that better than $22-25 for a top-tier closer? 49:30 Brewers relievers 52:00 Also in the Mixed, McGonigle went for $21, while Griffin went for $11 and Wetherholt went for $4. That doesn’t make much sense to me, or anyone who looks at ADP. 55:00 Tout Wars Champions League. 55:30 Most popular format (H2H Categories, daily transactions) on many sites. But a format that we rarely discuss. How should we attack the smaller lineups (10H, 7 P). 57:00 Is punting a category an option? --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the news from across the weekend in baseball, discuss their reaction to the first wave of NFBC Main Event draft results and share some of their favorite draft targets for 2026. They go position by position to get into a number of names they like at their current draft price, including Roman Anthony, Michael Busch and Nick Lodolo, among many, many more.   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Chris Clegg discuss sniping each other in the Tout Wars Draft and Hold League and which prospects they're targeting for 2026! Draft Board   03:40 Hunter Brown as SP1 06:35 Corey Seager’s OBP bump 10:15 Sheehan/Uribe snipes 14:00 Lawrence Butler’s upside 18:05 Playing the middle at catcher 25:00 Sal Stewart’s upside 28:05 Mike Burrows snipe 30:45 Reid Detmers’ breakout potential 32:30 Colt Emerson’s 2026 potential 35:20 Don’t forget about Brennen Davis 38:20 Quinn Mathews’ velocity is back 40:50 Sam Antonacci and Jack Wenninger 46:25 James’ team 50:30 Colton Cowser’s underrated 52:30 Skills > Role relievers 57:20 Ryan Waldschmidt’s loud spring 01:01:45 Don’t sleep on Shane Drohan 01:06:00 Spring Breakout prospects to watch   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Could Junior Caminero lead baseball in RBI? Is Jake Burger being undervalued? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle those players and more. --- 00:00 3-10-26 Podcast 01:00 Pick 13 Fred 02:45 News 03:00 Hunter Greene out until July. 07:00 Corbin Carroll could play in a game this week. Put him back into the first round? 08:30 Logan Henderson is battling elbow soreness. Who is their SP5 if Quinn Priester also ends up on the IL? 11:00 Fantrax 12:00 Kyle Tucker aside 13:00 Main Event ADP Talk 27:00 BlueWire 27:15 Steamer 600 revelations 27:30 Value - As we both know, Steamer 600 projections can offer a new perspective on players, since it removes playing time. Here are some interesting numbers to discuss. 28:30 The industry is turning on Nick Kurtz to some degree. Steamer has him third in homers, seventh in runs and fifth in RBI. It also has a respectable .258 average. 29:30 Munetaki Murakami is 12th in homers, 14th in RBI. Has an ADP around 200. 34:30 Junior Caminero is first in RBI and fifth in home runs. Solid .271 average. 36:30 Jo Adell is seventh in homers and 11th in RBI. 37:10 Jake Burger is 21st in homers and 22nd in RBI. 38:30 Nasim Nunez is listed as the starting 2B in WSH. His March ADP is 383. He’s seventh in steals. 42:15 The list of players with at least 20 HR and 30 SB includes a bunch of Rd. 1 or 2 players, along with Oneil Cruz and Luis Robert. 44:45 Notable Spring Training performers (good or bad) 45:00 Matt McLain 47:00 TJ Rumfield and Charlie Condon 50:00 Bubba Chandler 54:20 Grayson Rodriguez --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson discuss the top-heavy closer market and then dive into the players in the top 150 that they are fading in 2026 drafts.. They go position by position and identity players being drafted in the top 10 rounds that they are not drafting at their current ADP.   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top fantasy baseball pitcher sleepers for ERA and WHIP. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:20 What makes an ERA sleeper? 18:40 Braxton Ashcraft 20:55 Kris Bubic 24:15 Jameson Taillon 26:45 Jack Flaherty 29:15 Simeon Woods-Richardson 32:00 Logan Henderson 35:15 Justin Steele 37:45 Mike Burrows 40:10 Dustin May 44:20 Grant Taylor 47:35 What makes a WHIP sleeper? 50:30 Cody Ponce 53:35 Andrew Abbott 56:45 Sean Manaea 58:50 Matthew Boyd 1:01:10 Braxton Garrett 1:03:30 Noah Cameron 1:05:55 Slade Cecconi 1:07:10 Parker Messick 1:09:40 Zack Littell 1:11:25 Zach Eflin --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Injuries are piling up and the World Baseball Classic is in full swing Injury news Hunter Greene undergoing MRI on sore elbow. Rhett Lowder’s chances improve. Jeremy Pena diagnosed with fracture in the tip of his right ring finger. Carlos Correa back to shortstop? Josh Hader (biceps) is slated for mound work early next week. Jackson Chourio is out of Team Venezuela’s lineup Friday after being hit by a pitch on his left hand during Wednesday’s exhibition game. Rafael Devers (hamstring) is nearing a return to game action Cole Ragans endures brutal spring start Six runs on five hits – including two homers – plus a walk and a hit batsman in 1.2 innings. Connelly Early and Peyton Tolle both expected to be optioned if Johan Oviedo wins the No. 5 job, “as expected.” Jurickson Profar suspended 162 games for PED violation. Meanwhile, Spencer Strider’s velocity is trending upward. Carlos Estevez’s velocity is way down. TGFBI Clay (picking 10th) Paul Skenes Nick Kurtz Andres Munoz Wyatt Langford William Contreras Jeremy Pena Nick Pivetta Kevin Gausman Konnor Griffin Jakob Marsee TZ (10th) Crochet Chourio Woo Olson Duran Luzardo Jansen Hoerner Nimmo Swanson Abreu Eovaldi Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Adam Howe of Pitcher List to discuss the different paths drafters can take through the first five rounds of a fantasy baseball draft. --- 00:00 Intro 02:10 Injury news 11:40 SP News 22:20 Hitter-heavy starts 35:15 Balanced starts 39:45 Pitcher-heavy starts 46:45 How many closers? 50:20 Category balance 1:07:15 Risk --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson is joined by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America to talk about Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle's chances of making the Opening Day roster, which pitching prospects to target in 2026 fantasy baseball leagues and much more!   00:25 Konnor Griffin 09:50 Kevin McGonigle 19:25 Jordan Lawlar 24:40 Caleb Bonemer 27:25 Braden Montgomery 30:00 Dylan Beavers 31:10 Noah Schultz 34:55 Ethan Conrad 36:05 David Hagaman 37:45 Dasan Hill 39:20 Justin Gonzales 43:00 Chase Burns 46:05 Cam Schlittler 48:25 Rhett Lowder 48:55 Logan Henderson 49:40 River Ryan 50:50 Brody Hopkins 54:40 Liam Doyle 01:00:20 College Starters 01:05:05 Roch Cholowsky   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead, or just out of favor? Jeff Erickson discuss that talking point amongst their other observations from the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft. --- 00:00 MLB 2-3-26 Podcast 00:30 Jurickson Profar suspension. 07:30 Josh Hader might finally throw off a mound next week. 09:30 Quinn Priester may not be ready for OD. 15:30 Edwin Uceta is unlikely to be ready for OD. 17:30 Royce Lewis should be back in a week. 20:00 Mike Clevinger had a good start. Bubba Chandler has 7 walks in 3 innings. 22:45 Fernando Tatis to bat 3rd or 4th. Xander Bogaerts could bat leadoff. 24:00 Fantrax 24:52 BlueWire 25:00 10 takeaways from LABR and other early drafts 25:30 Fred was the only drafter who selected two SPs in the initial four rounds. Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead? 30:30 Why does no one want the batting average specialists? I thought that Jacob Wilson was the biggest value pick in the draft. Luis Arraez in Rd. 18 is so late too. 35:30 Why does no one believe in prospects? Has Scott Pianowski’s “avoid the shiny new toy” message finally won?! 38:00 Are we overpaying for poor save sources in a bad closer market? The RPs in Rd. 10-13 are a pretty questionable group, either in terms of skills or role. 42:00 Which Rd. 2 picks were the most surprising to you? I see a few. 45:00 Jeff had a steady stream of yellow at the bottom of your draft. Who were your favorites? And were there any that you instantly regretted? 49:30 Fred regretting Shane Bieber 51:15 Fred decided to use the unlimited IL spots to hoard players, much like MLB teams do. \ 53:00 Jose Caballero - do you see a scenario where he remains in a full-time role when Volpe is ready to return? 55:15 We each drafted two players who will likely have a single-digit homer total. How many of these players can you roster without having a problem? --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the weekend in spring training and then take a deep dive into a number of starting pitchers being selected after pick 200 in drafts. Among many arms in the range, they discuss their feelings on Shane Baz, Shane McClanahan and Roki Sasaki.   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer and Jeremy Schneider give you some guys to target in the strikeouts and wins departments. --- 0:00 Headlines 13:32 Shane McClanahan 15:50 Shane Baz 17:56 Logan Henderson 19:33 Zac Gallen 21:40 Reid Detmers 23:30 Joey Cantillo 25:45 Jeremiah Estrada 27:59 Grayson Rodriguez 30:16 Cade Cavalli 32:46 Zebby Matthews 37:38 Matthew Boyd 39:40 Aaron Nola 41:20 Joe Musgrove 43:23 Quinn Priester 45:03 Michael Wacha 46:49 Mike Burrows 48:25 Chris Bassitt 50:10 Reynaldo Lopez 52:51 Nick Martinez 55:38 Mitch Keller --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Welcoming Ariel Cohen back to the podcast Creator of ATC Projections, which we’re proud to have back at RotoWire. What are ATC Projections? Tout Wars H2H Champion (again). Congratulations! A drafter with incredible discipline. You stick to your dollar values closely in a draft… is that the key to your consistency in the league? Do you ever go over your number in an auction? H2H Points Generally, what are the main things one has to know when transitioning from Roto scoring to H2H Points? Do you prefer closers or IP volume in the two designated RP slots? Winning strategies you’re willing to share? Players Giancarlo Stanton can’t open a bag of chips Ryan Weathers touching 99.8 mph Any sleepers on your Mets? ATC loves Bryan Woo this year Should Pete Crow-Armstrong’s second half weigh more heavily? Cold water on Roman Anthony Trevor Megill health, trade questions Signing off Regular updates to ATC See you in NYC! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How can you use moving averages and pulled barrel rates to help you win your fantasy league? Jeff Erickson and John Laghezza explain how. --- 00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 2-25-26 00:20 Welcome to John Laghezza Host of Corked Stats; TheAthletic; Substack 3x FSWA Award Winner, including this year! 02:15 News: 02:30 Merrill Kelly ruled out for Opening Day 04:40 Samuel Basallo injured at plate 09:00 Max Scherzer back with the Jays 14:00 Francisco Lindor resuming activities soon 16:30 Fantrax 17:30 Pulled Barrels 17:50 What is the stat, and what’s a good baseline? 23:00 Who are some outliers? 23:30 Isaac Paredes 26:00 Stabilization of the stat 31:00 Jeff McNeil 32:15 Bo Naylor 34:45 Matt Wallner 36:00 BlueWire 36:15 “Anti-Fragile” - what does it mean for baseball? 38:00 Velocity Bands for SP’s to predict injuries 44:00 Moving Averages - What are they, how do they apply in draft season? 48:00 Konnor Griffin 49:30 Underdog Strategies / Observations so far --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Elite high-stakes player John Pausma joins James Anderson to recap their NFBC $500 DC Auction, discussing what went right, what went wrong, how to handle massive closer inflation and much more!   2:35 Closer inflation 09:45 Who’s the Brewers closer 15:30 Discounted players 19:00 Multi-eligibility players 21:50 Overpays 25:00 Weak SP builds 32:20 Catchers 38:45 Scripting your build 43:00 When to nominate your targets 46:15 Dollar days 49:55 Brewers talk 53:20 More dollar days 55:15 Prospect talk   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Both Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie drafted in the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft Monday night, Jeff from the 11th spot and Fred from the 13th spot. They live-streamed the first 12 rounds - see who they drafted! Full draft results are here: https://www.rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the first weekend of Spring Training and discuss a number of interesting hitters currently being selected outside the Top 200 in drafts. The break down a numbers of Mets infielders including Jorge Polanco, Brett Baty and Marcus Semien and also take deep dives into Ramon Laureano, Mickey Moniak and Alec Bohm and many, many other mid to late round hitters.   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today!     Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer and Todd Zola offer up their favorite steals and saves sleepers, including Luisangel Acuna and Griffin Jax. --- 00:00 Spring Training 5:56 Headlines 18:01 Sal Frelick 19:45 Josh Lowe 21:13 Caleb Durbin 22:49 Masyn Winn 24:19 JJ Wetherholt 26:15 Luisangel Acuna 27:56 Jasson Dominguez 30:11 Jake McCarthy 31:55 Joshua Baez 33:47 Lane Thomas 36:55 Robert Garcia 38:01 Griffin Jax 40:01 JoJo Romero 41:00 Robert Suarez 43:15 Kevin Ginkel/Paul Sewald 44:49 Clayton Beeter 46:20 Jordan Wicks 47:46 Jordan Leasure 49:05 Jose Corniell 50:38 Matt Svanson --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Spring games have begun, new Roundtable update News Jordan Westburg out through April with UCL tear Will Coby Mayo take over at third base? Chandler Simpson is nursing a tight left hamstring and won’t play in the Rays’ first few Grapefruit League games. Todd’s Twitter poll on Simpson Big discrepancy between our ranks Edwin Uceta received an MRI on his cranky shoulder Increased interest in Griffin Jax? Joe Musgrove is considered a full-go in Padres camp Pablo Lopez will have Tommy John surgery Roundtable update https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/february-rotowire-roundtable-rankings-2026-fantasy-baseball-top-300-105668 Biggest gainers:  Willson Contreras JJ Wetherholt Devin Williams Ivan Herrera Daniel Palencia Kenley Jansen Biggest drops:  Corbin Carroll Francisco Lindor Jackson Holliday Blake Snell Josh Hader Shane Bieber Dropping Out:  Troy Melton Trevor Larnach Matt Shaw Connelly Early Sean Manaea Hurston Waldrep Nick Castellanos Spencer Schwellenbach Pablo Lopez Anthony Santander Jumping in: Evan Carter Logan Henderson Mitch Keller Justin Steele Cedric Mullins Jack Leiter Kevin McGonigle Brady Singer Carson Kelly Dylan Beavers Todd loves Cristopher Sanchez? Austin Riley not a value right now? I’m a little surprised to see Todd is the high man on Daylen Lile Chase Burns Todd: 81 Clay: 193 Concerns with Trey Yesavage or more so you just need to see it? Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Inspired by injuries to Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep, Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Chris Towers from CBS break down the pitching options in the NL East. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nobody has won more NFBC Main Event leagues than Mark Srebro, and he joins James Anderson to give a couple hot takes before discussing how to build a winning pitching staff in a 15-team high-stakes league!   07:45 Mark’s 1st Bold Take 12:00 Mark’s 2nd Bold Take 18:35 How to win a Main Event league 22:30 Where’s the SP1 cutoff? 