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RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast
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Jeff Erickson, Clay Link, James Anderson, Scott Jenstad, Todd Zola, Fred Zinkie, Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more!
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Updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings
1w ago01:01:01Tap to summarizeJames Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about his updated top 400 prospect rankings! 01:20 Tiers 02:20 Rankings Shakeup 04:20 Best power-hitting prospect 06:10 ETA for top prospects 07:45 Ceiling comps 08:40 Seth Hernandez, Kade Anderson 10:50 Henry Bolte 12:50 Mike Sirota 14:45 Aidan Miller 15:50 Franklin Arias 18:30 Luis Hernandez 19:50 Devin Fitz-Gerald 22:10 Caleb Bonemer 23:40 Esmerlyn Valdez 24:55 Braden Montgomery 25:55 Jett Williams 26:45 Ryan Sloan, Thomas White 29:20 Tate Southisene 31:10 Alexander Frias 33:25 Kendry Chourio 35:35 Aiva Arquette 36:50 Austin Overn 38:15 Jonathan Santucci 40:05 Karson Milbrandt, Kaelen Culpepper 41:45 Wei-En Lin 42:40 Tony Blanco Jr. 43:30 Bryce Rainer 44:35 Nolan Perry 46:40 Sean Keys 47:20 Yasser Mercedes 48:15 Nate Snead 49:10 Hayden Alvarez 50:10 Parks Harber, Jonah Cox 51:30 Yairo Padilla 52:00 Quinn Mathews 52:45 Felnin Celesten 54:30 Cam Cannarella 55:10 Jacob Gonzalez 56:45 Kristian Campbell 57:05 Lonnie White 58:15 Jackson Steensma 59:15 Griffin Burkhalter 59:55 Jackson Lovich 01:00:15 Blake Wolters Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →Five MLB Offenses to Start Your Pitchers Against in Fantasy
1w ago01:11:04Tap to summarizeEvery MLB season brings surprises. This year you want to avoid having your starters going up against the Nats, & yet you do want them up against the Mets and Red Sox! Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss teams we want our pitchers to target. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 5-26-26 00:15 News 01:30 Tanner Bibee has a 1000.00 ERA when in my lineup and a 0.0001 ERA when on my bench LOL. He gave up 5 homers last night to a Nats offense that isn’t slowing down….. 03:00 Jesse Scholtens disaster 05:45 Dylan Cease to IL…… 07:00 Addison Barger still isn’t throwing because no one returns to the IL when they are supposed to…… 11:00 Hunter Brown is close to returning….. 12:45 Tatsuyi Imai could be on track, or the Rangers are just terrible at home, but a no-hitter is a no-hitter…….. 14:30 Vlad Guerrero Theory 26:30 Logan Webb will return this weekend but Trevor McDonald will get another start….. 32:00 Cole Ragans shut down 2-3 days….. 33:30 Jacob Misiorowski is awesome…… 43:00 Gage Jump Getting the Call; Noah Schultz to the IL; Logan Henderson to the IL 46:45 RotoWire Smart Money - Zack Gelof 47:55 BlueWire 48:00 Main topic: The worst offenses so far (best ones to stream against). 48:45 Mets 50:40 Giants 52:15 Red Sox 55:10 Padres 57:00 Royals 59:05 Angels 1:00:15 Rockies 1:02:15 Mariners 1:03:30 Significant Omissions - Tigers, Reds on the Road, Rangers Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →11 Players experts are adding on the fantasy baseball waiver wire
1w ago01:16:43Tap to summarizeJeff Erickson and guest host Derek VanRiper from The Athletic's Rates & Barrels podcast get you set for Memorial Day Week's slate, and reviews the top free agents of the week, including Colt Emerson. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 5-24-26 00:20 Welcome to Derek VanRiper - Rates & Barrels, The Athletic! 01:50 NEWS 02:00 Toronto Blue Jays - Vlad Guerrero - elbow; Dylan Cease - hamstring. 06:20 Tigers Collapsing - Kenley Jansen blown save in first game of the DH. Tigers are 21-33 and before the 2nd game of the DH, lost 8 in a row, and 9/10. 