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
Erik Halterman is joined by four fellow RotoWire hosts — Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Todd Zola and Ryan Boyer — to discuss the fantasy fallout from the MLB trade deadline.
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00:00 Intro
01:00 Mason Miller to the Padres
06:20 Carlos Correa to the Astros
14:00 Jhoan Duran to the Phillies
17:15 Ryan Helsley to the Mets
21:30 David Bednar, Camilo Doval to the Yankees
24:45 Merrill Kelly to the Rangers
29:10 Eugenio Suarez to the Mariners
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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!
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 Dobbins
22:25 ...
The Diamondbacks have started the trade deadline by dealing Josh Naylor to the Mariners. Who else will be sellers? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson preview Thursday's trade deadline from a seller's perspective.
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00:00 Fred Pod 7-29
00:20 Welcome
01:15 Seranthony Dominguez to the Jays … Felix Bautista is expected to be out for a while. I think he can be cut.
09:00 Emmanuel Clase suspension. Is he a drop? Probably depends on your saves st...
Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend in baseball, including the Aaron Judge injury and the Nick Kurtz explosion, and they speculate how the trade deadline could open up some valuable roles in fantasy leagues. They discuss how high Cristopher Sanchez and Riley Greene could rise in 2026 drafts, go through all the injuries over the weekend and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: Jeff_...
Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer are back with their waiver-wire recommendations for the week.
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00:00 Headlines
12:34 Matt Shaw
15:10 Jose Caballero
18:17 Adrian Del Castillo
21:03 Drake Baldwin
23:18 Spencer Horwitz
24:57 Luke Keaschall
27:32 Seranthony Dominguez
29:54 Joe Boyle
32:08 Blake Treinen
34:49 Reid Detmers, Lucas Erceg, Cade Smith
43:16 Deep-League Pitchers
56:03 Deep-League Hitters
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Intro/Deadline activity is heating up/Yankees acquire Ryan McMahon
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
- Michael McGreevy $8
- Chris Paddack $7
- David Robertson $6
- Kirby Yates $4
- Jake Fraley $4
- Patrick Corbin $4
- Davis Martin $3
- Josh Jung $3
- Chas McCormick...
Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to discuss which team's bullpens are set to look very different after next week's trade deadline.
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00:00 Intro
02:00 Bubble teams, likely buyers: Red Sox, Giants, Rays, Rangers
10:00 Bubble teams, likely sellers: Twins, Cardinals, Guardians, Diamondbacks, Royals, Reds
27:30 Obvious buyers, safe closer: Astros, Brewers, Blue Jays, Mets, Yankees, Mariners, Padres
30:10 Obvious buyers, no safe clos...
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...
Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their Trade Deadline Buyers Preview - which 10+ teams should be buying and what are they shopping for? Who's going to end up with Luis Robert or Eugenio Suarez?
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00:00 Trade Deadline Buyers
00:20 Welcome
00:30 Break up the Brewers
01:00 News
02:45 Tanner Scott felt something in his forearm.
05:15 Yordan Alvarez is making slow progress.
06:15 Shane McClanahan is facing a delay in his rehab assignment.
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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss a quiet weekend of FAAB coming out of the All Star Break. They also discuss the surprising seasons in Miami from Kyle Stowers and Otto Lopez, the Ceddanne Rafaela improvements and what's going on with Mookie Betts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire
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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top FAAB recommendations for the week.
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00:00 Headlines
14:30 Sean Murphy
17:45 Trade Paul Skenes?
20:25 Ezequiel Tovar
23:25 Ramon Laureano
25:20 Jordan Walker
30:30 Zebby Matthews
32:50 Brandon Walter
36:55 Shane Bieber
39:35 Quinn Priester
43:00 Spencer Arrighetti
45:00 Trevor Rogers
48:50 Deep-League Pitchers
1:00:10 Adrian Del Castillo
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Intro/Second half is officially underway!
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
- Colson Montgomery $3
- Dominic Canzone $2
- Nick Loftin $2
- Lane Thomas $1
- Colin Rea $0
- Dillon Dingler $0
- Logan T. Allen $0
- Blake Treinen $0
- Spencer Horwitz $0
Two-start pit...
Erik Halterman is joined by Torres (@TorresTakes) of the Fantasy Baseball Beat to give some midseason grades on this year's riskiest fantasy picks.
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00:00 Headlines
13:55 Jacob deGrom
22:20 Risky hitters who are working out
47:00 Risky pitchers who are working out
55:05 Risks who have not worked out
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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...
Johnny Venezia joins Jeff Erickson on the RotoWire MLB Podcast and shares his immediate reactions to the MLB draft.
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00:00 MLB Instant Draft Reactions
00:20 Welcome to Johnny Venezia
01:00 Early Surprises
04:15 Jace Laviolette
05:45 Eli Willits
08:00 Tyler Bremmer
09:45 Kade Anderson
12:15 Ethan Holliday
13:30 NFFC
14:15 Liam Doyle
16:00 Seth Hernandez
16:50 Aiva Arquette
17:35 JoJo Parker
18:30 Steele Hall
19:40 Billy Carlson
20:30 Jamie Arnold
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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer discuss their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.
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00:00 Headlines
17:11 Brandon Woodruff
21:14 Cam Schlittler
24:15 Charlie Morton
26:45 Joe Boyle
30:38 Kevin Ginkel
37:02 Brice Matthews
40:06 Colt Keith
44:24 Willi Castro
46:18 Romy Gonzalez
48:35 Austin Hays
49:56 Deep-League Pitchers
1:02:05 Deep-League Hitters
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Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K
Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast!
Intro/Heading into the final weekend before the break
Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:
- Trent Grisham $6
- Cameron Schlittler $6
- Kevin Ginkel $5
- Shane McClanahan $4
- Joey Cantillo $3
- Brayan Rocchio $3
- Miguel Andujar $2
- Masataka Yoshida $1
- Jordan Hicks...
Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss some of the biggest hits and misses so far in Jason's annual Bold Predictions series.
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00:00 Headlines
15:10 Bold Predictions Overview
17:30 Andres Munoz
21:00 Emmanuel Clase
26:50 Andy Pages
29:55 Ivan Herrera
34:00 Matthew Boyd
38:20 Clay Holmes
40:15 Michael King
42:15 Noah Cameron
44:15 Pete Crow-Armstrong
53:00 Bogaerts/Campbell/Lux
58:30 Pfaadt/Festa
1:02:00 Drew Rasmussen
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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...
Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 30 players that should prove to be more valuable over the second half of the season than they were in the first half.
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00:00 Fred Pod 7-8
00:30 Welcome
01:30 30 Players That Will Be Better in the Second Half
02:00 ARI: Kevin GInkel
03:45 ATH: Shea Langeliers
04:45 ATL: Austin Riley
05:30 BAL: Tyler O’Neill
08:00 BOS: Roman Anthony
09:00 Home Run Forecast
09:50 CHC: Ian Happ
11:15 CIN: Hunter Greene
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