RotoWire Prospect Podcast
Weekly prospect and dynasty talk from Lead Prospect Analyst James Anderson.
Episodes
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
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 dest...
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 p...
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 ...
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 Roun...
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!
00:00 Intro
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 Do...
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/Bubb...
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 valu...
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 s...
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 McDouga...
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 LO...
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 Lo...
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 Munc...
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...
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...
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 ...
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?
...
James Anderson and Ross Jensen discuss the top 10 dynasty prospects who have yet to reach the majors, including Roman Anthony, Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries!
- Roman Anthony
- Sebastian Walcott
- Leo De Vries
- Jesus Made
- Walker Jenkins
- Jac Caglianone
- Samuel Basallo
- Bubba Chandler
- Luis Pena
- Bryce Eldridge
- Braylon Payne
- Arjun Nimmala
- Honorable Mentions
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James Anderson and Chris Welsh preview the rookie-level complex leagues that are about to get underway in Arizona, Florida and the Dominican Republic!
Players discussed:
Yolfran Castillo
JD Dix
Emil Morlaes
Kale Fountain
Paulino Santana
Jhonny Level
Yairo Padilla
Rainiel Rodriguez
Luke Dickerson
Josuar De Jesus
Yorger Bautista
Elian Pena
+ Many more!
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James Anderson and Zac Beck talk realist breakout, buy-low targets, breakouts we're not buying, FYPD prospects on the rise, relief prospect with the most upside and much more!
01:40 Aroon Escobar
04:55 Cristian Hernandez
06:45 Spencer Jones
09:45 C.J. Kayfus
11:35 Dylan Crews
13:25 Brandon Winokur
15:15 Carson Williams
17:00 Matt Shaw
19:20 Brandon Clarke
22:40 Michael Forret/Ben Hess
25:10 Nick Kurtz/Ryan Sloan
29:50 Caleb Bonemer/...
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