12:30 Aaron Judge walk-off homer against Rays - snaps 3 game losing streak. 14:00 Parker Messick with sixth win of the year, CLE takes 2/3 from PHI. 16:15 Marlins walk-off GS against Devin Williams to sweep the Mets. 22:00 Corey Seager (back) - Live BP cancelled, won’t be evaluated again for another week. 22:45 Reid Detmers K’s 14 Rangers 23:15 Cubs get swept by the Astros, have lost eight in a row. 26:50 Tatis Legal Verdict (if time) 31:58 BlueWire 32:05 Schedule Notes 32:15 Memorial Day Monday - first games begin at 1:35p ET (TB-BAL, CHC-PIT) 34:00 AL 7 Games: BAL (vs. TB, vs. TOR); CWS (vs. MIN, vs. DET); HOU (@TEX, vs. MIL); MIN (@CWS, @PIT); TEX (vs. HOU, vs. KC); TOR (vs. MIA, @BAL) 36:00 NL 7 Games: CHC (@PIT, @STL); PIT (vs. CHC, vs. MIN); 39:15 FAAB - Hitters 40:00 OF Callups - Wade Meckler, Bryan Torres, Kevin Alcantara, Nick Morabito, Esmerlyn Valdez, Jhostynxon Garcia, Dylan Crews 45:00 Yohendrick Pinango 46:00 IF Callups - Colt Emerson, Pedro Ramirez, Justin Foscue 51:20 Catcher - Hunter Feduccia, Mickey Gasper 53:45 Other OF - Owen Caissie, Jake Meyers, Blake Dunn, Austin Martin, Jake McCarthy 54:45 Other IF - Oswald Peraza, David Hamilton, Curtis Mead, Richie Palacios, Jackson Holliday 56:30 FAAB - Starting Pitchers 56:45 Jonah Tong 59:40 Noah Cameron 1:00:30 Lucas Giolito 1:01:45 Blake Snell 1:02:45 Spencer Miles 1:04:45 FAAB - Closers 1:05:15 Antonio Senzatela 1:08:00 Caleb Killian - still available in one of my 12’s 1:08:45 Kirby Yates 1:10:00 Bryan King 1:12:00 Chad Patrick 1:14:15 Grant Taylor Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →FAAB Targets (Week of May 25)
2w ago01:05:29Tap to summarizeErik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- Intro: 0:00 Miguel Andujar: 2:53 Colt Emerson: 4:46 Gavin Sheets: 7:55 Esmerlyn Valdez: 10:00 Andrew Vaughn: 12:55 Anthony Volpe: 15:23 Zebby Matthews: 18:30 Connor Prielipp: 21:24 Grant Taylor: 23:32 Cade Cavalli: 26:24 Kumar Rocker: 29:30 Spencer Miles: 31:45 Juan Mejia: 35:19 Zach Thornton: 38:06 Jesse Scholtens: 45:49 Tony Santillan: 48:17 Bryan Abreu: 49:24 Dylan Crews: 50:41 Michael Conforto: 53:58 Richie Palacios: 56:17 Hunter Feduccia: 58:40 Daniel Susac: 1:00:50 Smart Money: 1:03:02 Outro: 1:04:44 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 25, 2026)
2w ago01:05:17Tap to summarize0:00 Intro/the Detroit Tigers have lost 14 of 16… Steak League FAAB: 5:45 Zebby Matthews $15 Kumar Rocker $11 Esmyerlyn Valdez $6 Grant Taylor $5 Cedric Mullins $4 Robert Gasser $4 Hogan Harris $3 Cole Carrigg $2 Kodai Senga $1 Tony Santillan $0 The Password $0 12:10 Other names to consider: River Ryan, Joshua Baez, Kaelen Culpepper, Jonah Tong, Pedro Ramirez 16:10 Two-start pitchers: Merrill Kelly 2 Aaron Civale 2 (Todd 1) Chris Sale 5 Kyle Bradish 4 Shane Baz 2 Ranger Suarez 4 (Todd 3) Ben Brown 3 (Todd 4) Edward Cabrera 2 Chase Burns 5 Tanner Bibee 3 (Todd 4) Kyle Freeland 0 Anthony Kay 2 Sean Burke 2 (Todd 1) Keider Montero 1 Tatsuya Imai 1 Michael Wacha 3 (Todd 4) Jack Kochanowicz 0 Janson Junk 0 Jacob Misiorowski 5 Zebby Matthews 3 Joe Ryan 5 Nolan McLean 5 Cam Schlittler 5 47:00 Jesus Luzardo 4 (Todd 5) Carmen Mlodzinski 2 (Todd 1) Griffin Canning 2 (Todd 1) 50:45 Bryce Miller 4 (Todd 3) Landen Roupp 2 (Todd 3) Michael McGreevy 2 Steven Matz 3 Kumar Rocker 2 Jack Leiter 1 (Todd 2) 57:00 Trey Yesavage 5 Spencer Miles 2 Zack Littell 0 59:25 Recap Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →Updated Pitcher Rankings with Paul Sporer
