RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

00:00 Fred Pod 7-1

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Blue Jays - Max Scherzer looked much better in a tough matchup….

05:30 News: Chase Burns must be an all-time story of FAAB bids blowing up so quickly…..

10:30 Wilyer Abreu had a memorable game…..

12:50 Jeremy Pena and Zach Eflin to the IL…. Hunter Goodman to go on the IL….

17:10 Trevor Rogers continues to put himself back on the radar….

19:40 Marcus Semien had a great night, which wrapped up an excellent June where he had a .932 OPS and cut his strikeout rate….

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend in fantasy baseball, highlighted by the massive FAAB bidding on Reds starter Chase Burns. In addition they discuss Bailey Ober's brutal season, Bryon Buxton's incredible first half and the slew of disappointments from the second round of fantasy drafts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. 

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00:00 Headlines
12:19 Chase Burns
16:58 Edward Cabrera
19:39 Frankie Montas
22:10 Jacob Lopez
24:30 Lance McCullers
29:48 Chandler Simpson
33:53 Mickey Moniak
36:44 Tyler Freeman
40:45 Cam Smith
42:30 Casey Schmitt
45:40 Deep-League Pitchers
57:53 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the Rangers

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

21:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025)

Erik Halterman is joined by Garion Thorne to discuss the AL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline.

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00:00 Headlines

13:40 Toronto Blue Jays

29:30 Tampa Bay Rays

40:00 Seattle Mariners

46:05 Cleveland Guardians

50:00 Los Angeles Angels

57:20 Texas Rangers

1:00:55 Boston Red Sox

1:05:30 Twins/Royals/Orioles

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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 LOADED

33:35 Don’t pay for the top OFs

41:00 Kyle Schwarber a bargain again

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00:00 Fred Pod 6-24

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Could Acuna be the 1.1 in fantasy already?

09:00 Chandler Simpson is back

12:30 Trevor Rogers was amazing

15:30 Bailey Ober, time to cut?

17:30 I give up on Ben Brown

19:30 BlueWire

19:40 Kenley Jansen left the game

23:15 Dylan Lee picked up a save

24:45 Eduardo Rodriguez was dominant last night and may have turned a corner…..

27:00 NFFC

27:50  Post-Memorial Day Slumps

28:00 Background

28:45 Josh Jung

31:00 Corey Seager

33:30 Victor Scott II

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Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy weekend of baseball full of homers and discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB. They also discuss the Jo Adell breakout, 2026 draft prices for Pete Crow-Armstrong and James Wood and figure out to handle the slew of injuries from over the weekend for your rosters. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire

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Ryan Boyer covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week.

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00:00 Headlines

17:22 Jurickson Profar

20:15 Michael Toglia

21:45 Max Scherzer

23:14 Eduardo Rodriguez

24:25 Orion Kerkering

27:25 Deep-League Pitchers

35:01 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonight

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

22:10 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 23, 2025)

Erik Halterman is joined by Jordan Rosenblum, creator of the OOPSY projection system, to discuss OOPSY's biggest hits and misses in its rookie season.

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00:00 Headlines

09:00 What is OOPSY?

18:00 OOPSY's hitter hits

37:30 OOPSY's correct hitter fades

40:30 OOPSY's hitter misses

52:30 OOPSY's pitcher hits

1:00:10 OOPSY's pitcher misses

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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 Low On Mark Vientos? 

40:50 Ronny Mauricio's Excellent Defense 

55:05 Jett Williams Love

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0:00 Intro/Dust settles on Rafael Devers trade

Other news:

6:23 Giancarlo Stanton is back with NYY - pick him up?

Is Michael Toglia worth adding?

22:48 Looking at the most surprising players thus far (using the Rotowire Earned Auction Value Calculator). 

How likely are each of these players to keep this up the rest of the way? Their dollar value and Main Event ADP in brackets. Players who have earned at least $20 and were picked outside the top 100: 

Pete Crow-Armstrong (47, 117) 

Jeremy Pena (29, 145) 

35:06 Eugenio Suarez (27, 176) 

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Scott Jenstad and special guest, Vlad Sedler of FTN Fantasy, break down the huge Rafael Devers trade, talk a large pitching week in FAAB and discuss many other players, including Jeremy Pena, Oneil Cruz and Bailey Ober. In addition to the big bids on Jacob Misiorowski and Eury Perez, they chat about the other popular players in FAAB this week, including Christian Moore, Brandon Walter, Ben Casparius and Shelby Miller.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. 

