RotoWire Prospect Podcast

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...

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 Con...

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 no...

Nobody has won more NFBC Main Event leagues than Mark Srebro, and he joins James Anderson to give a couple hot takes before discussing how to build a winning pitching staff in a 15-team high-stakes league!   07:45 Mark’s 1st Bold Take 12:00 Mark’s 2nd Bold Take 18:35 How to win a Main Event league 22:30 Where’s the SP1 cutoff? 27:00 SP2 and SP3 31:10 Groups of SPs in the 100-250 range 33:00 Young...

James Anderson and elite high-stakes player Steve Weimer discuss fantasy baseball roster construction strategies and much more!   03:30 Extreme hitters 10:30 Risky old hitters 15:20 This year’s George Springer 22:40 Projecting catcher playing time 27:15 How to attack 2B and 3B 32:00 This year’s Drew Rasmussen 37:10 Late-round outfielders to target 43:00 Late-round pitchers to target   Fantrax Fant...

James Anderson and Marc Winokur talk fantasy baseball auction strategy and recap Marc's first two high-stakes auctions of 2026!   02:00 How the 2025 winners spent their money 14:20 Marc’s surprise buys 21:25 Overpriced players 25:45 Skubal/Skenes/Crochet 29:15 Spending at 3B 30:40 Buying Rafael Devers 33:30 How to attack 2B 37:50 Willy Adames/Jung Hoo Lee 41:05 How much to spend on outfield 44:50...

James Anderson and high-stakes fantasy baseball player Phil Dussault discuss some boom or.bust catchers, platoon outfielders, underrated players and much more as we head into the heart of 2026 fantasy baseball draft season!   01:30 More early drafting 04:00 When we know who we’re drafting 07:00 How the Main Event has changed 10:45 Toughest teams to project 15:35 A potential bust at Catcher 22:45 B...

James Anderson answers listener questions about the full-updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings !    02:00 Holy Shortstops! 04:15 Top 10 Prospects By Upside 08:10 State of the Rankings 10:45 What Causes Offseason Movement? 12:05 Rainiel Rodriguez 12:50 Joshua Baez 14:35 Walker Jenkins 16:20 This Year’s Luke Keaschall 17:30 Edward Florentino 18:15 Carter Jensen 23:00 Luis Pena 24:10 Tyler Bremn...

James Anderson, Zac Beck, Kyle Sonntag, Ross Jensen, Jesse Severe and Taylor Corso participate in a mock FYPD! Find out where the top 2025 draftees stack up against the international signees in your dynasty leagues!   01:40 Tatsuya Imai 02:15 Kade Anderson 03:00 Kazuma Okamoto 04:00 Munetaka Murakami 05:00 JoJo Parker 06:00 Liam Doyle 06:50 Dax Kilby 08:10 Eli Willits 09:40 Seth Hernandez 10:20 An...

James Anderson and Dustin McComas go through the top 150 starting pitchers by recent ADP and highlight many targets and avoids to get you prepared for you 2026 fantasy baseball drafts!   02:40 Garrett Crochet 04:45 Hunter Brown 05:55 Bryan Woo 07:50 Logan Webb 10:20 Kyle Bradish, Jesus Luzardo, Eury Perez 12:45 Kevin Gausman 15:00 Tyler Glasnow 15:35 Spencer Strider 16:35 Nick Pivetta 20:00 Nick L...

James Anderson and KC Bubba pinpoint some potential inaccuracies on Roster Resource that are leading to some players being overvalued and others being slept on, as playing time is key to winning fantasy baseball leagues!   02:30 Sal Stewart 05:20 Connelly Early 09:25 Lenyn Sosa 14:00 Jack Perkins, J.T. Ginn 18:25 Ian Seymour 21:50 Jacob Melton, Carson Williams 27:15 Spencer Arrighetti 30:20 JJ Wet...

James Anderson and Rob DiPietro identify six players who are being drafted too early, including Rafael Devers and Oneil Cruz, before highlighting more than 10 players who are great late-round values in 50-round draft-and-hold leagues!   04:00 Trevor Megill 09:45 Rafael Devers 12:50 Oneil Cruz 17:25 Noelvi Marte 21:40 Jackson Holliday 25:15 Jonathan Aranda 29:45 Finding late DC gems 31:45 Andruw Mo...

