RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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...

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 ...

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.

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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 X...

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

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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.

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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,...

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 ...

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?

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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

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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 Mlod...

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

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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 Prosp...

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 th...

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.

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Headlines

10:15 The First Round

21:50 Rankings Disagreements, First Three Rounds

42:30 Rankings Disagreements, Later Rounds

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Link to the rankings: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/rotowire-roundtable-2026-fan...

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 ...

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)?

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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 Mark...

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 Ju...

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 Gi...

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:...

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 Do...