27:00 SP2 and SP3 31:10 Groups of SPs in the 100-250 range 33:00 Young and exciting SPs 37:40 Injury discount SPs 41:00 Coming off a down year SPs 44:35 Not enough track record SPs 50:05 Good and boring SPs 54:30 Constructing a staff 01:00:05 Jeremy Pena vs Jo Adell   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss eight important park factors that you might not know about that could influence the players you draft. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Vlad Sedler from FTNFantasy.com and they discuss early observations from the draft pool, including which positions are the weakest. --- 00:00 Early Player Pool Observations 00:15 Welcome to Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy 03:25 Recent News 03:40 Yordan Alvarez reports without ankle pain 06:20 Zac Gallen signs with Diamondbacks 10:45 Orioles sign Chris Bassitt 14:45 Fantrax 15:45 Hitter Tiers By Position 16:00 2B 16:30 Thin Top, Thick Middle 17:30 How have you attacked the position? 17:45 Punt, Punt, Punt!!! 21:30 Target(s): Players after 200-250; Matt McLain, Brendan Donovan 23:00 Fade(s): Jazz Chisholm 24:50 Breakout: Maybe Luisangel Acuña, Chase Meidroth 27:00 3B 27:20 Minefields all over 30:30 Are you among the legion that gets one early and calls it a day? 31:00 Target(s): Both Japanese players (Okamoto, Murakami), Royce Lewis 33:00 Fade(s): Noelvi Marte, Matt Chapman 35:00 Breakout: Jordan Lawlar 36:15 Catcher 36:30 Many are saying it’s a great era 37:30 Cal Raleigh or not? 39:00 Ben Rice 40:45 Where is Vlad shopping for catchers? 42:00 Target(s): Francisco Alvarez 43:00 Fade(s): Raleigh, Hunter Goodman at cost 43:25 Breakout: Harry Ford 44:09 BlueWire 44:20 1B 44:35 On average none in the first round 47:15 But very deep, with options at many tiers 48:30 Target(s): Pete Alonso 49:50 Fade(s): None for real, but haven’t drafted Josh Naylor 52:00 Breakout: Manifesting Willson Contreras, Andrew Vaughn 55:00 SS 55:15 Ranked a little stronger at the top 55:30 So hard to not to draft three of them! 57:45 Bo Bichette with the Mets 59:15 Target(s): Gunnar Henderson, Zach Neto, Masyn Winn 1:00:30 Fade(s): CJ Abrams 1:01:10 Breakout: Konnor Griffin 1:02:30 OF 1:02:45 4-5 on average go in first round 1:03:15 Deep, but remember you need at least five OF 1:07:45 Target(s): Roman Anthony, Byron Buxton, Luis Robert 1:09:00 Fade(s): Questionable BA guys early like PCA, James Wood 1:11:45 Breakout(s): Jordan Walker (Driveline), Chase DeLauter 1:16:00 UnderDog Strategy - Load Up on Early OF’s 1:17:30 Infield Glut --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Ryan Boyer hit on some of their favorite sleepers in the batting average and home runs categories. --- 00:00 RotoWire Saturday Podcast 02:00 Headlines 02:30 Castellanos to Padres 05:45 Gallen back to Diamondbacks 11:00 Luis Rengifo to Brewers 12:45 Fantrax 13:45 Batting Average 14:15 Q: What do you look for to find BA sleepers? 15:00 One stat: Playing around with xBA-BA to find hidden value 16:50 Ryan’s BA Sleepers 17:00 Sal Frelick (ADP 200.6) 18:50 Ramon Laureano (ADP 214.8) 21:30 Kevin McGonigle (ADP 316.5) 24:40 Moises Ballesteros (ADP 428.3) 27:25 Miguel Andujar (ADP 542.5) 29:20 Jeff’s BA Sleepers 29:30 Dillon Dingler (ADP 213.9) 31:00 Luis Garcia (ADP 227.2) 32:30 Andrew Vaughn (ADP 310.7) 34:30 Tommy Edman (ADP 314.5) 36:30 Jeff McNeil (ADP 486.7) 37:56 BlueWire 38:00 Home Runs 38:10 Q: What do you look for to find HR sleepers? 39:30 Ryan’s HR Sleepers 39:35 Wilyer Abreu (ADP 221.6) 41:15 Mickey Moniak (ADP 245.2) 44:00 Miguel Vargas (ADP 286.4) 45:45 Marcell Ozuna (ADP 388.1) 47:30 Josh Bell (ADP 405.9) 49:00 Jeff’s HR Sleepers 49:10 Jac Caglianone (219.22) 50:15 Andrew Vaughn (again!) (ADP 310.7) 50:30 Matt Wallner (ADP 347.89) 52:15 Dominic Canzone (ADP 417.27) 54:40 Gavin Sheets (ADP 460.2) --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Intro/Pitchers and catchers report to spring training Spencer Schwellenbach placed on the 60-day IL with right elbow inflammationWho slots in as Atlanta’s No. 5 starter?Josh Hader dealing with left biceps inflammationHamate madnessCorbin Carroll suffered a broken hamate bone in his right hand during a live batting practice session Tuesday, undergoes surgeryFrancisco Lindor undergoes surgery, Mets still optimistic for Opening Day.Bo Bichette will remain at third base for nowJackson Holliday will begin the season on the IL after undergoing surgery ThursdayJordan Westburg dealing with an injury of his own (oblique strain), could miss the first several weeks of Grapefruit League playCam Schlittler won’t throw off a mound for a few days due to mid-back inflammationChris Bassitt lands in BaltimoreCloser confirmation: Mason Miller in SD, Daniel Palencia for CHCBen Rice will still get reps vs. LHP after the return of Paul GoldschmidtJesus Sanchez traded to the Blue Jays today in exchange for Joey LoperfidoLate-round selections in the First Pitch Arizona DC: As Jason Collette would say, “finding value in the scrap heap,” or trying to…ClayJett WilliamsBlaine CrimAaron CivaleMasataka Yoshida (round 38)Jhostynxon GarciaMichael Kopech Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Todd Zola and Jeff Erickson discuss the differences between the major best ball contests and share strategy tips for each. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and elite high-stakes player Steve Weimer discuss fantasy baseball roster construction strategies and much more!   03:30 Extreme hitters 10:30 Risky old hitters 15:20 This year’s George Springer 22:40 Projecting catcher playing time 27:15 How to attack 2B and 3B 32:00 This year’s Drew Rasmussen 37:10 Late-round outfielders to target 43:00 Late-round pitchers to target   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire and Fred Zinkie from Yahoo Fantasy Sports build a full roster comprised of players with 300+ ADP's. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Ariel Cohen of ATC Projections to discuss how you can use projections to win your league. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 2-8 00:20 Welcome to Ariel Cohen 01:10 Top News 01:20 Framber Valdez to the Tigers 05:30 Kenley Jansen to close 12:30 Blake Snell Could Begin on IL 15:30 Fantrax 16:30 How to Use Projections to Win 16:45 What is ATC? 19:00 Projections Inputs / Components 19:30 Finding Power 22:30 Finding Stolen Bases 27:20 Finding Batting Average 28:18 BlueWire 28:23 Pitching - Strikeouts 32:50 HOW - Market Values 33:00 Auction Calculators 33:30 Start With Actual Value of Each Player 34:30 Get Market Data 39:30 What Constitutes Good Data? 41:25 What is the Biggest Mistake Drafters Make with Projections? 44:20 Humans vs. Projections 46:00 Knowing Context on Players (Nico Hoerner) 48:00 Difficult Players to Project - Prospects 50:00 Injured Players 51:30 Players from Foreign Leagues --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer kick off their category sleepers series with a look at Runs and RBI. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:30 Runs Sleepers 16:10 Daylen Lile 19:25 Kazuma Okamoto 22:20 Otto Lopez 24:35 Brendan Donovan 27:30 Gleyber Torres 29:30 Willi Castro 31:15 JJ Wetherholt 35:00 Chase Meidroth 38:00 Masyn Winn 40:10 Austin Martin 43:10 RBI Sleepers 44:20 Munetaka Murakami 48:40 Jac Caglianone 51:45 Anthony Santander 54:35 Colson Montgomery 57:25 Adolis Garcia 1:00:30 Alec Bohm 1:02:10 Carlos Correa 1:04:10 Kyle Manzardo 1:06:40 Jake Burger 1:08:40 Andrew Vaughn --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Intro/Back for another season on the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast Latest news Bunch of Tigers newsFramber Valdez to the TigersTarik Skubal wins arbitration caseA.J. Hinch strongly implies Kenley Jansen will be the closerDoes this change anything for McGonigle?Eugenio Suarez returns to the RedsSal Stewart expected to split time between 1B/DHRoyals bringing in fences at Kauffman StadiumFrom Mike Petriello’s article at MLB.com: The fences in left field and right field are coming in by 9-10 feet, and the wall heights along much of the outfield are coming down by up to 18 inches.Mid-round Targets/Recent picks in FPAZ draft Clay14. Isaac Paredes15. Sal Frelick16. Kazuma Okamoto17. Wilyer Abreu18. Dylan Beavers19. Logan Henderson20. Edwin Uceta21. Lenyn Sosa22. Tyler Mahle23. Chris BassittTZ players on at least three of six NFBC teams (two Gladiators, three DC50s, AFL (in progress) Dillon DinglerCDET583.33%Ian SeymourPTB583.33%Manny Machado3BSD466.67%Ryan McMahon3BNYY466.67%Brayan BelloPBOS466.67%J.T. RealmutoCPHI350.00%Matthew BoydPCHC350.00%Andrew KittredgePBAL350.00%Will VestPDET350.00%David PetersonPNYM350.00%Foster GriffinPWAS350.00%Jose CorniellPTEX350.00%Brice Turang2BMLW350.00%Trea TurnerSSPHI350.00%Brandon NimmoOFTEX350.00%Daniel PalenciaPCHC350.00% Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss Jason's annual Bold Predictions series, featuring three bold picks from every division in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:25 AL East 27:10 AL Central 40:45 AL West 47:30 NL East 56:30 NL Central 1:06:25 NL West --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Marc Winokur talk fantasy baseball auction strategy and recap Marc's first two high-stakes auctions of 2026!   02:00 How the 2025 winners spent their money 14:20 Marc’s surprise buys 21:25 Overpriced players 25:45 Skubal/Skenes/Crochet 29:15 Spending at 3B 30:40 Buying Rafael Devers 33:30 How to attack 2B 37:50 Willy Adames/Jung Hoo Lee 41:05 How much to spend on outfield 44:50 How much to spend on pitching 51:35 Buy 1 or 2 closers? 58:20 Nomination strategy 01:06:10 Advice for new auction players   Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie break down the major additions and subtractions for each National League team and what it means for our fantasy baseball drafts. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs.com review the highlights from the offseason in the American League, and what it means for our fantasy leagues. --- 00:00 2-1-26 RotoWire MLB Podcast 00:20 Welcome to Paul Sporer 02:00 Weekend News 02:20 Eugenio Suarez to Reds 07:20 Luis Arraez to Giants 10:00 Jacob Wilson Extension 14:45 Free Agents Remaining 15:00 Pitchers: Framber Valdez, Zac Gallen, Zack Littell, Chris Bassitt, Lucas Giolito, Jose Quintana, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer 21:00 Hitters: Marcell Ozuna, Paul Goldschmidt, Luis Rengifo, Rhys Hoskins, Tommy Pham, Miguel Andujar, Nathaniel Lowe 23:00 AL WEST Changes 23:15 Angels: Josh Lowe, Grayson Rodriguez (traded for Taylor Ward), Kirby Yates//Jordan Romano 28:00 Astros: Tatsuya Imai, Mike Burrows (three-way trade with PIT/TB, losing Jacob Melton), making room for Zach Cole; no place currently for Isaac Paredes. Losing Framber. 34:00 Athletics: Jeff McNeil, Mark Leiter? 40:30 Mariners: Re-sign Josh Naylor, Jose Ferrer … no 2B or 3B. 42:30 Rangers: Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien; MacKenzie Gore; Danny Jansen, non-tendered Adolis Garcia 46:30 Fantrax 47:30 AL CENTRAL Changes 47:45 Guardians: Re-signed J-Ram and called it a day 50:00 Royals: Traded for Isaac Collins; Signed Lane Thomas; Signed Matt Strahm 51:30 OMG Kaufmann Stadium Changes! 56:00 Tigers: Signed Kenley Jansen, Signed Drew Anderson (KBO) 1:03:00 Twins: Fired their President of MLB Operations last week; Victor Caratini; Signed Josh Bell; Signed Taylor Rogers; traded Edouard Julien to Paste-Eaters. 1:08:00 White Sox: Signed Munetaka Murakami from Japan; traded Luis Robert to Mets for Luisangel Acuña et al; signed Austin Hays; signed Seranthony Dominguez 1:16:15 BlueWire 1:16:20 AL EAST Changes 1:16:35 Blue Jays: Lost Bo Bichette; Signed Dylan Cease; Signed Cody Ponce (KBO); Signed Kazuma Okamoto (JPN); came up short on Kyle Tucker; signed Tyler Rogers 1:26:30 Orioles: Signed Pete Alonso; Traded for Taylor Ward (for Grayson Rodriguez); Signed Ryan Helsley; traded for Shane Baz. 1:31:30 Rays: Traded Brandon Lowe in 3-way trade that netted Jacob Melton; traded for Gavin Lux (sent away Josh Lowe); traded Shane Baz; Signed Steven Matz; Signed Cedric Mullins; Signed Jake Fraley. 1:37:00 Red Sox: Traded for Sonny Gray; traded for Willson Contreras; signed Ranger Suarez; lost Alex Bregman; Trevor Story did not opt out. 1:41:00 Yankees: Re-signed Cody Bellinger; lost Devin Williams and Luke Weaver; lost Paul Goldschmidt; traded for Ryan Weathers --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss the candidates to be this year's Nick Castellanos — players whose real-world value trails their fantasy value to the point that they're at risk of losing most or all of their playing time. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:30 This Year's Castellanos Overview 14:00 Hunter Goodman 15:40 Agustin Ramirez 19:20 Vinnie Pasquantino and Christian Yelich 20:15 Luis Robert, Jo Adell, Teoscar Hernandez 23:15 Noelvi Marte 27:30 Marcell Ozuna 30:35 Dylan Crews 32:50 Samuel Basallo 36:00 Alec Burleson, Christian Walker, Spencer Torkelson 39:35 Addison Barger 42:35 Chandler Simpson 47:20 Matt Shaw 49:50 Jasson Dominguez and Jac Caglianone 52:55 Jordan Beck and Mickey Moniak 56:15 Anthony Santander and Spencer Steer 58:10 Adolis Garcia 59:50 Mark Vientos 1:02:15 Inverse Castellanos candidates --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and high-stakes fantasy baseball player Phil Dussault discuss some boom or.bust catchers, platoon outfielders, underrated players and much more as we head into the heart of 2026 fantasy baseball draft season!   01:30 More early drafting 04:00 When we know who we’re drafting 07:00 How the Main Event has changed 10:45 Toughest teams to project 15:35 A potential bust at Catcher 22:45 Best risky catcher 30:50 Fernando Tatis HR projection 35:25 Brent Rooker vs. Wyatt Langford 39:45 Chandler Simpson vs. Jose Caballero 45:15 Platoon Outfielders 52:15 Best blocked hitter to buy 59:30 Phil’s favorite really old prospect Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they disagreed on in the latest edition of the RotoWire Roundtable Rankings, starting right at the top with Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge fighting for the number one spot. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:30 #1 Overall: Judge or Ohtani? 16:30 Catcher: Rice or Contreras or Langeliers? 21:00 First Base: Kurtz or Guerrero? 26:30 Second Base: Rafaela or Holliday? 31:00 Third Base: Bregman or Suarez or Westburg? 37:15 Shortstop: Turner or Neto? 41:00 Outfield: Stowers or Hernandez? 45:10 Starting Pitcher #1: Skubal or Crochet or Skenes? 50:55 Starting Pitcher #4: Yamamoto or Sanchez? 55:15 Closer: Munoz or Duran or Smith?  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson answers listener questions about the full-updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings!    02:00 Holy Shortstops! 04:15 Top 10 Prospects By Upside 08:10 State of the Rankings 10:45 What Causes Offseason Movement? 12:05 Rainiel Rodriguez 12:50 Joshua Baez 14:35 Walker Jenkins 16:20 This Year’s Luke Keaschall 17:30 Edward Florentino 18:15 Carter Jensen 23:00 Luis Pena 24:10 Tyler Bremner 26:00 Andrew Painter 28:25 Elmer Rodriguez, Luis De Leon, Trey Gibson 30:20 Alfredo Duno 32:00 Nathan Flewelling 33:00 Which catchers won’t catch? 33:35 Harry Ford 35:40 NPB and KBO 36:20 Elian Pena vs. Jacob Reimer 37:15 Roch Cholowsky 38:25 Felnin Celesten 38:50 Miguel Ullola, Brandon Clarke 39:50 Robert Calaz Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson, Zac Beck, Kyle Sonntag, Ross Jensen, Jesse Severe and Taylor Corso participate in a mock FYPD! Find out where the top 2025 draftees stack up against the international signees in your dynasty leagues!   