RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to talk about the picks and fades they regret this season in an attempt to figure out how to avoid the same mistakes next year.

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00:00 Headlines

16:45 Fading Bo Bichette

26:30 Fading Zach Neto

32:15 Fading Junior Caminero

37:20 Fading Max Fried/Bryan Woo

43:50 Fading Jacob deGrom

46:05 Fading Tyler Soderstrom

49:00 Picking Skenes over Skubal

54:05 Picking Wyatt Langford/Lawrence Butler/Brenton Doy...

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...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share more trade deadline reactions, break down the latest news and discuss the top and bottom 10 starting pitchers since June 1.

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00:00 Post-Deadline Moves

00:20 Welcome

01:00 Fred’s Trade Deadline Reactions

03:00 Closer Headliners following the deadline

07:15 News & Notes

07:20 Aaron Judge is back….. Nothing is going right for the Yankees, including Max Fried, who now has a 5.81 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP since...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up the weekend in baseball and discuss all the adds and drops after a busy trade deadline in MLB. They talk the red-hot Marlins and Red Sox, how to handle Mason Miller and Ryan Helsley moving out of their closer roles and the potential new closers to add in FAAB, including Randy Rodriguez, Dennis Santana and Cade Smith.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines

07:30 Randy Rodriguez

09:20 Corbin Martin

11:05 Dennis Santana

12:45 Cole Sands

14:40 JoJo Romero

16:20 Michael Soroka

18:20 Coby Mayo

20:00 Ramon Laureano

22:00 Carlos Correa

23:20 Warming Bernabel

26:00 Deep-league pitchers

34:45 Deep-league hitters

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Intro/The dust has settled after a wild trade deadline

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

• Jose Ferrer $20
• Corbin Martin $14
• JoJo Romero $12
• Cole Sands $10
• Tyler Locklear $7
• Warming Bernabel $7
• Riley O’Brien $6
• Taj Bradley $5
• Samuel Basallo $2
• Mick Abel $1

Two-start pitchers (week of Aug. 4, 2025)

• Brandon...

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

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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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