RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman and Todd Zola discuss several of the most difficult hitters to rank for 2027 fantasy baseball drafts. --- 00:00 Intro 08:40 How do you make your rankings? 20:00 #1 Overall 27:30 Falling, but how far? 45:35 Rising, but how far? Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any produc...

Erik Halterman, Jeff Erickson and Jason Collette preview the upcoming World Series between the Rays and Brewers. What are the keys to the series, and which team has the better roster? --- 00:00 Intro 3:20 Keys to the series 13:05 Rotation 28:10 Bullpen 33:45 Catcher/Infield 46:55 Outfield/DH 1:01:25 World Series picks   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tool...

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Rufe to learn how Ryan built the team that finished third overall in the RotoWire Online Championship, winning $20,000. --- 00:00 Playoffs talk 05:30 Pre-draft strategy 18:30 Best and worst draft picks 36:15 Waiver moves 51:20 Late-season strategy   Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code POD...

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Boyer to discuss the best values at every position in 2026 drafts. Should we have seen their breakouts coming, and should we chase them up the board in 2027? --- 00:00 Headlines 13:00 All-Value Team: Rotation 35:30 All-Value Team: Infield 54:10 All-Value Team: Outfield Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to review some of Jason's preseason bold predictions. Which went right, which went wrong, and how should we value those players next season? --- 00:00 Playoff check-in 8:00 Injury news 15:00 League-wide statistical trends 20:30 Correct predictions: hitters 34:30 Correct predictions: pitchers 47:25 Missed predictions: hitters 1:00:45 Missed predictions: pi...

Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Walton, the winner of NL-only Tout Wars, to learn how Brian put together his successful team. --- 00:00 Headlines 5:45 Pre-Draft 16:00 Auction Draft 25:45 Waivers 35:15 Trades 42:30 Late-season strategy 46:30 Final takeaways Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 1...

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider rewind back to March to take a look at the RotoWire staff's sleepers and busts picks. --- 4:00 Sleeper Hitters 29:51 Sleeper Pitchers 46:31 Hitter Busts 1:02:09 Pitcher Busts Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to receive 15% off any product. Hosted by Simplecast, an Ads...

Intro/Final weekend craziness FAAB: River Ryan Jeff Hoffman Ryan Zeferjahn Ben Malgeri Mickey Gasper Lucas Spence Five misses: Pete Crow-Armstrong Wyatt Langford Vladimir Guerrero Paul Skenes Jake Bauers Five hits: Cam Schlittler Cade Cavalli Drew Rasmussen Wilyer Abreu Logan Webb Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST a...

Erik Halterman is joined by the top two players in GLARF, Sara Sanchez and Mark Gannon, to discuss how their successful teams were put together. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:15 Overall Draft Strategy 18:35 Early Rounds 30:45 Mid-late Rounds 42:15 Waiver Wire 58:50 Late-season Strategy Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at...

Tout Wars Champions League winner Fred Zinkie lists 10 players who helped win you leagues this year that won't be league-winners in 2027. Plus, he and Jeff Erickson discuss an early peak at next year's top-25! --- 00:00 Fred Pod 9-22-26 00:15 ToutWars Champions League winner ! 07:30 News :  07:35 Aaron Judge 11:30 Bryce Eldridge 13:40 Jazz Chisholm 15:45 Emmet Sheehan (again!) 20:00 Working T...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad delve into strategies for the final week of the season, discuss a number of players including Mookie Betts, Jackson Chourio and Carter Jensen (and many others) and break down all the final week adds that can help you lock down your league. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout...

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top free agent pickups of the week and look back on the top pickups of the year. --- 2:31 Dominic Canzone 5:23 Brett Bateman 8:56 Josh Jung 11:25 Sean Manaea 13:16 Andrew Alvarez 15:43 Jake Bennett 19:23 Erick Fedde 21:42 JR Ritchie 25:03 Ethan Pecko 28:27 Rico Garcia 30:39 Emmanuel Rodriguez 33:04 Dustin Harris 34:53 Pavin Smith 36:50 Donovan Walton...

Intro/The final week is upon us! - Steak League FAAB: Shea Langeliers $4 Jack Perkins $3 Rico Garcia $3 Jeffrey Springs $2 David Sandlin $1 Anthony Volpe $1 Dustin Harris $1 Emmanuel Rodriguez Justin Wrobleski Bryce Miller Dansby Swanson Garrett Whitlock Justin Foscue Andrew Abbott Cade Povich Blade Tidwell Agustin Ramirez Gordon Graceffo Brady Basso Luis Medina JR Ritchie - Two-start pitchers (we...

Erik Halterman is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss this year's most improved pitchers on three different statistical levels: ERA, K-BB% and Pitching+. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:50 Most Improved by ERA 36:00 Most Improved by K-BB% 54:40: Most Improved by Pitching+ Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at...