01:40 Tatsuya Imai 02:15 Kade Anderson 03:00 Kazuma Okamoto 04:00 Munetaka Murakami 05:00 JoJo Parker 06:00 Liam Doyle 06:50 Dax Kilby 08:10 Eli Willits 09:40 Seth Hernandez 10:20 Andrew Fischer 11:20 Kyson Witherspoon 12:40 Aiva Arquette 13:15 Gavin Fien 14:40 Ethan Conrad 15:40 Steele Hall 18:30 Jamie Arnold 19:25 Luis Hernandez 21:10 Ethan Holliday 22:40 Gage Wood 24:35 Tyler Bremner 26:25 Wandy Asigen 28:00 J-15 Talk 29:30 Charles Davalan 30:20 Ethan Frey 32:25 Kruz Schoolcraft 33:20 Jace LaViolette 34:30 Xavier Neyens 35:35 Slater de Brun 36:25 Francisco Renteria 37:55 Johenssy Colome 38:55 Cody Ponce 42:00 The 2026 FYPD Class Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jeff Zimmerman, co-author of The Process, to discuss the latest discoveries in the most recent edition of the award-winning book. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 What is The Process? 23:15 Second Opinions 26:30 Late Rounds of a Draft-and-Hold 29:10 Stats That Matter in an Overall Contest 32:45 PCA Clones 37:00 Successful Pitchers Despite Low Velocity 40:30 NFBC FAAB Bidding Patterns 47:00 The Kyren Paris Rule 53:10 The Xavier Edwards Rule 1:00:30 Pitch Characteristics 1:05:10 Starting Pitcher Injuries 1:08:00 Pitching Prospects Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Dustin McComas go through the top 150 starting pitchers by recent ADP and highlight many targets and avoids to get you prepared for you 2026 fantasy baseball drafts!   02:40 Garrett Crochet 04:45 Hunter Brown 05:55 Bryan Woo 07:50 Logan Webb 10:20 Kyle Bradish, Jesus Luzardo, Eury Perez 12:45 Kevin Gausman 15:00 Tyler Glasnow 15:35 Spencer Strider 16:35 Nick Pivetta 20:00 Nick Lodolo 21:30 Bubba Chandler 22:35 Emmet Sheehan 24:10 Brandon Woodruff 25:55 Robbie Ray 28:45 Tatsuya Imai, MacKenzie Gore 35:40 Tanner Bibee 37:40 Cade Horton 38:30 Shane Bieber 42:20 Andrew Abbott 43:40 Noah Cameron 45:50 Roki Sasaki, Shane McClanahan, Bryce Miller 48:00 SP Sleepers 53:10 Bailey Ober, Zebby Matthews, Reese Olson 56:45 More SP Sleepers 01:04:55 Seth Lugo 01:05:55 Jonah Tong 01:07:05 Deep SP Sleepers Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to talk about the players rising up draft boards in the early part of draft season, some of whom are rising due to signings or trades but many of whom are rising due to nothing but buzz. --- 00:00 Intro/Headlines 09:50 Rising after signings/trades, early rounds 14:20 Rising after signings/trades, later rounds 33:15 Rising due to nothing but buzz, early rounds 59:30 Rising due to nothing but buzz, later rounds     Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and KC Bubba pinpoint some potential inaccuracies on Roster Resource that are leading to some players being overvalued and others being slept on, as playing time is key to winning fantasy baseball leagues!   02:30 Sal Stewart 05:20 Connelly Early 09:25 Lenyn Sosa 14:00 Jack Perkins, J.T. Ginn 18:25 Ian Seymour 21:50 Jacob Melton, Carson Williams 27:15 Spencer Arrighetti 30:20 JJ Wetherholt 34:00 Kyle Leahy, Richard Fitts 38:55 Carter Jensen, Lane Thomas 44:05 Troy Melton 47:05 Parker Messick 48:45 Blade Tidwell, Hayden Birdsong 52:45 Owen Caissie, Moises Ballesteros 55:05 Graham Pauley, Connor Norby 56:30 Harry Ford 59:00 Hyesong Kim 01:00:10 Zac Veen, Tyler Freeman 01:01:30 Elmer Rodriguez, Colt Emerson, Konnor Griffin Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss their fantasy baseball Christmas wishlists. Which players need just a bit more power, a bit more control, better health, and more? --- 00:00 Headlines 11:45 The Gift of Good Health 20:10 Gifts for Hitters 38:30 Gifts for Pitchers 56:05 The Gift of Playing Time Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Rob DiPietro identify six players who are being drafted too early, including Rafael Devers and Oneil Cruz, before highlighting more than 10 players who are great late-round values in 50-round draft-and-hold leagues!   04:00 Trevor Megill 09:45 Rafael Devers 12:50 Oneil Cruz 17:25 Noelvi Marte 21:40 Jackson Holliday 25:15 Jonathan Aranda 29:45 Finding late DC gems 31:45 Andruw Monasterio 35:50 Hunter Harvey 39:30 Carmen Mlodzinski 43:25 Michael Conforto 46:10 Graham Pauley 50:30 Sean Newcomb 53:05 Nathan Church 56:10 Zach Dezenzo 58:50 Hagen Smith 01:01:55 Everson Pereira 01:04:15 Oswald Peraza Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Dave McDonald discuss the riskiest players who are getting drafted highly in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts, including Yordan Alvarez, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff, Zack Wheeler and more!   03:25 Evaluating injury risk 11:35 Yordan Alvarez 19:15 Bryan Woo vs. Jacob deGrom 26:00 Cole Ragans 31:00 Josh Hader 33:50 Tyler Glasnow 36:20 Brandon Woodruff 38:10 Pablo Lopez 40:40 Shane Bieber 43:55 Michael King 47:05 Nathan Eovaldi 49:25 Zack Wheeler 52:05 Carlos Rodon 53:45 Kris Bubic 55:25 This Year’s Byron Buxton 59:50 Chase Burns 01:01:25 2024 velocity gainers -> 2025 results Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Rob Silver discuss the rookie shortstop class, sleeper candidates to hit 30-plus homers, reliever land mines, Rob's prospect for 2026 plus much more!   01:40 Konnor Griffin 09:20 Rookie Shortstops 13:20 Finding Cheap Power 15:45 Jorge Polanco 17:35 Dominic Canzone 19:45 Royce Lewis 23:05 Max Muncy (LAD) 26:20 Jordan Walker 31:25 Power Sleepers 34:00 Reliever Land Mines 41:50 Chandler Simpson 47:30 Cheap Speed 50:00 Rob’s Prospect For 2026 55:35 Nasim Nunez 58:40 Jeff Hoffman Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Tim McLeod discuss Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto and the rest of the players making the leap from Asia to MLB in 2026!   01:10 Tatsuya Imai 06:25 Munetaka Murakami 10:45 Kazuma Okamoto 15:30 Cody Ponce 18:50 Foster Griffin vs. Anthony Kay 22:35 Jon Duplantier 25:00 Lewin Diaz isn’t coming over 26:50 Jo Hsi Hsu 28:45 Sung-Mun Song 31:35 Open Universe Targets 37:40 Roki Sasaki 42:50 Tim’s Rookie Targets Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The 2026 RotoWire Roundtable Rankings have arrived, and Erik Halterman is joined by fellow roundtable ranker Todd Zola to discuss the first round as well as some of the most difficult players to rank. --- 00:00 Intro 02:30 Headlines 10:15 The First Round 21:50 Rankings Disagreements, First Three Rounds 42:30 Rankings Disagreements, Later Rounds --- Link to the rankings: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/rotowire-roundtable-2026-fantasy-baseball-top-300-rankings-99133 Use promo code ROTO15 for 15% off a subscription. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Eno Sarris discuss the 2026 fantasy baseball prices for the top young starting pitchers in the game, including Chase Burns, Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Emmet Sheehan and more!   01:20 High Upside SPs 03:20 Chase Burns 04:55 Cam Schlittler 09:30 Jacob Misiorowski 13:30 Emmet Sheehan 18:30 Nolan McLean 23:45 Trey Yesavage 27:55 Bubba Chandler 29:50 Cade Horton 33:25 Connelly Early, Payton Tolle 38:15 Troy Melton, Jonah Tong 43:35 Tatsuya Imai 47:45 Braxton Ashcraft 50:25 Giants SP Depth Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

00:00 Intro 02:25 Cy Young Award winners 06:35 What does the first round look like? 18:30 Who is the SP4? 25:45 How has the catcher landscape changed? 35:05 How many closers are locked in right now? 43:15 What to do about second and third base? 49:05 What does it look like to wait on starting pitching (Frank's team)? 57:45 What does it look like to go pocket aces (Erik's team)? Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues!   02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 300 08:30 Top 25 Prospects For 2026 09:35 Nolan McLean is No. 1 12:15 Buy Samuel Basallo 14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts 16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler 18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart 21:05 Carter Jensen vs. J.T. Realmuto 23:20 Market’s Sharp On Connelly Early 25:10 Dylan Beavers’ Breakout Potential 26:40 Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle 29:50 JJ Wetherholt’s High Floor 31:40 Buy Jonah Tong 33:10 Buy Payton Tolle 35:00 Bryce Eldridge Underrated 37:45 Don’t Sleep On Aidan Miller 41:10 Moises Ballesteros Can Hit 42:50 Parker Messick Is Overrated 44:00 Robby Snelling Shoved At AAA 46:00 Projections Like Logan Henderson 47:40 Chase DeLauter’s Injury History 50:00 Blind Bet On Andrew Painter? 52:30 Colt Emerson Is A Massive Sleeper 54:50 Carson Benge To The Moon 57:20 Joshua Baez and Ryan Waldschmidt 01:00:20 Travis Bazzana Is Overrated 01:02:00 You Can’t Draft Travis Sykora Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts!   01:15 Konnor Griffin 04:45 Kevin McGonigle 11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA 16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA 18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage 25:25 Bubba Chandler 27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect? 29:30 First-Year Player Drafts 34:20 Liam Doyle 38:40 Arjun Nimmala and Justin Crawford 45:20 AFL Standouts 55:30 Ryan Waldschmidt 58:10 Robby Snelling Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values!   01:15 First Two Rounds 03:05 Nolan McLean Debate 07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling 10:40 Surprise Picks 11:45 Best Values 13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate 16:45 Mining The Mock 24:35 Owen’s Team 28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer 29:55 Luke Dickerson 35:30 Jaxon Wiggins 38:15 Trey Gibson Unlucky at AAA 41:15 George Klassen’s Stuff 43:00 James’ Team 49:55 Connelly Early Debate 57:50 Tony Blanco Jr. 01:00:30 Favorite Teams Besides Ours 01:05:10 Moises Ballesteros Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson is joined by excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season.    05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers 10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman 15:05 James’ Best Picks 17:15 Draft Regrets 30:55 Emmet Sheehan 34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever 41:05 Is Vlad a First Rounder? 46:30 Second Base Is A Wasteland 49:50 Third Base Falls Off Quickly 53:05 Shortstop Is Loaded Up Top 54:10 Shortstop Prospects 58:05 Don’t Fall Behind At Outfield 01:01:25 Buy Low on Jasson Dominguez? 01:08:05 Young SPs w/ Upside Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game!   05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin 09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside 11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day? 15:40 Don’t Sleep On Braxton Ashcraft 19:20 Don’t Forget Christian Scott 22:00 The Most Underrated Prospect 29:00 AFL Pitchers To Watch 34:15 Biggest Risers of 2025 38:45 Zach Cole vs. Junior Perez 41:50 Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jeremy Schneider to review RotoWire's preseason staff sleepers and busts. --- 00:00 Headlines 08:50 Jeremy's Top Prospects to Watch 23:30 Hitter Sleepers 35:50 Pitcher Sleepers 54:20 Hitter Busts 1:05:20 Pitcher Busts --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson is joined by Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool.   02:20 Songs as Team Names 09:25 How To Draft And Hold 19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s) 23:15 Young Catchers 37:30 Stay In on George Springer 42:05 Valuing Byron Buxton in 2026 48:00 Sal Frelick Perfect Fit w/ Brewers 54:00 Chandler Simpson As Advertised 58:50 Can Lenyn Sosa Repeat? 01:03:30 Ryne Nelson 01:09:20 Final DC Thoughts   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss the final week's playoff races and 10 Second Half Stats you might not know. --- 00:00 Week 27 Fred Pod 00:15 Welcome 00:30 Playoff Update 03:45 Second half stats that warrant discussion……. 04:30 The Cubs are 27th in second half runs. Is this what this offense will look like without Kyle Tucker? 11:30 The Cardinals are last in second half runs. Is it time for more of a deep rebuild? 26:15 The Astros are 26th in second half runs. Does Yordan Alvarez mean this much to this offense? 20:30 The Athletics and D-backs are tied for 8th in second half record. Are the Athletics postseason contenders for 2026? And how did the D-backs survive their fire sale? 27:00 Chalkboard 28:00 The Mets are 25th in second half record. 32:50 Tied with the Giants. How much work do these teams need to do in order to contend next year? 36:30 The Tigers are 21st in second half record. Were we premature in declaring that they’ve arrived? 41:00 Could they be like the Orioles, who had brief success but couldn’t sustain? 47:00 The MLB leaders in second half OPS is George Springer. How early will he be drafted next year, at age 36? 48:30 Bryan Woo is tied for the second half lead in SO. His career WHIP is under 1.00. Top-10 SP for 2026? 52:30 Hunter Brown leads the Majors in second half ERA. I never hear him mentioned as the SP4 for 2026. --- Chalkboard  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up and exciting week of baseball and preview the final week, full of pennant races, Wild Card chases, rotation and FAAB pickup to make that final run in the standings. They discuss Mike Trout's down season, Matt Olson's recent hot streak and what the heck to do with Trevor Rogers next year before getting into all the FAAB adds and drops from the final weekend of roster moves.   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top FAAB recommendations for the final week of the regular season and review the top FAAB pickups of the year. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:23 Parker Meadows 15:09 Kody Clemens 17:01 Dominic Canzone 18:42 Nathaniel Lowe 20:11 Carter Jensen 22:45 Moises Ballesteros 25:27 Justin Verlander 28:59 Trey Yesavage 32:06 Riley O'Brien 34:43 Chalkboard Picks 39:18 Deep-League Pitchers 45:01 Deep-League Hitters 52:14 Top FAAB Pickups of the Year --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Intro/Clayton Kershaw announced yesterday that he will be retiring at the end of 2025 Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Xander Bogaerts $3Trey Yesavage $2Heriberto Hernandez $0Moises Ballesteros $0Cole Ragans $0Andrew Kittredge $0Chad Patrick $0Bryce Eldridge $0Francisco Alvarez $0Miguel Rojas $0Thomas Saggese $0Javier Sanoja $0Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 22, 2025) Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)Mason Barnett 0Chris Sale 5Lucas Giolito 3Cade Horton 5 (Todd 4)Brady Singer 4Gavin Williams 4McCade Brown 0Shane Smith 3Jack Flaherty 3Cristian Javier 3Cole Ragans 3Caden Dana 0Ryan Weathers 3Freddy Peralta 5David Peterson 3Luis Gil 3Nick Pivetta 5Bryce Miller 3Justin Verlander 3Michael McGreevy 3Ian Seymour 2 (Todd 3)Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 3) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Couillard to discuss the changing of the guard at the catcher position. --- 00:00 Intro 01:45 Clayton Kershaw retires 06:45 Other Headlines 20:20 Cal Raleigh 31:40 Hunter Goodman 34:35 Shea Langeliers 37:40 Agustin Ramirez 42:10 Ivan Herrera 44:40 Ben Rice 48:10 Drake Baldwin 50:50 Other rising catchers 58:30 Falling catchers --- Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Chris Welsh discuss candidates to be the MVP of the Arizona Fall League before diving into some recent prospect ADP!   01:45 Arizona Fall League MVP Candidates 02:45 Kevin McGonigle is going to rake 07:40 Sebastian Walcott could steal the show 12:10 Aidan Miller moving up rankings 17:00 Josue De Paula vs. Charlie Condon 23:20 Sleeper AFL hitters 35:30 Prospect ADP 38:05 Industry consensus up top 41:40 First-Year Player Draft talk 48:05 Colt Emerson’s narrow range 52:25 Edward Florentino’s ADP   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the playoff races, Yordan Alvarez, and defensive stats that matter. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 9-16 00:15 Welcome 00:30 News: 01:00 Yordan Alvarez sprains ankle….. 06:30 Yesavage, Eldridge debuted…… 11:20 Bo Bichette getting second opinion on knee….. 13:20 Jordan Westburg returns….. Kyle Bradish already looks like an ace again….. 17:30 Cole Ragans returns tomorrow….. 20:00 Sal Stewart continues to mash….. 22:15 Daylen Lile is hitting cleanup and having a nice September….. 24:20 Zach Neto to the IL 29:15 Chalkboard 30:15 Defensive stats that matter 31:05 Ceddanne Rafaela is second among CF in FRV. 32:45 Augustin Ramirez is dead last in baseball in FRV. 34:30 Edgar Quero is tied with Ramirez for the bottom spot in FRV. This is a big reason that Kyle Teel will be their No. 1 catcher next year. 35:45 Nick Castellanos is the worst OF in baseball and hasn’t hit well. 37:15 Logan O’Hoppe has a -11 FRV and has hit poorly in for several months. 38:45 Heliot Ramos has a mediocre .729 OPS and a -11 FRV. He could lose playing time too. 40:30 Ronald Acuna Jr. used to be an average CF. He’s now one of the worst RF in baseball (-8). His sprint speed has declined, likely due to injury. I may project just 15 steals. 42:10 How do we feel about Jasson Dominguez for 2026? He’s so young but has a -9 FRV and a .720 OPS. 45:46 BlueWire 45:50 Positive Defensive Stats 46:10 Patrick Bailey is the best defender in baseball by a wide margin. 47:15 Dillon Dingler and Carlos Narvaez have both been top-5 defensive catchers. 48:40 Ke’Bryan Hayes is the best 3B. No matter how he hits, he’s going to play. 49:30 On a per-inning basis, Denzel Clarke is the best defensive OF this year. 52:50 Trea Turner is a top-5 defensive SS and leads the Majors in average sprint speed. --- Chalkboard (primary sponsor)  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk a busy weekend in baseball, break down a number of intriguing players looking ahead to 2026 and discuss all the adds and drops in the second-to-last FAAB period of the season. They give their thoughts on the 2025 seasons and 2026 draft prices on Junior Caminero, Mark Vientos and Jesus Luzardo, among many others, before getting into this week's FAAB action on Connelly Early, Brandon Sproat and Andrew Kittredge.   Chalkboard  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 Connelly Early 15:15 Emmett Sheehan 19:45 Tyler Wells 22:00 Andrew Kittredge 24:30 Brad Keller 27:10 Tommy Edman 29:25 Daylen Lile 31:20 Jose Caballero 34:10 Jake Burger 35:50 Tyler O'Neill 37:45 Chalkboard picks 43:30 Deep-league pitchers 50:50 Deep-league hitters -- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Intro/Connelly Early is the latest rookie to make waves in Major League Baseball Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Connelly Early $6Michael Helman $2Parker Meadows $2Andre Pallante $1Brad Keller $1Otto Kemp $0Cade Povich $0Drew Gilbert $0Walker Buehler $0Cody Freeman $0Isaac Paredes $0Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 15, 2025) Zac Gallen 4Jeffrey Springs 2Spencer Strider 3Kyle Bradish 3Connelly Early 3Cade Horton 4Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 1)Zack Littell 3Andrew Abbott 3 (Todd 4)Kyle Freeland 0Sean Burke 1 (Todd 2)Casey Mize 3Jason Alexander 2Michael Wacha 2Kyle Hendricks 0Shohei Ohtani 4 (Todd 5)Eury Perez 3 (Todd 2)Jose Quintana 3 (Todd 4)Simeon Woods Richardson 0Carlos Rodon 5Cam Schlittler 3 (Todd 4)Paul Skenes 5Michael King 3Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 5)Carson Whisenhunt 0Carson Seymour 0Matthew Liberatore 2Ryan Pepiot 2Ian Seymour 2 (Todd 3)Jack Leiter 3Jose Berrios 3Kevin Gausman 5Mitchell Parker 0 (Todd 1) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss the most disappointing players at each position this year. Which ones are we out on for good, and which are we hoping everyone else is out on next year so we can draft them at a discount? --- 00:00 Headlines: Soto, Schwarber, Volpe, Winn 17:50 C: Adley Rutschman 22:15 1B: Jake Burger 25:45 2B: Ozzie Albies 29:50 3B: Austin Riley 33:00 SS: Oneil Cruz 39:40 OF: Jackson Merrill, Michael Harris, Lawrence Butler 50:30 SP: Dylan Cease, Bailey Ober, Tanner Bibee, George Kirby, Spencer Strider 1:04:00 RP: Devin Williams --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today  and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Brian Slack discuss a variety of dynasty topics including, when to push in, different trade tactics, dispersal drafts, plus some players to buy and sell heading into the offseason!   02:25 Dispersal drafting 04:40 Franchise Value vs. Present Value 07:50 When to go for it 18:20 Trade tips 26:10 Picking up prospects 34:55 More trade tips 38:05 Trading for Gunnar Henderson 44:30 Dax Kilby to the moon 52:30 Buy Lars Nootbaar? 55:45 Sell Josh Lowe? 01:00:50 Valuing Cam Smith 01:06:10 Is George Lombard overrated? 01:10:05 Kyle Manzardo’s improvements 01:12:40 Trade for Ryan Pepiot   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Inspired by Ke'Bryan Hayes's trade to Cincinnati, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss players that would benefit from a similar change of scenery. ---- Chalkboard (primary sponsor)  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, recap a fun weekend of baseball, talk 2026 prices on some players and discuss all the popular pickups in FAAB this week. They discuss the 2026 prospects for 2025 breakouts Jo Adell, Gavin Williams and Ben Rice and also talk about who ends up in the top 5 of starting pitchers and closers in 2026 drafts. They wrap up by summarizing all the adds in FAAB, including the bidding on Luis Garcia, Brad Keller and Parker Meadows.   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:58 Brandon Sproat 17:16 Braxton Ashcraft 20:28 Shawn Armstrong 22:51 Jose Ferrer 25:09 Josh Jung 26:32 Sal Stewart 31:04 Ha-Seong Kim 33:34 Jac Caglianone 37:41 Blaze Alexander 40:55 Harrison Bader 44:20 Chalkboard Picks 49:43 Deep-League Pitchers 58:46 Deep-League Hitters --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/Kodai Senga has been optioned to Triple-A Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Sal Stewart $3Hye Seong Kim $2Joc Pederson $1Bryce Elder $0Ryan Weathers $0Brayan Rocchio $0Shawn Armstrong $0Javier Assad $0Eduardo Rodriguez $0Brandon Sproat $0Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 8, 2025) Nabil Crismatt 1Luis Morales 3Joey Wentz 1Garrett Crochet 5Shota Imanaga 5Nick Lodolo 4 (Todd 3)Slade Cecconi 2Chase Dollander 0German Marquez 0Yoendrys Gomez 1Sawyer Gipson-Long 0Framber Valdez 5Ryan Bergert 3Noah Cameron 3Caden Dana 0 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Janson Junk 2Eury Perez 3Jose Quintana 3Simeon Woods Richardson 0 (Todd 1)Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)Will Warren 2Aaron Nola 2Braxton Ashcraft 2 (Todd 1)Yu Darvish 3Nestor Cortes 0Bryan Woo 5George Kirby 4 (Todd 5)Logan Webb 5Miles Mikolas 2 (Todd 1)Adrian Houser 2 (Todd 3)Jacob Latz 1Jose Berrios 2Cade Cavalli 3Mitchell Parker 0 (Todd 1) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Todd Zola discuss a handful of declining veterans in an attempt to figure out which ones could be bargains next year and which ones look done. --- 00:00 Headlines 19:00 40 years old and up 25:15 Age 37 to 39 30:30 Age 35 47:30 Age 34 1:00:40 Early 30s --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chris Blessing joins James Anderson to discuss the best prospects and most overrated prospects Chris scouted this season, including No. 1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin plus many more! 00:00 Intro 01:35 The No. 1 Overall Prospect 12:15 Buy Caleb Bonemer 20:00 Hector Rodriguez’s ETA 30:25 Robby Snelling SZN 36:55 Thomas White’s Upside 42:00 JR Ritchie Trending Up 46:55 Buy Low on Cam Collier 55:00 Hagen Smith’s A Bust   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review some of the top September roster moves and the remaining playoff races. --- 00:00 September Moves Pod 00:30 Welcome 00:45 Blue Jays - Reds 06:30 News: 06:45 Jackson Merrill is back from the IL….. 11:00 MacKenzie Gore is already cleared to throw, so he could be back soon…. 12:30 Jeremiah Jackson 15:55 Trevor Rogers 22:45 Lourdes Gurriel’s season is over due to a torn ACL…. 23:30 Roman Anthony left tonight’s game….. 23:55 Juan Soto is going to have a 40-30 season. 27:30 Elly De La Cruz 31:30 Chalkboard 32:30 Main Topic – September 1 roster moves. 32:45 Sal Stewart 38:00 Sawyer Gipson-Long 39:00 Andrew Alvarez 41:30 Kevin Alcantara 43:00 Boring Cardinals 45:00 NFFC 46:30 Jac Caglianone 51:30 Rangers in the Wild Card Race 55:45 Rays Still Alive --- Chalkboard (primary sponsor)  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88) NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend baseball and break down what ended up being a big week for pitching in FAAB. They discuss the AL East, Bruce Turang, Juan Soto and more before diving into the heavy bidding for Kyle Bradish, Jonah Tong and Payton Tolle.  Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 09:00 Kyle Bradish 12:00 Jonah Tong 16:15 Abner Uribe 19:15 Payton Tolle 22:30 Ryan Walker 25:15 Jordan Lawlar 28:30 Jared Triolo 31:00 Gavin Sheets 33:00 Nolan Gorman 35:30 Dylan Moore 40:15 Chalkboard picks 46:00 Deep-league pitchers 56:30 Deep-league hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/Kyle Schwarber has the 21st four-homer game in MLB history Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Jonah Tong $7Ian Seymour $6Payton Tolle $5Jonny DeLuca $4Jared Triolo $2Luis Morales $2Jeremiah Jackson $1Luis Matos $0Connor Norby $0Aaron Ashby $0Robbie Snelling $0Riley O’Brien $0Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 1, 2025) Ryne Nelson 2 (Todd 3)Luis Morales 3Brayan Bello 4Colin Rea 2Hunter Greene 5Parker Messick 3Slade Cecconi 2Chase Dollander 0Aaron Civale 0Davis Martin 1Charlie Morton 2Luis Garcia 1Michael Lorenzen 2Yusei Kikuchi 2 (Todd 3)Caden Dana 0Ryan Gusto 0Jacob Misiorowski 4 (Todd 3)Bailey Ober 3Max Fried 5Taijuan Walker 2 (Todd 1)Mike Burrows 0Dylan Cease 4Luis Castillo 3Carson Whisenhunt 0Sonny Gray 5Shane Baz 2 (Todd 3)Drew Rasmussen 5Patrick Corbin 0MacKenzie Gore 3 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jenny Butler to discuss some of the biggest decisions drafters will have to make next season, decisions Jenny already had to make in last week's Too Early Meatball draft. --- 00:00 Headlines 11:00 Too Early Meatball Draft overview 14:20 Who are the contenders for SP4? 20:10 What are we supposed to do with Spencer Strider? 24:30 How far will this year’s rookie SPs rise? 27:30 Who are the contenders for RP1? 35:00 How many of this year’s breakout young catchers break into the top-15? 39:00 Is Nick Kurtz a Tier 1 first baseman, and how big is that tier? 41:50 Will the lack of early second basemen be even worse next year? 46:30 How far up the board should we push Junior Caminero? 50:10 How far will Mookie Betts fall? 55:15 What do we do with Pete Crow-Armstrong? 1:00:30 Where should we take Ronald Acuna, who always used to go first overall when healthy? 1:04:00 : How far will Jackson Merrill fall next season? --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson answers all your questions about the updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings, including questions about Edward Florentino, Sebastian Walcott, Jett Williams and more! 01:35 Top Prospects for 2026 08:35 Prospect Tiers 12:10 Jesus Made’s speed 12:55 Buy low on Sebastian Walcott 14:45 Jett Williams’ position 15:40 Josue De Paula still at High-A 17:00 Mike Sirota’s injury 17:55 Ralphy Velazquez vs. Josue Briceno 19:10 Carter Jensen destroys baseballs 21:30 Giving Cam Collier a mulligan 22:45 Edward Florentino SZN 27:55 Trust the Pirates? 29:05 Tony Blanco’s 80-grade power 32:00 Elian Pena’s breakout 33:40 Dauri Fernandez’s ceiling 35:05 Kendry Chourio to the moon! 37:10 Top 5 a year from now 39:40 Potential risers into the top 10 40:35 Chales Davalan, FYPD target   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie review some of the interesting picks from the Way Too Early 2026 Meatball Draft. --- 00:00 Way Too Early Meatball Draft 00:20 Welcome 00:30 Review the Too Early Meatball Draft 01:15 Interesting Picks 02:45 Kyle Schwarber 1.9 08:00 No Second Round Pitchers 10:00 Junior Caminero 1.12 14:45 Ronald Acuna at 2.11 17:15 Oneil Cruz at 2.15 20:30 Chalkboard 21:30 Chris Sale as the SP4 at 3.1 23:45 Jhoan Duran as the RP1 at 4.3 30:30 Yordan Alvarez 4.9 32:22 Corey Seager at 5.11 33:45 NFFC 34:20 Luis Robert Jr. at 6.15 37:15 Chandler Simpson at 7.9 43:20 BlueWire 43:30 Jackson Merrill at 8.3 45:20 Raisel Iglesias at 9.2; Cade Smith at 9.8; Tanner Scott at 10.9 49:00 Jakob Marsee at 10.13 51:00 Zebby Matthews at 11.7; Hurston Waldrep at 11.12; Gavin Williams at 11.14 --- Chalkboard (primary sponsor)  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88) NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss tough weekends for the Yankees and Dodgers and discuss all the FAAB action, including spirited bidding on Samuel Basallo, Shane Bieber and Carson Williams. In addition, they discuss what should be a very interesting 2026 int eh starting pitcher market after the Big 3 and also talk about Jackson Merrill, Vinnie Pasquatino and much, much more. Chalkboard  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 11:41 Samuel Basallo 15:05 Dylan Beavers 17:23 Brett Baty 19:40 Pavin Smith 21:37 Carson Williams 24:56 Shane Bieber 28:32 Cam Schlittler 30:13 Bubba Chandler 36:49 Victor Vodnik 38:31 Parker Messick 42:10 Chalkboard Picks 46:39 Deep-League Pitchers 59:23 Deep-League Hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/Samuel Basallo agrees to eight-year extension with O’s Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Dylan Beavers $6Kyle Teel $2Parker Messick $2Davis Martin $1Taijuan Walker $1Colby Thomas $0Gabriel Moreno $0Jhostynxon Garcia $0Carson Williams $0Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 25, 2025) Eduardo Rodriguez 1Brandon Pfaadt 1JT Ginn 0Spencer Strider 3 (Todd 1)Tomoyuki Sugano 2 (Todd 3)Kyle Bradish 2Walker Buehler 0Lucas Giolito 3Matthew Boyd 4Hunter Greene 4 (Todd 5)Tanner Bibee 2Tanner Gordon 0Shane Smith 2Martin Perez 1Tarik Skubal 5Noah Cameron 4 (Todd 3)Kyle Hendricks 0Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 4)Sandy Alcantara 3Jacob Misiorowski 3Quinn Priester 4 (Todd 3)Joe Ryan 5Kodai Senga 3 (Todd 2)Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)Cam Schlittler 3 (Todd 2)Luis Gil 4Cristopher Sanchez 5Jesus Luzardo 4Mitch Keller 2Johan Oviedo 0Bryce Miller 3Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)Michael McGreevy 2 (Todd 3)Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)Shane Baz 2Jacob deGrom 5Max Scherzer 4Brad Lord 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Lucas Biery to discuss how to finish the fantasy season strong. --- 00:00 Injury news (Tucker, deGrom) 07:45 Recent call-ups (Messick, Chandler, Williams) 18:30 Getting into a winning position 20:30 Early-round aces 22:20 Building an offensive core 24:30 Overcoming early mistakes 27:15 Mid-late round hits 34:45 Getting the most out of FAAB 41:00 How different is the final month from the first five? 43:30 Chasing saves 49:20 Two-start starters 52:45 Playing time vs. chasing categories 1:00:00 Endgame strategy for overall contests --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Dominic Rello (@BullpenGuru) preview Wednesday night's first high-stakes draft of 2026! Dom is picking fourth and James is picking 15th. They preview their potential picks and talk about the challenging hunt for saves, shallow positions, big risers, prospects to consider and much more! 02:15 Players at the top of the draft 03:50 Take Acuna in the top five? 06:30 Late first-round targets 12:10 Players losing/gaining positional eligibility 18:45 Which closers would we draft? 25:45 Which catchers would we draft? 28:45 Nick Kurtz vs. Pete Alonso 30:30 Depressed pitching assets 34:30 Second base sucks 36:50 Middle-infield prospects 40:15 Buy low on Mookie Betts? 42:45 Top 7 Shortstops 43:25 Young OFs to buy 45:30 Never Oneil Cruz 47:10 Fade Byron Buxton? 48:55 Buy low on Jackson Merrill?   Chalkboard (primary sponsor)  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend across baseball, highlighted by the Dodgers sweeping the Padres, and break down all the adds and drops across FAAB, including heavy bidding for Bryan Abreu and Nolan McLean. They also discuss the upcoming huge Cubs Brewers five-game series, the struggles of Max Fried and Anthony Volpe in New York and where Shea Langeliers is likely to land among catchers in 2026 drafts. Chalkboard  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required!   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:30 Bryan Abreu 16:10 Zebby Matthews 18:45 Nolan McLean 21:00 Hurston Waldrep 24:30 Dustin May 27:05 Miguel Andujar 30:00 Josh Bell 31:45 Tyler Freeman 34:50 Joey Ortiz 36:30 Kyle Manzardo 39:00 Chalkboard picks 45:20 Deep-league pitchers 56:00 Deep-league hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/Owen Caissie has arrived to the major leagues… Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Keegan Akin $9Owen Caissie $7Hurston Waldrep $7Kyle Karros $4Blaze Alexander $4Heriberto Hernandez $1Bobby Seymour $1Kristian Campbell $1Kevin McGonigle $0Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 18, 2025) Zac Gallen 4Jacob Lopez 3Spencer Strider 4Trevor Rogers 3Dustin May 2Cade Horton 4Jameson Taillon 3Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 4)Austin Gomber 0Bradley Blalock 0Yoendrys Gomez 0Jack Flaherty 3Spencer Arrighetti 1Hunter Brown 5Michael Wacha 3Seth Lugo 3Victor Mederos 0Yoshinobu Yamamoto 4Eury Perez 3 (Todd 4)Freddy Peralta 5Brandon Woodruff 5Joe Ryan 5David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)Carlos Rodon 4Paul Skenes 5Nestor Cortes 0Nick Pivetta 5Logan Gilbert 5Robbie Ray 4Kai-Wei Teng 0Matthew Liberatore 2Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)Merrill Kelly 3Jake Irvin 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris to review this year's top rookies, looking at both those who have exceeded expectations and those who have fallen short. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Owen Caissie 05:40 Nolan McLean 07:50 other prospects who could still get the call this year 15:30 Nick Kurtz 20:00 Isaac Collins 24:40 Drake Baldwin 27:25 Jacob Wilson 30:15 Roman Anthony 33:15 Agustin Ramirez 36:05 Jacob Misiorowski 38:40 Noah Cameron 40:15 Cade Horton 43:00 Chandler Simpson 45:00 Cam Smith 47:40 Caleb Durbin 50:10 Jack Leiter 52:10 Jasson Dominguez 54:40 Matt Shaw 56:25 Jac Caglianone 58:50 Marcelo Mayer 1:00:30 Coby Mayo 1:02:15 Chase Dollander 1:04:10 Kumar Rocker 1:06:10 Chase Burns --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Ryan Topp rank the Brewers top 10 prospects for fantasy (and real life) and then touch on the Brewers' World Series odds, the projected 2026 lineup, rotation and more! 2:35 Jesus Made 7:30 Luis Pena 12:00 Cooper Pratt 21:10 Logan Henderson 24:45 Andrew Fischer 28:25 Jeferson Quero 30:50 Braylon Payne 33:35 Robert Gasser 36:40 Brock Wilken 40:30 Marco Dinges 42:50 Luke Adams 46:05 Bishop Letson 49:30 Brady Ebel 52:15 Honorable Mentions 57:55 World Series Odds 1:04:35 Projected 2026 rotation/lineup   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie asks "What's Wrong with the Mets?" He and Jeff Erickson discuss five struggling offenses since the All-Star Break. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 8-12-25 00:20 Welcome 01:00 Main Topic - What’s wrong with these teams? 01:47 These five teams have all ranked among the bottom-10 in OPS, runs scored and wRC+. Should we bench some of their hitters, because we don’t have time to wait for them to turn things around? And should we stream pitchers against them? 03:15 Mets 08:30 Rays 13:25 Cardinals 19:15 Nationals 23:30 Rangers 26:45 Chalkboard 27:45 News. Plenty of it today. 28:00 Jose Hader is getting tests done on his shoulder. Uh oh. 30:30 Cristian Javier earned a win in his return. Is he ready to join fantasy lineups? 32:10 Shane McClanahan is done for the season, proving once again that injury optimism is not your friend. Grayson Rodriguez also underwent elbow surgery. 33:10 Cole Ragans threw a bullpen session. He’s sitting on waivers in some leagues and could be back in early September. Worth a stash? 35:45 Chase Burns is facing an innings limit and the Reds are getting two starters back. Drop him? 38:50 Devin Williams pitched the sixth inning and is an easy drop. I’m interested to see if he gets a closer’s job in free agency. 41:00 Corbin Carroll set a career high in homers last night. He has really shifted his fantasy profile and may not steal 20 bases this year. He still has 98th percentile sprint speed. 43:20 The Tigers just won’t let us have a closer. Kyle Finnegan earned the win and Will Vest picked up the save. 44:30 Will Warren picked up a win. Take out a couple disasters, and he has been excellent this summer. 46:20 Kyle Schwarber homered. He’s second in HR and RBI. Sixth in runs. Has 10 steals. Will only be 32 next year. Why can’t he be a first round pick? 54:00 NFFC 54:31 BlueWire 55:0. FLEX Leagues Recap --- Chalkboard (primary sponsor)  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88) NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball showcasing the red-hot Mariners and Brewers and also break down all the action in FAAB. They talk active bidding for starting pitchers Luis Gil and Cade Cavalli as well as a potential difference-maker closer in David Bednar. They also hit much more across baseball, including Josh Naylor's SB binge, Lawrence Butler's struggles and whether Kyle Schwarber can steal the NL MVP from Shohei Ohtani.   Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88)   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 9:40 Noelvi Marte 12:10 Lenyn Sosa 15:21 Jakob Marsee 18:00 Ryan Mountcastle 20:17 Jordan Lawlar 22:06 Isaac Collins 25:53 Cade Horton 28:01 Joey Wentz 29:57 Phil Maton 33:46 Bubba Chandler/Samuel Basallo/Dylan Beavers/JJ Wetherholt/Andrew Painter 39:24 Deep-League Pitchers 51:17 Deep-League Hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/Jakob Marsee leads the pack in terms of bidding this week Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Jakob Marsee $9Hunter Gaddis $8Jalen Beeks $6Cade Cavalli $6Logan Henderson $5Casey Schmitt $2Daniel Schneemann $1Brad Lord $1Victor Robles $1Eli White $1Miles Mikolas $0Jordan Lawlar $0Anthony Santander $0Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 11, 2025) Ryne Nelson 2 (Todd 3)Anthony DeSclafani 0Jeffrey Springs 2 (Todd 3)Spencer Strider 4Dean Kremer 2Garrett Crochet 5Cade Horton 3Andrew Abbott 3Logan Allen 3Anthony Molina 0Kyle Freeland 0Jonathan Cannon 0 (Todd 1)Chris Paddack 2Jack Flaherty 4Cristian Javier 1 (Todd 0)Bailey Falter 3 (Todd 1)Jose Soriano 2Janson Junk 3Freddy Peralta 5Zebby Matthews 2 (Todd 1)Clay Holmes 3Will Warren 2Aaron Nola 1Ranger Suarez 4 (Todd 5)Andrew Heaney 2Yu Darvish 1 (Todd 3)George Kirby 5Logan Webb 5Miles Mikolas 1Ryan Pepiot 3Nathan Eovaldi 5Jose Berrios 3Cade Cavalli 2Mitchell Parker 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to talk about the picks and fades they regret this season in an attempt to figure out how to avoid the same mistakes next year. --- 00:00 Headlines 16:45 Fading Bo Bichette 26:30 Fading Zach Neto 32:15 Fading Junior Caminero 37:20 Fading Max Fried/Bryan Woo 43:50 Fading Jacob deGrom 46:05 Fading Tyler Soderstrom 49:00 Picking Skenes over Skubal 54:05 Picking Wyatt Langford/Lawrence Butler/Brenton Doyle 1:02:25 Picking Michael Harris 1:07:15 Picking Yordan Alvarez 1:10:10 Picking Luis Garcia Jr. 1:11:30 Picking Jack Flaherty 1:15:40 Picking Hunter Greene 1:18:30 Picking Sean Manaea 1:22:40 Picking Bubba Chandler --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Mike Mager look back on the best picks from their 2025 Too Early Draft and look at which high-upside pitchers may be worth the risk going into 2026! 00:00 Intro 02:00 Best Pick of Round 1 02:55 Best Pick of Round 2 03:30 Best Pick of Round 3 04:55 Best Pick of Round 4 06:00 Best Pick of Round 5 08:45 Best Pick of Round 6 10:00 Best Pick of Round 7 10:45 Best Pick of Round 8 11:20 Best Pick of Round 9 12:00 Best Pick of Round 10 13:30 Best Pick of Round 11 15:45 Avoid Recency Bias 17:40 Landmines In The First 5 Rounds 23:50 Hitters Who Will Lose Position Eligibility 28:10 Back To Basics 33:20 Where To Find Upside 41:45 Buying Brandon Woodruff 45:00 Chris Sale vs. Jacob deGrom 48:40 Buying Eury Perez 52:10 Is Hunter Greene Too Risky? 56:20 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Chase Burns Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share more trade deadline reactions, break down the latest news and discuss the top and bottom 10 starting pitchers since June 1. --- 00:00 Post-Deadline Moves 00:20 Welcome 01:00 Fred’s Trade Deadline Reactions 03:00 Closer Headliners following the deadline 07:15 News & Notes 07:20 Aaron Judge is back….. Nothing is going right for the Yankees, including Max Fried, who now has a 5.81 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP since July 1…..And Devin Williams blew another save…. 12:30 Nick Lodolo, to IL…… 15:00 Austin Riley and Tommy Edman 19:00 Nathan Lukes survived the trade deadline as the Jays leadoff hitter and reached base five times yesterday. 20:40 Michael Soroka is already on the IL…..Ben Brown relieved Soroka and pitched well, so it’s likely time to add him and then get burned by him….. 23:00 Roman Anthony is day-to-day. He’s playing great but isn’t doing much in fantasy….. 26:00 NFFC 26:45 Let’s look at some of the best and worst pitchers in recent weeks. Because some of the best ones aren’t getting much credit and some of the worst ones are still in lineups. 27:45 Here are the ERA leaders since June 1. 28:15 Matthew Boyd 1.69 31:10 Christopher Sanchez 1.71 35:00 Paul Skenes 1.87; Tarik Skubal 2.08; Zack Wheeler 2.26 38:30 Quinn Priester 2.40 41:20 Garrett Crochet 2.44 42:30 Framber Valdez 2.47 43:00 Eric Lauer 2.54 47:00 Gavin Williams 2.54 49:30 BlueWire 49:40 And here are the worst qualified ERA pitchers since June 1. 51:00 Luis Severino 5.98 52:20 Nick Martinez 5.85; Chris Paddack 5.58 53:20 Zac Gallen 5.43 54:20 Tanner Bibee 5.17; JP Sears 5.06 55:50 Brandon Pfaadt 4.98; Andre Pallante 4.92 57:45 Sonny Gray 4.85 59:30 Sandy Alcantara 4.85 --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss all the adds and drops after a busy trade deadline in MLB. They talk the red-hot Marlins and Red Sox, how to handle Mason Miller and Ryan Helsley moving out of their closer roles and the potential new closers to add in FAAB, including Randy Rodriguez, Dennis Santana and Cade Smith.   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 07:30 Randy Rodriguez 09:20 Corbin Martin 11:05 Dennis Santana 12:45 Cole Sands 14:40 JoJo Romero 16:20 Michael Soroka 18:20 Coby Mayo 20:00 Ramon Laureano 22:00 Carlos Correa 23:20 Warming Bernabel 26:00 Deep-league pitchers 34:45 Deep-league hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/The dust has settled after a wild trade deadline Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Jose Ferrer $20Corbin Martin $14JoJo Romero $12Cole Sands $10Tyler Locklear $7Warming Bernabel $7Riley O’Brien $6Taj Bradley $5Samuel Basallo $2Mick Abel $1Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 4, 2025) Brandon Pfaadt 3Jeffrey Springs 3Erick Fedde 1Joey Wentz 0Brandon Young 1Lucas Giolito 3Mike Soroka 3 (Todd 4)Nick Lodolo 4Slade Cecconi 3Tanner Gordon 0Davis Martin 1Casey Mize 3 (Todd 4)Jason Alexander 1Yusei Kikuchi 3Sandy Alcantara 3Cal Quantrill 1Quinn Priester 4Zebby Matthews 2 (Todd 1)Sean Manaea 2 (Todd 3)Max Fried 5Jesus Luzardo 4Carmen Mlodzinski 0Mike Burrows 0JP Sears 2Bryan Woo 5Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)Sonny Gray 3Adrian Houser 2Merrill Kelly 2 (Todd 4)Eric Lauer 1MacKenzie Gore 4 (Todd 5) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by four fellow RotoWire hosts — Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Todd Zola and Ryan Boyer — to discuss the fantasy fallout from the MLB trade deadline. --- 00:00 Intro 01:00 Mason Miller to the Padres 06:20 Carlos Correa to the Astros 14:00 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies 17:15 Ryan Helsley to the Mets 21:30 David Bednar, Camilo Doval to the Yankees 24:45 Merrill Kelly to the Rangers 29:10 Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners 33:00 Ryan McMahon to the Yankees 35:45 James' prospect corner 39:45 New closers draft 47:15 Smaller moves that matter --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson is joined by Bob Osgood and Jake Devereaux to talk about the direction of the Red Sox, what they should do at the trade deadline and how their stacked rotation job battle will unfold next spring! 01:15 The direction of the Red Sox 03:55 Good move to trade Rafael Devers? 06:15 Trade Deadline Preview 10:10 Garrett Crochet, the ace 12:45 How Brayan Bello got on track 16:25 Will Lucas Giolito be back? 21:10 Hunter Dobbins 22:25 Don’t forget about Patrick Sandoval 25:15 Crossroads for Tanner Houck 27:00 Kyle Harrison’s potential 29:00 Kutter Crawford 30:00 Payton Tolle to the moon! 37:20 Connelly Early’s upside 40:00 David Sandlin up in 2025? 46:15 Kyson Witherspoon/Luis Perales 48:35 Who will be Boston’s closer? 52:20 Worried ab0out Kristian Campbell? 55:20 Triston Casas’ injuries mounting 59:30 Marcelo Mayer’s 2026 stat line 01:00:45 Roman Anthony’s 2026 stat line 01:03:30 Ceddanne Rafaela’s upside Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Diamondbacks have started the trade deadline by dealing Josh Naylor to the Mariners. Who else will be sellers? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson preview Thursday's trade deadline from a seller's perspective. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 7-29 00:20 Welcome 01:15 Seranthony Dominguez to the Jays … Felix Bautista is expected to be out for a while. I think he can be cut. 09:00 Emmanuel Clase suspension. Is he a drop? Probably depends on your saves standings. 13:45 Cade Smith boost is obvious but should be mentioned. And there are rumors that more CLE suspensions are on the way…… 15:00 Tigers - Reese Olson out for season, Parker Meadows to the IL, Chris Paddack traded to Tigers. 20:00 Eugenio Suarez….. 23:15 NFFC 24:45 Sellers at the deadline 25:45 Orioles: Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins are likely gone. Coby Mayo will get to play more. Zach Eflin, Charlie Morton, Gregory Soto gone as well. 28:30 Guardians: Except Shane Bieber. Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis? Steven Kwan? 31:35 White Sox: They’ll try to move Aaron Civale and Luis Robert Jr. 34:30 Royals: With Lugo signed, are they out of the selling market. 36:30 Twins: Harrison Bader and Willi Castro should be traded. Maybe Joe Ryan?! 42:30 Angels: I feel like they won’t sell. Agree? 46:40 A’s: I don’t see much here, unless they can get someone to take Luis Severino. Jeffrey Springs is likely available for the right price. 49:20 BlueWire 49:30 Marlins: Will they trade Edward Cabrera and Sandy Alcantara? They’ve played well this summer. Maybe they should stand pat, try to get Weathers, Meyer and Garrett back, and compete next year? 54:00 Braves: Raisel Iglesias and Marcell Ozuna are gone. Dylan Lee and Pierce Johnson to share saves? 58:00 Nationals: Quietly one of baseball’s most disappointing teams. Kyle Finnegan should be gone. Josh Bell too, if anyone wants him. I think that’s it. 59:45 Cardinals: Ryan Helsley is a pending FA who would do wonders for PHI or LAD. Would they trade Sonny Gray with one year remaining? I think they’re stuck with Nolan Arenado at this point. 1:03:50 Pirates: Mitch Keller, David Bednar, Dennis Santana. 1:05:15 D-backs: The sell-off has started. Merrill Kelly, Zac Gallen and Eugenio Suarez are all likely gone. Keep an eye on Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who will likely decline his player option. 1:06:20 Rockies: I have no idea. This team stinks. 1:09:40 Giants - Lost 4 in a row, but not selling. --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend in baseball, including the Aaron Judge injury and the Nick Kurtz explosion, and they speculate how the trade deadline could open up some valuable roles in fantasy leagues. They discuss how high Cristopher Sanchez and Riley Greene could rise in 2026 drafts, go through all the injuries over the weekend and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now    Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer are back with their waiver-wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 12:34 Matt Shaw 15:10 Jose Caballero 18:17 Adrian Del Castillo 21:03 Drake Baldwin 23:18 Spencer Horwitz 24:57 Luke Keaschall 27:32 Seranthony Dominguez 29:54 Joe Boyle 32:08 Blake Treinen 34:49 Reid Detmers, Lucas Erceg, Cade Smith 43:16 Deep-League Pitchers 56:03 Deep-League Hitters -- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Intro/Deadline activity is heating up/Yankees acquire Ryan McMahon Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Michael McGreevy $8Chris Paddack $7David Robertson $6Kirby Yates $4Jake Fraley $4Patrick Corbin $4Davis Martin $3Josh Jung $3Chas McCormick $3Brice Matthews $3Jeremiah Estrada $0Two-start pitchers (week of July 28, 2025) Eduardo Rodriguez 2JP Sears 1Dane Dunning 0Zach Eflin 1Richard Fitts 1Matthew Boyd 4 (Todd 5)Chase Burns 1 (Todd 2)Slade Cecconi 3Bradley Blalock 0Davis Martin 1Casey Mize 2 (Todd 3)Framber Valdez 5Jack Kochanowicz 1 (Todd 0)Edward Cabrera 3 (Todd 5)Simeon Woods Richardson 1Frankie Montas 2Max Fried 5Luis Gil 1Cristopher Sanchez 5Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Dylan Cease 4 (Todd 5)Luis Castillo 5Logan Evans 1Justin Verlander 2Andre Pallante 1Drew Rasmussen 4Joe Boyle 3 (Todd 2)Jacob deGrom 5Patrick Corbin 1Chris Bassitt 3Brad Lord 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to discuss which team's bullpens are set to look very different after next week's trade deadline. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Bubble teams, likely buyers: Red Sox, Giants, Rays, Rangers 10:00 Bubble teams, likely sellers: Twins, Cardinals, Guardians, Diamondbacks, Royals, Reds 27:30 Obvious buyers, safe closer: Astros, Brewers, Blue Jays, Mets, Yankees, Mariners, Padres 30:10 Obvious buyers, no safe closer: Dodgers, Tigers, Cubs, Phillies 39:45 Obvious sellers with something to sell: Angels, Braves, Orioles, Athletics, Pirates, Nationals 48:30 Obvious sellers with nothing to sell: Marlins, White Sox, Rockies --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now  Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with  Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson answers dozens of questions from listeners about the updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings! 00:00 Intro 01:45 Fantasy ranks vs. Real-life ranks 02:20 Where are the tiers? 04:05 So many shortstops 05:40 Should JJ Wetherholt be higher? 09:10 Is Leo De Vries overrated? 11:25 Lazaro Montes’ upside 13:35 Sal Stewart’s future stat line 16:00 Eduardo Quintero stuck at Single-A 17:05 Edward Florentino SZN 20:15 Andrew Painter/Bubba Chandler 22:25 Josue De Paula/Zyhir Hope 25:20 Prospects most likely to hit 40 HR 27:00 Jonah Tong’s upside 27:25 Buy Jack Perkins & Tanner McDougal 29:40 Ryan Waldschmidt 30:45 Catchers with the most upside 34:35 Has Alejandro Rosario had TJS? 37:10 Hector Rodriguez vs. Sal Stewart 39:00 Marconi German hype 40:35 Handelfry Encarncion’s upside 42:05 Why is Tyson Lewis still in complex ball? 44:15 Who to drop for prospect pickups 46:10 Controversial omissions NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with  Home Run Forecast Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their Trade Deadline Buyers Preview - which 10+ teams should be buying and what are they shopping for? Who's going to end up with Luis Robert or Eugenio Suarez? --- 00:00 Trade Deadline Buyers 00:20 Welcome 00:30 Break up the Brewers 01:00 News 02:45 Tanner Scott felt something in his forearm. 05:15 Yordan Alvarez is making slow progress. 06:15 Shane McClanahan is facing a delay in his rehab assignment. 07:00 Same with Grayson Rodriguez, who is undergoing imaging on his elbow. 09:00 Shelby Miller is throwing to hitters today. He could be traded or could be the team’s closer in a couple weeks. 10:00 Adley Rutschman vs. Ivan Herrera 12:00 Sell low on Freddie Freeman? 13:45 Mookie Betts vs CJ Abrams 15:30 Josh Jung returned and homered. 18:00 NFFC 18:45 Trade Deadline Buyers Preview 19:00 What are these teams likely to acquire, and who could be bumped from their current roles? 19:30 Blue Jays: Where to add to a team that is getting average production at almost every position. 26:40 Tigers: Add CF? Closer? SP5? 30:00 Astros: Add OF? With injured SP coming back, they seem fine elsewhere. 32:00 Yankees: Prob need 2 SP and a 3B 34:45 Red Sox: SP for sure. I kind of like the lineup. 36:15 Rays: Typically, impossible to predict. Could buy and sell. Unload Littell and add someone. 39:00 Home Run Forecast 39:45 Mariners: 2B, 3B, RF. 43:45 Phillies: Closer, more than any other contender. Maybe LF too. 47:00 Mets: C, 2B, 3B. 49:30 Cubs: 3B, SP. 51:30 Brewers: I have no idea. They are similar to the Jays offensively. 53:30 Dodgers: Only RPs? 55:20 Padres: A rare team that could take an elite hitter and stick him at DH 57:25 BlueWire 57:30 Giants: SP, 1B. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss a quiet weekend of FAAB coming out of the All Star Break. They also discuss the surprising seasons in Miami from Kyle Stowers and Otto Lopez, the Ceddanne Rafaela improvements and what's going on with Mookie Betts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now   Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Sean Murphy 17:45 Trade Paul Skenes? 20:25 Ezequiel Tovar 23:25 Ramon Laureano 25:20 Jordan Walker 30:30 Zebby Matthews 32:50 Brandon Walter 36:55 Shane Bieber 39:35 Quinn Priester 43:00 Spencer Arrighetti 45:00 Trevor Rogers 48:50 Deep-League Pitchers 1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Intro/Second half is officially underway! Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Colson Montgomery $3Dominic Canzone $2Nick Loftin $2Lane Thomas $1Colin Rea $0Dillon Dingler $0Logan T. Allen $0Blake Treinen $0Spencer Horwitz $0Two-start pitchers (week of July 21, 2025) Zac Gallen 4Jacob Lopez 2 (Todd 3)Jack Perkins 1Davis Daniel 0Tomoyuki Sugano 2Zach Eflin 1Richard Fitts 1 (Todd 0)Cade Horton 2Brady Singer 2 (Todd 3)Tanner Bibee 4 (Todd 3)Joey Cantillo 2Austin Gomber 0Casey Mize 4Hunter Brown 5Colton Gordon 0 (Todd 1)Tyler Anderson 1Kyle Hendricks 0Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Kodai Senga 5Carlos Rodon 4Zach Wheeler 5Mitch Keller 3Randy Vazquez 1Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5George Kirby 5Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 1)Matthew Liberatore 1 (Todd 2)Erick Fedde 2 (Todd 1)Shane Baz 4 (Todd 3)Jacob DeGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Max Scherzer 3Jake Irvin 1 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:55 Jacob deGrom 22:20 Risky hitters who are working out 47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out 55:05 Risks who have not worked out --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson, Chris Clegg, Eric Cross and Chris Welsh conduct a 24-pick mock dynasty first-year player draft featuring just 2025 MLB draftees! 00:50 Who to take No. 1 overall 04:25 How good is Ethan Holliday? 09:15 JoJo Parker top 3? 14:00 Perfect landing spot for Kade Anderson 16:35 Aiva Arquette’s high floor 18:20 Seth Hernandez has the highest ceiling 22:40 Chasing Steele Hall’s upside 23:50 Gavin Fien Love 25:35 Jamie Arnold best value in the draft 28:25 A loaded college pitching class 30:40 Ethan Conrad’s upside 33:10 Liam Doyle’s slide ends 35:00 Kayson Cunningham’s hit tool 37:40 Ike Irish, best college hitter in the class? 40:20 Kyson Witherspoon’s upside 42:00 Buy low on Brendan Summerhill? 44:00 Gage Wood’s crazy upside 46:35 Andrew Fischer 48:00 Marek Houston 50:40 Buy low on Chase LaViolette? 55:30 Big power for Xavier Neyens 57:40 Chasing upside with Quentin Young 01:00:10 Charles Davalan better in fantasy 01:01:20 Mason Neville 01:04:00 Final thoughts on the class   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft. --- 00:00 MLB Instant Draft Reactions 00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia 01:00 Early Surprises 04:15 Jace Laviolette 05:45 Eli Willits 08:00 Tyler Bremmer 09:45 Kade Anderson 12:15 Ethan Holliday 13:30 NFFC 14:15 Liam Doyle 16:00 Seth Hernandez 16:50 Aiva Arquette 17:35 JoJo Parker 18:30 Steele Hall 19:40 Billy Carlson 20:30 Jamie Arnold 22:40 Gavin Fien 23:45 Gavin Kilen 24:30 Daniel Pierce 25:25 Kyson Witherspoon 26:15 Home Run Forecast 27:30 Marek Houston 29:30 Ethan Conrad 30:15 Kayson Cunningham 32:30 Ike Irish 34:00 Andrew Fischer 35:00 Xavier Neyens / Kruz Schoolcraft 36:10 BlueWire 36:20 Tate Southisene 37:25 Sean Gamble 38:30 Jordan Yost 39:20 Gage Wood 40:20 Jace LaViolette 42:45 Noteworthy Fallers --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes) Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! (hyperlink: https://www.homerunforecast.com/)  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 17:11 Brandon Woodruff 21:14 Cam Schlittler 24:15 Charlie Morton 26:45 Joe Boyle 30:38 Kevin Ginkel 37:02 Brice Matthews 40:06 Colt Keith 44:24 Willi Castro 46:18 Romy Gonzalez 48:35 Austin Hays 49:56 Deep-League Pitchers 1:02:05 Deep-League Hitters --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Intro/Heading into the final weekend before the break Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Trent Grisham $6Cameron Schlittler $6Kevin Ginkel $5Shane McClanahan $4Joey Cantillo $3Brayan Rocchio $3Miguel Andujar $2Masataka Yoshida $1Jordan Hicks $1Michael Lorenzen $0Kirby Yates $0Brice Matthews, HOU top prospect, called up to Houston Top fantasy earners so far in 2025: RotoWire Earned Auction Values page: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/auction-values-earned.php$55.06 Aaron Judge$46.22 Pete Crow-Armstrong$42.98 Shohei Ohtani$42.39 Cal Raleigh$39.31 Elly De La Cruz$36.24 James Wood$35.10 Kyle Tucker$35.06 Kyle Schwarber$34.59 Tarik Skubal$32.43 Bobby Witt$31.65 Zack Wheeler$31.59 Jose Ramirez$30.19 Byron Buxton$29.67 Eugenio Suarez$29.37 Seiya Suzuki$28.64 Pete AlonsoDown the list $18.43 Maikel Garcia$18.17 Spencer Torkelson$15.42 Vladimir Guerrero$12.45 Freddie Freeman$11.88 Mookie Betts$10.91 Wyatt Langford$8.35 Jose Caballero$2.85 Bryan Reynolds Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss some of the biggest hits and misses so far in Jason's annual Bold Predictions series. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:10 Bold Predictions Overview 17:30 Andres Munoz 21:00 Emmanuel Clase 26:50 Andy Pages 29:55 Ivan Herrera 34:00 Matthew Boyd 38:20 Clay Holmes 40:15 Michael King 42:15 Noah Cameron 44:15 Pete Crow-Armstrong 53:00 Bogaerts/Campbell/Lux 58:30 Pfaadt/Festa 1:02:00 Drew Rasmussen --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview! Who will go No. 1 overall? What's the strength of this class? Which prospects have the highest upside? They tackle all that and more while getting you up to speed for Sunday night's MLB Draft. 00:30 Is Ethan Holliday in his own tier? 03:25 Kade Anderson’s upside 05:20 Odds to go No. 1 overall 10:35 Odds to go No. 2 overall 15:10 Ranking the top college starters 21:25 Who’s the best college hitter? 22:20 Aiva Arquette’s floor 24:50 Prep shortstops to target in fantasy 34:10 Fade Jace LaViolette? 38:05 Sleeper college hitters 45:35 Sleeper prep hitters 52:20 How special is Seth Hernandez? NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now  Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 30 players that should prove to be more valuable over the second half of the season than they were in the first half. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 7-8 00:30 Welcome 01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half 02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel 03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers 04:45 ATL: Austin Riley 05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill 08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony 09:00 Home Run Forecast 09:50 CHC: Ian Happ 11:15 CIN: Hunter Greene 15:00 CLE: Slade Cecconi 18:25 COL: Brenton Doyle 19:45 CWS: Grant Taylor 23:00 DET: Reese Olson 24:30 HOU: Brandon Walter 26:45 KC: Jonathan India 29:45 NFFC 30:30 LAA: Reid Detmers 31:30 LAD: Tyler Glasnow/Blake Snell 33:00 MIA: Agustin Ramirez 36:20 MIL: Nestor Cortes 40:00 MIN: Royce Lewis 41:25 NYM: Sean Manaea 42:10 NYY: Devin Williams 44:00 PHI: Max Kepler 45:00 PIT: Bryan Reynolds 46:05 BlueWire 46:20 SD: Yu Darvish 48:30 SEA: George Kirby 49:30 SF: Randy Rodriguez 51:30 STL: Ivan Herrera 53:00 TB: Chandler Simpson 54:40 TEX: Corey Seager 56:30 TOR: Anthony Santander 57:45 WSH: Luis Garcia Jr. --- NFFC   Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K   Enter now (hyperlink: http://rotowire.com/highstakes)   Home Run Forecast   Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!   (hyperlink: https://www.homerunforecast.com/) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss some struggling stars as we get past the halfway point of the season and also break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about how to handle Marcell Ozuna, Michael Harris II and Mark Vientos moving forward and also dive into the prospects of adding Colson Montgomery, Ha-Seong Kim and Ronny Henriquez and many, many more.   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now   Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover their waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 10:00 Ben Rice 14:00 Zack Gelof 17:15 Otto Lopez 19:25 Ha-Seong Kim 21:50 Noelvi Marte 24:20 Eury Perez 27:00 Sean Manaea 29:00 Emmet Sheehan 32:05 Ronny Henriquez 34:50 Cam Schlittler 38:45 Deep-League Pitchers 53:55 Deep-League Hitters -- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K.  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast! 0:00 Intro/Happy 4th of July! Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Ronny Henriquez $12Nestor Cortes $3Dietrich Enns $3Ryan Mountcastle $2Garrett Whitlock $2Cole Young $1Max Muncy (ATH) $1Derek Hill $0Matt Brash $0Two-Start Pitchers (Week of July 7, 2025) Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Brandon Pfaadt 2Jeffrey Springs 2Didier Fuentes 0Brandon Young 1Brayan Bello 2 (Todd 3)Shota Imanaga 4 (Todd 3)Brady Singer 3Nick Martinez 3Tanner Bibee 4Joey Cantillo 1 (Todd 0)Sean Burke 2Aaron Civale 1 (Todd 0)Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4)Hunter Brown 5Noah Cameron 3Yusei Kikuchi 3Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 3)Janson Junk 3Eury Perez 4 (Todd 3)Simeon Woods Richardson 1Will Warren 2 (Todd 1)Cristopher Sanchez 5Andrew Heaney 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Dylan Cease 4Logan Gilbert 4Landen Roupp 1Andre Pallante 1 (Todd 2)Shane Baz 3Ryan Pepiot 3Jacob deGrom 5Nathan Eovaldi 3Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 4 (Todd 5) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Walton of Creative Sports and TheCardinalNation.com to discuss the NL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline. --- 00:00 Headlines 11:00 How to improve in a deep league 19:35 St. Louis Cardinals 31:30 New York Mets 36:30 Milwaukee Brewers 42:20 San Diego Padres 47:30 San Francisco Giants 52:05 Cincinnati Reds 57:05 Arizona Diamondbacks --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now  Home Run Forecast Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag talk about some prospects they've recently added in dynasty leagues like Jared Thomas, Carter Jensen, Max Anderson and Ethan Dorchies before discussing some recent prospect drops like Thomas Harrington and Ben Hess! 00:00 Intro  01:25 Jared Thomas  04:25 Carter Jensen  08:30 Max Anderson  10:40 Braden Nett  14:25 Sam Antonacci  19:00 Ethan Dorchies  21:10 Yohendrick Pinango  25:40 Tanner McDougal  30:35 Jose Urbina  32:00 Honorable Mention Pickups  43:50 Thomas Harrington  46:50 James Triantos  49:20 Ben Hess  50:25 Yoeilin Cespedes  51:15 Levi Sterling  54:05 Juan Valera  55:25 Honorable Mention Drops Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

00:00 Fred Pod 7-1 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Blue Jays - Max Scherzer looked much better in a tough matchup…. 05:30 News: Chase Burns must be an all-time story of FAAB bids blowing up so quickly….. 10:30 Wilyer Abreu had a memorable game….. 12:50 Jeremy Pena and Zach Eflin to the IL…. Hunter Goodman to go on the IL…. 17:10 Trevor Rogers continues to put himself back on the radar…. 19:40 Marcus Semien had a great night, which wrapped up an excellent June where he had a .932 OPS and cut his strikeout rate…. 22:30 NFFC 23:15 Ryne Nelson had another good start….. 27:00 Kerry Carpenter to the IL 29:15 Zack Wheeler is so damn reliable….. 32:30 Junior Caminero homered again and has lived up to all the hype…. 36:30 BLUEWIRE 36:40 “buy low or let him go”. 37:00 We will look at top-50 hitters who have not earned $15 and discuss whether we would trade for them or trade them away. 38:05 Mookie Betts, 13 43:45 Gunnar Henderson, 12 46:30 William Contreras, 14 50:00 HOME RUN FORECAST 50:35 Jarren Duran, 14 53:00 Wyatt Langford, 9 55:45 Austin Riley, 13 and Michael Harris II, 2 1:00:00 Freddie Freeman barely made the cut, at exactly $15. 1:00:15 And if I lowered the playing time bar to 200 AB, I would have included Jackson Merrill at $-1. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend in fantasy baseball, highlighted by the massive FAAB bidding on Reds starter Chase Burns. In addition they discuss Bailey Ober's brutal season, Bryon Buxton's incredible first half and the slew of disappointments from the second round of fantasy drafts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week.  --- 00:00 Headlines 12:19 Chase Burns 16:58 Edward Cabrera 19:39 Frankie Montas 22:10 Jacob Lopez 24:30 Lance McCullers 29:48 Chandler Simpson 33:53 Mickey Moniak 36:44 Tyler Freeman 40:45 Cam Smith 42:30 Casey Schmitt 45:40 Deep-League Pitchers 57:53 Deep-League Hitters --- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K.  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the Rangers Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Jacob Lopez $6Jonah Heim $4Casey Schmitt $412:07 Isaac Collins $4Trevor Rogers $4Ryan Pressly $3Christopher Morel $3Jake McCarthy $2Grant Taylor $117:37 Phil Maton $021:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025) Ryne Nelson 2Zac Gallen 3Jacob Lopez 3Grant Holmes 3Trevor Rogers 2Matthew Boyd 433:29 Chase Burns 2Gavin Williams 2Chase Dollander 0Jack Flaherty 3Colton Gordon 1 (Todd 0)Michael Wacha 3Michael Lorenzen 1 (Todd 2)Tyler Anderson 1Edward Cabrera 2Joe Ryan 5Clay Holmes 3Marcus Stroman 0Max Fried 5Zack Wheeler 5Andrew Heaney 2George Kirby 5Emerson Hancock 1 (Todd 2)Logan Webb 554:09 Hayden Birdsong 3Erick Fedde 2Drew Rasmussen 4Patrick Corbin 0 (Todd 1)Max Scherzer 3Kevin Gausman 4Trevor Williams 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Garion Thorne to discuss the AL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:40 Toronto Blue Jays 29:30 Tampa Bay Rays 40:00 Seattle Mariners 46:05 Cleveland Guardians 50:00 Los Angeles Angels 57:20 Texas Rangers 1:00:55 Boston Red Sox 1:05:30 Twins/Royals/Orioles --- Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Marc Winokur look back at Average Auction Values from the final week of auction season to look at the biggest hits and misses by position. Then they look at which injured list players are holds, maybe holds and drops in 15-team leagues! 00:00 Intro 03:10 League-winning Catcher buys 10:15 Figuring out First Base 15:30 Massive drop off after Ketel Marte at 2B 20:05 The position with the biggest hits 25:20 Shortstop is LOADED 33:35 Don’t pay for the top OFs 41:00 Kyle Schwarber a bargain again 44:30 So many landmines at SP 52:45 Don’t pay for saves? 59:30 IL guys to HOLD/DROP Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

00:00 Fred Pod 6-24 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Could Acuna be the 1.1 in fantasy already? 09:00 Chandler Simpson is back 12:30 Trevor Rogers was amazing 15:30 Bailey Ober, time to cut? 17:30 I give up on Ben Brown 19:30 BlueWire 19:40 Kenley Jansen left the game 23:15 Dylan Lee picked up a save 24:45 Eduardo Rodriguez was dominant last night and may have turned a corner….. 27:00 NFFC 27:50  Post-Memorial Day Slumps 28:00 Background 28:45 Josh Jung 31:00 Corey Seager 33:30 Victor Scott II 35:30 Brenton Doyle 37:30 Kyle Stowers 38:15 Jorge Polanco 40:00 Michael Harris II 45:00 Marcell Ozuna 46:20 Geraldo Perdomo 49:20 Teoscar Hernandez 50:50 Oneil Cruz 55:00 Spencer Torkelson Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend of baseball full of homers and discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB. They also discuss the Jo Adell breakout, 2026 draft prices for Pete Crow-Armstrong and James Wood and figure out to handle the slew of injuries from over the weekend for your rosters. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire   NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 17:22 Jurickson Profar 20:15 Michael Toglia 21:45 Max Scherzer 23:14 Eduardo Rodriguez 24:25 Orion Kerkering 27:25 Deep-League Pitchers 35:01 Deep-League Hitters -- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K.  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now 0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonight Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Michael Toglia $8Hunter Dobbins $7Kumar Rocker $6Ryan Gusto $6Michael Burrows $3Mickey Moniak $3Nolan Gorman $1Ramon Laureano $16:50 Chase DeLauter $1Emerson Hancock $0Masataka Yoshida $022:10 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 23, 2025) Eduardo Rodriguez 3Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2)Spencer Schwellenbach 5Chris Sale 5Trevor Rogers 0Walker Buehler 1Jameson Taillon 329:27 Nick Lodolo 2Logan Allen 1 (Todd 0)German Marquez 0Shane Smith 2Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jack Kochanowicz 0Cal Quantrill 038:03 Chad Patrick 3Bailey Ober 1 (Todd 2)Chris Paddack 2 (Todd 1)Paul Blackburn 0Frankie Montas 1 (Todd 0)Ryan Yarbrough 2 (Todd 1)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5Luis Castillo 5Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)Matthew Liberatore 3Taj Bradley 3Patrick Corbin 1Max Scherzer 3 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker 1 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jordan Rosenblum, creator of the OOPSY projection system, to discuss OOPSY's biggest hits and misses in its rookie season. --- 00:00 Headlines 09:00 What is OOPSY? 18:00 OOPSY's hitter hits 37:30 OOPSY's correct hitter fades 40:30 OOPSY's hitter misses 52:30 OOPSY's pitcher hits 1:00:10 OOPSY's pitcher misses --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Rob DiPietro draft Mets starting pitchers for rest-of-season value, and then discuss the struggles of Mark Vientos and Francisco Alvarez, the bright futures of Ronny Mauricio and Jett Williams and much more! 00:00 Intro  01:45 Mets Starting Pitcher Draft  08:20 Add Sean Manaea Now!  13:00 Griffin Canning vs. Kodai Senga ROS  22:45 Top Mets Pitching Prospect To Stash  27:50 Jonah Tong Up In The Second Half?  36:00 Buy Low On Mark Vientos?  40:50 Ronny Mauricio's Excellent Defense  55:05 Jett Williams Love Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Dust settles on Rafael Devers trade Other news: 6:23 Giancarlo Stanton is back with NYY - pick him up? Is Michael Toglia worth adding? 22:48 Looking at the most surprising players thus far (using the Rotowire Earned Auction Value Calculator).  How likely are each of these players to keep this up the rest of the way? Their dollar value and Main Event ADP in brackets. Players who have earned at least $20 and were picked outside the top 100:  Pete Crow-Armstrong (47, 117)  Jeremy Pena (29, 145)  35:06 Eugenio Suarez (27, 176)  Jacob Wilson (26, 308)  Josh Naylor (25, 105)  Byron Buxton (24, 215)  Carlos Rodon (23, 130)  57:58 Geraldo Perdomo (22, 492)  Andy Pages (22, 367)  Heliot Ramos (20, 206)  Maikel Garcia (20, 211) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Vlad Sedler of FTN Fantasy, break down the huge Rafael Devers trade, talk a large pitching week in FAAB and discuss many other players, including Jeremy Pena, Oneil Cruz and Bailey Ober. In addition to the big bids on Jacob Misiorowski and Eury Perez, they chat about the other popular players in FAAB this week, including Christian Moore, Brandon Walter, Ben Casparius and Shelby Miller. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week.  --- 00:00 Headlines 16:22 Jacob Misiorowski 19:23 Shelby Miller 22:12 Ben Casparius 25:03 Ryan Pressly 29:07 Michael Soroka 33:27 Christian Moore 36:52 Evan Carter 38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 40:35 Jeff McNeil 42:20 Alejandro Kirk 46:03 Deep-League Pitchers 57:13 Deep-League Hitters --- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K.  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph 14 times last night (miz-uh-ROW-skee) 5:56 Roman Anthony Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: 8:34 Christian Moore $15Abraham Toro $6Brandon Walter $3Quinn Priester $3Ryan Pressly $3Adrian Houser $3Michael Conforto $2Davis Martin $1Spencer Horwitz $1Alek Thomas $1Max Scherzer $123:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025) Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)JP Sears 1JT Ginn 0Grant Holmes 3Zach Eflin 2Dean Kremer 0Lucas Giolito 2Andrew Abbott 4Slade Cecconi 3Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Sean Burke 1Casey Mize 3Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Justin Wrobleski 144:41 Sandy Alcantara 2 (Todd 3)Chad Patrick 2David Festa 1David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)Clarke Schmidt 2 (Todd 4)Will Warren 250:18 Mick Abel 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Randy Vasquez 0Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 3)Robbie Ray 5Matthew Liberatore 3Ryan Pepiot 3Zack Littell 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Chris Bassitt 2 (Todd 3)Jake Irvin 2 (Todd 1)Michael Soroka 2 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss the best teams in baseball, both their best players to date and some less heralded players who deserve more attention. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 New York Mets 18:40 Detroit Tigers 25:20 New York Yankees 33:10 Chicago Cubs 46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers 53:00 San Francisco Giants 58:25 Philadelphia Phillies 1:07:50 Other Top Teams Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Melissa Lockard of The Athletic discuss the breakout hitters on the Athletics including Jacob Wilson, Lawrence Butler, Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom before revisiting the Nationals' ridiculous haul in the Juan Soto trade and the top MiLB breakout of 2025! 00:00 Intro  02:25 Jacob Wilson  06:45 Nick Kurtz/Brent Rooker/Tyler Soderstrom  18:00 Denzel Clarke/Colby Thomas/Henry Bolte  24:15 Lawrence Butler  28:00 Max Muncy/Zack Gelof  31:20 Tommy White  32:10 2026 Opening Day Lineup  36:00 Trade Tyler Soderstrom?  39:05 Best SP in 2026?  39:50 Pitching Prospects  46:50 Top MLB Breakouts of 2025  49:15 Top MiLB Breakout of 2025 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 News Review: Roman Anthony, Ryan Weather, Eury Perez, Nick Kurtz, Jo Adell, Justin Martinez, Pablo Lopez, Michael King, Shane McClanahan, Max Scherzer :30 Pitchers with a high xERA and low ERA: Trevor Megill, Noah Cameron, Slade Cecconi, Seth Lugo, Yusei Kikuchi :45 Pitchers with a low xERA and high ERA: Jordan Romero, Jeff Hoffman, Cole Ragans, Zebby Matthews, Mason Miller, Emmanuel Clase, Zac Gallen Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield of Baseball HQ, break down a huge week of rookies in FAAB, including heavy action on Jac Caglianone, Kyle Teel and Ronny Mauricio. In addition, they talk about pitchers in FAAB that can help you this week and also discuss the struggles so far in 2025 for Willy Adames and Michael Harris II.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 13:20 Jac Caglianone 15:55 Kyle Teel 19:00 Ronny Mauricio 22:25 Ceddanne Rafaela 25:15 Thairo Estrada 27:30 Willi Castro 30:00 Ryne Nelson 31:55 David Festa 35:05 Mick Abel 38:45 Luis L. Ortiz 40:45 Deep-league pitchers 51:40 Deep-league hitters -- Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Clay Link and Todd Zola 0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrived Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Ryan Yarbrough $8Jake Mangum $5Dillon Dingler $53:12 Ronny Mauricio $5Kyle Teel $5Ernie Clement $4Fernando Cruz $4Coby Mayo $2Mick Abel $113:46 Randy Rodriguez $017:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025) Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)Chris Sale 5Cade Povich 2Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2)Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4)Collin Rea 2Andrew Abbott 4Luis L. Ortiz 3Chase Dollander 1Sean Burke 2 (Todd 4)Sawyer Gipson-Long 1Ryan Gusto 2 (Todd 1)Kris Bubic 4 (Todd 5)Yusei Kikuchi 2Clayton Kershaw 342:42 Eury Perez 3 (Todd 1)Freddy Peralta 5Quinn Priester 245:03 Zebby Matthews 3 (Todd 2)Griffin Canning 4Clarke Schmidt 2Mike Burrows 1Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Logan Gilbert 3Robbie Ray 5Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)Miles Mikolas 2Shane Baz 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 5 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Entrekin (a.k.a. KC Bubba) to discuss this season's early power-speed standouts. Who will join the 30/30 club this year? --- 00:00 Headlines 13:10 40-40 Pace 18:45 30-30 Pace 28:40 25-25 Pace 40:50 20-20 Pace 58:00 Notable Misses Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Aram Leighton of Just Baseball discuss the toughest (and easiest) prospects to rank on their recent prospect rankings updates, including Bubba Chandler, Kevin McGonigle, Luis Pena and Jhostynxon Garcia! 00:00 Intro  00:55 Walker Jenkins/Chase DeLauter/Emmanuel Rodriguez  04:00 Quinn Mathews  05:30 Max Clark  07:15 Josue De Paula  08:25 Luke Keaschall  10:40 Bubba Chandler  15:15 Andrew Painter vs. Chase Burns  19:10 Kevin McGonigle  26:20 Comparing hit-over-power prospects  39:25 Jhostynxon Garcia  44:00 Harry Ford  49:40 Jaxon Wiggins Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro and Fred's LABR team 12:00 News: Jac Caglianone, Parker Meadows, JJ Bleday, Jerar Encarnacion, Luke Weaver/Devin WIlliams 35:00: Will They Rebound? Adley Rutschman, Juan Soto, Mike Trout, Andrew Vaughn, Marcus Semien Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, talk the Jac Caglianone call-up, answer a number of burning questions about Ryan Walker, Kristian Campbell and others and dive into all FAAB activity from the weekend. They discuss the bidding on Cole Young, Jake Mangum, Lance McCullers and many more and also chat about Luis Robert Jr's struggles, Chandler Simpson's demotion and Cal Raleigh's amazing first two months.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

