RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast
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!
Episodes
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 $15
- Abraham Toro $6
- Brandon Walter $3
- Quinn Priester $3
- Ryan Pressly $3
- Adrian Houser $3
- Michael Conforto $2
- Davis Martin $1
- Spencer Horwitz $1
- Alek Thomas $1
- Max Scherzer $1
23:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025)
- Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)
- JP Sear...
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.
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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
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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...
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
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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.
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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.
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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
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Clay Link and Todd Zola
0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrived
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
- Ryan Yarbrough $8
- Jake Mangum $5
- Dillon Dingler $5
- 3:12 Ronny Mauricio $5
- Kyle Teel $5
- Ernie Clement $4
- Fernando Cruz $4
- Coby Mayo $2
- Mick Abel $1
- 13:46 Randy Rodriguez $0
17:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)
- Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)
- Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)
- Chris Sale 5
- Cade Povich 2
- Brayan Bello 3 (Todd ...
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?
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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
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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...
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
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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.
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News review
15 team Mixed Leagues
12 Team Mixed Leagues
AL/NL only Leagues
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0:00 Intro/Chandler Simpson sent down
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
- Robert Garcia $11
- Edward Cabrera $6
- Carlos Narvaez $5
- Wenceel Perez $5
- Ryne Nelson $4
- Richard Fitts $2
- Adrian Houser $2
- 11:20 Dane Myers $2
- Zach Agnos $1
16:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025)
- Luis Severino 2
- Jacob Lopez 0
- Chris Sale 5
- Tomoyuki Sugano 3
- Richard Fitts 2 (Todd 1)
- 22:59 Cade Horton 3 (Todd 2)
- Brady Singer 2
- Logan Allen 1
- ...
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...
Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson review five overachieving pitching staffs, five underachieving pitching staffs, and discuss injuries to Bryce Harper and Nick Kurtz.
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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:...
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
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Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their favorite FAAB pickups of the week.
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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
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0:00 Intro/Happy Ronald Acuna Day
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
- 5:59 Hayden Birdsong $31
- Daniel Palencia $10
- Miguel Vargas $9
- Slade Cecconi $7
- Noah Cameron $4
- 15:49 Robert Hassell $4
- Denzel Clarke $3
- Kody Clemens $3
- Abner Uribe $1
22:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)
- J.P. Sears 0
- Spencer Strider 4 (Todd 3)
- Tomoyuki Sugano 3
- Jameson Taillon 2 (Todd 3)
- Nick Martinez 2
- Gavin Williams 3
- Carson Palmquis...
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.
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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
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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 ...
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