2w ago00:59:06Tap to summarizeErik Halterman is joined by Paul Sporer to discuss just how far we should move some of the most (and least) impressive pitchers so far on our rest-of-season rankings. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:40 Young aces: Schlittler, Misiorowski, Burns, McLean 25:50 Out of nowhere: Martin, Elder, Wrobleski, Arrighetti, McGreevy 34:00 Breakouts: Soriano, Harrison, Messick 39:35 Random great vets: Martinez, Wacha 41:30 Injury bouncebacks: McClanahan, Wheeler, Bradish 52:35 Disappointments: Rogers, Perez Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →Breakout Prospects w/ Chris Blessing
2w ago01:06:41Tap to summarizeJames Anderson and Chris Blessing discuss some of the top breakout prospects in the minors while also discussing some prospects who are losing value in dynasty leagues! 02:40 Eric Hartman 11:55 John Gil 20:10 Isaiah Drake 23:25 Conor Essenburg 26:15 Gage Wood 34:35 Anthony Eyanson 41:40 Henry Godbout 46:55 Xavier Isaac 54:40 Mitch Voit 56:25 Cam Collier 58:30 Hunter Parks Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →Five Offenses Your Pitchers Should Avoid
2w ago01:05:55Tap to summarizeOne quarter of the way into the season, James Wood and the Washington Nationals lead the majors in runs scored. Should we be benching all of our starters against them? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss which offenses to avoid. --- 00:00 MLB Pod 5-19-26 00:20 News: 00:30 The IL was a popular spot yesterday. Corey Seager, 07:00 Jose Altuve 09:30 Ewing vs. Waldschmidt vs. Emerson 12:12 Kris Bubic all went on it. 13:00 Ronald Acuna Jr., Jeremy Pena and Jackson Holliday came off it….. 15:00 Drake Baldwin (oblique) to the IL 18:30 Ryan Jeffers (Hamate Bone) out 6-8 weeks 20:15 Gerrit Cole returns Friday 22:30 Royce Lewis Demoted 22:45 The other notable transaction was Dylan Crews being recalled…. 23:30 MacKenzie Gore left with a sore lat, which likely means an IL stint….. 24:30 Kyle Teel is going to miss 3-6 more weeks….. 27:00 Logan Webb needs a rehab start and won’t return this week….. 28:50 Tyler Glasnow isn’t close and Blake Snell is having a nano scope, as they compete to see who can miss more time…. 30:50 J.T. Ginn was awesome and Walbert Urena was excellent….. 34:15 Framber Valdez is killing Fred 36:15 BlueWire 36:20 Main topic: The best offenses so far. 36:30 Methodology 37:00 Nats (1, 6, 5) 41:45 Braves (2, 4, 3) 44:00 Dodgers (3, 1, 1) 49:00 Cubs (4, 3, 4) 52:00 White Sox second highest wRC+ over last two weeks 55:15 Yankees (5, 2, 2) 57:00 Coors Field / Sacramento ballparks 59:30 Pirates Sneaky Home Production 1:02:00 The Astros are 11th in runs but 6th in OPS and wRC+. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →Ewing & Bolte Dominate FAAB
2w ago01:17:20Tap to summarizeJeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss everything going on in fantasy baseball this weekend, including the struggles of Vlad Guerrero and Fernando Tatis, all the injuries and another very active Sunday of bidding in FAAB. They also break down the slumping Steven Kwan and Jarren Duran, preview the week ahead and detail just how much people were spending on rookies AJ Ewing and Henry Bolte, and much, much more. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
Transcribe →FAAB Targets (Week of May 18)
3w ago01:07:11Tap to summarizeErik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver-wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 A.J. Ewing 15:55 Henry Bolte 20:05 Carson Benge 22:25 Spencer Steer 25:15 Mike Burrows 26:50 Grayson Rodriguez 29:25 J.T. Ginn 31:00 Jack Leiter 33:40 Caleb Kilian 36:10 Jack Wenninger 39:00 Troy Melton 40:25 Braxton Garrett 44:05 Zebby Matthews 46:00 Trevor McDonald 48:35 Garrett Cleavinger 52:10 Smart Money 53:45 Ha-Seong Kim 56:30 Austin Martin 58:30 Gage Workman 1:00:40 Vaughn Grissom 1:02:35 Andruw Monasterio Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code PODCAST 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.
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