RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer cover their waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 10:00 Ben Rice 14:00 Zack Gelof 17:15 Otto Lopez 19:25 Ha-Seong Kim 21:50 Noelvi Marte 24:20 Eury Perez 27:00 Sean Manaea 29:00 Emmet Sheehan 32:05 Ronny Henriquez 34:50 Cam Schlittler 38:45 Deep-League Pitchers 53:55 Deep-League Hitters -- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWir...

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Gain a weather edge before first pitch with Home Run Forecast ! 0:00 Intro/Happy 4th of July! Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Ronny Henriquez $12 Nestor Cortes $3 Dietrich Enns $3 Ryan Mountcastle $2 Garrett Whitlock $2 Cole Young $1 Max Muncy (ATH) $1 Derek Hill $...

Erik Halterman is joined by Brian Walton of Creative Sports and TheCardinalNation.com to discuss the NL Wild Card contenders, looking for surprising fantasy standouts and spots that need upgrading at the deadline. --- 00:00 Headlines 11:00 How to improve in a deep league 19:35 St. Louis Cardinals 31:30 New York Mets 36:30 Milwaukee Brewers 42:20 San Diego Padres 47:30 San Francisco Giants 52:05 Ci...

James Anderson, Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag talk about some prospects they've recently added in dynasty leagues like Jared Thomas, Carter Jensen, Max Anderson and Ethan Dorchies before discussing some recent prospect drops like Thomas Harrington and Ben Hess! 00:00 Intro  01:25 Jared Thomas  04:25 Carter Jensen  08:30 Max Anderson  10:40 Braden Nett  14:25 Sam Antonacci  19:00 Ethan Dorchies  21...

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 ha...

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   NFFC Play against ou...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week.  --- 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 --- Play against our fantasy football experts...

0:00 Intro/J.D. Martinez has an offer from the Rangers Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Jacob Lopez $6 Jonah Heim $4 Casey Schmitt $4 12:07 Isaac Collins $4 Trevor Rogers $4 Ryan Pressly $3 Christopher Morel $3 Jake McCarthy $2 Grant Taylor $1 17:37 Phil Maton $0 21:57 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 27, 2025) Ryne Nelson 2 Zac Gallen 3 Jacob Lopez 3 Grant Holmes 3 Trevor...

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. --- 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 --- Get the latest...

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 wi...

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...

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   NFFC Play against o...

Ryan Boyer covers his waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 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 -- Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K.  Enter now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, ex...

Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K Enter now 0:00 Intro/Luke Weaver expected back tonight Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Michael Toglia $8 Hunter Dobbins $7 Kumar Rocker $6 Ryan Gusto $6 Michael Burrows $3 Mickey Moniak $3 Nolan Gorman $1 Ramon Laureano $1 6:50 Chase DeLauter $1 Emerson Hancock $0 Masataka Yo...

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 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 --- NFFC Play against our fantasy football experts in the Rot...

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...

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 ear...

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 Caspari...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week.  --- 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 --- Play against our fantas...

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: 8:34 Christian Moore $15 Abraham Toro $6 Brandon Walter $3 Quinn Priester $3 Ryan Pressly $3 Adrian Houser $3 Michael Conforto $2 Davis Martin $1 Spencer Horwitz $1 Alek Thomas $1 Max Scherzer $1 23:49 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of June 16, 2...

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 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 Get the latest fantas...

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 Bol...

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, Z...

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, an...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their waiver wire recommendations for the week. -- 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 -- Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert...