RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Inspired by Garrett Crochet's Monday blowup outing, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at eight starting pitching slow starters.

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00:00 Eight Pitchers We Regret

00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

02:30 FAAB Results - Jakob Junis Guy

10:15 Jordan Romano Blows Save

12:00 News

12:15 Christian Yelich out 4-to-6 weeks

14:00 Jackson Chourio out until May

15:00 Tatsuya Imai and Jeremy Pena to the IL

18:00 Jackson Holliday Setback

21:00 Noelvi Marte to the Minors

24:00 Noah Schultz Debuts

26:00 RotoWire Smart Money

27:30...

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Ryan Bloomfield, discuss some early season surgers, go through a long list of injuries over the weekend and break down a busy week of adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about the quick starts (and if they are sustainable) for O'Neil Cruz, Jose Soriano and Chandler Simpson because getting into all the popular adds this week, including Jakob Junis, Edouard Julien and Angle Martinez, along with much, much more from all around fantasy baseball.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
18:43 Rhett Lowder
20:56 Ryan Weathers
22:58 Grant Holmes
24:54 Bryan Baker
28:10 Max Muncy
30:31 Mark Vientos
34:11 Garrett Mitchell
36:30 Andres Gimenez
37:58 Colt Keith
40:34 Brandon Marsh
44:16 Sean Burke
45:44 Foster Griffin
48:41 Jakob Junis
53:48 Colin Rea
56:22 Caleb Kilian
58:48 Troy Johnston
1:01:47 Wenceel Perez
1:03:34 Juan Brito
1:06:43 Nick Yorke
1:08:00 Hyeseong Kim
1:13:23 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/Madison, Wisc. native Drake Baldwin is the No. 1 fantasy hitter through two weeks!

18:00 Two-start pitchers:

Erik Halterman is joined by Grey Albright of Razzball to discuss some surprisingly hot starts. Should you sell high or hold?

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00:00 Headlines

14:30 Drake Baldwin

19:15 CJ Abrams

21:45 Jordan Walker

26:10 Andy Pages

28:45 Christian Yelich

31:05 Oneil Cruz

35:35 Yordan Alvarez

38:10 Ben Rice

40:45 Chase DeLauter

43:45 Liam Hicks

46:05 Garrett Mitchell

47:30 Cam Smith

49:50 Sandy Alcantara

53:15 Jose Soriano

55:55 Cam Schlittler

59:25 Taj Bradley

1:01:30 MacKenzie Gore

1:03:45 Emerson Hancock...

James Anderson and Sam Dykstra discuss all the most notable minor-league assignments and which players are set up to climb prospect rankings this season!

01:20 Ryan Sloan and Kade Anderson

06:25 Jamie Arnold/Liam Doyle/Tyler Bremner

10:55 Devin Fitz-Gerald

15:05 Jesus Made, Blake Burke

17:55 Prospects skipping complex ball

23:35 Luis Hernandez

26:05 Cardinals catchers

28:55 Leo De Vries, Ralphy Velazquez

31:45 Steele Hall

35:00 Greenville’s loaded rotation

38:10 Johnny King, Arjun Nimmala

42:00 Soft Dodgers assignments

43:55 Binghamton’s loaded roster

Nick Kurtz entered Tuesday night's play with zero homers, 14 strikeouts and a .148 batting average. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss Kurtz and other early season slumping hitters and their respective worry levels.

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00:00 10 Players We Regret

00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

01:45 News:

02:00 Hunter Brown not throwing

05:30 Use Shohei as a SP?

09:20 Cade Horton’s first MRI didn’t look good…..

11:00 Juan Soto will miss 2-3 weeks…..

13:00 Jacob deGrom left after five innings with knee discomfort…..

14:40 Matthew Boyd landed on the IL……

Jeff Erickson and Justin Mason discuss Konnor Griffin's debut, injuries to Hunter Brown and Mookie Betts, and the top pickups of the week.

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00:00 Easter Sunday Podcast

00:15 Welcome to Justin Mason

02:45 Mason’s Musings

03:40 Top News

03:50 Konnor Griffin Debuts

08:15 Red Sox / Giants Struggling

15:00 Injuries

15:10 Hunter Brown

18:10 Mookie Betts

19:55 Juan Soto

21:00 Jordan Lawlar & Cade Horton

23:00 Alejandro Kirk

27:30 Schedule Notes

27:40 7 Games: CIN, COL, CWS, DET, KC, MIA, MIN, SD

30:00 Sl...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer hit on all their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
14:45 Jordan Walker
17:45 Cam Smith
20:25 Liam Hicks
24:00 Mickey Moniak
27:30 Colt Emerson
31:20 Taj Bradley
33:45 Randy Vasquez
36:00 Eric Lauer
38:15 Michael Soroka
40:50 Riley O'Brien
45:15 Dean Kremer
47:20 Janson Junk
49:50 Lance McCullers
53:40 Tyler Alexander
55:30 Mark Leiter
57:40 Kyle Isbel
59:25 Brice Matthews
1:01:35 Daniel Schneeman
1:04:00 Oswald Peraza
1:07:05 Dominic Smith
1:09:20 Smart Money

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0:00 Intro/Konnor Griffin has arrived!