News review 15 team Mixed Leagues 12 Team Mixed Leagues AL/NL only Leagues Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Chandler Simpson sent down Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Robert Garcia $11Edward Cabrera $6Carlos Narvaez $5Wenceel Perez $5Ryne Nelson $4Richard Fitts $2Adrian Houser $211:20 Dane Myers $2Zach Agnos $116:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025) Luis Severino 2Jacob Lopez 0Chris Sale 5Tomoyuki Sugano 3Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1)22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2)Brady Singer 2Logan Allen 1German Marquez 0Jonathan Cannon 1Shane Smith 2 (Todd 3)Jack Flaherty 3Jackson Jobe 2Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Michael Lorenzen 2Tyler Anderson 1Dustin May 3 (Todd 2)Freddy Peralta 5Joe Ryan 5Pablo Lopez 5Tylor Megill 2Carlos Rodon 5Zack Wheeler 5Mike Burrows 0Stephen Kolek 1 (Todd 2)41:54 George Kirby 4Logan Webb 5Justin Verlander 2Drew Rasmussen 4Nathan Eovaldi 5Bowden Francis 2Trevor Williams 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson's top 400 prospect rankings are fully updated and he answers dozens of listener questions about the top talents like Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries and Jesus Made! 00:00 Intro  00:50 Sebastian Walcott, Leo De Vries, Jesus Made  05:05 TIERS  07:05 Samuel Basallo  10:50 Ceiling vs. Proximity  14:55 Luis Pena vs. Jesus Made  18:10 Luis Pena vs. Josue De Paula  19:50 Braden Montgomery's ETA  22:05 Eduardo Quintero's upside  23:00 Mike Sirota to the moon  28:55 Jack Perkins' ceiling  31:10 Gage Jump's upside  32:30 A mulligan on Austin Overn  34:10 Chase Burns vs. Bubba Chandler  36:45 Chase Burns, Bryce Eldridge ETAs  38:50 When to move on from a prospect  41:30 The quality of this prospect crop  42:35 Cam Collier and Sal Stewart  43:35 George Lombard  46:05 Arjun Nimmala vs. Cooper Pratt  47:15 Brailer Guerrero the runner?  48:25 Travis Sykora  49:50 Grant Taylor  51:10 Drop Colt Emerson?  52:55 Felnin Celesten  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review five overachieving pitching staffs, five underachieving pitching staffs, and discuss injuries to Bryce Harper and Nick Kurtz. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 5-27 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Bryce Harper 03:30 Nick Kurtz to the IL 06:00 Overachieving Pitching Staffs 06:30 1. Mets 13:50 2. Royals 18:40 3. Tigers 24:50 4. Giants 29:35 5. Rangers 33:55 BlueWire 34:00 Underachieving Pitching Staffs 34:20 1. Orioles 40:20 2. Marlins 44:45 3. D-backs 47:45 4. Dodgers 51:00 5. Brewers Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball, talking Phillies A's and Rays, and then jump into a busy week in FAAB, highlighted by aggressive bidding for Red Sox rookie, Marcelo Mayer. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their favorite FAAB pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:00 Chase Meidroth 17:15 Matt Shaw 20:00 Matt Wallner 21:25 Miguel Vargas 25:00 Parker Meadows 26:15 Nick Kurtz 28:40 Daniel Palencia 32:10 Hayden Birdsong 35:20 Michael Lorenzen 36:50 Will Warren 41:10 Deep-league pitchers 52:30 Deep-league hitters Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Happy Ronald Acuna Day Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: 5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31Daniel Palencia $10Miguel Vargas $9Slade Cecconi $7Noah Cameron $415:49 Robert Hassell $4Denzel Clarke $3Kody Clemens $3Abner Uribe $122:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025) J.P. Sears 0Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)Tomoyuki Sugano 3Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)Nick Martinez 2Gavin Williams 3Carson Palmquist 0Adrian Houser 1Keider Montero 0Hunter Brown 5Michael Lorenzen 3Jack Kochanowicz 1Yoshinobu Yamamoto 537:37 Ryan Weathers 4 (Todd 3)Joe Ryan 4 (Todd 5)Clay Holmes 4Ryan Yarbrough 1 (Todd 0)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Andrew Heaney 2Randy Vasquez 1Hayden Birdsong 4 (Todd 3)Erick Fedde 3Zack Littell 3Taj Bradley 3 (Todd 2)Jacob deGrom 5Kevin Gausman 4Bowden Francis 1 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker 1 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to discuss every bullpen around the league, trying to figure out where the next saves will come from on the waiver wire. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Tier 1: clear closer, no worries 27:20 Tier 2: clear closer, some questions 42:00 Tier 3: close enough to a closer 47:50 Tier 4: committee, clear #1 53:05 Tier 5: committee/co-closer 57:20 Tier 6: Don't know, don't care Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Alex Jensen go through the Arizona and Florida Complex Leagues to find breakout hitters, such as Rainiel Rodriguez and Tyson Lewis, before looking at which Dominican Summer League prospects have star potential, such as Yorger Bautista! 00:00 Intro  01:20 Tyson Lewis  07:50 Jose Anderson  11:35 Paulino Santana, Yolfran Castillo  14:30 Kale Fountain  17:10 Alex's Arizona Complex League Guys  33:30 Rainiel Rodriguez  38:20 Yairo Padilla  40:50 Stiven Martinez, Jose Dickson  42:40 Eduardo Beltre, Eduardo Florentino  46:00 Alex's Florida Complex League Guys  54:20 Dominican Summer League Watch List Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sparked by the emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs lead the list of overachieving offenses a quarter of the way through the season. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson evaluate the sustainability of these overachievers, and review the recent Yahoo Friends & Family draft. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 5-20 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Y! Friends & Family Draft 03:00 Fred’s Team 14:00 Geraldo Perdomo, Nate Eovaldi 15:45 Royce Lewis 18:30 Jeff’s Recency Bias Team 21:30 Timing the Closer Market 24:30 BlueWire 25:00 Overachieving Offenses 25:10 1. Cubs; 277 R, 117 wRC+ 27:45 2. Tigers 257 R, 116 wRC+ 33:30 3. Cardinals 235 R, 110 wRC+ 40:20 4. Giants 223 R, 96 wRC+ 45:30 5. Athletics 202 R, 106 wRC+ 50:45 6. Mariners 221 R, 115 wRC+ 57:00 Sandy Alcantara 1:00:00 Underachieving Offenses 1:00:10 1. Orioles 1:07:45 2. Rockies Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects? --- 00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-25 00:30 Week 5 Preview 01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20! 03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central 04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost 6 in a row. Reds sweep Guardians 10:50 Schedule Notes 11:00 7 Gamers: AL - Boston, Balt, Cleve, Det, A’s, Angels, Hou 11:10 NL: Phillies, Pirates, Brewers, Rockies 11:20 Balt, Bos and Hou facing 7 RHP. Nice schedules: 11:30 Phillies monster, 4 @ Col, 3 @ A’s 12:00 Nick Kurtz 13:00 A’s: 7 home, 4 LAA, 3 Philly (Also get 7 home in 2 weeks) 15:00 Red Sox 7 home: 3 NYM, 4 Balt 15:45 Brewers: 3 Balt, 4 @ Pitt 16:00 Angels: 4 @ A’s, 3 Miami 17:50 Rockies – Home 7: 4 Philly, 3 NYY 18:13 BlueWire 18:20 News and notes 18:25 Jose Alvarado – 80 Game PED Suspension 19:30 Cole Ragans – 15 Day IL with left groin tightness; Seth Lugo – 15Day IL with middle finger inflammation. 19:45 Xavier Edwards - 10 Day Il with a mid-back strain. 20:15 Evan Carter – 10 Day Il with right quad strain; Tyler O’Neill – 10 Day IL with left shoulder impingement 20:50 Spencer Strider – Liked to return to rotation Tuesday 22:30 Hayden Wesneski – Having TJS 22:45 Chandler Simpson – Missed Sunday with sore hand 23:05 Brandon Woodruff – New rehab assignment starting Wednesday 23:15 George Kirby – Went 64 pitchers in rehab assignment Saturday. 23:30 Justin Martinez – On rehab and nearing return. 24:15 Chris Martin – Removed Sunday with right shoulder discomfort 25:00 Pitcher FAAB 25:10 Starters 25:15 Ryan Weathers (37% ME, 57% 12) 28:25 Hayden Birdsong (84% ME, 47% 12) 32:00 Zebby Matthews (97% ME, but 13% 12 – pitched badly Sunday) 34:45 Clayton Kershaw 36:50 Logan Henderson (93% ME, 18% 12) 39:15 Mick Abel (Not available in NFBC – great game Sunday) 40:50 Noah Cameron; Slade Cecconi; Hunter Dobbins (77% ME); JT Ginn (30% - LAA, Phil) 42:40 Yu Darvish stash 44:30 Relievers 44:40 Jordan Romano (91% ME, 29% 12) 45:30 Luis Mey 46:40 Cubs 48:15 Hitter FAAB 49:00 Dalton Rushing (Playing Time Issues) 53:30 Jordan Lawlar (Playing Time Issues) 59:30 Moises Ballesteros (Big prospect, but PT issues) 1:00:30 Will Benson 1:05:40 Matthew Lugo 1:08:00 Otto Lopez 1:10:00 Player Talk 1:10:20 My god, Pete Crow-Armstrong! (.290, 12/14, 2 more extra base hits Sunday, 27 on the year) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman goes over his top waiver wire recommendations of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:45 Ryan Weathers 13:20 Zebby Matthews 16:00 Clayton Kershaw 18:20 Jordan Romano 20:15 Spencer Horwitz 22:05 Jordan Lawlar 24:35 Dalton Rushing 26:30 Trevor Larnach 29:00 Gavin Sheets 31:25 Deep-League Pitchers 45:20 Deep-League Hitters Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Dalton Rushing has his first big-league hits Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Dalton Rushing $125:25 Brett Baty $11Stephen Kolek $11Dennis Santana $9Drake Baldwin $6Addison Barger $5Daysbel Hernandez $5Lenyn Sosa $3Yimi Garcia $3Pierce Johnson $120:27 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 19, 2025) Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 3)J.T. Ginn 0Oswaldo Bido 1Strider Strider 4Dean Kremer 0Tomoyuki Sugano 228:27 Hunter Dobbins 3 (Todd 2)Walker Buehler 2Ben Brown 1 (Todd 2)Nick Lodolo 3Logan Allen 1Gavin Williams 3 (Todd 2)Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Davis Martin 0Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Edward Cabrera 0Quinn Priester 0Bailey Ober 5Kodai Senga 5 (Todd 4)Will Warren 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5)49:00 Aaron Nola 1 (Todd 2)Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Luis Castillo 5Robbie Ray 4 (Todd 5)Erik Fedde 2Ryan Pepiot 4 (Todd 3)Patrick Corbin 0Chris Bassitt 3Mitchell Parker 0 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss a group of players who aren't playing the same way they were in the first week or two of the year. --- 00:00 Intro/Headlines 17:00 Kyren Paris 23:30 Tyler Soderstrom 28:30 Other hitters 31:00 Spencer Schwellenbach 33:20 Jack Flaherty 36:25 Max Meyer 38:25 Drew Rasmussen 41:20 Shane Baz 43:30 Willson Contreras 46:30 Mark Vientos 50:15 Alec Bohm 52:10 Jackson Holliday 54:35 Dylan Cease 56:45 Bailey Ober 59:05 Chris Sale 1:01:00 Reese Olson Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

James Anderson and Dylan White discuss the top hitter and pitcher breakouts at Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Single-A, including discussions about Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries plus they react live to Dalton Rushing's call-up! 00:00 Intro  01:00 Triple-A Hitters Who Will Be Up Soon  13:15 BREAKING Dalton Rushing News  15:50 Who is Nathan Wiles?  18:50 Joe Boyle vs. Ian Seymour  21:40 95 Percenters  25:30 Buy or Sell Jac Caglianone?  30:00 Chase Burns vs. Recent Elite SP Prospects  37:00 Jonah Tong's Outlier Fastball  42:25 Sebastian Walcott vs. Leo De Vries  46:45 Best non-De Vries hitters at High-A  51:55 Carlos Lagrange vs. Brandon Clarke  01:00:00 Love For Andrew Salas  01:05:00 Fun Single-A Shortstops Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie look at seven struggling starting pitchers and whether it's time send them away.  --- 00:00 Fred Pod 5-13 00:30 Welcome 01:00 Jeff Hoffman 03:20 Sayonara Pitchers. Who would be cut from this list? 04:30 Roki Sasaki 08:20 Jose Berrios 12:00 Aaron Nola 16:23 BlueWire 16:45 Mitch Keller 19:40 Jose Soriano 25:15 Nick Martinez 27:50 Jordan Hicks 31:30 Justin Verlander 33:15 Yusei Kikuchi 35:50 Tanner Houck 38:30 Bryce Miller 43:00 Ryan Pressly 46:45 Ben Brown 49:00 Kenley Jansen 51:30 Ronel Blanco 53:00 News & Notes: 53:15 Moises Ballesteros is coming up while Ian Happ goes to the IL….. 57:50 Shelby Miller got a save, but Justin Martinez should be back soon…… 1:00:00 Tyler Mahle with another great start, this time against the paste-eaters 1:02:20 Corbin Carroll and Trent Grisham each homered twice. They are both top-5 in baseball in HR. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap another busy week in FAAB, headlined by Cubs rookie pitcher, Cade Horton. They also talk AL Central, the surging Cardinals and some struggling players in Sandy Alcantara, Adley Rutschman and Dylan Crews. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer and guest Jason Collette go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:32 Cade Horton 18:10 Zack Littell 20:32 Jameson Taillon 22:49 Tomoyuki Sugano 24:14 Ryan Weathers 25:49 Brooks Lee 26:49 Evan Carter 28:38 Jo Adell 30:08 Alec Burleson 31:30 Hunter Goodman 32:57 Deep-League Pitchers 41:47 Deep-League Hitters Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Cade Horton is on his way to the big leagues Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: 0:43 Hyeseong Kim $16Cade Horton $14Daniel Schneemann $13Dane Myers $8Zach Agnos $7Zach Dezenzo $6Clayton Kershaw $3Luis Urias $312:11 Michael Soroka $318:56 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 12, 2025) Merrill Kelly 3Jeffrey Springs 1 (Todd 2)Grant Holmes 2Spencer Schwellenbach 4Cade Povich 1Tanner Houck 2Colin Rea 3Ben Lively 1Chase Dollander 2 (Todd 1)Jonathan Cannon 034:06 Jackson Jobe 2 (Todd 1)Hayden Wesneski 3Michael Wacha 3Yusei Kikuchi 1 (Todd 2)Cal Quantrill 0Simeon Woods Richardson 1David Peterson 3Max Fried 5Cristopher Sanchez 4 (Todd 5)Paul Skenes 5Michael King 5Emerson Hancock 2Justin Verlander 2Matthew Liberatore 3Shane Baz 342:27 Tyler Mahle 4 (Todd 3)Jack Leiter 2 (Todd 1)Jose Berrios 3Jake Irvin 2Michael Soroka 2 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.