Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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 Intro03:10 League-winning Catcher buys10:15 Figuring out First Base15:30 Massive drop off after Ketel Marte at 2B20:05 The position with the biggest hits25:20 Shortstop is LOADED33:35 Don’t pay for the top OFs41:00 Kyle Schwarber a bargain again44:30 So many landmines at SP52:45 Don’t pay for saves?59:30 IL guys to HOLD/DROP Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

00:00 Fred Pod 6-2400:30 Welcome01:00 Could Acuna be the 1.1 in fantasy already?09:00 Chandler Simpson is back12:30 Trevor Rogers was amazing15:30 Bailey Ober, time to cut?17:30 I give up on Ben Brown19:30 BlueWire19:40 Kenley Jansen left the game23:15 Dylan Lee picked up a save24:45 Eduardo Rodriguez was dominant last night and may have turned a corner…..27:00 NFFC27:50  Post-Memorial Day Slumps28:00 Background28:45 Josh Jung31:00 Corey Seager33:30 Victor Scott II35:30 Brenton Doyle37:30 Kyle Stowers38:15 Jorge Polanco40:00 Michael Harris II45:00 Marcell Ozuna46:20 Geraldo Perdomo49:20 Teoscar Hernandez50:50 Oneil Cruz55:00 Spencer Torkelson Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ryan Boyer covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines17:22 Jurickson Profar20:15 Michael Toglia21:45 Max Scherzer23:14 Eduardo Rodriguez24:25 Orion Kerkering27:25 Deep-League Pitchers35:01 Deep-League Hitters--Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K. Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250KEnter now0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonightPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Michael Toglia $8Hunter Dobbins $7Kumar Rocker $6Ryan Gusto $6Michael Burrows $3Mickey Moniak $3Nolan Gorman $1Ramon Laureano $16:50 Chase DeLauter $1Emerson Hancock $0Masataka Yoshida $022:10 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 23, 2025)Eduardo Rodriguez 3Luis Severino 1 (Todd 2)Spencer Schwellenbach 5Chris Sale 5Trevor Rogers 0Walker Buehler 1Jameson Taillon 329:27 Nick Lodolo 2Logan Allen 1 (Todd 0)German Marquez 0Shane Smith 2Tarik Skubal 5Framber Valdez 5Kris Bubic 4Jack Kochanowicz 0Cal Quantrill 038:03 Chad Patrick 3Bailey Ober 1 (Todd 2)Chris Paddack 2 (Todd 1)Paul Blackburn 0Frankie Montas 1 (Todd 0)Ryan Yarbrough 2 (Todd 1)Ranger Suarez 3 (Todd 4)Stephen Kolek 1Bryan Woo 5Luis Castillo 5Justin Verlander 1 (Todd 2)Matthew Liberatore 3Taj Bradley 3Patrick Corbin 1Max Scherzer 3 (Todd 2)Mitchell Parker

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.---00:00 Headlines09:00 What is OOPSY?18:00 OOPSY's hitter hits37:30 OOPSY's correct hitter fades40:30 OOPSY's hitter misses52:30 OOPSY's pitcher hits1:00:10 OOPSY's pitcher misses---NFFCPlay against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Dust settles on Rafael Devers tradeOther 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) Jacob Wilson (26, 308) Josh Naylor (25, 105) Byron Buxton (24, 215) Carlos Rodon (23, 130) 57:58 Geraldo Perdomo (22, 492) Andy Pages (22, 367) Heliot Ramos (20, 206) Maikel Garcia (20, 211) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertis

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. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. ---00:00 Headlines16:22 Jacob Misiorowski19:23 Shelby Miller22:12 Ben Casparius25:03 Ryan Pressly29:07 Michael Soroka33:27 Christian Moore36:52 Evan Carter38:59 Christian Encarnacion-Strand40:35 Jeff McNeil42:20 Alejandro Kirk46:03 Deep-League Pitchers57:13 Deep-League Hitters---Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K. Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro/Jacob Misiorowski reached 100 mph 14 times last night (miz-uh-ROW-skee)5:56 Roman AnthonyPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:8:34 Christian Moore $15Abraham Toro $6Brandon Walter $3Quinn Priester $3Ryan Pressly $3Adrian Houser $3Michael Conforto $2Davis Martin $1Spencer Horwitz $1Alek Thomas $1Max Scherzer $123:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2025)Brandon Pfaadt 2 (Todd 1)JP Sears 1JT Ginn 0Grant Holmes 3Zach Eflin 2Dean Kremer 0Lucas Giolito 2Andrew Abbott 4Slade Cecconi 3Kyle Freeland 0Antonio Senzatela 0Sean Burke 1Casey Mize 3Lance McCullers 2 (Todd 3)Kris Bubic 4Jose Soriano 2 (Todd 1)Kyle Hendricks 0Justin Wrobleski 144:41 Sandy Alcantara 2 (Todd 3)Chad Patrick 2David Festa 1David Peterson 3 (Todd 4)Clarke Schmidt 2 (Todd 4)Will Warren 250:18 Mick Abel 3 (Todd 2)Jesus Luzardo 4Bailey Falter 1Dylan Cease 4Randy Vasquez 0Logan Gilbert 4 (Todd 3)Robbie Ray 5Matthew Liberatore 3Ryan Pepiot 3Zack Littell 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Chris Bassitt 2 (Todd 3)Jake Irvin 2 (Todd

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.---00:00 Headlines12:45 New York Mets18:40 Detroit Tigers25:20 New York Yankees33:10 Chicago Cubs46:40 Los Angeles Dodgers53:00 San Francisco Giants58:25 Philadelphia Phillies1:07:50 Other Top Teams Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 MLB Breakouts of 2025 49:15 Top MiLB Breakout of 2025 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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.  Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week.--00:00 Headlines13:20 Jac Caglianone15:55 Kyle Teel19:00 Ronny Mauricio22:25 Ceddanne Rafaela25:15 Thairo Estrada27:30 Willi Castro30:00 Ryne Nelson31:55 David Festa35:05 Mick Abel38:45 Luis L. Ortiz40:45 Deep-league pitchers51:40 Deep-league hitters-- Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Clay Link and Todd Zola0:00 Intro/Jac Caglianone has arrivedPickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night:Ryan Yarbrough $8Jake Mangum $5Dillon Dingler $53:12 Ronny Mauricio $5Kyle Teel $5Ernie Clement $4Fernando Cruz $4Coby Mayo $2Mick Abel $113:46 Randy Rodriguez $017:35 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 9, 2025)Merrill Kelly 3 (Todd 4)Jeffrey Springs 3 (Todd 4)Chris Sale 5Cade Povich 2Brayan Bello 3 (Todd 2)Matthew Boyd 3 (Todd 4)Collin Rea 2Andrew Abbott 4Luis L. Ortiz 3Chase Dollander 1Sean Burke 2 (Todd 4)Sawyer Gipson-Long 1Ryan Gusto 2 (Todd 1)Kris Bubic 4 (Todd 5)Yusei Kikuchi 2Clayton Kershaw 342:42 Eury Perez 3 (Todd 1)Freddy Peralta 5Quinn Priester 245:03 Zebby Matthews 3 (Todd 2)Griffin Canning 4Clarke Schmidt 2Mike Burrows 1Mitch Keller 2 (Todd 3)Nick Pivetta 4Logan Gilbert 3Robbie Ray 5Andre Pallante 0 (Todd 1)Miles Mikolas 2Shane Baz 3Jack Leiter 3 (Todd 2)Jose Berrios 3MacKenzie Gore 5 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter p

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?---00:00 Headlines13:10 40-40 Pace18:45 30-30 Pace28:40 25-25 Pace40:50 20-20 Pace58:00 Notable Misses Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

0:00 Intro and Fred's LABR team12:00 News: Jac Caglianone, Parker Meadows, JJ Bleday, Jerar Encarnacion, Luke Weaver/Devin WIlliams35:00: Will They Rebound? Adley Rutschman, Juan Soto, Mike Trout, Andrew Vaughn, Marcus Semien Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.