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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 Jeremy Schneider cover fantasy baseball year round, including draft prep, strategy and much more!
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Two-Start Pitchers (Week of July 20, 2026)
4w ago00:58:42Tap to summarizeCash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. Intro/Back at it to begin the second half! Steak League FAAB: Tommy White $11 Lance McCullers $4 Zach Thornton $3 Jackson Jobe $2 Tyler Locklear $1 Merrill Kelly $1 Ronel Blanco $1 Other names to consider: Edwin Diaz, Mason Montgomery, Carmen Mlodzinski Two-start pitchers (week of July 20, 2026) Mitch Bratt 0 Jeffrey Springs 0 Bryce Elder 1 (Todd 0) Reynaldo Lopez 2 Shane Baz 3 Payton Tolle 4 Jameson Taillon 0 Andrew Abbott 3 Parker Messick 4 (Todd 5) Slade Cecconi 3 Kyle Freeland 0 Erick Fedde 1 (Todd 2) Jack Flaherty 3 (Todd 4) Framber Valdez 4 (Todd 3) Michael Wacha 3 Luinder Avila 0 Jose Soriano 3 Janson Junk 2 (Todd 3) Jacob Misiorowski 5 Joe Ryan 5 Freddy Peralta 4 (Todd 3) Will Warren 2 (Todd 3) Cristopher Sanchez 5 Mitch Keller 1 Randy Vasquez 1 Walker Buehler 1 Tyler Mahle 2 Matthew Liberatore 3 Kyle Leahy 2 (Todd 3) Drew Rasmussen 5 Nick Martinez 3 Nathan Eovaldi 5 Dylan Cease 5 Kevin Gausman 4 Andrew Alvarez 0 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 for the Second Half
4w ago01:17:53Tap to summarizeErik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire targets to start the second half of the season. --- 1:26 Chase Burns extension 4:52 Lance McCullers trade 7:44 Mickey Moniak 10:55 Zack Gelof 14:14 Sam Antonacci 17:56 Jake Mangum 21:09 Tommy White 24:30 Griffin Conine 26:22 Circa 27:57 Cade Cavalli 33:00 Christian Scott 33:49 Brandon Sproat 36:15 Peter Lambert 39:05 Dustin May 41:41 Zach Thornton 44:00 Tyler Mahle 48:54 Cam Smith 53:22 Edward Cabrera 56:47 Charlie Condon 1:01:14 Joshua Baez 1:03:29 Kade Anderson 1:07:55 Quinn Mathews 1:10:31 Garrett Whitlock 1:13:29 Luke Weaver 1:16:20 Smart Money 1:17:29 Outro --- Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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 →First-Year Player Mock Draft
4w ago00:57:43Tap to summarizeJames Anderson is joined by Chris Welsh (@isitthewelsh), Eric Cross (@EricCrossMLB) and Lucas Morel (@theprospectprof) for a First-Year Player Mock Draft featuring just players selected in the 2026 MLB Draft! 01:50 Roch Cholowsky 04:10 Grady Emerson 08:15 Vahn Lackey 11:00 Drew Burress 13:30 Tyler Bell 14:50 Jacob Lombard 16:50 Jackson Flora 19:30 Eric Booth Jr. 20:20 Trevor Condon 21:55 Sawyer Strosnider 20:20 Derek Curiel 26:45 AJ Gracia 28:50 Zion Rose 30:10 Liam Peterson 31:50 Ace Reese 34:15 Cameron Flukey 35:30 Justin Lebron 38:20 Caden Sorrell 40:40 Chris Hacopian 42:00 Jared Grindlinger 43:20 Gio Rojas 44:40 Cole Prosek 46:50 Bo Lowrance 49:00 Landon Thome 50:20 Final Thoughts Circa Cash in this football season in Las Vegas with 3 Circa Sports Contests! $30 Million in guaranteed prizes! Visit CircaSports for details. 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 July 13)
Jul 1101:10:07Tap to summarizeErik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top fantasy baseball pickups of the week. --- 2:35 Kyle Karros 5:36 Luis Lara 10:41 Gabriel Moreno 13:00 Ryan Jeffers 18:28 Kody Clemens 21:36 A.J. Ewing 23:46 Bailey Ober 27:01 Tyler Wells 31:52 Christian Scott 34:40 Jared Jones 37:19 SeatGeek 38:09 Gridiron Trivia 39:30 Luinder Avila 43:08 Patrick Sandoval 45:21 Jordan Romano 48:11 Janson Junk 51:11 AJ Smith-Shawver 54:40 Romy Gonzalez 57:00 Tyler Tolbert 59:44 Victor Bericoto 1:01:42 Tristan Peters 1:05:08 Ryan Waldschmidt 1:07:54 Smart Money 1:09:46 Outro --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! 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 →Taking Stock of the First Half!
Jul 1001:04:21Tap to summarizeSeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Download Gridiron Trivia today! 0:00 Intro/Taking stock of the first half Steak League FAAB: Tyler Wells $12 Bailey Ober $5 Jorge Polanco $4 Patrick Sandoval $4 Brandon Pfaadt $3 Joshua Kuroda-Grauer $3 Heriberto Hernandez $1 JP Sears $1 Seth Lugo $0 Robert Gasser $0 Jacob Webb $0 Edwin Diaz $0 Other names to consider: Tyler Tolbert, Jackson Jobe Taking stock of the first half: Top earners: Jacob Misiorowski $46.67 James Wood $39.66 Jordan Walker $36.84 Pete Crow-Armstrong $36.65 Yordan Alvarez $35.20 Cam Schlittler $33.33 CJ Abrams $32.81 Ben Rice $31.01 Otto Lopez $29.80 Mason Miller $29.05 Bobby Witt $28.47 Nick Kurtz $28.01 Top players drafted with NEGATIVE value earned: Garrett Crochet Cal Raleigh Edwin Diaz Francisco Lindor Hunter Brown Cole Ragans Daniel Palencia Big names returning tonight: Munetaka Murakami, Ryan Jeffers, Vinnie Pasquantino 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 →National League Trade Deadline Preview with Taylor Tarter
Jul 901:08:10Tap to summarizeErik Halterman is joined by Taylor Tarter to discuss which National League bubble teams will buy at the deadline and which will sell. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:25 Nationals 27:25 Cubs 31:45 Phillies 38:55 Marlins 47:50 Cardinals 53:20 Pirates 58:00 Other teams --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! 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 →10 MLB Draftees Dynasty Leaguers Need to Know
Jul 900:55:29Tap to summarizeJohnny Venezia (@_JohnnyVTV) joins Jeff Erickson to preview the MLB Draft, which begins on Saturday. --- 00:00 MLB Draft Pod with Johnny Venezia 00:15 Welcome to Johnny 01:00 College Ball Emphasis 02:30 First Pick 03:00 Slot Value 05:15 Player Dives 05:25 Vahn Lackey 08:30 Roch Cholowsky 11:00 Drew Burress 14:15 Jackson Flora 17:00 Cam Flukey 19:30 Mason Edwards 20:00 Gridiron Trivia 21:00 Ace Reese 23:50 Daniel Jackson 25:30 Betting the Draft 26:50 Cade Townsend 28:30 Justin Lebron 31:00 Liam Peterson 32:56 BlueWire 33:00 SeatGeek 34:00 Tyler Bell 36:00 Derek Curiel 37:45 Caden Sorrell 40:30 Brody Bumila 41:40 Landing Spots 44:00 Revisiting Past Draftees 44:30 Eli Willits 46:24 Kade Anderson 50:55 Charlie Condon --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. (Hyperlink: https://seatgeek.com/mlb-tickets?aid=16244&pid=integration&rid=1&utm_medium=partnership&utm_source=rotowire&utm_campaign=integration) Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! (Hyperlink: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6744003555?pt=125927680&ct=Rotowire_Pod&mt=8) 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 →MLB Draft Preview w/ Jim Callis
Jul 801:00:18Tap to summarizeJim Callis of MLB Pipeline joins James Anderson for their annual MLB Draft preview! 00:20 Roch Cholowsky 02:55 Vahn Lackey 07:20 Grady Emerson 15:45 Drew Burress 20:15 Jacob Lombard vs. Eric Booth Jr. 23:15 Tyler Bell vs. Justin Lebron 28:20 SEC is the best conference 32:15 AJ Garcia 34:05 Derek Curiel 37:55 Sawyer Strosnider vs. Ace Reese 41:45 Jackson Flora 44:10 Liam Peterson 45:20 Cameron Flukey 46:20 Hunter Dietz 49:40 Tegan Kuhns 50:25 Cade Townsend 51:25 Peyton Bonds 52:55 Gio Rojas 54:15 Brody Bumila 56:45 Sleeper prep hitters SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! 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 →12 All-Star Snubs
Jul 701:12:49Tap to summarizeWas Brice Turang the biggest All-Star snub? Using the RotoWire Earned Auction Value too, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the biggest snubs. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 7-7-26 00:15 News: 00:30 Konnor Griffin Out 8-to-10 Weeks (finger) 03:40 Ryan Helsley seeking a second opinion 08:20 Bryron Buxton (hip) on IL 09:45 Jacob Wilson (thumb) returning 12:45 Christopher Sanchez got rocked. He goes into the ASB with 3 stinkers in his past 5 starts 16:10 Cole Carrigg had another good game and has a .978 OPS after 25 games….. 18:30 Since June 1, Kevin Gausman is 0-5 with a 6.51 ERA and 1.47 WHIP…. 22:00 Vladdy went hitless again last night. He’s the 35th 1B in the Rotowire EAV calculator. 24:40 The Walker Buehler bubble continued to burst….. 30:00 It was a bad night for closers, as Tanner Scott, Raisel Iglesias and Devin Williams all blew saves 32:00 The Nats offense continues to cook and leads MLB in runs. The big improvement is power, as they are top five in doubles, triples and homers. 34:45 Gridiron Trivia 35:40 SeatGeek 36:41 BlueWire 36:45 Main topic: All-Star Snubs 37:00 Based on 2026 fantasy value, via the Rotowire Earned Auction Value calculator, here are the 15 players who have returned at least $18 in value and were NOT selected for the MLB All-Star Game. 38:00 Brice Turang 40:30 Oneil Cruz 41:30 Bryan Reynolds 45:50 Logan Gilbert 50:55 Luis Garcia 52:00 Willson Contreras 53:00 Alec Burleson 54:15 Brandon Lowe 55:15 Michael Harris II 56:30 Dansby Swanson 59:00 Jake McCarthy 1:01:40 Jake Bauers 1:06:00 Zach Neto 1:07:30 Sonny Gray 1:09:30 Elly De La Cruz --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. (Hyperlink: https://seatgeek.com/mlb-tickets?aid=16244&pid=integration&rid=1&utm_medium=partnership&utm_source=rotowire&utm_campaign=integration) Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! (Hyperlink: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6744003555?pt=125927680&ct=Rotowire_Pod&mt=8) 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 →Hunter Greene FAAB Week
Jul 601:12:15Tap to summarizeJeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a big weekend in fantasy baseball, breaking down the first halves of Jake McCarthy, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alec Burleson (and many others), all the injury news and notes, a big upcoming week of games and another active week in FAAB, highlighted by the huge bids on Hunter Greene. SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting. Gridiron Trivia Download Gridiron Trivia today! 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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