Two-start pitchers:

Erik Halterman is joined by RotoWire president Peter Schoenke to discuss the most confusing bullpens in baseball.

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00:00 Headlines: Konnor Griffin, Cody Ponce and more

12:45 Closer Chaos: Athletics

15:40 Rockies

20:25 Astros

25:05 Royals

31:05 Angels

34:35 Twins

38:00 Giants

40:30 Cardinals

43:15 Rays

49:40 Rangers

53:20 Nationals

55:30 Move quickly on closers, move slowly on hitters

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Check out Erik's new Closer Carousel Column: https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/column/closer-carousel-695

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James Anderson and Peter Schoenke conduct a Stash Draft featuring injured big leaguers and prospects!

03:40 Konnor Griffin

10:40 Bryce Miller

12:25 Colt Emerson

14:50 Robby Snelling

17:55 Lourdes Gurriel

19:10 Edwin Uceta

21:30 Bryce Eldridge

24:20 Hagen Smith

27:55 Shane Bieber

29:35 Noah Schultz

30:35 Tommy Edman

31:40 Payton Tolle

33:00 Jasson Dominguez

37:15 Jonah Tong

38:20 Dylan Crews

39:35 River Ryan

40:35 Ryan Waldschmidt

41:20 Charlie Condon

43.55 Didier Fuentes

45:00 Justin Steele

45:35 H...

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie bid aggressively against each other in the Mixed LABR league on both Carmen Mlodzinski and Randy Suarez, plus they have observations about the new ABS system in major league baseball.

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00:00 3-31-26 MLB Podcast

00:15 Avoiding Early Damage

11:30 Cody Ponce ACL Sprain

15:00 Colt Emerson (and Cooper Pratt) new contracts

19:30 Sling

20:30 Monday’s Pitchers

20:45 Starters

21:00 Parker Messick

22:45 Jacob Lopez

23:45 Chris Bassitt

29:45 Kyle Harrison

30:30 Foster Griffin

33:00 Bryce Elder, La...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap-up a busy first weekend of the baseball season and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They discuss the big start for a number of highly touted rookies, take a look ahead at Week 2 and then talk an active weekend in FAAB with closers such as Jordan Romano and Cole Sands garnering the most interest in fantasy leagues.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week.

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00:00 Headlines
14:38 Carson Benge
17:13 Justin Crawford
20:39 Jordan Lawlar
23:01 Jake McCarthy
25:41 Nasim Nunez
30:22 Max Meyer
32:26 Matthew Liberatore
35:48 Kyle Harrison
37:46 Paul Sewald
40:21 Jordan Romano
44:50 Ryan Johnson
47:05 Carmen Mlodzinski
49:36 Steven Matz
51:27 Ryne Stanek
54:29 Gregory Soto
57:22 Casey Schmitt
59:37 Joey Loperfido
1:01:43 T.J. Rumfield
1:03:47 Jake Bauers
1:07:12 Edouard Julien
1:09:15 Smart Money

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Intro/First two-start pitcher podcast of the season!

Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of the Dynasty Dingers podcast to discuss every rookie on every Opening Day roster. Which ones should be added everywhere they're available, which ones belong on your watch list, and which ones can you safely ignore?
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00:00 Headlines

11:25 AL Central rookies

26:15 AL East rookies

40:55 AL West rookies

52:10 NL Central rookies

1:03:30 NL East rookies

1:12:05 NL West rookies

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James Anderson answers listener questions about the fully-updated RotoWire Top 400 Prospect Rankings!

01:05 Tiers

03:00 McGonigle vs Wetherholt

04:50 Roch Cholowsky

05:50 Basallo vs. Rainiel

07:40 Joshua Baez

10:30 Carson Benge

11:10 Ralphy Velazquez

13:05 This Year’s Nolan McLean

15:00 Mike Sirota

16:15 Ranking the young shortstops

18:25 Josuar Gonzalez vs. Jesus Made

19:45 A.J. Ewing

20:45 Henry Bolte

25:40 Didier Fuentes

26:50 Carlos Lagrange

28:25 Sam Antonacci

31:00 Juan Valera

32:10 Jefferson Rojas

33:35 John Gil...