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00:00 Headlines
16:22 Jacob Misiorowski
19:23 Shelby Miller
22:12 Ben Casparius
25:03 Ryan Pressly
29:07 Michael Soroka
33:27 Christian Moore
36:52 Evan Carter
38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand
40:35 Jeff McNeil
42:20 Alejandro Kirk
46:03 Deep-League Pitchers
57:13 Deep-League Hitters

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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:

23:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025)

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 Muncy/Zack Gelof 

31:20 Tommy White 

32:10 2026 Opening Day Lineup 

36:00 Trade Tyler Soderstrom? 

39:05 Best SP in 2026? 

39:50 Pitching Prospects 

46:50 Top...

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:

17:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)

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 McGonigle 

26:20 Comparing hit-over-power prospects 

39:25 Jhostynxon Garcia 

44:00 Harry Ford 

49:40 Jaxon Wiggins

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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:

16:01 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 2, 2025)

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 Mike Sirota to the moon 

28:55 Jack Perkins' ceiling 

31:10 Gage Jump's upside 

32:30 A mulligan on Austin Overn...

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

44:45 3. D-backs

47:45 4. Dodgers

51:00 5. Brewers

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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:

22:36 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 26, 2025)

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 Yairo Padilla 

40:50 Stiven Martinez, Jose Dickson 

42:40 Eduardo Beltre, Eduardo Florentino 

46:00 Alex's Florida Complex League Guys 

54:20 Dominican Summer League Watch List<...

Sparked by the emergence of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Cubs lead the list of overachieving offenses a quarter of the way through the season. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson evaluate the sustainability of these overachievers, and review the recent Yahoo Friends & Family draft.

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00:00 Fred Pod 5-20

00:30 Welcome

01:00 Y! Friends & Family Draft

03:00 Fred’s Team

14:00 Geraldo Perdomo, Nate Eovaldi

15:45 Royce Lewis

18:30 Jeff’s Recency Bias Team

21:30 Timing the Closer Market

24:30 BlueWire

25:00 Overachieving Offenses

25:10 1. Cubs; 277 R, 117 wRC+

Scott Jenstad review the weekly FAAB run in a tricky prospect week. How much did your league bid on Hayden Birdsong, Jordan Lawlar, Dalton Rushing and Moises Ballesteros? Who did you pivot to if you didn't add those prospects?

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00:00 MLB Pod 5-18-25

00:30 Week 5 Preview

01:15 Twins finally lost a game after 13 in a row – Went from 13-20 to 26-20!

03:00 Six teams in the AL over .540 winning % - 4 of them in the Central

04:30 AL East has one team over .500 – Where the heck does Balt go from here? Lost...

Erik Halterman goes over his top waiver wire recommendations of the week.

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00:00 Headlines

10:45 Ryan Weathers

13:20 Zebby Matthews

16:00 Clayton Kershaw

18:20 Jordan Romano

20:15 Spencer Horwitz

22:05 Jordan Lawlar

24:35 Dalton Rushing

26:30 Trevor Larnach

29:00 Gavin Sheets

31:25 Deep-League Pitchers

45:20 Deep-League Hitters

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0:00 Intro/Dalton Rushing has his first big-league hits

Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:

20:27 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 19, 2025)

Erik Halterman is joined by Justin Mason to discuss a group of players who aren't playing the same way they were in the first week or two of the year.

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00:00 Intro/Headlines

17:00 Kyren Paris

23:30 Tyler Soderstrom

28:30 Other hitters

31:00 Spencer Schwellenbach

33:20 Jack Flaherty

36:25 Max Meyer

38:25 Drew Rasmussen

41:20 Shane Baz

43:30 Willson Contreras

46:30 Mark Vientos

50:15 Alec Bohm

52:10 Jackson Holliday

54:35 Dylan Cease

56:45 Bailey Ober

59:05 Chris Sale

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