James Anderson and Dave McDonald discuss the riskiest players who are getting drafted highly in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts, including Yordan Alvarez, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff, Zack Wheeler and more!   03:25 Evaluating injury risk 11:35 Yordan Alvarez 19:15 Bryan Woo vs. Jacob deGrom 26:00 Cole Ragans 31:00 Josh Hader 33:50 Tyler Glasnow 36:20 Brandon Woodruff 38:10 Pablo Lopez 40:40 Shane B...

James Anderson and Rob Silver discuss the 2026 rookie shortstop class, sleeper candidates to hit 30-plus homers, reliever land mines, Rob's 2026 prospect crush plus much more!   01:40 Konnor Griffin 09:20 Rookie Shortstops 13:20 Finding Cheap Power 15:45 Jorge Polanco 17:35 Dominic Canzone 19:45 Royce Lewis 23:05 Max Muncy (LAD) 26:20 Jordan Walker 31:25 Power Sleepers 34:00 Reliever Land Mines 41...

James Anderson and Tim McLeod discuss Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto and the rest of the players making the leap from Asia to MLB in 2026!   01:10 Tatsuya Imai 06:25 Munetaka Murakami 10:45 Kazuma Okamoto 15:30 Cody Ponce 18:50 Foster Griffin vs. Anthony Kay 22:35 Jon Duplantier 25:00 Lewin Diaz isn’t coming over 26:50 Jo Hsi Hsu 28:45 Sung-Mun Song 31:35 Open Universe Targets 37:...

James Anderson and Eno Sarris discuss the 2026 fantasy baseball prices for the top young starting pitchers in the game, including Chase Burns, Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Emmet Sheehan and more!   01:20 High Upside SPs 03:20 Chase Burns 04:55 Cam Schlittler 09:30 Jacob Misiorowski 13:30 Emmet Sheehan 18:30 Nolan McLean 23:45 Trey Yesavage 27:55 Bubba Chandler 29:50 Cade Horton 33:25 Connell...

James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues!   02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 300 08:30 Top 25 Prospects For 2026 09:35 Nolan McLean is No. 1 12:15 Buy Samuel Basallo 14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts 16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler 18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart 21:...

James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts!   01:15 Konnor Griffin 04:45 Kevin McGonigle 11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA 16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA 18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage 25:25 Bubba Chandler 27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect? 29:30 First-Year Player Draf...

James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values!   01:15 First Two Rounds 03:05 Nolan McLean Debate 07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling 10:40 Surprise Picks 11:45 Best Values 13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate 16:45 Mining The Mock 24:35 Owen’s Team 28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer 29:55...

James Anderson is joined by excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season.    05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers 10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman 15:05 James’ Best Picks 17:15 Draft Regrets 30:55 Emmet Sheehan 34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever 41:05 Is Vlad a First...

On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game!   05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin 09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside 11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day? 15:40...

James Anderson is joined by Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool.   00:00 Intro 02:20 Songs as Team Names 09:25 How To Draft And Hold 19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s) 23:15 Young Catchers 37:30 Stay In on George S...

James Anderson and Chris Welsh discuss candidates to be the MVP of the Arizona Fall League before diving into some recent prospect ADP!   01:45 Arizona Fall League MVP Candidates 02:45 Kevin McGonigle is going to rake 07:40 Sebastian Walcott could steal the show 12:10 Aidan Miller moving up rankings 17:00 Josue De Paula vs. Charlie Condon 23:20 Sleeper AFL hitters 35:30 Prospect ADP 38:05 Industry...

James Anderson and Brian Slack discuss a variety of dynasty topics, including when to push in, different trade tactics, dispersal drafts, plus some players to buy and sell heading into the offseason!   02:25 Dispersal drafting 04:40 Franchise Value vs. Present Value 07:50 When to go for it 18:20 Trade tips 26:10 Picking up prospects 34:55 More trade tips 38:05 Trading for Gunnar Henderson 44:30 Da...

Chris Blessing joins James Anderson to discuss the best prospects and most overrated prospects Chris scouted this season, including No. 1 overall prospect Konnor Griffin plus many more! 00:00 Intro 01:35 The No. 1 Overall Prospect 12:15 Buy Caleb Bonemer 20:00 Hector Rodriguez’s ETA 30:25 Robby Snelling SZN 36:55 Thomas White’s Upside 42:00 JR Ritchie Trending Up 46:55 Buy Low on Cam Collier 55:00...