The concept of "FOMO" (Fear of Missing Out) is real and powerful in fantasy baseball. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they missed out on, including Sal Stewart and Daniel Palencia. 

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00:00 FOMO-cast 2026

00:15 News

00:35 JJ Wetherholt, Kevin McGonigle and Carson Benge made the team. Konnor Griffin didn’t.

07:30 Connelly Early made the team. In the rotation too.

15:00 Ryan Pepiot to the IL.

16:00 RotoWire My Leagues Demo

19:20 Dennis Santana may not get all the save chances.

23:00 Spencer Strider’s poor sprin...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1 of the MLB Season, talk all the news and notes from the weekend and then break down their NFBC Main Event Drafts from Las Vegas on Saturday.  In addition, they also discuss the first week of FAAB and the demotion of Dylan Crews before getting into all the picks, misses and snipes from a busy weekend of drafts in Vegas.

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Erik Halterman is joined by Rick Graham of PitcherList as they try to figure out how many true, trustworthy closers there will be in 2026.

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00:00 Intro

02:00 Outfielders on/off Opening Day rosters

06:00 Opening Day rotation news

13:45 NL Tout Wars review

30:00 Safe, trustworthy closers

33:00 Safe for now

47:00 Unconfirmed but probable closers

52:00 Currently injured closers

54:30 Committees and unclear situations

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Intro/Back from New York City, getting you set for the final weekend before Opening Day

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss a large number of spring news updates as well as the top performers from the World Baseball Classic, which Sara just returned from covering.

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00:00 Intro

02:40 Positive Pitcher Updates

13:00 Hitter Injury News

29:45 Negative Pitcher News

37:00 WBC Standouts: Venezuela

49:20 USA

57:00 Dominican Republic

1:04:00 Italy

1:09:20 Other Countries

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James Anderson and Dustin McComas give an update on the Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle situations and discuss Leo De Vries' impressive spring before going team by team and evaluating rotation battles and whether to pay the increased price tags on our favorite starting pitcher sleepers!

01:35 Konnor Griffin/Kevin McGonigle

07:55 Leo De Vries

11:30 Rotation Battles

12:05 Diamondbacks rotation

14:50 Didier Fuentes’ upside

19:40 Red Sox rotation

24:25 Cubs rotation

27:10 Reds rotation

31:30 Tatsuya Imai’s upside

36:00 Stash George Klassen?

38:05 Dodgers rotat...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share their top reactions from the Tout Wars Experts Leagues, including two record-setting buys of Aaron Judge in successive drafts.

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00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 3-17-26

00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie

00:30 RotoWire Smart Money - https://t.co/qcmg4BiQus

01:45 News

02:00 Gerrit Cole will start tomorrow.

03:10 MacKenzie Gore has a 6:6 K:BB ratio in ST. Globe Life Field better work its magic.

06:30 NFBC Main Event draft slot

10:00 Thoughts on the Closer Market

16:00 Why can’t th...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the news from across the weekend in baseball, discuss their reaction to the first wave of NFBC Main Event draft results and share some of their favorite draft targets for 2026. They go position by position to get into a number of names they like at their current draft price, including Roman Anthony, Michael Busch and Nick Lodolo, among many, many more.

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James Anderson and Chris Clegg discuss sniping each other in the Tout Wars Draft and Hold League and which prospects they're targeting for 2026!

Draft Board

03:40 Hunter Brown as SP1

06:35 Corey Seager’s OBP bump

10:15 Sheehan/Uribe snipes

14:00 Lawrence Butler’s upside

18:05 Playing the middle at catcher

25:00 Sal Stewart’s upside

28:05 Mike Burrows snipe

30:45 Reid Detmers’ breakout potential

32:30 Colt Emerson’s 2026 potential

35:20 Don’t forget about Brennen Davis

38:20 Quinn Mathews’ velocity is back

40:50 Sam Ant...

Could Junior Caminero lead baseball in RBI? Is Jake Burger being undervalued? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle those players and more.

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00:00 3-10-26 Podcast

01:00 Pick 13 Fred

02:45 News

03:00 Hunter Greene out until July.

07:00 Corbin Carroll could play in a game this week. Put him back into the first round?

08:30 Logan Henderson is battling elbow soreness. Who is their SP5 if Quinn Priester also ends up on the IL?

11:00 Fantrax

12:00 Kyle Tucker aside

13:00 Main Event ADP Talk

27:00...

Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson discuss the top-heavy closer market and then dive into the players in the top 150 that they are fading in 2026 drafts.. They go position by position and identity players being drafted in the top 10 rounds that they are not drafting at their current ADP.

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Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top fantasy baseball pitcher sleepers for ERA and WHIP.

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00:00 Headlines

15:20 What makes an ERA sleeper?

18:40 Braxton Ashcraft

20:55 Kris Bubic

24:15 Jameson Taillon

26:45 Jack Flaherty

29:15 Simeon Woods-Richardson

32:00 Logan Henderson

35:15 Justin Steele

37:45 Mike Burrows

40:10 Dustin May

44:20 Grant Taylor

47:35 What makes a WHIP sleeper?

50:30 Cody Ponce

53:35 Andrew Abbott

56:45 Sean Manaea

58:50 Matthew Boyd

1:01:10 Braxton Garrett

1:03:30 Noah...

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Intro/Injuries are piling up and the World Baseball Classic is in full swing

Erik Halterman is joined by Adam Howe of Pitcher List to discuss the different paths drafters can take through the first five rounds of a fantasy baseball draft.

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00:00 Intro

02:10 Injury news

11:40 SP News

22:20 Hitter-heavy starts

35:15 Balanced starts

39:45 Pitcher-heavy starts

46:45 How many closers?

50:20 Category balance

1:07:15 Risk

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James Anderson is joined by Geoff Pontes of Baseball America to talk about Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle's chances of making the Opening Day roster, which pitching prospects to target in 2026 fantasy baseball leagues and much more!

00:25 Konnor Griffin

09:50 Kevin McGonigle

19:25 Jordan Lawlar

24:40 Caleb Bonemer

27:25 Braden Montgomery

30:00 Dylan Beavers

31:10 Noah Schultz

34:55 Ethan Conrad

36:05 David Hagaman

37:45 Dasan Hill

39:20 Justin Gonzales

43:00 Chase Burns

46:05 Cam Schlittler

48:25 Rhett Lowder

48:55 Logan Henderson

Is the Pocket Aces strategy dead, or just out of favor? Jeff Erickson discuss that talking point amongst their other observations from the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft.

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00:00 MLB 2-3-26 Podcast

00:30 Jurickson Profar suspension.

07:30 Josh Hader might finally throw off a mound next week.

09:30 Quinn Priester may not be ready for OD.

15:30 Edwin Uceta is unlikely to be ready for OD.

17:30 Royce Lewis should be back in a week.

20:00 Mike Clevinger had a good start. Bubba Chandler has 7 walks in 3 innings.<...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad break down the weekend in spring training and then take a deep dive into a number of starting pitchers being selected after pick 200 in drafts. Among many arms in the range, they discuss their feelings on Shane Baz, Shane McClanahan and Roki Sasaki.

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Ryan Boyer and Jeremy Schneider give you some guys to target in the strikeouts and wins departments.

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0:00 Headlines

13:32 Shane McClanahan

15:50 Shane Baz

17:56 Logan Henderson

19:33 Zac Gallen

21:40 Reid Detmers

23:30 Joey Cantillo

25:45 Jeremiah Estrada

27:59 Grayson Rodriguez

30:16 Cade Cavalli

32:46 Zebby Matthews

37:38 Matthew Boyd

39:40 Aaron Nola

41:20 Joe Musgrove

43:23 Quinn Priester

45:03 Michael Wacha

46:49 Mike Burrows

48:25 Chris Bassitt

50:10 Reynaldo Lopez

52:51 Nick Martinez<...

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Intro/Welcoming Ariel Cohen back to the podcast

H2H Points

How can you use moving averages and pulled barrel rates to help you win your fantasy league? Jeff Erickson and John Laghezza explain how.

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00:00 RotoWire MLB Podcast 2-25-26

00:20 Welcome to John Laghezza

02:15 News:

16:30 Fantrax

17:30 Pulled Barrels

Elite high-stakes player John Pausma joins James Anderson to recap their NFBC $500 DC Auction, discussing what went right, what went wrong, how to handle massive closer inflation and much more!

2:35 Closer inflation

09:45 Who’s the Brewers closer

15:30 Discounted players

19:00 Multi-eligibility players

21:50 Overpays

25:00 Weak SP builds

32:20 Catchers

38:45 Scripting your build

43:00 When to nominate your targets

46:15 Dollar days

49:55 Brewers talk

53:20 More dollar days

55:15 Prospect talk

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Both Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie drafted in the LABR 15-team Mixed League draft Monday night, Jeff from the 11th spot and Fred from the 13th spot. They live-streamed the first 12 rounds - see who they drafted!

Full draft results are here: https://www.rtsports.com/labr-mixed-draft

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