Martin Sekulski from Four-Seam Fantasy and PitcherList joins Jeff Erickson to share his top dynasty league as we approach the offseason. --- 00:00 9-16-26 Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Martin Sekulski 01:00 September Tips 02:00 Know Your League Settings/ Timelines 04:00 Still Adding To Your Roster 04:15 Emmanuel Rodriguez 07:00 Evaluate Your Roster 07:15 Aaron Judge 10:15 Realistic Assessment of Team 1...

Last week, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tried to learn from their mistakes in 2026. This week they reflect in what they got right, including Jacob Misiorowski, Dillon Dingler and Payton Tolle. --- 00:00 What Went Right 9-15-26 00:20 ToutWars Update 05:00 LABR Update 10:00 News :  10:05 Emmet Sheehan was added Sunday night in fantasy leagues and optioned Monday. 10:30 Roki Sasaki won't return...

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Dustin McComas, wrap up another busy weekend in fantasy baseball, discussing Cam Schlittler, George Kirby and Jose Altuve among others, previewing next week and breaking down a busy week of FAAB especially on the hitter side, including active bidding on Shea Langeliers and Josue De Paula. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at...

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top free agent pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Intro 1:30 Josue De Paula 5:25 Anthony Volpe 8:45 TJ Rumfield 11:50 Javier Sanoja 13:45 Ty France 17:40 Jared Jones 19:15 Griffin Jax 22:00 Connor Prielipp 24:10 Grant Holmes 26:55 Quinn Mathews 29:20 Anthony Molina 32:00 Jack Perkins 35:05 Jonah Tong 39:35 Drew Anderson 41:55 Ryan Johnson 46:40 Hagen Smi...

Intro/Josue De Paula gets the call Steak League FAAB: Josue De Paula $5 Christian Koss $4 Leo Bernal Jonah Tong Reynaldo Lopez Zac Gallen John Peck Connelly Early Sean Manaea   Two-start pitchers (week of Sept. 14, 2026) Jack Perkins 0 Brandon Young 2 Patrick Sandoval 2 David Peterson 1 Nick Lodolo 1 (Todd 0) Rhett Lowder 0 Tanner Bibee 3 Tomoyuki Sugano 0 Ryan Feltner 0 Davis Martin 1 Erick...

Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach to discuss the high amount of turnover at the top of the player pool. Who should be picked earlier next season, this year's top picks or this year's top performers? --- 00:00 Headlines 06:30 Pete Crow-Armstrong vs. Shohei Ohtani 13:40 Jacob Misiorowski vs. Aaron Judge 18:15 Ben Rice vs. Bobby Witt Jr. 23:40 Yordan Alvarez vs. Juan Soto 27:35 Cam Schlittl...

Chris Welsh (@isitthewelsh) joins Jeff Erickson to discuss September call-ups like Lazaro Montes, Ethan Salas and Leo Bernall, and they also discuss the state of the Diamondbacks. --- 00:00 09-09-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Chris Welsh 00:35 What is Chris working on? 04:30 Thanks to James Anderson 05:30 Diamondbacks Talk - Carroll, Playoffs, Burnes, Bullpen 15:30 Brock Bowers Injury 16:20 Circ...

Fred Zinkie is in the finals of the Tout Wars Champions League, but even he has made mistakes this year, including drafting early catchers like Cal Raleigh. He and Jeff Erickson discuss their biggest mistakes of the season. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 9-8-26 00:45 Tout Wars Champions League 05:30 News :  05:35 Aaron Judge Returns 07:45 Corbin Burnes Returns 09:15 Corbin Carroll Scratched 10:20 Shohei...

Jeff Erickson and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs and the Sleeper and Bust Podcast discuss Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle, the AL Playoff Races, and the FAAB Results of the week. --- 00:00 9-6-26 MLB Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Paul Sporer 00:45 Fantasy Trade Deadline Deals 02:00 The DH Discount 04:00 Kyle Tucker 06:30 Paul Skenes 10:15 Konnor Griffin vs. Kevin McGonigle (or others)? 15:20 Catch Up on...

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver-wire pickups of the week. --- 2:16 Hector Rodriguez 5:32 Lazaro Montes 8:30 Henry Bolte 11:39 Max Clark 13:23 Ethan Salas 17:29 Grayson Rodriguez 19:57 Walbert Urena 24:17 Andrew Painter 27:01 Hayden Wesneski 30:27 Corbin Burnes 33:10 Circa 36:29 Yusei Kikuchi 39:09 Patrick Sandoval 41:52 Davis Martin 46:21 Justin Wrobleski 48:36 Bryan Hud...

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